11/14/2023 - Regorganization Meeting

001Nadia Combs: HI, I AM NADIA COMBS, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME TO YOU HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS THAT INCLUDE CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL AND ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. Henry "Shake" Washington: I AM HENRY "SHAKE" WASHINGTON, THE BOARD VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN AMERICA AND MADE UP OF THIS,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT NEARLY 50 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. Lynn Gray: OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON 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. Jessica Vaughn: YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT, WE ARE

002COVERED LIVE ON FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE STREAMED LIVE ON HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. Patti Rendon: WE ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE WILL INCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE BUSINESS ITEMS. AGENDAS AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. Karen Perez: OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES. TODOS LOS DIAS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY ACE FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING OF NOVEMBER 14, 2023 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF

003ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU MAY BE SEATED. Nadia Combs: MEMBER WASHINGTON, WILL YOU NOW PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT. Henry "Shake" Washington: YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. BOY, WE HAD SOME GREAT ENTERTAINMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DANCERS FREE ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL AND PRINCIPAL MICHAEL MIRANDA. DANCE DIRECTOR KARLA JIMENEZ. THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF OUR BOARD MEETING. AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO COME UP -- INVITAMIN THEM TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. ARE YOU READY? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. AMANDA ARLOYO, ONE OF THE CO-DIRECTORS OF THE DANCE BENT AT ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET. I AM JASMINE THOMAS

004AND IN THE 7th GRADE. I AM IONA GEORGE AND I AM IN 7th GRADE. GOOD EVENING, TAMARA HINES IN THE 7th GRADE. CARLY AND I AM IN 7th GRADE. HI, I AM IN 7th GRADE. HI, MY NAME IS ZORA HERNANDEZ AND I AM IN THE 8th GRADE. HELLO, MILANA AND I AM IN THE 7th GRADE. I AM KENDALL AIKENS AND I AM IN THE 8th GRADE. I AM BLAKE AND I AM IN THE 7th GRADE. MY NAME IS KARLA JIMENEZ, ONE OF THE DANCE DIRECTOR AT ORANGE GROVE. MIKE MIRANDA, PROUD PRINCIPAL. Henry "Shake" Washington: GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. GREAT JOB. PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ANY PICTURES, YOU CAN COME UP FRONT. EVERYONE READY, 3, 2, 1! Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. YOU DID A FANTASTIC

005JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH Nadia Combs: ENCORE. ENCORE. WE HAVE ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM 10, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR THE SOUTHERN FOUNDATION 2023-2024. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE FOUR SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED OCTOBER 17, 2023, COAST GUARD MEETING NOVEMBER 23, SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING, OCTOBER 10, 2023, SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP, OCTOBER 24, 2023, SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP. A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A

006REMINDER WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN AND SUCCEED AND ALL DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE TV MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS OF. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE FORMAT. SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCASTS ON CABLE TV, VIDEO MONITORS AND CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING WITH THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON AND ONE ITEM

007SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN AND THAT IS 6:00 WITH EMPLOYEE EN PUT. THE BOARD WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 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 ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR BOARD RESPECTS THE RIGHT OF PRESIDENT PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME BEING HERE. IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT ONLY AT THE ISSUE. ANY BEHAVIOR TO DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. ALL CIVILITY POLICIES IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, SPEAK YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY IN THE MICROPHONE. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. IT BEGINS

008WHEN YOU START SPEAKING .30 SECONDS A YELLOW LET, RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE. I WILL CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE NOW. MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. WELL, WE JUST HAD SOME ELECTIONS. AND -- AND EVERY ONE OF THEM THE M MOMS FOR STUPIDITY TOOK A WHOOPING. BIG TIME. BIG TIME WHOOPING. I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SAYS SOMETHING FOR -- THAT YOUR -- HERE IS A HEADLINE, THE REPUBLIC-CONS TALK OF REBUILDING BUT NOT THE CAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. IT HAS A PICTURE WITH GOVERNOR RON DEFEWER. THE TWO SENATORS FROM FLORIDA, RICK SCOTT AND MARCO POLO. BOY, TALK ABOUT THE STOOGES. AND HERE IS THE HEADLINE, STARK WARNINGS FOR THE WARMING PLANET. REPORT SPELLS OUT DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. MELTING GREEN LAND ICE WILL RAISE SEAS. THE CLIMATE CRISIS GETS WORSE BY

009THE DAY. HOTTER OCEANS PUSH JULY TO BE THE EARTH'S WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD. AND GET READY FOR THE CLIMATE DISASTERS. AND WHAT ALL THESE HAVE IN CO COMMON, ALL ALL GO TO THESE AGENDA ITEMS. YOU HAVE THIS MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE HVAC SYSTEMS. AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? PUMP MORE CARBON INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. AND MAKE ALL THESE CONDITIONS WORSE. THE BUILDINGS ARE JUST AS BAD AS EVER. THE SITUATION BECOMES MORE DIRE. IT'S JUST -- YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS I HAVE BEEN MERE WITH THE SCIENCE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE. PASS A SOLAR BUILDING. AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING IGNORED. BLATANTLY IGNORED. WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID WE SHAPE OUR BUILDINGS THEREAFTER, AND THEN THEY SHAPE US. THESE CHILDREN THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSEDLY EDUCATING THAT ARE GOING TO BE LIVING IN A HELL. IT'S A SHAME. Nadia Combs:

010THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. WHILE I COME, I WANT TO BRING A LITTLE UPDATE FROM SOME OF THE RECENT MEETINGS WE HAD OF BOOK APPEALS AND BOOK CHALLENGES. THIS MORNING I WAS -- THE MEETING ABOUT BLANKETS, WHICH IS THE ONE I BROUGHT THE POSTER SHOWING THE CONTENT OF THE BOOK WITH THE 15-PAGE BEDROOM SCENE BY THE DISTRICT. BY THE SCHOOL WAS APPROVED. THE DISTRICT NINE VOTES, NO DISSENTING OPINIONS. IT WAS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL TO KEEP THAT BOOK INTO A DECISION THAT WAS MADE. THIS BOOK IS GAY WAS YESTERDAY. AND THERE WAS A MAJORITY VOTE TO KEEP THAT BOOK THAT HAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SEX HOOK-UP APP INCLUDING QUOTE BENEFITS ARE OBVIOUS, QUICK, UNCOMPLICATED SEX. I AM NOT SURE SEX FOR A 13, 14, 15-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN STUDENT IS EVER NOT COMPLICATED. AND DEAL WITH THE REPERCUSSIONS

011OF A KID POTENTIALLY HOOKING UP WITH, I DON'T KNOW, A PEDOPHILE OR SOMEONE WHO HAS MAL INTENTS. IDENTICAL IS A BOOK BY HOPKINS AT NEWSOM HIGH SCHOOL. ZERO DISSENTING. OF THE 33 PEOPLE WHO GATHERED ONLY TWO PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP ANY SORT OF DIFFERENT OPINION AND STILL THE MAJORITY WAS FOR THE BOOKS. AND ANOTHER THING, THIS BOOK IS GAY TALKS ABOUT SEX SAUNAS AND, QUOTE, RANDOM SEX IS FINE AS LONG AS YOU ARE SAFE. I DON'T THINK PARENTS LIKE ME AND MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WOULD THINK THAT RANDOM SEX IS FINE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS SAFE. SAFESONA WHERE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN SEX WITH MORE THAN ONCE. THEY HAD THREE MINUTES TO LOOK AT THE BOOK CHALLENGE THAT I FILED AND FIVE MINUTES. THEY RECEIVED IT THERE ON THE SHOT. A LITTLE BIT OF

012AN ISSUE IN THAT OPINION BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME INVESTING IN THAT, AND THEY HARDLY HAD HAD ANY TIME TO LOOK AT IT. E-MAILS SENT TO THE DOE GET REJECTED BY THEIR SERVER BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT IN SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS AND I FIND THAT TO BE A PROBLEM. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT BE INTRODUCING THESE TOPICS. THIS IS A PARENTS' RIGHT TO DISCUSS THESE TYPES OF ISSUES WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN WHEN THEY DECIDE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE READY FOR IT AND IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEM. I THINK THESE BOOKS ARE SUBVERTING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO DO THAT. PORNOGRAPHY DOES NOT BELONG IN SCHOOLS. PERIOD. THIS HAS GOT TO END. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VELMA RODRIGUEZ. TONIGHT I COME

013TO YOU AS PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL LULAC, THE LEAGUE OF LATIN AMERICAN UNITED CITIZENS, COUNCIL 7082. I ALSO SERVE AS THE SECRETARY TO THE EXECUTIVE STATE BOARD. I'M HERE SUPPORTING KAREN PEREZ'S PROMOTION OR POSITION SHE WILL BE HAVING. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS EMOTIONAL FOR ME TO LOOK AT HER AND SEE THE MODEL THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE SERVING TO ALL OUR STUDENTS, TO ALL OUR LATINEN X, HISPANIC, LATINO STUDENTS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND BEYOND. WE NEED -- AND YOU HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK MANY TIMES BEFORE OF THE MODELS WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE LOOK UP TO. AND PEOPLE THEY CAN EXPECT. AND PEOPLE WHO CAN SET THE EXAMPLE FOR OUR STUDENTS. I AM LOOKING AT THIS AND IT SAYS "PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE." ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL

014STUDENTS WITHOUT A DOUBT. THE -- THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT -- THAT DANCED OUT THERE TODAY AND WERE IN THIS ROOM DESERVE A LOT OF APPLAUSE. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. AND THEY ARE WHY LULAC IS FIGHTING TO MAKE CERTAIN THATCH ALL STUDENTS GET AN EQUAL -- ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT ALL STUDENTS CAN DO. AND THAT THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. KAREN, I KNOW YOU WILL DO WONDERS. AND, AGAIN, WE IN LULAC AND IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. AND IF I CAN HAVE THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS PLEASE LINE UP. > GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM PETER HORSEMAN. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY CONGRATULATING SUPERINTENDENT AYRES ON HIS APPOINTMENT AND CON GRATE GARAGE LATING THE BOARD FOR MANAGING THAT DECISION.

015GREAT DECISION ON THAT PART. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PARENTAL RIGHTS. WE HAVE HAD PARENTAL RIGHTS ALL ALONG. PARENTAL RIGHTS IS FOR ALL PARENTS, NOT FOR ONE PARENT TO DECIDE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ALL OF THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND. I KNOW YOU ARE KEEPING THAT IN MIND. OUR POLICIES FOR SELECTING BOOKS, PUTTING BOOKS ON THE SHELVES ARE RESPONSIBLE POLICIES BASED ON THE STUDENTS IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING OVER WHAT WE DO WHEN WE WERE YOUNG MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET. JUST LOOKING AROUND YOU, CHILDREN -- CHILDREN, FRANKLY THEY ARE OF AGES 12, 13, 14R, EXPERIENCING SEX OUT THERE. IT IS EVERYWHERE AROUND THEM. THEY NEED THAT EDUCATION. RESPONSIBLE EDUCATION

016THAT THESE BOOKS PROVIDE OPPOSED TO IRRESPONSIBLE EDUCATION THEY PICK UP OFF THE STREET FROM SOMEBODY, A FRIEND, A -- A WHATEVER. AND IT IS THE PARENTS' RIGHT TO DETERMINE IF THAT CHILD SHOULD READ THAT BOOK OR NOT. CAN'T DENY THAT. THE BOOK LOOKS AVAILABLE. I THANK YOU, SCHOOL BOARD MAKING SURE THAT EDUCATION IS BROAD BECAUSE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE MEANS THEY NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN HISTORY. WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THEM IN EVERYDAY LIFE. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON I AM AN ANDREA LANG AND HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE BLUMENTHAL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. I HAD A PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH BETH SUTHERLAND FOR 15 YEARS. P.M. FIRST DAY I ARRIVED AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A BRAND-NEW FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE

017SPEAKER. SHE KNEW I WAS HER TEACHER AND GREETED KNEE WITH A HUGE SMILE AND A BIG HANDSHAKE AGED KNEW I WAS PART OF HER FAMILY AT THAT TIME. HER STUDENTS WERE ALSO WELCOMED WHERE THE SAME MAMA SUTH GREETING. WILL KNOW SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THEM, BUT DON'T CROSS HER, SHE WOULD HAVE A POCKET FULL OF ALTOIDS. SHE CARED ABOUT THE WHOLE STUDENT BEFORE CARING FOR THE WHOLE STUDENT WAS THE HIP THING TO DO. HER STUDENTS KNEW IT. THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND SUPPORT AT HER RETIREMENT CONCERT. ROSES TO SPECIAL SONGS TO A LARGE GROUP OF ALUMNI READY TO SING HER PRAISES. BETH SUPPORTED THE CHORAL DEPARTMENT AS DIRECTOR, BAND AS SPONSOR SPENDING ENDLESS HOURS DURING MARCHING SEASON AND IN THE CAFETERIA. AND SHE ENCOMPASSES ALL THAT IT MEANS TO BE AN EDUCATOR. AND WITH

018THE LIFE OF THE BLUMENTHAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT. I'M THE PROUD CHORAL DIRECTOR AT BLUMENTHAL HIGH SCHOOL. I CAN FEEL BETH THERE. [CRYING] I FIND MUSIC WHERE HER SIGNATURE CONTINUE TO, INDICATING IT WAS HER DIRECTOR COPY AND I SEE HER MASTERFUL NOTES IN BLOOMINGDALE. I KNOW HER SPIRIT REMAINS IN THAT MUSIC WHING. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT I AM MAKING HER PROUD AND HAPPY OF THE MUSIC WE MAKE DAILY. I CAN HEAR HER MAKING CORRECTIONS IN MY EAR THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND I LAUGH. AND THEN I TAKE HER ADVICE. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE DEDICATION OF THE BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL SUTHERLAND HALL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS TO KEEP HER SPIRIT ALIVE IN THE PLACE SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE TO. GO BULLS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. MY NAME IS TRACY LEACY

019AND THE PROUD SUPERVISOR OF ELEMENTARY MUSIC IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MANY MOONS GO INTERNED WITH BETH SULTERLAND AND BETH HOPE. I WAS A COLLEGE INTERN AND PURSUING A COLLEGE DEGREE THAT LASTED TEN YEARS AND TRYING TO MAKE MY WAY IN THE WORLD AS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN. THE LAST STEP TO GET MY DEGREE AND AT THE TIMING IS TO FALL BACK ON. FIRST DAY OF INTERNING IN THE SECOND PERIOD, MISS SUTHERLAND TURNED, AND BEING THE INTERNSHIP I TOLD HER I WAS SUPPOSED TO OBSERVE HER ONE WEEK AND THEN A GRADUAL RELEASE. SHE TOOK MY PACKAGE AND SHOVED IT IN A DRAWER AND SAID YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW. YOU LEARN BEST BY DOING. SO I WENT. I LEARNED ABOUT PLANNING WITH HER WHILE CONDUCTING ENSEMBLES AND DANCING WITH THE SHOW CHOIR. DURING

020MEALS WE SHARED EVERY DAY AND AFTER SCHOOL WHEN WE WOULD SHOOT HOOPS ON THE COURT. TRAVELED IN TRAINS, PLANES AND BUSES FOR A VARIETY OF MUSIC COMPETITIONS AND STAY ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS IN THE WEEKEND. EVERY ONE OF HER CLASSES CLUE ME A PARTY ON MY LAST DAY OF INTERNSHIP, SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER HAVE EXPECTED. AFTER GRADUATION WENT TO SCANDINAVIA AND ENGLAND TO PLAY MUSIC. I REMEMBER CALLING BETH WITH A PREPAID CALLING CARD IN NORWAY. NOW I AM SHOWING MY AGE. THE END OF JULY AND SAID CAN I LOOK FOR A TEACHING JOB. SHE SAID YOU TOOK THE TIME TO CALL ME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AT 1 A.M. SO I THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. I GOT MY FIRST JOB IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS. AND I SHOCKED MYSELF

021BEING SO IN LOVE WITH MUSIC. MY BEV SUTHERLAND FOUNDATION OF INSPIRATION. MEAN SO MUCH TO ME TO CONSIDER BLOOMINGDALE AUDITORIUM THE SUTHERLAND HALL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS SO HER STORY CAN CONTINUE TO BE SHARED BY ALL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO -- EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS ELESALES MONTANA AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I AM BEFORE YOU. I AM CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR LULAY. LULAC IS THE LEAGUE OF LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS AND THE OLDEST, OVER 94 YEARS IN EXISTENCE AND THE LARGEST MEMBERSHIP HISPANIC ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES WITH OVER 135,000 MEMBERS. I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH I AM THE DIRECTOR OF. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT -- I WANT YOU TO

022BE ABLE TO LOOK AT US AT LULAC AS A PARTNER IN GETTING OUR CHILDREN EDUCATED. I AM A FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THESE FOUR CHILDREN HAVE GIVEN ME 13 GRANDCHILDREN. AND I TRUST THEM IN YOUR HANDS, BECAUSE IF IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US, ESPECIALLY THE LATINOS, THE HISPANICS WHO FEEL THAT TRUST, THAT HONOR, THAT SENSE OF WELL BEING THAT WE GET FROM KNOWING OUR HISTORY, FROM SEEING THE DANCERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ENTERTAINING US. WASN'T THAT WONDERFUL? CULTURE IS SUCH A DELIVERY OF THAT ALUGUO WE HAVE INSIDE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT, PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER, WE HAVE MANY COUNCILS IN THIS COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTY WHO ARE HERE FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF GETTING OUR CHILDREN EDUCATED. I WANT

023TO PUT A THING THAT BUGGED ME JUST A MINUTE AGO. AND THAT IS THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN EVERYTHING THAT IS ABOUT THEM. IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A FATHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE -- THEY ARE INTRODUCED OR THEY ARE GIVEN THAT INFORMATION THAT IS GIVEN TO THEM, BUT I WANT YOU AS A SCHOOL BOARD TO ALLOW MY CHILDREN THE CHILDREN TO LEARN EVERYTHING THEY CAN. I WILL THEN GUIDE THEM IN THE PROCESS OF HOW IT MEANS TO ME. BUT BY NO MEANS CENSOR. BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE CENSORING, YOU ARE CENSORING SOMETHING YOU MAY SEE IS A VALUE TO ME. 30 SECONDS. WHAT CAN I SAY IN 30 SECONDS EXCEPT TO SAY, THANK YOU. BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF YOU RAN FOR OFFICE OR SELECTED TO BE HERE TO

024HELP OUR CHILDREN. PLEASE CONSIDER LULAC AS A PART ANY IN THIS DELIVERY, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. A 01, PROCLAMATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH, NOVEMBER 2023. MEMBER GRAY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Lynn Gray: IT IS MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO -- TO SHARE THE RATIONALE OF THE PROCLAMATION, NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATES THE RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURES, TRADITIONS AND HISTORIES OF THE NATIVE-AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS CELEBRATING TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND IDENTITY. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TOWARD WORKING TO A SOCIETY THAT FOSTERS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING FOR THE CULTURED HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIONS IN OUR COUNTRY. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENCOURAGES SCHOOLS TO THOUGHTFULLY

025PLAN CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SCHOOL-WIDE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS. WE WILL FURTHER SUPPORT AND EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF CULTURES OF NATIVE-AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE PEOPLE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH NOVEMBER 2023. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MEMBER WASHINGTON. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. A 02, ADOPTION PROCLAMATION AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 13-17, 2023. AND NATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2023. MEMBER HAHN WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 13-17 AND A WEEK TO CELEBRATE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE OUR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES WITH CARE AND PROFESSIONALISM. AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK RAISES AWARENESS THAT EVERYONE, EDUCATORS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS

026AND OUR YOUTH HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD RECEIVES A QUALITY EDUCATION. WITHIN AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK FALLS EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY, WHICH IS RECOGNIZED NOVEMBER 15. EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE ESSENTIAL TO A SAFE AND HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS. THEY SHAPE CULTURE THAT HELP STUDENTS FEEL EMPOWERED TO DO THEIR BEST. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE INTEGRAL PART OF OUR EDUCATION AND STUDENTS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. A MOTION AND IS SECOND FOR AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 13-17, 2023. AND NATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY NOVEMBER 15, 2023. A MOTION BY MEMBER. PEREZ. SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL

027NOW MOVE INTO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, MEMBER WASHINGTON HAS ASKED TO SAY A FEW WORDS. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS AFTERNOON, WE ARE RECOGNIZING A WOMAN WHO HAS LED THE BOARD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. MISS NADIA COMBS IS COMPLETING HER SECOND CONSECUTIVE TERM AS CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. MRS. COMBS HAS PASSION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CREATED AN EARLY LEARNING TASK FORCE FOR THE DISTRICT. THE TASK FORCE MEETS REGULARLY TO DISCUSS THE WAYS TO PROMOTE EARLY LEARNING INTO OUR SCHOOLS. MISS COMBS ALSO CREATED A HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION AND FESTIVAL THAT HAVE BECOME A HUGE EVENT FOR OUR DISTRICT. THE CELEBRATION PROVIDES OUR FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES, INFORMATION, AND ENTERTAINMENT. AND THIS YEAR, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED IT. MISS COMBS IS A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT

028WHO ALWAYS PUT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AHEAD OF EVERYTHING ELSE. SHE HAS NAVIGATEDED IN BOARD THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND TIMES AND COMPLICATED ISSUES. MRS. COMBS IS A BIG PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A SECOND TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS -- FIRST BY MISS PEREZ. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? YES? GRAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER, WASHINGTON. I DID HAVE A FEW REMARKS. IS IT APPROPRIATE, MR. PORTER -- Henry "Shake" Washington: YES, MA'AM. Lynn Gray: I REFLECTED A LITTLE MORE THAN USUAL ON CHAIR, BEING A FORMER CHAIR AND BEING ONE OF THE -- WELL, THE OLDEST, NOT CHRONOLOGICALLY BECAUSE SHAKE MEETS ME, BUT ONLY THE OLDEST

029BOARD MEMBERS, AT LEAST SERVING. I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW SOME OF THE QUALITIES. THIS IS OVER TWO YEARS. AND THE DEDICATION THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN REMINDS ME OF THE -- WELL, EXCUSE ME FOLKS, I HAVE RUN A FEW MARATHONS BUT REMINDS ME OF THE ENDURANCE OF MARATHONING. NADIA, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY -- I AM CALLING YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY FEEL-GOOD MOMENT BUT BITTERSWEET. YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN VERY FAIR. YOU HAVE BEEN FAIR TO ALL OF US. PROCLAMATIONS. WOULD RUTHTH RATHER NOT HAVE A PROCLAMATION. BUT ALL THROUGHOUT, WORKSHOPS, ALWAYS BEING FAIR. THAT IS A HARD QUALITY TO DEAL WITH SEVEN WOMEN EXCEPT FOR MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANYWAY, YOU ARE VERY DEDICATED BECAUSE KNOWING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, THERE HAS BEEN SOME HEALTH CHALLENGES -- NOT THAT

030WE ALL DON'T HAVE CROSSES -- WE ALL HAVE BURDENS, BUT MY GOSH, YOU NEVER MISSED A BOARD MEETING. YOU NEVER MISSED A WORKSHOP. YOU NEVER MISSED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT NEVER MISSED AN AGENDA REVIEW. NEVER HAVE YOU MISSED IN TWO YEARS YOU SERVED AS A CHAIR. AND YOU ARE ALWAYS PROFESSIONALLY PREPARED. YOU COME TO AN AGENDA READING -- SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WITH THE DATA RELEVANT TO THE MATTER, BUT ALSO THE HEARTFELT RELEVANT REMARKS OFF THIS STUD CITIED AND INVESTIGATED AND FREELY MAKE STUDENT REMARKS. I REALLY THINK THAT IS A HIGH AMOUNT OF MARKS, PLUSES FOR A LEADER SUCH AS YOURSELF. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IS YOU ARE STUDENT CENTERED. YOU ARE NOT IN THIS GAME FOR -- WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, STEPPING STONES. THIS IS A HARD POSITION. HARD IS BECAUSE WE

031HAVE -- WE HAVE A LOT OF DIVISIVE SUBJECTS AND TERRITORIES TO COVER, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU ARE THERE FOR THE STUDENTS. HOW WE KNOW? WHEN I GO TO THE SCHOOLS, PRINCIPALS ALWAYS SAY, NADIA HAS BEEN THERE. THEY SPEAK VERY HIGHLY OF YOU AND THAT IS A LOT OF SCHOOLS. I HAVE BEEN TO PROBABLY MOST OF YOUR SCHOOLS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU ARE READY TO READ A BOOK OR CELEBRATE I DON'T KNOW HOW DO YOU IT WITH THAT ENERGY LEVEL, BUT YOU ARE THERE FOR THOSE KIDS AND THAT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT. AND I GUESS MOST DIFFICULT LY IN HOW IT IS DONE. YOU TRIED IN EARNEST TO BE COLLABORATIVE WITH EVERY BOARD MEMBER. YOU TRIED TO GAIN UNITY. TO GAIN THE SPIRIT OF A POSITIVE CULTURE. YOU HAVE NEVER ISOLATED ONE BOARD MEMBER

032VERSUS ANOTHER. YOU TRIED TO HAVE EVEN OUTREACH. AND, AGAIN, EVEN WHEN THINGS GOT TESTY AND PUBLIC CAN REALIZE THIS REAL QUICK, DECISIVE ISSUES MAKE BOARD MEMBERS TESTY BECAUSE WE HAVE OPINIONS WELL. WE ARE TYPE A PERSONALITIES. AND YOU ALWAYS BRING US AN OLIVE BRANCH TO BRING US TOGETHER. AND THAT IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT. A COMPROMISING. IN A WAY THAT GOES WAY LEFT AND WAY RIGHT, LICKED TEE SPLIT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, NOT ONLY AS A FELLOW COLLEAGUE BUT A FRIEND. RESPECTFUL OF YOUR SERVICE. YOU DEDICATED SO MUCH TO YOUR LIFE, YOUR DISTRICT AND THIS BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, YOU MEMBER GRAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? Nadia Combs: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. FIRST AND FOREMOST. I WANT

033TO THANK MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, YOU LEADING THIS. THIS IS SUCH A -- SUCH A DIFFICULT JOB. MEMBER GRAY, I THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS. MY FACE IS PROBABLY SO RED BECAUSE I AM JUST NOT USED TO THAT. I AM KIND OF A WORKER BEE. THAT'S HOW I AM. BUT IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS BOARD AND WORK TOGETHER AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE SUCH A STRONG BOARD AND WE COMMUNICATE AND WORK WELL TOGETHER. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT HELPS OUR STUDENTS. IT HELPS OUR DISTRICT. TAMPA HELPS EVERY EMPLOYEE AND HELPS OUR FAMILY. IT IS SUCH AN HONOR, AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE IN THIS POSITION. AND I AM SO HAPPY TO SERVE OUR

034COMMUNITY. I SAY THIS OFTEN. LIKE OUR STUDENTS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU SEE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WRONG AND YOU SEE VIOLENCE AND PROBLEMS. SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE SOMEONE, I THINK, WHAT HAPPENED? DID WE NOT CATCH THEM? WHAT CAN WE DO? AND SO BUILDING A STRONG SCHOOL COMMUNITY BUILDS A STRONG COMMUNITY ALL TOGETHER. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. AN HONOR TO SERVE AS CHAIR. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MY FACE IS SO RED TRITE NOW. I WANT TO THANK MEMBER WASHINGTON WHO HAS BEEN RIGHT ALONGSIDE. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. I HAVE SAID THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING. I HAVE BECOME A BETTER PERSON FROM KNOWING YOU. AND MEMBER WASHINGTON, ONE OF THE MOST KINDEST, CARING THING. I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU

035THAT ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM -- -- FROM B.T. WASHINGTON. AND I -- I THINK IT WAS AMAZING. IT'S -- Henry "Shake" Washington: I LIKE YOUR STYLE. Nadia Combs: WE KNOW MEMBER WASHINGTON CAN DRESS. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, I LOOK FORWARD TO WHOEVER LEADS THIS BOARD. WE ALL LEAD TOGETHER AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT REMAINS STRONG AND CONTINUES TO SERVICE OUR STUD STENTS. THANK YOU. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WILL ALSO WANT TO ADD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH TOUGH TIMES. WE HAD SOME TOUGH TIMES ON THE BOARD. BUT THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE SUCCEEDED AND CAME THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. YES FOR THE RESOLUTION. ALL RIGHT. 7-0. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST

036A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION BE PLACED IN THE OFFICIAL MINUTES. THANK YOU. NOW I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU ALSO, CHAIR. YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD GET AWAY WITH NOTHING? NO, NEVER! I HAVE A DOZEN ROSES FOR YOU, MA'AM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Henry "Shake" Washington: ALSO, YOUR GAVEL TO TAKE WITH YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH. Henry "Shake" Washington: WE ALSO HAVE -- WE ALSO HAVE THE RESOLUTION, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. BEAUTIFUL RESOLUTION. YOU CAN SEE SIGNED BY "SHAKE" WASH WASHINGTON. Nadia Combs: AND VAN AYRES. Henry "Shake" Washington: AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. Henry "Shake" Washington: WE ALSO HAVE -- DO WE HAVE -- WE ALSO HAVE A DRAWING FROM A STUDENT. BEAUTIFUL. REALLY BEAUTIFUL. Nadia Combs: BEAUTIFUL. Henry "Shake" Washington: LOOKS GOOD. THAT IS NICE. Nadia Combs: TREE OF LEAVE. CITRUS PARK. GLADE 5. Henry

037"Shake" Washington: AND I HAVE SOMETHING FROM ME TO YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW ONCE YOU GET OFF THE BOARD, YOU MIGHT BE HOME CRYING WITH NOTHING TO DO. AS A SHAREPERSON, SO IF YOU EVER -- SO IF YOU EVER GET SAD NOT BEING THE CHAIR, HERE IS SOMETHING FOR YOU TO PUT YOUR HEAD ON AND KEEP IT GOING. Nadia Combs: I LOVE IT. Henry "Shake" Washington: I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. Superintendent Ayres: MR. WASHINGTON, IF I CAN SAY A FEW WORDS PLEASE. MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. NOT ONLY -- BACK TWO YEARS AGO AT CHIEF OFFICER ANNOUNCED SUPERINTENDENT. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND FRIENDSHIP AS WELL. YOU HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS

038LEADER ON THIS BOARD. I WILL NOT TRADE THIS BOARD FOR ANY BOARD IN THE WORLD FOR ALL THE WORK WE HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO TOGETHER. I WANT TOP THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT AND THANK YOU AGAIN. I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU. AND THIS -- THIS IS ACTUALLY -- YOU BETTER GIVE THANKS TO MEMBER RENDON FOR THIS ONE. THIS IS AER IS SIEVE CAT. AND THIS CERTIFICATE TO NADIA COMBS FOR CHAIRING THE LONGEST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN THE HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OCTOBER 17, 2023, AND THAT TIME WAS SEVEN HOURS AND 53 MINUTES. SO, THANK YOU. IF YOU REMEMBER, MISS RENDON WHO THIS THE LAST TWO MINUTES IN TO GET THAT RECORD. THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY. ONE MORE. Lynn Gray: I

039WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE THANKED AS WELL, SHAKE WASHINGTON, MEMBER WASHINGTON. YOU HAVE BEEN -- YOU HAVE BEEN JUST A SOLID, STABLE CO-CHAIR AND HAVE SERVED US VERY, VERY FINE IN A FINE MANNER. AND I APPRECIATE, ALSO, YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS DISTRICTS. AGAIN, YOU GO TO EVERY WORKSHOP. EVERY BOARD MEETING. YOU ARE ON THIS BOARD TO SERVE THE CHILDREN. AND YOU HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING OUR BOARD NOT ONLY SMILING BUT IN A VERY -- YOU KNOW, IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. THE BOARD HAS STUCK TOGETHER. YOU ARE A LARGE PART OF THAT. SO THANK YOU AS WELL. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. Nadia Combs: I WILL NOW ASK MR. PORTER TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF ELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT AYRES TO CONDUCT THE

040ELECTION OF THE CHAIR PORSZ PORTE COCHERE THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. UNDER FLORIDA STATE LAW, THIS BOARD IS REQUIRED ANNUALLY TO ELECT A CHAIR. THE STATE LAW SAY YOU MAY ELECT A VICE-CHAIR WHICH THIS BOARD HAS ALWAYS DONE. REORGANIZATION MEETING WHERE YOU WILL CONDUCT THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR. THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RUN THE ELECTION, SO IN AT THAT MOMENT HE WILL BE TAKING NOMINATIONS FROM IT THE FLOOR. HE WILL EXPLAIN THIS AND A LITTLE BIT OF REDUNDANCY DOESN'T HURT. TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, RAISE YOUR HAND AND BE RECOGNIZED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. NOMINATIONS DOES NOT REQUIRE A SECOND LIKE NORMAL VOTES DO. ANY ONE OF YOU CAN NOMINATE ANYONE. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO NOMINATE YOURSELF. ALL SEVEN OF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS CHAIR. IF YOU WERE NOMINATED YOU

041WILL VOTE ON BALLOTS THAT DO BECOME PUBLIC RECORD. IF ONLY ONE PERSON IS NOMINATED A SIMPLE MOTION TO ATERM THAT ELECTION. AT THIS TIME I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO WILL ACTUALLY CONDUCT THE ELECTION FOR CHAIR. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. I WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. BOARD MEMBERS, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR. TO BE RECOGNIZED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND TO MAKE A NOMINATION. NOMINATIONS DO NOT NEED TO BE SECONDED. ANY NOMINATIONS. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I NOMINATE MEMBER PEREZ. Superintendent Ayres: SO I HAVE ONE NOMINATION FOR MISS KAREN PEREZ. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. Jim Porter: NOMINATIONS CLOSED AND ONLY ONE BOARD MEMBER NOMINATED. APPROPRIATE TO VOTE WITHOUT ANY BALLOTS. WE CAN DO IT FROM MISS PEREZ'S CHAIR. WHEN YOUR

042LIGHTS OF COME UP, IF YOU CAN VOTE. Superintendent Ayres: THE NEW CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS MISS KAREN PEREZ. CONGRATULATIONS. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE VICE-CHAIR. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE-CHAIR. TO BE RECOGNIZED, RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. NOMINATIONS DO NOT NEED TO BE SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? MISS PEREZ? Karen Perez: I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JESSICA VAUGHN. Superintendent Ayres: I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR MISS JESSICA VAUGHN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, IF THE LIGHTS COME ON, IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO VOTE FOR THE VICE-CHAIR. BUT MISS VAUGHN HAS BEEN NOMINATED. Superintendent Ayres: THE NEW VICE-CHAIR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS MISS JESSICA VAUGHN Superintendent Ayres: I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO CHAIR

043PEREZ. Karen Perez: NOW WE WILL TAKE A 15-MINUTE RECESS TO GET REORGANIZED AND TO TAKE NEW SCHOOL BOARD PHOTOS. . Karen Perez: THE ANNUAL MEETING OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD LEASING PONTE VEDRA OF TICKETS OF PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. AT THIS TIME SUSAN GARCIA, BUDGET AND FINANCE WILL INTRODUCE OUR BOND COUNSEL WITH NABORS, GIBLIN AND NICKERSON. I WILL NOW RECESS THE BOARD MEETING OF TUESDAY AND CONVENE THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LEASING AND TURN THE GAVEL BACK OVER TO CHAIRMAN COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I WILL CALL MR. PATEL. PATEL, YOUR BOND COUNSEL. AS YOU PROBABLY A ARE AWARE EVERY YEAR ON THE SCHOOL BOARD REORGANIZATION DAY, YOU HAVE TO REORGANIZE THE LEASING PONTE VEDRA YOU ARE SUVENT TO ITS BYLAWS AND I WILL HELP YOU WITH THAT PROCESS. YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE THREE MOTIONS --

044WALK THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS ELECTING THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LEASING PONTE VEDRA. YOU WILL ALSO ELECT THE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND VICE-CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AS THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR OF THE CORPORATION. AND THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR AS THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALONG WITH SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AS THE SECRETARY OF THE LEASING PONTE VEDRA. SO IF YOU WILL JUST WANT TO TAKE THOSE ONE BY ONE, I THINK THE FIRST MOTION THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE WILL BE TO APPOINT THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. PATEL. I NOW RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

045OF THE LEASING PONTE VEDRA. A MOTION WAS MADE BY ... MEMBER WASHINGTON. A SECOND WAS MADE BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I NOW ASK FOR THE MOTION TO APPOINT OUR NEW CHAIR AS CHAIR AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OUR NEW VICE-CHAIR AS VICE-CHAIR AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VAN AYRES AS TREASURER OF THE LEASING PONTE VEDRA. MOTION MADE BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. SECOND MADE BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I NOW ADJOURN THE SCHOOL BOARD LEASING PONTE VEDRA MEETING. RECONVENE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO OUR NEW CHAIR. Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION

046BY MEMBER WASH WASHINGTON. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN, EXCUSE ME. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. I NOW WILL CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT AYRES TO HIGHLIGHT THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. WE HAVE FOUR PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. AND THE FIRST APPOINTMENT IS MR. COLIN GIRDING. MR. GIRDING, IF YOU CAN STAND UP. NEW PRINCIPAL OF RANDALL. EXPERIENCED AS A EDUCATOR. TAUGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS, ENGLISH AND DEPARTMENT HEAD BEFORE JOINING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. TEACHER AT BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL BEFORE HIS APPOINTMENT TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. GIRDING, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF RANDALL MIDDLE AND IF HIS FAMILY

047CAN PLEASE STAND AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. GIRDING AND CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING IS MR. SCOTT WEAVER, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF ADAM-U K-9. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINER AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUTHOR FOR THE BOOK "VOID AGES" USED BYS DISTRICT IN PRIOR YEARS. MR. WEAVER SERVED AS MR. FOR FOR 21 AND A HALF YEARS 19 OF THOSE AT WESTCHASE, MARTINEZ, CURRENTLY PRINCIPAL AT ROLAND PARK K MAGNET SCHOOL. MR. WEAVER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND. FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PRINCIPAL. CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT IS DR. DUSTIN ROBINSON. DR. ROBINSON. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND, THERE YOU ARE. HE BEGAN HIS TEACHING CAREER AS A SECOND-GRADE TEACHER IN 2011. IN 2016, APPOINTED AS AP FOR ELEMENTARY CONSTRUCTION AT STOWERS. 2022, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION AT DOROTHY YORK INNOVATION ACADEMY. DR. ROBINSON,

048CONGRATULATIONS, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF YORK K-8. FAMILY AND FRIENDS, IF YOU CAN ALSO STAND. CONGRATULATIONS, JUSTIN. OUR FINAL PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING IS ALIYA NORMAN. MU PRINCIPAL OF REDDICK ELEMENTARY. ALIYA, PLEASE STAND. A LOT OF OUR REDDICK ELEMENTARY STAFF ARE VERY HAPPY SHE IS THE NEW PRINCIPAL. ALIYA BEGAN HER YEAR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER IN 2009. TEN YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM BEFORE MOVING INTO A COACH POSITION AND LATER AS A RESOURCE OFFICERS. IN 2021, APPOINTED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THEN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT REDDICK ELEMENTARY. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF ALIYA, PLEASE STAND. THERE PLEASE STAND. CONGRATULATIONS. NEW PRINCIPAL OF REDIC ELEMENTARY. -- -- REDDICK ELEMENTARY. Karen Perez: CONGRATULATIONS. WE'LL NOW TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT WOULD LIKE TO EXIT THE BOARDROOM. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW

049BE HEARD. C503, C3.03, C7.01, 7.02, 10.01, 10.02, AND 10.03. 5.03, THE NAMING THE AUDITORIUM AT BLOOMING DALE HIGH. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Van Ayres: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NAMING OF THE AUDITORYIUM LIDE LIKE TO CALL TO THE FRONT THE PRINCIPAL OF BLOOMINGDALE AND JOHN SEAVER, OUR SUPERVISOR FOR ELEMENTARY MUSIC. THEY'LL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM FOR BEV SUTHERLAND WHO JOINED IN 1975 AND RETIRED IN 2011 AND RETURNED IN 2016 FOR THREE MORE YEARS. I'D LIKE TO CALL DR. RODRIGUEZ AND MR. SEATHER UP TO THE FRONT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MARCUS RODRIGUEZ AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE PRINCIPAL OF BLOOMINGDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM, WE HAVE MS. SUTHERLAND'S FAMILY AND SOME STAFF HERE AS WELL TO SHOW SUPPORT SO

050IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THEM STAND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS WELL. THANK YOU. SO AS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I DID PREPARE JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION HERE FOR ALL OF YOU. SO I STAND BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON TO SHARE THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND GRATITUDE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED DURING THESE LAST FEW MONTHS AS WE WORKED ON THE PROCESS TO RENAME OUR FINE ARTS FACILITIES THE SUTHERLAND HALL FOR PERFORMING ARTS. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF READING EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATION LEDERS SENT FROM PREVIOUS STUDENTS, COLLEAGUES, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA. THERE WAS A COMMON PATTERN AMONG THE LANGUAGE IN EACH LETTER. MOST USED THE SAME FOUR WORDS WHEN DESCRIBING BEV SUTHERLAND. THOSE WORDS WERE MOTIVATION, DEDICATION, LOVE, AND INSPIRATION.

051HER DEDICATION TO HER CRAFT AND TO MENTORING OTHER MUSIC EDUCATORS IN THE AREA MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SHE MOTIVATED HER STUDENTS AND OTHER COLLEAGUES ACROSS THIS COUNTY TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES WHILE SHOWING WHAT MANY CALLED TOUGH LOVE. SHE TRULY WAS AN INSPIRATION TO THOSE WHOSE LIVES SHE TOUCHED. WE HAD OVER 1600 SIGNATURES ON OUR PETITION IN THE FIRST 48 HOURS. I KNEW HER FOR JUST A SHORT TIME WHILE I WAS THE APA AT BLOOMINGDALE. FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS TO OUR TIME IN THE FINE ARTS CLEAR, ONE THING WAS CLEAR. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY, SHE LOVED OUR SCHOOL, SHE LOVED OUR STUDENTS AND HAD A CLEAR PASSION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER FAMILY, OUR ALUMNI BASE, OUR COMMUNITY, AND

052OUR CURRENT BLOOMINGDALE FINE ARTS STUDENTS AND STAFF TO UNVEIL THE SUTHERLAND HALL FOR PERFORMING ARTS IN THE FALL. HI. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ARE TRUE OBVIOUSLY, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEV. I KNOW THAT SHAKE WASHINGTON TAUGHT WITH HER AT KING HIGH SCHOOL JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. Van Ayres: JUST A FEW -- BEV TAUGHT THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY THERE WERE, BUT SHE FOUND HER HOME AT BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL. I TOOK THE JOB AS THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR AT BLOOMINGDALE IN 2004 WHEN TED HOPE LEFT BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL TO BECOME THE MUSIC SUPERVISOR. AND AT THAT TIME, BEV WAS GIVEN A PRETTY LUCRATIVE OFFER TO GO TO NEWSOM HIGH SCHOOL

053FOR TWO YEARS, AND ALTHOUGH WHEN I MET RER, SHE WAS THE REASON I GOT THE JOB AT BLOOMINGDALE. AS SOON AS SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS LEAVING, I WAS REALLY KIND OF TORN. THEN TWO YEARS LATER, IT WORKED OUT TO WHERE SHE MISSED BLOOMINGDALE AND BLOOMINGDALE MISSED HER. AND BECAUSE OF A VERY, VERY GOOD APC AT THE TIME BY THE NAME OF SUE BURKETT, WE MADE SURE WE GOT HER BACK. THAT BEGAN THE DREAM TEAM FOR ME AT BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND BEV I HAD A LOT OF LAUGHS. ONE THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, SHE AND I WERE JUST FANATICS ABOUT MOTORCYCLES. AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM IN HER GARAGE TO STORE THE MOTORCYCLE AT THE TIME, AND WE MIGHT HAVE FOUND A PLACE AT BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL TO KEEP

054IT, AND OUR APA AT THE TIME BY THE NAME OF DANIEL SHOTWELL BROUGHT BOTH OF US INTO HER OFFICE AND TOLD US THAT THE FIRE -- CHIEF -- HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE COMBUSTIBLE ENGINE IN THE PAINT ROOM, SO WE -- WE HAD OFTEN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT. BEV WAS A FANTASTIC MUSICIAN. SHE WAS A CHLOR NET MAJOR BUT ENDED UP BEING ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING CHORAL PEOPLE I EVER MET. SHE WAS SUCH A GOOD MUSICIAN BUT TERRIBLE WITH TECHNOLOGY, AND SHE WOULD TELL HER PARENTS THAT HER AND ED, AND THAT WOULD BE EDSBY, OUR GRADING SYSTEM, WERE DIVORCED AND THEREFORE SHE ALWAYS FOUND SOMEBODY THAT WOULD SIT WITH HER AND DO ALL OF HER GRADES, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE UNTIL THEY WERE DUE. SHE WAS THE

055EPITOME OF TOUGH LOVE, AND SHE CARED ABOUT THE ENTIRE STUDENT AND THEIR WELLBEING WELL BEYOND THE WALLS OF OUR MUSIC DEPARTMENT. TRAVELING WITH HER THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS LIKE TRAVELING WITH A CELEBRITY, THEN WE STARTED A -- EVERY FOUR YEARS WE STARTED TAKING THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT TO LONDON AND ROME TOGETHER AND PRAGUE AND AUSTRIA. WE LITERALLY EXPERIENCED HISTORY WITH THOSE KIDS, AND A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER IS WHEN WE WERE THERE IN THE SUMMER LOOKING AT THE FACILITIES WE'D BE STAYING IN, SOMEBODY WAS RUNNING TOWARD US IN LONDON AND THEY WERE SCRE SCREAMING MRS. SUTHERLAND'S NAME IN LONDON AND IT WAS ONE OF HER KIDS AND FAMILIES THAT SAW HER FROM AFAR AND CHASED HER DOWN. I THOUGHT, WOW, YOU ARE WORLD FAMOUS. THAT VERY SAME TRIP GOING

056THROUGH HOMELAND SECURITY IN CHARLOTTE, WE'RE WALKING BY AND THE OFFICER KEPT LOOKING AT HER. I THOUGHT, HEY, WHAT DID YOU DO. AND SHE -- WE FINALLY GOT UP AND SHE WAS LIKE, WE KNOW YOU. SHE WAS LIKE, NO YOU DON'T. WE FOUND OUT THE HOMELAND SECURITY WAS FROM BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL AND BEV WAS HER ORCHESTRA TEACHER IN CHARLOTTE AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS I WAS LIKE, I'M TRAVELING WITH A CELEBRITY. THE DREAM TEAM I STARTED WITH WAS -- IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING TIME FOR ME AND BEV WAS THE LUCKY CHARM FOR MUSIC SUPERVISORS COMBOS SHE BEINGS BECAUSE SHE TAUGHT WITH JOHN AUGUSTA, TODD HOPE AND ME. SO SHE IS THE LUCKY CHARM. AND THE FUTURE OF BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL'S DREAM TEAM IS SITTING BACK THERE AND I GUESS I CAN SAY

057AS MUSIC SUPERVISOR IS SHE BETTER BE THE DREAM TEAM, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MOTHER SUTH ALWAYS LOOKING OVER YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY IN GIVING HER JUST INFAMY BY NAMING THAT AUDITORIUM AFTER HER. THANK YOU. . Karen Perez: I MEAD A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. THERE YOU ARE OVER THERE. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? Patti Rendon: I DO HAVE A COMMENT. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS. THIS IS SET FOR MY DAUGHTER. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR MRS. SUTHERLAND. FOR MANY STUDENTS INCLUDING MYSELF, SHE IS MORE THAN JUST A TEACHER. SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO

058YOU COULD TALK TO AT SCHOOL WHO WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN. MY THREE YEARS AT BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITHOUT HER SUPPORT. SHE ALSO MADE MUSIC FUN. CLASS WITH HER WAS ALWAYS ENJOYABLE AND I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HER. SHE TRULY EMBODIED WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A TEACHER. AND A RESOURCE FOR THE STUDENTS AND I CANNOT THINK OF ANYONE WHOSE LEGACY SHOULD BE REMEMBERED IN THIS WAY. HER IMPACT ON BLOOMINGDALE WAS WIDESPREAD AND I HOPE THE SCHOOL BOARD ALLOWS US TO HONOR HER LEGACY. THAT WAS FROM MY DAUGHTER, EMILY, WHO HAD SUTHERLAND THREE YEARS. MS. SUTHERLAND GRACED US WHEN COMING BACK FROM A BOUT WITH CANCER BECAUSE STUDENTS WERE NUMBER ONE FOR HER. SHE GAVE UP PRESSURE TIME TO BE THERE FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND

059I FOR ONE AS A PARENT AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL, SO THANK Y YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: YES. I'M ADDRESSING THIS COMMENT ACTUALLY -- BE PLURAL, TO THE FAMILY THAT IS SITTING IN FRONT OF ME AND US AS A BOARD AND AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL OR DISTRICT. WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL RODRIGUEZ AND JOHN SEAVERS. RECOGNIZABLY WHEN WE HAVE A DEDICATION FOR AN AUDITORIUM OR LUBRAYER -- OR LIBRARY, IT COMES WITH A LOT OF LOVE AND ADMIRATION FOR WHAT YOUR MOM WAS ALL ABOUT, BUT THE PRICE THAT SHE HAS GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE PARENTS, TO THE STUDENTS, IS WITHOUT MEASURE, AND I JUST AM THRILLED THAT THIS IS COMING FORTH AND VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO STAND IN HER LEGACY AS WELL. THANK

060YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS AND BOARD, THANK YOU AS WELL. THESE ARE -- LET'S SAY HAPPY MOMENTS. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW, LAST BOARD MEETING WE WERE ABLE TO NAME A SCHOOL AFTER MR. ADUM, AND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBER DR. HAHN SAID IT WAS ALWAYS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER SOMEONE ELSE AND TO HEAR THE STORIES AND WHILE I DIDN'T KNOW MS. SUTHERLAND, TO HEAR JUST THE STORIES TONIGHT ABOUT HOW LOVED SHE WAS HAVE MOVED ME TO TEARS JUST HEARING ALL THE STORIES AND SEEING THE PASSION FROM PEOPLE I KNOW WELL ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE CARED FOR CHILDREN, HOW SHE GAVE TOUGH LOVE, YOU KNOW, HOW SHE WORKED SO WELL WITH HER PEERS, HOW SHE WAS WORLD FAMOUS.

061SO IT IS ALWAYS SUCH AN HONOR TO SIT UP HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THESE STORIES ABOUT GREAT EDUCATORS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AND GIVEN IT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THEM BACK BY AT THE VERY LEAST NAMING AN AUDITORIUM FOR HER, ESPECIALLY SINCE MUSIC WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HER FROM EVERYTHING THAT I HEAR, SO TO HAVE A MUSIC HALL AND AUDITORIUM WHERE FOR YEARS TO COME PEOPLE CAN PERFORM AND MAKE MUSIC AND HER NAME WILL BE ON IT. SO I HOPE THAT'S THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF TRIBUTE WE CAN GIVE BACK FOR A LIFELONG SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I

062HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH BEV. WHAT A GREAT EDUCATOR. WHAT A GREAT PERSON. I GOT A STORY TO TELL. WE -- WE ALWAYS -- BECAUSE THE DRIVER'S ED DEPARTMENT AND THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHERE KIDS LIKE TO SKIP. AND SO ONE DAY, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENED AND I SAW BEV RUNNING AFTER SOMEBODY. IT WAS LIKE, TWO KIDS RUNNING. SO WHEN SHE STARTED RUNNING, OF COURSE WE STARTED RUNNING TO CATCH THE KIDS. WE STOPPED AT THE END OF THE CAMPUS. SHE WENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE GAS STATION AND CAUGHT THE KIDS. SHE KEPT RUNNING BECAUSE SHE WAS ALL ABOUT DISCIPLINE AND ALL ABOUT KIDS DOING RIGHT. AND DO YOU KNOW -- DO YOU KNOW SHE CONTROLLED THAT BACK LOT BY HERSELF. SHE DIDN'T NEED

063ANY HELP. AND THE KIDS LOVED HER TO DEATH BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR STUDENTS. BUT THEY LOVED HER BECAUSE THEY KNOW SHE WAS TOUGH, AND BOY, DIDN'T SHE DO A GREAT JOB IN MUSIC. SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE. SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST. SHE WAS EXCELLENT. GREAT PERSON. YOU KNOW IT'S A YES FROM ME. I COULDN'T GO NO OTHER WAY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR A GREAT PERSON. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE FOR YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. 3.03, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP23192-DST-TG TITLE 1 EQUITABLE SERVICES FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Van Ayres: THANK YOU. TITLE 1 EQUITABLE SERVICES FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS ALLOWS HCPS TO UTILIZE A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER, CATAPULT LEARNING TO PROVIDE SERVICES ACCORDING TO THE EVERY

064STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT. HCPS WORKS WITH CATAPULT TO ASSOCIATE THE CHALLENGES PROVIDING SERVICES AT ROUGHLY 60 PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF RUNNING THE PROGRAM. CATAPULT LEARNING EARNED THE LAST FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT RFP IN 2021 AND INCREASE IN TITLE 1 FUNDING TRIGGERED A FEDERAL FINANCE REQUIREMENT TO INCREASE THE EQUITABLE SHARE TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THE OLD RFP HAD A $4 MILLION CAP AND THIS YEAR IS $5,215,000. TO PREVENT REISSUING AN RFP BEFORE THE CONTRACT EXPIRES THE LIMIT IS NOT TO EXCEED 7 MILLION TO ENSURE THE ALLOCATION AND ANY ROLL FORWARD WOULD NOT EXCEED THE RFP CAP. Karen Perez: I MEAD A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C3.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? Nadia Combs: YES.

065THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I DO HAVE -- MY BACKGROUND AND I NO LONGER HAVE MY TUTORING CENTER OPEN, I WANT TO SAY THAT. BUT I HAD EDUCATIONAL CENTERS FOR ALMOST 20 QUYEARS IN THE STA AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THANK YOU, TRACYE BROWN, FOR SHARING YOUR INFORMATION. MY BIG CONCERN WITH THIS IS I THINK IS A GREAT ITEM, BUT WHY ARE THERE NOT MULTIPLE CHOICES FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. I FEEL THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE LOWER PRICES. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT PARENT CHOICE. LET'S TALK ABOUT PARENT CHOICE IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE FOR MULTIPLE PROVIDERS. IT CONCERNS ME THAT IT'S JUST ONE PROVIDER BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE HAD MULTIPLE PROVIDERS, IT WOULD NOT ONLY LOWER THE PRICES BUT IT WOULD ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE

066QUALITY AND COMPETITION. FOR ME, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ONLY HAVE ONE VENDOR AND WHY ARE THERE NOT CHOICES FOR MULTIPLE CHOICES AND CAN WE ENGAGE WITH THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO SEE IF THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE CHOICE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU, MS. COMBS. WE DID CONSULT WITH THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND IT WAS THEIR DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE THE FUNDS TO HAVE MORE BUYING POWER. THEY NOT ONLY ADDRESSED TUTORING SERVICES BUT ALSO PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE PUT OUT AN RFP AND THERE WERE FOUR VENDORS THAT ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO THE RFP AND WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT VOTED ON THAT. THAT'S WITH THE UNDERSTANDING FROM THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT THE CONSOLIDATION WILL HELP THEM HAVE MORE BUYING POWER AS OPPOSED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL RECEIVING THE FUNDS FOR THE

067STUDENTS THEY HAVE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T DO IN ISOLATION. WE ABSOLUTELY ENGAGE THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO MAKE THIS DECISION. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL CONCUR THAT I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE A MONOPOLY AND ONE PROVIDER IS GETTING ALL THAT MONEY AND I THINK IF YOU GAVE CHOICES OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL TO MAYBE HAVE TWO OR THREE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SURVEY OR THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE I DID TALK TO ONE OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THEY FELT LIKE IF THEY HAD MORE OPTIONS, IT WOULD BE BETTER SO I THINK HAVING MULTIPLE OPTIONS WOULD DROP THE PRICES LOWER, GIVE STUDENTS MORE OPTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD COMPETITION. SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS ITEM TONIGHT. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER

068RENDON? Patti Rendon: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT VOTED ON THIS -- WERE PRIVATE SCHOOLS INCLUDED ON THE COMMITTEE? PRIVATE SCHOOLS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE COMMITTEE. WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DISTRICT THAT WORKS CLOSELY THAT'S A LIAISON WITH THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THE CONSULTATION OCCURS WITH NOT ONLY TITLE 1 BUT IT ALSO OCCURS WITH OTHER OF OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AS WELL, AND AT THAT TIME DURING THE CONSULTATION, PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WANT TO RECEIVE THIS SUP SUPPORT. Patti Rendon: MY NEXT QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE SUCH A SHORTAGE OF STAFF WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND SO WHERE MY CONCERN COMES IN IS I DON'T HAVE ANY FACTS BEHIND THE DELIVERANCE OF THIS VENDOR,

069PARTICULARLY BEING ABLE TO DELIVER ALL THE NEEDS FOR ALL OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN OUR ENTIRE AREA. THAT'S WHERE I HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY DELIVERABLES ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE -- ARE THEY MAKING THE MARK? ARE THEY ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THAT'S NEEDED? I SEE A LOT OF TIMES WHERE MANY PRIVATE SCHOOLS JUST DO WITHIN OR HAVE OUTSIDE VENDORS COMING IN BECAUSE MAYBE A STUDENT HAS THE -- THAT SERVICE OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF UTILIZING THIS AS A RESOURCE. SO ONE, ARE WE SURE THEY'VE ABLE TO BEEN STAFFING THE NEEDS, AND TWO, ARE THEY -- ARE WE -- ARE WE -- FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT RECEIVES IT, ARE THEY RECEIVING IT THROUGH THIS CONTRACT. FOR TITLE 1, THE WAY IT WORKS WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THE DOLLARS FOLLOW THE STUDENT. SO THAT MEANS

070IF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT HAS TWO TITLE 1 KIDS, STUDENTS THAT QUALIFY FOR TITLE 1 FUNDS, THAT MEANS THEY'LL GET WHAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF APPROXIMATELY $700 PER STUDENT. THAT'S ABOUT $1400. THE DESIRE HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE TUTORING SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND SO THUS FAR, WE'VE NOT HAD ANY CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS REPORTED TO THE DISTRICT AROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LIAISON OUT OF THE TITLE 1 OFFICE THAT WORKS CLOSELY WITH OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REPORT OF A DELAY IN SERVICE OR A CONCERN ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS. Patti Rendon: HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF -- OR I'M SORRY. THAT

071ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THIS VENDOR? Tracye Brown: I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY STUDENTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE UTILIZING THIS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S ANY STUDENT THAT IS ZONED FOR A SCHOOL DEEMED TITLE 1 THAT ATTENDS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, THE FUNDS FOLLOW THAT STUDENT. AT THIS MOMENT I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE SPECIFIC NUMBER BUT I CAN GET IT TO YOU. Patti Rendon: WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS VENDOR IS ACTUALLY MEETING THE NEEDS. WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS. Tracye Brown: WE DO AN EVALUATION, AND THAT LETS US KNOW THAT THE NEEDS ARE BEING MET. I CAN SHARE THAT DATA WITH YOU. Patti Rendon: I'M SORRY. Tracye Brown: SO WHENEVER WE HAVE A VENDOR THAT IS FUNDED OUT OF TITLE 1, LIKE CATAPULT, WE DO AN EVALUATION THAT DETERMINES -- THAT GIVES

072US INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM OR THE SUPPORT THAT'S PROVIDED. SO I CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT DOCUMENTATION. Patti Rendon: DO WE PROVIDE IT OR DO THE -- IS THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS PART OF THAT? Tracye Brown: DO WE -- Patti Rendon: YOU SAID THERE IS AN EVALUATION. ARE THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS PART OF THE EVALUATION OR IS IT JUST THE DISTRICT? Tracye Brown: NO, NO, NO. IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY RECEIVE THEM. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU VERY MU MUCH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THESE ARE INTERESTING QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED, MS. BROWN, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO PULL THIS, AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE -- WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH CATAPULT EVERY YEAR, YOU

073KNOW. AND I ALSO AM NOT COMPLETELY EDUCATED ON THEIR SUCCESS OR NOT SUCCESS. SO WHEN YOU SAY AND WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT EVALUATION DATA, I HAVE TO THINK, SUNS WE'VE BEEN USING THEM MANY YEARS, WHY DO WE NOT HAVE AT LEAST SOME TYPE OF DATA BY NOW TO INDICATE THEIR SUCCESS OR NON-SUCCESS. AND I THINK RIGHT NOW, IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION, IF WE'RE STILL USING THE SAME FOLKS THAT I -- I'M NOT REAL COMFORTABLE. AND THAT'S WHY I ACTUALLY ALMOST PULLED IT. IT'S ALMOST AS GOOD AS -- CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE DATA THAT REALLY GIVES US A HOME RUN AND SAYS, YES, WE NEED TO VOTE FOR THAT. Tracye Brown: SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS AN RFP AND THIS IS A DECISION MADE THROUGH

074AN ITCOMMITTEE. WE PUT OUT THE RFP ASKING FOR THEM TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THEY RESPONDED AND WE SIMPLY VOTED ON THAT. I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT I WILL GET IT TO YOU. Lynn Gray: INTERESTINGLY THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF THE TITLE -- IN YOUR OFFICE, FOUR OF THEM ARE PART OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAM'S TITLE 1 AND ONE FROM PROCUREMENT. I'D LIKE TO SEE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE COMMITTEE EVALUATION TEAM AND IF IT'S THE SAME FOLKS UNDER ONE ROOF, HOW ARE WE REALLY GETTING A -- LET'S JUST SAY A FAIR EVALUATION. THIS IS NOT TO QUESTION THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS PARTICULAR RFP, BUT GIVES ME ENOUGH PAUSE TO NOT REALLY WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE AT THIS TIME. THANK

075YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS A PASS THROUGH OF SORTS, CORRECT? Tracye Brown: THESE ARE FUNDS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE TO OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND TO SERVE STUDENTS IN OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. IT'S CALLED THE EQUITABLE SHARE. Jessica Vaughn: I'M SURPRISED BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH CONCERN ABOUT A PASS THROUGH BEFORE. THE OTHER QUESTION IS YOU INDICATED THAT THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAD MADE THIS CHOICE. AND THE -- BUT THEN I HEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN COMMITTEE. SO -- THEN MEMBER COMBS BROUGHT UP THE POINT THAT SHE THOUGHT ONE SCHOOL WAS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. SO HOW DO WE GET THEIR FEEDBACK COLLECTIVELY TO SAY THAT THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AS A WHOLE HAVE MADE THIS DECISION.

076DO THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL SURVEY? DO THEY COME TO US INDIVIDUALLY? MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE USING TO GAUGE THAT? Tracye Brown: WE DO A CONSULTATION, AND THEY DO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT -- THEY INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO WORK THROUGH CATAPULT. YES, MA'AM, THAT'S HOW WE DO THAT. Jessica Vaughn: IS THAT IN PERSON? Tracye Brown: THE SURVEY IS A WRITTEN SURVEY BUT WE DO AN IN-PERSON CONSULTATION. Jessica Vaughn: DO YOU KNOW THE PERCENTAGE -- WAS IT LIKE -- WERE -- OUT OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM, WAS THERE A PERCENTAGE THAT DID NOT AGREE WITH THIS? Tracye Brown: SO I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE -- BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT AGENDA REVIEW SO I APOLOGIZE. I'LL GET THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE BUT I

077DON'T HAVE IT ON HAND RIGHT NOW. Jessica Vaughn: AND JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE AGAIN, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF DISCUSSION ABOUT A PASS THROUGH OF MONEY GOING THROUGH SOMEWHERE ELSE. IF THIS AGENDA ITEM FAILED, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THIS -- Tracye Brown: IT MEANS THEY DON'T RECEIVE SERVICES BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE A CONTRACT. WE'LL GO UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT IS IN THE CURRENT RFP BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE THEM THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. SO THEY'LL RECEIVE SERVICES UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED AND ONCE THEY'RE EXPENDED, THEY WON'T RECEIVE THE SERVICES. THIS IS MONEY THEY ARE ENTITLED TO. WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO GIVE IT TO THEM. THEY HAVE ELECTED TO USE IT THIS WAY, TO CONSOLIDATION THE FUNDS SO THEY CAN HAVE GREATER BUYING POWER

078FOR NOT ONLY TUTORING BUT ALSO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS PARENT ENGAGEMENT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS? Nadia Combs: YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I ABSOLUTELY KNOW THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE THAT. I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARENT CHOICE AND COMPETITION, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AS WELL DURING MY -- DURING MY AGENDA REVIEW. I ASKED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH DIFFERENT PRIVATE TUTORING COMPANIES, AND I DO THINK IF YOU HAD COMPETITION, THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS COULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE TWO OR THREE CHOICES AND THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND BETTER FOR THE FAMILIES. I AM CONCERNED AND GETTING THAT FEEDBACK. I TALKED TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT FELT THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICES AND

079EVERY YEAR THAT CHOICE IS BEING MADE FOR THEM. AND SO THAT'S WHY I -- IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW. I TALKED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR. AND I ALSO HAD A CONCERN ABOUT IT LAST YEAR. AND THIS YEAR, THE CON CONCERN -- OKAY, THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: SORRY, OPPOSITE SIDE. WHAT I'M REALLY HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES IS NOT SO MUCH THEIR CONCERN WITH THE QUALITY OF THE TUTORING SERVICE. IT'S THE PROCESS AND THE WAY IT WAS CHOSEN, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED. WELL, ONE, LET ME POINT OUT THAT IF THE CONCERN IS THE BUY-IN FROM THE SCHOOLS, I THINK MS. BROWN WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS VOICE THEIR OPINION AND THEY WANTED ONE PROVIDER FOR WHATEVER REASONS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'VE DONE MULTIPLE PROVIDERS. MAYBE IT DIDN'T

080WORK. I DON'T KNOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY OVERWHELMINGLY, MAYBE THERE WERE ONE OR TWO OR THREE OUTLIERS BUT OVERWHELMINGLY, THEY WANTED ONE PROVIDER AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT DOWN THIS ROUTE. IF WE HAD HEARD THAT THEY OVERWHELMINGLY WANTED MULTIPLE OPTIONS, I TRUST THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR DEPARTMENT UNTHINKING THAT, THEN THEY'D HAVE GONE DOWN THAT ROUTE. SO I'M NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROCESS GIVEN THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED. IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE MAY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE SERVICES WANTED ONE PROVIDER FOR THE MOST PART. NOT SAYING THERE AREN'T OUTLIERS. YOU KNOW, AND THEN IN REGARD TO THETUMING, IF THIS IS -- IF THIS IS POSTPONED THIS EVENING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE CHURN AND THESE SCHOOLS RECEIVING THEIR SERVICES? Tracye Brown: SO WE DO HAVE -- WE ARE APPROVED

081FOR UP TO $4 MILLION. THEY'LL HAVE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE INCLUDED IT IN OUR RFP. WE'D HAVE TO GO OUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL RFP JUST FOR THE MILLION DOLLARS. SO THAT WOULD BE A NEW PROCESS AND IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR. IF WE WANT TO -- LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY, WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO CONSULT WITH THEM AGAIN ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'D WANT TO CONTINUE THE SAME WAY OR GO OUT FOR ANOTHER RFP. Stacy Hahn: YEAH. WHICH TAKES 90 PLUS DAYS. Tracye Brown: YES, MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE HERE WITH THE SCHOOLS BEING UNHAPPY WITH THIS FOR THE MOST PART. YOU KNOW, SO -- SO I'M NOT -- I FEEL LIKE

082WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND PROVIDING THEM WHAT THEY WANT. I ALSO THINK THAT THEY'VE ALSO EVALUATED THIS COMPANY AND THEY SEEM TO BE SATISFIED WITH IT, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE REQUESTING AND, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A COMPANY THEY'VE BEEN HAPPY WITH. THEY WANT ONE PROVIDER. YOUR COMMITTEE WORKED WITH -- I'M POSITIVE THE UTMOST INTEGRITY IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. Van Ayres: IF I CAN JUMP IN TO CLARIFY WITH MS. BROWN, SO THE CATAPULT FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WAS APPROVED IN 2021, THE ONLY REASON YOU'RE SEEING THIS AGENDA ITEM IS BECAUSE THE EQUITABLE SHARE WENT ABOVE THE $4 MILLION CAP. I WANT TO BRING CLARITY THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2021 WITH CATAPULT AS THESOLE PROVIDER. THE ONLY REASON IT'S

083HERE IS BECAUSE THE EQUITABLE SHARE TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS WENT OVER THE CAP AND WE'RE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF THAT CAP. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: AND THAT CLARITY IS VERY IMPORTANT AND -- BUT THE POINT IS NEVER PUT THE BOARD, PLEASE, INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN'T MAKE FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS. IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE TO DO THIS VOTE. I'D PREFER AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER TO NOT HAVE THAT AS A POSITION AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT'S ALREADY BEEN A DONE DEAL, BUT THE REMARK THAT WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OUR LANES I FEEL LIKE, GOLLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A -- THAT I'M TRAPPED AND HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE -- MS. BROWN? Tracye Brown: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO

084BE CLEAR. $4 MILLION IS APPROVED. IT'S THE ADDITIONAL DOLLAR, THE ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION -- I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY BUT A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR. THEY DO HAVE THE 4 MILLION. WE CAN USE UP TO THE 4 MILLION BUT THE ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION THEY'RE ENTITLED TO, WE HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE USED AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO GET APPROVAL. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO THAT CLARIFICATION WAS REAL GOOD BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT, SO WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR HOW MANY MORE YEARS? Van Ayres: IN 2021 IT WAS FIVE YEARS. UP TO $4 MILLION. BUT THE EQUITABLE SHARE FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS WENT

085ABOVE THAT TO 5.1 MILLION WHICH BRINGS FORWARD THE OTHER MILLION THAT GOES ABOVE THE 4 MILLION HENCE THE AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING. Henry "Shake" Washington: SO IT'S NOT ABOUT THE CONTRACT. IT'S ABOUT THE MILLION GOING OVER. Van Ayres: CORRECT. THEY EARNED MORE MONEY. NOW WE'VE GOT -- THESOLE PROVIDER FOR CATAPULT UP TO 4 MILLION. NOW I'VE GOT AN EQUITABLE SHARE OF 5 MILLION SO THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR HANGING OUT THERE. SO THE REQUEST FROM THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO HAVE THIS CURRENT ONE INCLUDE FROM FOUR NOW UP TO SEVEN -- BASICALLY TO BECOME LIKE IT WAS IN 2021 INSTEAD OF 4 MILLION, UP TO $7 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE EQUITABLE SHARE. THE ORIGINAL RFP WAS 4 MILLION. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S CLEAR. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I'D LIKE TO FIND

086OUT, HOW LONG HAS CATAPULT HAD A CONTRACT WITH US? WHEN DID WE FIRST --. Van Ayres: IT'S BEEN AT LEAST 10 OR 14 YEARS. Tracye Brown: IT'S BEEN PROBABLY CLOSE TO 15 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CATAPULT. Karen Perez: OKAY. AND NO SURVEY HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD? Tracye Brown: WE'VE NEVER BROUGHT A SURVEY TO THE BOARD. WE FUNCTION AS A LIAISON WITH THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO CONSULT WITH THEM. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLIANCE RULES, RULES THAT WE MUST FOLLOW WITH THE LAW, WITH THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS IN ORDER FOR US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH -- SO WE CAN RECEIVE THESE FUNDS. SO WE'VE NEVER BROUGHT FORWARD A SURVEY OR STUDENT DATA OR STUDENT RESULTS. WE DON'T USUALLY -- OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO THE

087SUPPORTS. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO MONITOR THAT -- THE NECESSARY OUTCOMES OTHER THAN GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S WORKING. Karen Perez: SO WHEN YOU BRING DIFFERENT RFPs OR DIFFERENT COMPANIES, DO THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER COMPANIES OFFER BEFORE THEY SELECT CATAPULT AGAIN, OR DO THEY SELECT IT THEMSELVES? Tracye Brown: WHAT PRIVATE SCHOOLS DO IS TELL US WHAT THE -- THE SERVICES THEY WANT. THEY WANT TUTORING FOR THEIR KIDS. THEY WANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THEIR TEACHERS. AND THEY WANT PARENT ENGAGEMENT FOR THEIR FAMILIES. THEY TELL US WHAT THEY WANT, THEN IN THE RFP, THAT'S WHEN THE VENDORS ACTUALLY PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THOSE THREE AREAS. THE COMMITTEE THAT VOTED IS PRIMARILY FROM THE TITLE

0881 OFFICE BECAUSE THIS IS PRIMARILY ACTUALLY ALL OF IT'S RUN BY THE TITLE 1 OFFICE. AND THIS IS A PRACTICE WE HAD IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT CANNOT CHANGE. BUT IT'S A PRACTICE THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK I'M RECEIVING FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT, CLEARLY I NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AND TALK TO NOT ONLY MY TEAM BUT AS WELL THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO FIND OUT IF THEY'D LIKE FOR US TYKE A DIFFERENT A -- TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH WHEN WE HAVE TO GO FOR OUR NEXT RFP. SO THAT IS WHAT I'LL DO. Karen Perez: I'M LOOKING, IN 15 YEARS, THINGS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPANIES. 15 YEARS, THE PROCESS HAS CHANGED. Tracye Brown: THAT

089IS WHY WE DO THE RFP. TO GIVE OTHER COMPANIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID, TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AS TO HOW THEY WILL ACTUALLY ADMINISTRATOR THE SERVICES. FOUR COMPLETED THE PROCESS AND FOUR WERE REVIEWED. I SHARED THOSE PROPOSALS WITH MEMBER COMBS. I CAN SHARE THOSE SAME PROPOSALS AND THE TABULATION WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL TELL YOU IT WAS NOT A CLOSE VOTE, THAT CATAPULT SEEMED TO BASED ON THE VOTE GET MORE POINTS, FAR MORE POINTS THAN THE OTHER THREE VENDORS. Karen Perez: MEMBER COMBS? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO CONCLUDE TO SAY I'D LIKE TO SEE A LARGER COMMITTEE. I SEE THE COMMITTEES COMING FROM -- ALMOST ALL OF THEM FROM ONE TITLE 1 OFFICE. I'D LIKE TO SEE MULTIPLE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES. MY CONCERN IS IT'S A MONOPOLY,

090AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A SURVEY THAT ASKS THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS WOULD THEY LIKE TO HAVE MULTIPLE CHOICES INSTEAD OF ONE. SO IT'S A -- IT WAS A CONCERN WHEN IT CAME LAST TIME AND I SPOKE TO SUPERINTENDENT AND I THINK I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT CATAPULT, MAYBE A YEAR AGO. AND THIS CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN FOR ME TO NOT SEE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS -- WHAT THE SURVEY LOOKED LIKE. WOULD YOU LIKE MULTIPLE CHOICES. AND COULD THAT BRING DOWN THE COST AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE HOURS, PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HAVE MORE HOURS. NOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE PROVIDER, THEY BASICALLY CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE COST IS, WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING. THEY CAN CHARGE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, PARENT OUTREACH. THEY'RE BASICALLY -- THERE IS NO COMPETITION THERE. AND THAT'S

091VERY IMPORTANT AND ALSO LIMITS PARENT CHOICES. SO I MEAN, I SAID THAT SEVERAL TIMES AND I'LL STAND WITH THAT. THANK YOU. Van Ayres: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND FEEDBACK. WE'LL TAKE THIS BACK. WITH THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, WITH THE RFP APPROVED IN 2021 FOR FIVE YEARS UP TO FOUR MILLION, THESE AGENDA ITEMS ARE MINE. SO THE SURVEY IS COMING BACK FOR ME, THIS WAS NOT A NEW RFP BECAUSE WE APPROVED THIS IN 2021. IT JUST WENT FROM 4 MILLION TO 5 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE MONEY WE HAD TO FLOAT THROUGH THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT ANY INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD NEEDS, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT. THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, YOU KNOW, IN 2021, THE RFP WAS DONE FOR FIVE YEARS AT FOUR

092MILLION. THIS IS JUST THE ADDITIONAL ONE MILLION THAT THOSE DOLLARS THEY RECEIVE FROM ME. IT WASN'T ABOUT THE SURVEY TO PROVE WHETHER CATAPULT WAS WORTHY BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN 2021. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE FOR YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR -- WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. WE HAVE -- THE MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE VOTING YES AND TWO VOTING NO. WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN AT 6:00 SO WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FOR THAT TIME CERTAIN. WE'RE GOING TO GO -- SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 7.01, PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT 23139-PGB-LG-FIRST STUDENT. SUPERINTENDENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Van Ayres: THANK YOU. SO CURRENTLY EVER DRIVEN SUPPLEMENTS, THE DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM USING SUVs, WHEELCHAIR AND SEDANS TO TRANSPORT SPECIAL NEEDS AND OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS. SUPPLEMENTING BUS SERVICE WITH SMALL CAPACITY VEHICLES ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO NOT

093PAY FOR UNUSED CAPACITY AND IS ABLE TO QUICKLY EXPAND TO ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STUDENT POPULATIONS. IDEALLY HCPS WILL USE TWO SUPPLIERS FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS. BY USING FIRST STUDENTS ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND EVER DRIVEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT NEEDS PROVIDING FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND SERVICES AS WELL AS INTRODUCING COMPETITIVE PRICING. Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C7.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER HAHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? Stacy Hahn: NO. THANK YOU. I HAD MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY STAFF. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL NOW GO TO THE TIME CERTAIN EMPLOYEE COMMENT. WE'LL NOW

094TAKE EMPLOYMENT COMMENT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE GINK OF THE MEETING, IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS AT 4:00 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO

095YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I'LL NOW CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. FIRST I BELIEVE TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, ROB CRIETE, CTA. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE VOTING TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THANK YOU, DR. HAHN, FOR READING THE AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK PROCLAMATION. IT'S AN IMPORTANT WEEK TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO GET THIS WORK DONE INCLUDING BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF AND SUPERINTENDENT. WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY. REMEMBER THE WORK MOVES AT A GLACIAL PACE BUT TOGETHER THROUGH COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION WE CAN MOVE THE DISTRICT IN THE DIRECTION IT NEEDS TO GO AND DO THE THINGS TOGETHER WE KNOW WE CAN DO. LET'S NOT FORGET OUR SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WE CELEBRATE

096THIS WEEK. THE BUS DRIVERS, LUNCHROOM WORKERS, CLASSROOM AIDS, TEACHER ASSISTANTS, THE PARAS. I HOPE I'M NOT MISSING ANYONE. IT TAKES A VILLAGE. THEY'RE DOING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS FOR US AND THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF THE GREAT THINGS AND SERVICES WE'RE BRINGING TO STUDENTS. SO WE CELEBRATE THEM. WE THANK THEM. AND WE THANK ALL OF YOU AS WELL. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING, STAY SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU AFTER THE BREAK. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. ITEM 10 -- THAT WAS EMPLOYEE COMMENT. NOW ITEM 10.01, INCREASE EXPENDITURES FOR PIGGYBACK ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Van Ayres: IF WE COULD GO BACK --. Karen Perez: 7.02. OKAY. Van Ayres: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. SO 7.02 IS AGENDA ITEM FOR 100 -- PURCHASES OF 100 REPLACEMENT SCHOOL BUSES. AS YOU RECALL THE DISTRICT

097ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED A 15-YEAR PLAN TO REPLACE THE AGING PLUS FLEET IN A MANNER TO KEEP THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF TOP PRIORITY AND MANAGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT EFFICIENTLY. THE DISTRICT WILL SEE A SAVINGS APPROXIMATELY OF 1.5 TO 2.2 MILLION DOLLARS IF WE PLACE THE NEW ORDER NOW RATHER THAN WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR AS VENDOR PRICES ARE SET TO INCREASE 10 TO 15% ON DECEMBER 31, 2023. BUS ORDERS ARE TAKING AN AVERAGE OF 12 MONTHS TO FILL DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN AND DEMAND ISSUES. THIS ORDER WILL SECURE OUR PLACEMENT TO RECEIVE OUR BUSES DURING THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. NEWER BUSES WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THE DISTRICT'S CARBON FOOTPRINT WITH NEWER AND CLEANER ENGINE TECHNOLOGY AND HELP WITH THE REDUCTION AND REPAIR COST ON OLDER BUSES THAT COME FROM OUR GENERAL FUND. HAVING A NEW STOP

098ARM AND SAFETY FEATURES ON NEW BUSES PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS. THE DISTRICT IS CONTINUING TO PURSUE GRANTS FOR ELECTRIC BUSES THROUGH EPA. ONLY THREE COUNTIES IN FLORIDA WERE AWARDED 30 BUSES. WE APPLYED FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF ELECTRIC BUSES AND WILL APPLY FOR THE BUS REBATE IN JANUARY 2024. THE SAVINGS COULD BE UTILIZED TO HELP OFFSET THE TREM INCREASED COST OF ELECTRIC BUS CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE HOPEFUL WE'LL BE AWARDED AND CONTINUE TO MOVE THE DISTRICT FLEET TO INCORPORATE ELECTRIC BUSES TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND DISTRICT. SO THAT'S ITEM 7.02. AND LAURA HILL, OUR GENERAL MANAGER FOR TRANSPORTATION IS HERE AS WELL AND I'M HERE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING 7.02. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN

099AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON AND VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING THE DETAILS OF THIS ITEM BECAUSE HONESTLY, ONE OF THE REASONS I PULLED IT ASIDE FROM THE ELECTRIC BUS UPDATE WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THAT TO THE PUBLIC, IS I DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE QUESTION THIS ITEM AND SAY, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING SO MUCH WITH BUS DRIVERS, WHY ARE YOU SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON NEW BUSES. AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT. I THINK PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS VERY CONFUSED ABOUT THE BUDGET AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE CERTAIN CATEGORICALS TO PAY FOR SALARIES, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC, IT SEEMS

100WE'RE SPENDING ALL THIS NEW MONEY ON BUSES AND STRUGGLING WITH BUS DRIVERS. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THAT. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE BUS PURCHASE PUTS NEWER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD TO SERVE OUR KIDS. WE ALSO HAVE SHORTAGES OF MECHANICS AS WELL SO THE NEWER THE BUSES ARE, THE MORE THE BUSES ARE UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WORKED ON BY MECHANICS. WE HAVE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS TO SUSTAIN A 100 BUS PURCHASE. IT PUTS A NEWER FLEET ON THE ROAD TO SERVE OUR KIDS. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES? Van Ayres: I CAN REMEMBER FOR YEARS AND SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR A WHILE, WHEN OUR BUS FLEET WAS OUT OF DATE, THAT WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT

101THE OLDER BUSES ON THE ROAD AND THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE YEARS AGO TO REPLACE THE BUSES. THIS IS A POSITIVE AGENDA ITEM AND OUR 90,000 STUDENTS, WE'RE ALWAYS UP TO DATE AND REPLACING THE OLD FLEET. THEN THE OLDER BUSES, THOSE WILL BE THEN SOLD OFF, CORRECT, LAURA? ONCE THOSE ARE REPLACED, THE ONES THEY REPLACE ARE THEN -- SOLD TO AUCTION, YES, SIR. THE NEWER BUSES THAT ARE PURCHASED WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE REPLACEMENT PLAN. SO THE SUPPLY AND CHAIN DEMAND IS ALL HELD BACK FAR SO IF WE ORDER OUR BUSES NOW, WE'LL BE SURE TO GET THEM IN THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. SO THAT'S PART OF WHY YOU'RE SEEING IT TONIGHT TOO AS WELL AS THE INCREASE IN SAVINGS BY ORDERING THEM BEFORE DECEMBER 31. Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GLAD YOU HIGHLIGHTED

102THAT. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT BUYING NOW, THE SAVINGS WE CAN GET. I HAD ONE LAST QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SAFETY FEATURES MORE PREVALENT? ARE THERE SEAT BELTS? ANYTHING THAT MAKES THESE BUSES MORE SAFE THAN THE ONES WE'RE RETIRING? OF COURSE THEY HAVE ALL THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY ON THEM AS FAR AS ENGINE FUNCTIONS AND ALL THE SAFETY CAMERAS. EVERYTHING IS NEWER EQUIPMENT SO EVERYTHING COMES NEWER, YES. IT WOULD BE SAFE THAN AN OLDER BUS, YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON? Patti Rendon: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AS WELL WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED THIS ISSUE. IT BECOMES CONFUSING WHEN WE'RE REPLACING THEM. I ALSO UNDERSTAND WITH NEWER BUSES IT WILL LESS COST FOR REPAIRS WHICH COME OUT OF THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND. I

103THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT GENERAL REVENUE FUND IS SO CRITICAL FOR OUR STAFF. SO NOT BEING ABLE AND HAVING TO PULL THOSE REPAIRS ON AN ONGOING BASIS. SO LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME ISSUES SO THAT WE HAVE ON THE RECORD THAT WE ARE AWARE AND THERE IS A REASON BEHIND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. I'M CURIOUS, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL BUSES BUT I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PROPANE BUSES. ARE ANY OF THESE GOING TO BE ANYWHERE WITH PROPANE AT ALL? NO, MA'AM. NONE OF THESE ARE PROPANE BUSES. THEY ARE MORE EFFICIENT, YES. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO

104TO 10.01, INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR PIGGYBACK 2204-PG ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Van Ayres: WE HAVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS COMING UP NEXT. 10.01 NOW AND THEN 10.03. SOME OF THE CONVERSATION MAY GET BLENDED TOGETHER AS THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM, OUR ERP SYSTEM. SO 10.01, THIS IS THE INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES AND SERVICES FROM INFOR TO SUPPORT THE FINAL PUSH TO BRING THE NEW ERP ONLINE AND RESOURCES BROUGHT TO BEAR THROUGH THE GO LIVE IN JANUARY AND THAT GO LIVE IS JANUARY 8 OF 2024. THE SERVICES INCLUDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS AND SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTS. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL $451,614. THIS IS THE SOFTWARE THAT WE UTILIZE BASICALLY TO RUN THE DISTRICT AS A BUSINESS. THIS IS ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL AND HR PROCESSES

105THAT IS WITHIN THIS ERP AND I TALKED THROUGH HISTORICAL IN THE PAST. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WITH OUR OLD SYSTEM SINCE BASICALLY 2017 AND FOR THIS JANUARY DATE TO FINALLY GO LIVE WITH OUR NEW INFOR SYSTEM, IT'S A BIG DEAL. SO THIS AGENDA ITEM 10.01 AND THEN 10.03 WITH CONSULTANTS LATER IS THAT FINAL PUSH TO GET IT THROUGH SO JANUARY 8, SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE 2017, WHERE WE'VE BEEN PATCHWORKING THE SYSTEM, THIS IS THE NEW ERP SYSTEM. THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE DISTRICT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR NEW ERP PLANNING SYSTEM. SO THAT IS THE AGENDA ITEM 10.01 AND THEN 10.03 IS STILL WITH THE ERP, JUST WITH THE CONSULTANT PART. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE

106ITEM C10.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER RENDON AND MEMBER COMBS PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR AMITY? MEMBER GRAY? -- OR COMMENT? MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THIS IS HALLELUJAH. FINALLY WE'RE GETTING -- FINALLY FINISHING THE FINAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW AND WE'RE TALKING PAYROLL AND HOW THE DISTRICT IS RUN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF DR. WEEKS WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING. YOU MAY WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS BECAUSE THERE IS A COST ON THIS AND -- AND I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A CELEBRATION AS WELL WHEN THIS FINALLY GETS PASSED. WE WILL CELEBRATE ONCE THIS IS FINISHED. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD IS THAT WHILE THIS HAS BEEN GOING

107ON FOR FIVE YEARS, THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE NORM WHEN IT COMES TO IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEM THIS LARGE. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THE OVERALL EXPENDITURE THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO THIS PROJECT WHEN COMPARED TO MANY OF OUR PEERS, WE HAVE EXPENDED QUITE A FEW DOLLARS LESS THAN WHAT -- EVEN SOME OF OUR SMALLER PEERS HAVE SPENT ON UPGRADING THEIR ERP SYSTEMS. WHILE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE GONE BACK TO THE BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES FOR, IT WAS BECAUSE -- WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PUSHED, IT WAS PUSHED IN A SPECIFIC MANNER TO TRY TO GET IT DONE AS FRUGALLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION THE DISTRICT WAS UNDER BACK IN THE 2017 TIME FRAME. WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE

108ERP WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY COST ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AND CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT. SO IT'SANY OWN -- IT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT WE DO THIS. THE OTHER THING IS FROM AN EXTENSION OF THE OVERALL TIME FRAME AND HOW WE HAVE SPENT THE MONEY AND EXPENDING INFOR THIS IS SOMETHING THE INFOR CORPORATION, THEY PROVIDE US WITH CRITICAL FUNCTIONAL RESOURCES IN ORDER TO GET THIS AS THE FINAL PUSH. SO WE'RE MAKING ALL THE MAJOR MILESTONES AT THIS POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE JANUARY 8 DEADLINE. SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE'LL BE THERE. Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW, DR. WEEKS, I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU GAVE US AN ATTACHMENT TODAY COMPARING AND SHOWING YOU DID YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IN COMPARING AND SAVING FROM DUVAL -- I WON'T READ ALL THE FIGURES. MIAMI-DADE. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA. BUT INDEED,

109THE PRICE POINT THAT YOU'RE GIVING US OR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL IN SAVINGS RELATIVELY SPEAKING. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT DATA AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON? Patti Rendon: YES, MR. WEEKS. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AS GRACIOUS AS MS. GRAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN I STARTED THIS JOB A YEAR AGO, I SAID YOU GET ONE CHANCE. YOU GET YOUR VENDORS TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND YOU GET ONE CHANCE. THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE A LOT BOTTOMLESS MONEY PIT. ALTHOUGH WE'RE CHEAPER THAN OTHER DISTRICTS, WE PURCHASED THIS PRODUCT FIVE YEARS AGO. WE SPENT 6.1 OR MORE MILLION DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CONTINUE TO POUR MONEY INTO VENDORS

110AND ADDITIONAL VENDORS WITHOUT HAVING THEM MEET THE CONTRACT. WHEN WE PROVIDE THEM A CONTRACT, WE SAY THEY NEED TO DO IT WITHIN THIS TIME FRAME. THEN I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE HERE ON SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT TAKES. THEY SHOULD BE MEETING THE CONTRACT SO WE GET IT DONE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPRING BREAK. THEN IT WAS GOING TO BE AUGUST THE -- THE 20th. IT HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK AND PUSHED BACK. I WILL NO LONGER SPEND ONE MORE DOLLAR ON THIS. I EXPECT OUR VENDORS TO HAVE DONE THEIR JOBS AND GOTTEN US THROUGH THE THRESHOLD. IF THEY'VE NOT DONE THEIR JOBS, THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE MONEY WE PAID THEM WHICH IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND FINISHED THE JOB. IF IT TOOK IT LONGER, THEY SHOULD BE FINISHING THE JOB.

111SO I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS AND I WILL NOT PAY -- APPROVE ONE MORE DIME FOR THIS PROJECT. THAT GOES FOR 10.01 AND 10.03. IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, I AGREE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE COME BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THE WELL FOR A COUPLE TIMES. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY ON THE VENDORS. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT -- I MEAN, FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION INITIAL CONCEPT AND WE ALSO HAVE DAY JOBS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING. SO THEY'RE SPENDING CONSIDERABLE HOURS DOING THEIR DAY JOBS AND THEN SPENDING CONSIDERABLE HOURS DOING PROJECT WORK. SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PUSH ON OUR INTERNAL RESOURCES AS WELL. SO IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ALL OF THE VENDORS NOT MEETING OUR EXPECTATIONS OR THE CONTRACT. A LOT

112OF THIS FELL UPON THE DISTRICT. Patti Rendon: OKAY. I AM NOT GOING TO PUT THE BLAME ON WHETHER THIS HAS BEEN PUSHED THROUGH OR NOT ON ANY DISTRICT STAFF BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE PLANNED THAT THE DISTRICT STAFF WOULD HAVE TO WORK THOSE HOURS OR WORKED A 40-HOUR WEEK AND THE CONTRACT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE CREATED IT WITH THE VENDOR. IT -- WE ALL KNEW WHAT A DISTRICT STAFF WORKLOAD WAS. WE KNEW HOW MANY HOURS THE DISTRICT STAFF WOULD WORK. FOR US TO SAY IT'S THEIR FAULT, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THAT CONTRACT WAS BUILT WITH THAT VENDOR, WE SHOULD HAVE ACCOMMODATED AND CREATED THE CONTRACT KNOWING THE HOURS DISTRICT STAFF WORKED. KNOWING THE HOURS IT WAS GOING TO TAKE. SO ONCE AGAIN, I AM

113NOT SUPPORTING ANY MORE MONEY GOING TO THIS PROJECT. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I MEAN, I ALSO THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF YOU OVER ESTIMATED INSTEAD OF UNDER ESTIMATE AND CONTINUE TO COME TO US. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE SCHOOLS LIKE I SPOKE TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN GET WI-FI AT THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PUSH SOMETHING THROUGH WHERE THERE IS NOT EVEN WI-FI WORKING AT A COUPLE SCHOOLS. I'LL HAVE TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS THE LAST PUSH, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS. I'M NOT HAPPY THAT YOU CONTINUALLY COME BACK MORE AND MORE FOR MONEY. YOU SHOULD HAVE OVERESTIMATED AND IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO OVERESTIMATE AND OVER -- PROMISE SOMETHING AND THEN YOU DO

114IT BETTER. INSTEAD, LIKE EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS SO MUCH FUNDING AND MONEY COMING HERE AND IT'S FRUSTRATING. I THINK IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR EVERYONE AS A BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO -- I HAVE TO SPEAK TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND WHEN I GO BACK AND I'M LIKE, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THIS DAY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THIS DAY. NOW WE'RE PAYING MORE AND IT STILL HASN'T HAPPENED. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I KNOW THIS THE LAST PROCESS, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE ENTIRE PROCESS OR HOW THIS HAS BEEN DONE. WE USED A LOT OF OUR ESSER MONEY AND FUNDING AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OVER PROJECTED FROM THE BEGINNING. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE UNDER PROJECTED. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER

115COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH A LOT OF THIS AS WELL, BUT THIS IS VERY SEPARATE FROM THE COMPUTER PURCHASE THAT WE USED OUR ESSER MONIES FOR. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE HISTORY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM. IT GAVE ME A LOT OF CLARITY ON THE FINANCIAL POSITION THE BOARD WAS IN WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY MADE THIS DECISION AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE WANTED TO ALLOT ON IT COMPARED TO NOW THANKS TO THE DECISIONS WE MADE AND THE ABILITY TO ALLOT MORE TO IT. I APPRECIATE AND I DIDN'T GET THE PAPER, HOW YOU SHARED OTHER COUNTRIES AND HOW MUCH THEY SPENT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE HAD HISTORY BECAUSE I CAN COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS'

116FRUSTRATION COMPARED WITH A LOT OF THE COMPUTER PURCHASES THAT WE USED ESSER ON. IT SEEMS LIKE WE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET ON TECHNOLOGY. I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION BUT I APPRECIATE THE PHONE CALL AND HOW WE MADE CERTAIN DECISIONS BEFORE AND NOW WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY IS AS BEST AS WE CAN MAKE IT. I WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME. IT HELPED ME WITH THE HISTORY ON THAT. THANK YOU. Van Ayres: I APPRECIATE THE BOARD MEMBERS' FEEDBACK AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE'LL ALWAYS TRY AND GET BETTER ON WHAT WE DID. REMEMBER WE'RE THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SO ALL THE HR SYSTEMS AND PAYROLL, GETTING A NEW ERP SYSTEM WHICH WE HAD TO DO COSTS MONEY

117ON OUR END. WE'LL TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE WHAT THE OVERALL END COST IS BUT WE'RE ALMOST TO THE FINISH LINE AND WE'LL ALL BE THERE TO CELEBRATE ON JANUARY 8 WHEN WE GO LIVE AND HAVE THE OLD FIVE OR SIX YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH WITH A PATCHWORK SYSTEM WITH THE NEW SYSTEM WE HAVE FOR OUR SCREECHED. THIS WILL BE A GOOD DAY ON JANUARY 8 WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: I'M REMINDED THAT THE ESSER 1, 2 AND 3, A LOT WAS FOR TECHNOLOGY. I KNOW HOW BEHIND WE WERE. I KNOW THAT WE FAST FORWARDED A LOT OF THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY WORK VERY QUICKLY. BE IT RIGHT OR WRONG, WE -- THIS DISTRICT WAS

118EXTREMELY BEHIND AND ARCHAIC AND THE MONIES THAT WERE AFFORDED TO US AND MANY DISTRICTS FOR TECHNOLOGY, WE AS A BOARD HOPE THAT WAS SPENT CORRECTLY AND FRUGALLY AND ALL THE -- ALL THE ADJECTIVES THAT MATCH THAT OR ADVERBS, EXCUSE ME. BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM, DR. WEEKS, FOR CRITICISM. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY. WE ARE -- WE KNOW THAT THE NEED IS HUGE. AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF MONEY, REAL QUICK, WE ADDRESSED THE TECHNOLOGY AS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO AND BE IT, AGAIN -- THERE IS ROOM FOR ERROR. THERE IS NO QUESTION. AND ROOM FOR -- AND MEMBER COMBS, ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT GOING FORWARD. SO I HOPE YOU TAKE THESE REMARKS AND DO AS BEST AS YOU CAN TO BE PROACTIVE. WE HAVE -- HOW MUCH

119MONEY DO WE HAVE LEFT ON THE ESSER -- THE ESSER 3, WE HAVE 83 MILLION OR -- FOR ESSER 2 -- WE HAVE 83. 83 MILLION AND THEN ESSER 3, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE LEFT? I WANT TO SAY 300, 200,000. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER WITH ME. IT ENDS SEPTEMBER 2024. Lynn Gray: DR. WEEKS, HOW MUCH OF THE MONEY WILL BE USING FOR TECHNOLOGY OR HAVE WE LINE ITEMED IT YET? SO WE HAD 103 MILLION ROUGHLY ALLOCATED FOR TECHNOLOGY OUT OF THE ESSER FUNDS. OUT OF THAT WE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION AND WE'LL HAVE SPENT BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER '24 DEADLINE AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE. I'M NOT ONE WHO WANTS TO LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT DOESN'T COST THE DISTRICT ANYTHING. WE'RE LOOKING AT USING THE TECHNOLOGY WISELY.

120WE BROUGHT A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TO APPROVE FOR -- ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSROOMS. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND WE'LL TAKE ANY CRITICISM THAT COMES OUR WAY AND USE THAT CONSTRUCTIVELY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BETTER AT WHAT WE DO. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. WEEKS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE FOR YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. -- WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSES WITH MEMBER RENDON VOTING NO. THE NEXT ITEM IS 10.03. AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE, AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES -- PARDON M ME? Van Ayres: YES. SO 10.03 IS THE NEXT ITEM. 10.03 IS A CONTINUATION OF THIS NEW ERP SYSTEM. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS THE CONSULTING FIRM HIRED TO CONTINUE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, STAFF AUGMENTATION AND BASICALLY LIAISON FUNCTIONALITY

121TO ASSIST IN COMPLETING THE INFOR CLOUD SUITE. THIRD STAGE WOULD PROVIDE CONSULTATION AND THE ENGAGEMENT WOULD TAKE US THROUGH THE GO LIVE DATE JANUARY 8 AND BEYOND FOR POST GO-LIVE SUPPORT. THAT'S AGENDA ITEM 10.03 WHICH IS -- FOLLOWS 10.01 THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ERP SYSTEM. THIS IS THE LIAISON BETWEEN US AND THE INFORSYSTEM. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C10.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER RENDON AND COMBS PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: GO AHEAD. MEMBER RENDON, GO AHEAD. Patti Rendon: I'VE SPOKEN MY PIECE ON THIS ITEM AS WELL. BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY. NONE OF THESE TWO ITEMS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO

122WITH THE PURCHASE OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH OUR ESSER DOLLARS. THESE PIECES ARE 100% ABOUT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WE'RE UTILIZING THAT IS RUNNING OUR DISTRICT. THAT IS DOING OUR FINANCE AND HR AND PERSONNEL. IT'S WORKING AS A FUNCTION OF OUR DISTRICT. OUR ESSER DOLLARS AND TECHNOLOGY IS NOT WHAT I VOTED NO ON. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WAS PURCHASED OVER FIVE YEARS AGO AND ALL THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN SPENT OVER THOSE 6.1 MILLION DOLLARS IS NOT ABOUT THE PU PURCHASE OF THE SYSTEM BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION WE HAD TO DELAY IN IMPLEMENTING IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M VOTING NOW ON, THAT I'M ASKING OUR DISTRICT TO REQUIRE OUR VENDORS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THE JOB WITHOUT GIVING THEM MORE. THANK YOU. Van Ayres: I CAN

123REITERATE, SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. THIS IS THE SOFTWARE THAT HELPS THE DISTRICT RUN THE BUSINESS. ALL OUR FINANCE AND HR PROCESSES RUN THROUGH THIS INFOR SYSTEM. ESSER EXPENSES, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS AN ALLOWABLE EXPENSE THROUGH ESSER. THIS IS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOTH HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCE. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. MS. RENDON, YES, YOU'RE CORRECT. IT WASN'T ESSER DOLLARS. THIS IS COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND BUT SINCE THIS IS RELATED TO THE IMP -- THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM, THIS WILL BE REIMBURSABLE WITH CAPITAL DOLLARS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: ACTUALLY, DR. WEEKS, I WAS GOING TO SAY EXPLAIN BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO BACK TO CAPITAL FUNDS, BUT CAN YOU EXPAND ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR

124AND WHEN? SO I WILL ACTUALLY LET MS. GARCIA SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S -- THE FINANCE TEAM THAT ACTUALLY DOES THAT. IT ACTUALLY EITHER WILL BE A TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND DEPENDING ON THE OBJECTS OR WE'LL TRANSFER THE EXPENDITURES TO THE CAPITAL FUND. IT HAPPENS USUALLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE EXPENSES. Lynn Gray: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS? Nadia Combs: I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO IF THIS DIDN'T PASS TODAY, WHAT WOULD OCCUR IN OUR DISTRICT? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WE'D BE BASICALLY STUCK WITH OUR EXISTING SYSTEM THAT IS TWO YEARS OUT OF DATE AND NOT ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE VENDOR. THEY'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD IN PROVIDING US SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME COMPANY THAT WE'RE

125WORKING WITH. SO INFOR AND LAWSON ARE THE SAME COMPANY, JUST DIFFERENT PRODUCTS AT THIS POINT. SO FOR US WE'D BE FACING A CRISIS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AS A DISTRICT, AS A BUSINESS ENTITY. AND THE WORST PART OF THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOT PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES AND BILLS AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AVOID DOWN THE LINE. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU. Karen Perez: PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOU SEE YOUR LIGHTS. AND IT PASSES WITH MEMBER RENDON DISSENTING ON THE VOTE. THE NEXT ITEM IS 10.02, FINALSITE MASS COMMUNICATION TOOL. Van Ayres: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. EVERYONE KNOWS THIS 10.02. IT'S THE LAST AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING. THIS IS PARENT LINK SO I KNOW A LOT OF YOU AS PARENTS WHEN YOU GET YOUR WEEKLY PHONE CALLS

126FROM OUR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS THAT ALL HAVE ACCESS TO PARENT LINK GIVING THE WEEKLY UPDATES, THAT'S UTILIZING THAT SYSTEM. SCHOOLS CAN SEND OUT E-MAILS OR TEXT MESSAGES OR PHONE CALLS AS A NUMBER IN THE PAST 30 DAYS THERE ARE 2,654 MESSAGES SENT VIA PARENT LINK FROM DISTRICT AND SCHOOLS, INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DELIVERY RATES RANGE DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT'S A TEXT OR PHONE CALL. ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS -- SYSTEM WE UTILIZE, WE USE PARENT LINK AS WELL. PRINCIPALS OF COURSE AS YOU KNOW USE PARENT LINK TO SEND WEEKLY COMMUNICATION AND LOCK DOWN INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS, ET CETERA. ALSO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM USES PARENT LINK TO SEND THE BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER, BOUNDARY INFORMATION AND WEATHER RELATED ISSUES. IT'S THE MASS COMMUNICATION TOOL WE UTILIZED OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS AND THIS PURCHASE PRICE IS 175,457. THAT'S ITEM 10.02.

127Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? Patti Rendon: YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS COMMUNICATION AND MAKING SURE OUR FAMILIES KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND MAKING SURE WE'RE UPDATED. EVEN HERE TODAY, I GOT A PARENT LINK. SO IT'S KIND OF IRONIC. BUT JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED RINGING. ROSSAC IS CALLING AND I KNOW IT'S NOT ANY OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE. THIS IS A KEY GAME CHANGER WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PARENTS SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH THE DISTRICT. I THINK

128IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP UP WITH. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT ALL OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION IN THE SYSTEMS ARE ACCURATE FOR PARENTS SO THAT PARENTS ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION AND I THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE THEM THE CREDIT FOR GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE CORRECT INFORMATION FOR EACH PARENT, FOR EACH STUDENT, SO THAT INFORMATION DOES GET TO THEM. THANK YOU TO ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF AT ALL OUR SCHOOLS FOR MAKING SURE OUR STUDENT RECORDS ARE KEPT UP TO DATE SO PARENT LINK WORKS AS A SHOULD. IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING THIS BECAUSE COMMUNICATION IS KEY. ESPECIALLY NOW. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. PLEASE VOTE

129WHEN YOUR LIGHT APPEARS. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT --. Van Ayres: MADE IT TO THE END. THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. THIS IS MY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE FOR THIS EVENING. WE'LL START OFF WITH HERE COMES THE BUS. IT'S PHASE TWO OF HERE COMES THE BUS ROLL-OUT. STUDENTS SHOULD BE OR HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A RIDERSHIP I.D. CARD TO ALLOW A PARENT TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE CHILD GETS ON AND OFF THE BUS. ALL BUS RIDERS WILL RECEIVE A CARD. THIS MEASURE HAS BEEN PUT INTO PLACE TO INCREASE THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS. PARENTS WILL KNOW THEIR CHILD IS ON THE RIGHT BUS IN THE MORNING AND GOT OFF AT THE RIGHT BUS STOP IN THE AFTERNOON. ALSO, OUR SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE ARE DIVIDED AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITIES, AND, YOU KNOW, I

130GO AND LOOK FOR SOME OF THE SUPPORTS AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE. THIS ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE. THEY TOLD ME ABOUT IT THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK AT THE PICTURE THAT'S THERE. THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HILLSBOROUGH STRONG. A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE BAND DIRECTORS WHO RECENTLY CAME OUT TO SUPPORT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL'S MARCHING BAND FOR A REHEARSE-A-ON THE. SO HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL DIDN'T HAVE A BAND DIRECTOR. SO WHAT HAPPENED IS WE HAD SEVERAL BAND DIRECTORS FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT, AND I'LL NAME THEM NOW, THAT CAME OUT TO SUPPORT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL TO GET THEM READY FOR THEIR BAND COMPETITION. THAT WAS JAY DEEDEN FROM BEN HILL. KEN JOHNSON. STEVEN FROM JENNINGS. MARCUS RUDD FROM WARTON. JOHN COLLINS FROM SHIELDS. REBECCA FROM FARNEL. AARON CABRERA. CHORALE FROM LEONARD AND LISA WHICH IS ONE

131OF THE SECONDARY MUSIC DRTs SO TO SUPPORT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. THAT IS THE NUMBER OF DISTRICT STAFF BUT ALSO OTHER DIRECTORS AND BAND DIRECTORS THAT CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND SO YEAH. HOW ABOUT THAT? PRETTY COOL. YOU TALK ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH STRONG. THERE IS A SHINING XAFRMAL WITHIN OUR MUSIC -- SHINING EXAMPLE. HERE IS A GOOD ONE. SO BROWARD ELEMENTARY. SO FROM BROWARD ELEMENTARY, IT WAS THEIR SCHOOL'S DRESS LIKE A CHARACTER SPIRIT DAY. SO SECOND GRADER JAMIE MENTION DECIDED TO DRESS LIKE ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PEOPLE ON CAMPUS, OFFICER MIKE. . ISN'T THAT COOL? JAMIE WAS SO EXCITED AND COULDN'T WAIT TO SHOW OFFICER MIKE HIS OUTFIT. THANK YOU TO OFFICER MIKE AND ALL THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS FOR THE IMPACT AND COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE. VERY COOL AT BROWARD ELEMENTARY.

132THIS WAS LAST NIGHT ACTUALLY AT ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY HELPED FAMILIES PREPARE FOR THE HOLIDAYS BY PROVIDING FREE GROCERIES WITH THE MONEY THEY RECEIVED FROM A GRANT. ADAMS WORKED TO PURCHASE $30,000 WORTH OF ITEM AND HELP SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS MS. VAUGHN. SO WAY TO GO CAROLINE. HUNTERS GREEN CAROLINE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK SHE ACCOMPLISHED DURING LAST YEAR'S STEM FAIR PROJECT. HER PROJECT WAS TITLED THE FOOD PROTECTOR THAT IS A SHOE PROTECTOR THAT PROTECTS AN ATHLETE'S FOOT. IT WAS SHARED WITH NASA'S SEEM STRESS JEAN WRIGHT AND SHE WAS INSPIRED AND SENT A PERSONALIZED MESSAGE NAMING CAROLINE AN HONORARY NASA SOUL SISTER. SO PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU REMEMBER AS PART OF YOUR DELEGATION I THINK TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE THE DISTRICT THAT PUSHED THE PURPLE STAR. SO DURING NATIONAL

133VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILY MONTH WE'RE PROUD TO CONGRATULATE 12 OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT WERE RECENTLY NAMED 2023 PURPLE STAR SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WE HAVE 21 PURPLE SCHOOL STARS OF DISTINCTION. WE'LL HONOR THEM DURING OUR DECEMBER 5 RECOGNITION MEETING. SO TO NOTE, THERE WAS ONLY 73 ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE HAD 12 OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN THIS DISTRICT. THIS GOES TO SHOW THIS DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME, I'VE BEEN OUT -- DR. HAHN HAS BEEN SUPPORTING BUT YOU TALK ABOUT DISTRICTS THAT SUPPORT THEIR MILITARY FAMILIES. THERE IS NO DISTRICT LIKE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT SUPPORTS MILITARY FAMILIES AND THE PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS OF THE 73 IN THE DISTRICT, 12 OF THEM ARE RIGHT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND WE'LL BRING THEM TO THAT DECEMBER 5 RECOGNITION

134MEETING. THANK YOU, DR. HAHN. IT MEANS A LOT AS A BOARD MEMBER. I KNOW YOU'RE THERE AND MR. MORILLO AS WELL AT EVERY MEETING WITH THE BASE COMMANDER AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY FAMILIES. THAT WAS A HUGE HONOR FOR US. THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACH IN IS THURSDAY. WHO IS GOING? I FIGURED Y'ALL WOULD BE GOING. I'LL ACTUALLY BE AT TAMPA HEIGHTS IN THE MORNING. I HAVE TO TALK TO 65 FIFTH GRADERS. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR 66 FIFTH GRADERS. DOLLAR BILLS -- THAT WOULD BE -- (LAUGHING) -- SO THAT IS THIS THURSDAY. SO I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS OUT. THIS IS A GREAT DAY. OUR GREAT AMERICAN TEACH-IN. LONG TRADITION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO WE ALREADY MENTIONED OUR HILLSBOROUGH

135STRONG, WHAT MAKES US HILLSBOROUGH STRONG. IT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO ONE ANOTHER AND HOW WE LEAD AND TREAT ONE ANOTHER. SO I'VE GOT SOME SLIDES TO COVER. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY IMPORTANT UPDATE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU. SO ON THE BOARD SUSPENDED AGENDA IS LITERACY UPDATES. IN JUST A MOMENT -- I HAVE OUR -- WOW, THE WHOLE TEAM IS THERE. THE ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM. WE HAVE OUR DATA TO SEE WHERE WE ARE NOW. THIS BOARD'S PRIORITY, MY PRIORITY IS AROUND LITERACY ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS AND IMPROVING READING PROFICIENCY ACROSS THE BOARD. WE'LL TALK SOME NUMBERS TODAY TO SEE -- WHERE WE ARE THROUGH PM-1. THERE IS THREE ASSESSMENT WINDOWS SO WE HAVE -- ALL SCHOOLS COMPLETED PM-1 WHICH IS THE FIRST INITIAL. I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, COLLEEN. THANK YOU,

136SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. AND GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THIS UPDATE. I KNOW YOU APPRECIATED US NOT DOING IT AT THE MIDNIGHT MEETING AS WELL. SO LET'S START WITH OUR DAT AFROM OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. TEACHERS CONDUCT ASSESSMENTS TO GAUGE CURRENT PERFORMANCE OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM DURING THE SUMMER. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY INTRODUCED THE DIBBLES ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR. THIS OPTIONAL ASSESSMENT IS ADMINISTRATEERED UP TO THREE TIMES A YEAR FOCUSING ON MEASURING LITERACY SKILL A ACQUI ACQUISITION. THE DATA OBTAINED FROM DIBELS HELPS TEACHERS ADDRESS READING DIFFICULTIES. THE CHART ILLUSTRATES A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN OUR EARLIEST GRADES BEING TESTED USING DIBELS. STATISTICALLY STUDENTS PERFORMING AT OR ABOVE THE BENCHMARK HAVE AN 80 OR 90% CHANCE OF REMAINING ON COURSE THROUGH THE REST OF THE ECONOMIC YEAR.

137LET'S DELVE -- ACADEMIC YEAR. LET'S DELVE INTO THE RESULTS OF I-READY. ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HIGH PARTICIPATION FROM STUDENTS ON THIS OPTIONAL DIAGNOSTIC. THIS ASSESSMENT DETERMINES STUDENT NEED ACROSS FIVE AREAS: PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, PHONICS, HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS, COMPREHENSION OF TEXT AND LITERATURE. AFTER THE INITIAL DIAGNOSTIC STUDENTS ARE PLACED ON A PATH OF PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION TO ACCELERATE THEIR LEARNING. TEACHERS CAN ADJUST THE LEARNING PATHS BASED ON STUDE STUDENT -- ASSESSMENTS OR CURRICULUM WITH FIDELITY IS ENSURING THAT TEACHERS HAVE THE APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO SUPPORT THAT IMPLEMENTATION. 86% OF TEACHERS PARTICIPATED IN UFLI AND DIBELS THIS SUMMER. WE CONTINUED THAT LEARNING IN TWO SPECIFIC AREAS. A FOCUS ON HOW TO USE THE INFORMATION GATHERED DURING A DIBBLES ADMINISTRATION AND THE FIDELITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW UFLI PHONICS PROGRAM. MOVING INTO THE FLORIDA ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT THINKING, COMMONLY

138REFERRED TO AS FAST IS THE STATE'S ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT THAT MEASURES PROFICIENCY IN THE NEW BEST STANDARDS WHICH WENT INTO FULL IMPLEMENTATION LAST SCHOOL YEAR ACROSS ELA AND MATH IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 10. 22-23 WAS A BASELINE FOR FAST. THIS ASSESSMENT IS GIVEN THREE TIMES A YEAR. PM1 AND 2 ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THE DATA PROVIDED AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH WINDOW IS SPECIFICALLY USED BY TEACHERS TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION AND ACCELERATION. OUR WORK IS THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STRONG TIER 1, TIER 2, AND TIER 3 INSTRUCTION AND STRATEGIES THAT ENABLE STUDENTS TO PERFORM ON OUR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL ON PM-3. PM-3 IS OUR TARGET. LET'S LOOK WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY PERFORMING AFTER PM-1. THIS CHART IS SMALL BUT I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT AND GO INTO MORE DETAIL. WHEN LOOKING

139AT THE CHART, A REMINDER THAT EACH OF THE PROGRESS MONITORING ADMINISTRATIONS MEASURES END OF THE YEAR ON GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS. THIS TABLE REFLECTS PM1 PROFICIENCY LEVELS FROM THE FALL 22 PM TEST ADMINISTRATION COMPARED TO THE FALL 23 TEST ADMINISTRATION. TO CORRECTLY UNDERSTAND THIS DATA LOOK AT THE NUMBER CIRCLED IN YELLOW. THE NUMBER 21% INFORMS US THAT DURING THE FALL 22PM1 WINDOW, 21% OF OUR THIRD GRADERS DEMONSTRATED ON GRADE LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT WE'D EXPECT OF A STENT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE NUMBER CIRCLED IN BLUE, 24%, INFORMS US DURING THE FALL OF 23, 24% OF OUR THIRD GRADERS DEMONSTRATED ON GRADE LEVEL END OF THE YEAR EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THOSE CHILDREN TO HAVE IN MAY. SO THIS TELLS US 3% MORE OF THIRD GRADERS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR ARE PERFORMING

140AT THE END OF THE YEAR ON GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION AFTER THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION. SO I'D LIKE TO SHOW SOME SUBGROUPS THERE IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. THIS IS WHERE IT GETS REALLY GOOD. THE FIRST SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE DATA FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. AND I'VE ADDED A COLUMN TO THE FAR RIGHT WHICH REFLECTS THE DIFFERENCE CALCULATED BETWEEN STUDENT PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR. ANY DIFFERENCE THAT REFLECTS MORE CHILDREN PERFORMING AT THE END OF THE YEAR EXPECTATION DURING THE PM1 WINDOW IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. GO BACK. THANK YOU. IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE EIGHT GRADE LEVELS THAT ARE ASSESSED, SIX OF THEM HAVE POSITIVE PERFORMANCE WHEN WE HAVE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR STUDENTS. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PURPLE DIAGONAL ERROR WHICH LINKS THE FIFTH GRADE PM1 DATA FROM LAST

141YEAR TO THE SIXTH GRADE PM1 DATA THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE OF 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS. WHEN WE LOOK AT STUDENT DATA DOWN A DIAGONAL WE'RE TRACKING COHORTS OF STUDENTS. IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF INTEREST -- INTERESTING WAY OF LOOKING AT THE DATA. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE AND NOW PULL OUT THE HISPANIC STUDENT DATA. AND KEEP IN MIND HISPANIC STUDENTS MAKE UP 38% OF ENROLLMENT. JUST LIKE WITH THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THIS TABLE SHOWS THE COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE DATA OF OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ACROSS EIGHT GRADE LEVEL SAID, SEVEN GROUPS ARE PERFORMING HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S GROUP WITH GRADE FIVE MAINTAINING. A SHOUT OUT TO THE FOURTH AND SIXTH GREAT COHORTS FOR MOVING THE NEEDLE FROM WHERE THEY WERE PERFORMING LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE MANY

142OTHERS THAT ALSO MOVED THE NEEDLE BUT I'M SHOUTING THOSE TWO OUT NOW. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR WHITE STUDENTS WHO MAKE UP 30% OF OUR ENROLLMENT. FOR THE EIGHT GRADE LEVELS REFLECTED IN THE TABLE, HALF OF THE GRADES, SIX, SEVENTH, NINTH AND NINTH SHOW STUDENTS THIS YEAR PERFORMING EQUAL TO OUR HIGHER THAN STUDENTS LAST YEAR. ANOTHER BIG KUDOS TO OUR FOURTH AND NINTH GRADE COHORTS. WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE DIAGONAL, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SEE 7% GROWTH FROM THOSE THIRD GRADERS LAST YEAR TO WHERE THEY'RE PERFORMING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR AND 4% GROWTH IN OUR NINTH GRADERS MOVING TO TENTH GRADE AS WELL FROM WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT SLIDE DETAILS THE PROGRESS OF OUR BLACK STUDENTS WHO MAKE UP 21% OF OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

143THIS IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS, 3 THROUGH 10, OUR BLACK STUDENTS THIS YEAR ARE PERFORMING HIGHER THAN OUR BLACK STUDENTS LAST YEAR IN THIS FIRST WINDOW. CLICK. THERE YOU GO. DON'T FORGET TO LOOK DOWN THAT DIAGONAL AND I HAVE TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW. AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT FROM OUR STUDENTS. THAT FOURTH GRADE COHORT, 16 PERCENTAGE POINTS DIFFERENT FROM WHERE THEY STARTED LAST YEAR. THAT TENTH GRADE COHORT, SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS. SLIDE 11 SHOWS THE PROGRESS OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. 15% OF THE STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS GROUP. THIS GROUP AS WELL ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS 3 THROUGH 10 ARE SHOWING STRONGER PERFORMANCE ON THIS FIRST MEASURE COMPARED TO WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR. ONCE AGAIN, I'M SO PLEASED WITH

144THE PROGRESS. ONCE AGAIN, LOOK AT THE SIXTH GRADE COHORT. TEN PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN WHERE THEY STARTED LAST YEAR. OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE UP NEXT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT ELL LEARNER DATA TO REMEMBER WHICH STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SUBSUBGROUP. ANY STUDENT CLASSIFIED AS LY IS IN THIS GROUP AND THIS SLIDE DETAILS THE DIFFERENT DESCRIPTORS OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS. IDENTIFIED STUDENTS RANGE FROM NONENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS TO THOSE THAT UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK ENGLISH BUT STILL WRITE AND READ IN ENGLISH WITH VARYING DEGREES OF PROFICIENCY. ONCE STUDENTS MEET GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS, THEY'RE EXITED FROM THIS LY CLASSIFICATION AND SIMULTANEOUSLY REMOVED FROM THIS GROUP. CURRENTLY ELL STUDENTS MAKE UP 11% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND LET'S LOOK AT THEIR DATA. THE DATA SHOWS MORE OF THE LY STUDENTS

145IN SIX OF THE EIGHT GRADE LEVELS ASSESSED BY THE FAST ARE AT THE ON-GRADE LEVEL END OF THE YEAR EXPECTATION COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. AND FIVE GRADE LEVEL COHORTS MADE SIGNIFICANT GAINS FROM WHERE THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR. OUR TRUE GOAL IS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR ELL STUDENTS WITH INSTRUCTORS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE THIS RESEARCH-BASED TARGETED SUPPORT THEY NEED FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND MASTERY OF GRADE LEVEL CONTENT AND STANDARDS. SO THE FLACKERAL QUESTION AFTER REVIEWING THIS DATA -- SO THE NATURAL QUESTION IS WHAT WE GOING TO DO NEXT. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COACHING AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR ADULTS AT OUR MOST STRUGGLING SCHOOLS. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS 98 RAISE IDENTIFIED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS, WE

146HAVE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH THE RAISE HIGH SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE TRAINED IN CONTENT KNOWLEDGE FOCUSED ON LITERACY AND THE SCIENCE OF READING. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 50 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION AND TUTOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. IN ADDITION WE HAVE TWO COHORTS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT LATO AND PLANT CITY HIGH WHO WE TRANSPORT TO NEIGHBORING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO WORK WITH K STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL DAY. FINALLY WE HAVE THE NEW WORLD BOOK INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDES FREE BOOKS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALSO RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORTS SPECIFICALLY FOR ELL STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS. FOR OUR TEACHERS WE FOCUS ON SUPPORT UNTHREE -- IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. ELEVATION SUPPORTS MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IN THE CLASSROOM. OUR ESOL ENDORSEMENT COURSES ENSURE THAT ALL STAFF

147ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE BASIC SKILLS TO TEACH ELL LEARNERS. AND OUR MONTHLY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSIONS ARE TO SUPPORT STAFF THAT WORK CLOSEST TO OUR STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS. FOR STUDENTS, IMAGINE LEARNING IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORTS IN 16 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES FOR STUDENTS IN K-5. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS UNFINISHED LEARNING AND PROMOTE THE USE OF ACADEMIC VOCABULARY. CHILDREN ARE IMMERSED IN AN ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT BUILDS ON STUDENT STRENGTHS AND FADES OUT THE NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT AS A CHILD'S ENGLISH SKILLS GROW STRONGER. WE ALSO OFFER OUT OF SCHOOL TIME CAMPS TO EXTEND THE LEARNING. GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN OUR SECOND YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEST STANDARDS WE HAVE A STRONG FOCUS FROM ACADEMIC SERVICES ON OUR CORE INSTRUCTION. FOR THOSE STUDENTS NEEDING ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION, OUR FOCUS IS TO QUICKLY

148IDENTIFY THE STUDENT NEEDS, PLAN AND IMPLEMENT SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION AND ENSURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS MONITORED CLOSELY. ACADEMIC SERVICES WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH REGION SUPERINTENDENTS ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND LAYER IN THE APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS. MOVING ON TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, 70% OF OUR 13,548 SENIORS HAD ALREADY MET THE READING BENCHMARK FOR GRADUATION. JUNIORS AND SENIORS STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL ARE ENROLLED IN SPECIALIZED COURSES AND HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SHOW READING MASTERY AT THE EXPECTED LEVEL. IN SEPTEMBER OUR JUNIORS AND SENIORS TOOK THE FAST AND FSA FALL RETAKES. IN OCTOBER, OUR SENIORS SAT FOR THE S.A.T. AND A.C.T. IN OCTOBER, ARMWOOD AND CHAMBERLAIN PILOTED THE NEW ASSESSMENT ALLOWED BY LEGISLATION, THE CLASSIC LEARNING TEST. BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW

149ASSESSMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS, ACADEMIC SERVICES WORK TO DEVELOP A BOOT CAMP STYLE PREP FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE'VE SEEN A 20% SUCCESS RATE FOR STUDENTS MEETING THE READING BENCHMARK AND A WHOPPING 76% SUCCESS RATE FOR STUDENTS MEETING THE MATH BENCHMARK. THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT, THE BETTER WE CAN TARGET SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS. WHILE MY PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE BEGINNING OF YEAR DIAGNOSTIC DATA AND THE 30,000-FOOT OVERVIEW OF THINGS HAPPENING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE, SOME INTERESTING DATA WAS MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE RECENT COUNSEL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS CONFERENCE. I ADDED IT TO THE PRESENTATION TO ENSURE WE RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN OUR CLASSROOMS FROM KINDERGARTEN UP. THE RESULTS ON THIS SLIDE CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT A FOCUS ON EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY. THE COUNCIL OF GREAT

150CITY SCHOOLS HAS 32 MEMBER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION AND HILLSBOROUGH IS LISTED IN THE BEST QUARTILE OF OVERALL STUDENTS THAT TOOK MORE THAN ONE AP COURSE, HISPANIC MALE STUDENTS THAT TOOK MORE THAN ONE AP COURSE, HISPANIC FEMALE STUDENTS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT TOOK MORE THAN ONE AP COURSE. ELL STUDENTS THAT SCORED A LEVEL THREE OR HIGHER ON AP EXAMS. HISPANIC MALE STUDENTS, THE INCREASE IN THE FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION COHORT RATE. HISPANIC FEMALE STUDENTS IN THE FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION COHORT RATE. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, AN INCREASE IN THE FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION COHORT RATE AND ELL STUDENTS, AN INCREASE IN THEIR FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION COHORT RATE. WE HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I THANK OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR TEACHERS WHO WORK TOGETHER EVERY DAY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF STUDENTS IN

151THIS COUNTY. MY TEAM IS HERE THIS EVENING AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. Van Ayres: THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR SUSPENDED AGENDA UPDATE ON LITERACY. I KNOW IT WAS LONG BUT WE HAD SOMETHING SCHEDULED FOR THE MEETING THAT WAS THE RECORD BREAKER SO WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF THE UPDATE THERE. I APOLOGIZE THAT WAS A LENGTHY UPDATE. AS WE LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND TALK A LOT AT THIS BOARD AROUND OUR STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND EXCEPTIONAL TALENT. THAT'S THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT YOU ALL WILL ULTIMATELY JUDGE ME ON WHICH IS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. THAT'S UP THERE IS WHAT I'M JUDGED ON ASSUMING THE FOUNDATION IS SET. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME SETTING THE FOUNDATION. I THINK MS. VAUGHN MENTIONED AT A MEETING ONE OR TWO BACK ABOUT, HEY,

152LET'S GET TO TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA. SO WE CAN CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AND OF COURSE TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE. THE TEAM IS HERE. BUT IF -- THIS IS THE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO BE HAVING AS A TEAM OF HOW WE CAN MOVE THIS DISTRICT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AND TO BE NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO BOARD COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST IN REGARDS TO THE DATA AROUND THE LITERACY UPDATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THIS IS A GREAT STARTING PLACE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND THIS IS VERY THOROUGH AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SOME COMMENTS I WANTED TO GIVE

153BACK ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY IS I'M A BIT CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH DIBBLES PARTICIPATION AND YET THE -- NOT SHOWING MUCH ENGAGEMENT IN THE THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE. I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE STILL RELYING HEAVILY ON I-READY AND I KNOW THE COUPLE BOARD MEETINGS PREVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT PHASING OUT THE PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE CONCERN IS ALWAYS THE TRANSITION TO SOMETHING NEW AND THE FACT WE'RE NOT USING THIS YEAR TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT ON THE DIBBLES IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE REPLACEMENT IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE ENGAGEMENT AROUND. I'LL SAY I'VE GOTTEN GREAT FEEDBACK ON UFLI. ESPECIALLY LAST NIGHT I WAS AT AN EVENT WITH A HIGH ELL POPULATION AND THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT'S SUPPORTING THEIR ELL LEARNERS SO MUCH AND HOW MUCH THAT IS A GAME

154CHANGER NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO PHONICS AND READING BUT ALSO FOR OUR ELL POPULATION. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK AND IN GENERAL I'M GETTING GREAT FEEDBACK AROUND THAT. ONE THING I'D WANT TO MENTION TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AS WE CRAFT OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM FOR NEXT YEAR IS THEY ONLY HAVE THE TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY START BEING HELD TO THE STANDARDIZED TESTING AND THAT LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IS SHOWN TO TAKE FIVE YEARS AND WE'RE DOING A DISSERVICE EXPECTING IN TWO YEARS OUR ELL POPULATION TO BE ABLE TO TEST ON LEVEL. SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION I THINK AS BOARD MEMBERS WE SHOULD HAVE -- TALK ABOUT WHEN WE GO OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM ABOUT GIVING MORE GRACE WHEN IT COMES TO ELL LEARNERS. BUT I THINK THIS IS GREAT DATA TO START WITH. I

155LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND IT BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THESE NUMBERS -- ALTHOUGH WE'RE DOING IMPROVEMENT ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD, I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAKE-UP CALL THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PHONICS AND EARLY EDUCATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND PRESENTING THIS. I KNOW THAT ATE UP A LOT OF MY TIME. THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING ME FOR VICE CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UNANIMOUS VOTES MEANS THAT I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITY TO DO THIS JOB AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO

156SAY THAT I LOVE THE STEM THINGS I'VE BEEN GOING TO LATELY. WE HAD THE STEM OLYMPICS OR SCIENCE OLYMPICS WHICH WERE AMAZING AND I ENJOYED THAT SO MUCH AND THE GREAT THING WAS IT WASN'T JUST THE STUDENTS COMPETING. ALL THE PARENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, OH, THAT WAS TWO INCHES TOO SHORT AND HEARING HOW IT ENGAGED THE PARENTS IN SCIENCE CONVERSATIONS WAS SO GREAT. I'VE BEEN GOING TO LOT OF STEM NIGHTS AT SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE FANTASTICS. THE STATIONS THEY HAVE SET UP. WE HAD A GREAT ONE AT TURNER BARTEL. I WENT TO ONE AT TEMPLE TERRACE AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THAT AND THE STUDENTS JUST LEARNING SO MUCH ABOUT SCIENCE RIGHT THERE HANDS ON WITH ALL THE STATIONS WAS -- IT'S JUST -- EVERY ONE OF

157THEM IS A GREAT EVENT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENCE AND STEM IN OUR DISTRICT. SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACH-IN. I'M -- I'M GOING TO I THINK SEVEN OR EIGHT SCHOOLS. THAT'S ALWAYS FUN. AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE KIND OF ENTER INTO THE SEASON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BREAK AND FOR PEOPLE WHO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING, I ALWAYS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL AND I'M JUST SO APPRECIATIVE AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR DISTRICT. ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF WHO CHOOSE TO STAY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND FOR THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY DOES. I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SIT DOWN AT MY TABLE AND SAY THE THINGS I'M GRATEFUL FOR, IT'S ALL

158THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT THAT WORK SO HARD TO MAKE THESE GAINS AND SUCCESS AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. SO HAPPY BREAK. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS THE BIGGEST STRETCH TO GET FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THIS FIRST KIND OF WEEK SO I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY RECHARGE AND SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GRATEFUL FOR AND COME BACK READY TO GET BACK TO WORK AND DO GREAT THINGS IN OUR DISTRICT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: LET ME TRY TO SPEED UP. I WANT TO THANK THE LITERACY TEAM FOR YOUR AWESOME WORK AND COMPREHENSIVE AND I'M LOOKING AT EACH OF YOU AND KNOW YOU DO WORK THE CLOCK 24/7 SO THANK

159YOU FOR ALL THE DATA. I WILL SAY SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 11% BEING ELL, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT TO EXPLORE MORE, DO A LANGUAGE CLASSES -- DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSES HAS TO BE A PRIORITY TO BRING THAT. THAT'S PRETTY LARGE PERCENTAGE COMING UP AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY LOWER. SO AT ANY RATE, I JUST WANT TO SAY TOO THAT WE'RE REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO SCHOOL SAFETY AND JUST DOING A SHOUTOUT TO SENATOR DANNY BRIDGES WHO INTRODUCED THE SCHOOL BUSING PASSING INFRACTIONS, BUS PATROL AMERICA. AND WE'VE ENTERED A FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE -- WITH OUR DISTRICT TO INSTALL CAMERAS ON 1,100 BUSES AND WE'RE THE FIRST DISTRICT IN FLORIDA TO INITIATE THE SAFETY MEASURE. ANOTHER SHOUT OUT -- VERY IMPRESSED AT -- CHRONSTOR WITH OUR HILLSBOROUGH PTA, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, ALL OF

160US AT DUNBAR AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT DAY. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND THAT'S PART OF THE CULTURE OF A GOOD -- OF A -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY GOOD. AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALSO, THAT FLORIDA SCHOOL MUSIC ASSOCIATION WITH 27 SCHOOLS AND OVER 3,000 PARTICIPANTS, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK JOHN SEVERS, THANK TOMMY MORAL, THE PRINCIPAL OF GAITHER FOR HOSTING IT, ALSO A HUGE SHOUTOUT TOTAL BAND DIRECTORS WHO PUT THE LOVE OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN THE HARTS AND THE00 DOLLARS OF OUR STUDENTS. THAT WAS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. AND AGAIN I THINK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS CAME AS WELL. WE WANT TO THANK AETNA. THEY JOINED WITH THE MOORE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL AND ADDED THE FIRST EVER BILINGUAL THERAPIST TO ADDRESS ANXIETY OF THE STUDENTS, AND ALSO DEPRESSION, AND OTHER

161AFFECTED DOMAINS THAT EFFECT, THAT HAVE AFFECTED OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE HAD TRAUMA, DOMESTIC OR OTHERWISE. FOOD AND SECURITY. I CITE ALL OF THIS AS PART OF THE ADULT CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, ACE, AND HAVING EXTRA THERAPISTS, DONATE $20,000, AND I WANTED TO THANK ALSO DUSTIN KLEIN, I THINK A GERMAN LAST NAME, BUT HE ALSO HELPED AFFORD THIS RELATIONSHIP, THIS PARTNERSHIP THEN. PABLO, ARE YOU READY? I WANT TO DO A SHOUTOUT TO BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. IS THIS A -- YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THE PRINCIPAL AT BRANDON, AND HE'S AMAZING, AMAZING, DR. CLINE, RIGHT? DR. KLEIN. WE'LL SHOW THAT LATER. BUT LAURA -- HOLD ON A SECOND. THAT'S THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. WE REDID D THE WHOLE FRONT. AND ATHLETES PULLINGLY A WATERFALL. I GUESS I DIDN'T CAPTURE THAT. THERE'S STUDENT SEATING ON THE OTHER

162SIDE. I'M LOOKING ON THE RIGHT. BUT LOOK AT THIS DONATED COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY PAINTING, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO DONATED IT BUT THEY DID. A LARGE PART OF THAT. BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU ENTER THE SCHOOL, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S THE WHOLE WALL. AND IT'S ABOUT 16 FEET LINEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PABLO. AND THEN ON THE LEFT, THIS IS AN AMAZING LIBRARY. IT'S SECTIONED OFF INTO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STUDENT'S INTEREST. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE WITH THE COLORY IS ABOUT A MOOD ENHANCER. IN OTHER WORDS, TO RELAX THE MOOD OF THE STUDENTS. AND THEN ON ANOTHER PART THEY HAVE CHESS GAMES AND OTHER AVENUES WHERE KIDS LIKE TO STRATEGIC GAMES WITH THAT. OH, AM I OUT OF TIME? THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE FOOD PANTRY. NEXT SLIDE, LOOK AT THIS CLOTHES PANTRY. I HAVE NEVER SEEN

163ANYTHING LIKE IT. AND TEACHERS USE THIS AS WELL BECAUSE THEIR PAY IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. LAURA -- I WISH I COULD REMEMBER HER LAST NAME BUT SHE PUT THIS IS ALL HER WORK. NEXT SLIDE. MAYBE THERE'S NOT ONE. OKAY. THAT MEANS THAT I'M DONE. HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING, EVERYBODY. TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. Member: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. Nadia Combs: FIRST I WANT TO THANK THIS LITERACY TEAM AND ELANA. AND I TELL YOU, I WANT TO GO HOME TONIGHT AND LOOK AT THIS BUS IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF LITERACY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN EVERYTHING WAS SO ISOLATED IT'S GOING TO TAKE TWO OR THREE YEARS TO SEE THAT WORK BEING DONE BUT I AM GLAD

164TO SEE THAT YOU ARE ALREADY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF THE I LOOK ACROSS AND WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK WITH THIS. GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING FOR A WHILE, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. THE WESTCHASE COMMUNITY, HE HAVE YEAR THEY CHOOSE ONE OF THE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, THEY ALLOY ME TO CHOOSE A TITLE ONE SCHOOL. THEY DO THE GREAT WESTCHASE RUN WHICH I WALKED IT. IT WAS A 5-K BUT THEY RAISED $24,000 THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO BELLAMY ELEMENTARY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE WESTCHASE COMMUNITY FOR DOING THAT EVERY YEAR AND ALLOWING ME TO PARTAKE AND HELPING CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS. ALSO, THANK

165YOU, SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES, FOR POINTING OUT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL DID NOT HAVE A MARCHING BAND DIRECTOR, AND JOHN SEIVERTS AND ALL OF THOSE MARCHING BAND DIRECTORS CAME OVER AND CAME TOGETHER AND WHEN WE SAW THE MPA AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL AND SAW OHIO WELL HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL DID, GO BIG RED, IT WAS AMAZING SO I WANT TO THANK THEM. ALSO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES OF THE ONE OF THEM IS CELEBRATING VETERANS DAY. A LOT OF MY SCHOOLS HAD GREAT EVENTS BUT BRYANT ELEMENTARY EVERY YEAR, THEY HAVE A VETERANS DAY BREAKFAST AND THERE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT 40 VETERANS THERE AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY REMARKABLE, AND WE HAD MacDILL AIRS FORCE INDIVIDUAL COME IN, AND WE HAD SO MANY SPEAKERS, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. BOTH OF MY BROTHERS SEARCHED IN THE MILITARY SO

166IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING VETERANS DAY. ALONG WITH THAT, PABLO, HERE IS BRIANT ELEMENTARY, AND MS. SUAREZ, THE PRINCIPAL, AND THERE WERE BROWNIES, AND THE BOY SCOUTS, AND BAR NELLE PARTICIPATED AND SICK'S. IT WAS LARK THE WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES COME AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE STUDENTS WAVING THEIR FLAGS. PABLO, THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. I WAS ABLE TO PARTAKE WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF TAMPA THE FLAGS FOR OUR HEROES, WHERE THEY RECOGNIZE VETERANS, BUT HE ALSO RECOGNIZE SO MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS ON THAT LIST. THEY HAD TEACHERS. THEY HAD STUDENTS. IT WAS REALLY AMAZING. AND THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE ON YOUR LEFT WAS AN AMAZING VETERAN WHO FOUGHT IN TWO TOURS OF THE VIETNAM, AND HE IS LIKE IN HIS 90s, AND SPOKE -- IT WAS SUCH A POWERFUL PRESENTATION.

167IT WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY AMAZING. I ALSO WANTED TO DO A SHOUTOUT TO OUR CEO IN SCHOOLS. I PATCHED IN THAT EVERY YEAR. BRIAN BUTLER, WHO DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB. I WAS ABLE TO SPEND THE DAY WITH AN AMAZING CHRISTINA ALVAREZ OVER AT ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY AND TO SEE THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS. AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS IS THE CEO IN THIS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR, AND SHE CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY AND SHE SAID, NOW WHAT, NADIA? I ENDED UP LEARNING ABOUT ONE ON ONES THROUGH THE SCHOOL. SO I AM TAKING THAT AND I AM STARTING TO DO THAT IN MY OWN BUSINESS. SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE CEOs CONNECTING WITH THE SCHOOLS. IT'S BACK 'N AND FORTH. AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO

168SAY THAT WAS AMAZING. AND FINALLY, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME MORE PICTURES. AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO GO TO LIKE A PRE-K OR KINDERGARTEN WHEN I GOT INTO SCHOOL. BUT ALL THE TEACHERS WERE AMAZING AND SO DYNAMIC. FINALLY AS WE GO TO THANKSGIVING, IF YOU KNOW ME THAT IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE HOLIDAY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING GRATEFUL AND GRATITUDE. I AM GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. BE KIND. BE NOTFUL. BE GENUINE. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, BE THANKFUL. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE, THE LITH LITERACY UPDATE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY GOOD OVERVIEW AND START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT FROM MOST GRADES WE ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN COMES, AND EVEN IF FOR

169P.M. 2 AND P.M. 3 WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE EVEN IF IT'S BY THE SAME PERCENTAGE, WHICH HOPEFULLY IT WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE EACH TIME. WE ARE STILL NOT GOING TO HIT 50% IN ANY THIRD GRADE CATEGORY. I AM LOOKING AT THIRD GRADE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S A REALLY CRITICAL YEAR, WITH TEACHER SUCCESS, ACADEMIC SUCCESS. SO YES, CAN WE SAY THIS WAS HARD WORK? ABSOLUTELY. YOU SEE IT IN THE NUMBERS, THE INCREASES. WE HAVE A VERY, VERY LONG WAY TO GO? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAD SOME OF THE LOWEST LITERACY NUMBERS IN THE STATE SO WE ARE DIGGING OUR WAY OUT OF A BIG HOLE. SO I HOPE YOU WILL BRING THIS BACK AFTER P.M. 2, AND WE SEE MORE GAINS, BUT BOY, I WISH WE COULD REALLY BREAK THROUGH THAT 50% MARK. OBVIOUSLY I WOULD LOVE

170US TO MAKE A COMMITMENT BY A CERTAIN YEAR. IN THIRD GRADE WE HIT 100%, LIKE 100% OF KIDS ARE READING ON THIRD GRADE LEVEL. THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL. ONCE YOU DO THAT, IN FOURTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE IT. AND I GO BACK TO EARLY CHILDHOOD, THOSE EARLY YEARS OF PREDICTORS OF THOSE SCORES, AND WE ONLY PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PRE-K PROGRAMS, 12% OF THE POPULATION, AND IT WOULD TAKE A VERY LONG TIME FOR US TO SCALE UP TO WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING MORE THAN THE PRIVATE CERTIFICATE TORE, SO THERE'S PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS ARE SO CRITICAL, WORKING TOGETHER, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, AND THERE'S PRE-K GRADES. IF WE ARE GOING TO START TO MOVE THESE NUMBERS UP, AND NOT FIND US WITH SCORES IN THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, 12th GRADE,

171AND I KNOW YOU ARE INHERITING THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW COMMITTED YOU ARE TO LITERACY, AS WELL AS EARLY CHILDHOOD, BECAUSE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND LITERACY, I HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONING THIS SINCE DAY ONE ON THIS BOARD. IT IS MY LIFE'S WORK FROM WHAT I STUDIED, MY PH.D., MY MASTERS, MY PRACTICE, AND IN THE BEGINNING IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE GOOD RESULTS IN THE END. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO IT, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO CHAMPION THE WORK, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN PRESENTED WITH SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT THIS EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. USUALLY IT'S ALL THE WAY AT THE END, RIGHT? WHEN WE ARE LIKE, OH! SO I SEE ALL THE HARD WORK FROM YOUR TEAM IS PUTTING INTO THIS, BUT, YOU

172KNOW, OUR TEACHERS, OUR READING COACHES, OUR TEACHER ASSISTANTS ALL PUTTING IN THE HOARD WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND YOU LOVE OBVIOUSLY THE DIBBLES AN THE E-FLY AND I THINK WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THE IMPACT THAT'S HAVING. SO IMMIGRATING -- EXPECTING GREAT THINGS FOR SURE BUT YOU REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. THIS REALLY SETS THE STAGE FOR FUTURE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS. BERNS STEAKHOUSE, THEY HAVE DECIDED TO DO NIGHT THEIR LEGISLATION FEES, PART OF THOSE FEES TO OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CULINARY PROGRAMS IN THE FORM OF MINI GRANTS, TO MAKE A RESERVATION IT'S $25 BUT IF YOU DON'T CANCEL OR NO SHOW THEN YOU SURRENDER THAT $25. SO PART OF THE FEES THAT THEY COLLECT OVER THE

173NEXT YEAR STARTING IN JANUARY WILL COME TO OUR CULINARY PROGRAMS FOR MINI GRANTS. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK BERN'S STEAKHOUSE AND THE FAMILY FOUNDATION. I SIT ON THEIR BOARDS FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS IN THIS WAY. THEY HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED OUR CULINARY PROGRAMS VERY QUIETLY. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE PUBLIC PUSH. SO THEY ANNOUNCED IT ON THEIR WEBSITE RECENTLY, AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT NEWS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC. THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME ON HOW TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS, AND WHEN THOSE GRANTS OPEN, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY ANNOUNCE THAT AFTER THE NEW YEAR. SO THANK YOU. AND HAVE A HAPPY, HAPPY THANKSGIVING. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS, AND CERTAINLY HAVE A LOVELY WEEK. THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake"

174Washington: YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS DATA. THIS IS THE TYPE OF DATA WE NEED TO GET OUT. I KNOW WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO. I CAN SEE WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO BUT LET'S GET OUT EVERY GOOD POINT WE CAN DATA SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE PROGRESSING, WE ARE MOVING UP OF THE GOT A LONG WAYS BUT WE ARE MOVING. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S ALL ABOUT MOVING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ALSO, I WANT TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO BRENDA PERRY ON THE PASSING OF A WONDERFUL EDUCATOR, NAMED RUTH JACKSON. HER MOTHER WORKED DECADE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AS A GRADUATE FROM FAMU TO BEING THE FIRST-TIME AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHER AT

175HOLLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO HER RETIREMENT IN 1984, FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY STUDENTS AND STAFF AND FAMILIES DURING HER YEARS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY ON VETERANS DAY, NOVEMBER 9th. WE WENT TO SHE HI, IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM. THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. STANLEY GRAY WAS THERE AND I WAS THERE. WE JUST LET THE STUDENTS KNOW THE VARIOUS FIELDS YOU CAN GO INTO IN THE MILITARY AND STILL BE SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE SYSTEMS PEOPLE THINK OF THE MILITARY AS LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU TO DO, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT PEOPLE TELL UNIT IF YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS. THAT'S A PART OF THAT. SO BEING IN THE MILITARY IS

176A GREAT POINT FOR SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN HELP YOU OUT, AND IT'S RARE TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS AND GET DEGREES AND SO FORTH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PART OF IT. SO WE HAD A GREAT TIME I.DIDN'T HAVE MY UNIFORM ON, THOUGH. I NORMALLY DO BUT I DIDN'T. ALSO, ON A LEVEL, WE HAD THE VETERAN PARADE, TOWN AND COUNTRY, A WONDERFUL PARADE, ONE OF THE BEST PARADES. IT WAS REALLY GOOD. WE HAD PEOPLE LINED UP. IT WAS HOT OUT THERE IT WAS REALLY HOT BUT IT WAS A GREAT PARADE. SO I THINK WE HAD A GREAT TIME, DIDN'T WE? AND WHO WAS THE DEEJAY? YOU KNOW, JANE BROWN AND ALL THEM. BUT WE HAD PEOPLE DANCING ON THE SIDE ON THE ROAD. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME. IT WAS REALLY,

177REALLY GREAT. WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY FOLKS AS WE HAD BEFORE, BUT IT WAS FUN. WE HAD A GOOD TIME IT WAS GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE OUT HAVING A GREAT TIME. ALSO, NOVEMBER 13th I HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER TO PLANT HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE HAD FAMU TO GO THERE, FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY TO GO THERE TO LET STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS WE HAVE AT FLORIDA A&M. WE HAD ABOUT 13 I THINK, WE HAD ABOUT 13 FOLKS FOLKS WHOSE KIDS CAME, AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN GOING TO FAMU, AND THEY ARE GIVING OUT SCHOLARSHIPS. AND I HAVE TO GIVE A KUDO TO KIM, THE PRINCIPAL, SHE'S PHENOMENAL, DID A GREAT JOB, ALONG WITH HER STAFF. ALSO, WE HAD -- I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THE 5,000 ROLE MODELS, AN EXCELLENT PROJECT AT

178ALONZO, AND WITH LINDA PURDUE. THOSE YOUNG MEN ARE PHENOMENAL. WE HAD ABOUT MAYBE FOUR IN THE CLASS, AND THE REST ARE SENIORS, AND THEY HAVE A GREAT MIND-SET WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN LIFE BECAUSE I WAS TELLING THEM ABOUT SETTING GOALS, YOU KNOW. YOU HAVE TO SET GOALS IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. AND I GAVE THEM AN EXAMPLE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP MY GOAL WAS IN THE THINGS THAT I HAD, AND SOMETIME I WOULD LIKE TO TELL STUDENTS THAT BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT YOU AND THEY THINK YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD ALL YOUR LIFE, OR YOU HAD A LOT GOING IN YOUR LIFE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW YOU HAD TO WORK HARD, TOO, BECAUSE WE ALL GOT SOME STORIES TO TELL WHEN WE CAME FROM A HARD TIME

179IN LIFE AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND. AND THOSE YOUNG MEN WERE SO ATTENTIVE, YOU KNOW. THEY HAD GREAT QUESTIONS. AND BY THE WAY, I HAD ONE OF MY KAPPA BROTHER THERE WITH ME. HE HELPS WITH LINDA PURDUE, AND SHE'S KNOWN NATURAL. THE PRINCIPAL WASN'T THERE, BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE VERY ATTENTIVE. EVERYBODY WAS REAL NICE AT ALONSO. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. HOPEFULLY WE WILLING BACK GOING BACK. OH, MAN, TIME FLIES. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND BE SAFE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU AFTER THANKSGIVING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COVERED IT, WAS BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL CREATED A MEMORIAL, A WAR

180MEMORIAL FOR SOME OF THE VETERANS THAT GRADUATED FROM BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL, AND 9 WAS A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I ATTENDED WITH SEVERAL STAFF. THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM WORLD WAR II, THE CLASS OF 1941. THERE WAS A GRADUATE OF 1941 THAT WAS THERE TO HELP UNVEIL THE MEMORIAL. AND THEY HONORED 13 GRADUATES FROM WORLD WAR II, THE VIETNAM WAR, AND THEN THE IRAQ WAR. ALL OF THEM HAD TO BE KILLED WHILE IN ACTION. SO IT WAS QUITE AN HONOR. IT WAS SPONSORED BY CAL GUNN, AND DR. KLEIN, THE PRINCIPAL. SO WHAT AN HONOR TO BE PARTLY OF THAT. ALSO I WANT TO THANK ALL THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. WHETHER IT WAS A CONCERT PROGRAM OR IT WAS A FLAG DEMONSTRATION, WHATEVER, EACH AND HE HAVE ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS

181TOOK THE TIME OUT AND EACH ONE OF THEIR DAYS TO HONOR ALL OF OUR VETERANS FROM ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. AND SO EACH ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, EVEN IF WE WERE UNABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THEM HERE ON THE DAIS, THANK YOU, EVERY PRINCIPAL, EVERY STAFF AND EVERY TEACHER BECAUSE YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY HONORED THE VETERANS OF OUR COUNTRY, AND SO I PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO, I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. IT IS A SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR WHEN WEEK GATHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR WEEK OFF AND COME BACK REFRESHED AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS SO WE CAN DO THAT ALL OVER AGAIN. THANK YOU TO THE LITERACY TEAM FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. AND ALL THE STAFF THAT STAY HERE DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR

182EACH ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. WE ARE NOT UP HERE ALONE. ALL OF YOU ARE ALWAYS HERE WITH US SO THAT IS ONE THING WE ARE ENTIRELY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, SUPPORT STAFF, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU DAY IN AND DAY OUT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. AND OF COURSE I WANT TO ECHO MEMBER VAUGHN'S SENTIMENTS AND APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, BEING VOTED IN AS CHAIR, AND I VOW TO DO, YOU KNOW, A JOB THAT MANY OF THE CHAIRS THAT CARVED THE PATH BEFORE, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY. ALSO, I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR FAMILIES AS WELL IN THIS DISTRICT.

183AND ALSO OUR DISTRICT STAFF. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT STRUGGLE DURING THIS TIME, AND AS A SOCIAL WORKER IN ME, WHETHER THAT'S MY UPBRINGING OR THAT'S MY SCHOOLING, BUT REMEMBERING THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT SIT AT A TABLE FOR THE DINNERS THAT WE MAY SIT AT. I KNOW THAT MY FAMILY DOCUMENTS, AND FROM A FAMILY OF THREE AND FOUR, WE HAVE SOMETIMES 30 PEOPLE AT MY HOUSE. SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY EVEN ARE BECAUSE THE KIDS JUST INVITE THEM. BUT JUST REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND MAYBE IN CITE THEM TO SIT AT YOUR TABLE, AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEM OVER. I KNOW THAT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL IN WIMAUMA AT THE WHOLESOME CHURCH, AND THAT'S FROM NINE

184TO TWO. AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE GIVING AWAY FREE TURKEYS TO THE FIRST 250 FAMILIES. BUT ALSO,. (SPEAKING SPANISH) ALSO, IN BRANDON, YOU GET ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY WILL ALSO BE GIVING ENTIRE MEALS OUT. BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO GO ONLINE AND SIGN UP FOR THOSE MEALS. OH, SUPERINTENDENT, THE DATA IS FANTASTIC, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT IT. AS YOU ALWAYS KNOW, I AM ALWAYS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED THAT CONTINUE THE DATA SHOWS, ALTHOUGH WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, THAT LATINO AND BLACK STUDENTS SEEM TO BE LAGGING BEHIND. BUT ALSO, WHEN I SEE THE DISCIPLINE RATES INCREASING WITH BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS, AND THEIR READING DATA IS ALSO REALLY FAR DOWN THE PERCENTAGE. THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME. SO I'M HOPING THAT AS YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN THAT WE CONTINUE

185WORKING ON DECREASING THAT DISCIPLINE RATE, KEEPING THOSE CHILDREN IN THE SEATS, IN THE SCHOOLS, WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO BETTER, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN 10th GRADE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME, BECAUSE AROUND THAT TIME IS WHEN OUR STUDENTS START DROPPING OUT. OUR STUDENTS START LEAVING. OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO FOR ME, THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN, AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE DOING GOOD HERE AND PROGRESSING, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE CHILDREN. WE WERE IN TALLAHASSEE, ALSO, WHEN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GETS TO TALLAHASSEE. WE DO OUR ASK AND WE ARE NOT SHY ABOUT IT. AND WE CERTAINLY WERE NOT, YOU KNOW. AND I APPRECIATE IT, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WENT, AND WE DID OUR ASK. AND WE WERE VERY DYNAMIC ABOUT IT IN TALLAHASSEE. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FIGHTING FOR FUNDING,

186FIGHTING FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR TEACHERS IN TALLAHASSEE, AND WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT GOING FORWARD. AND SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. [MEETING ADJOURNED]