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 WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. 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 YOUR 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. Steve Cona: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER STUART, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE? Cindy Stuart: ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. VICE-CHAIR. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AND IN THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE, IF YOU COULD KEEP IN MIND OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS HERE WITH US TODAY, OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE COVID ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. WE HAVE ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM TODAY. THAT'S ITEM 4.02. NOW, BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER PEREZ, WHO WILL BE JOINING US LATER ONLINE AND CHAIR SNIVELY WHO IS AWAY ON BUSINESS. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE SLOWLY GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. OUR NORMAL BOARD MEETING FORMAT BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR PHASE TWO REOPENING FOR FLORIDA, WE ARE NOW PERMITTING UP TO 50 PEOPLE BE PRESENT IN THE BOARDROOM GIVEN THE SIZE AND ORIENTATION OF THE BOARDROOM, WE CAN DO THIS SAFELY. CABINET MEMBERS ARE SPACED APART AND THE CABINET TABLE AND OTHER CABINET MEMBERS ARE SEATED IN THE FRONT ROW OF SEATS AND SPACED APART. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SIT IN EVERY THIRD SEAT IN THE AUDITORIUM.
THE LECTERN WILL BE CLEANED AFTER EVERY SPEAKER TODAY. AND AS WE REVIEW FURTHER DIRECTIONS FROM THE STATE, WE WILL ADJUST PROTOCOLS AS NECESSARY. SO WITH THAT, MEMBER STUART, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES? Cindy Stuart: AS WE BEGIN TODAY'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 US THAT ALLOWS BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN OUR LIVE WEBCAST AND ON CABLE TV AS WELL AS ON THE VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED IN CLOSED CAPTIONING IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. WE HAVE TWO TIME CERTAIN ITEMS. 5:01, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE MATHEMATICS.
AT 6:00, WE WILL TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE LOTS OF PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. AND WE HAVE 34 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM AS MANY OF THOSE FOLKS AS POSSIBLE. BUT BEFORE THAT, I'D LIKE TO KICK IT OFF TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. Addison Davis: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, THROUGH THE VICE-CHAIR, MEMBER CONA, APPRECIATE IT. WHAT A REWARDING OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE CHILDREN PERFORM AND REALLY SHOW THEIR PASSION EVERY SINGLE DAY. TO BE ABLE TO -- YOU KNOW, FOR CHILDREN, STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE AND, YOU KNOW, PERFORM IN A MANNER THAT SHOWS THEIR STRENGTH AND THEIR CARE FOR THEIR INITIATIVES, THEIR PROGRAMS, THEIR PATHWAY, IT'S ALWAYS REWARDING IN EDUCATION. AND, YOU KNOW, -- YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IN THE LAST WEEK, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MESSAGE THAT WE ARE IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM EVER GOING TO ELIMINATE, REDUCE, REMOVE ANY ART, MUSEUM, P.E.
PROGRAMS OR ACCELERATED PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THESE ARE ONES THAT ARE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE DO. RIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER, AS STUDENTS TRANSITION FROM COVID AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL, JUST GETTING BACK TO A PART OF SOMEWHAT NORMALCY, THEY NEED THESE CLASSES MORE THAN EVER. THEY NEED THESE CLASSES TO CONNECT. THEY NEED THESE CLASSES TO INTERACT. AND THEY NEED THESE CLASSES TO PERFORM. AND THIS IS WHERE THEY -- YOU KNOW, THEY LET THEIR HAIR DOWN. THEY SHOW THEIR HEARTS. ME AS A FORMER CHORAL STUDENT, FORMER ELECTIVE TEACHER, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE. THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN CLASSES THAT ARE MADE AND CREATED EVERY SINGLE DAY IN OUR SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO EXPAND THEM. AND WE WILL DO JUST THAT. AND WE WILL LINK AND LEVERAGE THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR ART TEACHERS, OUR RESOURCE TEACHERS, OUR MUSIC TEACHERS, OUR DRAMA TEACHERS, OUR BAND TEACHERS, AND OUR ACCELERATED PROGRAM LEADS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.
SO I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE -- WE CONTINUE TO -- TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE HARD WORK. AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE E-MAILS THIS WEEK. WE -- YOU KNOW, SORRY THAT THERE'S BEEN MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY WHEN I SENT THE COMMUNICATION TO -- TO OUR -- TO THE BOARD, TO THE ORGANIZATION ON LAST FRIDAY, ALONG WITH TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, GIVING THEM A TIMELINE RELATED TO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY HAVE TO BE MADE. AND THESE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE ADJUSTMENTS. THE GOOD THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT LEADERS -- SCHOOL-BASED LEADERS' RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND AND I WORKED DILIGENTLY, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO DAYS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS TO MAKE CERTAIN WE PROTECT ALL OF THE ELECTIVE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE GREATLY NEEDED AND DESIRED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO A LOT OF GOOD NEWS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING WAS EVER CUT. IT WAS MORE OF A CONVERSATION AT THE SCHOOL-BASED LEVEL WITH REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS BUT GLAD WE HAD THE LEVEL WHERE IT IS ABLE TO COME BACK TO ME TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW TO FURTHER PROTECT THESE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU, SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE PARENTS, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS COMING THIS EVENING. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND HERE TO HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY. Steve Cona: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY, WE DO HAVE 34 SPEAKERS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET AS MANY FOLKS HEARD BEFORE OUR TIME CERTAIN AT 5:00. WE WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC ONE MINUTE APIECE. SO WE WILL START THAT. BEFORE THAT -- Lynn Gray: POINT OF ORDER, MEMBER CONA.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MINUTE AND A HALF FOR OUR TEACHERS. WHO HAVE SPENT SOMETIMES A LIFETIME IN THE CLASSROOM IN DANGER. I THINK YIELDING AN EXTRA 30 SECONDS, IF THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THAT WOULD BE THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO HONOR THEIR HEARTFELT AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOLS DURING THIS TIME.
Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY, BUT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WE HAVE, WE'LL STICK TO A MINUTE AND SEE WHERE WE ARE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE 34 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO EVERYONE. SO WITH THAT SAID, LET ME READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSES TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. WE WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THESE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED THAT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUE. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. NOW WE WILL CALL ON OUR FIRST SPEAKERS, AND THEY ARE LINED UP. FIRST THREE ARE CARA ATCHINSON, BREELAND ATCHINSON AND KYLA ATCHINSON. YOU CAN COME ON UP. JUST SOW GUYS KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. YOU'LL SEE LIGHTS IN FRONT OF YOU. ONE MINUTE EACH. HELLO. MY NAME IS BRIELY ATKINSON, 7th GRADE AT ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING FOR SCHOOL AND MY PARENTS DRIVE ME 45 MINUTES SO I CAN HAVE 50 MINUTES OF DANCE AND 50 MINUTES OF SINGING. THOSE MOMENTS ARE THE BEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. MY CONFIDENCE HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER SINCE I'VE BEEN AT ORANGE GROVE. WHEN I WAS IN FIRST GRADE, MY BIG SISTER GOT ACCEPTED INTO ALSO A PERFORMING ARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I WAS SO EXCITED TO GO TO HER FIRST PERFORMANCE. AND WHEN I ACTUALLY CAME THERE, I WENT UP TO THE PRINCIPAL AND I SAID, LOOK FOR ME IN A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE I WILL BE SIGNING UP. SO WHEN I FINALLY GOT ACCEPTED INTO MY MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WAS SO EXCITED. I WAS SO EXCITED THAT SHY LITTLE GIRL'S DREAM WOULD ACTUALLY COME TRUE. MY FAVORITE ACTIVITY IS TO TALK ABOUT MY SCHOOL WITH MY ■FRIENDS AND I SAY THAT THEY SHOULD COME, TOO. AND I SPEAK FOR ALL THE KIDS WHO HAVEN'T FOUND THE COURAGE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT I AM NO LONGER A SHY LITTLE GIRL AND I AM EXCITED TO SHARE MY VOICE. Steve Cona: THANK YOU SO MUCH. HELLO. MY NAME IS KI LA ACHESON. I AM A SENIOR AND I HAVE BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM SINCE SIXTH GRADE.
ARTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE BUT NOT ALWAYS A PART OF MY ACADEMIC LIFE. I AM A CREATIVE LEARNER AND THAT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY CURRICULUM. MY UNIQUE WAY OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD WAS NOT ALWAYS WHAT THE TEACHERS THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO LOOK AT THE WORLD. I WOULD COLOR TO LEARN SCIENCE. I WOULD USE COUNTERS TO LEARN ALGEBRA AND I WOULD SING TO LEARN MY MULTIPLICATION TABLES. WHEN I WENT TO AN ARTS SCHOOL AND INTO MY ARTS PROGRAM, I FOUND A PLACE WHERE I BELONG. SO BY CUTTING IN ART PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTY, YOU ARE NOT JUST AFFECTING ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS, YOU ARE AFFECTING A FAMILY, A COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS AND FUTURE STUDENTS FROM FINDING A PLACE WHERE THEY BELONG. Steve Cona: THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI. MY NAME IS CARA ATCHISON. THOSE ARE MY DAUGHTERS.
I'M HERE NOT JUST SPEAKING FOR MY DAUGHTERS, THEIR SCHOOLS, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND ORANGE GROVE, BUT ALL OF THE STUDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTY. MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS YOU'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE KIDS. THAT'S YOUR SOUL PURPOSE. WHY ARE THE CUTS IMMEDIATELY STARTING IN THE CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY AFFECT THE KIDS IMMEDIATELY. THERE NEEDS TO BE WAYS TO HELP RETAIN THESE KIDS, WHETHER IT IS AN ART PROGRAM, A MATH PROGRAM, SOMETHING, THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE. AND IF THERE'S A CUT, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THOSE KIDS, AND WE NEED TO PRESERVE THEM. Steve Cona: YOU HAVE 16 MORE SECONDS. WELL, AND -- NOW I'M AT A LOSS. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HARD THING, BUT WE CAN'T START IN THE CLASSROOM AND TAKING IT AWAY FROM THE KIDS. Steve Cona: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL NOW CLEAN THE LECTERN. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS, DesMARAIS ALLEN, EMMITT ALLEN AND BIANCA GHOULSBY. DesMARAIS, YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DesMARAIS ALLEN. OVER THE TIME THAT MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS I HAVE GIVEN OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN MY TIME. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HAVE -- MY LEADERSHIP HAS DIRECTLY RESULTED IN THE PASSING OF THE REFERENDUM AND INCREASING THE IMPACT FEES. RESULTING IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COMING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'M HERE TO PROTECT MY INVESTMENT. I LOVE OUR SCHOOLS. I'M A GRADUATE OF OUR SCHOOLS. BUT I AM VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP. WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT YOU CAN'T SPEND MORE THAN 30, WHAT, 68 MINUTES, ONLY 34 MINUTES ON PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU CAN'T GIVE MORE TIME TO TEACHERS WHO ARE TERRIFIED, NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING THEIR JOBS, BUT NOW THEY CAN'T SPEAK UP PROPERLY, PUBLICLY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE SPEND AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY ON PROGRAMS, THE WHOLE ARGUMENT FOR GOING BACK TO SCHOOL WAS TO BE IN PERSON. Steve Cona: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. Steve Cona: UP NEXT. EMMITT ALLEN. I THOUGHT SINCE THEY LIVED IN THE SAME -- YES, SIR. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. WELCOME. HELLO. MY NAME IS EMMITT ALLEN. I AM AN ONLINE STUDENT AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL. THE FIRST TOPIC I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ARE THE PROGRAMS UTILIZED TO ATTEMPT TO ASSIST OUR ONLINE STUDENTS. BOTH MYSELF AND MANY STUDENTS I KNOW AGREE THAT THEY ARE MORE STRESSED BY THESE PROGRAMS THAN ASSISTED BY THEM. THEY ARE NOT EDUCATION. THEY ARE SIMPLY BUSY WORK. WE NEED TO VALUE OUR TEACHERS MORE THAN WE VALUE THESE PROGRAMS. MOREOVER, THE ARTS, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE TEACHERS OF THE ARTS, ARE VITAL TO THE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS OF STUDENTS.
PERSONALLY, I AM A MULTIPLE AP COLLEGE CLASSES AND I DO NOT THINK I WOULD BE IN THE CLASSES HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE FINE WORK OF NOT ONLY MY SCIENCE AND MATH TEACHERS BUT ALSO MY ARTS TEACHERS, SUCH AS JD DON, AND BRIAN DI LORENZO. THE TEACHERS WORK EXTREMELY HARD, EACH ONE. FORCING THEM TO WORK MORE IS WRONG. THEY PROVIDE A CLASS THAT FRANKLY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IF THEY WERE MORE OVERWORKED THAN THEY ALREADY ARE. IF YOU FORCE THEM TO WORK MORE, YOU ARE FAILING THEM AND YOU ARE FAILING US, AND YOU ARE FAILING -- Steve Cona: I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WILL BE BIANCA GHOULSBY AND KALEY FONTAE AND JESSICA BLAKELY. WELCOME. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO ITEMS. THE FOAMING HAND SANITIZER FROM FULLER INDUSTRIES AND THE ALCOHOL WIPES PURCHASED BY BUYER'S POINT.
I HEAR SOME SCHOOLS ARE REFUSING TO USE THE HAND SANITIZER. SDS VERY CLEAR ON PAGE 6, A STUDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EVEN PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE TOXIC PRODUCTS YOU PURCHASED. NOW TO THE WIPES, INVOICE 2029 PLEASE TELL ME HOW THIS COMPANY RECEIVED ALMOST 800K FOR IMPORTED WIPES FROM CHINA? DID YOU APPROVE THIS? DID YOU FOLLOW THE PROCUREMENT POLICY? DID YOU ALL REALLY PAY AN AVERAGE OF $4 PER PACK? CAN I GET A TOUR OF THE WAREHOUSE KEEPING THESE SUPPLIES? WHEN I RESEARCHED THE COMPANIES, THE PRODUCTS WERE NOT EVEN ON THE WEBSITE. UPON FURTHER REVIEW, THEY WERE SELLING PPE ON A NEWLY CREATED SHOPIFY SITE. I AM WAITING FROM THE RECEIPTS THAT THE DISTRICT CONSULTED WITH TO VERIFY THE SUPPLIES. AS ALWAYS, PEOPLE LIE, RECEIPTS DON'T. WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND INTEGRITY, AND SOME OF YOU ALL ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR-ALL'S JOB. Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MS.