Jessica Vaughn: I AM JESSICA VAUGHN, SHARE OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN STARTING WITH OUR EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS AND CONTINUING WITH ADULTS THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. Karen Perez: I AM KAREN PEREZ, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH LARGE NEST AMERICA AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. LYNN OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM AT SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET OR E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TV SPECK FORUM 356 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32.
Stacy Hahn: MEETINGS ARE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS AVAILABLE IN OUR ON-LINE ARCHIVE. Patti Rendon: WE ARE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY. WE WILL ALLOW TIME BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE OPINION SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEB AUTO SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. Nadia Combs: OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. ALL STUDENTS EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Jessica Vaughn: THE BOARD MEETING OF APRIL 8, 2025 IS CALLED TO ORDER.
MEMBER PEREZ WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS YOU KNOW APRIL IS CELEBRATED AT THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICES AND RESILIENCE OF MILITARY CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. IN SUPPORT OF THIS IMPORTANT INITIATIVE, WE, AS BOARD MEMBERS, ARE WEARING THE COLOR PURPLE TODAY AS A SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY WITH MILITARY FAMILIES WHICH IS CELEBRATED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 10. THE MAIN DAY THAT IS RECOGNIZE NIAGRAED. YOUR PARTICIPATION IN WEARING PURPLE WILL NOT ONLY RAISE AWARENESS BUT ALSO SHOWS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE CHILDREN WHO SUPPORT OUR SERVICEMEMBERS.
MEMBER WASHINGTON, ARMY VETERAN WAS SUPPORTED BY HIS CHILDREN. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES SUPPORTED HIS FATHER WHO IS A NAVY VETERAN. OUR BOARD ATTORNEY SUPPORTED HIS FATHER IN THE ARMY. FORMER BOARD MEMBER MELISSA SNIVELY HAS A SON CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ARMY. AND MEMBER -- WELL, DR. HAHN, SHE SUPPORTED -- HER CHILDREN SUPPORTED HER HUSBAND WHO IS ALSO MILITARY -- NAVY VETERAN. AND ALSO MY -- MY GRANDCHILDREN -- MY GRANDCHILDREN SUPPORTED MY DAUGHTER WHO IS AN ARMY VETERAN. Lynn Gray: MY NEVER FEW A RANGER RIGHT NOW SERVING.
Karen Perez: AND MEMBER COMBS, BOTH HER BROTHERS SERVED IN THE -- Nadia Combs: ARMY. Karen Perez: SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND HONORING THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD. AND SHOWING OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS DESERVING CAUSE. YOUR COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICES OF MILITARY FAMILIES IS TRULY COMMENDABLE.
PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBER PEREZ, WILL YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT. Karen Perez: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PLANT HIGH SCHOOL BRASS ENSEMBLE ALONG WITH DIRECTOR STEVE BOSET. THOSE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF OUR A BOARD MEETING. AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE STUDENTS UP TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. MY NAME IS THADDEUSALEN AND IN NINTH GRADE. HARPER HENRY AND I AM IN NINTH GRADE. SEE CELIA DICKERSON IN NINTH GRADE. BROOK AND I AM IN NINTH GRADE. I AM EMORY AND I AM IN TENTH GRADE. I AM JACKSON AND IN TENTH GRADE. TIME SARAH, AND I'M IN THE 191th GRADE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS STEVEN BOSSERT AND THE DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS AT HB PLANT HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR BASS ENSEMBLE WE HAVE AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TOP 100 MUSIC EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. AND PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO THE COME UP TO TAKE PHOTOS. Jessica Vaughn: WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND IS SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. ONE SET OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED MARCH 11, 2025 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWER TO LEARN AND SUCCEED. OUR DECISIONS CAN BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND SUFFICIENT AGENDA STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. AND IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE.
MEMBER PEREZ WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE CLOSED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN, THAT IS 6 P.M. EMPLOYEE INPUT. NOW MOVE ON TO POUR RECOGNITIONS, A 101. THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS BEST KREWE AWARD. CALL NEW SHERRY BOLLINGER SUPERVISOR OF PHILANTHROPY AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS. GOOD AFTERGLOON BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND GUESTS. THE BUCS KREWE PROGRAM RECOGNIZED BY TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS RECOGNIZES TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUPPORT STAFF AND STUDENTS FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.
HONORED TO HAVE BRIAN FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS HERE TO ANNOUNCE THIS MONTH'S AWARD RECIP RECIPIENTS. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU, MISS BOLLINGER. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD CHAIR, REST OF BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. I AM BRIAN FORD AS MENTIONED TO ALL ATTENDEES, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. AND A VERY HEROIC STORY TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANTED TO PUT UP A FEW SLIDES. I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND AS A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY AND TWO SON WHO WENT THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WANT TO COMMEND AND THANK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE US ONE OF ONLY SEVEN STATES THAT SANCTIONED GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS A HIGH SCHOOL SPORT. YES. WE ARE MAKING END ROADS AND COMING UP IN THE OLYMPICS.
IT IS GOING TO BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT. WE ARE VERY PROUD, BUT IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. A YESTERDAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, WE ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE EVENT. OUR SECOND ANNUAL BATTLE GROUNDS. AND WE HOSTED TWO OF THE BEST. AND YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE IT, BUT THE NUMBER ONE RANKED COUNTRY -- OR SCHOOL INFORM THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IN GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL RESIDES RIGHT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. YES. AND IT WAS LEONARD NUMBER ONE AND FACING BLOOMINGDALE WHICH WAS NUMBER 24 IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAD OVER 1,000 ATHLETES AND FANS FROM EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THE BANDS. AND FRIDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS BUT MONDAY AFTERNOON AT ADVENT HEALTH TRAINING CENTER. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE GIRLS EIGHT SENIORS FROM THE TEAMS THAT WERE HONORED AND JOINED WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THE CAPTAIN AND A COUPLE OF PLAYERS THERE AND ALL THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THAT. WE WILL BE HOSTING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING UP IN MAY. EVERY YEAR WE HOST A PRESEASON CLASSIC AND GROWING EACH YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 1800 GIRLS AND THEIR COACHES AT ADVENT JUST TO TALK AND KIND OF COLLABORATE AND TRY TO BRING THE SPORT FORWARD. THANK YOU, AGAIN. I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT. IT WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND JOINING US. ALL RIGHT. NOW AS I MENTIONED, AGAIN, WE HAD THIS PROGRAM THE WHOLE PAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE STORIES HAVE BEEN UNBELIEVABLE, WITH TEACHER, SUPPORT STAFF AND A PRINCIPAL, BUT TODAY'S MEMBERS ARE JOINING AND THEY ARE WALKING IN. IT IS A -- IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HEROIC STORY THAT HAPPENED AT STRAWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL. STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL. BACK ON FEBRUARY 28. JOINING ME ARE THE HEROIC HEROES AS I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THEM.
AND ROBERT HERMINA, STUDENT WAS SITTING IN CLASS AT STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL DURING AN ASSIGNMENT WHEN HIS TEACHER COLLAPSED SUDDENLY. WITHOUT HESITATION, HE RAN AND GOT HELP WITH ANOTHER STUDENTS, ABIGAIL APROVICH AND QUICKLY ROLLED THE TEACHER ON HER SIDE, SOMETHING SHE WAS TAUGHT FROM HER PARENTS IF SHE THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS HAVING A SEIZURE. TALK ABOUT JUST TAKING CHARGE AND DOING IT UNDER UNBELIEVABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. MOMENTS LATER ROBERT WALKED ON THE DOOR OF THE ADVENT COORDINATOR TEACHER, ANGELA PARKER. MISS PARKER AND ANOTHER TEACHER BRANDIS COLBURN RAN TO THE CLASSROOM PRESSING THEIR SECURITY BADGE TO NOTIFY SIGNALING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THAT ALERT REACHED THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MASTER DEPUTY PEDRO COHEN WHO IS HERE AND IB COORDINATOR JAMIE FERRARO AND THEY OPENED THE CLASSROOMS DOOR, THE TEACHER WAS BLUE IN COLOR, BREATHING AND HAD N NO PULSE. DEPUTY COHEN WITH CPR AND CALLED EMS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL RAN FOR AN AED.
THEY MOVED THE STUDENTS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND REASSURED EVERYONE THAT THE SUPPORT WAS THERE. AND HE APPLIED THE AED AND DELIVERED A SHOCK. THE TEEN CONDITIONED COMBREGSS UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE TEACHER TO START BREATHING AGAIN. SHE SOON REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AS EMTs ARRIVED AND THEY TRANSPORTED HER TO THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY SHE IS RECOVERING FULLY THANKS TO THE HEROIC EFFORT OF EVERYBODY STANDING BEFORE YOU. EACH INDIVIDUAL WORKED QUICKLY AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT WAS NEEDED TO DO AND MOST OF ALL THEY WERE CALM AND WORKED TOGETHER, REMEMBERED THEIR TRAINING, FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOLS AND TOOK ALL NECESSARY STEPS WITHOUT HESITATION TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. SOB IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF THE GLASER FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO GIVE THIS MONTH BEST KREWE AWARD TO THESE SEVEN HEROIC HEROES. WHY DON'T WE PASS THESE OUT. IF I DID IT RIGHT, WE ARE IN ORDER.
AND NO FUMBLES . Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALM HEADS, QUICK ACTIONS AND HEROIC ACTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A GREAT AWARD THIS MONTH. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW MOVE TO A.02. RECOGNITION OF THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD. DR.
MEMBER HAHN WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR VAUGHN. APRIL IS A TIME TO HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNIQUE SACRIFICES MIND BY MILITARY CHILDREN. THESE BRAVE STUDENTS FACE THE CHALLENGE OF FREQUENT MOVES REAR LEAVING BEHIND FRIENDS AND ADJUSTING TO NEW SCHOOLS. HCPS IS PROUD TO BE HOME TO MORE THAN 4,000 MILITARY CONNECTED FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS AND ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO YOU HAVE 21 OF OUR SCHOOLS WHO EARNED THE PURPLE STARS SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION INCLUDING TINKER PRE-K 8 WHICH IS LOCATED ON MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE AND DIRECTLY SERVES OUR MILITARY CHILDREN. A PURPLE STAR SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION IS AN HONOR BESTOWED UPON A SCHOOL THAT SUPPORTS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF MILITARY FAMILIES. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE APRIL AT THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD, THE RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH OF THE CONNECTED STUDENTS DESERVE OUR RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE, SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING WHO REPRESENT AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT OF OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY. A WARM WELCOME TO MEMBERS OF McDILL AIR FORCE BASE JOINING US TODAY. LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD BOUGHTENELLI COMMANDER OF THE SIXTH FOR SUPPORT SQUADRON. DR. VENICIA WATERS, OUR SCHOOL LIAISON COORDINATOR AT MacDILL. MISS TENISHA McCLEOD AND SANDRA WIDEMAN WITH THE COMPENSATIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM. MISS ANGELA ACAMPO, EFMP NAVIGATOR. WE ARE ALL DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND SERVICE. NOT JUST IN UNIFORM BUT THE DAILY LIVES YOU LEAVE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR FELLOW MILITARY FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR OWN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL LEADERS MARCUS MURILLO, CHIEF OF INNOVATION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING AND K KIM KUCASH OUR DISTRICT MILITARY LIAISON. ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT MacDILL, THEY SERVE ON THE MacDILL COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
YOUR STEADFAST EFFORTS HELP ENSURE THAT OUR MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS RECEIVE THE CARE, UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT THAT THEY DESERVE. THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD IS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR MILITARY CHILDREN WALK ALONG THEIR PARENTS IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. THEY NAVIGATE AS I MENTION FREQUENT RELOCATIONS LEAVING BEHIND FRIENDS AND THE FAMILIARITY OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND CLASSROOMS. THEY MOVE OFTEN MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THEIR PRE-K-12 EDUCATION MANY ATTENDING SIX TO NINE SCHOOLS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY DO ALL THIS WHILE MANAGING THE QUIET, OFTEN UNSEEN EMOTIONAL TOLL OF HAVING A PARENT DEPLOYED OR IN HARM'S WAY. THEIR SACRIFICE IS REAL. THEIR STRENGTH IS REMARKABLE. AND THEIR STORIES DESERVE TO BE SEEN, HEARD AND HONORED. SO TONIGHT AND EVERY DAY, LET US RECOGNIZE NOT JUST OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS BUT THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM. LET US UPLIFT THEM WITH GRATITUDE. SURROUND THEM WITH SUPPORT AND CONTINUE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY IS MET WITH COMPASSION AND CONSISTENCY.
MAY GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY FAMILIES AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE OUR VISITORS FROM MacDILL, IF THEY CAN COME FORWARD TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MECHANICS. AND MARCUS AND KIM AS WELL. Jessica Vaughn: YOU WANT US GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR. Stacy Hahn: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, DR. HAHN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CHILDREN. NOW WE HAVE A.0, RECOGNITION OF AUTISM DISORDER MONTH.