School Board on 05-10-2022 4:30 PM - May 10, 2022

001AT THIS TIME I WANT TO OPEN UP THE WORKSHOP. FIRST, MRS. KHAN IS TAKING CARE OF PERSONAL BUSINESS SO SHE WILL NOT BE WITH US AND MR. HIGHSMITH WANTS TO BE ON THE COMPUTER. I FIND CAUSE, EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. MR. HIGHSMITH WILL BE ONLINE WITH US. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MRS. AXFORD, CAN YOU START THE WORKSHOP. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. DICK. WE CONTINUE TO WORK VERY HARD ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND TODAY MRS. LEVEY IS GOING TO PRESENT THE TWO GOAL AREAS WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED YET. 3 AND 4. SO, ALYSSA I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? HELLO? HI, I CAN HEAR YOU FINE. OKAY. EVERYONE CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION? YES ARE, THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. MY

002NAME IS ALYSSA LEVY THE STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANT WORKING ON THE MONROE COUNTY DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN IS AND HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE SECOND--SORRY. DID I JUST--CAN YOU STILL SEE THE PRESENTATION? NO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. TRY PRESSING YOUR ESCAPE BUTTON. OKAY. THAT DIDN'T WORK. LET'S TRY AGAIN. CAN YOU SEE IT NOW? YES. WONDERFUL. OKAY. SO, THE FOUR GOALS THAT YOU KNOW THE FIRST TWO WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING WERE ACCELERATED LEARNING AND THE WHOLE CHILD AND TONIGHT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT RECRUITING RECOGNIZING AND RETAINING A PREMIER WORKFORCE AND MAINTAIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL AND DEVELOP HUNDRED PERCENT PROFICIENCY WITH SAFETY PROTOCOL S. I'LL SAY THAT IN THE FOCUS GROUPS THAT WE DID IN EVERY SCHOOL, MANY OF THE TEACHERS SAID LOOK, YOU NEED-WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LIVE

003HERE AND WORK HERE AND FINANCIALLY THAT IS JUST GETTING HARDER AND HARDER, SO THE FUNDAMENTAL THING HERE IS WITHOUT TEACHERS WE DON'T HAVE THE OTHER GOALS AND SO THESE-NUMBER THREE IS REALLY SO CRITICAL AND WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT FEASIBLE AND DOABLE WAYS OF MEETING THIS NEED. I LIKE TO START THERE AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY, I GOT 16 PAGES IN NARRATIVE IN 10 FONT WHEN WE ASKED THE QUESTION AND THE QUESTION WE ASKED TO THE TEACHERS BESIDES PAY AND HOUSING WHAT COULD WE DO TO RETAIN YOU AND RECRUIT NEW TEACHERS AND WHAT WERE THE ANSWERS? PAY AND HOUSING. SO, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEED IS HERE AND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. WHAT IS THE GOAL? THE

004GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A PREMIER WORKFORCE BY RECRUITING RETAINING AND INVESTING IN PERSONNEL. OUR WORKFORCE REPRESENTS ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSETS. STAFF SHOULD BE SUPPORTED WITH MONETARY GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING NETWORKING AND INCREASED RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT. WE KNOW IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT MONEY, SO THE NUMBER ONE MOTIVATOR IN AMERICA TODAY IS ACTUALLY RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION SO THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF THIS AS WELL. SO, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOME METRIX FOR THIS PARTICULAR GOAL AND PLEASE BE MINDFUL WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THESE AND DEVELOPING THESE, BUT THE FIRST IS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR SO WE MIGHT GET TO FEWER THEN 3. IS THAT FEASIBLE? WE HAVE TO REVISIT IT BUT THIS WOULD BE IDEAL. NUMBER TWO WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN RETENTION. RETENTION IS MORE

005IMPORTANT IN SOME WAYS THEN RECRUITMENT BECAUSE OF THE COST AND EFFORT IN RECRUITING, SO RETENTION IS KEY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE 90 PERCENT OR ABOVE AND YOU CAN SEE EACH YEAR THERE'S A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS THAT WE LIKE TO GAIN. AND THEN THE THIRD IS INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS BY AT LEAST 25 EACH YEAR. WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN AT ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE SUBSTITUTE CONSISTENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS SO THOSE ARE THE THREE WE HAVE FOR NOW. HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THIS? THERE ARE 7 STRATEGIES I I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BUT THINK WE PROBABLY COULDN'T LET GO OF ANY OF THEM SO LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THEM. THE FIRST STRATEGY IS ENHANCE AND GROW OUR OWN PROGRAM. I

006DONT KNOW NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY IT IS USEFUL TO TAP INTO PEOPLE ALREADY HERE FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS SO WE WANT TO PRODUCE A MARKETING VIDEO THAT EXCITE AND ENGAGE PEOPLE AND WANT THEM TO COME ON'-BOARD WITH US. NUMBER 2 WE CAN DIP INTO PARAPROFESSIONALS AND WE HAVE MANY TALENTED ONES WE CAN BRING ON BOARD. WE CAN START YOUNGER BY EXPANDING THE FLORIDA FUTURE EDUCATORS OF AMERICA CLUB IN THE SCHOOLS AND WORK WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL PLANS FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING AND CTE. THE GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM IS A FANTASTIC RESOURCE AND THAT IS STRATEGY ONE. THE SECOND STRATEGY IS HIRE A MORE DIVERSE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE OUR STUDENT POPULATION. THIS ISN'T REALLY ABOUT GETTING MORE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, IT IS ABOUT MAKING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT REFLECT THE NEEDS AND THE VERY DIVERSE

007BACKGROUNDS OF OUR STUDENTS. HOW COULD WE DO THAT? THE FIRST IS TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE CFFK, UNITED WAY, REACHING TO THEM TO THEIR BROAD AUDIENCE LOCALLY IN MONROE COUNTY AND SEEING IF WE CAN BRING MORE DIVERSITY. NUMBER TWO IS TO EXPAND OUR MARKETING EFFORTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS TO UNIVERSITIES WITH DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATIONS. HOWARD UNIVERSITY FOR EXAMPLE, FIU HAS A VERY LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION AND THEY RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA. COULD WE BE DOING MORE TO ATTRACT TALENT? AND THEN FINALLY, RECRUIT AT LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CHURCHES AND FESTIVALS AND ING THE THINGS LIKE THAT. GET OUR NAME OUT THERE AND EXCITE PEOPLE ABOUT WORKING WITH US AND THAT GOES BEYOND TEACHERS, STAFF AS WELL. THE NEXT ONE-SORRY. THE NEXT ONE IS

008STRATEGY THREE IS TO CREATE A GREAT EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE OUR CUSTOMERS, AND WE WANT TO THINK OF THEM AS SUCH. SO, COULD WE EXPAND THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM? YES, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE BUT COULD IT BE BETTER? ALWAYS. NUMBER 2 IS IMPORTANT, TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LEAVE WHEN IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF INCOME AND HOUSING. THAT REQUIRES A SOLID EXIT INTERVIEW AND TRACKING WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING SO WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO GET BETTER. EXPLORE REMOTE WORK AND MEETING OPTIONS. WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT DID COME UP A LOT WITH DISTRICT STAFF IF THERE IS ANY WAY ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER TO DO-LOOK AT THE SCHEDULES AND SEE IF THERE IS SOME WAY TO DO THAT AND FINALLY, STRAIGHT CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING SO WHO EVER WALKS

009INTO A SCHOOL THE SECOND THEY WALK IN THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED THE 5-10 RULE. WITHIN 5 FEET THEY ARE GREETED AND 10 FEET THEY ARE SMILED AND WELCOMED AND THIS CREATES A FANTASTIC FIRST IMPRESSION SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CULTIVATE THAT. STRATEGY NUMBER FOUR IS OF COURSE HOUSING. WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS A LIMITED CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT THE HOUSING MARKET AND WE DON'T CONTROL THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. HOWEVER, THERE ARE FOUR THINGS THAT WE COULD DO AND ARE THESE I THINK ARE FEASIBLE. THE FIRST IS WE ARE ALREADY WORKING OR YOU ARE ALREADY WORKING ON TRUMBO WHICH IS USEFUL PROBABLY ALL THE WAY UP TO MARATHON. RESEARCH AND PROMOTE NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK IN THE FOCUS GROUPS WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE HERE, THEY ARE SO OVERWHELMED

010THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAPER AND WANT ADS YOU WILL NOT FIND HOUSING. COULD WE HELP GUIDE THEM THROUGH A RESOURCE, HOUSING RESOURCE WE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE? AND THAT GOES TO NUMBER 3 TOO, WHICH IS THIS RESOURCE GUIDE AND MAYBE POINT PERSONS IN THE DISTRICT THEY CAN CALL FOR GUIDANCE AND FINALLY, THERE ARE NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR MUNICIPALITIES. FOR EXAMPLE, KEY WEST JUST HIRED, SHE IS HERE THIS WEEK OUR FIRST EVER HOUSING MANAGER AND SHE IS DIRECTLY WORKING ON POLICY FOR TRANSIENT RENTALS. WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT IS WE INSURE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS. THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCES AND ADDRESSING THE STATE UNIFORMLY WHEN WE NEED IT TO DO THAT. THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO ON HOUSING. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH

011ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUNDAMENTAL TO EVERYBODY'S NEEDS NOW. STRATEGY 5 IS IMPROVE ATTENDANCE. WE NEEDED TO DO THIS FOR STUDENT AS YOU KNOW AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND WE ALSO NEEDED TO DO IT FOR TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR WHERE WE SAW ATTENDANCE FOR BOTH GO WAY DOWN, SO THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO AND I THINK WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS YEARS AGO IS DID YOU KNOW CAMPAIGN. TEACHERS GOT INTO THIS FIELD BECAUSE THEY CARE. THEY WANT TO SEE YOUTH GROW AND DEVELOP AND THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND FACTS AND RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS WHEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM TOGETHER AND HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT TIME IS, AND WE FEEL WE JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE STATS WITH ALL THE TEACHERS AND DO A VIDEO

012OR A MARKETING PAGE, A BROCHURE THAT IGNITES THAT PASSION AGAIN AND MAKES THEM WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL. AND THEN ALSO, INCREASE INCENTIVES. WE ALREADY HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE, BUT COULD WE INCREASE IT AND COULD WE EVEN SPREAD THAT TO STAFF RECOGNITION TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL TO THEM. THIS LOOKS LIKE A BIG ONE AND YOU'LL SEE WHY. THIS IS ABOUT COMPENSATION AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THE REASON HOUSING COMES UP IS BECAUSE IT IS THE BIGGEST EXPENSE FOR EVERYONE SO YOU HELP WITH HOUSING OR HELP WITH PAY AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY PLEASE WE NEED BOTH AND I THINK WE CAME UP WITH AGAIN I THINK VIABLE SOLUTIONS HERE. SO, ONE IS WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE BUDGET MAKING COMPETITIVE SALARY INCREASES AS I UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S A PRIORITY. THERE'S NUMBER TWO IS

013ESTABLISH A FUND FOR EMERGENCIES. THE KEY WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD SOMETHING CALLED THE LOVE FUND YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH AND IT IS A EMERGENCY FUND THAT RECEIVES DONATIONS. THEY DO A BIG BALL EVERY YEAR AND DO OTHER FUNDRAISERS AND ANY POLICE OFFICER, SAY SOMEONE GOD FORBID WAS GOING THROUGH A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR THEY GOT KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE IT GOT SOLD AND THEY NEED FIRST, LAST AND SECURITY. IT IS A FUND THEY CAN TAP INTO AND APPLY FOR A ONE TIME SMALL SUM OF MONEY THEY MIGHT NEED AND IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL OVER THE YEARS AND THE COMMUNITY LOVES TO GIVE TO IT BECAUSE WE ALL VALUE POLICE OFFICERS. THE SAME WE WERE THINKING OF SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. FREE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE FOR EMPLOYEES

014FOR CHILDREN. AGAIN, THIS CAME UP-I WENT TO 10 SCHOOLS AND DID 70 FOCUS GROUPS AND PROBABLY CAME UP IN 60 OF THEM BECAUSE CHILD CARE IS SOMETHING WE SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON. LONGEVITY BONUS, WE GIVE THEM OR INCREASE THEM? YES IS THE ANSWER. REIMBURSE FOR CERTIFICATIONS WHICH BEHOOVES TEACHERS AND US, AND SHARE INFORMATION ON RESOURCES. THIS IS ABOUT THE IDEA SOME-WE REALIZE SOME OF THE STAFF DON'T KNOW ABOUT BENEFITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE THOUGHT, IF WE CAN DO A ONE PAGE FLIER THIS IS WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU, IT ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE THEIR BANK ACCOUNT, BUT IT WOULD HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CERTAIN PROGRAMS THEY CAN TAP INTO AND MIGHT DO THAT AND THAT IS COST SAVING. FINALLY, NUMBER 7 WAS EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT CARD. COULD

015WE GO TO WHAT PEOPLE RESPOND MONEY ON? PUBLIX, THE GROCERY STORES, WINN DIXIE. GYMS. WE HAVE SOME OF THIS. AND CREATE SOME SORT OF LOCAL MONROE COUNTY TEACHER DISCOUNT CARD AND THEY LOVED THE IDEA. AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE STRATEGIC PLAN BEV GOT IN TOUCH WITH PUBLIX AND PUBLIX WAS LIKE WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND BE HAPPY TO BE A SPONSOR. THIS WOULD BE WONDERFUL. IT ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE THE GAME COMPLETELY BUT EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS. THESE ARE ALL DOABLE THINGS. THE HOUSING AND THIS STRATEGY NUMBER 6 ARE JUST CRITICAL. AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN WE SAID BESIDES MONEY AND HOUSING WHAT CAN WE DO, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CAME UP A LOT. COULD YOU MAKE THIS EASIER FOR US IS WHAT THEY SAID. COULD YOU STREAMLINE IT AND HAVE FEWER REQUIREMENTS

016IN FOLLOW UP TO OUR LEARNING. SO, AGAIN I THINK THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN EXCELLENT IN TRYING TO HELP. THEY ARE GOING TO REDUCE REQUIREMENTS. THEY ALSO ASKED FOR ON-DEMAND OFFERINGS THAT CAN BE DONE AND CONVERSELY, SOME PEOPLE SAID I ALSO WANT LIVE OFFERINGS ESPECIALLY ON THE (INAUDIBLE) STUDENT MOTIVATION AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. ON SOME TOPICS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING A LIVE VIBRANT ENERGETIC SPEAKER WITH TOOLS TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM AND COULD WE DO A VIDEO ON HOW YOU NAVIGATE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BECAUSE SOME FOUND IT CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY NEWER TEACHERS. P SO, I KNOW THAT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND IT IS A LOT OF STRATEGY, BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT IS SO CRITICAL. I WANT TO END THIS PIECE, GOAL 3 WITH SOMETHING IN THE SURVEY THAT A TEACHER WROTE. LIKE I SAID,

01716 PAGES IN 10 FONT. SOMEONE SAID AND THINK IT SUMS IT, I DON'T SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL HERE. I'M SO SORRY. THE DESPERATE SITUATION IN THE HOUSING SECTOR ISN'T GOING TO GET ANY BETTER. I LOVE IT HERE, BUT I'M AFRAID. I SHARE THAT BECAUSE I SAID THIS TO YOU IN THE FIRST PRESENTATION, IT IS TIMELY WE ARE DOING A STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A IMPACT HERE AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR IT. THEY ARE DESPERATE. UNDERSTANDABLY. WITH THAT IN MIND LET ME GO TO THE LAST GOAL, SAFETY. HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT SAFETY, IN THE SURVEY AND NOT EVERY COMMUNITY CAN HELP THIS, PEOPLE WERE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ON CAMPUS FOR THE MOST PART. IT SCORED HIGHER THEN ANYTHING ELSE

018ACROSS THE BOARD WAS PHYSICAL SAFETY. BUT, EMOTIONAL SAFETY SCORED THE SECOND LOWEST OF EVERYTHING AND SO YOU SAW THIS DISCREPANCY BETWEEN PARENTS AND TEACHERS MAYBE NOT FEELING KIDS ARE ALWAYS EMOTIONALLY SAFE BUT PHYSICALLY ACTIVE SHOOTER OR VIOLENCE, THESE KINDS OF THINGS WERE NOT OF GRAVE CONCERN. NOT THAT WE SHOULDN'T PAY TO ATTENTION TO THEM, WE SHOULD, BUT WE ARE FORTUNATE IN THAT WAY. SO GOAL 4 IS TO MAINTAIN SAFE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL AND DEVELOP 100 PERCENT PROFICIENCY WITH SAFETY PROTOCOLS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS CREATE AND MAINTAIN SAFE HEALTHY AND EXCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT FOSTER STUDENT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND TEACH AND UNDERSTAND OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL THREAT THAT CAN OCCUR AND PROVIDE TOOLS TO DEAL WITH ISSUES SUCH AS AND THESE WERE THE BIG ONES WE HEARD, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL IDEATION.

019PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH OF STUDENT AND STAFF AT ALL SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT FACILITIES. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THINGS-WHATEVER WE HAD BECAME A CHARACTER OF ITSELF IN COVID. IF STUDENT WERE STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY, COVID MADE IT WORSE AND TEACHERS TOO. THIS IS A OPPORTUNE MOMENT FOR US TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING. THERE ARE FOUR STRATEGIES FOR THIS PARTICULAR GOAL AND THE FIRST IS TO INCREASE SECURITY IN SCHOOL HALLWAYS AND BATH ROOMS PARTICULARLY TO PREVENT VAPEING AND VANDALISM. TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT VAPEING, THIS YEAR IT EXPLODED. SUPERVISION TO SCHOOL TO INCREASE HALL AND BATHROOM MONITORING. EVERYBODY SAID YOU NEED TO GET IN THE BATHROOM (INAUDIBLE) THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE ADULT PRESENCE. INVESTIGATE MORE VAPEING CENSORS. WE HAVE THEM IN THE BATHROOM AND NEED TO LOOK WHICH SCHOOLS AND WHICH BATHROOMS

020NEED MORE. PROMOTE THE SAFE PROMISE DAYS IN SCHOOL AND WE NEED A ANTI-VAPEING CAMPAIGN. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING LIVE PANELS WITH A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF IT TO YOUR BODY AND ALSO LAW ENFORCEMENT. ONE OF THE SRO'S AND HAVING THEM COME IN AND REALLY FIELD QUESTION FROM KIDS ABOUT THE DANGEROUS. SORRY THERE IS A 4 MISSING THERE. THAT IS PHYSICAL SAFETY. NEXT IS BULLYING. WE NEED TO PREVENT BULLYING ON AND OFF OUR CAMPUSES. CYBER BULLYING AND FOSTER INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS. WHEN I DID THE FOCUS GROUP WITH STUDENT AND I ASKED IS BULLYING A PROBLEM AND I DID WITH ALL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE KEYS AND THEY ALL SAID OF COURSE IT IS A PROBLEM. LIKE, WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK IT IS NOT A PROBLEM? DO WE HAVE

021AN EGREGIOUS PROBLEM MORE THEN OTHERS? PROBABLY NOT BUT WE KNOW IT IS A ISSUE HERE LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT. A TRAINING VIDEO FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS ON WHAT IS BULLYING. WHAT IS THE STATE POLICY. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF IT HAPPENS TO YOU OR YOUR CHILD. SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISUSE THE TERM BULLYING AND WE HEARD THIS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IF A KID PUSHES ANOTHER KID THE CHILD WILL SAY I'M BEING BULLIED. IT ISN'T OKAY TO PUSH BUT THAT ISN'T BULLYING, IT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT PERVASIVE SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE DEFINITION AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE IT. STUDENTS ARE THE BEST TO LEAD. STUDENT LED INITIATIVE LIKE SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING AND SCHOOL PATROLS AND WE ARE DOING THAT BUT WE WANT TO AMPLIFY IT.

022OF COURSE PARENT EDUCATION BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE REALIZE PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD SO PARTICULARLY OCTOBER CAMPAIGN AND ARE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR LET PARENTS KNOW THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP. THAT IS STRATEGY 2. STRATEGY 3 IS THIS HUGE PIECE YOU HEARD ABOUT ALSO IN THE WHOLE CHILD ON EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO MANAGE THEIR BEHAVIORS AND THEIR FEELINGS THAT ARE VERY HARD STILL RIGHT NOW AND SO THE FIRST THING WE NEED MORE COUNSELORS. THESE CHILDREN NEED MORE SUPPORT IN EVERY SCHOOL WE HEARD IT. AND COULD WE-THE 504 (INAUDIBLE) IS CHALLENGING AND TIME CONSUMING SO WHILE WE CAN'T SAY A BLANKET STATEMENT WE WANT TO HELP OVER SCHOOL LOOK AT THIS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT MANAGING THE 504 WE HAVE INCREASINGLY

023GROWING NUMBER EVERY YEAR. THERAPEUTIC TRAINING AND ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, MOTIVATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION. THESE WERE THE FOUR TOPICS THAT CAME UP IN THE SURVEY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THEY WERE THE 4 BIGGEST WE HEARD AT EVERY AGE LEVEL. WE ARE UNDERSTANDING WE NEED TO TARGET THESE 4 ISSUES AND GET IN THERE BECAUSE IT PREVENTS CHILDREN FROM LEARNING. FINALLY WHAT ABOUT THE TEACHERS? THEY ARE STRUGGLING AS WELL SO TO DO RESTORATIVE PRACTICE WORKSHOPS FOR ALL TEACHING STAFF AND WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT MODELS AND EXAMPLES AND EVEN THE TEACHERS GAVE SOME THEY LIKE. THE LAST STRATEGY IS ON STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND IN MY FIRST FOCUS GROUP WAS KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AND SAID OKAY, I WANT TO ASK YOU FOR SOLUTIONS. WHAT COULD WE DO TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION HERE IN ANY WAY AND EVERYBODY KEPT

024SAYING ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY MEANT AND IN THE END WHEN I SAID CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO ME, A LOT BOILED DOWN TO KIDS SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL. THEN WHEN I WENT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THEY SAID THE SAME THING. THERE WAS PROBLEM WITH ATTENDANCE. WE CAN'T TEACH OR DO THIS IF THE KIDS ARE NOT THERE. THIS SUCH A CRITICAL STRATEGY AND HAVE 5 ACTIVITIES. ONE IS, MAKE SURE WE STREAMLINE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND ADMIN ON STUDENT DISCIPLINE. SOMETIMES THE TEACHERS GET REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH ADMIN. THE KID LEFT MY CLASS, DIDN'T COME BACK, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WENT. WHY CAN'T ADMIN DO SOMETHING AND ADMIN SAYS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MANAGING THE CLASSROOM SO THERE NEEDS TO BE STREAMLINED COMMUNICATION AND EVERYONE AGREED WITH THAT.

025PART OF THE I BELIEVE PROGRAM HAS A BE THERE COMPONENT AND WE REALLY-I BELIEVE IS CENTRAL TO WHAT WE DO IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE BE THERE PIECE HAS TO BE AMPLIFIED AND HAVE A CAMPAIGN AROUND IT IN EVERY SCHOOL. FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. ATTENDANCE TEAMS, WE HAVE THEM. WE JUST NEED TO RETURN TO THEM AFTER COVID TO GATHER CONSISTENT DATA AND COLLECT IT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. MAKING SURE WE ACTUALLY AS WE USED TO IN MOST SCHOOLS AND PROBABLY ALL SCHOOLS HOLD STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT. THE FLIP SIDE, WE WANT TO HONOR STUDENT WHEN THEY DO WELL SO HAVE CEREMONIES WHERE THEY ARE AWARDED AND HONORED FOR MAKING THE EFFORT AND TRYING HARD. AND THEN FINALLY JUST FOCUS ON THE SCHOOL CLIMATE. OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ABOUT TO GO TO

026A CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON CULTURE AND WE WILL COME BACK WITH LOTS OF IDEAS AND WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT REALLY MAKE KIDS WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL. ISN'T THAT THE POINT? WE WANT TO OFFER THE THINGS THE ENRICHMENT AND CLUBS TO MAKE THEM SAY MOM, I DON'T WANT TO STAY HOME OR DON'T WANT THAT JOB RIGHT NOW. I RATHER GO TO SCHOOL. SO, THOSE ARE THE TWO FINAL PIECES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN BUT WE HAVE A WAY TO GO. WE ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS. THESE ARE NEXT STEPS. WE HAVE WORK SHOP WITH PRINCIPALS. WE WILL DO 2 OF THEM AND TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE 4 GOALS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THEIR VERY CONCRETE FEEDBACK. AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO BRING IT TO THE TEACHERS. WE WILL MEET JUNE 14 SO

027YOU WILL SEE EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK AND TRYING TO FINALIZE IT THERE. THE PARENTS, WE MUST HEAR FROM THE PARENTS AND PRINCIPALS WILL BE DOING THAT IN AUGUST AND WE HOPE WE WILL FINALIZE THE PLAN IN AUGUST AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION. SO, I KNOW THAT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE METRIX FOR THE RETENTION RATES? SURE. LET'S SEE--CAN YOU SEE THIS OKAY? YEAH. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING MOST NEW TEACHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY LEAVE TEACHING IN THE FIRST 5 YEARS, A LARGE NUMBER DO. IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A METRIX-IF MORE AND MORE PEOPLE RETIRE AND WE HAVE TO-OR THERE IS MORE A SHORTAGE AND HAVE TO BRING MORE AND MORE TEACHERS THEN WE WILL END UP WITH RETENTION RATES JUST FROM

028THAT NUMBER GOING-WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THEM GOING DOWN. IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO SPLIT OUT THE TEACHERS INTO SORT OF THE VETERAN TEACHER, 5 YEARS AND OVER AND THE NEW TEACHERS, BECAUSE I THINK THE STRATEGIES ARE DIFFERENT FOR THOSE TWO GROUPS THAT THE VETERAN TEACHERS NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEN THE BRAND NEW TEACHERS DO AND IF WE DONT SPLIT THEM UP WE MAY END UP PROVIDING THE WRONG THING TO THE WRONG GROUP. I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT. THANK YOU. AND THEN ON THE REIMBURSEMENT, JUST IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, 2 OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY ARE GIVING HOUSING ALLOWANCES, MONTHLY HOUSING ALLOWANCES, AND I KNOW ON A CHARTER SCHOOL IT IS SMALLER AND NOT AS MASSIVE OF A UNDERTAKING AS IT IS TO AN ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT

029WE SHOULD PERHAPS INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT OR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THAT TO MATCH A MONTHLY HOUSING STIPEND FOR TEACHERS OR EMPLOYEES. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. WE DID SPEAK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND I DO THINK-I'LL MAKE SURE WE BRING IT BACK UP AND REVISIT IT AND MAYBE NOW ISN'T THE TIME- I THINK MRS. ANDERS LOOKED INTO THAT AND SHE CAN MAKE A COMMENT. I HAVE HEARD THAT QUITE A BIT LATELY BECAUSE ONE OF THE SCHOOLS DID INCREASE THEIR HOUSING ALLOWANCE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IS NOT SUSTAIN ABLE AND SO AT SOME POINT THAT MAY GO AWAY. I WOULD PREFER THAT WE PAY PEOPLE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND JUST CALL IT SALARY AND DO

030THE BEST WE CAN. BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CUT TO SOME OF THOSE TEACHERS AND SO I DON'T WANT US TO BE IN THE POSITION IS MY ONLY CONCERN. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. THE FINAL THING I'M HEARING FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT PART OF THE ATTENDANCE ISSUE IS KIDS WHO HAVE JOBS. MAYBE IT ISN'T ATTENDANCE ISSUE BUT THEY ARE TAKING JOBS, THEY ARE WORKING WELL PAST THE LEGAL TIME FOR A TEENAGER TO WORK AND SLEEPING THROUGH THE DAY AND THAT I THINK NEEDS A COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROGRAM TO-BECAUSE THE MONEY MIGHT BE GOOD RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU ARE 16 OR 17 YEARS OLD, BUT 20 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA THE MONEY MAY NOT BE ADEQUATE. I AGREE AND WE WERE TRYING TO RETOOL ALL THAT THROUGH THE

031MOVE PROGRAM WHERE WE KIND OF CONTROL THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT STUDENTS WORK AND MAKE SURE THEY GET THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF PAY AND SO FORTH, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK IN EDUCATION. THANK YOU. IT IS A GREAT POINT. IN THE BE THERE STRATEGY NUMBER 2, BE HAD A CAMPAIGN FOR STUDENTS AND SO YOU ARE EXACTLY-I THINK MAYBE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHICH IS TRUE BUT THERE WAS ATTENDANCE PROBLEM AT EVERY AGE BUT MORE SO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXACTLY THAT REASON. RIGHT AND APPEAL TO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF WHEN THESE KIDS ARE WORKING AFTER 11 OR 12 IT IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL KID. YES. WE NEED TO GET TO THE BUSINESSES AND TELL THEM. IT ISN'T BEHOOVING ANYONE

032IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT. THAT IS RIGHT. ALYSSA, AND MADAM SUPERINTENDENT; I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT CAME UP ABOUT THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER. IF YOU IS WITH A PLACE TO LIVE AND WELL PAID YOU CAN GET A LITTLE TIRED AND I KNOW PERSONALLY WHEN I GO OFF TO A CONFERENCE AND SITTING IN A ROOM WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND WE HAVE A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE MOTIVATING SPEAKER AND THINKING IN THIS CASE SHARING CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SKILLS THAT CAN RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES AND KEEP YOU GOING. I REALLY WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT IDEA COME IN. YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I'M OKAY, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. I GOT DOGS BARKING. I APOLOGIZE. [DOG BARKING] SINCE WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME ON THIS, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH. I HAD A FEW THINGS, BUT ONE TO ME

033THAT IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT, YOU ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE SUBS WHICH I UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOLS NEED THE SUBS, BUT I WOULD ALSO WANT TO SEE US DECREASING THE NEED FOR THE SUBS. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT WE ARE PROBABLY STILL SPENDING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON SUBS, AND THAT'S MONEY THAT WE COULD USE ELSEWHERE. THAT'S WHY OUR FOCUS ON ATTENDANCE. YEAH, BUT WE ARE ALSO SAYING WE WILL INCREASE THE SUBS BY A LARGE NUMBER EACH YEAR. 50 PEOPLE. YEAH, WE CAN-AGAIN, IT IS GOOD TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE OUTCOME METRIX BECAUSE WE'LL GO BACK AND REVISE THOSE. YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. THERE ARE REASONS WE CAN STOP SOME OF THEM PRETTY EASILY. ANYWAY, AGAIN, I STILL COME TO THE SAME POINT. EVEN ON THE HOUSING STIPEND. THERE IS

034A LOT OF POINTS THAT ARE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER IN THIS PLAN BECAUSE THE MINUTE YOU ADD ANYTHING THAT COST MONEY YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN AWAY FROM SOMEBODY'S SALARY AND TO ME IT IS THE TOP ON THE AGENDA WHEN I CAME ON THE BOARD. WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND EVERYONE OF THE IDEAS IT TAKES AWAY MAYBE IF YOU ARE BRINGING UP A NEW IDEA YOU GOT IT GET RID OF A OLD IDEA THAT STILL COST MONEY THAT MAY NOT BE WORKING, BUT TO ME MORE COUNSELORS, YEAH WE NEED MORE COUNSELORS BUT EVERY TIME YOU ADD A COUNSELOR YOU TAKE A COUPLE DOLLARS AWAY FROM EVERYBODY'S SALARY AND HOUSING STIPEND. EVEN THE LONGEVITY SUPPLEMENTS THERE. THAT IS NICE, BUT WE HAVE A POT OF MONEY AND THAT'S WHAT

035WE HAVE AND WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT. WE ARE ONLY REARRANGING WHERE IT GOES TO AND WITH 80 PERCENT OF IT GOING TO SALARIES, THERE ISN'T A LOT OF ROOM. ANYWAY, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO THIS PART? YES. HOW MANY? WE HAVE 4 PEOPLE. I BELIEVE A COUPLE ARE HERE IN PERSON. THE OTHERS WILL BE BY PHONE. OKAY, BUT NOW--WE GOT TO GET THE BOARD MEETING GOING AND THINK WE CAN PUT THEM FIRST IN THE SECOND PART OF-WILL YOU BE AROUND AND LISTENING TO US FOR A WHILE? YES. I HAVE A CLASS- WE WILL TAKE 4 PUBLIC COMMENTS BUT NOT DOING THEM RIGHT NOW. FINE. BECAUSE WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING. THAT'S FINE. MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE

036TIME. THE CHAIRMAN JUST REMINDED ME, HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IF WE SPEND MONEY IN ANY OTHER AREA IT WILL DEFEAT THE VERY PURPOSE OF MAKING THE SALARIES AS HIGH AS WE CAN. LAST TIME YOU KIND OF VAGUELY POINTED TO SOME IDEAS THAT THESE THINGS WE CAN DO BETTER WITHOUT SPENDING RESOURCES AND THINK WHEN WE TAKE THE DEEPER DIVE NEXT TIME I LIKE TO HEAR A LOT MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WITHIN OUR LIMITED BUDGET. THAT'S GREAT AND I THINK AT THE END OF THIS WE WILL HAVE SOME PRICE TAGS ATTACHED SO YOU CAN SEE. SOME OF THEM COST NOTHING AND SOME OF THEM WILL COST AND IT WILL BE A TRADE-OFF AND LIKE EVERYTHING A BALANCING ACT, BUT YES, WE WILL DO THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME IN LETTING ME

037TALK SO MUCH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME AND LIKE TO OPEN UP THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. YOU HAVE SOMEBODY FOR THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MR. DICK, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY REQUEST FROM THE BOARD TO CHANGE THE AGENDA FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED SO I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. UNLESS THERE IS A REQUEST FOR CHANGE AT THIS TIME. MOVE APPROVAL. (INAUDIBLE) TO CHANGE THE AGENDA. THAT'S RIGHT. I GUESS WE ARE--WE ARE GOING TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE JIM MOONY GIVE US A REPORT. HE'S GOING TO GIVE A REPORT AND I WILL HAVE HIM DO IT RIGHT AFTER THE MINUTES. YES, CORRECT. SO, YES,

038WE CAN CHANGE THE AGENDA TO REFLECT JIM MOONY IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. WITH THAT CHANGE I MAKE A MOTION. I SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. ALRIGHTY. NEXT I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES FROM APRIL 26. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. AT THIS TIME REPRESENTATIVE JIM MOONY WOULD COME AND GIVE US A UPDATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE WE ON? YES. THANK YOU BOARD BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT STAFF, AND WORKING STAFF TO MY LEFT AND OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND ON TELEVISION. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. IT IS A PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU THE LAST 2 SESSIONS IN TALLAHASSEE. I WILL NOT TELL YOU IT A EASY ROAD. THE WALK IS ROUGH ROAD. A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENS IN TALLAHASSEE VERY FEW

039PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU GET TO THE LOCAL LEVEL. THAT SAID, EDUCATION BEING A FORMER TEACHER AND TEACHING IN THE OLD HALLS OF (INAUDIBLE) MY CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM THE NEW HALLS SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE STANDING HERE. EDUCATION (INAUDIBLE) PASSING OUT BASICALLY ROUGH INFORMATION WHAT PASSED THIS YEAR IN LEGISLATION THAT DIRECTLY EFFECTED THE SCHOOL ISSUES BOTH CHARTER AND PUBLIC AND AT A SECONDARY WE WON'T GO INTO COLLEGE ASPECT BUT THERE WAS A TON OF HIGHER LEVEL EDUCATION BILLS THAT MOVED THROUGH ALL WHICH PASSED BASICALLY UNANIMOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE FLORIDA A BETTER PLACE TO EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN AND HAVE THE BOARDS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS BENEFIT AND THRIVE. WE KNOW THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK IN MONROE COUNTY. COST OF LIVING IS JUST WALKED INTO THE TAIL END OF THIS BUT COST OF LIVING IS CONTINUING TO DRIVE

040ALL OF US NUTS. HOUSING IS MAKING US INSANE, SO YOUR JOB AS THE BOARD AND SUPER INTENDANT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND REFLECTS ACROSS THE STATE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. HOUSING IS OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. TEACHERS SALARIES CONTINUE TO BE AT SOME OF THE LOWER LEVELS IN THE COUNTRY WHICH IS EMBARRASSING IN MY OPINION AND ARE CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT HOME BUT IT IS HARD TO TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER PROGRAMS WITHOUT A MAJOR FIGHT BUT THE GOOD THING IS THE PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE CARE ABOUT EDUCATION AND FORTUNATE TO HAVE A NUMBER OF EDUCATORS IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT PUSH HOME THE NEED FOR HIGHER QUALITY TEACHERS, HIGHER QUALITY EDUCATION AND HIGHER PAY AND HIGHER PAY IS THE KEY. MY FIRST PAY CHECK FROM CARL SHORES IS (INAUDIBLE) THAT SAID, I'LL GO OVER

041A UP COUPLE BILLS THAT ARE K-12 AND HAVE Q & A IF YOU LIKE. CHARTER SCHOOLS MOST PROBABLY REALIZE TAKES A FRONT SEAT UP THERE IN TALLAHASSEE. THE MAINLAND IS SO DIFFERENT FROM US AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR US IN SOME REGARDS WE ARE FORTUNATE-I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH WHEN I GET IN TALLAHASSEE HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO HAVE YOU AS LEADERS AND OUR SYSTEM IN PLACE. WE ARE BLESSED AND SO FAR AHEAD OF THE CURVE COMPARED TO MANY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT TASK. HB225 IMPROVES CHARTER SCHOOL FLEXIBILITY. IT PROVIDES CHARTER SCHOOLS MORE CERTAINTY INSURING CONSOLIDATION IS APPROVED OR DENIED WITHIN A SET TIMEFRAME. I'M NOT THAT UP TO DATE ON CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE DON'T HAVE A TON SO FOR-IT SHOULD MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER

042AND ALLOW FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO DECIDE IF THEY MAKE IT OR NOT MAKE IT SO THE STUDENTS ARE NOT COST IN NEVER NEVER LAND WHICH APPARENTLY HAPPENED OFTEN IN THE MAINLAND. BRIGHT FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP-CAUGHT THE TAIL END AS WELL, HB461 REMOVES THE BARRIERS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR NEW STUDENTS TO QUALIFY FOR BRIGHT FUTURES AND A PATHWAY FOR STUDENT HAVE TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES TO ALLOW FOR THE HOURS THEY ARE WORKING TO COUNT TOWARDS THE CRITERIA FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP SO IT WILL HELP A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY HAVING TO WORK TO MAKE ENDS MEET WITH THE FAMILY. THAT IS A VERY GOOD BILL. STUDENT ASSESSMENT WE KNOW THE FSA, IN TWO SESSIONS I HEARD HOW MANY CALLS, PARTICULARLY LAST SESSION IN 21 WHEN WE HAD COVID AND THE PRESSURE PUT ON

043TO THE TEACHERS, THE PRESSURE PUT ON TO THE BOARD, PRESSURE TO THE STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR. THE GOVERNOR HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN TO REMOVE THE FSA AND START DOING THE NEW STUDENT ASSESSMENT. THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE LAID OUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT BILL PAST. FINANCIAL LITERACY. SB1054 AND HB1115 PROVIDES FOR OUR STUDENTS FINANCIAL SKILLS EARLY TO SET THEM UP. I SAID THIS SINCE 1973, WE ARE NOT TEACHING KIDS HOW TO BALANCE CHECK BOOKS. WE TEACH A LOT OF GREAT STUFF BUT NOT A LOT OF STUFF THAT MATTERS TO THEIR LIVES AT THE END OF THE DAY SO ALL THOSE WHO MADE A'S READING SHAKESPEARE (INAUDIBLE) WHAT THEY LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL INTO REAL LIFE AND BECOME ADULTS DO BASIC SKILLS NECESSARY FOR A DAY TO DAY LIVING. SCHOOL SAFETY, HB1421 IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY

044SECURITY TRANSPARENCY AND REFINES REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY BILLS PLAN TO REUNITE FAMILIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATION IN EVENT THERE IS ASSAILANT ON CAMPUS. WE ARE BLESSED HERE WE HAVE GREAT OFFICERS IN THE SHERIFF OFFICE AND CERTAINLY UNFORTUNATELY (INAUDIBLE) A COLLEAGUE FROM THE PARKLAND THAT THEY STILL CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE TRAGEDY SO SCHOOL SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT AT THE STATE LEVEL. 1467 IMPROVES THE TRANSPARENCY AROUND SELECTING AND USING PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION LIBRARY MATERIALS. THAT IS IN THE HEADLINES AND ESTABLISH A 12 YEAR TERM LIMIT FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THEY TRIED TO GET 8 PASSED AND WE SORT OF PUT THAT ON THERE. A YEAR AGO IT WAS NO PAY, SO WE ENDED UP WITH 12. THIS YEAR IT WAS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE SENATE AND HOUSE AND THE SENATE WON, SO AT LEAST NOW EVERYBODY SITTING

045HERE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE FUTURE. HB7 THE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, THAT WAS A HOT TOPIC OBVIOUSLY. BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES IS MAKES SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO LEARN HISTORY UNIMPEDED. THERE IS CONTROVERSY, BUT WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE TAUGHT BUT NO ONE IN TALLAHASSEE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ISLE THINKS HISTORY SHOULD BE TAUGHT AND TAUGHT HONESTY AND THINK THAT IS OUR JOB. OUR JOB AS A TEACHER IS DO THAT. THE TEACHERS IN THE ROOM I SEE A FORMER STUDENT IS NOW A PRINCIPAL. OUR JOB IS TEACH THE KIDS THE REAL STUFF, THE REAL DEAL AND HB7 DID GET NICE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. THERE WAS AMENDMENTS MADE BY REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTOPHER AND THEY WERE GREATLY RECEIVED BY EVERYBODY. THE LOCAL TAX-HB777 A LAST MINUTE LAST MINUTE ISSUE WHICH HAD TO DO WITH

046THE FUNDING AND THE CHANGE OF DATES FOR THE REFERENDUM TO BE ON BALLOTS. YOU HAVE LESS THEN 10 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION SHOWING UP TO PARTICIPATE IN A ELECTION WHERE TAX DOLLARS ARE VOTED ON. I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT BILL AND APPLAUD YOU FOR HIRING A LOBBYIST AT THE LITERALLY THE SECOND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THAT FIXED. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE. THEY TOOK OUR AMENDMENT AND THE ONLY AMENDMENT TAKEN WAS FROM MONROE COUNTY. THROUGH THE GREAT EFFORTS OF THE STAFF AND SCHOOL BOARD AND YOUR LOBBYIST YOU HIRED FOR THAT ISSUE CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE I THINK IT SAVED $1.7 MILLION A YEAR ALONG THOSE LINES. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN LOST AND WITH BELIEVE THERE WERE 3 OTHER COUNTIES IN THE SAME BOAT. THAT WAS PART OF THE PARKLAND-HOW IT

047WAS LAID OUT OR AFTER THE TRAGEDY. OF COURSE 1557 ANOTHER HOT ONE. THAT WAS THE PRESENT PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL. VERY CONTROVERSIAL. MANY KNOW I VOTED AGAINST THAT BILL AND I DID THAT AFTER TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SOUL SEARCHING AND READING AND TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TRYING TO FIGURE WHY THE BILL WAS AS VAGUE AS IT WAS WRITTEN. I GUESS THIS IS WHERE THEY USE THE TERM THE GUYS OUT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVE A TENDENCY TO GET TOO DEEP INTO THINGS. I'M NOT AFRAID TO GET DEEP INTO IT. I TAKE PRIDE TO READ THE BILLS. DISCUSS WITH LEADERSHIP AND BILL SPONSOR AND THE AMENDMENTS. IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED DEEPLY AND THE VAGUENESS IN THE BILL WAS JUST TOO MUCH TO VOTE UP ON IT. I LOOKED AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WE DON'T TEACH SEX ED K-3 IN THE

048STATE OF FLORIDA. BUT TERMS LIKE INAPPROPRIATE, THOSE ARE VAGUE TERMS AND COMING OUT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE ORDINANCE S I WAS INVOLVED WITH VAGUENESS ALLOWED ATTORNEYS TO FEAST. THAT WAS MY FEAR. PUTTING THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TEACHERS IN PERIL OF LAWSUITS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE DEFENDED. THAT IS THE HARD PART UNDERSTANDING WHY THINGS CAN GO SIDEWAYS. IT TAKES SOMEONE THINKING SOMEONE IS INAPPROPRIATE AND YOU ARE USING SCIENTIFIC TERMS AND THE PARENT THINKS THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE THE (INAUDIBLE) PUNCHING BAG. I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I HAVE TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS. I THINK OUR LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE STATE IS GOOD ENOUGH. THAT SAID IT PASSED AND VERY VERY HOTLY DISCUSSED. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 9 OF US THAT DECIDED NOT TO GO WITH THIS AND ONE

049DEMOCRAT DECIDED TO VOTE AGAINST THE BILL AS WELL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE EDUCATION SB896 AND 573, WHICH JUST LOOKING AT THE MATRIX WILL ALLOW FOR THOSE THAT SERVE IN THE MILITARY TO USE 48 MONTHS IN SERVICE AS CREDIT TOWARDS A TEACHING DEGREE. THIS IS A GREAT BILL. WE ARE HOPING WHAT THEY LEARNED IN THE MILITARY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND BROUGHT FORTH AND BECOME TEACHERS INSTEAD OF SITTING AND STARTING FROM SCRATCH, THEY GET CREDIT WHAT THEY LEARNED IN THE MILITARY. I WAS NOT FORTUNATE TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY BUT ANYBODY WHO DID KNOWS YOUR EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IS INTENSE. THERE IS NO MISTAKES (INAUDIBLE) IN THE MILITARY. THAT WILL HELP SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. MAYBE GRAB TEACHERS THAT WERE NOT THERE. THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TAKE 24 TEST, IT ISN'T A FREE

050RIDE. THEY HAVE 5 YEARS TO GET CERTIFIED BUT THAT SAID, THEY STILL HAVE TO TAKE COLLEGE CREDITS BUT IT ALLOWS THEM 250 GET IN THE DOOR WITH WHAT THEY ALREADY LEARNED AND I THEY THINK THAT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT. GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL CONSTRAINED BY FINANCES. I HAVE BEEN PREACHING SINCE DAY ONE AS WELL AS A HANDFUL OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT AGAIN IT IS GREAT TO BE PAYING BUT WE ARE CLEARLY WAY SHORT WHERE WE NEED TO START. UNTIL WE DO THIS UNTIL WE HIT A RESET BUTTON AND FIX THAT. STARTING SALARIES LOOK GOOD IN THE PANHANDLE WITH THE COST OF LIVING IS PENNIES COMPARED TO DOLLARS HERE THAT IS GOOD STARTING SALARY AND WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE IT BOARD WITH SALES TAX AND A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE CURVE BUT

051STILL FAR BEHIND THE CURVE. AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST THINGS WE TOUCHED ON. I GOT A HANDOUT WITH A TON OF INFORMATION ON IT. ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, JUST WHAT THE STATE DROPPED INTO MONROE COUNTY, $1.8 MILLION PLUS FOR SCHOOL READINESS SERVICES EARLY LEARNING. $1.1 MILLION FOR VPK LEARNING SERVICES AND $623 THOUSAND FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THAT IS JUST THE K-12 LEVEL. THERE IS A LITANY OF OTHER MONEY LAYING OUT THERE FOR COLLEGE OF FLORIDA KEYS, BUT AGAIN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE. THAT'S REALLY THE WRAP UP ON THAT. IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS-OBVIOUSLY THE HANDOUT IS MORE DEFINITIVE AND ALLOW YOU TO LOOK THROUGH THE BILLS A LITTLE DEEPER BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M ALL EARS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO WELL

052THIS YEAR. I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR HOW EASY IT WAS TO GET A HOLD OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND HOW RESPONSIVE AND THEY WERE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE THING I'LL CORRECT YOU, THE PARAMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LEGISLATURE IS TO FUND THE SCHOOL-THAT IS IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE REQUIREMENT AND THE BUDGET IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AND MORE INCREASES THEN THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. I GUESS THE FEFP IS OVER 6 PERCENT BUT THE OVERALL BUDGET WAS UP OVER 15 PERCENT SO THAT IS A RELATIVE DEFUNDING OF EDUCATION WHEN THE WHOLE BUDGET INCREASES AND EDUCATION DOESN'T GET ITS SHARE. I KNOW YOU ARE NOT ON APPROPRIATIONS AND YOU HAVE TO STAY THERE A LONG TIME BEFORE YOU PULL THE STRINGS- IT IS FRUSTRATING NOT TO BE IN APPROPRIATIONS. IT MAKES IT REALLY--WE

053CAN CELEBRATE WE GOT MORE, BUT THIS IS HOW WE GOT TO THIS POSITION THAT WE ARE NOW IS THAT WE-THE SCHOOLS NEVER GOT-FOR YEARS THE SCHOOL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE EQUIVALENT SHARE OF THE INCREASES. YOU ARE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT AND AGAIN THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE FIGHTING UP THERE IN THE HALLS TRYING TO GET THAT PUSHED FORWARD, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU ARE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU ARE HOPING THE APPROPRIATIONS ON YOUR BOARD ARE FUNDED. SOME PEOPLE ARE ZERO APPROPRIATIONS FUNDED. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO BRING HOME $51 MILLION THIS YEAR FOR THE COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT. MUCH OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL OBVIOUSLY, BUT OTHER PEOPLE GOT ZERO DOLLARS FUNDED AND THAT'S FRUSTRATING EVEN IF IT ISN'T YOUR DISTRICT IT IS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK

054AT BUDGETS THEY BECOME BOOGIE MANS ALL OVER. I SAW A $900 THOUSAND SIDEWALK THAT STILL IRRITATES ME TO NO END. SOME OF MY STUFF WASN'T FUNDED BUT A SIDEWALK WAS. TO ME NOT ACCEPTABLE. ONCE AGAIN WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HEY, JIM. HOW YOU DOING? GREAT TO HAVE A FORMER TEACHER IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. ONE THING-THIS WOULDN'T COST ANY MONEY, BUT COULD BE FIXED IS WHEN THEY CAME OUT WITH THE TITLE OF THE BILL, THE PREAMBLE AND MAKE THE AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE TEXT OF THE BILL IT DOESN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE THE TITLE SO YOU HAVE-THE PARENT RIGHTS WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. IT GOES ON AND ON, TRUST ME. THE PREAMBLE IS DISCUSSION. YES. AND IN THE BODY OF THE TEXT IT IS INSTRUCTION. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT COULD BE FIXED. IT COULD

055BE FIXED. IT IS A PROCESS IN PLACE A LONG TIME. FRUSTRATES ME TO NO END BECAUSE COMING OUT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT YOU WRITE THE ORDINANCES AND HAVE DISCUSSION, IT CHANGES IN FRONT OF YOU BUT YOU PRESENT THE BILL AND THEN THE AMENDMENTS START ROLLING OUT AND WHETHER THEY ARE FRIENDLY OR NOT YOU TAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS NOW YOU APPROVE THE AMENDMENT AND A LOT VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND DOWN ON THE BILL BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BILL, THEN TALKED ABOUT THE AMENDMENT SO THE AMENDMENT IS APPROVED AND PUT BACK IN THE BILL AND BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED SO REALLY IT IS JUST LIKE THE GIANT THING OF MUD. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT CONFUSING SOME PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CAN'T FIX IT. 80 WE CAN TRY. I GOT A HOUSING

056IDEA. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF EMPTY NESTERS A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING ALONE. THEY TAKE IN A BOARDER OUT OF COLLEGE READY TO TRY IT OUT HERE AND GOT A EXTRA ROOM. IF THEY RENT THE ROOM OUT ON THE BOOKS SCOTT COMSOME TAKES AWAY THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. THAT CAN BE FIXED. NOBODY SHOULD BE IN FEAR RENTAL A ROOM OUT SHOULD BE IN FEAR OF LOSING THE HOMESTEAD AND THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WORTHY- WORTHY WORKING ON. TOWARDS THE END OF SESSION MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER FORMER EDUCATORS AND SOME STILL IN THE SYSTEM MOST CHARTER SCHOOLS DISCUSSING ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD LAND THAT IS AVAILABLE. WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT LAND IN KEY WEST THAT IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND YET YOU HAVE SOMEBODY READY TO BUILD HOUSING BUT BECAUSE

057YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BIT OF MARKET RATE AND I UNDERSTAND WHY, NOW THAT ISN'T IN STATE STATUTE SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE ACROSS THE STATE SCHOOL BOARDS SIT ON HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF VACANT LAND OR OLD BUILDINGS THAT COULD EASILY BE CONVERTED TO HOUSING FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND IT DOESN'T STOP FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, BUT THE MARKET RATE THROWS THE MONKEY WRENCH INTO IT BASED ON STATUTE. I AGREE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MOTHER LAW IN QUARTERS AND THERE WAS A BILL AND I WILL GET THE BILL NUMBER TO YOU BUT IT IS ALLOWING FOR SECONDARY HOMES AND REZONING EASIER, MAKING CITIES LIFE EASIER IF THEY CHOOSE TO REZONE ALLOWING FOR A MOTHER IN LAW QUARTER OR SECONDARY SMALL COTTAGE MAYBE 500 SQUARE FEET,

058WHATEVER THAT NUMBER MAY BE BASED ON FAR, BUT THERE IS POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING. IT IS NEVER FAST ENOUGH UP THERE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AND THINK IF YOU SPENT 80 YEARS UP THERE YOU WOULD STILL BE FRUSTRATED OF THE BUREAUCRACY THAT EXIST IN THE GIANT 22 STORY BUILDING. MR. HIGHSMITH YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR JIM? YES. REPRESENTATIVE MOODY THANK YOU FOR BEING BEFORE US TODAY. YOU COMMENTED EARLIER ABOUT OUR TAX INITIATIVE AND OUR ISSUES WITH LOBBYIST COMING UP TO HELP CHANGE THAT BILL AT THE LAST MINUTE-I APOLOGIZE I'M (INAUDIBLE) MY QUESTION TO YOU, TO WHAT EXTENT GOING FORWARD DO YOU THINK IT IS IS NECESSARY OR ADVISORY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HIRE A LOBBYIST, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY USING SCARCE RESOURCES OF OUR OWN IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE THE LEGISLATURE OR DIRECTION VERSUS COMING TO

059YOU AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE AND SAYING REPRESENTATIVE MOODY WE NEED YOU TO CARRY THE WATER FOR US AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. COULD YOU COMMENT ON THAT, PLEASE? SURE. THE THING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT LAST SECOND, IT CAME OUT OF NO WHERE. NOBODY INFORMED ME OF POTENTIAL LOSS FROM MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. IT POPPED UP ON THE RADAR AT THE LAST SECOND. I'M TASKED DOING WHAT YOU SAID. YOU COME UP AND SEE ME AND I'LL DO MY BEST UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE THAT I'M ALSO TASKED BY MULTITUDE OF OTHER ENTITIES DO THE SAME THING. THE THING ABOUT LOBBYIST AND GO BACK TO MY DAYS (INAUDIBLE) LIKE A CAR INSURANCE POLICY. YOU HOPE YOU NEVER NEED IT BUT WHEN YOU NEED IT IT IS THERE. THERE IS LOTS OF CONTROVERSY PARTICULARLY IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES BUT THE ABILITY TO

060GET TO THE TOP DOGS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT IF YOU ARE A FRESHMAN LEGISLATOR. I'M NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND YEA OR NAY BUT I TELL YOU THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN DONE WITHOUT KATE DELOG AND SOUTHERN GROUP BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY WELL CONNECTED IN THE CAPITAL. WHEN YOU REACH OUT THAT IS GREAT BUT WHEN YOU NEED TO GET TO THE TOP LEVEL TO THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I CAN WALK IN THE OFFICE AND DOESN'T MEAN I CAN EXPLAIN THE BILL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE REST OF THE SENATORS AND LEGISLATORS COMING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ISSUE WHERE THESE GUYS CAN PICK UP A PHONE AND CALL SOMEBODY AND CAN GET RIGHT TO THE NUT. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE A BAD INVESTMENT. I CAN TELL YOU

061THE MINUTIA OF TALLAHASSEE I DON'T KNOW YOU COULD REALLY EXIST WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF LOBBYIST UP THERE TO HELP YOU. YOU CAN GO AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE LEGAL STAFF THAT IS GOOD BUT I'M NOT A ATTORNEY. MOST ARE NOT ATTORNEYS SO WHEN YOU TRY TO CHANGE SOMETHING LAST MINUTE YOU HAVE BETTER LAWYERS ON YOUR SIDE TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT, SO I WAS NOT THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE. FAIR ANSWER, I APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. JIM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE AND DOING THIS. GLAD TO SEE THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS FIGURING OUT TO HELP THE PEOPLE FROM THE SERVICE TO BECOME TEACHERS. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I DON'T THINK THERE IS

062ANYTHING I LEARNED IN THE SERVICE THAT IS USED IN THE SCHOOL AT THIS TIME. I THINK TECHNOLOGY MAY HAVE ADVANCED SOME THERE. UNLESS THEY WERE HAVING A WAR. I DID NOT BRING THE BILL NUMBER BUT THERE IS A BILL THAT WILL BE A REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT THAT GIVE TEACHERS AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ADDITIONAL $50 THOUSAND IF IT WERE TO PASS IN NOVEMBER ON YOUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. I KNOW $50 THOUSAND IN TODAY'S NUMBERS IS NOT EARTH SHATTERING BUT HATE TO SAY, YOU HAVE TO TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET AND IT IS-I SUSPECT IT WILL PASS. PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF OUR TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, YOU DON'T HEAR A LOT OF NEGATIVITY ABOUT FIRE, EMT, FIRST RESPONDERS. EVERYBODY WAS ROCK STARS DURING COVID. YOU GUYS SOMETHING CAME OUT TODAY WHERE WE WERE

063BACK IN SCHOOL YOU TOOK THE STEPS AND MADE THE HARD DECISIONS AND LOW BEHOLD OUR STUDENTS PROBABLY LEARN MORE THEN A LOT OF STUDENTS KEPT OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. THAT JUST POPPED UP TODAY. ANY EVENT ANY QUESTIONS, REACH OUT, JIM.MOONY (INAUDIBLE) GO TO MY FLORIDA HOUSE.GOV AND PUBLICATIONS AND YOU WILL SEE A COMPLETE 400 PAGE LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS AND BILLS. 265 MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE AND LUCKY WE GOT 3 ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AGAIN THIS YEAR SO WE ARE HAPPY WITH THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AMBER. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GEMS TO PRESENT. THERE ARE WONDERFUL IN THE SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM SO I LIKE TO INVITE THE CHAIRMAN AND SUPERINTENDENT AXFORD UP TO ASSIST. I LIKE TO INVITE DAREN (INAUDIBLE)

064FROM KEY LARGO. SOPHIE STEVENSON, WOULD YOU COME UP ON UP, PLEASE? STUDENT AT KEY LARGO SCHOOL AND EXEMPLARY STUDENT AND ATHLETE. A ROLE MODEL FOR PEERS AND IN THE CLASSROOM. IN ADDITION TO PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMIC CHALLENGE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR HER NOMINATION. WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE ACADEMIC CHALLENGE THIS YEAR THIS MONTH THE TOURNAMENT SOPHIE REALIZED THE MODERATOR WHICH WAS ME MADE A ERROR IN THE DECISION AND IN AWARDING A POINT--THE CALL WAS INCORRECT. WELL, SOPHIE RAISED HER HAND, HER COURAGE AND SPORTSMANSHIP RAISED HER HAND AND CHALLENGED AND HELPED THE OPPOSING TEAM GET A POINT AND ARE WAS CORRECT WITHOUT HESITATION AND DID THE RIGHT THING EVEN FOR ANOTHER TEAM. HER ACTION DURING THE ACADEMIC CHALLENGE IS INDICATIVE OF CARING NATURE AND POSITIVE

065ATTITUDE. THIS ALONG WITH LEADERSHIP HER ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND HER SPORTSMANSHIP IS THE REASON THAT SHE IS AWARDED THIS GEM THIS EVENING. CONGRATULATIONS, SOPHIE. [APPLAUSE] NEXT I LIKE TO CALL UP CHRISTINE MORGAN, ALSO NOMINATED BY KEY LARGO SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THIS EVENING WE RECOGNIZE CHRISTINE MORGAN A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AT KEY LARGO SCHOOL. MRS. CHRIS IS COMING TO KEY LARGO FOR MORE THEN 4 YEARS AND READING TO STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH 2 ONCE A WEEK. THE STUDENT LOVE TO HEAR HER STORIES AND ARE LOOK FORWARD SEEING HER. SHE IS MASTERFUL HOLDING INTEREST AND BRINGING THEM IN AND BEING INVOLVED IN WHAT SHE READS. HER COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION HELPED SPREAD THE JOY OF LITERACY AND READING THROUGHOUT KEY LARGO COMMUNITY AND SHE THROUGH THAT HAS CREATED SOME GREAT EDUCATIONAL MOMENTS SO WE ARE VERY

066PROUD TO AWARD HER WITH THIS GEM. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] NEXT I LIKE TO CALL UP (INAUDIBLE) AND I ALSO LIKE TO CALL UP XAYVER ARRINGTON OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WEIGHT LIFTER! [APPLAUSE] WE ARE SO PROUD OF XAYVER ARRINGTON. THE FIRST CORAL SHORES BOYS WEIGHT LIFTER AND FIRST IN MONROE COUNTY. FIRST YEAR HURRICANE. HE MOVED HERE IS A JUNIOR AT CORAL SHORES. HE HAD IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TALENT AND STRENGTH HE DEVELOPS AT THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL. WHEN WE GOT TO CORAL SHORES HE CONTINUED TO WORK HARD. HE HAS THIS INTERNAL MOTIVATION THAT KEEPS HIM WORKING IN WEIGHT LIFTING CLASS AND WORKING OFF OUTSIDE OF CLASS TO DEVELOP HIS TALENTS AND HIS SKILLS AND HIS STRENGTH. HE PRACTICED SOLIDLY AND THAT PAID OFF. HE PLACED FIRST IN DISTRICT AND REGIONALS IN BOTH THE SNATCH AND TRADITIONAL AND THEN IN THE

067STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET HE IN THE OPEN CLASS, WHICH IS BASICALLY LIFTING ABOUT WHAT YOU WEIGH, AM I RIGHT? HE TOOK THE STATE TITLE AND PLACED 6 IN THE TRADITIONAL LIFT, SO HE HAS DONE AMAZING WORK AND REALLY HE SHOWS TRUE GRIT AND DEDICATION AND AGAIN THAT INTRINSIC MOTIVATION IS ACTUALLY SHOWING LEADERSHIP TO ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY SEE HOW HARD HE WORKS AND HOW THAT HARD WORK PAID OFF. SO, WE ARE SO EXCITED AND TOMORROW HE WILL BE COMPETING AT STATE ONCE AGAIN IN THE SHOT POOT, AND DISCUS THROW. WE MIGHT SEE XAYVER AGAIN SEE HAPPY TO AWARD YOU THE GEM AND WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD AS YOU COMPETE. [APPLAUSE] NOW I LIKE TO CALL KELLEY UP FROM TREASURE VILLAGE BECAUSE I WILL DO THE THREE LADIES TOGETHER. IF YOU

068WOULD COME UP PLEASE. CORAL DE PAUW FROM CORAL SHORES. IVY TIEDEMANN FROM TREASURE VILLAGE AND VIOLET MATTHEWS FROM TREASURE VILLAGE. SO, MANY OF YOU KNOW WE MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENT WENT TO THE STATE SCIENCE FAIR AND THEY HAD THESE AMAZING PROJECTS AND IN ORDER TO GET TO THE SCIENCE FAIR YOU HAD TO GET THROUGH REGIONALS, SO ALL OF THESE LADIES DID EXTREMELY WELL AT REGIONAL, WHICH EARNED THEM A BIRTH AT THE STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR. SO, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR AGAIN, WHEN THEY GOT THE DISTINCTION AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL WHICH WAS IN THE DISTRICT YOU CAN'T JUST REST ON YOUR LAURELS, YOU HAVE TO PERFECT YOUR PROJECT, RISE TO STATE COMPETITION LEVEL SO IF TAKES WORK. CORAL DE PAUW(INAUDIBLE) AT THE STATE LEVEL. CONGRATULATIONS FOR EARNING A BIRTH TO THE

069STATE CORAL. IVY IS FROM TREASURE VILLAGE RECOGNIZED WITH HONORABLE MENTION AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROJECT AND HAVE TO READ THIS ONE. EIFFEL TOWER, NOPE (INAUDIBLE) VERY ACCOMPLISHED IN SCIENCE. THAT IS IVY SO CONGRATULATIONS IVY. [APPLAUSE] VIOLET IS ALSO FROM TREASURE VILLAGE AND EARNED A BRONZE MIDDLE AT REGIONALS AND THEN WENT TO STATE AND EARNED A THIRD PLACE AT THE STATE LEVEL IN HER CATEGORY OF BIO MEDICAL HEALTH SCIENCES AND HER PROJECT WAS TITLED,ISH GREEN LIGHT GO, SO THIRD PLACE IN THE STATE. A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. CONGRATULATIONS, VIOLET. AGAIN VERY PROUD OF THEM AND ALL THE TEACHERS THAT HELPED AND ASSISTED AND COACHED THEM AND PARENTS SURE YOU SPENT A LOT OF SCIENCE TIME SO WE WANT TO THANK THESE YOUNG LADIES AND ALL THAT SUPPORTED THEM TO EARN THE STATE BIRTH. THANK YOU

070SO MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES OUR GEMS. WE WILL DO CITIZEN INPUT BUT THIS IS FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE FIRST PART. TIME TO SWITCH. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER AND 5 MINUTES FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE OF A DESIGNATED GROUP. TRANSFER OF TIME BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND OR GROUPS IS NOT PERMITTED. LETTERS SUBMITTED TO EACH BOARD MEMBERS AND THE BOARD SECRETARY PRIOR TO BOARD MEETING WILL NOT ADDITIONALLY BE READ INTO THE RECORD. ALL STATEMENTS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE BOARD, NO PERSON MAY QUESTION BOARD MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH PERSONS MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT. FURTHERMORE, ALL SPEAKERS GREE TO ABIDE BY THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR CITIZEN INPUT WHICH IS SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 0169-1 AND BEGIN THEIR PRESENTATION STATING THEIR FULL NAME AND CITY AND TOWN OF

071RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. DO WE HAVE ANYONE? YES, MR. CHAIR, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 5 PEOPLE REGISTERED TO SPEAK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THESE SPEAKERS HAVE ALSO REGISTERED TO SPEAK DURING THE REGULAR SECTION. I WILL BE CALLING FOUR OF THOSE FIVE PEOPLE. DO YOU WISH FOR ME TO CALL THEM AND HAVE THEM SPEAK TO BOTH ITEMS AT THE SAME CALL OR DO YOU WISH TO CALL THEM BACK? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE CONFUSING. UNFORTUNATELY I THINK YOU WILL HAVE TO CALL THEM BACK A SECOND TIME. LISTEN, WHAT WE HAVE HERE NOW-HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING? FOR THE REGULAR MEETING-- ABOUT. ABOUT 14 AND 2 PEOPLE HAVE WALKED IN- OKAY. SO, HERE'S-IT IS GETTING TO BE A LOT, SO YOU KNOW, IF THE PHONE DOESN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME DON'T

072GO A SECOND TIME BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEIR PHONE IS BUSY OR WHATEVER. THAT'S JUST CALL THEM ONCE AND THAT'S IT. GO AHEAD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. JOHN JOKEM. HE IS IN PERSON. HE IS REQUESTING 5 MINUTES AS HE IS REPRESENTING THE LOWER KEYS CONSERVATIVE GROUP. I'M FROM (INAUDIBLE) A 4 TIME BEST SELLING AUTHOR. I WAS COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT TALK ABOUT JACK (INAUDIBLE) BROUGHT YOU A BOOK I COAUTHORED WITH HIM A BEST SELLER. PARADIGM IS A BELIEF OR A MEANING YOU ATTACH TO SOMETHING. A PARADIGM SHIFT IS WHEN A A PERSON CHANGES THAT BELIEF. TONY ROBINS SAID, THE MEANING OR BELIEF YOU ATTACH TO SOMETHING IS YOUR REALTY. (INAUDIBLE) WROTE A BOOK CALLED TIPPING POINT. THIS BOOK TIPPING POINT YOU TAKE A TREND OR EPIDEMIC ACTUALLY AND

073WHEN IT HITS A CERTAIN LEVEL WHICH IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT IT TIPS AND JUST TOTALLY EXPLODES. (INAUDIBLE) ALSO WROTE THE BOOK CALLED BLINK WHICH BASICALLY SAYS IN THE BLINK OF A EYE YOU MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS. AND THIS IS HOW A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN. SO, I WANT TO START BOARDING SCHOOL OUTSIDE ATLANTA AND I TRIED TO CHANGE THEIR PARADIGM OF THEIR STATE FLAG BECAUSE IT HAD THE CONFEDERATE FLAG ON IT. THAT HAPPENED, THERE WAS A TIPPING POINT AND THAT CHANGED. THE TIPPING POINT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS YOUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH IS GOOD GLOBAL CITIZENS I THINK YOU ARE AT THAT POINT AND YOUR E-MAILS YOU RECEIVED BASED UPON THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME YOU TALKED ABOUT A MISSION STATEMENT IS EXCEEDED. THE TIPPING POINTS. THE GOOD GLOBAL CITIZEN SEEMS TO BE THE

074ISSUE, AND I WOULD STATE IT DIFFERENTLY LIKE SUCCESS IS YOUR DUTY OBLIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITY AND IT IS VITAL. THERE IS A THING CALLED THE LAW OF PLURALITY OR OPPOSITE. THE THING WE HAVE AS A ISSUE TODAY DEALS WITH THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS WE HAVE THAT ARE INCARCERATED, SO I WOULD ATTACK THAT ASPECT IN YOUR MISSION STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE GOOD LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS WITH CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY AS PART OF YOUR MISSION STATEMENT. NEXT THING I PUT IN YOUR MISSION STATEMENT WOULD BE WITH HIGH STANDARDS. YOU HAVE THAT AND YOU PUT IT ANOTHER TOGETHER WITH EDUCATION, YOU WILL GET A GOOD OUTCOME. NOW, STEVEN CUBBY ONCE SAID THE PRICE OF YOUR RENT ON EARTH IS SERVICE. I AM OFFERING YOU MY SERVICE TO TEACH YOUR TRAINERS HOW TO DO GOAL SETTING. THIS BOOK IS WITH JACK CANFIELD,

075ONLY TWO HUMAN BEINGS HAVE (INAUDIBLE) I SPENT MONTHS ON THE ROAD WITH TONY ROBINS SO I'M QUALIFIED. I HOPE THIS ADDS TO YOU. I WILL NOT NEED THE REST OF MY TIME. I WILL CHANGE THE MISSION STATEMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE TIPPING POINT. I WILL GIVE THE BOOK DIDN'T WANT TO (INAUDIBLE) CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, SUCCESS SECRETS. I AM QUALIFIED TO TEACH YOUR TRAININGS AND YOUR BOARD HOW TO DO GOAL SETTING. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ME UP ON THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [CLAPPING] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY FELLS WHO I WILL BE CALLING. I'M GOING TO GO TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. MRS. SIMONE PIA. HELLO, THIS IS SIMONE. HI, MRS. PIA- MRS. PIA? HELLO. MRS. PIA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, HELLO, MRS. PIA. YES. AS REQUESTED

076YOU JOINED THE MEETING OF THE MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING STRATEGIC PLANNING DURING CITIZEN INPUT SEGMENT. THE BOARD MEETING IS HELD AT CARL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU JOINED VIA SPEAKER PHONE. YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES AND YOU CAN START BY INTRODUCING YOUR COMMENT AND GIVE A COMMENT. A TIMER WILL ALERT WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP AND YOU MAY BEGIN NOW. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SIMONE (INAUDIBLE) CALLING FROM KEY WEST FLORIDA. DR. BENJAMIN RUSH A PRIMARY FOUNDING FATHER OF THE NATION SAID PATRIOTISM IS AS MUCH A VIRTUE AS JUSTICE AND NECESSARY FOR SOCIETY AS NATURAL AFFECTION FOR THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES. DR. RUSH WAS ALSO THE FATHER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HE STATED, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE REPUBLICAN OF AMERICA A MODE OF EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO

077WHICH HE ASKED, WHAT DO WE NEED TO TEACH IN SCHOOL TO REMAIN A NATION? THIS LEAD TO THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION TO BE LAID OUT WITH A THREE FOLD OBJECTIVE AND THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE TO ONE, LOVE AND SERVE GOD, TWO, LOVE AND SERVE THEIR COUNTRY, THREE, LOVE AND SERVE THEIR FAMILY. WHEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR REVERENCE ARE GOD MORALITY IS RELATIVE INSTEAD OF THINGS (INAUDIBLE) DR. RUSH ALSO NOTED PATRIOTISM IS AS MUCH VIRTUE AS JUSTICE AND NECESSARY FOR THE SUPPORT OF SOCIETY AS NATURAL AFFECTION FOR THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES. GOING ON TO SAY IF YOU EVER LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR COUNTRY YOU WILL BECOME THE GREAT ENEMY OF THE FAMILY WHICH BRINGS BACK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD COUNTRY FAMILY BECAUSE IF THE FAMILY FALLS APART OR COUNTRY FALLS APART THE FAMILY

078WILL TOO. REMEMBER GOD IS AT THE FRONT OF ALL OF THIS. WE WERE TOLD OF THIS UPMOST IMPORTANCE FROM GO BY GEORGE MASON FATHER OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS WHO SAID NO FREE GOVERNMENT NOR THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY CAN BE PRESERVED TO ANY PEOPLE BUT BY FREQUENT OCCURRENCE TO FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. PLEASE CONSIDER THE PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION THAT MAKE THIS THE MOST (INAUDIBLE) TO EXIST ON THE PLANET. REMEMBER THIS WHEN IT COMES TO MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT. THE WORLD IS BETTER AND SAFER BECAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL OF REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES (INAUDIBLE) RUNS THE RISK OF OUR REPUBLICAN DESCENT GRATING UNDER GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUCH AS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO DICTATE THE (INAUDIBLE) GETTING RIGHTS BACK ONCE SOMEONE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO OVERRIDE THEM IS (INAUDIBLE) KEEP THE TOOTHPASTE

079IN THE TUBE, FOSTER THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE NATION AND GROW CIVIC MINDED AMERICAN CITIZENS, EMPOWER STUDENT TO THINK (INAUDIBLE) TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND CHOICES AND GAIN CONFIDENCE. (INAUDIBLE) A WAY THAT DIDN'T WORK WHILE (INAUDIBLE) THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SECOND SET OF COMMENTS SO THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. THANK YOU MRS. PIA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. TIA (INAUDIBLE) REQUESTING 5 MINUTES AS SHE IS REPRESENTING MUMS FOR LIBERTY GROUP. I'M GOING TO TRY MR. TIM (INAUDIBLE) HELLO. HI, MAY I SPEAK WITH MR. TIM (INAUDIBLE) YES. HI, MR. TIM (INAUDIBLE) ACTUALLY THAT IS THAT IS ME. HI, AS YOU REQUESTED YOU JOINED THE MEETING OF THE MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING STRATEGIC PLANNING DURING THE CITIZEN

080INPUT SEGMENT. THE BOARD MEETING IS HELD AT CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE JOINED VIA SPEAKER PHONE. YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND YOU CAN START BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF THEN GIVING YOUR COMMENT. A TIMER WILL ALERT WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP AND YOU MAY BEGIN NOW. (INAUDIBLE) JUST GIVE TO MY WIFE TARA WHO SHOULD BE ON THE LIST AS WELL? MR. CHAIR. (INAUDIBLE) WONDERING IF I CAN SPEAK. YEP, MR. CHAIR THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. OKAY. TIM WON'T BY SPEAKING TODAY SO THAT WILL SAVE TIME. I WANT TO TALK ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL THEY WILL INCREASE SECURITY ESPECIALLY FOR VAPEING AND BATHROOM MONITORING BUT AS A PARENT I DO NOT WANT MORE COUNSELING ALL TRAINING ON MENTAL HEALTH (INAUDIBLE) NEW BILLS FROM THE GOVERNOR INSURE WE CAN OPT OUT

081OF THESE THINGS. WE NEED TO INSURE IF YOU PROVIDE IN THE CLASSROOM PARENT ARE OPTING OUT. IF YOU WANT A COUNSELOR TO TALK TO THE CHILD THE PARENTS NEED TO GIVE CONSENT AND FIGURING OUT TO SEPARATE THE CHILDREN WHO'S PARENTS OPTED OUT WILL BE A BIG TASK AND THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE TEACHER TRAINING ON THAT. I ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THE TOPIC OF (INAUDIBLE) WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE REFERENCING (INAUDIBLE) I'M GOING TO READ A QUOTE FROM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEB PAGE TITLED FLORIDA (INAUDIBLE) FLORIDA HAS BEEN CLEAR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS MUST FIRST AND FOREMOST ALIGN TO FLORIDA BEST STANDARDS. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROACTIVELY (INAUDIBLE) 2021 THAT TEXTBOOKS MUST ALIGN TO BEST STANDARDS. STATE LAWS REGARDING REQUIRED INSTRUCTION AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT INCORPORATE UNSOLICITED (INAUDIBLE) SUCH AS FEL IN THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL

082MATERIALS. WE NEED TO BE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT INFORMATION FROM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. I ASK THE BOARD TO LOOK INTO THIS TO INSURE WE ARE ON THE ON TOPIC (INAUDIBLE) IN POLICIES LIKE THE (INAUDIBLE) INCLUDE THE SCHOOL AND IN TODAY K-5 MATH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL. THIS IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SET UP THE BEST STANDARDS SO I BELIEVE THE TASK FORCE COMING UP WITH ALL THIS NEEDS TO RELOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING. SINCE COUPLE CALLS DID NOT PICK UP. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE'LL DO CITIZEN INPUT FOR THIS MEETING. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN JOKEM REPRESENTING THE LOWER KEYS CONSERVATIVE GROUP REQUESTING 5 MINUTES. ANY SOCIETY CAN BE FOUND IN HOW IT TREATS ITS MOST

083VULNERABLE MEMBERS. THAT IS FROM A GANDHI. SEEK TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOU ARE TO BE UNDERSTOOD IS BY DR. STEVEN CUBBY. LISTEN BEFORE YOU SPEAK. WANTED TO GO OVER ONE OF YOUR POLICIES THAT YOU HAVE AND IT ISN'T TERRIBLE. LET ME START BY SAYING THAT. YOUR POLICY FOR LBGTQ AND THE STUDENTS SUPPORT, YOU ARE GOING TO BASICALLY HAVE TO HAVE SOME SHIFTS IN THE POLICY BECAUSE OF PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS WHICH THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID HE VOTED AGAINST THAT. MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD IS THAT YOU DO A TOWN HALL MEETING AGAIN, AND YOUR POLICY YOU HAVE TODAY HAS A PLAY BOOK. HOW TO TALK TO PARENTS AND HOW NOT TO TELL THEM THAT THEIR CHILD HAS HAD A SHIFT AND I WOULD-IT IS ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THE PARENTS VERSUS THE RIGHTS OF THE STUDENT. THEY

084ARE IN CONFLICT. DO THE PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW ANYTHING? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. PROTECTING THE CHILD IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. THE MOST VULNERABLE. MY RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU IS TO HAVE A LAWYER WITH PARENTAL RIGHTS EXPERT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA VERSUS ANOTHER LAWYER WITH CHILD RIGHTS AND PRESENT THIS AND HAVE THEM GO OUT-WHEN THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT IT IS THE CORRECT THING. YOU HAVE CHANGED NAMES, YOU CALL IT A FIRM NAME. YOU HAVE DONE SOME THINGS, AT SOME POINT IT WOULD BE IMPLIED THAT THIS PARENTS DON'T HAVE RIGHTS. YOU REFER TO THE GUARDIAN KNOWING ON ONE PAGE AND DOESN'T SAY PARENT OR GUARDIAN WHICH WOULD BE A CONCERN OF THE PARENT. THIS SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BEING RUN OVER BY A MACK TRUCK THEN DEALING WITH THIS. PARENT HAVE

085THE RIGHT TO KNOW IS WHY YOU HAVE THIS. THE GUIDELINES WHEN YOU CAN TALK IS WHY YOU WOULD HAVE THIS. FLORIDA HAS A PROGRAM OR PROCEDURE IF YOU THINK THAT THE PARENTS ARE NOT COMPETENT YOU CALL DCF. FLORIDA HAS A GUIDELINE OR PROGRAM IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME. YOU JUST CHANGE THE NAME. FLORIDA HAS A GUIDELINE OR PROCEDURE IF YOU DON'T WANT THE PARENT IN CHARGE. YOU MAKE A EMANCIPATED TEENAGER. FLORIDA HAS THINGS IN PLACE. IT APPEARS YOU ARE DOING GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. THAT IS WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE. IT MAY NOT BE THAT BUT THE PARENTS WANT TO KNOW DO THEY HAVE THESE RIGHTS OR ARE YOU THE GUARDIAN? THESE ARE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM AND THE PARENTS WANT TO KNOW ARE YOU GOING TO INFORM THEM JOHNNY

086DOESN'T HAVE A WE WE AND WHAT POINT DO YOU TELL THEM THAT? YOU HAVE A PLAY BOOK THAT DOESN'T ALLOW THE PARENT TO KNOW. THE PARENTS MUST BE A LITTLE PERTURBED AND THAT IS UNDER STATEMENT YOU HAVE A PLAY BOOK. YOU INTAKE OF THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY SEEMS FAIR. YOU HAVE A GREAT DEFINITION. YOU HAVE THIS (INAUDIBLE) AND DISCRIMINATION, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT POLICY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION AND TOTAL SEPARATE ONE HOW TO DEAL WITH IT. YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT (INAUDIBLE) YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS TRUSTED PARENT OR TRUSTED ADULT. WHAT IS THE QUALIFICATIONS? IS THERE A WITNESS? YOU DONT LIST A WITNESS. DOES THIS OCCUR WITH CAMERAS? YOU ARE LEAVING YOURSELF OPEN FOR LAWSUITS. YOU SHOULD ADDRESS THESE THINGS YOU JUST HAVEN'T. YOU HAVE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT. HAVE THE TOWN

087HALL MEETINGS AGAIN. LET THE PARENT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU ALREADY GIVEN THE PLAY PLAN. IF THESE KIDS REALLY WANT TO PLAY WITH YOU THEY WOULD SAY I'M TRANSITIONING MYSELF AND IF YOU CALL THE SCHOOL THEY WILL READ THE PLAY BOOK. WE CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING AND LET THAT KID MESS WITH THE PARENT OR IT IS KID MESSING THE TEACHER. YOU SET YOURSELF UP FOR THIS AND IT IS A SHAME YOU-YOU SHOULD ADDRESS THIS WITH TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND AGAIN I RECOMMEND TWO LAWYERS WITH OPPOSING POINTS OF VIEW AND AT SOME POINT THERE IS COMMON GROUND. YOU WILL REACH COMMON GROUND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ONE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARL MILLER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JL POWERS. GINA BOSIC. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE A PHONE CALL TO

088MR. BILL BOLLS. [PHONE RINGING] HELLO. MR. BOLLS? YES. HI. AS YOU REQUESTED YOU JOINED THE MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING CITIZEN INPUT SEGMENT. THE BOARD MEETING IS BEING HELD AT CORAL SHORES AND YOU HAVE NOW JOINED VIA SPEAKER PHONE. YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES AND YOU CAN START BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF THEN GIVING YOUR COMMENT. A TIMER WILL ALERT WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP AND YOU MAY BEGIN NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BILL BOLLS, I'M A RESIDENT OF BIG PINE KEY. TODAY I WANT TO ADDRESS THE DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT WITH ENOUGH SPECIFICITY THAT YOU WILL ACT SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS SUBJECT AGAIN. LAST WEEK WHILE APPROACHING THE DISTRICT OFFICES DOWN BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD STATION, I WAS TOLD TO GO TO THE

089FLAG POLE WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG AND TURN RIGHT TO THE DOUBLE DOORS. ON THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR GLASS ON A COLOR 8 AND A HALF 11 SHEET TAPED TO THE GLASS WAS YOUR MISSION STATEMENT THAT ENDS PROCLAIMING TO EMPOWER ALL STUDENTS TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND CONTRIBUTING GLOBAL CITIZENS. I WAS AGAIN OFFENDED. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHAT DOES A NEW GRADUATE JUST JOINED THE MILITARY IN SERVICE OF OUR NATION THINK ABOUT BEING A GLOBAL CITIZEN VERSUS A CITIZEN OF THESE UNITED STATES? EVERY TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT WHEN APPLYING FOR THEIR TEACHING CERTIFICATE HAS TAKEN A OATH TO FAITHFULLY UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, NOTHING GLOBAL. EVERY CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE HOLDER OF FLORIDA AND I THINK THIS SCHOOL BOARD HAS SIMILARLY SWORN. NO THOUGHT OR MENTION OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

090RESPONSIBILITIES. I SPENT A BIT OF TIME ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CITIZEN. I FOUND THE LATIN (INAUDIBLE) WORD FOR THE PLACE, THE CITY WHILE (INAUDIBLE) IS THE WORD FOR THE CITIZEN OF THAT CITY. AS THE WORD EVOLVED FRENCH TO ENGLISH THE WORD BECAME CITIZEN AND BROADENED TO LOCAL ALLEGIANCE TO INCLUDE ALLEGIANCE TO A STATE OR NATION. THE MIRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF CITIZEN IS A NATIVE OR NATURALIZED PERSON WHO OWES ALLEGIANCE TO A GOVERNMENT AND IS ENTITLED TO PROTECTION FROM IT. INHABITANT OF CITY OR TOWN ESPECIALLY ONE ENTITLED TO THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF A (INAUDIBLE) A CITIZEN IS DISTINGUISHED FROM A SPECIALIZED SERVICE OF THE STATE. THE TERM CITIZEN IS ALWAYS APPLIED TO A SPECIFIC ENTITY. THE GENERALITY OF A GLOBAL CITIZEN IS NONSENSE. IT VIOLATES THE DENOTIVE MEANING OF THE WORD CITIZEN.

091SO, I BEG YOU, PLEASE STRIKE THE WORD GLOBAL FROM OUR MISSION STATEMENT. FROM THE INTERNET I CREATED A LIST OF ABOUT 20 MISSION STATEMENTS SOUTH FLORIDA SCHOOLS. SO FAR NOT ONE HAS CONTAINED THE WORD GLOBAL. IT IS ALSO NOTABLE NEITHER THE KEY WEST OR MARATHON HIGH SCHOOLS THAT GLOBAL CITIZEN IN THEIR MISSION STATEMENTS. ONLY CORAL SHORES DOES. AGAIN, PLEASE STRIKE THE WORD GLOBAL FROM OUR MISSION STATEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. MARY FELLS. I'LL TRY HER FOR THIS SEGMENT. IF YOU GET HER LET HER SPEAK TO BOTH. YES, SIR. HELLO. MRS. MARY FELLS? YES, SPEAKING. AS YOU REQUESTED YOU JOINED THE MEETING OF THE MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING CITIZEN INPUT. THE BOARD MEETING IS HELD AT CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE

092NOW JOINED VIA SPEAKER PHONE. YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES TO DISCUSS YOUR FEELINGS ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK TO ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM. YOU MAY BEGIN BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND GIVING YOUR COMMENTS. A TIMER WILL ALERT. WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP AND YOU MAY BEGIN NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS AFTERNOON AGAIN. MY NAME IS MARY FELLS AND I'M FROM (INAUDIBLE) MY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME WILL BE SHORT AND TO THE POINT. INTRODUCING DISCUSSION IN A SCHOOL ROOM SETTING REGARDING GENDER OPTIONS AND SEXUALITY BY PEOPLE WITH LIMITED TRAINING AND QUESTIONABLE EXPERTISE IN THE COMPLICATED SUBJECTS IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE. THE STUDENTS ARE BASICALLY HELD CAPTIVE IN THE CLASSROOM BY PEER PRESSURE AND CONVENTION. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF

093THE GOVERNMENT USING THE SCHOOL AS THE ENFORCEMENT ARM. FIRST, THE MASKS THEN THE (INAUDIBLE) NOW GENDER AND SEXUAL OPTIONS WHERE WILL IT END OR NEVER END UNTIL EVERYONE ENTIRE CHILDHOOD IS CORRUPTED FOR ALL TIME. THE EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE AND GOVERNMENT NEED TO STEP BACK FROM THINKING THEY CENTER THE ANSWERS TO EVERYTHING. QUITE SIMPLY, THEY DON'T AND TO EXPERIMENT ON OUR CHILDREN WITH EACH NEW EDUCATION FAD THAT COMES DOWN THE PIKE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND PLEASE, DON'T CITE STUDIES IN PEER REVIEWED PAPERS. WE KNOW HOW THE FACTS AND FIGURES GOT UP AND DANCED AROUND ONG THE PAGES OF THE COVID STUDY. NOW IF I MAY FOR THE BALANCE OF MY TIME I LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE OTHER SUBJECT THAT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK

094TODAY. WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT CONTINUES TO COME TO LIGHT REGARDING EDUCATIONAL ISSUES, IT WOULD SEEM THAT YOU HAVE A VERY FULL PLATE TO DEAL WITH CONCERNING STAFF AND STUDENTS. MY CONCERN TODAY AND GOING FORWARD IS A ISSUE THAT DEALS WITH THE STUDENTS. I FERVENTLY HOPE YOU WILL ENHANCE AND ENRICH THE CURRICULUM WITH A STRONG FOUNDATION EMPHASIZING THE PRIDE AND LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY OUR STUDENTS WANT TO FEEL. MOST OF THE STUDENTS WERE BORN HERE. THEY HAVE A GREAT NEED TO TAKE PRIDE IN AND LOVE THE COUNTRY OF THEIR BIRTH. PARENTS OF SOME OF THE STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE COME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND IF THAT IS THE CASE THE STUDENT NEED TO REALIZE THE GREAT HARDSHIP THEIR PARENTS HAD TO ENDURE TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND GIVE THEIR CHILDREN THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO HAPPINESS.

095YES, (INAUDIBLE) LIFE AND LIBERTY ARE GUARANTEED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BUT OUR FLORIDA STATE CONSTITUTION MENTIONS HAPPINESS AND TO DO THAT END HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THAT HAPPINESS IS AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS? I WOULD SUGGEST [INTERFERENCE. UNABLE TO HEAR SPEAKER] (INAUDIBLE) THAT THEY HAVE AND MANY PARENTS ENDURED HARDSHIP TO ACHIEVE WOULD NOT LEAD TO MUCH HAPPINESS AND ARE WHAT QUICKER WAY TO DEGRADE OUR UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP THEN TO HOLD OUT THAT GOOD GLOBAL CITIZENS ARE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE. WHAT YARD STICK WILL WE USE TO MEASURE THE DEGREE GOODNESS OBTAINED BY OTHER COUNTRIES VERSUS OUR OWN? WILL WE LOOK TO AFGHANISTAN REQUIRING WOMEN TO WEAR A COVERING FROM HEAD TO TOE OR SWEDEN WITH TAX RATE OF 80 PERCENT OR SAUDI ARABIA, (INAUDIBLE) MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT PRACTICE FEMALE (INAUDIBLE) ENGLAND

096MONARCHY (INAUDIBLE) COMMUNISM. ANY STEPS TAKEN TO LESSEN THE PRIDE AND LOVE OF COUNTRY OUR STUDENTS NEED TO EXPERIENCE SHOULD BE REJECTED. AS DR. THOMAS (INAUDIBLE) SAID AND I QUOTE, NOT ONLY IS PATRIOTISM DESTAINED, THE VERY BASIS FOR PRIDE IN ONE'S COUNTRY AND CULTURE IS UNDER MINED IN THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AT ALL LEVELS. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION ARE (INAUDIBLE) EVERY HUMAN FOUND HERE AS IF THEY WERE PECULIARITIES OF THE WEST. LET THIS GENERATION AND FUTURE GENERATIONS LEARN OF THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE MILLIONS OF PRIOR COUNTRYMAN MADE SO THAT THIS GENERATION AND THOSE TO FOLLOW WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND LET IT BE KNOWN THE EDUCATION OF THIS GENERATION IS THE LAST HOPE WE HAVE TO SAVE OUR REPUBLIC. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I YIELD

097THE BALANCE TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ALEXANDRIA SWARA. I RESIDE IN KEY LARGO AND I WANTED TO BRIEFLY MAKE A POINT AS FAR AS THE TEACHER PAY AND THE COMPONENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. I WAS A TEACHER OVER 10 YEARS, AND I EXPECTED TO RETIRE FROM THAT WHEN I HAD MY CHILDREN. I ENDED UP HAVING TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE A TEACHER. THERE IS ONE THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED, WE ARE TALKING TEACHER PAY, TEACHER PAY, BUT THE INSURANCE RATES, WHAT TEACHERS NEED TO PAY FOR DEPENDENT, ANY OTHER TYPE OF EXPENSES OR BENEFITS AFFORDED TO TEACHERS, I WOULD ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE AND NOT JUST THE SALARY COMPONENT BUT ALSO TAKE A LOOK WHAT IT

098IS COSTING TEACHERS IN THE BACK END WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING HEALTH CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, THE AFTER SCHOOL CARE. HAPPY TO HEAR THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING OFFERED WITH EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL CARE FOR PARENTS THAT ARE TEACHERS AND THINK THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS IN THAT PLACE ONCE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. JILL DAVIS. [PHONE RINGING] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MRS. CHAPLAIN. [PHONE RINGING] [VOICE MAIL] WE HAVE TWO FINAL SPEAKERS, MRS. SANDY (INAUDIBLE) HI, SANDY (INAUDIBLE) RESIDENT OF ISLAMORADA AND RETIRED AT PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR HERE IN THE KEYS. I'M HERE TODAY AS A TO SHARE SOMETHING GOOD AS A MEMBER OF THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION BOARD OF MIAMI AND DADE AND MONROE COUNTY WHERE MONROE COUNTY WE

099HAVE 37 DAY CARES AS PART OF THE COALITION WHERE ALL MOST ALL OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED EVENTUALLY END UP IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL AND CHARTER SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN CLASSES. THIS IS THE SAME (INAUDIBLE) TARRY AX FORD SERVED ON FOR YEARS AS WELL. SO, I JUST ARE WANTED TO BRING THE PHOTO TODAY I WILL CIRCULATE TO PASS IT DOWN SO TARRY AXFORD CAN SEE IT TOO. THANK YOU. IN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN GET A LARGE GROUP OF 3 AND 4 YEAR OLDS TO STAND STILL FOR A PICTURE, TODAY WE WERE AT THE SAINT JAMES CENTER BECAUSE TODAY AND LISA TAYLOR WAS THERE, I THINK SHE ISN'T HERE ANYMORE BUT LISA TAYLOR IS ON THE BOARD. SHE WAS THERE AND I WAS THERE AS WELL. WE WERE THERE BECAUSE TODAY AND TOMORROW WE THE FLORIDA KEYS ARE

100HOSTING THE NEWLY APPOINTED CHANCELLOR MATTHEW MERES AND HE IS ON THE JOB 8 MONTHS. HE WAS APPOINTED BY RON DESANTIS TO TAKE ALL OF THE COALITIONS OF THE STATE OF WHICH THERE ARE 30, ALL OF THE DAY CARES IN THE SCHOOLS AND COORDINATE ALL THE BUDGETS AND ASSESSMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND SO FORTH FOR THE ENTIRE STATE SO HE HAS A VERY BIG JOB. THIS IS NEW OFFICE. HE IS A ATTORNEY. HE IS KNEELING WITH THE KIDS. HIS WIFE SEPARATE FROM THIS HIS WIFE IS CATHY MERES THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE FLORIDA SENATE, SO HE IS VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE IN TERMS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND ALL OF THAT. HE VISITED THREE CENTERS TODAY. THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS SAINT JAMES IN THE UPPER KEYS AND I

101WAS THERE ALONG WITH LISA TAYLOR AND THEN VISITED ONE IN MARATHON AND ONE IN KEY WEST. TOMORROW HE WILL BE THE STAR OF THE SHOW AT THE FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE THEY WILL BE COORDINATING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING LIVE IN KEY WEST WHICH HASN'T TAKEN PLACE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME IN THE KEYS. I DONT KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO THAT BUT HE WILL BE THERE AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY-I CALLED TARRY TODAY BRIEFLY TO TELL HER HE IS JUST A VERY GENUINELY ENERGETIC ENTHUSIASTIC ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG LEARNERS, A FANTASTIC LOVELY PERSON. ASKS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND INTERESTED IN HIS JOB AND HAPPY TO SEE THE NEW CHANCELLOR DECIDED TO COME TO THE KEYS. HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO THE KEYS SO THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WILL BE

102A ADVENTURE AND BELIEVE SUPERINTENDENT AXFORD WILL BE ADDRESSED THE BOARD NOW AND I WILL BE THERE TOO TO ADVOCATE FOR THE 3 AND 4 YEARS OLDS THROUGH THE KEYS. I WANTED TO SHARE THE PICTURE. I WANT THE PICTURE BACK BECAUSE I WILL SHARE IT WITH HIM TOMORROW FOR HIS DESK. THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR, I APOLOGIZE I DID SKIP OVER ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS REGISTERED BY CALL. HAVE SOMEBODY IN HERE THOUGH? WE DO. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MAKE THE CALL FIRST? I'M GOING TO CALL MRS. CINDY DRESAL. [PHONE RINGING] HELLO. MRS. DRESAL, AS REQUESTED YOU JOINED THE MEETING OF MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IT ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING CITIZEN INPUT. THE BOARD MEETING IS HELD AT CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE NOW JOINED VIA SPEAKER PHONE. YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES

103AND YOU CAN START BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND GIVING YOUR COMMENT. A TIMER WILL ALERT WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP AND YOU MAY BEGIN NOW. I AM CINDY DRESAL (INAUDIBLE) THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS INVITING CITIZEN COMMENTS. I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHERE WE CAN SPEAK FREELY WITHOUT PERSECUTION. THIS FREEDOM ISSUE NEXT TO MOST OF THE GLOBE. GLOBAL CITIZENS DO NOT ALL HAVE THAT FREEDOM. FOR THAT REASON AMONG OTHERS I ASK YOU REMOVE THE WORD GLOBAL FROM YOUR CURRENT MISSION STATEMENT. RATHER THEN EMPOWER ALL STUDENTS TO BECOME GOOD GLOBAL CITIZENS YOU SHOULD ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO BE GOOD CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. LESS THEN 1 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION IS LGBTQIA, YET YOU FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTION IN THE MOST RECENT GUIDELINES FOR PRINCIPLES. LESS THEN 1 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION IS DISTURBED BY

104PRONOUNS IDENTIFYING GENDER. DISTURBED THAT LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS BE LABELED ONE OF THE TWO GENDERS CREATED BY GOD. SO MUCH TIME IS USELESSLY SQUANDERED OVER GENDER IDENTITY THAT SHOULD BE USED TO EDUCATE STUDENTS. STUDENTS SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO READ AND WRITE AND LEARN MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CIVICS, MUSIC AND ART. OUR STUDENT SHOULD EXCEL ACADEMICALLY NOT INHIBITED BY THE LESS THEN 1 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION URGING THEM TO DISCOVER A NEW SEXUAL ORIENTATION. FLORIDA HB1467 OR K-12 EDUCATION MEASURE SIGNED BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS ALLOWS PARENTS AND CITIZENS TO CHALLENGE THE USE OF BOOKS IN THE CURRICULUM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS LAW WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE THOSE WHO WANT TO DESTROY THE FAMILY UNIT AND DESTROY EDUCATION HAD INFILTRATED SCHOOL BOOKS WITH FOUL LANGUAGE PORNOGRAPHY SOCIAL INTIMACY AND TRANSGENDER PROMOTION. A LOWER KEY NEWSPAPER, NEW BOOK BAN LAW

105IS SCHOOL BOARD TOPIC. STATING THAT THE SUBJECT OF BOOK BANNING WILL COME UP TUESDAY AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. A MORE REALISTIC HEADLINE WOULD BE, FOUL LANGUAGE, PORNOGRAPHY, SEXUAL INTIMACY AND TRANSGENDER PROMOTION WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN FLORIDA SCHOOL BOOKS. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS IN THE AUDIENCE, MRS. MELISSA TOOMY. MELISSA TOOMY. WE BECAME AWARE OF THIS 63 PAGE DOCUMENT CALLED MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROMOTING SAFE INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS FOR LGBT STUDENT ABOUT 6 WEEKS AFTER ASKING FOR A FORM OF POLICY WE HAD TO GET IT FROM SOMEBODY WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SEPARATELY. WHICH IS PRETTY CONCERNING BECAUSE IF YOU ARE PROUD OF THIS IT SHOULD BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL PARENTS. ON PAGE 33 OF THIS DOCUMENT, I WILL READ THINGS HERE. ONLY THE

106STUDENT CAN DETERMINE THE GENDER IDENTITY OUTSIDE CONFORMATION FROM MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OR DOCUMENTATION OF LEGAL CHANGES IS NOT REQUIRED. THERE ARE 20 PAGES THAT COMPLETELY WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE GOES INTO A TRANSITION PLAN THAT CAN HAPPEN IN SCHOOL. 20PAGES WITH ALL KINDS OF RESOURCES, ALL OF WHICH THERE IS ABOUT AT LEAST 20 QUESTIONS DO YOU WANT THE PARENT TO BE NOTIFIED OR NOT? SO THEREFORE MY QUESTION IS, WHAT AGE CAN A CHILD DECIDE THAT THEY CAN NOT TELL A PARENT WHAT IS THE AGE OF CONSENT? THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CLARIFY THAT. IN FACT, THIS DOCUMENT STATES THAT CHILDREN TYPICALLY BEGIN EXPRESSING THEIR GENDER IDENTITY BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2 AND 4 YEARS OF AGE. AROUND THIS AGE TRANSGENDER CHILDREN EXPRESS CROSS GENDER IDENTIFICATION TO FAMILY MEMBERS AND CARE GIVERS THROUGH BEHAVIORS LIKE

107DRESSING IN CLOTHING AND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES CONSISTENT WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. EVEN AT THAT YOUNG AGE TRANSGENDER CHILDREN ARE INSISTENT PERSISTENT ABOUT THE GENDER DIFFERENTIATING THE BEHAVIOR FROM A PHASE. I WAS A TOM BOY. I NEVER LIKED DRESS SO MAYBE NOW I WOULD BE CONSIDERED MORE ACTING LIKE A BOY THEN A GIRL. I STILL DON'T LIKE DRESSES TO THIS DAY. DOESN'T MEAN I IDENTIFY AS A MAN. ALSO, THEY CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH A TRUSTED ADULT BUT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE WHAT THE TRUSTED ADULT IS IF THEY HAVE TRAINING OR ANYTHING. COULD IT BE THE JANITOR OR SUBSTITUTE TEACHER THAT COMES THERE? COUPLE TIMES A MONTH. WE DON'T KNOW. IT ALSO SAYS CHILDREN CAN USE OPPOSITE SEX BATHROOMS LOCKER ROOMS EVEN OVERNIGHT TRIPS IF THERE IS OVERNIGHT TRIPS HAPPENING AND EVEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES LIKE SPORTS, IF

108THEY CHOOSE AND THERE IS DETAILS IN THIS 20PAGE PLAN OF HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN. ALL OF THIS AGAIN WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSIST. PAGES 30 AND 31 THERE IS TWO PAGES OF DOCUMENTS FOR K-2 AND 3-12 FOR GAY (INAUDIBLE) THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THAT'S OUR FINAL SPEAK ER. MRS. AXFORD. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS LISTED AS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SAID ARE ROUTINE AND NON CONTROVERSIAL. BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WILL BE APPROVED BY A SINGLE MOTION. THERE IS NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS BOARD MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THE ITEMS AND MAY REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE MOVED TO ACTION ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND I HAVE TO ASK MR. SMITH ON THE FIRST ITEM APPROVAL OF PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS, HOLLY HUMBLE

109GORMAN WAS LEFT OFF THIS. MR. RUSSELL ASKED IF WE CAN INCLUDE IT, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? DID SHE STILL WANT TO WORK WITH US? YES, SHE DOES. I THINK YOU CAN ADD IT FOR CAUSE AS AN OMISSION. THANK YOU. WITH THAT SAID, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED. MR. CHAIR, IT IS ADDED FOR CAUSE, CORRECT? YEAH, I'LL ADD THIS FOR CAUSE. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ALRIGHTY. WE MOVE TO REPORTS. WE DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR MATH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. YOU KNOW THERE WAS MUCH PLANNING THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS SELECTION, BUT KELLEY IS GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR KIND OF RETOOLED THIS A LITTLE BIT, SO WE WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN DICK, SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT

110AXFORD. SO, IN LIGHT OF SOME RECENT HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING AN UPDATE IN REGARDS TO THE MATH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WHICH IS A 5 YEAR ADOPTION WHICH WOULD BEGIN NEXT YEAR AND GO ON FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS. SO, AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT I DO IN MY JOB IS ALWAYS WORKING TOWARDS MRS. AXFORD'S GOAL AND LOOKING TO TEACH FOR MEANING AND MASTERY AND MAKE SURE THE KIDS HAVE BROAD ACCESS TO RIGOR SO WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING WITH THESE THINGS IN MIND. AND SO TODAY THIS IS JUST A UPDATE IN REGARDS TO WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH OUR MATHEMATICAL INSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND PARTICULARLY IN K-5. EVERYTHING BROUGHT TO YOU PRIOR FOR 6-12 HAS REMAINED THE SAME. SO, WHEN WE START IN ADOPTION CYCLE WE DO HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE SO WE DO

111FOLLOW FS1006.28 AND MCSD POLICY OUTLINE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR REVIEW AND ADOPTION. UNFORTUNATELY THE MATHEMATICAL MATERIALS ARE STILL UNDER REVIEW, HOWEVER, MANY OF THEM HAVE NOW MOVED FROM THE SHORT LIST TO ADOPTED LIST AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. SO, THE RECOMMENDATION TIMELINE IN MAKING A CHANGE TO OUR K-5 MATHEMATICAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WOULD BE THAT HERE TODAY TO SHARE WHAT CHANGE WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. WE WILL THEN OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC REVIEW OF MATERIALS VIA THE WEBSITE PROVIDED IN THE POWERPOINT OR THEY CAN ANYONE CAN ASK TO SEE A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 9. ALL OBJECTIONS WOULD BE AIRED VIA PUBLIC HEARING BY UNBIASED QUALIFIED HEARING OFFICER AND IF WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT OR OBJECTIONS I WILL COME

112BACK TO THE BOARD AND WE WILL REVIEW AND ACT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE. THE JUNE 14, 2022 BOARD MEETING. SO, ORIGINALLY WE BROUGHT TO YOU MCGRAW HILL WHICH FILED APPEAL TO MAKE IT TO THE LIST. MANY OF THOSE APPEALS WILL EFFECT BOTH TEACHER ADDITION AND STUDENT MATERIALS AND AS OF TODAY MCGRAW HILL HAS NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THE STATE. HOWEVER, ALL MOST 2 WEEKS AGO FRIDAY 516 P.M. THE STATE DID ADD (INAUDIBLE) K-5 BACK TO THE APPROVED LIST THE SECOND CHOICE ON THE TEACHER RUBRIC. WE CONVENED IN DECEMBER AND LIVE PRESENTATIONS OCCURRED AND TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE RUBRIC AND I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL PRETTY CONSISTENTLY ON THIS ISSUE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL NEXT STEPS ARE DONE CORRECTLY AND WE ARE ALLOWED TO

113MOVE TO OUR SECOND CHOICE AND THE REASON WHY WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE DO NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE IS BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING EXTENSIVE TRAINING ON JUNE 2 AND 3 OF ALL NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. WE HAVE ALL MOST 300 TEACHERS PLANNING ON ATTENDING THAT TRAINING. WE REALLY DO NEED TO KNOW WHAT MATERIALS THEY NEED TO BE TRAINED ON. ADDITIONALLY, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT SAVIS IS DELIVERABLE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. MY PERSONAL GOAL AND MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WHEN WE START BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I DON'T THINK IT IS EVER MORE IMPORTANT THEN THIS YEAR LOOKING AT NEW ASSESSMENT, LOOKING AT NEW STANDARDS AND THESE MATERIALS ARE VITAL THAT WE START THE YEAR OUTRIGHT AND WE START OUR KIDS LEARNING STANDARD RIGHT AWAY SO I

114BROUGHT TO YOU THE SUGGESTION WE DO SWITCH TO SAVIS K-5. THEY WERE VERY BRIEFLY MOVED TO AN APPEAL PROCESS. ALL THE APPEALS WERE BASED ON MTR, WHICH IS MATHEMATICAL THINKING AND REASONING. THEY WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY OVER-TURN THEIR APPEAL BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE IN THEIR MATERIALS MATCHES THE EXACT LANGUAGE AS PRESENTED IN THE FLORIDA BEST STANDARDS MATHEMATICS STANARDS PACKAGE ITSELF. IT WAS A MATCH WORD FOR WORD. SO THE APPEALS WERE VERY QUICKLY OVERTURNED AND WE DO KNOW IT IS WELL STOCKED AND THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO BRING US TRAINERS JUNE 2 AND 3 AS WELL AS AUGUST 4 AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS TAKES SAVIS FROM KINDERGARTEN UP TO HIGH SCHOOL. THE ONLY GRADES THAT WOULD NOT USE IT IS GRADE 6-8 WHO DID VOTE ON MATH NATION. SO, YOU WILL SEE THERE IS IS A

115PUBLIC REVIEW CODE A USER NAME AND PASSWORD. ADDITIONALLY,B I DO HAVE PRINTED SAMPLES IN MY OFFICE AND WE WILL MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE AS NEEDED BUT THAT IS WHAT I'M HERE TO SHARE TODAY. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. WHO BRINGS THE APPEAL? IT WAS BROUGHT AT THE STATE LEVEL. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE APPEAL THEY ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON? WHERE DID THEY ORIGINATE? THEY ORIGINATED IN TALLAHASSEE. IT WAS A PUBLISH THAT BROUGHT THE APPEAL TO THE REJECTION. UH-HUH. THE PUBLISHERS BRING THE APPEAL AND THEN WHO RULES ON THE APPEAL? THEY HAVE PEOPLE- THE STATE. YEAH, THE STATE. THEY HAVE PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE. DES APARTMENT OF EDUCATION? YES. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. (INAUDIBLE) IT IS ALREADY BEEN MOVED, SO IN MONROE COUNTY WE ARE CONSERVATIVE AND DO NOT PURCHASE OFF NON ADOPTED LIST. AT ONE POINT WE HAD ONE

116CHOICE AND THAT WAS THE LOWEST THE TEACHERS RATED THAT WAS 5 OUT OF 5 THEY DID NOT WANT. WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD SIT AND AND WATCH AND SO THE PUBLISHERS HAVE BEEN FILING THEIR APPEALS TO GET BACK FROM THE SHORT LIST ON TO THE ADOPTED LIST AND SO SO FAR THREE HAVE MADE IT TO THAT LIST. THREE? THREE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR, THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE. SO, WHEN SOMETHING IS-SAY THIS MATH BOOK IS IN THE REVIEW TIME AND IT SAYS IT IS-THEY CAN LOOK AT IT ON THE WEBSITE OR GET A-COME AND SEE A PHYSICAL COPY. IS THE WHOLE BOOK ON THE WEB? YOU CAN SEARCH ALL OF THE MATERIALS ON THE WEB. THE WHOLE BOOK, SO BASICALLY YOU COULD READ- YEP, EVEN THE TEACHER ADDITION. IF SOMEBODY COMES TO

117YOU DO WE LET THEM HAVE A COPY OR DO THEY LOOK AT IT IN OUR OFFICE? THEY LOOK AT IT IN THE OFFICE. YEAH, BECAUSE THOSE BOOKS ARE EXPENSIVE. WE ONLY HAVE ONE SET. THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD IT WILL STAY IN THE OFFICE THEN. YES. OKAY. AND WE'LL ADVERTISE THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT INFORMATION THAT IT IS OUT? WE ARE HERE TODAY TO OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 30 DAYS. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF US DOING THIS? CORRECT. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. DICK, THANK YOU KELLEY VERY WELL DONE. AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO MR. RUSSELL AND HE'S ALREADY PUT INTO ACTION ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS NEEDED DESPERATELY SO YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO SEE THAT

118WORK IN ACTION RIGHT NOW. ALRIGHT. MR. CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM SUPERINTENDENT. I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TONIGHT TO SHARE A NEW RESOURCE AND TOOL THAT WE CREATED IN OUR HR DEPARTMENT. SUPERINTENDENT MET WITH ME AND SAID WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A RESOURCE TOOL FOR OUR NEW EMPLOYEES BUT CURRENT EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD CONTAIN SOME INFORMATION ON THE LOCAL HOUSING MARKET TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES TRY TO FIND HOUSING. REPRESENTATIVE MOONY WAS ARTICULATING THE CHALLENGES WE FACE LOCALLY AND YOU ARE AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES SO AT THE VERY LEAST WE FELT WE CAN CREATE A TOOL WE CAN PUT IN OUR EMPLOYEES HANDS THROUGH CLICKS OF BUTTONS THEY CAN START TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE POTENTIAL PLACES TO LIVE. SO, I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DOCUMENT BRIEFLY. WE GOT A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT

119OF FUN FACTS ABOUT THE KEYS AND GET INTO MEAT AND POTATOES. WE DEVELOPED SEVERAL SLIDES THAT CAPTURE THE HOUSING VIABILITY. THIS IS STILL TOOL BEING DEVELOPED SO AS WE ARE MADE AWARE OF MORE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADD AND UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT. I WAS SENT LETTERS TO LOWER KEYS REALTORS UPPER KEYS MIDDLE KEYS AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE CREATING THE TOOL, IT IS FREE AND DOESN'T COST NOTHING, IF YOU WANT TO BE INCLUDED CONTACT MARIE (INAUDIBLE) IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. KUDOS TO HER SHE DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED IT AND DONE A REALLY NICE JOB WITH THIS AND WANT TO GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT. THAT IS WHAT THE LOWER KEYS LOOKS LIKE. IN THE MIDDLE KEYS WE GOT A COUPLE HERE BUT WE WANT

120TO DEVELOP AND ADD MORE OPPORTUNITIES AS WE ARE MADE AWARE OF THE PARTICULAR HOUSING OPTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES. THIS IS WHAT THE UPPER KEYS LOOKS LIKE. WE WENT AS FAR AS ADDED INFORMATION FOR THE FLORIDA CITY HOMESTEAD AREA BECAUSE WE DO HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE IN THAT PART OF SOUTH FLORIDA THAT DO COMMUTE IN TO KEY LARGO SCHOOL OR MAYBE HERE IN CORAL SHORES OR PKS AND UPPER KEYS OFFICES. THEN AS YOU KNOW, DAY CARE YOU HEARD QUITE A BIT OF THAT HERE TONIGHT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE CHALLENGES, SO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS AMAZING. IF YOU CLICK ON THE LOWER KEYS IT OPENS UP TO A SITE THAT LIST EVERY SINGLE DAY CARE OPPORTUNITY IN THE LOWER KEYS FOR OUR PARENTS. SAME FOR THE MIDDLE KEYS AND UPPER KEYS. IT IS A COUPLE CLICKS

121OF A BUTTON AND YOU HAVE INFORMATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU TO HELP MAKE THE DECISIONS AS A FAMILY WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEND YOUR CHILD TO DAYCARE. RELOCATION RESOURCES, IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE AREA, KNOWING WHERE THE HOSPITALS ARE AT AND HAVING THE INFORMATION IS A RESOURCE THAT IS RELEVANT. HAVING TO CHANGE YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE UNDER FLORIDA LAW YOU HAVE UPDATE THE INFORMATION SO KNOWING WHERE THE LOCAL DMV IS AT IS A USEFUL TOOL AS WELL. UTILITIES, ELECTRIC COMPANIES COOP, WATER COMPANIES, SOMETHING IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE AREA YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE INFORMATION IS AS WELL. INTERNET SERVICE ATT. COMCAST. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A HOME THESE WERE SOME OF THE REALTORS THAT DID REACH BACK OUT TO US AND WANTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT

122AS WELL. THE DOCUMENT IS STILL EVOLVING, IT IS BEING DEVELOPED FURTHER. WE GOT Q & A QUESTIONS AT THE END AND ADDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM AND THINGS LIKE DUAL SPOUSE OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU ARE MARRIED COUPLE WORKING IN THE SYSTEM THAT HELPS YOU OUT FINANCIALLY FROM INSURANCE STANDPOINT AND COST OF THAT. AT THIS POINT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THIS GUIDE PLEASE LET US KNOW. IT IS ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. IT IS LOCATED UNDER EMPLOYMENT. LOCATED UNDER HR AND FRONT LINE AS A APPLICANT AND YOU ARE APPLYING, THERE IS A LINK THERE AS WELL. THERE ARE SEVERAL SPOTS FOR AN EMPLOYEE BOTH CURRENT OR SOMEONE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT DOWN HERE COULD ACCESS THE RESOURCE.

123ANY QUESTIONS? MY QUESTION YOU ANSWERED IT SORT OF, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT IT IS HOW YOU PICKED THE REALTORS AND MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCLAIMER THAT IF YOU ARE A REALTOR AND WANT TO GET ON THIS LIST THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY COME ACROSS THIS DOCUMENT AND SAY WHY AM I NOT ON IT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, WHETHER WE SHOULD ADD URGENT CARES AND AHEC. THOSE SERVICES BECAUSE A LOT OF FAMILIES USE THOSE AND THE EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE REALLY QUITE EXPENSIVE SO IF YOU ARE NEW HERE AND YOUR KID HAS STREP YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DOCTOR WE CAN-IF WE ADD THE URGENT CARES PEOPLE MIGHT GET MORE AFFORDABLE- VERY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE CAN

124DEFINITELY ADD THOSE INTO THIS VERY EASILY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AGAIN, IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR DOWN THE LINE JUST REACH OUT TO ME AND WE CAN ADD IT IN PRETTY EASILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. RUSSELL. IT IS STRATEGIC PLANNING IN ACTION ALREADY. WHICH I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT. IT IS LIKE WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THIS LONG AGO? GUESS WE GO TO- LEGAL. LEGAL. OKAY. YEAH. LEGAL. AS I ALWAYS SAY I CALL EVERYONE IN THE BOARD AND STAFF BEFORE OUR MEETINGS AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE POSED, SUCH THAT I USUALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY IN THESE MEETINGS UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIFIC REPORT SO I HAVE DONE SO AND NOT HAD ANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED AND DIDN'T HEAR TODAY SO THAT IS MY REPORT WHICH IS A

125FANCY WAY OF SAYING NO REPORT. (INAUDIBLE) TO DO ALL THIS WORK WITH (INAUDIBLE) AND DEFENSE AND ALL THAT? WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE UP A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME. THERE IS A WHOLE APPELLATE PROCESS THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU VIA E-MAIL THAT IS GOING TO- (INAUDIBLE) PUT A PRICE TAG. YEAH, YOU CAN SEND THE BILL TO TALLAHASSEE IF YOU LIKE. IF YOU TESTIFY TO A SENATE OR HOUSE COMMITTEE IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A PRICE TAG WHEN YOU STAND IN FRONT OF THEM. I CAN SEGREGATE IT INTO A SEPARATE RECORDING NUMBER IF THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE. YEAH. COMPLIANCE. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE THINGS. WE LIKE TO DO A SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT JUNE 14 AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM IN TRANSPORTATION. THAT IS WHEN OUR MEETING IN KEY WEST IS, AND WE WANT

126TO TALK ABOUT THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THE VISION AND- PLEASE. WORK ON THAT WITH YOU, AND ANY OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ARE NECESSARY, SO WE WILL FACILITATE THAT. IT WOULD BE STARTING AT 2 AND GOING TO 4:30 AND THEN WE WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO CITY HALL FOR OUR BOARD MEETING, SO I'LL SEND YOU A CALENDAR INVITE ON THAT. WE ALSO ARE UPDATING OUR PROMOTING SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS STUDENT SUPPORT GUIDE. WITH ASSISTANCE FROM EQUALITY FLORIDA. I JUST MET WITH DEE (INAUDIBLE) AND SAID BASED ON THE LEGISLATION WE HAD TO MAKE CHANGES TO THAT DOCUMENT AND SO WE ARE GOING TO UPDATE IT BASED ON THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS JUST BEEN PASSED AND OUR ATTORNEYS ARE LOOKING AT IT AND THE ATTORNEYS FROM EQUALITY FLORIDA HAVE ALSO MADE RECOMMENDATIONS, SO

127THAT'S WHAT MR. SMITH IS REFERRING TO IN TAKING TIME. WE ARE ALSO UPDATING OUR LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER HANDBOOKS TO MATCH THE RECENT LEGISLATION AS WELL, SO WE ARE RUNNING AS FAST AS OUR FEET WILL CARRY US ON IMPLEMENTING THIS LEGISLATION, BUT THERE'S QUITE A BIT TO IT, SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT. THERE IS A STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING TOMORROW BEGINNING AT 9 A.M. AT THE COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS IN THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FINE ART CENTER. PRESIDING WILL BE THE INTERIM COMMISSIONER JACOB ALEVA FORMALLY CHANCELLOR OF K-12 EDUCATION. HE IS STANDING IN FOR THE NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION WHO IS MANNIE DIAZ AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS WILL BE MEETING WITH HIM JUNE 1 IN A VIRTUAL MEETING. SO, JACOB ALEVA IS STANDING AS INTERIM COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE BOARD MEETING. THEY ARE VISITING

128WITH DR. (INAUDIBLE) WHO ACTUALLY CHAMPIONED GETTING THE MEETING HERE. IN MY EXPERIENCE IN MONROE COUNTY THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A STATE BOARD MEETING HERE, SO THIS IS A FIRST. AND I AM MAKING A REPORT AT THAT MEETING TOMORROW REPRESENTING FADS AND THE OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS IN FLORIDA AND I'M DOING A SMALL SECTION ON MONROE COUNTY TALKING TO THEM ABOUT OUR MOVE PROGRAM AND ABOUT OUR GROW OUR OWN PROGRAM. I PARTICIPATED IN A WEBINAR TODAY WITH UNITED WAY OF COLLIER COUNTY AND FLORIDA KEYS, WHICH WAS VERY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM AND THE UNITED (INAUDIBLE) TO BRING A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT TO ALL THE STUDENTS K-12, AND THIS IS BEING DONE THROUGH CREATING CLASSROOMS THAT ARE HOOKED UP WITH THE NOA PROGRAM, THE OCEAN GUARDIAN PROGRAM AND

129THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THE ECONOMY AND THE FUTURE OF THE KEYS ARE TIED TO ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND PROTECTION OF OUR CORAL REEFS, AND SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WORK GOING ON THROUGH GRANTS, PARTICULARLY GRANTS WITH THE CORAL REEF FOUNDATION AND THEY ARE OFFERING GRANTS TO OUR TEACHERS TO BRING STUDENTS TO CRITICAL AREAS IN THE KEYS AND VISIT HABITATS SO THEY CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS IN STEWARDSHIP. OUR MISSION IS STUDENT TO BECOME LEADERS IN EFFORTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND EMBRACE A ROLE IN STEWARDSHIP. IT IS PRETTY EXCITING BECAUSE IT IS IS A GLOBAL ISSUE. THE OCEANS AND PROTECTING THE OCEAN AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE KEYS I THINK YOU ALL KNOW HOW CRITICAL THE REEFS ARE AS PART OF OUR ECONOMY. SO, WE ARE ALSO IN

130A PARTNERSHIP WITH GUY HARVEY OCEAN FOUNDATION AND WE BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO BRING STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE KEYS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS K-12 AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THESE PARTNERSHIPS. OUR PARENTS IN THESE TOWN HALLS TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND IT. SO, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF WHAT OUR EFFORTS ARE IN THESE AREAS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. MRS. AXFORD, IF I MAY. YES. DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY WE ARE ENTERING IN THE PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED NOB THE UNITED WAY IS OUR CONTACT AND THEY ARE BEING FUNDED IN PART FOR THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THE BEST RECORD

131ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND LGBTQ ISSUES AS A NATION FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT US GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THEM WITHOUT MORE INFORMATION. I CAN GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VIA UNITED WAY. IT IS UNITED WAY OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AND COLLIER COUNTY, SO I WILL DEFINITELY GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I BELIEVE THEY ARE PROVIDING FUNDING. AND WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR AGAIN? WELL, THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE CORAL REEF FOUNDATION AND THE CORAL REEF FOUNDATION IS OFFERING GRANTS TO TEACHERS, TO DO PROJECTS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEY ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THAT SAME CORAL REEF FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE MARINE SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPORT SECONDARY STUDENTS. OUR TEACHERS ARE APPLYING FOR GRANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES EVENTS THAT DEAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THAT

132I CAN SEND TO YOU THAT HAS MORE SPECIFICS. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. BOBBY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. I JUST ARE COUPLE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL THE TRI-SCHOOL CONCERT IS STARTING RIGHT NOW, SO REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE ALL 3 SCHOOLS BACK HAVING A BAND CONCERT. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE KEY WEST CONCERT WHICH WAS FANTASTIC AND JUST REALLY NICE TO HEAR THE KIDS EXPRESSING THEMSELVES THROUGH MUSIC. IT IS REALLY GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE CLARIFY BUT ALSO REITERATE IT IS HARD TO FIND THE LGBTQ SUPPORT GUIDE ON THE WEBSITE. IT ISN'T REALLY CLEAR. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO FIND IT BY GOING BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WHERE IT WAS PRESENTED TO US AND SO THIS WASN'T A SECRETIVE THING, IT WAS PRESENTED IN THE OPEN

133TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN JANUARY OF 2021 AND THEN THEY WERE GIVEN FEEDBACK AND IT CAME BACK TO US IN FEBRUARY OF 2021, SO IT IS NOT NEW, BUT IT DEFINITELY NEEDS-WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW LAWS WHICH START JULY 1. CORRECT. THANK YOU. IT IS NOT A POLICY SO IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT OUR POLICIES DO, SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE GOT REPEATEDLY THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE DO FOR APPROVING POLICIES. AND THEN, I WAS-I THINK MRS. TAYLOR IS PROBABLY IN THE CONCERT AT THIS POINT, BUT I WANTED TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL. LAST THURSDAY ON MAY 5 THEY HAD A DAY DEVOTED TO SPREADING KINDNESS THAT THEY CALLED PASS IT FORWARD FOR PASCAL. THIS IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOSS OF OUR DEER FRIEND

134PASCAL AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE PKS RISE TO HONOR HIM, SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. THANK YOU. I WAS ASKED ABOUT OUR GUIDE BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR MADE A HIGH PROFILE PRESS CONFERENCE USING ANOTHER GUIDE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OURS LOOKED LIKE AND IT WAS NO WHERE NEAR AS DESCRIPTIVE AND COMPLEX AS THEIRS WAS. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING IN THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A TROUBLE FINDING IT. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW I FOUND IT, BUT I DID FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW I DID IT AND I SHARED IT, BUT I'M THINKING THAT THAT PROBABLY HAS TO ALSO BE REMODELED IN LIEU OF THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES. YES, EXACTLY. SO, WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT TRANSPARENCY ON OUR WEBSITE AND

135WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE GUIDES CLEARLY PLACED ON THOSE WEB PAGES PARENT WEB PAGES AND THE CURRICULUM WEB PAGES SO THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE MORE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT. THAT IS A GOAL MRS. (INAUDIBLE) HAS AND IT IS HELPFUL TO GET INPUT BECAUSE IT IS HELPING US MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THINGS NEED TO BE. SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK. YES. I KNOW I ASKED MR. AXFORD IF WE WERE GOING TO UPDATE AFTER THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BILL AND YOU SAID WE WOULD. IT HAS TO EFFECT JULY 1. I HAD A LOT, BUT I'LL LET IT GO. WE HAD A LONG MEETING. WE NOW RECESS THE REGULAR HEARING AND OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON K-5 MATH MATH MATERIAL INSTRUCTIONAL UPDATE AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO

136SPEAK TO THAT? NO. ANYBODY HERE WANT TO SPEAK? LET'S MOVE ON AND WE ARE GOING TO FIRST READING AND JOB DESCRIPTION. WE GOT TWO FIRST-COUPLE FIRST READINGS AND SECOND READINGS. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OR ANYTHING IN THIS ORDER? DO WE HAVE FIRST OF ALL MR. HIGHSMITH YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ON THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS IN THE POLICIES? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS? WE GOT 5 POLICIES AND COUPLE JOB DESCRIPTIONS. OKAY. THEN HEARING NO COMMENTS GOING TO GO BACK AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND WE ARE UP TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER 1. THE FIRST ACTION ITEM I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE 2022-23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS. AS AMENDED. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE APPROVED. NUMBER

1372, MR. DICK I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF JOB DESCRIPTION 82005, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM MIS DIRECTOR. SO MOVED. SECOND. GIVE THE SECOND TO MR. GRIFFITH. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION IS APPROVED. NUMBER 3, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BOARD POLICY UPDATE FOR PO5225. SO MOVED. SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL VOTE NO ON THIS MR. CHAIR. CALL THE ROLL. [ROLL CALL] NUMBER 4, I RECOMMEND TO APPROVE BOARD POLICY UPDATE IN THE TEACHER AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ARE THERE ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE, THE MOTION IS APPROVED. NUMBER 5, WE WANT TO APPROVE BOARD POLICIES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND ASSESSMENT. SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ARE THERE ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE, THE BOARD POLICIES OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ASSESSMENT ARE APPROVED. NUMBER 6, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE BOARD POLICIES UPDATE

138FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? [DOG BARKING] WHAT DOES THE DOG WANT? HE'S ALL IN FAVOR. [LAUGHTER] LASTLY- ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE, THE HUMAN RESOURCES-PICKED THE RIGHT ONE TO VOTE FAVORABLE ON. HUMAN RESOURCES ARE APPROVED. AND LASTLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE POLICY I RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE POLICIES UPDATE FOR OPERATIONS AND PLANNING. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, MR. HIGHSMITH MOVED AND DR. (INAUDIBLE) FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY NO VOTES? HEARING NONE, THE BOARD POLICIES ON OPERATIONS AND PLANNING ARE APPROVED. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA MR. DICK. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [MEETING ADJOURNED]