Volusia County School Board Meeting 2⧸25⧸2020

001those things and feeling the pride that I have within them and the confidence that I've helped to establish within them I'll know that I've done my job and helping create it in a better future for them [Music] I'm Marion Tomlin I'm a local mom who writes historical fiction for children I try to create a connection between the reader and his or her community I have found that telling a little bit of a mystery with our history is compelling it's irresistible actually and it's fun to have the children say they didn't like history until they read my books and now they not only enjoy visiting the settings they read about but they'll bring their grandparents they'll bring their parents and then they listen to their stories I spend a lot of time in the classroom grateful

002for the opportunities that the teachers in Volusia County Schools give me to come in and discuss writing not only the joys for the frustration it took me nine years to create my latest project and when I have the children count on their fingers back to how they were nine years ago it's a revelation that someone would identify a goal and they would pursue it through all the challenges and all the frustrations Al Capone had been an actual visitor to the Ormond Hotel back in its heyday and local legend has it that a briefcase he had brought with him that was filled with cash to purchase property during the Florida land boom went missing and I have a very important part of the mystery play out in this building right here Volusia County Schools helped prepare

003me for what I'm doing today by helping me discover strengths interests introducing me to interests I didn't know I had through the music programs through the field trips we took through the the guest speakers that were brought into the classroom it was a very vibrant it was a very very and yet very focused experience for me I loved my time in Volusia County Schools [Music] it's perfect [Music] a lot of cheese they love me slurp in it blessed hi my name is Eric Mason sports medicine outreach coordinator for advant health I am so excited about our historic five-year two million dollar partnership with Volusia County Schools we are proud to serve as the official healthcare champion of Volusia County Schools as we focus on advancing opportunities through the health academies decreasing chronic absenteeism and supporting

004athlete's health and safety within our high school sports programs did you know that the knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the most easily injured it is made up of four main components bones cartilage ligaments and tendons each of these structures play a very important role in the stabilization in function of the knee any of which can be injured the most common knee injuries include fractures meniscus tears sprains and tears of ligaments like your ACL in many cases injuries involve more than one structure in the knee pain and swelling are the most common signs of a knee injury in addition your knee may also catch or lock most of the time knee injuries caused instability the feeling that your knee is giving way well knee injuries can occur from direct trauma

005such as in football or a plant and twist type motion typically found in soccer or simply the repetitive wear and tear on the joints such as in running if you are experiencing any of these symptoms don't delay in having your knee examined by your school's athletic trainer most cases can be managed with rest inflammation control and rehabilitation with more severe injuries of the knee you will need to see an advent health orthopedic physician for a more in-depth evaluation including x-rays and possibly an MRI for more information about the partnership between Advent health and Volusia County Schools please visit the Volusia County Schools webpage [Music] I'm trying to get blankets for the homeless because I don't want them to freeze we asked what he wanted for Christmas and he came out with only one item on

006the list that was to collect blankets to donate for the homeless it went viral he's donated I think it was around 20 some blankets I then up in Ohio 25 up there and we're in the process of collecting more down here ask him what he did over the holiday break he said I went to Ohio and I said did you do anything else anything you know above and beyond that for the holidays and he's a really humble child he just kind of shrugged his shoulders and he said not really and I said can you tell me about the blankets and you could see a smile go across his face and you know so the administration team started talking to him about his goals and at that time he wanted to raise several hundred blankets and

007we asked if we could help and he said yes if they could donate at least just one blanket now it'd be a big help we're very proud of Liam here at the school we're proud of his efforts we support him 100% and we are going to help him reach his goal [Music] I feel that I create a very different environment my classroom is full of music and movements and that's important to me because as a learner I had a hard time staying engaged until I was in a classroom like that so for me as a teacher I try not to disseminate information but be a facilitator as the students are learning and growing together and collaborating through their experiences Josie is helping them succeed every day she is every lesson that she does she's wrapping

008it back to real life so that they can use it in the future it's not just something that they'll use this year they'll use it next when you walk in the classroom you just get that rush of adrenaline like here you're excited to be here you want to learn she's done so much for me and I am so thankful for that more than rigorous education more standardized assessments I want them to know that they're loved and cared about and if they walk away knowing those things and feeling the pride that I have within them and the confidence that I've helped to establish within them I'll know that I've done my job and helping create it in a better future for them [Music] I'm Marion Tomlin I'm a local mom who writes historical fiction for children

009I try to create a connection between the reader and his or her community I have found that telling a little bit of a mystery with our history is compelling it's irresistible actually and it's fun to have the children say they didn't like history until they read my books and now they not only enjoy visiting the settings they read about but they'll bring their grandparents they'll bring their parents and then they listen to their stories I spend a lot of time in the classroom grateful for the opportunities that the teachers in Volusia County Schools give me to come in and discuss writing not only the joys for the frustration it took me nine years to create my latest project and when I have the children count on their fingers back to how they were nine years

010ago it's a revelation that someone would identify a goal and they would pursue it through all the challenges and all the frustrations Al Capone had been an actual visitor to the Ormond Hotel back in its heyday local legend has it that a briefcase he had brought with him that was filled with cash to purchase property during the Florida land boom went missing and I have a very important part of the mystery play out in this building right here Volusia County Schools helped prepare me for what I'm doing today by helping me discover strengths interests introducing me to interests I didn't know I had through the music programs through the field trips we took through the the guest speakers that were brought into the classroom it was a very vibrant it was a very very and

011yet very focused experience for me I loved my time in Volusia County Schools [Music] it's perfect [Music] a lot of cheese they love me slipping it hi my name is Eric Mason sports medicine outreach coordinator for advant health I am so excited about our historic five-year two million dollar partnership with Volusia County Schools we are proud to serve as the official healthcare champion of Volusia County Schools as we focus on advancing opportunities through the health academies decreasing chronic absenteeism and supporting athlete's health and safety within our high school sports programs did you know that the knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the most easily injured it is made up of four main components bones cartilage ligaments and tendons each of these structures play a very important role in the stabilization

012and function of the knee any of which can be injured the most common knee injuries include fractures meniscus tears sprains and tears of ligaments like your ACL in many cases injuries involve more than one structure in the knee pain and swelling are the most common signs of a knee injury in addition your knee may also catch or lock most of the time knee injuries caused instability the feeling that your knee is giving way wellmy injuries can occur from direct trauma such as in football or a plant and twist type motion typically found in soccer or simply the repetitive wear and tear on the joints such as in running if you are experiencing any of these symptoms don't delay in having your knee examined by your school's athletic trainer most cases can be managed with rest

013inflammation control and rehabilitation with more severe injuries of the knee you will need to see an advent health orthopedic physician for a more in-depth evaluation including x-rays and possibly an MRI for more information about the partnership between Advent health and Volusia County Schools please visit the Volusia County Schools web Paige [Music] I'm trying to get blankets for the homeless because I don't want them to freeze we asked what he wanted for Christmas and he came out with only one item on the list that was to collect blankets to donate for the homeless it went viral he's donated I think it was around 20 some blankets then up in Ohio 25 up there and we're in the process of collecting more down here ask him what he did over the holiday break he said I went

014to Ohio and I said did you do anything else anything you know above and beyond that for the holidays and he's a really humble child he just kind of shrugged his shoulders and he said not really and I said can you tell me about the blankets and you could see a smile go across his face and you know so the administration team started talking to him about his goals and at that time he wanted to raise several hundred blankets and we asked if we could help and he said yes if they could donate at least just one blanket now it would be a big help we're very proud of Liam here at the school we're proud of his efforts we support him 100% and we are going to help him reach his goal [Music] I

015feel that I create a very different environment my classroom is full of music and movements and that's important to me because as a learner I had a hard time staying engaged until I was in a classroom like that so for me as a teacher I try not to disseminate information but be a facilitator as the students are learning and growing together and collaborating through their experiences Josie is helping them succeed every day she is um every lesson that she does she's wrapping it back to real life so that they can use it in the future it's not just something that they'll use this year they'll use it next when you walk in the classroom you just get that rush of adrenaline like here you're excited to be here you want to learn she's done so

016much for me and I am so thankful for that more than rigorous education more standardized assessments I want them to know that they are loved and cared about and if they walk away knowing those things and feeling the pride that I have within them and the confidence that I've helped to establish within them I'll know that I've done my job and helping create it in a better future for them [Music] I'm Marion Tomlin I'm a local mom who writes historical fiction for children I try to create a connection between the reader and his or her community I have found that telling a little bit of a mystery with our history is compelling it's irresistible actually and it's fun to have the children say they didn't like history until they read my books and now they

017not only enjoy visiting the settings they read about but they'll bring their grandparents they'll bring their parents and then they listen to their stories I spend a lot of time in the classroom grateful for the opportunities that the teachers in Volusia County Schools give me to come in and discuss writing not only the joys but the frustration it took me 9 years to create my latest project and when I have the children count on their fingers back to how they were nine years ago it's a revelation that someone would identify a goal and they would pursue it through all the challenges and all the frustrations Al Capone had been an actual visitor to the Ormond hotel back in its heyday local legend has it that a briefcase he had brought with him that was filled

018with cash to purchase property during the Florida land boom went missing and I have a very important part of the mystery play out in this building right here malicious County Schools help prepare me for what I'm doing today by helping me discover our strengths interests introducing me to interests I didn't know I had through the music programs through the field trips we took through the the guest speakers that were brought into the classroom it was a very vibrant it was a very very and yet very focused experience for me I loved my time and Volusia County Schools [Music] it's perfect [Music] a lot of cheese they love me slurp in it hi my name is Eric Mason sports medicine outreach coordinator for advant health I am so excited about our historic five-year two million dollar

019partnership with Volusia County Schools we are proud to serve as the official healthcare champion of Volusia County Schools as we focus on advancing opportunities through the health academies decreasing chronic absenteeism and supporting athlete's health and safety within our high school sports programs did you know that the knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the most easily injured it is made up of four main components bones cartilage ligaments and tendons each of these structures play a very important role in the stabilization and function of the knee any of which can be injured the most common knee injuries include fractures meniscus tears sprains and tears of ligaments like your ACL in many cases injuries involve more than one structure in the knee pain and swelling are the most common signs of a knee

020injury in addition your knee may also catch or lock most of the time knee injuries caused instability the feeling that your knee is giving way wellmy injuries can occur from direct trauma such as in football or a plant and twist type motion typically found in soccer or simply the repetitive wear and tear on the joints such as in running if you are experiencing any of these symptoms don't delay in having your knee examined by your school's athletic trainer most cases can be managed with rest inflammation control and rehabilitation with more severe injuries of the knee you will need to see an advent health orthopedic physician for a more in-depth evaluation including x-rays and possibly an MRI for more information about the partnership between Advent health and Volusia County Schools please visit the Volusia County Schools

021webpage [Music] you [Music] I'm trying to get blankets for the homeless because I don't want them to freeze we asked what he wanted for Christmas and he came out with only one item on the list that was to collect blankets to donate for the homeless it went viral he's donated I think it was around 20 some blankets I then up in Ohio 25 up there and we're in the process of collecting more down here ask him what he did over the holiday break he said I went to Ohio and I said did you do anything else anything you know above and beyond that for the holidays and he's a really humble child he just kind of shrugged his shoulders and he said not really and I said can you tell me about the blankets and

022you could see a smile go across his face and you know so the administration team started talking to him about his goals and at that time he wanted to raise several hundred blankets and we asked if we could help and he said yes if they could donate at least just one blanket now it wouldn't be a big help we're very proud of Liam here at the school we're proud of his efforts we support him 100% and we are going to help him reach his goal good afternoon we call the February 25th meeting to order will we please stand for the singing of our national anthem by our student mrs. Taylor Ford from Malin High School followed by the Pledge of Allegiance [Music] at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the

023perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so young li streaming move but our flag was still there oh say does that star-spangled [Music] [Applause] thank you Miss Taylor yeah we want to welcome our audience as well as our audience online for joining us today I like to introduce my dais mr. Carl purses for my left mr. Carl purses representing district 4 Thank You mr. Rubin cologne representing district 5 our school board attorney mr. Ted Doran to my far right we have mrs. Erin Lehmann Leoben our agency clerk we have Mr mrs. Jamie Haynes representing district 1 vice-chairman mrs. Linda Cuthbert representing district 3 our superintendent dr. Scott Fritz and I might a right representing district 2 a vision statement ensuring all students receive a superior 21st century education and today rather than having comments

024from my colleagues we have a very special young man that will show off his talent based on the education he is receiving from Volusia County Public Schools I'll turn it over to mr. cologne so he can introduce our guests good evening everyone thank you all for being here today is a really exciting day and I'm gonna go ahead and ask mr. Elijah s Whittaker to please come to the dice up to the front here please now I'll tell you a little bit about mr. Whittaker he is a sixth grade student at Deltona middle school his favorite subject is language arts his favorite teachers miss Ciara at Forest Lake she was nice and always roared at us oh okay and when he grows up he wants to be an artist and today you're in for a

025treat if you've never heard him before he is going to recite the I have a dream speech which he's been reciting since first grade so mr. Whitacre good evening everyone my name is Elijah Wood occur I am 12 years old and I go to Deltona middle school and I attend divine remnant of truth and today I will be reciting that I have a dream speech I am NOT unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations I say to today my friends in spite of all the difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream it is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its Creed we hold

026these truths to be self-evident that all men will be created equal I have a dream that one day on the Red Hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood I have a dream that one day down in Mississippi a state sweltering with the heat of injustice sweltering with the heat of oppression will one day be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice I have a dream that one day my four little children will someday live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character I have a dream today I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists with its

027governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers I have a dream today I have a dream that one day every Valley shall be exalted and every Hill and mountain shall be made low the rough places shall be made plain and the crooked places shall be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall witness it together this is our hope this is the faith that I go back to the south with with this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope with this faith we will be able

028to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood with this faith we will be able to work together to pray together to struggle together to go to jail together just stand up for freedom together knowing that we will be free one day and this will be the day when all God's children will be able to sing with new meaning my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty of the icing land where my fathers died land of the pilgrims pride from every mountainside let freedom ring and if America is to become a great nation this must become true and so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado let

029freedom ring from the heightening Alpha knees of Pennsylvania let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California but not only that let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee let freedom ring from every Hill and molehill of Mississippi from every mountainside let freedom ring and if America is to become a great nation this must become true and when this happens when we let freedom ring when we let it ring from every village to every Hamlet from every state to every city we will be able to speed up the day when all God's children black men white men Jews Gentiles Protestants and Catholics will be able to join hands and sing the words of the old Negro spiritual free at last free at last thank God Almighty we

030are free at last [Applause] wasn't that a treat that's definitely a way to start a meeting I mean I see lots of what eyes in the room and and again Thank You mr. Whitaker for coming and I look forward to having you again next year because we all need to be reminded of those words of the dr. Martin Luther King so thank you again and thank you mr. cologne for recommending mr. Whitaker each month each board member will highlight a student in his or her district and this month for African American History Month mr. Kalou wanted mr. Whitaker to come and recite that wonderful speech by dr. Martin Luther King very appropriate and again thank you so much we greatly appreciate you colleagues would any of you like to say anything before moving forward okay

031so we'll leave that alone thank you so much moving on to item 1.03 approval of the minutes is there a motion we approve the minutes January 14th and January 27th second the motion has been properly moved and second any discussion hearing none all in favor all all those opposed same sign eyes have it and the motion is carried moving on to agenda item 2.0 one agenda changes superintendent Fritz sitting in one request any agenda changes yes tonight we'd like to move item 4.0 three up to take the place for 4.01 the student presenting the resolution has another engagement this evening thank you any other requests colleagues hearing none approval of the agenda with the said changes is there a motion motion to approve as amended second the motion has been properly moved and second any

032discussion hearing none all in favor signify aye those opposed same sign eyes have it and the motion is carried moving down to 3.01 recognition of Korea and Technical Education dr. Fritz like to ask Miss Rachel Rutledge coordinator for career technical education of Miss Amy McAlister specialist for industry certification to come forward good evening chairman Wright members of the board superintendent Fritz we thank you for the opportunity to come before you tonight to honor some of our CTE teachers for their accomplishments like to turn it over to Amy McAlister industry certification specialist chairman dr. members and guests with us we thank you for this opportunity to present before the board for the recognition of our teachers this evening during CTE month the our department has worked to share the success of our students our seats our

033Career and Technical Education programs our Career and Technical student organizations and we kicked off this month by recognizing our CTE teachers of the year across our campuses and several have you been able to participate in that with us and it's our last week of CTE month and so to finish the week we also wanted to do some additional teacher recognitions but have a different kind our industry certifications play a large role in the opportunities available to Volusia County CTE students when they leave our programs and graduate out into the careers we want to thank the teachers that are here with us tonight because these students are able to enter those careers ahead of their competition the 23 teachers being recognized have successfully prepared their students for success on those industry certification exams as I work

034with teachers on the industry certification process throughout the school year I'm able to see how much time and effort they spend outside of the classroom preparing students to be successful in these exams the teachers were recognizing have shown a tremendous passion for the industry certifications and it's evident by their students achievement in 2019 Volusia County graduated 65 students that were eligible for the Cape bright future scholarship and that awards up to a BS degree level of education that accomplishment is possible because of the dedication of our teachers the teachers with us this evening have students showing remarkable success and their classes are performing in a success rate well above average so as we call your name please come forward to receive your certificate and remain upfront till all names a big called and then we'll

035do a group photo after the group photos taken we'll do individual school photos with administrators unfortunately there are several teachers that are unable to join us as evening because of prior commitments we would still like to call their name for recognition and if there's another representative from their campus here we'd like for you to come up and participate on their behalf from an Atlantic high school we have Richard bowersan Creekside middle school Melissa C DeLand high school Roger herb is more Dillon High School Vicki Perry DeLand high school gym Lowenstein Dillon high school Sandra brighter DeLand middle school Carey Owen deltona high school samantha mcleaney deltona high school brandy meadows deltona high school john scott heritage middle school jennifer Bennett IV hon Angela Morris mainland high school Jeffery Bishop New Smyrna Beach High School Kathleen

036rich sois News - Myrna Beach High School Shirley white Pine Ridge High School Cristina Fernandez seabreeze high school Gwendolyn coy Silver Sands middle school guy Stevenson Silver Sands middle school Amanda Ellis Taylor middle high Kyle Hearn University High School Jackie ficzko University High School Michael Tomlinson and University High School David Manning Thank You teachers very much for your success madam chairman did we want to do a group photo with your members as well outside yes mr. Whitacre can you join us on the stairwell first and then we'll take pictures with all of our outstanding teachers [Applause] Oh and find you cuz right was gonna shut the door like he's like the bad brother thank you guests now we were reconvene our meeting moving on to items four point zero three resolution 20 2012 recognition of

037the month of the theater and our schools dr. Fritz like to ask mr. John defeated come forward all right good evening miss chairman board members and dr. Fritz it is certainly my distinct pleasure to present to you today Gerald Ford's music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them a world of work culture intellectual activity and human involvement the future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music we are blessed to announce that every public school in volusia county has a music program including two charters i know that all of you are big supporters of the performing arts programs and what incredible impact they have on student achievement our school features performances throughout the school year not a week goes by that

038schools are not involved in rehearsals performances and community involvement I hope you've had the opportunity this year to review performances by marching bands concert bands jazz bands and orchestras theater plays and musicals dance competitions and recitals elementary music performances and showcases and solo and ensemble assessment for band and chorus in addition we've had the opportunity to present all County showcase concerts for chorus band elementary music and our volusia county dance performance assessment teaching all 15 of our dance programs in march we will also feature our all county orchestra on march 26th at Dylan's high DeLand high school and our all county jazz bands on March 27th at DeLand high school coming up we also have Band MPA and chorus MPA MPA stands for music performance assessment so it's their version of the FSA for their

039programs and so that's coming up next week first week of March this year some accolades that our schools have been blessed with are the DeLand high school theater has a one-act show that would be presented at the state level at state thespian festival the New Smyrna Beach High School dance program won all their divisions of their regional competition the Spruce Creek High School Jazz Band was invited for the third time in a row to perform at the acclaimed Savannah Jazz Festival the river springs middle school chorus and their teacher of the year miss Bracken II performed god Bless America at the Daytona 500 this was the first time in history this coveted opening spot has been offered to a middle school the Seabreeze high school chorus and Pine Ridge High School chorus will perform by

040invitation at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Spruce Creek Papillon Dance Ensemble before performing at the New York Broadway Dance Center participating with the Rockettes this is just a sample of many of the accomplishments of our performing arts programs in our schools thank you for the opportunity to recognize the month of March as theatre in our schools month when we think of Performing Arts we think of music dance and theater this is our resolution when we think of Performing Arts we think of music dance and theater these areas allow students to be creative express themselves offer critique on their own performances and accept constructive criticism in a positive way theater has a unique way of connecting people from diverse backgrounds theatre gives students a voice theater creates shared experiences and theatre brings us together

041theater students participate at the district state and national level they have a 5 times lower dropout rate there are 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement there are 4 times more likely to participate in a math or science fair and they're three times more likely to win an award for school attendance now here's DeLand high school student Scotty Levitt to talk about this experience in his school theater program good evening Volusia County school board my name's Scotty Lovett and I'm currently a senior at DeLand high school tonight I would like to briefly talk about theatre and the impact that it's had on my life throughout my entire life I've been drawn to telling stories and performing I was extremely fortunate to attend freedom Elementary and be able to participate in the school's

042musicals which gave me a strong foundation and encouraged me to pursue theatre further I've been received in education and engaged in the arts in middle school I belong but has been a it has been in high school that I've truly been able to grow and flourish after being at the beginning of high school being a part of theatre helped me to find friends and to find a sense of belonging my confidence has grown dramatically and as a result of my involvement in theatre I've been able to learn leadership skills and professionalism skills that will care for the rest of my life no matter where life takes me theaters helped me challenge myself and think creatively if it wasn't for the theatre education that I've received through the volusia county education system i think i can

043confidently say that i would not be able to express myself or develop into the person that I am today thank you very much for your time and for allowing me to speak go Bulldogs [Applause] thank you also for the opportunity to recognize the month of March s music in our schools month as human beings music and the arts are a part of our soul it is the way in which students can express themselves in a positive way music is curricular its extracurricular its academic its therapeutic and it's necessary music is a way for students to bond with one another work as a team for a common goal and learn the skills of performance and presentation including performance anxiety vulnerability and confidence now here's Madison fields University high school bands today to talk about their experience

044in your music programs good evening my name is Madison fields I'm a senior this year at University High School and I'm here to share with you a little bit about my experience with band music has always been important to me and I grew up in a household where classical music was always being played so it wasn't a hard decision for me to sign up for band when I joined middle school I just didn't know how important to me it would become middle school band was fun but it wasn't until I entered high school that I really found where I belonged my love for music quadrupled when I got to high school the community is just amazing my friends that I've met while involved in band are lifelong friends and my music teachers who've been with

045me from the start have helped to guide me into Who I am today my favorite part though is being able to be a role model for all of the younger musicians in my program and to help them develop and grow there are some famous studies that have been done that show that music students are more intelligent than your average student but there are so many other crucial life skills that students learn one band that just can't be taught in a classroom I have learned a variety of skills that I will carry with me for the rest of my life and some that adults haven't even mastered being in band has taught me dedication commitment strength endurance how to be a leader and has taught me what passion is it's where for kids my age to

046have passion but the banner was always full of it music is definitely very important to me but the beautiful thing is it isn't inclusive to one group of people whether you enjoy singing dancing acting playing a string or when instrument music is everywhere and for everyone to enjoy our county has definitely made an effort to make the arts accessible to everyone on campus which is wonderful because even if a student only takes one year of music say guitar one still pick up on a couple of those important life skills and leave that class a little more well-rounded I cannot say enough good things about music and the amazing music programs that our county is fortunate enough to have it was really hard for me to write a short speech because I just want to talk

047and talk and talk about the amazing aspects of band but one thing that I will say is the arts as a whole are still very underappreciated the teachers and band directors work really hard to provide the best programs they can for us and it's really hard because the arts are often underfunded and understaffed but I'm happy to be here as a voice for all of the music students of Volusia County to say thank you for all of the programs we are fortunate enough to have and also as a voice to help develop and grow our programs in the future so that music will be able to impact and enhance the life's of the lives of future students as it has to me and so many other students so thank you thank you and in addition

048to our awesome students we have some of the finest performing arts teachers in Florida right here in our district our students don't take classes they take teachers our teachers put in the extra time that's not mandated and often Performing Arts teachers have the last cars left in the parking lot at the end of the day our teachers put in extra time for rehearsals and performances provide for out-of-school concerts and experiences bring in guest artists and for many of the students are the most stable and present adult in their lives according the u2 the US Department of Education arch arts rich schools benefit everyone research increasingly shows that arts education heightens engagement for all students and can increase motivation and persistence for those most at risk of failing or dropping out of school learning in the

049arts also uniquely equip students with the skills in creativity and divergent thinking as well as problem-solving and teamwork that they need to be college and career-ready I'll close with this quote by William Bennett former US Secretary of Education the arts are an essential element of Education just like reading writing and arithmetic music dance painting and theater are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment thank you very much everybody Thank You students students don't believe students students don't leave just yet have a seat superintendent Prince your recommendation for resolution 2020 - twelve superintendent recommends the approval of resolution 2012 - 12 recognizing the month of March as theater in our schools month and then we also have another one superintendent recommends the approval resolution 2020 - 11 recognizing the month of March 2020 as

050music in our schools month and I believe he also presented for 2020 - 10 the art you that arts oh I'm sorry okay okay so we did 4.03 colleagues and 4.0 - so you heard the motion to accept resolution 20 2012 recognizing a month of March 2020 as the theater in our schools month is there as is there motion Mamamia Spruce Creek High School's I make the motion the motion has been properly moved and second any further discussion hearing none all in favor signed by aye aye those that oppose eyes have it and that motion is carried congratulations young man now you can leave resolution 2020 - 11 recognized in March 2020 as music in our schools month is there a motion to accept the recommendation the motion has been properly moved and second any

051other discussion hearing none all in favor aye those that oppose eyes have it and that motion has been carried thank you [Music] going back to item 4.01 resolution 20 20-10 recognized in march 2020 as youth art month superintendent Brits like to call forward Brice Hammond our specialist of visual arts madam chair right school board members super dinner dr. Fritz thank you so much for having me tonight I get really excited about this resolution so it's hard to go after mr. Dupree also um anyway my name is Bryce Hammond on the visual art specialist for Volusia County Schools I already said thank you but I'm thrilled that the youth art month resolution is on our agenda tonight and I'm encouraged to know that you were supporters of the Arts in our schools and we are honored

052tonight to have two esteemed guests the first is Hanna rice she's a senior art student art star at sea breeze high school she actually has art work here in the boardroom and if you look you have your invitation to the show coming up the pencil drawing in the bottom left is one of hers and she we also have her teacher of Miss Bakken who is retiring this year after 35 years with Seabreeze 35 years at sea breeze high school forty-two years teaching 35 years at sea resize now so Hanna is gonna be reading three points from our resolution for youth arts month and Hanna you can go ahead and do those art education develop students creative problem-solving and critical thinking abilities our education gives students a deeper understanding of multicultural values and beliefs and our

053education reinforces and brings to life what students learn and other subjects Thank You Hanna so much I want you all to know that I don't think we've had and maybe all the years that you've taught in this county someone who has more accomplished than Hanna I go in for Advanced Placement critiques and she'll be starting something I'll come back a week back like a week later and these pencil drawings are are done in an amazing fashion that you would or astonishing how many state Awards did you win at scholastic I think I've got nine gold keys and two silver keys but it seems what was the national award that was the American visions went nominee and she'll find out March 16th if she goes to New York City for the American visions and that show

054will be at Carnegie Hall so that's pretty cool too so Hannah we were super proud of you even though I high-fived you on the stage and Jacksonville is weird sorry anyway although we have committed our exhibits throughout the year the highest concentration of community events and exhibits culminate March I encourage you to go out and see the more than 1,000 works from Volusia County students displayed throughout the community here is a brief selection of our community art exhibitions and assessments in March for visual art we have the Advanced Placement art exhibition at art house gallery in Port Orange right now this is the exhibition this exhibition includes the best artworks for Marlin high school AP art programs we have the Volusia County select judicata high school exhibition which opens March 7th and you have that

055invitation in front of you I hope to see every one of you there to see this show because there is professional gallery across the street and I have a show in there and this is gonna be better than my show so that's good for that we also have the Volusia students create we have 51 schools presented this year at this exhibition and that's at the Museum of Arts and Sciences and Daytona Beach like a real museum with all framed artwork from K to 12 art so I would love to see you all there as well you will get invitations for all those all these shows and more are facilitated by our fabulous art teachers on a volunteer basis in addition to their classroom work our teachers are our teachers mat frame drive hang and attend

056the reception and awards and the evenings on the weekends they aren't paid for that but they do it because they love and believe in what they do Oh Volusia did it again we're number one in percentage of Scholastic State national winners for the entire state number one it's not because of me but we have amazing art teachers and wonderful artists students in Volusia County thanks to the leadership that believes in them and as all our teachers know to achieve excellence in the visual arts in Volusia County we keep our students safe help our students learn and inspire our students to love art thank you Thank You superintendent first is a recommendation first of all thank you Anna Superintendent recommends the approval resolution 2020 - 1 0 recognizing the month of March 2020 as youth art

057month you've heard the superintendent recommendation is there a motion motion to approve second the motion has been properly moved and second any other discussion hearing none all in favor signify by those that oppose eyes have it and the motion is carried and great job young lady thank you [Applause] moving on to resolution item 4.04 resolution 2020 - 13 recognizing Read Across America day superintendent Fritz like to call miss Rachel hazel or chief academic officer and Miss Elizabeth Allen sir Albert president of Volusia noted educators come forward good you me madam chair school board members and dr. Fritz while our guests are coming up miss Albert's going to introduce a little bit of why we were here to celebrate good evening everyone thank you for this opportunity this evening so the National Education Association began the

058Read Across America program in 1997 and so the purpose of the program is to instill a love of reading and children and a natural curiosity about books and I believe that our guests tonight have demonstrated that the NEA has achieved its goal it's my pleasure to introduce dr. sharon Lavallee the proud principal at McGinnis elementary to introduce her team and give us a little taste of what Read Across America is I know that many of you have gone to schools and read with students and participated in person but we thought we would bring it to you tonight good evening madam chair school board members and superintendent dr. Fritz I am dr. Sharon La Valle proud principal of McGinnis elementary school Read Across America was created by the National Education Association in 1997 it is held

059on March 2nd to honor the birthday of dr. Seuss at McGinnis we will celebrate the works of dr. Seuss with read Aloud's in a very very festive atmosphere I would like to introduce the special members of Team McGinnis Michelle McFaul Conti our in principle Michelle excuse me jennifer palmer and katie hazel are amazing intervention specialists and our Bobcats joining us Abbi raise your hand Sydney Addison Maddie and Christian [Music] thank you we also know he mumbles are they learning this and that and such and such his face was wrinkled upstream from worrying so much he breaks a lot of pencils into as many dogs start barking he mopes remember we think he wears false eyebrows back shows so we heard that he takes them off I guess we'll never know [Applause] so I just saw

060a few chuckles as you said dr. Fritz would you share what you noticed about your book well I noticed that a few of us were in there and I'm just wondering where you found my picture so I hope that you enjoy them we have very creative talented yeah there is Superintendent recommends the approval resolution 2020 - 1 3 recognizing Read Across America day you've heard the superintendent's recommendation is there motion the motion has been properly moved and second any discussion thank you so much for reading you were fabulous I could hear you all of you and you look like you enjoyed it you made us enjoy it - thank you ditto don't leave because we're gonna take a photo so don't leave any other discussion hearing none all in favor signify by those that oppose

061eyes have it and the motion is carried wonderful job young team come on we gotta come to the steps and we'll take a photo get everybody okay thank you we're gonna reconvene our meeting colleagues colleagues we were reconvening thank you very much colleagues around the dais if you don't mind that I take up just a few a quick point of privilege as the longest-serving board member I've had the pleasure of working with a great administrative team and that team and the superintendent's office was led by mrs. Denise Dietrich and Denise I know you're ready for retirement and to go let your hair down and have a little fun but you would truly truly be missed you are definitely the staple to all of us and part of the glue and we wish you well we

062are sad that you have decided to retire but you deserve it and we really want you to enjoy your retirement so at this time I would like for my colleagues to be well wishes and then I'll turn it over to superintendent friends and our school board attorney who would like to go first sir thank you well I've known Denise a long time and and when you're a when you're a principal in the district and you get the call from the superintendent's secretary or administrative assistant it's gonna be a very scary thing because usually they don't call you for something good and some things up and but then on the other hand when you come on and you need some assistance and you're just getting just absolutely frustrated you're just not getting where you need to

063go and the red tape and yeah no one's nobody is returning your call you just make that call to Denise you know she has that very official way you know up answering the phone you know you just know when she answers the phone get to the point you know it's not time to say it's not time to say how are you you know like what do you do and you know what did ya its business it is like you know isn't amazing I just that three words and you know get to the point business I'm a busy person I don't have time to chitchat let's do it what do you need what do you need and then whatever you need it gets done I mean it gets done you can just count on it so

064busy people love to interact with other busy people because we don't have time you don't have time and you get it done and I just appreciate your level of service and how you keep it all together it just fascinates me I mean you dealing with so many things and I don't I don't know I just know how you do it I mean because everybody wants you everybody wants him everybody wants superintendent everybody wants it done they all want it done now and you're juggling just juggling juggling juggling and and you do it in such a classy way that and you make it look easy and anyone that ever answers a phone for anybody busy you know it's not easy and just to keep your temperament and keep that somehow you just I'm just in awe

065of everything that you've done and I just wish you the best and I'm just so happy that I did get to know you a few years as a school board member and again that that made me just add admire you even even more because I could see you personally in action and I just I just think you're a fantastic person so thank you for your service to the Volusia County school district and so as the person who's known you the least amount of time you know coming into this world and knowing very little and knowing very few people having a smiling face who was always willing to help was meant the world to me and I still don't know a lot of people but I definitely know Denis and so I appreciate everything that you've

066done for our school district you've been through a lot many different leaders many different policies decisions and yet you held us all together so again thank you so much for your service to our students thank you so I've had the privilege of knowing Denis for many years since I've been here but what I think a lot of people don't know is the amount of hours you have given up every single day of your life I know there's been times especially during the summer that I walked out of Ulsan from a very late meeting and you were still there or you were just walking out and I don't think people appreciate all the time sometimes that you've given because they don't see it but I told dr. fritz as we were hiring him how honored he

067was going to be because you were going to be there to be his right hand I said the best blessing we can give you as you walk in the door is to have Denis knowing you were going to go ahead and exit it's okay but you know what you've done all of this you have gone through how many superintendents and you have stayed there seven stay there and being calm and been that voice that always answers and you always do have a on your face and you solve the problems that are going on and you make it easier for all of us and I want to wish you the very best as you move into this new chapter in your life because you have earned it more than anyone else here you've earned it and

068I hope that it's everything that you've dreamed of and you finally get to put yourself first instead of everyone in volusia county but thank you so very much for all your time you have served six superintendents over 40 some years 42 31 31 years 48 years total it's a lot of time I have to tell you I I live on the same side of the county in the same area general area as Denise and I have to give you a funny experience that I had I was in line I was on a bus in line at the Christmas parade a couple of years ago and who goes by walking with your son I saw Denise it was a Denise sighting so I have had quite a few Denis sightings over the years but that was

069the first time I leaned too far out of a bus to yell and say Denise Denise hello so I hope to have more sightings of you over the years coming up as we as I'm somewhat somewhat retired so I hope to see you in the stores having lunch maybe a peach Valley cafe at 11 o'clock on a Tuesday will that be nice it'll be great so in reading the newspaper and a cup of coffee at 9 o'clock in the morning there's nothing like it so congratulations you are the consummate professional and I think you are the trainer extraordinaire of the entire district so thank you thank you for your service and it was so easy I mean professional classy competent kind succinct I agree with Carla reliable I never called you once that what you

070said you were gonna do didn't happen you have been the face of the superintendent's office and every superintendent has benefited from that and your involvement with them you have made them all looks so good and you know I it is sad to see you go I remember I'll just tell one quick story when I first started as school board attorney I came and I had a tie on and it was kind of you know it's kind of a nice tie or whatever and some of the named them but some of the what are now cabinet members decided that they were going to train me and they they were criticizing me for not wearing like ties with stick figures or you know do you remember this do you really oh my gosh and I mentioned it

071to you and you said oh my god don't listen to those people you wear that ties you wear so you know you you I just remember that like it was yesterday so anyway you know you will be greatly missed and thank you for being a part of my life however small so when you when you check out a school district to be the superintendent you're checking out some of the people you're gonna be working with and I will I will say that Denise's name came up more than anybody else's in this entire school district I I thought I worked hard but I'm gonna tell you Denise beats me here many mornings and she's here when I go ready to leave I seldom see her eat lunch and what's more important is there been times already

072that the challenges have faced me and more than one time Denise has walked into the room shut the door and said to me you got this and then we've talked about your retirement you I don't know about this well let me just tell you you got this and and it's really nice when you have someone that you work with even for this short amount of time that you genuinely like think she gets a part in it we kind of trapped her anyway I did reserve the right to reach out to her for now and for the next 10 years if I need but again come up front Denise we will like for you if you would like to say some words but as a former administrative assistant I actually did I was I served in

073your role for ten years and it is it is always a pleasure to see someone as they stayed just very professional to the point a person of their word and work really hard and we do appreciate that thank you thank you all for your wonderful words I'm so touched I'm trying not to cry but it's been an honor and a privilege every single moment of it every day is different an adventure I've loved all of these superintendents that have worked with they've all had their strengths or talents challenges but you know we went through it all and I'm always loyal to who I work for and I've grown so much and learned so much I am so sorry oh my gosh I'm checking out anyway thank you it means a great deal [Laughter] I'm sorry

074okay anyway thank you all this meant a great deal to me I appreciate you know I don't like doing this [Applause] [Laughter] thank you for allowing us to indulge for a moment I'm moving on to item five point zero one public participation are there any laws okay yeah okay so I'll do that so do we have any for the consent agenda No okay moving on to 6.01 superintendent first said anyone required request anything to be removed from our consent agenda no ma'am colleagues did anyone want anything removed from the consent agenda seeing none is there a motion to approve the consent agenda as printed madam chair I move that we approve the consent agenda is there a second second the motion has been properly moved and second any other discussion I do have a question

075for the superintendent and again just want to emphasize some of these field trip requests were for months and months ago and so one of them particularly at one of my schools was submitted as early as November and approved by the principal the second of December and so they too have been waiting for approval so they could start fundraising they're going to New York and so just if we could just again get these in a more timely because I didn't realize it and had I known it until they reached out and said hey what's going on with this we wouldn't I mean they've been waiting months oh thanks yes Thank You Scala and we have noted that and the ones coming forth are all current or in some of them are even in advance for next

076year for next academic year so we are moving through those but thank you for that notation in the other comments all in favor signify by aye all right those that oppose eyes have it and the motion is carried moving on to item 14.0 one superintendent announcement yeah we have several announcements today first month Monday Saturday March 7th we have the FFA district conference starting at 8 o'clock in the morning going into to 2 p.m. at the land high school it is spring forward time we have the daylight savings time for Sunday March 8 2020 our next school board workshop work session will be Tuesday March 10th that will be at 10 a.m. in this boardroom the next regular school board meeting is Tuesday March 10th at 3:30 in this boardroom and I have one additional

077request it's been brought to my attention that the volusia county has made a request for the appointments of the school board member and citizen member to serve on the value-added adjustment board for the 2020 session my office has been in contact with mr. Ross mr. Ross Jackie who served as a citizen member last year and is excited to serve for 2020 miss Cuthbert has also agreed to serve the school board member for the 2020 session is there a member to serve on the value-added adjustment board for the 2020 session motion has been properly moved a second any other discussion hearing none all in favor signify by those that oppose I haven't and the motion is care so they will remain our representative thank you so much now we will move to 15.0 one public participation

078and we have one card mrs. Elizabeth Albert good evening madam chair board members dr. Fritz and members of the audience I'd like to begin by stating my regrets about not being able to attend the workshop on February 11th we were at a school serving our members and so that of course don't feel bad took priority however I listened to the audio after the fact and I've learned a whole lot from listening to that workshop particularly there were some very interesting comments about the one hour two minute 30-second mark and so I listened to those comments about 6 times 1 hour 2 minutes 30 seconds quite disturbing but I'll move on those people the ones that I represent the over 3,800 of them are concerned about many things and one of the main things that we're

079concerned about is the communication process in the district that's nothing new we've talked about it a whole lot and we understand that the changes that are coming our way will make things better but what I would ask is that we communicate more effectively about the changes I can give you some examples I was contacted by an office specialist today who is wanting to access her budget she wants to know what her sub budget is what her copy center budget is and she can't get to those things she needs that information so that she can plan and prepare because quite often schools come up short at the end of the year and they need to find those funds something's happening she doesn't know what it is we've worked very closely with Miss Muller who has created

080an effective and efficient streamlined process for teachers submitting their lead receipts she's communicated very well with me we've reached out to our members but what we found is not everyone knows we must do a better job of communicating these good things that are happening in our district because I can tell you the last number that I heard was a little over 80 that's indicative of the out of the vacancies that we currently have in our district we're coming up at Spring Break and we have almost 80 vacancies or maybe a little more that's not good perhaps if we were able to more effectively communicate with our folks and tell them about the good things that are coming tell them that the IEP S will be fixed mr. Griffin is working very hard on that there

081are some things in the works but we don't our folks don't know about them so what we're seeing more and more is they're taking their keys they're going to the front office they're dropping them off and they're saying enough is enough we call that the silent strike but as we move forward and we work together to bring Volusia to the a we want to do it in a collaborative way that's mutually respectful and well communicated and we're here to help we have 38 more than 3,800 members I think that'll do some of the lifting thank you thank you moving on to item 16 point zero 1 Human Resources update superintendent Fritz I'm going to ask mr. West to come forward good evening board members thank you for having the opportunity to come forward again Thank

082You miss Albert also for actually bringing in some of the exciting things that we actually do want to communicate and talk about with our teachers and so first of all with the HR corner that I'm presenting with you today or presenting to you today she's absolutely right we still do have a number of vacancies that out there that we are working on filling as I'm sure you're aware this time of the year is very difficult first of all to not have teachers in front of our students but it's also very difficult to find teachers just simply because of the time of the year but we are still working on that working on that process there are a number of things that we're also doing to look forward to for next year and I just want

083to mention it it's not actually on the report or the corner here but after speaking with miss Cuthbert what we would what I'm going to be presenting at the principal's meeting is that we're actually looking at extending drop for or for those teachers who are in drop to extend contracts to try to keep them here state law does allow us to extend those three at up to three additional years and what we'll do is we'll look at that on an annual basis and have principals give us input on that and have a process in place to actually allow those teachers to do that but we just recognize that this is a time that we we have a need and so we're going to be looking to see everything that we can do to to be

084able to do that we do have our annual hiring fair coming up in April on April 16th as well the night before we're having a candidate reception for that as well and we're very excited about that and what we're gonna be able to do to recruit teachers into Volusia County for next year thank you very much thank you if you have any questions for mr. superintendent Fritz yes ma'am is it possible to find out the number of teachers who have have been employed but who have resigned like maybe the end of the first semester for the end of the third quarter it would be nice to know these are vacancies that and how long have they been opened have they been open all year or they've been filled part of the time that might be

085helpful and what can we do as leaders of the district to make this a little better what policies can we put into place yes or procedures to make it easier for a teacher in a classroom because of discipline issues because of certain controls outside our purview what can we do in administrative policies because I don't think our code of conduct is completely finished yet is it it's actually miss Rolen is revising it and we are getting ready to present to the principals next week okay so it might we might have some input from principals too how can we make our campuses operate better and our kids happier we have happy children we have happy teachers if we have happy teachers we have happy students so I will say that some of the things and I'm

086just speaking from the HR perspective for recruitment purposes specifically because that's what we're really putting the focus on right now because now is the hiring season for next year right now and so the at the principals meeting next week and we we had our first day of pre allocation phone calls to our principals all of our elementary principals today we were able to reach out and and our team sat down we're pushing our unit and allocation timeline back I guess so that we actually can can give them that in from that that information earlier so they can recognize what their vacancies are so we can actually hire those people at the hiring fair right then and there connect them to the schools so we'll be able to keep them for the entire year so we

087won't have those resignations in the middle of the year of what we're talking about or even before they get here going to another during the county you touched on the data that we are starting to collect and one of the things that I've added is another line down here we actually broke out the differences in our long term subs of who what which long term subs are actually true filling true vacancies versus long term subs that are in I'm gonna call them temporary vacancies if somebody's on an FMLA leave or something like that so I thought that was important information to collect as well we have collected that those resignations assists the beginning of the year and we're tracking that data to see where those are to be frank with you is not at any

088one specific point or place we have hired a number of teachers but you'll notice the number of vacancies aren't going down because of exactly what's happening is that people are leaving as well and so we're working to try to keep and kind of chase that number but we're also putting things in place so that we don't have those vacancies and we don't have those resignations mid-year so we really are looking and hiring right now for next year and that's part of the communication piece that Elizabeth was talking about also and make sure that we get that out to our teachers thank you madam chair each year I have asked because I was a participant in a peer working relationship I assisted three other teachers as an experienced teacher on a campus I was a peer

089buddy to new teachers on campus and it was just a friendly way someone had a new teacher had a contact that was non-threatening non-administrative to say what's the procedure on this campus what do we do come and see my classroom watch me teach give me some pointers and it's all voluntary I understand we cannot do supplements but I think if we're going to nurture our new people we need to have experienced teachers involved agreed and having that structure in place and part of that is training of with with our principals and in all fairness I don't think we've had that training to have that induction program at a school site specifically for that I know we do have some things in place but I think making sure that it's consistent across the entire district that's

090part of what it is that we're looking to put in place yes ma'am and empowered by all the principals yes ma'am yeah thank you so much mr. Wayne so hearing Linda's question brought me back to a time when we mentioned this and of course we've had a lot of change but last year we experienced where we had a teacher apply who a from 1970 will say 1970 just four had a something that otherwise today would not be considered criminal and so she's been a teacher at a neighboring district for since then never any issue but our policy of not hiring anybody who's had that kind so our our policies and you may not have the answer today are our policies consistent with today versus tomorrow it was very it was very painful to see that

091we had to say to this young lady sorry black and white you can't come here because and the same thing translates to you know some of our traits you know we've got folks were excluding for you know something that happened a very very very long time ago that when I sat on the Florida Board a respiratory care we'd be more than you know we would have issued a license to take care of patients yet we had a black and white sorry can't help you so I don't know if you've had time to look at that but actually we we have yes sir one of the things that we're working with mr. Manning on is looking at the policy cycle of when the next cycle is to bring policies to the board and some of the

092things that we're taking a look at are some of those HR policies and I'm gonna as you use your words out-of-date of things that we can take a look to to update and that will be something that we will bring to you because that is something that is in policy that we would have to actually change so if again I don't know how far but I don't know what the regular policy cycle is but if I know there's a 30-day posting and all that but arguably the sooner we get that done maybe we may be able to affect this year because if that policy cycles in September right we've done nothing to help that's that's the first that I heard that we have a policy cycle oh is that terminology I actually asked I'm asking

093our lawyer to research that and oh yeah he is aware of that and that's something that we are using I'm using that term really don't have a policy cycle understood normally if there are policies that we have concerns or the superintendent or even his cabinet level staff has an issue or something they want to discuss they will bring it forth but I believe with us looking at a strategic plan this is probably a good time to look at all of our policies to make sure that they are aligned with where we want to go strategically and so this will be the time that we probably look at all of that thank you thank you any other questions I will say this that HR has been working pretty steadily trying to improve onboarding and some of

094our other practices one of the things that I've instructed mr. West and his team to do is to look at centralized hiring and there are there critical areas that we are short that we have to do and so when we reach out to those applicants just like we did with our interns or interns that are sitting in our schools we've also offered them conditional hire conditional employment pending the successful completion of their internship and as long as they meet our criteria for employment we have to be aggressive and you talked to heard mr. West talk about that we are pushing that timeline here's what you need to know we were a month behind month and a half behind all the other central florida school districts when it came to hiring and so condensing that and

095there really is a cycle you get your student needs you start looking at your allocations and those determine your HR needs and so we have really in those pre allocation calls that he's there that mr. West was talking about our team was calling schools and talking about their student needs will be hitting middle and high school next and then we'll have those allocation meetings that I talked to you about where they can come in and talk about their individual schools and so as we go forward the go is actually the beat we're at I mean right now I think the team could tell you that I want to be two weeks farther ahead because most districts are at this point by February 28th and our goal is to get there even even sooner because one

096thing I found out this week which I thought was really interesting I took our team over to UCF because I wanted to get my foot in the door first and so use some old contacts we got in and here's what was said to me two years ago 1,000 teachers graduated from the undergraduate program this year 550 are graduating it's a tough business to go into and we recognize why it's so tough but we have to be more aggressive than usual so we are we are going to go centralize hiring we're going to start using local context people that have graduated from universities to build those alumni so we are we're going full first we can't say anymore that we have a hiring season it's it's 365 days a year so that'll be a big piece

097of our strategic plan as we go forward I think I assume with recruitment development and retention of our staff thank you thank you thank you mr. Lewis moving to action item 17.0 one student discipline regarding attendance and seventeen point oh two student discipline regarding transportation superintendent frisk like to ask Miss Rose Rowland to come forward area superintendent good evening gentlemen right school board members Superintendent dr. Scott Rick's girls rolling on behalf of the student displacement committee the district student placement committee is recommending to the superintendent that he requests the board extend the suspension for the identified students through March 10th 2021 u h KY 1 SJ d i1 o ck q 1 RL m o1 s JM v 1 SCH q1 w in h w 1q l pc 1 qk o r 1 s bj

098r 1y b v q 1y g x u 1 T EAM 1s FS j 1 t y QP 1 t qm w 1s NY z1 s TL s 1 s WM k there's more you do them together one is transportation one is student discipline did I miss one on the back I'm sorry one QD q q 1q c ml 1 v RT l 1q u di 1y avg superintendent recommends the board extend the suspension of students identify both mr. Roland from school attendance through March 10th 2000 are 2024 purpose of further studying evaluation you've heard the superintendent recommendation their motion the motion has been properly moved and seconded a discussion hearing none all in favor signify by I there was a hole same time eyes have it and the motion is carried the district placement

099student placement committee is recommending to the superintendent that he requests the board extended suspension from school sponsored transportation for the identified students through March 10th 2021 qm ux 1 RS z p1 r TS v 2 8 ont superintendent recommends the board extend the suspension of students identified by miss rowland from school sponsored transportation through March 10th 2024 purpose of further study and evaluation you heard second the motion has properly moved and second any discussion here not all in favor I heard those that oppose I was having an emotion is caring Thank You mr. Rowland and colleagues for items DLO a student discipline as it relates to attendance and transportation it has been recommended that we move this to the consent agenda since all the information is printed we really don't need to take this time

100we can do it under consent agenda is that okay with each of you that's a great idea okay so out the consensus so we'll do that starting for our next meeting yeah yes you can always ask questions yes thank you thank you moving on to item 18 point zero one board action item we like to bring mr. Greg akin chief operating officer necessarily Morrissey to record for planning of business services sorry miss Marianne Ridgeway real estate specialist madam chair board members dr. Fritz think of its opportunity for a miss Ridgeway and I to present the sale of the surplus property it's approximately 28 acres that big tree in Nova Road our roads I guess and I'm going to turn it over to Marian to allow her to show you what's up in front of you

101today on the screen the property located on the south side of big tree Road and the west side of Nova Road was acquired by the school board in a land trade with Embry Riddle in 2004 the original intent of that transaction was to transfer the Daytona transportation to that site however after significant public input the board at the time decided to seek another site the big tree and Nova site is a nuisance property for us after working with the city of Daytona Police Department and their code enforcement it still has vagrants trespassing and it also as a dumping ground that maintenance has had to go out and clean up several times the property is now zoned for multifamily development there are some wetlands that travel through the middle of the property the property was listed

102for sale with a real estate broker in March of 2014 with an asking price of 1 million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars and we had no offers there has been little interest in the property until recently we have completed two appraisals on this property the first one was done in March of 2018 and the appraiser estimated a value of two million three hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars and that was based on three hundred and thirty six multi-unit multi development units the second appraisal was completed in January of 2020 and that concluded to a value of two million six hundred and eighty five thousand dollars based on three hundred and forty five multi unit on units both appraisers determined that the highest and best use of this property was for multifamily development and solely based

103the development potential on the properties lands use due to an increase in a recent increase an interest on this property staff decided to enact a sealed bid process that was done in January of 2020 we had to bed submitted the highest cash offer was for two million three hundred and fifty three thousand dollars in it's based on one hundred and forty eight apartments and sixty cottage homes and the contract calls for closing in September of 2020 the other cash offer was 1.5 million and that was based on a t-mobile home units and that contract calls for January 2021 closing both the contract language and the person purchase price of the highest offer by southern Investment Group is the better of the two bids do you have any questions and what you have in front of

104you just shows both of the bids that we actually get we broke it down by person purchase raped deposit flexibility study closing and except for all the way down the line so we try to give that comparison for you so you can look at that this evening is this current zoning consistent with what they're asking to do or are they gonna have to have rezoning no we we had that property rezone to multifamily several years ago so it is can it is consistent with that it would not be consistent with some mobile home so it's consistent yes okay so is there any downside to selling this I mean actually we have we don't seem to have a need for it and no surplus as I said it really is a liability yeah and quite honestly

105probably two weeks ago I got a phone call from a citizen that's a just in case you're not aware there are homeless people setting up camps and we have cleaned that out more than one time yeah and we work very well with Daytona Beach PD to help us police that area there's no downside dis on this property it was intended to purchase from embry-riddle was to put our transportation term over there yeah and then we had the outcry if you remember from the city right so then you know it's just been in surplus since then yeah so it's in the city limits yes Thank You superintendent friends superintendent rivet recommends the acceptance of the sealed bid submission for the 28 acres a big tree in Nova Road the acceptance is the highest cash offer in

106the amount of two million three hundred fifty-three thousand from southern investment group and authorized staff to finalize the vacant land contract with southern investment group for the future school board approval and execution you've heard the superintendent recommendation is their motion madam chair I move that we accept or the no sale bid the the purchase bid of southern investment group for two million three hundred fifty three thousand dollars for 28 acres at the corner of Nova and victory their second second the motion has been properly moved and second any other discussion hearing none all in favor signify by those that oppose us happen and the motion is carried thank you very much thank you moving on to item 18 point 0 2 what action items expenditures at Nissan frontiers superintendent Fritz mr. Aiken has a PowerPoint

107that he's going to share with us as we go into our three-year plan felt it was very important for the board and the public to understand where we're going with the purchase of vehicles and it really to have a litmus test on what our vehicle purchase is and when we decide to do that so that people understand we're not just purchasing vehicles to purchase vehicles I think you'll be surprised when you start to go through this presentation you look at some of the age of the vehicles and how many miles they have on them but again this is over the next three years and will continually update the board is every year because but you'll need a three-year plan every year for the next three years so Greg why don't you take it away yes

108sir madam chair board members dr. Fritz thank you for this opportunity this is our fleet replacement plan that's not the school buses this is going to be what we call the white fleet in the blue fleet and we got off-road fleet as well but this is a good plan for us to kind of go over the next three years if you remember I met with each one of you kind of went over in detail some of this plan already so this is gonna be a quick overview of what we kind of talked about earlier this pie graph kind of illustrates the fleet how its laid out within each one of the departments you can see our biggest departments facility maintenance with 175 vehicles those are what we call group or pool vehicles those are the

109ones used by our mechanics which we which are trades which would be plumbers electricians HVAC guys they stack their stock their vehicles and then head out to maintenance repairs and as you can go through you can see the rest of those that are there I think the next one is 30 which is driver's ed we have a good drivers they program at all of our high schools and then the next one would be our school athletic vehicles which are ravines at our schools and as you go down each one of the apartments that have some requirements to visit schools we have these pool vehicles that are used for to maintaining the systems whether it's technology service transportation or others we start looking at the age and I appreciate dr. fritz mentioning about the age of

110our vehicles and how old they are this is a an illustration of the of the vehicles that we've purchased as you know over the last several years we've been buying ones and twosies coming through I know this year we kind of brought forward in piecemeal a couple of board meetings with with our vehicle purchases I know I have one more next week next board meeting scuse me in the future what we're gonna do is bring all vehicles all at one time and this is what we want to purchase based on the three you're playing that I'm gonna go over here just a few minutes with that said there are times when vehicles actually break down right and it's a cost prohibitive to to to repair that vehicle blown engine for example some of those things

111that may occur and so that would be our adjustment that you would see that I would be bring forward and illustrate that to everybody of this you can look at the eleven eleven to fifteen sixteen to twenty and over twenty years old the majority of vehicles are over eleven years old currently right now and a lot of those vehicles have close to two hundred thousand miles on those vehicles currently today I want to start with facility maintenance and operations I know they're the largest one if you remember from the last slide one hundred seventy five vehicles are currently there today their vehicles have been in and use for quite a time so how we read this chart it's pretty easy if so they can just go through this fairly quickly so on the left hand

112side is the the year of the the vehicle that we have it's a Chevy 2000 Chevy we want to replace it with a two-door a Nissan Frontier in the prices associated with that so for this year fiscal year 2019 2020 we're asking where we already did we already already proved it believe it or not by three hundred seventy seven thousand five hundred seventy-six dollars for the replacement of those vehicles that are listed there for our facility maintenance department for next year which is the school year fiscal year I'm sorry 2021 again we're looking at the replacement the age of those vehicles and we're hoping that these maintain for another year and then we were requesting those vehicles to be purchased for three hundred thirty-nine thousand six hundred thirty-four dollars and then we go out the

113next year same format here for fiscal year twenty twenty twenty one twenty twenty two it's hard to say and then the total of three hundred thirty five thousand eight hundred ninety dollars would be requested for replacement of those vehicles as they age out as well and then we went out one more year for facility maintenance we actually have a five-year plan but we're showing three year plan but we went out for four years here from FY 2022 and 2023 through into thirty seven thousand you can see we're still changing out some more vehicles at that point in time by using this plan and going out over the three or four year plan we're hoping to have everything a return on investment be huge for us because well we won't spend as much money on it

114meaning some repair of these vehicles they'll be newer vehicles in our and our fleet and ready readily available for our staff to repair our schools this is what we call our blue fleet and our blue fleet is the garbage truck state trucks and bucket trucks and like flatbed trailers those type of things that you know we need as you know we have our own in-house garbage pickup and recycling so those vehicles put lots of miles on them every day they run Monday through Friday and go across the whole district we have two vehicles there right now so over the FY 2020 to 2022 we request a 1.2 million dollars and I've broken it down by years of for 2020 we're requesting the garbage truck state bed truck and then a bucket truck then you can

115look at our FY 2021 and then 2022 those are high item dollar figure vehicles they're specialty vehicles so they do cost a little bit more and we do go on on bid the one thing we could look at for our garbage trucks we can get into a lease process or at least program like you can for a regular car and we can actually lease those a bit a little bit cheaper for us in the long run and I have to spend 1.2 million dollars a student transportation as you know stood transportation has several vehicles we have a pickup trucks for response to vehicles that break down our buses and so we also have shop trucks so this is the 4-year plan including this year asking for 130 137 thousand dollars from 2020 to 2022 so

116that's the total cost and those are the number of vehicles we would be looking at which are five and those are based on today's state contract bid that we currently have so we tried to maybe a little bit higher by a dollar amount following years three years out look at purchasing in a warehouse that's kind of very unique purchasing does two things they deliver our mail and they also deliver school cafe so some of these vehicles are federal funds as well and also it could be some of the capital funds so for the warehouse for 2020 we don't have any vehicles we're purchasing we're requesting 20 21 22 and 23 three vehicles and the dollar modest not two hundred and twenty thousand dollars and that it would be a cluster between capital and federal programs

117referred through school cafe school cafe is kind of unique they have their own vehicles for district staff moving small where and other equipment to different schools and so that's all federal funding we're looking at two vehicles for 2021 and then one vehicle for the next two years out for ninety two thousand dollars technology service is requesting for 20 20 some replacement vehicles we've had a couple of their vans their vans are very old as well and they don't have a larger fleet as others but they have they have the need to replace several of their vans currently this year so we requested $192,000 to replace their vans in 2020 and then 2021 we asked for one more van message they should be good good to go after that and then administrative services is our general

118fund and that's the only category everything else is capital fund spent this is general fund and this is our district senior cabinet members that actually drive all over the district to visit schools or respond to emergencies as you know we hired a new deputy superintendent we are requesting for this year to buy one for infusion which you've already approved a couple of board meetings ago that should be in by June and then over the next three years we're requesting one replacement based on mileage moving forward at 72 thousand dollars over the next four years now it's open for discussion so the vans that we approved today these were all budgeted for for this year and so this is not additional expense this was already budgeted for correct yes sir we set aside a half a

119million half a million dollars five hundred thousand dollars of capital funds to purchase the vehicles that were brought forward not only this evening one for March 10th and the other ones that you're already approved great thank you sir a great great great presentation and it's comforting to know we have a plan and you're thinking ahead and all that you may want to explain a little bit the the state of Florida con contract on the vehicles and how we go about accessing that and then whose services the the vehicles after we purchased them yes sir so every year or it could be multi years the state goes out puts out a bid to the major manufacturers Nissan Chevy Ford exact et cetera and go out for the best pricing for the most type of vehicles that

120we use in the state of Florida so all of the manufacturers bring in those pricings and it goes on what they call their state bid so that state bid is then approved for us to piggyback off of to buy those vehicles at that cost that they made the determination on it normally takes anywhere from 30 from sorry 90 to 120 days on regular vehicles and it could take up to six or seven months for specialty vehicles to be able to receive into us for us to receive those and then put them back into service once we see those vehicles we actually do all of the maintenance in-house our transportation department takes care of the majority of all of yellow flight and the majority of the school based vehicles and facility maintenance takes care of their

121vehicle so that's a lot of vehicles yeah so the warranty is well our mechanics are ASE certified and so we recoup funds from doing warranty work on all of our vehicles some of the vehicles if we if we're not certified in or making guess not then we send it back to the the local dealer that we if it's a Ford we take it a Ford dealer and they do that maintenance work for us then I'm curious about the the Ford Fusion is did they did we select the Ford Fusion as one in other words did the state have contracts on similar cars similar just passenger cars they do they do sir they have Sabine vans sedans different things for fusion at the best gas mileage we looked at the best price bigger bang for a

122buck and then longevity of that those vehicles we're looking at from cradle to grave and we you know we have a good replacement cycle you know we start looking at about 120,000 and if the vehicles performing variable will keep it a little bit longer but if it's costing us I mean it's close down the line you know changing besides tires and oil change that's a normal maintenance but it continues to break down or having some other issues then we become okay we're trying to standardize our fleet as well I'm sorry yeah it's an operation where you show you're going to start replacing some of the trucks with the two-door Nissan frontiers yes you have there and I see that we had a 2006 compact crew cab but we replacing it with a Ford or a

123Nissan Frontier and you have that in more than one location so am I to assume that that vehicle has more than one or two employees that are being hauled around at one time that that's why we would have a four-door just yeah so so instead of the two-door and four-door and we can have a smaller crew group for example our painters they can use that truck and put the paint in the back with their ladders and then all four can ride instead of using two vehicles so that's a painters truck or it could be I mean it could be anybody I just use as an example it could also be one of our project managers and sometimes they go in pairs sometimes we go as a group and I go out to to look at

124one of our sites to do a site review for example George marked to be a prime exam if we have several of our district staff going with I'll jump in that one truck instead of taking three or four vehicles over there as well okay so that brings me up to a question that I asked earlier I would like to see a list of all of these vehicles and I know right now we're only looking at the ones you're replacing but there's a lot more vehicles than what's listed here's ma'am I'd like to see a list of you know the year of the vehicle the description is it a four-door pickup is it a two-door you know what is it and I'd like to know who they're assigned to you or if they are just assigned

125to the general where they're you know sitting at Olsen or sitting over at one of the transportation sites because I'm trying to be fiscally responsible and I appreciate a three-year plan on this but I personally have seen a lot of vehicles sitting out there that are not being driven on a daily basis and I understand you know it's coming out of capital funds or whatever but we need to be fiscally responsible even with capital funds on what we're purchasing and/or what's just sitting you know parked in which okay nothing against example you just gave but you know if you're gonna drive over George Marx and obviously that Ford or either belongs to somebody you know it's been assigned to someone or it's just sitting there not being driven and then everybody jumps into and goes

126like I have a hard time with that I'm I just I need to know that we are no matter what the fun source is that were being fiscally responsible and I know of course you're showing us the oldest vehicles that need to be changed out right now but I'd like to know where all the vehicles are and who they're assigned to because I personally have seen you know the reason used correctly or not correctly yes ma'am so I'd be more than happy to send that report to you tomorrow we have that detailed out who they're assigned to if they're a pool pool vehicle or they're assigned to a vehicle to a person and we can also break it down some of them some of our white fleet needs to be spares as well so when

127a vehicle comes in for repair broken down we got to put them in another vehicle so some of those that you're seeing around it also that are kind of waiting or at a facility hub those are there waiting as a spare in case their vehicle breaks down and they can jump into the other truck and continue working instead of not having a vehicle so I'll give you that breakdown definitely tomorrow I'll I'll send you an email with that information what is a sterling there's a sterling what is the Sterling semi which slide do you want me I'm looking where I found it's under purchasing a warehouse service so those are we have a view scene check for trailers and the tractor part of that's a sterling vehicle so some of the some of the other

128vehicles can have a box truck on the back so those are this is the name of the vehicle that they currently have and also being on the road for over five years being elected and I'm on the constantly I have yet to see anyone a bus driver or in your white fleet or your blue feet blue fleet say that fast three times cutting in front of anyone speeding driving erratically and no shouting out at windows and I'm by them all the time so I want to say thank you for your drivers because I have always seen them to drive responsibly a couple of times I've honked and waved and they always wave back that's a good thing well thanks you know they need to to realize that you know there are a lot of people

129out there who watch because you see that volusia county school sign ons on the side of the truck and they represent the school district and as far as I can tell from what I've seen in my own personal view they have demonstrated great great discretion in some tough traffic areas so thank you thank you me and like we tell of our stall of our staff are moving billboard signs so very easy to recognize us and very easy to complain so we need to follow the rules laws and regulations yeah we also have some of the friendliest people drive the truck the County truck they're fabulous people great job yeah really good thank you mister person I was wondering is there any desire Porsche from the state or from us to to look at hybrid electric

130cars anything I'm sure the state puts out bids on for those as well we did so some of those are charging stations I'm glad you asked because the new bid for that you approved this evening for the yellow fleet the school buses yeah they have one out there now that's on bid and it's three times the cost of a regular vehicle right three to one for the bus for the bus yeah so we start looking at vehicles and what we try to do is evaluate the vehicle and then what the infrastructure would be back in our end to be able to charge the number of miles that that vehicle could travel within a day so we do look at hybrids and so we're you know we had the Priuses that were hybrids yeah so we're

131starting to look at some of that as well and I think there's some more coming down the line but the vehicles were currently perching purchasing now are the cheapest on the bid that we went with currently today we're not buying any Mercedes yeah and I just have one question so based on our current fleet that we're replacing are we gonna sell these at an auction great what do you do with the fleet ma'am that's a great question we sell everything at auction so we have gideon's on contract with us and so once some of those vehicles come in and we strip those vehicles of you know our decals and clean them up and then we sell them an auction it can be online auction or in in person at gideon's over in Sanford ok so

132we took we try to recoup as much money as we possibly can don't tell our secrets to extend her her comment could you let us know what our fleet receipt what we received back yes ma'am I can go back the last let me see how long winter 17 years I can tell you exactly what we sold over the last 17 years in dollar amounts we received when we get those back we send that money straight to dead mother so she can put it in the appropriate occurs next year's Christmas first that's a she receives all of our checks so we have that down I can go back to the next last three years probably a bigger better picture for us so I can go back to last three years and provide that as well so

133I'll provide two things for you this evening that what we've recouped with all of our our sale of our vehicles and then the one for machines currently where the vehicles that are assigned and which ones our pool superintendent first of all Greg I'd like to say thank you for being so concise Greg Greg has worked on this presentation and presented it to me at least six times so done I'm done thank you for going through and baked thank you for being concise and meeting superintendent recommends the approval to the purchase of the five new 2020 Nissan frontiers not to exceed a price of a hundred twenty eight thousand nine hundred thirty-five dollars you've heard the superintendent recommendation is there motion the motion has been properly moved and second any other discussion hearing none all in

134favor by sign of I are those that oppose eyes have it and the motion is carrot thank you thank you very much thank you for we're gonna take a five-minute break and then reconvene thank you [Music] I feel that I create a very different environment my classroom is full of music and movements and that's important to me because as a learner I had a hard time staying engaged until I was in a classroom like that so for me as a teacher I try not to disseminate information but be a facilitator as the students are learning and growing together and collaborating through their experiences Josie is helping them succeed every day she is um every lesson that she does she's wrapping it back to real life so that they can use it in the future it's

135not just something that they'll use this year they'll use it next when you walk in the classroom you just get that rush of adrenaline like here you're excited to be here you want to learn she's done so much for me and I am so thankful for that more than rigorous education more standardized assessments I want them to know that they're loved and cared about and if they walk away knowing those things and feeling the pride that I have within them and the confidence that I've helped to establish within them I'll know that I've done my job and helping create an a better future for them [Music] I'm Marion Tomlin I'm a local mom who writes historical fiction for children I try to create a connection between the reader and his or her community I have

136found that telling a little bit of a mystery with our history is compelling it's irresistible actually and it's fun to have the children say they didn't like history until they read my books and now they not only enjoy visiting the settings they read about but they'll bring their grandparents they'll bring their parents and then they listen to their stories I spend a lot of time in the classroom grateful for the opportunities that the teachers in Volusia County Schools give me to come in and discuss writing not only the joys for the frustration it took me nine years to create my latest project and when I have the children count on their fingers back to how they were nine years ago it's a revelation that someone would identify a goal and they would pursue it through

137all the challenges and all the frustrations Al Capone had been an actual visitor to the Ormond Hotel back in its heyday and local legend has it that a briefcase he had brought with him that was filled with cash to purchase property during the Florida land boom went missing and I have a very important part of the mystery play out in this building right here malicious County Schools helped prepare me for what I'm doing today by helping me discover our strengths interests introducing me to interests I didn't know I had through the music programs through the field trips we took through the the guest speakers that were brought into the classroom it was a very vibrant it was a very very and yet very focused experience for me I loved my time in Volusia County Schools

138[Music] it's perfect [Music] a lot of kids they love me slipping it hi my name is Eric Mason sports medicine outreach coordinator for Advan health I am so excited about our historic five-year two million dollar partnership with Volusia County Schools we are proud to serve as the official healthcare champion of Volusia County Schools as we focus on advancing opportunities through the health academies decreasing chronic absenteeism and supporting athlete's health and safety within our high school sports programs did you know that the knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the most easily injured it is made up of four main components bones cartilage ligaments and tendons each of these structures play a very important role in the stabilization and function of the knee any of which can be injured the most common

139knee injuries include fractures meniscus tears sprains and tears of ligaments like your ACL in many cases injuries involve more than one structure in the knee pain and swelling are the most common signs of a knee injury in addition your knee may also catch or lock most of the time knee injuries caused instability the feeling that your knee is giving way wellmy injuries can occur from direct trauma such as in football or a plant and twist type motion typically found in soccer or simply the repetitive wear and tear on the joints such as in running if you are experiencing any of these symptoms don't delay in having your knee examined by your school's athletic trainer most cases can be managed with rest inflammation control and rehabilitation with more severe injuries of the knee you will need

140to see an advent health orthopedic physician for a more in-depth evaluation including x-rays and possibly an MRI for more information about the partnership between Advan health and Volusia County Schools please visit the Volusia County Schools webpage [Music] I'm trying to get blankets for the homeless because I don't want them to freeze we asked what he wanted for Christmas and he came out with only one item on the list that was to collect blankets to donate for the homeless it went viral he's donated I think it was around 20 some blankets I then up in Ohio 25 up there and we're in the process of collecting more down here ask him what he did over the holiday break he said I went to Ohio and I said did you do anything else anything you know above

141and beyond that for the holidays and he's a really humble child he just kind of shrugged his shoulders and he said not really and I said can you tell me about the blankets and you could see a smile go across his face and you know so the administration team started talking to him about his goals and at that time he wanted to raise several hundred blankets and we asked if we could help and he said yes if they could donate at least just one blanket now it'd be a big help we're very proud of Liam here at the school we're proud of his efforts we support him 100 thank you we're gonna reconvene our meeting moving on to item eighteen point zero three superintendents go I've turned that over to our school board attorney Thank

142You chairman right just briefly to put us back on the same page as you know the superintendent's contract required requires that the board together and create an addendum to his employment agreement setting out the goals that you are establishing for him from the time period February 11 2022 August 15 20 20 lengths II discussion I was directed to prepare a document which I have and is attached in for those who are listening and maybe I'll just read it because there's only one sentence it says the sole goal as established by the board for accomplishment by the superintendent and subject to review for purposes of performance compensation shall be the creation of a strategic plan that has measurable obtainable SMART goals with key performance indicators as approved by a majority vote of the school board that

143sentence was generated after a review of the audio tape having listened to all of you and I hope you'll find that it accurately reflects what you intended from that discussion okay colleagues comments okay we're good with it okay thank you mr. Doran so we have this action item would is their motion to accept that didn't them to the superintendent's employment agreement madam chair I make a motion that we approve the superintendent's goals as an addendum to his contract for 2020 it's their second second the motion has been properly moved in second any other discussion hearing none all in favor signify by I aye those that oppose eyes have it and the motion is cared and super-tender fish you know what your marching orders Alex ma'am thank you moving on to items 1804 approval of Job

144Description superintendent Prince ladies and gentlemen I came to you before and I talked about a new way of doing our work to improve that communication in many school districts you have administration and you have teaching and learning and they serve in different houses and that creates confusion it creates chaos for the troops on the front line and one of the things that I told you that I would do is I would be taking the teaching and learning the administration supervision and putting them in one house and I want to thank the board for approving those assistant superintendents by level for the elementary middle and high at our last board meeting as we go forward today there are two job descriptions one is for a director and one is for a coordinator these positions will help

145support those efforts to streamline streamline the work that we have to do and so sharing with you as we move forward we did review the pay scales we did review the levels for the director in the coordinator and we are in line in Volusia County with the other four districts that we looked at so there will be no adjustments there they will fall on that scale but as we go forward with these directors I want I want us to keep in mind what that will look like and how they'll support those assistant superintendents the best reason a tional research shows that good teaching and learning supervision the best is about 1 to 8 1 to 12 in that range so that a principal and a supervisor are working hand in hand our goal going forward

146will be to able to support that and so that there will be an assistant superintendent that will lead the charge with several directors in the high school we're looking at one in the middle school we're looking at one we're looking at two in the elementary and we're looking at one to really focus in on those focus schools and then we're looking at a continuum of service for our content areas oftentimes when we fragment areas like ela math and science we lose something along the way and so what I'm going to do is advertise for you a k-12 coordinator a math k-12 coordinator and a science k12 coordinator so we can keep the full scope of those content areas and that work and that person will work with our program specialists and our coaches and so

147we'll be bringing those positions forward at a later date once we advertise effectively but but I want you to understand the full picture and as you know that our first phase of our teaching Learning org chart will be available soon for everybody to see I just haven't here in case you have questions colleagues do you have any questions so with the addition and I know that some of these positions are morphed are we still aiming to be budget neutral we're going to be ahead of the curve we're all actually be having savings thank you okay so these are just job descriptions and you will have you could very easily have multiple like you're going to have one director of curriculum no we're gonna have we're gonna have three in elementary one will be on the

148focus there at schools one in middle school and one in high school and then there'll be three coordinators one for ei one for math and one for science yes and it will break those into the houses the elementary middle and the high yes thank you I think this is great and I think it's it's gonna help our teachers and of course that means it'll help our students that's what we all want I just want to make sure that we include always the ESC piece with everything and so that they're not separate but they're part of every decision that you're making if you can serve so a thirst there are some yes I can speak to that there are some departments that will report directly to dr. Bob Irwin dr. Bauman will be over the assistant

149superintendents but there will be some of those departments that will report directly to her and we actually already did a soft phase rollout for those departments ESEE o-l the assessment department in federal programs and professional learning all report directly to dr. bachlin so that she can keep an eye on all of those areas she's got eyes in the back of her head what about athletics and performance art language so different specialties will come under and it'll be very clear when you see the org charts but certain specialties will come under some of those houses for example even though some bit some of the houses will work across all three levels the area of career technical education obviously should be in high school athletics will be in high school even though it'll work with lower levels

150that's the expectation going forward the nice thing about this is everybody's expected to work together and that's why it's in the division of teaching and learning but electives for example that'll be in high school okay and then also what miss Albert said earlier about communication so there's a clear path for communication because teachers need to know who to contact because the district person will come in and say you have to recertify they have need to know what the contact person is at the district level it's all specified what I had an example today with a coordinator so I'd like to share this example and we can kind of relate to where we're at and a coordinator come into my office and we were talking and I said I said she said paint the picture for

151me dr. Fritz it's okay so right now how many layers does it take me to get to you and I and she gave me some layers you know and in no-fault the way it is it's just we built the system right and I said well picture this me to the assistant superintendent and you're on the assistant superintendents team so that's - can you say that now and the answer was absolutely not and so as we start to look at this that's where the importance is I mean this is the example I use if I tell a secret to miss right and it goes over to mr. purses it's gonna be a pure secret but if we take everybody in this room and we line up that secret is going to change but the more layers

152we put into it with science okay so we've already asked my question that we're going to save money or remain neutral I think and I appreciate this and I appreciate you know all the job descriptions and how they're very clear and if you read it you should know what you're going to be doing I'm just since I still can't see the what's happening here because I've had people ask you know will these positions or these titles cost more money and when you look at it yes they do because the level 12 is more than a level 10 and level tens are more than level 9s and things like that and I understand the salary schedule because I was a part of it not very long ago but I guess I want to say help me

153with and I support the k-12 you know ela math and science but what's it gonna look like under maybe just the next layer under that coordinator or because because one coordinator for ela k12 can't touch all of our teachers or I could share some some examples what it'll look like so content area specialists are extremely important we would all would agree that you have to have an ela you have to have a math you have to have a science right so when we talk about that those layers underneath of the those there will be a certain number of those specialists by content area it may not be as many as there are now all right that's right thank you the superintendent recommends the approval to job descriptions for director curriculum instruction and coordinator for curriculum

154instruction you've heard superintendent's recommendation is there motion so moved second the motion has been properly moved and second any other discussion hearing none all in favor aye those that opposed eyes have it and the motion is carried thank you do we have any powers for public participation okay if not moving to board numbered items superintendent attorney I start mr. purses I just wanted to say that yesterday I was in st. st. Petersburg for the eat together we can conference and just so many people there it was it was really well well attended by folks from so many districts anyway it was very good we have a couple of people from our district were there too Grace Kelly Meyer and miss Holland was there and I had never met miss Holland before she's a mental health

155specialist I guess because of all the as we all know as an educated board we all know the the trials and tribulations lgbtq+ students go through each and every day so just a just a wonderful conference the second day is actually today but I left last last night after it and my I guess the one of the big takes that we had that I took from it was that some districts are further ahead with their procedures and policies than others and obviously as Reuben and I talked just a minute ago about counties like Dade County and Broward and Palm Beach the big counties obviously have more students so they have had to develop these policies and procedures now the smaller districts are copying their procedures and policies and not every word for word but picking

156out what would they think would work in their districts my understanding is is that we are our folks have have put together something to that they will be in the future pre pre presenting to superintendent in to us I'm think it's still in a in a work in progress because there's new case law every day and it's just new court decisions that affect everything here I just found it very very interesting and perhaps the most interesting part was the seminar that I went to you that was led by trans transgender students three students and a teacher and just hearing from them and hearing and them asking us questions you know and then they they put us in groups and role played things and boy you know then it really hits home what they're going through

157and and how we can help them and how they're just you know just asking us for our for our help for our guidance so anyway I just wanted to say thank you for letting me go and we'll be hearing more as we do it later on the saint nothing I'm good but I will say you know we talked about the FFA a conference coming up and I know miss Cuthbert and I are going to be you're going to be there and I'm judging again this year so if somebody wants to help judge the high school oral essays or whatever I love to have some extra help because they're really good to hear and everything but I'll be there judging again this year okay I'm judging dancing expertise well then ask me that justice X I'm

158too drunk reading so I'm just gonna bring greetings as we come to our usual don't we have a long full-day workshop in June at the end of the school year we have the last couple of years I like us to look at two issues that burden our teachers a great deal and their policies about dress code and cell phones about 10 11 years ago we came up with a BYOD bring your own technology and now it's just balloon and I think what brought that to the attention was when mainland had their shutdown and it was in the paper that the police chief said they had more trouble with parents coming to the school and trying to sort all that out because kids were calling them and I understand I understand that but I'm also thinking

159could it add to a catastrophe could it add to problems so I'm wondering how much access students should have to their cell phones in our schools how much it's hindering I'd like to hear from principals maybe to see what are the issues that the campus are they a lot of their discipline is it a lot of that the what are the write-ups when you have to write up or a student a referral yes thank you so what are the referrals I'm sure it's dress code and and improper use of cell phones so and again this is a burden on the teachers because a lot of times the staff has to enforce it and it's adding a burden to their daily lives so try to help alleviate that and if we have some set policy so

160it doesn't burn the teachers I know it's probably I just would like still to discuss it to see how we can simplify it and make it less burdensome on our staff okay and we if we can do that I think we didn't have one-to-one and I am a fan of students bringing their technology to school but now that we're moving one to one it mean it may no longer be needed but that is a good conversation I'm not making any comments by the dress code policy ten different anything I think mr. Cullen is wrong and so with that being said we left something on the table last year when we were talking about uniforms once again and so I know we you know we're getting to that time of the year again where we didn't

161make any other decisions because of the timing and the advertising and we were close to the end of the school year but I think it's something that we said we would go back in January of course a lots happened since we said we'll look at it in October and maybe look at it in January and so again a lot happens with our new superintendent but probably something worth looking at sooner than later so that we don't run into the time crunch if we if there's any desire to change it I know that it almost seemed like there was a desire to change it so probably worth revisiting sooner rather than later I can tell you and I'll go out there and say this their uniform is definitely not the word and so far from it

162and so again probably we're talking about it again we can look at our work shops to see what we actually have slated and then maybe look at that in April if that's what you all would like to discuss so superintendent let's look and see what we have slated for April's workshop we actually talked about it today the June 4th workshop we don't have anything on there as of yet when hey you have to do an update where we're at with the strategic plan but I can do that quickly at that point and so we could certainly have some time all right I don't have anything but I would ask did the two of you sit tight for three minutes following me get some documents okay superintendent Fritz anything about okay I had a great time

163in Dubai and we'll talk about it another day this meeting is a jerk