##VIDEO ID:uGJvcyPuh6Y## ON ALL PAST BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE ARCHIVE. >>Patti Rendon: WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. OUR BUSINESS MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEB SITE AT SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. COPILOT COMB OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, ALL DAY. BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. STUDENT STUDENT. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR HELP. WE CAN HELPING TO SHARE THE WE CAN HELPING TO SHARE THE FUTURE. [GAVEL SOUNDING] >>Karen Perez: BOARD MEETING OF OCTOBER 1 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW LEAD US IN MOMENT OF EYE SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. >> THANK YOU, PLEASE JOIN ME >> THANK YOU, PLEASE JOIN ME IN MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF MOST RECENT HURRICANE. FOR ALL OF PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND FOR LIVES AND FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE FACING WHO ARE FACING DEVASTATING DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. AND MANY OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. PLEASE PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. AND PLEASE STAND AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. CAN YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT? >>Jessica Vaughn: ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ BAND ALONG WITH PRINCIPAL ANDREA WHITMAN AND DIRECTOR DAVID TRIPLET AND DIRECTOR DAVID TRIPLET BOSA. THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING. APPEAR THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS UP TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. >> >> HELLO, ISAIAH WHITFIELD IN THE 8th GRADE. BY PLAY BASSOON AND BASIC GUITAR IN JAZZ BAND. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO, BRENDAN THOMPSON. I PLAY BASS TROMBONE IN JAZZ BAND AND IN CONCERT BAND AND IN CONCERT BAND. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MY NAME IS >> MY NAME IS JEREMIAH DALTREY. I PLAY TRUMPET AND I AM IN 8th GRADE. >> MY NAME IS HECTOR >> MY NAME IS HECTOR NGUYEN AND I PLAY IN I PLAY IN ALTO AND JAZZ BAND AND I AM IN 8th GRADE. >> I AM JOSEPHINE EVANS. I AM IN 8th GRADE AND I PLAY DRUM DRUM SET. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I AM PAISLEY AND I AM IN >> I AM PAISLEY AND I AM IN th SACKS SACKS SAX. >> I PLAY FRENCH NORTHERN CONCERT BAND AND TRUMPET IN JAZZ BAND AND I AM IN 8th GREAT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO, MY NAPE IS COOPER LINDEMAN AND I PLAY TROMBONE IN JAZZ BAND AND CONCERT BAND AND I AM IN 7th AM IN 7th GRADE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO, ADRIAN, AND I PLAY TROMBONE IN CONCERT BAND AND CONCERT BAND. >> HELLO, GABRIEL AND I PLAY FRENCH HORN IN THE WIND EN ACCEPT BELL AND TROMBONE IN THE JAZZ BAND. I'M IN THE I'M IN THE th GRADE. >> HELLO, DOMINICK WAR FEED AND I PLAY I PLAY BASS TROMBONE AND I AM IN THE 8th GRADE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS XAVIER FALCON AND I PLAY BASE CLARINET AND >> I PLAY DRUMS IN BOTH >> I PLAY DRUMS IN BOTH BANDS. >> MY NAME IS DON >> MY NAME IS DON SCHAFFER AND I PLAY TRUMPET IN BOTH BANDS. >> I'M KENNEDY KENYON AND I PLAY CLARINET AND WIND EN ACCEPT BELL AND SAXOPHONE IN JAZZ BAND. [APPLAUSE] >> MY NAPE IS JAVIER >> MY NAPE IS JAVIER GARZA AND I PLAY TRUMPET IN BOTH BANDS. >> MY NAME IS HANNA McCOY AND I PLAY CLARINET AND WIND ENSEMBLE AND SAXOPHONE IN JAZZ BAND. I AM IN 8th I AM IN 8th GRADE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MY NAPE JONATHAN >> MY NAPE JONATHAN DEVILA IN 8th GRADE AND PLAY 8th GRADE AND PLAY ALTO SAXOPHONE IN BOTH BANDS. >> I AM ELIJAH AND I PLAY DRUMS IN JAZZ BAND AND TROMBONE IN JAZZ BAND AND TROMBONE IN SIN PHONIC. >> I AM ANDREW BACON AND PLAY TROMBONE AND KEYBOARD AND I AM IN 7th GRADE. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO, MY NAME IS EYE LIE >> HELLO, MY NAME IS EYE LIE DELONG AND I PLAY PIANO DELONG AND I PLAY PIANO IN JAZZ BAND. >> >> HELLO, I AM RILEN, AND I PLAY TROMBONE IN BOTH JAZZ BAND AND TROMBONE IN BOTH JAZZ BAND AND SYMPHONIC. >> MY NAPE IS JULIANNA AND I AM IN 8th GRADE AND I PLAY TENOR SA N BOTH BANDS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MY NAPE IS LILY GARZA AND I PLAY TRUMPET IN BOTH PLAY TRUMPET IN BOTH BANDS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HI, MY NAME IS PENELOPE >> HI, MY NAME IS PENELOPE AVILA AND I PLAY AND I PLAY AND I PLAY SAXOPHONE. >> I AM >> I AM NEVAEH THORP AND >> I AM NEVAEH THORP AND PLAY TROMBONE IN SYMPHONIC AND JAZZ BAND. >> I AM MARCUS AND PLAY >> I AM MARCUS AND PLAY FRENCH HORN AND WIND ESSENTIAL SELL BELL AND TRUMPET. I AM IN 8th GRADE. >> HELLO, MY NAPE IS SIGNEN AND PLAY BASS AND FRENCH HORN AND I AM IN THE 7th GRADE. >> >> HELLO MY NAME IS PETER AND PLAY FLUTE AND WIND ESSENTIAL EMBELL ANDAL TOE SAXOPHONE IN JAZZ BANDS. >> HI, ZOE, AND IN JAZZ BAND I PLAY TROEMBONE AND WIND EN SELL B BELL I PLAY THE TUBA. >> >> MY NAPE IS LILY, AND I PLAY ALTO SAXOPHONE IN BOTH BANDS. >> MY NAME IS JOAQUIN >> MY NAME IS JOAQUIN AND I PLAY THE TRUMPET THE TRUMPET IN BOTH BANDS. >> MY NAPE IS JAKE JONES AND I AM 8th GRADE AND CLARINET IN WIND WIND ENSEMBLE AND TRUMPET IN JAZZ BAND. >> MY NAME IS MARK NELSON AND I PLAY KEY BOARD IN JAZZ BAND PLAY KEY BOARD IN JAZZ BAND AND PERCUSSION IN THE SYMPHONIC BAND. >> HI, DAVID TRIP LA ROSA THE BAND CORRECTOR AT BARRINGTON. THANKS JOHN, LISA AND TRACY THANKS JOHN, LISA AND TRACY FOR HELPING TO CONTINUE THIS WONDERFUL EVEN HERE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD. OF COURSE, I WANTED TO ALSO THANK OUR WONDERFUL SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES FOR HELPING ALL OF US IN OUR DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THE MUSIC AND ARTS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, AS WELL AS OUR AWESOME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT THIS EVENT AGAIN. THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: FANTASTIC JOB! . [APPLAUSE] IF PAINTS WANT TO COME TAKE A QUICK PICTURE, YOU MAY. . >> SQUEEZE IN. IN. >> SQUEEZE IN. >> >> WELL-DONE. >>Jessica Vaughn: FANTASTIC JOB. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, STUDENTS AND PARENTS. WE HAVE ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM, 7.4, APPROVE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT BETWEEN EASEMENT BETWEEN SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AT GIBSON TODAYTON ELEMENTARY TAMPA A MOTION AND A SECOND. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. >>Karen Perez: AND IT PASSES WITH MEMBER HAHN AWAY FROM THE DAY CROSS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER HAHN. I HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO BE I HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 2024, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN AND SUCCEED. OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL HAVE FIVE MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW READ THE BOARD'S GUIDELINES. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY ALLOW YOU TO REVIEW FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. SILENCE YOUR DEVICES. SPEAKERS THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCAST, CABLE TV AND VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN BE VIEWED IT CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN OUR ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN, 6 P.M. EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL HAVE RECOGNITION THIS EVENING. A-1, RECOGNITION A-1, RECOGNITION OF LGBTQ+ A-1, RECOGNITION OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH OCTOBER 2024. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MAD DAP CLEAR, DAP CLEAR, IN OCTOBER, WE RECOGNIZE THE LESBIAN, QUAY, RECOGNIZE THE LESBIAN, QUAY, TRANSGENDER AND GAY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS MONTH CELEBRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HIGHWAY HISTORY OF THE LGBTQ+ PEOPLE AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY. AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE WELCOMING TO ALL. STUDENTS THAT WE PROVIDE INSIGHT OF UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER CULTURES TO THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THEM. SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COUNTY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH OF EDUCATING AND CALLING TO ACTION OUR COMMUNITY TO WORK TONIGHT TO PROMOTE EQUAL PROTECTION OF ALL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS AND REGARDLESS -- AND STAFF REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER EXPRESSION AND GENDER IDENTITY. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. RECOGNITION RECOGNITION 5.02. THE RECOGNITION OF THE THE RECOGNITION OF THE BUCS WEST KREWE AWARD. BRIAN FORD, BRIAN FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND OFFICER AND MARIE COURTNEY OFFICER AND MARIE COURTNEY WILL COME UP COME UP -- COME UP -- COME UP -- ANNEMARIE COURTNEY, PARTNERSHIP, PHILANTHROPY AND OUTREACH WILL BE INTRODUCING THIS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, CABINET MEMBERS AND GUESTS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE A RECOGNITION PROGRAM BEST BUCS CREW. SUPPORTED BY OUR AMAZING PARTNER THE TAMPA BAY THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. THIS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES STAND THIS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES STANDOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SUPPORT STAFF AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE, IMPACT, OVERALL ON STUDENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE BRIAN FORD, FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS HERE TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE THIS MONTH'S AWARD AWARD RECIPIENTS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU, YOU, ANNEMARIE AND YOU, ANNEMARIE AND BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE BEFORE YOU ESPECIALLY AFTER A WEEK -- THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GETTING EVERYBODY BACK AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH EVERYBODY WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. BUT WE HAVE A TRADITION AT ONE BUC WHERE ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. AND AND LAST MONTH, I WAS HERE AND PRESENTED YOU FOLKS WITH ONE. SO EXCITED ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO SEE THIS PROGRAM GET STARTED. IN IN READING THE RECIPIENTS THIS MONTH, I DON'T THINK YOU COULD PICK THREE MORE DESERVING INDIVIDUALS. AND SO EXCITED TO SHARE THEIR STORY. AGAIN, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO START THIS PROGRAM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IT. AND HAVING THE YEAR-LONG WINNERS AS WELL AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL THAT WE SO THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS MR. DENNIS MAYO. HE IS RIGHT HE IS RIGHT OVER HERE. THANK YOU. AS OUR FIRST BEST KREWE AWARD FOR A PRINCIPAL WORKED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR 30 YEARS 30 YEARS SERVING AS PRINCIPAL OF MARSHAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, A TRUE SERVANT LEADER WHO GENUINELY SERVANT LEADER WHO GENUINELY CARES OF EVERY STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER MAKING MARSHAL FEEL LIKE HOME FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS. HIS LOVE FOR THE ARTS AND HIS LOVE FOR THE ARTS AND BELIEF THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A CHANCE FOR SUCCESS THROUGH CHANCE FOR SUCCESS THROUGH HIS ATTENDANCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN EVERY CONCERT, PARADE AND PERFORMANCE. MARCHING WITH THE STUDENTS AND HANDING OUT WATERS ALONG THE WAY. DURING DIFFICULT TIMES, HE FOUND A WAY TO FUND THE A WAY TO FUND THE MUSIC PROGRAM WITH AN INSUFFICIENT MUSIC LIBRARY AND LITTLE INSTRUMENT MUSIC. PROVIDES SCHOOL INSTRUMENTS FOR THOSE CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT THOSE CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT ONE FROM THE MUSIC STORE. LEADERSHIP AND VISION AND TEACHER SUPPORT, MARSHAL HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC LEARNING GAINS IN ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S MIDDLE SCHOOLS. STAFF AT MARSHAL SAID HE IS STAFF AT MARSHAL SAID HE IS UNDENIABLY THE BEST PRINCIPAL THEY EVER WORKED FOR. QUITE A STATEMENT. PLEASE HELP ME IN RECOGNIZING MR. MR. DENNIS MAYO, MR. DENNIS MAYO, PRINCIPAL OF MARSHAL MIDDLE SCHOOL DESERVING A BUCCANEERS KREWE A BUCCANEERS KREWE AWARD. [ APPLAUSE ] . [APPLAUSE] >> I WILL GET OUT >> I WILL GET OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE THIS FOR YOU CAN HAVE THIS FOR YOURSELF. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL THAT YOU YOU DO. NEXT UP, IS NEXT UP, IS ANISA DIAZ. A K-5 TEACHER FROM DESOTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> HERE YOU GO. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR SECOND AWARD IS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF SUCCESS AT DESOTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AS THE ESC CONTACT, SHE LEADS THE ESC WITH GRACE, INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. WORKS CLOSELY WITH TEACHERS TO ENSURE ALL STUDENT ESPECIALLY ENSURE ALL STUDENT ESPECIALLY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVE THE VERY BEST SUPPORT AND INSTRUCTION POSSIBLE. BELIEVES IN A LIMITLESS POTENTIAL OF EVERY CHILD AND COMMUNICATES BELIEFS TO STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS ON A DAILY BASIS. BECAUSE OF HER LEADERSHIP, THE LEARNING GAINS OF ESC STUDENTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY INCREASED YEAR AFTER YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THE IN ADDITION TO THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT SHE PROVIDES, SERVING AS A LATER TO THE PBIS TEAM THAT SUPPORTS POSITIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. SHE ALSO SERVES AS A TITLE I FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEAD WORKING TIRELESSLY TO SUPPORT MEANINGFUL FAMILY ENGAGE AT OUR SCHOOL. OUR BUCCANEERS BEST CREW AWARD FOR TEACH EVERY OF THE MONTH GOES TO ANISA DIAZ. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR LAST IS A STORY THAT REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME AS A FATHER OF HIT HOME FOR ME AS A FATHER OF TWO SONS. SHENITA STRONG, A BUS DRIVER. COME ON OVER HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. LET ME TELL YOUR LET ME TELL YOUR STORY. MISS STRONG IS A MISS STRONG IS A BUS DRIVER FOR OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND MEMORIAL MIDDLE MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. MARCH 28, A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER DEMONSTRATED QUICK AND DEMONSTRATED QUICK AND COURAGED THINKING IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. DESPITE BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS, NOTICED A YOUNG CHILD IN DISTRESS ON A BUSY ROAD AND ACTED SWIFTLY. ACTIVATED HER BUS'S STOP LIGHTS, HALTED TRAFFIC AND SAFELY HALTED TRAFFIC AND SAFELY RETRIEVED THE CHILD ENSURING THEIR WELL BEING BY KEEPING THEM SECURE ON THE BUS WHILE CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE. YOU REMEMBER THAT DAY? TREMENDOUS. HER DEDICATION TO THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CHILDREN SHE SERVES EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. HER DECISIVE ACTIONS ON THAT DAY NOT ONLY AVERTED A NOT ONLY AVERTED A TRAGEDY BUT NOT ONLY AVERTED A TRAGEDY BUT EXEMPLIFIES THE UN EXEMPLIFIES THE UNWAVERING CONTROL. AND COMPASSION THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOLDS IN THE HIGHEST THE HIGHEST REWARDS. YOU ALSO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FLORIDA SCHOOL BUS ENFORCEMENT FLORIDA SCHOOL BUS OPERATOR OF THE YEAR OPERATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD. THAT IS AMAZING. CONGRATULATIONS.CON GRADUATIONS THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER OF MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GAME BALL FOR YOU AS WELL. [ APPLAUSE ] . [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM. SO SO EXCITED. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. MUCH MUCH. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. ; HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTING THAT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS NOT BE DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST ANY BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. NIP BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. A RED LIGHT A RED LIGHT WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE I WILL CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD. I WAS HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND ADDRESSED AN ISSUE OF ASKING YOU TO RELOCATE A BUS STOP. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY ON THAT ISSUE. AT THE TIME THE JUSTIFICATIONS I MADE WERE THAT -- ITS CURRENT MADE WERE THAT -- ITS CURRENT LOCATION WAS NOT SAFE TO THE KIDS. FIRST OF ALL ON A DARK, DESOLATE UNPATROLLED ROADWAY WITH NO SHOULDER AND NO SIDEWALK FOR THE STUDENTS TO WALK ON. SECONDLY, THAT AREA HAS A POTENTIAL FOR POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENT CRIME. LASTLY I SAID -- TWO OTHER ISSUES, ACTUALLY. ONE, IT REALLY ISN'T FAIR WHERE SOME KIDS HAVE TO WALK THE ENTIRE WAY AND SOME DON'T HAVE TO WALK AT ALL AND IT WOULD BE MORE FAIR TO BE IN THE MIDDLE. LASTLY THE PROPERTY THAT IT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED UPON, IT EXPOSES THOSE OWNERS TO LEGAL LIABILITY IF THERE WERE INJURIES ON THAT PROPERTY. I DOUBT THAT MANY PEOPLE COME TO YOU WITH A SOLUTION. AT THAT TIME, I DID PRESENT A SOLUTION WHICH I THINK IS BETTER THAN THE SOLUTION THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD GAVE ME WHEN THEY SAID, TOE, JUST PUT EVERYBODY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, TRESPASS THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS AND LET'S SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. I HAVE THAT IN WRITING. SO IS THE SOLUTION I PRESENTED WAS, WHY DON'T WE JUST MOVE THE STOP 150 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD WHERE THE BUS MAKES A U-TURN. COUNTY EASEMENT, MOST CONVENIENT AND VERY AND VERY APPROPRIATE. SO, AGAIN, I AM ASKING YOU TO MOVE THE STOP SO THAT WE CAN AVOID A GREATER AVOID A GREATER PROBLEM WITH HAVING TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY WANTS THAT. AND IT IS -- THIS IS SO MUCH AND IT IS -- THIS IS SO MUCH EASIER THAN EVEN ANSWERING A COMPLAINT TO A LAWSUIT. SO I WILL CLOSE WITH ASKING YOU ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE MOVE THE BUS STOP. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS JASON. THIS ISN'T PART OF WHAT I WANT TO SAY, BUT I WILL MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST HERE PUBLICLY TONIGHT TO MISS COMBS. MISS COMBS, PLEASE STOP MISS COMBS, PLEASE STOP TEXTING ME. PLEASE STOP TEXTING ME. ESPECIALLY AT MIDNIGHT, 2:00 IN THE MORNING. STOP TEXTING ME. >>Karen Perez: PLEASE DON'T ADDRESS THE BOARD MEMBER. >> I WILL >> I WILL ADDRESS HER. STOP TEXTING ME. I HOPE YOU GO ON SELF-INSURED WITH TRACY SHOTSBERG AND THE CURRENT HR PERSON THERE. I HOPE YOU DO, BECAUSE I WANT TO WATCH IT BURN. I WANT TO WATCH IT EXPLODE LIKE IT HAS AT MANY OTHER DISTRICTS. I KNOW THE FACTS. YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW THE FACTS. MISS PEREZ YOU SAID YOU WELCOME COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES THE INPUT AND BOARD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE. OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP AND KEEP YOU -- WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED OF RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME HERE. SO PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME. I SPOKE ON SEPTEMBER I SPOKE ON SEPTEMBER 17 ABOUT THE CFO JOB DESCRIPTION AND IT WAS TAKEN DOWN. TWO TWO WEEKS AGO LATER, IT IS TWO WEEKS AGO LATER, IT IS NOT PUT BACK UP. MR. MR. AYRES AND I HAD INTERESTING DIALOGUE, I HOPE HE AND OTHERS DO THE RIGHT THING. I REALLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE. BY A SHOW OF HANDS, HAS ANYONE HERE GONE TO BROWARD MIAMI-DADE OREGON RANG OREGON RANG COUNTY AND REVIEWED THE THE -- OR THE -- OR ORANGE COUNTY AND REVIEWED THE JOB CRIMINALS. SEEING A SHOW OF HANDS, IT TELLS ME THAT NO ONE HAS GONE TO BE ORANGE, BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND LOOKED AT THAT. NOW THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY SKIPPED OVER AND I WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SPEAK BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THIS. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO DISCONTINUE THE TEXTS AT INAPPROPRIATE INAPPROPRIATE TIMES. SEPTEMBER -- OH, I AM SORRY, ACTUALLY -- FITCH PLACES ACTUALLY -- FITCH PLACES HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA SCHOOLS LATING ON NEGATIVE WATCH ON APRIL 29. THE PREVIOUS THE PREVIOUS CFO STARTED MARCH 31. SEPTEMBER 30, THE CURRENT -- OR FORMER NOW FORMER NOW CFO LEFT, BUT ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, YOU GUYS HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT -- AT LEAST I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT IT. FLORIDA SCHOOLS ARE UPGRADED TO AN A-PLUS AND AN A-PLUS AND SAYS THAT YOU HAVE A 20% A 20% FUND SURPLUS. SOME MY QUESTION IS: WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HIRE A TEACHER TO BE THE THE CFO THE CFO POSITION WHEN IT IS FINALLY TAKEN THREE YEARS FROM THE OUTSIDE TO HELP FIX THIS? AND YET AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT JOB DESCRIPTION, IT IS A PRINCIPAL THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT IN PUT IN THAT POSITION. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, MIKE >> HI, MIKE PLORE. MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. GO TIGERS. I HAVE BEEN HERE THE PAST FEW WEEKS TO EXPOSE THE SYMPTOMS OF THE THE FLAWED INDUSTRY CERT THE FLAWED INDUSTRY CERT CERTIFICATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL OF JULY OF THIS YEAR. I HAVE ANSWERS OF HOW THIS CAME TO BE. IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT THESE BARRIERS TO STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND TEACHER IMPLEMENTATION ARE BORN FROM FINANCIAL FRAUD AND FAILED OVERSIGHT. CTE HAVE ONGOING SYSTEM TO DEPRIVE STUDENTS AT ACCELERATION POINTS, HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS AND WORK FORCE BENEFITS DUE TO SIMPLE LAZINESS. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND STATE LEGISLATION PUT EXACTLY NO PUT EXACTLY NO PREREQUISITES, NO PRACTICE EXAM PRACTICE EXAM REQUIREMENTS AND NO OTHER IMPEDIMENTS TO STUDENTS TAKING THE CERTIFICATION TAKING THE CERTIFICATION EXAMS. THIS PRACTICE OF PREREQUISITE SCORING 20% HIGHER ON THE PRACTICE EXAM IS AN INVENTION OF PLAINTIFF CHRIS PLAINTIFF CHRIS JARGO ONLY AND NO KNOWN PRECEDENCE IN THE STATE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO PRECLUDE FROM INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION EXAMS. STATE STATUTES SECTION STATE STATUTES SECTION 103.493 STATES THAT EACH SCHOOL IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST A 50% PASS RATE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATION EXAM. FAILURE TO ACHIEVE THE STATE REQUIRED 50% PASS RATE WILL RESULT IN A RESULT IN A THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN PLAN OF IMPROVEMENT TO IMPROVE PLAN OF IMPROVEMENT TO IMPROVE THE PASSIVE RATE OF THE CAREER-THEMED COULD US. NOWHERE DOES IT INCLUDE EXCLUDE STUDENTS STUDENTS ADDITIONALLY, I SPOKE WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF CTE TODAY. MR. LEE CRISP WALTON. WE DISCUSSED THIS WE DISCUSSED THIS SITUATION. AND HE SHARES MY READING AND HE SHARES MY READING OF THIS PARTICULAR STATUTE. IN SO MUCH AS A STUDENT THAT DID NOT TEST IN THAT CLASS COUNTS IN THE 50% THAT FAILED. IT IS THAT COURSE IS A PASS RATE. REGARDLESS OF YOU INCLUDED OR REGARDLESS OF YOU INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED THAT PERSON FROM ATTEMPTING THAT EXAM. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR INCLUSION INCLUSION IN THIS PARTICULAR POINT. I LOOK AT YOUR "PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE" AND STUDENTS FOR LIFE" AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT POSSIBLE VISION IN OUR CTE DEPARTMENT TODAY. I DON'T SEE THIS. THANK YOU VERY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: CAN I HAVE SPEAKERS SPEAKERS 6-11 LINE UP PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM SPEAKER I AM SPEAKER 4. OKAY. MY NAME IS RICK FERNANDEZ. PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION. I WAS HERE WITH YOU LAST MONTH. THESE COMMENTS ARE OFFERED IN BOTH MY BOTH MY PERSONAL AND REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITIES. IN JUNE, THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THE ORGANIZATION, THE TPO BOARD, VOTED TO SUPPORT THE ADDITION OF NEW CAPACITY THAT WOULD BE LANES, CARS AND LANES, CARS AND POLLUTION. ON ON I-275 NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE TO AVENUE TO BEARSS. WE ASKED THE SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION LEADING TO REVERSAL OF THAT VOTE. THE SUBJECT VOTE WAS CAST AND IN SUPPORT OF A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER WASTEL. THE MOTION WAS MADE WITHOUT NOTICE AND CAME AS A TOTAL SURPRISE TO THE PUBLIC. THE VOTE WAS THE VOTE WAS 8-7. SO THE ONE VOTE CAST FROM THIS BOARD WAS A SWING VOTE. OF OF WASTEL'S MANEUVER, THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE BEEN LITIGATED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD IN ADVANCE OF THE TPO ACTION. THE VOTE CAST IN YOUR NAME WAS EFFECTIVELY ONE PERSON'S OPINION. AND HAVE AND HAVE EXPOSE MANY OF YOUR AND HAVE EXPOSE MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO HEALTH AND SAFETY IRS KNACKS WILL GO LONG INTO THE FUTURE. WE ASK YOU, PLEASE, TO CONSIDER THE TRUE DILIGENCE. CONSIDER THE FLAWED PROCESS THAT LEADS US TO THIS MOMENT. DO YOU WANT TO CARRY THE BURDEN OF YOUR COLLEAGUE'S VOTE TO YOUR FUTURE AND YOUR FUTURE AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL HAS COUNCIL HAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE CAPACITY INCREASE ON 2075. HTPO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE PASSED A MOTION 10-1 RECOMMENDING REMOVAL OF THE CAPACITY LANGUAGE ADVANCED BY BY WASTEL. THE THE TPO BOARD STRIPPED THE CAPACITY LANGUAGE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN 2021. AT THAT POINT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, MISS VAUGHN. THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE COMMUNITIES ALONG I-275 CORRIDOR NORTH OF DOWNTOWN INTERCHANGE HAVE OWE POISED THIS CAPACITY CAPACITY INCREASE SINCE THE ROLL OUT OF TBG IN OUT OF TBG IN 2015. NOT A CLOSE ALL POLITICALLY OR AS A MATTER OF POLICY. STILL TIME TO GET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ISSUE. THE NEXT TPO BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16. THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY THERE IS TO FIX THIS. FINAL NOTE, THE CONTESTED VOTE WAS CAST BY A SINGLE DISTRICT MEMBER, DISTRICT 4, WITH CONSTITUENCY. PLEASE CONSIDER APPOINTING A COUNTY-WIDE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ON THE BOARD FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. I INCORPORATE MY E-MAILS TO YOU FOR REFERENCE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY. I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ABA AND PIP RIGHTS. OF COURSE, I HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. HE BELONGS TO YOU. I SHARE HIM WITH YOU ALL. I AM COMING UP ON THE TAIL END I AM COMING UP ON THE TAIL END AS A AS A PARENT AS A SCHOOL WITH YEAR BECAUSE HE IS GRADUATING. I CAN TELL YOU THE CHANCE THAT HE WILL BE READING A POEM WITH HIM. ABA AND PIP RIGHTS IN THE SCHOOL. I CAN TELL YOU HIS EDUCATIONAL CAREER WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH EASIER ON ME, HIM AS A STUDENT AND EDUCATORS AS WELL AND EDUCATORS AS WELL SO I WILL SHARE THAT AS MOM. I CAN TELL YOU IT DEFINITELY WOULD -- HARD ON EDUCATORS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT TAKES WORK TO REALLY DIVE INTO GIVE OUR, YOU KNOW, SPECIALS WHO MEAN SO MUCH IN THE WORLD, RIGHT. SO THEY CAN FUNCTION IN THE WORLD TO HAVE IT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HELP THEM PREPARE SO THEY CAN FUNCTION IN LIFE, OKAY. WE NEED THIS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I AM GOING TO SHARE -- I WILL FIGHT FOR HIM. I KNOW YOU ALL -- YOU ALL FIGHT TO. I KNOW THE FIGHT IS HARD, AS A MOM. HAVING THIS FOR OUR FAMILIES TO HELP MAKE IT ADAPTABLE. YOU KNOW WHERE THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WHEN HE WAS IN SCHOOL. HE COULDN'T COMMUNICATE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FRUSTRATIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH FAMILIES. WE LIVED IT. THANK GOD, YOU KNOW, MAY 29, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO SHAKE THE HAND. HE IS MAIN HE IS MAIN STREAMED IN SCHOOL. OF HIS PRINCIPAL. AND WE ARE GOING TO GRADUATE AND CELEBRATE WITH YOU CELEBRATE WITH YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, BUT GOING FORWARD, KNOW, BUT GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN HAVE ABA AND PIP IN OUR CLASSROOMS TO HELP PARENTS, TO HELP YOU ALL, TO HELP OUR EDUCATORS AND THE STUDENTS. BECAUSE OUR MAIN GOAL FROM THE TIME WE GIVE OUR BABIES TO YOU ALL, RIGHT, WE GOT TO PREPARE THEM FOR LIFE. SOME IF I AM NOT HERE, JORDAN CAN FUNCTION IN LIFE ON HIS OWN CAN FUNCTION IN LIFE ON HIS OWN OKAY. AND THANK YOU. AND HE IS GOING TO READ A POEM. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. >> A POEM CALLED >> A POEM CALLED "CHANCE." JUST CHANCE, CAN YOU FILL, SEE OR SMELL CHANCE? CHANCE, CHANCE, CHANCE, CHANCE. CHANCE IS A FRIEND TO HOPE. CHANCE IS CHANCE IS A FRIEND TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU ARE GIVEN CHANCE. IT IS A FEELING OF IT IS A FEELING OF BELIEF. I WHY BEG FOR CHANCE WHEN IT IS FREE, FREE, FREE, YES FREE, FREE, FREE, YES FREE. YOU SHOULD YOU SHOULD SEE CHANCE IN A VISION, A DREAM, A OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO SAY FOR SOMEONE TO SAY I BELIEVE YOU CAN. I WILL GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO BE -- TO BE THE CHANCE TO BE AMAZING. THE CHANCE TO BE THE CHANCE TO BE UNIQUE. IN IN YOUR OWN ABILITY. THE CHANCE OF GROWTH TO THE CHANCE OF GROWTH TO BE IT WHENEVER YOU GAIN WHENEVER YOU GAIN 10%, 0% WHENEVER YOU GAIN 10%, 0% MAYBE 80% AND MAYBE 100% BECAUSE OF CHANCE. CHANCE IS THE ABILITY TO KNOW WHEN GIVEN, YOU CAN WHEN GIVEN, YOU CAN SUCCEED BECAUSE CHANCE WAS GIVEN TO BECAUSE CHANCE WAS GIVEN TO YOU. CHANCE IS A CHANCE IS A GIFT. A BEAUTIFUL GIFT. SOMEONE IS CAPABLE SOMEONE IS CAPABLE OF GIVING YOU CHANCE. TO ALL SOME ARE CAPABLE OF GIVING CHANCE TO A VERY FEW. ONCE IT IS GIVEN, WE BLOSSOM INTO BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS BECAUSE SOMEONE GAVE US CHANCE -- JUST A CHANCE. SOMEONE GAVE US THE CHANCE TO SUCCEED. JUST GIVE A LITTLE CHANCE TODAY. >>Karen Perez: JORDAN, YOU DID AMAZING. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM DIANE LE I AM DIANE LE M+LANC. HERE TODAY FOR PROJECT ABA RIGHTS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. BY PROVIDE IN-CLINIC SERVICES TO AUTISTIC CHILDREN. OUR CLIENTS DEMOCRAT PROGRESS AND BECOME OF SCHOOL AGE, WE AND BECOME OF SCHOOL AGE, WE BEGAN TO IF A TILL TATE TRANSITION TO SCHOOL AND WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THIS PROCESS. ALMOST FIVE YEARS OF PROVIDING SERVICES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS ARE AREN'T WROUGHT WITH TREPIDATION PARENTS WHO REPEAT REPEAT HOOD HE VOICE CONCERNS OF NOT ONLY THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO ACCESS SUPPORTS WITHIN THEIR HOME COMMUNITY THAT ADDRESS THEIR UNIQUE LEARNING NEEDS. MANY OF MY CLIENTS HAVE A HISTORY OF HISTORY OF AGGRESSIONS, SELF INJURY. PROPERTY DESTRUCTION. PROVIDED INTERVENTION WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HIGHLY TRAIN TO DECREASE THESE TO DECREASE THESE BEHAVIORS. THEY ARE OFTEN THEY ARE OFTEN MITIGATED TO LOW LEVELS. HOWEVER, WITHOUT THESE SUPPORTS IN SCHOOLS THEY RUN THE RISK OF RETURNING AND INCREASING TO DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT PUT THEM AT AT RISK AND PUT OUR SCHOOL AT RISK AND PUT OUR SCHOOL PERSONNEL AT RISK. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ASSURE ASSURE FAMILIES THAT THESE CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE FREE, SAFE AND APPROPRIATE SERVICES WHEN THEY TRANSITION FROM OUR CLINIC TO SCHOOL. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY BARRIERS. HE HAD MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE -- HAD TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS AND HOME SCHOOL, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER OPTIONS NO OTHER OPTIONS. THEY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH HOME SCHOOLING. I HAD FAMILIES WHO HAD TO DRIVE ONE -- OVER AN HOUR TO DRIVE THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL. THAT IS FOUR HOURS OF DRIVING A DAY. I HAVE HAD FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEIR CHILD IS HAS SIGNIFICANT NEEDS SHOULD IN A CLASSROOM WITH ONE TEACHER AND 20 OTHER STUDENT AND SEE HOW ITS GOES. THAT IS VERY SCARY FOR FAMILIES. CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER ABAs HAVE YIELDED SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. TODAY WE URGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THEIR FAMILIES WHEN VOTING ON DISTRICT DISTRICT LEVEL POLICIES. WE REQUEST A REVISION OF THE TO SEE TO ALLOW FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE ABA AS A RESOURCE. TOP FACILITATE SUCCESSFUL TOP FACILITATE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS. TOP SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. TO TO COLLABORATE WITH SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS FOR PROFESSIONALS FOR INTERNAL CAPACITY AND CAPACITY AND ENSURE A PLAN. AND WE REQUEST STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WITH THE PIP REGARDING ADA SERVICES IN SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM DR. FAIRABAKAS AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PROJECT BEHALF OF PROJECT ABS RIGHTS DUE TO THE HURRICANE, MANY OF OUR MEMBERS COULD NOT MAKE IT HERE TODAY. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN OF THE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL PERSONNEL PROCESS. AT EVERY STAGE OF THE PIP PROCESS, BARRIERS PROCESS, BARRIERS PREVENTING OUR STUDENT FROM BEHAVIORAL SERVICES IN SCHOOLS. PIP IS COMPLEX FILLED WITH LEGAL JARGON. MANY PARENTS FEEL PRESSURE TO SIGN WITHOUT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE TERMS WHICH CAN LEAD TO LEGAL COSTS AND FORCED AGREEMENT JUST TO MAINTAIN THEIR CHILD'S SERVICES. RECENTLY, SOME SCHOOLS HAVE EVEN REQUIRED IEPs TO BE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE THEY DENSE IN THE PIP PROCESS FURTHER DELAYING THE START OF SERVICES BY SEVERAL MONTHS. MONTHS. SECOND ONCE THE PIP PACKET. NO TIMELINE FOR COLLABORATION MEETING. LACK OF CLARITY DELAYS AND AFFECTS STUDENTS PARTICULARLY AT THE START OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THIRD, WHEN COLLABORATION WIN DO HAPPEN, HAPPEN, ADMINISTRATORS OFTEN DELAY TREATMENT BY REQUESTING NECESSARY OBSERVATION AND DATA DESPITE THE FACT THAT ABA SERVICES HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE CHIDE'S PHYSICIAN, BEHAVIORAL ANALYST AND INSURANCE. ADDITIONALLY THESE THERAPIES ARE RESTRICTED TO NONINSTRUCTIONAL TIME WHICH FAILS TO MEET THE CHILD'S ACTUAL NEEDS. THESE DECISION SHOULD BE DATA DRIVEN AND COLLABORATIVE. THE PI P PROCESS MUST BE DREAM LINED. WE NEED CLEAR TIMELINES, ACCESS TO ABA SERVICES, AND IMMEDIATE ACTION TO REMOVE THESE UNNECESSARY UNNECESSARY BARRIERS. IT IS TIME TO PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN AND BE SURE THEY RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO WITHOUT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO WITHOUT DELAY. THANK YOU THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD M MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. I AM BRIT WEGMAN WITH ABA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE POLICIES ON PAPER GIVE STABILITY OF OUR FINANCES OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT. WHEN VIOLATE THE POLICY, IT HAS TO BE CHANGED. NO SUCH THING AS AN EMERGENCY FOR OUR POLICY. YOU VIOLATE POLICIES ALL THE TIME. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM A CFO DURING THE BOARD WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 27, 2024 CONCERNING BOARD POLICY 6210. THIS ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER INFORMATION SHARED IS MISRIDING AT BEST AT BEST DURING THAT MEETING. THE QUESTION THE URGENCY AND VIOLATION OF CHANGING A VIOLATION OF CHANGING A POLICY YOU ARE NOT IN VIOLATION BUT WHAT YOU MOST CERTAINLY WOULD VIOLATE WITH THE BUDGET AND THE PAST YEARS OF BUDGET REPORTING. REALITY WHEN YOU READ THE CURRENT POLICY THAT HCPS -- THE POLICY ALREADY STIPULATES THAT THE UNASSIGNED CLASSIFICATION OF THE FUND BALANCE ALONE THE FUND BALANCE ALONE BE HIGHER THAN ALL LIKE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AT 6% TO 13%. THIS FACT WAS UTILIZED IN A PRESENTATION MADE TO THIS BOARD FEBRUARY 20, 2024 WITH THE C,FO WHEN THE POLICY WAS CITED WHEN THE POLICY WAS CITED. THE PROPOSED CHANGES AS POSTED NOW WILL REQUIRE THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE ALONE TO BE 16% BY INCREASING TWO SEPARATELY DEFINED PORTIONS OF THE UNASSIGNED RESERVE TO 8% EACH. 16% AMOUNT IS HIGHER THAN THE COMBINED ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED IN THE DISTRICT SUMMARY PRESENTED IN PAST BY THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 WHICH IS 10.25%. THE BOARD HAS CONTINUALLY ASKED AND TOLD THAT THE FUND BALANCE IS NORTH OF 20% WHICH IS ONLY TRUE IF YOU CALCULATE ALL FIVE CLASSIFICATIONS OF FUND BALANCE, THE NONSPENDABLE, RESTRICTED, COMMITTED, ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED. LAST FISCAL YEAR. THE TRUST IS, THE IT IS STRICT PASSED A BUDGET WITH THE BE ASSIGNED AT 10.25 WITH ALL FIVE CLASSIFICATIONS TOTALING 13.5. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE STATE ONLY LOOKS AT THE ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED AT 3% UNASSIGNED AT 3% MINIMUM. THIS POLICY CHANGE IS THIS POLICY CHANGE IS EGREGIOUS AND UNNECESSARY AND FOR IF IMPLEMENTED THE FUND BALANCE WHICH IS NOW WHICH IS NOW BUDGETED $213.9 MILLION ALONE FOR 2024-'25 TO INCREASE BY AN ADDITIONAL $121 MILLION. WHERE DOES THE BOARD PLAN IN ON FINDING THESE FUNS. C FO SAID OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS IN OUR FUND BALANCE ALREADY IT IS MISLEADING BROWARD, POLK, DADE, PALM BEACH AND FLORIDA STATE ASSIGNED AND STATE ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. CFO SAY 3% IS THE LOWEST STATE REQUIREMENT AND YOU CAN LOSE THAT MONEY AT ONE TIME. ONE MAJOR NETWORK THAT GOES LEFT AND A BAD AND A BAD AND A BAD DECISION. NOW USE THE FUND BALANCE. AND RESTRICT THE FUND BALANCE. FIRST THIS STATEMENT IS THE BAD FAITH OF THE PRACTICE THAT OUR EMPLOYEE UNIONS AND CON TARRY TO THE DEFINITION OF UNDEFINED THE DEFINITION OF UNDEFINED CLASSIFICATION IN THE FLORIDA DOE RED BOOK. WHAT INITIATIVE CAN WHAT INITIATIVE CAN THIS BOARD PRIORITIZE ON BOARD OF THE SITUATION OF MASSIVE SITUATION OF MASSIVE VACANCIES, CROWDED CLASSROOMS AND A WORK FORCE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS. WHAT WHAT HCTA SEEN IMPROVEMENT IN BUDGET TRENDS THE FUND BUDGETED FOR EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND NOT SPENT ARE SIPHONED INTO THE SELF-IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS. ANNUAL EXIT FUND BUDGETED AND UNSPENT SHOULD BE USED TO ADDRESS VACANCIES, CROWDED CLASSROOMS AND CLASSROOMS AND COMPENSATING YOUR WORKFORCE. HILLSBOROUGH CLASSROOM TEACHERS SORENESS URGES BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED CHANGES PROPOSED CHANGES TO PROPOSED CHANGES TO BOARD POLICY AND ABANDON THIS REVISION. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ACTUALLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ACTUALLY A MAN THAT I MET TOM RAS P TO BRING TO LIGHT SOMETHING VERY DISTURBING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY PURCHASING DIRECTOR HAD GONE ON A MASS -- A -- A TRIP TO THE A MASS -- A -- A TRIP TO THE MASTER'S GOLF MASTER'S GOLF WITH A VENDOR. THING IS A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE TO THE PROCUREMENT AND PURCHASING AGENTS WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE ACCEPTING FREE LUNCHES AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PURCHASING LIGHT BULBS, CHEMICALS AND PROTECTING THE TAXPAYERS AND THE KIDS. I WOULD REQUEST THAT I WOULD REQUEST THAT FDLE AND/OR FBI NOT A LEGAL FIRM DO AN INVESTIGATION TO PREVENT TEXT MESSAGES, E-MAILS BEING MESSAGES, E-MAILS BEING DELETED. YOU ARE THE LAST STOP TO PROTECT THE KID AND THE THE KID AND THE TAXPAYERS. DO NOT COMPROMISE YOURSELF. DO NOT MAKE FRIENDS WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY. AND DO THE RIGHT THING. MY CONCERN IS HOW MANY MORE TIMES HAS THIS HAPPENED. I LISTEN TO THE -- MR. I LISTEN TO THE -- MR. RAS P'S BLOG, A -- A VIDEO BLOG, A -- A VIDEO ON MAY 7, BLOG, A -- A VIDEO ON MAY 7, 2024 WHERE IT WAS MISREPRESENTED TO YOU TO YOU ALL ON SOME LAND THAT TO YOU ALL ON SOME LAND THAT -- I GUESS BEING PAID -- I GUESS BEING PAID -- CONVEYING WHICH I WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN CONVEY PROPERTY WITHOUT PUBLIC PUBLIC NOTICE. BUT REPRESENTED BUT REPRESENTED .96 ACRE AND BUT REPRESENTED .96 ACRE AND DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENTLY AT .98 ACRES. TRUE TRUE 1.085. NOTHING TOLD TO YOU ALL THAT THERE IS A 12,467-SQUARE-BUILDING ON IT. A CLASS A A CLASS A UNIFORM WAREHOUSE. PROBABLY WAS IN THE PROBABLY WAS IN THE APPRAISAL. BUT BUT YOU AREN'T COMMERCIAL REALTORS TO READ THAT. SO I SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MISMANAGEMENT WITH THIS SCHOOL BOARD, WE COULD AND SHOULD PAY OUR TEACHERS MORE. BUT BECAUSE OF THE MISMANAGEMENT WE HAVE HERE, THAT IS THE WE HAVE HERE, THAT IS THE REASON WE CAN'T. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PUBLIC SERVANT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT NO ONE ON THIS BOARD IS TEXTING ME AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES. THANK YOU FOR DOING THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I APPRECIATE MY SLEEP. JASON AND PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH SIM NOEL HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND HERE ON BEHALF OF OLD SELL OF OLD SELL NOTRE DAME NOEL HEIGHTS AND UNIVERSITY SQUARE IN UNITED OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND 275. WE ARE IN WE ARE IN CONSISTENT DISCUSSION WITH SEVERAL OTHER CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDING FOREST HILLS, HILLS, SULPHUR SPRINGS HILLS, SULPHUR SPRINGS LOWRY PARK, TAMPA CREST AND TAMPA OVERLOOK. WHEN I TALK WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE ENTIRE URBAN CORE I MEAN IT. I AM PROUD TO BE SPEAKING ON THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF TAMPANOS WHO ARE THOUSANDS OF TAMPANOS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS OPPOSED TO THIS STUPIDITY EXAMINE HOUR THIS BOARD VOTES ON OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION. NO DISRESPECT TO MEMBER NO DISRESPECT TO MEMBER RENDON'S OF OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS. WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS HALF A BILLION DOLLAR BOONDOGGLE. I WOULD I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE BODY ON THE TPO BE COUNTYWIDE FOR INCREASED LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY. IT WOULD SEEM IT WOULD SEEM INAPPROPRIATE FOR TAMPA CITIZENS TO NOT HAVE THE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY WITH A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ON THE TPO. LASTLY, WE THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA'S URBAN CORE IS TAMPA'S URBAN CORE IS COUNTING ON YOU TO ON YOU TO ADDRESS AND REVERSE THIS CONTROVERSIAL VOTE TO STAND UP WITH THIS UP WITH THIS FISCALLY RECKLESS IDEA THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT TENS THOUSANDS OF RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD, C HEARD, C 2.03 AND C HEARD, C 2.03 AND C 7.01. C C 2.03, AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES OF SERVICES OF NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP FOR ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP FOR TEACHER SUPPORT SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES SUPERINTENDENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS THIS PROGRAM. >> THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING >> THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP BY PROVIDING ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP AND PROVIDE INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTION FOR THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. WE CONTRIBUTED TO OVER 2917 WE CONTRIBUTED TO OVER 2917 STUDENTS EARN CAN THE STUDENTS EARN CAN THE ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION. MADAM CHAIR. ITEM 2.03. CHRIS CHRIS JARGO AND ALYSSA DIAZ IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING REGARDING 2.03. THE AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR SERVICES FOR NFTE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE APPROVE C-2.03. A SECOND BY A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY YOU PULLED IN ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? FREEWAY >>Lynn Gray: I WAS A FORMER ENTREPRENEUR AND HAD VERY LITTLE DIRECTION IN A HUGE BUSINESS. FAST FORWARD MR. FAST FORWARD MR. JARGO, WE HAD THE STATE OF THE REGION. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, YOU HAVE GONE TO THOSE. TWO YEARS AGO ONE OF THE LOWEST TWO YEARS AGO ONE OF THE LOWEST INDICATORS OF THE 18 INDICATORS OF THE 18 DISTRICTS, THE MAJOR THE MAJOR DISTRICT CITIES, TAMPA BEING ONE OF THEM. WE WERE THE LOWEST IN WOMEN WE WERE THE LOWEST IN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS. AND PATENTS TOO. THROW THAT IN. I WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE WHY WITH ALL THIS GROWING CITY AND ALL THE OTHER DYNAMICS GOING ON IN THE CITY. WHY AREN'T WE DOING A BETTER JOB TRAINING WOMEN TO BECOME BUSINESS LEADERS, BUSINESS OWNER AS SOON AS AND I AM SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO MEMBER COMBS WHO ALSO WAS A ALSO WAS A BUSINESS OWNER. FINDING OUT THAT YOUR DOING THIS HAS MADE ME EXTREMELY -- JUST AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER VERY, VERY HAPPY. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DR. BOB OUT TO DR. BOB WORLAC WHO I JUST TALKED TO A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND HE IS STARTING UP A -- WELL, WORKSHOPS, WORKSHOPS, TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND HITTING THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. SO MANY -- THERE ARE SO MANY GROUPS THAT ARE WOMEN GROUPS THAT ARE WOMEN THAT WE NEVER HAD THE TRAINING AND LEARNED BY THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS. I WANTON SAY THIS IS -- THIS IS AN EMBLEM AN EMBLEMATIC PROGRAM FOR OUR DISTRICT AND WILL DISTRICT AND WILL JARGO, CAN YOU MAKE IT SHINE MORE THAN WHAT I AM SHARING RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO THE HEAR FROM YOU. WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING? >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP TYPICALLY NO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS QUITE SMALL GOING BACK TO 10, 15 YEARS AGO AGO. I WANT TO CREDIT I WANT TO CREDIT ALYSSA BECAUSE UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, IT UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, IT FLOURISHED. WE HAD A FEW AND NOW DOZENS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS. WE FOCUS ON NONTRADITIONAL CAREERS AND CAREERS AND LOW PERCENTAGE OF ONE GENDER AND HER ONE GENDER AND HER LEADERSHIP AND RESOURCE TEACHER AND RESOURCE TEACHER PROMOTING AND RESOURCE TEACHER PROMOTING PRURP PRURPSHIP. I WANT TO ALLOW HER TO EXPAND ON THE THINGS SHE IS DOING. >>Lynn Gray: CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME TOO. I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL. >> GOOD EVENING. LARISS LARISS LASARGA. THANK THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AS MR. AS MR. JARGO, WE HAD ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP PROGRAMS IN FIVE OF OUR SCHOOLS. A FEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS. ONLY TWO OR THREE HIGH SCHOOLS. NOW WE ARE AT NINE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 21 HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. MOST OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY OFFERING THE THIRD LEVEL PROGRAM SO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THREE-YEAR PROGRAM WHERE THE STUDENTS GRADUALLY LEARN HOW TO APPLY ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING AND MIND SETS AND TO START AND RUN START AND RUN THEIR OWN BUSINESS. AND IN THIS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS IN FINDING THE IN FINDING THE RESOURCES, THE TEACHER TEACHER SUPPORT. A LOT OF OUR A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS THAT TEACH ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP DON'T HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS AND LEARNING HOW TO YOU SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS AS THEY START THEIR PERSONAL BUSINESS VENTURES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM. THIS HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL FOR THE GROWTH IN THE GROWTH IN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION AND ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL. WE HAVE MULTIPLE COURSES THAT ALIGN TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ALIGN TO THE SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFICATIONS AND PROVIDES THE COURSEWORK TO APPROPRIATE THE COURSEWORK TO APPROPRIATE THE STUDENT AND LEARN STUDENT AND LEARN ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP MIND SET OF COLLABORATION, COLLABORATION, FLEXIBILITY, INNOVATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING THE PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. >> THIS IS EXCELLENT AND WELL TEAMED BECAUSE WHEN I GO OUT TO IN THE SOUTH COUNTY, AND YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW THIS, A LOT OF THEM WANT A BUSINESS -- SOME TYPE OF BUSINESS EXPERTISE FOR SETTING UP A A NAIL SALON. HAIR. BY MEAN BY MEAN NOT THAT I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, THE TIME, EXPOSED TO THAT OFFER. >> >> ADVISING LATINAS IN THE WE MASSACHUSETTS AREA AND THE HIGH SCHOOL OPENING SCHOOL OPENING AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU SEE A LOT. BEGS THE QUESTION OF TRANSPORTATION. ANOTHER SITUATION. HOW DO WE -- WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ASPIRE TO BE PART OF THIS TRAINING, OF THIS TRAINING, HOW ARE WE SET UP FOR TRANSPORTATION? >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO -- WE HAVE A GRANT, THE HAVE A GRANT, THE CALDY-PERKINS GRANT. MANY OF THE ISSUES AROUND MANY OF THE ISSUES AROUND ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP AND EDUCATION TRAINING CAMP FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL YEARS THEY HAVE OFFERED IT THEY HAVE OFFERED IT. THEY SUNSETTED AND ROLLED IT IN. WE WANT TO CONTINUE THESE TYPE OF INITIATIVES AND WHY THIS COUNTY WITH NIFTY IS PART OF OUR CARL PERKINS GRANT AND GOES INTO AN APPLICATION WE SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND WORK-BASED LEARNING AND ACTIVITIES OFF OF THE SCHOOL THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND LARISA AND HER TEAM OF PROVIDING EVENTS OF THE THE CONVENTION CENTER WHEN YOU ARE ENTREPRENEURS, YOU CAN GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND BE AROUND DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE AROUND THE TAMPA BAY AROUND THE TAMPA BAY AREA. >>Lynn Gray: THAT IS EXCELLENT. ALWAYS NUMBER ONE BARRIER OF TRANSPORTATION WHEN YOU TALK OF SOUTH COUNTY, SOUTHEAST COUNTY. GLAD YOU ARE ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER RE >>Karen Perez: MEMBER RE NDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, WHAT MAKES ME EXCITED OF THIS ITEM NOT ONLY ADDRESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND BEYOND THE READING, WRITING AND BEYOND THE READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC AND GIVES THEM LIFE SKILLS. ADDRESSES THE READING, WRITING, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF CURRICULUM OF WHICH THEY NEED TO DO FOR WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO. AND BRINGS IN THE LITERACY. FINANCIAL LITERACY OF HOW THEY SAVE IN ORDER TO DO THE NEXT THING. HOW YOU BUILD UPON WHAT YOU KNOW AND GIVE YOURSELF OPPORTUNITY AND GIVE YOURSELF OPPORTUNITY. IT GIVES THEM A SENSE OF PURPOSE. IT GIVES THEM A SENSE OF SELF-AWARENESS. IT GIVES THEM A SENSE THAT YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE AND THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE IMPACT YOUR FUTURE YOUR FUTURE I THINK LIFE SKILLS NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT VERY IMPORTANT DO RESEARCH. LOOK AT THE ECONOMY. UNDERSTANDS WHEN THE ECONOMY CHANGES HOW IT CAN AFFECT WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR LIFE AND EFFECTS WHAT SKILLS YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. HOW YOU NEED TO SAVE FOR THOSE POEF TENSION TIMES. WHETHER YOU CHOOSE GOING INTO WHETHER YOU CHOOSE GOING INTO ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP AT ANY POINT OF TIME. IN WHATEVER CAREER THEY CHOOSE OR WHATEVER THEY DO IN LIFE, IT BUILDS THEM A BETTER FUTURE BUILDS THEM A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR EXPANDING THAT TO ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. WHEN WE LOOK BACK FROM 1972 TO TODAY BACK IN 1972 WAS A TODAY BACK IN 1972 WAS A 402,000 WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. TODAY TODAY 12.3 MILLION. AND -- AND THEY EMPLOY OVER 10.7 MILLION MILLION WORKERS. 182 BUSINESSES ARE STARTED BY WOMEN EVERY WOMEN EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO THAT -- ON AVERAGE, IT IS ABOUT 40% OF THE ABOUT 40% OF THE BUSINESSES ARE OWNED BY WOMEN. THAT SAYS A LOT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY TO OUR YOUNG ESPECIALLY TO OUR YOUNG LADIES. THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY COULD WORK FOR FOR THEMSELVES. EMPOWERMENT, ESPECIALLY WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS WHAT YOU ARE EDUCATING OUR YOUNG EDUCATING OUR YOUNG LADIES. TO DO FOR THEIR FUTURE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING. AND THIS COURSE THAT YOU ARE DIRECTING OUR YOUNG LADIES IN FOR THEIR FOR THEIR LIFE. THANK YOU. SO SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOU SEE YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND CONTINUE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM C THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM C 7.01, AGREEMENT FOR ED PLAN ACCESS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT IN ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A NEW AGENDA ITEM APPROVAL BY STATE STATUTE PASSED IN JULY OF 2024. IN ACCORDANCE TO 1001, 1002 AND 1006, FLORIDA STATUTES, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. THIS APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR STATE STATUTE PASSED IN JULY 2024. GIVE MORE DETAIL OF THE ED PLAN ASPECT AND THE ASPECT AND THE TPD. CHIEF NEWMAN IS HERE CHIEF NEWMAN IS HERE TO EXPAND ON ON 7.01. >> GOOD EVENING. THE ITEM IN FRONT THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU WAS DEFINITELY WORN TO THE DEFINITELY WORN TO THE ALLOCATIONS OF THE STATE GAVE NOT LEGISLATURE. WE FOLLOWED THE MODEL WHICH IS COMPREHENSIVE THREAT COMPREHENSIVE THREAT ASSESSMENT GUIDE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE MANDATORY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY DID, IT WASN'T AS NEARLY AS INVOLVED AS IT WAS NOW. THEY RETOOLED THE MENTAL HEALTH THING TO THE FLORIDA THING TO THE FLORIDA MODEL AND PART OF THAT IS PART OF THAT IS MANDATORY LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT. THEY NEED TO BE PART OF THE CORE. TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE HAVE MOUs WITH NEVER HAVE ACCESS TO OUR ED PLAN THAT KEEP OUR MENTAL HEALTH REPORTS BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THAT REPORTING NOW. WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO THAT. THEY ARE PART OF THEIR TEAM. THEY MAKE THE THEY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE CORE IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE COUNTER, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRACTITIONER ENFORCEMENT, PRACTITIONER AND A ENFORCEMENT, PRACTITIONER AND A MEMBER AND STAFF MEMBER THAT AS INFORMATION OF THAT STUDENT AND WORK COLLABORATIVE AND A THREAT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO IMPLEMENT WHATEVER PLAN THAT TEAM COMES UP WITH AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT ACCESS, THAT PLATFORM TO DO WHAT THE STATE ASKS TO DO WHAT THE STATE ASKS THEM TO DO AFTER JULY 1. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C APPROVE ITEM C 7.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND A SECOND BY MEMBER SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >>Nadia Combs: YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CHIEF NEWMAN. PULLED THIS ITEM -- WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE HAD, ESPECIALLY THIS ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, BUT EVERY YEAR. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOU HAVE MANY CHALLENGES AND YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB. YOU AND THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. THEY DO SO MUCH WORK. THEY DO SO MANY THINGS. AND OFTEN WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT. AND SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE EXTREMELY UNDERWADE JUST LIKE THE REST OF OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS. THEY WORK SO HARD. I JUST WANT TO BE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN MAKING SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE GREAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PARENTS, THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO AS MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF NEWMAN, FITTING THAT WE BRING THIS TO THE BOARD AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND RECOGNIZING THAT THESE THREAT ASSESSMENTS AREN'T ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT GOES SOMETHING THAT GOES PUBLIC. MISMANAGEMENT IN A SCHOOL WHERE A SCHOOL REALIZES A A SCHOOL REALIZES A NEED FOR ASSESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR SITUATION. BUT WE HAD NUMEROUS THREATS. I CANNOT THANK ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AROUND THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PLANT CITY POLICE, TEMPLE TERRACE POLICE, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF, THEY HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF AND PARTNERS WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. ENSURING THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE. I AGREE WITH I AGREE WITH 100% FROM MEMBER COMBS. OUR RESOURCE OFFICERS IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE OF THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS. THEY KNOW OUR STUDENTS. THEY KNOW OUR CAMPUSES. THEY DEVELOP OUR RELATIONSHIPS. THEY KNOW WHEN SOMETHING HAS CHANGED AND STAND OUT. AND WE CAN NOT THANK THEM ENOUGH AND ARE HE CAN NICE THEM ENOUGH FOR THE VALUE THEY PUT IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEIR SCHOOLS. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PARENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN. PLEASE MONITOR THEIR WEB. PLEASE MONITOR YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. PLEASE MONITOR THEIR PLEASE MONITOR THEIR DEVICES WHETHER THEIR PHONES, THEIR. LAYER LAPTOPS, THEIR I-BONES. PLEASE MONITOR THEM. PLEASE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. WE WANT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN WE WANT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUR CHILDREN TO SUCCEED. BECAUSE OF THAT WE URGE YOU TO BE A PARTIER WITH US IN BE A PARTIER WITH US IN PROCESS. WE WANT OUR KIDS AT SCHOOL. WE WANT THEM SAFE AND LEARNING. I URGE ALL OF OUR PARENTS I URGE ALL OF OUR PARENTS TO BE PARTNERS AND THANKS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT AND OUR OFFICERS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS NEXT ITEM IS 12.01. OFFICE OF STATE SAFE SCHOOL MANDATORY REPORTING. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM. THE OFFICE OF SAFE SCHOOL THE OFFICE OF SAFE SCHOOL MANDATORY REPORTING A NEW LEGISLATIVE MANDATE EXERCISING LEGISLATIVE MANDATE EXERCISING COMPLIANCE. AND COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL SAFETY. IDENTIFY PATTERNS AND TRENDS FOR SITE VULNERABILITY AND ENSURE FIDELITY IN OUR SECURITY MEASURES. CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT? >> YES, THANKS AGAIN FOR LETTING ME TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM. AGAIN THE AGAIN THE LEGISLATIVE MANDATE CHANGED JULY 1. I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FOUR TIMES THAT I WILL BE TIMES THAT I WILL BE IN MONTH OF THIS BOARD TO TALK OF OUR QUARTERLY REPORT. OUR FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT PUMP. THE REPORTS OF OUT OF THE OFFICE OF SAFE SCHOOLS. : CAMPUS ACCESS CONTROLS, SAFE : CAMPUS ACCESS CONTROLS, SAFE AREAS, AND WHETHER OR NOT OUR CLASSROOM DOORS ARE LOCKED. THE OFFICE OF STATE SCHOOLS HAVE NOT DONE A QUARTERLY NOT DONE A QUARTERLY REPORT. THEY HAVE TO VISIT WE HAVE THEY HAVE TO VISIT WE HAVE ONE MUCH OUR SCORE CAMPUS TO THERE ARE YEARS. SAFE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE, MY TEAM TEAM HAS TO VISIT OUR SITES EVERY YEAR. WHAT WE DID TO KICK OFF THIS INITIAL QUARTERLY REPORT, WE DID SELF-ASSESSMENT WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ON SOME OF THE THINGS ARE EGG LA TORY THAT BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE AUDITORS WILL ASK FOR. YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE 100% AND OKAY OKAY WE ARE NOT THERE BECAUSE CHARTER IN THE MIX CHARTER IN THE MIX AND SOME ARE NOT USING NOT USING STRATEGIC. . HAVE YOUR EMPLOYEES BEEN TRAINED WITH WITH YENTIGIC. TOLD YOUR TEACHERS THAT CLASSROOMS DOORS NEED CLASSROOMS DOORS NEED TO BE LOCKED DURING INSTRUCTION WE WILL BRING IT AND PUT TOGETHER AND HE QUARTER WE WILL BRO DUES THE REPORT TO THE BOOR ARE ARE BOARD BOARD MUST BE DONE A PUBLIC SESSION SO WE ARE NOT DISCUSS VERY SCHOOLS. WE DON'T WANT TO REVEAL ANY VULNERABILITY IF THEY ARE VULNERABILITY IF THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN ISSUES. IF THE SCHOOL IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE I HAVE ONE COMPLIANCE I HAVE ONE DAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE FLORIDA SAFE SCHOOLS AND THREE DAYS SAFE SCHOOLS AND THREE DAYS FOR A COURSE OF ACTION TO DONE THAT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE ORDERS HAVE STARTED TO COME OUT. STORM NOT STORM NOT WITHSTANDING, THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO. THEY WERE IN EAST COUNTY PLEASED WITH OUR SITES ANSWER A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER SCHOOL. NOT SOMETHING THAT THE STATE SCHOOL OFFICES ARE DOING SCHOOL OFFICES ARE DOING PENALIZE A CAMPUS THEY WANT PENALIZE A CAMPUS THEY WANT FIDELITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FIDELITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OUR ORIGINAL IN-HOUSE AUDIT IS FOLLOWING WHAT THE AUDITORS WILL BE LOOKING FOR AND WE ARE SEEING IT IN THE POWER POINT PRESENTATION IN HARD COPY -- I HAD IT IN HARD COPY, WHEN SOMEBODY FINDS THAT FOLDER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IT IS AND WILL BE HAPPY TO GET YOU A COPY OF THIS. THE BIGGEST THING THEY ARE ASKING. THEY ARE AGENCY IS THEY ARE AGENCY IS ARE ARE YOU KEEPING YOUR CLASSROOM DOORS LOCKED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL LOCKED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD? ARE YOU DRILLING EVERY MONTH LIKE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO. I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ROCK STARS. PIVOT TO A HURRICANE AND PIVOT TO KEEPING OUR CAMPUSES SAFE AND WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB JOB. IF YOU HAVE ANY YES, SIR, PLEASE LIT ME KNOW. >>Karen Perez: THIS ITEM DOES NOT -- THIS IS PAN INSPECTIONAL ITEM AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A MOTION OR A VOTE. MEMBER GRAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? . >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF. I HAVE THIS ONE QUESTION. ONE ONE IS ALTERS THE PUNITIVE VALUE OF A TEACHER OF A TEACHER FORGETTING TO LOCK HER DOOR. AND GOES TO THE PRINCIPAL. AND I KNOW THERE IS A LITTLE AND I KNOW THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A -- I WILL USE THE WORD "PUNITIVE" RELATIONSHIP. DID WE GET THAT CHANGE? A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE ON THAT NOW? >>. >> THERE WAS A CARROT AND A STICK. THE CARROT WAS TO GIVE EACH SCHOOL $1,000 IF THEY WERE COMPLIANT IN THEIR AUDITS FOR THE THREE YEARS. THE STICK WAS IF YOU WEREN'T AND YOU WERE IN COMPLIANCE, SOMEONE WAS GOING TO GET WRITTEN UP AND SOME PUNITIVE. NOW THERE IS NO MONEY AVAILABLE. THEY DID NOT PASS THAT THEY DID NOT PASS THAT PART. SO THERE IS SO THERE IS CONSEQUENCE OF OUR NORMAL DISCIPLINE. IF A TEACHER OR STAFF MEMBER KNOWINGLY -- KNOWINGLY DOES NOT HAVE DOOR KNOCKED LORE DOES NOT HAVE DOOR KNOCKED LORE DOES NOT KNOWINGLY FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHED SAFETY THE PRO COMES, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINE UNDER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. IT DID IT DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE HOW THIS IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED IF YOU ARE DOING GREAT, YOU WILL GET $1,000. IF YOU DIDN'T DO SO GREAT GRATE, YOU WILL LOOK AT YOU WILL LOOK AT POTENTIALLY LOSING YOUR CERTIFICATION. STARTING A A HIGH BIT OF STARTING A A HIGH BIT OF DISCIPLINE AND FOLLOW EACH DISTRICT HE IS PROGRESSIVE DISTRICT HE IS PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE UNDER COLLECTIVE DISCIPLINE UNDER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND NO BARGAINING AND NO REWARD MONEY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. >> >> THEY TALK OF LOCK DOWN, LOCK IN AND LOCK OUTS. SO FAR THEY VICE PRESIDENT REALLY INTERVIEWED THE TEACHERS GOING BY TO SEE IF A DOOR HAS BEEN UNLOCKED OR NOT. THEY HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF DIALOGUE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF THAT I HAVE SUBPOENA YET. I CAN'T THEN A. >>Lynn Gray: THANKS, >>Lynn Gray: THANKS, CHIEF. >> THEM IN. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. DOES ALL THE SCHOOLS HAVE DOES ALL THE SCHOOLS HAVE THE NEW MAPS WITH THE NORTH ORIENTATION? >> SO, YES, THAT CAME OUT OF SENATOR COLLINS AND REPRESENTATIVE ALVAREZ'S BILL FOR THE MAPPING, FOR THE MAPPING, YES, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WILL BE PROBABLY GETTING IT TO YOU AND SHOWN SOME OF IT TO YOU. ONCE AGAIN THIS DISTRICT -- I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY IT WE WERE WAY AHEAD. WE WERE ALREADY DOING MAPPING. 2-D MAPPING TEN MONTHS BEFORE THAT BILL PASSED. GRATEFUL FOR THE BILL TO BE PASSED BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED. WHEN YOU OPEN UP WHEN YOU OPEN UP CENTEGIC MAPPING. TRUE NORTH AND AS SET TAGS. WHERE YOUR BIRTHDAY KIT, STOP THE BLEED KIT, THE BLEED KIT, AED KITS, ALARMS, ALARM PANELS, KNOCK BOX LOCATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE RESCUE. IN THIS COUNTY HAVE ALL BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE MAPS. WHAT WE ARE DOING -- IF YOU HAVE THE APP, THE THE APP, THE STRATEGIC. WAYS TO ACCESS WITHOUT GETTING AN ALERT. ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PEACE THE PEACE APPS, THE 911 CENTERS HAVE A TRUE ACCESS TO THE MAP WITH TRUE ORIENTATION. ERIE% THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 12.0 REVIEW THE FINANCIAL AM IMPACT OF PROCESS TIMELINE FOR CONSIDERATIONS OF RENAMING WEST TAMPA TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 SCHOOL BOARD 2024 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, CHAIR KAREN PEREZ KAREN PEREZ INTRODUCED A REQUEST TO RENAME WEST TAMPA SCHOOL TO E.J. TO E.J. SALCINES. I WAS ASKED TO RETURN FOR A FINANCIAL MEETING FINANCIAL MEETING ONLY ITEM. WHICH PRINCIPAL KEVIN CASTER, KRISTEN KRISTEN TENELI, MR. IF AU AU FARGKAS AND MISS AU FARGKAS AND MISS ARGAS. FINANCIAL IMPACT IS $23,000. THE PROCESS NAMING THE SCHOOL IS NEXT AND WILL REQUIRE TIME TO SOLICIT COMMUNITY INPUT NO LESS SOLICIT COMMUNITY INPUT NO LESS THAN 15 DAYS. PROCESS OF SCHOOL NAMING OF COMMEMORATION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES. IN ADDITION LETTER H OF THIS POLICY READS, ONCE ADOPT BY A BOARD, THE NAME OF A NEW OR EXISTING SCHOOL WILL BE PERSONAL NATE. IF INITIATES AND CALLS UPON CONSIDERING A NAME CHANGE. BOARD SHOULD ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, DELIBERATION, DISCUSSION AND DEBATE PRIOR TO IT TAKING ACTION. ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU TO YOU IS TO YOU IS PROVIDED BY TO YOU IS PROVIDED BY AQUILA MORGAN HIGH SCHOOL. SOME OR INFORMATION THAT WAS TALKED TALKED ABOUT, TALKED ABOUT, CURRENTLY 76 SCHOOLS FOR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS. INFORMATION ITEM 12.02. SO I WILL -- DEPENDING ON THE WILL OF THE BOARD DIRECTION ON NEXT STEPS. ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING IS IN FRONT OF YOU. ITEM ITEM 12:02. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. MEMBERS VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU SAID INFORMATION INCLUDED FROM THE PRINCIPAL? HERE? >>Superintendent Ayres: YEAH. IT SHOULD BE IN THE COST. >>Jessica Vaughn: BUT NOT FEEDBACK OF THE NAME CHANGE ITSELF. YOU MEAN CHANGE -- WE YOU MEAN CHANGE -- WE HEARD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. STATIONARY THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE THE SCHOOL NAME AND INFORMATION? BECAUSE THAT WASN'T INCLUDED. AND ALSO -- I AM WONDERING PBIS, YOU KNOW, SHIRTS OR CUPS THAT THEY GIVE FOR KIDS OR VISITORS WHEN THEY COME IN THAT WOULD HAVE -- EVEN MONO GRAM THAT MIGHT NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS. MINUSCULE -- >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT WASN'T INCLUDED MORE FROM THE FACILITIES OPERATION, CHANGING OF SIGNS, BIG ITEMS BUT YES. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THE OTHER QUESTION THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE. DO YOU SHEA DO YOU SHEA THERE WAS A TIMELINE IN HERE IN HERE. >>Superintendent Ayres: SAME TIMELINE FOR ALL OF YOUR NAMES THAT WE GO FOR THAT WE GO FOR THAT WE GO FOR AQUILA MORGAN WHICH WAS 45 DAYS WAS THE AMOUNT OF DAYS WE HAD THERE FOR THAT ONE. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY, BECAUSE I WAS LOOK EVERYTHING BOARD POLICY THAT YOU POLICY THAT YOU INCLUDED. I APPRECIATE THAT I APPRECIATE THAT UNDER H, THE NAME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NAME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PERMANENT IF THE BOARD IDENTIFIES OR CALLS IDENTIFIES OR CALLS UPON TO CONSIDER A NAME CHANGE THE FORWARD SHOULD ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, DISCUSSION AND DEBATE PRIOR TO TAKING ACTION. SO KIND OF IN THE VAIN OF THAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR TO BE INCLUDED THAT IS PROBABLY NOT AS TYPICAL AS TYPICAL AS ANOTHER AS TYPICAL AS ANOTHER MORE
DIRECT FEEDBACK OF THE THE PEOPLE. A SURVEY WITH A SURVEY WITH OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS. AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR THERE. HOW THEY FEEL OF THE NAME CHANGE AND AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY. ANY OF THE ANY OF THE ADMINS. A DIFFERENT PIECE, NAMING A SCHOOL THAT IS JUST BEING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS IT IS. A SCHOOL THAT ALREADY IN EXISTENCE WITH A LOT OF HISTORY AND TAKE HOLDER WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE ATTACHED TO IT. I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE ADDED LOOKING AT OUR BOARD POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT A MORE ROBUST PROCESS OF ENGAGING AND ALLOWING DEBATE AROUND A SCHOOL THAT IS ALREADY NAMED THAT WE ARE RECONSIDERING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >>Superintendent Ayres: YES, I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. ARE YOU REFERRING TO AS WE TOMORROW BACK AGAIN WITH THIS ITEM OR TALKING SPECIFICALLY TO THIS POLICY THAT WE ADD THIS POLICY THAT WE ADD. >> WHEN WE COME BACK. MORE ENGAGEMENT AND A SURVEY. YOUR SCHOOL IS UP FOR A NAME CHANGE. DO YOU SUPPORT THAT AND DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT? SIMILAR ENGAGEMENT FROM. IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATOR. I KNOW IT IS MEMBER COMBS' DISTRICT AND ABLE TO TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATOR THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET A FEEL FOR IT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED THERE AS WE KIND OF GO FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS GO FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU. THE NEXT STEPS WITH THIS INITIAL ITEM COMING FORWARD. I DON'T THINK AT THAT POINT IN TIME LAST BOARD MEETING TO ENGAGE THOSE FAMILIES. GREAT NEXT STEPS TO TAKE. >>Jessica Vaughn: I KNOW THAT MAY CHANGE THE TIMELINE AND I HAD QUESTIONS OF IT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WITHIN OUR TO MAKE SURE WITHIN OUR POLICY THAT IT CERTAINLY IS BASED ON IT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS A PREVIOUS TEACHER IN THE AS A PREVIOUS TEACHER IN THE WEST TAMPA AREA WEST TAMPA AREA JESUIT WEST TAMPA AREA JESUIT. I WILL SPEAK AS A INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEETING. I APPRECIATE IF YOU PUT IN THE COMPLUN MEETING IN THE SAME ZIP CODE. WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER PLAYERS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS, THAT IS FINE. BUT A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE IN MY MIND MUD IS INCLUDE THE PROXIMITY OF THE ZIP CODE AROUND IT. NOW THAT COULD BE DISCOVER -- THAT COULD BE DEBATED AS TO WHAT ZIP CODE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY. IT BE MUCH MORE RESPONSIBLE TO BE HAVE THOSE BE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED BE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY IN WEST TAMPA WHERE THE HISTORY AND ANDY SCAGLIONE WAS THERE TOO. WEST TAMPA HAS A VERY TIGHT WAY OF PROTECTING THEIR HISTORICAL OF PROTECTING THEIR HISTORICAL STATUES. THEIR -- YOU KNOW, ANY -- ANY TYPE TYPE OF EVENTS. SO I WILL SAY IF WE ADD IT SO I WILL SAY IF WE ADD IT TO H. I AM TRYING NOT TO BE TO BE A I AM TRYING NOT TO BE TO BE A NITPICKY ALREADY HAS COMMUNITY NITPICKY ALREADY HAS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. I WOULD ALSO HAVE THE SAME ZIP CODE ADDED TO THAT. OTHERWISE YOU ARE GOING TO GET -- IT WILL BE OUT OF HAND QUICKLY. IT IS IMPORTANT -- IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME. IF I WERE -- WEST TAMPA PERSON OR HAD A OR HAD A BUSINESS OR HAD COMMUNITY LEADER MEETINGS WITHIN THAT AREA WHICH I KNOW THEY DO. THEY HAVE A CHAMBER. A VERY STRONG CHAMBER. AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY ADDITION. AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT I AM THE FUTURE, BUT I AM SUGGESTING THAT IN THE SAME THAT IN THE SAME ZIP CODE OR SIMILAR SIMILAR ZIP CODE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. A A COUPLE OF THINGS. I REALLY FEEL THIS IS OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS WITH 76 SCHOOLS. I VISITED WEST TAMPA. COINCIDENCE COINCIDENCE DEPARTMENTALLY THE NEXT DAY I HAD NEXT DAY I HAD VISIT. AND COINCIDENTALLY I HAD TO BE IN WEST TAMPA THE DAY AFTER THIS MEETING. I THINK IT TOOK THE PRINCIPAL BY SURPRISE AND THE ADMINISTRATION BY SURPRISE THAT THIS WAS EVEN A DISCUSSION. I THINK THAT -- THIS IS NOT A REALLY -- NOT A GOOD WAY OF WORK. IF YOU -- IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO WEST TAMPA, THERE ARE SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL MURALS THAT HAVE BEEN -- YOU KNOW WHERE ARTISTS HAVE GONE THERE AND MADE THIS BEAUTIFUL MURAL. YOU KNOW WEST TAMPA IS YOU KNOW WEST TAMPA IS ONE OUR OLDEST SCHOOLS IN HICK. TO SPEND -- WHEN WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING RIGHT NOW TO SPEND $23,000 TO REMARKET A SCHOOL. AND WE HAVE 76 OTHER SCHOOLS THERE. I JUST THINK IT -- IT IS NOT GREAT. I SUPPORTED THE NAME WITH E.J. SALCINES. I REALLY WANTED TO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I DO FEEL THERE IS A NEED TO NAME MORE SCHOOLS ABOUT -- FROM OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO WAIT AS WE WE OPEN MORE SCHOOLS. WE ARE OPENING SCHOOLS OUT IN SOUTH COUNTY ALL THE SOUTH COUNTY ALL THE TIME. I LOOK THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEM. THERE IS A CEO AND SCHOOLS INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH WEST TAMPA FOR YEARS WHO IS ELEVATED THAT SCHOOL SO MUCH. SO I THINK WHEN WE START SPENDING SO MANY HOURS NAMING SCHOOLS, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IS A GREAT WAY OF WORK. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING -- OUR SCHOOLS HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. Y THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT TOP TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME REBRANDING THE SCHOOL. YOU GO INTO WEST TAMPA AND YOU SEE THE -- THE BASICALLY THE AREA WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THESE TROPHIES AND SCHOOLS FROM WAY BACK. AND THE EARLY 19 MOUNTAINs. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. IS THAT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO NEXT. THERE IS SUCH A HISTORY IN WEST TAMPA. NOT JUST ENGAGING WITH THE SCHOOL. I THINK THE FIRST THING I WAS TAKE BY SURPRISE BECAUSE I AM A VERY ACTIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. AND I GO TO SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME. AND I THINK THE SCHOOLS WERE SURPRISED AS WELL. I THINK THAT WE I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A WAY OF WORK AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY OF WORK. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO NAME SCHOOLS. KEEP THE SCHOOLS. THE HISTORICAL NAMES LIKE HILLSBOROUGH AND CARROLL AND MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. TWIN LAKES. AM I NEXT? IS MY SCHOOL GOING TO BE RENAMED? AND THE BRANDING OF THAT SCHOOL. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU LOOK -- WHEN I LOOK AT THE OLD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BACKS AND LOOK AT THAT, SO MUCH LARGER THAN US LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW 2024. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY FROM 100 YEARS HISTORY FROM 100 YEARS AGO. I PERSONALLY THINK -- I DON'T WANT TO WALK THIS WANT TO WALK THIS PATH. I THINK 23,000 AND THOSE BEAUTIFUL MURALS THAT PEOPLE CAME IN AND VOLUNTEERED. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN PUT A PRICE TO THAT. PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME OF THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK ACROSS WEST TAMPA AND TO CHANGE THAT, I KNOW THAT I DON'T SUPPORT MA THAT. AND I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T SUPPORT IT. AND I KNOW THE TEACHERS ARE CONCERNED AS WELL, 67 CONCERNED AS WELL, 67 LESS THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE NOT -- THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT THAT. THERE IS A BUFL THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA RIGHT THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA RIGHT ACROSS THE BUILDING THAT WE CAN NAME, BUT I KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND WHAT WE NAME THOSE SCHOOLS. I THINK LET'S PAUSE THIS. LET'S LET'S FOCUS. WE HAVE SO MANY GREATER THINGS TO WORK ON. IF YOU LOOK AT 23,000 TIMES 76, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY. SO LET'S -- LET'S KEEP THE HISTORY OF WEST TAMPA AS IT HISTORY OF WEST TAMPA AS IT IS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMB. WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT -- COMMENT -- >>Superintendent Ayres: SO -- MR. POVERTIER, ON THIS AGENDA ITEM JUST FOR STAFF ITEM JUST FOR STAFF FOR MYSELF, ANY DIRECTION NEXT STEPS? I KIND OF HEARD SOME CONVERSATION. I JUST -- I NEED SOME CLARITY ON -- ARE THERE NEXT STEPS? DO WE WANT THE SURVEY TO GO OUT? I MEAN, WE COULD JUST -- I MEAN, WE COULD JUST -- I DON'T WANT -- I JUST DON'T WANT THE BOARD TO THINK I AM BRINGING BACK MORE INFORMATION. I NEED TO BE CLEAR. >>Jim Porter: THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM, MR. STUPT. IF YOU RECALL, THE BOARD DIRECTED THERE IS THREE STEPS TO THIS. THIS IS STEP ONE. ANOTHER INFORMATION ITEM IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD. AND I THINK DR. WHELAN HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT. THAT IS THE DIRECT -- NO MOTION TONIGHT. THERE WAS DIRECTION GIVEN TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING THAT INCLUDED THREE SEPARATE ACTIONS OR THREE SEPARATE INFORMATION ITEMS AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE THINK THAT IS WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. WE NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR MOWS OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VICES HEARD INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. THIS -- WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION OF ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD OF ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR DISTRICT. EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL CALL THE FIRST I WILL CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER -- THE ONLY SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COMMUNICATIONS TELL ME I HAVE A WHOLE HALF HOUR IF I WANT. DON'T WORRY. THOSE WHO KNOW ME KNOW THOSE WHO KNOW ME KNOW. I'M NOT A WOMAN OF MANY I'M NOT A WOMAN OF MANY WORDS. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, CHAIR, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, CABINET, ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE STILL HERE. I AM NOT A FINANCIAL I AM NOT A FINANCIAL GURU, BUT THOSE WHO ARE SUGGEST THAT THOSE WHO ARE SUGGEST THAT INDIVIDUALS SAVE THREE TO SIX MONTHS OF INCOME, RIGHT. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS. WHETHER YOU ARE LIKE WHETHER YOU ARE LIKE SUSIE ORMAN OR WHOEVER YOUR OR WHOEVER YOUR GURU IS. LET'S SAY SOMEONE IS AMBITIOUS. I WILL GET SUPER SECURE. TRY AS I. AND I WILL TRY. AND PEOPLE CANNOT SAVE THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO HIT 12 MONTHS OF INCOME SOCKED AWAY BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THAT WILL CUT INTO THE EXPENSE OF THE BASIC FAMILY NEEDS. I MIGHT HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME AND MAKE SURE THAT I AM NOT 30 DAYS LATE ON THIS PART OR -- DAYS LATE ON THIS PART OR -- OR -- AND CLIP COUPONS, EVERYTHING I CAN. AND I WON'T GET THERE AND I KNOW I WON'T GET THERE. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS -- WHAT THE HECK AM I TALKING ABOUT? ADMITTEDLY, MY ADMITTEDLY, MY ANALOGY WILL BE OVERSIMPLIFIED WHEN TALKING OF THE DISTRICT BUDGET, BUT TOY HAVE TO SAY, AS A BOARD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU HAVE GOTTEN YOUR FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER. YOU HAVE. AND EACH TIME YOU HAVE DONE THAT. EVERY SINGLE PERSON UP THERE HAS SAID THAT YOU WISH YOU DO MORE FOR THE EMPLOYEES. THE EMPLOYEES DESERVE THE EMPLOYEES DESERVE BETTER. SO SO I AM SO I AM WONDERING, WHAT PROBLEM DOES DOES RAISING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR THE FUND BALANCE -- WHAT PROBLEM IS IS THAT TRYING TO SOLVE? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW. MY ASK OF YOU MY ASK OF YOU IS TO TAKE CARE MY ASK OF YOU IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FAMILY BEFORE IMPLEMENTING A BEFORE IMPLEMENTING A POLICY THAT IS GOING TO FORCE YOU TO CONTINUE BUILDING YOUR FUND BALANCE ON THE BACKS BALANCE ON THE BACKS OF OUR EMPLOYEES. PAUSE THAT IS WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO DO. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY COMMENTS THIS EVENING -- I AM GOING TO START REALLY AROUND -- MY COMMENTS AROUND TWO SIGNIFICANT FACTORS. NUMBER ONE IS THE HURRICANE. AND WHAT -- YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED AS OUR DISTRICT SPUN INTO INTO ACTION. YOU KNOW HERE JUST LAST WEDNESDAY. SO BEFORE WE WATCH THIS VIDEO, I WANT TO SAY THAT MY HEART GOES OUT TO OUR STAFF AND OUT TO OUR STAFF AND FAMILY WHO HAVE LOST HAVE LOST EVERYTHING DUE HURRICANE HELENE. JUST GETTING BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY. YOU REALIZE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. BEING OUT AT SCHOOLS. EVERY SCHOOL YOU GO TO IS FOUR OR FIVE OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAVE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OR KNOW FRIENDS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE WILL HE BY HURRICANE WILL HE LINE. AS THE DISTRICT SPRUNG INTO ACTION, I THINK WHEN WE GOT BACK ON MONDAY. AND THEN REALIZED THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IT HAD TO OUR OUR HCPS EMPLOYS, OUR HCPS EMPLOYS, IT WAS PRETTY DRAMATIC AND DRAMATIC AND KNOW THAT OUR FAMILY FAMILY -- A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYS ARE DEALING WITH A LOT RIGHT NOW. BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, OUR STAFF PUT NEW A LOT HARD WORK. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR STAFF DOES. AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE SHELTERED FOR THIS CLIENT. THE PACKBONE OF COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND THAT COMES DOWN TO PAUL OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR STAFF PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK LAST WEEK TO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY DURING THE STORM. PRIOR TO SCHOOLS CLOSING, OUR TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF AND OTHER SCHOOL-BASED EMPLOYEES MADE SURE OUR SCHOOLS WERE OUR SCHOOLS WERE PREPARED FOR THE WEATHER AND SITES TO OPERATE SHELTERS. HELD TEAM MEET WITH TEAM LEADERS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. BOARD, SO YOU KNOW, MY ROLE IN THIS BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY IS REALLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATION IS OUT TO OUR ENTIRE STAFF. AND ALSO OUR FAMILIES OF MAKING AND ALSO OUR FAMILIES OF MAKING SURE THEY GET THE MOST PART OF THE TIME. AND AS SOON AS WE GOT SOMETHING. WE HAD EMPLOYEES FROM STUDENT NUTRITION, MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL AND COMMUNICATIONS. AND OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THAT WORKED AROUND THE TOMORROW. FOR EVACUEES AND OUR FOR EVACUEES AND OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF WERE KEPT UP TO DATE AND STAFF WERE KEPT UP TO DATE WITH WITH INFORMATION. OVER THREE DAYS, WE WELCOMED 1710 RESIDENTS TO OUR SCHOOL SHELTER SITES. 1710. 54 PETS THAT INCLUDED DOGS, CATS AND BIRDS AND SERVED AND BIRDS AND SERVED 7395. AND TO AND FLORIDA SHELTERS AND TO AND FLORIDA SHELTERS WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE OUT AT THE DIFFERENT SHELTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IT MEANS A LOT SEEING OUR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. START WITH DR. TERRELL BROOKS AT BARNETT. GARY GRAHAM OVER AT DURANT. HER RAIN HER RAIN S. AT ERWIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE. ONE OF OUR LAST SHELTERS. THREE NIGHTS THAT ERWIN. STAYED AN EXTRA NIGHT OPEN AS THEY TOOK THIS SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS OVER TO ERWIN WHEN WE TRIED TO CLOSE THE OTHER ONCE. KEISHA DIXON AT GRECO, MICHAEL AT McLEAN. AND FINALLY KRISTA OVER AT AND FINALLY KRISTA OVER AT SICKLES. THOSE ARE THE PRINCIPALS, BUT KNOW IT IS THEIR ENTIRE TEAM THAT IS THERE THAT IS SUPPORTING. I WAS OUT WITH DIFFERENT I WAS OUT WITH DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS. THE ENTIRE TEAM AND SUPPORT THAT SHOWS NOT ONLY SHOWS NOT ONLY WITH THEIR SHELTER SITES SHELTER SITES NOT AT DURANT OVER AT SICKLES A TEEN THERE TWO OR THREE DAYS AND I ASKED THREE DAYS AND I ASKED THEM ABOUT SOME COUNTY OTHER ABOUT SOME COUNTY OTHER SCHOOLS ARE HELPING. BRINGING THEM LUNCH AND BREAKFAST. AND BY THE WAY THEY DON'T LIKE TO GIVE UP THEIR SITES. IT IS LIKE THEIR SCHOOL. THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT UP. HOW THE WEST OF THE EMPLOYEES CHIPPED IN BEHIND AND CHIPPED IN BEHIND AND SUPPORTED THEM. SENT OUT E-MAILS, TEXTS RELATING TO SCHOOL CLOSURE, SHELTERS, TO SCHOOL CLOSURE, SHELTERS, RESOURCES OR ATHLETIC UPDATES. MADE SURE THE MADE SURE THE FAMILY RECEIVED THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION HELP OUR CO-WORKERS IN NEED. WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER AND NO MORE EVIDENCE THAN WHEN THIS COMMUNITY IS IN NEED. WHEN WE SPRING INTO ACTION, WHEN WE SPRING INTO ACTION, YOU KNOW, IT ALMOST BRINGS TEARS TO YOUR EYES TO SEE HOW YOUR EYES TO SEE HOW OUR EMPLOYEES COME FORWARD. WE CREATED A LITTLE VIDEO WE WANT TO SHOW THAT SUMS EVERYTHING UP EVERYTHING UP. >> SO THAT SUMMARIZES AGAIN AND MADE THE DECISION MADE THE DECISION WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND ACTIVATED THE SHELTER OWNER WEDNESDAY AND INITIALLY CLOSED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MINUTE TO MINUTE TO MINUTE DECISIONS AND THANK OF TWO THE OUR THANK OF TWO THE OUR LEADERS UP TOMORROW. AND WHEN THIS -- WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THESE ARE THE KIND OF TWO LEADERS AND WE ALL KIND OF FOLLOW AND -- AND FOLLOW BEHIND. AND IT WAS -- IT WAS TRULY SOMETHING TO SEE TO SEE HOW SOMETHING TO SEE TO SEE HOW THIS COMMUNITY REACTED COMMUNITY REACTED LAND FIND WAYS TO COMMUNICATE BETTER AND PROUD OF OUR TEAM AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID TO ENSURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS SAFE. BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEIR WORK IS NOT OVER. I TALKED TO -- I THINK IT WAS ON SATURDAY TWO OF SATURDAY TWO OF OUR PRINCIPALS THAT LOST EVERYTHING. EVEN THOUGH WE SHOW A VIDEO EVEN THOUGH WE SHOW A VIDEO AND TALK THROUGH. OUR SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES DEALING WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT LOSS TO THE STORM. THE APS COMMUNITY CAN FIND A LIST OF CURRENT RESOURCE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS.ORG. HILLSBOROUGH STRONG NOT ONLY BUT OUT COMMUTER AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AIRS. >>Superintendent Ayres: MORE THAN A PRINCIPAL. A FEW MORE UPDATES AND A SYNERGY UPDATE. THIS MONTH, WE PROUDLY CELEBRATE NATIONAL PRINCIPALS ENOUGH AND CELEBRATE THE DEDICATION OF CELEBRATE THE DEDICATION OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN THEY WORKED TIRELESSLY OF SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS, THANK YOU. FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND SCHOOL COMMITTEES. YOUR LEADERSHIP IS INSPIRING AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS GUIDING OUR SCHOOLS. YOU HELP MAKE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ONE OF THE BEST DISTRICTS IN THE NATION AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT DRIVES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. ALWAYS NUMBER ONE IS THE TEACHER AND NUMBER TWO HAVING THE SCHOOL LEADER. WE DO HAVE OUR PRINCIPAL MEETING TOMORROW BRIGHT AND EARLY. AND WILL BE CELEBRATE WILLING PRINCIPAL'S MONTH AND ISC BEGINNING AT 7, 7:30. ALSO THANK YOU TO TOWER CUSTODIAL WORKERS. PROUDLY CELEBRATE CUSTODIAN APPRECIATION DAY. IT IS THE BACKBONES OF OUR SCHOOLS ENSURING THAT EVERY CLASSROOM, HALLWAY AND FACILITY IS SAFE, CLEAN AND WELCOMING FOR OUT STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES. OUR OUR CUSTODIANS PLAY A KEY ROLE WHERE LEARNING CAN THRIVE EARLY MORNING AND LATE EVENINGS, YOUR COMMITMENT SHINES THROUGHOUT EACH DAY AND WORLD EACH DAY AND WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY. INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND ENCOURAGE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR THE 2023-'24 SCHOOL YEARS. STUDENT SERVICES TEAM AND DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH STAFF SCREENED AND PROVIDED DIRECT SERVICES TO OVER 15,000 STUDENTS. OUR DISTRICT WILL HONOR WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY BY PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS ON SCHOOL MARQUEES AND ENCOURAGING STUDENT LED ACTIVITIES, CREATING POSTERS, WALL ART AND SIDEWALK CHALK CHALK DISPLAYS FOR KIND CHALK DISPLAYS FOR KINDNESS CHALK DISPLAYS FOR KINDNESS AND HEALTH INFORMATION. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNIZES FIRST TWO WEEKS IN OCTOBER AS DISABILITY HISTORY AND DISABILITY WEEKS. DURING THIS TIME HIGHLIGHT THE WORK DONE TO EXPAND STUDENT KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING THE AWARENESS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, DISABILITY HISTORY AND THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO OUR STATE. ON THE HURRICANE, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. WE WILL HAVE THAT WILL GO OUT TOMORROW. WE DO HAVE TO MAKE UP DAYS THROUGH THE HURRICANE AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT. MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPALS IN THE MORNING AND TALK THROUGH THE INFORMATION WITH THEM AND THE GOAL IS GOAL IS MID-AFTERNOON TOMORROW TO GET THOSE DAYS BACK OUT FOUR OUR MISSED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. FOR OUR FAMILIESES THAT ARE OUT THERE, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE OUT TOMORROW FOR THE MAKE-UP OF THAT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LIMITS TO QUALIFY FOR CREDITS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THOSE MINUTE REQUIREMENTS. BEFORE WE GET ON TO BEFORE WE GET ON TO SYNERGY, I DID WANT TO ADDRESS SOME COMMENTS MADE TODAY ADDRESSING SOME MISINFORMATION THAT I TALKED TO EACH OF YOU ABOUT INDIVIDUALLY. AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I TALK ABOUT THIS IN A PUBLIC FORUM. EVERYONE INCLUDING THE BROADER COMMUNITY HAS ACCURATE INFORMATION. IN APRIL THIS YEAR, I IN APRIL THIS YEAR, I TOOK A TRIP TO THE MASTER'S GOLF TOURNAMENT IN AUGUSTA. I TOOK THIS TRIP ON MY OWN TIME AND PAID FOR IT OUT OF MY OWN PERSONAL FUND. SOME INDIVIDUALS SAYING THIS TRIP IS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO A LAND EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DISTRICT AND HORACE. LET ME BE CLEAR IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT. HERE ARE THE FACTS, IN THE AGENDA ITEM APPROVED BY THE BOARD, HORACE AGREED FOR BOARD, HORACE AGREED FOR A CAN U.S.MIZED U.S.MIZED 20-SQUARE-FOOT WAREHOUSE FOR AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $4.2 MILLION. IN EXCHANGE, THE DISTRICT WOULD GIVE HORACE A GIVE HORACE A PROPERTY AT HANNA AND 50th THAT WE PURCHASED FOR $1.4 MILLION. THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE A THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE A CUSTOM BUILT WEB PARTY OF 4.2 MILLION IN MILLION IN EXCHANGE FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY WORTH OF PROPERTY WORTH OF PROPERTY WORTH 1.4 MILLION. THE DISTRICT WAS NOT SPENDING ANY FUNDS. MY ROLE ADDS SUPERINTENDENT MY JOB IS TO JOB IS TO PUT THIS DISTRICT'S JOB IS TO PUT THIS DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST BEST INTEREST FIRST. THE DISTRICT RECEIVING A LARGER BRAND-NEW WAREHOUSE THAT HELPS US STREAMLINE OUR DISTRICT OPERATIONS. THANK YOU FOR LET ME CLARIFY THAT. BOARD MEMBERS IN ADDITION, WE HAD SOME COMMENTS LAST HAD SOME COMMENTS LAST BOARD MEETING OF CORRECTION AROUND SYNERGY. I HAVE SLIDES WE WILL TALK THROUGH SYNERGY. MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH SYNERGY AND I HOPE THAT DISCUSSION TODAY WILL PROVIDE DISCUSSION TODAY WILL PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS A WE MOVE FORWARD. MR. PARK WAS. >>Christopher Farkas: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD AND THE FACULTY LOUD AND CLEAR THAT DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF. A QUICK CALL TO ACTION WHICH WAS LAYER THREE COMMUNICATIONS IS THE GROUP THAT CAME IN TO HELP WITH US WITH US A RON SOMEWARE ATTACK. THEY WERE NOT INSTRUMENTAL IN STOPPING ATTACK. SO REACHED OUT SO REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNERS THAT THERE WERE AND SAID WE NEED SOME HELP. THIS THEY HAVE MANY CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SOME LEARNER THAN US. SOME SMALLER THAN US. THAT HAVE DIFFERENT SIS SYSTEMS THAT CAN COME IN AND THAT CAN COME IN AND MAKE AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR TWO WEEKS SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND REVIEWED A LOT. AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE TWO PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM. RODNEY TURNER. RODNEY TURNER WAS FOUNDED LAYER 3 OVER 23 YEARS AGO. INDUSTRY LEADER AND IT HE CAN ON MANY ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE K-12 TECH LANE. AS ALSO SERENA AS ALSO SERENA MANDEL. THE CHIEF OPERATOR AT THE CHIEF OPERATOR AT HAD STINTS WITH MICROSOFT, WALT DISNEY AND AND IBBM. THEY ARE IN THAT WORLD. I WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY WHAT THEY FOUND. WHAT THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT IS AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. WE WILL GET TO WE WILL GET TO THE CLICKER. >> THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. SO WE WERE BROUGHT IN OVER SO WE WERE BROUGHT IN OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS TO LAST TWO WEEKS TO REALLY PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY VIEW AND AND ASSESSMENT OF THE AND ASSESSMENT OF THE SYNERGY IMPLEMENTATION. AND WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE, AND WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE, INTENSE ENGAGEMENT THAT INCLUDED A REVIEW OF OVER 200 E-MAILS. WE CONDUCTED FIVE FOCUS GROUP WE CONDUCTED FIVE FOCUS GROUP STUDIES THAT INVOLVED OVER STUDIES THAT INVOLVED OVER 50 50 STAKEHOLDERS AND STAFF STAKEHOLDERS AND STAFF MEMBERS. MET WITH THE EDGE.TEAM THAT INCLUDED THE CEO AND OTHER EXECUTIVES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. WE ANALYZED DISTRICT DOCUMENTATION THAT INCLUDE -- THAT INCLUDED PROJECT TRACKING, THAT INCLUDED PROJECT TRACKING, EXCEL SPREAD SHEETS, EXCEL SPREAD SHEETS, VARIOUS TAKE OVER, BID RESPONSES AND THINGS OF THAT NAY YOU ARE IN. OVER THE COURSE WEEK AND A HALF OF OF DOING THAT, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF DOING THAT, WE HAVE SEVERAL HIGH-LEVEL OBSERVATIONS AND INSIGHTS WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP. NUMBER NUMBER ONE, WE NOTICED THAT SINCE THIS PROJECT BEGAN IN OCTOBER OF 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENTS AND THREE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY LEADERS. ALSO, OVER THAT BE SAME PERIOD OF TIME, WE ALL LIVED THROUGH COVID. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT DISTRICT RECOGNIZED IS THAT THE PROJECT NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECT NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND RESOURCES AND APPOINTED PROJECT MANAGER IN DECEMBER OF 2022. HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTICED -- SHOULD BE -- WE SHOULD SHOULD BE -- WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS -- OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT HAS BEEN A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FOR THE ORGANIZATION. AND SOME OF THE CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS ARE, YOU KNOW, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION TEAM MEMBERS AND THEY HAVE INHERITED A PROJECT THAT IS ALREADY EXPERIENCED DELAYS. WE HAVE SEEN TURN OVER IN THE WE HAVE SEEN TURN OVER IN THE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES EXCEEDED SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IN JUNE OF 2023. THIS PROJECT HAD A SOFT LAUNCH IN JULY IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE OTHER OBSERVATIONS AND INSIGHT IS THAT UNDER THE PRESSURE PRESSURE OF GETTING THIS SYSTEM GOING, SOME OF THE BEST GLASS HAVE FALLEN BY THE HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE AS THE VENDOR IS MORE REACTIVE TO THE THE DEMANDS OF USER GROUPS THE DEMANDS OF USER GROUPS ALL COMBINED WITH A FORLY STRUCTURED SANDBOX AND TESTING ENVIRONMENT HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DO TRAINING. ONE MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, WHAT DO YOU DO FROM HERE? CAN WE GO BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM? WE HAD AN OLD SYSTEM FOR 30 YEARS WORKING PRESUMABLY GREAT BEFORE WE STARTED BEFORE WE STARTED MIGRATING TO THIS NEW SYSTEM. AS PART OF OUR 360-DEGREE VIEW AS PART OF OUR 360-DEGREE VIEW ANALYSIS, WE DID A ANALYSIS, WE DID A DEEP DIVE WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ROLL BACK TO THE LEGACY SYSTEM. WHILE ROLLING BACK TO THE WHILE ROLLING BACK TO THE LEGACY SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE A NUMBER OF OBSTACLES WE FEEL WE NEED TO POINT OUT SHOULD YOU ALL UNDERGO THAT ACTIVITY. NUMBER ONE NUMBER ONE SOME OF THE HARDWARE COMPONENTS IN THE LEGACY ARE END OF LIFE, ENDS OF SALE AND END OF SUPPORT. THE DATA THAT IS THE DATA THAT IS ENTERED INTO THE NEW SYSTEM THE NEW SYSTEM DOESN'T THE NEW SYSTEM DOESN'T EASILY THE NEW SYSTEM DOESN'T EASILY MAP INTO THE OLD LEGACY SYSTEM. SO IN SO IN ORDER TO GET GET IN DATA BACK INTO THE OLD SYSTEM, THERE IS AGREE IS AGREE MANUAL HUMAN EFFORT INVOLVED. >> IF I CAN JUST ADD, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CODES FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE CHANGED STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE CHANGED FROM THE LAST SYSTEM TO THE CURRENT ONE AND THEY HAD TO GENERALIZE THE DATA TO PUT IT IN THE NEW SYSTEM. TOP THEY HAD TO LOOK AT EACH STUD THEN AT REQUIRED SPECIAL NEEDS AND REDOCUMENT IT IN THE OTHER. THE MANUAL EFFORT OF REDOCUMENTING EACH STUDENT IS TREMENDOUS. >> SO THIS COMBINED WITH OTHER SECURITY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SECURITY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OTHER SYSTEM THAT INCLUDE THE OTHER SYSTEM THAT INCLUDE THE OLD APPLICATION, THE LEGACY APPLICATION HAS, YOU KNOW, SENSITIVE PERSONAL DAY THAT THAT IS EXPOSED. THAT IS NOT MASKED. NO HIDDEN. EXPOSED. THIS REPRESENTS A SECURITY VULNERABILITY AND A SECURITY RISK FOR THE DISTRICT. ON TOP OF ON TOP OF THAT, BECAUSE YOU ALL WERE MOVING TO A NEW WERE MOVING TO A NEW SYSTEM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO YOU PUT A FREEZE FOR CODE UPGRADES FOR THE NEW SYSTEM -- EXCUSE ME NEW SYSTEM -- EXCUSE ME FOR THE LEGACY SYSTEM LEGACY SYSTEM SO THE LEGACY SYSTEM, WHILE IT IS STILL HERE SYSTEM, WHILE IT IS STILL HERE IT IS OPERATING ON OPERATION SYSTEM CODE THAT IS TWO YEARS AGO. THIS OPERATING SYSTEM CODE HAS A NUMBER OF NUMBER OF CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UPGRADE OR BEEN UPGRADE OR PATCHED. WHEN COMBINED THAT WITH THE WEB SPEAR FRONT-END INTERFACE THAT IS ALSO OLD CODE AND HAS IS ALSO OLD CODE AND HAS CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES, A VERY, VERY RISKY PROPOSITION TO TRY TO RECOVER TRY TO RECOVER WITH THE OLD SYSTEM. OUR TEAM FEELS LIKE IF YOU WERE TO TO ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE THE TO ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE THE SOFTWARE AND REENABLE THE LEGACY SYSTEM, MORE THAN SYSTEM, MORE THAN LIKELY, IT WILL PROBABLY WILL PROBABLY BREAK ELEMENTS OF THE APPLICATION AND THE SCREEN IN THE OLD SYSTEM. >> SO QUOTING OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTS, WE SAID IT WAS A EXPERTS, WE SAID IT WAS A COLOSSAL COLOSSAL FAILURE. ON TOP OF THAT, WHY WOULD YOU SPEND THE RESOURCES OF AN OLD SYSTEM THAT WENT TO MEET THE INTO TED AND MOVE US INTO TED AND MOVE US FORWARD WHEN YOU NEED THOSE WHEN YOU NEED THOSE CRITICAL FORCE ARE FOR A NEW SYSTEM THAT WILL MEET THE WILL MEET THE DISTRICT'S WILL MEET THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS. >> FOR THAT, WE TRIED TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE IF IT IS NOT PROBABLE FOR US TO RECOVER ON THE OLD SYSTEM WHAT DO WE DO. SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER A MULTIPLAN APPROACH. PLAN A AND A PLAN PLAN A AND A PLAN B, AND RUN A PLAN PLAN A AND A PLAN PLAN A AND A PLAN B APPROACH IN PARALLEL. PLAN A WILL BE PLAN A WILL BE STABILIZING THE ENERGY SYSTEMS WHILE ENERGY SYSTEMS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU PUT TOGETHER A GROUP WITHIN THE WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT EVALUATES NEW PLATFORM THAT ARE AVAILABLE TODAY. IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE DISTRICT HAVE LOOKED AT AVAILABLE PLATFORMS. AS A PARALLEL EFFORT. BE NEED TO -- WE BELIEVE WE NEED TO LIVE WITH THE SYNERGY SYSTEM TODAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO TODAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM AND EVALUATE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE THERE. STABILIZING STABILIZING THE CURRENT SYSTEM WOULD INVOLVE RESOLVING ANY FUNCTIONAL CHALLENGES OR GAPS THAT THAT EXIST PARTICULARLY AS IT HELPS IN STATE REPORTING, TRANSCRIPTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OTHERS AS WELL. AND WHILE YOU ARE -- WHILE YOU ARE RESOLVING THIS FUNCTIONAL GAPS, GAPS, AFTER THAT IS DONE I THINK WE COULD LOOK AT OPTIMIZING THE SYSTEM AND TRAINING. TRAINING HAS BEEN DIFFICULT, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY COMPLETED THE IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE DON'T HAVE A STABLE ENVIRONMENT TO PROPERLY TRAIN USERS SO THESE THING GO USERS SO THESE THING GO HAND IN HAND. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE WILL ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO THINK ABOUT WILL INVOLVE A CULTURAL SHIFT IN THE WAY YOU HAVE SHIFT IN THE WAY YOU HAVE APPROACHED PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. AND WE WOULD AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT LOOK AT FORMALIZING AND LOOK AT FORMALIZING AND PROFESSIONALIZING A PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, CHANGE MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT, AND TRAINING. AND ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF AND ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF INSANITY IS DOING SOMETHING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT. SO WE MIGHT ENCOURAGE THE SO WE MIGHT ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO THINK OF DISTRICT TO THINK OF TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH MOVING FORWARD THAN WHAT FORWARD THAN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IN THE PAST IF WE TAKE IN THE PAST IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WHAT EXECUTING A PLAN A AND PLAN B LOOKS LIKE, WHEN PLAN B LOOKS LIKE, WHEN EVALUATING THE NEW PLATFORM ON THE MARKET, WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TO DO IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL THAT WE LEARNED AS PART OF GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO WE WOULD WANT TO SO WE WOULD WANT TO ENSURE THAT ANY PLATFORM WOULD MEET THE STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR THE DISTRICT. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER TO CONSIDER MORE -- IMPLEMENTING MORE OUT -- OUT OF THE BOX STANDARD STANDARD FUNCTIONALITY, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY INTRODUCE EASE OF FUTURE UPGRADES FOR THE SYSTEM. ALSO, HILLSBOROUGH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE NATION. THERE ARE CHALLENGE THAT ANY ORGANIZATION WILL HAVE ON A STUDENT INFORMATION -- FROM A STUDENT INFORMATION PERSPECTIVE JUST FROM A SCALE AND A PERFORMANCE STANDPOINT. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS LESSONS LEARNED AS IT RELATES TO CREATING DEMONSTRATION ENVIRONMENTS, ENVIRONMENTS, SANDBOXES, ENVIRONMENTS, SANDBOXES, TESTING, FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM PRIOR TO OF THE SYSTEM PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION. AND I WOULD ALSO -- I WOULD STRESS ONE MORE TIME TO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT IS PROPERLY STAFFED AND FUNDED FOR ROBUST PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CHANGE MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN FUNCTION ALAN THEN FUNCTION ALAN PROCESS TRAINING. >> IF I CAN JUST ADD THAT THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CHANGE MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT, THESE CULTURAL SHIFTS AND DISCIPLINES. THE MUSCLE THAT WILL CHANGE THE CULTURE OF HILLSBOROUGH AND ENABLE IT TO NOT ONLY EXECUTE THE NEXT PROJECT AS WELL, BUT CREATE THIS LONG-TERM MEMORY AND THIS SKILL THAT EVERY PROJECT GOING FORWARD WILL USE THE SAME PROCESSES. THE SAME STANDARDS. THE SAME TYPE OF BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT THAT REALLY CREATES SUCCESS IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS. EVERY TECHNOLOGY PROJECT IS A CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROJECT, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY WORK. AND THAT TAKES A DIFFERENT MIND-SET AND DIFFERENT PROCESSES. SO THIS IS NOT ONLY A PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECTS, BUT FOR ALL PROJECTS GOING FORWARD. >> WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE THERE AND MAYBE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS. >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT CONCLUDES MY SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENT. MR. FARKAS, DO YOU WANT TO MR. FARKAS, DO YOU WANT TO PUT A A BOW. >> THAT IS MY SUMMARY LOOKING AT IT. WE NEED FROM SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE TO LOOK AT PROJECT MANAGEMENT. WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS AN EXPERT IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO DO THAT. OUR RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK AT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATION AN TRAINING. WE BELIEVE WHEN WE MOVE TO THE NEW SYSTEM WHEN WE STABILIZE THIS ONE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH. ORANGE COUNTIES AND OTHER COUNTIES HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND BRING IN AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT FOCUS ON THAT FOCUS ON THAT. I 100% THINK THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO NEED TO DO. BRING AN OUTSIDE GROUP TO STABILIZE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THE NEXT STEP. IF WE PIVOT TO A NEW STUDENT INFORMATION, WE NEED TO PLAN ON DOING THAT IF WE WANT TO NEXT YEAR. >>Superintendent Ayres: THE ANYTHING I HEARD IS SYNERGY. NO GOING BACK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> CORRECT. >>Superintendent Ayres: WE HAVE SYNERGY TO AS MUCH SEAMLESS -- TO ENSURE THAT TO ENSURE THAT SYNERGY IS FUNCTIONS AS BEST IT CAN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE A PROCESS -- IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF ANOTHER STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM WILL BE THAT PROCESS THAT WILL BEGIN VERY QUICKLY AROUND A RFP WITH OTHER STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITH TRANSITION POSSIBLY IN THE '25-'26 SCHOOL YEAR. >> CORRECT. AS WE WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU AS WE WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU BEGIN THAT PROCESS BEGIN THAT PROCESS NOW. >>Superintendent Ayres: THOSE ARE MY ARE MY SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENT. >>Jim Porter: YOU NEED TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO, BOARD MEMBERS. YOU TYPICALLY DO NOT RESPOND TO SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT COMMENT. YOU HAVE YOUR BOARD -- IS UNPRECEDENTED AND YOU NEED TO DECIDE HOW TO PROCEED. >>Karen Perez: CAN YOU CLEAR THE BOARD, PLEASE. >> THANK >> THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Lynn Gray: IT IS A VERY COMPLEX SUBJECT AND A LOT TO -- FOR US TO FOR US TO ABSORB. IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE WAY. MY COMMENTS WILL BE VERY MY COMMENTS WILL BE VERY GENERALISTIC. I AGREE. THIS IS -- AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER THAT WE WILL HANDLE SYNERGY THE BEST WE CAN FOR THIS YEAR. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I WANT -- AND THIS IS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD LIKE -- AND I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, ON A SUSPENDED AGENDA OR IN YOUR HIGHLIGHTS, THOSE THREE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF, AND THAT WILL BE STATE AND THAT WILL BE STATE REPORTING OR OR FE, OR FE, TRANSCRIPTS, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. ESE. WE HAVE OVER 172 PROJECTS FOR SYNERGY. I HAVE LISTED HERE -- ACTUALLY DR. WEEKES HAS LISTED THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. 172. BUT TO NARROW THE MOST -- THE LARGEST ONES WOULD BE THOSE THREE, AND I WOULD LIKE THE UPDATES BECAUSE THAT IMPACTS OUR FUNDING. IT IMPACTS FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. AND WE, AS A BOARD, NEED TO BE PRIVY. YOUR REMARKS? >> THOSE ARE THE ONES WE IDENTIFIED AS WELL. >>Lynn Gray: OKAY. >> OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TRANSCRIPTS MAY BE FIXED. IT MAY BE FIXED AS OF THIS WEEK. >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE THE BECAUSE THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS ARE GOING CRAZY. AND SECONDLY, AS A INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, I WILL SAY -- AND THIS HAS NOT MUCH TO DO WITH YOU TWO AT THE TWO AT THE MOMENT. I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE LEADERSHIP IN THE I.T. FIELD THAT THAT NOT ONLY THAT NOT ONLY EMBRACES THAT NOT ONLY EMBRACES CHANGE, BUT IS A VISIONARY BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING IN PLAN B WILL TAKE A LOT MORE THAN JUST KNOWING HOW TO -- HOW TO FIX COMPUTERS OR TALK ABOUT COMPUTERS. IT WILL TAKE -- YOU ARE CHANGING THE THE CULTURE. SO THAT PERSON WHOEVER IS HIRED SO THAT PERSON WHOEVER IS HIRED NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT IN THE FRAMEWORK THAT YOU ALL ARE PRESENTING. ALONG WITH OBVIOUSLY E.T. KNOWLEDGE. THAT PERSON NEEDS TO HAVE A VERY GOOD SENSE OF GOOD SENSE OF COMMUNICATION. VERY HIGHLY -- YOU VERY HIGHLY -- YOU KNOW, INVOLVED WITH THE INVOLVED WITH THE -- WITH THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IN ALL THE THE THIERDOMS AND SUPERVISORS, ETC. THIS IS A GENERALISTIC COMMENT I AM MAKING BUT I TRULY AGREE THAT PLAN A TO GET THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE THREE ISSUES TO BE WITH THE THREE ISSUES TO BE SUSPENDED AGENDA AND SUSPENDED AGENDA AND SECONDLY, THE GRADUAL LEADERSHIP THE GRADUAL LEADERSHIP APPROACH IN SYNC WITH WHAT YOU ARE SHARING. AND I APPRECIATE -- GO AHEAD, I AM SORRY. >> YOU ARE 100% RIGHT. IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE. AND THAT IS WHAT RODNEY TRIED TO POINT OUT. WHEN YOU HAD SO MUCH TURNOVER IN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT A FIVE-YEAR EFFORT, THIS -- THE CHANCE OF SUCCESS IS VERY SMALL. SO YOU NEED TO RE-ESTABLISH IN'S SPREE DECOR SPREE DECOR SPREE DECOR ESPI RIT SPREE DECOR ESPI RIT DECOR. THE OPPORTUNITY WAS MISS ALONG THE COVID PANDEMIC THE COVID PANDEMIC DAYS TO REENGINEER PROCESS AND MAKE IT KNIT WITH A NEW SYSTEM. HOWEVER YOU MORE FORWARD, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND GETTING ENGAGEMENT AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IN IT FOR THEM FOR THE NEW SYSTEM AND BRINGING THEM ALONG. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTSIDE AN ALIZATION OF THE OUTSIDE AN ALIZATION OF THE PROCESS. EXTREMELY EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED FOR THE EMPLOYEES. I HAVE A SENIOR. I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THESE TRANSCRIPT AT ALL. WE ARE JEOPARDIZING THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENT OF OUR STUDENT AND OF OUR STUDENT AND IT IS NOT OKAY. I HAVE A STRONG A ADVOCATE FOR ESC. AND OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF -- THIS CANNOT HAPPEN. MY BIGGEST FRUSTRATION OF THIS SYSTEM IS THAT WE HERE AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL AT THE DISTRICT ARE NOT SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE GIVING THEM THE PROBLEM AND THEY ARE TALKING AMONGST THEMSELVES AND FIGURING OUT THE LOOPHOLES. AND THIS CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. SO WHEN YOU, LIKE, IDENTIFY THE ESC. I APPRECIATE YOU IDENTIFYING THAT. BUT WE HAVE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT THEY CAN HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND TRAINING ISN'T IT. WE HAVE GOT -- WE HAVE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, DISPERSE OUR MANPOWER IN THE CURRENT I.T. TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF. IF YOU ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT A NEW SYSTEM, YOU SHOULD NOT BE TAKING THE TIME TO BACK PEDAL. I MET REQUEST THEM AGAIN. ESC AND LOOKED AT THE HOLES WE ARE LOOKING AT. I AM CONCERNED OF OUR I AM CONCERNED OF OUR FTE. I LOOKED OVER MAKING SURE OUR CATEGORICAL OF THE LEVEL s AND 4s ARE IDENTIFYING THAT. IT APPEARS WE ARE ONLY NOT IDENTIFYING THEM IF THEY DON'T COME IN BECAUSE, YES, THEY HAVE CODES. BUT WHEN A SCHOOL ACTUALLY LOOKS AT IT, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THAT CODE MATCHES UP TO THE ENVIRONMENT. AND SO AND SO THAT IS AN ISSUE. AND SO I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE GOING TO BE LEVELING UP ON ALL OUR NECESSARY ALL OUR NECESSARY FUNDINGS FOR YOUR SCHOOLS AND CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. THE ATTEND HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THIS IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. ANALYZING A SYSTEM YOU DIDN'T BRING INTO PLAY. ANALYZE GOING WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. I GET THAT. BUT WHAT I DO NEED TO KNOW IS, CAN WE CAN WE BAND-AID THIS ENOUGH THAT WE ARE ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STRESS, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE WE ARE INTO SCHEDULES. WE ARE MAKING SCHEDULES FOR JANUARY. AND THERE IS NOT A -- AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE CREATED A SYSTEM THAT WE DON'T THAT WE DON'T TRUST. SO WE ARE ADDING STRESS ON AN ALREADY STRESSED OUT STAFF. AS THEY MOVE INTO NEW SCHEDULES. AND NEW AND NEW CHANGE. THEY ARE ADDING AN IE P THAT TAKES THEM TWO DAYS TO PUT IN. AS WE MOVE FORWARD SUPERINTENDENT, I GOT TO KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO PROTECT OUR STAFF FOR THIS DECISION. I THINK THAT IS MY MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. HOW WE CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED. WE MAINTAIN THE INFORMATION WE NEED. WE PROVIDE IDEALLY THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, PROTECT OUR STAFF FROM UNNECESSARY WORK AND UNNECESSARY STAFF OVER A SYSTEM WE HAVE PUT ON THEM. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THAT'S -- THAT IS WHAT I NEED. IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES PROVIDING EXPERTISE, THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. I AM LOOKING FOR US TO GET THE ANSWERS TO GET HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. BECAUSE EVERY DAY THE SCHOOLS ARE TALKING TO SCHOOLS TO FIGURE OUT THE LOOPHOLE HOW THEY ARE DOING IT. AND WE AS A DISTRICT AREN'T AND WE AS A DISTRICT AREN'T PROVIDING THEM THAT SOLUTION. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS LIKE AN ABUSED SPOUSE. YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, THE DISTRICT THROWS SOMETHING AT THEM. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MANUEL IT. WE WILL PROVIDE THEM SUPPORT. AND THEY JUST ACCEPT IT AS HIS AS USUAL. AND THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME. I AM NOT GOING TO SIT ON THIS BOARD AND ACCEPT OUR TREATMENT OF OUR STAFF LIKE THIS ANYMORE. SO THAT'S WHERE I GET UPSET WHEN I SEE THE STAFF AN SCHOOLS ALL OVER THIS COUNTY HAVING TO DO EXTRA ONGOING AND WE ARE NOT PROVIDING THEM THE SUPPORT FROM DOWNTOWN. AND THIS SITUATION IS A PRIMARY EXAMPLE OF EXAMPLE OF THAT. >> SO BOARD MEMBER >> SO BOARD MEMBER RENDON. YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. WE HEARD THE STRESS AND PAIN THAT THE STAFF IS UNDER. AND WE LISTENED TO THEM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND WE SEVERAL DAYS AND WE DOCUMENTED IT. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THERE ARE PROBLEMS. YOU ASKED IF WE COULD GET THROUGH THIS YEAR AND FIX THE PROBLEMS THE WAY THEY ARE. AND WHAT A NEW SYSTEM SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW THAT WILL SUPPORT THE STAFF, SUPPORT THE STAFF, CORRECT? SO USING THOSE DISCIPLINES WE TALKED ABOUT OF COMMUNICATION, CHANGE, MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVE TRAINING, BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO REPAIR THE SYSTEM. FIRST THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO WORK FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED. I WON'T GO OVER THEM ALL AGAIN. BUT ALL THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO WORK. THAT REQUIRES COMMUNICATION. THAT REQUIRES A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE USERS AND THE PEOPLE CONFIGURATING THE SYSTEM TO MAKE IT WORK AND TO TRAIN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT. WE HEARD THAT INFORMAL BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS AND INFORMAL BASE AND FUNCTIONAL AND PRACTICES THAT HELP DEFINE AND UNDERSTAND. INTO MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, I DO BELIEVE WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS YEAR, THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND REALLY NO ALTERNATIVE. SO WE HAVE TO. BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS IT DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT WITH BETTER COMMUNICATION, BETTER CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE. SO I DO BELIEVE SO I DO BELIEVE WE CAN GET THROUGH IT. I THINK THE PROBLEMS ARE OVERCOME FOR THIS YEAR. IN THE LONG RUN, YOU SHOULD SEE TECHNOLOGY UNBURDENING TEACHERS AND MOTHER'S DAY FORS FROM THEIR WORK. TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY IS THERE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE TO MAKE LIFE EASIER. AI CAN HELP THE AI CAN HELP THE PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIOLOGISTS AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION WORKERS DOCUMENT THEIR CASES AND TAKE WORK OFF THEIR PLATE. WE WANT TO SEE EDUCATORS SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE STUDENT WHY THEY GO THE IN THE PROFESSION. I AGREE WITH YOU. >>Patti Rendon: THE LAST QUESTION IS I BELIEVE WE PAY SYNERGY THROUGH NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, THAT'S CORRECT, FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT. DOES THAT MEAN AS SOON AS NOVEMBER ENDS, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO CORRECT A FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM? >> I DON'T HAVE THE >> I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. THAT. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE THE TAMPA NOW, THEY CAN USE THE OLD SYSTEM TO CHECK TRANSCRIPTS SO I DON'T KNOW HOW KNOW HOW LONG. >>Patti Rendon: STILL DIFFICULTY WITHIN THE TRANSCRIPTS. THE COMPLICATIONS WE HAVE. JUST A LOT OF PROBLEMS. >> SO IN ORDER >> SO IN ORDER TO CONTINUITILIZING PRODUCT, WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE LICENSING IT FROM IT FROM. IF WE REMAIN ON THE PRODUCT THROUGH, SAY, THE NEXT SUMMER, WE WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE PAY THEM UP THROUGH THAT POINT. >>Patti Rendon: SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, BEING SAID, IF WE ARE PAYING THEM ARE THEY SUPPORTING THE CHANGES WE NEED. BECAUSE IT APPEARS THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTING OUR CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM FOR WHAT WE SYSTEM FOR WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SYSTEM FOR WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE FUNCTION AT FUNCTION AT WORK. REPORT. >> THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR SPECIFIC CUSTOMIZATION. THEY DELIVERED ON SOME OF THOSE AND HAVEN'T ON AND HAVEN'T ON OTHERS. THAT GOES BACK TO THE THAT GOES BACK TO THE CONVERSATION I HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH MR. GIBSON WHAT WE CAN TO DO HOLD THEM TO THE LETTER OF THE CONTRACT. >>Patti Rendon: WITH THAT BEING SPAYED, I AM GOING TO ASK SUPERINTENDENT AYRES TO WORK WITH JEFF WITH JEFF GIBSON, OUR ATTORNEY, WITH JEFF GIBSON, OUR ATTORNEY, BECAUSE THIS STOPS NOW. WE CAN'T EVEN PROVIDE BASIC WE CAN'T EVEN PROVIDE BASIC ATTENDANCE CORRECTLY. TRANSCRIPTS FOR OUR TRANSCRIPTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. ES ISSUES. THEY ARE JEOPARDIZE DIEING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY. AND WE NEED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION. >> THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IS THE COMMENT I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE. DONE. >>Patti Rendon: I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE TO TAKE A STAND ON IT. I DON'T CARE IF IT GOES PUBLIC. OUTRAGEOUS AND EGREGIOUS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. THANK YOU VERY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER REN REN REN OFFERINGSN. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: I KNOW WE WILL ECHO THE FRUSTRATION WHEN IT COMES TO OUR EMPLOYEES. HARD FOR YOU TO COME UP HERE AND DELIVER THIS NEWS AND ASK QUESTIONS. I AM HOPING WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND YOUR SERVICES MUCH MORE TIME TO KIND OF HAVE ONE ON ONE AND ASK IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS. I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO INVESTED IN WHAT WE TALK ABOUT AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, BUT FIVE MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ANY OF US TO REALLY GET OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I AM HOPING THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS NOW, WE WILL HAVE MORE ACCESS TO YOU ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRESENTATION. BECAUSE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS ARE A BIT VAGUE AND I NEED MORE SPECIFICS AROUND THAT. SPECIFICALLY, LIKE, WHEN YOU ARE KIND OF TALKING OF THIS PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THE CULTURE AND WAY OF WORK. FROM THE WAY THAT MEMBER GRAY REFERENCED IT, HIRING SOMEONE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT, MORE LIKE PRESENTED IT, MORE LIKE WORKING WITH CONSULTANT COMPANIES ON THIS. IS THAT KIND OF THE EXPECTATION WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE? >> YES. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE -- GIVEN THE -- GIVEN THE GIVEN THE ACCELERATED TIME FRAME AND THE CRITICAL NATURE FOR DOCTOR FOR WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH TODAY, WE WOULD RECOMMEND WITH TODAY, WE WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING AT OUTSOURCE LOOKING AT OUTSOURCE RESOURCES TO AID TO AID IN THE COMPLETION OF TO AID IN THE COMPLETION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPTIMIZING, YOU KNOW, CLOSING THE FUNCTIONAL GAPS AND GAPS AND OPTIMIZING THE SOLUTION SOLUTION. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. MUCH TOP MEMBER MUCH TOP MEMBER RENDON'S QUESTION. THE OPTIMIZATION AND THE FUNCTION AMOUNT TO AT AND TO GET IT TO WORK. EDU. POINT AND THE COMPANY POINT AND THE COMPANY THAT HAS THE SOFTWARE IN OUR PLAN IF WE CAN'T TIME SO MAKE ANY PROGRESS WITH THEM AND TALKING OF LEGAL ACTION. HOW WE ARE ABLE TO -- WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GET THROUGH THIS YEAR AND YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THESE ISSUES, THAT WE FIX AT THE SAME TIME OF LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL OPTIONS, HOW WE DO THAT WHEN THOSE PROBLEMS FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING MINUS THE TRAINING PIECE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN THE AREA WE AREA WE CONTROL. THAT IS WHERE THE THAT IS WHERE THE TRAINING IS DISCONNECT FOR ME. >> SO I WANT TO ADD THAT WE FEEL YOU NEED EXTERNAL EXPERT SUPPORT TO PUT THESE PROCESSES AND THESE PRACTICES IN PLACE. BUT THEY NEED TO BE BUT THEY NEED TO BE -- THERE NEEDS TO BE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERRED TO PEOPLE AT THE DISTRICT TO THEY CARRY ON. I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION OF BRINGING IN PEOPLE THAT WILL CAPTURE THIS KNOWLEDGE OR APPOINTING THEM FROM WITHIN THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS EDUCATING AND TEACHING AND DOING. SO WE WILL SUPPORT THE SO WE WILL SUPPORT THE VENDOR MANAGEMENT AND HOLDING THE VENDOR'S FEET TO THE FEAR TO DELIVER ON THESE ASIDE FROM WHATEVER OTHER ACTIONS ARE TAKEN OUTSIDE OF OUR DOMAIN. BUT IT IS ABOUT WORKING WITH -- FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WORKING WITH THE VENDOR, BEING VERY, VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHEN AND MANAGING THAT VERY CLOSELY. AND, YOU KNOW, ESCALATING AS NEEDED. SO I DO FEEL THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO AT LEAST -- THOSE CRITICAL THINGS. FTE, TRANSCRIPT, COMPLIANCE. THEY HAVE TO GET THROUGH THOSE SO THAT LARGE SO THAT LARGE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU THAT YOU PROBABLY SOME THAT ARE SHOW STOPPERS AND OTHERS THAT ARE KIND OF NICE TO HAVE. MOVE THIS FIELD OVER MOVE THIS FIELD OVER HERE. CHANGE THIS TO THAT CHANGE THIS TO THAT PRIORITIZE THE WORK AND WORK WITH THE VENDOR ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY THINGS AND GET THOSE DONE. THEN AS WE TALKED ABOUT KEEPING THE SYSTEM ON LIFE SUPPORT UNTIL WE GET ON TO ANOTHER SYSTEM. WE REALLY WANT TO PUT THE CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT AND THE RESOURCES ON THE NEW SYSTEM. >>Jessica Vaughn: IF I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT ANSWER CORRECTLY. YOUR DIRECT RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO IMMEDIATELY BRING IN OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO HELP MANAGE THIS PROJECT IMMEDIATELY TO LOOK AND IDENTIFY THE MOST CRUCIAL DELIVERABLES, WORK WITH THE VENDOR AND GET THOSE TAKEN CARE OF WHILE WE LOOK AT ANOTHER PIECE AND MAKE DECISIONS ON THAT QUICKLY TO ACT AND OUT IN PLACE OF NEXT YEAR. THAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? >> IT IS. AND THERE IS A LAYER THAT -- BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KEEP THIS SORT OF HIGH LEVEL AND SIMPLE THAT WE DIDN'T MENTION IS GOVERNANCE. SETTING PRIORITIES. OVERALL, THE DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE WHERE THINGS ARE PRIORITIZED, MANAGED AND OBSERVED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF A PROJECT SO IT DOESN'T GET TO THIS POINT. THAT IS ONE OF THOSE WAY OF WORK AS YOU SAID THAT WILL BE A CULTURAL CHANGE. THAT TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS ARE NOT I.T. PROBLEMS. THEY ARE FOR THE DISTRICT. AS YOU SEE, THEY ARE IMPACTING THE STAFF. IMPACTING POTENTIALLY THE STUDENTS. ANY TECHNOLOGY PROJECT HAVE TO BE OWNED BY THE DISTRICT AND GOVERNED IN THAT WAY. SO IF WE WERE TO ACT ON THIS -- THAT ADVICE AND MOVE QUICKLY, WHAT TYPE OF A TIMELINE ARE YOU LOOKING AT FOR RESOLUTION ON THE THREE MOST CRITICAL AREAS THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED TO GET THOSE WORKING EFFICIENTLY AND START TO TRAIN PEOPLE. >> SO THE TRANSCRIPT ISSUE IS ALREADY FIXED. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VEND VENDOR THAT. AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THOSE WILL BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEMS AND THEY HAVE TO GET FIXED. SO THE FTE IS DUE IN OCTOBER. THEY HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DEADLINES. ALREADY DOING THE PRECLICKING ON THE FTEs THE FTEs AND THAT IS MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT HAS CONTINUE TO FORWARD, BUT IT HAS CONTINUE TO FINISHED ON TIME FINISHED ON TIME WE ARE TO FINISHED ON TIME WE ARE TO PRIORITIZE OTHER ISSUES. >>Jessica Vaughn: IF WE VET OTHER CONSULTANT COMPANIES. PART OF THE EXPECTATION MOVING FORWARD A REALISTIC TIMELINE WHEN THESE WILL BE FIXED? >> YES, BUT I THINK IT WILL TAKE A COMPANY TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT TO TELL YOU THAT TO TELL YOU THAT TIMELINE. IF THEY ARE TELLING FROM YOU A DISTANCE IS DISTANCE IS HARD TO DO. THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO GET THEM IN HERE TO GET WORK AGO CONTINUE NOW. >> PART OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS HAVING A SCHEDULED WITH HARD DEADLINES AND HOLDING EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOUGH DEADLINES, DEADLINES, SO, YES, A GOOD PROJECT TEAM WITH ALL THE DISCIPLINES WE BROUGHT IN. I DON'T WANT TO -- THE TEAM WHO WAS ON IT. THEY WERE UNDERRESOURCED AND DID WHAT THEY COULD. IT WAS OVERWHELMING AND WE NEED THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY AND A WHOLE CULTURE OF PROBABLY MANAGEMENT WITH DEADLINES AND WITH SCHEDULES AND WITH SCHEDULES AND WITH TEETH IN IT TO STICK TO IT. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THOSE OWNS, MAY NEXT AND LAST QUESTION IS FOR YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. WE AUTHORIZED T PAY AND OUR WE AUTHORIZED T PAY AND OUR ESC STAFF WHO ARE WORKING TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF HOURS, HAS THAT AMOUNTS OF HOURS, HAS THAT BEEN APPROVED AND APPROVED AND HAPPENING. >>Superintendent Ayres: ALREADY APPROVED AND IT IS APPROVED AND IT IS HAPPENING. >>Jessica Vaughn: I AM GETTING FEEDBACK THAT IT IS NOT. HOW THEY ARE COMMUNICATING AND ACCESSING THAT? >> OVER TIME IT WAS APPROVED ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO FOR NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES. I BELIEVE THIS MORNING THE UNIT'S ALLOCATION TEAM COMPLETED THE T-PAY ASSIGNMENTS FOR EACH SCHOOL SITE. SO IF THERE IS A QUESTION ON HOW TO PUT AN EMPLOYEE INTO THE SPECIFIC T-PAY POSITIONS, THEY CAN REACH OUT CAN REACH OUT TO MY SECRETARY AMY FINCH AS SHE HAS GONE THROUGH THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES AND HOW WE ARE WORK THROUGH AND HOW WE ARE WORK THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW. >> OKAY, I AM NOT GOING TOP WORK THROUGH IT BUT THROUGH IT BUT A DESCRIPTION OF NONEXEMPT AND WHO THAT IS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I WANT OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORK ON THIS GET WORK ON THIS GET SOME SORT OF COMPLICATIONS. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: I AM NOT GOING TO ASK -- THANK YOU, MEMBER ASK -- THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON AND MEMBER VAUGHN. THEY HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. COUPLE OF THINGS, COUPLE OF THINGS, THE PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYROLL? I THINK SO. THAT IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT. BECAUSE I KNOW VISITING A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS THEY ARE EXAMPLE SOMETHING WE SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. >> THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE THE T-PAY ASSIGNMENTS TO THE T-PAY ASSIGNMENTS TO PAY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THE EXEMPT POSITIONS. >> I KNOW THAT IS A FACT AND I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT. MY OTHER COMMENT IS, LOOKING AT A DIFFERENCE SYSTEM, DO YOU THINK -- SEEING OTHER DISTRICTS, SOMETIMES IT IS A COMBINATION -- THERE IS A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS IN PLACE. AND THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY AND THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY USING ONE PROGRAM. THAT'S CORRECT? OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. >> SO >> SO FOR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, IT IS USUALLY ONE SYSTEM. SYSTEMS OF TODAY ARE SYSTEMS OF TODAY ARE VERIER. >> INTEGRATED INTO THE LMS FUNCTIONS. I DON'T WANT TO NAME NAMES BUT THERE ARE SYSTEMS THAT ARE VERY ROBUST AND YOU WILL JUST BE ONE SYSTEM. IN THE PAST IT IS STRICT HAS A HOMEGROWN SYSTEM WITH OTHER SYSTEMS ATTACHED TO IT. AS RODNEY SAID, THE TECHNOLOGY HAS MOVED FORWARD. I DON'T THINK THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE BOLT-ONES. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >>Nadia Combs: YES, IT DOES. THE OTHER QUESTION -- FOR THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THE LENGTH OF TIME IT IS TAKING FOR THE ESC IT IS TAKING FOR THE ESC DOCUMENTATION. DOCUMENTATION. I AM GETTING TEXTS ALL THE TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF HOURS IT WILL TAKE A LARGE ROOM TO COMPLETE THAT, EVEN IF THEY WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK, THEY STILL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THAT DEADLINE FOR THAT DEADLINE FOR FTE. IS THERE A PLAN IS THERE A PLAN -- DO YOU THINK WE CAN IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO BASICALLY SPEED THAT PROCESS. >> SO IT MAKES ME REALIZE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO GO BACK BECAUSE THE WORK FOR BECAUSE THE WORK FOR ESC WILL REALLY BE UNBEARABLE. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DETAIL NOW TO SAY WE CAN GET IT DOWN TO THIS AMOUNT OF TIME OR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. WHAT I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT COMMUNICATION AND BUSINESS ANALYSIS. WE MAY BE ABLE TO OPTIMIZE THOSE PROCESSES AND REDUCE PROCESSES AND REDUCE THEM. PART OF IT WILL BE LISTENING TO THE VENDOR THAT THE VENDOR THAT WE HAVE NOW, THE SYNERGY AND SAY HOW DO OTHERS DO IT AND STREAM LINE IT BECAUSES THAT TO BE IN A WAY THAT IS OPTIMIZED. IT CAN BE THAT HILLSBOROUGH DID IT A CERTAIN WAY THAT DIDN'T WORK WELL WITH THE SYSTEM AND THEY DID A LOT OF WORK AROUND AND THAT COMPLICATED IT. I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. PRIORITIZE FOR THE NEXT TEAM THAT COMES IN. >> THANK >> THANK YOU. ONE OTHER COMMENT. THE ONE OTHER COMMENT THAT THE FUND BALANCE ANDU T-PAY. THIS THIS IS WHAT IT IS FOR THIS IS WHAT IT IS FOR FOR EMERGENCIES LIKE AND OUR COUNSELORS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT. AM I CORRECT, DR. AM I CORRECT, DR. WEEKES. ARE THE COUNSELORS ARE THE COUNSELORS COMPENSATED. >> THE T-PAY POSITIONS ARE >> THE T-PAY POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY EXEMPT POSITION THAT POSITION THAT OCCURS SCHOOL SITE. >> IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A RESPONSE. MY QUESTION IS, I MY QUESTION IS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OF PARAPROFESSIONALS AND THE COUNSELORS. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING IMMENSE HOURS, IMMENSE HOURS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE LARGE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT I THINK OF ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL WITH 3,000 STUDENTS HERE AND WE HAVE A SHORT AND OF COUNSELORS ANYWAYS, AND THE ISSUES THAT ARE DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND TRANSCRIPTS. AND WE DON'T HAVE -- A LOT OF SCHOOLS WE DON'T HAVE CAREER AND COLLEGE COUNSELORS AND DOING SO MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNSELORS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE COMPENSATED AS WELL. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: SORRY, I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND ON MEMBER COMBS AND ASKED WE ARE PROVIDED A LIST OF EVERYBODY GETTING PTO. THAT IS THE WAY TO GO SO WE DON'T ELIMINATE ANYONE. THAT WILL BE A KNOWLEDGE OF WHO THAT WILL BE A KNOWLEDGE OF WHO IT GOES TO. THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE. TRANSCRIPTS ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN USE THINGS THAT WE CAN USE TOLD THAT TRANSSCRIPPS ARE TRANSSCRIPPS ARE FIXED. NOT LEADERSHIP, BUT THE SCHOOLS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I AM EXPECTING OUR PEOPLE TO KNOW BEFORE OUR SCHOOLS KNOW BEFORE SOMETHING IS TOLD IT IS FIXED OR NOT FIXED. AM I CORRECT ON THAT? THAT IS WHERE I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH. WE HEAR SYNERGY FIXED IT BUT NOT VALIDATING IT BEFORE WE INFORM THE SCHOOLS. THEY ARE FUNDING OUR PROBLEMS. >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT IS HAPPENING. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. >>Patti Rendon: I ASK THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS INTERNALLY THAT VALIDATES WHAT SYNERGY DAYS BEFORE HE SEND IT OUT TO SCHOOLS AND ADD THEIR FRUSTRATION. >>Superintendent Ayres: I >>Superintendent Ayres: I UNDERSTAND. >>Patti Rendon: TRANSCRIPTS ARE NUMBER 4. >> >> 'AGREE. >> WE ANSWERED INTENTLY AND SCHOOLS SHOULD VALIDATE THAT. >>Patti Rendon: NOT THE STAFF .OUR STAFF NEEDS TO VALIDATE IT BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS. >> GOT IT. >>Patti Rendon: WE HAVE >>Patti Rendon: WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR STAFFS AT 9 SCHOOL. THEY ARE THEY ARE OVERWORKED. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION WHAT WE HEAR FROM SYNERGY GOES OUT TO THE THE SCHOOLS. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY FIXING AND TELLING US WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS AND IT IS AND IT IS FRUSTRATING. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU FOR ENLIGHTENING US, BECAUSE A LOT OF INFORMATION WE DID NOT KNOW AND DID NOT KNOW AND APPRECIATE THAT. I KIND OF FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE AND WON'T BE -- AND IT WILL NOT BE TEACHER FRIENDLY AND ADMINISTRATOR FRIENDLY. TALKING OF FTE AND MONEY COMING INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. TALKING OF ESC. STUDENTS THAT REALLY NEED THE HELP. AND -- AND -- AND WE GOT TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. AND IT CAN'T BE LIKE NEXT, NEXT YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A WITH A SOLUTION THIS YEAR. BECAUSE WE NEED BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE DONE WHEN IT TOMBS AROUND, WE NEED TO BE READY FOR NEED TO BE READY FOR FTE. WE NEED TO HAVE MOVER WE NEED IN HERE. AND I THANK YOU A YOU WILL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR TONIGHT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE ENLIGHTENED US A GREAT DEAL ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ADMIRE OF GUYS. YOU SAID WE NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX IN THIS ONE. WE CAN'T BE IN THE BOX. WE HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX ON THIS DEAL. APPRECIATE THAT AND MAYBE GET SOME HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SUPERINTENDENT. I APPRECIATE IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I AM JUST CURIOUS. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING MENTIONED OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND HOW -- AND HOW YOU ARE WORKING ON THEIR FTE WITH THEM. >> SO THE -- THE SESSION WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS GOT RAINED OUT BY THE HURRICANE. SO WE HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY. AND WE CAN MEET WITH THEM ANOTHER TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE DISTRICTS I WAS AT, THE THE DISTRICTS I WAS AT, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS WERE SERVICED CHARTER SCHOOLS WERE SERVICED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE MAIN SCHOOLS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAD THE SITUATION IS HERE. LIKE I SAID, WE HAD TO ESCAPE THE HURRICANE. SO I AM SO I AM SORRY FOR SO I AM SORRY FOR THAT. >>Karen Perez: OKAY. CAN YOU FOLLOW UP. >>Superintendent Ayres: WE WILL FOLLOW UP. HEARING SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES FROM OUR CHARTER SCHOOL WITH SYNERGY. ISSUES FROM OUR SCHOOL WE ARE HEARING FROM CHARTER. BOTH HEARING THAT FROM BOTH BOTH HEARING THAT FROM BOTH SIDES. ALL THE SAME ALL THE SAME. >>Karen Perez: THEY GET FUNDING FROM US. AND THEY NEED COUNTS AS AND THEY NEED COUNTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES IT. >>Karen Perez: GET THE QUEUE BACK BACK UP. THANK YOU. I THINK MEMBER GRAY WAS FIRST IN THE QUEUE. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PAUSE IS -- WELL, I AM GOING TO READ IT RIGHT FROM MY COMMENTS. THE MAIN COMMENT I HAVE CONSISTS OF PRAYERS AND GOOD WILL TO ALL THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE COMPLETE AND PARTIAL DEVASTATION TO THEIR HOMES, THEIR LOVED ONES' HOMES AND SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR JANE FOR I WANT TO THANK MAYOR JANE FOR LEADING THE LEADING THE CITY OF TAMPA TO SAFE PRACTICES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER HURRICANE HELENE. I THANK THE FIRST I THANK THE FIRST RESPONDER WHO DID NOT -- 2340 EET ON THE GROUND BUT HELPED IN OUR EVACUATION CENTERS LIKE MIDDLETHON HIGH SCHOOL. THE CITY OF TAMPA REGINA CASTILLO SPENT DAYS ALONG WITH OUR MIDDLETON STAFF, A.P. HENRY SCURRY, DAVID WILLIAMS. BRISTOL WHITE. I I WANT TO THANK OUR OPERATION TEAMS LED BY CHRIS FARKAS AND BEN K BEN K NORR TO ARE AND BRUFR EVERYWHERE REPAIRING THE DANCE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR PRINCIPAL WHO ENGAGED IN PRINCIPAL WHO ENGAGED IN NORMALIZING LEARNING CONDITIONS DESPITE THE DESPITE THE TRIALS OF THEIR OWN STAFF AND STUDENTS NOW MANY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS NOW MANY OF THEM ARE NOW HOMELESS THEM ARE NOW HOMELESS AND SOME OF THEM, OF COURSE -- MANY OF THEM ARE WITHOUT HOMES. SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES, YOU MUST BE EXTREMELY BROAD AND THANKFUL FOR LEADING YOUR SCHOOL SITE TEAM ALONG WITH CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH CHIEF NEWMAN, THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE, THE CITY OF TAMPA POLICE, AND THE MANY OTHER CITY AND STATE ALLEGATION. AND I PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE THAT AND I PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAD OVER 19 VOLUNTEERS CUSS WE HAD OVER 19 VOLUNTEERS CUSS CUSTODIANS ON A SATURDAY THAT CUSTODIANS ON A SATURDAY THAT HELPED DICKERSON ELEMENTARY EMPTY THE WATER AND EMPTY THE WATER AND DEHUMIDIFIED THE THE EXPERIENCE WHO GOT A FOOT OF WATER. THANKS BEN MORGAN AND THANKS BEN MORGAN AND OUR OPERATIONS TEAM OPERATIONS TEAM IN ADDRESSING THE THE CONCERN AND WE HAVE A SHORT THE CONCERN AND WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO AND MEMBER COMBS WILL ALSO SHARE. CAN I SEE THE VIDEO AT CAN I SEE THE VIDEO AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU THANK YOU THIS WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING ON ON M >>> THAT IS MEMBER COMBS. EVERYTHING HAD TO BE PUT ON THE DESKS. THE FLOOR WAS THE FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH WATER. AND THE CARPET WAS COMPLETELY AND THE CARPET WAS COMPLETELY SATURATED. AND MEMBER COMBS CHECKED ON SOME OF THE BOOKS. NOT TOO BAD OF A CONDITION. YOU CAN SEE THE YOU CAN SEE THE RUGS, EVERYTHING THAT HAVE WAR ON THEM WAS PUT THAT HAVE WAR ON THEM WAS PUT OUTSIDE. M OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. AND YOU CAN TURN THAT OFF. I -- AGAIN, WE HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL CREW. AND I JUST HAVE -- MY HATS -- OUR HATS ARE OFF TO THESE CUSTODIAN WHO CUSTODIAN WHO VOLUNTEER TO HELP THAT SCHOOL THAT SCHOOL IN A NANO SECOND THEY WERE THERE. I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND QUITE SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF MARGARITA GONZALEZ, WHO ACTUALLY INITIATED THE INITIATED THE HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION AND MARGARITA JUST TO READ A LITTLE BIT SOME -- THE CITY OF TAMPA RECOGNIZED THE CITY OF TAMPA RECOGNIZED THE HISPANIC HERITAGE TODAY HISPANIC HERITAGE TODAY I MISS IT BUT ANYRATE, MELISSA WAS THERE. AND DEDICATED TO THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN, MARGARITA GONZALEZ WHO, FOR 30 YEARS FOR 30 YEARS HAD GIVEN HER LIFE ENDEAVORS TO THE NOT ONLY COMMUNITY SERVICE BUT TO EDUCATION EDUCATION ALL THE WHILE HAVE GONE TO THE GONE TO THE HISPANIC HERITAGE AND SPENT AND SPENT FOR GETTING AND SPENT FOR GETTING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MANY OF OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS. FOR FORGIVENESS AND FOR FOR FORGIVENESS AND FOR HER PASSING PASSING AWAY. THAT IS ALL MY COMMENTS TODAY. THANK YOU ALL. PRINCIPALS HAPPY PRINCIPAL -- MY GOODNESS. YOU WORK SO HARD. BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND THIS NEXT MONTH, RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL PRINCIPALS TO SAY THE LEAST. BYE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. MANY OF US ATTENDED MANY OF US ATTENDED THE NAACP FREEDOM FUND DINNER. SPECTACULAR. ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS. IT LEAVES ME VERY INSPIRED TO TALK ABOUT THE TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AND OUR COMMUNITY THE NAACP FOR INCLUDING US IN THAT. I HAVE A SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PTA AT LUTZ HIGHLIGHT THE PTA AT LUTZ K-8. THE PTA RAISED OVER 20,000 AND TOOK TWO YEARS AND THEY BUILT THIS BEAUTIFUL WALKING TRACK AT LUTZ K-8. IMMEDIATELY THE KIDS WERE IMMEDIATELY THE KIDS WERE EXCITED TO GO OUT THERE EXCITED TO GO OUT THERE AND EXCITED TO GO OUT THERE AND INVITED ME TO THE RIVER. THE RIBBON CUTTING. KIDS WERE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED AND KIDS WERE SO EXCITED AND ME WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL AND I WANT TO THANK THEM THANK THEM AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND COLLABORATION OF SCHOOLS IS A SCHOOLS IS A BIGGEST INDICATOR OF STUDENT SUCCESS. TO GET ON PEOPLE'S RADAR, THE LUTZ COMMUNITY IS REALLY LUTZ COMMUNITY IS REALLY RALLYING AGAINST ZONING PUTTING ON THAT CHANGE THE ZONING BY THEIR SCHOOL AND PUT LIKE AN THEIR SCHOOL AND PUT LIKE AN ARBY'S OR FAST FOOD THAT WILL CAUSE A PROBLEM OF CAUSE A PROBLEM OF GETTING IN. AND PUT THAT ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR AND IF YOU CARE ABOUT LUTZ, A BIG PARENTAL GROUP TO ASK COUNTY COMMISSION TO REASSESS THE REZONING. I WANT TO ASK YOU SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, NEXT TIME AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE FINAL COST OF THE LAWSUIT FROM COUNTY COMMISSION TO GET THE MILLAGE ON REFERENDUM WERE TO BE TRANSPARENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE TALKED ABOUT MAKE SURE WE TALKED ABOUT MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT AND TO COST THAT ON THE MILLAGE. LASTLY, I ALSO WANT TO KIND OF ECHO MEMBER GRAY AND I AM SURE WHAT MANY OF US WILL HAVE IS OUR SENTIMENTS AROUND THE HURRICANE THAT HAPPENED JUST SO MUCH GRATITUDE TO OUR EMPLOYEE WHO WORK SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SHELTERS ARE SAFE HAVENS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ESCAPING THIS. YOU KNOW, TALKING OF OUR YOU KNOW, TALKING OF OUR CUSTODIANS. CUSTODIAN APPRECIATION WEEK. HOW MUCH CLEANUP THERE IS THERE IS. AND I DON'T THINK AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR DECISIONS ARE NOT ARE NOT ABOUT MAKING OUR ARE NOT ABOUT MAKING OUR SCHOOLS ARE OPEN ARE OPEN AFTER SAFETY AND REFUGE TO PEOPLE. APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT GOES INTO THAT OUR FIRST GOES INTO THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT JUMP IN. A THANKLESS JOB AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT GOES INTO IT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORKED THAT ENTIRE WEEKEND. YOU GAVE US SEAMLESS UPDATES BEFORE I EVEN REALLY NEEDED TO ASK FOR COMMUNICATION AND DECISIONS. YOU GAVE THEM TO US YOU GAVE THEM TO US YOU WERE AT EVERY PRESS RELEASE EVERY PRESS RELEASE RIGHT THERE SHARING INFORMATION. I KNOW YOU BARELY SLEPT. YOU WERE ON THE FRONT GROUNDS MAKING DECISIONS AND I HAVE GONE THROUGH A FEW HURRICANES NOW AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LIFE ON THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR LIFE ON THAT WHEN OUR A LEADER NO MATTER WHAT DO PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL OF THAT DO PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL OF THAT REALLY, REALLY HARD REALLY, REALLY HARD AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU DEEPLY CARE ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT AND DEEPLY CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE LEADERSHIP REALLY MATTERS AT A TIME LIKE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. IT IS HARD AGAIN WHEN WE MIKE THESE THESE DECISIONS AND WHEN WE CLOSE SCHOOLS FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND THEY WILL BE ANXIOUS TO THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. AND WHEN THE COMMUNITY GIVES US GRACE AND COMES TOGETHER. THIS WAS REALLY HARD ON OUR OWN COMMUNITY, BUT WE GOT LUCKY WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DIRECT HIT. WITH THE KIND OF DEVASTATION THAT WE SEE THAT WE SEE NOW, WE KNOW THAT WE SEE NOW, WE KNOW WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. EVERY TIME WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE LIKE THIS, OUR COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER PEOPLE PITCH IN HELPING PEOPLE CLEAN OUT HOUSE. NOT JUST STRONGER TOGETHER AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT TAMPA, AS HILLSBOROUGH, AS FLORIDA. IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER WHEN WE COME TOGETHER COME TOGETHER AND COMPLAIN AND PIT AGAINST EACH OTHER OVER THINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK GOES BEHIND THE SCENES AND MY LOVE AND PRAYERS TO EVERYBODY TO EVERYBODY AFFECTED BY THIS AND MY GRATITUDE OF HOW AND MY GRATITUDE OF HOW FAR THINGS HAVE COME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. >> I WANT TO AGREE WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. EVERY TIME A STORM OR NATURAL DISASTER HIGHLIGHTS OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL STEPPED UP. I AM I AM THANKFUL OF THE LEADERSHIP AND OUR SCHOOL STAFF THAT OPENED UP FOR SHELTER, CUSTODIAL STAFF, KITCHEN STAFF. EVERY SINGLE PERSON WITHIN A SCHOOL HAS STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT THAT. I LOOK FORWARD I LOOK FORWARD THE PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WE ARE DICK STATED STATED BY THE STATED BY THE SHELTERS. BY SCHOOLS ARE BY SCHOOLS ARE SHELTERS AND WHICH DO NOT WHICH DO NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILD THAT BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP TO BE A PARTNER. AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE MANY TIMES ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF WHERE WE GO AND HOW OF WHERE WE GO AND HOW WE DO IT. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE ON ITEM ITEM 7:10 ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THAT SAN ITEM THAT WE HAVE A THAT SAN ITEM THAT WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED THAT WAS VOTED ON SEVERAL YEARS ON SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT A FINAL SENTENCE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPENT ON THAT ITEM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE REASON IT DID NOT GO TO CONSTRUCTION IS IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED THAT WAS APPROVED A WHILE AGO. AND SUPERINTENDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. YOU MADE COMMENTS OF ISSUES YOU MADE COMMENTS OF ISSUES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT I AM GOING TO PROPOSE THAT I AM GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR ATTORNEY WORKING WITH OUR ATTORNEY MR. BORDER ON BORDER ON LOOKING ON POLICIES AND THING THAT IS IMPORTANT AND THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE. I HAVE SOUGHT LEGAL COUNSEL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT ON THIS ERROR AND I BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD MAKES THE DECISION. IT IS BASED ON THE IT IS BASED ON THE BOARDS RESPONSIBILITY. AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE OUR MAKE SURE OUR POLICIES REFLECT HOW WE WANT HOW WE WANT OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TO BEHAVE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. SOMETHING WE NEED TO CHANGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE OUR POLICIES AND CONTRACTS FOR OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP REFLECT HOW THE BEHAVIOR WE EXPECT MOVING FORWARD FROM SENIOR LEADERSHIP. AND I WILL MAKE HOUR I WORK WITH MR. PORTER ON THOSE POLICIES. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT IT IS THE THE BOARD'S DECISIONS THE BOARD'S DECISIONS ON THESE THE BOARD'S DECISIONS ON THESE ITEMS AND HOW WE ITEMS AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ITEMS AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND CHANGING THAT POLICY AND CHANGING THAT POLICY OF WHAT WE RESPECT AS A DISTRICT AND STAFF. OCTOBER 7 I WILL BE AT ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO ATTEND THESE PARENTS FORUMS. I ENCOURAGE THEM I ENCOURAGE THEM WORKING WITH IMPACT TAMPA BAY IN TRYING TO GET PARENTS OUT THERE DISCUSSIONING HOW TO TALK WITH THEIR THEIR KIDS OF RISKY BEHAVIORS AND INCORPORATE AND HELPING THESE CHILDREN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CULTURE AND THE CLIMATE OF TODAY. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A DISTRICT PARTNER WITH PARENTS AND UNDERSTAND IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE A PARENT TODAY AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE THEM STRATEGIES TO PARTNER WITH THEIR SCHOOLS, IT IS CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT. I SEE MANY PARENTS THERE I SEE MANY PARENTS THERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SYNERGY UPDATE AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SYNERGY. A FRUSTRATION OF THIS BOARD. A FRUSTRATION OF OUR STAFF. WE AS A BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO WE AS A BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND I APPRECIATE BRINGING THAT OUTSIDE CONSULTANT IN IS VERY IN IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT TAKES THE -- THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE OUT OF IT. AND AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHAT I DO WANT TO FINISH IN SAYING THAT I -- I FEEL SPOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DECISIONS AND THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR STAFF. BECAUSE AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR HOMEWORK ON OUR ITEMS THAT WE APPROVE OR -- OR HOWEVER WE VOTE ON IT. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD. AND WE OWN THAT RESPONSIBILITY. SO MOVING FORWARD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR POLICIES MAKE SURE OUR POLICIES REFLECT OUR EXPECTATIONS OF OUR STAFF OF IN THE DISTRICT. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. BUT, AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRAYERS AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH ALL THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING, THE STORM, THE DAMAGE OF THIS YEAR. THERE IS NOTHING MORE TRAGIC THAN THE LOSS OF YOUR COMFORT -- THE LOVES YOUR SHELTER. POTENTIALLY YOUR JOB. ALL OF YOUR NEEDS AND ALL OF YOUR THINGS. SO OUR THOUGHTS AND SO OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL OF THE FAMILIES AFFECTED AFFECTED. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDOM. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. VERY SIMILAR. IT HE CONSTITUTION THAT HAPPENS WITH WITH THE HURRICANE. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS. JUST SEEING WHAT OCCURRED WITHOUT A DIRECT HIT HAS BEEN DEVASTATING. I REALLY WANTED TO I REALLY WANTED TO THANK THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I MEAN, GOING OUT TO JUST SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL. THE ADMINISTRATION WAS SO AMAZING. THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WERE THERE. STEVE LUMEN, HEAD OF NUTRITION, WHO STAYED THERE SO WHO STAYED THERE SO LONG. AND I HAVE TO SAY AND I HAVE TO SAY PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING AFTER THE STORM HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE STILL THERE WHO WERE HOMELESS. I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY HEARTBREAKING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE WERE STAYING THERE JUST TO HAVE AN EXTRA MEAL. AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LIVING IN AMERICA. AND THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST DEVASTATED ARE JUST DEVASTATED. I WANT TO THANK GARY BRADY -- I NOEL HE WILL GET MAD AT ME FOR SAYING THAT. BUT HE IS ONE OF THE SELFLESS PEOPLE I KNOW AND A GREAT LEADER AND IT DOESN'T AND IT DOESN'T MATTER. HE IS ALWAYS FIRST THERE. LAST TO GO OUT. AND WHEN I TOOK A PICTURE, HE IS LIKE, DON'T EVEN POST THAT PICTURE. I KNOW HE IS GOING TO BE -- THAT IS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT. WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE SUCH GREAT LEADERS. AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. I HAD JUST ONE SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO SHARE -- ALSO, YOU KNOW, MRS. KNOW, MRS. BRODY AND MISS RODRIGUEZ. YOU KNOW, MEMBER GRAY AND I WERE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE SATURDAY AND FUND AND ALL THE AND FUND AND ALL THE CUSTODIANS WHO VOLUNTEERED. JUST AMAZING AND JUST AMAZING AND CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR. SHE WAS THERE AT AN EVENT ON MONDAY. AND WHAT WE DON'T REALIZE IS THOSE APARTMENTS RIGHT BY THOSE APARTMENTS RIGHT BY DICKINSON AND ALL THOSE DICKINSON AND ALL THOSE APARTMENTS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY. AS I DROVE ON, WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT ARE ALL THOSE CARS THAT PEOPLE RIGHT NOW DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET TO WORK, RIGHT? SO MANY APARTMENTS, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. SO I THINK IT IS REALLY, SO I THINK IT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OHIO ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. SO THE NEXT SLIDE. ON THURSDAY -- WHICH ON THURSDAY -- WHICH IS OUR BIG HISPANIC HERITAGE EVENT -- WE ARE ACTUALLY -- AND YOU CAN SHOW THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE PROVIDE WILLING HURRICANE SUPPORT RELIEF. CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR IS GOING TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE. WE WILL HAVE INFORMATION TO HELP WITH FEMA. ALSO MENTAL HEALTH. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A CELEBRATION, BUT IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR TOWN AND COUNTRY COMMUNITY WAS SO IMPACTED. AS I SAID, WHEN I DROVE AROUND, I MEAN, I -- AFTER I LEFT DICKINSON I FELT SAD, BUT AS I DROVE PAST THOSE APARTMENTS AND I LOOKED AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING, IT REALLY WAS JUST HEARTBREAKING. SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK AT DICKINSON. HAD 30% ABSENCES ON MONDAY. SO MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED THAT HAVE GENERATIONAL POVERTY. AND NOW THAT IS GOING TO EVEN PUT THEM BACK EVEN MORE. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE PROVIDING THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT FOR ALL THOSE AREAS. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I MEAN, YOU -- YOU WORK SO HARD TO COMMUNICATE, TO WORK WITH US. I MEAN -- AND YOU ARE DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB. AND YOU ARE VERY AND YOU ARE VERY BELOVED BY THIS DISTRICT. AND YOU ARE VERY BELOVED BY EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WORKING HARD. NOW WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING EVEN MORE. I AM PROUD THAT STARTING TOMORROW, I WILL BE WORKING ON THE -- WITH THE PTA IN TALKING MORE ABOUT THE MILLAGE. I WILL BE DOING AT 12:00 AND 8:00, BECAUSE THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE ARE FUNDING 50th IN THE NATION. YOU KNOW, OUR YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO FOOD BANKS THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT EDUCATION IS AT THE SCORE OF OUR SATURDAY. PEOPLE CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR HOME AND YOUR CAR, AND WE SAW THAT THIS WEEK. BUT ONE THING THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY IS YOUR EDUCATION. AND WHEN WE HAVE 400 VACANCIES. AND SOME OF OUR MOST LOW-INCOME AREAS, WE HAVE TO COME AS A COMMUNITY. AND PUT OUR COMMUNITY FIRST. AND PUT OUR TEACHERS, OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WHO ARE HERE. ALL OF US. THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE SO UNDERPAID. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT IS HARD. AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE UNDER ATTACK. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS PUT EDUCATION FIRST. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE HE KEPT US INFORMED, ALL THE TIME. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING GREAT JOB. IT IS HARD AS HELL WHEN YOU HAVE A HURRICANE OUT THERE AND YOU ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE EVERYTHING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. AND THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB. NOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT IS HARD TO RUN A SHELTER, BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW. AND YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN THERE AND TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. YOU HAVE TO WALK ON PINS AND NEEDLES WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING A SHELTER. AND SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO SAY TOO. AND I WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, YES, TPD SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, YES, TPD SHALL, AND SHALL, AND JOHN -- AND DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. I MEAN IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT IS VERY HARD TO RUN A SHELTER. YOU KNOW THE CUSTODIANS. MAN, THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE MAN, THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THOSE ROOMS UP EVERY DAY. BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN THERE, HOMELESS PEOPLE. YOU GOT ANIMALS IN THERE. ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN NAME -- ANYTHING YOU NAME YOU GOT IN THOSE SHELTERS .A DIFFICULT JOB. AND -- AS WELL AND -- AS WELL AS THE LUNCHROOM PERSONNEL. ALL THE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID TO KEEP THE PEOPLE FED. HEY, WE ARE BLESSED. AND WE ARE BLESSED IN THIS AND WE ARE BLESSED IN THIS -- IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE ARE BLESSED. AND I WARRANT TO SAY LIKE MY FATHER USED TO SAY BY A BLINK OF THE EYE, EVERYTHING CAN BE THE EYE, EVERYTHING CAN BE GONE. AND WE SEE SOME OF AND WE SEE SOME OF THAT HAPPENING. I HAVE SOME FRIENDS I HAVE SOME FRIENDS JUST -- EVERYTHING IS GONE. EVERYTHING THAT YOU WORKED FOR IN LIFE IS GONE. AND THAT HAPPENS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT WE GOT TO KEEP DOING IT AS WE ALWAYS KEEP DOING IT AS WE ALWAYS SAY, A RAINY DAY A RAINY DAY BUT GOD HAS AN UMBRELLA FOR US. WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING ON. MOVING ON NOW. WE -- WE -- AND THANK YOU, AGAIN. BECAUSE YOU HAD AME TEMPLE CHURCH AND JOHN NEWMAN WAS THERE WITH WITH SECURITY. WE HAD SUPERINTENDENT VAN. WE HAD LIEUTENANT WE HAD LIEUTENANT SUTTON AND CHIEF OF SCHOOLS GRAVES. AND DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING TO THEM ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE FOR THIS MILLAGE, AS WELL AS SECURITY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BECAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS ARE BECAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT SECURITY AND JOHN EXPLAINED IT, I THINK, VERY WELL. SO -- WE HAD SO -- WE HAD ABOUT 50 PEOPLE THERE. AND I THINK ALL AND I THINK ALL PASTORS WERE SATISFIED AND SAID YOU ARE ON GO. THAT SOUNDED GOOD. WE ARE ON GO. NOW ALSO NOW ALSO THIS WEEKEND ON THE 28th THE 28th THE NAACP ANNUAL FREEDOM FUND. COMBS, RENDON. AND THE THEME WAS "ALL TOGETHER." THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THEME. "ALL TOGETHER." AND THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS DR. DANIEL BLACK, THE AUTHOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. HE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB, DIDN'T HE. HE DID A GREAT JOB. YES, HE DID. HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR THE AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR THE NAACP. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BECAUSE WE -- WE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO. BUT WE ARE MOVING VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. SO A LOT OF YOU KNOW, I NOT ONLY WORK WITH -- I WORK WITH THE TWO MOST VULNERABLE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WITH THE GERIATRICS AND WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO FRIDAY SO FRIDAY REALLY THREW A WRENCH IN BOTH WORLDS FOR ME. I HAD FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALL THE WAY TO ALL THE WAY TO HOMOSASSA, SILVER SPRINGS, BEVERLY HILLS, ABOUT TWO HOURS BETWEEN TWO HOURS BETWEEN AND -- AND I HAD A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WERE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WERE LITERALLY UNDER WATER. SO SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, THE FACT THAT YOU OPEN SHELTERS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET FOLKS FROM TWO HOURS AWAY ALL THE HOURS AWAY ALL THE WAY OVER HERE. AND REALLY, REALLY AND REALLY, REALLY DO A LOT AND REALLY, REALLY DO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, RESETTING WITH THEIR LIVES. STILL RESETTING. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM INTO HOTELS REALLY, YOU KNOW, WORK -- WORK SOME MAGIC IN THE WORLD. BUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS REALLY CAME TO THE REALLY CAME TO THE RESCUE FOR THEM. BUT LIKE IT HAS BUT LIKE IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED FROM MY FELLOW BOARD FROM MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO RESET AS WELL. I SPOKE WITH -- AND CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS THE HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS THE LAST FEW DAYS BECAUSE FEW DAYS BECAUSE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR TIME, YOU KNOW. AND WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED "EMERGENCY "EMERGENCY DISASTER "TIME THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE OTHER EMPLOYEES IN CASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. BUT I NOTICE IN GOVERNMENT, WE CAN'T SO I'M LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING WITH SOME CONGRESSIONAL PERSONNEL TO SEE IF WE COULD IF WE COULD MAYBE LEGISLATE THAT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE HERE IN FLORIDA, IN FLORIDA, AND WE HAVE DISASTERS EVERY YEAR. AND THE FACT THAT AND THE FACT THAT NOBODY HAS THOUGHT THAT THROUGH REALLY IS -- WOULD BE A GAME -- WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO US THIS WEEKEND. SO I'D LIKE TO HUMBLY EXPRESS AGAIN THAT EVEN THROUGH THE STORM OR STORM OR HURRICANE, STORM OR HURRICANE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PAST, WE STILL HAVE FAMILIES AND EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH THAT INCLUDES A INCLUDES A LEVEL OF DEVASTATION THAT IS LIFE ALTERING. PLEASE, LET'S CONTINUE TO COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT AND KEEP OUR ARMS AROUND THEM DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK TRACYE BROWN I WANT TO THANK TRACYE BROWN AND HER TEAM FOR PROVIDING A LIST -- THIS WAS ON SATURDAY -- A LIST OF RESOURCES ALONG WITH SENATOR COLLINS WHO PROVIDED HOT MEALS THROUGH OPERATION BARBEQUE RELIEF. SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO MESSAGE YOU PROVIDED THIS DISTRICT ALONG WITH THE RESOURCES FOR OUR FAMILIES. SO ON ANOTHER NOTE, AS CHAIR OF THIS BOARD, I ALSO THIS BOARD, I ALSO FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT I CAREFULLY AND RESPECTFULLY ASK AT THIS TIME AS A DISTRICT THAT WE NOT ALLOW ANY CLAIMS THAT MAY BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR IN THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME A DISTRACTION OR HINDER US FROM US FROM FOCUSING ON OUR NUMBER ONE AND TOP PRIORITY, WHICH IS THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. LET ME BE CLEAR. MY STATEMENT DOES NOT MY STATEMENT DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WRONGDOING HAS OR HAS NOT OCCURRED. NEITHER AM I EXPRESSING NEITHER AM I EXPRESSING THAT I AM NOT REASONABLY AND APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSING CONCERNS AND MATTERS THAT MAY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS OR THIS DISTRICT. MY STATEMENT IS SOLELY A SINCERE ATTEMPT TO CONVEY THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING OUR FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND BEING THE BEST DISTRICT THAT WE CAN BE. IN SPITE OF ANY IN SPITE OF ANY CHALLENGES WE MAY FACE, WE MUST ALLOW PROCESS TO PROPERLY ADDRESS CLAIMS AND TO PLAY OUT FAIRLY TO PLAY OUT FAIRLY AND ACCORDINGLY. AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I DID SPEAK ABOUT MY STATEMENT, AND HE WAS FINE WITH MY STATEMENT. SO WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]