001e e e good evening I now call to order the Tuesday March 25th 2025 6: p.m. school board meeting uh please rise for a moment of silence [Music] thank you tonight uh you may now uh present the colors tonight uh FPC Air Force jrc are presenting um Cadet Captain Alana Hoya Cadet Master Sergeant Matthew Wickham Cadet first lieutenant Sophia Thomas Cadet major Jasmine viaus and uh Colonel Melvin Baskerville as their adviser [Music] please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all now the national anthem mon all now retire the color [Music] you may be seated all right so we're going to start off with roll call
002we'll start down at the end of the Das Danny Nez FPC representative present Johan Strong matanzas high school student School Board representative Lauren Ramirez District 5 Janie readyy District three Derek bars district one Christy Chong wolf fur present laka Moore okay so um we will now move on to our special announcements and um we're going to start off with school library month and that is going to be presented by Celeste [Music] acman welcome Miss aan good evening board good evening Schoolboard chair furry good evening Miss superintendent laka Moore um I am here with some of my amazing media Specialists if you have not had a chance to stop into our media centers at our schools I highly encourage it they are amazing humans they do amazing things every day and they really do make a
003difference in our schools and we are here to read our Proclamation I'm going to go ahead and begin and then we're going to kind of Step In whereas April 20 th uh 2025 has been designated the 40th annual National Schoolboard Library month and whereas School libraries provide materials for teachers and students that will encourage growth knowledge and whereas School libraries provide materials that will develop literacy skills cultural awareness aesthetic appreciation and ethical standards and whereas School libraries provide materials that reflect the ideas and beliefs of different religious social political historical and ethnic groups and their contribution to the American and world heritage and culture and whereas School libraries provide access to both physical and digital books to encourage children to read for pleasure and whereas School libraries provide materials to meet individual needs varied interests
004abilities socioeconomic backgrounds and maturity levels of the students served and where as school library serve as positive environments for all students to access and engage with a well-managed library that provides for free expression and ideas and whereas we acknowledge that we must work together as a community to increase awareness about child abuse and contribute to promoting the physical social and emotional well-being of Children and Families in a safe stable and nurturing environment and now therefore B it resolved by the Flagler County Schoolboard that we do hereby recognize April 2025 as Schoolboard Library month and urge all citizens to recognize the important role our school libraries play in the education of our community's children I can okay uh adopted by the members of the school Flagler County School Board flaggler County Florida at the regular open
005public meeting thereof held on the 25th day of March 2025 here we come set our paper real quick good job guys thank you leads us to our um second special announcement um Child Abuse Prevention month presented by Miss Brandy Williams welcome Miss Williams thank you good evening board um chair and superintendent Moore uh my name is Brandy Williams I'm the coordinator of counseling services and I really appreciate the opportunity to come before you tonight to read the resolution um child abuse is unfortunately something that some of our families do experience here in Flagler County it does have significant impacts um so we appreciate the opportunity to recognize this need tonight uh so I will begin a resolution of the Flagler County School Board recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention month whereas child abuse and neglect
006is a serious problem in every segment of our community and finding Solutions requires input and action from everyone and whereas our children are our most valuable resources excuse me and will shape the future of Flagler County and whereas child abuse can have long-term psychological emotional and physical effects that have lasting consequences for victims of abuse and whereas protective factors are conditions that reduce or eliminate risk and promote the social emotional and developmental well-being of children and whereas effective Child Abuse Prevention activities succeed because of the Partnerships created between What Child Welfare professionals Education Health Community and faith-based organizations businesses law enforcement agencies and families and whereas communities must make every effort to promote programs and activities that create strong and thriving children and families and whereas we acknowledge that we must work together as a
007community to increase awareness about child abuse and contribute to promoting the physical social and emotional well-being of Children and Families and a safe stable and nurturing environment and whereas prevention Remains the best defense for our children and families now therefore be it resolve by the Flagler County School Board that we do hereby recognize April 2025 as National Child Abuse Prevention month and urge all citizens to recognize this month by dedicating ourselves to the task of improving the quality of life for all children and families adopted by the members of the Flagler County School Board Flagler County Florida at the regular open public meeting thereof held on the 25th day of March 2025 signed by Will furry chair School Board of Flagler County and laka Moore superintendent Flagler schools thank you Miss Williams thank you let
008you come up from we'd like to take a picture oh okay we'll do so that leads us now to autism acceptance acceptance month presented by Dr Kim holiday and [Music] guests welcome to you all good evening chairman furry superintendent Moore esteemed board I want to thank you all very much for the opportunity to share this Proclamation with you of course I can't do it alone that's not how we do it here in Flagler schools so I've brought up a team of folks to help us read this starting with a resolution of the Flagler Schools board recognition of April as National autism acceptance month whereas autism and AC acceptance move aim to celebrate and promote acceptance for the condition according in one in every 36 children as of 2023 in the United States and we're going
009to let Miss talk whereas autism a complex developmental condition affecting the students ability to interact communicate in progress as not one but many subtypes first held in the year 1972 by the Autism Society autism acceptance month emphasizes the need for public awareness to promote acceptance celebrate the differences and be more inclusive towards autistic individuals around us and whereas every April Flagler schools additional agencies such as Vincent's Clubhouse and the Autism Society Works to build an inclusive community where autistic individuals are embraced and supported to achieve the highest quality of life possible and whereas the Autism Society was founded in 1965 by Bernard rimland it is deriven by the fact that autism is the fastest growing development disability in the world world the Autism Society hosted one of the first Nationwide efforts of an awareness campaign
010called National autistic children's week in 1972 which subsequently evolved into the Autism Awareness Month ear marked in April and um whereas in 2021 autism acceptance month helps Foster accept C and ignite change autism supporters understand the need to forcer awareness and acceptance to ignite change and a healthier lifestyle through improve opportunities for people with Autism organizations caters to more than 600,000 individuals under autism spectrum who have access to tools like Community Partnerships with organizations digital and print resources and events and referrals to spark empathy and inclusivity and with autism with rate rate increase increase fast take 30 days of April to Celebration differen is learning more about and EMP Empower autism autism good right yes yes um where in school the number of stud under the Ida because of um uh you know this word
011is autism autism yes of autism um a special a special a special Des has gone from uh 1889 and 2089 and 2018 9 to 200 and and 2024 and5 thank you guys now we're all going to be together now be resolved by the Flagler County School Board that we do hereby join the nation in recognizing April as National autism acceptance month as a symbol of our commitment to creating a culture of disability awareness and inclusion for all members of our community adopted by the members of this Flagler County School Board Flagler County Florida at the regular open public meeting thereof held on the 25th day of March 2025 thank you I I of course we're going to just share one or two more things about you uh about what we've accomplished what our young people
012have accomplished you know that we work tirelessly to ensure that our students have an opportunity to be included in their neurotypical alongside their neurotypical peers and we are making great strides in that we're also very blessed to have a great relationship with Vincent's Clubhouse I know she's going to take a minute here in a second to collaborate on a variety of things one of which we're very proud of is the Vincent's Clubhouse Flagler schools ESC education series that's afforded to our parents to our our community members and some of the topics that we've covered this year include collaborating with your schools understanding the functions of behavior assisted technology and augmentative and alternative communication and of course transition planning I want to let you know that our students are actively involved in the community we are
013finding employment for many many of our young people as well as young people like Haley who are getting ready to go off to college wow so thank you board for allowing us to be here today um the team at Vincent's Clubhouse is very very grateful for Flagler schools and um all of the par professionals and Educators and teachers who work so so hard every single day to um you know teach and Mentor our kids and you know I'm very very grateful and speak on behalf of everybody from Vincent's Clubhouse um without the Educators and the Paras and and all of the support staff um in our ESC Department our our students would not be where they are so um also I would like to take an opportunity to please invite you to our uh third
014annual Autism Awareness fair that will be hosted at the um European Village um our Enrichment Center will be open for tours um on uh Saturday April 5th from 11: a.m. to 3:00 p.m. this is uh Flagler County's only autism awareness and acceptance festival and um we would very much uh appreciate your uh support and for you to stop by and see all of our vendors thank you for that invitation um and I just want to thank all of you for coming down and reading this uh Proclamation and uh making our community aware of a great effort and before you leave we'd love to get a picture with you up front right up here one two three thank you guys all right and now we will move on to uh Florida volunteer month uh with presented
015by Susie Gamblin welcome hi thank you much for having us here today I am Susie gambling with Flagler volunteer services and um we appreciate the partnership that we've had with the flagger County School District for so many years so thank you for allowing us to be here to read this today um a proclamation of the flagger County School Board recognizing Florida volunteer month national service recognition day and the national volunteer week whereas April is Florida volunteer month national service recognition day is April 2nd 2025 and National Public School volunteer week is April 21st through April 25th 2025 and whereas National volunteer week was established as the official time to recognize and celebrate the efforts of volunteers at the local state and National levels and whereas volunteers can connect with local community service experiences through hundreds
016of community service organizations like Flagler volunteer services and whereas volunteers address the most pressing challenges facing our schools our cities counties and our nation from educating students for the jobs of the 21st century and supporting veterans and military families to preserving the environment and helping communities recover from the na from natural disasters and whereas volunteering enhances the lives of volunteers increases self-esteem and physical well-being provides opportunities to learn new skills and abilities and offers the chance to meet new friends and Associates and whereas schools nonprofits Charities community and faith-based groups national service programs and volunteer centers such as Flagger volunteer services have joined with state and local governments to celebrate and praise volunteers who have given tirelessly and selflessly to the service of others and whereas volunteers are vital to our future as a car
017in and productive Nation now therefore be it proclaimed by the school board of Flagger County Florida that we do hereby recognize April 2025 as volunteer month and encourage residents to recognize the positive impact of volunteer service in our country to thank those who serve and to find ways to get back to their communities dated this 25th day of March 2025 um I did want to share just a few statistics real quick before we take our our photo um last year we had 1,681 volunteers who were active in the flagger County they reported serving 13,175 hours throughout Flagger County um uh the uh value based on the independent sector that's over $3 million in value um just at minimum wage that's still 1,341 275 in value to our community and that's just for the hours that
018they reported many do things that they don't report um our agency has a long history of working hand inand with Flagger County schools and this past year we provided the following assistance uh we have our reading pal program which serves uh children and VPK through third grade with the helping them with their literacy skills we had 76 volunteers who worked with 177 students um our giving store program which allows children to select gifts to give to their family members free of charged during the holiday season we had 105 volunteers and 347 children who selected gifts for their family members uh we also provided volunteer support for the first week of school helping the kindergarteners get to and from their class um we provided help with the health screenings the holiday shops Book Fairs and other
019special events throughout the school district um we also have volunteers who serve as teachers AIDS and in various other roles throughout the entire school year and additionally we provided volunteers to act as victims during the countywide active aselin exercise that was held at uh the fler pal Coast High School that was done in partnership with the flager county school Sheriff's Department fire rescue Emergency Management and Advent health and lastly we provided volunteers that assisted at the special needs shelter at Rimfire elementary school during Hurricane Milton um so as you can see our volunteers are doing amazing things in our community and in our school district so I just wanted thank you all so much for allowing us to come here and talk with you tonight and to share this Proclamation we really appreciate your support
020thank you those are some great statistics and we're really grateful for all those who volunteer I'm sure you could always use more right we could always use more my lack of talking is because I have no voice but I'm Denise Gallow and I am Vice chair on the board welcome Miss Gallow if you come up front for a picture all right so now we're going to move on to our Spotlight section and uh we'll start off with superintendent strategic plan yes I would like to Spotlight just um a a few events um and items uh that are coming up on April 1st we will have our science night uh we do invite our community to come out to The Wadsworth but budy Taylor cafeteria for that event that is always a great event for our
021students to be a part of it targets fifth grade but we definitely invite others to come out and be a part of that I also want to bring awareness to our families of our ECG and physical screenings um as we are going into that time of the year and so I want to share a few dates that will be available on our website they will also be um pushed out through social media in April April 14th uh we will be targeting current MHS students who are in jroc marching band and color guard for their ECG on April 17th we will be um doing for current FPC students that are in jroc and marching band as well as color guard and then on May 21st and May 22nd at Flagler Palm Coast High School we will
022have physicals uh free and ECG free for all student athletes including our in incoming ninth grade uh student so please be mindful of that information is on our website you will be able to sign up to be a part of those um opportunities I want to take this moment to thank Advent Health as they are the partners that make this available for us and um available for our our students and our communities free of charge so Advent health and who we play for are the partners that provide this opportunity again this information will be found on our website as well as uh through social media um but we want to make sure that our families are aware of these opportunities to have these free services provided and then I will yield the rest of my
023comments for closing comments thank you superintendent Moore um we will now move on uh to Spotlight for the Flagler County Education Foundation and we have Miss Teresa Rizzo welcome thank you good evening board members superintendent and the Flagler Community we always thank you for for the opportunity to be able to present our Spotlight this evening many of our spotlights Shine the Light on our incredible members of the Flagler County Community who support the foundation and tonight is no exception however this evening we really want to take a moment to recognize and thank a very small group of um actually it's a large group but tonight it's a small group within our own Flagler schools family the Education Foundation is a small But Mighty team of just individuals and while we may be small in Number
024the impact that we strive for Flagler students Educators in our families is nothing but small that that impact would not be possible without the unwavering support we receive from many of our colleagues here at Flagler schools so whether it's lending a hand sharing their time and talents or just simply believing in our mission Flagler Schools staff consistently goes above and beyond to help us make it happen so from the bottom of our hearts we thank all of them for their support and dedication it means the world to us but more importantly they mean the world to our students and Educators we all serve and there's a list of names here and the reason um our team talk through this is these are people who really do heavy lifting for us and I literally mean heavy
025lifting um a lot of them are from our operational staff and our technology staff Who deliver tables and chairs to our events technology to our events um making sure we have a photo booth U lifting boxes of books for us um all sorts of different things Dean Decker the male guy who probably never gets a shout out the packages he delivers for us out to the schools is just absolutely incredible so we just wanted niad our uh DJ for the Ed Foundation we just wanted to give a huge shout out to these people because they probably don't get that very often we could not do what we do without them so huge thank you um Cory Bush's team for the senior scholarship night they will deliver lots of vehicles for us and that's a huge
026feat so we just thank them all last but certainly not least I want to Spotlight one of our most meaningful upcoming events and this is the third annual Joe Rizzo Memorial Golf Classic and this is a special event because it celebrates the legacy of Joe and his deep passion for the original Flagship programs that we now know as classroom to careers Joe worked diligently alongside the community members to bring transformational programs like the fire academy the heavy equipment operations Allied Health and so many more to Flagler schools his commitment laid the foundation for the robust Career and Technical education offerings that we continue to build upon today so this Golf Classic continues that mission directly supporting our classroom to careers in CTE programs which plays a critical role in advancing the diploma plush initiative of
027the superintendent today we are currently seeking sponsors and golfers to join us for what promises to be memorable and meaningful and it's more than just a day of golf it's a tribute to Joe's enduring Legacy and a powerful investment in the future of our students so we thank you again for allowing us to Spotlight some things from the Education Foundation this evening thank thank you thank you Miss Rizzo all right so we will now move to uh the approval of our minutes um I would entertain a motion to approve uh 4.01 through 4.03 motion to approve I have a motion by Miss Chong second second by Mr bars uh if there's no discussion I'll call the question all in favor I I opposed hearing none it passes unanimously we will now move on to the
028adoption of our agenda this evening are there any um additions or changes to the agenda tonight superintendent Mar I do want to bring your attention to um a couple items um that was from a previous board requests that any changes be brought forward at the night of the meeting um we had some minor adjustments to the agenda for as far as name changes um for presenters um but when you look at 7.02 purchase orders over 10,000 we did pull the dmna um salary study that was pulled as there was a request for some additional information that we did not provide to the board so we pulled that item and then um as always Personnel items are always updated uh throughout um the two weeks that happens outside of that all other items are the same
029as you saw at your agenda meeting okay so then um I'd like to uh entertain a motion to adopt the agenda as modified move approval I have a mo a motion by uh Miss Chong and a second by Miss rdy um if there's no discussion then we will will call the question all in favor I I opposed hearing none it passes unanimously okay so we we move forward with this agenda and that now excuse me that now leads us to public comment and this public comment is for agenda items only do we have anybody signed up tonight for a comment no okay so then we will close public comment and move on with the consent portion of our meeting um for the benefit of the public uh these consent items have been workshopped at our
030previous Workshop if you want further details you can pull those up online and watch them or read the minutes um but uh we this will move quite quickly and um but I just want you to know we have addressed and reviewed all this these items so that leads us to finance Finance consent and that uh I'd like to entertain a motion of approving 7.01 through [Music] 7.07 motion to approve I have a motion by Miss Chong second second by Mr bars if there's no discussion we will move to the vote all in favor I I I I opposed hearing none passes unanimously we now move on to technology and in ation consent and I'd entertain a motion to approve 8.01 through 8.02 motion to approve we have a motion by Mr bars second second by
031Miss Ruddy if there's no discussion all in favor I I I opposed hearing none it passes unanimously um academic Services consent I entertain a motion to approve 9.01 through 9.02 motion to approve I have a motion by Miss Chong second second by Miss Ramirez uh if there's no discussion all in favor I I I I'm sorry I do have discussion on that item um the portion regarding elll uh esol certification uh I would like to have um some additional support and or um let's a an update on the number of teachers who are up to date on their Esau requirements maybe um by the end of the year uh so that we can ensure compliance uh with those credits okay um so okay so we'll have that staff provide that additional information um Mr Delany
032we because we we do I to call the vote again or no I think we've had a motion discussion okay so Goa very good so then uh uh opposed hearing none then it passes unanimously um operational service consent uh and entertain a motion uh to approve 10.01 through [Music] 10.02 motion to approve have motion by Mr bars second second by Miss Chong any discussion hearing none all in favor I I I opposed passes unanimously now we'll move on to uh Human Resource Services I entertain a motion to approve 11.01 motion to approve motion by Mr bars second and a second by Miss Ramirez if there is there any discussion hearing none um all in favor I I I I opposed hearing none passes unanimously um that now leads us down to academic Services action so
033we will be uh approving these items individually here and so first is 16.01 um recommend the expulsion without Services um need a motion on this item motion to approve okay motion by Mr bars to approve second second by Miss rdy if there is there any discussion hearing none we will call the vote all in favor say I I I I opposed hearing none it passes unanimously that leads us to 16.02 again recommendation recommend the expulsion with Services um on this item I need a motion motion to approve okay motion to approve by Miss Chong second second by Miss Ramirez there any discussion hearing none all in favor I I I opposed hearing none it passes unanimously okay so that now leads us to our second public comment section of the meeting this is for all
034topics related to education anybody signed up for public comment no okay so then we will close public comment and move on to board member requests are there any additional board member requests this evening I just wanted to just make sure Transportation updates so parents are aware that we're working on communication and hiring and then um The Catalyst summer program for board request okay you have those noted superintendent okay and um the uh upcoming board discussions those are those listed in the I have one more request I move that uh in our next board meeting the update regarding the Cooperative healthc care um be presented and shared at our informational Workshop yeah please do so we have to work with that company around their schedule and their availab ability we definitely will get them as soon
035as that they can come we will make sure that that is um at the earliest meeting possible staff cannot provide that that that company um needs to come and provide the information okay so we'll work on that and um if there are any other requests we will move on to closing comments I just want to remind the board that we do have uh a time limit of five minutes for each board member so please try and keep it within that time frame we'll start down there the end okay uh thank you once again for this opportunity to sit on the deis and represent FPC um our Bulldogs have been as always doing like really amazing things within their Community clubs organizations academics um FPC students aie buer and Elizabeth changen presented their Community Garden project
036at the social Innovation fund competition where they were actually provided um grants and donations a total up to $2,300 so that their project become reality for students um our own staff bagler Palm Coast athletic trainer Ron steer and athletic director Scott drabik presented with this uh were presented with the safe School award given by the national athletic trainers Association um our JV starlets had a third place finish at University High School and our Varsity Starlet had a first place finish um and more of like the Arts or FBC thespians earned One Superior and four excellent ratings at the Florida state thespian Festival um and also our Starlet Trio contemporary dance placed overall Superior rating with performances by Alexa race Shiana Clark and then analia Robinson uh an FBC track runner Karina marceles broke fpc's oldest
037School record which was set in 1980 um for a 1445 in the 100 hurdle uh and lastly just a huge congratulations to our FBC girls wrestling team who are now the Florida state champions um for 2025 um I'm always proud of everything that our Bulldogs do uh thank you again and have a good night so good evening fellow board members again I would like to thank you for allowing me to sit with you all and represent metanis high school so um as we wrap up tonight's meeting I want to celebrate our incredible achievements from our students to our staff um our wrestlers represent us very well at state tournaments they really try their best and um our lady pirate softball team made history for the first time ever win against University congratulations to our JROTC
038drill team which they had four teams qualifying for state and we're wishing them a good luck for April when they compete um our boys weightlifting team have been setting numerous school records too many to name but we are very very proud of them and we have um a very successful um a very successful season ahead for them uh we're very proud of Anor Maria k for receiving the great kids award Daniel Reyes as the Beaver Toyota student of the week and our Deca members Nicholas R and yeva D who earned top eight placements at the state competition qualifying for the International Event over 60 students were included into the N were inducted I apologize into the National Honor Society and we're excited about our upcoming theater performance of Little Shop of hores um last week
039we also celebrated two seniors Leah Stevens and Juliet fodil for the signing with the University of Florida and St John's River State College looking ahead we're excited for future pirate night on March 27th where incoming nth graders were incoming nth graders will get a preview of our clubs Athletics and academic academic programs prom is just around the corner and our theme is sands of time in which we're offering rides to prom for our students and we also have a prom popup to tomorrow to provide free apparel for our students we also look forward to the ace banquet pinning ceremony and the grand opening of our new school edition which is nearly ready for use we are so so close and uh lastly I also didn't want to forget to mention our final Virtual Teen toown
040Hall which is this Thursday which will be leading up to our teen Hall Summit um coming up in April and then I wanted to also notably mention that for the first time ever in matan's high school history we have more than two do we have 19 out of 35 students as of right now who are now accredited legal professionals thank you to Jeremy Osler who was in charge of the law program at matanzas high school who's been working very diligently trying to prepare students for those exams and that is very very exciting and they're so close to being pargal now so as I conclude tonight's comments thank you for your continued support as we strive to ensure every student's success thank you that is incredible that's awesome all right so first I want to thank
041all the parents for recently sending emails uh regarding any transportation Communications because the ball is rolling so because you guys are you know directly responding to us we're able to direct you to who you need to be and we can all work together so thank you for that I would like to thank FTC so they hosted an extended day camp for spring break a lot of parents work during spring break just because the kids don't have school parents have school and Guardians so this from my understanding was the first time and when I tell you it it was incredible my kids did not you know the younger ones didn't want to go they had so much fun um the leadership there I called they called after 5m on a Friday so they worked really hard
042so I highly recommend you know if you do have little ones that need somewhere to go on spring break or summer you know they really take care of the kids so thank you FTC for hosting that at Bel Elementary f fsba so uh Florida schoool Board Association we were able to be a part of going to Tallahassee and lobbying for you guys and I wanted to uh thank Flagler County for allowing us to go and um while I was there I sat next down next I was sitting next to a another school board member and she's also a mother and during that time while we were sitting there the second chance act bill passed while we were sitting in that room so you may remember um and it was very emotional she was the mother
043of chance who dropped down you know he in on the football field while she was campaigning for Schoolboard and that bill was initiated because of her and other parents and it it passed while we were sitting there in that room um and I just want to say that I'm so glad that Flagler we're just ahead of the game because we are doing so many things for our students and um you know we're just ahead of what's happening now so I'm really proud to be in Flagler County for things that are happening with us so also uh we lobbied so House Bill 1427 you'll probably hear a lot more about this but rural communities uh direct funding direct funding may be able to come directly to our community so I don't know if this is oh
044there it is um between 750 to 950 million could help with student services so we were lobbying for you guys for that as well as additional transportation funding little things like you know the state thinks three seats can really fit in a school board or a school bus seat so you know just talking back and forth It's really down to a local level so we did I think a great job talking with them explaining our needs here locally in Flagler and wanted to let everyone know the sheriff Scala that happened a few months ago they talked about free oil changes for teachers so if you're a teacher you're an educator they're offering free oil changes and I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware of that they'll they're mobile they'll come to your home
045maybe to your school give you an oil change so if you're not aware of that that can get pricey so it's like a little thank you from Ford so just keep that in the back of your mind and Par professional month is coming up teacher appreciation so uh looking forward to celebrating them and autism month as well as we we saw and again uh big shout out to Ron and Mike safe School award our Flagler County athletic trainers so thank you all and have a wonderful night I have a question related to a point of order um can you identify for me where the time limit is regarding board member comments I know that there's a time limit for public comments or any any body from the boarded in the procedure manual not in the
046board docs policies which is separate from the policies on board dos thank you all right so we had a lot of great celebrations this evening um I want to thank those who shared um uh the media center um recognition today's world is much more complex than maybe a lot of us went to school with and checking out books in the media center we rely on those Media Center Specialists for building digital literacy um digital citizenship and how to research in a more complex um highly data information world so uh while all the while provide ing broad offerings for students to choose from so that they can uh enjoy uh personal reading um I also uh want to recognize the ESC and autism month um there is a Senate Bill uh 102 sponsored by um Senator
047Gates uh which is um advocating for uh ESC autism autistic students to graduate with a Workforce uh certificate uh I think this is something that is inherent in a lot of our um preparation of ESC students where we are trying to work towards uh getting them to be uh a valuable member of our society in those Workforce programs but this will provide some certification and badging that can be carried into the uh place of employment to prove their competency uh so I do recommend that folks shout out to their representatives uh that they are in support of that bill however I would also recommend that they urge some funding with that bill as it stands it does not provide any funding uh for the schools to execute on that um additionally I wanted to call
048out briefly the family empowerment scholarship fund for Florida uh it has has um uh affected our financing and we've received that third calculation recently uh while I am not judging school choice uh again I I believe that parents should be able to choose and that really our goal here is to make uh Flagler schools the best choice however uh take a look at the amount of funds uh that are going out to that scholarship fund as a whole in our state I believe it's over $3.1 billion uh and so um this is going to be a critical time uh for schools to be able to make the right financial decisions uh and I'm sure that we will we have a great team um I also wanted to recognize uh some emails that were sent from
049staff members of our County related to the financial stresses and burdens that many of our staff and faculty under are under uh there were over a hundred responses from different um teachers across our County um and uh other instructional uh team members such as counselors and there were clear themes around being able to afford basic needs if you choose healthc care um under today's conditions and the needing need to have two or three jobs in order to maintain that so uh in an affordable uh or maintain their mortgage uh there are folks who are saying that they're crossing their fingers their Stu their children are not uh covered under their insurance so um I encourage one of the wonderful ideas Miss Ramirez had today at our informational session that we step up as a community
050with our business partners and provide uh some teacher discounts just as we would other First Responders in our community uh and um just take a look at let's say social security cost of living increases over the last 3 years 8% 5% 3% that well exceeds the percentage increases that teachers have received over the last three years uh and those are folks who are on a fixed income so um we're just trying to keep pace and we're doing all that we can and I would love to see the community Step Up in some of those ways thank you thank you Mr chair uh just a couple of things from me just uh first week back from spring break so um everyone's back in full force a couple of things um related to piggyback off of what
051uh both the other previous board members have said we had a great week in in Tallahassee I think a lot of us um we have a great relationship with our delegate and I think we're very uh happy that we have that relationship with them be able to pick up the phone and call them and work with them on issues that are related to flager County so hopefully we'll be successful in some of the legislation that's being brought back or will be brought back to us hopefully with some of the passages that we heard this past week especially with the rural Renaissance bill that will be uh uh really good for our school district in general um also again I mentioned in our our Workshop I want to recognize again I want to recognize school resource
052Deputy Nick Champion um uh again for being uh recognized and named as a law enforcement Explorer post advisory of the Year Nick does a great job for us and uh I really appreciate the work that he does for f Flagger Palm Coast um couple of things that we've mentioned uh just April 1st uh science night at Wadsworth um and then you also have uh April the 3 uh summer camping activities are coming up as well at buddy Taylor Middle School that's from 5:00 to 7:00 um and then tomorrow tonight we get to recognize someone who is up here with us tonight and uh we look forward to honoring our superintendent for the Golden Eagle Award uh and so we look forward to being there to support you and the accomplishments that you've made not only
053as our school superintendent but the things that you've done over the last 20 plus years in education for flago County and the conversation that uh we've had it's not just what you've done as superintendent it's all the things that you've done throughout your entire career here and the support that you've had from this community and also from your family and we recognize you and thank you for all that you have done for us so we look forward to celebrating you tomorrow night and I know we've got a lot of time to talk about this later on but we cannot forget that we have graduation that's coming up I I know I don't want to take that away from you madam superintendent so I know that's coming up in May and then with FTC in June
054so we're looking forward to celebrating these Great accomplishments from our students and the work that our teachers have put into this so I'll you have my [Music] time all right well I'm thankful that we had a chance to visit Tallahasse together this week um just a good time to as board members to get to know each other and also to advocate for Flagler schools and I hope that we'll see some results from our time there um yeah healthc care um I know we that's something we all really want and we have a common goal to um try to get there um and see what we can do I even Hope on the federal level that our ad our Administration will start looking at um Healthcare in general because the Affordable Care Act we all know
055it's not affordable um but here in Flagler County we want to do what we can within our means and what we're able to do so I I know we'll be we've already a asked our district um staff to bring us some new things so hopefully um we we'll get there um I hope everybody had a great spring break just reminding my kids we're at the home stretch and it's almost summertime thank you yes thank you all for your great comments tonight and I I do um really love the outside the box thinking this finding ways in our community that we can support our Educators and all of our staff in education um it would be uh great if Community could find those ways like the Ford dealership you know that's a significant one thanks for
056for finding that and and mentioning it tonight and um yes you know the uh health insurance is the is one of the one of our biggest challenges as board members to work through um and it is it is probably the most frustrating thing because all of us want to bring those costs down as as much as possible and uh with every time we we do work hard to get that there and um you know this board is is uh laser focused on that so um it's a can't talk much about it right now because it's in um bargaining at the moment but uh there'll be updates on that soon um just grateful for a productive meeting and thanks to staff for all your help and um I I did have uh one last thing to
057share I um I wanted to to to share about the the Multicultural Festival that I attended at matanzas High School I have to say they did an outstanding job of of uh presenting um different cultures from around the world and um they had a big ring outside in the amphitheater area there and every student you know I'd walk up to them say said is that where your country and they said yeah this is where I'm from my mom is from there and and um some were just that's that's the country they gave me so here you go but uh all of them did an excellent job uh with their storyboards and had really good information they even um had the um uh local fair of food that were that uh was customary to their cultures
058and that was NE neat to sample even dancing uh traditional dancing so um and I just want to also uh thank uh Christina Gillum who who was the organizer of that along with all those who are supporting that effort and um I will y yield my time do superintendent more all right well you I I'd like to save mine because I could just go through and cross off the things that you've already um addressed um I do want to Echo the spring break Camp um though was small uh it provided a need um provided a solution right for a need that that our families had and so we do thank our team for pulling that together and um taking great care of our our students I want to take a moment to highlight um each
059year um now for the last couple years um our chancellor has a Chancellor's leadership academy uh three years ago I had the opportunity to attend alongside missa Coler and um Bobby boser dead last year we had an opportunity to send Mr Marcus San filipo as well as Travis Lee and Jamie scalla from rire elementary school and then this year we had an opportun to see send Dr Angela O'Brien and um Kristen Boseman from matanzas high school as well as Sarah Novak from matanzas high school and so they are wrapping that up um tonight actually U they're in their celebration their graduation um of finishing that coursework but it has been going throughout this year and it's an opportunity for leaders across the state to come together and learn and grow together so just want to
060highlight that and the great work that's happening in that Chancellor's Leadership Academy a few of you have already mentioned it we are in the final stretch of the year the last nine weeks so many great things happened uh this time of the year um a lot of great things happen our students have an opportunity to share what they've learned um by taking our state assessments um we have graduations we have promotion ceremon uh field days all the things happened in the last nine weeks of of of the school year and so I want to say to our students and to our families it's the last stretch and lots of fun things happen but a lot of serious work and a lot of serious learning happens during this time and so I I encourage our families
061to stay diligent stay involved in what is happening build and sustain those strong relationships with our teachers um as well as with the other Educators on our on our campuses it is a great time of year and I cannot wait until we have an opportunity to celebrate our students as they are promoted from one school to the next um school as they're promoted um but my favorite time is to be able to stand on the stage and watch our students as they graduate from flag Palm Coast High School and Matas high school as well as Flagler Technical College so many great things happen as we thrust them out into the world and so um great time of the year lot of work still to be done as we end this final nine weeks uh thank
062you welcome back from Spring Break and we're looking forward to a successful end of the year thank you superintendent Moore this meeting is adjourned e