001Somebody for the pledge? Ms. Zalie Hayes. Okay, all right, let's open up this school board meeting. 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. I recommend the board adopt the agenda as presented. So, moved. Second. Any discussion? Hearing none, the agenda is adopted. I recommend the board approve the minutes from the March 10th, 2026, school board meeting. So, moved. Second. Any discussion? Hearing none, the minutes are approved. Now we're going to have the opportunity to recognize some truly individuals, remarkable individuals in our community. So, Deputy Superintendent Acevedo, if the superintendent and the board chair would join me on the floor. At this time, I would like to welcome up Mr. George Fernandez,
002who is going to receive a Community Gems. Thank you. Right here in the middle of the two mics. Presenters. While they are presenting, I do want to share a little bit about Mr. Fernandez. He truly is a Community Gems recipient for his extraordinary generosity, positivity, and unwavering commitment to enriching the lives of our students. As a businessman, philanthropist, and longtime supporter of our schools, George has opened doors to experience that spark joy, curiosity, and creativity across the Keys. His passion for providing meaningful moments is evident in the performances he has helped bring to our students, such as Puppy Pals that many of you might have seen last night, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Yuck Show, Page Turners, and more. Because of his dedication, nearly 4,000 students have experienced live performances this season, filling classrooms and
003communities with music, laughter, and storytelling. His belief in making the arts accessible has strengthened our cultural fabric and has inspired young minds in ways that will last for years. George's generosity knows no bounds. When he hears of a need, he is often the first to step forward, most recently in supporting the Q.S. High School Fashion Club, continuing a long history of lifting up both our district and our wider community. What makes him a true Community Gems honoree is not only the opportunities he creates, but the genuine joy that he feels watching the students experience something new and wonderful. It's just amazing. We are so deeply grateful for George Fernandez's partnership, his heart, and the years of creating great educational moments for our students. Again, the things he has done and the joy that it brings
004to our students, most importantly to him, are just immeasurable. So, congratulations, Mr. Fernandez. You truly are a community gem. [ APPLAUSE ] Yeah, absolutely. Come on down. I'd be honored. Very good. Off to his next venture. George is everywhere. Next, I would like to call up two Kiwis High School students, Wenzcare Jerry Jordain and Mylens Casillas. And to come up with them, I'd like to call up Melissa Alcerbrooks. The extraordinary impact that these students have made at Gerald Adams in the MOVE program has truly been remarkable. The MOVE program is an internship program that was started in the district many years ago. What began as support with these two in the after-school daycare as part of their MOVE internship was helping students with homework and engaging activities. It has grown into a true partnership with
005the school community. WINS Care and Mylands have embraced every opportunity to contribute. They assist with delivering packages to classrooms, they help close out the day in the office, and have taken on the major task of organizing and scanning classroom library books into the digital system, which is a huge undertaking. Their reliability, kindness, their kindness, initiative, and professionalism have made them essential members of the Gerald Adams family. Wenscary has gone even further by supporting the school's Boy Scout troop, demonstrating leadership and a willingness to serve wherever he is needed. Students and staff look forward to seeing them each afternoon because they bring energy, encouragement, and a positive spirit to campus. Principal Alsobrooks is deeply grateful to the MOVE program for connecting them with these remarkable young men. Their hard work, leadership, and character have left a
006meaningful impact on the Dolphin community, and we are very proud today to award them with these gems. Congratulations. I hope you smiled at that. [ APPLAUSE ] Thank you too. Next, I'd like to call up Allens Alexander with Coach Chas Jimenez, Principal Rebecca Palomino from Key West High School. Come on, Allens, and go right there in the middle. So, we are recognizing Key West High School junior Alan Alexander, and he is being honored as a GEM recipient for his outstanding accomplishments in wrestling and his unwavering dedication to excellence. Alan completed an extraordinary season in wrestling with a 37-7 record, earning the silver medal at the state wrestling tournament. His commitment and discipline has propelled him to become a district champion, a regional runner-up, and ultimately a state runner-up, marking him as the 14th state finalist
007in Key West High School history and only the third underclassman to reach the state finals. With a clear goal of capturing the state title next season, Allens exemplifies what it means to be a true model of Conch pride. Congratulations on your accomplishments, Allens. [ APPLAUSE ] Make me look taller. Yeah. At this time, call Miss Palomino back up, and we'd like to call up Miss Zaley Hayes. During our recent See Something, Say Something observance in March, we reminded students that speaking up isn't only about reporting threats, it's about alerting a trusted adult to do something if something doesn't seem right to you. Tonight we are recognizing Zaylee Hayes, a remarkable sophomore whose compassion, courage, and character reflect the very best of the school community. Zaylee excels academically with a 4.0 GPA. She takes AP coursework
008and serves through National Honor Society, Beta Club, Zonta, and cheerleading, all while giving countless hours to volunteer work. But it was her quick thinking and empathy that truly set her apart to receive this recognition. When she noticed a teacher in medical distress, Zaylie immediately sought help, ensuring they received the urgent care they needed. Her actions exemplify the power of See Something, Say Something and may very well have saved a life. Zaylie's response was not a coincidence. It was a reflection of who she is responsible, aware, and deeply caring. She lifts the school, strengthens her community, and inspires everyone around her. We are proud of her. Grateful for her, and confident she will continue to make a meaningful difference. Congratulations on your GEMS, Zaylee. Nice work. And if I could please have Principal Trevor Tyler from
009Sugarloaf come up with Coach Jerry Harbin. He is being recognized tonight. Please come on up. And Melissa Meyer, assistant coach, if you'd like to come up as well. Coach Jerry Harbin is being recognized tonight as a GEMS honoree for his outstanding dedication and 7 years of volunteer service to the Sugarloaf Lady Sharks volleyball program. His commitment, passion, and leadership have built a strong foundation for the team and shaped countless young athletes on and off the court. He has not only coached the players, but he's also mentored Coach Meyer, passing on his knowledge and love for the game. Through his time, energy, and genuine care, Coach Jerry has created a positive environment where athletes learn volleyball skills along with teamwork, discipline, sportsmanship, and confidence. His steady presence and belief in every player made a lasting impact
010on the Lady Sharks community. This season, the team finished with only one loss and captured the Conk Cup, an achievement that reflects his influence. The Shark family considers him one of their own, and we are very proud tonight to award him the Gems because he has created so many great educational moments. Congratulations. Thank you to everyone who is here and to all of the GEMS honorees. We are very proud of all you've contributed. Thank you. Do we have anybody signed up? At this time, Mr. Dick, we do not. Is there anybody interested in speaking to the school board? Let's move along. All items listed as consent agenda items are considered routine and non-controversial by the school board and will be approved by a single motion. There will be no separate discussions of these items. Prior
011to this meeting, board members have had the opportunity to review each of these items and may request that any item be moved to an action item for individual consideration. I recommend the board approve the consent agenda as presented. So, moved. Second. Any discussion? Consent agenda is approved as is. Reports. We have two reports this evening. The first is an update on Rex Weech, where we're making tremendous progress. It'll be given by Mr. LeFere Slam. [VIDEO PLAYING] I have your attention. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, board members, Superintendent Tierney. Uh-oh, stop, stop. I'm not having problems trying to salute. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, board members, Superintendent Tierney. There it is. Sorry, my apologies. Good afternoon. As you can see in the video, things are coming along pretty nicely with the, with the Rex Beach project. The we'll
012go through the slides now a little bit. This first slide is a slide taken from an overhead drone by our contractors. You can see there the training center and the concession/museum building as they are viewed from above. So that video's or that shot's actually taken about 3 or 4 weeks ago. This shot is taken from the project camera and is about a week old, which is again left on the left side there is the training center, and right kind of in the center is the museum concession building, the museum being kind of the area on the left, the concession area being the area on the, on the right. And then this is actually a live view, not a whole lot different from the shot from a week ago that I took right before we posted
013the agenda. What probably you might notice the most is the scaffolding that's gone up, and I'll get to the purpose of that in just a minute. So, the status of the work is kind of as follows. The training center itself, the structure is essentially complete. The installation of the rainwater leaders is about 80% complete. You can kind of see the heavy equipment underneath there right now. They're currently working on grading the floor in preparation to pour the slab, which is coming up here pretty soon. On the concession museum building, the framing of that building is essentially complete, and they started the stucco work, which is the reason for the scaffolding you see in the live view there. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work continues inside the building to include the connection of the building to the
014lift station. And then around the kind of outside of the project area, here soon, probably this week or next, we should start to see the installation of the storm drains. All in all, the project is tracking very nicely, and it's on schedule to be completed by September 30th. That completes my project update. I have one other item to discuss with you, but I'll take questions on the project before we move on to that final item. Dr. Waltanski. Are the did the air handlers get moved to the roof, or are they still over the dugout? They're still where they were previously, yes. Because it wasn't structurally, we weren't structurally able to do it? I mean, now we poured the concrete, so we probably aren't, but it was, it was a, the practice that we typically use
015is, is not roof-mounted because we have problems with roof-mounted air conditioners and leaking, roof leaking. We have problems with roof leaking's without, roof-mounted, but that's, we have long since stopped mounting air conditioners on roofs. Okay, thank you. We will, we will, we will have taken measures to kind of hide those units from, from the view from inside the stadium, per your guidance. Any other questions on this project specifically? Then my last piece is actually, I'm sorry, I have kind of a question. It's not really on the construction, but it was a question that came up the last time I visited there. Like, the museum is there, and I assume would be open during baseball games, but is there are there security issues to having access for the public having access to the museum if ballplayers
016are playing on the field? Are there security like, is there a We have SROs at our other facilities when kids are out, and they didn't know how we were going to handle that, and I don't know. I think it's something we need to figure out, if, you know, because the ballplayers are playing there a lot, and if we want that facility, the museum, to be open beyond just during ballgames, Like, how does that work? I don't have any information on how the museum is going to operate. I thought you said there were going to be glass cases, so wouldn't everything be behind a glass case so that security wouldn't be an option, or wouldn't be a problem, rather? There will certainly be display cases that have locks, but again, I have not been involved in
017any discussions how the museum will operate. I'm just helping to build it. So, I wouldn't anticipate statutory requirements on that because it's a field separate from a campus. But as far as ensuring people are safe there and ensuring that things aren't walking away, certainly we'll work on that and, you know, and have an answer for that. Yeah, my question was more about the physical security for the students that were there. That's what I thought you were asking. Okay, so finally, linked to the board report on your agenda is a change order document. On the consent agenda, you have just approved change order number 3, which was a reconciliation of the owner direct purchases. The document linked to this report is change order number 2, which is a no-cost change order approved by the superintendent back
018on March 12th, updating the project timeline. School Board Policy 6345 authorizes the superintendent to approve change orders up to $25,000. And then requires us to be reported to the board, which we are doing now. So, that task is complete, and that's all I have for you unless there are further questions. Hearing none, thank you all, and Go Blue. Thanks, Mr. LaFleur. Now we're going to have an update from Dr. White on the benefits management support that we'll provide to our employees I want to thank the team for such quality work, both under the time constraints that were posed on us and for casting their net widely on feedback on this important decision. So, Dr. White. Somebody's helping me. Mr. Chair, board members, superintendent, everybody that's in attendance, thank you so much for helping through this
019process of selecting another benefits manager group to help the employees, both current employees and retirees at the district. On the first slide, there's a timeline that I think has been discussed. I don't know who's controlling this. There we go. Thank you. There's a timeline that I think has been discussed with most of you. One of the biggest things I just want to let you know is that back before we broke for Christmas break, Opti Vise informed us that they would no longer be in the benefits management business. Quite a surprise. There wasn't much we could do before we broke for the holidays, and then right when we got back, the benefits team started working on they made a list of all the items that they wanted the benefits management group to help with, okay? We
020learned our lessons, I think, through this process is what I'm trying to say. Then also, like the superintendent said, we tried to cast our net as far as we could to include as many companies as we could to get the best service for our group as we possibly could. So then they came up with the benefits group in our office, the team that works with me, came up with 4 different companies, and what we decided to do from that point in time is go to the Health Insurance Committee. So, the Health Insurance Committee You know, it's union, non-union, it's teachers, it's administration. We each had a 1-hour presentation from each of the 4 different companies. By the end of the presentations, and I'm giving the end at the very beginning, but there was an overwhelming
021and unanimous decision to go with FBMC. It was, it just was a unanimous decision. The main reason being, you can go to the next slide if you would. Here are a list of the reasons, but truly tonight I just wanted to talk to you about it. You can read this and read each line, but the way they presented to us and the questions we kept asking them and the way they kept answering the questions, they were very, very relationship-oriented. And when our employees are making decisions about benefits, it's a very personal decision, and over the time we just realized that this is the group of people that they wanted to join us on this team to help answer questions of what are, what are our benefits and what would be the best benefits for each
022one of our employees within the district. They're going to offer, they're going to have somebody on site for us when we go through an open enrollment. They're going to have people on site at that point in time, so we're going to have as many face-to-face meetings as we can. Even when we have new hires, which is a time a lot of decisions are made as well, they will have somebody face-to-face there with us and with the new hires when we're making those decisions. The next step that it carried us to was retirees. That's one of the situations that we've had real difficulty going from FBMC to Opti vise was handling the biggest example I'll give you is the payment of retiree when they have dental or vision insurance, we could not take it out of
023their FRS payment, whether they were investment or whether they were pension, so we had to use RevTrac for one, we had to use Piedmont for another. It just was not a very clean process like we like in accounting. FBMC has a relationship with FRS and has for years, and now we can handle those transactions electronically. And very efficiently. So, we will be taking as good care of our current employees as we have, as we will our retirees. Another item that had come to our attention through working with our employees is the selling of additional insurance. As we've gone through this process, we've looked at each employee's elections that they have made, and there are places that we really feel that some people, some employees, and really it's some of our least paid employees, are over-insured
024because of the additional insurance that has been sold to them. FBMC is going to go with us person by person and make sure that we don't have those over-insured situations. So they also came up at the very end, and you know, several other groups did not do this, and we have talked about this previously, is that I just feel like that It's not that anything is wrong, but we just need to look at our benefits package overall and try to gain efficiencies wherever we can. And FBMC, without even asking, came up with Phase 2 that we've got to make sure we get through this change, we've got to make sure we get this done by June 30th. They've given us confidence that they will do that, but then they also went with Phase 2 and
025said that they would, you know, of course, like to continue to work with us and help us have a very good overall benefits package. So in summary, next week, or 4/21, the next board meeting, we will present a recommendation to go with FBMC as our benefits manager because they're going to take such good care of our current employees, retirees, and really selling no additional insurance. So, any questions from any of you? I don't have a question, but I can't tell you how happy I am that we got to get rid of OptiVise. And I'm super excited about the retiree benefit for FBMC because one of the biggest complaints I hear is from our retired staff that have issues with benefits and keeping track of everything and the cost and not having somebody to help them
026specifically. So, and honestly, since Wanda left us, we really haven't had somebody solely focused on teacher and staff benefits. So, to know that we don't have to hire somebody to do that, that FBMC is going to provide us with that service, is really great news. So, I am definitely excited to see how this rollout goes. Thank you so much. Thank you. It's going to be a lot of work to get to June 30th, but we're going to make it. We're going to do it. Thank you for your support. Anybody else? Thank you all very, very much. Moving along, Mr. Attorney. Am I live? Okay, good. So, sorry, allergies I don't know what's going on with me. As I've informed all of you, the mediation was not successful with regard to the AJAC's claim, and so
027based upon that, what I'm preparing is a report analyzing the merits, win versus lose, which I think are very favorable to the school district, and also the costs associated with it. and I will prepare that so you have ample time to review it before I make a recommendation at the next school board meeting, which will be probably an action item, although it can go on consent depending upon what the board wants. Other than that, I do not have an update on anything other legal matters, but I have briefed you each on other legal matters that are pending. And I know that you'll ask me privately about those things. Other than that, I think we're moving along. Unfortunately, the baseball situation in Islamorada is sort of not moving very fast, if you will. Hunter has put
028together a current status and a reply that I believe all of you got at about 1:30 today. I'm sorry for the late timing of it. But that kind of sums up where we are. We could just keep plugging away if the board wants, or we can come up with a plan B. I don't know which one is going to be your preference, but we have been back and forth quite a bit. And so, the last position that we've showed you is probably the top 6 or 7 issues that remain outstanding, and it seemed to be a couple deal breakers in there for both sides. So, unless we can get over that hump, I don't know what we're going to be doing, but I'm happy to take marching orders from the superintendent and the board. So,
029I just want to give you a heads up, I'm not going to be at the next two meetings, and I'm 1,000% behind going ahead with a lawsuit against Ajax. So now my vote is on the record. You and I have talked about this extensively, So, that's where I'm at. Got it. Unless there's any other questions from the board, I'm good to go. Okay, thanks, Mr. Chair. This week is Assistant Principals Week, and that is a difficult, often thankless job, but I do want to recognize the many APs in this district that make the schools run and the district run, and they are incredibly important to the functioning of a school if they're not appreciated every day, which I know they are. So, thanks to all the assistant principals in the district for all the things
030that you do to help students and teachers. April is the month of the military child. Certainly, those children are going through and living lives that others are not, so we appreciate their sacrifice, and this community lifts them up and supports them like nothing I've ever seen. But I did want to mention our support for the military children in our community throughout the country. And then also April is World Autism Awareness Month. This year's theme is Celebrate Differences. We celebrate our exceptional students, families, and the educators who work with them. One Team, One Goal finished on Friday, and that is the initiative where we had people from the district office go out to schools. We went over 1,100 hours in the schools. I think we're going to see the benefit of that this summer when the
031students' data comes in, but I see the benefits from the staff side every day, to include today with the emails I got thanking us for the opportunity and how much they enjoyed it and hope we do it again next year. So, I appreciate everybody who took part in that, and we have a brief 2-minute video to show some of the highlights. [VIDEO PLAYING] Well, I appreciate everybody who took part in that. It really was kind of heartwarming to see. So, thank you for everyone involved, including the teachers who welcomed staff members into the classrooms. And then finally, this week we are kicking off our Transition to Kindergarten week, and that is to start advertising kindergarten roundups throughout the district. I appreciate Ms. Talbot talking about it this morning on the radio, but we're going to
032have all of our elementary schools open twice, once in the day and once in the evening from the week of April 20th to 24th to welcome in our incoming kindergarten. So, we'll start creating relationship with our future families, future kindergartners. We'll give them a game centered on Monroe County that will help them get ready to succeed in kindergarten on day one. And we will be advertising that on the radio, we'll be advertising that in print media, and I hope the board will get out to as many events as possible. I'm looking forward to do that as we welcome the class of 2039. And with that, I'm going to conclude my comments by inviting our lobbyist, Ms. Kate Deloach, to give an update on legislative affairs. Thank you. Hello everyone, I am happy to be reporting
033for the first time from back in the Keys. We have finished the policy portion of, of the regular session, or the regular session rather, and just a couple of quick sort of data points. This year there were about 1,600 general bills that were filed. Of those 1,600 general bills, 173 general bills passed. And of those, about 18 of them had an impact on education. So, I just sent a summary out of some of the big bills and hot topic issues that passed this year. With the ending of the regular session, that concludes policy for the most part for this year. There is still a possibility as they continue going through special sessions that some additional policy issues could make their way into the call, but for the most part, the bulk of the policy portion
034of session has concluded. We will see at least 2 to 3 special sessions, this spring and summer. One has already been scheduled, that is the special session on redistricting, and that's been scheduled for the week of April 20th. We will also see a special session on budget. All indications are that they are still trying to wrap that up in April. So, we're thinking we might be heading back mid-April, but again, that all depends on how those higher-level discussions about budget allocations go. There may also be an additional special session on property tax. If we remember from the regular session, the House did pass a proposal that would have eliminated all non-school tax property taxes for homesteaded properties. The Senate did not take up that proposal, so if the legislature is going to put something on
035the November ballot, we would also likely see a special session for that over the coming months. So, we will, we'll be back in Tallahassee again shortly, but for our purposes, that will be great. We'll continue to advocate for our projects and make sure that we can get as much funding for the Keys in, in the budget this year as possible. So, we'll continue to update everyone as we move through the next couple of weeks. I'll stay in contact with the superintendent as we hear when special session is. and we'll, we'll keep working towards getting Bruce Hall completed. And outside of regular session, I have been sort of keeping a list of the issues that we want to work on and revisit over the summer, including the breakfast and lunch issues and some of those policy
036issues that maybe didn't make it across the finish line. So, you'll be hearing from me in the coming weeks as we start transitioning to preparing for next year, both from a policy and an appropriations standpoint. And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions. Hi, Kate. Hi, Sue. I have two questions. As for so there's two kind of budget issue things in that are going to impact schools. One is, you know, the failure to put the voucher funding in a silo. Is that still an active possibility? And is there anything that could be done to make it so? Like an advocacy sort of thing to. That is a good question. Yes, because the House and the Senate definitely differ in their language there. So, let's discuss what the best way to push on that issue
037might be and how to try and move that needle, because that is still very much up in the air until the budget is finalized. And then something else is the, I think they call it the academic acceleration supplement or something. It used to be the advanced placement IB and career and technical incentive funding that was changed last year to be put in a separate silo for it, a categorical. And this year, the students across Florida, like, well exceeded the previous year's success for AP, and career and technical was up like 44%. And so, because it was in that pot of money, the fixed pot of money, it all got prorated down. Career and technical incentive funding basically got took a big hit. And this year, the new budget has exactly to the dollar the same
038amount of money as the current year's budget. So, we can we already knew that wasn't adequate for what the students are succeeding. And so, that's another question on whether there's a way to advocate for putting more money in that pot, at least the money to reflect what the non-prorated amount would have been. I don't know. It just becomes a problem, because if you overestimate, then you're paying people, and the students don't succeed, then you're paying more by the way that they set up this thing. But if you underestimate, then you're paying less. And so, it's something that we just can't predict what's going to happen, and certainly for career and technical programs, which have such an expensive starting cost, and it takes years 2 years before you get a kid to that 4th year where
039they get the big certification, it's going to be hard on districts to determine the finances around career and technical if we don't know what that funding is going to look like. And it may be something we'll have to put off for next year, but I'm just putting it on your radar. And we can talk about that. I'll flag that in both the House and the Senate budgets and for our education team, just so that if they hear anything on that or an opportunity to advocate for more funding, we can support those efforts. Thank you so much. That concludes my comments. Yvette. Just to spotlight some of the great things happening around the district, I think we all can agree we really enjoyed yesterday. That was a very cool experience. And it was exceptionally great to
040have one of the students that buried that time capsule present. And it was very emotional for her and for her mom. She said when her daughter came home in 4th grade and told her what they had done and they had buried it for 50 years, she said, well, I won't be here when you excavate it. And she goes, and here I am. So, you know, I'm hoping to be there in 25 years when we do it. Keep my fingers crossed. But anyway, that was a very cool experience. And anyway, thank you for all of you that put that together. It was a lot of fun. I think the community as a whole enjoyed it. Everyone around town was talking about it. And I just wanted to say, here we are at the end of spring
041sports season, and I want to wish luck to all the teams as we go forward into district play. It's been a great season, and, you know, I love sports and I love to see the kids excel, and it looks like it's going to be a good playoff season for us all. We also head into some of the end-of-the-year programs, which is the drama clubs I want to encourage everyone to get out and support Legally Blonde at Key West High School and Shrek at Marathon, and one of my favorites, the poetry slam at Stanley Switlik. That's a really fun event to attend. I think those were all the things I wanted to touch on. I just wanted to say things are looking great this spring, and it's a good time for the kids. I'll echo what
042Yvette said about the opening of the time capsule. It was a very cool experience. I also want to take a moment to congratulate all of the Assistant Principals of the Year, but also all of our Teacher of the Years, our maintenance staff, and everybody else, because unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make the banquet this year. So, thank you to everybody for their hard work and dedication to our school district. We really appreciate you. Just another shout out to George Fernandez because he does not only for the school district but for the whole community, and we're very thankful for that. And congratulations for all our students who are excelling at their sport of choice and doing what they need to do to go to the next level. So, it's very impressive. And good
043luck to everybody in the coming months. Thank you. Yeah, I'm going to add to the drama club, Matilda Jr. is being played at the Coral Shores PAC Theater. That is, Key Largo Schools Drama Club. So, that's not this weekend, but the following two weekends. And I'm here, it's, you know, it's going to be great. Also, I'm going to throw in with the athletes, Key West Mock Trial did great at the state championships. We had lots of award winners at the state science fair, and there's just a lot of really great things happening in the district, and I'm happy to celebrate it all. Thanks. With everybody, and I have nothing more to add to it because this will be a very short meeting. But thank you very much. Anything? Just on the pending items, I'll mention
044affordable housing in Trumbo is going a little bit ahead of schedule. We're still very optimistic. So next city the Key West City Commission, will have our last vote, and then should that go well, we'll be able to pull permits starting with demolition, which will then save the B-Pass units. So, you know, only good news there, and we're still very, very hopeful that's going to continue to be successful as we go forward. Tommy Roberts, we just had them. Coral Shores Athletic Field. So we met with leadership of Coral Shores and their team, and we told them to kind of ask for the moon and see what we can do. And the team is looking at the requests, and they took that ask for the moon fairly literally. So we are looking through the requests of what
045they were asking for We had a very good suggestion from one of the members of our Construction Advisory Board on maybe reconfiguring that athletic field in the back, so we're looking at that as well, and we are working to support Coral Shores in addition to continuing to work on Founders, which the General Counsel referenced. We are working to support them and their athletic field behind the school, and that's all for pending. Thank you. Madam, I recommend the board approve the appointment of the FSBA advocacy representative and alternate for the 2025-2026 school year. So, Move. Second. Any discussion? Well, we have to choose the person, so there has to be discussion, right? Well, okay. Are we going to stay with the same ones? Sue and Yvette? Yeah. Are you still willing to be involved? Yeah, I'm
046just willing to switch places with Yvette if she'd like to if she'd like to take on the responsibility of the advocacy committee. It's a monthly meeting, and it offers you a chance to be able to be on the legislative committee as well. Or, hmm, it's a Zoom meeting, or it's at the in-person meetings in November and June. Or if you're not going to the meeting in June, well, then maybe we should just leave it and then we'll talk about the Greater Florida, getting you more involved with the Greater Florida Consortium moving forward. Okay. Okay. All right. That sounds good. All right. No further discussion. Are there any no votes? Hearing none, then the stands. Sue, you're first and you're second. Okay. There being no further business at this time, meeting is adjourned.