001Communications Department so if the board will go forward we have two presentations tonight good evening mr. chairman board members superintendent staff and community members this evening as chairman Shaw said we have two presentations first we want to recognize three valuable business partners whose monetary donations to three of our district schools funded beautification projects to improve and upgrade the school grounds the projects included murals interior and exterior painting sodden mulching new plans throughout campus vegetable gardens and picnic benches one of the vendors Office Depot contributed $80,000 to Pine Grove Elementary School in Delray Beach for their beautification and that is the largest school beautification project in Palm Beach County School District history more than 500 volunteers work diligently to enhance the school our district television station the Education Network was on hand during the beautification work
002and at this time we like to share a brief two-minute video from that day this is the depo difference 565 office depot associates friends and family members spent their Saturday at Pine Grove Elementary School in Delray Beach sodding mulching lining the parking lot cleaning and painting this is the largest school beautification project in school district of Palm Beach County history the 500s active today if the day will never forget besides the time sweat and energy Office Depot has contributed eighty thousand dollars to the school providing items like furniture in the teachers lounge their partner in the project is the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County during a break for lunch the volunteer crew was reminded of the importance of their service Monday morning 450 children are gonna come here and be inspired to know that
003somebody care and those 450 gonna go out and they may change the world that's how we change the world one student at a time pine groves principal got emotional talking about the kindness of the group in the end a group picture the team comes together in red and in their belief we can all make a difference they call it I'm Rockwell's for the education Network keeping you informed so for the generosity generosity to the school district and for the hard work of their associates and volunteers we extend a heartfelt thank you to Office Depot if we have someone office people here this evening we want to recognize Alex Price the National Director for Community Relations for office Depot Michonne taking the principal at Pine Grove Elementary mr. James gavel OHS president and CEO of Education
004Foundation and Rick people's the area manager for the school district's facilities services who manage the project let's give them a round of applause [Applause] next we want to recognize Florida Power and Light for their beautification at Seminole trails elementary school here in West Palm Beach FPL sixteen thousand dollar donation to the school allowed more than 200 volunteers to carry out improvement work we are extremely grateful to FPL for everything they've done at Seminole trails and for their contributions and dedicated efforts here this evening to accept this recognition maybe we have someone from FPL MS Katia st. Pro Community Relations Specialist for FPL mr. Don kezelowski External Affairs Director for FPL miss Ruth Gerard the principal at Seminole trails elementary Jennifer Etheridge programs and grants manager for the Education Foundation and mr. Craig Singletary area manager
005for the district's facilities services department who managed the project let's give them a round of applause [Applause] and finally we want to recognize Comcast for their generosity to Belvedere elementary school also here in West Palm Beach Comcast made a seventeen thousand dollar donation to the school and more than two hundred volunteers worked hard and carrying out the beautification work we thank Comcast for their generosity and we want to acknowledge the following people for their efforts as part of the beautification Diane may heart the principal at military Elementary Liz Harbor single school culture coordinator at Belvedere elementary Casta James area manager for the district's facilities services who managed the project stacy marshall director for the district's facilities services eva boyd specialist government and community impact for comcast and mr. Derrick Cooper vice president government affairs and
006community investment for the Florida region from Comcast and at this time I'd like to ask mr. Cooper to please come to the podium to say a few words let's give them all a round of applause so one of the great things of you know for Comcast care is they have seen the before-and-after of each project but one of the unique benefits of being a Comcast cares day project is that the every organization that comes out and partners with us we do a Comcast Foundation grant chat back based on the number of participants we had and at Belvedere elementary we had over 700 participants and volunteers come out so tonight we want to present a check to Belvedere Elementary in the amount of fourteen thousand dollars so now you can buy that electric sign or that
007a laminator for the teachers [Applause] thank you so much Comcast and finally this evening we want to recognize one of our school board members for an important award she recently received which she alluded to earlier Miss Erica Woodfield she joined the school board in 2014 representing district 4 back in June she was honored as the 2018 recipient of the compass Leadership Award compass is an organization that promotes awareness for the LGBT community and they give the Leadership Award to recognize the achievements of elected and appointed officials who display the highest level of commitment and long established record of leadership in social justice embodied by the compass organization ascent mission miss Whitfield strongly supported the development of the district-wide we're all in initiative that provides resources to teachers and district staff who can assist students when
008they are facing issues with bullying through this CDC grant funded project those employees who are willing to provide support and guidance to students where a we're all in multicolored badge indicating that they are a safe haven where students may seek help we are extremely proud to congratulate Miss Erica would feel this evening for receiving this award and for her commitment to the school district and the community here this evening with us is Miss Julie Seaver the executive director of the compass organization and one of our own district employees mr. Michael wood let's give them a round of applause [Applause] thank you so much for the invitation to be here this evening to rear eken I've miss Erica in a room full of her peers more importantly we're so lucky to have you in our district
009representing all of our students I first met Erica Whitfield through the Lake Worth Kiwanis in 2008 and so apparently she has been advocating for our youths and she was the age of 12 apparently so compass is the LGBT organization of the Palm Beaches and we are located in downtown Lake Worth which is Miss Erica's district and so we were honored to be able to work directly with her specifically to honor her for her advocacy for all students and typically it's because of regardless of gender expression gender identity and sexual orientation but erica has a way of making each student feel special in our district and playing close attention to those students that are most at risk for bullying and the challenges that the LGBTQ is especially faced so thank you so much so I know
010some of you see me several places I have sat here and spoken but I am also I'm a treasurer of the board of trustees of compass I on behalf of the board of trustees is my seventh 17th year being on the board of trustees of compass but I started my 26th year as a professional educator in Palm Beach County and on behalf of my the board of trustees my fellow professional educators I am an all in person I'm a safe space at Santa Lucia's Community High School and I have to tell you I see faces up here that if we could recognize each of you at each of our events I know what you do I see what you do unfortunately we can recognize one person of year but don't think that the things that
011you do for LGBTQ people and to promote equality and a fair education for all individuals and a bully free environment goes unnoticed by any of us especially your employees on the students and those who receive services through compass so congratulations Erika and congratulations the board for promoting and always being advocates for all of us [Applause] oh if the board can just stay up there just a few more minutes for us as mentioned earlier we'd like to welcome our new student rep mr. Nolan Urso and we like to have him come down and take a photograph with his colleagues for the school year congratulations welcome board mr. chairman board members superintendent staff and members of the community this concludes the presentations for August the communications and engagement Department invites you to visit the district website at
012www.osr.wa.gov.au/payrollenquiry