03/11/2025 - Regular Meeting

001Jessica Vaughn: I AM JESSICA VAUGHN, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 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'M KAREN PEREZ, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN AMERICA AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. Lynn Gray: 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 BY E-MAILING ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR

002DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. Stacy Hahn: MEETINGS ARE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS AVAILABLE ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. Patti Rendon: WE ARE INTERESTED TOER WHAT WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE HAVE TIME FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS. AND BUSINESS MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEB 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: BOARD MEETING OF MARCH 11, 2025. AND MEMBER PEREZ WITH A

003INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IS MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER. MANY PEOPLE FACE CHALLENGES THAT MAY FEEL UNSURPASSED BEFORE BUT SEEKING HELP IS A SIGN OF STRENGTH NOT WEAKNESS. SOCIAL WORKERS PLAY A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN THIS. PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING AND HEALING. THROUGH THE COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT, THEY CREATE SAFE SPACE FOR DIALOGUE AND SUPPORT. ITS HOLISTIC APPROACH NOT ONLY ADDRESSES INDIVIDUAL NEEDS BUT EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES, ENCOURAGES RESILIENCE AND GROWTH. WHEN SEEKING HELP, WE TAKE THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD A HEALTHIER AND MORE SATISFYING LIFE. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Jessica Vaughn: MEMBER PEREZ, WILL YOU NOW PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT. Karen Perez: YES. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SERGEANT SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ BAND ALONG WITH PRINCIPAL RO ROBROBERT CLEE SADDLE AND DIRECTOR CYNTHIA STARLING.

004THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF TODAY'S BOARD MEETING. AT THIS I'M, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE STUDENTS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. JOSE, 8th GRADE AND I PLAY TROMBONE. HELLO, JONATHAN GONZALEZ. AND I AM IN 8th GRADE. I PLAY TROMBONE. HELLO, ALONSO JR. I AM IN SEVENTH GRADE AND I PLAY TROMBONE. MY NAME IS ANTHONY. 8th GRADE AND I PLAY THE TRUMPET. JAYDEN,th GRADE AND I PLAY THE TRUMPET. ARMANDO. I AM IN THE 7th GRADE AND I PLAY THE CLARINET. BRYSON WYNN, 8th GRADE I PLAY THE HORN. I'M ROBERT. I PLAY THE TRUMP PET AND IN 7th GRADE. JASMINA GONZALEZ. I AM IN 8th GRADE AND I CLAY THE CLARINET. AARON PACHECO, IN 8th GRADE AND I PLAY THE TROMBONE. CHLOE PUGLISE, I AM IN THE 7th GRADE AND I PLAY THE

005TROMBONE. KADEN WARREN. 8th GRADER AND I PLAY THE TROMBONE. HI, MY NAME IS KEN. I AM IN THE 7th GRADE AND I PLAY THE TROMBONE. HI, MY NAME IS HUNTER. I'M IN 7th GRADE AND I PLAY PERCUSSION. HI, I AM OLIVIA, 7th GRADE AND A PERCUSSIONIST. BECKHAM, 7th GRADE AND I PLAY THE DRUMS. HELLO, I AM IN THE 8th GRADE AND I PLAY THE PIANO. HELLO, BRIAN MENDERO. 7th GRADE AND I PLAY THE BASS GUITAR. MAX, 7th TREAD AND PLAY THE BAR TOME SACKS. MY NAME IS LEO AND I PLAY TENOR SAX AND 8th GRADE. AMANDA, 8th GRADE AND I PLAY THE SOCKS PHONE. ABIGAIL, 7th GRADE AND I PLAY ALTO SAXOPHONE. MY NAME IS GABRIEL AND I PLAY THEAL TOE SAXOPHONE IN THE 8th GRADE. MY NAME TY, IN THE 8th GRADE AND I

006PLAY TENOR SAXOPHONE. MY NAME IS ALA, 7th GRADE AND IN TV PRODUCTION. HANNAH, I AM IN 7th GRADE AND IN TV PRODUCTIONS. MY NAME IS ZARIA, IN THE 7th GRADE AND I AM IN TV PRODUCTIONS. AIR A BELLA, 8th GRADE AND TV PRODUCTION. AND I AM BECKY NORTON. AND I TEACH TV PRODUCTIONS. HELLO, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA STARLING THE DIRECTOR SERGEANT SMITH JAZZ ENSEMBLE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. HI, POSSIBLE, PRINCIPAL AT SERGEANT SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. EVERYONE, READY, 3, 2, 1! . Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSES

007UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED FEBRUARY 25, BEEF. SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING. FEBRUARY 25, BEEF, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. AND IS SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVES THAT ALL CHILDREN WITH BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN, SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT, BOARD MEMBERS HAD HAVE TV MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE

008FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER PEREZ WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, YOU CHAIR. WE -- AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEA SIGH /* PLEASE SILENCE ALL DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS THAT ALLOW US TO HEAR WHEN WE STEP AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND THE VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. AND CAN BE REVIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN AT 6 P.M. WE HAVE EMPLOYEE INPUT. MOVE ON TO RECOGNITIONS, A 1.01. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS BE BEST KREWEP. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JEAN TAVAREZ. PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT.

009FILL LAN TROPHY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND GUESTS. OUR AMAZING PARTNER THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS RECOGNIZES REMARKABLE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL'S TEACHERS, SUPPORT ATV AND FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND IMPACTS OF STUDENTS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE COURTNEY SANCHEZ, CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER FROM THE THIS BAY BUCCANEERS HERE TODAY TO SAY NOUNCE THIS MONTH'S AWARD RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU, GENE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. AS YOU ALTHOUGH EVERY SINGLE MONTH, SUCH A HIGHLIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE GLAZER FAMILY. HONORED TO BE ABLE TO JOIN YOU IN RECOGNIZING REALLY OUTSTANDING TEAM MEMBERS. WE ARE GOING TO START WINNER OF THE BEST KREWE AWARD FOR PRINCIPAL WAS ALEXA FROM WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MISS TRAFICANTE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND SUPPORTING THE TEACHER STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF, CAFETERIA WORKER ARE

010CUSTODIAL AND MAKING SURE EVERY INDIVIDUAL SEEMS VALUABLE AND APPRECIATED. TO MAINTAIN OPEN COMMUNICATION AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERED TEACHERS TO THRIVE AND CREATE A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. WHAT SET TRACANTE APART CONVERSATION WITH EACH STUDENT AND FAMILY. KNOWING EACH STUDENT BY NAME. STRONG RELATIONSHIP AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY. CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT OF TRUST AND PARTNERSHIP WHERE PARENTS FEEL HEARD AND INVOLVED IN THEIR DEDICATION THROUGH THE LOIRP TO EXCELLENCE, SHE HAS FOSTERED AN INCLUSIVE, SUPPORTIVE AND THRIVING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT MAKING HER A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL LEADER DESERVING OF THIS AWARD. CONGRATU CONGRATULATIONS. YOUR BADGE. CERTIFICATE AND TAKE A PICTURE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS LINDA TAYLOR FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. LINDA IS A PILLAR IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CONTINUING ADVOCATING, PROTECTING AND SUPPORTING HER STUDENTS EVEN BEYOND THE FOUR WALLS OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING.

011LAST DECADE, ALSO HOSTED THE GAITHER STAMPEDE. A SPECIAL OLYMPICS EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE COME TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTING AUTO HE -- SPORTING EVENTS. PUT ON THIS EVENT WITH LOVE AND POSITIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM. ONE STAFF MEMBER CALLED HER A SUPERHERO AND AN IDOL TO THOSE AROUND HER. MISS TAYLOR IS RETIRING THIS YEAR, WE ARE HONORED TO GIVE HER THIS AWARD IN HER FINAL YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO ATTEND, SO WE HAVE GAITHER'S ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ACCEPTING ON HER BEHALF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE THIS CERTIFICATE FOR YOU AND A GAME BALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL BEST BUC KREWE MEMBER IS -- FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF AWARD. EVA IS ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT IN A SECRETARY AND MORE. TRULY KEEPS THE SCHOOL MOVING BALANCING COUNTLESS TASKS WITH GRACE AND EFFICIENCY. POSITIVE ATTITUDE, PROFESSIONALISM

012AND ABILITY TO ADDRESS NEEDS BEFORE THEY ARISE. EVA'S DEDICATION OF SUPPORTING STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CREATE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY. EMBODIES EXCELLENCE IN EVERY DAY. HER WORK IS NOT JUST A JOB BUT A MISSION. EVA WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BUT A QUICK SHOUT OUT THAT BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALSO HOME TO THE BUCCANEERS. GO BUC. WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET THE BALL AND CERTIFICATE TO HER. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. IF. THANK YOU SO MUCH AN CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON IT TO A-102. RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH FOR MARCH. MEMBER PEREZ WILL HEAL THE THIS. Karen Perez: SUCH AN HONOR FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE MY SOCIAL WORKER THIS MONTHS. MARCH IS NATIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS MONTH. A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF

013SOCIAL WORKERS TO SOCIETY. THIS MONTH IS DESIGNATED TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR PROFESSION -- FOR THE PROFESSION AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL WORKERS -- AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT WORK SOCIAL WORKERS DO IN VARIOUS SETTINGS INCLUDING SCHOOLS. MARCH 2-8 WAS NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK WEEK. AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTFUL WORK THEY TO DO SUPPORT STUDENTS, FAMILIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS SERVE AS A VITAL MEMBER OF IT SCHOOL'S EDUCATION TEAM. THEY ARE EXCEPTIONALLY CELLED IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO STUDENTS WHO FACE SERIOUS CHALLENGES. SO SCHOOL SUCCESS INCLUDES DIGABILITY, ABUSE, NEGLECT, MENTAL ILLNESS AND BULLYING. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS 250 SOCIAL WORKERS. DURING THIS MONTH, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH A PROFESSIONAL LUNCH AND LEARN RECOGNIZED FOR STUFFED INCIDENTS AND FAMILY AND

014PARTICIPATE IN THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOLS FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO SHOW THEIR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS THAT IRLOVE AND APPRECIATION. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS. OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED OF THE RESPONSES. THE BOARD RESPECTS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING THE TIME TO BE HERE. IT IS REQUESTED THAT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD THAT COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY

015POLICY IT IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAK WILL WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. REMINDER, 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 WILL CHIME AND INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I HAVE CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE. HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JONATHAN. AS YOU WILL SOON FIND, ONE OF SELF-MUSIC TEACHER AT A OUR MAGNET SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO INVITE A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT MAKE UP OUR MUSIC AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OR MAP FOR SHORT. THERE IS A CERTAIN PHRASE I LIKE TO SAY IN OUR MUSIC CLASSROOM. I SAY IT QUITE OFTEN AND PHRASE I HOPE TO PUT OUT THERE AS A SEED

016TO GERMINATE THE MIND OF OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE HOLD AND PLACE ROOT IN THEM. THAT IS A SAYING AND A PHRASE. I SAY IT QUITE OFTEN AND I AM HESITANT THEY WILL PICK UP ON IT. THE TRUTH IS, THE SEED HAS BEEN PLANTED. A SIMPLE ONE, DON'T JUST BE GOOD. BE GOOD FOR SOMETHING. THE TRUTH IS OUR STUDENTS HAVE HEARD THAT CALL. THEY HAVE HEARD THAT CALL. NOT TO EXCELLENCE, BUT TO ACTION. TO DO SOMETHING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS IT WHAT THEY ARE HERE TO DOED TO. THEY ARE HERE TO TELL YOU THEIR VISION TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND MORE. HE. SPECIFICALLY AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. EXCITING THINGS THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE AND A PRETTY HUMBLE GROUP. MOST OF THEM ARE. I CAN

017THINK OF A FEW. BUT THEY HAVE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS. FOR STARTERS, MET AT A TEAM TO ESTABLISH THEIR MISSION OBJECTIVES. THEIR GOALS. THEIR INITIATIVES. WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. SOON AFTER, AFTER THEY HAVE ORGANIZED THEMSELVES REACH OUT TO LOWER NONPROFIT AGENCIES TO ALIGN WITH THEIR MISSION AND MADE CONTACT. IN THAT WAY WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OTHER STUDENTS AND NOW IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING EXCITING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE IN ORCHESTRA AND THE GASTONIA FOUNDATION. EACH OF OUR MUSIC AMBASSADOR IS A STUDENT PASSIONATE OF THE KIND OF ACCESS THAT THEY HAVE COME TO ENJOY. UNIQUE AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE MUSIC CLASSROOMABILITY IS JUST A PRIVILEGE OR LUXURY BUT RITE OF PASS SAM FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. OUR JOY OF MUSIC MAKE SOMETHING NOT

018JUST GOOD, BUT IT IS GOOD FOR SOMETHING. YOU SEE WHEN YOU HAVE EXCELLENT MUSIC PROGRAMS. ALL STUDENTS AT THE CENTER. WHAT YOU GET ARE NOT JUST HIGHLY SKILLED MUSEUM BUT BETTER PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO SPEAK COGNITIVELY AND C ITALY. PEOPLE WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF EMPATHY AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER. PEOPLE MO KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH ANYONE THAT CROSSES THEIR PATH. IN ESSENCE MORE GROUNDED AND CONNECTED TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO LISTEN BEFORE RESPONDING. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU OF THESE KIDS AND WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO. I HOPE IF YOU HEAR FROM THEM, WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM IN OUR MUSIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND HOW THEY HOPE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY THEY ARE A STUDENT. THEY ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS THE MUSIC. AND

019FIVE THAT TESTIMONY TO YOU. OF OUR SCHOOL AUM. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, BECAUSE YOU LIKE THEM HAVE HEARD THE CALL, THE CALL TO ACTION, NO BETTER PLACE TO BE A MUSIC STUDENT AND MUSIC TEACHER THANKS TO YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU. WITH THAT I WILL LET OUR STUDENTS DO THEIR THING. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS RAINY. I AM IN THE FIFTH GRADE AT KENNETH ADUM. FIRST THING I DO WHEN I GET HOME FROM SCHOOL IS DROP OFF MY BACKPACK AND PLAY ON MY PIANO. MUSIC IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE THAT EVERYONE SPEAKS. MUSIC IS WHAT MAKES EVERYONE HAPPY. IT CONNECTS PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. WHILE EVERY STUDENT HAS SOME SORT OF MUSIC PROGRAM IN THEIR SCHOOLS, NOT ALL MUSIC PROGRAMS GET THE SAME SUPPORT. WE

020NEED TO BE FAIR AND GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL HELP THEM THRIVE AND FIND THEIR VOICE. ADUM IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A WELL DEVELOPED MUSIC PROGRAM. SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO HELP OTHER MUSIC PROGRAMS. THAT IS WHY M. ANDP. WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT. NOT JUST YOU AND ME HAVE MUSIC BUT EVERYONE. WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A CHANCE WITH MUSIC. IMAGINE LIFE WITH ONLY A LITTLE MUSIC IN SCHOOL. NOW IMAGINE A LIFE FILLED WITH MUSIC IN SCHOOL ... EVERYWHERE. WHICH WHO YOU PREFER? I KNOW WHAT I WOULD PREFER. I WOULD TAKE THE GREAT OPTION OVER THE OTHER OPTION EVERY DAY. IF WE WORK TOGETHER, WE CAN TURN SATISFACTORY INTO WONDERFUL. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NIECE. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS ANNIE. I AM

021A FIFTH GRADER AT KENNETH E. ADUM K-8. I HAD MY CELLO A LITTLE UNDER A YEAR. WHEN I JOINED ADUM, SIGNED ME UP TO ORCHESTRA BECAUSE I DIDN'T PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS BUT A LITTLE BIT OF PIANO. MY BEST FRIEND SIGNED UP TOO. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY OR NAMES OF THE STRINGS. I PRACTICED A LOT AND NOW I CAN PLAY PRETTY WELL. NOW THAT I PLAY SHE WILL O'ER, I FEEL I HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH AND HAVE FUN WITH. EVEN OUT OF THE MUSIC CLASS, WHEREVER I GO, I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. IF I IS IT NOT START ORCHESTRA CLUB AND PLAYING CELLO. WILL FEEL LIKE MY DAYS ARE NOT COMPLETE AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO CONNECT OTHER PEOPLE. I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE

022CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE MUSIC. I AM NOT JUST HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUSIC HELPED ME AND OTHER KIDS. I'M HERE HOW MUSIC HELPED EVERYONE AND MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. I AM VERY THANKFUL HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPPORTED MUSIC PROGRAMS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPLETE SUPPORTING MUSIC PROGRAMS. HELP MORE STUDENTS FIND THEIR VOICE IN MUSIC. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS JUAN. I TEACH ELEMENTARY MUSIC AT DEN YET E. ADUM. MY SIXTH YEAR OF TEACHING MUSIC AND QUICKLY BECOMING MY FAVORITE. I AM FORTUNATE I GET TO TEACH MUSIC TO INCREDIBLE STUDENTS ALONGSIDE THE BEST MUSIC TEACHERS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH. MUSIC HAS INFLUENCED ME FROM MY EARLY YEARS. FROM LEARNING HOW TO PLAY A SONG IN PUERTO RICO TO PLAYING IN

023THE MARCHING BAND AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND AT -- IN COLLEGE, GO BULLS. OF THAT TAUGHT ME LEADERSHIP SKILLS, BUILDING LIFE-LONG BONDS. HOW TO ENRICH MY PHYSICAL AND MY MENTAL FORTITUDE AND GET CULTURAL AS WELL AS A PERSONAL APPRECIATION FOR THE ART. HE HOPE TO PASS THIS ON TO MY STUDENTS. CHILDREN ARE CAPABLE OF AMAZING MUSICIANSHIP. IN OUR CLASSROOMS, THEY EXPERIENCE MANY ASPECTS OF MUSIC. THEY GET TO DANCE, SING, THEY GET TO PLAY INSTRUMENTS, ANALYZE MUSIC, AND EVEN LEARN ABOUT THE LEGAL PROCESSES AND THE BUSINESS SIDE OF MUSIC. OUR STUDENTS GET TO RIGHT THEIR OWN SONGS. AND EVEN LEARN HOW TO USE MUSIC PRODUCTION TO CREATE THEIR OWN SONGS AND MUSIC. ONE OF MY GOALS AS AN EDUCATOR IS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS LEAVE MY CLASSROOM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO SUCCEED IN ALL ASPECTS OF

024MUSIC IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER THAT BE JUST AS A NORMAL CONSUMER OR IN THE PROFESSIONAL SENSE. NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR CONSISTENT SUPPORT FOR MUSIC EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. NONE OF THAT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND THE COMMUNITY. AND OUR AMAZING SUPERVISOR TRACYE HISI. YOUR SUPPORT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. YOU HAVE ENSURED THAT THE MUSIC TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST MUSIC EMCATEGORIERS IN -- * THE STATE AND THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN THE STUDENTS. AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, PLEASE REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE POTENTIAL THAT IT GROWS IN OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS ROB. AND I AM IN THE FIFTH

025GRADE. I GO TO KENNETH E. ADUM PRE-K-8 IN TAMPA, MR. HAS HELPED ME TO ESPECIALLY JOY COMMUNITY BY GOING TO ALL SCHOOL. AT FIRST I DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT NOW I DO. I LIKE HOW WE PLAY DIFFERENT SONGS EVERY WEEK AND COMBINE THEM INTO ONE BIG SONG. I THINK EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE UP-TO-DATE MUSIC INSTRUMENTS SO EVERY KID GETS A FEAR CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR MUSIC DREAMS. THAT IS WHAT THEY DID AT ADUM. ON STAGE HELPED ME WITH A LOT OF THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING, HARD WORK, DETERMINE NATION AND STAYING FOCUSED. I THINK EVERY KID SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND CHANCE FOR PERFORMING ON STAGE. WE ARE ASKING YOU FOR YOUR HELP TO BRING MUSIC TO ALL KIDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER,

026PLEASE. SMITH, MY NAME IS MARY. I AM A STUDENT IN THIRD GRADED A K-8 IN THE MUSIC PROGRAM M.A.P. MUSIC AMBASSADORS PROGRAM. I HAD A EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS PLAYING ON PIANO AND I WASN'T DOING AS WELL. MY TEACHER SAID I NEEDED TO TRY A LITTLE BIT HARDER. I HAVE NOT FINISHED A SOME, BUT I AM DOING AS BEST AS I CAN BECAUSE I TRIED HARDER AND I FINISHED THE HARD PARTS OF THE SONG. EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE GOOD AT MUSIC YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. AND THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I AM ASKING YOU TO DONATE INSTRUMENT OF THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD INSTRUMENTS CAN LEARN HOW TO PLAY MUSIC AND YOU CAN TOO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SLAUNZ VAUGHN THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS SIENNA SUNNER.

027I'M FROM ARGUESDUM PRE-K-8 AND IN THE FIFTH GRADE AS PART OF THE MUSIC AMBASSADORS PROGRAM. EARLIER THIS YEAR SELECTED INTO YSS, YOUNG SONGWRITER SYMPOSIUM WITH ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER AND WORKED TOGETHER, RECORDED OUR SONGS AND PERFORMED THEM. BUT WE CONNECTED WITH OTHER STINGS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS. BECAUSE OF OUR LOVE OF MUSIC. WE CARED FOR EACH OTHER. I ALSOBAM LS BECAME MORE CONFIDE IT HELPED ME WHEN I WROTE MY TROPICANA SPEECH AND HELP ME IN THE FUTURE HELP FOR WORK AND COMMUNITY. EXPRESSING MYSELF MADE ME FEEL LESS STRESSED AND MORE EXCITED OF FUTURE THINGS. MUSIC CAN HELP OTHER STUDENTS IN THESE WAYS AN OTHER WAYS TOO LIKE DISCOVERING A PASSION. THIS MEANS THERE SHOULD BE MORE MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE AND PASSION. THANK YOU

028VAUGHN THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MADELINE TURANO AND FIFTH GRADE AT ADUM K-8 SCHOOL. MUSIC IS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD AND I ATTENDED A MUSICAL SUMMER CAMP AND PLAYED OLAF IN "FROZEN: THE MUSICAL" FROM THAT MOMENT ON I FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC AND MUSICAL THEATRE. TAUGHT ME SO MUCH, PRESERVATION AND BALANCE, QUALITIES THAT ANY STUDENT NO MATTER WHAT THEIR AGE IS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND. ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS THAT MUSIC HAVE TAUGHT ME. YOU NEED TO PRACTICE, LEARN LINES, MEMORIZE. SELF-EXPRESSION. FEELING JOYFUL FOR FACING CHALLENGES, MUSIC HAS A WAY TO PROCESS AND EXPRESS MY EMOTIONS IN A HEALTHY WAY. BEYOND PERSONAL GROWTH, MUSIC HELPS BUILD SOCIAL SKILLS. IF NOT FOR MUSIC, HE WOULDN'T DARE TO SPEAK IN

029FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE LET'S LOAN AN ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD. GIVEN ME THE CONFIDENCE AND VOICE I NEVER KNEW I HAD. COUNTLESS WAYS MUSIC BENEFITS STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND I COULD TALK FOR HOURS HOW IT SHAPED MY LIFE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE TOAST MY HEARTS. BUT FOR NOW, I JUST WANT TO STAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MUSIC EDUCATION SO OTHER STUDENTS COULD HAVE THE SAME JOY AND GROWTH THAT I HAD. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. AT ADUM, WE BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. GOOD AFTERNOON. DAWSON WHIRLEY, I'M ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHERS AT ADMU K-8. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I BELIEVE -- NO, WHAT I

030KNOW IT TRUE. I HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BRINGING JOY AND POSITIVITY TO STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC. I HAVE WITNESSED FIDEL, FIRST HAND THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT MUSIC AND THE ARTS HAVE ON YOUNG MINDS. NOTHING QUITE LIKE SEEING A ONCE SHY STUDENT LIGHT UP ON STAGE OR EXPERIENCE THE PURE JOY OF WATCH WILLING STUDENTS COME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR MUSIC. IN OUR PROFESSION, WE PLANT SEEDS OF SELF-EXPRESSION, NURTURING STUDENTS AS THEY GROW TO BE COMPETENT, CREATIVE A AND COMPASSIONATE. THEY ARE STANDING BEFORE YOU ADVOCATING FOR THAT PASSION. LIVING IMPACT AND AN HONOR TO STAND WITH YOU. IN ADDITION TO MY ROLE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, SIX YEARS AS THE CLOUD COVER GUARD AND DANCE

031COACH. THIS ROLE, I HAD THE PREV PLEDGE SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE EARLY SEEDS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FLOURISH. STUDENTS REFINE THEIR CRAFT AND MASTER MASTER THEIR PERFORMANCE. MUSIC AND ARTS HAVE A VITAL OUTLET TO FIND THEIR VOICE AND CONNECT WITH A COMMUNITY OF LIKE-MINDED PEER AND TRANSFORM A LIFE. I SHARE THIS KNOWING I AM SPEAKING TO A ROOMFUL OF INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF THE HURTS. INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO BEGIN MY CAREER HERE IN THE DISTRICT AND IT'S PRIORITY OF ARTS EDUCATION AND HOW YOU ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS. YOUR PRESENCE AT EVINCE LIKE OUR FESTIVAL THAT IS HAPPENING TOMORROW -- WE WILL SEE YOU ALL THERE -- AND YOUR ADVOCACY BEHIND THE SCENE MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION, MUSIC AND ARTS IN OUR SCHOOL

032IS NOT JUST SURVIVING BUT THRIVING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS EDUCATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT IN NURTURING WHOLE CHILD. MAKING SURE THE POWER OF MUSIC AND ITS ARTS ARE PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. TO OUR STUDENT SPEAKERS. WE LOVE TO HEAR YOU SPEAK. COME ANY TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. ALLEN BREWSTER. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT. ONCE AGAIN I AM GOING TO SAY THIS. I DON'T COME HERE TO SMITHSONIAN UP ANYBODY'S CHEM KNEE HERE. I JUST HAD TO GO TO GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT AN INCIDENT WITH MY SON AND THE ATHLETIC COACH AND TEACHER. I COME TO THIS BOARD REGULARLY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. THE COACH STATED HE PUT MY SON OFF

033THE TEAM BECAUSE ALLEGEDLY HE LIED TO HIS FACE ABOUT A SCHEDULE. BUT WHEN THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TALKED TO MY SON ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, THE 'ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DETERMINED THAT HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH AND SENT HIM BACK TO CLASS. AND THE TEACHER CALLED SAYING YOUR SON IS GETTING ISS AND GETTING IT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. SO MY WIFE WAS LIKE, WHERE IS THE PAPERWORK. SEND THE PAPERWORK HOME. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS TEACHER DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY CALL US AND TELL US THIS. WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE TWO COACHES AND THE PRINCIPAL, FIVE MINUTES WITHIN THE MEETING, THE PRINCIPAL DARTED OUT OF THERE. AT THE END, THE TEACHER GOT VERY BELLIGERENT WITH US BECAUSE I ASKED THEM TO RECAP WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, YOUR SON NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED. FOR WHAT? IS

034THIS PRISON TO ARE THIS IS THIS AN INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING? HE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER TEENAGER. TEENAGERS ARE GOING TO LIE. THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHAT TEENAGERS DO. I ASKED THE COACH TO SHOW ME THE RULES AND POLICIES FOR DISCIPLINING AN ATHLETE, RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT HE TOLD ME, THERE ISN'T ONE. HE TOLD ME IT WAS A JUDGMENT C CALL. A JUDGMENT CALL MEANS THAT IS YOUR OWN PERSONAL FEELINGS. ONCE AGAIN, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SERIOUS CHANGE AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. SO NOW MY SON DREAMS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THIS CAUCASIAN MALE. BECAUSE NOW MY SON KNOW THAT IF I TRY TO GO BACK TO PLAY FOOTBALL, HE AIN'T GOING TO BE F FAIR. SO ONCE AGAIN, WHERE ARE THE DISTRICT PEOPLE? WHERE ARE THEY AT? THERE NEEDS TO BE

035A CHANGE AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. SERIOUSLY. I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TEAMS YOU GO THERE. WHEN YOU ALL GO THERE, THE FLOOR WILL BE SHINING AND BRASS POLISHED. I GOT INSIDE INFORMATION. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. WE SAY WE ARE AN INSTITUTION OF EDUCATION. WE ARE TRAINING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE -- OR THE LACK OF THAT LOOKING LIKE WHEN WE HAVE A BREAK-DOWN IN COMMUNICATION. STEPS AND SYSTEMS THAT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE IN THE SCHOOL WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT COMMUNICATION IS BROKEN? WHAT HAPPENS? INFERENCE, I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE A NO BULLY TOLERANCE HOWEVER TEAC

036TEACHER, ADMIN, COACHES, THEY BULLY. WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS FOR THAT? HOW LONG IS THE TURN AROUND? HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. YOU HAVE MET WITH ME. I URGE YOU -- BOARD MEMBERS, WE GOT TO MAKE A CHANGE. SOME OF THESE PRINCIPALS -- DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE A BAD PERSON. IT MEANS YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS NEED TO BE FINE TUNED. THIS IS COMMUNICATION. IF YOU ARE A PRINCIPAL, YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO SOLVE CONFLICT. NOT RUN FROM IT. YOU ARE GOING TO ENCOUNTER ISSUES. WE HAVE COME TO THIS BOARD -- IT WILL BE TEN YEARS. TEN YEARS. I HAD SIX CHILDREN. I HAVE ENCOUNTERED COMMUNICATION ISSUES AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL FOR TEN YEARS. YOU GUYS KNOW ME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE ME. QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF YOU ALL I DON'T LIKE. WE DON'T HAVE TO

037AGREE, BUT WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE. THERE USED TO BE A TIME I CO-CALL YOUR OFFICE AND GET SOMEONE TO CALL BACK. YOU CALL. WE PLAY PHONE TAG. COMMUNICATION IS RECIPROCAL. NOT JUST PARENTS. WE JUST DON'T COME UPPER WHO TO EMPLOYEE SMOKE AS MY HUSBAND SAID. WE ARE HERE WITH VIABLE SOLUTIONS. I AM GOING TO PIGGYBACK. I WASN'T GOING TO TALK OF THE INCIDENT AT GATOR. THE HUSBAND WHO HE IS, THAT IS MY MAN. AND I AM GOING TO SUPPORT HIM. WE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE TELLING YOU ABOUT THE LACK, EFFORT LACK, THE LACK. WE OFFERED YOU VIABLE SOLUTIONS. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN? OH, I DON'T KNOW, IT IS NOT YOUR CHILD. MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY WHEN IT IS IN MY HOUSE IT IS A MATTER OF GOSSIP. WHEN IT IS IN YOUR

038HOUSE, A MATTER OF PRAYER. YOU ALL DON'T EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUES THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS FEEL. YOU GET THE BLARNEY STONE. THE POLITICAL VIEW OF GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. BUT THINGS GOING ON NOT JUST AT GAIT ARE, BLAKE. ALL THE SCHOOLS. COMMUNICATION IS KEY. RIGHT INFORMATION. LET'S DO BETTER. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING, TALKING. IT'S TIME OUT. DO BETTER. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOHN GREEN. I HAVE BEEN HERE A CUP COUPLE OF TEAMS SPEAKING OF THE ISSUE WHAT IS GOING ON AT GARY ADULT SCHOOL WITH THE NAACP. I WANT TO PUT THE COMMUNITY -- LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW -- AN PUT IT ON NOTICE THAT I AM MAKING THEM AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS ISSUE WITH THE NCAACP. NOT HARMING ANYBODY, JUST BRINGING AWARENESS TO

039THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. YOU HEARD WHAT THESE PEOPLE -- WHAT THESE TWO PARENTS FINISHED TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING AN AGENCY THAT CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE. WHAT YOU ARE SISTER LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS YOUR DOCUMENT FROM YOUR ATTORNEY WITH THE FIRST VIOLATION FROM THE NAACP THAT YOU PUT THEM ON NOTICE ABOUT. I HAVE AN ASTERISK BY THE PARTICULAR PARAGRAPH I WANTED YOU TO APAY TENSION TO, RIGHT. THE FIRST NOTICE. ON THE SECOND PAGE, GO TO EIGHT, SUBSECTIONS EIGHT, THE SUBLEASE. NOT HAVING ANY -- NOT ANY ORGANIZATION ON THAT PROPERTY LEASING OR DOING ANYTHING WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND NUMBER 10, IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT THE INSURANCE POLICY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELD WHILE ON THAT PROPERTY, RIGHT. AND IF IT IS NOT --

040IF IT IS NOT AN INSURANCE -- THAT THE INSURANCE HAS LAPSED, THAT IS ANOTHER VIOLATION. I WOULD THINK, AND IT WOULD BE NOTICED AND CUT. NOW BASED ON YOUR INFORMATION THAT YOU SENT THROUGH PUBLIC REQUEST ABOUT THE INSURANCE DOCUMENT, ON THE THIRD PAGE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE WAS A LAPSE IN THE INSURANCE. IT IS HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU. THE INSURANCE WAS THERE. BUT IT WASN'T ISSUED UNTIL THREE MONTHS LATER. NOW WE -- YOU HEARD THE KIDS COME UP HERE AND SPOKE. YOU HEAR PARENTS COMPLAINING. WE HAVE AN ADVOCACY -- A GROUP THAT CAN ADVOCATE FOR THESE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. MEANWHILE, THE HANDS ARE STILL TIED. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, HOW FAR DO YOU WANT THIS TO GO? YOU CAN MAKE THIS POLICY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO AMEND IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. THEY CAN

041ABSOLUTELY ADVOCATE FOR THESE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE THAT IS BEING DISPLAYED RIGHT BEFORE YOUR FACE LIVE. RIGHT. THIS IS ONLY TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AND THIS BOARD AWARE THAT THIS HAS TO STOP. WE NEED -- THIS -- IN THESE MOMENTS RIGHT NOW, WE NEED PEOPLE. WE NEED LEADERSHIP, TRUE LEADERSHIP, TO STEP UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE -- THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. PROBLEMS AFTER PROBLEMS. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO BEG OR DO I HAVE A KEEP COMING DOWN HERE, GETTING THREATS, AND GETTING NOTICES TO BE QUIET. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY. I WOULD LIKE TO READ FOR YOU A MEDIA RELEASE. NAACP FLORIDA STATE CONFERENCE HAVE ISSUED URGENT CALL FOR VIGILANCE FOLLOWING GUNFIRE A AT NAACP

042FT. LAUDERDALE BRANCH, JANUARY 30, BEEF, THE N AAACP IS DEEPLY CONCERN OF THE RECENT INCIDENT WHERE BULL HIT T THE NAACP BRANCH OFFICE WITH THIS INVESTIGATION ON AGOING. THIS EVENT SERVED AS A GRAVE REMINDER OF THE POTENTIAL THREAT OF OUR BRANCHES AND MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE. IN LIGHT OF THIS DISTURBING DEVELOPMENT ENCOURAGING A ALL NAACP BRANCHES TO BE CAUTIOUS AND ALERT AT ALL TEAMS. SAFETY AN SECURITY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF MUST BE A TOP PRIORITY. WE ENCOURAGE ALL BRIDGES TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTION. WE DIRECT -- WE ARE IN DIRECT WITH THE CONTACT WITH THE NAACP EMPLOYMENT. AND WE ARE MONITORING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN OUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND WILL NOT BE UP TIM DATED. LET THIS MOMENT STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND

043THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. NOW WE AREALLY SEE THAT IN 2022 YVETTE LEWIS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP MADE A CALL TO THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYING THERE WAS A BOMB THREAT AT THAT FACILITY. RIGHT THEN, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKE OFF OF THE PROPERTY. WE TEE IN 2025 THAT BULLETS HAVE STRUCK AN OFFICE. NOW IF SHE -- DID SHE GIVE YOU ALL THE PAPERWORK? DO YOU KNOW THIS TOOK PLACE? BECAUSE THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED TO YOU ALL. IF SHE DID NOT, THAT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM. IF SHE DID, A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT YOU DID NOT ALLOW THE COMMUNITY, OUR POINTS OR PEOPLE OR STUDENTS THAT ATTEND ADULT FACILITY UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PROTECTION AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SECURITY AND SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE ON THIS CAMPUS. AND WE SEE THAT THIS

044HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE TO HURT OUR CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE BLACK AND YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR WAY OF BEING. WE ARE BLACK AND YOU DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY ARE SHOT UP OR A BOMB INSIDE THERE BUT ANOTHER GROUP OUT THERE AND THE SPECIAL ADULT THE SPECIAL ADULT PROGRAM. DID ANYBODY SEND ANYTHING TO THEIR PARENTS. WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE THE ABUSERS ANOTHER CHANCE OF VIOLATING THIS CONTRACT. YOU ALREADY WARNED THEM. THEM KEEP DOING IT AND SHOULD NOT BE REWARDED BY GIVING THEM AN AMENDMENT TO THIS CONTRACT. THERE SHOULD IT NOT BE AN AMENDMENT. IT SHOULD BE A MOVE OUT DATE FOR THEM TO LEAVE THIS. SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLE PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, JU JULIE GEPHURTS. I WANT TO ISSUE

045AN EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING. WHAT I AM READING IS HORRIBLE. BOOK "AMERICAN PSYCHO" IS A BOOK I BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ON JUNE 18 THANKS YEAR. THIS WILL PROBABLY STILL CONTEND TO BE THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER SEEN ON HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LIBRARY SHELVES. THERE WERE SIX COPIES IN HIGH SCHOOLS AT THE TIME. AND I READ TO YOU SOME OF THE MOST VILE DESCRIPTION OF A PSYCHOPATHIC, RAPE, MURDER AND TORTURE SCENE WHICH I WILL READ TO YOU AGAIN NOW. I MAKE THE TWO OF THEM EAT EACH OTHER OUT, BUT STARTS FAILING TO TURN ME ON. THIS IS A THREESOME. I AM BITING HARD GNAWING AT TIFFANY CUNT AND HER SCREAM AS THE TEETH RIPS INTO THEY ARE FLESH. SHE SCREAMS WHEN I LOOK AND MEAT AND PUBIC HAIR HANGING FROM MY MOUTH. TIFFANY WATCHES AND

046I SEE THE ENTIRE HEAD OFF ATTORNEYS OF BLOOD AND THE CEREAL AND HOLDING THE HEAD UP I TAKE PURPLE WITH STIFFNESS INTO MY LAP AND I PUSH IT INTO HER BLOODIED MOUTH AND START FING IT UNTIL I COME EXPLODING INTO IT. I SPREAD HER ASS CHEEKS. I NAIL A DILDO DEEP INTOER IN RECTUM. I CUT ALL THE FLESH ALL AROUND HER MOUTH -- EYE DONE. HERE WE ARE SQUIRMING ALL OVER AGAIN. EMBARRASSING, HORRIFIC, SHAMEFUL, YOU NAME IT. PRESENCE OF THIS BOOK IS NOT WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT. THE PROLIFERATION OF THE BOOK IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. THIS SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE. IN NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SILL TRUSS, SESSUMS, MORTGAGE, NELSON SCHMIDT, RUSKIN. IS MAKING THESE DECISIONS BROKEN IDEOLOGY SAYING YES TO THIS MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN. LEARNING WORD LIKE LIKE COCK, CUNT, FAG,

047THE N WORD I WON'T SAY, THE F WORD, BUSY, TIT. I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM. NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. YOUR SCIENCE HAS SUPPORTED THIS. YOU SUPPORT THIS, MINUS OF TWO YOU. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO FIX THIS, BUT YOU DON'T. BY DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR COURAGE IS, BUT IT IS GEOONE. HOW ABOUT YOUR CONSCIOUS. HOW DO THESE BOOKS PREPARE IN PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. IN THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PICKS THIS BOOK UP, YOU HAVE RUINED A STUDENT FOR LIFE. I WATCHED A NEW VIDEO RELEASED OF A LITTLE GIRL NAME MEGAN WHO WAS 14 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO A BOOK BY A TEACH THEIR LED HER DOWN A PATH, A VERY DARK PATH. THE SWEETEST MOST SOFT SPOKEN LITTLE GIRL APPEAR TALKS ABOUT HOW RUIN ERRED HER AND IN JUVIE BECAUSE STARTED TO SEEK

048THESE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS ONLINE AND ENDED UP TALKING WITH PEDOPHILES AND YOU NAME IT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. A MOTION WHICH MEMBER PEREZ. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WE YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL NOW MONDAY ON SO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAD BEEN HEARD. [READING ITEM NUMBERS] THE FIRST ONE IS 1.01, A2K3R50E79 WITH ATLANTA'S EMCASING SERVES ICN. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM 101. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS AWARDED A FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SCIENCE CERTIFICATION GRANT. THIS PARTICULAR BOARD ITEMS FUNDS MATERIALS AND PROFESSIONAL LAERMGS FOR TEMPS ROAR ROBOTICS, DATA PROBES AND SENSORS. A GRANT RECEIVED AND ANY QUESTION WE HAVE DR. KATHERINE

049WHITE, SUPERINTENDENT OF K-12 STEM. AND ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEM 1.01. MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS 1.01. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 1.01. A MISSION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MADAM RENDON. Patti Rendon: I APOLOGIZE FOR PULL SO MANY ITEMSED TO. I FIND IT A CRITICAL TIME FOR THE ESPECIALLY TIRE BOARD TO HEAR MY FEELS OF MANY DIFFERENT SUBJECTS WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. I BELIEVE THIS GRANT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND A GOOD TRAINING TOOL; HOWEVER, IT DOES PARK AN ISSUE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR TEACHER, WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND HOW WE ARE PROVIDING TRAINING A~ CROSS THE BOARD. I LOOK OVER THE DIFFERENT UNITS AND THE ALLOCATIONS TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS

050WEEK. FIVE SCHOOLS THAT GAMED ANY ALLOCATION IN NUMBERS FOR ANY OF OUR STAFF MEANS WE DON'T IN STAFF TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR NEW STUDENTS AND STAFF WE ALL AGREE AN IMPORTANT VITAL ROLE AND AS WE GET MORE OF THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, A NEED FOR MORE OPTIONS FOR TRAINING FOR THOSE TEACHERS. I APPRECIATE THIS ONE PARTICULAR GRANT, I WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY EVERY SINGLE TIME I HAVE APPEAR OPPORTUNITY WITH THE ONLY ITEM PULLED TO TALK OF THE NEEDS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND OUR INDIVIDUAL STAFF AND WHAT THEY NEED THE SUPPORT FROM THIS DISTRICT TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW. IN IT PARTICULAR CASE, I DO APPROVE -- AND I WILL APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BASED UPON THE FACT THAT IT IS A GRANT THAT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF

051THE YEAR. I WILL APPEAL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL OF THE STAFF TO FIND OTHER WAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT EXTRA SUPPORT AND EXTRA STAFF WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR NEW TEACHERS. ALL OF THE TEACHERS STRUGGLING WITH CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. STRUGGLING WITH INTRODUCTION OF NEW CURRICULUM. EVERY SINGLE TIME I LOOK AT ANY OF THESE NEEDS I SAY ONCE AGAIN AND AGAIN, LOOK TO THE SCHOOLS. LOOK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. AND YET WE LIMIT THAT ADMINISTRATION BY THE UNITS WE PROVIDE. FIRST, I FIND THAT COMPLETELY INSULTING THAT WE CALL THEM UNITS. THEY ARE STAFF. THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THIS DISTRICT EVERY SINGLE DAY ON THE BACKS OF US. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE TRENCHES EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MEETING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND MEETING

052THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND WE HAVE THE AUDACITY TO CALL THEM UNITS. HE FIND IT INSULTING, AND I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA OF WHICH WE CALL OUR STAFF. WE WANT TO KNOW WHY STAFF ARE WALKING AWAY. THEY ARE WALKING A AWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED AND PROVIDE WHAT IT NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THEIR CLASSROOMS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE ARE PERPETUATING THAT WITH AN ARCHAIC SYSTEM THAT PROVIDE A PRIN PRINCIPAL WITH THE NUMBER OF STAFFS. ONE SCHOOL, VALUE RYE COELEMENTARY. THEY DID NOT LOSE OR GAIN ONE INDIVIDUAL STAFF SMSHGSZ HOWEVER, THEY ARE 1 TO 25 FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIFTH GRADE AND ONE TO 23. THAT IS APPALLING THE BIG BENCHMARKS WHETHER GRADUATES WILL CHANGE AND A ONE TO 23 RATIO. I WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE OPTIONS THAT

053I HAVE PULLED AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE NEED A CHANGE. WE WANT THE OUTCOMES TO CHANGE IN THIS DISTRICT, WE NEED TO CHANGE WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE NOT. GOING BACK TO THE SAME WAY WE ARE DOING IT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AND GIVING THE SCHOOL A NUMBER OF UNITS AND SAYING WORK WITH THAT THEN PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO ANALYZE THEIR DATA AND WORK WITH THE UNITS THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK. ONCE AGAIN, THROWING ONE MORE THING AT A SCHOOL TO HANDLE. AND WE WANT THEM TO DO EVERY SINGLE THING. THE PRINCIPALS, THE A.P. THE STAFF TO DO EVERY SINGLE THING. UP SAY UNTIL WE ELIMINATE STAFF IN THIS BUILDING, WE

054ELIMINATE NO UNITS FROM A SINGLE SCHOOL. IN FACT WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO ADD TO THE SCHOOL TO MAKE IT MORE SUCCESSFUL. THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. TO GIVE EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL THE UNITS THEY NEED TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO ABOUT I THINK IT TO THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO DO IT TOO. AND THE OTHER THING IS, I WILL GO TO ANOTHER THING BECAUSE I GET MORE AND MORE ANGRY ABOUT THIS. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE, WE HAVE GOT TO PUT STAFF, WHETHER IT IS TEACHER, A ,ARA, WHETHER AN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. THEM TO BE THE FIRST PRIORITY. AND THIS WEEK I AM EMBARRASSED 24E6D TO COME INTO THIS BUILDING AND DEPEND WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THEY DIDN'T DEAL WITH YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. SOMETIMES 24ED -- THEY HAD A HAVE A REGIONAL

055SUPERINTENDENT DO IT FOR HIM. AFUELING PUT THEM IN THE POSITION TO DEFEND WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR STUDENTS. VAUFRNZ VAUGHN THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. TOUCHDOWN THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 2.01. APPROVE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR CAREER TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE SCHOOL PROPOSALS FOR ENTITLEMENT GRANTS AND CAREER TECHNICAL IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO SUBMIT ITS 2025-'26 GRANT PROJECTS. AGAIN THE PROJECTS FOR THE GRANTS WE WILL SEEK APPROVAL FOR. WE HAVE OUR CTE TEAM HERE. MR. SCOTT BROOKS, CHRIS JARGO HERE. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING APPLICATIONS GOING OUT TO FDOE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 2701.

056A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND SECOND BE MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SORRY, I AM GOING TO BE A BROKEN RECORDED TO AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL SOMEBODY LISTENINGS. OF THE FIVE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY GAINED UNITS, FROST, BRANDON, ARMWOOD, STEINBRENNER AND BY THE WAY CITIZEN BRENNER WAS A .34. HOW DOES A PERSON BECOME A .34. MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION AND NOT ABOUT THE NEEDS OF A SCHOOL. AGAIN, HOW DO WE PUT THIS. BRANDON, 2764. ARMWOOD, 3.35. IT DOESN'T MAKE LOGICAL SENSE WE ARE PUTTING INDIVIDUALS IN A MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION. YET WHEN I SPEAK TO SOME OF THESE TEACHERS -- I MEAN THESE PRINCIPALS AND ABOUT THESE SCHOOLS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE APPARENT, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BECOME EVEN, THEY MADE A DEAL WHERE THEY TOOK AN OPENING IN A POSITION

057AND ELIMINATE IT AND DOUBLED IT UP ON CLASSROOMS AND DIDN'T HAVE TO COME IN HERE AND ARGUE WITH OUR STAFF TO GET THE NUMBER OF STAFF THEY NEED. THEY DOUBLED UP A CLASSROOM IN AT THAT HIGH SCHOOL FOR A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ELIMINATE AN OPENING THAT THEY COULD NOT FILL. THAT HURTS EVERYBODY. WHEN WE ARE NOT ACCURATE TO THE NUMBER OF OPENINGS WE HAVE THIS IN DISTRICT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR STAFF ARE PUT IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO DEFEND EVERY SINGLE STAFF THEY HAVE IN THEIR BUILDING. AND I FIND THAT TO BE JUST UNCONSCIONABLE. UNCONSCIONABLE THAT IS THE THING. WE HAD SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SIX, FIVE, THREE UNITS THAT ARE PULLED. THAT IS STAFF. THAT ARE PULLED OUT OF THOSE SCHOOLS. OUT OF IN FRONT OF STUDENTS. I

058ASK YOU, ASK THE PUBLIC TO ASK WHAT THEY NEED. DO THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH BEH BEHAVIORS. DO THEY NEED A BEHAVIOR TECH. READING GRADES LAGGING. DO THEY NEED AN ADDITIONAL READING COACH. WHAT DO THEY NEED FIRST AND BUILD THE STAFF AROUND THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS IN THOSE SCHOOLS. BUT INSTEAD, WE TAKE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A NUMBER THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED AND TELL THEM TO WORK WITH IT. COMPLETELY UNEXCUSABLE. IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY APPALLING TO ME THAT WE HAVE YET TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH A SCHOOL AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED. HOW DOES THAT SCHOOL LOOK? WHAT DOES THAT COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL? WHERE ARE THEY HAVING DEFENDANT WITH? IS IT FRESHMAN? THIRD GRADE. FIRST GRADE? WE DON'T DO ANY OF THAT. WE GIVE THEM

059A CALCULATION AND SAY, YOU WORK WITH THAT. YOU DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WITH THAT. BY THE WAY, THEY THEN HAVE TO TURN AROUND. YOU KNOW WHO THEY HAVE TO DEFEND IT TO? TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHO HAS NEVER STEPPED FOOT IN THE CLASSROOM. NEVER STEPPED FOOT AND ON HOW TO CONTROL A CLASSROOM OR TEACH A LESSON. WHY DID WE DO THAT WHY DIDN'T WE MEET WITH THEM FIRST. HAVE THE FIRST CONVERSATION OF WHAT THEY NEED. AND WHY DON'T WE, AS A LEADERSHIP, GO TO THE COUNTY AND SAY HOW CAN WE MAKE IT WORK? WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE IN WHAT WE ARE DOING. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER HAHN BEING AWAY --

060OH -- OH -- PABLO, CAN YOU RESET THAT SO WE CAN CAPTURE DR. HAHN'S VOTE, PLEASE. Stacy Hahn: SORRY. Jessica Vaughn: NO F -- NO WORRIES. PLEASE VOTE WE YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: YOU ARE WELCOME. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVE TO 2.02, ACCEPT THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE RESPONSIBLE BID FR FROM TB ELECTRONIX TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT REPAIR AND PARTS AND SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL APPLIANCES FOR OUR KITCHEN FACILITIES AND OTHER TYPES OF ROOMS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. SELECTED VENDOR IS TB LELECTRONIX FOR RESIDENTIAL PLAINSES. .0. CHRIS JARO, CTE, CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS HERE REGARDING .02 VUNZ VAUGHN A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 2.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. Patti Rendon: SORRY I HAVE TO COME BACK UPONSON. I FEEL COMPELLED TO MAKE SURE OUR

061STUDENTS ARE PROTECTED. SO I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TALKING BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY I HAVE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF MY BOARD MEMBERS OF ISSUES THAT ARE CONCERN THAT I THINK THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF. I WILL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF MY FIVE MINUTES FOR EVERY SINGLE ITEM. WHEN I ASKED WHY OUR DISTRICT IT YOU NOT PRESENTATION STAFF IN TO ACTUALLY TALK TO THEM FIRST OF THE NEEDS OF THEIR SCHOOLS? I WAS ACTUALLY TOLD THEY DID. I WAS ACTUALLY TOLD THEY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND UTILIZE IT TO COME UP WITH THE NUMBER OF STAFF THEY HAVE IN THE SCHOOL BUT NOT EXACTLY TRUE. THEY COMPLETE THIS NEED ASSESSMENT AND BASE AND ACADEMIC, ATTENDANCE DATA AND BEHAVIORAL DATA. YET YOU TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT EXAMPLES OF EXACTLY WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO

062THAT WITH THE FOCUS IN ACTION PLAN FROM THIS COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT. ALL BASED WHAT THE PRINCIPAL AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL IS SUPPOSE TO DO TO ADDRESS THIS DATA. NOT THE NUMBER OF STAFF LOCATED WITHIN THE SCHOOL TO PUT BACK THE DATA. ALL THE WORK PUT BACK ON TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL THAT IS ALREADY THERE. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM TAKE TIME OFF. COACHES IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. PARENT INVOLVEMENT. ALL OF WHICH GOES BACK TO TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM. NOTHING ON THESE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE SCHOOL. IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL ISN'T GO GOING TO ADDRESS THEIR OWN NEEDS. NOWHERE IN THIS NEEDS ASSESS 789 DOES IT TALK ABOUT HOW THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL. HOW THE DISTRICT IS IT GOING

063TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL FOR ITS NEEDS. I DO NOT -- AGAIN, I JUST CANNOT UNDERSTAND -- I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A BUSINESS WHERE THE FIRST THING WE TALK ABOUT IS NUMBERS, HERE IS WHAT YOU HAVE. EVERY TIME I SIT DOWN WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THE DISABILITIES MY ENTIRE LIFE AND SEE THE SERVICES THEY NEED, THE VERY FIRST PERSON WE TALK TO IS THE PERSON. WHAT DO THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES I EXPECT OR WE EXPECT OF THEM. BUT WE DON'T DO THAT. THIS MANY NUMBERS IN THE SCHOOL AND DO THIS AND YOU CREATE THE OUTCOMES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT OUTCOME WILL WORK IN THAT SCHOOL OR NOT, BUT IT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY TO

064BALANCE THOSE OUTCOMES. I JUST HAVE GOT TO SAY IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATION AND FOUND A OUT WHAT HAD THE NEEDS OF THAT SCHOOL ARE AND BUILD A STAFF AROUND IT. AND HAS TO BE THE PRIORITY OF THIS DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, I HEARD MANY TIMES WHETHER IT IS BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF WHO ARE SAYING THEY ARE GOING OTHER PLACES. GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. THEY ARE GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THEY DON'T HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THAT GO UP THE SHAPE. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL AND THE FOCUS OF THAT SCHOOL IS WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. THEY DON'T HAVE LAYERS AND LAYERS AND LAYERS. FOCUS IS THE FUNDING CONTINUES AT THE SCHOOL. BUT WE TAKE THE FUNDING THAT IS MEANT FOR THE

065SCHOOL, AND WE SUPPORT EVERYBODY ELSE. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS IN THAT SCHOOL FIRST. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 3.01. INVITATION FOR BID, TACTILE GRAPHICS EMBOSSERS FOR FLORIDA INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER FOR THE VIRTUALLY IMPAIRED. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT IS A FLOW-THROUGH FOR THE SCHOOL DIS-DISTRICT. THE INVITATION FOR BID OF TACTILE GRAPHICS EMBOSSERS TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICTS STATEWIDE AND COMPUTER FOR STUDENTS WHO USE BRAILLE. THESE PILOTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED BETWEEN FMIC, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF K-12 STUDENT ASSESSMENT AND AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND CADIUM ASSESSMENT. STUDENTS WHO USE BRAILLE ARE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE. THESE EMBOSSER ALSO HELP TO

066EVIL WAIT USING BRAILLE TECHNOLOGY TO ACCESS THE SECURE BROWSER TEST PLATFORM AND TEST ITEMS. WE ARE A FLOW THROUGH. AND OUR DOLLARS THAT FLOW THROUGH US. FMIC RUNS THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS THE HUB OF THOSE DOLLARS FOR THE STATE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 3.01. MEMBER WASHINGTON AN PEREZ. YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. A QUESTION FOR THE COMMENT. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THIS UPSET ME THE MOST. TWO STAFF IN OUR DISTRICT THAT WRITE AND REWRITE EVERY PIECE OF OUR MATERIALS ESPECIALLY FOR OUR ACADEMIC BOOKS AND CURRICULUM. THEY TAKE ANY MATERIALS AND PIECES FOR TEACHERS FOR EXTRA CURRICULUM AND REWRITE IT INTO BRAILLE. KNEES TWO STAFF WORKING AN AVERAGE OF 20 TO 30 HOURS A OF WEEK OF OVERTIME TO KEEP UP

067WITH THE 37 STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE VIRTUALLY IMPAIRED. YET WE ARE NOT WILLING TO HIRE TWO NEW STAFF THAT WE ARE REALLY ALREADY PAYING FOR IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THESE STUDENTS GET THE NECESSARY MATERIALS THEY NEED ON TIME. INSTEAD, WE ARE OVERWORKING THE TWO STAFF WE ACTUALLY HAVE. AGAIN, WHERE IS THE JUSTIFICATION ON THAT. BECAUSE WE ARE PULLING A OPPORTUNITY A NEED OF OUR DISTRICT. WE DON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE DISTRICT FOR OUR CHILDREN. 37 STUDENTS MAY NOT MEAN A LOT TO EVERYBODY, BUT IF YOU THINK OF EVERY SINGLE PAPER, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 37 STUDENTS GET EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THAT IS A LOT TO TRANSLATE. SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE ARE UTILIZING OUR FUNDS AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE MEETING STUDENT NEEDS FIRST. THE

068OTHER THING IS, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ESC SPECIALIST, WE HAVE 30 SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO LOSE EITHER A HALF OR A FULL UNIT OF ESC SPECIALIST. ONLY SEVEN SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW ARE GAINING ANY TYPE OF ESC SPECIALIST. IN A DISTRICT WHERE WE ARE 60% OF OUR STAFF SHORTAGES IN OUR ESC, WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE AND ELIMINATE ESC SPECIALIST POSITION POSITIONS WHERE THEY ARE PULLED EVERY SINGLE DAY TO COVER CLASS ROOMS, TO DO IEPs. SOME OF OUR HIGHEST NEEDS IN THIS DISTRICT. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS THAT CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES. AND WE WALK AWAY. AND WE ARE PULLING UNITS? PULLING STAFF FROM THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT WITH. ZERO EXPLANATION BUT A DOLLAR. A DOLLAR THAT IS SPOTTING OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS. 3R I HAVE

069PREACH IT FOR EVERY AGENDA ITEM. HEARTBREAKING 20 SCHOOLS ARE MULLING ESC SPECIALISTS OR LOSING HALF OR A WHOLE SUPERINTENDENT AND ONLY SEVEN SCHOOLS ARE GAINING SUPPORT. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? WE HAVE TEACHERS LEAVING EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE ESC DEPTH BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING BEAT OR THEY ARE BEING HIT OR STUDENTS ARE RUNNING OR THEY CAN'T RUN, OR THEY ARE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND WE ARE CUTTING THOSE POSITIONS? ARE WE KIDDING OURSELVES? I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS AT ALL. AND TO KNOW WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE TREATING FOR ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING 20 AND 0 HOURS A WEEK IN OVERTIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE MATERIALS THEY NEED IN BRAILLE IS 100% UNACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SEEING THERE IS NO FURTHER

070QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MOVE TO 4.01. PERSONAL CONSENT AGENDA. I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION MEMBER RENDON AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH A LOT THAT YOU SAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A WORKSHOP THAROUND THIS OTHER THA A BOARD MEETING. PER OUR WAY OF WORK, MR. PORTER, TO ASK BOARD MEMBERS TO KEEP THEIR COMMENTS DIRECTLY TO AN AGENDA ITEM. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN TIEING IT IN, I WANT TO REMIND YOU PER THE WAY OF WORK. 4.01, PERSONAL CONSENT AGENDA. SUPERINTENDENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS. Superintendent Ayres: WE WILL MOVE TO 4.01 AND I WILL COME BACK TO THAT. BOARD MEMBERS, 4.01A. PERSONNEL CONSENT AGENDA. STATE RULES AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY POLICIES REQUIRE BOARD NOTIFICATION AND ACTION OF DECISION AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF SUPERINTENDENT RELATED TO PERSONNEL MATTERS. ACTIONS REGARDING PERSONNEL

071RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERVISORS, APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND FORWARDED TO IT THE SCHOOL BOARD. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD REVIEWS THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE SUPPORT PERSONNEL ITEMS, OUT OF FIELD, TERMINATION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS. THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED POSITIONS THAT WILL IMPACT -- THAT WILL IMPACT ON SALARIES ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT BOARD-APPROVED SCHEDULE. AND MADAM CHAIR, 4.01. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 4.01. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER RENDON PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU GUYS CAN HOLD ME TO THE WAY OF WORK WHEN IT IS SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT, I JUST CAN'T -- I CANNOT SIT

072BACK. I CAN'T HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT YOU. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND. WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL CON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT, AS A HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, MAKING THE PRIORITY WE ARE NOT GOING TO CALL STAFF "UNITS" AND MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. I THINK IT IS APPALLING. THIS IS THE ONE -- THE ONE THING THAT IS ABOUT ALL OF OUR STAFF. NOT CALLING STAFF "STAFF" IS JUST RIDICULOUS. AND THEN ON TOP OF WHICH, EVERY SINGLE THINGS THAT I HAVE SAID IN THE PAST -- RECENTLY AND ALL DAY TODAY ABOUT MAKING SURE WE ARE PUTTING THE PRIORITIES OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THINGS. I BELIEVE THAT EVERY SINGLE OPEN POSITION IN THIS ENTIRE OUTSIDE OF A SCHOOL SHOULD BE PUT ON HOLD. AND I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD BE REVIEWING EVERY

073SINGLE DEPARTMENT EXCEPT FOR SCHOOL. AND UNTIL YOU HAVE DETERMINED THAT YOU HAVE MET EVERY SCHOOL'S NEEDS, SUPERINTENDENT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE -- WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO OUR STUDENTS TO GIVE THEM EVERY SINGLE THING THEY NEED AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS WHEN WE TALK OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS AND EVERYTHING. I SAID THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, IF ALL OF US DISAPPEARED, INCLUDING ME, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS ALSO STILL KEEP RUNNING. I NEVER -- AS A TEACHER, I NEVER KNEW WHO MY SCHOOL BOARD WAS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO MY SUPERINTENDENT REALLY WAS AND THE CHIEF OF WHATEVER WAS. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE

074TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND HOW WE ARE IMPACTED. I REALLY DO. I THINK OF THE SCHOOLS I AM FAMILIAR WITH, BERKELEY, 27,000 A YEAR. MY FRIEND TOLD ME THIS YEAR HER SENIOR AT CDS WILL COST HER 30,000. JESUIT, $18,000. TAMPA PREP, 25,000. ALL THESE SCHOOLS COST SO MUCH, AND WE ARE GETTING LESS THAN $9,000 PER CHILD. I THINK THAT IS AN ISSUE. I THINK THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT -- FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST FOUR YEARS. MEMBER RENDON, YOU WEREN'T THERE. I TALKED ABOUT THAT EVERY SINGLE WEEK. I TALKED MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE THE LAYERS UPON LAYERS AND LAYERS AND LAYERS. I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT, YOU WORKED ON YOUR CABINET TO HAVE THE SMALLEST CABINET THAT YOU HAVE. I TALK TO PEOPLE OUT LIKE T THE E.L. INDIVIDUALS

075V INDIVIDUALS. THEY ARE WORKING TO MANY HOURS. THEY ARE WORKING INTENSE AMOUNT OF HOURS AND WE HAVE SO MANY CHALLENGES. SO HOPEFULLY THE MILLAGE WILL HELP. WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT EVERY SCHOOLS. I HAVE SCHOOLS WHERE A PRINCIPAL IS SEARCHING SCIENCE ALL YEAR. READING SPECIALISTS IN THE DEPARTMENT. I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, WHAT MATTERS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS THE TEACHER IN FRONT OF THE CHILD. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. WE NEED TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THAT IF WE DUG DEEP AND WENT TO NOTHING. WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE HUGE VACANCIES. BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING INTO EDUCATION BECAUSE NOT REALLY WELL-FUNDED. JUST YESTERDAY, WE WERE AT USF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. THEY HAVE 1200 STUDENTS IN THEIR UNDERGRAD. 1200. NOT VERY MANY STUDENTS. ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT FOR GRADUATES. A

076BIG I SHALL INTO THAT WE ARE FACING AND WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT GOING, I THINK IT IS A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF PRESSURE. STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGED. FAMILIES ARE CHALLENGED. EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH. THE DOCUMENTATION SOMETHING HIGH. WE KEEP ASKING PEOPLE TO DO MORE AND MORE AND NOW ATTENDANCE, BUS, WHATEVER. KEEPING -- PULLING THIS, PULLING THAT. DOING THIS. DOING THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT. IT STARTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS FAR AS THE NATION NOT REALLY RESPECTING EDUCATION LIKE WE SHOULD AND GOES ON TO THE STATE LEVEL AND TRIGGERS DOWN TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL. I DON'T KNOW NOW YOU CAN COMPETE AND YOUR NEEDS ARE SO HIGH. SOME AREAS I HAD VACANCIES ALL YEAR WE CONTINUE LOOKING AT EVERY LEVEL. BUT I STILL THINK IT IS GOING

077TO BE AN ISSUE NO MATTER WHAT. THAT'S WHY WE GOT TO DO BETTER FOR TEACHERS SUPPORTING THEM. THAT WAY ONCE WE ATTRACT WE RETAIN THEM AND KEEP THEM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. A LOT OF TEACHERS ARE LEAVING WITHIN FIVE YEARS. WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT AT MOST IS THE TEACHER VACANCIES. THE BIGGEST ISSUE AND CREATING GOOD ENVIRONMENT SO PEOPLE WANT TO STAY AND WHEN THEY ARE THERE, THEY ARE POSITIVE. SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THAT AS A DISTRICT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. Superintendent Ayres: MADAM CHAIR, TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER OUR UNIT ALLOCATION PROCESS. POINTS OF CLARITY, WE ARE FOLLOWING FORMULA FOR ESE SPECIALIST. WE DO THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE LOOK AT A UNITS -- NEW SCHOOL.

078MORGAN HIGH SCHOOL IS OPENING UP. STUDENTS THAT MOVE FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER. AND THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF UNITS. NONINSTRUCTIONAL STAFF UNITS WILL ALSO MOVE AS WELL. SO THIS IS -- AND TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE UNIT CALLING THEM "UNITS" OUR PROCESS. OUR UNIT ALLOCATION PROCESS. WE WILL GET BETTER WITH THE LANGUAGE. WE WILL CHANGE IT. BUT THIS IS A PROCESS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD AND STAFF UNDERSTANDS -- AND THE COMMUNION UNDERSTANDS -- A PROCESS WE GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE YEAR. STRATEGIC OF HOW THOSE UNITS ARE ALLOCATED OUT TO SCHOOLS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR AS WELL. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RIGHT NOW. THE NUMBERS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TRADITIONAL ENROLLMENT. WE RUN NUMBERS AND STARTING POINT K-3. FOR 18. WE RUN AT 2. SENIOR HIGH WE RUN AT

07925. WE COME UP WITH IT. WE COME UP WITH A NUMBER. BUT AT THAT POINT POINT IN TIME. WE WORK WITH STAFF TO MEET THE NEED OF OUR SCHOOLS SCHOOLS. A COMPLICATED PROCESS. EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS IS UNIQUE FROM I.B. PROCESS. WE WORK WITH SCHOOLS AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE IT RIGHT NOW. I CAN ASSURE YOU AS WE WORK THROUGH IT, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. MY STAFF'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY THAT THE NEEDS OF MY SCHOOL ARE MET. IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. MEETINGS ON FRIDAY. MONDAY WE STAYED -- OUT LATE YESTERDAY KIND OF FINALIZING THIS. WE MET AGAIN TODAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THROUGHOUT THE WEEK BUT YOU THIS IS STRATEGIC ALLOCATIONS. FUND ARE NOT UNLIMITED. HE DON'T HAVE AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS. WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH DOLLARS WE

080RECEIVED FROM THE STATE. AND IN WHICH WE ALLOCATE TEACHERS OUT TO SCHOOLS AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL AS WELL. A WHOLE PROCESS. A FORMULA THAT WE FOLLOW, BUT IT IS -- IT IS -- WE WOULD NEED A -- NOT PREPARED TODAY TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT. I CAN TALK THROUGH IT ALL YOU WANT, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE A WORKSHOP AND TALK THROUGH THAT. FUNDED BY THE STATE BASED ON A NUMBER STUDENTS AND THAT'S HOW OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IS ALLOCATING AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL STAFF BASED ON THAT. HAPPY TO DO THAT AT ANY POINT IN TIME. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING GOOD TO TALK ABOUT. CONCERNS WE HAD FOR YEARS AND KIND OF GONE TO IT. TO MEMBER COMBS POINT, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE HAVE TO DO THIS

081IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHAT OUR FUNDING LOOKS LIKE. I AGREE HE WITH MEMBER RENDON WE NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT IN WORKSHOP REQUEST. BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU CAN VOTE ON IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND DR. WHELAN, IF WE DO GET A YES ON THIS, CAN WE PRIORITIZE PLACING THIS ON A TIMELY MANNER ON THE WORKSHOP CALENDAR. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WONDER IF IT IS A GOOD IDEA IF WE DEVELOP A WORKSHOP, MEMBER VAUGHN TO CONTOUR TO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, STATE FUNDING AND LACK OF. SECOND REALITY IS THE LACK OF TEACHERS, RETAINMENT AND RECRUITMENT. BOTH OF THOSE INTERFACE. AND WHEN OFF STRUGGLING BUDGETARY CONUNDRUM AND DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THAT NOW. BUT MEMBER HAHN KNOW WE HAVE TREMENDOUS BUDGETING CHALLENGES. WE ARE

082BEING SUFFOCATED GRADUALLY WITH NOT THE FUNDING THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN. INCLUSIVE OUR SOCIAL WORKER, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, ROW OCCASIONAL TECH COUNSELORS. YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO DOWN THE LIST. WHAT YOUR JOB IS, SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES IS TO PUT FORCE PROCEDURES TO MAKE THE VERY BEST CONDITIONS UNDER THOSE FINANCIAL RESTRAINTS. THE BEST YOU CAN TO. AND WE TRUST YOU. YOU HAVE AN EVALUATION COMING UP. AND MEMBER RENDON, YOU SURELY HAVE THAT WAY OF SHARING YOUR FEELINGS AS I HAVE DONE MANY YEARS AND THE REST OF US. THE LIGHT SHINES ON THE CABINET. HOW WELL THEIR FUNCTIONING. THAT THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR STUDENTS. AND WE TRUST YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS -- I WILL SPEAK FOR THE BOARD RIGHT NOW -- PERHAPS ■MAYB -- SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. Lynn Gray: WHO DID I SAY, AIKENS

083-- OH, DAVIS? WELL, WE TRUST YOU. AND WE ARE ALL STUDENT CENTERED MEMBER RENDON. WE CARE VERY MUCH. PRAYERS ARE BEING SAID FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY. WE ARE WORRIED WHAT WILL HAPPEN FROM THE FEDS TO OUR STATE GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE ALL THOSE CONCERNS. I THINK TO MEMBER VAUGHN'S POINT, IF WE HAVE A WORKSHOP, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE THE BEST FORUM TO SHARE WHAT MEMBER COMBS SAID WITH THE FINANCES FROM TALLAHASSEE AND SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME TONIGHT. I DO KNOW. I AM MOVING HOUSES. IT WOULD BE VERY APPLICABLE FOR YOU TO BE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THE STUDENT CULTURE. WHAT WE ARE DOING OF THE RESTRAINTS WHEN TALK OF ESE. TALK ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY. ALL OF THOSE AS IT AFFECTS OUR STUDENTS. MEMBER VAUGHN,

084I GUESS WE HAVE GOT TO -- FIVE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED -- OR NOT DISCUSSED BUT MENTIONED TONIGHT IF YOU CAN SECURE A MORE LIMITED AMOUNT AND MAYBE BOARD MEMBERS CAN HELP ANYTHING THAT OUT SO WE DON'T SPEND AND GO IN 20 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A QUICK QUESTION. ARE WE BRINGING PRINCIPALS IN FOR THE UNIT ALLOCATION SOMETHING IN DO WE BRING THEM IN THE FIRST TIME OR BRING THEM IN AFTER SOME OF THE UNIT ALLOCATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED. Superintendent Ayres: WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RIGHT NOW. Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY. Superintendent Ayres: WELE KATE UNITS AND NUMBERS OUT TO SCHOOLS. IN THAT PROCESS A STARTING POINT FOR THE SCHOOLS. THEY WORK WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENTS TO

085MEET THE NEED OF THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL. A PROCESS WE FOLLOW EVERY YEAR. THE MONEY IS NOT UNLIMITED SO WE GOT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DOLLARS WE HAVE. AND I WANT THIS BOARD TO KNOW THIS TEAM'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL THAT ARE MET. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE NOT EVEN FINISHED. IN THAT PROCESS AS WE CURRENTLY SIT. UNITS HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED AT SITES. TAKE A LITTLE OFF GUARD BY THE CONVERSATION TODAY. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE IT. I WANT TO GET TO THE END AND THE FINISH LINE OF THIS BEFORE WE START CREATING NOISE AROUND THIS WHICH DOESN'T NEED TO BE. Henry "Shake" Washington: BUT PRINCIPALS ARE COMING IN AND TELLING YOU WHAT THEY NEED? Superintendent Ayres: THEY HAD

086CONVERSATIONS WITH THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS. OF THE 234 SCHOOLS THAT WE WORK WITH, 90 OF THEM WERE THE ONES THAT CAME BACK AND MEANT ON FRIDAY AND MONDAY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE TEAM, WITH THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS TO -- TO ALLOCATE -- TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEY NEED ANY PARTICULAR RESOURCES AT THEIR SITE. Henry "Shake" Washington: TWHTHAT IS A GREAT PROCESS BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW MANY TEACHERS YOU NEED AT THE SCHOOL. WHEN WE USED TO COME DOWN FOR UNIT ALLOCATION. THEY TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED. YOU COULD SELL THEM EVERYTHING. YOU HAVE THE PAPERS. HOW MANY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. AND A GREAT WAY TO HELPING OUT THE SCHOOL. Superintendent Ayres: MR. WASHINGTON, THE PROCESS IN S NOT ADIFFERENT THAN IT WAS. STUDENT CLASS SIZE. WE WORK INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. NOW WHEN WE

087HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER AROUND IBs AND MAGNET. THEY ARE A BIT UNIQUE. HOW WE ALLOCATE. A PROCESS THAT THIS STAFF IS VERY GOOD AT. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT. KNOWING THAT AS WE GET TO THE FINISH LINE, WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO MEET. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE MADAM CHAIR AS WE -- AS WE LOOK AT THIS WORKSHOP, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE EDUCATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE STATE MODEL AND THE STATE FORECASTING MODEL AND THE STATE PROJECTS FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND ALLOCATE FOR THAT FORECASTING MODEL FOR A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY PROJECT IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THAT IS MY QUESTION. IS THIS YEAR DIFFERENT THAN IN

088THE PAST? Superintendent Ayres: NOT AT ALL. Nadia Combs: THE SAME FORMULA. A LOT OF TIMES WE ANTICIPATE A CERTAIN NUMBER STUDENTS AND SOMETIMES THOSE STUDENTS DON'T COME IN AND SOMETIMES LATER ON AFTER THE 20-DAY COUNT WE END UP HAVING STUDENTS. Superintendent Ayres: THIS IS IMPORTANT. THESE ARE SPRING -- THESE R PROJECTIONS. THE TOUGH PART OF THE JOB. WE NEED TO PROJECT WHAT THE STATE BELIEVES, WHAT WE THINK AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS. BOARD AS YOU REMEMBER WITH DAY FIVE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE SEE WHAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE AND MAKE UP FOR THAT. SOME SCHOOLS MAY LOSE TEACHERS. SOME MAY GAIN, BUT ALL A PROCESS THAT WE ARE -- THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY GOOD AT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT RESOURCES AT OUR SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: THE ONE THING I WOULD

089LOVE TO SEE AT THAT WORKSHOP. HOW MANY PNP THE TEACHERS WE BROUGHT OVERSEAS. THE API. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE THERE. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHAT OUT TRUE VACANCIES WERE. WHEN WE HAVE A LONG-TIME SUB, I CONSIDER THAT AS A VACANCY. I SAID THE OTHER DAY, WHEN GO TOO SCHOOLS, I OFTEN GOES TO SCHOOLS AND THREE OR FOUR VACANCIES. PRINCIPALS TRY TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO TAKING A RESOURCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THE END OF THE YEAR HOW MANY VACANCIES I TRULY HAVE. HOW MANY TEACHERS DID WE BRING FROM OVERSEAS. AND LONG-TERM SUBS TO LOOK AT THIS. HOW MANY PEOPLE LEFT AND DIDN'T COME BACK AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, THREE YEARS. AND DIG DEEP DOWN AND DO AN ANALYSIS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. NOT

090ALWAYS ABOUT MONEY. IT IS JUST ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR IS JUST EXHAUSTING. THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AND HOW MUCH SUPPORT WE ARE GETTING. WE NEED TO DIG DEEP AND LOOK AT THAT. AS WE TALK OF RECRUITING FROM WITHIN, OUR SENIORS FOUR YEARS GOES VERY FAST. A LOT OF THOSE CAN COME BACK AND TEACH WITH US. LIKE WE TALKED OF RECRUITING BEST BUDDIES. THOSE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR ESC STUDENTS. JUST BEING REALLY CREATIVE AND LOOKING AT THAT AND HOW WE ARE KEEPING THOSE. SOMETIMES I WALK IN THERE AND NOT A SUB. BUT SUBSTITUTES. THREE OR FOUR VACANCIES THE ENTIRE YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. Superintendent Ayres: YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SEEING FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PABSS EWE

091A NUMBER -- PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 5.02, PIGGYBACK BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS A AND SECUR WILL,Y, INC. ELECTRIC HALL PASS PROGRAM IS INCREASINGLY POPULAR TO MONITOR STUDENT MOVEMENT OUTSIDE A CLASSROOM AN MINIMIZE INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIORS. USER-FRIENDLY WEB-BASED PROGRAM WORKS ON ANY INTERNET CONNECTED AND THROUGH CHROME, SAFARI AND THE MOBILE APP. DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS. HALL PASS MANAGEMENT WHILE PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, BOARD MEMBERS SO YOU UNDERSTAND. PARTICULAR ITEM 5:02. YOU ARE SEEING THAT ITEM BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF COOLS THAT ARE PURCHASING SECURL YY EXCEEDS THE THRESHOLD. THIS IS YOUR SEEING THESE ITEMS TODAY. ALL COMING FROM THE SCHOOL SITES. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 5.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Patti Rendon: NO, THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn:

092I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT. I WILL BE QUICK ON THIS. MY COMMENT IS, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS THE IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS ARE TRYING THEM. SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE UPDATES HOW IS WORKING AND WHAT IT GETTING THE DATA. STUDENTS BEING OUTSIDE OF CLASSROOMS AN JUST HOPING THAT THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND EXPAND WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND SUPPORT. SO THAT IS MY ONLY COMMENT. SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENCE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON IT TO 7.04, APPROVE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE VIDEO BOARD REPLACE THE PROJECTOR AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT IN ITEM. Superintendent Ayres:

093THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, APPROVAL OF THE GMP FOR THE EXIST VOOG BOARD AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. WE PROPOSED TO PROVIDE A NEW VIDEO BOARD TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT FELL AND WAS IRREPAIRABLE DUE TO HURRICANE HELENE. THE PROBLEM IS BEING RESOLVED BY PROVIDING A NEW VIDEO BOARD. AND THAT IS 7.04. MR. PARK WAS IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE VIDEO BOARD OVER AT BLAKE. IN. Jessica Vaughn: A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Nadia Combs: YES, I PULLED IT BECAUSE OF THE COST AND IT SEEMED EXTREMELY HIGH AND I WANTED TO TALK OF THE PROCESS, THE RFP PROCESS ON THAT. AND IT IS EXPENSIVE. A BOARD THAT WAS PAID FOR BY THE WOMEN'S SOCCER CLUB

094BY THE SUN. WE WILL GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA AND WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO START WITH, BUT APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA. REPLACING AN EXIST BOARDING. THE SAME ONE THAT THEY HAD BEFORE. THE ONE THEY DECIDED TO INSTALL IT BECAUSE THEY DID THE REST OF THE VIDEO BOARDS AND THEY HAVE AN EXPERTISE ON THAT. THEY WERE CHOSEN IT WITH SERVICES CONTRACT. WE COULDN'T GO OUT TO BID. NOT WHAT WE NORMALLY DID. WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE IDENTICAL BOARD. Nadia Combs: THAT'S IT, THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THAT'S IT. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IF WE DO NOT GET FULLY REIMPURSED BY FEMA, ARE WE LOOKING TO GET THAT SUPPLEMENTED BY ANY OTHER MEANS. WE DON'T GET REIMBURSED WITH FEMA, WE WILL GO TO THE SOCCER BOARD. Patti

095Rendon: A DIFFERENT REN Y'ALL OF THAT BOARD WITH OTHER BOARDS. WE NEED TO HAVE THE BOARD REPLACED FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. NOT THE MATTER I DON'T WANT IT TO BE REPLACED, BUT THE TYPICAL TYPE OF BOARD IS DIFFERENT BASED ON THAT THE SUN ARE USING OUR FIELDS. WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE DON'T FELL THE FULL REIMBURSEMENT. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR BOARD AND OUR BOARD IF WE ARE PUTTING OUR BOARD IN WOULD BE BE WHAT WE WOULD LOOK FOR THEM TO HELP SUPPLEMENT. Patti Rendon: CORRECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. THANK YOU. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS ME. FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE READ TOGETHER, 7.0 A 5, APPROVAL GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR AGRICULTURE

096BARN PROJECT. 7.06, APPROVE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR AGRICULTURE BARN PROJECT AT MARSHAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, GOT YOUR NAME RIGHT, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS. Superintendent Ayres: APPROVING NEW AGRICULTURAL BARN TO MEET THE EXISTING ONE THAT DOES MEET STANDARDS. STUDENTS WITH THE ACCESS OF THE FACILITY FOR STUDENTS STORING ANIMALS AND PREPARING THEM TO SHOW IN CONTESTS THOUGHT THE YEAR. NEED IS DUE TO THE EXISTING AGRICULTURAL BARN NOT MEETING STANDARDS. LONG AND ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS PROVIDED THE DISTRICT WITH A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PROTOTYPE TO BE USED IN FUTURE AGRICULTURE BARN PROJECTS. 7.05 AND 7.06. KIND OF SAME. THE HIGHLIGHT OF BOTH. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C 7.05 AND 7.06. A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON. SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THESE ITEMS. ANY QUESTIONS

097OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: I AM CHANGING THE MOOD JUST A TAD WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE FLORIDA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AND AGRICULTURE, YOU KNOW, TRACYE LISI AND ADUM, K-8 SHARE THE WONDERFUL ASSETS OF MU MUSIC. WELL, MUSIC AND SPORTS IN MY MIND IS ONE OF THE GREATEST EQUALIZER AND ALSO WE HAVE AGRICULTURE. I REALLY THINK THOSE FOLKS IN THE AG DEPARTMENTS, THOSE KIDS JUST THRIVE. SO I WANTED TO GIVE A GREAT SHOUTOUT TO PRINCIPAL LEONARD. WHAT FABULOUS -- SHE HAS CHICKENS -- ARE ANY KIND OF ANIMAL IN THERE AND ALL KIND OF CROPS GROWING. I WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUTOUT AND DENNIS MAYO AT MARSHAL MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR BARN PROJECT. AGAIN, AG IS THE FORMATION AND I KNOW EARL LENNARD WHO USED TO BE MY TEACHER WAS A BIG AGRICULTURAL TYPE OF PROMOTER. AN

098I THINK THESE TWO WONDERFUL PRINCIPALS JUST DESERVE SUCH A SHOUT OUT. THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS, BOTH OF YOUR BOTH DENISE AND DENNIS FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THIS -- YOUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW AFTER THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR AND THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR FAA, 4-H TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, ADMINISTRATION. ALL THAT PROVIDED SUPPORT TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE THERE OVER AN OVER AGAIN. SOME OF THEM SPENT THE NIGHT. CAME BACK THE NEXT MORNING. THEY ARE WASHING AND CLEANING. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE FAIR DUE TO COMMITMENTS OTHERWISE, BUT THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL, I HAD THE SHEEP, THE PLANTS, THE CHICKEN, THE RABBITS, THE STEER, THE

099DAIRY. AND WE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT THIS THESE KIDS, THE PIGS, T THE SWINES. THEY STEPPED UP AND SHOWED OUT. A REMARKABLE TESTAMENT TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF AROUND THE COUNTY THAT GO OVER AND ABOVE WHAT THESE STUDENTS. WHEN THE HURRICANES HIT, THOSE TEACHERS WERE THE FIRST ONE AT THE SCHOOL SITES MAKING SURE ANIMALS WERE OKAY AND SECURE AND IF THEY HAD TO BRING ANY BACK THAT GOT LOOSE, LET ALONE MAKING SURE THEY WERE FED AND GET TO STAFF. TO HAVE THEM SHOW WHAT THEY SHOWED. THE STUDENTS THAT GOT REWARDED FOR THE ANIMALS AND THE PLANTS THAT WERE PURCHASED, KIND OF THE AMAZING THING. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE PLANT SELL, 150 PLANTS -- ITEMS SOLD THROUGH OUR STUDENTS. IT WAS JUST TREMENDOUS. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO

100KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE OUR FUTURE FARMERS. OUR FUTURE GROWERS. FOOD INSECURITY IS. FOOD SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY AND A PART OF OUR FUTURE AROUND THE COUNTRY. WHAT IS DOING IS TRULY BUILDING THE LEADERS FOR TOMORROW. THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS THEY LEARNED. DIFFERENT THINGS THEY CAN TAKE FROM 4-H AND FAA ARE TREMENDOUS. ALL THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THAT SUPPORT OUR AG DEPARTMENTS. I DID NOT BRING PICTURES BECAUSE IF I MISSED ONE I WOULD FEEL HORRIBLE. THEY ALL DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AND I THURSDAY RO HELY ENJOYED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. FIRST VOTE ON 7.05. Jim Porter: THEY CAN BE VOTED ON TOGETHER. VOTE FOR 770 5 AND 7.70 6. Jessica Vaughn: SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, VOTE FOR 7.05 AND 7.06 BEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND BOTH ITEMS PASSED

101UNANIMOUSLY. WE -- I THINK WE STILL HAVE TIME FOR THIS. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 10:0. RPF FOR MASS NOTIFICATION. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT IN ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS AWARD A COMPETITIVE BID AND DESIGN OF HOSTING THE DISTRICT'S WEB SITES MICRO SITES FOR EACH SCHOOL AND UPDATE TO OUR PARENT NOTIFICATION COMMUNICATION TOOLS. WILL GIVE OUR ONLINE PRESENCE A MODERN LOOK AND FEEL AND EASIER MORE ENGAGING WAYS FOR FAMILIES TO STAY CONNECTED. THESE UPDATES WILL ENSURE THAT ALL IMPORTANT INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED IN A CLEAR AND STREAMLINEMANER. THIS NEW CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A DISTRICT BRANDED CUSTOMIZED APP, AS WELL AS A ONE TO ONE TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF AND FULL SUPPORT FROM THE TEAM TO HELP CLEAN UP AND MIGRATE. THE I.T. AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WILL WORK WITH THE

102VENDER TO STRATEGIZE AND LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE ALL STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE ENGAGED WITH THE NEW COMMUNICATION TOOLS. THAT IS 150:01. WHICH IS OUR WEB SITE. AND OUR MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM WHICH OUR SCHOOLS -- OUR LEADER DO AN AMAZING JOB OF HOW THEY COMMUNICATE TO THE FAMILY OUTSTAND. A TOOL THAT WILL HELP THEM QUITE A BIT OF HOW THEY COMMUNICATE TO THEIR FAMILIES. 10:01. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE 10.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER RENDON PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MOTION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 11.02. APPROVE THE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND ACKERMAN LLP FOR

103SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ITEM. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MR. PORTER HAS MET WITH EACH OF YOU REGARDING HIS CONTRACT FOR CONTINUING -- CONTINUE REPRESENTATION WITH ACKERMAN LLP INVOLVING BOARD ATTORNEY SERVICES. THAT IS -- THAT IS ITEM 11.02. VAUGHN VAUGHN THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C 11.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND IS SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. QUESTION OR COMMENTS? MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR VAUGHN. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UP KNOW OVERALL MR. PORTER, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE CONTRACT. I THINK MR. PORTER HAS BEEN VERY RELIABLE, EASY TO CONTACT. ANY TIME I CONTACT YOU, WE ARE ABLE TO TALK. ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE. I THINK THESE LAST COUPLE

104OF YEARS IN PARTICULAR HAVE OPINION VERY CHALLENGING. AND YOU HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT AND WONDERFUL. AND I AM GOING -- I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE CONTRACT TODAY. BUT I STAND WHERE I STOOD FOUR YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I CAME INTO THE SCHOOL BOARD AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS ALWAYS TO TRY TO STRENGTHEN OUR ORGANIZATION AND MAKE OUR ORGANIZATION BETTER AND ALSO NEVER FEEL CONNECTED PERSONALLY TO ANYONE BECAUSE I HAVE TO REMEMBER WHY I'M HERE AND STAY STUDENT-FOCUSED AND FOCUSED ON THE ORGANIZATION AND CONTINUE TRY TO STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATIONORGIZATION. I BELIEVE TODAY WHAT I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY. I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER DISTRICT -- IF YOU TOOK THE TOP 20 DISTRICTS AND ALL OF THEM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THEY A YOU WILL HAVE

105INHOUSE ATTORNEYS. THAT WAY SOMEBODY FROM THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OR THE CHOICE DEPARTMENT OR THE LITERATURE DEPARTMENT CAN GO DOWNSTAIRS AND TALK TO SOMEBODY. THEY CAN TALK TO IF NOT AN ATTORNEY THEY CAN TALK TO A PARAPROFESSIONAL. NOT A PARA PROFESSIONAL BUT A PARALEGAL OR ASSISTANT. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND STRENGTHEN -- ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE CHANGES HAPPENING ON THE STATE AND LEGISLATIVE. ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. VERY HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. KRISTEN DOES A GREAT JOB, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR SOMEONE LIKE MATT ROMANO FROM THE CHOICE PROGRAM. HAS A QUESTION OF LEGALITY. HE GO TO ROSAC. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. BUT I STILL BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY. I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS THIS AS A WORKSHOP OR RETREAT POSSIBLY LOOKING AT

106THAT THE AND SEEING THE OVERALL COST WHAT IT IS A COSTING US AND COSTING YOU AND LEGAL FEES COMPLETELY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO DO A DEEP ANALYSIS OF THAT AND LOOK AT THAT AND HOW WE CAN BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE. OTHER THING IS TO DO A SURVEY FOR OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I FEEL LIKE I AM SUPPORTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE SUPPORTED IN WHAT THEY NEED TO GET MORE SUPPORT. I KNOW I DID THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. AND EVERY DEPARTMENT FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED MORE SUPPORT. BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MAJORITY HERE. SO I WILL STAY AND SUPPORT AND THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. I BELIEVE WE NEED AN

107IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY AT SOME POINT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET IN THE QUEUE RIGHT AWAY AND YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. I WILL LET YOU GO IF THAT IS OKAY, THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: I APPRECIATE THAT, MADAM CHAIR. AND MR. PORTER, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR WORK AND, YOU RESPONSIVENESS. I AM NOT REAL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE WHEN YOU ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE, BUT THAT IS THE CHOICES THAT HAS BEEN MADE ON THE AGENDA. WHEN WE HAVE A RAISE OF $1,000 A MONTH, IT IS NOT VERY MUCH IN LIGHT OF ALL THINGS; HOWEVER, THE BIGGER QUESTION I WANT TO SEE DISCUSSED AND BOARD MEMBERS YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK -- NOT RIGHT NOW BUT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP IN APRIL. MAY HAVE TO BE AN EXECUTIVE

108SESSION. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE REAT RIGHT NOW OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL ISSUES THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US. THIS IS REALLY. I BROUGHT THIS UP PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. WE HAD MR. GONZALEZ WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD -- EVEN BEFORE I WAS HERE IN 2016. AND HE DID CAN SERVE AS A QUASI-HOUSE ATTORNEY AND A BOARD ATTORNEY FAST FORWARD WE HAVE A SEPARATE ATTORNEY. THE IDEA OF A HOUSE ATTORNEY IS NOT A NEW ONE. MANY OF THE DISTRICTS IN FLORIDA HAVE SEVERAL. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE ORANGE COUNTY HAS 15 HOUSE ATTORNEYS. SMALL DISTRICTS HAVE A NUMBER OF HOUSE ATTORNEYS MIAMI-DADE I THINK HAS 18 SO NOT A NEW -- NOT A NEW IDEA, BUT THE -- I THINK THE GENESIS IS, IT IS AN IMPORTANT LEARNINGS POINT FOR ALL BOARD

109MEMBERS INCLUSIVE OF MYSELF IS TO HAVE TWO MODELS. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW -- AND WE HAVE HAD BOARD ATTORNEY AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY. IF WE LOOK AT BURN OTHER MO-- AT ONE OTHER MODEL HOUSE ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEYS. LOOK AT IT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE A CHANGING AMOUNT OF FUNDING GOING ON. TITLE 1, 9. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT SNAP AND MANY FOOD PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE DROPPED .THAT IS IN THE NEWS. WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL LAW THAT ARE BEEN CHANGED, CURRICULUMS BEING CHANGED. OUR SUPERVISORS AS MEMBER RENDON SAID. EVERYBODY IS READY AND TO THE TAP OF WORK. WE ARE GIVING THEM THAT WORKLOAD. THE LEGALITIES OF PUTTING THE MOD FY 2023-24 OCCASIONS CURRICULUM OF SEX EDUCATION. I WILL GO INTO SOME OF THAT NOT GOING INTO THAT RIGHT NOW. IMPORTANT TENANTS.

110IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THIS, WE CAN BE LIABLE. I THINK SPECIAL EDUCATION. TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF. THERE WILL BE CHANGES. THEY WILL BE COMING AS WE SPEAK AS YOU GET INTO DIFFERENT NEWS STATIONS. BARGAINING ISSUES. THERE ARE SO MANY LARGER ISSUES. HOW ABOUT OUR LEGAL AFFILIATIONS. SOME OF THESE VENDORS ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE NEED TO HAVE THAT -- WE NEED TO HAVE DEFINITELY COVERED SO BOARD MEMBERS KNOW WHAT IS -- WHAT IS LIABLE TO US. WHAT IS BEST PRACTICE. WE NEED TO HAVE SCHOOL SITE GOVERNANCE. I -- PUBLIC -- PUBLIC STUDENT -- PUBLIC AND STUDENT RECORDS. COST EFFECTIVENESS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NINE OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT WE KIND OOF AD-HOC GIVE WORK TO AS A FLOW THROUGH. I AM SURE JAMIE YOU ARE JUST PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A FIT WITH THE WAY I AM

111EXPLAINING THIS. BUT THAT IS A LOT OF ATTORNEYS. AND WE ARE LOSING TRACK. AND WE -- THIS -- THIS -- THE BOARD -- SEVENTH LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY AND THIS IS A LARGER ISSUE NOW THAN JUST ONE BOARD ATTORNEY. AND ONE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THERE IS NO QUESTION. SOME WHAT WE ARE DOING IS -- WE ARE SHOVELING ALL THE EXTRA -- NEW FLORIDA STATUTES AND GIVING IT TO CABINET MEMBERS AND SUPERVISOR TORS MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING IT. I THINK THIS IS -- A WAY OF WORK THAT MAY HAVE WORKED OR DID WORK. CROSBY FEW. WAS AS GREAT ATTORNEY. YEARS AGO. SHEA, YOU REMEMBER HIM. WE HAD GONZALEZ. HE IS A GREAT ATTORNEY BUT -- ANYWAY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THE EDUCATIONAL PEACE WHEN WE HAVE A WORKSHOP. MADAM CHAIR

112IN APRIL, PERHAPS CARVE OUT A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE TO LOOK AT THE ADVANTAGES. JAMIE -- GIVE US THE TWO SCOPES THAT YOU ARE SHARING WITH ME. THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF A HOUSE ATTORNEY AND -- AND -- OR KEEP OF KEEP WHAT WE HAVE NOW. I MEAN, I WILL ADDRESS THAT. WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. A HOUSE ATTORNEY VERSES OUTSIDE. I THINK THE AGENDA ITEM TODAY WILL BE FROM MR. PORTER. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AS A LATER DATE. LYNN LYNN INVOLVES -- INVOLVES HIS POSITION AS WELL. SO THAT -- WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND WHAT WE SHOULD LEARN. THERE ARE OTHER -- OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING OTHER THINGS. SO WITH IN HOUSE. I LOOK AT IT AS NOT I. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT

113MODELS GOING ON AND WE KNOW OF ONE BUT DON'T KNOW OF THE OTHER. THE HE HAD IF HE OCCASION. EDUCATION VALUE OF KNOWING THE OTHER IS VERY IMPORTANT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO TELL YOU -- I AM PERSONALLY TELLING YOU DO A GREAT JOB, JIM. YOU REALLY DO. YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IN HOUSE, OUT HOUSE, ALL THE OTHER HOUSES, BUT I DO KNOW THAT DO YOU A HELL OF A JOB, GREAT JOB. YOU HAVE MY VOTE. NEVER A TIME WHERE I CALLED AND YOU DIDN'T RESPOND. YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS RESPONDED. ALWAYS ON TOP OF IT. AND YOU GAVE OUT GOOD INFORMATION. THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME AS A -- NOT THE ROOKIE BOARD MEMBER --

114NOW VET BOARD MEMBER, BUT IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PERSON LIKE YOU WITH THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE OVER THE YEARS WORK ENERGY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. JIM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU OPINIONED AND YOU GOT MY VOTE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND EVEN IF WE HAVE A IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT THAT THE DISSTRIKE THE WOULD UTILIZE. HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD OR ELSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. MUST REPRESENT THE BOARD FIRST AND IN-HOUSE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAN HANDLE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING REMEMBER MEMBER COMBS. A ROOM FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO INVESTIGATE HOW HE BELIEVES THE STAFF UTILIZES THE DISTRICT'S ATTORNEYS AND MAYBE THERE ARE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE

115DISTRICT. AS FAR AS OUR BOARD ATTORNEY, MIAMI SAID, ORANGE, BROWARD, PALM BEACH, BREVARD AND MAJORITY OF THEM DO HAVE IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS ALL OF THEIR SALARIES ARE HIGHER THAN MR. PORTER'S AND ALL OF THEM HAVE A PARALEGAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANT ON TOP OF WHICH. TWO ADDITIONAL SALARIES ON TOP OF THEIR SALARIES THAT WOULD BE MORE. IN THE EXPERT OF FISCAL ABILITY THAT I HAVE BEEN PREACHING THAT I WANT SCHOOLS TO BE FIRST. I BELIEVE THAT KEEPING THE CURRENT SITUATION AS IT IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE FOR THE BOARD AT THE MOMENT. I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM MR. COMBS OF THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND BEING ABLE TO TALK TO AN ATTORNEY. I THINK THERE IS A PLACE FOR THAT. I THINK THERE REALLY IS. I THINK SUPERINTENDENT, THERE IS A PLACE FOR

116YOU TO TALK ABOUT AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY BECAUSE WITH THE MANY CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING. AND FOR EXAMPLE, YOU TALK OF TITLE 1, 2 AND 9. AN ACT OF STRESS -- ACT OF CONGRESS TO PASS THOSE. NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF ED. FUNDING FOR THE TITLES FALL THROUGH AND CONGRESS HAS VOTED THOSE INTO STATUTE OUT OF A. AND THEY CAN ONLY BE CHANGED BY CONGRESS. AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. THOSE RESPECTS THINGS THAT WE NEED SOMEONE IN HOUSE TO TALK TO OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. MAKING SURE WE ARE MEETING THE STANDARDS OF THE STATE WHEN THEY HAVE A NEW LAW THAT YOU COMES DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL LAW OR THE STATE LAW. I THINK IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE NEWS, SNAP

117AND MEDICAID IS TAKING A HIT. I BELIEVE THAT 30,000 OF OUR STUDENTS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAVE LOST THEIR MEDICAID, BUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LAWS THAT HAVE CHANGED. IT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO LAWS THAT HAVE CHANGED TO AFFECT MEDICAID FEDERALLY AND STATE. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BECAUSE RECERTIFICATIONS HAVE NOT OCCURRED THROUGH THE ACCESS FLORIDA PROGRAM AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL STAFF HERE AND NONPROFITS AND IN DCF TO IMPLEMENT THOSE AND BRING THEM PACK WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS TO GET THEM BACK AND IMPLEMENT IT. I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION, MEMBER GRAY, BECAUSE IT IS A CRITICAL PROBLEM HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AS WELL AS AROUND THE STATE. AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THE -- FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING WORK

118WITH US AND WORK WITH THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION TO COME UP WITH THE SOLUTION TO GET OUR STUDENTS BACK ON TRACK. BUT -- IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN LEGAL REPRESENTATION -- I HAVE A FLY GOING AROUND ME. BUT ANYWAYS, MR. PORTER, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT AND MY PATIENCE AS I REVIEWED THE CONTRACTS FROM ALL OF THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS AND WHAT THEIR ATTORNEYS ARE GETTING AS FAR AS COST AND THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE. THEY ARE ONLY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. THEY ARE NOT FOR ANY OTHER MEANS OR DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. I DO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH ME ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I

119DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. WHAT WE ARE SAYING THROUGHOUT YOUR DISCUSSION THE NEED FOR EDUCATION FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A HOUSE ATTORNEY -- THE PROS AND CONS. THAT'S WHAT I AM LOOKING AT. AS AN EDUCATOR. WHAT DO WE NEED AS BOARD MEMBERS TO KNOW. BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN AND IT HAS BEEN PRACTICED BY MANY OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS FOR US TO KEEP GOING WITH THE WAY WE ARE DOING YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, THERE ARE IS NOT THE SAME D.O.E. SAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS IT WAS YEARS AGO. THINGS ARE CHANGING. SO I THINK -- I THINK WITH THE IF I OCCASION THAT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE AS BOARD MEMBERS OF WHAT A HOUSE ATTORNEY ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES BE IT WHAT IT MAY, AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS

120AND PERHAPS YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FAVORITE FLY KEEP YOU COMPANY OVER THERE. BUT I -- I DO THINK THAT DISCUSSION -- EDUCATION AND DISCUSSION AMONG ALL YOU HAVE US IS CRITICAL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEGAL CHALLENGES, ETC. THAT'S WHERE I AM LEAVING IT. I AM GLAD MEMBER RENDON, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE BIG SCOPE IN YOUR BRAIN. GLAD YOU HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES. GLAD YOU HAVE ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE. AND I WILL RAISE MY HAND AND I WILL SAY, HEY, I WISH I KNEW EVERYTHING ON HOUSE ATTORNEYS. AND I WISH I KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY DISTRICT, HOW THEY HANDLE THEIR ATTORNEYS. BUT I DON'T. AND I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYBODY BOARD MEMBER TO SAY TO ME OH, I KNOW ALL IT IS ABOUT TO HAVE A HOUSE ATTORNEY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I DO KNOW. AND

121I WANT TO BE HAVE THE PHYSICAL REALITY AND ALSO THE LEGAL REALITY OF PRO AND CON. THAT'S ALL. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. Jim Porter: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE THE WORD, THE CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE YOUR TRUST IN ME AND YOUR SUPPORT. AN HONOR FOR ME TO REPRESENT THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST I CAN TO BE YOUR ATTORNEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO EMPLOYEE COMMENT. WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE COMMENT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES HARD FOR EMPLOYEES OF DISTRICT TO

122ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. MANY WAYS TO MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. HOWEVER, THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD OF ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC AGENDA ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA -- AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUE RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL ON OUR ONE AND ONLY SPEAKER. HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ROB

123CCIETE, PRESIDENT OF THE PTA. I LOVE THE DISCUSSION AND THAT IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF WHAT WE DO. ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS. TALKING OF SALARY, WHETHER WE ARE TALKING OF RECRUITMENT AND RETAINMENT. WHETHER WE ARE TALKING OF UNITS AND THE TEACHERS THAT WE NEED. OR THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE DELIVERING TO ESE STUDENTS AMONG OTHERS. WE ARE WORKING IN A STATE THAT WOEFULLY UNDERFUNDS PUBLIC EDUCATION, OUR JOB COLLECTIVELY IS TO MITIGATE THAT. WHEN WE ASKED THE PUBLIC OUT OF THERE THAT VOTED CLEARLY FOR AN AMENDMENT THAT THERE WILL BE A CERTAINMENT IN OF STUDENTS IN EVERY CLASS GRADE LEVEL. HOW MANY OUT IN THE PUBLIC KNOW IT HAS NOW BECOME WE WILL FOLLOW THAT AMENDMENT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD WITH THE UNITS. WE ARE NOT FUNDED ENOUGH

124QUITE TO DO WHAT THE KIDS NEED. I CHALLENGE MEMBER WASHINGTON TO MAYBE LEAD THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WORK WHEN YOU GUYS GET TOGETHER. WE CALL THIS A WORKSHOP, YES, BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AND TEACHER AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SPOTS ALONG THE WAY KNOWING WHAT SCHOOLS POTENTIALLY NEED. WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT. WHAT WE KNOW CLEARLY THAT THE COMMUNITY STRONGLY SUPPORTS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WILL GIVE YOU A LOT OF THE EXAMPLES AROUND THAT. AND WE HAVE DONE THAT A LOT OF TIMES ALREADY. THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES AND CONVERSATIONS THEY HAVE WITH LAWMAKERS AND WITH THE VOTES THAT THEY MAKE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT I BRING TO YOU GUYS IN TERMS OF THE GREAT

125WORK THAT WE ARE DOING. DESPITE ALL OF THIS, I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE A VERY HIGHLY-EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD. AND WE HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE CHANCE WERE GIVEN. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. YOU JUST ANSWERED THE QUESTION EARLIER TODAY, HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WHEN THEY SEE A BILLBOARD ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, X AMOUNT OF BILLIONS RAISED FOR EDUCATION. HOW MANY KNOW THAT IS NOT ADDITIONAL MONEY, THAT'S IN PLACE OF MONEY. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. I HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND ALMOST ALWAYS THEY ARE LIKE, WHAT? THEY ARE NOT -- THEY ARE NOT ADDING MONEY TO PUBLIC EDGE REPLACE WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM, COMING FROM THE LOTTERY MONEY. OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TALK TO AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN ISSUES THAT

126WE HAVE BECAUSE WE NEED THEIR HELP TO PRESERVE AND DO THE GREAT JOB FOR OUR SCHOOLS. LAST THING I HAVE FOR EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR THAT TO GETTING TO THE BARGAINING TABLE AND APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS' WILLINGNESS. AND ANOTHER WAY TO RECRUIT THE PEOPLE WE NEED FOR ALL OF THESE SITES. THANK YOU, GUYS. HAPPY SPRING BREAK, TOO. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT? Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LET'S GET THIS UP. HERE WE GO. AS YOU FLARED OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ATADUM, PRE-K-8. ART IN SCHOOL MONTHS. TEAMWORK AND CRITICAL THINKING. MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROXIMATE IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HEARD THEM MENTION OF TOMORROW, WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO VISIT THE TWRIEF FINE ARTS FESTIVAL TOMORROW MARCH 12 FROM 4 COULD 6:30 AT THE

127TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART TO SEE THEIR MASTERPIECES. I KNOW A LOT OF BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE AT THE TAMPA PERFORMING ARTS TOMORROW. OUR SECOND TWICE IN MAGNET APPLICATION WINDOW OPENED MONDAY MARCH 10 AND WILL CLOSE FRIDAY, MARCH 28. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE FOR THE 2025-'26 SCHOOL YEAR. LEARNING MOVE OF MAGNET AND TECHNICAL CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAM CAN ATTEND THE LAST IN-PERSON SESSION TOMORROW NIGHT AT ARMWOOD FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE SOME AWARDS NOW. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE AND I KNOW BOARD MEMBERS WHEN I WAS AT THE STEM FAIR. I SAW A LOT OF YOU. DR. HAHN, YOU AND I WERE THERE THE SAME TIME. WE HAVE THOSE WINNERS THAT I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. ON FEBRUARY 26, THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 HILLSBOROUGH REGIONAL STEM FIRE WERE ANNOUNCED AND HAD AN

128OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT DURING JUDGING AND THE WORK WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. VERY TOUGH COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS OF BEST OF FAIR AWARD. ELEMENTARY R THIRD GRADE, MARLO DOHERTY, SUN SMARTS FOR TESTING, OUR BEST DEAGAINSTS. FOURTH GRADE WAS EVELYN HILL WERE PRIDE FOR A PRO PROJECT DEBRAVATOR. AND JUSTIN GALLO-CASTILLO, FIRST GRADE. TITLE LAND HOE. PART OF FOX 13 PROGRAM TO TALK OF THEIR PROJECTS. CONGRATULATION OUR WINNERS FROM ROLAND PARK, PRIDE AND LUTZ. FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, TENISCA AND DR. WHELAN WE PRACTICED THIS AND I FORGOT. DO YOU REMEMBER? -- I HAD IT RIGHT. CINTIMINI. I HAD IS RIGHT. FROM WILLIAMS MIDDLE MAG GET. DANIEL PARK FROM KING HIGH SCHOOL AND TANISHKA AGLAVE AND RUDRA PATEL FROM MIDDLETON WILL BE JOINING THEM AT ISEF. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING STUDENTS FOR THE COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS. VISIT OUR WEB

129SITE OR WATCH THE REPLAY OF THE AIR WARDS PROGRAM ON TBAE. I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS -- SHE WAS HERE EARLIER. DR. KATHERINE WHITE OF K-12B STEM FOR THEIR WORK EACH AND EVERY YEAR. THANK OUR INCREDIBLE TEAM LEADERS. THANK YOU TO OUR FAMILIES. YOUR SUPPORT HAS MADE THIS EVENT SO, SO SUCCESSFUL. ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALYSSA HAYMOND, A JUNIOR AT STEINBRENNER FOR CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. RECOGNIZED LAST WEEK BY CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREL LEE. OVER PATHS TWO YEARS, ALYSSA DEAD DEDICATED 1500 YEARS FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS. COMMITMENT OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IS TRULY INSPIRING AND A TESTAMENT TO THE IMPACT YOUNG LEADERS CAN HAVE ON THEIR COMMUNITIES. CONGRATULATIONS GOWN APOLICE SASS, A JUNIOR OVER AT STEINBRENNER. ALSO, WE TALKED -- YOU KNOW WE ARE THE LARGE DISTRICT FOR ACE CAMBRIDGE. HAVE THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO 119

130OF OUR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FROM CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ON THE JUNE 2024 CAMBRIDGE EXAMS, END OF THE YEAR EXAM. WON AWARDS IN FOUR CATEGORIES: DISTINCTION, MERIT, SCHOLAR AND TOP IN USA. MIDDLETON AND ONE STUDENT WITH THE TOP IN THE U.S. AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS FOR WINNING THE VERY TOP IN THE USA AWARD. PRETTY INCREDIBLE. HE GAINED THE HIGHEST STANDARD MARK IN THE U.S. FOR THE SINGLE SUBJECT. NOW ATTENDING THE USF HONORS PROGRAM AND INSPIRING TO BE A PHYSICIAN. AND WANT TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. TAWANI VERY TOP. GAINED THE HIGHEST STANDARD MARK IN THE U.S. FOR A SINGLE SUBJECT. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLEABLE -- INCREDIBLE AND OVER AT USF. THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHER WHO SUCCESSFULLY PREPARED OUR STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT, STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM LAST SATURDAY. ON SATURDAY, BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL

131LADY BULLS CLAIMED THEIR FIRST-EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IF GIRLS BASKETBALL. GO BULLS. WITH A NAIL-BITING 4 3-41 VICTORY OVER TOP-SEEDED MIAMI SOUTH RIDGE IN THE 6A FINALS. SPECIAL CONGRATS TO COACH BAUER AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THIS AMAZING WIN. I ALSO WANT A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO STEINBRENNER LADY WARRIOR WHO COMPETED IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS. AND MEMBER RENDON, YOU MENTION IT LAST BOARD MEETING, TWO OF THE TEAMS THAT MADE THE EVEN IF BOTH IN 6-A AND BLOMMINGDALE WERE AVIN ABLE TO GET THEIR FIRST-OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. MARKING THE THIRD STATE TITLE IN SIX YEARS BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL FOLLOWING TAMPA BAY TECH AND PLANT. PRETTY REMARKABLE BASKETBALL. AND FINALLY INTO THE END, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENT US INTOTRITIONAL SERVICES TEAM LED BY SHANNY HALL TO RECEIVE THE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TRAILBLAZER AWARDS FOR FANTASTIC EFFORTS REDUCING SUGAR

132AND SODIUM FROM MEALS. SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK AND IDEAL TIME TO THANK OUR STUDENT NUTRITION TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO YOUR STUDENTS. HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT HERE WE ARE FEW DAYS UNTIL SPRING BREAK. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL AND SEARCH SPRING BREAK NEXT WEEK. WE WILL SEE EVERYONE BACK ON MONDAY, MARCH 24 TO FINISH OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG. AND THEN FINALLY JUST ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I WANTED TO AUTOED. BOARD MEMBERS, I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER SETTLEMENT ALLOCATION PAYMENT OF OUR JU,L VAPING. NET PAYMENT OF CLOSE TO $1 MILLION THAT WILL END UP BE A TOTAL GROSS ALLOCATION OF $10.7 MILLION OF MR. PORTER FOR THIS DISTRICT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE IMPORTANT HITGATION. MADAM CHAIR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, STUPT. WE WILL NOW

133MOVE ON TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENT. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: PABLO, DID YOU GET A VIDEO? OKAY. WHILE HE IS PLAYING THAT VIDEO, I AM GOING TO SPEAK OVER IT. WE HAD THE SIXTH ANNUAL HOPE FOR TAMPA EVENT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 2 HAD 1 FAMILIES REGISTERED AND ABLE TO PROVIDE 352 CHILDREN WITH ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND SERVICES. AND HOPE FOR TAMPA THE SIXED YEAR IN 2021. AND THEY ALWAYS HOST TWO EVENTS, ONE IN THE FALL AND IN THE SPRING. I WANT TO THANK JUANITA LUCAS FROM THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TAMPA POLICE -- AHEAD AND PLAY IT. A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM STAFF AND ALREADY OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO COMMUNITY THAT ARE HERE SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS. A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS

134THERE TO SUSTAIN THEM. ALSO SEEING THAT OUR FAMILIES FROM FORMULA TO DIAPERS TO FOOD. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE IS AN SAY MAZE EVENT AT THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING. I JUST ENJOYED IT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: AND YESTERDAY IDLEWILD BAPTIST, BOYS 2 MEN. EARLY LEARNING, LITERACY BUS, HISPANIC SERVICES, MEDICAL DENTAL SERVICES, FEEDING TAMPA BAY, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OUR OPERATIONS, ADULT CAREER SERVICES AND CHOICE. BUT WE ALSO HAD 67 VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE THERE ON SATURDAY. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I AM ALSO GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT AS WELL, ALONG WITH MEMBER RENDON. YOU KNOW, REGARDING THE REDUCTION OF THE PRESENCE OF THE ESC PROFESSIONALS. I FEEL THIS CAN SIGNIFICANTLY EFFECT THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS BY DECREASING THE STAFF. WHEN ESC PROFESSIONALS ARE LESS VISIBLE, EDUCATORS MAY FEEL DRIVEN TO ADHERE TO

135-- LESS DRIVEN TO ADHERE TO HIGH STANDARDS WHICH LEADS TO INCONSISTENCY IN THE CLASSROOMS. THE LACK OF ESE PROFESSIONALS CAN ENCOURAGE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DELUDED RESULT WILLING IN LOWER RESULTS FOR STUDENTS AND OR IMPLEMENTING THE BEST PRACTICES. AND ULTIMATELY, AFFECTS OF LEARNING OF OUR STUDENTS. ALSO. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU BUT -- YOU KNOW AS A BOARD MEMBER AND I AM GOING TO SPEAK. YOU NEVER SPEAK FOR THE BOARD AND THAT IS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY. MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS BOARD MEMBER. MY ACCOUNTABILITY TO MY CONSTITUENTS. PROVIDE CLARITY WHEN THERE ARE CONCERNS. AS WELL AS TO INFORM. WHAT EXPECTATIONS REGARDING DISCIPLINE AT -- IN THIS DISTRICT. AND HAS IT IS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS AS WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY OPEN COMMUNICATION AS FAR AS THE EXPECTATIONS FOR ACADEMICS OR INSTRUCTIONAL

136PRACTICES. LET ME EXPLAIN. SO WE HAVE -- I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. A STUDENT AT LETO HAD A WEAPON. AND HE WAS HANDED ONLY A TEN-DAY SUSPENSION. WHILE ANOTHER STUDENT WAS IN A FIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND RECEIVED A TEN-DAY SUSPENSION WITH A CHANGE OF PLACEMENT. THE PROBLEM IS, THIS HAS BEEN NOW ON A HIGH LEVEL AND MY PHONE HAS BEEN BLOWING UP. THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERN ABOUT A CURRENT HEARING PROCESS AND I WANT TO TRUST WE HAVE THE RIGHT LEADERS IN PLACE TO GOVERN. RED FLAGS AND INCONSISTENCIES AND PARENTS' CONCERNS. I MUST HAVE -- BE INTENTIONAL AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW -- AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL CALLS, BUT ALSO AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN I REQUEST INFORMATION, NOT A CHOICE TO PROVIDE

137ME WITH THE INFORMATION, IT IS A REQUIREMENT. THIS ORDER FOR ADDRESS THE ISSUES BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON A DAILY BASIS. TIME LEAP ACCESS TO ALL INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE THE KEY PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE MY WORK. I RELY ON COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION TO FULFILL MY DUTY AS A BOARD MEMBER. AND THE COOPERATION OF YOUR STAFF IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU DURING THIS WEEK REGARDING WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH REGARD TO THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PABLO, WITH YOU PUT THE SLIDES ON -- SLIDE ON THE SLIDES. THAT WAS PUN. OKAY, BIG THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL BUGNESS. MADAM CHAIR, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PRINCIPAL, K-LE. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SHOWING OUR STUDENT

138ONLINE SAFETY FORUM. INCLUSIVE IS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE -- THE FBI WE HAD THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE NO MORE ARE PAVING THE WAYS, VICTIMS TO SURVIVORS. AGENCIES THAT REALLY CARE AND ARE PASSIONATE TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE FROM POSSIBLE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS. WE CALL STUDENT ONLINE SAFETY BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS GROOMING, TEMPTATION GETS TO OUR STUDENTS THROUGH -- AND MEMBER COMBS MENTIONED THIS OVER AND OVER, THE CELL PHONES. SO WE HAD -- WE HAVE A LOT OF AWARENESS SHARED THAT NIGHT AND I WANT TO THANKOY WHEN. DR. LEWIS CAME AS WELL. AND OUR SUPERVISORS HAVE COME AND WENT THERE ALSO. I DID WANT TO SAY, AND THANK YOU, PABLO FOR SHARING. IS THAT THE ONLY SLIDE WE HAD? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S END THAT ONE. UP WANTED TO SHARE JUST A CONCERN.

139AND PERHAPS OTHER BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE SIMILAR ONES. THERE HAS BEEN SOME TALK WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES REGARDING THE NAACP USE AND OF THE GARY ADULT CENTER. WHEN START HEARING AND SEEING EVIIDENTIAL SITUATIONS AS A LACK OF -- AND I KNOW ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER MENTIONED THIS SIGN-IN SHEET PERHAPS LACK OF CAMERAS. PERHAPS THE ADDITIONAL INSURED. NOT CAPTURING MEETINGS THAT ARE BEING THERE. AND WHAT IS GOING ON THAT WE -- AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE DO NOT KNOW. AND I WILL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF. AND IF -- BECAUSE I HAD A BUSINESS. AND I KNOW I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE THAT USED MY BUSINESS SITE HAD TO PUTS UNDER MY INSURANCE UMBRELLA. I AM SURE SOME OF YOU HAD A BUSINESS KNOW THAT. BUT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WERE

140POSED TODAY IN PUBLIC AND ACTUALLY SOME OF THEM WERE POSED THANKS BOARD MEETINGS. I WANT THOSE ANSWERS TO BE SHARED. AND, AGAIN, WITH ME. SO WHEN I COMMUNICATE WITH THESE GROUPS, I CAN GIVE THEM THE ANSWERS. RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THOSE. BUT IF WE ARE VY HATING A-- VIOLATING ANY OF THE CONTRACT, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AT LEAST WE KNOW. IF I CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF ASSURANCE THAT THE FEEDBACK TO THOSE ADDITIONALLY INSURED, THE -- THE SIGN-IN SHEETS, THE ACTUAL GROUPS THAT ARE MEETING. ARE THEY PUT DOWN AS THE ADDITIONAL INSURED JUST TO HAVE A CLEAN RECORD SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE SUSPICIOUS REMARKS BEING MADE. THAT IS ON THAT ONE. AND YES, I AM MOVING, BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TONIGHT. I AM WEARY. ONE HOUSE TO THE

141OTHER EVEN THOUGH IT IS A MILE AWAY. I WANT TO SAY GRATITUDE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL THE VISITS THAT YOU DID AND MEMBER PEREZ, THANK YOU FOR CHEERING ME UP WITH THOSE GREAT VISITS I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO DO IT THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I WANT TO SHARE A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR CABINET WORKERS AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS ARE OUR PARAS. OUR BUS DRIVERS. WE ALL WANT TO YOU HAVE A GREAT RESTFUL VACATION AND IT IS COMING UP SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM GRAY -- OR MEMBER GRAY AND MADAM. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. BEFORE I GET INTO THE FUN THINGS. I WANT TO TALK OF THE BOOK MENTIONED TONIGHT "AMERICAN PSYCHO." IT

142KIND OF CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WHEN SHE MENTIONED IT WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND WHEN YOU CLICK THROUGH THE REVIEWS ON OUR WEB SITE WHERE WE HAVE A LIST OF IT -- A LIST OF THE BOOKS AND YOU CAN CLICK THROUGH PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS. IT SAYS WHILE "AMERICAN PSYCHO" INCLUDES PORNOGRAPHIC SCENES, THEY ARE CAREFULLY CRAFTED AND PLACED AND JUXTAPOSEDED WITH HORROR AND GORE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK UP AT REVIEWS FOR THIS BOOK, IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE 18 AND OLDER. THERE IS ONE ARTICLE THAT HAS KIDS REVIEWING THE BOOK AND EVEN -- THESE ARE MOSTLY HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. EVEN THEY WOULD SAY THE BOOK IS REALLY FOR 15 AND OLDER. AND IT IS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO, ONE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD IMAGINE. NOT WHETHER THE BOOK SHOULD BE IN OUR SCHOOLS OR NOT BUT CLEARLY MISPLACED.

143UP WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IN THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE LISTED, WHO CHOSE THE BOOK FOR THAT SCHOOL. I WANT YOU TO MEET WITH THEM AND ASK THEM WHAT THEIR RATION MALL IN IS FOR PUTTING SUCH A BOOK WHICH IN THE REVIEWS SAYS HAS PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL. AND I WOULD LIKE NOR YOU TO PULL THE BOOKS UNTIL YOU FIGURE OUT WHY IT IS IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BECAUSE I AM NOW QUESTIONING THE JUDGMENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CHOSING THIS BOOK TO BE IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I AM NOT SAYING -- EYE I AM NOT TALKING OF PULLING FROM EVERY -- BUT IT IS IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT IS IN SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE. HOW THEY WERE CHOSEN. WHY THEY WERE

144CHOSEN FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I KNOW WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE. SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS SITTING IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HAS PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL IN IT. I AM NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO RESPOND. I AM TELLING YOU WHAT I WANT DONE. OKAY. AND IT IS REALLY UPSETTING TO M ME. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE SHELVES OF THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. ALSO, A YEAR BEFORE I WAS ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THAT TIME MADE CUTS TO PARAS AND ESE'S CLASSROOMS. IF YOU WANT TO REFRESH YOURSELF WITH THAT, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT. IT IS IN THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES" A YEAR BEFORE KAREN AND I WERE ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. AT THIS TIME I WAS A PROFESSOR AT USF IN THE

145DEPARTMENT OF FEW SPECIAL ED. PREPARING SPECIAL ED TEACHERS. FOR MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WHERE THAT SUPERINTENDENT THOUGHT CUTS SHOULD BE MADE IN SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND TO THE PARAS. AND SO I WOULD HATE TO SEE US TAKE THAT PATH AND LOOK AT MAKING CUTS IN ESC IF WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE CUTS. SO I AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, MEMBER REN COME TO AND MEMBER PEREZ'S COMMENTS TONIGHT AROUND -- AROUND THOSE CUTS IN SPECIAL ED. OKAY, SO IT WAS AS BUSY TWO WEEKS. LOTS OF REALLY GOOD STUFF HAPPENING THOUGH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CERTAINLY I LOVED TAKING PART OF NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN READ IN AT LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND MR. WASHINGTON'S AREA. BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL. SO THOROUGHLY ENJOYED READING TO THOSE SWEET KINDERGARTNERS AT LOCKHART. LATER IN THE WEEK, I WAS HONORED

146TO BE ASKED TO FLIP THE GAME COIN FOR THE TAMPA SUN GAME. AND IT WAS SUCH A FUN NIGHT. AND TO GO ON THE FIELD AND FLIP THE COIN AND MEET THE COACHES AND PLAYERS AND SEEING THE -- I GOT TO SEE THE FACILITIES AT BLAKE, THE UPGRADES. AND THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL. I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE STUDENTS AT YOUR SCHOOL, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I AM SURE THEY LOVE IT, THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND SO FORTH LOVE TO GO OUT THERE. IT IS GORGEOUS. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL LUNCHEON SO FUN. LOVE TO BE IN PLANT CITY. A SPECIAL COMMUNITY. AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT, 60 YEARS OF THEM EMPOWERING STUDENTS THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY, ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP AND CAREER READINESS. WHAT A SPECIAL NIGHT. 60 YEARS JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN. THIS COMMUNITY SERVING OUR STUDENTS. A SPECIAL

147EXPERIENCE. AND PROUD TO BE A NEW BOARD MEMBER THERE. LASTLY I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE TAMPA BAY RAYS. FOOTBALL SUMMIT. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. UPLIFTED WOMEN. IT HAD A LOT OF PHENOMENAL GUEST SPEA SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS THAT YOU CAN ATTEND. ERIN ANDREWS AND CARISSA THOMPSON. IF YOU FOLLOW SPORTS -- I AM IN A HOUSE WITH MEN. AND ERIN ANDREWS. VERY GREW UP HERE. HER DAD WAS ON CHANNEL 8. THEY DID A LIVE EDITION OF THEIR PODCAST AND SO FUN AND UP FORGETTABLE. BIG THANK YOU TO THE BUCS FOR HOSTING THAT FOR WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNION. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAPP. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. STARTED OFF FEBRUARY 28 AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH RECEPTION ABOUT FRED AMERICANS. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. WE

148REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME. YES. MY BOARD MEMBERS WE WERE THERE ARE HAND A GREAT TIME. I CAME IN LATE. I MAY HAVE MISSED YOU. YEAH, I DID BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE. A GREAT EVENT. THE WINNING CLUB -- THE WINNING SCHOOL WAS GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL THAT REPRESENTED THE EVENT WITH THE PRINCIPAL. THEY WILL THOMAS MAHART AND GARCIA WAS PRESENTED WITH ADDS 1,000 REWARD. IT WAS GREAT. AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE FIRST BLACK ATHLETE TO GO TO FLORIDA GATORS. LEONARD GEORGE AS A RUNNING BACK. HE PLAYED AT JESUIT IN THE 60s. HE WENT TO FLORIDA IN '69. A GREAT ATHLETE AND GREAT RUNNING BACK. GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM AGAIN. AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY. I TOLD HIM I BEAT HIM WHEN THEY WERE

149IN HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAD A GREAT TEAM. WE BEAT THEM 45-25. I HAD TO BRING THAT TO HIS ATTENTION SO HE DIDN'T FORGET. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THEN ON SUNDAY, I WANT TO THANK DEPUTY McGRAY FOR COMING OUT. AND A DAY OF EDUCATION AND OUR FRIEND AND FAMILY DAY. WE RECOGNIZE MRS. QUINN. WHO IS A GREAT EDUCATOR HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE EVENT WAS REALLY NICE. WE HAD A LOT OF EDUCATORS OUT HERE. AGAIN, THANK YOU DEPUTY McCREA AND DR. GRAY FOR COMING. IT WAS VERY NICE. MR. HORNE, SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE EVENT, BUT I HEARD IT WAS GREAT. IT REALLY TURNED OUT REAL NICE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, HAD HE BEEN WASHINGTON. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM

150CHAIR. SORRY, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I AM GOING TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE AND ASK SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, MANY TIMES AFTER I SPOKE. A MANY BOARD MEMBERS SAY WE NEED CHANGE. I SEE CHANGE COMING. WE NEED CHANGES. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS WITH OUR FORMULA. WE NEED CHANGE. WE NEED TO LOOK AT SCHOOLS DIFFERENTLY. I KNOW WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBILITY AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE STARTS IN THE CLASSROOM. IF THEY ARE DOING IT RIGHT, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WILL FALL IN PLACE. IF WE ARE BEING PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBILITY, WHERE THE MONEY GOES FIRST AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE PHENOMENAL STAFF HERE AT ROSAC. OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATION AT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TO BE THE FIRST PRIORITY AND LEAVE WITH YOU THAT. ONE MORE THING. OUR COUNTY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS

151HAVE INCREASED IN POPULATION BY 1.25%. OUR DISTRICT HAS INCREASED IN STUDENTS BY .9%. WE ARE LAGGING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMING HERE ALL THE TIME. THEY NEED TO BE COMING HERE ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE THE BEST PRODUCT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST PRODUCT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MEMBER COMBS, I AM GOING TO GO 100% FOR YOU. WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS AND WILL BE THERE IN TALLAHASSEE NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK AFTER AND DEPEND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 100% BEHIND YOU. I WILL DEFEND THAT. I ALSO SAY, SUPERINTENDENT, I BACK DR. HAHN. AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT UNDER YOUR WATCH, THAT THESE BOOKS ARE IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT PROCESS YOU ARE USING TO MAKE SURE WHAT BOOKS COME IN OUR

152SCHOOLS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THAT'S WHY I ASK THAT YOU SHARE WITH ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ON HOW BOOKS THAT CLEARLY IN A REVIEW DETERMINE THAT IT IS PORTLAND. AND IT IS ALREADY THERE. LIKE WHAT IS OUR PROCESS. IF YOU WOULD PROVIDE THAT TO US. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE IT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THAT PROS IS. I DON'T WANT STAFF TO TAKE THE BLAME FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. BUT IT IS UNEXCUSABLE THAT MORE BOOKS OR ANY BOOKS THAT ARE CONSIDERED PORNOGRAPHY ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN THAT REVIEW SAYS IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK. Superintendent Ayres: I WAS GOING TO SAY LET'S VERIFY FIRST SCHOOLS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. VERIFY THAT FIRST BEFORE WE HEAR FROM A PUBLIC SPEAKER. THEN

153YOU NEED TO FIX YOUR WEB SITE. Superintendent Ayres: THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH WITH A NUMBER THAT WAS LOOKED UP IN A SYSTEM. WE ARE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW. FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT IT AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT BOO IS IN NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. Patti Rendon: THEN AGAIN OUR SYSTEM. OUR RESPONSIBILITY. BUCK STOPS WITH. Superintendent Ayres: I AGREE. Patti Rendon: PABLO, CAN YOU PUT THE PICTURES UP? OOPS. I WANT TO TALK OF RELAY FOR LIFE. 180 TEAMS AT RELAY FOR LIFE. I WANT TO THANK THE -- ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED FROM ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. A PHENOMENAL EVENT. HONORED TO BE THERE TO KICK IT OFF. OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CAME OUT. OUR HONOR CHOIRS CAME OUT. TRACYE LACY FOR COORDINATING THAT. OUR SURVIVOR WALK. SO

154EXCITING TO HAVE OVER 1,000 OF OUT STUDENTS THERE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT CAME. WE HAD OVER 600 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SINGING FOR THE KICKOFF FOR RELAY FOR LIFE. SUPER EXCITED. I AM GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE HISTORY. WE HAVE THE HISTORY -- THE RIFT FAIR LAST WEEK PHENOMENAL AT HCC. TALKED OF MANY OF THE STUDENTS AROUND OUR COUNTY. WHETHER A DOCUMENTARY OR DOING A -- AN ACTING PRESENTATION OR A -- OR AN ACTUAL -- THEY -- THEY HAD A RESEARCH PAPER STAND AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION. THEY IS IT A PHENOMENAL JOB. MY LAST PICTURES I WANT TO SHOW UP. I WANT TO THANK MEMBER WASHINGTON AND MEMBER GRAY FOR BEING WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH RECEPTION. BUT THE LAST PICTURES I HAVE UP ARE OF ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL VET TECH PROGRAM. THEY ARE DOING ONCE A

155MONTH -- THAT WAS RELAY FOR LIFE. THEY ARE DOING THE SPAS FOR ANIMALS. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, PHENOMENAL. ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. THEY WILL TAKE YOUR PETS AND WORK ON YOUR DOGS OR YOUR CATS, WHATEVER YOU NEED. STRAWBERRY CREST ALSO DOES THE SAME THING AND ALLOWS THE STUDENTS TO HAVE TRULY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE ANIMALS. SO I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND STRAWBERRY CREST TO DO THAT. SUPER FUN THING TO AND GIVES STUDENTS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH ANIMALS. DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE PICTURES IN WE DON'T HAVE THOSE? OKAY. BUT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: VERY QUICKLY. I WANT TO THANK MR. OKEN YOUNG AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM. IT WAS

156A GREAT EVENT. MEMBER RENDON AND I WERE OUT THERE AND HAD TO MANY PARENTS SHOW UP. IT WAS GREAT. SO MANY EVENTS. USF EDUCATION IN ACTION THAT WAS AMAZING YESTERDAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MAJOR SPENCER. I WENT TO MY FIRST MILITARY BALL ONCE AGAIN WITH THE JOTC STUDENTS AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AS WE GET TO DO SO MANY UNIQUE EXPERIENCES HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. QUITE A FEW ROTC STUDENTS AND JUST AMAZING. I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE OTHER DAY I WAS AT McFARLAND PARK AND THIS YOUNG MOON LAST YEAR HE BECAME -- HE GOT IN THIRD PLACE FOR THE TROPICANA SPEECH. BUT THIS YEAR HE CRIED WHEN HE WON. I REALLY SHOULDN'T -- I DIDN'T PLAN ON SAYING IT IN THINKS SCHOOL. IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE HIS NO, MA'AM

157IS THE HEAD CUSS STOWED JANUARY AT FREEDOM I HAVE TO READ HIS SPEECH. HIS WILL BE SO AS MUCH BETTER THAN MINE. IT IS CALLED SOS TEACHERS. TEACHERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY ARE IN DANGER IF WE DO NOT ACT QUICKLY. WE ARE FACING A BIG PROBLEM. THE CRISIS OF TEACHERS. I AM MARCOS, FIFTH GRADER, CONCERNED OF THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION. I WILL EXPLAIN THREE REASONS WHY TEACHERS ARE LEAVING THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND HOW I CAN HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. FIRST OF ALL, TEACHERS ARE NOT WELL PAID. THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TIME SPENT IN AND OUT OF THE CLASS DOOM NOT MATCH THE SALARY. THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME PREPARING, GRADING AND PREPARING THE LESSONS FOR THE STUDENTS. THEY NEED TO BE CURRENT WITH EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. TEACHERS ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY

158AND DESERVE TO BE PAID WELL. IF THEY WANT A STRONG COMMUNITY NEED BETTER RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR TEACHERS. MAKE SURE THAT TEACHERS GET PAID WHAT THEY DESERVE. SECONDLY, TEACHERS ARE QUITTING BECAUSE OF AN INCREASES BAD BEHAVIOR IN STUDENTS. BAD ACTIONS STUDENTS DO NOT ALLOW FOR PROPER TEACHING. CLASSROOMS FOR MANY STUDENTS GET DIFFICULT TO TEACH WHEN DISRUPT BY WRONG BEHAVIORS. WE HAVE SEEN IT INCREASE AND DISRESPECTFUL ACTS TOWARD TEACHERS. IT NEVER NEEDS TO STOP -- IT NEEDS TO STOP. I PRO POISE TO ENGAGE THE PARENTS TO TALK TO THE CHILD-TO-PROMOTE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION TOWARD OUR TEACHERS. FINALLY, TEACHERS ARE OVERWHELMED BY THE LACK OF FUNDS FROM FOR THE SCHOOLS. DIFFICULT TO PREPARE AND PLAN LESSON ACCORDINGLY. MANY BUY MATERIALS WITH THEIR OWN MONEY TO GET THE JOB DONE. DUTY OF OUR TEACHERS ARE SIMPLE TO TEACH US.

159I SUGGEST KEEP SUPPORTING THE PTA, EXERCISE OUR VOTE AND RECYCLE OUR SCHOOL MATERIALS LIKE NEXTBOOKS AND WORKBOOKS TO REDUCE EXPENSES. WE NEED AND LOVE OUR TEACHERS. OUR FUTURES ARE IN THEIR LAND NO TEACHERS MEANS LESS STRONG COMMUNITY. LET US HELP OUR TEACHERS, GO TEACHERS. A GREAT SPRING BREAK. HE WAS TO SO RESILIENT AND CAME IN FIRST PLACE AND AWESOME TO SEE HIM CRY. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FINAL TROPICANA SPEECHES. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I WILL BE BRIEF TOO. ANXIOUS TO START OUR SPRING BREAK AT THE END OF THE WEEK. ONE, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, IF THERE IS SOMETHING -- I KNOW I TALK ABOUT IT FROM A DAIS OF A WORKSHOP. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ONE, SUBMIT THE FORM THROUGH OUR SECRETARIES.

160SAYING IT FROM THE DAIS DOESN'T GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. IF YOU HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE WORKSHOP, MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT THE FORM. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE BOOK AS WELL, BECAUSE I -- I FLAGGED THAT BOOK LAST YEAR. AND IT WAS ONLY IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND I REALLY THINK THAT THERE IS A MISTAKE BE IN OUR SYSTEM. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT WITHIN THAT TIME MOSTS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WOULD GET THAT. I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. LET THEM KNOW. SEE IF THERE IS A SYSTEM ERROR. PART OF OUR PROCESS IS FIRST ALLOWING MEDIA SPECIALISTS TO REMOVE BOOKS AT THEIR OWN DISCREPANCY. IF BY ANY MACHINE, I WOULD SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT IS IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

161REMOVE NOSE IT COMESES TO A BOOK CHALLENGE. WHAT WE WOULD DO AS PARENTS. AND WHAT THE BOARD SHOULD DO GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. AN ISSUE WITH OUR SYSTEM. THE WHOLE PROBLEM WE WANT TRANSPARENCY AND WHAT IS IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO THE OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS AROUND THAT BOOK. ALSO, THIS ISN'T AIMED AT ANYONE DIRECTLY, BUT I ASK FOR ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS UP HERE AND EVERYBODY DOES A GOOD JOB MOST OF THE TIME TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS. I KNOW WE OVEN DISAGREE WITH THINGS AND WE GET HEATED ABOUT THINGS. BUT JUST -- I KNOW IT IS HARD FOR ME, KEEP OUR SARCASM A LITTLE BIT TO OURSELVES

162AND BE POLITE TO EACH OTHER UP HERE. OTHER THING, A POSITIVE THING -- OH, I DO WANT TO TALK OF THE ESC. BUT YOU AND I WILL HAVE SPOKE ABOUT THAT. AND I KNOW WE ARE PLAYING PHONE TAG, MISS BROWN. I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT OFF THE DAIS AND WANT TO CONTINUE THAT. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING INCREDIBLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING THIS WEEKEND TO THE SEVENTH ANNUAL NEW TAMPA RUN RACE. THOUGHT OF YOU, MEMBER GRAY, AS I SAW ALL OF THE EXISTED RACERS SETTING UP. ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, READY, GO. HUNTERS GREEN. CAME UP EARLY AT 5:00 TO SET UP THAT EVENT. TURNERERS PARTICIPATED IN THAT. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALLEY FOR TURNER

163BARTEL IN NEW TAMPA. THAT WAS FUN EVEN RIDICULOUSLY EARLY IN THE MORNING. FINALLY I WANT TO SAY -- ECHO HAPPY SPRING BREAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON HIS OR HER IS IN OUR SCHOOLS SUPPORTING OUR KIDS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. WHETHER -- YOU KNOW WE TALKED OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF. WHETHER IT IS CAFETERIA WORKERS, OUR BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS, EVERYONE. MEMBER PEREZ DOES AN AMAZING JOB FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAM. EVERYONE FROM THE DISTRICT. SUPERINTENDENT, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR EVERYTHING THAT GETS INVESTED IN OUR EDUCATION AND I HOPE EVERYONE USES THE UPCOMING SPRING BREAK TO RECHARGE, REFRESH AND FILL YOUR BUCKETS TO FINISH OUT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING PATIENT. AND WITH THAT, INTO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.