001testing testing one two three. welcome to today's special school board meeting. We're happy to have you join us and we're thankful for your time and dedication to our school district. This school board meeting is now called to order. Please be reminded of the exit doors that are clearly marktd for emergency exiting. While in the board room please reframe from blocking the exit doors. Once the board room has reached its seating capacity, attendees will be designate today an overflow area. Upon activation of the fire alarm, remain outside until the authority with jurisdiction has deemed the room safe too return. Thanks for your cooperation. Please all stand for the "pledge of allegiance" of the united states of america. I pledge allegiance toll flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands,
002one nation, under GOD indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Today we pause for a moment of silence to remember the two-year attack on israel. We remember all the victims of the on going war, call for safe return of hostage and hope for peace and end to the suffering. Thank you. As we prepare to begin our special school board meeting. We're reminded that our vision is 100 percent proficiency for all students. Our vital task is to sustain this achievement. We'll continue to motivate the students, our believe is one power achieve, one broward. Today's special school board meeting will operate in accordance with policy 1020 and the board will review the items as advised and presented by the superintendent and just a point as I'm serving as chair, I'll ask my colleague, MS. Alhadeff to serve
003as vice chair. The chair finds pursuant to section 120.25 florida statute that good cause exist for such changes and accepts the revised generaled. Jend -- agenda. MAY I have a motion and a second. All in favor of closing the agenda let it be known by saying aye. aye. any opposed say no? The agenda is now closed. MAY have a motion and a second. so moved. second. moved by DR. Zeman, second bid MS. Alhadeff. It's moved and seconded to approve -- sorry. Are there any public speakers for this item? yes, ma'am, jackie ludskun. Speaker: is it on? It is now. Good morning, jackie chair of the ese advisory and parent. I was, going back over the workshop recording from the 24th of SEPTEMBER at about 1:30 this morning and I can tell you how this is
004written on the agenda regarding the video cameras in the ese classrooms, still does not reflect discussion. What was discussed at the time and only two school board members who spoke to it and my vice chair, was, was the chair MS. Hixon explicitly stated that your position should be or suggested that your suggestion be that you lobby for a sixth waiver to be added to the parent's bill of rights in order to a law audio and vision regarding without signed parnt al consent either in or out. And that's not what is reflected on the wordings in the state legislature flat form, the item is towards the bottom of the page, I believe where it says, commitment to safety. It says support legislatation that provides self guidance, maintaining a neutral position on where the families opt in
005or out while ensuring student privacy and aligning with increased safety measures, that's just not what MS. Hixon had suggested. And the only other person that spoke to this item was DR. Zeman who said you're having -- and having to think about it. So the suggestion was that everybody else when MS. Hixon was suggesting. I would like to suggest if you can reword as support legislation to promote audio and visual recording as a routine safety enhancement, subject to prior written notification being issued to paeshts and staff. -- parents and staff. Thank you, I just think it needs important looking out, because it does not reflect what was discussed at the workshop and what MS. Hixon asked for. thank you. do we have any additional public speakers? no ma'am. any board discussion? MS. Thompson then DR. Holness.
006DR. Holness. thank you, MADAM Chair, so I heard the response from our ese committee chair, and I want staff to respond based on what was discussed in the prior workshop as to what should be included in our legislative priorities, if there is any relevance to the comments made by the ese advisory committee chair and if what we are presenting today, if it's, if it differs from what we had discussed at a prior workshop. superintendent? MR. Sullivan. yes, thank you. John sullivan chief communication. I don't disagree with the speaker, if the board is amenable to make the motion, I think the easiest thing do is is to put mirroring in the language of the pilot program. okay, so MADAM Chair, through the superintendent, will this align with the suggestion of the public speaker? MR. Sullivan? I
007can't speak for her, but all I can tell you is when the language was in place for the pilot program there was no opting in or out. okay so if we should adopt the language suggested by the speaker, would that create any, any conflict or any issues with the current legislative priorities? it would be at the will of the board what they want specifically in the, in the priorities? okay, so, so if we add what is suggested, would it be additional priorities? Or would it simply? my recommendation would be to make a motion to amend and strike out maintain a neutral position on whether families opt in or out and replace it with mirroring the language in the pilot program. okay, so MADAM Chair, if it is appropriate, I see the speaker shaking her head
008and I, it would be beneficial if we can get additional feedback from her? Is that okay, MADAM Chair? we had public speaking already. I'll gather consensus from my colleagues if we want to break policy. she seems to be objecting to what john is suggesting and I'm making sure that what we're doing is in alignment to her suggestion. okay, so I believe what john is suggesting it seems to be in sort of opposition to what is she applying. if I can get MS. Holingsworth to weigh in whether when the pilot program was in place, I believe it was only parent notification? that is accurate. During the program they were able to replace that and the camera went on just by one request because we didn't have parental consent law at the time. that's an opt in.
009okay, so MADAM Chair, is the speaker allowed to speak again and if not, I will not making a moon bebecause ere e seems to be conflict with what she is saying. it's my understanding that we have additional speaker. I'll a wlau 15 seconds more. Speaker: I'm sorry, I'm causing irritation but I need to correct that that is an opt-in, an opt-in is a parent writing and say they want to opt-in. MS. Hixon's proposal was that you lobby on the proposal of adding a sixth waiver. But what MR. Sullivan described is an opt-in, that constitutes opt-in. thank you. I would like to go to our additional public speaker for a minute. good morning, I'm the CHAIRMAN Of the park on 17 memorial foundation and I'm just here to morning to say how much we appreciate all
010the support that we've gotten the board from the entire process. We are the official group that has been tasked to build the memorial to honor the 17 killed in 2019. I just want to say how thankful we are for that consideration and we truly believe that that will assist us in getting over the initial hump of some of the initial construction designer requirement that we have to build the memorial. Again I'm just really here to say thank you so much for the support of the board not just today but through the history of our project. thank you. all right, DR. Holness, I'm sorry were you done with your comments? yes, I am through with my comments? MS. Thompson. our student advisor wanted to speak and then I have a motion, is he on the line?
011He said he's online. Speaker: can you hear me? I can hear him. Speaker: good morning, can you hear me? becon, can you put landyn a little louder. Speaker: good morning, can you hear me? yep. Speaker: thank you, very much and I want to thank you for the flexibility in this this morning. The student responsibilities came first with an exam so I'm enroute. I didn't want to MISS This opportunity that student-lead I would be grateful if the board would support and I wanted to thank MR. Sullivan for taking a look at this with me ahead of time. So for the certifications that the district has the amazing opportunities to provide students with a unique program. Currently that program lacks the program to provide students with instructions and certifications when it comes to soft and foundational skills
012and leadership certification. We know in the research shows that our generation, my generation, is the generation that is unfortunately lacking a lot of soft-skill and foundational-skill requirement. It's a big gap in the workforce and something that I know our partners have expressed to us as a district. so there is currently a state initiative being lead by the florida association of student council which is sponsored by the school administration to expand the definition for industry education opportunity to a law for soft-skill and foundational-skill requirements to be built. So I would like to propose and if any board member is supportive would certainly appreciate it but an additional bullet under academic students for the state priorities to add a bullet that says support legislation to expand the industry opportunities for students including but not limited leadership and
013soft-skill course work. This is something that would be greatly beneficial to our students and I'm happy to provide any additional comment commentings or answers to questions that board memebers MAY have. Thank you very much. thank you, chair. So I would like to add a motion to add the line support legislation to expand industry certification opportunities for students, including but not limited to leadership and soft-skill course work. second. do we have any public comment on the motion? Board discussion? It DR. Zeman? just a question maybe for the maker of the motion. Would that be fit better in supporting legislation as you described it or is it really supporting resources for these things going forward? I believe it would fit under the academic excellence because it expands opportunities however I'm flexible if other people want to move
014it. the only reason I'm asking, chair, is if the intent is to create, language that allows district to see do it. The state does that a lot. The state does not provide money very often. So whether you're talking about inappropriate cell phone ringing or, whether you're talking about ese cameras, sro mandates, we get a lost unfunded mandates. If it intends to give us the words. I would put it in the second. But I'm just interested in whether the maker of the motion would like to be clear about where she wants to put that? I think asking for funding makes sense and thank you for pointing that out and I'm fine with moving it to the top category, the first bullet. thank you, and I support the idea. It's a great idea. any further board discussion?
015All those in favor say aye. aye. all those opposed say no. The motion passes unanimously. and then I have one more motion for the, audio visual recording has brought up in the speaker in that bullet to remove the line on whether a family is opt in or opt out. is there a second? second. any public speakers on the motion? Speaker: yeah, could you just read out what that would read? so it could say support legislation that provides clear audience on the use of audio and visual recording in ese classrooms while ensuring privacy and increase safety measures. I would say that doesn't, it's just asking for some guidance but it does not say what it's asking for guidance on? And on the guidance what we can seeking or discussed was removing the current legislative obstacle to
016a district being able to implement this program, minus opt in or opt out. So I would say that wordings would still not address that issue, all that would leave is that you're just going to ask the state for some guidance but you're not specifically, explicitly telling the state what gayed ans. The aim and the so, so the point of the discussion before was the need to remove the current obstacle which is contained in the parent bill of rights. And jim counsel agreed as well. MS. Adams? the question that I have is the statements that I have with the statements made prior. So in other words, her original statement was that, what is in, you know, the pact is different from what was stated by. I believe MS. Thompson's motion, I think we're getting caught up
017in the so remember this is not we're not writing legislation in the priorities. We're writing statements to allow the lobbyist and myself to advocate for what the board wants so. With that strike out, that gives us the ability to lobby the legislature to make sure that there is statute whether that is changing the parental bill of rights that will give us the authority to do that work. so through the chair, my suggestion is that the legislative flat form should include the statute 1014.041j, and that the legislative flat form should include that statute to the parental rights ads one more prong to the district. I think it's better to, because as MR. Sullivan said, it's just giving permission to advocate on these issues. I don't remember a consensus about opt-in and opt-out in my workshop. In
018my opinion, I believe the parent should have the right to opt in and opt out so this gives guidance to the state and I would like no changes to my motion. if I MAY, usually we don't get that specifically within the statute but maybe a compromise is to continue with the strike out and then also replace where it says in align with increased safety measures, maybe perhaps take out with increased safety measures and in line with parental bill of rights. do you oppose? I'm fine with that. I would like my motion to stay as proposed. Thank you. is there any other board discussion on the motion? MR. Cervera? thank you, vice chair. I'm going to try this into MS. Thompson's motion. But I would like to a little clarity. The way I see it there
019is three options. We advocate for an opt-in or opt-out or advocate to change 1014.041-I and then add sub session 6, I think that's what MS. Hixon talked about at the last workshop if I'm not mistaken. So I think we have three options as to what we can do. I don't know how I feel about this loosy goosy. To have that language added changed or modified or what have you. I guess before I vote on MS. Thompson's motion, can somebody remind me, I remember we talked about a sixth sub category in 1-I which would be subsection 6, and there was language that we discussed. What was that language that MS. Hixon was recommending or that she was taking the lead at the last workshop? DR. Hepburn? MS. Sullivan? -- MR. Sullivan. I believe it was to
020ensure that the deployment of cameras and ese self contained classrooms would be aligned with the parental bill of rights. I thought it was deeper than that. well to make sure, it wouldn't trigger the universal opting in versus. So the pilot program, there was an opt-in so at least one parent had to opt-in. that was 100374, it's not the law anymore. It's gone. We now have the parental rights bill. That talks about the notifications especially 11 through 5 were the carve out. if you did the carve out that would mean you can install and operate the camera in ese classrooms with no opt-in or opt-out. maybe I'm not remembering this correctly, I thought we had talked about adopting a sixth carve out adding a sixth, or 6th subsection to that about specifically a dressing the ese
021classrooms? Right? Am I not recollecting this properly? if you can do that you can then operate the cameras without parental consent. I would agree if that was the language. I'm not suggesting that I'm agreeing. But adding this section in. If that was the case, you know, I think that would warrant further discussion as to whether or not my colleagues are on board with tha. I think we need to make a decision. This whole let's leave this loosy goosy language, we should take a position. Opt-in or opt out or add this assumption, I assume that's what MS. Hixon was talking about. well staff did not get the wordings correct, it would be now to make a motion. would you like to make a motion? I would. go ahead. well this is important, we need to get
022this right. Okay. What specifically did, how specifically did we leave this off? Did chair hixon leave this off with her proposed language for subsection 6? What specifically was said? is would have to watch the tape. I don't recall. we don't have notes? We don't know? not enough to give you an accurate answer. I appreciate your candur. Can somebody remind me what happened? if staff did not capture, to modify, you would still have to make a motion because it's a board item now. If the board decides they want something different, that's fine, we just need a motion and consensus. So can my motion be geared that we fake a hard position. your motion can be whatever you want, sir. MAY I make this. it's a substitute motion. okay, I would like to go forward with my
023substitute motion. My motion is as followed. I think this board needs to take a position as to what specific language we're going to direct our lobbyist to go to tallahassee and advocate on behalf of this board for whether that's an opt-in or opt-out or sixth subsection, which would then be subsection 6 including a carve out for ese classrooms. just a point of order, that's wonderful for discussion that's not properly formated motion. It would have to propose language that we can put on this piece of paper. okay, so the opt-in language is in 23.574 in the original? So, I would suggest we use that language, for the opt-in. Or do I have it backwards? if you're talking about -- so the pilot program. Again you had parent notification. If you put it and I'm not, it's
024up to the board, I'm just giving you how it could be. If you put it in the parental bill as a carve out, there is no longer notification, if t would operate like anything, in the hallway, we don't notify parents. let me notify to make it more sim plistic. Our motion would allow our lobbyist to lobby. Meaning everybody would have to opt-in to allow their children to be recorded. that's how it is now. okay. The second part of the motion, I guess, would go to chair hixon's suggestion about the carve out about ese classroom. it would be in the safety. it would be a new subsection 6. under safety. You can just treat it tt same as we treat other surveillance. so that would be the second part for this ese carve out so two
025options. That would be my request. okay, can you just clarify for every one's sake what you're substitute motion in terms of amending the platform document. so in regards to our directive to our legislature, to our lobbyist who are going to legislate the legislatures, I suggest that we put language in on that they lobby, well. This is going back to DR. Zeman's point, right, because I think I still need to clarity as to what we want? Right. So let's vote on whether we want an opt-in language similar to the pilot language where a parent must opt-in or we create this safety carve out for the ese classroom so. My motion would be to the board to first vote on the position and then subject to whatever decision is made, input the language into our constructions to
026our lobbyist? MS. Jack adams, is that in order we're voting to amending a document, correct? what you're doing is you're, prprididinan additional rational under so, the pilot right now, doesn't exist. So your suggestion should direct the legislature as to what to do with that sixth? okay, but I think the I think the thing that is tripping everybody up here. We're voting on instruction to see give to our lobbyist, right. yes. the instructions right now are pretty generic, I'm not suggesting there is anything wrong but it's not generic. It's not taking the point about what we want to advocate. So what I would like is for this board to make a decision whether it wants, our lobbyist to specifically advocate for opt-in language meaning go forward and require everybody opt-in or if it's the will of
027the board to have the carve outcome into affect and have the lobbyist lobby the legislature for this specific carve out in 1-I. okay, let me try to help bring this down. Your amendment under commitment security and wellness po to support legislation to provide self guidance on these ese classrooms with the position that families opt-in while ensuring student privacy and aligning with increased safety measures and then if the board votes that down, because they're opposed to an opt-in we know where we are. so if we cannot vote as a board? you have to make a motion. that's what I'm asking. a substitute motion. let me do this. Let me make a motion and have the board do it? How else do we do it? by amending the language. so you cannot have the will of the
028board decide on what issue it wants to input the language? that is not done at the workshop. I guess I'll withdrawal my motion, if it can't be done. Right now, we have very lose language to the lobbyist. okay, so we're back to MS. Thompson's motion. can I try to bring it home and also tie in, what MR. Cervera is trying to do which is bringing it back to ms. hixon's point so. My substitute, do we make a substitute? you made a regular motion. thank you. So changing the language that provides clear guidance on audio visual regarding classrooms, maining a position to opt out while ensuring student's privacy aligning with increased safety measures because that would mean, and hopefully this makes sense that the cameras would be on unless a parent specifically says they do not
029want their child recorded? that was not in the motion, was it? I changed it. do we have a second. second. seconded by DR. Holness? Public comment? Speaker: an opt-out option would scuther are altogether. That's what the problem that we have at the moment, either way it means what you're propose ising if you have a classroom of 12 kids, and one 11 parents want the camera and one says no, the no wins it. That's what we were trying to get around and what MS. Hixon proposed, what nobody else contested other than DR. Zeman, I've got a shorthand notes, what MS. Hixon was adding a sixth waiver to the bill of rights, which is what she had discussed at the commission of education and whether it would need to go to legislation. thank you, board discussion on
030the motion? DR. Zeman? thank you so much, I was clear, I think, I appreciate everybody on this board having the ability to think through these issues and come up with solutions. I believe it's a real interesting issue. Real interesting issue about the safety of our special students and the privacy of other people. And it's a, it's not an obvious solution. That's what I brought up last week. I prefer, the motion that MS. Thompson made the first time which is to say to our will beiest and by the way to us who go up and lobby as well to our lobbyist and to our staff, our superintendent and other people. You want to talk about a lobbyist, let me introduce you to DR. Hepburn. There is a body of people that are going to use this.
031The value of this being broader rather than just very very specific is we can feel people out. There is 160 people in tallahassee you have to convince. If what we tie their hands to is say no it's just this specific thing and you've got to do it that way, the board is free to do that in some things. In this case, I think this is one of those, elements of legislative flat form where we want to give our lobbying team, the authority to go up and see what the will of the legislature is and see what we can get done to support broward county. There is 68 in florida, there are a lot of school boards that all have opinions about this. this needs to be settled not by administrator but by the legislature that
032writes the rules. They're going to write a rule about this. I prefer and chair if I can be clear, can you read back the motion that is on the table right now? I believe it was to opt-out. So the parenthetical is to opt-in and out. can I ask MS. Thompson if that's correct. yes, maintaining a position on parents opting out. thank you for being clear in your motion. I support that, it gives our lobbying team what they can get done. can you read it? MS. Thompson? yeah. Support legislation that provides clear guidance on the use of audio visual recording in self contained ese classrooms maining a position on families opting out while ensuring student privacy and aligning with safety measure. and just to be clear, while I'm still on the floor, that's not what the
033chair of the ese chair is recommending and not what the MS. Hixon recommended, but we can have a honest and fair opinion of the. if I MAY, MADAM Chair, superintendent. Just to give the historical per respect of the pilot program. There was no opt-out. There was only parent notification. Just to give the history of the pilot. thank you, DR. Holness and then I'm not sure, people if it's for the original item or for the motion. Go ahead DR. Holness. okay, so MADAM Chair, I believe the question was asked in terms of, of board chair hixon's suggestion, which would be an added suggestion to opt-in and opt-out, do we have the exact language from board member hixon in your last workshop? if I go to the best of my recollection, I believe that her specific discussion
034was adding it to the safety component and the parental bill of rights statute which would mean, there is no opt-in, no opt-out and no notification, it would be like any other surveillance camera that we operate in the classroom. okay, so if a parent opt out, if means that nobody in that classroom can have camera? If I'm an ese parent? that's what would logistically happen, because under the pilot program and MS. Simone holingsworth can add to this, we provided parent notification, once the camera was operational but even if the classroom asked to be transferred, we didn't have the capability of doing that. So there was no really no opt-out because there was no other classroom. so you would have to basically not have cameras if somebody opted out. under the pilot program that was implemented for
035three years. There was no opt-in or opt-out. I understand. I got it. I understand that, john for the, MR. Sullivan for the pilot program. But the motion that is on the floor has to do with opt-out and if we vote on this motion, there are consequences to this motion whether they're positive or negative. So I'm trying to get clarification. operationally, yes, that's what would transpired. If there was a student that opt-out, there would be no camera. so if we have 15 students and one person decides to opt out and the other 14 wanted cameras, there would be no cameras? that's the chair's point of including it in the section of the parental vote statute, because there would be no opt-in or opt-out. sol john, for the sake of the public, instead of opt-out, there is
036an opt-in option. that's what we have right now. and for the sake of the public, what are the challenges of opt-in? opt-in it takes time from staff to seek that opt-in. So operationally, it does prolong the operations of the camera. so question, if you have 15 students and we have the opt-in option as we do now and 12 of the parents say, I want to opt in, and the other three says no, what happens? that camera is not operational. so same end result. same result and the neutral is to mirror the program where there is a note fickation of that camera being installed in the classroom. There is no, the ability to opt-in or opt-out. so with notification, if anyone objects, the camera still continues? correct. board member hixon seize suggestion would align with that?
037I can't speak for her, her suggestion is probably more operationally, easier because you don't have to do a notification, because it would be treated as any other camera. so it would remove more restrictions. well we're notifying every one. right, when we had a pilot, we sent out a note fickation. But with board member hixon it would remove that? correct. so if we stick with the pilot program, what motion would need to be made? I would suggest supporting legislation that provides clear guidance, would I keep all that and where it sez maintaining I would strike the whole line and I would put mirroring the language from the past program. sol MADAM Chair, I am going to see what transpires with the current motion and depending on that mossing and then I'll make the motion with the
038language john suggested. MS. Alhadeff. so I would not support this motion, I think that we should be giving individual school board, the ability to opt-in or opt-out and I do agree with giving paerpts prior notification. thank you. all in favor of the motion say aye. All opposed say no. no. motion fails. DR. Holness. john if you can repeat it. so we will strike out where it says maintaining and then it would say mirroring the language in the past pilot program. okay, and the florida statute, is that 1003.2474? Is that confirmed? I'll have to look at the statute, but we typically don't put statute in the priorities. so the motion is what john just said. there is a second by MS. Thompson. Public comment? Speaker: sorry, I think this is there is so much misunderstanding. By
039mirror the language in the pilot program, you would effectively still be an opt-in because the pilot program required one parent to request it before it would be done. So you'll have a ton of parents who never knew about it and never requested and a lot of classroom without and it -- cameras in all ese classrooms, we don't give parents option if the camera walk down the holloway, going to the shopping mall or bank. It's not something that we've legislative on. And I'm surprised by smft discussion now which is well away from what MS. Hixon suggested. And also this would not be legislating for our district it would be lifting barriers for those that wanted do it. thank you. Board discussion. DR. Holness. yes, I would like to clarify based on the comment made, does this
040mean that are we going to automatically have cameras in ese classrooms and send letters out or are we going to require that cameras are requested in the classroom? DR. Hepburn? if I MAY. m sullivan. so the speaker is correct, if you do mirror the language of the pilot program, there would have to be at least one parent in the classroom. So if the will of the board is to have those cameras in every ese classroom, then I would modify the motion, I would take out the, I would take out, I would substitute it completely and say and allow for annual parent notification. okay. So my motion is to have camera can parent notifications based on the changes that john just mentioned, I would like to modify my motion as such. is there a second. second.
041second by MR. Cervera. Public comment, again. we're almost there. it's not clear what the motion is. so the motion would be taking out that section where it maintains the opt-in and opt-out and allow for annual parent notification. so cameras automatically but with parent notification. correct. I could go with that. absolutely. That would do what the superintendent said in the summer which is the aim cameras for all. discussion on the motion? All those in favor of the motion say aye. aye. all opposed say no. Motion passes unanimously. Back to board discussion on the item. I have MS. Bulman. thanks chair. For our strengthening district capital resources in bullet number 2, I would like, unless there is a objection, where it says fairness and consistency, I would like to add and accountability for all entities receiving public
042dollars unless there is a reason? second. there is a motion and a second by MS. Thompson. Public document? Board discussion on the motion. All those in favor say aye. aye. all opposed say no. Motion passes unanimously. Is that all MS. Bulman? that's all. DR. Zeman. three changes, 5th category, first bullet, it ends with the word wellness. I don't want to confuse people with what we're talking about with mental health assistance, because that's mental health. So my motion is to strike wellness and in the heading and replace that with mental health. second. motion made by DR. Zeman, seconded by DR. Holness. Public comment? board discussion? All those in favor say aye. aye. those opposed say no. Motion passes unanimously. second change, the most important thing that we can say to our friends in tallahassee is the
043second bullet, not the first one. I'm in favor of e first one as well. I ththk it's a lolong shsh get traction.. Soso I wod lili to lead with somethg g that we can get so my motion is to invert and put the second bullet first so we can fight for the dollars we need. Again, florida depending on numbers, is 45th in terms of state fund anding we've got to do a better job for traditional schools and charter schools so there is a motion to get people to lobby for the second bullet. second. so when you say bullets, bullet poibts which? so what I prefer is the first bullet to be the second. got it. and receiving public dollars. This is the core funding of legislative priorities and it needs to lead the efforts. everybody
044clear on the motion seconded by MS. Thompson. Board discussion? Public comment? DR. Holness? thank you, MADAM Chair, so I would like to clarification, DR. Hepburn, if switching the order for legislative priorities, does that create any greater emphasis. My impression is that they're all priorities, if one gets bumped to the top, do they have different weight? MR. Sullivan? not in theory but in pra, seeing something first, would indicate higher priority. But in the order of how we would prioritize, it does not. so I guess informally, it would be assumed that those at the top of the list would mean greater emphasis from the board? I think human nature, yes. okay, it's good to know that, MR. Sullivan so I can push any priority up to the top in the future. yes, sir. thank you all so
045much. any additional discussion? All those in favor of the motion say aye. aye. any opposed say no, motion passes unanimously. last, fourth bullet about advocating for to be stable and sufficient, my fear in having this, we're calling attention to something we don't want to call attention to. For reduced funding for boards like ours, to get reduced money. My instinct says this is not a good thing to have on this because it's going draw attention to something that we MAY not want attention to. I open up for discussion and then I reserve the right for comment. board discussion. I'll make a motion to strike the fourth bullet in budget and finance, I want to fight very hard for more money not less money and I don't want to say, don't trim our sales by taking away.
046?R. A second? second. second by MS. Bulman. public comment? Board discussion? MS. Thompson. I would like staff to weigh in if we have concern about what DR. Zeman just said. Let me rephrase, are there any proposals coming down from tallahassee where we think this MAY be affected or they're targeting? So the family needs to increase our efforts to advocate for it? sure. There is DR. Zeman, there is conversations in the legislature in tallahassee, I don't think anything formal has been filed about property tax reform. Obviously, the educational bucket is greatly relies on that form of funding. As it relates to the local required efforts. Historically what has happened, the legislature has allowed for districts to benefit from the increased values of property but for the last probably 7 or 8 years or so, they have
047lowered the local required effort to count for the rise in property values which has not allowed districts to benefit from the increase in values. So it's hard to tell how the legislature is going to reform if it will impact legislation specifically. That's historical. It will be up to the board whether they want to delete it or not. I appreciate that feedback. I think it's important because the conversation is so fluid that we main thain that bullet point to give our team the ability to make sure we maintain our funding. Thank you. any additional board discussion on the motion? All those in favor say aye. aye. all those opposed say no. No. Do we need a roll call. I heard more noes than yays. yes, motion fails. Is that all MR. Zeman? yes, thank you. MS.
048Alhadeff. thank you. Would like the board for supporting to have the funding that was not utilized to go to the off campus memorial for the 17. It will be 8 years in this FEBRUARY since the tragedy of marjory stoleman high school sxl it's important to build this as quickly as possible to tell with the healing process. And I would like to thank mike moser for coming and speak to go this the memorial foundation and if you're interested in knowing about the memorial go to parkland 17.Org. Thank you for your support. thank you, MS. Hal ha definite. MS. Rupert. thank you. I'm still getting caught up from getting back from canada. I missed the opt-ed and all that came out in AUGUST and it really talks about making sure that all of our students including home
049schooled students have the ability to say, I don't want to say monitor but have safety. We in education, know that snow there is, you stay home. but some children face physical abuse in their homes. And removing the education code, the regulations really are laxed. 1 through 4, I'll just be quick, 1 through 4 a certified teacher selected by parent shall evaluate education progress, that does not have to be face-to-face. Then the student takes nationally, via certified teacher. Student takes assessment use. They don't require face-to-face. What I'm asking, I'm not sure if we want to put it in a legislative priorities or it's more procedural. It does say in number 5 that students shall be evaluate withed any evaluated tool as agreed by the superintendent and that student and parent that they reside in the district.
050So that is too loosy goosy for me. Options 1 and 4 are exactly where I would support better than the other ones, specifically what I want to do? I want to ask a question from the superintendent is how do we check on the health and well being of our students that are home schooled? DR. Hepburn? by, by statute, it goes back to the superintendent but I want today see what your philosophy is about how we can actually be more able to make sure all our students are safe. I'll ask DR. Wanza to hom in on that question. Home education is completely separate and apart from hospital home bound, they're still our students and we send the teacher and direct their education who will process. As it relates to home schooling, this is where the parent
051sends a letter to the superintendent saying we want to take, primary all education responsibility for our children. We do provide access and resources when it's time for standardized testing and things of that nature. But we don't necessarily reach out. Typically the parent come to us to say if they need support or assistance. But the home education program is when the parent says we're taking, you know, ownership leadership responsibility if you will for our children's educational process. But whatever, is the will of the board, we will implement and work with families. right, there is been some national cases and it has, basically, that spark is going around the country to make sure that our students are safe. And I know the difference between home bound and home schools. And when you look at the statute t
052does say that students should be evaluated and the superintendent must sign off on these. That's my question to you, what process right now, they say unless I'm reading the statute wrong, which could very well be, we till have to have a sfonlt the students. yes, so I'm aware of the initial information from the parent requesting to be home schooled. and we approve those. As far as anything after that, like DR. Wanza said, we're taking responsibility for their child's education, well being and all of that in their own homes or whatever venue they're utilizing. Sxlt sometimes they take advantage for florida virtue too. But as far as aspects for support of wellness and all of those things, we don't typically, just like with charter schools, they ask for the help, they ask for the support and
053we provide based on the means that we can. And I don't know if you have anything else to add. you said it all, when families reach out to us, we're certainly responsive and we have not to your point, taken the initial toif it reach out to them, but we do not ignore families when they reach out for assistance from us. And whatever the will of the board is what we will implement. okay, I certainly don't want to take up too much time but in any given time in florida, the state cannot locate 3000 students. So it's an extremely important aspect personally. I would like to see us mention this in our in our flat form, even if it's just on bullet number 3, support legislation that strengthens the protection of our students well being, student
054data et cetera, et cetera, that would be a motion tho we insert the words support strengthens the profession of our well being including governance and it goes through all the way to the end of it. okay that, would be in the last section to technology school safety? yes. is there a second? second. seconded by DR. Holness. Public comment? Board discussion on the motion? DR. Zeman? can I ask it to be read again. sure. Support legislation that supports stud -- . it's just adding the words student well being. yeah. I would like to make it stronger but obviously not this group. so I guess it's a question because in the, you know, we added accountability on number 2 for the first priority. And because home school parents receive public dollars for the students, perhaps that should
055be included as well that there is an accountability because we don't know what the education, the students are receiving when they're at home? I know. in addition to not knowing what is happening at home, we don't know if they're actually receiving an education. right. so I don't know if we want to add it to number 2 because it has for all entities, receiving dollars and individuals? If that entity covers or add public -- traditional private schools and home school students? is that a substitute motion? I'm asking MS. Rupert? was that in addition to where I was suggesting it or instead of? it would be in the first, well now, the it's the second bullet now but it will be the first based on DR. Zeman's motion. So right now the second bullet in the first
056part where it says across funding models for traditional schools and public schools you can add and home schools. thank you, I'll be fine with that? does the second? DR. Holness, you made a motion to the second, do you accept that? yes. any further board discussion. yes. MS. Thompson and then DR. Holness. I just want to make clarification, while I understand MS. Rupert, heart hundred this motion, the only reason that program is for the sake of attendance. So we really don't have the capacity and I think it will be over reach to require more. Do I do think adding MS. Bulman's MS. Bulman's thoughts about accountability makes sense. We're veering into over reach. Thank you. DR. Holness. thank you, MADAM Chair, just to get some clarification, as regarding home schooling, so currently the district DR. Hepburn,
057doesn't or not rudder to provide any sort of guidance or limited monitoring of what is taking place at home. they just kind of do their own thing and come and take an assessment? that's partially correct, they don't take an assessment, because they're being home schooled by their parents. It's not like they're in a virtual or florida virtual program, you know, full-time. They're parents that pulled them off and notified us that they're going to be home schools. so there is no assessment to ascertain their learning outcome? no, correct me if I'm wrong DR. Wanza, but no. I beg to differ. they have check-ins. DR. Wanza? grab has johnson's mic, I don't think your mic is functioning. okay. So they do, dia na rice is our home school coordination and she does coordinate for students that come
058in and participate in standardized testing. But when it comes to regular assessment, that's a part of the what the parents do as they coordinate their child's educational process. And there is something at the end of the year, where a certified educator does a test, right that the students have met all the qualifications as it relates to whatever grade level they're in and then that documentation is sent to the state office for them to then be, granted promotion or progression to whatever will be the next levels. okay, so DR. Wanza that's a state driven process, it's not a broward schools involvement in monitoring that process or any? correct. obligatory on our part to do any kind of recommendation? correct. And I think what MS. Bulman and the superintendent commented as well, when parents, send their intent
059to their superintendent, informing the district that they intend to home school their children and then they are, they are no longer a part of you know, the district's regular educational program, the parents are guiding that. The funding also follows the child for the parent with the home schooling. And then the parents then guides how they're now going to navigate their children's educational path. okay, so are we required, or is it mandatory for them to take say, a standardized assessment? is t isn't mandatory but it can be. so that would be a parent request to do that? , correct? correct. so if parents request support for the district, considering that they're getting funding from the state directly? Are we under any obligation to support? go ahead, DR. Wanza? I wasn't going to answer that. I was
060going to ask MS. Jackie adams to chime in okay. So if I'm a home student parent, and I call on some online programming and resources for my child to access, do we have that right? Do we provide that support? through the chair. So your question specifically seems programmatic in terms of how much the support the district will allow. That's a a question for the superintendent. let me chime in, for the academic support, that's a no. Because the pt dollars is no longer with us. got it. if a parent calls us for other support sucher as social services, medical services, of course our team is going to respond and get them help with the right agency that's we have partrtrs with. Whwh it comes s toacadicic suoror enen thesend that it intent and portion of that
061f T.D. Dollars pay for instructional support and all those other things. So when the dollars are no longer with us, just just like a charter school, a parent calling and I need support, the answer is knoxer we're going to refer you back to your charter school because we no longer have the dollars. In the spirit of what MS. Rupert is asking, one of the things to ensure that we can support kids a portion of their funding needs to come to the district to be able to support the kids, because we will not have the capacity to do it at the current time. And so we usinged that money. right, and I just want to make sure that that advocacy, that it then put a strain on us, where it's not adequate and then we have
062to bleed our resources in addition to what is being provided. So just trying to get real comprehensive understanding as to where they're heading with this inclusion. Thank you so much. MS. Rupert. thank you. What I want today say at this part, connecticut and new jersey have tightened theirs up in a moment. I'm late to the game because I just read and on paperwork. I would be happy to we included as MS. Bulman's substitute motion and work on that at a different time when other districts are actually getting it passed and really seeing an effort to have that fte come and also the accountability with our superintendent and staff if given the option. any further board discussion? All those in favor of the motion say aye. aye. all those opposed say no. Motion passes unanimously. Are
063there any, is there any further board discussion on item 1. All right. The question on approve on item 1 as amended say aye. aye. those opposed say no. The ayes have it and the motion is approved. Can I have a motion and a second for item number 2, moved by DR. Zeman, seconded by MS. Thompson, it's moved and seconded to approve item 2. Any public comment? no ma'am. any board comment on the item 2. Those in favor of approving item 2 say aye. aye. those opposed say no. The motion passes unanimously. MAY I have a motion and a second on item 3, moved by zeman and second by MS. Alhadeff. I'll remind my colleagues that the superintendent has recommended vote down. Any public comment? no ma'am. the discussion on the approval of right three, down
064this item, please vote no, those in favor of approving say aye. Those opposed say no. no. ?Ment the noes have it and the motion fails. MAY I have a motion and a second. so moved. moved by DR. Zeman, seconded by MS. Alhadeff. To approve item 4 stl. Any public comment on item 4? no ma'am. board discussion, DR. Zeman. thank you, chair. I talked about this in previous meetings and I remain committed while spending millions, what I'm challenging is the outcome of the money. Broward county schools still does not have the grounds that broward county sets. Our athletes are injured, our community does not come take tours because of this. Who have figured out how to do this better than we do? So after some reflection, I'm not oppose today spending this much money. But for
065this year, I would like to suggest that we do some pretty significant progress monitoring on our grounds. So that we get data, activities all over these grounds can come back. What I'm preferring to do is to leave this up to the superintendent. But the general, will of this board might be, that there is some kind of significant sampling of either athletic directors or assistant principals or somebody that actually cares about the athletic and other uses of these lands, to give us some kind of data every month about the condition of the facilities. I've been to a number of sporting events so far this year and in none of them have I seen grounds other than a game at dillard high school where they have synthetic turf field. At other place that's I've been spent to,
066they don't have the facilities that they deserve. I'm fine spending the money I would like to do it reporting back to this board on a monthly basis at the discretion of the superintendent. But what we're looking for is some kind of recommendation that seeman is just going to the wrong sporting events. I've been to about 40 this year. So that there are some management changes, it's a matter of do we need to do something differently. But this is one of those items that happens year after year and we don't focus on it and I think it's time that we do. so chair, I would like to make a motion that we adopt some progress monitoring with the superintendent defining what that looks like but including some form of data gathering and reporting to the board
067on the conditions of our fields at our broward county schools. is there a second? second. any discussion? MR. Holness and MR. Cervera. so DR. Kao e man, is this something doable and what would be challenges, in month low? Is that correct DR. Zeman? in what? did you say monthly. yes. so what challenges would this create in providing this monthly update? And is this something that is doable? And do you see any other option that would achieve the same end result that you would propose? I think, we will have to sit down with the facilities team and come up with quantifiable metrics to measure that we can report back. This would be a sit down with the facilities team to figure out how we can accomplish this. And I'm not going to say, that it's not
068doable but we measure a lot of things in our schools so we'll have to figure out and sit down and figure out what quantifiable measurement we would present to the boateder on a monthly basis. Or send to the board on a monthly basis. okay, so DR. Hepburn, had you had a choice to look into this first and for this motion to come back in the future time or, or, is this would that be a more comfortable as far as approach to you and your departments as oppose today passing this now? if it's going to come back later, might as well, pass it now and it will give us about a month or two to figure it out, we need to figure out what starting point is. So we've got a great team to brainstorm sxl
069figure out what we can get to the board on a monthly basis. okay. MR. Cervera. thank you, MADAM Chair. Just clarification, I heard DR. Zeman referring athletes and all the events he attended this year. I guess my question is are you seeking progress reports only from district schools with football fields or baseball fields or football fields or from 11949 district suits, would be receiving some lawn care services under this three-year agreement. my apologies to emphasize the athletic fields, they're very important and it's where we get thousands of people and whether there is the greatest opportunity for fields to be used for great need examine for injuries to happen otherwise. The intend is not 179, it's 239 campuses and it's the conditions of the grounds, MR. Cervera. Again, we, suffer when people drive our schools and
070they look and see, the fields that we have they look and see the landscaping we have and they look and see the conditions of things over and over again. And we've goent used to it and I don't think it's what the community deserves. I don't think it's what they want and I think it's influencing enrollment. Because our competitor and we're now in a competitor space, they spend a lot of money on the grounds. But the intent is on a sampling we MAY go to ten percent and ask an assistant principal or athletic directr to go out and do an assessment and give some kind of score so we can keep track in a way that we can convince the community that we care about the schools. Because it's very important to the people of the
071county. I appreciate the clarity. That was my concern, we have elementary schools, I would not want them to be neglected. If I MAY to the superintendent, is it possible to a sewn a team? That would be tasked every month going to these sites that are specifically referenced within the contracts can be able to give an assessment or update as to the condition to report back and let everybody know how it's going? gun, just give the facilities team an opportunity to sit down and plan this out, whatever mechanism, measurements, frequency, if it's a dedicated team and we'll let them figure it out. so I would support the motion subject to obviously, the expansion just not limiting this. They should apply to all our schools to make sure that the landscaping and beautification efforts are up to
072par and that this board is made aware if changes are implemented or made. I would support the motion subject to all the facilities as oppose today those just with athletic fields. MS. Bulman. thank you, chair. I guess I have a question why this is going to be difficult we're paying for services for lawns to be cut. I we get reports back from our people, commissioners neighbors when this is not happening. So, so we have people onsite, like as long as our principals vice principals whoever custodians whoever is on the school site knows when the maintenance services need to be performed. I don't think this is rocket science, I think we should have a very simple way of reporting that the services did not were not performed and then, facilities comes out and make sure that
073it's done. Kind of like when you're in your own house and you're suppose to have something happen and it does not happen and you call and make sure it happens or cancel the contract. I guess, I don't know why we have to have a big sit down to figure out how this is going to happen. sounds simple but I think it's a little bit more complex and MS. Paul can speak to. We have high expectations. It's more than what the school. but right now, we're getting reports quite frequently and you drive by and it does not look good. agreed. That's why we need an opportunity to figure out how we put this altogether and get the right information because it's going to inform not just the board but everybody, including the school too. thank you,
074any other board discussion? If not I would like to make a motion to amend all the agreements for their commencement date to fin OCTOBER 8, 2025. Any public comment? On the motion. Board discussion on the motion. All those in favor of the motion say aye. aye. all those opposed say no. Motion passes unanimously. Any further board discussion. I'm just curious if we voted on having he progress report. oh yes, let me back up. All those in favor of the DR. Zeman's to direct the superintendent to come up with a progress monitoring plan? All those in favor say aye. all sites. yes. all those in favor say aye. aye. all those opposed say no. Motion passes unanimously. Do I need to redo my motion since did I it not in order? no, but -- . according
075to roberts. no but the original motion to approve the amendments, needs to take place. okay, so, so now, we are voting on the entire item? correct. Okay. I'm sorry, MR. Cervera? no. the question is on the approval of item 4 as amended those in favor of approving item 4. I apologize. Now you've confused me. I would like to comment on the overall agenda before we approve. go ahead MR. Cervera. thank you. If my colleagues recall this was initially before our last sit down, and I brought up an issue that I found in reviewing these contracts which I intend to do for almost every contract that this board ultimately agrees to have. They seem to be pretty uniform, they all made reference to an exhibit a with the cost break downs on how we're quantifying this,
076spending authority, which is a large chunk of change. The exhibit was ultimatedly circulated and to the public as well as the board. Within this document, the exhibit a, included break downs of every single zone that was subject to the contract along with the 8 vendors, that we are ultimately being asked to approve. The problem I had with this is when I was trying to crunch the numbers can do the math to understand how we arrived at the 11 million dollars sum. I found that the exhibits for each and every one of these contracts were nearly identical for every single zone that was being proposed, there are 7 zones in total and multiple, multiple vendors that we're voting for almost all of the zones with the exception of the few. Here is my concern, within the
077break down of the zones, these vendors all provided their prices for identical services. And forsake for ease and clarity, I'm going to reference in zone 1 apollo middle school, for no addition other than they're a and first on the list. So all of these 8 vend thaerz voted to service zone one, they provided identical break downs of how much they were going to charge for this zone. Their numbers were all different. Hopefully and it's my understanding after speaking with MS. Paul, I'm sure she is going to have something to say when I'm done, but once those statistic data was broken down we determined which of the 8 vendors would be cheapest. So business way of example for apollo, this would be in fact be the cheapest service for us. The problem is, there is nothing
078that was prorided to the public or to this board unindicating which actual vendor we're going to do for each of the zones. All I have is is duplicative break down from each of the vendors saying how much they would charge for each school. So it's therefore impossible for anybody to sit down and figure out how much we're spending at each school examine how we got to the 11 million dollars. We'vetially been provided with 100 plus bids on various zones and schools as to what each individual service prorider would do. There is nothing conforming or nothing indicating which provider that we're going to use for each zone. Why this is important is because it's impossible from what has been provided from this board to sit down and figure out how much is being spent at each
079school and what the ultimate cost determination is going to be in order to justify for the 11 million dollars. That being said, I did reach out earlier this week and had a conversation with MS. Paul and I understand that there is a potential solution to this and I would like for her to explain in detail, to the public, how we are going to or come this because in my maound this is a huge trans parnt see you shall. We need make sure that l ofof cocotituentsts where e every penny y oftheir dollar is being spebt and what is provided to this board, it's impossible for us to do any kind of investigative work to determine where this money is going to. Because all we have is buckley 8 proriders proridingle different numbers for the services
080but we don't know which one we're suggesting. I would ask through the khaur if MS. Paul has describe the solution that her and you have discussed to the public. DR. Hepburn? MS. Paul? walk-up music, wow. Speaker: well my walk up music is we are the champions. So to the board and board chair, superintendent, thanks for putting me in the conversation. Thank you board memebers for providing a different perspective of this. So this is a change compared to how we used to do business before. And so this is an opportunity to use 8 vendors organized by zone based on, the walking the campuses, walking the grounds, and bidding on it. So this is what competition looks like and so, we have to divided the vendrs into zones, so they have schools that they be responsible for
081mowing and managing the grounds. Now understand that schools have the ability it's not just a controlled situation where we're controlling everything under this 11 million dollars, schools have the ability to tap into their budgets and ask for additional services under this contract. Previous we had one vendor and we had a few grounds people that we used to supplement the schools and enhance, that's why they look, some of the grounds look like the way they do now. This is a new change. So we will stand up a website under the ppo website with a mowing cycle, this is how you put accountability into the system, and we will have a website how that is transparent and visibility. Sol this is a shift from how we used to do business in the past. if I MAY, and
082going back to mia apollo middle school. We have, 7 vendors indicating how much they would charge to service apollo middle for three years. and compare those numbers to what we're going to ultimately be paying for that service? again, we will provide a website that we're going to stand up with the individual vendor, allocated to the school. There are 8 vendors that will service. They'll be able to go to that. Also as I said before, all vendors walk the sites, literally, boots on the ground, walking the site and they bid on, the work and we took lois price. So with that competition they gave us the opportunity to, get a better value and make sure that all of our sites were covered. And I'll ask MR. Mark add more comments. mark dorset. Basically one of the
083exhibit shows, like you said zone one and it shows proposed names of the companies and if you look at the second column, it shows scores. The highest score is the company with the lowest bid, right? That's how we came up with the number and we can provide a list of vendors and the schools that they're going to service routinely. So if you go down through the list, under zone one. With a score of 88, that's the, the highest score, that's the vendor that provoid the lowest cost to do the work. That's the number one vendor. I appreciate the explanation. And I'll close with this, we're going to put together, and identify the vendor and zone, so members of the public know and most importantly, we're going to identify the cost projections, that we were given
084in this solicitation and also reflected on exhibit a, correct? we can provide an average cost because, as with, the weather in south florida, it depends on the a number of cuts that you do. So if it's raining, they do not cut the grass. We'll provide as much information as we can and what I would suggest a quarterly status to give us the ability to accumulate and look for trends. and lastly, when do you anticipate this website being functional? we want to stand tup as soon as the board approves it t next week. thank you, ma'am. okay. MADAM Chair. go ahead MR. Holness. thank you for your comments. I do have a couple of questions regarding the 8 companies. I did see that horizon is eddc certified company. Would that be considered that green horizon is
085an sbw firm? yes, they are. And from the 8 companies, is that the only firm among the 8 companies? yes, they are. okay, and for the sake of the public, when we talk about swmbe, we're talking about women-owned firms, hispanic firms and black owned firms under the category of minority firms. I will just say, again I'm hoping as a school district that is, that has a demographic with majority minority, that we as a school district, do a better job in attracting minority firms. I don't know what green horizon is? Is that women owned, hispanic owned? Black owned? I believe it's women owned, I'm not sure. this happens with a lot of contracts. And I know we're trying our best but I think we can do better. When you look at all the companies that come
086to us and I point this out all the time. The last time I spoke on it, and I don't speak on it every board meeting. I speak on it occasionally, so it continues torres nature -- resonate because we need to do better. We have one land skaupz and snow black owned and no hispanic owned in a landscaping bid. So that is skill concerning and I think, I think we need to do better. To make sure that we're equitable and we're coming up with approaches that can attract women, hispanic blacks, so it can be reflective of the demographic of the district. The other question that I have, the highest score that you mentioned goes to companies with the lowest bid. And just for my knowledge and the knowledge of the public, does the quality of the
087company go into reputation? I could come in with the lowest bid and I don't show up on time and my equipment is outdated. is money the only factor? no, there was a quantitative effort in deciding what the company and the scores. So it talks about the equipment used, the age of the equipment and the ability to respond when we need them to respond. So it's a narrative categories that we've developed to determine that number. So the overall number if that number is higher, the overall number dictate low cost and it met the criteria that we met. understand. So the company with the lowest bid is not the only factor used to derive a score that will lean towards the highest bidder. so it happens the lowest score, they had the best pricing and so forth,
088when it comes to the each individual zone that they represent. Notice, you have different companies representing different zones that's based on the overall number that was calculated. thank you, MR. Dore set, I wanted to make sure that we clarify that. When I heard the response to MR. Cervera, I heard the highest score goes to the companies with the lowest bid. And I understand many of the factors placed into that. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. thank you, is there any additional board discussion on this item? Okay. The question is on the approval of item 4 as amended, those in favor of approving item 4 as amended say aye. aye. those opposed say no. The ayes have it and item 4 is approved as amended. The scheduled order of business for special school board meeting
089of school board county of florida, has been completed. We will take a brief recess to