THED BOARD WILL BEGIN THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION IT WILL BE OPENED AND CLOSED IN THE PUBLIC. THE SESSION IS CLOSED. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION THE BOARD WILL EXIT THE BOARDROOM AGAIN TO ATTEND CLOSED DOOR RISK MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. UPON CONCLUSION OF THOSE SESSIONS, THE BOARD WILL RETURN TO THE BOARDROOM TO BEGIN THE WORKSHOP AND SPECIAL MEETING WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY VICE-CHAIR McQUINN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL BEGIN THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR EXPULSIONS. MRS. SINCLAIR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DISTRICT 1, BARBARA MCQUINN. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 2, ALEXANDRIA AYALA. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 3, KAREN BRILL. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 4, ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 6, MARCIA ANDREWS. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 7, EDWIN FERGUSON. >> HERE. >> EDI DO NOT HAVE ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO WITHDRAW. >> NO, MA'AM. >> BOARD MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO BE MOVED FROM CONSENTED. MOTION BY MRS. WHITFIELD SECONDED BY MS. AYALA. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ANY DISCLOSURES OR ABSTENTIONS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS SO THAT WILL BRING US TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. TAKE A MOTION BY MS. WHITFIELD AND SECOND BY MS. AYALA. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE DON'T HAVE NEW BUSINESS. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? MOTION AND SECONDED BY McQUINN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. GET TO THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE OPENING UP OUR ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION. GENERAL COUNSEL. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AT THIS TIME I WILL REQUEST ADVICE PRAOURPBTD TO 28.011 CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING PENDING LITIGATION MATTER, DAVID DICKERSON VIA THE SCHOOL DIRECT 5022CA005560XXXMBAO. THANK YOU. >> THE PERSONS ATTENDING THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION ARE BOARD MEMBERS MARCIA ANDREWS, ALEXANDRIA AYALA, EDWIN FERGUSON,. >> Chair Barbieri: AND ERICA WHITFIELD AND KAREN BRILL. SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, GENERAL COUNSEL SEAN BERNARD AND ATTORNEYS DANIELLE WILLIAMS AND ERIC BELL. THIS SESSION WILL BE RECORDED BY A COURT REPORTER. NO PORTION OF THE SESSION SHALL BE OFF THE RECORD. THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE SESSION SHALL BE PART OF THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC RECORD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE LITIGATION. THE BOARD SHALL BEGIN THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION IN TRAINING ROOM THURBER A AND IT'S EXPECTED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. MOTION TO AJOURNAL THE MEETING. SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR McQUINN. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS MEET SOMETHING NOW ADJOURNED UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE 286.011. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOW EXIT THE BOARDROOM TO BEGIN A RISK MANAGEMENT SESSION FOLLOWED BY AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THURBER CONFERENCE ROOM A THESE SESSIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST ONE HOUR. >> DISTRICT 1, BARBARA MCQUINN. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 2, ALEXANDRIA AYALA. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 3, KAREN BRILL. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 4, ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 6, MARCIA ANDREWS. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 7, EDWIN FERGUSON. >> HERE. JOINING US IS SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BURKE AND BOARD CLERK TONY SINCLAIR. SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL JOIN US AS DIRECTED BID SUPERINTENDENT. VIEWING INFORMATION VIEWS AND LISTENERS CAN ACCESS THE MEETING TODAY BY EITHER WATCHING ON COMCAST CHANNELS 234 AND 235. U VERSE CHANNEL 99 OR USING THE U TUBE LINK AT PALM BEACH SCHOOLS.ORG. IN THE EVENT THE LINK IS INTERRUPTED, PLEASE SWITCH OVER TO THE TV CHANNELS. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE WITHIN 24 HOURS. WE ALSO OFFER A LISTENING ONLY OPTION WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS BY CALLING 561-357-59100 OR 866-930-7015. THE MEETING ID IS 15618801124 POUND. I WILL NOW TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO INTRODUCE OUR WORKSHOPS. >> THANK YOU. THE BOARD KNOWS REACHING A BALANCED BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ANNUAL QUEST WE STARTED BACK IN DECEMBER AND YOUR BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR TEAM HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK AND MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND JOINED BY OUR TREASURER. THEY WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE OPERATING AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET. >> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS OUR FOURTH AND FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP. WE HAD OUR LAST BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MAY 30TH WHERE WE WALKED THROUGH THE CHANGES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND WHICH HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY MINOR THIS YEAR BECAUSESSER IS IS SUNSETTING AND SINCE THE FUNDS ARE SUNSETTING WE HAD TO SHIFT SOME OF THE COSTS BACK INTO THE BUDGET AND WITH ALL THE UNCERTAINTY WITH VOUCHERS AND THE GROWTH WITHIN THE VOUCHER PROGRAM, WE DIDN'T REALLY MAKE MANY CHANGES WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET THIS YEAR. WE THEN SPENT MOST OF THE MEETING WITH THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE WALKING THROUGH IN DETAIL THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET. BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET ARE BALANCED FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SO WITH THAT THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND WE WILL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENT THE REPORT TO THE BOARD ON JULY 31ST. THE ONLY CHANGE WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR A PILOT PROGRAM TO CHANGE AND HOW WE ADMINISTER OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AT THE SCHOOL SITES. SO THERE WAS AN INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT RECENTLY AS WELL AS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AT ONE OF A PREVIOUS BUDGET WORKSHOP-TE ADMINISTER AND OPERATE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS PRIMARILY. AFTER LOOKING THROUGH AND COMPARING HOW WE OPERATE VERSUS HOW OTHER DISTRICTS OPERATE THEIR ATHLETICS PROGRAMS WE ARE LOOKING TO CENTRALIZE THAT PROCESS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW SCHOOLS HAVE A LOT OF INDEPENDENCE AND HOW THEY IMPLEMENT THE FEE STRUCTURE AND THE FAIR SHARE AND DIFFERENT AMOUNTS THEY CHARGE THE PARENTS. SINCE IT TRULY IS A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN HOW WE OPERATE, WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT A PILOT AND GET A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF SCHOOLS. IT'S GOING TO BE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND FROM THERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THIS DISTRICT WIDE WE'VE WORKED THROUGH ALL THE POTENTIAL ISSUES. BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT CONTRACTING DISTRICT WIDE MANY OF THE SCHOOLS ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN CONTRACTS IN PLACE. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH LEGAL AS TO WHETHER THE CONTRACTS ARE GRANDFATHERED IN AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ALSO RELEASE AN RFP FOR DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVES. IT IS GOING TO TAKE US SOMETIME TO IMPLEMENT WHY WE'RE GOING TO PILOT FOR ONE YEAR. AND THEN WE WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO THEN GO DISTRICT WIDE IN 2026. SO THE COST OF PILOTING AT THE FOUR SCHOOLS WOULD BE ABOUT $340,000. THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE FROM THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP. THE OTHER BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS ARE BASED STUDENT ALLOCATION IS INCREASING 181 OR 3.38%. PER STUDENT FUNDING IS INCREASING $210 OR 2.27%. WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT THE STATE-WIDE INCREASE IS. BECAUSE WE HAD A SLIGHT DECREASE WITHIN OUR COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR THAT COST OF LIVING FACTOR. WE WERE ABLE TO SET ASIDE A TOTAL OF $42 MILLION FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS RESERVE. WE WERE PENDING THAT FINAL CERTIFIED TAX VALUE WHICH WE DID RECEIVE. SO THAT $42 MILLION DOES INCLUDE THE INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY VALUES. SO FROM OUR LAST BOARD WORKSHOP, WE HAD THE INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY VALUES WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 3.5%. PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE CAME IN AT 5.9% WHICH RESULTED IN AN INCREASE OF $4 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM OUR LAST WORKSHOP. SO WE HAVE A TOTAL SET ASIDE IN SALARY AND BENEFITS RESERVE OF $42 MILLION. >> THANK YOU. SINCE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE LABOR INTENSIVE FOR THE BUDGET AS QUESTIONS COME UP, WE'LL TRY AND LET THE BOARD MEMBERS ASK THEM. BEFORE I GO TO MS. AYALA, ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN TO SHARE WITH MY BOARD MEMBERS THE ADDED FUNDS TO PILOT THE CHANGE IN ATHLETICS THAT WAS AN OUTGROWTH YOU MAY RECALL I WAS GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM INSTEAD I BROUGHT IT UP HAVING TO DO WITH EQUITY IN OUR STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS IN THE SCHOOLS. CHEERLEADING, SPORTS JUST LIKE WITH OUR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, IT IS A HEAVY BURDEN EVEN FOR THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE MORE FUNDS IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN AND PAYING 1500 A YEAR PER CHILD IT BECOMES AN EQUITY ISSUE. SO THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD LIKE TO TRY IT THIS WAY FIRST. BUT I DID BRING UP MAYBE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT FAMILIES KNOW IF THEIR CHILD WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPORT AND CAN'T AFFORD TO, WE NEED TO HAVE A WAY TO COME BACK AND HAVE THEM REACH OUT MAYBE A SCHOLARSHIPS OR OTHERWISE SO THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THAT HE WOULD COME BACK AND I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT ITEM. MS. AYALA, YOU HAD A QUESTION? >> YES, THANK YOU. AND IT'S ABOUT THIS ITEM AS WELL. I ACTUALLY HAD A FEW PEOPLE IN OUR BAND PROGRAMS REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS WITH CONCERNS AND THEY WERE NOT VERY INFORMED OF THIS MOMENT IN TIME ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON. AND I THINK OUR DEPARTMENT ISN'T EITHER WHEN THEY GO TO THE DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT IS WAITING ON DIRECTION WHAT IS BEING FIGURED OUT. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PILOT. MY CONCERNS ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SIZES AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. IS THE PLAN HERE TO GIVE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OR TO WORK WITH THE DIRECTORS HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR BAND PROGRAM WHETHER THAT'S MARCHING AND THEY COMPETE THEY GO TO MPA AND SOLO ENSEMBLE THEY HAVE A WINTER GUARD AND PERCUSSION AND THAT CHANGES SOME BAND PROGRAMS ARE 80,000 A YEAR AND SOME ARE 30,000 A YEAR. IT DEPENDS AND NO PROGRAM OR BAND DIRECTOR WANTS TO TELL A KID THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BRING THEIR FAIR SHARE WHICH BRINGS IN THE CONCERNS I HAVE AROUND THE KIND OF VERY CHALLENGING AND NOT VERY PRODUCTIVE FUNDRAISING COMPONENTS THAT COME INTO PLAY. YOU HAVE KIDS SELLING CHOCOLATE DOOR-TO-DOOR WHICH I REMEMBER I HAD TO DO AT JOHN LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS A PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE COULD NOT MAKE THE FAIR SHARE BUT OUR BAND DIRECTOR LET EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE. I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR BAND PROGRAMS ARE NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THEM THEIR ABILITY TO RUN A FAIR PROGRAM AT THE LEVEL THEY WANT. AND THEIR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIFFERENT PROGRAMMINGS WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS. COULD YOU SHED MORE LIGHT ON THAT? >> AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE PILOTING BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS ARE SO DIFFERENT FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL AND WHY WE ARE PICKING -- WE WANT TO PICK FOUR REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE LARGE PROGRAMS, SMALL PROGRAMS, TITLE SCHOOLS, NON-TIGHTAL SCHOOLS TO WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. SCHOOLS WILL BE ALLOWED TO FUNDRAISE. THE ONLY FUNDS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE KEEPING WOULD BE THE GATE FEES. SO SCHOOLS WOULD KEEP CONCESSIONS, THEY KEEP THEIR PARKING MONIES, THEY STILL BE ALLOWED TO FUNDRAISE. THIS WOULD JUST BE LIKE MS. BRILL WAS MENTIONING IT'S CREATING EQUITY. SO AT LEAST EVERY PROGRAM IS GOING TO HAVE UNIFORMS. EVERY PROGRAM WOULD HAVE STANDARD SET OF EQUIPMENT. SO BAND IS DIFFERENT THAN FOOTBALL PER SE BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE OUR SALES TAX INITIATIVE AND WE'VE ADDED WITHIN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND WITH OUR NEW SALES TAX INITIATIVE, NEW SALES TAX REFERENDUM GOING TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER WE ADDED A COMPONENT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AS WELL. SO THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SHOULD BE COVERED WITH OTHER FUNDING THAT IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE WOULD BE PROVIDING FOR JUST THE EQUITY OF MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS UNIFORMS. MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS A STANDARD SET OF EQUIPMENT. AND THEN WE WOULD BE COVERING THE TRAVEL TO STANDARD SET OF LOCATIONS. NOT THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE. SO WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO DIFFERENT EVENTS WHERE SCHOOLS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO EUROPE AND DIFFERENT PLACES, THAT WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE FUNDRAISED THAT WOULD NOT BE PART OF THIS INITIATIVE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT THE SCHOOLS DO. WE ARE TRYING TO SET A JUST AT LEAST A FLOOR THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO AT LEAST BE RECEIVING THE MINIMUM. >> FOLLOW-UP? >> YES. >> RIGHT NOW COULD YOU GIVE ME QUICK INSIGHT ON IS IT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S POT OF MONEY THAT SCHOOLS GET FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING WITHIN THESE PROGRAMS? HOW IS THAT SELECTED NOW? BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT DIFFER FROM OUR BUSES ON EVENTS ON WEEKENDS AND OUT OF COUNTY. THEY HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL CONSULTANTS YOUR FIELD TECHS THAT DO YOUR INSTRUMENTATION TECHS. TEACHERS TO ACCOMPANY STUDENTS ON FIELD TRIPS. HOW ARE IS THAT A SUBMITTED AND PAID OUT? AND WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE A STANDARD PAY TO EVERYBODY SO IT'S EQUAL LEVEL FROM THE START AND THEY CAN BUILDUP FROM THERE? >> CORRECT. AND FROM THERE IT WILL BE MANAGED CENTRALLY WHICH IS WHAT THE PLAN IS. WE'RE MODELING THE PROGRAM AFTER HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE YOU'RE DEMONSTRATING IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT FROM HOW WE OPERATE NOW. AND WHY WE WANTED TO MOVE SLOWER IN THE BEGINNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO IMPLEMENT IT DISTRICT WIDE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> I WANT TO ADD THAT THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE'VE IDENTIFIED WE WANT KIDS INVOLVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM WHETHER THAT IS SPORT OR BAND, WHAT HAVE YOU. SO THIS IS PROVING TO BE AN INTRICATE COMPLEX ISSUE WITH THE DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS AND WHAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE SUPPORTED AND WHAT THE DISTRICT IS CONTRIBUTING CURRENTLY. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY AND THE END OF THIS PILOT YOU WILL SEE A REQUEST COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO PUT MORE DISTRICT FUNDS ASIDE TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS. SOME SCHOOLS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RAISE MORE REVENUES THAN OTHERS. EQUITY IS A BIG PIECE OF THIS AND WE'RE LOOKING TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE TO WHEREVER ONE CAN BE ASSURED AND WE WANT TO REMOVE BARRIERS KEEPING FAMILIES AWAY BECAUSE OF THE COST. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE WORK. WE HAVE A COMMITTEE WE'VE GOT A GOOD SAMPLE OF PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE STRONG PROGRAMS THAT GENERATE A GREAT DEAL OF REVENUE VERSUS OTHERS STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND PUTTING TOGETHER A MODEL THAT FITS EVERYONE. BUT THE GOAL IS TO GET MORE KIDS INVOLVED AND LET THEM ARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES THAT HELP THEM ENJOY THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH US. >> THANK YOU. MRS. ANDREWS? >> THANK YOU, I DO LIKE THIS. I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THE COMMITTEE. BUT YOU HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE PARENTAL SUPPORT MAY NOT HAVE THE MONIES TO DO THE THINGS OF KINDS OF THINGS FOR BANDS, CHEERLEADING AND ATHLETICS ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE PARENTAL COMMITTEE AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS TO HELP MARKET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE? I KNOW THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT AND MANY TIMES AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL IT MAY NOT ALWAYS REACH THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARENTS. WILL THERE BE A COMPONENT AS YOU BEGIN THIS PROCESS TO GET THAT INPUT FROM THE PARENTS WITHIN THOSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED AND HOW MUCH IS NEEDED? I KNOW THE SCHOOL KNOWS. THEY DON'T HAVE IT SOME DON'T HAVE MUCH OF ANYTHING. BUT PARENTS CAN TELL YOU WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF PARENTAL COMPONENT? >> WELL, THE SCHOOLS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE ADVERTISEMENT BUT THE NOTIFICATION WITHIN THE SCHOOLS WHAT PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE. THE COMMITTEES THAT WILL ARE GOING TO BE CREATE WILLED HAVE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, BAND DIRECTORS THEY WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH RESPECTIVE AREA IN ORDER TO DEVELOP WHAT ARE TRULY THE NEEDS FOR EACH PROGRAM. SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOLS -- WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND ARE THE NEEDS. NOT THE WANTS BUT WHAT ARE THE BASIC NEEDS OF EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THE EXPERTS FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND THE BAND DIRECTORS AND THAT'S WHAT WILL COMPRISE THE COMMITTEES WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY THE LISTS OF WHAT IS THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS NECESSARY WHAT TYPE OF UNIFORMS ARE NECESSARY FOR EACH OF THESE SPORTS AND PROGRAMS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PIECE OF THAT COMPONENT BE MAYBE SOME TYPE OF SURVEY TO THE PARENTS OF THE SCHOOL. I MEAN, I KNOW THE BAND DIRECTOR AND THE ATHLETIC PEOPLE ARE THE LEADERS AND KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT SOMETIMES PARENTS TRULY CAN GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO IF YOU COULD CONSIDER FINDING A WAY TO GET THEIR IDEAS TOO TO MESH IT ALTOGETHER. >>    WE WANTED TO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD FROM THIS WORKSHOP BEFORE WE PROCEED. THAT WAS THE PURPOSE. >> OKAY. AND YOU MENTIONED HILLSBOROUGH. I LOOKED UP WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND IT JUST KIND OF GOT OUT, BUT THERE WAS NO PLAN AND EVERYBODY STARTED ASKING EACH OTHER WHAT IS GOING ON AND NOBODY KNOWS SO THERE ARE JUST PEOPLE KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, HILLSBOROUGH, THE BAND PROGRAMS ARE NOT FUNDED LIKE THIS. THEY SEPARATE FROM ATHLETIC AND OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME OF THE OPERATIONS SO I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AND WE CAN DISCUSS OFF LINE BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY ON IT WAS I THINK I'M ALL FOR Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT YOU SAID, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US WANT THAT. THIS BOARD HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT AND ACCESS AND EASING ACCESS TO THESE ORSES AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT A BIG BAND NERD I AM AND HOW MUCH I LOVE THESE PROGRAMS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE PLAN, I NEED MORE INFORMATION. I NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH EACH BAND PROGRAM WOULD GET, RIGHT, HOW MUCH EACH SCHOOL WOULD GET FROM THIS POT OF MONEY? HOW DOES IT CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY GET NOW? AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDRAISING TO MEET CERTAIN ADDITIONAL NEEDS, FUNDRAISING IS DEPENDENT ON YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE ABILITY OF WHERE YOU FUNDRAISE. IF WE ARE TALKING EQUITY, THERE ARE LAYERS TO UNPACK HERE. I KNOW WE ARE AT BASE LEVEL BUT SINCE I JUST GOT-- I BECAME AWARE OF THIS RIGHT NOW AND I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS RIGHT BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP THESE PROGRAMS DISCUSSFUL AND KEEP US AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE FOR EVERY PROGRAM THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THIS WITH AND I KNOW IT'S A PILOT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WHO HAS CONCERNS IS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE TO WORK THIS OUT IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE, BRINGING IN REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE WHAT THE MONEY HAS DONE AND WHAT THE MONEY CAN DO BECAUSE THERE ARE-- THERE IS JUST A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW. OUR DIRECTOR AND OUR DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR EXAMPLE, MUSIC PROGRAMS, HAS NO INFORMATION. SO BAND DIRECTORS WERE GOING TO HIM AND HE WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. I'LL DO A LITTLE BEHIND THE SCENES. WE'LL CHAT SEPARATELY OFF LINE BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE INFORMATION FORWARD AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN THIS WAY, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE NAIL IT AND GET IT RIGHT FOR THEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, MR. FERGUSONSON. >>  Edward Ferguson: I THINK I MISSED SOMETHING. CAN YOU RESTATE TO ME WHAT THE POTENTIAL PROPOSAL IS IN TERMS OF SUBSIDIZING THE VARIOUS BAND TEAMS AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS? >> RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A FLAT AMOUNT FOR EACH SCHOOL IT WOULD BE OFFSET. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT AN ALLOCATION OF $200,000 FOR EACH SCHOOL. THAT IS GOING TO BE REASSESSED ONCE WE LOOK AT THE PILOT SCHOOLS WHETHER THAT IS A REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE AMOUNT IN ORDER TO COVER THEIR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AS WELL AS BAND AND CHEERLEADING. SO THAT'S BASED ON OUR JUST OUR INITIAL REVIEW OF THOSE PROGRAMS. >>  Edward Ferguson: SO IT'S 200,000 PER HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL? >> FOR RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT FOUR PILOT HIGH SCHOOLS. THAT'S IT. >> 200,000 PER SCHOOL FOR ALL SPORTS AND BAND ACTIVITIES? >> AND THEN THAT WOULD BE OFFSET FROM A DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, ALL OF THE GATE FEES WOULD COME TO THE DISTRICT. THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE ABLE TO RETAIN AND SUPPLEMENT THE PROGRAM BY FUNDRAISING. THEY WOULD KEEP CONCESSIONS AS WELL AS PARKING AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDS WITH OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE RAISED AT THE SCHOOL SITE. >>  Edward Ferguson: AND YOU MADE A POINT ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND BOARD MEMBER EYE-- I MISSED THAT. >> SO WE ARE MODELING OUR PROGRAM AFTER HILLSBOROUGH AND YES, BAND IS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ILL HILLSBOROUGH, THEIR PROCESS, BUT MUSIC HAS BEEN A PRIORITY IN OUR DISTRICT. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE DOING IT AS A PILOT, THERE IS A LOT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH, A LOT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME AND WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PILOT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. >> I THINK I HEARD YOU MENTION GATE SO OBVIOUSLY THE SPORTS THAT GENERATE REVENUE, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHERS REALLY ARE COMPARABLE, DID YOU JUST SAY THAT THE GATE AT SAY DISWIER HIGH SCHOOL DWYER HIGH SCHOOL OR WEST BOCA HIGH SCHOOL, THE GREAT FROM THE HOMECOMING GAME IN 2024 WOULD GO BACK TO OUR COFFERS. >> BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND THEN THE AMOUNT-- WE WOULD STILL PROVIDE A FLAT AMOUNT TO EACH SCHOOL. THE SCHOOLS WILL END UP RECEIVING MORE THAN WHAT THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVE IN GATE FEES CURRENTLY. IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM. >>  Edward Ferguson: WHAT I WAS THINKING OF IS PROBABLY NOT TOO FAR FOR THIS BUT I WAS THINKING MORE OF THE CONFERENCE KIND OF SCENARIO SINCE I PLAYED SPORTS I LITTLE A LITTLE OF IT. -- A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF IT. THE CONSCIENCES WOULD ALLOCATE MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS FOR BEING MEMBERS AND THEN SCHOOLS WHO GENERATE ADDITIONAL INCOME, JUST A PART OF IT THOUGH WOULD GO BACK TO THE CONFERENCE FOR ALLOCATION TO THE FELLOW MEMBERS. THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAN SAYING ALABAMA, YOU MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, HOWEVER MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU GOT, IT GOES BACK TO THE CONFERENCE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS A PART OF IT GOES BACK TO THE CONFERENCE SO EVEN THE VANDERBILTS BENEFIT FROM ALABAMA'S SUCCESS BUT IF YOU ARE A TOP TIER FAN, THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT REMAINS WITH YOU, THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME. IS THAT SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONSIDER BECAUSE I'M STRUGGLING WITH SAYING IT ALL GOES BACK TO US FOR ALLOCATION. I LIKE THE FOUNDATIONAL PETE PIES. BUT FOR THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SUPERIOR YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR LIKE SAY SUN COAST OR PALM BEACH LAKES OR OTHERS, I THINK THEY SHOULD RETAIN THE LION'S SHARE OF ADDITIONAL MONIES THEY RECEIVE FOR BEING AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP. >> AND THEY WILL BE BUT IT WILL BE THROUGH OTHER FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, CONCESSIONS, PARKING. KEEP IN MIND, THE DISTRICT IS SUPPLEMENTING. THE DISTRICT, BASED ON IF THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE ESTIMATED IS ACCURATE, INTOrd TO EXPAND-- IN ORDER TO EXPAND THIS DISTRICT WIDE, WE WOULD BE-- WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD AND SUPPLEMENT AN ADDITIONAL $THE MILLION OF DISTRICT FUNDS IT'S ONLY $340,000 NOW BECAUSE THAT'S JUST FOUR SCHOOLS ARE PARTICIPATING. BUT THE DISTRICT WOULD BE ADDING ADDITIONAL MONEY SO MOST SCHOOLS , AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY ALL OF THE SCHOOLS WILL END UP RECEIVING MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE RECEIVING NOW. >> WHAT IS OUR TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT EVER PLAN WE ULTIMATELY CHOOSE TO EXERCISE. >> FOR THE FOUR PILOT SCHOOLS? IT'S FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. AND IF WE CAN WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE ISSUES IN ONE SCHOOL YEAR WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP DISTRICT WIDE IN 2026. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE RUN INTO MORE ISSUES AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PILOT AND MAY TAKE US TWO YEARS TO WORK THROUGH. MAYBE WE ADD ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS ON, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO YOU KNOW, TAKE A STEP BACK, GO A LITTLE BIT SLOWER IN ORDER TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE BECAUSE ALL OF THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS ARE DIFFERENT. IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE. AND IT'S REALLY JUST-- IT'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO PUT MORE INTO ATHLETICS. BUT IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE PROPER PROCEDURES AND CONTROLS IN PLACE. AND WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANY OF THE SCHOOLS. THAT'S NOT THE GOAL. IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALL SPORTS ARE TREATED EQUALLY BECAUSE A SCHOOL MAY HAVE A GREAT FOOTBALL PROGRAM BUT THEN THEY HAVE A LACROSSE TEAM THAT IS NOT DOING SO GREAT OR A SOFTBALL TEAM NOT DOING SO GREAT AND NOT GENERATING AS MUCH IN REVENUES. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TEAMS RECEIVE A STANDARD SET OF EQUIPMENT AND THEY ALL RECEIVE NICE UNIFORMS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL PROGRAMS ARE TREATED EQUITABLY. >>  Edward Ferguson: OKAY. THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THIS IS A PILOT, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET THROUGH. HOW OFTEN WILL BRING IT BACK TO US SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHO WILL BE THE DECISION MAKER AS YOU ALL BEGIN TO WORK THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEES? YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS AS TO HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK WHO WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. ARE WE, AS A BOARD JUST GOING TO BE KEPT UPDATED ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE COMMITTEE AS IT MOVES FORWARD? BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EQUITY EXISTS FOR EVERYBODY ALL OVER THE DISTRICT SO I WANT TO SEE HOW YOU SEE THAT WORKING AND ARE WE THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO KEEP US INFORMED BY WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEES? >> WE WOULD KEEP THE BOARD COMPRISED AND UPDATED AND START OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS IN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 IN DECEMBER SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU WOULD BE RECEIVING AN UPDATE BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE ASKING THE BOARD WHETHER THAT IS-- IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THE 2026 BUDGET. WE ASKED THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE, WHICH HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT AND WE DO RECEIVE MORE THAN FOUR SCHOOLS THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE SO WE-- IT WAS AT LEAST OVER 10 SCHOOLS THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE SO THE SCHOOLS ARE VERY EXCITED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PILOT. >> Supt.Burke: I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO GO INTO THE PILOT. ULTIMATELY THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE FINAL VOTE WILL BE UP TO YOU. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST THIS WEEK WE HAD THE FHSAA APPROVED THE NIL, NAME, IMAGE AND LIKE LESS, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THIS BUT IT DOES INVOLVE SENATE MAJORITY LEADERS AND WITH THE ABILITY OF OUR ATHLETES TO HAVE REVENUE, WE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. I'M PREPARED TO PLEDGE ANY REVENUE FROM MY NIL TO THIS CAUSE. SO YOU CAN KEEP THOSE DOLLARS. [LAUGHTER] >> OKAY. I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HAVE SO MUCH DISCUSSION ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE ENGAGEMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO YOU ALL ARE JUST AS EXCITED AS OUR PRINCIPALS WERE WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, SO I BELIEVE I ALREADY WENT THROUGH THIS SLIDE. THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM I PRESENTED THIS AT A PREVIOUS BOARD WORKSHOP. IT'S THE UPDATE FROM THE CENSUS DATA AS TO WHERE FLORIDA STANDS IN TERMS OF FUNDING PER STUDENT. AND THIS IS UPDATED AS OF FY'22. THE INFORMATION IS VERY DELAYED. IT'S NOT RELEASED UNTIL APRIL OR MAY OF EACH YEAR SO FY'22 IS THE MOST CURRENT. IF YOU RECALL, FY'21 WE WERE 47th IN THE NATION SO BY FY'22, WE MOVED UP ONE SLOT TO 46. IF YOU INCLUDE OUR VOTER APPROVED MILLAGE FUNDING WITHIN OURS-- AND YOU ADD THAT TO OUR PER STUDENT FUNDING, THAT MOVES UP TO 38th IN THE NATION. THAT MOVES OUR FUNDING UP TO 12, 298 IF YOU INCLUDE REFERENDUM. IF YOU LOOK AT JUST FLORIDA WITH THE AMOUNT OF FLORIDA FOR FLORIDA IS 11,076 IS THE AVERAGE, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF $15,633 PER STUDENT. SO THIS IS JUST UPDATING WHAT THE MORE CURRENT FY'22 DATA. FROM OUR LAST MEETING WE ALSO RECEIVED AN UPDATE OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION RATIO COMPARED TO THE URBAN SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INCLUDES INFORMATION THROUGH FY'23. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PURPLE LINE, THAT IS HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY WERE AT ONE POINT, THEY HAD THE HIGHEST CONDITION RATIO OF ANY DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY AND WHEN YOU HAVE A SCHOOL DISTRICT USING ONE-TIME MONIES FOR RECURRING EXPENSES LIKE SALARY, YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY THAT FUND BALANCE CAN DWINDLE. I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS WHICH IS THE BLUE LINE AT THE BOTTOM AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PRESS RECENTLY ABOUT, AGAIN, ALSO USING ONE-TIME MONIES FOR SALARY RECURRING EXPENSES AND AS OF FY'23, THEIR FUND BALANCE OR FINANCIAL CONDITION RATIO WAS AT 3.6%. AND ONCE YOU GET BELOW 3%, YOU ARE AT RISK FOR BEING IN FINANCIAL EMERGENCY. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE IS TO REALLY SHOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC WHEN WE ARE USING OUR ONE-TIME FUNDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCUMULATE AS A RESULT OF THOSE FEDERAL ESSR DOLLARS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING THEM FOR ONE-TIME INITIATIVES AND WE ARE NOT USING THEM FOR RECURRING PURPOSES LIKE SALARY. THIS IS JUST MORE FOR PURPOSES OF A CAUTIONARY TALE. OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION RATIO AT 11.9%, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE AVERAGE OF 11.73. I'M GOING TO HAVE MISS EVANS WALK THROUGH THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FY'25. >> BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, MR. FERGUSON. >>  Edward Ferguson: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. WHEN I LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT THAT LAST SLIDE IF YOU WANT TO PULL IT BACK UP. IT LOOKS LIKE ASIDE SIDE FROM BROWARD, WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH AT THE TOP OF THE URBAN 7 IN REGARDS TO THAT SO I GUESS YOU BELIEVE WE SHOULD TRIM A LITTLE MORE FAT BUT NOT GET RID OF THE MUSCLE IN THAT REGARD, TOO? >> WELL, IN TERMS OF IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS TO WHERE WE ARE, WE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE APPROACHED OUR ERA FUNDS BACK IN 2010 TO 2012. SO THAT WAS, AS PART OF THE GREAT RECESSION, WE RECEIVED SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVED AN INFUSION OF ONE-TIME FUNDS SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD UP OUR FUND BALANCE AND THEN WE SLOWLY SPENT IT DOWN. WE ARE TAKING THE EXACT SAME APPROACH WITH THESE ESSR FUNDS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK THAT AND USED THAT IN ORDER TO BUILD UP OUR FUND BALANCE AND WE ARE GOING TO SLOWLY SPEND IT DOWN ON ONE-TIME STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. >>  Edward Ferguson: FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO DON'T NECESSARILY LOOK AT THESE CHARTS ON A DAILY BASIS. WE ARE AT 11.9 RIGHT NOW. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOUR GOAL OVER THE NEXT TO TO THREE YEARS IS TOES SLOWLY GO DOWN CLOSE TO THE 5.7 OR 4.6. THAT WOULD BE OPTIMAL? >> WOULD I SAY AROUND THE 6 OR 7%. >>  Edward Ferguson: THANK YOU. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. ARE YOU READY TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET NOW? SO THE SCHOOL BOARD, AS YOU KNOW, IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT A FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN AND THERE IS A STATE VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO OPTION. THE STATE NEVER HAS THE PORTAL OPEN IN TIME SO WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN JANUARY OR DECEMBER OF EVERY YEAR, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE YOUR OWN VERSION OF THE CAPITAL PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. SO OUR PLAN HAS BEEN WAS EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS IN 2016 WHEN WE DID THE SALES TAX REFERENDUM. WE WANTED TO INCLUDE ALL 10 YEARS. SO THIS YEAR WE ARE EXTENDING IT OUT TO 12 YEARS. THAT WAY WE CAN INCORPORATE THE FULL REFERENDUM THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. SO I HAVE NEVER DONE A 12 YEAR PLAN. WE HAD A LOT OF WORK AND DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO DO IT AND WE HAVE GOT IT BALANCED. SO I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE SALES TAX MONEY WOULD COME IN, THE FIRST MONIES WE RECEIVED IN 26 WILL GET A HALF YEAR. IT STARTS IN JANUARY. SO IT'S A HALF YEAR INCREMENT IN 26 AND A HALF YEAR INCREMENT IN THE LAST YEAR OF 36. AND THE FIRST YEAR IS THE CAPITAL BUDGET. AFTERWARDS WE ARE GOING DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. AS SOON AS IT IS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER WE'LL DO IT AGAIN AND OUR CAPITAL PLAN EACH YEAR STARTS WITH THE ONE THE BOARD APPROVED AND WE HAVE A COLUMN FOR EACH YEAR AND DEPARTMENTS GO THROUGH AND INDICATE WHAT CHANGES THEY WANT TO MAKE. WE REDO THE CAPITAL PLAN EVERY YEAR AND START WITH THE MOST RECENTLY ADOPTED VERSION. WE WILL DO THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO WHILE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS, WE ARE GOING TO REDO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO WE DO HAVE THE FY'25 CAPITAL BUDGET AND FULL 12-YEAR PLAN IS COMPLETELY BALANCED. SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN? I GET THIS ALL THE TIME. THE OVER ARCHING RULE WITH CAPITAL IS IT'S GOT TO BE CAPITAL PROJECTS. ITEMS WE ARE EITHER BUYING OR BUILDING THAT HAS A USEFUL LIFE OF AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. THAT'S THE TYPICAL RULE. WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, NEW SCHOOLS, MODERNIZATIONS OR ADDITIONS. FACILITY PROJECTS MAINTENANCE FACILITY RENEWALS. I WON'T READ THEM ALL BUT THE FACILITY PROJECTS, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY INCLUDES BOTH ED TECH THAT CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT COMPONENT AND THE TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CYBER SECURITY MAINTENANCE OF ALL OUR EXISTING SYSTEMS, SCHOOL SECURITY IS A BIG PORTION AS IS TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL BUSES AND SUPPORT VEHICLES. THEN WE HAVE THE PAYMENTS FOR DEBT SERVICE. WE USUALLY BORROW MONEY TO BUILD SCHOOLS AND THEN WE HAVE TO PAY IT BACK WITH INTEREST. PROPERTY INSURANCE CAN BE FUNDED FROM THE CAPITAL BUDGET. WE HAVE RESERVES. AND OVER A 12-YEAR WINDOW THAT LOOKS LIKE A BIG NUMBER, IT'S NOT ANYWHERE AS BIG AS IT USED TO BE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE WHILE. BUT THAT'S THERE TO DEAL WITH CHANGES AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEARS. AND FINALLY THE TRANSFERS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP OVER A 12 YEAR WINDOW, IT IS NOW OVER $700 MILLION THAT'S GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. THAT IS NEW AND IT'S ON A PER STUDENT BASIS. SO YOU SEE THAT RISE. THIS YEAR WE HAD TO PAY 20% OF THE ALLOTMENT. NEXT YEAR IS 40, THEN 60, 80, 100. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IS WE HAVE A GRANDFATHER FOR ANY DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED PRIOR TO 2017. SO ALL OF OUR DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED PRIOR TO THAT DATE WILL MA TUR IN 2030 AND 232. SO THAT AMOUNT DEDUCTED OFF GOES AWAY. SO THE AMOUNT GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS DOES INCREASE DRAMATICALLY ONCE WE GET PAST 2030. THIS IS THE LIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEW ONES. RIVERA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND WESTERN COMMUNITIES THAT WE BUILT IN WESTLAKE AND WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED-- I DON'T USUALLY SHOW FACILITY RENEWALS HERE. FACILITY RURLS IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, MONEY FUNDED WITH THE SALES TAX TO DEAL WITH BACKLOG MAINTENANCE BUT WE HAD MONEY EARMARKED FOR INLET GROVE. WE'VE COMBINED THE MONEY WITH INLET GROVE AND LINCOLN TOGETHER AND THAT'S GOING TO BUILD THE NEW RIVIERA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND REMODEL THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AT LINCOLN SO WHILE WE HAVE A NEW BUILDING, IT'S PART OF THE FACILITY RENEWAL AND FUNDED WITH SALES TAX SO IT'S IN A DIFFERENT BUCKET OF MONEY FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET BUT IT IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SO I'VE ADDED IT IN HERE SO YOU CAN SEE IT. IN FACILITY RENEWABLES IS THE OTHER DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. TO MAKE SURE I SAY IT, PROJECTS IN FY'16 REFERENDUM ARE IN ITALICS. A LOT OF THEM ARE THERE. WE UPDATED THE DATES WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN. SUPER SCRIPT NUMBERS INDICATING IF THEY'RE IN DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS THE SAME FORMAT YOU'VE SEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE JUST UPDATED IT WITH CURRENT DATA. >> >> Chair Brill: ARE YOU OKAY IF WE GET THROUGH THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THEN ASK THE QUESTION OR DO YOU NEED TO ASK IT NOW. GO AHEAD, MS. ANDREWS. >> Mayor: AND YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THAT.  I WAS LOOKING AT THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE AND I SEE THESE EVERY TIME YOU COME BEFORE US AND I'M LOOKING AT THE DATES. DATES CHANGE EVERY TIME YOU COME. WE HAVEN'T BROKEN GROUND ON ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. IS THIS WHEN THEY WILL BE FINISH AND COMPLETED OR WHEN WILL YOU BE BREAKING GROUND? DO YOU GLOW THIS IS OPENING DATES. BREAKING GROUNDS WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE Mr. SANCHES HAVE THE UPDATES. I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS THAT INFORMATION YET. >> >> Mayor: WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. >> Mayor: WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE. NEXT WE ARELEY SOO SEE NEW DATES. THE ADDITION OF THE TWO YEARS, WE ADDED IN THE FY'26 REFERENDUM PROCEEDS AND BROKEN OUT A SECTION THAT USED TO BE CALLED FACILITY-- OTHER FACILITY PROJECTS. IT WAS NON-CONSTRUCTION SECTION. WE HAVE BROKEN THEM INTO TWO CATEGORIES. ONE IS CALLED PLANNED MAINTENANCE WHICH ALIGNS FROM THE GUIDELINES FROM THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS. THEY RECOMMEND WE SPEND BETWEEN 2 AND 4% OF THE REPLACEMENT VALUE OF OUR SCHOOLS ON MAINTENANCE. SO IT'S NOT EVENLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO GET TO THAT POINT AND THE REFERENDUM IS GOING TO BE A HUGE PART OF THAT. SO HAVING THAT SEPARATED IS A SEPARATE SECTION IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ALIGN WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS AND THOSE WOULD BE PRIORITIZED IN THE BUDGET. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THOSE. AND THEN FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS IS THE ONLY THING. THEY'RE MORE IMPROVEMENTS, ADDING THINGS TO THE SCHOOLS RATHER THAN MAINTAINING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. WE HAVE ADDED IN THE TWO NEW SCHOOLS, RIVER RA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE ALLOCATED THAT UP TO THE PLANNED MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP AND RESERVES HAVE GONE DOWN AND THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY NEEDED TO BE. WE ARE JUST PUSHING IT AND GETTING IT ALL ALLOCATED SO YOU SEE HOW WE PLAN TO SPEND THE MONEY. THAT IS IT FOR CAPITAL. I'LL TURN IT BACK TO MISS FRED RICKS FOR THE SALES TAX. >> UPDATE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE NEW CAPITAL SCHOOL OUTLAY. SURTAX WE ARE AT THE POINT OF WORKING THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE AUDIT RIGHT NOW. WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE THAT, A CONCLUSION BY THE END OF JULY AND END OF AUGUST, AND THEN WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 5. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING THAT WE WILL RECEIVE FROM THE SALES TAX, IT'S ABOUT $2 BILLION BASED ON CURRENT COLLECTIONS. 50% OF THAT IS FOR PLANNED MAINTENANCE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR BUILDINGS AT THE BEST PRACTICE LEVEL. 25% OF THAT IS FOR SECURITY INITIATIVES AS WELL AS SCHOOL-BASED INITIATIVES AND THE REMAINING 25% IS FOR TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOL BUSES AND THE AMOUNT WE HAVE TO PASS THROUGH TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE FUNDS WILL BE CONTINUE TO BE OVERSEEN BY AN OVER SIGHT COMMITTEE INCLUDING THE PASS THROUGH TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE ESSR FUNDING BECAUSE ESSR IS SUNSETTING SEPTEMBER 30. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE FUNDS FULLY SPENT, AT LEAST THE DISTRICT FUNDS BY JUNE 30. WE DID RECEIVE FINAL APPROVAL OF OUR FINAL AMENDMENT FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SO I CAN GUARANTEE THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT PORTION WILL BE FULLY EXPENDED. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. AS OF TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT $13 MILLION THAT THE CLOOLS HAVE NOT SPENT. HAVE NOT SPENT. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM MONTHLY AND WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WE HAVE A PLAN. IF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT SPEND ALL OF THEIR FUNDS, ONCE WE GET CLOSE TO THAT SEPTEMBER 30 DEADLINE, WE ARE WORKING WITH DOE THAT THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT BUT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THEY SPEND THE FUNDS I WANTEDDED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACTIVITIES AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THE ESSR FUNDS. WE PROVIDED TUTORIAL SUPPORT TO OVER 26,000 STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING TO OVER 28,000 INDIVIDUALS. EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS TO OVER 38,000 STUDENTS WE PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY 400,000 TEXTBOOKS WITH THESE FUNDS AND WERE ABLE TO SUPPLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO 103 SCHOOLS. EACH OF OUR CLASSROOMS RECEIVED A LIBRARY BOOK SEPTEMBER AS WELL SO SOME OF THE INITIATIVES AS TO HOW WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THESE ESSR FEDERAL FUNDS LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, FY'25 IS BALANCED THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND. WE ARE LOOKING AT CLOSING OUT FY'2K 4 SO WE WILL HAVE SOME CHANGES WITHIN THE FUND BALANCE AND WHAT GETS CARRIED FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN YOU SEE THE TENTATIVE BUDGET. WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR ENROLLMENT AND WHAT ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WE ARE FORTUNATE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WE HAVE NOT BEEN FACING DECLINING ENROLLMENT LIKE A LOT OF DISTRICTS WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ESPECIALLY LOOKING TO BROWARD AS WELL AS MIAMI DADE. WE NEED TO AND VOUCHERS WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE KNOW HEALTH CLAIMS, INCREASE IN HEALTH CLAIMS IS SOMETHING WE ARE FACING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FACE NOT ONLY IN FY'25, BUT IN THE FUTURE YEARS. I DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL BE THE CASE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT FY'26 SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASES, NOT ONLY WITHIN OUR HEALTH CLAIMS BUT ALSO OUR RETIREMENT BENEFITS AS WELL AND WE CAN HELP TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE ON JULY 31, AS PART OF THAT SPECIAL MEETING, THE BOARD WILL BE APPROVING THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TENTATIVE ADOPTION ON JULY 31 AT 505 TIME CERTAIN FINAL ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBER 4. >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT MOVES US TO OUR NEXT WORKSHOP. GOOD EVENING MY TEAM AND I ARE EXCITED TO REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES WITH YOU THIS EVENING. THE AGENDA FOR THIS PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE REVIEWING OUR ROAD MAP, PROVIDING HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL THE INITIATIVES AND PROVIDING TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. THE NEXT THREE SIDES OUTLINE THE WORK OF THE STRJ. STRATEGY OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT THE PLAN AND WE CREATED METRICS UNDER EDUCATE, AFFIRM, INSPIRE. OUR VISION IS ALSO EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN. OUR CORE BELIEFS DRIVE US EVERY DAY AND I THINK THE LAST BULLET SAYS IT ALL. PALM BEACH COUNTY STUDENTS ARE THE COMMUNITY'S BEST CHOICE AND WE MUST PROVE THAT EACH DAY WITH AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I KEEP SAYING THAT THE LOWINGIES YOU SEE, YOU WILL SEE NEXT TO THE PRESENTATION. THIS DOCUMENTS A FRAMEWORK OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ACROSS THE TOP THE FOUR THEMES AND UNDERNEATH THE THEMES ARE LISTED THE OBJECTIVES AND THE 13 INITIATIVES WHICH WE WILL REVIEW IN GREATER DETAIL THE DOCUMENT ON THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE EXECUTIVE SPONSORS FOR EACH OF THE 13 INITIATIVES HERE IS THE ROAD MAP. OUR ROAD MAP SHOWS WHERE WE STARTED, WHERE WE ARE ANDER WITH WE ARE GOING. WE DEVELOP PROJECT CHARTERS TASKS MILESTONES AND DLICIALS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS AND THE DELIVERABLES. THIS YEAR WE UTILIZED THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND WE REALLY INTENTIONALLY FOCUSED ON THE TASKS, THE DELIVERABLES AND THE MILESTONES, IMPLEMENTED LAYERS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE MONITORED STUDENT PROGRESS THROUGH OUR PRIORITY STUDENT OUTCOMES. AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE KNOW THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE ON OUR TASK AND DLICIALS AND WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR DATA WE MAKE AT JUSTMENTS AS NEEDED WE WANT OUR INITIATIVES TO BE PART OF THE DISTRICT CULTURE. SO WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN SHARING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR INITIATIVES WHICH ARE BUCKETED AGAIN UNDER THOSE FOUR THEMES. AND I'M GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE INITIATIVES UNDER THEME A AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE THEME OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND GROWTH AND WE WILL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION RATHER THAN READING EVERY BULLET THROUGHOUT THE SLIDES. I WANT TO ORIENT TO YOU THIS SLIDE ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS THE FORMAT THAT EACH ONE OF THE INITIATIVES WILL BE REVIEWS IN THE VERY SAME FORMAT. YOU WILL SEE THE THEME, OBJECTIVE AND INITIATIVE OUTLINED ON THE TOP OF THE SLIDE. THEN THERE WILL BE THREE BUCKETS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECTS OF THAT INITIATIVE, WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE INITIATIVE AND WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT INITIATIVE I'M GOING TO AS A RESULT WITH INITIATIVE A 1 A FOR EFFECTIVE LITERACY INSTRUCTION THERE ARE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS UNDER THIS INITIATIVE ONE BEING TO IMPLEMENT A K-2 LITTERY MODEL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND THE EXPANSION OF OUR TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN MODEL WHICH WE CALL T2K. AS WELL AS OUR ADMINISTRATES. WE LAUNCHED OUR CAMPAIGN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION. WE DO BELIEVE NOW THAT OUR K-2 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATOR ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO TEACH AND SUPPORT K-2 LITERACY AND THROUGH THIS VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE ELC, WE ARE NOW-- WE HAVE A COMMON LANGUAGE OR A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT KINDERGARTEN READINESS LOOKS LIKE. 100% OF OUR VPK TEACHERS HAVE THEIR CREDENTIALS IN EMERGENT LITERACY. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: I'M DOING THIS NOW BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WILL-- THE ANSWER WILL CARRY ON TO THE REST OF THIS FLOW CHART. SO UNDER THE IMPACT, IT IS MEASURABLE 100% OF THE VPK TEACHERS HAVE THEIR MICROCREDENTIAL. COOL. AND WE CAN MEASURE THAT WE STRENGTHENED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ELC, MAYBE. HOW DO WE MEASURE THE FIRST TWO. >> SO WE DO HAVE DATA METRICS AND YOU WILL SEE ALL THOSE METRICS THAT GO TOWARDS OUR STUDENT PRIORITY OUTCOMES IN OUR SO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, SOME OF THE IMPACTS YOU WILL SEE ARE JUST OBSERVABLE IMPACTS, SOME OF THEM ARE QUANTITATIVE, BUT MOST OF THE QUANTITATIVE IMPACT YOU WILL SEE IN THE ANNUAL REPORT. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: THANK YOU. >> DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. GOOD QUESTION. THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWCASES THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN CHASS ROOM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LITERACY INITIATIVE. YOU WILL SEE CLASSROOM LAB SITES AND CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION. INITIATIVE A1B COORDINATE CHOICE PROGRAMS TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS IDENTIFY UNDERSTAND PREPARE FOR CAREERS ALIGNED TO THEIR INTERESTS. DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS INITIATIVE, WE HAVE BROKEN IT UP INTO TWO PARTS. SO ON THIS SLIDE WE'LL FOCUS COORDINATING CHOICE PROGRAMS. THE MAJOR PROJECTS OF THIS INITIATIVE WERE TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL GAP ANALYSIS OF THE CHOICE PROGRAMS IN OUR FEEDER PATTERNS AND TO EXPLORE EXTERNAL AGENCIES TO ASSIST WITH US THE EVALUATION OF CURRENT CHOICE AND CAREER PROGRAMS. A FEEDER PATTERN ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETED AND WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TO SECURE EXTERNAL AGENCY PARTNERMENT CAREER AND CHOICE PROGRAM OPTIONS REMAIN A STRENGTH FOR THE DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE THE EFFORTS OF THIS INITIATIVE WILL STREAMLINE AND INCREASE THE POSITIVE IMPACT FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THIS SLIDE SHOWCASES A FEW OF OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS TO MENTION A FEW, THE CYBER SECURITY ACADEMY ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, TOP MIDDLE, ENGINEERING ACADEMY AT FOREST HILL AND THE ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW. INITIATIVE A 1B IS THE SECOND PART, THE SECOND PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO FOCUS ON THE CAREER PATHWAY OPPORTUNITIES, TO STRENGTH ERIN THE CAREER PATHWAY OPPORTUNITIES. SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN THIS INITIATIVE WERE TO EXPAND THE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND APPRENTICESHIP AND CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS. AND TO GROW THE INTEGRATED EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND G.E.D. STUDENTS THEY ACCOMPLISHED NEW APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND EXPANDED APPRENTICESHIP ENROLLMENT FROM 0 IN 2021 TO 258 IN 2024 FOUR NEW INTEGRATED TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WERE ALSO CREATED EXCITINGLY, THE STATE DID APPROVE THE CDL TESTING CENTER AT WEST TECH. WE ARE PROVIDING FREE EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WHERE THEY CAN LEARN AND EARN ON THE JOB. THAT'S A POSITIVE IMPACT AND WE ARE PROVIDING WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE PARENTS OF OUR STUDENTS AND GRADUATING SENIORS. THIS SLIDE IS JUST A QUICK GRAPHIC ABOUT ENROLLMENT GROWTH THAT I DISCUSSED. YOU CAN SEE THAT UPWARD CHARGE THIS IS A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS OUR CURRENT CTE PROGRAMS UP TO 2028-29. HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR APPRENTICESHIP AND PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THEM BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THE JOHN I. LEONARD ELECTRICAL HIGH SCHOOL PILOT. IT'S A PRE--PRE-APPRENTICESHIP. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE BOTTOM LEFT, A MOTHER-DAUGHTER TEAM COMPLETED THE COURSE AND NOW THEY OWN THEIR OWN TRUCKING COMPANY IN BELLE GLADE AND THEY'RE AN APPROVED SCHOOL DISTRICT VENDOR SO THAT'S-- YES MA'AM. >> Chair Brill: SO YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL EACH PARTICULAR AREA IS COMPLETED AND THEN I'LL CALL ON YOU BEFORE IT GOES TO THE NEXT ONE. SO Ms. MS. ANDREWS, YOU ARE FINE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GO ON TO A-2 AFTER THIS. GO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CA CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. I THINK WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CAREER OPTIONS WITH Dr. JOHNSON AND WHAT WE DO WITH CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCHOOL CENTERS. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCHOOL CENTERS THAT DON'T GET A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN CHOSE CHOICES. I KNOW WE HAVE THE FAIRS WHERE PARENTS WHO ARE ASTUTE CAN GO AND SELECT WHAT THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO BE INVOLVED IN WITH OUR CAREER CHOICES BUT SO MANY CHILDREN DO NOT GET A CHANCE TO, SO I'M LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE A WEST TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER, THE NIGHT PROGRAM IS THRIVING. BUT THE DAY PROGRAM IS NOT THRIVING BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS, I.E., PAHOKEE, GLADE CENTRAL, LAKE SHORE, WELLINGTON THAT NEED THAT KIND OF PROCESS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN ANY KIND OF PROGRAM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADDRESS GETTING CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THOSE PROGRAMS, THOSE THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO BE IN ONE OF OUR CAREER PROGRAMS. AND CHOICE PROGRAMS AT THAT TIME WE HAVE. WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL CHOICE FLAMS OUR SCHOOLS BUT A LOT OF THE CHILDREN THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT WALK ACROSS THE STAGE ARE SOME THAT DON'T MAKE IT ACROSS THE STAGE, DON'T GET A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF OUR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. WHAT IS THE PLAN HERE TO GET MORE CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS? >> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE BACK AND DISCUSS AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO YEAR THREE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE HAVE ALSO, AGAIN, PARTNERED WITH AN EXTERNAL AGENCY TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OUR CAREER AND CHOICE PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING SO THAT COULD BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. WE ARE STARTING WITH THEM OVER THE SUMMER TO BEGIN THESE TALKS AND LOOKING AT THAT DATA AND GETTING INPUT AND PROVIDING THAT TO THEM AND THEY'LL DO A DEEP ANALYSIS SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO US AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT. >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE PALM BEACH COUNTY IS BEHIND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. I MEAN WE GAVE UP OUR PROGRAMS YEARS AGO WITH WE SAID THAT EVERY KID WAS GOING TO COLLEGE. AND NOW THE THINKING IS DIFFERENT. WE KNEW THAT EVERY KID WASN'T GOING TO COLLEGE WHEN WE GAVE OUR THINGS AWAY TO THE COLLEGE TO BE INVOLVED FOR OUR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS SO I'M STILL WORRIED NOW THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOTHING EXCEPT GOING TO SCHOOL AND SOME ARE NOT MOTIVATED TO COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. IT'S REALLY URGENT THAT WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET OUR STUDENTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS THAT MAY NOT BE IN ANY PROGRAM AT ALL BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WANT THEM TO BE IN A PROGRAM, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS IT OR THEY MAY NOT EVEN HAVE THE GRADE POINT TO QUALIFY TO BE IN ONE OF THE CHOICE PROGRAMS. THAT WE DO HAVE A ROBUST TECHNICAL SCHOOL AT EACH SITE. I KNOW IN DELRAY WE ARE STARTING THE NEW CENTER AND AT NORTH TECH, YOU ARE GETTING YOUR NEW CENTER, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE GLADES REGION, WHICH HAS A REGION THAT HAS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THOSE KIDS INTO THOSE PROGRAMS THOSE THAT ARE IN NOTHING, NOT INVOLVED IN ANYTHING, TO HELP THEM GET READY TO HAVE A CAREER. AND I LOVE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE SHOWING AND I THINK IT'S ALL TRUE BUT WE GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. >> I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. >> Chair Brill: Mr. BURKE. >> Supt.Burke: TO PROVIDE A LITTLE HISTORY AND CONTEXT AND MS. ANDREWS IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO WE DIVESTED THE PROGRAMS TO THE STATE COLLEGE SO WE HAVE HAD SOME GROUND TO COVER TO MAKE THAT UP. OTHER DISTRICTS RETAINED, YOU KNOW, THEIR TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND ARE OUT IN FRONT BUT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF PROGRESS AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION. WE ARE ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE STATE IN TERMS OF K-12 INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION AND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT THE BOARD HAS AOFFICERRED TO BRING BACK THESE FACILITIES WILL HELP US OUT QUITE A BIT AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO WORK WITH PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE TO REALLY GET ON TO THE SAME PAGE AND REALIZE THERE IS SO MUCH DEMAND FOR THESE TYPES PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN COMPANY EXIST AND COM-- COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. WE ARE IN A BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE FIVE OR 10 YEARS AGO AND THINGS ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT THERE IS WORK TO DO AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH AND WE DO NEED THAT COLLABORATION FROM PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. BUT WEST TECHNOLOGY IS A BIG PART OF THIS PLAN. ALL OF THE SITES AROUND OUR COUNTY, 2300 SQUARE MILES. WE THEY'D TO HAVE A PRESENCE EVERYWHERE. >> INITIATIVE A 2A INNOVATIVE LEARNING APPROACHES IN ALL FOUR CORE SUBJECTS, PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS UNDER THIS INITIATIVE INCLUDE CREATING ACCELERATION PATHWAYS IN K-12 AND DEVELOPING A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING FRAMEWORK GUIDE AND TO DESIGN A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AS WELL. WE HAVE CREATED THE 1st DISTRICT WIDE ACCELERATED PATHWAY BY SUBJECT AREA FOR STUDENTS AND EXPANDED THE COURSE OPTIONS AT ALL SECONDARY LEVELS, FRAMEWORK FOR PBL HAS BEEN CREATED AND NETWORK OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED. AS WE KNOW, ACCESS AND PREPARES OUR STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND BRIGHT FUTURES. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK SHOWCASED ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS SOME OF THE PROJECT-BASED LEARNIG WORK AND SOME OF THE STEM, YOU WILL SEE A STEM COMPETITION IN THERE. INITIATIVE A3A DEFINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY GRADUATE IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR STUDENT AND ALIGN LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. TWO IMAGINATION PROJECTS FOR THIS INITIATIVE AND THEY INCLUDE DEFINING THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A PALM BEACH COUNTY GRADUATE AND DEVELOPING DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES FOR ALL STUDENTS. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE WHEN I GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE, A GRAPHIC FOR THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS. BUT AND IN ADDITION, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING GRADES LISTED HAVE ATTENDED DISTRICT FUNDED EXPERIENCES. WE HAVE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK ON THAT AND THIS REALLY WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BRAIN CIELD. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PURPOSEFUL ADAPTATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL STUDENTS. AND WILL YOU SEE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES THE ACTUAL GRAPHIC FOR THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS GRADUATE; WHICH WAS CREATED WE CANS TERM AND INTERNAL STAKE HOLDERS INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO YOU CAN TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THAT. THE NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES. YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, GRADE FIVE STUDENTS GOING TO THE KRAVITZ AND GRADE SEVEN STUDENTS GOING TO MacARTHUR PARK. ON THE TOP RIGHT, PA PAHOKEE GRADE 10 STUDENTS GOING TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THERE IS A VIDEO ON THE TOP. WE WON'T PLAY IT TODAY BUT IT DOES SHOWCASE SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES AND YOU ARE MORE THAN WELL COME TO WATCH THAT ON YOUR OWN. >> Chair Brill: QUESTION FROM Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: CAN I MAKE TWO COMMENTS ON THIS. GOING BACK TO THE CHOICE DISCUSSION. I KNOW MS. ANDREWS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND MAKING SURE FAMILIES WERE AWARE OF THAT, BUT I HAVE SEEN THIS AMONG OUR YOUNGER AGED STUDENTS AS WELL, THAT THEY MAY NOT-- THEIR FAMILIES MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM WITHIN CHOICE. WE'VE DONE ONE SESSION WHERE WE WENT TO WORK WITH THE GUATEMALA CENTER AND BROUGHT IN TRANSLATORS TO TALK WITH THEM AND I THINK IT WAS A VERY VALUABLE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE REALLY DOING OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME PROFICIENCY WITH THE SYSTEM THAT OTHER FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME DO. I LIKE THAT ONE ON ONE CONNECTION. THE FAMILIES SURPRISED ME BECAUSE THEY STILL ALL WANTED THEIR KIDS TO GO TO BALK FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE WAS THOUGH CHANGE. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU SPEAK ENGLISH AS YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE OR NOT, EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO BACH FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEN I SAW YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES AND INTEGRATING THAT WITHIN DIFFERENT CURRICULUM BUT IS THERE NO PLAN TO DO AN ENTIRELY PROJECT-BASED LEARNING SCHOOL GOING FORWARD? OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE PART OF SCHOOLS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT DOING? >> SO CURRENTLY THEY HAVE NETWORK OF SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH 10 SCHOOLS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. THAT THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH TO FORMALIZE SOME OF THE THINGS. NOW THEY HAVE TO HAVE LIKE FOUNDATIONAL PIECES IN PLACE BEFORE SCHOOLS WILL BE READY TO SAY THEY'RE TAKING ON THIS EXPIERNLS. -- EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT'S SPECIALIZED. I THINK THEY'RE AT THE PHASE WHERE THEY'RE FORMALIZING THEIR NETWORK BUT ALSO LOOKING AT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE FOUNDATIONAL PIECES THAT ARE READY TO TAKE ON THIS EXTRA WORK. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE WITH THAT BUT OVER THE NEXT YEAR I'M SURE IT WILL BE ADDED ON AND MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE CAN ADD MORE INFORMATION BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE PBL WORK. >> I IT IS VERY POPULAR, YOU CAN SEE THE CONSERVATORY SCHOOL HAS DONE REALLY WELL WITH SELLING THAT MODEL TO PARENTS AND THAT THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THAT. AND I THINK IT COULD BE AN ADVERTISING MARKETING OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WELL GOING FORWARD TO HAVE MORE SCHOOLS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SELLING. I LOVE THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING IT AND I KNOW MY DAUGHTER GOT TO BE PART OF DIFFERENT PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WAS INCORPOATED INTO THEIR CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES BUT I THINK IT'S A HUGE SELL AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE CREATING MORE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ADVERTISED TO BE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND I KNOW THERE IS A HUGE CHANGE THAT OCCURS IN TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT TEACHERS IN PLACE AND ADMINISTRATION. I REALLY HOPE WE CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN SAY WE HAVE FIVE TO 10, LIKE YOU ARE SAYING, PROJECT-BASED SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SO EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO EXPERIENCE IT NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTY. >> I'M JUST GEEG TO JUMP IN AND SHARE THAT PROJECT BASED LEARNING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. AND INITIALLY THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY ABLE TO DO IT IS AN ENTIRE SCHOOL OR SMALLER THAN THE SCHOOLS. OUR SCHOOLS ARE VERY LARGE. SO WHILE I LIKE THE IDEA, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO SAY A WHOLE SCHOOL IS PROJECT-BASED. I THINK WE NEED TO LEAVE STAFF TO IMPLEMENT IT THE WAY THEY ARE RIGHT NOW BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE COME BACK. IT'S JUST MY EXPERIENCE, DONE A LOT INTERNATIONALLY MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS 10 YEARS AGO WITH MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL IN BRAZIL. BUT THEY'RE SMALLER AND SO WITH THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT AS YOU MENTIONED, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE AND THE FOUNDATIONS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN, THERE IS A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS IN FLORIDA. SO IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO MAKE AN ENTIRE SCHOOL PROJECT BASED GIVEN THE SIZE OF OUR SCHOOLS. I'M JUST THROWING IN MY TWO CENTS FROM MY RESEARCH OVER THE YEARS. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU GO ON, Ms. McQUINN. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: WE HAVE, AND I'M ACTUALLY REFERRING MORE TO MR. FERGUSON'S DISTRICT IN TERMS ♪OF BEING MORE NORTH IN TE COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER ENROLLED, AND I WOULD BE LIKE TO THINK THAT PERHAPS SOME LEADERSHIP IN THOSE SCHOOLS, ONE OF THEM, BE APPROACHED TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING A WHOLE SCHOOL PROJECT-BASED LEARNING BECAUSE WE KNOW AT THE CONSERVATORY SCHOOL HOW POPULAR THAT IS. AND THAT THE STUDENTS PERFORM VERY WELL. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THINK THAT MAYBE, AS WE ARE LOOKING AT , FROM A FORMER SLIDE, WE ARE ANALYZING OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS AND MAGNETS, ET CETERA, THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD VERY SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT. >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, ROOSEVELT WAS ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. SO YOU ARE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH THAT. IT PULLS OUR ENTIRE ANALYSIS OF WHERE WE ARE BUT TO HER POINT OF JUST LIKE FIDELITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE, RIGHT, THE GROUND WORKING LAID, THE FRAMEWORK IS COMPLETED THAT WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A MODEL IN THE CONSERVATORY, BUT ANY TIME THAT WE JUMP IN RIGHT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET PEOPLE UP FOR SUCCESS. I THINK THERE IS A PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, FIRST ESTABLISHING THAT NETWORK, WHILE CREATING THAT FRAMEWORK, MAKING SURE THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS LINED UP IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK WE ARE DEFINITELY ON BOARD AND WE ARE STARTING WITH A COUPLE SCHOOLS AND I THANK YOU FOR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT. LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS DISWHRK Mr. FERLG. >>  Edward Ferguson: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN REGARD TO PROJECT BASED LEARNING WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID HAS BEEN SAID BUT ALSO I'M STRONGLY ENCOURAGING THE DISTRICT TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT OPENING A GREATER NUMBER OF DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. SPECIFICALLY CREOLE SPEAKING PROGRAMS BECAUSE IN THIS FIRST 18 MONTHS HERE ON THE DAIS IT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED TO ME BY MANY OF YOU EXPERTS IN THE FIELD THAT STUDENTS AT A DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL TEND TO PERFORM BETTER THAN CONTEMPORARIES AT A SCHOOL THAT IS NO THE DUAL LANGUAGE. I HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE DON'T HAVE MORE CREOLE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND THAT EXPLANATION IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT ARE FLUENT IN CREOLE. THAT SEEMS LIKE A QUESTION WAITING TO BE ANSWERED. WE THEY'D TO DO WHAT WE THEY'D TO DO TO FIND THOSE PERSONS FLUENT IN CREOLE. WE HAVE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL POPULATION OF CREOLE SPEAKERS IN PALM BEACH. THE SAME WOULD BE GROWING OUR TEACHERS THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, PERHAPS WE NEED TO GO OUT INTO THE COUNTY AND FIND, IF YOU WILL, UNCONVENTIONAL PARTIES OR PERSONS WHO ARE NOT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM CURRENTLY WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A TEACHER IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED TO ME SINCE AT LEAST DECEMBER OF 22 THAT WHETHER IT BE A SPANISH DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM OR CREOLE DUAL LANGUAGE THAT MANY, THOSE STUDENTS APPLES TO APPLES PERFORM MUCH BETTER THAN STUDENTS WHO DON'T GO TO DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. WE NEED MORE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS BUT THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION, THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS. >> Mayor: IT IS A IT IS A GREAT PRESENTATION. >> WE NEED CREOLE DUAL LANGUAGE. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE, THE GLADES REGION IS A HEAVY DUTY AREA WITH A LOT OF CREOLE SPEAKING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. WE NEED THAT THERE YOU HAVE HAD THE CONSERVATORY FOR A WHILE. WE TAKE THE TOURS AND WE FOE IT'S THERE SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN CIALG WE KNEAD NEED TO START WITH SOME OF THE PILOTS QUICKLY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. I DON'T WANT US TO MISS THE GLADES REGION. THAT'S AN AREA THAT WEST FORGETS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THEM. >> I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MISS PILNER WHO WILL REVIEW THE THEMES UNDER B AND C. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THEME B STUDENT FOCUS CULTURE FOCUSES ON DECISIONS AND ACTIONS CENTERED AROUND EFFECTIVELY SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BY UNDERSTANDING AND VALUING THEIR PERCEPTIONS AND CREATING SYSTEMS FOCUSED ON THEIR SUCCESSES. INITIATIVE B-1A INFLUENCE DECISIONS ATHE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT. THE GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE B-1A IS TO CLARIFY HOW AND WHY STUDENTS RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE IMPROVED AND TO DEVELOP A RESOURCE GUIDE CALLED A PLAYBOOK WITH EMBEDDED RESOURCES AND GUIDED QUESTIONS AND PROTOCOLS TO SUPPORT LEADERS. IT IS ALSO TO EQUIP THE DISTRICT TEAM EFFECTIVELY TO LEAD SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING THIS INITIATIVE. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WORKED ON THIS YEAR ARE DESIGN A PLAYBOOK TO ELEVATE STUDENT VOICE, DESIGN A WEBSITE AND CREATE MODULES TO GUIDE ADULT ADVISERS. AND TO COLLABORATE WITH THE IMPACT FLORIDA GROUP TO FACILITATE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS AND ADVISERS ON THE PLAYBOOK. WHAT HAVE THEY ACCOMPLISHED? THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE ELEVATE STUDENT PLAYBOOK AND HAVE BEEN AWARDED TWO GRANTS. ONE FROM IMPACT FLORIDA AND ONE FROM STRONGER CONNECTIONS GRANT. ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE SHOWING YOU WHAT STUDENT VOICE AND ACTION LOOKS LIKE. TO THE TOP LEFT YOU HAVE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BRAIN STORMING HOW TO IMPLEMENT STUDENT VOICE ON THEIR CAMPUS. AND TO THE RIGHT, BANKS FOREST STUDENT VOICE GROUP READING AND DISCUSSING AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS OF RESPECT ON THEIR CAMPUS. INITIATIVE B2A CREATE A TAILORED HALF TO HELP STUDENTS AND FAMILIES NAVIGATE DISTRICT PROCESSES TO ACHIEVELY EDUCATIONAL GOALS. THE PROJECTS THEY WORKED UP. UPDATE THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. PROVIDE A SPECIALIZED STUDENT PORTAL AND BUILD AN ACCESSIBLE PARENT PORTAL. WHAT HAVE THEY ACCOMPLISHED? THEY HAVE UPGRADED THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND CURRENTLY WHAT WILL YOU SEE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IS THAT ALL THE INFORMATION IS RELEVANT AND UPTO DATE. WE NOW HAVE THE ADDITION OF FAMILY RESOURCES TIME WITH CURATED INFORMATION ON NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS. WE ALSO HAVE UPDATED HOW TO VIDEOS SUCH AS HOW TO FIND YOUR CHILD'S I.D. NUMBER, HOW TO SCHOOLS AND UPDATE OR VERIFY YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. ON THE ENHANCED STUDENT PORTAL, WHAT YOU WILL SEE NOW IS THE INFORMATION THAT THE STUDENT SEES IN THEIR STUDENT PORTAL IS RELEVANT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. THE STUDENT PORTAL TILES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY TILES BY THE GRAPHICS ON THEM AND NOT BY JUST WORDS. AND THEME C. AS A DISTRICT, WE RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS EMOTIONAL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS. WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF OUR DISTRICT. AND IT IS I AM PER TIFER THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE WELLNESS TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN FULLY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES INITIATIVE CISA IMPLEMENT A DISTRICT WIDE SYSTEM TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH AT LEAST ONE ADULT AT SCHOOL AND IS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. THE PROJECTS THEY WORKED ON THIS YEAR, DESIGN A COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT WITH INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION. ALSO FACILITY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND MONTHLY CHATS WITH POINT OF CONTACT IN SCHOOLS. WHAT HAVE THEY ACCOMPLISHED? THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A TRUSTED ADULT WEBSITE WITH RELATIONSHIP MATCHING STRATEGIES, BEST PRACTICES AND CONVERSATION STARTERS FOR SCHOOL STAFF. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN AWARDED D.O.J. GRANT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SCHOOL TEAMS. THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFE SCHOOL WAS AWARDED A THREE-YEAR STOP VIOLENCE GRANT TO IMPLEMENT THE INITIATIVE AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO A POINT OF CONTACT ON CAMPUS. THE GRANT WILL COVER SALARY AND BENEFITS OF A DEDICATED SPECIALIST UNTIL JUNE 2026. INITIATIVE C2A THE PROJECTS THEY WORKED ON THIS YEAR, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A SCHOOL RESOURCE MAPPING QUALITY ASSESSMENT TOOL. ALSO FACILITY DISTRICT BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATIVES FOR ALL BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS. THE SRMQA TOOL IS ADOPTED FROM THE SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH QUALITY ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND THE TOOL ASSESSES THE QUALITY OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM BASED ON SEVEN QUALITY DOMAINS AND BEST PRACTICES. THE PURPOSE OF THE SRMQA TOOL IS THE TO ASSESS ASSIST SCHOOLS IN EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE TO STUDENTS. IT ALSO PROVIDES A BASELINE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING INTERVENTIONS. THE TOOL ALSO OPERATES AS A GUIDE FOR SCHOOL TEAMS TOWARDS ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES TO INCREASE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. WORK GROUP CURRENTLY WILL MOVE ON NEXT YEAR TO EXPAND THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEIR PILOT WITH THE FIVE SCHOOLS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT WILL SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE LEARNED QUITE A FEW LESSONS AND SO NEXT YEAR THE PLAN IS TO SCALE UP, REVISE THE SRMQA TOOL AND USE THAT TO MOVE INTO OTHER DISTRICT SCHOOLS. INITIATIVE C2B IMPLEMENT INITIATIVES FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA IN THEIR LIVES. WHAT HAVE THIS GROUP WORKED ON THIS YEAR? HOST TRAUMA INFORMED DISTRICT COLLABORATIVES, CREATE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERIES FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF SECONDARY TRAUMA, PROVIDE TRAUMA SENSITIVE SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS AND ALSO CONDUCT TRAUMA SENSITIVE LEADERSHIP BOOK STUDY. WHAT HAVE THEY ACCOMPLISHED THERE IS NOW A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES IN OUR DISTRICT. WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON OUR DISTRICT IS THIS THERE IS NOW AN INCREASED  AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA ON LEARNING, BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL WILLNESS. NIRNT C2Y EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES. THE PROJECTS THE GROUP WORKED ON THIS YEAR, DESIGN AND FUND RELAXATION ROOMS, U THIETED HEALTHCARE RESOURCES FOR EMPLOYEE, DEVELOP AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND EXPAND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION PLAN. WHAT HAVE THEY ACCOMPLISHED. CREATED 13 ADDITIONAL SCHOOL RELAXATION ROOMS AND 20 MORE DEPARTMENT RELAXATION ROOMS. TO DATE WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 98 SCHOOL RELAXATION ROOMS COMPLETED. 51 ELEMENTARY, 25 MIDDLE, 15 HIGH AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS. TOGETHER RELAXATION ROOMS NEED TO SEND AN EMAIL FOR ASSISTANCE. NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE HOW DISTRICT CONTINUES TO FOSTER SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS WITH TWO RELAXATION ROOMS AND ALSO OUR THERAPY DOG. >> Chair Brill: Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: THANK YOU. I LOVE THAT THERAPY DOG SO MUCH. AMAZING. SO THIS IS ONE OF MY-- THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT IS THE FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A CHANGE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE, AND I'M JUST THRILLED ABOUT IT. SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS I'M PROUD OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ABOUT WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY IN THE AMOUNT OF FOR INSTANCE, HAVING A TRUSTED ADULT ON CAMPUS. HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE THAT? DO WE HAVE NUMBERS THAT GO WITH THESE THINGS? ALSO I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST MANY TIMES THAT STUDENTS STRUGGLE TO FIND AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE SOMEBODY OR IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR COUNSELING, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM. DO WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT WHERE WE CAN SEE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT PERFECT NOW, A PROGRESS TO SHOW THAT WE ARE EVEN GETTING BETTER AND ACCOMPLISHING THESE GOALS BEYOND JUST AT TEMPTS? >> SO WE HAVE KIND OF EVALUATED THIS INITIATIVE AND REALIZED THERE ARE MORE STEPS THAT ARE NEEDED. I THINK THE INITIATIVE STARTED SMALL AND WE WERE LOOKING AT STUDENTS ON CAMPUS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS STUDENTS THAT REALLY WE THOUGHT NEEDED THAT SUPPORT, OR THE INITIATIVE WORK GROUP THOUGHT NEEDED THAT. IN LOOKING AT THE INITIATIVE AS A WHOLE, WE REALIZE THAT NEXT YEAR WE REALLY NEED TO EXPAND IT JUST TO BE ABLE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. WE REALLY CAN'T QUANTIFY AT THIS POINT IF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT ON A CAMPUS HAS A TRUSTED ADULT. SO ALREADY WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE WORK GROUP, TO CREATE A MORE CONCRETE PLAN TO REALLY CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE THE SCHOOL SOME TOOLS AND SUPPORTS TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION. SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND WE ARE RIGHT IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR THINKING THAT MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS INITIATIVE TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION. BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE AGREE. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS. >> WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW COULD I GO INTO A SCHOOL AND FIND OUT THAT EVERY CHILD HAD A TRUSTED  ADULT AND I VISIT A LOT OF SCHOOLS SO I WONDERED HOW YOU DID THAT. YOU KIND OF GAVE ME THE ANSWER THAT WE GOT MORE WORK TO DO. >> TRANSPARENT WITH YOU. >> NOT EVERYWHERE. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE RELAXATIONS ROOMS, BECAUSE I'M OUT THERE AND ABOUT AND I DO KNOW WHAT GOOD WORK THEY DO OVER AT CROSSROADS ACADEMY AND K.E. CUNNINGHAM, CANAL POINT, ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SOME REAL DIFFICULTIES AND SO I JUST SEE THESE PILOTS, WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THAT HAS A LOT OF CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND HIGH LEVEL SUSPENSIONS AND MAYBE SOMETIMES LOW PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND HIGH LEVEL IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION PROGRAMS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ADDING TO THIS LIST HERE BECAUSE AS I LOOK AT THE FOUR SCHOOLS HERE, THAT'S ON THE LIST FOR REALLY WORKING HARD WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND HELPING OUT, I JUST KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY MORE WHEN I'M WALKING INTO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DIFFICULTY. HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY GET MORE SCHOOLS ON THE LIST THAT TRULY NEED A LOT OF HELP IN THIS ARENA AND I'M LOOKING AT C2B. >> SO WITH C2A BECAUSE OF THE TOOL AND RESEARCH THAT WAS REQUIRED IN THIS, WHAT THEY DID WAS PILOT WITH THOSE SCHOOLS THAT YOU MENTIONED. BUT COME NEXT YEAR FY'25, IT'S GO ELK TO BE SCALED UP WITH THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. SO ALL SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOOL. WAS THEY HAVE DONE WITH THE PILOT IS GATHER INFORMATION, LESSONS LEARNED AND THE INFORMATION THEY GOT FROM THE PILOT, THEY HAVE ACTIVELY STARTED REVISING THE TOOL SO THAT FY'25 THEY WILL BE READY TO ROLL IT OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. >> THAT SOUNDS VERY GOOD BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH IS A BIG DEAL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE PRABS PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE HAVING AND CHILDREN ACTUALLY WALK WALKING OUT OF OUR SCHOOL DOORS AND NOT HAVING A TRUSTED  ADULT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE. ALL OF THESE PIECES ARE CRITICAL. I HOPE THIS PIECE CAN TRULY BE EXPANDED AS THE BOARD IS OUT AND ABOUT THAT WE CAN SEE IT IN ACTION. I LIKE SEEING IT UP HERE BUT I LIKE TO SEE IT IN ACTION. SOME OF THIS I HAVE SEEN IN ACTION SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU. >> THE REACTIONATION ROOMS. SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO REMIND YOU THAT ALL THE EXECUTIVE SPONSORS ARE HERE TONIGHT SO ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING UNDER EACH INITIATIVE WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT SO FAR, THEY'LL ALL TABLING THAT FEEDBACK AND BRINGING IT BACK TO THE WORK TEAMS AS WELL. >> AND THE THERAPY DOGS I'VE SEEN THEM ALL OVER. >> I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO Dr. MILLER THEME D COMMITTED AND IMPACTFUL EMPLOYEES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. JUMPING INTO THEME D STARTING WITH INITIATIVE DIDISA CREATING EMPLOYEE DESIGNED APPROACHES FOR JOB SATISFACTION, LOYALTY AND RETENTION, YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW OF THE PROJECTS THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS DEVELOPING EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY AND PROVIDING HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCE CENTER. THIS GROUP HAS NOT ONLY ACCOMPLISHED EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY BUT GIVEN IT TO OUR STAFF ALREADY AND GOTTEN THE RESULTS AND LOOKING AT THOSE RESULTS TO MAKE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE MORE OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SATISFIED. THE IMPACT IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD AN EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY. WE CAN TAKE THAT DATA AND IMPROVE. YOU CAN SEE HUMAN RESOURCES RESOURCE CENTER, IMAGE OF IT ON THE TOP LEFT AND THE SURVEY WAS PUT OUT THROUGH THE LINK AND OTHER PLACES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT. INITIATIVE D1B EVALUATING ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ADJUSTING AS NEEDED TO FOSTER EMPLOYEE SUCCESS AND EFFECTIVE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES SO REALLY THE MAIN PROJECT OF THIS INITIATIVE THIS YEAR IS TO DEVELOPING AN ONBOARDING PROGRAM, SUPERVISORS HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND KILL THEY NEED TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS. SO WHAT DOES THIS GROUP ACCOMPLISH? THEY'VE CREATED A COURSE, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS COURSE FOR SUPERVISORS TO BETTER SUPPORT THE STAFF THEY HAVE. RIGHT NOW IT WAS JUST PILOTED SO FAR BUT IT SHOULD GO ACROSS THE DISTRICT NEXT YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW THE SUPERVISORS FROM THE PILOT ARE BETTER PREPARED AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE IN THE FUTURE. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE MODULES INCLUDED IN THAT COURSE. CREATE A CULTURE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE CLEANSE AMONG EMPLOYEES OR WE CALL THE CATCH THE WAVE INITIATIVE. SO WE HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT CATCH THE WAVE. THE PROJECTS OF THIS INITIATIVE THIS LAST YEAR WERE TO ENSURE IMPLEMENT MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PLAN ABOUT CATCH THE WAVE SO EVERYONE WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT AND DEVELOPING RESOURCE HUB TO SUPPORT CATCH THE WAVE. WHAT ARE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? THEY DESIGNED AND LAUNCHED CAMPAIGN MARKETING CAMPAIGN ON CATCH THE WAVE. THEY DEVELOPED THE RESOURCE CENTER. THEY ALSO DEVELOPED AN E-LEARNING COURSE FOR OUR STAFF THAT OVER 20,000 STAFF MEMBERS ARE COMPLETED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND REALLY THE HUGE IMPACT OF THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A DISTRICT WE HAVE EXCELLENCE FOR ALL OF OUR STAKE HOLERS. HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MARKETING MATERIALS FROM CATCH THE WAVE THAT ARE VERY PROFESSIONALLY DONE AND OF COURSE I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THE ICONIC PICTURE IN THE TOP RIGHT OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. CATCHING THAT WAVE. WE JUST PRESENTED THE UPDATES ON OUR 13 STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVES. POLICY .06 OUR SCHOOL BOARD POLICY THAT GOVERNS THE STRATEGIC PLAN ALLOWS THE ADDITION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ADD ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT CHANGES. SO UNDER Mr. BURKE'S LEADERSHIP WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE AROUND A.I. WOULD I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE IMAGE ON THIS SLIDE WAS DEVELOPED WITH A TOOL CALLED ADOBE FIREFLY. IT'S A BRAND NEW IMAGE, NOT CREATED BY ANYONE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE TO ALL OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AS WELL AS OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO USE. LET'S DIVE INTO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING ON THIS INITIATIVE. WE ARE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IT UNDER THEME D COMMITTED IMPACTFUL EMPLOYEES AND THE NAME WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS D1C EMPOWER STAFF AND STUDENTS TO INTEGRATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ENHANCED LEARNING, INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND ASPIRE INNOVATION. WE HAVE THREE OVERARCHING GOALS AND PLEASE NOTE THIS SLIDE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS SINCE THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE WE ARE PROPOSING. THE THREE OVERARCHING GOALS ARE REALLY TO UTILIZE A.I. FOR CREATIVE AND ADAPTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS, SECOND TO IS IS STREAMLINE ADMINISTRATIVE FOR OUR STAFF AND FOSTER A CULTURE OF INNOVATION LEVERAGING WHAT A.I. HAS TO OFFER. SO WE HAVE FOUR INITIAL PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN NISH AND I'M GOING TO STRESS THE WORD INITIAL. ANY ARTICLE YOU READ ANY DAY HAS AN UPDA IT ON A.I., NEW TOOLS DEVELOPED EACH DAY AND NEW WAYS TO USE THE TOOLS. THESE ARE INITIAL PROJECTS. WE ARE SURE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS POP UP AS IT GROWS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT IN DEPTH OF EACH OF THE PROJECTS. THE FIRST ONE IS DEVELOPING AN A.I. POLICY. WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT HAVING SCHOOL BOARD POLICY AROUND A.I. SPECIFICALLY. , HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW A.I. IS PROBABLY GOING TO TOUCH A LOT OF OUR TECHNOLOGY POLICIES, TEACHING AND LEARNING TO SIS AND OTHERS, SO THAT IS ONE PROJECT FOR THIS WORK GROUP TO TACKLE THE SECOND IS PROVIDING STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE ACCESS TO A.I. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A SECOND HERE. OUR DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY Dr. ATWELL EXPLAINS THE CONCEPT CALLED WALLED GARDEN. AND WITH A CALLED GARDEN, WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS GOING INTO GARDEN USING A.I. TOOL SAFELY. THEY CAN LEARN AND THEY CAN GROW WITHIN THAT GARDEN BUT THERE ARE THE WALLS AROUND THE GARDEN WHICH PROTECTS OUR STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE INFLUENCES COMING IN AND ANY INFORMATION THE STUDENT HAPPEN TO PUT IN, IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. IT STAYS WITH US IN THE DISTRICT AND THAT'S THE WALLED GARDEN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY TOOLS WE PUT IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE WALLED GARDEN. WE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT, A PILOT THIS YEAR, THANKS TO Mr. BURKE'S LEADERSHIP, AND THE SUPPORT OF Dr. DAVID NICHOLSON, WE IMPLEMENTED A PILOT OF CONMIGO, THE A.I. AT KHAN ACADEMY. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT IMPLEMENTATION AND WE ARE GOING TO USE THAT TO ROLL OUT THE TRAINING AND CONMIGO TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF. WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CONM OI GO. AS FAR AS OUR STAFF, WE ALSO WANT OUR STAFF TO HAVE THE WALLED GARDEN, RIGHT BECAUSE ANYTHING OUR STAFF ARE LOOKING THROUGH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CORRECT, IF POSSIBLE. BUT ALSO SAFE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE ANYTHING WE PUT IN LIKE P.I.; WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING BUT SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN. NONE OF THAT IS GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. IT WILL STAY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION SOME TOOLS OUR STAFF HAVE ACCESS TO AS WELL AS OUR BOARD MEMBERS. I MENTIONED ADOBE FIREFLY WITH THE PICTURE GENERATOR FROM THE GLASS SLIDE. THAT IS ONE A.I. TOOL STAFF HAVE ACCESS TO. WE HAVE CANVA, IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. A SOFTWARE THAT HELPS CREATE SLIDE DECKS AND SLIDES FOR STUDENTS. IT HAS AN A.I. TOOL IN IT WHERE YOU CAN CREATE NOVEL SLIDES FOR STUDENTS, WHICH IS COOL. AND WE HAVE GOOGLE GEM ANY A.I. WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO US. THE THIRD ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A TECH SAFE TRAINING EACH YEAR. WE ARE ADDING AN A.I. MODULE TO THE TECH SAFE MODULE AND KHAN ACADEMY HAS DEVELOPED A COURSE FOR STUDENTS ON A.I. WHICH IS WONDERFUL. WE HAVE STARTED TRAINING OUR STAFF OFFERING IN PERSON VIRTUAL TRAININGS FOR OUR STAFF ON HOW TO USE THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THEM. FINALLY EXPLORING INNOVATIVE USES OF A.I. FOR EFFICIENCIES AN INSIGHTS. BRIEFLY MENTION ONE I'M EXCITED ABOUT. LOOKING AT OUR EDUCATIONAL DATA WAREHOUSE AND BEING ABLE TO APPLY A.I. TO OUR DATA, SO INSTEAD OF ALL THESE PRECRAFTED REPORTS THAT OUR STAFF ARE USED TO USING, A STAFF MEMBER COULD GO IN AND ASK A QUESTION OF OUR DATA AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PLAYING WITH IT NOW TO SEE HOW IT WOULD LOOK AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE VISUALIZATIONS. SO WITH THAT, WITH Mr. BURKE'S LEADERSHIP, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN FRIM FRAMEWORK WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHERE THE NEW INITIATIVE WOULD FALL INTO. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO Mrs. WYATT. >> Chair Brill: BEFORE I CALL ON MS. ANDREWS, I ASKED Mr. BURKE IF HE IS GOING TO BRING BACK THE STRATEGIC PLAN-FOR-US TO VOTE ON BEING INSERTED INTO THE PLAN. >> Supt.Burke: IT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT WARRANTS AN ADDITION TO THE PLAN. WE DON'T TYPICALLY ADD INITIATIVES OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY IN THE NEWS YOU ARE SEEING THE A.I., YOU KNOW, JUST ADVANCE EXPONENTIALLY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING THE TOOL IN A SAFE WAY AND LEVERAGING THE NEW EFFICIENCIES AND EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE GAINED FROM IT. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, YOU KNOW, BREAKTHROUGHS IN TECHNOLOGY SINCE THE PERSONAL COMPUTER SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BE ACTIVELY WORKING TO MAKE BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS WE WILL BRING BACK THE PLAN FOR A VOTE AT SOME POINT SOON. >> I WANT TO ADD I THINK IT'S GREAT AT THAT TIME WE ARE TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND ACTUAL PUT OUT THERE I KNOW I SHARED WITH Mr. BURKE OUR COUNTY MAYOR MAYOR WEISS HAS BEEN GOING AROUND SPEAKING ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE IS INVOLVED WITH. HE HAD ADD, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE DOING. AT SOME POINT WE MIGHT WANT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REACH OUT AND SHARE SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING FORTH ON A.I. SINCE THAT'S ONE OF HIS PASSIONS AS WELL. MS. ANDREWS. >> WE ARE DOING GREAT THINGS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. I'M PRETTY EXCITED. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERY BOARD MEMBER WANTS THIS BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PILOTS WE HAVE AND ALL THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, IS THERE-- AND I LOVE IT THAT WE HAVE THE REVIEW AND IT'S COMING TO THE BOARD FOR ADOPTION, BUT AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHEN I'M ON THE GROUND AND WHEN WE ARE OUT THERE ON THE GROUND, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE KNEW SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, THE DIFFERENT PILOTS THAT SH HAPPENING WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND A LIVE DOCUMENT, MAYBE THE MONTH OF AUGUST, THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SCHOOL THAT COVER MANY OF THESE STRATEGIC THEMES FOR ALL OF US SO IF WE ARE OUT AND ABOUT, WE CAN SAY I NEED TO GO AND SEE THAT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING O. IT IS NICE HEAR IT HERE AND KNOW IT'S GOING ON AND SOME OF IT I'VE BUMPED INTO BY ACCIDENT. OH MY GOODNESS, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ME, TO SEE IF THERE COULD BE SOMETHING-- AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. YOU ARE THE EXPERTS ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HIGHLIGHT EACH MONTH OF THINGS WE ARE DOING WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, SOME PILOTS THAT ARE GOING ON HOW WE HAVE ADDED DIFFERENT ARENAS AS IT RELATES TO THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIC THEELS. WE CAN'T GO EVERYWHERE BUT IF WE SEE SOMETHING, WE MIGHT WANT TO DRIVE TO BOCA AND CHECK IT OUT. OR I WANT TO GO TO JUPITER TO SEE THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW FIVE SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT. WITH ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE ARE DOING, THERE IS SO MUCH IN HERE THAT WE ARE DOING, THAT IF YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT HIVE I'VE WE ARE HEARING IT BUT IT'S NICE WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT AND VALIDATE IT WHEN YOU VOTE ON IT. THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. >> Supt.Burke: THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AS WE GEAR UP FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND I START THINKING ABOUT WAS GOING TO BE MY MESSAGE AND TALKING POINTS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENTS AND ALL THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL VENUES, IT'S GOING TO BE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE A.I. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. AND THE COLLATERAL THAT THE TEAM PUTS TOGETHER FOR ME AND THE VIDEOS AND THE SLIDE SHOWS AND ALL THAT, THE POWERPOINTS, I WILL BE SURE TO SHARE WITH THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL ARE ALSO OUT THERE INFORMING THE COMMUNITY SO WE WILL BE SURE TO MAKE THE MATERIALS AVAILABLE. AND WE CAN ALSO TAILOR THEM TO YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS BUT YEAH, I THINK THE MORE WE COMMUNICATE THE BETTER BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. >> YOU HAVE HEARD THE UPDATES FOR THE 13 INITIATIVES AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS DIFFERENT-FOR-THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SUPERINTENDENT BURKE FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR STUDENTS HAVE HAD A VOICE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR STUDENTS IN SEVERAL GRADE LEVELS HAVE HAD AMAZING COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES AT DISTRICT FUNDED. AND WHILE WE TALKED ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR YEARS, THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE A FORMAL COMPREHENSIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE CAMPAIGN THAT PERMEATES THROUGH OUR DISTRICT. AND WE ALSO NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE A ROBUST TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN INITIATIVE SO SUCCESSFUL WE SAW SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN OUR KINDERGARTEN READINESS NUMBERS. WHILE THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE WILL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND IN CLOSING, OUR PRIORITY STUDENT OUTCOMES, I GUESS AS Ms. McQUINN ASKED, ARE REPORTED THROUGH OUR MANY DATA INDICATORS SHARED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT EATS ANNUAL REPORT. AND NOW I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT. >> Supt.Burke: YES AND THAT REPORT THEN FEEDS INTO MY EVALUATION WHICH WILL BE COMING UP IN THE FALL. THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOP. >> THANK YOU. >> Supt.Burke: THANKS TEAM. I KNOW WE HAVE A HEAVY AGENDA A LOT OF IMPORTANT TOPICS. I'M GOING TO WELCOME UP Mr. JOSEPH SANCHES, OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, Dr. JAMES CAMPBELL DIRECTOR OF COP INSTRUCTION, AND DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION IF LEE IS ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. HE IS A BUSY GUY. MISS TASHA BURKE MANAGER OF CHEAP OPERATING OFFICE. WEE WILL RUN THROUGH THIS WORKSHOP IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE WE DO THE QUESTIONS. >> THIS WORKSHOP DEALS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT THAT THE JULY OF 2026 THAT WE HAVE LATE SCHOOL START 250EU789S FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THAT HAS HAD-- YOU ARE GOING SEE A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS FROM THAT AND WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT TOUT COMMUNITIES. AND WE WILL LOOK AT OUR OPTIONS. WE WOULD NOT ASK THE BOARD TOE APPROVE A PLAN UNTIL MAY OF 2025. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR PARENTS INFORMED ABOUT AND OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE LEGISLATIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION THAT PEOPLE MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER THIS LEGISLATION IN LIGHT OF ALL THE KIND OF POTENTIAL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IT HAS. SO WITH NAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO Mr. SANCHES. >> THANK YOU, Mr. BURKE. I'M JOINED BY Dr. JAMES CAMPBELL, FORMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT LIAISON IN MY OFFICE AND HAS LED THE SCHOOL-BASED SCHEDULING SUBGROUP WHICH IS PART OF OUR INITIATIVE AND MISS TASHA BURKE IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS INITIATIVE LEADING THE ENTIRE EFFORT AND THERE ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THIS. I COULD SUBTITLE THIS INITIATIVE THAT CHANGE IS HARD. WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES OUR AGENDA WE WILL TALK ABOUT HB-733 IS. A SUMMARY OF THE WORK. THE WORK GROUPS AND SUBGROUPS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM. SOME COMPARISONS TO OTHER DISTRICTS, SOME DISTRICT PARAMETERS, SOME OBJECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THE BILL AND THE LAW NOW. SOME POSITIVE NEW BELL SCHEDULE OPTIONS AS WELL AS THE TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS. SO WE'LL START OUT WITH THIS, FIRST OF ALL, THE GOAL OF THE LEGISLATION THE NEW LAW IS THAT BY JULY 1, 2026, DATE FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS MUST BE SCHOOLS CANNOT START EARLIER THAN 8 CLOCK AND HIGH SCHOOL NO EARLIER THAN 8:3. THEN OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE LAW SAY PARTS OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DOINGS INFORM STAKE HOLDERS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF SLEEP DEPEND DEPRIVATION AND WE HAVE TO INFORM STAKEHOLDERS OF THE BENEFITS OF LATER SCHOOL START TIME AND WE HAVE TO DISCUSS LOCAL STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT THE LATER SCHOOL START TIMES. NOW THIS, AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE IS A LINK AND THIS LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION, BACKGROUND THAT THE SUMMARY ANALYSIS OF THE BILL. AND INCLUDING STARTING ON PAGE 2 OF THAT ANALYSIS IS SOME BACKGROUND THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE RESEARCH THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATURE SO THEY CAN INFOMPLE THEIR DECISIONS AND INCLUDED ON THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE ARE REFERENCES TO THE DIFFERENCE-- THE DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THEM AND VARIOUS COMMITTEES. I'M NOT GOING TO FORCE YOU TO READ THROUGH EVERYTHING AND THERE IS A BUNCH OF LINKS DOWN THERE. THE LINKS WILL TAKE YOU TO MORE LINKS AND THERE IS A BUNCH OF INFORMATION IN THERE BUT I WILL SUMMARIZE WHAT IS INCLUDED IN SOME OF THAT FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE ONLY TWO STATES IN THE NATION THAT REQUIRE LATE START TIMES. THAT'S CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING IT. BUT CURRENTLY ONLY CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA REQUIRE IT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN REFERENCED. STUDIES BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. THEN THE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY ENGAGED A PAGA TO DO A REVIEW OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT STUDIES AND PRESENT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON WHAT THEIR FINDINGS WERE. SPLFT FINDINGS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN HERE WERE INCLUDED THINGS SUCH AS TEENS NEED MORE SLEEP. TEENS NEED BETWEEN EIGHT AND A HALF AND NINE AND A HALF HOURS OF SLEEP EACH NIGHT. MOST ARE NOT GETTING THAT. BUT MOST PARENTS THINK THEIR STUDENTS ARE GETTING IT SO THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT THE PARENTS THEIR AND THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE SHOWING. AND THE LACK OF SLEEP IMPACTS STUDENTS MOOD, ATTITUDES, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, CHRONIC SLEEP CAN LEAD TO OBESITY, EVEN CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS. LEADING TO A RELIANCE ON STIMULANTS. SO YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE STORE YOURSELF, A HEAVY HIVE HIECH CONTINUE TO GROWTH OF NIECE ENERGY DRINKS AND A LOT OF OUR TEENS ARE USING THOSE ENERGY DRINKS. THE STUDIES ALSO FIND THAT EARLY STARTS SCHOOL STARTS HURT STUDENTS AND LATER START TIMES CAN BENEFIT THEM. SOME OF THE BENEFITS THEY SAY THE STUDIES POINT TO OUR BETTER PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, I AM IMPROVE SAFETY SAYING THE NUMBER OF CAR CRASHES ARE REDUCED, HIGHER ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE, MORE CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT, REDUCED ABSENTEEISM AND REDUCED TARDINESS. AND THERE ARE ONE OR TWO STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT LATER START TIMES DO NOT-- EARLY START TIMES DO NOT IMPACTS MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS IT DOES THE TEE. DISADVANTAGED TAM LIST STRUGGLE THE MOST WITH LATER START TIMES BECAUSE THEY STRUGGLE WITH LATER START TIMES, THEY STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR BEFORE AND AFTER CARE FOR THEIR STUDENTS. THEY DON'T HAVE A PARENT AT HOME THAT CAN PICK UP A STUDENT. THEY DON'T HAVE A STAY AT HOME PARENT AND THEY ALSO, THE STUDENTS WHO FAMILIES RELY UPON TO WORK AND BRING AN INCOME, THEY DON'T START-- SCHOOLS STARTING LATER, THE STUDENTS HAVE AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO EARN INCOME TO HELP THE FAMILY. WE HAVE DONE INTERNAL RESEARCH. WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE LATER START TIMES, FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL AND BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY BOTH START AT 8:30. OUR INTERNAL RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY MORE TASHEDIES IN THE LATE START SCHOOLS THAN THIS THE EARLY START SCHOOLS AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH RACE, GENDER AND FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AS WELL AS ELL STUDENTS. I WILL POINT OUT THIS LEGISLATION WAS PASSED SIGNIFICANTLY BY-- IT IS A BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION PASSED BY BIPARTISAN SUPPORT THE HOUSE WAS 2-20. -- 92-20. IN CASE YOU TALK TO YOUR LEGISLATIVE FRIENDS HOW THIS WENT DOWN. SOME OF THE WORK GROUPS POINTED OUT, SO WE HAD-- THESE ARE DIFFERENT ACTUALLY THE NUMBER OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE WORK GROUP YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LISTED THERE. ATHLETICS, HUMAN RESOURCES WAS INVOLVED EARLY ELEMENTARY RESEARCH DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED, EXTENDED LEARNING AND THEN WE HAD 12 PRINCIPALS INVOLVED WITH THE WORK GROUP AS WELL. SO THERE WERE OVER 60 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING 234 OUR PLEETINGS. -- IN OUR MEETINGS. WE HAD SUBGROUPS. A VARIETY OF SUBGROUPS AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WORKED ON. SUBGROUPS HAD MEETINGS BETWEEN THE BIGGER GROUP MEETINGS. SO THE SCHOOL DAYS SCHEDULING GROUP Dr. CAMPBELL LED UP, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFERENT HOURS, ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS DO NOT SHARE THE SAME LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL DAY. AND THEN WITH EARLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE EXTENDED DAY, 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE A LOCK ARE LONGER DAY AND THAT INFLUENCES THE SCHEDULING FOR THE BUSES AS WELL. OUR ROUTING PARAMETERS IS A BIG ISSUE. OUR COURTESY RIDERS, OUR SUBGROUP ON COURTESY RIDERS, WE HAVE A LOT OF COURTESY RIDERS, 4400 OF THEM AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THAT SUBGROUP IS THAT WE AUDIT THE COURTESY RIDERS AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STOPS PRIMARILY SECONDARY. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHICH WENT THROUGH THIS, I THINK THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, THEY WERE CONSIDERING ELIMINATING COURTESY RIDES AND JUST TO EXPLAIN WHAT COURTESY RIDERS ARE RIDERS WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE SCHOOL. SO THEY WERE INITIALLY PLANNED TO ELIMINATE THE COURTESY RIDERS AFTER FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEY DECIDED TO ELIMINATE ONLY THE SECONDARY COURTESY RIDERS IN AN EFFORT TO FREE UP MORE BUSS TO HELP SERVE THE NEW SCHEDULE TIME. CHOICE TRANSPORTATION WAS ANOTHER SUBGROUP WE HAVE. ONE OF THE FLAINTS THAT COMPLAINTS WE GET IS OUR CHOICE RIDES ARE VERY LONG. SOME CAN BE VERY LONG. IF YOU ARE THE FIRST KID ON THE BUS THIS THE MORNING OR LAST ONE GETTING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON, YOUR BUS RIDE COULD BE 90 MINUTES LONG OR MORE. ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT WE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE PROGRAMS WHICH IS FANTASTIC BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE STOPS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS WHETHER WE THEY'D TO -- ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT, DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE ELIGIBLE RIDERS RIDING THE BUSES AND LOOK AT POSSIBLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CHOICE STOPS. ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED IS MAYBE USING THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS A HUB, HAVE THE PARENTS BRING THE KIDS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEN WE PICK THE KIDS FUP FROM THERE AND TAKE THEM TO THE ELEMENTARY OR THE HIGH SCHOOL. ESE, BEFORE CARE AND AFTER CARE IS A BIG ISSUE FOR THEM. IF A STUDENT HAS AN IEP, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY JUST LUMP EVERY STUDENT TOGETHER IN BEFORE CARE OR AFTER CARE PROGRAM. BEE HAVE TO HEADACHE SURE THE STUDENT IS PROVIDED WITH THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND SOMEBODY WHO IS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THAT STUDENT WITH THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. AND WE ALREADY HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH BEFORE AND AFTER CARE. AND THIN THEN OUR SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS. ROYAL PALM SCHOOL, INDIAN RIDGE SCHOOL WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE SCHOOLS THE SAME HOURS. WE WANT TO TREAT THEM SEPARATELY FROM THE REST OF OUR CONSIDERATIONS. BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT STAFFING FOR MORNING CARE LIKE I MENTIONED WE STRUGGLE WITH THAT AT THIS POINT. Y HARD TO FILL THE POSITIONS. COST FOR DISTRICT AND PARENTS TO PROVIDE THOSE PROGRAMS IS FOR ATHLETICS, ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS IF YOU MOVE HIGH SCHOOLS BACK OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS BACK LATER, CAN YOU HAVE PRACTICE IN THE MORNING? THAT DISADVANTAGES THE STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE SCHOOLS IN THE MORNING SO THAT IS A CONCERN. RUNNING ACTIVITY BUSES LATER, WE CURRENTLY HAVE SPORTS ACTIVITIES THAT SOME GAMES HAVE-- SOME EVENINGS HAVE FRESHMAN OR J.V. GAME AND VARSITY GAME, WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE THE GAMES AROUND TO GET EVERYTHING IN ONE EVENING. AND VARSITY KICKOFF TIME, SECURITY PROTOCOLS WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT EVEN IF BEE HAVE TO MOVE THE START TIMES BACKS LATER FOR THE FOOTBALL GAMES. WE HAVE A RESEARCH TEAM. I TALKED ABOUT THE ABSENTEEISM AT THE LATE START SCHOOLS ALREADY. THEY'RE WORKING ON A SURVEY AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC. AND WE HAVE COMMUNICATION TEAMS AND WE ARE PUTTING OUT A SURVEY AND SOME TOWN HALL MEETINGS LATER ON THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE HAD A BUNCH OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, MET AT THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT. WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE PRINCIPAL GROUPS CABINET, SCHOOL TRAFFIC, TASK FORCE, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTY AND, BECAUSE THE COUNTY ACTUALLY OVERSEES THE CROSSING GUARDS AND THEY ALSO OVERSEE THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS, THE FLASHING LIGHTS AT OUR SCHOOLS SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM. WE WILL BE HAVING MORE MEETINGS WITH THEM. WE MET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL AND WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED THIS PRESENTATION TO THEM. AND DID A LITTLE SURVEY OF THEM. AND OF THE 17 RESPONSES, AND KEEP IN MIND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO THEY DO HAVE-- THEIR OPTION WAS THE ONE THAT HAD THE HIGH SCHOOL START FIRST, NOT SURPRISINGLY. AND THEN THEY HAD SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING BACK TO MAKING SURE WE GET STUDENT VOICE. WE GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS AND SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED IF THERE IS NO POSITIVE STATISTICS IN OUR DISTRICT FOR IT. IT'S DIFFICULT FOR STUDENT ATHLETES TRYING TO MANAGE COURSE LOAD AND PRACTICE BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT THEY WOULD BE GETTING HOME I THINK OUR SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW IS PERFECT AND ON AND ON. LESS HOURS OF WORK, LESS MONEY FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT. JOBS START EARLY IN THE REAL WORLD. SO WE ARE NOT BEING PREPARED FOR THAT. A NUMBER OF COMMENTS FROM THE STUDENTS. WE ALSO MET WITH THE CTA REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE INFORMED ABOUT THIS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THEM TO MAKE SURE RIEPTS OF THE TEACHERS-- REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TEACHERS ARE PART OF THE VOICES THAT WE HEAR MOVING FORWARD. SO A COUPLE OF COMPARISONS OF DISTRICTS AND WHAT IS GOING ON. THE FIRST THREE HILLSBOROUGH, (INAUDIBLE) ARE IMPLEMENTING SIMILAR SCHEDULES THAT MEET THE LEGISLATION. WITH SOME TWEAKS THEY MAY HAVE TO DO AND MARTIN IS PLANNING ON STARTING THIS COMING AUGUST WITH IMPLEMENTING. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE OF THE-- FOR ALL FOUR OF THOSE DISTRICTS, THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH SCENARIOS WITH ELEMENTARY START FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE HIGH SCHOOLS FOLLOWED BY THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, YOU SEE THAT WHERE WE ARE, PALM BEACH COUNTY, WE START HIGH SCHOOLS THEN ELEMENTARY AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND YOU SEE THE TIME DIFFERENCES. I WANTED TO INCLUDE THE AREA COLUMN IN HERE, THE THIRD COLUMN IN HERE, TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES. EVEN THOUGH WE OFTEN COMPARE OURSELVES WITH HILLSBOROUGH IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, GEOGRAPHICALLY WE ARE MUCH LARGER THAN HILLSBOROUGH. WE ARE ALMOST TWICE THE SIZE GEOGRAPHICALLY AND THAT MAKES A HUGE DID INCHES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW COMPACT YOU ARE MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION. SOME OF THE DISTRICT PARAMETERS AND CONSIDERATIONS MOST OF OUR BUS ROUTES ARE THREE TIER. HIGH SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY MIDDLE IN THE MORNING AND THEN ELEMENTARY, HIGH AND MIDDLE IN THE AFTERNOON, THE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT ARE TYPICALLY CHOICE PROGRAMS, A LOT OF OUR CHOICE BUSES DON'T COVER ALL THREE BECAUSE THE ROUTES ARE LONGER. BUS DRIVERS HAVE TO WORK AN EIGHT-OUR DAY. SO WE TRY TO KEEP IT TO EIGHT HOURS. WE DON'T WANT TO EXTEND IT BEYOND EIGHT HOURS AND WE DON'T WANT IT NECESSARILY SHORTER THAN EIGHT HOURS. IF WE DID SOMETHING TO SHORTEN THE BUS ROUTES TO LESS THAN EIGHT HOURS ALLOWING A LOT OF OUR BUS DRIVERS WOULD LEAVE US BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE ENOUGH-- WOULDN'T EARN ENOUGH INCOME. THEY HAVE TO DO A PRE-AND POST TRIP BEFORE EVERY RIDE, 15 MINUTES THAT NEEDS TO BE FACTORED IN. THE TABLE SHOWS THE HOURS OF THE SCHOOL DAY AND THE LAST COLUMN SHOWS TYPICAL THRENTSDZ OF THE ROUTES FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THAT HAS A BELL CURVE. THERE IS ROUTES THAT ARE MUCH SHORTER AND MUCH LONGER. THAT CAPTURES MOST OF THE ROUTES FOR THOSE LEVELS OF SCHOOLS. SO WE HAVE TO FACTOR THAT IN WITH WE MAKE OUR DIFFERENCE SCENARIOS. WOE HAVE TO FACTOR IN THE BREAKFASTS FOR THE STUDENTS. WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN METAL DETECTORS AS WE GO FORWARD. UNFORTUNATELY THAT PROCESS HAS GONE ON A LOT SMOOTHER SO IT DOESN'T REALLY TAKE MUCH TIME TO THE MORNING AND THE SCHOOL DAYS, WE ALSO, FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS WE HAVE TO ALLOW TIME FOR LUNCH BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO IS SQUEEZE THE TIME DOWN FOR HIGH SCHOOLS BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SQUEEZE IT SO MUCH THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME-FOR-LUNCH. WE WANT THE STUDENTS TO HAVE TIME FOR LUNCH AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CLASS. SOME OF THE OBJECTIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AS A RESULT OF THIS. ONE IS THAT STATES SHOULD ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY FOR HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICTS LIKE PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. WHY TAKE AWAY OUR FLEXIBILITY. WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE WORKING. SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. YOU HAVE SEVEN PERIOD DAYS, CHOICE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE ATHLETCS, NOT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFFER THE SAME THINGS THAT WE OFFER AND AS I MENTIONED THINGS ARE WORKING SO WHY CHANGE THEM. SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE COUNTIES, DRIVING DISTANCES AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION. ANYONE DRIVING AROUND PALM BEACH COUNTY KNOWS IT IS MORE AND MORE CONGESTED AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME CHALLENGE IN IN ALL 67 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO COUNTIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME LOCAL CONTROL. PARENTS, STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE OPTIONS WARD REGARDING START TIMES. WE HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE LATER START TIMES. SO WE ARE TAKING AWAY THOSE OPTIONS FROM PARENTS AND STAFF LITTLE CONCERNS FOR EXSTENDED DAY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF. THAT'S A BIG ISSUE, THE STAFFING. ESPECIALLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE HAVE. OPTION 1 STARTS WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FIRST. AS I MENTIONED THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIMILAR TO HILLSBOROUGH AS WELL AS THE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE SHOWN ALREADY DOING IT. IT WOULD START ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT 7 SEVEN 7:30 IN THE MORNING. AND FOR EACH OPTION YOU SEE A DROPOFF TIME TO ALLOW US THE TIME TO FOR STUDENTS TO GET TO THE SCHOOL,-- TWO THINGS. ENOUGH TIME FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE BREAKFAST, BUT ALSO ENOUGH TIME FOR THE BUS TO START AND FINISH TO THEIR NEXT ROUTE SO THEY CAN MAKE THE NEXT SCHOOL ON TIME. SO THAT'S WHY THAT DROPOFF TIME. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, IT STARTS WITH ELEMENTARY AT 7:30 TO 1:35. HIGH SCHOOL 8:45 TO 3:45 AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS FROM SO:15 TO 4:50. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO HILLSBOROUGH. ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THE PREDAWN BUS PICKUP FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS COULD BE VERY EARLY AS EARLY AS 6:45 THAT WE ARE PICKING UP STUDENTS. AND THEN POTENTIAL FOR OVERTIME, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE LOOKED AT IS THIS SCHEDULE COULD RESULT, UNLESS WE MAKE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WITH BUS DRIVERS DRIVING LIKE THREE AND A HALF HOURS THEN HAVE THEIR MIDDAY AVAILABLE AND WORKING FIVE HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON SO IT COULD RESULT IN AN EIGHT AND A HALF TO NINE HOUR DAY UNLESS WE MAKE ADJUST MANIES TO TWEAK THIS. THAT'S THE POTENTIAL OVERTIME THERE. A BIG CONCERN OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, THE LATER YOU START THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE MORE CONCERN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO START THEIR DAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT FIND THEIR WAY INTO SCHOOL. THAT'S A BIG CONCERN AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS STAFFING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS A BIG ISSUE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T WANT TO WORK, A LOT OF TEACHERS DON'T WANT TO WORK THAT LATE. AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOONS, LETS OUT IN THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR. SOABLGHTD OPTION MIDDLE SCHOOLS FIRST. LAW SAYS WE CAN'T START LATER THAN-- EARL WE NARROWED THEM DOWN TO THIS THREE FOR VARIOUS REASONS. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WOULD START AT 8 TO 2:35. AND THEN ELEMENTARY WOULD START LATEST AT 9:45. SO YOU CAN SEE THE CONCERNS THERE WITH MORNING CARE, AFTER SCHOOL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THEM LETTING OUT AT 4:35 IS A CONCERN. HIGH SCHOOL IS IMPACTED BY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHEDULE WHICH IS WHY IT IS PULLED BACK FROM 8:30 TO 9:15 START BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE AFTERNOON ROUTES FOR THE ERM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. FINAL OPTION, THESE ARE ALL PRELIMINARY OPTIONS BECAUSE THEY CAN BE MASSAGED SOMEWHAT. HIGH SCHOOL FIRST, HIGH SCHOOL STARTING AT 8:30 AND ENDS AT 3:50 AND ELEMENTARY AT 9:00 TO 3:05 AND MIDDLE FROM 10:20 TO 4:55. THIS IS THE ORDER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS. SO IT'S PROBABLY EASIEST TO PLUG IN. THE MORNING CARE FOR THE BIGGEST USE OF MORNING CARE FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, PARENTS DROP OFF THEIR KIDS AND SO THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEM, A LOT OF PARENTS ARE USED TO DROPPING OFF THEIR STUDENTS BEFORE WITH THE 8:00 START TIME FOR ELEMENTARY. LATE START AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, STAFFING AND ATTENDANCE ISSUES WITH THEM. IT'S POSSIBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WOULDNT GET HOME UNTIL 6:00 OR SO. SO THIS IS JUST THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US SO AFTER THIS MEETING OR SHORTLY AFTER WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND THAT INCLUDES DOING AT LEAST ONE SURVEY AND THEN PLANNING FOR OUR REGIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR MEETINGS, ONE IN EACH AREA, MAYBE FIVE. AND THEN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME, I KNOW WHEN YOU MEET WITH YOUR OFFICIALS, THE PALM BEACH DELEGATION AND DEVELOP OUR PRIORITIES, PRIOR TO THAT, WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT FEEDBACK SO YOU CAN HAVE INFORMATION FOR THOSE MEETINGS. WE WANT TO SPEND JANUARY TO MARCH INCORPORATING THE INPUT FROM THE SURVEYS AND THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE ARE GOING ASK THE BOARD FOR A VOTE ABOUT A LITTLE LESS A YEAR FROM NOW TO APPROVE ONE OF THE OPTIONS. IT COULD BE MASSAGED. IT COULD BE ONE OF THE OPTIONS PRESENTED OR ONE OF THE OPTIONS CHANGED SLIGHTLY. AND THEN FROM JUNE OF 2025 TO AUGUST OF 2026 IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO COMMUNICATE TO PATIENCE. WE ARE GOING TO PREPARE. DO SOME PRELIMINARY ROUTING, WE DO WHAT WE CAN, IF WE HAVE TO HIRE MORE FOR EXTENDED LEARNING, CREATE PROGRAMS WHERE WE NEED TO CREATE PROGRAMS, ADJUST THE ATHLETIC SCHEDULES. ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT WE FOUND, WE HEARD FROM HILLSBOROUGH IS THAT AFTER THEY SET THE NEW SCHEDULES, A I A NUMBER OF STAFF WANT TO THE TRANSFER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE HOURS THE SCHOOLS OPERATED SO THEY WANT TO GIVE TIME FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF TO TRANSFER THIS THEY WANT TO. AND THEN THE BUS STOP APPEALS BECAUSE IF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE COURTESY RIDERS OR WITH THE CHOICE TRANSPORTATION, WE WANT TO GIF PARENTS THE OPTION TO HAVE AN APPEAL. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. I THINK MOST OF US AGREE THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT CAN PROBABLY, WITH A CROSSING GUARD CAN SAFELY WALK ACROSS FOREST HILL, OR CONGRESS, THEY CAN DO THAT. BUT IS IT ALSO ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS CROSS OVER I-95 LIKE THEY DO RIGHT NOW WITH LAKE WORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WE WANT TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO MAKE THAT APPEAL AND WE CAN MAKE ADJUST MANIES SO ACCOMMODATE THOSE. AND THEN AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION IS AUGUST 2026 SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. >> Chair Brill: WE HAVE A FEW BOARD MEMBERS WHO WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH SOME BRIEF CONTINUES AND MOVE INTO EVERYBODY. THE PARENTS, THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TEACHERS I SPOKE TO AT THE WANT THE SCHEDULE TO REMAIN THE SAME OF COURSE. SO I'VE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY BUT THAT CLEARLY THEIR VOICES WERE NOT HEARD AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO IF AND WHEN WE APPROACH THE LEGISLATURE FOR FLEXIBILITY, WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN THERE WITH US. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE HOTTEST TOPIC THAT WE HAVE HAD TO ADDRESS WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN YEARS. AND THE LATER START TIMES TORE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY HAVE SOUNDED GREAT AND LOOKED GOOD ON PAPER BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, Mr. SANCHES, THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND YOU WENT INTO SOME OF THEM. SOME OF THE OTHERS I HEARD IS THAT MANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE TO WORK JOBS OR TAKE CARE OF THE YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND TO HELP THEIR PARENTS OUT, AND SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE SAID TO ME, THAT EVEN THOUGH WE WOULD BE STARTING LATER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE GOING TO GO TO BED AT THE SAME TIME. WE ARE JUST GOING TO STAY UP LATER. WE ARE GOING TO STAY OUT LATER. SO MOVING THE HIGH SCHOOL TIME MAY NOT REALLY RESULT IN WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT WAS. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BEING AT THE BUS STOPS IF THE DARK. AND LITTLE THE LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS YOU TOUCHED UPON A FEW OF THEM FOR WORKING PARENTS. SO YOU KNOW, MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE SIZE FITS ALL, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT APPROACH FOR US IN TERMS OF THE GRADE LEVELS, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DO HAVE THE EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE A TIERED APPROACH FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO START. I SUGGESTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT EVEN THOUGH OTHER COUNTIES AND OTHER STATES DON'T REQUIRE CERTAIN START TIMES THERE ARE STATES THAT HAVE LARGE DISTRICTS LIKE OURS THAT DO START EARLY AND MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AND SEE YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DO TO DO THAT. HARD PRESSED THOUGH TO FIND ANY DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF FLORIDA THAT IS OUR SIZE BECAUSE WE ARE SUCH A HUGE IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY NUMBER OF STUDENTS MY LAST COMMENT WHEN YOU GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AT LARGE, THEY DON'T FEEL THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND I HAVE EXPLAINED TO THOSE THAT REACHED OUT TO ME THAT WE ARE NOT VOTING, NOTHING IS CARVED THIS STONE. IT HAS TO BE A COMMUNITY EFFORT BUT NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO STAND WITH US WHEN WE ASK FOR FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS SO WITH THAT I'LL CALL ON MR. FERGUSON. >>  Edward Ferguson: GREAT PRESENTATION BUT HAVE I A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SLIDES. FIRSTLY ON OPTION, WHAT I WOULD CALL 1 ELEMENTARY FIRST, IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL HOURS ARE 8:45 TO 3:45, 7 HOURS BUT ON THE OTHER TWO IT IS 7 HOURS 22 MINUTES. WHAT IS THE RATIONALE. WHY IS IT 7 HOURS FOR OPTION ONE VERSUS 7 HOURS AND 20 FOR THE OTHER TWO. WE HAD TO FACTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES ON THE ROUTES ON THE WAY BACK. ONE OF THE SITUATIONS WHERE WE EXTENDED THAT TIME, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME FOR THE BUS TO GET FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SO WE HAD TO EXTEND THOSE HOURS. >>  Edward Ferguson: WHAT ARE THE CURRENT DROPOFF TIMES. >> WE GENERALLY TRY TO DROP OFF 15 MINUTES BEFORE START OF SCHOOL. >>  Edward Ferguson: IF HIGH SCHOOL STARTS AT 7:30 WE DROP OFF AT 7:15. >> 7:00 FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. >>  Edward Ferguson: AND THEN IS THAT 7:45 OR 7:30 FOR ELEMENTARY. IS IT-- >> 7:45. AND FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE 15 MINUTES AS WELL. THIS IS AN UNNECESSARY LAW IT IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE WHAT THEY HOPED IT WOULD SOLVE FOR THE REASON THE CHAIRMAN AR TICK ARTICULATED SO I WON'T BEAT THAT HORSE TODAY AT LEAST. ONE THING I WAS THINKING IS THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT Mr. SANCHES YOU ARE SAYING IN TERMS OF THE PRE-AND POST CHECK OF THE BUSES, OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT WHAT I'M THINKING OPTION ONE IS THE BEST OF THREE BAD OPTION IS WHEN WHEN WE VOTE THIS FOR, I'M VOTING FOR OPTION 1 BUT WHAT-- COULD WE NOT CONSIDERING DO THE FOLLOWING SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OPTION 1. YOU SAID IT COULD BE MASSAGED SO LET'S SEE IF THIS MASSAGE WILL TAKE ROOT. INSTEAD OF STARTING AT 7:30, PERHAPS WE ACTUALLY STILL START AT 8:00 BUT STILL HAVE A DROPOFF THAT IS 40 MINUTES BEFORE. THAT WILL STILL GIVE THE BUS DRIVERS THRIEM TIME TO DO THEIR POST INPECKS AND GO TO THEIR NEXT ROUTE AND I KNOW STATUTORILY BY 2026 HIGH SCHOOLS CAN NOT START UNTIL 8:30, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> PERHAPS WE MOVE RIGHT UP TO THAT CUT OFF TIME OF 8:30 AND MAYBE DO THE DROPOFF 45 MINUTES BEFORE. I GET THAT WE CURRENTLY DO THINGS 15 TO 30 MINUTES BUT I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER MAYBE DOING THE DROPOFF 45 MINUTES EARLY BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL NOT RUSHED. YOU CAN STILL BE SAFE, INSPECT YOUR VEHICLES AND THEN GO TO YOUR THIRD STOP WHICH WOULD BE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH I BELIEVE THE LAW SAYS WE CAN'T START MIDDLE SCHOOL BEFORE 8:00. WE CURRENTLY START MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 9:30 AND I WONDER IF WE COULD CAN KEEP IT AT AROUND 9:30 WITH EARLIER DROPOFFS BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR BUS DRIVERS TO INSPECT THEIR VEHICLES, SAFETY FIRST, AND GET TO THE NEXT SPOT AND LESS OF THE PRECARE. I HOPE AT LEAST THREE OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DON'T SUPPORT THAT ANYWAY. WE DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD AS FAR AS EARLY CHILD CARE ISSUES AND AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE ISSUES FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, Mr. SANCHES I ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER INCREASING THE WINDOW FROM DROPOFF TO SCHOOL START TIME AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO TO MORE CLOSELY FOLLOW. THIS IS FOOLISH. THEY DIDN'T ASK SOMEBODY. THIS IS NOT A CHILDREN'S FIRST LAW. BUT LET'S TRY TO WORK AROUND IT AS BEST WE CAN. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TWO IMPACTS IT WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOURS FOR BUS DRIVERS AND THAT HAS A FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT IT MAKES THE PICKUP TIME FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS EARLIER INSTEAD STEAD OF 6:25, IT COULD BE 6:00 IN THE MORNING. IF YOU ARE DROPPING OFF AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING? >> NO, WHAT I WAS SAYING, Mr. SANCHES, I'LL SLOW DOWN AND RESTATE IT. WHY NOT PUSH THE START TIME BACK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEM TO 8:00. >> AND LEAVE THE SAME... >> YOU COULD KEEP THE DROPOFF AT 7:10 OR 7:15 BECAUSE RESPECTFULLY A LOT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE IN THE DARK ANYWAY SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A BIG THING TO ME. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THE BUS STOPS ARE IN A SAFE AREA. I REMEMBER A YOUNG MAN TRAGICALLY KILLED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT MY FIRST YEAR HERE. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TIME THAT THE SCHOOL STARTS. SO THAT THE BUS DRIVERS ARE NOT RUSHED. I RESPECT WHAT YOU SAY IN TERMS OF BEING SAFE. POST AND PRE-ROUTE INSPECTION. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THAT BUT AGAIN JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THANKS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY START TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE WAY TO FOM THE STATUTE COMING DOWN THE PIKE IS KEEP IT AT THE 8:00 TIME. DROP OFF EARLIER. TEACHERS WILL BE THERE. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IN TERMS OF THE ADDITIONAL COST IN TERMS OF HOURS TO THE BUS DRIVERS AND HOVER ELSE. WE DIDN'T MAKE THE LAW. WE ARE JUST TRIEK TO ADHERE TO IT BEST WE CAN. AND I'M SURE MOST OF THE BUS DRIVERS WOULD NOT BE MAD TO GET AN EXTRA HOUR OR TWO ON THEIR CHECKS AS FAR AS THAT GOES. IN MY MIND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD, HAVING YOUNG CHILDREN, AND BEING AS SUCH BEING A PARENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN, IT SEEMS TO ME KEEP IS THE START TIME AROUND 8:00 FOR ELEMENTARY, KEEPING THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT AT 8:30 BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, AND TO CHAIRMAN BRILL'S POINT, A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS ARE HELPING THEIR PARENTS MAKE ENDS MEET SO US KEEPING THEM IN SCHOOL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON LIMITS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AND SOME OF THESE CHILDREN ARE REALLY HELPING THEIR FAMILIES STAY OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE WITH FORECLOSURE OR STAY OFF THE STREETS FROM BEING EVICTED. WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. THIS FEELS LIKE A TYPE OF LAW THAT IS GOING CUT OUR NOSE OFF TO SPITE OUR FACE. NOBODY THOUGHT THIS THROUGH. WE NEED TO BE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM RESPECTFULLY AND MAKE THIS WORK. I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING YOU ALL AND MY FELLOW MEMBERS AS WELL TO REALLY CONSIDER HAVING A GREATER SPACES BETWEEN THE DROPOFF AND THE START TIME SO THAT THE BUS DRIVERS ARE NOT RUSHED, STUDENTS TO WHERE THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL HIT TO THE DISTRICT. MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS ALWAYS WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN. BUT AGAIN, GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS. >> WAIT, SORRY,. >> I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN. THE START TIME ITSELF IS NOT THE BIGGEST LIMITING FACTOR MUCH IT'S THE BUS ROUTE TIME. EVEN IF WE DROP OFF AT 7:SO AT ELEMENTARY AND START ELEMENTARY AT 8 CLOCK. YOU NEED THE 65 TO ECHT IS MINUTES FROM THE TIME THEY DROP OFF TO ELEMENTARY TO MAKE IT TO HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S REALLY THE BIG PIECE THERE. IF WE DROP OFF AT 7:10 AND YOU STILL NEED 70 MINUTES FOR HIGH SCHOOL ROUTE THAT'S GETTING YOU TO 8:20. WE SHAVED OFF FIVE MINUTES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ROUTE TIME ALREADY. THAT'S THE LIMITING FACTOR, HOW LONG IT TAKES THE BUSES TO RUN THE ROUTES BY LEVEL. >>  Edward Ferguson: I DON'T UNDERSTAND. >> THE SAME BUSES ARE GOING TO DROP OFF AT THE ELEMENTARY AT 7:SO, IT IS GOING TO TAKE THEM 70 MINUTES TO LEAVE THE ELEMENTARY, GO PICK UP THEIR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND THEN GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BE ABLE TO DROF OPEN. SO THAT MEANS IF THEY DROP OFF AT 7:10, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING IT TO DROP OFF AT:10,:15 ALREADY. NOT SO MUCH THE START TIME FOR THE ACADEMICS, IT'S MORE WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE ARRIVING ON CAMPUS BY THE BUSES. >>  Edward Ferguson: YOU ARE TRYING TO GIVE THE BUS DRIVERS A LITTLE LAG BECAUSE IT'S STILL... >> THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL ROUTE TIME IS 70 MINUTES RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ALREADY TELLING THEM THEY HAVE TO DO IT A LITTLE FASTER AND IT CAN BE TRIMMED BUT IT'S-- THAT'S THE BIG LIMIT CAN FACTOR IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME EACH OF THOSE ROUTE TIMES, 45 FOR ELEMENTARY, 70 FOR MIDDLE AND 65 FOR HIGH SCHOOL ARE REALLY WHAT IS DETERMINING THE TIME IN BETWEEN THE LEVELS. >>  Edward Ferguson: I STILL THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN REGARDS TO THAT. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID BUT I'M ENCOURAGING MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO LEAN IN ON OPTION ONE AND LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT ONE WORK BECAUSE FROM THE CHILDREN IN MANY FAMILIES INTERESTS. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE MOST APPRECIATED. BUT AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION EVERYBODY. IN MY CONSERVATION TO Mr. BURKE, IS I HOPE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA WILL DEFINITELY STEP UP TO THE PLATE NOW BECAUSE THIS IS IMPACTING EVERYBODY ALL ACROSS THE STATE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION IS DOING, BUT WE ALL MUST COME TOGETHER. I SEE THE LEGISLATIVE PIECE FOR US AS PALM BEACH COUNTY, THAT'S IN YOUR SLIDE, BUT I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND LET TALLAHASSEE KNOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK. I MEAN YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING THE ELEMENTARY CHILDREN OUT IN THE DARK? I SEE THEM IN THE MORNINGS. IT'S REALLY A BAD SITUATION. WITH THEM WAITING IN THE DARK AND MANY TIMES THE PARENTS CAN BE WITH THEM BUT MANY TIMES THEY'RE JUST STANDING OUT THERE ON THE CORNER WAITING ON THEIR BUS, NONE OF THIS WORKS OUT FOR THE CHILDREN MUCH AND WHOEVER DID THIS, DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS BEST FOR CHILDREN. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGHT IT. I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR CHART AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE STUDENT COUNCIL, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT SITS UP HERE WITH US, PLUS WE HAVE A COUNTY COUNCIL OF STUDENT COUNCIL. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ADD THEM TO THE LIST, Mr. SANCHES, IS THAT A GROUP YOU CAN ADD TO THE LIST? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND I WONDERED WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE THE URBAN 7. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MIAMI DADE WAS DOING, ORANGE COUNTY. I SAW HILLSBOROUGH AND SOME OF THE OTHERS AND CAN WE DO THE URBAN 7. >> THEY'RE NOT READY TO EVEN PRESENT PLANS YET. THEY'RE FURTHER BEHIND. THE ONES WE LOOKED AT ARE THE ONES FOR THE... >> AND THAT'S WHY WE ALL VO TO GET TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR ALL OF THESE BIG DISTRICTS AND ALL OF THE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I THINK WE HAVE TO MOBILIZE AND GET WITH THE GOVERNOR AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATE LEGISLATURE, OUR COUNTY DELEGATION, WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL OF US HAVE TO SAY THIS DOES NOT WORK IT IS THE LAW AND WE HAVE TIME TO START THE PROTEST IN HOW WE CAN ELIMINATE THIS AND HAVE A PUSH BACK OR SET BACK. THEY KIND OF GAVE US A FEW YEARS BEFORE WE HAD TO IMPLEMENT BUT IT NEEDS TO BE AT A DISTRICT EESES REQUEST. IF SOMEONE DISTRICTS WANT TO DO THIS, THAT'S FINE BUT MOST DISTRICTS IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE HEAVY DUTY BUSING. SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS THAT I JUST MENTIONED I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GET THE STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND ARE YOU PLANNING ON EMPLOYEES IN THE GROUP. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE PLAN ON DOING AT LEAST ONE SURVEY. WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE SPLITTING OUT THE SURVEY TO THERE WILL BE DISTRICT AND THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, STAKEHOLDER INPUT MEETING, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WOULD BE INVITED TO THAT AS WELL. >> >> OKAY, THE ONLY THING IS THIS IS SO DIFFICULT, AND I AAPROSEIATE YOU WHAT YOU ARE ALL TRYING TO DO BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO SOME CONSIDERATION IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE KIDS A LITTLE MORE SLEEP. IT IS A REAL THING THE HEALTH IMPACTS, SO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN -- I MEAN, VERY, VERY MUCH GOING TO THE LEGISLATURE AND TALK THEM ABOUT THIS BUT THE START TIMES RIGHT NOW FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 7:25, IT COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO GET UP AT LIKE 5:00 A.M. TO CATCH A BUS THAT EARLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO, I UNDERSTAND AND I RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP HERE. SO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MAYBE OUR TIMES ARE NOT PERFECT CURRENTLY SO I LIKE THAT WE'RE TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT THEM. AND WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT IS SO MUCH. BUT THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS ARE REAL AND SO I HOPE WE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> >> AND I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR THE ONGOING WORK. THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION AND ALSO WE BRING BACK AND START WORKING ON THE BOARD'S PLATFORM FOR NEXT SESSION, WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THIS ISSUE IS FRONT AND CENTER SO THANK YOU, TEAM. AND, STUDENTS CAN ALWAYS GO TO BED EARLIER. IT IS TOUGHISM UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. AND OUR FINAL WORKSHOP, LED BY Mr. KEITH OSWALD, CHIEF OF EQUITY AND WELLNESS. Mr. OSWALD WILL BE JOINED BY MELISSA PATERSON THE DIRECTOR OF SAFE SCHOOLS SENIOR ATTORNEY LISA CARMONA AND Ms. KAREN SCHWARTZ, PROGRAM PLANNER OF SAFE SCHOOLS AND THEY'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH FOUR OF THE POLICIES THAT CENTER ON STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, AND ZERO TOLERANCE, AND SEVERE INCIDENT ASSIGNMENT. Mr. OSWALD. >> THANK YOU, Mr. BURKE. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. YES, WE HAVE FOUR IMPORTANT POLICIES THAT WE WANT TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. FIRST WE'LL START WITH 5.1A14 ZERO TOLERANCE. AND, TO PROVIDE CLARITY WE'VE EXPANDED THE LANGUAGE CURRENTLY IN STATE STATUTE REGARDING POSTING, SENDING, AND TRANSMITTING WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC THREATS. AS WELL AS ADDED LANGUAGE THIS POLICY CAN BE ENFORCED NO MATTER TIME, DATE OR LOCATION OF THREAT WHEN IT INVOLVES THE SCHOOL. IN ADDITION, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS ARE DOING AND HOW WE HANDLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS SUCH AS MACE, WE'LL BE LOOK HE LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THEREFORE, WE COUPLE ELECTRONIC WEAPONS ARE OTHER WEAPONS WITHIN THIS PO POLICY. AND WE FURTHER DEFINE FIREARMS AS IT READS IN STATUTE. WE CLARIFIED FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE ALSO ADDED LANGUAGE FOR MANIFESTATION HEARINGS AS IT RELATES TO EOC STUDENTS AND THE HEARING MUST OCCUR WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE STUDENT BEING MOVED FOR A ZERO TOLERANCE OFFENSE. IF THE BEHAVIOR IS NOT A MANIFESTIZATION OF THE STUDENTS ARE TALKS IT CAN STAY NO LONGER THAN 45 DAYS. IT IS KIND OF A SUMMARY OF SOME OF WHAT IS IN THE ZERO TOLE TOLERANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO TAKE ONE POLICY AT A TIME. I'LL MOVE TO SEVERE INCIDENT. WITHIN POLICY 5.1818 SEVERE INCIDENT ASSIGNMENT, WE CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS SEVERE INCIDENT ASSIGNMENT IS. AND WE ALSO ADDED LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS FOR WHEN A STUDENT IS CHARGED WITH BATTERY OR AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON A SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEE AND IN THE PROCESS IF CHARGES ARE NOT YET BEEN FILED TO ALLOW THE SCHOOL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SEVERE INCIDENT ASSIGNMENT IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND ALSO, SIMILAR TO THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY, WE ADDED THE MANIFESTATION POLICY WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, AND PARENT COMMUNICATION PROCESS. AND THE LAST POLICY, COUPLE BOTH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCTS, HERE WE HAVE ADD CLARIFICATION AND DEFINITION. THE LANGUAGE THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE ADDED THE IN LOCAL PARENTIS LANGUAGE, AND THE AUTHORITY THAT EXISTS WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE UNDER THE CARE OF SCHOOLS. ZERO TOLERANCE LANGUAGE IS ALSO ADDED, AND, WE ADDED LANGUAGE WAS THAT REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SCHOOL STAFF TO INVESTIGATE THREATS AS WELL AS RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM PARENTS OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD IS A POTENTIAL TARGET OF A THREAT. THEY ARE OBLIGATED BY THE STATE BOARD RULE TO RELEASE THE NAME OF THE STUDENT MAKING A THREAT TO PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF THE CHILD WHO IS A POTENTIAL TARGET OF A THREAT. AND WITHIN -- WE ALSO ADDED LANGUAGE THAT WHEN THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE -- (INAUDIBLE) AND, I THINK THAT WAS THE QUICKEST ONE OUT. AND WE WILL BE BACK AND ADOPTION 94 IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, Mr. OSWALD AND THE TEAM. YOU MADE UP SOME TIME FOR US THERE. >> AND WE'LL GIVE BOARD MEMBER AS MOMENT TO OPEN UP THIS SPECIAL MEETING. AN I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE WORKSHOP. A MOTION BY MRS. ANDREWS AND SECONDED BY Mr. FERGUSON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ALL SIX BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY IS READY AND I'LL CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:40 P.M. LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM WITH SIX BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE FIVE SETS OF MINUTES ON OUR AGENDA, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY MRS. WHITFIELD. SECONDED BY Ms. AYE AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND I HAVE AN ITEM TO -- I'M ADDING FOR GOOD CAUSE. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR ADDING THIS ITEM WHICH IS P3, PERSONNEL ADDENDUM. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR ADDING THIS ITEM SO THAT THE EMPLOYEES CAN BEGIN IN THEIR NEW POSITIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO WITHDRAW? >> NO, MADAM CHAIR. >> BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE ONE ITEM PULLED FROM CONSENT, HR-1 TEACH FOR AMERICA ALUMNI REFERRAL SERVICES. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO PULL ANYTHING? OKAY. SO NOW, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. MOTION BY MRS. WHITFIELD. SECONDED BY Ms. A MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ANY DISTINGUISHES CLOSURES AND ABSTENTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL BRING US TO BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. >> YES, I HAVE TWO COMMENTS. YESTERDAY, MANY OF YOU WITH WERE WITH WHEN AS WE CELEBRATED RETIREMENT FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY. WITH HAVE ABOUT 450 EMPLOYEES MOVING ON TO RETIREMENTS WHICH IS BITTERSWEET. WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST AND HAPPINESS BUT, WE'LL ALSO MISS THEM BEING A PARTS OF OUR TEAM AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. 450 IS A BIG NUMBER AND WE HAVE OVER 22,000 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES SO THAT'S ABOUT 2% OF THE WORKFORCE AND ALSO MADE IT CLEAR TO THE RETIREES AND MANY OF YOU HELP MED TO REITERATE THIS ALONG WITH THAT THEY GET THE ITCH TO COME BACK AND WORK IN ANY CAPACITY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM COME BACK AND RETURN TO THE TEAM SO THAT WAS A NICE EVENT. AND THEN, I WANTED TO JUST RECOGNIZE AND KIND OF CELEBRATE OUR BOARD MEMBER Ms. MARSHA ANDREWS. SHE RECEIVED A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD RECENTLY FROM THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY, AND THIS IS THE AWARD GIVEN FOR EXTRAORDINARY INVOLVEMENT IN VOLUNTEERISM, AND Ms. ANDREWS HAS BEEN MENTORING STUDENTS FOR A LONG TIME THROUGH TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN AND YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE WITH THIS AWARD OVER AT THE AT THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH AND AWARD IS ACCOMPANIED BY A SIZABLE SCHOLARSHIP, ABOUT $2,000 THAT Ms. ANDREWS HAS BEEN ABLE TO PASS ALONG TO ONE OF OUR STUDENTS. SO JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY NICE RECOGNITION OF ALL OF HER DEDICATION, TO HELP STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND, MADAM BOARD CHAIR THAT CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS. >> THANEN THAT YOU WHITFIELD, ANDREWS. >> YES, AND I HAVE SOME SLIDES TOO SO I MOVE QUICKLY. FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS JUST SO WONDERFUL DURING THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES, Mr. BURKE, THE TEAM, ERIC STERN, YOU ALL JUST DID IT. EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN GRADUATING ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS OVER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. IT WAS FABULOUS. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE GRADUATES AND PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FAMILY, IT WAS GREAT. AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDES, WE JUST FINISHED THE AMERICAN MUSLIM ALLIANCE SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY AT THE SOUTH COUNTY CIVIC CENTER. Ms. BILL, YOU WERE THERE WITH ME AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS WERE FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY IN MIX RECEIVED THOSE $500 SCHOLARSHIPS AND THOUSAND DOLLAR SCHOL SCHOLARSHIPS, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THE RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, YOU'RE AWESOME AND RETIRED TEACHERS GAVE THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS, TO THE STUDENTS AT THE LUNCHEON AT THE GOLDEN CORRAL. I HAD A GREAT TIME. AND THEY REALLY REWARD OUR STUDENT. THANK YOU. AND, WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE OUR TENTH HOUSE FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. WE DEDICATED THAT HOUSE, YOU DID IT AGAIN AND MADE SOMEBODY HAPPY AND THEY GOT THE KEYS TO GO INTO THEIR BRAND FLU HOME AND IT WAS FABULOUS. AND MANY OF YOU ATTENDED THE TOO THE 17TH ANNUAL MY TEACHER MY HERO AWARD AND I KNOW Ms. BILL WAS THERE AND Mr. FERGUSON, YOU WERE THERE WITH ME. AND ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS THAT WERE HONORED AND ALL OF THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY Dr. AND THE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, EVERY YEAR. AND I HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THOSE ARE MY BABIES, ESPECIALLY THE ROYAL PALM BEACH COMPOUND AND THE WEST COMPOUND. WE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS AND TO BE OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND, Mr. SANCHEZ, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL IN HERE BUT THE PICNIC WAS AWESOME FOR THE TRANSPORTATION WORKERS, AND EVERYBODY, THE EMPLOYEES THERE, THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL. SHANE, YOU'RE WONDERFUL. Mr. SANCHEZ, THE MUSIC, THE TOYS, THE FUN. OH, MY GOSH. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY GREAT. AND, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. AND LASTLY Mr. BURKE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RETIREMENT CELEBRATION ON YESTERDAY. IT IS ALWAYS FABULOUS AND I HAVE ALREADY TOLD HIM, THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING BECAUSE I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE RETIREES CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN NOW. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN KEYS AND THEY DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. THEY HAVE A BIG DASHBOARD WITH ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS. BUT, WE DO HAVE A HOME HERE FOR THEM IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO PALM BEACH COUNTY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, Mr. FERGUSON. >> I HAVE A FEW SLIDES AS WELL. SO WE HAD THE END OF YEAR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP EVENT IN WEST PALM BEACH. I WANTED TO GIVE SOME END OF YEAR TALLYS. SO WE REMOVED OVER FIVE TONS, 110,000 POUNDS OF GARBAGE FROM CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH IN JUST 8 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. THAT'S AMAZING. WE HAD OVER 287 VOLUNTEERS. STUDENTS ACCUD OVER 600 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH OF THE FRATERNITY FOR BEING SUCH A COLLABORATIVE PARTNER A.M. NEXT YEAR WE EXPECT TO DO EVEN MORE GOOD WORK NOT JUST IN WEST PALM BEACH. SO STUDENTS WE'LL REST UP THIS MONTH, AND LIKE I SAID, TEN TONS IS AN AWFUL LOT TO MOVE AND PICK UP. SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AT IT IN JULY SO STAY TUNED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, THE PARENTS AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS, THE FRATERNITY AND MYSELF AS WELL LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING WITH A ALL OF YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND ON MONDAY. WE HAD TOWN HALL 13 WHICH WAS AN OPEN HOUSE EVENT AT THE SITE WHICH WAS AT THE HISTORIC HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL IN DELRAY AND IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT EVENT. AND WE HAD UPWARDS OF 150 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE BASED ON WHAT HE TOLD ME. AND EVEN SURPRISED ME, I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT HUGE OF A SUCCESS OR THAT LARGE OF A SUCCESS, GREAT OF A SUCCESS. AND, IT MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME NOW TO KIND OF THANK ALL OF THE PARTIES HERE IN DISTRICT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED ME TO DO SOMETHING THAT FRANKLY HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE AND I FEEL LIKE THESE EVENTS ARE WELCOMING MORE AND MORE EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF BEING AN EXPECTATION OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION SO FIRST, I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. YOU HAVE DEFINITELY ENDORSED THERE AND I THANK YOU ALLOWING ME TO RUN AROUND THE COUNTY TO SHARE THE WORD WHY WE'RE. AND, Dr. MILLER, MY DATA MAN, I MEAN, HE REALLY HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH IN TERMS OF GETTING THE DATA THAT SUBSTANTIATES THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. NEW TO THE TEAM, DOING A GREAT JOB, Mr. BERG, YOU HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN ME AND JUST SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU. Mr. TIERY, MCCORMICK, SHEFFIELD AND I HAVE KNOWN HER FOR OVER 20 YEARS. AND Dr. JOHNSON, Mr. SANHEZ, Ms. WYATT, EVEN BEFORE HER, WAS EXCEPTION ANDAL IN HIS ROLE AND SEEING THE ANGLES AND Ms. WYATT IS DOING THE SAME THING NOW. CHIEF, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK ON A REGULAR BASIS BUT SHE REALLY HAS A HEART FOR THE STUDENTS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, Mr. MCCORMICK, OBVIOUSLY I'VE TRIED TO RAISE THE UNDERSTANDING OF AUTISM INSIDE OF DISTRICT 7 AND ACROSS THE COUNTY AND, COLLABORATING WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF HELPED ME TO GET CERTAIN DATA THAT I HAVE FOUND HAS ALREADY STARTED CHANGING THE EXPECTATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF AUTISM THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT 7 AND I HOPE THAT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO TEAM, I THINK THAT WE'RE REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB AND DOING SOMETHING THAT'S TRANSFORMATIVE. WE HAVE THINGS THAT WILL COME DOWN THE PIKE IN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS AND I THINK THAT YOU ALL WILL FIND THESE THINGS ARE REALLY GOOD AND ULTIMATELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO, AGAIN I WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL BECAUSE, WE SEND YOU EMAILS AND HAVE LITTLE SMALL TRIVIAL CONVERSATIONS BUT AT LEAST I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO THANK EACH OF YOU AND JUST SO YOU KNOW YOUR STAFF, I'M THANKING YOU AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY'S NAME BUT I KNOW THIS DOESN'T GET DONE WITH THE STAFF BEHIND THE PARTIES THAT I JUST MENTIONED. Mr. OSWALD, DIMENSION YOUR NAME? I MENTIONED IT TWICE BECAUSE YOU'RE A BUFFALO BILL AND Mr. FERGUSON I DIDN'T FORGET YOU THERE. THERE WE GO. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. >> >> I WAS LOOKING AND WORKING MY WAY. YEAH. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR McQUINN. >> OKAY, MINE IS VERY SHORT BUT EQUALLY AS POWERFUL. I WANT US TO CONGRATULATE OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, SEAN BERNARD FOR RECEIVING HER -- NOW, THIS IS A LOT OF STUDYING AND WORK, OKAY. BOARD CERTIFICATION IN EDUCATION LAW, AND THERE ARE ONLY 43 LAWYERS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR EXPERTISE. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU SO THAT WILL MOVE US TO AGENDA ITEM, SPEAKERS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY. I'M SURE THAT UPSETS EVERYONE HERE. OKAY, SO, NOW I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION BY MRS. WHITFIELD AND SECONDED BY MRS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY THAT WILL MOVE US NOW TO NEW BUSINESS. >> BEFORE HE READ THE RECOMMENDATION I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS UNDER NEW BUSINESS. THE DRAFT VERSION OF THE TEACH FOR AMERICA CONTRACT WAS POSTED TO BOARD DOCS FOR THE JUNE 5 MEETING EARLIER. AND THE SIGNED VERSION CAME FORWARD AND WE REPOSTED THIS ON BOARD DOC CS AND WE WANTED TO KEEP THIS MOVING BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR TEACHING WORKFORCE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM TO BRING US POTENTIALLY TEN NEW TEACHERS IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO WITH THAT I ARE READ RECOMMENDATION. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE THE VERSION AGREEMENT WITH TEACH FOR AMERICA INC. FOR THE ALUMNI PLACEMENT PROGRAM IN THE UNITE FELLOWSHIP AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CHAIR DO TO SIGN ALL NECESSARY DO YOU WANTS. >> MOTION BY MRS. ANDREWS WERE SENDED BY MISAY. >> MRS. ANDREWS. >> I WANT TO THANK THE HR DEPARTMENT FROM THE SUPPORT WITH TUTORING IN THE GLADES REGION, THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO HAVE TEACH FOR AMERICA HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. IT REALLY BOLSTERS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN RECRUITING THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO COME HERE TO PALM BEACH COUNTY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN, SO I WANT TO COMMEND Mr. BURKE, AS WELL AS. >> MY DAUGHTER WAS TEACH FOR AMERICA AND HER COHORTS ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS ULTIMATELY CONTINUED IN TEACHING, OR BECOME AN ADMINISTRATOR INCLUDING MY DAUGHTER. THESE ARE VERY DEDICATED, YOU KNOW, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND, I REALLY AM SO THRILLED THAT WE'RE NOW EXPANDING IN THIS DISTRICT SO, WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BRINGS US TO P-3, Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. >> YES, I RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE THE PERSONNEL ATTEND DUMB AS SUBMITTED. >> MOTION BY MRS. ANDREWS AND SECONDED BY MRS. WHITFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND I TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY Mr. FERGUSON, SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED. AND MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND THE SUN IS STILL OUT. SO, JUST BE CAREFUL