07/29/2025 - Regular Meeting

001Jessica Vaughn: I AM JESSICA VAUGHN, CHAIR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN STARTING WITH OUR EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS AND CONTINUING WITH ADULTS THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. Karen Perez: I AM KAREN PEREZ, THE BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SEVENTH LARGE NEST MAKES AND WORKING AT 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. Lynn Gray: OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD ON OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM AT SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET OR E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE

002BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS AVAILABLE ON ALL BROADCAST AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. Patti Rendon: WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE HAVE TIME BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING AT YOUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. Nadia Combs: OUR VISION IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIWITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE FACING DECISIONS THAT WILL SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Karen Perez: THE GOOD MEETING OF JULY 29, 2025 WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION. [MOMENT OF REFLECTION] Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE

003PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH CHAIR VAUGHN AWAY FROM THE DAIS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT CHAIR VAUGHN SAY WAY FROM THE DAIS AT THIS MEETING. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY, JUNE 24, 2025, SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP AND JULY 8, 2025, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER

004THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN, TO SUCCEED, AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AGENDA STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER HAHN WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF THE BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING

005ON THE LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Karen Perez: WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. AT 5:01, THE HEARING ON POLICIES OR BUSINESS. AND 6 P.M., EMPLOYEES AND STUDENT INPUT. Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, THE 5:01 PUBLIC HEARING IS ON THE BUDGET. THE AGENDA IS WRONG. BUDGET HEARD AT 5:01 AND MY RECOMMENDATION WHEREVER YOU ARE AT 5:01 THAT YOU IT BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THE BOARD WELCOME COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUE YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME

006TO BE HERE. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY ISSUE THAT YOU LIKE AND YOU WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED; HOWEVER, ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO DISRUPT ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. WE REQUEST THAT YOU TRY TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUES. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN AND HEAR A CHIME. RED LIGHT AND THE CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS OUT. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS. THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS. MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. THAT'S 5:01. NEVER SEEM TO GET THAT RIGHT. HERE IS YOUR AGENDA. AND THE AGENDA FROM

007THE PINELLAS SCHOOLS. THEY GET ALL THE FIGURES, THE AMOUNTS FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS. YOU USED TO DO THAT. WHY CAN'T YOU DO THAT NOW? IS THAT SUCH A BIG HURDLE? SO PATHETIC. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, YOU HAD THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE POOR PEOPLE IN TEXAS. AND AS I STATED, YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN THAT SUFFERING WITH THOSE SICK BUILDINGS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING. FOR OVER 30 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN BRINGING THE SCIENCE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE, PASSIVE SOLAR BUI BUILDING. AND WE GET THESE HEADLINES "WE ARE HEADED INTO HURRICANE SEASON UNPREPARED." STORMS LIKE MILTON WILL STRIKE. WILL WE SEE THEM COMING? THE FLOODING IN TEXAS IS THE FUTURE. WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR -- WE MAY FEAR COMING CHANGES IN CLIMATE. BUT WE ARE ILL-ADAPTED TO THE ONES WE HAVE NOW. WELL, SEE,

008THE FACT IS THAT LIKE CHURCHILL SAID, WE SHAPE OUR BUILDINGS THEREAFTER THEY SHAPE US. WELL, WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS YOU ARE MAKING THE WORLD THAT WE ARE INHABITING NOW, AND IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. WHAT CAUSED THE EXTREME RAINFALL, FLOODING IN TEXAS HILL COU COUNTRY, WHY, THE HOT WATER. WHAT MAKES THE SHOT WATER? BELCHING THE CARBON. WHAT DOES THAT? YOUR STUPID BUILDING. CAUSE AND EFFECT. WHAT FOLLOWS FROM WHAT. AS I SAID OVER 30 YEARS I HAVE BEEN BRINGING SCIENCE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE. HERE THE HEADLINE. IS GROWING UNAFFORDABLE. HAVE POLITICIANS EVEN NOTICED? I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I STAND HERE TODAY AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF WARREN HIGH SCHOOL. I OWE SO MUCH GRATITUDE TO THIS

009BOARD FOR GUIDING ME THROUGH SO MUCH, THROUGH COVID, THROUGH MEMBER COMBS' FIRST TERM. I OWE SO MUCH GRATITUDE TO MY FORMER PRINCIPAL MR. MIKE ROWAN AND MY CURRENT PRINCIPAL FOR HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THEM TO BE THE STEADFAST HAND AT THE WHEEL, I WOULD NOT BE STANDING IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. I AM SO DEEPLY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. I RESPECT YOUR PROFESSION. I RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. YOUR WORK DOES NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED IN MY VIEW. BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS NO EASY FEAT. AS A GODSON OF A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I UNDERSTAND. AND I'M SO VERY THANKFUL THAT I AM ABLE TO STAND HERE AND I AM SO THANKFUL TO SO MANY. BECAUSE I LOVE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN

010AN ADVOCATE SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD. AND I DO NOT PLAN ON STOPPING. I PLAN ON COMING BACK AFTER COLLEGE AND TO BE AS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES CALLS IT, HILLSBOROUGH STRONG. WITH THAT, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. CAN I GET SPEAKERS SIX TO TEN TO LINE UP. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE CHANCE TO SPEAK. I AM JOSE LUCENA JR. A UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS VETERAN AND HERE AS PART OF THE LEADERSHIP OF MAGNIFIED VOICES, A GROUP OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONCERNED CITIZENS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. I DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS BUT I HAVE NIECES AND NEPHEW WHOSE PARENTS WOULD BE HERE IF IT DIDN'T CONFLICT WITH THEIR WORK SCHEDULE. MY TOPIC I WOULD LIKE TO TALK IS

011DEFENSORING OF THE CURRICULUM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AS A GENERATION EX-QUEER PERSON OF COLOR, I GREW UP IN A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT DID NOT TEACH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. I GREW UP IN A SEAT WHERE IT WAS NOT OKAY TO BE GAY. AS A RESULT, I WAS BULLIED MANY YEARS AND AT THE AGE OF 14 I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE QUESTION, BY THE WAY, THE SECOND LEADING COUGHS DEATH OF CHILDREN 10 THROUGH 14 YEARS OLD. GROWING UP IN THAT TYPE SOCIETY DID NOT MAKE ME STRAIGHT. ON THE CONTRARY, IT MADE ME HATE MYSELF. THE IDEA WE ARE INDOCTRINATING CHILDREN BY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS NOT ONLY FALSE BUT AN ATTEMPT TO GASLIGHT BIGOTRY. MOST OF THESE BOOKS THAT ARE BEING BANNED ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. WHICH CAN'T PRETEND THAT THE 14-YEAR-OLD HAS THE SAME LEVEL OF INNOCENCE AS

012A PRESCHOOLER AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT. 34% OF THESE BOOKS BANNED BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024 PORTRAY PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LGBTQ+ PEOPLE. ONLY 13% OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE DESCRIPTION OF SEXUAL ACTS ON THEIR PAGES. MOST INTERESTINGLY IS 65% OF THESE BOOKS ADDRESS VIOLENCE. 55% OF THESE BOOKS ADDRESS GRIEF. 43% OF THESE BOOKS ADDRESS ABUSE. THESE ARE VERY REAL EXPERIENCES ON A LOT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. WE WILL HAVE GROUPS THAT WILL STAND HERE AND ASK YOU TO BAN THESE BOOKS AND SUPPORT THE BANNING OF THESE BOOKS, BUT THEY WILL DO NOTHING IN ORDER TO STOP THE VIOLENCE OUR SCHOOLS OF GUN VIOLENCE. WILL DO NOTHING TO END THE DAY WHERE IS THESE CHILDREN FROM TO GO THROUGH AN I HAVE IT SCHOOL SHOOTING DRILLS. AS RATIONAL AMERICANS, WE NEED TO DO MORE TO PROTECT OUR

013CHILDREN NOT ONLY FROM VIOLENCE BUT FROM BIGOTRY AND ISOLATION AS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE NEED TO NOT ALLOCATE MONEY TO WATCHDOG GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CURRICULUM IS SENSORED BUT INSTEAD GIVE THE MONEY TO RAISE SCHOOL TEACHER'S SALARIES. WE NEED TO DO MORE. THAT IS MY ASK FROM THE BOARD. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CHALLENGE THE STATE'S BANNING OF THESE BOOKS AND THE ALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS AND GIVE IT TO THESE TEACHERS, RAISE THE SALARIES AND PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, RICK WARNER, FORMER CHAIR OF YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE ARE ALL DISTRESSED BY THE LONG-TERM INADEQUATE FUNDING OF K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OF THE LACK OF VOTER UNDERSTANDING OF JUST HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS. THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION RELEASES

014AN ANNUAL REPORT EACH APRIL ON K-12 EDUCATION WHICH RANKS THE STATES AND BECAUSE WASHINGTON IN A NUMBER OF REVENUE AND SPENDING CATEGORIES. TWO OF THE MOST PROMISING -- EXCUSE ME, PROMINENT STATISTICS ARE REVENUE PER STUDENT AND AVERAGE TEACHER SALARIES. FLORIDA HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN RANKED 50th IN BOTH AVERAGE TEACHER AND AVERAGE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF SALARIES. FLORIDA'S RANKING IN REVENUE PER STUDENT HAD CONSISTENTLY BEEN IN THE MID-40s UNTIL THE LAST THREE YEARS. IT ROSE TO 43rd IN ' 1-'22. 42 IN '22 AND '23. 34th IN '23-'24. I SUSPECTED THAT SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG WHEN THE '23-'24 RANKINGS CAME OUT. COMPARING THE NUMBERS, NEA USED TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NUMBERS, IT APPEARS THAT THE $3 BILLION OF '23-'24 VOUCHER FUNDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ENUMERATOR OF THE NEA CALCULATION. BUT THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF STU STUDENTS, OF

015VOUCHER STUDENTS IS NOT INCLUDED. ADJUSTING FOR THE DISCREPANCY IN THE STATISTICS BRINGS FLORIDA RIGHT BACK TO THE MID-40s IN REVENUE PER STUDENT. TAMPA WOULD TAKE ABOUT $8 BILLION MORE, AND THAT'S IN EXCESS OF A 20% INCREASE TO BRING FLORIDA'S REVENUE PER STUDENT TO JUST THE MEDIAN AMONG THE STATES. THE NEA AND THE FEA HAVE BOTH BEEN ADVISED OF THESE DISCREPANCIES. TO DATE, I HAVE NO RESPONSE FROM EITHER ONE. BUT I SUSPECT THE STATISTICS WOULD BE REVISED WHEN THEY COME OUT NEXT APRIL. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING TO ONE OF THESE BOARD MEETINGS. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY EXISTED. BUT I FOUND MY WAY BECAUSE I HAVE HAD A DESPICABLE EXPERIENCE AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MY SON WENT THERE RECENTLY AND OFF AND ON FOR THE WHOLE YEAR,

016THERE WERE SERIOUS AND IMMORAL EVENTS AND ISSUES. BACK ON SEPTEMBER -- JUST TO KEEP IT IN SHORT. SO THE TEACHER, THE DUAL LINGUAL TEACHER SNATCHED THE BOTTLE OUT OF MY SON'S MOUTH WHEN HE WAS DRINKING IT. OTHER PARENTS, AND ONE OF THE PARENTS SPECIFICALLY RIGHT AWAY, SHE SAID HER SON WAS BELITTLED BY THIS TEACHER. AND HE WAS AFFECTED BY IT. I CALLED THAT AFTERNOON AS SOON AS MY SON TOLD ME AFTER I PICKED HIM UP AND CALLED THE OFFICE, WHICH WAS AFTER 4 -- OR 3:30 ABOUT. I SPOKE TO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WAS THE ONLY ONE AVAILABLE AND I TOLD HER, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. WHAT IS THIS ABOUT -- THIS HAS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. SHE TOLD ME KIND OF COLDLY, OH, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. I KNOW WHAT I

017RAISED. I KNOW MY SON. I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TAUGHT HIM TO DO AND NOT DO. COMMUNICATE AND TO BE ALWAYS HONEST AND BRAVE ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPEN, EVEN IF SOMETHING HE NEEDS -- NEEDS GUIDANCE FROM ME. LONG STORY SHORT, I WENT THE NEXT DAY AND I REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPAL IMMEDIATELY IN PERSON WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT. MY SON WAS NOT CALLED TO SAY WHAT HAPPENED. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE SPOKE TO HER. THIS AND THAT. THERE WAS NOTHING DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIED. SHE SAID, OH, GOING ON TO DUAL LINGUAL. I SAID THIS IS WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT. HE IS SMART. HE DELIVERS. NOT WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT. MY SON SAID SHE WAS YELLING UP CLOSE UP TO HIM "SHUT UP" IN SPANISH. I CALLED AND REQUESTED A MEETING ACTUALLY

018AND THE PRINCIPAL SAID THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING. HE WENT THERE BECAUSE OF CHOICE. THAT IS NOT HIS CHOICE. AND I CHOSE TO TOOK HIM THERE BECAUSE I HEARD GOOD THINGS. SHE SAID THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING. I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A WARNING FOR YOUR CHOICE, BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING. CIVILITY. NOTHING TO DO WITH CIVILITY. I AM SPEAKING UP OF SOMETHING IMMORAL AND SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. THIS TEACHER WAS THERE THE WHOLE YEAR CAUSING OTHER THINGS. I CALLED DOWN THERE TO THREATEN TO END THE CHOICE. I REACHED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND E-MAILED ABOUT THIS COMPLAINT. TEXTS WITH PARENTS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE TEACHER. THE PRINCIPAL THREATENED ME TO END THE CHOICE. THERE WERE MANY THINGS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I WANT TO

019SAY I WILL PURSUE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WITH ALL OF THESE BECAUSE THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. Karen Perez: THANK YOU [APP. HI, MY NAME IS BARB KHEKE, A RETIRED TEACHER AND I LIVE IN TAMPA. I'M HERE TO ASK THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THE FAIR PROPOSALS FOR PAY AND RESPECT. I BELIEVE THAT THE DISTRICT DO RESPECT AND VALUE THEIR EMPLOYEES. BEST WAY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IS TO PAY THEM A FAIR SALARY. VOTERS IN OUR COUNTY APPROVED THE REFERENDUM LAST NOVEMBER WHICH I UNDERSTOOD WAS GOING TO INCREASE SALARIES. I REMEMBERED THAT THE SLIDE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DETAILED POWER POINT SHOWED THAT HILLSBOROUGH PAID THE SLOWEST SALARIES OF FOUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND THAT FUNDS FROM THE REFERENDUM WOULD AT LEAST PUT HILLSBOROUGH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK. THOSE SLIDES MAY HAVE FEATURED ONLY

020TEACHER SALARIES BUT WE KNOW THAT ESPs, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ALSO DESERVE TO EARN A DECENT WAGE. THESE CLERICAL AND PARAPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST BASED SALARIES IN THE DISTRICT WHICH HAVEN'T CHANGED IN A WHILE. ONE WAY TO SHOW ESPs RESPECT IS TO NOT ONLY CONTINUE THE YEARLY STEP INCREASES BUT ALSO TO INCREASE THE STARTING SALARY SO THAT ALL ESPs WILL BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THE REFERENDUM FUNDS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. I HOPE THAT OUR COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES. I URGE YOU TO ACCEPT HCTA'S PROPOSAL FOR A FAIR WAGE. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: NEXT SPEAKERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE BOARD FOR THE CONTINUOUS EFFORTS THEY PUT IN FOR OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. MY NAME IS KIMANI DOUGLAS AND AN ADVOCATE FOR MAGNIFIED

021VOICES AND I AM ADVOCATING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIND FOR THE INCLUSION OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THIS NATION AND THE PREVENTION OF WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE CALLING CENSORSHIP. AS A STUDENT THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THIS EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST THREE MORE YEARS, I HAD MY SHEAR OF UNFAIR TREATMENT IN SCHOOL. MANY TIMES I HAVE QUESTIONED IF I WAS REALLY LEARNING FROM WHAT I WAS BEING TAUGHT. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE SEEN LESSONS IN CURRICULUM CHANGE TO MAKE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER STUDENTS HAVING THEIR HISTORY INVALIDATED OR NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS IS SOMETHING I FEEL NEEDS TO STOP. HOW CAN WE EXPECT STUDENTS TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN APPROACH HARD CONVERSATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM. TODAY, I STAND BEFORE

022YOU, THE BOARD, AND ASK THAT YOU FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS SEEN AND THAT THEIR STORY ISN'T DOWNPLAYED BY THE VERY PLACE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO LEARN ABOUT IT. I ASK THAT YOU ADVOCATE FOR EVERY STUDENT TO BE TREATED EQUALLY AND FOR PEOPLE'S HISTORY TO NOT BE DIMINISHED OR INVALIDATED. WE MUST TEACH HARD TOPICS IN SCHOOL. THEY HELP SPREAD AWARENESS AND TEACH A YOUNG MIND WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG. I ASK YOU TO ASK YOURSELVES THIS, IF WE CAN'T DISCUSS HARD TOPICS IN THE CLASSROOM, WHERE CAN WE DISCUSS THEM AT ALL. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. NATE KILLTON, MAJYOR OF THE GREA CITY OF PLANT CITY. I SAY ALWAYS A GREAT DAY IN PLANT CITY. NOT ALWAYS EASY BUT ALWAYS A GREAT DAY. EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE WE ARE SO

023CLOSE OF OPENING THE PLANT CITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED THAT OF THAT. FIRST AND FOREMOST. THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING THAT. OVER THE MOON WHAT THAT MEANS FOR. TO ADVOCATE FOR RICK LOTT FOR THE NAMING OF THIS. SURVEYS WERE LAST WEEK AND YOU WON'T VOTE UNTIL NEXT MONTH. I FELT COMPELLED THAT I NEEDED TO COME SPEAK TO YOU. NO ONE MORE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY THAN R RICK LOTT. GOES BACK A DECADE. STARTED WITH THE BOOSTER CLUB AT PLANT CITY WITH FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY STARTED WITH HIM AND OTHERS. ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROGRAM. SO PROUD OF THAT GENESIS IN PLANT CITY AND WHAT THAT IS DOING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTYWIDE NOW. AND HE IS -- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THAT NOW. AND IN 2020, HE ADVOCATED TO THE

024ADMINISTRATION HERE AND FOR THE BOARD FOR THE CAREER ACADEMY IN PLANT CITY. IT WAS PART OF THE ETO. HE GREW UP IN HUMBLE MEANS AND STARTED AS COPY REPAIR AND WORKED OFF THE RANKS. AND THE ONLY BUSINESS THAT SOLD OFF TO XEROX OVER THE YEARS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS AND SO MANY PEOPLE, GREAT NAMES PUT FORWARD THAT NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THEY ARE MAKING. I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT NEED TO COME UP VERY QUICKLY. BUT NOBODY MORE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THIS FACILITY THAN RICK. IMAGINE THIS -- I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO WHAT. FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY EVENT AT THIS NEW FACILITY. RICK'S NAME ON THE BUILDING. HE COMES IN AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

025BOARD OF FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY AND CAN TELL THE STORY ABOUT, I HAVE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW RIGHT, EDUCATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT INSTRUCTION, IT IS ABOUT INSPIRATION. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WITH RICK LOTT. YOU WILL GET THAT IN THE NAME IF THE BUILDING IS OR NOT. THAT IS POWERFUL. THAT IS EXCITING. THAT IS A GORGEOUS AND EXCELLENT RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH GARY GRAHAM ARE, THE NEW PRINCIPAL, AND SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY WE WILL HIT HOME RUNS ALL DAY LONG. I NEEDED TO TELL STORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS. I WILL BE BACK IN AUGUST AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOOD FOR THOUGHT ON THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. CAN I GET SPEAKERS 11-14. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY

026NAME IS SONYA MARTINEZ. I AM THE MOTHER OF THREE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ALSO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LIAISON FOR MAGNIFIED VOICES, A LOCAL ORGANIZATION SERVING FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT TWO THINGS TONIGHT, TEACHER CONTRACTS AND TEACHER PAY. RIGHT NOW WE ARE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, AND MANY OF OUR STYE TEACHERS STILL DON'T HAVE FINALIZED CONTRACTS. THE VERY PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP EARLY, STAY LATE, BUY CLASSROOM SUPPLIES OUT OF POCKET AND POUR THEMSELVES INTO OUR CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY. UNCERTAINTY OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT IS NOT JUST DISRESPECTFUL BUT DISRESPECTFUL FOR PROFESSION AND OUR SCHOOLS. SECOND, WE NEED TO BE HONEST OF COMPENSATION. OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT BEING PAID WHAT THEY DESERVE. RANKED 50th IN THE NATION ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS YEAR AFTER

027YEAR. OTHERS HAVE SEEN WAGE INCREASES. THEY ARE COULDN'T STATLY TOLD TO WAIT, TO SACRIFICE AND HANG IN THERE. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE CAN'T ATTRACT HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS WITH IF HE CONTINUE CONTINUE TO UNDER VALUE THEM. ENSURING THEIR CONTRACTS AND FAIR COMPENSATION NOT JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT NECESSARY FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR SCHOOLS AND SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. OUR TEACHERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY. DON'T LET THEM START ANOTHER YEAR FEELING UNSUPPORTED AND UNSEEN LET'S GIVE THEM THE RESPECT, STABILITY AND PAY THEY LONG EARNED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. CAN I GET SPEAKERS 11-14 TO LINE UP. SPEAKERS 11-14 TO LINE UP. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TERRY CISCO. I AM PROUD TO STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL LEGACY ALLIANCE

028WITH ONE SIMPLE MESSAGE. THANK YOU. SEVEN YEARS AGO WE FORMED THE LEG SEA ALLIANCE OUT OF A DEEP CONCERN OF A SCHOOL THAT WE LOVED. CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL, ONCE A JEWEL IN THIS DISTRICT HAD LOST ITS LUSTER. NO PTSA, NO ATHLETIC BOOSTERS AND BOOSTERS BANDING TO THE BY TWO PARENTS DOING THEIR BEST. CHAMBERLAIN HAS HEART BUT LACKS A SUPPORT SYSTEM. WE MADE A COMMITMENT. IF PRINCIPAL JAKE RUSSELL CAN REBUILD THE SCHOOL FROM THE INSIDE OUT, WE WILL STRENGTHEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE IN. WE RECOGNIZE THAT CHAMBERLAIN'S TRUE STRENGTH WASN'T JUST IN THE PAST BUT THE PASSIONATE ALUMNI, INFLUENTIAL, GENEROUS AND DETERMINED TO GIVE BACK. LEGACY ALLIANCE INVESTED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO PROGRAM, SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY. FOR THOSE INTERESTED, I PUT A DETAILED LIST OF HOW WE USE

029THOSE FUNDS NOT FOR RECOGNITION BUT PROOF OF OUR LONG-TERM COMMITMENT .BUT TONIGHT ISN'T WHAT WE HAVE DONE, IT IS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR CONCERNS SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR EXCEEDING ALL OF OUR EXPECTATIONS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, FROM THE BEGINNING, DISTRICT LEADERS LIKE SHEA McCREA, CHRIS FARKAS AND OTHERS ASK US TO BE PATIENT, AND WE WERE. THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MARCUS MARILLO AND SCOTT BROOKS, CHAMBERLAIN HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH NEW PROGRAMS AND BOLD OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE NOTHING SHORT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL. YOU DIDN'T JUST CHECK BOXES. YOU DELIVERED IN FULL. OUR COMMUNITY IS ENERGIZED. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN EVERYTHING WE HOPED FOR AND MORE. EVERYONE BEHIND THE SCENES FROM ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES TO CENTRAL MAINTENANCE HAS TREATED US WITH PROFESAFFECTIONALISM. WE THEIR SUPPORT AND RESPONSIVENESS HAS BEEN

030SUPERLATIVE. I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS PROMISE, THE CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL LEGACY ALLIANCE TO MAKE SURE THESE PROGRAMS SUCCEED WHICH HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR STUDENTS. CHAMBERLAIN IS RISING AND TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP, WE ARE WRITING ITS NEXT CHAPTER. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. ALANN BREWSTERS, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING, MY TOPIC WAS, LEADERSHIP, ACTION. AND IF YOU HEARD A PREVIOUS PERSON TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF ACTION WITH HER SON AT THE SCHOOL. AND I WANT TO SAY THIS. THAT THE LEADERSHIP AT THE SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT. NOT JUST FOR EDUCATION BUT DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP. NOW I SAID THIS BEFORE, WE HAVE BEEN AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR TEN YEARS. AND DEALT WITH AT LEAST NINE PRINCIPALS. OUT OF THE NINE, TWO --

031TWO OUT OF THE NINE. DID THEIR JOB. AND THAT IS A VERY SMALL NUMBER COMPARED TO HOW MANY SCHOOLS THAT ARE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND WE KNOW PARENTS THAT ARE DEALING WITH SITUATIONS RIGHT NOW WHERE THE PRINCIPAL HAS FAILED TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE AC ACTION. BULLYING. THAT IS A BIG TOPIC THAT THEY DON'T ACT ON IT. AND IT GOES -- THE BOX GOES UNCHECKED UNTIL IT GETS SO BIG -- IS THAT SNOWBALL GETS SO BIG THAT YOU CAN'T STOP IT. AND I WILL SAY THIS. HUMAN RESOURCES, THE DISTRICT PERSONNEL THAT ARE VETTING THESE PRINCIPALS, THEY NEED TO DO BETTER, BECAUSE THEY ARE FALLING SHORT. YOU KEEP SHUFFLING THE LEMONS, PUT THE OLD LEMONS UP FRONT. THE BRUISED LEMONS UP FRONT. IT IS NOT WORKING. KIND OF LIKE FALLING ON DEAF EARS. AS I KNOW

032APs THAT WANTED TO IT BE PRINCIPALS. THEY GOT LOOKED OVER FOR WHATEVER REASON. I BELIEVE IT WAS POLITICAL BECAUSE THEY WERE HELPING OUT THE BREWSTERS. OH, I DO BELIEVE THAT. AND DON'T THINK THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, BECAUSE IT DOES. I SEEN A LOT OF STUFF IN THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT I REALLY JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT, BUT THERE ARE STUFF THAT IS HAPPENING. BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF SELECTING PRINCIPALS AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE HIGH QUALITY. EVERY STUDENT SHOULD GET A PRINCIPAL THAT IS A HIGH QUALITY ONE. EDUCATION COMING OUT OF THAT SCHOOL SHOULD BE HIGH QUALITY. THERE SHOULD BE NO TOLERANCE FOR TEACHERS DOING SOMETHING THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS DOING. TEACH! YOU ARE NOT THE DISCIPLINARY. TEACH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HI, MY NAME IS TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER

033AND TODAY'S TOPIC IS GOING TO BE COMMUNICATION. YES, I AM BACK TO THAT AGAIN. AS WE START THE NEW YEAR, I IMPLORE ALL THE NEWLY ELECTED STAFF, OLD, NEW, YOUNG, TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO ENGAGE PARENTS ALONG THIS JOURNEY OF COMMUNICATION. WE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR TEN YEARS NOW. COMMUNICATION IS STILL MISSING. ALL THESE NEW CHANGES -- I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT FROM PARENTS. I SHOULD HEAR ABOUT IT FROM THE TOP. YOU ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THE WEAKEST LINK. COMMUNICATION. PARENTS ARE NOT THE ENEMY. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BRIDGES. WE ARE POSITIONED TO IT BE CONNECTORS. -- WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTORS. THE SCHOOL'S WEB SITES ARE DEPLORABLE. THEY ARE NOT UP TO DATE. THEY ARE NOT CURRENT. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK ON

034A SCHOOL'S WEB SITE AND KNOW INFORMATION. WE ARE TELLING OUR STUDENTS. STUDENTS DON'T HAVE JOBS. THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THEIR SCHOOL SUPPLIES. THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING. SO WHY REASONABILITY YOU INVOLVING PARENTS? PARENTS ARE HERE. THEY ARE YOUR BIGGEST ALLIES OR YOUR BIGGEST FOES. YOU ALL CAN DECIDE. LISTEN, THIS SWEEPING UNDER THE RUG, WE KEEP NEW, NEW, NEW, I HEAR AT THIS POINT TALK IS CHEAP. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR ACTION IS. YOU ALL WANT BETTER PAY, AS MY HUSBAND STATED TEACH, BULLYING. BULLYING IS A SPOT THAT YOU ALL KEEP IGNORING. WIPING IT UNDER THE RUG. IT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. PARENTS SEND YOU THEIR BEST. I HAVE SIX KIDS. FOUR HAVE GRADUATED. I HAVE TWO LEFT. BUT I AM NOT DONE. DING, DING. I AM A GRANDMA NOW. I

035AM COMING EVEN HARDER. I HAVE GODCHILDREN. SO I AM STILL AROUND, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO -- TO CHALLENGE YOU. THOSE PARENTS THAT SAY, OH, MY GOD, SO MUCH. ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THEM. THEY ARE TO HELP YOU GET BETTER. MY HUSBAND AND I DON'T DO THIS FOR FUN. WE DON'T GET PAID FOR THIS. I COULD BE DOING OTHER STUFF. I CHOOSE TO FIGHT FOR THE CHILDREN AND FOR PARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE TIME. I AM BLESSED. I AM ABLE TO STAY HOME. I AM ABLE TO DO THE RESEARCH. I AM ABLE TO BE ON COMMITTEES. PARENTS NEED ANSWERS. PARENTS NEED COMMUNICATION. COMMUNICATION IS NOT JUST OH, WHEN WE DECIDE, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT UP. THERE SHOULD BE A PARENT COMMITTEE AT EVERY SCHOOL TACKLING THESE LITTLE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY GET TO THE

036BOARD. WE SAID THAT. SHOULD BE A BULLYING BOX. THE PRINCIPAL -- THEY ARE NOT HANDLING IT. TIME AND TIME -- I GET PHONE CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FOR YEARS. PARENTS ARE SCARED. THEY JUST KNOW I DON'T CARE ANYMORE. YOU CAN'T HURT ME. I CAN'T BE FIRED. I CAN'T BE BULLIED. YOU CAN'T PERSUADE ME. THINGS NEED TO CHANGE OR WE ARE GOING TO GET LEFT BEHIND. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS GIANI HUNT, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MAGNIFIED VOICES, A CONCERNED CITIZENS GROUP OUT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WANT TO FIRST EXPRESS MY FEELINGS TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO LISTENED, WHO CLEARLY LISTENED. WE ASKED FOR CLARITY ON THE WITHHELD FUNDS AND WE GOT IT. I THANK THOSE WHO PERSISTED AND ASKED THE

037HARD QUESTIONS. THAT KIND OF COURAGE IS WHAT WE EXPECT AND WHAT WE DEMAND FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS. WHILE THE RELEASE OF THOSE FUNDS IS VICTORY, THIS BATTLE WAS FAR FROM OVER BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT BUDGET. IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE VERY MODEL THAT WE STAND HERE. PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. WHEN PUBLIC DOLLARS ALREADY ALLOCATED ARE HELD BACK WITH UNDISCLOSED CONDITIONS, WE ARE ENTERING DANGEROUS TERRITORIES. THE FLORIDA '25-'26 BUDGET SIGNALS DANGER. BUDGET INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS THAT INTRODUCED REVISED STANDARDS AND ENDORSEMENT INCENTIVES WHICH COLLECTIVELY INFLUENCED THE HISTORY AND CIVIC INSTRUCTIONS TAUGHT IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE BEST EDUCATORS I KNOW SAID THIS TO ME. FRANKLY, I AM TERRIFIED, GIANI, I LOVE TEACHING AND I LOVE MY STUDENTS BUT ALL IT TAKES IS FOR THE WRONG BOOK TO BE ON MY SHELF. AND I SIMPLY

038CAN'T AFFORD IT. LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. FLORIDA HAS ALLOCATED $4 MILLION FOR CIVICS LITERACY CAPTAINS. THESE CAPTAINS ACT LIKE GATEKEEPERS LIMITING EDUCATORS' ABILITIES TO TEACH FULL HISTORY. $274 MILLION FOR CIVICS DEVELOPMENT TIED TO NEW HISTORY AND CIVICS STANDARDS. ANOTHER $10 MILLION FOR $ ,000 CIVIC STIPE ENDS WHICH SOUNDS AMAZING, AND I AM FOR BONUSES, BUT WHEN WE LEARN THAT THEY ARE TIED TO THESE ENDORSEMENT PROGRAMS THAT DEMAND ALIGNMENT WITH THE REVISED STANDARDS, IT IS SOMETHING TO BE RECONSIDERED. THIS IS ALMOST $20 MILLION THAT WILL NOT GO TO TEACHERS' SALARIES. THIS ISN'T AN INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, IT IS AN INCENTIVE OF COMPLIANCE. OUR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD GO TO TEACHERS. THEY SHOULD EMPOWER EDUCATORS, NOT SILENCE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OR PRIORITIZE IDEOLOGY OVER INQUIRY. BOOKS ARE NOT THE THREAT. THE REAL DANGER LIES IN TURNING CLASSROOMS INTO ECHO

039CHAMBERS WHERE TOUGH QUESTIONS ARE OFF LIMITS AND HISTORY IS SANITIZED. SO TODAY, I ASK THAT YOU PUBLICLY COMMIT TO PROTECTING EDUCATIONAL INTEGRITY FROM POLITICAL COHEARINGS. AND CONTINUE ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS EVEN WHEN THE ANSWERS MAKE OTHER PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THAT IS THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE -- PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. NOW I WILL CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT AYRES TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. TWO BOARD APPOINTMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND GET THEIR PICTURES ON THE SCREEN. START WITH

040ALISON WRIGHT, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF BRANDON HIGH. IF YOU CAN STAND UP AND MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. LOTS OF SUPPORT HERE FOR ALISON. I SEE THE BRANDON WRESTLING TEAM IS BACK THERE. STAND UP. WHERE IS THE WRESTLING TEAM AT? ABSOLUTELY, LET ME GET THROUGH AND -- COME ON UP. STUDENTS COME ON UP. LET ME READ OFF MISS WRIGHT'S CAREER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ALLISON WRIGHT BEGAN TEACHING YEAR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 2014 AT SPOTTO AND RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLS. 2019, ACCEPTED A POSITION AS DEAN OF DISCIPLINE AT PARISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL IN BRADENTON. IN MANATEE COUNTY FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT AND HAD TO COME BACK HOME. 2022, CAME BACK TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND APPOINTED A.P. OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AT SUMNER. MISS WRIGHT WAS APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL

041WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING. SO MORGUE FROM THE A.P. OF CURRICULUM AT BRANDON TO THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. ALLISON WRIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, ALLISON. WE WILL GET SOME PICTURES. PICTURES. GET SOME PICTURES. COME ON UP. OF COURSE, MR. KLEIN IS HERE. LET'S GET UP. YE YEAH. READY, 3, 2, 1!. Superintendent Ayres: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLISON. AND REPLACES DR. KLEIN TO WENT TO GAITHER LAST BOARD MEETING. BRANDON IS IN GOOD HANDS AND SHE HAS BEEN UNDERNEATH DR. KLEIN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. ONE MORE APPOINTMENT, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, DR. ANTHONY JONES. ANTHONY, STAND UP AND COME TO THE FRONT HERE. SO DR. JONES SERVED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE PAST 28 YEARS. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES AND TEACHING AT BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL AND PROMOTED

042TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND TRANSFER THE TO HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN 201 APPOINTED PRINCIPAL OF WALKER AND SLIGH IN 2018 AND DR. JONES IN COLEMAN IN 2023 WHERE HE WAS SERVING AND NOW DR. ANTHONY JONES, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS, ANTHONY. CONGRATS, BUDDY. MADAM VICE-CHAIR, THOSE ARE OUR PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE HEARD. C-102, 206, 701, 702, 708, 10.01, 10.03 AND 10.06. 1.02, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, DRIVER EDUCATION VEHICLE RELEASE. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL BEGIN IN ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: SEE HOW MANY WE GET TO BEFORE WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING. TAUGHT BY THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY SAFETY DRIVER EDUCATION LICENSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NEW LEASE AGREEMENT WILL ENABLE US TO PROVIDE FULLY EQUIPPED CARS FOR THE DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM. MADAM VICE-CHAIR ITEM 1.02

043AND MR. BRAIDLY AND ASHLEY CAPUCHI IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEM 1.02. Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED IN ITEM, AND MEMBER COMBS? OKAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. I THINK IT IS JUST IMPORTANT FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT TO KNOW -- I MEAN, I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT THE STATE PASSED A LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT 15-YEAR-OLDS TO 17-YEAR-OLDS WOULD TAKE A SIX-HOUR SAFETY COURSE. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. A GREAT LAW THAT HAS PASSED AND WILL HAVE TO TAKE ONLINE AND IN PERSON AND THAT MEANS OUR DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH MORE OF THAT,

044WHICH IS A GOOD THING. BUT THIS REALLY -- WHAT IT DOES, IT BRINGS -- WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE SIX VEHICLE IN EVERY DRIVER'S ED HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE OF FUNDING AND A COST OF RENEWING OUR LEASES, WE ARE GOING FROM SIX TO THREE. SO WE ARE GOING TO LESS WHEN THERE IS A TIME WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH MORE OF A DEMAND. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I THINK FOR TRANSPARENCY, HE THOUGHT OUR DRIVER'S ED TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS NEED TO KNOW THAT. BECAUSE AS E-MAIL COMES US TO, THEY HAVE TO REALIZE THAT IT IS REALLY NOT OUR FAULT. IT IS A FUNDING ISSUE. WE ARE UNABLE TO KEEP THE SIX. EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT MOST DISTRICTS HAVE THREE AND WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE, BUT IT IS JUST A

045HARD TIME. WE ARE GOING FROM SIX CARS TO THREE CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A NEW LAW TO COMPLY WITH. UNDER TRANSPARENCY, I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT MISS CAPUCHI. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MEETING AND ALL OF THAT. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. AS RELOOK AT THESE ITEMS, I AGREE WITH MEMBER COMBS WE NEED MORE VEHICLES ON PROPERTY WITH OUR STUDENTS .A CRITICAL TIME. WE HAVE STUDENTS ACROSS OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT NEED TO HAVE, EVEN PRIOR TO THIS NEW LAW CHANGES, WE NEED MORE IMPROVEMENTS IN DRIVER EDUCATION. LESS STUDENTS DRIVING AT THE AGE OF 16 BECAUSE OF ACCESSIBILITY OF VEHICLES, INSURANCE AND, ETC. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A DISTRICT ARE BEING

046AS RESPONSIBLE AS I CAN. MISS CAPUCHI PUT THIS OUT FOR AN RFP AND NO RESPONSE. I HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW ARE WE DOING OUR RFPs AND REACHING OUT TO ACCESSIBILITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AVERAGE PRICE FOR THE VEHICLE LEASE IS $548 PER MONTH PER LEASE. DURANGOS. WE KNOW THERE ARE POSSIBLY OTHER VEHICLES AT LESS COST, BUT WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT ANSWERED OUR RFP. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT ARE WE DOING INTERNALLY TO GO OUT FOR THE BEST COST EFFECTIVE MEASURES BEYOND JUST SENDING OUT A NOTE THAT WE ARE OPEN. WE HAVE TO LOOK WITHIN OUR TERMS. THIS IS NOT THE VERY FIRST RFP THAT THE STAFF HAS COME BACK AND SAID THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADVERTISE? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO

047RECRUIT? GOT TO BE PART OF OUR OVERALL LOOK, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THAT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK WE ARE. WE ARE NOT GOING BRINGING IN THOSE VENDORS TO REALLY LOOK AT IT. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IS NOT HAPPENING ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO THAT. I SEE SHANY HALL HERE. SHE IS OUT CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT VENDORS, AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE DOING. BECAUSE THAT -- IF I WENT TO GET A LEASE, THAT WOULD BE VERY HIGH. AND IT WOULD BE A LARGE VEHICLE THAT I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT BE PURCHASING. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO

048CONSIDERATION. BECAUSE THOSE DECISIONS EFFECT WHAT OUR STUDENTS ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES ARE. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST EFFORT WE CAN. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. YOU KNOW THINGS HAVE TRULY CHANGED BECAUSE DRIVER'S EDUCATION -- YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD TO TEACH A DRIVER'S ED CLASS WITH THREE CARS. THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. NOT ONLY ARE THEIR WITH ONE OR TWO TEACHERS. YOU KNOW WE ARE LOOKING -- DRIVER'S ED IS VERY IMPORTANT. I TAUGHT DRIVER'S ED FOR 17 YEARS AND DRIVER'S EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT IS STUDENTS' LIVES AND ALL OF OUR LIVES, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN'T DRIVE, YOU ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE. BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT TRYING TO

049FIND A WAY HOW WE CAN GET MORE CARS IN THE DISTRICT. BECAUSE AS I GO AROUND AND I LOOK, YOU GOT -- SOMETIMES YOU GOT ONE PERSON TEACHING DRIVER'S ED, NO WAY TO TEACH DRIVER'S ED THE PERFECT WAY. THERE IS NO WAY. YOU HAVE TO BE IN TRAFFIC. YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE RANGE. AND YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. ONE PERSON CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN'T -- THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CAN'T LEAD THE STUDENTS JUST ON THE RANGE SOMEWHERE WITH SOMEBODY. SO WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF WOULD TORQUE DO. AND WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO WITH THOSE CARS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING GOING TO HAVE MORE CARS. AND HIRE MORE PEOPLE IN DRIVER'S EDUCATION. I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN

050DRIVER'S ED. BECAUSE SAFETY IS IMPORTANT. YOU GO THE TO HAVE SAFETY. AND I AM GLAD THE STATE CAME OUT WITH THAT. SO THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR. Karen Perez: YOU ARE WELCOME. YEAH, YOU CAUGHT ME HOW TO DRIVE AND I STILL HAVE MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. AND I AM A SAFE DRIVER ON MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. Henry "Shake" Washington: ALL RIGHT. Karen Perez: I DON'T KNOW. HE IS GOOD. MAYBE WE CAN GET HIM UP ON THE RANGE. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM IS 2.06, CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOLS OF TAMPA, 6-12. AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA 6-12. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. CHARTER LAW PERMITS A CHARTER TO BE MODIFIED UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE

051SPONSORING SCHOOL'S GOVERNING BOARD AND BOTH PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT. VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL REQUESTS TO RELOCATE. THIS ITEM IS A RELOCATION 13901 SHELDON ROAD, TAMPA, TO 10 10308 CARDERA DRIVE IN RIVERVIEW. YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DATA YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, PLEASE. YES, THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. WE ARE AS YOU ALTHOUGH EVERY TIME WE GO THROUGH YOU A CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR RELOCATION AND CLOSING OF THE CHARTER, WE MONITOR WHERE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLING. WHEN THIS ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND THEY APPLIED FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE ALREADY HAD OUR PROJECTIONS .SO OUT OF THE 319 STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE, WE ONLY HAVE HALF OF THEM THAT ALREADY REGISTERED. THE GOOD THING IS, WE ARE MONITORING THIS. A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE STAYING IN THE AREA STAYING BETWEEN CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL.

052BUT WE HAVE THE STUDENT PLACEMENT OFFICE AND MATT AND HIS OFFICE. 600 KIDS HAVEN'T REGISTERED AND WE WILL LOOK WHERE THEY ARE ENROLLING BUT AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE STAYING IN THE AREA KNOWING THAT THE RELOCATION FROM SHELDON ROAD, CITRUS PARK AND RIVERVIEW. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU. THAT IS 2.06. MADAM VICE-CHAIR. Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 2.06. MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND SECONDED BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: OH, OKAY. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST? OKAY. SO FIRST I WANT TO THANK T THE CEO, MR. HERNANDEZ. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RENTS OR LEASING BUILDINGS, IT IS GOING VERY, VERY HIGH. IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT

053THE MOVE WAS NECESSITATED. A SHOUT OUT. THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL. THE ELA RISEN BY 30 POINTS, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ARTS. AND ALL TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED. AND THEY ARE USING OUR -- AND THIS GOES -- MICROLAND, THEY ARE USING OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. AND WHAT I HAVE TO ASK IS ONLY ONE QUESTION. AND ANGELA, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE THE ANSWER AND THIS IS TRUE OF OUR OWN DISTRICT. WHEN YOU HAVE UP TO 70%, IN OUR CASE ALMOST 50% -- BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ALMOST 70% OF HISPANIC ELL LEARNERS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE LEVEL OF INTERPRETATION, HOW -- WHAT RESOURCES DOES THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL HAVE BE IT HUMAN OR TAKABLE TO INTERFACE AND HELP THOSE STUDENTS WITH A LANGUAGE BARRIER. SO THEY DO HAVE THEIR ELL CERTIFICATIONS AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF

054THE DISTRICT TRAININGS THAT WE DO OFFER. AND THEY -- AND WE MONITOR THEM EVERY MONTH. WE ALWAYS -- OUR ELL TEACHERS AND OUR DISTRICT TEACHERS ARE ALWAYS OUT THERE SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL. Lynn Gray: OUR DISTRICT TEACHERS GO TO THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL? HE TWO ELL TEACHERS THAT WE PAY FOR OUT OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHARTER FEES TO SUPPORT OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND KEEP THEM IN COMPLIANCE, YES. AND MONITOR THEM. Lynn Gray: OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND MR. HERNANDEZ THAT OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOLS -- YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF COMPETITION. YOU GOT ALONSO IS AN A SCHOOL. HILLSBOROUGH HIGH IS B, WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET IS AN A, PROGRESS VILLAGE IS AN A. SPOTTO HIGH SCHOOL IS A B AND JUNT AA C. THIS MAN MR. HERNANDEZ YOU HAVE DONE

055A MARVELOUS JOB THUS FAR AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND THE WORK YOU PUT INTO VICTORY. THAT'S ALL. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, THIS CHARTER SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY IS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DRIVE BY IT ALMOST EVERY DAY. I REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD THEY CLOSED AND REOPENED UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH QUITE A FEW CHANGES AND IN THE LAST MEETING LAST MONTH. THEY WERE PUTTING THE CONTRACT TOGETHER BUT NOT MOVING. IS THAT CORRECT? WHEN THEY CAME LAST MONTH, WERE WE LOOKING AT -- THEY PUT THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TOGETHER AND THEN NOW THEY ARE COMING THE NEXT MONTH WITH A DIFFERENT ADDRESS, THAT'S CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. SO

056THEY HAVE TWO SITES. ONE LOCATION. UNTIL ONE, THEY AMENDED TO A K-12 AND THE OTHER ONE WERE LOOKING AT THAT. BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOT OF THE BOARD ITEM BEING PULLED OR DELAYED, THEY LOST THE LEASE ON THE OTHER SPACE. THEY DECIDED TO DO WHAT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY DOING OPERATE ONE AS A K-5 SCHOOL AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE OTHER ONE AS A 6-12 BUT ONLY BE SERVING GRADES 6-8 THERE NEXT YEAR. Nadia Combs: I GUESS THAT WAS MY CONCERN. I SAW THAT LAST MONTH. I FELT LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT HAPPENED AND ALWAYS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE HERE YOU HAVE 156 STUDENTS WE HAVE -- WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. YOU KNOW FAMILIES, MAYBE THEY ARE OUT OF TOWN THINKING THEY WILL START SCHOOL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE

057SCHOOL IS CLOSED. THAT IS IT WHY IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AS A DISTRICT LOOKING AT REPURPOSE SCHOOLS TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. THIS LAST MINUTE IS QUITE UNFORTUNATE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I LIVE RIGHT BY THERE. I THINK OF ALL THE PARENTS INVESTED. KIDS GOING INTO FIFTH GRADE AND NOW THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE IF THIS DOES HAPPEN, OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS AHEAD OF TIME. I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I FEEL BAD BECAUSE USUAL LIE I TRY TO LET YOU KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I WAS LOOKING AT AND REVIEWING SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS. PAGE FIVE OF THE CONTRACT, WHAT I AM WONDERING IS, I HAVE SEEN THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS CONSISTENTLY. I SEE A FUND BALANCE CONSISTENTLY OF

05870,000, 75,000. AND THEN 2024-2025. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW, HOW DOES THE FUND BALANCE FROM $75,000 TO $403,000 IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT NOW. LIKE THE LAST TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT A CHARTER. WONDERING HOW THAT HAPPENED. AND WHY IT HAPPENED. IF YOU KNOW NOW, THAT IS FINE. BUT YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME. Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, IT IS 5:01 AND HIT PAUSE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. WE NEED TO GO INTO THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS. Nadia Combs: WITH THAT SAID -- I THINK WE WILL BECAUSE SINCE WE ARE AT 5:01. THAT IS MY QUESTION IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. I KNOW YOU ANSWERED THE LAST ONE FOR A HUGE FUNDING FOR SALARIES. I LOOK AT ALL THESE

059CONTRACTS AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, PARENT CHOICE. PARENTS WILL CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO CHOOSE. PARENTS NOTIFIED AHEAD OF TIME TO FIND OUT THIS WAY AT -- ALL OF A SUDDEN AT CITRUS PARK -- Karen Perez: WITHER GOING TO -- WE WILL COME BACK INTO THIS ITEM. WE ARE GOING TO NOW HEAR E.01, FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR 2025-2026. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. WE PRESENT THE 2025-2026 MILLAGE RATES AND PROPOSED TEN I HAVE BUDGET KNOWN AS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET OPINION OUR BUDGET INCLUDE ALL GOVERNMENT AND PROPRIETARY FUNDS OF DISTRICT AND PROPOSED TAX RATE. Karen Perez: A THIS TIME I WILL ADJOURN THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND OPEN THE

060PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2025-2026. MR. JAMIE LEWIS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL NOW PRESENT. JAMIE LEWIS: GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE FINANCING BEING ABLE TO PRESENT HERE TONIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF FOR HELPING US GET THIS TOGETHER. NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH A NEW CFO THIS YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. A VERY UNIQUE BUDGET SEASON FOR US. IT HAPPENS TO BE MY FIRST YEAR SO I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT. BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE STILL WORK THROUGH AND WE WILL MAKE THAT GO AHEAD AND LEAPT YOU KNOW WORKING FOR THE FOURTH CALCULATION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE CRITICAL PART AS WE CONSIDER THINGS HERE

061TONIGHT. AS OF ANYTHING WITH OUR BUDGET, THE DISTRICT'S GOAL TO PREPARE EACH STUDENT FOR LIFE IS A GOAL WE HAVE FOR BUILDING EACH BUDGET. AS WE THINK OF HOW DO WE HELP THAT AND HELP EACH STUDENT. AS WE DO THAT WE TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AND EFFICIENT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT MISSION WITH A STUDENT IN MIND. TONIGHT WE WILL BE ADDRESS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THE FIRST WILL BE SURROUNDING OUR MILLAGE RATES. AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS THE BUDGET IN A FEW MINUTES. AS ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THE DISTRICT PUBLISHED IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES OUR TRUTH IN MILLAGE AND ON SUNDAY, JULY 27, DETAILING THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSING HERE TONIGHT. THE TRIM WALL, WHICH WAS ENACTED IN 1980 AND THE REQUIREMENTS ARE DETAILED IN THE FLORIDA STATUTE UNDER

062SECTION 00, THE STATUTE REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADVERTISE AS MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES AND BUDGET ANNUALLY. EACH OF THESE INCLUDE THREE MAIN AREAS: THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT, DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE AND THE CAPITAL OUTLAY MILLAGE. TRIM PROCESS INFORMS THE PUBLIC WHAT IS OCCURRING IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES WHICH DETERMINE THE PROPERTY TAXES. FLORIDA STATE LAW PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND FOR GOVERNING OF TAXING OF THESE AUTHORITIES TO STATE THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN OUR TAXES AND IN THE BUDGET. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ED SETS THE MILLAGE RATE FOR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AND MUCH PARTICIPATE IN THE FLORIDA EDUCATION FINANCE PROGRAM. SCHOOL BOARD HAS NO DISCRETION TO SET THE MILLAGE RATES DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS AUTHORIZED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC OF THE PROCESS AND THE

063TIMETABLE OF ADOPTING THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATES AND THE BUDGET WE WILL DISCUSS THIS EVENING. NUMBERS REFLECTED IN THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT ARE BASED ON THE BUDGET AND THE SECOND CALCULATION OF THOSE RECEIVED RECENTLY FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. SINCE IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST A TENTATIVE BUDGET AND THEN THE FINAL HEARING WILL BE LATER IN SEPTEMBER. AND WE ARE STILL CLOSING OUT THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. WE FINISH THAT OUT AS IN OUR NORMAL PROCESS, MORE ACCURATE NUMBERS AND A MORE DEFINED BUDGET WILL BE HAD AT THE FINAL HEARING LATER ON WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS IN A FEW MINUTES. AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC OF WHAT IS OUR NEXT STEP. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT ON THE 29th AND WE WILL

064TALK OF THE FIRST HEARING AND DISCUSSING THAT. BY JULY 30, WE WILL HAVE A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND A FINAL HEARING DATE PROVIDED TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OFFICE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR WORK. SEPTEMBER 9, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING. BY SEPTEMBER 10, THE DISTRICT WILL BE ADOPTING -- THE ADOPTED BUDGET WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISERER AND TAX COLLECTOR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. -- APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE WHAT THINGS HAVE TRANSITIONED AS WE LOOK IN OUR PAST, AS WE CAN REFLECT WHAT IS OCCURRING TODAY. THE SLIDE YOU SEE BEFORE IS YOU OUR HISTORICAL MILLAGE RATES. AS YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT HAS VARIED IN SOME DEGREE. ONE THING

065THAT WE DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IS ESPECIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE YEAR THAT IS UPCOMING WAS THE VOTED MILLAGE THAT WAS APPROVED FOR US AND ALREADY ENACT TO PROVIDE SALARY ENHANCEMENTS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM ENHANCE TO OUR DISTRICT. I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL THING. AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TOOL AND ASSET FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. BUT WE DID WANT TO MAKE THAT NOTE. AS YOU CONSIDER THIS YEAR-OVER-YEAR, PLEASE NOTE THAT A ONE MILL WAS ADDED THIS YEAR THAT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN THERE IN YEARS PAST. AS WE CONSIDER THE DIFFERENT MILLS THAT CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, WE WANT TO NOTE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT DOES IMPACT THE OVERALL MILLAGE RATE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, DID DECREASE OF 1.15% FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. OUR DISCRETIONARY OPERATING OF 7.48 REMAINS THE

066SAME AS LAST YEAR. REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT PRIOR PERIOD FUNDING ADJUSTMENT. WE DID NOT HAVE ONE THIS YEAR. AND THAT IS KIND OF A YEAR-TO-YEAR SITUATION OF THE STATE AND DID NOT HAVE THAT FOR THE 25-'26 PROPOSED BUDGET. OVERALL FOR OPERATING FUND LAST YEAR 3.88 TOTAL MILLS THIS YEAR 3.84 FOR A SLIGHT CHANGE AS NOTED ABOVE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR LOCAL CAPITAL OUTLAY IS THE SAME AT 1.5. WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL VOTE OF MILLAGE OF 1.0. AND OVERALL, THE TOTAL MILL ALSO CHANGE FROM 5.388 TO 6.34. THAT IS AN INCREASE OF ALMOST A FULL MILL AT .952 AND 17.6% INCREASE SINCE LAST YEAR. ONE THING THAT I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL IS WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN. WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WANTED TO MAKE THIS A SIMPLE ILLUSTRATION WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE

067PUBLIC. IF YOU HAVE A HOME THAT IS VALUED AT $200,000 AND RECEIVE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF 25,000, TAXABLE VALUE IS NOW 175. WE TAKE THAT AND DIVIDE THAT BY 1,000 WHICH IS THE MILL. AND THAT EQUALS THE 175. AND TIME THAT BY THE MILLAGE RATE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TONIGHT OF 6.34. AND SO IN THE END, WHAT THAT MEANS IF YOU OWN A HOME THAT IS VALUEED AT $200,000. AN INDIVIDUAL WILL PAY $1109.50 IN PROPERTY TAXES TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MADAM CHAIR, FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR 2025-2026 TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AS FOLLOWS: RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS THE TENTATIVE STATE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT MILLAGE RATE OF 3.092 MILLS. RECOMMENDED THAT WE A ADOPT A DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE OF 7.8 MILLS OPINIONED LOCAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

068OF 1.5. AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE -- THAT THERE IS NO MILLS DEDICATED TO DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE RATE. THIS IS A TOTAL MILLAGE OF 6.34 MILLS INCLUDING THE VOTER APPROVED MILLAGE AND THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES OR ROLL-BACK RATE? MARK KLUTHO. YOU KNOW THE BIG PROBLEM HERE IS THAT MONEY THAT YOU ARE ALLOCATING TO THE CAPITAL OUTLAY. YOU KNOW, PAST SAYS SO MUCH FOR THE FUTURE. AND WE CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT DOESN'T LOOK PRETTY. IT WILL BE MONEY SQUANDERED. MONEY SQUANDER ED AND YOU TAKE THE TAXPAYER MONEY AND THROW IT DOWN THE HOLE, IT DOESN'T COME BACK. A DOG GONE SHAME. MORE TO COME. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION

069AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AS PRESENT. A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES OR ROLL-BACK RATES AS PRESENTED? Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, I WILL HAVE TO SAY THIS IS JUST THE MILLAGE. FOLLOWING THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ACTUAL BUDGET. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THIS IS ONLY ABOUT THE MILLAGE, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS THIS IS ABOUT THE ACTUAL BUDGET. Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR IT PASSES. MR. LEWIS, PLEASE CONTINUE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS WE MOVE INTO OUR SECOND HALF AS MR. PORTER MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, WE WILL NOW BE DISCUSSING THE 2025-2026 TENTATIVE BUDGET. A COUPLE OF

070THINGS WE WANT TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD AS WE CONSIDER THIS IS NUMBER ONE, THIS IS JUST A TENTATIVE BUDGET. WE HAVE A FINAL HEARING IN ABOUT A MONTH AND A FINAL BUDGET AND MANY THINGS ARE STILL WORKING ONE OF THE MAIN REALITIES IS WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THE YEAR YET. AS WE CLOSE OUT THE YEAR, NUMBERS THAT WILL HELP US A LOT OF THINGS. THINGS TO HELP WITH THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO GO ON AND AS QUESTION BUILD THOSE, WE WILL HAVE MORE FINAL NUMBERS AS WE BUILD THE FINAL BUDGET. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE MONITORING THAT MOST FOLKS ARE DEALING WITH IS TARIFFS AND INFLATION COSTS. OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT THE BUDGET QUICKLY. A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR

071ATTENTION AS WE CONSIDER TONIGHT'S GENERAL BUDGET. A COUPLE OF ASSUMPTIONS WE WANT TO MAKE. SECOND CALCULATION OF THE STATE AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES FROM THIS COMING YEAR, BSA OR THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION INCREASED FROM 5330.98 TO 5372.60. BUT ONLY RESULTED IN A $41.62 INCREASE PER FT EE.7% INCREASE. AND A LOOK AT OUR DRIVER AND BUDGET. AND REMIND THAT YOU ASSISTS BOTH US AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE ARE FUNDED BY THREE MAIN GROUPS. WE HAVE THOSE FROM STATE SOURCES AND THOSE ARE APPROPRIATION FUNDING FORMULAS FROM STATE CATEGORICALS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES. LOCAL IN OUR MILLAGE FROM PROPERTY TAXES AMONG OTHER THINGS AND OUR FEDERAL RESOURCES AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE GET FROM OUR MEDICAID PROGRAMS A AND ROTC. AND OUR FUNDING COMES FROM THREE MAIN SOURCES EACH AND EVERY YEAR. AS WE

072CONSIDER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE -- NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE CHANGES THAT WE ARE AWARE OF. AND THINGS THAT ARE BOTH CHALLENGES AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE. THE FIRST ONE IS OUR HEALTH CARE INCREASE FOR THE DISTRICT ALONE WILL BE APPROXIMATE 25 MILLION INCREASE FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. OTHER THING IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WE CONSIDER THE BUDGET IS THAT $48 MILLION WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE CAN QUALIFY FOR SELF-INSURANCE. THAT IS A GOAL THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS HAD FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND NOW WE HAVE THE FUNDING SOURCES TO DO THAT. AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT IS PURSUING AS WE TALKED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS ABOUT. OUR FRS, RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN IM. A SLIGHT INCREASE OF THAT WHICH

073A VERY GOOD THING TO OUR MOWS AND A COST TO THE DISTRICT ESTIMATED AT $5 MILLION. AS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, WE ARE STILL CLOSING OUT THE YEAR. AND THAT WILL PROVIDE MORE DATA FOR US TO UNDERSTAND INCREASES THAT WE ARE SEEING DUE TO INFLATION, UTILITY COSTS, TARIFFS AND, ETC. AS WE CONSIDER TONIGHT'S BUDGET, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS. AGAIN AS WE GET TO THE FINAL BUDGET WITHIN THE END OF THE MONTH, IT WILL BE A LOT MORE DETAILS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE. TOTAL REVENUE -- TONIGHT WE ARE LOOKING AT APPROVING A BUDGET OF TOTAL REVENUE OF $4.4 MILLION. AND $276 BILLION FOR THE -- 2.6 BILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND. STATE FUNDING FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMBINED A SLIGHT DECREASE OF $498,000 AS WE DISCLOSE IN THE WORKSHOP RECENTLY PROJECTED ENDING FUND

074BALANCE IS A GOOD NOTE FOR US. WE WILL PROJECT TO END THIS YEAR AT $290 MILLION WHICH IS 16%, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY UP FROM WHAT WE PROJECTED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. BUT BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN THE $48 MILLIONS THAT WILL BE REMOVED, THAT FUND BALANCE IS PROJECTED TO END 2025-2026 AT $206 MILLION WHICH IS AN OVERALL 10% FUND BALANCE AND IMPORTANT TO KNOW AS WE CONSIDER THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND HEAD TO THE FINAL BUDGET. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS MORE DISCUSSION AND MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. ONE THING WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR '25-'26. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 AT 5:01 HERE AT ROSSAC IN THE SAME LOCATION WE ARE TONIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE WELCOME TO QUESTIONS, BUT THE FINANCE

075DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING THE 2025-2026 TENTATIVE BUDGET TO THE BOARD. RECOMMENDING TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET OF $4,461,049, 316. AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT. WE APPROVE -- SORRY, RERECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF ADOPTION OF THE MILLAGE RATE AND THE BUDGET. WE AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PERFORM ALL NECESSARY IT IS A TOX MAKE SURE THE TASKS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE OR THE TRIM PRIERMENT OF FLORIDA STATUTE 200 AND ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE FINAL HEARING DATE OF SEPTEMBER. MADAM CHAIR, THOSE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, WILL LEWIS. ANYONE HERE PRESENT TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD THE 2025-2026 TENTATIVE BUDGET. Jim Porter: WHILE THE SPEAKERS ARE COMING UP. WHAT IS THE EXACT DATE IN SEPTEMBER, DO YOU HAVE THAT SET? YES, SIR, SEPTEMBER 9, I BELIEVE. SEPTEMBER

0769, 2025. Jim Porter: THANK YOU. . MARK KLUTHO. FIRST OF ALL, ANY MONEY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND VOUCHERS WITH A COMPLETE WASTE AND FRAUD. BUT HERE THE BOARD, 2,844,000? OUTRAGEOUS. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $12,400,000? OUTRAGEOUS. AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, $143 MILLION? OH, BOY! AND THEN FACILITIES, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION. $471 MILLION. BOY, NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT ME MEANS, A LOT OF CARBON INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. OH, YEAH, YOU WILL BE BREEDING MORE HURRICANES. YEAH. SICK. FISCAL SERVICES, $10,500,000. ESSENTIAL SERVICES, $225,000? OPERATION AT PLANT, $184,405,000. MAINTENANCE OF PLANT, $36 MILLION. DEBT SERVICE, $66 MILLION. BOY, I TELL YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU USING THE WORD "BUDGET," THAT IS A CRIME. THAT IS LITERALLY A CRIME. DRINKING OUT OF THE LITTLE BOTTLES OUT THERE. IT TAKES MORE WATER TO MAKE THEM THAN THEY HOLD. AND YOU ARE GOING TO USE THE WORD

077"BUDGET?" YOU ARE WEARING COATS IN THE AIR CONDITIONING DOESN'T STOP RUNNING. AND YOU ARE GOING TO USE THE WORD "BUDGET?" THE PLANET IS BURNING. YOU CAN'T USE THE WORD "BUDGET." Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, ALL, BRITTANY WASMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE FINANCE TEAM AND ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET ALLOCATED MORE IN INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES THAT YOU SPENT IN THE LAST FINANCIAL REPORT REPORTED TO THE STATE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN NEGOTIATIONS TOMORROW. THANK YOU. HELLO, ALYSSA WHITE. I AM THE CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANIZER WITH FLORIDA STUDENT POWER. WE HAVE A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS HERE. JUST -- THIS IS OUR FIRST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BUDGET

078WAS ABOUT. LIKE, WHAT -- WHAT DIFFERENT LINES ARE IN THE BUDGET AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I FEEL LIKE WE DIDN'T REALLY LEARN MUCH SITTING IN THIS ROOM TODAY. I FEEL LIKE THIS MEETING SHOULD HAVE BROKEN DOWN THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR US INSTEAD OF JUST PRESENTING A GIANT SCREEN THAT WE COULDN'T REALLY READ. SO I DO SUGGEST IN THE FUTURE OR AT THE NEXT MEETING TO WALK US THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET? Jim Porter: WE NEED A MOTION. Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND

079BY MEMBER COMBS. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE 2025-2026 TENTATIVE BUDGET? MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, MEMBER PEREZ. I WANT TO SAY A SHOUT OUT -- AND WE ARE ALL SO VERY, VERY -- WITH A LOT OF GRATITUDE, SUSIE GARDENIA HAS BEEN WITH OUR DISTRICT, OUR FINANCE TEAM FOR 36 YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HER. LET'S GIVE HER A BIG HAND FOR HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. AND WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU. SUSIE, WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING? SO HOW DO YOU FEEL OF YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING? THIS IS IT, RIGHT? SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS IT. I AM KIND OF EXCITED. YAY. LAST BOARD MEETING, YAY. Lynn Gray: I WON'T BE ASKING YOU ANY QUESTIONS. YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE IT EASY RIGHT

080NOW. I WILL ASK JAMIE LEWIS A FEW QUESTIONS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE WHICH IS GOING TO BE A BIG SUBJECT TONIGHT FROM THE CTA AND MANY OF US HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS. YOU KNOW WE ARE -- WE KNOW THAT WITH ALL THE PLAYERS TO DECREASE OUR BUDGET INCLUDING -- AND I WILL JUST MENTION A FEW, ABSENTEEISM, HOME SCHOOL, FLORIDA EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP AND YOU MAY WANT TO SEPARATE THAT. A LOT OF MONEY GOING DOWN. POSSIBLE REDUCTIONS OF MEDICAID. STUDENT ALLOCATIONS AND SO MANY FACTORS SHOW -- AND WE ARE NOT EVEN MENTIONING POSSIBLE HURRICANES/TORNADOES NOW. THAT IS A NEW THING COMING. BUT WITH ALL OF THE FACTORS THAT PROMISE TO DECREASE THE ABILITY FOR US TO BE A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS A VIABLE GENERAL FUND, HOW AND WHAT RATIONALE DO YOU HAVE TO SAY

081TO CTA AND ALL THOSE CONCERNED FOLKS OUT THERE WHY A HIGH FUND BALANCE AT THIS TIME. WE ARE AT 10%. YOU TELL US. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK THE FUND BALANCE IS THERE FOR A LOT OF REASONS. I THINK IT IS THERE THAT IF WE HAVE THE EXCESS FUNDS AS WE HAVE RECENTLY PROVIDE WHAT WE CAN, AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND THAT BENEFITS OUR PEOPLE AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS. I DO THINK THAT -- AS WE SEE MAYBE SOME DIFFERENT TIMES IN EDUCATION AND, AGAIN, I COME FROM THE HIGHER ED WORLD WHERE IT IS AS LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN K-12. NONETHELESS, WE ARE SEEING CHANGES. I THINK WE SAW THAT THROUGH THE RECENT SCARE OF THE POTENTIAL FEDERAL FUNDS WITHHELD OR FROZEN. THEY WERE NEVER TOLD WE WEREN'T GETTING THEM. SOMETHING

082WE HAD TO WEATHER THE STORM WERE TO OCCUR. HEALTHY FUND BALANCE ALLOWS THE DISTRICT NO NOT HAVE TO MAKE RAPID DECISIONS WHEN SOMETHING UNEXPECTEDLY HAPPENED LIKE A HURRICANE OR LOSS OF POTENTIAL FUNDING AND ALLOWS US TO COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN, A STRATEGY OF HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. AND THAT GIVES THE DISTRICT TIME TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE DECISION. I THINK HAVING QUICK, RAPID DECISIONS SOMETIMES ARE NOT THE BEST. AND I THINK THE FUND BALANCE ALLOW US TO DO THAT. I THINK IF THERE IS AVAILABILITY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE DO THAT. 10% FUND BALANCE IS SOMETHING THAT IS HEALTHY FOR US DISTRICT. Lynn Gray: AS YOU KNOW AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AGREE TO HAVE THAT HEALTHY FUND BALANCE FOR MANY, MANY REASONS, BUT WHEN WE THINK OF THE POSSIBILITY OF LESS

083FTE -- AND PERHAPS MR. LEWIS, YOU CAN JUST SHARE AN ESTIMATED REDUCTION WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FLORIDA EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL DATA. BUT WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY? WHAT IS THE POSSIBLE LOSS TO OUR DISTRICT FOR THESE SCHOOL -- THESE STUDENTS NOT GIVING US THE FTE VALUE? >I THINK THE -- RIGHT NOW I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE FOURTH CALCULATION. THAT IS A MISSING KIND OF VOID BETWEEN WHAT WE HAD IN THE THIRD CALCULATION, WHICH IS MUCH EARLIER IN THE SPRING TIME TO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE SECOND CALCULATION FOR THIS YEAR WHICH WAS JUST RELEASED A FEW DAYS AGO. IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD CALCULATION, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT IS ALL KIDS IN HILLSBOROUGH. THAT

084INCLUDES CHARTER SCHOOLS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND FLORIDA EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. AND THE THIRD CALCULATION WAS 237,316 FTE. THE SECOND CALCULATION THE TOTAL WAS 37,811 FTE OARR IF I CAN SIG THAT UP 1959 INCREASE FROM THANKS YEAR TO THIS YEAR. WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN? THE ENROLLMENT FOR THE COUNTY IS STAY BEING THE SAME FROM THE DATA THAT WE ARE SHOWING RIGHT NOW THAT THE STATE HELPS PROVIDE TO US. IN SAYING ALL THAT, WE DO SEE SOME SHIFTS INSIDE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, INSIDE HILLSBOROUGH. AND SO IN THIRD CALCULATION OF FLORIDA EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP FTE. THE SECOND CALCULATION WHICH IS THE ONE WE BUILT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET OFF OF IS 26,706 FOR ROUGHLY A 4 21 FTE INCREASE. SO THAT -- THAT ALONE -- AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE GOING

085TO BE AT THIS YEAR. THEY ARE RIGHT NOW PROJECTING TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR. ALL OF THOSE MAKE A PLAY FOR THE DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AS I JUST MENTIONED IF THE TOTAL FTE REMAIN ROUGHLY THE SAME FROM THE THIRD CALCULATION TO WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW, THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPLIT SOMEHOW, BUT THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES THAT ARE GROWING. WE ARE MONITORING THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SCHOOL'S OPENING IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE ARE HEARING ENCOURAGING THINGS. I THINK OUR ENROLLMENT WILL HAD BEEN STRONG AND OUR HOPE TO INCREASE IT AND WE ARE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT BEYOND THAT. Lynn Gray: THAT IS THE MAIN PART OF THE GAME TO COMPLETE AND GROW OUR POPULATION. AND BIG SPECIAL THANKS

086TO STEPHANIE HEATON ALSO FOR GETTING THOSE PAYCHECKS FIGURED OUT AND AGAIN TO THE TEACHERS AND STAFF EARLY. ONE OTHER THING. YOU TALK OF THE PLAN, BECAUSE HAVING A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE GIVES US LATITUDE OF TIME WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO LAYOFF FOLKS. HE CAN GO AHEAD AND PRETTY MUCH STAY ABOVE THE EMERGENCY FUNDS, ETC. SO ONE OF OUR PLANS -- I WANT TO YOU EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY ECLECTIC. YOU TALK OF THE PERSONNEL AND YOU ARE GOING TO PILOT -- TO MANAGE THE VACANCIES, THE TEACHER VACANCIES. AND THIS PILOT -- LOOKING AT OVER 400 TEACHER VACANCIES. I MIGHT BE WRONG BUT THAT IS A LOT OF VACANCIES. CAN YOU SHARE WITH US THE PILOT THAT YOU ARE PUTTING TOGETHER. I CAN'T SPEAK TO OUR PAST, BUT MOVING FORWARD USE DATA AS MAIN RESOURCE

087OF BUILDING ANY BUDGET THAT WE HAVE THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU. THAT IS A CRITICAL KEY. ALSO PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN DIVISIONS. THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE FINANCE TEAM IS BUILDING IS OUR HR DEPARTMENT. THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF BECAUSE WHEN WE CONSIDER OUR VACANCIES, TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT IT. VACANCIES BECAUSE NO ONE IN THOSE SPOTS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WE HAVE VACANCIES THAT WE ARE FILLING THROUGH CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS AGO, WE TALKED OF THINGS LIKE KELLEY SERVICES. THOSE ARE RESOURCE THAT OUR HR DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO BE CREATIVE FOR IMPORTANT ROLES THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT AND NOT THE ONLY RESOURCE WE USE TO FILL CRITICAL ROLES. WE LOOK AT VACANCIES WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT WE ARE UTILIZE THROUGH CONTRACTUAL SERVICES TO FILL THOSE SPOTS AND THE WHOLE CONVERSATION BY ITSELF

088AND WE ARE FILLING THOSE SPOTS AND HOW ARE WE USING AND WHAT ARE OUR LEFTOVERS. THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE. THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE TRY TO SURE UP IN THIS BUDGET COMPARED TO LAST. AND THAT'S WHY WE FEEL WE HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT BUDGET GOING INTO THE FINAL BUDGET AND I MENTIONED EARLIER WILL PROVIDE MORE DATA OF THAT IN THE FINAL PRESENTATION AT THE FINAL HEARING. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. AS YOU SEE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE VARIOUS QUESTIONS. SUSIE, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU. I AM DONE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. THANK YOU, AGAIN, SUSIE, FOR ALL YOUR CAREERS. I KNOW SINCE THE MOMENT I GOT HERE, YOU HAVE BEEN LEADING THE

089WAY THROUGH SO MANY THINGS. SO THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THINK MY JOB AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS ALSO TO ADVOCATE AND TO INFORM, YOU KNOW, OUR STATE, AND TO TRY TO MAKE SURE OUR LEGISLATURES KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. SO TO ME, YOU NKNOW I HAVE GONE READING OTHER DAY FLORIDA IS THE THIRD MOST EXPENSIVE SIGHT LIVE IN NOW. MANY, MANY YEARS AGO FLORIDA WAS A VERY INEXPENSIVE STATE TO LIVE IN. RANKED NUMBER 3 IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE. WHAT HAPPENED IS, SALARIES HAVE NOT GONE HERE. FOR ME TO THINK THAT BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION HAS INCREASED BY $41.62. I CAN'T EVEN GO HAVE FAST FOOD WITH MY HUSBAND FOR $41.62, YOU KNOW. TO SEE EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT -- HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING

090HALF THE AMOUNT OF DRIVER'S ED CARS AND STILL ALMOST THE EXACT ALLOCATION. AND I THANK YOU, MR. WARNER, TO REALLY CLARIFYING THE NEA. I SOMETIMES THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS NOT VERY CLEAR, BUT I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS. AND THE SALARIES DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE SECURITY, A PARAPROFESSIONAL, A TEACHER, IF YOU ARE A PRINCIPAL, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SO UNDERPAID. AND THAT IS REALLY A STATE REASON. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR HEALTH CARE IS INCREASE BIG $25 MILLION. OUR FLORIDA RETIREMENT IS BY $5 MILLION. IN THIS DAY AND AGE WIN EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE, FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO HAVE ANY CUTS FOR K-12 IS REALLY, REALLY UNFORTUNATE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO INFORM PARENTS. FOR ME I AM NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE

091THAT -- PARENTS WILL CHOOSE WHATEVER THEY WANT. THEY WILL CHOOSE CHOICE. THEY WILL CHOOSE MAGNET SCHOOLS, CHOOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS. CHOOSE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BUT FACTS ARE, THE IDEA IS THAT THE POWER EN POWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP TO GIVE KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A CATHOLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT THAT IS NOT REACHING 15% OF OR YOU ARE STUDENTS. 85% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE ALREADY THERE. LET'S LOOK AT THE FAST AND LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING AS WE CONTINUE TO UNDERFUND EDUCATION. FLORIDA IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE COUNTRY. AND WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. AND I SEE MONEY BEING SPENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT I DO NOT SEE IT SPENT IN EDUCATION. TO CONTINUE TO INFORM PEOPLE IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I FEEL LIKE THAT IS ONE OF MY JOBS TO ADVOCATE AND MAKE

092SURE THAT WE CONTINUE FUNDING THE MOST IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS IN THIS DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR TEACHERS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS, OUR CUSTODIANS AND LUNCH ROOMS. 420 VACANCIES AND YOU LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE, THERE IS A DIRECT -- YOU KNOW, WHY WHY SO MUCH ON THE FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE ON THE BACKS OF TEACHERS AND THE BACKS OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS. COVERING MORE CLASS. NOT OUR FAULT, IT IS A STATE ISSUE BUT CONTINUE TO INFORM. RESULTS THAT WE ARE GETTING WITH THE LITTLE THAT WE HAVE IS AMAZING. WHAT WE DO FOR STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT IS JUST AMAZING AND THAT IS BASED ON HOW HARD EACH AND EVERY PERSON WORKS HERE FOR THE IT IS STRICT. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT IS THAT FUNDING FOR EDUCATION IS

093BEING DESTROYED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, PERIOD. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBERS HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. FIRST, SUSIE, I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU. YOU TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT OUR BUDGET IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU IN THE ROOM WHEN WE WOULD GO OVER THE BUDGET AND THE AMENDMENTS. AND YOU WERE ALWAYS VERY PATIENT AND KIND, YOU KNOW, IN THAT LEARNING CURVE. BUT YOU -- YOU ARE A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER OF THIS TEAM FOR SO, SO MANY DECADES. A LOT OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE WE ARE LOSING WITH YOU BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO DETO HAVE A PHENOMENAL RETIREMENT AND ENJOY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY. I HOPE DO YOU. POP IN EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE AND I HAVE YOUR PHONE

094NUMBER IF I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU WILL NOT GET TOO FAR FROM ME. A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS AND OUR BUDGET HAS INCREASED OVER A $1 BILLION. WHEN I STARTED 3.2 BILLION. NOW 4.4 BILLION PLUS. SO, YOU KNOW, UNBELIEVABLE TO SIGH IT, YOU KNOW, INCREASE IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BY THAT MUCH. I THINK THAT MR. LEWIS, DID YOU A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAIN WHY THE FUND BALANCE IS WHERE IT IS AT. WE HAVE BEEN GROWING THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LONG-TERM GOAL IN MIND BECAUSE THAT WILL BE SELF-FUNDED WITH OUR INSURANCE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, DOES IMPACT EVERY EMPLOYEE, BECAUSE HAD WE NOT MADE THAT MOVE, WHICH YOU KNOW MADE US NERVOUS.

095OUR HANDS WERE FORCED TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN WE SAW WHAT THE INCREASE WOULD BE FOR OUR EMPL EMPLOYEES HAD WE NOT MOVED TO SELF-INSURANCE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ENORMOUS EXPENSE ON OUR EMPLOYEES. ABLE TO SAVE THAT $43 MILLION AND MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE THAT IS A DIRECT BENEFIT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THAT SAVINGS BECAUSE WE CAN'T BECAUSE THE HEALTH INSURANCE IS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF. I DO APPRECIATE THAT 10% IS REALLY A GOOD PLACE TO BE WITH REGARD TO OUR FUND BALANCE AND YOU LAID OUT THE REASONS WHY AND I WON'T REITERATE THEM. I DO HOPE -- I DO HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WORKED ON THE FUND BALANCE POLICY THAT CAME TO THE BOARD LAST MONTH WHICH WAS AT 8%. AND IT FAILED ON

096THIS DAIS. SO I HOPE THERE IS MAYBE MORE OF AN APPEAR THE TYPE NOW THAT YOU REALLY EXPLAINED -- AN APPETITE NOW THAT YOU REALLY EXPLAIN AS THE WHY IT IS 10%. I REALLY -- I WANT IT TO BE AT 10%. I COMPROMISED WITH BOARD MEMBERS AT 8% AT THE WORKSHOP. AND IT CAME TO THE BOARD AND FAILED AT 8%. AND I THINK THE WAY THE POLICY IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, IT IS 15%. SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR WAS LESS THAN WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS NOW RIGHT NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO KEEP HAVING. I KNOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT POLICY TO BRING IT BACK. AND I HOPE THAT THERE IS MORE OF AN APPETITE, BECAUSE WE ARE ON

097SOME SHIFTING STANDS RIGHT NOW AND WE DON'T -- SANDS RIGHT NOW AND WE DON'T TO BE IN A POSITION TO GO INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND I DON'T THINK THAT 10% IS AS THROW NO, MA'AM CAL AMOUNT. A RESPONSIBLE AMOUNT TO PROTECT EVERY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. I WILL SAY LOOKING FOR AND CREATING REVENUE STREAMS IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHOICE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO CANDACE ANDERSEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS THAT NOW ALLOW US TO COMPETE WITH OUR SCHOLARSHIP THAT WILL COME TO US THAT WE GET TO SET THE PRICE AND WE ARE ON THE PLATFORM AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO USE US AND USE THOSE SCHOLAR HIPP DOLLARS AT -- SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS PAY FOR OUR STATE PROGRAMS. THAT

098IS SOMETHING NEW. NOT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORKSHOP. WE ARE A CHOICE. WE ARE AN OPTION. WE ARE A STEP-UP PROVIDER AND COMPETING FOR THOSE DOLLARS. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ACTIVATED, WE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THAT SANDBOX. I THINK THEY WILL FIND THAT WE ARE STIFF COMPETITION AND WE WILL PLAY HARD AND GET THOSE DOLLARS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU IS HE SETTING THAT UP. MULTIPLE STREAMS OF REVENUE OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE GET FROM STATE AND FEDERAL IS YOU SO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING THAT MORE AS A BOARD. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM HAHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. FIRST AND FOREMOST, A COMMITMENT TO OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND STAFF, I 100% STAND BY

099AND ADVOCATE FOR TEACHERS BEING FIRST IN ANY OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE. I STAND BY THAT. I MEET WITH THEM ON A BASIS. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AS A DISTRICT, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNDS AND WHAT WE ARE USING. WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY IN SOME OF OUR -- OUR DOLLARS THAT WE CAN USE, WHETHER IT IS CAP THAT WILL DOLLARS. SOME OF OUR OTHER DOLLARS THAT WE USE. I HAVEN'T SEEN OUR FLEXIBILITY AND CREATIVITY TO OUR STAFF TO READJUST WHERE THAT MONEY GOES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND WE NEED TO ALWAYS LOOK FOR THOSE OUTSIDE BOX WHERE IS WE CAN DO THAT WITH. I AGREE WITH DR. HAHN. WE ARE A CHOICE DISTRICT. AND THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS IN

100HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CHOOSE OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST PRODUCT. WE DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. OUR TEACHERS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AND WE NEED TO REMIND AND ADVERTISE ADVERTISE WHAT WE DO IN OUR SCHOOLS. A KEY THING WE ARE DOING. WE ARE NOT SELLING WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING THAT. WE NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE FEAR OF WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE WHEN WE ARE DOING IT RIGHT. I STAND BEHIND EXACTLY WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING IN OUR CLASSROOMS, WHAT OUR PIN PALS ARE DOING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I APPRECIATE MR. LEWIS FOR CONTINUING TO BEING CREATIVE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. I SAT HERE ON THE DAIS AND VOTED "NO" MORE THAN ONCE ON

101THINGS I BELIEVE WE WEREN'T BEING RESPONSIBLE. AND HAVE NO CONTRACTS. HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE CLAIMS AND NOW WE ARE VOTING ON THOSE THINGS. WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS A DISTRICT AND WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES AS ACCOUNTABLE AS WE ARE HOLDING THE LEGISLATURES GIVING US THE MONEY. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE GOT TO ASK MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND GO AFTER MORE RFPs AND REQUIRE RFPs AND LOOK AT WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT IN OUR DISTRICT. I THINK THAT IS AN ONGOING THING WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR REGULARLY AND MAKING SURE WHERE WE ARE SPEND THOSE DOLLARS AND CAPTURING THOSE STUDENTS. RIGHT NOW IN THE GROWTH OF OUR COUNTY, THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OUR POPULATION OF OUR STUDENTS, WE HAVE SET A CALENDAR -- NOT

102THIS BOARD BUT YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, SET A CALENDAR OF THE BUILD OF OUR SCHOOLS. LOST FTEs AND OTHER SCHOOLS LOGICAL BE BUILT, OPEN UP AND TAKE OUR STUDENTS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PUT OUR PRIORITIES WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND THAT'S WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE. I WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH OUR TEACHERS AND ALWAYS STAND WITH OUR STUDENTS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. LEWIS. WE WILL SO MISS YOU. YOU ARE GOING TO BE SO VERY MISSED. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME YOU TAKE FOR US. ALL THE EDUCATION YOU PROVIDE TO US IN AN ONGOING BASIS. APRIL LOT. A LOT TO LOSE. BUT THANK YOU, AGAIN. AND THANK YOU, MR. LIEUEWIS FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER. ERIE% THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: MISS GAR GARCIA. GO BACK A LONG

103WAYS. DR. HAMILTON AND MR. POINDEXTER AND MARY ELLEN, URN THE ONLY FRIEND LEAP FACE WE HAD. I REMEMBER VERY WELL THOSE DAYS. Henry "Shake" Washington: I APPRECIATE THE HELP THANK YOU DONE AND THINGS YOU HAVE DEDICATED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HOW MANY YEARS? 35 AND A HALF. Henry "Shake" Washington: 35 AND A HALF. YOU HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. NOW AS FAR AS -- YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO WORK HARD -- OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT BEING PAID WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE -- WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE. I CAN'T FATHOM EDUCATION THAT YOU ARE NOT PAYING TEACHER WHAT IS THEY DESERVE. EVERYBODY HAS SAT IN SOMEBODY'S CLASSROOM. AND WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THOSE TEACHERS. THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN

104OUR LIVES FOR BEING PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IN SOCIETY. AND WE -- AND WE ARE NOT BEING PAID. WE WORK HARD. WE REALLY WORK HARD AND I TRULY BELIEVE WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD SO THAT THE TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS IMPORTANT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IF YOU WORK FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THEY SHOULD BE PAID WHAT THEY DESERVE. WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND FIGHT WITH THE STATE TO GET MORE MONEY. I MEAN, THAT IS IMPORTANT. THAT IS IMPORTANT. YOU CAN'T WORK FOR PENNIES. WHEN HE STARTED IN THE '70s. WE WORKED FOR PENNIES. WHAT, $4,000 A YEAR AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN I STARTED. WE WERE HAPPY. $4,000? WE WERE LIVING THE LIFE OF REILLY. BUT THINGS CHANGED NOW. EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP. COST

105OF LIVING. EVERYTHING WE SEE HAS GONE UP. AND JAMIE, YOU HAVE REALLY BEEN -- I REALLY HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH YOU. YOU HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD. AND YOU EXPLAIN SOME THINGS THAT NEVER BEEN EXPLAINED BEFORE. AND YOU ARE WORKING HARD FOR THIS DISTRICT. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND SUE, YOU AND YOUR STAFF, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD. YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. YOU GO THE TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR OUR TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE KEY IS MONEY. AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO. AND ONE QUESTION I HAVE, JENNY, BEFORE I GET OFF OF MY PREACHING UP HERE. WHEN WE HAVE THOSE SLOTS OPEN LIKE, I THINK --

106I THINK MEMBER GRAY SAID 420 TEACHERS. NOW WE HAVE MONEY -- IF WE HIRE 420, WE HAVE THE MONEY TO HIRE 420? YES, SIR. WE HAVE -- WE HAVE VACANCIES BUILT INTO THE BUDGET. WE TRY TO DRILL DOWN INTO THAT THIS YEAR TO HAVE A MORE ACCURATE NUMBER. THE IDEA -- IDEALLY WE WOULD HAVE EVERY SLOT OPEN -- SORRY, FILLED. BUT THAT IS NOT USUALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN. WE ANTICIPATE ALWAYS HAVE VACANCIES AND OUR GOAL AS A DISTRICT TO FILL EVERY POSITION AND EVERY CABINET MEMBER IF YOU WERE AT SCHOOL SITES OR WHEREVER YOU MIGHT BE. THAT IS A CHALLENGE. I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED THE PAY IS A CHALLENGE AND ALL KIND OF CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE USE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, AND MY FELLOW CAN SPEAK MORE TO

107IT HOW TO DO THAT. BUT IT IS A WAY TO GET CREATIVE TO FILL POSITIONS, BUT IDEALLY, WE WANT TO FILL EVERY SPOT WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EMPLOYEE AND ESPECIALLY OUR TEACHERS. Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY. AND LASTLY, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES GET HIGHER PAY. WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: WHEN I LOOK AT -- AND LOOK AT THE YEARLY SALARY IN THE 70s. I MADE $6,000 A YEAR. AND YOU MADE EVEN LESS. THOSE GRADES AND POSITIVE AFFIRMATION SPEWING FROM THE BOARD BECAUSE OF THE OF A CA-- T EFFICACY AND THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEACHER IS THE BOTTOM LINE. OTHER IS COMPETITION. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I SELDOM DON'T WANT TO PUT PEOPLE ON THE SPOT, BUT THIS

108SELDOM NEEDS TO BE SAID. IF WE ARE GOING TO COMPETE, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE VITALITY, THE KNOWLEDGE LEVEL, THE INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. GREAT TEACHERS, GREAT PRIN PRINCIPALS, GREAT ACTIVITY, YOU NAME IT. BUT WITHOUT THAT PARTICULAR TRANSFER OF INFORMATION, WE ARE MISSING THE BOAT AND I WILL SAY THIS AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WILL AGREE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT YOU AS A SUPERINTENDENT MUST FACE IS TO PUT TOGETHER A BETTER COMMUNICATION SITUATION, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN COMPETITION MODE AND I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY AS I SEE TEACHERS WORK THEIR DAMN HEADS OFF TO TRY TO GET LESSONS FOR THEIR KIDS AND STILL NOT GETTING PAID ENOUGH. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? Superintendent Ayres: I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT. YOU HEARD ME AT OUR JOINTS PRINCIPALS MEETING AND AS MEMBER

109RENDON ADDED, WE HAVE ITS BEST PRODUCT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE DO. AS HE TALK TO SOME OF OUR LEADERS, COMMUNICATION NOT ONLY COME FROM DISTRICT BUT FROM OUR SCHOOLS. AS YOU SEE THIS YEAR COMES OUT, A PLAN AROUND HOW WE GET OUR SCHOOLS. YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT IT LAST THURSDAY IN FRONT OF ALL OF OUR LEADERS. HOW WE ARE GREAT COMMUNICATORS AND WORK IN COMMUNICATIONS, SO TO SPEAK. AS FAMILIES CHOOSE, THEY DON'T CHOOSE A DISTRICT. THEY CHOOSE SCHOOLS. SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IT IS ABOUT ALL OF US BEING INVOLVED IN COMMUNICATION AND GETTING BETTER AT THAT YES, MA'AM. Lynn Gray: I SAID ENOUGH. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, VICE-CHAIR PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, YOU MEMBER GRAY. I KNOW THAT YOU AND I, MR. LEWIS, HAVE SPOKE A GREAT DEAL OF HOW WE

110SCRUB THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND I FEEL SOMETIMES THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS IS SEEN LIKE A BANK. A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING THEIR PRODUCTS TO US AND SEEKING FOR FUNDING. BUT WE ARE NOT A FUNDING SOURCE FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE. WE ARE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE TEACHERS IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS WHO ARE LIFTING OUR STUDENTS. I KNOW THAT AS MEMBER RENDON SAYS, WE NEED TO LOOK FOR BETTER RFPs, THAT IS TRUE. BUT ALSO WE NEED TO SECURE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE BEING LOOKED AT. AND BEING HONORED. AND WE NEED TO SCRUB THOSE CONTRACTS AND BRING THAT MONEY BACK TO OUR BUDGET. SO HOW OFTEN DO WE DO THAT? . I CAN NOT SPEAK TO THE PAST BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE, BUT I

111THINK MOVING FORWARD AND OUR TEAM WILL TELL YOU, ROI WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THREE LETTERS FOR US AS WE CONSIDER WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE INVESTING AND WHAT IS THE RETURN WE ARE GETTING? NOT ALWAYS EASY TO EQUATE BECAUSE IN SOME BUSINESSES, YOU CAN PUT A FINE LINE OF HOW DO YOU THINGS AN IN THE BOTTOM LINE. EDUCATION YOU CAN DO THAT AND NOT AS SIMPLE SOMETIMES. AND WE NEED TO SPEND SOME GOOD TIME WORKING AS FULL DISTRICT OF HOW WE WILL SET THAT. WE NEED TO MONITOR HOW WE ARE SPENDING OUR MONEY AND EVALUATE THAT AND TON DETERMINE IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT OR NOT. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE FINDS WE CAN DO BETTER AS MEMBER RENDON SAID

112A MINUTE AGO AND FIND THINGS THAT WE DO WELL. WE DO THAT AND I AM STILL LEARNING A LOT. SO WERE THAT LEARN. TO MEMBER RENDON'S POINTS. IT IS SO BIG, THINK OF THE BUDGET $474 BILLION. A LOT TO LEARN AT ONE TIME. OUR SUPERINTENDENT DID A GOOD JOB DIGGING INTO THE PLAN WHICH IS PART OF THE DECISION THAT IS LEAD OUR GENERAL DECISION. TOP YOUR POINT, THEIR WILL HAPPEN AND I AM PLANNING THAT UNDER MY LEADERSHIP AND WORKING WITH MY FELLOW CABINET MEMBERS, I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT WE UNDER STAND HOW WE ARE SPENDING IT, WHY WE ARE SPENDING IT, AND SOME TYPE OF EVALUATION SEASON OF THOSE THINGS. Karen Perez: THIS IS LIKE A HOUSE AND A FAMILY. WHEN THINGS GET TIGHT IN A HOUSE, WE EVALUATE THE BUDGET AND START KNOCKING

113OFF WHAT WE DON'T NEED. AND THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE WE NEED TO START DOING. AND FAST AND QUICK IN A HURRY. WHEN WE LOOK AT -- WE TALK ABOUT THE INSURANCE. WE DID THAT WITH THE INSURANCE. HOW CAN WE SAVE? SO I BELIEVE -- AND I HAVE ASKED THIS BEFORE TO START LOOKING AND SCRUBBING, THAT MONEY CAN BE PLACED INTO THE POCKETS OF THE TEACHERS WHO STAND BEFORE OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE TODAY A SHORT 650 TEACHERS. WE SHOULD NOT BE HERE. REALLY -- THIS IS THE NUMBER WE GOT TODAY, 650. WE WILL BE STARTING SCHOOL AND WE NEED TEACHERS IN FRONT OF OUR SCHOOL. SO THIS IS A TODAY THING. NOT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW THING WE NEED NEED TO START LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET. $4.4 BILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY AND WE

114NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE NOT EVERYBODY ELSE'S PIGGY BANK AND WE ARE NOT A BANK OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND WILL NOT FUND EVERYBODY, BUT WE WILL FUND OUR TEACHERS. MEMBER, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOU SEE YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW MR. LEWIS, PLEASE CONTINUE. MR. PORTER, JUST CLARIFICATION, ARE WE VOTING FOR EACH ONE OR ALL AT ONE TIME. Jim Porter: TWO MORE MOTIONS. MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTIONS ACCEPTING THE MILLAGE RATE AND PROPOSED BUDGET. AND SECOND IS TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO DO ALL NECESSARY TO COMPLIANT WITH THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE REQUIREMENTS. WE WILL TAKE THOSE ONE AT A TIME. BOARD MECHANICS, TO YOU RERECOMMEND RESOLUTION OF ADOPTING THE 2025-2026 MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE BUDGET. Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE

1152025-2026 MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET AS PRINTED. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE RESOLUTION ACE ADOPTING THE 2025-2026 MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET? NO? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MR. LEWIS, PLEASE CONTINUE. RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PERFORM ALL TASKS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE OR THE TRIM, REQUIREMENTS, REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 200 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTE. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PERFORM ALL TASKS KNOWS ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 200, FLORIDA STATUTE OUT OF AS AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY

116QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF STAFF TO PERFORM ALL TASKS NECESSARY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH TRUTH IN MILLAGE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 200, FLORIDA STATUTES? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT 5:01 -- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 AT 5:01. WE ADJOURN ARE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE MILLAGE RATES AND THE BUDGET FOR 2025-2026 AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, 6:00 AND TIME FOR EMPLOY COMMENTS. WE HAVE TEN EMPLOYEES SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE SHOULD GO RIGHT INTO THE THAT AND THEN RESUME THE REGULAR AGENDA WITH MISS COMBS' COMMENTS. Karen Perez: WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC

117COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT SOMETIMES IS DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS FROM CALLS, AND ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS, AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. SCHOOL BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT EN TENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. EXCUSE ME. BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUE RELATED

118TO YOUR JOB OR TO -- EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL THE FIRST THREE SPEAKS. OH, GOODNESS. . GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, ROB CRITE. THE OF CTA. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. BEFORE I GO INTO MY COMMENTS, I HAVE AN THEY DOTE. LAST YEAR WE WERE HIT BY A COUPLE OF HURRICANES. MILTON CAME ACROSS THE GULF AND HIT TAMPA. THAT WAS A ROUGH ONE ESPECIALLY FOR ME IN RIVERVIEW. MY YARD LOOKED LIKE A HURRICANE HIT IT. WHAT I DID WAS, I TEXTED MY -- I GOT FOUR LOCAL GODCHILDREN THAT ARE ALL TEENAGERS NOW. I TEXTED THEM ALL. HEY, YOU WANT TO COME OUT ON A SATURDAY, UNCLE BOB WILL GIVE YOU 50 AND LUNCH TO HELP CLEAN UP THE YARD. I HAVE 11 GODCHILDREN. HOW CRAZY THAT. BUT FOUR

119OF THEM LIVE LOCALLY. THREE WERE ABLE TO SHOW UP WHAT DID WE DO THAT SATURDAY, WE CLEANED UP THE YARD. GOT THE CHAIN SAW GOING AND THE RAKES GOING AND CLEANED UP THAT YARD. WHILE WE ARE EATING PIZZA AFTER THAT. I SAID THEFT FOUR SHOWED UP. MY NEIGHBOR CHARLES UNCLE BOB, $50 TO GET THE YARD. AND FOUR OF US AND THREE OF US SHOWED UP TO DO IT. DO WE GET THE EXTRA $50 THAT THE OTHER ONE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR. I SAID, WELL, YEAH, DO YOU. THAT IS THE RIGHT THING. WELL YOU WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS. YOU GUYS ARE BUDGETING FOR SO MANY EMPLOYEES THAT WE DON'T HAVE. AND YOU GUYS ARE SPEAKING ELOQUENTLY HOW THIS MONEY FLOWS TO THE TEACHERS. I BELIEVE YOU AND I WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU. LAST

120YEAR, THEY DID THAT WORK. THEY HELPED CLEAN UP THAT YARD. THEY GOT GREAT SCORES. AND THEY LEFT THAT MONEY FOR THE NEPHEW THAT WASN'T THERE. QUITE FRANKLY, THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT. I HAVE NUMBERS HERE. I CAN GO THROUGH THEM. LAST YEAR YOU GUYS BUDGETED $852.3 MILLION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SAL V'S. NEVER -- LIME LOOKING AT ALL OF THE YEARS OF. > FROM 2016 DID YOU COME CLOSE TO THAT WITH THE CLOSER IN 2017 OF 745. AND WE KNOW WHAT OBSTACLES AND ISSUES WE DEALT WITH THAT YEAR. YOU ARE OVERBUDGETING FOR THESE INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES AND WE KNOW WE HAVE -- THE CHAIR IS TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY VACANCIES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THESE GUYS ARE DOING IT AND DOING IT WITH FEWER PEOPLE AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS. OUR SCHOOL GRADES

121ARE AMAZING IN LIGHT OF ALL THE THINGS. I AM NOT GOING TO GET INTO FUND BALANCE TODAY. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT OUR POLICY HERE IS 6%, WHICH IS DOUBLE WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES. AND IN A STATE THAT IS FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION 50THIN NATION. I AM GETTING INTO IT. YOU SEE, I AM DOING IT. BUZZ THESE GUYS DON'T HAVE SAVINGS ACCOUNT. BUT WE WILL HAVE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR THE DISTRICT? COME ON, COLLABORATE AND COME UP WITH A WAY THIS MONEY IS FLOWING FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE SUPPORT PERSONNEL. THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD GOING BACK TO THE TABLE TOMORROW. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REGINA GAMBRIL, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF HTCA. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM ASKING FOR RESPECT, DIGNITY AND A THRIVING RAGE FOR ESPs.

122WHY? BECAUSE ESPs ARE ESSENTIAL. THE SCHOOLS OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT US. LOW WAGES CAUSES ESP HAD TO LEAVE, LEAVING THE ONES BEHIND TO GET BURNT OUT. THAT HURTS STUDENTS. A THRIVING WAGE EQUATES TO STUDENTS' SUCCESS. WHEN YOU ARE FINANCIALLY SECURE, YOU CAN FOCUS ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS. REALITY IS MANY ESPs TAKE HOME LESS THAN 25,000. ABOUT 40% WORK TWO OR THREE JOBS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOME RELY ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SUCH AS MEDICAID, FOOD STAMPS,. MAKING EVEN WORSE I HAVE ONE IN MY PHONE WHO IS HOMELESS. WHAT WE ALL KNOW, LOW PAY IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. A LIVING, THRIVING WAGE IS A NECESSITY. RESPECT IS MORE THAN AN APPRECIATION DAY, A THANK YOU CARD, A PEN. IT IS A PAYCHECK. THAT PAYS FOR YOUR MORTGAGE, RENT, FOOD, ELECTRICITY, HEALTH CARE, CHILD CARE, TRANSPORTATION. AND I WILL

123END IT ON THE BEST ROI, RETURN ON INVESTMENT. I LOVE WHEN I HEARD THAT EARLIER. INVEST IN OUR EDUCATORS. WE INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS. THAT WILL MAKE A BETTER COMMUNITY AND A BETTER FUTURE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, CABINET MEMBERS, VAL TEACHMAN, SECRETARY-TREASURE CHER. I START MIND DAY. I WAS IN ONBOARDING A AND MET A NEW HIRE FROM PINELLAS BY WAY OF MARYLAND. WE STARTED TALKING AND SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVED FLORIDA. I DO TOO, MOST OF IT. BUT SHE IT SHALL TO MEMBER COMBS' POINT EARLIER, SHE WAS VERY SURPRISED BY THE COST OF LIVING. SO MUCH SO THAT SHE WAS SAYING THAT SHI MAY HAVE TO MOVE BACK NORTH AND COME BACK FOR RETIREMENT, BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE WAGES THAT WE HAVE COMPARED TO THE COST OF LIVING HERE, WHICH WE ALL KNOW

124HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE DECADES. IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE, OUR CURRENT INSTRUCTIONAL SCARE, FIRST-YEAR TEACHER STARTS AT $48,000. AFTER YOUR EIGHTH YEAR YOU MAKE $50,005. THAT 12,000 ATHAT /* 2,000 AFTER YEARS OF WORK. WE MADE IMPROVEMENT, BUT 2,000 OVER EIGHT YEARS IS NOT GOING TO HELP US TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST TEACHERS. SO FOR NEGOTIATIONS, WE REALLY DO OUR HOMEWORK. WASMAN DOES OUR HOMEWORK. AND WHAT I WILL SAY THAT ALL OF THE PROPOSALS -- WELL, HERE. BY DOING OUR HOMEWORK, NOT VAL TEACHMAN GETS THIS WISH BOOK IN CHRISTMAS TIME REMEMBER IN THE '80s AND I WILL CIRCLE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING I WANT. THIS IS NOT WHAT OUR PROPOSALS THAT WE LOOK LIKE THAT BRING TO THE TABLE. BUT MAKE SURE SHE CHICKS YOUR BUDGET AND MAKES SURE THAT OUR PROPOSALS ARE EXACTLY WITHIN YOUR

125BUDGET. AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE AMOUNT YOU BUDGETED FOR SALARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES, HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU SPENT. INSTEAD OF SWEEP WILLING THAT MONEY INTO THE FUND BALANCE, THAT MONEY WAS INTENDED FOR EMPLOYEES. AND WE ASK YOU TO PUT THAT INTO THE SALARY SCALE. INVEST IN OUR EDGE UCATOR WHO WORKED HARD TO MAKE THE GAINS THAT THIS DISTRICT IS CELEBRATING. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COUNTERPROPOSAL TOMORROW AT BARGAINING. THANK YOU. HI, I AM KRISTA DENECA FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. LONG TIME NO SEE. I AM A MEMBER OF THE HCA BARGAINING TEAM. I WANT TO BEGIN EXPRESSING HOPE IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS TOMORROW AFTERNOON; HOWEVER, I AM GREATLY CONCERNED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ONE-TIME PAYMENT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ESP IN NEXT, ON JULY 23. OMISSION SENT A MESSAGE,

126AND IT WASN'T A GOOD ONE. LAST YEAR THE DISTRICT SAVED OVER $100 MILLION IN SALARY COST DUE TO VACANCIES. BUT YOUR SAVINGS CAME TO THE REAL COST OF THE PEOPLE STILL DOING THE WORK. MANY OF HUSBAND TO STEP IN AND TAKE IN EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES, COVER ADDITIONAL DUTY AS AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS UNDER INCREASE LEAGUE CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES. STILL WE SHOWED UP. WE WORKED HARD. WE DID WHAT WAS NEEDED AND MORE. LAST YEAR, THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZED SIMILAR EFFORTS WITH A ONE-TIME PAYMENT. THAT GESTURE MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE. IT BOOSTED MORALE. IT SHOWED APPRECIATION. AND IT REMINDED EMPLOYEES THAT THEIR SACRIFICES WERE SEEN AND VALUED. NOW WE ARE AGAIN BEING ASKED TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND NOT ONLY TO DO OUR JOBS BUT TO HELP OUR STUDENTS RECOVER FROM YEARS OF DISRUPTION. AND YET THE SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF

127OUR EFFORTS THROUGH A ONE-TIME PAYMENT WAS LEFT OFF THE TABLE. I SPOKE TO YOU NOT ONLY AS AN EDUCATOR BUT PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS. I HAVE SEEN OF THE VACANCIES IN OUR SCHOOLS FROM BOTH SIDES. AS A TEACHER SEE COLLEAGUES COVERING CLASS, SACRIFICING PLANNING TIME AND GOING THE EXTRA MILE. AS A PARENT, I ASKED MY OWN CHILDREN FACING INCONSISTENCY, LIMITED SUPPORT STUFF AND FEWER HANDS TO GUIDE THEM. OUR KIDS FEEL IT TOO. WITH $100 MILLION SAVED -- EXCUSE ME, OVER $100 MILLION SAVED, THE DISTRICT HAS THE ABILITY TO REINVEST NOT IN THINGS BUT IN PEOPLE. NOT AN ONGOING COST. ONE-TIME TO SHOW OUR EMPLOYEES OUR STUDENTS THAT THIS DISTRICT CARE OF THOSE MAKING IT POSSIBLE. PLEASE RECONSIDER. SUPPORT YOUR EMPLOYEES. SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, KIM HENRIQUEZ, LOWRY ELEMENTARY, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. MY SHIRT

128SAYS PROUD UNION MEMBER, WHICH I AM. BUT I NEED ONE OF THE SHIRTS THAT THE PARENTS HAVE, LIKE HALF FOR FSU AND GATOR IT IS THEY HAVE TWO KIDS, RIGHT. I NEED ONE THAT SAYS I AM A PROUD HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1997. PLUS FOUR YEARS TEACHING, SUBSTITUTING BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE DISTRICTS HANDLE IT AND NOT KELLY. THIS IS, WHAT, MY 32nd YEAR I AM GOING INTO. I AM EXCITED. KIN KINDERGARTEN. I HAVE NEW KIDS COMING IN. BUT I WAS AT A TRAINING TODAY -- I DROVE OVER FROM DUNEDIN. I WAS AT OUR UNION HALL. AND I HAD A TRAINING OF HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE UNION LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBER, AND I MET A COLLEAGUE TODAY THAT KIND OF GOT ME THINKING OF MY FIRST

129HUSBAND, BOB HENRIQUEZ. AND IT HELPED ME BE GRATEFUL IN A STRANGE KIND OF WAY, BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE WHO ENCOURAGED ME TO FOLLOW MY DREAM INTO EDUCATION. SO FOR THAT, I AM VERY GRATEFUL. I ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE YOU THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR. SOME I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I AM ALSO GRATEFUL FOR MY SECOND HUSBAND, MICHAEL WALKER, WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME AS WELL. HE -- I LEAVE AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND I COME AT 7:00 AT NIGHT. SO THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T LEAVE A LOT OF FAMILY TIME, BUT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT. I AM ALSO GRATEFUL FOR OUR PRINCIPAL ANITA VENTURA. SHE IS AMAZING. AND SHE HAS BROUGHT THE JOY BACK TO TEACHING FOR ME PERSONALLY. I KNOW THAT SHE HAS DONE IT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AT OUR

130SCHOOL. SO FOR THOSE -- THAT IS MY GRATEFUL LIST FOR TODAY. BUT I'M HERE TO JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE FINANCES AND STUFF SO ELOQUENTLY AS EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WILL BE TALKING, BUT I DO KNOW THAT AS A PERSON, I HAVE BEEN ON DASH REPRESENTATIVE AT OUR SCHOOL SINCE I HAVE BEEN THERE AT LOWRY AND PEOPLE COME TO ME AND THEY TELL ME OF THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS. AND SO MANY SINGLE TEACHERS -- SINGLE MOMS. I HEAR HEARTBREAKING STORIES AND OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL. AND I'M HERE ON THEIR BEHALF TONIGHT. I AM SURE THEY ARE BUS WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY CAN'T BE HERE. YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. SO JUST BE KIND AND DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. Karen

131Perez: THANK YOU, NEXT. ER -- NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, I AM JASE WAGE. I AM A SECOND-GRADE TEACHER AT MULLER MAGNET THIS SCHOOL YEAR. I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I WANTED TO COME UP AND KIND OF REITERATE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE BUDGET. IF THERE IS A 16% SURPLUS, WE WILL CALL IT, OF FUNDING AND THE STATE REQUIREMENTS 3%, AND YOU CAN HEAR FROM SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WE ARE STRUGGLING. WHY WOULD YOU WITHHOLD THAT, AND ESPECIALLY THE REASON THAT WAS GIVEN FOR THE HURRICANES? I AM HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING OF THAT JUSTIFICATION TO HOLD THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN EXCESS IN FUNDS. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, A SINGLE INCOME HOME. AND WE ARE LITERALLY LIVING IN ABOVER THEE. I QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCE -- ABOVE POVERTY. I

132QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHES. WE ARE ON STATE, USE MEDICARE FUNDING BECAUSE UP POSSIBLE TO FOR ME TO AFFORD THE FAMILY PLAN THROUGHOUT DISTRICT. AND WE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING. I AM AT THE POINT WHERE I AM GETTING FORECLOSURE NOTICES ON MY HOME. AND IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN YOU ARE NOT MAKE BAG LIVABLE WAGE. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, BUYING FOOD FOR MY FAMILY AND PAYING OUR ELECTRIC BILL. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS. I AM A COLLEGE EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS. I SHOULDN'T BE LIVING IN POVERTY. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE FUNDS IN EXCESS, THAT AMOUNT -- COME ON. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM MEMBERS RENDON, WASHINGTON, PEREZ, GRAY AND COMBS THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU SAID THAT WE NEED TO BE PAYING OUR TEACHERS. WE NEED

133TO BE PUTTING THIS MONEY INTO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ISPs' POCKETS SO WE CAN HAVE A LIVABLE WAGE AND NOT LIVE IN POVERTY. SO THE DISTRICT IS HEARING THAT. YOUR BOARD SUPPORT THIS. I HOPE WHEN YOU GO TO BARGAINING TOMORROW AND NEGOTIATIONS, YOU WILL TAKE WHAT ALL OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID AND WHAT THESE EMPLOYEES ARE SAYING THIS EMPLOYEE COMMENT THAT EVEN WHAT THE UNION IS ASKING FOR IN MY OPINION IS MINUSCULE. BECAUSE ACTUALLY TO GET US OUT YOU HAVE POVERTY, WE WOULD NEED PROBABLY A $20,000 INCREASE IN SALARIES ANNUALLY, WHICH THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FOR THEMSELVES, BUT YET YOUR TEACHERS ARE STILL LIVING IN POVERTY. SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS MINUSCULE. WE ARE ASKING FOR PEANUTS TO JUST -- THAT TINY BIT OF AMOUNT

134TO HELP US. SO PLEASE, LIKE -- WHEN YOU GO TO BARGAINING, PLEASE TAKE ALL YOU HAVE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. HI, I AM MISSY CARL. I AM AN ELEMENTARY GIFTED TEACHER AT GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE IN THE TOP TEN IN THE STATE FOR ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. MANY OF MY STUDENTS WERE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS AND A LOT OF THEM WERE IN A SENSE HOMELESS. SO THE CHILDREN AND THE STAFF AT OUR SCHOOL REALLY WORKED HARD, BUT I'M HERE TO DISCUSS WHAT GIFTEDNESS IS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIFTED TEACHERS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ESP SUPPLEMENT. ALWAYS INTRIGUING TO TELL PEOPLE WHEN I MEET THEM THAT I TEACH GIFTED CHILDREN. INITIAL ACTION I GET, OH, YOU TEACH THE REALLY SMART ONES AND IT MUST BE

135EASY. BUT THEN I TAKE OFF MY GLASSES WHICH I WON'T DO NOW BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO READ THIS AND I TAKE A DEEP BREATH, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT GIVEDNESS ENTAILS. ACCORDING TO THE DAVIDSON INSTITUTE. GIFTED STUDENTS HAVE BRAINS THAT FUNCTION DIFFERENTLY AND UNIQUE TO THEIR TYPICAL PEARCE. IT IS OFTEN ASUNSHINE CRONUS AND THEY ARE EMOTIONAL MIRROR THEIR INTELLECTUAL ONES. THIS MEANS ITS HIGHER THE I QR, THE HIGHER THE EMOTIONAL INTENSITIES. THEY TEND TO EXHIBIT PERFECTIONISTS TENDENCIES AND HAVE MANY UNIQUE NEEDS. GIFTEDNESS IS RECOGNIZED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO QUALIFY FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION SECTION 1003.571-B-1. THESE CHILDREN MUST UNDERGO PROCEDURAL STEPS TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES. IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THIS PROCESS INVOLVES OBTAINING PARENT CONSENT FOR CLEANING, ADMINISTERING TESTS, HOLDING A CHILD TO MEETING, CONDUCTING A PSYCHOLOGICAL

136EVALUATION, DATA ON GIFTED CHARACTERISTICS AND HAVING AN ELIGIBILITY MEETING. IF A CHILD IS FOUND ELIGIBLE AN EDUCATION PLAN IS DEVELOPED. THIS PLAN MUST BE REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS AND A VERY VIEW PERIOD FOR ALL TRANSITIONING FIFTH GRADERS MOVING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS THE GIFTED TEACHER I AM AT CASE MANAGER AND PART OF EACH PROCESS MY ROLE IS ORGANIZING ELIGIBILITY MEETING WHICH IS CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE ELIGIBILITY. INSTEAD OF IEPs I CREATE EPs THAT FOCUS ON STUDENTS' STRENGTHS. COLLECT NECESSARY DATA AND USE SYNERGY WHICH IS NOW PEER, WHICH I HOPE IS GOOD. JUST GO JUST LIKE MY OTHER ESP TEACH WE ARE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. ADDITIONALLY I AM A CORE PLUS TEACHER, THE CORE TEACHER OF SUB A AREAS FOR GIFTED AND ACT DEMMIC GRADES IN -- ACADEMIC GRADES. JUST LIKE A GEN ED TEACHER. THE

137EVALUATION AND REVIEW PROCESS AND, AGAIN, AS A CORE-PLUS TEACHER, I AM IN CHARGE OF WHAT IS DONE IN GENERAL -- AND I HAVE TO STOP, DON'T I -- Karen Perez: YES, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I WAS -- OKAY. IMOPENING WE WILL GET THE ESP -- GOOD EVENING, ERIC HAGAN, PROUD MUSIC TEACHER AT OAK GROVE. I'M HERE TONIGHT OF FRUSTRATING TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR MOST RECENT BARGAINING SESSION. FRUSTRATION, ANXIETY AND CURRENT DILEMMA OF CURRENT PROPOSALS OF SUPPLEMENTS BOTH RECURRING AND ONE TIME. TALK OF SUPPLEMENTS. 2300 IN RENAISSANCE PAY. LITTLE BIT OF RECOGNITION GIVEN TO TEACHERS IN THE MOST CHALLENGING AND IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES IS BEING LOOKED AT FROM THE WRONG LENS. INSTEAD OF THIS IS DEAD LANGUAGE, A DIRECT QUOTE FROM THE BARGAINING TABLE, WHY NOT, THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE WE NEED TO APPROACH AND COLLABORATE

138ON. WHY NOT COLLABORATE? WHY NOT INVOLVE THOSE OF US WHO CAN SPEAK HONEST LEAVE POPULATION AND THE TRENDS WE SEE. JUST BECAUSE SOME DON'T WANT TO RECOGNIZE RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS IN IN A TRADITIONAL SENSE DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T EXIST. HIGHLY TRANSIENT POPULATION EXIST. HUGE GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS SEEKING REFUGE IN OUR COUNTRY MANY WHO LAND IN OUR SCHOOL STILL EXISTS. STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE A BED TO SLEEP IN STILL EXISTS. A LARGE PORTION OF THESE FAMILY AND CHILDREN ATTEND OUR TRANSFORMATION RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS. RENAISSANCE AND TRANSFORMATION LOOK VERY SIMILAR. DIFFERENCE LOOKS GREAT. I STAND TO LOSE $1800 FROM OUR MUSIC ELP CUT. IN GRANT SOUGHT TO HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACH TO HAVE AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT MANY OF WHICH HAD THESE PROGRAMS FOR MANY, MEANS YEARS. LAST YEAR FOUR DAY AS WEEK MONDAY-THROUGH HOSTING THESE AFTER SCHOOL ENSEMBLES AFTER TEACHING

139TODAY IN A TWO-PERSON JOB BY MYSELF. WHILE THIS WAS A GRANT, DO WE PERCEIVE THIS LIKE A GIFT? DOES THE DISTRICT BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF MUSIC AND ARTS OR ONLY WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT. THE $1500 SUPPLEMENT WE STARTED THE YEAR OFF WITH. I WILL SAY IN THE OPINION THE SINGLE-MOST HELPFUL ACTIONS OUR DISTRICTS HAVE TAKEN OF ADDRESSING THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF OUR EMPLOYEES. I THINK YOU CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE HEARD IT FROM OTHERS TONIGHT. BUT NOW AFTER PROPOSING LANGUAGE TO KEEP MOST OF THESE -- BUT NOW, AFTER PROPOSING LANGUAGE TO KEEP MOST OF THESE RECURRING SUPPLEMENTS, OUR DISTRICT HAVE WENT TO THE CLASSIC ARGUMENT OF CLAIMING POVERTY. STATE CONTROLS FUNDING. WE KNOW OF THE FUND BALANCE. WE KNOW WHEN THE STATE LOOKS AT OUR FUND BALANCE, HOW CAN WE CLAIM POVERTY WHEN

140WE HAVE THIS BURGEONING LARGE BALANCE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO SPOKE UP AGAINST IT. MY GRAND TOTAL OF LOSSES GOING INTO THIS YEAR CURRENTLY A $5600. WHILE WE HAVE -- THE REFERENDUM COME OUR WAY, THAT DOES NOTHING. FORCING SUPPLEMENTS FOR YEARS WHEN OUR STANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN RECURRING COSTS HAVE COME BACK TO HAUNT. I WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY AS THE DISTRICT FORS OUR EMPLOYEE AND OUR UB TO CHOOSE WHO DESERVE IT IS MORE. OUR SPRIERTS BEEN CLEAR VERY BEGINNING AND I URGE TO YOU ACCEPT HCTA'S PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. MY NAME IS PATRICK LEWICKI, I AM AN ECONOMICS EACH OTHER AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO A FORMER HCPS STUDENT. MY FORMER PRINCIPAL, MISS BRADY, SITTING BEHIND ME. WE WILL SEE ABOUT THAT. AS

141WE START THE SCHOOL YEAR, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE MANY ROLES THAT TEACHERS HAVE TO UNDERTAKE THROUGHOUT THEIR JOBS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVE TO BE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. WE HAVE TO KNOW THE SUBJECT THAT WE TEACH. FOR ME THAT IS ECONOMICS. AND SPEAKING OF ECONOMICS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK OF GETTING THAT MILLAGE REFERENDUM ON TO THE BALLOT AND PASSED LAST YEAR. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT. I PERSONALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WITH THAT MONEY, I WAS ABLE TO BUY A HOME. WE ALSO AS TEACHERS HAVE TO BE NUR NURTURERS. WE HAVE TO CONVINCE THE KIDS THAT WE CARE AND THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THEM. WHETHER THAT IS STAYING AFTERSCHOOL AND TUTORING THEM. CALLING TO CHECK IN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ABSENT FOR A FEW DAYS. WHETHER THAT

142IS BEING THE SHOULDER TO CRY ON IF THEY ARE UPSET. THESE TWO ROLES, THE ROLES OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, THE ROLE OF WHY NURTURER, THESE ARE ROLES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING SINCE TEACHING WHAT WAS PROFESSION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IN THESE TIMES, WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE A NEW ROLE. THAT BEING SOLDIER IN THE WAR FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. BECAUSE IT BE A TAX ON ECONOMIC FREEDOM OR CUTS IN OUR FUNDING, PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WHETHER NEGLIGENTLY OR BELLIGERENTLY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS SIMPLILY NOT ALLOCATED US ENOUGH MONEY PROVIDE EVERY STUDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION. THIS IS -- CAN I NOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH, NOT THE BOARD'S FAULT. WE ARE NOT HERE STANDING TO NECESSARILY ASK TO YOU CLEAN UP A MESS THAT IS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT. WE

143ARE GRACIOUSLY URGING TO YOU STAND UP FOR YOUR TEACHERS AND STUD STENTS DESPITE THE DIFFICULTY. I URGE TO YOU INVEST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN OUR STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTY, OF OUR ECONOMY. OF OUR NATION. AND AT LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, STRONG PUBLIC EDUCATION IS THE BEST DEFENSE AGAIN TYRANNY. SOME IN LISTENING TO THE FINE FOLKS FROM HCTA, WHO IS FIGHTING FOR ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY, I AM ASKING TO YOU INVEST IN OUR FUTURE, STUDENTS AND DEMOCRACY SO WE HAVE ONE AS THEY WALK ACROSS THE GRADUATION STAGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER STAFF. ANY NAME IS REBECCA BORE AND I AM A PROUD PARENT AND TEACHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

144I COME HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSALS ON BEHALF OF THE HCTA FOR INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES AND ESPs. -- ESPs FOR REAL RAISES AND RESPECT. I WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR THE JOBS THAT DO YOU FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO BOTH US, EMPLOYEES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS EARLIER TODAY. WE HEARD MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT OUR SCHOOLS ARE AND HOW OUR TEACHERS AND ESPs ARE A HUGE PART OF THAT. I PARTICULARLY HEARD SEVERAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT SAY THEY SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE MEMBER COMBS FOR YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER DURING OUR DISCUSSION. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER -- HE BEEN A TEACHER FOR TEN YEARS NOW. IN MY TIME, I HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN DEEMED HIGHLY-EFFECTIVE. FOR ME AS A READING TEACHER. IT MEANS

145I HELP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MEET THEIR ELA GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR WHEN I GET TO SEE THEIR FAS 3PM SCORES AND SHARE THE HAPPY NEWS THEY HAVE PASSED THE TEST. I HAVE STUDENTS WHO JUMP FOR JOY AND CREAM HAPPY TEARS. THOSE STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL THIS YEAR DID SO WELL THEY ARE NOW RATED A, RIVER VIEW HIGH SCHOOL. GO SHARKS. PROUD OF THEM AN OUR CO-WOSHG ER RKER S ENCOURAGE THE LOVE OF READING REINTRODUCE THEM TO GENRES HUE BOOK CAN TAKE THEM TO A WORLD AND BEYOND. I HAVE PARENTS CON TARGET ME THAT THEIR STUDENT HAVE STARTED READ AGENT HOME OTHERWISE CHOOSING THEIR PHONE AND VIDEO GAMES. MY OWN DAUGHTER IS STARTING FIRST GRADE THIS YEAR AND LOVES TO READ. HER FAVORITE SERIES IS FANCY NANCY AND FANCY NANCY LIKES TO

146DANCE BALLET. WITH THAT, MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO TAKE BALLET LESSONS. NOW WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE EXTRA $58 A MONTH IN OUR BUDGET FOR HER TO TAKE THOSE LESSONS. NOT WITH THE WAY THE FOOD COSTS HAVE ESCALATED. NOT WITH THE WAY TECO HAS ESCALATED WITH THIS HEAT ADVISORY WE HAVE GOT GOING ON. NOT WITH THE $5,000 OF TREE DAMAGE WE HAD TO HAVE REMOVED AFTER THE PREVIOUS HURRICANES. SO I AM ASKING FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TCTA PROPOSALS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND ESPPs FOR REAL RAISES AND RESPECTS AND HELP SEND MY DAUGHTER TO BALLET CLASS. PLEASE ACCEPT THESE PROPOSALS AND LEAPT HER DANCE. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. LET HER DANCE. SO LIZ BAKER HERE. YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW ME FROM BEFORE. BE BEHAVIORAL RESOURCE TEACHER AT TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY. AS YOU

147MANY KNOW WE WERE PREVIOUSLY A RENAISSANCE SCHOOL. TODAY WE ARE A D SCHOOL SERVING HIGH NEEDS POPULATION AND WE HAVE NO LONGER ANY RECOGNITION OR INCENTIVES TO RETAIN T THE COMPASSIONATE PROFESSIONALS THAT SHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR THEIR KIDS. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY HIGH NEED SCHOOL BUT I CAN SPEAK FOR MINE. OUR STALL HAS WORKED CLOSELY PLANNING WITH BOTH NEW AND VETERAN TEACHERS DOING EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE TRANSFORMATIONAL. DOING EVERYTHING EXPECTED FROM A TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOOL. SOME SORRY. DESPITE OUR EFFORTS, WE DID MOVE FROM A C TO A D. WE ARE DOING ALL THE WORK WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND LOSING MULTIPLE DEDICATED EDUCATORS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE SUPPORT BACK, MEANING FROM RENAISSANCE PAY AND TRANSFORMATIONAL PAY EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TREATED WITH THAT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FROM A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. I

148CURRENTLY WORK THREE JOBS. I WORK FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC AS A BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH, I WORK AT A CAFE AND INSTRUCTOR AND TRAINER FOR THE ESC DEPARTMENT HERE. I HAVE A DEGREE. I HAVE -- I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE -- HAVE THREE JOBS WITH A CAREER. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THIS CAREER IS ALSO -- WE HAVE TO DO CERTIFICATION. WE HAVE TO DO CONTINUOUS EDUCATION FOR DOING ALL OF OUR TRAININGS. IT IS JUST -- I DON'T THINK THAT IS FAIR THAT WE HAVE HERE -- I AM SO SHAKEN UP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY. LIKE THAT IS CRAZY. OUR STUDENTS FACE REAL HARDSHIP. MANY LACK VISIBILITY AT HOME WE ARE CALLING UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE OKAY. REMINDING THEM THAT THEY MATTER. WE ARE BURNING OUT. NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE

149BUT BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY AND STRETCHED TOO THIN. I HAVE BEEN DOING TRAININGS ALL SUMMER. I HAVE BEEN AT A TRAINING TRYING TO BE A PROFESSIONAL SINCE 9:00 THIS MORNING. I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME. MY CAR JUST WENT OUT. I HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT TOO. UP KEEP HEARING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER THAT YOUR EDUCATORS DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH. I HEAR THAT SO MANY TIMES TONIGHT. AND I GET THAT, BUT I WAS THERE AT THE BARGAINING MEETINGS. YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT STATING THAT. THEY ARE SIMPLY SAYING NO. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE GETTING FROM. IT IS THERE. AND WE ARE JUST GETTING NO. WHAT IF OUR EDUCATORS. WHAT IF EVERYONE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SAID NO GETTING SNACKS FOR THE KIDS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. OR STAYING A AFTER SCHOOL

150FOR EVENTS BECAUSE WHEN THEY HAVE SOMEONE GOING TO THEIR DANCE RECITAL AND THE CHORUS AND THEY DON'T HAVE FAMILY THAT SHOW UP FOR THEM. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE TOLD ME TO COME AND SUPPORT THEM AND SEEING ME IN THE CROWD AND HUG ME AND THANK YOU, MISS BAKER. I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE DOING THAT. I MY OWN FAMILY AS WELL. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, BUT I THINKING YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. HELLO, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KATHRYN FERRY. MY EIGHTH OR NINTH YEAR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I AM A PREVIOUS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENT. GRADUATED FROM TECH BE IN '03. I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AN EDUCATOR. FROM A HUGE FAMILY OF EDUCATORS. MY BROTHER DID 30 YEARS. MY SISTER ON 20 SOMETHING. I COULDN'T WAIT

151TO FINISH SCHOOL TO COME BACK TO TEACH. ALL I WANTED TO ZB ELSE, BUT I KNEW I WANTED TO BE HERE. I DON'T PREPARE -- I DON'T HAVE A PHONE THING WRITTEN. BUT IN -- BEING IN EDUCATION, I DON'T KNOW HOW GREAT OR HOW OFTEN YOU GUYS ARE IN THE SCHOOLS. I DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND DOWNTOWN COME ON THROUGH AND THAT IS OKAY. I WILL DO WHAT I AM DOING WITH OR WITHOUT YOU. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT IS, WHEN I FIRST STARTED TEACHING I WAS 24 OUT YOU HAVE COLLEGE WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE. I WAS SO EXCITED TO GET THAT MASTER'S DEGREE. YOU WANT IT AND I GOT $60,000 THAT IS NOW $90,000 ALTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN PAYING ON IT FOR 15 YEARS. IT IS GLORIOUS. THING

152I WANT TO TELL YOU I TOOK A BREAK WHEN I HAD SOME KIDS AND CAME BACK. IT IS BAD. EVERY TIME IMCOME BACK IN, IT IS BAD. EVERY TIME I COME IN. HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOW IN FIRST GRADE WHICH I LOVE. IT IS ADORABLE. EVERY TIME I COME AND MEET THE YOUNGER TEACHERS. THEY ARE ALL OUT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STAY. THEY CAN'T HAVE KIDS HERE. NO ONE CAN AFFORD CHILD CARE. THEY CAN'T AFFORD RENT. THEY ARE ALL LIVING IN HOUSES, THREE, FOUR, FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND CUTE WHEN YOU ARE 24, 25 AND 26. THEY ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE TO LEAVE. WE GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE LEAVING. I UNDERSTAND WE ARE THIS -- I GOT UP TODAY TO TALK AND I HAVE A MINUTE LEFT. SOME I WILL TRY

153GET TOE IT. I HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT KEPT SNAPPING AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD, WE ARE A CHOICE DISTRICT. WE DESERVE THE BEST -- I BELIEVE IN. WE ARE GIVING THE BEST PRODUCT. THAT IS IT. HANDS DOWN. ACROSS THE BOARD. I MEAN, HOW LONG DO YOU WANT IT THOUGH? HOW LONG TO YOU WANT IT? DO YOU WANT IT FOR THE NEXT FIVE UNTIL YOU GUYS ARE DONE AND THE NEXT BOARD WILL BE THEIR PROBLEM? BECAUSE I STILL HAVE 15 YEARS TO AGO. I WANT IT TO BE THE BEST PRODUCT FOR A LONG TIME. NOT JUST NOW. THE OTHER THING I HEARD, THERE IS LIKE THE WORD "FAMILY" GOT DROPPED. AND IT WAS LIKE, THERE ARE IS A FAMILY. WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER. GAVE ME LIKE -- I AM NOT GOING

154TO PUT GENDER ON IT, BUT LIKE A -- A ABUSIVE SPICE VIBE. LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE -- I AM WORKING IN MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND I NEED FUND AND I GET BOXES OF ENDLESS CURRICULUM AND A NEW LINE THAT I DIDN'T ASK FOR AND THEY DRILLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WHITEBOARD. I HAVE JUNK THAT NOBODY TRAINED ME ON. SO I HAVE MANY LITTLE READER. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU I DON'T NEED 600. I HAVE 20 KIDS. YOU KNOW, THE MONEY IS THERE, SO WEIRD THAT IT IS BEING HOARDED. AND WEIRD THAT YOUR HUSBAND KEEPS COMING HOME AND TELLING YOU, OH, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND KEEP DROPPING LITTLE GIFTS IN THE HOUSE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. Karen Perez: NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO -- Jim Porter:

155ITEM 2.06. CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL AND MISS COMBS STILL HAS THE FLOOR. Nadia Combs: REALLY HARD TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH THIS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. SO AS FAR AS 2.06. I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE, BUT JUST -- IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THE FUND BALANCE, WHY THAT IS SO HIGH COMPARED TO THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE I SEE THEIR ENROLLMENT HAS DECREASED. I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. IS -- HOW ARE PARENTS BEING ALERT? IS THERE SOMETHING AT THE DOOR? I KNOW THEY ARE PROBABLY E-MAILING. HOW ARE THEY BEING ALERTED THAT THE SCHOOL IS BEING CLOSED. AND WHAT MESSAGE ARE THEY GET GOING THEY ARE WALKING UP TO THE CAMPUS? SO THEY HE DID HAVE A PARENT MEETING AND ALERTED PARENTS THROUGH E-MAIL, THROUGH THE PARENT LINK.

156WHEN THEY HAD ACCESS TO THE PARENT LINK AND ACCESSED THEM THAT WAY. THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING PHONE CALLS -- OUR OFFICE HAVE BEEN MAKING PHONE DUALS GET KIDS IN SCHOOLS. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ENROLLED AND DATA PROCESSORS RETURNED LAST WEEK AND WE ARE STILL WORK ON THAT. ACCORDING TO THE VICTORY SPREADSHEET, 30R KIDS LEFT THAT HAVE NOT SHOWN WHICH SCHOOLS THEY WANT TO SELECT. WORKING WITH DP SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SCHOOL AND NOTIFY PARENTS IF THEY DON'T SELECT A SCHOOL, WE WILL ENROLL THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS SO THEY MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A SEAT. LA. Nadia Combs: GREAT. IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE 30 STUDENTS AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE FUND BALANCE AND ALSO JUST TO SEE IN

157THE FUTURE -- BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING MAYBE TO MAKE SURE WE TALKED TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL OFFICE WHERE THEY AT LEAST GIVE THE COMMUNITY SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR'S NOTICE. THEY SAW THIS COMING AND NOT A SURPRISE WHEN YOU SEE THE ENROLLMENT. UP SAW IT COMING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. YOU SEE A SCHOOL CLOSE AND REOPEN. AND SHIFTING IN GRADE LEVELS AND YOU SEE A MOVEMENT THAT IS MY BIG QUESTION. I DON'T SIGH HOW YOU GO FROM A FUND BALANCE TO 70,000 TO 403 WHEN THE ENROLLMENT IS NOT THAT HIGH. FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, THANK YOU. YOU ARE DOING GREAT JOB AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM COMBS. MEMBERS RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM

158VICE-CHAIR. I WANT TO APPRECIATE MR. HERNANDEZ FOR TAKING THE TIME. I WENT OUT TO THE SCHOOL. I SAW BUILDING. A VERY NICE FACILITY. THEY ONLY HAVE SPACE FROM K-8. THAT MY ONE THING AND WE WILL CONTRACT HERE 6-12. SO THE WAY IN WHICH ALL OF THIS IS PUT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW INCLUDING ALL YOU HAVE THEIR DOCUMENTS, I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE IT. I KNOW OUR VOTE MAY OR MAY NOT MEAN ANYTHING BUT I HAVE TO STAND BEHIND OUR PRINCIPLES THAT IT IS NOT ACCURATE. I. HE SPECIFICALLY SPOKE TO THEM AND ASKED QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE AN I.B. PROGRAM AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF THEY ENGAGE THE E.B. STUDENTS TO KNOW THE I.B. SCHOOLS THAT THEY LEFT. BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY -- NO WAY OF VALIDATING HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED

159TODAY SO MUCH BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS, AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF DRIVE WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED TO WHERE THEY ARE. AND THEY SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME THEY STAYED IT WAS TOO FAR OF A DRIVE TO GO THE LOCAL I.B. SCHOOLS. THAT WOULD BE WALKER. THAT WILL BE ALONSO. AND THEY WERE IN THE 191th GRADE IN HILLSB-- IN 11th GRADE IN HILLSBOROUGH. AND A BIG CONCERN THAT NONE OF THE STUDENTS WILL GO TO IB AND GO AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL. DO WE HAVE A VERIFICATION OF EXACTLY THE ENROLLMENT TODAY? WE HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT MR. MORILLO SHARED EARLIER. THEY ARE THE ENROLLMENT. THIS THEY HAVEN'T -- Patti Rendon: ISN'T THAT THE NUMBER THEY HAD AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THEY WERE GOING TO

160BE ENROLLED FOR THE END OF THIS YEAR? THE LATEST NUMBER I HAVE THAT IS FROM LATE LAST WEEK. UP WOULD SAY THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK. THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT I RECEIVED THE SPREADSHEET FROM THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. THE ONES THEY HAVE REGISTERED. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE 176 STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE AN ENROLLMENT IN OUR NEW FOCUS SYSTEM. Patti Rendon: 176 NOT ENROLLED. YES, MA'AM. Patti Rendon: SAYING 176 ENROLLED. HE TOLD ME 175 -- PRE-K. THEY ARE DOING PRE-K THROUGH 8th GRADE. A CLASSROOM FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL. WHEN COMBINATION OF BOTH VICTORY SCHOOLS A TOTAL OF 56 KIDS. Patti Rendon: THERE IS NO TWO VICTORY SCHOOLS. I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THEIR THIS DOCUMENT AND EVERYTHING PER THANING TO IT AND ALL DOCTOR PERFECTLY YEAR THIS DOCUMENT IS ACCURATE. THIS SCHOOL IS ONE

161BUILDING THIS RIVERVIEW, PRE-K-8, A CLASSROOM FOR EVERY GRADE. AND YET ARE THE ADDRESSES STILL IN THEIR PREVIOUS LOCATIONS AND STUDENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUS LEAVE ENROLLED? BECAUSE HE TOLD ME THAT HE THOSE STUDENTS PREVIOUS LEAVE ENROLLED WERE NOT COMING TO THE NEW LOCA LOCATION. THE INFORMATION THAT I GOT SR. WHAT CAN COMING TO OUR FOCUS SYSTEM HOW THEY ARE DETERMINING WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE IN RIGHT NOW. WHEN IT COME TO THE ACTUAL STUDENTS BEING THERE WITH WHAT HE IS SHARING. I CAN'T SHARE INFORMATION OF WHAT THE PLACEMENT OFFICE GIVING US IN THE ENROLLMENT IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THE SURROUND AREAS. Patti Rendon: DO WE KNOW IF THEY WERE ENROLLED AFTER THEY CLOSED THE SCHOOL? OR PREVIOUS ENROLLED AND CONTINUING WITH THE SCHOOL. DO WE HAVE A WAY OF KNOWING THAT? AT THIS TIME, WE ARE

162MONITORING THAT, BUT BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE THEIR MSIDs OPEN AND NOT VOTED ON AN MUCH A OF AMENDMENT OR CHANGE. THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP THEM ENROLLED WE CAN NOT ENROLL UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING. SO THEY KEEP MONITORING THE KIDS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH WHO IS ACTUALLY THERE AND WHO IS GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE UNTIL WE HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING SOMEWHERE. Patti Rendon: I AM 100% BEHIND SCHOOL CHOICE. OUR OWN DISTRICT, PRIVATE OR CHARTER. THIS IS NOT ACCURATE INFORMATION THIS SCHOOL. NOT TWO BUILDINGS. NOT TWO SITES. NOT A CHANGE OF ADDRESS. A CLOSING OF A SCHOOL AND OPENING OF A NEW SCHOOL SAME UNDER THE SELF-CHARTER UMBRELLA. BUT IT IS TWO SEPARATE THINGS. HE SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME ALL THE 225 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PREVIOUS LOCATION

163WERE NOT GOING TO COME AND NOT GOING INTO E.B. PROGRAMS. YET HE IS OPENING A NEW I.B. BUILDING. BECAUSE OF THIS I HAVE TO VOTE NO. NOT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE CHOICE, BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SECURE WHERE A CHILD IS AT. AND WE CAN VERIFY WHERE A CHILD IS AT, AND WE CAN GET A RAT INFOR -- ACCURATE INFORMATION FROM EVERYBODY. I AM ALSO NOT GOING TO APPROVE K 6-12 BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS SET UP PRE-K THROUGH 8 AND CLASSROOM EVERY CLASS. NOT A PORTABLE OR A TOUGH SHED. LITERALLY A CLASSROOM FOR EVERYONE PRE-K THROUGH 8 AND I WILL HAVE TO VOTE NO ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH MYSELF AND

164MEMBER RENDON DISSENTING FROM THE VOTE. NEXT IS ITEM 5.01, STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. DR. RICK GRAVES, CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MISS PEREZ. TEAM OF DISTRICT LEADERS AND SCHOOL SITE PRINCIPALS MET TO PROPOSE NECESSARY REVISIONS AND UPDATES DIVERSE COMMITTEE OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS MET A MINIMUM OF FOUR TIMES TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT AND PROVIDE INPUT ON ADDITIONAL ITEMS THEY WANTED TO SEE. DISTRICT COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS MET TWO TIMES TOGETHER TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS AND TO MAKE REVISIONS AND UPDATES. A TEAM OF ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS, 12 WERE ON THE COMMITTEE AND ADDITIONAL INPUT GARNERED FROM OTHERS OF A MATRIX FOCUSED ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEHAVIORS AND NEEDS. MATRIX WAS REVIEW BY REGION SUPERINTENDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADDITIONAL INPUT WAS PROVIDED. WE ALSO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES IN

165ATTENDANCE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. THIS IS A SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THEY NOT ONLY SHARE CONCERNS BUT THEY ALSO BROUGHT THOUGHTFUL SOLUTIONS. BECAUSE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP, WE WERE AGE, ABLE TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN UPDATE OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. COMMUNITY MEMBERS IF YOU CAN STAND WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. JENNETTE HOARD SMITH. ROBIN LOCKET. PASTOR TIMOTHY KNIGHTON. DR. BRENDA WALKER. KATHLEEN CARVALVO. APRIL CAMPBELL. TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER. ALAN BREWSTER. AND LUCINDA JOHNSON. COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU AGAIN. Karen Perez: THAT'S IT. ARE YOU. YES, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 5.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. AND THANK YOU MR. ROLAND AND YOUR TEAM AND ALL THE LEADERSHIP THAT HAS OPINION

166SHOWN AND CRAFTED THIS HUGE DOCUMENT. I HAVE ONE -- NO, JUST TWO POINTS THAT I FOUND. AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO LOOK FOR IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A VERY, VERY COMPREHENSIVE JOB THIS IS JUST FOR MY SUGGESTION TO YOU ON PAGE 26 AND LIKEWISE PAGE 63, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ASSESSMENT AND WE ARE TAKING A TEST AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 26. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, TECHNOLOGY GUIDELINES DURING ASSESSMENTS. SO WE GO ON ABOUT STUDENTS MUST -- EXCUSE ME, MUST HAVE ACCESS TO THE USE OF A DEVICE SUCH AS A KRILL PHONE, HEADPHONES, SMART WATCH, BLUETOOTH DEVICES ANDOY DEVICE. STUDENTS MUST NOT DISCUSS SPECIFIC TEST ITEMS AFTER THE TEST. THIS INCLUDES ANY TYPE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION. SO -- BUT THEN WE HAVE

167THE WORD DURING BREAKS. DURING THEIR BREAKS. SO I MEAN, AS A TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS, STUDENTS FIND ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. SO HOW CAN WE MONITOR OF THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY WHEN THE STUDENT IS TAKING A BREAK, REST ROOM OR WHATEVER. THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS IF THEY GET CAUGHT USING DURING A BREAK, MAYBE THERE IS A TEACHER YOU KNOW LOOKING -- THAT IS IN THE REST ROOMS, WHATEVER, WHAT CONSEQUENCE, BECAUSE MUCH MANY OPPORTUNITIES COME FOR THAT KIND OF -- LET'S JUST SAY THE WORD "CHEATING" DURING WHEN THERE IS A BREAK. SO I DON'T KNOW, HAVE YOU CAUGHT THAT YOU? IT IS ON -- I GOT IT ON PAGE 26 AND 63. AND I -- I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE GOT TO COVER OURSELVES BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS

168IF THEY ARE BREAKING THAT TECHNOLOGY GLEAN THAT YOU ARE THEIR BREAK. AND I MIGHT BE MISSING THE REPERCUSSIONS. I TONIGHT SEE IT. I DON'T SEE ANY CONSEQUENCES. AND I DON'T EXPECT TO YOU SAY WHATEVER. BUT TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, JUST -- JUST WANTED TO -- JUST TRADITIONALLY, MEMBER GRAY. WHAT HAPPENS IF IT IS A STATE TEST, A LOT OF TIME STUDENTS HAVE THEIR PHONES PUT AWAY. EVEN IF THEY TAKE A BREAK OR BATHROOM, THEY DON'T -- Lynn Gray: SMART WATCHES. SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS. I AM NOT SAYING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT THAT IS WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. YEAH, SO THEY USUALLY DON'T HAVE STUFF DURING THE BREAK. IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. Lynn Gray: SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER WHEN I WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. NORMALLY TWO. YOU ASK OF

169CONSEQUENCES. APPEAR STATE TEST AND WE FIND OUT THEY HAVE A THEIR PHONE OUT, THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET OF PROCEDURES AND USUALLY THOSE TESTS ARE PULLED AND THE STUDENT DOESN'T GET A SCORE UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS DONE AND WE MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. Lynn Gray: ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS JUST ONE CONCERN. AND LAST PAGE 44, THE A TOSS TOO. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH A TOSS 2. AND I KNOW THIS IS NEW, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN THEIR TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TOSS 1 AND A TOSS AND A TOSS 2. I KNOW IT IS NEW BUT WHEN IS THIS LEVEL OF INFRACTION USED? IT WILL STILL LISTED AS "TENTATIVE." WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND HAVE IT HERE IN CASE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. STILL IN DISCUSSION

170OF HOW FAR TO MAKE IT WORK. THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS WE HAVE -- YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD BACK THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS. EPIC 1, 2 AND 3. CURRENTLY EPIC 1 IS SIMILAR TO THE ATOS WHERE A STUDENT IS TEMPORARILY MOVED -- UP TO FIVE DAYS TO ATTEND THE ATOS SITE. CURRENTLY HAVE -- WITH THE EPIC 3 DAYS, BRANDON SUCCESS CENTER AND NORTH TAMPA SUCCESS CENTER .WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS ANYTHING IN BETWEEN THAT. WHERE CAN WE -- WHEREBY CAN WE HAVE A STUDENT ATTEND SCHOOL AND GO TO SCHOOL FOR PERIOD OF TIME OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. UP TO A FIVE-DAY SUSPENSION OR ATOS OR REMOVE FROM SCHOOL PERMANENTLY. THE IDEA IS SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON. Lynn Gray: I THINK THAT CONTINUUM OF KEEPING THE CHILD OUT OF

171THE SUSPENSION MODE. KEEPING THEM, YOU KNOW, IN A VIABLE STANCE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE DISCIPLINE OR LACK OF DISCIPLINE IS OCCURRING MORE AND MORE. SO WE HAVE TO BECOME INNOVATIVE. I SAY "WE" I MEAN YOUR TEAM HAS TO BECOME MORE INNOVATIVE. HOW DO WE NOT PUT THIS CHILD OUT OF THE COMPLETE SCHOOL AND AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VALUE, TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WRONG. THAT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE THAT I HAVE WITNESSED IN THIS JOB FOR A YEAR. BECAUSE SOMETIMES KIDS JUST DON'T DO SMART THINGS AND GET IN TROUBLE, AND SHOULD BE A CONSEQUENCE ATTACHED TO THEM. BUT WE REALIZE THAT IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE REMOVED FOR SCHOOL FOR AN ENTIRE SEMESTER OR YEAR. TO REMOVE YOU TEMPORARILY. ONE OF THE REASONS IT IS LISTED AS

172TEMPORARY, HOW TO WE MAINTAIN A STUDENT GETTING EDUCATION AND DOING THEIR COURSEWORK. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE ARE GOING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ANSWER WITH FIDELITY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. BIGGEST HURDLE WITH IT. AND THE UPSIDE THAT STUDENTS CAN REMAIN ENROLLED IN THEIR SCHOOL, STILL REMAIN WHEN THEY COULD COME BACK. THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THE SAME SCHEDULE, SAME TEACHERS, THAT SORT OF THING. FOR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF KID TOO. A NONVIOLENT KID. A NONVIOLENT SITUATION. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO NOT REMOVE THE KID FROM SCHOOL. Lynn Gray: ESPECIALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY MAKE THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS AND THEY ARE WRONG AND DON'T WANT TO THROW THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATH AWAY. THE LAST.THAT GOES TO TRACYE BROWN AS WELL BECAUSE WE SET UP THE POSITIVE

173BEHAVIOR INCENTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM YEARS AGO AND WE SPREAD IT THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE ONLY HAVE PROBABLY -- HOW MANY SCHOOLS NOW, POLICE BROWN? I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 90 SCHOOLS NOW. WE HAD ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS THAT TRAINED THIS SUMMER AND ABOUT 90 SCHOOLS NOW. Lynn Gray: YOU GO BACK TO -- AND MIKE, THERE IS BEFORE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. YOU GO BACK TO THE YEARS OF EISENHOWER, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED FULL FIDELITY, PBIS. WENT FROM -- THE COPs WENT DOWN FROM DOUBLE DIJ INCIDENTS TO EIGHT OR NINE. THAT IS HOW VIABLE. MY LAST QUESTION, HOW MANY COPs HAVE WE HAD THIS YEAR AND AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ANY DATA THAT SHARES OR SHOWS THAT WE HAVE LESS OR MORE? THANK YOU, MISS GRAY. CURRENTLY WE ARE

174DOWN ALMOST 500 COPs, APPROXIMATELY 489 WHICH IS B ABOUT A 41% DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. Lynn Gray: QUITE DOWN. DO WE PUT THAT BEFORE BECAUSE WE HAVE PBIS OR DO YOU HAVE -- WHAT -- WHAT IS THE BECAUSE? BECAUSE -- I AM OUT OF TIME. BUT -- YOU WANT ME TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE, PROBABLY. THE BIGGEST REASON IS WE ARE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES AND FOLLOWING POLICY AND ESTABLISH KIND OF A GUIDELINE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET A CHANGE OF PLACEMENT AND WITH THAT HELPED. ONE BIG THING THAT HELPED. ANOTHER BIG THING THAT HELPED IS WORKING WITH THE REGENT SUPERINTENDENTS, WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE QUESTIONS. HAS THIS BEEN DONE? HAS THAT BEEN DONE? YOU MENTIONED PBIS. EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE PBS ACROSS THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENTS AND ASKING

175THOSE QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I AM HOPING TO WORK ON GETTING INVOLVED NOW IS TIER 2. A LOT OF PBS TIER TWO TYPE OF IDEAS AND A CHANGE IN PLACEMENT. SO I THINK IT IS THOSE TWO BIG THINGS OF ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING. AND WE ARE ASKING A LOT MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAVE CHANGE OF PLACEMENT TAKE PLACE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ FOR HAVING THAT ANSWER TO BE HUMID. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND YOUR TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED WITH THAT. WE KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. WE WANT OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. I THINK THE MOVE STRAIGHTFORWARD IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. I

176KNOW THAT -- I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY, VERY EFFECTIVE. KIDS WANT TO BE HOME, RIGHT. IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. ATOSS. CONTINUING TO FOR MORE OF OUR ACCESS CENTERS, WE ARE SEEING THAT MORE AND MORE AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT LITERACY. STUDENTS WE SEE WITH HIGH SUSPENSION. USUALLY ALIGNED WITH THEM BEING LEVEL ONES AND IN READING. A LOT OF THAT IS COMPLETELY IN LINE. WHEN YOU LOOK -- EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL GRADE AND LOOK AT THE PANORAMIC SURVEY. KIND OF WORKING WITH THAT. OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND NOT YOUR FAULT BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO BACK TWICE. I KNOW THIS WAS ON THE COUPLE OF TIMES AND WE HAD TO PULL IT. LATE IN THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR OUR PRINCIPALS TO BE RECEIVING THIS. NEXT YEAR AN EARLIER TIMELINE.

177WE ARE MAKING SURE. WE ARE COMMUNION COMMUNICATING WHAT IS HAPPENING AND I KNOW THAT THE SESSION UP IN TALLAHASSEE ENDED LATER AND NEW LAWS COMING IN. BUT I JUST THINK -- THIS IS LATE AND I KNOW IT IS NOBODY'S FAULT IT IS LATE, BUT I THINK SOME PRINCIPAL ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS THINGS HAVE CHANGED. I HAD A PRINCIPAL ASK ME IF UNIFORMS HAVE CHANGED. THINGS OF THAT NATURE. GETTING THIS OUT EARLIER IN CASE WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIXING THINGS AND DOING THINGS EARLY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT EARLIER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INCREASE OF THE BULLIES AND HARASSMENT THAT BEING A LOT MORE CLEAR AND -- CLEAR. I THINK THAT -- THAT IS REALLY AND MAKING SURE THAT ANYBODY IS REPORTING ANYTHING. AND

178IT IS HAPPENING ON EVERY LEVEL WHEN THERE IS SOME IN, WHEN A CHILD IS IN DANGER, WHEN -- ANYBODY BE WHO IS AROUND SHOULD BE REPORTING THAT. A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE WORK THONG AND CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE SUSPENSIONS AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR STUDENTS. YOU KNOW ZERO -- WE CAN NOT TO RATE ANY KIND OF WEAPONS. WE CAN NOT TOLERATE VIOLENCE. BUT STUDENTS WHO ARE DISRUPTIVE AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS A CALL FOR HELP WHEN THEY NEED THAT. I THINK CONTINUING TO WORK -- HAVING OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND OUR COUNSELORS WORKING OUT IN THE XHURMENT. -- IN THE COMMUNITY. I SAY THIS OF DR. GORDON, NOT JUST ABOUT TRACKING STUDENTS BUT STUDENTS WHO HAVEN'T MADE RIGHT DECISIONS AND CONNECT WITH THEIR FAMILIES RIGHT AWAY BEFORE THEY COME IN

179TO HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE TO MAKE SURE WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? WHY IS THAT CHILD IN SFLOUBL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT STAYING AT HOME? IS IT BECAUSE THEY ARE MOVING AROUND? IN A FOSTER HOME? WHAT IS OCCURRING WITH THAT? WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD AND OTHER AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD IS PROTECTED. SHOUT OUT TO CHRISTIE DORIAN AND MELISSA RUSSO DOES A GREAT JOB IF SOMEONE GETS IN TROUBLE OR SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, THE SCHOOLS KNOW RIGHT AWAY AND HANDLE THOSE CHILDREN AND MAKE SURE THOSE CHILDREN UNDERSTOOD AND WHO KNOW WHAT IS THEY CAME FROM THE DAY IN BEFORE. I THINK THE COMMUNICATION NEED TO CONTINUE BEING VERY STRONG AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER RENDON. Patti

180Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR STAFF. BUT I THINK THERE IS A PIECE MISSING HERE NOT JUST HERE BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SOMETHING TO HAVE -- WE WANT MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARENTS ARE AWAY OF CONSEQUENCES BEHAVIOR. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. A CLEAR VISION. WHAT WHERE HE DOING PREVENTIVELY, RIGHT? WHERE ARE WE PUTTING AND BRINGING OUR PARENTS MORE ENGAGED IN SCHOOLS. MAKING THEM MORE ACTIVE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO. WE HAVE GOT TO SEE TRUE RESULTS. WE GOT TO SEE TRUE VOLUNTEER HOURS INCREASE. AND WE NEED THEM WALKING THE HALLS. THEY NEED TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS IF THAT. IN ORDER TO DO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS WELL-EQUIPPED AND MAKE SURE OUR PARENTS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN OUR

181SCHOOLS. THAT WILL MAKE TRUE CHANGE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS UNDERSTAND WE WILL NOT TOLERATE BEHAVIOR FROM THE BEHAVIOR DOES OCCUR WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES AS A DISTRICT. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE. I APPLAUD TO YOU COME UP WITH GOOD SOLUTIONS TO DO THAT. ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAVE APARTMENTS THAT ARE DOING THAT. IF NOT, NEVER TO MOVE ON. BECAUSE TOO MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I MEAN MY GIRLS WENT THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I SEE IT SINCE I HAVE BEEN ELECTED. TOO MANY TIMES WE ARE NOT ENGAGING IN BRINGING OUR FAMILIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. THERE IS NO REASON FOR. ABSOLUTELY NONE. WHY ARE WE NOT HAVING VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS ON THE DAY OF OPEN HOUSE AT ALL LIVES, YOUR HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS .THEY ARE LEAVING FOR

182MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS. WHY ARE WE NOT ASKING THEM. ASKING GIVE US FIVE. IF EVERY PARENTS GAVE FIVE HOURS IN OUR SCHOOL, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOLS? CAMPAIGNS WICK HAVE. THEY DON'T COST US A DIME. UP KNOW THE MAN HOURS THEY WOULD SAVE? DID YOU KNOW THE ACTUAL TURN AROUND IT WOULD HELP WITH OUR TEACHERS FEELING SUPPORTIVE AND ENERGIZED? THOSE ARE THE CAMPAIGNS THAT COST US NOTHING BUT THE RESULTS ARE HUGE. IN DOING THAT. I WANT TO SEE OUR DISTRICT BRING OUR PARENTS ON THE CAMPUSES. GETTING THEM MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED. WITH THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS ACTIVELY READILY AVAIL ALL OF OUR PARENTS. IT NEEDS TO BE A LETTER TO OUR EVERYDAY -- OUR FIRST DAY PACKETS WHERE THEY CAN FIND IT. NEEDS TO BE

183ON THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR WEB SITE. POLICY THAT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY HAVE TO BE JUST AS INFORMED. THEY NEED TO BE PARTNERS IN, NOT I AM CALLING THEM WHEN. I THINK THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. LISTEN, I HAVE DONE BEHAVIORAL ANALYST FOR YEARS. I HAVE DONE PBIN MY OWN HOME. MY PARTNERSHIP WITH MY TEMPS, PARTNERSHIP WITH MY GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AS A PARENT BECAUSE IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY HOW MY CHILD BEHAVES IN THE SCHOOLS THEY HAVE ATTEND. WE NEED TO BRING THEM IN AS MORE PARTNERSHIPS. I LOOK TO THAT FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND I DON'T SEE THAT INCREASE IN THE THREE AND A HALF YEARS -- THREE YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE. I DON'T SEE THAT INCREASE IN OUR SCHOOLS. I DON'T

184SEE WHERE THEY ARE INCREASING THAT. SO I NEED TO SEE THOSE -- I NEED TO SEE THEM ON OUR CAMPUSES. NOT JUST AT A MEETING AFTER SCHOOL, BUT EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, THEY NEED TO BE ACTIVE LEAVE INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOLS. THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE SOME OF THIS. WANT TO GET TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT. I DON'T WANT THESE KIDS TO GET IN TROUBLE. I WANT THEM TO WANT TO BE THERE. I WANT THEM TO BE ENGAGED. AND THIS IS JUST IN CASE. IN CASE THIS HAPPENS THERE ARE IS THE RESULT. WE SHOULD BE DOING THINGS LONG BEFORE WE GET THERE AND THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. MR. GRAVES,

185IT LOOKS LIKE OFF SUPERSTAR COMMITTEE THERE BECAUSE I KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE AND I KNOW THEY CARE ABOUT STUDENTS. AND ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT CARES ABOUT STUD E ENTS AS WE DISCUSS DISCIPLINE. DISCIPLINE IS A MOVING TARGET. CODE OF CONDUCT IS A MOVING TARGET. NEXT YEAR WE MAY BE THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE, OTHER CONSEQUENCES OR DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE YOPG YOU KEEP A GOOD COMMUNITY TOGETHER, YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS AND I KNOW DISCIPLINE IS VERY DIFFICULT. EVERYBODY KNOWS DISCIPLINE. IF YOU HAVE A CHILD YOU KNOW DISCIPLINE. YOU DON'T KNOW THE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WORKS ON THEIR OWN DISCIPLINE PLAN THEM PEFLS IS YOU KNOW I HAVE MANY PEOPLE CALL MY OFFICE AND THEY SAY, WELL, I KNOW DISCIPLINE BECAUSE I KEEP MY CHILD -- BUT WE

186ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR CHILD. WE ARE TALKING OF A WHOLE LOT OF KIDS. WE ARE TALKING OF A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO MADE MAY VERY WELL BE DISCIPLINED AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DISCIPLINING OUT TO A STUDENT. AND IT IS GOOD TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE -- GOOD TO HAVE THAT COMMITMENT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH STUDENTS. I SEE MR. WALKER OVER THERE. AND DR. WALKER. AND WE KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT. TO TO HAVE A GREAT COMMITTEE. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. MY SUCCESS CAME AS A PRINCIPAL. NOT BECAUSE I WAS SO OUTSTANDING, BUT I HAD OUTSTANDING PEOPLE WORKING WITH ME TO HAVE COMMUNICATION GOING TONIGHT COMMUNITY. WORKING ON CHRISTMAS

187COMMUNITY. THIS COMMITTEE IS SUPERSTAR. WE GOT A SUPERSTAR COMMITTEE HERE. SO LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK DOING THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. AND I KNOW WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL -- I WANT, LET ME NOT SAY THAT. NOT EVERYBODY WILL AGREE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO AGREE. COULD YOU -- YOU COULD DO THE BEST YOU CAN IN THE WORLD. PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE DISGRUNTLED. DO THE BEST YOU CAN DO FOR STUDENTS, THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. WELL, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF COMMENTS -- ALL COMMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE AND I AM GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. WASHINGTON'S COMMENTS THAT YOU DO HAVE A PHENOMENAL COMMITTEE. DR. TOWN SEND-WALKER. MY FORMER COLLEAGUE AT

188USF OUT THERE. YOU BRING SO MUCH VALUE TO THIS. I KNOW THE PARENTS INVOLVED WHO HAVE SPOKEN SO MANY TIMES AT OUR BOARD MEETING, YOU BRING A VERY SPECIFIC LENS AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST -- JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUTS A LOT OF FAITH IN THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU CREATED WHEN YOU HAVE THIS TYPE OF COMMITTEE PROVIDING INPUT. SOB THANK YOU FOR THE TIME ALL OF YOU PUT INTO THIS PROJECT. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BUSY RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIGHTS OF, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS AROUND THIS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT BECAUSE TAMPA REALLY SETS THE TONE FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR DISTRICT. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS YOU SAID MR. GRAVES. THE MORE CONSISTENT WE CAN BE, THE BETTER OFF IT IS FOR

189OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO WHAT MR. WASHINGTON SAID OF COMMUNICATION. IF WE ARE COMMUNICATING OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, PARENTS WILL UNDERSTAND THEICS PECULIARTATION OF THEIR CHILDREN. YOU KNOW WHEN I SAID -- AGREE WITH MEMBER COMBS. WE HAVE TO HAVE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR VIOLENCE AND WEAPONS BECAUSE IT DOCUMENT HAS TO REFLECT A BELIEF THAT WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO SAFE SCHOOLS. AND SO THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT WE CAN BE MORE FLEXIBLE AND INDIVIDUALIZED, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE AND WELLSY, T-- AND WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE AND WELLSY, THAT IS ONE AREA WE HAVE TO HOLD THE LINE. WHEN I WAS A TEACHER, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE EXPULSION IS THE LAST RESULT. AND I

190THINK WHAT IS ACTUALLY NICE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY AND WHERE HOW WE EDUCATE KIDS, WE NEVER REALLY HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. NOT A DECISION THAT AN EDUCATOR WANTS TO MAKE, BECAUSE EVEN IF THE CHILD DOES SOMETHING THAT -- WHERE THEY END UP, YOU KNOW, IN JAIL OR SOMETHING THAT SEVERE. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. WE WANT AN EDUCATED SOCIETY. SO I THINK HAPPENING THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE PLACE WE REALLY NEVER HAVE TO GO ANYMORE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATION WE ARE COMMITTED OF PROVIDING EDUCATION EXPERIENCE FOR STUD SOENTS /* STUDENTS THAT HAVE IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT OTHER KIDS HAVE FOR THEIR FUTURE. LIKE WE ALL SAID, MANY OF US HAVE KIDS. ALL OF US HAVE UP HERE. AND THEY

191DON'T ALWAYS MAKE THE BEST DECISION DURING THE TEENAGED YEAR. DOE WASN'T WANT APPEAR CHILD NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION THAT THEY ARE A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN'T ACCESS EDUCATION AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE DOCUMENT APPRECIATE THE TIME AND YOU PUT INTO THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PRINCIPALS RECEIVING IT AND FIND THAT A LOT OF THEIR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE CONTINUED DEDICATION OF GETTING THIS DOCKS UP TOGETHER. LIKE MEMBER WASHINGTON, I HAVE KNOW A LOT OF YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS BACK THERE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF DWOES ASK. DID YOU INVOLVE STUD NEGLIGENCE THESE CONVERSATION. YES, MA'AM, WE DID. Karen Perez: WHAT GRADES? MOSTLY JUNIORS AND SENIORS. I USED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GROUPS.

192THE FORMAL GROUP THAT WE USED WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAVE. Karen Perez: ANY OF THE S STUDENTS FROM ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS? YES, MA'AM% /*. Karen Perez: OKAY, PERFECT. GUILT LORE DETERMINES THE GUILT IN THE MEETING -- WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR MEETS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT THE STUDENT HAS DONE AND ISSUE AS FAR AS EXPULSION. WHO DETERMINES WHAT THE GUILT IS. WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURS, THE INVESTIGATION DONE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE DON'T DO THE INVESTIGATION AT THE MEETING. SO THE GUILT AS YOU PUT IS ACTUALLY DETERMINED I WOULD SAY AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE ARE DETERMINING PLACEMENT OF THE STUDENT AT THAT POINT. Karen Perez: WHO DETERMINES THAT PLACEMENT? AT THE MEETING. Karen Perez: THE SUPERINTENDENT, REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OR PRINCIPAL? WHO DETERMINES OF PLACEMENT? NO, THE HEARING OFFICER HIMSELF. Karen Perez:

193PERFECT. A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT THE HEARINGS. NO, BUT WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS. Karen Perez: WHO PROVIDE THE TRAINING FOR THE HEARING MASTERS OR -- WHO IS GOING TO BE -- DON'T HAVE A TRAINING PER SE, OUR THREE HEARING OFFICERS -- WE ARE DOWN TO TWO RIGHT NOW. FORMER ADMINISTRATORS. ALL OF THEM WERE FORMER PRINCIPALS. WE COME IN AND DISCUSS WHAT THEIR ROLE IS. WE USE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH TALKING TO KIDS, ITS RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE WITH STUDENTS FROM THAT POINT. BUT NO FORMAL TRAINING FOR THE HEARING OFFICER. Karen Perez: ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. A RETURNING TO A SCHOOL SITE, WILL THE SUPPORT PLAN BE AN OPTION FOR THE STUDENTS AT ALL? FROM THE HEARING AS AN HEARING? YES. DON'T HOLD ME TO THE NUMBERS. I DIDN'T BRING THE NUMBERS WITH ME.

194BUT WE RETURNED 100 STUDENTS BACK FROM THE HEARING, 757 TO 100. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS. Karen Perez: THOSE ARE QUESTIONS I RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY. THEY RETURNED. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. I MADE IT MYSELF AND PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ONE IS 7.01, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR FIRE ALARM INSPECTIONS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU MADAM VICE-CHAIR. A VENDER TO COMPLY WITH THE FLORIDA MARSHAL REGULATIONS, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REGULATION STANDARDS AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS. MUST MEMBER INSPECTED MONTHLY, QUART HERELY OR SEMI ANNUAL FREQUENCY BASED ON THE COMPONENT OF THE NUMBER. 7. 01 FIRE ALARM INSPECTION AND MR. MARCAS IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION QUESTIONS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A

195SECOND TO APPROVE 7.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. Nadia Combs: I HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION. MR. FARKAS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. LOOK AT EVERY ITEM WHETHER IT IS FROM THE GENT RALE FUND. 2022, $8,000. I KNOW FOR MY PRIVATE BUSINESS I HAD TO HAVE IT ANNUALLY. 2025-2026, 350,000. THAT AN ALARMING INCREASE AND I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU CAN COMMENT ON THAT. Christopher Farkas: CERTAINLY, IN THE ITEM WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 2024-'25, VENDOR GOT VERY HIGH AND ONLY A $15,000 SPEND DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THAT VENDOR AND THEY WENT HIGHER THAN WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH AND WE WENT THROUGHOUT PROCESS OF ENDING THAT BID AND OUT FOR

196ANOTHER RFP. NORMAL 20% INCREASE, $126,000 AND $156,000 THIS YEAR AND CLOSE TO 300,000. IT IS NOT TO EXCEED AND WE WILL NOT PAY THE MONEY EXCEPT FOR WHAT WE NEED BUT A CATCH-UP COST. IF JUST FOR THE YEAR IT WILL BE BE CLOSER TO THE $150,000 TO $175,000 THAN WHAT IT IS NOW. TO YOUR POINT, MISS COMBS, PRICE HAVE GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY. BUT LAST YEAR NOT THHAVING THAT BECAUSE PRICES WENT UP SO MUCH. KOECHLZ NEWCOMB THIS IS THE KIND OF CONTRACT WHEN I SEE THE FIVE YEARS. I SEE 80,000 TO 350. I SO 'BIG CHANGE FROM 2022. EVERY ONE OF THOSE YEARS. AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, I DO WANT TO CAPTURE THOSE FIVE YEARS BECAUSE I AM SEEING SUCH A BIG, BIG JUMP OF THOSE FIVE YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE

197ARE LOOKING AT LOW FUNDING, BUT SEEING THAT THESE CONTRACTS ARE INCREASING SUB STALGS STANDING ALLEY. Christopher Farkas: YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. I SAY ONLY GOING UP THAT MUCH BECAUSE WE WENT OUT TO RFP FOR COMPETITIVE PRICING. Nadia Combs: I SAW THAT AND WE NEED TO GET VENDORS BEING COMPETITIVE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: MEMBER RENDON. OKAY, MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, I AM ASSUMING THAT THE COST WENT UP BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE SCHOOLS THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST INCREASE. MORE BUILDINGS THAT WERE -- IT IS. BUT WE HAVE MORE SCHOOLS AND MORE INSPECTIONS, BUT ALSO THE COST OF WHAT THEY ARE CHARGING US. Stacy Hahn: OH, SURE. YEAH, I KNOW. IT IS SOMETHING -- WE SHOULD HAVE KIDS GET A CTEAR IS TESTIFY CAT IN -- CHARGE

198THEM WHILE THEY ARE TRAINING. Stacy Hahn: AT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE ALL NEW WINDOWS GOING IN. AND WE HAVE STUDENTS AT BOWERS WHITLEY WORKING TO BUILD THOSE WINDOWS TO PUT IN MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. Stacy Hahn: I LOOK FORWARD TO ADVICE I WAS AT BOWERS HISTORY WITHLY TO SEE THAT IN ACTION. I AM EXCITED WE HAVE OUR OWN STUDENTS HELPING WITH THAT PROJECT. WITH A LOCAL COMPANY. A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GRADUATE OWNS THAT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AS WELL HANNA HANDS-ON TRAINING -- Stacy Hahn: YES, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, A SIDE NOTE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM V'S CHAIR. STUDENTS WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY ON THAT AS WELL. BUT WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MENTION THAT I APPRECIATE YOU GOING OUT FOR A RFP WHEN WE

199SEE SUCH A RISING COST. EVEN THOUGH THIS CONTRACT ONE YEAR FOR FOUR ONE-YEAR RENEWALS. THE EXPECTATION IF WE ARE GOING TO PAY MORE FOR THE TWO -- TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS, THAT WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK FOR A RFP TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS GRACE WRITTEN IN THIS CONTRACT, THAT IS CONTINGENT OF NOT INCREASING THE COST. YOU ARE CORRECT. THOSE YOU WHO MET MR. CULPEPPER, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT YOU IS NOT AN I SHALL. HE LOOKS AT THAT MONEY LIKE IT IS OWN. DOES NOT LIKE THAT INCREASE IN PRICE. THE GOES UP WE WILL BE GOING FOR ANOTHER RFP AND THE BOARD WILL SEE IT AGAIN. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU. Karen Perez: SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE MOVE ON TO

200ITEM 7. STUDENT NUTRITION ADULT MEAL PRICE INCREASE. SHANY HALL WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS I ITEM. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. THIS ITEM HAS TO DO WITH THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE USDA. SO WE PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. PART OF PARTICIPATING MEMBERS THAT WE CAN NOT USE FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE MEALS FOR ADULTS. SO ANNUALLY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT THE PRICE OF OUR MEALS AND TO SEE IF OUR ADULT MEAL PRICE COVERS THE COST OF THE MEAL. SO THIS BOARD ITEM IS IT ASKING FOR AN ADULT MEAL CREASE FROM $4.507 TO $5. HE KNOW NOBODY LIKE AN INCREASE IN PRICE, BUT THIS WILL ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT USING ANY FEDERAL FUNDS TO COVER THE COST OF MEALS FOR ADULTS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C

2017-0 2. MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY -- OH, MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: AND THANK YOU, MISS HALL. I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING YOU STAY SO LATE. YOU ARE DOING A FABULOUS JOB. AND YOU ARE VERY COMPREHENSIVE. AND YOUR -- YOUR TEST OF TIME HAS BEEN JUST HAS BEEN WONDERFUL FOR OUR KIDS ESPECIALLY DURING THE HURRICANES. HAVING SAID THAT, I NKNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT PERHAPS NOT GETTING THE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR STUDENT NUTRITION, SNAP, AND I WORRY AS WE ALL DO HOW OUR CHILDREN WILL BE FED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE MEANT WITH FEEDING TAMPA BAY AND THEY ARE SAYING ALREADY THAT THERE IS JUST SUCH A DEMAND FOR -- FOR EXAMPLE, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, ETC. BECAUSE OF THE FARMING EXPENSES. SO HOW WE -- HOW WE ARE GOING TO HANDLE THE PANTRIES WHICH MRFRP

202-- WHICH MR. FARKAS MENTIONED AND THE COST LUNCHES ARE GOING UP. WHERE WILL WE FILL THE VOID OF SHORTAGES AND EXPENSES FOR OUR STUDENTS? WELL, I CAN SPEAK TO THIS NEXT YEAR. WE KNOW THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT MANY FAMILIES IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE NATION WILL LOSE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS SUCH AS SNAP, WHICH WILL IMPACT THEM AT HOME. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPACTS TO C.E.P. AT LEAST FOR TIME BEING. SO WE -- AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH USDA AND THE STATE TO SAY CAN YOU -- DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY CHANGES COMING. AND THEY SAY AT THIS TIME, NO. SO WE KNOW FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FREE LUNCH AT 198 OF OUR SCHOOLS AND FREE BREAKFAST AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. TO ALL

203STUDENTS. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE MEALS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. WE ALSO HAVE 1929 SCHOOLS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A DINNER PROGRAM. SO WE ARE PUSH GETTING AS MANY CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN DINNER WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FREE BREAKFAST AND FREE DINNER FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT OFFER THE PROGRAM. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS OFFER BREAKFAST. FOR A NON C.E.P. SCHOOLS WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATIONS THERE. AND I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH OUR MANAGERS. THEY JUST RETURNED THIS WEEK TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT REALLY BEING PRESENT AT THE OPEN HOUSES. AND ENCOURAGING ALL FAMILIES TO APPLY FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS SO THAT ANYBODY WHO IS ELIGIBLE CAN GET THAT BENEFIT RIGHT AWAY. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE WILL NOT SEE ANY CHANGES IN C.E.P. FOR

204THIS UPCOMING YEAR. AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO EVEN THOUGH MANY OF OUR FAMILIES MIGHT EXPERIENCE SOME CUT IN BENEFITS AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, IT IS GOING TO LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR. Lynn Gray: THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION. WE SET UP OUR SCHOOLS. MOST THEM HAVE PANTRIES, FOOD PANTRIES. ARE WE JUST RELYING -- I NOVEMBER WE HAVE MEETINGS AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE. SEEMS AS THOUGH THE ONLY ONE, THE BIG TIME ONE IS FEEDING TAMPA BAY. WHAT -- HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET FOOD CONTINUALLY INTO THOSE PANTRIES IF THERE IS A SHORTAGE FROM THEIR END. I KNOW THEY ARE CERTAINLY STRUGGLING. ONE AREA THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD IS TRYING TO WORK TONIGHT WITH OUR PANTRIES TO PIE HOSPITAL A PROGRAM OF FOOD

205RECOVERY. THERE IS WASTE IN OUR FOODS. AS MUCH AS WE DON'T LIKE THAT. FOOD THAT GOES UNEATEN. SO I AM WORKING WITH MR. FARKAS AND BOARD MEMBER VAUGHN OF COMING UP WITH A PILOT OF TRYING TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THAT FOOD SO IT DOESN'T GO IN THE GARBAGE. BUT WE REDIRECT IT TO PANTRIES. I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND GETTING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE THAT THE FOOD STAYS SAFE. AND WE WILL TRY TO RECOVER. THERE IS A LOT FOOD STILL GETTING THROWN AWAY AND WE WILL TRY TO RECOVER THAT AND GET THAT INTO OUR FAMILIES WHO NEED IT. Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, YOU MUST BE SO PROUD OF THE INNOVATIVE ATTEMPTS OF CHRIS FARKAS. YOU ARE JUST SO

206MUCH INVOLVED IN HELPING OUR STUDENTS IN THAT REGARD, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE STUDENTS COMING TO SCHOOL HUNGRY. IT JUST WON'T WORK I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE DIGGING DEEP. I ALSO ASKED THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD YOU ALSOS HAVE SOME IDEAS ON -- I KNOW FOOD RECOVERY IS A GOOD ONE, A VERY GOOD ONE, AND WE WILL LOOK AT THAT, BUT ALSO MIGHT BE OTHER IDEAS OR PARTNERS. I KNOW MOSAIC IS A REALLY GOOD PARTNER. BUT THERE ARE OTHER PARTNERS THAT SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY SAY CAN YOU HELP OUT FOR THESE FOOD PANTRIES AND I THINK THIS IS MAYBE A CALL TO THANKS WE CAN ALL CONSIDER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I AM ALL DONE, MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. IN

207AGREEMENTS WITH MEMBER GRAY, I WANT TO THANK MOSAIC, THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES AND OTHER PARTNERS TO OPEN UP FOOD PANTRY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, CHILDREN'S HOME FOUNDATION, BRINKS NOUN DAYS, UPONGOING SUPPORT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. I TWO BE REMISS AS WE TALK OF FOOD INSECURE TEASE IF WE DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE ON GOINGLY SUPPORT OUR FAMILY. I KNOW THE LIGHTNING HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL. WE HAVE TRUE PARTNERS IN THICKE. AND THE BUCS, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP WITH MOSAIC IS ABOUT TO OPEN ANOTHER FOOD PANTRY IN A FOOD DESERT AREA AND I AM THANK OF FOR THAT. WE ASK ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO PARTAKE AND BE A MEMBER OF THAT, WE HAVE

208MANY SCHOOLS. PARTNERS WITH ECHO AND FOOD BANK IN PLANT CITY AND OTHER AREAS ARE TRULY PARTNERS WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUD CONVENIENCE THAT FOOD -- STUDENTS HAVE OUR FOOD SECURITY WHEN THEY GO HOME AFTER LEAVING OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR YOU SECURED THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL. I KNOW YOU ARE UP IN WASHINGTON ADVOCATING FOR OUR STUDENTS TIME AND TIME AGAIN WORKING WITH OUR LOBBYISTS AND GOING UP YOURSELF. AND IN WASHINGTON WHAT WE ARE DOING TO PROVIDE DIRECTLY FOR OUR CHILDREN, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY CHILDREN ARE 100% OF OUR FUTURE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM IS 7.08, THE 2025-2026

209TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATION FACILITIES PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. Superintendent Ayres: BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS EVENING ITEM. YOU SEE IT EVERY YEAR. TENTATIVE AND THE FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN. PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 10.13.35, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY APPROVE A DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN. LONG-RANGE FACILITIES NEELDZ OVER FIVE, TEN AND 20-YEAR PERIOD, PROJECT, CAPITAL OUTLAY, REVENUES STUDENT POPULATION GROWTH ON CAPITAL OUTLAY, CLASS SIZE, IMPACTS AND THE USE OF PORTABLE OR TEMPORARY INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES. AS YOU ARE AWARE AGAIN, INTERLOCAL AGLEAM REQUIRE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO BE PROVIDED WITH COPE OF THE REVIEW AND ANY INFORMATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO YOU SEPTEMBER 30 AT THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. AND THAT IS 7.08. %% THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 7.08. AVENUE MOTION BY MEMBER

210GRAY. A SECOND FROM MEMBER HAHN. DR. HAHN AND MEMBER GRAY -- NO, MEMBER COMBS PULLED THIS ITEM. DR. HAHN, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? Stacy Hahn: YES, THANK YOU. SO I JUST -- FIRST, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. KNOW IT IS WELL THOUGHT OUT. I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY THAT, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT JUST BECAUSE THIS DOCUMENT WILL PASS TONIGHT DOES NOT MEAN THIS BOARD IS APPROVING EVERY INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ON -- IN THIS TOCK ULTIMATE. FOR DOES IT MEAN THAT EVERY PROJECT WILL STAY WITHIN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN OR STAY WITHIN THE POSITION. I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE TEN-YEAR PLAN FOR 12 YEARS. HE MEAN, IT IS A FLUID DOCUMENT. AND

211I WANT -- I WANT THE COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT -- BY NO MEANS SAYING THAT WE ARE APPROVING EVERY SINGLE THING IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL EVENTUALLY COME BEFORE US INDIVIDUALLY AT SOME POINT. AND THEY MAY, YOU KNOW -- LIKE I SAID, THEIR STATUS MAY CHANGE. WE MAY GET PUSHED UP THAT -- YOU KNOW IN YEARS MAY GET PUSHED BACK. AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ON THE RECORD TO BE CLEAR. TO REITERATE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, 100% OF THESE ITEMS. I HAVE DONE THIS, NEVER HAVE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN STAYED STAGNANT. Stacy Hahn:S THAT TO BE SAID BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL COME UP BOARD AND SAID YOU APPROVED A FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND THAT SCHOOL WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT DONE IN 2027 AND IT

212IS 2029 AND NOT DONE. DOESN'T QUITE WORK THAT WAY. WE GO TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, PLANT CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THIS PLAN AND THIS WILL BE THE TENTATIVE. MAY CHANGE EVEN BEFORE IT COMES BACK. Stacy Hahn: REALIZE BEING HERE SEVEN YEARS NOW, BUT I JUST -- I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE THIS IS A FLUID DOCUMENT. A LIVING DOCUMENT. AND THINGS WILL COME ON AND OFF OF IT AS WE MOVE THROUGH. BUT THE PLANNING IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS. YOU HAVE TO PUT THINGS ON PAPER BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN. AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THE THINGS YOU I NEED TO DO. BUT, YOU KNOW, PLANS CHANGE. SO I JUST WANTED

213TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. THANK YOU% PER THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. WANT TO REINCIDENT RATE WHAT MEMBER HAHN SAID. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A VERY FLUID DOCUMENT. I CAN SEE THE GROWTH OF SOME AREAS AND SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE REALLY GROWN WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALONSO HALL TO. YOU LOOK AT STEINBRENNER. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE GROWN. NO MATTER WHAT DO YOU WITH BOUNDARIES, THOSE WILL BE SCHOOLS OF GROWTH OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY OUR COUNTY COMMISSION KNOWS THAT WE WORKED HART FOR THAT 70% FOR THE C. I.T. TAX. READ AN ARTICLE THAT SAID WE DIDN'T DO THAT. I KNOW YOU WORKED VERY HARD NOT TO REDUCE 57 TO 25%. I REACHED OUT TO COUNTY COMMISSION MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT

214IT. AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TALKING TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. BIGGEST GROWTH IS IN SOUTH COUNTY. NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, NO MATTER WHAT URBAN SCHOOLS YOU CLOSE AND WHATEVER WE DO, NEVER GOING TO THE COST OF BUILDING A SCHOOL. LIKE WHAT WAS THE COST OF MORGAN HIGH SCHOOL? JUST THE CONSTRUCTION IS $176 MILLION BUT FURNITURE AND DESIGN FEES. $200 MILLION. Nadia Combs: LOOK AT THE GROWTH IN SOUTH COUNTY. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE -- EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GET, WE NEED TO TALK TO THE COUNTY COMMERCIAL. LISTEN YOU WANT TO BUILD ROADS AND ALL THESE THESE THINGS. NOW ABOUT SCHOOLS. HOW ABOUT FIRE STATIONS. HOW ABOUT POLICE STATIONS. THE SOUTH COUNTY. LIVE NEAR PASCO COUNTY. ON THE BORDER OF PASS KOISHGS COUNTY RIGHT THERE. I LIVE IN ODESSA, THAT FAR AWAY. YOU CAN SEE

215THE GROWTH OF PASCO COUNTY AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND I AM NOT SEEING THAT IN SOUTH COUNTY AND HE KNOW IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF YOU OR YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW MANY SCHOOLS NEED TO OPEN IN THAT AN AREA. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT MONEY WHEN WE CAN'T MAINTAIN OUR SCHOOLS. WE TALK OF COUPLE OF SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT ONE SO OLD THAT IT WAS BUILT IN THE '70s AND '80s THAT NEED HELP. WHERE WILL THIS COME FROM? COUNTY COMMISSION NEEDS TO WAKE UP. WANT SCHOOLS UNTIL SOUTH COUNTY. I KNOW PEOPLE SAY DON'T SAY ANYTHING. YOU SAD LOCATED NICELY. YOU TALKED ABOUT IT. AND NOTHING HA. AND NOT FROM NOT TRYING OR COMMUNICATING OR NOT FROM ASKING, NOT FROM ASKING NICELY, ASKING AGGRESSIVELY, ASKING NICELY. A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS

216AND WE NEED TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE IF YOU NEED THOSE SCHOOLS YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ALSO SUPPORTING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I WAS BON IN THE '60s. I AM NOT OLD. I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: 1950s. OH, BOY, THAT'S SCARY. YOU ARE RIGHT, MEMBER COMBS IS CORRECT. MR. FARKAS, YOU KNOW THE LACK OF A FOUR-LANE ROAD AND STOPLIGHT IN SOUTH COUNTY RIGHT ACROSS FROM ENTERPRISE AND MARTINEZ. WE HAVE NO SAFETY THERE. AND MEMBER COMBS, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO BRING THAT UP TO THE TPO, THE TAMPA PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AS AN AGENDA ITEM. IT NEEDS TO BE PAID ATTENTION TO. SO -- AND MR. FARKAS, YOU KNOW THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOCC. WE

217HAD UPS AND DOWNS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. BUT GOT -- WE GOT TO START WORKING -- WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WE HAVE TO HAVE -- HAS TO HAVE BE A COMPLEMENTARY SITUATION WHERE, OKAY, WE ARE BUILDING A SCHOOL AND THE ROAD SAFETIES THAT TO BE PUNT IN PLACE LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF PEOPLES, WATERS AND YES THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THE SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE ONE BIG PACK CHANNELING. THAT IS IDEAL. BUT AT ANY RATE, POINT WELL SAID. THE POINT I WANTED TO SAY IS WHEN MR. LIEUS WE AND JAMIE BACK AT IT. WHEN YOU START PLANNING FOR YOUR FINANCIAL -- OUR FINANCIAL AM FUTURE. I AM CURIOUS IF ANY OF THIS WONDERFUL FLUID DOCUMENT GOING INTO YOUR CONSIDERATIONS IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL PLANNING. THIS IS JUST AN OBSCURE

218-- I KNOW, BUT DOES CHRIS'S BUDGET -- I KNOW YOU TWO GET ALONG. PLEASE, I WOULD LOVE SOME OF HIS MONEY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. Lynn Gray: LET'S SEE. AS A RESPONSE, I LOVE TAKING CHRIS'S MONEY. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. AND I THINK YOU SEE THE CABINET WORKING AT A STRATEGIC LEVEL WHERE THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF A BIGGER PLAN THAN JUST FINANCE JUST IN CONSTRUCTION. A HOLISTIC APPROACH WHERE WE ARE GOING IN OUR DISTRICT. AND CHRIS AND I TALKED. WE JOKE. IT SAYS MY MONEY. BUT IN REALITY IT IS NOT PETITION USE THOSE AND DO THE BEST WE CAN. YOU SEE THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS. WE ARE BUILDING THAT WHERE WE ARE GOING AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO USE OUR FACILITIES AND EVERYWHERE AND EVERYTHING.

219AND SO I THINK IT IS VERY CRITICAL THAT WE LOOK AT THAT THE. AND WE DON'T THINK OF IT IN SILOS BUT A HOLISTIC PLAN. PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE DISTRICT AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED. IF I CAN DOVETALE ON THAT IMPORTANT PART WHEN WE INTERVIEWED JEREMY AND HIRED HIM, BACKGROUND IN A SILTS. IN HIS LAST JOB, HE HAD HAD THAT. THERE IS MONEY EVERYWHERE AND THE IMPORTANT OF BEING A CFO. IT IS IMPORTANT AS WE GO TOOT FUTURE. AS WE TALKED ABOUT AND MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALL CALM OF TALKED ABOUT, HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD THE SCHOOLS. WE LOOK AT -- WHAT WE CALL THE PRETTY SHEET WHERE WE ARE BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS. TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND SOME OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC THERE WILL BE FUND FOG

220FOR THAT. HE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATION SEPTEMBER 16 TO TALK ABOUT OUR OPTIONS AS A BOARD. I AGREE NOT BUILDING SCHOOLS ELECTORALS COST US FTE. WE TALK WHAT THAT NEXT STEP IS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION ON THE 16th AS WELL. Superintendent Ayres: I WILL ASKED, MISS GRAY. HOW CAPITAL AND OPERATING WORK TOGETHER. EXPENSES ON THE CAPITAL SIDE PRODUCE REVIEWS ON THE REVENUE SIDE. BE LOOK AT 600 TO 700 ON A WEIGHTING LIST. THESE NEW SCHOOLS SEEICS PENCE WE WAS ON THE CAPITAL SIDE WILL ULTIMATELY HELP BUILD -- PRODUCE REVENUE ON THE OPERATING SIDE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE 16th WITH THAT CONVERSATION WHERE WE ARE HEADED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR THAT. CHRIS, WE WILL COVER THAT IN THE GROWTH MANAGE 789 POWWOW WE ARE HAVING SHORTLY. BUT

221ON THAT LIST I WAS SHARING WITH YOU THE FOUR -- I THINK WE SHOULD ADD INNOVATIVE IT SHALL WHAT KIND OF INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS ARE WE GOING TO COME UP WITH? I KNOW K-2 AND I KNOW PRIVATE SCHOOL IN MIAMI-DADE. OUTSIDE OF THE BOX THINKING THAT I HOPE -- THAT I THINK THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD ALSO GIVE YOU SOME MODELS TO THINK ABOUT. SO -- ALL RIGHT, THAT IS ENOUGH FROM MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER RENLZ. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. I AGREE WHERE MEMBER COMBS THAT OUR COUNTY COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE AND WE SEE IN SOUTH COUNTY AND EAST COUNTY AND PARTS OF ODESSA AND PARTS OF THAT AREA ALONE BUT I HAVE TO REMIND US THAT I

222SAT IN A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MEMBER PEREZ AND SAT THERE ON THE DAY WHERE THE COUNTY COMMISSION VOTED FOR THE C. I.T. AND ONLY THREE NEW BUILDS OUT OF THIS FIVE-YEAR PLAN WERE LISTED ON WHAT WE PROVIDED THE COUNTY COMMISSION WHAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE TO PUT DOWN WHAT WE PRIORITIZE. I CANNOT VOTE YES ON THIS FIVE-YEAR PLAN BECAUSE NOWHERE IN HERE AM I SEEING THE NEW BUILDS FOR THIS NEW AREA OF NEW GROWTH. ,000 NEW HOMES AT 50% ARE ALREADY BUILT IN PLANT STILL. THE COUNTY ALREADY SAILED 500 NEW STUDENTS TO PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NEXT THERE HE YEAR'S CORDING TO THEIR COUNT WILL BE 700 STUDENTS WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN OF SEEN BY WHAT THEY TELL US AND NOT EVEN LISTED

223HERE. NOT ONE OF THE THREE SCHOOLS. WHETHER OR NOT THIS. RULED IN OR NOT, WE PRIORITIZE BY WHAT WE PUT DOWN. I EVEN SAID WHEN WE DID THE MOU WITH THE COUNTY. PUNT THE OTHER SCHOOLS LISTED AND WE WERE NOT GOING TO DO WITH THAT THE MOU WITH THE COUNTY. AND THEY MADE DECISIONS BASED ON INFORMATION WE PROCEEDED. I AM NOT GOING TO APPROVE THE FIVE MACHINE YEAR PLAN PLAN BECAUSE NOT ACCURATE FOR THE NEED OF OUR DISTRICTSSHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVE 2,000 STUDENTS WITH THE ENTIRE SIXTH GRADE IN PORTABLES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PLAN PROPERLY. DON'T BLAME THE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, I BLAME US, THE LEADER OF DISSTRINT. WE APPROVE PLANS THAT ARE NOT GOOD FOR OUR DISTRICT SHOULDN'T BE AN AUTOMATIC APPROVAL. NOT ONE SCHOOL UNTIL PLANT CITY THAT WON'T ADDRESS PRE-K THROUGH 12 FOR THE

224GROWTH OF PLANT CITY FOR 8,000 HOME ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHICH ALREADY BROUGHT THE PROPERTY AND YOU GOT IT NOT EVEN LISTED. WE WANT TO PUT ON THE SAME SCHEDULE A SCHOOL THAT WE CLOSED? THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO PUT THE PRIORITY. THIS IS WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK OF CERTAIN FUNDING THAT CAN BE USED IN OTHER WAYS. WE CAN USE MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS FOR TEACHERS SALARIES. WE CAN USE CAPITAL FUNDS FOR TEACHERS SALARIES IF THERE IS A NEED. WE HAVE TO DO OUR JOB THAT OTHER AREAS WE CAN PULL FUNDING FROM CAN BE USED WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO BE USED. WE ALREADY GOTTEN MORE ON THE C. I.T. BECAUSE WE TOLD THEM WE NEEDED SEVEN NEW SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT INSTEAD WE

225GAVE THEM THREE. THEY WERE THE RESPONSIBILITY. BUT WE DIDN'T TELL THEM WHAT WE NEEDED WHICH IS OURS. SO WE HAVE TO -- THIS IS NOT A JUST PASS ON. I AM VOTE NOTHING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ACCURATE FOR THE NEEDS OF THIS DISTRICT. IF IT IS WRITTEN DOWN THIS IN THE PAST, THIS DISTRICT BELIEVES IT CAN DO THAT. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. NOT ACCEPTABLE. NOT WHAT THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL ARE ACCURATE. THAT IS WHY I AM GOING TO VOTE NO. Karen Perez: NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH MEMBER RENDON DISSENTING ON THE VOTE. NEXT IS ITEM 10.01, INCREASE EXPENDITURES FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR MICROSOFT AES LICENSES. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEMS. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. ACADEMIC SERVICES AND

226I.T. COLAB RATE OF BRINGING TRANSFORMATIONAL AI TECHNOLOGY TO THE CLASSROOM, ADMINISTRATION AND BACK OFFICE. MICROSOFT COPILOT WILL STREAMLINE DATA AND ALLOWING STAFF TO FOCUS ON STUDENT OUTCOME AND STRATEGIC GOALS. INTELLIGENT RECAP AND LIVE TRANSLATIONS ELEVATING INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COLLABORATION. UNIFIED SUPPORT PROVIDES PROACTIVE ADVISORY SERVICES AND ESCALATION SUPPORT ENSURING SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION AND MAXIMIZING OUR RETURN ON THIS INVESTMENT WHICH IS 10.01. INCREASE OF EX-PERSONALTURES FOR MICROSOFT LICENSES. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I HAVE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 10.01. A MOTION AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER RENDON AND MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULL THIS ITEM. MEMBER RENDON? Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. I WAS LOOKING AT MY NOTES TO VERIFY. I THINK I WILL PASS ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU. % OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER

227QUESTIONS OR COMMENCE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS 10.03. CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTER ASSOCIATES TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE LICENSING RENEWAL AND SUPPORT. SUPERINTENDENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: LICENSING REQUIRED FOR THE CONTINUING OPERATION OF THE MAINFRAME WHEN WE TRANSITION FROM OUR MODERN SYSTEMS. SOFTWARE ALLOWS FOR THE CONTINUED ACCESS OF HISTORICAL S.I.S. DATA AND TO ENSURE ADULT ED AND FEWER SMALLER SUPPORT APPLICATIONS WILL BE FUNCTIONAL AS WE SEEK TO MOVE ON TO THE NEWER PLATFORMS. AND THAT IS 10.03. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MEMBER GRAY. AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.03. MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. Nadia Combs: HI, MR. GAFNER. WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT IS WORTH YOUR TIME. YOU

228SPENT THE WHOLE DAY HERE TODAY. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO NOT PASS THIS OVER. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS ANOTHER GENERAL FUND WHERE IT HAS GONE FROM $635,000 TO, LIKE, $1.2 MILLION. LIKE MORE OF A MONOPOLY TYPE OF THING BECAUSE WE NEED THEM. CAN YOU GO OVER THAT HE WHEN WE LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT IS DOUBLED AND WHY. CAN YOU GIVE A QUICK 30-SECOND EXPLANATION. THAT WILL BE GREAT, THANK YOU. OF COURSE. BROADCOM PURCHASE SOESHLTS. CHANGED THEIR LICENSING STRATEGY OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WITH OUR CONTRACT. THEY ARE PUSHING MORE OF A LONG-TERM THREE-YEAR OR FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT. BUNDLED SOFTWARE SOME DO NOT APPLY TO US. SINCE THIS AGENDA WAS SUBMITTED, DOWN TO A 50% INCREASE. TWO DAYS AGO THEY CAME BACK WITH A LOWER QUOTE. AN ACROSS THE BOARD, UNITED HEALTH IS

229PURSUING A LAWSUIT AGAINST BROADCOM BASED ON THEIR PRICING PRACTICES RIGHT NOW. Nadia Combs: GREAT. THEN I AM REALLY GLAD I SPOKE IT. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING ON THAT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: MR. GAFNER, I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE LEVEL. I THINK IT WAS -- LET ME GET IT RIGHT -- TEN YEARS WITH OUR DISTRICT. 15 -- TEN YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT. Lynn Gray: 25 YEARS IN THE TECH INDUSTRY. CORRECT. Lynn Gray: THERE IT IS. YOU KNOW MY QUESTIONS ARE VERY SIMPLE. THERE IS A HUGE INCREASE AS YOU NEED. AND AS WE GO UP TO 24% OF AN INCREASE. YOUR RIPPING THE BAND-AID SO WE ARE ONLY GOING TO DO A ONE YEAR VERSES EXTENDING IT. CAN YOU SHARE THE ATTEMPT THAT THEY ARE DOING. THEIR

230BUNDLING THE SOFTWARE AND THEY ARE GOING FOR LONG-TERM CONTRACTS AND WHAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING OR YOU ARE RECOMMENDING IS JUST TO GET IT OVER WITH. DO A ONE-YEAR. JUST EXPAND ON THAT? YES, MA'AM. A LOWER ANNUAL PAYMENT OVER THE COURSE OF A THREE OR FIVE-YEAR TERM. OUR PLAN IS TO BE OFF OF THE MAINFRAME FOR A YEAR. THERE IS NO OUTCLAUSE ON A THREE OR FIVE-YEAR AGLEAM WITH THEIR TERM. SOME AT THE END OF THE DAY, I BELIEVE THE LAST PRO PROPOSAL THEY PUT IN FRONT OF US WAS $800,000 ON A $2.4 MILLION ON A THREE-YEAR. THE CHEAPEST WEIGH WE COULD MOVE FORWARD. FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A ONE-YEAR TERM IS A COST SAVINGS WITH THAT COST SAVINGS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. I THINK MY REMARKS WILL ONLY ASK WHY THE HUGE INCREASE

231TO THE POINT OF 14 TO 20% AND THEN IT IS UP TO 24% INCREASE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH AI BEING A DRIVER IN TERMS OF INCREASE LICENSING, ETC. WE HAVE SEEN THIS WITH BROADCOM WITH THEIR STRATEGY SHE IS PURCHASED. VM WARE WAS ACTUALLY A BENEFIT US TO, BUT, AGAIN, THEY ARE A SOLE SOURCE. NO OTHER OPTION TO PURCHASE THE SOFT WEAR. SO, AGAIN, WE ARE STUCK WITH THIS. AND THROUGH THE MAIN DIRECTOR OF CARAHSOFT. SO WE DID NOT HAVE A -- ANOTHER WAY TO PAY FOR A LICENSING FEE WHERE WE WERE NOT GET ANYTHING ADDED VALUE. REALLY A LICENSING KEY. Lynn Gray: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPLANATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW NEXT

232ITEM IS 10.05. ANALYTIC STAFF AUGMENTATION. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: MADAM VICE-CHAIR, OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM. STAFF AUGMENTATION THAT PROVIDES SKILL SETS AND DATA ANALYTICS FOR THE EDUCATION DATA WARE HOUSE. EIW IS REALIGNED TO FOCUS. IT IS USED TO PROVIDE BUSINESS PROCESS SUPPORT FOR TEACHER ANDED A MIFF, ES OOHL, FTE ROSTER CLARIFICATION AND PRINCIPAL TIMELINE. GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE THAT IT HAS COVERED IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 10.05. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 10.05. A BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM? OLYMPICS WHOOPS, SORRY. MY COMMENTS REFLECT THE NEED I SHARED WITH YOU MR. GAFFNER AND TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT. THE PREVIOUS C.T.O. WE ASKED OVER AND OVER FOR A FIVE-YEAR ARE PLAN, THREE-YEAR PLAN, A PLAN, PERIOD. A

233PLAN THAT SHOWS THE STRATEGYS NETWORKING, SAFETY, LICENSING, PROJECTED COST. I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO -- AND I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAND THIS IDEA TO THE NEW C.T.O. WILL FARKAS ALREADY ARE YOU MAKE A REMARK PARK FASHGZ YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. MIKE GETTIS STARTS ON MONDAY. COMING FROM THE MILITARY, SCOTT, I WANT TO COMMEND THAT M MR. GAFFNER. I COULDN'T STAY ENOUGH POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT HIM. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MISS GRAY, SCOTT AND I HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE WILL BE PREPARED FOR THAT AND PREPARED FOR THE NEW CTO TO MAKE SURE NECESSARY AN AGREEMENT TO GO. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WILL TO DO MAKE SURE THE STAFF IS DIRECTED. MORE IMPORTANTLY -- AND SCOTT AND

234I LITERALLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION THIS MORNING -- WHAT IS THE DIRECTION THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND WHAT THE BOARD WILL SEE IN THE CLASSROOM FOR DEVICES, SOFT WEAR, SAFETY AND SECURITY WHAT GOES ONLY WITHIN THAT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PART OF IT TOO, OUR WIRELESS AND ACCESS POINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE BOARD CAN 100% EXPECT TO SEE THAT ON A QUICK MEASURE AND HE STARTS ON MONDAY AND SCHOT -- SCOTT GAFFNER HAS DONE A GREAT PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE AND WORK WITH MEEK AND MR. GETTIS TO GET THAT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU DESERVE THAT. LINUXONE LYNN -- Lynn Gray: AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AND MR. FARKAS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING EXPERT ON BOARD. WE NEED THAT AND THE DIRECTION AND THE IDEA WHERE ALL THE MONEY AND HOW IT

235IS BEING SPENT, ETC. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ, I AM DONE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE-CHAIR. ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WE ARE ASKING FOR STAFF AGAIN. THE VOLUME OF STAFF IN OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT HAS GOT -- I KNOW THEY DO -- HAVE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE. YOU YOURSELF HAS A TON PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. WE HAVE MORE AND MORE I'M TERMS BEFORE THE BOARD WHERE I AM UNABLE TO GET A FULL ACCOUNTING OF EXACTLY HOW MANY CONTRACTED STAFF WE HAVE WORKING IN I.T., ONLY TOP OF WE HAVE 200 STAFF THAT ARE WORKING IN THE I.T. DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER 100 I.T. STAFF. AND WE ARE HERE WITH A CONTRACT FOR AN OUTSIDE CONTRACT WHEN I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OUTSIDE E.T. CONTRACTS WE HAVE. DOESN'T MAT AIR

236DOLLAR OR $LDZ 2 MILLION. ANSWER HAS GOT TO BE NO UNTIL WE HAVE SOME CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ANSWERS OF EXACTLY HOW THIS DEPARTMENT IS RUN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS WITH OUR FTE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD ACCOUNTING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE SOFT WEAR WE ARE USING. THIS IS JUST AN UN-- SOFT WEAR WE ARE USING. THIS IS A FACT. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AS A DISTRICT AND BRING THAT MONEY IN AND ACCOUNT FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR I.T.T. IS RUNNING. 00 STAFF IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT ARE NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS. HE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU MANY CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES BECAUSE I HAVE YET -- THE REQUEST HAS YET TO GET A RESULT FROM ME. NOBODY HAS GIVEN

237ME THAT INFORMATION. NOBODY ME HOW MANY DO WE HAVE. SO I AM GOING TO SAY NO TO ANY CONTRACT EMPLOYEE OUTSIDE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING ANOTHER ONE. WE ALREADY SIGN THIS CONTRACT WHEN WE BROUGHT THEM ON. WE BROUGHT ANOTHER CONTRACT ON. WHEN WE WERE CONVERTING FROM SYNERGY TO FOCUS AND PAID $500,000 FOR THEM TO COME THROUGH TO FINISH US UP UNTIL WE GOT RID OF SYNERGY AND SAID THIS WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR. WHY DO I HAVE ANOTHER $300,000 IN FRONT OF ME. $300,000 IS FOUR STAFF. FOUR AT OUR SINGLE SALARIES. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. THE DIFFICULTY THIS HAS CAUSED OUR STAFF MOVING FORWARD. SO MY ANSWER IS GOING TO BE NO UNTIL WE HAVE A GOOD ACCOUNTING OF EXACTLY WHAT OUR FULL DEPARTMENT IS DOING. WE HAVE

238GOT GREAT STAFF IN THERE. I AM NOT DISCOUNTING THE TYPE OF STAFF OR WHAT THEY ARE DOING BUT WE NEED TO HAVE AN ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. WHEN YOU HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF OVER 300 EMPLOYEES AND THEN YOU GOT CONTRACTED STAFF ON TOP OF THAT. WE HAVE TO KNOW MA THEY ARE DOING, NOT JUST BRING US A CONTRACT. A FULL ACCOUNTING. IF YOU ARE BRINGING US ANOTHER OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR, WHAT IS EVERYBODY ELSE DOING. SO WE DON'T EVER HAVE THAT. I WILL VOTE NO ON THIS UNTIL I HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS DOING AND WHO IS DOING WHAT. BECAUSE IF I CAN'T GET AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT FOR THE FTE -- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID IN 20234-2024. WE CAN NOT. NOT ACCURATE IN OUR ATTENDANCE. WE KNOW WHEN WE SENT IN

239FOR OUR THIRD COUNT, THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAYS LESS STUDENTS AND THAT'S WHY IT IS LESS MONEY. WE KNOW IT IS NOT LESS STUDENTS AND WE DIDN'T LOSE STUDENTS. OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT IS NOT DOING THE JOB WITH ALL THE CONSULTANTS AND ALL THE NUMBERS. I AM NOT GIVING THEM ANYTHING MORE UNTIL THEY START GIVING BACK. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PALSES WITH MYSELF AND MEMBER RENDON DISSENTING ON THE VOTE. I AM GETTING THERE. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. Superintendent Ayres: MADE IT TO THE END. MY UPDATES THIS EVENING, BOARD, YOU KNOW, SO THIS FRIDAY, ALL OF OUR 24,000-PLUS EMPLOYEES, EVERYBODY WILL BE BACK ON FRIDAY AUGUST 1. I HOME IN I AM EXCITED

240AND BOARD, YOU ARE AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME OF THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL STUFF. EXCITING THAT ON FRIDAY, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS RETURNING AND CELEBRATING THE GREAT RESULTS THEY HAVE RECEIVED. A LOT OF WILL YOU BE OUT FOR THE FIRST DAY FOR TEACHERS. GREAT DAY COMING UP THIS FRIDAY. IN THE MEANTIME, OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL MEDIA TOUR WITH WFLA AND WITH APC THIS MORNING AIR THOSE END OF THIS WEEK AND BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. I WAS EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR SCHOOLS AND SPEAK OF THE INCREDIBLE RESULTS WITH OUR IMPROVEMENT OF EFFICIENCIES AND SCHOOL GRADES. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRINCIPAL KENLEY HOSTED WITH WFLA AND PRINCIPAL MORGAN WITH BROWARD AND AT MORGAN. USE THE CAMPUSES FOR THESE INTERVIEWS. WE ARE BACK IN THE SWING AND WILL AIR LATER THIS WEEK AND BEGINNING OF NEXT

241WEEK AND FOX NEXT MONDAY. BUT ALL JUST EXCITING WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL NEWS. AND OUR BULLITT FAMILY BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. WE HAD THE BUILDING OF BACKPACKS, VICE-CHAIR PEREZ, MEMBER HAHN, MEMBER RENDON. THEY WERE THERE TO BUILD. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WE HAD OUR GIVEAWAY. AT THAT GIVEAWAY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO JOIN SCHOOL BOARD MECHANICS AND THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES FOR THAT BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. AND WANT TO THANK THADDEUS BULLARD, A TREMENDOUS PARTNER IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU THERE. I NOTICE MISS McCREA IN THE PICTURE. I DIDN'T SEE YOU AT THE BUILD THOUGH, MISS McCREA. JUST SHOWED UP AT THE GIVE AWAY? OH. I KNOW. I DIDN'T MEAN TO CALL YOU OUT. YOU GET ALL THE ACCOLADES ALL THE TIME. I NEED TO CALL YOU OUT WHEN I CAN. SO WE HAD OVER

24230,000 BACKPACKS. I THINK I NEED TO MENTION ALSO, BECAUSE AT THE BUILD, DR. HAHN IS PRETTY COMPETITIVE. BECAUSE -- TALK ABOUT THAT, CHRIS. JUST BRING THAT UP. BECAUSE -- BECAUSE I THINK I -- I AM NOT GOING TO SAY. Christopher Farkas: UNHEALTHY COMPETITION AN COMPETITIVE SIDE FOR DR. HAHN WHEN SHE SENT HER KIDS TO TENNESSEE. VERY COMPETITIVE AND REMINDED OF THE GIVEAWAY AND HER TEAM AND THE FASTEST ONE TO BUILD AND HOW MANY MORE. WE TAKE PRIDE IN THAT. I VERY MUCH ADMIRE THAT OF DR. HAP. WE DID BUILD MORE BACKPACKS. THEY ALMOST THREW MY SON OUT OF A COUPLE OF BOX BUGS A GREAT B BILL. Superintendent Ayres: WASN'T YOUR SON IN THE BOX. Christopher Farkas: DR. HAHN ALMOST HURT HIM BUT WAS ABLE TO KEEP IT MOVING. Superintendent Ayres: BUT, AGAIN, ALL THIS

243BECAUSE OF THADDEUS AND HIS COMMITMENT TO -- WE HEAR ABOUT SLIGH, SLIGH, SLIGH, BUT ACROSS THIS ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPACT. THANK YOU FOR THERE AND THAD AND NICE FOR ALL OF US TO BE INVOLVED. MEMBER COMBS, WERE THERE WITH THE GIVEAAS WELL. SO GREAT TO SEE OUR BOARD MEMBERS AT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH. AND MORE AND WE HAVE MANY HOSTED BY TAMPA BAY PARENTING AT WESTSHORE MALL. AND YOU KNOW WE ARE THE PRESENTING SPONSORS FOR THIS YEAR'S BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TAMPA BAY PARENTING MAGAZINE. FAIR TAKE PLACE AT WESTSHORE PLAZA FROM SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. LIVE WORK SHOPS, SPEAKERS AND 50 VENDORS WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL INFORMATION. AS BIG AS IT WAS LAST YEAR A TON OF PEOPLE AT WEST SHORE MALL FOR THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIR. AND WE WERE JUST TOGETHER LAST WEDNESDAY FOR

244A LOT OF THE SUMMER GRADUATIONS. LAST WEDNESDAY WE HAD THE HONOR OF AWARDING SUMMER GRADUATES. MR. BRADY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WE HAD 96 STUDENTS OVER OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT GRADUATED WITH THAT SUMMER DIPLOMA. IMPORTANT TO KNOW OF THE SUMMER DIPLOMA. DATE ON THE TRANSCRIPT STATES BACK TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ALL SUMMER GRADS AND SAME DIPLOMA AND SAME DATE. THEY HAD MAYBE ONE CLASS TWO TO GET THROUGH POSSIBLY PASSING A CONCORD DANCE SCORE BUT 96 OF OUR STUDENT. AND WE HAD OUR SUMMER GRADUATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR SUMMER STUDENTS. WE ARE SO PROUD OF THEM JUST TODAY -- THIS WEEK I MET WITH MY STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND EXCITED OF GROUP. JUNIORS AN SENIORS. TWO-DAY ORIENTATION AND MET WITH THIS GROUP. AND WE WILL MEET WITH THEM REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

245AND WE HAVE OUR NEW JUNIORS WHO ARE NOW IN THE GROUP. JUNIORS LAST YEAR BECOME SENIORS AND A GROUP THAT I LOOK FORWARD WITH. OUR NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, BUT THIS -- YOU KNOW, WE KEEP GETTING BETTER IN THIS GROUP AND I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR WORK. AND YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM TODAY IN CODE OF CONDUCT. SO EXCITED FOR THIS GROUP ADVISORY COUNCIL STUDENTS THAT WHICH A GOOD LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AND AS YOU -- AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE AWARE. WE HAVE JOINT PRINCIPALS DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS MEETING. WHEN YOU GET TO THE JOINT PRINCIPALS, WE ARE BACK IN FULL SESSION. WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS THURSDAY AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR OUR ANNUAL JOINT MEETING. THANK YOU FOR PRINCIPAL CANADY AND HER TEAM FOR HOSTING US. WE DISCUSSED THE

246EN CREDIBLE GAMES THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR AND THINGS TO FOCUS ON AS WE HEAD INTO THE 2025-2026. INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATION AND THE PASSION EACH OF THEM BRINGS TO OUR DISTRICT. AS I MENTIONED AT THIS BOARD MEETING WE TALKED OF THE ENERGY IN THAT ROOM WAS ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE TO HEAR THE EXCITEMENT FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. WE HEAR AND GET CAUGHT UP ON THE BUSINESSES OF THE SCHOOL IT IS STRICT AND YOU GOAT THAT AND SEE ALL THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE THE SCHOOL TEACHER, HE CALLED YOU OUT MISS GRAY FOR LEAVING EARLY. AND KAREN TOO. HE CALLED YOU GUYS OUT FOR LEAVING EARLY A PHENOMENAL SPEAKER AND MISS McCREA, THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT UP. GREAT -- GREAT EVENT AND THE SPEAKER WAS FABULOUS AS WELL. AND

247JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. JUST THIS WEEK -- LAST WEEK WE INTRODUCED OUR NEW DISTRICT WEB SITE AND SCHOOL PAGES. COMMUNICATION TEAM AND APP BUSY ALL SUMMER MIGRATING THE OLD WEB SITE TO BE READY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. OUR NEW SITE NOT ONLY LOOKS REFRESHED BUT MORE USER-FRIENDLY AS WELL. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MISS ARGA. YOU AND YOUR TEAM -- I WAS ON YOU A LITTLE BIT MAKING SURE THERE ARE RECALLED OUT DIRECTLY AND REALLY GREAT ROLLOUT. NEW WEB SITE AND WE TALKED OF COMMUNICATION SELLING OUR PRODUCT HAVING THAT WEB SITE AND VERY GREAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK AROUND NEW WEB SITES AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, WHICH IS NEW, TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE NEW SITE, WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR NEW FIRST EVER HCPS MOBILE AMIkids. NOW AN

248APP, HCPS MOBILE AMIkids WITH ACCESS OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION RIGHT ON YOUR PHONE. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, OUR HCPS MOBILE APP. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND GO ON THE APP STORE AND DOWNLOAD, HCPS MOBILE APP, FOCUS AND CANVAS. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT APPS OUT THERE. MOBILE APP WHERE YOU FIND INFORMATION LIKE THE CALENDAR DISTRICT NEWS. FOCUS UP AND RUNNING AND GOING GREAT SO FAR WHERE INFORMATION AND STUDENT TEST RESULTS ARE FOUND AND CANVAS APP WHERE FIND GRADES, ASSIGNMENTS AND COMMUNICATION WITH TEACHERS. THIS TALKS OF OUR MODE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR APP, FOCUS AND CANVAS. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. I DID WANT -- I FAILED TO DO SO AT THE PRINCIPAL MEETING, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MATT HOFF WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOCUS AND HE HAS BEEN

249LEADING THIS EFFORT AND SEEING GOOD THINGS AROUND FOCUS OF ALL OF THE S.I.S. AND THE HICCUPS, THANKS MATT FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS TRANSITION. AND THAT IS IT. WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY ON THIS FRIDAY. AND HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL SUMMER BREAK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING OUR STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL ON AUGUST 11. AND WHAT IS INTERESTING HERE LIKE I TALKED TO OUR STUDENTS, FIRST TIME WE STARTED ON A MONDAY, MONDAY AUGUST 11. AS YOU KNOW WE START ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. WE HAVE A FULL WEEK BACK MONDAY AUGUST 11. HOPE EVERYBODY IS RESTED UP AND READY TO GO. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS

250FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: OKAY. SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES, WE ARE BEGINNING THE NEW 2025-2026 WITH A STRONG LEADERSHIP TEAM. BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE PLAYERS. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS AND LEADERSHIP TEAM, OUR SCHOOL SITE PRINCIPALS AND A.P.s OUR DID KATED TEACHING STAFF, PARAS, TRANSPORTATION, CUSTODIAN, FOOD SERVICE, OUR RESOURCE OFFICERS ALL WHO MADE OUR LAST YEAR ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL WHICH PROVIDE A BOSS CULTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS. WHAT A TEAM YOU HAVE. THAT A BACK-TO-SCHOOL TYPE MESSAGE THAT IS EMBLEMATIC OF THIS DISTRICT. A GREAT AMOUNT MUCH EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND HEALTHY DEVELOPMENTS DON'T PLAY IT YET. HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS. SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES. I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BAY CARE, FLORIDA BLUE AND THE ALLIANCE FOR

251A HEALTHY GENERATION CELEBRATES NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF BRANDON AND KING HIGH SCHOOL AS THE TWO HEALTHIEST SCHOOLS IN THE NATION. AND FOR THE 2025-2026, OUR HILLSBOROUGH HEALTH SCHOOLS, GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE WINNERS WILL WORK WITH THE ALLIANCE OF A HEALTHIER GENERATION WITH THE GOAL OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOL SITES BEING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE HEALTHIEST SCHOOLS IN THE NATION. THAT WILL BE A GREAT FEATHER IN THE CAP. I WANT TO THANK -- PABLO, YOU CAN PLAY IT. IT IS KIND OF WATCHING ME BEING UNCOORDINATED, BUT AETNA DOES A LITTLE -- I WANT TO SAY A LITTLE VITALITY SHOW TO GET OUR EMPLOYEES THIS SHAPE AND THEY ASKED ME TO DO SOMETHING. IS IT ON THE SCREEN? ♪ > HEY, COACH MIKE WITH AETNA. WELCOME TO WELL BEING WORKOUTS. TODAY WE WILL BE DOING TABATA. A SPECIAL

252WORKOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GRAY HERE. Lynn Gray: YES, BECAUSE WE WILL ALL EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF MOVEMENT. EXCELLENT, A QUICK LITTLE WARM-UP TO GET STARTED AND START WITH MARCHING OUT. WE ARE JUST ABOUT READY TO START. START THE PREPARED TEN-SECOND TIMER AND TEN SECONDS. WE WILL START WITH SHUFFLES. WE WILL START IN FIVE SECOND. SO GET READY, 3, 2 -- I DO NOT HAVE PINK HAIR. SHUFFLE TO THE SIDE. UP AND OVER. JUST LIKE THAT. PUMP THOSE ARMS. WHATEVER WORKS -- Lynn Gray: ALL RIGHT, TURN IT OFF. THIS IS NOT A COMEDY SHOW. WHATEVER YOU CAN DO GET THAT HEART PUMPING. Lynn Gray: I GET GOING AFTER A WHILE. 3, 2, AND REST. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MRS. GRAY FOR JOINING US AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. HEY, THERE,

253HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS WELLNESS SESSION WITH COACH MIKE. I BET YOU FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER NOW THAN WHEN YOU STARTED, RIGHT. AS YOU TAKE TIME TO PREPARE YOUR STUDENT FOR LEAVE, I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE ALSO TAKING TIME FOR YOUR OWN HEALTH. STAY MOTIVATED AND CONTINUE INSPIRING OTHERS. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: SO -- ALL RIGHT, WE PUT OURSELVES OUT ON THE LIMB AND TRIED TO SHOW OUR COORDINATION. THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN, AND THE REST OF YOU FOR NOT GETTING UP AND REPLICATING THAT. BUT DENA MARSHAL, WHO IS EMBLEMATIC OF AETNA VITALITY HAS BEEN SUCH A PLAYER KEEPING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HEALTHY AND EMPLOYEES HEALTHY. IN FACT TODAY IN THE LOBBY, WE WERE DOING -- THEY WERE DOING THE COACH MIKE PATTERSON'S WORKOUT. I DON'T

254KNOW IF VAN AYRES WAS DOING THAT AS WELL. BUT PROBABLY NOT. BUT I PROBABLY TELL YOU SOMETHING, FARKAS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW US A REPLICATION OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT HAS TO BE DONE -- THAT HAS TO BE DONE. IT HAS TO BE SHOWN. AND BY GOLLY, PABLO, YOU CAN EXPECT THAT NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO, ALL RIGHT, PABLO, SHOW A PHOTO BEFORE I AM OUT OF TIME WHICH USUALLY I AM. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE MAJOR PLAYERS. AND WE MENTIONED SOUTH COUNTY IS THE BIGGEST GROWING AREA OF WIMAUMA, WHICH NEEDS TO HAVE A STOP LIGHT OR MORE SCHOOLS. BUT WE ARE NOW GOING TO PUT AN INCREASE ACCESS TO ADULT EDUCATION AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS IN SOUTH COUNTY. THIS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER WILL BE AT SHIELDS IN

2552027. AND IT WILL OFFER LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, GED, DIGITAL LITERACY AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION. THANK YOU MARCUS MORILLO FOR BEING THE HUGE STANDARD BEARER IN ENTERPRISING LATINAS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. WE HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. CAN'T BELIEVE I AM OUT OF TIME BUT I AM. THANKS MICHELLE FOR YOUR EDUCATION. AND I WILL COVER THIS NEXT TIME. Nadia Combs: I WILL TAKE MY TIME DOING SOME OF THE SHUFFLE. Karen Perez: MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: OKAY. ANYWAY. I WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SUMMER GRADUATION. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS, DISTRICT LEADERS AND EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT FOR SUMMER GRANULATION. THESE STUDENTS SHOW SO MUCH RESILIENCE AND THEIR PRINCIPALS NEVER GIVE UP ALL THE WAY TO THE END TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THROUGH THE GRADUATION LINE. I WANTED TO GIVE A

256SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO ALEX AND RIVERA WHICH IS SUCH A BIG ADVOCATE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED -- WHEN I WAS FIRST RUNNING FOR OFFICE, MY PHONE KEPT RINGING AND RINGING AND WHOEVER THIS IS, SO PERSISTENT AND THEY JUST DON'T GIVE UP. COME INTO FIND OUT IT WAS ALEXANDER. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HE HAS WORKED SO HARD. I THINK WHEN LOOK AT INGENUITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IS EXACTLY -- WHEN YOU SEE HOW HARD THE DISTRICT WORKS TO MAKE SURE ITTAL LENGTHS ANDER AND HIS SISTER GIANTS TO THE FINISH LINE AND HE IS SO LOVED BY THIS DISTRICT AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER KNOWS HIM AND CARES ABOUT HIM. ONE OF THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS ABOUT AND THE FUTURE. I WAS TOUCHED BY HIM

257AND WHEN HE CAME UNDER UP AND SPOKE AND HE KNOW THAT SUSAN VALDEZ HAS ADVOCATED AND KNOWN ALEXANDER FOREVER AND HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF HIS LIFE. WE WERE THERE FOR THAT GRADUATION. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH. SO MANY EVENTS COMING UP. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SPONSORS AND OF COURSE THADDEUS BULLARD FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS OF AND BEYOND. IT IS REALLY WONDERFUL. AND FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO DO A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO -- I MET WITH A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS YESTERDAY. ONE OF THEM IS SOPHIE FARNAN, A SENIOR AT SICKLES, AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF HER EVENT. AND I CONNECTED TODAY WITH SOMEBODY FROM BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. EVERYBODY KNOWS PAM GLASS.

258SHE IS JUST AMAZING. WE WILL TRY TO PUT THIS OUT IN BRANDON TOO SO THAT WAY WE CAN HIT TWO AREAS. SHE IS A SENIOR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING, BUT SHE HAS GOTTEN ALL THIS CLOTHES FOR KIDS -- HOMECOMING IS JUST VERY DIFFICULT FOR GUYS AND GIRLS, BUT ALL THESE CLOTHES THAT KIDS CAN COME IN -- I CAN TELL YOU LAST TIME YEAR WHEN I WAS THERE. SEEING THE SENIOR WHO SAID THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER GONE TONIGHT DANCE IF NOT FOR THE CLOTHES AND HAVING THEM. BEING ABLE TO TRY ON THESE BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES. SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE WITH. AND SEND THIS OUT FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND DO SOMETHING IN SOUTH COUNTY TOO BECAUSE SO DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF THE

259PEOPLE IN SOUTH COUNTY TO COME ALL THE WAY TO SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS REAL LEGAL FAR. WE ARE KIND OF WORKING ON THAT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCESS FOR KIDS AT HOMECOMING AND ALSO PROM. WE CAN KIND PUSH THIS OUT MORE. YESTERDAY YOU MEET ALL OF THE AMAZING STUDENT LEADERS. PEOPLE ALEXANDER AND OTHER LEADERS. SO THANKFUL FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME STUDENTS ARE WHAT THOSE AFTER AND WE REALLY ARE A FAMILY. THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR SENIORS. AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. I FEEL LIKE IT IS GREAT THAT WE RECEIVED THAT FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT. I THINK HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HANDLED IT WELL. WE DIDN'T PANIC. WE JUST KIND OF MADE SURE WE WERE ADVOCATING AND STAYED

260THE COURSE. AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY GOOD. WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND CONTINUE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS AND SECURITY AND EVERYBODY IS PAID A LIVABLE WAGE. HEARING PEOPLE TODAY, MEAN, THAT IS THE HARDEST PART OF ABOUTING A BOARD MEMBER AND SITTING HERE LISTENING TO PEOPLE THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT -- I KNOW EVEN FOR ME, I AM DRIVING MY '0. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE A CAR WITH 260,000 MILES, BUT, HEY, THERE IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE. IT IS VERY, VERY CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING FOR THOSE SALARY ON EVERY LEVEL FOR EVERYONE AND CONTINUE WORKING HARD, THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I

261SPENT TIME WITH MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE. I WANT AND THE MacDILL COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATIONAL DPL EDGES. WE HAD A MEETING AND A GROUP OF STUDENTS OUT THERE WHO WAS FROM OUGHT TO BE A BILL AND TALKED MUCH BUILT THEY BROUGHT UP TO TALLAHASSEE AND PASSED AND THAT WAS SPECIAL. AND OUR BASE COMMANDERING WERE INVEST IMPRESSED AND TOUCHED. NONE OF THEM WERE MILITARY CHILDREN. BUT THEY HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE MILITARY CHILDREN AND SO THEY WERE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THEIR FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES. SO THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. THEY EACH GOVERNMENT A SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE COIN FROM MacDILL AS WELL. AND SO -- AND A CERTIFICATE. AND THEN I WAS OUT AND AGAIN THIS WEEK. AND THIS WAS FOR A GROUP OF TEACHER WHO WERE THERE FOR THE D.O.D. EDUCATION ACT TEMPT STEM GRANT. THE D.O.D. GIVES 650

262GRANTS OUT A YEAR TOP 130 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE WERE ONE OF THEM. OUR TEACHERS GET TO GO OUT THERE FOR A DAY AND GET TO TOUR THE WHOLE BASE, PLACES I NEVER EVEN SEEN ON BASE. THEY GET TO TOUR AND GET TO INTERACT WITH DIFFERENT FOLKS ON THE BASE AND HEAR ABOUT DIFFERENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND ALL THE STEM THAT HAPPENS OUT ON THE BASE. AND REALLY THE INTENT IS TO BUILD THAT STEM PIPELINE. THEY TAKE THIS INFORMATION. THEY INTEGRATE IT INTO THEIR CLASSES AND THEY CAN USE MacDILL AS A RESOURCE FOR THEIR STUD EVESTUDENTS AND FOR THEMSELVES. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TEACHERS AND AN ALL-DAY FIELD TRIP. I MEAN IT IS SO -- YOU ARE BEHIND THE SCENES AND IT IS REALLY EXCITING. I WANT TO THANK OW TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND

263THANK MacDILL FOR HOSTING THAT EVENT. I WAS OUT AT THE LITERACY BUGS. THEY WERE AT ONE OF THE LAST STOPS. THEY HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER PARTNERING WITH FOLKS LIKE MYON STREET TEAM. DID YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OUT IN SUMMER FOR A MYON STREET STEAM IN ACTION. THEY TRAVEL TO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR DISTRICTS AND AAS I MAZING AND A FUN PROGRAM AND VERY INTERACTIVE. AFTER THAT THE KIDS GOT TO GO ON THE LITERACY BUS AND HAVE FREE TIME AND THEY ALL LEFT WITH A FREE BOOK THEY GOT TO CHOOSE OF THEIR LIKING. THAT WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE THAT IN ACTION. THANK YOU TO MYON AND THE STREET TEAM THIS SUMMER AND ALL THE WORK YOU DO AROUND LITERACY TO BUILD THE LOVE OF READING. OF COURSE

264IT WAS THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT WITH THE BACKPACK BUILD. AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH WITH KING OF KINGS, THADDEUS BULLARD. IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. IF YOU DON'T, YOU SHOULD FIND OUT. IT IS KIND OF COOL. AND SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS ALWAYS -- IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A POWERFUL DAY TO SEE 30,000 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN COME THROUGH THAT EVENT WHERE IT IS NOT JUST BACKPACKS. IT'S EYEGLASSES. IT IS HAIRCUTS. IT IS MEDICAL EXAMS. IT'S -- IT IS FELLOWSHIP AND FUN AND IT'S '-- IT IS EXCITING KICKOFF TO THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND HE -- YOU KNOW, HE REALLY IS INCREDIBLY GENEROUS AND THE BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION DOES A GREAT JOB COORDINATING THAT MANY PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH. UP KNOW 30,000 PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THAT DAY. SO THEY ARE JUST AMAZING PARTNERS. BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS A LONG

265TIME AND I NEVER, EVER, EVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE GIVE BACK AS I HAVE SEEN THAD DO. IT COMES THROUGH HIS HEART. YOU WALK THROUGH THE SCHOOL WITH HIM, HE KNOWS THE NAME OF ALL THE KIDS. THEY KNOW HIM. IT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THE BACK TO SCHOOL. WELCOME EVERYONE BACK TO SCHOOL. SUMMER WENT REALLY FAST. OH, MY GOSH, SHORE FAST. I KNOW THAT EVERYONE PROBABLY HAD A BUSY SUMMER, BUT I KNOW AS A FORMER TEACHER, I LOVE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. SOMETHING ABOUT, LIKE, STARTING FRESH, IT WAS EXCITING AND, YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE EXCITED. AND TEACHERS ARE EXCITED. EVERYONE IS JUST A FRESH START. AND IT IS ALWAYS LOTS OF FUN. WISH EVERYONE AS WELL COMING BACK. OUR TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS AND STAFF. AND BACK TO THE FIVE-DAY

266WORKWEEK. SO THANK YOU SO AS MUCH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, DR. HAHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU MADAM VICE-CHAIR. THANKS TO THE BULLARD FOUNDATION, THADDEUS BULLARD. A HUGE EVEN FROM THE DENTAL EXAMS, THE MEDICAL EXAMS, THE SCOOP SUPPLIES AND BOOKS. APPRECIATE PACKING IT AND BEING A PART OF THAT. WE SUPPORT THAT SPANLD OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STATE FAIRGROUNDS -- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FAIR GLOUNDZ HAVE A BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT. WEST SHORE PARTNERING WITH PARENTING MAGAZINESUN CITY CENTER FOR A BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT. BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT FOR MacDILL AND THEIR STUDENTS. PLANT CITY CHAMBER, VALRICO, BEEN A DONE CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH CHAMBER, THE TEMPLE TERRACE CHAMBER, AND IDLEWILD TEACHER GALA AND THEN MEMBER COMBS SISTER HAVE WEST CABA? HOW DO YOU WE PRO ANNOUNCE THAT? THE CARROLLWOOD AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH MEMBER COMBS AND MEMBER VAUGHN

267FOR PUTTING ON THE BACK TO SCHOOL FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS. NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS BUT TEACHERS IN NEED OF STARTING OUT AND ALL OF OUR NEW TEACHERS. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE DOING. WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUTOUT FOR OUR TEACHERS. NOT JUST THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THEM. PREPARING FOR THEM ALL SUMMER LONG. TAKEN VACATIONS AND GETTING THAT IRSCHOOL SUPPLIES READY AND SENDING UP WHAT IS NEXT. HOW TO BUILD THE PROGRAMS. AND I WANT TO THANK THEM ALL VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE AND EXCITED TO THERE ARE YEAR TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. A BIG SHOUTOUT TO AQUILA J. MORGAN HIGH SCHOOL. WE WILL HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING AT THE A.M. AT AQUILA J. MORGAN HIGH SCHOOL. EXCITED TO HAVE A BRAND-NEW HIGH

268SCHOOL. HOPE FOR RELIEF WITH THE GROUP AND NOT SEE THAT WITH THE GROWTH. THEY WILL BE AT FULL CAPACITY SUMNER AND LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL. EXCITE FOR NEW STUD FRENLTS MANATEE COUNTY AND TEACHERS FROM MANATEE COUNTY. SUPER EXCITED OF THAT NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING AS WE, YOU KNOW, MOVE BACK INTO SCHOOL. SO MUCH GOING ON AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL AS DISTRICT FOR THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE AND SUCH SOLID WORK THAT THEY DO IN AN ONGOING BASIS. AN HONOR FOR US TO CELEBRATE THEM AND CELEBRATE WHAT THEY DO. THEY ARE TRULY THE HANDS AND FEET THAT SUPPORT THIS DISTRICT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I DO WANT -- AND ALSO MEMBER GRAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW THE LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF

269674 AND EAST LAKE ROAD WILL BE COMING. THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE DOCKET. UNTIL THAT LIGHT IS THERE, THERE WILL BE A POLICE OFFICER THERE EVERY MORNING AND EVERY AFTERNOON WHEN WE RELEASE SCHOOL. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A COMMITMENT ON THE COUNTY COMMERCIAL THAT THEY HAVE SAID ON THE DAISES THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO. AND THE SIDEWALKS. AND NEVER COMMITTED THAT PUBLICLY. SO THAT IS HUGE. THAT WILL BE -- FOR ALL LATENAS IN ACTION, THAT LIGHT IS NEEDED AND AFTER A HEALTH CENTER FOR SUNCOAST HALE SYSTEMS. SUPER EXCITED ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ERIE% THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR. NO TRUE SECRET TO SUCCESS. HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND LEARNING FROM YOUR MISTAKES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SUMMER GRADUATES. AND ALEXANDER, I AM

270SO PROUD OF YOU. SO PROUD OF YOU. A HARD-WORKING GUY AND YOU ARE VERY DEDICATED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. YOU KNOW, ONE DAY, YOU THE HIGH. BE SITTING UP HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS YOUR DREAM. THAT IS YOUR DREAM TO SIT UP HERE. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL. I WANT TO WELCOME -- WELCOME ALL THE EMPLOYEES BACK. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL THE WORK YOU ARE GOING TO DO. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THANK YOU ALL. YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE BOARD MECHANICS, WE ALL YOU WILL HAVE WORKED HARD FOR THIS DISTRICT. BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS DISTRICT. AND LET ME NOT -- AND TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES, HEY, LOOK, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU HAVE THE MONEY. WE WANT TO WORK

271HARD. WE WANT TO DO THAT. THAT IS WHAT WE DO. I CAN RECALL BACK WHEN I WAS A TEACHER, YOU KNOW, I WAS MAKING LIKE $4,000. FOUR JOBS. FLORIDA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. WORKED AT MONTGOMERY WARD AS A SHOE SALESMAN. I REMEMBER. Henry "Shake" Washington: I SOLD SHOES IN THE SHOE DEPARTMENT. I WOULD GET OFF FROM WORKING. AND THEN -- BECAUSE THEN I WAS ASSISTANT TEACHER. GET OFF AND GO TO WORK AND WORK UNTIL ABOUT 79 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AS A SHOES SALESMAN. THEN ON THE WEEKEND -- ONE WEEKEND OF MONTH IN THE FLORIDA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SO I WENT TO DRILL. AND MY WIFE DURING THAT TIME, SHE WORKED AFFIDAVIT NIGHT. SHE WAS CALLING FOR A ROOFING COMPANY. SO WE HAD TO WORK. AND I UNDERSTAND. I TRULY UNDERSTAND. BUT THANK GOD HAS US TO

272BE WHERE WE ARE NOW. AND IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. LET'S COME BACK AND HAVE A GREAT YEAR. THANK YOU, MA'AM. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WELL, WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AS WE APPROACH THE START OF A NEW ACADEMIC YEAR ON AUGUST 11, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE MOMENT TO EXPRESS A WARM WELCOME BACK TO OUR DEDICATED TEACHERS AND ENTH ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS. YOUR INSPIRATION OF GROWTH IS TRULY INSPIRING. TO OUR TEACHERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING DISEASE OCCASION TO SHAPING THE MINDS OF OUR FUTURE LEADERS. YOUR PASSION AND EXPERTISE MAKE LASTING IMPACT ONLY THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS. TO OUR STUDENTS, GET READY FOR A YEAR FILLED WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES, EXCITING CHALLENGES, AND ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES. REMEMBER TO APPROACH EACH DAY WITH CURIOSITY AND A GROWTH MIND SET. AND TO OUR

273STAFF, YOU KNOW YOUR HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ENSURES THAT OUR SCHOOLS RUN SMOOTHLY. I KNOW THIS BOARD MEMBER AND I KNOW ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE INVALUABLE. AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO YOU TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE PHONE WHEN I HAVE CALLED RECENTLY. WHEN A PARENT ON THE PHONE FULL OF AN SGLIEPT -- ANXIETY TO GET THEIR STUDENT STARTED AT SCHOOL. LET'S MAKE THIS UPCOMING ACADEMIC YEAR SUCCESSFUL FOR EVERYONE AND GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AS WE EMBARK ON THIS NEW JOURNEY TOGETHER. PARENTS STILL NEED PHYSICALS FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND PROJECT LINK IS PROVIDING THAT RESOURCE. AND THEY HAVE SOME -- SOME COMING UP ON SATURDAY, AUGUST. AND ALSO CLOSE TO LAST MEN AUGUST 9. AND MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL AND DOVER. BUT

274YOU HAVE TO REGISTER. IF YOU REACH TO PROJECT LINK AND REG STWER THEM, YOU WILL GET THAT STUDENT THAT PHYSICAL THEY NEED TO GET INTO SCHOOL. AND ALEX, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO GET TOE THAT LAST POINT AND YOUR DEDICATION IS TRULY A DEMONSTRATION OF THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.