AND BOARD CLERK TONY SINCLAIR, SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL JOIN US PERIODICALLY AS DIRECTED BY >> Chair: THANK YOU, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. VIEWERS AND LISTENERS CAN ACCESS THE MEETING BY WATCHING ON U-VERSE CHANNEL 99 OR BY USING THE YOUTUBE LINK ON OUR WEB PAGE. IN THE EVENT THAT OUR LINK IS INTERRUPTED FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, 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 561-557-5900 OR TOLL FREE AT 1-866-930-7015. THE MEETING I.D. IS 156-1880 IS 1124 #. THAT BRINGS US TO-- THERE ARE NO MINUTES TO APPROVE. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEMS ADDED FOR GOOD CAUSE BY MYSELF. CHAIRMAN ADDS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. COM 14, THE 14th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DWYER AWARDS PROCLAMATION. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS TO ADD THIS ITEM TO THE AGENDA TO RECOGNIZE IN ADVANCE THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DWYER AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE BEING HELD ON MA. ALSO, ADDED IS P2, THE PERSONNEL ADDENDUM. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR ADDING THIS ITEM SO THAT EMPLOYEES CAN BEGIN IN THEIR NEW POSITIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS TO WITHDRAW? >> YES MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE WITHDRAW FC3. >> Chair: BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE IN ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE,LY PULL THE GAVEL OVER TO MY VICE CHAIR BARBARA McQUINN. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MR. BARBIERI. AND SECOND Ms. WHITFIELD. SO SORRY. I ACTUALLY EXTRAD SO WOULD I GET THIS RIGHT. IS THERE DISCUSSION. >> I WOULD LIKE TO REORDER THE AGENDA TAKE COM 14, 14th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DWYER AWARDS PROCLAMATION OUT OF ORDER TO BE READ AND VOTED ON AFTER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MOTION BY MR. BARBIERI, SECOND BY... THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. ANY DISCLOSE IRES AND ABSTENTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. >> Supt.Burke: I HAVE SEVERAL COMMENTS TONIGHT. MAY 6-MAY 10 TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK SO WE HAVE MUCH APPRECIATION FOR OUR 13,0 0 3 CLASSROOM TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE 182 DISTRICT OPERATED SCHOOLS. OUR TEACHERS ARE THE REASON WE CAN TELL THE PUBLIC THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE YOUR BEST CHOICE. THEY MAKE US HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR IMPACT LIVES ON FOR YEARS BEYOND THEIR SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS. SO TO ALL OUR TEACHERS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING TO GET US THROUGH ANOTHER GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S ALSO, TODAY, MAY 8, NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSE DAY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE FORTUNATELY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEALTHCARE DISTRICT TO HAVE NURSES IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOL. NOT EVERY SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS THAT. OUR NURSES HAVE BECOME A VITAL PART OF THE SCHOOL TEAM TAKING CARE OF STUDENTS FROM A SCRAPED KNEE TO PUTTING ON A BAND-AID TO MAYBE KIDS WHO NEED HELP WITH MORE SERIOUS ILLNESSES AND MAKING SURE THEY GET THEIR IMMEDIATE CASE. THANK YOU SCHOOL NURSES. WE HAD A REALLY NICE EVENT FRIDAY MAY 3. CELEBRATING OUR SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS IN BUSINESS PARTNERS AND YOU KNOW THIS IS A BIG SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. THE BUSINESS PARTNERS AND VOLUME STEERS HELP US DO GREAT THINGS AND SERVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO FROM THAT EVENT. JONATHAN, IF COULD YOU ROLL THE... THERE WE GO. >> HELLO, I'M BILLIE BRIGHTMAN THIS YEAR'S YOUTH VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. WELCOME TO THE 2023-24 VOLUNTEER AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP AWARD BREAKFAST. >> OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE, AFFIRM AND INSPIRE. AND OUR VOLUNTEERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS, YOU MAKE THAT MISSION YOUR OWN. AND IT TAKES ALL OF US. >> TODAY WE ARE HONOR SOMETHING AMAZING PEOPLE WHO DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO THE STUDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. AMONG THE HONOREES, RON HIR ISSUE SENIOR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AND GRASS YELLA CRUZ OUR ADULT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT IN YOUR TIME VOLUNTEERING, YOU DON'T EXPECT TO GET AWARDS OUT OF IT. YOU ARE JUST DOING IT OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF YOUR HEART. TODAY'S EVENT WAS AMAZING AND GREAT TO BE IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT MAKING THE NEXT GENERATION AS BRIGHT AS IT CAN BE. >> Supt.Burke: AND MAY IS ALSO HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE LAST NIGHT, Mr. BOARD MEMBER EDWIN FERGUSON INVITED ME TO THE HAITIAN BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN BOYNTON BEACH AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY THAT WAS IN ATTENDANCE, SHARE SOME UPDATES ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE. WE ARE ALSO THIS MONTH, OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED, OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RATHER IN THE ANNUAL HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH ESSAY CONTEST. AND THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE GASKOV FOUNDATION. EDUCAVISION, INC. AND GLOBAL SERVICES. THE THREE WINNERS TO THIS YEAR'S CONTEST WITH FIRST PLACE GOING TO MISS MORROW FROM SUN COAST HIGH SCHOOL. OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER WAS GLORIA ALEXIS FROM PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND THIRD PLACE WENT TO Mr. CHRIS DELIZ FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL. GOOD JOB EVERYBODY. MONDAY WE RECOGNIZED HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY AND WE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST AND SPANISH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI MISS MON TANA TUCKER, THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHOSE DOCUSERIES NEVER FORGET HAS BEEN SEEN BY MILLIONS. SHE HAS 14 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAS USED THAT FOLLOWING TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE ATROCITIES OF THE HOLOCAUST AND HER MOM IS TANYA TUCKER, THE COUNTRY MUSIC STAR. SO AND THEN IN OUR AVA DIAMOND, A SENIOR AT WILLIAM DWYER HIGH SCHOOL AND FOUNDER OF HEAL, WAS PART OF THE CEREMONY ALONG WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHORUS AND A KEY LIGHTING CEREMONY FROM SPANISH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE RECENT PASSING OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Mr. NORMAN FREEMAN COMMITTED TO SPEAKING TO OUR STUDENTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND DID SO FOR MANY YEARS. WE WILL HONOR HIM AGAIN IN A FEW I WANT TO QUICKLY, WE HAD A RETIREMENT CELEBRATION EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR Mr. BRUCE HARRIS, WHO WILL BE RETIRING. THIS IS HIS LAST BOARD MEETING. HE HAS WORKED FOR OUR DISTRICT FOR 19 YEARS AND HAS DONE A STELLAR JOB HELPING US NAVIGATE AND STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEGISLATION. Mr. HARRIS WILL BE MISSED. WE START HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS. WE WILL HAVE 30 COMMENCEMENTS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE ARE GOING TO GRADUATE ROUGHLY 12,3500 STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE PALM BEACH SCHOOLS.ORG/ GRADUATION 2024. THEY WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE. SUNDAY MAY 12 IS MOTHER'S DAY SO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS TAKING CARE OF THEIR MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS AND ALL THE WOMEN WHO ARE MOTHER FIGURES ON SUNDAY AND MY LAST COMPONENT, I HAD THE PLEASURE MONDAY NIGHT, WE HELD OUR LAST SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE YEAR AND THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN STELLAR. THEY PROVIDED A LOT OF INPUT AND GREAT TO WORK WITH AND Mr. CHRISTOPHER THOMAS IS GOING TO PROVIDE US AN UPDATE ON THE COMMITTEE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, Mr. CHAIRMAN. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, SENIOR AT PALM BEACH LAKES COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND HAVE I SERVED ON THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TWO YEARS REPRESENTING DISTRICT 7 WHERE MR. FERGUSON IS MY BOARD MEMBER. I WILL BE ATTEND ATTENDING FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL. [ APPLAUSE ] DURING THE LAST MEETING FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, SIGNIFICANT EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON INTEGRATING STUDENT VOICE INTO DISTRICT POLICIES AND DECISIONS; ESPECIALLY CONCERNING THE WELLNESS PROMOTION POLICY AND SCHOOL START TIMES. THE WELLNESS PROMOTION POLICY INITIALLY ADOPTED IN 2006 IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION WITH THE BOARD KEEN ON INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS, PARTICULARLY STUDENTS, WHO ARE VIEWED AS PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE REVIEW THE POLICY, DISCUSSED THE POLICY, AND INDIVIDUALLY GAVE FEEDBACK VIA A GOOGLE FORM. WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM Mr. SANCHES AND Mrs. BURKE ON HOUSE BILL 733 WITH THE PROPOSALS TO ADJUST SCHOOL START TIMES ACROSS ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. WITH A PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION BY JULY 2026. IN EACH SCENARIO, THE SSAC IDENTIFIED UNIQUE CHALLENGES SUCH AS ADJUSTMENTS AND BUS SCHEDULES, IMPACTS ON AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AND THE NECESSITY FOR STUDENT, PARENT AND STAFF FEEDBACK TO ENSURE MINIMAL DISRUPTION. THE COMMITTEE ALSO GAVE INPUT ON THE STUDENT VOICE PLAYBOOK, A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE AIMED AT ENHANCING PEER-TO-PEER RELATIONSHIPS, ENSURING STUDENTS HAVE SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN SHAPING EDUCATIONAL POLICIES THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THE PLAYBOOK EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESPECT AMONG STUDENTS, HIGHLIGHTED BY A JAM BOARD ACTIVITY WHERE THE COMMITTEE GAVE SUGGESTIONS ON RECRUITING STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS USE THEIR VOICE. SS LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR INAUGURAL SCHOOL PERSON FOR FY'23 REED SNYDER PRESENTED ON THE POST HIGH SCHOOL PATHWAYS AND PREPARING STUDENTS COMPREHENSIVELY FOR THE FUTURE AND THEIR ENDEAVORS. THE DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTS VARIOUS OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AFTER GRADUATION, INCLUDING COLLEGE, MILITARY SERVICE, TRADE SCHOOLS AND DIRECT ENTRY INTO THE WORKFORCE. SSAC DISCUSSED SUPPORTING THESE PATHWAYS THROUGH TARGETED WORKSHOPS, A FAFSA INFORMATIONAL NIGHT AND CAREER SHOWCASE. SSAC HELPS PLANS TO HELP THE DEPARTMENTS BY SENDING OUT INFORMATION TO PEERS WHO ADVOCATE. THE MEETING CLOSED RECOGNIZING SENIORS AS Mr. BURKE PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALONG WITH GRADUATION CHORDS FOR SENIORS AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. THIS IS MY LAST REPORT AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK Mr. BURKE FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE A PLATFORM FOR THIS STUDENT VOICE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER MR. FERGUSON SORE NOMINATING ME AND ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THIS POSITION. AND ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AS A STUDENT LEADER. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY PRINCIPAL, Ms. ROSLYN MCCREA AT PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL BY MAKING SUCCESS UNAVOIDABLE AND BELIEVING IN US EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERY TEACHER IN PALM BEACH COUNTY JUST FOR DOING WOULD BEDDERS FOR US. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL AND HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK TO ALL THE TEACHERS IN HERE AND ALL THE EDUCATORS. I DEFINITELY THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS ALLOWED ME TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS YOUR SUPERINTENDENT 'S STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU, Mr. THOMAS. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO REST MY CASE. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. MS. AYALA. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WOW, THAT MADE ME SO HAPPY. THE ENTIRE REASON I FOUGHT SO HARD FOR THAT COMMITTEE IS TO HEAR WHAT EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID. THANK YOU FER WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU. GO RATTLE SNAKES, RIGHT? >> RATTLERS. >> Alexandria Ayala: DO YOU GUY DOZEN THIS? I LOVE IT. YOU'RE AWESOME. I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS SO I'M GOING TO WATCH THE CLOCK. A FEW WEEKS AGO FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS HAD THEIR 12th ANNUAL CONFERENCE. IT WAS GREAT TO BE A PART OF IT AND TO BE ON A PANEL WITH A COLLEAGUE FROM BROWARD COUNTY, BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSING HOW TO ENSURE EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN OUR LEADERSHIP. I WANT TO THANK Dr. TREJO THE PRESIDENT AND OUR OWN PA TRISHIA, THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND NETWORK WITH INCREDIBLE LEADERS. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUTOUT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE RECEIVING A RECOGNITION LATER TODAY DURING OUR PRESENTATIONS. A STUDENT AT FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL, A SENIOR, LORELEI MORALES. SHE IS NOT ONLY RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP FOR HER ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE TONIGHT SHE IS ALSO THE PROM QUEEN THIS YEAR FOR FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE HAPPENS TO BE THE DAUGHTER OF ANOTHER OUTSTANDING LEADER I'M PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH, ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS, MISS ELLIE MORALES. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR HARD WORK, ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR FUTURE ENDEAFERS-- ENDEAVORS AND I'M EXCITED TO SHAKE YOUR HAND AS YOU WALK ACROSS THE STAGE VERY SOON. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT PA 2. WE WILL BE VOTING ON AN ITEM THAT WILL ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR A SUMMER ADMINISTRATION OF THE A.C.T. EXAM SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS TRYING TO MEET THEIR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS DURING SUMMER. THIS IS REALLY BIG BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING ESPECIALLY ON OUR ELL GRADUATION EFFORT OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNSERS AND MAKING SURE ALL STUDENTS HAVE PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION. I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR MAKING THAT COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THESE STUDENTS CAN GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE DEDICATED HELP OF OUR MULTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. MISS BURKE SHARED INFORMATION WITH ME AND WE HAVE ALMOST 150 PLUS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING STUDENTS WHO HAVE MET THE GRADUATION READING REQUIREMENT THROUGH THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE. AND WITHOUT THESE PATHWAYS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGE THE TEST IS ADMINISTERED IN, THESE KIDS COULD FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. THIS DISTRICT IS ENSURING THEY ARE NOT. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO GET THE GRADUATION RATE UP BUT WE ARE UP TO THE TASK AND THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTING THESE STUDENTS AND DEDICATED PASSIONATE WORK FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. FINALLY ECG-2 IS CLOSE TO MY HEART, THE GUATEMALAN CENTER, A NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY LEADER, THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL WE JUST HEARD OUR ANTHEM SANG BEAUTIFULLY FROM ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEY'LL OFFER AFTER CARE, SUMMER, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, TUITION TUTORING ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER SNACKS. WE MAKE SURE WE ARE FEEDING OUR STUDENTS EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL DURING THE NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR. ADDITIONALLY IT WILL OFFER FINANCIAL LITERACY, HEALTH, WELLNESS, NUTRITION CLASSES FOR PARENTS AS WELL SO IT'S AN ALL AROUND FAMILY PROGRAM. AND I WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE VOTE ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE ALL SET, IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROGRAM. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE SEE MANY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR P2 AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT ON HER APPOINTMENT AS MULTICULTURAL DIRECTOR. I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE A LATINA STEP INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN OUR DISTRICT. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU MS. AYALA. Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. FIRST EVER ALL, I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE GREEN RIBBON WE ARE ALL WEARING TODAY. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING MENTAL HEALTH WEEK. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED SO MUCH IN MY TIME ON THE BOARD WHERE WE DIDN'T REALLY SPEAK ABOUT IT AS MUCH 10 YEARS AGO AND NOW SEEING US REALLY CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE HAVE AND THE PERSPECTIVE THE CHILDREN HAVE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND GETTING SERVICES, I THINK IS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT AND A WONDERFUL THING SO I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT:  I DID ACTUALLY GET PICTURES FOR TODAY AND I KNOW I'M PROBABLY GOING TO ANGER THE HEAD OF OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION BUT I BROUGHT PICTURES FROM AN EVENT HE IS PROBABLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. SO LOOK, THAT'S ME. SO WE ARE-- WE HAVE OUR NEW BUILDING THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. I AM SO PROUD OF IT. IT'S IN LAKE WORTH BEACH, WHERE I CALL HOME. I'M PROUD OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS BUILDING AND THIS PAST WEEK WE DID OUR TOPPING OFFICER MOAN. I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL ALL OF HIS THUNDER BUT WE GOT TO SIGN THE WALL WHICH WAS SO COOL. IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY TIME ON THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AS THE REPRESETATIVE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARDED TO EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND JUST REALLY THIS AMAZING BUILDING AND ASSET TO THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH BEACH IS GOING ON SO I WAS REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT. I WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM THAT EVENT AND THEN FINALLY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A THANK A TEACHER EVENT THIS PAST WEEK AT BANNION ELEMENTARY AND IT WAS SO WONDERFUL. THIS TEACHER JUST MADE MY HEART SMILE. SHE TEACHES STUDENTS THAT ARE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM THAT ARE NON-VERBAL. EVERY DAY AT BANNION CREEK ELEMENTARY. SHE WAS HORRIFIED THAT WE CAME INTO THE CLASSROOM WITHOUT ANYBODY TELL TELLING HER WE WERE COMING. WE HAVE A VIDEO OF HER. PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HI, I'M JOYCE FOGLE, AN A.A.C. TEACHER AT BANNION CREEK ELEMENTARY. MOST OF MY STUDENTS ARE COMPLETELY NON-VERBAL. THEY USE HIVE-- iPADS, COMMUNICATION BOARDS, WE ARE PREPARING THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE NOT ONLY AT SCHOOL BUT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. IT'S MAGICAL. BANYAN THEY'RE TALKING. THEIR PARENTS ARE LISTENING TO THEIR VOICE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND THAT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL THING EVER. THEY'RE SO EAGER TO LEARN AND SO EAGER TO COMMUNICATE, AND THE SMALL STEPS THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY AMAZES ME. THANK YOU, GUYS. >> SHE LOVES HER CHILDREN. SHE LOVES THE STAFF HERE. AND SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR SO MANY YEARS AND IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HER AS PALM BEACH COUNTY'S TEACHER OF THE WEEK. >> I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. WE ARE ALL SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE ARE JUST-- I COULD NOT DO THIS JOB WITHOUT DEDICATED TEACHERS LIKE YOU. >> WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL YOUR HARD WORK. SOUTH REGION IS SUPER PROUD OF YOU. >> THE REASON I NOMINATED Ms. FOGLE IS BECAUSE SHE IS AN AMAZING TEACHER WHO MAKES HER KIDS FEEL SO INCLUDED. I. >> I CALL THEM MY KIDS THEY ARE THE MOST LOVING, KIND, SMART KIDS I LOVE MY JOB. I WAKE UP AND I'M LIKE, YAY. SCHOOL. >> PALM BEACH COUNTY... >> SO A HUGE THANK YOU TO Mrs. FOGLE. I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. [ APPLAUSE ] SHE ABSOLUTELY DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION. I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY ABOUT, YAY SCHOOL. THE THINGS WE DO IN PALM BEACH COUNTY ARE UNBELIEVABLE AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR TEACHERS SO I'M SO GLAD THIS HAPPENS DURING TEACHER WEEK AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU Ms. WHITFIELD. MR. BARBIERI. >> Frank Barbieri: IF YOU WOULD PUT A PICTURE UP FOR ME, PLEASE. NOT MINE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SIX OF OUR DISTRICT'S TOP EDUCATORS WHO RECEIVED THEIR DOCTORATES THIS PAST WEEK OR SO. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, WE HAVE Dr. ALLISON CASTELLANO, THE PRINCIPAL AT SPANISH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. Dr. TAMIKA ROBBIN'SON. Dr. RACHEL CAPITANO, Dr. BERNADETTE STANDISH PRINCIPAL AND TANYA McDOWELL, PRINCIPAL, NOT SHOWN IN THE PICTURE IS ALSO Dr. VIVIAN GREEN, OUR CENTRAL REGION INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW DOCTORS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. [ APPLAUSE ] I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE-- HE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING ECAUSE HE IS AT WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR RECOGNITION PROGRAM IS TONIGHT BUT AT THE FAR SEAT WE USUALLY HAVE A YOUNG MAN SITTING THERE, FAISAL. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF STUDENT COUNCILS. HE HAS BEEN WITH US ALL YEAR. HE HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE BOARD. HE OFTEN TIMES GAVE US INPUT AND DID A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WILL BE PRESENTING HIM WITH A PLAQUE OF RECOGNITION AT THE WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. I BELIEVE THE CHAIR WILL BE THERE WITH ME ALSO SO WE WILL GET A PICTURE OF HIM GETTING THAT FROM ALL OF US AND GET IT BACK TO ALL OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT FAISAL. WE HOPE HE HAS A GREAT CAREER AHEAD OF HIM. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU MR. BARBIERI. MS. ANDREWS. >> Mayor: GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I BEGIN, I KNOW I HAVE A FEW SLIDES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS. WITHOUT OUR TEACHERS, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TO DO WITHIN THE CLASSROOM SO I'M JUST SO THANKFUL TO SAY TO TEACHERS EVERY DAY WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE'LL ALSO BE CONGRATULATING ALL OF THE SENIORS WHO BE WILL WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE. WHAT AN EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE FOR GRADUATION I HAVE A FEW SLIDES AND WOULD I LIKE FOR TO YOU TAKE NOTE THAT TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN COLLEGE DECISION DAY HAPPENED MAY 1. THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE OUR SENIORS ARE DECIDING WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE. WE WERE AT THE AIRPORT HILTON LAST WEEK AND AT THAT TIME THE MENTEES AS WELL AS THE MENTORS AND THE COMMUNITY, WE ATE DINNER TOGETHER, BROKE BREAD TOGETHER AND WE SAID YOU ARE ALL GOING TO COLLEGE. THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOLARSHIP. EACH SENIOR WENT ACROSS THE STAGE, HAD THE CAP THAT SIGNIFIED THE COLLEGES THEY WOULD BE GOING TO. WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR SENIORS IN EVERY WAY. THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE, GOING TO CAREERS, GOING TO THE MILITARY. WE LOVE YOU, SENIORS, KEEP UP GREAT WORK. I WAS EXCITED LAST WEEK TO BE HONORED BY THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY. AND I RECEIVED THE NETTY FINKLE AWARD. WE WERE SO EXCITED. WE DIDN'T KNOW I HAD WON ANYTHING. THEY JUST SAID TO BE THERE. IT HONORED AN INDIVIUAL WHO EXEMPLIFIES VOLUNTEERISM AND WHOSE COMMITMENT TO BRINGING HOPE, PROMISE AND OPPORTUNITY TO THE LIVES OF OTHERS. I WAS JUST SO EXCITED TO BE THERE, TO BE SELECTED OUT OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND I HAVE RECEIVED $2,000 IN MY NAME TO TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN, A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. THANK YOU TO THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH FOR DOING GREAT THINGS FOR ALL OF THE AGENCIES AND PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE UNITED WAY IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THOSE WHO NEED SO MUCH HELP EACH DAY. YESTERDAY WAS A BIG DAY. THANK YOU Ms. WHITFIELD FOR BEING OUT THERE WITH ME AND Mr. SANCHES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER. WE WERE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND ON THE WEST ACREAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOW! IT WAS A FABULOUS TIME TO SEE ALL THOSE CHILDREN OUT THERE SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SAYING THIS IS MY SCHOOL, MY HISTORY. I'M GOING TO SHOVEL THIS GROUND TO BREAK THE GROUND FOR OUR NEW SCHOOL THE PRINCIPAL IS GREAT, THE CHILDREN ARE GREAT. YOU NOW HAVE YOUR NEW SCHOOL. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL. Mr. BURKE, SCHOOL BOARD, YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES POSSIBLE FOR THE BEST LEARNING POSSIBLE. AND JUST LAST NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT TO WEST TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER IN BELLE GLADE AND WE HAD GRADUATION CEREMONIES FOR ALL OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GRADUATING WITH HVAC CERTIFICATIONS, ELECTRICAL, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, CDL, NURSING AND SO ON. TO SEE THEM GET THEIR CERTAINS, TO GET THEIR TOOLS TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATES. ANGELA MOORE, Mr. BURKE, SCHOOL BOARD, MAKING IT HAPPEN. OUR STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH THEIR DIPLOMAS, OUR ADULTS GETTING EDUCATED SO THEY CAN HAVE CERTIFICATION SO THEY CAN GET THE BEST JOBS POSSIBLE. TO SEE IT HAPPEN AT EVERY LEVEL THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS TREMENDOUS. I'M HAPPY TO BE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND BE ABLE TO SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND TELL THEY WILL CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >>  Edward Ferguson: I HAVE ABOUT SIX THINGS I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH EVERYBODY TODAY. A FEW 340Z MONTHS AGO WE DID READ ACROSS AMERICA AND I WAS INVITED TO EAGER LAKE ELEMENTARY AND I WAS ASKED TO READ TO THE THIRD GRADE CLASS OF Mr. FULLER, HOME ROOM CLASS. BEFORE I STARTED READING, I TRY TO TALK TO THE CHILDREN AND FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM AND WE GOT ON THE TOPIC MUCH TEACHING AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS THOUGHT TEACHING WAS ONLY FOR ADULTS. MY POINT WAS YOU CAN TEACH AT ANY AGE. I CHALLENGED THE CLASS TO FIND SOMEONE IN THEIR SPACE WHETHER A YOUNGER BROTHER OR RELATIVE, TO TEACH SOMETHING TO THEM. HOW TO RIDE A BIKE, READ A BOOK, MULTIPLICATION TABLES WHAT HAVE YOU. IF YOU DID THAT, I WOULD COME BACK AND WE WOULD HAVE AN ICE CREAM PARTY. SO WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF THAT EVENT. AND SO WE WERE THERE, I THINK TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO AND SO EVERYBODY, I WENT AROUND THE ROOM AND ASKED EVERYBODY WHO THEY TAUGHT AND WHAT THEY TAUGHT THEM ABOUT. EVERYBODY TOLD ME WHO THEY TAUGHT. IT WAS REALLY COOL. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD THOSE COOL LITTLE ICE CREAM CUPS AND WE ATE UNTIL OUR LITTLE STOMACHS WERE ABOUT TO P TO AND Mr. FULLER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET US OUTSIDE FOR RECESS TO RUN SOME OF THE ICE CREAM OFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHO WANTS TO JUST, YEAH, BE STUCK WITH AN ICE CREAM BELLY. THAT'S WHAT WE DID THERE. I WANT TO THANK Dr. DEION NAPIER FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME ON TO HER CAMPUS. YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST TEACHERS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND Mr. FULLER IS AN AMAZING GUY. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU IN ADVANCE ON THE BIRTH OF YOUR THIRD GRANDCHILD. SECONDLY, WE ALSO HAD OUR TOWN HALL AT ROSE VEHEMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  TOWN HALL 10, LAST WEEK, TO HELP INTRODUCE TO THE COMMUNITY THE NEW PRESCHOOL PROGRAM THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING TO ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, A LOT OF INTEREST, A LOT OF ENERGY AND HAPPY TO FACILITATE THAT. HAPPY FOR THE STAFF. Mr. TIERNEY AND Mr. BURKE AND OTHER PARTIES WERE THERE AS WELL. WE LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS COLLABORATIVE EVENT ENTERPRISE AT ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY. PROJECT UPLIFT, THE GOOD PROCEDURES OF OMEGA PHI FRATERNITY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A YEAR AND OUT AT BLOOM PARK LAST MONTH AGAIN. IT WAS ON A DAY THAT WE HAD A BIG EVENT AT PALM BEACH LAKES. WE HAD A GREAT CROWD. ALWAYS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM, JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE PARENTS AND CHILDREN AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS, BEAUTIFYING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BEAUTIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE IN. THAT WAS GREAT. I'LL ALSO MENTION THIS MONTH'S EVENT WILL BE IN WAGE THEFT PALM BEACH AGAIN-- WEST PALM BEACH AGAIN AND MEETING AT BROADWAY AVENUE AT 8:30 A.M. THE STUDENTS AT 8:00 WAS TOO EARLY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT JUNE AS FAR AS TALK TIMES. WE ARE GOING TO START AT 8:30 BUT WE WILL BE THERE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL ME AT MY OFFICE, THIS IS AN 561- 840-1846. TOWN HALL 11 WAS LAST NIGHT AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT SO I WILL BE SHORT BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SUPERINTENDENT BURKE FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT REALLY NO SUPERINTENDENT HAS DONE SINCE Dr. EVOSA WAS HERE AND THAT'S TAKE TIME TO MEET WITH A LARGE CONSTITUENCY OF THE HAITIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. SO IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG IN THE COMING AND WE HOPE TO MAKE THIS A MORE REGULAR VENT. GREAT ENERGY, GREAT ENTHUSIASM, GREAT QUESTIONS AND I THINK SUPERINTENDENT BURKE DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH THE AUDIENCE AND I THINK A LOT WAS GAINED FROM THAT EVENT. WE HAVE TOWN HALL 12 COMING TO DELRAY. AND THE RENOVATIONS AT THE OLD HISTORIC HIGH SCHOOL. THAT EVENT WILL BE ON JUNE 3 AND IT WILL RUN FROM 6:00 TO 8 P.M. AND AGAIN 301 SOUTH... THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU MR. PERAGINE IF FOR EXAMPLAR. VICE CHAIR McQUINN. >> Chair: TO YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO HOLD THEIR BREATH WHEN I ASK FOR A MOTION. I HAD IT WRITTEN DOWN. I PRACTICED WITH MISS BERNARD BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT DOWN YET. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO BE A STUDENT. SECOND. I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE GOING AWAY GET TOGETHER FOR YOU, Mr. HARRIS. BUT I DID HAVE MY COMMENTS READY AND THEY ARE, THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO BALANCE LIFE AT WORK AND YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. YOU ARE OUR POLICY GURU BY DAY AND ACTUALLY MANY NIGHT MEETINGS, BUT TO GO ALONG WITH MY COMMENT, YOUR POLICY GURU BY DAY AND DISCO KEN BY NIGHT. SO WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT AND CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR US. AND LAST SATURDAY, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE PBCCTM, PALM BEACH COUNTY TEACHERS OF MATH MAT RICKS WHERE-- MATHEMATICS WHERE THEY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE FINALISTS FOR TEACHERS-- MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR AND THEN A STUDENT. OWE I WANT TO CONGRATULATE FOR THE ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER OF THE YEAR JENNIFER WARNER, TIMBER TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, STEPHANIE RUM. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE HER NAME-- I NEVER GOT IT RIGHT, AS MUCH AS I TALKED TO HER, SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOR SECONDARY. IT IS K-8 AND THEN THE STUDENT, THE GAY WILLIAMS MATHEMATICS TEACHER AND WE LOST HER TO CANCER MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. SHE WAS AN AMAZING MATHEMATICS TEACHER. WHEN SHE KNEW THAT SHE WAS ILL, SHE LITERALLY RECORDED, BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE RECORDED ALL OF HER CALCULOUS LESSONS FOR THE SUBSTITUTE TO SHARE WITH THE STUDENTS SO SHE WAS REMARKABLE. AND THE PBCCTM AWARD A GAY WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP TO A STUDENT EVERY YEAR AND THIS STUDENT IS PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL SYDNEY SEPADA. I'M GOING TO READ YOU PART OF HER NOMINATION. SYDNEY IS AN EXTREMELY GIFTED CHILD. SHE IS SHY, POLITE, SMART, TALENTED AND ARTISTIC. SHE TAUGHT HERSELF HOW TO READ AND WRITE KOREAN. SHE TAUGHT HERSELF TO CROCHET, DRAW AND SCULPT. ANYTHING SHE PUTS HER MIND TO, SHE MAKES IT HER BUSINESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ACHIEVING IT. I KNOW THAT BATHOON COOKMAN UNIVERSITY WILL BE EXTREMELY HAPPY AS PART OF THEIR CURRICULUM NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU VICE CHAIR McQUINN. SO I TRY NOT TO BE REDUNDANT BUT JUST VERY QUICKLY, THANK YOU TEACHERS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WE APPRECIATE YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SHAKE THE HANDS OF OUR GRADUATES AS THEY WALK ACROSS THE STAGE. SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS TO OUR STUDENTS. LAST NIGHT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND THE 7th ANNUAL ALLIANCE OF WOMEN EXECUTIVES AWARDS DINNER. THEY GO BY A FABULOUS ACRONYM, AWU. AND-- AWE. AND THESE GRADUATES ARE AWESOME. THIS WAS THE BRAIN CHILD THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE BRAIN CHILD OF SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN MY DISTRICT , VICKI TATE WHO SELFLESSLY CREATED THIS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS WHO WILL THEN BE ATTENDING COLLEGES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, SO THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT THERE FROM FAU, LYNN UNIVERSITY, PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE AND PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY AND IT WAS SO HEART WARMING TO SEE THESE AMAZING WOMEN. IT WAS ALL WOMEN BECAUSE OF COURSE THIS IS THE WOMEN-- THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN EXECUTIVED. AND TO HEAR THE STORIES OF WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND THE MONETARY AWARD AS OTHER AWARDS EACH STUDENT RECEIVED A BRAND NEW LAPTOP, SO IT WAS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION. THEY'RE UP TO HAVING AWARDED 127 SCHOLARSHIPS OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS ON APRIL 25, WE LOST ONE OF OUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, MANY OF US WERE IN ATTENDANCE WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA YEARS AGO. TEARS WERE POURING DOWN OUR FACE. AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR WE LOSE MORE AND MORE OF OUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. AND IT'S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT AND WHY YOU HEAR US OVER AND OVER SPEAK ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST BECAUSE WE CAN NEVER FORGET WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I WILL READ LATER TONIGHT BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR THEIR STORIES LAST BOARD MEETING I SPOKE ABOUT NAMES NOT NUMBERS AND HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE FEATURED THERE. SO TO EVERYBODY WHO IS OUT THERE, WHO IS LISTENING TO Mr. FRASHMAN'S FAMILY, ALL OF US WERE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR DISTRICT AND HELP EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS. SO WITH THAT, AT EVERY BOARD MEETING, WE REMEMBER OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY. IN MARCH, CHARLES BURROWS, ASSISTANT SITE DIRECTOR OF AFTER SCARE AT PASSED AWAY MARCH 1, 2024. AND DANIELA WHITESIDE, TEACHER ELEMENTARY SPECIALIST AT D.D. EISENHOWER PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 28, 2024. SO I'M NOW GOING TO ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REMEMBER THESE TWO EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SO WITH THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BRING US, Mr. SUPERINTENDENT TO COM 14. >> Supt.Burke: I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DWYER AWARDS. >> Chair Brill: MOTION BY MS. ANDREWS SECOND BY Ms. WHITFIELD, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION NOW. WHEREAS THE WILLIAMS T. DWYER AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM OF THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FOUNDATION, RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WHEREAS THE PROGRAM SEEKS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE EXEMPLARY TEACHING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE SUPPORTING EDUCATORS AND SCHOOLS WITH FINANCIAL AWARDS AND ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND WHEREAS AWARDS ARE GIVEN IN SEVEN CATEGORIES, GROW UP GREAT, EARLY LEARNING EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION,HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, STEM EDUCATION, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION AND STUDENT SUPPORT AND ADVANCEMENT. AND WHEREAS NEARLY 100 BUSINESS LEADERS FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY EVALUATE EACH APPLICATION IN A MULTI-ROUND JUDGING PROCESS AND ARE TASKED WITH THE DIFFICULT MISSION OF NARROWING DOWN THE APPLICATIONS TO 28 FINALISTS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO SEVEN WINNERS AND WHEREAS APPLICANTS ARE JUDGED ON THEIR CLASSROOM ACCOMPLISH MANIES, PERSONAL EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY, LEADERSHIP AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM SCHOOL-RELATED OR COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR MARKS THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DWYER AWARDS AND WHEREAS SUPPORT FOR THE DWYER AWARDS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS THE DISTRICT AND THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL ARE DEDICATED TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, EMPOWERING TEACHERS AND SHAPING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2024 AS THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DWYER AWARDS. DONE THIS 8th DAY OF MAY, 2024 IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. BOARD MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO INVITE ALL OF YOU DOWN TO THE FLOOR FOR A PHOTOGRAPH WHILE I PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION TO MICHELLE JACOBS AND ALSO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE NATHAN NOLAN FROM THE COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT JOIN US FOR THE MAY BOARD RECOGNITIONS. YOU CAN COME UP AFTER WE ARE DOING. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIR BRILL, VICE CHAIR McQUINN WE BEGIN WITH A RECOGNITION FOR THE NEW COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR AND THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS OF THE YEAR FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THE SITE-BASED ADMINISTRATORS OF THE YEAR FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL. WE FIRST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PALM BEACH SCHOOL COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION AND THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR THESE AWARDS AND THEIR SUPPORT: KIM CARLO - PRESIDENT RANDI SCHIETZ AND NICOLE MARTINEZ - PAST PRESIDENTS AMANDA WILKERSON - SECRETARY LEONEL POLANCO - TREASURER SANDY WEST - MEMBERSHIP SHILAH JAMES - FUNDRAISING O LORI LANDES - PAST PRESIDENT AND ADVOCACY CHAIR CHER O'BRYANT - BREAKFAST CHAIR WENDA OSCAR - AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS OF THE YEAR WERE SELECTED BY A GROUP OF THEIR PEERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE PERSONAL, ACADEMIC, AND COLLEGE/CAREER NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL COUNSELORS ON THEIR AWARDS: ALYSSA MADDOX - NEW SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR FROM CORAL SUNSET ELEMENTARY. OLIVIA JAMES - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR FROM DISCOVERY KEY ELEMENTARY. JANELL LEATHERMAN - MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR FROM EMERALD COVE MIDDLE. KRISTEN HARRELL - HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR FROM SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] IF THEY CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME FOR THEIR RECOGNITION. [ APPLAUSE ] THE SITE-BASED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD HONORS SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATORS WHO EMPOWER COUNSELORS TO RUN EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT, COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATORS ON THEIR AWARDS: MONIQUE COYLE - PRINCIPAL, SANDPIPER SHORES ELEMENTARY DR. VELA - PRINCIPAL, PARK VISTA HIGH DR. SHAKEICA ROBINSON - PRINCIPAL, TRADEWINDS MIDDLE DR. ROBINSON WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT SHE WANTS THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT SHE VERY MUCH APPRECIATES THE AWARD AND THIS RECOGNITION. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE STUDENT RECIPIENTS OF THE ANDREA PEPPERS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS. EACH YEAR, THE PALM BEACH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION AWARDS THESE SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS WHOSE PARENTS ARE SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATORS IN THE DISTRICT. EACH SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANT HAS TO BE GRADUATING FROM A DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, BE ACADEMICALLY FOCUSED, AND READY TO ENTER COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL. STUDENTS MUST WRITE AN ESSAY REFLECTING ON THEIR EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE BROUGHT THEM TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY, WHAT THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND THEIR DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE. WE WANT TO THANK MS. PEPPERS FOR HER GENEROSITY AND CELEBRATE HER DEDICATION AND YEARS OF SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, AND FOR EARNING AN ANDREA PEPPERS SCHOLARSHIP. PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME, AND WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL I HAVE ANNOUNCED EVERYONE: ALLEYNE - PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH  DAKOTA ARONSON - PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH  JORDAN BUCKMAN - JUPITER HIGH  OLIVIA EVANS - SEMINOLE RIDGE HIGH  LAUREN FOUSHEE-STARLING - PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH  JORDAN GARVIN - PARK VISTA HIGH  ANA GONZALEZ - PARK VISTA HIGH  TESSIE GORON - WELLINGTON HIGH  LILY GREENFIELD - DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS  ALAINA HAY - SEMINOLE RIDGE HIGH  AVERY HAYDEN - WELLINGTON HIGH  CHARLEIGH HOFFMAN - PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH  NALON KING - DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS O ALLYSON LEPPERT - ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH  LANAI LOCKHART - BOYNTON BEACH HIGH  LORELEI MORALES - FOREST HILL HIGH  AVA SAUNDERS - JUPITER HIGH LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY NATIONAL ACADEMIC GAMES ALL-STARS WHO TOOK HOME FIRST PLACE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMIC GAMES TOURNAMENT HELD IN ATLANTA LAST MONTH. DISTRICT STUDENTS COMPETED AGAINST MORE THAN 800 OTHER PLAYERS IN THE TOURNAMENT THAT INVOLVED MATH, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND SOCIAL STUDIES. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE COACHES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DISTRICT STUDENTS FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY NATIONAL ACADEMIC GAMES ALL-STARS FOR THEIR SUCCESS IN THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE STUDENTS UP SEPARATELY BY DIVISION, FIRST ELEMENTARY, THEN MIDDLE, THEN HIGH. NOW PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ACADEMIC GAMES TOURNAMENT GROUPS SIXTH GRADERS INTO ITS ELEMENTARY DIVISION, SO THERE WILL BE SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE MIX. TO ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME. FOR ELEMENTARY, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRST PLACE TEAM WINNERS: MICAH ABRAMS - POLO PARK MIDDLE NOREENA ELSHENAWY - DEL PRADO ELEMENTARY JAY IYER - CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY MATHEUS MARAN - DEL PRADO ELEMENTARY DIYA SHANDALINGAM - CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY AND ADDITIONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO MATHEUS MARAN AS AN INDIVIDUAL FIRST PLACE WINNER. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRST PLACE TEAM WINNERS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME: ANVITH ARRA - POLO PARK MIDDLE O BERLENS BERTRAND - PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE ANDREW DELLAVECCHIA - WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLE COLE HOFFMAN - BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ANISHAA SUNDARAM - DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE INDIVIDUAL FIRST PLACE WINNERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES: CONCHESSA DELOS REYES - BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ELI GRAVE DE PERALTA - WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLE COLE HOFFMAN - BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] AND FINALLY, FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRST PLACE TEAM WINNERS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME: JEREMIAH ALONDRA - DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS EVAN MCLEAN - WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH ADITYA NARAYANAN - WILLIAM T. WYER HIGH DANIEL ROBBERT - WELLINGTON HIGH O OLIVIA WINTON - WELLINGTON HIGH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE INDIVIDUAL FIRST PLACE WINNER: AVA GRAVE DE PERALTA - DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WHO WON THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD AT THE TOURNAMENT. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WITH THIS WEEK, MAY 6 THROUGH 10 BEING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, IT IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR OUR NEXT TWO RECOGNITIONS, AS WE CELEBRATE BOTH EXISTING AND FUTURE TEACHERS. NOW WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE RECIPIENTS OF THE PALM BEACH FUTURE EDUCATORS SCHOLARSHIP, THE PROGRAM WHICH HELPS THE DISTRICT TO "GROW ITS OWN TEACHERS." ELIGIBLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES, AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WHO AGREE TO BECOME TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT UPON GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE, CAN APPLY. SCHOLARSHIPS OF $2,000 PER YEAR ARE AWARDED FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS. RECIPIENTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT INVOLVES A WRITTEN ESSAY AND INTERVIEW. THIS EVENING, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THE FOUR RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP, CONGRATULATE THEM ON A JOB WELLE BEST OF LUCK AS THEY EMBARK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT CAREER PATH. AND WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, FROM RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, JOEL DUPERON - HR TECHNICIAN, AND NIKKI JONES - HR PARTNER, FOR THEIR EFFORTS. TO THE RECIPIENTS THAT ARE HERE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME. CONGRATULATIONS TO: NANCY AMILCAR - SUBSTITUTE TEACHER EMILY KAPLAN - STUDENT, PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH LINDSAY REESE - STUDENT, WILLIAM T.  DWYER HIGH BARBARA VASQUEZ - HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE ARE RECOGNIZING SEVERAL GRADUATING STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR STUDIES ON THEIR WAY TO BECOMING TEACHERS, AS PART OF TEACHER CONTRACT SIGNING DAY. WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT THEY HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT, STATING THAT UPON THEIR GRADUATION FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND PROVIDED THEY MEET STATE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, THEY WILL BE FIRST PRIORITY IN BEING OFFERED A TEACHING POSITION HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE ALSO RECOGNIZING STUDENTS AS PART OF CAREER DECISION SIGNING DAY, WHICH IS FOR THE 2024 SENIORS WHO HAVE SIGNED NON-BINDING AGREEMENTS, ACCEPTED OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT, AND WILL BE ENTERING THE WORKFORCE RIGHT AFTER GRADUATION IN A FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THEY WERE ENROLLED IN DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE WORKFORCE. AT THIS TIME, I'D ASK ANY OF THE TEACHER CONTRACT AND CAREER DECISION STUDENTS HERE TODAY TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME. CONGRATULATIONS TO: VICTORIA BILL - WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOL MAKIYAH FOREMAN - PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH AYDA KILIC - SEMINOLE RIDGE HIGH O SE'MAJ LESTER - PALM BEACH AKES HIGH KATORIA LOWERY - PALM BEACH KATORIA LOWERY - PALM BEACH O TORI WATSON - PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND FINALLY THIS EVENING, WE ARE RECOGNIZING A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETIC TEAM, AS WELL AS THREE INDIVIDUAL STATE ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS. ALL OF THESE STUDENTS WORKED VERY HARD TRAINING, PRACTICING, AND COMPETING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS. THEIR DEDICATION AND EFFORTS PAID OFF, AND THEY ARE ALL STATE CHAMPIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO: THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM - BOCA RATON HIGH ANGELICA BLIMEGGER - WEST BOCA RATON HIGH, INDIVIDUAL GIRLS BOWLER JAYDEN BROWN - DR. JOAQUIN GARCIA HIGH, INDIVIDUAL BOYS BOWLER ANNA FIORE - SUNCOAST HIGH, INDIVIDUAL GIRLS WEIGHTLIFTER AND WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE:  MICHAEL GRILLO - TEACHER, BOCA HIGH  GERARD ALBERT - PHYS. AUTUMN RAMSEY.  KELLIE ERIANNE. YETTA GREENE. VALERIE MIYARES - DR. SUSIE KING - EDMUND CAPITANO. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] MADAME BOARD CHAIR, MADAME VICE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THIS CONCLUDES THE RECOGNITIONS FOR MAY. TONIGHT SHOWS US THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS LIVE UP TO OUR MOTTO OF BEING YOUR BEST CHOICE. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING. >> Chair Brill: BOARD MEMBERS, THAT IS GOING TO BRING US TO-- THAT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT US TO THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT REPORT, BUT AS YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT HERE WITH US TONIGHT. BUT WE THANK HIM FOR SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM AT GRADUATION. AND THAT WILL BRING US NOW TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS. THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE REPORT BY CHAIR CHARMAIN POSTAL. ARE YOU HEAR? -- ARE YOU HERE? THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT IS ATTACHED AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORT IS ATTACHED. FOR THE DISTRICT DIVERSITY & EQUITY COMMITTEE, CHAIR JUAN PAGAN. PLEASE COME ON UP. BUENOS NOCHES. THE BOARD MEETING TOOK PLACE ON MAY 8, 2024, THE REPORT ON THE COMMITTEE, GOOD EVENING. CHAIRWOMAN BRILL, VICE CHAIR WOMAN McQUINN AND BOARD MEMBERS. THE COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 24. AT THE MEETING THE STAFF PROVIDED A PRESENTATION ON BRIGHT FUTURE SCHOLARSHIPS. DATA WAS SHARED ON THE PERCENTS OF STUDENTS RECEIVING THE BRIGHT FUTURES SCHOLARSHIPS BY SUBGROUPS. THERE IS A GREAT DISCREPANCY IN THE NUMBER OF BLACK STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT ARE RECEIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE NEED FOR EDUCATION AND INTENTIONAL ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THESE OUTCOMES WAS DISCUSSED. THIS TOPIC WILL BE FURTHER DISCUSSED IN THE FUTURE BY THE D.E.C. PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN BY THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE AGENCIES. COMPASS, AMANDA. JESSICA PAGAN. EACH AGENCY SPOKESPERSON SHARED PRESENTATION AND INFORMATION ON EACH OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. THEY SHARE THEIR PURPOSE AND PRIORITIES AND HOW THEY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THE PRESENTATIONS WERE VERY INFORMATIVE AS EACH AGENCY IS UNIQUE IN ITS OWN WAY, THE GOAL OF THE PRESENTATION IS FOR EACH OF THE MEMBERS TO NETWORK WITH EACH OTHER TO LEVERAGE THEIR RESOURCES TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITY. AN UPDATE WAS GIVEN BY KIMBERLY ESPARA CHAIR OF THE AD HOC AD HOC COMMITTEE BASED ON FEEDBACK THEY CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON SBMS AND CHANGE SUCCESSFUL BLACK MALE STUDENTS TO HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVING BLACK MALE STUDENTS. HAABMS. IT THE PLAN IS TO CREATE A PLAN OF ACTION PROVIDED TO THE BOARD REGARDING HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BLACK MALE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE UPDATED RECOMMENDATION WAS SHARED WITH THE BOARD VIA AN EMAIL THAT I SENT. AGAIN, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT TAKES STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THIS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL SUPPORT HAABMS. THE COMMITTEE NEXT MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY MAY 16 AT 10 A.M. AND NEXT COMING SUNDAY IS MOTHER DAY. PLEASE ENJOY AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN. GRACIAS, THANK YOU. >> GRACIAS Mr. PAGAN. GENERAL COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US TONIGHT? >> I DO, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE MY REPORT TONIGHT AND I SEE THAT HE HAS EXITED THE ROOM BUT I KNOW HE IS LISTENING IN TO ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL BRUCE HARRIS. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE THIS EVENING AND I'M SURE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THEY'RE PROBABLY THINKING WHO THIS IS MAN. WHO IS THIS BRUCE HARRIS THAT WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT IS RETIRING. AND TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS LISTENING IN, I WOULD SAY HE IS A FAMILIAR PERSON TO MOST OF YOU HE HAS BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR OVER 19 YEARS. HE IS A 46-YEAR ATTORNEY AND HE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF MOST OF THE LARGEST LEGAL ISSUES THAT HAVE IMPACTED SCHOOLS OVER THE PAST 19 OR MORE YEARS. SO WITH THAT, WE PUT TOGETHER, IN OUR OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, A NICE VIDEO FOR YOU ALL TO GET TO SEE TODAY, BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE HIM AND WE THANK HIM FOR HIS MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. HE IS QUITE A LEGAL GIANT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR TEAM TO RUN THE VIDEO. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BRUCE, I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING AND I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH AND LISTEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM ALL OF US FROM THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU Ms. BERNARD AND THANK YOU, Mr. HARRIS. INSPECTOR GENERAL, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT TONIGHT? >> I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO TOP THAT. NO REPORT. >> Chair Brill: OKAY, THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS-- I'M SORRY. I'M JUMPING THE GUN. HAVE I TO GO BACK. I WAS MISSING THE DELEGATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. I'M SPEEDING US THROUGH THIS MEETING. I'M GOING TO CALL UP OUR DELEGATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, JAMES GRAPH GRAVILLOS,. >> THANK YOU BOARD CHAIR BRILL AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. SINCE ERICA GAVE MY REPORT, CAN I JUST GO HOME NOW. I'LL TOUCH ON THAT BRIEFLY. WE TALK ABOUT THE MISSION OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, YOUR FOUNDATION AS BEING THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD OF EDUCATION. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT ECOSYSTEM TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW THAT SYSTEM WORKS AND WHAT IT ULTIMATELY MEANS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CHAIR BELIEVE IN YOU AND SUPPORT YOU. I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS LAST WEEK WENDY LINK AND SHE SAID WE ARE MOVING OUR OFFICE. WE HAVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, THREE RING BINDERS, COULD RED APPLE SUPPLY USE THEM? GOT IT. WE'LL TAKE IT. SHE CALLED A FEW HOURS LATER WITH MORE BOXES. THE NEXT DAY SHE SAID WE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF BOXES. GOT IT. WE'LL TAKE IT. THE THIRD DAY SHE SAID WE HAVE SOME LATEX FREE RUBBER GLOVES. I'M THINKING OUR ART TEACHERS CAN USE THEM OR PEOPLE FOR CRAFTS. I SAID GREAT. HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? SHE SAID WE HAVE 37 PALLETS. AT THAT POINT AT THE ED FOUNDATION, IT'S LIKE BEING ON THE "TITANIC," ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD, WE SWUNG INTO ACTION AND REACHED OUT TO Dr. MIGUEL BENEVENTI WHO SAID OUR MEDICAL ACADEMIES NEED THESE. SO WE TOOK THE ENTIRE DONATION. NOW JUST SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, YOU ARE A NUMBER PERSONS, 37 PALLETS, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING HOW MANY CASES THAT IS 2237 CASES. HOW MANY BOXES WOULD THAT BE? THAT WOULD BE 21,707 BOXES. AND HOW MANY INDIVIDUAL GLOVES? 2,282,400 PAIRS OF LATEX FREE RUBBER GLAFS AT A RETAIL COSTER OF $217,000. NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR DISTRICT. THANKS TO WENDY LINK OUR SUPERVISOR OF THE ELECTIONS, WHO HAD TO GET RID OF THESE. SHE CHANNELED IT THROUGH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO YOU, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE AND TO OUR 30 PLUS MEDICAL ACADEMIES. OVER THIS WEEK AND THROUGH INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, THAT ED FOUNDATION STAFF IS IN THE TRUCK OF VISITING SIX SCHOOLS A DAY DROPPING A PALLET OF THESE RUBBER GLOVES. MAYBE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS AND $5 BILLION BUDGET. 200,000 DONATION MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH BUT AS MY SON IN THE MILITARY WOULD SAY, 200,000 HERE AND 200,000 THERE AND SOON YOU ARE TALKING REAL MONEY. THE POINT OF THIS IS THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BELIEVES IN YOU AND THEY WANT TO FIND WAYS TO HELP. WE AT THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION HELP THEM CREATIVELY FIND WAYS TO HELP. BOARD MEMBER ERICA, YOU SHARED YOUR EXPERIENCE AT OUR TOPPING OFFICER MOAN. THE NEW FACILITY THAT WE ARE READY TO MOVE INSIDE AND BEGIN THE WORK HERE, PROCTOR CONSTRUCTION TELLS US WE WILL BE MOVING IN PERMANENTLY IN DECEMBER. JANUARY THEIR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE IN MID NOVEMBER. THAT 32,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS FOR THE DISTRICT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, SURVIVOR LINK CALLED ME AGAIN TODAY. SHE SAID WE HAVE SOME MORE THINGS. WE GOT NO ROOM IN THE WAREHOUSE. WE CAN'T FIT ANYTHING ELSE. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE MOVING OUT SIX PALLETS A DAY TO THE VARIOUS MEDICAL ACADEMIES. SHE SAID WE'LL WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. WE WANT THEM TO GO TO THE STUDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE WANT TO HELP THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SUPERVISOR LINK, IF YOU ARE WATCHING TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR CHILDREN. YOUR DONATION, 217,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF GLOVES IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THESE KIDS PREPARING FOR MEDICAL CAREERS. SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, I COME BACK TO YOU. THIS BUSINESS COMMUNITY LOVES YOU. THEY BELIEVE IN YOU. THEY RESPECT YOU AND THEY WANT TO FIND WAYS TO HELP YOU. BOARD MEMBER WHITFIELD, THAT NEW BUILDING WE ARE CONSTRUCTING IS GOING TO HELP PEOPLE DO MORE OF THAT WITH 32,000 SQUARE FEET, 20,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE WAREHOUSE, WE CAN TAKE LARGER DONATIONS LIKE THIS AND FUNCTION IT OVER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO OUR ECOSYSTEM. WE ARE YOUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION. I'M GOING TO GO MOVE SOME RUBBER GLOVES. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU Mr. GRAVOLIS. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM CLAUDIA BARTO. THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN BRILL AND VICE CHAIR McQUINN AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. I AM CLAUDIA AND I'M GLAD TO BE PART OF JURP ACHIEVEMENT GOING INTO MY 14th YEAR WHICH IS WILD AND CRAZY BUT I LOVE WAS WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I'M THRILLED TO BE ABLE SHARE THAT. WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE TEACHERS THAT PARTNER WITH US AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE ARE ON TRACK TO SERVE THAT MANY TEACHERS AGAIN THIS YEAR. I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE CLASSROOM LAST WEEK AT LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL FOR OUR 3DE PROGRAM. WE HAD THE CASE ABOUT DELTA AND IT WAS ABOUT THE CREATIVITY ANDIN' INNOVATION, WHAT IS THE GATE EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE I. WAS REALLY NEAT TO BE HANDS ON WITH THEM AND SEE THEIR DESIGNS FOR DELTA BECAUSE THEY WILL GO IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN FRONT OF THE JUDGES AND BE JUDGED ON THAT BUT WE HAD A SER OPPONENT FOR OUR SECOND GRADUATING CLASS AT LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL OF THE 3D STUDENTS AND AGAIN, THE VALEDICTORIAN IS A 3DE STUDENT. HATS OFF TO MANUEL JOSE AND THREE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE TOP 10. THEY DIDN'T JUST DO IT WITH 3D E. THEY'RE PART OF PATH TO COLLEGE AND TAKE STOCK THIS CHILDREN SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN AMAZING COLLABORATING COMMUNITY AROUND OUR STUDENTS AND SHOUT OUT TO MARIA AND HENRY WHO RECEIVED THE STYLES NICKOL SON SCHOLARSHIPS THAT NIGHT AS WELL. WE DO HAVE A NEW MOU FOR 3D-E COMING UP. AND YES, IT'S THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE STILL HAVE FOUR MORE CAREER EXPLORATION FAIRS HAPPENING AT LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY THIS FRIDAY, ROLLING GROWN HIGHLAND AND EGRET LAKE. IF ANYBODY WANTS, WE HAVE MORE SPOTS. IF YOU WANT TO COME TO HIGHLAND AND SHARE YOUR CAREER WITH THOSE STUDENTS. AND I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUTSTANDING TEAM AT JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT. THEY'RE LED BY KATIE THOMPSON, WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW, AND WE DO HAVE ERICA, ASHLEY, KAITLYN AND LAUREN, WHO ARE PART OF THAT PROGRAM'S TEAM THAT BRING THE PROGRAMS TO YOU EVERY DAY. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, YOU HEARD LAST MONTH ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SURFACE 71 FOR THE BEACH CLEANUP. LIKE MR. FERGUSON SAID, MANY OF THE STUDENTS WERE AT PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATED AND MANY DID COME OUT TO THE CLEANUP WITH KEEP PALM BEACH COUNTY BEAUTIFUL AND THE BEACH BUCKET FOUNDATION THANKS TO THE MARINE INDUSTRIES GIVES BACK. THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH MONTH THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU Ms. BARTO. GORDON LONG LONG HOFER. >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WING IT. PRESIDENT OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. CHAIR BRILL, VICE CHAIR McQUINN, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, HONORED GUESTS. STAFF, TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK AND TEACHERS ARE BUSY ALL THE TIME, THEY DO TONS OF THINGS, THEY GET UP EVERY DAY, HEAD TO THE CLASSROOMS REGARDLESS OF THE WEIGHT OF THEIR LIVES. THEY LEAD THEIR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE, THEY GUIDE THEM, EQUIP THEM FOR SUCCESS RIGHT AWAY AS WELL AS SUCCESSES IN THE FUTURE. I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE IN THE CLASSROOM, STILL EACH AND EVERY DAY DOING THEIR WORK FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO TO MAKE THIS DISTRICT FUNCTION, TO DRIVE OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TO BRING US THE ACCOLADES THAT WE HAVE AND OF COURSE WE HAVE SEEN MANY OF THOSE ACCOLADES TONIGHT, INCLUSIVE OBVIOUSLY OF THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM FROM BOCA RATON HIGH TO THE YOUNG LADY WHO SUNG OUR NATIONAL AN THEM. A WONDERFUL RENDITION AND SHOWING A BEAUTIFUL, PURE VOICE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE 9 APPRECIATION THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOW THROUGH THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU ENGAGE IN, THE PROMOTION THAT YOU HAVE FOR EVERYTHING EDUCATION BUT ESPECIALLY AS YOU ARE OUT THERE IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT GET DONE, AND THEN THE FURTHER WORK, MUCH OF WHAT HAS GONE ON HERE TONIGHT WITH A COUPLE OF RECOGNITIONS WITH SPECIFIC TEACHERS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND TO WORK ON BEHALF OF TEACHERS AS THEIR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT I THANK YOU FOR THE APPRECIATION YOU SHOW BY THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE. IT IS DULY NOTED AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO A MUCH BETTER EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAN WE FIND IN SO MANY OTHER PLACES IN FLORIDA. PLEASE TAKE THAT AS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR APPRECIATING TEACHERS FOR WHAT THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU, Mr. LONGHOFER. Dr. DREB RA ROBINSON, COALITION FOR BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. >> GOOD EVENING. SOY FIRST-- SO FIRST, I WANT TO THANK BRUCE AS WELL. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE HAD TO GO INTO THE WEEDS, AND MY FAVORITE QUESTION FROM Mr. HARRIS WAS, DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE A COMMA OR SEMICOLON? I DON'T KNOW. I DO MATH AND SCIENCE. ANYWAY, GOOD EVENING. I'M Dr. DEBORAH ROBINSON, CHAIR OF THE COALITION FOR BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO EXPRESS THE SENTIMENTS OF THE COALITION AND OUR BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY'S LACK OF ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF BLACK CHILDREN. DECADES AGO THE COALITION TOOK THE POSITION THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY BE WANTED TO EDUCATE BLACK CHILDREN BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW. THAT NO LONGER HOLDS WATER. YOU HAVE RECEIVED LOTS OF INPUT ON THIS SUBJECT, SO WE ARE LEFT THINKING THAT YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO. WHEN YOU ARE SHAKING HANDS AT GRADUATION IN THESE UPCOMING WEEKS, I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN THEIR EYES. THIS IS WHY I STOPPED GOING TO GRADUATIONS. SOME OF THE EYES HAVE PROMISE OF GREAT THINGS TO COME, BUT MANY DO NOT. THOSE DULL EYES, THOSE ARE THE CONCORDANT SCORE KIDS THE REQUIRED ELA S.A.T. SCORE FOR GRADUATION IS 480 BUT THE AVERAGE ACCEPTED AT F.A.U. IS 565, FSU IS 656. GRAD WAITION FOR S.A.T. GRADUATION IS 420 BUT THE AVERAGE ACCEPTED AT FAU IS 545, FSU IS 635. AND FISCAL YEAR 23, 43.2% OF BLACK GRADUATES USED CONCORDANT SCORES. YOU DIDN'T GET THEM READY FOR THE FUTURE. DO YOU CARE? THE COALITION HAS BEEN HAVING DATA CHATS, REAMS AND REAMS OF DATA INCLUDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, DISCIPLINE, ACCELERATION AND OTHER CATEGORIES. THE COALITION WILL BE CREATING AND PUBLISHING A REPORT CARD ON THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO START THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN DO BETTER. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS NO REAL ADVOCACY OR YOU JUST DON'T CARE. IT APPEARS THAT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, DESPITE ITS LOFT EMISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS IS REALLY JUST FINE WITH MAINTAINING THE RACE-BASED CASTE SYSTEM THAT EXISTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THEN HIDE BEHIND THE STATE'S IDEOLOGY PROMOTING RULES AND LAWS. IS IT YOUR IDEOLOGY IN? AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO JUST WORK WITH THE BUBBLE KIDS, TO OPTIMIZE THE SCHOOL GRADE. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER STUDENTS? THE HIGH PERFORMERS, THE UNDER ACHIEVERS? WHAT ABOUT THEM? DO YOU CARE? YOU KNOW BETTER. I SAT ON THE DAIS WITH MANY OF YOU AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY CONVERSATIONS ON HOW WE WOULD MAKE THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT BETTER BUT EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS, EACH STUDENT. BUT AT THE INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW PRESENTATION IT APPEARS UNDERACHIEVEMENT OF BLACK CHILDREN HAS BEEN NORMALIZED. YOU HAVE PHILOSOPHICALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY SLID BACKWARDS. DO YOU CARE? DO YOU REALIZE HOW COMPUTER-BASED EDUCATION IS IN 2024? YET WE HAVE NOT FOUND-- I HAVE NOT FOUND A SCHOOL THAT ALLOWS CHILDREN TO TAKE THEIR DEVICES HOME TO COMPLETE THEIR HOME WORK. WE USED TO STRATEGIZE HOW TO TACKLE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. DO YOU? NOT ON YOUTUBE ANYWAY. WE WANT TO BELIEVE IN YOU. AND YOU WANT US TO VOTE FOR THAT HALF PENNY AGAIN. BUT IT'S HARD. PLEASE ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. THIS IS LOW HANGING FRUIT. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING OUR REPORT CARD ON YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU JUDGE YOURSELF? THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU DR. ROBINSON INSON. I ON LIKE TO WELCOME ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO ARE JOINING US TODAY. PLEASE ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD AS A COLLECTIVE BODY AND DO NOT ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF MEMBERS DIRECTLY. OUR POLICY PROVIDES THAT WE DO NOT RESPOND TO OR ENGAGE WITH OUR SPEAKERS; HOWEVER, WE DO MAKE NOTE OF YOUR ISSUES AND WE FOLLOW UP WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THEM. AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE AGENDA ITEM WHICH THE SPEAKER HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS. PURSUANT TO SCHOOL BOARD POLICY, SPEAKERS WHOSE COMMENTS DO NOT RELATE TO THE TOPIC THAT THE SPEAKER INDICATED OR WHOSE COMMENTS DISRUPT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDER OF THE MEETING MAY BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING OR HAVING THE MICROPHONE TURNED OFF AND FORFEITING THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AT THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING. THANK YOU FOR AGAIN FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE AT THE BOARD MEETING. IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED. AFOR AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHOOL BOARD POLICY. THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF WHEN THE TIME LIMIT HAS BEEN REACHED. WHEN YOU SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. WE ALSO REQUEST THAT YOU PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS, SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER OR CITY OF RESIDENCE. AND WITH THAT, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I MISPRONOUNCE ANYBODY'S NAME. LY BEGIN TO CALL UP THE SPEAKERS. I'LL CALL YOU TWO AT A TYPE. DONALD PIERSON AND STEVEN ROCHA. GOOD EVENING, DONE PIERSON. STARTING MY 43rd YEAR IN THIS COUNTY. PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. AND I AM WEST PALM BEACH RESIDENT AGAIN, EVERY YEAR, I TRY TO SPEAK ON THINGS THAT MATTER AND WHAT IS COMING UP ON PIS. YOU ARE GOING TO GET A LIST OF NON-REAPPOINTMENTS. THE LIST OF NAMES THAT PRINCIPALS GIVE YOU I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE VETTED VERY WELL BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. EXAMPLE. I'LL GIVE YOU-- SO YOU HAVE A TEACHER THAT HAS BEEN TEACHING 20 PLUS YEARS AND HE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY TROUBLE, GOT SOME ACCOLADES, GOT SOME AWARDS. THEN GETS TO A NEW SCHOOL AND A CHAMPION BOXER AND STUDENTS SAY HEY, WILL YOU TEACH TO US BOX. HE SAID YEAH, CAN I DO THAT. SO DURING CLASS,-- NOT DURING CLASS, DURING LURN THEY COME TO HIS CLASSROOM AND HE SHOWS THEM THIS THINGS AND PEOPLE SAY THAT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA. SO THE PRINCIPAL SAYS HEY, DON'T DO THAT. AND THAT'S FINE. I'M SORRY. I WON'T DO THAT. BUT HE NOTICES THAT A LOT OF THOSE KIDS THAT HE TOOK INTEREST IN, THEY WORK HARD AND THEIR GRADES HAD BEEN BOOSTED SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT SOME PEOPLE, ARE INTERESTED, HEY, THE TEACHER HAD BOXING IN HIS CLASS. HE DOESN'T HAVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SKILLS. AN OVER ZEALOUS A.P. SAYS HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, HAVE YOU TO GO TO CHAMPS. HE GOES TO CHAMPS BUT THAT WAS DONE IN PRESCHOOL. SO THE PERCEIVED THOUGHT OF HOW THIS TEACHER IS HAS ALREADY BEEN SET. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD DO IT. AND NOW THE TEACHER GETS CALLED IN BY THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL SAYS HEY, THIS ISN'T A MEETING THAT IS GOING TO BE PUNITIVE; HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO DECIDE IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE NON-REAPPOINTED ON THIS OR NOT. THAT IS PUNITIVE. AND WHAT IS SAID TO THE PRINCIPAL IS HEY, YOU HAVE NEVER STEPPED ONE MINUTE IN THE CLASS. YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE CLASS. YOU ARE JUST TAKING WHAT AN A.P. HAS SAID. DON'T YOU VET THAT, TRUST BUT VERIFY? WELL, THAT A.P. IS A PROFESSIONAL. WELL SO IS THE GENTLEMAN. HE IS A PROFESSIONAL ALSO. BUT I THOUGHT THAT, THANK GOD YOU FOUND THIS A.P. BECAUSE IN ONE YEAR THEY FIGURED OUT THAT HE IS A BAD TEACHER, AND HE IS NON-REAPPOINTED BUT HERE IS THE THING THAT REALLY GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN. HE HAS GIVEN A BIRTHDAY CARD FROM THE PRINCIPAL THAT SAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME DAY. TWO HOURS LATER HE GETS HIS NON-REAPPOINTMENT. THAT, IF YOU CONDONE THAT, OR YOU ARE CORRECT IT. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU, STEVEN ROCHA. ARE YOU HERE? MAX FENNING. OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF OUR AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS. BOARD MEMBERS. THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD SECOND BY MR. BARBIERI. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED IN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS SO THAT BRINGS US TO NEW BUSINESS. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. >> CAO 3, THE RECOMMEND THE BOARD THE BOARD DOPTION AND SIGN ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS TO THE FY'25 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PROGRAM. MOTION AND SECOND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM MAY 2024 AS HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH GLIK MOTION BY MS. ANDREWS SECOND BY Ms. WHITFIELD, ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED IN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Supt.Burke: I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM 2024 ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. GLIK ANY DISCUSSION IN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Supt.Burke: I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM MAY 2024 AS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. >> MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD SECOND BY MS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Supt.Burke: I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM MAY 6, 2024 AS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY EXPWHRIK MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD AND SECOND BY MR. BARBIERI. I'M GOING TO READ THAT PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE HOLOCAUST WAS THE STATE SPONSORED SYSTEMIC PERSECUTION AND ANNIHILATION OF EUROPEAN JEWS BY NAZI GERMANY AND ITS COLLABORATORS BETWEEN 1933 AND 1945. SIX MILLION PEOPLE WERE MURDERED, INCLUDING ROMA, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND POLLS WHO WERE ALSO TARGETED FOR DESTRUCTION OR DECIMATION FOR RACIAL, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL REASONS. MILLIONS MORE INCLUDING LGBTQ PEOPLE, JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, SOVIET PRISONERS OF WAR AND DISSENTS SUFFERED GRIEVOUS OPPRESSION AND DEATH UNDER NAZI TYRANNY. WHEREAS THIS YEAR MARKS THE 81st ANNIVERSARY OF THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING WHEN IMPRISONED POLISH JEWS MOUNTED A COURAGEOUS ACT OF ARMED RESISTANCE AND WHEREAS THE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF INDIVIDUAL SOCIETIES AND GOVERNMENTS AND WHEREAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THE TERRIBLY VENTS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND REMAIN VIGILANT AGAINST HATRED, PERSECUTION AND TYRANNY AND WHEREAS THE DISTRICT SHOULD ACTIVELY REMAIN DEDICATED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND ADJUST SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE DISTRICT TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST AS WELL AS TO REFLECT ON THE NEED FOR RESPECT OF ALL PEOPLE AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO AN ACT OF CONGRESS, PUBLIC LAW 96388, OCTOBER 7, 1980, THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL DESIGNATES THE DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST TO BE SUNDAY MAY 5 THROUGH MONDAY MAY 6, 2024 INCLUDING THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE MAY 6. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 6, 2024 AS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND IN HONOR OF THE SURVIVORS AS WELL AS THE RS CURES AND LIBERATORS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD WORK TO PROMOTE HUMAN DIGNITY AND CONFRONT HATE WHENEVER AND HOWEVER IT OCCURS DONE THIS 8th DAY OF MAY 2024 IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Supt.Burke: THAT BRINGS US TO COM11. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM MAY 2024 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE MONTH. >> Chair Brill: MOTION. I UNDERSTAND Ms. WHITFIELD WOULD LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION GLIT I WAS. >> Erica Whitfield: I WAS NOT GOING TO READ IT BUT SOME PEOPLE CAME TODAY AND I JUST READ SOMETHING BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY P INTERESTING, THAT MENTAL HEALTH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON A SPECTRUM JUST LIKE WE CONSIDER MANY OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS. SOMETIMES WITH VERY, YOU KNOW, BAD OUTCOMES AND SOMETIMES JUSTICE A LITTLE BIT THAT YOU JUST NEED A LITTLE SUPPORT WITH SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING THAT SUPPORT IF YOU NEED IT. PROCLAMATION, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE MONTH MAY 2024. WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERYONE'S OVERALL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND EVERYONE EXPERIENCES TIMES OF STRESS AND STRUGGLES IN THEIR LIVES AND WHEREAS RESEARCH RECOGNIZES THAT ADVERSE CHILD HOOD EXPERIENCES, ACES ARE DRAMATIC EVENTS THAT CAN HAVE A TREMENDOUS EFFECT A CHILD'S BRAIN AND BODY AND RESULT IN POOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IN ADULTHOOD AND ACES INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL NEGLECT, UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESS, INCARS RACE OF A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEPARATION OR DIVORCE INVOLVING HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND WHEREAS STUDIES SHOW THAT THE EFFECTS OF ACES ARE FELT BY PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND WHEREAS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL AS AVAILABLE SUPPORT AND SERVICES CAN GREATLY AFFECT A PERSON'S ABILITY TO HANDLE THEIR STRESS AND BUILD RESILIENCY SKILLS AND WHEREAS PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS LEADS TO A HIGHER OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY BETTER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, LOWER CRIME RATES, STRONGER ECONOMIES, LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS, IMPROVED FAMILY LIFE, IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE AND INCREASED LIFESPAN AND WHEREAS THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY RECOGNIZES THE IMPACT OF AWARENESS AND EDUCATION, THE NECESSITY OF ACCESS TO SERVICES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING TO A PERSON'S OVERALL SUCCESS AND SUPPORTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACHES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEMS OF CARE AND WHEREAS THE GATE YOUR GREEN CAMPAIGN AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS CREATING VISIBLE SUPPORT AND FOSTERING SAFE SPACES TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND TRAUMA TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT EVERYONE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS ENCOURAGED TO GET YOUR GRIEN ON AND WEAR GREEN ON THURSDAY MAY 16, 2024, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY PROCLAIM MAY 2024 AS MENTAL HEALTH AND TRAUMA INFORMED MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair Brill: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Supt.Burke: COM12. PROCLAMATION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT UNSUNG HEROES. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM MAY 2024 AS INTERNATIONAL INTERNAL AUDIT AWARENESS MONTH. >> Chair Brill: MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD SECOND BY VICE CHAIR McQUINN. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? , OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Supt.Burke: CONGRATULATIONS Ms. MICHAEL. COM13. I RECOMMEND THE WORLD PROCLAIM MAY 7, 2024 AS WORLD ASTHMA DAY. >> Chair Brill: MOTION BY PLZ WHITT SECOND BY VICE CHAIR McQUINN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Supt.Burke: COM14,RY EMTHE BOARD-- I'M SORRY, WE DID THAT ONE EARLIER. THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN BRILL. THAT BRINGS US TO PTHE. I RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE THE PERSONNEL ADDENDUM AS SUBMITTED. >> MOTION AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT WILL NOW BRING US TO OUR NON-AGENDA SPEAKERS. JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND WE REQUEST THAT YOU PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS AND DISTRICT. CARL HUGH MAMED-- MUHAMMAD AND DAISY DANIEL. ARE EITHER OF YOU HERE IN COME ON UP. >> DAISY DANIEL, EMPLOYEE. I WILL PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF LAST MONTH ON APRIL 17. WE NEED TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR SHORTAGE. THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL UNIT IS CONNECTED AND THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE THE HEART BEAT OF THE SCHOOL. PART 4. I WANT TO SEND A VIRTUAL HUG AND WISH EVERY TEACHER HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT MY YOUNGEST OUT OF THREE CHILDREN WILL BE GRADUATING HSES THIS MONTH. I'M PROUD OF YOU JOSIAH. HE HAS BEEN DOING FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. I ALSO HOME SCHOOLED ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR A COMBINED YEAR TOTAL OF 13 YEARS. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES THAT MY FAMILY HAS BEEN AFFORDED. THE PALM BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DONE MANY THINGS RIGHT. HOWEVER, HAVING WORKED AS A LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE SCHOOL COUNSELOR IN AN ELEMENTARY TITLE 12 SCHOOL FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. I HAVE OBSERVED A GREAT NEED. I BELIEVE THE BALL HAS BEEN DROPPED WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR SHORTAGE AND LACK OF PREVENTION AND REMEDIES TO FILL THE NEEDS AND AVOID THEM THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SPECIAL MOMENTS WORK IS AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR. LAST YEAR I HAD A KINDERGARTENER THAT EMIGRATED FROM CUBA. HE WAS VERY SHY AND WOULDN'T TALK TO ME EVEN THOUGH I SPOKE SPANISH. THIS YEAR, HOWEVER, HE OPENED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME HE CAME TO MY ROOM ONE DAY AND HANDED ME THIS ARTWORK RIGHT HERE THAT HE HAD MADE. HE ASKED ME TO WRITE THE WORDS "COME TO GUIDANCE" ON IT. I THANKED HIM AND ASKED HIM IF COMING TO GUIDANCE HAD HELPED HIM. HE REPLIED IN SPANISH, YES, VERY MUCH. HE WANTED ME TO PUT IT ON THE DOOR OF THE CLASSROOM SO THAT EVERY STUDENT WOULD COME TO GUIDANCE. THIS TAUGHT ME A GREAT LESSON AND THAT IS TO NOT OVERLOOK THE STUDENTS WHO DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. SOME HAVE SUFFERED SO MUCH ALL RIGHT IMMIGRATING HERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER IF GUIDANCE IS NOT BEING TAUGHT TO THEM. DON'T THINK THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT ALERT OR LISTENING IN CLASS, THEY ARE. THE LANGUAGE AND CARE IS UNIVERSAL AND HAS NO LANGUAGE BARRIERS. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY A GREAT CROWD OF WITNESSES. KEEP BEING THE ROLE MODEL THAT THESE STUDENTS NEED. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. JANE TIERNEY AND JACQUELINE CALAWAY. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M JACQUELINE CALLOWAY WITH THE COALITION FOR BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND I LIVE IN WELLINGTON, FLORIDA. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THINGS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. , 268 YEARS AGO, PHYLLIS WHEATLEY WAS BORN IN WEST AFRICA. SHE WAS NAMED AFTER THE SLAVESHIP THAT BROUGHT HER TO THE SHORES OF BOSTON AT ABOUT THE AGE OF 7. THIS BRILLIANT LITTLE GIRL WOULD LATER BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHOR TO PUBLISH A BOOK OF POETRY. IF ALIVE TODAY, PHYLLIS SURELY HAVE BEEN SOUGHT AFTER BY IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK SHE WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO ATTEND AN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. IN HER 1772 POEM ENTITLED ON SLAVERY AND TYRANNY, PHYLLIS WHEATLEY CHASTISED THOSE WHO LAUDED HER ACUMEN BUT SILENCE ON HER ENSLAVEMENT. SHOULD YOU MY LORD WONDER FROM WHENCE MY LOVE OF FREEDOM SPRUNG, WHENCE BELOW THESE WISHES OF THE COMMON GOOD, BEST UNDERSTOOD. 237 YEARS AFTER PHYLLIS WHEATLEY'S DEATH, ANOTHER YOUNG BRILLIANT AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE POET DID WHAT PHYLLIS WOULD HAVE NEVER DREAMED POSSIBLE. AMANDA GORMAN, THEN THE NATIONAL YOUTH POET LAUREATE RECITED TO THE NATION HER POEM "THE HILL WE CLIMB. " THERE WERE THOSE WHO SOUGHT TO REMOVE HER POEM OUT OF FLORIDA'S SCHOOLS OUT OF THEIR IGNORANCE OF ARTISTIC RELEVANCE. AMANDA WROTE THIS:  THE HILL WE CLIMB IF ONLY WE DARE, IT'S BECAUSE BEING AMERICAN IS MORE THAN A PRIDE WE INHERIT. IT'S THE PAST WE STEP INTO AND HOW WE REPAIR IT. CONFRONTING AND REPAIRING DISTORTIONS IN HOW THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IS TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS THE HILL THAT THE COALITION HAS CHOSEN TO CLIMB BECAUSE AS PHYLLIS WHEATLEY SURPRISED THE TRUTH IS THAT FROM WHENCE FLOWS THE WISHES OF THE COMMON GOOD. PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE, EACH HAS ITS OWN TIME, A PRELUDE AND A LEGACY, AS ARE PHYLLIS, AMANDA AND YOUNG BLACK ACHIEVERS YET TO BE. WILL THESE TIMES BE PROTECTED WITH VORACITY AND COURAGE AND COURAGE OR WILL THEY BE MIRED IN FALSEHOOD AND HYPOCRISY. IF IT IS THE LATTER, THEN TRUTH BECOMES UNATTAINABLE. PHYLLIS' COMMON GOOD BECOMES COMMON I GO NRNS INSTEAD. AMANDA'S HILL COLLAPSES AS IF BUILT ON SAND AND THOSE WHO COULD BE WON'T BE. ARE THESE THINGS INEVITABLE? IF THOSE OF YOU ON THE DAIS ANSWER NO, THEN YOU MUST STOP AND ASK YOURSELF THIS:  WHAT IS IT THAT IS HINDERING OUR SCHOOLS FROM TEACHING CHILDREN UNADULTERATED BLACK FACTS NOT FICTION. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JANE TIERNEY. I LIVE IN TEQUETSA AND I'M SPEAKING ON BLACK FACTS NOT FICTION. THE PURPOSES OF THE SUPPORTERS OF BLACK FACTS NOT FICTION INITIATIVE IS TO PRESENT ACCURATE COMPREHENSIVE FACTS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BLACK INDIVIDUALS, THE UNITED STATES SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY OCCURRED. OUR PURPOSES INCLUDE SHOWING TEACHERS THAT THEY CAN AND SHOULD TEACH BLACK FACTS WITHOUT PUTTING THEIR JOBS IN JEOPARDY AND JUST BRAIN TEACHING BLACK FACTS HERE. EACH MONTH AS I RESEARCH THE TOPICS, I AM LEARNING SO MUCH NEW FASCINATING INFORMATION AND IT MAKES ME NOT ONLY INTERESTED BUT VERY EMBARRASSED HOW LITTLE I KNOW ABOUT THIS AND VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT I WAS NEVER TAUGHT ANY OF THIS INFORMATION IN SCHOOL FOR ME BEING PART OF THIS PROJECT IS REMEDIAL EDUCATION. IN THE PAST MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO FIND A BIGGER SPLASH, FRED RIG DOUGLAS, SOME MAJOR FIGURE THAT ACTUALLY EVERYBODY KNOWS. THIS MONTH, I WANT TO BRING OUT SOME FACTS ABOUT SOME REALLY OVERLOOKED PEOPLE. AND I FOUND THIS AMAZING BOOK, WHICH EVERY TEACHER SHOULD HAVE, WHICH IS BLACK FIRST. AND IT INCLUDES GROUNDBREAKING EVENTS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY. AND I'LL WARN YOU, THERE ARE 4,000 EVENTS AND PEOPLE RECORDED IN HERE. SO I'M GOING TO BE AT THESE MEETINGS FOR A LONG TIME. I'M NOT GOING TO RUN OUT OF MATERIAL. THE PEOPLE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK WERE INVOLVED IN AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND ALSO IN MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS THE FIRST ONE IN 1804, WAS AN ENSLAVED MAN NAMED YORK. AND HE WAS SAID TO BE A KEY MEMBER OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPE DIS. HE ACTUALLY HAD A PRESENCE THAT WAS VERY ADMIRED BY THE NATIVE AMERICANS AND HE WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM, HIS DIPLOMATIC SKILLS WERE STRONG. AND HE HELPED THE EXPEDITION GET THROUGH SOME VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS ANOTHER IS IN 1909, MATTHEW ALEK ANDER HENSON WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO REACH THE NORTH POLE OF WHICH HE CO-DISCOVERED WITH ROBERT PERRY. HE WAS AN EXPERIENCED SEAMAN. HE WAS A LAND SURVEYOR AND HE HAD WORKED WITH PERRY ON QUITE A FEW EXPEDITIONS. THEY TRIED SEVEN TIMES TO GET TO THE NORTH POLE AND SUCCEEDED ON THE 7th TRY. HENSON WAS THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY BLAZED THE TRAIL AND REACHED THE POLE FIRST. >> THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: DEBORAH WALKER AND SHANE SELESKY. >> GOOD EVENING. DEBORAH WALKER. I AM A RESIDENT OF DELRAY BEACH. I'M A PRODUCT OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND I HAVE A MOM THAT TAUGHT SCHOOL IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. TONIGHT #BLACK FACTS NOT FICTION I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALFRED ZACH STRONG, A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF DELRAY BEACH, RESPECTED BUSINESSMAN, ACTIVE CIVIC PARTICIPANT AND A CHURCH LEADER WHO KNEW RIGHT FROM WRONG AND SOUGHT FAIRNESS AND UNIVERSE ACCESS TO PUBLIC PLACES AND FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY DELRAY'S PUBLIC BEACH. HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS WITH OTHERS TO SECURE A FULL MEASURE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, ANT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL HAVE HELPED MAKE DELRAY A RICHER OND MORE VIBRANT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. THE PUBLIC BEACH IS ONE OF DELRAY'S MOST RENOWNED ASSETS WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ENJOYING ITS BROAD VISTAS AND NATURAL BEAUTY. TRUE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ALFRED ZACH STRONG FOUGHT FOR MANY YEARS THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE GREAT PUBLIC SPACE, FREE OF COST AND OPEN TO EVERYONE. EFFORTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ALSO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FROM OTHERS. THE PERM COMMITMENT AND THE GOOD OFFICES OF A GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS; NAMELY O.F. YOUNGBLOOD, LeROY BANE, LEE YOUNGBLOOD, ATTORNEY I.C. SMITH, JOSEPH BALDWIN, ATTORNEY RODRIGUEZ AND OTHERS WHO WHOSE NAMES WE MAY NEVER KNOW PLAYED AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE ROLE OF THIS BEACH BEING INTEGRATED IN DELRAY. #BLACK FACTS NOT FICTION. GLICK THANK YOU. SHANE, ARE YOU HERE. DONALD PERSON, SERGE. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M A RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH SCHOOL COUNTY TEACHING IN PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL MADS MAT IX-- MATHEMATICS GRADES 9-12 AND STANDING HERE AND WITNESSING I WAS FALSELY ACCUSED BY THE PRINCIPAL AND HIS A.P. I RECEIVED TWO WRITTEN DIRECTIVES WHOSE INSTRUCTION WERE EXAGGERATED, TWISTED AND FALSE. I WROTE TWO REBUTTAL LETTERS AND REQUESTED PRINCIPALS TO CLARIFY TO ME WHAT WAS IGNORED AND SILENCED EVERY TIME. ALL I ASK, JUST CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK INFORMATION THEY PUT IT IN THE WRITTEN DIRECTIVES AND INVESTIGATE IT. EVERY TIME I WAS IGNORED AND I'M VERY DISRESPECTED. I WAS KNOCKED DOWN AFTER SCHOOL BY A STUDENT WRITING AN ELECTRICAL SCOOTER. I WAS LEFT UNCONSCIOUS ON THE FLOOR. I ASKED THE PRINCIPAL TO INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT. BUT MAKE SURE I HAVE SAFETY ENVIRONMENT TO WORK. HE NEVER GET BACK TO ME. ANOTHER DAY I WAS THREATENED BY A STUDENT WHO RECEIVED A GRADE LOWER THAN EXPECTED AND HE LIVES IN THE SAME SUBDIVISION AS ME AND HE THREATENED ME. I APPROACHED THE A. PSM AND ASKED FOR HELP AND NEVER RECEIVED IT. I PREPARED FOR YOU HERE SEVEN PACKAGES THAT LETTERS, DOCUMENTARY LETTERS FROM THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS. THEY WITNESS BRUTAL AND VERY HOSTILE BEHAVIOR OF TEACHER IN ONE OF MY PERIODS WHEN I'M TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DEM YEAR AND NOT PRINCIPALS NEVER ADDRESSED THAT IN THE MORNING PRINCIPAL WISHED ME VERY SPECIAL AND AWESOME DAY A FEW HOURS LATER HE CALLED ME IN HIS OFFICE AND TOLD ME THAT I'M BAD TEACHER AND HE WILL NOT RECOMMEND ME FOR NEXT YEAR. YOU TELL ME, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER WAY MORE SOPHISTICATED TO INSULT SOMEONE THAN THIS? YES, I AM ASKING TO INTERVENE ON MY BEHALF AND THEN ALL THE PEOPLE STANDING TOGETHER, OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR PRESIDENT AND COUNTRY STAND FOR UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. SO I WAS-- I WAS LEFT WITHOUT INCOME. I AM BACKGROUND UKRAINIAN WITHOUT ANY POSSIBILITY TO HELP MY MOM AND MY RELATIVES LIVING DOWN THERE IN UKRAINE. SO, PLEASE ADDRESS THIS SOMEHOW AND STOP IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS LETTER YOU CAN PICK UP AND PASS IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. >> AGAIN, DON PIERSON PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW I TALK PASSIONATELY ABOUT SITUATIONS, THERE IS A LOT THAT YOU DON'T SEE YOU DON'T SEE THAT THERE IS A TEACHER JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE VOLUNTARY TRANSFER WAS GIVEN A UMP N. AND I THINK SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE DONE WITH MALICE, I GUESS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE. I COME UP HERE AND I'M PASSIONATE AND BECAUSE IT'S PERSONNEL, I TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE GATEKEEPERS. AND JUST SOMETHING SO YOU KNOW, I PICK MY WIFE UP FROM THE AIRPORT TODAY. HER UNCLE PASSED AWAY IN MASSACHUSETTS. I SAID I'LL GO. BUT I MARRIED UP. SHE KNOWS WHAT I DO AND I TRY TO HELP PEOPLE. AND SHE SAID NO, STAY BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SPEAK FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW OR ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK. THAT'S WHY I DO IT. IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME. AND AS I TOLD THE PRINCIPAL AND THE A.P., IT DOESN'T AFFECT HIS SALARY, DOESN'T AFFECT MINE. BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAN SAY YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SALARY NEXT YEAR DOESN'T MEAN THEY SHOULD DO IT SO DO WE REALLY AFFIRM AND INSPIRE TEACHERS? OR DO WE WORK OR THINK OUR WORK IS BENEFICIAL BECAUSE I FOUND SOMETHING WRONG. I SAID TO THE A.P. THANK GOD OUR DISTRICT FOUND YOU BECAUSE YOU FOUND OUT IN ONE SHORT YEAR WHAT 20 PLUS YEARS OF ADMINISTRATORS COOPERATE FIND OUT ABOUT SERGE. YOU FOUND OUT HE WAS A BAD TEACHER AND YOU CAN SAY THAT AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS NEVER WALKED IN THE CLASSROOM CAN SAY YOU ARE NON-REAPPOINTED. HAVE A GOOD DAY. NOW THAT, SOME PEOPLE CAN GIVE A BIRTHDAY WISH TO EVERYBODY. BUT YOU KNOW AND I TALKED TO SOME OF YOU, MAYBE IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT. DIFFICULT NOT FIND ANYBODY ANYBODY ELSE AT OUR SCHOOL THAT GOT A BIRTHDAY WISH SO I'M THINKING MY PERSONAL THOUGHT IS, IF YOU WANT TO SHOW SOMEBODY WHO IS BOSS, SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEM TODAY AND THEN TWO HOURS LATER SAY HEY, YOU ARE NOT REAPPOINTED AND THAT'S WHY I SAY, DO WE CONDONE THAT OR DO WE CORRECT IT? AND THE OTHER THING THAT I OVER THE YEARS I HAVE SEEN, TIMES WE HAVE SOMEONE COME IN IN ONE YEAR AND THEN THEY GET RID OF PEOPLE AND THEN THEY LEAVE THE SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND GUYS, IT'S JUST BEING PART, JUST BEING HUMAN SO THAT'S WHY I TALK FOR OTHER PEOPLE. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. TYLER YARNELL AND LORI LANDIS. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TYLER YARNELL BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENT HERE TO SPEAK ON MY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. SO STARS LACROSSE, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS PROVIDE ACADEMIC ABDULLAH CROSS PROGRAMMING TO-- AND LACROSSE PROGRAMMING WITH LA CROSS WE WOULD BE PROVIDING LACROSSE STICKS, EQUIPMENT, COACHES AND FIELD SPACE TO THE STUDENTS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THIS GAME OTHERWISE. ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO-- WE WOULD BE OFFERING STUDY HALLS, TUTORING, MENTORSHIP AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO THESE STUDENTS, ALLOWING THEM TO OBTAIN SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE A FURTHER, A LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES. SO WHAT I ASK FROM THE BOARD, ANYONE WHO IS SPEAKING I ASK FOR ANY SUPPORT, WHETHER IT BE FINANCIAL OR STAFFING SUPPORT. WE ARE IN NEED OF AN ACADEMIC DIRECTOR, SOME THAN TO SEE THE ACADEMIC BRANCH OF THE ORGANIZATION. SOMEONE WHO WOULD HAVE A PASSION FOR THIS BRAM, ALONG WITH THAT, WE ARE IN NEED OF VOLUNTEER STAFFERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ANYONE WHO COULD HELP WITHOUT WITH THE STUDY HALLS, THE TUTORING. AND THE LACROSSE AS WELL. AS COACHES SO WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, YOU CAN SPEAK TO ME AFTERWARDS, AFTER THIS MEETING. AND ONE LAST THING. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I'M JUST KIND OF CREATING MYSELF. THIS HAS HAD SUCCESS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY AND IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WOULD I JUST LIKE TO DO THE SAME FOR MY COMUNITY AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. LORI LANDIS. IS SHE STILL HERE? WELL, THAT'S OUR LAST NON-AGENDA SPEAKER, BOARD MEMBERS. SO I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY MR. FERGUSON, SECOND BY MR. BARBIERI. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MEETING IS ADJOURNED