HI. I'M MELISSA SNIVELY, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I'M STEVE CONA, THE BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS, THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH OUR ADULTS IN OUR WORK FORCE PROGRAM. OUR DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN AMERICA AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT MORE THAN 245 SITES. WE ARE DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC IN WHAT WE DO. YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32.
MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. AS YOU'RE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD, WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Melissa Snively: GOOD AFTERNOON. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4th, 2020, IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
MEMBER CONA WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. COULD YOU PLEASE NOW ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT THIS AFTERNOON? Steve Cona: ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF TODAY'S BOARD MEETING. KALEB MILLER. I'M IN 8th GRADE AND PLAY VIOLA. HI. KIONA HUNTER. 8th GRADE. VIOLIN. HI. AMARE McCASLIN. 8th GRADE. I PLAY THE CELLO. HI. CHARLES HILL. I'M IN THE 8th GRADE, I PLAY THE VIOLA. HI. MY NAME IS ETHAN MILLER. I'M IN 8th GRADE AND I PLAY THE VIOLIN. HELLO. MY NAME IS SIMEON MAGWOOD. IN 8th GRADE AND I PLAY THE CELLO. HI. MY NAME IS REBECCA NORTON. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALEX, PRINCIPAL AT STEWART. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US DOWN HERE. Steve Cona: COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE?
Melissa Snively: THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HEAR OUR TALENTED STUDENTS. WE HAVE SO MANY ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA, FOR INTRODUCING THEM. I'D LIKE TO ALSO INTRODUCE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US THIS EVENING, MS. AREY RILEY, OUR STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FROM BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. WOULD YOU STAND UP AND WAVE TO THE CROWD, PLEASE? MS. RILEY SERVES AS OUR STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES. JUST MAYBE LET MR. AYRES, GIVE HIM A SIGN AND WE'LL CALL ON YOU. ALSO, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE -- OH, I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE YET. WHEN SHE DOES GET IN HERE, MY USF STUDENT INTERN. SO I'LL DO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM. B 4.04. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER CONA. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTIAN VOTE - VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MS. STUART IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. THERE WE GO. THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT CINDY STUART IS AWAY FROM THE DAIS THIS EVENING. ALL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE TODAY FROM JANUARY 7, 2020, THE SPECIAL-CALLED BOARD MEETING. JANUARY 14, 2020, THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. JANUARY 21st, 2020, SPECIAL-CALLED BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES.
MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER PEREZ? THANK YOU. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. MEMBER CONA WILL NOW READ OUR BOARD GUIDELINES FOR TODAY. Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON OUR LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN OUR ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. NO THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR A TIME CERTAIN TODAY. THAT IS EMPLOYEE INPUT AT 6 P.M. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL READ GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE MOVE INTO THAT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TODAY. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD THAT COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUE. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT OR DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS NOW IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE AND NOTICE THE TIMER ON THE LECTERN. THERE ARE THREE LIGHTS. THE GREEN LIGHT MEANS IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK.
THE YELLOW LIGHT INDICATES YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS. AND THE RED LIGHT INDICATES THAT YOUR TIME HAS ENDED. I WILL CALL THE SPEAKERS UP IN ORDER. AND EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE PHIL HARRISON. CHRISTINE ROBINS. SETH COTERBA. WELCOME, MR. HARRISON.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY AND LISTENING TO ME. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS ITEM 7.01, THE REZONING OF BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M REALLY HERE TO TELL YOU A REAL-LIFE SITUATION, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE SCHOOL WITH MY DAUGHTER. AND CONCERNS IF WE DON'T REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER NOT NECESSARILY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION BUT TACKLING IT HEAD ON AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHOOL IS NOT GOING TO BE OVERCROWDED AGAIN IN TWO YEARS, RIGHT? SIMILAR THINGS COULD HAPPEN. MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN INJURED AT BARRINGTON TWICE BECAUSE OF OVERCROWDING. SHE BROKE HER WRIST ONE TIME BECAUSE THE SCHOOL WAS JUST TOO CROWDED WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE HALLWAYS. STUDENTS ARE PUSHING AND SHOVING AND THEY SHOVED HER INTO THE LOCKER. SO SHE BROKE HER WRIST. A FEW MONTHS LATER SHE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPEN, WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS AGAIN, GOT PUSHED AND SHOVED, SAME WRIST GOT PUSHED UP AGAINST HER BINDER AND AGAIN BROKE HER WRIST.
TWICE MY CHILD HAS BROKEN HER WRIST AT BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT IS TOO OVERCROWDED. THE ADMINISTRATION THERE IS GREAT. THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS. THEY MET WITH ME AFTER IT HAPPENED AND THEY MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE FLOW, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN AND TRY TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, BUT I'M AFRAID IF WE DON'T MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES APPROPRIATELY NOW, AND WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN IN TWO YEARS OR WHATEVER, YOU'LL HAVE MORE SIMILAR SITUATIONS HAPPEN. IT JUST CAME TO MY ATTENTION AS WELL THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD GOTTEN INJURED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ON THE ACTUAL -- OUT ON RECESS, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYBODY TO HELP THEM OUT, SO THE KID HAD TO GO OUT ON THEIR OWN AND TRY TO SEEK HELP. AGAIN, IT'S A PROBLEM TODAY WITH OVERCROWDING.
WHEN WE MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, AGAIN, THEY WERE VERY -- THEY LISTENED, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, HEY, THE ANSWER WAS, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. IT'S OVERCROWDED AND WE'RE MAKING THE BEST SITUATION WE CAN OF IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT'S REAL. THE OVERCROWDING, WE ALL KNOW THE PITFALLS OF OVERCROWDING BUT IT IS A REAL SITUATION WHERE KIDS ARE GETTING INJURED. THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. HARRISON. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE ROBINS FOLLOWED BY SETH COTERBA AND THEN ERIN COTERBA. WELCOME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. HELLO, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE ROBINS. I AM A PUBLIC EDUCATION ADVOCATE FROM EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'VE COME TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT AGENDA ITEM C 7.01, THE BOUNDARY CHANGE FOR BARRINGTON AND RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. IN WORKING WITH FAMILIES FROM ALL EIGHT PODS, I WANTED TO THANK AMBER DICKERSON FOR BEING RECEPTIVE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INITIAL PROPOSAL. MOVING 1400 STUDENTS TO REMOVE 400 FROM BARRINGTON WAS OVERLY AMBITIOUS AND PREMATURE. THE REVISED PROPOSAL TAKES 300 AND MAKES MORE SENSE. MS. DICKERSON HELD A TOWN HALL. SHE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON MOVING PEOPLE FROM BARRINGTON TO ROGERS. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT A LOT OF PLANNING HAD GONE INTO THE MEETING. SHE DISCUSSED BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORK THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE, SUCH AS A SHIFT IN ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MAGNET. THESE CHANGES MOVED RODGERS FROM A C SCHOOL TO A B SCHOOL.
THESE SCHOOLS HAVE CAPACITY CHALLENGES AND THIS EXERCISE BROUGHT IT TO LIGHT. THE NUMBER-CRUNCHING RESIDENTS IN OUR AREA FEEL THAT THE RATIOS MRS. DICKERSON IS REQUIRED TO USE ARE INADEQUATE OR ANTIQUATED. USING BAD MATH, IT EXACERBATES THE OVERCROWDING PROBLEM WE HAVE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED WITH EXTREMELY LOW IMPACT FEES SUCH AS LARGE COMMUNITIES LIKE FISHHAWK WERE BUILT. LOW FEES MAKE GROWTH UNSUSTAINABLE IN EAST COUNTY. THEREFORE I ASK YOU AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THREE THINGS. NUMBER ONE, PLEASE PARTNER WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO MODIFY THE RATIOS MRS. DICKERSON IS REQUIRED TO USE? NUMBER TWO, PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED IMPACT FEES TO BE COMMENSURATE TO OTHER I-4 CORRIDOR COUNTIES? NUMBER THREE, COULD YOU PLEASE REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS THESE CAPACITY CONCERNS? I UNDERSTAND THIS TRANSITION TODAY IS A STEP ONE, AND HOPE THAT OTHER EAST COUNTY SCHOOLS RECEIVE THE SAME PROACTIVE TREATMENT THAT RODGERS DID PRIOR TO READDRESSING THE BARRINGTON, RANDALL, NEWSOME BOUNDARIES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DISTRICT STAFF AND FAMILIES FROM ALL PODS TO FIND A LONGER-TERM SOLUTION FOR EAST COUNTY'S OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. ROBINS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. COTERBA AND THEN ERIN COTERBA AND THEN LORI HANS FELAGI. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, MY NAME IS SETH COTERBA. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM C 7.01. BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS OVERCROWDED. EVEN WITH THE FOUR MODULAR UNITS ON-SITE, ITS ENROLLMENT IS OVER CAPACITY AND NEW DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED TO ADD HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. MS. DICKERSON AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM PROPOSED A BOUNDARY CHANGE THAT THEY SAY WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, MANY QUESTION THAT. THERE ARE NEW HOMES AND IT FEELS LIKE THE BOUNDARY SHIFT ISN'T DOING ANYTHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HOW DO WE QUANTIFY THE TRUE IMPACT OF THIS PROPOSAL? WELL, FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MODELS AND FORMULAS THAT PLANNERS CAN USE TO CALCULATE THIS INFORMATION.
NOW, THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM HASN'T PUBLICLY SHARED ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THEIR CALCULATIONS, BUT I FELT THAT IT WAS CRITICAL TO HAVE GREATER DETAIL AND VISIBILITY INTO THESE PROJECTIONS. SO I SPENT WEEKS GATHERING DATA FROM MANY SOURCES AND I PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT TRANSPARENCY INTO THE BARRINGTON PROJECTIONS. I HAVE TO BOTH THANK AND APOLOGIZE TO MS. DICKERSON FOR FILLING UP HER INBOX WITH ALL THE E-MAILS I SENT HER WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS STUFF WORKS. THE DOCUMENT THAT I PREPARED HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ALL OF YOU BY E-MAIL LAST FRIDAY AND HOPEFULLY MANY OF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS CLAIMED IT WILL. IT EFFECTIVELY REDUCES THE ENROLLMENT AT BARRINGTON TO LESS THAN 100% OF CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THE REASSIGNMENT OF HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TO RODGERS AS WELL AS SMALLER UPCOMING ELEMENTARY CLASSES WILL DO ENOUGH TO KEEP PACE WITH THE NEW GROWTH, AT LEAST FOR TWO YEARS.
BEYOND THAT, ADDITIONAL BOUNDARY CHANGES WILL OCCUR WHEN THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IS FINISHED. WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE PERCEPTION THAT THIS PROPOSAL ISN'T DOING ENOUGH, THE DATA IN THIS CASE DOES NOT AGREE. LET US ACCEPT THE CURRENT BOUNDARY PROPOSAL AS A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION, BUT JOIN TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THE LARGER ISSUES. OUR SCHOOLS ARE OVERCROWDED TODAY BECAUSE OF A DECADE OF INADEQUATE SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH THE RAPID HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE OF YOU SEATED HERE TODAY AT THE DAIS NEED TO LET THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KNOW IT IS TIME TO RAISE SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. COTERBA. NEXT WE HAVE ERIN COTERBA, LORI HANS FELAGI AND JESSICA. I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAMES. ERIN COTERBA. MY TITLE IS DOCTOR. I GO BY DR. COTERBA. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO AGENDA ITEM C 7.01, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY CHANGES.
SO THE COMMUNITY WAS NOTIFIED IN DECEMBER OF A PLAN TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING AT BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WOULD HAVE REASSIGNED OVER 1400 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A CASCADE INVOLVING SIX DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SOME OF WHICH ARE TEN MILES AWAY FROM THE PROBLEM. HALF OF THE CHILDREN IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOLS TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE RATED C OR D. MY FAMILY LIVES IN WHAT WAS POD 6 IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, AND MY FIFTH GRADE DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM A SCHOOL TO A C SCHOOL STARTING NEXT YEAR. THAT PROPOSAL WAS IRRESPONSIBLE, AND I WISH TO THANK AMBER DICKERSON AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHO LISTENED TO EVIDENCE-BASED FEEDBACK AND REVISED THAT PROPOSAL. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL MOVES A MUCH MORE REASONABLE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ONLY FROM BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL TO NEIGHBORING RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, APPROPRIATELY MINIMIZING THE DISRUPTION. IT'S CLEAR THAT CONDITIONS AT BARRINGTON ARE POOR.
HOWEVER, THE DATA SHOW THAT THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGE WILL ADDRESS THE OVERCROWDING BRINGING BARRINGTON TO CAPACITY TO OVER 100%. RELYING ON SPECULATION TO MAKE A DECISION WOULD NOT BE PRODUCTIVE, AND IT IS CRITICAL TO FOCUS ON EVIDENCE AND DATA TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. THEREFORE, IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, WHICH ADDRESSES THE CURRENT PROBLEMS. WHILE THIS PROPOSAL WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM ISSUES. THERE ARE TWO SOLUTIONS THAT I SEE, AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL WORK TOWARD ACCOMPLISHING BOTH. FIRST, UNFETTERED GROWTH IN SOUTH COUNTY HAS CAUSED THIS OVERCROWDING PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE FORM OF INCREASED IMPACT FEES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WORK WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO MOVE TOWARD THAT CHANGE.
SECOND, SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN MY AREA ARE NOT PERFORMING WELL. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD EXPLAIN HOW SPECIFICALLY YOU WILL ADJUST THESE SCHOOLS TO BRING THEM UP TO EXPECTATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, DR. COTERBA. NEXT, WE'VE LORI HAD HANS FELA JESSICA EGGLAND AND NEWBOLD. GOOD AFTERNOON. LORI FELAGI. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AT RANDALL AND NEWSOME. AND WE ALSO EXPERIENCE OVERCROWDING IN THOSE SCHOOLS, SO I CAN ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS FROM THE BARRINGTON PARENTS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 7.01. I WOULD LIKE TO DEFINITELY THANK AMER DICKERSON AND MELISSA AND OTHERS WHO HELPED EDUCATE US ON THE PROCESS AND TOOK US THROUGH THE PUBLIC MEETINGS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND BEFORE THE HOLIDAY. THE NEW PROPOSAL I BELIEVE WILL MINIMIZE STUDENT DISRUPTION, AND IT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT NO CHILDREN WILL BE FORCED INTO C AND D SCHOOLS.