06/27/2017 - Regular Meeting

001PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MRS. HARRIS. >>Sally Harris: EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH CAN BE USED TO EXCHANGE THE WORLD, BY NELSON MANDELA. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE IN THE MILITARY WHO SACRIFICE DAILY FOR OUR COUNTRY, LIKE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GRAY'S NEPHEW NICKY LISA AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD AS AB ARMY RANGER ON THE FRONT LINES IN AFGHANISTAN. MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ] >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MEMBER HARRIS. BOARD MEMBERS, THE WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY ARE C 4.04. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. SHAMBERGER AND A SECOND BY MRS. HARRIS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MRS. GRIFFIN? WITH NO DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD VOTE

002WHEN YOUR LIGHTS COME UP, PLEASE. PABLO, IF WE COULD COME AND CORRECT MRS. GRAY'S BOX, PLEASE. VOTE ON THE OTHER ONE, LYNN. BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. SORRY. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TODAY. AND IF YOU WILL VOTE AGAIN, PLEASE. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MRS. SNIVELY. WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE TONIGHT. THE JUNE 8th SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP AND SESSION, THE JUNE 8th SCHOOL BOARD WORK SOCIALMAN HE'S A SESSION AND THE JUNE 13th, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. HARRIS, A SECOND BY MRS. GRIFFIN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY CORRECTIONS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP.

003THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. MRS. HARRIS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES AT THIS TIME. >>Sally Harris: AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THE BOARD'S AGENDA IS A CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE APPROVED UPON MOTION AND VOTE UNLESS AN ITEM IS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION. THE AGENDA AND THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEBCAST, ON CABLE TV, AND ON THE VIDEO MONITOR HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING LATER IN THE VIDEO ARCHIVES. DURING THIS MEETING, THERE IS A TABLET AVAILABLE AT THE COMMUNICATIONS DESK THAT CAN BE USED TO VIEW THE LIVE WEBCAST WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE

004BACK ROOM THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SPEAKERS WILL BE GRANTED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS A SINGLE AGENDA ITEM OR A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS TWO OR MORE AGENDA ITEMS. WHEN TEN OR MORE SPEAKERS WISH TO SPEAK TO THE SAME AGENDA ITEM, SPEAKING TIME WILL BE REDUCED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE STILL SPEAKERS AFTER THE 45-MINUTE ALLOTTED TIME ENDS, THE REMAINDER OF THE SPEAKERS WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO THE VOTE ON THE ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. YOUR COMMENTS ARE IMPORTANT. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, THE STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSE. THE SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO

005SPEAK TO THE BOARD, BUT WE CANNOT TOLERATE BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN EFFECT. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE 13 SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME FOR A TOTAL OF 36 MINUTES. SPEAKING TIME. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WILL BE TAKEN AT TIME CERTAIN TODAY. THE 4:00 ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT AND THEN 6:00 EMPLOYEE INPUT. I WANT TO REMIND YOU IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU LEAVE THE AUDITORIUM AND PLAN TO RETURN PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH SECURITY AGAIN A SECOND TIME, SO IF YOU STEP OUT THOSE DOORS YOU WILL NEED TO GO BACK THROUGH SECURITY FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. MRS. HARRIS, IF YOU WILL READ THE GUIDE LANES FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS. >>Sally Harris: THE BOARD VALUES AND

006APPRECIATES YOUR COMMENTS. THIS IS YOUR TIME TO TELL THE BOARD WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY RAISE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, IT IS THE BOARD'S PRACTICE TO NOTE YOUR COMMENT AND TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT STAFF RESPOND TO YOU AFTER YOUR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED. TO THAT END THE BOARD WILL NOT TYPICALLY RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS. >>Cindy Stuart: I WILL CALL UP THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS. MARK KLUTHO, YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES. MICHELLE SHIMBERG, AND NICOLE RENOT. WELCOME, MR. KLUTHO. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. >> MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. RULE 3, YOU HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNQUALIFIED AGAIN. DOESN'T CHANGE. AND HERE WE HAVE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31st. AND ISN'T THE BUDGET HEARING COMING UP HERE JUST SHORTLY?

0077.03. YOU ARE GOING TO PUT NEW ROOFS ON THESE TWO BUILDINGS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE RIGHT COLORS? I DOUBT IT. AND THEN WE HAVE AN HVAC. OH, YEAH. AN HVAC IN THE BUILDING WILL STILL BE STUPID. YEAH. AND THEN ROBERT HE'D LEE. YEAH. BUILDING FOR A TRAITOR. YEAH, IT'S A SESSION SESSIONIST. SOMEBODY THAT BELIEVED IT WAS RIGHT TO OWN ANOTHER PERSON. AND WE CAN'T GET THAT CHANGED. ISN'T THAT A DOGGONE SHAME? MY OH MY. I NOTICE ONE OF YOUR UNDERLINGS BRINGS YOU A PACKAGE OF YOUR BOTTLED WATERS. OH, YEAH. THOSE LITTLE BOTTLED WATERS. IT TAKES MORE WATER TO MAKE THOSE THAN THEY HOLD. YEAH. AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE TEACHERS. SEE, THIS GETS FILLED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AT THE MACHINE. OH, TALK ABOUT A SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE HERE. YOU

008KNOW, YOU BEING GREEN, IT'S LIKE ALFRED E. NEWMAN. PAINTING THAT -- THAT HUMMER GREEN. THAT'S YOU BEING GREEN. HERE IS THE MAP OF THE US OF A AND THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. YEAH. CHANGES OVER THE PAST 22 YEARS. 1991 TO 2012, WITH 1901 TO 1960. BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT ALASKA. LOOK AT RED ALASKA THERE. RED ALASKA DOWN THERE. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT OLD CAUSE AND EFFECT THING. YOUR DUMB BUILDINGS BELCHING THE CARBON. WIN CANSTON CHURCHILL, SEPTEMBER 12, 1960, TIME MAGAZINE, SAID WE SHAPE OUR BUILDINGS; THEREAFTER, THEY SHAPE US. AND, BOY, WHAT KIND OF SHAPE OF THE FUTURE ARE YOU LAYING. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY. AND THEN HOW ABOUT THIS ARTICLE FROM LAST WEEK? CHARTER SCHOOL EXEC IS CHARGED, ACCUSED OF USING MORE THAN 1 MILLION IN PUBLIC FUNDS

009FOR PERSONAL EXPENSES. YEAH, THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS, THEY ARE OKAY, AREN'T THEY, HUH? YEAH. WHAT A RACKET. AND HERE IT SHOWS ONE OF THEM, ONE OF HIS, THE WINDSOR PREPARATORY ACADEMY. AND JUST LIKE YOUR BUILDINGS, A STUPID, DUMB DESIGN. A MONUMENT TO IGNORANCE. NOTHING LIKE THIS SHOULD EVER BE BUILT. YEAH. (BELL SOUNDS) DOGGONE SHAPE. OVER THERE AT THAT PINELLAS MEETING THIS MORNING, THERE WAS THIS MORON THAT CAME IN TO SAY THE HOLOCAUST WAS A HOAX. YOU KNOW, THIS WORLD, WHAT'S IT COMING TO? I TELL YOU, YOU PEOPLE, YOU ARE JUST NOT GETTING AN -- GIVING AN EDUCATION TO THESE CHILDREN. IT'S JUST SO SAD. WHAT A LEGACY. (BELL SOUNDS) IT'S SO SAD. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MR. KLUTHO. MRS. SHIMBERG, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS MICHELLE

010SHIMBERG AND I'M THEY'RE SPEAK TONIGHT TO ITEM 6.11, THE APPROVAL OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL CONTRACT WITH THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER TO BE LOCATED IN EAST TAMPA. I AM THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE LEARNING CENTER AND I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND MY STAFF TO TALK ABOUT OUR EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM IN PARTNERING WITH YOU AND IN WORKING WITH YOU TO SERVE THE FAMILIES IN TAMPA. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE BEEN FABULOUS TO WORK WITH THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS WE APPLIED FOR THE CHARTER AND AS WE NEGOTIATED THE CONTRACT. SO THANK YOU TO JEN AND HER STAFF. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES THAT WE WILL ENGAGE IN OUR SCHOOL TO SERVE THE CHILDREN AGES

0113 TO 8 IN EAST TAMPA AT OUR LEARNING CENTER ON 3424thth AND CHELSEA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. NICOLE RENAULT. THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS AFTER MRS. RENAULT ARE BOB CREEK, RYAN, AND HEIDI. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> THIS PAST YEAR WITH OF MY SIX YEAR TEACHING. 52% OF THE TEACHERS LEAVING THE PROFESSION BY YEAR FIVE. I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT I WORK IN A DISTRICT THAT WAS WILLING TO PAY TEACHERS IN A JUST MAN THEORY WAS COMPETITIVE WITH PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS. WHILE I WAS A NEW TEACHER AND NOT GIVEN AND OPTION MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE SOLD SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS A BASE SALARY, AND THEY WOULD BE REWARDED FOR YOUR SERVICE. THE SALARY JUMPS ALSO CAME WITH A STIPULATION THAT WE MUST PROVE EFFECTIVENESS IN THE

012CLASSROOM TO BE AWARDED FOR THE INCREASE THAT WE EARNED. WHILE TEACHERS HELD UP THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN PUTTING IN THE TIME AND WORK TO BE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS RECENTLY A BOARD MEMBER SUGGESTED THEY DON'T HAVE TO HOLD UP THEIR END AND FREEZE OUR SALARY. RELIABLE DISTRICT THAT ALWAYS HONORED REGARDING SALARY AND OTHER ISSUES. IT WILL NOT ONLY CAUSE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS FOR THOSE OF US RELYING ON THAT GREED-UPON MONEY BUT CREATE THE CHALLENGES WHILE TRYING TO HIRE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS WHO UNDOUBTEDLY START TO LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICT BUT DO NOT SEEM TO BE IN AS MUCH ORGANIZATIONAL CHAOS. FAILING TO ATTRACT HEY QUALITY TEACHERS WILL NOT ONLY HURT OUR STUDENTS WHO DESERVE THE BEST TEACHERS POSSIBLE, BUT WILL ALSO END UP COSTING US MORE MONEY AS THOSE CHILDREN LEAVE US FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS TAKING THEIR FUNDING

013WITH THEM. I UNDERSTAND THAT CUTS MUST BE MADE. WAY DON'T UPPER IS WHY THE IMMEDIATE GO-TO IS THE TEACHERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES IN THE CLASSROOM FACE TO FACE EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS. TEACHERS CONSISTENTLY WORK BEYOND THEIR WORK HOURS GRADING PAPERS AND SPENDING MONEY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AS BEST THEY CAN. AS A SINGLE 29-YEAR-OLD HOMEOWNER I HAVE EXACTLY ZERO COLLEGE EDUCATED FUNDS IN OTHER FIELD WHO HAVE TO WORK A SECOND JOB TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME. YET IN THE PAST TWO YEARS I SERVED AS A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR TO HELP SUPPLEMENT MY OWN. MY SALARIES HAVEN'T INCREASED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS BUT MY PROPERTY TAXES AND MY MORTGAGE HAVE AND THAT ONE EXTRA JOB MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO COVER IT ANYMORE. LUCKILY, I ONLY HAVE MYSELF TO SUPPORT BUT IF THIS POTENTIAL FREEZE WOULD AFFECT

014ME THIS GREATLY MANUAL HOW MUCH STRESS AND FINANCIAL STRAINIT WOULD PUT ON A FAMILY OF FOUR WITH MOUTHS TO FEED. IF YOU AS OUR BOARD REALLY WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS HOW ABOUT STARTING WITH WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR TEACHERS? [ APPLAUSE ] >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BUT I AM GOING TO ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR ENTHUSIASM TO A MINIMUM SO WE CAN GET THROUGH ALL THE SPEAKERS. ROB KRIEK, THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, MR. EAKINS, STAFF. AS FLORIDA LEGISLATORS CONTINUE TO SHIFT OUT PUBLIC DOLLARS TOWARDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MANY OF WHICH ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND FOR PROFFITT PROPERTY WE ARE ALL BEING REQUIRED TO DO MORE WITH A LOT LESS. THESE CHALLENGES, THOUGH, OFFER A VERITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE

015AND COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN FLORIDA. THE SCHOOL BOARD, CTA, AS WELL AS PARENTS AND STUDENTS MUST BRING A UNIFIED MESSAGE TO TALLAHASSEE AND LOCAL LEGISLATORS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND THE MANY CHALLENGES. WE NEED TO BRING THE FIGHT TO TALLAHASSEE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER IN OUR GREAT DISTRICT. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TEACHERS ARE WORKING HARDER AND MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN EVER BEFORE FOR OUR KIDS AND HOPE THAT THE BUDGET IS DEALT WITH, WITH FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY WITHOUT SCAPEGOATING. IT'S UP IN TALLAHASSEE NOT BY THE HARD WORKINGS EDUCATOR HELPING THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. SO I KNOW WE ARE ALL TRYING TO RESHAPE THE NARRATIVE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN OUR COUNTY, AND I LOVE

016THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND HAVING EVERYBODY KIND OF RALLY AROUND IT. I THINK WE NEED TO SORT OF EXTRAPOLATE THAT TO MAKE IT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND NEED TO GET A LOT OF BUY-IN IF WE ARE GOING TO FIX ANYTHING. I WENT LAST WEEK TO ADDRESS THE BOCC ABOUT IMPACT FEES. IT WAS PROBABLY LOST IN THE SHUFFLE BECAUSE I SAT THROUGH AN HOUR AND A HALF OF CONFEDERATE MONUMENT COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO GO BACK NEXT WEEK. I THINK THEY HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. BUT WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO BE SHARING THESE IDEAS. I'M LOOKING UP INFORMATION ABOUT A CITIZEN-LED REFERENDUM FOR THE TAX INCREASE, EVEN A HALF PENNY, ANYTHING WE CAN DO, AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CUTS IN THE RIGHT AREAS, SHORE UP OUR BALANCE. IF YOU GUYS

017DIDN'T SEE IT MOODIE'S ANALYTICS POUT OUT THE REPORT TALKING ABOUT HOUSE BILL AS A NEGATIVE AND HOW IT WOULD AFFECT US. WE ARE STILL RATED AA-1 WHICH IS THE HIGHEST WE CAN GET, JUST AS GOOD AS THE STATE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. I THINK WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS, BUT WHEN WE DO MAKE CUTS, WE HAVE TO NOT AFFECT OUR EMPLOYEES. I MEAN, TRYING TO FREEZE PAY, TEACHERS, THERE ARE 15,000 OF US, 16,000 TOTAL, I REALLY WORRY ABOUT ESPs AND CUSTODIANS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, BUS DRIVERS. WARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED IF THEY FREEZE PAY AND WE ARE DUE FOR A RAISE. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK

018ABOUT, WHEN I WAS AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, I WAS BORDERLINE ANAPHYLACTIC WHEN I SAW THIS BUT HERE IS THE MOU FOR PERFORMANCE PAY ARE FROM LAST YEAR. AND IT SAID THAT THE DISTRICT HAD SET ASIDE 12,400 THAT YOU PERFORMANCE PAY FOR THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS. WELL, HERE IS PAGE 11, I BELIEVE, FROM B, I THINK SECTION B, WHERE IT HAD ALL THE DIFFERENT PAY, WHO IS BEING PAID WHAT, SO ON AND SO FORTH. WELL, TWO YEARS AGO, AND IF YOU REMEMBER THREE YEARS AGO THE FIRST TIME WE HAD PERFORMANCE PAY WAS 2,000, IF YOU EARNED A 4, 3,000, THE FOLLOWING YEAR DROPPED JUST A LITTLE BIT, WENT TO 1900, 2900 IN 05. AND WE PAID OUT ALMOST ALL OF IT, 1,199,167,615 IN 15-16. BUFF $12,400,000, THEY ONLY PAID OUT $9,946,382. SO WHERE DID THE REST

019OF THE MONEY GO? BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT'S HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TOOK A DEFACT-PAY CUT OF $700. WENT DOWN TO 2200 AND THE 4 WENT DOWN TO 1200, I GUESS. BUT IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT I WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE TO GET AN APPS. I THINK A LOT OF THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS WANT TO KNOW. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: HEIDI GLICK. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> LAST WEEK I ATTENDED SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING, AND MRS. HARRIS MADE A COMMENT THAT TEACHERS SHOULD JUST BE GRATEFUL THAT THEY HAVE A JOB. WELL, MRS. HARRIS, I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY JOB. I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR MY SECOND JOB TO HELP MAKE ENDS MEET AND THE 50-PLUS STUDENTS THAT I GIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO EVERY YEAR, THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR MY JOB, AND THE 5 TO 10 KIDS THAT I

020FEED ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR MY JOB. AND THE 2001 STUDENTS I MENTOR AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE GRATEFUL FOR MY JOB. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ARTICLES LATELY ABOUT THE HUGE DROP IN ENROLLMENT FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, 40%, BUT NATIONWIDE, OVER 42%. TESTING SALARY AND THE DISRESPECT FROM LAWMAKERS AND DECISION MAKERS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE AS TO WHY THOSE LEVELS ARE CONTINUING TO DROP. I HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR SINCE JANUARY 1981. I HAVE NEVER WANTED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. EVERY DAY I FEEL BLESSED TO BE A TEACHER. EVERY DAY TEACHERS GIVE KNOWLEDGE TO THEIR STUDENTS AND WE ALSO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF OURSELVES TOO. TEACHING IS A REALLY -- JUST A JOURNEY FOR HEROES. THE GIFT OF SEEING MIRACLES HAPPEN WHEN THE STUDENT GETS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, OR

021WHEN THEY SAY THANK YOU, OR WHEN THEY RETURN AFTER GRADUATION AND SAY, HEY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME IN THE CLASSROOM BUT OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, BECAUSE IT HELPED ME IN COLLEGE AND IN MY LIFE. MR. HART, MY PRINCIPAL, ALWAYS TELLS US TO ASK OURSELVES WOULD YOU CHILDREN WANT YOU AS YOUR TEACHER? I ACTUALLY HAD MY DAUGHTERS AND SONS FRIENDS AND I FEEL CONFIDENT SAYING YES, MY KIDS WOULD WANT ME AS THEIR TEACHER. AS ANY DEVOTED EDUCATOR I CERTAINLY WORK MORE THAN 40 HOURS A WEEK, MORE THAN JUST MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE ALL DO. THE TIME THAT -- AND WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ONLY PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTY, BUT OUR STATE, AND OUR COUNTRY. WHAT I AM NOT GRATEFUL THE FOR

022IS THE CONSTANT MISTREATMENT FROM THOSE IN POWER, THE NEED TO JUSTIFY DESERVING COST OF LIVING INCREASE AND THE NEED TO JUSTIFY HAVING A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT TO WORK IN. SO, MRS. HARRIS, I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY JOB, BUT I AM NOT GRATEFUL FOR THE COMPLICATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE PLACED ON THOSE IN THE CLASSROOM FROM THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN THE CLASSROOM. FINALLY, I JUST WISH ALL OF YOU WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF US. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Cindy Stuart: NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE AARON, RUSH, AND THOSE OF YOU IN THE BACK, IF YOU WOULD AGAIN, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM THE HOOTING AND HOLLERING AND CLAPPING SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS. MR. ZIONS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> I DON'T NOTCH THAT I CAN SAY IT ANY

023BETTER THAN THE OTHER TWO LADIES THAT WERE UP HERE. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. I'M ON MY WAY TO A CONFERENCE FOR PIERCE. WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT FOUR DAYS WORKING ON OUR VACATION TIME, OUT OF VACATION, A WORKING VACATION. 30 MEMBERS OF THE PIERCE FAMILY ARE GOING OUT TO WORK, TOGETHER. BECAUSE WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR JOB. WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING BIG STEPS. BUT THE SECOND MOST THING IN THIS DISTRICT ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES. AND THEY DESERVE EVERY OUNCE OF RESPECT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MR. ZIONS. CHRIS RUSHNECK. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF. I'M HERE TODAY AS A 14 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THIS DISTRICT AND I HAVE LIVED EVERY

024YEAR I HAVE BEEN HERE. IT'S BEEN A GREAT DISTRICT TO WORK FOR. I HAVE TWO STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME WHO ACTUALLY WANTED TO COME UP HERE AS I TALK IN FRONT OF YOU. AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED FOR THEM AND I'M CONCERNED FOR THE PROFESSION. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE READ THAT TIMES ARTICLE ABOUT 42% OF LESSEN ROLLMENT IS GOING INTO PEOPLE TRYING TO BECOME EDUCATORS, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT FROM MY VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE EMPLOYEE FRIENDS BACK THERE 50% OF TEACHERS DROPPING OUT OF THE PROFESSION, IT'S VERY CONCERNING. WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO NOW IS WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THIS BUDGET, WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WE WANT THESE QUALITY PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS DISTRICT, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE ONES THAT WE

025HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT. THERE ARE SO MANY FANTASTIC TEACHERS. I SEE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM THERE. FANNED WE ARE DOING THINGS LIKE FREEZING SALARIES, THAT WILL NOT KEEP THEM THERE. THESE GUYS HAVE GREAT TEACHERS, SO OF THEM SITTING BACK THERE. AND I WANT THEM TO HAVE GREAT TEACHERS THE WHOLE TIME THEY ARE HERE. WHEN YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT, AND YOU ARE THINKING LONG-TERM GOALS, DON'T JUST THINK OF THIS YEAR, THINK OF THE PEOPLE OF THAT WE NEED TO KEEP, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO PUSH US TO ALL THE GOALS THAT YOU WANT AND ALL THE VERY UNREASONABLE GOALS THAT TALLAHASSEE HAS FOR US. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. ENJOY YOUR FOURTH OF JULY. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. MR. TOMARGO.

026YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. AFTER MR. TOMARGO IS MRS. GRIFFIN AND MR. SHING. >> I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SLAM FOUNDATION, SLAM CHARTER SCHOOL. THANK YOU, MRS. VALDES, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. OUR PRINCIPAL JIM GRIFFIN HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB ENROLLING THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL. WE ARE AT CAPACITY. WE ARE AT 95% STAFFED AND READY TO HAVE GO IN AUGUST. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND SERVICING YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. MR. GRIFFIN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRPERSON, SUPERINTENDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JIM GRIFFIN. AND IF I SPEAK A LITTLE SLOW, YES, I AM NOT FROM SOUTHERN NEW YORK. I'M ACTUALLY FROM THE SOUTH SO HANG IN THERE. AND I WON'T TAKE THREE MINUTES, I PROMISE. I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO BE

027PRINCIPAL OF THE EAST SLAM SCHOOL ON GUNN HIGHWAY AND I'M HERE TO THANK YOU AND ESPECIALLY THE DISTRICT STAFF FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT. I KNOW THAT THIS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED UNLESS EVERYONE HAD WORKED TOGETHER. SO SOMETIMES IN THOSE TIMES THAT ARE HARD, AND WE HEAR ABOUT THOSE BAD THINGS, THERE'S SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING HERE IN TAMPA, ALSO. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT, I INVITE ALL OF YOU AND OUR GUESTS TO COME BY CITRUS PARK MALL. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. BE GLAD TO TAKE YOU ON A TOUR AND HOPEFULLY IN THAT BUILDING AND UP AND WORKING BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. I DO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL NOTE TO JENNA HODGES AND HER STAFF. I THINK SHE'S BACK HERE SOMEPLACE. HERE SHE IS. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, JENNA WAS GIVEN

028A SPECIAL AWARD AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE AS BEING OUR SUPER HERO. I JUST WANT TO LET NOW SHE IS, AND HER SUPPORT STAFF WAS VOTED NUMBER ONE. SO THAT'S A BIG HONOR THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. BUT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THOSE TO FOLKS AND BOARD MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE COME AND VISIT. GO SPARTANS. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. LINDA CHEAN KENNY. >> I FORGOT ABOUT THIS THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO AN AGENDA ITEM SO I WILL ROUGH IT AND SAY I'M SPEAKING TO EDUCATIONAL ACCESS OPPORTUNITY AND ALTERNATIVES. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE OF MY FUND-RAISERS, A MAN NAMED DENNIS LEE ARE STEPPING UP TO PERFORM. I'M NOT HERE TO PROMOTE THAT BUT I'M HEAR TORE SAY IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN

029THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY OR IN THE BOARD, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A TRIBUTE TO DENNIS LEE. I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF MY OLD REPORTING AND CALLING HIM JIM. FOR YEARS, ONE OF THE ARTICLES WAS 8 YEARS AND I KNOW HE'S DONE IT MORE. HE WOULD TIRELESSLY COME OUT EVERY YEAR AND PLAY TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS AT THE WILLIS PETERS EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION CENTER, AND THEY SANG, THEY DANCED. A WOMAN WHOSE BODY ENDED AT HER WAIST, HE FLEW IN FOR HER WE HAD WEDDING AND HER FUNERAL E.KNEW HER S SINCE A KID. AND THESE WERE ADVANCING JUST LIKE ANYBODY IN THE WORLD. HE DID NOT ONLY THAT. HE WOULD ALSO COME AND DO THE FUND-RAISER FOR THEIR PROM AT THE BRANDON ELKS LODGE. WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO HAVE THIS MAN, AND

030-- I WON'T SPEAK TO THAT. HE ALSO COMES EVERY YEAR TO DO THE NEW HORIZONS GROUP HOMES WHICH IS WHEN CHILDREN AGE OUT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THEIR NEEDS CONTINUE. AND THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS TOWN, HORIZONS GROUP HOMES. HE COMES OUT AND DOES A FUND-RAISER FOR THEM. HE'S ON THE ROAD ABOUT 40 WEEKS A YEAR. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT KNOWS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT THAT WANTS TO GIVE A TRIBUTE, WE ARE GOING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS JULY 1st. I WANT TO COLLECT CARDS AND THANKS TO GIVE TO HIM. ALSO THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS. I KNOW ONE OF THEM IS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, THE BRANDON SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTER, AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE GO WHEN THEY AGE OUT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SERVICES. I

031WAS ABLE TO GET THEM 40 TICKETS TO THE FLORIDA STRAWBERRY FAIR LAST YEAR WHEN DENNIS LEE CELEBRATED HIS 35th YEAR PERFORMING THERE, AND FILLED WITH BEST BUDDIES FROM ALL YOUR SCHOOLS. EVERY UP WITH OF YOUR SCHOOLS, THIS IS WHERE THEY GO. THIS IS THEIR PATRON SAINT. SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY, ANY DEBT OF GRATITUDE YOU WANT ME TO PASS ON, IT'S HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, JULY 1st, 5 TO 7 P.M. WHEN I GAVE THESE KIDS THEIR TICKETS THEY DIABETES A PERFORMANCE. THEY DO A HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE FOR ALL THE CENTER. WHEN I TOLD THEM THEY GOT TICKET TO THE DENNIS LEE SHOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING FOR IT, I WAS TOLD THERE WERE PARENTS WITH TEARS IN THEIR TIES AND THESE GUYS ARE READY TO DO IT. (BELL SOUNDS) SO THREE MINUTES. THAT'S IT.

032>>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. CHRIS MELROSE AND KELLY AFTER MR. MILL ROSE -- YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> CHRIS MELROSE. SOCIAL WORKER FOR A LONG TIME. AND I'M CONCERNED ALONG WITH THE PHYSICIAN THAT WORKS WITH ME, DR. AMY RICE, AND REFERENCE TO THE THREE DEATHS -- THREE OF OUR PATIENTS AND ALSO STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THAT WAS IN MAY, SUICIDE AND DRUG OVERDOSES. I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. AND MAKING A CONNECTION WITH SOMEBODY. I REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL THAT I KNOW THAT TWO OF THE STUDENTS WERE AT, AND ALSO THAT PRINCIPAL REFERRED ME TO THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST. BUT I HAVE BUN UNABLE TO GET ANYONE TO GET BACK TO ME. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM COMING UP THAT'S BEING ORGANIZED THIS SUMMER FOR SUICIDE

033PREVENTION. WE WOULD LIKE DR. RICE AND MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH ANY KIND OF INDIRECTION SERVICES BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF STUDENTS FROM THESE SCHOOLS WITH THEIR PARENTS COMING TO US LOOKING FOR GRIEF COUNSELING. SO WE NEED TO WORK, IF POSSIBLE, WITH SOMEBODY WHO CAN GET US INVOLVED MORE WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN REFERENCE TO TEEN SUICIDE AND DRUG ABUSE. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MR. MELROSE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: IF YOU COULD CONNECT WITH MR. MILLER. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: OUR FINAL SPEAKER OF THE AFTERNOON IS KELLY SIMMS. AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO SPEAK. SO BOARD MEMBERS, THAT CONCLUDES OUR AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. WE WILL MOVE NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION FOR

034SEPARATE VOTE. B 01, C 402 A, C 201, C 301, C WHO 1, C 406 R, C 6302, 03, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12-R, 15 R, 16 R, C 6.17 AND 18. I NEED A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. HARRIS AND SECOND BY MRS. SHAMBURGER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN MOVED UP PER BOARD MEMBER REQUEST. ITEM 3.01. 6.07. 6.08. 6.10. 6.11 AND 12-R. WE WILL START WITH ITEM 301. WE HAVE ONE HALF HOUR TO GET INTO SOME OF THIS AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S APPOINTMENTS. SO ITEM NUMBER 3.011 IS THE MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY

035DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS AND INNOVATION PLACE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE MOORE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL MODEL. DIRECTOR HOLLY SAIA WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. MRS. GRAY ASKED FOR A HIGHLIGHT AND COMMENT AND I ASKED FOR A HIGHLIGHT. >> MADAM CHAIRMAN, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND STAFF, ON BEHALF OF TRACI BROWN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ACADEMIC REPORT AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HIGHLIGHT MOORE'S COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL MODEL. CHRISTINE HENSLEY AND I ARE PROUD TO JOIN, MADAM CHAIR, AS MEMBERS OF THE CABINET REPRESENTING DISTRICT. A SIGNIFICANT NEW STUDY IDENTIFIES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AS THE EVIDENCE-BASED SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY THAT MEETS CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT. THE STUDY, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AND EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY FOR EQUITABLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, WAS CONDUCTED BY THE LEARNING POLICY INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY CENTER AT THE

036UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO. THEY REVIEWED 125 STUDIES TO REACH THE CONCLUSION, THAT CONCLUDED COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GET RESULTS. THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL AT MOORE AFFORDS STUDENT AN FAMILY THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS AND RECEIVE WIDELY NEEDED WRAP AROUND SERVICES. THIS MODEL ASSISTS FAMILIES IN RESOURCES TO SECURE HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING, EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER NEEDED SERVICES. THE FACULTY AND STAFF STRIVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF FAMILIES BY EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, MOORE ALSO BOASTS A TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM ALLOWING TEACHERS TO ADVANCE THEIR DEGREES ON-SITE, THUS ENSURING THE MOST QUALIFIED TEACHERS REMAINALITY MORT. A LEADERSHIP CABINET COMPRISED OF PARTNERS OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL MODEL TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY BEING SERVED.

037I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA, DR. McCALL HORN HOLE INTRODUCE OUR PARTNERS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, MADAM CHAIR, STAFF, AND BOARD MEMBERS. ONCE AGAIN MY NAME IS DR. LIZA McCALL HORN. I KNOW HOLLY HAS ALREADY BRIEFED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW OTHER THINGS. THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS INTEGRATED FOCUS ON HEALTH, SERVICE, LINKAGE, ACADEMIC, STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT, WHICH EMPOWERS -- SUPPORTS OUR COMMUNITY, LEADS TO IMPROVED STUDENT LEARNING, STRONGER FAMILIES AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES. AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL BECOMES THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS JOIN TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS, FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY. TODAY WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARTNERS HERE AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OF

038OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL. IF THEY COULD STAND OR JOIN US UP TO THE FRONT, WE HAVE, OF COURSE, OUR ESTEEMED PRINCIPAL, WILLIAM JOHNSON. WE HAVE DR. DAVID ALFAH, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. MASTER ORTIZ WITH OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. KELLY SIMMS WITH INNOVATION PLACE. BILL ATKINS WITH BAY HOPE CHURCH. AND KENDRICK COMMENTS. THESE PARTNERS HERE TODAY ARE THE CORE AND CENTRAL TO OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE SCHOOL SCHOOL -- COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL IN OUR AREA AND TO STAY WITH US ON THIS JOURNEY FOR ANOTHER 25 YEARS. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND HOLLY, AND THANK YOU LIZA AS WELL. I HAVEN'T MET YOU. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WOODLAND JOHNSON ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO, AS PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL,

039MORT ELEMENTARY. WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT USF THE OTHER DAY WAS THIS IS INDICATIVE, THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, IS ONE THAT I THINK WILL BE REFLECTIVE OF THE NEW URBAN SCHOOL MODEL. LOOKING AHEAD AND DOWN THE ROAD, WE KNOW AND WE RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING INGREDIENTS ARE IN THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL. YOU ALL MENTIONED THAT THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY BASED SCHOOL IS CRITICAL FOR SO MANY REASONS. I THINK THE ACHIEVEMENT AND THE PARENTAL INPUT DEFINITELY IS PART OF THE EQUATION OF A GREAT SCHOOL. BUT LET ME GO DOWN TO SOME OF THEINGS THAT TACK NOTE OF WHEN I WAS AT MORT. FIRST OFF IT'S A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. ANYTIME YOU HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE VESTED AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE USF HE AND TAMPA HEALTH CENTER FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS AS PARTNERS,

040WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. I ALSO KNOW THAT UNDERWOODLAND JOHNSON, HE IS STUDENT CENTERED. HE CARES ABOUT IF ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, PHYSICAL AND ACADEMIC NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS AS DOES HIS STAFF. I BELIEVE ALSO THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP IS SO CRITICAL IN ANY SCHOOL AND CERTAINLY YOU HAVE YOUR OWN COUNCIL AND THEY ARE OUT THERE TRYING THEIR BEST TO FILL IN THE RESOURCES THAT NEED TO MAKE THIS SCHOOL EQUITABLE, AND THOSE KIDS RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES. IF I WERE TO ENUMERATE, I BELIEVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE CRITICAL. AND JUST LISTING THEM, YOU HAVE THE USF WITH THEIR RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR THE TEACHERS. YOU HAVE CHILDREN'S HOME. YOU HAVE TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTER. YOU HAVE AREA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, AGAIN, THE SUSTAINABILITY IS ALMOST 25 YEARS BUY-IN AND THAT IS QUITE REMARKABLE. SO SOMEONE IS

041DOING -- DOING WONDERFUL THINGS. LASTLY PRINCIPAL AND STAFF ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH EQUITABLE RESOURCES FOR THOSE STUDENTS. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FOOD PANTRY, I BELIEVE, AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY MAKING THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS WORK FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE OF HIGH NEEDS. AND LASTLY, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THAT IS THE HUGE WORD OR TWO WORDS THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO. AND OVER AND OVER, I SEE THAT HOW USF IS PUTTING THEIR TWO CENTS IN LITERALLY. AND MANY OF THE -- ALL THE COSTS ARE COULD HAVE HAD EXCEPT FOR CUSTODIAL AND OFFICE SPACE, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN. SO THIS IS A REAL GOOD MODEL. I CALL IT AN URBAN SCHOOL MODEL. ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T MY TOTAL WORDS. I THINK IT CAME FROM DAVID AT USF. BUT I AM REMINDED IN HOW WE HAD SCHOOLS

042THAT REPLICATE WAD YOU ARE DOING AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. DON'T GO ANYWHERE, GUYS. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. MRS. HARRIS AND MRS. SHAMBERGER AND A THIRD BY MRS. STEWART. I'M SORRY, MRS. GRAY, WAS THAT A SECOND? >> IT'S UP FOR A SEPARATE VOTE SO YOU HAVE TO DO A MOTION FIRST BEFORE SECOND VOTE. >> BY MRS. GRIFFIN AND A SECOND BY MRS. HARRIS TO PULL THIS ITEM FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN YOUR LIGHTS COME UP, IF COULD YOU PLEASE VOTE. IT'S UNANIMOUS. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PASS THE ITEM. IF YOU COULD VOTE AS YOUR LIGHTS COME UP. MOTION BY MRS. HARRIS. SECOND BY MRS. GRAY. NOW WE CAN VOTE. THANK YOU. AND IT

043IS UNANIMOUS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE. I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THIS GROUP, AND HAVE FROM THE INCEPTION. AND SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR TAKING THE CHANCE ON THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST SCHOOL OF ITS KIND REALLY IN OUR DISTRICT AND UNDER THIS MODEL, AND THEY ARE REALLY DOING SIGNIFICANT WORK AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AT MAKING SURE WHAT HAPPENS FOR NOT JUST THE STUDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THE BEST THEY CAN BE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I DID FORGET TO MENTION ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE IS CINDY ROBERTSON, PARENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR. SHE HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR PARENT RESOURCE CENTER AT MORT

044AS WELL. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: BOARD MEMBERS, OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CHILDREN'S BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THE SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEES PROJECT. THIS WAS PULLED -- SEEDS PROJECT. THIS WAS PULLED FOR COMMENT BY MRS. GRAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN'S BOARD IS IN THE AUDIENCE, KELLY HARRIS. WELCOME. MRS. GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, KELLY HARRIS, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND I AM WONDERING -- LET'S SEE. WELL, I AM JUST GOING TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS HERE. I THINK THAT PARTNERSHIP LEARNING, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CHILDREN'S BOARD AND THE SEEDS TEAM IS CRITICAL, AND IT'S THE GREAT HOME RUN. THE GAINS ARE GREAT, AGES 3 -- THIRD THROUGH, I BELIEVE, FIFTH

045-- EXCUSE ME, AGES 3 TO THIRD GRADE. THE READING SUPPORTS THAT YOU OFFER WILL EXPAND VOCABULARY, HELP WITH READING COMPREHENSION, AND DEFINITELY HELP WITH EXTENDED LEARNING, CONCENTRATION. GREAT GAINS WILL BE MADE. I BELIEVE ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU ARE INCREASING THE EQUITY FOR BOTH PARENTS AND STUDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED. YOUR TEAM DEFINITELY BUILD ON THE ACADEMIC AND THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF THESE CHILDREN. I THINK THE BIG PLAN HERE IS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS WITH FOCUSED INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING. AND I THINK THAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT. I BELIEVE ALSO THAT A FISCAL -- YOU ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE CHILDREN BOARD FUNDS THIS PROJECT IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH US, AND WE STILL HAVE FUNDS IN OUR GENERAL FUND. SOPHIES CALLIE RESPONSIBLE. I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT TEAM EFFORT, AND YOU ARE IN THERE FOR

046THE RIGHT REASONS, OF COURSE, AND THAT THERE WILL BE ACHIEVING SUCCESS. SO GREAT JOB. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 6.08. APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRANDON SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTER BSAC AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS. THIS ITEM IS BEING PULLED FOR COMMENT BY MRS. GRAY, MRS. STUART AND MRS. GRIFFIN. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE FROM BRANDON SPORTS AND AQUATICS, MR. JEFF BURGESS, CHRISTY LAMAR AND EDMOND GRAY. MRS. GRAY, YOU ARE UP FIRST FOR COMMENT ON THIS. >>Lynn Gray: I BELIEVE AS YOU ALL DO QUALITY CARE DURING SCHOOL IS CRITICAL. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BEFORE AND AFTER? AND NOW WE ARE TALKING A QUALITY PROGRAM FOR QUALITY CARE. I BELIEVE THAT

047THIS PARTICULAR BRANDON SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTER IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF PARTNERSHIP, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. I BELIEVE IT WILL GET OUR DISTRICT IN A MORE COMPETITIVE TYPE OF PERCEPTION, ESPECIALLY EAST HILLSBOROUGH. EAST HILLSBOROUGH, WE HAVE TO BRING IN MORE EQUITY. THEY ARE OUT THERE, AND THROWS A GROWING COMMUNITY. AND IF WE DON'T START MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT EAST HILLSBOROUGH PARTNERSHIPS TOGETHER, THEN OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING THOSE CONDITIONS THAT THEY NEED. WE GIVE LIP SERVICE TO AFTER-DAYCARE, BU BEFORE DAYCARE. YEARS AGO IT WAS JUST CALMED DAYCARE. I THINK WE ARE MOVING QUITE FAR FROM THAT CONCEPT AND GETTING INTO CONTINUING LEARNING CONCEPTS. AND THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. NOT THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE FUN. BUT LET'S MAKE THOSE TIMES, THOSE VALUABLE TIMES, THOSE EARLY YOUTHFUL TIMES, GOOD ACHIEVEMENT GAINING TIMES. I ALSO THINK THAT AGAIN

048AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. AND I KNOW THIS ALSO EXEMPLIFIES WHAT THE PARENTS WANTED, THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT, FOR THE FEES, AND THE COMMUNITY WANTS IT. SO WE ARE LISTENING TO THAT EAST HILLSBOROUGH AREA VERY CLOSE -- CLOSELY. FINANCIAL COST IS NEUTRAL BECAUSE THE PARENTS DO PAY, AND THEY OF COURSE FUND AND PAY FOR THE USE OF THE BUILDINGS, ET CETERA. SO IT IS A FINANCIAL NEUTRAL EXCHANGE. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE TRACYE BROWN FOR PUTTING THIS -- INITIATING THIS TOGETHER, AND WHATEVER OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU. I JUST THINK THAT YOU ARE STEPPING OUT OF THE BOX, SO TO SPEAK, AND EAST HILLSBOROUGH NEEDS THOSE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP IDEAS AND INNOVATIVENESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BYE. >> THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. MRS. GRIFFIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND I

049AM GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS FIRST. I WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BSC IS A PARTNER. AND MRS. GRAY, YOU ARE CORRECT. AND I DID MEET WITH BSAC AND HEARD THEIR IDEAS ABOUT PROVIDING SERVICES AND ACTIVITY FOR THE STUDENTS. I HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH OUR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROVIDERS AND WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE ARE SELECTING AND APPROVING THIS PROGRAM. WHERE IS THE PROCESS? THERE IS NOT A PROCESS. THERE WAS NO RFP AND THERE WAS NO RFQ, AND SO MY CONCERN IS THAT HOW WILL WE MOVE FORWARD WHEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS COME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND WANT TO TAKE OVER FIVE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT FIVE OF OUR SCHOOLS? WHO WILL THEY TAKE OUT? WILL IT BE OUR PROGRAM OR ANOTHER PROGRAM? AND WHO

050MAKES THOSE DECISIONS? NONE OF THAT IS IN PLACE AT THE MOMENT WITH THE PROCESS. I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS CHANGES THE PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION ON SERVICE, AND HOW IT FIT -- HOW DOES IT FIT WITH OUR IMMEDIATE SCHOOLS? WHERE IS THE EQUITY QUIT? AGAIN THERE IS NO PLAN. HOW WILL SCHOOL SITES AND AREASCHAS THESE PROGRAMS? WHAT WILL BE OUR BENCHMARK FOR WHAT CONSTITUTES OUR PROGRAMS BETTER THAN OTHER PROGRAMS? AGAIN NOTHING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OR PUT IN PLACE AT THIS POINT FOR US TO MAKE THOSE TYPES OF DECISIONS. I RECOGNIZE THAT INDIVIDUAL NOT FOR PROFITS CAN OBTAIN FUNDING IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY THAN THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO, AND I AGREE THAT THIS IS AN ASPECT OF PROVIDING CARE AND CONSTRUCTIVE AFTER AND BEFORE CARE AS WELL AS SUMMER ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE BEEN NOT BEEN

051ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SO I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THE IDEA. I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE PROCESS AND I THINK THAT FALLS ON SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. I THINK WE NEED TO BALANCE WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE VERY DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE LOSS OF POTENTIAL REVENUE THAT WE MAY INCUR WITH PUTTING A POSITION OF -- A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN PLACE. AGAIN, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE BSAC. THEY HAVE BEEN A PARTNER. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THEM AS A PARTNER. THIS IS ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND MY FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE WITH THE WAY THIS HAS ALL TRANSPIRED. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MOVE TO PUT A PROCESS? PLACE, BECAUSE AGAIN I BELIEVE THAT WE DO NEED OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

052TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR. BUT WE HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE IN THE SAND AS TO HOW WE GET THERE, AND HOW AND WHEN WE EVALUATE AND MOVE FORWARD ON THESE PROCESSES. SO I'LL LEAVE THE FLOOR OPEN TO COMMENT AGAIN LATER ON. MRS. GRIFFIN WAS IN LINE TO COMMENT NEXT. MRS. GRIFFIN. >>April Griffin: THANK YOU. AND I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE TO SAY A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD PLANNED ON SAYING BECAUSE YOU SUD SAID THEM FOR ME. I HAVE GOTTEN MULTIPLE CALLS ABOUT THIS FROM OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO -- THEY ARE WATCHDOGS, AND I AM ONLY AS GOOD AT MY JOB AS THE PEOPLE WHO HELP TO MONITOR OUR AGENDAS AND TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE THEIR EAR TO THE

053GROUND ON THINGS, AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU THIS ONE REALLY GOT SOME PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. I HEARD THAT IT DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON. IN THE WAY THE PROCESS WAS HANDLED. THERE WAS NO RFP. THERE WAS NO RFQ. I WAS LOOKING AT THE TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND MRS. BROWN TALKED TO ME, OR DR. BROWN DID TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, THE FACT THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE GETTING SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING IN THE HOST PROGRAM WAS APPEALING TO ME. SO I ASKED WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CONTRACT WHEN IT CAME FORWARD, I DID DID NOT SEE ANY TRANSPORTATION IN THERE. SO MY QUESTION TO MRS. ZING WHEN SHE CALLED ME YESTERDAY WAS, WHAT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION? AND SHE SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE ON-SITE.

054THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE ON-SITE. SO IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, THEN WHAT DIFFERENCE IS IT BETWEEN OUR HOST PROGRAM AND WHAT'S BEING OFFERED? IT IS NOT FINANCIALLY COST NEUTRAL. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOSING ABOUT $30,000, $28,000 A YEAR ON THIS. IF PI UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY. AND IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT CORRECT, PLEASE CORRECT ME PUBLICLY. I HAVE IN A ISSUE WITH THAT. >> ACTUALLY, THE FUNDS THAT ARE COLLECTED, THE REVENUE THAT'S COLLECTD IS ACTUALLY GOING BACK INTO THE PROGRAM. I THINK YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED THAT. WE ARE ACTUALLY COLLECTING FUNDS FOR FACILITY USAGE FOR THE PROGRAM TO BE HELD ON-SITE. TRANSPORTATION, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO BE TRANSPORTED BY BSAC. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THEIR FACILITY FOR EXTRA

055PROGRAMS. >>April Griffin: WHERE IS THE LIABILITY IN THE CONTRACT FOR THAT THEN? IF THEY ARE IN OUR CARE ON OUR CAMPUSES, THEN THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE FOR THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE I AM EVEN WILLING TO LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. AND AS FAR AS THE MONEYS THAT WE ARE LOSING FOR THESE FIVE SCHOOLS, WE CHARGE HOST A FEE, WE THE DISTRICT CHARGE HOST A FEE TO -- WHAT IS IT, A MANAGEMENT FEE? WHAT'S IT CALLED, MR. SUPERINTENDENT? >> INDIRECT COSTS? >>April Griffin: I AM DIRECT COSTS. WE CHARGE THOSE. IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $30,000 THAT WE ARE LOSING ON THIS? >> ACTUALLY, THE I AM DIRECT COSTS ARE ASSESSED BY WHAT WE BRING N.WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING INSTEAD IS THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE TYPICALLY COLLECTED

056THAT ARE ALWAYS COLLECTED FOR THE CHILD CARE WILL GO BACK INTO SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM AS IT DOES FOR HOST. THEY WILL RECEIVE INCENTIVES OF THE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES WILL RECEIVE INCENTIVES TO DO SPECIAL THINGS WITH. THE SCHOOLS, IT ALSO PAYS FOR STAFF AS IT DOES WITH THE HOST PROGRAM P.IT PAYS FOR EQUIPMENT, AND HOST, AND IT WOULD DO THE SAME THING WITH BSAC. SO WE ARE REALLY JUST PICKING UP THE DISTRICT. >>April Griffin: YOU ARE SAYING IT IS COST NEUTRAL? >> IT IS COST NEUTRAL, YES. >> THEN I'LL TAKE THAT ARGUMENT OFF THE TABLE AND I STAND CORRECTED. THE PROCESS STILL IS SOMETHING THAT I TAKE EXCEPTION WITH, BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS DURING THE PRIVATE PRINCIPALS MYSELF, THIS WAS COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF

057PROCESS IN PLACE. I AGREE WITH MEMBER STUART THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PROCESS IN PLACE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR PRINCIPALS, WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET THEM TO CREATE IN THE COMMUNITY AS THEY ARE GROWING AS LEADERS, AND NOT JUST BEING SOCIETY BASED. THEY ARE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT THE PRINCIPALS ARE DRIVING THIS DECISION FOR THEIR STUDENTS. WE TALK ABOUT THAT AUTONOMY. SO MOVING FORWARD, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE MRS. STUART IS THINKING ABOUT IN THAT REGARD. BUT MY EXCEPTION WITH THIS IS WITH THE PROCESS ITSELF, AND WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOT A CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. MRS.

058GRAY? >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. A COUPLE OF THINGS FIRST OF ALL. MR. GIBSON, IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THE -- THERE IS AN INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT. I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP EARLIER WITH REGARD TO LIABILITY. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. WE WANT TO LET NOW A LITTLE ABOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT A THREE-YEAR PROCESS TO GET TO THIS POINT. WHICH INVOLVED A LOT OF VETTING. OBVIOUSLY, SOME ARE VERY UNIQUE IN WHAT IS OFFERED. OBVIOUSLY BRANDON AQUATIC CENTER IS WELL KNOWN IN THE BRANDON COMMUNITY. FAMILIES, PARENTS, OBVIOUSLY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF INVESTMENT IN THAT PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION. NOT ONLY FOR OUR KIDS, BUT FOR OUR ATHLETES, TO ACTUALLY GET BACK INTO THAT PROGRAM AT BRANDON AQUATIC CENTER.

059THREE YEARS AGO, MUCH LIKE ANY PARTNERSHIP, IT STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION ABOUT WE FEEL WE HAVE A NEED TO DO MORE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WHAT CAN WE DO MORE TO PROVIDE OUR IMPACT FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE HERE RESIDING IN THE BRANDON COMMUNITY? FIRST OF ALL, THE INTEREST OF BSAC IS LOCAL. I MEAN, THEY HAVE A LOCAL INTEREST IN THE BRANDON COMMUNITY. IT'S NOTE A COUNTYWIDE INTEREST. IT'S A LOCAL INTEREST BASED OFF OF THEIR FACILITY. SO IT STARTED WITH INITIAL CONVERSATION MUCH LIKE PARTNERSHIPS DO START WITH, AND THEN IT STARTED MORE WITH A VETTING PROCESS, SITE VISITATION, MRS. BROWN, MYSELF, OTHERS HAVE VISITED TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE SITE, THE FACILITY, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS, SUMMER, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED HERE. THOSE DISCUSSIONS OBVIOUSLY IN TALKING TO OTHER

060PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME SORT OF CONNECTION WITH THE BRANDON SCHOOL AQUATIC CENTER AS PROGRAMS DO, WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL. THE NEXT STEP IS ABOUT WHEN YOU ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP, HOW DO YOU WANT TO ENTER SO YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF TRANSITION PLAN THAT'S GOING TO HELP SET ANY PARTNER UP FOR SUCCESS. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A HOST PROGRAM. WE ALREADY HAVE A Y PROGRAM IN THE YMCA HAS BEEN A PARTNER IN ABOUT 20 OF OUR SCHOOLS PROVIDING ON-SITE SERVICES. THE UNIQUENESS ABOUT BSAC COMPARED TO A PROGRAM LIKE THE Y, IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FACILITY, THEY CAN OFFER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORT FOR OUR KIDS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE BRANDON COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, WE ENTERED A PROCESS OF HOW DO WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE

061CAN HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF SCHOOLS, OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOLS ON THE LIST ARE VERY MUCH CENTERED AROUND THE BSAC CENTER, AND THEN HOW CAN WE AS A HOST TRANSITION THAT PROGRAM SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE SETTING IT UP FOR SUCCESS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. IN THE AGREEMENT, THE SCHOOLS STILL GET THEIR INCENTIVE FUNDS MUCH LIKE THROUGH THE HOST PROGRAM. IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THEY ARE PAYING ON-SITE FEE AS WELL AS FOR FACILITY, COST. THERE IS SURVEYING. THERE IS GOING TO BE EVALUATION IN THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE HAVE A COMPARISON. WE NOW HAVE THE Y. WE HAVE OUR OWN HOST PROGRAM. OUR HOST PROGRAMS, OTHER THAN OUR OWN SCHOOL SITES, WE DON'T HAVE OTHER SITES MUCH LIKE A BSAC OFFERS. SO WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING UNIQUE, THAT'S WE LOOK FOR IN

062SOME OF THESE OFFERINGS. WITH THAT, AS WE TALKED WITH MR. BURGESS AND THE OTHERS AT BSAC, WE HAVE KIND OF GOT TONE THIS POINT WHERE WE FEEL IT'S A GOOD TIME, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ARE ABOUT READY TO GROW OUR HOST PROGRAM EVEN MORE. AS WE ENTER INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WE LOOK AT ALTERING BELL TIMES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED FOR A HOST STAFF TO INCREASE THEIR STAFFING AT OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO HOW WE LEVERAGE OUR GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN DOING THAT, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP. AND TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION US WELL, WE FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE A WIN FOR OUR KIDS AND A WIN FOR THE BRANDON COMMUNITY. >>Lynn Gray: SO WHAT I WANTED TO JUST MAKE MENTION IS WHENEVER YOU GET

063INNOVATIVE IN YOUR EDUCATIONAL STYLE, IF YOU WILL, THERE MATE NOT BE LIKE A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WRITTEN AND FOLLOWED LETTER BY LETTER. IN FACT, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO START THE PROCESS JUST BY BEGINNING A PROCESS THAT STARTS OUT WITH MAKING -- IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. AND FOR THREE YEARS IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU HAVE, AND YOU HAVE COME UP WITH -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT GOING TO REPLACE HOST. I THINK IT COMPLIMENT IT BECAUSE AGAIN AND AGAIN WE ARE SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE A GROWING COMMUNITY IN EAST HILLSBOROUGH AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT WITH MORE DAILY CARE, BEFORE AND AFTER. THERE'S NO WAY -- THERE'S NO ARGUMENT THERE. IT IS NECESSARY. BUT I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT A PARTICULAR POINT OF THIS. AND EXCUSE ME FOR BEING A

064LITTLE BIT IN OTHER WORDSY HERE ON THIS ARTICLE 15. AGREES TO PAY INCENTIVE MONEYS AS SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHMENT TO EACH SCHOOL BEFORE THE LAST DAY OF EACH NINE-WEEK SESSION. SO MY COMPETITIVENESS ALLOWED ME TO SAY, WELL, HOW DO I GET THIS INCENTIVE MONEY? HOW DOES THAT WORK? FAILS TO TIMELY PAY INCENTIVE MONEYS, OR SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE. SO WHAT IS THIS? THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING. PLEASE DO. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE HOST PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AS WELL SO THIS IS MIRRORING THAT. OBVIOUSLY CREATE SOME SORT OF USAGE FOR OUR SITE. SO IN MANY WAYS, OUR SCHOOLS GIVE INCENTIVE BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS FOR ALLOWING AN ACTUAL PROGRAM TO RESIDE ON THEIR SITE. THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF THE AGREEMENT. AND OUR HOST PROGRAM SO IT VERY

065SIMILAR TO THAT. THAT'S WHERE THE PROCESS IS. WE DIDN'T WANT SCHOOLS THAT BE WOULD BE PERHAPS GETTING A DIFFERENT SERVICE TO LOSE OUT ON ANYTHING THEY MIGHT HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN RECEIVING THROUGH THE HOST THAT SUPPORTS THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. LASTLY -- OH, SORRY. >> THE WAY THE INCENTIVE IS CALCULATED IS LISTED RIGHT THERE. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ENROLLMENT. THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. >>Lynn Gray: AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY AND SUBMIT THIS FOR -- NOT CONVERSATION BUT AS A FACT. I ALSO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COUNTY, AND I HAVE HAD VERY POSITIVE REACTIONS FOR THIS BY THE E-MAILS. SO I AM, I SUPPOSE, PROBABLY A HUGE PROPONENT OF THIS PARTICULAR CARE SERVICE FOR EAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. MRS. GRIFFIN. >>April Griffin: SO THE EVALUATION PIECE, THAT'S WHAT

066WE DO WITH HOST, RIGHT? >> YES, IT IS. >>April Griffin: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PULL THIS ITEM FOR SEPARATE VOTE. >>Cindy Stuart: THROWS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO PULL THIS ITEM FOR SECOND VOTE BY MRS. GRIFFIN AND SECOND BY MRS. HARRIS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTES WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. WE WILL VOTE ON THIS SEPARATELY. BOARD MEMBERS, THE ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRANDON SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTER AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, AND SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. DID YOU GET THAT? SO THERE IS NO MOTION TO APPROVE. I NEED SOME FORM OF METEOROLOGIST.

067MRS. HARRIS? I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS. MRS. HARRIS MOVES FOR APPROVAL WITH A SECOND BY MRS. VALDES. MRS. GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: MR. PORTER, WHEN WE MAKE AN APPROVAL BY THE BOARD, IS IT ESSENTIAL THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS -- I KNOW WE SHOULD HAVE A QUORUM. OF COURSE, WE DO. BUT IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE THE WHOLE BOARD TO BE HERE? >>Jim Porter: NO. THE BOARD CAN MEET THE QUORUM WHICH IN YOUR CASE IS FOUR MEMBERS. AS LONG AS THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT AND THEY TAKE ACTION, AND IF FLEECE A MOTION YOU NEED TO AFFIRMATIVELY VOTE FOR THE MOTION OR AGAINST IT BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE ALL SEVEN MEMBERS. TO VOTE A PARTICULAR WAY. >> BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MRS. HARRIS AND SECOND BY

068MRS. HARRIS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS COME UP. MRS. GRAY? AND THE MOTION PASSES 4 TO 2 WITH MRS. GRIFFIN AND MRS. STUART VOTING NAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 610, APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR SPORTS LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT, SLAM ACADEMY. CYNTHIA DECLINE, SUPERVISOR OF CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. YOU ARE HIGHLIGHTING FOR MYSELF WITH A COMMENT BY MRS. GRAY, MRS. HARRIS AND MRS. GRIFFIN. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND STAFF. TODAY I WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING TWO CONTRACTS FOR NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS OPENING IN AUGUST. THE FIRST ITEM IS 6.10, A 5-YEAR CONTRACT FOR SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY TAMPA. ALSO REFERRED TO AS SLAM TAMPA. SLAM TAMPA APPLIED IN AUGUST 2015 AND WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER THE SAME YEAR. IT DEFERRED OPENING FOR ONE YEAR, AND IT IS LOCATED IN CITRUS

069PARK ON GUNN HIGHWAY. THE SCHOOL SERVES GRADES 6 THROUGH 12 AND BE OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS ENTRUSTED IN CAREERS IN SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT. IN FACT IT WILL OFFER THREE CAREER ACADEMY: SPORTS MEDICINE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND SPORTS TV PRODUCTION, AND SPORTS MARKETING, ENTERTAINMENT AND MANAGEMENT. IN ITS FIRST YEAR ENROLLMENT IS PROJECTED AT 500 STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 THROUGH 10. TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE LOCAL RESIDENTS. THE SCHOOL WILL BE MANAGED BY ACADEMICCA WHICH CURRENTLY OPERATES THREE SLAM SCHOOLS IN MIAMI, PALM BEACH, AND LAS VEGAS. AND OVER 100 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE. AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ALEX TOMARGO, THE FIRST SLAM SCHOOL AND NOW DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF SLAM SCHOOL. AND THEN JIM GRIFFIN, THE PRINCIPAL OF SLAM TAMPA. >> I THINK DEROSA, I THINK -- DIRECTOR FOR ACADEMICS. I THINK

070HE'S HERE. THE SECOND ITEM IS 6.10. MAY I MOVE ON? 6.10. 6.11. THANK YOU. 6.117 IS A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER. THE SCHOOL WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT AND THE APPLICATION WAS APPROVED ON APRIL 4th, 2017. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS IN THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY TO ENTER PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THIRD GRADE AT OR ABOVE LEVEL AND READY TO TACKLE THE RIGORS OF THEIR EDUCATION. THEY WILL SERVE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE, AND ENROLLMENT FOR YEAR ONE WILL BE A MAXIMUM OF 36 STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. AND THEN YEAR 2 AND FOLLOWING, THE SCHOOL WILL ENROLL A MAXIMUM 56 STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE. THE FACILITY IS READY, AND IS LOCATED AT 34th STREET AND CHELSEA IN EAST TAMPA. IT WILL HAVE A TRADITIONAL CURRICULUM FOCUSING ON PRELITERACY AND

071LITERACY SKILLS, VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING. ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE LOCAL AND WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD COMPRISED OF STRONG COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGHOUT TAMPA BAY. THEY HAVE A STRONG DESIRE AND WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN A COMMUNITY OR SHARED KNOWLEDGE AND COLLABORATION WITH TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS TO IMPACT LIKE STUDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TODAY MICHELLE SHIMBERG, WHO IS HERE. THANK YOU, MICHELLE. AND FRAN McCREAMN IS DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS. SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HERE BUT SHE WAS IN A TRAINING AND COULDN'T BE HERE AT THE MOMENT. BUT FRAN IS WELL ESTABLISHED PRINCIPAL, VERY PASSIONATE PRINCIPAL AS WELL. SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON BOARD. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 6.12. ACTUALLY, BOARD MEMBERS, IT IS 4:10 AND I APOLOGIZE. WE NEED

072TO GO BACK TO THE APPOINTMENTS. MRS. VALDES. >>Susan Valdes: BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO THE APPOINTMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PULL AGENDA ITEM 6.10 AND 6.11 OUT FOR SEPARATE VOTE SINCE WE HAVE GUESTS. >>Cindy Stuart: THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO VOTE ON 6.10 AND 6.11 SEPARATELY, SECOND BY MRS. HARRIS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP. AND IT PASSES. MRS. VALDES. >>Susan Valdes: NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BOTH SLAM AND -- I DON'T HAVE IN THE FRONT OF ME -- EARLY CHILDHOOD. >>Cindy Stuart: MOTION BY MRS. VALDES, SECOND BY MRS. SHAMBERGER TO ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOTH ITEMS 6.10 AND 6.11. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS? SEEING NONE,

073PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE CHARTER DIVISION FOR BEING HERE AND TO OUR GIFTS THIS EVENING. WELCOME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO THE APPOINTMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: BOARD MEMBERS, THE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENT COMING BUFF TODAY ON THE AGENDA HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED, APPROPRIATE SCREENINGS WERE HELD AND INTERVIEWS BEFORE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT STAFF WERE CONDUCTED. MANAGEMENT ADOPTED BY THE BOARD WAS FOLLOWED. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT CHANTELLE ANGELLETIE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2017. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN 2000 AS A LEAD TEACHER DEPARTMENT CHAIR AT BURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. FROM 2010 TO 12 SHE SERVED AS INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LEADER AT GARRFIELD HUMBOLT NETWORK. IN 2012 AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

074AT FORT DEARBORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL N.2013 AS INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT LEADER FOR NETWORK 3 IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FROM 2015 TO PRESENT, SHE SERVED AS PRINCIPAL AT BURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRINCIPAL SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8. I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. SHIMBERGER AND SECOND BY MRS. GRAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP, BOARD MEMBERS. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. MRS. ANGELITTI, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. WELCOME. [ APPLAUSE ] AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE WITH YOU TODAY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jeffrey Eakins: WE ALSO HAVE TODAY UNDER 4.02 A, TWO NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, THEIR VERY FIRST ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ROLE. II WANT TO CONGRATULATE CHIA TO THE STALL PRINCIPAL FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT

075VAN BURN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THISTLE, AT TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE CENTRAL PARROT AT McKENNEDY LICK WILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE QUIETLY AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WHILE WE CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. WE WILL RETURN TO ITEM NUMBER 6.12. NUMBER 6.12 IS REVISE THE AGREEMENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LACROSSE ALLIANCE HALAX BEGINNING WITH THE 2017 LACROSSE SEASON. OUR DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT WILL HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS MYSELF WITH COMMENTS FROM MRS. HARRIS AND MRS. GRIFFIN. MR. ROBINSON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF. I ASK HALAX TO JOIN ME UP FRONT. BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS I AM GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND

076GET TO THIS CONTRACT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT A 5-YEAR JOURNEY STARTING BACK IN 2012 WHEN THERE WERE 8 CLUB TEAMS IN EXISTENCE THAT APPROACHED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY FORMED HALAX ASSOCIATION THAT WAS JOINED TO TRY TO INSTITUTE HIGH SCHOOL, LACROSSE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THOSE 8 SCHOOLS WERE ALANZO, GRANT, FREEDOM, NEWSOME, GRANT, STEINBRENNER AND WHARTON. AND THROUGH MUCH DISCUSSION AND SEVERAL MEETINGS WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE HALAX PROGRAM AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE EIGHT SCHOOLS, BOARD MEMBERS, WE REQUESTED HALAX OBVIOUSLY OBLIGED TO ADD JEFFERSON AND TAMPA BAY TECH TO BRING THAT TOTAL TO TEN. THEN WE STARTED DOWN THE CONVERSATION OR INCLUDED THE CONVERSATION OF HOW DO WE EXPAND LACROSSE? BECAUSE ULTIMATELY HALAX CAME WITH THE APPROACH OF WE WANTED TO PUT LACROSSE IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT THEN ULTIMATELY

077GET IT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE DEVELOPED A PROCESS IN BLOOMINGDALE AND SICKLES HAS SINCE BEEN ADDED BRINGING OUR TOTAL TO 12. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT IN DOING SO, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT IMPACT OUR GENDER EQUITY NUMBERS, SO ADDING BOYS AND GIRLS SPORTS WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR THE BOARD AND ALL THOSE THAT WERE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. HALAX'S APPROACH WHEN THEY CAME TO THE DISTRICT WAS ONE THAT WAS UNIQUE TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU. IT WAS TO ESTABLISH A PAY-FOR-PLAY PROGRAM WHICH IS THE ONLY SPORT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT STATE. AND THAT PAY FOR PLAY IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE EXPLORED AND OBVIOUSLY HAD IN PLACE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS DURING THE PROGRAM, PILOT PROGRAM, SO NOW WE ARE INTO THE

078PHASE OF WHAT'S NEXT? AND THROUGH OUR MANY DISCUSSIONS, WE WANTED TO EXTEND THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HALAX, AND THAT AGREEMENT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD OVERTAKE THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF LACROSSE, AND HALAX WOULD BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION PART AS THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THE INCEPTION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I NEED TO POINT OUT, IF YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. PAGE 2, HALAX AGREED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME FINANCIAL -- NOT OBLIGATIONS FINANCIAL HELP TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE OPERATION OF LACROSSE. AND IN RETURN, OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE OWE THEM SOMETHING, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ALLOW FOR SOME DIFFERENT SCHEDULING OPTIONS THAN WE NORMALLY OPERATE UNDER, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY LET HALAX CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND COACHES SO THAT PRINCIPALS HAVE SOME PEOPLE

079THAT ARE EXPERIENCED WITH LACROSSE BROUGHT TO THEM BY HALAX. THOSE ARE REALLY THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE ADDING TO THE PROCESS. BUT THE BIG ONE TO REALLY SUMMARIZE IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING OVER THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, AND THEN HAVE THEIR SUPPORT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MR. ROBIN SOME. MRS. HARRIS, YOU HAD A COMMENT, AND MRS. GRIFFIN? >>Sally Harris: MY COMMENT IS JUST THAT I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I KNOW THAT MY SON HAS BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL NOW SEVEN YEARS AND WAS PART OF THAT FIRST GROUP, AND IT'S JUST REALLY A PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND SEE IT COME OUT FOR MORE OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. GRIFFIN? >>April

080Griffin: THANK YOU. I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT THE CALL FROM MARK SHARPE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, WHO WANTED ME TO MEET WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, AND WHEN I STARTED RESEARCHING IT -- BECAUSE I RAISED MUSICIANS, SO I WASN'T RAISING THE ATHLETES. WHEN I STARTED LOOKING INTO IT, AND I SAW ALL OF THE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS, THE FACT THAT THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HAD MADE IT A SANCTIONED SPORT, AND IT WOULD ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO ONTO MANY DIFFERENT UNITS ACROSS THE NATION AND EVEN HERE IN TAMPA WHERE LACROSSE IS BECOMING A VERY BIG SPORT. WE SEE THAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LACROSSE STADIUM AT U.T. NOW. IT BECOMING AWAY OF LIFE DOWN HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN PLAY IT AND PRACTICE IT ALL YEAR LONG, UNLIKE UP

081NORTH. SO I HAVE BEEN REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THIS EXPANSION AND THE PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN REALLY A WONDERFUL ONE. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE PASS THAT ALONG TO YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THIS WAS JUST ONE MORE OF THOSE THINGS THAT GO ON TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR LIFE SO, THIS FITS VERY WELL INTO OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION FOR THIS DISTRICT. I KEEP USING THIS LACROSSE PARTNERSHIP IN CONVERSATIONS, AND I KNOW IT GIVES MR. ROBINSON HEARTBURN EVERY TIME I SAY IT ABOUT LOOKING AT SPORTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN A DIFFERENT WAY. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS, TOO, THOUGH, IS THAT IT IS A PAY FOR PLAY, BUT FOR THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY COMING UP WITH THE

082MONEY TO PLAY THIS SPORT, THE PARTNERSHIP HAS ALLOWED THEM TO DO THAT. IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS A NEW REGULATION THAT THE HELMETS HAD TO BE DIFFERENT, FOR THE FEMALES THIS YEAR, AND YOU ALL ARE STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND HELPING US WITH THAT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. BUT THIS, BOARD MEMBERS, IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN A PART OF THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS THAT WE CAN THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND LOOK AT PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM. BUT I AM REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THIS. I KNOW THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE ARE TRANSPORTING STUDENTS TO OUT-OF-COUNTY GAMES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ON.

083>> TRANSPORTATION, JUST THE WHOLE SCHEDULE. >>April Griffin: THE WHOLE SCHEDULE OF OUT-OF-COUNTY GAMES. SO AGAIN YOU ARE THINKING ALL THE TIME OUT OF THE BOX AND WORKING TO CREATE THESE NEW PROCESSES WITH THIS. SO I HOPE THAT YOU ARE DOCUMENTING ALL OF THIS AS YOU GO, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE WE ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE START LOOKING AT THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, AND IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON YOU TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU TO THE HALAX, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOUR WORK, LANNESS, ON ALL OF THIS. I THINK WE ARE BENEFITING OUR STUDENTS GREATLY. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRIFFIN. MRS. GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NICE TO MEET YOU, LANNESS ROBINSON. I HEARD MANY WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT YOU. BUT REAL QUICKLY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST

084GROWING DEMOGRAPHICS ARE WOMEN IN SPORTS. WOMEN ARE, THANKFULLY, I WON'T SAY TAKING OVER, BUT THEY ARE NEEDING TO PLAY. AND WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE GAMES TO DO SO. AND MRS. GRIFFIN JUST SAID IT IS ALL ABOUT RUNNING, WHICH OF COURSE IS SOMETHING THAT I APPRECIATE GREATLY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW, AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, IS THAT SPORTS, BE IT LACROSSE, CROSS COUNTRY, TRACK, FIELD AND ALL THE OTHERS, MANY, MANY SPORTS THAT YOU ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF, IT BRINGS EQUITY TO OUR KIDS AND IT BRINGS TEAM BUILDING. AND BOTH OF THOSE BRING KIDS A BIG PURPOSE TO STAY IN SCHOOL. STAYING IN SCHOOL AND GRADUATING IS A BIG PRIORITY. SPORTS IS THE TICKET. AND THIS IS THE BIG -- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME, BUT IF

085THIS IS WHAT'S WORKING, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. >> CAN I PLUG SOMETHING SINCE SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FEMALE SPORTS? WE ARE REALLY IN NEED OF OFFICIALS FOR THE FEMALE GAMES. SO SINCE WE ARE ON TV, I NEEDED TO SAY THAT OUTLOUD. THANK YOU. MRS. GRIFFIN, DO YOU WANT TO BE AN OFFICIAL? >> I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS TRIPP BARLOW. I HAVE WORKED WITH LANNESS FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW. AD I'M JUST ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF HALAX. I JUST HAPPENED TO BE HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE. THERE'S A BIG GROUP THAT'S PUT IN A LOT OF TIME. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT IN, TO USE LANNESS' WORD, A PLUG FOR THEM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPPORT CREW FOR TAKING A CHANCE

086ON US ON THIS VITAL PROGRAM. I KNOW -- I THINK IT'S ACCURATE TO SAY IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC-PRIVATE VENTURES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ENTERED INTO. WE DID IT. EVERYBODY HAD THEIR FINGERS CROSSED. WE DIDN'T WANT TO FAIL. WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE FIRST ONES AND THEN FAIL. AND THEN MAYBE CREATE AN OBSTACLE FOR OTHERS. THE WORK WE HAVE HAD TO DO ON A WEEK TO WEEK AND THEN DURING THE SEASON DAY-TO-DAY BASIS HAS BEEN PRIMARILY WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, AND IT HAS BEEN AS SEAMLESS AS YOU COULD EXPECT. THERE WERE BUMPS IN THE ROAD PARTICULARLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF SEASONS AS WE HAD TO WORK OUT SCHEDULING FOR OFFICIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT NEVER ONCE HAVE WE RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE COULDN'T WORK THROUGH IT. LANNESS, JENNIFER VIRGIL,

087THE WHOLE CREW WORKING WITH YOUR LAWYER JEFF GIBSON WHO WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THIS CONTRACT WAS JUST A VERY PRODUCTIVE FEELING. I CAN PASS ON, TOO, THAT IT HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN SAID AMONG THE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD -- AND A LOT OF US HAVE SERVED ON SOME NOT FOR PROFIT VOLUNTEER BOARDS, AND TO A PERSON, ALMOST EVERYBODY SAYS, THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE PROCESS THEY HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN THAT RESPECT. IT SORT OF RAN LIKE A BUSINESS, INTERACTED WELL, THEIR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ADDRESSED IT. IN A WAY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THE FOCUS ON THE DOLLARS, AND YET BRING -- HOPEFULLY BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO THE KIDS. SO I WANTED TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY AT HALAX, THANK ALL THE BOARD FOR ALL THE HELP AND THE TRUST AND THANK

088EVERYBODY AT THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING WITH US. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MR. BAR LOW. I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS DAIS WHEN THIS CONVERSATION STARTED AND I REMEMBER HEARING A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT HOW DO WE EXPAND, WHAT SCHOOLS DO WE MOVE INTO, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITY IN OUR SCHOOLS, BOTH MALES AND FEMALES AND FROM OUR STUDENTS, OUR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. AND HALAX REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND YOU ARE DOING THAT AGAIN. I APPRECIATE THE WORK, TRIPP, THAT YOU DID AND MR. GIBSON THAT YOU DID WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BOARD, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE THIS BOARD HA A

089-- HAD A WORKSHOP LAST SEPTEMBER WERE INCLUDED, AND YOUR NEEDS AND YOUR INTERESTS AND THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOOD AT DOING ARE EMBEDDED IN HERE AND THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN TAKE OVER AND THAT WE ARE GOOD AT DOING THAT WE TAKE OVER. SO I WANT TO IMPLEMENT YOU -- COMPLIMENT YOU FOR ADDING SEVERAL ITEMS ON PAGES 2 AND 3 THAT REALLY SHOW YOUR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THIS DISTRICT, FOR STAYING AND REMAINING A PARTNER. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO HOLD BACK AND WALK AWAY FROM THIS. I KNOW YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE SPORT AND EVEN YOUR OWN CHILDREN'S COMMITMENT TO THE SPORT. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS BOTH FROM YOUR ATTORNEYS AND FROM YOUR SIDE. IT BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK

090WITH YOU. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING PASS THE GAVEL TO MY VICE CHAIR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PULL THIS ITEM FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. >>Sally Harris: MOTION BY CINDY STUART AND SECOND BY APRIL GRIFFIN TO PULL THIS ITEM FOR SEPARATE VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IF YOU WILL VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHT COMES UP, PLEASE. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. >>Cindy Stuart: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 6-12-R, THE AGREEMENT WITH HALAX AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. >>Sally Harris: WE HAVE A MOTION BY CINDY STUART AND A SECOND BY APRIL GRIFFIN TO APPROVE THE LACROSSE CONTRACT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS COME UP. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, I BELIEVE THAT

091WE ARE INTO -- ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED UP FOR SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT AND WE ARE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 2.01. RENEWAL OF AGENCY AGREEMENTS FOR PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE HOSPITAL HOME BOUND EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION, 2017-2020. MRS. GRAY, OFF COMMENT. >>Lynn Gray: AS A PREFERENCE BEFORE I MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIP. WE ARE FACING A GREAT AMOUNT OF FISCAL ATTENTION, TO PUT IT MILDLY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CHOSE TO DO BEFORE TALKING ABOUT EACH OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS IS TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A LITMUS TEST. SO WHAT I SUGGEST -- AND I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO JOIN ME IN THINKING WITH ME -- ARE THE DECISIONS OR THE APPROVALS, ARE THEY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE? DO THEY RAISE ACHIEVEMENT? ARE WE HAVING EQUITY?

092OR ARE WE INCREASING EQUITY? ARE WE BECOMING MORE COMPETITIVE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT? ARE WE BEING FOREMOST AND JUST MOTT CONSCIOUS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT? THOSE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS. SO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS PARTNERSHIP HELPING THE HOME BOUND STUDENT, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE KNOW AND WE PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE TO REACH THE STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE. THAT'S A LITTLE SENSE FIGURATIVELY. WE TEACH STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AT. AND THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GENERAL AND PEDIATRIC HEALTH I THINK IS A GREAT ONE THAT DOES MERIT THAT RELATIONSHIP. WE ARE BRINGING EQUITY TO THESE HOME BOUND CHILDREN BY PROVIDING INSTRUCTION WITH CHILDREN THAT ARE SO CHALLENGED IN MANY WAYS, AND WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THEM. AND I THINK THAT TAKES A LOT OF HEART AND SOUL AND FORESIGHT, SPEAKS VERY MUCH FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS

093WHO CHOOSES TO DO THESE PARTNERSHIPS. ARE WE BEING FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE? WELL, YES, WE ARE. WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE FTE FUNDS SO PRAGMATICALLY WE ARE RESPONSIBLE. A SMALL LITTLE POINT, PERHAPS, SMALL LITTLE PROGRAM BUT IT DOES SHOW THE ARE HEART AND SOUL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THERE ARE MERITS TO THIS IN MORE THAN ONE PHASE. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. ITEM NUMBER 4.01. 934 FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT. MRS. GRAY, OFF COMMENT. >>Lynn Gray: WELL, THERE'S A FEW COMMENTS. THE PERSONNEL LIST, I TRAY NOT TO GET INTO IT TOO MUCH BECAUSE IT USUALLY LIKE 8 TO 10 TO 12 TO 20 PAGES. I THINK WHAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT CHOSE TO DO AND I THINK IT VERY WISE, IS WE LEARN OVER AND OVER THAT FIRING FOLKS IS NOT

094GOING TO GIVE US A VERY GOOD REPUTATION OF -- NOT TO MENTION THE MORALE BUT HOLDING ONTO OUR BEST TEACHERS, OUR BEST STAFF, OUR BEST DISTRICT CABINET MEMBERS, BUT IF WE NEED TO FREEZE OR IF THE F WE NEED TO CUT BACK, REPURPOSING, IN OTHER WORDS, RESTRUCTURING, PUTTING THEM IN ANOTHER POSITION. WE HAVE TO KEEP FOR OUR CHILDREN'S WELFARE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MUST HAVE IS STABILITY. WHEN WE REPURPOSE AND KEEP STAFF, IT DOES SUGGEST THAT WE ARE A STABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND REPURPOSING THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IS VERY PRAGMATIC. IT DOESN'T HURT FOR ANY OF US TO LEARN DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOB POSITIONS. SO IT'S A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DECISION NOW THAT WE HAVE TO REPURPOSE, PERHAPS PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE

095POINT I WANTED TO MAKE. I AM DEFINITELY SAYING THIS EMPHATICALLY. I THINK WE HAVE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATING INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES FORMED BY THE GATES GRANT. I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE ARE OVER. WE HAVE TOO MUCH EXTRA BAGGAGE. WEE REPURPOSING THEM INTO THE CLASSROOM, I WAS TALKING TO A TEACHER AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL, VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, WHO WAS A DEPARTMENT HEAD, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TRACK COACH AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS. HE CHOSE TO BECOME A TEACHER COACH. HE COACHED. AND THEN HE NOTICED THAT HE WASN'T REALLY APPRECIATED, ONLY DID WORK THREE OR FOUR HOURS. IN FACT HE SAID MOST OF THE TEACHERS DID NOT REALLY APPRECIATE HIM COACHING COACHING. AND THIS PARTICULAR MAN WAS ONE OF THE MOST ADAPTABLE, FLEXIBLE HUMAN BEINGS I HAVE EVER MET. HE'S BEEN VERY HUMBLE N.LIGHT

096OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMENT, I DEFINITELY WENT BACK INTO THE EXPENDITURES OF THE COACHES. I HAVE TO SAY THAT A GOOD TEAM LEADER ON THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND A VERY GOOD OR EXPERIENCED DEPARTMENT HEAD ON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL CAN, IN FACT, COACH. I USED TO DO IT. IT CAN BE DONE. WE HAVE SO MANY HATS WE WEAR. LET'S THINK ABOUT WHEN WE GIVE OUR BUDGET A LOOK-SEE, SO TO SPEAK, MAKING THOSE TYPES OF REPURPOSING SO WE CAN SAVE MONEY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE GATES GRANT IS REALLY HARD TO SUSTAIN. AND THAT'S WHY MANY OF OUR SITUATIONS OF THAT WE ARE IN A VERY FINANCIALLY DISTRESS IT WILL SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ABILITY TO SUSTAIN ALL THOSE COACHES, AMONG OTHER THINGS. THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS.

097GRAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 4.06-R, APPROVE TV REVISION AND THE REORGANIZATION OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION. MRS. GRIFFIN AND MYSELF BOTH ASKED FOR HIGHLIGHT AND HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS AGENDA ITEM WHICH I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AT OUR 21st BOARD MEETING. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR JULY 1, 2017. FOUR MONTHS AGO, WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES WE ARE NOW FACED WITH ADDRESSING. THIS REVISION BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY RESULTED IN A SALARY INCREASE FOR 39 EMPLOYEES AT A COST OF $169,710. AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE OTHER AREAS OF THIS REORGANIZATION WILL RESULT IN A COST SAVINGS OF $227,715 WHICH WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR BUDGET IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. THIS WILL

098ALSO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO ANALYZE OUR DIVISIONAL NEEDS AS WE ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS OUR CURRENT BUDGET CHALLENGES. THE GOAL OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION REMAINS TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL CLIENT SERVICES FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. LAYLAND. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS, BUT AGAIN I MAY PASS THE GAVEL TO MRS. HARRIS AGAIN. THIS ITEM ORIGINALLY CAME THROUGH IN FEBRUARY, AND I HAD VERY LENGTHY CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. VAZQUEZ, THE SUPERINTENDENT. I THEN -- HUMAN RESOURCES, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT MRS. SAUNDERS. AND I LET THIS GO. AND I WAS VERY DISTURBED BY IT. I GOT A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, NOT ONLY FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THIS BUT FROM OUR OWN INTERNAL EMPLOYEES BECAUSE ON LINE 1 OF THIS REORGANIZATION, THERE ARE FOUR

099-- THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY FOUR PEOPLE ON THAT FIRST LINE THAT THE BUDGET IMPACT IS $24,000, 24 DIVIDED BY 4 IS A $6,000 RAISE. AND I CANNOT SIT UP HERE AND EVEN BEGIN TO STOMACH ANY OF THAT. IF YOU KEEP GOING, ITEM LINE NUMBER 3 IS TWO EMPLOYEES, AND I DON'T TO KNOW OH WHO ANY OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE, WHAT THEIR JOBS AND DUTIES ARE, OTHER THAN THEY HAVE NEW JOB DESCRIPTION. THERE'S A 6:00 BUDGET IMPACT TIMES TWO PEOPLE IS A $3400 RAISE. AGAIN, THERE ARE NO EVALUATIONS TIED TO THIS. THERE'S NO PRODUCTION TIED TO THIS. THE NEXT LINE IS 25 HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE BEING REGRADED FROM A PAY GRADE 23 TO A PAY GRADE 24 TO THE TUNE OF $89,703. THAT SINGLE-FAMILY $3500 EACH. AND I'M SORRY, FOLKS, BUT THIS BOARD MEMBER

100CANNOT SIT HERE AND ONCE AGAIN WALK THROUGH THIS ENTIRE THING AND HAND OUT, DOLE OUT THOSE KIND OF INCREASES IN SALARIES FOR NO GOOD REASON AT ALL, OTHER THAN WE JUST NEED TO HAVE BRING PEOPLE UP TO A PROPER LEVEL. I NEED TO SEE MORE THAN THAT. I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE IN THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THAT WE ARE IN. AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO DEFEND THIS. IT MAKES IT EXTREMELY HARD FOR THE PUBLIC WITH THE SCRUTINY THAT WE ARE FACING FINANCIALLY TO DEFEND, AGAIN -- AND AGAIN I THREAT GO THE FIRST TIME, AND I HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK AND I CAN'T SIT HERE AND GOOD CONSCIENCE AND LET IT GO AGAIN. SO MRS. GRIFFIN, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK AND THEN I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A MOTION UNLESS YOU BEAT ME TO IT. >>April Griffin: DITTO.

101>>Cindy Stuart: MRS. VALDES? >>Susan Valdes: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD SPEAKERS EARLIER TODAY. WE HAVE HAD ARTICLES WRITTEN BY MRS. SOPL -- JUST RECENTLY, RICHARD CORCORAN USED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS IT'S QUOTE-UNQUOTE POSTER CHILLED FOR RUNAWAY PUBLIC SPENDING. HE ALSO THEN CONCLUDED SAYING THAT HIS MESSAGE, HOUSE BILL 769, IS NOT WHY DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR EXPENSES, RATHER CORCORAN TOLD THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES" ON MONDAY, AND I QUOTE, IT WAS ALL QUOTED, IS THEIR BLOAT, INEFFICIENCY AND GROSS OVERSPENDING. THEIR PROBLEM IS THEIR MISMANAGEMENT. HE CONTINUES TO GO FORWARD IN SAYING, HARKENINGED BACK TO HILLSBOROUGHS REFORMED TEACHING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION WHICH ENDED IN 2016. ASKED THE GATES FOUNDATION WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH, HE SAID, ALL THOSE HIGH

102SALARIES, AND IT'S NOT HELPING THE CHILDREN. THE TIMES DOCUMENTED HOW THE GATES PROJECT CREATED A COSTLY BUREAUCRACY TO EVALUATE TEACHERS. MUCH OF THE THAT WAS DISMANTLED AFTER THE EXPERIMENT ENDED, AND I JUST SAY THAT THAT IS INCORRECT. MUCH OF THAT WAS DISMANTLED ONCE FOUR COURAGEOUS BOARD MEMBERS DECIDED TO TERMINATE A CONTRACT. SO -- OR THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WAS DOING A LOT OF THESE THINGS IN ISOLATION. AND WE HAD NO -- YOU KNOW, I CAN DEAL WITH THINGS AS LONG AS YOU TELL ME THE TRUTH. AND IT AIN'T FUN. OKAY. BUT THE TRUTH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. AND CURRENTLY, WE HAVE FOUR EMPLOYEES IN THE FACILITIES DIVISION, TWO OF WHICH ARE AT A PAY GRADE 13. THE OTHERS ARE IN PAY GRADE 15. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR OFFICIAL TITLE IS, BUT MR. FARKAS, MAYBE YOU CAN

103LET ME KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. BUT WHAT THESE INDIVIDUALS DO, WHENEVER THERE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, IT'S THIS TEAM OF GUYS THAT GO IN THERE MAKING PEANUTS. THEN AFTERWARDS, WE WILL CALL BALFOUR TO THE TUNE OF 10 OR $15,000 TO COME BACK TO THE SAME PLACE THAT THOSE FOUR MEN MAKING MAYBE 9, 10, $11 AN HOUR, TO DO THE FIRST LAYOUT OF DIRTY WORK. AND, BY THE WAY, WITH LIMITED EQUIPMENT OR PROTECTION. SO I WANT US TO BE REALLY, REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING AND WHAT WE ARE DOING. YOU KNOW, FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HOOPING AND HOLLERING AND ALL THIS, THEY DON'T GET IT. WHY HAVEN'T THESE FOUR EMPLOYEES COME UP TO THIS PODIUM AND TOLD US THEIR STORY? PROBABLY THEY ARE AFRAID. TO DO SO.

104BECAUSE NO ONE IS STANDING UP FOR THEM. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES, IT'S NOT ONE-SIDED. LET'S TALK ABOUT BEING FAIR. ACROSS THE BOARD. I'M REALLY DISTURBED BECAUSE FOR 12 AND A HALF YEARS, THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN HAD AT THIS DAIS IN SEARCH OF TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE TRUTH IS. AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE HAVE 2007 EMPLOYEES MORE THAN WE CAN AFFORD. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THIS. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR EMPLOYEES COME UP AND SAY THE AIR CONDITIONING IS MESSED UP, IT'S NOT WORKED -- WELL, WE CAN'T GENERATE DOLLARS, PEOPLE AND THE DOLLARS THAT WE CAN GENERATE, WE WON'T PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE THOSE DOLLARS. AND IT EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. AND NOT ONLY THAT, LEGALLY. SO IF

105THIS BOARD -- AND LAST WEEK AT OUR BOARD WORKSHOP, THAT AGENDA ITEM, THE COVER SHEET WAS THERE, AND IT CLEARLY STATED THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT WAS FOR THAT ONE YEAR. IT WAS VERY LIMITED INFORMATION. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE ADULTS. WE ARE NO SITUATION NOW THAT WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THE DILLY DALYING AND WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE THIS CANNOT CONTINUE. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE NO PLACE NOW -- I NO LONGER AM THINKING ABOUT POINTING FINGERS OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE WE OWNED IT. AND I SAID THAT SEVERAL TIMES. WE OWN IT. AND BY SHIFTING AND DOING THESE, WE HAVE TO STOP DOING THIS. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERCEPTION, THE BAD PERCEPTION THAT THIS BOARD HAS THAT'S WHY I WANT TO THANK MR. CORCORAN AND GOVERNOR SCOTT,

106BECAUSE NOW WE ARE FORCED TO DO WHAT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO DO IN ANY ORGANIZATION. SEE, HISTORICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN A DISTRICT OF ENTITLEMENT. ENTITLEMENT FOR WHO? WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR? WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE CHILDREN OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, ALL 213-PLUS-THOUSAND OF THEM. NOT TO PROTECT POSITIONS BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID THAT IF AN EXPERT COMES IN, THAT POSITION WILL BE OBSOLETE. IT WAS NICE WHEN WE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF MONEY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO I CAN'T -- I APOLOGIZE, MR. EAKINS, BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING KILLED. FOR ALLOWING -- ALLOWING, TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. THIS BOARD CANNOT DO WHAT YOU DO, SIR ALL WE CAN DO IS HELP GUIDE AND ALLOW YOU TO DO YOUR JOB. BUT

107WHEN WE ARE GETTING KILLED LIKE THIS, AND THE COMMUNITY -- OUR OWN EMPLOYEES LAUGHING AT US. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THIS IS NOT A COMICAL SITUATION. AND I'M GOING TO GO THERE. WE ARE SEVEN SMART WOMEN. WE CAN DO THIS. WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO GET IT DONE. AND, YES, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME FOLKS REALLY MAD. WELL, SO BE IT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, ON AUGUST 10th, OUR CHILDREN WILL BE ARRIVING AT OUR DOORSTEPS. AND WE HAVE TO BE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO SERVE EACH OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT ARE OUR OWN, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ONE CHILD IN THIS DISTRICT THAT I DON'T CARE FOR. THEY DEPEND ON THE ADULTS TO PROVIDE THE EDUCATION THAT THEY DESERVE. I JUST WISH THAT OUR LEGISLATORS REALLY UNDERSTOOD ARTICLE 9

108OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION. AND INSTEAD OF BEING ADVERSARIAL, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS CALLED IT OUT TODAY -- WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. PROVE IT. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. VALDES. MRS. GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER VALDES FOR SPEAKING SO FRANKLY. VERY IMPORTANTLY, FIRST, MY TAKE IS CORCORAN, WHICH I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SAY HIS NAME BECAUSE HIS DECISIONS WERE MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. HE'S NOT A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION, AND IN FACT THEY HAVE NOT EVEN GAVE US A PROCEDURE HOW TO CARRY OUT 7.06-9. I FAILED TO GIVE CREDENCE TO CORCORAN AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND I PUT MY POSITION THERE, WHILE WE ARE SHARING POSITIONS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOUCHED ON IS THE LACK OF EXPLANATION IN FRONT OF ME. I SEE -- I

109SEE THAT THERE IS A FISCAL BALANCE HERE OF PLUS $85,000, OR 85,891.54 ANNUAL TOTAL SAVINGS. SO SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN? WE SEE A RESTRUCTURING -- OF COURSE, WE DO -- AND MADAM CHAIR, OBVIOUSLY THOSE POINTS THAT YOU BROUGHT OUT ARE VISIBLE IN FRONT OF ME. BUT CAN YOU SHARE, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, THE SAVINGS, HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY, BY RESTRUCTURING, WE ARE ACTUALLY GAINING MONEY? >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. SO THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT BACK AT THE INITIAL APPROVAL BACK IN FEBRUARY. IT HAD LESS COST SAVINGS. IT HAD MORE EXPENSE SIDE. SO IN BRINGING THIS BACK, AS MRS. LAYMAN IS COMING INTO HER ROLE, SHE'S REEVALUATED THAT PARTICULAR DECISION, AND GONE BACK AND FOUND ADDITIONAL COST SAVINGS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, TO

110APPROVE, NOT THE INITIAL REORGANIZATION, BUT TO APPROVE THE REVISED THAT HAS FURTHER COST SAVINGS. >>Lynn Gray: SO IF WE ARE SAVING MONEY, I'M NOT REAL SURE WHY THIS WOULD BE AN OBJECTION. I'M BEING RESPECTFUL AND MINDFUL OF YOUR POSITION, MADAM CHAIR, AND I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT YOU STUDIED THIS VERY CLOSELY. BUT AT ANY RATE, SEEING WHAT I SEE IN FRONT OF ME AND LISTENING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, SEEMS TO ME THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY RESTRUCTURING, REORGANIZING, REPURPOSING, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING FOR A LONG WHILE, PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT THE SOLUTION. THERE IS A TOTAL SAVINGS NUMBER, AND IT IS IN BLACK AND WHITE IN PRINT. AND I'M SURE THAT IT HAS BEEN VERY WELL CAREFULLY THOUGHT THROUGH. SO I SEE THIS AS A POSITIVE. I WILL SAY TO MEMBER VALDES

111THAT TEACHERS DO GET IT. THEY REALLY DO. I MEAN, I'M A TEACHER THAT STARTED OUT WITH $7,000 A YEAR, AND CAME, I THINK AT THE HEIGHT, WAS MAYBE IN 50s AFTER A MASTERS DEGREE. BUT I HAD TO WORK FOR MANY YEARS OF MY LIFE, TWO JOBS TO SUPPORT MYSELF, AND THERE IS A VERY, VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF TEACHERS OUT THERE THAT I KNOW WORK THEIR HEADS OFF NOT FOR THE MONEY, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. TALLAHASSEE LOT OF TRUTH IN THAT. SO I DON'T THINK -- I DON'T WANT TO TAP AWAY ANYTHING FROM THE TEACHERS. IN FACT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THEM A PLUS, NOT ONLY FOR THE MORALE BUT FOR OUR KIDS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. OUR JOB IS EDUCATION. IF WE DON'T PAY

112ATTENTION TO OUR TEACHERS VERY CLOSELY AND TAKE CARE OF THEM, OUR KIDS WILL BE THE OBJECTS OF THE RESULTS OF LESS OF AN EDUCATION, IF YOU WILL. AND LESS MORALE WILL NOT HELP. SO THE PERCEPTION IS VERY IMPORTANT ON THIS BOARD. PERCEPTIONWISE WITHIN MY OWN DOMAIN, I'M VERY PRO TAKING CARE OF TEACHERS. I MEAN, I CARE VERY MUCH OF THEIR FUTURE AND WHERE THEY ARE GOING. AND LASTLY, WE MUST MAKE DECISIONS NOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I KNOW THAT THESE ARE -- WE ARE COURAGEOUS WOMEN, AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. SO I THINK THE PIECES OF PAPER THAT I SEE BEFORE ME DO NOT SUGGEST THAT WE ARE LOSING MONEY, BUT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, LOOKS LIKE IT'S A THOUGHT-OUT PROCESS, BUT SHARES A LOT OF REPURPOSING, AND HAS A NET SAVINGS. SO

113I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANKS. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. MRS. VALDES. >>Susan Valdes: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. IN YOUR RESPONSE, THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT I SEE. WE ARE STILL BOOSTING PEOPLE'S SALARIES. FOR ME, A COST SAVINGS, WHAT KIND OF REPURPOSING DOING MORE WITH LESS AT THIS ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL. BUT INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL RECEIVING A BUMP IN THEIR PAY. AND IT'S ONLY -- I HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS ONLY ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE AND ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL. BUT NOTHING ON MY BLUE COLLAR SIDE. AND MEMBER GRAY, I FEEL I NEED TO REMIND US THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT RECEIVED TO THEIR BASE SALARY SOME UP TO OF $26,000 BUMPS IN THEIR SALARIES IN THEIR YEARLY SALARIES. SOME WERE 8, 10, 12, 15, A COUPLE

114OF THEM WERE $30 THAT YOU, IN ONE YEAR. WHERE -- WHERE IS THAT IN, YOU KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW IF THE MEDIA HAS SHARED, HAS THAT REPORT OR NOT. I WOULD GLADLY GIVE IT TO YOU. GLADLY. YET WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE ON THE BLUE COLLAR SIDE, IT DOESN'T COMPARE -- DOESN'T COMPARE. SO I COULD UNDERSTAND THE REORGANIZATION. BUT AT THIS POINT, TO GIVE INDIVIDUALS INCREASES IN SALARIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES, I CAN'T DO THAT. AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL AT THIS POINT THE WAY I DO. WE HAVE TO FIND -- WE HAVE TO FIND THAT BALANCE. AND HENCE, MY COMMENT AT THE WORKSHOP ABOUT FREEZING SALARIES WAS JUST TO GET A GRIP ON WHAT WE HAVE GOT GOING ON, REALLY GET A GRIP GOING ON. BECAUSE YOU KNOW

115WHAT? PUTTING ALL THINGS ASIDE, IF IT WEREN'T FOR A TEACHER, WHERE WOULD I BE TODAY? AND I HAVE ALWAYS THE FEVERS ARE MY HEROES, AND THEY WILL ALWAYS BE MY HEROES. YOU LAUGH, LET ME HEAR YOU. BECAUSE IT'S NOT FUNNY. AND I'M NOT HERE TO JOKE AROUND EITHER. BUT LET'S BE FAIR AND HONEST. THIS BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW MANY EMPLOYEES? IT'S NOT BUN-SIDED. AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ONE-SIDED. MEMBER GRAY, THAT'S WHY. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. I'M LOOKING FOR EQUITY ACROSS THE BOARD, AND NOT JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF OUR CHILDREN. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? OUR SECURITY OFFICERS ARE ALSO IN FRONT OF OUR CHILDREN. OUR LUNCHROOM LADIES FEED OUR CHILDREN BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE CLASSROOM. OUR CUSTODIANS MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING IS IN THE RIGHT

116CONDITION BEFORE THE TEACHERS GET INTO THE BUILDING. BLESS YOU. SO IF WE DON'T VALUE THEM, WE ARE GOING TO VALUE TEACHERS MORE? THAT'S INEQUITABLE AND I CAN'T SIT HERE AND DO THAT. CONSCIOUSLY. I HAVE TO PUSH BACK, AND I HAVE TO STATE THE FACTS. AND THE FACT ARE SEVERAL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, BUS DRIVERS, LUNCHROOM LADIES, CUSTODIANS, OUR SECURITY. I AM PROBABLY MISSING A FEW OTHERS THAT HAVE NOT HAD THE LUXURY OF HAVING NOT EVEN A $5,000 RAISE TO THEIR BASE SALARY, MUCH LESS A THOUSAND DOLLARS. NO. THEY HAVE BEEN 10, 15 CENTS. SO LET'S KEEP IT REAL. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. VALDES. MRS. GRIFFIN. >>April Griffin: AND I KEPT MY COMMENTS VERY SHORT BY SAYING DITTO BECAUSE I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, MADAM CHAIR. FOR ME, ANY INCREASE IN SALARY, ANY INCREASE

117IN ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES IS SOMETHING THAT I CANNOT SUPPORT UNTIL WE HAVE A FIRM GRIP ON OUR FINANCES. THAT IS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US. AND THESE ARE RECURRING COSTS. SO THAT'S MY RATIONALE AND WILL BE MY RATIONALE MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I APPROVED A PRINCIPAL EARLIER WHO WAS COMING FROM OUT OF DISTRICT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE RATIONALE FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE ONLY TWO PEOPLE APPLIED AND THEY WERE BOTH FROM OUT OF THE DISTRICT. YET WE HAD A HIRING FREEZE. WHY DIDN'T WE PUT SOMEBODY -- AND I DIDN'T BRING THIS UP WHILE THE PERSON WAS SITTING IN THE ROOM. BUT WHY DIDN'T WE TAKE AN ADMINISTRATOR AND PUT THAT ADMINISTRATOR AT SULPHUR SPRINGS? WE HAVE GOT TO GET OUT OF THIS BUBBLE THAT WE ARE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW. IT

118IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME THAT WE ARE IN. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE BEEN IN A YEAR OF DISCOVERY. WE HAVE BEEN FINDING OUT WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW. WE NOW KNOW OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE THE GIBSON REPORT. WE HAVE ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY YOUR OFFICE, DR. VAZQUEZ. I KNOW YOU LIVE, EAT AND BREATHE THIS EVERY DAY. I KNOW YOU LOSE SLEEP OVER IT. I KNOW YOU DO, TOO, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. BUT FOR THE MOMENT WE HAVE GOT TO STOP BRINGING THESE FORWARD. WE HAVE GOT TO GET A GRIP ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS DISTRICT. AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. BUT WHAT'S SO TROUBLING TO ME, AND WHAT ABSOLUTELY BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF

119YOU, IS THAT IT IS BECOMING A CEMENT. I AM GOING TO TALK LATER ABOUT FREEZING OUR OWN SALARIES. I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT VANITY PROJECTS AND NOT HAVING ANY, NOT SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF. WE DON'T NEED VANITY PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. IT DOESN'T DIRECTLY AFFECT KIDS AND STUDENT LEARNING AND THEIR SUCCESS AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ACADEMICS, WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT. WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. I WANT TO SEE A PLAN. WE JUST HAD A BUDGET WORKSHOP THE OTHER DAY. I NEED A PLAN. WE TALKED. WE SHARED A LOT OF IDEAS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN. I WANT TO SEE A PLAN. SO UNTIL WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, I CANNOT SUPPORT ANY RESTRUCTURING OF SALARIES, ANY INCREASES TO OUR PERSONNEL, ESPECIALLY

120AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS, AND IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT WE HAVE THIS HORRIBLE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. IT REALLY DOES. AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ANY BETTER. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. I'M WILLING TO ROLL MY SLEEVES UP AND SUFFER WITH THE REST YOU. WE HAVE GOT TO GET TO THAT PLACE. BUT WE CAN'T MOVE ANY MORE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS FORWARD UNTIL WE FIGURE IT OUT. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRIFFIN. MRS. SHAMBERGER. >>Tamara Shamburger: I JUST WANT TO TAKE ONE MORE PIPE AT THIS DEAD HORSE. I KNOW WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING. BUT JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT EVERYONE SAYS, THIS DISTRICT IS IN FINANCIAL DIRE STRAITS, RIGHT? AND I DON'T THINK WE ARE

121NO POSITION TO CONSIDER ANY PAY INCREASE CREASES. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SOLUTION THAT WILL NEED TO TAKE PLACE TO FIX THIS BUDGET. SO UNTIL WE CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION, UNTIL WE CAN GET A REAL GRASP OF WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY, I THINK IT'S FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO PUT MORE PROBLEMS ON TOP OF A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED TO FIX YET. BUT TO MEMBER GRAY'S POINT, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED DOES SHOW A SAVINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S REALLY EXPLAINS THE SAVINGS OR IF IT'S NOT A SAVINGS. IS THIS ANOTHER CASE OF A POSITION THAT WAS NOT FILLED, AND NOW IT JUST BEING ELIMINATED AND NOT BEING CONSIDERED A SAVINGS? I THINK WE ALL KIND OF AGREE THAT'S NOT A TRUE SAVINGS. SO

122JUST -- IF YOU WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD AND VOTE ON THIS, TO KIND OF CLARIFY. IS THIS A SAVINGS, OR IS IT NOT? BUT ONE LAST THING. I WANTED TO GIVE MEMBER VALDES, AND THREE MAY BE NECESSARY, BUT IF OF EL EVEN IF IT IS A COST SAVINGS TO INCREASE SALARY AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME I THINK IS VERY IRRESPONSIBLE. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT A SALARY INCREASE. I THINK ANYTHING WE DOUGH AT THIS POINT REALLY SHOULD BE COST NEUTRAL. SO IF IT IS A SAVINGS THEN IT SHOULD BE AN EVEN BIGGER SAVINGS TO THIS DISTRICT BY NOT INCREASING IN SALARY. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, DR. VAZQUEZ OR SOMEONE TO RESPOND. >> THE REASON THAT THIS ITEM CAME BACK BEFORE YOU WAS ALL OF THESE PREVIOUS ITEMS

123WERE APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY 21st BOARD MEETING WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 1. SO THAT IS WHY THIS REVISED AGENDA ITEM CAME BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CROSS TRAINING REPRESENTED IN THE DIFFERENT ROLES THAT WE WERE DOING WITHIN THE JOB DESCRIPTION. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LENS OF MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY AND TO BRING THAT FORWARD WITH COST SAVINGS. BUT I WAS TOLD BECAUSE WE HAD A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WHAT EVERYTHING WAS IN THERE, AND AS YOU WILL SEE, I DIDN'T CHANGE ANY OF THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS. THE REVISION WAS BROUGHT FORWARD WITH JUST THOSE HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS THAT WE WERE NOT -- SO ANYWHERE WHERE YOU SEE THE ADDED POSITIONS, WE ARE NOT ADDING POSITIONS. WE HAVE ALREADY DELETED THOSE THINGS THAT NOTED THEREON TO BE DELETED. THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED

124AND DONE. SO THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE REVISION BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AS THIS AGENDA ITEM. >>Jeffrey Eakins: JUST ANOTHER POINT OF CLARITY. AND THERE ARE NO -- IN ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED INCREASES, THERE WERE NO ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS IN THOSE PARTICULAR -- >> THAT'S CORRECT. THESE ARE ALL SUPPORT POSITIONS. THERE ARE NO ADMINISTRATORS THAT CONSIDERED MANAGERS WITHIN THIS THAT ARE REALIZING A SALARY INCREASE. CORRECT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: SO THIS WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY WITH THOSE SUPPORT EMPLOYEES RECEIVING THAT INCREASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER PROVISIONS. WHAT WAS ALSO IN THAT REORG WAS SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WE WANTED TO BRING BACK AND NOT ADD AND TAKE OFF. AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS MRS. WHILE AN HAS SAID, SHE'S CONTINUED TO DELETE POSITIONS WITHIN HER DIVISION TO FURTHER REALIZE COST SAVINGS. SO THAT WAS THE

125INTENT TO BRING THIS BACK TO SHOW IF BOARD THAT WE ARE SCRUTINIZING MORE POSITIONS. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STAFFING IS BEING REDUCED. AND I WILL HAVE A REPORT LATER ON TO ALL OF THE ACTUAL COST SAVINGS WE HAVE REALIZED JUST IN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF OR TWO OF THE FREEZE. AND THERE IS A PLAN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT A LOT OF ITEMS, BUT THE INITIAL PLAN AROUND EMPLOYEE, REDUCING EMPLOYEE NUMBERS, PROTECTING OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, THAT PLAN IS CLEARLY BEING ENGAGED AND BEING IMPLEMENTED. AND WE CAN LATER ON IN THE BOARD MEETING HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION AROUND THAT. BUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS MORE TO SHOW THE BOARD AND BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE REDUCTION THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REALIZE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND MAKE DECISION AS

126ROUND STAFFING. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. MR. PORTER. >>Jim Porter: I THINK IT IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON AND WE PROBABLY NEED A CLARIFICATION. SO THE BOARD ORIGINALLY APPROVED THIS REORGANIZATION IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN TO GO INTO EFFECT IN A WEEK, ON JULY 1st. WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS BROUGHT BACK TO YOU IS A REVISION OF THAT. ORIGINALLY, AGENDA ITEM AS YOU CAN SEE SUSPENDS THAT ITEM SO IT WOULD NOT HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT. AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND AND WAY NEED CLARIFICATION ABOUT. IF THIS MOTION FOR SOME REASON FAILS, AND BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS IT COULD, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT IS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT MEANS THE ENTIRE THING GOES AWAY OR REFERRED BACK TO YOUR FEBRUARY APPROVAL.

127BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE AGENDA ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED. SO I THINK WE NEED CLARIFICATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT -- IF YOU MOVE TO DENY THIS, AND IT DOESN'T PASS, WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT IS SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON BEFORE YOU VOTE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: AND I CAN RESPONSE RESPOND. OUR INITIAL, IN BRINGING BACK A REVISED AGENDA, WAS TO SHOW THE ADDITIONAL IMPACT AS FAR AS COST SAVINGS. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY CONVERSATION AS ROUND OVERALL EXPENSES, AND SALARIES, I GET IT. WE ALL GET IT. WE ARE HAVING ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF THE DAY. WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S GOT TO BE -- THIS INITIAL REORGANIZATION WAS DONE AS AN ALIGNMENT FOR THESE PARTICULAR EMPLOYEES TO LIKE EMPLOYEES IN OTHER DIVISIONS SO THERE WASN'T ANY INEQUITY WITH REGARDS TO

128OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL AND THE JOBS THEY WERE PERFORMING AND THE PAY THAT THEY WERE GETTING. THERE WAS AN INEQUITY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE SALARY INCREASES THON PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM WAS TO BRING EQUITY TO OUR SUPPORT EMPLOYEES' SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THAT LIKE-TO-LIKE FROM DIVISION TO DIVISION. ON TOP OF THAT, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM DID BRING ABOUT SOME OTHER POSITIONS THAT WERE GOING TO COME INTO HR AS A RESULT. THOSE ARE WHAT WE HAVE BROUGHT BACK SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE PARTICULAR POSITION. WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DELETE AND FURTHER DELETE OTHER POSITIONS IN HR. IT'S TRANSPARENCY IS TO BRING BACK AN ITEM TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING TO RETHINK SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MADE IN THE

129PAST, BUT WE ALSO KNOW IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM INITIALLY A LOT OF THE GENERATION OF THESE PARTICULAR SUPPORT EMPLOYEES' SALARY INCREASES WHAT TO CREATE THE EQUITY. >> SO, MR. PORTER, IF THIS IS NOT APPROVED TONIGHT, THIS ENTIRE REORGANIZATION GOES AWAY. IS THAT WHAT I AM HEARING? BECAUSE IF WHOLE THING WAS -- OKAY. AND THAT IS NOT IN EFFECT UNTIL JULY 1st. OKAY. MRS. SHIMBERGER, WERE YOU DONE WITH YOUR COMMENTS? >>Susan Valdes: MR. EAKINS, I CANNOT ARGUE WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BECAUSE WE NEED TO WHENEVER POSSIBLE ALIGN. I REALLY WANT THAT FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. IS IT THE RIGHT TIME? BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WHAT ABOUT THE FOUR GUYS THAT ARE A PAY GRADE 13 GOING INTO RAT INFESTED KITCHENS AND HAVING TO DO THE CLEAN-UP, AND THEN THEY CALL OUT TO THE

130TUNE OF $20,000. SO WHERE IS THE EQUITY THERE? SO I APPRECIATE THE DELETION OF OTHER POSITIONS, AND REALLY MAKING IT JUST BEING FRUGAL. I APPRECIATE THAT. IS THE TIMING RIGHT? FOR THE EQUALIZING? I MEAN, COULD WE -- BOARD MEMBERS, COULD WE DO SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVE, THE REORG AND MAYBE HOLD OFF ON THE RECURRING COST UNTIL WE REALLY GET A GRIP AND SEE? AND IT'S NOT LIKE GO BACK ON OUR WORD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IS OUR WORD. SO I JUST FEEL SO -- IT'S A CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD AND GIVE PEOPLE RAISES, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO BE PORTRAYED. IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BOARD. IT'S GOING TO BE THAT, OH, LOOK, THEY, THE BOARD THE BOARD JUST GAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE A RAISE. HMMM.

131DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? YOU THINK? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TROUBLED WITH. SO HELP ME WITH THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T COMPETE. WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WANT TO RIGHT-SIZE THE ORGANIZATION AND I WANT TO BE FAIR TO ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, THERE'S THE TIMING NOW. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. VALDES. MRS. GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST FOUR POINTS. THE SCHOOL BOARD ALREADY APPROVED THIS, ASKED FOR A REVISION WHICH IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE HAVE. SO MOST LIKELY -- I'M NOT SURE, I DON'T HAVE THE MINUTES -- BUT IF THERE WERE SEVEN MEMBERS HERE THAT ALREADY APPROVED THIS BEFORE, YET ASKED FOR A REVISION, AND NOW YOU HAVE A REVISION, AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS DOES

132SHOW A NET -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY GAME BECAUSE THAT'S A TROUBLESOME WORD, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST COST NEUTRAL-PLUS. THOSE ARE THE PRO TWO POINTS. THE OTHER POINT IS THE SUPPORT PERSONNEL, MEMBER VALDES, THEY ARE CRITICAL. WE ALL KNOW THAT SCHOOL DOESN'T OPERATE WITHOUT THE INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL. BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE PER THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. SO RIGHT NOW I'M FOCUSING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. PERHAPS THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE CREDENCE, AND HAVE THAT ALIGNMENTS OR THOSE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS. BUT I'M FOCUSED ON THIS. I HEAR THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. I HEAR AND I SEE THAT THIS IS A REVISION AS PER YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND RIGHT NOW, I'M NO QUANDARY AS TO WHY THERE IS, IN FACT,

133A QUANDARY. AND I ALSO AGREE -- YES, WE CAN'T BE GIVING ADMINISTRATORS AND CABINET MEMBERS OR HIGH-LEVEL EMPLOYEES A RAISE AT THIS POINT. THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE TRULY THE PERCEPTION OF OUR BOARD WOULD BECOME VERY IRRESPONSIBLE. BUT I DON'T SEE IT AS THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. MRS. GRIFFIN. >>April Griffin: FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT ON AGENDA ITEMS LIKE THIS THAT THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THIS BOARD BE A PART OF THIS. IT DOES MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN WE THEN HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH PAST AGENDA ITEMS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS. THAT BEING SAID, MR. PORTER, I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE WE LEGALLY ABLE TO AMEND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION

134TO APPROVE THE REORGANIZATION AND SUSPEND THE RAISES? >>Jim Porter: YOU CANNOT MODIFY HIS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DAIS. YOU CAN VOTE IT UP OR VOTE IT DOWN. BUT YOU CAN'T COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION. >>April Griffin: YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: AND I'M A LITTLE IN THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED THAT I WAS NOT INFORMED WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTIONS ABOUT NOT SUPPORTING THIS, AND MY REASONS WHICH I THINK ARE PRETTY VALID, AND I THINK THAT I AGREE WITH MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. WE ARE GETTING HAMMERED OUT THERE ABOUT THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING THAT IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THIS BOARD OF THAT WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH. AND THIS ONE I STRUGGLED WITH INITIALLY. AND THE SUPERINTENDENT KNOWS THAT. AND I LET IT GO THROUGH. AND NOW IT

135BACK IN FRONT OF ME. AND I JUST CAN'T DO THIS AGAIN. BUT I AM A LITTLE BIT DISTURBED THAT IT WAS NOT TOLD THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS IS VOTED UP OR DOWN WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL. SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR MR. PORTER. AND I HAVE A MOTION PREPARED THAT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO LATER. IS IT APPROPRIATE IF WE ALLOW THIS GO TO GO THROUGH, BECAUSE I WANT THE DELETION OF THE ROLES THAT WERE ADDED ON HERE TO GO THROUGH. IS IT APPROPRIATE OF THAT WE MAKE -- CAN MAKE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO -- THAT OUR EXPECTATIONS THAT NO SALARIES FROM THIS DAY FORWARD OR REORGANIZATIONS BE APPROVED, OR COME TO THIS BOARD? NOT SUSPEND THIS ITEM. >>Jim Porter: I THINK THAT DOES A DUMB OF

136THINGS. I THINK, ONE, THE BOARD IS PUT IN A POSITION OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, WAY BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN TALLAHASSEE. SO THAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY. WEIR WE ARE NOW IN A SITUATION, A BUDGET SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. TV WAY THE AGENDA ITEM IS WORDED IS A REVISION. AND SO IF NOTHING HAPPENS, IF THINGS CONTINUE OR GOETZ GET DENIED, LEGALLY YOU HAVE TO REVERT BACK TO YOUR FEBRUARY DECISION. SO YOU ARE NOT SAVING MONEY. YOU ARE ACTUALLY BEING CAUGHT IN THE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING DELETED HERE WILL BE ADDED. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. SO I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS FOR YOU. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS FOR YOU. YOU CAN

137MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA ITEM, OR YOU CAN MOVE TO DENY IT. AFTER THAT, THERE COULD BE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION REQUESTING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CONTEMPLATE THE COMMENTS YOU HAVE MADE TODAY ABOUT PAY RAISES FOR ADMINISTRATORS OR FOR ANYBODY ELSE IN THE DISTRICT GIVEN THE SITUATION AND ASK THAT THE AGENDA ITEM COME BACK TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED HERE TODAY. YOU NEED TO DISPOSE OF THE AGENDA ITEM FIRST. AND AGAIN YOUR TWO OPTIONS ARE TO APPROVE OR DENY IT. AFTER THAT I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT HEARD YOUR CONVERSATION AND YOUR DISCUSSION, AND YOU COULD ASK THAT HE COME BACK WITH AN AGENDA ITEM, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES THAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED. BUT I THINK IT IMPORTANT TO DISPOSE OF THIS MOTION BEFORE YOU MOVE ON. >>Cindy Stuart: SO A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION F.THE BOARD CHOOSES TO

138ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING BACK A SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT THE RAISES INCLUDED, I'M QUESTIONING THE TIMING, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE THIS GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1st. SO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING ISN'T UNTIL JULY 1 -- I MEAN THE GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1. OUR NEXT MEETING ISN'T UNTIL THE 18th. SO THAT WOULDN'T WORK. SO WHAT I AM HEARING YOU SAY, MR. PORTER, IS IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY DELETE THE POSITIONS WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION AND ACTUALLY REALIZE THE COST SAVINGS, BUT THEN THERE CAN BE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION. CAN THAT MOTION BE TIME SENSITIVE? CAN WE PUT A DATE ON IT? >>Jim Porter: I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU DO AT THE DAIS. TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. YOU CAN REACT TO THEM AND COME BACK WITH

139A RECOMMENDATION FOR TO YOU VOTE ON. YOU CAN'T DIRECT HIM TO DO THAT. YOU CAN REQUEST IT. AND YOU CAN ASK HIM TO COME BACK WITH AN AGENDA ITEM. YOU CAN RESPOND TO WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION HE COMES BACK WITH. >>Lynn Gray: I WILL MOVE TO VOTE ON THE REVISION, IF THAT'S PROPER. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. GRAY, FULL HOLD THAT FOR A SECOND. I STILL HAVE THE FLOOR AND MRS. VALDES IS IN LINE WAITING TO SPEAK. >> YOU HAVE NOT YET VOTED TO TAKE ... >>Cindy Stuart: WELL, YOU ARE NOT GIVING ME A LOT OF OPTIONS HERE, MR. PORTER, AND I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH -- AND AGAIN, I WANT EQUITY FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES, BELIEVE ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO BE PAID A LIVING WAGE IN THE DISTRICT. AND I CERTAINLY WANT DOLLARS TO GO BACK TO THE

140CLASSROOM. BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOUR OWN EMPLOYEES COME TO ME AND HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A REORGANIZATION FOR ANOTHER GROUP, I HAVE A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT. I WANT TO FIND A WAY TO APPROVE THIS AND DELETE THESE POSITIONS THAT MRS. WHILE AN HAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT BACK TO US. AND THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO FIND A WAY FOR US TO SUSPEND THE RAISES THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1 FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTED HERE, THE 38 PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTED HERE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T TELL THE SUPERINTENDENT WHAT TO DO. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO HOPE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS WHERE THIS BOARD IS AND HOW WE ARE FEELING, AND THE PRESSURE THAT WE ARE

141ALL FEELING, AND NOT JUST THE BOARD BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL. TO REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD, AND THE MONEY THAT IS GETTING SPENT, WE ARE BEING CRITICIZED FOR THINGS THAT CERTAINLY DO NOT BELONG AND CERTAINLY COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE SPEAKER'S MOUTH. THERE ARE EXPENSES TO RUNNING THIS DISTRICT EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT HAVE TO BE REALIZED. BUT THESE THINGS ARE IN MY OPINION EGREGIOUS. AND I DON'T THINK EVER IN MY LIFETIME I HAVE GOTTEN A $6,000 RAISE. SO I WANT TO MEET THESE PEOPLE IF THIS ENDS UP HAPPENING, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO THE NOTION THAT THIS IS BECAUSE OTHER DIVISIONS HAVE SIMILAR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND ARE DOING THE SAME WORK, BUT THAT IS NOT A REASON TO LAY OUT THESE CONTAINED

142OF DOLLARS FOR ONE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY MAY DO THE SAME KIND OF WORK IN ANOTHER DIVISION. THAT'S NOT A REASON. IT'S NOT VALID TO ME. AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL ANY BETTER ABOUT GIVING THEM THIS KIND OF MONEY. EVERYONE IN THIS DISTRICT, EVERYONE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT DOWN, IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE WORK THAN THEY ARE ANTICIPATING GETTING PAID FOR. WE ARE JUST IN THAT PLACE. AND MAYBE THIS IS THE REALITY CHECK THAT PEOPLE NEED FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. AND THE BOARD IS NOT -- I PERSONALLY AM NOT -- CAN'T STAND BY AND WATCH THIS HAPPEN. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UNLESS SOMEONE STILL WANTS TO SPEAK. MRS. VALDES? MRS. GRIFFIN? >>Susan Valdes: THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THIS AGENDA DEM, BECAUSE

143IF WE DO NOT AGENDA ITEM TODAY, WE WILL REVERT BACK TO THE ONE IN FEBRUARY WHICH AT THE TIME MADE WHEN THE REALITIES HIT, AND NOW THIS STATE HAS DONE -- THE STATE HAS SPOKEN. WE HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. SO I'M THINKING THAT BECAUSE OF THE COST SAVINGS, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, THAT AT LEAST WE ARE RIGHT SIZING 38 INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE PARALLEL, AND A HOPEFULLY THOSE GROUPS, THAT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES ARE NOW CORRECTED ACROSS THE BOARD, IS WHAT I AM HOPING HAPPENS, BECAUSE PIECEMEALING IT IS ALSO A PROBLEM AND CHALLENGING. SO I'M THINKING, BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE HAD AT THE DAIS, I'M THINKING THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE AGENDA, BECAUSE THE LATTER WAS WORSE. BUT, AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT MEMBER GRAY UNDERSTANDS WHY THE PUSHBACK IS THE FACT THAT

144THESE EMPLOYEES ARE RECEIVING A BUMP IN THEIR SALARY WHEN OTHERS ARE NOT, AND OTHERS ALSO DESERVE TO BE LOOKED AT, ESPECIALLY, AGAIN, GIVEN THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT THEY DO, AND THE DANGERS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT. BECAUSE IF YOU GO IN THERE TO ONE OF THOSE SITES, AND YOU HAVE TOXINS IN THERE THAT YOU MUST CLEAN UP AND ADDRESS, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE BREATHING THEM, GET SICK, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING. WHICH WILL COST US MORE IN THE END. SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE START MAKING SOME REAL SERIOUS DECISIONS, AND I HAVE FAITH IN THE EXECUTIVE TEAM. I COULDN'T SAY THAT BEFORE. BUT I CAN. I STILL HAVE FAITH IN THIS EXECUTIVE TEAM. TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TO BRING BACK A PLAN SO THAT EVERYBODY OUT HERE, NUMBER ONE, KNOWS WE

145MANY BUSINESS. NUMBER TWO, WE ARE GOING TO FIX IT. AND WE ARE GOING TO FIX IT NOT FOR THE ADULTS, BUT FOR THE CHILDREN THAT WE SERVE. AND THAT'S SIMPLY PUT. AND AGAIN, IF FOLKS DON'T LIKE THE PHILOSOPHY THAT WE ARE HEAR FOR KIDS, MAYBE YOU SHOULD FIND ANOTHER JOB SOMEWHERE IN CORPORATE AMERICA WHERE THEY DON'T WORRY ABOUT KIDS, THEY WORRY ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE AND MAKING IT. SO I THINK I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION, THIS RECOMMENDATION, AND JUST KNOW I THINK THAT MR. EAKINS AND DR. VAZQUEZ AND MR. PETERS AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM HAVE HEARD US TODAY. AND I KNOW THAT -- THEY KNOW THAT WE MANY BUSINESS AND THIS IS SERIOUS. AND WE CANNOT JUST CONTINUE TO DO THIS. WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE THOUGHTFUL IN WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING SO

146THAT THEN WE CAN REALLY GET THE TRUST BACK AND BEGIN TO MEET AGAIN, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, MR. EAKINS, WITH ALL OF THESE DISTRACTIONS AND ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS PLAYING TUG-OF-WAR AND JUST WANTING TO HAVE THAT BITE AND IN-YOUR-FACE KIND OF THING, THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING GOOD FOR YOU, FOR I, OR FOR THIS DISTRICT, OR FOR US. AS A BOARD, AND AS A GOVERNING BODY. AND WE HAVE TO SHUT THOSE NOISES UP BY DOING WHAT'S RIGHT AND BY SHOWING THAT BY RIGHT SIZING THIS ORGANIZATION, WE WILL REACH NOT 90%, WE'LL REACH 95% GRADUATION RATE. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. VALDES. MRS. GRIFFIN. >>April Griffin: THANK YOU. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A LOT OF THESE POSITIONS ARE ALREADY GONE. CORRECT? SO A LOT OF THE POSITIONS ARE ALREADY GONE. THEY CAN BE GONE WITHOUT THIS BEING IN WRITING,

147THE POSITION CAN JUST BE GONE. MADAM CHAIR, LET ME ASK THE ATTORNEY SOMETHING F.OUR CHAIR -- IF WE ARE TWO VOTE THIS DOWN BECAUSE ALL WE CAN DO IS VOTE IT UP OR DOWN, IF WE WERE TO VOTE THIS DOWN, WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING CALLED BY OUR CHAIR TO HAVE OUR -- ASK OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION, AND AFTER HEARING EVERYTHING THAT WE SAID, THAT RECOMMENDATION COULD BE WITHOUT THE RAISES. IS THAT POSSIBLE? >>Jim Porter: YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING. TYPICALLY IT'S FOR AN EMERGENCY TYPE SITUATION BUT YOU CAN DO THAT. >>April Griffin: WELL, CONSIDERING A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS LEARNED UP HERE THAT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, BOARD MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE THIS ITEM

148DOWN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR CHAIR TO CALL A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING ON FRIDAY BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GIVE THE PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE MEDIA. CORRECT? >>Reporter: THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT IS STEPHEN SEVEN DAYS. FOR A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IT'S REASONABLE NOTICE. >> SO WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO GIVE MEDIA THE NOTICE NECESSARY. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR. MY VOTE IS NO. AND THEN I WILL MAKE A SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATION THAT OUR CHAIR CALL A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING AND THAT THIS BE BROUGHT BACK TO US LOOKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: MR. PORTER -- HOLD ON. I HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WAITING. MRS. SHAMBERGER. >>Tamara Shamburger: ACTUALLY, I'LL PASS AND WAIT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THIS. >>Lynn Gray: JUST A QUICK QUESTION, MR. PORTER.

149WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION OF THE BOARD? WHAT IS BY DEFINITION? >> LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNARE CAN OWE THAT HAPPENED. I'M SORRY, MADAM CHAIRMAN. CAN I GIVE HER AN ANECDOTAL? >> I'D LIKE MR. PORTR TO ANSWER. >>Jim Porter: UNDER FLORIDA LAW IS BOARD IS REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE A NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING WITHIN SEVEN DAYS. THERE'S A PROVISION IN FLORIDA STATUTES THAT ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETINGS FOR EMERGENCIES AND THAT'S SORT OF A SUBJECTIVE STANDARD F.THE BOARD WANTED TO DO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE POWER TO DO. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. GRIFFIN. >>April Griffin: BACK IN 2014-15 I PASSED A MOTION TO HIRE AN EXTERNAL AUDITOR. ONE OF THE PREVAILING MEMBERS THAT EVENING SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS SEQUESTERED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. THE NEXT DAY, SENT AN

150E-MAIL TO OUR CHAIR ASKING FOR A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING SO THAT HE COULD RECONSIDER HIS VOTE AND VOTE IN OPPOSITION TO THE AUDITOR. SO I THINK THE EMERGENCY IS VERY SUBJECTIVE BASED ON THE PRECEDENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SET. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. GRAY, DID YOU HAVE A FURTHER COMMENT? >>Jim Porter: SO AT THIS POINT BOARD MEMBERS YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS. YOU CAN DECIDE TO TAKE THIS UP ON A SEPARATE OPERATION AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT OR JUST CONTINUE IT WITH THE NEXT ITEM. >>Cindy Stuart: BEFORE I TAKE A MOTION I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ASK HIM IF THE BOARD DOES GO DOWN THIS ROAD, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE? I THINK WE ARE ASKING IN GOOD FAITH, CAN YOU ACCOMMODATE THAT? BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S

151SOMETHING -- I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO BE HERE ON FRIDAY MORNING FOR A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING TO APPROVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE ARE LOOKING AT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: WHEN YOU SAY ACCOMMODATE, ARE YOU REFERRING TO ACCOMMODATE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT THEN GOES BACK AND FREEZES THESE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS' SALARIES? >>Cindy Stuart: INDEFINITELY, I THINK, WOULD BE THE SUMMATION UP HERE. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I MEAN -- >> UNTIL WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT FINANCIAL POSITION. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. I GUESS PART OF MY CHALLENGE IS THAT THE INTENT WAS TO BRING THIS BACK TO SHOW THE TRANSPARENCY TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS. SO I'M A LITTLE TORN BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO TRY TO REALIZE SAVINGS AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT YEAR, KNOWING THAT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE HAD BEEN TAKEN UP

152AS MANY SAID PRIOR TO SESSION, PRIOR TO ALL THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ABOUT RECENTLY. SO THAT'S MY CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED. THIS WAS REALLY AN ITEM TO COME BACK AND SHOW MORE OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. CERTAINLY, I HEAR MY BOARD AND I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU FACE, TOO. AND THAT'S REAL. IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS NOT FAIR, THE CRITICISM AT ALL, BECAUSE IF YOU LISTED THE THINGS THAT THIS BOARD HAS APPROVED TO DO TO PROVIDE COST SAVINGS, TO PROVIDE STILL GREAT SUPPORT OUT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND TO OUR KIDS, IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. AND THAT DOESN'T GET THE AIR TIME, THAT DOESN'T GET THE PLAY, IN WHATEVER SCOPE. SO THAT'S THE PART THAT I GET TORN ABOUT, IS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS

153BOARD HAS GONE ABOUT REALIZING COST SAVINGS IN MANY, MANY AREAS. WHAT WE HAVE JUST BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN PRETTY INCREDIBLE WITH THIS BOARD'S LEADERSHIP IN THAT ARENA. SO I WOULD HAVE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, MRS. STUART. OBVIOUSLY HEARING THE BOARD'S ON THIS ISSUE AND KNOWING THERE'S STILL A VOTE TO BE TAKEN ON THIS AS WELL. BUT IT WOULD BE ONE, YOU KNOW ME AS A SUPERINTENDENT, I WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, I WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR KIDS FIRST, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A TOUGH POSITION, AND I HAVE TO WEIGH ALL THOSE THINGS MOVING FORWARD AS I MAKE ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATION. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. SO, BOARD MEMBERS, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. MRS. HAR HIS, WOULD

154YOU LIKE TO SPEAK OR IS THAT A SECOND? >> SINCE WE HAVEN'T HEARD A MOTION YET I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. HARRIS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >>Sally Harris: AFTER LISTENING TO ALL THE COMMENTS, MR. PORTER, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT CAME UP, ONE OF THE OPTIONS, WAS THAT IF WE VOTED TO ALLOW THIS TO GO THROUGH, WHICH RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PLANNING AND WORK PUT INTO THE POSITIONS, BUT I ALMOST FEEL LIKE IT'S A UNANIMOUS UP HERE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE PAY INCREASE. SO IF WE DID VOTE TO ALLOW THIS TOM GO THROUGH, COULD WE THEN MAKE A MOTION TO STOP THE RAISES AS A MOTION SO THAT -- >>Jim Porter: I THINK COULD YOU DO A SUBSEQUENT MOTION TO

155ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO COME BACK WITH A REVISION. YOU CAN'T DIRECT HIM TO DO THAT. AND I'LL DIRECT THE BOARD MEMBERS' ATTENTION TO THE VERY LAST SENTENCE OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE AGENDA ITEM. IT SAYS AFTER FURTHER BUDGET ANALYSIS ADDITIONAL REVISIONS TO THIS REORGANIZATION WILL BE CONSIDERED. SO I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT IS CONSIDERING THAT. I THINK IF YOU GAVE HIM FURTHER DIRECTION TO COME BACK EITHER AT A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING OR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WITH PROVISIONS. >>Sally Harris: SO IF WE VOTED TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE ACTUAL CHANGES TAKE PLACE, THEN WE CAN VERY QUICKLY PUT SOMETHING ON THE PLATE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO COME BACK? >> [OFF MICROPHONE.] >> THE BOARD IS IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE OF TIMING MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY IN FEBRUARY. YOU ARE AT

156THE END OF JUNE. AND THE FEBRUARY AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU APPROVED MADE SOME CHANGES INCLUDING A COST TO THE DISTRICT GOING INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1st. WE ARE NOW JUNE 27. SO THAT'S SORT WHEREOF THE BOARD IS WITH THIS. IT BEING BROUGHT BACK TO YOU. I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INTENT WAS TO RECOGNIZE COST SAVINGS. BUT I THINK THE BOARD HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THE CONCERNS. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO TIMING MORE THAN ANYTHING, AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE AGENDA ITEM IS EXTRAORDINARY, YOU HAVE LIMITED OPTIONS. THE BOARD REALLY HAS IN A OTHER OPTIONS AS TO HOW TO REACT TO THIS AGENDA ITEM. THAT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF TIMING. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. GRIFFIN? >>April Griffin: I MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM SEPARATELY. >>Cindy Stuart: WELL, WE'LL GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. A

157MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO VOTE ON THIS SEPARATELY BY MRS. GRIFFIN AND A SECOND BY MRS. HARRIS. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? JUST TO VOTE -- >>Jim Porter: ON IT SEPARATELY. >>Cindy Stuart: IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHT COME UP. IT IS UNANIMOUS. SO WE WILL VOTE ON THIS SEPARATELY. AND NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE VOTING THIS UP OR DOWN, PLEASE. DO I HAVE A MOTION, OR ARE WE MOVING TO APPROVE? MRS. GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REVISION AS IT STANDS, SO TO NOT REVERT TO THE ONE PREVIOUS, AND TO SO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION, I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS AN EMERGENCY. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MRS. GRAY TO APPROVE. IS

158THERE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IF THIS FAILS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT OUR BOARD CHAIR CALL A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING AND THE SUPERINTENDENT BRING IT BACK. >> AND I CAN SPEAK FURTHER ABOUT A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING AFTERWARDS. IF WE CAN HAVE LORI READ BACK THE MOTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >>Jim Porter: SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. GRAY BUT NO SECOND. >> I SECONDED IT. >>Jim Porter: YOU SECONDED THE MOTION TO APPROVE. >>April Griffin: TO APPROVE BUT I AM GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT. >>Jim Porter: UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION -- TO BE CLEAR, LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON. IF YOU VOTE YES, YOU ARE APPROVING THE AGENDA ITEM. IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU ARE VOTING TO NOT APPROVE THE AGENDA

159ITEM. >>Cindy Stuart: AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY DELAY. I AM TRYING TO WEIGH WHICH IS A BETTER DECISION FOR ME AS A BOARD MEG MEMBER. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO REVERT BACK TO THE PRIOR AGENDA ITEM WITH THE ADDITIONAL THINGS ON HERE. AND I CERTAINLY HAD EVERY INTENTION OF COMING HERE TODAY AND VOTING THIS ITEM DOWN AND NOT APPROVING THESE RAISES. AND NOW I AM A LITTLE BIT IN A QUANDARY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONS HERE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, OTHER THAN POTENTIALLY HAVING A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING IN WHICH I KNOW THAT IT'S SUMMER AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS PLANNING VACATIONS, GOING ON VACATIONS, SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO STOP. THIS I'M DOING MY BEST TO DO THAT. AND MR. PORTER,

160YOU ARE NOT LEAVING A LOT OF OPTIONS HERE. >>Jim Porter: JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DIDN'T PREPARE THE AGENDA ITEM. (LAUGHTER). >>Cindy Stuart: AND I GUESS THAT'S A LITTLE OF MY DISAPPOINTMENT, IS THAT IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM THAT CAME BACK REVISED AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT, FEEL LIKE THERE'S PEOPLE WORKING AGAINST US. AND AGAIN, ALLOWING RAISES LIKE THIS TO GO THROUGH REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST OR OTHER DIVISIONS IS JUST REALLY, REALLY VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME. AND NOW I GOT FOUR MORE PEOPLE TO SPEAK MR. EAKINS, I AM GOING TO LET YOU TALK FIRST. >>Jeff Eakins: HOPEFULLY MY COMMENTS -- WHERE MY COMMENTS MAY GO. BUT THANK YOU, MR. PORTER FOR POINTING THE FINGER AT ME. SO ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW,

161AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO HAVE DISCUSSION WAS OUR UNION OFFICIALS AROUND ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH MONETARY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD, OBVIOUSLY. IF I HEAR THE BOARD THAT YOU ARE CHALLENGED WITH A JULY 1 START ON THIS, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY CAN HAVE -- I CAN DIRECT OUR TEAM TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH UNION OFFICIALS. WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT THE ISSUE WOULD BE ONE THIS BOARD BE AMENABLE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS IF WE HOLD OFF ON JULY 1 ANY KIND OF INCREASES, THAT ONCE WE ARE NO BETTER POSITION THAT THESE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR THEIR RAISES WOULD GET THE RAISE BACK RETRO BACK TO JULY 1? THAT'S ANOTHER -- ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST TALKING

162OUTLOUD HEAR AT THE DAIS. I AM TRYING TO GIVE THE BOARD SOME OPTIONS ON THIS OTHER THAN THE CURRENT OPTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. VALDES. >>Susan Valdes: AND MR. EAKINS, I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT. BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT -- IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EQUALIZE THAT GROUP ACROSS THE BOARD, AND AT LEAST ONE ONE SET OF EMPLOYEES ARE AFFIXED IN THEIR SALARY, AND THERE'S NO DISPARITY AGAIN. SO I WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT. AND BOARD MEMBERS, AGAIN, I JUST THINK THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME HABITS THAT ARE LINGERING FROM PAST PRACTICES. SO I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE COMMITTEE WORK TO TRULY BEGIN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE -- THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO STOP. SO I BELIEVE THAT, FOR INSTANCE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHEN WE

163MET LAST WEEK DURING OUR BREAK IN THE -- AT THE WORKSHOP, BUDGET WORK SHOWN, WE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND WHERE WE START. BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS IS NEW WORK FOR US AS WELL, WITH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. SO -- AND WE ARE COMING INTO A TIME IN WHICH -- IT JUST A TIME TO BE ABLE TO RECONFIGURE AND DO BUSINESS IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAY, AND REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION. AND I WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT AS WELL BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S NOT ABOUT TAKING THINGS AWAY FROM OUR EMPLOYEES. IF THERE WERE WAYS THAT WE COULD GENERATE DOLLARS AND WE WERE A CORPORATION, AND WE WOULD SAY WE HAVE TO SELL MORE HOTDOGS NEXT YEAR. I DON'T KNOW. IF WE

164ARE IF MERCEDES BE BENZ DEALERSHIP WE WOULD HAVE TO SELL MORE CARS NEXT YEAR. WE COULD MAKE IT UP. BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT HERE. SO THAT'S WHY WHERE I STRUGGLE WITH WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR? AND WHAT IS OUR CORE? AND OUR CORE IS OUR CHILDREN. SO I'M WILLING TO DO HAVE. THAT THANK YOU FOR THAT OPTION YOU HAVE GIVEN US. AND I NOVEMBER YOU HEAR US. BUT WE HAVE TO ENSURE AGAIN THAT SOME PAST PRACTICES CEASE TO OCCUR. SO I WILL BE VOTING NOR AGENDA ITEM IN YOUR FAVOR, MR. EAKINS. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. VALDES. MRS. GRIFFIN. >>April Griffin: REPEAT THAT OPTION THAT YOU SAID, PLEASE? >>Jeffrey Eakins: ABSOLUTELY, MRS. GRIFFIN. SO ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION HERE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE DISCUSSION WITH THE UNION ON THIS AS WELL SINCE THEY

165ARE REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. BUT THE OTHER OPTION COULD BE KNOWING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING, AND WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE UNTIL WE HAVE ALL FINAL ENROLL 789, ALL THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES AROUND IN THE AUGUST TIME FRAME, WE HAVE OUR FINAL BUDGET HEARING IN PLACE, FINAL BUDGET HEARING IN SEPTEMBER, IS THAT AS WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS, THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE EMPLOYEES, AND THE DISCUSSIONS COULD REVOLVE AROUND THE HOLDOFF ON ANYTHING OCCURRING WITH ANY RAISES ON JULY 1. BUT ONCE WE AS A DISTRICT -- AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION -- ONCE OUR DISTRICT IS NO BETTER POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD ON ANY OTHER KINDS OF SALARY DISCUSSIONS, ONCE APPROVED IT WOULD COME BACK RETRO TO THESE EMPLOYEES BACK TO JULY 1. >>April Griffin: THANK YOU.

166SO THIS IS MY PROBLEM. JUNE 27th. THESE GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1. I AM ABSOLUTELY WILLING, BOARD MEMBERS, TO COME BACK ON THURSDAY BEFORE WE GO ON VACATION, EARLY MORNING, AND HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING ABOUT THIS. I AM GOING TO VOTE NO. AND IF THIS MOTION FAILS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION, A SUBSEQUENT MOTION, TO THAT EFFECT. THE FACT THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD ON JUNE 27th, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION IS NOT THERE. IT DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST TO ME. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO DO SALARY STUDIES ALL OVER THIS DISTRICT. WE NEED TO DO THEM ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE DONE THEM IN SOME AREAS. WE HAVE DONE THEM IN ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE DONE THEM IN TANDEM WITH HASA. WE HAVE DONE THEM FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE HAVE DONE THEM

167ALL OVER. WE HAVE DONE THEM IN TRANSPORTATION. AND, BY THE WAY, WE ARE WAY BELOW STANDARD IN TRANSPORTATION ON PAYING OUR TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES. SO I AM ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO ADJUST MY SCHEDULE, AND WHEN THAT SPECIAL BOARD MEETING WAS CALLED TO BRING BACK THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM THAT I HAD PASSED, IT WAS CALLED AT A TIME THAT I WAS OUT OF TOWN. SO THE PROCEEDS DENT IS THERE, AND I AM WILLING TO COME BACK. I DON'T WANT TO REVERT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL, BUT I'M NO POSITION WHERE I AM GOING TO TAKE A STAND ON THESE THINGS FROM THIS POINT FORWARD OR ACTUALLY FROM A WHILE BACK AND I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRIFFIN. MRS. SHAMBERGER. >>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR. SO OKAY, AFTER

168LISTENING TO THIS VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION, I THINK NO MATTER IF -- I THINK WE BROUGHT THESE RAISES, BACK IN FEBRUARY, SO NO MATTER IF WE DID THEM JULY 1st OR WHENEVER THAT WE BOUGHT THESE RAISE. THERE'S NO WAY TO ABSOLUTELY GET RID OF THEM BASED ON WHAT I HAVE HEARD. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO TOSS THIS UP TO A LEARNING EXPERIENCE REALLY. ONE, THAT WILL NECESSITY A CHANGE IN HOW WE DO THINGS, VERY SPECIFICALLY, HOW WE NEED TO START LIKE ALIGNING OUR SALARY INCREASES, AND REORG TO HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT ALONG WITH THE STATE-APPROVED BUDGET, RIGHT? SO FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, WE CAN'T DO THIS AGAIN WITHOUT COMPLETE INFORMATION. SO MOVING FORWARD, I THINK, AGAIN, THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, THAT IT HAD TO BE

169TIED TO THE STATE. THE STATE BUDGET. WHAT WE GET FROM THE STATE. AND WE ELIMINATE THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION. SO FOR ME, IT IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. ESPECIALLY AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER. BUT FROM THE CONVERSATION TODAY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL SUPPORT IT TODAY. BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. SHAMBERGER. >> THANK YOU, IN LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS AND THE CONVERSATION, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, BECAUSE THERE IS A HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO THIS AGENDA ITEM. THIS WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY, AND IT WAS APPROVED WITH THE INTENTION OF REALLY WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO AIM TOWARDS IN THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES, WHICH IS TRYING TO MAKE CUSTOMER SERVICE A PRIORITY FOR ALL OUR

170EMPLOYEES. AND IN DOING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO KIND OF REALLY ALIGN MUCH OF THESE POSITIONS WITH OTHER DIVISIONS WERE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE MANY REORGS THAT ACTUALLY THE BOARD APPROVED WITHIN A ONE-YEAR TIME SPAN. IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY AND THE SPIRIT OF ACTUALLY OF COLLABORATION AND WORKING TOWARDS REALLY ACHIEVING WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US FINANCIALLY, ACADEMICALLY, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES AROUND IN THE WORLD OF ACADEMIA, WE RETURNED THIS AGENDA ITEM REVISED WITH THOSE INTENTIONS. IT WAS REVISED. IT WAS -- POSITIONS ELIMINATED. WE EVEN ASKED TO HAVE AN ACTING HR DIRECTOR WHO WAS NOT BEING ALL OF THIS IS IN THE SPIRIT OF ACTUALLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AS A DISTRICT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE WRONG OR THAT

171I AM TRYING TO DOWN PLAY YOUR COMMENTS. I ACTUALLY EMBRACE THEM. BUT, HOWEVER, EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AND BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD, I REALLY WANT TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS DONE WITH THE INTENTIONS OF REALLY UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONCERNS AND THE CONCERNS OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TOP ADDRESS MOVING FORWARD. AND IN DOING THAT, WE ACTUALLY KIND OF TAILOR THAT TO ACTUALLY MEET WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO, BUT ALSO SHAVE OFF WHAT WE CAN SHAVE OFF IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY MEET OUR BUDGET. AND THIS PROBLEM WILL NOT BE THE LAST THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTED TO YOU. SO PLEASE NOTE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO BRING IN FRONT OF YOU

172REALLY DOES GO THROUGH A LENS OF EQUITY, A LENS OF REALLY ACTUALLY DIALOGUE, A LENS OF ACTUALLY BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEYS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US. I THINK IN A ONE ON THE CABINET REALLY CAN ARGUE THAT. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME PASSIONATE CONVERSATIONS AROUND MANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, DR. VAZQUEZ. MRS. HARRIS. >>Sally Harris: JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION. I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE RECONSTRUCTION -- OF STRUCTURING THE DEPARTMENT. I TOTALLY DO. AND I UNDERSTAND VERY MUCH CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART, IN EVERY ASPECT. I AGREE WITH MRS. SHAMBERGER IN THE FACT THAT IT BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE WE BOUGHT THIS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT I WANT CLARIFICATION FROM YOU, MR. EAKINS, ON THE FACT THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN ON

173JULY 1st, THE RAISES WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL WE HAVE HAD TIME TO DISCUSS. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? >>Jeffrey Eakins: ONCE AGAIN, THOSE DISCUSSIONS WILL NEED TO BE HAD WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNION. BUT THAT WAS AN OPTION THAT I WOULD MOVE FORWARD ON WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS, HEARING THE BOARD TONIGHT, HEARING YOUR CONCERNS, KNOWING THAT THAT COULD BE AN OPTION IF WE AGREE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE UNION ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, THAT WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON ANY RAISES JULY 1 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, AND WHEN THAT FURTHER NOTICE ENDS, WHATEVER THAT TIME MAY BE, THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THAT NOTIFICATION, AND THEN ANY RAISES THAT THESE EMPLOY DECEMBER NOT RECEIVE FROM JULY 1 UNTIL THAT DATE WOULD THEN BE HONORED RETRO BACK TO JULY 1. THAT

174WAS THE OPTION. SO WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON ANYTHING. NOT A FINAL DECISION UNTIL WE HAVE THAT COLLABORATION WITH THE UNION. BUT WE CAN DO THAT IMMEDIATELY. WE WILL DO THAT DIALOGUE IMMEDIATELY. AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO THE BOARD VERY SOON, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS WE WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT, AND TO GET BACK TO THE BOARD SO YOU KNOW HOW THAT WAS ULTIMATELY RESOLVED. THAT MAY THEN BETTER TRIGGER WHETHER THE BOARD WANTS TO CALL ANY KIND OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING FROM THAT POINT ON. >>Sally Harris: WELL, I HAVE TWO ALARMS THAT HAVE GONE OFF. NUMBER ONE, THE RETRO. THAT CONCERNS ME. AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY DON'T AGREE? BECAUSE THEN COULD WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING? >>Jeffrey Eakins: THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. IF

175THEY DON'T, THEN I WOULD LET THE BOARD KNOW ABOUT THE OUTCOME. AND THEN IT WOULD POTENTIALLY TRYING AREA SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. AND THE BOARD HAS REQUESTED ME TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THEM TO TAKE TO THE BOARD MEETING. >>Sally Harris: SO WE DO HAVE OPTION IFS WE GO AHEAD AND LET THE RESTRUCTURING GO THROUGH? OKAY, THANK YOU. >>Jim Porter: I WANT TO CLARIFY THE IDEA OF A SPECIAL MEETING. I PULLED UP THE STATUTES SO I CAN SPEAK CORRECTLY FROM THE STATUTE AS OPPOSED TO GIVING AN OPINION FROM THE DAIS. IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE AN EMERGENCY. IT CAN BE A SPECIALLY CALLED BOARD MEETING BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, BY THE CHAIR OR BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD. YOU NEED TO GIVE TWO DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE. SO THAT'S SORT

176OF THE PARAMETER THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO. SO IF THE BOARD DECIDED TO DO THAT, I WOULD SUGGEST FRIDAY AS OPPOSED TO THURSDAY. AND THEN TO PROVIDE THE NOTICE. BUT TOUGH POWER TO DO THAT. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE AN EMERGENCY. I'M SORRY, I MISSPOKE ON. THAT IT COULD BE A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING BUILT SUPERINTENDENT, THE CHAIR, OR MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WITH TWO DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA ITEM BY MRS. GRAY, SECONDED BY MRS. GRIFFIN. >>Cindy Stuart: IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS? SO SEEING THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR WAS TO APPROVE THE REVISION OF THE REORGANIZATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION. ITEM NUMBER 4.06-R. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS COME UP. AND THE MOTION PASSES 5 TO 1 WITH MRS. GRIFFIN ABSTAINING.

177I'M SORRY, MRS. GRIFFIN VOTING NO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND THIS SEEMS LAKE THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME STATEMENTS AND COMMENTS. THIS HAS BEEN VERY, VERY TROUBLING FOR ME BECAUSE THIS FLIES IN THE FACE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE A HIRING FREEZE THAT WE APPARENTLY LIFTED FOR SOME DIVISIONS TODAY TO BRING TEACHERS TO THE CLASSROOM. AND YET I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY THESE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING, THEY ARE GETTING RAISES, AND THAT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT, PHILOSOPHICALLY FOR ME AS A BOARD MEMBER, AND AS A PERSON WHO BELONGS TO THIS ORGANIZATION TO DEFEND. AND SUPERINTENDENT, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU WERE AT THAT END OF THE DAIS TRYING TO DO TO UNDERSTAND OUR POSITION, AND THIS AGAIN CAME IN FEBRUARY. WE WERE NO VERY

178DIFFERENT POSITION IN WHAT WE ARE SEEING HAPPENED IN TALLAHASSEE AND WHAT IS NOW BEEN PLACED BEFORE US F.ANYTHING I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND DR. VAZQUEZ HAVE DONE TO BRING THINGS FORWARD AND BE TRANSPARENT. I APPRECIATE THAT FROM MRS. WEHLAND. CERTAINLY THAT IS NOT THE END OF ANY OF THE CONVERSATION HERE. BUT THERE IS CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD. WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT EXPENSES ARE NECESSARY TO RUN AN OPERATION, AND I KNOW THAT TRANSPARENCY IS OF OFT MOST SUPERINTENDENT AND IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, THE SUPERINTENDENT I KNOW IS DEVELOPING OTHER COST AVOIDANCE, REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE AND REVENUE GENERATION AND STRUCTURAL BALANCE FOR THIS DISTRICT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THESE ITEMS WILL BE MORE DETAILED FOR ALL OF YOU AT THE AUGUST -- ON OR BEFORE THE AUGUST

17929th BOARD MEETING AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY WILL COME WITH CLEAR GOALS AND TIMELINES SET FOE BOTH THE 2017-18 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE 18-19 SCHOOL YEAR. MY EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT IN A ADDITIONAL SALARY INCREASES OR REORGANIZATIONS WILL BE APPROVED, AND THAT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. AT 17-58 REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE BY 400 TO 500 EMPLOYEES AND 18-19 REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE BY 400 TO 500 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYS, AN ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM WITH SAVINGS AS WELL AS COST AND IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE, A MEDICAID SAVINGS PROGRAM WITH THE SAME TIME AND ATTENDANCE PROGRAMS WITH THE SAME, PROPERTY SALES LISTING IN SAVINGS AS WELL AS COST IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE, FREEZING OF POTENTIAL SALARY BANS, LIFTING SAVINGS AND COSTS INTO IMPLEMENTATION TIME LANES FOR 2017-18 AS WELL AS 2018-19. THESE THINGS I KNOW ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU AND

180YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, BUT I THINK IT IMPORTANT THAT THIS BOARD AND ME AS A BOARD MEMBER PUT A DEADLINE AND A TIMELINE ON THIS. WE ARE BEING, AGAIN, ATTACKED BY NOT ONLY TALLAHASSEE, BUT BY THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC OUT THERE KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND IF WE NEED TO SAY IT PUBLICLY AND PUT A DEADLINE ON IT, THEN HERE IT IS. SO MY MOTION IS THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS WOULD BE PRESENTED ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 29th, INCLUDING ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT COME WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED. AND I WILL TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO MRS. HARRIS SO THAT I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. >>Sally Harris: IS THAT A SNEAKED I HAVE

181A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND A SECOND BY MEMBER VALDES. DO YOU WANT TO RESTATE THAT PART OF THE MOTION? >>Cindy Stuart: SURE. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE MOTION IS THAT THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE -- ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 29 TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL COME WITH CLEAR GOALS, TIMELINES SET FOR THE 17-18 AND 18-19 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THOSE ITEMS ARE THE ITEMS THAT I LISTED, REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE FOR TWO YEARS TO FOUR OR 500 EMPLOYEES WHICH IS WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS AGREED THAT WE NEED TO BRING OURSELVES DOWN TO IN EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE, ENERGY SAVINGS, MEDICAID SAVINGS, TIME AND ATTENDANCE, PROPERTY SALES, AND SALARY BAN FREEZES FOR THE NEXT TWO COMING YEARS. AND WHAT THAT ALL LOOKS LIKE. >>Sally Harris: WE HAVE A MOTION ON

182THE FLOOR. AND A SECOND. IS THERE DISCUSSION? >>Lynn Gray: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE OR TWO THINGS. >>Sally Harris: MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: YES, BEFORE WE MAKE MOTIONS, I AM REMINDED THAT THERE REALLY IS NO SET PROCEDURE YET ARE FROM TALLAHASSEE AS TO HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE 706-9. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE, LET'S SAY, WAY OF WORK, THE DIRECTION. IT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED OR GIVEN TO OUR FISCAL CHIEF OF FINANCE. SO I'M NOT SURE, NOT KNOWING THE FULL DEMANDS OF THE BUDGET, WHETHER WE CAN HOLD TO THE FIRE THOSE EXPECTATIONS, ALTHOUGH I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THOSE EXPECTATIONS. I THINK THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT JUST THE TIMELINE. >>Cindy Stuart: I CAN CLARIFY, MRS. GRAY. THESE EXPECTATION VERSUS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LEGISLATURE. THESE EXPECTATIONS ARE ON THE SITE OVER HERE. THEY ARE OUR

183FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN FACING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. OTHER MOTIONS MAY COME FOR US TO DEAL WITH 706-9 BUT THIS IN MY OPINION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 706-9 AND HOW WE WILL HANDLE THESE THINGS THAT GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT BILL. >>Jeffrey Eakins: AND I THINK TO THAT, MRS. STUART, I WILL BE DELINEATING A LITTLE BIT IN MY COMMENTS LATER ON. YOU ARE RIGHT, IT'S TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. IT'S BUDGET ISSUES FOR GENERAL REVENUE, AND THEN 706-9 WILL HAVE OTHER IMPACTS ON OUR BUDGET SO I WILL TRY LATER ON IN THE MEETING TO KIND OF DELINEATE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >>Sally Harris: MEMBER GRIFFIN? >>April Griffin: POINT OF CLARIFICATION AND THEN A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BASED ON YOUR ANSWER. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SALARY FREEZES, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING

184COMING FORWARD? WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ALREADY NEGOTIATED ITEMS? CORRECT? SO WHEN WE ARE SAYING SALARY FREEZES -- AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE OF THIS. WE HAVE OUR TEACHERS CONTRACTS. WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT. SO WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. >> NO. >>April Griffin: WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY -- ALREADY AGREED UPON. >>Cindy Stuart: THESE ARE NONNEGOTIATED ITEMS, ITEMS NOT IN THE CONTRACT, AND WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC WHEN WE SPOKE LAST WEEK ABOUT THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE NEGOTIATION. SO NEGOTIATIONS THAT AGAIN COMPLETELY SEPARATE ANIMAL. >>April Griffin: THANK YOU. >>Sally Harris: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS COME ON. AND THE VOTE IS ALL APPROVED EXCEPT FOR MRS. GRAY VOTES NO. >>Cindy Stuart: WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 5-MINUTE RECESS HERE.

185(RECESS). >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. VALDES HAD TO LEAVE AND I SEE MRS. GRAY AND MRS. HARRIS IN THE AUDIENCE. BOARD MEMBERS, THE NEXT ITEM IS 6.02, AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING. AND MRS. GRAY, YOU ARE UP. OFF COMMENT. BEFORE WE MOVE FURTHER, I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS HERE, EMPLOYEE SPEAKERS HERE FOR 6:00. SO 6.02. MRS. GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: YES. ARE YOU REFERRING TO ITEM C-6.02? >>Cindy Stuart: YES, MA'AM. >>Lynn Gray: SO MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT, APPROVAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN USF COLLEGE OF BEHAVIOR STUDIES AND OUR DISTRICT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING. MY TAKE IS IN LOOKING BEYOND JUST THE TITLE IS, A NEW LEARNER IS AND SHOULD BE THE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE, THE CHILDREN BEFORE KINDERGARTEN. THE NEW LEARNERS WHICH NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION

186TO THE PRE-KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. DELIVERY OF THE EARLY LEARNING SKILLS SUCH AS LITERACY AND NUMERACY I THINK IS CRITICAL FOR SUCCESS BEFORE THEY GET TO KINDERGARTEN. THEY SAY THE NEW FIRST GRADE IS KINDERGARTEN. SO I AM GOING TO SAY AGAIN OUR NEW STUDENTS WILL BE AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WILL BE THE PRECONSISTENTER GARNET. AND OUR NEW FOCUS, OR RENEWED FOCUS IS THE READING, OR THE TEACHING OF LITERACY INSTRUCTION. NOW, WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IS WE ARE INCLUDING BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR A CHILD TO LEARN. WE ALWAYS THINK THAT WHEN WE PUT A CHILD IN A LEARNING SESSION THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE WITH A GREAT TEACHER BUT NOT SO IF THE CHILD CANNOT MANAGE THEIR BEHAVIOR. THIS MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM DOES HAVE BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT IN IT, AND

187ALSO RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTAL INSTRUCTION FOR THE EARLY LEARNING PRE-K CHILD. DEVELOPMENTAL IS KEY. YOU CAN'T COMPARE A CHILD OF TWO TO THREE YEARS OLD TO ONE THAT IS FIVE AND SIX. IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH EARLY LEARNING READING THE PARENTS HAVE DONE. I ALSO APPROVED THIS AND AM AN ADVOCATE BECAUSE ACHIEVEMENT WILL BE INCREASED WITH THESE CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE A STRONGER AMOUNT OF VOCABULARY WORDS, WHICH IS CONGRUENT WITH MORE SUCCESSFUL READING COMPREHENSION. WE WILL HAVE WITH THIS AGREEMENT STRONGER AND RELEVANT INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY BASED ON DATA THAT'S ALREADY BEEN HAD AND PROVEN THAT THIS WILL HELP A STUDENT WHO GET TO KINDERGARTEN WILL BE A MORE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT. IS IT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE? WELL, WE NEED TO ALWAYS ASK OURSELVES, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS WE HAD JUST PRIOR. ABSOLUTELY. WE

188HAVE USF IS THE MAIN FISCAL AGENT, AND IT IS A TWO-YEAR GRANT. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH SECURING GRANTS. THIS IS NOT A DANGEROUS ONE. TWO-YEAR, AND IT IS FOR THE EARLY-CHILD AND INVOLVING READING SKILL. IT'S A WINNER. WAS IN LIFT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. EXCUSE ME, TRACYE BROWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORKING THIS OUT. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 6.03, A MOVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 21, 2017. GRETCHEN SAUNDERS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS. MRS. GRAY AND MRS. GRIFFIN BOTH HAD COMMENTS. >>Gretchen Saunders: AGAIN, WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD NOT ONLY 6.03 BUT 13.01 BY ARE THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS AND THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. AND SO THESE ARE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY

18931st, AS YOU SAID. SO A AT THIS POINT WE HAVE COLLECTED 92% OF THE REVENUES AND EXPENDED 88% OF OUR PROJECTED COSTS. AGAIN THE REPORTS ARE FOLLOWING THE SAME FORMAT. WE HAVE GOT THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE, CAPITAL OUTLAY, SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BROKEN OUT BY GRANTS AND FOOD SERVICE, AND THEN THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. WE DO CONTINUE TO HAVE THREE YEAR DATA, AND WE ARE SHOWING UP ABOVE. THE ITEMS WE ALWAYS BRING TO YOU ARE BALANCE SHEET, AND THE SALARY BREAKDOWN, AND THE BENEFIT BREAKDOWN. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS SPEAKING TO MRS. SHAMBERGER ABOUT TODAY WAS WITH THIS INFORMATION COMING FORWARD, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A BIG WEEK FOR US. WE END ONE FISCAL YEAR AND WE START A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR A NEW FISCAL YEAR. AND AT THIS TIME, WE

190HAVE GOT TWO SETS OF LEDGERS OPEN. WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSING OUT THE ONE BOOK, BUT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE CLOSING OUT AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING WHAT'S CALLED A LIMITED CLOSE, AND WHAT WE DO THEN IS WE OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE BOOKS IN A LIMITED CLOSE ON JUNE 30th, WE OPEN UP THE SYSTEM THE NEXT WEEK, ONCE WE GET UPDATED WITH ALL THE PROJECT NUMBERS, AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WE ARE IN THE 13th MONTH IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THE FIRST MONTH AFTER NEW SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM COME FORWARD TO YOU ALL LAST BOARD MEETING, JUNE 13th, ITEM 6.02, AND I AM GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY IN THE MORNING. AND IT WAS THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE CALENDAR. AND IT JUST SETS FORTH

191WHAT THE NEW BUDGET WHEN IT'S COMING TO YOU ALL. SO WE HAVE AT THE JULY 18th SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THE TENTATIVE BUDGET COMING TO YOU, AND THEN AUGUST 1st IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET. REMEMBER, FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT WANT TO COME SPEAK TO THE BUDGET, WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING AT THE ISC FOR THE JULY 18th BOARD MEETING, AND THEN BACK HERE FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET FOR AUGUST 1st. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 12th. IN THAT TIME, WE WILL BE LIKE I SAID CLOSING IT OUT BOOKS. WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING REVENUE, AND THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE HAVE EXPENSES THAT COME IN IN JULY, AND WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THE DATA AND DECIDE

192IF IT'S GOT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR, OR IS IT NEW YEAR MONEY, NEW YEAR EXPENSES? SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ALWAYS A PROCESS, AS WE FINISH OUT THE YEAR-END. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >>Cindy Stuart: WE HAD TWO, MRS. GRAY AND THEN MRS. GRIFFIN. >>Lynn Gray: GETTING THESE BUTTONS WARMED UP HEAR. MY QUESTION -- AND I REALIZE THAT WE ARE STILL WAITING FROM TALLAHASSEE TO GET THE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE 706.9. I ALSO REALIZE WE HAVE TO START SCHOOL ON TIME BECAUSE OUR KIDS MUST ATTEND SCHOOL ON TIME. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. AND THIS WILL BE DIRECTED TO CONNIE. AND GOOD EVENING, CONNIE. I HOPE YOU ARE STILL AWAKE, AS WE ALL HOPE TO BE. REFLECTING ON THE PASSAGE OF THIS LEGISLATIVE BILL, 706.9 AND WITH

193THE NEW BUDGET REALITIES THEREOF. WHAT FINANCIAL DISCUSSIONS HAVE YOU LEARNED OR WHAT INSIGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR BILL REGARDING PROCEDURES ARE? IS THERE ANYTHING NEW THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF? >> WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE STATE YET. AND THERE ARE MANY PROVISIONS WITHIN 7069, OVER 50, FRANKLY. SO MANY OF THEM CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WHEN WE READ THROUGH THEM BY JUST THE USUAL WORK THAT WE DO IN ALL OUR DIVISIONS. SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH, THE BIG ONES, WHICH ARE LIKE THE TITLE 1 PROGRAMS AND ANY CHANGES THAT MAY BE, WE CAN ONLY OPERATE WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY KNOW UNTIL WE ARE TOLD OTHERWISE. SO ALL THE PLANNING THAT HAPPENS UP TO THIS POINT IS TO CONTINUE ALONG THE LINES THAT WE HAVE BEEN. IN THE MEANTIME, THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS REQUESTED, AND WE HAVE BEEN

194WORKING ON LANGUAGE TO REQUEST A PHASE-IN YEAR, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL SEE. WE HAVE GOTTEN NO INDICATION OF THAT. BUT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY WAY WITH SCHOOL STARTING IN ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO EIGHT WEEKS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THE STATE KNOWS THAT BUDGETS HAVE BEEN BUILT, STAFFS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. BUT THAT IS A BIG UNKNOWN. SO I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE PLANNING AND DEVELOPING, THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING IN YOUR DIVISIONS AS PART OF THE USUAL EVERY YEAR GETTING READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU, MRS. MOLITO. MY SECOND QUESTION IS FOR MRS. SAUNDERS. WILL WE REACH A GOAL OF HAVING A UNIFORM PROCEDURE IN PLACE WITH REGARDS TO A FREEZE, EMPLOYEE

195RESTRUCTURING, REPURPOSING OF EMPLOYEES, AND THE INVESTIGATE OF PROGRAMS FOR THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WILL THERE EVER BE A UNIFORM PROCEDURE? AND OF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS IS WELCOME TO ANSWER THIS. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME, AND THIS WILL NOT THE LAST TIME THAT WE WILL HAVE BUDGET EMERGENCIES. >>Jeffrey Eakins: RIGHT. AND I WILL DETAIL SOME OF THOSE IN MY COMMENTS THIS AFTERNOON, MRS. GRAY. CERTAINLY, THERE ARE HUMAN RESOURCE PROCEDURES THAT OF COURSE ALIGN TO A CONTRACT, LANGUAGE AND SO FORTH, WHEN IT COMES TO FREEZES, HOW WE HANDLE TRANSFERS, ALL THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES. WE FOLLOW THOSE PARTICULAR PROCEDURES IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. AND ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES I DO HAVE -- AND I HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO -- IS WHEN I FEEL LIKE THE TIMING IS RIGHT TO DO THAT. THERE'S GOOD TIMES TO

196PUT ON A FREEZE AND THERE'S TIMES WHERE IT MAY NOT MAKE AS MUCH SENSE TO DO THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE BEEN MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT WHERE OUR FREEZE TAKES PLACE. LAST YEAR, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT FINAL REVENUE, FINAL -- ALL THE INDICATIONS WERE A FINAL BUDGET, WE RESPONDED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE FALL, WHICH IS YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T PREVENT SOME OF THE COSTS THAT YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY INCUR IF YOU ARE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT SO THAT'S THE PROCEDURE WE JUST IMPLEMENTED AND WE JUST RELEASED SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS TO BE FILLED BASED ON THE NECESSITATES OF QUALITY CLASSROOM TEACHERS WITH OUR KID. BUT OBVIOUSLY DR. VAZQUEZ AND ALL THE DIVISIONS ARE MEETING TO REVIEW EVERY CONTRACT, ALL THOSE KINDS -- LOOK

197AT WHAT ARE WE GETTING ON RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS NOT ONLY CONVERSATIONS, THOSE ARE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT MRS. STUART HAD JUST MENTIONED, COME BACKS ON THE 29th. PART OF THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE MAKE, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY REALIZED POTENTIAL FUTURE COST SAVINGS ON RENEGOTIATING OF CONTRACTS, OR LOOKING AT INFORMING PARTNERS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO X AMOUNT A AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. SO ALL THAT TO SAY IS THOSE THINGS ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE. SO WHEN A NEW FISCAL YEAR HITS JULY 1 THAT WE HAVE MANY OF THOSE EITHER COST PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN PLACE, OR SOME OF THESE COST SAVINGS THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY INCUR THIS YEAR BUT RECUR EVERY YEAR. >>Lynn Gray: AND THE ANSWER IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH

198MRS. SAUNDERS. SHE HAS REMINDED ME THAT WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO CHANGE, EVERY DAY, BECAUSE GASOLINE PRICES CHANGE, CONTINUOUS -- IT'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS. SO PERHAPS SOME TYPE OF BASIC PROCEDURE. BUT WE HAVE TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE REALIZE THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE BY THE DAY. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, HOW WILL THE NEW BUDGET AFFECT THE FOLLOWING? OUR VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS, BIDDING, WARRANTIES, CONTRACTUAL TERM OF AGREEMENT? WILL WE BE OUTSOURCING MORE? >> SO THAT'S PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS PROCESS MODE IN WORKING WITH DR. VAZQUEZ AND PROCUREMENTS. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING INTO COAST CONTAINMENT AND COST SAVINGS WITH OUR VENDORS ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS. I NOVEMBER WHEN WE WERE MEETING TODAY, WE WERE LOOKING AT FUEL, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH FUEL? SO NOW WE PURCHASED DIESEL CONTRACTS OUT

199UNTIL OCTOBER, BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET A COST SAVINGS OUT THERE WHICH IS WONDERFUL. OUR FOLKS IN PROCUREMENT ARE GREAT. SAME THING ON THIS. AS WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE BEST, DO WE KEEP IT IN-HOUSE OR OUTSOURCE IT? SO WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION ITEMS COMING TO YOU ON JULY 18th, I JUST GOT MEETINGS SCHEDULED TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THEM, HOW DO WE DO THINGS DIFFERENT AND CAPITALIZE ON SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE SOME OF OUR VENDORS OFFERING US. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, YES. >>Jeffrey Eakins: AND THE BIDDING PROCESS AS WE WOULD WANT TO FOLLOW THE BIDDING PROCEDURES, UNLESS WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF OTHER PRE-BID CONTRACTS, OTHER DISTRICTS, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE ENTERED INTO AND WE SEE A REALLY GOOD DEAL BETTER THAN THE DEAL WE

200HAVE. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO DO. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND MRS. SAUNDERS. FINAL QUESTION. MRS. BROWN AND MS. COOK, OR MRS. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW THE MARRIAGE STATE IS. BUFF EITHER OF YOU, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE CAPITAL -- EXCUSE ME, HOW DO WE ADDRESS OUR HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND EXTRA SUPPORT PERSONNEL, SHOULD OUR TITLE 1 SITUATION CHANGE? AND THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP. >> I'M GLAD THAT YOU ADDRESSED BOTH, BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY CURRENTLY WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS HOW ARE WE MERGING FUNDS BETWEEN BOTH OUR DIVISION AND REALLY ALL OF OUR DIVISION TO LOOK AT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOMS. SO SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT GRANTS AND ENTITLEMENT RESOURCES

201AND THOSE THINGS, LOOKING AT WHO IS ON THERE, WHAT THEIR ROLE, IS WHAT ARE THEY DOING, WHAT IS OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROPERLY COMMUNICATING WITH OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS AND THE FISCAL CAL NEEDS THAT THEY NEED AS THEY WORK WITH SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE THINGS CURRENTLY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE OR THAT WE ARE WORKING TO HAVE IN PLACE IS REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT GRETCHEN HAS SAID BEFORE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO EVEN CURRENTLY TODAY, I MET WITH THE EVALUATION TEAM OF PUTTING IN A PROCESS. WE ARE ALL ABOUT PROCESS, REALLY STRENGTHENING THEM, WHAT OUR DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE, AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT, TOCK REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS. SO WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR SPECIFICALLY, WITHIN OUR DIVISION, IS WHAT

202IS THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN PLACE FOR EVALUATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS AND THINGS ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR STANDARDS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND IS IT REALLY MEETING THE NEEDS? SO BEFORE WE EXPAND SOMETHING, BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE HAVE ALREADY MET WITH THEM TO PUT TOGETHER THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT COMING THROUGH OUR DIVISION, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE WITH ADMINISTRATION, WHERE IF THERE ARE CERTAIN PROGRAMS OR THINGS THAT COME THROUGH US, WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE EQUITY LENS, THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS, HAS IT ALREADY BEEN DONE WITH, ALL THAT RESEARCH, AND THEN CREATING THAT FRAMEWORK IN THAT SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST

203THINGS FORWARD, THAT WE ARE HELPING OUR SCHOOLS, THAT IS GOING BOTH BACK BETWEEN OUR DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOLS. OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETINGS THIS NEEDS, BUT THEN WHEN WE ARE MEETING THOSE NEEDS, IT'S WHAT TEACHERS WANT, TEACHERS NEED, SEARCH TEACHERS SEE THAT ARE BENEFICIAL THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOM. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE WORKING CROSS-DIVISION ALLEY RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THAT, BUT WE ARE ALSO BEING MINDFUL AND PUTTING IN PROCESSES THAT WHEN WE COME TO YOU BEFORE THE BOARD WE CAN SAY HERE IS THE EVALUATION THAT CAME IT WITH, THIS IS WHY WE ARE DOING IT, THIS IS WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT IT, AND THAT WE HAVE THAT CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT FOR YOU. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU

204VERY MUCH, MRS. MS. COOK. THANK YOU, MS. BROWN, ALSO. THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 6.06. I'M SORRY? >>April Griffin: I'LL BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE YALE SAVE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. MRS. SAUNDERS, IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE PAY DATE CHANGES. I KNOW THAT WE SENT OUT E-MAILS AND ALL. BUT JUST TO SAY IT AGAIN, COUNTY NEVER HURT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHANGE IN THE PAY DATES BECAUSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AND THE OTHER FISCAL YEAR STARTING. >>Gretchen Saunders: SO I DIDN'T BRING THAT WITH ME, MY LITTLE CHEAT-CHEAT. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A PAY DATE. IT WAS A SEASON-DAY. ON THE 23rd. WE HAVE A PAY DATE COMING UP JUNE 30th BECAUSE

205WE HAVE TO END UP FINISHING PAYING EVERYBODY THROUGH JUNE 30th SO WE HAVE TO END ON THAT DATE WHICH IS THURSDAY. FRIDAY. IT'S FRIDAY. THE NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS. SO WE HAVE GOT A MODIFIED PAYCHECK, THAT FIRST ONE. SO ON JUNE 30th, IT'S GOING TO BE A FULL DAY, FULL TEN-DAY PAYCHECK AND THERE WILL BE NO PAYCHECK ON JULY 7th. ON THE 21st WE WILL HAVE A FULL PAYCHECK ON THE 21st OF JULY. FOR 12 MONTH EMPLOYS. SO WE JUNE 23rd WE HAD A TEN DAY PAYCHECK AND AGAIN ON THE 30th WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TEN DAY PAYCHECK HOLDING THAT OVER TO JULY 21st IS THE NEXT TEN DAY. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT OUTLOUD BECAUSE IF I GOT A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY IN THE BANK I MIGHT GO

206A LITTLE CRAZY. BUT THEN WE AREN'T GOING TO GET ONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND NEED TO SAVE AND MODERATE THEMSELVES, BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING A PAYCHECK ONE WEEK, ANOTHER PAYCHECK ANOTHER -- THE VERY FOLLOWING WEEK, AND THEN WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PAY CHOKE UNTIL THE 21st. >>Gretchen Saunders: YES, MA'AM. >>April Griffin: I AM JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT. THANK YOU. >> I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM. AND IF I DO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU STOP ME BECAUSE I'M SURE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE THING. ITEM NUMBER 6.06 IS THE APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICE WAS FACTS EDUCATION SOLUTIONS. >> I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. I CALL IT PARTNERSHIP LEARNING WHERE THE DIOCESE GOES WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TEACHERS, AND TEACHERS

207OF ONE SCHOOL AND OF ANOTHER SCHOOL, DIFFERENT SET OF STRATEGIES, AND ALSO ARE THE LEADERS, THE PRINCIPALS, ALSO. SO WHENEVER TWO TYPES OF SCHOOL SYSTEMS, IF YOU WILL, MERGE, THERE'S A HOLE LOT OF STRATEGIZING AND PERSONAL GROWTH, PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, THIS TYPE OF MODEL HAS TO DO WITH A LOT MORE RIGOR. THE WEB, DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS YOU GOING INTO MUCH MORE ANALYTICAL THINKING, HAS YOU GOING INTO A LOT MORE INTENSE REVIEW OF PRIMARY SOURCES, SECONDARY SOURCES, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH MOVING THE STUDENT UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT, AND NOT THAT ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT OUR STEAM, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN LEND ITSELF A LOT TO THE DIOCESE, AND THEIR STRUCTURES AND EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT THAT THEY ARE STRATEGIZING BY

208THE DAY CAN HELP US BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS. THERE IS A LOT OF CURRICULUM MAPPING, WHICH IS VERY SOPHISTICATED FOR KIDS, WHICH IS VERY, VERY GOOD FOR THEM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING ACHIEVEMENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL. WE DON'T WANT TO EVER FORGET THAT STUDENTS CAN LEARN MORE THAN WE COULD EVER IMAGINE. SO THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT REALLY TO ME PUTS US IN A VERY COMPETITIVE NATURE AGAIN, SHOWS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO SHARE THE IDEAS WITH OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS, IN THIS CASE THE DIOCESE, AND LEARN FROM IT, AND BECOME A MORE SOPHISTICATED, HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT DISTRICT. SO I REALLY LOVE THIS PROGRAM. AND I THINK IT WILL PROVE TO BE CHALLENGING. AND THE KIDS WILL. THEY WILL GET A BEG PLUS OF LEARNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY.

209THE NEXT FOUR ITEMS WILL BE TAKEN TOGETHER. ITEMS 6.14, 6.15-R, 6.16-R AND 6.17. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MR. FABER, DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION, WILL COME FORWARD AND PRESENT THESE. 6.14 IS APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE WAS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA AND FIRE RESCUE STAFF AND RESERVE RESPONDERS BY TECHNICAL COLLEGE, 17-18 FISCAL YEAR. 15 IS A PHOTOGRAPH MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA BAY WORKFORCE ALLIANCE. CAREER SOURCE OF TAMPA BAY, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE 17-18 FISCAL YEAR. 16 IS APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR FERRET TRAINING AT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOR THE 17-18 FISCAL YEAR AND 17 IS APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA TAMPA BAY WORKFORCE ALLIANCE CAREER SOURCE OF TAMPA BAY FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE PARTNERSHIP

210ACADEMY FOR THE 17-18 FISCAL YEAR. WELCOME, MR. FABER. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM GOING TO PRESENT THE TWO 6-15-R AND 6-17 TOGETHER. THESE ARE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITY OF THE FAIR RESCUE. AND WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE FIRE RESCUE. SO WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS AND THE PARTNERSHIPS WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT TO SERVING OUR TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. THESE TWO AGENDA ITEMS DEFINE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, THE TAMPA BAY WORKFORCE ALLIANCE KNOWN AS CAREER SOURCE, AND LEAREY TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE AS WELL AS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, THE TAMPA BAY WORKFORCE ALLIANCE CAREER SOURCE, AND APARICO FIRE COLLEGE. THE ACADEMY AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY WILL PROVIDE THE FACILITIES, TRAIN THE WORKFORCE OF FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE TAMPA BAY AREA. THE MOUs FURTHER

211DEFINE EACH PARTNER'S ROLE IN EACH OF THE ACADEMIES. LEAREY TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE AND APARICO LEVY TECHNICAL COLLEGE WILL PROVIDE THE TEACHERS AND DELIVER THE CURRICULUM. THE TAMPA BAY WORKFORCE ALLIANCE OR CAREER SOURCE PROVIDES TUITION, SUPPLIES, UNIFORMS, CHILD CARE AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. THE CITY OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT WILL BOTH PROVIDE THE FACILITIES FOR NECESSARY EQUIPMENT. AND NECESSARY EQUIPMENT. ALTHOUGH BOTH OF THE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY ARE OPEN TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY THE GOAL OF THESE THREE PARTNERSHIPS IS TO INCREASE IF NUMBER OF NONTRADITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS IN THE LOCAL WORKFORCE. DURING 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR, 77 STUDENTS ENROLLED AND COMPLETED THE PROGRAM UNDER THE LEERY TECHNICAL COLLEGE. THE OTHER TWO TO HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT ARE THE AGREEMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE WAS THE CITY OF TAMPA FIRE BY

212LEARYE LEERY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA AND FOR FIRE RESCUE STAFF AND RESERVE RESPONDERS AT APARICO-LEVY TECHNICAL COLLEGE. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH LEERY TECHNICAL COLLEGE HAS PROVIDED TRAINING SERVICES AND PROGRAM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA. FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS. DURING THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR, 1,104 CITY OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE EMPLOYEES WERE TRAINED IN THE AREA OF FIRE FIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROCEDURES. THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH APARICO LEVY TECHNICAL COLLEGE WILL PROVIDE THOSE SAME SERVICES IN THE PROGRAM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT. WITH THESE AGREEMENTS, THE DISTRICT PROVIDES INSTRUCTION IN THE LATEST EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROCEDURES AS WELL AS THE SCIENCE AND TECHNIQUES OF FIRE

213FAITHING. THE CURRICULUM IS ALIGNED WITH THE MOST CURRENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS RECOGNIZED BY THE FLORIDA FIRE COLLEGE. PROVISIONS ARE MADE FOR THE USE OF STATE-APPROVED TRAINING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR BOTH CITY AND COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN ORDER TO UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS. WE ARE PROUD OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS WHICH ARE KEEPING IN LINE WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE MISSION TO PROVIDE A TRAINED WORKFORCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. APRIL AUTOPSY I JUST WANT TO SAY THESE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE ARE SO WONDERFUL, AND WORKFORCE IS TRYING TO GIVE MONEY AWAY. THEY DON'T EVER GIVE ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE AWAY. SO I KNOW NOW THEY ARE COMBINING EMT AND FIRE. BEFORE SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR EMT FIRST AND THEN PAY FOR FIRE. BUT NOW THEY HAVE COMBINED THAT. SO

214WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING TO US TO JUST GO AND APPLY, BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO GIVE THE MONEY AWAY, AND THEY HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR THAT THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN. SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR WORK WITH THE EMTs HERE FOR THESE PROGRAMS, BECAUSE THEY DO A GREAT JOB. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR PROGRAMS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FROM OUT OF COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST PASS RATES ON THE STATE CERTIFICATIONS FOR THOSE TESTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. GRAY, YOU ARE DOWN FOR A COMMENT ON 6.15. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT THERE? >>

215MR. FABER, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT MEMBER GRIFFIN SAID. ONE OF THE THINGS I DISTINCTLY SEE IN THIS PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, THAT IS, IS THAT EQUITY IS BUILT IN THIS PARTNERSHIP VERY MUCH BECAUSE IT DOES LEND ITSELF TO A TRUE LOCATION FOR MINORITIES, DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. IT ELLEN DEGENERES LENDS ITSELF TO PERHAPS EVEN BETTER KEEPING OUR DISMISSED SCHOOL BECAUSE AGAIN THEY CAN ASPIRE TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER. I SHARED WITH YOU MY FATHER WAS A FIREMAN, AND HE DID QUITE WELL. VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I THINK THAT THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, $23,000 IN OUR WORKFORCE BUDGET, IS WELL SPENT AND I THINK THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE MAYOR HAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ALL TO COMPLETE THIS MISSION. AND I JUST THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I CAN'T WAIT TO

216SEE MORE FROM YOUR WORKFORCE, FOR MORE OF THE IDEAS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU ARE COMING FOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Cindy Stuart: BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS. 6.18 IS APPROVE ALL TITLE 2 PART A PROJECT AND FUNDS, TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT FUND BASED ON FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE STATE FOR THE 2017-18 SCHOOL YEAR. MRS. McMANNIS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS FOR MRS. GRAY AND MRS. GRIFFIN HAS A COMMENT. I TAKE IT BACK. MRS. GRIFFIN DOESN'T HAVE A COMMENT. >> THE TITLE 2 GRANT IS AN ENTITLEMENT GRANT WE RECEIVE EVERY YEAR AS A DISTRICT, AND THE PURPOSE REALLY IS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, DEVELOP AND RETAIN STRONG TEACHERS AND LEADERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PREMISE BEHIND THE TITLE 2 FUNDING. WITH THAT FUNDING

217WE ARE ABLE TO DESIGN, DELIVER TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO OUR TEACHERS AND TO OUR SCHOOL-BASED LEADERS AS WELL AS PROVIDE DOLLARS TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCE RECRUITMENT OFFICE FOR THEIR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE USE THE FUNDS FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT LAST YEAR, AS YOU SEE ON THIS ITEM. THIS IS AN ANTICIPATED AMOUNT BECAUSE WE WERE EXPECTING MORE BUT WE ARE NOT SURE, WE ARE THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT 6 MILLION. SO YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE THREE AREAS OF RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE FUNDS WERE USED AGAIN FOR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR A LOT OF THE TRAINING THAT WE PROVIDED LAST YEAR, SINCE OUR TALENT DEVELOPERS WERE PART OF OUR DISTRICT INITIATIVE, FOR OUR SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT. WE ACTUALLY USE SOME

218OF THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THOSE SALARIES. WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ACTUALLY DECREASED A LOT OF THE ISA FUNDING LAST YEAR, SOME OF THOSE INTERNAL CONTRACTS THAT WE LIKE. WE REDUCED THOSE BY ABOUT 50% BECAUSE WE WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THE FOLKS IN THE SCHOOLS THAT DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING JOBS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. THE SALARIES -- THE FUNDING ALSO GOES FOR NATIONAL BOARD BONUSES FOR THOSE TEACHERS THAT ARE NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED AND ALSO TO PAPER SOME OF THE SALARY DIFFERENTIAL. WE SPLIT SOME OF THOSE COSTS WITH TITLE 1 FOR THOSE TEACHERS. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PLANNING HAS BEEN USED FOR IN THE PAST. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WORK IN THE FIELD, BECAUSE OUR BIG PUSH REALLY IS TO PUSH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE INTO OUR AREAS IN SCHOOLS

219SO IT CAN BE JOB EMBEDDED BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO FUND, DESIGN QUALITY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR TEACHERS THAT IS VERY RELEVANT, REALTIME AND GIVING THEM WHAT THEY NEED EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. MRS. GRAY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >>Lynn Gray: YES,DY WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. THANK YOU, MRS. McMANUS. VERY QUICKLY, YOU AND I AND THE BOARD KNOWS THAT RECRUITMENT IS SO CRITICAL, HOW WE GET THESE TEACHERS ON BOARD, HOW WE KEEP THEM ON BOARD. MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE FINE TUNED OR REFINED -- HAVE WE CHANGED OUR RECRUITMENT METHODS FROM THE YEAR PRIOR TO YEAR PRIOR? WE WENT TO A WORKSHOP ON RECRUITMENT SO WE HAD A LOT OF -- >> WE WOULD LOVE NEW IDEAS. I WILL TELL YOU, IN MARIE'S CAMP, THERE IS A RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

220COMMITTEE. AND I'M ACTUALLY SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE. THEY MEET MONTHLY. AND THEY HAVE REDESIGNED SO MANY OF THEIR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS OVERTIME STARTING WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS. THAT'S PARTY OF IT BEFORE THEY EVEN GO OFF AND MAKE THEIR COLLEGE DECISIONS TRYING TO RECRUIT FROM WITHIN. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF RECRUITMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY TO TRY TO GET FOLKS THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAD AN INITIAL DESIRE TO GO INTO TEACHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT, TO COME BACK IF THEY ARE COMING IN WITH ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATIONS. MARIE, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS? >> WELL, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT COULD BE A TOPIC FOR OUR HR COMMITTEE, MRS. GRAY, THAT I CAN BRING THOSE UPDATES, AND BRING THAT DATA FORWARD REGARDING OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. >>Lynn Gray:

221THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. CONTINUING ON THAT LINE OF THOUGHT, RECRUITMENT FOR THE HIGH-NEEDS SCHOOLS. I KNOW THAT -- WE CAN A ADDRESS THAT LATER. BUT WHAT IS OUR SLANT OR HOW DO WE CAPTURE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE RIGHT SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOLTEACHERS, STAFF, HAVE TO MATCH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. DISADVANTAGED KIDS. HOW ARE WE MATCHING THE DEMOGRAPHIC WITH THE TEACHER RECRUITING, IF YOU WILL? >> WELL, WE HAVE A TEACHER PORTION AS WELL ON OUR APPLICATION PROCESS THAT IS A PART OF OUR RECRUITING BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO THAT BEST MATCH. WE WANT FOLKS TO BE AT THIS TIME T FIT AT THE SITES WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE MOST SUCCESSFUL SO THAT EMBRACES A LOT OF THE DIVISIONS THAT WERE COLLABORATING A ROUND THAT WORK SO WE CAN

222BRING FORWARD SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND UPDATES FOR YOU. >>Lynn Gray: AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY PERFECT MATCH BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE TO SAY IS MY CONCERN IS YEARS AGO WHEN I WENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOME TEACHERS WENT, SOME DIDN'T, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE REALLY WATERED DOWN. HOW ARE WE HOLDING OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? I MEAN OTHER THAN A CHECKLIST. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT ONLY THERE, BUT THEY ARE PRACTICING? >> SO TODAY I THINK A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS TODAY IN OUR LEADERSHIP LEARNING TOUR FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO COME, BECAUSE OUR PRINCIPAL DESCRIBED SOME OF THE JOB-EMBEDDED LEARNING

223THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING IN THEIR SCHOOLS. SO IF OUR TEACHERS CAN GET LEARNING THROUGH THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE SOME OF THE BEST LEARNING OCCURS WITHIN THEIR PLCs, WHEN THEY ARE LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER. SOME OF THE BEST LEARNING HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARE VISITING EACH OTHER'S CLASSROOMS. WHEN A TEACHER AND A STAFF COME TOGETHER AND THEY LOOK AT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE BASED ON THE SCHOOL'S PRIORITIES, AND THEN THEY CHIEFLY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TOGETHER, AND IT IS JOB EMBEDDED. THEN TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY IN MANY SCHOOLS LEARNING EVERY DAY. AND THAT'S THE BEST KIND OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE LIKE TO FOLLOW A MODEL, AND ONE DAY MAYBE I CAN -- IT'S A 706 MUCH THE 2010 MODEL WHERE WE ALL LOVE TO GO TO CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THAT IS ONLY ONE SMALL

224PART OF HOW A PERSON ACTUALLY LEARNS AND ACTUALLY CAN CHANGE THEIR PRACTICE FOR MAKESHIFT IN THEIR PRACTICE. IT'S THAT ONGOING COACHING, FEEDBACK, SUPPORT, THAT CAN COME FROM INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, DEPARTMENT HEADS, TO TEACHERS, MENTORS, THAT REALLY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN THE IMPACT. SO OUR WHOLE YEAR THIS YEAR HAS BEEN REALLY PUSHING THAT JOB-EMBEDDED LEARNING WHERE TEACHERS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR SCHOOL AND THEN ONGOING LEARNING AND SUPPORT PROVIDED BY PEER TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, WHOEVER MAY DO THAT FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT. AND I AM GOING TO TELL YOU, I CAN'T WAIT TO BRING BACK THE EVALUATION OF THIS YEAR'S PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, BECAUSE MANY -- WE HAD A FORMAL EVALUATOR, AND HE SAID THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL FROM TEACHER FOCUS GROUPS. THEY ARE REALLY FEELING LIKE THE LEARNING THEY ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR

225SUPERINTENDENT SAID LAST YEAR AT OUR INSTITUTE. WE WANT TEACHERS TO GET WATCH THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED IT IN THE FIELD. THAT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FOREVER. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE WORKSHOPS, AND OUTSIDE WHERE YOU CAN GO TO THINGS. BUT IT'S BECOMING LESS AND LESS OF THAT AND MORE PUSHING INTO THE SITES IN THE SCHOOL TO GET TEACHERS THAT JUST IN TIME JOB EMBEDDED. >>Lynn Gray: THANKS A LOT. GREAT JOB ALWAYS. THANKS. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, ITEM NUMBER 12.071 IS A REAPPOINTMENT OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD. THERE IS NO CHANGE THERE BUT THAT'S COMING TO YOU ON CONSENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SAW THAT. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND AT THIS TIME TO VOTE ON THE ITEMS

226PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. HARRIS, SECOND BY MRS. SHAMBERGER. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHT COMES UP. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS. BEEF ONE INFORMATION ITEM THIS EVENING, AND IT'S ITEM 13.02, TO PROVIDE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR NAME AND RENAMING OF SCHOOL SITES. COMING FROM OUR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND MISS TAMMY CABRERA WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS FOR MRS. SHAMBERGER. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU, MRS. STUART. I WILL KIND OF START OFF BY FRAMING THIS BASED OFF OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, MRS. SHAMBERGER BROUGHT A CONVERSATION TO THE BOARD WITH REGARDS TO POTENTIAL RENAMING OF ROBERT E LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WAY WANTED TO DO AS THE SUPERINTENDENT

227AND STAFF IS TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT PROCEDURES, WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME GAPS IN OUR PROCEDURES BASED OFF OF -- THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A UNIQUE SCENARIO TO SOME OF OUR OTHER RENAMINGS OF SCHOOLS OR NAMING OF SCHOOLS. MANY OF OUR PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE SPEAK TO WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION AS A DISTRICT TO BUILD A SCHOOL, SO WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR DOING ALL OF THAT. SO KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A GAP BETWEEN THAT AND STARTING THE CONVERSATION THAT NEEDED TO BE STARTED ABOUT BUILDING A CONSENSUS AROUND THIS ISSUE, WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND SO I WANTED TO KIND OF FRAME TONIGHT SOME POTENTIAL OPTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED LAST WEEK -- LAST BOARD MEETING, WHICH

228WAS THAT 18-MONTH KIND OF TIMELINE THAT THE POLICY CURRENTLY SPEAKS TO. WE DID RESEARCH AROUND OTHER DISTRICT THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RENAMING, AND SPECIFICALLY RENAMING ROBERT E LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. SO HERE IS A POTENTIAL PATHWAY. THE PATHWAY THAT WAS USED IN MOST RECENTLY IN ORANGE COUNTY WAS FOR THE SCHOOL, AND THE SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL, TO BEGIN THEIR CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL IS MADE UP OF PARENTS, IT'S MADE UP OF BUSINESS PARTNERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OF COURSE, STAFF, PERSONNEL, AND THE SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL'S DEVELOPED THEIR INITIAL INPUT WITH REGARDS TO THE RENAMING PROCESS. IN THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS, THEY THEN MOVED ON TO BUILD OTHER CONSENSUS FROM COMMUNITY THAT FEEDS INTO THE SCHOOL, TORE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING THE SCHOOL. SO A POTENTIAL PATHWAY THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IS A

229SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL, INITIAL LAUNCHING OF AN EFFORT, SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT INITIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THEIR DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. AND THEN BUILD CONSENSUS AROUND THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT OF THAT. THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT I KNOW ORANGE COUNTY ULTIMATELY CAME WITH THE SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION, COMMUNITY INPUT. I HAVE TO FIND OUT IF THEY DID THE -- THE COMMUNITY DID SO VIA PETITION OR OTHER KINDS OF METHOD. THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD BY THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO PROPOSE A RENAMING OF A SCHOOL. IF THAT'S A PATHWAY OF THAT WE WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON, THEN ALL OF OUR PROCESSES THEN PICK UP FROM THAT POINT. BECAUSE OUR PROCESSES THEN SPEAK TO THE COLLECTION OF NAMES, THE GATHERING OF NAMES, THE INVESTIGATE OF NAMES, AND ULTIMATELY

230BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD A LIST OF NAMES TO BE VOTED ON FOR THE ACTUAL RENAMING. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF FRAME THAT UP FRONT FOR THE BOARD SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE PATHWAY TO OTHER DISTRICT HAVE UTILIZED TO GET TO THAT ULTIMATE DECISION POINT, AND THEN THE PROCESSES THAT WE CAN INVOKE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT OF MOVING FORWARD. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF KNOT OUT THERE. IN THE BOARD AGENDA ITEM ARE THE CURRENT POLICIES, THAT UP WITH POLICY, 725.0 I BELIEVE WAS ONE THAT WAS REVISED, I BELIEVE IN 2015 BY THIS BOARD, AND THEN 7320 IS A POLICY THAT WAS ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE BACK IN 2010. SO OFF COPY OF THE TWO POLICIES THAT KIND OF SPEAK TO THE NAMING OF FACILITIES. AND THEN YOU HAVE ON THAT OUR

231PROCESSES FOR COLLECTING NAMES AND BEGINNING THAT PART OF THE ULTIMATE RENAMING PROCESS. BUT WE SAW GAPS AND I'M SURE OTHER COUNTIES HAVE SEEN GAPS WHEN A SITUATION LIKE THIS COMES UP. AND SO WE DID SEEK THAT INFORMATION FROM OTHER DISTRICT. SO I WANTED TO PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD TONIGHT, AND THEN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AROUND THE NEXT STEPS FOR US TO TAKE IN ENGAGING THIS SCHOOL AROUND THE PROCESS. >>Cindy Stuart: MRS. SHAMBERGER, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >>Tamara Shamburger: SO MY QUESTION -- WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WAS ONE OPTION. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT REALLY AN OPTION. IT'S THE ONLY WAY IT CAN BE DONE? >>Jeffrey Eakins: IT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY. I WANTED TO KIND OF FRAME A POTENTIAL PATHWAY. THAT WAS JUST A PATHWAY THAT ORANGE COUNTY USED

232TO GET ULTIMATELY TO THE RENAME PROCESS. BECAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF UNCHARTERED TERRITORY I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FRAMEWORK OF HOW ANOTHER DISTRICT GOT TO THAT POINT, AND THEY DID SUCCESSFULLY PROPOSE AND THEN RENAME THE SCHOOL AFTER THAT PROCESS. >> SO CERTAINLY IT SEEMS THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY. DO YOU KNOW THE LEVEL -- DO WE HAVE A STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT LEE ELEMENTARY? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT CALLED A SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND IT'S MADE UP OF ALL THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO HAVE CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS ON THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, PARENT, STAFF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF STUDENT IS PART OF THAT SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL. I TWO OF CHECK ON THAT. OBVIOUSLY STUDENTS COULD BE POTENTIALLY A PART OF IT FOR SOME SCHOOLS. BUT ALL THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE PART OF

233THAT. AND THEN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTY ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOOL'S LOCAL PTA AROUND THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PROCESS. ALONG WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT THE SCHOOL GATHERED AROUND THE RENAMING AS WELL. >>Tamara Shamburger: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS 18 MONTH PROCESS, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. FOR THE PUBLIC. SO WE ARE SEEING 18 MONTHS -- >>Jeffrey Eakins: TO THE CONCLUSION OF 18 MONTH THE SCHOOL WOULD BE ACTUALLY -- THE VOTE WOULD OCCUR PROBABLY THE CONCLUSION OF THAT 18 MONTHS. I WOULD SAY THIS INITIAL PROCESS WOULD BE MORE OF A POTENTIAL 3 TO 4-MONTH PROCESS OF ALL THE INPUT GATHERING SO IT WOULD BE THE UPFRONT PROCESS. I KNOW THAT T POLICY OF THE BOARD MAKES THE 18 MONTHS

234THE REQUIREMENT RIGHT NOW TO GET TO THAT POINT. I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THE INPUT PROCESS TAKES 18 MONTHS. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OF A 3 TO 4-MONTH PROCESS. BUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME THEN WE WOULD BEGIN ONCE AGAIN, IF THAT COMES FORWARD TO THIS BOARD FROM THE SCHOOL, AND IN THAT KIND OF A PATHWAY, THEN WE WOULD BEGIN THE COLLECTION OF NAMES. ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE HELD TO THAT 18 MONTHS. >> FOR THIS PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY INPUT, RIGHT? SHOULD WE JUST, FOR SAKE OF CONVERSATION, SHOULD WE THEN MAYBE CONSIDER TAKING A LOOK AT THE POLICY AS IT RELATE TO THE 18-MONTHS? BECAUSE IF IT'S ONLY GOING TO TAKE US FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS GET THE INPUT WE NEED FROM ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY, DO WE REALLY NEED TO WAIT ANOTHER 13, 14 MONTHS TO

235MOVE FORWARD ON IT? >>Jeffrey Eakins: THAT'S CERTAINLY A DISCUSSION THE BOARD CAN HAVE THROUGH THEIR POLICY DISCUSSION AND POLICY REVISION, CAN TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR TIMELINE. THAT'S ALL OPEN FOR THE BOARD'S WILL AROUND THAT. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THE ORANGE COUNTY PROCESS DID LAST ABOUT 16 MONTHS TO GET FROM THE VERY BEGINNING GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO THEIR FINAL POSITION. >> MR. PORTER? >>Jim Porter: THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID YOUR POLICY WAS ENACTED BEFORE I WAS BOARD ATTORNEY TAKING THE 18 MONTH PROCESS. LEGALLY YOU HAVE THE TOO LATE CHANGE YOUR POLICIES. IN FACT IN THE POLICY CYCLE NOW WE ARE REVIEWING STAFF PROPOSALS OF POLICY. I WOULD CAUTION THE BOARD, THOUGH, BEFORE NATURALLY GOING DOWN A PATH OF CHANGING A POLICY WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY END UP

236BEING VERY CONTROVERSIAL. SO LEGALLY, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE YOUR POLICY. I WOULD CAUTION THE BOARD ABOUT NECESSARILY GOING DOWN THAT PATH GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE, GIVEN THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT STARTED THE PROCESS, AND THAT YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE CRITICIZED FOR CHANGE WILLING A POLICY THAT IS IN PLACE WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISCUSSION. YOU LEGALLY CAN DO IT. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT YOU LEGALLY CAN DO IT. BUT THERE ARE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION THE BOARD BEFORE YOU CHOSE TO GO DOWN THAT PATH THAT YOU HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. THE CHAIR HAS ASKED THAT WE LOOK AT THAT POLICY AS PART OF THE POLICY AROUND, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH OTHER POLICIES, BUT NOT THAT PARTICULAR

237SECTION. SO IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD WE COULD DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WOULD REALLY CAUTION YOU BEFORE YOU WENT DOWN THAT PATH GIVEN THAT WE STARTED THIS 18-MONTH CLOCK ALREADY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR FOR THE RECORD. JUST FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THAT, CERTAINLY THERE'S NO SELF-SERVING MEASURES BEHIND THAT. THIS IS NOT REALLY ABOUT LEE ELEMENTARY BUT MOVING FORWARD, SHOULD THIS COME UP AGAIN, I THINK THE POLICY MAY BE QUITE ANT 2008ED -- ANT KUWAIT THAT DOES NOT TAKE 18 FULL MONTHS TO CHANGE A NAME. WE GET IN THE PROCESS OF CONTINUALLY KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. WE HAVE TO KIND OF GET OUT OF THAT CYCLE. JUST OVERALL IN HOW WE DO AND HOW WE CHANGE THINGS, I THINK,

238YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THAT. I WOULD EACH LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS HOW LONG THE PROCESS TAKES BUT 18 MONTHS SEEMS QUITE EXCESSIVE. AND LASTLY JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF IT SHOULD SAY 18 MONTHS, HAS THIS CLOCK OFFICIALLY STARTED THE LAST BOARD MEETING OR WHEN HAS IT STARTED? >>Jim Porter: IN MY OPINION IT STARTED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. >>Tamara Shamburger: I WANT TO BE CLEAR IT WAGS THE LAST BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, FOR DOING YOUR RESEARCH AND LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE AND CERTAINLY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THIS COMMUNITY, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR LISTENING TO EVERYONE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. SHAMBERGER. MR. EAKINS, I GAVE MRS. SHAMBERGER A COPY OF

239THE ORANGE COUNTY POLICY AND THEIR PROCEDURE AND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. CAN WE IN ANY CASE AVAILABLE TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS? BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, THINGS WE MAY WANT TO INCORPORATE IN OUR POLICY AS WE LOOK AT THIS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU SPELL OUT HOW EXACTLY YOU GET THE INFORMATION, THE SURVEYS THAT THEY DID, WHERE THOSE COME FROM, AND THAT MAY BE PROCEDURALLY, AND COME OUT OF MR. PETERS' OFFICE. BUT I THINK IT FLOOR WE ALL GET A COPY OF THAT, AND I HAD A COPY AND I SHARED IT WITH YOU AND MR. PETERS, BUT IF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS COULD GET THAT AS WE MOVE INTO OUR POLICY ROUND AND TALK ABOUT JUST COMPARISON WITH SOME OF THE DISTRICTS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.

240I AM BRINGING THIS POLICY FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION, NOT C-73-20 BUT THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN ITEM B OF THAT POLICY, AND OTHER POLICIES 7250, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE SEE US PUT THIS ALL UNDER ONE POLICY AND NOT HAVE TWO, BECAUSE I THINK PROBABLY LUCKY THAT THIS GOT FOUND. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME THIS WAS EVEN UPDATED. I'M STILL WAITING TO SEE WHEN THIS WAS LAST UPDATED BECAUSE 7250 IS REALLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF -- SO REALLY 7250 IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABIDING BY. SO WE COULD HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION, MRS. SHAMBURGER, AS WE MOVE INTO OUR POLICY ROUNDS WHICH ARE COME UP HERE SHORTLY. THE FIRST ROUND TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS, AND I BELIEVE BOARD POLICIES COME FORWARD FIRST, OR ARE WHITE PAPERS COMING FORWARD FIRST? >>Jim Porter: THE BOARD POLICY

241IS COMING TOGETHER. >>Cindy Stuart: THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER AND I KNOW THAT'S ON THE CALENDAR. DON'T ASK ME WHEN BUT I KNOW IT'S COMING UP. IF WE COULD JUST GET A COPY OF THAT, TOO, IT WOULD BE GREAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>Cindy Stuart: GO AHEAD. >>Tamara Shamburger: ONE LAST CLARIFICATION W.THIS OPTION, WHERE -- WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AT THIS POINT? I WANT TO BE YEAR THAT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: OUR ADD MUFF MIGHT HAVE DIVISION IS LOOKING AT A TEMPLATE. I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION TO KIND OF PUT A TIMELINE AND A PROCESSION IN PLACE FOR THE PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE DON'T HAVE YET WHICH IS THIS UPFRONT CONSENSUS BUILDING A ROUND THE SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL POPULATION. SO MR. PETERS, ALONG WITH STAFF, WORKING WITH AREA SUPERINTENDENT MR. UNDERDOO, AND

242THE PRINCIPAL, WILL START TO OUTLINE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS WE START OFF THE NEXT TWO TO THREE AND FOUR MONTHS. >>Tamara Shamburger: SO IT WILL BE DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. >> THE PROCESS WILL BE DONE SOONER BUT THE IMPACT GATHERING OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. >>Tamara Shamburger: BUT THE PROCESS -- OKAY. I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Cindy Stuart: MR. EAKINS, CAN YOU ALSO MAKE SURE THAT IN THAT PROCESS THAT I RESPECT AND UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOL'S BRINGING THIS FORWARD OR THE COMMUNITY BRINGING IT FORWARD, THAT ARE THERE OTHER AVENUES BY WHICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN COME AND COMMENT? OR RESPOND OR REACT TO A SURVEY THAT WE ALSO PUT OUT? I DON'T WANTED US TO BE TOO SLANTED THAT WE ARE ONLY LOOKING FOR INPUT

243FROM A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, THAT WE ARE REACHING PRETTY FAR AND WIDE ON INPUT ON THIS, SO THAT WE ARE NOT CRITICIZED AT ALL FOR DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE DO THAT, WE DO MORE THAN JUST PARENT SURVEYS, TOO, THE PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL, AND WE DO SOME ADVERTISING POTENTIALLY IN THE NEWSPAPER, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN DOING A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD READING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: YES, MA'AM. >>Cindy Stuart: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL MOVE TO SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS AND SUSPENDED AGENDA, AND FOLLOWED BY BOARD COMMENTS. SO MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jeffrey Eakins: I AM GOING TO ONCE AGAIN COMBINE SUSPENDED AGENDA COMMENTS ALONG WITH MY SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS THIS EVENING. START OFF

244OF ALL HIGHLIGHTING NUMBER ONE WHICH WAS THE ISSUE YOU AROUND LACROSSE. WE TOOK CARE OF THAT TODAY AT THE BOARD MEETING SO WE WILL BRING BACK UPDATES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT MOA. I KNOW AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT GIVING AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE WERE WITH REGARDS TO THE OCR COMPLAINT AND OUR RESPONSE TO THE OCR COMPLAINT. OBVIOUSLY THIS BOARD KNOWS WE RESPONDED INITIALLY TO THAT COMPLAINT ON WHAT WE WOULD DO, AND PART OF WHAT WE WOULD DO IS ALIGNING PERFECTLY WITH OUR POLICY NOW AND SOME OF THE EQUITY TRAINING THAT WE ARE DOING SO I WANTED TO KIND OF OUTLINE FOR THE BOARD SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING FOR THAT. THERE WILL BE AN INTRODUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS OF DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION FOR

245SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BEGIN TRAINING. WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS AND PRINCIPALS. THERE WILL BE CONTINUOUS TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION FOR PRINCIPALS. THERE WILL BE TRAINING ON CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP WITH PRINCIPALS, INTRODUCTION TO BIAS, PREJUDICE AND RACISM TRAINING FOR SUPERVISORS, COORDINATORS AND DIVERSITY MEMBERS AS TO HOW TO CREATE A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. WE WILL CONTINUE BIWEEKLY INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS WITH MY EQUITY TEAM TO DISCUSS THAT AND LEARN ABOUT DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION INITIATIVES. ONLINE MODULES FOR TEACHERS WILL BE ROLLED OUT IN THE FIRST 06 DAYS OF WORK EXPLAINING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RACIAL EQUITY POLICY AND HOW WE CAN HELP CREATE A POSITIVE SCHOOL ADULT CULTURE FOR STAFF AND STUDENT. AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL BE

246INITIATING A COMMITTEE TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR TEACHERS IN THE AREAS OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGUIES. ONCE WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED STRATEGIES AROUND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN THE OCR COMPLAINT, WE DO HAVE A FINAL DATA POINTS IN FROM BEHAVIOR INCIDENTS, ARRESTS. ALL THOSE ARE GOING DOWN IN A VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION. OUR ARRESTS THIS YEAR DECREASED ALMOST BY A THIRD OVER LAST YEAR. SO A LOT OF WHAT THE GROUNDWORK IS BEING DONE AT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR AREAS HAS REAPED POSITIVE RESULTS. BUT NOW WE HAVE TO SYSTEMICALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. THAT'S WHERE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY GOING TO BECOME PART OF IT. NUMBER 6 ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA WAS JUST AN UPDATE WITH REGARD TO THE GIBSON CONSULTING GROUP. AND OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD AT THE WORKSHOP RECEIVED A SPREADSHEET. WE'LL

247CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT AND PROVIDE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CONTINUOUS UPDATES ON THAT AS WE IMPLEMENT VARIOUS STRATEGIES. IN THE AREA OF UPDATING YOU ON THE OUTREACH AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT DIVISION, JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER PAM STUART WITH THE FLAP DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HONORED 44 BUSINESS FOR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION. SHE RECOGNIZED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING FOR THEIR INVESTMENT OF $6 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT'S 5 YEAR PARTNERSHIP, BUILD THE THUNDER. THIS PROGRAM DONATES HOCKEY GEAR AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TO TITLE 1 SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO THANK THE LIGHTNING AS ALWAYS FOR THEIR GREAT PARTNERSHIP, BUT FOR BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AS A RESULT OF MORE THAN 2400 DOLLARS IN FUNDING FROM OUR PARTNER, SENIORS IN SERVICE SUPPLEMENTED READING INSTRUCTION TO ALL KINDERGARTEN CLASSES AT

248POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCCURRED DURING THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY. THIS ALSO ALLOWED THE TEACHERS TO KEEP THE POSITIVE MOMENTUM OF LEARNING HAPPENING. ALSO THE GEMS WHICH STANDS FOR GIRLS EMPOWERED MENTALLY FOR SUCCESS, IS OCCURRING ON THE JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD FUNDING. THIS PARTNER PROVIDES ACADEMICIAN SUPPORT AND SOCIAL LEARNING AT NO COST FOR 30 STUDENTS. AS A FUNCTION OF OUTREACH, DR. SYKES SPOKE TO A LOCAL PARTNER AGENCY, PACKSSON LEARNING AND HE CAN WEIRD PROGRAM SERVING MANY OF OUR YOUTH FACING WAY CHALLENGES. THIS ORGANIZATION FACILITATED NINE STUDENTS WITH EARNING A GED DIPLOMA. SEVEN STUDENTS PART TIME EMPLOYMENT. FIVE STUDENTS STUDENTS WILL BE ATTENDING POST-SECONDARY TRAINING AND ONE STUDENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A NURSING PROGRAM. THE OFFICE OF OUTREACH AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE OFFICE OF OUR PUBLIC DEFENDER

249JULIE HOLT SPOKE ASSIST, DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE AND ANTI-DRUG MESSAGING. WE ARE WORKING WITH CHIEF NEWMAN TO ROLL OUT INFORMATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE 14th ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD CONFERENCE TO BE HELD SATURDAY, JULY 15th. THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE REPRESENTATION, STEM, A MAGNET PROGRAMS, TECHNICAL COLLEGES, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TABLE WITH VOLUNTEER AND HOST. INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND YOUTH CONFERENCES. SO WE WANT TO HOPEFULLY THERE'S A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT. I DO WANT TO MOVE NOW TO MY COMMENTS. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE ABOUT THE WEB PAGE THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND STAFF ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THAT BRINGS A HIGH LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH REGARD TO OUR BUDGET. I

250WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE CONVERSATION AROUND FREEZES AND ALSO 70669 IN MY COMMENTS THERE. I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT OUR AVID CONFERENCE, GRADUATION INFORMATION, AS WELL AS OUR SUMMER GRADUATIONS. SO THIS IS SOON TO BE GOING LIVE ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE. A PAGE TITLE PROTECTING OUR FUTURE. IT'S ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING BUDGET IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON. THERE'S FAQs. YOU WILL SEE TO THE RIGHT ALL THE LINKS TO OUR FAQs. ALL OF THE LINKS TO THE WEBCAST. THREE PLAYS OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPSS THAT WE TELEVISED. WE HAVE THE JUNE 20th, THE JUNE 8th BUDGET WORKSHOP. WE HAVE THE POWER POINT. WE HAVE ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ABOUT THE ISSUES WE ARE FACING BUT WE ARE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT OUR STAFFS ARE PUTTING THON PARTICULAR WEB

251PAGE INFORMATION THAT HELPS OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING, NOT JUST TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO BE BOTH FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SET OUR STUDENTS UP FOR SUCCESS ACADEMICALLY. SO THIS PAGE WILL BE GOING LIVE VERY SOON. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THIS. AND THIS IS A WAY JUST NOT TO HAVE A LANDING PAGE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO. CERTAINLY WE CAN DIRECT PEOPLE TO THAT AND YOU CAN DIRECT OUR CONSTITUENTS TO THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUSH OUT AND LINK OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AND TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES. IT HELPS THEM BE MORE UPDATED MORE READILY ON THE ISSUES THAT RENDER DECISIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING AS A STAFF CONCERNING BUDGET, AND A BOARD. I DO WANT TO TALK

252A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEMPORARY HIRING FREEZE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CLASSROOM. TODAY WE HAVE LIFTED THE TEMPORARY HIRING FREEZE FOR OUR CLASSROOM VACANCIES ONLY. SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE VERY BEST TEACHERS, OF COURSE, IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AS A REMAINDER ALL NEW HIRES SERVE THEIR FIRST YEAR UNDER A PROBATIONARY CONTRACT IN AN EFFORT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE ONCE WE HAVE ALL OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST PERSONNEL NUMBERS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES PROPER TEXTED SO THOSE ON A PROBATIONARY STATUS WOULD BE THE FIRST TO BE RELEASED OR TO FRANCE FER IF STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS DECREASE. THE HIRING FREEZE CONTINUES NOW FOR INSTRUCTION -- FOR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL

253POSITIONS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT POSITIONS. I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF DATA WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY DONE. SO THE REASON WE CALL A FREEZE IS TO PUT EVERYTHING KIND OF ON HOLD, OR HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON SO WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, SO WE CAN AVOID COSTS. AND THESE ARE TRUE COST SAVINGS BECAUSE THE UNITS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR OUR SCHOOLS OR UNITS, PERSONNEL UNITS, THAT WERE GOING TO BE FILLED HIGH PRESSURE WE LEFT HIRING OPEN. AND SO WE OF COURSE DO OUR PROJECTIONS IN THE SPRING. VERY RARELY HAVE WE COME BACK IN THE SUMMER LIKE WE JUST DID AND DO ANOTHER COMPLETE PAUSE AND REASSESSMENT. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET CHALLENGES WE WERE FACING. SO HERE

254ARE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THINGS THAT OCCURRED IN THAT TWO-WEEK PERIOD. SO IN TWO WEEKS THROUGH OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENT, UNIT REVIEWS AT SCHOOL SITES, 231.257 UNITS HAVE BEEN REDUCED. THOSE ARE 231.25 UNITS THAT WERE ABOUT TO BE FILLED BY INDIVIDUALS NEW TO THE DISTRICT, IF WE WOULD HAVE LEFT THEM OPEN. THE ESTIMATED COST SAVINGS IS MORE THAN $15 MILLION FOR THOSE 231 UNITS THAT WERE OUT THERE. THROUGH OUR DISTRICT UNIT REVIEWS, 498 UNITS HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN OUR DISTRICT LEVEL DEPARTMENTS. THESE MEETINGS WILL CONT CONTAIN 498 UNITS HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN OUR DISTRICT LEVEL DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S NOT JUST ADMIN BUT THAT'S ALL DISTRICT LEVEL DEPARTMENTS AND STAFFING ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SOME EXAMPLES OUT IN OUR SCHOOLS, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A TOUGH ESTIMATOR IS OUR CONSISTENTER GARNET UNITS BECAUSE CONSISTENT KINDERGARTEN

255UNITS, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE STUDENTS YET. SO WE SAW SOME OVERALLOCATION BASED OFF OF THE ENROLLMENT THAT WAS OCCURRING TORE LACK OF ENROLL. THAT WAS OCCURRING SO WE WERE ABLE TO COLLAPSE SOME KINDERGARTEN UNITS, COLLAPSED 29 UNITS THAT WERE NOT CLASSROOM BASED POSITIONS, THEY WERE TEACHER BASED POSITIONS THAT COULD BE COACHES OR RESOURCE TEACHER POSITIONS THIS WERE ALSO COLLAPSED. AND I'LL NOW SPEAK TO 7069 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST CHALLENGED. SO HOUSE BILL 7069, AS MRS. MOLITO SAID, WE HAVE THE NOW LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF IMPLEMENTATION. WE HAVE TO WAITE A LITTLE BIT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BECAUSE NOW ALL WE HAVE IS STATUTORY LANGUAGE, AND STATUTORY LANGUAGE DOES NOT ALWAYS LANGUAGE THAT YOU CAN READ AND KNOW HOW TO IMPLEMENT JUST BY READING THE LANGUAGE. SO TYPICALLY

256IF THERE'S A RULE MAKING PROCESS THAT OCCURS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LEVERS THAT PROCESSED ON HOW WE AS DISTRICT AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PUT OUT GUIDANCE AND THE RULES TO IMPLEMENT 7069. SO INSIDE 37069 IS THE LANGUAGE AROUND TITLE 1 AND THE CHANGES THAT THE STATE HAS MADE TO A FEDERAL LAW, WHICH IS ONCE AGAIN VERY TROUBLING, BUT WE ARE HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THAT. SO AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, NOT JUST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BUT ON THE DISTRICT ACROSS THE STATE, WE HAVE TAKEN OFF THE TOP OF THE TITLE 1 GRANT REPRESENTATIVE PARTICULAR AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. SOME OF THOSE SPECIAL PROJECTS ARE THINGS LIKE EXTRA INCENTIVE PAY FOR OUR TEACHERS AT OUR HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS. THAT'S BEEN A SEPARATE PROJECT. WE HAVE HAD

257A SEPARATE PROJECT OF FUNDS USED FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL NEEDED FOR SCHOOLS THAT ARE TURNAROUND, SOME OF OUR HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS THAT MAY BE SMALL SCHOOLS BUT THEY HAVE VERY HIGH NEEDS, AND THEY ARE SCHOOL BASED ALLOCATIONS DON'T GENERATE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THEM TO PURCHASE ALL THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, WHETHER IT BE TEACHER, GUIDANCE, SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AND SO FORTH. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS, 7069 WOULD KEEP US FROM DOING THOSE SPECIAL PROJECTS, AND WE TWO OF TAKE ALL THOSE DOLLARS, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO WEAVE THEM INTO ALL THE SCHOOL-BASED ALLOCATIONS AND SPREAD THEM A LOT THINNER SO WE CAN'T CONCENTRATE THE FUNDS LIKE WITHIN 10, 15 OR 20 SCHOOLS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST. SO I AM NOT GOING TO GET ANY MORE

258DETAILED THAN THAT. OF THE JUST CREATES COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE NOW WE ARE NO POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE MANY, MANY SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON WITH THOSE EXTRA SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISION AS ROUND. AND I HEAR FIRST HAND WHAT THE BOARD VALUES, AND WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS WE MUST HAVE ACADEMICALLY AND FOR THE WHOLE CHILD. SO THOSE OBVIOUSLY ARE KEY POSITIONS TO KEEP IN PLACE AT THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS WE'LL HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE REVIEW BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE, THAT'S WHY MRS. MOLITO WAS SAYING, I'M LOOKING VERY MUCH TO THE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US THROUGH PERHAPS A TRANSITIONAL YEAR, SO ALL DISTRICT, NOT JUST HILLSBOROUGH, WE ARE ALL GOING TO FACE THE SAME CHALLENGE BECAUSE ALL

259DISTRICTS DO THIS CONCENTRATED EFFORT ON SOME OF THEIR HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS ON HOW TO GET A TRANSITIONAL YEAR TO BE EVENTUALLY IN COMPLIANCE FOR 18-19 BUT KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO COME TO HAVE WAY OF WORK THAT SO MANY DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN USED TO. SO THAT BEING SAID, THERE WILL BE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL POSITIONS THAT WILL HAVE TO REVIEW RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE IF WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS AND REASSIGN THEM BACK INTO CLASSROOMS. AND SO WE WON'T BE DOING THAT TO ALL THE POSITIONS BUT WE WILL BE STRATEGIC AROUND, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE VACANCIES AND WE NEED A GREAT TEACHER IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS, TOO. SO WE HAVE THE BALANCE THE SUPPORT THE TEACHERS NEED TO IMPLEMENT CURRICULUM, WHICH IS THE TRUE SUPPORT OUR

260KIDS NEED TO HAVE GREAT TEACHERS. WE ARE DOING THAT WORK RIGHT NOW AND OUR DIVISIONS ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS ARE ANALYZING THAT WITH THEIR PRINCIPALS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THERE WILL BE SOME DECISIONS MADE OUT OF THAT. SO I SAY ALL OF THIS TO SAY THAT A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN TWO WEEKS TO AVOID COST, TO PROVIDE COST SAVINGS, AND TO GET US BACK INTO THAT STRUCTURAL BALANCE AS -- WHEN I COME BACK ON THE 29th I'LL TAKE SOME OF THIS WORK, SOME OF THE CONTINUED PLANS THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT IN 2017-18, AND THEN 18-19 TO FURTHER REDUCE DOWN ALL LEVELS OF STAFFING, SO WE KNOW KIND OF THAT RIGHT SIZE SPACE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION SO THAT BUDGETARILY WE WILL HAVE A VERY SUSTAINABLE BUDGET, NOT JUST FOR ONE YEAR BUT

261FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THAT. LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR KIDS. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A GREAT AVID CONFERENCE. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP BY LAST WEEK. TAMPA WAS THE HOST CITY FOR ONE OF AVID SUMMER INSTITUTES HELD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. OVER 2500 EDUCATORS CAME TOGETHER TO TAKE PART IN HIGH ENGAGING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO COLLABORATE WITH APPEARS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS WELL REPRESENTED WITH OVER 400 EDUCATORS FROM OUR 97 AVID SCHOOLS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF PROVIDING AND WELCOMING AND DOING THE WELCOMING ADDRESS TO A VERY ENERGETIC CROWD AT THE GENERAL SESSION. AND I THANK THANKED THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS AND FOR THE HOPE THEY PROVIDE

262TO THEM DAY IN AND DAY OUT. IN ADDITION TO OUR TEACHERS REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT, WE HAD 17 AVID STUDENTS FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF SOME OF THEM THERE ON THE SCREEN. SHARING THEIR AVID KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT THE THREE DAYS. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE LARGEST AVID DISTRICT IN THE NATION. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ONLY -- [ APPLAUSE ] YES, BECAUSE THAT'S A DIRECT CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR STUDENT, OUR GRADUATION RATES AND OUR STUDENTS' POTENTIAL ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY, WHICH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THE AVID PROGRAM, IT STANDS FOR ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION. BUT IT IS AN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIVE CLASS THAT OUR STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND NEXT YEAR 23 SCHOOLS HAS BEEN PUSHING US TO MOVING DOWN THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

263TO PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF STRUCTURES, BUT IT'S THE ELECTIVE CLASS THAT HELPS OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND SO OF THE STILLS SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE MORE RIGOROUS COURSES. AND WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO TAKE THE CORRECT NOTES, NOTE TAKING SKILLS, STUDY SKILLS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS, SO WE IDENTIFY AS A COHORT OF STUDENTS THAT WE FEEL ARE KIND IN THAT BUBBLE THAT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS EXTRA AVID ELECTIVE COURSE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE REAPING GREAT BENEFITS FROM THAT ACROSS THIS DISTRICT. AND ALONG WITH THAT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME GRADUATION INFORMATION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FINAL TILL OCTOBER ABOUT HOW WE ARE DOING AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH INCREASING OUR GRADUATION RATES. ONCE AGAIN, OCTOBER IS GOING TO BE WHEN THAT WINDOW CLOSES SO OUR STUDENTS,

264FROM THIS COHORT THAT JUST GRADUATED, HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER TO MEET CONCORDANCE SCORES, GET G.P.A.s, THAT'S WHAT OUR SUMMER GRADS ARE WORKING ON, CREDITS AND SO FORTH. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOWN ALMOST 155 OR 160 NUMBERS OF CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S NOT EVEN COUNTING THE MOST RECENT ACT AND SAT DATA THAT HAS COME BACK THAT WE ARE NOW RECEIVING. SO THAT NUMBER WILL GO BELOW 400 AND CONTINUE TO PLUMMET AS WE CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE OCTOBER. RIGHT NOW, 2435 STUDENTS MET THE FSA REQUIREMENT BY MAKING AN ACT OR SAT CONCORDANT SCORES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO DO THAT AND PROVIDE THAT DAY ON CAMPUS WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN DO THAT. AND ALSO SO OF OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE HELPING US OUT THERE IN THE FIELD GETTING OUR KIDS

265ACCESS TO TAKE THOSE ADDITIONAL ACT AND SAT ASSESSMENTS. RIGHT NOW, 1,559 STUDENTS HAVE MET THE ALGEBRA WON EOC GRADUATION RATES REQUIREMENT BY USING PERT. PERT STANDS FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION READINESS TEST. SO OUR STUDENT WHO PASS THAT PARTICULAR TEST WILL GET A CONCORDANCE SCORE FOR ALGEBRA 1. WE REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK. SCHOOL LEVEL WORK. ADVOCACY IS KICKING INTO HEY GEAR ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND IT IS REALLY EVERYONE, AND IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE ONE PERSON. IT'S A COMBINATION OF LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE HELPING US TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN A N THAT ARENA. OF COURSE WE JUST FINISHED UP SOME GRADUATIONS AND WE HAVE OF A FEW MORE TO GO TO, BECAUSE FROM THIS COHORT OF GRADUATES WE HAVE THE SUMMER GRADUATIONS OCCURRING ON JULY 13th AT 3:00 P.M. WE HAVE

266THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AREA 1 THROUGH 4, BLOOMINGDALE IS AREA 5 AND STRAWBERRY CREST WILL BE GRADUATING OUR STUDENT IN AREAS 6 AND 7. SO WITH THAT, MY COMMENTS ARE COMPLETE. THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. AND WE WILL MOVE TO BOARD COMMENTS. MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS TO MAKE THIS EVENING. IT IS YOUR TIME NOW TO PUSH YOUR BUTTON. MRS. GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I JUST WANT TO THANK AND EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE CABINET MEMBERS AND THE DISTRICT STAFF FOR DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN HANDLING A FISCAL CATASTROPHE. I KNOW THERE WAS SO MUCH EXTRA WORK INVOLVED, A LOT OF RESTRUCTURING, A LOT OF REPURPOSING, A LOT OF DECISIONS, HARD DECISIONS THAT TOWED MAKE THAT PROBABLY KEPT YOU UP AT NIGHT. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE, YOUR PROFESSIONAL I AMISM,

267AND YOUR POSITIVE -- PROFESSIONALISM, AND YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE. I THINK STICKING TOGETHER AND COLLABORATING AS WE GO FORWARD, WE WILL IN FACT RAISE OURSELVES ABOVE THIS SITUATION AND BECOME MORE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR WHAT IS RIGHT IN THIS WORLD, AND LESS OF WHAT IS WRONG. AND I THINK THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. I FEEL IT. AND I KNOW OUR SUPERINTENDENT BELIEVES IT. AND I KNOW EACH OF YOU IN YOUR HEART WORK YOUR HEAD OFF TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL FUTURES FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND I THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. GRAY. MRS. HARRIS? >>Sally Harris: THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING A FEW THINGS, NOT A LOT, BUT A FEW. WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND TOUR WITH

268A GROUP OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE, THE MONROE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IT WAS AN EXCITING TOUR, AND PETER McGARRA DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT TOUR. THEN WE HAD THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS A VERY GOOD EYE OPENER FOR ALL OF US AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING IN THIS DISTRICT. THEN I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING A LEARNING WALK. AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LEARNING WALK IDEAS. SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS GET TOGETHER AND INVITE OTHER PRINCIPALS TO THEIR BUILDING. AND THEY JUST SHARE IDEAS. IT WAS REALLY NATE TO GO AND ATTEND ONE AND LISTEN TO THEM AND KNOW THAT THEY SHARE SO MUCH. THEN I WENT TO THE SUMMER ART ACTIVITY AT PALACE SCHOOL, AND THIS WAS A LOT OF FUN. THEY DID A GREAT PERFORMANCE JOB. STOPPED BY THE AVID AND WALKED

269IN WHILE OUR SUPERINTENDENT WAS THE SPEAKER. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED WITH A HIGH ENERGY GROUP OF STUDENTS, AS HE MENTIONED TO YOU. AND THEN TODAY, THIS MORNING, WE HAD THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING GOING ON WITH MANY OF OUR PRINCIPALS IN THE AREA. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUMMER. AND YET WHILE IT IS SUMMER, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING AND LEARNING AND SHARING AND IDEAS POPPING OUT THERE, AND IT JUST REALLY NEAT TO SEE THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON OVER THE SUMMER SO THAT WE ARE READY ON AUGUST 10 TO RECEIVE THOSE STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MRS. HARRIS. MRS. SHAM BERGER? >>Tamara Shamburger: I WOULD BE REMISS, I JUST WANT TO WISH MRS. GRETCHEN SAUNDERS A VERY HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY? (LAUGHTER) SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRETCHEN. [ APPLAUSE

270] >> AT LEAST WE DIDN'T SING TO YOU TONIGHT. MRS. GRIFFIN. >>April Griffin: AND MRS. STUART, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THE PLAN EARLIER ON THE BUDGET AND PUTTING A TIMELINE BECAUSE IT'S ON MY NOTES. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING. SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO PAST THAT, BECAUSE WE DO NEED TIME IN PLACE, WE NEED TO HAVE A SOLID -- YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE NEED TO HAVE SOLID TIMELINES IN PLACE. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, TOO, ARE THINGS THAT WE AS A BOARD CAN DO, TOO. AND I TALKED TO MRS. SAUNDERS AND I TALKED TO OUR ATTORNEY ABOUT OUR SALARIES. AND FREEZING OUR SALARIES. AND IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE MR. PORTER, WHEN -- AND I REMEMBER IT BECAUSE

271IT WAS MY VERY FIRST MEETING, LITERALLY THE FIRST MEETING I EVER ATTENDED AFTER MY FIRST ELECTION. I CAME UP AND I SAT UP HERE AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I HAD TO VOTE ON WAS OUR PAY RAISE. AND I DON'T RECALL -- AND MRS. SAUNDERS, DID YOU AND I HAVE THIS CONVERSATION? I DON'T RECALL US HAVING TO VOTE ON ANY PAY RAISE. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH STAFF MEMBER I TALKED TO, OR IF I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT. IF I TALKED TO YOU, STAFF MEMBER, PLEAS SPEAK UP, BECAUSE I TALKED TO SO MANY. >>Jim Porter: YOUR SALARY IS SET BY FLORIDA STATUTE. >>April Griffin: RIGHT. THAT'S MY QUESTION. I VOTED -- THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WAS SO EXTREMELY AWKWARD BEING ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I HAD TO VOTE

272FOR AS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL WORD MEMBER WAS VOTING OH A PAY RAISE FOR MYSELF WHEN I HAD NOT BEEN A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. SO IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THEN THAT THE STATE SETS THAT AMOUNT. BUT THE LAW ALSO SAYS THAT WE CAN DECLINE THOSE RAISES IF WE SO CHOOSE TO DO THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR IT HAPPENED, THAT WE ARE NOT VOTING ON IT ANYMORE. OR DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT? >> I'LL BE HAPPY TO RESEARCH THAT ISSUE FOR YOU. BUT THE SALARY OF ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE SET BASED ON A FORMULA, BASED ON THE DISTRICT AND OTHER FACTORS. AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH MRS. SAUNDERS AND COME BACK WITH A MEMO OR A REPORT ON THAT.

273BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE YOU EVER HAVING TO VOTE ON YOUR SALARY. THAT'S SOMETHING THE LEGISLATURE DOES. >>April Griffin: WE DID IT. WE HAD TO ACCEPT IT OR SOMETHING, AND LIKE I SAID, EXTREMELY AWKWARD. >>Jim Porter: I'LL BE HAPPY TO RESEARCH THAT AND GET BACK WITH YOU. >>April Griffin: I JUST WANT TO THROM THIS OUT THERE THAT I WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO KNOW THAT WE FEEL WHAT THEY ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS JOURNEY WITH THEM. SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER. ALSO WANTING TO LOOK AT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IN REFERENCE TO TRAVEL FOR ADMINISTRATION? HAVE WE FROZEN TRAVEL OR CUT IN THE HALF OR ANYTHING? >>Jeffrey Eakins: EVERYTHING COMES THROUGH HIM, NUMBER ONE. I KNOW THAT. SO OBVIOUSLY VERY LIMITED. AND TYPICALLY, WE LOOK AT

274GRANTS THAT ARE OUR TYPICAL GO-TOS INFORM ANY KIND OF TRAVEL FOR OUR LEADERS AND TITLE 2 AND SOME OF OUR OTHER GRANT FUNDS WHERE WE FAP IN INFORM THAT. A LOT OF IT, ADMINISTRATORS THAT SERVE ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF BOARDS, SOMETIMES THAT TRAVEL GETS PAID BY THAT AGENCY TO GO TO THOSE. AND MUCH LIKE YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS, THAT HAPPENS TO YOU AS WELL IF YOU ARE PART OF SOMETHING. BUT IT VERY LIMITED AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND SCRUTINIZE. AND IT'S GOING DOWN. >>April Griffin: WELL, WE AGREED AS A BOARD TO LIMIT OURSELVES TOO, AND WE HAVE OUR DISCRETIONARY AND OUR NONDISCRETIONARY WHEN WE SERVE ON DIFFERENT BOARDS. BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE ABOUT CUTTING OUR TRAVEL IN HALF, OR BY WHATEVER AS WELL. AGAIN, IT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN MODEL

275LEADERSHIP AND ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GO THROUGH THESE VERY TROUBLING TIMES WITH OUR EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE HARD ROADS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD EACH DIVISION COME FORWARD WITH HOW MUCH, WHAT KIND OF PERCENTAGE IN SAVINGS. >>Jeffrey Eakins: THAT'S STILL IN PROCESS. SO ABOUT 80%, 75% OF THE DIVISIONS THAT COME -- >>April Griffin: 70% OF THE DIVISION VERSUS COME FORWARD? >> HAVE COME FORWARD. >>April Griffin: HOW MUCH IN EACH DIVISION, APPROXIMATELY? >>Jeffrey Eakins: I KNOW ONE OF OUR LARGEST DIVISIONS -- SOME OF THE UNITS THAT THE DIVISIONS LOOKED AT, SO SOME OF THEM WERE LIVE UNITS, UNITS THAT SOMEONE WAS GOING TO GO TOCK. SOME OF THEM WERE THOSE UNITS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON THOSE BOOKS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP AT THE

276LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WE DELETED. SO I KNOW FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS HAD A LOT OF UNITS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO -- OVER 100, I BELIEVE, ABOUT 130. MRS. BROWN -- >>April Griffin: SO THESE NUMBERS, THESE UNITS, 1 APPROXIMATE P 1.25 UNITS, SOME OF THOSE -- >> THOSE WERE ALL LIVE UNITS. THOSE WERE UNITS THAT SOMEONE WAS LITERALLY GOING TO BE HIRED INTO IF WE HAD KEPT THEM OUT THERE. THE 498, THERE'S A MIX SOME OF UNITS THAT WERE BOTH. SOME OF THEM SAT OUT THERE FOR A WHILE. SOME THAT WERE READY TO GO. >>April Griffin: SOME OF THOSE NEED TO BE CLEANED UP ANYWAY. I THINK IT GOOD FOR US TO DO THAT ANYWAY. AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT WAS REPORTED. I TALKED -- AND I KNOW MRS. HARRIS TALKED ABOUT BOARD

277MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS DOING SUBSTITUTE DUTY FOR KELLY SERVICES. IT WAS REPORTED THAT WE SAID THAT TEACHERS WOULD FILL IN FOR EACH OTHER. AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL DIFFERENT PICTURE OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. AGAIN, WANTING TO GET IN AND ROWE THIS BOAT WITH OUR EMPLOYEES SO WE ARE ALL GOING GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. BUT COMING UP WITH YOUR FLAN THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD INCLUDE THAT TOO MUCH SO WE HAVE MORE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT COULD SAVE US WITH KELLY SERVICES BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING LIKE 13 OR $15,000 A YEAR ON SUBSTITUTES? WHAT WHAT DID I SAY? I HAVE A HEADACHE AND IT'S LATE. I'M SO SORRY. MILLION, YEAH. 13 TO 15 MILLION ON THAT. SO, YES, WE COULD GET WITH YOUR PLAN THAT YOU ARE BRINGING FORWARD WHAT IT

278WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. AND AGAIN IT'S NOT JUST THE COST SAVINGS BUT IT PUTTING ADMINISTRATORS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM. IT'S PUTTING BOARD MEMBERS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM -- OR INTO THE CLASSROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND SOMEONE THAT'S NEVER BEEN THERE AND TO REREMIND US WHAT WE ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING BAD THAT COULD COME FROM OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND BOARD MEMBERS BEING NO CLASSROOM SUBSTITUTING. NOW, WE MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAINING TO LEARN SOME MORE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SKILLS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT I WANT TO GET US TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S NOT US VERSUS THEM. I MEAN, TALLAHASSEE IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO DIVIDE US RIGHT NOW, AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. IF IT WERE NOT

279FOR THE STUDENTS, NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER EACH AND HE HAVE DAY THAT WE GET UP. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WALKING THROUGH OUR DOORS, THEY ARE THERE TO LEARN, NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE. SO I WANT US ALL TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME DIRECTION. IT GOING TO BE HARD. FAMILIES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AND YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP, WHAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO KEEP, WHAT'S A LUXURY AND WHAT'S NOT AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO A CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT'S ESSENTIAL AND WHAT'S NOT ESSENTIAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND I

280KNOW THAT MRS. COOK IS LOOKING AT ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS MRS. BROWN, TO SEE WHAT OUR ROI IS. I THINK I AGREE WITH BOARD MEMBERS. I HAVE HEARD IT SEVERAL TIMES, THAT WE HAVE SOME DIVISIONS OR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE DUPLICATING SERVICES. CAN THOSE BE COLLAPSED? WHAT CAN WE DO THERE? SO THE THING THAT'S KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT RIGHT NOW IS THE BUDGET, MORE THAN ANYTHING. THIS IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY MANED. I KNOW YOU AS WELL. AND YOU AS WELL, ALL OF US. IT'S WHAT WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD FORWARD TO A SOLID PLAN AND STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION. AND I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE. WHEN WE SAT DOWN IN THE SPRING OF 2015, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST

281EXCITING TIMES I HAD EVER SPENT ON THIS BOARD. PLANNING AND THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE WERE GOING TO DO FOR KIDS. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE CHILD. AND WE ARE NOT THERE YET. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT MY TIME ON THIS BOARD HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING BUT HAS NEVER BEEN AS FRUSTRATING AS IT IS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW THE HEARTS THAT ARE UP HERE AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD AND ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS FOR KIDS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE OF MONEY IS ABSOLUTELY HEART BREAKING TO ME. SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PLAN AND APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION THAT YOU ARE PUTTING INTO THIS. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU. MRS. SHAMBERGER? >>Tamara Shamburger: MEMBER GRIFFIN, I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING YOU SAID.

282THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE ISSUE ABOUT SUBSTITUTE TEACHING. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. THAT IS THE TOPIC THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. WE ARE GOING TO DIG DEEP INTO THAT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT WE ARE NOT STRESSING THE TEACHERS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BOARD AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS. WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THAT. ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN US AND THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO LOOK INTO WHAT CAN WE DO OUTSIDE OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FILLING IN FOR BUS DUTY, LUNCHROOM SERVICE. LET'S WORK WITH THE JANITORS. SO COMPREHENSIVE WORKING AS ONE UNIT. SO LOOKING TO ALL OF THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT POINT, BECAUSE, YEAH, THAT WAS REPORTED INCORRECTLY. >>April Griffin: I DON'T WANT

283TO DRIVE A BUS THOUGH,. I CAN'T DRIVE A BUS. >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, JUST A REMAINDER THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOT IN THIS BUILDING BUT IS AT IAC, AND I BELIEVE ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THAT. SO WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GOOD FOURTH OF JULY. (SOUNDING GAVEL) PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MRS. HARRIS. >>Sally Harris: EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH CAN BE USED TO EXCHANGE THE WORLD, BY NELSON MANDELA. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE IN THE MILITARY WHO SACRIFICE DAILY FOR OUR COUNTRY, LIKE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GRAY'S NEPHEW NICKY LISA AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD AS AB ARMY RANGER ON THE FRONT LINES IN AFGHANISTAN. MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. JOIN ME

284IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ] >>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MEMBER HARRIS. BOARD MEMBERS, THE WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY ARE C 4.04. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. SHAMBERGER AND A SECOND BY MRS. HARRIS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MRS. GRIFFIN? WITH NO DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS COME UP, PLEASE. PABLO, IF WE COULD COME AND CORRECT MRS. GRAY'S BOX, PLEASE. VOTE ON THE OTHER ONE, LYNN. BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. SORRY. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TODAY. AND IF YOU WILL VOTE AGAIN, PLEASE. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MRS. SNIVELY. WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE TONIGHT. THE JUNE 8th SCHOOL BOARD

285WORKSHOP AND SESSION, THE JUNE 8th SCHOOL BOARD WORK SOCIALMAN HE'S A SESSION AND THE JUNE 13th, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MRS. HARRIS, A SECOND BY MRS. GRIFFIN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY CORRECTIONS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. MRS. HARRIS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES AT THIS TIME. >>Sally Harris: AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THE BOARD'S AGENDA IS A CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE APPROVED UPON MOTION AND VOTE UNLESS AN ITEM IS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION. THE AGENDA AND THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH

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