10/15/2019 - Regular Meeting

001>> HI. I'M TAMARA SHAMBURGER, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. >> I'M MELISSA SNIVELY, THE BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. >> WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS. THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH OUR ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. >> OUR DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT MORE THAN 245 SITES. >> WE ARE DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC IN WHAT WE DO. >> YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE

002BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNELS 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. >> MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. >> AS YOUR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD, WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. >> OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>Melissa Snively: GOOD AFTERNOON. THE BOARD MEETING FOR OCTOBER

00315th, 2019 IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER HAHN WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. IN RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A QUOTE FROM THE CHEYENNE NATION. OUR FIRST TEACHER IS OUR OWN HEART. THE MEANING BEHIND THAT QUOTE IS THAT OUR HEART IS WHERE OUR INTUITION RESIDES. BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION OR CHOICE, TAKE TIME TO PAUSE AND LISTEN TO THE WISDOM IN YOUR HEART AND LET IT GUIDE YOU WHILE YOUR MIND ADVISES YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Tamara Shamburger: MELISSA MALLS THANK YOU, MS. HAHN. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR STUDENT SCHOOL

004BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FROM STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND RECOGNIZE SO WE CAN WELCOME YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE TWO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. ITEMS C 6.10, AND B 6.34. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER CONA AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MS. SHAMBURGER NOT AT THE DAIS CURRENTLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TAMARA SHAMBURGER. NOW MEMBER HAHN WILL READ THE BOARD GUIDELINE. >>Stacy Hahn: AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE

005ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN THIS EVENING. 5:01 P.M., A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF NEW AND REVISED POLICIES AND AT 6 P.M., WE HAVE EMPLOYEE INPUT. AS A COURTESY TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN ITEM 6.33R, WE WILL TRY TO HEAR THEM AROUND 6:30 P.M. THIS EVENING. WE ARE NOW ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST

006COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WE'LL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED THAT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST ANY PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKERS, AND YOU WILL EACH HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE JOSEPHINE AMATO FOLLOWED BY MARK KLUTHO AND RICHARD WARNER. >> MY

007NAME IS JOSEPHINE AMATO. I AM AN ADVOCATE AND THE FOUNDER OF SAFE BUS FOR US ADVOCATING FOR STUDENT SAFE RIDES TO SCHOOL. UNDER IDEA RELATED SERVICES FOR TRANSPORTATION HAVE SEVERAL CATEGORIES. TRAVEL TO AND FROM SCHOOL, TRAVEL BETWEEN SCHOOLS, TRAVEL IN AND AROUND SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, DENYING OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY EQUAL ACCESS TO AMERICAN SCHOOL BUS AND IGNORING 504 AND IGNORING I.D.E.A. OUR IEP SYSTEM IS SPECIFICALLY SET UP ONLY TO RECOGNIZE SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION AS A RELATED SERVICE. IT WILL ONLY PROPAGATE SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION, EVEN THOUGH I.D.E.A. HAS MANY MORE CATEGORIES IN WHICH THIS RELATED SERVICE IS AVAILABLE AND LEGALLY REQUIRED FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. 504 IS MUCH BROADER IN ITS DEFINITION, IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY THAT IMPACTS MAJOR LIFE FUNCTION LIKE ASTHMA, ADHD, AUTISM, TRANSPORTATION IS A RELATED SERVICE TO

008A STUDENT'S EQUAL ACCESS TO THEIR FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION. BUT OUR SCHOOL LEADERS INSOCIAL SECURITY TRANSPORTATION IS A RELATED SERVICE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION. I HAD TO FIGHT FOR SIX MONTHS -- SIX MONTHS FOR MY STUDENT WITH A MAJOR MEDICAL CONDITION TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO HER TRANSPORTATION TO SCHOOL. WE HAVE LEADERS IN THIS DISTRICT IN CHARGE OF DECISIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE, WHO CARE ABOUT BEING RIGHT MORE THAN THEY CARE ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR STUDENTS. I WAS HARASSED. I WAS THREATENED. I WAS CONSTANTLY MISLED AND I WAS TOLD YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL, MS. AMATO. I WAS THINKING, WHAT DO I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT, NOT GETTING A BUS MY DAUGHTER WASN'T GETTING? NOT GETTING A BOOK IN HOSPITAL, HOMEBOUND MY DAUGHTER WAS GETTING? NOT GETTING

009THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS MY DAUGHTER WAS -- AND PRIVATELY PAYING FOR. AM I GOING TO GET A CIVILITY LETTER FOR BEING CIVIL IN AN UNCIVIL ENVIRONMENT? BEFORE EVERYONE STARTS DEFEND WHRAG IS INDEFENSIBLE BEHAVIOR, I HAVE REAMS OF EVIDENCE THAT I SENT TO THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I WILL SAY STOP DEFENDING THE SYSTEM AND START DEFENDING OUR KIDS. I AM WAITING FOR A LEADER WHO IS COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO DEFEND THE CHILD OVER THE SYSTEM, WHO WILL BE STUDENT CENTERED, STUDENT FOCUSED, WHO WILL PUT THE CHILD FIRST BEFORE THE SYSTEM. WHAT DOES IT SAY WHEN WE SIT BY QUIETLY AS AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT PUT IN TRANSPORTATION AS A RELATED SERVICE. I WILL NOT STOP STANDING UP FOR OUR CHILDREN. I WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR OUR CHILDREN. I'M WAITING FOR THE LEADER TO

010DO THE SAME THING. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. AMATO. NEXT, WE HAVE MR. KLUTHO. WELCOME, MR. KLUTHO. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> MARK KLUTHO. 07, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL ENERGY AWARENESS MONTH. THIS HAS TO BE THE JOKE OF THE YEAR WITH THE STUPID BUILDINGS THAT YOU HAVE, BELCHING THE CARBON. I MEAN, YOU KNOW THAT WORD CORRELATION, WHAT DOES THAT GIVE US? BIRD EMERGENCY. TWO-THIRDS AT RISK. BIRDS ARE IMPORTANT INDICATOR SPECIES BECAUSE IF AN ECOSYSTEM IS BROKEN FOR BIRDS, IT IS OR SOON WILL BE FOR PEOPLE, TOO. YEAH, CORRELATION. YEAH, HOW ABOUT THAT GRETA THURENBERG? YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, THAT YOUNG WOMAN SHE'S SCREAMING AND YELLING, BUT LONG BEFORE SHE WAS BORN, I WAS BRINGING THE SCIENCE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE, PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS THAT YOU FLAGRANTLY IGNORE, THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THAT WOULD

011STOP THE EXTINCTION OF ALL THESE BIRDS. AND WHERE ARE THE TEACHERS? THEY PROTESTED MIGHTILY FOR THEIR PAY INCREASE, BUT DO THEY CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE? IT DOESN'T SEEM SO OBVIOUS, DOES IT? NO. I DON'T THINK YOU DO EITHER, DO YOU? NOW, THIS PLANET IS DYING. YOU PEOPLE ARE SCOUNDRELS. THAT'S THE WORD. AND THESE BIRDS, THE CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE. YEAH. IT ISN'T GOING TO BE PRETTY. THIS IS ONLY 2019, ALL THESE LITTLE CHILDREN THAT ARE HERE, THEY ARE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING TERRIBLE COME, AND YOU JUST KEEP IGNORING SCIENCE. MALFEASANCE IS THE WORD. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. KLUTHO. NEXT, WE HAVE MR. RICHARD WARNER, AND THEN THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE GLEN FISK, ANN HAYES, AND SUSAN PISCHIOATA. SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT. >> RICK WARNER, ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN. I HAVE A QUESTION.

012I'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON FOUR ITEMS. AM I TO DO ALL THAT NOW? >>Melissa Snively: CORRECT. YES, YOU WOULD DO ALL THAT NOW. >> STARTING WITH ITEM 4.10, THE RECENTLY SIGNED CONTRACT WITH THE TEACHERS. I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM SAW GOVERNOR DESANTIS' PROPOSAL TO RAISE MINIMUM TEACHER SALARIES TO FORTY-SEVEN FIVE. I LOOKED AT YOUR SCHEDULE AND THERE ARE EIGHT CATEGORIES ON IT THAT ARE LESS THAN THAT AMOUNT. PERSONALLY, I'M HOPING THAT THAT IS A CATALYST FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. THE GOVERNOR HAS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST OF DOING THAT IS $600 MILLION, WHICH BY MY CALCULATION IS ABOUT 10% OF THE FUNDING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE NEED. THAT'S $6 BILLION. THAT'S HOW SHORT WE ARE OF BEING ADEQUATELY FUNDED. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL, FAIRNESS DEMANDS CONSIDERATION OF THE ENTIRE SALARY STRUCTURE

013FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP ON YET, THAT FAIRNESS ALSO REQUIRES CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPENSATION OF CHILD PROTECTION WORKERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND JUVENILE JUSTICE WHO MAKE FAR LESS THAN WHAT IT TAKES TO SUPPORT A FAMILY. MOVING ON TO THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. MY QUESTION IS WHETHER A SALARY RANGE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THAT JOB PRIOR TO GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR IT. JUST AS AN ITEM THAT SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM MAY NOT BE AWARE, IN HIS ROLE AS THE LEADER OF THE COST-REDUCTION EFFORT, OUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT HAS BEEN PAID SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR LESS THAN WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED FOR THE LEADER OF THE 8th LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION. THANKS FOR

014PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, SUPERINTENDENT. MOVING ON TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL REPORT, ON THE COVER PAGE -- DO I HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR EACH ITEM OR THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL? >>Melissa Snively: THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL. >> OKAY. READ THE CHARTER REPORT. IT HAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. THERE'S 15 A SCHOOLS IN THERE, 9 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN "A" FOR FIVE YEARS IN A ROW. THERE ARE SOME GREAT CHARTER SCHOOLS OUT THERE DESPITE SOME THAT ARE NOT. LASTLY, I WOULD URGE YOU TO READ THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT REPORT. THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OF DEALING WITH NEW SCHOOLS AND REPAIRING THE ONES WE'VE GOT. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. WARNER. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, PERHAPS YOU COULD HAVE STAFF ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HE HAD, WE

015WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE MR. GLEN FISK. WELCOME, MR. FISK. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I LIVE IN THE TOWN OF BALM. I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT -- I'M INTERESTED IN GETTING A CERTAIN NAME FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. ON THE AGENDA, 5.04. THERE'S A FAMILY THAT HAS LIVED IN SOUTH COUNTY FOR OVER 300 YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THE EARLY 1800s, MAYBE EVEN THE 1700s. AND EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE FOLKS LIVE IN BALM AND THERE'S STILL A FEW OF THE FAMILY NAME THAT LIVE IN BALM, HAVE STREET NAMES AFTER THEM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE SUMNER NAME BE CONSIDERED FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL ON 672 THAT IS RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF THE BALM AREA. AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

016THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FISK. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANN HAYES. WELCOME, MS. HAYES. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, AND STAFF, I'M ANN HAYES. CURRENTLY A TEACHER AT WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M SPEAKING ON THE SAME ITEM, ITEM 5.04. I DON'T ENVY YOUR DECISION. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE. I'VE SEEN THE LIST OF NAMES, AND YOU HAVE SOME EXCELLENT CHOICES. I WISH TO CONTINUE. I DID SEND INFORMATION TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH MY OPINION. I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH MY PRESENCE BY SAYING THAT I SUGGEST THAT THE NEW SCHOOL BE NAMED AFTER MARYELLEN ELIA, OUR FORMER SUPERINTENDENT. BEING THE FIRST FEMALE SUPERINTENDENT IN OUR DISTRICT'S HISTORY I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT DESERVES TO BE HONORED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE TWO

017HIGH SCHOOLS, AS YOU KNOW, THAT WERE NAMED AFTER HER TWO MALE PREDECESSORS. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HONOR WHAT SHE DID IN HER LEGACY HERE. VERY UNIQUE LEADER. THIS NEW SCHOOL I UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO BE A QUITE UNIQUE SCHOOL. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, THE FIRST 6-12 HIGH SCHOOL, AT LEAST WHEN IT STARTS OUT. I PERSONALLY -- AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, HAVE WITNESSED THE LEVEL OF DEDICATION, AND WE'VE SEEN THE RESULTS OF THE WORK THAT MRS. ELIA DID IN OUR DISTRICT. WHEN I WORKED IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR A TIME, A VERY WISE PERSON SAID TO ME MANY TIMES, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PERSONALITIES; IT'S ABOUT THE POSITIONS. LOOK AT THE POSITIONS AND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. I LEARNED QUITE A BIT FROM THAT. SO

018I THINK THAT I WOULD ASK YOU -- AND I REALLY LIKED THE QUOTE, THE CHEYENNE QUOTE WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING -- PLEASE, LISTEN TO THE WISDOM OF YOUR HEART. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY OPINION. APPRECIATE IT. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. HAYES. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUSAN PISCHIOTA. AM I CLOSE? OKAY. WELCOME. FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OUR NEXT SPEAKERS AFTER ARE AMY EVANGELISTA. THEN VANESSA RICKHOLM AND DesMARAIS ALLEN. THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS SUSAN PISCHIOTA, AND I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON THAT THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WERE LEER. -- THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WERE HERE. I DID SUBMIT MY FATHER'S NAME AS A CHOICE FOR THE

019SCHOOL. I DID NOT SEE IT SO I THOUGHT MAYBE I SHOULD COME IN PERSON TO FIND OUT AND LET YOU ALL KNOW. MY FATHER, JACK RICE. HE WAS A TEACHER IN THE COUNTY FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS. HE SET AN EXTREMELY GOOD EXAMPLE. I SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE I WAS A HORRIBLE STUDENT, I THOUGHT, AND I TAUGHT IN THE SAME COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS. SO I JUST RETIRED IN 2012. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 1955 AT WIMAUMA HIGH SCHOOL, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE WIMAUMA AT THE TIME WAS GRADES 1 THROUGH 12. SO IT WAS KIND OF NEAT BEING A SECOND GRADER THERE AND SEEING YOUR DAD WALK DOWN THE HALLWAY AND YOU CAN SAY "HI." BUT HE DID A LOT FOR SOUTH COUNTY. AND I'M A VERY STRONG ADVOCATE THAT

020THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE ATTACHED WITH SOMEONE OR SOMETHING FROM SOUTH COUNTY. I KNOW MY FATHER SET UP THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE AREA OUT THERE, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE WIMAUMA FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO TEACHING. HE WAS A WORLD WAR II VET. HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC. I KNOW THAT'S NOT GOT A LOT TO DO WITH EDUCATION, BUT IT MADE HIM THE CHARACTER AND THE PERSONALITY THAT HE WAS. I KNOW HIS STUDENTS ADORED HIM. THERE ARE SOME TODAY THAT STILL SAY, "OH, COACH RICE." HE TAUGHT BOTH SCIENCE AND HE COACHED. HE LOVED TRACK. AND THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING THE LAST DAY OF CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS RUNNING WITH THE EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TIME AND COLLAPSED. AND TWO AND A HALF TO THREE WEEKS LATER,

021HE PASSED ON. I FORGOT WHAT MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT WAS. [BELL SOUNDS] OKAY, WE'RE CLOSE TO IT ANYWAY. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP HIM IN MIND. HE WAS A GOOD FELLOW. HE DID A LOT FOR EAST BAY AND THAT AREA. HE WAS A WELL-LOVED TEACHER WHEN HE WAS THERE. IT'S BEEN NEARLY 30 YEARS SINCE HE PASSED AWAY. SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO KEEP HIS NAME IN MIND ALSO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMY EVANGELISTA. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> AMY EVANGELISTA. MY GRANDFATHER WAS COACH RICE, AND I WAS PRESENT AT THE CROSS COUNTRY PRACTICE WHEN HIS MEDICAL EVENT OCCURRED. TO HEAR EVERYBODY TALK ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER EVEN TO THIS DAY, HE DID A LOT OF GOOD FOR

022THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW HE'S UP AGAINST SOME REALLY BIG STIFF COMPETITION TO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND WHAT SUSAN PISCHIOTA SAID AND A GENTLEMAN EARLIER SAID. IF IT CANNOT BE NAMED AFTER MY GRANDFATHER, IT SHOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IN SOUTH COUNTY. EDITH HORTON ONCE SAID, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO BE THE LIGHT. THE CANDLE IN THE ROOM OR THE MIRROR THAT REFLECTS IT. THROUGHOUT VARIOUS STAGES OF HIS LIFE, MY GRANDFATHER WAS BOTH. HE KNEW WHEN TO BE THE MIRROR TO LET SOMEBODY ELSE SHINE AND HE ALSO KNEW WHEN HE NEEDED TO STEP UP AND BE THE LIGHT. HE DID BOTH, NOT ONLY FOR THE COUNTY BUT ALSO FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS OVER TWO DIFFERENT 20-YEAR TENURES. SO PLEASE KEEP HIM IN MIND AND GIVE

023HIM THE DUE, THE STIFF COMPETITION. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE VANESSA ROOKHOLM. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND MEMBERS OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, MY NAME IS VANESSA ROOKHOLM. I AM AN EDUCATOR AS WELL AS THE PROUD PARENT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT, BOTH ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MUCH-NEEDED NEW SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS. WHILE THIS CURRICULUM STILL FALLS SHORT OF BETTER EDUCATING OUR ELEMENTARY-AGED STUDENTS, IT DOES OFFER MANY POSITIVE STEPS TOWARDS USING EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH THAT EMPOWERS OUR OLDER STUDENTS BY TEACHING THEM ABOUT THEIR CHANGING BODIES, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSENT, AND ABOUT RESPECTING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AMONG OTHER ESSENTIAL

024AND TIMELY TOPICS. AS YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT HAS SEEN A WORRISOME INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED CASES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AS WELL AS TEEN PREGNANCY, SUGGESTING THAT A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS IS NOT GETTING VITAL INFORMATION AT HOME. AS SUCH, A COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH FACTUAL EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION. I COMMEND YOUR EFFORTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. THE HILLSBOROUGH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ALSO ENCOURAGES AN ENVIRONMENT OF INCLUSION. IN FACT, ON TODAY'S VERY AGENDA ARE TWO IMPORTANT PROCLAMATIONS. ONE FROM THE DISTRICT'S OWN OFFICE OF DIVERSITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVE OCTOBER AS LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH AND A SECOND FROM GOVERNOR DESANTIS TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS ANTI-BULLYING MONTH. AS SUCH, I BELIEVE IT IS TIMELY TO ADDRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING THE LESSONS THAT

025HAD BEEN PROPOSED IN THE NEW CURRICULUM RELATED TO EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS ABOUT INCLUSION AND ACCEPTANCE, SPECIFICALLY AS THEY RELATE TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. WHY? WE KNOW FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS THAT LGBTQ YOUTH ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR BULLYING, TRUANCY, SUICIDE, AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, NAMELY DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, ALL OF WHICH IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN STUDENTS FIND THEMSELVES IN INCLUSIVE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS. INCLUDING AND MOST ESPECIALLY SCHOOLS. SUPPORTING LGBTQ YOUTH IS TRULY A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR SOME OF THESE STUDENTS. AND AS LEADERS, YOU CAN DO MORE THAN PAY LIP SERVICE TO TOLERANCE AND INCLUSION BY IMPLEMENTING A TRULY COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM THAT EDUCATES ALL STUDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF OTHERS. ALL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS DESERVE A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO LEARN, AND THAT REQUIRES

026FORMALIZED TEACHING ABOUT RESPECT FOR OTHERS. IN LIGHT OF THE TWO PROCLAMATIONS BEING MADE AND RECOGNIZED TODAY, I ASK YOU TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY BY ENSURING THAT THIS VITAL CURRICULUM BE SUPPORTED AND PRESERVED. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MS. ROOKHOLM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DesMARAIS ALLEN AND FOLLOWING MS. ALLEN WILL BE CARLY WILSON, RACHAEL FEINMAN AND NOREN DOLLARD. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DesMARAIS ALLEN. I AM A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN IN HIGH SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'M ALSO A PRETTY BIG EDUCATION ADVOCATE. I'M TELLING YOU BECAUSE IT IS SIGNIFICANT TO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. I SPENT 20 YEARS SERVING IN LOCAL CHURCHES WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH. SO WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION. FIRST, THANK YOU

027FOR PRESSING PAUSE ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT PIECE IS INCLUDED BECAUSE OF OUR LGBTQ STUDENTS, FOR A NUMBER OF THE REASONS YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD TODAY. OUR VISION IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFE. I WOULD ARGUE THAT TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFE MEANS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN. AND THAT INCLUDES OUR LGBTQ STUDENTS, THAT WE ARE MAKING THEM FEEL SAFE AND WELCOMED AND HELPING OTHER STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING AND UNDERSTANDING EVERYONE THAT THEY ENCOUNTER. I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THE LOUDEST VOICE THAT YOU HEAR, AND THE MOST PERSISTENT VOICE YOU HEAR, ISN'T ALWAYS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CUMULATIVE VOICE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT AND TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE

028TO SEE THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. I TRUST THAT. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK TO INCLUDE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. ALLEN. NEXT WE HAVE CARLY WILSON. MS. CARLY WILSON HERE? THERE SHE IS. SHE HAS COMPANY. WELCOME, MS. WILSON. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> HI. I'M CARLY WILSON, MOM OF TWO. AND A PRODUCT OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO THANK YOU. I'M HERE TODAY ALSO BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A RELIGIOUS INTEREST GROUP HAS -- THE BOARD TO REMOVE ALL MENTION OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FROM THE SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM. THAT'S BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS AT THE 8th GRADE LEVEL. COUNTLESS STUDIES HAVE

029SHOWN THAT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE PREVALENT FOR LGBTQ TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS. AND THAT THESE OUTCOMES IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PRESENCE OF EDUCATION TOLERANCE AND AVAILABILITY OF SAFE SPACES. TO REMOVE AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM THE EDUCATION -- FROM THE DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL HEALTH WOULD BE TO PROMOTE IGNORANCE AND INTOLERANCE AS WELL AS TO FURTHER ALIENATE AN ALREADY MARGINALIZED GROUP OF OUR KIDS. THE SAME RELIGIOUS GROUP HAS ALSO ADVOCATED FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE LESSON ON PROPER USE OF CONDOMS. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS SHOULD SUPPORT SEX ED THAT INCLUDES BOTH ABSTINENCE AND CONTRACEPTION. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THIS DOES NOT INCREASE KIDS' LEVEL OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY BUT ACTUALLY PROMOTES AND INCREASES PROPER USE OF BIRTH CONTROL METHODS AMONG SEXUALLY ACTIVE TEENS. I'M SO SORRY. >> THAT'S WHY WE HAD IT PUT IN. >>

030FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS? EVERY PARENT IS ABLE TO OPT OUT OF THE SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM FOR THEIR CHILD SHOULD THEY FIND THE SUBJECT MATTER COUNTER TO THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. EXCLUDING SCIENCE BASED EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS AT THE REQUEST OF A NON-MAJORITY RELIGIOUS GROUP WOULD BE DOING OUR STUDENTS A GRAVE DISSERVICE. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER INCLUDING OUR BROAD COMMUNITY IN MAKING THIS DECISION IN THE BEST WAY TO SERVE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING THIS ONE. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. WILSON. SHE LIKES IT UP HERE. BYE-BYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, COULD WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE OFFICE OF CURRICULUM TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS SHE HAS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE RACHAEL FEINMAN. >> HELLO. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I AM ALSO A PROUD PRODUCT OF THE HILLSBOROUGH

031COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND I NOW CURRENTLY HAVE TWO YOUNG BOYS WHO ARE IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY. ALTHOUGH MY BOYS ARE STILL VERY YOUNG, THEY ARE SIX AND EIGHT, THEY ARE ALREADY ACTIVELY ASKING QUESTIONS, AND IT MAKES ME REALIZE THAT 8th GRADE IS WOEFULLY, WOEFULLY LATE TO START EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THE IMPORTANT TOPIC OF THEIR OWN SEXUAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH. I ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT AND THIS BOARD TO RECONSIDER AND ACT SWIFTLY AND QUICKLY TO IMPLEMENT A BROAD, COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE-BASED COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, STARTING AT AN AGE YOUNGER THAN 8th GRADE. THAT PART ASIDE, I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF MANY MOTHERS AND FATHERS LIKE MYSELF FOR THIS INCLUSIVE AND AGE-APPROPRIATE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS EDUCATION IS IMPERATIVE

032IF WE TRULY VALUE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN BOTH PHYSICALLY SAFE, MENTALLY SAFE AND HEALTHY AND STRONG. I HEARD AT THE START OF THIS MEETING THAT THE VISION OF THE BOARD IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFE. I KNOW ANOTHER PARENT REFERENCED THIS VISION STATEMENT AS WELL, AND I THINK THAT MAKING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN GO INTO THIS WORLD AND ENCOUNTER ONE ANOTHER AND EDUCATED ABOUT THEIR OWN SEXUAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND IN A WAY THAT ENCOMPASSES AND INCLUDES ALL OF OUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING OUR LGBTQ YOUTH. IN THESE TIMES, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, OUR CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO SO MUCH INFORMATION AND A LOT OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT SEX, HEALTH, AND THEIR BODIES. AS A PARENT THIS TERRIFIES ME. I KNOW THAT WE AT HOME WILL TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND I WILL

033TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT MY YOUNG BOYS ARE VERY WELL EDUCATED ABOUT THEIR BODIES, ABOUT THEIR PEERS AND ABOUT CONSENT, AMONG OTHER ISSUES. BUT I KNOW THAT MANY WILL NOT. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE EDUCATION THAT I GIVE THEM AT HOME MAY NOT BE ENOUGH AND MAY NOT BE WELL RECEIVED BECAUSE I'M THEIR MOTHER. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO GET THIS EDUCATION AT HOME. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT AT HOME, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHERE WILL THEY FIND THE INFORMATION? FROM ALL OF THE WRONG PLACES. I IMPLORE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY DONE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AS IT RELATES TO INCLUDING EDUCATION AND TOLERANCE AND INCLUSION RELATED TO OUR LGBTQ YOUTH IN THE CURRICULUM AND TO ACT SWIFTLY AND WITH A SENSE

034OF URGENCY IN SETTING OUT THIS CURRICULUM FOR ALL STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. FEINMAN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOREN DOLLARD. FOLLOWING NOREN DOLLARD, CRAIG ROBERTS, RYAN HACZYNSKI AND JOSH NEWHOUSE. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CENSUS AND THE CLOSE TIES OF THE CENSUS AND SCHOOLS. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SAY, I'M NOREEN DOLLARD, DIRECTOR OF FLORIDA KIDS COUNT AT BEHAVIOR SCIENCES AT USF. WE ARE VERY INVESTED IN THE CENSUS BECAUSE OF ALL THE RESOURCES THAT COME TO FLORIDA BASED ON A PROPER ENUMERATION AND GETTING EVERYONE COUNTED. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SAY WHY DO WE CARE? WE CARE BECAUSE TITLE I DEPENDS ON IT. I.D.E.A. DEPENDS ON THOSE DOLLARS. OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS DEPEND

035ON BRINGING THOSE DOLLARS BACK AND NOT LETTING ALABAMA AND CALIFORNIA GET MORE OF OUR MONEY. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE COUNT EVERY CHILD. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THAT A LOT OF THE GRANT WRITING THAT RELIES UPON CENSUS DATA TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE, FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL. THE CENSUS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, KNOWING WHAT THAT ENROLLMENT IS LIKELY TO BE AND PROJECTED THAT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE GET THE COUNT RIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE COUNT FOR A LONG TIME. AND WHY THE SCHOOLS? I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF. AS THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE -- SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS CHARGED WITH DEVELOPING PLANS TO MAKE SURE WE MAXIMIZE

036THE CENSUS COUNT. OUR COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH, AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS, GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE SCHOOLS PARTNER, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ENTERTAINED US THIS MORNING IN THE WORKSHOP. BUT THE SCHOOLS ARE THE TRUSTED MESSENGERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND REALLY ENGAGING SOME FAMILIES THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE -- THEY TRUST THE SCHOOLS, WHEREAS THEY WON'T TRUST OUTSIDERS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BUILD UPON THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS WITH COMMUNICATION PLANS AND THAT, ASSOCIATE, ISSUING A PROCLAMATION, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE THAT, AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS, THE STUDENTS, AND SOME OF THE GREAT IDEAS THAT MEMBERS HAHN AND STUART SUGGESTED, AROUND HAVING CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE ASSISTANCE CENTERS AND MOBILE CENTERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO

037FINDING OUT HOW TO TAKE THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. DOLLARD. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MS. SHAMBURGER HAS JOINED US FOR OUR MEETING TODAY. SHE'S ALLOWING ME TO FINISH PUBLIC COMMENT SO SHE CAN GET SETTLED INTO THE MEETING. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH MR. CRAIG ROBERTS. CRAIG ROBERTS. FOLLOWING MR. ROBERTS, RYAN HACZYNSKI, JOSH NEWHOUSE AND BELLA PATEL. PLEASE BE PREPARED. WELCOME, MR. ROBERTS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CRAIG ROBERTS. I AM THE FATHER OF KAYLA ROBERTS, A SOPHOMORE AT ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. MY DAUGHTER, KAYLA, IS PHYSICALLY DISABLED AND HAS LEARNING DISABILITIES THAT INCLUDE LOW VISION. KAYLA USES THE WALKER TO AMBULATE AT SCHOOL. THIS SCHOOL YEAR GOT OFF TO A ROUGH START FOR KAYLA THAT INCLUDED A HOSPITALIZATION THAT KEPT

038HER FROM SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. HOWEVER, SHE RETURNED TO SCHOOL HOPING TO CATCH UP AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS. HOWEVER, WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER SETBACKS WITH THE RECENT SETBACK BEING WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE CLEAR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST KAYLA AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MANY DISABLED PERSONS AT ALONSO. I'VE ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS THE DISCRIMINATION AT ALL LEVELS AT ALONSO. I'M HERE TODAY TO MAKE THE SCHOOL BOARD AWARE OF THE ISSUE HOPING TO RECEIVE SOME ATTENTION. I BELIEVE KAYLA IS DISCRIMINATED IN TWO WAYS. FIRST, EARLY CLASS DISMISSAL TIMES AND, SECOND, BY NOT PROVIDING TUTORING TO DISABLED CHILDREN THAT IS PROVIDED TO NON-DIBBLED CHILDREN. -- NONDISABLED CHILDREN. I HAVE TWICE REQUESTED AN IEP MEETING WITH SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES BUT HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE. THE FIRST WAY KAYLA IS BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IS IN CLASS DISMISSAL TIME. THE

039SCHOOL DISMISSAL BELL AT ALONSO RINGS AT 3:35 P.M. HOWEVER, KAYLA IS DISMISSED 15 MINUTES EARLIER. I LEARNED THAT ALL ESE STUDENTS ARE DISMISSED 15 MINUTES EARLY AND THE REASON IS FOR THEIR SAFETY DURING DISMISSAL OF NONDISABLED STUDENTS. THE EARLY DISMISSAL FOR THE DISABLED STUDENTS IS EQUIVALENT TO MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL DAY EACH NINE WEEKS. THE CLASS THAT KAYLA MISSES 15 MINUTES OF EACH DAY IS TELEVISION PRODUCTION, A CLASS THAT INTERESTS KAYLA AND THAT SHE'S ATTEMPTING TO PASS AND ACHIEVE HIGH GRADE. MISSING 25% OF THE CLASS DAY ERODES HER OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL. I OFFERED TO PICK KAYLA UP AT 3:40 P.M., WHICH IS FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE BELL DIRECTLY FROM HER CLASS. VERBALLY AGREED TO BY STAFF AS A SOLUTION AT ALONSO BUT SHE CONTINUES TO BE RELEASED 15 MINUTES EARLY. THE EARLY DISMISSAL

040ALSO OCCURS BEFORE LUNCH, SO KAYLA IS ALSO DISMISSED EARLY FROM ENGLISH. KAYLA BRINGS HER LUNCH TO SCHOOL AND HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO EAT HER LUNCH DURING LUNCH PERIOD, SO I HAVE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SHE NOT BE RELEASED EARLY AND INSTEAD GO TO LUNCH LATE TO AVOID THE BUSY HALLWAYS. AGAIN, THE SUGGESTION HAS BEEN IGNORED AND KAYLA CONTINUES TO BE RELEASED 10 TO 15 MINUTES EARLY FROM ENGLISH CLASS. AGAIN, THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL DAY EACH NINE WEEKS. THE SECOND WAY I BELIEVE KAYLA IS BEING DISCRIMINATED WITH IS WITH REGARD TO TUTORING. BIOLOGY IS ONE OF THE CLASSES CL THAT KAYLA IS STRUGGLING WITH ACADEMICALLY. SCIENCE TUTORING IS OFFERED TO ALL STUDENTS AT ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL EACH MORNING STARTING AT 7:45 A.M. WE MADE THREE TEMPTS FOR SCIENCE TUTORING. THE FIRST

041ATTEMPT WE FOUND THE TUTORING WAS OFFERED -- >>Melissa Snively: FINAL COMMENTS, PLEASE, MR. ROBERTS. >> -- ESSENTIALLY SHE COULDN'T GO TO TUTORING BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR WAS BROKEN, AMONG OTHER REASONS. I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVES TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT -- >>Jeffrey Eakins: OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENT MET WITH MR. ROBERTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND THEY ARE WORKING OUT A PLAN TO RESOLVE ALL OF THIS. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. RYAN HACZYNSKI. WELCOME, MR. HACZYNSKI. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, STAFF, GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN. I WANTED TO START OFF WITH A BIT OF GRATITUDE. THANK YOU FOR FINISHING UP NEGOTIATIONS IN THE CONTRACT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT'S GREAT. I

042ALSO WANTED TO THANK MR. PORTER THAT I WILL NOT BE FIRED. THAT'S GOOD NEWS, TOO. ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I REALLY WANTED TO TALK A LOT ABOUT KIDS TODAY. AND ESPECIALLY THE TOWN HALL. THANK YOU AGAIN, MEMBER STUART, FOR BEING THERE. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT TOWN HALL. ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES FOR THEM AND I'M SURE SHE CAN SPEAK TO THIS, IS THE AMOUNT OF STANDARDIZED TESTING THESE STUDENTS FACE IS CRIMINAL. 39 DAYS AT STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL SOME KIND OF STANDARDIZED TEST WAS GIVEN. THAT'S 22% OF THE YEAR. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. KIDS ARE STRESSED OUT. THEY FEEL ALL SORTS OF ANXIETY ABOUT THE TEST. I TALKED TO PARENTS OF REALLY YOUNG KIDS TALK ABOUT VOMITING BEFORE HAVING TO TAKE THE FSA IN THIRD GRADE AND AWFUL RETENTION POLICIES THAT GIN UP THE FOURTH

043GRADE. AGAIN, SO MANY OF THESE ISSUES RESOLVE AROUND FUNDING. SO MUCH OF THE MONEY IS PUT INTO CATEGORICALS DRIVE TON HELP THE INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION COMPLEX. IT'S JUST AT A POINT WHERE EVERYTHING IS AFFECTED BY THE FUNDING. I DID SOME NUMBER CRUNCHING BECAUSE YOU KNOW ME AND I LOVE THOSE NUMBERS. FROM 2007-08, THE HIGH WATER MARK, THE ENTIRE FLORIDA BUDGET BALLOONED BY ALMOST 40%, 38.9 I BELIEVE. GUESS HOW MUCH EDUCATION HAS GONE UP IN THAT TIME? 14%.YOU'D THINK THERE WOULD BE THE SAME AMOUNT BUT NO. IN FACT, IT'S REFLECTED IN THE OVERALL BUDGET BECAUSE NOW REDUCED BY 6%. IT WAS 34%. NOW IT'S DOWN TO 28. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE FEEDING INTO IT. IT REALLY WAS EXPLAINED BY SENATOR LEE AT THE TOWN HALL. HE SAID THERE'S A NEW BRAND OF REPUBLICAN IN TALLAHASSEE,

044AND THEY DO NOT LIKE TEACHERS UNIONS. IT'S REALLY THAT MUCH. WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS POLITICS OVER PEOPLE. IDEOLOGY OVER INDIVIDUALS. WE CAN'T HAVE THIS ANYMORE. WE CAN'T HAVE THIS IN FLORIDA. WE CAN'T HAVE THIS IN OUR COUNTRY. WE NEED PEOPLE OVER POLITICS. WE NEED PEOPLE TO STAND UP, TO PUSH BACK TOGETHER, PARENTS, STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, EVERYONE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS TO DO THIS. THE PETITION THAT I STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IS OVER 12,000 SIGNATURES AT THIS POINT. YOU CAN GO TO CHANGE.ORG SLASH SUPPORT FLORIDA EDUCATORS TO SIGN THAT. IF YOU ARE AN EDUCATOR IN FLORIDA ANYWHERE, PLEASE, TAKE THE DAY OFF ON 14th. ON JANUARY 14th, 2020. TAKE A PERSONAL DAY. THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN ALL BAND TOGETHER AND HAVE A LARGE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO SHOW OUR

045DISPLEASURE WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO OUR KIDS AND OUR FUTURE. THE LAST NOTE, BECAUSE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I ASK YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME. I COMPLETED EVERYTHING IN MY SUPERINTENDENT APPLICATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY PERSONAL STATEMENT. I'LL LET THAT ONE STEW A LITTLE BIT. PERHAPS I'LL BE YOUR WINGMAN, SIR. >>Tamara Shamburger: MR. NEWHOUSE, >>Melissa Snively: MR. NEWHOUSE, WELCOME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, GOOD AFTERNOON SCHOOL BOARD, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. MY NAME IS JOSH NEWHOUSE. I AM A STAKEHOLDER. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR APPROVING THE NEW CONTRACTS FOR YOUR AMAZING EDUCATORS AND ESPs FISCAL YEAR. LOCALLY, TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSITION. TEACHERS, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS ASKED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND MAKE

046THINGS WORK. I COME TO ASK YOU TO ACT SIMILARLY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AS A POWERFUL AND THE KEYWORD HERE IS UNITED DISTRICT. ON JANUARY 14th. RATHER THAN MAKE US TAKE A PERSONAL DAY OR SICK DAY, IT IS THE FIRST DAY WHEN TO COME BACK IN SESSION IN TALLAHASSEE, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND TELL THEM UNDER NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT FLORIDA NEEDS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A RANDOM DAY OFF IN APRIL, I THINK IT'S APRIL IF THE BOARD FELT STRONGLY ENOUGH ABOUT IT, WE COULD PUT SOMETHING FORWARD TO SWITCH IT TO JANUARY 14th. STATES THAT APPROVED FUNDING AND CONDITIONS FOR EDUCATION HAVE SHOWN A UNITED FRONT. IT CAN'T BE US AND THEM. IT HAS TO BE ALL OF US AND THEM. PUT OUT A SURVEY TO THE POPULATION AND SAY,

047HEY, WHAT DID WE DO THIS? THAT'S NO OFFICIAL PERSONAL DAY, JUST A RANDOM DAY ON THE CALENDAR. ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE CHANGES AS NEEDED. I IMPLORE ALL OF YOU HERE AND HERE AND EVERYONE WATCHING TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO MARCH WITH LEADERSHIP, TEACHERS, UNION STAFF, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE, EITHER IN TAMPA OR IN TALLAHASSEE. LOOK, I KNOW IT'S IRREGULAR, BUT SOMETIMES THE BULB IN THE PROJECTOR BURSTS, THE AC GOES OUT. YOUR COMPUTER DIES OR A HURRICANE MAKES A WEIRD TURNAROUND. TIME CHANGE HAPPENS AT LESS THAN OPPORTUNE TIMES. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO COME TOGETHER. IT WOULDN'T MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO ANYONE OTHER THAN I BELIEVE -- JUST TO MAKE THE SMALL CHANCE FOR THE BETTER, AVOID A POTENTIAL STAFFING ISSUE ON JANUARY 14 AND MORE IMPORTANT,

048COME TOGETHER UNIFIED AS A STATE AND AS A DISTRICT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING SUPPORTS. REDUCE THE TESTING AS MENTIONED BY RYAN PREVIOUSLY. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS REQUEST FROM A STAKEHOLDER, A TEACHER, A PARENT AND MEMBER OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT ME IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY. IT'S SIMPLY SAYING PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS. COULD BE A GREAT WAY TO BUILD BRIDGES, GREAT TONE FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT AND TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BY TAKING ON THOSE WHO WOULD DO THINGS TO HURT THEM. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. NEWHOUSE. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS BELLA PATEL. WELCOME, MS. PATEL. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BELLA PATEL. AND FOR 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN PRACTICING LAW HERE AND MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN DESIGNING POWER PLANTS FOR TAMPA ELECTRIC. WE'VE ALSO FUNDED

049AND SUPPORTED A LOT OF PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS. THE LATEST ONE I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS CALLED TAMPA WELLNESS. IT'S FUNDED BY US AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONS. 90% OF ALL OUR CHRONIC ILLNESSES -- CONSTIPATION, OBESITY, DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, ET CETERA -- IS AS A RESULT OF INDIGESTION, INDIGESTION, INDIGESTION. IT ORIGINATES IN THE GUT. SO WE HAVE CALLED A NATURE CURE DOCTOR FROM INDIA WHO HAS BEEN PRACTICING FOR 43 YEARS TO COME TO TAMPA ON NOVEMBER 2nd AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TO HOLD WORKSHOPS ON NATURE CURE WHERE YOU USE SUN, WATER, AIR, FRESH FOODS TO ALLEVIATE ALL THESE SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MEDICINE. SHE WILL ALSO HOLD A WORKSHOP ON WHOLESOME VEGETARIAN COMPLETE PROTEIN DISH, WHICH IS EATEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT TAMPA DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT MUCH. SO THIS PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECT, SUPPORTED BY VISIT TAMPA

050BAY, TAMPA GENERAL, ADVENT HEALTH AND INDIA FESTIVAL IS COMING INTO TOWN. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE STAFF SECRETARY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND INDIA FESTIVAL WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE 3,000 FREE TICKETS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TO ALL SIX REGIONS AND THE KIDS AND SUCH. BECAUSE THIS KNOWLEDGE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 5,000-YEAR-OLD EVIDENCE-BASED KNOWLEDGE CANNOT BE TRADED IN A MARKETPLACE. IT CANNOT BE QUID PRO QUO. IT MUST BE GIVEN FREELY. SO THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE. THE ONLY THING IS, THERE ARE LIMITED SEATS OR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND ALL THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. 20 BILLBOARDS ARE GOING UP ALL OVER TAMPA STARTING YESTERDAY. AND SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF TAMPA TO COME. IN CLOSING -- I'VE SAID EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO SAY ON MY LIST. I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THIS

051WITH THE STAFF SECRETARY AND SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, YOU NEED TO TELL ME WHAT PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW SO WE CAN GET THESE TICKETS IN THE SCHOOLCHILDREN'S HANDS. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. PATEL. YOU CAN LEAVE THE TICKETS WITH MR. KAMM OVER AT THE COMMUNICATION STAFF. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IF YOU CAN ASSIGN THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL TO ASSIST HER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW I TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CHAIR, MS. SHAMBURGER. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, EVERYONE HERE WITH US TODAY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH ARE OUR RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE EIGHT PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING THAT WILL NEED TO BE VOTED ON. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING

052TO ASK THAT ALL PRESENTERS PLEASE KEEP YOUR PRESENTATIONS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. ALSO, BOARD MEMBERS, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I ASK THAT YOU ALSO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK PABLO TO PLEASE MAKE SURE HE USES OUR TIMED LIGHTS TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP EVERYONE ON TRACK. BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FULL, FULL AGENDA THIS EVENING. WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH PROCLAMATION A 01, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OBSERVES AND CELEBRATES LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) HISTORY MONTH, OCTOBER 2019. DR. MINERVA SPANNER-MORROW, CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM ALONG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS. WELCOME. >>Minerva Spanner-Morrow: GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE BOARD CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS, IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE FOR ME AS THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER TO KIND REQUEST ON

053BEHALF OF STUDENTS, STAFF, AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE DIVERSITY AND THE LGBT HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. SPECIFICALLY STARTING OCTOBER 16 THROUGH THE 31st, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH ACKNOWLEDGES THAT RESPECT FOR ALL PEOPLE IN A LEARNING AND WORK ENVIRONMENT OF MUTUAL TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING IS THE BEST GUARANTEE FOR PEACE, UNITY, SAFETY AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD ON YOUR RECENT EQUITY AWARD CUBE FROM THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, SENIOR AND DISTRICT LEADERS, FOR ADVANCING THE EQUITY WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TODAY WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PARTNERING WITH THE DISTRICT ON PROMOTING EQUALITY AND EQUITY. I WILL NOT NAME EVERY ORGANIZATION, BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO STAND IF YOU ARE A COMMUNITY PARTNER, COMMUNITY MEMBER,

054FORMAL OR INFORMAL COMMUNITY AND STAFF MEMBERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND ALL ALLIES WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PROMOTING EQUALITY AND EQUITY IN ANY WAY, WHETHER THROUGH A PROJECT, COMMITTEE EVENTS, WITH ANY DIVISION, THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY, OR OFFICE OF SUPPLIER DIVERSITY, PLEASE STAND AT THIS TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND FOR YOUR SERVICES. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION EFFORTS HAVE MINIMAL VALUE IF IT DOES NOT AFFECT TEACHING AND LEARNING IN A POSITIVE WAY AND BY EMBRACING EACH AND EVERY STUDENT. THEREFORE THIS EVENING, I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR OWN STUDENTS WHO WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. FIRST, WE WILL HAVE THE LGBT PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BREAK. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND WE'LL RESUME AGAIN WITH THE DIVERSITY PROCLAMATION. FOR THE LGBT HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION, WELCOME, KAZMOL,

05510th GRADER AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. AND CAL, 12th GRADER AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. >> WHEREAS, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER AMERICANS HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF AMERICAN SOCIETY; AND WHEREAS, LGBT HISTORY MONTH WAS CREATED IN 1994 BY A HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER IN MISSOURI NAMED RODNEY WILSON; AND WHEREAS, ENCOMPASSING A NUMBER OF HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT DAYS THIS OCTOBER IS SET TO REMIND BOTH THE LGBT AND WIDER COMMUNITIES OF IMPORTANT ROLES LGBT PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN IN CREATING THE SOCIAL, LEGAL AND POLITICAL WORLDS WE LIVE IN TODAY; AND WHEREAS, ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL AND DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; AND WHEREAS, THIS MONTH, AS WE RECOGNIZE THE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LGBT AMERICANS, WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR

056LGBT STUDENTS AND STAFF AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF ALL YOUTH AND TO REMOVING BARRIERS TO THAT END; AND WE BELIEVE THAT LGBT YOUTH SHOULD FEEL SAFE TO LEARN WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HARASSMENT; AND WHEREAS, LGBT EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES SHOULD BE SUPPORTED TO LIVE AN AFFIRMATIVE LIFE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. >> AND WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA HAS TAKEN APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ADDRESS LGBT BULLYING AND HARASSMENT AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IN GENERAL THROUGH THE FOLLOWING HCPS BOARD POLICIES PROTESTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF OUR STUDENTS: 1362 ANTI-HARASSMENT; 5517.01 BULLYING AND HARASSMENT; 3310 AND 4310 FREEDOM OF SPEECH OUTSIDE THE WORKPLACE; AND 2260 NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESS TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY; AND WHEREAS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, STAFF, PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PART IN LGBT HISTORY MONTH IN ANY WAY THAT IS

057MOST POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES; AND TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO HIGHLIGHT EXEMPLARY ROLE MODELS FROM THE LGBT COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPRECIATES AND RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBT HISTORY MONTH AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF EDUCATING AND CALLING TO ACTION THE CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE EQUAL PROTECTION OF ALL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS AND STAFF, REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER EXPRESSION OR GENDER IDENTITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY DECLARE ITS SUPPORT OF OCTOBER 2019 AS LGBT HISTORY MONTH. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION. GO AHEAD AND CLAP. [ APPLAUSE ] I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART. A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR LGBT HISTORY MONTH

058OCTOBER 2019. WE WILL BEGIN DISCUSSION WITH MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MINERVA, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I APPRECIATE IT. I WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE BOARD TO KNOW THIS IS A FIRST FOR OUR DISTRICT. THIS IS AN HISTORICAL EVENT, BUT IT IS ALSO STATEWIDE. WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING RESOURCES AND EQUITY TO EVERY STUDENT IN OUR SCHOOL. I WANT TO ALSO THANK, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME FOLKS HERE FROM EQUALITY FLORIDA. LEANNE KLUM BACK THERE WHO HAVE BEEN ALL INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH THIS GROUP OF TEENS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PROCLAMATION. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez:

059LGBT HISTORY IS THE ONLY COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE WHICH IS NOT TAUGHT IN HOMES, IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OR IN RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. AND SO HERE IN TAMPA BAY, WE HAVE EMBRACED IT, AND ESPECIALLY WITH HAVING AN ELECTED MAYOR THAT IS A VOICE AND REPRESENTS THE LGBT COMMUNITY. I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF A DISTRICT THAT ACKNOWLEDGES AND STEPS UP TO BE PART OF AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY THAT IS PART OF OUR OWN. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPLAUD THE COURAGE TO EXPAND, LET'S JUST SAY, THE AWARENESS AND THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF YET ANOTHER GROUP OF NOT ONLY STUDENTS, ADULTS, WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS CHANGING AND OUR CITY OF TAMPA IS CHANGING. AS SUCH, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE PROACTIVE APPROACH AND EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN THAT

060DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. AS SUCH, THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO IT. AS EDUCATORS, WHICH I'M LOOKING AT MANY OF THEM, WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT IN OUR SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE CURRICULUM, THE SEL, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE BULLIED, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BULLIED IF YOU ARE DIFFERENT, LOOKING DIFFERENT, TALKING DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT VALUES, AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE ACRONYM LGBTQ IN THAT CURRICULUM. ANOTHER PART OF AN EDUCATIONAL VALUE, OBVIOUSLY, AND I KNOW THAT MS. CA POOCHY IS NOT HERE, BUT THE SEXUAL EDUCATION. CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT AS WELL. I KNOW THAT'S ENCOMPASSED IN THERE. EDUCATION IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER, AND AN EQUALIZER IN THIS PARTICULAR GROUP NEEDS TO BE DONE. BEST PRACTICES IN THE PRAGMATIC SENSE WOULD MEAN AN ANTIDISCRIMINATION POSTER IN EVERY SCHOOL. ALSO, I THINK

061THAT THE IDEA THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR LEADERSHIP IS PROMOTING ANTIDISCRIMINATION. MINERVA, I KNOW THAT YOU AND I TALKED. I THINK OUR POLICY LANGUAGE, YOU AND I HAVE AGREED TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER WITH A LAWYER TO MAKE SURE WE ENGAGE IN ACTUAL LANGUAGE THAT OUR BOARD WILL HOPEFULLY ALSO ACQUIESCE TO, SO THIS IS PART OF A NORM. WE CANNOT ALLOW THE SURMOUNTING DISCRIMINATION TO CONTINUE AND THERE IS VERY, VERY HARD EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE BULLYING, AND I'M VERY, VERY AWARE OF THAT, AS I KNOW THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE. ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WE SHALL FACE THIS AND WE SHALL MAKE SURE POLICY IS RELEVANT TO THE MATTER AT HAND. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. THANK YOU AGAIN, MINERVA SPANNER-MORROW, FOR YOUR DIVISION BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS,

062BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH MEMBER SNIVELY AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, AT THIS TIME, IT IS NOW -- IT IS 5 AFTER 5. WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PAUSE IN OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND TAKE CARE OF THIS AND THEN WE'LL RESUME WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTION FOR THE NEW AND REVISED POLICIES ADOPTION PROCESS. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT PURSUANT TO STATE LAW AND BOARD POLICY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BOARD AND TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD. THE POLICIES WERE ADVERTISED

063AND HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEW. I'LL NOW ASK KRISTEN DAVIS, DEPARTMENT MANAGER OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. AFTER HER HIGHLIGHT, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD ON THE PROPOSED POLICIES. WELCOME, MS. DAVIS. >> THANK YOU. SO THE POLICIES BEFORE YOU, THERE ARE 17 OF THEM, NEW AND REVISED. THEY WERE BROUGHT FORWARD REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AT JULY 16 AND AUGUST 20 WORKSHOPS. SUBSEQUENT, WE HAVE, AS OUR CHAIR STATED, WE ADVERTISED PURSUANT TO STATE LAW. THEY'VE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. NOW WE'RE READY TO FINALIZE THIS POLICY CYCLE WITH THE ADOPTION. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE WE MOVE INTO POTENTIAL BOARD MEMBER COMMENT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION OF NEW AND REVISED POLICIES?

064LAST CALL. NO ONE. WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ACTUALLY. HOLD ON. I DIDN'T HIT THE GAVEL. I NEED TO TAKE A MOTION. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER CONA AND A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART TO ADOPT THE POLICIES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH MEMBER SNIVELY AWAY FROM THE DAIS. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CLOSE THE HEARING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. DAVIS. WE WILL NOW MOVE BACK INTO OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. WE WILL RESUME WITH ITEM A 02, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OBSERVES AND CELEBRATES GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARENESS MONTH OCTOBER 16 THROUGH OCTOBER 31. DR. SPANNER-MORROW WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM ALONG WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL, JORDAN DEES. WELCOME. >> IT

065IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE JORDAN DEES, STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WILL READ OUR PROCLAMATION. >> HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY TO SPEAK. WHEREAS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE 8th LARGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION, SERVES MORE THAN 200,000 DIVERSE STUDENTS THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF NEARLY 25,000 DIVERSE EMPLOYEES; AND WHEREAS, OUR DISTRICT, AS PART OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD, IS COMMITTED TO PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE AND PROVIDING THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORTS TO ENABLE EACH STUDENT TO EXCEL AS A SUCCESSFUL AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN; AND WHEREAS, OUR DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED POLICIES THAT PROMOTE A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE LEARNING AND WORK ENVIRONMENT FREE FROM ANY FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, OR BULLYING ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, AGE, NATIONAL OR

066ETHNIC ORIGIN, POLITICAL BELIEFS, MARITAL STATUS, HANDICAPPING CONDITION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SOCIAL AND FAMILY BACKGROUND; AND WHEREAS, OUR DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED A RACIAL EQUITY POLICY WITH THE PURPOSE OF ELIMINATING EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES AND ENSURING SYSTEMIC EQUITY BY INVITING AND INCLUDING PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND ETHNICITIES IN PROVIDING ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS; AND WHEREAS, OUR DISTRICT HAS PARTNERED WITH AREA ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESSES, WOMEN-OWNED, MINORITY VENDORS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ENHANCE INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, MULTICULTURAL DIALOGUE AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS AND THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS, OUR DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE LIVE IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY AND EMBRACES THE DIVERSITY OF EACH STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE, UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES ONLY STRENGTHEN US; AND WHEREAS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL PROMOTE DIVERSITY AWARENESS ACTIVITIES FROM OCTOBER 16,

0672019, THROUGH OCTOBER 30, 2019. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF ITS STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES AND PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. DEES, FOR THAT. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER CONA AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY, TO ADOPT THE GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION, OCTOBER 16, THROUGH OCTOBER 31st, 2019. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU AGAIN. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AROUND THE AGENDA JUST A LITTLE BIT AND MOVE TO ITEM A 07, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION FOR THE NATIONAL ENERGY AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER 2019, MARYLOU WHALEY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY

068ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH AND PHILANTHROPY WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>MaryLou Whaley: THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF BRINGING THIS ENERGY AWARENESS PROCLAMATION FORWARD. HERE TODAY ARE CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL JAKE RUSSELL AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF, MS. LOCASTRO AND HER TV PRODUCTION STUDENTS. TRINA RODRIGUEZ AND DANIEL PEDRON HERE WITH US. BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROCLAMATION, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ABOUT OUR VALUABLE PARTNERSHIP WITH MINIMIZE. AS A PARTNER IN EDUCATION, MINIMISE WHO STARTED AS A CONSERVATION ENERGY CONTRACTOR, HAS WILLINGLY PROVIDED AND CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN CULTIVATING ENERGY AWARENESS. TRINA RODRIGUEZ WILL SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THEIR EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE RECENT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. TRINA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND STAFF, AS DIRECTOR

069OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CEO, MR. DANIEL PEDRON AND OUR TEAM AT MINIMISE USA, SOME OF WHOM ARE WITH US THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED STUDENTS STANDING BESIDE ME. MINIMISE USA IS COMMITTED TO SERVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BEYOND THE TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE. OUR GOAL IS TO TRULY SHIFT MIND-SETS AROUND ENERGY AWARENESS IN THE HOPES OF A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAREER TECH ED DIVISION, OUR CHANGE MANAGEMENT TEAM WANTED TO PUT THE POWER IN THE HANDS OF THE STUDENTS THROUGH A HIGH SCHOOL TV PRODUCTION PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTING ENERGY AWARENESS

070MONTH WHERE STUDENTS COMPETED DISTRICTWIDE FOR A CASH PRIZE TO GO TOWARD THEIR PROGRAM. WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE STUDENTS AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL TOOK FIRST PLACE, SHOWCASING THEIR INCREDIBLE CREATIVITY AND TALENT, WHILE ALSO CULTIVATING ENERGY AWARENESS AT THEIR SCHOOL AND EARNING AN $800 CONTRIBUTION FROM MINIMISE USA TO GO TOWARD THEIR SCHOOL'S TV PRODUCTION PROGRAM. IT HAS BEEN TRULY INSPIRING TO SEE THE WORK OF THESE STUDENTS AND AN HONOR TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEIR TEACHER WHO HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO PARTNER WITH. CHAMBERLAIN'S HIGH SCHOOL MS. CHRISTINA LOCASTRO. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HI, EVERYONE. THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO START OFF THE YEAR. I'M SO EXCITED. MY PRINCIPAL, MR. JAKE RUSSELL, HAS BEEN EXPONENTIALLY SUPPORTIVE AND GENEROUS OF

071THE STUDENTS AND THEIR CREATIVE ASPIRATIONS. I COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER PRINCIPAL. WHEN I FIRST MET THE STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THAT THEY WERE SELF-STARTERS, THAT THEY WERE CREATIVE AND AMBITIOUS. WHEN I CAME TO THEM AND SAID, HEY, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND CREATE THIS SUPER COOL MINIMISE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON ENERGY CONSERVATION, THEY WERE INTRIGUED. I GAVE THEM COMPLETE AND TOTAL FREEDOM. THEY DID ALL OF THIS ON THEIR OWN, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM. THIS IS ALAN RELIGATTO, ONE OF OUR FIRST-PLACE PRIZEWINNERS. >> HELLO. I AM ALLEN RELIGATTO. I AM THE FIRST-PLACE WINNER FOR THIS FILM THAT I MADE ALONG WITH SATRY PENZONE. THROUGHOUT THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE FOR THE VIDEO, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT THE COUNTY DOES WITH ENERGY AND HOW MUCH ENERGY WE

072USE. THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING OVERALL. WILL ACCOMPANY ME TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS THE ART OF GETTING THE SAME OR BETTER PERFORMANCE USING LESS ENERGY -- ALL WHILE SAVING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN UTILITY BILLS AND WHERE A PERCENTAGE OF THE PREPAID SAVINGS HAS BEEN GIVEN BACK TO OUR SCHOOLS BY MINIMISE USA; WHEREAS, IMPLEMENTING CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO HELP PROMOTE AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND CAREER TRACKS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE; AND WHEREAS, MORE THAN 2.2 MILLION AMERICANS WORK IN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY SECTOR IN LOCAL, GOOD-PAYING, CLEAN ENERGY JOBS THAT CANNOT BE OUTSOURCED AND WHERE INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY WILL CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME; WHEREAS, A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY GROUPS AND PARTNERS, SUCH AS MINIMISE USA, HAS DESIGNATED OCTOBER

073AS NATIONAL ENERGY AWARENESS MONTH; AND WHEREAS, TOGETHER, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY AND STAFF AND DISTRICT LEADERS CAN CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS BY LEARNING MORE ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND PRACTICING SMARTER ENERGY USE IN OUR DAILY LIVES. WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION THROUGH OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, DEMONSTRATING THAT SDHC IS COMMITTED TO CONSERVING ENERGY AND THAT IT STARTS WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, HEREBY PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2019 AS ENERGY AWARENESS MONTH, FOR ALL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS URGING YOU TO JOIN IN OUR COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND OUR PURSUIT IN ACHIEVING OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOALS NOW AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. IT'S

074WORTH THE ENERGY. >> IT'S A PLEASURE AND GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE. I'M ONE OF THE FILM MAKERS THAT CREATED THE WINNING VIDEO THAT I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL TODAY. WORKING ON THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT PROJECT REGARDING A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE, WHICH IS ENERGY CONSERVATION, WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. I GOT TO WORK WITH SOME LOVELY PEOPLE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, LIKE ZOEY ADDINGTON AND REGLATTO. MY FILM TEACHER, MS. LOCASTRO, WHO HELPED MOTIVATE ME TO WORK HARDER AND MAKE THE EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR ME AND MY FILM GROUP. APART FROM MY TEACHER'S INFLUENCE, THE CREATION OF THE PROJECT WAS EXCITING NONETHELESS. GETTING A HIGHER UNDERSTANDING OF THE GLOBAL ISSUE AND HAVING AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF IT IN SUCH A MANNER HAD US ALL THRILLED, AND WE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE A

075SHORT PSA THAT WE CAN ALL DECLARE OURSELVES PROUD OF PRODUCING. TO END MY SPEECH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL, MY FILM TEACHER, MS. LOCASTRO AND MINIMISE USA FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE. NOW ON TO THE FILM. I HOPE YOU ENJOY. >> ENERGY, WE ALL USE IT. IT'S ESSENTIAL TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. HERE IN TAMPA, WE DEFINITELY USE ENERGY AND A LOT OF IT. OUR AREA IS RANKED AS THE FOURTH CITY WITH THE MOST RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE IN THE WHOLE NATION AND FLORIDA IS THE THIRD STATE WITH THE MOST ENERGY USE OVERALL. WHAT TAMPA LOCALS DON'T KNOW IS THE POWER COMPANY, TECO, OFFERS MANY OPTIONS TO BECOME MORE POWER FRIENDLY. CUSTOMERS CAN SWITCH TO SOLAR ENERGY AS LITTLE AS $17 A MONTH WITHOUT PURCHASING SOLAR PANELS. IT IS CALLED SUN SELECT. IF YOU'RE

076INTERESTED IN HOW MUCH YOUR HOUSEHOLD OLD-FASHIONED THINGS LIKE TURNING OFF LIGHTS WHEN NOT IN USE AND UNPLUGGING APPLIANCES UNTIL YOU USE THEM. HELP MAKE THE PLANET A BETTER PLACE AND CONSERVE ENERGY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF. AFTER I WAS AT CHAMBERLAIN YESTERDAY AND WATCHED THE EXCITEMENT, I WENT BACK TO MY OFFICE AND SAT WITH THE TEAM AND SAID WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? IN CELEBRATION OF ENERGY AWARENESS MONTH, MINIMISE USA IS ANNOUNCING A PARTNERSHIP WITH HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FUND FOR $50,000. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS. IT WILL BE OFFERED STARTING IN JANUARY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE WE READY FOR THE VOTE? FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE STUDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNING VIDEO AND, OF COURSE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF

077YOUR AMAZING TEACHERS. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. AT THIS TIME I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER CONA AND A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL ENERGY AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER 2019. WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION WITH MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE FAN CLUB HERE FOR A FEW YEARS. I HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED WHAT I THINK IS GOOD PRACTICE, THE BEST PRACTICE FOR VENDORS IN THE FUTURE, MIMICKING EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. THE FIRST THING, AND IT IS A PARTNERSHIP, FOR A REALLY GOOD VENDOR PARTNERSHIP. FIRST, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EXCELLENT PRODUCT AND SERVICE. WHICH AS YOUR LITERATURE HAS SHARED, WE KNOW THAT WE WILL SAVE OVER 24,000 IN WATER SAVINGS ALONE WITH MANY OF YOUR INNOVATIONS AND AT BLAKE, THE ACTUAL HVAC

078HARDWARE WILL BRING IN FUTURE ENERGY SAVINGS. AND THEN THERE IS THE REALITY OF HOW MUCH WILL WE REALLY SAVE? USING YOU AS A VENDOR. WE ALSO NOW HAVE PROOF THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY, MINIMISE, WILL SAVE US OVER $2 MILLION JUST FOR THE USE OF THE LED LIGHTING ALONE WITH INCREASED USAGE OF SOLAR PANELS AND HVAC COOLING TOWERS HAVING THE ABILITY TO SAVE OUR DISTRICT 6 MILLION GALLONS OF DRINKING WATER. I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING TO THE AUDIENCE, BUT IT IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP, WHICH INCLUDES KIDS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. THIRD PART OF A GREAT VENDOR RELATIONSHIP SHOULD BE THE OUTREACH. HOW ARE WE SHARING THIS TECHNOLOGY, THIS GREAT VENDOR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CHILDREN, WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND NOW AS I HEAR YOU, WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING

079NOT ONLY THE KIDS IN EDUCATION BUT OUR TEACHERS ARE ABSOLUTELY INVOLVED IN A CURRICULUM THAT WILL TEACH ENERGY SAVINGS. SO THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE EDUCATIONAL MODEL. LAST, I SAY THIS TO ANY VENDOR THAT COMES UP TO US, HOW ABOUT GIVING OUR KIDS AN ABSOLUTE PATHWAY TO ENERGY OR LET'S SAY, ENERGY CERTIFICATION. NOW NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE YOU ALL DOING FILMMAKING, YOU'RE LEARNING TECHNOLOGICAL TYPES OF INNOVATION AND YOU ARE GOING TO GAIN CERTIFICATION. HOW GREAT IS THAT FOR A VENDOR BUT A PARTNERSHIP? I THANK YOU, MS. SAUNDERS, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER A FEW YEARS BACK. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE INDICATIVE OF A GREAT WAVE OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER CONA. >>Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I

080WANT TO ECHO WHAT -- DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER TO THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY BEING A PARTNER BUT MAKING SURE WHAT YOU GIVE BACK TO OUR STUDENTS IS UNBELIEVABLE. I APPRECIATE YOU, AND MINIMISE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I APPRECIATE THAT. LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY GO CHIEFS. I AM NOT ONLY AN ALUMNI OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I'M ALSO AN ALUMNI OF THE TV PRODUCTION PROGRAM. SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THE TRADITION HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN TO THE NEXT GENERATION. YOU GUYS HAVE WAY COOLER EQUIPMENT THAN WHAT I HAD. I WAS RUNNING OFF VIDEOTAPES AND STUFF. CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. YOU SEEM TO HAVE AN EXCELLENT

081TV PRODUCTION TEACHER. I HOPE TO STOP BY AND VISIT SOON. THANK YOU, GUYS, AND CONGRATULATIONS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO ADD. THANK YOU, DANIEL, FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU TO CHAMBERLAIN FOR YOUR CONSISTENCY IN BRINGING FORWARD REALLY GREAT VIDEO PRODUCTION STUFF. IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN AT THE PODIUM WINNING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YOU'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE ME AS A BOARD MEMBER AND COUNTYWIDE BOARD MEMBER, BUT YOU HAVE ADOPTED STEVE CONA AS YOUR BOARD MEMBER, TOO. SOME DAYS I QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT I AM THE BOARD MEMBER OR HE IS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER STUART. [ APPLAUSE ] SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT, LET'S VOTE. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT

082IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM A 03. NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH, NOVEMBER 2019. PATRICIA, AGUIRE, COORDINATOR, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND STAFF, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES AND THE FAMILIES ENROLLED IN THE TITLE VI NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE AMERICAN INITIATIVE. I AM VERY PLEASED TO HAVE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS INTRODUCE HERSELF TO YOU AS SHE PROUDLY READS THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE PROCLAMATION.PASS AROUND A GIFT THAT WAS ACTUALLY HANDMADE BY TAYLOR, WHO IS GOING TO INTRODUCE HERSELF IN A MINUTE. A REMEMBRANCE OF REPRESENTING THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE. >> HI. I'M TAYLOR.

083I AM A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL STUDENT. WHEREAS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES JOIN CITIZENS ACROSS THIS GREAT NATION IN CELEBRATION OF THE CURRENT AND HISTORIC ROLE THAT THE INDIGENOUS VOICE HAS PLAYED IN THE U.S. DURING NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH; AND WHEREAS, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TITLE VI PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HAS PROVIDED INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTS SINCE 2011 UNDER THE FEDERALLY-FUNDED TITLE VI NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE EDUCATION INITIATIVE IN EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED ACADEMICALLY; AND WHEREAS, THE TITLE VI PROGRAM'S VISION IS TO CULTIVATE A GREATER INCLUSION AND CULTURAL AWARENESS ON BEHALF OF THE THOUSANDS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE IDENTIFIED AS NATIVE AMERICAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE BY THEIR PARENTS; AND WHEREAS,

084WE RECOGNIZE THE KEY ROLES OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND ALASKAN NATIVES THROUGHOUT HISTORY AS WELL AS THE RICH CULTURAL LEGACY THAT HAS HELPED SHAPE OUR NATION'S IDENTITY; AND WHEREAS, WE BEAR WITNESS TO THE EXPERIENCES OF NATIVE PEOPLES TODAY AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND NATION; AND WHEREAS, THE STUDY OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HISTORY PROVIDES ALL STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE ROLE MODELS, AS WELL AS ALLOWS FOR LEARNING ABOUT OUR NATION'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING THAT AMERICA'S STRENGTH LIES IN THE DIVERSITY OF HER PEOPLE; AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY DECLARE THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2019 AS NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO COMMEMORATE NATIVE AMERICANS AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH WITH PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT HONOR

085THIS PROUD HERITAGE AS WELL AS PROMISES OF A GREATER FUTURE. AS I PASS OUT THE DREAM CATCHERS, I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK BACKGROUND. DREAM CATCHERS ORIGINATED FROM THE CHIPPEWA TRIBE. THE SPIEDER IS A SYMBOL OF PROTECTION AND COMFORT. THE SPIDER SERVES AS THE SPIRITUAL PROTECTOR OF THE TRIBE. BUT AS THE TRIBE CONTINUED TO SPREAD OUT, IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO WATCH OVER EVERYONE SO SHE CREATED THE FIRST DREAM CATCHER. THEY SPREAD ALONG, ALONG WITH THE MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS THAT CREATED DREAM CATCHERS FOR THE FAMILY. DREAM CATCHERS ARE USED TO PROTECT SLEEPING PEOPLE FROM BAD DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES. NATIVE AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT THE NIGHT AIR IS FILLED WITH GOOD AND BAD DREAMS. DREAM CATCHERS ARE HUNG ABOVE THE BED WHERE THE MORNING SUNLIGHT CATCHES IT. BAD DREAMS ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE NET. BAD DREAMS ARE

086DESTROYED AND BURNED UP IN THE SUNLIGHT. WHEN A GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER GIVES THEM TO A DAUGHTER OR THEIR FAMILY, IT IS THEIR WAY OF KEEPING THEM SAFE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, TAYLOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THESE WONDERFUL GIFTS FOR US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AT THIS TIME, I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER CONA TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH NOVEMBER 2019. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO ITEM A 04, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION FOR FEEDING MINDS, NOURISHING COMMUNITIES SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAM. MARYLOU WHALEY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH AND PHILANTHROPY WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. WELCOME BACK. >>MaryLou Whaley:

087THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BRING ATTENTION TO OCTOBER AS CHILD HUNGER MONTH. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FEEDING TAMPA BAY, THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THE CHRONIC HUNGER IS A PERVASIVE CONCERN FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. TO DATE, 28 OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE FEEDING MINDS NOURISHING COMMUNITIES SCHOOL-BASED PANTRIES. AS WE KNOW, GOOD NUTRITION IS CRITICAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS, IMPROVING LEARNING, BRINGING STABILITY TO THE FAMILY AND CREATING A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THOMAS, PRESIDENT OF FEEDING TAMPA BAY, WHO WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESSIBLE NUTRITIOUS FOOD AS WELL AS KIM BETTER LYNNE JACKSON, SUCCESS COACH FROM MEMORIAL, WHO WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION. THOMAS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, SUPERINTENDENT, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH YOU. WE DO

088HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU HOW IMPORTANT ACCESS TO NUTRITION IS. WE APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO WORK IN A MUCH DIFFERENT WAY TO ACCESS THE FAMILIES WE SERVE. IF I COULD BRIEFLY SHARE THE STORY OF HOW WE ENDED UP WITH SCHOOL PANTRY, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO ALL OF US TO THINK ABOUT THIS. FOR YEARS, WE DID BACKPACK PROGRAMS. SENT BACKPACKS HOME WITH FOLKS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE KNOW THE CHILD WAS HUNGRY AND WANT THEM TO HAVE A FEW SNACKABLE ITEMS OVER THE WEEKEND TO HAVE MEALS THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE IN THE HOME. WE DECIDED TO WORK WITH USF AND STUDY THE PROGRAM TO SEE IF IT WAS EFFECTIVE. WE FOUND OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION WE FOUND OUT AS WITH WAS THAT 68% OF ALL THE

089BACK PACKS WERE BEING EATEN FRIDAY NIGHT BY THE FAMILY. IT WASN'T JUST THE CHILDREN WHO WERE HUNGRY, IT WAS THE FAMILY. HUNGER IS A FARMER ISSUE. WE PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE AN IDEA. CAN WE PUT PANTRIES ON CAMPUSES OF SCHOOLS? FOR US, THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO ACCESS PEOPLE WE SERVE. WE MAKE SURE HEALTHY FOOD IS AVAILABLE. SUPERINTENDENT, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID TO US, WHICH WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR US, FOOD ISN'T JUST ABOUT NUTRITION. IT'S ABOUT CONNECTION TO WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE, WHO WE ARE WITH OUR FAMILIES, WHO WE ARE CULTURALLY. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SHARED WITH US WHICH WAS CRITICAL FOR US AND WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT WAS ALSO A MOMENT OF TRUST BETWEEN YOU

090AND THE FAMILY. WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THAT WITH YOU. WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO EXPAND THAT. WE APPRECIATE IN PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER STUART'S GREAT WORK ON OUR BEHALF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS. WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE SHOULD HEAR FROM -- >> HELLO, MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO MR. MINCE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS THE BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT SHEA McCRAY, MARYLOU WHALEY, ANITA, AND OUR PRINCIPAL, APRIL, FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP BRINGING THE PROGRAM TO OUR SCHOOL. WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO STAND IN THE GAP TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES BY REMOVING THE BARRIER OF FOOD INSECURITY. NOW FOR THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, HUNGER AND POVERTY ARE SEVERE ISSUES IN

091THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE TAMPA BAY AREA, AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; AND WHEREAS, NEARLY 185,000 INDIVIDUALS AND MORE THAN 125,345 CHILDREN EXPERIENCE HUNGER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, MANY OF WHOM RELY UPON FOOD ASSISTANCE FROM FEEDING TAMPA BAY THROUGH ITS NETWORK OF PARTNER AGENCIES AND DIRECT DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS; AND WHEREAS, CLOSE TO 65 PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ENROLLED IN FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAMS; AND WHEREAS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FEEDING TAMPA BAY ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS AND INCREASE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOODS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED; AND WHEREAS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FEEDING TAMPA BAY ARE COMMITTED TO OPENING ADDITIONAL SCHOOL PANTRIES ACROSS THE COUNTY TO CONTINUE FEEDING YOUNG MINDS, CREATING BETTER FUTURES AND STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT

092THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, THE GOVERNING BODY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE FEEDING MINDS, NOURISHING COMMUNITIES SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAM, AND THANKS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FEEDING TAMPA BAY FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, DATED THIS 15th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2019, BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. JACKSON FOR THE PROCLAMATION. MR. MANCE, WE APPRECIATE YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY MR. CONA TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR FEEDING MINDS, NOURISHING COMMUNITIES SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAM. WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION WITH MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. MANCE FOR BEING HERE. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ONE OF OUR FIRST CHARITABLE DAYS AT FEEDING TAMPA BAY WHICH WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO. I WANT TO THANK THE

093SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF WHO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND COORDINATED WITH FEEDING TAMPA BAY. WE HAD A GREAT AFTERNOON. WE SPENT ABOUT THREE HOURS OVER AT THEIR WAREHOUSE WHERE FAMILIES COME IN AND ACTUALLY DO SHOPPING LIKE THEY ARE IN A GROCERY STORE. IT WAS A GREAT DAY. I HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU, MR. MANCE, IN THAT YOU HAVE CLOCKS ON THE WALL FOR ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME AND VOLUNTEER. AND EVERY TIME MARYLOU AND I WALK INTO FEEDING TAMPA BAY, WE SAY, MAN, WE DON'T HAVE A CLOCK ON THE WALL. WE'RE THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND WE HAVE NO CLOCK ON THE WALL. I KEEP TEASING HER, I'LL PUT A WATCH UP THERE WITH OUR NAME ON IT. WE HAVE A CLOCK FOR YOU THAT HAS OUR NAME ON IT. YOU CAN HOLD IT

094IN YOUR OFFICE UNTIL WE REACH SUCH STATUS AS HAVING THE CLOCK ON THE WALL, BUT I'M HERE TO GUARANTEE TO YOU THAT WE WILL BE BACK AND WE'LL BE VOLUNTEERING IN YOUR FACILITY AND GIVING BACK AS YOU DO TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S PROBABLY NO GREATER GIFT SOMEONE CAN GIVEN THAT THE GIFT OF TIME. >>Cindy Stuart: AS SOON AS WE VOTE ON THE PROCLAMATION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. DAILY NUTRITION IS VITAL IN REDUCING SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH. AS A LACK OF NUTRITION AFFECTS THE ENTIRE BODY. IT REDUCES ENERGY AND INCREASES ILLNESS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST

095VULNERABLE, OUR STUDENTS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: WELL, THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING. YOU KNOW, COUNTYWIDE, I TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL, AS YOU DO, OBVIOUSLY. I JUST WAS -- I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF NOT ONLY THANKING YOU, I WISH I WOULD HAVE MET YOU ONE ON ONE, BUT SINCE YOU'RE RIGHT HERE, MR. MANCE, IS THAT CORRECT? I ALSO WANT TO THANK MEMORIAL, THE PRINCIPAL AND ALSO CINDY GUY, ONE OF YOUR PRINCIPALS, WHO ALSO GETS GREAT SUPPORT FROM MOSAIC, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY -- IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE. PUBLIX, THAT IS THE COMMON INGREDIENT IN ALL THE FOOD PANTRIES. AT POTTER, I DIDN'T KNOW THE ECLECTIC AMOUNT OF SUPPORT YOU GET. EPICUREAN WAS ONE. AMALIE ARENA WAS ANOTHER SPONSOR. I JUST THINK YOU'RE ACCRUING A

096LOT OF SUPPORT. BUT IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, WE DO HAVE HUNGER. OUR FAMILIES ARE -- IT IS OUT THERE. IT IS REAL. WHEN I HEARD THE STATISTIC FROM MS. GUY, CINDY GUY, THE PRINCIPAL, THAT EACH FRIDAY, OVER 50 FAMILIES ARE COMING WITH THE ABSOLUTE NEED TO FEED THEIR FAMILY. THAT'S IN SOUTH COUNTY. BUT HUNGER IS REAL, AND IT IS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. WE COULD BE SAD, BUT ONE OF THE BETTER THINGS WE'RE DOING, WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM -- I KNOW THE BOARD SHARES THAT. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS AND BEING PROACTIVE AND KIDS BEING FED. >>Tamara Shamburger: I DID NOT KNOW PRINCIPAL GILYARD WAS IN THE AUDIENCE. IF YOU COULD STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL YOUR WONDERFUL

097WORK AT MEMORIAL. WE HAVE A COMMENT BY OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, MS. DEES. >> I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK YOU. JUST LIKE ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE. I GO TO SCHOOL AND I KNOW A LOT OF MY FRIENDS ON FREE, REDUCED LUNCH, FRIENDS THAT ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN GET FOOD NEXT. HEALTHY FOOD IS EVEN HARDER TO FIND AND TRY TO FIND THAT BALANCE. A GOOD MEAL IS IMPERATIVE TO GETTING AN EDUCATION AND FOCUSING IN SCHOOL. THAT DEFINITELY HAS A REFLECTION ON STUFF LIKE ATTENDANCE. I THINK THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS INSPIRING AND IT WILL AFFECT A LOT OF KIDS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE IN CLASS. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. DEES. WE APPRECIATE THAT. TONIGHT, WHEN WE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING, WHEN WE HAD THE ADOPTION OF

098POLICIES, THERE WERE TWO VERY IMPORTANT POLICIES THAT WERE PASSED THAT AFFECTS NUTRITION. OUR SCHOOL LUNCH IS ONE POLICY THAT I SUBMITTED WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES A HOT MEAL. NO LONGER WILL STUDENTS, FAMILIES WHO FACE SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES, NO LONGER WILL THEY HAVE TO BE SEGREGATED MEAL-WISE OR DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHAT I SAY MEAL-WISE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE SAME HOT MEAL THAT EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES. OFTENTIMES, THIS MAY BE THEIR OWN MEAL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION, OR THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM. I'M SO GRATEFUL, BOARD MEMBERS, THAT YOU AGREE TO PASS THAT POLICY. ALSO, MEMBER SNIVELY'S POLICY PASSED AS WELL, WHICH WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING OUR EXCESS FOOD. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THROWN IN THE TRASH.

099WE'LL IMPLEMENT A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD WILL GO TO FAMILIES AS WELL. ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE HELPING THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED YOU. SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, LET'S VOTE. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH MEMBER GRAY AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ACTUALLY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. MEMBER STUART WANTS TO MAKE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION. >>Cindy Stuart: I WOULD ASK AT THIS TIME IF THE BOARD WOULD ALLOW ME TO PULL ITEM 5.05, ALSO ABOUT THE MOA FOR FEEDING TAMPA BAY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY. >>Tamara Shamburger: I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY TO PULL ITEM

1005.05, APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN FEEDING TAMPA BAY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. THIS IS JUST TO PULL IT FOR SEPARATE VOTE. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. MEMBER STUART, YOU HAVE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION. >>Cindy Stuart: I DO, MADAM CHAIR. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D ASK FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE ITEM 5.05, WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FEEDING TAMPA BAY FOR THE EXPANSION OF FOOD PANTRIES INTO MORE OF OUR SCHOOLS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5.05. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH MEMBER GRAY AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THANK YOU,

101AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO ITEM A 05, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION FOR "NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK," OCTOBER 21 THROUGH 25, 2019. JAMIE, SAFETY MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. WELCOME. I LOVE THAT TIE. IT IS AMAZING. >> THANK YOU. MY CHILDREN GOT IT FOR ME. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND DISTRICT STAFF. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW MOMENTS THIS AFTERNOON TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT OUR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, BUS ATTENDANTS, MECHANICS AND TRANSPORTATION STAFF DO EVERY DAY TO KEEP OUR TRANSPORTED STUDENTS SAFE. EACH YEAR, THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK AND RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR IT. DURING THIS TIME, SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS WHO INCLUDE THE PREVIOUSLY NAMED EMPLOYEE GROUPS, WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE BASIC

102PRINCIPLE THAT STUDENT SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. AND THAT MOTORISTS, PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, AND OTHERS NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT WHEN THEY ARE IN THE VICINITY OF A SCHOOL BUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT SCHOOL BUS IS STOPPED ON THE ROADWAY LOADING OR UNLOADING STUDENTS. THEREFORE, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT INVITES THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK. WHEREAS, YELLOW SCHOOL BUSES ARE THE SAFEST POSSIBLE VEHICLES FOR CHILDREN ACCORDING TO STATE AND NATIONAL DATA. WHEREAS, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE, CRASH-FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BUS RIDERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WHO TRAVEL DAILY ON OUR ROADWAYS. AND WHEREAS, THE EXEMPLARY SAFETY PERFORMANCE EXHIBITED EACH DAY BY SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS ON THE ROADS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ENSURES THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SAFETY FOR OTHER

103MOTORISTS AND STUDENT RIDERS. AND WHEREAS, LOCAL CITIZENS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT STUDENT AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK, OCTOBER 21st TO THE 25th, 2019; AND WHEREAS, MOTORISTS MUST REMEMBER TO STOP WHEN A SCHOOL BUS HAS STOPPED WITH ITS STOP ARMS EXTENDED AND RED LIGHTS FLASHING; AND WHEREAS, MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE REMINDED ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN WHO ARE WALKING, BICYCLING, AND GETTING OFF AND ON SCHOOL BUSES; AND WHEREAS, DURING NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK, EVERYONE IS REMINDED TO KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON STUDENTS GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AROUND STUDENTS AND SCHOOL BUSES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZE SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 21-25, 2019. >>Tamara

104Shamburger: THANK YOU, MR. WARRINGTON. MOTION BY MR. CONA AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK OCTOBER 21-25, 2019. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS TODAY AND PRESENTING AWARENESS ABOUT THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. I'M GLAD THAT THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE IN THE PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SCHOOL BUSES ARE THE SAFEST POSSIBLE VEHICLE FOR CHILDREN ACCORDING TO STATE AND NATIONAL DATA. I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO REDEFINE WHAT HAZARDOUS PATHWAYS ARE SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY GAIN MORE FUNDING FOR MORE STUDENTS BEING ON THE BUS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE SAFEST WAY TO SCHOOL AND ALSO REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN AND AROUND OUR SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY,

105WHICH REDUCES THE FRUSTRATION OF MANY DRIVERS AND REDUCES VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS AS WELL. IT'S ALL CONNECTED, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE SAFETY. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND STATE LEGISLATORS TO REDEFINE WHAT HAZARDOUS PATHWAYS ARE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH MEMBER HAHN AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ALL THAT YOU DO. GO AHEAD. THAT IS A BIG ONE. SORRY. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM A 06, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION FOR LIGHTS ON AFTER-SCHOOL, LA SHAWN JOHNSON, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR HOST WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. OR MAYBE NOT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THAT IS LOUIS MURPHY, DIRECTOR

106OF OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD AND HOST PROGRAMS. >> MR. EAKINS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. BEFORE READING THE PROCLAMATION, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW OF OUR KEY PARTNERS AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AFTER-SCHOOL ALL STARS, JOE MANGIONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION, RICK VALDEZ, THE DIRECTOR. ADRIENNE ROUSE, MANAGER OF RECREATION SERVICES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. FROM BRANDON SPORTS AND AQUATICS, BRANDY HOPPER, DIRECTOR OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. FROM THE CHILDREN'S BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE HAVE MARIA NEGRON, PROGRAM DIRECTOR. FROM OUR OWN HILLSBOROUGH OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAM, WE HAVE LA SHAWN JOHNSON. ALSO FROM HOST, WE HAVE PAUL SHALE, TECHNOLOGY MANAGER. CINDY WILKERSON, LEARNING EXPERIENCE COORDINATOR FROM TAMPA METROPOLITAN YMCA, CANDACE CULVERT, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND SARAH HAYES, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BEFORE AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. [ APPLAUSE

107] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE PROCLAMATION FOR KEEPING LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL, WHEREAS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, STANDS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO QUALITY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY PRODUCE SAFE, CHALLENGING, AND ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND ACADEMIC SKILLS. THEY SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES BY ENSURING THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE AFTER THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL DAY ENDS. BUILDS STRONGER COMMUNITIES BY INVOLVING STUDENTS, PARENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND ADULT VOLUNTEERS IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE THEREBY PROMOTING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG YOUTH, FAMILY AND ADULTS. THEY ALSO ENGAGE FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ADVANCING THE WELFARE OF OUR STUDENTS. WHEREAS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS HAVE PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP IN THE AREAS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE EDUCATION AND WELL-BEING OF OUR YOUTH, GROUNDED IN THE PRINCIPLE THAT QUALITY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE KEY TO HELPING

108OUR CHILDREN BECOME SUCCESSFUL ADULTS. WHEREAS, LIGHTS ON AFTER-SCHOOL, THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM HELD THIS YEAR ON OCTOBER 24, 2019, PROMOTES THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. WHEREAS, MORE THAN 28 MILLION CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE PARENTS WHO WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME AND 15.1 MILLION CHILDREN HAVE NO PLACE TO GO AFTER SCHOOL. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS URGES THE CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO A SAFE, ENGAGING PLACE WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE ON AFTER SCHOOL; AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSES THE LIGHTS ON AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AND IS COMMITTED TO INNOVATIVE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ENSURE THAT THE LIGHTS STAY ON AND THE DOORS STAY OPEN FOR ALL CHILDREN AFTER SCHOOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Tamara Shamburger: I

109HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY. A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH MEMBER HAHN AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS FOR COMING TO VISIT WITH US TONIGHT AND ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST PROCLAMATION FOR THE EVENING, ITEM A 08, RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION ADOPTED BY GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS OBSERVING OCTOBER 2019 AS BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH. RAYMOND PADGETT, DEPARTMENT MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PHILANTHROPY, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM ALONG WITH DR. TOM MASSEY, CHAIR OF THE ANTI-BULLYING ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WELCOME TO

110THE BOTH OF YOU. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT STAFF AND VISITORS. SINCE 2009, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ANTIBULLYING ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS WORKED IN TANDEM WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT AND EXPAND ANTIBULLYING PROGRAMS SUCH AS BULLY BUSTERS, THE BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM, STUDENTS AGAINST VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE CLUBS, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATIONAL AND RECOGNITION PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO CURB AND ELIMINATE ALL FORMS OF BULLYING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. TOM MASSEY WHO HAS CHAIRED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2009. DR. MASSEY IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND DIVISION DIRECTOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES AT THE COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL AND COMMUNITY SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. DR. MASSEY WILL SHARE THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS' RECOGNITION OF THE

111PROCLAMATION ADOPTED BY GOVERNOR RAN DESANTIS OBSERVING OCTOBER 2019 AS BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME. I APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. I WANT TO READ THE PROCLAMATION VERY QUICKLY. I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO. I HAVE TO REMARK, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS CONFRONTING THE DISTRICT AND PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY. AND AS A RESULT, I THINK SOMETIMES BULLYING FADES A LITTLE BIT FROM AWARENESS UNTIL A CATASTROPHIC EVENT OCCURS AND THEN WE'RE REMINDED OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUE. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY SOMETHING SUCH AS THIS PROCLAMATION IS IMPORTANT. IT HELPS REMIND US OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUE. IT HELPS REMIND US OF THE MANY THINGS WE CAN

112DO, AND ACTUALLY THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, BOTH FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS. SO WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF FLORIDIANS ARE AFFECTED BY BULLYING; AND WHEREAS, BULLYING IS UNWANTED AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AMONG CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND ADULTS THAT INVOLVES A REAL OR PERCEIVED POWER IMBALANCE AND IS REPEATED, OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE REPEATED, OVER TIME; AND WHEREAS, BULLYING OCCURS IN NEIGHBORHOODS, PLAYGROUNDS, SCHOOLS AND THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, SUCH AS THE INTERNET AND CELL PHONES; AND WHEREAS, CHILDREN WHO BULLY ARE AT GREATER RISK OF ENGAGING IN MORE SERIOUS VIOLENT BEHAVIORS; AND WHEREAS, CHILDREN WHO WITNESS BULLYING OFTEN FEEL LESS SECURE, MORE FEARFUL AND INTIMIDATED; AND WHEREAS, THE TOPIC OF BULLYING PREVENTION ENCOURAGES STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO BE AWARE OF WHEN BULLYING OCCURS AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT

113BULLYING AND HOW TO PREVENT IT; AND WHEREAS, FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE DEVELOPED ANTIBULLYING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ENCOURAGE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND TO ADDRESS BULLYING BEHAVIORS; AND WHEREAS, SCHOOLS THAT FOCUS ON TEACHING KINDNESS CAN REDUCE BULLYING AND HAVE MULTIPLE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS TO INCLUDE A GREATER SENSE OF BELONGING, IMPROVED SELF-ESTEEM, IMPROVED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, INCREASED FEELINGS OF GRATITUDE AND BETTER CONCENTRATION TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AND WHEREAS BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE ALL FLORIDIANS TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY CHILD, YOUTH AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2019 BE PROCLAIMED TO BE BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH IN FLORIDA. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. BOARD MEMBERS, AS THIS IS ONLY A RECOGNITION AND NOT AN ADOPTION, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE

114A VOTE. HOWEVER WE WILL ALLOW COMMENCE. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BULLYING CAN HAVE A LASTING EFFECT ON MENTAL HEALTH. DUKE UNIVERSITY CONDUCTED A STUDY SHOWING THAT DEPRESSION AND PANIC DISORDERS INCREASE WITH BULLYING AND ACKNOWLEDGING AND WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE SENSITIVE WITH STUDENTS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE SENSITIVE, WILL START A CONVERSATION AT LEAST AND TURNING AROUND NOT ONLY THE FUTURE OF OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS BUT ALSO THEIR PRESENT AND FUTURE MENTAL WELLNESS. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER PEREZ. THAT NOW CONCLUDES BOARD MEMBER COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE NOW AT THE CONSENT AGENDA. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I

115HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE AGENDA ITEMS 6.23, B 6.23, WHICH REALLY SURROUNDS ITSELF WITH THE VAM, THE VALUE-ADDED MODEL. BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF DISCONTENT WITH VAM. I KNOW THE YEARS THAT I STARTED TEACHING WITH THE FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE VALUATION, I THINK IT WAS CALLED THE FLORIDA PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. IT WAS MORE INDIVIDUALIZED AND THEN THE STATE GOT AHOLD OF THE RATING SYSTEM AND PUT SOME FILTERS IN THERE. BUT VERY, VERY UNFAIR TO MANY TEACHERS BECAUSE, AS WE KNOW, WHEN CHILDREN MOVE FROM, SAY, A HIGH NEEDS TO A AN AP HIGHER LEVEL SCHOOL DRILLING INTO HIGHER THINKING, PERFORMANCE, ET CETERA, SOMETIMES THE STUDENTS

116CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT. SO THE VAM SCORE WOULD GO DOWN FOR THE TEACHER AND THE EVALUATION MIGHT GO DOWN. IT DOESN'T MEASURE ACCURATELY HOW EFFECTIVE A TEACHER IS, IN MY VIEW. AND I THINK THIS IS SHARED BY MANY OTHER TEACHERS. SO WHAT TOICHED SAY -- SO WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS AND I'M SPEAKING FOR A HIGHLIGHT FOR DR. WORKING WITH THE CTA, THE UNION, IN DEVELOPING, LET'S JUST SAY, A COLLABORATIVE WAY OF EVALUATING OUR TEACHERS IN A WAY THAT REALLY PERSONIFIES AND SHOWS THEIR RELEVANT EFFECTIVENESS AND THE ONE SIZE FITS ALL PERHAPS WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB. THE STATE OF VAM IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN OUR DISTRICT VAM WHICH IS I THINK A LOT BETTER AND MORE INDIVIDUALIZED. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, WE KNOW AS TEACHERS WE NEED TO HAVE THAT

117EFFECTIVE EVALUATION TO SHOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM AND NOT BE IN A PUNITIVE MODE FOR A SCORE THAT REALLY DOESN'T SUGGEST WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THAT CHILD. I COULD GO ON AND ON. BUT THE POINT IS, THANK YOU, DR. HELPING MEASURE STUDENTS WHO ARE -- HAVING THE TEACHERS HAVE A BETTER MEASUREMENT FOR THEIR EVALUATION AND THANK YOU TO THE CTA FOR COLLABORATING WITH DR. WHALEN AND HER STAFF. IT'S GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. I ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SPECIFICALLY ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS, KIND OF IN GROUP, ARE THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS. EVERY BOARD MEETING IT SEEMS WE'RE GETTING THESE JOB DESCRIPTION CHANGES. FOR THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FOLLOW OUR BOARD MEETINGS AND OUR AGENDAS VERY

118CLOSELY, IT BECOMES VERY CONFUSING WHY WE'RE GETTING THIS CONSTANT REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS. SO I'D REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO COMMENT ON THAT PROCESS, TWO THINGS, REALLY, ON THAT PROCESS AND WHY JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE ALWAYS BROUGHT FORTH SO REGULARLY AND KIND OF PIECE MEAL IF YOU WILL, AND WHY NOT A BLANKET AUDIT OR REVIEW OF OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS. BUT BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO ALSO COMMENT, BECAUSE IT BRINGS TO MIND IF OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE OFF KILTER, IF YOU WILL, THEN MAYBE OUR SALARIES ARE OFF KILTER AS WELL. I KNOW A PRIOR BOARD MEMBER HAD REQUESTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE SALARIES. NOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME DISPARITIES IN SALARIES, POTENTIALLY, WHETHER IT'S

119MALE VERSUS FEMALE OR A RACIAL DISPARITY AS WELL. HAVING A VERY LARGE DISTRICT, I'M NOT SURE OF THE LAST TIME THERE'S BEEN A SALARY STUDY. BUT IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR US TO DO ONE AGAIN. I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COMMENT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT WOULD ENTAIL US CLEANING EVERYTHING UP AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING PROPERLY. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I KNOW OUR CHIEF FROM HR HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT. I'LL DEFER TO HER TO COMMENT ON THAT. >> SURE. SO WE HAVE BEEN BRINGING JOB DESCRIPTIONS FORWARD TO THE BOARD. WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES TO RECLASSIFICATION, PAY GRADE, AS WELL AS AREAS IN QUALIFICATIONS. SO THE AGENDA ITEM AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH, I THINK, IT WAS 200 OR SO PAGES FOR YOU ALL, WAS A RECOGNITION OF JOB

120DESCRIPTIONS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE A FLORIDA EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE AND THOSE ITEMS IN B 4.06 ALL HAD LISTED ON THERE A FLORIDA EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE. WE THINK THAT IN PAST WORK BEING DONE ON JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT HAD JUST BEEN A COPY AND PASTE THAT WAS PLACED ON THERE. WE WANTED TO BRING THAT ITEM FORWARD BECAUSE THAT IS A CHANGE TO THE QUALIFICATIONS, ALTHOUGH IT'S REALLY NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE IN THOSE ROLES CURRENTLY WITHOUT AN EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE NOR SHOULD THEY NEED ONE. WE HAVE PLENTY OF POSITIONS IN THIS TICKET THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A FLORIDA EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE. WE ALSO HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH EACH OF THE DIVISIONS AS THEY SEE THAT THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS NEED TO BE UPDATED IN DIFFERENT AREAS REQUESTED. SO WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PROCESS THAT WE WORK

121WITH EACH OF THE DIVISIONS TO UPDATE LANGUAGE AND UPDATE THOSE ITEMS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1,119 JOB DESCRIPTIONS ONLINE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD NEED ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO EMBARK ON A PROCESS LIKE THAT. IT WOULD BE MORE THAN JUST THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN HUMAN RESOURCES TO COMPLETE A TASK LIKE THAT. AFTER ONE OF OUR FORMER BOARD MEMBERS HAD REQUESTED THAT, I BELIEVE AT HER LAST BOARD MEETING. AND IN NOVEMBER 15th OF 2018, I HAD MET AND SOME OF MY STAFF WITH MGT CONSULTING GROUP. THERE ARE GROUPS OUT THERE THAT DO THIS WORK. ANOTHER GROUP IS EVERGREEN SOLUTIONS. SO THERE ARE LOTS OF COMPANIES THAT COMPLETE COMPENSATION, CLASSIFICATION AND STAFFING STUDIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND FOR PUBLIC SECTORS AND PUBLIC GOVERNMENT WORK THAT IS OUT THERE. SO THAT WOULD BE

122SOMETHING IF THE BOARD WANTED US TO EMBARK ON THAT, THAT WE COULD LOOK AT A COMPANY, GO THROUGH THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR WHAT THAT WOULD NEED TO LOOK LIKE DISTRICTWIDE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: FROM THAT MOTION A YEAR AGO, AS YOU CAN TELL, DR. WHELAN HAS STARTED TO MOVE DOWN THAT PATHWAY TO SEE WHAT IT POTENTIALLY COULD LOOK LIKE. WE HAVE JOBS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, DON'T REQUIRE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT -- WE NEED THEM TO BE GREAT COMMUNICATION FOLKS. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE LICENSURES, CERTIFICATIONS AROUND THAT PARTICULAR SKILL SET. WHEREAS IN OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS, IT HAD ADMINISTRATIVE, IT HAD ALMOST PRINCIPAL TYPE OF QUALIFICATIONS, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND CLEAN THAT UP. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE CLEANING UP AS THEY COME BACK TO THIS BOARD. BUT TO DO

123A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY LIKE THAT, WE CERTAINLY KNOW THERE ARE COMPANIES WE CAN WORK WITH AND BRING THAT KIND OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. >>Tamara Shamburger: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, DR. WHELAN, SUPERINTENDENT. I WOULD THEN LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THAT INFORMATION BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. I THINK IT IS LONG OVERDUE. I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT -- AND I CAN PROBABLY SAFELY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, THERE ARE REALLY TWO REASONS WE ALL SIT UP ON THE DAIS. ONE IS OUR STUDENTS FIRST AND THEN TWO IS THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THE STAFF IS FULLY TAKEN CARE OF. THERE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT BE ANY DISPARITIES IN SALARIES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS TAKEN CARE OF. CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE INTENTIONAL IF IT DOES OCCUR.

124WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RIGHT THAT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION. LET ME PASS THE GAVEL. >>Melissa Snively: THERE'S BEEN A MOTION MADE BY MS. SHAMBURGER. IS THAT A SECOND, MS. STUART? OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. MS. GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I JUST HAVE TO BE CLEAR. WHEN WE START GETTING INVOLVED IN ALL THESE POSITIONS AND ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS, AND THAT IS A BIG JORKS AND BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING MORE, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS MOTION, IS THIS US GETTING MORE EDUCATION AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? PERHAPS SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, YOU CAN SHARE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: WHAT THE MOTION IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT, LOOKING AT ALL THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS, ALL OF THE POSITIONS REALLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S EQUITY, APPROPRIATE LEVELING OF ALL OF

125OUR STAFFING, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO -- THAT WOULD BE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE POSITION ACROSS THIS DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS OCCURRING. >>Lynn Gray: I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME WE DO SO. THANK YOU. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. GRAY. MS. STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR THE MOTION. I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST SIMILAR AND THE MINUTE MS. WHELAN WAS TALKING ABOUT SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN INVESTIGATING COMPANIES, I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE BOARD. I AGREE, A FORMER MEMBER MADE THAT REQUEST AT THE VERY END OF LAST YEAR. WE'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY TO SEE THAT. I DON'T DISAGREE. THERE ARE A LOT OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS. BUT THE WAY THEY COME TO US SORT OF IN THE CHUNKS AND THEY ARE

126LARGE CHUNKS, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT OR FOR EVEN YOUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO, EVEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S JOB DESCRIPTION IS SO DATED, AND WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND THAT. SO IT'S MORE THAN TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR THE MOTION. I'M HAPPY TO SECOND. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU RESTATE THE MOTION, PLEASE? >>Tamara Shamburger: YES, THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. THE MOTION IS TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MOVE FORWARD TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE SALARY STUDY INCLUDING A REVIEW OF ALL JOB DESCRIPTIONS. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NONE, THEN PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS.

127WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO EMPLOYEE COMMENT. MEMBER SNIVELY WILL READ THE GUIDELINES. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OR A DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-TO-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD DOES WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE'RE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES

128FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO THEIR JOBS IN THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE FOUR EMPLOYEES SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I WILL CALL THOSE FOUR EMPLOYEES IN ORDER OF SPEAKING TIME. WE'LL BEGIN WITH KAREN SIMMONS, FOLLOWED BY AL FRIA WRIGHT, VALERIE CHUCHMAN AND LEO HEGARTY. MS. SIMMONS. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT JEFF EAKINS. MY NAME IS KAREN SIMMONS. I'M A TRANSPORTATION BUS DRIVER, PROFESSIONAL BUS DRIVER. I'M HERE TO VOICE CONCERNS OF

129DRIVERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE HAVE 99% OF DRIVER ATTENDANTS UNHAPPY WITH THEIR JOBS. MOST ARE QUITTING OR LOOKING FOR OTHER EMPLOYMENT. THE 12.5% THE EQUALIZE IN PAY BEING DEDUCTED OUT OF EACH EMPLOYEE'S CHECK IS NOT HELPING. IT IS MAKING A BIGGER PROBLEM. BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA 2.5% IS CAUSING MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO BECOME HOMELESS, REPOSSESSION OF CARS AND DEBTS WITH BANKS. THIS 12.5% IS NOT HELPING BUT HURTING 90% OF YOUR EMPLOYEES. WHY ISN'T IT OPTIONAL? THOSE WHO WANT TO OPT OUT SHOULD HAVE THE CHOICE. ACCORDING TO THIS LEGAL DOCUMENT, THIS LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US IN PREPLANNING, THAT WAS PRINTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD, MAY THE 7th, 2019, WHICH STATES A 10% ESCROW DEDUCTION WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST THE 30th, 2019, WHERE DID THE 12.5% DERIVE FROM? WHO VOTED FOR IT?

130THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS. MOVING ON FROM THERE, WHY ARE THE PAY CHECKS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND EVEN WITH AN ACCOUNTANT? OUR HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE SPECIFIED ON CHECKS WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GETTING PAID FOR. THE CHECKS ARE VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND, AND NOT JUST TELL US IT'S WITHIN YOUR REGULAR HOURS. THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL. OUR CHECKS SHOULD REFLECT THE TIME WORKED WITHIN THE PAY PERIOD WORKED. THERE ARE DRIVERS AND ATTENDANTS STILL TO THIS DAY WAITING ON PAY FROM AUGUST, FROM BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR. DRIVERS ARE DOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR WORK DUTY, DOUBLING, TRIPLING. KIDS ARE WAITING FOR US TO PICK THEM UP 30 TO ALMOST AN HOUR, WAITING FOR US TO PICK THEM UP BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF DRIVERS. PLEASE COMPENSATE US FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ACCURATELY.

131WHEN 40 HOURS IS WORKED WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OR PAY PERIOD, ANYTHING THAT'S OVER 40 HOURS SHOULD BE PAID AT TIME AND A HALF. IT'S NOT SO. PAY US ACCORDINGLY. CALLING HR WEEK AFTER WEEK, TRYING TO GET UNDERSTANDING AND PAID, COMPENSATED FOR WORK IS NOT DONE. IT'S RIDICULOUS. THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT ASAP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. SIMMONS, FOR BEING HERE. THE NEXT SPEAKER, ALTHERA WRIGHT. WELCOME. >> WHAT SHE TOLD YOU ALL WAS REAL. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS ALTHERA WRIGHT. I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE A PRETTY SPEECH, BUT I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVERS AND ATTENDANTS. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A PAYCHECK ERROR IN THE PAYCHECK DEPARTMENT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, DRIVERS

132AND ATTENDANTS HAVE THEIR OWN -- WE HAD OUR OWN MEETING. WE FOUND WE ALL WERE MAJORLY AFFECTED. SOME HAD BEEN PUT OUT OF HOME, DEBT AND CREDIT CARDS, CARS REPOD, WATER AND LIGHTS TURNED OFF. THE COST OF LIVING HAS SKYROCKETED. WE ALL FIND OURSELVES IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE WITH THE DANGER OF WEAPONS, HIGH TRAFFIC AND OTHER FACTORS, WE NEED SOMEONE TO HEAR OUR CRY FOR HELP. NOW, ME, MYSELF, I HAVE BEGGED EMPLOYEES NOT TO QUIT AND HOLD ON, LET US TAKE IT TO THE BOARD. ME MYSELF, I SAY MAYBE THE BOARD DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS IS GOING ON. NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW WITH SIGNS. HOLD THE SIGNS OUT THERE AND GET HELP FROM YOU ALL, HOLD SOME HOMELESS SIGNS UP. NOT WILLING TO GO THERE. THE TAXPAYERS NEED TO SEE THAT THEIR

133MONEY IS BEING SPENT PROPERLY. THIS IS REAL. HOW -- IT'S NOT EASY SEEING YOUR COWORKERS CAN'T BUY THEIR MEDICATION AND CRYING. I'VE BEEN THERE. YOU ALL KNOW I COME DOWN HERE. I'M MORE THAN REAL. THEY ARE TOO ASHAMED TO COME. THEY ARE PRIDE. IT'S SAD. 12%, $200 TAKEN OUT OF SOMEBODY'S CHECK. ANYBODY HERE GOT $200 I CAN BORROW? I GOT RICH FRIENDS -- I CAN GO TO THEM, WHAT DO YOU NEED IT FOR? YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT. SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT. I WANTED BOTH ENDS. I HAVE FRIENDS WITH MONEY. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. BUT A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE IT, THE HOMELESS AND THE POVERTY THAT YOU'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT, IT'S REAL. I SEE A LOT OF PRINCIPALS IN HERE. I KNOW THE TEACHERS THAT REACH OUT. I KNOW SOME GOOD

134TEACHERS ALL ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I LIKE TO DRIVE TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS SO I CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS IS REAL. SOME OF THESE KIDS, I KNOW YOU KNOW THEIR PROBLEMS. BUS DRIVERS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO COUNSEL THOSE KIDS. WE'RE NOT JUST BUS DRIVERS. WE SEE THEM HEAD ON. IF I TOLD YOU THE WEAPONS THAT HAS BEEN -- I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE. I SENT THE BOARD DIFFERENT STUFF. THIS IS REAL. EVERYBODY CAN'T HANDLE IT. IT'S SAD. WE NEED TO COME WITH SOMETHING. THANK YOU, MR. EAKINS AND EVERYBODY. I'M JUST TELLING YOU ALL, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T COME TO TELL YOU ALL. IT'S BEING KEPT DOWN. BUT THE PUBLIC NEED TO KNOW. TAXPAYERS NEED TO KNOW. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. WRIGHT, FOR BEING HERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. LET ME

135SAY THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE. WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO EVER FEEL ASHAMED TO SPEAK TO US. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON CAMERAS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. PLEASE E-MAIL US, CALL US, SET AN APPOINTMENT, WE'LL COME TO YOU. WE ALWAYS MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE. WE THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TODAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD EVENING, VALERIE CHUCHMAN, RIVER VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. I'M GOING TO CHANGE GEARS A LITTLE BIT. I'LL COME TO YOU GUYS OUT OF GRATITUDE. DON'T LOOK SO SURPRISED. [ LAUGHTER ] I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE RECOGNITION OF LGBT HISTORY MONTH. MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT BEING A TEACHER POSES NUMEROUS CHALLENGES BUT BEING AN OPENLY GAY TEACHER CAN TAKE THOSE CHANGES TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL. SINCE THE START OF MY TEACHING

136CAREER IN 1998, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY AUTHENTIC SELF BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S INSTRUMENTAL TO MY CLASSROOM CULTURE. NOT EVERYONE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, AND THEY DEFINITELY LET ME KNOW. OVER THE YEARS, I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE PROGRESSING. I STARTED TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT MATTERED WAS MY ABILITY AS A TEACHER NOT WHO I LOVED. BUT ONE DAY, ONLY TWO YEARS AGO, MY WIFE AND I LEFT SCHOOL TO SEE PROTESTORS WITH SIGNS THAT READ "FIRE WICKED LESBO TEACHERS." IT SEEMED OUR PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASSROOM COULDN'T BE DISCREDITED. OUR CHARACTER WAS ATTACKED ON BLOGS AND ALT NEWS SITES INSTEAD BECAUSE WE HAD THE AUDACITY TO TEACH WHILE GAY. THIS DISPLAY DIDN'T REALLY FAZE US, BUT WE DID WORRY ABOUT THE MESSAGE IT WAS SENDING OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT

137OUR STUDENTS. EVERY SINGLE KID NEEDS TO FEEL VALUED. THE ATHLETES AND SCHOLARS ARE OFTEN RECOGNIZED BUT THAT QUIET, QUEER KID, THAT KID SUMMONS UP MORE STRENGTH THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE EVERY SINGLE DAY JUST TO GET THROUGH THEIR CLASSES. I KNOW. I WAS ONCE THAT KID. AND WHEN I BEGAN TEACHING, I VOWED TO BE THERE FOR THOSE KIDS NO MATTER WHAT. SO, IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED SOME PUSH-BACK YET BECAUSE OF THIS PROCLAMATION YOU MIGHT EVENTUALLY. PERHAPS THAT'S WHY MEMBER SNIVELY WAS ABSENT FOR THE VOTE. SOME MAY GROAN AND ACCUSE YOU OF GIVING SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO ONE GROUP. OTHERS WILL CLAIM THAT YOU'RE BEING HARMFUL TO CHILDREN, BUT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I WANT YOU TO THINK OF SOME OTHER KIDS. THE BOY WHO WAS BASHED ON THE BUS BECAUSE HE WORE A DRESS. THE TRANSGENDER KID WHO

138NO LONGER HAS A PLACE TO CALL HOME. THE BOY WHO ATTEMPT ATTEMPTE AFTER TAKING TO CONVERSION THERAPY AND THE GIRL WHO WAS ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL IN HER ATTEMPT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SEND THE MESSAGE TO OUR LGBT KIDS THAT THEY MATTER. AND PLEASE STAY STRONG FOR THEM BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MS. CHUCHMAN. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR LAST SPEAKER, MR. LEO HEGARTY, WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WHATEVER I SAY WOULD BE DEFINITELY ANTICLIMACTIC TO WHAT VALERIE JUST SAID. BUT NORMALLY I COME TO YOU WITH A PREPARED STATEMENT BUT I HAD TO CALL AN AUDIBLE ON MYSELF BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT OUR SCHOOLS. AND IT'S THE BUSING SITUATION. WE ARE HAVING CHILDREN SHOW UP EVERY

139SINGLE DAY LATE. THEY ARE MISSING 10, 20, 30 MINUTES OF CLASS TIME. I'VE HAD TEACHERS COME TO ME AND SAY, I AM FAILING KIDS, AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. I HAVE PARENTS CALLING ME SAYING, WHY CAN'T THAT BUS COME AND GET MY CHILD? WHY IS IT LATE EVERY DAY? I NORMALLY COME TO YOU WITH A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO WILL GET OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL ON TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO SIT HERE AND TELL YOU IT'S A GAITHER THING. TOMMY MARL AND HIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO TRY AND GET THIS TO WORK. WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING. PEOPLE ARE CALLING TRANSPORTATION, MEMBER STUART, YOU'RE

140PROBABLY GETTING CALLS BECAUSE I'M SAYING, YOU'RE THE ONE THEY NEED TO TALK TO BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. THEN WHEN WE HAD OUR CTA MEETING AND THERE ARE OVER 50 SCHOOLS HAVING THE SAME SITUATION. THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, IT'S INCORRIGIBLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE POOR KIDS. I HAVE A KID THAT SHOWS UP EVERY DAY LATE IN AN AP WORLD HISTORY CLASS. MEMBER GRAY, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THERE. THAT KID IS GOING TO FAIL. HE JUST CAN'T KEEP UP BY MISSING 20 MINUTES EVERY DAY. I WOULD LOVE TO SIT HERE AND GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. NORMALLY I DO. I DON'T HAVE ONE. WE'VE GOT TO FIND BUS DRIVERS. WE'VE GOT TO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GET THESE KIDS TO SCHOOL ON TIME. PLEASE CHECK WITH TRANSPORTATION, SEE

141WHAT CAN BE DONE. WE ARE ALREADY A QUARTER OF THE YEAR IN, AND WE HAVE NOT FIXED THIS PROBLEM. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. HEGARTY. THAT NOW CONCLUDES EMPLOYEE INPUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE EMPLOYEES FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. ITEMS B 4.01 THROUGH B 11.02 HAVE BEEN APPROVED. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR JUST THOSE ITEMS, YOU MAY QUIETLY LEAVE AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, C 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, C 5.04, C 6.05, C 6.33R, C 7.08, C 12.01, 12.02, 03, 04, 12.05, AND 12.06R. I'LL

142TURN THE MEETING OVER NOW TO SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS WHO WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS EVENING AS WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE AGENDA. ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED. APPROPRIATE SCREENINGS HELD AND INTERVIEWS BEFORE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF CONDUCTED. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS BEEN FOLLOWED. THE PRINCIPAL OF STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT CHRISTINA RAYBURN, CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR CURRICULUM AT STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL TO THE PRINCIPAL OF STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21st, 2019. MS. RAYBURN BEGAN HER CAREER IN 2000 AS TEACHER AT EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL. THEN BEGAN TEACHING AT DURANT HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL 2004. WHEN SHE WAS APPOINTED THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS. SHE BECAME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION AT

143DURANT UNTIL MOVING TO STRAWBERRY CREST IN 2009 AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR CURRICULUM WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR PRINCIPAL OF STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. RAYBURN, PLEASE STAND. [ APPLAUSE ] THERE SMEPS AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY AND -- THERE SHE IS, AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR SUPPORTERS, PLEASE STAND WITH HER. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE'LL MOVE ON TO C 02, THIS IS TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT TOBY JOHNSON, CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT MEMORIAL

144MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE PRINCIPAL OF MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21st, 2019. MR. JOHNSON BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 2006 AS A TEACHER AT MADISON MIDDLE. HE WAS APPOINTED THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT COLEMAN MIDDLE IN 2009 AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT MEMORIAL WHERE HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING. >>Tamara Shamburger: I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SECURITY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER CONA TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR PRINCIPAL OF MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. JOHNSON. PLEASE STAND. AND ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORTERS, PLEASE STAND. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE'LL MOVE ON TO C 03. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT TO THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION AREA OFFICE. IT

145IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT ANGELA WARY CROOKS, CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION TO THE SUPERVISOR OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION AREA OFFICE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21st, 2019. MS. WARY-CROOKS BEGAN HER CAREER IN 2001 AT LOWRY ELEMENTARY AS THE TEACHER OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. THEN BECAME EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION SPECIALIST AT LOWRY ELEMENTARY AND THEN CLARK ELEMENTARY. IN 2012 SHE BECAME A DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER FOR THE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES PROGRAMS. IN 2016 SHE BECAME THE DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION IN THE AREA ONE DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE SHE'S CURRENTLY SERVING. >>Tamara Shamburger: I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER CONA TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERVISOR FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION AREA OFFICE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR.

146AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. WEARY-CROOKS. PLEASE STAND. AND ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORTERS, PLEASE STAND WITH HER. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jeffrey Eakins: MOVING ON TO C 04. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUPERVISOR FOR ADULT EDUCATION OPERATIONS. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT MARSHA MONK, CURRENTLY THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AT CHAMBERLAIN ADULT TO SUPERVISOR OF ADULT EDUCATION OPERATIONS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21st, 2019. MS. MONK BEGAN HER CAREER IN 1989 AT EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER. IN 1995 SHE MOVED TO EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL AS ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION TEACHER. SHE WAS THEN APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT EAST BAY AND THEN THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION. IN 2006 SHE BECAME THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL AND IN

1472013 SHE BECAME THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AT CHAMBERLAIN ADULT WHERE SHE'S CURRENTLY SERVING. I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW SHE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT. SHE'S OUT OF TOWN. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERVISOR ADULT EDUCATION OPERATIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. IF YOU'RE WATCHING, MS. MONK, CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] MOVING ON TO C 05, THIS IS TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT SHAKENY HALL, CURRENTLY THE TECHNICAL COORDINATOR TO GENERAL MANAGER OF STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 28, 2019. MS. HALL BEGAN HER CAREER IN 2007 IN THE DeKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FOOD

148AND NUTRITION SERVICES AREA SUPERVISOR. THEN JOINED THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TRAINING SPECIALIST. IN 2018 SHE CAME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING. >>Tamara Shamburger: I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GENERAL MANAGER STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. HALL. PLEASE STAND. [ APPLAUSE ] AND ALL OF HER FRIENDS, HER FAMILY AND HER SUPPORTERS, PLEASE STAND WITH HER. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jeffrey Eakins: THERE'S A REASON THAT APPOINTMENT CAME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING BECAUSE THE CURRENT GENERAL MANAGER FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES WHO HAS SERVED OUR DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IN THAT ROLE AND DONE AN AMAZING JOB, MARY KATE HARRISON, IS GOING

149TO BE RETIRING VERY, VERY SOON. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU, MARY KATE. COULD YOU PLEASE STAND? [ APPLAUSE ] SHE'S SEEN THE OPERATION GROW OVER THE YEARS. SHE'S BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART IN LEADERSHIP THERE. I HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE FOR AP POSITIONS. IT IS THEIR FIRST AP POSITION. WILMACK, CURRENTLY A TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AT BLOOMINGDALE HIGH TO BECOME -- JAMES GIVEN, CURRENTLY A TEACHER AT TAMPA BAY TECH. KATLYN, CURRENTLY A TEACHER AT ROBINSON HIGH TO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT ROBINSON HIGH. ELENA LAWSON, BRANDON EPIC THREE CENTER TO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT McCLAIN MIDDLE. FRANCES PEREZ TO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT MAN MIDDLE. MICHELLE, RESOURCE TEACHER AT APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY TO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION AT FROST ELEMENTARY. REBECCA, CURRENTLY A RESOURCE TEACHER

150AT PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY TO BECOME THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION AT RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THOSE FOLKS ARE HERE THIS EVENING. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THEIR VERY FIRST AP POSITION IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. [ APPLAUSE ] THIS WILL BE AN AWESOME TIME FOR THOSE WHO WERE JUST APPOINTED AND THEIR FAMILIES, HELLO, MR. AND MRS. RAYBURN. SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES IN THIS BUILDING. IT IS A GREAT TIME FOR YOU TO EXIT QUIETLY AS WE MOVE ON THROUGH THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF, VERY BRIEF, FIVE-MINUTE RECESS FOR THE BOARDROOM TO BE RESET. . MEETING IN RECESS. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] [RECESS] >>Tamara Shamburger: THE BOARD MEETING OF OCTOBER 15, 2019 IS RECONVENED. AT THIS TIME, ACTUALLY, WE'LL GO AHEAD, MR. SUPERINTENDENT,

151AND MOVE INTO ITEM 4.09 AND 4.10. >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT 4.09 AND 4.10. I NOW OUR ESPs AND TEACHERS ARE AS WELL. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. MARIE WHELAN. AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THE APPROVED NEGOTIATED SALARY AGREEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT SALARY WITH CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND ALSO APPROVE THE NEGOTIATED ECONOMIC PROPOSAL REVISED LANGUAGE MOUs WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND MODIFIED COMPENSATION SCHEDULE. >>Marie Whelan: THANK YOU, MR. EAKINS. I'M GOING TO GOING TO DO TH SINCE JULY, MET 8 TIMES WITH THE BARGAINING TEAM TO COME TO AN TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THAT RECEIVED -- FOR THIS YEAR, OUR SCHOOL NURSES WERE REPRESENTED BY THE BARGAINING UNIT AND ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OUR BARGAINING SESSIONS. THIS YEAR, OUR ESP GROUP ALSO PROPOSED A NEW EVALUATION INSTRUMENT TO RECEIVE HIGHER

152QUALITY FEEDBACK RELATED TO PERFORMANCE, SO WE WILL ALSO BE ADOPTING THIS NEW INSTRUMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE HCTA BARGAINING TEAM FOR ESPs AND SOME OF THEM ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. HCTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS, HCTA PRESIDENT, ROB CRETE. HCTA STAFF MEMBERS LINDSAY BLANKEN AND PAULA AND HCTA KAYLA, CRYSTAL BLANCO AND JOHNNY GREEN. FOR ITEM -- SHOULD I GO AHEAD TO 4.10? FOR ITEM 4.10, SINCE JUNE WE MET 14 TIMES TO COME TO A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THAT RECEIVED 97% APPROVAL THROUGH THE RATIFICATION PROCESS THAT CONCLUDED YESTERDAY. THIS ITEM CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT LANGUAGE UPDATES WHERE WE COVERED OVER 80 PAGES OF LANGUAGE. JUST TO SHARE HOW ROBUST AND THOROUGH OUR DISCUSSION WAS, WE HAD A MARATHON SIX-HOUR SESSION WHICH BEGAN AT 5:30 AND CONCLUDED AT 11:30 P.M. ON ONE

153OF OUR EVENINGS. OUR DISCUSSIONS ALSO INCLUDED MOVING ALL STUDENT SERVICES TEAM MEMBERS TO 205-DAY WORK CALENDAR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, UPDATING OF HE IT'SBY AND EMPLOYEE STATUS DEFINITIONS. ADDITIONALLY, WE PRIORITIZED TEACHER RECRUITMENT BY INCREASING OUR BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE, AND WE ALSO EMPHASIZED TEACHER RETENTION BY ENSURING OUR MOST VETERAN TEACHERS WILL ALSO REALIZE A SALARY INCREASE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE HCTA BARGAINING TEAM FOR TEACHERS. THAT INCLUDES, AGAIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS WHO WILL BE CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. PRESIDENT ROB CRETE, WHO IS ACTUALLY CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY TODAY. LINDSAY BLANKENBAKER, PAULA HEGARTY, AND THEN TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS MEREDA GROVES, MONICA NEHRAIN, BRITTANY WAGMAN, CHERYL MOTORCYCLE, ADRIENNE BROWN, MICHELLE MILLER, BRIAN NOEL AND MICHELLE HAMLIN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE PRINCIPALS THAT COLLABORATED WOWS

154THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, CHRISTINA ALVAREZ, DANTE JONES, DAVE BROWN, AREA SUPERINTENDENT MARCOS MURILLO AND SCHRON DILLER. DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM REPRESENTATIVES MARK WEST, CHIEF NEGOTIATORS, CHRIS FARKAS, TRACYE BROWN AND TONE I CAN'T ARJA AND THE MANY PEOPLE IN ALL THEITION WITH ITS THAT -- IN ALL THE DIVISIONS THAT ASSISTED US. >>Tamara Shamburger: MOTION BY MEMBER CONA AND SECOND BY MEMBER STUART TO APPROVE ITEM C 4.09, WHICH IS APPROVE THE NEGOTIATED SALARY AGREEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT SALARY SCHEDULE WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND ITEM C 4.10, APPROVE NEGOTIATED ECONOMIC PROPOSAL REVISED LANGUAGE, MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND MODIFIED COMPENSATION SCHEDULE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON EITHER ITEM? MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. MS. WHELAN, CAN YOU GO THROUGH -- THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE IS EXTENSIVE. CAN YOU GIVE US A HIGHLIGHT OF

155SOME OF THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT HAS CHANGED? AND WHERE WE ARE -- FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNION, BOTH UNIONS, AND TO OUR STAFF FOR GETTING THIS DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE WEREN'T EXACTLY IN THIS POSITION. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE THIS YEAR. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC AND OUR TEACHERS. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED OUT TO PRINCIPALS BUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ANNOUNCE WHERE WE ARE IN THE SALARY SCHEDULE. I KNOW THE SALARY SCHEDULE IS ONLINE, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE THAT YOU ANNOUNCE WHERE WE ARE FOR STARTING TEACHER PAY AND TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. >>Marie Whelan: YES, MA'AM. WITH THE NEW SALARY SCHEDULE THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOU

156THIS EVENING, OUR STARTING TEACHER SALARY WILL BE AT $40,000. BEFORE IT WAS AT THIRTY-EIGHT TWO. AGAIN, WE HAVE IT WHERE EVERY TEACHER WILL REALIZE SOME SORT OF SALARY INCREASE ON THE MODIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE AS OPPOSED TO HOW WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD OUR BANDS AS THEY HAD BEEN CALLED ON OUR FORMER SALARY SCHEDULE. THIS IS THE AMENDED ONE. SO IF YOU WANTED ME TO GO THROUGH SOME PARTICULAR LANGUAGE ON THE ITEM, IT'S PAGE 5 THAT STARTS ON THAT ITEM FOR 4.10. SO WE UPDATED JUST THINGS THAT WERE OUTDATED. THAT WAS A PART OF IT, BUT THEN WE ALSO UPDATED VARIOUS POSITIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT WORK HOURS, AND WENT THROUGH THOSE ITEMS. I KNOW IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY PRINT OUT FOR EVERYBODY IN THE RED COLOR, BUT ALL OF THE RED THAT YOU SEE ON THE AGENDA

157ITEM ONLINE IS ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE UPDATED, LENGTH OF DAY AS THE CATEGORY AS WELL, TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS, STUDENT SERVICES. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON POSITIONS IN OUR STUDENT SERVICES AREA WHICH IS ON PAGE 8. WE TALKED ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL UNDER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. WE TALKED ABOUT JOB SHARE PARTICIPANTS ON PAGE 9. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SACK PROCESS AND THE WAIVER PROCESS AND BALLOTS IN THERE. LESSON PLANNING AND INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL DUTIES OF TEACHERS THAT ARE ON PAGE 10. WE SPENT A LONG TIME ON THERE. WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT OUR ESE PERSONNEL, AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY HAVE AS WELL ON CLASS COVERAGE AND DUTIES FOR HOW STUDENTS, WE ENSURE THAT WHEN THERE IS STUDENT NECESSITY, THAT IS THERE, WE HAVE THAT ON PAGE 12 THAT YOU

158WILL SEE. AND THEN THE COMMUNICATION OF STUDENT PROGRESS ON PAGE 13, RELATED TO EDSBY. WE JUST PUT OUR DESIGNATED ELECTRONIC DISTRICT APPROVED GRADING PROGRAM. WE NOTED IT IS CURRENTLY EDSBY KNOWING THAT WE WILL BE MAKING SOME SHIFTS IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS TO NEW PLATFORMS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE BEING COGNIZANT OF THAT. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE LARGE AREAS. ALSO OUR SUPPLEMENTS AND DIFFERENT AREAS WITH SUPPLEMENTS, PATERNITIES AND ADOPTIONS. WE SPENT AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE ON THESE PAGES. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. WHELAN. THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I WANT TO THANK STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS, ROB CRETE, CERTAINLY DR. WHELAN AND MARK WEST AND YOUR STAFF FOR PUTTING ALL THOSE HOURS, THE PLAYER ON THIS HOURS, WHICH I CAN DEFINITELY EMPATHIZE.

159BUT THE POINT THAT I WANT TO SAY ALSO IS WE'RE NOT AT THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO BE. WE'RE AT 40,000. THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING. DON'T GET ME WRONG. HOWEVER, WHAT I WANTED TO ASK, AND SO MAYBE WE COULD SHED LIGHT TO THE VERY BIG QUESTION THAT'S COMING UP, GOVERNOR DESANTIS IS THINKING OR PROPOSING A HIGHER SALARY OF 47,000. I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST ABOUT IT. AND, OF COURSE, IT HAS TO BE PASSED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, RIGHT? SO WHERE ARE WE AT, DR. WHELAN, IN TERMS OF FUTURE ASSOCIATIONS, IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR, ARE WE DONE? JUST SHED A LIGHT ON THAT, THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. CERTAINLY, THAT IS, AS YOU SAID, THAT'S A PROPOSAL FROM THE GOVERNOR

160-- FOR THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET THIS YEAR. CERTAINLY, IT HAS TO BE TAKEN UP IN THE LEGISLATURE. THAT WAS ONLY FOR BEGINNING PARTS OF THE SALARY SCHEDULE. TEACHERS IN OUR SALARY SCHEDULE, IT WOULD ONLY IMPACT THOSE RIGHT AT 40,000, UP TO 47,500. IT WOULD BASICALLY MOVE ALL THE FOLKS UP INTO THAT PARTICULAR RANGE THROUGH HIS PROPOSAL. THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S MORE TO COME. A LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. THERE'S MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I'M HEARING THAT HE WILL BE MAKING AROUND THE SALARY SCHEDULE. WE HAVE TO WAIT AND TAKE IT ALL IN. CERTAINLY, WE'RE ALL KEEPING OUR EARS TO THE GROUND. WE MEET MONTHLY WITH OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AROUND VARIOUS TOPICS. I'M SURE THIS WILL BE KEEPING ABREAST WHEN WE HEAR THINGS ON DIRECTION OF THE LEGISLATURE ON THAT TOPIC. BUT RIGHT

161NOW, EVERYTHING IS KIND OF ON HOLD UNTIL WE KIND OF SEE ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT ISSUE, BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY PASSES THE BUDGET AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT MONEY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS. IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE COLLABORATION AND THE IDEA THAT YOU, THE CTA, OUR UNION IS WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR NEGOTIATION TEAM, SPEAKS VOLUMES. AND THAT YOU'VE DONE A VERY -- BOTH OF YOU -- OR THE WHOLE OPERATION, IF YOU WILL, I THINK HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. AND IT SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO THE FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. MAYBE THE SECOND REMARK I'LL SAY IS THE COMMUNITY, THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF RAISING TEACHER SALARIES. THEY WANT OUR TEACHERS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. THERE IS NO QUESTION.

162OVER AND OVER, THE MORE WE HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE GO ALONG, I THINK THE BETTER OFF THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE, BUT THE BETTER OFF THE PUBLIC WILL ACCEPT THE IDEA THAT, YES, OUR TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE MORE MONEY, AND SO DO OUR BUS DRIVERS, BY THE WAY. WE NEED TO BE TAKING THAT REALLY SERIOUSLY. I THINK IT'S AN EMERGENCY MYSELF. BUT OKAY, THANKS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? >>Jeffrey Eakins: I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MEMBER STUART AND MEMBER GRAY SAID. A HUGE THANK YOU TO BOTH STAFF AND FROM OUR DISTRICT AND FROM THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE MANNER BY WHICH WE WENT ABOUT THIS PROCESS. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE. I KNOW AS SUPERINTENDENT I TALKED AND NETWORKED WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENTS ABOUT THEIR PROCESSES. I KNOW

163COMING TO AN AGREEMENT WHERE EVERYONE ELSE ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. BUT TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF RIGHT AWAY THAT WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST, THE BOARD IS TAKING ACTION THIS EVENING ON THAT. IT'S GOING TO SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE ABOUT THE SUPPORT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. DR. HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR TEACHER PAY. I'D LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT OVER THE YEARS. I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF KEEPING THE MONEY IN THE CLASSROOM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND PART OF THAT IS PAYING OUR TEACHERS A WAGE THAT IS RESPECTABLE AND REFLECTS THE PROFESSION AND WHAT THEY DESERVE. I KNOW THAT

164MEANS ONE THING. THAT MEANS THAT THIS BOARD HAS TO BE VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND INTENTIONAL IN HOW WE SPEND OUR DOLLARS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS IN INCREASING THEIR SALARY. I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL COMMITTED THAT THAT. AND THAT IS -- COMMITTED TO THAT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS MOVING FORWARD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF SUCCESS AND MOMENTUM. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AGAIN, THIS IS ON ITEM C 4.09 AND C 4.10. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jeffrey Eakins: I BELIEVE WHAT WE WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW, WE DID TELL OUR FIRMS THAT HAVE PUT IN THEIR

165PROPOSALS FOR LOBBYING SERVICES THAT WE WOULD BEGIN AROUND 6:30 P.M. THIS EVENING TO HEAR THEIR PRESENTATIONS. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF INTRO TO THAT AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN THAT PORTION OF OUR MEETING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE, THE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS, OUR BOARD AND STAFF HAVE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT THE NEED FOR WORKING IN A DIFFERENT WAY, IN A DIFFERENT MANNER BASED OFF OF THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WE HAVE TO WORK IN HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY IN PROCURING RELATIONSHIPS BOTH LOCALLY AND AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL SUPPORTING THE BOARD THROUGH POLICY. THIS SPECIFIC ITEM IS COMING BEFORE YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED AND DESIRE TO CONTRACT WITH

166A LOBBYING SERVICES -- A LOBBYING SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICE AND OUR BOARD IN ORDER TO SEEK APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER TYPES OF PRIORITIES OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THIS BOARD. SO TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU TO GET TO THIS PLACE, OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICE HAS DOWNSIZED COSTS TO ABOUT $240,000 AS WE ENTERED INTO THIS YEAR. WE HAVE PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD CONTRACTUAL REDUCTIONS TO GET TO THIS POINT TO BE ABLE TO EVEN BRING AN ITEM LIKE THIS BEFORE YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW THE BOARD WANTS TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN THEIR DECISION. THAT SAID, WE HAVE THREE FIRMS TONIGHT COMING BEFORE YOU. EACH WILL GET TEN MINUTES TO DO A PRESENTATION. I THINK THE CHAIR IS GOING TO ALLOW 15 MINUTES FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE

167TO ASK QUESTIONS. KEEP YOUR TIME IN THAT 15 MINUTES. I ALSO KNOW THEN FROM THAT POINT ON, THE OTHER FIRMS WILL COME IN AND DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS AS WELL. >>Tamara Shamburger: LET ME RESET THOSE EXPECTATIONS. BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN IT IS TIME FOR Q & A, I'M ONLY GOING TO ALLOW 15 MINUTES TOTAL FOR Q & A. THAT MEANS QUESTION AND RESPONSE. YOU'VE HAD THIS MATERIAL A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW TO REVIEW. LET'S USE THIS TIME FOR LAST-MINUTE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, PLEASE. I'M ASKING THAT YOU KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS TO MAYBE ONE QUESTION AND KEEP IT BRIEF TO ALLOW THE FIRMS TO RESPOND. EACH FIRM WILL DO THAT FOR 15 MINUTES. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: VERY GOOD. OUR FIRST FIRM THAT IS GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT IS BECKER. THEY

168WILL BE COMING UP TO OUR MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE. WELCOME. THEY WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES TO -- FOR THEIR PRESENTATION AND WE'LL PUT TEN MINUTES UP THERE ON OUR CLOCK. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, AND AUDIENCE. I AM YOLANDA CASS JACKSON, I AM A PARTNER AT BECKER & POLIAKOFF, A 30 YEARS LAWYER AND 20 YEAR LOBBYIST. YOU'VE HAD MY PACKET. I HAVE TEN MINUTES, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A SLIDE PRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE I COVER ALL THE POINTS AND TO ALLOW YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS YOUR LOBBYING TEAM. THIS WOULD BE YOUR LOBBYING TEAM. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING VERY DIVERSE. WE'RE DIVERSE IN NOT ONLY GENDER BUT ETHNICITY AND SERVICE. SOME OF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE THERE INCLUDE FORMER SENATOR ELLYN BOGDANOFF, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND JUST

169A MYRIAD OF OTHER FOLKS, AND I'LL GO PRETTY FAST. BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THIS PART. THE FIRM ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I AM A PART OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF BECKER & POLIAKOFF. WE HAVE ABOUT 140 LAWYERS, AND THIS IS NOT SHOWING ALL OF THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY IT'S DOING THAT. WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF WHICH I AM A PART OF THAT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF SEVEN, AND WE HAVE OFFICES ALL OVER THE STATE. I MENTIONED OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM, MY GRAPHICS ARE NOT COMING UP. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. WE HAVE AN OFFICE HERE IN TAMPA THAT WE'VE HAD FOR 20 PLUS YEARS WITH NINE ATTORNEYS AND NINE STAFF MEMBERS. WITH ME IS GARY SCHAAF WHO RUNS THAT OFFICE. I'LL PUT HIM ON PAUSE RIGHT NOW SO I CAN GET THROUGH

170THIS. WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM WHO ARE IN WASHINGTON AND WHO ARE IN TALLAHASSEE. WE ARE IN COMMITTEE WEEK. SO I DROVE FROM TALLAHASSEE THIS MORNING SO -- THIS AFTERNOON SO THEY COULD BE WORKING. THE SAME THING WITH WASHINGTON, BUT WE WERE PRESENT THROUGH THE LAST SERIES AND WANTED TO BE HONORED OF YOUR TIME. ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO GO MORE SPECIFICALLY. WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WORKED FOR JEANETTE NUNEZ, WHO WAS OUR CURRENT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS. SOME FIRMS PUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS UP. I CAN JUST ASSURE YOU AFTER 20 YEARS WE HAVE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS. NUNEZ WAS AN AIDE WHEN WE FIRST MET 20 YEARS AGO. BERNIE FRIEDMAN HAS BEEN A LOBBYIST FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I'VE BEEN A LOBBYIST FOR 20 YEARS. IT IS

171THE RELATIONSHIPS OF WHAT I TELL MY CLIENTS IS, WHO WILL ANSWER YOUR PHONE CALL ON A SUNDAY NIGHT? THE LEGISLATURE HAS BECOME CLOSER IN NUMBER. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING THE SIX-FOOT BLACK WOMAN I AM. PEOPLE KNOW WHO I AM. IT IS RELATIONSHIPS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS. ONCE AGAIN, OUR GRAPHICS ARE NOT SHOWING, BUT WE ENCOURAGE LOBBY DAYS. LOBBY DAYS FOR YOUR STUDENTS. YOU HAVE A MAJORITY MINORITY STUDENT POPULATION. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. EXPERIENCE IS VERY IMPORTANT. UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE OF WHAT THAT MEANS, WHETHER IT BE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, WHETHER IT MEANS THAT YOUR FBFP NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A VERY TRANSIENT POPULATION OR WHETHER OR NOT IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME

172STUDENTS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE -- THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND EXPLAIN TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NORTH FLORIDA WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A STUDENT FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THAT IS WHAT WE DO AND THAT IS WHAT RELATIONSHIPS MEAN. ENGAGING IN OTHER ACTIVITIES IN TALLAHASSEE, LIKE CHILDREN'S WEEK. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. WE TAKE OUR STUDENTS -- THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE REPRESENT, WE TAKE OUR STUDENTS TO STUDENT WEEK -- CHILDREN'S WEEK. IT IS FOR SOME LOBBYISTS, THE WORST TIME TO BE THERE WITH ALL OF THE STUDENTS BUT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT, TRANSFORMATIVE TIME. IF YOU SEE THE TOP PICTURE TO YOUR RIGHT, WE HAVE SESSIONS WITH STUDENTS AND TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A PART OF REPRESENTATION. WHEN I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME,

173I GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO SULPHUR SPRINGS AND VISIT YOUR TURNAROUND SCHOOLS. WHY, BECAUSE I NEED TO UNDERSTAND SO I CAN EXPLAIN TO THE LEGISLATURE WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE KIDS THAT COME FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THOSE STUDENTS FOR LIFE. THAT IS A PASSION OF OURS AND THAT IS A PASSION OF MINE. NOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN TALLAHASSEE. YOUR SUPERINTENDENT INDICATED, THE TEACHER SALARY AND SOME OF THE OTHER PRIORITY BILLS. WE HAVE PRIORITY BILLS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED. SENATOR BRADLEY HAS FILED A BILL ON BEST AND BRIGHTEST TO ELIMINATE IT. WHEN I SHARED THAT WITH THE CLIENTS THAT WE ALREADY REPRESENT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY APPLAUD IT. VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY SO THAT YOU CAN WORK ON TEACHER SALARIES. I THINK IT'S

174VERY EXCITING THAT INGRAM WHO LEADS FEA, HE'S FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, KNOWN HIM A LONG TIME, GOOD BETHUNE-COOKMAN GRAD, UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS A GREAT MOVE FOR THE GOVERNOR. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND FEA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW WHAT? IT STARTS THE CONVERSATION, AND THIS GOVERNOR HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB I THINK OF STARTING THE CONVERSATION. WHERE THAT GOES IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. THERE MAY BE A LOOK AT THE DCD. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO MEAN TO YOU? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT MYSELF 20 YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS WHEN JIM KING MADE THE CHANGE TO DCD, I LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT. YOU LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW THAN YOU DID BACK THEN. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS READY TO GO

175RIGHT NOW THAT UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DCD, FEFP, UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU HAVE A TRANSIENT POPULATION, UNDERSTANDS THAT KIDS GO TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND -- CHARTER SCHOOLS DON'T LIKE THEM AND THEY SEND THEM BACK AND WHERE DOES THE MONEY STAY? WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO LEGISLATORS. I HAD A CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON WITH REPRESENTATIVE CUMMINGS. AND YOU ASKED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE BUDGET AND WHAT ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM HIM, JUST TODAY, HE SAYS THAT TOMORROW, THERE WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO HANDLE THE BUDGET. THEY ARE GOING TO DO A LOOK-SEE. THEY ARE GOING TO REPRIORITIZE THE BUDGET. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? YOU CAN START RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WERE TO HIRE US TODAY, WE COULD START RIGHT

176NOW HAVING THE CONVERSATION. WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? HOW WILL IT IMPACT? WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL YOU SUPPORT IN ? VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. HIT THE GROUND RUNG. I HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER BILLS FILED. YOUR OWN FORMER MEMBER, VALDEZ FILED A BILL ON ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. THAT INCLUDES NOW CHARTER SCHOOLS AND A DAY OFF FOR MENTAL HEALTH. MENTAL HEALTH IS GOING TO BE A HUGE ISSUE THIS SESSION, FOR CHILDREN, RESULTING FROM PARKLAND, WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN JOHNNY HAS TO GO BACK HOME AFTER HE OR SHE HAS EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE LIKE PARKLAND. AND THEN THERE'S A FEDERAL SIDE. WE HAVE A VAST EXPERIENCE ON THE FEDERAL SIDE. I'M JUST GOING TO GO AND I SCREWED THAT UP BUT I DON'T NEED IT. ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, WE HAVE A

177LOT OF EXPERIENCE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. MARCO RUBIO, WHO IS OUR SENIOR SENATOR, WAS MY LAW PARTNER FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS, GREG STEUBE, WHO IS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM -- TO THE NORTHWEST OF YOU, WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRM, WORKED WITH OUR GOVERNMENT PRACTICE. MARIO DIAZ BALART, FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, FRANCO HEADS OUR D.C. OFFICE. CLARENCE WILLIAMS, WHO WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF, FORMER CONGRESSMAN KENDRICK MEEK IS IN OUR D.C. OFFICE. SO WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. WE ARE THE ONLY FIRM THAT HAS WORKED HAND IN HAND FOR NOW ALMOST EIGHT YEARS. IT'S SECOND NATURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. WHAT DOES TALLAHASSEE LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO TALLAHASSEE. WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF IT. YOU NEED TO COME. THEY NEED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE

178TO SAY AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. WE PUT TOGETHER A TIMELINE THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO, HOW WE WILL WORK WITH YOUR STAFF, BECAUSE IT IS A STRATEGY, AND IT'S DIFFERENT. YOU'VE HAD AN IN-HOUSE PERSON, BUT WE CAN GET THE MEETINGS. WE CAN GET THE ACCESS, WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THE STRATEGY. THIS IS A SAMPLE OF YOUR FLY-IN SCHEDULE TO TALLAHASSEE. WE DO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME FOR LUNCH. BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. IT IS A MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DISCUSS YOUR ISSUES WITH TALLAHASSEE. I HAVE 20 MORE SECONDS. THE SAME THING FOR D.C. WE SCHEDULE A FLY-IN. WE MEET WITH LEGISLATORS. RICK SCOTT WHO APPOINTED ALAN BECKER TO ENTERPRISE FLORIDA, AND CONTINUES A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP. SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH THE SENATORS. SO

179I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS. THIS WOULD BE A FEDERAL LOBBYING TEAM. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE PICTURES ARE NOT COMING UP BUT I MENTIONED SOME OF THE PEOPLE. THIS WOULD BE YOUR STATE LOBBYING TEAM. AND WE HAVE OTHER FOLKS OTHER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOWN ON HERE. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE LOVE WHAT WE DO. I'M PANTING BECAUSE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT A DISTRICT SUCH AS YOURS. I'VE WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF YOUR LEGISLATORS OVER THE YEARS, FROM JIMMY HARGRETT TO ARTHENIA JOYNER TO YOUR CURRENT LEGISLATORS. AND YOU HAVE A GOOD BUNCH. I THINK THEY DESERVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS DESERVE GREAT REPRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US

180THIS EVENING FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT TONK. MR. PORTER. >>Jim Porter: AS THE CHAIR SAID AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, THE BOARD HAS A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS, NOT TWO MINUTES APIECE, NOT ONE MINUTE APIECE. A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES FOR ALL OF YOU. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PROCESS BE HONORED. AND SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE YOUR BUTTONS BECAUSE THAT TRIGGERS THE TWO MINUTES. WHEN YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU'LL HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. WHEN THE 15 MINUTES ARE UP, MR. CONA WAS ON THERE, IF WE COULD CLEAR THE SCREEN, PUT 15 MINUTES UP. PLEASE DON'T PRESS YOUR BUTTONS, BOARD MEMBERS. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. MADAM CHAIR, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON TOP OF THIS, BUT THE BOARDS NEED TO

181UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ONLY HAVE 15 MINUTES. THE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED AND ANSWERED AND YOU NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FIRM. THIS IS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS. THE BOARD HAS NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. FIDELITY TO THE PROCESS IS CRITICAL. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED. >>Tamara Shamburger: ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. MEMBER CONA. >>Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOLANDA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MY CHAIR WENT DOWN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR BIGGEST WIN FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN IT COMES TO APPROPRIATIONS? RIGHT OFF THE BAT, JUST ONE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. >> I THINK THE BIGGEST WAS -- I GUESS IT'S NOT A REAL, REAL APPROPRIATE BECAUSE I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DOLLARS, BUT IT WAS TO GIVE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SOME

182FLEXIBILITY ON CLASS SIZE. WHEN CLASS SIZE WAS IMPLEMENTED, IT WAS HORRENDOUS TO TRY TO, IN A VERY DIVERSE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE -- KIDS ARE IN AND OUT, THEY MAY COME IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN CLASS SIZE AND NOT BE IN VIOLATION. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR, AS FAR AS YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT I SEE LISTED HERE, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCED PEOPLE WHO WORKED AS A LOBBYIST IN K-12? IN OTHER WORDS, EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION. HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE ON BOARD? >> EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION -- >>Lynn Gray: IN LOBBYING. EDUCATIONAL LOBBYING. >> THAT WOULD BE ME. THAT WOULD BE SINCE 2003. THAT WOULD BE ME. WE

183DID HAVE ANOTHER PERSON THAT I TRAINED THAT HAS MOVED ON, BUT THAT WOULD BE ME. I AM THE ONE THAT SECURED BOTH DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY AND HAVE WORKED EXCLUSIVELY AS THE LEAD LOBBYIST IN BROWARD AND THEN AS A PART OF A TEAM IN DADE. >>Lynn Gray: ONE-PERSON -- ONE LOBBYIST FOR EDUCATION. >> RIGHT NOW. YES. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND DRIVING ALL THIS WAY. QUICK QUESTION, SO YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE STUDENT AND COMMUNITY NEEDS IN TALLAHASSEE. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE VERY EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION FROM YOUR CLIENT LIST TO YOUR TEAM. HOW DO YOU OVERCOME THAT DISADVANTAGE OF NOT OF HAVING A TEAM THAT'S VESTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHO KNOWS

184OUR SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENTS? >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. LET ME TELL YOU, WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND APPLIED ANYWAY, I'M VERY TRANSPARENT. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED THAT HAVE WORKED FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. SOMETIMES YOU NEED NEW EYES. AND WE ARE VESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. OUR FIRM HAS HAD AN OFFICE HERE A NUMBER OF YEARS. WE REPRESENT CAPE CORAL. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE OFFICE IN FORT MYERS. WE'VE BEEN ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE. I JUST HAPPEN TO BE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. I THINK EVEN TO THAT QUESTION, NO, I AM THE ONE WITH THE LONGEST SERVICES FOR K-12, BUT WE HAVE A FORMER SENATOR THAT DEALT WITH EDUCATION ISSUES FOR EIGHT YEARS. HOW CAN YOU DO IT? I MEAN, YOU WORK HARD. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE THING THAT I HAVEN'T PUT 100% INTO. AND I

185CAN ASSURE YOU WHETHER OR NOT I AM FROM DADE COUNTY OR WHEREVER I'M, FROM IF I REPRESENT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE REPRESENTED. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, YOLANDA. I APPRECIATE YOU DRIVING BACK FROM TALLAHASSEE. YOU ARE VERY INVESTED IN SOUTH FLORIDA. TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU CONTINUE TO REPRESENT SOUTH FLORIDA AND MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD AND REPRESENT HILLSBOROUGH AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THE NEEDS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. >> NEEDS ARE VERY DIFFERENT, BUT YOU'RE THE THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU DO DIFFERENT. QUITE FRANKLY, THE ISSUES ARE THE SAME. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE SAME IN SULPHUR SPRINGS THAT IT

186IS IN LIBERTY CITY. IT IS THE SAME. HOW DO I REPRESENT IT, JUST BECAUSE THE KIDS LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR THE ADDRESSES ARE DIFFERENT, THE ISSUES ARE THE SAME. I GUESS THAT'S THE ANSWER I HAVE FOR YOU. THE ISSUES ARE THE SAME. THE SAME THING THAT I HEAR YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT AND HAVE OBSERVED FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN THE SAME ISSUES I HEAR IN BROWARD, THE SAME ISSUES I HEAR IN DADE. WE REPRESENT OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA OR ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AS WELL. THAT'S THE ANSWER. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: WITH MENTAL HEALTH BEING AN ISSUE OF CRISIS IN OUR NATION, WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU BRING WITH RALLYING BEHIND DEALING WITH OUR CHILDREN MENTAL HEALTH AND FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH? >> I

187WANT TO MENTION THAT I DO CURRENTLY REPRESENT A GROUP CALLED FLORIDA CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE OF WHICH SULPHUR SPRINGS IS A PART OF THAT. WE CURRENTLY DO REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. WHAT EXPERIENCES DO I HAVE ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FOR CHILDREN? I'VE WORKED IN A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS WHERE CHILDREN -- YOU KNOW, AM I A MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST? NO. HAVE WE HAD EXPERIENCE REPRESENTING ENTITIES INVOLVING CHILDREN, YES. ELLEN BOGDANOFF WHO I MENTIONED, LED AN ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN. WE WORK WITH FOSTER CHILDREN. AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT COME ALONG WITH THEM. BUT NOBODY IS AN EXPERT ON EVERYTHING. IF THEY TELL YOU THEY ARE THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. YOU DO LEARN ISSUES, ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN

188AND FAMILIES QUITE A BIT, WHICH WILL BE HANDLING THOSE ISSUES, AND I THINK WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING SO. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. LONG DRIVE TO TALLAHASSEE AND BACK. >> ALL WORTH IT ALL. >>Melissa Snively: ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OR URGENT LEGISLATION THAT YOU'D RECOMMEND FOR US RIGHT NOW? WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST NEED FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH REGARD TO LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS? >> BENEFIT STUDENTS. I THINK THAT YOUR BIGGEST NEED IS TO, QUITE HONESTLY, COLLABORATE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON SOME OF YOUR COMMON ISSUES. YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE. LET ME JUST

189SAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS CHANGING. WE NOW HAVE 17 DEMOCRATS, 23 REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE MOVED FROM 31 UP TO 47. THAT'S CHANGED. THAT'S A BIG CHANGE. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITHIN THAT ATMOSPHERE. AND THE WAY THAT YOU DO IS TO COMBINE. YOU HAVE MORE WOMEN. MORE WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE LEGISLATURE THAN YOU EVER HAD IN THE HISTORY OF THE LEGISLATURE. YOU HAVE 13 WOMEN THAT LOOK LIKE ME, WHO ARE MOTHERS, WHO UNDERSTAND, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM THE STORY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PASSIONATE FOR YOU. YOU HAVE A NEED TO DEAL WITH ISSUES OF GUN VIOLENCE. YOU HAVE THE NEED TO DEAL WITH ISSUES OF HOUSING. WE HAVE MORE HOMELESS CHILDREN IN LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD

190BEFORE. THOSE ARE COMMON PROBLEMS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE ON THE WEST SIDE HERE IN TAMPA OR YOU'RE IN LIBERTY CITY OR YOU'RE -- THE ISSUES ARE THE SAME. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. AND THAT TAKES CARE OF THE LEADERSHIP ISSUE, BECAUSE THE SPEAKER AND THE SENATE PRESIDENT CHANGE. THE SPEAKER IS FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. JOSE IS FROM HIALEAH. HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. HE'S NOT GOING TO ASK YOU, HOW ARE THE KIDS OVER IN TAMPA. HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE CHILDREN AS A WHOLE NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. >>Melissa Snively: I HAVE ONE MORE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. >>Tamara Shamburger: WE'LL GO BACK IN THE ROTATION. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER BOARDS AROUND THE STATE,

191BUT OUR BOARD IS, I WOULD SAY, VERY ACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATION. WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. WE ACTUALLY TAKE TURNS GOING UP TO TALLAHASSEE. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM, BUT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT ONLY ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE ENTIRE EDUCATION COMMUNITY HERE IN THE STATE BUT SPECIFIC THINGS TO HILLSBOROUGH AS WELL. I WANT TO KNOW AS A FIRM, HOW DO YOU WORK WITH US, WHEN WE MAY HAVE ISSUES THAT ARE VERY HILLSBOROUGH SPECIFIC AND MAYBE EVEN ISSUES THAT YOU MAY NOT FEEL IS A PRIORITY BUT MAYBE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, HOW DO WE WORK WITH YOU ONE ON ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE BEING PUSHED FORWARD. >> FIRST OF ALL, I WORK FOR YOU. YOU DO NOT WORK FOR ME. YOUR ISSUES THAT

192ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU ARE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME. AND THAT SHOULD BE THE WAY THAT IT IS. SO YOU EXPRESS THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU. IT IS MY JOB AS A PROFESSIONAL, AND I THINK I'M VERY GOOD AT WHAT I DO TO FIGURE IT OUT AND TO MAKE SURE I COMMUNICATE YOUR PRIORITIES TO WHOMEVER IS GOING TO MAKE THE DECISIONS, AND THAT IS WHETHER THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN TAMPA, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYBODY IN LEADERSHIP FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, CORRECT? YOU'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T. SO YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE A GUY LIKE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, LIKE TRAVIS CUMMINGS, YOU KNOW, FROM CLAY COUNTY, THAT YOUR ISSUE IS IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER SNIVELY.

193>>Melissa Snively: WE AS A BOARD INDIVIDUALLY AND SOMETIMES FOR MEETINGS IN TALLAHASSEE DO TRAVEL AND ATTEND MEETINGS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR VISION -- WHAT'S OUR ROLE -- WHAT DO YOU SEE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, OUR ROLE AS BOARD MEMBERS WHEN MEETING WITH LEGISLATORS ONE ON ONE? AND HOW DO YOU MANAGE BOARD MEMBERS WHEN MAYBE WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY A UNIFIED ISSUE BUT TEND TO STRAY OFF INTO A DIFFERENT ISSUE? I KNOW THAT NEVER HAPPENS. NOT US. LIKE, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S ON A BOARD -- JUST KIDDING. ASKING FOR A FRIEND. >> SO PREPARATION. MY DAD USED TO SAY PRIOR PLANNING PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE. PREPARATION SO YOU'RE AWARE BEFORE YOU GO. WE DO SOME HOMEWORK AT HOME, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PLAN, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A DELEGATION COMING IN

194AND YOU DISCUSS SOME ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU SO THAT IT TAKES AWAY THE POINT ABOUT BEING WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO HILLSBOROUGH. THAT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY. AND THEN WHEN WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE, WE HAVE AN AGENDA. WE SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THAT AGENDA. WE TALK ABOUT WHICH MEMBERS ARE HOT BUTTONS BECAUSE GENERALLY I KIND OF KNOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN UP THERE AND I HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH A NUMBER OF THEM. WE MET WITH A LEGISLATOR TODAY AND I HAD TO TELL MY CLIENT, DO NOT MENTION THAT. SO WE PREPARE. DON'T LET YOU GO ASTRAY. BUT WE TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE INTERESTS. LISTEN, WE HANDLED A DISTRICT THAT HAD TO DO WITH PARKLAND. THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING. IT WAS PASSION. IT WAS SORROW. IT WAS HURT. AND THE BOARD WAS ALL OVER

195THE PLACE, BUT WE MADE IT THROUGH, AND WE MADE IT THROUGH SUCCESSFULLY BECAUSE WE WERE PREPARED. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY, ONE LAST QUESTION. ONE LAST QUESTION. GRAY GRAY IN TWO MINUTES, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OR US AN EXAMPLE, EXCUSE ME, OF A BILL THAT RELATES TO EDUCATION THAT HAS YOUR NAME BEHIND IT, SO TO SPEAK AND IF IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, RECENTLY. >> SO I WILL GIVE YOU HIGHER EDUCATION AND K-12 EDUCATION. >>Lynn Gray: K-12 WOULD BE FINE. >> BOY, IT HAS BEEN -- WE DID DUAL ENROLLMENT. I THINK THAT WAS A SEPARATE BILL. THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST RECENT BILL BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR WORK WAS ON ISSUES OF APPROPRIATIONS, LIKE COMPRESSION AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILLS THAT WE TRACK, LIKE THE

196ONES THAT I SHOWED YOU UP THERE, ARE OFTEN NOT GENERATED BY THE LOBBYING TEAM. SOMETIMES IT'S AN IDEA THAT GOES TO A LEGISLATOR, AND THEN THE LEGISLATOR THEN DOES THE BILL. VERY SELDOM IN THE 20 YEARS I'VE DONE THIS DO YOU HAVE A LOBBYIST THAT COMES AND SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS MY BILL. FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T VOTE ON ANYTHING. THIS IS AN IDEA THAT WE TOOK TO A LEGISLATOR. AND I'VE CHAMPIONED MANY BILLS. DUAL ENROLLMENT IS A BIG ISSUE. WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT? THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE FOR ONE OF OUR KLINES. AND THEN EDUCATION, I'VE DONE A NUMBER OF EDUCATION BILLS AS A WHOLE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT NOW CONCLUDES ALL BOARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS. THANK YOU, YOLANDA, FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND BEING WITH US

197THIS EVENING. >> IF I MAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, THANK YOUR STAFF, THEIR PROFESSIONAL MANNER, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THE PROCESS WAS NOT PAINFUL. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IF YOU'LL ACKNOWLEDGE OUR NEXT FIRM. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT FIRM COMING IN TO DO THEIR TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION IS GrayRobinson. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, MEMBERS, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. MY NAME IS ROBERT STUART. I'M WITH THE GrayRobinson LAW FIRM. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE FIRM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM OF EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AND TALK ABOUT OUR FIRM AND WHAT WE

198THINK WE BRING TO THE TABLE FOR YOUR DISTRICT AS YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE SESSION AHEAD AND THE ONES BEYOND THAT. I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN HERE IN JUST A SECOND AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO THE STAR OF THE SHOW. I'VE GOT THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING OUR TEAM LEAD FOR THIS FILE, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND THAT IS KIM McDOUGLE. KIM IS RELATIVELY NEW TO THE GrayRobinson FAMILY BUT NOT AT ALL NEW TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. NOT AT ALL NEW TO STATE GOVERNMENT, NOT AT ALL NEW TO THE EDUCATION ARENA. KIM HAD A 30-YEAR CAREER IN STATE GOVERNMENT BEING THE FIRST AND ONLY CAREER STATE EMPLOYEE THAT WENT FROM RANK AND FILE IN THE EDUCATION WORLD TO CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA. HER EXPERTISE AND HER EXPERIENCE ABSOLUTELY RUNS

199THE GAMUT OF THE ISSUES THAT YOUR DISTRICT FACES ON A DAILY BASIS, FROM APPROPRIATIONS TO WRITING THE EDUCATION BUDGET TO DEALING WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO HANDLING ALL MATTERS OF POLICY. KIM IS IN EVERY DAY POSSIBLE OUR EDUCATION GURU AT GRAYROBINSON. I'M PROUD TO BE WITH HER TONIGHT. I'M PROUD TO CALL HER MY PARTNER. I'M THRILLED TO INTRODUCE HER FOR THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT. MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. AND KIM, TAKE IT AWAY. >> KIND OF HOPING THAT WOULD BE SAID AT MY FUNERAL, NOT AS AN INTRODUCTION. I HOPE I MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TEN MINUTES TO PRESENT. I ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM THE RULES WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT WASN'T IN

200OUR WRITTEN INFORMATION. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GET STARTED. >>Jeffrey Eakins: YOU HAVE EIGHT MINUTES. >> THIS IS ALSO IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR CALLED A PowerPoint. WE'RE ANNUALLY RANKED. GrayRobinson ANNUALLY LANKED AMONG THE TOP LOBBYING FIRMS -- RANKED AMONG THE TOP LOBBYING FIRMS DUES COLLECTED. NO LOBBYIST WILL RUN OFF AND DO LAWYER. WE LOBBY FULL TIME. I AM A LOBBYIST. I AM NOT A LAWYER. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENTED FOR YEARS, OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR CLIENTS. OUR TEAM, I WOULD BE THE TEAM LEAD. I'LL TALK ABOUT D.C. DEAN CANNON. DEAN CANNON WAS FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN 2010-2012. MOST IMPORTANTLY, TWO MONTHS AGO, HE BECAME PRESIDENT AND CEO OF GrayRobinson. JESSICA LOVE, SHE'S A 7th GENERATION FLORIDIAN. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. JOSEPH SALZBURG IN OUR MIAMI OFFICE. FSU LAW SCHOOL AND ALSO WORKED

201IN THE FLORIDA HOUSE AS ANALYST. -- ALSO BEGAN HIS CAREER AS LEGISLATIVE AIDE IN THE HOUSE AND HAS 12 YEARS WITH GrayRobinson. OUR WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE, WE ACQUIRED ARIS BACK IN 2019, BUT JOHN ARIELLE, HE HAS 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. PREVIOUS CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER AS CHIEF OF STAFF. STETSON UNDERGRAD AND STETSON LAW SCHOOL. DOYLE WHO LEADS THE D.C. OFFICE, HE BEGAN THE ERIS GROUP. WE PURCHASED THAT. THEN HE WENT TO GEORGE WASHINGTON. THEN FEDERAL LOBBYING CAPABILITIES, THEY DO WHAT MANY FIRMS DO, COORDINATE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES, ARRANGE AND ATTEND MEETINGS THEY REPRESENT YOU ON YOUR BEHALF AND ALSO THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT GETTING BUCKETS OF MONEY. THEY KNOW HOW TO GO TO THE AGENCY BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CHANGED FROM AS MANY EARMARKS. NOW YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET MONEY FOR

202ONE OF YOUR APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE AGENCIES. SERVICES AND APPROACH, I BELIEVE THAT'S HILLSBOROUGH HIGH. AND I LOCAL COLOR IN THERE. THE SERVICES OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE VERY FLUID AND FLEXIBLE. WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE WHATEVER SERVICE AND DIRECTION YOU WANT BASED ON YOUR PRIORITIES. WHAT IS IT? WHAT DO YOU WANT? WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU? WILLING TO WORK ONE CONTACT AS A BOARD. I WORK WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. NOT EVERY SINGLE PERSON CAN BE GIVING YOU DIRECTION BECAUSE THEN IT'S LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE ALL THESE ARROWS FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT WE NEED ONE ARROW TO WORK ON THE MOST EFFICIENT COORDINATION BUT MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS UP TO DATE AND -- WE DO THE TRACKING AND APPROPRIATIONS. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE, SINCE THIS IS MY 31st SESSION, I HAVE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS IN

203TALLAHASSEE AS DO MOST PEOPLE AT GrayRobinson. HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT OUR TEAM BRINGS. OBVIOUSLY, SPEAKER ALEVEA, GALVANO, SPROUSE, WE ARE REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, DOESN'T MATTER, WE'RE FRIENDS WITH ALL OF THEM. AGENCIES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM ONE OF THE AGENCIES, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS IN THE AGENCIES. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE PUT CORRECTIONS FIRST. I WOULD PUT DOE, DEP OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN CASE WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG STORM. TIMELINE. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION. WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU. INITIAL MEETING, WHAT IS YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. I THINK YOU USED FSBA LAST YEAR, WHICH WE REPRESENT FSBA, BUT DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING UNIQUE OR APPROPRIATE WHETHER AN APPROPRIATION OR POLICY ISSUE. BLOCK AND TACKLE, OFFENSE, DEFENSE, AND DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR DIFFERENT TACTICS. WE WERE THERE TODAY. LONG

204DAY TODAY. CAME DOWN HERE. THAT'S GREAT. YOUR WEATHER IS BETTER TODAY. IF YOU WANT A DAY AT THE CAPITOL. SOME WANT A DAY AT THE CAPITOL, SOME DON'T. IT'S YOUR CHOICE. WE'RE HAPPY TO ARRANGE IT. I THINK YOU HAVE 16 MEMBERS OF YOUR DELEGATION. 9 REPUBLICANS AND 7 ARE DEMOCRATS. SESSION, I LOVE SESSION. WE WILL PROVIDE DAILY COMMUNICATIONS AT STOP AND GO, YOU WAIT. WE PROVIDE WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU WANT. WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE. POST SESSION, LIKE, WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ISSUE? DID WE WIN? NOT WIN? GO BACK TO THE NEXT SESSION? HAVE TO DO MORE HOMEWORK BETWEEN SESSIONS? A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE AN ISSUE THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT OR MEET YOU, AS YOU KNOW MOST OF YOUR DELEGATION, IN THE MIDDLE OF SESSION UNLESS IT'S A

205SPECIAL POP-UP ISSUE. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS POPPED UP -- NO ONE SAW THAT COMING. THAT CONSUMED EVERYONE. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT AND GO BACK AND FIX WHAT YOU DIDN'T GET. THAT IS THE POST SESSION. THIS IS OUR FIRM. WE HAVE OFFICES ALL OVER THE STATE. WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY SMART PEOPLE THAT WE CAN ACCESS AS A RESOURCE. I CALL IT PHONE A FRIEND IF YOU NEED ANSWERS. WE HAVE GREAT LAWYERS ESPECIALLY WHEN DRAFTING BILLS OR AMENDMENTS. I ALWAYS ASK A LAWYER, DID I DO IT RIGHT? I CALL IT CONCIERGE WHITE GLOVE. I'M LIKE THIS IS IT. I HAVE PEOPLE LIKE ROBERT, PEOPLE LIKE JOSEPH, THAT HAVE EVEN MORE RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS THAN I HAVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOUR NEEDS ARE MET. BECAUSE I'M AN EDUCATOR AT HEART, I

206THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT YOUR MISSION AND YOUR TAG, PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. I'M GETTING OLD. THE PEOPLE YOU'RE PREPARING TODAY ARE MAKING DECISIONS WHEN I'M OUT OF THE WORKFORCE. I CARE GREATLY WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR YOUTH AND IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. EVEN THOUGH I TALK FAST, HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T GO TOO FAST. I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. YOU ALREADY READ US. YOU KNOW US. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR SAVING A FEW MINUTES ON THE PRESENTATION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. WE'LL MOVE INTO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS STARTING WITH MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN FROM TALLAHASSEE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT US AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL

207DISTRICT? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE? WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST NEED OR LEGISLATIVE BILL THAT MIGHT ADDRESS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST NEEDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. >> MOST IMPORTANT THING IS I KNOW YOU HAVE 215,000 STUDENTS. I ALWAYS THINK, WHEN YOU GO FORWARD AND MOVE AS A BOARD, MAKE A DECISION ON YOUR PRIORITIES, WHAT WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT TO 215,000 STUDENTS. I TRY TO DO STUDENT-BASED, POLICY -- WE SAW GOVERNOR DESANTIS ROLL OUT TEACHER PAY, RIGHT? SO WHEN THE DOORS CLOSE, WHO'S WITH THE KIDS? THE TEACHERS. HE ROLLED OUT WHAT I WOULD CALL A PHASE ONE. IT'S NOT A BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY. IT IS A MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY. I THINK YOU ALL ARE AT 41,000. HIS 47,500. YOU HAVE THE OTHER BUCKETS, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER

208BUCKETS. SO THE SOLUTION HASN'T BEEN CRAFTED. HE'S GOING TO ROLL OUT ANOTHER PART, BUT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO WORK. SO YOU CARE AT THE END OF THE DAY HOW THAT IS CRAFTED? YOU MIGHT WANT TO NOT HAVE INPUT OR YOU MIGHT THINK, HEY, FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND OUR STUDENTS, THIS APPROACH WOULD WORK BEST. DO YOU WANT TO SPEND POLITICAL CAPITAL HELPING FRAME HOW TEACHER PAY MAY BE ROLLED OUT? AND FIGHTING FOR IT? JUST BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR ROLLED IT OUT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AS A FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, I CAN TELL YOU, WISH IT WOULD ALL HAPPEN BUT THE GOVERNOR MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU HAVE TO GO FIGHT FOR IT. DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE FIGHT TO GET MORE MONEY FOR TEACHERS? OR DO YOU WANT SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR

209HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY? >>Melissa Snively: WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE -- >> YOU'RE ON THE MENU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU REPRESENT QUITE A FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS. BROWARD, ST. LUCIA, LAKE, LEVY, WHEN THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATIONS DOLLARS AND ALL OF THOSE DISTRICTS, INCLUDING HILLSBOROUGH HAVE ASKS AND YOU'RE ASKED TO RANK YOUR TOP TWO OR THREE, HOW DO YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN ALL OF YOUR CLIENTS AS TO WHOSE APPROPRIATION REQUEST YOU'LL SUPPORT? >> GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS, RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE CLIENTS HAS A SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION ASK, THAT'S LEVY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. PART OF THE SPECIAL FACILITIES REVIEW. THEY ARE RANKED NUMBER TWO. IT'S NOT A MEMBER PROJECT. IT WAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

210LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST SO NOT AN APPROPRIATIONS FORUM. IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO REPRESENT YOU ALL, YOU WOULD BE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION IF YOU HAD ONE, A REQUEST. YOU'D BE NUMBER ONE. >> FOR NOW. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER CONA. >>Steve Cona: THANK YOU, KIM, AND THANK YOU, ROBERT, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND ASK FOR MONEY. A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALL PUSHING FOR THE SAME THING. I THINK WHAT THIS BOARD CARES ABOUT IS WHAT HILLSBOROUGH CAN DO TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON APPROPRIATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, JUST APPROPRIATIONS FOR HILLSBOROUGH

211COUNTY AND HAVE YOU SEEN THAT SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL DISTRICTS GETTING THOSE TYPE OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR LIKE A S.T.E.M. PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE. >> I'LL LET ROBERT TALK ABOUT THAT AND I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT ANOTHER INSTANCE MAYBE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT. ROBERT? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE LAST TWO YEARS, IN WORKING FOR THE LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'VE HAD SUCCESS ON APPROPRIATIONS DEALING WITH THE WORKFORCE TRAINING ACADEMY. LAST YEAR, 2018, $830,000 PLUS OR MINUS FOR LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOL AS THEY BEGAN A CONSTRUCTION TRAINING ACADEMY. THE 2019 SESSION, IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, EUSTIS HIGH SCHOOL, $500,000 THERE FOR ANOTHER WORKFORCE TRAINING ACADEMY. ALSO IN THE LAST TWO SESSIONS WE'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE FIGHT FOR THE COMPRESSION ALLOCATION WHICH GOES TO THE DISTRICTS THAT FALL BELOW THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. I THINK HILLSBOROUGH IS

212A BENEFICIARY OF THE COMPRESSION ALLOCATION. 54 MILLION IN 2018, 52 MILLION, PLUS OR MINUS THIS YEAR. SO THOSE ARE SOME JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD OF THINGS WE'VE WORKED ON JUST IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS. >> LAST YEAR, MY CLIENTS, I WAS LIKE ALL HANDS ON DECK. I THINK I HAD 17 MEETINGS ON ONE BILL. REMEMBER THE REFERENDUM BILL THAT PASSED, THE LEGISLATURE WAS GOING TO SAY HAD TO GO BACK AND SHARE WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE DIDN'T SHARE WITH BEFORE, SO THERE WAS A COST BROWARD SAVED $70 MILLION AND ST. LUCIE SAVED $5 MILLION BECAUSE WE GOT CHANGES MADE TO THE BILL. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: YES, AND THANK YOU MS. McDOUGLE. YOUR PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT. I HAD TWO QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION

213PAYS FOR YOUR LOBBYING SERVICES. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY WOULD WE NEED TO ALSO PAY FOR YOUR LOBBYING SERVICES? >> BECAUSE YOU'RE A DISTRICT AND THEY ARE AN ASSOCIATION. AN ASSOCIATION YOU HERD CATS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FSBA PLATFORM, THE FSBA PLATFORM IS THE NATION'S BEST TEACHERS. THEY HAVEN'T SAID GO IN AND FIX TEACHER PAY. THEY HAVEN'T SAID GO IN AND DO THIS. WHEN YOU'RE AN ASSOCIATION, ALL THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO AGREE. IT'S DIFFERENT. LOOK AT VPK, EARLY LEARNING, WE HAVE TO DO THAT. GO PROFFER, MAKE SURE SOMETHING HAPPENS THERE. SHANNON GOFF USED TO WORK WITH ME. I THINK SHE WILL BE A GREAT LEADER OF EARLY LEARNING. KEEP FLORIDA SCHOOLS SAFE, IT'S SPECIFIC THINGS WHEN I WORK FOR FSBA, NOT AS DETAILED AND IN-DEPTH AS IT IS WHEN YOU WORK WITH A DISTRICT.

214IT'S JUST NOT. FSBA IS UP HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT EVERYONE. AND THEN A DISTRICT IS DOWN HERE. IT'S A MUCH MORE NUTS AND BOLTS WHEN YOU REPRESENT A DISTRICT. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER. >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER GRAY, YOU CAN GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AT THIS TIME -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'LL GO TO MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I ENJOYED YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU MENTIONED MARJORY STONEMAN. MY PASSION IS MENTAL HEALTH. WITH MENTAL HEALTH BEING CRISIS AND OUR NATION, WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT DOWN TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE IN LOBBYING FOR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BEING THE FOURTH LARGEST IN OUR STATE? >> SO HISTORICALLY, THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION REALLY

215DID CARE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THERE WASN'T A -- OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, NO ONE WANTED TO FUND MENTAL HEALTH, RIGHT? ALL OF A SUDDEN -- OPENED UP THE DOOR TO GET FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. PART OF IT WAS TIMING. NOT SURE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AS MUCH DISCUSSION WITHOUT A PARKLAND. YOU LOOK AT PARKLAND, LOOK AT HOMELESS, ALL THE TRANSIENT ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH IS A HUGE ISSUE AND NEED TO BE MORE. ALSO A PART OF IT IS, NOT JUST ONE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. WE ALL LEARNED IT IS THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE AGENCIES. THIS AGENCY KNOWS THIS. THIS AGENCY KNOWS THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT COORDINATING. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE? I GET REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY WHERE YOU SHOULD BE, MAXIMIZE RESOURCES AND

216GO TO LEGISLATURE. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THAT IS A HARD THING. STATEWIDE ISSUE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN APPROPRIATION, LIKE ROBERT SAID, YOU LOOK AND THEY ARE BAND. REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, HOUSE AND SENATE. LOOK AT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THEY ARE REALLY INTO HOW WE CREATE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS FOR HIGH WAGE. NOT THE LOW-HANGING INDUSTRY CERTS. IF THE KIDS DECIDE NOT TO GO ON FOR THAT TIME, AS LONG AS A CAREER PATH, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU NEED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY? DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? NOT A SPECIFIC THING. I THINK BECAUSE OF SCHOOL SAFETY, I THINK MENTAL HEALTH WILL COME BACK. GO BACK AND LOOK AT HOW SPENT. SPEND WELL, DIDN'T DO IT, YOU BETTER GO BACK AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM

217CHAIR. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH YOU, KIM. I KNOW HOW YOU OPERATE AS FAR AS GOING FOR THE WINS. TELL ME HOW YOU CONVINCE THIS BOARD WITH THE WAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE SITS RIGHT NOW AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WHETHER OR NOT WE GO AFTER FOR WINS AND WHAT WE KIND OF SET ASIDE THAT WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH AND GET US IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT TEACHER PAY AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT AND WE CAN WIN SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, NOT HAVING LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW IN OUR DELEGATION. >> I THINK YOU STILL START WITH YOUR DELEGATION. SO THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENS. LEGISLATORS GET ALL THE ASKS. VERY GRATEFUL.

218FILE APPROPRIATIONS THANKFULLY FOR OUR CLIENTS. IT HAS TO BE A PRIORITY. THE MEMBER THAT'S SPONSORING THE APPROPRIATION IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAS TO BE A PRIORITY. THAT'S WHERE WE USE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH PRESIDENT GALVANO, SPEAKER OLIVA. WE GO TO THE FOURTH FLOOR, HEY, HERE ARE THE SPONSORS. THIS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BUT IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE ISSUE, THE DATA AND ONE PAGER. WE USE ONE PAGERS EVERYWHERE, THANK GOD, RIGHT? WHAT IS THE COMPELLING REASON SOMEONE SHOULD FUND AN ENERGY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN CYBERSECURITY AT ONE OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS? WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ONE THERE NOW. IF YOU HAVE A CYBERSECURITY INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION TRAINING, THERE IS A HUGE GUIDE -- -- UNIVERSITIES, NUMBER ONE IS THE ISSUE. NUMBER TWO IS YOUR DELEGATION, MAKING IT A PRIORITY, PRIMARILY YOUR SPONSORS. NUMBER

219THREE, THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN AND WHERE THE ADDED VALUE OF PUSHING IT IN ADDITION WITH YOUR DELEGATION AND YOUR SPONSORS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER GRAY. LAST QUESTION. >>Lynn Gray: I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOUR EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR WORKING IN EDUCATION HAS LARGELY BEEN IN THE FIELD OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, WHICH IS ADMIRABLE BECAUSE SCHOOL CHOICE IS THE WAY TO GO, AS WE KNOW. IT IS THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST. I DON'T MIND SCHOOL CHOICE AS LONG AS THE CHOICES ARE WITH HIGH-FIDELITY, OF COURSE. BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE THE 8th LARGEST AND WE HAVE A VERY STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE IDEA THAT YOUR PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND IS IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL INDUSTRY OR YOU CAN

220NEGATE THAT AS WELL, WHAT I JUST SAID. >> VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. SORRY WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO BE ONE ON ONE. I WILL SAY ONE THING THAT MAYBE WASN'T IN THERE. I WAS A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN LOUISIANA. STUDENT TEACHING -- MY HEART AND SOUL IS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. ABOUT 10% OF OUR SKIDS GO STATEWIDE INTO CHOICE PROGRAMS, RIGHT? 90% OF THE POLICIES THAT -- THE POLICIES WE'VE DONE, WHETHER I WORKED FOR COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, WHETHER I WORK FOR JEB BUSH, WORK FOR GOVERNOR SCOTT, I WORK FOR MY PRINCIPALS THAT WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE. EVERY STUDENT MATTERS. I AM A HUGE SUPPORTER AND FAN OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ALWAYS WILL BE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS WILL ATTEND. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FANTASTIC. THEY HAVE

221FANTASTIC SCHOOL CHOICE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT'S JUST SOME PARENTS, HEY, I WANT CHICK-FIL-A DOESN'T HAVE BUFFALO SAUCE. I GO TO ZAXBY'S. YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT PARENT BUT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WANT TO GO OVER THERE. NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL. IT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT BUFFALO SAUCE THAT DAY AND CHICK-FIL-A DOESN'T SELL IT. >>Stacy Hahn: I'M GOING TO SWITCH THE CONVERSATION TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE OUR DISTRICT NEEDS TO DEVELOP LOBBYING EFFORTS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND A LOT OF UNTAPPED POTENTIAL. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OUR FEDERAL PRIORITY WOULD BE IF YOU HAD A PRIORITY, MORE THAN ONE, WHAT SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT? >> I WOULD HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU ONE ON ONE

222INDIVIDUALLY. AS A BOARD I'M LIKE WE WOULD REPRESENT THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. I DON'T KNOW YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, YOU'RE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I COULD FIGURE OUT WHERE YOUR PRIORITIES. WHEN YOU DO IT AS A BOARD IT'S HARDER, TAKES MORE WORK. IF YOU HIRED US, SOONER THAN LATER, CONFERENCE CALLS OR COME DOWN HERE, LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU FOR AN HOUR, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES, TALK TO MY D.C. GUYS, HEY, KNOWING THE AGENCIES, KNOWING THERE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE DOLLARS COMING SOONER THAN LATER, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE BUCKETS OF MONEY ARE, I KNOW YOU DON'T NEED IT, SOME FOLKS NEED FEMA MONEY, WHEN IS THAT MONEY COMING? U.S. DOE? WHEN IS THAT MONEY COMING? SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME AT THE CAPITOL OR NOT? I WANT TO LAY OUT OPTIONS. TARGETED, THOUGHTFUL,

223DELIBERATE APPROACH. I JUST DON'T LIE. >>Stacy Hahn: DO YOU ASSIST WITH SUPPORTING SOME OF OUR FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FUNDED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL? >> OUR D.C. OFFICE, I WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS. IF YOU HAVE ACCESS FOR A MEETING OR PHONE CALLS, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. >> NOT JUST LOBBYING FOR BILLS AND MONEY BUT YOU COULD ALSO HELP SUPPORT OUR GRANTS. >> CORRECT. >> THE GRANT DEPARTMENT. >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: PROBABLY THE LAST QUESTION. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS ON OUR IN-HOUSE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM. HOW DO YOU WORK WITH AN IN-HOUSE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM? WHAT DOES THAT WORK LIKE? >> I KNOW THE VALUE OF THEM BECAUSE I GO TO FELL, THE FLORIDA EDUCATORS LEGISLATIVE LIAISON. EVERY WEEK I SIT DOWN WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE LOBBYIST AROUND THE STATE TO

224UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES AND IMPACT TO MY CLIENTS. I WOULD TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE US TO WORK WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICE? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE. WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THERE ARE NONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE OUR LAST FIRM, PLEASE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE LAST FIRM TONIGHT WITH THEIR PRESENTATION WILL BE SHUMAKER ADVISORS. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THEY ARE GOING TO PUT 10 MINUTES UP ON THE CLOCK. IT'S NOT QUITE THERE YET. AS SOON AS THEY GET 10 MINUTES, WE'LL START THE CLOCK AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

225>> GOOD EVENING, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, AND ALL OF THE VERY HARDWORKING MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS RON CHRISTALDI, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SHUMAKER ADVISORS FLORIDA. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND THE PANEL THAT WAS CREATED TO REVIEW THE RFPs DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF CULLING DOWN TO THREE. I THINK YOU HAVE THREE -- THERE'S NO QUESTION YOU HAVE THREE QUALIFIED GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS HERE TONIGHT. THE QUESTION BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD HERE TONIGHT REALLY IS WHAT GROUP IS GOING TO WORK HARDEST FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? WHAT GROUP DO YOU KNOW? WHAT GROUP DO YOU TRUST? WHAT GROUP IS GOING TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE IN ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? I WOULD SUBMIT

226TO YOU THAT SHUMAKER ADVISORS IS THAT GROUP FOR FOUR REASONS. WE'RE EXPERIENCED. I MYSELF PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN REPRESENTING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES IN THIS COUNTY FOR CLOSE TO 25 YEARS. CONGRESSMAN JOLLY AND AMY McGWIRE ARE GOING TO STEP TO THE PODIUM IN JUST A MINUTE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR STATE AND FEDERAL EXPERIENCE. SHUMAKER ADVISERS WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SHUMAKER LAW FIRM THAT'S BEEN IN TAMPA SINCE 1985, FOUNDED IN 1925. WE'RE COMMITTED. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, I APOLOGIZE IF THEY GIVE ANY BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN ADVANCE. BUT JOKING ASIDE, THOSE THREE SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD TO ME. AS I PRIORITIZE THEM, SHUMAKER ADVISERS WILL PRIORITIZE THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR REPRESENTATION. WHAT WAS IN OUR PROPOSAL IS DURING THE INITIAL

227TERM OF THE CONTRACT WHEN WE ARE REPRESENTING THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE WILL NOT BE REPRESENTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM BROWARD COUNTY OR COLLIER COUNTY. WE WILL NOT BE REPRESENTING A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM ANY OTHER REGION IN FLORIDA IN TALLAHASSEE OR WASHINGTON, D.C. WE'RE COMMITTED TO PUTTING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TOWARD THE CHILDREN OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE'RE LOCAL. WE LIVE HERE. WE WORK HERE. OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL HERE. JUST LIKE IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO LIVE IN ORLANDO OR FT. LAUDERDALE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE, WE THINK IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOUR LOBBYIST TO NOT BE HERE IN TAMPA BAY, NOT BE HERE TO MEET WITH YOU IN PERSON AND NOT BE HERE TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE FOCUSED. WE KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

228WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRIDES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN GRADUATION RATES SINCE 2015 HAVE HAD AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $1 BILLION FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT OF THE 27 TOP LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE NATION, THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S CHILDREN AND FOURTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE RANKED NUMBER ONE. WE UNDERSTAND HOW HARD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS WORKED TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. WE UNDERSTAND THE LEADERSHIP THAT THIS SCHOOL BOARD AND THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SHOWN IN S.T.E.M. EDUCATION, THE AWARDS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED FOR THAT. WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING WITH OUR MILITARY INSTITUTIONS AND OUR MILITARY FAMILIES HERE TO MAKE SURE OUR MILITARY CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT AND TAUGHT WELL. WE UNDERSTAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. I PERSONALLY CHAIR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF HERE IN TAMPA AND I KNOW WELL THE

229PIVOTAL ROLE THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM PLAYS IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THAT FOR THE PROSPERITY OF THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THERE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OVER 230 SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT. OVER 24,000 EDUCATING PROFESSIONALS IN THIS DISTRICT. OVER 215,000 STUDENTS. WE WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND SHOULDER AND SHOULDER WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD IN TALLAHASSEE AND IN D.C. TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE EDUCATORS IS REPRESENTED WELL. I'D LIKE TO YIELD SOME TIME TO MY COLLEAGUES, AMY McGWIRE AND CONGRESSMAN JOLLY TO TALK ABOUT OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PRACTICE. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU. FIRST, AS A VOLUNTEER IN THIS COMMUNITY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CLOTHES TO

230KIDS AND METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES AND FEEDING TAMPA BAY AND ALL THOSE THINGS YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO DO THAT HELP THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES OF OUR KIDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, I'M AMY McGWIRE. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR APPROACH ON THE STATE LEVEL. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE INFORMED, THE EDUCATED AND THE ENGAGED PROCESS, THAT'S AN APPROACH WE TAKE. AT ANY GIVEN POINT YOU HAVE A LEGISLATOR, A DECISION MAKER WHO YOU NEED TO INFORM ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR. YOU NEED TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY MAY BE SITTING IN ORLANDO BUT THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIDS AROUND THE STATE, TO EMPLOYERS AROUND THE STATE. WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN BE

231ENGAGED AT ANY GIVEN POINT. HOW YOU ENGAGE THEM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AS ONE EXAMPLE. 6 OF THE 12 MEMBERS ARE FROM TAMPA BAY. THEY ARE ENGAGED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND THEY HAVE TO BE UNDERSTANDING MORE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE THIS COMMITMENT. WHAT YOU ALL ARE FACING TODAY IS UNPRECEDENTED. WITH VAPING, I SPENT 20 YEARS IN HEALTH CARE LOBBYING, IT IS UNPRECEDENTED WHAT OUR KIDS ARE TACKLING. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE BILLS. IF SELECTED THE FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING, WE NEED TO BUILD YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THE TIME IS TICKING. I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE THIS MORNING AND OVER A HUNDRED BILLS ALREADY FILED THAT DEAL WITH EDUCATION. THAT'S HOW WE'LL TRACK THOSE FOR YOU. WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THAT INFORM, EDUCATE AND ENGAGE, THAT GOES BOTH

232WAYS. OUR JOB IS TO KEEP ALL OF YOU, TO BE A PART OF YOUR STAFF, TO BE A PART OF WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EVERY DAY SO THAT IT SEEMS SEAMLESS. HOW WE EDUCATE BACK TO YOU IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE YOU KNOW WHAT BILLS ARE THERE, PLANNING FOR YOU TO MAKE VISITS, PLANNING FOR STAFF TO BE ENGAGED, FOR FAMILIES. THE STORIES ARE SO GREAT AND WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE STORY. I YIELD MORE TIME TO CONGRESSMAN JOLLY. >> THANK YOU, AMY. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS. I WANT TO SPEAK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES WE MAY BRING. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A TALENTED GROUP OF FEDERAL LOBBYIST AT SHUMAKER ADVISERS, CARLIE MORGAN HERE THIS EVENING, MICHAEL, PAM, WE HAVE A

233RICH PORTFOLIO OF PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATIONS SUCCESS, WHICH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS NOT EASY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT EVERY ORGANIZATION DOES. FOR RELEVANCE TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, TAKE YOUR LEAD IN PRIORITIZATION THAT A TOP AREA IN THIS AREA WOULD BE FUNDING FOR THE TINKER SCHOOL, REFURBISHMENT, RECONSTRUCTION OR EVEN NEW CONSTRUCTION. THAT IS A PROCESS WROUGHT WITH COMPLEXITIES. THE WAY IT WORKS, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTRODUCES A BUDGET WITH TOPLINE FUNDING AND THEN THEY INTRODUCE SEPARATELY A LIST OF PRIORITIZED SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY INSTALLATION SYSTEM. ROUGHLY ABOUT 170 SCHOOLS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. TINKER IS NOW RATED Q-3, WHICH IS ONE FROM THE BOTTOM IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO SERVICE CHILDREN. LARGELY IN THE EYES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THAT RATING IS ON CAPACITY NEEDS, NOT NECESSARILY THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITIES, THE

234CONDITION RATES ABOUT 70%, GIVE OR TAKE, WHICH IS FAIR, NOT GREAT, BUT THE DEPARTMENT'S CONCERNS AND MacDILL'S CONCERNS AND YOUR CONCERNS IS AROUND CAPACITY. WE WOULD ENVISION THAT AS A TOP APPROPRIATIONS PRIORITY, PARTICULARLY GOING INTO THE NEW BUDGET THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED IN JANUARY. THE OTHER TWO AREAS THAT WE ENVISIONED SUPPORTING YOUR PRIORITIES WOULD BE IN DIRECT GRANT IDENTIFICATION AND SOLICITATION. THOUGH THERE ARE NOT AS MANY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS THERE ARE AT THE STATE, THEY DO PERIODICALLY OCCUR THROUGH SPECIAL AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION, THE STIMULUS BILL BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE BILLS, WHERE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S PRIORITIES MAY ALIGN WITH THE REGION'S INFRASTRUCTURE INTEREST AS WELL. THAT IS AN AREA WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN IDENTIFYING, APPLYING AND SECURING THOSE GRANTS, WORKING WITH

235THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO SECURE THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. FINALLY, THE THIRD AREA WOULD BE AROUND POLICY. THERE ARE ALWAYS POLICY PROPOSALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO TINKER WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU TO IDENTIFY BOTH THE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES, GIVE VOICE TO THOSE CONCERNS. THE LAST PIECE I WOULD ADD, I KNOW RON MENTIONED HAVING A TEAM THAT IS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, EIGHT BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD, THAT GOES TO THE SUCCESS OF ADVOCACY AS WELL. I'LL USE TINKER AS A SIMPLE EXAMPLE. THE ABILITY TO HAVE A TEAM THAT ORGANICALLY KNOWS THE ISSUES AROUND TINKER, CAN MARSHAL COLLABORATORS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY DEFENSE ALLIANCE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHERS TO SPEAK AS ONE VOICE AROUND THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PRIORITIES, PARTICULARLY IN WASHINGTON,

236D.C. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT ADVOCACY NETWORK. I BELIEVE SHUMAKER IS UNIQUELY SITUATED TO DO THAT. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT AND I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO RON TO CLOSE. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW WE'RE DOWN TO LESS THAN A MINUTE HERE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AND FOR YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE WE'RE COMMITTED, BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSED, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, AND BECAUSE WE WILL WORK HARDER THAN ANYONE ELSE, I WOULD ASK YOU ALL WHO KNOW US, KNOW OUR REPUTATION, KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR OTHER CLIENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD HERE OF BEING VERY EFFECTIVE AND VERY SUCCESSFUL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF THE SCHOOL

237BOARD MEMBERS AND YOU, MR. EAKINS, KNOW THAT I AM PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS SUCCESS IN TALLAHASSEE AND D.C. AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IN OUR POWER TO AGAIN STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THIS GROUP. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, RON, TO YOU AND THE ENTIRE SHUMAKER TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT FOR THE PRESENTATION AND TRAVELING THE LONG EIGHT BLOCKS TO GET HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE'LL WAIT FOR -- I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE RESET TO 15. THERE IT IS. WE'LL START WITH BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, RON, AND YOUR TEAM. GREAT PRESENTATION. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE LOCAL IDENTIFICATION, AND IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT YOU'RE IN TOUCH WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

238AND THE NEED OF OUR CHILDREN OUR STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT I SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT COVERED OR YOU ALL HAVE THAT COVERED AS WELL. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE, WHICH WE ARE VERY ACTIVE, AND THERE IS A MATTER AT HAND, WHICH IS VERY PROMINENT, TEACHER SALARIES. CAN YOU MAYBE WALK US THROUGH HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT INITIATIVE TO RAISE THE TEACHER SALARIES? IT'S RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN IT PROBABLY TO THE SENATE OR THE HOUSE. HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. I'LL LET AMY ANSWER THE SPECIFICS, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR ON ROLES. MY ROLE WOULD BE THE CLIENT MANAGER FOR THE -- IN HELPING WITH POLICY AND STRATEGY BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, I WILL

239BE IN TALLAHASSEE WITH YOU AND I'LL BE IN D.C. WITH YOU AS NECESSARY. WE ALSO HAVE A LARGER TEAM IN OUR PROPOSAL. WE DIDN'T THINK IT APPROPRIATE TO BRING EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE WILLING TO BE HERE. ONE OF OUR OTHER STATE MEMBERS, JENNIFER WILSON, SERVED AS CHIEF OF STAFF OF SENATOR TOM LEE WHEN HE WAS SENATE PRESIDENT AND ALSO THIS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SENATOR HAYES, VICTOR CRIST, AND JACK LATVALA. I'LL LET AMY ANSWER THE SPECIFIC QUESTION ON TEACHER SALARIES. >> AFTER 20 YEARS IN THE LEGISLATURE LOBBYING, THERE'S A VERY DIRECT APPROACH. THAT'S WHY I USE THE INFORM, EDUCATE, AND ENGAGE, BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOU THERE TELLING THE STORIES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE TEACHERS TELLING THE STORIES. AS YOUR PARTNER, WE WOULD ALSO HELP BUILD THE COMMUNICATION TOOLS. WE REGULARLY COMMUNICATE

240VIA E-MAIL, FACE TO FACE. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BE IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATORS. I ALSO BELIEVE WHEN THEY ARE HERE IN THE DISTRICT, THIS WEEK IS A COMMITTEE WEEK, THEY ARE NOT HERE. PART OF OUR STRATEGY, TOO, BRING THOSE LEGISLATORS -- IS TO SAY BRING THOSE LEGISLATORS WHO ARE DECISION MAKERS. THEY NEED TO SEE WHY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS DIFFERENT. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE ISSUE AT HAND, SALARY INCREASES AND PAY INCREASES, THE STORIES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A VERY SPECIFIC ASK AND SHOW THEM WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT AND WHY IT'S NEEDED. THE SUPPORT ON THE ONE ON ONE, WHO ARE OUR CHAMPIONS? IT'S ONE THING TO EDUCATE THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE CHAMPIONS. IT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO

241BRING ALONG THOSE THAT ALREADY ARE. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S ALREADY A HUNDRED BILLS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THOSE ARE ALREADY CLOSE TO OR OVER 300 APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS FILED. THE DUE DATE WAS NOVEMBER 1st. I THINK THEY TAKE APPLICATIONS UP TO NOVEMBER 15. DO YOU FEEL THAT AS A DISTRICT WE ARE IN A TIME-SENSITIVE POSITION TO GET A LOBBY FIRM IN PLACE? IF WE DELAY ANY LONGER, HOW WILL OUR POSITION FOR BEING COMPETITIVE FOR APPROPRIATIONS FUNDING OR ADVANCING OUR LEGISLATIVE PORTFOLIO BE AFFECTED? >> THANK YOU. SO A LOT OF TIME THIS SUMMER WAS SPENT WITH LEGISLATORS TRAVELING AROUND THE STATE. AS YOU IDENTIFY CHAMPIONS WHO ARE GOING TO CARRY THE WATER. WHO IS GOING TO BE YOUR BUDGET CHAMPION FROM THE AREA FROM THE REGION.

242SO, YES, STAFF NEEDS TIME TO WORK AND GET ALL THOSE DOCUMENTATION. YOU MENTIONED THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUESTS, WE WOULD DO ALL THAT PAPERWORK WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE EXACT WORDING YOU WANT. THEN YOU PASS THAT OFF TO STAFF AND STAFF HAS TO ACTUALLY ENTER IT ALL IN. THE REASON WHY I THINK TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE THINGS TO STAFF THREE DAYS AGO SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE THEY WORK SO HARD AND SO MANY HOURS AS ALL OF OUR STAFF HERE IN THE COUNTY DOES. I WOULD SAY TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. AND A COUPLE OF REASONS, IF I CAN ADD. IT'S ALSO HAVING THOSE CHAMPIONS THAT WE DECIDE, THAT YOU WANT TO ASK TO CARRY THE WATER FOR US, DEPENDING ON IF

243IT'S A SPECIAL PILOT PROJECT. LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE CARVE-OUTS, DOLLARS THAT WE'RE DOING IN MENTAL HEALTH THAT IS UNIQUE TO THIS COUNTY AND THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO GET THOSE LINED UP SO THEY CAN GO SEE THE PROGRAMS AND SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE THEM, BECAUSE THE BEST TESS -- TESTAMENT IS WHEN YOU HAVE A CHAMPION STANDING ON THE HOUSE OR SENATE FLOOR TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS AT THIS ELEMENTARY, THIS IS WHAT THE TEACHER SAID TO ME. IT COMES BACK TO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER, WHEN THEY GET TO SEE IT AND EXPERIENCE IT, SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND TIMELY NOW TO DO IT, NOT ONLY FIXING YOUR POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE ASK, BUT HOW WE WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU IN THE

244NEXT FEW DAYS TO BUILD THAT BUDGET ASK. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER SNIVELY AND THEN MEMBER CONA. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOU DON'T REPRESENT ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN FLORIDA AT THIS TIME. WITH REGARD TO THAT, I MEAN, SOME COULD SEE THAT AS A STRENGTH. SOME COULD SEE THAT AS A WEAKNESS. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOUR FEDERAL TEAM LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE EDUCATION POLICY EXPERIENCE THAN YOUR STATE TEAM. WHICH TEAM DO YOU FEEL IS REALLY STRONG IN THAT SPACE -- YOUR FEDERAL TEAM OR YOUR STATE TEAM? >> SURE. IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. FIRST, AS AN ADVOCATE OF SOMEONE WHO'S SPENT MY LIFE ADVOCATING THE ISSUES ARE LESS IMPORTANT TO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAN THE SKILL OF ADVOCACY AND THE RELATIONSHIPS. SO I THINK THAT OUR GROUP

245HAS WORKED WITH HIGHER EDUCATION. THEY'VE WORKED WITH STUDENT ISSUES. FOR INSTANCE, I WAS TALKING TO A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FARKAS OUT IN THE HALLWAY JUST REMINISCING THAT I SAT ON THE YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BOARD, ONE OF THE AMI PROGRAMS FOR 17 YEARS AND SPENT 17 YEARS HELPING THEM WITH THEIR APPROPRIATION FUNDING AS A VOLUNTEER. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES ON BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, AT A DEEP LEVEL. I BELIEVE WE CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE. WE'VE GOT THE RELATIONSHIPS. WE UNDERSTAND THE ADVOCACY SKILLS TO DO THAT. THE FACT THAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO ONLY REPRESENTING THIS DISTRICT IS PUTTING RESOURCES IN. AS A LAWYER, AS A LICENSED LAWYER, I UNDERSTAND ETHICS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. WE LIVE BY THAT. MR. PORTER LIVES BY THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ADVOCATE FOR TWO PEOPLE ON OPPOSITE

246SIDES AT THE SAME TIME. I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILL SET. AMY, YOU MIGHT TALK A LITTLE BIT TO TALLAHASSEE. >> ON THE STATE LEVEL, THE OPPORTUNITIES AND I'LL GIVEN A EXAMPLE, WHEN I WAS WITH THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, WE HAD TEACHERS. I HAD A CHANCE TO ADVOCATE FOR TEACHERS WITHIN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF KIDS WHO HAVE CANCER AND DOWN SYNDROME AND OTHERS DON'T GET TO COME TO SCHOOL OFTEN. YOU ALL WERE SUCH GREAT PARTNERS WITH US. I GIVE THAT EXAMPLE ABOUT JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD IN EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE. I THINK SO MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE FACING TODAY IS THE HEALTH CARE OF OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES AND HOW WE REACH OUT. IT'S A WHOLE UNIT WHO THE GUARDIANS ARE, WHO THE CAREGIVERS ARE FOR THE CHILDREN.

247FROM OUR APPROACH, IT IS RELATIONSHIPS. SO I SPENT OVER 20 YEARS IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE COMMITTEES CHANGE. REMEMBER, EVERY TWO YEARS, WE HAVE A NEW GROUP OFTEN, NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRS. SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME GETTING TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND MAKING SURE WE MEET THEM AND WE ADDRESS THEM. SO I WOULD SAY THE EXPERIENCE HELPS THE RELATIONSHIPS HELP, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SYSTEM, BUT ALL THIS COMES TO THE HARD WORK. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BUDGETS, THAT IS OFTEN DECIDED ON A WEEKEND. AND SPENDING LATE HOURS IN CHAMBERS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND, WE WOULD ALSO CREATE THOSE TALK SHEETS FOR YOU SO THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS TOP OF MIND. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US NOT TO HAVE A CONFLICT. WE BELIEVE, WE WANT THE ONE

248PERSON, I WANT THEM TO CALL ME. THE SPEAKER HAS A QUESTION ON EDUCATION RIGHT HERE, HE'S GOING TO CALL ME. HE'S NOT GOING TO CALL ME ON TEN OTHER ONES. HE'S GOING TO ASK US. THE SAME THING WITH THE APPROPRIATION CHAIR AND THOSE MEMBERS. WE BUILD OUT A MATRIX THAT YOU SAW IN OUR INFORMATION AND THAT IDENTIFIES EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE TALKING TO. IT HELPS YOU KNOW WHO WE'RE TALKING TO, WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM AND WHAT THEIR SAYING ALSO ABOUT HOW THEY CAN WIN FOR US. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEMBER CONA. >>Steve Cona: I KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ALL SPENT TIME IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, AND WHAT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR TINKER.

249I KNOW I TRIED WHEN I WAS THERE AND I HAD SOME MEETINGS, BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN MISSING IS THAT FEDERAL PIECE, WHETHER IT BE FOR PROCESSING GRANTS OR FOR JUST BRINGING HOME FUNDS THAT WE THINK WE SHOULD GET, ESPECIALLY FOR TINKER. WE SHOULD BE GETTING PAID FOR THAT AND GETTING THE FUNDS THERE SO WE CAN GROW THAT. MY QUESTION IS TO CONGRESSMAN JOLLY. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN? I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC ASK THAT WE CAN GENERATE SOME REAL ROI RIGHT OFF THE BAT. >> SURE. AND TINKER, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE REQUEST PIPELINE. IN FACT, CONGRESSWOMAN CASTOR BEFORE I BEGAN SERVING WAS AN ADVOCATE, STILL

250IS TODAY. WE STILL HAVE THE PAPER TRAIL BETWEEN THE CONGRESSWOMAN AND DOD. I JOINED HER EFFORTS WHEN I WAS IN CONGRESS AS WELL. IT IS, AS I MENTIONED, AMONG ABOUT 170 SCHOOLS THAT ARE ON DOD INSTALLATIONS. IT'S A PRIORITIZATION. IT IS NOT REALLY VULNERABLE TO POLITICAL WINS. I MEAN, THEY KEEP IT BASED ON THE Q SCORES AND CONDITION SCORES FOR A REASON TO TRY TO TAKE POLITICS OUT OF IT. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN INDICATORS WHEN IT COMES TO A SIGNIFICANT INSTALLATION LIKE MacDILL, WHEN IT COMES TO A CAPACITY NEED COMPARED TO A FULL RENOVATION NEED, THAT CAN INFLUENCE THE PRIORITIZATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUBMITS THEIR BUDGET AROUND JANUARY, THE PRESIDENT CREATES IT, SENDS IT TO CONGRESS IN FEBRUARY. THAT INCLUDES A TOPLINE NUMBER FOR THIS ACCOUNT. HOW MUCH WILL BE SPENT ON SCHOOLS THAT

251ARE ON EXISTING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. SEPARATELY, THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR INSTALLATION SUBMITS THEIR LIST THAT HAS A BREAK LINE, RIGHT, WITH THIS MUCH FUNDING, HERE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WOULD EXPAND OUT ANOTHER FIVE OR SIX SCHOOLS. TINKER IN THIS FISCAL YEAR HAS FINALLY MADE IT -- AND I SAY THIS WITH EXCITEMENT -- KIND OF RIGHT ON THE CUT LINE. IT MAY MISS THIS YEAR BUT IT'S RIGHT ON THE CUT LINE POSITIONED FOR SUCCESS NEXT YEAR IF NOT THIS YEAR. PART OF IT IS RELYING ON AN ACTIVE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, LIKE CONGRESSWOMAN CASTOR, CONGRESSMAN CRIST, THE SENATORS, TO MAKE THE CASE FOR WHY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE KIDS WHO ARE SERVED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS WHO HAVE PARENTS, WHO ARE ACTIVE DUTY ON MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, NOT ONLY NEED THE IMPROVEMENTS

252IN THEIR SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. WE ARE VERY CLOSE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, WHETHER YOU CHOOSE SHUMAKER OR NOT, LIEN IN -- LEAN IN ON THIS AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENCE? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND TAKING THE TIME FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE READY TO TAKE THE VOTE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE KIND OF AWARE OF THE RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU SO THAT YOU'RE CLEAR ON THAT. THERE WERE TWO COMPANIES THAT GAVE US THEIR HOURLY RATE. SO THE HOURLY RATES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM GrayRobinson AND BECKER, SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BECAUSE YOU HEARD ALL OF THEM HAVE -- ARE VERY

253REPUTABLE FIRMS. THEY ALL HAVE RELATIONSHIPS. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR LANES THAT THEY GET IN AND BECOME VERY SUCCESSFUL IN. PART OF MY RECOMMENDATION IS THE TWO THAT GAVE HOURLY RATES TO GO AHEAD AND RETAIN THEM TO USE AS NEEDED. IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE ANY KIND OF WORK THEIR WAY PERHAPS BUT IT DEFINITELY GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY AS A BOARD. THE SECOND PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY THE ONE THAT YOU JUST SAW THE PRESENTATIONS AROUND. YOU SAW A STATE AND FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES PRESENTATION FROM ALL THREE OF THE FIRMS. ONCE AGAIN, VERY REPUTABLE FIRMS. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW, BECAUSE THE WAY WE CRAFTED THE RFP TO GIVE MULTIPLE AWARDS. IT IS JUST NOT ONE COMPANY THAT YOU PERHAPS MAY WANT TO SELECT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION. YOU COULD SELECT ONE COMPANY TO DO BOTH YOUR FEDERAL

254AND STATE LOBBYING, BUT YOU COULD CHOOSE TWO SEPARATE COMPANIES, ONE TO DO YOUR STATE LOBBYING AND ONE TO DO YOUR FEDERAL LOBBYING, BECAUSE ALL THE COMPANIES GAVE SOME BREAKOUTS BASED OFF OF THEIR SUITE OF SERVICES. SO THAT BEING SAID, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO ENTER SOME SORT OF DISCUSSION, ULTIMATELY THAT WOULD LEAD TO A MOTION, THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE MADE TO ULTIMATELY HAVE A VOTE TONIGHT ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. >>Jim Porter: IF THE BOARD BEGINS ITS DISCUSSIONS I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS BOUND TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION UNDER THE LAW. IN THE PROCUREMENT RFP THAT WENT OUT, IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS BOARD HAS THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT HAD TO CHOOSE WHO ARE NOT WHO TO CHOOSE. YOU MAY CHOOSE ONE,

255ALL THREE OR NONE. COMPLETELY THE BOARD'S DECISION. SUPERINTENDENT MADE A RECOMMENDATION YOU NEED TO REACT TO BUT THE DECISION IS YOURS. APPROPRIATE MOTION WOULD BE TO MOVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION OR TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION BASED ON THE BOARD'S WISH AND THEN HAVE DISCUSSION. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PORTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. BOARD MEMBERS, JUST TO RECAP JUST BRIEFLY, THE SUPERINTENDENT IS BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO RETAIN GrayRobinson AND BECKER FOR THE HOURLY AND IN ADDITION, TO THOSE FIRMS, SHUMAKER, FOR MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.33R. IS THAT A MOTION, MEMBER HAHN? I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: LET ME JUST BE CLEAR, SO SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, YOU'RE

256RECOMMENDING BOTH FIRMS, THE TOP TWO, AND ONE FIRM. EXPLAIN IT AGAIN. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. WE HAD TWO OF THE THREE FIRMS THAT IN THEIR RFP PROPOSALS, THEY GAVE US HOURLY RATES. BY MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION, THAT BASICALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION I'M MAKING IS THOSE TWO FIRMS, BECAUSE THEY GAVE HOURLY RATES, I'M MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION WE RETAIN THEM. IF THEY DON'T GET SELECTED FOR OTHER SERVICES, YOU COULD STILL POTENTIALLY USE THEM AS AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. IT GIVES THE BOARD TOTAL FLEXIBILITY FOR OTHER SERVICES BY OTHER FIRMS IF THEY ARE NOT SELECTED. FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SAY YOU CHOOSE ONE OF THE FIRMS FOR STATE LOBBYING, AND MAYBE THE OTHER TWO FIRMS, HOWEVER THAT WE ARE KEEPING ON RETAINER, HAVE SOME SORT OF YOU HAVE A NEED BASED OFF OF A SITUATION, AN ISSUE,

257A BILL, A RELATIONSHIP, THAT YOU ULTIMATELY NEED THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE FOR, TWO OF THE FIRMS, BECKER AND GrayRobinson, GAVE THE BOARD IN THEIR RFP HOURLY SERVICE. THAT MEANS YOU COULD TAP INTO THEIR SERVICES FOR SPECIFIC ISSUES. THAT'S JUST AN ASIDE. THAT'S ONE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION. I'M GOING TO BRING THAT TO YOU FOR COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY. NOW, TAKING THAT ASIDE, THE PRESENTATIONS WERE ABOUT THE STATE AND LOBBYING SERVICES, A STATE AND FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES. SO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE CRAFTED THE RFP TO GIVE MULTIPLE AWARDS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE COMPANY GETTING ALL THE SERVICES TONIGHT. YOU CAN LITERALLY CRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE ONE COMPANY GET A STATE, ONE COMPANY GET A FEDERAL. YOU MAY HAVE MULTIPLE COMPANIES THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN STATE OR MULTIPLE COMPANIES THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED

258IN FEDERAL, THAT COULD LITERALLY HAPPEN TONIGHT IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. JUST REMEMBER, ANYTIME YOU ADD MULTIPLE COMPANIES TO YOUR RECOMMENDATION, YOU'LL BE ADDING COST TO YOUR RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE VOTE. ONE IS, THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY PIECE. I MADE A COMMENT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE TEACHER NEGOTIATIONS AND HOW FORTUNATE WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR TEACHERS RAISES AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS. HAVING SAID THAT, INTERNALLY, WE'RE SPENDING 400,000 AND CHANGE ON AN INTERNAL GR DEPARTMENT. SO EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THIS CONTRACT. BASED ON THAT, IF

259WE LOOK AT THE DOLLARS, IF WE LOOK AT WHAT THE CONTRACTS WOULD COST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE -- THAT'S WHERE MY FOCUS IS ON THE FISCAL PIECE OF THIS. WE'RE ALREADY TWO, THREE WEEKS INTO SESSION. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO REALLY WASTE ANY MORE TIME IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIRING AN OUTSIDE FIRM. BUT YET THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME VENTURING OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT FOR A PARTNERSHIP AROUND LOBBYING. I WANT US TO BE CAUTIOUS IN THAT AND AGAIN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS, BECKER FOR STATE AND FEDERAL, 10,000. GRAY WAS AT 8333 AND SHUMAKER WAS AT 5,000. THAT'S FOR BOTH SERVICES. ANY OTHER COMBINATION OF SPLITTING THE CONTRACT IS MORE THAN SHUMAKER'S MONTHLY SERVICE FEE. I WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I'M NOT

260COMFORTABLE EVEN SPENDING -- NOW WE'RE SPECKED MORE MONEY THAN WE'RE SPENDING INTERNALLY. WHAT WE SPEND INTERNALLY SOME BIG -- THAT'S A COMPANY'S BUDGET FOR A LOBBYING FEE AND WE'RE SPENDING THAT INTERNALLY PLUS THIS. I'M MINDFUL OF THAT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MEMBER CHAIR. I HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY THE RECOMMENDATION HAS COME TO US. WHILE I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE AN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PERSON, I'M NOT SURE WHO IS GOING TO MANAGE THE NEEDS OF THIS BOARD AND THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND HOW THIS ALL IS -- IF WE HIRE THREE FIRMS, HOW DO WE DECIDE WHO GETS WHAT? AND THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO I BELIEVE OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM OR THE LEGISLATIVE

261COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. I AGREE WITH MEMBER HAHN ON THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY PIECE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AFTER APPROPRIATIONS THE WAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING AFTER APPROPRIATIONS, AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING. AND IT'S GOING TO COST US SOMETHING, TOO. I THINK IT WILL COST US A LITTLE MORE THAN WE'RE TUETD -- USED TO, AND THAT MIGHT BE PAINFUL AT FIRST. I THINK BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IS IMPORTANT, AND SO I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT SPENDING THE DOLLARS. WE WERE SPEPGD A LOT OF MONEY ALREADY, AND THE FACT THAT -- SPERP SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ALREADY -- AND THE FACT THAT OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN REDUCED, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T NEED TO CONTINUE TO SPEND DOLLARS WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO

262WHERE WE GO. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION THAT INCLUDES ALL THREE, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW WE COORDINATE THAT. AGAIN, WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IN-HOUSE, AN IN-HOUSE PERSON. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE DISTRICTS COORDINATE THREE FIRMS BEING ON THEIR TEAM TO HANDLE THE ISSUES, WHO DO WE CHOOSE, HOW DO WE DECIDE WHO HAS THE BEST EXPERIENCE TO HANDLE ONE FIRM OVER ANOTHER, ONE ISSUE OVER ANOTHER. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION. I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S A SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATION. I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR FOR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BEFORE I MAKE A COMMENT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK, BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS THAT MS. STUART POSES ABOUT THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT RELATIONS POSITION. I'D LIKE TO

263GIVE DR. PEPE, IF YOU WOULD, GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF RESPOND TO THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW HE WORKS WITH OTHER LIAISONS AND IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THIS CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE MULTIPLE FIRMS THAT WORK WITH A SCHOOL DISTRICT. MAYBE TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT IS A BIG JOB, WHAT WOULD -- WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO WORK WITH SEVERAL FIRMS? WHAT ARE YOUR COLLEAGUES EXPERIENCING OUT THERE? , DR. PEPE. >>Jason Pepe: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. I WOULD LIKEN THAT TO A TEAM QUARTERBACK. YOU HAVE MULTIPLE FIRMS THAT YOU HAVE TO JUGGLE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHICH FIRM GOES AFTER THE TYPE OF LEGISLATION THAT'S THE PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD. SO I THINK MEMBER STUART TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A BIG JOB, BUT I DON'T

264THINK IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED OUR AGENDA AS A BOARD, AND WE'VE COME TO SOME AGREEMENT ON THAT. WE ALREADY HAVE OUR APPROPRIATION REQUESTS OUT THERE, AND WE'VE GOT A BILL FILED AS WELL. SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND THAT THOSE COMPANIES CAN SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I THINK PART OF THIS IS MUCH LIKE -- THE QUARTERBACK NEEDS THE GAME PLAN, RIGHT? WHAT THIS WOULD ENTAIL IS IF THE BOARD DID SEEK A MULTIPLE AWARD HERE, IT WOULD LITERALLY BE CRAFTING YOUR GAME PLAN BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU HEARD AS FAR AS THE EXPERTISE, WHERE YOU FEEL THAT THE STRENGTHS MIGHT LIE AND THEN LOOK AT CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS OR BILLS THAT MIGHT LEAN MORE TOWARD THEIR EXPERTISE AND RELATIONSHIP,

265AND THEN CREATE THE GAME PLAN AROUND THAT FOR YOUR END GOAL. THAT REALLY IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ACROSS MULTIPLES. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. THE OTHER ITEM MS. STUART MENTIONED, ESPECIALLY FOR THE THREE OF US WHO ARE ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ALSO WORK WITH WHATEVER FIRM OR FIRMS THAT ARE SELECTED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING, NO OFFENSE TO THE OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES, BUT I THINK OUR COMMITTEE HAS DONE THE MOST HEAVY LIFTING. WE'VE DONE THE RELATIONSHIP INDEX, COORDINATE THE VISITS TO TALLAHASSEE. THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT NOW WE CAN RELY ON A FIRM OR FIRMS TO HELP US COORDINATE THAT. SO I LIKE HAVING CHOICES. I LIKE BEING NIMBLE. I KNOW THAT OTHER COUNTIES HAVE MULTIPLE FIRMS ON RETAINER. WE'RE

266ABLE TO, AT THIS POINT, WE COULD BE ABLE TO MAKE AND TAKE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. I LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. AS LONG AS WE CAN STAY WITHIN SOME BUDGETARY CONSTRAINT AND ESTIMATED COSTS OF WHAT IS BUDGETED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I MAY BE THINKING ALMOST THE OPPOSITE, WELL, PROBABLY MORE IN LINE WITH DR. HAHN, MEMBER HAHN. BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE'RE ON A NEW ADVENTURE, AND OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ARE DOING A VERY FINE JOB. NOT ONLY THEM, BUT I THINK EACH OF US HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH VERY VOCAL IN TALLAHASSEE, AND WE WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO DO SO EITHER IN TALLAHASSEE OR LOCALLY. SO HAVING SAID THAT, I AM ALWAYS REMINDED WHEN WE HAD OUR FISCAL CRISIS,

267WHICH WASN'T LONG AGO AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN REMINDED TIME AND TIME AGAIN HOW THE CUTS HAVE IMPACTED OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS AND INSTRUCTION. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE ANYMORE. I GUESS I'M JUST GUN SHY. I'M GOING TO PROBABLY REMAIN FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THIS IS HOW I THINK. BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE NEW. WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS OUT. WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, WHICH I THINK IS QUITE -- WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT IN ITSELF. SO WE HAVE A LOCAL ORGANIZATION WITH AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION WHO HAS THE LOWER PRICE AND HAS EXPERIENCE RIGHT ON WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OUR COUNTY, AND I THINK SINCE WE'RE NEW, WHY ARE WE GOING TO INVEST IN THREE FIRMS AND GO COMPLETELY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, EACH OF US

268SO VERY, VERY BUSY. I KNOW WE'RE ON COMMITTEES, BUT WHY DON'T WE HONE IN ON ONE THAT IS THE LOWER PRICE, NOT MEANING LOWER SERVICES, BUT LOWER PRICE, BECAUSE THIS IS, AGAIN, OUR FIRST ADVENTURE. WHY ARE WE GOING TO GO GREAT BIG CHUNKS OF MONEY AND WE DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS YET? AGAIN, I DON'T WANT US TO START SPENDING AND SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS. SO I WANT TO START CONSERVATIVE, AND MY TAKE IS TO LIMIT IT TO ONE AND THE ONE THAT HAS THE BEST PRICE IS WHERE I'M AT. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER CONA. >>Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I LIKED DR. PEPE'S ANALOGY OF HIM BEING THE QUARTERBACK. YOU ARE THE QUARTERBACK. I THINK IT'S UP TO YOU TO GET THIS

269THING DONE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU TWO WIDE RECEIVERS AND A RUNNING BACK. YOU NEED TO MAKE THE VERY BEST USE OF THOSE ASSETS. NOW, WHAT I WILL SAY IS FROM SOMEONE WHO KIND OF DOES THIS A LITTLE BIT, THE MORE FOLKS THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE BETTER. THERE IS INSTANT ROI WHEN YOU GET MONEY BACK IN A DISTRICT. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THAT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL SPEND MONEY ON AND AT THE END OF THE SESSION, AT THE END OF WHAT WE GOT OUT OF THE CONTRACT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT IS. IF IT'S NOT THERE, THEN NEXT YEAR, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A WIDE RECEIVER AND A RUNNING BACK, RIGHT? BUT I THINK

270WE'RE AT A TIME NOW WHERE WE NEED TO GO. THE TINKER MONEY I THINK IS THERE AND WE JUST NEED TO PUSH REALLY HARD, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN YOU AND ME. IT'S BEGINNING GOING TO TAK FOLKS. WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE A YEAR OF SEEING HOW WE DO. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TEAM IN PLACE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: I DISAGREE. I'M NOT SUPPORTING THE COMPANIES ON RETAINER. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I WANT SOMETHING THAT -- AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH -- IS THERE A CAP ON THAT SPENDING? >>Jeffrey Eakins: ANYTHING ON RETAINER WOULD BE A VERY SPECIFIC ITEM THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE AWARE

271OF AND PROBABLY COMING UP THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES, DIFFERENT KINDS OF ISSUES. SO THOSE WOULD POP UP AND WOULD BE MORE WE REACT TO, A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT IS ON THE TABLE. >>Stacy Hahn: RIGHT. BUT ARE WE SAYING THAT THAT IT IS A $50,000 RETAINER EACH? ARE WE CAPPING IT? >>Jeffrey Eakins: I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. THE TWO FIRMS I MENTIONED ON RETAINER, THEY ARE ON RETAINER TO BE USED AS NEEDED. THAT IS A SEPARATE ASIDE. >>Stacy Hahn: I GET THAT. AS NEEDED CAN BE A LOT OF MONEY. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I KNOW. WHAT I WAS SAYING, THOSE PARTICULAR -- THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE -- THEY WOULD BE USED IF THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE CONTRACTED SERVICES THROUGH YOUR MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION. LET'S SAY ONE OF THE COMPANIES DID NOT

272RECEIVE A STATE -- ONE OF THE STATE OR FEDERAL AWARDS TONIGHT. BUT WE STILL HAD THEM ON RETAINER AND YOU WANTED TO UTILIZE THEM IN THE FUTURE FOR A PARTICULAR ISSUE, ITEM, BILL, SOMETHING, THEY ARE THERE FOR THAT SERVICE. I WOULD NOT EXECUTE THAT WITHOUT SOME SORT OF MENTION FROM THE BOARD OR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT'S POPPED UP THAT WE NEED TO GO AFTER TO PERHAPS PROCURE SOME SORT OF NEED FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY TO WORK ON IT. >>Stacy Hahn: IT IS THE WHOLE MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT OF HAVING TOO MANY COMPANIES INVOLVED, MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I UNDERSTAND. >>Stacy Hahn: WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS OUR LOCAL INVESTMENT. I WANT OUR TEAM TO HAVE A LOCAL INVESTMENT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY'VE GOT SKIN IN THE GAME. THAT IS IMPORTANT TO

273ME. I DO APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS ON TINKER. TINKER DOES SIT IN MY DISTRICT. I KNOW THEIR NEEDS QUITE WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE FIRMS HAVE QUITE A FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEY REPRESENT, AND I'M STILL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE WOULD BE ONE OF MANY. THANK YOU. >>Jeffrey Eakins: IF I COULD CLARIFY, THAT IS WHY THE RECOMMENDATION WAS AND/OR. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT COMPLETELY -- MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE ALL THREE. IT WOULD BE ULTIMATELY THIS DISCUSSION WOULD TAKE PLACE TO PROBABLY LEAD TO EITHER ALL THREE OR AN AND/OR SCENARIO, WHICH YOU WOULD LIMIT YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO LESS THAN THREE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, SUPERINTENDENT. AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION, THEN YOU CERTAINLY CAN DO SO. CURRENTLY THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE FLOOR IS

274TO ACCEPT THE TWO HOURLY AND THE THREE SUBSCRIPTION. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT. I'D LIKE TO SAY, TOO, THAT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT ITS DESIRE TO RAMP UP ITS LEGISLATIVE EFFORT SO WE COULD HAVE MORE IMPACT ON THIS DISTRICT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'M HAPPY THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS RECOMMENDATION OVER THE ONE THAT WOULD HAVE COME PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS HOW WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WHEN I LOOK AT THE THREE FIRMS, THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT. WE HAVE ONE FIRM THAT IS -- HAS LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIPS IN TALLAHASSEE AND, OF COURSE, THEY CAN GET INTO A LOT OF DOORS. WE KNOW EVERYTHING IN TALLAHASSEE IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. IT'S MORE THAN KNOWLEDGE. IT'S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, LIKE MEMBER SNIVELY SAID. THAT'S WHY

275WE DID OUR OWN RELATIONSHIP INDEX. IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW. WE HAVE ONE FIRM THAT'S VERY STRONG IN THAT. WE HAVE ANOTHER FIRM VERY DIFFERENT IN THE TWO IN THAT IT IS VERY DIVERSE. THAT DIVERSITY OPENS UP EVEN MORE DOORS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WITH SHUMAKER, THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT AS WELL EXCEPT ONE THING DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM IS THEY HAVE THE LOCAL PRESENCE. THEY KNOW US. THEY KNOW THE ISSUES IN THE DISTRICT INTIMATELY BECAUSE THEY LIVE IT EVERY DAY. I THINK THAT IS A PERFECT COMBINATION. EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO BRING TO THE TABLE. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO SAY WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT THEN WE NEVER PULL THE TRIGGER TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'M CERTAINLY OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL

276THREE FIRMS. WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS THIS YEAR. MEMBER CONA IS SPOT ON. THIS IS NOT A LIFETIME CONTRACT. LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WE MAKE. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN GET BACK. WE HAVE A LOT ON THE TABLE. IF IT DOESN'T WORK THEN WE REASSESS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT RECOMMENDATION. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT AS RECOMMENDED TONIGHT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: PLEASE KNOW THERE ARE CLAUSES IN THE CONTRACT FOR 30-DAY OUT. SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT IF FOR SOME REASON YOU VOTE THAT DIRECTION TONIGHT, THAT THERE ARE THOSE CLAUSES IN CASE THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS. >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: JUST ONE MORE WORD. WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER MOTION, BUT I'LL GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL INSIST ON MAKING A POINT IS THIS.

277THE POINT THAT I THINK IS SO VERY, VERY CRITICAL IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS, BUT WE DON'T SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCENARIOS, BUT WE DON'T REALLY SEE THE ACTUAL SCENARIOS. WHAT I'M SAYING IS WITHOUT THE DATA IN FRONT OF US, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN'T SEE. AND I CANNOT VOTE IN ALL HONESTY FOR SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T PUT MY EYES ON. NOW, WE WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING. WE ARE. WE ARE TRYING SOMETHING. WHY DON'T WE -- MY MOTION WOULD BE TO GO WITH ONE FIRM, A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, SEE HOW IT GOES FOR THE YEAR, AND THEN -- AND THEN WIDEN THE NET, NOT THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, NOT HAVE THE BIG WIDE NET AND THEN FIND OUT, OH, IT'S TOO MUCH TO JUGGLE. I UNDERSTAND TRYING TO GET

278AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. I'M ONE OF THE ONES THAT WOULD BE ON THAT PLANET. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR FISCAL MANNER AND STOP SPENDING MONEY OVER AND OVER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T KNOW THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. THAT'S WHERE I STAND. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: I HAD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION FROM THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION. THAT WOULD BE FOR US TO RETAIN GrayRobinson AND SHUMAKER FOR BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL AND FOR US TO CHOOSE AT THE TIME AS ISSUES COME FORWARD, WHICH FIRM WE USE. THAT'S MY MOTION. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. BOARD MEMBERS, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO AMEND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION. TO RETAIN GrayRobinson AND SHUMAKER ONLY. IS THERE A SECOND? MEMBER HAHN,

279IS THAT A SECOND? OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN TO RETAIN ONLY GrayRobinson AND SHUMAKER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE DISCUSSION, MEMBER GRAY, ON THAT MOTION? YOU DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION, MEMBER GRAY. DO YOU WANT TO ASK FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MEMBER STUART'S MOTION? >> [INAUDIBLE] >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER GRAY, FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T RECALL THERE BEING A MOTION MADE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR VOTE DOWN THIS ONE AND BRING BACK ANOTHER AMENDMENT, YOU COULD DO SO. FOR THE RECORD, YOU NEED TO EITHER ASK FOR A -- ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT OR VOTE DOWN THE ONE ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW WHICH IS FOR TWO FIRMS. DO YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE VOTE FIRST? ALL RIGHT. IS

280THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT MOTION TO RETAIN ONLY TWO FIRMS? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE FOR A VOTE TO RETAIN JUST THE TWO FIRMS. THE MOTION CARRIES WITH MEMBER GRAY AND MYSELF DISSENTING. WE HAVE TWO FIRMS NOW RETAINED, SHUMAKER AND GrayRobinson. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BECKER & POLIAKOFF, DO YOU WANT THAT TO BE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION THEN TO HOLD THEM ON RETAINER IN CASE THE BOARD WOULD EVER NEED THEM FOR SERVICES ON ANY KIND OF HOURLY RATE? THAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION. THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT. ONLY IF YOU USE THEM ON RETAINER. >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER STUART, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? >> [INAUDIBLE] >>Melissa Snively: CHAIR SHAMBURGER, IF THERE'S NOT FISCAL IMPACT TO THAT, I THINK HAVING THEM AS

281AN AVAILABLE FIRM TO ASSIST US IN CERTAIN AREAS, IF WE FEEL THAT WE NEED THEM, THEN THAT MAKES SENSE TO DO SO. I WILL MOVE TO USE BECKER FOR THOSE SERVICES AS NEEDED. >>Tamara Shamburger: BOARD MEMBERS, THERE'S A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY TO KEEP BECKER ON RETAINER ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION CARRIES WITH MEMBER STUART AND MEMBER HAHN DISSENTING. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, JUST RECAP WHAT WE HAVE VOTED ON. >>Jeffrey Eakins: WHAT JUST HAPPENED IS BOTH SHUMAKER ADVISERS AND GrayRobinson WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH CONTRACTING FOR MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES. AND THAT WE WILL, WITH BECKER, WE WE WILL PLACE THEM ON RETAINER FOR ANY AS-NEEDED

282SERVICES BUT NO FINANCIAL IMPACT THERE UNLESS THE BOARD DIRECTS ME AS SUPERINTENDENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY SERVICES. >>Tamara Shamburger: OKAY. NOW, WE'VE HAD ROBUST DISCUSSION. I'LL LET YOU MAKE A VERY BRIEF COMMENT. >> I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT THE -- THE CONTRACT WILL COME BACK TO THIS BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND THAT THE RETAINER IS CLEAR THAT IT'S A BOARD-DIRECTED RETAINER. >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD USE UNLESS THAT WERE TO OCCUR. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS. IF EVERYONE IS OKAY, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE AGENDA. IT IS GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING. WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE AGENDA. WE WILL MOVE BACK TO, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, I BELIEVE WE ARE ON ITEM 4.11. >>Jeffrey Eakins:

2834.11 IS TO APPROVE THE REVISED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. DR. WHELAN, WE'RE BACK TO THE AGENDA. >>Marie Whelan: OKAY. SO ON ITEM 4.11, AFTER THE OCTOBER 2nd BOARD MEETING REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS, WE BEGAN TO WORK ON REVISING THE LAST DRAFTED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT WHICH WAS FROM 2006. THE JOB DESCRIPTION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING INCORPORATES THE INPUT YOU ALL PROVIDED AT THIS PREVIOUS MEETING AND ALIGNS WITH THE COMPETENCIES FROM THE SURVEYS AND INPUT MEETINGS FACILITATED BY RAY AND ASSOCIATES STAFF IN MID SEPTEMBER. MANY AREAS ARE STILL OPEN-ENDED AS THIS JOB -- ON THIS JOB DESCRIPTION AS THESE WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD THROUGH THE INTERVIEW OFFER AND FINAL EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT PROCESS. UPON YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING, RAY AND ASSOCIATES STAFF WILL BE ADDING THIS JOB DESCRIPTION TO THEIR APPLICATION LINK

284AS WELL. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, DR. WHELAN. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 4.11. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER CONA AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY, DO YOU HAVE DISCUSSION? OKAY. THANK YOU. SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. WHELAN. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE ABOUT TO NAME A SCHOOL NOW. WE HAVE -- 5.04, THIS IS TO APPROVE THE NAMING OF HIGH SCHOOL TTT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, MR. PETERS. AND OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENT. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR FAMILIES IN THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY. FASTEST GROWING SOUTH COUNTY AREA. A BRAND NEW HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND

285THIS WILL BE THE FIRST NEW HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN IN TEN YEARS IN OUR DISTRICT. THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL TTT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 672 EAST OF HIGHWAY 301. THIS SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE RELIEF TO HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, THAT ARE ALREADY AT OR NEAR CAPACITY. NAMELY EAST BAY AND LEONARD. AS YOU ALL KNOW DAVE BROWN HAS BEEN APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SCHOOL AND NOW WE NEED TO NAME THE SCHOOL. FAMILY STAFF AND COMMUNITIES HAVE CEMENT THE PAST FEW WEEKS SUGGESTING NAMES VIA E-MAIL OR BY ANSWERING A BRIEF SURVEY. FAMILIES, DISTRICT STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS ALSO GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND COMMUNITY MEETINGS, HELD IN EAST BAY AND LENNARD. AT THE MEETING, PRINCIPAL BROWN, THE ARCHITECT, AND PROVIDED NAME RECOMMENDATION AND ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCHOOL. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES

286TOOK PLACE TO SUPPORT THIS ELECTION PROCESS OF NAMING A SCHOOL, SOME E-MAILS, TEXTS AND PERSONAL VOICE MESSAGES FROM PRINCIPAL BROWN WERE SENT TO FAMILIES OF TTT. A PRESS RELESS WAS SENT OUT WITH NEW STATIONS MENTIONING OR COVERING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SHARED ON THE DISTRICT TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS, AND SHARED ON ACPS AREA TWITTER HANDLE. A FLYER WAS SENT OUT TO AREA 5 FAMILIES VIA PEACH STAR AND SENT OUT TO AREA CHAMBERS, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND HOA REPRESENTATIVES, TO MAKE THE SCHOOL NAME MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS WE PROVIDED A PIE CHART OF THE NAMES THAT CAME RECOMMENDED. THESE NAMES WERE THE RECOMMENDED AT LEAST IN THE PIE CHART. PIE CHART CONTAINING THE MOST POPULAR SUBMISSION BY ZIP CODES SURROUNDING THE HIGH SCHOOL, A LIST OF THE TOP 30 NAMES WITH FOUR

287OR MORE SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING THE RATIONALE FOR EACH SCHOOL NAME WAS PROVIDED, AND WE ALSO INCLUDED A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL NAMES THAT WERE SUBMITTED BROKEN DOWN BY NAMES SUBMITTED. TEN OR MORE TIMES, AND THE ADDITIONAL 515 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES SUBMITTED NINE OR FEWER TIMES. AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS, THERE WERE MORE THAN 1600 NAMES RECOMMENDED. THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL NAMES FOR TEACHERS PROVIDED IN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE SCHOOL, OR THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES -- WITHOUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY WERE RECOMMENDED. WE ARE AWARE THE BOARD MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL NAMES TO THE LIST. SO THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU, BOARD, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LIST OF THE SCHOOLS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WHICH IS YOUR FIRST BALLOT AND WE'LL TAKE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THAT LIST AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS. >>Tamara Shamburger: MR. PETERS, LEGALITY

288US REINVIGORATE OUR BRAINS A LITTLE BIT. DO YOU WANT US TO TURN IN THE BALLOT NOW? OR CAN I TAKE DISCUSSION FIRST? >> THE BOARD'S PURVIEW. WHENEVER THE DISCUSSION IS OVER THEN THERE'S A SLOT AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOT WHERE YOU WILL PHYSICALLY WRITE THE NAME AND SIGN. AND IF WE GET FOUR VOTES OR FOUR MENTIONS FOR ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THEN WE'LL HAVE THE NAME OF OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL F.NOT WE'LL GO TO A SECONDARY VOTE ON IT. >>Tamara Shamburger: FAIR ENOUGH. SO ROUND UP WITH, I WILL TAKE DISCUSSION AND THEN YOU NEED TO TURN IN YOUR BALLOTS FOR THE CALCULATION. WE'LL START WITH MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU MADE IN PUTTING THIS -- COMPILING THIS INFORMATION. THE BINDER THAT WE

289RECEIVED FOR PREVIOUS HISTORY IN NAMING OF THE SCHOOL. IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING THAT EASIER FOR BOARD MEMBERS. FIRST I WANTED JUST TO THANK SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK THEIR TIME TO REACH OUT TO BOARD MEMBERS. ATTEND COMMUNITY MEETINGS, COMPLETE THE SURVEY AND THOSE WHO CAME TO ADDRESS BOARD MEMBERS THIS EVENING. ESPECIALLY COACH RICE'S DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER WHO SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY ABOUT HIS LEGACY. WE KNOW YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF HIS DEDICATION TO STUDENTS. AND OUR DISTRICT WAS HONORED TO HOST THE JACK RICIN HAVE ITATIONAL EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AT EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL. AND YOU ARE RIGHT. NO MATTER WHAT NAME IS CHOSEN TONIGHT, THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER SOMEONE

290WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW WE ALL HAVE SOME SURVEY DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED AROUND THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY WHICH MAY EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE RECOMMENDED NAMING THE SCHOOL SITE SHORE. BUT I AM NOT AWARE THAT NATURALLY THE COMMUNITY NAME HELD IN THE BON RIVERVIEW AREA WHERE THE COOL IS ACTUALLY LOCATED SO THE INFORMATION WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU REFLECTS A BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE INFORMATION I AM ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU. I WANT TO SHARE A STRONG RECOMMENDATION FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE BONN COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE BONN COMMUNITY FOR MANY GENERATIONS AND HAVE SEEN THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION FROM A PARTICULAR FAMILY AND THAT IS FROM THE SUMNER FAMILY, SPECIFICALLY MR. JEW HE WILL F SUMNER. AND IF SOMEONE WOULD HELP ME PASS

291THESE OUT OR JUST PASS THEM IN EACH DIRECTION. THAT IS AN ARTICLE THAT HILL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT. JEWEL SUMNER WAS A PIONEER AND ENTREPRENEUR WHO SETTLED IN THE BONN AREA IN THE EARLY 1900S, EVENTUALLY PURCHASING 15,000 ACRES OF LAND. HE WAS WELL KNOWN AS A CATTLE RANCHER AND A SURVEYOR AND WAS HIGHLY REGARDED AS A BUSINESSMAN IN HIS COMMUNITY. MR. SUMNER WAS A ROCK WHO BROUGHT STABILITY TO THE REGION. IN FACT DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION HE WOULD ACTUALLY PURCHASE PROPERTY BEFORE THE BANK COULD TAKE IT FROM FAMILIES SO HE COULD THEN OFFER IT BACK TO THE FAMILIES WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO BUY IT, KEEPING THE PROPERTY IN THEIR HERITAGE. HE LOVED THE RANDOM ANIMALS LIVING ON IT AND WAS A CON VATIONIST, GIVING UP MANY OF HIS ACRES TO PROTECT THE

292ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN SELLING IT TO DEVELOPERS. MR. SUMNER REPRESENTS 7 GENERATIONS OF FAMILY AND STILL OWNS AND OPERATES A CATTLE RANCH, HIS FAMILY DOES, SUMNER CATTLE COMPANY AT COUNTY ROAD 672 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 301. SO HOW APPROPRIATE WOULD IT BE TO HONOR HIS LINEAGE AND HISTORY OF HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO BON BY NAMING THE SCHOOL SITUATED SO NEAR HIS FAMILY OPERATION. I HAVE GIVEN EACH OF YOU A COPY OF A RECENT ARTICLE JUST FROM JUNE OF THIS PAST YEAR, 2019 WHICH WAS WRITTEN TO SHARE A BIT OF THE STORY OF JEWEL AND EMA SUMNER THAT TALKS OF THEIR HARD AND FAITH UNTIL SERVICE TO THE LAND AND THE COMMUNITY. JEWEL SUMNER AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN LIFE-LONG CONTRIBUTORS TOTAL CATTLE INDUSTRY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AN STRIP THAT'S A VERY VITAL PART OF OUR HISTORY. AT

293THIS TIME I WOULD KINDLY ASK MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO SUPPORT BY VOTING TO NAME A NEW SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 4 JEWEL F. SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. I DID NOTICE THAT ON THE BALLOT, IT HAS TWO REFERENCES TO SUMNER. I WOULD ASK THE BOARD DISREGARD SUMNER SOUTH SHORE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THE BONN COMMUNITY DO NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES PART OF THE SOUTH SHORE AREA. IT'S NOT SOUTH SHORE ---WE KEEP CALLING IT THAT AREA. BUT IF YOU ASK THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THAT AREA AND THE GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THAT COMMUNITY, THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THAT SOUTH SHORE. IN FACT IT WOULD BE A BIT OF AN INSULT TO THEM TO REFERENCE IT AS SOUTH SHORE. WE HAVE MANY MORE SCHOOLS THAT WE

294ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING FROM THAT AREA WHICH WILL HAVE IF OPPORTUNITY TO BE CALLED SHOUT SHORE SOMETHING. PROBABLY A DOZEN IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS OR SO. AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT PERHAPS WE CAN DEFER THAT NAME TO ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE, AND SO I ASK RESPECTFULLY THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE JEWEL F. SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MODE OR NAMING, BECAUSE IT LASTS A LIFETIME. IT DOES REPRESENT A LEGACY OF EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ENTITY. AND I WANT TO THANK SHARON FOR DOING ALL OF THIS AND HARRISON PETERS AND YOUR STAFF. A LOT OF WORK WENT ON. AND YES, MEMBER SNIVELY, I THINK IT'S QUITE ORGANIZED. AND SO WHAT I THINK

295AS A FORMER HISTORY TEACHER, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL SHOULD BE DEFINITELY PART OF THE -- REPRESENT THE TERRITORY, IF YOU WILL, THE ACTUAL GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. AND THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD HAVE HOPEFULLY BEEN A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, AND THE COMMUNITY. THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO, I THINK, HAVE A LINEAGE THAT SUPERSEDES JUST ONE GENERATION. AND BECAUSE THE CHILDREN, THE GRANDCHILDREN, THE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ALL WHICH MAKES A COMMUNITY AND A PERSON'S NAME RICH. SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF MEMBER SNIVELY WHAT YOU ARE SHARING. IT REPRESENTS AGAIN APPRECIATION OF HISTORY AND CULTURE. BUT I WANTED TO SAY ALSO WITH JACK RICE, HE WAS MY BIOLOGY TEACHER, AND I DID GO TO HIS CROSS COUNTRY MEETS. AND HE ALSO HAS A HISTORY. BUT NUMBERS, I AM GOING TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO THE REST. I THINK WHENEVER

296A SCHOOL IS NAMED, THERE HAS TO BE HISTORY AND LEGACY BEHIND IT. AND A RESPECTFUL CONTRIBUTION THEREOF. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU MEMBER SNIVELY FOR BRINGING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD. BECAUSE I GOT A COUPLE OF SIMILAR CALLS TOO WHICH IS UNUSUAL. WE DON'T USUALLY HEAR INFORMATION ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT THE SURVEY TELLS US, IT COMES RIGHT BEFORE BOARD MEETING AND WE HAVE USUALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME AND TELL US WHAT THEY THINK WE SHOULD NAME A SCHOOL. SO IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE DIDN'T, BUT I AM ALSO NOT AWARE OF WHERE THE COMMUNITIES WERE. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY INTERESTING TO HEAR THEY WERE NOT A COMMUNITY IN THE AREA WHERE THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY IS, AND THAT WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY

297GOING TO -- WHAT THE HAPPENING WAS THAT CAME OUT OF THE SURVEY. SO I APPRECIATE -- AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS POLICY AND HOW WE NAME SCHOOLS AND THE PROCESS. I KNOW. AND I AM GOOD WITH THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT YOUR SUGGESTION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MEMBER STUART. THANK YOU MEMBER SNIVELY. THERE'S SO MANY FITTING NAMES THAT THIS SCHOOL COULD BE NAMED OF AR AFTER. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST DECISIONS WE MAKE, RIGHT? THERE'S A BOOK OF WORTHY NAMES. BUT I WANT TO SAY I AM A PROPONENT OF MAKING SURE THE LABEL FITS THE CAN, THAT IT MATCHES WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE, AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE INSIDE OF OUR NEW SCHOOL IS GREAT EDUCATION, PREPARING

298OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THIS WORLD. AND FOR THAT REASON, WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME WORTHY LONG STANDING EDUCATORS WHO WILL REPRESENT EXACTLY THE GREATNESS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS SCHOOL. FOR THAT REASON I WILL SUPPORT THE SECOND MOST REQUESTED NAME WHICH IS DOROTHY YORK. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, NOW WE WILL TURN IN OUR BALLOTS. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK LAUREN FOR THE HEAD OF THE COMMUNICATIONS STAFF FOR THE AMAZING WORK. THEY HAD A REALLY HUGE HAND IN PUTTING THIS PACKET TOGETHER AND ALL THE DESIGN AND THE GRAPHICS YOU SEE IS REALLY THEIR BRAIN CHILD SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP. >>Tamara Shamburger: SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WITH A 5-2

299VOTE THE CONSENSUS SHOWS A VOTE FOR JEWEL SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. AS THE PREVAILING NAME FOR OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH COUNTY. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOUTH SHORE. AT THIS TIME WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RATIFY THE NAME WITH A MOTION AND A VOTE SO I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-504, THE NAME OF HIGH SCHOOL TTT IS NOW OFFICIALLY JEWEL SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER -- JEWEL F. AS IN FRANK. JEWEL F. SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? GREAT. SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS. TO OUR NEWEST HIGH SCHOOL. NEW PRINCIPAL AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON JEWEL F. SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL, OUR FIRST

300NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN TEN YEARS. >>Jeffrey Eakins: CONGRATULATION THAT'S AWESOME. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SMELL IT AND EVERYTHING, MR. BROWN? ALL RIGHT. THEY ARE ALREADY TWEETING IT OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TRY TO EXPEDITE SOME THINGS HERE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE AS THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW, WE MEAT WITH ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO GO OVER ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PULLED ITEMS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. SO I AM GOING TO GIVE THE BEST THAT I CAN A LITTLE SKETCH OF THE ITEMS, AND THE NEXT ONE ON THE AGENDA IS 6.05, PURCHASE FOR I-READY LICENSES IN READING AND MATHEMATICS. WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO HAVE A PROGRESS MONITORING TOOL. THE TOOL THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING IN OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN I-READY AND READY. SO YOU CAN

301SEE FROM THE AGENDA ITEM, YOU KNOW, THE GRADE LEVELS THAT WE USE IT IN AND FOR THE PURPOSES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER DISCUSSED INSTRUCTION AND BETTER MEET THEIR NEEDS. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT HAD YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, DR. BINDER IS HERE. IF NOT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD CHAIR. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER CONA TO APPROVE ITEM C-605. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE DISCUSSION, MEMBER CONNA? MEMBER GRAY? MEMBER STUART? >>Cindy Stuart: I ALREADY SPOKE TO MS. BINDER ON THE PHONE AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO MRS. COOK. AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE PURCHASED

302I-READY AND I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY THE NEED FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. HOWEVER, I HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS EVALUATION. AND I THINK THAT SUPERINTENDENT, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY, AROUND IMPLEMENTATION, ABOUT PD, AROUND I-READY AND HOW IT IS BEING USED IN THE COMMUNITY. WE AS A BOARD ARE GETTING ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT IT IS BEING USED FOR. WHEN WE HAVE AN EVALUATION ALONE 19% OF TEACHERS IN CORE INSTRUCTION, WE HAVE A PROBLEM, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT CORE INSTRUCTION. THIS IS SUPPLEMENTAL IN RESOURCE. AND SO THE EVALUATION DOESN'T MATCH WHAT I KNOW THAT WE NEED IT FOR. AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS. WE NEED AN ASSESSMENT TOOL. TEACHERS NEED THIS TO HAVE VAM. BUT THE FACT THAT SO MUCH

303FOCUS IS BEING PUT ON THIS AS CORE INSTRUCTION IS NOT BEING USED PROPERLY IN CERTAIN AREAS. AGAIN, ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEEM TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE. SO IF YOU COULD MAYBE IN THE NEXT MEETING BRING BACK TO US SOME SORT OF PLAN FOR HOW WE ARE GOING TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM. EVEN THE OTHER DAY AS I VISITED A SCHOOL, SCHOOLS THAT ARE USING THIS WELL BEYOND THE MINUTE THAT SHOULD BE THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMPANY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME BACK AS EITHER AN THE SUSPENDED AGENDA OR AS AN INFORMATION ITEM. BUT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND WE NEED AN ASSESSMENT TOOL BUT THIS IS NOT BEING USED TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS. AND IT'S A

304PROBLEM. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: AND THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART, AND I WILL ASK RIGHT NOW AND VERY DIRECTLY, IS THIS OCCURRING THAT WE ARE USING THIS TOOL FOR OTHER THINGS? I DON'T WANT IT TO BE USED FOR CORE INSTRUCTION. >> IT SHOULD SNOT BE USED FOR CORE INSTRUCTION. >> WE NEED TO KNOW IF IT IS OR IT'S NOT. >> I CAN'T SAY BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT. I WOULD IMAGINE AS MRS. STUART POINTED OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE UNFORTUNATELY OVERUSING THE PLATFORM, AND IT COMES TO A HEAD WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT WHICH GRADE LEVELS, AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THE MEASURE IN PLACE, SO THE MEASURE ITSELF IS WHAT WE PURCHASED, AND IT WOULD NOT STAND ALONE. I COULDN'T JUST BUY AN ASSESSMENT PLATFORM. THE INSTRUCTION CAME WITH IT.

305AT THE TIME OF PURCHASING THE PLATFORM AND HAVING THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE MOTIONS SCHOOLS VOTED ON, THE ASSESSMENT. THE INSTRUCTION, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH MINUTES IN THE DAY TO MANAGE DOING THE READING AND THE MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION COMPONENT SOAP IT WAS ALWAYS SET AS AN OPTIONAL COMPONENT BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPLEMENTAL. IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO REPLACE CORE INSTRUCTION. WHEN WE PURCHASED THE INTENT OF WATCH WE DID THREE YEARS AGO WAS TO GET A NEW ASSESSMENT TO REPLACE THAT TEN WHICH THE NORMS WERE VERY OLD, THEY NEEDED TO BE RETIRED AND WE NEEDED A NEW ASSESSMENT. THE TEST WAS THEN PUT IN PLACE IN K-2 FOR ALSO OUR TEACHER EVALUATION, BECAUSE IT REPLACED WHAT WAS IN PLACE AT THE TIME, AND THIRD GRADE PORTFOLIO, FOURTH AND FIFTH IT'S

306SOLE PROGRESS MONITORING. THE 80s ISMENT THANKFULLY CAN USE PROGRESS MEMORY AS WELL AS HOW WE USE FOR TEACHER PERFORMANCE. SO IF WE USE THIS ONE MEASURE IN MULTIPLE FACETS, THE INSTRUCTION PIECE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT ABSOLUTELY DOES. TEACHERS SHOULD KNOW THAT IT IS NOT CORE. THEY SHOULD NOT DO OVER MINUTES. AND WE HAVE TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE WHERE WE CAN SAY SHOULD IT BE SOMETHING THAT'S USED IN SCHOOLS, ARE WE GOING TO DEDICATE MINUTES? AND THEN WE HAVE THE CONCERN OF DO WE HAVE ENOUGH COMPUTERS FOR STUDENTS TO UTILIZE DURING THE DAY, WHICH IS ANOTHER ISSUE. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS TEACHERS CAN'T GET LAB TIMES TO TAKE THEIR KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND THEN WALK INTO THE LAB. THERE'S MINUTES OF THAT THEY WOULD LOSE JUST IN MOVING FROM PLACE TO

307PLACE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COMPUTERS IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM FOR KIDS TO JUMP ON AS A ROTATION MODEL OHIO WE DID READ 180 AND THINGS LIKE THAT H.SO THERE IS CONCERN. YES, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE INSTRUCTION SIDE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN OPTIONAL, AND WE NEED TO KIND OF WRAP THAT UP. >>Lynn Gray: AND MS. BINDER, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CANDID RESPONSE. AND I AM REMISS AND A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED THAT I DIDN'T EVEN -- I HAD THOUGHT LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS IN THE SCHOOLS LOOKING FOR THAT, AND I WAS VERY CRITICAL, THERE WAS A GUARANTEE, YES, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FULL ENGAGEMENT IN REGULAR TEACHING, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE USED JUST FOR -- AND THEN OF COURSE I SAW WHERE THERE'S LIKE

308A BABY-SITTING SITUATION IN MANY CLASSES, AND REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPROVED. BUT IF THIS IS GOING ON WHERE WHERE CORE INSTRUCTION IS BEING COMPROMISED -- AND I WILL NOT APPROVE IT, I WILL HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS, REVERSE THE BUTTON IF YOU WILL, AND ALL THE WHILE, AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR BEING -- FOR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW. WE CAN'T HAVE THESE KIDS BEING COMPROMISED IN THEIR INSTRUCTION AND PUT THEM ON A COMPUTER. AND OF COURSE VERY PROBLEMATIC SITUATION REALISTICALLY, A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COMPUTERS. AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM. SO I THINK WE NEED TO FACE THAT. ALTHOUGH LET ME ASK YOU REAL QUICK. WHAT ABOUT FLORIDA STATUTES? AREN'T WE REQUIRED TO HAVE -- >> WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT. >>Lynn Gray:

309WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT. >> DURING THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE ENTERTAINED MOVING AWAY FROM THE STANFORD TEN ASSESSMENT WE PUT IT OUT THERE. WE PULLED EVERY AVAILABLE ASSESSMENT THAT MATCHES THE STANDARDS AND WE WENT TO THE SCHOOLS, WE WENT TO THE TEACHERS, 80% OF THE SCHOOLS COLLECTIVELY VOTED FOR I READY. THEY WANTED I-READY. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT SCHOOLS ARE -- ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE USING THE INSTRUCTION SIDE OF I-READY AS CORE INSTRUCTION. THEY ARE NOT. I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT WE ARE FINDING MORE OF IS THAT KIDS ARE NOT USING THE INSTRUCTION ENOUGH. YOU CAN LOOK IN THE EVALUATION THAT STUDENTS AREN'T ON IT FOR 45 MINUTES IN BOTH CONTENTS DURING EVERY WEEK. ARE THERE INSTANCES WHERE UNFORTUNATELY A STUDENT IS PLACED INTO INSTRUCTION TOO MUCH DURING THE WEEK?

310YES. IS THERE AN INSTANCE WHEN THERE COULD BE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING? MAYBE. I CAN'T DEFINE EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE HIGH PARTICIPATION RATE IN THE ASKING STICK SCHOOLS ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH, THEY ARE GIVING THEM WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO, THEY ARE FOLLOWING EVERY OUTLINE WE HAVE FOR THE TESTING EVENT AND THE INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN SOMETHING WHERE IT'S OPTIONAL. CAN WE DO -- I CAN WITHIN MY DEPARTMENT PUSH ON MORE OF A PLAN, A BEST PRACTICE OF HOW THAT SHOULD COME OUT AND MAKE IT SEEM LESS OPTIONAL SO THAT FOLKS CAN SEE, OKAY, THIS IS THE BEST PRACTICE FOR THIS PLATFORM, AND WE CAN GIVE OPTIONS FOR HOW COULD IT LOOK DURING THE SCHOOL

311DAY, OR ELSEWISE. TO HELP SCHOOLS PLAN. >>Lynn Gray: WE ARE NO CONUNDRUM. SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, WE HAVE TO BY FLORIDA STATUTE, YET WE ARE SEEING PROBLEMS WITH ACTUAL INSTRUCTION. >>Jeffrey Eakins: MS. GRAY, FIBBING, EVERY IMPLEMENTATION, EVERY SITUATION WE HAVE TO LOOK AT VERY SPECIFICALLY. YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE, IN HOW PEOPLE RESPOND TO USING AS CORE INSTRUCTION, COULD BE USING OTHER THINGS FOR THEIR CORE INSTRUCTION, TOO. WE HAVE TO KIND OF GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF HOW PEOPLE IN THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION EVEN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BECAUSE THEY COULD BE USING THIS AS CORE WITH OTHER THINGS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO USE AS CORE. SO WE HAVE TO DO IN OUR OPINION CONTINUE THE TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS MAKING SURE THAT THEY COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE ABSOLUTE BEST PRACTICE USE FOR ALL OF OUR TOOLS, KNOWING THAT

312THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE HAVE, AND ABSOLUTELY NEED, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW OUR TEACHERS ADJUST THEIR CORE INSTRUCTION BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ASSESSMENT RESULTS IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. SO ONCE AGAIN, IF WE MOVE FORWARD, IT REALLY IS ABOUT REFINING TRAINING. WE ARE ON BOARDING 1,000 TEACHERS EVERY YEAR. AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO NEED THAT EXTRA TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO USE ALL THESE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES APPROPRIATELY. >> AND WE ARE OVER 580 INSTANCES OF PD TRAININGS LAST YEAR. WE HAVE THREE DEDICATED I-READY ASSOCIATE FOLKS WHO TRAIN EVERY DAY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE SITES. THEY ARE DOING ANY KIND OF PD OFFERING THAT THEY CAN DO FOR TEACHERS. THEY ARE EITHER DOING WHERE THEY STAY ON-SITE ALL DAY AND THEY JUST DO ROUND-ROBIN KIND OF TRAININGS WHERE FOLKS ARE

313COMING IN. THEY ARE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES AND THEY DO. THEY WORK EVERY DAY. IN THIS DISTRICT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: MS. GRAY, JUST SO NOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF STARTING IN OCTOBER, THIS IS A DATA POINT THAT WE ARE MONITORING. WE FELT LIKE EVEN AT THAT LEVEL, LOOKING SIDE BY SIDE HOW MANY APPROPRIATE MINUTES THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY PART FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT OUR SCHOOLS KNOW WE ARE MONITORING THAT AS WELL. SO WE FELT LIKE WE WOULD RAISE TO THE THAT LEVEL BASED OFF SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE WERE SEEING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING BACK COMING TO THE SCHOOLS WHAT WE ARE SEEING TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM OR SUPPORT THEM OR GIVE THEM EXTRA TRAINING IF THEY NEED. >>Lynn Gray: I AM

314GOING TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO THE OTHER FOLKS. BUT MY BRAIN IS WORKING ON THIS RIGHT NOW. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU ON IT. WE'LL SEE. REVIEWING THE EVALUATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING US THE EVALUATION. VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY HELPFUL IN MAKING THIS DECISION. AND I HAVE SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS THAT MS. STUART HAD ABOUT 19% OF THE TEACHERS USING IT AS SUPPORT CURRICULUM. BUT I SPOKE TO SEVERAL PRINCIPALS FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AREAS AND DIFFERENT PERFORM SCHOOLS, AND FROM I READ IN THE REPORT IT LOOKS LIKE I-READY HAS A LOT OF PROS AND A LOT OF CONS TOO. I WILL GRIFF YOU MY THOUGHTS ON IT. FOR THE PROS. MANY ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS LIKE I-READY AS A TOOL FOR TRACKING

315STUDENT PROGRESS WITH 91% OF ADMINISTRATORS AND 89% TEACHERS SAYING IT IS A USEFUL TOOL FOR THEM. 90% OF TEACHERS PULLED THEIR STUDENTS REPORT FROM 80% FIND THEM HELPFUL. STUDENTS SEEM -- MOSTLY GET THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED ON LINE. 72% OF TEACHERS FELT I-READY WAS HELPFUL FOR READING. 64 FELT THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN THE PROGRAM. 36% OF TEACHERS AND 33% OF ADMINISTRATORS FELT LOW STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WAS THE MAIN BARRIER TO SUCCESS IN THE PROGRAM. AND I CONSIDER THIS A PRO BECAUSE THAT IS THE SECOND HIGHEST REPORTED BARRIER, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING, RIGHT? SO A PROBLEM WITH ANY CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, SO IF THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IT INDICATES THE PROGRAM HAS THE APTITUDE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SOME OF THE CONS, BY A CONSIDERABLE MARGIN THE MOST REPORTED ISSUE WAS THE MATHEMATICS

316DIAGNOSTIC EXAM. THAT IS IN ADDITION TO HIGH LEVEL GENERAL DISSATISFACTION WITH THE MATH PORTION. OVERALL THE SATISFACTION WAS ONLY LOW AT 61% OF TEACHERS WHICH I CONSIDER THAT A LITTLE BIT LOW. TEACHERS FELT ALSO REPORTED FEELING THAT THE I-READY PROGRAM DIDN'T LINE UP NECESSARILY WITH THE CURRICULUM AND MOST TEACHERS FOUND IT HARD TO INCLUDE THE PROGRAM IN THEIR WEEKLY CURRICULUM. AND THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS, TOO. BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO RENEW THE I-READY CONTRACT ON REVIEWING THE CONS, ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS IS MATH INSTRUCTION, HOW DESPITE THE ISSUES STUDENTS SHOW A HIGH POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE USES OF I-READY AND FSA. THAT IN ITSELF IN ADDITION TO HOW TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS SAW I-READY IS AN ADVANTAGEOUS LEARNING TOOL FOR STUDENTS AND I THINK WORKED THE CONTRACT RENEWAL.

317AS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER CONS LIKE THE LIMITED ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, AND FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE TIME FOR THE PROGRAM AND THE DAY-TO-DAY CURRICULUM, THOSE ISSUES WOULD LIKELY BE PRESENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY ONLINE PROGRAM INCLUDING I-READY. THE LACK OF COMPUTERS SPEAKS TO A DEEPER ISSUE IN OUR DISTRICT WITH ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT'S A TOTALLY SEPARATE ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THE REPORT MAKES SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS SUCH AS CHANGING THE ONLINE MATH MAG DECISION. AND IF IT'S RENEWED, I'M HOPING SOME OF THESE CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE, AND THAT I'M MAKING ALSO, WOULD BE KEPT IN MIND AND IMPLEMENTED TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OVERALL. SO WHILE IT HAS ITS FAULTS, IT'S NOT PERFECT. BUT IT SEEMS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE SHOWING GAINS AND SUCCESSES WITH

318THEIR READING, AND ALMOST EVERY PRINCIPAL THAT HI TALKED TO -- I TALKED TO ABOUT A DOZEN PRINCIPALS TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AND THEY ALL FELT THAT IT WAS WORTH THE CONTRACT RENEWAL BECAUSE THEY DO SEE GAINS IN THEIR STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE. BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY EXPOSED IN THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM. BUT MY VOTE WOULD BE TO SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: I DIDN'T MEAN TO TAKE US DOWN A PATH OF NOT SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION. I APOLOGIZE. MY CONCERN IS WITH THE OTHER PART OF I-READY THAT WE DID NOT PURCHASE I-READY FOR. WE PURCHASED I-READY FOR THE ASSESSMENT TOOL. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE USING IT FOR. WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS AND

319WRITING ASSESSMENTS FOR K-5 FOR ALL MATH AND READING WOULD BE AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TIME AND ENERGY FOR THEM TO DO THAT AND ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THIS STATE AGREES MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE STANDARDS. SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE US DOWN THAT ROUTE. WHAT MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS AN INCONSISTENCY, THERE IS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THERE IS LACK OF -- YOU CAN DO ALL THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT YOU WANT, BUT NO ONE IS HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO HOW YOU USE IT IN THE CLASSROOM AND L, AND AN AREA SUPERINTENDENT, MR. PETERS, IS NOT GOING INTO THAT CLASSROOM AND SAYING THAT STUDENT AND THIS CLASS HAS SPENT WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, AND PULLING THEM BACK AND MONITORING THAT WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THE TEACHER, THAT'S

320WHERE WE ARE RUNNING INTO ISSUES. I WATCHED TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON I-READY AND I WOULD AGREE THE I-READY MATH IS A LITTLE BIT SLOW. TEACHERS NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT IT'S AN ENTIRE CLASS GETTING 100% ON AN I-READY DAY IN 45 MINUTES, THAT'S NOT GOOD. THAT'S NOT A CHALLENGE. STUDENTS NEED TO BE CHALLENGED. THEY NEED TOP FEEL GROWTH. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MR. PETERS WOULD BRING BACK SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS -- IMPLEMENTATION WITH FIDELITY IF WE ARE GOING TO USE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, AND WE ARE NOT JUST GOING TO USE THIS FOR THE ASSESSMENT TOOL. OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEING USED ON THE OTHER SIDE. LET'S MAKE SURE IT'S BEING USED APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WE ARE GETTING WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR, AND THAT

321THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS THERE, AND WE WERE -- WHAT ABOUT SUBSTITUTES? HOW WERE THEY BEING TRAINED TO USE THIS? HOW ARE THEY ACTUALLY USING THIS? THE LACK OF COMPUTERS IS AN ISSUE. IT'S A BIG ISSUE. 45% OF TEACHERS TALKED ABOUT LACK OF COMPUTERS. STUDENTS REMAINING FOCUSED IS A PROBLEM. AND I WITNESSED THAT. STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER GRADES, KEEPING THEM FOCUSED WHEN YOU HAVE GOT 20 KIDS ON A COMPUTER IN THE COMPUTER LAB. ALCOHOL CLASS LESSONS. THE MAJORITY OF TEACHERS WHO USE READING TOOL BOX RESOURCE FOUND THEM HELPFUL FOR WHOLE CLASS LESSONS. 63%. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE. SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION. AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUMMY DO NOT WANT US US TO MOVE AWAY FROM APPROVING THIS FOR THE ASSESSMENT PIECE. IT IS A

322NECESSITY FOR THIS DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU MEMBER STUART. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH MEMBER SNIVELY AROUND THERE ARE DEFINITE PROS TO THE PROGRAM. BUT I ALSO SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH MEMBER STUART ESPECIALLY AROUND THE READING. IT'S ALARMING THAT 63% OF TEACHERS ARE USING THIS AS WHOLE CLASS INSTRUCTION FOR READING, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN SOME OF OUR VERY POOR READING SCORES. DID WE ALREADY SAY WE ARE GOING TO MAYBE MUTT THIS ON A SUSPENDED AGENDA? DID YOU ASK ALREADY FOR THAT? JUST SO WE CAN LOOK AT THIS DATA MORE THAN JUST ONCE A YEAR WHEN WE ARE RENEWING THIS SO WE CAN MONITOR IT, SOME TYPE OF PROGRESS MONITORING. SO AS YOU IMPLEMENT SOME STRATEGIES TO CHANGE SOME OF THESE, THE USE FOR INSTRUCTION, WE CAN KIND OF SEE

323THAT PLAY OUT OVER THE YEAR. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. LET ME JUST SAY THIS REALLY QUICKLY. SO ESPECIALLY THE BUSINESS OWNERS WILL APPRECIATE THIS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH YOUR WORKFORCE AND THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES ADHERING TO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO ADHERE TO, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO ASSESS, IS IT A SKILL, OR IS IT A WILL ISSUE, RIGHT? TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE TODAY IS REALLY KIND OF SKILL ISSUES. AND SKILL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE TO THIS RIGHT NOW TONIGHT, RIGHT? THIS IS A MANDATE. THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE. THERE'S NO PICK THIS OR PICK THAT. SO I YOU WANT WANT TO NOT REALLY CAUTION THE BOARD BUT JUST

324REMIND YOU THAT OUR COMMENTS, ARE WE GETTING INTO THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THINGS VERSUS THE GOVERNANCE SIDE OF THINGS? AND SO IF I-READY IS NOT BEING USED APPROPRIATELY OR PROPERLY, THEN WE NEED TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE AND HE HAS A HOLD HIS STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO TRY TO DIG US OUT OF THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT AND JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT WE HAVE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS TO YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT AND MR. PETERS, AND WE CERTAINLY EXPECT THAT THOSE WILL BE ADDRESSED. BUT AS FAR AS OUR ROLE IN THIS, THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE. I THINK WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT ALL THESE ISSUES ADDRESSED. JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT H.BUT SEEING THAT THERE'S NOBODY TO BE SPEAK AFTER ME, THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS,

325BECAUSE I HAVE THE LAST WORD ON IT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE. THERE IS NO SUBSEQUENT MOTION OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? SO BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. THIS IS AGAIN ITEM C-6.05. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. WIND BINDER AND MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW. I BROUGHT ITEM 7.08 TO THE BOARD TONIGHT. WE ARE BEGINNING PHASE 2 OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE ARE ON SCHEDULE. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MR. FARKAS THROUGH PICTURES AND KIND OF DESCRIPTION KIND OF NEXT STEPS. >>Christopher Farkas: NOTHING HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS THE FUNDING SOURCES GO. WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY. SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT GOING

326ON AT TAMPA HEIGHTS WE STARTED TO DO THE DECONSTRUCTION AND THEN THE REBUILD OF WHAT'S GOING ON. MAYBE NOT GO FORWARD. I WANT TO SAY SOME OF THE PICTURES, JAY DUNN CONSTRUCTION AND FLEISHMAN HAS DONE BEEN REBUILD WHO DESIGNED THE BUILDING. BUT YOU HAVE SEEN THE -- IT'S A $21 MILLION GOP BUT SOME OF THE H OF THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. IT'S PHASE 2 BECAUSE THE DECONSTRUCTION WAS ALREADY APPROVED AND FUNDED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. PHASE 2 IS ACTUAL REBUILD. IT HAS BEEN ON HGTV SHOW. WHERE THE BRACES AND WALLS FELL AND THINGS THAT WERE PART OF IT OF THAT WE DIDN'T PLAN ON. BUT IT IS IN FULL PHASE. YOU CAN SEE THE WORK BEING DONE. ALL THE WORK, THAT'S A PREVIOUS PICTURE. ALL HAS BEEN GU GUTTED FROM THE

327INSIDE. NOW THEY ARE BUILDING IT OUT. WHEN YOU SEE THE DESIGN PICTURES, I THINK YOU WILL BE SOAKED THAT IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL FOR THAT COMMUNITY. ONE THAT WE DON'T VERY MUCH IN IN A AREA. IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. THEY ARE GOING FULL BOARD. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. TO SHOW PICTURES OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AT TAMPA HEIGHTS. IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING PROJECT TO SAY THE LEAST BUT IT IS ONE THAT I THINK THE BOARD WILL BE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH. AND THAT WAS IT. >>Tamara Shamburger: EASY ENOUGH. THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS FOR THAT UPDATE. WE ARE CERTAINLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF TAMPA HEIGHTS. IT IS GOING TO BE THE GEM OF MY DISTRICT CERTAINLY. SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON

328THE ITEM. BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER CONA AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY TO OF APPROVE ITEM C-7.08. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER GRAY. WAITING FOR MEMBER SNIVELY. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, MR. FARKAS, FOR THAT HIGHLIGHT MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: ON 12.301 WE HAVE DECIDED TO PUSH 12.01 TO THE NEXT MEETING. OUR STUDENTS HIGH PRESSURE TO LEAVE EARLIER TONIGHT SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 12.02. THAT IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH UPDATE AND YOU HAVE A FEW NOTES YOU WANT TO SHARE. >>Tamara Shamburger: I WILL BE VERY BRIEF ON. THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. IN TERMS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH AS EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THAT APPLICATION HAS I KNOW GONE LIVE. RAY AND ASSOCIATES

329IS IN THE ACTIVE RECRUITING STAGE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SEARCH. RAY AND ASSOCIATES WILL BE ATTENDING SEVERAL NATIONAL CONFERENCES, THE COUNCIL OF GREATER CITY SCHOOLS, NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BLACKS FOR EDUCATORS AND THE ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS TO SEEK OUT POTENTIAL CANDIDATES. RAY AND ASSOCIATES HAS ALSO ACTIVATED IT'S 160 ASSOCIATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO SEARCH FOR CANDIDATES WHO MATCH THE CHARACTERISTICS IDENTIFIED BY THE BOARD FOR OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. IN ADDITION THE FIRM HAS PLACED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE POSITION IN NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS. THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT THIS POSITION AND HOW TO APPLY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE INTERESTED ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS.ORG. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS DECEMBER 11th. QUICKLY, I WANT TO SAY, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MAY BE JUST LIKE ME AND THAT I HAVE BEEN WATCHING OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO

330SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I KNOW VOLUSIA HAS BEEN A HOT DISTRICT TO REALLY WATCH. ALTHOUGH VOLUSIA IS A SMALLER DISTRICT WE KNOW UNDOUBTEDLY HILLSBOROUGH IS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE DISTRICT AT THIS POINT. BUT VOLUSIA DID COME BACK WITH SEVEN TOP CANDIDATES. I FOUND IT QUITE INTERESTING. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. THEY HAD FIVE ADMINISTRATORS AND TWO SUPERINTENDENTS WHAT I LIKE TO CALL MICRODISTRICT, VERY SMALL DISTRICTS. AND THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT UP, YOU MAY WANT TO WATCH THESE DISTRICTS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN LEARN DURING OUR SEARCH. OF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE, AND MAYBE WE REALLY NEED TO FINE TUNE OUR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE MAY GET OR IF WE GOT THE SAME SIMILAR RESULTS, LET'S BE PREPARED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD

331WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. DO WE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO HAPPEN OR WHAT HAVE YOU? SO I'M SURE THAT WE'LL PULL IN THE BEST CANDIDATES BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN VOLUSIA. THE CANDIDATES OUT THERE. I WANT THE BOARD TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT WHEN WE GET OUR RESULTS BACK IN EARLY DECEMBER. OKAY? THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND SO I WILL TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO MR. SUPERINTENDENT FOR ITEM 12.03. >>: AND 12.03, MRS. SHAMBURGER, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ACTION ITEM THAT WAS PULLED DOWN TO D. AND I THINK I WILL DO IT NOW. WE HAVE ITEM 6.15. MS. GRAY ASKED THAT TO BE PULLED DOWN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICE WAS NATIONAL DROPOUT PREVENTION CENTER FOR TRAUMA SKILLS MODEL AT PALM RIVER

332ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS THROUGH TITLE 4 GRANT. IN THE THOMAS SKILLS MODEL, THEY WILL BE TRAINING FOR STAFF. THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A CLIMATE WHERE WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY THE COMMON KNOWLEDGE BUT THE RESILIENCY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF THERE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT NEEDS THAT YOU KNOW OUR STUDENTS BRING EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SAW THE ISSUE OVER THE WEEKEND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST SATURDAY AT EDISON. THOSE ARE THE ISSUES AT PALM RIVER THAT THIS NATIONAL DROPOUT PREVENTION CENTER WILL BE WORKING WITH, AND GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY MOTION AT THIS POINT OF TIME OR ANY QUESTIONS. MRS. BROWN IS HERE ALSO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I HAVE A MOTION BY OLYMPIAN MEMBER

333CONA AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY TO APPROVE ITEM D-6-15. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, FOR REPRESENTING THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK -- MY THANKS TO DR. TRACYE BROWN AND DR. ATIS WHO WE CAN'T SEE BUT HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE NATIONAL DROPOUT PREVENTION CENTER. AND I WANTED TO THANK CHIDA CHANCEY JONES AND SEVERAL MEMBERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE NATIONAL WORKSHOP DROPOUT PREVENTION WE HAD. IT IS ABOUT KEEPING OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL AND REDUCING THE DROPOUT RATE. IT'S ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, IT'S RATED UP TO 65% OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES, HAVE THE ACE, YOU KNOW, BARRIER. SO OUR CHILDREN ARE FACING SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIOLENCE, AND IT CAME UP ACTUALLY SATURDAY AS MEMBER SHAMBURGER KNOWS AND THE REST

334OF US BOARD MEMBERS. KIDS ARE SEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NEIGHBORHOOD VIOLENCE. KIDS ARE COMING IN HUNGRY. KIDS ARE COMING IN WITH NOT PROPER CLOTHING. WE HAVE HOMELESS KIDS, FOSTER KIDS. THIS ALL ADDS TO THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE WHICH ALL EQUIVOCATES TO POSSIBLE DROPOUT. AND UNLESS WE HAVE OUR TEACHERS TRAINED, IT'S NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION. DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT WHEN THESE CHILDREN GET IN FRONT OF A TEACHER WHO IS TRAINED TO HANDLE A MORE TENUOUS SITUATION, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BETTER RESULTS IN KEEPING THAT CHILD IN SCHOOL. WE ALL KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST ELEMENTARY, PRINCIPALS, AND I'LL SAY POTTER ELEMENTARY, THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS GET THE CULTURE OF TRUST AND THE STUDENT WELLNESS, MENTAL, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS. THEN AS THAT OCCURS, THE TEACHERS THEN HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH. BUT BEFORE

335THAT IS DONE, KIDS WILL NOT LEARN WITH ALL THE BAGGAGE THAT THEY COME IN WITH, PERIOD. THE END. AND FOR US TO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE GROWTH OF THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE, THE CHILD WOULD BE A COMPLETE MALADY, WOULD NOT BE PRACTICING WHAT'S CALLED BEST PRACTICES IN EDUCATION, AS RELEVANT AS IT IS TODAY IN OUR COUNTY, IN OUR DISTRICT. SO I THANK DR. BROWN FOR TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, AND SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, FOR PUTTING IT IN ONE SCHOOL. BUT I ALSO WILL LOOK FORWARD FOR THIS TO BE BROUGHT TO MANY SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU PRESENT THE DATA. AND, IN FACT, DR. BROWN, PERHAPS WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT DATA WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT REAL QUICK? BECAUSE I WOULD BE CURIOUS. WHAT WOULD SHOW YOU, TO SHOW US,

336THAT IT'S MAKING THE FINDINGS ARE RELEVANT, KEEPING OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL? >> THANK YOU, MS. GRAY. BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY FOCUSING ON CREATING THE PROPER CULTURE, THE PROPER CLIMATE FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO EXCEL, WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE A REDUCTION IN REFERRALS. WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE KIDS IN TALLAHASSEE AND BETTER ENGAGED. SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'LL EXPECT TO SEE AS A RESULT OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL THAT WE WILL BE DOING AT PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY. BUT WE WILL BE TAKING -- GETTING INFORMATION FROM TEACHERS AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE DATA. SO WE'LL REVIEW THE REFERRAL DATA AS WELL AS SURVEYING TEACHERS TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT HAS BEEN IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. >>Lynn Gray: AND THANK YOU FOR THAT H.WHEN WE DO GET

337THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL SHARE IT IT WITH THE BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE OBSERVING VERY GOOD PRACTICES TO PERHAPS PUT THROUGH THE SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU MEMBER GRAY. LET ME SAY THIS QUICKLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EFFORTS. IT'S REALLY GREAT. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. WE HAVE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. BUT YOU KNOW THE REALITY. I SAY OFTENTIMES, UNTIL THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES HAPPEN, AND THE LIVES OF THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR HOMES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR US. BUT NEVERTHELESS WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND LAST WEEK, OUR KIDS ARE LIVING WITH PERSISTENT TRAUMA EVERY DAY. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT LAST WEEK THAT REALLY TRAUMATIZED SOME OF OUR KIDS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD VIOLENCE

338THAT WAS JUST HEART BREAKING. SO CERTAINLY GOING TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR BOARD, CHIEF NEWMAN, THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TO REALLY BE DIRECT PARTNERS IN THIS CALL TO ACTION TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN THESE COMMUNITIES. UNTIL THESE KIDS -- WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THEM, WE ARE NEVER GOING TO PROPERLY EDUCATE THEM UNTIL, YOU KNOW, HAD WE CAN BE A PART OF THAT SOLUTION TO HELP WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AS WE ENGAGE AROUND THIS WORK, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE STILL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE CLASSROOM. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO ATTACK IT IT FROM BOTH ENDS IF WE ARE EVER GOING TO HAVE SUCCESS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AND THANK YOU AGAIN MEMBER GRAY FOR TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND IMPLEMENTING

339THIS IN THE CLASS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AGAIN THIS IS ON ITEM D-6.15. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS. >>Jeffrey Eakins: 12.03, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE THE ANNUAL CHARTER OFFICE REPORT THAT THE BOARD RECEIVED, SO THIS ANNUAL REPORT PROVIDES STAKEHOLDERS WITH AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT A CHARTER SCHOOL IS, DO THEY SERVE OBLIGATIONS THEY FULFILL, IF THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE, CHARTER GROWTH OVER THE PAST 22 YEARS, THE SUMMARY OF STUDENTS DEMOGRAPHICS SERVED ALONGSIDE DISTRICT COMPARISONS AND OVERALL STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN CHARTER SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THERE'S A LIST OF CHARTER SCHOOLS SERVED BY BOARD IN 2019 ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONS FOR 2019-20. THE REPORT ALSO SUMMARIZES AUTHORIZING AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING APPLICATIONS, CONTRACT RENEWALS, IMPROVEMENT AND CLOSURES. ALSO A PROFILE SHEET

340FOR EACH CHARTER SCHOOL OPERATING IN 18-19. THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE ANNUAL REPORT. MRS. HODGENS IS HERE IN THE ROOM IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR HER. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. SUPERINTENDENT. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? MEMBER GRAY, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? >>Lynn Gray: MRS. HODGENS, I MIGHT HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. IN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WAS EXCELLENT. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT WAS DETAILED AND IT WAS VERY REVEALING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE, WELL, ASK ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING HALF THE NIGHT HERE. I LOOKED AT THE OVERVIEW AND HERE ARE SOME OF MY FINDINGS AND POSSIBLY YOU MIGHT WANT TO INTERJECT. THE IDEA THAT WE ARE SERVING THE SE POPULATION -- AND 49 SCHOOLS OR 51 AS A

341TOTAL? >> THIS WORTH REPORT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE IS AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE 18-19 SCHOOL YEAR SO AT THAT TIME WE HAD 49 SCHOOLS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 52. >>Lynn Gray: SO BASED ON 49 THEN, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LASER FOCUSED BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE ACTUAL STUDENTS, IF THEY DON'T GET NOTICED, THEY CAN HAVAL TRUE -- DYSLEXIA, AND YEARS CAN GO BY. THE SE POPULATION IS VERY CRITICAL. BUT OUT OF 49 ONLY 8 HAVE MORE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS THAN THE DISTRICT AVERAGE OF 14.4%. SO 8 VERSUS OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE WHICH IS 14.4. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO HIGHER. THE ELL POPULATION AS YOU KNOW IS GROWING. OUR DISTRICT AVERAGES 11.6%, AND THE AVERAGE ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL IS 8%. SO THERE AGAIN, I THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR IT

342TO GO HIGHER. THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IS WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. THE AVERAGE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT RANGES AROUND 63%, AND THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE HAD IN 2019 IS 19%. ONE OF THE OTHER PROBLEMATIC, AT LEAST TO ME, IS THE ACTUAL LETTER GRADES. WE ARE LOOKING AT 15 HAVE BETTER GRADES, GRADES OF AN A. ALL RIGHT. 13 HAVE LETTER GRADES OF A B. HOWEVER, 15 HAVE LETTER GRADES OF C, D OR F. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE ARE LOOKING AT IMMEDIATE JOBBING SY. AND ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MADE A REMARK MAYBE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING THAT WE SHOULD NOT IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE IMMEDIATE YOUR OCTOBER SY. AND I AGREE. SO WHY SHOULD WE HAVE THAT IN OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS? IT WAS DESIGNED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 1001.33 THAT

343THESE SCHOO TO BE HIGH PERFORMING. AND JENNA, PLEASE, I AM NOT SAYING ANYTHING AT YOU. I AM JUST SPEAKING WITH COMPLETE RESPECT TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. BUT THE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET TO LIKE THE VILLAGE OF EXCELLENCE -- EXCUSE ME, 2018 AND NOW IT'S A B, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE SCHOOLS DIPPING DOWN, THEY MIGHT NEED AN EXTERNAL OPERATOR, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH OUR SCHOOLS. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT IS. SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL, VILLAGE OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH WENT FROM AN F TO A B. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION. HOW DID THAT OCCUR WHEN WE HAD AN F ONE YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WENT UP TO A B? YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT

344OF SUBSTITUTES. I DIDN'T SEE THAT AS A RATIONALE, WHY IT WAS AN F. BUT, ANYWAY, MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE THAT REVELATION WITH ME. >> SO THE BEST I CAN DO FOR YOU ON HOW THEY WENT FROM AN F TO A B, REMEMBER, THEY CAME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THEY PRESENTED A PLAN FOR IMPROVING, STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, THEY PUT A LASER FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO IMPROVE, AND THEY MADE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY DID HAVE SUBSTITUTES IN THEIR SCHOOL LAST YEAR. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER. I DON'T HAVE THAT LISTED HERE. BUT THEY DID PUT THINGS IN PLACE IN THEIR SCHOOL, EXTRA RESOURCES, TO IMPROVE THEIR SCHOOL GRADE. AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT THEY DID THAT. I DO THINK THEY ALSO GOT SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

345THROUGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS, THROUGH ANY TYPE OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO HELP THEM. BUT IT'S JUST LIKE OUR SCHOOLS WHEN THEY ARE AN F AND WE WORK HARD AND WE PUT EXTRA RESOURCES IN AND IMPROVE THEIR GRADES, THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I AM GIVING YOU SPECIFICS OR IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. >>Lynn Gray: AND IT'S REALLY NOT A FAIR QUESTION BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD HAVE -- YOU WOULD HAVE SOMETHING PREPARED TO SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT THEY DID, AND I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THAT TIME TO PREPARE. BUT THE POINT OF FACT IS, WE NEED TO BE AS A BOARD TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THESE SCHOOLS, ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, MENTALLY, AND, WELL, FORGET THE PHYSICAL FITNESS. BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND

346READING AND SCIENCE SCORES ARE ON AVERAGE LOWER THAN OUR DISTRICT WHICH IS WE ARE I SOME BECAUSE I KNOW OUR DISTRICT AVERAGES ARE NOT THAT HIGH. SO AS A BOARD, I THINK WE NEED TO BECOME -- AND I WILL SPEAK MY MIND RIGHT NOW -- I THINK WE NEED TO BECOME WITH JANET MORE INVOLVED IN THE OVERSIGHT OF THE ACADEMICS AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THEIR MENTAL AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE STATISTICS OF THE DATA THAT SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF COUNSELORS, THE AMOUNT OF SOCIAL WORKERS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT IN THERE, BUT THE POINT BEING SAID, WE NEED TO HAVE A HANDLE AS A SCHOOL BOARD ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE SCHOOLS. AND JENNA, I WILL SAY ALSO, YOU KNOW, I SAID YOU DID A MARVELOUS

347JOB. YOU ARE BECAUSE THAT'S 51 SCHOOLS THAT YOU ARE AHEAD OF AND THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. BUT THAT MIGHT BE PARTLY OF THE CHALLENGE. HOW CAN YOU DO IT ALL? I KNOW YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE STAFF MEMBERS BUT THAT'S A LOT. AND LASTLY, I JUST THINK THAT I WANT TO SAY THIS. WE HAVE EXCELLENT CHARTER SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS OF CHOICE. WE DO. AND THERE'S NO QUESTION. BUT THOSE THAT ARE NOT, WE NEED TO START PAYING ATTENTION TO AND ASK THE QUESTIONS. WHY AREN'T -- I MEAN, SOCIAL -- ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED KIDS WERE BELOW IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. ELL, WE ARE BELOW THE PERCENTAGE. ESE WE ARE BLOW THE PERCENTAGE. IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. WHY CAN'T WE AT LEAST BE EVEN OR ABOVE? AND THAT'S MY FRUSTRATION. AND IT'S SO LATE AT NIGHT THAT MAYBE I'M

348NOT SAYING IT WITH GREAT ARTICULATION AND I APOLOGIZE. BUT THAT'S WHERE I AM COMING FROM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. HODGES, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE YOU BRINGING TO US IN TWO WEEKS TO PRESENT? >> YOU WILL HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS AND THAT'S EVERY D AND F SCHOOL. THERE ARE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. >> HOW MANY Ds, HOW MANY Fs? >> WE HAVE THREE Ds AND ONE F. >> HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN OPERATING? >> REALLY? THAT'S A HARD QUESTION OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THE F SCHOOL IS A FIRST YEAR SCHOOL. >> THE F SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY A SECOND YEAR SCHOOL. BUT DID IT GET A GRADE THE FIRST YEAR. FIRST TIME IT'S HAD A GREAT, GRADE, YES.

349>> AND THE F SCHOOLS WILL BE FREEZING THE ROOF. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU MRS. STUART. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS 12.04, THE ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT REPORT THAT ALSO COMINGS BEFORE THE BOARD. THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR SCHOOL, SIDING, CONCURRENCY, TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT ADDRESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND REQUESTING ANY CHANGES, SEEKING INPUT, RECEIVING INFORMATION REGARDING THE EFFECTIVENESS, THE NEED FOR CHANGES, THE REPORT SUMMARIZES THE DISTRICT'S SHORT RANGE CAPACITY NEEDS, PLANS, FUNDING SOURCES AND OPTIONS, ENROLLMENT AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS BEING TRACKED. THIS REPORT IS SENT TO EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR INFORMATION AND HERE IF YOU HAVE NIP ANY QUESTIONS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION, KNICK THAT MUST BE SAID? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. >>Jeffrey Eakins: ON 12.05 TONIGHT THE ANNUAL REPORT OF

350MINOR PROJECTS FOR 2018-19 FISCAL YEAR, A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF DOLLARS FOR WHICH MR. FARKAS AND HIS OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT BRINGS TO THE BOARD FOR INDIVIDUAL APPROVAL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE PROJECTS, PLENTY OF PROJECTS UNDER THAT THRESHOLD AND THIS IS A REPORT THAT WE BRING ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTS BELOW THAT THRESHOLD THAT WE ALSO ARE OUT THERE DOING ACROSS THE DISTRICT. MR. FARKAS, ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD? >>Christopher Farkas: NO. IT'S ON US HAVE WE SEE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS BEING ADVERTISED FOR THE LARGER CONSTRUCTIONS. THE CHILLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S ALSO A LIST OF FUNDING SOURCES AND WE BRING YOU THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. THOSE ARE ALL LISTED THERE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION? MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: ON 12.06 OPEN R, THE CUSTODIAL CENTRALIZATION

351PLAN THAT WE WANT TO REVIEW WITH YOU AND THE PUBLIC. SO OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS, THE BOARD HAS ASKED US AS STAFF TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT OUR ENTIRE OPERATION SIDE BUT SPECIFICALLY OUR CUSTODIAL OPERATIONS, AND LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER FISCALLY, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE QUALITY OF SERVICES FOR OUR SCHOOLS AS FAR AS CLEANLINESS AND ULTIMATELY HOW WE SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES THE BEST. AND OUR STUDENTS THE BEST. SO THAT BEING SAID, IN THAT DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS, WE LOOKED AT PRIVATE COMPANIES, THEIR COSTS, THEIR SERVICES, THEIR QUALITY, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO AS A DISTRICT. AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU KNOW BACK IN THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO I ALSO ASKED THAT WE COME FORWARD WITH SOME SORT OF

352CENTRALIZATION PLAN JUST TO BENCHMARK THAT AGAINST ANY KIND OF PRIVATE SERVICES. THAT BEING SAID, THE OPERATIONS STAFF ALSO CONDUCTED SITE VISITS, DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, TALKED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IMPLEMENTED PRIVATIZATION, AND TO SEE PROS, CONS. FROM THAT, ALL THAT DUE DILIGENCE, WE HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT JUST TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A CENTRALIZATION MODEL. I KNOW THAT MR. FARKAS MET WITH EACH BOARD MEMBER BUT TONIGHT WE WANTED TO KIND OF MO OF THROUGH THAT PUBLICLY AND ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. >>Tamara Shamburger: BEFORE YOU BEGIN, MR. FARKAS, JUST A SMALL REQUEST. THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD THIS PRESENTATION. WE REVIEWED IT ONE ON ONE WITH YOU. IT IS ALSO ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW OR TO VIEW. SO IF I COULD JUST ASK THAT YOU COULD KIND OF SUMMARIZE IT, VERY SUCCINCTLY,

353SO WE CAN GET INTO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND THEN WORK TOWARDS GETTING TO THE END OF OUR BOARD MEETING, PLEASE. >>Christopher Farkas: YES, MA'AM. AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DID A GREAT JOB OF SUMMARIZING IT. IT WAS SITE VISITS, TALKING TO PLACES THAT IMPLEMENTED PRIVATIZATION AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL COSTS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. YOU CAN SEE, WHEN I MET WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS ONE ON ONE OVER THE LAST BEEN ABOUT A MONTH SINCE WE FIRST STARTED IT, WE HAD A HUGE PACKET THAT MEANT MANY OF UP WENT THROUGH, 30 TO BE 40 PAGES OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. THIS IS MUCH MORE SUMMARIZE AS TO WHY WE ARE DOING IT AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT. THERE'S TWO IMPORTANT PAGES THAT I THINK I WOULD PULL OUT. IT TALKS ABOUT CLASSROOM CLEANLINESS AND THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, HOW

354IMPORTANT THAT IS. BUT WHAT IS CLEAN? DEPENDING ON WHO THE PRINCIPAL IS OF THE SCHOOL, THEY DEFINE CLEAN, THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL PLANT ADMINISTRATORS FIND TWO LEVELS OF SERVICE AND IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS ON PAGE 7, PAGE 7 WHETHER IT LISTS HERE IS WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM THE FLOORS, THE TRASH CANS. CANS THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART FROM OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF AND TEACHERS AND TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. RIGHT NOW PRINCIPALS HAVE A TON OF THINGS ON THEIR PLATE. WE TALKED ABOUT DISCIPLINE FOR THEIR KIDS FOR ACADEMICS, MAKING SURE I-READY IS BEING DONE. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL COME OFF THEIR PLATE AND BE MANAGED BY A CENTRAL OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THE PRINCIPALS CAN FOCUS ON THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR SCHOOL AND THE NEXT IS SLIDE 8. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE

355IN US THED TOIAL, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. THE BUSINESS TEAM GIVING AN ALLOCATION FOR SUPPLIES. BUT AS MANY SCHOOLS THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COVER IT. IN FACT MOST SCHOOLS IT'S NOT. I KNOW THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HAS 5 TO $10,000 FOR WAX AND THERE ISN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO DO IT. THAT'S NOT CAPTIONED ANYWHERE. SOME INTERNAL FUNDS DIRECTLY TO A VENDOR SO THE COST OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND ON CUSTODIAL, BECAUSE IT'S SO DIVERSE IF I HAD IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS. SO WHAT IS THE APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON? NUMBER OF CUSTODIANS IN SCHOOL. ON SLIDE 8 YOU CAN SEEP THE 8 HOUR CUSTODIANS, HOW MANY WE HAD WHEN WE DID THE 2014 GIBSON REPORT. WHAT IT IS FOR THE CURRENT ALLOCATION. AND WHAT IT IS FOR THE CENTRALIZED ALLOCATION. I PUT

356THE CAVEAT AT THE BOTTOM TO BE SURE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS. THE AVERAGE SALARY. HOW MUCH WE WERAL OH KITING FOR FULL TIME AND PART TIME PEOPLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE THE PART THAT'S MISSING FROM THAT EQUATION. I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU LOOK AT NUMBER 8 BECAUSE THAT IS THE COST COMPARISON OF OF WHAT WE HAVE. WE PLAN ON DOING IT FOR LESS MONEY, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO THAT, WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. WE HAVE AN ADVISORY GROUP THAT'S MADE UP OF CTA, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, US THED TOIANS, AND REWRITING THAT JOB DESCRIPTION TO MAKE SURE WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. THE LAST SLIDE IS TEN WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR COST MOLD. I WANT TO POINT OUT IN THE FIVE YEAR COST MODEL THE CENTRALIZATION PLAN, THERE'S ABOUT A $2.49

357MILLION STARTLEUP COST AND $2.4 MILLION IN SUPPLIES. WE LOOK FOR THE FIVE YEAR SPIN FROM THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT AND THEY WILL WRITE PER YEAR. THIS IS OUR COST GOING FORWARD. WE ANTICIPATE BENCHMARKING ON A QUARTERLY BASES AND REPORTING BACK WHAT WE FIND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THROUGH THRU ON, IT'S NOT JUST A PLAN. I THINK THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO REPORT BACK AS TO WHAT WE FIND AND MAKE SUGAR THAT WE ARE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. AS I TOLD THE GROUP WHEN WE MET, LAST TUESDAY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THE CUSTODIANS DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND HAVE A FOCUS AND SOME EXPECTATIONS THEY HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE. AND I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES ARE THE ONES THAT CAN DO THE WORK AND

358I AM EXCITED TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND HONESTLY BE EXCITED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH SOME DATA WHY IT'S THE RIGHT DECISION TO GO WITH THE CENTRALIZATION MODEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. FARKAS. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER CONA. >>Steve Cona: SORRY IT'S SO LATE. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE ACTUAL NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST ... SO WE JUST APPROVED A BUDGET FOR CUSTODIANS AND IT'S JUST THE 19-20 BUDGET. AND WE HAVE $45 MILLION THAT WE APPROVED. AND YOU ARE SAYING THAT IT'S 41. AND YOUR NUMBERS DON'T NECESSARILY INCLUDE SUPPLIES, BUT I NOTICE ON RFP WHICH WAS $65 MILLION, THE RFP ACTUALLY HAD THIS IS VALUED AT OF $65 MILLION. THIS RFP IS VALUED AT $65 MILLION. SO THE PROVIDING

359FOR SEVERABILITY SECTOR SAID, OH, YOU WANT TO US DO EVERYTHING? OKAY. IT'S GOING TO COST $65 MILLION. THAT'S AN EASY BID TO ANSWER WHEN YOU PUT THE PRICE IN THE BID. SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS THAT WE ARE SAYING THAT THE CENTRALIZATION PROCESS IS COSTING $$41 MILLION WHEN THERE'S NO BUDGET THAT WE HAVE APPROVED, EVEN THE ONE THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT WAS THE RIGHT NUMBERS THAT WAS LESS THAN $65 MILLION. WITH SUPPLIES. SO I THINK WE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY. HOW MANY OF THE PRIVATE FIRMS THAT WE TALKED TO THAT SAID THAT WE GOT IN DEEP WITH AND SAID WHAT ABOUT IF WE DO A PILOT, HAVE WE TALKED TO ANY OF THEM ABOUT THAT? >>Christopher Farkas: YES, WE DID. NUMEROUS FIRMS. THEY CAME TO US AND WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THEY CONDO

360THE FULL SCALE IMPLEMENTATION. >> OKAY. WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE. WE ARE A BIG SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND YOU WOULDN'T TURN THE KEYS OVER ARBITRARILY. BUT I THINK WE MISSED A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. AND I'M A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SAVING -- THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SAVING MONEY OF THE NOW, IF WE CAN'T TRACK THE SUPPLIES NOW, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE TRACKING SUPPLIES AFTER THIS? >> TWO THINGS. FIRST, IN PAGE 8 YOU ARE RIGHT, IT DOES NOT HAVE SUPPLIES BUT IN PAGE 10 IT DOES HAVE SUPPLIES, THE 2.5 MILLION IS INCLUDED. >> WE ONLY PAID 2.5 MILLION. >> IT WAS 2.39, 2.47. IT'S RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT 2.5. NO, NOT INTERNAL COUNT. THAT 2.5 IS THE MONEY THAT THE DISTRICT OFFICE GIVES THE SCHOOLS FOR SUPPLY MONEY. >> THAT'S TOILET PAPER,

361HAND SOAP, PAPER TOWELS, CLEANING SUPPLIES, EVERYTHING, 2.5 MILLION? >> THAT'S CORRECT. UNDER 2.567 IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU SPENT THE LAST SIX YEARS. >>Steve Cona: SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRACK THOSE NUMBERS? >>Christopher Farkas: THE MODEL IS A CLERK IN THE AREA OFFICE SO AREA 1 AND 2 WILL BE THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION. THAT CLERK WILL BE ORDERING. THE SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE ORDERING IT. THE CUSTODIANS WILL BE ORDERING THE SUPPLIES THEMSELVES. IT COMES OFF THE SCHOOL AND COMES TO US. THAT CLERK WILL BE ORDERING FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS. WE DON'T LOOK AT TRIM DATA. TWO SCHOOLS ARE THE SAME SIZE MAY HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT CLEANING EQUIPMENT. SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THEN THEY MAY HAVE BOUGHT INTERNAL FROM THE MONEY THAT'S GIVEN BUILT SINGLE OFFICE. WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OF TRACKING. NOW EVERY SINGLE

362THING WILL BE ACCOUNTED AND COME TO THAT SCHOOL. IT WILL ALGO GO THROUGH THAT ONE CUSTODIAL SUPPLY AGAIN. >>Steve Cona: WE WENT THROUGH THIS, AND SO THIS IS A PILOT, RIGHT IT? SO WE ARE NOT IMPLEMENTING THIS FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT? OR IS THIS A PILOT OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE COMPLEMENTING IT. >>Christopher Farkas: ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION, START IN AREAS 1 AND 2. ON PAGE 13, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT PHASE 1. FROM NOW UNTIL MARCH WE WILL CONTINUE THE ADVISORY GROUP, PURCHASING ANY EQUIPMENT SO WE HAVE EQUAL PLAYING FIELD FOR THE CUSTODIANS AND THEN FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, ABOUT A 6 MONTH WINDOW, MAKING SURE THEY DO SUMMER CLEANING IN AREAS 1 AND 2 AND DID IT WORK. SO WE ARE ROLLING OUT THOSE FIRST TWO. IN CEMENT WE WILL COME

363BACK TO THE BOARD. HERE IS WHAT WE FOUND. WE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND DID WHAT WE SAID, OR WE MISSED A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE, WE NEED A DIFFERENT MODEL. SO THE BENCHMARK WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAY HEY, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE BOARD OR WE ARE STOPPING, WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO. SO BY SEPTEMBER 20720, LESS AN YEAR FROM NOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY DID IT WORK OR HEY, WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO IT ANT COULDN'T. >> LESS THAN A YEAR FROM NOW WE'LL KNOW WHETHER THIS WORKS OR NOT. WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? >> TO EITHER NOT DOING OR PRIVATIZE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING OUT FOR RFP AND MAYBE THAT'S A PILOT SITE TOO. BUT

364THE CENTRALIZED MODEL IS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF IT WE FELT IT WAS HARD TO GO AWAY FROM. >>Steve Cona: MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE NOT SHOWN THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO CLEAN OUR SCHOOLS TO A LEVEL THAT WE BELIEVE IS SUITABLE, RIGHT? SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WHEN WE HAD THE VEE REVIEW AND WENT TO ALL THE SITES, OUR FOLKS SAID THAT THE VENDORS THAT CAME IN SAID, LOOK, WHAT ABOUT AT THE LEVEL 4, WHICH IS DINGY IS WHAT THE TERM IS FOR A LEVEL 4. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO FROM DINGY TO 2 WHICH IS CLEAN? LIKE HOW ARE WE MONITORING THAT? I DOESN'T BELIEVE A COMMITTEE OF THE UNION AND ALL OF THE FOXES WATCHING THE HEN HOUSE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LET US KNOW IF OUR

365SCHOOLS ARE CLEAN OR NOT. SO I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO REWORK THAT COMMITTEE WHO IS OVERSEEING THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE PARENTS. >>Christopher Farkas: SURE, BUT THE THING I WOULD SAY, THE PEOPLE THAT SAW THIS THREE SCHOOLS THAT WE TOOK THEM TO, SO THEY ARE EXPANDING THAT. WE TOOK THEM TO SCHOOLS FOR A REASON. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, HOW TO REWRITE THE JOB DESCRIPTION. THERE'S ACTUALLY TECHNOLOGY. WHEN WE GO TO EXAM A ROOM AND COMPARE IT TO LEVEL 2, WE'LL HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT BECAUSE THE ROOMS LOOK THAT CLEAN. AND YOU ALL ARE IN SCHOOLS ON A DAILY BASIS. YOU SHOULD SEE THAT BASIS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN OVERNIGHT SWITCH. >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN A 2, BY THE WAY. >>Christopher

366Farkas: WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND SAID HEY, YOU TELL US WHERE YOU WANT TO VISIT. SO I TOOK SOMEONE THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE CUSTODIAL PROGRAM AND WENT TO WHOSE SCHOOLS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CROWN JEWELS. THEY WEREN'T A LEVEL 2 EITHER. THE OTHER PART WHICH I HEARD FEEDBACK ON, STUDENTS HAVEN'T DONE IT FOR A WHILE. WELL, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US THE EXPECTATIONS. WHEN A PRIVATE FIRM COMES IN AND TAKES OVER THE AREA THEY HIRE 88% OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE. SO THE CUSTODIANS THAT WILL BE CLEANING THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY WE GO FROM THAT STANDPOINT. >>Steve Cona: OKAY. I'M DONE FOR NOW. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CONA. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. SO DIDN'T WE ALREADY DO A

367CENTRALIZATION PILOT TWO YEARS AGO? WE HIRED TWO PEOPLE IN AREA 1 AND 2? WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? DID WE HAVE ANY DATA FROM THAT? >> NO, WE DID NOT DO THAT: WAS A YEAR AGO. >>Stacy Hahn: TWO EXTRA PEOPLE WHO WERE HIRED SPECIFICALLY TO DO THAT? >>Christopher Farkas: SO WE HAVE A MANAGER FOR OPERATIONS AND THEN WE HAVE THREE SUPERVISORS. TWO OF THOSE WERE DEDICATED TO START 1 AND 2. WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IS MANAGING 1 AND 2. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD SUPERVISORS FOR CUSTODIANS. JILL LEVIN HAS RETIRED. SO WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE THERE. IN FACT WE ARE DOWN PEOPLE WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE THE COST NUMBER OF OVERSIGHT NOW IS EVEN LOWER. WE PUT THE RFP OUT. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MANAGING AREAS 1 AND 2 BUT THOSE TWO SUPERVISORS ARE

368DOING THE SAME THING OTHER SUPERVISE DO FOR CUD >>Stacy Hahn: SO CURRENTLY HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS IN YOUR PILOT? IS THERE A PD PLAN FOR MAINTENANCE AROUND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE? >> OUR LACK OF SUPPORT OR LACK OF INVOLVEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I REGRET THAT WE DIDN'T JUMP INTO EARLIER. THAT'S THEIR JOB. THEN LOOK AT PHYSICAL PLANTS. THEY HAVE A MEASURING TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN HELP US MEASURE. THE IDEA THAT THEY TALK ABOUT STANDARDS, SO THEY ARE PART OF THE AIR CONDITIONING PART, THE OSHA PART, ALL STANDARDS THAT AFFECT SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE VETTED THROUGH THEM AND THEY PUSH THAT OUT. ALSO THE KPIs, IT WILL LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. BY SCHOOL OR BY DISTRICT. WHAT ARE THE TRENDS THAT WE SEE? WE HAVE NOT USED JPI FOR CUSTODIAL. WE HAVE NOT USED APA. >> ISN'T THERE

369PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? >>Christopher Farkas: YES. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CERTIFIED AND THEN TRAIN THE TRAINER MODEL. WE DO A SAFETY TRAINING FOR HEADTOUS CUSTODIANS NOW AND IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW THEY CLEAN. IT'S THE START-UP COST. >>Stacy Hahn: THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS AROUND THE STRUCTURE. I UNDERSTAND HOW THE STRUCTURE WORKS WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAM. BUT IN THE PILOT, WHAT IS CENTRALIZATION GOING TO LOOK LIKE? IN REGARD YOU HAVE SUPERVISORS FOR EACH AREA THAT WILL HIRE THE HEAD CUSTODIANS THAT WILL -- I MEAN, WHAT WILL THAT STRUCTURE LOOK LIKE? >>Christopher Farkas: SO WE HAVE A STRUCTURE AREA, A SPECIALIST. TWO PEOPLE DOING INSPECTIONS ON THAT SITE FOR EACH AREA. SO DEPENDING ON THE AREA 30 OR 35 SCHOOLS THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING. SO AT SITES CURRENTLY, HEAD CUSTODIAN IS ALREADY THERE. NO ONE

370IS BEING FIRED AND REHIRED. THEY WILL BE TRAINED ON APA, OUR STANDARDS, WHAT WE EXPECT OF THEM. >>Stacy Hahn: SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY APPLY FOR A JOB HEAD CUSTODIAN GIVEN SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MR. CONA HAS BROUGHT UP? >>Christopher Farkas: WELL, THEY MOST ASSUREDLY WILL BE HELD TO A STANDARD OF OF WHAT THAT IS. THESE WHY WE ARE WRITING A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT THE BOARD WILL SEE. WE HAVE NOT FIRED SOMEONE FOR NOT CLEANING CORRECTLY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS THAT I AM AWARE. HOLDING THE FEET TO THE FIRE SAYING THESE ARE EXPECTATIONS, EXPECT THAT -- MEET THAT EXPECTATION. >>Stacy Hahn: YOU ALREADY KNOW -- >> >>Christopher Farkas: WHICH SCHOOLS ARE CLEAN AND WHICH ARE NOT CLEAN? >>Stacy Hahn: RIGHT. >>Christopher Farkas: RIGHT NOW, WOODLAND IS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST

371OCD PERSON ON EARTH. WHATEVER SCHOOL HE IS AT, WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF HIM BEING THERE THE SCHOOL WAS CLEAN. THERE'S OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE PRINCIPALS DON'T HAVE A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP OR DON'T LIKE TALKING TO CUSTODIANS. >>Stacy Hahn: IF YOU ARE HEAD OF THE CUSTODIAN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOUR SCHOOL HAS TO BE CLEAN. SOMEONE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT. >> I AGREE WITH YOU BUT MOST OF THEM WILL HAVE A BOSS THIS THAT HOLDS THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED TO THIS POINT. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. WE GO TO MEMBER STUART AND THEN BACK TO YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: I WILL BE BRIEF. THE ONLY THING I CAN APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS IS I THINK A 46 PAGE PRESENTATION AND SCALED IT DOWN TO SOMETHING MUCH SMALLER, BECAUSE THE 46-PAGE PRESENTATION WAS

372NOT WHAT I EXPECTED TO SEE. AND MY ONLY COMMENT IS I HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT I COULD MAKE AROUND WHY I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I AM GOING TO SAY IS, WE CAN'T DO READING RIGHT. CAN WE GET BACK TO FOCUSING ON WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, WHICH IS TEACHING KIDS HOW TO READ AND WRITE AND GET THROUGH SCHOOL? AND WE DON'T DO THIS WELL. WE HAVEN'T DONE IT WELL. WE ARE NOT DOING IT WELL. IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT. YOU ADMIT WE DON'T DO IT WELL. AND NOW WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE SOMETHING AND TURN IT INTO THIS DIVISION THAT IN A YEAR I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE SITTING HERE SAYING WE DON'T DO THIS WELL. IT'S KIND OF LIKE

373SUBSTITUTES. WE DIDN'T DO THAT WELL EITHER. SO WE FARMED IT OUT BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT WELL. AND BUILDING THE STRUCTURES IN-HOUSE, HIRING THE PEOPLE, PAYING THEM, TRAINING THEM, WE DON'T DO IT WELL. SO LET'S GET BACK TO WHAT OUR CORE JOB IS, AND THAT'S EDUCATING KIDS, IT'S NOT RAISING UP A CUSTODIAL TEAM FROM THE INSIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE CLEAN. SCHOOLS NEED TO BE CLEANED. IT SHOULDN'T BE A QUESTION. IT'S JUST LIKE KIDS NEED TO READ. IT SHOULDN'T BE A QUESTION, THAT WE HAVE TO TELL SOMEONE TO DO THEIR JOB. WE DON'T HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. WE ARE NOT GOOD AT IT. LET'S FIND PEOPLE WHO WILL HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND DO THIS RIGHT. I STRUGGLE WITH US SITTING HERE SPENDING TIME TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT

374CAME FORWARD. WE HAVE WE HAVEN'T NEGOTIATED A THING WITH ANY ONE OF THEM EVEN FOR A PILOT. IF WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, LET'S AT LEAST DO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES TO IN SIX MONTHS. BUT WE DON'T DO THESE THINGS WELL. LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING WELL THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. WE ARE EDUCATORS. WE ARE NOT CUSTODIANS. WE ARE NOT OPERATIONS PEOPLE. WE SHOULDN'T BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, AND CERTAINLY NOT IN WE ARE ALREADY DOING IT HORRIBLY. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. AGAIN, I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I COULD SAY. I AM GOING TO LEAVE IT TO THE OTHERS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. >>Steve Cona: LAST TWO QUESTIONS. WHERE DID THE $65 MILLION NUMBER COME IN THE RFP? BECAUSE WE WROTE THE RFP,

375CORRECT? >>Christopher Farkas: YES. >> I'M SORRY, THAT CAME FROM BETWEEN MYSELF, PROCUREMENT AND BUDGET WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SPEND FOR THE RT LAST FIVE YEARS. >>Steve Cona: THAT WASN'T ALL SALARY, RIGHT? >> NO. >>Steve Cona: THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GAVE US TODAY ARE ALL SALARY, CORRECT? 41 MILLION. >> CORRECT. >>Steve Cona: SO I JUST WANT US TO BE HONEST, THAT THIS ISN'T COSTING US $41 MILLION. I MEAN LET'S PUT THAT ON THE TABLE. IT'S NOT $41 MILLION. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, HERE THE NUMBERS ARE $65 MILLION THAT THE VENDORS CAME IN AND WE CAME IN AT 41. OUR TEAM IS GREAT. OUR TEAM IS NOT $41 MILLION. THAT HAS TO BE CLEAR. WE ARE NOT SPENDING $41 MILLION AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS. I HAVE SEEN THE NUMBERS. IT'S AT LEAST $65

376MILLION PLUS A YEAR THAT WE ARE SPENDING ON CLEANING OUR CLASSROOMS. SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH IT, CHRIS. I MEAN, I HAVE FAITH THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET THIS DONE. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DOING IT NOW, IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO WORK ACTUALLY WORK. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, THERE IS NO PEOPLE WHO CLOCK IN AND OUT. WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS WORKING AND WHO IS NOT. AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO RUN ANY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION. SO THAT HAS TO BE NUMBER ONE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO WORK AT NIGHT ARE WORKING AT NIGHT. THE GIBSON REPORT SAID WE ARE GOING TO SAVE $10.6 MILLION

377BY DOING THIS EXACT THING. I DON'T SEE THAT SAVINGS IN WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. AND NOTHING IS EVEN MENTIONED ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE THE CUSTODIANS ARE GOING TO CLEAN. SQUARE FOOTAGEWISE. IS THAT THE IN THE REPORT? IS THAT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION? THEY ARE GOING TO BE CLEANING MORE? AND THEY WILL BE DOING IT HALF TIME, RIGHT? SOME WILL HAVE MORE PEOPLE WORKING HALF -- MORE HOURS. >>Christopher Farkas: AND ACTUALLY CLEANING WHILE THEY ARE WORKING. 8 HOUR SHIFT GOES TO 1:00 IN THE MORNING. >>Steve Cona: I GET IT. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND CLOCK IN AND CLOCK OUT THAT WE ARE TRACKING THAT. WE ARE LOSING VALUABLE RESOURCES BY NOT MAKING SURE THAT OUR CUSTODIANS ARE DOING IT. >>Christopher Farkas: AND YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT, MR. CONA. 99

378PROBABLY AN EXCEPTION IF I SAY THAT, HAD 99% OF THE CUSTODIANS WORK IN THE DAY AND 80% OF OUR CLEANING IN SCHOOLS HAPPENS AT NIGHT. THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN AROUND A BUSINESS -- THE MANAGER IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. BUT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. I WOULD AGREE 100% AND HAVING A BOSS THERE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE IS A BIG PART OF THAT. >>Steve Cona: I WANT TO HEAR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THIS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING A DECISION NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO CENTRALIZE. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? >>Christopher Farkas: NO QUESTION THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. I WOULD ALSO ARGUE THAT IF THERE'S A MOD PELL OF A PRIVATIZED DISTRICT THAT THE LARGE DISTRICT THAT HAS

379WORKED WHERE THE DISTRICT IS HAPPY SPEND AS BUNCH OF MONEY THEMSELVES. I HAVE LOOKED FOR THAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. SO THAT PART, IT ISN'T LIKE THE PERFECT MODEL OR THIS ONE. WE. FOUND THAT PERFECT MODEL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK. WWE HAVE A TWO STAGE IMPLEMENTATION. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER CONAA. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: MY REMARK IS GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND THE CULTURE, AND LEARNING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AFFECTS LEARNING IS THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. NO SCHOOL THAT IS CLEAN, IS THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT. BECAUSE HOW A SCHOOL LOOKS, KIDS WILL HOPEFULLY TAKE PRIDE IN, AND ALSO HAVE A SENSE OF STABILITY THAT THEIR CLASSROOM IS THE SAME WAY, LOOKS THE SAME WAY, IN THE SAME PLACE, AND THEY WILL PERFORM

380A LOT BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY THEIR FLOORS ARE NOT CLEAN AND THE NEXT DAY, ET CETERA. SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT, AND MEMBER CONA, YOUR PASSION IS VERY MUCH RECOGNIZED. BUT AGAIN AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT -- -- IT IS A LEARNING TOPIC AND IT IS AN EDUCATIONAL TOPIC. HOW THESE CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTS A CHILD'S LEARNING. AND THAT IS A CRITICAL PART. NOW, CENTRALIZATION. I'M RELAXED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS WAS IN THE GIBSON REPORT. THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS. YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH -- CHRIS FARKAS, I'M TALKING TO YOU. YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WE SHOULD. AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO REEVALUATE. IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO? I MEAN, THAT'S -- >>Christopher Farkas:

381YES, MA'AM. TWO AREAS. WE ARE GOING TO START THAT PROCESS TO. YOUR POINT, SLIDE 5 TALKS ABOUT CONDUCIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND HOW IT AFFECT STUDENT BEHAVIOR BUT YES, MA'AM, THE PILOT AND MODEL THAT WILL START OUT. >>Lynn Gray: LET'S MAKE SURE WE PUT FORTH THOSE TERMS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CUSTODIANS AND CLEANLINESS. LET'S PUT THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT IN THERE BECAUSE THAT'S CRITICAL. OTHERWISE, WE SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING ALL THIS TALK. IT DOES AFFECT STUDENTS PERFORMANCE. THAT'S WHY BEER HERE IS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR CONDITIONS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL IN. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: MEMBER CONA MENTIONED A PILOT PROGRAM. AND I THINK OF THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET AN IDEA OF RATHER THAN TAKING A LARGE JUMP AND BEING VERY

382-- BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE ABOUT IT, MAYBE TAKING A SMALL GROUP OR AN AREA OF SCHOOLS AND TRYING IT OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S COST PROHIBITIVE OR NOT. I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE COST OF WHAT A PILOT WOULD, WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL. BUT I DID LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S -- I WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT, MR. CONA, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO TRY IN THIS DISTRICT. I SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT IF YOU WANTED TO TRY A PILOT IN A SMALL GROUP OF SCHOOLS TO SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT. IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DECISION, AND IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE -- AND NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS, TOO. I MEAN, OUR STUDENTS OBVIOUSLY ARE CORE WHEN

383IT COMES TO DECISION MAKING. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT. BUT AS AN EMPLOYEE, YOU WANT TO BE PROUD ABOUT THE PLACE THAT YOU GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. OUR TEACHERS AND OUR FACULTY ARE SPENDING MANY HOURS A DAY IN THESE FACILITIES, AND THE MORALE CAN BE VERY LOW IF THE SCHOOL IS NOT CLEAN. YOU WANT TO BE PROUD OF WHERE YOU WORK EVERY DAY. AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETIMES WE CAN'T CONTROL EVERY TIME, WE CAN'T CONTROL THE PAY, BUT WE CAN CONTROL THE CONDITIONS. AND A LOT OF TIMES, THAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PAY. IS THE WORK CONDITIONS AND TO BE PROUD OF WHERE YOU WORK AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE YOU GO EVERY DAY AND SPEND YOUR

384TIME. IN YOUR CAREER. SO THAT'S ALL I AM GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. BUT I AM TRYING TO KEEP A VERY OPEN MIND ABOUT IT AND FIND SOME WAY TO HAVE THAT HAPPY MEDIUM, I GUESS. BUT I SUPPORT A PILOT PROGRAM. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. SO MEMBER STUART BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT JUST REMINDING OURSELVES ABOUT WHAT OUR CORE FUNCTION IN THIS DISTRICT IS, AND THAT'S EDUCATION. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHETHER IT'S JANITORIAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH OR WHATEVER. AND DR. HAHN ARTICULATES THIS REALLY WELL, THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT BECOMING VERSUS MORE INTEGRAYED. WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING WE DO IN-HOUSE. BECAUSE WHEN WE DO, WE START LOSING FOCUS OF WHAT OUR CORE IS. AND SO I KNOW THERE'S JANITORIAL, THERE'S CUSTODIAL SITUATION IS VERY EMOTIONAL, BECAUSE

385WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR LOWEST-PAID EMPLOYEES, THE ONES MOST VULNERABLE, THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT THE MOST. BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME OBLIGATION IN HOW THIS DISTRICT IS RUN. SO I GET CONCERNED, NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LET'S BRING IN, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS ON-SITE, LET'S KEEP CUSTODIAL ON-SITE, LET'S DO ALL THIS STUFF ON-SITE, ON-SITE, ON-SITE, GROW IT IN-HOUSE, AND LIKE MEMBER STUART SAID WE LOSE FOCUS ON EDUCATION WHICH IS WHEREIN WE NEED TO KEEP OUR TIME AND RESOURCES. EDUCATION IS OUR FOCUS BUT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S THINGS TO HAVE DO FOR OUR KIDS, WE HAVE TO FEED THEM, OF COURSE WE PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR OUDS OUR KIDS AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS. BUT I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT MEMBER CONAA IS SAYINGS, MEMBER SNIVELY, MEMBER STUART. MAYBE IT'S WORTH

386A PILOT. MAYBE, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER DOING. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND MAKING SURE WE ARE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS' EDUCATION FIRST AND FOREMOST. SO I KIND OF WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT HOE WE REALLY ARE. THIS IS -- WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH STUFF WE ARE REALLY GROWING IN-HOUSE, AS MEMBER STUART SAID. OKAY. MR. FARKAS. >>Christopher Farkas: I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING. WE ARE DEFINITELY TAKING IN EVERYTHING THAT EACH ONE OF YOU SAID. I DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THAT FEEDBACK. THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS TO MS. STUART'S POINT, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, THE PRINCIPALS RIGHT NOW ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A PROBLEM BETWEEN

387THE DAY AND NIGHT CUSTODIAN FALLS IN THE PRINCIPAL'S LAP. IT TAKES AWAY FROM THEIR TIME, FOCUS ON INSTRUCTION. WITH THIS MODEL, IT TAKES IT OUT OF THEIR OFFICE. IT TAKES TO THE A SUPERVISOR, TAKES IT TO SOMEONE WHO IS OUTSIDE WHO IS ONLY FOCUSED ON CUSTODIAL, NOT FOCUS DOLLARS ON READING. IT TAKES IT OFT THE PRINCIPAL'S PLATE AND HAS PEOPLE ONLY FOCUSED ON THAT ONE THING. IT IS NOT THAT WE THINK WE ARE EXPERTS IN THAT. BUT WE HAVE CUSTODIANS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR MANY YEARS THAT I THINK CAN DO IT. I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT LEAVE OUT THE PEOPLE, THAT ARE PRINCIPALS THAT THEY CONTINUALLY HAVE ANOTHER THING ON THEIR PLATE. THIS COMES OFF THEIR PLATE SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON WHAT HE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON IN

388THE CLASSROOM IN THE SCHOOL WHICH IS TEACHING AND LEARNING. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY. SEEING NONE. OH, OH, OH. >>Steve Cona: IT'S NOT THIS BOARD'S JOB TO TELL THE SUPERINTENDENT WHAT TO RECOMMEND. AND WE HAD WORKSHOPS. WE HAD PLANNING. THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO DO. SO IT'S ON HIM. AND NOW HE WILL BE GONE. AND NOW IT'S ON MR. FARKAS TO MAKE SURE. BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS YOU HAVE LEFT US NO CHOICE BUT TO GO COMPLETELY TO THE ALTERNATIVE WHEN THIS FAILS. SO I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. THANKS. >>Cindy Stuart: I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. CONA. BUT OUR AUTHORITY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM US HERE. DID YOU AN RFP BACK IN MARCH. IT CAME ALL THE WAY

389FORWARD TO NOW. AND YOU HAVE MADE THE DECISION WITHOUT THE BOARD'S INPUT TO GO CENTRALIZED. AND THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME ANYWAY THAT HUFF TAKEN THAT AUTHORITY AWAY FROM US. WE OBVIOUSLY ARE IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT I HOPE YOU ARE HEARING US. MAYBE YOU WILL BRING SOMETHING -- MY HOPE IS THAT YOU WOULD BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT BACK TO THIS BOARD FOR US TO LOOK AT, THAT WOULD AT LEAST GIVE YOU A COMPARISON IN SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS THAT YOU COULD COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE FAILING OR DOING WELL IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO. AND I DID THINK THAT YOU WERE RUNNING A PILOT IN AREA 2 ALREADY. I THOUGHT WE

390WERE GOING TO HAVE DATA ROUND THAT. AND I'M CONCERNED THAT NOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. SO THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE IS THAT AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING THAT YOU WOULD BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION TO DO A PILOT SO THAT WE HAVE RAW DATA TO COMPARE. WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH WHAT ANOTHER COMPANY WOULD BRING. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION. IT'S NOT SET IN STONE. BUT THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE. >>Tamara Shamburger: BRIEF COMMENTS, MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER HAHN. >>Lynn Gray: I WILL BE VERY MUCH SIMPLIFIED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS WAS PART OF THE GIBSON REPORT. AND THE GIBSON REPORT WAS A HUGE PURCHASE, AND WE WERE LENDING OURSELVES TO FOLLOW THE GIBSON REPORT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. AND ALL OF

391A SUDDEN WE GOT INTO ANOTHER TENTACLE, IF YOU WILL, OF PRIVATIZATION. SO THEN WE GOT BACK INTO FOLLOWING THE GIBSON REPORT. MY OWN FEELING IS TO FINISH THE PROCESS, GO THROUGH IN FULL FIDELITY THE CENTRALIZATION, REEVALUATE, AND EACH OF US, IT SEEMS LIKE WE MAY SEEM LIKE WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I WANT WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO IMPROVE. I'M NOT INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE SOURCES JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE US THED TOIANS FOR, WHAT, 30-SOME YEARS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO WHEN A BOARD MEMBER SAYS, WE, JUST KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOTE PART OF THAT "WE," AND CHRIS, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS, AND I WOULD SAY TO YOU, IT WOULD BE

392YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE YOU GIVE US UPDATES, AND I'M SERIOUS, BECAUSE THIS BOARD HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WANTS TO HAVE SOME ANSWERS. AND THAT'S ALL I AM GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. I WILL BE BRIEF. SO I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANTING TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES BETWEEN A PILOT PARTNERED WITH CENTRALIZATION VERSUS OUTSOURCING. HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND I AM NOT COMFORTABLE PAYING FOR A PILOT WITH AN OUTSIDE COMPANY AND CENTRALIZATION WHEN IN THE END, IF WE JUST DO MOVE FORWARD WITH MR. FARKAS' PLAN, WE WILL HAVE THE SAME ANSWER. WE WILL KNOW WHETHER IT WORKS OR WHETHER WE NEED TO GO OUTSIDE. SO

393I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING, SPENDING MONEY ON A PILOT WITH OUTSIDE FIRM AT THIS TIME. I THINK EITHER WAY, WE WILL HAVE OUR ANSWER, WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER SNIVELY? OKAY. AND I NEED TO SAY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT MR. FARKAS, THEY WERE HERE, THEY WANTED TO SPEAK, BUT THEY HAD TO LEAVE. AND SO THEY WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I EXPRESSED THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR DECISION TO CENTRALIZE VERSUS PRIVATIZE, OKAY. SO ON BEHALF OF HSEC WHICH IS OUR BLUE COLLAR. WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION WE MOVE FORWARD TO SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS IF I CAN FIND MY NOTES HERE. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS ON. THIS THURSDAY, OUR DISTRICT IS HOSTING THE FLORIDA

394DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR ONE OF THE STOPS ON THE FLORIDA STANDARDS LISTENING TOUR IN JANUARY. GOVERN DESANTIS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ENSURE FLORIDA HAS THE BEST ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN THE NATION. THE MANDATE DIRECTED EDUCATION COMMISSIONER RICHARD CORCORAN TO REFERENCE THE STANDARDS K-12 AND RECOMMEND REVISIONS TO THE GOVERNOR BY JANUARY 1st, 2020 WHICH IS COMING AROUND VERY, VERY SOON. STUDENT PARENTS, STAFF, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY CAN COME AND PROVIDE INPUT. WE ARE HOSTING A FEEDBACK SESSION AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL OCTOBER 17th. THE DOORS OPENNALITY 5 P.M. AND THE MEETING FROM 5:30 TO 6:30 IN THE SCHOOL'S AUDITORIUM. MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS LAST THURSDAY HELD NOPE, NARCOTICS OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, OUR DISTRICT PARTNERS OF NOPE TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION AND HONOR THOSE WHO DIED DUE TO ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE. IT WAS AN

395EMOTIONAL NIGHT AS FAMILIES SHARED THEIR LOVED ONES STORIES AND WE REFLECTED ON A MEMORIAL WALL WITH PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. WE WANT TO THANK NOPE TO BRING THE ISSUE OF ADDICTION TO THE FOREFRONT AND ENSURING OUR CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT THE RISKS. MADAM CHAIR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. SUPERINTENDENT. WE WILL GET INTO OUR LAST ITEM WHICH IS BOARD MEMBER COMMENT. WE WILL BEGIN WITH MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. THIS THURSDAY, I WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD A CONVERSATION IN MY COMMUNITY AT MONROE MIDDLE AROUND GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OUT IN SOUTH TAMPA, BUT, HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT THE DOE IS GOING TO BE COMING THURSDAY NIGHT AND HOSTING AN EVENT AND A LOT OF FOLKS REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID IT WAS

396A CONFLICT FOR THEM, WE ARE CANCELING THIS THURSDAY, AND WE ARE GOING TO RESCHEDULE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT DATE IF YOU ARE IN DISTRICT 2 AND YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: YES, THIS IS A REFLECTION I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WESTBOUND THE BOARD, BECAUSE IT'S CONCERNING TO ME, AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE OTHERS ON THE BOARD, PERHAPS NOT. WHEN I READ THE COMMENTS -- AND WE ALL DID -- ABOUT WHAT QUALITIES WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT, AND I KNOW I SAID THIS ALOUD. I NOTICED THE WORD TRUST OR THE NEED OF TRUST. ON MANY OF THE COMMENTS. AS PUBLIC SERVANTS AND AS A COLLECTIVE BODY EACH OF US CARRY A BIG RESPONSIBILITY IN DELIVERING TRUST. IF YOU ARE

397WORDS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IN OUR ACTIONS. OUR COMMUNITIES AND STUDENTS DESERVE NOTHING LESS. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND UP TO NOW, OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD DEMONSTRATED ONE UNIQUE PROCESS DELIVERING NOT ONLY TRUST BUT ABSOLUTE TRANSPARENCY. IT WAS A YEARLY PRO ROWETATION PROCESS WHICH TAKES PLACE IN NOVEMBER. IT GIVES EACH BOARD MEMBER A CHANCE FOR LEADERSHIP BASED ON THEIR SENIORITY AND GIVEN EACH BOARD MEMBER AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD. THIS PLAN HAS RESULTED IN COMPLETE FAIRNESS TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS. IN FACT THE SYSTEM ALTHOUGH NOT OFFICIALLY WRITTEN AVOIDS A POSSIBLE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THE COLOR OF ONE'S SKIN, THEIR AGE, THEIR POLITICAL PARTY, THEIR CULTURAL VALUES, AND EDUCATIONAL VIEWPOINTS. THIS PROCESS ALSO AFFORDS A SMOOTH AND PROFESSIONAL TRANSITION WHICH GIVES THE PERCEPTION OF A STABLE AND RELIABLE BOARD. TRADITIONALLY ROTATING CO-CHAIR AND CHAIR WAS DONE SIMPLY

398TO PROVIDE A CONTINUAL ACT OF RESPECT FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER AND KEPT THE BOARD MEMBER CHOICES IN THE SUNSHINE VERSUS BACK WHEN DEALS WERE GETTING VOTES WHICH IS OF COURSE A SUNSHINE VIOLATION. SO A FEW QUESTIONS, AND THIS WAS BROUGHT UP FOR US TO CONSIDER. IS THIS SYSTEM PERFECT? PROBABLY NOT. IS IT FAIR? YES. DOES THE PUBLIC CARE ABOUT THIS PROCESS? YES. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE YEAR THAT ONE BOARD MEMBER WAS PASSED OVER DESPITE HER SENIORITY AND NEVER SERVING AS A CHAIR. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT DECISION ALONE RESULTED IN PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND VOLUMES IN WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMPLAINTS. CONSEQUENTLY THE WORD TRUST BECAME LARGELY ABSENT WITH THE EXISTING BOARD. NOW, THE FOLLOWING YEARS UP TO NOW, WE HAVE SEEN THIS CURRENT BOARD, AND I AM VERY PROUD TO SAY, ASCRIBING TO OF THE WORDS

399ATTACHED SUCH AS TRUSTWORTHY, TRANSPARENT AND FAIRNESS. NOBLE QUALITIES THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ASKING OF COURSE OUR FUTURE SUPERINTENDENT. NO NUTSHELL, I ADVOCATE THAT WE KEEP THIS ROTATING WAY OF WORK, PROCESS FOR THE MOST CRITICAL REASONS OF ALL. IT RESULTS IN TRUST, FAIRNESS, AND EQUITY. AND WHILE I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, BECAUSE I KNOW THE FEELINGS OF THIS BOARD, I TRULY THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE START GOING BACK IN THE ROOMS AND MAKING DEALS AND THE VOTE COMES OUT BECAUSE OF WHATEVER, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR ANY OF US. SO I ASK US TO NOT ONLY SAY THE WORDS WE WANT TRUST, BUT TO SHOW ACTIONS, AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE BEGIN BY THAT PARTICULAR ONE IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU

400SO MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. LET ME JUST -- OKAY. WE TALK ABOUT TRUST. BUT I AM JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING THOSE TYPES OF ACCUSATIONS ABOUT THE ENTIRE BOARD. THAT IN ITSELF IS WHAT KILLS TRUST ON THIS BOARD. MEMBER CONA. >>Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE THREE THINGS AND I AM GOING TO BE BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. NUMBER ONE, I DO AGREE WITH THE BUSING SITUATION. WE AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE GETTING INUNDATED WITH LATE BUSING, PARENT COMPLAINTS, SO MR. SUPERINTENDENT, I ASK IF YOU CAN WORK WITH MR. BEEKMAN TO FIGURE OUT A STRATEGY FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S EVERY DAY. RIGHT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: RIGHT NOW WE ARE -- THIS PARTICULAR MONTH FOR RECRUITMENT FAIRS FOR DRIVERS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF THAT RIGHT NOW, AND IN PARTICULAR AREAS, YOUR AREA,

401SOUTH COUNTY HAS BEEN HIT HARDEST WITH THOSE PARTICULAR VACANCIES. AND THEN WHEN WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO SCHEDULES, MANY TIMES IF THERE'S A RIPPLE EFFECT IN ALL OF THAT, AND ON TOP OF THAT IS KNOW T NATURAL TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING ON A DAILY BASIS SOMETIMES. CAN'T PREDICT WHAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE. I HEAR THEM. WE GET THE SAME E-MAILS. MR. BEEKMAN IS VERY GOOD AT LOGISTICS AND TRYING TO MANEUVERING AROUND THAT. BUT THE SHORTAGE IS CREATING THAT BIGGER ISSUES. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT SIDE OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RECRUITMENT. >>Steve Cona: THANK YOU. MR. FARKAS, I ALSO LIKE TO ASK, AND MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION OR SOMETHING WE CAN BRING TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE

402IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A TEN YEAR HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN ALL OF THESE AIR CONDITIONERS THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLAN AND FOLLOW? I AM SURE YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RUN IT THROUGH A COMMITTEE SO AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS. >>Christopher Farkas: YES. AND I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I HAVE HAD ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT SELECTION TOO. SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT BOTH THOSE THINGS IN A WORKSHOP. SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE HAD ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT IT. YES, SIR, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.

403>>Steve Cona: THE LAST THING, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WORK AND A LOST LOT OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE COMMITTEES EVERYBODY FORMED. THERE'S LOTS OF WORK OUT THERE. BUT I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS. AND I THINK IT'S WAY TOO ARBITRARY ESPECIALLY THE LAST COLUMN IN THE RUB RICK WHERE ANYBODY CAN PUT ANY NUMBER THEY WANT ON THERE AND ADJUST THE SCORES. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WHO BID FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CAN BE IN THE TOP FIVE AND THEN HAVE A FIVE TO TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND THEN BE NOT CONSIDERED. THAT'S NOT THE WAY THOSE PROCESSES NORMALLY WORK. AND I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT IF WE START MANIPULATING THOSE NUMBERS AND THOSE SELECTION COMMITTEES THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOSE -- THE INDUSTRIES ARE GOING TO LOSE FAITH IN WHAT WE ARE

404DOING HERE AND NOT BID OUR WORK WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR DISTRICT. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT SITUATED AND THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER RUBRIC THAT WE BRING TO THE COMMITTEE OR WORKSHOP TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. >>Christopher Farkas: IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT. THE REALITY IS WHETHER PEOPLE HAVE CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND OR NOT THAT ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE SO WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT IN WORKSHOP. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE MUCH TIME. I WILL SHARE A FEW THINGS AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. I DID ATTEND THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE AS WELL AS THE Q. I SAT ON A PANEL DISCUSSION REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR YOUTH IN

405OUR SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HI DID WALK AWAY FROM I WILL BRIEFLY STATE FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE WAS THAT RACISM HAS BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM, HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO MEET OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHERE THEY ARE. THEY ARE TRULY STRESS READY OUT, AND THAT MANY OF OUR COUNTERPARTS AROUND THE NATION ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES IN OPENING WHAT'S CALLED SUCCESS CENTERS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEIR STUDENTS A SAFE PLACE TO STUDY AND RECEIVE TUTORING THAT THEY REQUIRE, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THIS IN THE SCHOOLS. ONCE THE SCHOOLS CLOSE, THE STUDENTS HAVE TO GO HOME, AND THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING THESE TUT OUT ORGANIZE. SO I WOULD LIKE -- TUTORING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO

406THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S LATE RIGHT NOW. BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT I HAVE TWO MORE MENTAL HEALTH TOURS COMING UP. ONE OCTOBER 23rd, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE OTHER IS OCTOBER 30th AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY ARE GOING TO START AT 5:30 IN THE EVENING. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE STUDENTS AT STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL, INDIA WEBB SPECIFICALLY FOR FUTURE POLITICIANS OF AMERICA WHO RAN ONE OF, IN MY EIGHT YEARS, ONE OF THE BEST TOWN HALLS I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. THEY HAD INVITED SENATOR LEE, REPRESENTATIVE BELTRAN AND REPRESENTATIVE McCLURE AS WELL AS MYSELF, THE UNION AND THE PTA. EVERY SINGLE QUESTION

407THAT THEY HAD WAS TITLED LEGISLATION, IT WAS TIMELY, THE AUDIENCE WAS -- THE ROOM WAS PACKED. SO I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN AROUND THE TOWN HALL THAT THEY HAD. AND THEN ON SATURDAY NIGHT, MEMBER PEREZ AND I, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVE VALDEZ, WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE TAMPA HISPANIC HERITAGE GALA WHERE WAS NAMED THE HISPANIC MAN OF THE YEAR AND BET TIP DEMANTIS WAS NAMED WOMAN OF THE YEAR SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU. MEMBER SNIVELY? >>Melissa Snively: THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD AGAIN FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN NAMING THE NEW SCHOOL. I'M SURE THE FAMILY IS VERY HONORED AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS MONUMENTOUS EVENT IN THEIR FAMILY HISTORY. I WANT TO THANK GRETCHEN SAUNDERS FOR PUTTING ON THE FLORIDA SCHOOL

408BOARD ASSOCIATION'S FINANCE 2.0 CLASS THAT WE RECENTLY ATTENDED FOR A DAY AND A HALF OF FINANCE TRAINING. THANK YOU. I WILL NEVER GET THOSE HOURS BACK. [ LAUGHTER ] I'M JUST KIDDING. IT WAS GREAT. YOU DID A LOT OF GOOD JOB. IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN ALSO, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING FIRMS. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF UNCHARTERED TERRITORY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I AM A LITTLE SCARED AND EXCITED ALL AT THE SAME TIME. BUT I AM AN OPTIMIST AT THE END OF THE DAY AND I REALLY AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JUST ON A STATE LEVEL BUT A FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL. SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

409SO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN JUST TO RESPECTFULLY ADDRESS MS. GRAY WITH HER COMMENTS EARLIER. YOU KNOW, I HAVE VERY HIGH OPINION OF YOU, MS. GRAY, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU, SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE OFFENDED WHEN I SAY THIS. SOMETIMES YOU GET OVERLOOKED AND IT'S JUST A SITUATION WE HAVEN'T BEEN NO ROTATION SITUATION PROBABLY FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. AND I LIKE TO CONSIDER MYSELF SOMEONE WHO TAKES THE HIGH ROAD WHEN I REALIZE THAT SOMETHING IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THAT I MIGHT HAVE LIKED TO HAPPEN, AND SO IN THAT SITUATION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. I NEVER MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT DEFINITIVELY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUT I KNOW THAT IN THE SITUATION PREVIOUSLY WHERE I KIND OF KNEW THAT

410IT WASN'T MY TIME, I NOMINATED MS. HARRIS FOR THE CHAIR POSITION WHEN I NULL THAT IT WAS NOT MY TIME. AND I NOMINATED MS. SHAMBURGER FOR THE CHAIR POSITION WHEN I KNEW IT WAS NOT MY TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. BUT I KNOW THAT WHOEVER IS CHOSEN BY THIS BOARD TO BE THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR, THEY ARE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB FOR THAT YEAR THAT THEY WILL BE IN THOSE POSITIONS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH THAT WE ARE DOING. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD. SO I AM NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER, BECAUSE I KNOW WHOEVER GETS TO BE THE

411CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR ARE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO MATTER WHAT. SO THANKS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK THING. ITCH I HAVE A QUICK VIDEO. HOPEFULLY PABLO HAS IT. WHILE HALF OF THIS BOARD WAS IN FINANCE TRAINING, THE OTHER HALF OF US WERE DOWN IN MIAMI RECEIVING THE CUBE AWARD, AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION NSBA DID PUT OUT A NATIONAL VIDEO. THIS IS A QUICK CLIP OF THE VIDEO. YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES, HOPEFULLY PABLO HAS IT. >> WE HAVE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE A 99% GRADUATION RATE. IT WAS TOTALLY WORTHY. ♪ >> JUST SEEING THE FIRST THREE SESSIONS THAT I HAVE ATTENDED HAS BEEN MORE EDUCATION THAN I HAVE RECEIVED IN A

412REALLY LONG TIME. ♪ . >> I BELIEVE THAT THIS CONFERENCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONFERENCE I HAVE EVER ATTENDED. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET HERE, THEY BECOME MORE LIKE FAMILY. >> I THINK CUBE IS THE BEST CONFERENCE. I HOPE I DIDN'T SAY THAT TOO LOUD. YES. ♪ >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS REALLY AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. WE REALLY LEARNED A LOT AND IT WAS CERTAINLY NICE TO BE HONORED NATIONALLY FOR OUR WORK. AND SO TWO YEARS IN A ROW. SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR HARD WORK AND GO FOR THREE-PETE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LONG BOARD MEETING. VERY GOOD INFORMATION. VERY PRODUCTIVE. EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. DRIVE SAFE. MEETING ADJOURNED.