School Board on 10-26-2021 4:00 PM - Oct 26, 2021

001I GOT 4 O'CLOCK AND TIME TO START OUR MEETING. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] LET ME FACILITATE ON HER BEHALF. BEFORE WE START OUR WORKSHOP THIS MORNING MR. CHAIRMAN, WE DO HAVE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FLOOR TO SAFE SCHOOLS ASSESSMENT TOOL REPORT SO IF THE BOARD WILL JOIN ME IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND WE'LL BE BACK SHORTLY TO START OUR WORKSHOP. [CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] WE COMPLETED THE CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL ACT ON THE REPORT LATER IN THE BOARD MEETING. NOW IT IS TIME TO GO INTO THE WORKSHOP WHICH IS COVID PANDEMIC AND WE ONCE AGAIN HAVE MR. BOB EDDIE FROM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE A UPDATE. BOB, YOU FOR JOINING US. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I KNOW EVERYONE IS INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. THEY TURNED IT ON,

002YOU ARE GOOD. YOU TURNED OFF. HOW'S THAT? GOOD. HELLO. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. AT LEAST A MONTH I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, THE THING IS THAT I AM SO TIRED OF HEARING MYSELF TALK THAT I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE FEEL. MESSAGE HAS STAYED THE SAME PRETTY MUCH AS FAR AS WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOOD WORK YET, BUT WE REALLY IN MONROE COUNTY, WHICH IS WHAT REALLY IS MY FOCUS ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AND HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 4 WEEKS OR MORE. SO, I THINK THAT I'LL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH WOULD BE LOOKING AT YOUR MASK POLICIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT AND I

003THINK WE WOULD BE OKAY TO DO THAT. THE REALLY CONSERVATIVE WAY IS TO NOT DO ANYTHING FOR A WHILE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO OR HAS DECIDED THAT WOULD BE THE COURSE THEY WOULD TAKE, BUT I THINK YOU CAN LOOK AT TWEAKING SOME OF YOUR RULES, THE MANDATORY MASK REQUIREMENT, I DONT KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO STAY IN PLACE IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD FEELS LIKE AND FEELS HOW YOU SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH MAKING SURE THE KIDS ARE BEING PROTECTED. EVERYTHING THAT WHERE HAVE READ AND THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT FORTUNATELY COVID HAS NOT BEEN THAT SERIOUS A THREAT TO CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER THAT YOU GET. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN BORN OUT HERE AND IN OTHER PLACES TOO BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS PASSING

004WITHIN SCHOOLS OR THE CHILDREN GETTING SICK WHO STILL WITH NO PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONS IN MONROE COUNTY, STILL AT NO PEDIATRIC DEATHS. THE NUMBERS OVERALL ARE QUITE LOW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR BOTH DEATHS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN. I'M HEAR TO ANSWER QUESTION. WE ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. I THINK IF THE BOARD FEELS THERE ARE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE THAT CAN CAN SUPPORT THOSE FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT. I TALKED WITH-WE HAD GOOD CONVERSATION. SHE HAS SOME CONCERNS. SHE IS A PEDIATRICIAN AND SHOULD HAVE CONCERNS WHEN YOU LOOK WHERE WE ARE GOING, BUT I THINK WHERE OUR EFFORTS SHOULD REALLY BE IS AS I SAID TO CONTINUE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED AS WE CAN AND IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO GET CHILDREN VACCINATED AS

005IT IS THE ADULTS, BECAUSE WHILE CHILDREN MAY NOT SUFFER FROM SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES REGARDING COVID-19, THEY ARE ABLE TO BE INFECTED AND THEY ARE QUITE EFFECTIVE IN PASSING THE VIRUS ON, SO TO PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE AND THE PUBLIC, THE MORE PEOPLE WE GET VACCINATED, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE. I THINK ALL OF THE EFFORTS AND FOCUSING-IF WE CAN FOCUS THE ENERGY THAT SOME PEOPLE PUT INTO MASK INTO GETTING PEOPLE VACCINATED WE WOULD BE A LOT BETTER OFF. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT SCIENTIFICALLY THE VACCINATIONS WORK, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HOSPITAL-THAT HAVE SERIOUS ILLNESSES THAT ARE HOSPITALIZED ARE THE UNVACCINATED. WITH THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. I'M WILLING TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY BEFORE I ASK MY

006QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THIS. I'M FULLY VACCINATED AS IS MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND VERY HAPPY TO BE SO. YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT ENCOURAGING THE VACCINE AND I UNDERSTAND AND THANKFUL I GOT IT AND GLAD I DID AND THINK IT DEFINITELY THE EVIDENCE IS SHOWING THAT IT IS KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND IT IS PREVENTING DEATH BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO DO A WHOLE LOT IN TERMS OF STOPPING THE SPREAD AND THERE WERE SEVERAL BREAK-THROUGH CASES OF NOTE WHERE PEOPLE FULLY VACCINATED HAVE PASSED AWAY, AND YOUR EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT CHILDREN NOT BEING NEARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE VACCINE BUT THEY SHOULD GET VACCINATED TO STOP THE SPREAD, THERE SEEMS TO BE INCONSISTENCIES THERE. I'M SORRY-I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. LET'S GO BACK AND SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER IN THE ORDER

007WHETHER YOU HAVE VACCINATED OR NOT. THE ISSUES THAT YOU SEE IS THAT NO VACCINE IS GOING TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT EFFECTIVE. THERE ARE THOSE THAT THE VACCINES WILL JUST NOT PROVIDE IMMUNITY TO. AND THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS THE MORE PEOPLE THAT YOU VACCINATE, THE MORE PEOPLE ON PERCENTAGE BASIS MEANING IF THE VACCINE IS ONLY 95 PERCENT EFFECTIVE THERE ARE 5 PERCENT OF WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS ARE NOT GOING TO GAIN IMMUNITY. THE FACT WHEN YOU SAY THE BREAK-THROUGH INFECTIONS, YES THAT CAN OCCUR, BUT IT IS PROVEN THAT THE VACCINES HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE IN KEEPING PEOPLE FROM BEING SERIOUSLY ILL, HOSPITALIZED OR DEATH, AND SO YOU'RE GOING- I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT AFTER-MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE SPREAD. THE SPREAD THOUGH, THE SPREAD IS FROM THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED. IF YOU

008ARE VACCINATED YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SPREAD IT? SINCE I DONT KNOW, PROBABLY SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, YOU JUST ARE SEE MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOTTEN INFECTED WITH COVID HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED. IN THE HIGH 90'S IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED THAT WERE NOT VACCINATED, AND SO A VACCINE IS DESIGNED TO KEEP PEOPLE, EVEN THE FLU VACCINE, THE SAME SORT OF THING, IS TO KEEP INDIVIDUALS FROM SUFFERING SERIOUS DISEASE, HOSPITALIZATIONS OR DEATH. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE HAD IN THIS COUNTRY ASIDE FROM THE POLITICALIZATION OF THE ISSUE ON BOTH SIDES AND THERE IS ENOUGH TO GO AROUND FOR REGRETTABLE THEN THAT, IS THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CLEAR UNDERSTANDABLE AND CONSISTENT MESSAGE COMING OUT WITH REGARD TO IT ALL.

009AND I REGRET THAT. YOU NOTICE THAT SOME OF MY PRONOUNCEMENTS OR SOME OF MY STATEMENTS OR WHATEVER ARE NOT THE OFFICIAL VERSION ON EITHER SIDE OF WHAT-OF EITHER SIDE OF EVERYBODY'S HAS TO WEAR A MASK EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY OR DON'T NEED TO WEAR A MASK AT ALL. I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE MOST LOGICAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE THAT THIS COUNTY SHOULD BE FOLLOWING, AND SO TO GET BACK TO STOPPING THE SPREAD, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED THAT YOU CAN BE INFECTED WITH THE DISEASE AND PASS IT ON, BUT THAT'S POSSIBLE. THE NUMBERS ARE NOT NEARLY THAT HIGH, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HOSPITALIZED OR SERIOUSLY ILL AND FOT GOING DIE IF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. AND ANOTHER THING IS AND THIS IS-WHEN THE NEWS MEDIA DOESN'T

010TELL YOU ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND JUST WENT ON WHERE THEIR LIVES YOU HEAR ABOUT THE OUTLIERS AND SO THIS HAPPENS AND THIS HAPPENED HERE. IF YOU READ IT IS LIKE IF YOU HAVE 10 PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE THEY ARE INFECTED WITH COVID AND TWO OF THOSE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, THEN THE STORY IS REPORTED THAT 20 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED ARE VACCINATED AND YET ARE STILL INFECTED AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS TRUE. ACCEPT THE THING IS WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT FOR US HERE FOR THE HOWEVER MANY 50 THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED IN MONROE COUNTY THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SICK. THE DENOMINATOR IS WRONG WHERE IT YOU AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. IT SHOULDN'T BE 2 INTO 10, IT SHOULD BE 2

011INTO 56 THOUSAND OR WHATEVER IT. IT HAS HELPED WITH STOPPING IT SPREAD, AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE SEEING I THINK-THE REASON WE ARE COMING DOWN IN MONROE COUNTY IS WITH A 82 PERCENT VACCINATION RATE FOR MONROE COUNTY AND THEN IF YOU TAKE INTO TO ACCOUNT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COVID AND HAVE NATURAL IMMUNITIES, THE POOL GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER AS TO THOSE THAT CAN PICK UP THE INFECTION, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING INFECTED HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED, SO YES, THE VACCINE DOES WORK AND THE VACCINE IS GOING TO-WILL ULTIMATELY BE WHAT MOVES US INTO HERD IMMUNITY OR MOVING THE OUTBREAK TO BE SMALLER AND SMALLER THE QUICKER WAY WITH THE LESS AMOUNT OF HUMAN TRAGEDY, WE'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. SO MANY OF THESE DEATHS WE HAVE SEEN DID

012NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN. OPPONENT-POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 82 PERCENT OF THOSE 12 AND OVER HAVE BEEN VACCINATED? THAT IS WHAT OUR NUMBERS ARE SHOWING. NOT 82 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION, 82 PERCENT OF THE 12 AND OVER? RIGHT. DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG? NO, WE ARE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT TREATS A LOT OF KIDS UNDER 12, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR- YES, YES, YES. WE HAVE THE UNVACCINATED POPULATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. VERY VALID POINT. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] HOW MUCH SPREAD WAS THERE IN THE UNDER 12 POPULATION IN THE SCHOOLS? WE DIDN'T CULTURE THEM THAT WAY BUT THE LAST OUTBREAK SINCE THE MID-SUMMER AND THE SPIKES WE HAD WERE PRIMARILY FROM THE DELTA VARIANT AND CHILDREN WERE IN DEED BEING INFECTED THEN. NOW THEY HAVE COME DOWN IN NUMBERS JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE

013COMMUNITY. LIKE I SAY, THE DIFFERENCE BEING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE VAST VAST MAJORITY OF CHILDREN. NO MATTER WHAT WHETHER THEY ARE VACCINATED OR NOT CORRECT? RIGHT, BUT THE THINK ABOUT IT IS, THEY ARE VERY EFFICIENT INFECTORS IF YOU WANT TO SAY. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT? THEY CAN PASS THE INFECTION ALONG. WAS THERE A LOT OF THAT HAPPENING IN THE RECENT PEAK? IT IS HAPPENING YES, AND YOU ALSO ARE SEEING THAT- WE HAVE CASES FROM CHILDREN PASSES IT ON TO ADULTS? YES. IT IS HAPPENING, YES. IT MAY NOT BE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WHEN WE HAVE DONE CONTACT TRACING IT HAS COME FROM SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE THE FAMILY TO BRING IT INTO THE FAMILY BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER CONTACT THAT WE CAN FIND. THE

014ANSWER IS YES. THANK YOU. I GAVE YOU THAT LIST OF THE COUNTY OVERVIEW FROM THIS PAST WEEK, AND I JUST-IT IS GREAT THAT OUR DELTA-THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN, BUT IN THE PAST WEEK THAT WAS REPORTED FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WE HAD 67 CASES IN MONROE, WHICH WAS ALL MOST 90 CASES PER HUNDRED THOUSAND, AND THAT PUT US TIED FOR NUMBER 6 HIGHEST CASE RATES IN THE STATE ACCORDING TO THIS DOCUMENT THAT I GAVE YOU. AND WE ALSO HAD A POSITIVITY RATE OF 5.7% AND LAST YEAR WE WERE TRYING TO GET AROUND 3-I KNOW WE WERE MUCH MUCH HIGHER EARLIER IN THIS YEAR, BUT THAT 5.7% PUTS US THE 15TH HIGH EST POSITIVITY RATE IN THE STATE. IT IS GREAT OUR NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN, THE QUESTION IS JUST LIKE HOW FAR

015DOWN? WERE THEY JUST SO SO HIGH BEFORE THAT THEY FEEL DOWN NOW, AND IN A REGULAR PANDEMIC WOULD A HUNDRED CASES PER HUNDRED THOUSAND BE CONSIDERED A TIME TO REMOVE MITIGATION STRATEGIES? DEPENDING ON THE DISEASE. DEPENDING ON THE DISEASE IT WOULD BE. THESE NUMBERS ARE CUMULATIVE. THE NUMBERS WE HAVE ARE LIKE THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN LIKE 14 CASES A DAY OR LESS FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND I'M THINKING IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT. THESE NUMBERS ARE FOR THE PREVIOUS ONE WEEK? RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT-I'M LOOKING AT THE RATES DAILY AND COMPARING THEM BACK TWO WEEKS IS THE WAY I'M DOING. I'LL BE HONEST, I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE NUMBERS COME FROM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEW YORK TIMES, LOOK AT JOHN HOPKINS AND ALL THESE

016OTHER PLACES AND EVEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT NUMBERS, I CAN'T PUT THEM ALL BACK TOGETHER. I CAN PUT TOGETHER EVERY MORNING WHEN WE GET THE REPORTS OF POSITIVE CASES THAT I LOOK AT AND THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO OUR CONTACT TRACERS. I LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND ALSO LOOK TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM. SO, DO I WANT ANY KIND OUTBREAK? NO, I DON'T BUT I DON'T THINK WE WILL EVER GET TO ZERO CASES OF COVID IN THIS COUNTRY. I REALLY JUST DON'T SEE THAT REGARDLESS AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THERE ARE FEW PLACES THAT ARE STILL TRYING TO GET TO ZERO. JUST BECAUSE--IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR WHAT WE DO, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE IT CAN BE DONE IN TODAY'S WORLD WITH THE

017AMOUNT OF INTERCHANGE YOU HAVE FROM COUNTRIES TO COUNTRIES AND EVEN WITHIN THIS COUNTRY. IF I HAD MY--I WOULD DO STRICTLY BY THE BOOK WITH PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS WHICH I KNOW WORK AND THAT IS MASK DO INDEED PROTECT FROM PASSING DISEASES OR CATCHING IT, BUT ONE THING TOO, IF YOU LOOK ANYWHERE AND I LOOK AT SCHOOLS AND HAVE SEEN THAT, THERE IS NO WAY TO REALLY HAVE PEOPLE IN MASK EFFECTIVELY TO DO WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO GET DONE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. YES, THEY WORK IF THEY ARE WORN CORRECTLY, YES, THEY WILL PUT A BARRIER TO KEEP YOU FROM PASSING DISEASE, YES THEY WILL GET, BUT ARE THEY A PERFECT MEASURE? NO THEY ARE NOT. THE BEST THING IS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED VACCINATED. YOU CAN ARGUE

018ALL YOU, PEOPLE DO ON BOTH SIDES BUT IT IS PROVEN-LOOK AT POLIO, THAT IS AS GOOD AS ANY FOR THOSE THAT REMEMBER. POLIO WAS A SCOURGE, GO BACK TO 1953 AND READ WHAT HAPPENED IN KEY WEST IN THOSE YEARS AND SEE HOW MANY POLIO CASES THERE WERE. YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT POLIO NOW. WE ARE ALL MOST I THINK [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] THE LAST WHILE POLIO I THINK IS IN PAKISTAN AND THAT IS BECAUSE THEY BEHEAD THE ONES THAT TRY TO VACCINATE KIDS FOR POLIO THERE. POLIO IS JUST ABOUT BEEN WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND I REMEMBER I GOT 3 SHOTS AND TURNED AROUND AND GOT 4 LUMPS OF SUGAR I THINK BUT YOU WENT FROM BEING IN THE SUMMER FROM YOUR PARENTS WORRIED WHETHER YOU CAN GO SWIMMING TO YOU DONT THINK ABOUT

019POLIO ANYMORE. SCIENTIFICALLY VACCINATIONS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE WORK AND IF YOU VACCINATE ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL KEEP A-I'M NOT TRYING TO BE-THEY WORK. YOU KNOW THAT, YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN. NOT TRYING TO LECTURE YOU AT ALL. I BELIEVE TODAY THEY ARE DISCUSSING THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY AND ROLLING OUT THE VACCINES FOR CHILDREN 5 TO 12. THOSE ARE OUR POPULATION? YES. I HEARD ON THE RADIO DRIVING DOWN HERE THAT THE FINAL APPROVAL COULD COME AS OF THE END OF THIS WEEK? YES. WE COULD GET VAX VACCINES ROLLED OUT NEXT WEEK? I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING TO THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER. NEXT WEEK IS THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. I GUESS WE ARE THERE. SORRY. IT TAKES THREE WEEKS TO GET THE SECOND ONE AND TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, SO FROM NEXT WE ARE 5 WEEKS

020OUT FROM ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HAVE THEIR 5 TO 12 YEAR OLD FULLY VACCINATED. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. ALRIGHT. I MEAN THE OTHER THING YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT WAS THE COMPULSORY NATURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THAT IT IS NOT A OPTION AT THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY THIS POINT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. I GUESS THERE IS A OPTION TO PULL YOUR CHILD OUT OF SCHOOL COMPLETELY AND HOME SCHOOL. THERE IS NOT A OPTION TO PUT YOUR CHILD INTO VIRTUAL SCHOOL, THAT IS JUST A TIMING ISSUE. FOR A FAMILY WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT THE SPREAD FROM CHILDREN TO A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS HIGH AT RISK AT HOME, WE RELAXING MITIGATION STRATEGIES WITHOUT THE VACCINE WILL BE DIFFICULT-WILL PUT-THAT IS FAMILY THAT WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND AS WE DISCUSSED THAT IS A VERY VALID POINT. THERE

021ARE THOSE FAMILIES THERE AND THAT IS A VALID POINT. FORTUNATELY A LOT OF CHILDREN WEAR A MASK EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE EXEMPT FROM WEARING THEM, BUT YES, THAT IS VALID POINT. IF YOU WANTED SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE EACH CHILD FITTED WITH A N95 AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY BREATHE ONCE A HOUR WITHOUT IT, BUT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM IN PROPERLY WORN N95 AND THAT WOULD WORK. WHAT ABOUT UNVACCINATED ADULTS COMING INTO THE SCHOOLS AND THE CLASSROOMS OF UNVACCINATED CHILDREN? WHAT ARE THE RISKS THERE? FOR THE CHILDREN OR THE ADULT? BOTH. FOR THE ADULTS IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED YOUR LIFE HAS-YOUR RISK HASN'T CHANGED ACCEPT YOU PROBABLY ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE NOW TO BEING INFECTED THEN YOU WERE WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED. YOU'RE PART OF A DWINDLING POOL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL HAVING NO IMMUNITY

022PROBABLY. IF YOU HAD COVID AND DIDN'T KNOW IT AND HAVE SOME IMMUNITY, ANTIBODIES BUILT UP YOU ARE BETTER OFF, BUT IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED AND HAVEN'T BEEN EXPOSED THEN YOU ARE VERY LIKELY AT RISK FOR THAT. AND I WOULD JUST SAY THIS, IF YOU ARE AN ADULT AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED THAT IS YOUR CHOICE THAT YOU HAVE MADE AS AN ADULT AND DECISIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. WHAT ARE THE CONTRAINDICATIONS OF GETTING A VACCINE? WHO CAN'T GET THEM? SOMEONE ALLERGIC TO INGREDIENTS OR SOMEONE WITH A SEVERELY COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM. PEOPLE UNDERGOING CHEMO THERAPY- I THINK WITH CHEMO THERAPY IT JUST DEPENDS WHAT THE COURSE OF IT AND WHERE IT IS THAT I HAVE SEEN. THE VACCINES ARE PROVEN TO BE SAFE. YOU GET A VACCINE, IF YOU HAD COVID IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU GET A

023VACCINE. DESPITE-I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT TO SHOW IT IS SAFE, IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR PLANNING TO GO PREGNANT THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IS THE VACCINE HAS NO CONSEQUENCES. SIR, I DON'T- CHILDREN COMING WITH HERE, IT SEEMS WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE MYOCARDITIS, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT IS EMERGING THAT THERE IS A MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR ADOLESCENT MALES CATCHING MYOCARDITIS THAT ARE NOT VACCINATED AND IT IS MORE SEVERE THEN THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND COME DOWN WITH IT. AND PREGNANT- THERE IS NO PROPOSAL BEFORE THIS BOARD TO MAKE ANY SORT OF PROCLAMATION REGARDING VACCINATING STUDENT OR REQUIRING IT OR ANYTHING. AM I MISTAKEN ON THAT? SO, CAN WE MAYBE SWITCH THE CONVERSATION TO WHAT REALLY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH

024OUR MASK POLICY? I'M FINE, JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE EFFICACY OF MASKS AND THEIR ROLE AND STOPPING TRANSMISSION- DO THEY WORK, YES. WILL YOU TELL THE BOARD TO VIOLATE THE GOVERNOR ORDER TO BREAK THE LAW AND CONTINUE TO IMPOSE THE MASK REQUIREMENT? I DON'T HAVE THAT CHOICE. I AM PROHIBITED BY THE PERSON I WORK FROM FROM TELLING YOU THAT YOU CAN REQUIRE PEOPLE TO WEAR A MASK. SO, YOU WILL SAY THROUGH A FORKED TONGUE AND GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT BUT REFUSE TO GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY THAT, RIGHT? YEAH ARE, I'LL SAY IT THAT WAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT IS EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS. THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID THIS, WHAT DOES PUBLIC HEALTH SAY? IT DOESN'T SAY MASK OUGHT

025TO BE OPTIONAL SO YEAH-MY RETIREMENT MAY BE COMING QUICKER THEN I THOUGHT IT. BUT YOU FEEL OKAY WITH US GOING MASK OPTIONAL. I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. SO, IN MONROE COUNTY LIKE YOU SAID WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL OR A DEATH FROM COVID. SO, IN THE UNITED STATES THERE ARE 73 MILLION CHILDREN AND 600 OF THEM HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM COVID AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE UNDERLYING ISSUES AND ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY PREVALENT IS OBESITY. OKAY, THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE FROM THIS WHOLE THING IS ALL MOST ALWAYS BEEN ONE OR LESS THEN ONE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND STUDENTS. ACCEPT THERE WAS ONE POINT BACK ABOUT A MONTH IS AND A HALF AGO WHERE IT GOT UP TO TWO FOR ABOUT A

026WEEK. SO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE OUT OF A HUNDRED STUDENT MIGHT GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND 600 OUT OF 73 MILLION PASSED AWAY AND THEY ALL HAD OTHER ISSUES. SO, I THINK IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT, YOU SEE HOW SMALL OR THE RISK AGAINST PUTTING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR ANOTHER THIRD YEAR OF THIS RIDICULOUS MASKING. NOW, YOU KNOW, I COMPLAINED ALL ALONG ABOUT THIS MASK. THERE IS A MASK THAT WORKS AND DR. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] IS WEARING IT RIGHT NOW. THAT IS THE N95 MASK. THAT MASK WILL GIVE YOU SOME PROTECTION. I DOUBT THIS THING DOES AS IT FOGS UP MY GLASSES HOW MUCH GOOD IT IS DOING, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I COMPLAIN- BUT IT DOES DO YOU SOME GOOD. DONT GET AWAY FROM THAT. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING

027ON THAT, BECAUSE THE CDC HAD TWO REPORTS OF MASKING ABOUT THESE MASKS, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CONTROL GROUP SO EVEN THEY ADMITTED THAT ISN'T PROPER BUT THERE WAS A REPORT THAT CAME OUT LAST MONTH, IT WAS DONE BY-I BROUGHT IT WITH ME. IT WAS DONE BY THE PEOPLE FROM STANFORD MEDICINE AND YALE UNIVERSITY AND I GOT THE REPORT AND WILL SEND IT TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS BUT HERE IS THE JUST OF IT. THEY DIDN'T FILE YET THE ACTUAL COMPLETE FULL REPORT BUT THEY FELT THEY WANTED TO GET A BRIEF ABOUT IT. THEY DID IT WITH 350 THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH VIS MASK AND THEY HAD CONTROL GROUPS. THE TOTAL OF IT WAS THAT THE MASK, THIS SURGICAL MASK PREVENTED COVID-IT HAD AN 11 PERCENT EFFECT. 11 PERCENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOT SOME VALUE, 11 PERCENT,

028HOWEVER, THEY REPORTED THAT THE AGE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. REMEMBER THIS, IF IT WAS 11 PERCENT EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING COVID, IF YOU WERE OVER 60 IT WAS 35 PERCENT EFFECTIVE. IF YOU WERE 50-60, IT WAS 23 PERCENT EFFECTIVE. THE AMOUNT OF REDUCING. AS YOU GET LOWER THE AMOUNT GOES LESS AND LESS AND LESS. SO, THEY DIDN'T GIVE ANYMORE BUT THAT WILL BE IN THE FULL REPORT WHEN IT IS OUT BUT THEY WERE SHOWING HOW IT REALLY IS VERY EFFECTIVE IN THE UPPER AGE GROUPS, WHICH MEANS BY THE TIME YOU GET DOWN TO STUDENTS IT IS 2 PERCENT, 3 PERCENT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE WHOLE DISTRICT MASKED AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER WASHING THE HANDS AND THE DISTANCE AND ALL THAT, SO WITH 1 OUT OF 100 THOUSAND STUDENTS PUTTING

029ON A MASK FOR EVERYBODY THAT MIGHT BE 2 OR 3% EFFECTIVE TO ME IS RIDICULOUS. AND AS YOU SAID, IF SOMEBODY IS CONCERNED THAT-ANY CHILD WILL NEVER TELL ANYBODY YOU CAN'T WEAR THE MASK, SO IF THEY-AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS COMPROMISED PEOPLE AT HOME AND I UNDERSTAND THAT POINT, THAT CHILD CAN WEAR THE MASK OR LIKE YOU SAY, COULD FIT THEM WITH A N95. THAT MASK DOES SOMETHING, THAT MASK WORKS. IF I WAS GOING VISIT SOMEBODY I THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE COVID I WOULD PUT ON A N95 MASK. I WOULDN'T GO WITH THIS THING. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. THE HYSTERIA AROUND THIS HAS JUST GOTTEN OUT OF HAND AND I TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF WE DONT STOP IT NOW, THEY WILL ALWAYS COME UP WITH ANOTHER REASON TO KEEP THEM ON. THE 10

030PEOPLE PASSED AWAY IN FLORIDA FROM COVID. THE YEAR BEFORE THE COVID STARTED 8 PEOPLE PASSED AWAY FROM THE FLU. 8 CHILDREN PASSED AWAY FROM FLU IN FLORIDA SO IF WE MASK FOR 10, LET'S MASK FOR 8. IT ISN'T GOING TO END. WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THEN WORRY ABOUT MASK THAT HAVE LITTLE TO NO EFFECT ON SOMETHING THAT IS RARE TO HAP IN IN THE FIRST PLACE. I TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT I ALSO FOUND OUT AND THIS IS FROM THE CDC, THEY WHICH YOU KNOW ANOTHER THING I COMPLAINED ABOUT WAS THESE BREAK-THROUGH CASES. NEVER HAPPENS, WELL IT DOES HAPPEN. AND THIS IS ANOTHER REASON THAT THE PRO-MASKING OR POLITICAL OPERATIVES ON THAT ARE GOING TO TRY TO BRING BACK MASKING. SINCE THIS PANDEMIC STARTED- JUST

031FOR THE RECORD, ARE YOU TELLING THIS TO ME OR ARE YOU TELLING- I'M TELLING TO THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD AND- I'M NOT DISAGREEING ANYTHING YOU SAID. I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T BECAUSE IT IS FACTS. THERE WERE 10.857 DEATHS ON BREAK-THROUGH INFECTION SINCE COVID STARTED AND THERE WERE 30 THOUSAND PEOPLE PUT IN THE HOSPITAL. NOW, IF YOU TAKE THOSE NUMBERS, YOU TAKE THOSE NUMBERS AND SAY OKAY, THE RATIO OF DEATH TO PEOPLE THAT GOT COVID WE HAD IN THE UNITED STATES 737.371 PEOPLE DIED OF COVID AND THAT WAS BASED ON 45 MILLION PEOPLE WITH COVID. IF YOU USE THAT SAME FORMULA OF DEATH TO AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT GOT COVID, YOU WILL FIND 670 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAD A BREAK-THROUGH CASE. NO. NO. NO. YOU GO LOOK-IF YOU DO THAT MATH. I FORGET

032HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF SHOTS, THAT'S THE DENOMINATOR YOU NEED TO BE USING. NO, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL USE TO SAY WE NEED TO MASK. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. A LOT OF POLITICAL OPERATIVES. NO, IT IS THE NUMBER OF SHOTS TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HOSPITALIZED. I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL USE. DON'T FORGET SOMEBODY IN HERE-NOT IN HERE, BUT SOMEBODY IN THIS COUNTY WAS ABLE TO [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] CITY COUNCIL TO SEND A LETTER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DEMAND MASKING. THIS SHOWS HOW POLITICAL THIS IS AND THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO-WE NEED TO HAVE OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF GET BACK TO EDUCATION AND STOP PLAYING AROUND WITH MASKS AND AS FAR AS ANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND

033WANT TO WEAR A MASK, THEY WEAR THE N95 AND THEY WILL BE VERY WELL PROTECTED BUT ENOUGH OF THIS STUFF. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO EDUCATION. BOB, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT ABOUT A MEDICATION UP FOR APPROVAL. ANY IDEAS OR INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? WELL, THERE ARE MEDICATIONS THAT ARE ON THE-THAT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, THE MONO COLONIAL ANTIBODIES HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. MERCK IS COMING OUT WITH THAT SORT OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRESENTED TO THE FDA THAT WILL BE USED TO TREAT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH COVID, AND SO FAR ALL OF THE DATA SHOWS THAT IT IS VERY VERY PROMISING. IN FACT, IT MAY BE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THAT MONO COLONIAL ANTIBODY. IT HAS SHOWN THAT IF YOU START THE DRUG REGIMENT EARLY

034AND IT IS SUPPORTED THEN IT IS MIRACULOUS COMPARED WHEN IT FIRST OUTBREAKS OF COVID WERE STARTING. THAT IS VERY PROMISING AND SHOULD BE HERE VERY SOON. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IN TERMS OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS, ARE WE AT A POINT YET WHERE THOSE NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR TO OUR FLU NUMBERS OR NOT QUITE YET? OVERALL PROBABLY NOT QUITE YET, BUT WE HAVE TWO IN LOWER KEYS MEDICAL CENTER AND NEITHER OF THEM ARE INFECTIOUS COVID. ONE IS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT WAS A COVID PATIENT SO IT IS STILL CARRIED AS IT HASN'T BEEN DISCHARGED YET. WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON THERE FOR ANOTHER REASON AND THEY ARE NOT-THEY ARE NO LONGER INFECTIOUS WITH COVID BUT NOT YET BEEN RELEASED BUT STILL NOT DISCHARGED EITHER SO WHEN YOU GET BACK TO THE STATISTICS AND HOW THE CHARGING GOES

035OR HOW THEY ARE COMPILED. WE HAVE NOT HAD HOSPITALIZATIONS THIS WEEK. WE HAD THAT NUMBER LAST WEEK. RIGHT NOW THE LAST TWO TO THREE WEEKS THE NUMBERS FOR COVID PROBABLY ARE LESS THEN WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE IN A REALLY BAD FLU SEASON. THANKS. AND THEN, MY LAST QUESTION IS, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO MASK, CAN YOU TELL ME SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS? MY RECOMMENDATION IS THE SAME THING THAT-I DIDN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, I JUST TOLD THEM I COULD SUPPORT IF THEY WANTED TO GO AWAY FROM REQUIRING MASK OF EVERYONE AND BUILDINGS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE STATISTICS OR ANYTHING THAT PRECLUDE THEM FROM GOING AHEAD AND DOING THAT. THAT IS I THINK WHAT I'M SAYING HERE. THE ISSUE IS, DR. WOLTANSKI IS

036RIGHT IN THE SENSE YOUR POPULATION CANT BE VACCINATED TO A GREAT EXTENT WHEREAS, MONROE COUNTY ADULTS CAN BE. BUT ALL THE KIDS ARE IN MONROE COUNTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT I SAY WHEN I RECOMMEND SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT IS IF YOU HAVE THAT MUCH VACCINATION FOR ADULTS MOVING AROUND I DIDN'T SEE WHY THEY HAD TO CONTINUE HAVING A MANDATED MASK REQUIREMENT. OKAY. I WOULD SAY PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD NOW, BUT THAT'S TRYING TO RESPOND TO A QUESTION OF WHAT THAT IS. I CAN TELL YOU THE FACTS, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING RECOMMENDATION EITHER. FAR ENOUGH. THANK YOU. AND ALL THESE STUDENTS WHICH IS RARE FOR THEM TO GET A TOUGH CASE WITH IT OR PASS AWAY, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEM ALREADY HAVE ANTIBODIES? BUT

037IF YOU SAY THEY WERE SO CONTAGIOUS IT MUST BE A WHOLE LOT OF THEM. I DIDN'T SAY THEY WERE SO CONTAGIOUS, JOHN. THE IMPLICATION SEEM TO BE THAT. I SAID THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE IF THEY GET INFECTED THEY CAN PASS IT ON SO TO GET BACK TO SORT OF WHAT BOBBY WAS SAYING, IF YOU GET PEOPLE THAT ARE INFECTED AND CAN PASS IT ON TO THOSE THAT ARE NOT VACCINATED THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THOSE THAT ARE NOT VACCINATED WILL BE INFECTED. I'M NOT TRYING TO SPLIT HAIRS WITH YOU, BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. IF THAT'S NOT WHAT I MADE CLEAR. FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT CANNOT PASS A DISEASE TO OTHER PEOPLE THE BETTER OFF WE ARE. AND VACCINATIONS ARE THE WAY THAT ALL MOST GUARANTEES THAT TO HAPPEN.

038[INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] HEY, BOB. WE ALL BEEN THROUGH A LOT, BUT I [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] INFORMATION I CAN TRUST IS OUR OWN INFORMATION. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE UPPER KEYS, SPECIFICALLY PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL AND CHARTER VILLAGE-TREASURE VILLAGE, THE CHARTER SCHOOL, THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PARENT OPT-OUT. LIKE IN THE 30'S AND ONE I THINK WAS 40. WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO KEY WEST, WE HAD THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF PARENT OPT-OUT, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE DAILY NUMBERS OF INFECTIONS, I SEE NO-MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS A OPPOSITE CORRELATION. SO, WHAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH THAT LOCAL DATA DOES THAT SUGGEST ANYTHING TO US OR HAVE ANY VALUE TO US TO MAKE A POLICY DECISION? YES, I THINK IT DOES AND I THINK-THERE IS NOT A HELL OF A LOT OF

039DATA TO MAKE IT STATISTICALLY RELEVANT WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT I THINK COMMON SENSE WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF-SOME INFORMATIONAL VALUE, AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AMOUNT OF INFECTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS LOW TO START OFF WITH PERIOD AND I DONT KNOW HOW THE MASK GOES. I HAVE HEARD THAT MOST-KIDS-I DONT KNOW ABOUT THOSE TWO SCHOOLS, BUT A LOT OF KIDS DO WEAR MASKS. I DONT KNOW. BUT I THINK AND THIS PROBABLY GETS BACK TO BOBBY'S POINT IN THE SENSE THAT THE DATA IS SHOWING YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MANDATORY MASK REQUIREMENT RIGHT NOW. I THINK BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO GET IT SERIOUSLY AND THE ADULTS THAT ARE

040NOT VACCINATED CAN DO THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. AND DO I SUPPORT WHAT Y'ALL THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR YOUR CHILDREN? YES, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. THE REASON I SAY THAT, IF I DIDN'T THINK IT TO-IF I REALLY REALLY WERE OPPOSED TO IT THEN I WILL SAY THAT BUT I'M NOT. DATA IS SHOWING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND IF THINGS GET BAD WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK. I THINK YOU PROBABLY WILL INDEED SEE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER INCREASE IN A NUMBER OF CASES AFTER FANTASY FEST, AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. WHAT THAT WILL BE, I DONT KNOW. WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE FACT HISTORY CHANGED IN THE SENSE MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED, MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED AND THERE ARE TREATMENT FOR THOSE THAT GET HOSPITALIZED BUT EVEN IN THE HUGE SPIKE WE

041HAD ANDY, OUR HOSPITALS IN MONROE COUNTY WERE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT INCREASE IN SERVICE DEMAND AND THERE WAS ONLY MAYBE A WEEK, MAYBE 2 WEEKS THAT THE LOWER KEYS HOSPITAL SAID THEY WERE IN A CAUTIONARY, A YELLOW STATUS AND THAT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF FACILITIES OR SUPPLIES, IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN THROUGH THEIR STAFF AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING THAT THEY FELT COMFORTABLE IF THE NUMBERS CONTINUED WHERE THEY WERE OR GOT HIGHER. FORTUNATELY THE NUMBERS STARTED COMING DOWN. MONROE COUNTY HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. WE OUGHT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT. IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE IT. MONROE COUNTY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE DONE IT, THEY HAVE TAKEN ACTION AND WE ARE REAPING THE BENEFITS OF IT. WE MAY GO UP, YES, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY

042OF PEOPLE-AS SOMEBODY SAID WE WANT THEM IF THEY COME FROM THE OUTSIDE AND BRING INFECTION WE WANT THEM TO GO BACK HOME AND GET SICK. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE TRIED TO MAKE IT SO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN BECOME INFECTED. I KNOW YOU ARE NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS BUT OBVIOUSLY YOUR OPINION CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT. SHOULD VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE THAT COME INTO OUR SCHOOLS BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK? I DON'T THINK-TRYING TO THINK WHAT THE LAW IS. DO YOU HAVE THAT MANY VISITORS THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE? THE ONES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT-YOU SAY YOU DO. THE ONES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE AT RISK ARE GOING TO BE YOUR ADULTS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, PARENT VOLUNTEERS IN THE CLASSROOM. OKAY. BUT THEY HAVE THE

043OPPORTUNITY TO GET VACCINATED, SO-- I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE IT SO-IF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED THE REAL TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, DESPITE WHATEVER IS YOU ARE PROTECTED. IT IS JUST ARE THAT SIMPLE. YOU CAN REALLY GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE. I CANT SAY THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE BREAK-THROUGH INFECTIONS BUT THE REAL TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED YOU ARE SAFE FROM VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FROM COVID. UNLESS YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE THAT ARE AN OUTLIER. FORTUNATELY THAT IS JUST A FEW PEOPLE. BUT IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE OUTLIERS YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF OTHER CONDITION YOU NEED TO BE TAKING CARE OF YOUR HEALTH. ANDY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF I THOUGHT-IF YOU SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE A MASK FROM PEOPLE

044OUTSIDE OF THERE, I WOULDN'T JUMP UP AND DOWN. I THINK IT ISN'T A BAD IDEA. I'M NOT-CAN YOU DO IT? I DON'T KNOW. YOU ARE SAFER DOING THAT BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE YOU BRING IN FROM DIFFERENT PLACES INTO ONE PLACE THAT'S THE RECIPE FOR SPREADING DISEASE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. MR. CHAIRMAN--MR. CHAIR. IF POSSIBLE I THINK THE BOARD MIGHT INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT MR. EDDIE THINKS ABOUT MASKS ON SCHOOL BUSES AND A DEPARTMENT I'M FAMILIAR WITH I MIGHT WANT TO BE INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THAT AS WELL. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE MASK FOR PEOPLE IN A CLASSROOM I THINK YOU COULD NOT REQUIRE MASK FOR BUS DRIVERS. THE SAME SORT OF THING. A DIFFERENCE WITH BUS DRIVERS IS YOU OPEN THE WINDOWS AND YOU GET VENTILATION. THAT

045IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO AND REMEMBER THAT WAS ONE OF OUR EARLY RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT THE SCHOOL HAS PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN AND EXPENSE IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU UPGRADED THE VENTILATION AND ALL YOUR CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS. THAT'S HUGE. THE MORE YOU DILUTE THE VIRUS, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE. BOB, IT IS 5 O'CLOCK AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET YOU TO SAY SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING SAY ANYWAY, SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU HAVE COME HERE AND WHAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD TO US AND I TAKE IT THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING-YOU FEEL IT IS OKAY IF WE DID SUCH A MASK OPTION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORT BUT IT IS 5 O'CLOCK AND

046WE GOT TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD. CAN I SUGGEST ONE THING, MAKE ONE CORRECTION? YES, YOU CAN. WE HAD A CHILD IN THE ICU BUT HAPPENED EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC. HE WAS AT MIAMI CHILDREN FOR 3 WEEKS AND HE WAS VERY SICK SO DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE TO THINK THAT HASN'T HAPPENED HERE OR WE DON'T REMEMBER HIM. I REMEMBER IT. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] WE CAN'T ASK BOB TO STAY HERE FOREVER. I CAN STAY IF YOU WANT. IT IS GOING TO BE A WHILE. AM I ONE OF THEM. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AS YOU WISH, LET ME KNOW. OKAY. I'LL TEXT YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU BOB. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHATEVER YOU DECIDE WITHIN REASON I'LL SUPPORT, JUST SO YOU KNOW. I SUPPORT ALWAYS REASONABLE ITEMS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN UNREASONABLE IN MY

047WHOLE LIFE. ONE THING IN ROTARY SAY, IS IT THE TRUTH. THAT IS WHERE WE START OFF. I'M A ROTARIAN TOO, BOB. IS IT BENEFICIAL FOR ALL CONCERNED? I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOB. IF YOU NEED ME LET ME KNOW AND IF YOU NEED ME TO COME BACK I WILL. THANK YOU BOB. MR. CHAIRMAN THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOP SESSION SO RECOMMEND WE OPEN THE REGULAR MEETING. EVERYBODY IS READY, WOO WE CAN GO ON. LET'S OPEN UP AND STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I GOT FROM KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL GABRIELLE AND JOHNNY BECK. THEY WILL COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER

048GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU BOTH AND WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE TWO OF THEM VERY SHORTLY. TIME TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. BASED ON INPUT FROM THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNCIL I HAVE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE ACTION AGENDA. THOSE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED IN THE PRONOUNCE YOU HAVE AT YOUR SEAT. SINCE DISCUSSION DURING ACTION ITEM 9 INVOLVED WHAT IS INCLUDED IN BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL AND S R P-MOU WE WANT TO EXTRACT THE MOU PORTION OF THE ITEMS AND MOVE TO THE END OF THE ACTION AGENDA AS ITEMS NUMBER 10 AND 11. SO, SPECIFICALLY FOR ACTION ITEM NUMBER 4, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE BREAK OUT THE ACTUAL MOU PAGES 1-4 FROM THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT AND MOVE IT TO ACTION ITEM 10. WE WOULD LEAVE PAGES 5-10 IN ACTION ITEM 4 AND RENAME

049THAT AS FOLLOWS. APPROVE THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 9 AND 15 AND APPENDIX C OF THE TEACHER CONTRACT AND TEACHER COMPENSATION PROPOSALS. SIMILARLY FOR ACTION ITEM NUMBER 5, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE BREAK OUT THE ACTUAL MOU PAGES 1-4 FROM THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT AND MOVE IT TO ACTION ITEM 11. WE WOULD LEAVE PAGES 5-8 IN ACTION ITEM 5 AND RENAME THAT ITEM AS FOLLOWS. APPROVE THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS UNDER ARTICLE 16 AND 8 OF THE S R P CONTRACT AND S R P COMPENSATION PROPOSALS. WITH THOSE CHANGES WE RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE THE AGENDA. SO MOVED. NEED YOUR MICROPHONE ON MR. CHAIR. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 12 MEETING AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND. DISCUSSION? HEARING

050NONE, THE MINUTE ARE APPROVED. NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE IN MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS AND FOR THAT I'LL CALL UPON MR. AMBER [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] TO PRESENT THEM. MR. CHAIRMAN IF YOU WANT YOU CAN JOIN THE PRESENTATION BY THE PODIUM, IT IS YOUR CALL. AT THIS TIME I'M VERY EXCITED TO PLEASE ASK THE UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR BOARD TO COME FORWARD. MR. DICK I'LL LET YOU DO THE PRESENTATION. UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS IS PARTNER WITH MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR YEARS AND THE SUPPORT HAS COME IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. THE STUFF THE BUS CAMPAIGN ANNUAL EVENT SPEARHEADED BY THE UNITED WAY BROUGHT A RECORD BREAKING $45 THOUSAND IN DONATIONS THIS YEAR PROVIDING GIFT CARDS TO SCHOOLS TO BUY NEEDED SUPPLIES FOR STUDENTS

051AND STAFF. THERE WORK WITH THE UNITED [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] RESULTED IN GRANTS TO OUR SCHOOLS IN THE AREA OF MARINE SCIENCE EDUCATION, FUNDING FIELD TRIPS AND RESOURCES INCLUDING ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDE. THEY HELP NOT ONLY WITH THE UNDER SERVED STUDENT BUT ALL OUR STUDENTS AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THEIR WORK IS SERVING THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE LOCAL COVID-19 HEALTH AND HUMAN COORDINATION ENABLING MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS TO CONNECT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO STUDENT AND FAMILIES DURING THE PANDEMIC. IT IS TRULY WONDERFUL TO HAVE A PARTNER LIKE THE UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS IN THE QUEST TO SUPPORT NEEDY STUDENT AND FAMILIES. THEY MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT THROUGH THE WONDERFUL ADVOCACY ON SO MANY FRONTS. THEY TRULY ARE A COMMUNITY TREASURE AND WE ARE SO VERY PROUD TO AWARD THEM WITH THE DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY GEMS

052AWARD. (APPLAUSE) WE WILL TAKE A QUICK PICTURE. AMBER IS ALSO ON THE BOARD. MS LEAH STOCKTON DO YOU HAVE IS A WORD YOU LIKE TO SAY? IT IS A HONOR AND PLEASURE TO PARTNER WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU [NO MICROPHONE, DIFFICULTY HEARING SPEAKER] THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US AND AS OUR PARTNER. (APPLAUSE) NEXT I LIKE NEXT I LIKE TO CALL UP DR. KRISTIN CANDELA. WE'LL PUT YOU RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE. YES. SAY HELLO TO THE BOARD AND THEN THIS WAY. THE FLORIDA LEARNING ASSOCIATION AWARDED KRISTIN CANDELA WITH THE INNOVATIVE LEADER DISTANCE LEARNING. THE AWARD HONORS EDUCATORS AND LEADERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS DISTANCE LEARNING WITH INNOVATIVE AND ENGAGING IDEAS. THE AWARD WAS GIVEN FOR HER WORK WITH MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE A DISTANCE LEARNING

053ALTERNATIVE FOR ALL STUDENTS DURING THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH CREATIVE MEASURES AND DEDICATION TO EQUITY OF DIGITAL ACCESS FOR ALL LEARNERS. AS OUR COORDINATOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AVID AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SHE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR K-12 EDUCATOR SAID TO INTEGRATE DIGITAL TOOLS AND BLEND LEARNING APPROACHES THROUGH MULTIPLE FORMATS AND CREDIT THE DISTRICT FOR FORWARD THINKING AND PREPARATION BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. IT PROVIDED DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWED FOR CREATIVITY AND CONNECTIVITY DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF DR. CANDELA FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND PROUD TO AWARD HER THIS GEMS. (APPLAUSE) STAND THERE FOR A PICTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. AND AT THIS TIME I LIKE TO CALL UP QSI SCHOOL STUDENT JOHNNY BECK [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AND GABRIELLE AND JOHNNY BECK IS ONCE IN A LIFE TIME STUDENT HUMBLE AND DRIVEN. SETS ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC

054GOALS FOR HIMSELF AND WORKS HARD TO PUSH THE GLASS CEILING. HE HAS TAKEN 9 AP CLASSES PASSING EACH EXAM AND IN TAKING THE CHALLENGE BY TAKING AN ADDITIONAL 6AP CLASSES THE SENIOR YEAR. JOHNNY BECK PERSONAL DRIVE EXTENDS TO SPORTS NON ONE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM AND [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] MANY TEACHERS HAD THE PRIVILEGE TEACHING. SHE IS DRIVEN COMMITTED ENGAGED AND RESPECTFUL. SHE HAS DEVELOPED A PASSION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ALSO TAKEN SEVERAL ADVANCE PLACEMENT CLASSES. SHE IS AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL AND INSPIRES OTHERS TO STRIVE. TOGETHER STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE THIS YEAR WHEN THEY SAY A NEED TO HELP STUDENTS. THEY RECRUITED THE STOP STUD TONIGHT PIONEER KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] MEDIA CENTER. THEY ORGANIZED THE PROGRAM CONNECTED STUDENTS WITH TUTORS OBTAINED TEACHER MENTORS AND MARKETED THE PROGRAM TO THE

055PARENTS AND COMMUNITY. JOHNNY BECK AND GABRIELLE ESTABLISHED THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE EACH YEAR BEYOND THEIR OWN GRADUATION. THESE TWO CHANGED THE FUTURE OF KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL KNOCKING BARRIERS BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER CLASSROOM AND UPDATED THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS. WE ARE PROUD TO AWARD WITH THESE GEMS FOR MAKING GREAT EDUCATIONAL MOMENTS. (APPLAUSE) THANK YOU BOTH. AND I LIKE TO NOW BRING UP COACH LAURIE BOSCO, KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL SWIM COACH. BEEN COACHING KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM 25 YEARS AND RECENTLY EARNED HER 200 WIN IN AUGUST. THIS AMAZING FEAT ALONG WITH BEING THE LONG EST TENURED COACH IS ONE TO RECOGNIZE BUT IT IS POSITIVE SPORTSMANSHIP AMAZING. LONG SUCCESSFUL CAREER STARTED WITH THE SMALL GIRL SWIM TEAM AND BECAME SO POPULAR A BOYS TEAM WAS ADDED. IT HAS GROWN TO A PROGRAM WITH

056MANY ACCOLADES TO CREDIT MOST RECENTLY HAVE 12 SWIMMERS ADVANCE TO REGIONALS. LAURIE TAKES PRIDE THAT DEVELOPS AMONG THE SWIMMERS AND HOW THAT POSITIVITY INFLUENCES THEIR PRACTICE AND MEETS THEY ATTEND. VISITING TEAMS OFTEN COMMENT HOW INSPIRING THEIR MEETS ARE WHEN THEY COME TO KEY WEST FROM THE OPENING TEAM BONDING SESSION TO THE AFTER MEET LUNCHES, ALL PROMOTE ATMOSPHERE OF HEALTHY COMPETITION AND SPORTSMANSHIP. MAKES HER A TRUE GEM. CONGRATULATIONS LAURIE. (APPLAUSE) THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE SO HONORED TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR MOMENTS. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN DICK. THANK YOU. WE PRETTY MUCH HIT THE TRIFECTA. WE HAD COMMUNITY RECOGNITION, STAFF RECOGNITION AND STUDENT RECOGNITION SO YOU GOT TO BE PROUD OF THAT. VERY GOOD JOB. MR. CHAIRMAN THAT CONCLUDES THE GEM SEGMENT FOR THE BOARD MEETING AND WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR REGULAR MEETING.

057NEXT UP IS CITIZEN INPUT. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER AND 5 MINUTES FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DESIGNATED GROUP TRANSFER OF TIME BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND OR GROUPS IS NOT PERMITTED. LETTERS SUBMITTED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER AND BOARD SECRETARY WILL NOT BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT THE MEETING. ALL STATEMENTS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD NO PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] NOT ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE WITH PERSONS MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. FURTHERMORE, ALL SPEAKERS AGREED TO ABIDE BY CODE OF CONDUCT FOR CITIZEN INPUT WHICH IS SCHOOL BOARD POLICY-AND WILL BEGIN BY STATING FULL NAME AND CITY OR TOWN OF RESIDENTS FOR THE RECORD. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK? MR. DICK WE HAVE 5 PEOPLE THAT ARE PRE-REGISTERED AND TWO ADDITIONAL WALK-INS. LET'S START WITH THE

058REGISTERED ONES AND THEN WE'LL GO TO WALK-INS. I LIKE TO INVITE MRS. AMBER TIMPKIN TO THE PODIUM. MY NAME IS AMBER TIMKIN. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] MY HUSBAND AND I SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING REQUESTING THE MASK MANDATE REMOVAL OF TEACHERS AND STAFF. MAKING IT THEIR CHOICE WHICH CAN BE TO WEAR IT TO TAKE IT OFF, TO HAVE A IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WITH A STUDENT OR PEER. GIVE A COMFORTABLE REASSURING LOOK TO A PERSON IN DESPERATE NEED OF THAT CONNECTION OR REASSURANCE. TO SMILE AT SOMEONE THAT NEEDS FRIENDLY ENCOURAGEMENT AND TO GET A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. ALL WITHOUT THE WORRY OF BEING REPRIMANDED AND REPORTED BY A PEER. AS STUDENT TEACHER AND STAFF NEED FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOR THE SOCIAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF STUDENTS AND THEMSELVES. WHEN PLANNING FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR MASK WERE GOING TO

059BE OPTIONAL FOR TEACHER STAFF BUT IT CHANGED THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED. WE UNDERSTOOD THE REASONING AT THE TIME WITH THE OPTIMISM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD BE A TOPIC REVISITED EVERY TWO WEEKS AT THE BOARD MEETINGS. FOR REVISION AND IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION AS IT DID THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. NOW THAT NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN WE WANTED TO REMIND YOU FACE MASKS DO IMPACT STUDENT TEACHERS AND STAFF. JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMPLAINING AND HAVE BEEN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY AGREE. DURING THE LAST MEETING [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] WERE MENTIONED. THAT THEY WERE PURCHASED AND BEING USED. I ASKED MY SON WHO IS DEAF HEARING IMPAIRED IF HIS TEACHERS WEAR THE CLEAR MASK. HIS RESPONSE A TEACHER AT ONE TIME BUT IT FOGGED UP MAKING IT USELESS AND VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR MY TEACHER.

060THERE IS A STUDY BY THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ON FACE COVERINGS ACOUSTIC EFFECTS. THE CLEAR MASKS LOWER SPEECH BY 9 TO 17 DECIBELS. HIGHLY DEGRADING HIGH FREQUENCY SPEECH QUEUES. QUICK AUDIOLOGY LESSEN, NORMAL HEARING IS CONSIDERED TO BE 0-25 DECIBEL MAKING A NORMAL HEARING PERSON HAVE A MILD TO MODERATE HEARING LOSS WHEN MASKS ARE WORN AND CONVERSATION SPEECH AND SOUNDS EXAMPLE YOUR [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] ALL THESE DIFFERENT SOUNDS THAT ARE KNOWN AS THE SPEECH BANANA HAPPEN IN THE 20 TO 50 DECIBEL RANGE. PUTTING A NORMAL HEARING PERSON AT A DISADVANTAGE AND MAKING IT DISASTROUS FOR ANYONE ALREADY HEARING IMPAIRED. WE ARE VERY HAPPY IT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND HOPEFUL TOMORROW TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL HAVE THEIR OWN CHOICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I LIKE TO INVITE MR. MATT TIMPKIN TO THE STAND. HELLO. MY

061NAME IS MATT TIMPKIN. WE LIVE UP IN TAVERNIER. AT THIS POINT THE BOARD KNOWS ABOUT MY SON WITH HIS HEARING IMPAIRMENT BUT ALSO HERE REPRESENTING BY OTHER SOON AND HIS PEERS. MY SON HAS TOLD ME I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE GENTLEMEN HERE-MY SON TOLD ME MOST KIDS WEAR THE MASK INCORRECTLY, DOWN BY THEIR NOSE OR CHIN, DURING LUNCH AND PE KIDS DON'T WEAR THE MASK AT ALL. HE'S ALSO TOLD ME SOME KIDS WERE REPRIMANDED AND HAD TO WRITE I WILL KEEP MY MASK ON MY FACE A HUNDRED TIMES. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT IS BEST SERVE TO RESPOND TIME ON ACADEMICS AND LESS TIME POLICING STUDENT WHO DONT HAVE MASKS. THERE WAS A ATTACHMENT LETTER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA TONIGHT, ARE YOU IN THAT REMOVING THE MASK MANDATE

062WOULD BE DISRUPTIVE AND SUGGESTED WAITING UNTIL JANUARY TO DROP THE MANDATE. BECAUSE SOME PARENTS WHO MAY WANT MASK MANDATE WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPTION OF VIRTUAL SKYPE SCHOOL. MASKS WERE OPTIONAL UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO THOSE PARENTS WITH THAT CONCERN SHOULD HAVE HAD THEIR PARENTS ALREADY ENROLLED IN VERTICAL SCHOOL. PARENTS ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT TEACHERS AND STAFF WHICH AT THIS TIME DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. LOSS OF THIS IS GIVING STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICE AND I ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO. MASK MANDATES AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WHICH TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCE WHICH BY THE WAY IS NOT IMPLEMENTED TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING INSTEAD OF MASKS WE CAN DO IF YOU WOULD LIKE. THEY WERE PUT IN A PLACE TO ALLEVIATE

063STRESS ON HOSPITALS. TODAY'S COVID HOSPITALIZATION COUNT TWO TOTAL PATIENTS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL NOW WITH COVID. TWO IN KEY WEST. THERE IS ZERO IN TAVERNIER, MARATHON ISN'T PUTTING THE NUMBERS BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL IN MONROE COUNTY OUT OF 76.335. THE STATE TOTAL HOSPITALIZATION IS 2226 OUT OF 19 MILLION, WHICH IS.0116 PERCENT PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID OUT OF 19 MILLION. BASED ON OUR LOCAL STATS THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM IS NOT OVERLOADED AND IF THEY ARE, COVID ISN'T THE PROBLEM. STARTING NOVEMBER 1, SEMINAL COUNTY WILL END THE REQUIREMENT FOR FACE COVERING WITH PARENTAL OPT-OUT. ON THAT DATE STUDENT EMPLOYEES VENDERS AND CONTRACTORS CAN COME TO COUNTY SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL MASK 3. SEMINAL ISN'T THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE THAT MASK DECISION RECENTLY, BAY COUNTY OSCEOLA, FLAGLER

064AND MARION COUNTY SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED THE MASKS ARE NOW OPTIONAL FOR ALL STUDENTS VISITORS AND STAFF. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. BEFORE WE CONTINUE CAN I ASK IF THE MICROPHONE BEING USED AT THE PODIUM IS OKAY? WE ARE GETTING STATIC UP ON THE STAGE? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER I LIKE TO INVITE MRS. DIANE SCOTT TO THE STAND. DIANE SCOTT. I COME HERE AND I TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT MONEY THAT YOU OWE ME. YOU ARE GOING TO PAY ME. YOU GOING PAY ME. YOU WILL SEE. WHEN I LOST MY JOB WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, ONE OF YOUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEYS TOLD ME HUSBAND IF HE REPRESENTED ME HE WOULD BANKRUPT THIS COUNTY. I ASK YOU ALL TO GO THROUGH MY FILE THOROUGHLY AND REVIEW IT. I CALLED FOR THE SUPERINTENDANT. NOBODY WANT TO TALK

065TO ME. IF I HAVE TO SEEK A LAWYER, IF I HAVE TO SEEK A LAWYER, I'M BANKRUPT THIS COUNTY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? I DID NOTHING. NOTHING. JEALOUSY. MY COLOR, MY SKIN COLOR. THAT IS HOW I LOST MY JOB. WHEN I REPORTED-WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED DOING THINGS TO ME AT MY JOB AND I REPORTED IT ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDANT CALLED ME SUNDAY AND SAY, WHY ARE YOU ANGRY? I SAID BECAUSE I'M BLACK I GOT TO BE ANGRY. I'M NOT ANGRY, I'M REPORTING. NOBODY DID NOTHING. I HAD A SCHOOL BOARD LADY-I REPORTED IT TO HER, SHE JUST KIND OF LOOKED AT ME LIKE I SHE DIDN'T CARE. I DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING. YOU ALL GOING TO PAY ME MY MONEY I SEE. I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE AND BEEN GIVING IT TO YOU

066ALL FOR YEARS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY FILE, TALK WITH ME BECAUSE YOU DONT TALK WITH ME. I HAD ONE PERSON TALK WITH ME AND FORGOT HIS NAME, THE BLACK GUY WHEN HE WAS HERE AT H R AND HE SPOKE WITH ME AND I WANTED TO GO THROUGH MY FILE AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE MY FILE. MY FILE WAS AT THE LAWYERS OFFICE SOMEWHERE IN A BIG BOX BUT I DID NOTHING BUT IF I HAVE TO SEEK A ATTORNEY, I LOST MY JOB FIRST OF ALL BECAUSE I'M BLACK, I'M A FEMALE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND YOU ALL DID ME WRONG. I HAVE BEEN ASKING YOU ALL, I WANT MY MONEY, I WANT MY MONEY AND YOU ALL YOU NOT CARING. RACE IS A FACTOR AND YOU NEED PEOPLE LIKE ME IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

067YOU NEED PEOPLE LIKE ME IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WILL LEAVE THAT ALONE FOR RIGHT NOW AND I WANT TO SAY THIS-HOW MANY SECONDS I GOT? DO ANYBODY KNOW? 30 SECONDS. THIS-STUFF, WHEN THESE KIDS SAY-TO THESE BLACK KIDS THEY MESS THEM UP. THEY NEED TO BE EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL WHEN THEY SAY THIS. WHEN I CALLED TO SPEAK TO THE SUPERINTENDANT OR PRINCIPLE NOBODY WANT TO SAY TO ME. I HAD TO SPELL THE WORD OUT BUT THESE KIDS SAYING THE N WORD YOU ALL BETTER TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. THESE KIDS CAN NOT BE SAYING THAT. THANK YOU, MRS. SCOTT. I LIKE TO INVITE THE NEXT SPEAKER. MR. JOHN [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] HE STATED HE IS REPRESENTING THE KEYS CONSERVATIVE, AND IS REQUESTING 5 MINUTES. JOHN [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES IS [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] HE

068WAS FIRST KNOWN IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING AND NOMINATED FOR THE SUPREME COURT BY BARACK OBAMA AND NEVER GOT A HEARING. HIS SON IN LAW REPRESENTS A EDUCATIONAL COMPANY THAT SUPPORTS CRITICAL RACE THEORY. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES SEEMS TO BE AT THIS MOMENT POCKETING THE NATIONAL BANK OF HIS SON IN LAW THUS HIS DAUGHTER HAS A BENEFIT, SO ANYBODY HERE ACCORDING TO THE MEMO FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF NEIGHBOR THAT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CRITICAL RACE THEORY, MASKS AND VACCINES-HE WANTS THE FBI ON YOU AND YOU AND THE OTHER FOLKS. FORTUNATELY FOR THE FBI WE ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED MILE MARKER 8 EVERY DAY BASICALLY. THERE IS A AIRPLANE GOING TO CUBA. THE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS OVER THERE THAT COUPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT MASKS. NOW, THIS IS A SHAKE DOWN BY

069THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTACKING YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I'M SORRY HE'S DONE THAT. BUT IMAGINE IF HE WERE ON THE SUPREME COURT WHO WOULD HAVE BOUGHT [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] SO, MATCHING BRACELETS, ORANGE PAJAMAS, THE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] IS THAT GUY OVER THERE AFTER YOU. I DON'T KNOW BUT HE HAS A BADGE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BUMPED HIS HEAD SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN CALL HIM WOODY THE WOODPECKER. IF YOU SWALLOW ENOUGH STUPID PILLS YOU ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO CHOKE. THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. YOU PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET RID OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. STEPHEN CUBBY SAID START WITH THE END IN MIND. SO, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS POCKETING THE KIDS NATIONAL BANK. CAN'T FIRE THAT GUY BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DID THE SAME THING WITH HIS BROTHER AND

070HIS SON. IT IS A SHAKE DOWN BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A SHAME THAT YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE ABOUT THIS. NOW, ABOUT THE VACCINES, WELL YOU ARE NOT ADDRESSING IVERMECTIN. A COUNTRY WITH A BILLION PEOPLE AND INDIA IS DOING THAT, A COUNTRY TO THE SOUTHERN BOARDER CALLED MEXICO IS ADDRESSING THAT AS A OPTION. SO, IF YOU SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ACTUALLY HAVE FACEBOOK PAGES OR YOU ARE BLOGGING, YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS IT AS A OPTION AND THAT BUMPING YOUR HEAD THING, YOUR JOB REVIEWS EVERY 4 YEARS AND A PISSED OFF MOTHER IS GOING TO GO AFTER YOU AND IT IS NOT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT GUY DOWN THERE THAT IS GOING TO HELP YOU, VOTERS WILL VOTE. WHAT IS NEXT WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL? YOU

071TALK ABOUT RACE. MY GRANDFATHER ESTABLISHED FIRST CREDIT UNION IN GAINESVILLE AND ALSO VALEDICTORIAN UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, AND WHAT HE DID IS HE GAVE AFRICAN AMERICANS LOANS BEFORE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND BEFORE ROSA PARKS. THAT WAS DOING SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WHEN THERE WAS A RED LINING. AND SO SOME MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM BEING THE GRANDSON. SOME OF YOU FOR BEING A BEST SELLER AUTHOR OR SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU. SO, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS DOING THIS WRONG. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COULD DO THIS VERY SIMPLE ADDRESSING RACE. HE COULD MAKE A SUPER I R A WITH GUARANTEED DONATE 5 PERCENT TO A SUPER I R A AND HAVE THE GOVERNMENT COSIGN FOR LOANS. HE IS NOT DOING THAT. HE IS ADDRESSING THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND DOING IT INCORRECTLY. I DO WANT

072TO COMMEND THE CHAIRMAN FOR YOUR ACTIONS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD UNION AND MASKS. LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO, I AGREE WITH YOU. DOING BETTER THINGS LIKE EDUCATING IS SOMETHING AND I HOPE THOSE FBI PEOPLE ARE NOT AFTER YOU AND-BUT IF YOU GO TO CUBA BET YOU GET A INVITATION [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOHN [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] THE NEXT PERSON I LIKE TO INVITE TO THE STAND IS MS MARY JACKSON. HOLE HELLO, MARY JACKSON I LIVE IN KEY HAVEN AND LIKE TO VOICE MY REPORT FOR THE REPEAL POLICY REGARDING MASK. I REVIEWED THE DISCUSSION POINTS FROM DR. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AND I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS THEM ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER COUNTER DISCUSSION TO SOME OF THE POINTS MADE. NUMBER ONE, MITIGATION STRATEGIES.

073FLORIDA DATA FROM 2020 AND MORE RECENTLY 2021 SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 HAVE SHOWN NO MATTER THE EFFORTS INITIATED BY SCHOOL SYSTEMS MANDATED MASKS OPT OUT MASKING OR NO MASKING THE CASES ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME. NUMBER 2, PARENTAL CHOICE. CONCERNS IT [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] QUITE THE CONTRARY, COMPLETE PARENTAL CHOICE WILL BE MAINTAINED. IF 80 PERCENT OF PARENT MASKING WISH TO CONTINUE THEY MAY DO SO. NO ONE WOULD BE PREVENTING THIS DECISION OR ACTION. THE REMOVE OF THE OPT OUT OPTION DOES REMOVE THE INTENTIONAL BARRIER DESIGNED FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO CHOSE NOT TO MASK THEIR CHILDREN. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT PARENTS WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND ARE THE BEST EQUIPPED TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS FOR THOSE CHILDREN. NUMBER 3, THE DISCUSSION USES RAW NUMBERS TO PROMOTE CAUTION AND POSSIBLY FEAR BUT THE FACTS AND SCIENCE

074SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. STATISTICALLY CHILDREN HAVE A ZERO PERCENTAGE RISK OF SEVERE COVID OR DEATH, THIS WAS TRUE IN 2021 AND AGAIN IN 2021 AND HAPPY THAT WAS THE CASE IN MONROE COUNTY DURING BOTH THE SCHOOL YEARS. PLEASE BRING BACK HUMANITY INTO THE DECISION MAKING EQUATION OF THIS BOARD. HUMAN FACES ARE NOT MEANT TO BE COVERED AND CERTAINLY NOT THE PRECIOUS SMILES AND FACES OF OUR CHILDREN TEACHERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER A WALK-IN GUEST, MR. SIMON PEER. IT IS SIMONE PEER. FROM VOTING PRECINCT NUMBER 13. SO, THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD FOR YOUR SERVICE. AS THE SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA DEMONSTRATES THERE ARE PLENTY OF CRITICAL PENDING ISSUES FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ADDRESS AND THE FACT MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FOCUSED ON MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS INCLUDING SOCIAL REGRESSION BY AT LEAST 2 YEARS

075AS WELL AS STUDENT AND STAFF ANXIETY TELLS US THAT IT IS TIME TO STOP THE LIE. THE LIE OF THE MASK. MASKING MANDATE SAID AND THREAT OF MANDATES IS STRESSFUL AND PROMOTES THE FEAR OF PROPAGANDA THAT IS FLOODING THROUGH OUR MEDIA. A FEW INTERNET SEARCHES THAT GO BEYOND MAINSTREAM MEDIA WHICH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN TODAY HAVE GIVEN STATISTICS, SHOW THAT THERE IS MORE TO IT THEN JUST WHAT ABC, NBC, FOX AND CBS PROMOTE. I ALSO WANT TO SPOT LIGHT IF WE LOOK AT DR. FAUCI YOU CAN DO DEEP DIVE TO SEE HE FLIP-FLOPS ON EVERYTHING AS WELL AS HE HAS A LOT OF MONETARY GAIN ATTACHED TO VACCINE PATENT IN HIS NAME THROUGH A LOT OF WHAT IS GOING ON HERE SO THIS ISN'T REALLY AS MUCH ABOUT PROTECTING THE PEOPLE AS

076IT IS ABOUT PROMOTING THE LIE. JOSEPH GERBEL SAID, IF YOU TELL A LIE BIG ENOUGH AND KEEP REPEATING IT PEOPLE WILL COME TO BELIEVE IT. THE LIE CAN BE MAINTAINED AS LONG AS THE STATE SHIELD THE PEOPLE FROM THE POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND OR MILITARY CONSEQUENCES OF THE LIE. IT THUS BECOMES VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE STATE TO USE ALL OF ITS POWERS TO REPRESS DESCENT FOR THE TRUTH ENEMY OF THE LIE AND THUS BY EXTENSION THE TRUTH IS THE GREATEST ENEMY OF THE STATE. I JUST WANT TO PUT THE REMINDER JOSEPH GERBELS WAS THE CHIEF PROPAGANDIST FOR THE NAZI PARTY AND [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] SO, I'M URGING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO STOP THE LIE AND FOCUS ON THE LEARNING, HELP THESE KIDS CATCH UP WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT, WITH THEIR ACADEMICS, WITH THEIR SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

077THERE IS SO MUCH MORE AT RISK. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS PRESENTED AT 0.0 SOMETHING PERCENT AND THERE ARE CURES NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY APOLOGIES FOR THE NAME INCORRECTLY PRONOUNCED. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS MRS. DANIELLE MORENO. HELLO. MY NAME IS DANIELLE MORENO, A RESIDENT IN KEY WEST AND A SENIOR AT KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOMETHING THAT I HAVE WRITTEN FOR A WHILE AND IT IS SOMETHING TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT IS MUCH LARGER THEN WHAT WE REALIZE AND SOMETHING THAT ISN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT MUCH EITHER. THE ISSUE IS ONE THAT I BELIEVE SOCIETY HAS CREATED BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES. MAINLY HOW FEMALES DRESS. NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THE WAY THE 2 CHOOSE TO ADDRESS BUT HOW PEOPLE OR SOCIETY MAKES FEMALES DRESS. I BELIEVE

078SOCIETY AND SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR ENFORCE HOW GIRLS OR WOMEN DRESS WITH DRESS CODES FORCED TO DRESS OR NOT DRESS A CONCERN WAYS SO GUYS ARE NOT ATTEMPTED OR DISTRACTED BY WHAT WE WEAR. A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS HOW SOME GIRLS WEAR SHORTS KNOWN AS BOOTY SHORTS OR SHIRTS THAT SHOW CLEAVAGE. IF THE PROBLEM IS DISTRACTION I THINK GUYS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM IT. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO REACT PROPERLY. INSTEAD OF FOCUS ON FEMALES FOCUS INSTEAD ON MEN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD FEMALES T. IS SAD IF A FEMALE IS HARASSED OR ASSAULTED PEOPLE QUESTION IS WHAT WERE YOU WEARING AND DEPENDING ON YOUR RESPONSE, SORRY IT HAPPENED BUT YOU WERE ASKING FOR IT. IT IS A SADDEST THING I HAVE SEEN OR HEARD IN THE SOCIETY. ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS IS THE REACTION

079OF HOW A GIRL DRESSES ON ANY GIVEN DAY. IF THE GIRL SHOWS THEIR BODY THEN THEY ARE CALLED A SLUT OR ATTENTION WHORE, SORRY IF I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT BUT IF THEY ARE DON'T THEY ARE TOO CONSERVATIVE OR CALLED A PRUDE. THIS ISN'T WRITTEN SIMPLY TO CHANGE DRESS CODE. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR WHAT WE WEAR. I REALIZE ONE OF THE SCHOOLS INTENTIONS WITH THE DRESS CODE IS TO GET US RUDDY FOR PROFESSIONAL LIVES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT YOU ARE ALSO ENFORCING THE DRESS CODE WITH THE RATIONAL MALES ARE DISTRACTED BY WHAT WE WEAR WHICH ISN'T RIGHT. YOU TEACH MALES NEVER RESPECT WOMEN UNLESS WE DRESS PROPERLY AND THE WAY YOU DRESS DETERMINES HOW YOU ARE RESPECTED. WE CAN START WITH THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. THE KIDS

080IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL ARE THE ONES WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON TO CHANGE THE FUTURE. THIS CHANGE ON TEACHING KIDS OR JUST ANYONE IN GENERAL HOW TO RESPECT COULD GO LONG-TERM AND BIG TIME CHANGE. BY TEACHING THEM COULD SLOWLY START FIXING WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE LARGE SEGMENT OF OR SOCIETY. THIS PAST YEAR IS ROUGH FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS AND BEFORE THIS YEAR WE NEVER TALKED OR TAUGHT MENTAL HEALTH. ONCE WE DID IT HELPED A LOT OF STUDENT GO AND GET HELP. IT IS THE SAME CONCEPT WITH TEACHING STUDENT HOW TO RESPECT OTHERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN INPUT MR. CHAIRMAN. NEXT UP IS CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS LISTED AS CONSENT ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE APPROVED BY A SINGLE MOTION.

081THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION. PRIOR TO THE MEETING BOARD MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AND MAY REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE MOVED TO ACTION ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. WE HAD NO REQUESTED CHANGES SO WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. CAN WE GET A REPEAT OF WHO MADE THE MOTION AND SECOND? [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] MOVING TO REPORT SECTION. WE GOT 4 REPORTS TOO MR. CHAIRMAN. FIRST GOAL AREA 1 STUDENT SUCCESS. WE HAVE A REPORT ON THE PLAN TO SUPPORT LEARNING LOSS. I INVITE MRS. CHRISTINA MCPHERSON TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN DICK AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. BEFORE I SHARE THE FORMAL PRESENTATION I WOULD LIKE TO READ A QUICK QUOTE FROM JOHN MAXWELL BOOK, LEADER

082SHIFT WHICH IS A BOOK STUDY OF SCHOOL LEADERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THROUGH THE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] LAST WEEK WE MET WITH PRINCIPALS AND AP IN PERSON AND DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE CURRENTLY FACING. A STUDY CONDUCTED BY A ORGANIZATION CALLED THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT IDENTIFIED THE TOP 3 LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT IN THE YEARS AHEAD. FOR ONE, THE ABILITY TO MOTIVATE STAFF. 35 PERCENT. SECOND THE ABILITY TO WORK WELL ACROSS CULTURES. 34 PERCENT. AND FINALLY, THE ABILITY TO FACILITATE CHANGE, 32 PERCENT. ALL 3 OF THESE QUALITIES REQUIRE ADAPTABILITY. ADAPTABILITY, THE ABILITY TO CHANGE OR TO BE CHANGED TO FIT NEW CIRCUMSTANCES IS A CRUCIAL SKILL FOR LEADERS. FINALLY, IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A LEADER, YOU NEED TO LEARN TO BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH UNCERTAINTY AND MAKE SHIFTS CONTINUALLY. AND AS

083WE START THE PRESENTATION REGARDING MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS THROUGH CURRICULUM SUPPORTS, SOMETHING TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PRINCIPALS AND AP HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION LAST WEEK IN REGARDS TO THE KIND OF SHIFTS THEY ARE MAKING ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THE FIRST I WANT TO DISCUSS IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL VISION THAT YOU HAVE SEEN QUITE A FEW TIMES AND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SLIDES YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON A LOT OF THE BRIDGE ITEMS THAT SUPERINTENDANT AXFORD INTRODUCED TO THE BOARD ALREADY THIS YEAR. WE ARE VERY PROUD OUR CURRICULUM TEAM AND DISTRICT SUPPORT TEAM MEMBERS HAS SPENT 211 SCHOOL VISITS IN SEPTEMBER AND CLASSROOMS AND IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS. THIS IS AN ENDEAVOR WE ARE CHARGING OUR DISTRICT TEAM TO BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY. AND THEY WERE FIRST HAND

084ON THE GROUND WHEN WE HAD OUR CRISIS [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] MOST RECENTLY, SO KUDOS TO OUR DISTRICT SUPPORT TEAM. TWO ARE IN THE BACK TODAY AS WELL. THEY HAVE DONE A FABULOUS JOB SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO CONTINUE TO BE IN CLASSROOMS AND IN BUILDINGS. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DISTRICT WIDE IS A CONSISTENT PATTERN ACROSS 5 SPECIFIC GRADE LEVELS THAT ARE STRUGGLING AT THIS TIME, AND SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF DATA POINTS INCLUDING THE FSA DATA, READING AND MATH, AS WELL AS OUR LEADING STAR SCORES FOR PROGRESS MONITORING. AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT IN 5 GRADE LEVELS WE ARE STRUGGLING AND HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS. OF COURSE FIRST AND SECOND GRADE ARE A NO-BRAINER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL AT

085THIS TIME, SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. BUT 3 OTHER GRADE LEVELS WE REALLY ARE SEEING CONCERNS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ARE 7TH GRADE, 9TH GRADE, AND OUR SENIORS 12TH GRADE. WE ARE MINDFUL THAT OUR CURRENT 7TH GRADERS THE LAST NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR WAS IN FOURTH GRADE SO THEY HAVE NOT HAD A SOLID TRANSITION INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL. OUR 9TH GRADERS ALSO THEIR LAST NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR WAS 6TH GRADE, AGAIN A TRANSITION YEAR THAT WAS MISSED. SO AT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL MEETING LAST WEEK WE DISCUSSED BEST PRACTICES TO SUPPORT THESE GREAT LEVELS. PROBABLY THE ONE MOST DISCUSSED IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL 7TH GRADE. SO WHAT DISTRICT WIDE SUPPORTS ARE DOING IN SCHOOLS? OF COURSE WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SUPERINTENDANT INSTRUCTIONAL VISION AND GOALS ABUT OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM

086IS ON THE GROUND CLASSROOM WALK-THROUGH'S AND PROVIDING COACHING. I JUST GOT DONE READING ONE NOW FROM A SCHOOL LEADER. IN ADDITION, I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDANT AXFORD AND BEVERLY ANDERS FOR THE ADVANCED FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL BEFORE SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING. WE STARTED IT MONTHS EARLIER THEN IN YEARS PAST AND SO THAT IS A FANTASTIC ENDEAVOR AND HELP TO THE SCHOOLS. AT SELECT SCHOOLS WE HAVE SATURDAY SCHOOL TO PROVIDE TUTORING ONE ON ONE. FINALLY YOU WILL HEAR THE PREPARATION FOR SAT AND ACT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS. QUESTION. YES. FOR THE PREPARATION FOR [AUDIO CUTTING IN AND OUT] PART OF IT AND DR. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] WILL SPEAK TO THAT TONIGHT AS WELL BUT ALSO FOR OUR CURRENT STUDENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO ACQUIRE GOING TO COLLEGE, IT IS FOR THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL. THANK

087YOU. IT IS FOR BOTH. SO, THE AREAS OF CHALLENGE AND FOCUS THAT PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONES YOU HEARD THE MOST ABOUT IS ATTENDANCE ISSUE AND THE QUARENTINING FOR CONTACT TRACING ABSENCES. THAT IS LESSEN WOULD THE DIRECTIVE PARENTS HAVE OPT OUT OF QUARENTINING BUT ATTENDANCE WE ARE CONCERNED. THE EL STUDENT STRUGGLING DUE TO THE LACK OF TECHNOLOGY DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE SUPPORT THEY NEEDED AS WELL AND MISSING FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS FOR THOSE IN PRIMARY GRADES. PROBABLY THE TWO MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS WE ARE CHALLENGED WITH RIGHT NOW IS SOCIAL REGRESSION WE ARE SEEING WHICH IS AT LEAST 2 YEARS AND MOST EVIDENCED BY THE BEHAVIORS WE ARE SEEING IN THE CLASSROOM AND SOCIALLY. WE ESTABLISHED A STUDENT WELLNESS SUPPORT TEAM AND WE HAVE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS JOINING THE TEAM BECAUSE ALL IS A DIRE NEED TO COME

088UP WITH SUPPORTS DISTRICT WIDE TO HELP FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMPONENT. AND THEN LASTLY, THE STUDENT AND STAFF ANXIETY. SO, ONE OF THE LEADER SHIFTS THAT WE ARE USING IS SOMETHING CALLED RELATIONSHIP MAPPING AND LINDA DIAZ PROVIDED A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY TO OUR PRINCIPALS AND MOST RECENTLY TO DR. SMEEGAL AT KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL TO IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE EVERY STUDENT BELONGS AND HAS SOME SORT OF ADULT CONNECTION WITHIN THEIR BUILDING. SO, AS WE GO FORWARD MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL HAS ALSO DONE THE SAME THING AND THEY IDENTIFIED 35 STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE A CONNECTION AND SO WE ARE REALLY USING THE RELATIONSHIP MAPPING WHICH CAME OUT OF A HARVARD STUDY TO HELP MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A CONNECTION IN MONROE COUNTY. SO, THIS SLIDE I THINK IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AND

089SPEAKS TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LAST NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR. SO, FOR A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR LAST NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR WAS 8TH GRADE SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS AND HOW IT EFFECTED OUR STUDENTS WELLBEING. SO, LOOKING AT- QUESTION FOR A SECOND. YES. WE KEEP SAYING THAT AND IT IS TECHNICALLY TRUE, BUT I HAVE A SOPHOMORE AND HE HAD A VERY NORMAL 8TH GRADE YEAR ACCEPT FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS. RIGHT, MARCH. SO, IT IS CALLING THAT YEAR ABNORMAL IS-IT WAS ABNORMAL FOR A FEW MONTHS. WELL, I THINK YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT STUDIES WHAT THEY ARE FINDING IS THAT THE RESULT OF HAVING A COUNTRY IN QUARENTINE IS WHAT THE FACTOR OF HOW IT IMPACTED THEIR LAST-WE WENT OUT

090ON SPRING BREAK AND THEN THEY WERE AT HOME PERMANENTLY. OKAY, THANK YOU. POINT WELL TAKEN. SO, AS WE ARE LOOKING AT CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL THERE IS SIGNIFICANT NEED AND WILL ONLY SPOTLIGHT THE SCHOOL SPECIFIC STRATEGIES UTILIZED SPECIFIC TO THEIR BUILDINGS. ALL 9TH GRADE STUDENT ARE SCHEDULED TO A FRESHMAN SEMINAR, AVID COURSE OR INTENSIVE READING CLASS AND THAT IS PARENT AND STUDENT CHOICE THEY ARE SCHEDULED INTO THAT. ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICE AT THE PRINCIPAL MEETING LAST WEEK IS PRINCIPAL [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] WHO SHARED THE SHARING OF THE FAVORITE CLASSROOM MOMENT AND SHARING THE AH-HAH MOMENTS NOT ONLY WITH TEACHERS BUT WITH THE STUDENTS AND CELEBRATING THOSE FAVORITE CLASSROOM MOMENTS HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH MORALE. FINALLY THANKFULLY TO THE BOARD AND TO SUPERINTENDANT AXFORD AND BEV, THE GRADUATION COACHES PLACED IN EACH OF OUR THREE

091HIGH SCHOOLS WHICH ARE UTILIZING UTILITY WARNING SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS AT RISK FROM NOT GRADUATING. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SURE. THESE ARE ALL STRATEGIES FOR THE STUDENT SHOWING UP AT SCHOOL, WHAT IS THE STRATEGY TO GET THE KIDS NOT COMING TO SCHOOL BACK TO SCHOOL? MIKE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] PREPARED A CHRONIC ABSENTEE REPORT AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED THOSE ABSENTEE REPORTS TO BUILDINGS SO WE ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, OUR-THE ATTENDANCE CLERK AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ASSISTANT HAS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT SHOWING UP AND WE ARE STARTING TO UTILIZE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A WELFARE CHECK THROUGH NOT ONLY CITY KEY WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT THERE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AS WELL BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT IS GOING BACK TO THAT ATTENDANCE PIECE THAT THERE ARE QUITE A

092LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT COMING. FOR VARIOUS REASONS. SO, IT IS--TAKING THE PERSONAL PHONE CALL APPROACH AND ADMINISTRATORS MEETING WHEN PARENT CONFERENCES IS HOW WE ARE CURRENTLY ADDRESSING IT. AT GEROLD ADAMS YOU NOTICE THE YOUNGER GRADES AND 4TH AND 5TH GRADE. ONE OF THE SPECIFIC AREAS AND STRATEGIES THAT IS PARTICULAR TO A EXCELLENT STRATEGY FOR GEROLD ADAMS IS COTEACHING MODEL FOR ESE AND EL CLASSROOMS. SHE ALSO HAS A ROBUST 21 CENTURY PROGRAM AS WELL AND FINALLY UTILIZED DISTRICT SUPPORT OF ROB TAYLOR WHO IS HERE AS WELL TO IMPROVE THE INTERVENTION SUPPORT IN THE CLASSROOM. ALL OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] TO ASSIST WITH SUPPORT. HORACE O'BRYANT. YOU SEE AGAIN THE AREAS AND GRADE LEVELS IDENTIFIED BUT THEY ARE USING JOHN HADY VISIBLE LEARNING STRATEGY WHICH IS POSTING LEARNING GOALS AND SCALES. COOPERATIVE

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

094AVID PROGRAM. KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL DR. SMEEGAL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. I THINK HE IS RUNNING SEVERAL MARATHONS SO FAR AND YOU WILL SEE HIM SPEAK AND NOT GOING TO STEAL HIS THUNDER BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE 9TH GRADE TEACHERS AND USING A TEAM APPROACH FOR THE SAT PREP AND READING STRATEGIES, SO I'M GOING TO ALLOW TO SHARE THAT ARE DOING DIFFERENTLY IN ALGEBRA WITH THE MATH MANIPULATIVES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. MARATHON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL IT COVERS THE GAMUT. THEY ARE UTILIZING THE AVID POPULAR WICKER STRATEGY WHICH IS WRITING, INQUIRY, COLLABORATION, ORGANIZATION AND READING THROUGHOUT THEIR CLASSROOMS. THEY HAVE STARTED THE DOLPHIN PRIDE AWARDS TO CELEBRATE THE PBIS STRATEGY AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE ADDITION OF TREVOR TYLER TO THE MHS TEAM AS LIZ LOGAN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. MOVING

095UP THE KEYS PLANTATION IS UTILIZING INTENTIONAL VISIBLE LEARNING STRATEGIES DISCUSSED EARLY AND UTILIZING THE CLASSROOM CHAMPIONS WITH THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES SPEAKING TO OUR STUDENTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. LISA TAYLOR AND [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] FAVORITE ACTIVITY IS WHEN THE PROUD PANTHERS SPEND THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE FOR THE STUDENT TO WIN PRICES FOR VARIOUS RECOGNITION. WE HAVE MRS. WHITEHEAD BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] SUPPORTING THE COTEACHING AND COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS DISCUSSIONS AND SHE WILL SHEER TOO ABOUT THE USE OF PELICAN PREP TIME FOR INTERVENTIONS AND ARE THEIR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. STANLEY SWITLICK, MRS. PAUL AND MRS. ADAMS HAVE A TEACH APPROACH AND CREATED A WE SWIM TOGETHER SCHOOL GOALS INFO GRAPHIC TO HIGHLIGHT THE STRATEGY TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT, ACCESS TO RIGOR AND USE OF LEARNING GOALS AND SCALES TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL BRIDGE FOCUS. AND FINALLY, NOT

096LEAVING OUT SUGARLOAF, FOCUSED ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. USING STRATEGY CAN LEAD AT SUGARLOAF AND TACKLING PBIS STRATEGY TO REENERGIZE. FINALLY, WE ARE PLEASED THAT TONIGHT YOU GET TO SEE THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS AND WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRESENTATION OF PLANS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN YEARS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE SCHOOL TEAMS, SAC AND BUILDING LEVEL TEAMS THAT HELPED TO WRITE THOSE PLANS. ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT SATURDAY SCHOOL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YES. SO, I'LL GIVE YOU KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AND HOB THEY DEFINITELY OFFER SATURDAY SCHOOL. SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE FOR DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES, BUT IT IS ALSO TWO FOLD, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE TUTORING SO EVERYONE GOING TO SATURDAY SCHOOL WHETHER HOB OR KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL, THEY RECEIVE SMALL

097GROUP INSTRUCTION FOR TWO HOURS FROM 9 TO 11, IT IS OPTIONAL. YOU CAN OPT IN TO GO IN TO RECEIVE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. IT IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY AND IT IS FREE TO PARENTS. SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET OTHER SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. IT IS A GREAT TOOL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THANK YOU. DO ALL SCHOOLS DO THE RELATIONSHIP MAPPING OR JUST MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL? WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO IT, AND I RECEIVED SOME TEXT AND E-MAILS THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. THEY ARE ALSO I BELIEVE MRS. WHITEHEAD AND KNOW MRS. SANTIAGO SO EVERYONE IS GETTING ON BOARD HOW MEANINGFUL IT IS TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A ADVOCATE. CAN WE SEE THAT DATA FROM EACH SCHOOL BECAUSE WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW IT

098IS DIFFERENT BY SCHOOL? YES. AND ALSO MAYBE THE SNAP SHOT NOW AND MAYBE ANOTHER IN THE FUTURE TO SEE IF THE NUMBER IS GOING DOWN. SURE, WE CAN DO THAT. IT IS SOMETHING I STRESS WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND AP. THEY NEED TO DO THE RELATIONSHIP MAPPING WITH STUDENT BUT ALSO NEED TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION TO THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINE AND MAKE SURE EACH OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAS SOME SORT OF CONNECTION AND SOMEBODY THEY CAN GO TO IF THEY NEED SUPPORT AND HELP. MICROPHONE, PLEASE. CAN YOU TRY TO ACTIVATE THE CHAIRMAN'S MICROPHONE? [AUDIO CUTTING IN AND OUT] THERE WE GO. NOW THEY BOTH WORK. I CAN TALK ON BOTH OF THEM. I SPOKE TO YOU BEFORE AND I THINK PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT

099IS UP AGAINST, WHAT OUR STAFF IS REALLY DOING. HOW HARD THEY ARE WORKING AND BESIDES ALL THIS WITH THE COVID AND BEHIND, THIS DISTRICT THIS YEAR AND OUR STAFF IS PUTTING UP WITH IT AND DOING IT AND DOING THE BEST THEY CAN BUT IT WILL EFFECT THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TAKEN IN ELL FOREIGN STUDENTS FROM 29 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE COME FROM COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS NO-HAVEN'T HAD MUCH FORMAL EDUCATION AND THEY ARE PUT INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND WE ARE ASKING A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS. WE ARE ASKING A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS, THE ADMINISTRATOR-JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 219 FOREIGN STUDENT THAT CAME INTO THE DISTRICT SO FAR THIS YEAR AND WILL BE MORE COMING. WE HAVE THEM FROM THIS YOU NEED TO KNOW, [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS]

100[NAMING COUNTRIES] ALL THOSE COUNTRIES, 29 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WITH 219 PEOPLE SO ON TOP OF ALL THE WORK WE ASK TEACHERS AND STAFF TO DO THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH 219 PEOPLE MANY IN THE DISTRICT CAN'T TALK THE LANGUAGE THEY HAVE. THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY TIMES AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF OUR STAFF AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THIS WILL EFFECT THE ELL, IT WILL EFFECT OUR SCHOOL SCORE AND WE GOT FAR MORE COMING. I FEEL FOR THESE PEOPLE. THESE KIDS NEED A EDUCATION AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE PUTTING SOME HARDSHIP ON OUR STAFF. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MR. DICK OF THE RECOGNITION OF THE HARD WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WITH THE SUPPORT STAFF. A LOT OF EFFORT PUT

101FORTH TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS BUT WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE ALSO FROM GOAL AREA 2. THIS IS THE WHOLE CHILD. WE GOT DR. MURPHY AND MRS. MCPHERSON WILL LEAD THROUGH THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THOSE PLANS WILL STAR DR. SMEEGAL AND MRS. WHITEHEAD. ALL THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ARE UP FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. JUST TO ECHO WHAT MRS. MCPHERSON SAID, THIS IS THE EARLIER WE BROUGHT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FORWARD. THAT IS A CREDIT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR AMALGAMATING THE DATA FASTER SO THE DATA ANALYSIS GETS DONE A LITTLE BETTER. A LITTLE LATER THIS YEAR THEN IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE WE TESTED WELL INTO JUNE IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DATA BUT STAFF DID AMAZING JOB. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO

102INTRODUCE MRS. WHITEHEAD. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CHAIRMAN DICK. MY NAME IS TERRA WHITEHEAD. I ALSO HAVE WITH ME REBECCA [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] OUR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. WE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH-I FORGOT TO HIT IT--WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITH YOU. OUR FOCUS AS MR. MCPHERSON SPOKE IS MITIGATING THE LEARNING LOSS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND WE DO THAT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. OF COURSE BY BUILDING LEADERS EVERY DAY AND THEN OUR VISION TO BUILD LEADERS FOR LIFE. SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION AND I KNOW I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME OR WRIT LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE JOURNEY WITH THERE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE BEGAN JULY 30 AT THE MANUFACTURING DAY WHERE WE GOT TO

103SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA WE ALREADY HAD. AND DURING THAT TIME WE FELT THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST SPENT TIME IN JULY ON THAT LAST DAY BEFORE WE WENT INTO OUR AUGUST 1 SCHOOL YEAR, SO THAT WAS VERY VALUABLE TO US. WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT OUR DATA AND ALSO THE DEMOGRAPHICS WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'LL REFER BACK AS YOU JUST REFERRED TO THE NUMBER OF ELL STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY AND FIRST HAND SAW EVERY SINGLE PARENT THAT CAME TO ENROLL THEIR CHILD AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT 98 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE COMING TO ENROLL WERE ELL STUDENTS, SO IT WAS A VERY

104EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THAT I TRULY FELT LIKE I COULD NOT COMMUNICATE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE MANY EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES WE ARE USING, BASED OFF OF OF COURSE MRS. AXFORDS INFO GRAPHIC WE SHOWED WITH THE BRIDGE, TONIGHT WE WILL FOCUS ON TWO GOALS AND OF COURSE TWO SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK OF COURSE AT OUR SCHOOL DATA. SO, HERE YOU SEE AND I PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE EL ACHIEVEMENT. I WILL SAY WE HAD DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US AND THANKFULLY IT WAS PRESENTED TO US BY DR. MURPHY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK OFF BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN CHECKING BACK INTO THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS TO SEE WHEN THE DATA WOULD POPULATE FROM THE

105STATE. LOW AND BEHOLD, THE LEFT HAND COLUMN FOR 2021 POPULATED AFTER WE HAD DISCUSSION WHERE WE WERE GOING AND SO REALLY IT STAYED IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WERE FOCUS ON. YOU WILL SEE IN 2018 OUR ELA ACHIEVEMENT. OF COURSE FROM 18 TO 19 HAD INCREASED THEN OF COURSE WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THINGS THAT BROUGHT THAT ABOUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE DATA FOR 2020 BUT IN 2021 WE SEE THAT IT DID DECREASE. 58 PERCENT, 57 AND THEN OUR LOW 25 PERCENTILE TO 24 PERCENT. ESO, THIS WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT. SO, AGAIN LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS THAT WERE ENROLLING. RIGHT NOW--I SAT DOWN THE OTHER DAY AND DO WANT TO SAY THE PLT TEAM THAT WE HAVE AND OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS EFFORT IN COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT

106STRATEGIES AND WAYS TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS AND AGAIN, ALL STUDENTS. EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE ELL SUBGROUPS. THIS IS PRETTY IMPORTANT INFORMATION I THINK THAT IS GOOD TO SHARE WHEN WE CAME ABOUT THIS. 61 PERCENT OF OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS ARE ELL LANGUAGE LEARNERS. 61 PERCENT. SO, THE THOUGHT THERE OVER HALF OF OUR STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH COMING IN WITH THOSE READING SKILLS OF PHONICS AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. 33 PERCENT OF OUR FIRST GRADE ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNS. 28 PERCENT OF SECOND GRADE. AS IT MOVE SYNCHRONIZE TO THIRD GRADE WE SEE A DROP BUT 4TH GRADE THIS YEAR 35 PERCENT OF OUR 4TH GRADE GROUP ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THEY ARE ALL VERY VERY VERY I WOULD SAY JUST WANTING TO BE THERE

107AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND THAT IS TRYING TO LEARN AND THEY ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR DATA HERE AND WE SEE OF COURSE OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. I THINK SOMETHING TO POINT OUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS YOU DO SEE 38, 38 PERCENT IN ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL BUT 43 PERCENT FOR 2021. THAT IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AND I WILL SAY THIS IS WHY THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS GO BACK TO TO REFLECT ON ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BECAUSE THAT NUMBER POPPED UP AND I SAID, OH, MY, OUR GOAL IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE OFF, SO AFTER THIS I SPOKE WITH MRS. MCPHERSON AND SHE SAID GO WITH IT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD AT THE TIME AND TELLS WHERE YOU NEED TO

108GO. SOMETHING TO NOTE, WE WILL CONTINUE FOCUSING ON THIS AS OUR GOAL BECAUSE WE HAVE 18 PERCENT, 18 PERCENT WITH OUR LOWEST 25 OF OUR ELL SUBGROUP FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. AS YOU CAN SEE THAT DROPPED TREMENDOUSLY. SO, THAT OF COURSE WAS THE BUILD UP TO OUR GOAL AND AGAIN OUR GOAL PREVIOUS TO RECEIVING THAT DATA WAS BY MAY 2022 GRADES THROUGH-5ELA ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE EL SUBGROUP INCREASE FROM 37 TO 42 BY SCORING A LEVEL 3 OR HIGHER. THIS YEAR, THE EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGY THAT WE ARE USING IS THE CO-TEACH MODEL SO WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE PUSHING INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE TEACHER IN THAT CLASSROOM TO USE STRATEGIES TO USE SMALL GROUPS, PELL PELICAN PREP IS A EXAMPLE BUT THOSE TEACHERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO GIVE EVERY STUDENT

109IN THE CLASS AND ESPECIALLY THE ELL STUDENT THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE. THAT IS OF COURSE THE STRATEGY WE ARE FOCUS ON IN THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THIS YEAR. SO, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG I TALKED SO WILL TURN IT OVER TO [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] SHE WAS INFLUENTIAL IN DEVELOPING OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GOAL BASED OFF OF SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED FROM LAST YEAR SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING AT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. LAST YEAR WE USED THE COVITALITY IN THE DISTRICT AND IT WAS FOR 4TH GRADERS THROUGH 12TH GRADERS WHERE THEY ANSWERED A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SURVEY. WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE TIER 1, WHICH IS THAT'S JUST YOUR AVERAGE ORDINARY KID IN THE CLASSROOM AND WE BROKE DOWN OUR DATA AND WE SAW 64 PERCENT OF OUR

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

111BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF YOU HEARD ABOUT ZEST AND DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW AND GENTLEMEN KNOW WHAT ZEST MEANT BUT IT WAS THE CHILDREN ENJOYMENT AND BEING IN SCHOOL. THEY WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE, THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING AND SO ONE THE BIG THINGS IS COLLABORATIVE WHERE THEY COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER AND THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER AND WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT MORE THIS YEAR. THAT IS IS A AVID STRATEGY AND WE HAVE PICTURES HERE OF THAT- I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IF I COULD. SURE. WHERE ARE THE 2% STUDENT THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 3 TIERS? ARE THEY EXCLUDED FOR A REASON? ARE THEY KIDS WITH ISSUES? THE OUTLIER STUDENT? SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS EITHER DIDN'T TAKE THE SURVEY FOR WHATEVER REASON. WE HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT WERE

112ON-THEY ALSO BROUGHT IN ACADEMICS AND ATTENDANCE TOGETHER WITH THE SEL SO WE ARE ABLE TO MANIPULATE THE DATA AND LOOK AT STUDENTS NOT JUST SEPARATELY LIKE ISOLATED BUT ALL TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT IS EFFECTING THEM. AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL ARE YOU SEEING THE SAME TYPE OF ATTENDANCE ISSUE WE SEE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL? WE ARE. WE ARE SEEING SOME ATTENDANCE, BUT IT IS-SINCE I DEALT WITH ATTENDANCE FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS IT IS A LITTLE MORE ELEVATED THEN IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST, AND WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN A LOT OF QUARENTINE BUT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ATTENTION WISE OF LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE A LOT OF UNEXCUSED ABSENCES, AND FOCUSED ON WHY THAT IS HAPPENING, AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FAMILIES TO SEE. WE ALREADY SENT A ROUND OF

113LETTERS OUT AND A LOT OF PARENTS HAD NOT COMMUNICATED WITH THE SCHOOL. HADN'T BROUGHT THE DOCTOR NOTES IN SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. SO YOU THINK IT ISN'T THEY ARE UNEXCUSED IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT FOR COVID OR SOME OTHER SITUATION OR POSSIBLY MISSING BECAUSE THEY LEFT THE DISTRICT? DO WE KNOW- WHY THEY ARE OUT? WELL, THERE IS STILL UNEXCUSED ABSENCE BUT AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF LETTERS GET PARENT CALL BACK AND SAY AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT PERCEPTION BECAUSE OF COVID THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO COMMUNICATE LIKE IN YEARS PAST SENDING IN A NOTE SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND SAY NO, WE DO NEED FOR YOU TO CALL THE SCHOOL, WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE A NOTE. WE DO NEED THE COMMUNICATION. I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE MISPERCEPTION

114WITH SOME FAMILIES WITH THAT. THANK YOU. SURE. CAN I ASK A COUPLE? SO, THE SCHOOL DATA, IS THAT A COMBINATION OF MEASURES AND K-5 OR 3 TO 5 FSA? SO, THE SCHOOL DATA WE SHARED WITH YOU TODAY IS-YOU HAVE TO THINK BECAUSE WITH 2020 AND I HAVE HAD TO PROCESS THIS MANY TIMES TO GET THIS RIGHT, WITH NOT HAVING DATA IN 2020 WE ARE LOOKING NOW AT OUR THIRD GRADERS-THIRD GRADE DATA FOR THE 5TH GRADE STUDENTS AND SO THE SAMPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS BASED OFF OF OUR 5TH GRADE STUDENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT BECAUSE OF THAT DATA. A LOT WAS RIDING ON OUR 5TH GRADE STUDENT LAT YEAST. IT IS JUST ONE GRADE LEVEL FOR THE SCHOOL DATA? CORRECT. THE BOTTOM QUARTILE WHERE YOU HAVE THE DROP IN 62 TO 60 PERCENT,

115HOW MANY CHILDREN IS THAT? WHICH ARE YOU LOOKING AT? ON THE SCHOOL DATA PAGE, ON [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] YOU WENT 62 PERCENT TO 24 PERCENT OF THE BOTTOM QUARTILE, HOW MANY STUDENTS IS THAT? I HOPE I ANSWER THIS RIGHT FOR YOU. SO, I THINK IF WE HAVE 5 GRADERS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT LET'S SAY APPROXIMATELY 83 STUDENTS, SO IF WE ARE LOOKING AT 25 PERCENT OF THOSE 83 STUDENTS WE ARE LOOKING AROUND 10, 12 STUDENT. YOU ARE TESTING MY MATH SKILLS BUT I THINK I GOT THAT. WE ARE LOOKING AT A VERY SMALL SAMPLE AND INTERESTING YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE DATA WAS WE ARE LOOKING AT A VERY SMALL SAMPLE OF STUDENTS. AM I CORRECT DR. MURPHY? THANK YOU. A VERY SMALL SAMPLE

116OF STUDENTS, SO IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING THIS YEAR NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME DATA BASED OFF LAST YEAR TO MEASURE ABLE TO MEASURE WHERE WE ARE AT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO THAT THE PROGRESS MONITORING THAT WE WERE GIVING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS ALSO ONE OF OUR MEASURES THAT WE LOOK AT. THAT IS SOMETHING TOO THAT WE CAN BASE SOME OUR DECISIONS ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT IS HARD ENOUGH WITH LONGITUDINAL DATA BUT WHEN YOU MISS A YEAR AND THEN JUST GET THE ONE GRADE IT REALLY MAKES IT TOUGH TO EVALUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. I AGREE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BASED OFF THAT? DO YOU THINK AT ANY POINT THAT THERE MIGHT BE TOO MANY SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SURVEYS? MY OPINION? YEAH. YOU KNOW, I FIND MYSELF

117GIVING A SURVEY ONCE IN A WHILE. I NEED INFO. I NEED DATA. I NEED SOMEBODY'S-I NEED TO KNOW. I DO A LOT OF WALKING AROUND AND TALKING TO STUDENTS, TO TEACHERS, BUT SURVEYS ARE A EASY WAY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I TYPICALLY HAVE A PRETTY POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON THINGS AND I HOPE FOR THE BEST AND I TRY-I THINK WE TRY TO PASS THAT INFORMATION ON FOR SURVEYS IN A STRESS FREEWAY TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO SUPPORT. I DON'T KNOW. IT IS A GOOD QUESTION, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT-NOT SURE. I WILL SAY BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT MY 28 YEAR IN EDUCATION IN VARIOUS PLACES NOT HERE IN MONROE COUNTY,

118WASN'T THAT FORTUNATE, BUT THE THING ABOUT THE SURVEYS IS WE ARE DOING THEM TWICE A YEAR, SO WE ARE NOT-IT ISN'T EVERY MONTH. THE OTHER THING TOO, WE ARE FINDING A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE BEING SUPPORTED. THEY ARE IN THE ELL CLASS, THE ESE CLASS, THEY ARE RECEIVING SERVICES, THEY ARE TIER 2 WITH ME, BUT WE HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH LIKE TWO STUDENTS LAST YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS. THAT THE TEACHERS DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNTOWARD BUT THEY PINGED ON THE SURVEY. IT WAS LIKE, HUH. OKAY. AND TAKING THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DO, WE DONT SET OUR HAIR ON FIRE AND GO OH MY GOSH THERE ARE 37 KIDS IN TIER, 3 WE TALK TO THE TEACHERS AND SAY THESE ARE THE KIDS IN YOUR GRADE

119LEVEL, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? DO YOU-AND WE WORK WITH THOSE STUDENTS. AND IT IS NOT INTENSIVE, WE DON'T TRY TO MAKE IT A INTENSIVE THING WHERE THE STUDENTS FEEL A LOT OF PRESSURE. JUST GOING BACK TO THAT, I THINK TOO AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS A STAFF AND AS A BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAM IS WITH THOSE SURVEYS SOMETIMES IT IS HOW ADULTS COME INTO IT WITH THEIR OWN STRESSES AND THEIR OWN PERCEPTIONS SO MAKING SURE WE ARE NOT PUSHING THAT ON THE STUDENTS AND ALLOWING THEM TO ANSWER FREELY AND COMFORTABLY. JUST TO FINISH UP, AND LOOKING AT THE COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS, HOW WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS THROUGH THIS IS THE FIRST GOAL WHICH IS OUR ELA WITH ELL LEARNERS IS BY CREATING A MASTER SCHEDULE THAT FITS THOSE NEEDS. ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ARE

120DOING WITH OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT. COMMON PLANNING WITH THE EL TEACHERS, THE SUPPORTERS THE PARAPROFESSIONALS. IT IS ALL HANDS ON DECK RIGHT NOW SO I HAVE TO SAY KUDOS TO THE ENTIRE STAFF BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A PART IN THIS AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PLT TEAM AND THEN REFLECTION AND FOR GOAL 2, WAS USING THE WALK-THROUGH TOOL AND HAVING THOSE NOT ONLY THOSE COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS LOOKING AT THEM WITH THE STUDENTS BUT ALSO THE TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGAIN THE LAST COMPONENT AND I UNDERLINE THAT BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT THE REFLECTION PIECE. WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT IS NOT, LET'S ASSESS AND GET BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE CONSISTENT HAVE BEEN DOING AND AS WE SPOKE WITH OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THIS IS THIS YEAR'S BUT THIS COULD AGAIN BE NEXT YEAR'S AND

121WE MIGHT JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT STRATEGY IF SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING. WE EXCITED. WE ARE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE SUPPORT ING PLACE RIGHT NOW AND COULD BE LOOKING FOR MORE SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR ELL STUDENTS SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE APPRECIATE IT. IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING GOING ON, ARE YOU GETTING A FEEL FOR HOW THE TEACHERS ARE DOING AS WELL? ARE YOU GETTING ANXIETY AND STRESS AND COMPLAINTS? IS THERE ANYTHING ADDRESSING ISSUES TEACHERS ARE HAVING BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE NOT JUST TEACHING, THEY ARE TEACHING THEIR GRADE AND 2, MAYBE 3 GRADES BEFORE FOR SOME KIDS, MAYBE MORE. THAT'S GOT TO BE TOUCH. ABSOLUTELY, AND TODAY WE HAD THE-WE SAT DOWN WITH AARON WILLIAMS AND WE ACTUALLY WENT OVER OUR PANORAMA RESULTS BASED OFF

122THE SURVEY OF THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE WHERE OUR TEACHERS ARE AT. BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA WHERE OUR TEACHERS ARE AT. BUT ALSO WALKING AROUND TALKING WITH THE TEACHERS. WE SPOKE ABOUT IT BEFORE, IT IS ALWAYS-YOU ALWAYS FEEL YOU ARE 2, 3, 4 STEPS BEHIND. YOU ALWAYS ARE YOU WORST PUTTING THE STRESS ON YOURSELF AS A TEACHER AND SO WE HOPE THAT WE CAN JUST PROVIDE THE TEACHERS WITH THAT SUPPORT TO GET THEM THROUGH THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE STRESSES ARE THERE. BUT, THE VIBE IS GOOD. I KNOW WE STILL HAVE STRESSES AND KNOW WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON BUT THE TEACHERS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I HOPE THEY KNOW THEY ARE SUPPORTED AND WE FEEL THIS WAY.

123YEP. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) THANK YOU. VERY WELL DONE AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS. BEFORE I CALL DR. SMEEGAL UP A COUPLE MORE KUDOS. KUDOS TO OUR STAFF. BUILDING STAFF LEADERSHIP TEAM PRINCIPALS, FOR BUY INTO NOT ONLY THE IDEA GETTING THE DATA OUT THERE AND PLANS PUT TOGETHER BUT THE MIND SET OF THE PLAN. THERE ARE YEARS IN THE YEAR WHERE THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS EVERYTHING YOU DID LAST YOU SAY YOU DO IT AND CHANGE THINGS EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT 5 YEARS AND PUT IT ON A SHELF, TURN IN THE PLAN AND GOOD TO GO. THE MIND SET OF ACTION RESEARCH OR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IS FIND THINGS SPECIFIC ACTIONABLE MEASURED AND SEE WHETHER IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN THE SCHOOL. KUDOS TO SUPERINTENDANT IN A MEETING

124WITH A SCHOOL YESTERDAY. BASICALLY SAID THE SAME THING AND THEN SAID EVEN IF IT DOESN'T WORK AT LEAST YOU TRACKED IT AND LOOKED AND YOU HAVE TAKEN A RESEARCH BASED METHOD IN IMPLEMENTING TO YOUR SCHOOL. COTEACH METHOD VERY SPECIFIC VERY EASY TO MEASURE, SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS, WORK WITH THE STAFF, COME UP WITH A WALK THROUGH DOCUMENT, VERY SPECIFIC AND SHOULD HAVE AIM PACT. IT USUALLY DOES. NOW TRANSITION TO KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL DR. SMEEGAL LEFT POINSETTIA AND TOOK ON THE MOST CHALLENGING SCHOOL BY SCOPE AND SCALE AND AGE GROUP IN THE DISTRICT AND I CAN TELL YOU I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS OF HIS PLAN BECAUSE HE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH IT, BUT THINK OF THE CHALLENGE OF A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ARE A GROUP OF 12 GRADE THAT LOST

125THE TAIL END OF 10 GRADE YEAR WITH NO OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A GRADUATION TEST, DISRUPTED EDUCATION IN 11TH YEAR AND NOW WE WANT THEM TO CROSS THE STAGE IN MAY. HE'S GOT SPECIFICS HE'LL TALK ABOUT TRYING TO GET THAT DONE. DR. SMEEGAL. GOOD EVENING. AS IF WHAT CHRIS SAID THIS EVENING WAS NOT STRESSFUL ENOUGH BEFORE I CAME UP HERE, I WON'T REPEAT IT BECAUSE I KNOW I'M ON RECORD BUT DR. MURPHY YOU JUST MADE MY HEART BEAT A LOT FASTER. WE ARE KEY WEST HIGH AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SAY SINCE I GOT THERE IN JULY IS STRONG AND HOPE IN ADVANCE THAT CAME OUT CORRECTLY. WE ARE 1313 STUDENTS STRONG. WE ARE OVER A 120 STAFF STRONG. I WILL STAND HERE TODAY BY MYSELF PRESENTING THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BUT WE ARE WORKING

126HARD TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THIS SCHOOL YEAR. HAVE WE DONE IT YET HUNDRED PERCENT? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID WE DID. OUR JOB AS EDUCATORS AND LEADERS IS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND TO WORK HARD TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS. THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR YOUTH TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS CHILDREN NEVER HAD TO IMAGINE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO MEET WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS OFFICERS, 9-12 GRADE. WHAT THEY SAID WAS-THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO COME OUT THAT WAY. IT WAS INS OPERATIONAL. I HAD A GROUP OF JUNIORS SAY, ADULTS TODAY ARE RESPONDING SO MUCH TIME FOCUSING ON BUILDING US BETTER FUTURE. WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB BUILDING US NOW AND THAT IS

127WHAT WE HOPE TO DO. AS CHAIRMAN DICK MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL IS ALSO NOTICING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN EL STUDENTS. THIS YEAR WE HAVE RECEIVED 30 NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 30 NEW STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH AS DIFFERENT LEVELS. 19 OF THOSE STUDENTS ENTERED OUR SCHOOL AS SOPHOMORES, ROUGHLY 63 PERCENT. 80 PERCENT OF THE EL LEARNERS THIS YEAR ARE NON ENGLISH SPEAKERS. AS SAID EARLIER, OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET NOT ONLY THE ACADEMIC NEEDS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR KIDS SO THAT WE CAN BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND SO WE CAN EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS. OUR MISSION AT KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL IS MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL AND PREPARE KIDS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND ALL SORTS OF THE BEING. WHEN WE LOOKED AT

128OUR DATA AND AS MRS. WHITEHEAD SAID EARLIER, IT IS HARD TO COMPARE THE DATA BECAUSE WE ARE NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. WE ARE COMPARING AS THE BOARD MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING APPLES TO ORANGES. LAST YEAR DATA FOR OUR ELA9TH GRADE WENT DOWN. THE RED INDICATES DECREASE AND A GREEN REPRESENTS INCREASE. SO YOU NOTICE OUR 9TH GRADE ELA WENT DOWN, 10TH WENT UP, BIOLOGY WENT UP, OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT DEP IS ALGEBRA 1, GEOMETRY WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST DECREASE AT 19 PERCENT AND THEN WE WENT UP IN U.S. HISTORY. BASED ON THE DATA AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDANT [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] ALLOWING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TIME OVER THE SUMMER TO LOOK AT THE DATA TO ANALYZE WEAKNESSES AND SET OUT A GOAL. WE QUICKLY IDENTIFIED THAT 106 SENIORS WERE NOT ON PATH TO

129GRADUATE THIS SCHOOL YEAR. WE TALKED AS A SCHOOL TEAM THE NEED TO REENGAGE KIDS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. WE TALKED ABOUT RESHAPING EDUCATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOUTH TODAY. I'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS NUMBER FROM 106 WENT UP AND AS OF TODAY THAT NUMBER IS 109. MY POINT IN THAT SAYING THAT TO YOU THIS EVENING IS THAT THIS NUMBER IS CONSTANTLY FLUID. WE HAVE NEW KIDS COMING IN AND NEW TIERS TO MEET. 37.2 PERCENT OF OUR GRADUATING CLASS THIS YEAR OUT OF 293 KIDS ARE AT RISK. WE HAVE TAKEN THE SENIORS AND PUT THEM INTO 3 TIERS, TIER A, B, AND C. THESE ARE TIERS ARE OUTLINED BY THE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] STATUS, SOME ELIGIBLE FOR WAVERS. EL STATUS. FSA [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] TRUANCY RATE AND LOW GPA. WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW 109 SENIORS.

130THE STUDENTS YOU SAW EARLIER TODAY, IT WAS THEIR IDEA. THEY THOUGHT OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT MRS. AXFORD SAID LAST YEAR. HOW DO WE GROW THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES? IT IS A OPPORTUNITY. THESE TWO STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER AND PRESENTED AN IDEA THAT MOTIVATED ME AND THE STAFF AND THEY SAID WHY DON'T WE CREATE A TUTORING PROGRAM AFTER SCHOOL TO ENGAGE KIDS TO CLOSE THE GAP. OUR TEACHERS DID AN AMAZING JOB OVER THE SUMMER WITH MRS. MCPHERSON'S PLAN FOR SUM SCHOOL. WE HAD A LOT OF CREDITS RECOVERED. A LOT OF STUDENTS MOVED CLOSER TO THE TRAJECTORY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION BUT THAT NUMBER OF 109 IS STILL ALARMING. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. WE STARTED THE TUTORING, WE STARTING THE DISTRICT TUTORING.

131THE SATURDAY OPPORTUNITY. BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH KIDS. WE WENT THROUGH THE BUILDING CAPACITY AND IDENTIFIED STUDENTS TO TRY TO BUILD A BETTER RELATIONSHIP. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE KIDS NOT COMING TO SCHOOL. WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE NOT COMING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH REASONS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION SO THOSE ARE THE KIDS WHO RESULTS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SOMETIMES I THINK WE LOOK AT METRIX AS OPPORTUNITY IN CREATING REINVENTING THE WHEEL BUT WHAT I TOLD MY TEACHERS WHEN THEY THOUGHT HOW TO EARN THE TWO EXTRA POINTS, WHAT I SAID IS I DON'T CARE ABOUT A 2 PAGE ESA, WHAT I CARE ABOUT IS RELATIONSHIPS. IF WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THEN WE HAVE METRIX ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WE CAN MEASURE. IMPROVEMENT IN STUDENT ABSENTEEISM. DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS EARNING F

132WAS. THAT IS TRULY THE METRIX WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT WILL SHOW THAT WE ARE CONNECTING WITH THE KIDS THAT NEEDED TO BE CONNECTED WITH AND DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THOSE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ON RISK OF NOT GRADUATING. ONE THING THAT WE DID THIS YEAR ALSO WAS STRATEGICALLY PLACED OUR STRONG TEACHERS IN THESE COURSES THE ELA COURSE. SILENT SUSTAINED READING YOU SEE ON THE POWERPOINT. WE PUT OUR STRONGER TEACHERS IN THOSE CLASSES TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP AND TO REMEDIATE THE STUDENT. WE ALSO HAD TO COME UP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE DIFFERENT THEN ELEMENTARY. THEY ENGAGE AT HIGHER LEVELS AND SAID WE DONT WANT TO ATTEND A REMEDIAL READING CLASS SO WE HAD TO BARGAIN AND NEGOTIATE AND WHEN THEY MEET THE SAT SCORE THEY GET TAKEN OUT OF THE REMEDIA COURSE AND PUT IN

133ELECTIVE OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY ENJOY THEIR SENIOR YEAR. THE WORK AHEAD IS OUR CHOICE BUT I DO BELIEVE AT KEY WEST HIGH WE HAVE THE STAFF THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND TO SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS. EARLIER TODAY YOU ASKED I THINK DR. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] ABOUT SAT OR MRS. CON. WE HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS. WE HAVE SATURDAY SAT PREP AS MRS. MCPHERSON SAID. THE STUDENTS THAT SPOKE EARLIER RALLIED TROUPES TOGETHER CURRENT STUDENTS OUR HIGHER PERFORMING AP STUDENT THAT SAID WE WANT TO TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. WE STARTED A GRADUATION TASK FORCE AND IN THE GRADUATION TASK FORCE WE PUT A STUDENT IN THERE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HEAR THE VOICE OF OUR KIDS. WHAT DO THEY THINK THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE THE GAP. THAT WAS NOT MET

134WITH EASE. WE HAD STAFF THAT SAID HOW ARE WE GOING MEET AND TALK HONESTY IF WE HAVE A KID PRESENT. IT WAS THE MOST POWERFUL GRADUATION TASK FORCE MEETING THAT I EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE ATTENDING. IT WAS MY FIRST ONE. BUT NEVER THE LESS, THE VALUE THE STUDENT ADDED TO PUSHING OUR THINKING-WE HAVE KIDS, WE HAVE CREDIT RECOVERY. FIRST AND SEVENTH PERIOD. HE SAID KIDS DON'T WANT TO COME TO FIRST PERIOD IN SENIOR YEAR. KIDS DON'T WANT TO STAY 7TH PERIOD FOR CREDIT RECOVERY. HE SAID WHY DON'T WE TAKE KIDS AND EXECUTIVE INTERNSHIPS AND PUT IN CLASSES SO THEY CAN MOTIVATE THEIR FEARS TO COMPLETE THE COURSES. WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA. HAD THAT KID NOT BEEN INVITED TO THE MEETING THAT OPPORTUNITY WOULD HAVE A BEEN A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND KIDS WOULD HAVE BEEN MISSED

135ALONG THE WAY BUT WE HAVE OTHER THINGS WE ARE WORKING AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SO I'LL SAVE THOSE FOR LATER. OUR ACTION STEPS. WE ARE LOOKING AT SILENT SUSTAINED READING DAILY. KIDS NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP A TEXTBOOK. YEARS AGO MY SON'S TEACHER GAVE HIM A ZERO BECAUSE HE DIDN'T COMPLETE THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT AND I ASKED WHY DID YOU COMPLETE IT YOU DID THE READING AND SAID DAD BECAUSE I READ FOR ENJOYMENT. THAT SHOULD BE THE PURPOSE. MOTIVATING OUR KIDS TO WANT TO READ. KEY WEST HIGH THIS YEAR WE ADDED WITH THE HELP OF DISTRICT OFFICE AND BOARD MEMBERS WE ADDED MRS. JEWEL YET IN OUR LIBRARY. THAT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS. OUR LIBRARIAN TEACHERS RESOURCE COURSES. HE PUSHES IN THE CLASSROOMS FOR OPPORTUNITY. ALLOWING JULIE YET TO WORK IN THE

136LIBRARY CREATED A LIBRARY OPEN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY SO STUDENT HAVE ACCESS TO LITERATURE. WE ALSO ARE GIVING STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL TO INTERACT WITH TEXT AND THE SAT PREP. OUR GOAL 2 IS TO INCREASE THE PASSAGE OF ALGEBRA 1. WE HAD TO LOOK AT THE STUDENT IN ALGEBRA 1 LAST YEAR THAT NEED TO RETAKE IT. WE HAD TO LOOK AT MAKING SURE WE STRATEGICALLY AS WE DID WITH THE ELA TO MAKE SURE THESE STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN CLASSROOMS WITH STRONG TEACHERS THAT CAN GET THE RESULTS THEY NEEDED TO MEET THE OPTION. WE ALSO OFFER AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING AND AS SAID EARLIER WE OFFER THE SATURDAY ACADEMY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AMY STANTON HAS BEEN THERE AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS AND TEACHING MATH THE USE OF MANIPULATIVES

137TO MAKE MATH AND LEARNING CONCEPTUAL. GOAL NUMBER 3 BECAUSE WE ARE OVER ACHIEVERS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, THIS PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST GOAL BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH ATTENDANCE AND ZEST AND ALL THOSE THINGS, OPTIMISM. WE WANT THIS YEAR WE ARE IN OUR PBIS PLANNING PHASE. OUR GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT PBIS. WE HAVE DONE THINGS SUCH AS INVITE KIDS TO THE NOT PEP RALLIES BUT THE GAMES, THEY EARN TICKETS. WE WANT KIDS TO FIND A LEVEL OF JOY WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL. WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS OUR KIDS NEED THAT THEY WILL TRULY GROW IN EVERY ASPECT BUT RELATIONSHIPS MUST COME FIRST. EXCUSE ME FOR A SECOND. ARE YOU FINDING THAT THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU ARE USING ARE HELPING THE KIDS

138THAT ARE ACTUALLY THERE ENJOY SCHOOL MORE OR IS IT ACTUALLY GETTING KIDS WHO QUIT SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL TO COME TO SCHOOL OR A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH? I WOULDN'T PUT THAT IN ANY CATEGORY BECAUSE WE ARE DOING AT KEY WEST HIGH IS LOOKING AT EVERY KID INDIVIDUALLY AND WHAT WORKS FOR ONE KID DOESN'T WORK FOR THE OTHER SO THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING AS TEAMS PUT IN PLACE PRIOR TO ME TAKING OVER, OUR TEAMS ALL MEET IN DEPARTMENTS SO THEY DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE KIDS SOCIAL EMOTIONALLY THROUGH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MRS. MCPHERSON MENTIONED AND LINDA DIAZ PROVIDED FOR STAFF. WE ARE LOOKING AT KIDS INDIVIDUALLY BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY WHAT-THERE IS IMPROVEMENT IN BEHAVE, THERE IS IMPROVEMENT IN ATTENDANCE AND OUR BIG EST CONCERN WITH ATTENDANCE IS SENIORS AND

139FRESHMAN. IF I'M A SENIOR AND FEEL I HAVE NOTHING TO WIN. IF I FEEL THE WORLD IS AGAINST ME, WHY DO I SHOW UP? KIDS HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE WINNING. THEY HAVE TO FEEL WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL THAT THEY MATTER AND ADD VALUE TO TO THE CLASSROOM AND CAMPUS. ONE THING I MENTIONED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MEETING DR. MURPHY ORGANIZE SAID MONDAYS, WHEN WE HAVE KIDS COMING TO THE OFFICE FOR ANY REASON, MOSTLY COULD BE BEHAVIORAL WE NEED TO ASK THE KIDS WHEN THEY COME DOWN, DO YOU PLAY A SPORT AND ARE YOU IN A EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITY OR CLUB BECAUSE WHERE FIND THERE IS CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENT ABSENTEEISM AND STUDENT NOT PARTICIPATING AND ENGAGE IN SCHOOL. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME AND MY TEAM IS MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE KID

140FEELS THEY ARE CONNECTED TO KEY WEST HIGH BECAUSE THEY ARE THE KEY WEST HIGH FAMILY. AND ONE THING I GUESS GOT SKIPPED ON THIS PRESENTATION I WILL MENTION, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SCHOOL DATA AND THE STATE FOR UPLOADING THE DATA A LITTLE LATE BUT GOT IT. THERE WERE 3 AREAS. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ESC, EL AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES. WE GOT SOME GAPS THERE. BASED ON PRIOR YEAR DATA. I BELIEVE DAVE IS CORRECT IF I'M WRONG, THE THRESHOLD IS 41 PERCENT AT BEST WE SCORED 38 PERCENT IN THOSE CATEGORIES. SO, WE GOT SOME WORK TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONNECTED. THE INTEREST CHALLENGE, WE GAINED 30 NEW STUDENTS, 80 PERCENT DO NOT KNOW THE LANGUAGE, SO THE GAME IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND WE HAVE CHILDREN'S LIVES IN OUR HAND SO WHEN

141WE GO TO WORK THAT MATTERS. YES, THE TEACHERS ARE TIRED, YES, THEY ARE ANGUS, THEY ARE. BUT THE TEACHERS ARE WORKING THROUGH CHALLENGES TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS. OUR KIDS ARE STRESSED OUT AND ANXIOUS. WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO SHAPE AND REENGAGE IN SCHOOL AND TALKED ABOUT THE OPENING OF THE FACULTY MEETING TO LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENTLY. I TOLD THE I THINK SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT IT BUT I FEEL TEACHERS GOT ON THE BIKE AND STARTED PEDALING. WHY? BECAUSE THEY LEARNED HOW TO PEDAL A BIKE IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. AS WE LOOK BACKWARDS WE NOTICE THE KIDS AS MRS. MCPHERSON SAID EARLIER, THEY ARE TWO YEARS BEHIND ACADEMICALLY E, SOCIALLY EMOTIONALLY SO THAT NATURALLY INCREASES STRESS. WHAT WE RESEARCHES WHAT TEACHERS WANT AND NEED. TYKE

142TO LOOK AT THE CHANGE IN EDUCATION. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING IN THE PRINCIPAL MEETINGS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS LEADERS TO GIVE TEACHERS THE TIME THEY NEED SO THEY CAN BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS. BUT ALSO FOCUSING ON FILLING THEIR OWN BUCKETS OF JOY SO WHEN THEY COME TO WORK I THINK MRS. AXFORD MENTIONED LAST YEAR, SELF EFFICACY. COLLECTIVE EFFICACY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE LEVELS ARE HIGH AND I'M HOPING WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYZE OUR SCHOOL DATA YET AS FAR AS THE STAFF SURVEY BUT I'M OKAY WITH [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] I KNOW IT ISN'T GOING LOOK GREAT BUT IT GIVES US A STARTING POINT TO MOVE FORWARD AND I BELIEVE IF WE FEED OUR TEACHERS THEY WILL FEED OUR KIDS AND EVERYONE AT KEY WEST HIGH WILL PROSPER.

143QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. VERY NICE JOB. VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL YOUR STAFF DOES. FANTASTIC. MOVING ON WITH OUR REPORTS. OUR NEXT REPORT WILL ALSO BE FROM GOAL AREA 2 THE WHOLE CHILD [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] REVIEW THE 5 YEAR WORK PLAN PRESENTED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND UP FOR APPROVAL ON THE ACTION AGENDA. MRS. ANDERS IS COMING TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIRMAN DICK AND [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] I THINK YOU ARE LISTENING REMOTELY. [DIFFICULTY HEARING SPEAKER] THIS IS A REALLY QUICK RECAP OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS THE 5 YEAR PLAN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND FLORIDA TALKING ABOUT WHAT OUR PLANS ARE GOING

144FORWARD SO WE WANT TO GO OVER THAT AGAIN WITH THE BOARD SINCE AS MENTIONED THIS IS GOING UP FOR A VOTE AND ACTION VOTE TODAY. BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR CAPITAL BUDGET TO US AND WE LOOK FOR 5 YEAR PLAN FROM THE BIGGIES, THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, INSTRUCTION, TRANSPORTATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND WE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ASSIGN THE FUNDING TO THAT AS WE LOOK AT WHAT DEBT SERVICE WE HAVE TO PAY AND WHAT OTHER COMMITMENTS WE HAVE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE BUDGETS WE HAVE THE TWO METHODOLOGIES WHICH WE SUBSCRIBE TO PAY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OR PAY AS WE GO WHICH TOMMY ROBERTS [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AND DEBT ISSUANCE AND WE JUST RECENTLY CLOSED ON OUR DEBT WE TOOK OUT FOR THE SUGARLOAF CONSTRUCTION. SO, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE

145HAVE BASICALLY RESERVED A SPOT FOR ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE 5 YEAR PLAN. OBVIOUSLY AGAIN, THE BIG ONE IS SUGARLOAF THAT IS GOING TO BE MULTIYEAR PROJECT. THAT'S GOING TO BE MAJOR RENOVATIONS, NEW BUILDINGS, NEW BUILDING FOR THAT SCHOOL. WE WILL BE STARTING TOMMY ROBERTS PROJECT HERE AND PHASING THAT THROUGHOUT 3 YEARS TO BASICALLY EXTEND HOW WE PAY FOR THAT SINCE WE ARE NOT GETTING DEBT ON THAT. WE HAVE A PLACE-HOLDER FOR CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FIELD [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] I'LL LET MR. LEFERE SPEAK WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND AS WE GO FORWARD AND LEARN MORE WE CAN IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE AS PART OF THAT. AND THEN IN THE LONG-TERM FUTURE WE ARE PUTTING A PLACE HOLDER FOR TRUMBO, NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL

146PLAY OUT BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO SET ASIDE SOME KIND OF FUNDING POTENTIALLY FOR THE DOMINO EFFECT OF MOVING OUT OF TRUMBO AND MOVE NOTHING TO OTHER AREAS. AGAIN, THAT AND CORAL SHORES ARE PLACEHOLDERS BECAUSE THE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AS FAR AS I KNOW HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO SPEND, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE BUT WE DO HAVE PLACE HOLDERS IN THE PLANS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE AS WE GO FORWARD THAT WE KEEP THOSE IN MIND AND TRY TO SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO CORAL SHORES PROJECT. WE HAVE A DRAFT SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE FOUNDERS PARK PLAN THAT WE ARE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW AND ONCE WE GET THAT FINALIZED WE'LL TALK ABOUT ENGAGING THE VILLAGE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] SO, AS I MENTIONED WE

147JUST RECENTLY CLOSED ON OUR NEW COP SO OUR DEBT HAS GONE UP SINCE THIS LAST PRESENTATION. WITH OUR NEW CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION DEBT WE ARE USING OUR HALF CENT SALES TAX FOR THE FIRST 4 YEARS, $3.1 MILLION OF THAT HAS TO BE PAID DOWN ON THE DEBT FROM THE SALES TAX. THE DEBT PAYMENT FROM THE HALF COULDN'T SALES TAX IS ABOUT $16 MILLION TOTAL. WE GET $19 MILLION IN REVENUE SO WE ARE BASICALLY USING AND LEVERAGING ALL OF THOSE REVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING FUTURE. [CAPTIONING WILL CONTINUE IN A MOMENT] ALONG WITH THE SHOT OUT TO RON AND MY TEAM, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT JASON. WHAT IS JASON'S LAST NAME? ANYBODY? WHAT IS IT? JASON HOGAL, THE AV GUY FOR THE CITY, HE'S DONE A LOT WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WOULD WORK

148AND ALL THE CONNECTIONS WOULD HAPPEN, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE THE CITY FOR PARTNERING WITH US PARTICULARLY JASON WORKING WITH RON. WE START WITH GRATITUDE. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG. SO, WITH THAT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CYBER SECURITY. WHAT IS CYBER SECURITY? WELL, CYBER SECURITY IS PROTECTION AGAINST THE CRIMINAL OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ELECTRONIC DATA. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND WEBSITE EVEN BULL THIS MONTH TALKING ABOUT CYBER SECURITY? I GOT NODS. A COUPLE HEADS. THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THAT CONTENT OUT THERE. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE CYBER SECURITY IS IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE. LIKE THE BOSS SAID, MY BOSS, OCTOBER IS CYBER SECURITY MONTH SO HERE WE ARE. IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO

149PRESENT. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT? WE NAILED NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS CYBER SECURITY. THE SECOND, WHAT IS THE RISK TO EDUCATION AND FINALLY WHAT MEASURES ARE WE TAKING TO PROTECT OUR INFORMATION. GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN UNSOLICITED TEXT OR PHONE CALLS TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE? RECENTLY? ALRIGHT. YOU THAT MEANS YOU ARE A TARGET. CYBER SECURITY ISN'T JUST IMPORTANT TO A ORGANIZATION, OR PROFESSIONALS, BUT TO US PERSONALLY. AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT E-MAIL BEING THE LOW HANGING FRUIT. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO NOT CHECK E-MAIL. BUT THEY KNOW WE HAVE OUR PHONES WITH US ALL THE TIME. VERY GOOD. WHAT IS THE RISK IN K-12? WELL INFORMATION IS THE COMMODITY. WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DO WE HAVE IN K-12? PII, THIS IS

150PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ON STUDENT AND STAFF. PHI, PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION. STUDENT AND STAFF. E-MAIL AND OTHER ACCOUNTS. FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS AND SYSTEMS. RIGHT? WE HAVE THE INFORMATION. AND EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT, EVERYONE WHO HAS ACCESS HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT ACCESS A PRIVILEGE AND THEY MUST SECURE IT. THAT IS WHY WE TRAIN AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. THE REST OF THIS INFORMATION I'LL SHARE IN THE NEXT SPACE HERE IS FROM A REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED CALLED THE STATE OF RANSOM WEAR AND STATE OF EDUCATION IN 2021 BY A COMPANY CALLED--[INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] IS A SECURITY COMPANY AND WE ALL KNOW THERE IS MONEY AND MOTIVATION SO I JUST ARE WANTED TO STATE THAT AS WELL. I DO TRUST THE DATA. AND DO BELIEVE IT PRESENTS A FAIR SNAP SHOT WHAT IS

151OUT THERE. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED STAGGERING NUMBERS TO CONFIRM THAT K-12 IS A SIGNIFICANT TARGET FOR CYBERCRIME. THERE WERE 5400 RESPONDENTS ALL IT DECISION MAKERS ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES ABOUT 500 IN EDUCATION SO THAT GIVES THE SCOPE OF WHO RESPONDING HERE. EDUCATION FELL SECOND ONLY TO RETAIL AND EXPERIENCE IN RANDOMWARE IN 2020 AND EDUCATION IS THIRD OF ALL PUBLIC SECTORS TO PAY THE RANSOM SO THAT IS A COMBINATION PLATTER. WHERE A TARGET AND WE'LL PAY. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, IT IS RISKY. ONE INCIDENT COST EDUCATION $2.7 MILLION TOTAL IMPACT WHEN WE PAY RANSOMWARE CONSULTATIONS, DOWNTOWN. 44 PERCENT SURVEYED SAY THEY ARE HIT WITH A RANDOMWARE ATTACK IN 2020. 33 PERCENT SAID THEY EXPECT TO BE HIT. THE ONES WHO SAID NO I'M NOT GOING DISRUPT THE PIECE BUT AS A IT PROFESSIONAL I KNOW THAT IS

152NOT REALISTIC. IT ALSO HELPS-IT WILL HELP IF YOU HAVE TO PAY SOME KIND OF RANSOMWARE. IT COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF ANY KIND OF CYBER SECURITY ATTACK. I THINK LOOK-DO THEY HELP US? MEANING, THAT YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY IT WOULD BE TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO COME AND SAY IF YOU DO THIS DO THIS YOU WON'T GET CAUGHT. ARE THEY DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WELL IT HAS BECOME SUCH A HUGE ISSUE THAT THEY ARE NOW PROVIDING LOTS OF INFORMATION AS TO HERE IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO FILE A CLAIM AND GET PAID, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW CYBER SECURITY PREMIUMS ARE GOING UP BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS HAVING ISSUES, BUT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS WALKING US THROUGH BEST PRACTICE SO WE KNOW IF WE DO THESE THINGS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.

153NUMBER ONE WITH GETTING OUR CLAIM PAID AND NUMBER 2 PROVING WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE. AND THESE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING AND HAVE THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE, WHICH IS GOOD INCLUDING THE HIGHEST OFFICE, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER PAST THE K-12 CYBER SECURITY ACT OF 2021 WHICH BASICALLY TASK [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] WHICH IS A SUBSET OF HOME LAND SECURITY WITH STUDYING THE THREAT OF CYBER SECURITY AGAINST PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN TELLING THEM TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INCLUDE A VOLUNTARILY GUIDELINE FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW BASICALLY CREATING A CYBER PLAN. FROM A IT PERSPECTIVE YOU APPRECIATE THAT POSITION. THE ATTENTION THE RECOGNITION, THE HELP AND THAT KIND OF THING BECAUSE MAYBE THERE IS FUNDING INVOLVED BUT YOU ALSO WORRY THE STATE OR THE PEOPLE

154GET INVOLVED AND THE PLANS. THERE IS ALREADY FRAMEWORK IN PLACE, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS THAT WE FOLLOW FRAMEWORKS THAT INCLUDE THE CORE ELEMENTS BEING IDENTIFIED DETECT RESPOND AND RECOVER. THOSE ARE STANDARD INDUSTRY FRAMEWORK TO BUILD A PLAN AROUND AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION AS A INSTITUTION WE SEPARATE IT FROM WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD SO I HOPE THAT THEY DONT TRY TO GET TOO CUTE WITH THE GUIDELINES AND LET US FALLOW NATIONAL STANDARD BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT AND LIKE AND ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE INSURANCE PREMIUMS THEY COST A LOT AND WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS. THAT MEANS A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION. MY EXPERIENCE TOLD ME ANYTHING. THAT'S THE RECOGNIZABLE THREAT IN K-12. WHAT IS MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS DOING CURRENTLY? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE ARE

155DOING TO PROTECT OUR RESOURCES? IT STARTS WITH IT. RIGHT? AND IT PROS THAT MANAGE AND MONITOR THE TECH SOLUTIONS WE HAVE IN PLACE. THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT WE DO OPERATE INDUSTRY LEADING SECURITY SOLUTIONS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. NOT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN SAY THAT AND THAT'S WHY IT IS GOOD SOMETIMES WHEN THE GOVERNMENT HELPS OUT. WE IS A VARIETY SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY THAT SALES TAX REFERRED TO NOT ONLY HELPS CORRECTION BUT ALLOWS US TO DO THINGS WE NEED TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY, SO WE DO HAVE GOOD SOLUTIONS. I HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT IS WORKING HARD ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE TO STAY ON TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE FIRE WALLS FILTERS, ED R SYSTEMS. OUR FIRE WALLS MONITOR TRAFFIC. LAST WEEK TRAFFIC INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE NETWORK. LAST WEEK 12 THOUSAND THREATS WERE STOPPED WITH THE FIRE WALL.

156OUR PROTECTION SYSTEM YOU MAY KNOW IT AS ANTIVIRUS, BACK IN THE DAY THAT IS WHAT THEY CALLED IT, LAST MONTH, 46 THREATS BUT 45 WERE HANDLED AUTOMATICALLY. TWO YEARS AGO THE SYSTEM MIGHT HAVE DETECTED IT, BUT THERE WOULD HAVE HAD TO TO BE HUMAN INTERACTION AND MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND OUT IN TIME. BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS WE HAVE, WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE BETTER EYES AND HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE SO OUT OF 46 INCIDENT ONLY ONE REQUIRED ONE OF OUR IT TECHS TO GO INTO THE FIELD AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE OTHER FILTERS WE HAVE IN PLACE MANAGE THE USER ASPECT. WE TALK ABOUT E-MAIL ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT STILL THAT FIRST-THE FRONT DOOR IF YOU WILL. LISTEN TO THIS, YOU WON'T BELIEVE, AVERAGE WEEK, WE SEE 132 THOUSAND MAIL ITEMS

157TRYING TO COME INTO THE SYSTEM AND ONLY 55-NO, 55 PERCENT WE BLOCK. IT IS CRAZY. I REMEMBER ANDY YOU WITH ME STILL BECAUSE WE DID THIS ONE TO AND IT WAS ONLY LIKE 38 THOUSAND E-MAILS AND NOW IT IS-IT IS CRAZY, 132 THOUSAND. ANYWAY. IT A LOT OF E-MAILS AND THAT IS WHY WE FOCUS A LOT OF OUR TRAINING WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT LATER ON THAT. OF COURSE WE HAVE BACK UP AND RECOVERY SOLUTIONS BUT THE BAD GUYS ARE GETTING WORSE. BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER IN 2018. LIKE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO BECAUSE THEY HAD GOOD BACKUP SYSTEMS. NOW THE BAD GUYS ARE GOING AFTER THE PROTECTION DATA AND YOUR BACKUP DATA. SO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE MULTI COPIES. YOU NEED IT OFF-LINE, SO THAT IS WHAT MY

158TEAM AND I TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT. HOW DO WE INSURE WHAT WE HAVE IS GOING TO BE USABLE. DAILY PRACTICE PATCH MANAGEMENT MONITORING RISK MANAGEMENT ALL THESE THINGS. WE CHANGED A LOT OF PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR ACCESS CONTROLS ON THE E R P SYSTEM [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] DOING A LOT TO PROTECT OUR FOCUS SYSTEM. TALK ABOUT THAT MR. DICK, THE ANNUAL THIRD PARTY RISK ASSESSMENT. TO HAVE THE CYBER SECURITY POLICIES YOU NEED THE RISK ASSESSMENT WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER SET OF EYES. IF I SHOW WHAT MY GUYS DO IN THE FIRST HOUR EVERY DAY IT WILL MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN BUT THEY SEE IT SO IS GOOD TO HAVE A FRESH SET OF EYES COME IN AND SEE IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING WE DO. OUR SECURITY

159AWARENESS PROGRAM IS BIG. WE HAVE BEEN-THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR IN PLACE WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO SEND CONTROL CAMPAIGNS TO USERS. DO THE YEAR ROUND DISTRICT WIDE. THIS YEAR WE ARE FOCUSING ON REPEAT OFFENDERS. LAST WEEK I SENT A CONTROL CAMPAIGN, I HAD 110 TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS CLICK THE LINK. THERE IS A BUNCH THAT DIDN'T, BUT 110 DID. FORTUNATELY THEY DIDN'T ENTER DATA SO THAT IS A POSITIVE. I HAD 70 STAFF MEMBERS REPORT IT SO THERE IS SOME IMPROVEMENT THERE BUT WE GOT TO GET WHERE THE 110 ARE NOT TAKING THE BAIT. WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THE OTHER THING WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE SHARING THAT INFORMATION NOW WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SCHOOL LEADERS SO THEY KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE

160CAMPUS SO THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME AS WELL. IT ISN'T JUST COMING FROM IT. EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT CYBER SECURITY. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. WE NEED THEM TO BE GOOD DIGITAL CITIZENS. I TALK TO KRISTIN, SHE SAID LAST WEEK THE LESSON INCLUDING THE UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITAL FOOTPRINT AND POWER OF WORDS AND PICTURES. SO, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE ARE DOING TO PROTECT THE RESOURCES. P HOW AM I DOING BOSS? WRAP IT UP. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS HERE. IT SAYS WRAP IT UP. HERE WE GO. WRAP IT UP. THIS IS A TAKE AWAY I HOPE YOU WILL COME BACK WITH A FEW OF THEM. CYBER SECURITY IS IMPORTANT TO OUR ORGANIZATION. THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. CYBERCRIME AGAINST K-12 IS SIGNIFICANT RISK AND

161HIGH COST. IT IS NOT IT OR TECHY THING. EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN CYBER SECURITY. ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE IT DEPARTMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING TO SECURE RESOURCES INCLUDING TRAINING OTHERS. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY. THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, I HAVE MUCH RESPECT FOR. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS SUMMER WITH [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] MR. LEFERE AND MRS. ANDERS. EVERY FRIDAY IN JUNE WE SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT CYBER SECURITY. WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. IT MATTERS WHEN YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS AND I HERE I AM TALKING TO THE BOARD SO I APPRECIATE US HAVING THE CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT. WE BRING PURCHASES FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE TABLE. WE ASK FOR POSITIONS. YOU ALWAYS THERE FOR US AND I APPRECIATE THAT, SO I DID IT QUIT,

162BUT I HOPE YOU GOT SOMETHING OUT OF IT. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT--THAT IS REALLY GREAT REPORT. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, IF YOU DON'T I AM SURE YOU WILL FIND OUT FOR ME. DO WE COLLECT BIO METRICS? DO WE HAVE CAPABILITIES IN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, LIKE FACIAL RECOGNITION, VOICE RECOGNITION ARE WE DO-DO YOU KNOW IF ANY STUDENT ONLINE PROGRAMS COLLECT THAT ON KIDS? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. I KNOW ONE OF OUR HARDWARE USING BIO METRIC FOR ACCESS CONTROLS. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING. MRS. MCPHERSON. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. FANTASTIC JOB. AS ALWAYS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AGAINST THE CYBER TERRORIST. WE WILL TAKE A 5 MINUTE BREAK. OKAY, 5 MINUTE BREAK,

163LET'S COME BACK AT-IN 5 MINUTES. [5 MINUTE RECESS] WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU FOR THE BREAK. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH REPORT AND START WITH LEGAL TO SEE IF THEY GOT ANYTHING FOR US. ANY UPDATES MR. JONES. DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT SO WITH THAT MR. CHAIRMAN WE CAN MOVE TO BOARD REPORTS. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO CORAL SHORES VOLLEYBALL TEAM. THEY WON THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY IN A EXCITING FINISH AND THAT IS THE FIRST TIME IN CORAL SHORES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAS ONE THE DISTRICT TITLE SO WE ARE ALL REAL PROUD OF THEM. HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. THE FIRST THING, AT THIS POINT I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDANT. CAN WE GET A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR SUPERINTENDANT? EVERYBODY HAPPY? JUST A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, ALL I'M ASKING FOR. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE

164IT. I WOULD ASK THAT THE ATTORNEY GET TOGETHER WITH MRS. AXFORD AND DRAW UP A CONTRACT AND THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD. MRS. AXFORD'S CONTRACT IS STILL EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT YEAR. IT WILL ALSO BE RENEWED. IT HAS A OPTION TO RENEW THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENT TO THE TERM. WELL, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE SALARY AND THE TIME, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU GET TOGETHER WITH MRS. AXFORD- [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AND IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] NEED YOUR MICROPHONE. I'M SORRY. THE CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS JULY 31, 2022? [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] EITHER JUNE 30 OR JULY 31. I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK AND THERE IS A OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE YEAR AND I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE BOARD.

165OKAY. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY TO THE BOARD-I GOT TWO OTHER THINGS. ONE, I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING WRITE A LETTER TO THANK THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, BUT IN DISCUSSION WITH THE ATTORNEYS BECAUSE I ASKED IF I COULD WRITE THE LETTER, SEND IT TO YOU ALL VIA E-MAIL AND ASK FOR YOUR THOUGHTS OR WHATEVER AND HE SAID I CANT DO THAT, AND THAT TO WAIT-I FELT TO WAIT TILE TODAY TO GET APPROVAL OF WRITING A LETTER WAS TOO LONG SENDING THE LETTER AFTER THIS TIME WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MEANINGFUL SO I WROTE A LETTER FROM MYSELF AND THANKED THE FLOOR FLOOR SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE STANCE THEY DID. AFTER WE UNDERSTOOD 20 STATES PULLED OUT THE NATIONAL SEEM TO SEE A ERROR IN THEIR WAYS AND THEY OF COURSE WROTE A

166PULL-BACK OF THE LETTER THEY WROTE AND IN IT THEY SAID HOW THEY WILL BE TRANSPARENT AND GOING TO LOOK INTO WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW IT HAPPENED AND EVENT LEADING UP TO IT SO I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO WRITE A LETTER TO THEM AND ASK IF THEY ARE GOING LOOK INTO THIS, THE NATIONAL AND BE TRANSPARENT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FIND IF THERE WAS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LEGAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION IN HOW THE WRITE THAT LETTER AND IF THEY GET BACK TO ME ON THAT I'LL BRING IT FORWARD TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL WAIT THAT LONG. ANOTHER THING I LIKE TO BRING UP, TO ME IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY TO KEEP THE SALARIES AND PAYMENTS TO ALL THE EMPLOY OOZE THE HIGHEST

167WE COULD BECAUSE OF WHERE WE LIVE AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE I KNOW THE DISTRICT IS WORKING HARD. THE FOOD SERVICE WORKER ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST PAID AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES. THERE IS ONLY ONE SCHOOL THAT IS FULLY STAFFED. THERE REST OF THEM ARE ALL SHORT EITHER ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AND YET THEY ARE STILL-THE LUNCHES AND BREAKFASTS ARE SERVED. NOBODY IS GOING WITHOUT IT. SOME THEY ARE GETTING HELP FROM THE SCHOOLS I WILL SAY THE SCHOOLS SOMETIMES WHEN THEY ARE SERVING THEY HAVE SOMEBODY WORK THE REGISTER OR HELP BUT BUT THAT IS PULLING TEACHERS OR AIDS AWAY FROM A JOB THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. PEOPLE ARE HELPING OUT AND IT IS GETTING DONE BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD EVER

168REPLACE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AND THE TIME THEY ARE GETTING OLDER AND WILL BE RETIRING SO THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WE HAVE TO FACE. I KNOW THE DISTRICT WORKED HARD TRYING TO BRING THEM UP NOW, BUT WHEN I WENT TO MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL THERE WAS A PERSON THERE WAS A WORKING AS THE FILL-IN CAFETERIA MANAGER AND THE NEXT DAY I STOPPED IN EITHER GEROLD ADAMS OR HOB AND THAT PERSON WAS WORKING THE CASH REGISTER THERE, SO THAT IS HOW MUCH THEY ARE RUNNING AROUND TO FILL THIS UP AND IT IS REALLY-WE HAVE ISSUES WITH ALL THE LOWER PAYING JOBS AND THE BUS DRIVERS WE HAVE BEEN HURTING FOR THAT FOR A LONG TIME AND I DID TALK TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND EVEN IN THE BUS DRIVERS AND THERE STILL IS A POSSIBILITY

169WE COULD GET SOME OF THE BUS DRIVERS IN THE MID-DAY TO WORK IN THE CAFETERIAS. I HAD SOMEBODY TELL ME YEAH, I'LL DO IT. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE THERE COULD SOME SORT OF HELP AND GIVE PEOPLE SOME ACCESS TO MAKING SOME MORE SALARY. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT. TO ME THAT WOULD BE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF HELP TO BOTH ENDS. IT WOULD HELP THE BUS DRIVERS RECEIVE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY AND FILL IN FOR THE CAFETERIA. I COULD SEE ONE DAY SOME LUNCH ISN'T SERVED. I ASKED WHAT DO YOU DO IF TWO PEOPLE GET SICK? COULD HAVE HAPPEN WITH COVID. COULD HAVE LOST A COUPLE PEOPLE. ALL IS ONLY SO MUCH. I KNOW PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT WORKING THE DISTRICT OFFICE ARE OUT FILLING IN THE FOOD

170SERVICE PEOPLE. THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES AND WE GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THANK THEM BECAUSE DON'T FORGET THEY ARE THE FRONT LINE WORKERS WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS HAVING DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY WERE. I GUESS I SAID ENOUGH. LET'S GO ON. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THE ISSUE WITH THE FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS. WE MADE PROGRESS ON FILLING SOME OF THE POSITIONS SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN THE CAFETERIA AND MR. RUSSELL HAS A JOB PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH THAT WE'LL GET OUT AND TRY TO RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE FOR ALL OUR POSITIONS. OKAY. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO RECESS THIS MEETING AND OPEN UP FOR THE POLICIES. PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK TO THE POLICY-SINCE THERE IS NOBODY HERE I GUESS THERE IS NOBODY HERE TO

171SPEAK. WE GOT A NUMBER OF POLICIES TO CONSIDER UNDER FIRST READING. WE HAVE INCLUDED THIS TIME OVERVIEW DOCUMENT IS LINKED TO THE ITEM. PREPARED FOR EACH UPDATE TO REFERENCE FOR MORE BACKGROUND AND EACH CHANGES BEING RECOMMENDED. WITH THAT SAID, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE FIRST READING POLICIES? I HAVE QUESTIONS ON I THINK TWO. ONE IS 5225 ABSENCES FOR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS. I THOUGHT WE SAW THIS BEFORE AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE LIST OF ALL THE HOLIDAYS WAS UNNECESSARY, AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO US. ALL OVER AGAIN ISN'T IT? WE HAD THE SAME THING. ENGAGED US AND SAID WE WERE REQUIRE TODAY HAVE IT. WE ASKED LEGAL COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THAT TODAY AND THINK WE HAS COMMENTS ON IT. AS I EVALUATED THE ISSUE THERE IS A STATUTE THAT

172REQUIRES A LIST OF HOLIDAYS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RULES. THERE IS TWO WAYS TO DO THAT IN MY OPINION AND I PREPARED A REVISED POLICY I SENT TO BRING BACK BEFORE YOU THAT MAKE THE POLICY REFERENCE A DOCUMENT KEPT SEPARATELY IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK THAT GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY TO AMEND AS NEEDED. OR YOU COULD ADOPT THE POLICY AS THE CURRENTLY DRAFTED WHICH INCLUDES THE LIST ITSELF. OTHER WAY THE STATUTE REQUIRES A LIST OF RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS TO BE ADOPTED. CAN WE JUST ADD A LINE OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS INCLUDING ANY HOLIDAYS THAT MIGHT BE MISSED OR WHATEVER ELSE IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT IS ALL INCLUSIVE LIST OF EVERY HOLIDAY OF EVERY RELIGION. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. THERE IS TWO WAYS I SEE THIS. FIRST IS THE WAY NEOLA PUT

173THIS TOGETHER. THEY WARRANT THEIR POLICIES SO THIS WAS CRAFTED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT THE STATUTE ALLOWS YOU TO CONSULT WITH IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS LIST. THE ALTERNATIVE IS WE CAN JUST TANK THAT OFF. NOT ADOPT THAT POLICY TONIGHT AND BRING IT BACK FOR A FIRST READING WITH SOME REVISIONS MADE TO IT AND I CAN CERTAINLY ADD A LINE IF WE WISH TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE POLICY ITSELF THAT JUST SAYS THIS ISN'T A ALL INCLUSIVE LIST AND PEOPLE MAY APPLY FOR ADDITIONS TO THAT LIST. THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. MINE AS WELL. SO, IS THE CONSENSUS TO KEEP THE LIST IN THE POLICY OR PUT IT IN THE-- I WOULD SUGGEST PUTTING IT-LEAVING IT HERE WITH THAT NAME CHANGE IN PART BECAUSE TO ME IT READS AS WHAT RELIGION DO

174I HAVE TO BE TODAY TO GET THIS DAY OFF AND PUTTING THAT IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK, I HAD NO IDEA HOW MANY ARE ON THAT LIST SO I PREFER TO HAVE IN THE POLICY RATHER THEN IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK. UNDERSTOOD. READ YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE AND JUST GO AHEAD AND BRING IT BACK FOR FIRST READING AT THE NEXT MEETING AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS LIST WAS WIDDLED DOWN PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY BY NEOLA BEFORE WE BROUGHT IT BEFORE YOU. CAN YOU SEND ME THE STATUTE AND ANY ANALYSIS YOU MAY HAVE DONE? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THE OTHER ONE IS 5410.01 THE PROMOTION ACCELERATION PLACEMENT AND RETENTION. THIS-AT THE END OF THIS POLICY, IT HAS THIS-IT ISN'T REALLY CHANGED, BUT IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THINK-THING, THIS REQUIRED, IT IS A STATE REQUIRED EVALUATION

175THAT KIDS DO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO DETERMINE THEIR CAREER AND EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS, AND IF YOU HAD A KID IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY ALL WENT THROUGH THIS THING. THEN IT SAYS, IT TALKS ABOUT THIS PERSONALIZED CAREER PLAN THAT INFORMS STUDENTS OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF STUFF THAT IS PRETTY INTERESTING. I NEVER SAW THAT ON MY KIDS. I NEVER GOT ANY WORD ON WHAT THE DETAILED PLAN WAS THAT TOLD THEM WHAT THEY MIGHT BE GOOD AT. WHAT THEIR GPA REQUIREMENTS WERE. WHAT THEY NEEDED TO-CLASSES THEY NEEDED TO TAKE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND AS A PARENT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. OR I THINK PARENTS SINCE IT IS EFFECTED WHAT THEIR CAREER PLAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS SOMETHING THAT PARENTS SHOULD HAVE. SO, I DON'T KNOW

176IF THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE POLICY OR IF THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE THAT REPORT ACCESSIBLE TO PARENTS, BUT I THINK IT IS INFORMATION THAT PARENTS WANT, AND JUST YOU KNOW, IF YOU GIVE IT TO KIDS THEY YOU MAY OR MAY NOT GET THAT INFORMATION. I SIGNED UP FOR CLASSES AT MY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AT THAT TIME I HAD THAT CONSERVATION WITH THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE SEND HOME PRIOR TO THAT DAY WHEN THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS COME TO SCHOOL OR KIDS AND PARENTS ARE PREPARED IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR CHILD WILL SIGN UP FOR IN 9TH GRADE. AND I CAN SPEAK TO THIS. LAST YEAR WE USED TO-THE STATE USED MY CAREER SHINES AND THEIR CONTRACT WAS NOT RENEWED. WE HAVE A NEW PLATFORM FOR CAREER PLANNING CALLED

177MAJOR CLARITY AND THE COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON IT AND ACTUALLY HAS NOT ONLY A PERSONALITY AND LEARNING STYLE SURVEY FOR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING PIECE WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, BUT THE PARENT HAS TO SIGN OFF OF IT AS PART OF THE PLAN. I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH THAT ANSWER, BUT WE CAN ADD THAT. SO, THE NEW PLAN REQUIRES THE PARENTS TO SEE THE PLAN? YES. OKAY. WE ARE HAPPY TO ADD THE ONE SENTENCE IN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO ADD IT TO POLICY BECAUSE THIS IS A LEGAL THING BUT IF WE HAVE IT-I DON'T KNOW. TYPICALLY IF WE DONT HAVE TO ADD IT WE DONT LIKE TO BECAUSE IT BECOMES A TAILORED POLICY AT THAT POINT. MR. DICK, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE SECOND READING POLICY TO GET THROUGH BEFORE WE--I WAS JUST

178DOING THE FIRST READING. FOR SECOND READING WE HAD BYLAW 169.1 ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETS UP FOR SECOND READING. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT PARTICULAR POLICY? MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT IT SAYS THAT PUBLIC SPEAKERS SHOULD PRE-REGISTER, AND THAT REALLY HASN'T BEEN OUR PRACTICE, BUT AS LONG AS WE ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK I THINK SHOULD MEANS THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO. IS THAT WHAT-THAT YOU PREFER IT? WE USUALLY-IT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE HERE TO SAY DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK AND-OR FOR PEOPLE TO NOT PRE-REGISTER TO JUST SHOW UP AT THE MEETING. SHOULD ALLOWS FOR THAT. MUST WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THAT. OKAY. WHEN DR. WOLTANSKI BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION I DID TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLICY AS WORDED. IT DOES CONTAIN A CONFLICT,

179IT DOES SAY ATTENDEES SHOULD PRE-REGISTERED BUT GOES TO SAY THEY WILL SIGN IN UPON ARRIVAL. I HAVE MADE PROPOSED EDITS TO THAT AND DONE RESEARCH. YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK FOR FIRST AND SECOND READING. YOU CAN SIMPLY REVISE IT, BRING IT BACK FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPT IT IN ITS FORMAT AS IS. I'LL READ MY PROPOSED LANGUAGE. IT WOULD BE TO THE SECTION 1 ON THE FIRST PAGE, ATTENDEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRE-REGISTER TO REQUEST TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT SEGMENT AND SHOULD SIGN IN UPON ARRIVAL OF THE MEETING BY COMPLETING A SPEAKER FORM AT THE ENTRY MEETING HALL INDICATED HIS OR HER FULL NAME, THE TOPIC WISH TO ADDRESS, THE NAME OR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING AND SIGN HIS OR HER SIGNATURE. PERSONS WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT BY PHONE OR OTHER MEANS OF

180COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PRE-REGISTER TO REQUEST TO PROVIDE COMMENT DURING THE CITIZEN INPUT SECTION. IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUSH IT OFF TO THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SUGGESTING. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE ACTION ITEMS. ACTION ITEM 1 IS DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 5 YEAR WORK PLAN AND WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT PLAN. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE, THE EDUCATION 5 YEAR PLAN IS APPROVED. ACTION ITEM 2 IS FLORIDA SAFE SCHOOL ASSESSMENT TOOL REPORT. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT REPORT. MOVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE, THE ASSESSMENT TOOL IS APPROVED. ACTION ITEM NUMBER 3 IS 14 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THESE PLANS. SO MOVED. SECOND. GIVE

181THE SECOND TO MRS. KAHN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WHO WAS THE MOTION ON THAT ONE? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS ARE APPROVED. ACTION ITEM 4 YOU ARE CONSIDERING ONLY PAGES 5-10 OF THE ATTACHMENT WHICH CONSIST OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 9 AND 15 AND APPENDIX C OF THE TEACHER CONTRACT AND TEACHER COMPENSATION PROPOSAL AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS AND TEACHER COMPENSATION PROPOSALS. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NON THE COMPENSATION IS APPROVED. ACTION ITEM 5 YOU CONSIDER PAGES 5-8 WHICH CONSIST OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS OF THE S R P CONTRACT AND S R P COMPENSATION PROPOSAL AND WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT AND THE S R P COMPENSATION PROPOSAL. ARE MOVE. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE,

182THESE COMPENSATION PROJECTS ARE APPROVED. ACTION ITEM NUMBER 6 IS REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT. THE SALARY SCHEDULE. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] I'LL SECOND AND [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THE SALARY SCHEDULES ARE APPROVED. ACTION ITEM 7 ARE BUDGET SUMMARY REPORTS FOR AUGUST 2021. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. MOVE. I'LL SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE, THEN THE SUMMARY REPORTS ARE APPROVED. ACTION ITEM NUMBER 8 IS THE POLICY REVISION OF POLICY 0169.1. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE BOARD TAKE ACTION. WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. ACTION ITEM 9 IS REQUEST BY THE BOARD CHAIR FOR DISCUSSION ON REPEAL OF CURRENT POLICIES REGARDING FACIAL COVERINGS REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF PRESENT AT MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES. I'LL TURN

183IT OVER TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION. WOULD ASK TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE. NO, I GOT TO SAY SOMETHING. FIRST WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION. NEED A MOTION AND SECOND AND WITH THEN WE CAN DISCUSS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NOW IT NEEDS A SECOND. WHAT WAS THE MOTION? JUST TO GET INTO THE DISCUSSION THEN. [MICROPHONES NOT ON. UNABLE TO HEAR SPEAKERS] THERE IS NOTHING TO MOVE. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO ASK TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO, I THINK A MOTION TO REVISE OUR MASK POLICY TO MAKE MASKING OPTIONAL. IS THAT WHAT-- [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. THEN WE HAVE DISCUSSION. OKAY. SO, THE MOTION IS THAT WE WILL GO TO A MASK OPTIONAL POLICY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. STUDENTS, STAFF AND WHOLE DISTRICT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SO

184IF A PARENT OF A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT- TURN YOUR MIC ON. SO, IF THE PARENT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT CURRENTLY THEY CAN OPT THAT STUDENT OUT. CORRECT. SO, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS? IT IS FOR EVERYBODY. IT WOULD MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE TO OPT OUT ANY LONGER. THEY CAN EITHER WEAR A MASK OR NOT WEAR A MASK, IT IS NOW OPTIONAL. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC OPT OUT REQUIRED. WHAT HAPPENS IS, I WANT TO SEE THIS DISTRICT GET BACK TO NORMAL AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE IS THE DISTRICT KEEPS SAYING WE WANT MASKS, MASKS REQUIRED SO THAT IS WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PUTTING THE MASK ON. THEY DONT WANT TO, BUT THE DISTRICT KEEPS SAYING WE ARE DOING THIS, WE ARE DOING THAT. IT IS TIME TO

185BACK OFF. AGAIN, I DONT WANT TO GO THROUGH THE THINGS TO SHOW HOW RARE IT IS ANYTHING HAPPENS ALSO REMEMBER THIS, THERE IS A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, 67 DISTRICTS, 4 OR 5 OF THEM WENT WITH-DIDN'T HAVE THE APT OUT AT ALL. THE ONES-THERE WAS A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT WENT MASK OPTIONAL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. NOBODY HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. NOW SOME OF THE ONES I WAS TOLD I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR FACT I WAS TOLD BROWARD COUNTY TODAY DID ALSO WENT TO MASK A OPTIONAL. I WAS TOLD THAT BY SOMEBODY OUTSIDE BEFORE BUT DONT KNOW THAT TO BE FACT. MY POINT, NOBODY HAD ISSUES WITH IT, IT IS TIME TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. YOU SEE THE COMPLAINTS WE HAVE. HOW HARD IT IS. WEARING THIS MASK IS

186TIRING. IT IS PART OF THE PROBLEMS FOR THE TEACHERS. THEY ARE WEARING THESE MASKS, YOU GET MORE TIRED FROM IT. WITH ALL THESE ELL STUDENTS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TEACH THE LANGUAGE TO THESE KIDS WHEN THEY CAN'T SEE YOU TALKING, YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR MOUTH? IT IS WAY PAST THE POINT THAT WE ARE PUTTING A THIRD YEAR OF AGGRAVATION ON EVERYBODY FOR A MINISCULE CHANCE OF SOMETHING HAPPENING, IT IS PAST THE POINT. THE NUMBERS--IT JUST IS CRAZY. WE HAVE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE DOING THEN SPENDING TIME IN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS OVER MASKS. YOU HEARD ABOUT ALL THE ELL, ALL THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE, HOW FAR WE ARE BEHIND AND WE ARE BUSY TALKING ABOUT MASKS. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THAT. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BROWARD COUNTY MADE MASKS OPTIONAL FOR HIGH

187SCHOOL BECAUSE THOSE KIDS COULD BE VACCINATED. THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED IN BROWARD TODAY. SO THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING. THAT IS WHAT IT WAS. OKAY. AND THAT KIND OF SILLY TO NOT DO IT FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS BECAUSE THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS. IT JUST MAKES ME SAD BECAUSE WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO VACCINATING THOSE YOUNG KIDS AND KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES HAVE BEEN LOOKING-I KNOW WHAT A HUGE DEAL IT WAS FOR MY FAMILY WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET VACCINATED AND I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO SURVIVE, AND HE WAS OBVIOUSLY MUCH HIGHER RISK THEN ANY OF THESE KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS ALSO A TREMENDOUS RELIEF WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO BE VACCINATED, AND I FEEL FOR THESE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE VACCINE

188FOR THE 5 TO 12 AND IT IS COMING IN A WEEK, AND WE ARE CHANGING OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES AFTER REALLY A WEEK OR TWO OF MODERATE NUMBER OF CASES DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. SO, I SAID MY PIECE. I WOULD PREFER WE ALSO HAVE IN PLACE A PLAN TO GO BACK TO MASKS. THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY MR. EDDIE THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THEM BACK ON IF NECESSARY AND I LIKE TO-I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME PLAN FOR THAT AND I ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A PLAN TO GET TOWARDS THE NO MASKS. THAT IS- WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN TO PUT THE MASKS BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO DO IT, WE IMMEDIATELY DID IT. THAT'S THE PLAN. THIS BOARD WILL MOVE FORWARD TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. WITH ALL

189DUE RESPECT MR. DICK, FOR A MONTH BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED I WAS SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT AND BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIONS WE WERE NOT GIVING OPTIONS, SO WE WAITED TO THE LAST MINUTE AND I'M GLAD WE DID WHAT WE DID, BUT NOW I WROTE MY PIECE SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO TALK VERY MUCH TODAY SO I'LL JUST BE QUITE. SO DID WE EVER DISCUSS VISITORS INTO THE SCHOOLS? THEY ARE ALSO GOING HAVE THE SAME OPTION? I WOULD THINK SO. MY PIECE ON THIS IS THAT REALLY THERE ARE VIRUSES AND INFECTIONS ALL AROUND US EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES FOR THE PAST HOWEVER LONG YOU HAVE BEEN ALIVE. THE KEY TO COVID AND THE REASON IT WAS SUCH A SCARE WAS BECAUSE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS. WE ALL LIVE WITH A VARIETY OF BUGS, BACTERIA,

190VIRUSES THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND SO AS LONG IN MY OPINION AS LONG AS HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS ARE DOWN, WHICH THEY ARE DRAMATICALLY DOWN EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING SICK, JUST LIKE PEOPLE STILL GET THE FLU AND A COLD AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER THINGS, I AM COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING MASKS OPTIONAL FOR THAT REASON. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DOES THE BOARD WANT TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION IN SCHOOL BUSES? NOT SEPARATELY. NO. I THINK THEY FALL UNDER- PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY. TO BE CLEAR THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS FOR A REVISION OF THE POLICY FOR EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT, CORRECT? CORRECT. CALL THE ROLL. [ROLL CALL] MOTION IS APPROVED. MR. CHAIRMAN, AS ITEMS NUMBER 10 AND 11 ARE MOU IN CONFLICT WITH THE GUIDANCE JUST VOTED ON, I DON'T RECOMMEND

191ANY ACTION ON ITEMS 10 OR 11 TONIGHT. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] [MEETING ADJOURNED]