05/13/2025 - Recognition Meeting

001I'M JESSICA VAUGHN, CHAIR OF THE 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. I'M KAREN PEREZ, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S VICE CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN AMERICA AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. (SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH) Lynn Gray: OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4:00 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND 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

002SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Jessica Vaughn: THE BOARD RECOGNITION MEETING OF MAY 13,

0032025, IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER PEREZ WILL LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE APPROACH OUR LAST DAYS OF SCHOOL, I WANT TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS, DEDICATED TEACHERS, SUPPORTED SCHOOLS AND VALUED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. YOUR HARD WORK, COMMITMENT AND COLLABORATION HAVE TRULY MADE THE SCHOOL YEAR A SUCCESS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND HERE IS TO A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. LET'S CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AND INSPIRE ONE ANOTHER TOWARDS CONTINUED GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT. PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) Jessica Vaughn: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. AS WE BEGIN THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITION MEETING, PLEASE LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE

004FORMAT FOR OUR RECOGNITION MEETING. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. AT RECOGNITION MEETINGS, WE RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AMONG OTHERS BUT WE WILL NOT BE APPROVING ITEMS OF BUSINESS. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE STAFF HAS WORKED HARD TRYING TO KEEP A TIGHT SCHEDULE SO THE MEETING RUNS AND FLOWS SMOOTHLY AND CONCLUDES TIMELY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF. THE MEETING WILL ADJOURN AFTER THE LAST RECOGNITION. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE STUDENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP WHEN CALLED AND THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT -- FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION TONIGHT IN TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION MEETING. BEFORE WE START, THE FORMAL RECOGNITIONS, WE WERE JUST ALERTED THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECEIVED THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS HAS BEEN HONORED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS BEST COMMUNITIES FOR

005MUSIC EDUCATION DESIGNATION FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS FOUNDATION. ONE OF ONLY FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN FLORIDA TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR. THIS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ENSURING MUSIC EDUCATION REMAINS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LEARNING AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. I SEE SOME OF OUR MUSIC TEACHERS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO A01, RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS REPRESENTING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE 24-25 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY KIDS TAG ART AND PRESENTATION OF FUNDS RAISED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR NANCY C. MILAN. NANCY C. MILLAN? I'M JENNIFER CASTRO. I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF TAX COLLECTOR. NANCY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. SO I AM PLEASED TO JOIN YOU ALL AND OPEN UP YOUR RECOGNITION CEREMONY. WE ARE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER YEAR OF

006SUCCESSFUL KIDS TAG ART. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO IN FIFTH GRADE ABLE TO DESIGN VANITY LICENSE PLATES IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IT'S A VERY NEAT PROGRAM TO RAISE MONEY FOR ART PROGRAMS. SO SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION IN 2021, WE HAVE RAISED ALMOST $142,000 FOR ART PROGRAMS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH OVER 6300 FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. THE PROGRAM STARTED WITH ONLY 27 TITLE 1 SCHOOLS AND SINCE THEN WE OPENED IT UP TO ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND HAVE 65 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. SO I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO LAURA HOBBY AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ALL HER HARD WORK. WE COULDN'T DO

007THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT HER SUPPORT. WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR OUR OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, PABLO GONZALEZ AND LAURA GRUSHA HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE SOME AMAZING SPONSORS THAT HELP US RAISE THESE FUNDS FOR THIS PROGRAM. DERRICK BROOKS CHARITIES, FLORIDA WEST COAST CREDIT UNION, TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING, THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM, GLAZER'S CHILDREN MUSIC, KEITH FECORI AND SIMON BY WAY OF THE ADELE BENNETT MEMORIAL FUND. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST OUR TITLE SPONSOR WHO SUPPORTED THE PROGRAM FROM THE BEGINNING. I HAVE BOB HIDE FROM SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION IF YOU COULD JOIN ME. AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TOP WINNERS. OUR FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS THIS YEAR. THEY COULD NOT ALL BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE SPECIAL STUDENT WITH US. SO

008FIRST -- WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, WE HAVE KENNEDY BROWN WITH CARMEN FERNANDEZ. WE HAVE KENDALL KLEIN FROM COLLINS PK-8 SCHOOL AND HER ART TEACHER IS LISA VARELI AND KENDALL IS ACTUALLY HERE. IF YOU CAN COME ON UP. AND WE ALSO HAVE DECLAN CUNNINGHAM WITH JS ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ART TEACHER IS RAY COWEN. SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK LAURA HOBBY TO JOIN US SO WE CAN HELP ANNOUNCE THE TOTAL DOLLARS RAISED FOR THIS PROGRAM. KENDALL, IF YOU CAN COME ON OVER. SHE'S GOING TO ANNOUNCE ALL THE MONEY WE RAISED. YOU WANT TO COME TO THE MIC? SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS YEAR WE RAISED... 37,778 DOLLARS AND 66 CENTS. THANK YOU, KENDALL! SO WITH THAT MONEY RAISED, WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE OVER $580 TO EACH OF THE

00965 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WHICH GOES A LONG WAY FOR ART SUPPLIES AS YOU KNOW. TAT NUMBER IS STILL GROWING. IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PURCHASE PLATES OR ARTWORK AT HILLSTAXFL.GOV/SHOP SO PLEASE BUY AMAZING ARTWORK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. Jessica Vaughn: WELL, MANY OF US HAD THE HONOR OF SEEING THOSE AND I ACTUALLY GOT TO JUDGE IT AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I EVER HAD TO DO. THE ART WAS PHENOMENAL SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS. GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW GO ON TO A03, RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS REPRESENTING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2024 BECATTI WEALTH ADVISORS HOLIDAY ART CONTEST. LANCE BECATTI WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. WELCOME. BACK AGAIN. FOR 16 YEARS WE'VE HAD THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND ALL OF

010YOU WONDERFUL FOLKS AND MS. LAURA, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN AMAZING TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH THE KIDS. THIS IS A CARD CONTEST WE'VE MANAGED TO GET TO -- TO CATCH AMONG OTHER ADVISORS AROUND THE COUNTRY NOW TO THE POINT WHERE WE SELECT THE TOP CARDS THAT ARE DONE BY THE KIDS ART. YOU'LL SEE THEM HERE IN A MOMENT. THE ART TEACHERS PRESENT THE ACTIVITY WITH THE KIDS. THE KIDS DESIGN THE ART. THE ART COMES TO US AND WE INVITE EVERYONE FROM THE SHERIFF TO YOU NAME IT TO COME VOTE. MAKE YOUR VOTES WITH THE KIDS, WHOEVER CAN COME TO THE OFFICE. IT'S THE KID THAT WINS IS THE ONE WE USE FOR OUR COMPANY FOR OUR HOLIDAY CELEBRATION THAT WE SELECT A CARD FOR MY FAMILY AT THE

011SAME TIME. SO USUALLY THERE IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 800 OF THESE CARDS GOING OUT FROM THE KIDS TO EVERYBODY. WITH THE EVENT, WE ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AWARD THE SCHOOLS SO WE HAVE A FULL SERIES OF AMAZON CARDS THAT WE USED TO DO AN ART SUPPLY COMPANY, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE TO WORK WITH US ANYMORE AND BECAME VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE TEACHERS TO WORK WITH, AND EVERYBODY CAN SPELL AMAZON PRETTY WELL DOT COM. WE FOUND IT EASIER TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE CHANCE TO HAVE THE AMAZON CARDS TO BE ABLE TO BUY THE ART SUPPLIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND WITH THIS BEING YEAR NUMBER 16, I THINK WE WERE BREAKING SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 65,000 OR $70,000 THE SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR FOR ALL THE THINGS WE'RE

012DOING. SO IF WE MAY, I'D LIKE TO START CALLING THE STUDENTS UP FOR THE WORKS WE HAVE DONE AND START SHARING. OUR FIRST WINNER, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL AWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT. WHICH WAY SHOULD I TURN IT? WE'LL GO THIS WAY. HOW IS THAT? ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST PLACE, WE'VE GOT DAN KIM. HERE WE GO. WE MAKE AN AWARD FOR THE STUDENT AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL. THIS IS FOR CAYDEN PAGE FROM YORK INVOCATION. THIRD PLACE WAS FOR THE FAMILY CARD. BEING FROM THE NORTH AND APPRECIATING SNOW AND SNOWGLOBES, THIS IS BRENNA WYCKOPP. AND FOR FOURTH PLACE -- I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE RYLAN RITCHIE FROM ADUM K-8. DO WE HAVE ANY PRINCIPALS OR TEACHERS THAT BELONG TO THESE SCHOOLS? DO WE WANT THE

013CREW TO COME UP FOR THE PICTURE OR NOT? Jessica Vaughn: THOSE CARDS WERE JUST BEAUTIFUL. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE HAVE A15, RECOGNITION OF CAMBRIDGE LARGE DISTRICT AWARD OF THE YEAR. DAN MAYORS CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND ONE MOMENT -- WELCOME, MR. MYERS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD CHAIR VAUGHN, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND DISTINGUISHED DISTRICT STAFF. I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO STAND HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SIX YEARS AGO, I WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT CAMBRIDGE TO HILLSBOROUGH SO IT GIVES ME GREAT JOY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I HAVE TO CONFESS I HAVE A DEEPER CONNECTION. I GRADUATED FROM USF AND GOT MY FIRST TEACHING JOB AT MIDDLETON WHAT WAS THEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. MR. BEST HIRED ME AS MY FIRST JOB. AND SO I HAVE

014HILLSBOROUGH IN MY HEART AND ALWAYS WILL BE. SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. THE EARLY '90s. A LONG TIME. BUT -- WHAT WAS IT? ALWAYS HILLSBOROUGH. YES. TONIGHT HERE I'M ON BEHALF OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION. WE'RE VERY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS OUR 24-25 DISTRICT OF THE YEAR. THIS AWARD IS BASED ON THREE CRITERIA. FIRST, DEMONSTRATING A COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN EDUCATION. TWO, EXPANDING ACCESS TO RIGOROUS COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND THREE, MAINTAINING OR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE ON CAMBRIDGE EXAMS. AND YOU GUYS HIT THE MARK IN ALL THREE AREAS. AND THE LAST SIX YEARS, THE CAMBRIDGE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT AND SEVERAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL. IN FACT, EARLIER TODAY, I COMPLETED MY OFFICIAL VISIT TO YOUR NEWEST

015SCHOOL, MORGAN HIGH SCHOOL TO BRING THEM ON BOARD AS WELL. LAST YEAR, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS EARNED OVER 14,000 COLLEGE CREDITS THROUGH THE CAMBRIDGE PROGRAM. SO THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE IS THE FACT THAT 249 STUDENTS GOT THE ACE DIPLOMA WHICH QUALIFIES THEM FOR FULL BRIGHT FEATURES -- THE AICE DIPLOMA. MEANING THE FAMILIES WON'T PAY A DIME IN TUITION FOR THEIR STUDENTS IF THEY STAY HERE AND ATTEND A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. BEYOND THAT, THIS DISTRICT HAS LED IN THE AREA OF THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AS WELL. ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUR TEACHERS. YOUR TEAM HAS CREATED THE LARGEST CAMBRIDGE PD EVENT IN THE WORLD AND TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE -- YES, CLAP FOR THAT. WE'RE IN OVER 10,000 SCHOOLS AND 170 COUNTRIES. TO SAY VOW I THE LARGE -- TO SAY

016YOU HAVE THE LARGEST PD EVENT IN THE WORLD IS A BIG DEAL. I GET CHOKED UP BECAUSE I REALLY DO FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T CALL OUT YOUR ADVANCED PROGRAMS TEAM. JAZHEEALIZE SPRIX LENEGAR-BROWN AND OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH IN OUR WORK HERE. WE WANT TO THANK HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR ALLOWING US TO WITNESS WHAT EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE LOOKS LIKE FIRST-HAND. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON OUR DISTRICT OF THE YEAR FOR 24-25. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP AND TAKE A PICTURE? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO ALL OUR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS THAT REALLY TAKE THE HELM AND TEACH

017THOSE CLASSES AND MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP ON ROLLING. SO THE NEXT ONE IS A02, RECOGNITION OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WITH RECYCLED TUNES BY THE GASPARILLA MUSIC FOUNDATION TO BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS. TRACY AND JOHN, SUPERVISORS OF MUSIC WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. HI. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD CHAIR VAUGHN, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND OUR DISTRICT STAFF. TONIGHT JOHN AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE DAVID COX AND TAD DENHAM WITH RECYCLED TUNES AND THE GASPARILLA MUSIC FOUNDATION FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THEIR COMMITMENT TO MUSIC EDUCATION IS EVIDENT IN THE COUNTLESS INSTRUMENTS THEY REFURBLED AND DONATED TO OUR SCHOOLS. EACH ONE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE, CREATE, AND GROW THROUGH MUSIC. EVERY TIME I VISIT A

018CLASSROOM OR GO TO A PERFORMANCE I SPOT THAT BRIGHT ORANGE RECYCLED TUNES STICKER ON AN INSTRUMENT AND IT BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY. IT'S A VISIBLE REMINDER OF THE IMPACT THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS ON OUR STUDENTS' LIVES. SO WHEN I FIRST VISITED YOUR HEADQUARTERS, I WAS INSPIRED BY YOUR WALL OF FAME LINED WITH GUITARS SIGNED BY LEGENDARY ARTISTS WHO PERFORMED AT YOUR EVENTS. SO IN LIEU OF A TRADITIONAL PLAQUE, WE WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT WALL IN OUR OWN WAY WITH A RECYCLED GUITAR SIGNED BY OUR SCHOOL BOARD AS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR DEEP APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOU DO FOR STUDENTS. JOHN, IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. BECAUSE OF OUR RECENT AWARD OF BEING ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION, WE HAVE, I'LL SAY, A LOT OF WONDERFUL PROBLEMS BECAUSE

019SOME OF THE PROGRAMS ARE GROWING BEYOND WHAT THE INSTRUMENT MAKERS COULD EVEN PRODUCE FOR US SOMETIMES. SO THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE A KID HAVE THEIR OWN INSTRUMENT RATHER THAN TO SHARE IT OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S BEEN -- THESE GUYS ARE JUST PHENOMENAL AND I'VE SEEN THEM TAKE THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE CRUSHED CANS AND THEN TURN THEM INTO REALLY, REALLY WELL WORKING INSTRUMENTS SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US AND FOR THE MUSIC EDUCATION WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY. THAT GUITAR ROCKS BY THE WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON OUR WALL AND HANG IT UP THERE WITH PRIDE. MS. CHAIR AND SCHOOL BOARD ERRORS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD

020BE US THANKING YOU TO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOLS AND SEE WHY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS RECOGNIZED BY NAM AS ONE OF THE TOP IN THE STATE. WE SEE IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT INTERACTING WITH THE TEACHERS AND TRACY AND JOHN AND OTHERS IN LEADERSHIP AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT AND HELPING TO MAKE MUSIC ACCESSIBLE TO ALL KIDS AT ALL LEVELS. YOU MAY KNOW THAT MOST OF OUR PROGRAM STARTED IN 2013. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH JOHN SEEVER WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS NOW. WE'RE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF -- A BETTER FIT IN THE BAND PROGRAMS AND HIGH SCHOOL. JUST TO SHARE A

021COUPLE NUMBERS WITH YOU. I HAVE STATS FROM THE LAST FIVE-YEARS. SO WE HAVE TOUCHED AND PROVIDED MUSIC INSTRUMENTS TO 126 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OVER THAT TIME FRAME. WE HAVE DONATED OR REPAIRED ALMOST 2800 INSTRUMENTS. WE HAVE TOUCHED -- STUDENTS, ABOUT 44,000 STUDENTS THAT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO BENEFIT FROM HAVING THOSE INSTRUMENTS AND THE VALUE OF THOSE INSTRUMENTS, EITHER THE MONEY WE SPEND TO REPAIR THEM, THE PARTS WE BOUGHT OR THE VALUE OF THE DONATED INSTRUMENTS HAS BEEN OVER $280,000. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES THE INSTRUMENTS FOR US. WITHOUT THAT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CLEAN THEM UP AND PASS THEM ON TO SCHOOLS. I'D LIKE TO THANK A COUPLE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP SUPPORT US. FIRST OF ALL, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ELEMENTARY AND MUSIC EDUCATORS COUNCIL. IT'S ALWAYS A MOUTHFUL FOR ME. GREAT

022GROUP OF TEACHERS THAT PARTNER THE US ON QUITE A FEW THINGS INCLUDING INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOOS, INSTRUMENT DRIVES AND RIVER FEST THE PAST WEEKEND BROUGHT OUT EIGHT OR NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCK BANDS WHICH WAS REALLY WAS A GREAT PART OF THE RIVER FEST FESTIVITIES. WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD TO GET SUPPORT FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT GREAT PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY FROM SUNCOAST EDUCATION FOUNDATION, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, I'LL LOOK AT THE LIST HERE. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY, THE DUCK WALL FOUNDATION AND SHIRLEYO FOUNDATION ALL HELP SUPPORT US. IF YOU HAVE EVER GONE TO THE GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL YOU SUPPORT RECYCLED TUNES BECAUSE A PORTION OF EACH TICKET SUPPORTS US AND BENEFITS THE SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOLS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WILL YOU TAKE A PICTURE?

023Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH. I KNOW THAT FIRST-HAND AND I'M SURE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALL SEEN THE IMPACT OF HAVING MORE INSTRUMENTS AND THE ACCESS THAT ALLOWS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO MUSIC EDUCATION. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. NEXT WE HAVE A04, RECOGNITION OF THE 4-H PUBLIC SPEAKING PROGRAM DISTRICT FINALISTS AND CHAMPIONS. I KNEW THAT WAS HARD. YOLANDA VASQUEZ WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD CHAIR VAUGHN, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, DISTRICT STAFF AND FAMILIES. I AM HONORED TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S 4-H PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION. THIS CONTEST PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, DEVELOP THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND FIND THEIR VOICE. AFTER WEEKS OF PREPARATION AND COMPETITION ACROSS THEIR SCHOOLS AND REGIONS, THESE STUDENTS

024ROSE TO THE TOP AS DISTRICT FINALISTS REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOLS WITH POISE AND EXCELLENCE. AT THIS TIME, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR TWO DISTRICT WINNERS. MAITE CASTILLO FROM MACFARLANE PARK WAS THE FOURTH GRADE WINNER. SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT WHICH IS VERY FITTING BECAUSE HER SPEECH TITLE WAS "BASEBALL IS NOT JUST FOR BOYS" AND SHE IS CURRENTLY COMPETING IN A BASEBALL COMPETITION. SAMANTHA FEATHER IS OUR FIFTH GRADE WINNER AND SHE IS HERE TONIGHT. AND SHE IS GOING TO SHARE HER SPEECH WITH US AT THIS MOMENT AND HER SPEECH IS TITLED "EDUCATION FOR ALL." MY NAME IS SAMANTHA FEATHER AND MY TOPIC IS EDUCATION FOR ALL. YOU AND I CAN SOLVE MATH PROBLEMS AND CAN READ OUR FAVORITE NOVELS. BUT UNBELIEVABLY SOME OLDER KIDS AND EVEN ADULTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES CAN'T. 9.5 MILLION GIRLS BETWEEN

025THE AGES 6 AND 11 HAVE NO CHANCE OF GOING TO SCHOOL COMPARED TO 5 MILLION BOYS. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD EDUCATION. AND UNDERSTAND WHY HAVING THE STRONG EDUCATION IS SO BENEFICIAL. BUT WHAT DOES GOOD EDUCATION EVEN LOOK LIKE? WELL, IN SOME PLACES LIKE CANADA AND THE USA, EDUCATION IS EXTREMELY EASY TO ACCESS AND IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY DEVELOPED. ALSO, GOOD EDUCATION TYPICALLY MEANS HIGH LITERACY RATES. SOME COUNTRIES HAVE LITERACY RATES AS HIGH AS 99%. BY COMPARISON, SOME OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE 19% LITERACY RATES. UNLIKE THOSE COUNTRIES, ACCORDING TO AUTHOR JUSTIN, THE UNITED STATES CREATED AND MAINTAINED A SYSTEM THAT SERVES EVERYONE IN AN ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE LEVEL OF QUALITY. OTHER COUNTRIES SIMPLY DON'T PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS. EDUCATION IN COUNTRIES LIKE MALI, AFGHAN STAP STAN -- AFGHANISTAN OR SOUTH

026SUDAN IS PARTICULARLY HARD TO ACCESS ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN. THE LITERACY RATE IN PAKISTAN WAS LESS THAN 20%. THAT DIDN'T STOP A BRAVE WOMAN WHO STOOD UP FOR EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS IN PAKISTAN AND ALL OVER THE WORLD AND EVERY CHILD COULD GO TO SCHOOL. BUT JUST LIKE OTHER KIDS, MALALA GREW UP IN A LOW EDUCATION COUNTRY WHERE NOT EVERYBODY COULD LEARN LIKE SHE GOT TO. SHE REALIZED THAT WAS SO MEANINGFUL TO HAVE AN EDUCATION SINCE IT HELPED YOU SO MUCH IN LIFE. THIS GOES FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE FROM A LANGUISHING NATION AND ONE THAT WILL FLOURISH AS MICHELLE OBAMA NOTED IS WE NEED EQUAL EDUCATION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SO FOLLOWING IN MALAL A'S FOOTSTEPS AND IN MICHELLE'S WORDS WE SHOULD STAND UP FOR EDUCATION. IT'S IMPORTANT IN PERSONAL AND EC ECONOMIC GROWTH AND BUILDS YOUR

027KNOWLEDGE. THE PURPOSE IS TO TURN MIRRORS INTO WINDOWS AND HE IS RIGHT BECAUSE HAVING AN EDUCATION BUILDS CONFIDENCE THAT CAN STRENGTHEN YOUR SENSE OF SELF AND HELP YOU BELIEVE IN CONQUERING A GOAL THAT WILL ASSIST YOU IN LIFE. SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WE CAN STAND UP FOR EDUCATION EVERY SINGLE WAY AROUND THE WORLD SINCE IT HAS ASTRONOMICAL BENEFITS IF YOU HAVE IT. WHENEVER YOU THINK ABOUT SCHOOL AND MAYBE NOT ENJOYING THE WORK, ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW LUCKY WE ARE AND WITH THAT, FIGHT FOR EDUCATION JUST LIKE ME AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE MALALA ONCE DID. OVERALL EDUCATION HELPS YOU AP APPRECIATE THE BOUGHTY IN LIFE AND NOT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE. SHE SAID HERSELF, ONE CHILD, ONE TEACHER, ONE BOOK AND ONE PEN CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SAMANTHA,

028FOR SHARING YOUR VOICE WITH US. SAMANTHA IS FROM MITCHELL ELEMENTARY. YES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOW RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR DISTRICT FINALISTS. THERE WERE 49 SCHOOLS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPETITION AND 16 FINALISTS. SO AS I CALL THEIR NAMES, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE EACH AND EVERY STUDENT BY NAME. WE WANT THEM TO COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE THEIR CERTIFICATE. SO WE HAVE MAITE FROM MACFARLANE. JOSHUA FROM BING. RHEA ROBERTS FROM RIVERHILLS. KYLE ELKIN FROM CLARK. PORTER MAYS FROM NORTHWEST. HALA. SAMANTHA FEATHER FROM MITCHELL. EMMA FROM GORY. LEON FROM BROOKER. JAMESON ROBERTS FROM LINCOLN. DHRITI FROM SCHWARZKOPF. AND LAINE WEST FROM TINKER AND LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OUR OUTSTANDING PARTICIPANTS. Jessica Vaughn: THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A MINUTE TO RECOVER

029FROM THAT FANTASTIC SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE GO THE FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR WORLD. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE MOVE ON TO A05, RECOGNITION OF THE NEW WORLDS SCHOLAR RECIPIENTS. LIANA ALEXANDER, COORDINATOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD CHAIR VAUGHN, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND DISTRICT STAFF. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RAISE HIGH SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM OFFERS A VALUABLE COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY FOR RISING JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS IS A DISTRICT-BASED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO TRAIN, EQUIP AND SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS THEY TUTOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ENHANCING THEIR LITERACY SKILLS. THROUGHOUT EACH SUMMER AND SCHOOL YEAR, THEY UNDERGO TRAINING TO BECOME LITERACY TUTORS AND PARTICIPATE IN A COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUS COURSE THAT COVERS THE SIX COMPONENTS OF READING. ORAL LANGUAGE, PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS,

030PHONICS, FLUENCY, VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION. ADDITIONALLY, THEY LEARN ABOUT EXPLICIT SYSTEMATIC AND MULTISENSORY INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD. THESE DEDICATED STUDENT VOLUNTEERS COORDINATE WITH LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE TUTORING SESSIONS FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE STUDENTS. THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE THEY DELIVER EXPLICIT LITERACY LESSONS PLACED ON THE SCIENCE OF READING. AND THEY ENGAGE YOUNG LEARNERS IN SMALL GROUP AND ONE ON ONE TUTORING SESSIONS. THEY ALSO USE THE EXACT SAME RESOURCE AS CLASSROOM TEACHERS INCLUDING LESSON COMPONENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LITERACY INSTITUTE'S UFLI FOUNDATIONS ALIGNED WITH CORE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. WHEN STUDENTS DEDICATE 75 HOURS OR MORE TO THIS WORK, THEY' EARN THE NEW WORLD SCHOLAR AWARD. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HONOR STUDENTS AND FACES. WE'LL BEGIN BY HONORING TWO 11TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM STEIN BRENNER WHO BEGAN THIS YEAR. FIRST UP WE HAVE KARTHI JEEVAN. AND THEN ALSO, FROM STEINBRENNER,

031WE HAVE SHIV KE -- I'M GOING TO SAY THIS WRONG. SHIV KEWALRAMANI. FOUR LADO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS VOLUNTEERING AT WOODBRIDGE AND MORGAN WOODS ELEMENTARY. UNFORTUNATELY THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT TO ACCEPT THEIR AWARDS AS THEY'RE AT THEIR GRADUATION RESRISAL WHICH FOR SOME REASON TOOK PRECEDENCE BUT THAT'S FINE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN QUICHE GRANILATIONS ISABELLA, JEN, LYNETTE AND NATALIE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. LETO. -HUH. FINALLY, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, ONE DEDICATED FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CONSISTENTLY ENGAGED IN THIS WORK THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND DURING HER SUMMER VACATIONS BEGINNING WITH THE SUMMER AFTER HER SOPHOMORE YEAR. SHE EARNED THE NEW WORLD SCHOLAR AWARD TWICE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. PLEASE CONGRATULATE TWO-TIME NEW WORLD SCHOLAR AWARD RECIPIENT EMMA SCHROEDER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY

032MAYBE SOME FUTURE TEACHERS THERE. NEXT WE HAVE A06, RECOGNITION OF FLORIDA'S NATIONAL CIVICS AND DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP. DR. MARTHA FORD, SUPERVISOR OF K-8 SOCIAL STUDIES WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD AFTERNOON, DISTRICT STAFF AND FAMILIES AND HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS. I'M MARTHA FORD, SOCIAL STUDIES SUPERVISOR. AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE CIVIC MISSION OF OUR SCHOOLS IS ALWAYS PARAMOUNT TO PREPARE EFFECTIVE CITIZENS. THE FLORIDA CIVICS AND DEBATE INITIATIVE SEEKS TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE CIVIC KNOWLEDGE AND INVIGORATE PUBLIC DEBATE AND CIVIL DISCOURSE. SPONSORED IN PART BY THE FLORIDA EDUCATION, IT'S THE ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. THE NATIONAL CIVICS AND DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL IS TRULY UNIQUE. A RIGOROUS CONTEST THAT THOROUGHLY CHALLENGED STUDENT'S KNOWLEDGE, DEBATE SKILLS AND ENDURANCE. WHILE MOST CONVENTIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENTS WHILE STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN ONE CATEGORY,

033THIS EVENT REQUIRED OVER 400 STUDENTS FROM 72 SCHOOLS TO COMPETE IN THREE EVENTS OVER TWO DAYS OF COMPETITION TO DEMONSTRATE THE BREADTH OF THEIR CIVICS KNOWLEDGE AND FLEXIBILITY OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS. WITH THE SUPPORT OF COACH AND REGIONAL DEBATE AMBASSADOR DANIEL KLEMM AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TUCKER, I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE MADISON LAVIDAS FROM RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO MET THE CHALLENGE AND WON A NATIONAL SECOND PLACE IN THE IMPROMPTU SPEAKING CATEGORY. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. DEBATE WILL COME IN HANDY. LET ME TELL YOU. SO STICK WITH IT. ALL RIGHT. AND THE NEXT ONE IS A07, RECOGNITION OF FLORIDA FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR. VERONICA SCHMIDT GONZALEZ, SUPERVISOR AND EDU EDUARDO ESQUIDARO GARNICA -- HOPEFULLY I GOT THAT RIGHT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD CHAIR VAUGHN, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, AND

034DISTRICT STAFF AND FAMILIES. WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE MELINDA ZELIFF, A GERMAN TEACHER AT ALONZO HIGH SCHOOL FOR HER INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROUD PRINCIPAL JAMES HARRIS. HER LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS SO LONG I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN. SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. MINDY WAS ONE OF THREE TEACHERS NATIONALLY TO RECEIVE THE GERMAN EMBASSY TEACHER OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WHICH RECOGNIZES EARLY CAREER TEACHERS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO TEACHING GERMAN. ADDITIONALLY, SHE WAS NAMED THE FLORIDA FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION 2025 TEACHER OF THE YEAR. AND REPRESENTED FLORIDA AS A FINALIST IN THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE OF LANGUAGE TEACHINGS 2025 TEACHER OF THE YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THESE EXTREMELY PRESTIGIOUS NOMINATIONS SHE WON THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE TEACHING GULF INSTITUTE TRAVEL AWARD ALLOWING HER TO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSEWORK IN GERMANY OVER THE SUMMER. WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD

035OF HER REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION. NOT ONLY IN HER RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE BUT ALSO IN HER EQUIPMENT TO PROFOUNDLY EXPANDING AND ENRICHING THE LIVES OF STUDENTS THROUGH THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND ITS CULTURE. SO, MINDY, CONGRATULATIONS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. LANGUAGE IS DEFINITELY THE GATEWAY TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND GERMAN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE A14, RECOGNITION OF CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION COMPETITION AWARD RECIPIENTS. CHRISTOPHER JARGO, DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. HE IS COMING. AND WHILE WE WAIT, WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE. YOU'RE UP, MR. JARGO. WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US FOR OUR CAREER TECHNICAL STUDENT RECOGNITION. WE'LL START WITH OUR JROTC. WE

036HAVE QUITE A FEW STUDENTS. MANY ARE OUTSIDE. THEY'LL BE COMING IN. WE'LL BEGIN WITH JROTC. AND IF ANY OF THE STUDENTS HAVE YET TO CHECK IN AND NEED TO BRING ME UP THEIR CARDS, THEY CAN DO SO AND I'LL READ THEM OUT. WE'LL START WITH THE ONES HERE FIRST. SO WE RECENTLY HAD OUR CADET OF THE YEAR CEREMONY. WE'LL START WITH OUR STUDENT FROM BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. WE'LL WELCOME UP HANNAH OWENS HER WITH COLONEL DONALD GUN SUPPORTED BY DR. JEREMY KLEIN, PRINCIPAL. AND FAMILY, AS YOU'RE HERE, OF COURSE YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE AS THE STUDENT COMES UP. SO STUDENTS, AFTER YOUR PICTURE IS TAKEN, YOU CAN STAND BY AND WE'LL TAKE ONE AT THE END OF THE ROTC STUDENTS. NEXT UP FROM NEWSOM, LET'S WELCOME COLLIN DONNELY. COLLIN IS SUPPORTED BY COMMANDER SERGEANT MEEKS

037AND PRINCIPAL KATIE ROACHA. NEXT UP I SEE FROM PLANT HIGH SCHOOL, LET'S WELCOME RICO GORDON SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL HEATHER HOLLOWAY. DO WE HAVE A STUDENT FROM ROBINSON? LET'S WELCOME MARCUS FURMAN SUPPORTED BY LAWRENCE AND PRINCIPAL DAVID BROWN. LET'S WELCOME THE STUDENT FROM ALAUNCEO. ANEKA SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL MAJOR HARRIS AND ANTONIO GRAFALO. WE ALSO HAVE MR. SHAUN RODRIGUEZ FROM ALONZO HIGH SCHOOL. AND MR. JAMES STAUFFER. CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S HAVE THE ROTC STUDENTS COME UP FOR A PICTURE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. Jessica Vaughn: IF YOU JUST GOT AN AWARD, PLEASE COME TAKE YOUR PICTURE. ANY ADDITIONAL ROTC STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WE MISSED? Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP WE'LL WELCOME FAA STUDENTS FOR AGRICULTURE. FIRST FROM SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTED BY THE PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER SIERRA HATE, LET'S WELCOME UP THE NATIONAL CHAPTER AWARD WINNERS. MS. HATE,

038WOULD YOU ANNOUNCE THE NAMES OF THE STUDENTS HERE? WE DIDN'T HAVE IT ON THE CARD BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE RECOGNIZED. FIRST WE HAVE TARYN, MARCUS, AND OUR WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL MS. LULAF. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, ANOTHER FAA STUDENT FROM RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL. SUPPORTED BY JENNIFER TUCKER, THE APC. WE HAVE THE NATIONAL CHAPTER FAA FLORIDA'S FINEST. CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM AT RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE'LL INVITE THE TEACHER TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENT NAMES AS SOON AS YOU GET YOUR PICTURE. WE HAVE SIENNA PLEASEY AND KATIE GUNTER. ALSO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT. WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. SHOULD WE JUST STAY STANDING THE WHOLE TIME? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR BUSINESS STUDENTS FOR FBLA. ANOTHER BUSINESS-RELATED EVENT. IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT HAVE JOINED, PLEASE BRING UP

039THE CARD. FROM WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. LET'S HAVE ANAHA BETTY SUPPORTED BY MS. CALDWELL. WE HAVE MELISSA AND RANDY. FIRST PLACE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER EXPLORATION. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO FROM WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE FIRST PLACE IN EXPLORING BUSINESS ISSUES. ASHANE, ANAB, AND PART RAMI. CONGRATULATIONS FROM WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP FROM BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, E-SPORTS STUDENTS, LAWRENCE SUPPORTED BY MARCUS RODRIGUEZ AND TEACHER MICHAEL GABANI. FIRST PLACE FUSION 2.5 IN THE HILLSBOROUGH GAME JAM, ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES EVER ACKNOWLEDGING E-SPORTS. CONGRATULATIONS. LAWRENCE DEROSIE. WE ALSO HAVE DAVID DUKE AND ZANE HOSNEY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP FROM RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, LET'S BRING UP AZIAN SUPPORTED BY JENNIFER TUCKER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. OUR WINNER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPLORING COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADER STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. CONGRATULATIONS AZBIN. NEXT UP OUR

040STUDENTS FROM WILLIAMS IB MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS, TANASHIKA AND TANESHA, WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY WERE THE FIRST PLACE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPLORING BUSINESS ETHICS, SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL JOHN HALEY AND TEACHER TASHANA RAINER. Jessica Vaughn: COGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP A GROUP FROM HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTED BY KEVIN GORDON, PRINCIPAL, AND MS. MAXY. THESE ARE FBLA STUDENTS WHO WON FIRST IN MARKETING THE CURT THOMPSON AWARD. LILA AND SIME. ALSO MS. JESSICA RAY LONG SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR TSA STUDENTS. IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS STUDENTS FOR FBLA MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IN. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO TSA. THAT'S OF COURSE OUR TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE A GROUP HERE FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. LET'S START OFF MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL OF COURSE PROUD PRINCIPAL MS. CAMILLA

041BURTON. I SAW MS. SUSAN SUPPORTING THEM. WE'LL GIVE IT UP FOR THE FIRST PLACE AT THE CONFERENCE IN GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY. LET'S BRING UP EASTON HARDY, JILIANA AND SHARINDI. ALSO FROM MIDDLETON HIGH -- WE'LL LET THEM TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN DO THE NEXT GROUP. WE'LL LET OUR PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER STAY BECAUSE THEY MAY GET CALLED A FEW TIMES. SO NEXT UP -- WE HAVE SOME MORE HERE. WE HAVE EASTON HARDY. EASTON IS HERE AND HE WON TRANSPORTATION MODELING FIRST PLACE. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY USE THAT AS WE DRIVE THROUGH TRAFFIC EVERY DAY. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR SYSTEM. Jessica Vaughn: GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. I'VE GOT MORE FROM MIDDLETON COMING. IN ENGINEERING PROGRAM, MR. ROBERT DOTSON IS THEIR TEACHER ADVISOR. THIS IS THE ENGINEERING INSPIRATION AWARD AT THE FIRST ROBOTICS CHALLENGE.

042MR. DOTSON, IS THIS THE GROUP OF STUDENTS? AS YOU SEE -- ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYBODY SITUATED FOR A PICTURE. AND AS I SAY YOUR NAME, PERHAPS YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR IT. I HAVE ALL THEIR NAMES. IT WILL TAKE ME A MINUTE TO GET THROUGH THEM. STUDENTS, SINCE YOU'RE SO GOOD AT ENGINEERING, WE MAY NEED YOU TO ENGINEER A BIGGER ROOM FOR US. HERE WE GO, STUDENTS. REMEMBER RAISE YOUR HAND. ARE YOU READY? VISHAN, ADITI, SHRIHI, PRINAVA, SHAVIN, PUJAN, SHRAHITHA, PRINAV, SEDARTH. AGIGNA, SEDANT, CALMAN, ROHAN, REIA, RONIT, SURI -- EXCUSE ME. THAT NAME WAS SO CLOSE TO SIRI MY PHONE WAS REACTING. I HAVE TO TURN THAT OFF. MADELINE, CANON, TUI, MILAN, SHRISTA, SOHAN, MALU, ILALA, TAPAS, IRAV, HARAS, SHRI, ANDERSON, ROHITH, SASMITH, SHRIA, ADAM, AMED, VIHAN,

043ROHAN, AND AVE. DID I FORGET ANYBODY? TAKE A PICTURE. THEIR INSTRUCTOR WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION ON THE WAY OUT. WE LEFT OFF SOME OF THE AWARDS THEY WON WHICH IS FINE. THE BIG POINT THEY DID THIS YEAR IS THEY GOT BACK TO THE WORLD COMPETITION IN HOUSTON WHERE 600 TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COMPETED. WE FINISHED IN THE TOP 50. AND WON ONE OF ONLY 30 AWARDS GIVEN OUT CALLED THE RISING ALLSTAR AWARD. Jessica Vaughn: THAN WAS FANTASTIC ALL THE WAY AROUND FROM THE WINNERS TO THE NAME PRONUNCIATION TO THE HEAD PIECES. FANTASTIC. CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE A CARD FOR TURNER BAR TELLS. GO AHEAD AND COME UP. THIS IS OUR TSA OF MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE SARI, NIEV, LIAM, AND JIVAN. THEY WERE FIRST IN INVENTION AND INNOVATIONS FROM TURNER-BARTELS. CONGRATULATIONS. IS

044Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE A FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAM FROM WALKER. ARE YOU HERE, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAM FROM WALKER? COME ON UP. AS YOU CAN SEE, ROBOTICS AND LEGOS IS VERY POPULAR. THIS IS ABRAHAM, DISHEN, NISHIT, NALEL, AND ROHAN, WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE. THEY ARE THE WINNER AND THE CHAMPIONS. SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL SARAH CALDWELL AND INSTRUCTOR BLAKE NELSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THESE STUDENTS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE A GROUP HERE FROM ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. CORRECT? ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. COME ON UP. COMING FROM THE BACK. ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL OF COURSE MR. MICHAEL WILSON. YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM FROM MANY YEARS AT McLAIN. HE IS BRINGING THE SCHOOL TO EXCELLENCE. THEY'RE ASSISTED BY MS. JOHNSON. THEY WERE FIRST PLACE IN THE RACE AND DESIGN OF THE JUNIOR SOLAR SPRINT,

045THE FLORIDA ENERGY WIZ COMPETITION. WE HAVE CHAYANA, JADEN AND HOLLY. YES, SIR. I SEE ANOTHER GROUP FROM MIDDLETON. LET'S BRING THE MIDDLETON GROUP UP HERE. THEY WON SO MANY AWARDS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE PROPER ONE. COME ON UP, MIDDLETON STUDENTS. Jessica Vaughn: SCOOT DOWN A LITTLE MORE AND LET EVERYBODY IN. THERE YOU GO. ARE WE FINISHED WITH PICTURES? ONE MORE? SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME. I THINK IT WAS ANNOUNCED WITH THE -- INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE BOARD PLEASE ON YOUR WAY OUT. ROHAN. MY NAME IS VIHAN. ARIEN. PRIDI AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY. THAT'S OUR NEXT NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR FBLA. I'M TYLER AND I'M THE FBLA LEAD ADVISOR. AISHI. ARIANA. KRISHNA. BEROT. NISHKA. NIKKI. MY NAME IS EVA. AKSHARA.

046MANIKA. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS! AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE GROUP FROM STRAWBERRY CREST FOR FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS. LET'S BRING UP SHRINAJA, FIRST PLACE IN DATA ANALYSIS AT THE RECENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL MARK WATSON AND TEACHER JASMINE LANE. CONGRATULATIONS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. DO WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM ROBINSON FOR FBLA? ANYBODY ELSE? COME ON UP. THIS IS DELANEY SHMID, ASHAKTA WHO WERE FIRST PLACE IN BUSINESS ETHICS. MR. BRADLEY WATSON AND DAVID BROWN. CONGRATULATIONS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO DO WE HAVE NICO AND ANTONIO GALLO AND ALEX HERE? LET'S WELCOME THEM UP. ANOTHER VIDEO GAME-RELATED COMPETITION. FIRST PLACE IN THE UNITY GAME ENGINE AT THE RECENT GAME JAM. AND WE HAVE -- CONGRATULATIONS. ONE MORE E-SPORTS GROUP HERE FROM LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL. ALEXANDER AND KYLE FROM LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL. HERE THEY COME SUPPORTED BY TEACHER

047MR. STEVEN MICHAELSON AND PRINCIPAL MS. THERESA. CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE GAME JAM. CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S MOVE ON TO DECA. COME ON UP FROM ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. I SEE MR. NEWFIELD HERE WITH HIS STUDENTS. FIRST UP THE ACCOUNTING SERIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALAMO. DECA ARMWOOD, ALSO ALEXIS BALTIMORE. ALSO ALLEN MARTIN, AND THEY WERE THE NATIONAL QUALIFIERS IN THE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS. IN ARMWOOD, LET'S CONGRATULATION KALID PROPROFESSIONAL SELLING. DECA ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, ANOTHER NATIONAL QUALIFIER, IT'S EMERY MORALES AND LUNA MALA AND THEY WON IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT TEAM DECISION MAKING. NEXT UP, THE NATIONAL QUALIFIER FROM. MERCHANDISE, SHARON. NEXT UP, MS. TEIGEN NEWFIELD, NATIONAL QUALIFIER IN ADOBE BRANDING CORPORATE CHALLENGE. ARMWOOD, CONGRATULATIONS OF COURSE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND THE TEACHER NEWFIELD WHO DOES A WONDERFUL JOB. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. STEINBRENNER DECA CHAPTER. FIRST NATIONAL QUALIFIER IS LINDSEY GUNTER, HOTEL

048AND LODGING MANAGEMENT. NEXT UP FROM STEINBRENNER IS ZARA, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AWARENESS CAMPAIGN GOING TO THE NATIONAL EVENT. NEXT UP FROM STEINBRENNER, AYON AND BOE. THEY ARE THE NATIONAL QUALIFIER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEAM DECISION MAKING. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A GROUP HERE FROM LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEIR TEACHER IS MS. COSTELLE. THEY'RE IN THE VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES PROGRAM. LET'S BRING UP FOR THE SALES PITCH AWARD HARSHADA. THEY ALSO WON THE FIRST PLACE IN THE ENTREPRENEURLOOZA CONTEST. NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE PACKSTON STEVENSON, ROBERTO, NASHITA, THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SUMMIT IN NEW YORK CITY. THEY WON FOR BOOTH DESIGN. OUR FIRST PLACE CHAMPION FOR TRADE SHOW BOOTH DESIGN IS NASHITA, PACK STON, LUCAS, ALASASA INNDRA AND OTHERS. CONGRATULATIONS FROM LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. NEXT UP IS SALES PITCH GOLD AWARD. FIRST INTERNATIONAL YOUTH

049BUSINESS SUMMIT. CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA. AND ONE MORE GROUP FROM LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. LET'S CONGRATULATE SOPHIE, KATIE, AND SESPERAN. THEY'RE THE SECOND IN THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH BUSINESS SUMMIT IN BOOTH DESIGN IN NEW YORK CITY. ALL THE STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY FRANK DIAZ AND TEACHER DAISY. Jessica Vaughn: COME ON UP AND TAKE A PICTURE. WE HAVE ONE MORE STUDENT -- SORRY. FROM A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. CONGRA CONGRATULATIONS, LIBERTY. RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MIA JOHNSON, FIRST PLACE IN THE ENTRAPALOOZA CONTEST START-UP SHOWCASE. CONGRATULATIONS MIA SUPPORTED BY THE PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER TANYA DELGADO. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. ANYBODY ELSE FOR BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP? WE HAVE ONE LAST GROUP. AND IT'S THE CHEFS. WE LOVE THE CHEFS. OUR FAMILY FCCLA, FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCES. STRAWBERRY CREST. I SEE THE AMAZING CHEF PAUL BANANO. MARK WATSON. THE FIRST PLACE, FIRST PLACE

050IN THE PRO START CULINARY COMPETITION. CHEF, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR STUDENTS HERE WITH YOU? COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. FIRST OFF WE HAVE SENIOR RUBISEL LOPEZ. WHO IS A BACK TO BACK TWO-TIME STATE CHAMPION. WE HAVE SENIOR SOPHIA RAEZ. WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA FOR BAKING AND PASTRY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SENIOR SAVANNAH HEIST WHO WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA. WE HAVE JUNIOR RILEY CLARK. AND WE HAVE SENIOR JADIRA WHO IS ALSO A TWO-TIME STATE CHAMPION AND ALSO ATTENDING THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA NEXT FALL. LET'S GET A PICTURE OF COURSE SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL WATSON, STRAWBERRY CREST. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS FROM BEN HILL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND WELCOME KENNEDY SPARE FROM BEN HILL. SHE IS THE FCCLA

051STATE LEADERSHIP COMPETITION NATIONAL QUALIFIER SUPPORTED BY KILEY WEBSTER AND JOANNA, PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER. CONGRATULATIONS FCCLA. ALSO FROM BEN HILL, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE KIA RIVERS ALSO GOING TO THE NATIONAL EVENT THIS COMING SUMMER FROM BEN HILL. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. FROM HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, LET'S WELCOME UP JESSE LEE. SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL KEVIN GORDON AND TEACHER JESSICA RAY LONG. JESSE IS A NATIONAL QUALIFIER FOR THE STATE LEADERSHIP COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. LET'S WELCOME A GROUP STARTING WITH SANCHEZ. ONE OF THE CHAPTER AND REVIEW PORTFOLIO, GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTED BY THOMAS MORAL AND LINDSEY BURGESS AND MIRIAM COOK. CONGRA CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO FOR GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, WE'LL BRING UP EMMA HANSON. EMMA IS A QUALIFIER IN THE FOCUS ON CHILDREN COMPETITION. NEXT UP IS SOLE BANKS. A QUALIFIER

052ALSO IN THE FOCUS ON CHILDREN COMPETITION. SOLE BANKS. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. ALEXANDRIA FERNANDEZ. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. NATIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCATE COMPETITION. NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF US. NEXT UP FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, THE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE WAS WON BY CAMILLA. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP IS SOPHIA NICOLETTO FROM GAITHER AND THE WINNER OF THE REVIEW PORTFOLIO AND A NATIONAL QUALIFIER. ONE MORE FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. TREVOR PUIG. TREVOR WON IN THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION, GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. AND ONE MORE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL WRITE-IN HERE. JADEN WHO IS HERE. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. PART OF THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP NATIONAL QUALIFYING TEAM. WE ALSO HAVE KILEY MU PAU FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. THE PROFESSIONALISM PRESENTATION NATIONAL QUALIFIER. GREAT JOB, KILEY. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL ALSO HAD A WINNER IN NEVIA. THE WINNER IN THE PROFESSIONALISM PRESENTATION COMPETITION. NEXT UP,

053THAT'S EVERYBODY FROM GAITHER, RIGHT? WE'LL GET ONE PICTURE FROM GAITHER. A COUPLE MORE SCHOOLS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS AND GO COWBOYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE THREE MORE STUDENTS TO WRAP THINGS UP TODAY FOR FUTURE EDUCATORS OF AMERICA. THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT COMPETITION. AIDEN FERN. COME ON UP. FUTURE EDUCATORS. STATE LEADERSHIP COMPETITION. THE STUDENT LESSON PLAN. SOMETHING WE ALL LOVE TO MAKE EVERY DAY. A LESSON PLAN. CONGRATULATIONS, AIDEN. SIGN HIM UP. HE SAID I WILL. OUR TELEVISION PRODUCTION COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE A STUDENT FROM SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL. ALINA. SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL CRYSTAL AND TEACHER DAVE PRICHARD. THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD IN THE FIRST GASPARILLA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL. CONGRATULATIONS. AND FINALLY, OUR TV PRODUCTION COMPETITION. MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTED BY MS. CAMILLA BURTON AND TEACHER TAMIKA DANCEY. THIS IS KATHERINE DOVAL. KATH KATHERINE, AN

054INCREDIBLE PROJECT, THE FLORIDA WATER ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY, A PSA, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT STATEWIDE COMPETITION TO FLUSH OR NOT TO FLUSH. CONGRATULATIONS, KATHERINE, FOR THAT OUTSTANDING PROJECT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, PART OF THE CAREER TECH RECOGNITION THAT DIDN'T GET TO BE RECOGNIZED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. Jessica Vaughn: THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO A09, RECOGNITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND AFRO' ACADEMIC CULTURAL, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS, 2024 WINNERS. LINETTE JUDGE, AN ACT-SO CHAIR AND LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. ON BEHALF OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP, IT IS MY HONOR TO SHARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2025 AFRO-ACADEMIC CULTURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL

055AND SCIENCE OLYMPICS ALSO KNOWN AS ACT-SO. THIS YEAR, OUR STUDENTS WILL PROUDLY COMPETE IN 20 OF ACT-SO'S 32 NATIONAL COMPETITION CATEGORIES. SPANNING ALL SIX FIELDS OF COMPETITION. OUR SIX FIELDS OF COMPETITION INCLUDE BUSINESS, CULINARY ARTS, HOW MANATEES, PERFORMING ARTS, STEM AND VISUAL ARTS. ACT-SO TRULY OFFERS SOMETHING FOR EVERY INTEREST WITHIN THE SIX FIELDS LIKE 32 UNIQUE AREAS OF COMPETITION, GIVING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE AND EXCEL IN DISCIPLINES THAT SPEAK TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL PASSIONS AND TALENT. ACT-SO IS A YOUTH INITIATIVE OF THE NAACP. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1978 BY JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR VERNON JARED. WITH THE VISION OF RECOGNIZING ACADEMIC, SCIENTIFIC, AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROVIDING THEM WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF RECOGNITION THAT IS OFTEN GIVEN TO ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS ARE STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12 WHO ARE

056U.S. CITIZENS AND AMATEURS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES. EACH YEAR, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL ACT-SO PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE. LOCAL MEDAL WINNERS ADVANCE TO THE NATIONAL ACT-SO COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE HELD IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS YEAR. NATIONAL WINNERS RECEIVE CASH AWARDS, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MONITORED BY TOP PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR FIELDS. THANKS TO THE STRENGTH OF THE NAACP PARTNERSHIP, OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO WORLD CLASS GUIDANCE THAT EMPOWERS THEM TO BE TRUE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATORS. THIS INCLUDES MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL, GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, SPUDLE HIGH SCHOOL, SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL AND TAMPA BAY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, AND SPUDLE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE ACT-SO FAMILY AS FIRST-TIME

057PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR. AND WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED GROWTH DURING THE ACT-SO 2026 SEASON WHICH BEGINS RECRUITMENT IN AUGUST 2025. I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY IMMENSE GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE PROGRAM. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NA NAACP EVETTE LEWIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING LEADERSHIP AND TRUST IN ME, OTIS AND KIANA. TO MY INCREDIBLE CHAIRS WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING, MR. OTIS KITCHEN AND WILLIAMS, THEIR DEDICATION FUELS THEIR SUCCESS AND AS MR. KITCHEN ALWAYS SAYS, TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK. TO OUR FIELD CHAIRS IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE LETO YA BRANT AND MICHELLE STONE AND CULINARY ARTS, CHEF MARCUS GUNDY AND TIFFANY JUDGE AND MORRIS. YOUR EXPERTISE AND COMMITMENT HAVE ENRICHED OUR STUDENTS' LIVES IN IMMEASURABLE WAYS. I'D LIKE TO SHARE A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT MR. MARS. ZION IS

058THE CLASS OF 2023 ACT-SO ALUM. ZION BEGAN HIS ACT-SO JOURNEY AS A CONTESTANT IN PERFORMING ARTS AND NOW SERVES AS ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS. WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO REPORT THAT THREE ACT-SO ALUMNI FROM THE CLASS OF 2023 AND 2024 ARE NOW CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, GO BULLS. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. AND MOORHOUSE COLLEGE. ACT-SO IS TRULY PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO WOODS, FELITA LEWIS AND CHIEF OWEN YOUNG FOR YOUR SUPPORT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO OUR PROGRESS. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MEMBER RIDDEN FOR JOINING US ON OUR LOCAL COMPETITION DAY. YOU GOT TO SEE THE MADNESS FIRST B FIRSTHAND. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT. FINALLY ON BEHALF OF MY CHOCHAIRS, FIELD CHAIRS, OUR CONTESTANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, I OFFER A VERY

059HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE SIMPLY COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2025 ACT-SO MEDAL WINNERS. IN THE FIELD OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FROM MIDDLETON, WYATT. IN THE FIELD OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT FROM ARMWOOD, RHIANNA. ASHTON COOK. SHANI. ANAMARI JOHNSON. AND MAY I SAY, MR. HUCKSTER, GOLD MEDAL WINNERS. IN THE FIELD OF CULINARY ARTS, GOLD MEDAL, CHEF KENDRICK ST. LOUIS. SILVER MEDAL, LOGAN JOHNSON. ALSO FROM ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. MUSIC COMPOSITION. GOLD MEDAL WINNER FROM BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, MR. ISAAC. IN THE FIELD OF PLAYWRITING, FROM SUMNER, MS. TALIA SCOTT. IN THE FIELD OF POETRY WRITTEN, BRONZE MEDAL WINNER FROM MIDDLETON, KEVIN BROWN. IN THE FIELD OF SHORT STORY, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, ISAIAH MILLER. SILVER MEDAL

060WINNER FROM BRANDON, ALIA BROWN. IN THE FIELD OF DANCE CONTEMPORARY, GOLD MEDAL WINNER FROM BLAKE, CAYDEN BIDEN. IN THE FIELD OF DANCE MODERN, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, CAYDEN BIDEN. IN THE FIELD OF DRAMATICS, SILVER MEDAL, SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL, MS. TALIA SCOTT. IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL CLASSICAL, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, CALIA GRIMES. SILVER MEDAL WINNER, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, ISAAC. BRONZE MEDAL WINNER FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, KAYLA. IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL CONTEMPORARY, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, JAVON. SILVER WINNER, MIDDLETON, DAVID OJO. IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC VOCAL CONTEMPORARY, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, MS. ANALISIA. IN THE FIELD OF ORITARY, GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, MS. McFEARSON. SILVER MEDAL WINNER, TALIA SCOTT. IN THE FIELD OF POETRY PERFORMANCE, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, MS. DIANA McPHERSON. SILVER MEDAL WINNER, DOZORO, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. IN THE FIELD

061OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, MR. MALACHI BROWN. IN THE FEEL OF ENGINEERING, GOLD MEDAL, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, MR. ARJANI. SILVER MEDAL, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, MR. DERRICK HENDERSON. IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, TAMPA BAY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, MS. CAMBRIA BURTON. IN THE FIELD OF PHYSICS, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, MR. JORDAN BROWN. IN THE FIELD OF DRAWING, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL, MS. BROOKLYN. SILVER MEDAL WINNER, BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL, MS. ALIYA BROWN. IN THE FIELD OF FILM MAKING, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, JADEN. IN THE FIELD OF PAINTING, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, SPOTO HIGH SCHOOL, MS. JOURNEY. SILVER MEDAL, MS. BROOKLYN, BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. BRONZE MEDAL, MS. K MS. K -- MS. CULMAN. THESE ARE OUR MEDAL WINNERS FOR THE CLASS OF 2025. WE WERE PLEASED TO HAVE

06223 GOLD MEDAL WINNERS, 10 SILVER MEDAL WINNERS AND 3 BRONZE MEDALS FOR A TOTAL OF 36 MEDAL WINNERS FOR 2025. Jessica Vaughn: AWESOME. AND DIANA HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING A THREE-TIME 100% GOLD MEDAL WINNER. SHE HAS WON GOLD MEDALS IN EVERY SINGLE COMPETITION SHE HAS COMPETED IN. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS! SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. OUTSTANDING. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR DEVICES IF YOU HAVE ANY. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR DEVICES. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO A08, RECOGNITION OF THE 24-25 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS AND THE 24-25 FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONS. AND LANIS ROBINSON, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. WE HAVE QUITE

063A FEW STUDENT ATHLETES TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WE MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. BIRCHAL TO LEAD US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND I'LL COME BACK FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. . THE FIRST WINNER THIS YEAR IN THE GIRL'S BASKETBALL WAS TURNER-BARTELS K-8. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JACLYN ENNIS TO INTRODUCE THE COACH AND PLAYERS. GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD AND EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE BEST GIRLS' BASKETBALL COACH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'D LIKE TO -- -- GO BENGAL TIGERS. COACH ZACHARY LAMBERT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US

064THIS EVENING. I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE GIRLS FROM TURNER-BARTELS. A COUPLE ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT. CAROLYN. MACY IS HERE. OLIVIA BLACKWELL. ADDISON SELNER. SYDNEY BAPTISTE. CADEN HOUSEN. JORDAN TEAGUE. ARABELLA JARGO. REAGAN. KINLEY. TORY. AND HER SISTER TAYLOR IS SINGING IN THE CHORUS AT SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. CAN'T BE WITH US. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, EMILY HUNTER. Jessica Vaughn: ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE STAND. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL DISTRICT CHAMPIONS WERE FROM SLY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MR. AARON BERRY TO INTRODUCE THE COACH AND PLAYERS. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE 24-25 COACHES FOR OUR CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM. WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE YOUNG MEN FOR SETTING THE TONE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. WE PLISSEED THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR BUT --

065WE MISSED. BUT WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE EIGHTH GRADERS AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE BROTHERHOOD THAT WAS FORGED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CHIP THIS YEAR. I WANT TO INTRODUCE COACH CECIL COLEMAN AND COACH MARK. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I WANT START TO WITH TEAM MANAGERS. EVERYTHING WE DO, THE TEAM MANAGERS STEPPED UP WITH PLANNING EVERYTHING FOR US FROM OUR SCHEDULE TO OUR LINEUP. FIRST WE HAVE CAM RICHARDSON. CLAP IT UP FOR CAM. WE HAVE -- NOW FOR THE BOYS WE HAVE DEANDRE, DAVION, JAYSHON, TEDRICK, CALEB, ZADEN, ZION, DARIUS, EDGAR GARCIA, JOSH, AIDEN, AND ONE THING BEFORE WE CLAP IT UP FOR THE BOYS, ONE OF OUR STANDARD AS STUDENT FIRST, ATHLETES SECOND AND THIS IS ONLY A LUXURY AND PRIVILEGE WE HAVE FOR DOING IT IN THE

066CLASSROOM. ALL THE BOYS ARE THREES, FOURS AND FIVES ON THE MATH, SCIENCE AND WRITING. WE EXPECT THE SAME IN MATH. AND THEY ALL MAINTAIN A 3.0 GPA. WE'RE HERE FOR BASKETBALL BUT WE REALLY REPRESENT IN THE CLASSROOM. CLAP IT UP FOR THESE BOYS RIGHT HERE. Jessica Vaughn: LOVE THAT. YEAH. COME TAKE YOUR PICTURES. CONGRATULATIONS AND YOU GUYS LOOK PHENOMENAL ON TOP OF IT. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL. THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS FROM WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HAVE MS. MARISSA, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WHO WILL INTRODUCE THE COACH AND PLAYERS. SO IT WAS GREAT STARTING OFF AS MY POSITION AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WHEN VOLLEYBALL WAS FIRST STARTING. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE COACH JEFF RICK. GOOD EVENING. IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT

067OF EFFORT TO PUT TOGETHER SPORTS TEAMS AND A RUNNER SPORTING EVENTS. I'LL THANK A COUPLE OF THEM. MS. SARINA ANDERSON, WHO ALWAYS DOES THE TICKET SCANNERS HOME AND AWAY, NO MATTER WHAT. WILSON PARENTS. I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE NERVOUS. WILSON PARENTS JENNY, TREY, AND BILL MURRAY. BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL ALWAYS DOING THE SCORE CLOCK AND SCORE BOOK. WILSON PARENTS JAMES ABBOTT, JIM THORP AND CHEVY SHOE HELPING BUILD THE SOCCER GOALS THIS YEAR. NOW THE TEAM AND PLAYERS FOR VOLLEY BALL. WHAT A WONDERFUL TALENTED GROUP. EVERY YEAR THEY STEP UP AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE TIMES. THEY ARE SO TALENTED. AND GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM NOW. SIXTH GRADE STELLA BRUNETTI. MILANA. SOPHIA. MARLEY. SOPHIA. REECE. CAPTAIN BRIELLA. CAPTAIN SYLVIA. COURTNEY. ADALADE. AND REECE. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. OUR BOYS VOLLEYBALL DISTRICT CHAMPION THIS YEAR APPARENTLY IS

068UNABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING AS THEY ALL PLAY CLUB VOLLEYBALL, BUT THAT WAS TOMLIN AND THEY APPARENTLY HAVE OTHER ENGAGEMENTS THIS EVENING. SO ON TO TRACK. OUR TRACK, GIRLS' TRACK TEAM THIS YEAR, THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT AND HAVE CLUB ACTIVITIES BUT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK GIRLS TEAM WAS FROM YORK K-8. OUR BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK TEAM IS AGAIN FROM SLY MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO AGAIN, MR. BERRY. 3P COMPLETE. I'M SO PROUD OF OUR YOUNG MEN FOR STAYING FOCUSED AND AGAIN, PROVING THAT THE BOND OF BROTHERHOOD IS ESSENTIAL IN SUCCESS. I WANT -- AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR COACHES AGAIN. COACH CYRIL, COACH DJ AND COACH HARKIN ALTHOUGH NOT AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE STAFF, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO COACH BARTHAL WHO EVEN AMID INCREDIBLE PERSONAL CHALLENGES AND

069SETBACKS NEVER WAVERED IN HIS SUPPORT AND REMAINED A PART OF THEIR SUCCESS. AT THIS POINT THE 24-25 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPS. AGAIN, THE REASON IT'S THE SAME GROUP OF BOYS. WE CROSS TRAIN AND THEY PLAY BASKETBALL, TRACK AND FOOTBALL AND HAVE THE OPTION TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL AND SOCCER TOO. WELL ROUNDED IN ALL THE SPORTS. AND THIS IS A THREE PETE AND A SPECIAL SEASON FOR US BECAUSE WE WERE DOING IT FOR -- FIRST WE HAVE ELIJAH BROWN. FINISHED THIRD IN THE 800 METER. JASHAUN. DEANDRE. JEMARIAN. DAVION. ZADEN. AIDEN. EVERETT, FASTEST MAN IN THE COUNTY HERE. AND FUN FACT ABOUT NASIR. HE RAN TRACK FOR SLY AND THEN TRANSFERRED BACK TO GRECO FOR HIS FOURTH QUARTER AND STILL SUPPORTS HIS BOYS. THAT'S BROTHERHOOD RIGHT THERE. CLAP IT UP FOR NASIR. ZION OUTLAW. JUSTIN HERNANDEZ. EDGAR. LATREL. LATRON.

070AND DARIUS. CLAP IT UP FOR THEM. AND THEN -- THE TEAM MANAGERS HELP US RECOVER. WE'RE A MEDICAL SCIENCE MAGNET AND THEY HELP US RECOVER WITH SPORTS SCIENCE. THAT'S CAM RICHARDSON. AND PROCKERTY. CLAB IT UP FOR OUR BOYS ONE MORE TIME. -- CLAP IT UP FOR OUR BOYS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. GOOD JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME. CONGRATS. NEXT WE HAVE GIRLS SOCCER. AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UP THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MS. JENNIFER TUCKER FROM RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE HAVE AN AMAZING SOCCER COACH WHO HAS COACHED OUR GIRLS' SOCCER NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SO I'M VERY PROUD TO GET TO INTRODUCE COACH VICTOR DAY. THANK YOU. IT IS A PLEASURE. WE'RE HONOR TO BE HONORED HERE. THIS TEAM IS -- WELL, THEY'VE MADE QUITE THE JOURNEY. OUR EIGHTH GRADERS,

071THIS IS THEIR SECOND TIME HERE. WE WON IT TWO YEARS AGO. OUR CAPTAINS, FEARLESS LEADERS, BOTH ALL OVER. IT'S GOING TO BE KELSEY AND AVERY. COME ON OVER. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE GO THROUGH -- WE HAVE SEVERAL. SOPHIA, COME ON OVER. THEN WE HAVE SOPHIA HANEY. ZOEY, YOU'RE NEXT. COME ON OVER. ANOTHER PART OF THE GROUP. OUR KEEPER IS A FUNNY STORY. SHE NEVER PLAYED SOCCER. SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I LOVE MY FRIENDS. I'LL COME AND ASSIST AND HELP THEM THIS YEAR. SHE GAVE UP ONE GOAL ALL SEASON. AND IT'S HANNAH. COME ON OVER. THEN WE HAVE KATIE, BRINLEY, SOPHIA, HANNAH, POPPY, LELANI, OLIVIA, KEEP COMING. CINDY, GIA, HANNAH. WE HAVE A LOT OF US. WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS YOU CAN SEE. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL HERE. GIRLS, YOU DID AWESOME THIS SEASON.

072WE'RE ALL PROUD OF YOU. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE HAVE BOYS SOCCER. AND OUR BOYS SOCCER WINNING TEAM WAS FROM MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE PRINCIPAL TOBY JOHNSON TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE COACH SWANSON AND HER PLAYERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TOBY JOHNSON. I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL AT MARTINEZ. WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT OUR BACK-TO-BACK BOYS SOCCER CHAMPIONS. AND TO DO THE ROLL CALL, WE HAVE WONDERFUL COACH CHRIS SWANSON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TWO YEARS IN A ROW. THIS TEAM HAS BEEN AN AMAZING TEAM THE LAST TWO YEARS. COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THEM. THEY'RE AMAZING ON AND OFF THE FIELD. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL CALL FOR DYLAN, COLE, SCOTT, CODY, NICO, HILLMY, SANTIAGO, MASON, MAX,

073MIC ORB, LUCAS, NICHOLAS, MATEO, MASON, BRADEN, CHRISTIAN, SASHA, CARSON, AND CAMILO. PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR BOYS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS! SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL THAT JUST WRAPPED UP LAST WEEK AND OUR GIRLS' CHAMPION IS FROM ROLAND PARK K-8. I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM TO COME UP TO INTRODUCE THE COACH AND PLAYERS. GOOD EVENING. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GIRLS' FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM. DRAGONS, YOU WORKED SO HARD AND YOUR DEDICATION GOT YOU HERE TODAY. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU DO. I KNOW WE ARE. I DO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR HEAD COACH AND OUR PARENT VOLUNTEERS, REX OLIVER, MEL BEAL, ROBERTS, BRIAN MILLER, D DAMIAN BEAL, RODNEY GRAY. WITHOUT COACHES, YOUR HELP AND THE GUIDANCE

074YOU'VE GIVEN US THIS SEASON, THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR AMAZING HEAD COACH REX OLIVER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. GABRIEL. IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE 2024-2025 MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS' FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM. SIXTH GRADERS FIRST. ANNA. ISABELLE. LIANA. MARY. MILA. AND ZURI. OUR SEVENTH GRADERS, BLAZE. IVORY. -- IVY. GIA. AND OUR -- EXCUSE ME. SORRY, JOURNEY. I ALMOST FORGOT YOU. JOURNEY HOPPER. SORRY, JOURNEY. AND OUR EIGHTH GRADERS. ANYA. AVERY. IONA. AIDEN, OUR CAPTAIN. DAISY ROBERTS. DEVON MILLER, OUR CAPTAIN. HANNAH BEAL, OUR CAPTAIN. SARAH BOWER. AND OUR TEAM MANAGER, BROOKLYN ROBERTS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRA CONGRATULATIONS! OUR BOYS FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WAS FROM WILSON MIDDLE

075SCHOOL. SO AGAIN, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO INTRODUCE THE COACH AND TEAM. HELLO, AGAIN. THESE GROUP OF BOYS REALLY FOUGHT HARD FOR THEIR UNDEFEATED SEASON AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO COME OUT AND WATCH THEM ALL WORK SO HARD. SO HERE WE HAVE COACH FRICK AGAIN. BECAUSE OF THE TEAM I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE IN A MINUTE, I GET TO BE UP HERE A SECOND TIME. I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BRAGGING ABOUT WILSON. THERE IS A WEBSITE CALLED TOP TEAM SCORED. IT'S A FUN WEBSITE. IF YOU'RE A STAT GEEK LIKE I AM, YOU SHOULD GO ON IT SOMETIME. IT GIVES ALL THE HISTORY OF THE SPORTS, WHO WON THE DIVISION, WHO WON THE CHAMPIONS. IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 2011. WE ARE -- HE HAS A POWER RANKING SYSTEM. WE'RE THIRD OUT OF THE 53

076SCHOOLS IN THE POWER RANKING SYSTEM. I ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT STATISTICS, THE ENROLLMENT NUMBER OF ALL THE SCHOOLS. I LIKE TO SEE, WE HAVE ABOUT 600 KIDS AND COMPETE AGAINST 1400 STUDENTS, 1300 STUDENTS, 1200 STUDENTS. AND WE HAVE 600. AND WE'RE THIRD IN THE POWER RANKINGS. SO COUPLE OTHER THINGS. WE HAD TWO PARENT VOLUNTEER COACHES FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. TRAY CORN AND ANDREW PITMAN. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB. I GET TO INTRODUCE THE GUYS BUT THEY COACH THEM AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS. EASTEN. LARRY. MEMPHIS. CASON. NICK. CALE. WILLIAM. JACK. CHASE. LUCAS. POLLARD. PRESTON. MURPHY. WHO IS ALSO STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT. LANE. JACKSON. KELVIN. AND HUDSON. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS! NICE JOB! THAT IS ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS SO LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

077NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RECOGNITIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO START -- WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE OFF TRACK BECAUSE ONE OF THE ATHLETES STEPPED OUTSIDE FOR A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR GIRLS' BASKETBALL ON THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONS FROM BLOOMINGDALE. HERE TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS DR. MARCOS RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT NOT ONLY ONE BUT TWO TEAMS. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH GIRLS BASKETBALL. BEFORE WE INTRODUCE THE TEAM, IT'S MY ABSOLUTE HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR HEAD COACH THAT'S PUT IN COUNTLESS HOURS AND TIME INTO GETTING OUR PROGRAM WHERE IT IS TODAY ALONGSIDE HIS COACHES, PLAYERS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE HIM, I ALSO BROUGHT SOMETHING I KNOW WILL DRIVE HIM A LITTLE NUTS. HE WAS NAMED THE FLORIDA DAIRY FARMERS GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH OF

078THE XREER FROM THE STATE. -- YEAR FROM THE STATE. AND THAT'S THE ONE AND ONLY JOE BAUER. THANK YOU, DR. RODRIGUEZ. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR. THE FIRST GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY AND ONLY THE FOURTH EVER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'D LIKE TO FIRST INTRODUCE THE BEST ASSISTANT COACH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, MICHAELA WHITE. FRESHMEN KANIYA. SOPHOMORE KATE. WITH THE HARDWARE. WE HAVE FOUR SENIORS WITH US TONIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO SAY ALL FOUR WILL BE PLAYING COLLEGE BASKETBALL NEXT YEAR. FIRST UP, JATIYA. NEXT WE HAVE NOEL. SAVANNAH. AND FINALLY, IZELLA. GO BULLS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. GOING TO GO BACK ONE STEP IN THE PROGRAM AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SWIMMER FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. HE WENT OUT TO THE CAR TO GET HIS MEDAL. SO

079WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THAT, RIGHT? HERE TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS, WE HAVE THE PRINCIPAL OF GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, TOMMY MORAL. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, BOARD MEMBERS, MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR HEAD SWIM COACH WHO WILL INTRODUCE OUR STATE CHAMPION, MS. JENNIFER ALDRIDGE. HI, GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR NUMBER ONE IN THE 100 YARD BACKSTROKE AND NUMBER TWO IN THE 100 YARD BUTTERFLY, AIDEN LEVINE. I'M GOING TO BRING BACK DR. RODRIGUEZ BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A NATIONAL CHAMPION. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT COACH I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. DOES A GREAT JOB WITH OUR CHEERLEADERS. ALSO EQUALLY AS PROUD OF OUR CHEERLEADERS ALSO THERE SOMETIMES BEFORE ANYONE GETS ON CAMPUS AND SOMETIMES THE LAST PERSON WHO LEAVES CAMPUS.

080SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR HEAD COACH, TRACY DEPRIMA. HI. GOOD EVENING. GREAT TO SEE MY BIG FACE UP ON THE BIG SCREEN. IT'S A LITTLE HUME OUT THERE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE ATHLETES HERE TONIGHT. THE PARENTS, THE COACHES, THE ATHLETES THEMSELVES KNOW HOW MANY HOURS OF WORK THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. SO JUST HAVING THEM COME UP HERE AND BE RECOGNIZED IS WONDERFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'D LIKE TO START BY RECOGNIZING A GREAT GROUP OF GIRLS. THE DEFINITION OF STUDENT ATHLETES AND KIND PEOPLE IN GENERAL I'M VERY PROUD TO COACH AND THAT IS MY TWO SENIORS, MY CAPTAINS ELLIE AND NATALIE. THE OTHER HEART OF THE TEAM, THE OTHER SENIORS, CAMARI, MACY, GABBY, MICHAELA, LAUREN AND TAYLOR ROUNDING OUT THE SENIORS. OUR JUNIORS, CHLOE,

081IVY, JADEN, KENDALL, PEYTON, AND EMMA. OUR SOPHOMORES BROOKE, EMMA, AND ARMANI. AND FRESHMAN, OUR BABIES FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER ANYWAY, EMMA AND BELLA. THANK YOU FOR GO BULLS. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS AND FOR MEMBER RENDON FOR YOUR DAUGHTER, CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP TO INTRODUCE THE STATE NATIONAL AND WORLD CHAMPION, WE HAVE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION FROM PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL, RANDY HUMPHREY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. WE MADE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T LET THAT PASS, THE HOLY TRINITY THERE. THEY GOT THE STATE, NATIONAL AND WORLD AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY A TRINITY OF WINNERS BUT THEY'RE A TRINITY OF COACHES AS WELL. I HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP THAT LEAD THEM. YOU CAN ASK LANIS BUT WE HAVE COACH SCOTTY, COACH SARAH KATE AND COACH KAREN. SO IF YOU COME UP AND INTRODUCE THE

082GIRLS. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US AND TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETES TONIGHT. THEY'RE AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF NOT JUST ATHLETES BUT YOUNG WOMEN AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM AND SO PROUD TO BE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S FIRST STATE, NATIONAL AND WORLD CHAMPIONS. WE HAVE KALEY SMITH. PEYTON. KINLEY. REAGAN. AUBREY. CHLOE. ALYSSA. CADEN. MAYA. PEYTON. MADISON. EMMA. MCKENZIE. SALLY. KELSEY. MADELINE. AND RAYLAN. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATION. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP OUR CHEERLEADING JUST CONTINUES TO GO ON AND ON. WE HAVE THE PROUD PRINCIPAL FROM STRAWBERRY CREST THAT WILL INTRODUCE OUR -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. IS IT TEN, ELEVEN? I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY. ELEVEN IN A ROW STATE CHAMPIONS. DON'T BE -- GOT THEM ALL IN HER HANDS. HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US

083HERE TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE HEARD REPEATS AND THREE-PEATS BUT NEVER AN ELEVEN-PEAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO PLEASE WELCOME COACH AND SHE'LL INTRODUCE THE TEAM. THANK YOU. LAST YEAR LANIS GOT ON ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T WEAR ALL MY RINGS. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE A COACH THAT I COULDN'T DO EVERYTHING -- THIS IS JESSICA LEE. SHE IS MY ASSISTANT COACH. AND SHE HAS VERY SPECIAL -- SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL TO SHOW YOU GUYS. TODAY WE'LL BE PRETENDING OUR FOUR FOR FOUR PENDANTS TO OUR ATHLETES WHO WON ALL OF THEIR FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR. WE WANTED TO BE PRESENTING TO THEM. THIS YEAR WE ENTERED A BRAND NEW DIVISION IN THE MEDIUM CO-ED. THIS IS 11 YEARS IN A ROW WHICH IS A STATE RECORD. WE WENT TO NATIONAL

084AND TOOK 40 COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADERS ENTERING TWO DIFFERENT VARSITY DIVISIONS. WE WENT INTO THE GAME DAY DIVISION AND WE WERE SECOND IN THE NATION AND OUR TRADITIONAL WAS THIRD IN THE NATION. SCORING WITHIN THE TOP 15 HIEST SCORES IN THE ENTIRE NATIONAL TURN LIT. GIVING US -- GIVING US AIR TIME ON ESPN. OUR ENTIRE ROUTINE WAS BROADCASTED NATIONALLY. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM AND HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON THE TEAM THAT ARE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHEER UNION AND CHEER FOR THE ACTUAL TEAM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO I WILL BE LETTING YOU KNOW WHO THOSE ATHLETES ARE. SO FIRST, LET ME INTRODUCE STARTING WITH OUR FRESHMEN. THIS IS KENNEDY DUNCAN. SOPHIA JENKINS. LILY MILLER. KINSLY WILSON. NOW WITH OUR SOPHOMORES, BROOKE BROWNING. GABRIELLE. MONICA. IYANA. PEYTON. NOW WITH OUR JUNIORS, WE HAVE EMMA.

085WE HAVE MCKENNA. WE HAVE BRADEN. AND WE HAVE HAYDEN JOHNS WHO IS ON TEAM USA. WE HAVE DANIELLE ROBINSON. -- ROBERTSON. WE HAVE EVAN SWEAT. NOW WE'LL START WITH OUR SENIORS. WE HAVE ALYSSA WHO WAS ALSO ON TEAM USA. CADENCE. AND NOW OUR LAST THREE SENIORS, LIKE I SAID, TODAY WE WILL BE INDUCTING THEM INTO OUR PROGRAM HAS -- WE CALL IT OUR FOUR FOR FOUR HALL OF FAME. WE HAVE WON STATE 11 YEARS IN A ROW BUT ONLY HAD 11 INDUCTEES AND THESE WON STATES THEIR WHOLE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER FROM FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORE, AND JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR. FIRST UP, LET'S HEAR IT FOR FAY LEE. OUR NEXT FOUR FOR FOUR INDUCTEE, BAILEY THOMAS. AND LET'S HEAR IT FOR REAGAN WESTBURY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. Jessica Vaughn: SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

086OKAY. THAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF WINTER SPORTS. SPRING SPORTS HAD A GREAT DAY ON SATURDAY. I MEAN, A GREAT DAY ON SATURDAY. ALL THESE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT WE WILL PRESENT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY, SO ALL AROUND THE STATE FROM JACKSONVILLE TO NAPLES. HERE IN TAMPA. SO WE HAD A -- OUR KIDS REALLY STEPPED UP IN REPRESENTING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SUCH A STRONG WAY. OUR FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE IN THE SPORT OF TRACK AND FIELD. WE HAVE CAMILLA AND HENLY, PRINCIPAL AND APA FROM MIDDLETON TO MAKE SOME PRESENTATIONS. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY TO SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES AND TO OUR HONORABLE BOARD, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM ALL NIGHT, YOU'VE HEARD MIDDLETON ALL NIGHT LONG. SO MIDDLETON

087IS ALWAYS KNOWN AS OUR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SO IT'S SO AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE TODAY AND RECOGNIZE TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. SO WITH THAT -- -- I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. SCURRY, MY APA WHO WORKS TIRELESSLY WITH OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS AND COACHES TO GET THE TYPES OF OUTCOME THAT WE GOT THIS WEEKEND. MR. SCURRY. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU ALL? JUST HAVE TO SAY SO EXTREMELY PROUD OF THESE YOUNG ATHLETES TO HAVE ONE STATE COMPETITOR COMPETE AND WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE. TWO IT'S PHENOMENAL ESPECIALLY FOR A HISTORICAL SCHOOL LIKE MIDDLETON. I'LL HAVE COACH DIXON COME UP AND READ ABOUT THEM AND BRING THEM ON. I'M PRETTY SHORT. SUPERINTENDENT, MY PRINCIPAL, MR. SCURRY, MR. LANIS, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL. CONGRATULATIONS. NOW OUR FIRST

088-- I'D LIKE TO THANK COACH B. AND COACH WILLIAMS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. NOW LIKE OUR PRINCIPAL SAID, AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, THE ONLY SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO GET TWO FIRST PLACES AT THE STATE TRACK MEET LAST SATURDAY. WE WERE RAINED OUT LAST FRIDAY AND HAD TO COME BACK AND FINISH UP SATURDAY. AND COURTNEY ANDERSON, SHE WAS IN -- SHE WAS IN THIRD PLACE FRIDAY. SHE WAS IN FIRST PLACE FRIDAY BUT THEN SHE WIND UP SATURDAY, TIE FOR FIRST PLACE. HER BEST JUMP WAS 11 FEET AND THREE FOURTH INCHES. COURTNEY HAS A GPA OF 3.0. SHE WON AT WESTERN CONFERENCE. SHE WON AT DISTRICT. THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND THE WOMEN'S POLE-VAULT. SHE IS LOOKING TO REPEAT NEXT YEAR. SHE IS A JUNIOR THIS YEAR, SO SHE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR UP HERE. THANK

089YOU, COURTNEY. OUR NEXT ONE IS KAY WILLIAMS. CAVE IS A SENIOR. HAS A GPA OF 3.97 AND A 6.45 WEIGHTED. KAY WON THE WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP, DISTRICT, REGIONAL AND STATE. AND A STATE -- A STATE JAVELIN THROWER WITH A -- OF 198 FEET, SCHOOL IS FIU THAT HE CHOOSES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION FROM DURANT HIGH SCHOOL, I HAVE THE APA DR. SARAH JONES HERE TO MAKE INRODUCTIONS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M SO HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY TO HONOR MY SPECIAL ATHLETE WHO IS A STATE CHAMPION. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF MY MOST AMAZING TRACK COACHES IN THE COUNTY WHO WAS A VERY HARD WORKER AND DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE OUR ATHLETES ARE NOT ONLY PREPARED TO WIN BUT ALSO PREPARED

090TO PERFORM IN THE CLASSROOM AND MAKING SURE THE ACADEMICS IS THE NUMBER ONE THING. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY TRACK COACH, FRANK LANG. THANK YOU, DR. JONES. THANK YOU, GUYS. I WASN'T PREPARED FOR A SPEECH TONIGHT. BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE DURANT WAS REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT. IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL FOR US. I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR FRESHMAN FENOM, HAYDEN COMPTON. HE IS ONE OF THE WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES. IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO SEE HIM, THIS KID IS TRULY SPECIAL. HE RACED ON FRIDAY BEFORE THE STORMS CAME IN JACKSONVILLE, WON THE 800 METERS WHICH IS TWO LAPS AROUND THE TRACK. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE HIM, TUNE IN. HE GOT SECOND IN THE 100, 200, AND 400. SO THIS YOUNG MAN WILL ABSOLUTELY WORK HIS SELF TO DEATH. HE IS SPECIAL. WE'RE

091ALL PROUD OF HIM. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT HAYDEN COMPTON. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION FROM PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL. I'M GOING TO CALL BACK RANDY HUMPHREY BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO TRACK ATHLETES THAT WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MORE THAN JUST CHEER. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME AMAZING TRACK ATHLETES. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM. THEIR COACH WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THE FIRST YOUNG MAN, HE IS NOT GOING TO SAY A LOT. HE IS REAL NERVOUS OVER THERE. HE IS A SUPER QUIET INDIVIDUAL. HE IS RELATIVELY NEW TO US AT PLANT CITY. BUT HE CAME IN SILENTLY AND ONCE WE FOUND OUT HE COULD RUN TRACK, HE WON THE BOYS 110 HURDLES. THAT'S KAHIM. COME ON UP. HE IS FAST. YOU SHOULD SEE IT.

092AND OUR OTHER ONE HERE IS A JUNIOR WHO TO THIS -- ON SATURDAY, SHE BROKE THE -- OR SET THE 4A STATE RECORD IN THE JAVELIN THROW. WE AT PLANT CITY DID TAKE FIRST, SECOND, EIGHTH AND FOURTEENTH IN JAVELIN AND GOT A PRETTY GOOD THROWING TEAM. THIS YOUNG LADY WILL WIN STATE THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR HAVE THE STATE RECORD OVERALL AND THIS IS MS. OLIVIA. COME ON UP. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT ANOTHER STATE TRACK CHAMPION. WE HAVE THE PRINCIPAL TO MAKE A SOME -- SOME PRESENTATIONS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE SUMNER ATHLETICS AND OUR FIRST STATE GOLD MEDALIST AND THE AMAZING COACH FOSTER WHO IS ALSO AN AMAZING ENGLISH TEACHER TO INTRODUCE OUR ATHLETE. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU.

093MY FIRST YEAR COACHING SUMNER TRACK TEAM HAS EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. A LOT OF IT IS THANKS TO THIS ATHLETE RIGHT HERE. IT IS MY ABSOLUTE HONOR TO INTRODUCE SUMNER'S FIRST EVER GOLD STATE MEDALIST CLEARING 12 FEET AND MAKING IT LOOK EASY. COME ON UP SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT, TWO-TIME STATE MEDALIST, 20254A POLE-VAULT STATE CHAMPION AND SOON TO BE COLLEGIATE JUMPER RILEY BRUSH. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ANOTHER SPRING SPORT AND THAT'S THE SPORT OF FLAG FOOTBALL. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DOMINATED FLAG FOOTBALL SO MUCH THEY CREATED EXTRA DIVISIONS TO GIVE OTHER PEOPLE A CHANCE. YOU AGREE? SO -- AND WE STILL WON TWO OF THEM. THEY HAD A THRILLING VICTORY AND WE HAVE THE PRINCIPAL OF ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL, MR. JAMES HARRIS. AND APA MR. MATT. MATT WARNER. SORRY. I'M DRAWING A BLANK. I'M OLD AND

094FORGETFUL. GOOD EVENING. YES. I'LL TELL YOU SINCE WE WERE THERE, IT WAS A VERY DRAMATIC OVERTIME VICTORY BUT ONE THAT WE'RE PROUD OF OUR KIDS AND JUST SOMETHING REAL QUICKLY HERE. MATT, OUR HEAD COACH WHO I'LL INTRODUCE IN A SECOND. WHAT WAS MORE IMPRESSIVE AND OF COURSE YOU'RE SEEING ALL THE STATE CHAMPIONS HERE. OF COURSE YOU'RE IN FRONT OF VERY GOOD STUDENT ATHLETES. WHAT STOOD OUT WAS AFTER THE GAME. EVERYONE IS CELEBRATING AND HAPPY AND SO FORTH AND IT'S TIME TO LEAVE. AND ONE OF OUR VIDEOGRAPHERS HELPING WITH THE TEAM AND TRYING TO RECORD, HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH A BUNCH OF HIS EQUIPMENT AND OUR GIRLS, WHAT DO THEY DO? STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO GO OVER UNSOLICITED, NOT ASKED TO DO IT, TO GO OVER AND HELP HIM WITH ALL HIS STUFF AND GET

095IT TO THE CAR AND SO FORTH. THEY JUST WON A STATE TITLE AND THE NIGHT IS ABOUT THEM BUT THEY'RE STOPPING TO HELP OTHERS. THEY'RE TRULY STUDENT ATHLETES AND LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S BECAUSE OF MR. MATT HERNANDEZ, OUR HEAD COACH. COME ON UP HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THIS GROUP IS IN THE STATE FINAL GAME, WE WENT UP 14-0. THE OTHER TEAM CAME BACK AND THEN IN OVERTIME, THEY WENT UP AND WE HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL PLAYS IN ORDER TO WIN IT. AND FOR A GROUP THAT IS PRETTY YOUNG, WE WON A STATE TITLE TWO YEARS AGO BUT I THINK OF THIS GROUP, ALMOST ALL THE KIDS ARE BRAND NEW FOR AND FOR THEM TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY AND AT THE VERY END WE SCORED A TOUCHDOWN AND YOU HAD THE

096CHILDHOOD DREAM SCENARIO, GAME TIED. LAST PLAY OF THE GAME. SOMEONE'S GOT TO MAKE A PLAY AND THEY MADE A PLAY AND IT WAS AT THE -- IT'S PRETTY MUCH A HOME GAME FOR US WHICH IS EXCITING. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM NOW. FIRST UP SENIOR CAPTAIN RAYA. JUNIOR CAPTAIN, GABBY. MAYA. LAUREN SHELL. MIA GARCIA. SHAY. KATE SMITH. GIGI GAMBINO. JULIET GAMBINO. ABBY. HALEY. LINDSEY. KIA. NATALIE. ELLA. LILA. SENIOR BROOKLYN. SENIOR PATTI. SENIOR ALYSSA. ALICE. BRIANA. JADA. SENIOR RILEY. AND MCKENNA. WE ALSO HAVE ASSISTANT COACH ANN LUCAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB. OKAY. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. STILL IN FLAG FOOTBALL. SO REMEMBER PRIOR TO THIS LAST GROUP, I SAID THEY CREATED TWO MORE DIVISIONS. WELL, AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS ONE DIVISION. RIGHT? THAT ONE DIVISION KEPT HAVING THE SAME TEAM WINNING,

097WINNING. GUESS WHO THAT IS? ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY WON NINE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR 2020, I'D SAY TEN. AND THEN 10 OUT OF 11. SO REALLY TALKING ABOUT OWNING FLAG FOOTBALL. HERE MAKING A PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL PEOPLE WE HAVE PRINCIPAL DAVE BROWN. BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO GIVE AN AWARD FOR THE GROUP THAT'S GIVEN THE MOST AWARDS IN TWO AND A HALF HOURS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. SO WHEN I WAS STRATEGICALLY PLACED AT ROBINSON, IT WAS DEFINITELY FOR A REASON. THEY HAD ONLY WON SIX TITLES AND NOW THEY HAVE TEN. SO I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IS. ALL SERIOUSNESS, JOSH AND I

098TALK ABOUT NOTHING BUT FLAG FOOTBALL AND HE LISTENS TO NOTHING I SAY WHICH IS WHY THEY DO SO WELL. THE LADIES ARE JUST INCREDIBLE ON AND OFF THE FIELD. THE WAY THEY LEAD THE SCHOOL. I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE STATE TOURNAMENT IS WE PLAYED THE GAME BEFORE ALONSO. ALONSO AND EVERY ONE OF THE GIRLS SAT IN THE STANDS AND CHEERED US ON AND WHEN THEY PLAYED, THEY DID THE SAME. SO THESE GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE. SO I'LL INTRODUCE ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL'S COACH JOSHUA SAUNDERS. THANK YOU HAVE HAVING US. I THINK I SAID LAST YEAR OR THE LAST FEW YEARS IF YOU KEEP INVITING US, WE'LL KEEP SHOWING UP. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS AMAZING ABOUT THIS TEAM IN GENERAL IS BECAUSE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL, ONE OF THE

099REALLY COOL THINGS AND IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT, IS WE'LL BE THERE AND CELEBRATING AND FIGURING OUT NEXT STEPS AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. INEVITABLY THERE IS A LITTLE GIRL KIND OF STANDING ON THE SIDELINE, A LITTLE 6-YEAR-OLD OR 7-YEAR-OLD OR TEN OR WHATEVER AND THE MOM IS STANDING THERE AND THE KID IS JUST WATCHING. I CALL HER OVER AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU WANT A PICTURE WITH THE TEAM AND THEIR EYES LIGHT UP. AND IT'S -- THAT'S THE THINGS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WON THE FIRST ONE. FLAG FOOTBALL HAS BECOME AN INCREDIBLE SPORT AND THE LITTLE GIRLS ARE GROWING UP LIKE THE LITTLE GIRL ON SATURDAY NIGHT WAS GOING TO BE THE NEXT NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS OUR QUARTERBACK. I THINK IT'S A COOL THING FOR THEM AND

100SOMETHING THEY KIND OF EMBRACE QUITE A BIT. IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY I THINK THAT WE THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE. THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL AND KIND OF THE LEADERS. I'LL INTRODUCE THEM. SO NUMBER FOUR, THAT'S OUR QUARTERBACK SENIOR HEAD CAPTAIN HAYDEN GOING TO LENN UNIVERSITY ON A DIVISION TWO SCHOLARSHIP. AVA GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, SENIOR CAPTAIN. JUNIOR CAPTAIN JASMINE. JUNIOR CAPTAIN, PAIGE. SENIOR GOING TO LSU, LAUREN. JUNIOR NATALIE. FRESHMAN EMMA. SOPHOMORE, ANNIE. SOPHOMORE, SARAH. SOPHOMORE, IZZY. SENIOR GOING TO FLORIDA GULF COAST, OLIVIA. JUNIOR ZOEY. SOPHOMORE BROOKLYN. SOPHOMORE, NIA. SOPHOMORE, GIA. SOPHOMORE, JAYLA. SOPH MOVE, ADDIE. SOPHOMORE, LAEL. JUNIOR, LACY. SENIOR -- TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE SHE'S GOING TO PLAY FLAG FOOTBALL IN COLLEGE WHICH ALSO DIDN'T HAPPEN 10 YEARS AGO, NIVIA. JUNIOR KATE. THREE FANTASTIC MANAGERS, SENIOR GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA,

101LEIA. SOPHOMORE BLAIR. SOPHOMORE LOUISE. AND I HAVE THREE COACHES HERE. WE HAVE SIX OTHER COACHES BUT I HAVE THREE HERE. PLAYED FOR ME, WAS THE 2014 STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, KILEY. PLAYED FOR ME AND WON FOUR STATE TITLES, VG. AND ALSO INCLUDING THE OTHER TWO ROBINSON GRADUATE, ALL THREE OF THOSE COACHES WERE ROBINSON GRADUATES. SENIOR ARNALDO -- OR ARNALDO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHILE THEY'RE TAKING A PICTURE I WANT YOU TO REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED. MATT HERNANDEZ MADE SURE TO SAY THE GRADES AND FULL NAME. JOSH HAD TO ADD A STEP. HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT COLLEGE THEY WERE GOING TO. THEY'RE ALWAYS COMPETING. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. SEE YOU AGAIN. SAME TIME. AND OUR FINAL PRESENTATION AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. WE HAD A

102STATE CHAMPION IN LACROSSE FINALLY. RE WE -- WE HAVE THE PRINCIPAL FROM PLANT HIGH SCHOOL, HEATHER HALL WAY TO MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU ONE THING. COACH OVER HERE, JANE CHAPMAN, IS -- SHE'S BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT WAS A PART OF GETTING LACROSSE INTO THE DISTRICT. THEY WENT UNDEFEATED. SHE IS LEAVING US. SHE'S MOVING TO NORTH CAROLINA. SO WHAT A WAY TO SEND HER OFF. SO THANK YOU, JANE. WAY TO STEAL MY THUNDER THERE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT AND FOR CELEBRATING THESE AMAZING ATHLETIC SCHOLARS. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GIRLS. I ENJOYED -- I WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL ON SATURDAY TO WATCH THE GAME AND I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I WANT TO SAY JUST A

103COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT COACH JANE REAL QUICK. SHE AGAIN IS LEAVING US. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW HER. SHE IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN AS AN AMAZING LEADER FOR THESE YOUNG SCHOLARS. AND SHE HAS OVER THE COURSE OF 12 YEARS, ONE OF THE YEARS WAS A COVID YEAR. SO THAT ONE DOESN'T COUNT BUT SHE HAS 10 OF 11 OF THOSE YEARS DISTRICT TITLES. SHE MADE REGIONALS EVERY YEAR EXCEPT OF COURSE THE YEAR OF COVID. SHE HAS THREE FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES AT STATE CONTESTS 2023, SEMI-FINALEST. 24, RUNNER-UP AND OF COURSE CHAMPS THIS YEAR. SO COACH JANE, I WANT TO WISH YOU WELL. COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR GIRLS. I KNOW HOW PROUD YOU ARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN 12 LONG YEARS BUT THIS

104GROUP HAS REALLY DONE OUTSTANDING THINGS THROUGH THEIR WHOLE TIME. WE WERE 24 THIS YEAR WHICH SHOULD -- WHICH WAS CRAZY. I'LL INTRODUCE YOU GUYS. KATIE FISHER WHO IS A SENIOR CAPTAIN COMMITTED TO RUTGERS FOR LACROSSE. COME ON UP. ASHLYN BELL, A SENIOR COMMITTED TO RADFORD UNIVERSITY FOR LACROSSE. SYDNEY PIERCE, COMMITTED TO WESLEYAN. CLAUDIA, SENIOR, HEADED TO FSU. EMMA HART, SENIOR HEADED TO FLORIDA. AVA FRASIER, SENIOR, HEADED TO OLE MISS. RYAN MCLEOD, SENIOR CAPTAIN COMMITTED TO COLORADO FOR LACROSSE. KENZIE CRAIG, SENIOR, COMMITTED TO HOPKINS FOR LACROSSE. ROSE DESALVO, SOPHOMORE. MORGAN, SOPHOMORE. SKYLAR ROCKY, SOPHOMORE. SURREY PARKER, FRESHMAN. OLIVIA, FRESHMAN. RUBY, JUNIOR. JORDAN, A JUNIOR. AND THEN BECAUSE I HAD ANNOUNCED A YEAR AGO THAT I WAS GOING TO STEP DOWN, SORT OF JOINING ME AS A CO HEAD COACH IS MELISSA AND OUR OTHER TWO ASSISTANT

105COACHES, MIKE CRAIG AND SYDNEY ARE DOING WHAT ELSE? COACHING LACROSSE TONIGHT SO THEY COULDN'T BE HERE. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. OPERATION PACK THE LOBBY IS DONE. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE, TO ALL OUR AMAZING ATHLETES THAT KEEPS HILLSBOROUGH AT THE TOP. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT RECOGNITION. A13, RECOGNITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREEN TEAM REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE BADGE WINNERS FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR. ANDREA STAGONI, DEPARTMENT MANAGER, PLANNING AND CITING WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING MR. FARKAS AND THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND OUR EFFORTS IN THE AREA OF SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS LAUNCHED IN THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH McKINISTRY AND POWER ED, I HAVE

106NICOLE AND -- HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREEN TEAMS ENGAGING IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES AND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE AREAS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WASTE REDUCTION, WATER CONSERVATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE 55 OF OUR HCPS GREEN TEAMS FOR EARNING REDUCED, REUSE AND RECYCLE BADGES. AS I CALL OUT YOUR NAME AND SCHOOL, PLEASE COME FORWARD. BOYET SPRINGS, AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ISABELLA HERNANDEZ. COL COLLINS, K-8 ELEMENTARY, GREEN TEAM LEAD LYDIA LEWIS AND BRADEN JAMAL. MULLER ELEMENTARY, LEAD JENNA BUFFINGTON. SHIHI ELEMENTARY, DR. BACARE. SUMMERFIELD GREEN TEAM LEAD MELISSA. TAMPA BAY TECH, HERE REPRESENTING THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, MAKANA. WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, I HAVE MELISSA VOIGHT AND SUMMER CALDWELL. AND LINCOLN ELEMENTARY, SARAH KEIL. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU DO FOR HCPS GREEN TEAM ACTIVITIES THAT CREATE HEALTHY, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND SCHOOL

107COMMUNITIES OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. CONGRATULATIONS ON EARNING YOUR REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE BADGES. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT. CAN I HAVE -- COME ON UP. I WANT HER TO SHARE ONE OF OUR GREEN TEAM MEMBERS, SHE IS GOING TO BE GOING TO UF AND I WANT YOU TO TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEGREE THAT YOU'RE PURSUING. ALL RIGHT. HI. MY NAME IS McKANA AND I'M A SENIOR AT TAMPA BAY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AND IN THE FALL, I'M GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TO STUDY THE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND AFTER THAT, I'D LIKE TO PURSUE A MASTERS IN URBAN PLANNING. Jessica Vaughn: WE NEED YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. Jessica Vaughn: CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE MOVE ON TO A10, RECOGNITION OF HILLSBOROUGH

108COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES WITH CONTINUOUS YEARS OF SERVICE. DR. PATTON WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND AUDIENCE. TONIGHT WE'RE VERY EXCITED. WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE EMPLOYEES WITH 10 OR MORE YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. SINCE 2023 THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEES' ANNIVERSARIES WITH PINS AND LETTERS OF CONGRATULATIONS. THIS YEAR, WE CELEBRATED 1,747 EMPLOYEES FOR CONTINUOUS SERVICE. YES. SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE, WE HAD 902 THAT CELEBRATED 10 YEARS. 633 THAT CELEBRATED 20 YEARS. 189 THAT CELEBRATED 30 YEARS. AND 23 WITH 40 YEARS OR MORE OF SERVICE. THE PINS WERE GIVEN TO THEM BY THEIR MANAGERS AND STAFF MEMBERS FOR RECOGNITION. BUT TONIGHT, I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE WANT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THOSE WITH 40 YEARS OF SERVICE AND I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, HOWEVER,

109HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL PERSON HERE WHO IS A TEACHER AT NEWSOM HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAS 40 YEARS OF SERVICE PLUS. SO REALLY EXCITED. I'D LIKE TO INVITE DONNA LAFAY TO COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED. AND DONNA HAS HER PRINCIPAL WITH HER, KATIE ROACHA. WE SO APPRECIATE HER FOR KEEPING HILLSBOROUGH STRONG. THANK YOU AGAIN. WE APPRECIATE YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOT TO DO IT ALL NOW. YOU DID ONE, NOW YOU GOT TO DO THEM ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE HAVE A11, RECOGNITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BELL SEAL FOR WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH, GOLD LEVEL. DR. CHARMION PATTON WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE ITEM. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT AGAIN. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. LAST YEAR THE BELL SEAL HEALTH RECOGNIZED

110EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE MENTALLY HEALTHY WORKFORCE. THERE IS OVER 276 ORGANIZATIONS WITH A COMBINED WORKFORCE OF THREE MILLION WORKERS. AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN CERTIFYING ORGANIZATIONS SINCE 2020. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS RECENTLY CERTIFIED AT THE GOLD LEVEL AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT LAST YEAR, WE WERE SILVER. WE HAVE NOW GONE TO GOLD WHICH IS GREAT TO RECOGNITION. FOR OUR -- THEY ASSESS AND RECOGNIZE WORKPLACE CULTURE, MENTAL HEALTH, COMPLIANCE, AND WELLNESS. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THESE EFFORTS THAT OUR DISTRICT PUTS TOWARDS HELPING OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE MENTALLY HEALTHY AND RESILIENT, SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE A12, HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOL AWARD WINNERS. DR. MARIA RUSS, SUPERVISOR OF

111SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AND APPROVING POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THE WHOLE CHILD AND ASSIST THE STAFF AND EMPLOYEES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. MEMBER GRAY, THANK YOU FOR RECOMMENDING AND PROMOTING THE HEALTHY SCHOOLS AWARD. AS A RESULT, THIS IS OUR NINTH YEAR OF RECOGNIZING SCHOOLS. THE HEALTHY SCHOOL AWARDS PROVIDES RECOGNITION TO SCHOOLS THAT SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT POLICIES BY CREATING A HEALTHY TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHICH SUPPORTS HEALTHY HABITS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF. THE WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE COMMUNITY, WHOLE CHILD MODEL IS A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO CONNECT THE HEALTH OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL WITH EDUCATION. AND YOU ALL DO THIS SO WELL. THIS IS A COORDINATED APPROACH THAT EMPLOYEES AND SUPPORT THE FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE STUDENT AND

112HEALTH AND INCREASING LEARNING CAPACITY WITH ALL TEN COMPONENTS. SO THIS YEAR, MEMBER GRAY HAS RECOMMENDED A QUARTERLY HEALTHY SCHOOLS HERO RECOGNITION AS AN EXTENSION TO THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS. MS. GRAY, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY? Lynn Gray: YEAH. THANK YOU, DR. ROSS, FOR ALL OF YOUR HEARTFELT WORK FOR MANY YEARS AND SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES, THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WE BEGAN IN 2018. THE AWARDS FOR HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS THIRD QUARTER GOES TO MS. SHANEY HALL. CONGRATULATIONS. PLEASE STAND. AND A -- YOU'RE WONDERFUL AND HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE DISTRICT AND 15,000 FOLKS WERE SERVED FOOD, MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT THROUGH YOUR FOOD PROGRAM, ET CETERA. AND THEN -- DO WE HAVE M MS. LANITA LUCAS WAS GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED. SHE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. I'M SO SORRY, FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF

113THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS LEADER. AND WE'RE REMINDED THAT 80% OF THE SCHOOLS -- THANK YOU, PRINCIPALS, AND REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS, FILL OUT THE SURVEYS AND THAT REALLY MEANS 203 TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUBMITTED THEIR SURVEYS. WE HAD -- SURVEYS. WE HAD 116 GOLD SCHOOLS AND YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN. THAT'S ANOTHER INCREASE OF 57.1%. WE HAD 65 SCHOOLS EARNING SILVER. THAT'S 32%. AND 22 SCHOOLS EARNED BRONZE. NOW THESE 203 SCHOOLS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN, DR. ROSS, ARE UP FROM THE 167 SCHOOLS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. ALSO INCREASING OVER LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS ARE THE NUMBER OF TRADIT TRADI TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL SCHOOL SITES EARNING GOLD MEDALS WHICH INCREASED FROM 83 SCHOOLS TO 116. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, ACADEMIC, PHYSICAL, AND SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. ALL THOSE INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN DONE. AND SPEAKING

114OF GOLD, WE HAVE OVER 30 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS THAT EARNED A HEALTHY SCHOOLS GOLD MEDAL. THANK YOU TO COLLETE FOR GIVING US NOT ONLY THE MEDALS BUT THE PLAQUES FOR THESE PRINCIPALS TO PUT ON THEIR WALLS. FINALLY BEFORE I LIST THE GOLD AND ACTUALLY -- I WON'T READ THEM ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE SCREEN. LET'S SHOW THE GOLD. OKAY. THAT'S THE GOLD. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SILVER. AND THEN WE HAVE THE BRONZE. NOW WHY I'M NOT LOOKING AT IT, I DON'T KNOW. HERE WE GO. ANY RATE, YEAH, THERE IT IS. WE'RE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE. IT'S OUR PRINCIPALS AND APs THAT ARE THE SUPER STARS THAT TAKE ON THIS ADDITIONAL SURVEY AND CARE FOR THE CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOLS. AND THEIR SCHOOL SITES. THIS INCLUDES THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SITES AND INCLUDES OUR CAREER

115CENTERS AND INCLUDES ALL THE UNIQUE SCHOOL SETTINGS. SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IS NOT ONLY OUR WONDERFUL LEADER SHANEY HALL AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, LANITA LUCAS, BUT THE EMPLOYEES THAT JUST WORK THEIR HEADS OFF TO TRY TO ALWAYS KEEP OUR STUDENTS CENTERED AND FOCUSED ON WELLNESS. MENTAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ACADEMIC. DR. ROSS, IS THERE ANYTHING WE WANTED TO ADD BECAUSE WE'RE THE LAST ON THE SPEAKING VENUE. I THINK MOST OF -- EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO HOME BUT I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, THANK YOU, BAY CARE WHO PROVIDED THE PLAQUES AND AWARDS FOR OUR SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR. AND THAT THE PRINCIPALS WILL BE RECEIVING THEIR PLAQUES AND AWARDS AT THE PRINCIPAL INSTITUTE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. Lynn Gray: AND THANK YOU, DR. ROSS, AND THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS FOR LISTENING. I

116KNOW WE HAD A LONG NIGHT. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, DR. ROSS. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT --. Van Ayres: MS. VAUGHN, A SHOUTOUT TO MR. NELSON AND GRADY, THEY STUCK IT OUT BACK THERE. STUCK IT OUT. Jessica Vaughn: CAN I FINISH? CAN I HIT THE GAVEL? YOU SURE? WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.