001e e e good evening thank you all for being here I now call to order the Tuesday February 25th 2025 6 PM Schoolboard regular meeting if you would uh please rise and uh join me in a moment of silence so we will now present the colors tonight uh presenting the color is matanzas high school Army jroc Cadet vau Cadet Kasha Cadet Cadet Captain Smith Cadet weisenberg the matanzas high school jroc is escorted by advisor major Mard yes and we have a uh special treat tonight uh we're going to have the national anthem um sung live tonight by um M laurelai Kilmer of Flagler Palm Coast High [Music] School testing oh there we go I'm gonna uh I'm going to do the um Pledge of Allegiance first but uh thank you for being ready I pledge
002allegiance to the flag FL of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stand one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all you may proceed oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we held at the TW lights last gleaming who brought stripes and bright stars through the peress fight or the ramp parts reat were so gly streaming and the rocking it's red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled bner yet way or the land of the free and the home of the brave all right you may be seated we here yes thank you Miss Kilmer that was [Music] beautiful okay so uh we will move on
003to roll call and we'll start down at the end of the Das Danny nevas FPC representative do Han strong Matas high school student board representative Lauren Ramirez District Five Janie rdy District three Derek bars district one Christy cha will furry laka Moore okay so uh now we're going to move on to our special announcements for this evening and uh our first announcement is uh music in our school month Proclamation and presented by Miss Amy Fulmer good evening board chair furry and superintendent Moore so glad to see all of you this is my 37th music in our school's month coming up in March wow over at the Fitzgerald this past weekend we had a full house for the Beatles tribute 196 64 and then this weekend we have a full house of 30 marching bands from
004across the region so we definitely believe in music in our schools and we definitely want to support that today I brought the board from the Fitzgerald Performing Art Center the flagger Auditorium governing board to celebrate music in our school's month's Proclamation but especially I've brought Mark dryer who is a member of our board along to read the proclamation Mark has had a child in music at matanzas who did very well there a daughter and he had a son that was at FPC in their IB music program so he is definitely he can do Testament as to what music in our school's month he is also a professional musician and a prominent attorney and a wonderful member of the Fitz jail Performing Arts Center Mark welcome Mr dwire thank you to's resolution of the FL fler
005County School Board recognizing March as music in our school's month in Flagger County whereas for more than 30 years March has been officially designated by the National Association for music education as music in our school's month encouraging communities Across the Nation to focus on music education and whereas music education is a part of a well-rounded education for every student as outlined in the every student succeeds act and whereas the purpose of this celebration is to raise awareness of the lasting positive impact of music education on the academic personal and professional growth of our students and whereas music education shapes the way our students understand themselves and the world around them allowing for a deep engagement with learning and whereas music in our school's month reminds us that school is where all children should have access
006to music and whereas music education students and communities throughout Florida demonstrate the importance of quality music education programs to the lives of young people now therefore be it resolved by the Flagler County School Board that March 2025 is music in our schools month in Flagler County and be it further resolved that Flagler schools encourages our citizens to celebrate and acknowledge every day but especially in March that music education is an essential part of every student's well-rounded education adopted by the members of this Flagler County School Board Flagler County Florida at the regular open public meeting thereof on the 25th day of February 2025 thank you if you'd like to come up here and for a photo thank you guys for me [Music] so next uh we are going to um do crossing guard Appreciation Day
007Proclamation and it's being presented by Mr David [Music] bossardet good evening chairman furry school board members superintendent Moore um I'm honor tonight to read the resolution for our school crossing guards as you are aware we recognize them on February 7th for uh national school crossing guard day um a resolution of Flagler County School Board recognizing February 7th as school crossing guard day in Flagler County whereas each school day regardless of weather thousands of loyal school crossing guards ensure the safety of our children and families as they rrive to and depart from school and whereas the State of Florida prioritizes school safety and the significant role of Education to ensure the protection of our children and the crossing guards who assist them and whereas the commendable service responsibility and professionalism demonstrated by our school crossing guards
008is recognized annually through the Florida Department of Transportation award and school crossing guard of the Year whereas the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles provides school buses and pedestrian safety resources to establish supplementary safety measures for school crossing guards and school children families and pedestrians they protect and whereas the first Friday in February is an opportunity for Floridians to recognize and celebrate the essential service and dedication these individuals provide to protect Florida's school children across the state now therefore be it resolved by the Flagler County School Board that February 7th 2025 is school crossing guard day in Flagler County adopted by the members of Flagler County School Board Flagler County Florida at the regular open public meeting thereof h on 25th day February 2025 thank you for that and we do really appreciate
009our our crossing guards and um we also did have a hot breakfast for them here at the uh GSB earlier this month as well to honor them and it was uh great to sit down and meet and hear their stories so thanks for reading that Proclamation and uh we have another one for you Mr badet um we it's also national school resource officer uh month it is and we're um truly blessed here in Flagler County to work with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office there's a great partnership um as you guys as our school board's aware we have resource deputies on all of our campuses um to at our high schools and it's a great partnership with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office a resolution of the Flagler County School Board recognizing February 15 2025 is school
010resource Deputy day whereas the National Association of school resource officers is dedicated at to making schools and children safer by providing the highest quality training to school-based Law Enforcement Officers whereas school resource deputies Bridge gaps between Youth and law enforcement and embrace a Triad concept of school policing serving in informal counseling education and law enforcement roles to support students and communities they serve whereas by training law enforcement deputies to council educate and protect School communities the men and women of nazaro continuously lead by example and promote a positive image of law enforcement to school children and school communities whereas SRD programs across the globe are founded as collaborative efforts by police agencies Law Enforcement Officers Educators students parents and communities to create safe learning environments provide valuable resources to school staff members Foster positive relationships
011with students and develop strategies to resolve problems that affect youth with the goal of protecting all children so they can reach their fullest potential whereas school resource deputies are valuable and essential members of the education community and deserve unwavering respect and support from the public in the pursuit of keeping schools and students safe now therefore be it resolved that the Flagler County School Board proclaims February 15 2025 to be school resource Deputy Appreciation Day a special day to show appreciation for our school-based law enforcement deputies and encourage all citizens to show their gratitude with displays displays of support and personal messages adopted by the members of Flagler County School Board Flagler County Florida at the regular open public meeting thereof held on the 25th day of February 2025 yes thank you and on behalf of
012the board I want to express our sincere gratitude for all that that you do uh for our students keep not only keeping them safe but being um positive role models in their lives on campus yeah yes we'd like to invite you up for a picture to the front of the dis [Applause] here [Applause] all right now we're going to move on to our Spotlight section of the evening and and we're going to start off with superintendent strategic plan Spotlight good evening uh this afternoon at our Schoolboard meeting a Schoolboard Workshop we spent some time extensive time uh reviewing strategic plan goal number one and goal number two and I invite um our community our parents to go back and watch that section as it really highlights our areas of focus um around student achievement as
013well as increasing access for our student to level three um courses such as AP IB Ace um dual enrollment and other courses that align to that goal thank you superintendent Moore um so now we will move on to the Flagler County Education Foundation Spotlight and we have Miss Teresa Rizo with us tonight welcome thank you good evening school board members superintendent and members of our Community I'm th thrilled to bring you this month's Spotlight of the figler County Education Foundation and share some exciting events and announcements first um we are looking forward to this Friday February 28th of our highly anticipated College and Career Fair this event will run from 8:00 a to 5:00 p.m. at the community Palm Coast Community Center from 8:00 a.m. to 100 p.m. students from atanas high school and Flagler
014Palm Coast High School will have exclusive access to explore the fair connect with representatives and get inspired about their future from 2: p.m. to 5:00 p.m. we open our doors to the public inviting everyone to take advantage of this incredible opportunity we're proud to host over 200 vendors including colleges businesses government entities and branches of our military whether you're exploring higher education or seeking career Pathways or just looking for a connection to Community Resources this Fair offers something from everyone we encourage students parents and community members to come out and make valuable connections we will also be uh live on the radio for free-for-all Friday that morning and we're excited about that opportunity and collaboration with our local Flagler radio station I'm also pleased to announce um to introduce Madison asil as our new assistant
015director of fund development Madison is a proud matanzas high school graduate and brings a wealth of experience to our team from her previous role at the United Way we are excited to see how our passion and expertise will enhance our mission and support Flagler County students and Educators Madison um is Got Deep Roots here in Flagler County her father born and raised here um former state trooper and her mother works for the city of Palm Coast and she lives and breathes FL County so we're excited to have her lastly our annual MRA Galla is just around the corner I can feel it I'm ready for it to happen um join us on March 4th at the beautiful Grand Haven Golf Club for an evening filled with fun festivities and fundraising the MRA Gala is one
016of our big four signature fundraising events and this event supports our test and children program and our senior scholarship program which provides over a million in scholarships to our local seniors these initiatives provide life-changing opportunities for our students helping them pursue higher education and becoming successful adults so we invite everyone to join us for this Unforgettable evening while making a lasting impact on the lives of our students so on behalf of the Flagler County Education Foundation we thank you for your continued support together we're creating brighter futures for our students and a stronger Community we look forward to seeing everyone Friday at the College and Career Fair and next Tuesday at the Migra Gala and if you need more information Flagler EDF foundation.org thank you again for all of your support and I would like
017to just take a moment to to Really highlight the College and Career Fair this is something um that Miss Rizzo and I have been talking about all year is bringing into one centralized location um an opportunity for our students and so we have been pushing this for our families to take a part of this um for our students during the day but we really want to stress that the time frame from 2: to 5: is open to our public and so our families who homeschool their children our families that are in private school we invite you to come and be a part of this um with us um at the end of the day these are our children here in Flagler County and we want to make sure that this resource is available to all
018of our students regardless of how they are educated so come out enjoy it it's going to be a lot um of good information in one location for our families and for our students so thank you to the EG foundation for bringing this to life okay so then that that leads us to the 2024 and 2025 outstanding School volunteer Awards and uh Miss Moore we'll be presenting yes I am very excited to recognize three individuals who consistently go over and beyond for for our students and so when I call your name I do invite you to come here and stand in the front um of the Das and we will get a collective group picture um together with these three Representatives the first um individual represents Bell Elementary School and we want to highlight the work
019of Stacy Smith [Applause] thank you so much Stacy you can stand there I do have a certificate for you as well next representing Indian Trails Middle School we have Miss Mary Joe [Applause] waroff and finally representing matanzas high school we have Miss violet arrier [Applause] thank you so much um as these individuals represent the many volunteers that we have within our schools doing great work for our students um as well as our student volunteers as well that are doing great great things and we just invite the community come and join them stand alongside of them there a lot of work to be done and we need volunteers so if you're interested in volunteering you can go to our website and get more information about how you can get connected thank you guys so much for
020the hours that you pour into Flagler schools we appreciate you okay so now we're going to move on to um Junior Reserve officer uh training Corp JROTC uh presented by uh Mr Reeves good evening board chair superintendent Moore it's my pleasure as I call our come on up guys our folks to the podium to share just briefly about their program as a father who's had two students go through the J program is exceptional and we're going to give them just a chance to highlight and talk about their programs and the impact it has on the students of Flagler County and so it's my pleasure to introduce Lieutenant Colonel basker Baskerville jrtc Air Force for FPC and major maler for jrtc Army from matanzas high school Gentlemen please come all right good evening board um chair
021FY superintendent Moore greetings to all the friends and colleagues behind me I am Lieutenant Colonel Melvin basille and I with Master Sergeant Gardener har excuse me Gardner harand are the senior airp instructors there at FBC Air Force jrtc and between us we have about 40 Years of Air Force experience which we Tred to impart upon the 140 cadetes that we have in our program all right our mission is to develop citizens of character and we do that by broad-based education uh in curriculum dealing with uh Aerospace science as well as leadership education where we teach them how to apply for uh college and public speaking and things of that nature as well as a wellness program so if you're ever on our campus on a Friday you see some students running around more than likely
022it's the RTC cadat getting ready and getting in shape all right now again with our program there's no obligation for students to join the military we are not a recruiting service but we do offer those uh recruiters to come in and talk to Architects and kind of tell them uh what the military experience is all about from all the different branches including my counterpart in the Army um I've been doing this for about eight years now as well as Master Sergeant Holland and we love it um uh one of our Representatives here the last four representatives of uh the student board for f has been RTC Cadets one right here with Danny NZ she is my core commander and as you guys got a chance to know her you understand exactly uh the things that
023we impart upon our students uh just recently we had an Air Force um headquarters evaluation uh they came down from Maxwell Air Force Base and looked at all our programs and made sure that our Kat run the core and through the leadership of kevz out of 100 points our core scored 98 all right so she did very awesome job and with that score we're in line to get distinguished uh unit Award with Merit which we haven't done in about 10 years now and so between her leadership and all the cadets in our core we've done some great things in our community um every first Saturday of the month you'll see us down at the beach doing Beach cleanups you'll see us renter cuddles just like our our brother inanis right here but we also support
024the local vets in the area as well doing military balls and going to the VFW and supporting those activities and so glad to be uh here to tell you guys about the wonderful Cadet in our program sorry I didn't have a script uh but um I'm very proud of the work and efforts that our Cadets do so thank you for the time to talk to you guys about it all right appreciate it thank you um to our distinguished board members and Mr Amore thank you for taking the opportunity to just hear about our programs uh really means a lot having the support of the district at our level um myself and first AR tro carabello uh we are the senior Army instructor and army instructor from tanas high school Army jotc uh Troy Carell has
025been doing this for 19 years now uh he'll be retiring at the end of this year uh myself I've been doing it for eight years this is my first year at matanzas High School uh and it's been just a fantastic experience um just like what the Air Force's mission is is very similar our mission is to motivate better PE young people to become better citizens we do that by providing leadership services to the community and personal responsibilities and in doing that we instill a sense of teamwork self-esteem and self-discipline I want to reemphasize that JTC is not a recruiting Mission we we focus on three ways um After High School either going to college going to a trade school or going to the military and we're there to support the kids in whatever path that
026they would like to choose um we are report directly to the principal for all of our guidance and um all of her evaluations and anything that she needs us to do JTC has a four-year curriculum program of instruction which focuses from freshman all the way up to our seniors in that four years we focus on self-development leadership Civics geography Global awareness health and wellness language arts life skills and US History some of the things that are good about jotc a Cadet that does two years of jotc also gets credit for a Hope Credit so it allows them to get a little bit more flexibility with within their schedule and they also get a Performing Arts Credit recently I think in 2022 Governor DeSantis allowed students who do two years of jotc and score over a
02760 on the ASVAB to earn credit towards the school overall rating at the end of the year so that's a bonus for the school itself um our program is is offered on a web-based system of Cadet portfolio the cool thing about this uh system is it's is accessible to the students after they leave high school so all of the work that they have the the the letters of recommendation all of their resumes they can reach back and use that there is a mentoring system within that system so students that go on and do things they can go back and leave feedback and students can reach out to them if they're going to pursue that career path and have somebody who's kind of walked through their shoes um and guide them uh as as additional Mentor
028uh in addition to the program of instruction jotc offers after school activities throughout the whole entire school year Color Guard offers just like tonight we offer Color Guard Services throughout the community for um events we also have competitive Color Guard we have physical fitness team that competes from August to November a drill team which competes from November to February we have an air rifle team which competes from um November to February and we recently started an archery team which goes February to March in addition we're looking for funding to get Robotics and drones hopefully next year from our sixth Brigade which is located in Savannah Georgia which provides funding for our program in addition we offer field trips summer camps uh National Flight Academy and like I mentioned uh additional Community Support so I've already
029mentioned the three past post High postgraduate we're we're big supporters in providing them a way ahead after they graduate from high school so depending your questions that's all that I have and I just want to say thank you for your time and allowing us to present this today thank you very much thank you very much can we come uh forward for a picture like to get a picture oh okay so now we will move on to um District spelling be Spotlight presented by Mr Reeds it's my pleasure to close out the spotlight this evening I've invited our spelling come on up to our spelling be winter tonight uh if you've never attended the event it is an exceptional event it is rigorous I can tell you and intense and uh but very rewarding and our
030students love it and it's a great opportunity so my pleasure tonight is to intr ruce to you the 2025 District spelling owner Teddy toen of Christ the King act Academy Teddy has always loved to read and that has had a major impact on his ability to spell he enjoys reading a variety of genre including non-fiction history books and fictional stories such as Percy Jackson and Lord of the Rings in third grade his teacher told his parents that his reading on the 12th grade level and to see she encouraged him to keep reading he came in second place in The District spelling be two years ago as a fifth grader this year he won and his championship round spelling word was a stringent Teddy congratulations if you join us up front for a photo yeah yeah
031come on Mom sure well here [Applause] and Teddy is going to go on to represent us and the regional B and so I know he is preparing for for that and we will be cheering you on on Teddy congratulations and we say win it all [Music] buddy all right so um now we will move on to uh approval of minutes um I need a motion to approve uh 4.01 through 4.03 motion to approve have a motion by Miss Chong second second by Mr bars all in favor I I I opposed here in none it passes unanimously so we'll move on uh to the agenda for tonight are there any additions or changes to the agenda superintendent Mo yes um I request that we pull item 10.01 as it has not been executed by the requestor
032um this in this U mitigation will be brought back before you once it is executed and and ready for um your review okay so we will pull that so then uh if there aren't any other changes or additions uh like a a motion to adopt the agenda as amended I do have a um an item on the uh vendor payments number 328 646 I'd like to pull that so that it can be voted on separately okay vender payment I'm sorry which number was it 3 28646 check number 902 42511 okay so we will move that to an action item um additionally I would like to pull to discuss for transparency purposes um the uh expense the uh for Flagler broadcasting okay um and sand Panther education and finally on the PO approval um the to
033make sure that again for the record that it's clear uh the Imagine salary payment uh for Colin Colleen fonte so it was item 328 646 um from the vendor payments N2 y LLC correct and then Flagler broadcasting and sand Panther education right those are all from vendor payments and uh the salary payments off of the uh POs to be approved in excess of $10,000 okay we'll move this to the uh Finance action okay so um I need a motion to approve the agenda as amended I do have one other item uh on the human resources consent uh the addition to the superintendent Suite I think it warrants a a review of the or a sharing of the um change in representation and providing um insight into the qualifications and why that individual is chosen you
034said under the this is another consent item under Human Resources uh yes so it was under Personnel okay correct thank so 11.02 is the one you want to yes sir thank you okay okay so we'll move that to Human Resources action 11.07 or two excuse me okay are there any other changes to the not changes but we're going to go through line items right we're those items that were that were pulled by Miss Ruddy we will discuss them in in action we're going to still approve the consent minus those and then we'll revisit those particular items when we get to them well then let me emia add that our team is prepared because this was not um through work uh through the second phase of the workshop our team is prepared to give a brief
035overview of the um each of these U categories if um that pleases the board yeah I just had some po questions just like we would at a workshop yep we do we are prepared to do that okay very good so you had po questions let just move that to finance also okay very okay well then I'll need a motion to approve the agenda as amended move to approve I have a motion by Miss Ry a second second by Miss Chong all in favor I I post hearing none we will move forward with the agenda so all right so we will uh then now uh go on to public comment do we have anybody registered for public comment this evening not on agenda items at this time okay no on agenda we will have an opportunity
036um later to speak on non-agenda items for the members of the public um and now we will move on uh we'll close public comment and move on to our consent now uh just for the benefit of the public uh we do have uh two workshops prior to our business meeting and we do uh Workshop these items so we will be approving them in block form uh with the exception of the ones that were pulled for discussion in action later this evening um so we'll start off with the finance consent 7.01 through 7.07 have a motion to approve I move to approve with the items removed so we're going to talk about these like later in action okay discuss in in the in the the um in the action portion once we get done with consent
037but should we be approving first uh for clarification um board chair I think what they're asking for is that once you um get the motion to approve that you open the floor for discussion before calling the question you have discussion right now on on the consent items here okay we can do that yeah so um if I have a second um let me just back up here so we uh do we have a mo m r second by m it's open up for discussion okay we open discussion now go ahead um okay so the let me go here building Renovations is that one building I just was curious I wanted to hear more about can tell me which uh consent item you're on oh I'm sorry under I think it was 7.02 and the vendor
038got uh dacg for FPC uh good evening board uh chair superintendent more uh the dacg is on building 12 at FPC uh this is a modification that we're doing where we're adding fresh air uh into that building uh that's the locker rooms uh over at FPC restrooms we're renovating restrooms in the office spaces and we're removing moving basically the hard ceiling and then making a drop down ceiling in that buildingbody else had questions on that one um and then I saw pressure washing I was just curious is that something would it be more of a benefit if we had our own equipment or is it just too big of a job that we need to hire that out right we do have a pressure washers on each one of our zones but that's normally for
039your day-to-day operations the pressure washing that you're seeing here is basically on on roofs are for large uh large areas we just pressure wash the auditorium uh where you have to have a lift uh rather high lift and um it's just more economically feasible to uh get a pressure washer uh company or contractor to come out and do it but we do do the day-to-day pressure washing at each of our schools okay I think that was it for me for now else is there any further discussion no he had uh Mr Freeman had previously um informed me and I was pleased to hear that we're within Budget on the mananas expansion which a lot of those payments were related to so I'm excited but that's in budget yeah that's good news okay well then uh
040I'll call the question all in favor say I I I I opposed hearing none we will move forward um we will now go on to academic Services consent uh 9.01 through 9.03 have a motion to approve move approval okay I have a motion by Miss Chong and a second by Miss Ramirez I do just have an item for a question there abolutely I noticed that all of the schools for the future problem solving trip the payment for the student portion was Zero except for FPC which was $100 so I was wondering why there's a difference um for the students at that school we will follow up on on that um as the the state trip is usually um cover um at the district um level um so I am unsure what that additional um cost
041is but we can definitely follow up I will follow up with uh M ferera that at the school and get the answer back for you on that okay then I move to pull that particular item unless it would cause undue delay for that stent need check and see what the trip is if it is pulled um that trip let me let let us pull it um there the board does not meet um prior to them leaving as I do believe that trip is in March but we can definitely pull that up I don't have it right here before me but we can pull that up so if we can just give us one moment sure to pull that information I appreciate that thank you [Music] yes um that trip is in March it is um
042and they are due to travel before the board meets again and so we can definitely get this information back um but I would then need to sign it as emergency which I do I can sign it um when things come up for overnight travel in an emergency situation but that is what we would need to do in order for those students to be able to travel is there an alternative such as if we approve it this evening but um there's a request perhaps for the administration to follow up to ensure that they are capitalizing on any um funds that are being shared with the rest of the schools as well so they sorry the dates are the 23rd to the 26th of March M Mo was saying they also put down for their fund sources
043as internal accounts and fundraising so sometimes when they put that in there it is an estimate to try and make sure they cover the cost as they are fundraising towards the event so I can get a clarification did they raise enough money to cover the cost would be my my take back yes so this is not a cost that is to the student this is any additional cost per student would be coming out of the internal account or whatever dollars that they have had for fundraising this says Provisions for those unable to pay so they're covered either way and I can find out if they were able to raise the funds to cover all the students that were attending okay because the other schools also put zero dollars um but I believe Indian Trails for
044example is trying to raise funds as well so there cost there are costs beyond the registration that that is the portion that the district uh pays for for them for their registration there are costs uh um that are associated with the state trip if those students are not able to raise all of the funds we do not prevent them from from going however if they were to advance um to the international um it becomes a little bit more difficult for us to afford that at the district level for everyone um so we are we are confident that whatever the cost is it would not prevent our students from being able to attend be it it's $100 or or or zero dollars and just you know this was initially submitted back in December two months two
045plus almost three months ago they would have been fundraising over that time to help players with that so we'll get an answer for you regarding that okay great thank you okay so we're going to leave this intact for approval okay so then we will um call for the vote I I all in favor say I yeah I uh opposed hearing none it passes unanimously okay okay so we will then now um move on to operational Services 10.01 I need a motion oh I'm sorry apologies I'm looking at my computer which doesn't have my cross outs here yeah we will skip that and we will go now to Human Resource Services and um we are just going to do um 11.01 I need a motion to approve move to approve I have a motion by Miss
046ready a second by miss trong any discussion hearing none all in favor I I opposed hearing none passes unanimously okay so now this will move us on to our um action items we'll start with uh Finance action and we will address the items that were pulled from the consent um so we can start with the 8646 purchase order uh I need to recuse myself from that uh expense from voting on that particular just for clarification is not a purchase order it is on the vendor oh I apologize yeah thanks for the clarification this war okay so that was uh pulled for recusal okay yes all right all right uh the next item that was um uh to discuss was Flagler broadcasting well wait a minute we had to vote on that one specifically right well
047I'm I separately okay gotcha I just put them all into the finance act so we will then um vote on that now so I need a motion to approve motion to approve second okay I have a motion by Mr bars and a second by miss rdy all in favor I mean Miss Ramirez all in favor I I opposed hearing none it passes unanimously okay we will now move on to the next action item in finance which was uh for Flagler broadcasting yeah so there's um some expenditures that I am curious as to what the um advertising or promotional materials that Flagler broadcasting is doing for us that we felt weren't getting enough coverage through our Outreach um each week we share a multiple different um items on the radio be it activities that are coming
048up upcoming meetings um that we are having um just a range of information out to the community as another way to get information to a group of individuals um that we may be missing and so this is uh has been recurring uh on a regular basis and we don't feel like our website the phone calls the remind apps are enough for that and right is there anything legal that's requiring us to be posted on the radio right now as we get our communication surveys specifically back from individuals we continuously hear that individuals don't know or aren't aware of what's Happening um we think about our uh radio advertisement as an opportunity to reach um specifically our community which we also have um you know is necessary that we reach uh those individuals who may not
049be getting remind may not be following us on our social media media um Outlet so again this is another opportunity for us to um share information with the broader public um and that this has been definitely um happening over the course of of this year I'm not sure how many years we've had um this uh relationship um and this um contract happening uh typically when you place radio ads you choose time of day and station based on certain demographics which demograph do we know that information on these expenditures I do not I know it runs our we our main time is on Mondays but I cannot tell you offand what the exact time of day that is that happens on Monday but I'm sure we can get you know some additional staff members up to
050provide the information to you if you would like no thank you I'm good we we talk we talk a lot about communication about what we want to you know getting out to information to our um to our community I think this is a way for us to do that now if it does come to a point where we have to you know continuously to tighten our belts which I believe we're probably going to end up having to do we need to readdress this moving forward but at this point I think it is a way for us to communicate with our families uh above and beyond what uh we're able to do with uh with our own social media but I do think we probably need to continue to monitor that as we move forward into
051the future I just feel we have our own in-house Communications um team and to make these type of expenditures when we have a plethora of uh lower cost or free options uh okay so I just would add to this here that you know I agree with the uh Mr bars that it is it is a good uh method to communicate we do have to uh watch our our spending for sure and you know we but what I will say is that a um the previous board had tasked the superintendent also with communication was one of the biggest complaints we were having and so we were uh we tasked her with getting that communication out not just to our parents and students but to the community at large and I would say some of the tools
052that we have inhouse are more um the focus or or or the the audience is tends to be parents and and and those associated with that education um in Flagler County where the radio is a broader reach it reaches the entire Community telling the community what's happening at Flagler schools because they're also stakeholders so that that is where there is value in in these type of uh broader broadcasting messages in my opinion so have we um was there a plan when this initiative was undertaken in order to um evaluate the the outcome or have we gone out and resurveyed the it was at the it was it was at the direction of the superintendent this is just her this is her her their marketing budget that they're they're working within and so if we want
053what what I'm getting at is if we want to if we want to Workshop this um to uh to to limit where advertising is as this board we can we can definitely have that conversation um but if this is within the the spending limits of the superintendent then they're just they're just doing using their their their funds available to do what they feel they need to do right but it's also on approval here for the board so we have that responsibility to ensure that those dollars are um small large are being spent or else this would not for V absolutely I think it's a great discussion 100% you know I I but this is already these are already for um uh ads that this is to pay for ads that have already been purchased correct
054which is most of the stuff that we're approving all right and so what I'm saying is that I would like to take a look at some of these things that maybe are not the essentials when we already know that there are some big changes regarding our funding and our student population that we're going to start to need to think about and what's essential and what's not okay well we can we can definitely move that to a board member request so that we can right now we're we're doing a great thing we're we're talking about the the current expenditure and what we do in the future you know that would that would happen at a at another on another agenda item at another meeting but uh thanks for bringing it to light and and your concerns
055regarding that expenditure um are there any other uh comments or concerns in regards to this particular item that's the wnzf one is that what you're referring to Janie I just want to make sure we're looking at the same thing yes yeah just uh probably just reviewing you know as a board request um the contract because I know radio ads you you pick how long what days what stations and you know just discussing it later well if you could say that we will come to the board member requests section later if you could just make a note so we can make sure the superintendent shots it down at the appropriate time and and I just want to add that especially as we go into budget season and we make whatever changes it there are that we
056need to make in order um for this board to set the budget that we're going to be utilizing for the year it is then my responsibility to use those dollars appropriately to move forward the organization and so being very clear that when it comes to the setting of the budget here's here the dollars that we have allocated then that is when my role steps in to identify how we how we use those dollars um so I just want to continue to bring that forward um as well okay so um on this item here um do we have a a an actual line item for the Flagler broadcasting to reference for the approval I just I didn't I didn't have time to jot it down earlier the number yeah the 3 28781 and is this a
057is this a vendor payment yes okay all right all right is there any other discussion regarding this item okay Mr furry there's actually another payment 3286 80 as well I'm sorry there's a second check payment for wnzf okay 32868 there's two in this check run I didn't see okay so I have 328 781 and 328 680 correct yes okay um can I have a motion to approve motion to approve I have a motion by Mr bars second second by miss trong all in favor I I I opposed n okay the vote uh passes 4 to [Music] one and we will now move on to the next item which was uh San Panther [Music] education yes correct correct um in my query my understanding is that this was a Consulting service in order to secure Grant
058funds um and it looks I'm sorry s at first glance it looks like is it $88,000 um paying this organization so I just wanted to know um uh what is when should we anticipate news of the results of that work and cons consultation sure this particular uh consultation was used for the cap Grant to procure the equipment and supplies that were already secured through the grant the funding was secured but then we contracted for the grant manager for this piece um we are just starting that process and MREs may be a be able to speak a little bit better to that um but it was really for the securing the items that were awarded in the grant so we hired somebody to buy the items that we earned in the grant it's go ahead thank
059you thank you ma'am so uh we hired a grant manager and then we had to we set funds aside in specific categories it might be for uh Lumber it might have been for a vehicle of Ford 250 of 250 to go to the a department a trailer so we identified items in the budget right that was approved but then you have to actually go out and procure and line up those things and items so um Mr Blair who was our CTE coordinator he has left and gone to simal County and so today I've started working with the Grant and our grant manager in this process so I know our truck is in Duvall County and should be expecting that delivery within a couple weeks uh we just approved some veterinarian uh items for our vet
060services at FPC and going through the items to make sure that we procure and utilize all those dollars to to maximize our efforts with this cap Grant so this is to provide services because uh a a full-time team member had left that role no ma'am this was actually uh came before the board uh a few weeks ago I know Mr bars asked a question about it at uh at the 1:00 and we we answer the information about the about the Grant and about this position this position was to kind of help us manage those dollars to make sure we maximize our effort and leverage them to get sure as much as our resource we could and uh not leave any dollars on the table so we feel that this expense of this um what is
061this $8,000 for this particular month what is the ongoing total expense I will tell you that's it's approximately $ 25,26 th000 total and does that get paid directly out of the grant yes ma'am it was not funded through the general fund we feel that this person's services in purchasing and securing and uh those and spending those dollars exceeds the $25,000 value we're automatically paying this cons yes ma'am we feel like we're getting value from that because it is a little bit complicated as we work through the state for inance we've been trying to procure this vehicle this truck for our a department for about three months now going through all the the requirements for doe to make sure everything was in place as just one example that purchase over 50 some thousand okay so there's
062a lot of what you're saying is um maybe special requirements laws whatever that makes it necessary to have a particular expert on that there's several nuances to it especially uh the CTE world is ever evolving and so we want to make sure we had someone in place to kind of help us navigate this this individual had been hired by other districts to do the exact same thing okay I appreciate the clarity thank you absolutely ma'am okay is there any other discussion on this item okay um so the I see here uh M warmac that there's actually two check numbers are the same is that just because you you broke it was one check but you broke out two when a purchase order is done there could be multiple line items depending on what it's purchased
063so when the items are received they are received by line item so when you see multiple lines for a check it's because there's multiple line items received that have been paid with that check okay got it but it was all one purchase order correct okay okay and you can actually see the purchase order um on the right side right okay yes I see the number match there okay okay so um need a motion to approve check number 32 8656 move to approve okay I have a a motion by Miss rdy second second from Miss Chong all in favor I I I opposed AR n it passes unanimously okay so now that moves us down to um academic Services 16.01 through 16 oh we have 16.01 first um I need a expulsion with Services I need
064a motion to approve a motion to approve a motion by Mr bars second second by Miss Ramirez is there any discussion hearing none all in favor I I opposed hearing none passes unanimously we'll now move down to 16.02 expulsion with Services I need a motion uh motion to approve okay motion from Miss Chong second second from Mr bars any discussion hearing none all in favor I I opposed hearing none it passes unanimously okay uh now we will move down to operational Services action 17.01 um it Community Development Corporation release agreement I need a motion to approve move to approve I have a motion by Miss Ry second second by Miss Ramirez any discussion none other than uh thank you uh sir for their uh information today that provided us the clarity that we needed uh
065based off of um this particular um itd uh Community Development uh issue and making sure that we're the sole Lister for these properties that belong to flagor County Schools so thank you very much I'd like to point out sorry I'd like to point out that this agreement um will need to be signed once the board uh if the board approves it and signs it it would need to go to it for them to sign it and we are working with the developer to make sure that that happens thanks for that clarification so I I'll call the question um all in favor I I I opposed hearing none we'll pass unanimously okay now we are at um Human Resource Services we have 18.01 um special leave application I need a motion to approve move approval we
066have a motion by Miss Chong second second by Mr bars I would like to discuss this item okay um so under this extended leave um is this classified as a sabatical or technically not classified as imagine but I for exle classifi with their past experience sorry yeah so in reviewing the board policy between the workshop and and this one you know there were different types of leave right and I understand that what I'm trying to um gather and grasp um Mr delini if I could have youa in is that um none of those policies other than FMLA require the school district to hold the position for the individual um from my understanding in in in our policies as they currently stand we are not required in this instance to hold a position um for this
067employee either right but um in our Workshop My interpretation of what was to um unfold uh after uh the leave occurs is that other individuals would absorb those duties and so I was assuming and so this is just inre as it we we have this happen in many positions across the district especially this time of the year um that a permanent position may not be hired so what uh Mr ulet uh explained is that this leave will run until June 30th at that point when we bring forward recommend ations um for hire for our entire staff be it those who we're going to um we're going to reappoint um individuals that uh we may not reappoint at that moment that is when I as the superintendent would be bringing forward either a recommendation in order
068to keep this employee on or not at that point you would have another um portion of leave that would be brought brought before you as a as a as a board but there is no um there is no requirement at this time for us to hold this position either but that's what we would be essentially doing that's what the plan is we would be doing that if at that time I determine that that is um the the direction that we're going um we would be doing that at that time if that is the recommendation and it's always hard right I'm not I'm trying to to separate right the individual and this particular instance from uh you know uh broader policies and trying to also Imagine a situation where we had uh a teacher perhaps or
069what if you miss more were to ask for a 3month leave where it's not classified as one of the uh as a sabatical that is more protected or FMLA um in our leave policies it did say we could approve that I didn't see anything outlined about uh reserving that position for that individual to come back into that role um I'm just looking you know as what is the impact of this overall um and can we provide this um uh equally across the board no matter who might ask for it um I I will add that um last year we did run into a situation I completely agree uh with you our guiding principles when it outlines get to yes our team will say how do we get to yes and be able to continue to
070say yes like what is our system for doing that so currently we do have one other employee that is an instructional staff member that is on that on um this type of leave um all of those first come to the superintendent and I make a determination if this is something that we can grant before we bring this for before the board for consideration if it was something that we were not able to um approve then that would not come before you that would be stopped um what is this type of leave classified as then this um I I'm sorry I don't have the exact board policy in front of me this is identified in policy down towards the bottom um where it's it's a extended leave where the employee does receive compensation and it's the
071compensation piece that requires um a special uh action item by the board in this case uh like I said we currently have a an employee who's a media specialist who's in Morocco receiving compensation and this this leave went through the same process it's a it is a leave of absence it's not an FMLA and it does run Within are parameters of being able to do a leave up to a year across fiscal years even though it's not uh a medical reason but but let's let's be clear about this now you're saying with pay though but he is he's been pay with his annual leave that he's accumulated once he that is exhausted he goes with personal leave without pay absolutely this I want to be clear with that because that does seems like he's going
072to be gone for that time period and we're going to be paying for it it's going to be whatever benefits that we already provide for him and any other school district employee that he runs that out and then they'll be on leave without pay and we have a we have Miss Moore who is executive branch of this who is making the determination I'm guessing to say that you're okay with how this is going to work and you feel like this can operate the way it needs to operate with him being gone in this particular time with duties being separated between what you deemed appropriate within the organization am am I correct in that I do it is before you because it has come across L my desk and I have approved this for review by
073the school board and approval by the school board and my question is that essentially can we uphold this particular or Grant these situations on a continuing basis and not run into issues where people are feeling like maybe in the future if it's declined that they have um some sort of um suit against us because we are um not equally um applying this leave or granting this leave yes the only past practice I'm aware of at this point was the one that was was approved um I don't believe um because each one of these is handled on a Case by case um I could tell you numerous stories of where we have crossed the fiscal year with FMLA folks where we didn't their FMLA had been exhausted but it was the um purview of the board
074um to be a carrying organization and to reach across the fiscal year with those folks um but each one's considered on a Case by case I'd like to hear from Mr delania about um there was a legal question what risk we might run sure uh all of these are going to have to be considered on a caseby casee basis um but it sounds like um in this particular set of circumstances there are legitimate reasons that have been reviewed by the superintendent the employee has has earned the benefits or has access to those benefits it's hard to predict what a future scenario might look like um but if you had another employee who did not have a good plan for having their work uh distributed through the department uh and the superintendent was not approving them
075I you know you would have to sift through the facts but you can imagine scenarios uh where there would be a legitimate basis for this type of request being denied so we are prepared that any individual who comes forth exhausts their personal leave uh wants to uh leave under uh uh the different categories that are separate from FMLA or sabatical and if the UN other individuals are able to or willing to absorb their responsibilities and or we choose to absorb the financial cost of a long-term sub if it was a teacher that this is something we're saying that we can consistently uh Grant we are we are I am saying as the one that will initially review uh review these items we are prepared with a system to review any uh request that comes before
076us and make sound determination as to what we rep what we present or recommend to the this board I think we're we're we're venturing into you know policy future policymaking here I think we need to focus it back on the agenda item itself and is there is there anything uh any additional information you need to be able to either have a reason not to vote for this specifically to the scope of the agenda item itself I'm not understanding your question it sounded like a double negative but I might have uh it's either either we we vote to approve uh the leave request or we don't right yes I know those options but I'm also trying to um uh right that I want to ensure that we're doing our due diligence in order to uh that
077we can continue and that these types of leave requests either historically or in the future are going to be applied and you know I want to make an informed vote sure and it's all that's all good information I'm just saying that those are conversations for uh changes in the future we're going to deal with what we have on the plate today um and so it's not a matter of what happened before what we're going to do with the next request it's it's what do we need to make a vote today is there anything more that you need to be able to can I ask just now that um what would be the difference between this and then just a regular leave of absence that we see when we we see those names just at Point
078[Music] and so um even though we're not paying the salary would the um the school board's um share of other benefits uh be paid out during that time period um H yes they get paid out during in this Cas right and that's why I don't want to be specific on what benefits but okay Mr chair if I could add maybe one more point of clarification please do uh a lot of this does come back to policy and if the board is uncomfortable with the current um state of its policies in relation to leave that's something that could be addressed MH uh in the future and maybe that's something that we should put on a a workshop I agree because even in the areas where it is recognized um sabatical or even the generic uh personal
079leave it doesn't specify some of these parameters U for example expiring your personal leave whether or not we would um pay the benefits that were um or the Schoolboard portion of those benefits so um I think that would be appropriate to make sure we address on in our review with niola okay so um we'll call the question um all in favor I I I opposed hearing none passes unanimously okay so now uh that leads us to um we moved 11.02 to um action and miss rdy that was your [Music] request uh we just did uh 11.02 I believe that was no that was 18 you had a question about um staff in assigned to the superintendent Suite oh yes so um I apologize uh you know one of the uh very important roles was just
080hired uh and that's the legal represent represent wait a minute for a point of clar order here we need to make this for a vote and for have it needs to come up for a vote and then we would need to have a discussion because it's an action item you can still do that but a vote has to we have to say yeah okay so uh need a motion to approve 11.02 motion to approve a motion by m trong a second by Mr bars um we now open for discussion yes I just wanted to um uh have uh Mr ulette take this opportunity to share uh for um the public the change in the legal representation as well as to highlight the um credentials uh regarding the individual that was chosen for that position if
081you could absolutely thank you um just a little back background history um ad it's just really loud jur doctorate from Florida State University of law um he's currently a member of the Florida bar uh he has served in the state attorney's office on the 18th circuit he was promoted to senior attorney of the office of general counsel for the division of real estate after that he went into private practice and uh has practiced for three different firms in administrative uh law and litigation appeals and commercial law uh can you also clarify if this is I'm sorry Andy teaches at ston University law is this a contracted position for um like say is this a three-year contract or is this yearly like we are all on annual contract he is on a a abbreviated annual contract
082which extended from his initial High until um June 30th at that point like the rest of us July 1st is our witching hour will we be moved on or will be moved out I'm curious if um there has ever been a um more than a one-year contract for perhaps critical roles like this maybe difficult to fill roles um has that been something that's been entertained before State Statute allows for that allows for it for any any administrator um up to senior staff uh the only one I'm aware of in the five years that I've been here was miss Gavin had a multi-year contract um no other um administrator that I'm aware of has had a multi-year other than superintendent yeah um I think part of the advantage of a one-year contract is if you're not
083if you're not pleased with the services right there's an exit um um and so right either one has a pro and con there but thank you very much I appreciate uh sh ing that because that's a big change that I just wanted to make sure was very clear um and um looking forward to working with him not on that particular topic but it's inside that uh document uh that we're talking about uh I was noticing that we have related to bus drivers we have had four or five bus drivers leave and then hiring we have none and I'm a little concerned about the direction not Direction but uh the critical need for bus drivers um that we're not being able to feel I spoke to Mr Walker yesterday and it looks like they're I think
084they're going to be wrapping a bus doing some things for uh trying to you promote being a bus driver to get people on board I just want to bring that up as a a topic that I think that we need to all continue to watch which I know we are as we get into those critical needs of we got people that are leaving but we're not replacing them so just as a as a point to of discussion will they be at the career fair on Friday trying to the bus transportation the transportation particular um no but I know HR will will have a representation there to promote that in our newspaper the the only difference from transportation and the rest of our departments is they have a very small cushion of substitute bus drivers that
085they move forward as you know through attrition um so U not to say that now we need substitute bus drivers without a doubt um but in that case they are they are staffed with a small cushion yeah okay thank you for that sir okay there is there any further discussion okay then we will uh call the question all in favor I I I I opposed hearing none passes unanimously Mr chair I apologize um we have been taking notes over here and there's a question has come up about an earlier item and I just wanted to make sure that we didn't leave anything off um the question relates to item 7.02 and Imagine Schools on page two and I just wanted to confirm whether we have had a vote on that item or not no I
086don't believe we have thank you for that okay my my recommendation would that we go ahead and address that through a vote or discussion if needed now okay so we will um start off with uh I need a motion to approve 7.02 a motion to approve second I have a motion by Mr bars second by Miss Chong and we're open for discussion yeah I just want wanted to highlight for anybody who is looking at um the expenses and might wonder why is an imagine role being paid out in this way as opposed to out of the um imagin financials that are set aside so miss warmac has kindly agreed to share that Insight sure and just for clarification this is an actual purchase order not an actual payment yet um this is uh part of
087the title 2 Grant so for many of our grants the charter schools get the prored portion of FTE versus the whole District FTE they choose to how they they choose how they want to spend their portion as long as it's in line with the actual budget that's approved by Doe so the charter school has um asked to spend their portion for a data coach for themselves so as those funds are funneled through us and where the pass through what happens in teacher and learning is Mr Reeves has them submit payroll documents time sheets um twice a year for payment uh reimbursement of their portion of of the grant funds so what you're seeing in this purchase order is the first half of the Year payments for salary and benefits of their data coach you will
088see another po of this similar amount for the second half of the Year again this is Grant funded through the title $2 and is their respective portion that they are allocated thank you very much thank you Miss Warmack any other questions or discussion okay then I will call the question all in favor I I I opposed hearing none it passes unanimously okay so looks like we that completes our uh business for tonight and it now leads us to public comment do we have anybody signed up for public comment yes sir we have uh Kathy bar Barnett okay okay and I believe her topic is Teachers okay welcome Miss [Music] brunette hello board members welcome thank you um I just wanted to come tonight and I don't have anything written so I'm GNA jump around a
089little sorry can you hear me now okay it's too loud um for people I yes um I just wanted to come and share um some positive things with regards to um what's happening at matanzas um last year as I know you guys probably heard me talking all over the place about teacher shortages and I had come and talked to you guys several times I've talked to the news I've talked to everybody trying to figure out ways that we could um work around the teacher shortage and what I meant for that was basically for like the core class classes like English like my son didn't have a teacher pretty much the entire year last year so um I wanted to share some positive things that that was going on at matanzas um the SGA coach was
090let go or I don't know left I don't know all the particulars but um Brandy aled was um a teacher VI um chemistry teacher or something like that I'm very nervous here I don't know why um anyways and she decided that her and another teacher were going to share the the void so that the the SGA courses could continue going on and she was also covering her classes so it was split so I wanted to come out and let you know that that is happening and that there are people and teachers out there that are willing to to do things to make sure that these kids are not sitting in a classroom just without a teacher um the second person which um is um Diaz Miss Diaz which is in the biology department they lost
091a teacher I think this year and the um they decided to get together the entire science team and um figure out a way to cover the classes so each one of the teachers added another day or whatever I'm not really sure how it worked but I wanted to just say kudos to them and um our principal and however they figured all that out that they had an issue and they addressed it they talked about it and and they found something that worked and in the end the teach the kids got you know are being taught something instead of just sitting in the classroom so I just wanted to share that good news and and let you know that there are options if we all put our heads together because I know that it's not going
092to stop and it's happening all over the country it's not Flagler County and figure out ways that we could um help them you know whatever it is because you guys all can brainstorm it and figure it out but I mean these are two examples that are happening in our schools in Flagler schools and it's yay a positive thing and I just wanted to address it and let you guys know about it because it's not really shown everywhere okay thank you thank you thank you are there any other public comments no one else okay then we will close public comment and we will move on to a board member requests would anybody like to make a request at this time hearing none I will close board member requests yes sorry I was just getting my notes
093I was just going to repeat from earlier board member request um you know the master School Board training that we talked about so I'm excited uh about that for the board member request from earlier and then um just working more with the community it kind of goes with what Miss Kathy just said uh having like Town Halls getting feedback getting creative so that will go hand inand with the town halls um additionally I'll reiterate that uh with the season of school choice I want to make sure that it's very clear regarding the um the laws around around um school choice for sportson reasons as well as our our processes and policies um regarding the lottery system and making that Lottery system very public when the demand for a a school uh is uh exceeds the
094capacity uh of that school to take those school choice students um also one of our practices in highlighting uh making very clear apparent when uh agenda items um or attachments contents of those attachments change between uh the um the agenda setting session and the Schoolboard session in which we're to vote um the session today in the workshop regarding uh gifted students uh we spent a lot of time ensuring that students are on grade level but it's just import as important to uh ensure that we are meeting the needs of those who uh need um that gifted education and so we're clearly from the data that was shared um not per not having an equitable maybe um uh exposure to finding those students who need that type of education and so exploring some un ival screener
095options um in and exploring uh what curriculum best suits students with those unique needs and abilities um from some of our own um gifted certified teachers who can provide some consultation on that um and then related today is to uh clear up our policy is regarding leave in terms of uh the payments and or benefits and uh ensuring that we have some clarity or maybe more defined guidelines um so that we can um feel comfortable approving those and ensuring that those opportunities are going to be equitably um available or able to take advantage of for all of our staff and employees okay thank you um yeah and I think some of those policy ones you brought up this is the perfect opportunity as we're working with Neola to to to have those conversations together um
096okay so if there are any other board member requests we will uh move on to uh upcoming board discussion topics is there anything to add there superintendent more okay and then um so we'll just move now to closing comments and we'll start down at the end of the Das um sorry uh my voice is losing me a little bit so please bear with me uh once again thank you all for allowing me this opportunity to sit on the Das and represent the best school FPC um sorry ask for some updates first a big congratulations to our principal Bobby bardet who actually just won the fasc principal of the year um another congratulations to our AF CHC team who won first in their arm regulation Division and third in the unarmed exhibition division at the recent
097drill competition with a special congratulations to Jasmine fowas who won second in an individual armed drill regulation our boys wrestling team won the five-star conference for the second year in a row our individual Champions were Bron Dy Kevin McLean TJ McLean Trey Tilly Carson Bart and Devon Lee Eden our formality women's Ensemble earn excellent ratings including solo performances by Annabella mcder Logan Walden Mia hes Jude theion Samantha fer and mallerie Blackburn which all earn superiors our Bulldogs Melanie ruro Laura Herrera braz Seth and AI brur qualified for the state Deca competition which will be held from March 6th to the 9th our FBC dancers represented Bulldog pride and earned a super Superior rating at the Valia County dance assessment with four dancers making the all count dance team Devon Gwyn Victoria Jones Brooklyn the point
098and AA penedo our Bulldogs are doing great things which wouldn't be possible without the support of our staff and faculty at FPC once again thank you for this opportunity and I hope everyone has a great night thank you so good evening fellow board members again I would like to thank you for allowing me to sit on the Das with you all and allowing me to represent matanzas High School um it is with great pride that I reflect on the recent accomplishments of our students and staff which exemplify the dedication and Excellence within our school community on Valentine's Day we celebrated the pinning of our new NHS members and on February 24th we recognized our National Technical Honor Society um for their achievements and Technical programs our winter sport teams have also excelled with girls weightlifting
099competitive cheer and girls wrestling advancing to States and boys soccer reaching the regional finals in the art s we would love to congratulate Devin Hoffman the recipient of the 2025 Scholastic Art Award whose work is now on display at the Duvall Public Library our theater production of Romeo and Juliet featuring a performance by our step team was also a huge success last week our programs of study night on febru on February 18th saw strong attendance with families learning about new and exciting opportunities for the upcoming school year including Aerospace dual enrollment courses with emry riddle which is back dance and our new Allied Health Program which I personally am very excited for future generations to participate in we also celebrated our SGA success at fasc bringing home a first place Medallion and a third place
100recognition for faculty and staff we had a holidays around the world event which was super heartfelt and it was a great gathering for immigrant families to share their cultural herit heritages with one another looking ahead we have several exciting events including a court observation for law students on February 28th the College and Career Fair on March 3rd with over 200 students registered to attend and the NHS induction on March 4th spring sports are in full swing and we anticipate another successful season as quarter 3 concludes we remain focused on providing a well-rounded education for all matan's Pirates um a quick little reminder as well um this is going to be our fourth and final teen toown Hall this Thursday so I encourage any and all students who would like to participate middle school and high
101school for community service opportunities and um learning about what we have to offer and discuss during that meeting um as I conclude tonight's comments thank you for your continued support as we strive to ensure every student's success thank you awesome and uh speaking of the Town Hall uh also on April 26 there will be a Teen Summit which is dealing with the town hall so um there'll be a lot more more information to come forward with that I'd like to say uh this past month we've had um lots of celebrations our counselers our crossing guards our resource officers and even bus drivers so thank you all that are listening and watching we all appreciate you guys speaking of the bus driver so I was able to finally get on my Route 52 this morning Panther
102bus and the driver goes by Miss Judy she was amazing um it was a long morning um we went to the elementary school the high school the middle school and it was great um from a parents perspective I just want those that may be questioning or wondering you know it's a safe place so uh she was the she was the sweetest she talked to every student by their name um it you know took all their umbrellas uh so I felt you know I I was looking around you know every bus driver does their checks and um as a parent you know you don't really know that and it's not just them doing it because it was me cuz I was early and someone else said hey come here watch me do my checks if there's
103a screw missing I mean it it's unbelievable then they can't get on that bus um it was pretty cool to watch and they all have a system in place there's protocol there's safety protocol there's also safety protocol that we may not be able to know about because it's for the safety of our children children so just wanted to kind of let everyone know about that it was um a really really fun experience I was very tired after um but Miss Judy was amazing I can't wait to try it again um you know hopefully just kind of get out there but speaking of bus drivers we do need more because that is one thing you know if someone gets sick and we know it's sick season um we we need people to drive so I'd love
104to use that opportunity with Town Halls like brainstorming we need to get creative so we just need to work together as a community how can we get more bus drivers how can we get more teachers we know that they're not signing up but let's get creative so everyone share your ideas right so let's make something um positive um also with communication I do want to just let everyone know we've said it last time um and we'll say it every time but I will tell you between the five of us here we have 14 children okay and we know how to communicate we do communicate and we we are and if you feel that you're not getting an email please let us know um the five of us are being very proactive we're trying to mitigate
105anything we can connect you to whoever you need to speak with and if you don't feel like you're getting that then let us know because I'm pretty positive we're doing that um but we all are human but I'm pretty sure we're doing whatever we can and directing you to the right staff so uh thank you parents for reaching out because you are those that are so thank you and if we can help you we will help you um because we're doing the best we can and I feel like we're all working really hard for our community uh the Virtual Teen Hall she talked about that um the town halls I talked about it a little bit but I really think this will be a great opportunity to brainstorm and get creative as a community so
106we can try to you know get things moving um if we have a problem let's turn it into a solution so if you have a problem you solve it so that's what we will all do together and also if anyone is a dog man or Captain Underpants fan the author is on book tour and he the only city in Florida he's going to be in kissm so they say Orlando but it's kissm Civic Center so he'll be there Friday night so I'm going um and maybe you know get a book signed for Flagler schools we'll see but um you know kids love this stuff uh and reading is important and he's someone that actually has learning disabilities and kids look up to that and I love it so um so just want to let you
107know important dates last thing February not February March 13th is the end of the quarter March 14th is a teacher work day so teachers will be working really hard for us and then students will not be at the schools so don't drop them off and then spring break is March 17th through March 21st so thank you all for a wonderful day and evening nice H you have boys so I'm sure Captain Underpants is right a much loved book that's so cute um yeah thank you tonight I uh really loved uh the presentation from Miss Fulmer and music in our schools you know speaking of students who um you know really helping that whole student Thrive music can be such an integral part uh performance arts uh and I know this week we have our band
108teachers working hard at the um MPA events that'll be happening and the students who've put in hours and hours of preparation to learn instruments uh to learn music as a different another language um and so I wish them all the very best luck in uh in that MPA um performance that's coming up in competition um I'm also so very excited to share that uh Lauren and I attended the finance forum for Schoolboard uh members last month it was extremely informative and uh there's a part two uh and so um it I've just been really appreciative of the state of Florida's School Board support um the the FC Florida State fsba got to remember all my acronyms but they've been a wonderful resource in in helping us come on board and really become acclimated and uh
109knowledgeable about all of this all of the the responsibilities that we owe to um our our communities uh couple of updates uh regarding some of my Outreach efforts um Flagler Technical College uh Works in conjunction with the career source and sources the regionalized arm of um what used to be road to success and they have an opening uh for a role uh at their partic at their Flagler office here so if you have uh um an interest in helping students find their path and career in life um as well as helping some of those who are in transition in their careers go check that out um FPC uh is having a read across Flagler event Thursday March 6th in the Town Center uh and so I hope to um be able to make it to
110that there's a lot of activities this coming week though we'll see what we could do I'm sure we'll divide and conquer uh Additionally the SAT for juniors is uh March 5th I wish all the Juniors best of luck in in that assessment you're more than a number but it doesn't help to get a high it doesn't hurt to get a high number help those dreams right uh move a little closer to reality also FPC has a TV annual fil Film Festival March 13th um seems really exciting lots of creativity there as you know they partner with the uh Auditorium the FL Flagler Auditorium Fitzgerald Auditorium so that's uh a wonderful program and and love to see all of their um skills on display during that event uh I was very proud to see that often
111you know Middle School is kind of like oh gosh the middle school years can be tough but btms has been rocking it this last month and showing that when you give kids the opportunity to um Thrive and um also reach out to their Community uh yes even teenagers even those middle schoolers uh really enjoy to do so Miss Lori an's class and Buddy Taylor um placed fifth in the nation in an AI explorers program and so that was really amazing they're probably more knowledgeable than any of us up here about AI now so I'm I'm uh I'm I would love to stop by and chat with her in her class I'll reach out and also Mrs Brook's art class they U connected with the Windsor residents and made Valentine's and uh items and dropped by
112uh to to visit and and share just the general caring of each other uh which we need more of in this world um and there are a lot of opportunities for credit recovery um at btms and since we're closing in as you mentioned Miss Ramirez on quarter 3 you got one more quarter to make it happen uh btms off offers Credit Recovery Tuesday Thursday from 2: to 4:00 p.m. uh or Saturdays at 8:45 and just General T tutoring and support from two to four this is people pay $50 an hour for this stuff so take advantage of it it's out there for you uh also the African-American mentorship program is in uh need of those who can provide some time and I know today was a recognition of um volunteers and we very much thank
113those three lovely individuals who are giving the most valuable resource time but um the numbers of the volunteers in the aam African-American mentorship program hasn't fully rebounded from covid so if you are able to uh and interested uh Carl Jones is is your guy um or you can also contact uh Mr San filipo who is also helping to um support and um get get the information out to the volunteers or myself happy to do that finally um March is uh a time in which the school board is going to go to the Le legislature and advocate for uh the agenda that has been presented uh couple weeks back but um we have and I want to remind parents because we've had some parents and community members reach out about issues that are near and dear
114to their heart uh if you want to see some of those changes it really helps us if the constituents are contacting their representation and so just as a reminder we have um U Mr Greco here in Palm Coast sweet 1 at Palm Coast Parkway uh his information is online you can make an appointment you can go talk to him um write him email him and it helps us to tell that story in a more impactful way when we have the community members also backing up what we see are those issues that we're advocating for and that they see it's not just you know the five of us in our opinion thank you thank you Mr chairman just a couple of things uh I want to highlight again just our school resource deputies that we talked
115about that today and highlighted what they do I really appreciate appreciate the work that they do as a former SRO myself I know firsthand the impact that they have on students lives and vice versa and so I really appreciate the work that they do each day um with being an educator being an informal counselor uh the things that were mentioned in the uh earlier today I really appreciate that I just want to highlight the sheriff's office for the work that they do and their responses uh each and every day to our needs of our community and within our schools so thank you very much uh Mr Dyer uh who read the uh Proclamation for uh music what an outstanding singer he is if you've never heard him sing you need to find him and let
116him start singing to you because he can sing one of the best Renditions I've ever heard of the star spangle Banner in my entire life uh fantastic man uh Teddy toen congratulations again for him and uh the spelling B winner just uh thank him and and really miss Kathy came up and talked a little bit about uh the exceptional work that goes on and she highlighted uh Miss Diaz and Mr alred and again I want to thank her for doing that for her taking the time to really come up and talk about something good you know a lot of times we hear a lot of bad things and negative things but I really appreciate her taking the time to come and do that um talking about uh some uh met with a parent uh this
117past week over in one of the communities off of white view they had a safety issue related to a bus stop location and and was able to get to the right uh spots and after an evaluation it was an unsafe bus stop and we were able to get that moved and some changes are being made based off of that parents concerned and going out there and looking at that location myself and it was uh I just wanted to highlight again we are taking these things when the parents or community members bring us things we're addressing them and getting them to the right spot so we can address those I want to highlight uh highlight again Rimfire Elementary um we were looking for community members to have our ratio uh where it needed to be and
118we were able to make sure that we brought in a couple of uh community members to where we have that ratio where it needs to be and actually above where it needs to be so I appreciate those community members for stepping up and helping us with that and again to our volunteers I think we have one left I want to recognize you again thank you so much for what you do you can put that in the paper too okay all right and then one of last things too is uh we M Ruddy and I were able to participate in blue jeans and bling uh for 4 and FFA for youth scholarships and we've got uh what a great event to be able to uh highlight agriculture in flagor County which I hope that we will
119continue to do in this County and what's made Flagler County what it is today and from its roots of Agriculture uh and that leads me to our legislative updates we've got several things that we're continue to follow that are in our priority list and we're working closely with our delegate our uh administrative staff have gone up and met with the delegation as well as M rdy mentioned earlier we will be going up and meeting with our delegation in March really pushing the priorities for our school district to hope hopefully we'll be able to bring funds back to our district that are going to help each and every one of our students which which we're here for uh those Senate bills that we continue to follow are Senate Bill uh 1110 and Senate Bill 700 when
120it relates to uh the rural initiatives uh that flager County can potentially benefit from uh again I want to thank Senator leak uh representative Brandon who is not in our district who met with us recently on some issues that will potentially affect us in flager county and then also representative Graco as we beginin again as we work through these priorities for flagor schools and I will yield my time all right I just want to say thank you to our principals who came out today um to share um about their schools I know you all are working really hard and I get the weekly updates from benell Miss Presley um you know always pushing reading and I'm just glad to see that it's a push that uh I haven't seen in a long time and you
121know I know we're striving to increase our grades especially when I think of how my older children were in those Early Learning years during covid and coming back from that so um I'm just glad to see you know just how hard they're working and we're all working so hard to get our kids reading it's so important that's that's their Foundation um and then I know we've got a lot going on in our country um I just thought this was interesting yesterday Governor Dan santis announced uh Florida Doge efforts and and I've just been reminded through all this also of our local responsibility with tax dollars so you know I know sometimes questions sound stupid but but none of them are we we're looking at everything um we want to make sure that we are fiscally
122responsible um it's very important to me so and I know to all of us um so yeah you know we got to look at everything and see where we can save um and yeah I don't really have a whole lot I hope everybody has a great week uh this year is flying by you know already planning and getting ready to make sure we're all there for graduation it's kind of crazy so thank you have a great night yes all great comments uh and I Echo many of uh some of your sentiments and um I I do want to um highlight you know our outstanding um School volunteer uh award tonight you know that it is it is just when you volunteer in a school it it is so valuable to the teachers and also to
123the educational outcome and to the and to the parents as well because you know the teacher has many students in that class and there's times when that extra helping hand just makes such a difference and um I've spoken to teachers and they they always say we're so grateful for our volunteers so I just wanted to put an extra Spotlight on those that were honored here tonight for their efforts um and also to our uh school resource deputies um you know it is just such a uh amazing thing that they do you know they're there for many reasons you know first thought is you know they're there to protect our students and that is one of the highest priorities but I've seen how they engage with students and how students respond to their presence uh in
124our schools as well um so really super grateful and I'm glad we were able to honor them here tonight and um the the last thing is um I did I did get a chance to I had my first meeting at the Carver Center um as now their their liaison and uh I just wanted to share a fun event that happened so right after the board meeting uh let out there was a group of ladies about probably 15 of them playing Bingo and so I just popped in to say hi and joined in with them for a game and I tell you that that they brought a lot of joy to my day spending a little time with them and uh and they're very competitive over that Bingo too so there's prizes to win so Tuesday
125and Thursday they play bingo so you heard it that's when when you can go play bingo at the community center there so um and I just want to thank the board for a productive meeting this evening and uh uh thank you staff and I will pass it on to superintendent Moore thank you uh one thing to just highlight our career fair again um it will be open to our students um during um our school hours but from 2: to 5: we do invite our public to come and get connected to the resources that are here in our community and our um Community across the the state just a reminder that choice windows are open right now and so if you are interested in your child attending a school that is not in their Zone please
126make sure that you follow along with those um deadlines and those dates um also wanting to really really stress for our high school students our programs of study application that is a part of our choice process and that too is open so please make sure that um we adhere to those to those dates and those deadlines I want to thank our staff for being here I know um you know that you're there back in the background and maybe the camera can't doesn't catch you but um I appreciate you guys and I appreciate you you being here and as I look at you know 8:00 uh tonight many of you I started my day with at you know 8:00 this morning so I appreciate you and all you do to support our um entire organization so
127thank you um to each of you I want to say a happy 115th day of school um lots of great things that we've already accomplish but many more great days ahead of us and so um before we end tonight before I say good night I always like to just bring it back to our guiding principles and so I will read um those guiding principles Children First Trust in respect for all Empower others teamwork Excellence quality and consistency commitment to individual needs and then get to yes good night thank you superintendent Mo this meeting is now adjourned