001>>Karen Perez: THE BOARD RECOGNITION MEETING OF APRIL 28 IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER COMBS. CALLING FOR MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER COMBS WILL NOW LEAD IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT. SO EXCITING RECOGNIZING AND THANKING AND TALKING TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >>Karen Perez: NO PROBLEM, MEMBER COMBS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER RENDON. AS WE BEGIN THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITION MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR RECOGNITION MEETING. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
002AT THE RECOGNITION MEETINGS, WE RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS, TEMPS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AMONG OTHERS, BUT WE WILL NOT BE APPROVING ITEMS OF BUSINESS. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE STAFF HAS WORKED HARD TRYING TO KEEP A TIGHT SCHEDULE SO THAT THIS MEETING FLOWS SMOOTHLY AND CONCLUDES TIMELY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF. THE MEETING WILL ADJOURN AFTER THE LAST RECOGNITION. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE STUDENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP WHEN CALLED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR RECOGNITION MEETING. AND NOW, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE RECOGNITIONS. A 01, HEALTHY SCHOOLS, QUARTERLY CHAMPIONS. ANNEMARIE COURTNEY DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT, PHILANTHROPY WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS, CABINET MEMBERS AND GUESTS. OUR CHAMPIONS OF HEALTHY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE SUPPORTED BY TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL, TAMPA WELL, IS DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE
003AN INDIVIDUAL WHO STAND OUT AMONG THEIR PEERS BE DEMONSTRATING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE WELL BEING OF OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PARTNERS FROM TGH WELL TAMPA WHO WITH US THIS EVENING. MICHELLE STERLING, WELLNESS MANAGER. [ APPLAUSE ] AND KIM CHRISTINE, ADMINISTRATOR OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS. [APPLAUSE] >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND STAND UP NEXT TO THEM. >> RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHEN PEOPLE, ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE HAVE A SENSE OF WELL BEING, THEY ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE. GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH ARE INDICATORS ARE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT OFTEN LEAD TO LOWER RISK OF DISEASE AND INJURY AND HIGHER LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. AS WE KNOW THE FIELD OF EDUCATION CHANGED DRAMATICALLY FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC. HIGH LEVELS OF BURNOUT EXIST
004TO EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT KNOWLEDGE GAPS, BEHAVIORAL DEFICIT AND CHALLENGES ARE WELL BEING RECOVERY. MORE THAN EVER, HAVING HEALTHY SCHOOL INITIATIVES IN PLACE TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS ARE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS IN CLASSROOMS AND WORKPLACE. RECOGNITION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IS IMPORTANT. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK OUR QUARTER THREE AWARD WINNER TO STEP FORWARD. NOMINATED BY TRACY SHOTSBERG AND ASHLEY CAPUCI. DENA MARSHAL IS THE WELL BEING FOR YOU CHAMPIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SHE HAS STRENGTHENED THE PROGRAM INTO A DRIVING FORCE PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS AND SCHOOLS. PLAY AS PIVOTAL ROLE IN INCREASING PARTICIPATION AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR PREVENTIVE SCREENING SUCH AS THE MAMMOGRAM BUS AND THE BIOMETRIC SCREENINGS. DEDICATION EXTENDS THROUGH THE BROADER COMMUNITY THROUGH HER INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR FITNESS EVENTS SUCH AS THE GASPARILLA 5K AND
005OUR VERY OWN RACE FOR EDUCATION. SUPPORTS RUNNING CLINIC, STAFF INFORMATION BOOTHS AND LEADS BY EXAMPLE AS A COMMITTED ARE UPPER. HER PARTICIPATION IN FITNESS INITIATIVES INCLUDING THOSE LED BY MEMBER GRAY FURTHER REINFORCES HER MESSAGE OF ALL OF US OF WELL BEING. SPEARHEADED THE WELLNESS REVOLUTION -- DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? YES, THANK YOU. A WEEK-LONG INITIATIVE THAT SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS TOGETHER TONE GAUGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PRIORITIZING THEIR HEALTH. THANK YOU, TAMPA WELL, FOR SPONSORING THIS. AND PLEASE PRESENT. [APPLAUSE] OUR QUARTER FOUR WINNER, PLEASE COME FORWARD. NOMINATED BY MEMBER GRAY, DR. FELITA LEWIS LEADS WITH HEART AND INTENTION CHAMPIONING STUDENT WELL BEING ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THROUGH HER WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, IDENTIFIES POINTS OF INTERSECTION WHERE STUDENTS CAN THRIVE, DRAWING WISDOM FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES, INCLUDING HER HIGH LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH
006THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE AND THE HEALTHY SCHOOLS TASK FORCE JUST TO NAME A FEW. SHE ACTIVELY SUPPORTS COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS IN HEALTH FAIRS AND DISTRICT-WIDE STRATEGIES THAT STRENGTHEN STUDENTS' WELL BEING. TREATS OUR HEALTHY SCHOOL AND WELLNESS INDICATORS NOT AS A STATISTIC DOCUMENT BUT LIVING GUIDE THAT INFORMS OUR WORK THROUGHOUT -- THROUGH THOUGHTFUL EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION. SHE BELIEVES THAT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN ALL OF US SHOW UP, CHILDREN LIVES THRIVE. THE LEGACY THAT DR. LEWIS IS BUILDING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> YOU WANT TO STEP THIS WAY FOR A PICTURE. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, READY, 3, 2, 1. PERFECT. [ APPLAUSE ] % NEXT RECOGNITION A 02 NATIONAL LIFE SAVER AWARD. ANNEMARIE COURTNEY DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIP AND PHILANTHROPY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. >> GOOD EVENING, AGAIN. GIRL SCOUTS CREATE THE
007WORLD THAT THEY WANT TO LIVE IN AND STRIVE TO MAKE IT BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY. IN A MOMENT, WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT TWO GIRL SCOUTS WHO HAVE INDEED MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. SINCE 1913, THE GIRL SCOUTS LIFE SAVING AWARD HAS BEEN PART OF THE PROGRAM AND RECOGNIZES REGISTERED GIRL SCOUTS WHO HAVE SAVED OR ATTEMPTED TO SAVE A LIFE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATING HEROISM OR RISK TO THEIR OWN LIFE. IT IS MY PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE TWO STUDENTS FOR THE GIRL SCOUT LIFE SAVING AWARD. JOINING ME THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING GIRLS IS BRITTANY DORFIELD, COMMUNITY MANAGER OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNCIL. [ APPLAUSE ] UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE NOT MADE IT HERE YET DUE TO TRAFFIC. SO IN THEIR STEAD, I DO WANT TO
008READ ABOUT THEM. ISABEL SANTIAGO REYES, AGE 16, IS A JUNIOR AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. TOOK LIFE SAVING MEASURES WHEN HER GRANDFATHER -- SORRY, HER GRANDMOTHER COLLAPSED AT A SHOPPING MALL DUE TO DEHYDRATION AND HYPERTENSION WHICH IS LOW BLOOD PRESSURE. THAT ACT OF BRAVERY CONTRIBUTED TO SAVING HER GRANDMOTHER'S LIFE. CAN WE RECOGNIZE HER, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] MAGGIE LEWANDOWSKE AGE 12 A STUDENT AT LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE TOOK LIFE-RECEIVING MEASURES WHEN HER DAD HAD A STROKE AND THEY WERE HOME ALONE TOGETHER. HER PARENTS, MEG AND GREG, ARE BOTH ENGLISH TEACHERS AT FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL. BOTH OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR DOLLAR. MAY WE RECOGNIZE HER, PLEASE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE LIFE-SAVING AWARD NOT ONLY RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUAL ACTS OF BRIEFRY BUT ALSO EMPHASIZES THE VALUES OF RESOURCEFULNESS, SKILL, AND COMPETENCE THAT IS INTEGRAL TO THE GIRL SCOUT
009PROGRAM. IT ENCOURAGES GIRLS TO BE PREPARED TO HELP OTHERS IN EMERGENCIES AND TO ACT WITH COURAGE AND PRESENCE OF MIND. AGAIN, CAN WE PLEASE CONGRATULATIONS LET THESE YOUNG LADIES. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: MISS COURTNEY, WHEN THEY COME IN, IF YOU LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN GET THEM UP HERE. >> I WILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: NEXT RECOGNITION 503, RECOGNITION OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA SILVER AWARD. ELIZABETH TANNER, SUPERVISOR OF EMOTIONAL WELLNESS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT RECEIVED A WONDERFUL AWARD. THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE SILVER -- THE USA SILVER AWARD HONORS CADET GIRL SCOUTS IN GRADES 6-8 FOR LOPE THROUGHOUT IMPACTFUL -- LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
010TO EARN THIS AWARD, GIRLS MUST COMPLETE A SUSTAINABLE JOURNEY AND LEAD A PROJECT ADDRESSING A COMMUNITY ISSUE WITH AT LEAST 50 HOURS OF WORK. THREE 8th GRADE STUDENTS FROM RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL EARNED AWARD OF A MENTAL HEALTH BROCHURE FOR THEIR PEERS, AIMING STUDENTS TO SEEK HELP AND BE SUPPORTED. BROCHURE HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL AND IS INTENDED FOR WIDER DISTRIBUTION IN THE DISTRICT. THE STUDENTS WILL BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE GIRL SCOUTS IN JUNE 2026. THE STUDENTS EARNING THE SILVER AWARD ARE CAMLLA JONES, ROSE BURKHARDT AND ADA STROM, ALL EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL. AGAIN, THEIR FORMAL CEREMONY JUNE 6, 2026 WHERE THEY WILL BE HONORED BY ALL GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA. [ APPLAUSE ] I WANT TO JUST DEDICATE A MOMENT TO THANK THESE THREE YOUNG LADIES FOR RECOGNIZING THE MENTAL
011HEALTH AWARENESS AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEIR PEERS NEED. TO PICK THIS I CAN AND SPEND SO MANY HOURS DOING RESEARCH ON MENTAL HEALTH IS TRULY A TEST TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. I WILL PROUDLY SAY THAT WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED ALMOST ALL OF THE BROCHURES TO ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND K-8 SEATS IN THE DISTRICT. SO ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS RESOURCE. THANK YOU. IF WE CAN CALL THEM UP. [ APPLAUSE ] IF CAMILLA AND HER FAMILY AND ADA COULD COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED. [ APPLAUSE ] WE HAVE COPIES OF THE BROCHURES FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND, OF COURSE, THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. ONE MORE, 3,
0122, 1. >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >>Karen Perez: NEXT RECOGNITION A 01 RECOGNITION OF THE 2025-'26 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS AND THE 2025-'26 FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FOR EXAMPLE, /* FHSAA, SARAH BOLT, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS WILL BE HEAL THING THIS RECOGNITION. >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND SCANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR WINTER MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS AS WELL AS OUR WINTER HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS. RIGHT NOW I WILL CALL UP OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS MELISSA BIRCH-HILL LAND START WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RECOGNITIONS. >> THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I WANT TO START WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK CHAMPIONS REPRESENTING GRECO MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DR. EN HENRISA BARRY TO INTRODUCE THE COACH AND
013THE PLAYERS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR HEAD COACH, MR. JAY McNAIR TO INTRODUCE HIS TEAM. [APPLAUSE] >> BOARD MEMBERS, MR. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS AFTERNOON? I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING GOOD. INTRODUCE OUR GIRLS COUNTY TRACK TEAM CHAMPIONS. GREAT YEAR. BEEN DOING THIS A WHEEL. TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP NUMBER 6. SO, YEAH, IT IS KIND OF WHAT WE DO. I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR GIRLS STARTING WITH OUR SEVENTH GRADER WHO WILL BE RETURNING. I HAVE JAKYLA WEST. [ APPLAUSE ] ALSO COACHED HER TWIN BROTHER WHO RAN ON OUR BOYS TEAM. MISS SIERRA SMITH. [APPLAUSE] AND SO THEY WILL BE RETURNING NEXT YEAR. SO WE HAVE A GOOD FOUNDATION. NOW I WILL INTRODUCE OUR 8th GRADERS LEAVING ME AND I AM SAD ABOUT IT. THESE GIRLS REALLY GRABBED
014MY HEART THIS YEAR. START WITH MISS TALIN BROWN. MISS TIANA COLLIER. [ APPLAUSE ] MISS MAKILA BINKLEY. [APPLAUSE] CHIGADEE CHASE SIMMONS. [APPLAUSE] AND A THREE-YEAR MEMBER OF OUR TRACK TEAM, SHE WAS SUCH A LITTLE SIXTH GRADER AND GROWN UP TO BE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY. MISS SANILIN McKELTON. ALSO, I HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION -- COME ON, COACH WALKER. COACH WALKER WHO COACHED AT TECH. HE IS ONE OF THE COACHES AT TAMPA BAY HIGH SCHOOL. AND I TAUGHT HIM AT YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO IT WAS VERY SPECIAL -- HE WORKS AT GRECO, SO VERY SPECIAL TO ME. [APPLAUSE] KIND OF MEANT A LOT. >> IT'S OKAY FOR PARENTS TO TAKE PHOTOS TOO, RIGHT? >> YES. >>SPEAKER: OKAY. >>SPEAKER: ALL RIGHT. EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. >>SPEAKER: GREAT JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THIS WAY. THIS WAY,
015THIS WAY. >>SPEAKER: GOOD JOB. >>SPEAKER: NEXT WE HAVE OUR BOYS TRACK CHAMPIONS FROM SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS YEAR. HE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. AARON BARRY WHO WILL INTRODUCE THE COACHES AND ATHLETES. >> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU. BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR HEAD COACH, I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR FORMER HEAD COACH WHO LITERALLY PASSED THE BATON AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF WORK OF ESTABLISHING A BROTHERHOOD FOR SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETE EX. COACH SURREAL. THANK YOU TO HIM. PASS THE A ON IT AND DJ THOMAS UP OUR NEW HEAD COACH FOR THE 2025-'26 SCHOOL YEAR. [APPLAUSE] A GIVEN HONOR TO ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. AN HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU ALL AND REPRESENT THE MAG NEVER SENT SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS GROUP OF MEN WAS AN UNCOMMON GROUP. WE WORK
016TO BUILD A BROTHERHOOD AND TO BUILD BETTER BROTHERS EACH AND EVERY DAY, BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND UPHOLD OUR COMMUNITY. AT SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO DO THAT. NOW THAT SPORTS SEASON IS COMING TO A CLOSE, TESTING SEASON IS ALMOST HERE. NOW WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP. WE ARE STRIVING FOR THOSE 3, 4s AND 5s WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, INTRODUCE OUR CLASS, LONG JUMPER EDGAR GARCIA, 8th GRADER. [APPLAUSE] ANOTHER 8th GRADER, ELIJAH LEWIS. [ APPLAUSE ] MR. FIVE-STAR HIMSELF, Y YOU TAZARIO WALKER, 8th GRADER. AND MY MAIN MAN, MR. JALEN BAILEY, 8th GRADER. [ APPLAUSE ] AND PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR MM MR. LARON DANCY. 8th GRADER. [ APPLAUSE ] AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CHAMPIONSHIP IS NOT WON WITH PEOPLE WHO HELP SUPPORT THE STAFF, MANAGE THE STAFF,
017HELP KEEP THE WATER, THE BATONS AND EVERYTHING READY. GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO 7th GRADE ERA EWELL AGUILAR. [ APPLAUSE ] AND, OF COURSE, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN UP HERE CO-WITHOUT THE COACH. GIVE IT UP TO HIM ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE TALL GENTLEMEN UP THERE. EVERYONE READY? 3, 2, 1. KEEP SMILING. READY, 3, 2, 1. PERF PERFECT. >> ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAD OUR SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP. THANK YOU. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPION THIS YEAR WERE FROM MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DR. ANTHONY JONES TO INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS. >> ALL RIGHT, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE FOR MARTINEZ RECOGNIZING OUR CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER TEAM. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR HEAD COACH AARON MOUNTAIN WHO
018IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE HE IS ALSO OUR FLAG FOOTBALL COACH AND THEY HAVE A GAME TONIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO CALL HIS NAME, KADEN GARY, OUR VOLUNTEER COACH AND CALLING ALL OF OUR GIRLS NAMES BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO ON THE FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM. HONORED TO RECOGNIZE OUR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER TEAM. COME ON UP WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED, MILA BLOCK. [APPLAUSE] JORDAN BARRIO. [APPLAUSE] ISABELLA COOK. [APPLAUSE] ISABEL THAT FIRST DEGREE ROW I CAN'T. [APPLAUSE] EMMA FOXSEIDENBERGER OLIVIA HOLLINGS, ADDISON JOHNSON, MOLLY McGREGOR, OWE LIVE VIS GENTLEMAN PERERA, MADELINE PIPER, TESS ,OLAK, JADA ROSA, MADDIE STEWART, HARPER THOMPSON, JESSICA WARSETSKE, AND LILA RICE. LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE COUNTY CHAMPION GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. [ APPLAUSE ] >> CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. >> THIS WAY. GO RIGHT ON OUT THAT DOOR. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.
019CONGRATU CONGRATULATIONS. >> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR WERE FROM WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MARISSA CLEMSACK TO INTRODUCE THE COACH AND THE PLAYERS. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR SOCCER HEAD COACH, COACH JEFF FRICK. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT WAS AN EXTREME PLEASURE TO COACH THESE GUY THIS YEAR. THEY ARE SUPREMELY TALENTED. OUR GAME TIED. WE WENT TO PKs AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME OUT ON TOP. SIXTH-GRADERS, KETON ESGUY. COLE SCHMIDT. MIKEY BASCA. 7th GRADERS. MAXIM COLSICK. MA MAX MIRANDA. CALEB WILSON. AND MASON SCMET. 8th GRADE, RYAN HARUP. NICO ETREAGO. AND MAX MARTIN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> OKAY, GENTLEMEN. EVERYBODY LOOK RIGHT HERE. >>
020FACE FORWARD. >> HERE WE GO. EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. ALL RIGHT, KEEP SMILING FOR YOUR MOMS AND DADS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL BE WRAPPING UP WITH THE FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP -- FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT WEEK. SO THOSE CHAMPION ALSO SEE YOU ON MAY 12. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JEN, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO IN POOL IN A YEAR OR TWO. MOVING ON TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL RECOGNITIONS. FIRST UP OUR 1A GIRLS WRESTLING STATE CHAMPION FROM KING HIGH SCHOOL. TO INTRODUCE HER AND HER COACHES, I AM GOING TO BRING UP PRINCIPAL DR. GREG BASHUM AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION, GABE FLOREZ. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I AM GOING TO LET GABE
021COME OVER WITH THE TEAM, BECAUSE HE IS PART OF THE TEAM. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AS YOU ALL RECOGNIZE ALL THE EXCELLENCE OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NIGHT AND PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ONE OUR SEARCHERS AND HEADS COACH OF THE WRESTLING TEAM, COACH DAVID SEVIER. >> THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. IT IS VERY SPECIAL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE GIRL I AM ABOUT TO INTRODUCE IS THE FIRST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CHAMPION -- STATE CHAMPION IN COUNTY HISTORY. [APPLAUSE] IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO COACH HER. SHE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ATHLETE, VERY DEDICATED. SHE IS -- THE SECOND GIRL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO REACH 100 WINS AS WELL. SO THEY DID THIS YEAR. AND THIS IS IS A BELLA McFARLAND. [ APPLAUSE ] HER GOAL IS TO REPEAT NEXT YEAR. SHE IS A JUNIOR. THEN
022I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE MY ASSISTANT, WHO HAS REALLY PUT A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER WITH HER. AND THIS IS ANDRE CHASON. [ APPLAUSE ] AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, I DO WANT TO SAY HE HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB GETTING HER THE NATIONAL EXPOSURE. HE WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER PAPERWOULD, TO GET HER TO WRESTLE IN THE WOMEN OF IRONMEN TOURNAMENT, THE BEST WRESTLING COMPETITION THAT BELLA WON THIS YEAR. AND THAT IS GABE FLOREZ. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT EVERYONE, READY. 3, 2, 1. [ APPLAUSE ] >> EXCELLENT, CONGRATULATIONS, ISABELLA. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE 3-A BOYS WRESTLING STATE CHAMPION FROM STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL. HERE TO INTRODUCE THE COACHES PRINCIPAL TIFFANY EWELL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION, JEFF DUNCAN. [APPLAUSE] >> HE IS HIDING BACK THERE. HE IS HERE. SO I
023AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR 1506-POUND WEIGHT CLASS STATE CHAMPION ARZIDER ORTIZ. COME ON UP. AND THEN WITH HIM TODAY -- HE HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING TWO WONDERFUL HIGH SCHOOL COACHES. BLAKE OLSON AT STRAWBERRY CREST. AND THEN PAUL NOBLE FINISHED HIM -- HIS CAREER UP WITH HIM AT STEINBRENNER. [ APPLAUSE ] I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, JEFF DUNCAN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> 3, 2, 1. GREAT JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE WILL MOVE ON IT TO CHEER LEADING. OUR 2-A SMALL NONTUMBLING STATE CHAMPIONS FROM ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. HERE TO INTRODUCE THEM IS PRINCIPAL JAMES HARRIS. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AGAIN, MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AND I AM GOING TO TURN THE HONORS OVER TO OUR HEAD COACH ANALISE HERBERT TO INTRODUCE THE STATE CHAMPIONS AT
024THIS TIME. [APPLAUSE] >> HI, THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR RECOGNIZING US TONIGHT FOR OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. FIRST UP, LALNE TEAMER, CO-CAPTAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] NATALIE PERADIA PEREZ. BRIANNA LACHAPELLE. ISABELLA LEONARDO. MADISON MENDEZ. M[L]CKENNA MOORE. KELSEY NARKER. KALEY SPENCE, CAPTAIN. JANICE STALKER. ADRENA WEATHERTON. AVANI WEATHERTON. AND FINALLY TAYLOR SMEGA, CO-CAPTAIN. ALSO OUR TWO OTHER COACHES, ANN LUCAS AND ZIRAH BUGGS. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE READY. 3, 2, 1. GREAT JOB. STAY RIGHT THERE FOR MOMS AND DADS. PERFECT, GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS ALONSO CHEER. THE CHEER TEAM FROM BLOOMNGDALE HIGH SCHOOL. GO AHEAD, YEAH. [APPLAUSE] 2A LARGE NONTUMBLING STATE CHAMPIONS AND ALSO THE UCA D-2 MEDIUM NONTUMBLING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. HERE TO INTRODUCE THE COACH IS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION, RICK PEACOCK. [APPLAUSE] >> AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT. AND A PRIVILEGE TO
025INTRODUCE MY STATE AND NATIONAL CHEER LEADING HEAD COACH TRACY DIPRIMA. SHE WILL INTRODUCE OUR TEAM. >> HI, GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. I AM EXCITED TO HONOR THIS GREAT GROUP OF GIRLS AND ALL THE WONDERFUL ATHLETES HERE TONIGHT. I SEE SOME OTHER TEAMS HAD A NICE LIST OF THEIR KIDS. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AND I WILL WING THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. RECOGNIZE OUR SENIORS CH CHLOE BALIS AND CHLOE OSNDORF OUR CAPTAINS. MADDIE RESEARCH, JR. SADIE LEWIS, SENIOR. EMMA YARDBORO, SENIOR. JAYDEN SUMMERALL. SENIOR AND NEWEST CHEER TEAM MEMBER, KENDALL HURR, SENIOR. JUNIOR CLASS ARE BROOK DAPRIMA. MADDIE MCCANTS. SHE TOLD ME TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT HER. SHE LOOKS GREAT. ANNA DEMARCO. MIKALA BEVERAGE. NATALIA SWEARENER. ALL RIGHT, THOSE ARE JUNIORS. SOPHOMORES, JOSLYN MILES. SHE LOVES ATTENTION. LOOK
026AT THIS, SHE LOVES IT. BELLA MARIE. AND FRESHMAN, TAYLOR WOODS AND LONDON SHERMAN. GIVE IT UP FOR THE BULLS! . [APPLAUSE] >> ALL THE JINGLES. EVERYONE READY? 3, 2, 1. STAY RIGHT THERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. NEXT UP, THE 2A MEDIUM NONTUMBLING STATE CHAMPIONS. AND THEY WERE ALSO UCA DIVISION ONE SMALL NONTUMBLING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND THAT IS THE TEAM FROM PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL. HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION, RANDY HUMPHREY. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AGAIN. THIS YEAR, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO INTRODUCE MY AMAZING COACH, COACH SCOTTY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THUS YEAR. WE ALWAYS LOVE COMING BACK. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT MY INCREDIBLE COACHING STAFF. WE HAVE KAYLA HOGAN, KAREN
027SNAP AND MY SISTER, SARAH KATE WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. START WITH MY SENIORS AND CHAMPIONS, KELSEY TIGHT. MADELINE HARDWICK. KADEN SMITH. AUBREY WAXA. REGAN TAXEN. JUNIORS KALEY COMMIT, CHLOE SMITH, ALEXIS GARZA. SOPHOMORES ELENA PEDRON, MADELINA DIAZ. PEYTON MERRIMAN, ALYSSA FELIX, AVERY PALMER. FRESHMAN ALYSSA LARA AND J JADE BABARIN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, READY, 3, 2, 1. YOU ARE GOOD. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS PLANT CITY. LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST THE 2A STAYED MEDIUM CO-ED CHEER LEADING CHAMPIONS FROM STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT ALL IN ATTENDANCE, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEY WON THE UCA D-1 NONTUMBLING CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL. TUMBLING? I DIDN'T TYPE THIS. DON'T BLAME ME. AND GAME ONE D-1 MEDIUM NONTUMBLING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
028TEAM FROM STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL. PRINCIPAL MARK WATSON AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BR BRIAN GRISCO. >> HAD. AN HONOR TO BE HERE. 12th YEAR IN A ROW. WE WON 12 STATE TITLES IN A ROW ALL BECAUSE OF THIS WOMAN OVER HERE. WE HAVE NOW WON FOUR NATIONAL TITLES. WE COULD NOT BE IN THIS POSITION WITHOUT OUR GREAT HEAD COACHES LAVINY SAVARINO AND HER GREAT COACH, JESSICA LEE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO BE BACK. HOW IS EVERYONE. START OFF WITH OUR SENIORS, WE HAVE EMMA ALFONSO. HAYDEN JOHNS. EVAN SWEPT. OUR JUNIORS, MONICA CAPAS. GABRIELLE CAPAS. ANNA LIBURN. WITH OUR SOPHOMORES, WE HAVE McKENZIE BLUNT. KENNEDY DUNCAN. AUBREY DUNCAN. SOPHIA JENKINS. LOUAN MILLER. AND FOR OUR FRESHMAN, SY SYDNEY GOUL. PEYTON SWEAT. AND VICTORIA TORREZ ISBOSCH. . THAT CONCLUDES OUR WINTER SPORTS AND WE WILL
029BACK WITH SPRING CHAMPIONS AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN MAY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETES. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT RECOGNITION IS A 05, RECOGNITION OF HILLSBOROUGH ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS, 2026. BLACK HISTORY BRAIN BOWL STUDENT CHAMPIONS. MARRY RODGERS, SUPERVISOR OF ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD CHAIR PEREZ, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, STAFF AND HONORED GUESTS. AT THIS TIME, ITS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE HABSE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER DR. ANDREA BEVERLY. AND KINSHA PARUM WILL PRESENT AND ANNOUNCE THE BLACK HISTORY BRAIN BOWL FINALISTS AND CHAMPIONS. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I WANT TO SAY GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER WASHINGTON FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. FOR THE MAST TEN YEARS, THE
030HILLSBOROUGH ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS HAVE SPONSORED THE BLACK HISTORY BRAIN BOWL. AN ON FEBRUARY 21, 2026, THE 10th ANNUAL FINALS WERE HELD AT THE MEDICAL ACADEMY AT D.W. WATERS. THIS YEAR WE HAD 202 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS, AND AS THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO PLACED IN THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FIRST-PLACE WINNERS WILL HAVE A TRAVELING TROPHY. THEY WILL HAVE IT FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR THIS YEAR. AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH OUR ELEMENTARY WINNERS. IN THIRD PLACE, ROBLES ELEMENTARY AND I WOULD LIKE FOR HER -- THEIR COACH, YVONNE STEWART AND MICHELLE ZAYUS TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEIR TE TEAM. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY
031BLACK HISTORY BRAIN BOWL TEAM FROM ROBLES ELEMENTARY, SOARING EAGLES. [ APPLAUSE ] WE HAVE NIKIA -- COME ON UP, JORDAN, KIANI AND VANESSA. THESE ARE SOME OF THE SMARTEST GIRLS AT ROBLES ELEMENTARY SOARING EAGLES! >>SPEAKER: YOU ARE GOING TO DO ALL THREE. SECOND PLACE, FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TIFFANY HUD HUDSON. >> HI, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY TEAM. ONLY TWO OUT OF FIVE ARE HERE TONIGHT. JOAQUIN MACEDO. AND MEGAN TERSEOS. NOT PRESENTLY ARE ALENA WILLIAMS, MELODY JONES A AND LUIS AVILA. >> AND IN FIRST PLACE, LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR CLARK ELEMENTARY COACH, PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM. >>SPEAKER: HELLO, I AMOR RECOGNIZE VASSEL, THE COACH, THE LUCKY COACH OF CLARK ELEMENTARY. SINCE I HAVE THE MICROPHONE, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT THAT PUTS ON AN AMAZING
032PERFORMANCE EVERY YEAR. THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL. CELEBRATING IN THE BACK IS CLASSROOM TEACHER MISS COSTELLO AND THE WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL DR. BARROW. HELLO, GUYS. LET'S SEE ARUSH DIPALI. YASWAN DIPALI. HANESH SHAKE. CURLY, AND EMILY LANG. [APPLAUSE] >> EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. THANK YOU, GUYS. >> I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MARIE RODGERS FOR ALL OF HER HELP. THANK YOU, MARIE. >> OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNERS ARE THIRD-PLACE WINNERS ARE NOT HERE. ROLAND PARK. THEY ARE HERE? ROLAND PARK K-8, PLEASE COME UP. [ APPLAUSE ] COACH -- PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR STUDENTS, PLEASE. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR STUDENTS. >>. >> HELLO, RICHARD PAZ. I WAS THE COP AT ROLAND PARK. I HAVE TWO OUT OF MY FIVE TEAM MEMBERS. TYLER PALAU AND MANSHREKA PERU. IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT. THEY DID GREAT.
033FIRST YEAR AS A TEAM TOGETHER, COACH AND STUDENTS SO WE MADE IT THIS FAR. THIS IS IT FANTASTIC. AND MISS GEAR AHERE TO SUPPORT AS WELL. >> SECOND PLACE, ADUM MIDDLE SCHOOL. TRACY POLETA, PLEASE COME AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM. >> HELLO, I AM THE COACH F FROM ADUM. WE HAVE MADLINE PLATT, MADDIE SCHMIDT, CAMILLA TARPE AND OUR A.P. MR. CONSTANZO. >> AND IN FIRST PLACE, WILLIAMS MIDDLE MAGNET. COACH KEDEISHA, CAN YOU COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR STUDENT, PLE PLEASE. >>SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. BEFORE I BEGIN ON CALLING OUT NAMES, I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS LAST YEAR WILLIAMS MADE SECOND PLACE. AND THEY CAME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR FIRST PLACE THAT THEY WORKED REALLY HARD FOR. SO I WILL INTRODUCE KADESHA McDA, OUR COACH. >> THANK YOU. THANK
034YOU, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CAPTAIN, ZECHARIAH CAPATIA. WE HAVE MOSHA BUKOTE. AND NICA READY, ARAB SHETY. AND ASHWIN G EPATI. THANK YOU, ALL. WHERE IS BRANDON? >> RIGHT HERE. >> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. 3, 2, 1. STAY SMILING. >> ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR THIRD-PLACE WINNERS. THE MEDICAL ACADEMY AT DW WATERS, AMANDA LEFLEUR. [APPLAUSE] >> AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HOST THIS YEAR AT THE MEDICAL ACADEMY AT DW WATERS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. VERY PROUD OF YOU, BY THE WAY. WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COACH, WE HAVE PEYTON JACKSON. WE ALSO --. [APPLAUSE] -- YES, PEYTON JACKSON. YOU MAY WALK RHONDA LISON. AND SHOUT OUT TO OUR DOUBLE DUO. AMAZING SEE ANNA AND SIANA WILL WILLIAMS.
035>> IN SECOND PLEAS, RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. TALEKA SMITH, WILL YOU COME AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SHARKS DO IT BEST; HOWEVER, THIS YEAR, THE TEAM I HAD, THEY DID IT. THEY DID THEIR THING. THEY KICKED BUTT. THEY WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. MESIAH MAKENDE. BRYCE PULLEN. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR TEAM CO-CAPT CO-CAPTAIN NIRE MADURIN. OUR TEAM CAPTAIN, ALICIA JACKSON. AND HER SISTER, WHO WILL BE TAKING OVER HER CATEGORIES NEXT YEAR, ANIYA JACKSON. AND ALSO, OUR PRINCIPAL, MR. BRIAN SPARROW WHO ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE BULLET IN MY BACK AND SAID, MAKE IT HAPPEN. [APPLAUSE] >> AND IN FIRST PLACE THIS YEAR, AND IT IS A REPEAT. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] >> I AM MELISSA MUSO, THE COACH OF ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR TEAM, APPARENTLY OVERACHIEVERS AND
036OVERCOMMITTED. THEY ARE AT COLLEGE VISITS, PLAYING IN SOME SPORTING CONVENIENCE, SO THEY COULDN'T BE HERE, ASHLIN SULL SULLIVAN, ARIANA MULA, CHARLIE WATTS, LAO BEAL AND SARA WILLIAMS [APPLAUSE] . >> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. ALL RIGHT, STAY RIGHT THERE. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>Karen Perez: OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS A06 RECOGNITION OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER OF THE YEAR. THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION BRANDON AUSTIN. AND SUPERVISOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL KELLY BRENNAN AND SUPERVISOR OF HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE HIGHLYING THIS RECOGNITION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD CHAIR PEREZ, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND DISTRICT STAFF. MY PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2025-'26 TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST UP WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL. EMILY LOJACANO. [APPLAUSE] EMILY EXEMPLIFIES EXCEL NEXT TEACHING THROUGH HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS, LEADERSHIP AMONG PEERS
037AND DEEP UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP ALL LEARNERS SUCCEED. AT KEITH ERR HIGH SCHOOL, SHE TEACHES REGULAR AND HONORS U.S. HISTORY. USES DATA-DRIVEN INSTRUCTIONS AND HAVE INVEST HIGH EXPECTATIONS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF HER STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW. IN HER CLASSROOM, LEARNING IS INTENTIONAL AND PURPOSEFUL. EVERY LESSON IS THOUGHTFUL. THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED THROUGH STATE STANDARDS. HAS A FOCUS OF MAKING HISTORY MEANINGFUL, ACCESSIBLE AND APPLICABLE TO ALL OF HER STUDENTS' LIVES. CHALLENGES HER STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY, MAKE CONNECTIONS AND PUSH BEYOND THEIR COMFORT ZONE BUILDING THE CONFIDENCE TO SUCCEED NOT ONLY IN HER CLASS AND BEYOND. WHAT SETS EMILY APART IS THE BELIEF THAT HER STUDENTS AND DEDICATION TO THAT LEARNING HELP TAKE THAT OWNERSHIP. SHE CREATES THESE OPPORTUNITIES, ENGAGES HER STUDENTS. HAS THEM QUESTION WHAT THEY KNOW AND APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE. AT THE
038TIME, IT IS AN HONOR AND RECOGNIZE HER AS OUR 2025-'26 TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> EVERYBODY READY? 3, 2, 1. >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER OF THE YEAR COULD NOT BE HERE AND I WILL READ OUR STATEMENT AND MAKE SURE HE GETS HIS AWARD. MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE 2025-'26 SCHOOL OF THE YEAR MR. NICHOLAS KAPPUS FROM ■DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. EXEMPLIFIES EXCEL NEXT SOCIAL STUDIES. IN HIS CLASSROOM, STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN DEEP UNDERSTANDING, STRENGTHEN CRITICAL THINKING AND THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AND CIVIL DISCOURSE. HE CONSISTENTLY INTEGRATES PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESOURCE INTO HIS INSTRUCTION HELPING STUDENTS TO EXAMINE THE SKILLS TO IN THE EVIDENCE. AND CREATES A CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED, CHALLENGED AND ENGAGED IN THEIR LEARNING. ACADEMIC RIGOR,
039STUDENT VICE. MR. KAPPUS REPRESENTS SOME OF THE BEST IN OUR DISTRICT AND PROUD TO HAVE HIM AS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING M MR. NICHOLAS KAPPUS. >>SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. TIFFANY HUDSON, OUR ELEMENTARY 2025-'26 SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER OF THE YEAR SERVED AS AN EDUCATOR --. [APPLAUSE] -- I WILL WAIT FOR THE APPLAUSE -- SERVED AS AN EDUCATOR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 22 YEARS. PAST SEVEN AT FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY. FOR MISS HUDSON, PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE IS MORE THAN A MOTTO. IT IS HER CALL TO ACTION. SHE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH HER READING COACH AND COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS AT FOREST HILLS ARE EQUIPPED TO TEACH AND STUDENTS ARE EMPOWERED TO LEARN HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS AND CIVICS ALL WHILE BUILDING THEIR LITERACY SKILLS. MISS HUDSON AMONG THE FIRST TO COACH
040A BRAIN BOWL TEAM WHEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS JOINED THE COMPETITION FIVE YEARS AGO. AND SHE HAS LED A TEAM EVERY YEAR SINCE. SECOND PLACE THIS YEAR. HER INNOVATION, EDUCATION AND PASSION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS SHINE THROUGHOUT HER WORK. IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE 2025-2026 ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO A DEVOTED EDUCATOR WHO INSPIRES BOTH STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES AND ELEVATES SOCIAL STUDIES AT FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT. TIFFANY HUDSON. [ APPLAUSE ] >> READY, 3, 2, 1. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. ONE MORE, 3, 2, 1. PERF PERFECT. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Karen Perez: NEXT RECOGNITION AO 7. PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION. THE MILITARY LIAISON WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. >> MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MECHANICS AND SUPERINTENDENT, I AM PROUD TO PRESENT THE DISTRICT'S 2025-2028 PURPLE STAR
041SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION. PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION RECOGNIZES SCHOOLS THAT DEMONSTRATE STRONG AND SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SCHOOLS TO QUALIFY MUST MEET THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA IDENTIFYING A MILITARY POINT OF CONTACT, MAINTAINING A MILITARY FAMILY'S WEB PAGE AND A STUDENT LUNCH PROGRAM TO CONNECT STUDENTS WITH THEIR PEERS AND HELP ALLEVIATE MANY FIRST DAYY FEARS, WITH WHERE WILL I SIT FOR LUNCH LAND I HAVE ANYBODY TO TALK TO. PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS RECOGNIZES FAMILY THROUGH PARTICIPATING SUCH AS MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD, PURPLE UP AND VETERANS DAY. A THREE-YEAR DESIGNATION. THIS EVENING, TEN SCHOOLS THAT RENEWED THE HONOR AND FIVE SCHOOLS THAT EARNED THE DISTINCTION FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE APPLAUD EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT MILSTUDENT FEEL WELCOME IN THEIR SCHOOLS. CRITERIA IS ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT
042SCHOOLS TO DO SUPPORT FAMILIES ON A DAILY BASIS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, FULL HELP PASS OUT OUR CERTIFICATES AND I WILL CALL THE SCHOOLS OUT TO BE RECOGNIZED. FIRST SCHOOL TO BE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT IS ANDERSON ELEMENTARY WHICH IS RENEWING THEIR CERTIFICATION AND PRINCIPAL LYDIA SIERRA. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR NEXT SCHOOL BALLAST POINT ELEMENTARY ALSO RENEWING THEIR DESIGNATION. AND WE HAVE PRINCIPAL GONZALEZ. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SCHOOL IS A FIRST-TIME RESIP YEN, AND IT IS BOYETTE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY AND PRINCIPAL M[L]CCHRYSTAL. LEE BRODY WHO IS A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AND DONNA MARR WHO IS A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER. OUR NEXT SCHOOL ALSO RENEWING IS COLLINS PRE-K 8 AND PRINCIPAL SMILEY. NEXT WE HAVE A FIRST-TIME RECIPIENT, UNDER -- INDEPENDENCE ACADEMY, MARCY RINGGALD. LANIER ELEMENTARY IS OUR NEXT SCHOOL AND RENEWING THEIR CERTIFICATION, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MANSHIP AND SUMMER READING TEACHER
043SUMMER SAN SAN FELIPO. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL IS OUR NEXT SCHOOL. THEY ARE FIRST-TIME RECIPIENTS, LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID DIETZ THE JROTC AND BRINGS CADET STITT AND BRITON WITH HIM AS WELL. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR NEXT SCHOOL IS NELSON ELEMENTARY WHICH IS ALSO RENEWING FOR THEIR CERT IF I CASE. AND WE HAVE ACCESS POINTS TEACHER AND ARMY VETERAN, RACHEL KRIEGER. [ APPLAUSE ] AND IS KATIE ROCHA IN HERE? OUR NEXT RECIPIENT IS NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS RENEWING THEIR CERTIFICATION AND PRINCIPAL KATIE ROCHA. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT, WE HAVE ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL. FIRST YEAR RECEIVING THE DESIGNATION WITH PRINCIPAL MIRANDA. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE HAVE STOWERS ELEMENTARY AND PRINCIPAL COCHRAN. AND THEY ARE RENEWING THEIR DESIGN DESIGNATION. [ APPLAUSE ] WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER STUCK IN TRAFFIC SINCE WE ARE
044RUNNING SO AHEAD. SO I WILL MAKE SURE. >>SPEAKER: WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE PROUD. >> WE WILL MAKE SURE -- SORRY. NEXT WE HAVE TINKER K-8 FOR RENEWING THEIR DESIGNATION, PRINCIPAL KATHY SMALLIN. [APPLAUSE] AND OUR FINAL RECIPIENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE NIGHT IS YORK PRE-K 8 INNOVATION ACADEMY AND PRINCIPAL DUSTIN ROBINSON. IT IS THEIR FIRST TIME. >> I AM GOING TO NEED EVERYBODY TO SQUEEZE ON IN. SHORTER PEOPLE IN THE FRONT. SCOOTCH NON. THERE WE GO. PERFECT. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, READY. 3, 2, 1. GET ON IN THERE. THERE WE GO. EVERYONE READY? 3, 2, 1. STAY SMILING. EXCELLENT JOB. . >>Karen Perez: NEXT RECOGNITION IS A08, PRINCIPALS IN PRACTICE, EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION. SANDRA /* MASAGEE. SUPERVISOR OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE HEAL THING THIS RECOGNITION. >> IT IS A
045TOUGH ONE. >>Karen Perez: I KNOW, IT IS. >> I BLAME MICHAEL MASHOSHI. >>Karen Perez: THERE YOU GO. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, AND OUR HONORED GUESTS. IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE LEADERS WHO STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR SCHOOLS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN WAYS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENTS' SUCCESS. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS NOT AN ADD ON. IT IS A CORE CONDITION FOR LEA LEARNING. WHEN THIS WORK IS DONE WELL, YOU CAN FEEL IT. YOU WALK INTO A SCHOOL, AND THE FAMILIES ARE NOT WAITING TO BE INVITED IN. THEY ALREADY BELONG. STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED NOT JUST BY TEACHERS BY CONNECTED BY COMMUNITY ADULTS WORKING TOGETHER ON THEIR BEHALF. THAT'S WHAT THESE LEADERS HAVE BELT. PRINCIPALS IN PRACTICE, EXCEL NEXT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RECOGNIZES PRINCIPAL WHO MADE THIS
046WORK PART OF HOW THEIR SCHOOLS OPERATE EVERY DAY EACH OF THESE LEADERS WERE DOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS. OTHER PRINCIPALS TO SEE THEIR WORK AND RECOGNIZE THEIR IMPACT. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD OUR HONOREES. OUR FIRST HONOREE IS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF STRENGTHENING FAMILY CAPACITY. THIS IS WHERE WE SEE FAMILIES AS PARTNERS IN LEARNING. LIKE TO BRING UP PRIN PRINCIPAL PADILLA OF PEARCE MIDDLE SCHOOL. [ APPLAUSE ] PRINCIPAL PADILLA, SHE REMINDS US THAT CONSISTENCY BUILDS TRUST THROUGH HER SUNDAY PROMISE, FAMILY RECEIVES ONE CLEAR MESSAGE EVERY WEEK, SIMPLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND ACTIONABLE. BECAUSE OF THAT CONSISTENCY, FAMILIES ARE INFORMED, PREPARED, CONFIDENT. >> -- CONFIDENT IN SUPPORTING THEIR CHILDREN. GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR PRINCIPAL PADILLA. SAME CATEGORY OF STRENGTHENING FAMILY CAPACITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME UP PRINCIPAL QUICKEN OF TWIN LAKES
047ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE LEADS VOICE BEFORE VISION. SPENDING TIME LISTENING -- THAT THANK IS WHAT HE SAYS, LISTENING, RIGHT DEEPLY TO STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ALIGNING DECISION WHAT IS THEY SAY AND NEED. THROUGH THAT LISTENING AND HIS DAILY PRESENCE, HE NEIGHBORS VERY CLEAR THAT WHAT THEY SAY MATTERS. HE BUILDS TRUST AND BUILDS ALIGNMENT ACROSS THE SCHOOL. THIS HIS SCHOOL ENGAGEMENTS NOT SOMETHING EXTRA, BUT SIMPLY HOW THE WORK GETS DONE EVERY DAY. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HIM. [ APPLAUSE ] STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CAPACITY. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE MOBILIZING COMMUNITY AS STRATEGIC PARTNERS IN STUDENT SUCCESS. WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP PRINCIPAL KEVIN CASNER OF WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE LEADS WITH INTENTION SAYING YES TO THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIPS THAT IS ALIGNED TO STUDENT NEEDS. THROUGH THAT CLARITY, HE HAS EXPANDED RESOURCE, REMOVED BARRIERS AND CREATED REAL
048OPPORTUNITIES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS. LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HIM. [APPLAUSE] NEXT WE HAVE STRENGTHENING STAFF CAPACITY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO STRENGTHEN ALL THREE FOR IT TO WORK. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE BUILDING EDUCATOR CAPACITY TO PARTNER WITH FAMILIES FOR LEARNING. PRINCIPAL RASHAD WOODS OF MEDICAL ACADEMY OF D.W. WATERS. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT. PRINCIPAL WOODS, HE CO-CREATES THE CONDITIONS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE A SNOWS THEIR LEARNING SHIFTING FROM PASSIVE PARTICIPANTS TO ACTIVE OWNERS OF THEIR SUCCESS. HAS THE STAFF CREATE AND SUSTAIN THESE CONDITIONS, BUILDING SHARED OWNERSHIP ACROSS THE SCHOOL. HIS LEADERSHIP SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WITH A SCHOOL IS DESIGNED WITH STUDENTS, NOT JUST FOR THEM, BUT WITH THEM. PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PRINCIPAL JOHNSON OF BLAKE HIGH SCH SCHOOL. [ APPLAUSE ]
049PRINCIPAL JOHNSON, HE REMINDS US -- TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. SO PRINCIPAL TOBY JOHNSON OF BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, HE REMINDS US WHEN BLUE THE RIGHT TEAM, ENGAGEMENT IS NOT A PROGRAM. IT IS SIMPLY WHAT WE DO. THROUGH CONSISTENT CONVERSATIONS, LEARNING PEOPLE'S INTERESTS, AND SHOWING THROUGH HIS ACTIONS THAT HE CARES. HE BUILDS TRUST AND INTENTION. HE LEADS THOUGHTFULLY, TAKING STEADY PURPOSEFUL STEPS RATHER THAN TRYING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING AT ONCE. GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. BEFORE WE CLOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY -- CAN I HAVE YOU GUYS TAKE OUT YOUR AWARDS FOR ME, PLEASE. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE CLOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR INVESTIGATE SPONSOR, LAMAR DULA OF SAN FRANCISCO UPHOLSTERY GROUP. HIS GENEROSITY AND HIS BELIEF IN THIS WORK HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. HE
050REFLECTS A CLEAR UNDERSTAND WHAT STRONG SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE THROUGH STRONG PREPS AND HE IS ALSO AN ALUM OF CHAMBERLAIN. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. LAMAR? ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. FINALLY, IN CLOSING, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS NOT OWNED, IT IS SHARED. IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OF US. WHEN ALIGNMENT IS STRONG, STUDENTS DON'T JUST PARTICIPATE, THEY SUCCEED. IN IS NOT EXTRA WORK. THIS IS ESSENTIAL WORK. THROUGH THESE LEADERS THEY SHOW US IT IS POSSIBLE EVERY DAY. NOT UP WITH INITIATIVE, NOT ONE EVENT, IT IS WHAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM. [APPLAUSE] >> ARE WE READY? 3, 2, 1. ALL RIGHT, STAY RIGHT THERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. % THE NEXT RECOGNITION A09 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OUTSTANDING
051VOLUNTEER AWARD. MONICA NEURENE COORDINATE NATER OF MENTORING WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR PEREZ, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, CABINET MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY HONOR TONIGHT TO PRESENT THESE AWARDS. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON THE TAIL END OF NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH. AND IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE AWARD OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARDIES. WE HAD A NICE RECEPTION A LITTLE WHILE AGO UPSTAIRS. SO YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE WONDERFUL AWARDEES FOR OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THEM FOR A FEW HOME. THEY ARE NOMINATED BY SOMEONE AT THEIR SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY SHOW OUTSIDING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT FOR THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION NOT ONLY IN THEIR SCHOOL BUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AFTER READING A DOZEN NOMINATION
052FORMS, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING WINNERS OF EACH CATEGORY. OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER YOUTH, 20 YEARS OR YOUNGER, NEVIN GRIFFITH. [ APPLAUSE ] FROM OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OUTSTANDING ADULT VOLUNTEER IN THE AGE CATEGORY OF 21-61, DANIELLE TRIPLET AND SHE IS FROM NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. SHE IS ON THE 21 SIDE OF THAT. OUTSTANDING SENIOR VOLUNTEER. DENISE GRANT. AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS GRANDMA DENISE AT TOWN AND COUNTRY ELEMENTARY. AND THE NEWEST CATEGORY ADDED BY THE STATE THIS YEAR, THE RESILIENCY COACH. OUTSTANDING RESILIENCY COACH PLANNED WILLIAM HAYNES, AND HE REPRESENTS SCHWARZKOPF ELEME ELEMENTARY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Karen Perez: NEXT RECOGNITION IS A10, RECOGNITION OF GUIDING PARENTS SUCCESS. DR. ELOF JOSEPH, DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACH WILL BE HEAL THING THIS RECOGNITION. >> HI, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND HONORARY BEST. IT IS TRULY AN
053HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THE AM PACT OF GUIDING PARENTS SUCCESS, GPS. AND IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE BELIEVE THAT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS NOT ACCIDENT, BUT A INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE THAT AFFECTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN FAMILIES ARE INFORMED, EQUIPPED, AND EMPOWERED, WE SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN LEARNING AND OVERALL SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. GUIDING PARENTS WITH SUCCESS WITH A CLEAR MISSION, TO EDGE CATEGORY AND EMPOWER FAMILY WITH PRACTICAL TOOLS AND RESOURCE SO AS THEY CAN ACTIVELY SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION. THROUGH GPS, WE ARE NOT JUST HOSTING SESSIONS, WE ARE BUILDING CAPACITY, CONFIDENCE, AND CONNECTION WITH OUR FAMILIES ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH COUNY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AT THIS TIME WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE BRINGING THIS VISION TO LIFE. FIRST APART GOES TO OUR PROUD PRINCIPAL
054OF LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL, ADULT GD PROGRAM, MISS ANABELLE MARTINEZ. [ APPLAUSE ] MISS MARTINEZ, THANK YOU FOR OPTION UP THE DOORS FOR OPPORTUNITY OF ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN SOUTH COUNTY. SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. NEXT AWARD TO OUR SOCIAL WORKER LENNARD, HIGH SCHOOL ADULT G.E. PROGRAM, ALAN McTILLIS. [ APPLAUSE ] MR. AAL ALLEN, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT SO ALL STUDENTS CAN SUCCEED. NEXT AWARD GOES TO A TEACHER AT LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL, ADULT GED PROGRAM, MESS N-- MISS NADINE LIVING LIVINGSTON. MISS NADINE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US. TEAM PLAYER. NEXT AWARD GOES TO MADAM PRESIDENT OF GREATER HAITIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF TAMPA BAY, MISS ESTHER GERMAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU, ESTHER FOR SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT AWARD GOES TO ONE. >> WHO CONSISTENTLY IS PRESENT AND ENGAGED
055IN ALL SESSIONS I MEAN ALL SESSIONS, MI MISS LINETTA CARBONI. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR BEING ALWAYS PRESENT. NEXT AWARD GOES TO SOMEONE WHO IS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN EVERY SESSION. SHE ALWAYS ASKS THE GREAT QUESTION. PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR MI MISS MING-MING P,CK. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE TEAM WITH YOU. [LAUGHTER] NEXT AWARD GOES TO SOMEONE WHO MAINTAINED STRONG AND CONSISTENT PARTICIPATION. ALWAYS THERE. MISS SHENELL GIBSON -- SORRY, MISS SHENELL GIBBONS. NEXT AWARD GOES MISS JETTA JOS JOSEPH. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT AWARD GOES TO A TO ATH,NA DULLIN. AND LASTLY, OUR NEXT AWARD GOES TO LISA BONN. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, TEAM, FOR ALL THAT YOU TO DO SUPPORT GPS. [ APPLAUSE ] THERE WE GO. EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. PERFECT. STAY RIGHT THERE. 3, 2, 1. ONE MORE. 3, 2, 1. ALL RIGHT,
056EXCELLENT JOB. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT RECOGNITION IS A11. FATHERS AND FAMILIES INITIATIVE. RAYMOND BETTS, DISTRICT TEACH WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR PEREZ, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, CABINET MEMBERS AND GUESTS. TONIGHT WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE A MOVEMENT THAT IS STRENGTHENING OUR SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORT OUR COMMUNITIES, THE FATHER AND FAMILIES INITIATIVE. GROUNDED WITH A SIMPLE TRUTH. FATHER AND FATHER FIGURES ARE ENGAGED, STUDENTS SUCCEED. WE RECOGNIZE THE FATHER AND FATHER FIGURE WHO CONSTANTLY SHOW UP MONTH AFTER MONDAY, DEMONSTRATING THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR PRESENCE, AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR STUDENT IN SCHOOLS. THAT LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY DOESN'T HAPPEN BY CHANCE. IT IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE DEDI DEDICATED SITE FACILITATORS THAT BRING TO LIFE IN CAMPUS, CREATING SPACE ARE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS AND ENSURING THAT EVERY FATHER AND FATHER FIGURE FEELS SEEN, VALUED AND EMPOWERED TO ENGAGE. IN
057CLOSING, THIS IS MORE THAN RECOGNITION. IT IS A REMINDER. WHEN FATHERS SHOW UP, STUDENTS RISE AROUND SCHOOLS THRIVE. THANK YOU. WITH US TODAY WE HAVE PROVIDER EDISON CRAWFORD OF EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE PROGRAM FACILITATOR OTIS KITCHEN WITH HIS FATHER MICHELLE GONZALEZ OF TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. [ APPLAUSE ] WE HAVE PROGRAM FACILITATOR VINCENT HYATT OF FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE PROGRAM IF A SIRL TATER, CHRISTINA VEGA OF TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NEXT WE HAVE PROGRAM FACILITATOR LEON GENTLE OF POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL [APPLAUSE] AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE H HAVE CEONNE MORAIN, STEPPING IN FOR PRINCIPALER RECOGNIZE TURNER OF GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL. [ APPLAUSE ] PLEASE FIVE THEM A ROUND OF A HE PL -- A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE READY. >>SPEAKER: READY, 3, 2,
0581. STAY RIGHT THIS. ALL RIGHT, GREAT JOB. % NEXT RECOGNITION IS A12 RECOGNITION OF BLOSSOMING MOTHERS, PARENT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM. KIANA WILLIAMS, COORDINATOR OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, I THINK I JUST BROKE IT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR PEREZ, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, CABINET MEMBERS AND GUESTS. IT BRINGS ME GREAT JOY TO RECOGNIZE OUR FACILITATORS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE BLOSSOMING MOTHERS PARENT LEARNING SERIES THIS SCHOOL YEAR. BLOSSOMING MOTHERS IS ROOTED IN FOUR PILLARS, STUDENT SUCCESS, ADVOCACY, PARENTING AND PERSONAL GROWTH. THROUGH MONTHLY WORKSHOPS, OUR MOTHERS HAVE EXPLORED TOPICS SUCH AS A LOVE FOR LEARNING AND LITERACY, THE POWER OF A PAINT VOICE AND RAISING RESILIENT CHILDREN. BECAUSE OF THIS WORK WE ARE SEEING GROWING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES AND INCREASED CONFIDENCE AMONG
059OUR PARENT WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. ON EACH OF OUR CAMPUS, OUR FACILITATORS HAVE CREATED A SPACE WHERE OUR MOTHERS FEEL A TRUE SENSE OF BELONGING. TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE DEDICATED FACILITATOR WHO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO LEAD THIS WORK AND OUR INCREDIBLE PARENT WHO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AN ENGAGE. I WANT TO ALSO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS, SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK. AND ALSO A HEARTFELT THANK TO OUR PRINCIPALS FOR WELCOMING BLOSSOMING MOTHERS CONTINUE TO YOUR CAMPUS. SO AT THIS TIME, I AM GOING TO CALL UP EACH OF OUR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS TO BE RECOGNIZED. START OFF WITH POTTER ELEMENTARY. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. JENNIFER DANS, OUR FACILITATOR IS KAYLA BOMER. MISS BOMER IS UNABLE TO BE HERE AND DR.
060DANE ALSO ACCEPT ON HER BEHALF. DR. DANES WILL BE JOINED BY OUR PARENT PARTICIPANTS SHETERIA CAISSON AND MARGIE EDME AS WELL AS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND STAFF. [ APPLAUSE ] I WILL HAVE YOU GUYS COME OVER ON THIS SIDE. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SHAW ELEMENTARY. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL CHRISTINA COPELAND, OUR FACILITATORS ARE ARE JADEL PATRICIO AND SARAH HOLLY. JOINING MISS PATRICIO ARE STU STUDENT, LEADERSHIP AND STAFF. AND WE HAVE A SURPRISE. A PLUS ONE. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE HAVE TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY -- HAVE YOU GUYS STET BACK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL CHRISTINA VEGA. OUR FACILITATES ARE ROSA REERA AND MADELINE RIVERA. JOINED BY MARCEL GARCIA, A PARENT PARTICIPANT. THANK YOU. LASTLY, WE HAVE JUNTA MIDDLE SCHOOL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL AKIM YOUNG. OUR FACILITATOR IS LAURIE HARDISTER ALIZ AND
061BEYOND BY PARENT JOYCE SCOTT AND HER ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. SO THAT THE TIME, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOU GUYS CENTERED SO WE CAN TAKE YOUR PHOTO. IF YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE YOUR ITEMS OUT OF YOUR BAG AND HOLD THEM UP AND MISS ALEXIS WILL TAKE OUR PHOTO. >> EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. GREAT JOB, EVERYBODY. [APPLAUSE] % THANK YOU. NEXT RECOGNITION IS A13, RECOGNITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREEN TEAM REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE. [ APPLAUSE ] BADGE WINNERS FOR 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. I LOVE YOUR ENERGY. ANDREA STINGONI, DEPARTMENT MANAGER OF PLANNING AND SITTING WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY. I'M HERE REPRESENT FARKAS AND THE OPERATIONS DIVISION IN OUR EFFORTS
062OF THE AREA OF SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS. LAUNCHED IN THE 202322-'23 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH McKINSTRY, MEGAN AND NICOLE WITH THE POWER TEAM. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREEN TEAM HAS BEEN ENGAGING IN ENVIRONMENTAL STE STEWARDSHIP BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE AREA OF ENERGY EFFI EFFICIENCY, WASTE REDUCTION, WATER CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. WE CURRENTLY 121 HPCS SCHOOL GREEN TEAMS AT SEATS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. HERE WE ARE TO RECOGNIZE 55 OF OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREEN TEAMS FOR EARNING THEIR REDUCED, REUSE AND RECYCLE BADGES. AS I CALL OUT YOUR SCHOOL'S NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND, YES, I AM GOING TO READ ALL 55, BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. ADUM K-8, ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL, APOLLO BEACH BEACH K-8, BAYCREST ELEMENTARY, BOYETTE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY, BOERNE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL, CHILES ELEMENTARY, CIMINO, CITRUS PARK, CLARK
063ELEMENTARY, COLLINS K-8, CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY, DAWSON LAWMAKER, DEER PARK ELEMENTARY. [APPLAUSE] EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL. FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. HAMMOND ELEMENTARY. HERITAGE ELEMENTARY. HUNTERS GREEN ELEMENTARY. IPOLITO ELEMENTARY. KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY. LEAK MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY. LEHTO HIGH SCHOOL. LAMONA ELEMENTARY. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY. LOCKHART ELEMENTARY, LOMAX ELEMENTARY. LOPEZ CENTER. McKENDRICK, OAK PARK, PINECREST, REDDICK ELEMENTARY. ROOSEVELT, SCHWARZKOPF ELEMENTARY. SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, SHEHIGH, SOUTH COUNTY CAREER CENTER, SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY, SEEN BRENNER HIGH SCHOOL, STOWERS ELEMENTARY, SUMMERFIELD ELEMENTARY, VALRICO ELEMENTARY. WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE WILLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND LAST BUT KNOT LEAST, YORK K-8. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SERENA, NICOLE AND MEGAN WITH McKINSTRY AND THE POWER ED TEAM THAT GOES OUT TO THE SCHOOL SITES, CONDUCT ENERGY AUDITS AND HELP SHEAR CURRICULUM AND THEY VISIT STUDENT ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THANK YOU FOR ALL DO YOU WITH
064YOU ARE IN HP CS TO CREATE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITIES OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. CONGRATULATIONS ON EARNING YOUR REUSE, REDUCE BANLS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL DO YOU FOR OUR SCHOOLS. EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1. PERFECT. STAY SMILING. KEEP SMILING. YOUR FACES ARE HURTING. OKAY, EXCELLENT JOB. >> GREEN TEAM, GREEN TEAM! [CHANTING] . [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. NEWCOMB I LIKE YOUR BROTHER'S NASSAU SHIRT TOO. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. . >>Karen Perez: NEXT RECOGNITION, A14, RECOGNITION OF 2025, '26 ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED BADGE BUILDINGS. ANDREA SITNONE, DEPARTMENT MANAGER OF PLANNING WILL HEAL THE THIS ITEM. >> GOOD EVENING, AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. ON BEHALF OF MR. FARKAS AND THE
065OPERATIONS DIVISION HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE 2025-'26 ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED BUILDING. ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED BUILDINGS EARN 35% LESS ENERGY, CREATE 35% LESS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND COST $.54 PER SQUARE FOOT LESS TO OPERATE. THIS TYPE OF RECOGNITION IS A KEY INDICATOR OF THE OPERATIONS DIVISIONS EFFORTS TOWARD FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT McKINSTRY, WE ARE PROUD TO ADD 15 MORE SITES BRINGING OUR DISTRICT TOTAL TO 100 ENERGY CERTIFIED SITES. WE WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE 15 OF THEM. APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY, BLOOMNGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, BRYANT, CAMINITY CARVER, CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CORK. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DOROTHY K-8, GIBSONTON, LOPEZ, NORTH TAMPA EPIC CENTER, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WIMAUMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YAY. THESE PLAQUE ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED AT AN UPCOMING PRINCIPAL MEETING AND THANKS OUR PARTNERS AT
066McKINSTRY NICOLE COOK AND MEGAN ESPOSITO OF HELPING TO BRING THESE CERTIFICATIONS FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. . >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THIS RECOGNITION MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.