06/25/2019 - 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 CHANNEL 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 FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. >>Tamara Shamburger: GOOD AFTERNOON. THE BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 25th IS

003RECONVENED FOR THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING. MEMBER SNIVELY WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE'VE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED SOME TRAGEDIES INVOLVING OUR STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR TWO OF THESE STUDENTS. 14-YEAR-OLD HESSICA WALTERS AND 9-YEAR-OLD KAYLIE CARTER FROM KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OUR STUDENTS ARE BOTH WONDERFUL AND AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE. PLEASE KEEP THEIR FAMILIES IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS WE PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE FOUR WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. ITEMS ABOUT 4.04, B 6.22, B 6.25, AND C 01. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND

004TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH MEMBERS HAHN AND CONA AWAY FROM THE DAIS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF MEMBER CONA AND MEMBER HAHN. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY, MAY 7, 2019 SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP, JUNE 11, 2019 SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP, AND JUNE 11, 2019 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. BOARD MEMBER SNIVELY WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

005AS WE BEGIN TODAY, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. FIRST, PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING WHEN THEY STEP AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEBCAST, ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE ON OUR WEBSITE. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN TODAY. THAT'S 6 P.M. EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH OUR RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. BEGINNING WITH ITEM A .02, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION FOR THE LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH, JUNE 2019, MINERVA SPANNER-MORROW WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. WELCOME, DR. SPANNER-MORROW. >>Minerva Spanner-Morrow: GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE BOARD

006CHAIR, MS. SHAMBURGER, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, COLLEAGUES, AND GUESTS. IN THE UNITED STATES, THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2019 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER PRIDE MONTH COMMEMORATES THE CIVIL RIGHTS EVENT OF JUNE OF 1969 KNOWN AS THE STONEWALL UPRISING IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EQUAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR LGBTQ+ AMERICANS. IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS CELEBRATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR NATION, MEMORIALS ARE HELD DURING THIS MONTH FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN LOST TO HATE CRIMES AND HIV AND AIDS. I HAVE THE PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR GUESTS TODAY WHO HAVE JOINED US TO HONOR THIS OCCASION. RODRIGUEZ WITH EQUALITY FLORIDA WILL ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD AND FOLLOWED BY BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND EVEN GRADUATES, RUFUS DEL VEYA. A TENTH

007GRADER WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. MS. GONZALEZ, COORDINATOR FOR THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY STANDS IN SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU, AND LET'S WELCOME OUR GUESTS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, HE IS STEAMED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, MR. PORTER. MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ. I AM THE SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS COORDINATOR. I AM YOUR NEIGHBOR. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE STATEWIDE SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS PROGRAM. I'M PROUD AND EXCITED TO STAND WITH LGBTQ AND ALLIED YOUTH ON THIS DAY. THE PRIDE PROCLAMATION SERVES AS A DECLARATION THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WELCOMES AND SUPPORTS ALL OF THE DIVERSE FAMILIES, STUDENTS, AND STAFF WITHIN THE DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. LGBTQ YOUTH CONTINUE TO FACE HARDSHIPS EVERY DAY, PROVIDING ADMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATORS THE TOOLS TO NAVIGATE THROUGH CHALLENGES AS A REASONABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FORM OF PREPARATION. THIS ALLOWS

008ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS TO ACHIEVE A LEVEL OF CULTURAL COMPETENCY AROUND LGBTQ TOPICS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. EQUALITY FLORIDA WOULD LIKE TO THANK HILLSBOROUGH FOR THEIR ONGOING AND CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR LGBTQ YOUTH, THEIR FAMILIES, AND STAFF FOR THEIR RESILIENCY AND CONFIDENCE IN BEING WHO THEY ARE. WHILE WE ALL COME TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH UNIQUE BACKGROUNDS, BELIEFS AND CULTURES, WE MUST AGREE THAT WE DO NOT WANT OUR STUDENTS TO SUFFER HARASSMENT AND BULLYING BASED ON THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION NOR DO WE WANT THEM TO HARM THEMSELVES DUE TO HARASSMENT OR BULLYING. I WENT TO ST. PETE PRIDE THIS WEEKEND AND SOMEONE HAD A T-SHIRT THAT REALLY MADE ME THINK. IT

009SAID, "WORDS MAKE WORLDS." AND THAT HAS JUST STUCK WITH ME ALL WEEKEND. LET'S USE THIS PROCLAMATION TO REMIND US TO BE KIND TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY NO MATTER OUR DIFFERENCES, BACKGROUNDS AND CULTURES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WHEREAS, THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER PRIDE MONTH COMMEMORATES THE CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS OF JUNE 1969, KNOWN AS THE STONEWALL UPRISING IN NEW YORK CITY, AND WORKS TO ACHIEVE EQUAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR LGBTQ AMERICANS; AND WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTS THE RIGHTS OF EVERY STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE TO EXPERIENCE EQUALITY, EQUITY, AND FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION; AND WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA ACCEPTS AND WELCOMES PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEVES A DIVERSE POPULATION LEADS TO A MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHICH CONTRIBUTES GREATLY TO OUR SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOODS, CULTURE, AND

010SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR DISTRICT; AND WHEREAS, ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR PHYSICAL CHALLENGES HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND ON THE BASIS OF THEIR INTRINSIC VALUE AS HUMAN BEINGS; AND WHEREAS, THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER COMMUNITIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, CIVIC AND ECONOMIC SUCCESSES OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; AND WHEREAS, WHILE WE AS A SOCIETY AT LARGE ARE SLOWLY EMBRACING NEW DEFINITIONS OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER WE MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE NEED FOR EDUCATION AND AWARENESS REMAINS VITAL TO END DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE; AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY DECLARE THE MONTH OF JUNE 2019 AS LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INVITES EVERYONE TO REFLECT ON WAYS

011WE CAN ALL LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER WITH A COMMITMENT TO MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING. >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE GLSN, OUR LOCAL CHAPTER. MS. LEANNE CLUM IS HERE, IF YOU COULD STAND. AND ANYBODY WHO IS AN ALLY OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, PLEASE STAND AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A VOTE. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH JUNE 2019. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART. NOW, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY PIVOTAL TIME THAT WE ARE DOING THIS PROCLAMATION. DR. MINERVA SPANNER-MORROW, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. WE TALK

012ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES AND EQUALITY, AND IN THE FACE OF A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SOCIETAL POLARIZATION, I AM SO VERY HAPPY THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY CARRY THROUGH THIS PROCLAMATION BUT ALSO TO BE VERY COGNIZANT THAT WHETHER YOU'RE BLACK, BROWN, GAY OR STRAIGHT, EVERY ONE OF US, EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, CERTAINLY, AND STAFF AND TEACHERS DESERVE THE RESPECT AND THE DIGNITY OF JUST BEING WHO THEY ARE AND ABLE TO GROW TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL POTENTIALLY, ACADEMICALLY, AND/OR SOCIALLY AND/OR PHYSICALLY. HAVING SAID THAT, I DID SUBMIT JIM PORTER A POLICY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR US TO BE READING AND THE BOARD TO BE READING IN ON. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. BUT THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING. I KNOW SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LOT OF COLLEGE TO BE UP-FRONT AND

013TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL STAND FOR AND WE'RE BEHIND YOU. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, TOO, WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS, FIRST, TO THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WHO I CONTACTED AND ASKED IF THIS WAS SOMETHING WE'VE EVER DONE. I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS READ A PROCLAMATION AROUND PRIDE MONTH. AND I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED THAT WE HAD NOT DONE THIS IN THE PAST, BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF ACTUALLY MOVED FORWARD ON THIS. AND I, TOO, WANT TO RECOGNIZE, THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER. YOU ARE A PARTNER IN THIS WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS ARE BRAVE ENOUGH

014TO STAND UP HERE AND READ THE PROCLAMATION AND BE EXAMPLES FOR THE REST OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU TO LEANNE AND ANDY WHO ARE HERE WHO I KNOW SERVE ON THE RESOURCE GUIDE WORK AND HELP AND TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS FACE IN THIS DISTRICT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL STUDENTS, WE MEAN ALL STUDENTS. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY AND COULD BRING THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, TOO, AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A DIFFERENT FACE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. THAT WE'RE TURNING A DIFFERENT CORNER AND EMBRACING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. DIVERSITY, THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS SHOWING THE REST OF THE NATION WHAT DIVERSITY LOOKS LIKE. I'M LOOKING

015FORWARD TO THIS AS WELL. AS A MOTHER OF LGBT STUDENT FORMERLY AND NOW, SOMEONE -- YOU KNOW, A DAUGHTER WITH A SPOUSE, LGBT COMMUNITY, EXCITED TO SEE THIS HAPPEN HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. LET ME JUST ECHO THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS. CERTAINLY PROUD OF THIS MOMENT FOR THE DISTRICT. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE EQUITY COMMITTEE FOR THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION. AND SO WE ACTUALLY WORK CLOSELY WITH EQUALITY FLORIDA. WE'RE TASKED WITH MAKING SURE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE ADDRESSING EQUITY, ALL TERMS OF EQUITY, INCLUDING LGBTQ ISSUES. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL DISTRICTS NOW TAKE THIS TURN AND WE DEAL WITH TOLERANCE. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION. ONE THING KAREN AND I HAVE IN COMMON. I HAVE ONE DAUGHTER,

016ONE CHILD, SHE IS A LESBIAN. I LOVE HER TO DEATH. ONE TIME SOMEONE ASKED ME IF I COULD CHANGE IT, WOULD I? I TELL YOU, IF GOD GAVE ME A CHANCE TO PICK ANOTHER CHILD, I WOULD PICK THE SAME CHILD UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. I'M PROUD THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING THIS WORK, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES MY DAUGHTER DEALT WITH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL OF THE ISSUES, PROBLEMS AND HARDSHIPS SHE'S HAD IN HER LIFE BECAUSE OF HATE AND INTOLERANCE. I AM SUPER EXCITED THAT THIS BOARD AND THIS DISTRICT IS DOING THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I'M CERTAINLY HONORED TO SUPPORT THIS PROCLAMATION. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, TOO, AM SURPRISED THAT WE HAD NOT HAD SOME TYPE OF PROCLAMATION OF THIS NATURE EVER, IN THE

017HISTORY OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. SPEAKING OF EQUITY, I RAISE A CONCERN WITH THE -- RAISED A CONCERN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT EARLIER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE ON EQUITY. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WON AN AWARD, AND THAT'S VERY HONORABLE AS WELL; HOWEVER, IT'S A RACIAL EQUITY POLICY. AND TO ME, THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES BESIDES RACE WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT POLICY AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF EQUITY THAT WE SHOULD BE MORE INCLUSIVE IN OUR POLICY AND EVEN BROADEN IT FURTHER TO INCLUDE ALL STUDENTS, TO TRULY INCLUDE ALL STUDENTS. AS WELL. SO THANK YOU.

018>>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. LET ME JUST SAY THAT I ALREADY HAVE A BROADER EQUITY POLICY IN DRAFT SO I'M WORKING WITH MR. PETERS AND HIS TEAM ON DRAFTING THAT POLICY. WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER UNTIL WE'RE ALL IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. NOW YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER. THE POLICY IS IN DRAFT. I AGREE THAT WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO ADDRESS ALL ASPECTS OF EQUITY. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE BROUGHT NEXT POLICY CYCLE FOR YOUR APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT. TEAMWORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL HONOR FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT. HE IS BEING AWARDED THE UCEA EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD. I WOULD LIKE

019TO CALL TO THE PODIUM DR. ROBERT -- I'LL SAY IT WRONG -- CONOPLE, DEAN OF THE USF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND DR. JUDITH PONTICELL, DEPARTMENT CHAIR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROB CONOPLE. IT'S MY GREAT JOY TO SERVE AS THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO YOU, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR TODAY, TO PRESENT THE 2019 EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD. IF I MAY, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AWARD. THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IS A CONSORTIUM OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS THAT AWARD DEGREES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO ADVANCING THE PREPARATION AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN. EACH YEAR, THE UCEA

020EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE INVITES MEMBER INSTITUTIONS TO SELECT A DISTINGUISHED ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS AN EXEMPLARY RECORD OF SUPPORTING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR PREPARATION EFFORTS. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL AWARD IN THAT IT AFFORDS NATIONAL RECOGNITION, BUT THE RECIPIENTS ARE SELECTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITIES. THIS YEAR, AS A MEMBER OF UCEA, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES NOMINATED SUPERINTENDENT JEFF EAKINS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THIS AWARD. THE EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY PROGRAM FACULTY REGARD JEFF EAKINS AS A PARTNER IN SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF SCHOOL LEADERS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS IN THE NATION'S 8th LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT. JEFF UNDERSTANDS THAT OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATORS ARE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE DISTRICT'S VISION OF PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AS THE LEADER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JEFF FREQUENTLY MEETS WITH GROUPS OF EDUCATORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND HE

021COLLABORATES WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH THE NEEDS OF TODAY'S SCHOOLS. DUE TO THIS CLOSE PARTNERSHIP, MANY GRADUATES OF OUR PROGRAM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASCEND TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND INDEED DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, USF AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE PARTNERED TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATION SPECIALIST DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR CURRENT ADMINISTRATORS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TURNAROUND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. THIS GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAM PROVIDES TUITION AND BOOKS FOR ADMINISTRATORS WHO DESIRE TO PURSUE A RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH TO IMPROVING SCHOOLS AND TO IMPROVING THEIR PRACTICE TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS. AT THE END OF THE EDS PROGRAM, ADMINISTRATORS DEVELOP A CAPSTONE PROJECT DESIGNED ADDRESS AN ISSUE OR A CURRENT DISTRICT OR CURRENT SCHOOL ISSUE. IN NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND AT CONFERENCES, JEFF REFERS TO OUR EDS PROGRAM AS

022AN EXAMPLE OF EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO BUILD LEADERSHIP CAPACITY OF ADMINISTRATORS, AND, IN FACT, I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND WHO IS A DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR IN LOUISVILLE WHO CALLED ME ONE DAY AND SAID, "HEY, DID YOU KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, HE JUST GAVE A SHOUT-OUT TO YOUR COLLEGE." THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR US. JEFF FREQUENTLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON THE DISTRICT'S SUCCESS. HIS SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM WAS APPARENT FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN HE MET WITH DISTRICT AND UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT TO DEFINE A PLAN OF ACTION AND TO DESIGN THE CURRICULUM NEEDED FOR AN ADVANCE GRADUATES PROGRAM. HIS SUPPORT CONTINUES TODAY AS WE ENTER OUR SIXTH COHORT. IF I MAY, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'M JUST FINISHING MY FIRST YEAR AS DEAN AT

023USF, AND, HONESTLY, ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I HAD WAS WITH JEFF. WE CALLED AND ASKED IF HE WOULD COME TO CAMPUS FOR LUNCH, AND HE DID SO WITHOUT HESITATION. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE KIND, WELCOMING PERSON AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. I CAN ALSO SAY I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO FOLLOW HIM IN SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY, BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, HE'S SO GIFTED IN THAT ROLE. BUT WHAT I SEE WHEN HE SPEAKS TO THE COMMUNITY IS HIS REAL LOVE AND PASSION FOR WHAT HE DOES. AND HE IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND WE ARE SO INSPIRED BY HIM. HE MODELS FOR US KINDNESS AND RESPECT. AND WHEN JEFF SAYS ALL, HE MEANS ALL. AND HE'S AN INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US. JOINING ME TODAY ARE DR.

024JUDITH PONTICELL, THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, AND WE HAVE THREE OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS WITH US. DR. BILL BLACK, DR. JOHN MANN, AND DR. JOYCE HAYNES, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE ED LEADERSHIP FACULTY. ON BEHALF OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO PRESEN THE UCEA EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP TO OUR VERY GOOD FRIEND, JEFF EAKINS. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. MR. SUPERINTENDENT SO WHEN YOU RETIRE, YOU'LL HAVE TO BUY A BIGGER HOUSE JUST FOR ALL OF THE AWARDS YOU HAVE. I MEAN, JUST SOLELY FOR THE AWARDS. WELL DONE, AND WELL DESERVED. >>Jeffrey Eakins: IT'S NOT ABOUT THE AWARDS. I DO APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS. SOMETIMES IN YOUR CAREER, YOU WANT TO LEAVE A LEGACY. AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

025IF THAT LEGACY IS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE OR NOT SO GOOD ONE. YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT WHEN YOU INVEST IN GREAT LEADERS, IT WILL BE A LEGACY GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS. GREAT LEADERS IMPACT OTHER PEOPLE THAT ULTIMATELY CHANGE LIVES OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND THIS PROFESSION AND THE SUCCESS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE SELECTED. THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP, AND THANK YOU FOR JUST TARGETED THE CONVERSATION, FIVE YEARS AGO THAT REALLY LED TO OUR TURNAROUND PROGRAM AND JUST THROUGH THE PIPELINE EXPERIENCE AND HOW USF HAS BEEN SO RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN CREATING GREAT LEADERS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I SEE IT AS AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP AND ONE THAT LEAVES A LASTING LEGACY. SO THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU AGAIN. SO LET ME JUST SAY THIS. SO

026YOUR HARD WORK, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, HAS REALLY ELEVATED THE REPUTATION OF THIS DISTRICT. YOU MAKE US ALL LOOK GOOD. WE CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND WELL DESERVED AGAIN. AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. SO NOW THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ITEMS A 01 -- WE ACTUALLY STRUCK THAT ONE. A 02 OR ITEMS B 3.01 THROUGH B 11.02 YOU MAY, OF COURSE, LEAVE AT THIS TIME QUIETLY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD HEARING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. C

02702, C 1.01, C 4.06, C 6.09, 6.10, 6.14, 6.18, 6.20. C 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 7.08, C 11.01, 11.03, C 12.01 AND C 12.02. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. SHAMBURGER. WE MOVED UP A COUPLE OF ITEMS TODAY ON THE AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO 12.01, WHICH IS CEOs IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I ASK FOR LAURA WOODARD, THE MANAGER OF MARKETING. SHE'LL COME FORWARD AND DO A HIGHLIGHT. AND WE HAVE SOME GUESTS WITH US TODAY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, CABINET AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOL SUPPORTERS. I'M LAURA WOODARD. I'M JOINED HERE TODAY WITH BRIAN BUTLER, THE CEO OF DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS AND MAUREEN BUTLER, WHO IS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU

028TODAY SOME INFORMATION ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT BRIAN BUTLER HAS CREATED FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THIS ONE DAY, IT IS CALLED CEOs IN THE SCHOOL, AND THIS ONE DAY OF CHANGE OPPORTUNITY BRINGS NEARLY 200 LOCAL CEOs INTO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND THE DATE WILL BE OCTOBER 18th. THE CEOs WILL GAIN NEW PERSPECTIVES -- BECAUSE OF THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, HEAR AND DO THINGS THAT OUR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOLS AND SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FROM THEIR BUSINESS WORLD. I JUST WANT TO BRAG ON DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY DONE A HEAVY LIFT AND BROUGHT US A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. THEY HAVE CREATED A COMPLETE PROGRAM, ALONG WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM WITH IT, INCLUDING BROCHURES, PRINT ADS, PRESS RELEASES

029AND MORE. THEY EVEN DEVELOPED A WEBSITE WHERE CEOs AND SCHOOLS CAN BE MATCHED. THERE'S A MAP SO THAT THE CEOs CAN SEE WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE, AND THERE'S A REGISTRATION TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'VE BUILT INTO THE PROGRAM. PLUS, THEY ARE SPREADING THE WORD THROUGH COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL AND A SPEAKER'S BUREAU. WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE PARTNERS LIKE YOU. AND SO I ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU IT IS A FIVE-STEP PROGRAM. WE HANDED OUT TO YOU A FLIER ABOUT IT. YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM AT onedayofchange.com. AND SO I'D LIKE TO PASS THE PODIUM OVER TO MR. BUTLER, WHO IS GOING TO SHARE WITH US HIS PASSION BEHIND DEVELOPING CEOs IN SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAURA. MADAM CHAIR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHERS

030AND GUESTS, I'M BRIAN BUTLER. I'M THE CEO OF DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS. I'M ALSO A RETIRED ARMY OFFICER, AND I'VE LIVED IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND BEEN TO MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES. THROUGH OUR WORK, MAUREEN AND I, THROUGH THE PAST PROGRAM FOR THE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN MORT, PROBABLY DRIVING WOODLAND CRAZY. HE'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE. BUT WHAT -- AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THAT SCHOOL. AND I WENT TO WOODLAND ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND SAID, WOULD YOU MIND IF I SPENT A WHOLE DAY IN THE SCHOOL? YOU ALL KNOW WOODLAND. WE PICKED A DATE. THE HARDEST PART WAS GETTING IT ON MY CALENDAR, BUT I SPENT THE WHOLE DAY IN SCHOOL. IT WAS A FRAY. I CAME HOME THAT

031-- IT WAS A FRIDAY. I CAME HOME THAT WEEKEND ON FIRE. MAUREEN GOT TIRED OF HEARING ME TALK ABOUT MY DAY. THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE, WE DECIDED TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE NOW CALLING CEOs IN SCHOOLS, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WILL GET NEARLY 200 CEOs TO SPEND A FULL DAY IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OUR COUNTY. AND WE BELIEVE THROUGH THAT DAY THEY WILL FIND WAYS TO FOSTER INNOVATION. THEY WILL FIND WAYS TO FOSTER STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS. THEY'LL FIND WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN WAYS THAT WE CAN NEVER IMAGINE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK WOODLAND AND THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR ALLOWING US TO MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY ADVERTISING FOR THIS THUS FAR, AND WE'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND 45 CEOs THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. THE TAMPA BAY TIMES HAS AGREED TO BE

032A PARTNER WITH US. THEY ARE GOING TO START RUNNING ADS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. ANOTHER ONE OF THE BROADCAST CHANNELS HAS -- THEY ARE GOING TO RUN ADS AS WELL. WE'VE ONLY ASKED FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM TWO PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING ELSE. ONE OF THOSE PARTNERS HAS SAID YES, AND I'M EXPECTING A TEXT NOW FROM THE OTHER. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS PARTNERED WITH US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND BE A SPONSOR OF OUR RECEPTION AT THE JCC AND THE OTHER PARTNER, I'M TRULY EXPECTING TO COME FORWARD TODAY AND TOMORROW AND SAY YES. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE THINK IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. JEFF AND I WILL BE SPEAKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP DRIVE TRAFFIC AND

033GET PEOPLE TO DO IT. I'LL ASK FOR ONE MORE THING: SIGN UP. WE NEED HELP. WE NEED HELP IN RECRUITING A VARIETY OF CEOs FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND JOIN US. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE RESPONSE THAT WE'RE GETTING HAS JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST AS EXCITED AS WE ARE. SO THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. BUTLER. >>Tamara Shamburger: WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY TO APPROVE ITEM C 12.01. NOW WE MAY BEGIN DISCUSSION WITH MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. SO, MR. BUTLER, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE YOU STANDING IN FRONT OF

034ME. WE MET SO MANY YEARS AGO, AND TO SEE YOU STANDING ON THAT SIDE OF THE PODIUM AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION. I'M REALLY EXCITED. WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT MR. BUTLER, HE TALKED ABOUT BEING AT MORT, HE, HIS WIFE, HIS MOTHER ARE FIXTURES AT MORT AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY. HE DOESN'T LIVE FAR FROM THERE. SO IT'S EASY FOR HIM TO SHOW UP AND PITCH IN AND HELP IN ANYTHING THAT HE'S ASKED TO DO. SO WHEN I HEARD THAT YOU WANTED TO GET IN FRONT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TALK ABOUT THIS, I WAS SO EXCITED. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AS WOODLAND AND I HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION. HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? AND HOW DO WE SHOW THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHAT IS

035HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS? SO OFTEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, YOU GO TO A BUSINESS AND SAY, WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS. AND IT'S NEVER AN INVITATION IN. IT'S NEVER A COME AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE STRUGGLES THAT WE'RE FACING WITH OUR STUDENTS BEFORE WE ASK FOR ANYTHING ELSE. THERE HAS TO BE SOME UNDERSTANDING. SO I THINK THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THERE WILL BE UNDERSTANDING FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SO THAT THEY CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS ARE FACING, BUT WHAT ADMINISTRATORS AND PARENTS ARE FACING ON A DAILY BASIS AS THEY TRY TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE. I ALSO THINK THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE

036THE FIRST THING THAT ANYONE WHO IS COMING, WHETHER YOU ARE A SINGLE FAMILY MOVING TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OR WHETHER YOU'RE A LARGE BUSINESS TALKING ABOUT COMING HERE AND RELOCATING YOUR COMPANY, THE FIRST THING THAT YOU TALK ABOUT IS, WHAT DO THE SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE? PEOPLE KNOW THAT'S WHERE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE. THAT'S WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. SO I THINK WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MAKE AN IMPACT AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND EXPOSING SOME OF OUR BUSINESS LEADERS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF. I KNOW THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS PROJECT, AND I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE KICKOFF AND FOR THE OCTOBER DATE. I APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: HELLO, MR.

037AND MRS. BUTLER. AND SO VERY EXCITED FOR YOU, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF AN EDUCATOR, AND NOW I HAVE, AND WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE INNOVATIVE BUSINESS PARTNERS IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR ELEMENTARY, WHICH THEY ARE SPONGES. SO WHAT I SEE IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THEM DREAMS, WHAT THEY CAN BE, AND SHOW THEM THE ACTUAL PROOF THAT THIS IS -- THIS IS REAL, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO IN YOUR FUTURE. AND I JUST THINK AGAIN AND AGAIN, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY STEPS FORWARD AND GIVES EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO IMPROVE THE WELFARE AND THE EDUCATION AND, OF COURSE, THE FINANCIAL LITERACY OF OUR STUDENTS. SO I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH MEMBER STUART SAYS, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU

038FOR THE DIRECTION YOU'RE MOVING AND PROBABLY WILL BE THE IMPETUS FOR THE MANY OF THE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS COMING ABOARD. THANKS AGAIN. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CREATING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CEOs, OUR LOCAL CEOs AND THE PRINCIPALS. I WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT POSSIBLY BROADENING THIS TO A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP, AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO ALLOW CEOs TO EXPERIENCE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR A DAY, BUT AS WE TELL OUR PRINCIPALS, THEY ARE ALSO CEOs OF THEIR OWN SCHOOL SITES. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT OR THINK ABOUT A RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT WHERE PRINCIPALS GO INTO THE CEO BUSINESS AND LEARN SOME OF THE BUSINESS PRINCIPALS THAT CEOs USE TOON DAY-TO-DAY BASIS FOR WHATEVER OPERATION THEY COME FROM. SO

039THAT WAY IT COULD BE A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE THERE ARE DEFINITELY BUSINESS PRINCIPLES, PRINCIPLES P-L-E-S, THAT OUR PRINCIPALS P-A-L-S, CAN USE IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AT THEIR SCHOOL SITES. THIS IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SPEAKING AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE COMMUNITY, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OUR EDUCATION COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROGRAM AND BRINGING THIS TO THE DISTRICT. OUR KIDS CAN NEVER BE EXPOSED TO TOO MUCH. THEY ACTUALLY CAN'T. IT'S AWESOME THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN ALL SHAPES, FORMS, AND COLORS, AND EVERYTHING. AND SO I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I HOPE THAT EVERY ELEMENTARY AT THIS POINT WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT, BECAUSE

040WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT THEY JUST DON'T GET ANY LOVE HARDLY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL SCHOOLS GET TO BENEFIT FROM THIS GREATNESS. I'M HOPING YOU'LL HAVE NEW CEOs TO VOLUNTEER IN EVERY SCHOOL. I HOPE SOME OF THE CEOs WILL BRING EMPLOYEES ALONG. MAYBE AT OUR TEACH-IN. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THESE COMPANIES TO THE GREATNESS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I CERTAINLY ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MEMBER SNIVELY WITH IT BEING A RECIPROCAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THAT. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT TURNS OUT. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHTS APPEAR. CONGRATULATIONS, IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK

041YOU VERY MUCH, MS. SHAMBURGER. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO 12.02, EDUCATE HILLSBOROUGH IS THE TITLE OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. I'LL ASK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATIONS MR. FARKAS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Christopher Farkas: ACTUALLY, THE LAST CONVERSATION WAS A PERFECT SEGUE INTO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ABOUT BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS. I'LL ASK FOR MELISSA ERICKSON FROM THE ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND -- IT IS A TRUE PARTNERSHIP. EDUCATE HILLSBOROUGH IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE. I'LL LET MELISSA TALK ABOUT THE OUTLINE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHILE WE'RE DOING IT AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A FEW COMMENTS. >> GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS. MS. SHAMBURGER, EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER OF LET'S GET THE OTHER EMPLOYEES INVOLVED, CEOs, COME FOR ONE DAY. WE'RE ASKING FOR SEVEN DAYS TOTAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO BASED ON

042LIKE ANY KIND OF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, LIKE LEADERSHIP TAMPA OR LEADERSHIP FLORIDA OR ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS. IS THAT MY PLAYOFF MUSIC? I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. >>Tamara Shamburger: THAT WASN'T LIKE A CUE FOR YOU TO STOP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I PROMISE. >> I ALREADY KNEW I WOULDN'T GET AS MUCH LOVE AS THE LAST ONE. >>Tamara Shamburger: IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL. >> SO WE'RE HOPING -- WE'RE HOPING THAT THROUGH EDUCATE HILLSBOROUGH THAT INSTEAD OF SPENDING ONE DAY ON EDUCATION, THAT PEOPLE WILL COME, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVES, WITHIN BUSINESSES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WILL COME THROUGH FOR A YEAR ONCE A MONTH AND FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT WE AT THE ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THINK IS THE BEST TREASURE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND SO THEY'LL COME THROUGH. WE'LL START WITH THE

043STATE OF THE SCHOOLS BREAKFAST. THAT'S WHY BOB CONIGLIARI IS HERE. THEY AGREED TO BE A SPONSOR SO WE CAN DO A STATE OF THE SCHOOLS ADDRESS THAT MANY DISTRICTS DO. ONCE AND FOR ALL, WE CAN START TO HAVE A GREAT WAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DISTRICT WHEN WE'RE NOT OUT ASKING FOR TAX REFERENDUM. A LOT OF THIS CAME FROM WORK WE DID ENGAGING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY DURING THE TAX REFERENDUM, BUT THIS SHOULD BE AN ALL THE TIME THING. WE'LL START OFF WITH THAT. WE WILL THEN TALK ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING, INNOVATION, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, OPERATIONS, LEADERSHIP, AND GRADUATION. SO EACH DAY WE'LL HAVE A SPECIFIC THEME. THEY'LL COME ONCE A MONTH. THEY'LL LEARN ABOUT THE BEST OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS, REALISTIC CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR

044SCHOOLS FACE AND WHAT WE NEED FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE. BUT WE'RE HOPING TO TURN OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. NOW YOU'RE COVERING MY FACE, PLAYING ME OFF. COVERING MY FACE. I'M FEELING THE LOVE. I'M JUST SAYING. OKAY. I DON'T LIKE BEING ON TV. KEEP THE BOOK UP THERE. [ LAUGHTER ] SO WE REALLY WANT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DID AN AMAZING JOB LAST YEAR WHEN HE WENT OUT TO TALK ABOUT THE TAX REFERENDUM OF MAKING SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY COMPLEX IN THE FLORIDA FUNDING MODEL AND OPERATIONS VERSUS CAPITAL OUTLAY UNDERSTANDABLE TO PEOPLE. AND I THINK THAT ONCE THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS, I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE GOT IT BECAUSE PEOPLE

045VOTED FOR IT. BUT WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND REALISTICALLY THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED BY EDUCATORS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THIS TICKET AND THE FACT THAT 99% OF THE TIME THEY RISE TO THAT CHALLENGE AND HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THROUGH THIS EFFORT THIS FIRST YEAR WILL BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT YEAR. WE'RE HOPING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY ENGAGED TO SOME DEGREE IN THE DISTRICT COME THROUGH WITH THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF ABOUT 30 WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND THEN WE'RE HOPING THAT THE ALUMNI RUN THE PROGRAM AND THAT THIS BECOMES SOMETHING THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ADOPTS. JUST SO THAT WE COVER THE FACT THAT I MET WITH MR. BUTLER AND THIS IS NOT AT ALL A COMPETING THING. WE SEE THIS ABSOLUTELY AS COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS AS PART OF

046A WAY TO ENGAGE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER. >>Christopher Farkas: I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MISSION, TALKS ABOUT EDUCATE, CONNECT AND INSPIRE THE FUTURE LEADERS IN TAMPA. I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT OUR PEOPLE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY IT WILL ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. WE ALREADY HAVE DAY CHAIRS WHO HAVE STARTED TO WORK ON THE PROGRAM. THIS IS SHOW AND TELL. A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T SEE. WHAT IT WILL TURN INTO, ADVOCATES FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SEE WHAT GOES ON EVERY DAY AND THE WONDERFUL WORK OUR TEACHERS DO WHO ARE ON THE FRONTLINES EVERY DAY AND GO BACK WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. THEY WILL BE THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS A LOT

047OF WORK DONE BEHIND THE SCENES BY THE TEAM. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MELISSA FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AS WELL. >> I WANT TO THANK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FARKAS AND LAUREN AND DAVID AND HIS OFFICE. WE ARE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY NONPROFIT THAT TRIES TO PARTNER ON BIG-VISION ITEMS WITH YOU GUYS, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM. DAVID AND LAUREN HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING SUPPORT AS WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART. IS THAT A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ TO APPROVE ITEM C 12.02. WE WILL BEGIN DISCUSSION WITH MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GOING TO DITTO WHAT I SAID EARLIER. THANK YOU TO MR. CONIGLIARI FOR PARTNERING AND THANK

048YOU TO MS. ERICKSON. SOME REPRESENTATION FROM ORANGE COUNTY AND FROM THE ALLIANCE. ORANGE COUNTY HAS DONE THIS AND DONE IT SUCCESSFULLY FOR TEN YEARS. I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO MODEL AFTER, AND SOMETHING TO ASK QUESTIONS FROM ANOTHER COUNTY THAT IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING DONE THIS VERY SUCCESSFULLY. SO THANK YOU TO MR. FARKAS' OFFICE AND TO YOU, MELISSA, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER GRAY. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU ALSO, BOB CONIGLIARI. AND MS. ERICKSON. MR. FARKAS, CAN I JUST HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION. WHEN MS. ERICKSON SAYS WE ARE HOPING, WHEN WE SAY "WE," WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE? >>Christopher Farkas: THE THREE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND DAVID VALDES IN MY OFFICE, THE ONES DOING A LOT OF WORK. THERE IS A DAY CHAIR

049FOR EACH ONE. INNOVATION, LARRY PLANK AND SCOTT BROOKS ARE PARTNERING TOGETHER TO DO THE AGENDA FOR THAT DAY AND PLAN THAT DAY OUT. WE ALREADY HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS TO DO IT. WE'RE VETTING THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET A LOT OUT OF THE DAY. THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE ULTIMATELY IS ME. MELISSA IS A BIG PART BEHIND THE SCENES AND DAVID AS WELL. THE REALITY IS WE ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND. AFTER THIS, THE 30 ALUMNI WILL BE THE ONES DOING THE INTERVIEWING, PLAN THE DAYS OUT AND BASED ON THE SUCCESSES THEY HAD IN THE FIRST YEAR. WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE US PROVIDING SUPPORT, BUT THE HEAVY LIFT IS ON THE FIRST YEAR. >>Lynn Gray: I CONGRATULATE YOUR EFFORTS IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE THERE AGAIN YOU'RE FINDING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO

050EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN IN THE REAL WORLD. SO THIS IS A GREAT EFFORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE YEAR. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. LET ME ALSO GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR, MAYBE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, AND IT WAS TOTALLY MIND-CHANGING, PERSPECTIVE-CHANGING, HOW I VIEW THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT AFTER I TOOK THAT CITIZENS ACADEMY. I CALLED THE SUPERINTENDENT SO EXCITED ABOUT IT, HEY, WE HAVE TO DO THIS IN HILLSBOROUGH IN THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE TO REALLY SHOW PEOPLE ABOUT THE DISTRICT. AND ALL OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE DISTRICT. AND THAT'S HOW WE GET PEOPLE ENGAGED. JUST LIKE THE MAYOR DOES THE MAYOR'S UNIVERSITY. I'M VERY EXCITED THAT IT HAS

051COME TO FRUITION, WHICHEVER WAY IT SHOOK OUT, I'M JUST GLAD WE'RE DOING IT. EDUCATION IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY THINK IT IS. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND REALLY SHOWCASE OUR GREATNESS AND HOW THEY CAN BENEFIT AND HOW THEY HELP AND HOW WE BENEFIT THEM AS WELL. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND I THINK IT WILL WORK WONDERFULLY. THANK YOU TO THE ALLIANCE, MR. CONIGLIARI, CASPERSON COMPANY, MR. FARKAS AND EVERYONE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE FIRST CLASS, THE FIRST COHORT. SO THANK YOU. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I JUST WANT TO ADD, THANK YOU, BOB, AND MELISSA. AND CHRIS AND HIS DEPARTMENT FOR KIND OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, AS MELISSA TALKED ABOUT, WHEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY,

052ONCE YOU HAVE A VERY AUTHENTIC MESSAGE AND THEY UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES YOU'RE FACING, THEY WANT TO ASSIST. JUST THE CEOs IN SCHOOLS AND EDUCATE HILLSBOROUGH IS A WAY THAT WE EXPAND THE VOICES AROUND EDUCATION. AND SOMETIMES WE AS EDUCATORS AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE SPEAK A LOT ABOUT THE ISSUES, AND WE SOMETIMES SOUND LIKE CHARLIE BROWN'S TEACHER TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ARE LITERALLY -- WE HAVE BEEN THE SOLE VOICE, BUT THESE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW YOU EXPAND THE VOICE, YOU CREATE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AND WELL-RESPECTED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE SAYING THE SAME THING ABOUT THE NEEDS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOT OF PEOPLE STAND UP AND WANT TO SUPPORT AND ULTIMATELY MAY EVEN IMPACT LEGISLATION OR OTHER THINGS THAT

053WE LIKE TO SEE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I WANT TO APPLAUD ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, FOR COMING AROUND THIS AND REALLY SUPPORTING IT, TO BUILD MORE OF THOSE ALLIES OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. >>Tamara Shamburger: ABSOLUTELY. LET ME JUST SAY ONE LAST THING, TOO, BECAUSE YOU MADE SOMETHING JOG IN MY MEMORY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START DISPELLING SOME OF THE MISTRUTHS WE HEAR ABOUT EDUCATION. WE ALLOW MAYBE THE MEDIA OR THE PUBLIC TO REALLY GIVE THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS. WHAT A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND LEARN FOR THEMSELVES EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS,

054IF YOU'RE READY, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER PEREZ. CONGRATULATIONS, IT IS UNANIMOUS. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUPERVISOR FOR TITLE I COMPLIANCE. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT JOESLE JOHNSON, CURRENTLY A TEACHER AT JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE SUPERVISOR OF TITLE I COMPLIANCE EFFECTIVE JULY 1st, 2019. MS. JOHNSON BEGAN HER CAREER IN PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS IN 2003 AS A MATH TRAINER. SHE ALSO SERVED AS A TITLE I SUPERVISOR IN ELEMENTARY MATH SUPERVISOR IN PINELLAS COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEFORE MAKING THE JUMP TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AT JAMES ELEMENTARY IN 2015, WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING. >>Tamara Shamburger: I NEED

055A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR SUPERVISOR OF TITLE I COMPLIANCE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. CONGRATULATIONS. IT IS UNANIMOUS. PLEASE STAND, MS. JOHNSON. [ APPLAUSE ] AND ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS THAT ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND. WELCOME TO THE TEAM. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS IN THE 4.02 C. MS. ANGLETTI IS A NEW PRINCIPAL. CONGRATULATIONS. PLEASE STAND SO YOU CAN BE RECOGNIZED. [ APPLAUSE ] WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE CHARLES ANDREWS, CURRENTLY THE SENIOR PLANNER FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO BECOME THE MANAGER OF PLANNING AND SITING. I BELIEVE CHARLES IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

056THERE HE IS. CONGRATULATIONS, CHARLES. [ APPLAUSE ] AMBER GAVE YOU A STANDING OVATION. I SAW THAT. WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN OUR DISTRICT. MR. DREW GARKEY, LETO HIGH. RICHARD MUNKWITZ, ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION AT KINLY. TERESA BODHI, TEACHER AT ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY TO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION AT MILES. AND JENNIFER MAY, CURRENTLY A READING COACH AT TURNER/BARTELS K-8 TO BECOME THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION AT TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE NEW APPOINTMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I KNOW THIS IS A GOOD TRANSITION. THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THE APPOINTMENTS, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO TRANSITION OUT, UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE SHOW. MADAM CHAIR, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 1.01, THIS IS TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

057WITH 3DE FLORIDA, LLC AND JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 3DE MODEL AT SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS. I'D LIKE TO INVITE LESLIE GRANICH, WHO WILL COME AND HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND STAFF. AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS PARTNERS, PERFECT TIMING TO FOLD RIGHT IN WITH THAT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU ANOTHER UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHICH COMES BEFORE YOU AS A RESULT OF A THREE-PART VENTURE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA AND A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, 3DE FLORIDA. SO WHAT IS 3DE? IT'S A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM CENTERED ON INTERDISCIPLINARY CASE STUDIES THAT WILL BE INFUSED INTO A STUDENT'S CORE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND OTHER ELECTIVE CURRICULA THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY LOCAL AND NATIONAL

058BUSINESS PARTNERS. CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL AND HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE THE INAUGURAL SITES FOR THIS INNOVATIVE 3DE MODEL. THIS PROGRAM ROLLED OUT IN GEORGIA IN THE FALL OF 2013, AND NOW IS EXPANDING TO FLORIDA IN HILLSBOROUGH, PALM BEACH, OSCEOLA, ORANGE, AND PINELLAS. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE THE FRONT-RUNNERS IN THAT PROCESS. STUDENTS WILL SPEND 75 TO 80 PERCENT OF THEIR DAY IN A DEDICATED 3DE CLASS IN A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL FORMAT. THE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN IN 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR WITH A NINTH GRADE CLASS OF APPROXIMATELY 150 STUDENTS PER SCHOOL AND WILL EXPAND YEARLY BY ONE ADDITIONAL CLASS. THE STUDENTS WILL OPT INTO THE PROGRAM AND WILL CONSIST OF THOSE ZONED TO THE SITES WITH THE ABILITY TO TRACK OTHERS BASED ON CHOICE, SPACE AVAILABILITY. SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED BY TWO DEDICATED EMPLOYEES

059FUNDED BY 3DE, A DIRECTOR, AND A PARTNERSHIP MANAGER, AND A DEDICATED SITE-BASED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL. EXPECTED OUTCOMES, IMPROVED GRADUATION RATES, ATTENDANCE, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, ACCELERATED PERFORMANCE, ALONG WITH STRENGTHENED COMPREHENSION AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL TO BUILD CAREER AND LIFELONG TRANSFERABLE SKILLS IN DIRECT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR DISTRICT'S VISION OF PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE HELPING MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY HAPPEN. JOINING US THIS EVENING ARE THE EXCITED 3DE PRINCIPALS. JAKE RUSSELL, PRINCIPAL OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. GARY BRADY, PRINCIPAL OF HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE GOING TO BE OUR FIRST TO VENTURE IN. [ APPLAUSE ] ALSO WITH US ARE REPRESENTING OUR AMAZING JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERS, RICHARD GEORGE, PRESIDENT OF J.A. TAMPA BAY. JOHN EPPS, VP OF CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, ALSO JA TAMPA BAY. AND ANA RYAN, DIRECTOR

060OF PROGRAMS ALSO WITH JA TAMPA BAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] PARKY ROGERS, 3DE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF LAUNCH AND EXPANSION WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US FROM GEORGIA, BUT WANTED TO BE SURE TO THANK HER FOR ALL HER HELP IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE OUR DISTRICT CROSS DIVISIONAL TEAM, CHRIS JARGO, DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. [ APPLAUSE ] KIM ARE MOO, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION. KIM MOORE, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION. [ APPLAUSE ] AND DENNIS HOLT, OUR SECONDARY ED SOCIAL STUDIES SUPERVISOR AND JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT LIAISON. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. GRANICH, FOR THAT HIGHLIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.01. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER

061SNIVELY, DO YOU HAVE DISCUSSION? OKAY. MEMBER GRAY AND THEN MEMBER STUART. >>Lynn Gray: JUST REAL QUICK. THANK YOU, MS. GRANICH. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR PUTTING THIS JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT INNOVATIVE PROJECT AHEAD, AND I'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF STUDYING ON THIS. IT IS SO EXCITING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE SOLUTIONS AND THE EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OF SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS, AND THAT JUST SHOWS THAT THE LEARNING CURVE IS GOING TO GO WAY UP, AND I KNOW, I TALKED TO MR. BRADY OF HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. HE'S SO EXCITED ABOUT HOW NOT ONLY THEIR EQUITY BUILT IN, BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS CAN APPLY, BUT THERE IS A DEFINITE AMOUNT OF WIN-WIN BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO GET INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION WHEN THEY GRADUATE. THEY ARE GOING TO BECOME STELLAR

062STUDENTS AND JUST CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR SOCIETY IN FLORIDA. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WAS DONE IN GEORGIA. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, IN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT THIS IS EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT 3D CLASSROOM SITUATION MAY BE. IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME AND ACT LIKE YOU'RE A CLASS FOR JUST A SECOND. DECEMBER 18, APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED STUDENTS FROM ATLANTA'S DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL SPENT THE DAY PRESENTING SOLUTIONS FOR THE INCREASING DEMAND TO RECYCLE CORRUGATED PACKAGING DURING A TIME IN WHICH E-COMMERCE IS GROWING AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. THINK ABOUT HOW OFTEN YOUR HOUSEHOLD SHOPS ONLINE AND FACTOR IN YOUR NEIGHBORS' ORDERS, NOW CONSIDER THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THE INCREASE OF ONLINE SHOPPING HAS LED TO A SURGE IN CORRUGATED BOXES SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE NEED FOR RECYCLING AWARENESS AND POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL RECYCLING SERVICES.

063SO THE CLASS IS BEING ASKED TO PRESENT SOLUTIONS TO THIS SITUATION. I MEAN, I GET EXCITED JUST THINKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE ASKING THESE KIDS TO RAISE THEIR BRAIN STANDARDS OR THEIR BRAIN THINKING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I THINK THERE'S RIGOR AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REWARDS, AND I THINK ALSO THE SCHOOL, MR. BRADY, AND MR. RUSSELL, THE GRADES WILL PROBABLY GO RIGHT ON UP BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER-LEVEL THINKING SKILLS. THANK YOU, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT. THANK YOU, 3D -- 3DE AND MS. GRANICH AND MR. SUPERINTENDENT FOR GIVING THIS A GREAT PUSH, THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THOSE SAME COMMENTS AND THANK JA TAMPA BAY AND GEORGE AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

064PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHEN WE CAME ON BOARD, WE HAD BIZ TOWN, NOW FINANCE PARK, NOW 3DE, AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO GROW THAT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS GOING TO BETTER POSITION OUR STUDENTS FOR THE WORKFORCE. AND I KNOW WHEN WE HAD OUR INITIAL MEETINGS THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT IT'S ULTIMATELY GOT TO BE ABOUT WORKFORCE PREPARATION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND HOW YOU HAVE REALLY INTERTWINED YOUR PROGRAMS TO MEET THAT PARTICULAR NEED. BECAUSE I SEE THE OTHER ISSUE ON THIS IS OUR STUDENTS, BY THE TIME WE CAN BEGIN TO BECOME JUNIORS AND SENIORS IN THESE PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE STARTED TO ENGAGE WITH OUR STUDENTS, THEY WILL ULTIMATELY BE THE FUTURE WORKFORCE FOR THE MAJOR COMPANIES. I THINK IT WILL BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE KIDS ULTIMATELY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU

065AGAIN, RICHARD AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF, FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR KIDS AND ULTIMATELY LISTENING TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND RESPONDING TO THAT THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PRINCIPALS RIGHT THERE THAT WILL KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH THIS PROGRAM FOR SURE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF THE PARTNERS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. [ APPLAUSE ] MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO INSURANCE. SO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE

066HEALTH INSURANCE RENEWAL. WE HAVE AN AMAZING PRESENTER, OUR GENERAL MANAGER FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. SHE WILL COME FORWARD TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROGRAM AND DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. EAKINS FOR THE SETUP. IT IS EXCITING TO COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE RENEWAL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR 2020 RENEWAL BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WORK ON THE CALENDAR YEAR, SO THAT WILL BE COMING UP SOON. BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE 2020 RENEWAL I WANTED TO REMIND US WHERE WE'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. IN 2017, OUR EMPLOYEES SAW A ZERO PERCENT INCREASE. IN 2018, THEY SAW A 3% INCREASE. AND IN 2019, IT WAS A 1.8% INCREASE. ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S 1.6% INCREASE OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH IS LIKE CRAZY LOW. VERY IMPRESSED AND WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT BUT WE ALL KNOW

067WITH OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE STATE THE WAY IT IS AND PRICES GOING THE WAY THEY ARE, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT. SO DESPITE OUR LOW INCREASES, THE ANNUAL TREND ACROSS THE NATION CONTINUES TO BE ABOUT 8% PER YEAR. SO WE'RE FORTUNATE WHEN WE DID OUR BID LAST TIME FOR HEALTH INSURANCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A RATE INCREASE CAP OF 7.56% FOR 2020. SO WHILE WE'RE SEEING MANY EMPLOYEES ENGAGE IN GO 365, THEY ARE REALLY PRIORITIZING THEIR HEALTH, IN 2018, WE STILL HAD SOME VERY LARGE MEDICAL CLAIMS AND ALSO VERY LARGE PRESCRIPTION COSTS. WITHOUT THAT RATE CAP OF 7.56%, WE WOULD LIKELY BE SEEING AN INCREASE OF 13.8% BASED OFF OF OUR EXPERIENCE. LARGE HEALTH CARE CLAIMS OR, AS SOME DISTRICTS CALL THEM, CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS, CAT CLAIMS, LEAD TO INCREASES IN PREMIUMS. I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH

068ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DUE TO THEIR CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS THEY ARE LOOKING AT AN 18% INCREASE IN 2020, AND THERE WAS A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT MARION COUNTY WHO AT THIS POINT IS LOOKING AT 19.6% INCREASE. IT REALLY IS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WE'VE HAD A ROUGH 2018. '19 IS LOOKING A LITTLE TOUGH AS WELL BUT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO GET THINGS DOWN. IN ADDITION, THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT REQUIRES WE PAY A HEALTH INSURER FEE. IT GETS WAIVED EVERY NOW AND THEN. AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE NOT WAIVED IT FOR 2020. IF IT IS NOT WAIVED, THAT FEE IS AN ADDITIONAL 2%. WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2020, IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES WITH THAT WAIVE OF FEE, A RENEWAL OF 9.54%. I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO LET YOU

069KNOW THAT OUR INSURANCE COMMITTEE REALLY WORKED TOGETHER TO TRY TO DO THE BEST THING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. HCT, HCEP, HASA, WE HAVE RETIRED FOLKS THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO ON OUR PLAN. OTHER DISTRICT FOLKS THERE ARE. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US THAT GIVEN THE INCREASE IN PREMIUMS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES NOT SEE PLAN DESIGN CHANGES THAT WOULD TAKE EVEN MORE MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKETS. LIKE WITH DEDUCTIBLES AND SUCH. SO THERE WAS A MINOR TWEAK ON THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN BECAUSE OF AN IRS REQUIREMENT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NO INCREASES IN DEDUCTIBLES OR COPAY FOR 2020. THE COVERAGE FIRST LOCAL PLAN CONTINUES TO BE A FREE PREMIUM PLAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES ONLY. WE HAVE ABOUT 60% OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. OVER 12,000 OF OUR EMPLOYEES WILL PAY NO

070PREMIUM FOR THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE IN 2020. BASED ON OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT, THE DISTRICT IS PROJECTED TO SPEND ALMOST $170 MILLION ON EMPLOYEE AND DEPENDENT HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IN 2020. BRINGING THAT TO YOU TODAY. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT IF I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO A QUICK SHOUT-OUT TO OUR HUMANA TEAM. BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE. ERIN DWYER AND RAY HADORSKI FROM HUMANA. THANK YOU. AND OUR HEALTH AND BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR, OR CONSULTANTS, LAURA PENLEY, ANGELA BURT AND RACHAEL JEWEL. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR YOUR HELP. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 4.06. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND I NEED A SECOND. SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. IS

071THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANKS, MS. SCHWARTZ, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND YOU'VE BROUGHT IT TO THE BOARD. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE INSURANCE AND DEFINITE TRANSPARENCY AS THIS IS CRITICALLY FOR MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES. WILL THE PREMIUMS CHANGE -- I KNOW YOU SAID THE PREMIUMS WILL CHANGE, BUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WILL THAT AFFECT? >> SO IT DEPENDS ON THE PLAN YOU CHOOSE AND WHETHER YOU HAVE DEPENDENTS. IF WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ONLY WHO IS ON THE COVERAGE FIRST LOCAL PLAN IT WILL BE NO IMPACT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL. COPAYS WILL NOT CHANGE. DEDUCTIBLES WILL NOT CHANGE. BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE FREE PREMIUM PLAN, THEY'LL HAVE ZERO DOLLARS COMING OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK. IT WOULD JUST

072DEPEND. SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES CHOOSE TO ELECT AN HMO PLAN WITH DIFFERENT DEDUCTIBLES. AND THEN WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DEPENDENTS. THEY WOULD SEE THE 9.56% INCREASE. >>Lynn Gray: BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING A BIG INCREASE, BUT WE'RE ALSO, AND THAT'S WITH GROUP INSURANCE, OF COURSE, BUT WE ALSO SEE IN THE SELF-INSURED, SUCH AS ORANGE COUNTY, THAT RATE INCREASE WENT UP TO 18%. SO PERHAPS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC JUST TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT MAKES RATE INCREASES GO UP? YOU SAID SICKNESSES AND MORE PEOPLE GETTING -- MORE PEOPLE GETTING ILL. WHAT MAKES INSURANCE GROW LIKE THIS IN SUCH A WIDE AMOUNT THIS YEAR? >> WELL, IT IS OUR EXPERIENCE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR ACTUAL CLAIMS. WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT YEARS, BUT WE'VE ALSO GONE OUT TO BID A FEW YEARS, WHICH REALLY CAPPED OUR INCREASES ARTIFICIALLY LOW.

073WE WATCH TV. EVERYTHING IS ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT THIS MEDICATION. WE KNOW THAT MEDICAL PRICES ARE CONTINUING TO GO UP. THAT'S REALLY WHAT CAUSES THINGS, LIKE PREMIUMS TO GO HIGHER BECAUSE IT'S TRULY ABOUT OUR CLAIMS. WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING OUR EMPLOYEES INVOLVED WITH WELL BEING AND WELLNESS AND ENGAGED WITH GO 365, WHICH IS AWESOME. ACTUALLY, WE SAW IN 2018 THAT PEOPLE ENGAGED AT SILVER OR HIGHER HAD A 19% DECREASE IN HEALTH CARE CLAIMS. SO THANK GOODNESS WE HAD THOSE FOLKS TO REALLY OFFSET THE LARGE CLAIMS. AND PEOPLE GET SICK, HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT US, BUT IT COULD BE US TOMORROW. SO WE UNDERSTAND WHEN PEOPLE GET SICK. WE JUST NEED THE OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE ABLE TO REALLY ENGAGE IN THAT WELLNESS TO TRY TO OFFSET THINGS. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

074I WILL DEFER TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO WANTS TO SPEAK. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 2% AND WHAT THAT COVERS? IS IT 2% OF THE $170 MILLION? WHAT IS THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT 2%? >> 2% OF TOTAL COST. SO YES, IT WOULD BE 3 TO $5 MILLION. I'D HAVE TO DO THE MATH. BUT IT'S UP THERE, 2%. 2.4. >>Melissa Snively: 2.4%. >> IT HAS VARIED. IT DEPENDS ON DIFFERENT TAXES AND SUCH. >>Melissa Snively: THAT'S NORMALLY WAIVED BUT NOT BEING WAIVED FOR 2020. >> WELL, IT WAS WAIVED CURRENTLY IN THIS YEAR. IT WAS NOT WAIVED LAST YEAR. WE JUST HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT 2020. WE HOPE IT WILL BE. IT KIND OF HAPPENS OVERNIGHT, AT LEAST WHEN WAIVED BEFORE, ALL

075OF A SUDDEN IT SHOWS UP, CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S BEEN WAIVED. BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYBODY MENTION IT. >>Melissa Snively: WHEN DO WE USUALLY FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS WAIVED? >> USUALLY AROUND NOW WHEN WE COME TO THE BOARD. TYPICALLY IN THE SUMMER WE HAVE THE ANSWER. I HOPE THAT RIGHT NOW THERE IS A SECRET MEETING HAPPENING AND THEY'LL COME BACK AND SAY IT'S BEEN WAIVED, BUT I'M WORRIED THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT, THAT THE 2% IS GOING TO REMAIN. >>Melissa Snively: IS THAT AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE? >> IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AND A FEE FOR BEING FULLY INSURED. >>Melissa Snively: GOT IT. UNDERSTAND. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I FORGOT ONE OTHER THING TO SAY. FROM 2018 TO 2019, DID WE SEE AN INCREASE IN THE GO 365

076OR EMPLOYEES INVOLVING THEMSELVES WITH PREVENTIVE CARE? >> WE ABSOLUTELY DID. WE REACHED OVER 40% PARTICIPATION AND OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS 50%. KNOWING THAT THEY ARE HAVING A GREAT IMPACT ON CLAIMS BEING REDUCED, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT UP. I KNOW FOLKS AROUND THE DAIS ARE REALLY EMBRACING THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOU PRACTICING WHAT YOU PREACH. WE ARE SEEING INCREASES IN IMPROVEMENTS. >>Lynn Gray: I'M GOING TO SAY YOU DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB, YOUR TEAM WITH GO 365, I HOPE THE EMPLOYEES MAKE IT THEIR GOALS, EVERY ONE OF THEM, TO GET THEIR EXAMS AND THEIR PREVENTIVE CARE BECAUSE IT MAKES SUCH A CRITICAL DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVELIHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR STAFF. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BUT I KNOW

077WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERSATION AROUND THIS AT A WORKSHOP. I THINK FROM NOW FORWARD, WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND THIS. OUR EMPLOYEES CANNOT WITHSTAND 8.5% INCREASE ON THE PAY SCALE THAT THEY ARE ON. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. WE GO FROM ONE YEAR WITH A 2 OR 3 PERCENT INCREASE TO THEN AN 8.5 INCREASE. AND ON A FAMILY, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO -- I KNOW IF MR. CONA WERE HERE, HE WOULD PROBABLY SAY THE SAME THING I WOULD. PROBABLY MORE ELOQUENT OR MORE FORCEFUL, BUT I KNOW HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT FINDING SOME OTHER AVENUE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AROUND THIS THAT IS A LITTLE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE. HEALTH INSURANCE IS EXPENSIVE TODAY. IT IS EXPENSIVE NOT ONLY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL BUT FOR A FAMILY. UNFORTUNATELY,

078IN THE WORK WE DO, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE EMPLOYING ARE EXPERIENCING CLAIMS AND HIGH CLAIMS. AND SO OUR CLAIMS EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT FOLLOWS US, AND I KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE, BUT I REALLY THINK WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. BECAUSE THE LATTER SIDE OF THAT IS PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE NOT TO BE INSURED OR THEY'LL CHOOSE NOT TO INSURE THEIR FAMILIES, AND THAT CREATES AN EVEN GREATER FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ON OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ALREADY SOME OF THEM STRUGGLING. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT -- BEFORE WE GET TO OUR NEW RENEWAL NEXT YEAR THIS TIME, HAVING HOPEFULLY A VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. SO THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER STUART. I AGREE WITH THOSE REMARKS, CERTAINLY, BUT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF

079THE FACT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. LIKE YOU SAID, SOME COUNTIES EXPERIENCE 16% INCREASES. THAT'S ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH. ALTHOUGH 8% IS A BIG AMOUNT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN AT LEAST GETTING IT TO THAT AMOUNT AND NOT ON THE HIGHER END. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU DR. SCHWARTZBERG. 6.09, TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR PERIOD ENDED MAY 31, 2019. MS. SAUNDERS, OUR CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Gretchen Saunders: THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO OUR TEACH, STEPHANIE HEATEN -- STEVE BRADY, CHRIS HOLMES, AND KATHY. PULLING TOGETHER THIS INFORMATION IS ENDING MAY 31st, 2019. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN

080UPDATE, BEFORE I GIVE YOU THE FINANCIAL PICTURE, OUR AUDITORS, KPMG, THEY ARE IN THE HOUSE. THEY ARE CONDUCTING OUR FINANCIAL REVIEW. THE TECHNOLOGY AUDIT AND SOON TO BE ARRIVING IS THE AUDITOR GENERAL FOR FTE AUDIT. IF YOU REMEMBER, THOSE ARE THE CHEEKS IN THE SEATS FROM THIS YEAR. WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THAT. WE HAVE LIBBY TOOTEN AND MANUEL IPPOLITO AND HIS TEAM GOING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS TO PREPARE THEM. BUT JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP, THESE ARE SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU EVERY MONTH ON OUR FINANCIALS, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE EDUCATE HILLSBOROUGH. SO WHEN WE COME -- WHEN OUR GROUP WITH CHRIS FARKAS AND MARIE WHELAN, MYSELF, TRANSPORTATION, A COUPLE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TO OUR PUBLIC OR OUR TEAM THAT WE'RE

081TRAINING FOR THAT CLASS. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS, THE FIRST PART OF IT IS THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND THAT REALLY TELLS THE STORY OF WHERE OUR DOLLARS ARE COMING IN, WHETHER FEDERAL MONEY, STATE OR LOCAL. AND THEN AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS. DOWN TO THE OBJECT LEVEL. THAT IS THE LOWEST LEVEL OF REPORTING, THE MOST DETAIL. THE SECOND PART OF THE PACKAGE IS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL POSITION. AND TO DATE, OR AS OF MAY 31st, WE HAD RECEIVED 92% OF OUR REVENUES, AND 87% OF OUR EXPENDITURES HAD BEEN PAID OUT. WE'RE GOING TO POP UP THE SLIDES WE HAVE FOR THE FUND BALANCE. SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THIS IS FOR THE 17-18 FISCAL YEAR. YOU CAN SEE OUR GRAPH THAT SHOWS THE WHOLE DEPICTION FROM JULY THROUGH JUNE. THE

082NEXT ONE IS WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY, AND WE HAVE A $99 MILLION FUND BALANCE GOING INTO THIS MONTH, JUNE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE OVERLAY OF BOTH COMPARISONS, SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD WHERE WE ARE LAST YEAR, LAST MAY. REMEMBER, AS OF JUNE 30th, WHEN THE ACTUAL FISCAL YEAR ENDS, THAT'S WHEN OUR WORK REALLY BEGINS IN GETTING THE FINANCIALS AND THE LEDGERS CLOSED. THE LAST ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO READ, IF YOU GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT THE AGENDA ITEM, YOU CAN SEE OUR BALANCE SHEET. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I'LL POINT OUT ON OUR BALANCE SHEET. A COUPLE OF BIG NUMBERS UNDER THE ASSETS SIDE, 127.6 MILLION UNDER CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS. AND THAT'S OUR CASH ON HAND.

083THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO SHORT-TERM COMMITMENTS THAT ARE EASILY CONVERTIBLE TO CASH, SUCH AS OUR PETTY CASH AND THE ATHLETIC CHANGE FUND, DEMAND DEPOSITS AT THE PUBLIC, LIKE AT WELLS FARGO, AND THE CREDIT UNION, AND THEN UNDER OUR INVESTMENTS, WE'RE SHOWING $128.4 MILLION. AND THOSE ARE OUR DISTRICT DEPOSITS THAT ARE INVESTED REALLY IN THE SBA, STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION, OR OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, BIG-TICKET ITEM UNDER ASSETS ARE WHAT TO DO FROM THE OTHER FUNDS. SO THE WAY OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM WORKS, ALL OF OUR EXPENSES ARE PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THE OTHER FUNDS REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PAYMENTS. THAT'S 6.4 MILLION. ON THE LIABILITY SIDE, WHAT'S OUT THERE, WE HAVE DUE TO OTHER AGENCIES, IT'S ABOUT 10.2 MILLION ON THE

084BOOKS, AND THAT REPRESENTS WHAT WE OWE TO PLACES SUCH AS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE STATE -- STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE TEACHER CERTIFICATION, FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE IRS OR ANY GARNISHMENTS OR LEVIES WE OWE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. UNDER DUE TO OTHER FUNDS FOR INVESTMENTS, THIS IS $128 MILLION. THESE ARE DOLLARS WE HAVE HELD IN THE FLORIDA PRIME OR OTHER FUNDS FOR THE SCHOOLS AND OUR SPECIAL REVENUE, OUR FOOD SERVICE, ANY OF THOSE OTHERS. IN OUR LAST LITTLE BIT, WE DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR BUT I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UP-TO-DATE ON SALES TAX REFERENDUM DOLLARS. TO DATE, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE COLLECTED 39 -- ROUGHLY $39.9 MILLION FROM JANUARY 1st UNTIL NOW. LIKE I SAID, WE JUST BROUGHT IN 9.3 MILLION TODAY. WE HAVE PAID OUT 7.8 MILLION IN

085EXPENSES. AND THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE TOUCHING RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE REFERENDUM DOLLARS, JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW, ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL, BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, CLARK ELEMENTARY, COLLISON, CLEVELAND, DICKENSON, DOWDELL, DUNBAR, DURANT, FOLSOM, GAITHER, GRAHAM, HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, HUNTERS GREEN, JACKSON ELEMENTARY, KNIGHTS, LINCOLN, AND JUST MANY, MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE BEING TOUCHED BY THE SALES TAX REFERENDUM DOLLARS. AGAIN, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO PASSING THIS FOR US, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO THIS FOR OUR SCHOOLS WITHOUT THEIR HELP. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. SAUNDERS. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.09. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR.

086AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU. ITEM 6.10 WILL BE OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF COUNTDOWN AND BLAST FOUNDATIONS MATERIALS FROM REALLY GREAT READING COMPANY LLC. MS. KEENEN OUR READING SUPERVISOR AND TINA WILL COME FORWARD TO DO THIS HIGHLIGHT. WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, AND STAFF. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THE BOARD AGENDA ITEM BEFORE YOU. WE'RE REQUESTING THE APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE REAL GREAT READING PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND PHONICS PROGRAM. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS A RESULT OF THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM A JOINT COLLABORATIVE PILOT BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION. DECADES OF RESEARCH SHOW US THAT THE TWO CRITICAL FOUNDATIONAL READING STILLS ARE PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND PHONICS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF DIFFICULTIES AND

087DISABILITIES IN READING ARE A RESULT OF DEFICITS IN THESE TWO AREAS. RESEARCH ALSO TELLS US THAT EXPLICIT FUNCTION IN PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND PHONICS CAN PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITY BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF INTENTIONAL INSTRUCTION REWIRES PATHWAYS IN THE BRAIN. AND FOR CHILDREN WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, THIS TYPE OF INSTRUCTION IS CRITICAL BECAUSE IT CAN MITIGATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF A LEARNING DISABILITY. >> THE REALLY GREAT READING SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM INTENTIONALLY ADDRESSES THESE AREAS OF READING DEVELOPMENT WITH ENGAGING, HANDS-ON, SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION THAT BUILDS IMMEDIATE SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE SO PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE PILOTED THESE PROGRAMS IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AT CLAIR-MEL AND THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TWO OF OUR ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL SITES. THE TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROGRAMS SHARED THAT THE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED MARKED IMPROVEMENTS. THIS WAS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THEIR iREADY TEST DATA. THE TEACHERS ALSO

088NOTED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO APPLY THESE STRATEGIES TAUGHT IN THE REALLY GREAT READING PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE STUDENTS' INSTRUCTIONAL DAY, PROVIDING INTENSELY MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO PRACTICE THESE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS TO LEAD TO GREATER READING OUTCOMES. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT HIGHLIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.10. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: AND I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, LET'S JUST SAY, ONCE UPON A TIME, WE USED TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS. WE KNOW BEFORE THE STUDENTS CAN LEARN TO READ PRINT, THEY HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE WORDS. AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S

089GOING ON. WE'RE REALLY STARTING AT THE VERY, VERY, VERY BEGINNING, BUT ISN'T THAT WHERE WE NEED TO GO? MY QUESTION IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER THIS NOW. IF NOT, PLEASE DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR PURCHASING AND TRAINING OF OUR TEACHERS TO CARRY ON BEYOND THE PILOT AS IT RELATES TO OUR ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS? JUST CURIOUS ON THIS ONE. >> SO WE HAVE RESERVED TRAINING DATES AT THE END OF AUGUST FOR ALL OF THE KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS. OUR HOPE IS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM AFTER THE TRAINING AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER FOR THE SCHOOL SITES. SO WE SAW SUCH TREMENDOUS RESULTS, PARTICULARLY AT CLAIR-MEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE URGENT AND SPEEDY WITH OUR

090IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM AND THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL SITES ARE ALSO VERY EXCITED. THEY HAVE BEEN SHARING WITH EACH OTHER HOW WELL IT WORKED, AND THEY ARE VERY EXCITED TO IMPLEMENT THIS FOR THEIR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STUDENTS. >>Lynn Gray: DO WE HAVE ANY RESULTS FROM THE TWO SCHOOLS, CLAIR-MEL, THONOTOSASSA? >> YES. WE DID AN EXTENSIVE STUDY LOOKING AT HOW THOSE CHILDREN RESPONDED AND ALL THREE ADMINISTRATIONS OF iREADY, LOOKING PARTICULARLY AT THE STUDENTS PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS DOMAIN AS WELL AS THEIR PHONICS DOMAIN, AND I THINK THAT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. WE PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER FOR MS. COOK. >>Lynn Gray: YOU DO SEE POSITIVE. >> WITHOUT A DOUBT. WE WOULD NOT PROCEED IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE DATA THAT SUPPORTED THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE SAW THE INCREASED LEARNING OUTCOMES IN THOSE DEMOCRACY. >>Lynn Gray: I JUST

091THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND THE LOVE OF LEARNING THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN OUR CHILDREN. CERTAINLY THEY NEED THE VERY BASICS. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR THAT PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION. I'LL DIRECT MY QUESTION ACTUALLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LITERACY AUDIT. I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BUY ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL WE WERE DONE WITH THE LITERACY AUDIT. HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND ON THE LITERACY AUDIT? >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THE AUDIT. THEY ARE LOOKING AT ALL K-5 MATERIALS, ASSESSMENTS, THE ENTIRE GAMUT. WE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WE DO THAT AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH NETWORKING WITH OUR

092FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THAT PARTICULAR AUDIT, THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT WE ARE GETTING RESULTS, THAT WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER. THESE FOUNDATIONAL NEEDS IN OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS ARE CRITICAL. THE TEAM GOING THROUGH OUR AUDIT WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE CREDENCE TO THE FACT THAT THESE ARE MATERIALS THAT WOULD ONLY ENHANCE THE OVERALL -- >>Melissa Snively: AS A BOARD MEMBER, JUST BECAUSE OF THE FISCAL STEWARDSHIP NATURE OF OUR POSITION, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE THE PILOTED INFORMATION IN OUR BOARD PACKET, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE, UNLESS I MISSED IT. I SAW THE SUPPORT MATERIALS WHERE JUST THE PROPOSAL. THERE WAS NOT ANY DATA FROM THE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE IT WAS PILOTED. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL, AS WELL AS A LETTER FROM THE AUDITOR, FROM THE LITERACY AUDITOR

093TO SAY THAT THEY SUPPORT IMPLEMENTING THIS TYPE OF CURRICULUM DURING AN AUDIT PROCESS. I'M A LITTLE HESITANT SPENDING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON DOING THIS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AUDIT. AND ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THAT EVEN BEFORE THE AUDIT RESULTS COME OUT? I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS, THAT WE NEED TO HELP THEM MEET WITH LITERACY. I JUST GET NERVOUS SPENDING HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF MONEY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AUDIT PROCESS. JUST BEING HONEST. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I TOTALLY RESPECT THAT. WE BALANCE THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS AND WE WOULD GIVE THAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK TO OUR AUDITOR BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD AND PURCHASE MATERIALS LIKE THIS TO KNOW THAT THESE AREN'T THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LACKING, THAT ULTIMATELY WHEN THEY COME IN

094-- ALL THE MATERIALS THAT ULTIMATELY WE WILL MOVE TO OR NOT MOVE TO BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, STANDARDS REVIEWS HAPPENING CURRENTLY AT THE STATE LEVEL. THIS WILL SET THOSE STUDENTS UP FOR SUCCESS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR STANDARDS. THAT'S WHY I THINK THE FOUNDATIONAL PIECE IS SO CRITICAL. THIS IS WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LACKING AND SO EVIDENT IN SOME OF OUR KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENTS. >>Melissa Snively: EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT, I WOULD STILL LIKE THE INFORMATION FROM THE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I WOULD STILL LIKE THAT DATA. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THERE'S SOME CURSORY INFORMATION IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. WE CAN GIVE A DETAILED REPORT. >>Melissa Snively: YES, A MORE DETAILED REPORT. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SUBSTANTIATE A PURCHASE OF THIS NATURE. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU.

095I WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT TO THE AUDIT AND I KNOW MS. COOK ISN'T HERE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WHEN WE APPROVED THE AUDIT WE TALKED ABOUT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE WELL OVER 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT. AND MAYBE THAT NEEDED TO BE PART OF THE BACKUP MATERIAL, THAT WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AUDIT, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED. SO MEMBER SNIVELY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SECOND A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE GET THE BACKUP MATERIALS, UNTIL WE CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THIS PLAYS INTO WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY AUDITING. >>Melissa Snively: I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TABLING THIS ALSO UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND EVEN SOMETHING FROM THE AUDITOR, ALTHOUGH I

096JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING -- WILL THERE STILL BE ENOUGH TIME TO IMPLEMENT IT BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS IF WE TABLE IT TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS JULY 16th. >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE BECOME PART OF A TIMELINE ISSUE. I KNOW THE TRAINING IS SCHEDULED FOR THE END OF AUGUST. >>Melissa Snively: OKAY. THE TRAINING IS ALREADY SCHEDULED. >> WELL, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED. >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE WILL MAKE SURE THE BOARD GETS -- WE WOULD HAVE MADE SURE YOU HAD A MORE DETAILED REPORTS HAD WE KNOWN BEFOREHAND BECAUSE THEY ARE READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE TO THE BOARD. >>Melissa Snively: I FEEL BETTER. MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE? MOVE TO TABLE. UNTIL JULY 16th BOARD MEETING WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO

097MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON THIS PURCHASE. >>Tamara Shamburger: BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE THIS ITEM C 6.10 UNTIL THE JULY 16th BOARD MEETING. MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY. SECOND BY MEMBER STUART. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON TABLING THIS ITEM UNTIL JULY 16th? DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS, ON THE MOTION? >>Jim Porter: THAT MOTION ON THE FLOOR TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THE MAIN MOTION. YOU WOULD NEED TO VOTE ON THAT. >>Tamara Shamburger: WE HAVE A QUEUE. MEMBER STUART, DO YOU HAVE -- OKAY. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T WANT TO DELAY ANY ACTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S. I THINK THIS IS FOR ALL OF STAFF TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN AUDIT AND WE TALK ABOUT IT TAKING A YEAR AND WE TALK ABOUT THE THINGS

098THAT THIS BOARD, WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN TALKING ABOUT THAT AUDIT AND THE THINGS YOU'LL NEED IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON PURCHASES. I THINK THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON STAFF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE US WHAT WE NEED OR AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHY YOU'RE DOING IT. I UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY. I DON'T WANT TO TABLE THIS MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE, BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING SPENT. WHEN WE SAY WE'RE AUDITING THE ENTIRE LITERACY PROGRAM, WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE PURCHASES, IT'S ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF US TO SAY WHY WE MADE THAT PURCHASE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AUDIT. FOR THE REST OF STAFF WHO IS LISTENING AND WATCHING, I JUST THINK IT'S

099IMPORTANT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE NEED THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >> THAT WILL BE EASY FOR US TO GET FOR YOU BECAUSE WE ALREADY PULLED ALL THAT TOGETHER. I'M SORRY YOU DID NOT HAVE THAT AT THE REVIEW TIME. >>Tamara Shamburger: MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I JUST REQUEST, IN PUTTING OUT MATERIALS TO THE BOARD AND MEETING ONE ON ONE WITH THE BOARD, WE ASK AT THOSE POINTS IN TIME, IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO YOU WITHIN 24 HOURS. WE'LL GET THE MATERIALS SO YOU CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. >>Melissa Snively: DOVETAILING ON WHAT THEY SAID, JUST KIND OF STAFF INFORMATION, ON THE EVALUATION PORTION OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WE GET AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOARD, THE COVER MEMO, ANYTIME THAT

100THERE'S DOLLARS INVOLVED, EVEN WHEN THERE'S NOT TIMES, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE DOLLARS INVOLVED IN A PURCHASE, IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE THAT AN EVALUATION LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. I'VE SAID THIS IN THE PAST. THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I HAD A RECENT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT EVALUATION PORTION SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THE EVALUATION THAT WE NEED HAS TO SUBSTANTIATE THE PURCHASE. IT CAN'T JUST BE A ONE-SENTENCE EVALUATION. WHAT INFORMATION DOES STAFF HAVE THAT SUBSTANTIATES SPENDING THE DOLLARS? THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THAT. AND SO IF I GO BACK TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND THEY SAY, WELL, WHAT INFORMATION DID YOU HAVE THAT ALLOWED YOU TO SPEND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, I CAN'T JUST SAY, WELL, THERE WAS A SENTENCE AT THE END OF THE MEMO AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID

101IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, SO I JUST WENT WITH THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SOMETIMES BECAUSE THERE IS A LEVEL OF TRUST THAT IS EXPECTED BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. HOWEVER, THE PUBLIC STILL NEEDS TO KNOW THE RATIONALE FOR THESE PURCHASES. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT TO THEM, THAT WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BOARD MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT WE NEED THE DATA BEFORE WE EXPEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. I KNOW YOU HAVE GOTTEN THAT MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. I'M LISTENING. WE ARE VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SPENDING MONEY. OF COURSE, WE ARE. AND THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY. WE'RE ALSO VERY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ABILITY FOR THESE CHILDREN TO READ.

102THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY. AND WHETHER WE LIKE TO USE THAT WORD OR NOT, I WILL USE IT MYSELF. I THINK WE HAVE A READING CRISES. THE ONLY MAYBE STOPGAP THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, AND SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, IF YOU CAN ANSWER, WHEN WE TABLE IT TO JULY 16th, THAT WILL NOT PREVENT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS INITIATIVE TO HAPPEN AS THEY HAD GIVEN US THE TIMELINE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE MATERIAL. WE'RE AT THE BEHEST OF WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE. SAY APPROVED ON JULY 16, ORDERING WILL HAVE TO COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DELIVERY TIME WILL BE FOR ALL THE PARTICULAR MATERIALS AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE POTENTIAL TRAINING DATES. THAT WOULD BE THE ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO JUST THE TIMELINE. >>Lynn Gray: WILL

103WE BE ABLE TO USE THIS COMING YEAR WITH THE DELAY OR NOT? >>Jeffrey Eakins: IF THE MATERIALS TAKE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR DELIVERY, WE'LL PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT NOT DOING THE AUGUST TRAINING. WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO MOVE IT INTO SEPTEMBER AND THEN THE MATERIALS PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE TO BE EXECUTED UNTIL MID TO LATER SEPTEMBER. >>Lynn Gray: I'M LISTENING AND BEING VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN AS WELL. I'M NOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT TABLING IT BECAUSE I'M PUTTING THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN AND THEIR READING EXPERIENCES FIRST AND FOREMOST. CERTAINLY, I APPRECIATE THE FISCAL AND THE LACK OF DATA, WHATEVER. BUT I JUST HEARD WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND NOT SIGN UP FOR THE TABLE BECAUSE I THINK THE URGENCY IS MORE FORMIDABLE. THE TABLING. >>Tamara

104Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH MEMBER GRAY ON THIS ONE IN THAT WE ALWAYS FIND OURSELVES IN THESE CONUNDRUMS, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO BE FISCAL STEWARDS AND FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND MAKING SURE WHEN SPENDING THIS TYPE OF MONEY IT IS SUPPORTED. WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. LAST BOARD MEETING, ABOUT THE EVALUATION AND WHAT SUPPORTS NEED TO BE PROVIDED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR PRIORITIES AND GETTING THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE GETTING THE PROPER EDUCATION SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF THE HOLE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN PERSISTENTLY AND PERPETUALLY. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT THEN TO TRY TO PUT ANYTHING ON HOLD WHEN OUR KIDS NEED SUPPORTS RIGHT AWAY. BUT AGAIN,

105THE CONUNDRUM, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AUDIT. FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I WILL RELY ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, SO I WON'T SUPPORT TABLING IT AT THIS POINT. BUT WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO NAVIGATE TO MAKE SURE BOARD MEMBERS AREN'T BACKED INTO A CORNER ON THINGS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL SITUATION BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AUDIT. IT'S GOING TO HURT IF IT COMES BACK AND SAYS THIS IS NOT WORKING WHEN WE'VE COMMITTED TO HALF MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION AND SO I TRUST THAT HE KNOWS THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WILL NOT SUPPORT TABLING IT AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE

106A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. PLEASE VOTE -- LET ME CLARIFY. THIS IS A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM C 6.10 UNTIL JULY THE 16th. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. THE MOTION FAILS WITH MEMBER SNIVELY THE ONLY ONE CONSENTING ON THE ITEM. >>Jim Porter: YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL MOTION BACK ON THE FLOOR. >>Tamara Shamburger: CORRECT. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION -- OH IT HAS ALREADY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY -- WHO MADE THE MOTION? >>Jim Porter: LYNN GRAY MADE THE MOTION. >>Tamara Shamburger: MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND SECOND BY MEMBER STUART TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.10. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM C 6.10? I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN IT ALL OUT. MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

107RECEIVE THE DATA ON THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. >> WE HAVE IT FOR YOU, SO THAT'S EASY TO DO. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.14, THIS IS TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE, INCORPORATED. GRACEPOINT FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION SERVICES FOR 2019/20. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT KIMBERLY WORKMAN, GENERAL DIRECTOR FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION COME UP FOR THE HIGHLIGHT. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HIGHLIGHT THE REQUEST TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH GRACEPOINT TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT

108FOUR OF OUR BEHAVIOR SUPPORT EXCEPTIONAL CENTERS. WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH GRACEPOINT TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS SINCE 1994. DURING THE 18-19 SCHOOL YEAR, GRACEPOINT STAFF, INCLUDING THREE FULL-TIME THERAPISTS AS A THERAPEUTIC MENTOR DELIVERED SUPPORTS TO 94 STUDENTS AT MENDEZ, CARVER, AND SOUTH COUNTY EXCEPTIONAL CENTERS. FOR THE 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR, AN ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME THERAPIST WILL BE ADDED TO SUPPORT SIMMONS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER. THE THERAPIST PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND GROUP THERAPY UP TO TWO HOURS A WEEK AS WELL AS IEP COUNSELING. SOME OF THE THERAPIES PROVIDED TO THE STUDENTS INCLUDE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, SOLUTION FOCUSED TECHNIQUES. THERE IS ALSO A FOCUS ON ANGER MANAGEMENT AND ANXIETY MANAGEMENT. BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, POSITIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, EDUCATIONAL GOAL SETTING, CRISIS INTERVENTION, AND COPING SKILLS. PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENTS, MENTAL STATUS EVALUATIONS, AND TREATMENT PLANS ARE COMPLETED BY THE THERAPISTS. GRACEPOINT PROVIDES

109THERAPEUTIC SERVICES AND FOCUSES ON CASE MANAGEMENT FOR THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS CONNECTING THE FAMILIES WITH EXTERNAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. GRACEPOINT ALSO PROVIDES ACCESS TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. THE GRACEPOINT STAFF IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SCHOOLS THEY SERVICE. THEY ATTEND PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES, IEP MEETINGS, STUDENT ONBOARDING, PROCESSES -- STUDENT ONBOARDING PROCESSES, FIELD TRIPS FOR THE STUDENTS AND ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES. THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORT TEAM. THEY PROVIDE INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MULTITIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT. AND THE PROGRAM'S SUPERVISOR IS PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM AT ALL OF THE CENTERS. SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH GRACEPOINT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MS. WORKMAN, FOR THAT HIGHLIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A

110SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.14. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.18. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2019/20 BUDGET. MS. SAUNDERS, OUR CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, WILL HIGHLIGHT IT. >>Gretchen Saunders: THANK YOU, SIR. SO WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE MOST EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR. WE ARE FINISHING UP ONE FISCAL YEAR AND BEGINNING OUR NEXT. SO AS WE START THE CLOCK TICKING AND RUNNING THE RACE FOR FISCAL YEAR 19-20, THIS CALENDAR REALLY PROVIDES A THREE-MONTH OVERVIEW, JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS, JULY 1st, EVERY PROPERTY APPRAISER OFFICE IN THE STATE, 67 SCHOOL DISTRICTS

111-- 67 DISTRICTS, COUNTY DISTRICTS, ARE GOING TO BE CERTIFYING THEIR TAXABLE VALUE. THEY ARE GOING TO SEND THAT TO TALLAHASSEE. WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO YOU ON JULY 16th THE TENTATIVE BUDGET BECAUSE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IS AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO IT'S GOT TO COME TO YOU FIRST TUESDAY, JULY 16, THE TENTATIVE BUDGET SUBMITTED TO YOU ALL. ALSO ON THE SAME DAY OR FEW DAYS POSSIBLY EARLIER, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MUST CERTIFY THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT OR RLE, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND THEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO US AS WHAT'S CALLED THE SECOND CALCULATION. ON FRIDAY, JULY 26th, WE ACTUALLY MAKE THE NEWSPAPER WITH OUR ADVERTISEMENTS SHOWING THE COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT OUR MILLAGE RATES WILL BE

112AND SPENDING NOT JUST OUR GENERAL FUND, ALL OF OUR CHECKBOOK FUNDS ON AND THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. ON TUESDAY, JULY 30th, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AT 5:01. AS A FOLLOW-UP ON SEPTEMBER 10th, IT'S OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN, BACK HERE AT 5:01 TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU ALL. AND WE HAVE TO TURN EVERYTHING IN BY SEPTEMBER 13th. SO WE'VE GOT A FAST, AND CRAZY UPCOMING THREE MONTHS TO GET YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MS. SAUNDERS. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.18. MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW

113GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.20. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES WITH FRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY FOR CONTINUED SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROJECT. I'D LIKE TO INVITE MS. JANET SPENCE, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP DIRECTOR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO WAS HERE THIS MORNING SPEAKING TO US. >> GOOD EVENING. MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE LAUNCHED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROJECT IN ALIGNMENT WITH CASTLES FIVE FOUR COMPETENCIES, SELF AWARENESS, SELF MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL AWARENESS, RELATIONSHIP SKILLS AND RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING. THIS AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICE COINCIDES WITH A THREE-YEAR RENEWAL FOR THE LIFE SKILLS TRAINING GRANT EFFECTIVE FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, AND EXTENDS OUR WORK WITH FRAMEWORKS TO EXPAND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SEL PROJECT. INCLUDES SERVICES TO ENHANCE IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH FIDELITY OBSERVATIONS,

114PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CONSULTATION, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING AND CURRICULUM RESOURCES IMPACTING 51 SCHOOLS AND OVER 35,000 STUDENTS. IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR AN INTENSIVE TIER SUPPORT AT TWO OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHICH WILL BE SELECTED THROUGH A READINESS ASSESSMENT. THE GOAL IS TO EQUIP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS FOR LIFE LONG SUCCESS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT HIGHLIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.20. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YOU HAVE DISCUSSION, MEMBER GRAY? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HIGHLIGHT. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO NOW AT THIS TIME KIND OF PUT 7.05 THROUGH 7.08 TOGETHER UNDER ONE

115APPROVAL. I'M GOING TO ASK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS FARKAS, HE'S GIVE US AN OVERVIEW. THESE ARE REFERENDUM-SPECIFIC PROJECTS. >>Christopher Farkas: THIS IS THE SECOND BATCH. WE GAVE YOU 11 OF THOSE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. THESE ARE THE NEXT ONES. I WANT TO REACH OUT AND MAKE SURE YOU KNEW WHICH SCHOOLS ARE AFFECTED. A COUPLE ARE BUNDLED PROJECTS. AIR-CONDITIONING AT ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL, DICKENSON ELEMENTARY, BURNETT, BEN NEATO, LITHIA AND WHARTON. THEY WILL PHASE OVER TWO SUMMERS BUT THE REST DONE THIS FALL. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO STAFF AND OPERATIONS THAT HAVE HAD TO STEP FORWARD USING TWO TO THREE PROJECTS. THIS SUMMER THEY HAVE 21. THIS YEAR IS A BUSY YEAR. THIS IS THE LAST SET OF GMP. AND THE PROCESS BEGINS AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU,

116MR. FARKAS, FOR KEEPING THE HALF-PENNY PROMISE. BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART TO APPROVE ITEMS C 7.05 THROUGH C 7.08. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: AND MR. FARKAS, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT TRANSPARENCY THAT YOU'RE GIVING, AND I THINK IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT THESE -- HOW DO YOU WANT TO SAY, WORK REPORTS UPDATES ARE MADE PUBLIC. NO MATTER HOW BUSY WE GET, I DEFINITELY CONCUR THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SHARING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENTS FROM THE REFERENDUM MONEY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING THIS THE BEST PRACTICE ON YOUR PART, MR. FARKAS. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, BUT I'D

117LIKE TO ASK FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE. I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD, HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING OUT WHAT WE ARE DOING BEYOND THIS BOARD MEETING. GREAT TO BRING IT TO US AS AN AGENDA ITEM. BUT HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, VIA WHETHER THE TAMPA BAY TIMES, RADIO, OR OUR OWN ADS? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT -- WE'VE SEEN WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET, SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNICATION PLAN AND HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY LETTING THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW THE DOLLARS THAT ARE COMING IN, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THEM, AND HOW IT IS THAT THEY WILL START TO SEE PROGRESS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. SEEING NO FURTHER

118DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU. 11.01 AND 11.03, THIS IS TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION SCHOOL BOARD LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REP AND ALTERNATE. 11.03 IS TO APPROVE THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO YOUR ATTORNEY, MR. PORTER. >>Jim Porter: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'LL RECALL AT YOUR BOARD RETREAT, YOU TENTATIVELY AGREED ON THE REPRESENTATIVES. AND THIS WILL MERELY CODIFY WHAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY AGREED TO. THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE, THE BOARD AGREED MS. STUART THE REPRESENTATIVE AND MS. SNIVELY THE ALTERNATE. IF THEY ARE STILL WILLING TO SERVE, UNLESS THERE IS A DISCUSSION, YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE MS. STUART AS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND MS. SNIVELY

119AS THE ALTERNATE. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER FOR THE HIGHLIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ TO APPROVE ITEM C 11.01, WHICH WILL BE MEMBER STUART AS FSBA LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE AND MEMBER SNIVELY AS THE ALTERNATIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. MR. PORTER. >>Jim Porter: THE NEXT ONE IS THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD. MS. SNIVELY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SERVING AS THE ALTERNATE. SUSAN VALDES HAD BEEN THE REPRESENTATIVE WHEN SHE RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD. MS. SNIVELY STEPPED IN AND HAS BEEN FULFILLING THE ROLE. DR. HAHN HAS AGREED TO BE THE ALTERNATE. YOU HAVE TO CODIFY THAT IF MS. SNIVELY IS WILLING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU.

120I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ TO APPROVE ITEM C 11.03 WHICH WILL MAKE MEMBER SNIVELY OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD AND MEMBER HAHN AS THE ALTERNATIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. MR. PORTER, THERE'S ALSO AN APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD THAT I BELIEVE HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. A GENTLEMAN NAMED RON DYSER. >>Jim Porter: HE'S BEEN THE CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I BELIEVE HE AGREED TO SERVE AGAIN. >>Melissa Snively: I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT REQUIRES A BOARD VOTE. >>Jim Porter: IT DOES REQUIRE A BOARD VOTE. THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WE'LL BRING IT TO THE -- >>Melissa Snively: I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WOULD BE BROUGHT UP TODAY. IS THERE A WAY

121TO INCLUDE THAT TODAY? I BELIEVE THE DEADLINE WAS JUNE 30th FOR THAT. >>Jim Porter: LET'S VOTE ON THE BOARD FIRST AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT HIM. >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER PEREZ, DO YOU HAVE COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Jim Porter: YOU CAN MAKE MOTION TO APPOINT RON DYSER AS THE CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD. >>Melissa Snively: SO MOVED. >>Tamara Shamburger: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE MR. RON DYSER -- -- DYSER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: JUST SO YOU KNOW WHO THIS GENTLEMAN IS, HE HAS SERVED ON THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD SEVERAL YEARS. PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN IN TAMPA. OWNS A PLUMBING COMPANY. A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE

122VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHO THIS GENTLEMAN IS. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. DYSER, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE. SO, AT THIS TIME, THAT NOW CONCLUDES ALL ITEMS ON THE NONCONSENT AGENDA. SO WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES BEFORE WE GO ON TO EMPLOYEE INPUT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT UP A COUPLE OF SLIDES. LET'S TALK ABOUT SUMMER TRAININGS. I SAW IN A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT MADE ME SMILE, IT SAID WHAT DOES DEDICATION LOOK LIKE AS A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TEACHER? IT WENT ON TO SAY ON A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAY TEACHERS WERE

123TAKING PART IN A TRAINING ON HOW TO CREATE DYNAMIC CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES GOING ON THIS SUMMER AND TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE FILLING UP THE COURSES, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENHANCE THE CRAFT AND MAKE IT THE BEST CLASSROOM SETTING FOR OUR STUDENTS. I WANT TO APPLAUD OUR TEACHERS ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THEIR DEDICATION OVER THE SUMMER FOR GREATER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. SPEAKING OF LEARNING, STUDENTS LEARNING, AND LEADING, OUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO HARD AT WORK THIS SUMMER CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND LEAD. MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL MEDICAL INNOVATION TEAM WON FIRST PLACE AT THE HOST INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. AND THE TEAM FROM TAMPA BAY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL WON THIRD PLACE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROJECT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS. AS SERGEANT SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL, AMAZING EXPERIENCE

124FOR STUDENTS FROM SMITH, MARTINEZ AND FARNELL AND CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY. WEST POINT CADETS AND PROFESSIONAL FROM WEST POINT CONDUCTED A S.T.E.M. WORKSHOP FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS. THEY LEARNED THE BASICS OF ELECTRICITY AND CIRCUITS. IT GAVE THEM INSIGHT INTO THE MACHINES THEY USE EVERY DAY AND SHOWS HOW THEY CAN USE THESE SKILLS AND TURN IT INTO THEIR FUTURE CAREER. GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A REFERENDUM UPDATE. OBVIOUSLY, MS. SAUNDERS HAS A MORE UPDATED FIGURE THAN I DO. I'M DOWN $9 MILLION ON MY FIGURE. WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION CREWS TACKLING EXTENSIVE WORK THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT OVERALL, REPLACE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AT 23 SCHOOLS AND REPLACE MORE THAN A DOZEN ROOFS. TOTAL OF 32 LOCAL COMPANIES, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ARE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT'S OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND SCHOOLS TO GET THESE PROJECTS COMPLETE BY THE BEGINNING OF

125THE SCHOOL YEAR. AS OF MID JUNE, THE HALF PENNY SALES TAX HAS NOW RISEN TO $39 MILLION OVER THE 31 MILLION I HAVE UP ON THE SLIDE. STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST HAPPENINGS WITH REFERENDUM PROJECTS, PLEASE VISIT HillsboroughSchools.org/CITIZEN S OVERSIGHT. AND WE WILL BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK THAT MS. STUART HAD TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE THERE IS A KIND OF DRUM BEAT OF CAMPAIGN BOTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH OUR PTAs, THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS, OUR SIGNAGE THAT HILLSBOROUGH FOUNDATION PUTS UP AT EVERY SITE THAT HAS THE PROJECTS GOING ON. WE'LL CONTINUE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THAT COMMUNICATION IS BEING COMMUNICATED OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TALKING ABOUT BACK-TO-SCHOOL INFORMATION, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF SUMMERTIME LEFT AND OUR STUDENTS DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL JUST YET BUT MANY

126PARENTS ARE THINKING AHEAD. THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE SENDING A POSTCARD OUT TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES WITH LINKS TO IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING WHERE TO FIND YOUR CHILD'S BUS STOP, APPLY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHES AND WHAT IMMUNIZATIONS YOUR CHILD MAY NEED BEFORE COMING TO SCHOOL. THE POSTCARDS CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF JULY. OBVIOUSLY, THE PowerPoint DIDN'T INCLUDE THE SLIDES THAT I WANTED TO INCLUDE FOR THE TEACHER -- OH, THERE THEY ARE. FIRST, WE LAUNCHED, REWARDS PROGRAM AROUND TEACHER RECRUITMENT. THIS IS FOR EXISTING DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WHO REFER THEIR FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT. IF WE HIRE THE CANDIDATE AS A TEACHER, THE EXISTING EMPLOYEE IS SENT $100. PRETTY NICE. LAUNCHED TWO WEEKS AGO. WE SENT THIS OUT AS AUTO OPENER AND GETTING THE WORD OUT IN OTHER WAYS.

127MAJOR CHANGES IN HIRING TO STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME AS WEIGH FACE A NATIONWIDE TEACHER SHORT -- AS WE FACE A NATIONWIDE TEACHER SHORTAGE. WE LOOKED AT OUR TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THIS BOARD MADE TEACHER RECRUITMENT ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES. WE CAME BACK TO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO ATTRACT GREAT TALENT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE ARE AMONG THE BEST DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY AND WE SHOULD BE A DESTINATION FOR TEACHERS LOOKING -- IN THE COUNTRY AND WE SHOULD BE A DESTINATION FOR TEACHERS LOOKING. THROUGH THE TEACHER AND SCHOOL LEADER GRANT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THE ADVISORY GROUP. WITH THEIR SUPPORT, WE STARTED TO PULL TOGETHER A PLAN THAT WE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS BOARD. WE BROUGHT TOGETHER A CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM

128TO WORK THROUGH THIS ISSUE, NOT JUST HR, BUT COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE AND LEADERSHIP -- FINANCE, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SO WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAY TO ATTRACT AND HIRE TALENT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING AND REALLY EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS WE'VE BEEN GETTING. THERE'S A LOT HERE FOR YOU TO SEE AND I'LL FOCUS ON A FEW POINTS. FIRST OF ALL, IN OUR ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS, WE HAD THE MOU THAT WE AGREED WITH OUR TEACHERS UNION, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THIS ADDED RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND COMPENSATION TO HELP ATTRACT OUR MORE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS TO ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS. AS OF NOW, WE HAVE INCREASED IN TRANSFERS OVER LAST YEAR WHICH HAS INDICATED THIS IS WORKING. ROLE OF SPECIALIST AND HR PARTNER TO HELP TEACHERS PLAN FOR TURNOVER AND HELP

129VETERAN APPLICANTS. AS A RESULT, PRINCIPALS ARE NOTICING AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CALIBER OF APPLICANTS. WE HAVE GREATLY EXPANDED OUR MARKETING EFFORTS. WE'VE BEEN VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT IT. OUR HR TEAM ATTENDING CAREER FAIRS IN PERSON AND ONLINE FOCUSING ON THE ONES WITH THE BEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WE HELD OUR OWN JOB FAIR WITH A HUGE TURNOUT OF ABOUT 625 PEOPLE. 200 OF THEM WERE TEACHER CANDIDATES. LAUNCHED A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER DESIGNED TO GET INTERESTED CANDIDATES MORE ENGAGED WITH DISTRICT AND STATE TOP OF MIND. 72% OF PEOPLE OPENED THE NEWSLETTER AND READ IT COMPARED TO 26% OF A TYPICAL NEWSLETTER IN THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR RESULTS. AS OF JUNE -- FIRST OF ALL, THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE HIRING OF INTERNS WHO COMPLETED FINAL INTERNSHIPS IN

130THE DISTRICT THIS SPRING, AS OF JUNE 21st, WE HAVE 600 NEW CANDIDATES, TEACHER HIRES IN OUR DISTRICT. 32% OF THESE HIRES ARE IN ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS. EVEN THOUGH ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS MAKE UP 21% OF OUR SCHOOL SITE. THAT IS DEFINITELY A STRONG TREND. BECAUSE WE ARE AIMING TO HAVE ALL TEACHING POSITIONS FILLED THIS SUMMER, KNOWING WE PROCESSED 450 MORE CANDIDATES THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THAT'S A VERY GOOD SIGN THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING. I WANT TO APPLAUD OUR HR TEAM AND EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS, AND I KNOW OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND MARKETING TEAM HAVE BEEN REAL STRONG PARTNERS IN THIS WORK. ULTIMATELY A GREAT TEACHER IN FRONT OF EVERY STUDENT WILL CHANGE THE DYNAMIC FOR LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM SO WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL REAP THE BENEFITS. THE FINAL THING I HAVE

131WITH REGARDS TO MY COMMENTS, EARLIER TODAY AT THE WORKSHOP, I BROUGHT TO THE BOARD JUST THE CLOSEOUT MEMORANDUM AROUND THE SUSPENDED AGENDA ITEMS WE FEEL LIKE HAVE RUN THEIR COURSE. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A POTENTIAL MOTION. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. SO, BOARD MEMBERS, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED, YOU RECEIVED HIS LIST OF RECOMMENDED ITEMS TO REMOVE FROM THE SUSPENDED AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE ITEMS NUMBERS 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, AND 12 FROM THE SUSPENDED AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER STUART. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO

132MUCH, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. AT THIS TIME, IT IS NOW EXACTLY 6 P.M. TIMED THAT SO PERFECTLY, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. IT IS TIME FOR OUR EMPLOYEE INPUT. 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'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 3:30 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOARD 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 ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT

133TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON THEIR MINDS. 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 JOBS IN THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES SIGNED UP FOR EMPLOYEE INPUT THIS EVENING. WE WILL BEGIN WITH MICHELLE HAMLIN FOLLOWED BY MR. RYAN HAD A ZINN SKI. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MR. HAZINSKI, IF YOU COULD KIND OF GET ON DECK A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE IS AN ISSUE FOR ALL SCHOOLS, NOT JUST TITLE ONE ACHIEVEMENT AND RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS. HAVING WORKED IN A TITLE ONE SCHOOL IN ILLINOIS, I COULD COMPLETELY APPRECIATE AND RELATE TO BIANCA

134GOLDSBY'S LETTER OF RESIGNATION. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE PICTURE OF SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ACROSS SDHC IS THOROUGH. I NOW WORK IN THE OTHER KIND OF SCHOOL, THE ONE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS HIGH. THE ONE WHERE TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO TEACH MOST OF THE PERIOD AND DISRUPTIONS ARE FEW. THIS IS IN NO WAY MEANT TO DIMINISH OR DISPUTE THE DIFFICULTIES AT THE OTHER SCHOOLS. THEY ARE VERY REAL AND VERY DIRE. I'M JUST PROVIDING A VOICE TO MY COLLEAGUES IN SCHOOLS WHERE WE REPEATEDLY HEAR NOTHING BAD HAPPENS AT THAT SCHOOL. IT'S WILSON, IT'S COLLMAN, IT'S MARTINEZ. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL WHO HAVE AMASSED MORE THAN 50 REFERRALS DURING THEIR ENROLLMENT. TWO STUDENTS WHO HAVE HELD OTHER STUDENTS'

135LEARNING HOSTAGE, TWO STUDENTS WHO MONOPOLIZED ADMINISTRATIVE COUNSELING -- MONOPOLIZED ADMINISTRATIVE COUNSELING. TWO STUDENTS NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. NO CHANGE OF PLACEMENT DUE TO A LACK OF DOCUMENTATION PER THE AREA OFFICE. NO ADMINISTRATIVE CENSURE FOR THE AP ALLOWING THOSE TWO STUDENTS TO GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING FROM EXCESSIVE TARDIES TO TITLE IX TRANSGRESSIONS TO EXCESSIVE BULLYING. THAT RESULTED IN COURT ACTION. YOU WOULD THINK COURT ACTION WOULD BE SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION, BUT, NO, NO. NEITHER WOULD THE 50 REFERRALS. NO HELP FOR THOSE TEACHERS WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR EDUCATING NOT JUST THOSE TWO STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THE OTHER 20 SOME STUDENTS IN THE ROOM. WORST OF ALL, NO HELP FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAD TO DEAL WITH THOSE TWO STUDENTS AND THEIR CHRONIC, PERVASIVE, UNFETTERED ALLOWED BEHAVIORS. THE MESSAGE TO THE OTHER STUDENTS WAS LOUD AND CLEAR. THESE

136TWO STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO BEHAVE IN WAYS THAT ARE UNWELCOME, INAPPROPRIATE, UNACCEPTABLE AND PREVENT YOU FROM LEARNING. AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. AND YET, AS A VETERAN OF 19 YEARS, I KNOW THAT STUDENTS WHO PERFORM THE BEST, NOT JUST IN MY CLASSROOM BUT ALSO IN LIFE, ARE THOSE THAT UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LIMITS, AND THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE INCLUDE TEACHERS IN ALL THE DISCUSSIONS, DISCIPLINE, TEXTBOOK ADOPTION, EVERYTHING. WE LIVE IT. WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED. YOU NEED OUR EXPERTISE. PLEASE USE IT. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MS. HAMLIN. MR. HAZINSKI, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WELCOME AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND TALK BIG PICTURE HERE. TOMORROW IS THE 21st ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN I MOVED TO HILLSBOROUGH

137COUNTY. I LOVE THIS PLACE. I MET MY WIFE HERE. I WENT TO USF. I'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR 15 YEARS. I KNOW SOMETIMES I COME TO THIS BOARD -- WELL, PROBABLY ALMOST ALL THE TIME, WITH SOME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS BUT I FEEL IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO BE THE CONDUIT FOR THINGS THAT TEACHERS THINK BUT DON'T SAY. I'M TRYING TO BE THAT VOICE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT 17 YEARS AGO, MY FIRST YEAR IN GRADUATE SCHOOL, WAS THE FIRST TIME I REALLY GOT AN EYE INTO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN PUBLIC ED HERE IN FLORIDA. I GOT MY FIRST BATCH OF A HUNDRED PAPERS, AND I WAS SHOCKED, SHOCKED THAT KIDS WERE IN COLLEGE AND COULDN'T STRING TOGETHER A SENTENCE. THESE PAPERS WERE ABYSMAL. AND THIS IS THE VERY BEGINNING OF ED REFORM IN FLORIDA. SO WHAT HAS

138THE LEGISLATURE DONE BUT SQUEEZE BLOOD FROM A STONE WITH LACK OF FUNDING AND ALL IT DOES IS FEED INTO THIS GIANT DYNAMIC UNTIL WE HAVE THE HUGE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES. THE LACK OF FUNDING HAS FORCED TO US CUT BACK ON OUR STAFF. WE DON'T HAVE THE SERVICES WE NEED FOR KIDS. WE ARE TESTING KIDS AT A RIDICULOUS RATE. I WILL TELL YOU, ANYTHING TO DO WITH VAM, WORTHLESS, SCRAP IT. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS STRESSING KIDS OUT. YOU'RE STRESSING TEACHERS OUT. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR VAM AND IT'S ONLY GOT WORSE. I MET MY WIFE, MY BEAUTIFUL BEST FRIEND, TEACHING 17 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER 14 YEARS. THAT'S WHAT'S KEPT ME IN FLORIDA. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON. SHE'S A NATIVE. OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT BE HERE. BUT I LOVE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, TOO. I HAVE REALLY COME TO

139LOVE THIS PLACE. AND WE HAVE SO MANY CHALLENGES BECAUSE 90 BY 20, NO OFFENSE, IS A VERY NOBLE GOAL. IT IS. WE SHOULD BE STRIVING TO GET EVERY KID ACROSS. BUT WHEN 70% OF THEM ARE GETTING TO COLLEGE AND NEED REMEDIATION FOR READING, WRITING OR MATH, OUR K-12 SYSTEM IS NOT CUTTING IT. THE KIDS WHO SUCCEED DO SO DESPITE THE SYSTEM, NOT BECAUSE OF IT. RICHARD CORCORAN AND HIS RIDICULOUS COMMENTS ABOUT JOHN DEWEY CLEARLY HAS NEVER READ THE PHILOSOPHER, BECAUSE THE KINDS OF MINDS THAT JOHN DEWEY WANTS IS EXACTLY WHAT MR. CORCORAN WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO THE BEHAVIOR ISSUE IS NOW FEEDING INTO THIS BECAUSE KIDS ARE STRESSED OUT, DOCUMENTATION IS NOT HAPPENING, PERIOD. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. IT IS NOT A 200-POUND GORILLA AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER. IT IS A 900-POUND GORILLA BECAUSE

140WE'RE HIDING IT. IT'S SWEPT UNDER THE RUG AND THINGS GET WORSE AND WORSE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND NOW WE'RE AT THIS POINT. WE CAN DO BETTER. AND WE MUST DO BETTER FOR OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. >>Tamara ShamburgerTHANK YOU, MR. HAZINSKI. THAT NOW CONCLUDES EMPLOYEE INPUT. SO WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR BOARD COMMENTS STARTING WITH MEMBER STUART. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I WANT TO START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT THE WELFARE AND SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS WEEK WAS VERY DIFFICULT -- THIS WEEKEND WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME AND SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. WE ATTENDED A FUNERAL OF A STUDENT. SO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IMPORTANT, AND THEY RANGE FROM ATHLETES TO MUSICIANS TO OUR JUNIOR ROTC KIDS, DANCERS, FLAG, WEIGHT TRAINING, ALL OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT. AND

141IT IS PARAMOUNT FOR THIS BOARD AND DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE IMMEDIATE CARE AND CONCERN OF EVERY ADULT ON THE CAMPUS WHEN THEY ARE WITH US. CURRENTLY, BOARD MEMBERS, IN HAVING A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS, I HAVE FOUND THAT WE HAVE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND STRICT GUIDELINES, AND THEY ARE PROCEDURES, NOT POLICY, AROUND ATHLETICS THAT ARE SET BY THE STATE ASSOCIATION. THEY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIMED BREAKS, SHADE, WATER AND FOOD, SET NUMBER OF PRACTICES ALLOWED BY LENGTH AND TIME, SAFETY AND TRAINING OF OUR COACHES AND SUPERVISION. HOWEVER, THOSE SAME GUIDELINES DO NOT EXIST FOR COCURRICULAR AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. WHILE I THINK AND I HOPE AND I PRAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE STAFF AT OUR SCHOOL ARE DOING WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CARE, THERE ARE NO

142GUIDELINES. IN MY OPINION, WE ARE MISSING AN ENTIRE FACTION OF CHILDREN THAT PRACTICE, TRAIN, AND ALSO PERFORM. THEY ARE OUT IN THE SAME CONDITIONS AS THEIR ATHLETES YET THEY ARE NOT SIMILARLY PROTECTED AND OUR STAFFS ARE NOT GOVERNED BY THE SAME SET OF PROCEDURES. I WANT US TO BE PROACTIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING A NEW POLICY TO MATCH EXACTLY WHAT WE DO FOR OUR ATHLETES. I'M OPEN TO THE IDEA OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND STAFF OR THE BOARD HAVING TO ENHANCE THE POLICY. I WOULD ALSO ASK FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD ATTORNEY TO EXPEDITE A POLICY BE BROUGHT FORWARD. WE HAVE A TWO-PAGE GUIDELINE AND PROCEDURES FOR ATHLETICS. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT THAT GUIDELINE BE INCORPORATED INTO

143A POLICY THAT THE BOARD APPROVES, BUT THAT THAT POLICY ALSO INCLUDES ANY OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR, COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN ON OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT HAPPENING WITHIN THE WALLS OF AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE PROTECTING STUDENTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE BETWEEN NOON AND FOUR IN THE LAST WEEK. IT IS SO RIDICULOUSLY HOT YOU CAN'T STAND ON THE PAVEMENT. WE HAVE DRUM, DANCE IN THESE CONDITIONS. WE HAVE STAFF, WHO I'M NOT SURE THE TRAINING LEVEL AT WHICH THE STAFF HAS RECEIVED CPR OR FIRST AID, WHETHER THEY CAN RECOGNIZE DEHYDRATION OR HEAT EXHAUSTION, AND SO FROM THE SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE. MR. PORTER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, IF THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD, ACTUALLY BRING POLICY FORWARD FOR

144THE BOARD TO APPROVE IN THE NEXT CYCLE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND NOT JUST THE ATHLETES WHO STEP ON TO OUR FIELDS. >>Jim Porter: WE CAN TOTALLY DO THAT. THE EXISTING POLICIES INVOLVING ATHLETICS, YOU WANT THAT FOR ANY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE OUTDOORS. >>Cindy Stuart: YOU WILL HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTIGATION. MY CONVERSATION WITH MR. ROBINSON, THIS IS PROCEDURE, IT IS NOT POLICY. >>Jim Porter: I UNDERSTAND THAT. >>Cindy Stuart: I WANT POLICY TO PROTECT BOTH THE ATHLETES AND -- >>Jim Porter: YOU WANT TO MIRROR THE ATHLETIC PROCEDURES IN POLICY. GOT IT. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: OKAY. IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT LIGHT BUT NOT TOTALLY, I WANT TO THANK SENATOR JANET CRUZ FOR

145TRYING TO GET A BILL PASSED TO GET -- WELL, FIRST, ALL OF FLORIDA'S DRINKING FOUNTAINS WITH FILTERS JUST SO THAT THERE'S NOT ANY LEAD, HOWEVER IT DIED. IN SO DOING BECAUSE SHE IS TENACIOUS AND GENEROUS, SHE STARTED A NONPROFIT, AND SHE BEGAN GETTING MONEY TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS FOR 1986, BEFORE 1986, THE SCHOOLS THAT MIGHT HAVE THE OLDER PIPES, AND PROVIDED -- WILL PROVIDE DRINKING FILTERS IN THE FOUNTAINS, BUT THE POINT IS, WHEN YOU HAVE AN ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AS SENATOR CRUZ IS VERY MUCH SO, AND THEN CLARIFY CHAD CHRONISTER DONATING FOR THIS EFFORT, I FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED A SHOUT-OUT. I WANT TO THANK THEIR EFFORTS, WHICH SOON WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT THESE OLDER BUILDINGS AND PIPES THEREOF WILL NOT HAVE ELEMENTS OF LEAD IN THEM. THAT WAS ONE COMMENT. THE NEXT ONE

146I WANTED TO SAY IS THE CENSUS 2020 IS COMING, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT A CENSUS GIVES, IF EVERYONE DOES FILL IT OUT, WILL GIVE A LOT OF -- MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TOWARDS EDUCATION, MEDICARE, AND OTHER NEEDED SERVICES. BUT LOOKING AT EDUCATION ALONE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT US AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE NOT BEING REPRESENTED OR TAUGHT ON HOW TO DO A CENSUS. AND I WOULD LIKE -- ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE, AND I WILL FILL OUT THE FORM, MADAM CHAIR, THAT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE CENSUS 2020 AS THE FSB, THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION HAD A CLASS ON THAT, AND I LEARNED A LOT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS

147KNOW OR AT LEAST ARE ALERTED TO FILL OUT THE CENSUS, AND I WANT THEM TO BE NOT FORGOTTEN. LAST, IN THE SPIRIT OF PBIS, POSITIVES BEHAVIOR INCENTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT JUST, KEVIN McDONALD. HE IS ABSOLUTELY AT THAT POSITIVE BEHAVIOR WORKSHOP THIS WEEK. AND HE HAS SIGNAGE AT HIS SCHOOL THAT SHOW THAT HE IS, IN FACT, A PROPONENT OF THIS RESTORATIVE PRACTICE DISCIPLINE PROGRAM. ON THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC, I WILL SAY, AND I HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR, AND I KNOW THE BOARD MEMBERS DID, THAT WE ABSOLUTELY, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE THE TEACHERS INVOLVED AND STAFF INVOLVED IN DISCIPLINE DECISIONS, AS OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT WILL COME, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT FACE THE TRAFFIC OF DISCIPLINE RIGHT IN THEIR FACE EVERY DAY, NOT

148ONLY AT SCHOOL, BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LASER FOCUSED ON HAVING THE ACTUAL PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE TO FACE THE CHALLENGE IN A DISCUSSIONARY MODE, COMMITTEE MODE, BEFORE, AND I'M GOING TO ADVISE THIS AS FAR AS I CAN, THAT THEY BECOME PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WHEN WE GET INTO DISCIPLINARY BEST PRACTICES. I'M JUST SHARING THAT BECAUSE I SHARED IT WITH A FEW OF THE TEACHERS THAT I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS DONE, MENTIONED, AND IMPLEMENTED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. I THINK THE BOARD -- SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? >>Jeffrey Eakins: I WANTED TO COMMENT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD SPEAKERS TODAY. JUST ON THAT NOTE, I KNOW IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, THAT HAS BEEN A TOPIC THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED

149BOTH SIDES TO PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE OF OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD. I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD AND WE'LL ENGAGE OUR CTA UNION AROUND FOLKS FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE AND THAT TASK FORCE. >>Lynn Gray: I APPLAUD THAT MOVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ATTENDED THE FSBA, ALONG WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, LAST WEEK, BUT ALONG WITH THAT, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO -- BEING A SPEAKER FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS CONFERENCE OVER IN ORLANDO. AND IT WAS FOR THEIR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE HAD AN OPEN DIALOGUE. THERE WAS A LOT

150OF SOCIAL WORKERS, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS IN ATTENDANCE, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY, REGARDING THE ISSUES FACING OUR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS, THE SHORTAGE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS, COUNSELORS, AND ALSO SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE CLASSROOMS. AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY CAN DO TO ASSIST OUR SCHOOLS, AND NOT ONLY IN HILLSBOROUGH, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH WAS REALLY A VERY INTERESTING DIALOGUE THAT TOOK PLACE. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW WE COULD GO TO THE UNIVERSITIES AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT RECRUITING. THE RECRUITING PROCESS OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND ALSO TEACHERS. HOW THIS PROCESS COULD LOOK. I CAME BACK, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT DIALOGUE WITH THE UNIVERSITIES THAT SURROUND US. WE HAVE SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES HERE. BUT TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND AS A

151BOARD AND ALONG WITH YOU AND HAVE THE OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THEM, WITH THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, THE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY OVER HERE AT USF. TO FIND OUT HOW WE COULD PARTNER, TO SEE HOW WE COULD START RECRUITING, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SEE -- ON OUR END, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO ENGAGE AS FAR AS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER SNIVELY. >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF THINGS. I WANTED TO OFFER SOME CONGRATULATIONS. FIRST, I ATTENDED THE LEADERSHIP FLORIDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO THIS WEEKEND. AND ONE OF OUR LOCAL HEROES WAS CHOSEN AS THE 2019 TO RECEIVE THE 2019 LEADERSHIP FLORIDA CHAIRMAN'S AWARD. IF YOU SEE CHARLES HOKISON OF HELIOS, MAKE SURE YOU OFFER HIM A CONGRATULATIONS. THAT WAS

152A VERY BIG HONOR FOR HIM TO RECEIVE THAT, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD. OUR PART OF FLORIDA, THE WAY THEY DIVIDE LEADERSHIP FLORIDA UP IS BY AREAS OF FLORIDA, SO OUR AREA OF FLORIDA WAS VERY PROUD TO HAVE AN AWARD WINNER OF THAT NATURE. THEN I WANTED TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. STUART FOR BEING ELECTED AS THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION -- IS IT SECRETARY-TREASURER? TREASURER. WHICH BASICALLY PUTS HER IN THE LINEUP FOR EVENTUALLY HOPEFULLY BECOMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION FOR -- THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR BOARD. I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF HOURS INTO YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK WITH THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD. IS THAT MY MUSIC? WHAT IS IT WITH MELISSA GETTING THE HOOK? NO. I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR THAT. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO

153MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING US AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING IN TEMPLE TERRACE. THIS BOARD CERTAINLY MAKES IT A PRIORITY THAT WE MAKE OURSELVES ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, ALL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO GO TO TEMPLE TERRACE. WE'RE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL TO MAYOR GIRARDO AND ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS THERE FOR ALLOWING US TO ATTEND. HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE ANTICIPATED THE MASCOT ISSUE AND THE LARGE CROWD IT DREW WHEN WE DECIDED TO HAVE OUR MEETING IN TEMPLE TERRACE. I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO EXTEND MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES FOR THE TIGHT SPACE AND THOSE WHO MAY HAVE HAD TROUBLE GETTING A SEAT. THAT WAS CERTAINLY NOT OUR INTENT TO PICK A SMALL VENUE AND SHUT PEOPLE OUT.

154THAT WAS PLANNED WELL IN ADVANCE. AGAIN, WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THAT THAT SMALLER SPACE MAY HAVE CAUSED. THE TEACHERS. I WANT TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEACHERS, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, WE CERTAINLY HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT DISCIPLINE. AND CERTAINLY AS A BOARD MEMBER, I HEAR A LOT FROM TEACHERS ABOUT DISCIPLINE. IT'S PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE CALL I GET. TEACHERS CONTACT US THROUGH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS. I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT COMMUNICATING WITH TEACHERS IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ALL OF THEM. YOU DON'T GET THE FULL MESSAGE. THEY CONTACT YOU THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OR A VARIOUS NUMBER OF WAYS OR A THREE-MINUTE SNIPPET OF THEIR ISSUES AT THE PODIUM. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO WORK ON A WAY THAT WE CAN JUST FIX THAT SO WE CAN

155HEAR FROM OUR TEACHERS BETTER. AND IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD AGREE, I WOULD CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF I GUESS ENTERTAINING A TEACHERS FORUM, KIND OF THE SAME THING WE DO WITH OUR STUDENTS. IT MAY BE ASKING FOR A LOT BUT A VERY STRUCTURED, SOLUTIONS-BASED TYPE OF CONVERSATION. MAYBE WE CAN STRUCTURE IT THE SAME WAY WE DO WITH OUR STUDENT FORUMS. THAT WAY AT ONE TIME WITH ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WE CAN ENGAGE. WHEN THEY COME TO EMPLOYEE INPUT, WE DON'T ENGAGE. WE CAN'T ENGAGE. IT'S NOT OUR PROTOCOL. WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE TEACHERS SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE HEARING THEM. IT ALSO HELPS US DRIVE POLICIES AND SET EXPECTATIONS AS WELL. AND SO IF EVERYONE CAN AGREE, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT MORE

156WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT SETTING UP A POTENTIAL TEACHER FORUM. SAME WAY, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH, WE CAN DO THAT. I KNOW IT POSES SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE WANT TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM BUT LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. ALSO, MY CONDOLENCES TO THE WALTERS FAMILY ON THE LOST OF THEIR SON AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE UNFORTUNATELY PASSED IN RECENT DAYS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MY SINCEREST CONDOLENCES. LASTLY, ROD CARTER, WFLA ANCHOR, IS A HUGE SUPPORTER AS IS ALL OF HIS COLLEAGUES OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE'S ONE OF THE FEW REPORTERS OR MEDIA PERSONALITIES OR MEDIA PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ALWAYS PROMOTE POSITIVITY IN THE DISTRICT. WE DON'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF THAT BUT HE DOES THAT VERY WELL. RECENTLY, HE HIGHLIGHTED ONE OF OUR TEACHERS. I'M NOT SURE

157IF EVERYONE SAW THAT CLIP BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. MS. MONICA NAHRAIN. THE WIFE OF ED. ROD SENT ME THE CLIP. WE HAVEN'T CHECKED IT. I HOPE IT'S THE RIGHT CLIP. WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED. I ASKED PABLO TO SHOW IT AND SHARE IT. MAY HAVE TO PAUSE IT AND RESTART IT. IT'S UNDER TWO MINUTES IF WE CAN GET SOUND. IF NOT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. OKAY. WE MAY HAVE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. THERE IT IS. >> STORY ABOUT PAYING IT FASHION FORWARD, A STORY ABOUT PAYING FASHION FORWARD. ALTHOUGH SCHOOL OFFICIALLY ENDED ON FRIDAY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SOME STUDENTS AT ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WENT HOME WITH A LIFE LESSON. IT'S ALL INSPIRED BY A TEACHER WHO SIMPLY SAW A NEED AND FILLED IT. AT WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

158-- >> IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT. >> -- CLASSROOM 908 HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A LESSON IN FASHION. >> I BASICALLY BEEN SORT OF COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR A MONTH. >> TEACHER MONICA NAHRAIN NOTICED SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE FANCY CLOTHES FOR EVENTS COMING UP AND DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. SHE REACH OUT TO PEOPLE SHE KNEW LIKE JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA AND STARTED THE FANCY AND FLY IN FIFTH BOUTIQUE. >> ONCE TEACHERS FOUND OUT WHAT I WAS DOING, I WAS KEEPING IT QUIET. NOT A BIG DEAL. SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO. ONCE WORD SPREAD, TEACHERS BROUGHT THINGS IN. >> AMONG THOSE GETTING GREAT CLOTHES, JENLE WHO GOT A FANCY DRESS AND FANCY DESIGNATION TO GO ALONG WITH IT. SHE HAS A LOT TO SING ABOUT THESE DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THIS, THE CASPER

159CARES GOOD CHARACTER AWARD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. >> I LIKE TO HELP. LIKE, IF I NOTICE SOMEONE IS, LIKE GOING TO DROP SOMETHING, I'LL GO HELP THEM GRAB IT BECAUSE I KNOW I'D WANT THEM TO DO THAT FOR ME. >> HELP SHE DOES. THAT'S WHY THE DISTRICT TOOK NOTICE. >> SHE ACTUALLY PAYS IT FORWARD BY LOOKING AFTER ONE OF OUR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS HERE, AS HE GETS OFF THE BUS TO KEEP HIM SAFE AND TRAINS OTHERS TO DO SO. IT'S HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR WEST TAMPA FAMILY IN GENERAL. >> AND FRIDAY, JENLE, HER CLASSMATES PARTICIPATED IN THEIR END-OF-YEAR CEREMONY, SOME OF THEM WEARING THE FANCY OUTFITS FROM ROOM 908. >> JUST TO GIVE EVERY CHILD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT MY OWN CHILDREN WOULD HAVE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. JUST TO SEE THE SMILE ON

160THEIR FACES, TO SEE THEIR EXCITEMENT, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TO HELP PARENTS OUT. >> IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL END WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR, FIT AND FLY WILL FLY RIGHT BACK INTO WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY NEXT YEAR. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Tamara Shamburger: I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THAT STORY. THE MOST POWERFUL THING HE SAID, SHE SIMPLY SAW A NEED AND FILLED IT. SHE DIDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT. DIDN'T GO SCREAMING ABOUT IT. SHE SIMPLY DID IT. THAT IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO HER SERVANT LEADERSHIP. SHE, LIKE SO MANY OF OUR TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, ARE SERVANT LEADERS. KUDOS TO HER AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHO SIMPLY SEE A NEED AND FILL IT. I THOUGHT WE WOULD END ON A POSITIVE NOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, THERE IS MY TIMER. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,

161NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS? NOTHING ELSE? OKAY. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.