Regular School Board Meeting - May 05, 2026

001[MUSIC] THIS REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS NOW RECONVENED. COULD I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON OH ONE, MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN, SECOND BY MISS HIXON PUBLIC COMMENT ON 011. REGISTER SPEAKER. DOCTOR. NATALIE LYNCH. WALSH. I SHE CARES ABOUT THIS DOC. OH OH. DOCTOR NATALIE LYNCH WALSH PLANTATION, FLORIDA. JUST ANOTHER REMINDER AS FAR AS THE SUMMARY OF PROGRESS REPORT. A FEW YEARS AGO, I DID SOME NUMBER CRUNCHING TO COMPARE WHO THE SUBS WERE THAT WERE M, W, B VERSUS THEIR ACTUAL UTILIZATION THAT SHOULD BE COMING FORWARD EVERY MONTH. THE PROMISES VERSUS WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AGAIN, A MONITORING FUNCTION. SO JUST A REMINDER, EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THIS REPORT THAT IS LACKING, THERE'S A LOT OF FANFARE ABOUT OUTREACH THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER. BUT IT COMES TO NOTHING IF YOU CANNOT SHOW THAT

002YOU'RE UTILIZING THE M, W, B SUBS. AND I AM SPEAKING PRIMARILY FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT THAT DOES NOT GET REPORTED. I AM THE LAST PERSON THAT REPORTED IT TO YOU. AND IT WAS LIKE AT 12% AND NOWHERE NEAR 100%. SO AGAIN, A REMINDER, IT'S A MONITORING FUNCTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M SORRY WE HAVE TO RECESS FOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL RECESS AGAIN. [MUSIC] ON THIS REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS NOW RECONVENED AGAIN. WE DID PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT ON OH ONE BOARD MEMBER COMMENT I HAVE DR. HOLNESS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO DOCTOR HEPBURN, I, I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION OF OUR CERTIFIED SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES LOOKING AT QUARTER THREE AS OPPOSED TO QUARTER TWO AND QUARTER TWO. I REMEMBER, AND IT'S HERE 8.03% PARTICIPATION IN

003QUARTER THREE. IT'S 8.29% OF CERTIFIED SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES PARTICIPATION. SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, DOCTOR HEPBURN, TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION OF CERTIFIED SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND I ALSO WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT THANK MICHAEL, MR. MICHAEL SCOTT AND MR. JOHN WHITE FOR INVITING ME TO MATCHMAKER EVENT. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT, AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE A LOT MORE OF WHAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INVITATION AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? DR. ZEMAN JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL. ANY LAWS THAT PASSED THIS YEAR THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO LOOK HARD AT OUR POLICY? 3330. I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT DR. ZEMAN OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

004I HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT A BIT. I APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT PASSED THAT GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY THAT SEEM LIKE WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD, BUT IF YOU COULD, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU COULD REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD WHENEVER IT'S CONVENIENT ON THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF OH ONE SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COULD I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 020 CAN ACTUALLY, WITHOUT OBJECTION, CAN WE PULL OH TWO AND 0015 TOGETHER SINCE THEY ARE COMPANION. OH NO 012 SORRY. OH TWO AND 012 TOGETHER MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN. SECOND BY MISS RUPERT PUBLIC COMMENT ON OH

005TWO OR 012. NO MA'AM. BOARD MEMBER COMMENT MISS BULMAN. THANK YOU CHAIR, I PULLED THIS. I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK OF TROY DAVIS AND HIS TEAM FOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE AT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AWARDS LAST WEEK, THERE WAS QUITE A PRESENTATION. THE THE MICROSOFT REPS WERE THERE. AND SO HIS WORK HAS GONE BEYOND JUST PROCURING US SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE, BUT REALLY DOING SOME GREAT, MAKING SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE REALLY BENEFITING OUR DISTRICT AND OUR KIDS IN WAYS THAT WE ARE ONLY I'M ONLY LEARNING ABOUT NOW, LIKE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU, MISS RUPERT. THE SUPERINTENDENT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. IT WAS ABOUT FUNDING. THANKS. GOT IT.

006MISS HIXON, I HAVE YOU ON 0012. YEAH, I ACTUALLY GOT MY QUESTION ANSWERED, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. DAVIS. BASED ON THE ANSWER THAT I RECEIVED, HE WORKED OUT A HUGE DISCOUNT IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT'S HERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LARGE NUMBER. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK YOU DID IN GETTING THIS CONTRACT THROUGH. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMPSON. I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUE'S THANKS OF MR. DAVIS AND HIS TEAM FOR THE DISCOUNTS. YOU WERE ABLE TO WORK ON THIS AND FOR THE BENEFIT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON OH TWO OR 012? ALL IN FAVOR OF THOSE ITEMS, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO ITEMS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. COULD I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND

007ON S ONE. SO MOVE. MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN. SECOND BY MISS HIXON. PUBLIC COMMENT ON S ONE. NO, MA'AM. BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION, MISS BULMAN. THANKS, CHAIR. JUST REALLY QUICKLY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TOURING SHERIDAN TECH TECHNICAL COLLEGE TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE ADDITION OF THE FORD VEHICLES. SO THIS IS AN ADDITION TO CHEVY MAZDA. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE OTHER ONES THAT THEY HAD. I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT'S QUITE A PRODUCTION THAT THEY HAVE THERE. IT'S AMAZING. AND SO WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO ALSO HAVE FORD AS THE SOUTHERN ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. MY FAMILY WAS ALWAYS A FORD FAMILY, SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS RUPERT. THANK YOU. MY,

008MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED BY OUR GENERAL COUNCIL, BUT I DO WANT TO CROW A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE MY OLDEST SON GRADUATED FROM THE FORD PROGRAM AND AT SHERIDAN. SO GREAT, GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM, GREAT YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF S1, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, MISS DUPREE. BRUNO. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO 0-1. SORRY, DR. ZEMAN. I WAS NOT LOOKING AT THE AGENDA ITEM WHEN YOU MADE THE COMMENT. THERE IS A LAW THAT HAS PASSED. IT'S FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE SOME IMPACT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M STILL VETTING AND WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE BOARD. I APPRECIATE IT, EXACTLY WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO. THANKS. THANK YOU. NOW I WILL GO TO DOCTOR HEPBURN FOR HIS SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. YES.

009THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW WE HAD A BEACON. I'M GOING TO CUE YOU UP IN A MINUTE. SO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO GET READY. I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF TIME, CERTAIN ITEMS THAT GOT IN THE WAY OF ME GIVING A REPORT EARLIER THIS MORNING. BUT FIRST OF ALL, EXTENDING OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS. IT IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK AND TODAY IS ACTUALLY TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY. AND THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND CREATING THOSE QUALITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES MANY OF US ARE ON THE DAIS OF USED TO BE TEACHERS AND SOME OF US STILL ARE TEACHERS NATURALLY, AND INCLUDING MYSELF. AND, YOU KNOW, OFTEN OUR STUDENTS, AS THEY GET OLDER AND PRETTY MUCH GROW UP AND GO THROUGH THEIR

010CAREERS AND YOU BUMP INTO THEM IN THE GROCERY STORE, OR EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ON VACATION AND THEY POINT YOU OUT AND THEY SAY, MAN, YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. YOU REMEMBER ME, MISS? YOU REMEMBER ME. MR. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THOSE THOSE ARE THOSE MOMENTS THAT REMIND YOU OF YOUR WHY WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT ON ONE CHILD IS SO GREAT. IT CHANGES THEIR TRAJECTORY, CHANGES THEIR COMMUNITY AND CHANGES THEIR OUTLOOK ON LIFE. SO FOR THAT, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION FOR OUR TEACHERS 365 DAYS A YEAR. SO THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO. SO WITH THAT SAID BEACON, IF YOU CAN ROLL THE TAPE FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LAST MONTH. TOGETHER, WE CAN COME TOGETHER. AND THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT. LET'S MAKE SURE WE FINISH OFF THE

011YEAR STRONG. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HEPBURN. THIS WILL BE THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE WE WILL CONSIDER ALL THE OPEN AGENDA ITEMS. THE FOLLOWING OPEN ITEMSAVAVBEEN IDENTIFIED FOR DISCUSSION. FF13JJ1LL1, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DISPOSED OF. MM11001246, 12, 14, AND 15. AT THIS TIME, MAY THE CHAIR HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PASS THE OPEN ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION. F2GG12JJ2345678MM1 THROUGH 1200358 1011. 13. 17 AND 18. SECOND MOVE BY DR. ZEMAN. SECONDED BY MISS RUPERT. MISS BULMAN. WE PULLED MM11. OH YOU DID? YEAH. SORRY, DID I SAY MM1? SORRY. YES, I MISSPOKE SO MM1 THROUGH TEN AND THEN MM12 SO MM11. WE HAVE NOT. WE'VE DISPOSED OF 0012. YES. ALL RIGHT. MOVE. MOTION MADE BY DR. ZEMAN, SECOND BY MISS RUPERT. ARE THERE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS ON THE ITEMS NOT PULLED FOR

012DISCUSSION? ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER ROSEN SORRY, BETH ROSENTHAL FOR MM1. BETH ROSENTHAL. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE OPEN AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO ITEMS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AT THIS TIME. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM FF1 SECOND MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN SECOND BY MISS RUPERT. PUBLIC COMMENT ON FF1. NO COMMENT. MISS HIXON. THANK YOU. AS I LIKE TO DO EVERY MONTH. WANT TO THANK OUR GRANTS TEAM. SO THIS MONTH IS ACTUALLY A REALLY BIG NUMBER FOR GRANTS. IT'S $22,241,128 AND 40 $0.84. 20 MILLION OF THAT GOES TO HEAD START, WHICH IS A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM. A MILLION OR ABOUT 1.4 MILLION WENT TO SCHOOL HARDENING AND THERE'S 420,000. THAT GOES FOR VPK SUMMER. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK

013THAT GOES INTO, ESPECIALLY THE HEAD START GRANT PROGRAM. THAT IS A HUGE FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE KNOW HELPS OUR STUDENTS TO BE PREPARED TO GO INTO KINDERGARTEN. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PUTS ALL THE HARD WORK INTO THE GRANTS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF FF1, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COULD I GET A MOTION? A SECOND FF3. MOVED MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN SECOND BY MISS RUPERT PUBLIC COMMENT ON FF3. NO, MA'AM. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD BE 014 OKAY. BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION DR. ZEMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. THE PROGRAM THAT IS IN THIS ITEM IS A WONDERFUL COUPLE PROGRAMS. IT'S $1 MILLION GRANT, ALMOST JUST OVER $900,000. THE GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE IMPROVED ATTENDANCE, IMPROVED BEHAVIOR, AND IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. I

014JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CAPTURE SOME DATA ON THOSE THREE THINGS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE COLLECTING DATA ON PARTICIPATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH I FIND IS WONDERFUL. BUT GIVEN THAT WE'RE GETTING ALMOST $1 MILLION AND GOING AFTER A POPULATION THAT'S, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE FOR THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS, I'D LOVE TO GET A MID-YEAR AND END YEAR REPORT ON ATTENDANCE BEHAVIOR AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS THE INTENDED GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. DR. ZEMAN S NOTED. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, CHAIR. THANK YOU, MISS THOMPSON. I WAS JUST GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PARTNERSHIP. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM. AGAIN, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE LOOKING AT REDUCTION IN IN THIS KIND OF STAFFING. SO GOOD JOB F AND OUR STAFF. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD

015MEMBER DISCUSSION, MISS RUPERT, THIS IS A FF3. OH, SORRY. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF FF3 SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COULD I GET A MOTION A SECOND ON JJ1 MOVE BY DR. ZEMAN SECOND BY MISS HIXON PUBLIC NO PUBLIC COMMENT. DR. ZEMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I'M CALLING THIS ITEM UP REALLY BECAUSE OF THE J J ITEMS. YOU KNOW, THIS ONE HAS A 556 DAY DELAY ITEM FOR 1072 DELAY DAY DELAY FIVE 336 DAY DELAY. I'M CURIOUS, DOCTOR HEPBURN, IS THERE A POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN DISPLAY ONE THAT'S DONE THE COMPLETE SCOPE ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. AND IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME HOW LONG WE HAVE TO WASH THROUGH THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER

016BECAUSE IT THE DELAY IN THESE PROJECTS AND GETTING TO 100% COMPLETION, IT JUST SEEMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SHOULD BE AT THAT POINT SIX MONTHS AGO. BUT IS THERE A POINT WHERE WE, WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTS WE HAVE AND WE CAN GET THEM INTO A POINT WHERE WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT SPENDING THE MONEY TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE ON TIME. YEAH. SO WE HAVE OVER 100 PROJECTS, AND I KNOW MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY STARTED A WHILE AGO AND HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED DELAYS FOR VARIOUS FOR VARIOUS REASONS. MY HOPES AS WE START PUTTING NEW PROJECTS ON DECK, THAT THERE THAT THERE ARE SCOPED OUT APPROPRIATELY WITH ALL THE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT INFORMATION THAT WE DO HAVE. SO WE CAN SCOPE THEM OUT APPROPRIATELY. SO WE WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH

017THESE TYPE OF ISSUES. A LOT OF UNFORESEEN THINGS, A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WEREN'T PROPERLY SCOPED OUT APPROPRIATELY. SO AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND WE'RE CLEANING UP THINGS FROM THE PAST, BUT AS WE MOVE IN THE FUTURE, MY HOPE IS WITH THE BETTER ASSESSMENTS OF OUR FACILITIES IS GOING TO EQUATE TO BETTER PROJECT SCOPES AND THEREFORE EQUATE TO ON TIME, ON BUDGET, ON SCOPE PROJECTS. THOSE HUNDRED PROJECTS, THOUGH, DO YOU HAVE A TIME PERIOD WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GOING TO BE PAST THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE ITEMS WITH 501,000 DAY DELAYS TO GETTING. NO SPECIFIC TIMELINE, BUT I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE TEAM. I MEET WITH AECOM AND FACILITIES TEAM EVERY TWO WEEKS, SO WE'LL GO DISCUSS ALL OF THAT AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF STRATEGY WE CAN

018BUILD TO GO THROUGH AND SEE WHAT WE CAN IDENTIFY. SO WE CAN GET A GET AHEAD AND PROBABLY BRING IT MORE IN BULK TO THE BOARD. SO WE'LL HAVE TO BRING IT. I LOVE THE I LOVE THE BULK IDEA. IF THERE WAS A REBASELINING OF THOSE PROJECTS, THAT WAS TO KIND OF TAKE IN THE PREVIOUS ERRORS OF PAST ADMINISTRATIONS, AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE 100. HERE'S THE NEW DEADLINE FOR THOSE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY SEES THAT WE'VE GOT NOW A BASELINE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MANAGE TO. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD SATISFY THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR OF JJ ONE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NO ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COULD I GET A MOTION A SECOND ON

01911. MOVE BY DR. ZEMAN, SECOND BY MISS BULMAN. MR. CERVERA. THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY APPRECIATION FOR THIS PROGRAM FOR THE ROCKS PROGRAM AND OUR GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT MEN AND WOMEN WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND KEEP THESE CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SAFE. SO I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING THING AND IS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS, AND 100% IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BULMAN. THANKS, CHAIR. I WANTED TO THANK DOCTOR WANZA AND HER TEAM FOR DOING THIS VERY QUICKLY. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY THE LEADER, THE UNION LEADER OF THE HOLLYWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND DOCTOR WANZA GOT THIS TURNED AROUND AND LEGAL AND EVERYBODY ELSE. AND PROBABLY FOR WEEKS TO GET IT ON THE

020AGENDA. SO I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THAT, RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT THAT THE OFFICE'S OFFICERS ARE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS AND THE VALUE THAT THEY BRING ON WHEN WHEN THEY'RE OFF DUTY LIVING ON OUR CAMPUSES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF MM11, SAY I. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COULD I GET A MOTION? A SECOND ON O OH ONE MOVE, MOVE BY DR. ZEMAN, SECOND BY MISS HIXON NO OR SORRY, I FORGOT WHICH ONE WAS THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE. 014 OKAY, NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON OH ONE BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION MISS RUPERT. THE SUPERINTENDENT GAVE ME THE ANSWER FOR 001. AND 002. SO THANK YOU. I. I PULLED A FEW OF THESE SOFTWARE ITEMS TODAY BECAUSE I REMAIN INCREASINGLY CONCERNED

021ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS. AND IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH. WELL, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE EVERY MONTH WE ARE ASKED TO APPROVE NEW, NEW ITEMS FOR SOFTWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY FROM STUDENTS THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE USING. SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT. SO THIS ITEM IS FOR OUR EL STUDENTS. WE DID RECEIVE A FOLLOW UP ON THIS. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT LAST MONTH WE APPROVED AN ITEM 006 FOR MIRA LEARNING, WHICH IS FOR DUAL LANGUAGE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT FROM AN ITEM OR SOFTWARE FOR OUR EL STUDENTS, BUT THIS ITEM IS FOR 647 $640,000. THE ITEMS THAT I PULLED TODAY, SO ZERO ONE, TWO, FOUR AND SIX TOTAL 1.1 MILLION $968,697 OF SOFTWARE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. SO THAT'S ALMOST $2 MILLION

022TODAY JUST ON SOFTWARE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING ASKED TODAY NOW TO APPROVE MORE SOFTWARE FOR DUAL LANGUAGE EL AND THEN CTE AND CAREER CAREER PATHWAYS AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. BUT I'M WONDERING, I KNOW THAT LIKE WITH THE ORG CHART CHANGES, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS WERE DIRECTED TO REDUCE POSITIONS BY 10%. I KNOW SCHOOLS HAVE GOTTEN A DIRECTIVE THAT THEY NEED TO REDUCE BUDGETS BY 10%. I'M WONDERING IF WE'VE DONE THAT SAME KIND OF REDUCTION ON THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE PURCHASING. THE ANSWER IS YES. I KNOW LAST YEAR AND EVEN THIS YEAR. DOCTOR COHEN AND HIS TEAM HAVE GONE THROUGH AND REVIEWED ALL SOFTWARE, MADE DECISIONS OF WHAT TO PURGE OR WHAT NOT TO RENEW FOR CERTAIN SOFTWARE. AND SOME MOST

023OF THESE I WOULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THEY'RE NOT NEW. THEY'RE JUST RENEWING A CONTRACT RENEWAL OR CONTRACT EXTENSION. AND THEN THIS SOME OF THEM ARE PAID FOR BY BY GRANTS AND NOT OUT OF. SO WE'RE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT WHAT PAYS, WHAT IS BEING PAID FOR OUT OF GENERAL VERSUS WHAT'S BEING PAID FOR OUT OF GRANT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU THAT A REVIEW WAS DONE LAST YEAR. I'M WONDERING, IS THAT REVIEW LIKE, DO YOU HAVE WHEN WHEN IS WHEN IS THAT REVIEW SCHEDULED AGAIN? ACTUALLY THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING THROUGH BUDGETS AGAIN AND THE DEFENSE AROUND WHAT WE NEED AND WHY. OKAY. I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH A FOLLOW UP THEN OF SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE PURGED THAT WE DECIDED WAS DUPLICATIVE, I GUESS, OVER THE LAST YEAR? I DO. I KNOW

024THAT YOU DID PROVIDE US WITH A FINANCIAL DOCUMENT THAT THAT DID, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS OF SAVINGS ON, ON SOFTWARE. BUT I WOULD I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHICH PROGRAMS WE'VE PURGED. AND THEN I GUESS IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THE BOARD AN UPDATE ON THE REVIEW THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS MONTH AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENT? MISS RUPERT. ON THAT SAME VEIN. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT WE SHOULD BE ASKING OUR TEACHERS WHAT PROGRAMS DID THEY THEY ACTUALLY USE THAT THEY FIND ARE EFFECTIVE AND HOW MUCH LEARNING GAINS THEY'RE GETTING OR NOT GAINING. I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO GO INTO A STARBUCKS AND YOU OVERHEAR GROUPS OF TEACHERS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE, HERE WE GO AGAIN, DON'T LIKE THIS PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, I

025WISH I HAD I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I COULD DO IT BETTER MYSELF, YOU KNOW, SO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY FOCUS IN ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, LISTENING TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THIS, WHEN WE ALL KNOW THAT THE NUMBER ONE REASON THAT WE ARE IN A DISTRICT IS THE INSTRUCTORS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL. SO I WOULD LOVE THAT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS FOR YOU, DOCTOR HEPBURN. IS THAT WHAT WHAT ARE THE TEACHERS UTILIZING? WHAT CAN THEY DO WITHOUT? AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE STUDENTS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A COMPANION TO WHAT MISS LEONARDI SAYING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HIXON. THANK YOU. AND TO ADD TO THAT, BECAUSE I ALSO ASKED QUESTION AND WE RECEIVED THE

026FOLLOW UP ON 001 AND 002. AND THE ANSWER PART OF THE ANSWER WAS THAT IT WAS REQUIRED. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS STATUTORILY OR HAD TO DO WITH GRANTS, BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRED US TO HAVE THIS SOFTWARE. SO IN THE FOLLOW UP THAT WE GET, COULD IT ALSO BE INDICATED THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REQUIRED AND LIKE WHAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE IT? BECAUSE I KNOW ON THE ORG CHART, THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE THROUGH A GRANT THAT WE WERE GETTING READY TO CUT OUT. AND THEN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE GRANT THAT WE HAD. SO I THINK THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN HAVE, THE BETTER. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND I MEAN, TO MISS RUPERT'S POINT, LIKE THE FOLLOW UP AND SOME OF THE ITEMS, DO YOU INCLUDE

027DATA ON TEACHER AND STUDENT USAGE? BUT LIKE I CONTINUE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM, I WAS DIRECTED THAT I HAD TO USE CERTAIN SOFTWARE, CERTAIN PROGRAMS, BECAUSE PEOPLE AT THE DISTRICT WERE PAYING FOR IT. SO IT WASN'T LIKE I FOUND IT HELPFUL. AND THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, SIX YEARS AGO NOW. SO I CAN ENTERTAIN THE IDEA THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED. RIGHT? BUT I DO WANT US TO BE VERY STRATEGIC AND MINDFUL THAT JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USING IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WANT TO USE IT. AND AGAIN, LIKE JUST IN THE ROUNDTABLES THAT I HAD WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY WERE SAYING ABOUT CERTAIN PROGRAMS, NOT NOT THE ONE THAT THAT'S BEFORE US RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WERE SAYING, YEAH, LIKE MY TEACHER'S GIVING THIS

028BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO, NOT BECAUSE THEY, THEY THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, VALUABLE. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M TRYING TO WORK MY HEAD AROUND A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT REPLACING TEACHING WITH, YOU KNOW, SCREEN TIME. BUT YEAH, I JUST, I PULLED SOME OF THESE ITEMS TO, TO FLAG SOME OF THAT. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF 001 SAY I ALL OPPOSED SAY NO. NO ITEM PASSES WITH ONE DISSENTING VOTE. MR. CERVERA, CAN I GET A MOTION A SECOND ON 002. MOVE, MOVE BY DR. ZEMAN. SECOND BY MISS HIXON. PUBLIC COMMENT. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. BOARD MEMBER COMMENT. I, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. I'M WONDERING IF STAFF COULD PLEASE EXPLAIN AMONG THE TEACHERS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A TEACHER

029FACING TOOL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I USED AMONG THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS AND SUBJECTS AND COURSES. WHO IS THE PRIMARY USER FOR THIS PROGRAM? ELEVATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. VICKI SALDANA, DIRECTOR FOR BILINGUAL ESOL. SO WITH ELEVATIONS, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS. THERE'S THE ELEVATION PLATFORM AND THE ELEVATION STRATEGIES. THE PLATFORM. THE MAIN USER IS THE ESOL CONTACT AT THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE KEEP ALL OF OUR MONITORING OF OUR ELLS, OUR ELL PLANS, DEMOGRAPHICS, EVERYTHING THAT STATE REQUIRED THROUGH OUR STATE APPROVED ELL PLAN. SO BASICALLY COMPLIANCE IS ON THE PLATFORM AND THE MAIN USER IS THE ESOL CONTACT. ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE DASHBOARDS AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN YOU FIRST LOG ON, THAT HAS A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHICS, A LOT OF DATA. SO PRINCIPALS ALSO HAVE ACCESS. IF AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME THEY'RE MONITORING THEIR COMPLIANCE,

030OR THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY ELLS ARE IN THEIR SCHOOL LANGUAGE BREAKDOWN, ALL THAT INFORMATION IS KEPT THERE. THE STRATEGIES COMPONENT IS OPEN TO EVERY SINGLE TEACHER, INCLUDING STAFF AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND ACADEMICS, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY LEARNING TO ENSURE THAT THAT STAFF KNOWS THE THE PURPOSE AND HOW THEY CAN USE ELEVATION STRATEGIES WHEN THEY DELIVER THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THEIR SPECIFIC CONTENT AREA. SO THAT ONE IS FOR EVERYONE. ANY TEACHER CAN GO IN THERE. BILINGUAL PARAPROFESSIONALS ALSO THAT WE FUND AT THE SCHOOLS HAVE ACCESS TO GO IN THERE PULL STRATEGIES. THE BEAUTY OF IT IS SINCE THEY WORK IN CONJUNCTION, WHEN YOU LOG INTO STRATEGIES, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER, FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR SCORES ON WIDA

031ACCESS, WHAT THEIR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVEL IS. IT BREAKS IT DOWN FOR THE TEACHER BY THE THE DOMAINS LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING. SO IF A TEACHER IS DOING A LESSON IN SCIENCE AND KNOWS HE OR SHE HAS STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING STAGES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, THEY CAN GO IN THERE, LOOK UP THOSE STUDENTS, GROUP THEM TOGETHER, AND THE PLATFORM WILL GIVE THEM SPECIFIC STRATEGIES ON HOW TO MAKE THOSE LESSONS COMPREHENSIBLE FOR THE ELLS. SO IT'S IN THERE ALSO BY THEMES, BY FLORIDA STANDARDS. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TEACHERS CAN USE IT, BUT THAT ONE IS OPEN TO EVERYONE. OKAY, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST THE LOGISTICS OF ALL THAT AND PERHAPS THE USEFULNESS OF, OF THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CORE CONTENT TEACHERS. WHEN SOMEONE IS PURSUING EITHER A TEMPORARY TEACHING CERTIFICATE OR

032A, YOU KNOW, A FIVE YEAR TEACHING CERTIFICATE, DO THEY NOT HAVE TO TAKE COURSES ON TEACHING ESOL? SO SOME TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO DO AN ESOL ENDORSEMENT, WHICH IS THEIR FIVE COURSES, DEPENDING WHAT, WHAT STUDENTS OR WHAT COURSES THEY TEACH AS TEACHERS, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, ART, PE, MUSIC. THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF TRAINING THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE AT THE STATE. YES. OKAY. SO WOULD THEY NOT LEARN THOSE STRATEGIES IN THOSE COURSES? THEY WILL. AND SOME OF THOSE TEACHERS MAY HAVE TAKEN THOSE COURSES 20 YEARS AGO. RIGHT. SO THIS IS VERY CURRENT. AND LIKE I SHARED, IT IS INTERTWINED WITH THE PLATFORM. SO TEACHERS HAVE ANY DATA THEY NEED ABOUT THAT ELL RIGHT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS. CURRENT DATA AROUND THE STUDENTS, RIGHT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS. AND I WANT TO ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE

033ALLOW CHARTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THIS IS PURCHASED THROUGH OUR TITLE THREE GRANTS, THE STRATEGIES. OUR CHARTER TEACHERS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO GO IN THERE AND SEE THE STRATEGIES AND TO SUPPORT. WHEN SOMEONE GOES TO RENEW THEIR CERTIFICATE, DO THEY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO TO TAKING THOSE COURSES AROUND ELL STRATEGIES? SO THE ENDORSEMENT YOU DON'T IT'S BANKABLE POINTS AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH ON CERTIFICATION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO STEP OUT OF MY BOUNDARIES. BUT WHEN YOU DO THE ENDORSEMENT, IT IS BANKABLE POINTS. ONCE YOU COMPLETE THAT, YOU NEVER HAVE TO TAKE THOSE COURSES AGAIN. YES. YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW. OKAY. AND COULD COULD THESE STRATEGIES NOT BE TAUGHT OR DISCUSSED IN OUR PLCS? AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE. AND WE AGAIN SHOW TEACHCHER THE ELEVATION STRATEGIESS H HOWO GOGO T

034THERE ANDND PULL THEHE RARATEGIESASASED ON THE ELLS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR CLASSROOM. OKAY. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. IS THE STUDENTS ELL STATUS ONLY IN ELEVATION OR IS IT HOUSED ELSEWHERE? LIKE IF I'M A TEACHER AND I'M GOING INTO MY GRADE BOOK OR GOING INTO WHATEVER DATABASE IT IS THAT WE USE NOW, HOW ELSE LIKE IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S IF THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ELEVATION OR IS THERE SOMEWHERE ELSE THEY CAN FIND OUT IF THEIR THEIR STUDENTS ARE ALSO. IN FOCUS, IN FOCUS, THEY CAN FIND THEIR LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION, BUT THAT'S ALL THEY'RE GOING TO GET THERE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY STRATEGIES. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY OTHER SPECIFIC ON HOW TO MAKE THAT CONTENT COMPREHENSIBLE. AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT TEACHERS IS A BEST PRACTICE WOULD KNOW WHICH OF THEIR

035STUDENTS WERE ELLS, JUST LIKE THEY WOULD KNOW ABOUT? IF A STUDENT HAS AN IEP OR A 504 PLAN. THAT IS THE GOAL. OKAY. [LAUGHTER] I JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M ON THIS THING ABOUT LIKE, ARE WE USING A PROGRAM TO REPLACE LIKE REAL HUMAN INTERACTIONS AND, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? SO IT IS A SUPPLEMENTAL, RIGHT? WE DO A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITHIN MY DEPARTMENT. WE EVEN WRITE THE CONTENT FOR THOSE COURSES THAT THE TEACHERS THAT REQUIRE ESOL TRAINING HAVE TO TAKE. MY DEPARTMENT WRITES THE CONTENT. WE MAKE SURE TO PUT IN THERE ALL THE LATEST RESEARCH THROUGH OUR ACADEMIC PLAN, OUT OF OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT, WE HAD A WHOLE FOCUS ON FIVE KEYS TO ELEVATING ESOL THIS YEAR. SO WE DO A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WHEN IT COMES TO ELLS IN OUR

036SCHOOLS, SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE THEY RECEIVE. SO THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCE FOR TEACHERS TO GO INTO AND PULL SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES. RIGHT. AND SO I GUESS MY POINT IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS $874,497. WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A COMPLIANCE PIECE. I'LL JUST SAY LIKE, AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, I WAS TOLD, I THINK LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MAKE SURE YOU LOG IN TO ELEVATION AND LIKE LOG SOME STUFF. AND THEN I WAS DONE WITH IT FOR THE YEAR. AND MAYBE THAT WAS AN ISSUE SIX YEARS AGO THAT IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE LIKE I CAN, I CAN ALSO ENTERTAIN THAT IDEA, BUT I JUST, I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON

037THESE PROGRAMS FOR THAT FOR, FOR MERE LIKE COMPLIANCE REASONS. SO MAY I ADD THAT FOR THE COMPLIANCE PIECE, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE USING THIS YEAR TO TRANSITION EVERYTHING THAT'S COMPLIANCE TO FOCUS. SO WHEN THIS COMES FOR THE NEXT AMENDMENT, IF IT COMES FORWARD, THERE WILL NOT BE AN ELEVATION PLATFORM BECAUSE THAT WILL NOW ALL BE IN FOCUS. SO THAT WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THAT FUNDING. AND THEN THE STRATEGIES WILL BE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL HAVE IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH STRATEGIES OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALSO EVENTUALLY PHASE OUT. OKAY. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? DR. ZEMAN CAN WE DO FOCUS NOW? DOCTOR HEPBURN. WE'RE IN THE WE'RE BUILDING IT NOW. WE PAID FOR FOCUS. IT'S UP. WE'VE WE'VE HAD IT FOR YEARS.

038YES. WHY ARE WE PHASING NOW? LET'S DO IT NOW. SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT NOW. BUT IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PIECES WORK, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT GETS REPORTED TO THE STATE TOO, RIGHT? SO COMPLIANCE HAS MULTIPLE PIECES. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH FOCUS. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. SO IF YOU'RE ASKING CAN IT BE READY FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING IT IS YET. CHAIR, HOW MUCH IS THIS 878. 840 $874,497. FOR BOTH COMPONENTS? AND DOES FOCUS HAVE THIS CAPABILITY? THE FOCUS DOES HAVE THE CAPABILITY. I THINK WE FOUND IT. I THINK WE. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THE WHOLE. SO THE 800 SOMETHING IS FOR BOTH PIECES, RIGHT? FOR STRATEGIES AND PLATFORM. THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PLATFORMS THAT WE'RE PURCHASING

039FOR THE 800. I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. ON $74,494. AND FOCUS CAN DO ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS. ONE. WHICH ONE CAN IT NOT DO? THE STRATEGIES. WHICH I MEAN, MY ARGUMENT IS LIKE IN TEACHER EDUCATION. YEAH. SORRY. YEAH, BUT I. I MEAN, IN SOME SENSE, WE HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN TWO WEEKS. IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO DO A QUICK DRILL AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO, BECAUSE $847,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO. IF I CAN ASK MISS SALDANA, WHAT'S THE PERCENT OF THIS FOR GRANT OUT OF GRANT FUNDS? THE 800. YES. SO PART OF IT IS GRANTS ALL OF STRATEGIES IS GRANTS. A PORTION OF THE PLATFORM IS GRANTS AND THE REST IS EITHER MY. THE BILINGUAL ESOL, GENERAL DEPARTMENT, GENERAL FUNDS AND SOME FUNDS FROM IT. THERE'S A MIX

040OF FUNDING FOR THIS ONE. IT COMES FROM THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. YOU KNOW, THE PERCENT FOR GRANT. I DO NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SIR. IS THERE ANY IMPACT, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IF WE PUSH THIS BACK TWO WEEKS AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR ON THIS. NOT FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE JUST POSTPONE THIS FOR TWO WEEKS, CHAIR, AND BRING IT BACK. AND AGAIN, IT MAY BE WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THERE'S GRANT FUNDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT MAY ALSO BE WE CAN DO THE GRANTS FOR THE STRATEGY AND NOT NEED TO DO THE OTHER PART. AND THAT WOULD SAVE, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THESE FUNDS. ANYTHING WE CAN DO BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR NOT TO

041SPEND MONEY, AND ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE SURE WE REINFORCE THE ROLE OF A TEACHER AS A HUMAN BEING AND A LEADER, YOU KNOW, TO DO THIS, I THINK IS WORTHWHILE. SO I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE JUST POSTPONE THIS FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME MORE ANSWERS. SECOND, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS TO MAY 19TH. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THIS IS FOR FISCAL YEAR, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, CORRECT? YES, SIR. YEAH. WE NEED MONEY THEN TO. ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBER, DISCUSSION ON POSTPONING. ALL IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING THIS ITEM TO MAY 19TH, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NO. MOTION TO POSTPONE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COULD I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND ON ITEM 004. SO MOVED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT TO BRING

042BACK. AS FAR AS DISCUSSION WITH THIS ITEM. THE FOLLOW UP IS THE FEASIBILITY OF TRANSITIONING THE COMPLIANCE PART TO FOCUS QUICKER. THE IDEA IS A BUSINESS CASE FOR NOT USING GENERAL FUNDS FOR THIS CAPABILITY, BUT TO KEEP USING THE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE STRATEGY. BUT COULD WE TRANSITION THE OVER TO FOCUS FASTER? THANK YOU SIR. CAN I GET A MOTION ON OH FOUR? SO MOVED. MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN. SECOND BY MISS HIXON PUBLIC COMMENT ON OH FOUR. NO BOARD MEMBER COMMENT. SO AGAIN SO THIS ITEM FOR CAREER PATHWAYS IS $70,200. I REQUESTED A FOLLOW UP THAT I HANDED OUT TO EVERYONE. I JUST WANT US TO BE AWARE THAT WE SPEND $3.3 MILLION JUST ON CTE SOFTWARE. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE DONE AN ANALYSIS ON. WELL, NO, I MEAN. HAVE

043WE LOOKED AT THIS SPECIFIC MATRIX IN THE FOLLOW UP TO SEE IF ANY OF THIS IS DUPLICATIVE? BECAUSE I DO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE SPENDING. SO WE HAVE LIKE THE BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCES CURRICULUM PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AND THEN GRID NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THEY BOTH SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS, DIFFERENT GRADES. BUT I'M WONDERING, LIKE, IT JUST FEELS LIKE SUCH A HODGEPODGE OF PROGRAMS. HAVE WE DONE AN ANALYSIS OF THIS PARTICULAR SET OF PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE, THAT WE PURCHASE? YES. THE ANSWER IS YES. AND I'M MISS FORMOSO CAN COME UP AND PROVIDE SOME DETAILS. THE ISSUE WITH CTE PROGRAMS IS THERE ARE SO MANY AND THERE ARE VERY UNIQUE. AND SO THERE'S VERY RARELY. ONE SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT ADDRESSES A LARGE CLUSTER OF CTE PROGRAMS. SO I WISH THERE WAS A COMPANY

044OUT THERE THAT THAT GAVE YOU A ONE STOP SHOP FOR MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT THERE'S VERY UNIQUE AND VERY SPECIFIC. AND SO THAT'S WHY FOR CTE, AND MOST OF THAT IS PURCHASED OUT OF THE FUNDS THAT THEY ACTUALLY EARNED FOR THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AND THE CAP FUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR IT. SO IT'S TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS, BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE SO UNIQUE, THEY NEED DIFFERENT SETS OF SOFTWARE PACKAGES. AND MR. MORRIS, IF I MISSED ANYTHING. GOT IT. WELL, AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ON THE BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCES PROGRAM, CURRICULUM PROGRAM. THAT ONE ONLY SUPPORTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR GRADES SEVEN, EIGHT, 11, AND 12. LIKE. BUT THEN THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORTS GRADES SIX, NINE, AND TEN. LIKE

045I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHY. STAY ON THE LINE. I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHY EACH SOFTWARE ONLY SUPPORTS THOSE VERY SPECIFIC GRADE. IT SEEMS LIKE STRANGE THAT, YOU KNOW THE FIRST ONE WOULD ONLY SUPPORT SEVEN EIGHT. THEY WOULD SKIP 910, GO TO 11 AND 12. SO THOSE TWO VENDORS ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE DEVELOPED DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, DIFFERENT CURRICULUM FOR DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS. WE DO SUPPORT 50 DIFFERENT CTE PATHWAYS AND 100% IS PAID THROUGH EITHER CAP FUNDS OR GRANT FUNDING. OKAY. AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND LIKE THE CEV MULTIMEDIA, WHICH SUPPORTS CULINARY ARTS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PAYING FOR NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SOLUTIONS FOR CULINARY ARTS. YES. SO THAT SUPPORTS ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS. SO CEV SUPPORTS FOOD SAFETY AND SCIENCE, WHEREAS NATIONAL RESTAURANT SUPPORTS SERVSAFE. AND BOTH ARE RECOGNIZED BY INDUSTRY. OKAY. AND THAT, THAT BRINGS ME TO

046ANOTHER ISSUE THAT THAT WAS RAISED TO ME RECENTLY, DOCTOR HEPBURN, YOU MENTIONED LIKE THE CAPE FUNDS. DOES THE DISTRICT TAKE A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS OR DO THOSE ALL GO BACK TO THE SCHOOLS? IT GOES BACK TO THE PROGRAMS THAT EARN IT TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THE PROGRAMS. ALL OF IT. I'M PRETTY SURE ALL OF IT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF THE 10% OR 20% HOLD BACK FOR CAPE FUNDS. I KNOW ACCELERATED ACCELERATION FUNDS WHEN IT COMES TO A A P IB THERE'S A WHOLE BACK, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT CAPE. ALL FUNDS, ALL ACCELERATED FUNDS AND ALL THOSE FUNDS IS ALLOCATED BASED ON A POOL OF MONEY THAT GOES TO THE STATE, RIGHT? THEY GOT A POOL AND THEY ALLOCATED BY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS, RIGHT

047THROUGH ALL THOSE DISTRICTS THAT'S QUALIFIED, THEY DON'T INCREASE BECAUSE THEY GOT A CAP ON IT. IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER. THEN THEY ALLOCATE IT BASED ON FTE PER PER EACH DISTRICT. SO IT'S NO REALLY NO CHANCE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GROW THE FUNDS UNLESS SOMEONE IS LOSING STUDENTS IN THOSE CATEGORICAL FUNDING. BUT ARE WE HOLDING BACK 20% OF THOSE FUNDS FROM SCHOOLS? NO. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED A BUDGET BASED ON THE RESOURCES WE RECEIVE. RIGHT. AND WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND BASED ON BOARD DIRECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIONS THROUGH OUR FUND BALANCE. SO WE HAVE NOT HELD BACK ANY OF THOSE FUNDS. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT THEY ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THIS DISTRICT HAS A HABIT, THEY'RE NOT

048CATEGORICAL FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY REALLOCATE THE NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE NOT CARRY OVER FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND WE'VE BEEN CARRYING THEM OVER EVERY YEAR. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THE POSITION. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE IN THE POSITION WE'RE IN NOW. OKAY. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON OH FOUR? ALL IN FAVOR OF 004 SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NO. NO ITEM PASSES WITH ONE DISSENTING VOTE FROM ME. COULD I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND ON OH. SO MOVED. MOVE BY DR. ZEMAN. SECOND BY MISS HIXON. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. BOARD MEMBER COMMENT I WILL. I THINK I'VE MADE MY POINT HERE. SO ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION, MISS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF 006AI ALL OPPOSED SAY NO, NO. NO ITEM PASSES WITH TWO DISSENTING VOTES. DR. ZEMAN AND MISS LEONARDI

049COULD I GET A MOTION? AND SECOND ON 0014. SO MOVED. MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN. SECOND BY MISS HIXON PUBLIC COMMENT ON 042. RAGE SPEAKERS DOCTOR NATALIE LYNCH ROSS AND ZARA LYNCH'S. DOCTOR NATALIE LYNCH WALSH PLANTATION, FLORIDA. THIS ITEM IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST NO. YOU'LL HAVE ALL DAY BECAUSE THERE IS JUST NOTHING THAT MAKES ANY KIND OF SENSE ABOUT THIS ITEM. FIRST OF ALL, THESE FUNCTIONS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PERFORM FOR 150 K CAN ALL BE FOUND IN YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF SLASH CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS. JOB DESCRIPTION. SO SOMEWHERE WITHIN THAT JOB DESCRIPTION AND THAT DEPARTMENT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THE SAME THING. SO THAT'S ONE NO. THEN HOW IT SAYS THAT IT'S IN THE BUDGET AND 150 K FOR TWO MONTHS, BUT THEN NEXT YEAR IS EIGHT MONTHS. SO

050BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH BROWARD SCHOOLS, HERE'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THEY WILL BLOW THROUGH THE 150 SLASH 176 STUDENTS THIS YEAR, AND THEN NEXT YEAR COME BACK FOR MORE MONEY. BECAUSE THERE'S THE MATH ISN'T MATHING HERE? AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS A PIGGYBACK FROM HOUSTON. THE LAST PIGGYBACK YOU HAD FROM HOUSTON WAS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FROM 2014. NOW, THE FIRST QUESTION THAT ONE SHOULD ASK IF YOU'RE PREPARING A BOARD ITEM THAT'S A PIGGYBACK IS DEMONSTRATE TO THE BOARD THAT THERE WAS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. SO I THOUGHT, OF COURSE THEY'VE DONE THIS. AND I WENT TO LOOK TO SEE THE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT IN HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S CONTINUED TO DECLINE WITH THIS WITH THIS COMPANY THERE, WHICH SUGGESTS TO ME AS A REASONABLE PERSON THAT IS

051NOT EFFECTIVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THERE'S NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT. EVERY PENNY COUNTS. WITH THIS BUDGET, 150 000 COULD BE SPENT ON PEOPLE. SINCE YOU'RE HAVING TO CUT PEOPLE OR SOMETHING THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS KIDS, YOU CAN GET THIS DONE A DIFFERENT WAY. THIS IS NOT FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY 150 RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST NOT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO SPEND 150 K ON SOMETHING YOU CAN DO IN-HOUSE OR DONE DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. ZYRA LYNCH'S DEERFIELD BEACH. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD SPEND ANY MONEY TO TRY TO GET CHILDREN BACK. I DON'T THINK YOU COULD GET THEM BACK THIS WAY. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO GET STUDENTS BACK IS BEHAVIOR. THE SAME KIND OF BEHAVIOR TEACHERS EXPECT IN THE CLASSROOM. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF YOU ALL, AND I THINK

052THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO HEAR, AND I KNOW NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THESE NARRATIVES. BUT UNTIL THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY IN SPANISH, WE DON'T USE THAT WORD OTHER THAN IN ACCOUNTING. WE USE THE WORD RESPONSIBILITY UNTIL PEOPLE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD EVEN WORRY ABOUT WHERE THE KIDS ARE. WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS YOU HAVE BECAUSE THEY MAY GO, THANKS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS. BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION, MISS BULMAN. THANK YOU CHAIR. I WAS WONDERING, IS THERE ANY KIND OF GUARANTEED RETURN ON THIS INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING WITH THIS CONTRACT? IF THEY IF THEY DON'T GET THE STUDENTS AND STAY FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY DON'T GET PAID. SO THERE'S NO OUT OF POCKET COST TO THE DISTRICT INITIALLY UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY FIND A STUDENT AND THE STUDENT

053STAYS FOR. AND MR. SULLIVAN CAN GIVE YOU THE SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE TO REGISTER AND BE IN OUR SYSTEM BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GET A PORTION OF THE FTE, WHICH IS, I THINK, $850. SO THERE IS NO PAYMENT FROM BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE INITIAL. WE'RE NOT PAYING $150,000 UP FRONT. YOU KNOW. THAT'S THE CAP OF WHAT THEY WOULD CORRECT. THAT'S THE CAP THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE FROM US. IS THERE A LIMIT TO HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY CAN BRING IN TO. GO AHEAD, MR. SULLIVAN? YES, IT'S 100. THE CAP IS 150. I'M SORRY, THE CAP IS 150,000, AND WE PAY THEM $850 PER STUDENT THAT THEY RECRUIT. SO THAT WOULD EQUATE TO 176 STUDENTS. BUT AGAIN, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, IF THEY'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THEY DON'T GET PAID. ALSO,

054WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS WERE THERE FOR THE FTE COUNT. SO IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, IF THEY REGISTERED, DON'T STAY FOR THAT OCTOBER COUNT. THEY DON'T GET PAID. THEY MUST NOT ONLY REGISTER BUT BE IN OUR SYSTEM. WHEN WE DO THE OCTOBER COUNT. AND HOW DOES THAT IF WE'RE PAYING 850 A STUDENT, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT OUR BOTTOM LINE? BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS. SO WE GET ABOUT $9,000 PLUS OR MINUS PER STUDENT. SO WE'RE PAYING A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO HELP WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT. AND IS IT A ONE TIME PAYMENT? ONE TIME PAYMENT? OKAY. AND AGAIN, THEY ONLY GET PAID IF THE IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, IF THEY BRING NOBODY, THEY GET NOTHING. AND HOW ARE WE TRACKING WHO BROUGHT. HOW ARE THEY PROVING THAT IT

055WAS THEIR EFFORTS THAT BROUGHT THE STUDENT. SO THEY GOT TO GIVE US THE NAME OF THE STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE REGISTERING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WOULD MATCH IT WITH OUR STUDENT REGISTRATION. BUT DID THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE SOME KIND OF LIKE ADVERTISING EFFORT OR. YEAH. SO THEY'RE GOING TO USE A MULTITUDE OF WAYS TO, TO DO IT. SO WE'LL PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME OF THE WITHDRAWAL CONTACT LISTS. THEY'LL REACH OUT TO NEW FAMILIES IN THE AREA. AND ALSO THEY'LL DO SOME DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING AND SOME PHONE CALLS AS WELL. OKAY. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE MOTIVATED BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T REGISTER THE STUDENT, THEY DON'T GET PAID. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. CERVERA IS NOT ON THE DAIS, SO I'LL GO TO MISS HIXON. THANK YOU. THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. AND JUST WANTED

056TO POINT OUT THAT THIS. THERE'S NO PREPAYMENT. THEY ONLY GET PAID IF SOMEONE COMES. THE OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, IS THIS A COMPANY? HOW DID THEY COME RECOMMENDED OR HAVE THEY DONE IT BEFORE? HAVE THEY BEEN SUCCESSFUL? COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHY THIS COMPANY WAS SELECTED. THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT? YES. SO THEY'VE THEY WORKED THROUGH THEY'VE WORKED IN SEVERAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THE THE PIGGYBACK IN HOUSTON MADE THE MOST SENSE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO. AND ALSO WE NEGOTIATED A LOWER RATE AS WELL, NEGOTIATING WITH THEM. AND AGAIN, IF THEY'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THEY DON'T GET PAID. SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE UTILIZING A DIFFERENT METHOD AS WE DEAL WITHH LOSOSOF ENRNRLMENT. IF I ITOESN'T WORK K T,T,OESN'T COST US A C CENT. A I

057I APPCIATAT T TT.T. Y KNOWWEWE'VE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS AND THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, BUT IS THERE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHAT DISTRICTS THEY WERE IN AND WHAT THEIR SUCCESS RATE WAS, OR HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY BROUGHT BACK? THAT WOULD BE GREAT INFORMATION TO HAVE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TODAY IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT. I CAN IN SOME DISTRICTS, IF YOU LIKE. THEY'VE WORKED IN MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS. THEY'VE WORKED IN HILLSBOROUGH, DENVER SCHOOLS, MEMPHIS SCHOOLS, DETROIT SCHOOLS, AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL. IT'S ACTUALLY PAGE 41 OF THE AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT MR. CERVERA IS ONLINE. MR. CERVERA. THANK YOU, CHAIR, I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS. I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WITHIN THIS DISTRICT THAT CAN DO THIS IN-HOUSE, AND

058WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON OUTSOURCING THIS TO ANY COMPANY. THANK YOU. DR. HOLNESS THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBER. HIXON'S RESPONSE WAS SATISFYING FOR ME. THANK YOU. OKAY, MISS RUPERT. THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY AN INTERESTING STORY. I RECEIVED SEVERAL LETTERS FROM SOCIAL WORKERS, AND THEIR PARTICULAR CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT THIS ITEM. AND THEY REMINDED ME THAT DURING COVID, SOCIAL WORKERS WERE GIVEN THE NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WERE AT THAT SCHOOL, AND THEY KNOCKED ON DOORS AND THEY MADE PHONE CALLS TO ACTUALLY REENROLL THE STUDENTS. AND THE SOCIAL WORKERS SAID THAT IT'S PART OF THEIR JOB. SO MY, MY QUESTION IS, WHY DON'T WE LET OUR SOCIAL WORKERS DO THEIR JOBS? BECAUSE WE'RE ALL AMBASSADORS. AND I SAID, I

059HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT WOULD BE I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE THAT SOCIAL WORKERS WOULD FROM A SCHOOL, FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IF KIDS ARE MISSING, I GET THAT. SO JUST FOR THAT REASON, I THINK WE HAVE BETTER WAYS TO TO DO THIS. IT'LL BE NICE TO SUPPORT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS BY KEEPING THEM AND. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M GOING TO STAND. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMPSON. THANK YOU. SO I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING THAT UP. SO AS A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, WE DO DO HOME VISITS TO DO ATTENDANCE CHECKS AND KIND OF SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT. BUT THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAMING. IF STAFF COULD WALK US THROUGH HOW THIS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN LIKE A HOME VISIT OR KIND OF RE ENROLLMENT WITH ABSENTEEISM.

060I'LL START IT, MR. SULLIVAN, AND YOU CAN FINISH IT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, THEY'RE DOING A MYRIAD OF TASKS TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE'VE KIND OF ALSO PUT A FENCE AROUND TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENDANCE HOME CHECKS, MAKING SURE OUR KIDS WELL-BEING IS BEING SUPPORTED SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY PERFORM IN OUR SCHOOL CENTERS. SO THIS IS LIKE I SAID, THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS SOMETHING ABOUT GOING OUT, RECRUITING KIDS THAT HAVE DISCONNECTED FROM US FOR WHATEVER VARIOUS REASONS, OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AROUND THE DISTRICT AND ALSO ASSISTING WITH RECRUITING AS AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE LEVERAGING THESE OPPORTUNITIES NOW TO ADD TO THEIR REPERTOIRE OF GAINING STUDENTS BACK. WE WE

061JUST CAN'T DEPEND ON 1 OR 2 STRATEGIES, WHATEVER ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES THAT'S AT ZERO COST TO THE DISTRICT INITIALLY UP FRONT. AND I SEE IT AS A SMALL INVESTMENT IN GAINING BACK A LARGE AMOUNT OF FTE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN OUR DISTRICT FOR YEARS TO COME. SO, MR. SULLIVAN, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU GOT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WANT TO PROVIDE. NO, SIR. I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY LIKE WE ARE, IF WE HAD ONE SOCIAL WORKER PER SCHOOL, LIKE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO REENROLL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING TO A POINT, BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH. I WOULD ALSO LIKE THEM TO BE ABLE TO RUN GROUPS LIKE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS CAN DO, AND THIS COMPANY IS ACTUALLY

062SKILLED AND HAS A PROVEN RECORD. SO ONE OF THE GROUPS THEY'RE IN IS IN ORANGE COUNTY. THEY LAST YEAR MANAGED TO RECRUIT ALMOST 2000 NEW STUDENTS, WHICH BROUGHT IN ALMOST $2 MILLION OF REVENUE TO ORANGE COUNTY. WE'RE ALSO GETTING A BETTER DEAL BECAUSE THEIR CONTRACT IS $935 PER STUDENT, AND WE'RE EIGHT SOMETHING. SO 5850. SO WE'RE GOOD NEGOTIATIONS TEAM. SO I THINK IT'S NOT A RISK BECAUSE WE DON'T PAY THEM IF IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL. BUT WE NEED TO BE UTILIZING EVERY TACTIC WE CAN TO GET KIDS BACK INTO OUR DOORS. THEY'RE ABLE TO PULL DIFFERENT DATA THAN WE WOULD HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE ALSO DON'T HAVE CONTACTS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER TOUCHED BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS OUR SAINT THOMAS. THIS IS OUR MICRO SCHOOLS. LIKE THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND WHAT

063THOSE STUDENTS NEED AND THEN CONNECT THEM WITH BROWARD SCHOOL THAT CAN OFFER THEM ALL THEY HAVE NOW AND MORE. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE IN A VERY LOW RISK. IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO NOT PASS IT. AND IT'S A VERY LOW RISK THAT COULD HAVE A HIGH REWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DR. ZEMAN. AND THERE'S VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND A DOLLAR AND GET $10. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. TO MISS THOMPSON'S POINT, THE SAVINGS IN ORANGE COUNTY WAS $18 MILLION. THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THEY GOT THERE FROM THE 2000 STUDENTS. AND THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT HIGHER PRICE. BUT STILL, YOU'RE PAYING A DOLLAR TO GET $10. IN A LOT OF CASES, THE MARGINAL STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY DON'T COST ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU GOT A TEACHER WITH 20 STUDENTS AND A

064CAP OF 24. SO THE FIRST FOUR STUDENTS REALLY HAVE NO ADDITIONAL MARGINAL COST, BUT THEY DO GIVE YOU FOUR TIMES, YOU KNOW, THE FTE LEVEL. SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA. THIS COMPANY HAS WORKED AT OVER 100 DISTRICTS. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, A FLY BY NIGHT COMPANY. I'M REALLY IMPRESSED THAT YOU GOT THEM DOWN TO $850. I WISH I WAS THAT GOOD OF A NEGOTIATOR, MR. SULLIVAN. I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE MOTION, THOUGH, BECAUSE $150,000 GETS US TO 176 STUDENTS. RIGHT. AND THAT'S THAT'S A NICE START. BUT BROWARD COUNTY IS A BIG PLACE AND I WANT THEM TO HAVE BIG GOALS. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT A CAP ON THIS AT $1.5 MILLION. THAT WOULD GENERATE HOW MANY STUDENTS, JOHN?

0651760 SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT, SIR. AND IF WE GOT 1760 STUDENTS. THAT WOULD GENERATE $15.8 MILLION. I LIKE THOSE NUMBERS. I JUST DON'T SEE WHY THERE'S A CAP. I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GET PAID UNTIL WE'VE HAD THEM LONG ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE'RE HITTING THE THE STATE FTE COUNTS. BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THIS CAP TO 1.5 MILLION, NOT $150,000. SECOND MOTION MADE BY DR. ZEMAN. SECONDED BY DR. HOLNESS. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. BRINGING THE MONEY BACK. DOCTOR. NATALIE LYNCH WALSH, PLANTATION, FLORIDA. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A PREDICTION. I GET THAT THEY DON'T GET PAID UNLESS THE STUDENTS STAY PAST THE FTE COUNT, BUT GIVEN THE 14 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE I HAVE WITH THIS DISTRICT, THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS. THEY'RE GOING TO FIND

066A WAY TO GET PAID REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE KIDS ARE HERE OR NOT. THIS IS BCC AND I HAVE NOT SEEN VERY MANY BITS OF EVIDENCE OF MONITORING, TRACKING, VERIFYING. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST WEAKNESSES THIS DISTRICT HAS. SO THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD NOT GET PAID IS, IS A REAL CONCERN. I MEAN, IT'S BETTER THAN THEM GETTING PAID UP FRONT. BUT THE IDEA THAT IF YOU THEN AUDIT THE THIS, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT THERE ARE KIDS THAT THEY GOT PAID FOR THAT WERE GONE, I'M GOING TO PREDICT THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO YOU UPPING THE NUMBER, BUT YOU HAVE TO MONITOR THIS, OR ELSE YOU WILL BE PAYING FOR KIDS THAT THEY DID NOT ACTUALLY BRING YOU OR KEEP. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC

067SPEAKERS ON THE MOTION BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO. NO. MOTION PASSES WITH ONE. WITH TWO DISSENTING VOTES FROM MISS RUPERT AND MR. CERVERA. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? CHAIR TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, IF I CAN ADD SOMETHING REALLY QUICK. SO FOR THE OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, YOU KNOW, THEY DO AMAZING JOBS AS IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM. SOCIAL WORKERS ARE REALLY CONTACTING STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF OUR SYSTEM, NOT STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT PART OF OUR SYSTEM. SO THAT'S WHERE THIS ENTITY CAN HELP US BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT REACH THAN OUR SOCIAL WORKERS WILL DO, WILL HAVE BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH CPS. DON'T WE DO THAT NOW. MISS

068RUPERT. DON'T WE DO THAT NOW. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AREN'T CONTACTING STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT PART OF CPS, SO THEY'RE MORE REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDANCE ISSUES. OR MAYBE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT THEY DIDN'T COME BACK A FEW DAYS. SO OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE REACHING OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMING TO SCHOOL. BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE CONTACTING NEW STUDENTS TO RECRUIT THEM OUTSIDE OF BCC. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT WE DON'T ACTIVELY TRY TO GET KIDS FROM SAINT THOMAS, PINECREST, ETC. NORTH, NORTH, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, NORTH BROWARD PREP. SO WE'VE DONE TARGETED ADS IN SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. NO, NO, NO, I'M JUST GOING WITH THE TRAIN OF THOUGHT THAT YOU SAID THAT WE

069DON'T GO AFTER THOSE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD HERE. I'M SAYING SOCIAL WORKERS. AND I ASK, WHAT ABOUT US? AND YOU'RE CORRECT, MISS RUPERT. WE WE DO TARGETED ADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AS I AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS THIS IS ONE MORE STRATEGY IN OUR TOOLBOX TO HELP BRING MORE STUDENTS BACK TO THE DISTRICT. INTERESTING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF. 014 SAY I ALL OPPOSED SAY NO, NO. NO ITEM PASSES WITH TWO DISSENTING VOTES. MISS RUPERT, AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED, WITH TWO DISSENTING VOTES FROM MISS RUPERT AND MR. CERVERA. COULD I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON? 014015 SORRY. MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN. SECOND BY MISS HIXON PUBLIC COMMENT ON 015. NO, MA'AM. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THIS

070ITEM. AT EVERY SINGLE ROUND TABLE THAT I'VE HAD WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP ISSUES WITH WI-FI CONNECTIVITY, RELIABILITY. SO I'M WONDERING IF THIS ITEM WILL BE HELPING EXPAND THE RELIABILITY OF THE WI-FI. GO AHEAD, MR. DAVIS. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL JASON GREENBERG'S THUNDER BACK THERE, BUT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT, YEAH, WE ARE WE ARE BUILDING IN THAT ADDITIONAL RESILIENCY BANDWIDTH ALSO FOR DEFENSIVE PURPOSES RELATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, EXTERNAL THREATS. BUT WHAT WE FIND AND WE'RE GOING TO VISIT THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT YOU WENT TO, WHAT WE FIND IS THAT IT'S OFTEN DEVICES LIKE, LET'S SAY IT'S A PARTICULAR FIRMWARE ON A DEVICE THAT'S NOT CONNECTING CORRECTLY. AND GETTING THE MAXIMUM BANDWIDTH IS USUALLY NOT THE, THE, THE ACTUAL ACCESS POINT. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE VARIABLES THERE

071NOT TO GET TOO, TOO TECHNICAL THERE. BUT SO, BUT WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY CHECK OUT THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH. BUT YES, IT WILL INCREASE. YES. THANK YOU. AND I'LL EMAIL YOU THAT LIST RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. I JUST YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A CONTINUAL ISSUE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THIS WILL BE IMPROVING THE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON. 015 ALL IN FAVOR OF. 015 SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NO ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COULD I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM B FIVE. SO MOVED MOVED BY DR. ZEMAN SECOND BY MISS HIXON WE HAVE. WE ALREADY DID PUBLIC COMMENT, MISS DUPREE. BRUNO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. SO I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MEMORANDUM THAT

072WAS ISSUED DECEMBER OF 2025 BY THE OGC OFFICE. I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO MY TEAM AND DID MY OWN RESEARCH. AT THIS POINT, THE MEMORANDUM ACTUALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD. THE ORIGINAL CONCERN WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT PROVISIONS FROM CHAPTER 112. WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY COULD STAND OR SIT IN A BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITION WHEN YOU ARE RECEIVING DONATIONS AND THERE'S SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN THE AGENCY, THE CURE, THERE'S A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS THAT IS EVEN A CONFLICT, BECAUSE THE PERSON IS NOT GETTING COMPENSATED. HOWEVER, THE OGC OFFICE DID RECOMMEND A CURE AS WELL, WHICH WAS TO CREATE A UNITY INTEREST BETWEEN SBBC AND THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME A COMMISSION ON COMMISSION ON ETHICS OPINIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW AND CURE

073WHATEVER THAT CONFLICT MAY BE. SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT TRANSPIRED. THE BBH CREATED AN ACTUAL POSITION ON THEIR BOARD THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY, AND THEY'VE INVITED THE SBBC TO SIT IN THAT POSITION. AND OF COURSE, THE PERSON WHO WILL BE SITTING IN THAT POSITION WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED. AND THIS CREATES A UNITY INTEREST AND CURES THE CONFLICT. SO I'M OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR MEMORANDUM. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON B-5? DR. ZEMAN? YOU WERE ON THAT BOARD, MISS HIXON, AND THERE HAS BEEN A CURE TO IT. DID YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON THAT BOARD OR YOU HAPPY TO LET OUR GREAT. SOCIALISTS TAKE OVER? I'M HAPPY TO LET MISS THOMPSON TAKE A POSITION, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF

074B-5, AS AMENDED, SAY I. I ALL OPPOSED SAY NO ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, MISS DUPREE. BRUNO. BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE FORMAL APPOINTMENT BY THE BOARD. I BELIEVE DR. ZEMAN MADE A MOTION. OH, YOU DID OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CHAIR, I HAVE SOMETHING AT THE END OF THE MEETING WHENEVER YOU GET. SO I WAS GOING TO ASK AT THIS TIME, DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY UPDATE OR STUDENT ACCESSES TO BRING FORTH? MISS BULMAN DID ASK FIRST DR. ZEMAN SO MISS BULMAN AND I'LL ADD YOU TO THE LIST. DR. ZEMAN. THANKS, CHAIR. I HAVE A MOTION THAT I WANTED TO. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I HAVE A MOTION. OKAY. MISS DUPREE. BRUNO. SHE TOLD ME IT WAS OKAY. IT'S A LIVE MEETING. SHE'D DO

075WHATEVER SHE WANTS. BECAUSE SHE'S GETTING ANTSY OVER THERE. SECOND, THIS MOTION. I'M IN FAVOR. AND THIS IS NOT A MOTION THAT THROUGH THE CHAIR. THAT IS AN AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS MORE OF A PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM. OKAY. MISS BULMAN. OKAY, I'LL JUST READ MY MOTION. SO I MOVED TO CONVERT THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR MAY 11TH, 2026 TO DISCUSS THE 2020 627 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART TO A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, SO A FINAL VOTE CAN BE TAKEN ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ON THAT DAY TO AVOID FURTHER DELAY IN MAKING PRINCIPAL ASSIGNMENTS, AND TO MEET PERSONNEL AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION DEADLINES. SECOND, OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MISS BULMAN, SECONDED BY MISS THOMPSON. DO WE NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE. BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION. DR. ZEMAN. AND

076I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE THE THE ASK HERE. IT SEEMS TO ME YOU'RE ASKING FOR SUFFICIENT TIME TO HAVE A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON THE 11TH, AND WE WOULD. WAS THIS THE SINGLE ITEM FOR THE WORKSHOP, THE ORG CHART? YES. AND SO YOU'RE I'M SORRY. SO YOU'RE CONVERTING IT AND IT WOULD STILL START AT 10:00. THEN ON THE 11TH YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN CHANGING THE TIME, RIGHT. THIS WOULD JUST AVOID US HAVING TO EXTEND. BRILLIANT. THE DISTRICT'S PLANNING FOR ANOTHER WEEK AND PUT US. AMEN. LET'S DO IT. MISS RUPERT. MISS DUPUIS. I'M SORRY. BRUNO, HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT PEOPLE'S PEOPLE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND WORK THROUGH CONVERSATIONS AND THE BOARD? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MUCH MORE LEEWAY IN A WORKSHOP. I WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER IF IT WAS A WORKSHOP WITH A SPECIAL

077SCHOOL BOARD MEETING RIGHT THEN AND THERE AFTER WE GET DONE DISCUSSING IT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I THINK IT CURTAILS SOME OF THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE AFFORDED. IF IT IS JUST A A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THEY CAN'T TALK AS MUCH DURING A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AS THEY CAN DURING A WORKSHOP. THEY HAVE A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY. I I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOW. IT'S GOING TO BE. SO IN MY EXPERIENCE, I'VE HAD THIS IN THE PAST WHERE THERE MAY BE AN ITEM THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED OUT BY THE BOARD AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATION, AND STAFF COMES IN AND DOES A PRESENTATION. BUT BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE A VOTE, IT'S AN ACTUAL MEETING VERSUS A WORKSHOP. SO THE PUBLIC STILL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING A MEETING.

078THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. SO EXPLAIN TO ME, MISS RUPERT, THE CONCERN, BECAUSE MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING. I, I FEEL CONSTRAINED AND I FEEL THAT THERE WOULD BE A TIME CONSTRAINT. PEOPLE ARE ARE PREPARING NOW FOR A WORKSHOP AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THEIR STUFF. THEY'RE GETTING TOGETHER. AND THEN HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF A MEETING AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC IN, IN THE AUDIENCE. AND THAT WE HAVE THIS IN NO WAY AM I SAYING THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE OR NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR MY COLLEAGUE. ABSOLUTELY. 100%, YES. BUT I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC REALLY IS GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN WEIGH IN ON THIS. SO IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT IT'S A WORKSHOP WITH A TIME CERTAIN. AND THEN WE GO TO A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. THAT WOULD

079BE ME. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T NEED TO HARANGUE EVERYBODY. THAT'S JUST MY PREFERENCE. OKAY, MISS THOMPSON. I'M IN SUPPORT OF MOVING THIS. I HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT WHERE WE ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL ASSIGNMENTS. AND THAT'S WHAT MY COMMUNITY WANTS, IS KIND OF ALL THESE THINGS RESOLVED, I THINK, BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY KNEW WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS THE WORKSHOP, THE ORG CHART AT THE WORKSHOP. THEY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND SO I'M FINE WITH THE FORMAT AS IS. MISS BOWMAN, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? IS THERE ANY I MEAN, I KIND OF SKIPPED OVER YOU AT THE BEGINNING. MY APOLOGIES. OH NO. NO THAT'S FINE. I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN, AS A

080DISTRICT, CONTINUE TO FUNCTION THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, BECAUSE WE TECHNICALLY SHOULD HAVE. PASSED THE ORG CHART LAST WEEK. AND SO THIS WILL PUT US BACK ON TRACK SO THAT WE'RE NOT. SOO THAT RIGHTHT. SO TT T TY CANDEDENTYY THEHE PRINCIPALS AND EVERYONE CAN MAKE THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, MISS HIXON. I, I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT, BUT I DON'T AGREE. I HAD ASKED BEFORE FOR A WORKSHOP BECAUSE THIS IS SO BIG AND WE'RE GOING TO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO SAY THIS AND MOVE THAT AND THIS AROUND, AND NO ONE'S GOING TO HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE PASSING. BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT TRADITIONALLY GETS ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM THE WORKSHOP AND THEN BRINGS IT TO US IN A COMPLETED FORM FOR US TO VOTE ON IT AT A, AT A NEXT MEETING.

081AND I JUST I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE CHAOTIC BECAUSE HOW WILL WE KNOW WHAT IT REALLY WE WERE CONFUSED FROM THE LAST WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS WHY WE ASKED TO HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE SURE THAT WE WERE CAPTURING EVERYTHING IF WE DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE ORG CHART FORMAT BEFORE WE WENT TO, TO VOTING AGAIN. SO I, I, I DON'T AGREE, BUT I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL ASSIGNMENTS OF HOW, HOW WAS THE ORG CHART GOING TO AFFECT THAT? THAT SHOULDN'T THE ORG CHART SHOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PRINCIPAL ASSIGNMENT. IT DOES. A LOT OF POSITIONS ARE PERFECT. WE HAVE PRINCIPAL OPENINGS. WE HAVE CERTAIN SHIFTS THAT WILL BE MADE. SO A LOT OF THE STEPS ARE PREDICATED ON ON NEXT STEPS

082FOR PRINCIPALS IN OTHER ROLES. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING. NOT TO MENTION MY LARGEST CONCERN IS THAT WE INTENTIONALLY PUSH THIS BACK OR EARLIER START IN APRIL TO AFFORD OUR IMPACTED EMPLOYEES TIME TO TRANSITION IN EVERY WEEK, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAVE FOR AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION, BE IT IF IT'S GOING TO BE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT POSITION, A SCHOOL POSITION, OR WORKING WITH CAREERSOURCE FOR FOR OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. SO I HAVE A QUESTION THEN, BECAUSE WE'RE MEETING ON THE 12TH. RIGHT. AND THAT IS THAT JUST A WORKSHOP OR IS THERE A SPECIAL SCHOOL WORKSHOP? NO. MAY WORKSHOP THE NEXT DAY. THE 12TH IS A WORKSHOP. COULD WE JUST, INSTEAD OF DOING COULD WE ADD A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT THE END OF THAT TO VOTE ON IT SO WE WOULD

083BE ABLE TO. THE REASON THAT WE BROKE IT UP INTO TWO DAYS IS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 12TH. THAT'S TRUE. OKAY. I JUST HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT MAKING ALL OF THESE THINGS ON THE DAIS AND NOT SEEING A FINAL PRODUCT BEFORE WE MAKE A VOTE. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO RECONCILE THAT. MAYBE WHAT MISS RUPERT SAID MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP TAKE AN HOUR BREAK SO THAT STAFF COULD CREATE A FULL ORG CHART SO WE COULD SEE IT IN ITS FINALITY AND THEN DO A VOTE. THEN IT MAKES SENSE. BUT I, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT JUST KNOWING WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNOW MR. CERVERA IS ON THE LINE. WE HAVE NO ONE ON THE

084LINES OPEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT ON THE LINE. OKAY. MRS. ALHADEFF IS NOT EITHER. NO, MA'AM. OKAY. DR. HOLNESS. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT WE HAD THE WORKSHOP AND THE BOARD GAVE FEEDBACK AND INPUT, AND WE MADE THOSE CHANGES ON THE ORG CHART. SO JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE THAT WHAT WE BROUGHT BACK WAS THE CHANGES THAT WERE SUGGESTED FROM THE BOARD, WHICH WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON THE ACTUAL ORG CHART. SO WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH AN ITERATION OF CHANGES BASED ON FEEDBACK. OKAY. DOCTOR HEPBURN, WHAT TIME WAS THE THE MEETING FOR THE 11TH WAS SCHEDULED FROM 10 A.M. TO WHAT TIME? MR. SULLIVAN? WE HAD NO END TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE AN END TIME? NO, IT WAS THE ONLY ITEM. SO. OKAY, SO I KIND OF UNDERSTAND BOARD MEMBER RUPERT'S

085REQUEST, AND I, I THINK WE COULD ACHIEVE THE SAME THING, RIGHT? IF WE KEEP IT AS A WORKSHOP, WE COULD DO AN HOUR BREAK AND THEN COME BACK AND VOTE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE, THE SMOOTHEST WAY TO DO IT. SO DOCTOR HEPBURN, WOULD THAT WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE LOGISTICS IN AN HOUR AMOUNT OF. I WOULD ACTUALLY ASK GENERAL COUNSEL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD. YOU'RE SAYING FORMALLY A BOARD ITEM AND THEN POST IT THE DAY OF BEFORE YOU VOTE. I DON'T THINK YOU COULD DO THAT IN SUNSHINE. OKAY. SO BUT I'LL DEFER TO GENERAL COUNSEL. GENERAL COUNSEL. IF HE'S DOING A SPECIAL MEETING, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO POST WITHIN 48 HOURS. SO YOU COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. GENERAL COUNSEL. BUT I WAS SAYING IF

086THEY DID US, IF THEY DID A WORKSHOP, IF THEY SCHEDULED A WORKSHOP ON MONDAY MORNING, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE ORG CHART, THEY MAKE CHANGES. THEN WE HAD A SPECIAL AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE WOULDN'T HAVE 48 HOURS TO POST IT TO MEET THE DEADLINE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO A WORKSHOP IN A SPECIAL. WITH THE WORKSHOP ITEM BEING THE ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION THE SAME DAY IN A SPECIAL. SO THE THE ONLY THING THAT'S ON THIS WORKSHOP IS THE REORGANIZATION. CORRECT? OKAY, SO YOU COULD DO A WORKSHOP FROM LIKE 10 TO 1 AND THEN AT 2:00 HAVE YOUR SPECIAL MEETING AND THEN YOUR AGENDA ITEM, YOU WILL STILL POST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS YOUR WORKSHOP. AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT YET, BUT IT'S THE NOTICE AND THE AGENDA

087LIKE THAT. THIS IS PUBLIC. NOTICE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE WORKSHOP. I'M SORRY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A MEETING TO VOTE ON THE REORG, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT DOCUMENT PREPARED UNTIL THE WORKSHOP. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT. I'M STILL I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES HIXON IS SAYING IN TERMS OF HAVING SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW. YOU CAN ALSO JUST TAKE A BREAK DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING AS WELL, AND HAVE THAT DOCUMENT COME BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE IS JUST THE REORG. THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. SO EITHER WAY, I THINK CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT MISS BOWMAN IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MISS RUPERT AND MISS HICKSON'S COMMENTS. OKAY, MADAM CHAIR, OKAY, SO I THINK

088MY CONCERN IS THAT WE WE SORT OF ADVERTISED THIS ALREADY AS A WORKSHOP. SO WE'RE NOW CHANGING IT TO A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME THING WITHOUT NECESSARILY MAKE THESE CHANGES. THAT WOULD SEEM TO NOT BE AS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATING TO THE PUBLIC IN SOME FORM OR WAY. SO I, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEST TO BE IN GOOD GRACE WITH THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD IT AS A WORKSHOP AND THEN SCHEDULE THE SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AS AN ADDED ITEM AND GIVE THE 48 HOUR NOTICE. I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE SOME GRACE TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. BEFORE WE GO TO ROUND TWO, I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THE THE SPIRIT OF THIS. I SUPPORTED JUST GOING TO OR TAKING A

089FINAL VOTE AS IT WAS. I. I DO HAVE TO PUSH BACK ON THE IDEA THAT A WORKSHOP ALLOWS FOR MORE PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE IN A SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING OR A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT ON EVERY SINGLE MOTION THAT'S MADE, EVERY SINGLE AMENDMENT. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I DON'T SUPPORT THE IDEA OF DOING A WORKSHOP AND THEN A SPECIAL IN THE SAME DAY. I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I WILL NOT BE LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT MINUTES. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW LENGTHY THAT'S GOING TO BE. IF WE HAVE TWO, BASICALLY TWO MEETINGS. AND I WILL JUST SAY LIKE EVERY YEAR THE ORG CHART COMES TO US FOR A VOTE AND MOTIONS AND CHANGES ARE MADE ON THE DAIS EVERY YEAR. AND WE DON'T

090WE DON'T DO WE DON'T BREAK IT UP LIKE THIS. SO I, I THINK THAT DOING, YOU KNOW, A RECESS MAKES SENSE TO, TO BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WANTING TO SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT. AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD IDEA. SO I SUPPORT DOING A RECESS, BUT I DO THINK IT SHOULD BE A SPECIAL IN ITS ENTIRETY. AND I'LL JUST SAY TOO, LIKE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GATHER CONSENSUS IN A WORKSHOP ON SOMETHING AS LIKE DETAILED AND MINUTE AS THE ORG CHART. AND I THINK THE, THE UTILITY OF A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, EVERYONE'S ABLE TO VOTE AND IT'S VERY CLEAR CUT AND EVERYONE'S ABLE TO MAKE THEIR, THEIR MOTIONS AND PROPOSALS. IT'S VERY CLEAR CUT. I THINK IT LENDS ITSELF TO THE DETAIL THAT THAT THE ORG CHART HAS. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW,

091I APPRECIATE THE MOTION, MISS RUPERT. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHEN DID WE PASS THE ORG CHART? LAST YEAR. OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WENT UP. SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WENT AT THE BEGINNING. GO AHEAD, MISS SULLIVAN. I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETIME IN IN LATE MAY. I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXACT DATE, BUT I'LL JUST REMIND THE BOARD THE REASON WHY THE SUPERINTENDENT IS TRYING TO GET APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE THE LARGE, IMPACTED EMPLOYEES, WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS LEVEL OF IMPACTED EMPLOYEES BEFORE. BUT I PULL UP THE EXACT DATE. I BELIEVE IT WAS IN MAY. RIGHT. AND I DO KNOW THAT WE GOT IT A LITTLE EARLIER THAN WE NORMALLY DO, BUT WE'RE ENDING. WE WOULD BE ENDING AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE NORMALLY DO AS WELL. SO I I'M NOT

092IN, I'VE ALREADY SAID MY PIECE. I'M NOT GOING TO HARANGUE ANYBODY. SO. DR. ZEMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME. I THOUGHT YOU SPOKE AT THE BEGINNING. GO AHEAD, DOCTOR HEPBURN. WE ASKED YOU TO FIND A THOUSAND POSITIONS. ARE YOU BRINGING US 1000 POSITIONS? YES. AND IN MY KNOWLEDGE, IN GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE VIDEO, WE ARE ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE TO BEING DONE. LAST TIME YEAH WE WERE WE WERE AT THE ONE INCH LINE AND WE FROZE. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SQUEEZE A ONE HOUR MEETING INTO A SIX HOUR BLOCK OF TIME. WE DON'T HAVE AT LEAST IF PEOPLE SHARED WHAT THEIR VIEWS WAS. AT THE END OF THE ORG CHART, THERE WERE SMALL ITEMS, HANDFUL OF POSITIONS IN A REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. EXCUSE ME, A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

093WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT WE THINK ABOUT IT, VOTE AND THEN MOVE ON, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MISS LEONARDI POINT. BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING US 1000 POSITIONS, I THINK THIS BOARD, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO HAVE TO RESPECT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU DID EXACTLY WHAT WE TOLD YOU TO DO. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER CUT THAN ANY ONE OF US UP HERE THOUGHT IT WAS. WHEN YOU TAKE BUS DRIVERS AND PPO AND FNS OUT OF THIS EQUATION, DOCTOR HEPBURN, HOW MANY ADMINISTRATORS ARE LEFT IN YOUR STAFF. WHEN YOU SAY YOU GOT ABOUT 6100 EMPLOYEES, YOU TAKE OUT THE GROUPS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. IT LEAVES ABOUT 3000, RIGHT? WE ASKED HIM

094TO CUT ONE THIRD. AND SO IF HE COMES BACK WITH A THOUSAND POSITIONS, HE'S ABLE TO DO THAT WHICH FENCES ALL THE ALL THE MONEY MAKERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SCHOOL. IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING THING TO SEE DOCTOR HEPBURN. WHEN WILL THAT BE AVAILABLE FOR US TO SEE. SO BE AVAILABLE? HOPEFULLY NO LATER THAN THURSDAY OR FRIDAY FOR THE FOR THE ORG CHART TO BE POSTED. COULD YOU COMMIT TO THURSDAY? CLOSE THE BUSINESS? YES, WE CAN COMMIT TO THURSDAY. CLOSE THE. BUSINESS THAT GIVES THE PUBLIC UNTIL FRIDAY OF THE WEEKEND AND THEN WE'RE MEETING ON MONDAY. I. I LOVE THIS IDEA, MISS BOWMAN. THIS IS THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT AMOUNT OF WORK WE HAVE LEFT OVER. AND IT'S VERY HOSPITABLE TO ALL THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THOUSAND PLUS ALL THE PEOPLE

095THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE INTERNAL CHURN, BECAUSE EVERY TIME AN ORGANIZATION GOES THROUGH THIS KIND OF CHANGE, SOME PEOPLE JUST GET OFF THE BUS BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, LOOK, IF YOU KNOW, JEFF AND MISS LEONARDI ARE LEAVING, I'M LEAVING, YOU KNOW? AND SO THEY, THEY AND NOW YOU'VE GOT MORE OPENINGS AND PEOPLE ARE KIND OF DOING THE BIG CHURN TO GET TO THEIR, TO THE RIGHT POSITION FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE GRACE AND THE, AND THE GENEROSITY FROM US TO HAVE THAT TIME TO GET IT DONE. DOES THAT TRUMP THE PUBLIC NOT COMING? YEAH, THE PUBLIC CAN COME ON MONDAY. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE SEE THIS PROPOSAL, GIVEN THAT IT DOES EXACTLY WHAT WE TOLD HIM TO DO, AND HE'S THE CEO

096OF OUR CORPORATION, THIS COULD BE THIS COULD BE TOUGH TO SAY, HEY, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GUT YOUR STAFF BY A THIRD, THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO GET A LOT OF DEFERENCE FROM THE BOARD. I'M PREDICTING A QUICK BRING UP, YOU KNOW, DEBATE VOTE AND GET DONE ON ON MONDAY THE 11TH. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. NOT SQUEEZING A ONE HOUR WORTH OF WORK INTO A FIVE HOUR MEETING. SO I'M REALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS. I THINK IT'S A BRILLIANT MOTION. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT, MISS BOLTON. MISS HIXON. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING LAST WEEK AS BEING CLOSE TO THE END. WE NEVER EVEN GOT TO TALKING ABOUT THE ORG CHART. WE SPENT ALL OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND WHICH IS WHY WE THEN ENDED

097UP ASKING FOR A SPECIAL, I MEAN, FOR A WORKSHOP. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE DIRECTIVES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FROM THE BOARD THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE ORG CHART. AND I THINK THAT THOSE REQUIRE SOME DISCUSSIONS. AND I THINK PEOPLE HAD MOTIONS TO BRING ON THE ORG CHART THAT WE NEVER GOT TO. SO BUT MY BIGGER CONCERN IS THAT, AS MRS. RUPERT MENTIONED, WE SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE A WORKSHOP. THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO TELL US WHAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT THINK OF IT. WE GET WE GET SLAMMED ALL THE TIME FOR CHANGING THINGS WITHOUT WITHOUT PEOPLE KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND I, I JUST HAVE A REAL CONCERN ABOUT, ABOUT SWITCHING IT RIGHT NOW. SO I, I JUST DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENT,

098MISS RUPERT. JOHN, WOULD YOU SHARE THE ANSWER? JUNE 10TH IS WHEN IT PASSED LAST YEAR. AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PASS IT BY THE 19TH. I MEAN, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE 11TH AND THEN A MEETING ON THE 19TH. IS THAT CORRECT? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE 11TH AS A WORKSHOP AND THEN THE 19TH FOR FINAL VOTE IN A. SPECIAL MISS BULMAN. NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT AS AS WAS MENTIONED, WE ARE CUTTING A LOT OF POSITIONS AND CLOSING A LOT OF SCHOOLS. SO THERE IS A DIFFERENT URGENCY THIS YEAR TO PASS THE WORKSHOP EARLIER THAN THERE WAS LAST YEAR. AND I ALSO THINK IN WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY LAST WEEK, BUT WE KIND OF WENT SIDEWAYS, IS THAT WHILE IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO APPROVE THE

099ORG CHART, IT IS OUR CEO, DOCTOR HEPBURN'S ORG CHART. AND AS HE MENTIONED, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF WE CHANGE IT TO AFTER WE'VE CHANGED IT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, IT'S NO LONGER HIS ORG CHART. AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. SO I THINK THAT THIS SHOULDN'T BE VERY LONG ON MONDAY. AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR EMPLOYEES IF WE CAN HASTEN THIS PROCESS INSTEAD OF ELONGATING IT. THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST TO TO SPEAK TO THE CONCERN ABOUT MAKING THIS DECISION WHEN, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF A MEETING, WE IT WAS ADVERTISED THAT WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. THE ORG CHART ON THE 11TH. CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. RIGHT. SO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S

100A WORKSHOP OR A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHERE PEOPLE HAVE MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITY TO TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, NOTHING IS CHANGING. WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ORG CHART CHART ON MAY 11TH. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE CANCELING THAT AND WE'RE VOTING ON THE ORG CHART RIGHT NOW. WE ARE STILL HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT THAT ACTUALLY EXPANDS OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. SO IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TIME LIMIT FOR SPEAKERS? I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY TIME LIMIT. THE PUBLIC AND CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIMITED. OKAY? SO THEY CAN SPEAK HOWEVER LONG THEY WANT. OKAY.

101THREE MINUTES. OKAY. YEAH, THE THREE MINUTES THAT ARE. THREE MINUTES THAT ARE IN POLICY. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, THROUGH THE SOUP. SO I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH THE ORG CHART LAST YEAR. SO THE ORG CHART PASSED IN MAY 13TH. AND THEN THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO IT ON JUNE 6TH. I'M SORRY, JUNE 10TH. SO THE ORIGINAL ORG CHART MAY 13TH, 2025. THEN THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO IT IN JUNE 10TH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF MISS BOWMAN'S MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO. NO. ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL ON THE MOTION. DR. HOLNESS. YES. LEONARDI. YES. RUPERT. NO. THOMPSON. YES. DR. ZEMAN. ALHADEFF IS NOT ON THE LINE. BOWMAN. YES. CERVERA. NOT ON THE LINE. HIXON. NO PASSES FIVE TWO. ALL RIGHT. WE

102CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE VERY PUBLICLY ADVERTISE THE CHANGE. SO WE PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE. YES, MA'AM. WE'LL HAVE A POP UP ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND WE'LL ALSO PUSH OUT. A PARENT LINK EMAIL. AND LET OUR ADVISORIES KNOW. LET OUR LABOR GROUPS KNOW. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND OUR COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE. AND OUR COLLEAGUES THAT ARE NOT HERE, MR. BRUNO. AND IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL IF YOU HAVE MOTIONS TO DRAFT THOSE MOTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES HELP WITH THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DR. ZEMAN THANKS SO MUCH, CHAIR. I WANT. TO SUGGEST THAT WE WE ADD JUST A LITTLE TINY THING TO OUR WORKLOAD ON JUNE 16TH. WE'RE OVER 28 DAYS AWAY FROM REVIEWING POLICY. 1020 WE'VE GOT TO THINK HARD ABOUT

103THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THIS BOARD AND HOW WE RUN MEETINGS. AND SO I PROPOSE THAT WE BRING THAT BACK ON JUNE 16TH. AND THEN FOR WORKSHOP AND BRING IT TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON THE 23RD AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN OUR CONDUCT FOR HOLDING A MEETING IS RESPECTFUL TO THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO RESPECTFUL OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE OUR PERFORMANCE AS A BOARD. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? CAN I CLEAR THIS WITH THE GYPSY, BY THE WAY, ON THE DATES, MAKE SURE IT'S LEGAL. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, MR. DUPREE. BRUNO STAFF, DO YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION? OKAY. MISS THOMPSON. THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME SUCCESSES, BUT I HAVE A

104QUESTION ON OUR WORKSHOP ON THE 12TH. THE TIMES ARE MISSING, AND I WAS WONDERING WHY THE TIMES ARE MISSING. AND I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. MISS DUPREE. BRUNO. REPEAT THE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. SO ON OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA, THERE'S NO LONGER TIMES. WELL, YEAH. ON THE WORKSHOP FOR THE AGENDA WHERE WE USED TO ALLOCATE TIMES. IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO NOT PUT TIMES. WE DID HAVE TIMES FOR LL ONE TODAY BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY LARGE TOPIC. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SUREE THATHE PUBLIC C IS TRE. BUTUT WHENEVEVER Y PUT T TIM IN,N, YOYOU'REOING T TO BE RESPONSIBLE R R THAT TIME BECAUSE Y'R'RE NOTICING THE PUBLIC THAT YOU'RE STARTING, WHATEVER THAT IS AT THAT TIME. SO BEST PRACTICE, AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, NORMALLY AGENDAS DO NOT HAVE TIME CERTAIN. SO I HAVE

105CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THAT LIMITS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND OUR PUBLIC INTERACTIONS IN OUR WORKSHOPS, WHICH WE WERE JUST SAYING IS WHEN PEOPLE CAN COME AND SPEAK. BECAUSE IF THERE'S, FOR EXAMPLE, A REDEFINING IS ON THAT AGENDA. SO IF I WANT TO COME TALK ABOUT REDEFINING, DO I SHOW UP AT NINE? DO I SHOW UP AT THREE? WHEN DO I SHOW UP? SO MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WHEN A MEETING IS PROPERLY NOTICED, THE PUBLIC COMES AT THE TIME THAT THE MEETING IS NOTICED AND THEY ARE THERE FOR THE MEETING TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER AGENDA ITEM IS THERE. I HAVE NOT I HAVE NOT HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF SPECIFIC TIMES FOR PARTICULAR ISSUES FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN. AND I DID SEND AN EMAIL ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS WHY

106THERE'S SOME LEGAL RISK TO DOING THAT. SO I READ THE EMAIL, BUT I DISAGREE. I THINK IT LIMITS PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES. AND ALSO IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING IN, IF WE ARE ABLE TO THEN TIME CERTAIN WORKSHOP TOPICS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE THINGS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME AND SPEAK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM SIT HERE FOR 12 HOURS. SO THIS KIND OF GIVES ME AN IDEA. AND I'M WONDERING, SINCE DR. ZEMAN SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK 1020, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WELL TIME CERTAINS I THINK FROM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, FOR A WORKSHOP ITEM, ESPECIALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, A HEAVY WORKSHOP, IT'S VERY HARD TO TELL HOW LONG WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING AND, AND HOW

107MUCH LONGER, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME TOPICS WE GO OVER SOME TOPICS WE'RE RUNNING QUICKLY, BUT I'M WONDERING IF AND THIS WILL COME BACK TO US WHEN WE, WE ADDRESS 1020 IF WE JUST HAVE A SET TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OUR WORKSHOPS, AS OPPOSED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND AND I, I RESPECT THE GENERAL COUNCIL'S, YOU KNOW, LEGAL ADVICE AROUND PUTTING, PUTTING THE TIMES. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT CREATES SOME, SOME CONFUSION INITIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT ANYONE ELSE WANT TO, TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AROUND ADVERTISING TIME. I JUST I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GAIN VALUABLE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THERE'S A WAY TO STRUCTURE OUR MEETINGS SO THAT WE GET THAT WE GET IT, AND THEN

108WE CAN DO OUR WORK. AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH ROBERTS TO KIND OF LIMIT THE TIME FOR SOME ITEMS. MAYBE THAT CAUSES US TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER SPEECHES AND TO GET TO POINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR EVEN TO SKIP SPEAKING IF ALL WE'RE GOING TO DO IS REPORT HOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE. BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN A BETTER WAY, BOTH THOSE THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT HERE, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE FOR BIG MEETINGS THAT SIT AT HOME OR SIT IN THEIR OFFICE AND THEY WATCH WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I JUST WANT TO THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE GREAT DECISIONS AND HOW DO WE RESPECT THEM SO THAT WE HEAR FROM

109THEM, AND THEN ALSO HAVE TIME OURSELVES TO, TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO? DR. HOLNESS MADAM CHAIR, I WAS WONDERING, I KNOW WE WE'VE HAD TIME CERTAIN BEFORE, AND GENERAL COUNCIL DOES NOT RECOMMEND THAT, BUT ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE FOR CERTAIN ITEMS, ESPECIALLY REALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS INSTEAD OF A TIME CERTAIN A TIME RANGE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES TIME CERTAIN VERY DIFFICULT. RIGHT. SO IF WE HAVE A POLICY CHANGE WHERE WE HAVE A TIME RANGE THAT THIS ITEM WILL BE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 10 AND 12, THAT KIND OF A THING. IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S TYPICAL? THROUGH THE CHAIR? SO IF I MAY, SINCE 1020 IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING FOR DISCUSSION, IF I MAY PONDER THIS A LITTLE BIT AND DO A

110LITTLE RESEARCH TO SEE HOW SOME OF MY OTHER LARGER DISTRICTS ARE CONDUCTING THEIR MEETINGS. AND BASED ON WHAT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AND COME BACK WITH A WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, IT. I WILL SAY IT IS VERY UNUSUAL, THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. IT IS VERY UNUSUAL. ORANGE, PALM BEACH, LEE. DUVAL, THEY DON'T HAVE IT THIS WAY. IT'S IT'S UNUSUAL. SO LET ME LET ME PROCESS THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOARD IS ASKING FOR. YOU WANT TO HAVE AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR PUBLIC TO COME IN AND SPEAK AND GIVE YOU THEIR THOUGHTS. THAT IS THAT'S YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. THAT'S LAW. BUT LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO STREAMLINE THIS A LITTLE BIT. AND I WILL

111MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. THERE'S ONE THING I DO WANT TO MAKE A LITTLE CORRECTION ON. I JUST LOOKED AT THE 16TH AND THE 23RD OF JUNE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO DO RULEMAKING BECAUSE IT'S NOT TWO WEEKS. HOWEVER, I WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A PROPER 28 DAY CALENDAR FOR 1020. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT DOCTOR HEPBURN, ARE YOU ABLE TO BRING BACK WHAT THE PRACTICES ARE AS FAR AS PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR THE TOP TEN LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? YES. WE'LL HAVE MR. SULLIVAN'S OFFICE COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS THEY CAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. MISS DIXON. THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST MENTION WE WENT THROUGH THAT EXERCISE WHEN WE CHANGED 1020 AND MY COLLEAGUES DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE SUGGESTIONS THAT

112WE BROUGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE BASED ON MEETING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AND TRYING TO DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME. AND AND YOU GUYS DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO I'M JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE. BUT I TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT MAKE OUR WORKSHOPS SO JAM PACKED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG ITEM LIKE REDEFINING OR. AND ON TOP OF THAT, I WOULD SAY, SINCE WE CAN'T TIME CERTAIN. IF REDEFINING COULD AT LEAST BE FIRST, THEN THEY WOULD KNOW THEY WOULD BE FIRST ON THE AGENDA, FIRST THING TO GO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT. SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO STAY THROUGH ALL THOSE OTHER PIECES. BECAUSE OFTEN AS THE CHAIR, YOU THINK SOMETHING'S GOING TO GO THROUGH EASY AND ALL OF A

113SUDDEN IT GOES SIDEWAYS AND YOU'RE THREE HOURS INTO THE CONVERSATION AND IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT. AND I WILL ALSO SAY IT WAS MENTIONED TO ME, YOU KNOW, TO, TO LIMIT OUR TIME, BUT WE HAVE A CLOCK AND THERE IS A LIMIT TO TIME FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. AND WHEN THE BUZZER GOES OFF, IT'S AN EVIL LOOK THAT THAT CLOCK GETS. AND PEOPLE GET MAD BECAUSE YOU'VE CUT THEM OFF WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO TALK. SO. I, I THINK THEY'RE ALL GREAT IDEAS. I JUST THINK WE, WE TRIED THEM AND THEY, THEY DON'T WORK IN PRACTICE HERE, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST FOR THE WORKSHOP THAT MAYBE WE AT LEAST PUT THE REDEFINING FIRST. SO WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HEAVY ON PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN DO THE OTHER ITEMS AFTERWARDS. I JUST I DO

114WANT TO FLAG. WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT DAY AND THEY'RE USUALLY FIRST. SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING IS YOUR PROPOSAL THAT WE PUT THE REDEFINING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WE DO THAT. SO I, I KNOW IT WON'T BE POPULAR, BUT REDEFINING DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. WE DO HAVE INPUT FROM OUR COMMITTEE SO THAT IT COULD BE. SECOND, WITH THE INDICATION THAT WE GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR WHAT WE THINK REDEFINING IS GOING TO TAKE, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE DON'T. OKAY, MISS THOMPSON. COULD WE JUST GO BACK BECAUSE WE IN PRACTICE HAVE HAD TIME LIMITS. SO COULD WE JUST UNTIL WE HAVE THIS 1020, COME BACK, MAINTAIN THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE. WITH REGARD WHAT LIKE KEEP. KEEP WORKSHOP TIME SLOTS UNTIL WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO PROCESS. 1020 BECAUSE

115THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE WORKSHOPS SINCE I'VE KNOWN THE BOARD EXISTS. I MEAN, THAT'S UP TO THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD. I, I WOULD LIKE MY PERSONAL. FEELING IS THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, ADHERE TO ADVICE FROM GENERAL COUNSEL. BUT IF THE BOARD DOES NOT WANT TO GO THAT WAY, I'M YOU KNOW, WE WILL WE WILL GO A DIFFERENT WAY. DR. HOLNESS. WE'LL JUST GO AROUND AND GIVE YOUR INPUT. DO YOU WANT TO ADD TIMES TO THE AGENDA, OR DO YOU WANT TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION? OUR GENERAL COUNSEL SUGGESTED. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING ITEMS THAT ARE PRIORITY, OR THAT WE BELIEVE WILL GARNER A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT. FIRST, I'M NOT SURE IF IF I WANT TO BE ON RECORD TO SAY I'M GOING AGAINST THE GENERAL COUNSEL,

116BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PUT ITEMS THAT ARE HIGH PRIORITY, LIKE REDEFINING AS THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA. I I'M CERTAINLY NOT. I DON'T HAVE AN INPUT ON THE TIME. CERTAIN. OKAY. MISS HIXON. I LIKE THAT MAYBE WE COULD PUT APPROXIMATE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE EXACTLY ON TIME BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TALK. REDEFINING COULD BE TWO HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE EVER GET TO THE TO THE ITEM. YOU KNOW, HARD TO KNOW. SO I LIKE TO GIVE SOME KIND OF TIME FRAME, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH MISS THOMPSON. WE HAVE DONE IT IN PRACTICE ALL OF THIS TIME. I WOULD HATE TO CHANGE IT WHEN THERE'S REDEFINING AND THE ADVISORIES ON AN AGENDA, WHEN THEY'RE

117LOOKING FOR THOSE TIMES ON THERE AND MAYBE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN THE 1020. WE'RE ALSO MISSING A FEW COLLEAGUES. SO I WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE'RE ALL HERE. SO I AGREE WITH MISS THOMPSON. LET'S CONTINUE THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW. AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1020, WE CAN CHANGE IT. MISS BULMAN. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. I DON'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. MISS RUPERT. AND SO. OKAY, SO I THINK WITH ONLY ONE AND A HALF OBJECTIONS, WE THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADD TIMES BACK TO THE WORKSHOP AGENDAS. WAS THERE CONSENSUS AROUND WANTING TO PUT REDEFINING BEFORE COMMITTEE REPORTS? DOES ANYONE OBJECT TO PUTTING REDEFINING BEFORE COMMITTEE REPORTS? OKAY, SO IS IT TOO LATE TO MOVE THAT AGENDA AROUND? OR WE CAN PUT ADD REDEFINING.

118OKAY. AND I GUESS STAFF WILL USE YOUR BEST PREDICTIVE POWERS TO DETERMINE HOW LONG. REDEFINING WHAT EACH TOPIC WILL TAKE. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT FOR TWO HOURS. OKAY, MISS. HIXON, CAN WE ALSO MAKE SURE STAFF REACHES OUT TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE LATER IN THE AGENDA? YEAH, WE ALWAYS SEND THEM A REMINDER. THANK YOU EMAIL. SO WE'LL JUST INCLUDE THAT. MISS THOMPSON. AND THEN I HAVE SOME SUCCESS. WHATEVER SUCCESSES. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY. WE COULD DO THREE HOURS IF THE BOARD WANTED TO FOR REDEFINING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE WISE. YEAH. OKAY. SO DO THREE HOURS FIRST AND THEN THE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR TWO HOURS. AND THAT WOULD BE EIGHT HOUR DAY. OKAY. MISS BULMAN. DOCTOR WANZA, DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO

119TAKE US THREE HOURS ON THIS ROUND OF REDEFINING? BACK TO HEPBURN. YOU HAVE THE. I THINK TWO WILL BE FINE. I HONESTLY, I THINK TWO I DON'T THINK THERE'S NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL HERE THAT GARNERS A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT. THE PUBLIC INPUT, THE LENGTHY MEETINGS USUALLY COME IN THE FALL WHEN WE START, BEFORE WE GO OUT TO THE. TO DO OUR ROUNDS OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATION. ARE WE ANNOUNCING NAMES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OF ANY SCHOOL OR CLUSTERS, OR. WE'RE WE'RE CONTINUING OUR REVIEW TO SEE WHAT'S THE BEST STRATEGY BEFORE THE END OF THIS SCHOOL. YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE'RE ANNOUNCING NAMES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF WE ARE DISCUSSING THE PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD AND HOW IF THE BOARD WANTS TO DO THIS. IT'LL BE MORE ON PROCESS.

120BUT IF THE BOARD WANTS US TO NAME NAMES, WE CAN UTILIZE THAT PROCESS TO IDENTIFY OTHER SCHOOLS FOR THIS ROUND, OR WE CAN WAIT TILL MID-SUMMER TO IDENTIFY SCHOOLS BASED ON THAT PROCESS. I WILL TAKE STAFF'S DIRECTION. I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LONGER MEETING. IF YOU'RE SAYING APPLE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A SHORTER MEETING, IF YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR PROCESS, THIS IS OUR MEETINGS, THIS IS LIKE THE TIMELINE OF IT. GOTCHA. NOTED. MISS RUPERT. TOTALLY FORGOT WHAT I. WAS GOING TO ASK. I'LL GET BACK. TO YOU, MISS HIXON. JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE REDEFINING MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING. ARE WE ALSO DISCUSSING LIKE SOME OF THE MAGNET CHANGES AND SOME OF THE THINGS UPDATES? SO THAT'S. WHY THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT COME THAT WANT TO

121ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING OR, YOU KNOW, WANT TO KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE MORE PUBLIC INPUT. ARE WE OKAY WITH THREE HOURS? YES. OKAY. MISS THOMPSON. THE SUCCESSES. OKAY. SO CHERISH SAMUEL, WHO'S MIRAMAR FROM MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL, GOT REWARDED RECOGNIZED AT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AWARDS. SHE HAD OVER 200, 2300 SERVICE HOURS. WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS GOING TO RALLY TO TALLY FOR NEW FLORIDIANS. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THEM INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. PINES COLLEGIATE ACADEMY'S CHEERLEADERS WON THE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEER SHOWDOWN FOR BEST JUMPS AND MOST ENTERTAINING ROUTINE, WHICH, CONSIDERING THEY ONLY HAVE SIXTH GRADE, IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. WALTER C YOUNG'S NEXT GEN KNIGHTS DRONE TEAM WON FIRST PLACE AND THEN. ALSO, IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE AVAILABLE, I'M DOING A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AT HAWKS

122BLUFF FROM 230 TO 5 ON THURSDAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING SHRUBS, SO IF YOU FEEL MUSCULAR YOU SHOULD COME OUT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MISS HIXON. THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF SUCCESSES. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. LAST NIGHT, MR. CERVERA AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY. IT'S AN EIGHT MONTH PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THEY ALSO GET A TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. SO LAST NIGHT WAS THE CULMINATION OF THE PROGRAM AND CELEBRATING THEM. SO CYPRESS BAY AND HIGH SCHOOL WERE THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED. ALSO FROM CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THIS RIGHT, BUT I'LL TRY. XIU XUE WAS A NATIONAL MERIT MOTOROLA SOLUTION SOLUTION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING FOR THAT.

123AND ALSO AT THE COMMUNITY AWARDS EVENT THAT WE HAD THERE. THE SUPERINTENDENT STARTED A NEW INITIATIVE THIS YEAR WITH MAYBE A LITTLE PUSH FROM A BOARD MEMBER TO GET OUR DISTRICT STAFF TO VOLUNTEER IN OUR SCHOOLS, SINCE WE ASK PEOPLE OUTSIDE TO VOLUNTEER. SO THIS YEAR TO DATE, THERE WERE NEARLY 900 SCHOOL VISITS COMPLETED BY MORE THAN 630 EMPLOYEES, AND MARIA CARCEDO FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE ONE BROWARD EMPLOYEE CHAMPION AND ONE BROWARD DEPARTMENT OF DISTINCTION AWARD WAS GIVEN TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF THE VOLUNTEER TIME. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING IN TO EVALUATE. THEY'RE JUST GOING IN SAYING, HOW CAN I HELP? SO I HOPE THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW. AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR STARTING THIS INITIATIVE THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS

124BULMAN. THANKS. I WAS VERY CHEERED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT ONE GETTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AWARDS LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS A GREAT EVENT. SO A STUDENT AT HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, ACTUALLY TWO STUDENTS, ONE, CHRISTOPHER WHITE, WON THE PEER MENTORING AWARD AND A SECOND STUDENT, MIA ROSE SUAREZ, WON THE YOUTH VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD. AND RACHEL SILBER, WHO'S JUST AWESOME, WON A VOLUNTEER AWARD AS WELL. THEY'RE ALL SHE'S AN EMPLOYEE, BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE STUDENTS AT HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN MAYOR JOYCE DAVIS, WHO IS THE MAYOR OF DANIA BEACH, WON THE SECONDARY SCHOOL MENTOR OF THE YEAR. AND ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND DEBBIE'S NEIGHBOR, TOM LANDER, IS THE THE CHAIR OF SAFE SCHOOLS, SOUTH FLORIDA. AND THEY WON THE MENTOR PROGRAM OF THE YEAR AWARD. SO VERY PROUD TO

125SEE DISTRICT ONE SO WELL REPRESENTED. AWESOME. THANK YOU, MISS THOMPSON. THANK YOU FOR CALLING ON ME AGAIN. I JUST GOT WORD THAT SARASOTA WAS ABLE TO SUE THEIR TAX COLLECTOR OVER THE FUNDS, AND I AND THEY HAVE RETURNED THE FUNDS. SO I'M WONDERING IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON ON OUR PROGRESS OR OUR POTENTIAL. AND I KNOW I'M JUST TELLING THE GENERAL COUNCIL NOW, SO NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT WHAT OUR LEGAL OPTIONS ARE, BUT I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO EXPLORE. AND I THINK THERE WAS A MEMO, BUT FROM STAFF, IF THERE'S ANY TALLAHASSEE UPDATES AROUND THAT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE AN ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA ISSUE. MR. SULLIVAN. THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT. YES. SO A SPECIAL SESSION IS STARTING NEXT WEEK. TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE TRACKING CLOSELY IS THIS ISSUE, WHICH HAS BECOME A

126A CONCERN FOR LEADERSHIP DUE TO NOT ONLY OUR DISTRICT, BUT OTHER DISTRICTS, THE ONE YOU MENTIONED AS WELL. I KNOW MANATEE AS WELL. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGE DURING THAT SPECIAL SESSION. SO WE CAN UPDATE ON THAT ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE. AND OUR CONTRACT LOBBYIST ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. WHILE SPECIAL SESSION COMMENCES NEXT WEEK. WELL THAT'S EXCITING. AND IF WE COULD GET A LEGAL UPDATE ON THAT AS WELL. I THINK ANY AVENUE TO RECLAIM THE OVER $5 MILLION WOULD BE 5.5. SORRY, WOULD BE SWELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. ANYONE ELSE? BEFORE I GO, I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN TODAY THAT WE ARE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS

127WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND I THINK EVERYONE UP HERE AND IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THAT TO BE TRUE. AND OUR TEACHERS, THEY WORK INCREDIBLY HARD, THEY SACRIFICE A LOT. AND I KNOW THAT INSTEAD OF AN APPRECIATION WEEK, THEY WOULD LOVE A PAY INCREASE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING TOWARDS AS A BOARD. I DO ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S NURSES APPRECIATION WEEK. SO SOMEONE DECIDED TO PUT TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IN NURSE APPRECIATION WEEK AT THE IN THE SAME WEEK, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A MAN. BUT I JUST WANT TO WISH ALL OF OUR NURSES A HAPPY NURSE APPRECIATION WEEK AND THEN WISHING ALL OF OUR MOTHERS IN THIS ROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY IN ADVANCE. IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR FOR A LOT OF SPECIAL PEOPLE, AND I JUST

128WANTED TO TOUCH ON A LOGISTICAL THING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT THAT CAME UP TODAY. I KNOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO THIS, AND WE HAVE SOME VERSION OF THIS WITH OUR FOLLOW UP LOG THAT THE SUPERINTENDENEN KEEPS ANAND THENN SENENDSUT TOS.UTUT MMONONDERIFF WE COULD REQUEST A PRIORITY LOG FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. THERE ARE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS LIKE MISS HIXON BROUGHT UP THE OVERTIME REDUCTIONS, THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS, COMING BACK AND DOING THE ANALYSIS ON THE SUPPLEMENTS AND THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS. I THINK FOR US, IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF LIKE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ACTION ON. SO I'M DISTINGUISHING THIS FROM THE FOLLOW UP LOG BECAUSE THE FOLLOW UP, THE FOLLOW UPS ARE REALLY JUST A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. BUT THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A LOG THAT

129THE BOARD COULD REVIEW EVERY, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS ABOUT WHAT THE STATUS IS ON. FOR INSTANCE, WHAT WE ASKED FOR TODAY ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION ON, YOU KNOW, INTERNET FREE OR REDUCED PRICED INTERNET ACCESS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE PIECE ABOUT THE OVERTIME REDUCTIONS THAT MISS HIXON SAID WERE DUE IN JANUARY 2026. SO I'M WONDERING, I KNOW, DOCTOR HEPBURN, YOU KEEP PRETTY DETAILED NOTES ON, ON THE THINGS THAT WE REQUEST. I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF DOING A PRIORITY LOG IN IF THERE WOULD BE ANY BOARD OBJECTION TO THAT. DOCTOR HEPBURN. NO. GO AHEAD, MISS SULLIVAN. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS REALLY BEEN PUSHING STAFF TO COME UP WITH A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR MEMOS, FOLLOW UPS FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE IT EASIER TO TRACK SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND WE

130HOPE THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD TO GO TO ONE LOCATION. AND THE SOUP HAS BEEN PUSHING STAFF TO DO THAT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW, BUT IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME. ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENTED. I THINK IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TOOL FOR THE FOR THE BOARD. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE? I'M GOING TO SAY BEFORE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR FOR SURE, BUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I KNOW THE SOUP WANTS IT DONE. YESTERDAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YESTERDAY. WE'LL GET IT TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A ONE STOP SHOP OF INFORMATION BOARD BRIEFINGS. THE THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TYPE FOLLOW UPS, ANY DATA MONITORING ASKS JUST TO MAKE

131SURE THERE'S A ONE STOP SHOP BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT CURRENTLY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU CALL AND ASK FOR CERTAIN FOLLOW UPS OR FOR CERTAIN EMAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT AS COMPREHENSIVE AS POSSIBLE. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO MULTIPLE PLACES OR SEND MULTIPLE EMAILS TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED. YEAH. I GUESS I'M WONDERING. SO LIKE, I'LL GIVE A VERY SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY. LIKE WE HAD ASKED FOR PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION TO BE SENT OUT ABOUT VPK TO FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WENT OUT. LIKE I GOT A TARGETED INSTAGRAM AD THAT WAS AWESOME, BUT THE ONLY REASON I KNEW THAT HAPPENED WAS BECAUSE I GOT THAT THAT AD RIGHT. SO I'M WONDERING IF, IF SO, THIS DASHBOARD

132THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WILL IT CONTAIN THAT AS WELL? LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE ASKED FOR COMMUNICATION ABOUT FREE INTERNET. LIKE, WOULD THAT DASHBOARD CONTAIN THAT? YEAH, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT INCLUDES THE, THE PROOF, THE DELIVERABLES THAT WE'VE, WE SENT IT OUT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS VERY HARD TO TRACK. WE SEND YOU GUYS GET THOUSANDS OF EMAILS FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS, FROM US. SO THAT'S WHY THE SOUP WANTS A ONE STOP SHOP WHERE YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT TRACK IT ONE LOCATION. IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR, FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE IT AND TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. OKAY. MISS HIXON. THANK YOU. AND I JUST BASED ON THE POINT THAT MISSUS LEONARDI SAID IS I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE'S A WAY TO FLAG. MAYBE IT'S. I LIKE TO COLOR CODE THINGS

133SO RED WHEN IT'S PAST DUE BECAUSE THE CONCERN IS AS AS MISS LEONARDI SAID. AND SO IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, WE. AS A BOARD, I MADE MOTIONS AND WE AS A BOARD PASSED THEM. AND ALL OF THE ANSWERS WERE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK BY JANUARY 2026. WELL, IT'S MAY AND I'M JUST LIKE, OH YEAH, WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YET BECAUSE THERE'S A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS, JUST LIKE YOU ALL HAVE A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS. SO THERE'S A WAY TO LIKE MAKE IT FLASH AND SAY, THIS IS PAST DUE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACTION AND FOLLOW UP. I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IF YOU'RE JUST HAVING A SCROLLING LIST, IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO, TO FOLLOW ALONG. SO JUST SOME WAY TO FLAG WHEN THEY BECOME OVERDUE. ALL RIGHT.

134ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THE SCHEDULED ORDERED BUSINESS OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, HAS BEEN COMPLETED. SEEING NO OBJECTION, I NOW ADJOURN THE MEETING.