04/08/2025 - Regular Meeting

001Jessica Vaughn: I AM JESSICA VAUGHN, SHARE 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. Karen Perez: I AM KAREN PEREZ, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH LARGE NEST AMERICA AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. LYNN OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM AT SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET OR E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND

002FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TV SPECK FORUM 356 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. Stacy Hahn: MEETINGS ARE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS AVAILABLE IN OUR ON-LINE ARCHIVE. Patti Rendon: WE ARE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY. WE WILL ALLOW TIME BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE OPINION SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEB AUTO SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. Nadia Combs: OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. 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 MEETING OF

003APRIL 8, 2025 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER PEREZ WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS YOU KNOW APRIL IS CELEBRATED AT THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICES AND RESILIENCE OF MILITARY CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. IN SUPPORT OF THIS IMPORTANT INITIATIVE, WE, AS BOARD MEMBERS, ARE WEARING THE COLOR PURPLE TODAY AS A SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY WITH MILITARY FAMILIES WHICH IS CELEBRATED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 10. THE MAIN DAY THAT IS RECOGNIZE NIAGRAED. YOUR PARTICIPATION IN WEARING PURPLE WILL NOT ONLY RAISE AWARENESS BUT ALSO SHOWS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE CHILDREN WHO SUPPORT OUR SERVICEMEMBERS. MEMBER WASHINGTON, ARMY VETERAN WAS SUPPORTED BY HIS CHILDREN. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES SUPPORTED HIS FATHER WHO IS A NAVY VETERAN. OUR BOARD

004ATTORNEY SUPPORTED HIS FATHER IN THE ARMY. FORMER BOARD MEMBER MELISSA SNIVELY HAS A SON CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ARMY. AND MEMBER -- WELL, DR. HAHN, SHE SUPPORTED -- HER CHILDREN SUPPORTED HER HUSBAND WHO IS ALSO MILITARY -- NAVY VETERAN. AND ALSO MY -- MY GRANDCHILDREN -- MY GRANDCHILDREN SUPPORTED MY DAUGHTER WHO IS AN ARMY VETERAN. Lynn Gray: MY NEVER FEW A RANGER RIGHT NOW SERVING. Karen Perez: AND MEMBER COMBS, BOTH HER BROTHERS SERVED IN THE -- Nadia Combs: ARMY. Karen Perez: SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND HONORING THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD. AND SHOWING OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS DESERVING CAUSE. YOUR COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICES OF MILITARY FAMILIES IS TRULY COMMENDABLE. PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBER PEREZ, WILL

005YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT. Karen Perez: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PLANT HIGH SCHOOL BRASS ENSEMBLE ALONG WITH DIRECTOR STEVE BOSET. THOSE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF OUR A BOARD MEETING. AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE STUDENTS UP TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. MY NAME IS THADDEUSALEN AND IN NINTH GRADE. HARPER HENRY AND I AM IN NINTH GRADE. SEE CELIA DICKERSON IN NINTH GRADE. BROOK AND I AM IN NINTH GRADE. I AM EMORY AND I AM IN TENTH GRADE. I AM JACKSON AND IN TENTH GRADE. TIME SARAH, AND I'M IN THE 191th GRADE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS STEVEN BOSSERT AND THE DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS AT HB PLANT HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR BASS ENSEMBLE WE HAVE AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL

006OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TOP 100 MUSIC EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. AND PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO THE COME UP TO TAKE PHOTOS. Jessica Vaughn: WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND IS SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. ONE SET OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED MARCH 11, 2025 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN

007YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWER TO LEARN AND SUCCEED. OUR DECISIONS CAN BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND SUFFICIENT AGENDA STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. AND IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER PEREZ WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW

008BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE CLOSED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN, THAT IS 6 P.M. EMPLOYEE INPUT. NOW MOVE ON TO POUR RECOGNITIONS, A 101. THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS BEST KREWE AWARD. CALL NEW SHERRY BOLLINGER SUPERVISOR OF PHILANTHROPY AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS. GOOD AFTERGLOON BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND GUESTS. THE BUCS KREWE PROGRAM RECOGNIZED BY TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS RECOGNIZES TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUPPORT STAFF AND STUDENTS FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. HONORED TO HAVE BRIAN FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS HERE TO ANNOUNCE THIS MONTH'S AWARD

009RECIP RECIPIENTS. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU, MISS BOLLINGER. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD CHAIR, REST OF BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. I AM BRIAN FORD AS MENTIONED TO ALL ATTENDEES, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. AND A VERY HEROIC STORY TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANTED TO PUT UP A FEW SLIDES. I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND AS A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY AND TWO SON WHO WENT THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WANT TO COMMEND AND THANK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE US ONE OF ONLY SEVEN STATES THAT SANCTIONED GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS A HIGH SCHOOL SPORT. YES. WE ARE MAKING END ROADS AND COMING UP IN THE

010OLYMPICS. IT IS GOING TO BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT. WE ARE VERY PROUD, BUT IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. A YESTERDAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, WE ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE EVENT. OUR SECOND ANNUAL BATTLE GROUNDS. AND WE HOSTED TWO OF THE BEST. AND YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE IT, BUT THE NUMBER ONE RANKED COUNTRY -- OR SCHOOL INFORM THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IN GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL RESIDES RIGHT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. YES. AND IT WAS LEONARD NUMBER ONE AND FACING BLOOMINGDALE WHICH WAS NUMBER 24 IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAD OVER 1,000 ATHLETES AND FANS FROM EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THE BANDS. AND FRIDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS BUT MONDAY AFTERNOON AT ADVENT HEALTH TRAINING CENTER. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE

011THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE GIRLS EIGHT SENIORS FROM THE TEAMS THAT WERE HONORED AND JOINED WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THE CAPTAIN AND A COUPLE OF PLAYERS THERE AND ALL THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THAT. WE WILL BE HOSTING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING UP IN MAY. EVERY YEAR WE HOST A PRESEASON CLASSIC AND GROWING EACH YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 1800 GIRLS AND THEIR COACHES AT ADVENT JUST TO TALK AND KIND OF COLLABORATE AND TRY TO BRING THE SPORT FORWARD. THANK YOU, AGAIN. I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT. IT WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND JOINING US. ALL RIGHT. NOW AS I MENTIONED, AGAIN, WE HAD THIS PROGRAM THE WHOLE PAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE STORIES HAVE BEEN UNBELIEVABLE, WITH TEACHER, SUPPORT STAFF AND A PRINCIPAL,

012BUT TODAY'S MEMBERS ARE JOINING AND THEY ARE WALKING IN. IT IS A -- IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HEROIC STORY THAT HAPPENED AT STRAWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL. STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL. BACK ON FEBRUARY 28. JOINING ME ARE THE HEROIC HEROES AS I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THEM. AND ROBERT HERMINA, STUDENT WAS SITTING IN CLASS AT STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL DURING AN ASSIGNMENT WHEN HIS TEACHER COLLAPSED SUDDENLY. WITHOUT HESITATION, HE RAN AND GOT HELP WITH ANOTHER STUDENTS, ABIGAIL APROVICH AND QUICKLY ROLLED THE TEACHER ON HER SIDE, SOMETHING SHE WAS TAUGHT FROM HER PARENTS IF SHE THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS HAVING A SEIZURE. TALK ABOUT JUST TAKING CHARGE AND DOING IT UNDER UNBELIEVABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. MOMENTS LATER ROBERT WALKED ON THE DOOR OF THE ADVENT COORDINATOR TEACHER, ANGELA PARKER. MISS PARKER AND ANOTHER TEACHER BRANDIS COLBURN RAN TO THE CLASSROOM PRESSING

013THEIR SECURITY BADGE TO NOTIFY SIGNALING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THAT ALERT REACHED THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MASTER DEPUTY PEDRO COHEN WHO IS HERE AND IB COORDINATOR JAMIE FERRARO AND THEY OPENED THE CLASSROOMS DOOR, THE TEACHER WAS BLUE IN COLOR, BREATHING AND HAD N NO PULSE. DEPUTY COHEN WITH CPR AND CALLED EMS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL RAN FOR AN AED. THEY MOVED THE STUDENTS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND REASSURED EVERYONE THAT THE SUPPORT WAS THERE. AND HE APPLIED THE AED AND DELIVERED A SHOCK. THE TEEN CONDITIONED COMBREGSS UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE TEACHER TO START BREATHING AGAIN. SHE SOON REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AS EMTs ARRIVED AND THEY TRANSPORTED HER TO THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY SHE IS RECOVERING FULLY THANKS TO THE HEROIC EFFORT OF EVERYBODY STANDING BEFORE YOU. EACH INDIVIDUAL WORKED QUICKLY AND DOING EXACTLY

014WHAT WAS NEEDED TO DO AND MOST OF ALL THEY WERE CALM AND WORKED TOGETHER, REMEMBERED THEIR TRAINING, FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOLS AND TOOK ALL NECESSARY STEPS WITHOUT HESITATION TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. SOB IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF THE GLASER FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO GIVE THIS MONTH BEST KREWE AWARD TO THESE SEVEN HEROIC HEROES. WHY DON'T WE PASS THESE OUT. IF I DID IT RIGHT, WE ARE IN ORDER. AND NO FUMBLES . Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALM HEADS, QUICK ACTIONS AND HEROIC ACTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A GREAT AWARD THIS MONTH. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW MOVE TO A.02. RECOGNITION OF THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD. DR. MEMBER HAHN WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR VAUGHN. APRIL

015IS A TIME TO HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNIQUE SACRIFICES MIND BY MILITARY CHILDREN. THESE BRAVE STUDENTS FACE THE CHALLENGE OF FREQUENT MOVES REAR LEAVING BEHIND FRIENDS AND ADJUSTING TO NEW SCHOOLS. HCPS IS PROUD TO BE HOME TO MORE THAN 4,000 MILITARY CONNECTED FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS AND ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO YOU HAVE 21 OF OUR SCHOOLS WHO EARNED THE PURPLE STARS SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION INCLUDING TINKER PRE-K 8 WHICH IS LOCATED ON MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE AND DIRECTLY SERVES OUR MILITARY CHILDREN. A PURPLE STAR SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION IS AN HONOR BESTOWED UPON A SCHOOL THAT SUPPORTS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF MILITARY FAMILIES. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE APRIL AT THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD, THE RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH OF THE CONNECTED STUDENTS DESERVE OUR RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION. I JUST

016WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE, SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING WHO REPRESENT AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT OF OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY. A WARM WELCOME TO MEMBERS OF McDILL AIR FORCE BASE JOINING US TODAY. LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD BOUGHTENELLI COMMANDER OF THE SIXTH FOR SUPPORT SQUADRON. DR. VENICIA WATERS, OUR SCHOOL LIAISON COORDINATOR AT MacDILL. MISS TENISHA McCLEOD AND SANDRA WIDEMAN WITH THE COMPENSATIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM. MISS ANGELA ACAMPO, EFMP NAVIGATOR. WE ARE ALL DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND SERVICE. NOT JUST IN UNIFORM BUT THE DAILY LIVES YOU LEAVE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR FELLOW MILITARY FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR OWN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL LEADERS MARCUS MURILLO, CHIEF OF INNOVATION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING AND K KIM KUCASH OUR DISTRICT MILITARY LIAISON. ALONG WITH

017OUR PARTNERS AT MacDILL, THEY SERVE ON THE MacDILL COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. YOUR STEADFAST EFFORTS HELP ENSURE THAT OUR MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS RECEIVE THE CARE, UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT THAT THEY DESERVE. THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD IS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR MILITARY CHILDREN WALK ALONG THEIR PARENTS IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. THEY NAVIGATE AS I MENTION FREQUENT RELOCATIONS LEAVING BEHIND FRIENDS AND THE FAMILIARITY OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND CLASSROOMS. THEY MOVE OFTEN MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THEIR PRE-K-12 EDUCATION MANY ATTENDING SIX TO NINE SCHOOLS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY DO ALL THIS WHILE MANAGING THE QUIET, OFTEN UNSEEN EMOTIONAL TOLL OF HAVING A PARENT DEPLOYED OR IN HARM'S WAY. THEIR SACRIFICE IS REAL. THEIR STRENGTH IS REMARKABLE. AND THEIR STORIES DESERVE TO BE SEEN, HEARD AND HONORED. SO TONIGHT AND EVERY DAY, LET US

018RECOGNIZE NOT JUST OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS BUT THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM. LET US UPLIFT THEM WITH GRATITUDE. SURROUND THEM WITH SUPPORT AND CONTINUE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY IS MET WITH COMPASSION AND CONSISTENCY. MAY GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY FAMILIES AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE OUR VISITORS FROM MacDILL, IF THEY CAN COME FORWARD TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MECHANICS. AND MARCUS AND KIM AS WELL. Jessica Vaughn: YOU WANT US GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR. Stacy Hahn: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, DR. HAHN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CHILDREN. NOW WE HAVE A.0, RECOGNITION OF AUTISM DISORDER MONTH. MEMBER RENDON WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

019CELEBRATES OUR RICH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY AS WE HONOR STUDENTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM WITH AUTISM ACCEPT SPECTRUM SENTENCE MONTH. SERVE 4,000 STUDENTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND WE CELEBRATE AND THANK THE EDUCATORS AND DEDICATE THEMSELVES FOR SERVING OUR STUDENTS. EDUCATION-BASED PRACTICES ALONG WITH EARLY INTERVENTION PROVIDE A GREAT BENEFIT FOR PEOPLE WITH ASD. AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH-BASED PRACTICES WITH STUDENTS WITH ASD. WHILE SUPPORTING INCLUSIVE AND CELEBRATING NEURODIVERSITY. WITH THIS RECOGNITION, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS JOINS PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN RECOGNIZING THE AMAZING TALENTS AND ABILITIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AND ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM. I WANT TO THANK ALL YOU HAVE OUR EDUCATORS, ALL OF OUR PARENTS AND ALL OF OUR DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM TO CELEBRATE THEIR

020HIGHS AND THEIR LOWS AND TO CELEBRATE WHAT MAKES EACH OF THEM UNIQUE IN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL WAYS. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOME COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. ? ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSES TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL KEEP UP WITH YOU AND KEEP OUR BOARD MEMBERS INFORMED OF OUR RESPONSES. THE SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED THAT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR A STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR TO DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED AND

021THE CIVILITY POLICY IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD. SPEAK YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY IN THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. A RED LIGHT AND CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. I AM NICOLE BROWN COLLINS WITH HIVE FIVE, INC. WE ARE PARTNERED WITH HOST. AND WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. SO GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES AND ESTEEMED STAFF. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE LIKE TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR LOCATIONS. YOUR SUPPORT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT

022FOR ALL YOU HAVE OUR STUDENTS. A SPECIAL THANKS GOES SPECIFICALLY TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS DEDICATED TEAM, PARTICULARLY MIKE McMANUS, HIS SUPPORT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY STUPENDOUS IN ALL YOU HAVE OUR SITES. YOUR COMMISSION TO OUR MISSION IS EVIDENCE IN EVERYTHING THAT DO YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRINCIPALS AND STAFF OF OUR SCHOOLS. THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BELONGING. WE HAVE SEEN REMARKABLE SUCCESS WITH OUR CLUBS, OUR PARENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS. FROM THE COLOR RUNS TO THE BOOK DRIVES. COLLABORATING WITH OUR PTAs. OUR HIGH FIVE TEAM HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO EN RIVER THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND HAVE BECOME A THREAD IN THE FABRIC OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. THESE INITIATIVES

023HAVE NOT ONLY STRENGTHENED OUR PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO CREATED LASTING CONNECTIONS WITH OUR PARENTS, STAFF AND THE BROADER COMMUNION. AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT AWAIT US. TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS AND THE AFTERSCHOOL SPACE. LET'S CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY WITH ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN EVERY DAY THAT WE SERVE. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FILLED WITH GROWTH AND SUCCESS FOR OUR COUNTRY'S MOST VALUED MEMBERS, OUR CHILDREN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I AM JOHN STREATOR. I USED TO WORK FOR YOU GUYS FOR ABOUT 24 YEARS. BUT I'M HERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE NAACP HAS

024DONE THAT I AM PART OF. AND WHILE I WAS AWARE OF YOUTH PROGRAM AND THE AXO PROGRAM AND THE COMPETITIONS NATIONALLY AND GETTING AWARDS, I JUST LATELY PICKED UP ON SOME OF THE BASIC READING PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING -- THAT IS JUST REALLY GETTING STARTED. AND FOR A TEACHER TO HAVE KIDS GET EXCITED, THAT IS A BIG DEAL. AND SO WHEN I HEARD, YOU KNOW, DESCRIPTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE -- A BOOK AND THEY ARE READING TO EACH OTHER AND THEY ARE COMING AND EXCITED AND LOOK AT THIS. AND -- I JUST -- I GOT EXCITED. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT -- THAT PART OF THE READING PROGRAM THAT THE NAACP IS STARTING AND WORKED WITH ON THE CAMPUS AND REACHING OUT FOR THE FUTURE. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Jessica Vaughn:

025THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA CWEISS. I AM A TAMPA RESIDENT. AFTER 40 YEARS AS AN EXECUTIVE IN CORPORATE AMERICA. I AM HONORED TO VOLUNTEER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I AM A TRANSLATOR FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN AND A KINDERGARTEN CLASS AS WELL AS PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY VULNERABLE POPULATION IN THE CLASS. MANY OF THE CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM NOT ONLY HAVE LANGUAGE CHALLENGES BUT STRUGGLE WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES AND THE EFFECTS OF ABJECT POVERTY. THERE ARE 24 CHILDREN IN THE CLASS WITH THE ONLY SUPPORT BEING MY THREE TO FOUR HOURS A WEEK. I UNDERSTAND THAT RENAISSANCE FUNDING IS BEING LICHLTED WHICH LIKELY BENEFITS THIS CLASSROOM TEACHER, BUT I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THIS WITH HER. THE ELIMINATION OF THIS ADDITIONAL PAY IS UNCONSCIONABLE ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NUMBER OF EXISTING

026OPENINGS, IT DOES NOT SEEM THE TIME TO PUNISH OUR HARD-WORKING TEACHERS IN THE MOST CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS. THE SECOND ISSUE I WANT TO DISCUSS IS THE CUTTING OF IB AND AP FUNDING. I AM A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOUNDATION MENTOR TO TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ONE STUDENT AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH IS AN ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANT IN THE IB PROGRAM. ACTIVE IN STUDENT IS GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES. SHE HOPES TO BE A BIO CHEMIST AND DREAMS OF ATTENDING HARVARD. SECOND IS AT JEFFERSON IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM. FRANKLY HER SCHEDULE EXHAUSTS ME JUST LOOKING AT IT, PAUL HONORS AP CLASSES AND IN JUNIOR ROTC. AN AMERICAN BORN TO GUATEMALAN IMMIGRANTS AND HOPES TO BE THE FIRST IN HER CLASS TO ATTEND THE FOUR-YEAR SCHOOL. THESE TWO KIDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF MAKING AMERICA PROUD. THEY ALREADY MAKE

027ME PROUD. ELIMINATING PROGRAM FOR HIGH-POTENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY SERVE TO LOCK THEM INTO A LIFETIME OF POVERTY. IF WE DON'T PROVIDE THE MOST OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING, WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION FOR SHY ACHIEVING STUDENTS FOR MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT THEIR FUTURE AND TO GET IN THE MOST COMPETITIVE. MOST LOOK AT IB AND AP AS REQUISITES FOR ADMISSION. THE COMMON LINK OF THE WORK I DO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL IS THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH ICE. CITY OF NO IDEA THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL MENTES PARENTS BUT HAVING THEM SNAGGED AT SCHOOL HOW WILL THAT IMPACT THEIR LEARNING. I IMPLORE YOU TO ENSURE THE EDUCATION IS IN PLACE AND MAKE SURE THE TEACHERS ARE GETTING PAID AND HELP THE STUDENTS FROM THE CURRENT HORRORS OF THE IMMIGRATION NIGHTMARE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU.

028KIP PLEASE -- CAN I PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS FIVE THROUGH TEN AS WELL. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DREW VAUGHN. I AM A PARENT OF FOUR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. I'M HERE AS THEIR DAD, BECAUSE I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEM. ALL FOUR OF MY CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED. THREE ARE LATINO. THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS IS TERRIFYING TO ME. THIS IS ONE OF MY CHILDREN'S REPORT CARDS. IF IMMIGRATION WERE TO COME INTO THEIR SCHOOL TODAY AND ASK FOR THIS PIECE OF PAPER, TO ASK FOR THIS REPORT CARD, THEY COULD NOT GET IT UNLESS THEY HAVE A SUBPOENA. THAT IS A REQUIREMENT UN UNDER FIRPA FOR THEM TO PROTECT MY CHILD'S RECORDS. MY CHILD'S REPORT CARD SR. PROTECTED. THAT SAME IMMIGRATION OFFICER CAME INTO THE SCHOOL AND SAID I

029DON'T WANT EDUARDO'S REPORT CARD, I WANT EDUARDO. THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WARRANT. THEY DON'T HAVE A SUBPOENA UNDER CURRENT POLICY HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT MY CHILD'S REPORT CARD IS SAFER THAN MY CHILD. THAT CANNOT HAPPEN. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS. AND WE HAVE MODELS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. LEE COUNTY AND POLK COUNTY HAVE ALREADY COME OUT WITH GUIDANCE, SPECIFICALLY REQUIRING THAT A JUDICIAL WARRANT BE ISSUED BEFORE A STUDENT IS ACCESSED IN A NONPUBLIC SPACE. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CAN ADOPT THAT POLICY TODAY. I URGE YOU. AS A PARENT, I BEG YOU TO DO THIS. AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP POOR ON A FARM, PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHANGED MY LIFE. I GOT TO GO TO COLLEGE, LAW SCHOOL TO GET A MBA. NONE OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

030MY WIFE WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. ALL FOUR OF OUR KIDS ARE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. ONE LAST THING I WOULD URGE TO YOU CONSIDER. WE KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE STATE WILL PUSH TOWARD VOUCHERS AND MOVING STUDENTS TOWARD PRIVATE SCHOOLS. PRIVATE SCHOOLS REQUIRE A WARRANT TO ENTER. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE US LOSE MORE STUDENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T PROVIDE THE SAME PROTECTIONS THAT A PRIVATE SCHOOL CAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS KYLE SHIFT. I AM A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FRAUD THAT IS BEING. STRAIGHTED AGAINST TAXPAYERS BY THE SCHOOL BUS SAFETY PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED BY AN OUTSIDE VENDOR NAMED BUS PATROL. I WAS SURPRISED ONE DAY TO COME HOME TO A

031LETTER IN THE MAIL NOTIFYING ME I HAD ILLEGALLY PASSED A SCHOOL BUS. I AM NOT HERE TO DEBATE MY IN BUT BRING ATTENTION TO THIS PROGRAM WAS HASTILY IMPLEMENTED AND THE COUNTY AND BOTH BUS PATROL ARE RAKING IN LARGE AMOUNTS OF PROFITS UNDER THE PRETENSE THAT THEY ARE PROTECTING CHILDREN WHEN THE REALITY IS, THEY ARE EXTORTING TAXPAYERS TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE. HISTORICALLY, FLORIDA AVERAGED ABOUT 27 CITATIONS TOTAL A YEAR. IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS -- OF THIS PROGRAM ALONE, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS ISSUED OVER 60 CASE CITATIONS AND ACCRUED $2 MILLION IN REVENUE WHICH IS NOW UPWARDS OF $6 MILLION THAT BUS PATROL HAVE RETAINED TWO-THIRDS OF. IN ADDITION, THE COUNTY IS PAYING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF MONTHLY FEES TO THIS VENDOR, BUS PATROL. AT THE PETITION BEGINNING OF MARCH UNCOVERED IN

032MIAMI THAT TICKETS WERE ERRONEOUSLY BEING SENT OUT TO TAXPAYERS. WHAT THIS TELLS USES THAT TICKETS ARE NOT ADEQUATELY REVIEWED BY BOTH THE VENDOR AND THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WHICH THEY ARE NEARLY UNDERSTAFFED TO MANAGE. HOWEVER, NO INCENTIVE TO ACTUALLY REVIEW THESE TICKETS AS ONLY 5% OF OFFENDERS ACTUALLY CONTEST THESE TICKETS. WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS ROLLED OUT, THE COURT SYSTEM AND DUE PROCESS WAS NOT FULLY IN PLACE. WHEN THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS PRESSED ON THIS FACT, AND I AM PARAPHRASING, THEY SAID THE COURTS WERE NOT THEIR ROLE. BUT I SAID ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD DUE PROCESS. PART OF THE ISSUE OF THIS SYSTEM IS THAT IT DOES NOT PROTECT STUDENTS IN REAL TIME AND ACTS AS A MEANS TO RETROACTIVELY PUNISH VIOLATORS AND GIVE A STRAIN TO THE COURT SYSTEM AS HER

033AFFECTED. I AM NOT ARGUING AGAIN EXPANDING WAYS TO KEEP THEM SAFE BUT WHAT WAS CLEARLY A LASTLY LIMITED PROGRAM THAT IS ESSENTIALLY GENERATING MORE INVEST KNEW FOR THE LOCAL COUNTY AND TURNING CHILDREN INTO ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO, MY NAME IS TIFFANY JOHNSON AND I AM A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO I, TOO, AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE CITATION PROGRAM THAT IS IN PLACE. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ASK OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, IF THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM THAT WAS RELATED TO THE ACTUAL SENATE BILL 766 IS THE SCHOOL BOARD PREPARED TO HAVE WILL HE TINGE JUSTICE ACTIONS THAT COME AFTER AND THE TAXPAYERS TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT? THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES OF HOW THE CITATIONS ARE COMING UP. DISCREPANCIES IN

034THE SCHOOL BUSES THEMSELVES NOT HAVING THE ACTUALA AND STOPPING APPROPRIATELY. I CANNOT TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF TIMES GONE DOWN 301 AND SCHOOL BUSES SITTING EMPTY, HOWEVER A STOP SIGN COMES OUT. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH 01 AND RIVERVIEW, YOU WILL REALIZE THERE CAN BE -- NOW DOWN TO FOUR LANES, BUT TYPICALLY SIX LANES, RIGHT. IF THE SCHOOL BUS IS ON ONE SIDE OF AND STOPPING WITH THE STOP SIGN OUT, ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED EVEN THOUGH THAT BUS IS EMPTY IS NOW SUBJECT TO A CITATION. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE PROPER PEOPLE IN PLACE TO VET THESE CITATIONS. HAVING STATED THAT, I AM ASKING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THIS. BECAUSE IF THE CITATIONS ARE NOT BEING PROPERLY ISSUED. I. I AM NOT DISPUTING THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT

035THE CHILDREN. PLEASE PROTECT THE CHILDREN. EVEN GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. BUT IF THE PROGRAM ITSELF NEED SOME ATTENDANCE, TAKE THESE REQUESTS SERIOUSLY AND LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU FOR MY TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I AM BACK. JOE ROBINSON. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! PLAYER HATERS AND LEADERS AND HYPOCRITES, GO HOME. DIVINE NINE, PRAY FOR ME. LET ME GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY. MANNING VERSUS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1950s. DISCRIMINATION SUIT ABOUT UNFAIR TREATMENT OF PLAQUES AND OTHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WARREN DAWSON DEFENDING ACT. JESSICA VOCAWITZ IN 2001 IMMIGRANTED THIS DISTRICT UNITARY STATUS. CADELL AND SAM HORTON CREATED THE FIRST AGREEMENT WITH NAACP WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AROUND 207. I WAS THERE AS PART OF THE OSD THAT STARTED WITH THE LAKE HENRY BALLOT AND BOB MORRISON. 2019, THE NAACP MOA IS ISSUED --

036LET ME BACK UP, DR. SYKES MODIFIED THE ORIGINAL SATELLITE OFFICE AGREEMENT TO MEET INFORM MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WITH THE BIGGEST CONFERENCE ROOM WHERE THEY SIT NOW IN THE DOUBLE WIDE TRUCK BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T GIVE US A BUILDING. AUGHT, THE DRAFTER AND REVIEWER AND SIGNATURE WITH YVETTE RUE LOU WHICH IS WITH NACACP. I WROTE IT, DRAFT IT. I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. MOU 2. THAT WAS ISSUED TO HAVANCE OFFICE, BIGGER SPACE WITH WRAP-AROUND SERVICE, PROVIDE TUTORING, MINORITY WOMEN, AND EVERYTHING ELSE AS A PARTNER WITH THE NAACP SINCE THE 1950s TO TRY TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF US IS SPECKSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ON. 2021, ADDED THE GAME CHANGERS OF THE NAACP VERBATIM. WE AND MARY LOU GOT IT APPROVED BY THE AACP LEGAL STAFF A COUPLE OF TIMES. MRS. LYNN GRAY, THANK

037YOU. I WAS SUSPENDED FLORIDA T THE AACP. AND THAT LETTER THAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, I HAD WRITTEN BY ADDISON DAVIS. IT WAS BECAUSE OF ME. THE ONLY REASON IT WAS WRITTEN BECAUSE I NEEDED MR. GIBSON TO GIVE ME SOMETHING SAYING THAT NAAACP DID NOT VIOLATE THE MOA. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT. I GOT SUSPEND AND BEFORE I COULD GET YVETTE LEWIS AND US TO CHANGE IT SO PEOPLE CAN GO OUT THERE. THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. STUDENTS, CHILDREN, THE DIVINE NINE AND EVERYBODY ELSE MEETING OUT THERE TOOK 40, 50 YEARS TO GET THAT SPACE. I AM ASKING FOR A MOTION IS FROM THIS BOARD TO THIS SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS OVER ON CONTRACTS TO AMEND THAT AGREEMENT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MEET OUT THERE OTHER THAN JUST THE NAACP. AN OVERSIGHT BY

038ME AND OTHERS THAT IT WAS NOT CORRECTED. BUT SINCE I WAS SUSPENDED FOR SIX YEARS -- I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING THAT. THAT AIN'T OVER WITH. THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING THAT. I WILL LEAVE THAT. PLEASE AMEND IT. I DON'T WANT TO BRING ANY OTHER FEDERAL JURISDICTIONS IN THERE TO GET IT AMENDED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM JOHN GREEN. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT T THE NAACP AND BEING ON THE PROPERTY. MY THING IS, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE PERSON, IT IS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION DOING WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE SCHOOL BOARD DOESN'T NEED TO HOLD THE NAACP OR HAVE THE NAACP IN THAT SPACE. WE HAVE PLENTY OF CHURCHES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO CAN ASSIST

039THEM IN DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. THE NEXT THING IS, I AM GOING TO READ FROM THE MOA THAT MR. ROBINSON WROTE FROM. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT. I HAVE THE ORIGINAL, THE AMENDED AND THE OTHER ONE. SAYS SUBLEASE. SECTION 8. NOT ON THERE. I WILL GET TO THAT ONE. SAY IS THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUBLEASE TO OR ALLOW ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION OR PERSON TO USE ANY PORTION OF THE SITE DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. THAT IS WHAT Y'ALL WROTE. THAT IS THE AGREEMENT, RIGHT. SO MOVING TO WHAT YOU -- WHAT YOU SEE IN THERE. WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I SPOKE ON THIS ISSUE, RIGHT. TWO WEEKS LATER, I GOT A CEASE AND DESIST. NOW IF YOU LOOKING AT YOUR LETTER, YOU HAVE A DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE. THERE

040IS A DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE THAT YOU HAVE SAYING THAT THEY CAN NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST -- AGAINST ANY PERSON, RIGHT. NO, I AM NOT A NAACP MEMBER. I AM A FORMER MEMBER, RIGHT. I DON'T -- I DON'T GO TO THE PROPERTY. I HAVE BEEN TO THE PROPERTY MAYBE ONCE, BUT IT DOES SAY NOR WILL THE ORGANIZATION DENY ANY PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED ON THE SITE ACCEPT PURSUANT TO LEGITIMATE AND FORMALLY APPLIED RESTRICTIONS AND CLASSIFICATION BASED ON AGE OR PHYSICAL. SO I GET THE CEASE AND DESIST THAT Y'ALL CAN SEE IN FRONT OF Y'ALL. RIGHT. SO THEY SEND ME THIS LETTER TELLING ME BEING THAT I AM NOT A MEMBER, THE ONLY WAY I CAN PARTICIPATE IT TO BRING IT TO T THEM. HOW CAN I BRING IT TO THEM IF I CAN'T

041PARTICIPATE. WHY WOULD THEY SHOULD ME DOWN. TO SHUT ME DOWN, RIGHT, BASED UPON Y'ALL'S AGREEMENT. I FEEL THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS PERPETUATING THE DECISION AND THE DIVISION IN THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. HEAVY. ALL I ASK THAT YOU ALL RECONSIDER IT. GET THEM -- RELEASE THEM FROM THIS BOND BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DEFEND Y'ALL IF ANY CLAIMS OR LAWSUITS AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT. ANYBODY WANT TO READ IT, I HAVE IT WITH ME. RELEASE THEM. LET THE CHURCHES PICK UP THE WEIGHT. RIGHT. WE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. I AM NOT DOWNING ANYBODY. AND I HAD MY CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT. SHE KNOWS MY POINT OF VIEW, AND I KNOW HERS. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. CAN I ALSO CALL UP SPEAKERS 11-15, PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ZEKIA SMITH, A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

042RESIDENT AND ALSO A MOM OF A STUDENT. I CAME HERE TODAY BECAUSE EVEN AS I READ THIS SIGN "PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE" MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT I HAVE A SOPHOMORE WHO IS IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE NOT HAD -- SHE HAS NOT HAD AN ENGLISH TEACHER SINCE BEFORE WINTER BREAK. AND I FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE ALSO SHORT FOUR ENGLISH TEACHERS IN THE DEPARTMENT. HOW ARE WE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE WHEN MY CHILD DOESN'T HAVE AN ENGLISH TEACHER AND WHEN CONTACTING THE SCHOOL WE GET A LETTER AT THE END OF THE QUARTER YOUR CHILD HAS A SUBSTITUTE. I KNOWN THAT FOR THE LAST 11 WEEKS SHE HAS A SUBSTITUTE AND THE SUBSTITUTE SITS THERE, TAKES ATTENDANCE AND SITS ON THEIR PHONE. IN THE LETTER STATES, THIS QUARTER

043YOUR CHILD WILL BE GRADED ON ACCURACY, NOT JUST COMPLETION. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE WHEN SHE IS NOT GETTING ANY INSTRUCTION, AND SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE A EOC OR MAKE OR BREAK WHETHER OR NOT SHE GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL? THAT IS ALL I NEEDED TO SAY, THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS MELANIE WILLIAMS, AND I AM A PROUD TAMPA NATIVE, AN ARMY VETERAN WHO HAS THE HONOR OF SERVING TO OUR COMMUNITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL FOR PRE-K ESE STUDENTS.DURING MY TIME WORKING WITH YOUNG STUDENTS I WITNESSED SOMETHING CONCERNING, UNOPENED, UNTOUCHED FOOD BEING THROWN AROUND. NO CARTONS, VEGETABLES AND FRUIT ITEMS ALL DISCARDED EVEN AS MANY STUDENTS IN

044OUR COMMUNITY QUIETLY STRUGGLE WITH FOOD INSECURITY. THE ISSUE IS BIGGER THAN ANY ONE SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC SERVICE, APPROXIMATELY 335,000 TONS OF FOOD ARE WASTED EVERY YEAR IN K-12 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE WASTE TRANSLATES TO AN ESTIM ESTIMATED 1.7 BILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS LOST. THE FOOD DONATION ACT WAS CREATED TO PROTECT THOSE WHO DONATE SURPLUS FOOD IN GOOD FAITH, INCLUDING SCHOOLS. IN 2012, USDA MEMORANDUM, SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM WERE REMINDEDED THAT THEY MAY DONATE LEFTOVER FOOD AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO IN A SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER. THE USDA AND EPA DRAFT -- EXCUSE ME STRATEGY FOR REDUCING FOOD LOSS AND WASTE FURTHER EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION. UNDER OBJECTIVE TWO, B, TO TEACH STUDENTS OF STRATEGIES TO REDUCE WOOD FAST AND EARLY

045EDUCATION CAN SHIFT LONG-TERM BEHAVIORS BEFORE WASTEFUL HABITS ARE FORMED. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED REFLECTED A BREAKDOWN IN AWARENESS AND APPLICATION OF THESE EXISTING GUIDELINES. MANY STAFF MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PARENTS, INCLUDING MY IS SELF SIMPLY DIDN'T KNOW THESE POLICIES WERE IN PLACE AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ACT ON THEM. THE GAP HAS LED TO PREVENTABLE WASTE, A LACK OF STEWARDSHIP OVER TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES MEET THE NEEDS OF HUNGRY STUDENTS. THE ISSUE IS JUST NOT ABOUT FOOD, LEADERSHIP AND VALUES. ABOUT EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONLY FOR HOW WE SERVE MEALS BUT HOW WE TEACH CHILDREN TO VALUE THEM. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TODAY. DUE TO TIME LIMITATIONS, I WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU TO EXPLORE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE

046THAT WE TURN THIS CHALLENGE INTO LASTING CHANGE. THANK YOU AGAIN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. ALAN BREWSTERS, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR A WHILE ABOUT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LEADERSHIP. I AM GOING TO SAY THIS SCHOOL IS NOT A PRISON. ISS IS AN OVERKILL. WHEN DID ISS BECOME A HOLDING CELL. A MONTH AGO A TEACHER CALLED OUR HOUSE. OH, YOUR STUDENT WILL GET ISS FOR SKIPPING. REALLY, FOR SKIPPING? WHY DON'T YOU SEND HIM TO CLASS, RIGHT. THEN WE HAVE COMPLIANCE DOING AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE TWO COA COACHES. COMPLIANCE DID THEIR INVESTIGATION. THEY ONLY INTERVIEWED THE TEACHERS. THEY DIDN'T TALK TO MY SON, BUT THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT A 14-YEAR-OLD SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE COACH BECAUSE, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, HE LIED TO HIM. AND HE BROKE

047THE TRUST. I SAY THAT'S BOLOGNA. OKAY, BECAUSE WHY DIDN'T YOU TALK TO HIM. THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER UNDERLYING ISSUES AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL BUT WHAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SIT UP HERE AND SAY A BROWN KID GOT TO TELL CAUCASIANS, ALL OF THEM WERE NOT HIS COLOR, DID NOT LOOK LIKE HIM, DIDN'T HAVE HIS HAIR COMPLEXION TELL THIS 14-YEAR-OLD HE HAS GOT TO APOLOGIZE AND BE THE BIGGER PERSON. WHEN IF THEY WOULD HAVE INTERVIEWED MY SON, THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCREPANCIES IN WHAT THAT COACH WAS SAYING. NOW I AM GOING TO SAY THIS. THE LEADERSHIP AT GAITHER, TWO THUMBS DOWN. THE COACH, THE FOOTBALL COACH AT GATOR, HE GOT TO GO. OKAY. GOT TO GO. YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TOP

048ME. THAT'S FINE. BUT I AM TELLING YOU, WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE IT. I GOT RECEIPTS ON MY PHONE. DATES, TIMES, THE PEOPLE WHO DID AND SAID WHAT. I AM JUST WAITING. BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP MISSING WITH MY KIDS AND Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HI, TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER. THAT IS MY HUSBAND, AND I GOT HIS BACK. I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY. I HAVE BEEN COMING BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR -- IT WILL BE TEN YEARS NOW. WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? WE HAVE A PIPELINE TO PRISON. NOT A PIPELINE TO EDUCATION. WHAT ARE WE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR? WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO DO THIS AND DO THAT, BUT THE

049ADULTS -- I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO ADULTS RIGHT NOW. I HAVE SIX CHILDREN. FROM 25 TO 14. I HAVE ONE AND A HALF GRANDCHILDREN. WE ARE ROLE MODELS WHETHER YOU SIGN UP TO BE A ROLE MODEL OR NOT. IF YOU WERE IN EDUCATION, WE WEAR MANY HATS. WE ARE NOT JUST A TEACHER, A COACH, A CONFIDANT, THAT MOTHER, FATHER, A COUNSELOR. KNOW YOU DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. SOMETIMES YOU ARE THE ONLY POSITIVE ROLE MODEL THAT SOMEBODY SEES. NO YOU DID NOT ASK, BUT YET YOU DID. WHEN YOU DECIDED TO BECOME A TEACHER, YOU ANSWERED THE CALL TO BE A ROLE MODEL. I AM SICK AND I AM TIRED AND SICK OF TIRED AND SICK AND TIRED OF SAYING SICK AND TIRED WHEN IT COMES TO MY CHILDREN.

050I HAVE BEEN HERE TEN YEARS. EVERY SCHOOL -- LET ME REPEAT, EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN IN HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL. WHEN, BOARD MEMBERS? BECAUSE I AM HOLDING YOU ALL RESPONSIBLE. YOU PICK THESE ADMINISTRATORS, YOU OKAY THEM. WHO IS VETTING THEM. WE WEREN'T THAT LONG AGO IN CHAINS. NOW WE HAVE THE MINDS. MY SON IS NOT GOING TO BE A STATISTIC. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT, I GOT HIS BACK, FRONT AND SIDE AND UNLIKE A LOT OF KIDS HERE, HE HAS TWO PARENTS WHO LOVE HIM. SEE, I AM A MOVEMENT BY MYSELF, BUT YOU DONE WOKE UP THE FORCE. THE FORCE IS COMING. WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, YOU ALREADY HAVE BEEN ARE PROBLEM, DOCUMENTED MA YOU HAVE DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE AGAINST BROWN AND CHILDREN. SPECIFICALLY BOYS. MY SON WILL NOT BE A IT CAN.

051DO YOU HEAR ME? MY SON. XAVIER WILL NOT BE A STATISTIC. GREAT HOUSE OF INTELLIGENCE. HE WILL PREVAIL. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING, I AM COMING. DATES, NAMES, TIMES A AND RECEIPTS. ONE THINGS ABOUT US, WE DON'T MAKE A THREAT, I PROMISE YOU GET READY. I AM COMING. PEOPLE NORTHWEST DOING THEIR JOBS. YOU KNOW ME AYRES. I NEVER LIED TO THIS BOARD. I NEVER LIED -- YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT ME, KNOW THAT I AM COMING. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JULIA JACKSON, RETIRED EDUCATOR OF 25 YEARS WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. FLORIDA LEADERSHIP HAS MADE IT CLEAR WHERE THE PREROGATIVES LIE, AND IT IS NOT WITH OUR CHILDREN. INSTEAD OF ENSURING THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE A QUALITY EDUCATION, NUTRITIOUS MEALS, SAFE HOUSING, GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS

052HAS ORCHESTRATED SUPERMAJORITY OR ROLLING BACK CHILD LABOR PROTECTIONS, H B 12 25 SB 918 IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON OUR CHILDREN'S WELL BEING AND A GIFT TO CORPORATIONS LOOKING FOR CHEAP LABOR AT THEIR EXPENSE. IF PASSED 25 SB 918 WILL ALLOW 16-YEAR-OLDS AND 17-YEAR-OLDS TO WORK LONGER HOURS ON SCHOOL NIGHTS WHILE ELIMINATING MANDATORY BREAK REQUIREMENTS. COOPERATE GREED OVER HEALTH, SAFETY ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN. NOT ABOUT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. IT IS ABOUT ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION. FOR ALL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY BLACK STUDENTS, THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SEVERE. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WORKING EXCESSIVE HOURS STRUGGLE ACADEMICALLY, LEADING ABSENTEES, POOR PERFORMANCES AND HIGHER DROP-OUT RATES. INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THESE, H B 12 25 SB 918 WILL DEEPEN THEM. MAKING IT HARDER FOR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM SUCCESS. WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS? NOT THE STUDENTS FALLING ASLEEP IN CLASSROOMS AFTER LATE HOUR

053LIFTS. NOT THE YOUNG WORKERS DEVELOPING LONG-TERM HEALTH ISSUES DUE TO LACK OF BREAK. LET THE FAMILIES HOPING FOR BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THE ONLY BENEFICIARIES OF TEENAGERS PROFITING WHILE LAWMAKERS LOOK THE OTHER WAY. NAACP MEMBERS, TAKE ACTION. THE AAACP FLORIDA STATE CONFERENCE IS CALLING FOR EVERY MEMBER, BRANCH AND SUPPORTER TO MOBILIZE. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. THEY DEMAND THEY VOTE NO. CALL YOUR OFFICES. SEND E-MAILS. WE URGE ALL THE NAACP ORGANIZATIONS. GOVERNOR DeSANTIS AND THE LEGISLATIVE SUPERMAJORITY ARE USING OUR CHILDREN AS PAWNS OF CORPORATE GREED. ON THE OTHER END OF THIS, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE NAACP HAS NOT MADE THIS CALL TO ACTION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY HAVE NOT MADE IT A CALL OF JUSTICE TO KNOW US OF THIS CONFLICT. DUE TO THE FREE RENT ON THE PROPERTY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

054SCHOOLS -- Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. AND ALSO CAN I PLEASE CALL UP SPEAK 16-20. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY. LET ME START BY SAYING THIS IS A DARK DAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE THE DIVINE NINE TO COME OUT AND FIGHT FOR FREE RENT. FIGHT THAT A CONTRACT, THE MOA BE MODIFIED. WHEN THAT -- AND I AM GLAD THEY ARE HERE SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VIOLATING THE CONTRACT. NO ONE HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT PASTOR WHO HAD TO PAY $7 2,000 A YEAR FOR FOUR HOURS ON A SUNDAY TO BE AT A -- ON THIS PROPERTY. ALSO, YOU JUST HEARD MISS JACKSON READ. THAT WAS CALL FROM THE NAACP NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS AND NOT ONE CALL GIVEN FROM THE

055HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH, WHY? BECAUSE OF FREE RENT. HER HANDS ARE TIED AT THE VERY ADULT CENTER, AND YOU ALL ARE SITTING THERE ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. NOT BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE. IT IS BECAUSE YOU WANT THIS SILENCE TO BE CARRIED ON. THE VETERANS. NO ONE IS SPEAKING OUT ON THEIR BEHALF. NOBODY IS TALKING OF SOCIAL SECURITY. NOBODY IS TALKING OF THE CHILDREN, THE IMMIGRANT CHILDREN THAT CANNOT BE TAUGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE SOMEWHERE HIDING BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE DEPORTED TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. THIS IS WHAT THEY CHAIRMAN FOR, FOOLISHNESS TO STAND UP HERE AROUND FIGHT FOR FREE RENT? THERE IS DOING WRONG WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT CARE ABOUT EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN. YOU HEARD THE PARENTS STANDING HERE AND SAYING WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND NO LEADERSHIP

056IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NAACP. A SOCIAL CLUB THAT IS NOT BENEFITTING THIS COMMUNITY. WE ARE SAYING UNTIE THEIR HANDS AND ALLOW THEM TO EITHER PAY RENT. THEY CAN STAY THERE. LIKE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON THE PROPERTY DO. THEY PAY RENT OR YOU LEAPT THEM GO. SO IF YOU ALL ARE THINKING THAT BECAUSE Y'ALL -- THAT THE DIVINE NINE. I LIKE THEM. HEY, MY NIECE AN AKA, BUT THEY STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. I THINK A LOT OF THEM IN HERE TODAY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE MOA THAT THEY HAVE BEEN VIOLATING THAT CONTRACT. YOUR ATTORNEY SAID THEY VIOLATED BUT I WAS I TOLD BY A BOARD MEMBERS THAT CONTRACTS ARE VIOLATED ALL THE TIME. I WAS TOLD THEY DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED. SHE NEVER ALLOWED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT THE NAACP IN FT. LAUDERDALE ISSUE A WARNING

057THAT THEY WERE IN TROUBLE OF THE VIOLENCE THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SHOOTING AT THE SCHOOL. CAME FROM THE NAACP OURSELVES. WHY ARE WE PUTTING OUR HEAD IN THE SAND AND ALLOWING THIS FOOLISHNESS TO GO ON. ALLEGIANCE TO THE DIVINE 9 AND PARENTS AND SAID THAT YOU WANT TO REPRESENT. Jessica Vaughn: NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. PLEASE BE ORDERLY TO OUR SPEAKER ISES. PLEASE GIVE RESPECT TO EACH AND OVER SPEAKER. PLEASE ALLOW OUR SPEAKERS THE SPACE TO SPEAK PLEASE. Jessica Vaughn: SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I -- I WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYONE REMOVED. SO PLEASE JUST ALLOW EACH PERSON TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK SO WE CAN HEAR EVERYBODY. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BEGIN. HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT AIRS

058AIR, RYAN ZASINKI, FORMER EDUCATOR FOR 22 YEARS. I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE OF THE BLOCK CHAIN INITIATIVE. I SENT YOU THE MARCH UPDATE TO ALL OF YOUR E-MAIL FEBRUARYS YOU WANT TO READ THROUGH IT. A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I WENT TO ORANGE COUNTY LAST MONTH AND MEETING WITH THE DREFKT OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE ROSA GRANT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME TRACTION IN MY HOME COUNTY BECAUSE I WOULD BE -- YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN HERE. HILLSBOROUGH IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME. THIS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE MY HOME. I AM GOING TO ALL THESE OTHER COUNTIES AND HAVING TRACTION HERE AND EXPAND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO OFFER. SO myON WIFE A 23 YEAR NATIONAL BOARD

059CERTIFIED TEACHER WORKING WITH ME TO BUILD CURRICULUM AND GETTING BEYOND THE CODING ASPECT AND MORE TECHNICAL THINGS AND SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS INTRODUCED LAST YEAR WITH FINANCIAL ASSETS AND FINANCIAL LITERACY BECAUSE IT IS A BROAD PLATFORM ACCESSIBLE TO ANY STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND ADULTS AND WILL HAVE THEM ONLINE. A NEW WEB SITE WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AND I ALSO HOPE TO HAVE ABOUT A FOUR-HOUR SEMINAR THAT WE CAN DELIVER ON SATURDAYS TO ANY HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL IS OPEN FOR IT AND WANT TO PUT OUT AN ALL-CALL TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. ANYBODY WHO IS REALLY INTERESTED LOOKING FORWARD THAT AND I WILL BE IN TALLAHASSEE NEXT WEEK AND A BUNCH OF MEETINGS SET WITH A NUMBER OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE THAT SIT ON THE EDUCATION COMMITTEES WHO TALK ABOUT THIS AND TRYING TO

060DO ALL THIS. OF COURSE, AS A REMINDER, THIS COSTS YOU ZERO. IT COSTS TAXPAYERS ZERO. THESE ARE ALL RESOURCES YOU BRING TO BEAR THROUGH THE PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION. PARENT OF ARDENT. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU GRADUATION SEASON IS ALMOST HERE AND ONCE IT HITS, YOU WILL GET NOTHING DONE. I AM PASSIONATE OF EDUCATION AS A HEAD OF A INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER. BUT HILLSBOROUGH WILL ALWAYS BE MY HOME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU SOON. TAKE CARE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PERSHEL JACKSON AND A MECHANIC OF A SORORITY OF THE CHAPTER OF RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA. I DO NOT REPRESENT THE SORORITY AND ALL VIEWS I EXPRESS ARE MY VIEWS. MY CHAPTER HAS AN ADOPT THE SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE WE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON

061WILL SPONSOR AN ENTIRE SECOND GRADE FOR WHOLE SCHOOL AND GIVE EACH CHILD A TOY. DURING THANKSGIVING, WE SPONSOR IS A CLASSROOM OR TWO AND BLESS EACH FAMILY WITH A BASKET OF NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS AND MAKE THANKSGIVING DINNER AND GIFT CARD FOR THE PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM. THE SCHOOL WE SERVE IS SHEEH Y ELEMENTARY AND BLESSED TO RAISE EXTRA DONATIONS AND OUR DUES THAT WHICH PAY BECAUSE THESE ARE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE RELIES ON DUES TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION IN THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. SOMETIMES WHITTIER ELEMENTARY IS ALSO A RECIPIENT OF THE DONATIONS WE RECEIVE. WE ARE ABLE TO DO THESE ACTIVITIES AND MORE BY HAVING PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUMP AS THE NAACP. THE NAACP ALLOW ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ONE I BELONG TO USE ROOMS AT NO COST. PLANNING NOR SUCH EVENTS AND GATHER TO PUT

062TOGETHER THE THANKSGIVING BASKETS FOR THOSE KIDS' FAMILIES OR BONDING TOGETHER AS A UNIT DURING OUR PRACTICES WE NEED A LARGE ENOUGH SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO. WE ARE ABLE TO SAVE ON THOSE RENTAL FEES FOR LARGE GATHERING SPACES THAT MONEY THAT GOES TOWARD RENTAL FEES CAN BE REDIRECTED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY'S PROJECTS TO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK. ANOTHER ACTIVITY THAT THE WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY IS AWARD LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS EACH YEAR WITH A COLLEGE SCHOOL LAYERSHIP FUNDS. NEXT SCHOLARSHIP BRUNCH MAY 3 AT 10 A.M. EVENT AT THE SHERIDAN TAMPA BRANCH DOCTOR TAMPA, BRANDON. PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING. HOSTING THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND FAIR FAMILIES. ALL MONEY RAISED WILL GO FORWARD THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S SENIORS. IN CONCLUSION, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY A SPACE THAT IS

063TRULY NEEDED IN ORDER TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED. THE NAACP IS A VITAL PIECE AND NEEDS TO REMAIN WHERE IT IS. IT HAS BEEN BE A BENEFIT TO MY CHAPTER OF SORORITY AND HELPING TO SUSTAIN PRINCIPLE OF SERVICE. THANK YOU, CAN I CALL UP SPEAKERS 20-25. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, DISTRICT OFFICIALS. MY NAME IS JONATHAN CHAVEZ. I AM A PROUD NCTA MEMBER AND A TEACHER AT LETO HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE IN MY HANDS HERE A LIST OF NAMES OF 32 OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AT LETO WHO COULD NOT BE PRESENT TODAY. SOME OF THEM, LIKE MISS RODRIGUEZ AND MR. JORDAN ARE PROUDLY RETIRED MILITARY. OTHERS LIKE MISS CANNEN, MISS PASK AND DOZENS OF YEARS WORKING WITH THIS DISTRICT. ALL OF US SHARE DETERMINATION TO HAVE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE FLORIDA PTA POSITION STATEMENT

064ON IMMIGRATION BE RECOGNIZED AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE STUDENT AND PARENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT IT REPS TO THIS DISTRICT AND ALL OTHERS IN FLORIDA TO IMPLEMENT. THE 33 US HAVE PUT OUR NAMES ON THIS LIST BECAUSE OF ALL THE YEARS OF TEACHING, NEVER HAD STUDENTS BRING SUCH ANXIETY TO THE CLASSROOM AS THEY DO TODAY. WE HAVE NEVER FELT SUCH UNCERTAINTY FOR OUR PROFESSION AND OUR FUTURE AS WE DO TODAY. WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNING REGIME SO EAGER TO TARGET US, TARGET OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS AS WE DO TODAY. I TEACH U.S. GOVERNMENT AT LETO HIGH SCHOOL. I AM WELL AWARE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CANNOT BY PASS STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AND I HOPE BY THE END OF THE SEMESTER MY STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF THAT TOO, BUT THE NEED TO TAKE

065ACTION ON THIS IS ACUTE. WE ARE LIVING UNDER A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT SHOWED A SHOCKING DISREGARD FOR DUE PROCESS OF DETAINING OR DEPORT STUDENTS -- STUDENTS WHO ARE LAWFULLY PRESENT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ROUTINELY DENIED ACCESS TO THEIR LAWYERS, THEIR FAMILY, ACCESS TO THEIR COMMUNITY SHIPPED HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR ONE OF THOSE STORIES TO BE A STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT. IN LIGHT OF THIS AND ON INTHAF OF THE OTHER 32 STAFF MEMBERS ON THIS LIST. I HAVE TWO THINGS TO ASK. FIRST THAT THE DISTRICT IMPLEMENT A CLEAR POLICY THAT PARENTS BE NOTIFIED AND GIVEN PRESENT? A ROOM BEFORE A CHILD IS QUESTIONED BY OR MADE TO SPEAK TO AN IMMIGRATION FARE FOR ANY REASON. I ASK THIS SO YOU PRO TICKET THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS

066TO BE INFORMED AND HAVE A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR CHILD IN OUR SCHOOLS, THE SAME ONES THAT THEY TRUST THEIR STUDENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR STUDENTS. EXCUSE ME. I ASK SECONDLY THAT THE IT IS STRICT HAVE A CLEAR POLICY REQUIRING IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS TO PRESENT A LAWFUL WARRANT BEFORE ACCESSING ANY SCHOOL, ANY STUDENT OR ANY RECORD IN OUR DISTRICT. I ASK YOU PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF OUR STUDENTS HOFFELL LIKE ALL OF NEWS THIS ROOM HAVE A RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS UNDER THE LAW. BY ASK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TAKE THIS PROACTIVE ACTION TODAY SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO MOURN THE PREVENTABLE LOSS OF ANY STUDENT TOMORROW. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. EYE VET LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP

067HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH. I COME HERE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE NAAC FORKS CULTIVATE, CREATE, DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT MANY PROGRAMS THAT SHAPE AND MOLD ALL STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SUCH AS READING CLASSES, JOB TRAINING SKILLS, SOCIAL SKILLS AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR AI LOWING T THE NAACP TO WORK WITH THE PARENTS ENHANCING THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS, EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AND ADVOCACY SKILLS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE NAACP TO COLLABORATE WITH THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE DEEP AND HONEST CONVERSATIONS. IN THE MEETINGS WE ANALYZE THE DATA AND DEVELOP A PLAN. YOU SEE THE NAACP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH REALIZE THE ISSUE THAT PLAGUE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A TRIFOLD. THE STUDENT, THE PARENT, AND THE TEACHER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO ADVOCATE FOR EACH ONE HOLIST HOLISTICALLY. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE

068N ASA ASNAACP HILLSBOROUGH BRANCH, I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE STAND. REMAIN STANDING. THE LARGEST AND THE OLDEST, THE BADDEST AND THE BOLDEST. THE MOST LOVED, MOST HATED, THE MOST FEARED, THE MOST REVERED, THE MOST CUSSED, AND THE MOST DISGUST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THERE IS IN AMERICA. AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, FOR ALLOWING THE NAACP TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ALL STAFF. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. PURITY, POWER, PURPOSE AND PRECISION. SEEING THAT PROTOCOL HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. MY NAME IS DR. JESSIE WASHINGTON. AND I AM A PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL. I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHERE I STARTED WITH PURITY, POWER, PURPOSE AND PRECISION. I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE VOTARE BECAUSE HE SAID SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING. HE SAID I MAY NOT AGREE WITH

069WHAT YOU SAY, BUT I WILL DEFEND THE RIGHT FOR TO YOU BE ABLE TO SAY IT. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT I HEARD SOMEONE MENTION THAT -- DON'T SCHOOLS -- DON'T HELP. GO TO THE LOCAL CHURCH. THE PROBLEM WE GOT TO PONTIFICATE ABOUT IN THAT IS THAT THE PROPHETS TODAY ARE ABOUT PROFIT, P-R-O-F-I-T. THESE PROPHET NOT ONLY GROWN BUT NOT JUST PROPHETIC, THEY ARE PATHETIC. THEY ARE PREACHERS WHO PERFORM, PRETEND, PROMOTE, CRY, SCREAM SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN ATTEND THEIR OWN CHURCHES. HERE IS THE IDEA. THE APOSTLE HAS BECOME T THE APOSTATE. OH, THAT MEANS THE PHONY, THE FAKE, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT. THE APOSTLE HAS BECOME T THE APOSTATE. WATCH THIS, THE BISHOP IS ALSO A HERETIC. THE IDEA THAT THE BISHOP BRICK IS A HERETIC. EVERYTHING HAS A SPACE

070AND A PLACE. THIS IS NOT ACCIDENT SCENE. WE DON'T NEED NO ACCIDENT CHASERS. THIS IS NOT NO POLITICAL MUSINGS AND USINGS THAT WE WANT TO HEAR. SEE, THE NAACP SINCE 1906 HAS COLLABORATED, CELEBRATED, COOPERATED, AND PARTICIPATED IN ALL THINGS COMMUNITY. THEY NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF COMMUNITY. SO AS I STARTED AND I TAKE MY SEAT EARLY BECAUSE I REFUSE TO BE KICKED OUT OF ANOTHER MEETING AGAIN FOR GOING OVER TIME. THE IDEA IS PURITY, POWER, PURPOSE, PRECISION. THE BISHOP RICK IS A HERETIC. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, MADAM CHAIR VAUGHN, VICE-CHAIR PEREZ AND BOARD MEMBERS. I AM A TAMPA RESIDENT. THE WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE RAIDS THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. PRO LIFE. PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. WHEN

071A CHILD OR PARENT MENTION LGBTQ+, WHEN DRAG QUEENS WANT TO READ TO OUR CHILDREN AND AS WE SEE WITH BOOKS IN GENERAL, THAT IS THE FIRST THING WE HEAR AS A SMOKESCREEN TO JUSTIFY BIGOTRY, HATRED AND HOMOPHOBIA. WHERE IS THE PROTECTION FOR THE CHILDREN. UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN SUMP A THREAT THAT THEY NEED TO BE RIPPED OUT OF SCHOOLS AND THEIR PARENTS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT MY 17-YEAR-OLD BEING IN SCHOOL OF SOMEONE BREAKING INTO HER SCHOOL AND ONE OF HER AMERICAN CLASSMATES TO SHOOT HER THAN I AM OF THE UNDOCUMENTED CHILD WHO MAY TO BE HER RIGHT AND TO HER LEFT. NOT TO MENTION MY DAUGHTER IS BIRACIAL WITH A BLACK FATHER AND A WHITE MOTHER. WITH THE MISTAKES AND BLATANT CARELESSNESS AND HURRICANE WATCH OF WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT EVEN INTERESTED INCORRECTING A

072GENTLEMEN BY MARYLAND, KAYMAR GARCIA WHO WAS MISTAKENLY DEPORTEDED TO EL SALVADOR AND CONSIDERING MY DAUGHTER'S SKIN TONE, EVEN SHE LIKE MANY STUDENTS ARE NOT SAFE. NO ONE IN THIS ROOM CAN TELL ME WE CAN NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS IMMIGRATION WITHOUT HAVING TO TREAT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THIS INHUMANE MANNER. IT WILL BE TRAUMATIC ENOUGH EVEN IF PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED BUT NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL FEARING THAT THEY WILL NOT RETURN TO THEM. WE HAVE SEEN THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE AS ALL SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM HAS BEEN AFFECTED. WHILE THIS IS NOT YET HAPPENED BE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, I HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU ALL KEEP OUR CHILDREN IN MIND AND STAND UP FOR THEM BEFORE THIS HAPPENS. BEFORE WE RUIN INNOCENT LIVES AND EMBARRASS OURSELVES MORE

073AS A COUNTRY THAN WE ALREADY HAVE IF THAT IS EVEN POSSIBLE BY NOW. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE -- MY NAME IS ROCKY. I AM A RETIRED MAJOR WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. I DID 30 YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE I RETIRED IN 2018. SO A TOTAL OF 37 YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE OMEGA ATTORNEY FRATERNITY. YOU HAVE THE DIVINE NINE BACK HERE TOO. WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NAACP. YES WE USE THE FACILITY FOR TRAINING, MENTORING,Y TEACHING THE YOUTH. TEACHING COMMUNITY THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ALWAYS. GUILT WITH SERVICE. THAT IS WHAT WE TAUGHT TO

074SERVE. UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE ATTEND MEETINGS THERE. WE HAVE MENTORING PROGRAMS THERE AND TRAINING THERE. SO IT IS GOOD. I HAVE KNOWN YVETTE LEWIS WHEN SHE WAS FIRST MADE PRESIDENT OF NAACP IN 2017. FIRST THING WE TALKED ABOUT, I SAID YOU NEED TO BE ENGAGED. YOU NEED TO MEET PEOPLE. I NEED FOR TO YOU MEET WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE. I NEED FOR TO YOU MEET WITH THE SHERIFF, SHERIFF CHAD CRONISTER. AT THOSE PARTICULAR TIME, SHE MET WITH THEM AND THEY HAD A BOND. THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP. AS EVER THIS DAY, THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY BACK THE YAACP 100%. WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITH T THE NAACP AND BACK THEM 100%. WHEN PEOPLE SAID THINGS ARE NOT CORRECT, WE ARE DOING THINGS ARE CORRECT AND

075DOING THINGS LEGAL AND BY THE LAW. I WOULDN'T SETTLE FOR LESS. AGAIN, YVETTE LEWIS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR LETTING HER HAVE THAT PROPERTY AND SHE IS MAKING A BIG CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY ON YOUR BEHALF. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERINTENDENT, CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS GUESTS. MY NAME IS BRIDGET NAVEZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BETA SIGMA OF THE GAME MA ROSA SORORITY, INC. I ASK THE MEMBERS TO PLEASE STAND AS WELL AS OUR AFFILIATES OF THIS CHAPTER TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO SUPPORT -- FOR SUPPORT THE NAACP AND THE LOCATION OF WHICH IT RESIDES. SIGMA GAMMA ROSA SORORITY AND THE NAACP HAS A STRONG PARTNERSHIP, COMMITMENT AND TO HAVE DECADES OF ADVOCACY,

076EMPOWERMENT IN THE SUCCESS OF YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITIES. YOU OUR TAMPA ALUMNI CHAPTER, MISS YVETTE LEWIS AND MEMBERS OF THE HILLSBOROUGH NAACP CONTINUE THIS WORK HOSPITAL JUST FOR RECOGNITION BUT THE BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITIES. THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF OUR SORORITY AND WHAT WE STAND FOR, SIGMA GAMMA ROSA SORORITY IN 1922. I AM NUMBER 22 HOW BEFITTING. EDUCATION IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE CORNERSTONE OF WHAT WE DO. IT IS OUR MISSION TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY F LIEF OF LIFE FOR WOMEN FAMILIES LOCALLY TO GLOBALLY THROUGH SERVICE, CIVIL AND SOCIAL ACTION. HERE IN TAMPA MISS LEWIS AND THE NAACP WILL CONTINUE THE LEGACY TO PREVENT SPACE AND TIME FOR PLANNING AND CONDUCTING EVENTS AROUND OUR NATIONAL INITIATIVES SUMP AS OUR WOMEN'S WELLNESS, LITERACY EVENT LIKE OPERATION BIG BOOK BAG, MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH WITH

077THE PROJECT CRADLE CARE AND ANNUAL YOUTH SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH FOR OUR STUDENTS, STEM AND COLLEGE READINESS WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS WHICH I AM VERY PROUD WE ARE COMPLETING ONE OF OUR YOUTH SYMPOSIUMS LAST MONTH. THEY PROVIDE US WITH THE SPACE TO CONDUCTED MEETING WITH OUR YOUTH MENTORING GROUP THE,S GIRLS 12 TO 18 WHO ARE NOT ONLY MENTORED TO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY BUT HOW THIS BE A GREATER WOMEN. THROUGH THIS SUPPORT THAT T THE NAACP HAS PROVIDED US WITH SEVERAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP THESE YOUNG HIM TO OBTAIN GOALS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. NAACP PROVIDES AN AFFILIATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND PLAN EVENTS THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION FOR THE SORORITY WHEN IT COMES TO ENCOURAGING OTHER WOMEN TO BE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY. AND CREATED AND FASTED I REPEAT MANY ORGANIZATIONS SUMP AS

078THE DIVINE 9, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND CHURCHES -- I SAY CHURCH, TO HOST -- HOST EVENTS AND COME TOGETHER IN A -- TO FORM PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATE FOR THE GOOD OF COMMUNION AND ITS PEOPLE. WE ARE PROUD YOU HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIP, AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS DARYL JOHNSON. I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO MADAM CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AT THIS TIME. I AM CURRENTLY THE TAMPA ALUMNI OF KAPPAAL FALL SI ATTORNEY, INC. AND I WANT TO TALK MUCH THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING AND UPLIFTING THE CHAPTER OF THE FRATERNITY AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH OF THE BE IN,AACP. TOGETHER WE ARE NOT ONLY SUPPORTING STUDENTS BUT MAKING TANGIBLE INVESTMENT IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

079OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS BEGINS WITH OUR YOUTH, WE ARE WE HAVE OUR TAMPA KAPPA LEAD. OUR CENTER MENTORING AND LEADERSHIP THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL SPEAK ON. BUT UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS YEAR WE WILL GIVE TOUCH 40,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP TO HICK STUDENTS. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS. ALSO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO SINCE WE DON'T DO SERVICE BECAUSE MY D-9 BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOW, WE DO SERVICE -- IT IS WHAT WE DO. WE SUPPORT FAMILIES. IN PAST FALL IN THE AFTERMATH OF BOTH HURRICANES, KAPPAAL FARRELL SI AND HANDING OWL FOOD BOXES AND SUPPLIES TO FAMILIES DURING A TIME OF CRISIS AT A CHURCH THAT ALLOWED US TO BE THERE. GIVING RELIEF AND BEING PROACTIVE TO SUPPORT THE WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. FURTHERMORE, OUR FRATERNITY. WE HAVE HEALTH FAIRS AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY

080TO GET SCREENINGS AND OTHER TYPE OF HEALTH INITIATIVES TAKEN CAVE OF AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NAACP THAT HELP US WITH THAT. THEY ARE WITH US AS WE PLAN AND STRAL STRAT GUY GUISE ON THE ANNUAL TURKEY GIVEAID WAY IN THE COMMUNITY. WE GAVE OUT 300 BOXES OF FOOD. WE SUPPORTED 600 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH FOOD AND TOYS, SO SERVICE IS WHAT WE DO. WE ALSO BELIEVE IN FOSTERING OUR STRONG COMMUNITY BONDS. OUR OWN SENIOR GO TO SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND READ TO CHILDREN. NOT ONLY DO WE READ TO CHILDREN, WE BRING BOOKS FROM AUTHORS WHO ARE FORMER EDUCATORS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND LEAVE THAT FOR THE CLASSROOM AND FOR THE LIBRARY. SOME WE HAD OUR OWN FRATERNITY FLOWS 1998 TO AND FOR IT DOWN TO REBUILD. BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO

081WORK AND STRATEGIZE. I WILL SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS OF KAPPA ALPHA SI ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL AND THE LOCAL NAACP. WE ARE SUPPORTING THE MISSION ON A NATIONAL AND LOCAL BASIS. AND WITH IS THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY WE THANK YOU AND ASK THAT YOU LET US TO CONDITION TO CREATE AND USE THIS SPACE NOT JUST FOR MYSELF BUT THE OTHER D 9 BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I WILL HAVE THE BROTHER STEP I IN. GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS TO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. GLAD TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS AL SHAREEF, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF MY PRACTICE FERN TEE. NOT MUCH THAT HAS BEEN SAID THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SAID.

082I AM HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE PURPLE THAT Y'ALL ARE WEARING TODAY. ESPECIALLY FROM ARE THE -- ESPECIALLY FROM THE RED GUY. WE WILL MOVE ON YOU KNOW WITH EVERYTHING BEING ESTABLISHED. YOU KNOW THE WORK DONE COMPETITIVELY FROM THE DIVINE 9 PERSPECTIVE. I BELIEVE THE OMEGAS HAVE GIVEN CLOSE TO R50DZ,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP KAPPA DID 40,000. FRIENDLY COMPETITION AND FRIENDLY FIRE TO GIVE BACK TO THE KIDS THAT WE ALL SUPPORT. NOT ONLY AM I THE PASTOR, I AM ALSO A FATHER OF KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND KERR REASON THELY MY LAST ONE IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR. SO IT IS PERSONAL. LET'S AT THAT YOU CAN OF MADAM PRESIDENT. PAUSE FOR A SECOND. I THINK 34,000 POUNDS OF MEAT WAS GIVEN AWAY TO RESIDENTS. SOME OF WHICH ARE FAMILIES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- WELL,

083ALL OF IT WAS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BUT A WHOLE TRUCK DOWN HERE. WHERE ELSE WOULD WE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO GIVE THAT AWAY. AND WHO PAID FOR THAT? OKAY. LET'S TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED. JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE. YOU GUYS KNOW ME PRETTY GOOD. CONTENTIOUS, BUT WE WERE ALL HERE TO FIGHT FOR THAT, FOR THE GREATER GOOD. I CHALLENGE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TODAY THAT DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ALL -- THAT WE ARE ALL DOING FOR THE FAMILIES. EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN HERE SHOULD HAVE THE INTENTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR KIDS. WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT IT IS. THAT IS THE MISSION. IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE. THE FACILITY THAT SHE HAS AM UTILIZING IT. YOU WANT US TO PAY? WE WILL TAKE THAT SAME MONEY AND GIVE IT BACK TO KIDS

084THAT WILL GRADUATE FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. AMEN. WE CAN EITHER PAY THE BILL OR GIVE IT BACK TO THE KIDS. IT IS A SIMPLE CHOICE. OKAY. IT IS NOT LIKE MY KIDS WANT ANY MORE. I DO WANT SCHOLARSHIP FOR MY KIDS, RIGHT. WE ARE GIVING AWAY SCHOLARSHIPS. LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE CONSIDERATION. EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING IS ALL ABOUT GIVING BACK. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT WE GET. I HEARD THE RUMORS, BUT I AM WAITING FOR MY SCHOLARSHIPS SHIP. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. ESTEEMED SCHOOL MEMBERS. I AM A NATIVE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND I AM A MILITARY CHILD. I AM A MILITARY VETERAN. AFTER SERVING THREE DECADES IN THE ARMY, I DECIDED TO RETURN TO MY ROOTS AND MAKE AN IMPACTFUL DIFFERENCE IN MY

085COMMUNITY. GIVING BACK AND INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE IS PARAMOUNT TO ME. INFORM 2023, I WAS NAMED DIRECTOR OF KAPPA LEAGUE OF TAMPA. MY ATTORNEY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING DEVELOPMENT. IN 2023, I ATTENDED 12 YOUNG KAPPA LEAGUERS. AND IT HAS GROWN BY 600% WITH 110 MEALS. SIX TOPT 12th GRADE. DUE TO MISS YVETTE LEWIS A AND NAACP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCHES. THE NAACP PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE FOR MENTORS TO DRAIN, DEVELOP, SUPPORT YOUNG MEN ACROSS THE COUNTY. ACADEMIC SCHOLARS, ENGAGED STUDENTS AND SOME OTHERWISE UNREEFABLE STUDENTS CALL KAPPA LEAGUE AND THE NAACP HOME. I HEARD THE WORDS HERE TODAY. ALL CHILDREN MUD IS BE EMPOWERED AND ENABLEDED TO SUCCEED. LAST YEAR, WE WERE AWARDED OVER 25,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS. THIS YEAR WE ARE ON TRACK TO AWARD MORE THAN $40,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. HELP

086US REALIZE THAT YOU ARE MANTRA BY PRESERVING THE SAFE SPACE PRO PROVIDED BY, WITH AND THROUGH THE NAACP. MY CALL TO ACTION. PLEASE KEEP THE NAACP AND ALL YOU HAVE ITS ENTITIES, AFFILIATES AND ALIGNED ORGANIZATIONS AT 5101 NORTH 40th STREET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MY NAME IS MRS. LUCINDA JOHNSON AND BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND MR.OY TIS JOHNSON AND OUR FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. WE ARE HERE TO RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF OUR SON AND GRANDCHILDREN, SPECIFICALLY DUE TO ONGOING INCIDENTS AT RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. FIRST, I WANT TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND THATTING THE DEDICATED EDUCATORS AT RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WORK HARD TO PROVIDE QUALITY INSTRUCTION. YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR

087CHILDREN'S LEARNING DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND DEEPLY APPRECIATED BY OUR FAMILY. HOWEVER, WE ARE TROUBLED BY RHETT PAINTED BREAKDOWN OF STUDENT SAFETY AND INCONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT OF DISCIPLINE. WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRINCIPAL HOLDS THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE CONSEQUENCES, THAT AUTHORITY BECOMES PROBLEMATIC WHEN IT LACKS OVERSIGHT. THE QUESTION WE ASK IS, WHO HOLDS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE WHEN PROTOCOLS REALLY NOT FOLLOWED. AFTER JANUARY 21, A STUDENT WITH A PATTERN OF DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR CONTINUED TO VIOLATE THE CODE OF CONDUCT. THIS STUDENT VAPED ON THE SCHOOL BUS AND IN REST ROOMS USING EYEBROW RAZOR TO SHAVE MY GRAND DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER WITH HER CONSENT, PRESSURED HER TO SKIP CLASS AND VAPED AND BROUGHT A POCKET KNIFE ON A SCHOOL FIELD TRIP. OUT OF CONCERN OF OUR GRAND DAUGHTER'S SAFETY, WE MADE THE DECISION TO ABRUPTLY REMOVE HER FROM SCHOOL. MY

088SON REPORTED BEING BULLIED -- EXCUSE ME -- BACK IN DECEMBER AND AGAIN COMMUNICATEDED THIS TO ADMINISTRATION. THERE WAS NO FOLLOW-UP. HE AND HIS PEERS HAVE SHARED THAT SOME STUDENTS FIGHT, BELIEVING THAT FIGHT ALSO STOP THE BULLYING. UNFORTUNATELY THIS ONLY ESCALATES THE VIOLENCE. TO ALL PARENTS. UP URGE YOU, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN. YOU MAY DISCOVER THAT THEY ARE EITHER A VICTIM, A. TRA TR -- PERPETRATOR OR A BYSTANDER IN THESE CERTAIN SITUATIONS. STUDENTS VIOLATING DRESS CODE AND USING THEIR PHONES WHILE WORKING IN THE MAIN OFFICE, YET THIS IS OVERLOOKED. THIS IS TO RATED DUE TO THE PERSONAL CONNECTION? THERE ARE SERIOUS VIOLATIONS. FIGHTING, BULLYING, THREATS, VAPING, POSSESSION OF HARMFUL OBJECTS, HARASSMENT, TECHNOLOGY MISUSE AND DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS .TO SUPPORT OUR CONCERNS, I HAVE ATTACHED A FORMAL REQUEST FOR A WRITTEN REPORT AND STUDENT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

089ALONG WITH MR. LANE'S RESPONSE. IF NEEDED, WE ARE PREPARED TO SUBMIT FURTHER DOCUMENTATION. IT IS E.\THAT THE CURRENT SAFETY APPROACH AT RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT PROTECTING STUD ENDS AND APPLYING THE RULES FAIRLY. THIS INCONSISTENCY IS UNACCEPTABLE. IN CLOSING, WE RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE THESE ISSUE ARE HOLD SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT, EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE PROTECTED WITH THE SAME STANDARDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. MR. AS MRS. JOHNSON. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. BEHOLD. HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS. I WANT TO THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU. MY NAME IS JAMMIN MICKENS. I AM A TAMPA RESIDENTS. ALSO MILITARY ARMY VETERAN RETIRED OUT OF MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE. A MEMBER OF THE OF THE MAY GA

090SCI-FI ATTORNEY INC. WILL DEANGELO FLETCHER, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CHAPTER. SO I REALLY JUST WANT TO HIT THE CRUX OF THE MATTER. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE USE THIS SPACE FOR. YOU HEARD FROM THE OFFICER WHO GAVE YOU A GREAT RUN DOWN. WE ARE OTHER CHAPTER. EPSILON MUMU. WE DO GREAT WORK. NOT ONLY OUR ORGANIZATION. WE DO EVERYTHING FROM STEM. WE DO STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE ARE NOT JUST PEOPLE -- I AM A TAMPA RESIDENT, THIS MAN LIVES IN GIBSONTON. VALRICO NORTH TAMPA ALL THROUGHOUT THE WONDERFUL WOMAN, HONORABLE PRESIDENT YVETTE LEWIS AND THE GREAT WORK SHE IS DOING. I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NAACP. THEY ARE DOING GREAT WORK. WE COME HERE BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS. WE CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS. WHEN

091THE ISSUE HAPPENED WITH JUST, WE WERE HERE. WE CAME HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE DOGIVING BACK INT THE COMMUNITIES. I AM ASKING EVERYONE HERE ARE WE REALLY DOING RIGHT BY THE CHILDREN? ARE WE TALKING OF THINGS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE CHILDREN? AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES. UP ASK ALL OF YOU TO TAKE THE TIME AND THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE WE USING -- HOW ARE YOU BEING AFFECTED, AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. AS HE SAID, I LOVE THE PURPLE. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO

092APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL ACTUALLY NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT AYRES TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TWO PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND GO THROUGH THEM AND HIGHLIGHT THE PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS AND THE PRINCIPALS LEAVING THOSE SITES. ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY AND TISHA GARCIA. IF TISHA CAN STAND YOU WERE. TISHA, IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE CENTER HERE. SOFT TTHESHA IS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY. STARTED HER CAREER AS A MUSIC TEACHER AT MENDENHALL AND OAK GROVE, FOLLOWED BY BEING A CLASSROOM TEACHER AT OAK GROVE. 2004, A READING COACH AT DESOTO AND SHORE ELEMENTARY MAGNET

093SCHOOL OF HURTS. 2007 TO OAK GROVE AS A ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND 2008 TRANSITIONED TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND SERVED FOR 17 YEARS AS THE A.P. AT ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY. ANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THESHA HERE WE GO. FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I LIKE THAT. TAKE A PICTURE. TESHA, CONGRATULATIONS. I ALSO DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FORMER PRINCIPAL AT ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY. CHRISTINA SALVA RE. 17 YEARS AS PRINCIPAL OF ALEXANDER. TESHA HAS WITH CHRISTINA. SINCE 200, THEY EARNED 15 As AT ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY. AND ALL OF US THAT KNOW CHRISTINA. CHRISTINA WAS DEVOTED TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAD RIGOROUS INSTRUCTIONS AND THE CULTURE SHE CREATED AT ALEXANDER IS TRULY REMARKABLE. LEFT A LEGACY AT ALEXANDER AND THESHA, YOU ARE FOLLOWING BIG FOOTSTEPS AND KNOW YOU KNOW THAT. ACKNOWLEDGE CHRISTINA ALVAREZ FOR HER OUTSTANDING BOOK AT ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY.

094THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE MORE PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT AND THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT CORK ELEMENTARY. JENNIFER WEST. JENNIFER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND AND COME ON DOWN. SO JENNIFER PETITION BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 1999. IN 20 06, APPOINTED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ALAFIA ELEMENTARY. SHE THEN TRANSITIONED TO RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY AS PRINCIPAL. THERE YOU GO. IN 2010, NEXT APPOINTED PRINCIPAL AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL IN 2012. RECENT POSITION SUPERVISOR OF OUR GIFTED PROGRAM AND COMING BACK TO SERVE AT CORK ELEMENTARY. CONGRATULATIONS JENNIFER, NEW PRINCIPAL AT CORK ELEMENTARY. SO WE DO ALSO -- AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS JENNIFER. TALKING OF BIG FOOTSTEPS. SHE IS REPLACING SHERRY BLACK. SO SHERRY -- WE DON'T -- OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH, COME ON UP. JAMIE, BRING HER UP. YES. GET HER, JAMIE. YEAH, YEAH, SHERRY IS -- SHERRY

095IS RETIRING FROM CORK WHERE JENNIFER IS GOING, OF COURSE. SHE HAS BEEN IN OUR DISTRICT FOR 39 YEARS -- 39 YEARS. PLACEU. AND HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL AT CORK SINCE 2012. AND SHE WAS -- I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, ALSO THE MEDIA SPECIALIST AND THE AP AT CORK AS WELL. SOB WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU, CHER. YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU. AND SHERRY, JAMIE MADE ME DO THAT, BY THE WAY. BLAME HER. MADAM CHAIR, THOSE ARE OUR PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 2.02, STATEMENT OF WORK ARE VISION COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OUR FIRST ITEM ON DISCUSSION -- EVERYBODY IS LEAVING. I KNOW. Jessica Vaughn: I SHOULD HAVE YOU GAIN MOMENT TO

096THE CLEAR. TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT SEE IT, MR. BROOKS, NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR ITEM. TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL, YEAH. Jessica Vaughn: I KNOW, RIGHT. TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT JUST GIVE A MOMENT TO LET EVERYBODY GET OUT OF HERE REAL QUICK. Jessica Vaughn: WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENTARILY PAUSE FOR PEOPLE TO EXIT THE BOARD ROOM AND FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO COME BACK TO THE DAIS. PER OUR ATTORNEY, WE LIKE TO MOVE ON TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT I WILL MOVE TO 201, STATEMENT OF WORK WITH VISIONING COMPUTERING PROGRAMMING SERVICES. IT IS THE CAMPUS INFORMATION SYSTEM PROVIDING REALTIME HANDS-ON SYSTEM WITHABILITIES TO MANAGE AND DISTRIBUTE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FINANCIAL AID, WHICH INCLUDES, OF COURSE, TITLE IV, PRY FUTURES AND MORE. THIS ITEM AND STATEMENT OF WORK IS TO MANAGE 25,000 STUDENTS FILES AND DISPERSE 2.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FINANCIAL FUNDS. THIS

097FUNDING COMES OUT OF WORK FORCE AND WE HAVE MR. BROOKS AND MR. FABER FROM OUR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IF THERE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS STATEMENT OF WORK WITH VISION COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 2.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND IS SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. WE HAVE BEEN TALK A LOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CONSULT TANTS. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE ARE NOT -- AS WE MOVE INTO A DISTRICT WIDE SYSTEM OF FOCUS AS WELL AS -- ANOTHER SYSTEM WITH HR AND ACCOUNTING. WHY ARE WE DOING ANOTHER SYSTEM

098AND NOT A COHESIVENESS OR DID WE NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WHY WE DON'T HAVE ONE SYSTEM THAT CAN TRACK EVERYTHING. BECAUSE WE HAVE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER. THIS IS NOT ISSUES THAT WE ARE NOT DEALING WELL AT ALL. PORE FACTOR WITNESS OUR DISTRICT I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE DOING ANOTHER ONE. YES, MA'AM. GREAT QUESTION BUT BASICALLY BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE TECHNICAL COLLEGES LIKE WE HAVE AROUND THE STATE. SOME WHAT HAPPENED IS, THERE IS NOT A SYSTEM THAT WILL DO EVERYTHING FOR US. SO WE TALK OF THE DIFFERENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, SOME OF THEM DO VERY LITTLE WHEN IT COMES TO ADULT ED. SOME DO 75% OF THE WORK. WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIAL AILED PIECE WHICH IS RARE. THAT

099IS A UNIVERSITY THING TRADITIONALLY. THERE IS NOT REALLY A K-12 SYSTEM THAT WILL WILL DO THAT. AND SO, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 17986. WE HAD THIS SYSTEM. THIS THING HAS OPINION KIND OF A HOMEGROWN THING WE HAVE WORKED WITH, AND REALLY BECAUSE THE GAPS THAT WE HAD WITH WHATEVER SYSTEM. WE CAN GO TO ANY SCHEDULING AND ANY STUDENT MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEM WE REALLY HAD SINCE THAT TIME. WE ALWAYS HAD TO HAVE THIS TO FILL IN THE GAPS. AND I THINK THE STATE RECOGNIZES THAT. THERE IS MONEY PUT ASIDE IN OUR STATE BUDGET, 5% THAT GOES TOWARD TECHNOLOGY TO FUND THESE THINGS SO WE CAN GATHER THAT DATA AND REPORT IT ACCURATE. Patti Rendon: I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SYSTEMS, TO COLLABORATE AND PRO

100REPORTS OF WHERE ALL OF OUR STUD RENTS GOING. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH LEGISLATION LAST YEAR AND THIS YEARS. STUD THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN BOTH ARENAS ON THE SAME DAY. IT IS VERY CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE ALL YOU HAVE OUR DATA BEING SHARED AMONG ALL YOU HAVE OUR SYSTEMS. I WILL APPROVE THIS TODAY, BUT I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR A REPORT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CREATING, IS THERE A PIECE WE NEED TO PULL OUT FROM A FINANCIAL POINT OF VIEW TO ADDRESS THE BRIGHT FUTURE ARE THOSE FINANCIAL PIECE AS SOON AS AND YET THE REST OF IT CAN BE -- AND THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE ARE USING BECAUSE STUDENTS IN TWO DIFFERENT AVENUES AND FUNDINGS WILL COME INTO ONE POT AND NEED TO

101BE DISTRIBUTED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE COLLABORATION OF HOW THAT YOU IS ALL GOING TO LOOK AND WORK AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL USE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THE TABLES ARE TURNING AND WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT FACETS. AS WE LOOK TOO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, HOW ALL THESE PIECES FLOW TOGETHER BECAUSE THE FINANCIAL PIECE NEED TO BE PULLED OUT AND MAYBE A REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. BECAUSE MORE AND MORE, OUR STUDENTS WILL BE IN TWO DIFFERENT ARENAS UNDER THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE, RIGHT. OR PULLING MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES, BUT WE HAVE TO TRACK THEM UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL YOU HAVE OUR PIECES AND ALL YOU HAVE OUR FORMULAS THAT WE ARE USING

102WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT PROPERLY. TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT JUST TO JUMP IN. MR. BROOKS, FOCUS ON STUDENTS INFORMATION FOR NEXT YEAR HOW IT WILL MAKE ON YOUR END MAKE YOUR JOB A LITTLE EASIER. IF PUCK TALK REAL QUICK WITH FOCUS, THE STLANGS YOUR TEAM WILL SEE. OUR TEAM IS EXTREMELY EXCITED MOVING TO FOCUS. IT DOES A WHOLE LOT MORE. TO YOUR POINT, WE WILL SEE THE CONTRACT DECREASE, THE AMOUNT OF WORK. IT WILL REALLY -- THE ENTIRE THING WILL BE PRETTY MUCH REPLACED BY FOCUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FINANCIAL AID AND THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE ASKING. Patti Rendon: 100%. THE FINAL YEAR WE WILL BRING THIS ITEM. BUT, AGAIN, THIS COMPANY DOES FINANCIAL AILED FOR OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THAT HAVE FOCUS. HE IS AWARE OF HOW THAT WORKS AND

103HE IS EXTREMELY HAPPY AND WORKING FORWARD TO THE MANHOUR REDUCTION AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. A REAL POSITIVE FOR THE ADULT AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE DATA RENDON R-- Patti Rendon: I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WITH FOCUS. YOU IF THE FINANCIAL PART AND WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT PIECE. BECAUSE, AGAIN, A FOCUS ADDED IN WITH THIS FINANCIAL PIECE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT. Jessica Vaughn: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PIVOT TO EMPLOYEE COMMENT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR THE 6:00 -- AS CLOSE TO 6:00 AS POSSIBLE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. SO PLEASE COME ON UP. I WILL READ THE EMPLOYEE COMMENT GUIDELINES. NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT.

104EVEN WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES TO COME TO OUR DISTRICT AND ATTEND OUR MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SHARE VOICES HEARD THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THE SECTION OF THIS AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD BOARD. SENDING ASIDE 30 MINUTES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD OF ANY ISSUES ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB IN OUR DISTRICT. EACH

105SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND I WILL CALL UP OUR ONE SPEAKER. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL MECHANICS AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, ERIN MICHAELSON AND I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF THE SUBCOMMITTEE I FORMED WITH HILLSBOROUGH CTA TO FOCUS ON SENT HEARN BASED SCHOOLS AND ADVOCATING FOR THE STAFF THAT WORK THERE. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING AT THE EXCEPTIONAL CENTER. HOW PROUD TO WORK AT THE CENTER SCHOOL AND TEACH OF THE AMAZING STUDENTS. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO A CENTER, I HIGHLY SUGGEST TO GO. A WONDERFUL PLACE TO WORK AND THE BEST TIME TO WORK. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ARTICULATE HOW AMAZING THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE. THE LEVEL OF DEDICATION THAT YOU SEE IS TRULY INSPIRING. THIS PAST SCHOOL YEARS TEACHERS A PARTICIPATEDA PROFESSIONALS FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO PROBLEM SOLVE THE CONCERNS

106THAT WE HAD. ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES IN MY FIVE YEARS AT A CENTER WHERE STAFF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS AND BRAINSTORM SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU, CTA. THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD TOGETHER, THERE WAS ALWAYS A COMMONALITY. WE ALL WANTED TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS' SCHOOL EXPERIENCE THE BEST WE CAN BE. BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUPPORT STUDENT POPULATION. WE TALKED OF CURRICULUM AND THE LACK OF APROP WHY THE RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO US AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ADAPTING AND RE-CREATING MATERIALS TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE STUDENTS WE TEACH. WE TALKED OF BEHAVIOR AND THE DIFFICULTY THAT COMES WITH TRYING TO DEESCALATE STUDENTS EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY WHEN THERE IS NOT ENOUGH STAFF TO SUPPORT THE LEVELS OF BEHAVIORS THAT CAN HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND TALKED

107OF AN OVERALL LACK OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GEARED AT STAFF THAT WORK AT CENTERS. ALL TOO OFTEN, WE SEPTEMBER THROUGH PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO BO WITH THE POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT WE TEACH AND UP UNTIL NOW GATHERED TOGETHER AND SOUGHT OUT THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US. WE COLLABORATED WITH OTHER CENTER SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA. RESEARCHED MORE EFFECTIVE CURRICULUM AND LOOK BETTER SOLUTIONS THAT LOOK AT STAFF AND STUDENT SAFE DURING BEHAVIOR CRISES. MOST OF WHICH IS DONE OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL HOURS. TONIGHT I AM ASKING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT ESE THAT CENTER-BASED SCHOOL NEED A DIFFERENT APPROACH FROM OUR DISTRICT LEADERSES. THE SAME WAY OUR STUDENTS NEED A DIFFERENT APPROACH FOR LEARNING WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THEM AT OUR SCHOOL. WE DESERVE EASIER ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE LEARNING MATERIALS ROAR

108MORE COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING THAT ADDRESSES THE FULL SCARE OF THE STUDENTS' NEEDS AND IN ALL OF THE LEARNING DOMAINS AND ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO KEEP QUALITY AND DEDICATE STAFFED MEMBERS. ALL YOU HAVE THIS WILL MAKE OUR STUDENTS' SCHOOL EXPERIENCE BETTER AND I KNOW WE ALL WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. TIME FOR CENTER-BASED STAFF TO BE MORE THAN AN AFTERTHOUGHT AND TOP HAVE US LISTENED TO AND HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW GO UP TO ITEM 3.01, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OUR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHO PATHOLOGISTS SEPs FROM REHABILITATION CENTER AND PRIVATE AGENCIES. OUR DISTRICT SERVES APPROXIMATELY 14,000 STUDENTS WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDER EACH YEAR. BASED ON

109THE 2024-'25 SERVICES, CONTRACT SERVICES ARE OUT NICED TO COVER 35% OF SLP VACANCIES. THAT IS 95. OF 277 TOTAL UNITS, 59 ARE VACANT OR COVERED BY OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES AND ANTICIPATED THIS NEED WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES WITH THE FLORIDA STATUTES, BOARD OF EDUCATION AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ALL AT OUR DISTRICT DESIGNATED SITES. MADAM CHAIR, 3.01. DEBRA LLEWELLAN OUR SUPERVISOR OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE AND THE GENERAL DIRECTOR INTEREST OF STUDENT EDUCATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UP FOR .01 VAUGHN I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER COMBS AND GRAY PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR VAUGHN. DOCTOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WAS WHY THERE WAS

110SUCH AN INCREASE FROM 2022 TO 2025 AND 2026 THIS COMING YEAR. IF YOU CAN JUST GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT. SURE. SO HONESTLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD HAD, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE VACANCIES IN THIS POSITION. WHEN WE FIRST CAME BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD SOME VACANCIES AND WE WERE ABLE TO FILL THEM IF /* WITH PUN LOCAL VENDOR. SINCE THEN LESS AND LESS PEOPLE COMING TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND HIRE OUR OWN SLPs. WE PUT THEM ON A NEW PAY SCHEDULE SO THEY ARE ON THE HEALTH PRO SCHEDULE NOW WHICH HAS HELPED. THEY DO GET A SUPPLEMENT OF $1500 AND A $750 LICENSURE SUPPLEMENT. AND THEN WITH THE MILLAGE, WE SUSPECT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING SOME MORE

111PEOPLE TO HILLSBOROUGH. WE DO -- WE DO STRUGGLE WITH PINELLAS BECAUSE THEY GIVE A $700 STIPE PENNED TO ALL THE SLPs. WE ARE HELPFUL WITH THE MILLAGE AND THE NEW PAY SCALE AND THE SUPPLEMENT WE GIVE WE ARE MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE NOW. LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN 15 NEW SLPs. THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT IN 26. AN WE ARE TALKING TO A LOT OF NEW SLPs THAT WORK FOR SOME OF OUR VENDORS WHO ARE CONSIDERING COMING TO WORK WITH US. THAT IS ALWAYS THE GOAL, TO GET MORE OF THEM TO WORK HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH. BUT OVER TIME, THE RATES FOR THE VENDORS HAVE GONE UP. THE VACANCIES HAVE INCREASED AS SUPERINTENDENT AYRES SAID 103 VACANT POSITIONS OUT OF THE 2777 AND RATES HAVE INCREASED OVER TIME. IF WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF

112VACANCIES NEXT YEAR THAT WE DO NEXT YEAR THE AMOUNT WE HAVE PROJECTED ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR DEDICATION. I THINK SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OVER AND OVER IS WHEN YOU ARE SEEING SO MANY VENDORS. AND WE ARE OUTSOURCING THAT, A LOT OF THAT COMES DOWN TO PAYING PEOPLE. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AT THIS EDUCATIONAL BUDGET COMING UP THIS YEAR AND THE IDEA INCREASE BIG $62 WITH THE COST OF LIVING. I THINK -- THOSE ARE FACTS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER. I MET A PARENT TODAY WHO WAS OUT THERE WITH THE BAND, AND SHE -- SHE IS A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST AND SAID I WOULD LOVE TO WORK FOR

113THE DISTRICT, BUT THE SALARIES ARE JUST -- IT IS SO CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I KNOW THAT THE SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST WHO WORK HERE ARE VERY HAPPY. YOU CREATE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT. I KNOW OUR SCHOOLS WORK VERY HARD. OUR STUDENTS ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. OUR NEEDS ARE SO HIGH. I THINK WITH COVID AND WITH SO MANY KIDS WHO ARE AT HOME AND WHO REALLY WEREN'T AS ENGAGED AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY WITH TECHNOLOGY, I THINK WE ARE SEEING THE NEEDS ARE HIGHER AND ITS MORE DIFFICULT. I DO SEE AN INCREASE WITH THE CON CONTRACT, RIGHT. YOU THINK BACK AT THE PANDEMIC PANDEMIC, PEOPLE REALIZED THEY COULD WORK FROM HOME. A LOT OF THESE -- WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES MAKING SURE WE HAVE FACE-TO-FACE THERAPIST

114IN FRONT OF OUR CHILDREN. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. BUT TIMES WE HAD TO GO TO VIRTUAL -- TO PROVIDE VIRTUAL THERAPY WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE FACILITATOR TO SIT WITH THE CHILD WHILE THEY HAVE THAT VIRTUAL THERAPY. WHERE WE TRY TO FILL THOSE FACILITATORS WITH PEOPLE AT OUR SCHOOL THE BEST WE CAN, BUT NOT JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND TO SIT ALL DAY WITH STUDENTS SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT FACILITATOR AS WELL. WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF THAT GOING ON, BUT CASES WHERE WE HAVE TO DO THAT VIRTUAL THERAPY BECAUSE PEOPLE DURING THE PANDEMIC TIME REALIZED THEY COULD WORK FROM HOME AND BE VIRTUAL THERTHERAPISTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM AND THE PEOPLE WORKING IN OUR DISTRICT. Jessica Vaughn:

115THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MISS LAPERANZ. I WILL GET THAT NAME RIGHT IN MAY. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. QUESTION IS NUMBER ONE, I ASKED THE QUANTIFIABLE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WE HAVE THAT NEED A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST. I HAVE 14,000. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? ABOUT 13 THUSHGS 074. CLOSE TO THAT. SO JANUARY, WHEN WE DO OUR COUNTS FOR FTE. I AM SURE WE HAVE EVEN MORE STUDENTS SINCE THEN THAT WE FOUND ELIGIBLE. A. Lynn Gray: CLEARLY THE NEED IS THERE. LACK OF FOLKS TO FULFILL THE NEED IS ALSO CURRENT. BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING, I THINK, IS THE -- THE AMOUNT OF US LURING MORE SPEECH PATCH THOLGSS GET MORE CHALLENGING WHEN YOU KNOW THAT PINELLAS IS THE DIFFERENTIALS, MAYBE ABOUT 7,000 MORE. PASCO IS 6,000 MORE PER YEAR. WHAT WE

116ARE LOOKING AT ACCORDING TO OUR CONVERSATION TODAY IS WE MAY BE ABLE TO PAY AS MUCH AS $75 MOUNTAIN. ACCURATE FOR NEXT YEAR? THE $6,000 PLUS THE $15D00 AND THE LICENSURE OF $750. SO WE WILL BE -- WE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN PINELLAS IS GETTING NOW. Lynn Gray: THAT IS WONDERFUL AND FULFILLING THE NEED FOR ALL THOSE STUD ENDS. INCIDENTS. AND THE LAST -- A QUESTION FOR DR. PATTON. DR. PATTON, THIS PROBABLY GOES IN A UNIVERSAL WAY FOR A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET. BUT LET'S JUST STAKE THE SPEECH PATHOLOGIST. MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE PUT TOGETHER IT -- THIS IS TO LURE MORE SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS. HAVE WE PUT TOGETHER A PRECONTRACT BINDER. SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT WE WILL BE GIVING THEM THAT AMOUNT UPON THEIR EMPLOYMENT? WE

117DO THIS IN OTHER OCCASIONS, BUT HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THAT? BECAUSE WE WANT THESE FOLKS TO COME HERE AND THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE NOW. WELL, MAYBE EVEN A MONTH AGO. WE DON'T HAVE A WRITTEN PRECONTRACT BINDER BUT IT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH SHANNON'S TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THE RECRUIT SOMETHING HAPPENING, THAT THE OFFER IS BEING MADE, ONCE WE IDENTIFY THAT CANDIDATE AND MAKE THE OFFER, IT IS CLEAR TO THEM THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO RECEIVE. YES, WE TO DO THAT. IF WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A PRECONTRACT BINDER TO SAY THIS IS WHAT IS AVAILABLE, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM OF DOING THAT IN ADVERTISING. I THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WHAT DO YOU ANY ABOUT THAT JUST TO, AGAIN, SECURE THOSE TEN USE

118POSITIONS. TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT ANYTHING DWOEK TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTED SERVICE EMPLOYEES THAT WE BRING IN AND HAVE OUR OWN EMPLOYEES THAT RECEIVE OUR BENEFITS, RIGHT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE -- WE STRIVE FOR. A GREAT IDEA AND DR. PATTON AND SHA SHANNON, WE WILL GET TO WORK ON THAT TO GET THAT OUT. ANYTHING WE CAN TO DO GET THE WORD OUT YOU HAVE HOW THE PAY WILL INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR. IT WILL HELP US COMPETE FOR THESE SLPs. Lynn Gray: THAT IS FANTASTIC. SHANNON, FULL OR DR. PATTON, IF YOU GET THAT TOGETHER AND SHARE IT WITH MYSELF. BECAUSE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CAN HELP ALSO RECRUIT. YES, PLEASE DO. Lynn Gray: PLEASE DO. CALL YOUR FRIENDS. Lynn Gray: AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AGAIN. THIS IS HARD WORK. CUTS

119ARE BEING MADE LEFT AND RIGHT AND CENTER RIGHT. AND HERE YOU ARE FINDING INNOVATIVE WAYS TO SECURE THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE SO NEEDED FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AGREED, THIS IS DEFINITELY A HARD AREA TO FILL. A CHANGE IN THE INDUSTRY, RIGHT. MEAN A CHANGE OF A LOT OF THE THERAPIES HAVE GONE TO A DIFFERENT WORK MODEL. A LOT OF THERAPISTS, SPE SPEECH, PTOB OR BEHAVIOR WANT TO SEE A NEW MODEL. NOT ALWAYS 9 TO 5 AND WANT TO SEE FLEX INABILITY THEIR SCHEDULES AND THEY CHOOSE OTHER AVENUES TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE WITH THE INDUSTRY AND LOOK WHAT THOSE NEED ARE AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK ON SOME

120OF THOSE. THAT IS PART OF IT. WE OFFER BENEFITS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T. MOST OF THESE COMPANIES DON'T OFFER RETIREMENT, LONG-TERM BENEFITS, MEDICAL, BEN TALL, A LOT OF THEM DON'T AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHICH CHANGES THINGS AND IF WE HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY OF PART-TIMERS VERSUS PULL TIME. MAYBE GIVING THEM MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH A PART-TIME. A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPETE IN THE MARKET THAT WE DON'T SEEM TOMORROW COME ABOUT AND DO FLEXIBILITY BE WITH THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING FROM. A LOT OF SPEECH THERAPISTS I AM TALKING TO ARE NOT COMING TO OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THANK YOU FLEXIBILITY. CLT THAT HE IN OTHER MARKETS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE NEED TO LOOK

121WITHIN OUR DISTRICT LOOKING FOR VENDORS. LOOKING FOR ONES LOCAL MORE AND MORE THAT WE CAN. HAVING THE CONVERSATION OUTSIDE OF THE RFP TIME AND OUT OF THE CONE OF SIGH FIND OUT WAY THAT LOCAL ARE WORKING WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH US. AND MAYBE THAT THIS SOME OF THE AVENUES THAT WE ARE LOOK AT. ALTHOUGH WE ARE PAYING MORE. NOT THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS. IF WE FILL THESE POSITIONS, RECOGNIZE THAT YES, YOU COULD BE BEING PAID LOW. AND A COST EVER THAT WE ARE NOT -- THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DON'T RECOGNIZE. AND THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE DON'T RECOGNIZE AS WELL. BUT I KNOW THERE IS AN AREA OF THAT -- I KNOW THAT OUR SPEECH THERAPIST ARE DOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WORK RIGHT NOW. THEY FEEL THE PRESSURES. THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE AN AVENUE TO REDUCE IF WE HAVERS,

122TO INCREASE EDUCATION, AND THEY FEEL THAT PRESSURE TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THE JOBS. ANYTHING WE CAN TO DO SUPPORT THEM AND PROVIDE AS MANY THERAPISTS THAT WE CAN IN OUR SCHOOLS, 100% BEHIND THAT. WHATEVER SUPPORT WE CAN PROVIDE TO YOU. I KNOW WE HAVE STRONG PROGRAMS AT USF WITH SEVERAL SPEECH -- YOU KNOW SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS. USF, FSU AND OTHER NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS. WHATEVER WE CAN GET OUT THROUGH THE TO TALK TO THEM. GET THEM IN THE SCHOOLS. DO SOME OF THE INTERNSHIP. DOING SOME OF THE WORK WHEN THEY GRADUATE BEFORE THEY BECOME LICENSED THERAPISTS COMPLETELY. WE ARE ALL IN AND WHATEVER WE CAN TO DO HELP SUPPORT LET US KNOW. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. RECRUITING. SUPERINTENDENT, THE TIME IS PRIME RIGHT NOW.

123YOU KNOW I WAS IN NEW YORK RECENTLY, AND THERE WERE SIGNS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T REMEMBER, WE ARE CONSTANTLY SEEING IT. THERE HAVE BEEN MAJOR LAYOFFS RECENTLY. AND THEY ARE ADVERTISING EVERYWHERE SAYING COME WORK WITH US. SO HOW ARE WE AS A DISTRICT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT? YOU MENTIONED THAT -- YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GOING TO NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS. BUT RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THE MAJOR ENTITIES ARE LAYING OFF, RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WE ARE LOOKING FOR, AM I CORRECT? RIGHT. SO HOW ARE WE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OF THIS TIME TO KIND OF INVITE THESE FOLKS TO COME TO US. ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS FIRST, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO DO OUR MARKETING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GOING OUT THERE WORKING. WORKING CLOSELY WITH SHANNON AND TEAM AND THINK

124WHAT ARE SOME OF AT AREAS WE ARE WORKING TO TO GET THERE. WE ARE WILLING TO GET AS CREATIVE AS NECESSARY TO GO OUT THERE. IF IT MEANS TO GO TOWARD PLACES TO DO SOME RECRUITING. OUR HOPE HIRING SEASON WHICH WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE. SO WE DO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW TO GO OUT THERE AND BE VERY PROACTIVE IN DOING IT. WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I AGREE WITH YOU. IT IS A CHALLENGE AND FIND INDIVIDUALS BASED ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER AREAS. BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT. PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE RECRUITMENT OF THAT AND WHERE IT IS WORKING. Karen Perez: MANY OF THESE FACILITIES ARE TEACHING FACILITIES. THEY WORK IN TANDEM WITH USF, WITH TAMPA GENERAL. THEY ARE. STABILITY TO IT BE ABLE TO

125BE NOT ONLY REKRCRUIT TEACHERS BUT ALSO EMPLOYEES THAT WILL REALLY BE HANDS-ON IN THAT CLASSROOM TO HELP OUR STUDENTS. BUT BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT YOU MESSAGE OUT THERE AND RECRUIT THEM BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE DOES WILL WORK FOR US. WHETHER IT IS ADVERTISING. YOU KNOW, I KNOW I SAW THAT -- YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS YOU HIT NEW YORK CITY, IT -- YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE IT OUT THERE. THEY ARE LIKE COME WORK FOR US. WE WANT YOU. AND DEBRA AND HER TEAM ALSO -- I WOULD LIKE DEBRA TO JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LEVERAGING SHE HAS DONE WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, WITH FSU AND OTHER PLACES TO TRY TO DO SOME OF THAT RECRUITING FROM OUR END TOO. THANK YOU. WE HAVE AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS WITH UNIVERSITIES ACROSS

126THE NATION, BUT ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE LOCALLY WITH GANNON UNIVERSITY DOWN IN THE RUSKIN AREA, AS WELL AS USF AND FSU. WE WILL SPEAK WITH THE GRADUATE PROGRAMS TOWARD -- AROUND THIS TIME. WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE SELECTED A DATE TO MEET WITH GANNON. AND WORKING ON SECURING A DATE TO SPEAK WITH THE GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT USF. AND TWO OF I'M TEAM WILL BE GOING NSU TO HELP WITH THE RECRUITING OVER THERE WITH JOB FAIRS AND CAREER FAIRS AS WELL. AND WE -- ALSO OFFER THROUGH THOSE AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS VERY POSITIVE EXTERNALSHIP EXPERIENCES. AND, IN FACT, AS I WAS DRIVING OVER HERE, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM ONE OF THE GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO IS CURRENTLY DOING AN EXTERNALSHIP IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND REACHING OUT BECAUSE SHE IS INTERESTED IN INTERVIEWING FOR A CLINICAL FELLOW IN ONE

127OF OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY HAVE VERY MUCH POSITIVE EXPERIENCELESS. WE HAVE AMAZING SLPs. AND OUR PROGRAM SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. WE OFFER EXCELLENT SUPPORT AND EACH NEW SLP RECEIVES A MENTOR FOR HELP THEM GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND LEARN ALL THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER EREZ. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO TELL YOU, SHANNON. YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T TELL YOU WHEN YOU ARE DOING GREAT JOB. BUT YOU ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM A SUCCESS AND I WANT TO YOU CONTINUE DOING THAT. AND ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP YOU, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TOO. I CAN RECRUIT A LITTLE BIT. BRING YOU ON THE ROAD WITH US. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. SO

128ONE OF THE NICE THINGS OF GOING LAST IS A LOT OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY ASKED QUESTIONS AND GOTTEN ANSWERS OF THINGS I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. SOME THAT IS NICE. I THINK THAT THE CONOBVIOUSLY TH WE END UP OUTSOURCING THIS POSITION AND IT BECOMES KIND OF RECIPROCAL. WE OUTSOURCE. OUTSOURCE TO FILL THE POSITION AND SLOWLY OUTSOURCING THESE POSITIONS. I AM PLEASED TO HEAR THE CHANGES AND THE MINIMUM LAGE AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MADE US COMPETITIVE NOW AND MADE ME FEEL VERY OPTIMISTIC. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO ASK SIMILAR TO WHAT MEMBER RENDON SAID, FLEXIBILITY OF WORKING. IF WE HIRE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR SLPs. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CALLING THEM SLPs -- ALL THESE ACRONYMS IN EDUCATION HAVE GOTTEN ME CALLING THE WRONG ACRONYMS. THEY ABLE TO MAYBE

129WORK HALF OF A DAY AND DO PRIVATE PRACTICE OR VIRTUAL VISITS?THE DO WE OFFER THAT FLEXIBILITY TO RECRUIT MORE IN OUR DISTRICT AND DO MORE OF A PART-TIME OR CO-OP SHARING WHEN TOO COMES TO THE DAY OR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. IS THAT SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING AT TO GET PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT FIRST AND THEN EXPAND FROM THERE? WE DO HAVE SOME JOB SHARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE SOME SLPs TAKING ADVANTAGE OF. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HR ABOUT THE PART-TIME. AND TRYING TO LOOK AT COULD WE DO EXACTLY THAT. WHERE PEOPLE COULD WORK DOCTOR DO A FEW HOURS WITH US. AND THEN DO PRIVATE PRACTICE AND DO EVALUATIONS FOR US, THAT KIND OF THING. AND WE ARE STILL HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH HR ABOUT IT. IT DOES BECOME LIKE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD IF YOU

130GO DOWN THAT ROUTE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU START OFFERING THAT PART-TIME. YOU LOSE PEOPLE WHO GO TO PART-TIME AND YOU END UP WITH MORE PART-TIME THAN FULL TIME. THAT IS THE RISK. WHEN WE TALK TO HR. THEY ARE FOLLOWING PARTNER WITH US TO LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS TO GET PEOPLE HERE. Jessica Vaughn: NOT A RISK OF PEOPLE JUMPING SHIP TO GO TO THESE PRIVATE PROVIDERS AND MAKE A LOT MORE. EITHER SOLUTION PUTTING UP THE RISK OF LOSING OUR EMPLOYEES FOR MORE MONEY OR A MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT WITH OUR SERVICESES. WE NEED TO THAN CONVERSATION TO BE AS CREATIVE AS WE CAN. Jessica Vaughn: APPRECIATE IT. I THINK YOU AN END ALL ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. SEEING NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,

131BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW GO ON TO 10.01. FLIP PAGE. NETWORK SEGMENTATION LICENSING. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MAD MADAM CHAIR, THE LAST DISCUSSION ITEM THIS EVENING, THERE ARE IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE CYBER INCIDENT WE EXPERIENCED IN 2023. AND THE DISTRICT PROCURED LICENSING FOR NETWORK SEGMENTATION. NETWORK SEGMENTATION INCREASES SECURITY BY VIRTUAL BARRIERS OF BETWEEN NETWORKS AND INCREASING LEVEL OF SECURITY. IT IS 95,500. ITEM 1001 WE HAVE SCOTT GAFF N GAFNER, GENERAL MANAGER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 107.0. Jessica Vaughn: A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON. A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER RENDON, YOU WILL PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? Patti Rendon: I DO, AFTER THIS YEAR OF TECHNICAL ISSUE, I FIND IT IS

132IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK AND PULL THIS OUT. I LOOK AT ITEM LIKE THE FIREWALL. AT THE END OF THE DAY, A FIREBALL WITHIN TECHNOLOGY THAT PEOPLE BREAK INTO OUR SYSTEM THEY CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WHICH I FIND THAT TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. HOWEVER, IT IS ONE PIECE OF SECURITY. WE REALLY DO NEED TO EXPAND ALL YOU HAVE OUR SECURITY TO LOOK AT A WHOLE BROADER SPECTRUM. SO I GET CONCERNED THAT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE GOT THESE FIRE WALLS IN PLACE, IF SOMEBODY BREAKS IN, WE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR. HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHO IS DOING ANY KIND OF FRAUDULENT INFORMATION OR WE HAVE SITUATION WHERE IS WE HAVE GOT SO MANY TRANSACTIONS GOING ON WITH SUCH A LARGE DISTRICT, VERY EASY TO HAVE FRAUDULENT INFORMATION MOVING AROUND THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE. ALTHOUGH

133THIS IS ONE PIECE OF IT, IS THERE A LARGER PIECES THAT WILL BE ABLIBLE TO DO EVERYTHING FOR OUR DISTRICT AND NOT JUST PIECEMEAL. I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF ALL THE SECURITY BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ONE PIECE. BUT WHERE IS ALL OF IT AND HOW IS IT ALL HOUSED? YOU ARE CORRECT. IT IS BASICALLY LIKE A FIREWALL. A LAYER OF OUR SECURITY. I AM -- WE ARE ALSO PUTTING IN DLP, DATA LOSS PROTECTION. WE ARE LOOKING AT INFORMATION COMING IN AND OUT THAT IS BASED AND CONTENT. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. BIRTH DATES. THAT TYPE OF THING. ALSO IN NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH VARIOUS SECURITY OPERATION CENTERS TO HELP US MANAGE THIS. WE, AS A YOU DISTRICT, CLOSE -- BAD GUYS ARE THERE 24-7, 365. WE ADVERTISE GREATLY. POP SO THE COMMUNITY

134WE WILL BE GONE AND CLOSED. A RIPE OPPORTUNITY FOR ATTACKS. SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK BE INTO THAT. DOUBLE DOWN AND TRIPLE DOWN INTO PROTECTIONS. FIRE WALL AND NEXT IS IDENTITY PROTECTION. WITH I.T., EVERYTHING STARTS WITH THE USER. WHAT THE USER GETS TO EXPOSES OUR DATA. LOOKING AT IDENTITY PROTECTION NEXT OBVIOUSLY A FINE LINE BETWEEN USABILITY AND CAN HE KURT. TRYING NOT TO BE DISRUPTIVE AND MOVE THE TRAFFIC OVER AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO OUR KRI IT CAL DAY ARE, YOU GO STRAIGHT OUT TO THE INTERNET. THINGS THAT ARE RECOVERED THAT YOU ALL WERE BRIEFED AND PRIOR. WE HAVE PUNT A LOT OF THAT STUFF. AND CONTINUING MOVING ON WITH WHERE WE ARE GOING. STILL TALKING WITH THE NEXT CTO TO CONTINUE THAT WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS TO KEEP YOU ABREAST OF

135ALL THE CHANGES A OF SECURITY, THINGS I HAVE BEEN BRINGING FORWARD AND TRYING TO LIMIT OVER THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS. Patti Rendon: I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL WHEN IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. I APPRECIATE THE BRIEF OVERVIEW. I ASK MOVING FORWARD, THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LOOKING AT OUR STAFF AND THE INCOMING STAFF. SOMEWHERE IN THE NEXT -- BY THE TIME WE OPEN AND MOVE INTO THE FULL NEW SYSTEM OF FOCUS THAT WE CAN HAVE A FULL LOOK TO THE BO BOARD OF ALL THE SECURITY MEASURES UNDER ONE UMBRELLA SO WE KNOW HOW IT WORKS. NOT JUST GETTING IN THE SYSTEM AND PROTECTING IDENTITY AND PEOPLE COMING BEHIND AND SUBMITTING A

136CHECK, PAYROLL AND STEALING OUR ACCOUNT TO USE SOMETHING ELSE. SUCH A BROAD SCOPE IN SUCH A LARGE DISTRICT THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE INFORMED OF EXACTLY WHERE ALL OF OUR SECURITY LIES. AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COME UP WITH IN TWO WEEKS. BUT WE LOOK AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEW SYSTEM, THAT BEING SOMETHING THAT COMES TO THE BOARD TO NOT NECESSARILY IN A PUBLIC SETTING. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP SECURITY ISSUES BUT THE BOARD KNOWS BEHIND THE SCENES WHAT WE ARE DOING AND HOW WE ARE DOING IT. BECAUSE PROTECTING OUR INDIVIDUALS, OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND PROTECT CAN OUR ASSETS ARE VERY CRITICAL FOR -- AS A DISTRICT. IF WE CAN DO THAT SOMETIME AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS FOE CALLS COMES UP.

137Superintendent Ayres: YES, MA'AM. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. I WANT TO SAY I AM GLAD THAT WE PULLED THIS ITEM SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE STILL COMMITTED. AND THAT WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE ARE SECURING ALL YOU HAVE OUR DATA. AND THAT IS A PRIORITY AND SOMETHING IMPORTANT. A LOT OF TIME THINGS GO THROUGH ON A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAFEGUARDING ALL THE DATA AND PRIVACY INFORMATION WITHIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR NETWORKS AND ALL COUNTRY DATA. SO I AM GLAD THAT WE JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WITHER STILL COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE WE ARE SECURING EVERYTHING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. NO FURTHER -- NO

138ONE ELSE IN QUEUE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE. NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. PLEASE VOTE ON THIS ITEM WHEN YOU HAVE -- I MEAN WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER PEREZ, YOURS DIDN'T TAKE. ALL RIGHT. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON CONTINUE TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT? TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MOVE ON TO MY UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING. I DID WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE AS DR. HAHN MENTIONED CELEBRATED THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD WILL. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE FOR LAST YEAR WE HAD 1 SCHOOLS AND RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AND HAD FOUR ADDITIONAL PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. THOSE WERE SUMNER BECAME A PURPLE STAFF. ADUM IN THE FIRST PURPLE STAR. LITHIA SPRINGS AND RIVER ISVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. WE CELEBRATE MONTH OF THE MILITARY

139CHILD CAME TO THE STATE OF ADDING PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS. ACKNOWLEDGING HOW OUR SCHOOLS REALLY COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE MILITARY. THEY COME FROM MILITARY FAMILIES. JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACROSS THE STATE AND HERE WE ARE LEADING THE WAY UP TO 257 PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. TODAY IS NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WEEK. TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS, SUPPORT THEIR PRINCIPAL AND CREATE A POSITIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY AND THE MAY MAIN CHALLENGES THAT LAND ON THEIR DESK. A.P.s PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE AND TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK, COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND PROFESSION. JOIN US IN CELEBRATE WILLING THESE INCREDIBLE SCHOOL LEADERS. OUR PRINCIPAL KANSAS CAN'T DO WITHOUT THEM. A GREAT TEAM OF A.P.s THAT SUPPORT OUR PRINCIPALS. MISS ALVAREZ TO SHERRY AT CORK. CAN'T DO IT ALONE. NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WEEK. THANK YOU TO

140OUR A.P.s FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. ACKNOWLEDGE WEST TAMPA AS A RISING STAR. EAST COAST TECHNICAL ASSISTANT CENTER ECTAC. IN ENHANCING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS. THEY UTILIZE 2024 GRADES AND ASK SCHOOLS TO TELL THEIR STORY IN AN APPLICATION. THEIR RISING STAR AWARD IS FOR SCHOOLS ABOVE THE 2024 STATE POVERTY AVERAGE OF 71.6% AND INCREASED THEIR SCHOOL GRADE BY TWO LITTER GRADES FROM 2023-'24. AND SPECIAL SHOUT OUT. WEST TAMPA EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED AS RISING STAR FOR THEIR EFFORTS. AND A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO PLAIN PAL KEVIN KASNER AND IS ENTIRE TEAM. COUPLE OF GAITHER AWARDS. GAITHER HOOCHL SENT 06 KIDS TO PERFORM AT CARNEGIE HALL LED BY MUSIC TEACHER AND ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR JACOB HEGLUND. THEY PERFORMED FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL EARNING A GOLD AWARD FROM THEIR ESTEEMED EDUCATORS. THIS IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT

141ONLY THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG MUSICIANS EARN AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE TEACHING ABILITY AND EXPERTISE THAT MR. HEGLUND BRINGS TO HIS STUDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS GATH IRWINING GOLD OVER AT CARNEGIE HALL. I KNOW WE HAD A FEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED THE CADET OF THE YEAR. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MIGUEL ALTERANO THE 2025 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CADET JOTC CADET OF THE YEAR. HE AND NINE OTHER CADETS WERE CHOSEN FROM 5200 PLUS TO IT BE NAMED THE TOP TEN BETWEEN LEADERSHIP SKILLS, ACADEMIC RESUMES. THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE INCREDIBLE REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR SCHOOLS, SERVICES AND SCHOOL DISTRICT. CONGRATS TO MIGUEL FOR WINNING THE CONTINUE TO HONOR. 1500 ALREADY MIGUEL FROM GAITER IS THE TOP CADET OF THE YEAR. GOING TO OHIO STATE. I DID NOT KNOW THAT. FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL CADET SCHOLARSHIP SOUTHE SOUTHEASTERN TIANA COSTANO WINNING

142SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORP LET HER AI SEND IT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM. AT THAT POINT SENIOR AT FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL GOT A $180,000 SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE U.S. NAVY. WILL ASCEND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. AND ONLY FIVE PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION RECEIVED THIS. CONGRATS TO TIANA AND DE-MARIO. $185,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. CONGRATULATION OVER INTO FREEDOM. DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. WE DID HAVE OUR GRAD NATION EVENT. COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND OVER 250 OF OUR STUDENTS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO THIS IS THE 10th YEAR OF THE EVENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THANK YOU TO THE AMAZING STUDENTS WHO REPORTED IN THE ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ME. A GREAT, GREAT MORGUE AND AN AFTERNOON OVER THERE OF WHERE WAS IT AT -- THE SHERATON

143THIS YEAR. MORE BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE DR. JENNIFER CANDY AND BOARD MEMBERS. JUST CALLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAST WEEK NAMED ONE OF THREE FINALISTS AS YOU RECALL. WE DID THE SURPRISE AWARDS. JENNIFER WAS OUR A.P. OF THE YEAR. SHE SENT HER ACTION OFF. SHE IS THE FINALIST OF THREE A.P.s ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO WE WILL FIND OUT THIS FRIDAY AT LUNCH. IT IS AT THE 2025 PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR SUMMIT IN ORLANDO ON FRIDAY. BOARD MEMBERS, IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTEND, WE WILL FIND OUT IF SHE IS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SHE HAD MADE IT AS THE TOP THREE FINALISTS. IF YOU LIKE TO ATTEND, IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON IF YOU CAN MAKE IT. AND

144WE WILL GET THAT EYE NOUNCEMENT OVER TO YOU AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT. CONGRATS TO DR. CANADY, OUR A.P. IS NOW A FINALIST FOR THE STATE OF OF FLORIDA. CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNIFER. AND WE HAVE -- THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, TINKER K GROUNDBREAKING AND IN HONOR OF MILITARY CHILD MONTH, HIGHLIGHT THE WORK WE ARE DOING WITH MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE. I THINK WE HAD -- MOST OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, MOST OF YOU WERE THERE THIS PAST FRIDAY AND I WAS HONORED TO JOIN US AND THE COMMUNITY BREAK GROUND -- I GUESS WE KIND OF BROKE GROUND. IT WAS KIND OF BROKE AND THREW SOME DIRT AROUND. AND ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, THIS CAMPUS WHICH WILL BE REMARKABLE TO SEE. THIS WILL BE A -- SOMETHING NATIONWIDE LOOKED ON A BASE -- MILITARY INSTALLATION

145FOR WHAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDE. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE PICTURES, I AM IN AWE. BOARD, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT WITH TINKER TO GET TO THIS POINT AND MANY, MANY YEARS AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OVER AT TINKER TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE 0% OF THE SCHOOL WILL BE PAID FOR WITH GRANT FUNDING. WE PICK UP THE OTHER 20%. THERE WILL BE NOTHING LIKE IT ANYWHERE AND EXPECTED THAT COMPLETION TO BE IN DECEMBER OF 2027. I WANT TO, OF COURSE, EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE LEADERSHIP AT MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE. WE TALKED OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. I REMEMBER BACK TO 2017 WITH JEFF AIKEN AND COLONEL NELSON AT THE TIME WAS THE WING COMMANDER. YOU REMEMBER THAT. WE DID THE MOU THAT THEY HAVE BOTH

146SIGNED BASICALLY SAYING IF THEY HAVE THE 80%. WE WILL BEGAN RARITY TO PICK UP 209%. THE BOARD, DR. HAHN, MISS GRAY AND MISS PEREZ WERE ON THE BOARD WHEN WE SIGNED THAT MOU AND GOT THE BALL ROLLING OF AT I WARD OF THAT FRONT. THANK YOU. IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT MORNING. AND THEN HERE WE GO. SATURDAY IS THE DAY. SEEMED LIKE A LONG WAY AWAY, BUT SATURDAY IS OUR ANNUAL 5K OVER AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE EXPECTING OVER 1400 STUDENTS IS, RUNNERS, WALKER HOBBS WILL BE THERE. STILL TIME TO SIGN UP. SO PLEASE DO SO, BUT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TOWARD THIS MORNING. SO I KNOW I WILL SEE A LOT OF THROUGH. EXPECTING 1400. AND MR. PORTER WILL BE THERE. I AM HOLDING YOU UNDER 24 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT IT MISSION

147GRAY -- MEMBER GRAY, ALL RIGHT. SO, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF FOLKS OUT THERETO. A GREAT, GREAT MORNING. THIS IS NUMBER FOUR FOR US? FOURTH YEAR, RIGHT? YEAR FOUR. YEAH, YEAR FOUR. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO I WANT TO PLAY. THIS WAS JUST ON -- I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF HAD YOU A CHANCE TO SEE IT, BUT WE HAVE A TEAM AT A WORLD COMPETITION AND A COOL CLIP JUST ON THE NEWS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SHARE. THIS WAS PRETTY COOL. PRETTY INSPIRING. ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WILL COMPETE IN A WORLD COMPETITION. I THOUGHT THIS WAS PRETTY COOL. EVERYBODY LOVE AS GOOD UNDERDOG STORY AND THIS ONE IS CERTAINLY THAT. A FEW YEARS AGO THE ROBOTICS CLUB AT MIDDLETON, MEMBERSHIP ARE DWINDLED DOWN TO A

148FEW STUDENTS. NEXT WEEK, THESE SMART STUDENTS ALSO COMPETE FOR A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. WE MET THE TEAM AS THEY PREPARE TO ENGAGE IN ROBOT BATTLE. Reporter: IN A VERY CROWDED ROOM AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, VERY SMART STUDENTS ARE PREPARING FOR A GLOBALING ROBOT THROWDOWN. THIS IS A BIG DEAL, THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! YOU VERSE VERSE VERSUS THE WORMED. Reporter: ABSOLUTELY, FOR THE I'M AT HOME, 600 TEAMS. 50,000 PEOPLE COMING TO THE EVENT. LAST ALLIANCE STANDING A AND MINATAUR WE HOPE WILL COME OUT ON TOP. ABSOLUTELY. Reporter: HECK OF A HYPE JOB. FEW YEARS AGO THE MIDDLETON ROBOTICS HIGH WAS IN TROUBLE. ONLY A FEW KIDS REMAINED, BUT THIS SCHOOL'S RENEWED SUPPORT OF STEM PROGRAMS BUILT THE THEM A INTO A JUGGERNAUT. MIDDLETON ROBOTICS IS ONCE AGAIN ONE OF THE BEST ON THE PLANET. TEACHER COACH ROBERT DOTSON

149AND ADMINISTERS SAY. UNBELIEVABLE SPECIAL GROUP. GOING TO WORLD AS A SECOND-YEAR STEAM. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. Reporter: NEXT WEEK A SPONSORED TRAVEL TEAM OF MORE THAN 50 KIDS WILL HEAD TO HOUSTON TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE THEME IS ENVIRONMENTAL WITH REAL WORLD APPLICATION. ROBOTS ARE TASKED WITH CLAIM AN IMAGI IMAGINATIONRY SYRINGE. AND THEIR ROBOT IS FAST AND TOUGH. MULTIPLE WAYS TO SCORE. A BALL IN A BIG NET. HANG FROM A CAGE. ADDS UP TO TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDSES OF ROBOT ACTION. ROBOT ACTION, I LOVE IT. Reporter: THESE KIDS MAKE THIS ROBOT DO ALL THAT. WE HAVE THE BOT TO PROVE IT AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET TO DONE. HOPEFULLY -- NO THE HOPEFULLY, BUT CONFIDENTLY WE WILL GET THIS THING DONE. Reporter: THEY HAVE THE BOT TO PRO OF IT

150AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, I AM SHAWN DAILY FOR ABC ACTION NEWS. THAT YOU ARE FOR INDULGING. APRIL 18. SUPER PROUD OF THEM. THANK YOU SORE SHAWN DARKSL YESHGSY FOR DOING THAT CLIP. THOSE IN MY UPDATES. Jessica Vaughn: THAT WAS AWESOME. WE WILL MOVE ON TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. START WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: START OFF BILL GOING GO TIGERS. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING CLEARED UP HERE. BECAUSE IT IS JUST OUT THERE. AND -- I WANT TO CLEAR IT UP. WITH THE NAACP AND ALL THAT IS GOING ON. CAN YOU EXPLAIN -- WE KEEP SAYING VIOLATION. WHAT VIOLATIONS ARE GOING ON? WE NEED -- WE

151NEED TOE TACKLE THAT ELEPHANT NOW. Superintendent Ayres: SURE. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. THE 2021 -- BOARD MEMBERS IN 2021, THERE WAS AN EXTENSION TO THE AGREEMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING REFERRED TO. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF STAFF. LETTER THAT CAME FROM THE DISTRICT AT THE TIME AND WHAT THAT STATED. I DON'T SEE ANY VIOLATION ANYWHERE? HERE OF ANY AGREEMENT. I WILL GO OVER IT AND MR. PORTER IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN, PLEASE DO. BUT IN THAT EXTENSION, NUMBER FOUR, THE PROVIDER, THE NAACP AGREES TO CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES. NAACP HAS FULL LIST OF PORTABLES FOR PRO TRAINING, EDUCATION ALREADY MENTORSHIP AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SPACE WITH THE INTENT TO SUPPLEMENT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. STATE IN NUMBER 4 OF THE TENSION APPROVED IN 2021. MEMBER GRAY, YOU WERE THE CHAIR AT THE TIME. APPROVED

152AS ITEM FOUR. I THINK WHERE SOME OF THE DISCREPANCY COMES IN ON SECTION 8 TALKS OF SUBLEASE. ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE THE A RIGHT TO SUBLEASE OR ALLOW 234I OTHER ORGANIZATION TO USE ANY PORTION OF SITE DURING THE AGREEMENT. ING THE SITE HAS TO DO WITH SUBLEASING THAT OUT TO EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION IS THE WAY I READ THAT. THE LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM T THE NAACP. AND THAT WAS IN -- -- THAT WAS MAY OF -- IN NOVEMBER OF '22. NOVEMBER OF '22. BASICALLY IN OUR LETTER THAT WENT TO THE NAACP, IT WAS THAT WE WANTED TO REMIND THE NAACP OF ITS OBLIGATION NOT TO THE DENY ANY PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES ON THE SITE. SO I THINK SOME OF THE CONFUSION, AND MR. PORTER, IF YOU CAN

153CLARIFY KIND OF -- I DON'T SEE ANY VIOLATION. WHAT I SEE IS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OF NUMBER 8, WHICH TALKS OF SUBLEASE NOT TO THEEY EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS BUT STATES IN FOUR THAT THE SOLE PURPOSE OF GARRY IS TO ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT SPACE IN GARY. THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. Jim Porter: FLORIDA SUPERINTENDENT, YOU ARE CORRECT. MR. WALK, YOU ASKED US TO LOOK INTO IT. WORKED WITH MR. GIBSON THAT REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT STAFF AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OF THE ATE AGREEMENTS. WE LOOKED AT THIS. WE DON'T SEE ANY VIOLATIONS. I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS INSURANCES. THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE NAACP TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INSURANCE. NEVER NOT ONLY MAINTAINEDED THAT AND THEY RENEWEDED. THAT IN EFFECT. FROM THE LIABILITY STANDPOINT,

154WE FEEL THAT THE AGREEMENT IS BEING HONORED AND NO VIOLATION. IF THE DISTRICT IS PROTECTEDED FROM ANY SORT OF HARM THAT COULD HAPPEN AT THE SITE BY SOMEONE ELSE USING. IF MR. GIBSON NEEDS TO ADD ANYTHING, HE CAN. BUT THIS IS SORT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU. SO THERE IS NO VIOLATIONS. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. WE -- AND -- I AM NOT GOING TO SIT UP HERE IN THE DAIS AND HAVE A DISAGREEMENT WITH YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ATTORNEY. THAT IS WHAT YOU DO AS A PERSON. AND -- AND PEOPLE NEED -- WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND -- WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, WE DON'T MAKE NO DECISION PERTAINING TO -- PERTAINING TO CONTRACTS AND MOAs OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE WITHOUT THE PROPER PROCEDURE.

155BECAUSE IF WE ARE NOT DOING IT RIGHT, WE NEED TO SUFFER THE COSEQUENCES. I DON'T SEE WHY WE ARE DOING ANYTHING WRONG AS OF NOW. I DON'T. IN WE ARE WRONG, YOU ARE WRONG AND THE SUPERINTENDENT IS WRONG AND I DON'T READ CONTRACTS. THAT IS NOT WHAT I DO. THAT THANK IS NOT WHAT SHAKE DOES. WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN CHARGE. WE FOLLOW YOUR LEAD AND YOU SAY NO VIOLATIONS. Jim Porter: THAT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF RIGHT NOW, YES. Henry "Shake" Washington: NO VIOLATIONS. THANK YOU. I DON'T NEED TO DISCUSSION THIS ANYMORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: LET ME PIGGYBACK ON THAT TOPIC AND WE THANK THE HEARTFELT GROUPS THAT PARTICIPATED WITH THE NAACP. AND MY ONLY TWO

156REQUESTS ARE, I WOULD LIKE TO LIST OF THOSE GROUPS. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY ARE PUT INTO THE CATEGORY OF -- FOR THOSE WHOSE HAVE THEIR OWN BUSINESS, AS ADDITIONAL INSURED. THE LIST OF GROUPS AND IF THEY ARE ADDITIONAL LIE INSURED, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY, IF WE HAVE A LAWSUIT -- WE HAD HEFTY ONES AFFECTS OUR FUNDS BALANCE AND AFFECTS OUR ASSETS IN MANY, MANY WAY. JUDICIALLY RESPONSIBILITY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION. AND I WANT TO JUMP DOWN TO NOTHING AGAINST THESE WONDERFUL GROUPS. THEY ARE DOING GREAT THINGS FOR OUR CHILDREN. BUT ON THE LEGAL SIDE, IN TERMS OF INSURANCE, WE MUST KNOW THEY ARE ADDITIONALLY INSURED. THIS IS BUSINESS 101. SECOND -- AND I HAVE BAD AND GOOD. I WILL DO THE -- I WILL DO

157THE CRITICAL PART FIRST. OPINION THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS REGARDING THE SUBSTITUTE EDUCATORS FROM KELLY SERVICES. SO I ASK YOU, DR. PATTON, WHEN WE HAVE SUBSTITUTES, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE LEVEL OF A TRAUMA-BASED PROGRAM. FOR INSTANCE, THE NATIONAL DROPOUT PREVENTION CENTER HAS ADOPTED A GREAT ONE WHICH WE HAVE HAD. THE CHILDREN'S BOARD HAD A TRAM MA'AM-BASED TEACHING UNIT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CHILDREN MISBEHAVE TO THAT DEGREE, A LOT OF THEM HAVE FACED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FOOD INSECURITY, ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS FROM ARE THE HOME BASE AND GOING TO THE SCHOOL. SOME I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY WISE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SUBS ARE PREPARED FOR THAT EFFECTIVE DOMAIN. AND IF YOU WILL GIVE ME A REPORT AS TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THE OTHER GOOD THING IS -- DON'T

158PUT ANYTHING UP YET, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SAY ONE OTHER THING. THE MYON. AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER DR. HAHN -- MEMBER HAHN WILL SAY THIS, BUT I AM JUST GOING TO SHARE THIS. THE WINNERS -- THE REGIONAL AREA WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE MINUTES READ ON MYON DURING FEBRUARY. SHORE ELEMENTARY, PATRICIA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL, I WOULD MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LYNDON. MINTS ELEMENTARY. MacDONALD. GRAHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SULPHUR SPRINGS K HRNL 8. YOUNG MIDDLE AND MAGNET. LETO HIGH SCHOOL. DURANT HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALL THIS IS TO SAY WE ARE EMPHASIZING LITERACY. AND YOU HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD DATA THAT SUGGESTS THAT THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF READING AND THOSE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED. SO THAT -- PUT THE SLIDE UP. GOT IT. OH, THEY. AND DR. HAHN, MYSELF, MEMBER RENDON. WE WENT TO THE PRINCIPAL INDUCTION. WE

159HAD GREAT PRINCIPALS OPINION WHAT IS MARVELOUS AND -- MISS McCREA, YOU REALIZE, AS WELL, THAT SOME OF THEM ARE PRINCIPALS ALREADY TOOK A YEAR LONG COURSE IN-DEPTH. BUT WHAT IT REVEALS TO ME AND TO MOST OF US HOW WELL PREPARED OUR PRINCIPALS ARE WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL. THESE -- THEY WERE ALL GALS. THESE GAL. HOW MANY WERE THERE? 19 OR 15? THEY WERE SO CONCERNED AND HEARTFELT AND THEY WANTED TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, YOU HAVE MANY FINE ADMINISTRATORS BUT I WAS JUST OVERWHELMED AND MAYBE MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER RENDON. THE NEXT SLIDE. I AM RUSHED BECAUSE I WANT TO GET MY TIME IN. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS. THERE IS A BILL COMING BY THE WAY -- OH, BOY -- -- CARROLLWOOD K-8 INVITING ALL BOARD MEMBERS. APPEAR PANEL OF DISTINCT PROFESSIONS RANGING

160FROM THE FBI, HICK SHOVELS, NO MORE FOUNDATION AND OTHER AGENCIES. I HOPE YOU CAN MAKING IT. SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND WANTS TO SHARE THE ANNUAL RACE FOR EDUCATION. I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF THEM THOSE MEMBERS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND HOPE EVERYONE CAN COME WHETHER YOU WALK OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. A LOT OF FUN. AND VAN AYRES, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GOING TO PORTER BUT PLEASE DO. PUT HIM BACK IN HIS PLACE. HE IS GETTING A LITTLE OVERCONFIDENT. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WE HAVE HEAVY SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT ICE COMING TO THE SCHOOLS. JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY STAKE, DO WE HAVE A POLICY THAT PROTECTS OUR STUDENTS.

161TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT WE HAVE PROCEDURES THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS FOLLOW. WITH HOW WE DEAL WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE READDRESSED THAT WITH PRINCIPAL AND SHARED THAT INFORMATION OUT. WE HAVE OUR WAY OF WORK PROCEDURES OF HOW WE DEAL WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS AS SPECIFIC POLICY. THERE A SPECIFIC POLICY AROUND IT? WE DO HAVE A POLICY AND SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 5540 THAT GOVERN OURS WAY OF WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT INCLUDES OUR IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. YES, MA'AM, WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE THANK PROTECTS OUR STUDENTS, POLICY 5540. Jim Porter: HARD TOWARD DO THIS MISS PEREZ. YOUR QUESTION IS TIMELY. EARLIER THIS THE YEAR TLFRLS GUIDANCE BY THE DISTRICT. MISS McCREA. AND I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL IF WE RESENT THAT TO EVERYONE SO YOU ALL HAVE IT AND PUSH IT OUT

162TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS INSTEAD OF GETTING IT INTO PIECEMEAL. I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL AND WE WILL DO THAT. Karen Perez: I WANT TO REASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN PLACE. BECAUSE AN ANGST OUT THERE THAT FEELS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE AND I AM JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO CHANGE OF PLACEMENT, BECAUSE I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARENTS. HOW ARE WE HELPING SCHOOL WITH PREVENTABLE MEASURE WITH FIDELITY. AND HOW ARE WE MONITORING IT? BECAUSE IT APPEARS IN SOME CASES THAT WE ARE GOING STRAIGHT FOR THE CHANGE OF PLACEMENT AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME -- HAS THERE BEEN REAL COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING ON MATRIX OF HOW TO PROPERLY CODE AND WHO IS MONITORING THIS TO ENSURE THAT IT IS UP TO DATE? BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE DATA I

163RECEIVED IS -- IS EITHER NOT UP TO DATE OR NOT ACCURATE. DR. GRAY, YOU CAN JUMP IN. ALL OF OUR CHANGE OF PLACE AND MORE TO OF A HEARING. A PROCESS WHERE WE GO THROUGH THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, THROUGH DR. GRAVES AND. IF YOU WANT TO TALK -- BRIEFLY TALK THROUGH THAT. YES, THANK YOU, MISS PEREZ FOR THE QUESTION. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHICH FIRST WORKED ON BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER WAS THE CHANGE OF PLACEMENT PROCESS. TO THOSE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED ARE REAL DATA, ACCURATE DATA COME IN THROUGH THE OFFICE. AND SHARE UPDATES OF A COMPASSION WITH CHANGE OF PLACEMENT DATA. THE OVERSITES PUT THAT PLACE THAT THE PRINCIPALS AND SITE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE TO FOLLOW AS WELL YEAR TO DATE AND BASED OFF OF APRIL 4. WE ARE DOWN OVERALL 50%

164WHEN TO COMES TO STUDENTS RIMMED OR REFERRED TO A CHANGE OF PLACEMENT. THAT IS 508 STUDENTS LESS THAN -- COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. FOR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VARIOUS SUBGROUPS AND BUILDING LEVELS. 457% DECREASE FOR BLACK STUDENTS. 57% DECREASE FOR HISPANIC OR LATINO. 50% DECREASE NOR ESC. 58% DECREASE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND 34% DECREASE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SOME, AGAIN, WE ARE PUTTING SOME PROCEDURES IN PLACE THAT ARE DECREASING THE OVERALL NUMBERS AND TRYING TO BALANCE THE FACT THAT ADMINISTRATOR AS THE THEIR SITE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN ORDER AS WELL AND PROTECT OTHER STUDENTS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. BECAUSE I HAD AN EXAMPLE AND DR. GRAVES WAS ON THE PHONE WITH ME WHERE A PARENT -- SHOWING DIFFERENT DATA THEN WHAT THE PARENT

165WAS RECEIVING. WHAT IS THE CURRENT ROLE OF THE DIRECTOR AND THE TRANSITION SCORED NATER NBS THESE HEARINGS IF NOT CONTRIBUTING WITH THE DISCUSSION OR THE DECISIONS BEING MADE? THEY ARE THERE -- AFTER THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. THEM HELP.PARENTS BY ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS TO THE ALTERNATIVE SITE, GETTING STUDENT RECORDS. TRANSITIONING TO SITES. GETTING ORIENTATION. THEY ARE THERE ARE TO HELP AFTER THAT DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. Karen Perez: OKAY. SO CAN -- CAN YOU PROVIDE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING PLY SELF, THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, EXCLUDING THE CODE 18 BY RACE, GENDER FOR THIS YEAR, PLEASE. YES, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. Jessica Vaughn: ALL RIGHT. IS THAT ALL MEMBER PEREZ? MEMBER COMBS? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. OPINIONED THANK YOU MR. GRAVES. DID YOU A GREAT

166JOB WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION AND GIVING ALL THAT INFORMATIONING SO QUICKLY. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE THING I THINK IT IMPORTANT SOMEBODY A CALL TO ACTION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR ACCELERATED PROGRAMS AND WHAT IS AT RISK NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT $19 MILLION. REALLY IMPORTANT AND ONE COUNTRY JOBS AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO INFORM PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS HAPPENING. I LOOK AND HAVE FRIENDS THAT GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND I SEE A HUGE INCREASES IN TUITION. WE LOOK AT THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION OF LESS THAN $56. I THINK IT IS PITIFUL AND I THINK SO CONCERNING. 50th FUNDED IN THE NATION AS FAR AS EDUCATION AND LOOKING AT CUTS AND WE ARE LOOKING -- YOU HAVE A PARENTS COMING UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR CHILD

167DOWN UNDER HAVE A TEACHER. LET ME TILL YOU WHY, BECAUSE OF SALARIES. SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPISTS. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THEY ARE NOT THERE BECAUSE OF SALARIES. ONE OF OUR IMPORTANT ASSET IS NOT GOLD, OIL, MINERALS, IT IS OUR STUDENTS. IMPORTANT AS FLORIDIANS THAT WE DO A CALL YOU HAVE ACTION TO TALK TO OUR GOVERNOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SAID OUR STUDENTS EXPECT MORE AND DESERVE MORE. ONE OF MY MAIN JOBS HERE AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. AND WITHIN THAT, I WILL JUST GO TO SOMETHING LIGHTER. I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO CHRISTINA ALVAREZ. AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL AT ALEXANDER. STILL IN THE DISTRICT WORKING WITH ESE STUDENTS SO MANY COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS. MY COLONEL IS WHO IS COMING IN AFTER THAT. WHO ARE THE CHRISTINA ALVAREZS CO COMING. I LOOK AROUND ALL THE

168PEOPLE AND HOW DO WE ATTRACT AND RETAIN PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT. THAT IS VERY HAVE VERY IMPORTANT. THANKS THE COMMUNITY AND CHRISTINA FOR THE PARENT COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HAVE OVER 1,000 SERVICES AND GREAT THING THAT COMMUNITY CENTER IS GOING OUT TO PARENTS AND HELPING PARENTS. HELPING PARENTS STAY IN OUR SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, GET THE SERVICES. UNDERSTAND HOW TO GO THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL AS TUTORING. THANK YOU TO DR. PATTON WHO IS WORKING CLOSELY. WE ARE ABLE TO RECRUIT SOME INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THAT. JUST A COUPLE REF MIND DIRS OPINION FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT PROGRAM. THEY ARE HAVING THAT I EENTS TODAY, APRIL 10 AND 11. I WILL BE OUT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER NOT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS BUT AFTERWARDS FOR PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS AND APRIL 16 AND

16917, TCC REGENT AND APRIL 26, THE TRANQUIL CENTER. AND THEN PABLO, I WANTED TO SHARE A VIDEO WITH COLLABORATION WITH USF AND PROFESSOR STEPHANIE TANNEBAUM WHO IS AMAZING. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE WROTE A SCHOLARSHIP AT THE END OF SPRING BREAK, I WAS ABLE TO GO WITH THESE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS AND ONE OF THEM WAS MR. DOTSON WHO IS GOING THERE FOR MIDDLE TO THE FOR THE ROBOTICS. THIS THESE ARE ALL TEACHERS THAT ARE ON THE NOISE MASTER TEACHER LIST. ALL PEOPLE ARE IN THE STEM PROGRAM WHO CAN BE MAKING SO MUCH MORE MONEY WHO ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS. WHO TOOK THE END OF THEIR SPRING BREAK TO LEARN ON OUR LOGIC PROJECT THAT WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, IS REALLY HOW TO ATTRACT TEACHERS INTO THE STEM FIELD. I MEAN REALLY MAKE

170SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT. SO THAT WAS -- WE SPENT SEVERAL DAYS WORKING WITH OTHER, YOU KNOW, COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND TALKING OF THE STEM AND JUST THE -- HOW WE ARE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAINE TEACHERS BUT OUR MAIN PHOTO CUSS AND OUR LOGIC MODEL OF ATTRACTING AND WORKING IN THE URBAN SCHOOLS. YOU WILL HEAR A LOT FROM US AND USF AND THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT. FINALLY WE GO TO SO MANY GREAT EVENTS. I HAVE A GREAT WICKTURE OF DR. PHELAN BECAUSE LAST TIME IT WAS SUCH A BAD PICTURE AND I WANTED TO A GREAT PICTURE FOR HER. FOR THE ATHEN. THAT SEAT. LOOKED AT TEN INSPIRING WOMEN IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND IT IS AMAZING. SOME OF THESE YOUNG LADIES HAVE COME IN HERE AND SPOKEN. HOPE, ONE COUNTRY YOUNG

171GIRLS FROM PLANT HIGH SCHOOL SAID SHE FOUND HER VOICE HERE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEET APPROXIMATELY.THAT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM. AND THEY ARE GOING TO HUGE, HUGE, HUGE WAVESES IN THIS WORLD. VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. DR. HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR VAUGHN SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MIDDLETON TIGERS. HOW EXCITED FOR THEIR STEM ROBOTICS CLUB TO BE COMPETING AT THE WORLD LEVEL. YOU KNOW THESE STEM ROBOTIC CLUBS ARE ALL ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T REALIZETH IMPACT BEYOND THE ACADEMICS THAT KIDS ARE RECEIVED FROM THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMSYOU KNOW THESE COACHES OF THESE STEM CLUBS, THEY ARE MOTIVATING THEIR STUDENTS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE SHOWING UP FOR SCHOOL. SO THEIR

172ATTENDANCE IS BETTER. THEY ARE NOT ACTING OUT. THEIR BEHAVIOR IS BETTER. THEIR ACADEMICS IS BETTER BECAUSE THEY ARE EXCITED WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING IN ROBOTICS. SO IT HAS THIS00 RIPPLE IMPACT. THESE COACHES OF THESE TEAMS, THEY ARE WORKING WEEKENDS, NIGHTS. THEY ARE TRAVELING WITH THE -- WITH THE STUDENTS. AND THEY ARE WRITING GRANTS. AND THEY ARE SPENDING HOURS UPON HOURS OF FILLING OUT OUT APPLICATIONS FOR THESE COMPETITIONS. AND I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE THE FIRST YEAR ON THIS BOARD WITH -- WITH SUPERINTENDENT AIKENS. HONESTLY THESE COACHES DESERVE A STIPE STIPEND. I HAD THE CONVERSATION MANY TIMES AND SINCE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT. YOU. THESE COACHES -- THE FLAG FOOTBALL COACHES GET A STIPEND. A LOT OF OUR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY AND CLUB TEACHERSES GET A STOO STIPEND. AND I THINK THESE FOLKS

173DESERVE A STIPEND TOO. I WILL SAY IT FROM THE DAIS. LOUD AND PROUD. OKAY. MAYBE IT WILL GET SHOP TRACTION. SOME OF LOTS OF GRATEFUL EVENTS WE ALREADY TOUCHED UPON ONE BEING THE TINKER GROUNDBREAKING. I AM STILL, LIKE, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT TO GO VISIT IT AND LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY. BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST SO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING EVERY PERSON SITTING UP ON THIS DAIS THAT REALLY GOT BEHIND THIS PROJECT. AND TO LOOK AT THAT CROWD THAT DAY. AND SEE THE DIVERSE PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDUSTRY AND -- THAT WERE SUPPORTING THIS AND BEHIND IT. IT WAS OVERWHELMING. I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT. A NET ZERO SCHOOL AND FIRST IN THE COUNTRY. AND IT WAS A 20/880 SPLIT. A GOOD DEAL. YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT DEAL. I HAD A

174GREAT SAFETY MORNING AT THE NAME DEDICATION FOR ADUM PRE-K-8. SO HEARTWARMING TO HEAR EVERYBODY SPEAK OF MR. ADUM. I DO NOT KNOW HIM PERSONALLY BUT I FEEL LIKE I DO. HE WAS HER RUSHED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKED WITH HIM. A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A SATURDAY MORNING. AND LAST THURSDAY, I ATTENDED THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT INNOVATORS SHOWCASE WHERE ALL THE PDE JUNIOR ARE NOT JUST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT THOSE VERY HAVE 3DE PROGRAMS DID THEIR PITCHES. THEY WERE JUST -- THEY WERE PHENOMENAL. IT WAS VERY EXCITING. A GREAT EVENT. YESTERDAY, I WAS -- YOU KNOW, I JOINED MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AS MEMBER GRAY SHARED AT THE PRINCIPALS CELEBRATION. THE INDUCTION PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HARDEST-WORKING PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR SURE. THEY SET THE TONE FOR OUR SCHOOLS, EACH

175AND EVERY DAY. SO I WAS -- I WAS HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT. WE ARE HAVING -- MY NEXT EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY FAIR TO KICK OFF SUMMER READING WITH FREE BOOKS AT BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM 9 TO 11:0. MORE WILL COME ON THAT. MYON NUMBERS FROM MARCH, HALF A MILLION BOOKS WERE ACCESSED JUST IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. 110 WERE COMPLETED -- COMPLETELY READ AND OVER 47,000 HOURS OF READING TOOK PLACE ON MYON. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY -- WE HAVE SUMMER READING CHALLENGES COMING UP THROUGH MYON JUNE THROUGH JULY AND THE STREET TEAMS WILL VISIT OUR SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER. IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU ARE A BOARD MEMBER AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPEND TIME AT A SCHOOL WHEN THE STREET TEAM IT THERE. GO. IT IS SO MUCH FUN. THESE

176ARE THESE YOUNG COLLEGE KIDS THAT VISIT THE SCHOOLS AND REALLY GET KIDS EXCITED ABOUT READING. AND THERE IS -- IT IS FUN TO SEE THEM INTERACT WITH THE KIDS. AND THEY GIVE OUT SUMMER PRIZES FOR READING. SO I APPRECIATE MYON CONTINUING THE DEEP AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING ON INSPIRING KIDS TO READ AND GETTING DIGITAL BOOKS IN THEIR HANDS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. SO I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL MY COMMENCE. AND EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, DR. HAHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A LOT GOING ON WHEN WE HAD A BOARD MEETING CANCELLED. HELOS AND MYON WITH THE READ TO THE FINAL FOUR. 100,000 MINUTES READ BY THIRD-GRADERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 14 SCHOOLS TO BE THE FINAL IRS TO GO TO TOONY TOWN

177AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. A LOT OF FUN FOR US AND THE STUDENTS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LIMONA BECAUSE THEY WERE THE WINNERS OF THE READ TO THE FINAL FOUR. AND IT HELOS DONATED $ 1,000 FOR TEACH 14 SCHOOLSTHANK Y YYOU LAVOY, PEPIN, TAMPA PD, TAMPA FIRE DEPARTMENT COMING FOUGHT FOR AUTISM AWARENESS AND AUTISM SENTENCE DAY TO IDENTIFY AREAS OUR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM ARE IN THE COMMUNITY DOING GREAT THINGS. THEY ARE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS NOW AT -- DOWN ON -- DALE MABRY OVER HERE ON THE EMBARCADERO CENTER AS WELL AS OUR ST. JOE'S DOING AN OPENING. WE ARE EXCITE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS FOR BATTLEGROUND WITH BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL. A GREAT NIGHT. STUDENTS TOURED THE ENTIRE FACILITY. ALL THE AREAS. PLAYERS ARE OUT THERE. A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. WANT CONTINUE TO THANK THE NAACP FOR

178THE AXOS COMPETITION. ARCHITECTURE, ESSAY, PLAYWRITING, PAINTING, DANCE, MUSIC, COMPUTER SCIENCE, EARTH, SPACE, PHYSICS AND FIRST-EVER CULINARY AND HOSPITALITY COMPETITION. NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CAME OUT AND WORKED THAT CULINARY PROGRAM. AND XHEEPTED TO GO ON TO NATIONALS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND WANT TO THANK THEM WITH THAT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WHAT IT GOING ON WITH OUR DISTRICT. SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING AMAZING, AMAZING THING. ATHNIA SOCIETY, I NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BOOK. THESE STUDENTS ARE THE DOING MORE THAN I COULD HAVE EVER DREAMED BECAUSE OF THE ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AND STAFF IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 100% FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF EACH ONE YOU HAVE OUR SCHOOLS. OVER SPRING BREAK AND THEN RIGHT AFTER BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, SUMNER

179HIGH SCHOOL AND JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL WERE AT THE CAPITOL MEETING IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS GOING AFTER THEIR BILLS. GOING AFTER THE THINGS THAT WERE HE WILL HAVE IMPORTANT TO TOWER STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THOSE STAFF STOP THEIR SPRING BREAK TO MAKE SURE THOSE STUDENTS THERE ARE LIVING OUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE DREAMT COME TRUE AT THE CAPITOL TO SIT IN THE LEGISLATIVE CHAIRS TO TESTIFY ON THINGS THAT ARE SO MEANINGFUL TO THEM. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL YOU HAVE OUR STAFF ARE THE PRIORITY IN EVERY SINGLE DECISION THAT THEY MAKE. LEADING AND GUIDING OUR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I AM APPRECIATE FOR CHAIR VAUGHN BEFORE ANY ONE OF US HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT OUT THERE MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WORKSHOP

180ON THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS. I THANK HER VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE EVER HAVE THAT WORKSHOP THAT WE DON'T PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE ESC SPECIALISTS, READING COACHES, THE STAFF OF THAT ARE THERE. RIGHT NOW THE WAY WE ARE IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CRITICAL SERVICES OF ENGLISH, OF MATH CLASSES UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40 STUDENTS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE. WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE DIFFERENTLY IN OUR SCHOOLS. ABSOLUTELY OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND THOSE SCHOOL SITES HAVE TO BE THE FOCUS. I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER BUDGET SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED UNTIL THAT IS IDENTIFIED FIRST. WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES

181OUT THERETO. WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHER THINGS OUT THERE. BUT I AM NOT GOING TO STOP PREACHING UNTIL THE DAY WE IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF A SCHOOL FIRST. NOT WHERE WERE THE THEY HAVE TOE GO BACK AND BEG. NOT WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND IDENTIFY, OKAY, YOU GAVE ME FIVE. I WILL TAKE THREE. THAT IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY. NEVER MAKES IT A PRIORITY THAT OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST PRIORITY IN THIS DISTRICT. OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT. ALL THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT DOES IS ASK THE PRINCIPAL HOW WE WORK WITH THE UNITS WE GIVE THEM. NEVER ARE THEY THE FIRST DISCUSSION IN THIS DISCUSSION WHERE PRINCIPALS COME BEFORE -- MISS McCREA, DR. GRAY. REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS WHERE THEY IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS FIRST. AND THEN WE GO AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IS AFTER THAT. BUT I AM

182NOT GOING TO STOP OF THE FACT THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TO BE THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR ALL OF OUR DECISION MAKING IN THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. I WILL TAKE CARE OF A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING. FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, SHAKE. I KNOW WE HAD A BOARD MEETING CLOSE TO YOUR BIRTHDAY TO SAY HAPPY BAD. -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WE HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THINGS WHERE SPEAKERS SPEAK. ESC CENTER COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PLATFORM AND REQUEST THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER THAT THEY IDENTIFIED. KNOW THEY ME MENTIONED RESOURCES AND OTHER THINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE KNOW WHAT THAT THANK LOOKS LIKE. MINUTES OF THE MEETING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN THOSE

183COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO KNOW WHAT WAS SAID AND WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. I AM NOT SURE WHO WE TALK TO, BUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CANVAS. PARENTAL ACCESS. I AM NOT SURE -- I AM HAVING SOME ISSUES ON MY END AS WELL. SO I AM NOT SURE -- CANVAS, OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS LOG IN. Superintendent Ayres: SHEA M CRAY. Jessica Vaughn: YOU WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ME ON CANVAS. APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A HUGE AMOUNT OF IT, BUT WITH REGARDS TO. I APPRECIATE MEMBER PEREZ CLARIFYING AGAIN WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS WHEN TALKING OF NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY AND ICE COMING IN. WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE WITH THAT. AND WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE LAW TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS. ONE THING I WOULD

184LIKE CLARIFICATION, AND I AM GETTING MISINFORMATION ABOUT. THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OFFERING DUE PROCESS TO EVERYONE IN OUR DISTRICT AND PROTECTING OUR PARENTAL RIGHTS WHICH IS THE LAW OF THE LAND. JUST TO GET CLARIFICATION AROUND THE WARRANT ISSUE. BECAUSE I KNOW SOME DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE MENTIONED THAT LEE COUNTY AND POLK COUNTY. SO I WANT TO IF I CAN COMPARE TO OTHER COUNTIES TO THE MAKE SURE -- I KNOW THERE IS VERY CONFLICTING INFORMATION AND HARD FOR GENT. BUT SINCE IT WAS SPECIFICALLY SPOKEN ABOUT IF WE CAN CLARIFY AND VERIFY ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S IT AS FAR AS HOUSEKEEPING. I DO HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON KELLEY'S STAFFING. AND WE WILL TALK BECOME THAT. THAT LEADS ME INTO -- I WENT OVER THE WEEKEND TO THE NSBA, THE NATIONAL SCHOOL

185BOARD CONFERENCE. A WHIRLWIND OF INFORMATION. AND I BROUGHT BACK MORE INFORMATION WITH THE DISTRICT AND SUPPORTING SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AND EVEN IF YOU OUTSOURCE THEM, MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARED. APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE WITH THE DISTRICT. IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOME OTHER HILLSBOROUGH PEOPLE WERE THERE. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONELY, BUT I STILL GOT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I POSSIBLY COULD. ALSO, ADUM K-8 NAMING CEREMONY WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IMPACTFUL AND EMOTIONAL AND JUST TO SEE WHAT WE COULD OFFER FOR A SCHOOL THAT IS FULLY SUPPORTED TO OUR STUDENTS IS AMAZING. THAT SCHOOL IS AMAZING. I JUST HOPE WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THAT AND THE ADUM FAMILY FOR HAVING SO

186MUCH LOVE TO THAT SCHOOL AND MUCH DEDICATION AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE. SO AS MUCH LOVE BEING INVESTED INTO THAT SCHOOL. I ALSO WENT TO CARROLLWOOD K-8 CULTURAL -- THE FIRST CULTURAL NIGHT AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL. SO MANY FOODS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SO MANY STATIONS TEACH ABOUT COUNTRIES. PERFORMANCES FROM BOLIWOOD DANCERS TO THE DRUM LINE. CARROLLWOOD K-8. THEIR PTA IS DOING AMAZING THINGS AT THAT SCHOOL. MOST OF ALL FEEDBACK FROM THE FAMILIES OF THE DECISION TO MAKE THAT A K-8 HOW IT POSITIVELY IMPACTED THEIR LIFE AND EVEN THE STAFF THAT HAVE COME BACK. I WANT TO REASSURE THE BOARD THAT WAS DECISION THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES THAT. HAPPY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND VICE PRINCIPAL WEEK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR SUPPORT ADMINISTRATORS. YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB. AND FINALLY, I JUST WANT

187TO TALK ABOUT NATURE'S CLASSROOM. I THINK I HAVE 58 SECONDS. PABLO, IF YOU CAN PUT IT ON. I WENT OUT TO NATURE'S CLASSROOM TODAY, WHICH, IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A LONG TIME. I URGE TO YOU GO AGAIN. THE ADMINISTRATOR THERE HAS SUCH GREAT VISION AND DOING AMAZING THINGS AND I KNOW THAT PART OF OUR MILLAGE TALKED OF A REDESIGN OF NATURE'S CLASSROOM AND SO MANY GREAT IDEAS TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY TO OFFER IT FOR SO MANY RESOURCES. THIS WEEKEND THEY ARE ACTUALLY HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE WITH YOUR CHILDREN OR THE SIXTH GRADE, PLEASE COME AND CHECK IT OUT. ADDS 20 PARKING CAR LOAD FEE I WANT TO MENTION BUT COME OUT, SEE THE ANIMALS, SEE THE BOARDWALK ARE, DO SHORE

188SAMPLING. HOLD AN ALLIGATOR. IT'S AMAZING. I AM JUST REALLY SO HAPPY WE HAVE NATURE'S CLASSROOM AND THE LEADERSHIP THERE AND CAN OFFER THAT NOT ONLY TO OUR SIXTH GRADERS. SO MANY THINGS, SUMMER CAMP. PLEASE MEMBERS IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, GENT OUT TO THAT NATURE'S CLASSROOM AND A GREAT RESOURCE. WITH THAT I AM OUT OF TIME. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.