06/20/2023 - Regular Meeting

001HI. I'M NADIA COMBS, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS. THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. I'M HENRY SHAKE WASHINGTON, THE BOARD VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE 7th LARGEST IN AMERICA. AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT NEARLY 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. 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 AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH

002SCHOOLS TV, ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIAL CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, TODOS LOS DIAS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 20, 2023, IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW

003LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU MAY BE SEATED. Nadia Combs: WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. JUST A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEAD TO SUCCESS. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS

004AND/OR QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKED TO GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS ON LIVE WEBCASTS, ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR

005TIME CERTAIN. 5:01, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND 6:00 THE EMPLOYEE INPUT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL BE MOVING UP THE RECOGNITION ITEM. A 02, RECOGNIZE OF THE 2022-2023 FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. LANNESS ROBINSON, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, AND EVERYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE STATE CHAMPIONS FOR THE SPRING SPORTS. WE HAVE THE RECOGNITION MEETINGS, BUT JUST HOW THE SCHEDULES WORKED WITH REGARD TO WHEN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE PLAYED, IT WAS AFTER OUR LAST RECOGNITION AND WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SUCCESS OF OUR ATHLETES FROM THE SPRING SPORTS. WE HAVE SENIORS THAT ARE GRADUATING AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR LIFE. SO WITH OUR NEXT RECOGNITION NOT UNTIL THE FALL OF THE SCHOOL YEAR,

006WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE SOME STATE CHAMPIONS TO PRESENT. WE'LL START OFF IN BASEBALL. SICKLESSICKLES WON THE CHAMPIONS HERE TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION, MR. GREG. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. TODAY, OUR HEAD COACH, ERIC, COULD NOT BE HERE. HE HAS A WONDERFUL COACHING OPPORTUNITY UP NORTH FOR THE SUMMER. ASSISTANT COACH BOB SHAW IS HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR GUYS. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE HAVE SIX OF OUR SCHOLAR ATHLETES HERE FROM SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL. OUR FIRST-EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN BASEBALL. NEXT TO ME IS KATE McDONALD. CONNOR VICE VANCE -- RICE VANCE WILL BE GOING TO FLORIDA STATE. REUBIN, ONE OF OUR FIRST BASEMAN DESIGNATED HITTER. WEST GOING TO FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, ONE OF OUR FIRST BASEMAN. CONNOR VANCE,

007OUR OUTFIELDER GOING TO FLORIDA STATE. HAYDEN YOST WHO WILL BE GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TO PLAY BASEBALL NEXT YEAR. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE COACH HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COACH. HE IS COACHING IN THE CAPE COD LEAGUE. SO IT'S AWESOME. IT HAS BEEN SAID PUBLICLY, IN PRINT, ALL MEDIA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OWNS FLAG FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. TONES OWNS IT. TWO STATE CHAMPIONS. THE 1A IS THE ROBINSON KNIGHTS HERE TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS, PRINCIPAL DAVE BROWN. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON, BOARD. LET ME START BY SAYING BEFORE I GOT TO ROBINSON, THIS TEAM ONLY WON SIX YEARS IN A ROW. BUT UNDER MY GUIDANCE -- NO, I'M JUST TEASING. I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM. BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE COACH, THESE YOUNG LADIES NOT ONLY DO THEY PERFORM ON THE FIELD,

008WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, IT'S THESE LADIES THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED BECAUSE THEY DO IT IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE HALLWAYS AND THEY ARE FANTASTIC. AT THIS TIME, INTRODUCE THE HEAD COACH AND ROBINSON ALUMNI, COACH JOSH SAUNDERS. HAPPY TO INTRODUCE MY TEAM. I MADE A JOKE IN 2016, AS LONG AS YOU KEEP INVITING WE'LL KEEP COMING AND WE'VE BEEN EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE CAPTAIN MANASVI. HAYDEN SPANO, ARRAYA STEARNS, JASMINE. OLIVIA, AVA. RENA. RYAN, LITTLE GIRL IN THE BACK IS AUDREY WHO IS GOING TO PLAY FLAG FOOTBALL AT WARNER UNIVERSITY. ASSISTANT COACH BRIAN RIDGE. LITTLE SIDE NOTE. THEY HAVE WON SEVEN IN A ROW AND EIGHT OUT OF THE LAST NINE THEY HAVE WON. BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE SECOND TEAM, WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, IF YOU REMEMBER, ROBINSON

009AND OUR NEXT TEAM, ALONSO, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND PLAY ON THE NIKE CAMPUS OUT IN OREGON BACK IN AUGUST, AND HERE THEY ARE STATE CHAMPIONS. WE NOT JUST OWN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT DEFINITELY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS WELL. WITH THAT BEING SAID, TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL RECOGNITION, I WILL SAY NATIONAL CHAMP ALONSO RAVENS. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. NATIONAL CHAMPION ALONSO RAVENS. HERE TO MAKE SOME INTRODUCTIONS WE HAVE THE PROUD PRINCIPAL, MR. JAMES HARRIS. GOOD AFTERNOON. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS AFTERNOON. I'LL ECHO WHAT DAVE JUST SAID A MOMENT AGO. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY TRULY PROUD OF, WINNING A STATE TITLE IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU SHOOT FOR, BUT THIS TEAM HERE THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU LET BY COACH MATT HERNANDEZ IS ALSO IN ADDITION TO NATIONAL CHAMPION BUT ALSO

010THE TOP GPA TEAM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS WELL. SO THEY DO INDEED COMBINE THE ATHLETICS AND THE ACADEMICS. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THEM. MATT, WHY DON'T YOU BRING THE TEAM DOWN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. THE ACCOLADES ARE GREAT, AND I THINK WHAT IS REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THIS GROUP WAS THEY ALWAYS HAVE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY ACHIEVE AT A HIGH LEVEL AND CAME UP SHORT A COUPLE OF YEARS IN A ROW. FOR THEM TO WORK EXTREMELY HARD AND MAKE SURE THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE, PERFECT 23-0. THEY FINISHED PREP NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION. AS WAS SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR SCHOOL HISTORY, FINISHED WITH THE TOP GPA FOR ANY FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I DON'T LIKE TO SPEAK

011IN TERMS OF LIKE THIS IS THE PEAK, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO BETTER THAN WHAT THIS GROUP DID THIS YEAR. SUPER PROUD OF THEM LED BY OUR CAPTAINS. FIRST OFF, SENIOR ATTENDING FLORIDA ATLANTIC, SADIE. SENIOR UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, MIKA. SENIOR, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, ERIN. JUNIOR, SOPHIE. JUNIOR ELLA. SOPHOMORE RAYA. JUNIOR KARINA. SENIOR GOING TO FAU TOMORROW, ELLE. SOPHOMORE ALEXA. SOPHOMORE PATTY. FRESHMAN, LAUREN. JUNIOR EMERSON. JUNIOR JULIA SANCHEZ. JUNIOR GRACE THOMPSON. FRESHMAN ELLA. FRESHMAN LINDSAY. JUNIOR McKENZIE. SENIOR GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, ALLEY. SOPHOMORE, ALYSSA. AND SOPHOMORE McKENNA. EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS GROUP OF GIRLS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. WHILE THEY ARE TAKING A PICTURE, MORE FUN FACTS, MIKA, SHE WAS OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS WELL. THEY WON THREE OUT OF

012THE LAST FIVE. THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD. OUR FINAL RECOGNITION, SPORT OF TRACK AND FIELD. AND HERE TO MAKE INTRODUCTION, WE HAVE THE PROUD PRINCIPAL FROM RIVER VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, MR. BRIAN SPIRO. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO REPRESENT COACH MIKE ZELAZO, OUR THROWING COACH FOR TRACK AND FIELD AND INTRODUCING OUR STATE CHAMPION FOR SHOTPUT, JAN CESAR. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE 15 ATHLETES TO BRING UP, WE HAVE YOU AND YOU GET TO SIT HERE WHILE I BRAG ABOUT YOU AND HOW PROUD OF YOU WE ARE. THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG GETTING THIS GOLD MEDAL. JAN BOASTS OVER A 4.6 GPA DUE TO THE COURSE WORK THAT SHE TAKES. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE HER TO FIU WHERE SHE WILL CONTINUE TO THROW AND WORK FOR THEIR

013TRACK AND FIELD TEAM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, JAN ALSO PLAYS SECOND AT OUR JUNIOR OLYMPICS. SHE HAS SET NOT ONE, IN THE TWO, BUT THREE SCHOOL RECORDS, INCLUDING THAT IN THE 13.45 METERS OF SHOT PUT THAT GOT HER THE GOLD MEDAL THAT BRINGS HER HERE TODAY. SUPER PROUD OF JAN. THAT CONCLUDES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE ARE PRODUCING SCHOLAR ATHLETES. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR MEETING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE TEAMS. AND THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WORK VERY HARD. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR 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

014WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER, STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR TWO MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU'LL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. A RED LIGHT AND CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I'LL CALL

015UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS, IF YOU CAN LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL, PLEASE. FIRST SPEAKER, PLEASE. IS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS STANLEY GRAY. I'M WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE MISSION OF THE URBAN LEAGUE IS TO ASSIST WITH THE ATTAINMENT OF ECONOMIC EQUITY FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES. MOST OF US KNOW THAT IS DONE THROUGH ONE OF EITHER TWO MEANS. ONE IS EDUCATION. THE OTHER IS SKILL BASED TRAINING. I'VE LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED ZONING AND FROM WHERE I SIT, IT IS BIASED AND IT IS BIASED TOWARD LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC INDIVIDUALS. ONE OF MY FAULTS IS I'M VERY SUBJECTIVE AND I ADMIT THAT. I WENT TO FOUR OF MY EDUCATOR FRIENDS. TWO OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOL, THREE OF WHICH HAVE DOCTORATES, CAME FROM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. I SPENT A

016LONG TIME WITH THEM EXPLAINING TO THEM THE CLIMATE OF OUR COUNTY AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEY ALL BASICALLY AGREE WITH ME. I THINK THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK IT'S A PROBLEM IS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T LOOK AT THIS ISSUE WITH DUE DILIGENCE, WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS WE HAVE IN OUR LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A LACK OF PARENT PARTICIPATION AND WE HAVE A LACK OF ACHIEVEMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS CARMEN EDMONDS. I'M HERE TODAY ASKING YOU NOT TO ADOPT JUNE AS LGBT PRIDE MONTH FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FUNDED BY A DIVERSE POPULATION OF TAXPAYERS, I'M ASKING THAT YOU ALL REMAIN NEUTRAL ON THIS ITEM BY PROMOTING AND

017SETTING APART ONE SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION IT SETS A PRECEDENT THAT OTHER PEOPLE GROUPS ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE LGTBQ COMMUNITY. THERE ARE STARTING TO BE PROTESTS AND BACKLASH OVER THE LGTBQ OVER THIS VERY REASON. TAXPAYERS ARE TIRED OF MONEY, TIME GOING TO A PROTECTED CLASS OF PEOPLE UNDER CIVIL RIGHTS LAW. THE LGTBQ IS PROTECTED FROM HARASSMENT AND MISTREATMENT UNDER FEDERAL LAW. BECAUSE THE FAR LEFT ACTIVISTS WANT THE MOVEMENT MADE FRONT AND CENTER IS NOW CREATING PROBLEMS AND BACKLASH FOR THAT COMMUNITY. AS REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY, YOU ALL WERE ELECTED TO STAND UP FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS. YOU ARE CALLED TO REMAIN NEUTRAL FOR THE SAKE OF REPRESENTING THE FAMILIES YOU REPRESENT IN THE DISTRICT. WHETHER DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, NVA OR DON'T VOTE. REPRESENT ALL FAIRLY, UNBIASEDLY AND EQUALLY. LET'S SPEND

018OUR TIME FIGURING OUT HOW TO GIVE TEACHERS RAISES SO YOU CAN HOLD ON TO QUALITY EDUCATORS. LET'S SPEND OUR TIME FIGURING OUT HOW TO RAISE OUR READING AND MATH SCORES IN OUR SCHOOLS. LET'S SPEND OUR TIME FIGURING OUT HOW TO INCREASE D AND F RATED SCHOOLS TO AT LEAST A C RATING. HOW DOES WASTING TIME CONSTRUCTING AND PASSING THIS PROCLAMATION ACHIEVE ANY OF THAT. I BEG YOU, STOP ALL OF THE UNNECESSARY GENUFLECTING TO THE EXTREME LEFT AND POLITICAL SPECTRUM FOR THE SAKE OF OUR KIDS. FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND BRING BACK COMMON SENSE, MORALS AND STANDARDS. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE IT. I BROUGHT YOU THESE PICTURES TODAY JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU HAVE A TRANSACTIVIST FLASHING PEOPLE. YOU HAVE A GAY PRIDE PEOPLE WITH BDSM WITH CHILDREN

019IN FRONT OF IT AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ARTICLE ABOUT PARENTS' BACKLASH ON THAT. I ASK THAT YOU JUST TAKE THAT INTO REGARD AND DON'T SET THIS -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PLEASE, SPEAKERS, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. MY NAME IS TREVOR. I AM A PROUD BORN AND RAISED TAMPANIAN AND HONORS GRADUATE OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. OH, IF YOU COULDN'T TELL, I'M ALL FOR PROCLAIMING JUNE AS LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH. WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY HOLDS POWER. WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO BACK DOWN TO HATE. AND WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE STRONG. THAT STRENGTH, THAT STRENGTH THAT BROUGHT US THROUGH THE MASS MURDERS OF OUR PEOPLE DURING WORLD WAR II, THROUGH THE INCARCERATION

020AND BEATINGS OF OUR PEOPLE THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THROUGH THE CLASSIFICATION OF BEING, QUOTE, MENTALLY ILL BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, THAT, BY THE WAY, WASN'T CHANGED UNTIL THE EARLY '70s, THROUGH THE GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT, THE BANNING OF PRIDE EVENTS, LITTLE P IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY UNTIL 2015 AND NOW. THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY OF DANGEROUS BIGOTS DISGUISED AS A POLITICAL PARTY THAT WAS ONCE OF SOUND MIND AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. MY MESSAGE TODAY IS THIS. THROUGH THE TUMULTUOUS TIMES AND ALL OF THE ONES AHEAD, WE MUST STAY TOGETHER. WE MUST BE OKAY WITH HOLDING OUR DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, NEIGHBORS, EVEN FAMILY, ABOUT THE ISSUES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT US IN THE FIGHT TOWARDS EQUALITY AND EQUITY. THE ONLY WAY OUR WORLD WILL HEAL IS IF WE CAN SWALLOW OUR PRIDE AND

021SIT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM ONE ANOTHER AND FIND A WAY TO COME TOGETHER. LASTLY, I WANT YOU ALL HERE TODAY TO REMEMBER ONE THING. QUEER JOY IS ESSENTIAL TO QUEER SURVIVAL. VISIBILITY GOES AN EXTREMELY LONG WAY AND TODAY'S MEETING IS NO EXCEPTION. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROMISE YOU, OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE OF IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HI. MY NAME IS JOHNNA WHITTINGTON. I RESIDE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I COME TO YOU AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, AS A VOTER, AS A PARENT OF FOUR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24, AS A WIFE AND A MOTHER, AS AN INFLUENCER IN MY COMMUNITY, AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER I WANT TO COME TO OPPOSE THE IDEA OF HAVING ANY

022TYPE OF RESOURCES GOING TOWARDS THE LGBTQ PRIDE COMMUNITY FOR THE SCHOOLS. I HAVE NOTHING PERSONALLY AGAINST ANYBODY THAT IDENTIFIES THAT WAY. I HAVE NO HATRED IN MY HEART ABOUT ANYBODY THAT CHOOSES THAT LIFESTYLE, BUT I DO IN TALKING WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND TEACHING MY OWN CHILDREN TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY THE IDEA THAT I AM THE ONE TO INSTILL THE VALUES AND THE BELIEFS AND THE PRINCIPLES WITHIN MY CHILDREN'S LIVES, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE SCHOOL TO DO WHAT IS THE FOCUS OF ACADEMICS, THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT, THE TEACHERS CAN TEACH AT SCHOOL. I'M ALSO A TEACHER, BUT AS FAR AS VALUES AND BELIEFS, MY RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE PARENTS' RIGHTS ACT, NOT THAT I NEED THAT KIND OF LAW IN FLORIDA. I KNOW MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH MY CHILDREN

023VALUES, BUT IT IS PROTECTED UNDER FLORIDA LAW AND MY PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED BY CHOOSING A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION TO CELEBRATE FOR 30 DAYS IN THE MONTH OF MAY. I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS TO GET RECOGNITION, BUT PRIDE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TYPICALLY CELEBRATE. IT'S ARROGANCE AND SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT AND IT IS SELFISH. I TAUGHT MY CHILDREN TO LOVE ALL PEOPLE, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS R.L. HILL. FIRST, I WOULD ASK THIS BOARD TO VOTE PRIOR TO CLOSING THIS MEETING TO CHANGE THE BOARD PUBLIC MEETING TIMES TO 7 P.M. TO AFFORD WORKING CLASS PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND. WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER? SECOND, PATRIOTS FOUGHT AND DIED TO ESTABLISH FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY. PATRIOTS

024FOUGHT AND DIED IN WORLD WAR II AND MANY OTHER CONFLICTS TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY'S FREEDOMS. TODAY, WE FIND OUR COUNTRY UNDER ATTACK FROM COMMUNISM, FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES, AS WELL AS FROM IN. MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT ALLOW COMMUNISM TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY. MY SUGGESTION FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT TODAY, THE COMMUNIST BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT TODAY, THAT YOU PACK AND RELOCATE THE RUSSIA, CHINA, CAMBODIA, OR ANY OTHER COMMUNIST COUNTRY WHERE MILLIONS HAVE DIED UNDER COMMUNIST REGIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. DAVE COLEMAN. RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANKS TO THE BOARD FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY AND GOING FORWARD TO ALWAYS RECOGNIZE EVENTS LIKE JUNETEENTH AND PRIDE MONTH. TAMPA WAS SLOW BUT BEGAN RECOGNIZING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY

025AND EVERYONE'S RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. RECENTLY, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ISSUED A PROCLAMATION FOR PRIDE MONTH AND JUNETEENTH. THREE SIGNATURES WERE ABSENT FROM THE PRIDE PROCLAMATION, MY OPINION THE DISRESPECT SHOWED WAS AWFUL. THAT KIND OF THING CAN'T SET A PRECEDENT OR BE PUSHED INTO OUR COMMUNITY. THE MAYOR HAS ASSURED RESIDENTS THAT HER PLAN IS TO HAVE A SAFE, RESPECTFUL COMMUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. OUR SCHOOL BOARD NEEDS TO REFLECT THAT. WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE INCLUSIVE AND NEVER EXCLUSIVE. AND JUST ON THE SUPERINTENDENT ISSUE OVERALL WAY OUTSIDE PICTURE IS JUST THAT FOR YEARS IT SEEMED WE WERE GOING INTO A DIRECTION WHERE WE WERE IN TROUBLE WITH THE STATE AND WE WERE BANKRUPTING OURSELVES. AND THEN THE PENDULUM SWUNG AND PERHAPS IT WENT TOO FAR IN THE EFFORT TO

026TRY AND TIGHTEN UP THE BUDGET AND GET EVERYTHING BACK INTO THE BLACK. WE'RE CLOSING DOWN SCHOOLS AND WE'RE MAKING IT HARDER FOR LOCAL CHILDREN TO GO TO THEIR CORNER SCHOOL. THAT'S THE BIG-PICTURE VIEW I HAVE. AS YOU GO FORWARD, TRYING TO PICK OUT A SUPERINTENDENT, PLEASE BE VERY VIGILANT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. NICK MACHUKA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. HERE WITH EQUALITY FLORIDA, THE STATEWIDE LGBTQ CIVIL RIGHTS. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS THE CITY OF TAMPA, COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH, AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. TODAY THIS BOARD WILL CONSIDER A PROCLAMATION IN SUPPORT OF LGBTQ STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY AND FAMILIES. I URGE THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE PROM MAKINGS TO SHOW OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY. I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING STUDENTS FEEL

027RESPECTED IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS. IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE MAINTAIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE ALL STUDENTS ARE SAFE AND CAN THRIVE, FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION OR FEAR OF EXPRESSING THEMSELVES. BY ADOPTING THIS PROCLAMATION, WE UNDERSCORE THAT COMMITMENT. FORTUNATELY FOR THIS BOARD, THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS ALSO THE EASY THING TO DO BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY WON THIS FIGHT. WE HAVE AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ CIVIL RIGHTS INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THOSE VOICES YOU MAY HEAR IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROCLAMATION ARE AMONG A SMALL BUT LOUD MINORITY THAT REFUSES TO GET WITH THAT PROGRAM. THEY ARE NOT CONSERVATIVES. THEY ARE REGRESSIVES. WE HAVE ALREADY WON THIS IDEOLOGICAL BATTLE AND WE REFUSE TO GO BACKWARD NOW. SO I'M NOT ASKING THIS BOARD TO DO ANYTHING REVOLUTIONARY. WE ALREADY LED THE WAY TOWARD PROGRESS.

028ALL WE'RE ASKING THIS BOARD TO DO NOW IS TO FOLLOW. REMEMBER, THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS THE EASY THING TO DO TODAY. SO PLEASE ADOPT BOTH THE PRIDE MONTH AND THE JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATIONS AND CONTINUE OUR PATH TO PROGRESS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS ANTONIO ANISEY. THE VISION OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE TRUST IN YOU SERVING OUR BOARD TO PREPARE THE CHILDREN OF OUR COUNTY FOR LIFE. EVEN YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY ON THE DISTRICT'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. THAT IS WHAT WE CAN HOPE FOR. LET'S LOOK AT THE REALITY OF THINGS. WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL IN DISTRICT ONE, 34 AND 36 PROFICIENCY IN MATH AND READING. KING HIGH SCHOOL, 25 AND 46 PERCENT PROFICIENCY IN

029MATH AND READING. MORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 3, 27 AND 29 PERCENT PROFICIENCY IN MATH AND READING. REALLY PREPARING YOUR STUDENTS FOR LIFE, AREN'T YOU? YOU'RE TELLING US THAT PRIDE MONTH IS IN SCHOOL IS ON YOUR TOP PRIORITY LIST. LET'S CALL IT FOR WHAT IT IS. CELEBRATING WHO MINORS SLEEP WITH AND ARE SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HOW CREEPY THIS IS FOR ADULT BOARD MEMBERS TO OBSESS WHO THEIR UNDERAGE STUDENTS ARE SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO. STUDENTS AS LOW AS FIVE YEARS OLD. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PARENTS CELEBRATING WHAT THEY WANT WITH THEIR KIDS IN THEIR OWN HOME, BUT IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS. DOING SO WILL LEAD TO TEACHERS DISCUSSING WHAT PRIDE MONTH IS, MEANT TO VIRTUE SIGNAL WITH STUDENTS WHICH VIOLATES FLORIDA STATUTE PROHIBITING THE

030TEACHING OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY IN SCHOOLS. FOCUS ON ACADEMICS WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT A STRONG SUIT FOR SOME OF YOU AND KEEP INAPPROPRIATE TOPICS OUT OF THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. TERESA MILLER. AS A PARENT, MY FIRST PRIORITY WAS AND STILL IS TO HELP MY CHILDREN BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. FOR THEM, THAT MEANT GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, GOING TO COLLEGE, AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVING GOD. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, I THOUGHT YOUR PRIORITY WOULD BE OUR CHILDREN, TOO, AND THAT WOULD ESPECIALLY INCLUDE HELPING THEM GRADUATE AND TEACHING THEM THE CORE ACADEMICS THAT THEY NEED. HOWEVER, SERVING OUR CHILDREN YOU SHOULD LEAVE BEHIND YOUR PARTY AFFILIATIONS AT THE DOOR. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD DO THAT WHEN YOU CAME IN. HOWEVER, MANY CONTINUE TO STRONGLY PROMOTE AND INDOCTRINATE A PARTY

031PLATFORM. TO NOT ONLY THIS AGENDA THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY, BUT IN THE CURRICULUM, INCLUDING THROUGH THE SEX ED PROGRAM, PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS THAT WERE SANCTIONED AND NOW GAY PRIDE. HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW CELEBRATING GAY PRIDE IS GOING TO FOSTER OUR CHILDREN IN GRADUATING AND BEING SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. IF YOU'RE DETERMINED TO CELEBRATE SUCCESS, THEN LET'S PROMOTE HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST GRADUATION RATES. WHAT ABOUT ASIAN AMERICANS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST GRADUATION RATE, THE HIGHEST INCOME, THE HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND LOWEST CRIMINAL ARREST. WHAT ABOUT BRINGING PRAYER BACK TO SCHOOL OR CELEBRATING THOSE WHO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY? WE NEED GOOD POLICE, FIREMEN, SHERIFF, MEDICAL, EMERGENCY, AND FIREFIGHTERS. GIVE OUR CHILDREN A GOAL THEY SHOULD STRIVE FOR. AS FAR AS JUNE 19th, JANUARY 1st, 1863 WAS THE DAY THAT PRESIDENT LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION

032PROCLAMATION. FLORIDA DOES NOT RECOGNIZE JUNE 19th BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON OUR STATE. AGAIN, HOW DO EITHER OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND HELP THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE? KEEP POLITICS AND POLITICAL AGENDAS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS MICHAEL SHOUPPE WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS PRIDE MONTH RESOLUTION. THE STATED PURPOSE TO TEACH CHILDREN TO TREAT OTHERS WITH MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING IS LAUDABLE. SHOULD WE DO THAT BY CELEBRATING A PARTICULAR 1% OF THE POPULATION WITH PRIDE? LET ME SUGGEST AN ALTERNATIVE. LET'S TEACH KIDS TO TREAT EVERYONE EQUALLY BY TREATING EVERYONE EQUALLY. ONE OF MY HEROES IS ALAN CURING. HE IS A HOMOSEXUAL. HE'S MY HERO BECAUSE I'M A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AND HE'S

033ONE OF THE FATHERS OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. HE'S ALSO THE GENIUS BEHIND THE ENIGMA MACHINE WHICH TURNED THE TIDE OF WORLD WAR II. WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT TOURING BACK IN THE '60s AND '70s, SOMETIMES HIS HOMOSEXUALITY WAS MENTIONED. SOMETIMES IT WAS NOT. WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED, HIS SEXUALITY WAS NEITHER CELEBRATED NOR CONDEMNED. NOR DID ANYONE FEEL THE NEED TO OMIT HIM FROM THE HISTORY BOOKS. IT WAS JUST ANOTHER INTERESTING FACET OF HIS LIFE. THAT IS HOW YOU SET THE EXAMPLE TO OUR CHILDREN TO TREAT OTHERS WITH MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT WHAT I SEE IN THIS RESOLUTION. INSTEAD, YOU WISH TO CELEBRATE THESE PEOPLE'S SEXUALITY WITH PRIDE. YOU DIMINISH THEIR REAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD AND THE ATTRIBUTES IN THEM THAT STUDENTS WOULD DO WELL TO EMULATE. INSTEAD, YOU HIGHLIGHT THEIR SOCIAL DIFFERENCES

034INSTEAD OF HIGHLIGHTING THEIR SAMENESS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALAN TURING HONORED, YES EVEN CELEBRATED IN HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A MONTH FOR MATHEMATICIANS, SCIENTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS, STATESMEN, CELEBRATE -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, MEMBERS OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS DAVE CUTLER. I AM THE SECRETARY OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LGBTQ+ DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE CAUCUS, I URGE YOU TO PASS THE PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING JUNE AS LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN ISSUE. MAY BE CONSIDERED A WOKE ISSUE THIS IS VERY APPROPRIATE AND CORRECT TIME TO BE WOKE. THE SCHOOL BOARD IS ELECTED IN PART TO LIFT UP NOT ONLY STUDENTS BUT THEIR FAMILIES, TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND THE

035COMMUNITY AT-LARGE. THERE ARE LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE GROUPS AND AS SUCH THEY DESERVE NOTHING LESS THAN TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND CELEBRATED BY THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS. LGBTQ+ STUDENTS ESPECIALLY, MANY OF WHOM FACE RIDICULE, HARASSMENT AND BULLYING NEED TO KNOW THAT THEIR SCHOOL BOARD LOVES, HONORS, AND RESPECTS THEM AND HAS THEIR BACKS. IN PART BY PASSING THIS PROCLAMATION, YOU DO JUST THAT. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. PLEASE HONOR THIS COMMUNITY BY PASSING THIS PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I'M KAREN LEONARDO, A RESIDENT. I HAVE GAY FAMILY MEMBERS, GAY NEIGHBORS, CUSTOMERS, AND TWO TRANSGENDER NEIGHBORS. I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY AND DON'T DISCRIMINATE WITH ANY OF THEM. A DISTRACTION IS DEFINED AS A THING THAT PREVENTS SOMEONE

036FROM GIVING FULL ATTENTION TO SOMETHING ELSE. IT IS MENTAL CONFUSION. SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT HARD TO PAY ATTENTION. COULD BE VISUAL, MANUAL OR COGNITIVE. MY BELIEF IS THAT CELEBRATING GAY PRIDE MONTH IS A DISTRACTION TO OUR STUDENTS. THE FLAGS, FILMS, CLOTHING, BOOKS, STATUES AND INSISTENCE ON PRONOUNS USED IN THE CLASSROOM ARE ALL DISTRACTIONS FROM LEARNING WHAT WE ARE PAYING TEACHERS TO TEACH. LOTS OF RESEARCH IS OUT THERE. LOTS OF POLLS EXIST WHICH WILL TELL YOU PERCENTAGES, RIGHT? SEEN ANYTHING FROM 3.6% TO 8% OF THE ADULT POPULATION IDENTIFY AS THIS COMMUNITY OR TRANSGENDER. THE GEN-Z, 11 TO 26-YEAR-OLD, ONE AS FIVE IDENTIFY, 20%. DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE REAL OR NOT REAL, BUT THAT IS WHAT IS IN THE PRESS OUT THERE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SPENDING TIME AND TAX

037DOLLARS FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH TO APPEASE A POPULATION THAT MAKES UP EITHER SUCH A LOW POPULATION OF -- AND THEY ARE PRIMARILY ADULTS AS WELL. WE CELEBRATE ONE DAY FOR PRESIDENTS DAY, VETERANS DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, LABOR DAY, AND JUNETEENTH. WE HAVE ONE MONTH FOR BLACK HISTORY WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT AMERICANS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BUILDING OF AMERICA. WE HAVE ONE MONTH NOR GAY -- FOR GAY PRIDE. WHAT DOES THAT CELEBRATE? PEOPLE'S SEXUAL PREFERENCES AND THAT'S ALL. IT SHOULD BE KEPT OUT OF THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE SEXUAL PREFERENCES ARE IN THE BEDROOM ONLY. I THINK IT'S TIME YOU FOCUS TIME AND MONEY ON TUTORING STUDENTS AND BRINGING SOME OF THESE STUDENTS UP AND LEARNING MORE AND DOING BETTER IN SCHOOL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS NINA TATLOCK. I

038AM A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU ADOPT THE TWO PROCLAMATIONS. ONE FOR JUNETEENTH, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND THE SECOND FOR LGBTQ + PRIDE MONTH. PASSING THESE PROCLAMATIONS ARE IMPORTANT IN HELPING TO LET ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR STAFF FEEL WELCOME AND INCLUDED. WHEN OUR STUDENTS FEEL WELCOMED AND INCLUDED, IT HELPS THEM TO LEARN. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS BOTH OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. KALEB MOYER. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LOVE. LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO FILL IT WITH HATE, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, IS IT LOVING TO LET SOMEONE THINK THAT THEY ARE SUPER MAN WITH NO EVIDENCE? IS IT LOVING TO PROMOTE

039THIS IDEA THAT THEY COULD JUMP OFF OF A CLIFF AND FALL TO THEIR DEATHS? IS THAT LOVE? NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT'S HATE. LOVE IS CONVINCING THEM -- I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FIVE-YEAR-OLD HAVING IMAGINATION. I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO GENUINELY THINKS THAT. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS NOW, WITH THIS PRIDE STUFF? LOOK AT THE SUICIDE, LOOK AT THE DEPRESSION RATES AMONG THAT COMMUNITY. YOU CAN'T IGNORE IT. IT'S VERY HIGH. MUCH HIGHER THAN AVERAGE. THE RISE IS CORRELATING TO THE RISE IN THE PRIDE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS NOT -- IT'S NOT AN ISSUE YOU CAN SAY, WELL, THEY WERE SUPPRESSED. THEY ARE KEPT BACK FROM BEING ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEMSELVES FOR WHO THEY THINK THEY ARE. IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT -- 20 YEARS AGO, MAYBE. BUT TODAY, NO. THAT CAN'T BE. FOR ANY OF

040YOU, MY FELLOW CHRISTIANS OUT THERE, WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU READ ROMANS CHAPTER 1, YOU CANNOT COME AWAY FROM A CONCLUSION ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN GOD WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS PRIDE MENTALITY. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE -- I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF YOU ARE ATHEISTS, DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD. THAT'S YOUR CHOICE, BUT THERE IS AN ARGUMENT ALSO AGAINST IT JUST FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL POINT OF VIEW. IF YOU CARE ABOUT PROMOTING A SOCIETY THAT GROWS WITH EVERY GENERATION AND ACTUALLY HAS A HEALTHY -- IT STARTS TO FALL APART. I WISH I HAD TIME TO EXPLAIN IT MORE. BUT THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DR. GARY. A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. PRONOUNSLE HE/HIM/HIS. I HAVE WATCHED MANY LGBT YOUTH IN THIS CITY AND COUNTY SUFFER. I'VE SEEN MANY

041TURN TO SUICIDE AS AN OPTION OR ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE AS AN OPTION TO GET AWAY FROM A SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE BULLIED AND A LOT OF THAT HAPPENS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. TODAY, I STAND BEFORE YOU AND VOICE MY UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD LGBT PRIDE PROCLAMATION WHICH EFFECTIVELY SHUTS DOWN LGBT RHETORIC WITHIN OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. IT IS ALSO CRUCIAL THAT WE CREATE INCLUSIVE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. AS ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY, WHAT MESSAGE WOULD THAT SEND IF YOU CHOSE NOT TO PUSH THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD? IT DOES SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT PROMOTING LGBT PRIDE DOES

042NOT DIMINISH THE RIGHTS OR BELIEFS OF OTHERS, RATHER IT REINFORCES THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY THAT OUR SOCIETY SHOULD UPHOLD. THE LGBTQ+ STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ACROSS FLORIDA ALSO HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF THEM. EDUCATION IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR CHANGE AND OUR SCHOOLS MUST SERVE AS CONDUITS OF INCLUSIVITY, FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY AMONG OUR STUDENTS. BY STANDING BY THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PROCLAMATION WE AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING AND SUCCESS OF ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. YOUR PRIDE PROCLAMATION IS A PROGRESSIVE STEPH TOWARD BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY. PLEASE ADOPT IT ALONG WITH THE JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HI THERE. I'M GELLER. I'M A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I AM A CISGENDERED STRAIGHT MAN. I DO NOT

043KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GROW UP AND BE AN LGBTQ KID IN OUR SCHOOLS. BUT I WAS A JEWISH KID GROWING UP AND GOING TO SCHOOL IN PINELLAS COUNTY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE HORROR, WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A GROWING MOVEMENT TO ELIMINATE MY EXISTENCE, A LINE OF PEOPLE BEMOANING THE FACT THAT MY COMMUNITY MIGHT BE CELEBRATED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND FOR TEACHERS TO TELL ME THAT THEY CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT I HAD A DIFFERENT RELIGION. IF A LINE OF PEOPLE CAME TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ME BEING PROUD OF MY BACKGROUND. I LOVE ALL PEOPLE, BUT DO WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE THE JEWS? HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. NOW, THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. TRANSSUICIDE RATES ARE ALARMING, AND WE JUST PASSED

044THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PULSE SHOOTING. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. AND IF OTHER STRAIGHT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A MONTH IN WHICH SOCIETY CELEBRATES AND CATERS TO YOU, MAY I SUGGEST YOU LOOK AT EVERY OTHER MONTH IN HUMAN HISTORY. I URGE THIS BOARD TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND THE JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION SO WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY AND STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. SPEAKERS 17 THROUGH 22 COULD PLEASE LINE UP. ALSO, WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN AT 5:01. BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR THAT EVENT, SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR REGULAR PUBLIC SPEAKING. ONCE WE FINISH WITH THE PUBLIC SPEAKING, WE WILL GO TO THE TIME CERTAIN. THANK YOU. DARYL HEIGHT.

045I AM A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES AND THE DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING IS EFFECTIVE, BUT WE MUST CONSIDER ALL PARTIES INVOLVED AS WE GO ABOUT DOING STRATEGIC PLANNING. AND AS WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE AS IT RELATES TO WXY CONSULTING FIRM WHO CAME IN AND GAVE US THE FRAMEWORK AS RELATES TO BUILDING THESE BOUNDARIES, THIS PROCESS IS WELL WITHIN THE VIOLATION OF THE 14th AMENDMENT. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE TIME FRAME THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD TO COME UP WITH THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE TO ULTIMATELY COME ABOUT THE CHANGES AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY ARE MAKING, THIS FIRM HAD 30 DAYS TO COME IN AND ASSESS THE 7th LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY,

046AS PREVIOUSLY STATED. IF YOU DECIDED TO UTILIZE THE FIRST ITERATION AS THE FOUNDATION TO MAKE A DECISION ON CHANGING THESE BOUNDARIES, SURELY THE FOUNDATION IS BROKEN. THE NUMBERS THAT WERE USED TO COME UP WITH THIS DETERMINATION, THIS ACTION WERE SKEWED TO AFAR. IF THESE WALLS IN THIS ROOM, THE PANELS ON THE WALL WERE TO COME DOWN, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WOULD NOT DESTROY THIS BUILDING. BUT IF THE FOUNDATION HAD A CRACK IN IT, THEY'D DESTROY IT. I'M TELLING YOU TO PULL THIS THING BACK, REVIEW IT BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION FROM WHERE YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER FROM WAS DESTROYED FROM THE BEGINNING. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. FOR SURE. AHH, YEAH, SPEAKING OF COMMUNISTS I'LL BET ALL THOSE POOR BLACK PEOPLE THAT GOT LYNCHED, THEY WERE COMMUNIST. NO

047DOUBT ABOUT THAT. YES, INDEED. YOU KNOW, IF OUR GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR RON DEFUROR WAS AROUND BACK THEN, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LEADING IT. NOW TODAY, WE HAVE HEADLINES, EARTH'S CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN 4 MILLION YEARS. CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS CLIMB TO YET ANOTHER RECORD HIGH. RECORD WARMTH HAS MELTED OLDEST, THICKEST, ARCTIC ICE. WILL THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY BE HABITABLE TOMORROW? AND THEN HERE FROM JUNE 7th, ARCTIC MAY LOSE ALL SUMMER ICE AS EARLY AS 2030s. THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT HOW WE ARE LIVING IN FLORIDA. CHANGING THE WEATHER PATTERNS HERE. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU WERE MAKING STUPID BUILDINGS FOR THE STUDENTS HERE IN FLORIDA. AND THEN HERE IS THE HEADLINE, WHY AMERICA IS NOT READY FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT MAKING THE RIGHT BUILDINGS. FOR OVER

048THREE DECADES, I'VE BEEN SAYING, HIGH PERFORMANCE, PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WASN'T FINISHED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I'M JEN HART. AND I HAVE BEEN A PROUD TEACHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE 2004 AND I HAD A STUDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS UNTIL HE GRADUATED CLASS OF 2022. I'VE GOT TO HANG UP THE MOM HAT. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE FORMER EDUCATORS AND YOU OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T BE SITTING WHERE YOU ARE IF YOU AREN'T PASSIONATE SUPPORTERS OF A FAIR AND EQUAL PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT AFFORDS EVERY CHILD A CHANCE AT SUCCESS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO BE ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL AND HOW THAT DIRECTLY CORRELATES TO APPROVING THE PRIDE PROCLAMATION AS WELL AS A JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION.

049FOR INDICATORS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS WE ALL KNOW ABOUT LITERACY IN THE HOME, ACADEMIC READINESS THROUGH EARLY EDUCATION, ATTENDANCE, ET CETERA, BUT WHAT CAN WE CONTROL AND FOSTER WITH OUR STUDENTS AS ADMINISTRATION AND EDUCATORS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM? THESE FACTORS ARE SO IMPORTANT THEY WERE ACTUALLY, I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER, A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF OUR TEACHER EVALUATION RUBRIC CALLED THE CULTURE OF LEARNING. IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS THAT STUDENTS ARE MOTIVATED, ENGAGED, AND WILLING TO TAKE RISKS BECAUSE THEY FEEL SAFE, ACCEPTED AND CARED FOR AT SCHOOL. THIS COMPONENT IS PART OF THE DANIELSON RUBRIC BECAUSE STUDY AFTER STUDY PROVES FEELING SAFE AND VALUED IS VITAL TO A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT AND CHILDREN LEARN BEST WHEN FEEL VALUED. BY SUPPORTING A PRIDE PROCLAMATION YOU ARE TELLING STUDENTS IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY THEY ARE ACCEPTED AND LOVED

050JUST HOW THEY ARE AND YOU ARE TEACHING ALL CHILDREN INCLUSION AND TOLERANCE. OUR JOB AS EDUCATORS TO MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN FEEL SAFE AND GIVE THEM AFFIRMING SCHOOLS WHERE THEY CAN LEARN, GROW, AND THRIVE. BY SUPPORTING THE CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH, WE ARE HELPING MORE STUDENTS FEEL SEEN AND HEARD AND LETTING THEM KNOW WE WILL NOT STAND BY AND LET HISTORY BE ERASED. IT COSTS NOTHING TO NO ONE AND DOESN'T HURT ANY STUDENTS TO ENACT PROCLAMATION. VOTING AGAINST THEM, YOU ARE SAYING THE FEELINGS AND BELIEFS OF SOME STUDENTS ARE NOT AS VALUABLE AS OTHERS. HOW WILL THEY FEEL SAFE AND ACCEPTED IN SCHOOL AND HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS? PLEASE PUT YOURSELVES IN THEIR SHOES AND CONSIDER VOTING FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT SUPPORT ALL OUR STUDENTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI.

051MY NAME IS CHRIS BEARD. I'M A 21-YEAR RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND A TAXPAYER. I'M A MOM AND GRANDPARENT AND A PRECINCT COMMITTEE WOMAN. I'M SPEAKING AGAINST DEDICATING A WHOLE MONTH TO THE PRIDE AGENDA IN OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN A MONTH WHEN THE KIDS AREN'T EVEN IN SCHOOL. OTHER HONOREES ONLY RECEIVE ONE DAY, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, FATHER'S DAY, MOTHER'S DAY, VETERANS, AMERICA, PRESIDENTS, CHRISTMAS, EASTER. THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL IDENTITY HAS BECOME EXTREME. WHERE IS THE SENSE OF PRIORITY WITH THIS BOARD? HOW ABOUT MAKING EDUCATION THE FOCUS FOR OUR KIDS SO THEY CAN THRIVE WITH A CAREER IN WHICH THEY CAN BE PROFICIENT AND SUCCESSFUL. INSTEAD, THEY ARE INUNDATED WITH THE SEXUAL IDENTITY OF A MINORITY POPULATION THAT ALREADY HAS RIGHTS. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A LEFT-HANDERS MONTH OR SOMEONE MAY WANT A REDHEADED

052DAY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE FOCUS FOR THE SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE SOME FINANCIAL CONCERNS IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SHOULD BE TOP PRIORITY. YOU HAVE EACH RECEIVED MULTIPLE E-MAILS FROM CITIZENS STATING THE CONCERNS OF PROMOTING THIS AGENDA THAT DISRESPECTS PARENTAL RIGHTS AND CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE OUR CHILDREN TOWARDS ACCEPTING AND EXPLORING HOMOSEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER LIFESTYLES. I'LL MENTION A FEW. FIRST OF ALL, THE SCHOOL BOARD RISKS VIOLATION OF RELIGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS, ALSO THE FLORIDA STATUTE ALSO PARENTAL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS. SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE FOCUS ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN AREAS SUCH AS READING, WRITING, MATH, HISTORY, SCIENCE. I IMPLORE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO REASSESS YOUR DECISION AND REDIRECT YOUR EFFORTS TOWARD INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT RESPECTS THE RIGHTS AND BELIEFS OF ALL STUDENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. CHRISSY

053TAYLOR HERE. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENT. I AM AGAINST THE ADOPTION OF THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE LGBT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK THIS IS PERTINENT IN HOW ALL PARENTS HERE ARE DIRECTING THIS. WHO DO YOU SLEEP WITH? A MAN OR A WOMAN? WHO DO YOU SLEEP WITH, A MAN OR A WOMAN? WHO DO YOU SLEEP WITH, A MAN OR A WOMAN? ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT? THE REASON I BRING THIS UP -- AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH ME BUT YOU WANT OUR CHILDREN TO CELEBRATE SEXUAL ORIENTATION. THAT IS WHAT THE DEFINITION OF BEING GAY IS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION. SO APPARENTLY WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS NOT CELEBRATING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NOT CELEBRATING

054THE ABILITY TO GET HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE Cs AND Ds AND Fs, GETTING THEM UP TO As AND Bs. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AS OUR PRIORITY. I HAVE A SUGGESTION SINCE WE'RE ALL FOR EQUITY, EQUALITY, AND INCLUSION. AIN'T HETERONORMATIVE MONTH. A LONG MONTH TALKING ABOUT THE FATHER AND MOTHER RELATIONSHIP, THE PATRIARCHY, MALE AND FEMALE ROLES IN SOCIETY, EVERY DAY FOR ONE FULL MONTH. LET'S JUST GO FOR THAT. TALKING ABOUT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES THAT FEEL IMPACTED, WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT THE DEAF AND BLIND COMMUNITIES. YOU TALK ABOUT SOME MINORITY COMMUNITY THAT IS MARGINALIZED, WHAT ABOUT THE DEAF? WHAT ABOUT THE PARALYZED AND DISABLED? WHY AREN'T WE TAKING THOSE MOMENTS AND CELEBRATING A WHOLE MONTH TO EDUCATE AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DEAL WITH THEIR DISABILITIES? WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

055IT'S AN ORIENTATION. THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO FOCUS ON GETTING OUR SCHOOLS UP TO As AND Bs. NOT A SCHOOL LIKE MINE THAT IS A D WHERE I HAVE TO GO -- Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING. I'M STAN LOPER. I'M A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENT NEAR PROGRESS VILLAGE. HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, YOU CAN SEE 1972, OLDEST HIGH SCHOOL IN TAMPA. WE BEAT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL AT TAMPA STADIUM. AT THE OLD SOMBRERO. THE REASON YOU'RE GETTING THESE LITTLE ELEPHANTS AND THERE'S ONE EXTRA ONE HERE TO GIVE OUT IS BECAUSE I AM THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND THERE'S A LOT OF ELEPHANTS BEHIND ME IN THE ROOM. WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMORY, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WAIT, WHICH YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO. SO WHAT I'VE GIVEN

056YOU IS BOTH THE ELEPHANTS AND A DEPROCLAMATION. TAKE A LOOK AT IT EITHER. I COULDN'T GET EVERYTHING IN IN TWO MINUTES. THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THIS THAT I SEE. IT'S EASY JUST TO SAY I PROCLAIM THIS, BUT YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT PROCLAIM? HOW DOES IT GET INSTITUTED. PRACTICALITY, THERE IS THE ISSUE WE TALKED ABOUT IS IT THE MONTH OF MAY? IS IT THE MONTH OF JUNE WHEN NO SCHOOL? SEEMS LIKE AN IMPRACTICAL THING. THEN IT'S OPEN TO INTERPRETATION BY THE TEACHER, BY THE PRINCIPAL, BY THE ADMINISTRATOR, WHAT DOES THIS TELL THE TEACHER? SCIENCE CLASS. I'LL TEACH ABOUT HORMONE THERAPY THAT MONTH. GREAT. GO OFF TRACK. HOW ABOUT MATH CLASSES. TALK ABOUT BINARY AND NONBINARY WHICH I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND. OH, GOSH. I'LL MAKE IT SHORT. THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU

057GOING TO CHOOSE TO CELEBRATE THE RAINBOW COLORS OR ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE? WHO IS MORE COURAGEOUS, THE PERSON WHO GOES INTO THE HOSPITAL AND HAS AN AMPUTATION DONE OF THEIR OWN WILL OR THE VETERAN, LIKE THE GUY BEHIND ME, WHO GOES INTO BATTLE AND HAS SOMETHING BLOWN OFF OF HIM? CELEBRATE OUR VETERANS. Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RAY PAPEON. I AM A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENT. I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT GRADUATED FROM RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, ONE IN 2014 AND ONE IN 2012. I CURRENTLY HAVE A STEP DAUGHTER AT BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL. SHE IS IN THE 11th GRADE. I'M A RETIRED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 30 AND A HALF YEARS AND I'M ALSO RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. SO I GUESS MY

058PRONOUNS WOULD BE MASTER SERGEANT OR SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT. PART OF MY BACKGROUND WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I WORKED IN THE SCHOOLS FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. SCHOOL SAFETY WAS KINDERGARTEN TO THE FIFTH GRADE. THEN I WAS A RESOURCE OFFICER AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE DOING AND AFTER DOUBLE SESSIONS WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH ITEMS LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING TIME ON. WE'RE SPENDING TIME ON THESE TWO PROCLAMATIONS. SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS ONE PROCLAMATION AND I HAD TO ASK MY DAUGHTER THAT GOES TO BLOOMINGDALE, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS? IS THIS REALLY GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL WHERE IT'S GOTTEN TO THIS? THE TIMES I WERE IN SCHOOL WEREN'T LIKE THIS. SHE SAID IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT. IF WE SEE SOMEONE TEASING SOMEONE OR WHATEVER, WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT

059IT OR WE GET AN ADULT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SHE SAID WHAT IS THIS THING ABOUT JUNE. SCHOOL IS OUT. NOBODY ASKED US WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. THAT'S WHEN I HAVE TO TELL HER, SOMETIMES ADULTS TAKE ADULT ISSUES AND USE PEOPLE AS THEIR PLATFORM TO PUSH THEIR ISSUE. SO WE SAW A NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING KIDS UP HERE EARLIER AND ALL THAT THEY ARE ACHIEVING. CAN WE LET THEM BE KIDS. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THEM IN COLLEGE ANYWAY. CAN WE LET THEM BE KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND NOT PUSH THIS DOWN THEIR THROAT WHILE THEY ARE IN SCHOOL NOW? THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. I ATE A LOT OF SAND FOR THESE PEOPLE TO SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY. I JUST ASK THAT THEY INCLUDE SOME COMMON SENSE. YOU HAD IT RIGHT WHEN YOU

060SAID WE ARE THE 7th LARGEST. WHY WE GOT TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. BIANCA GOOLSBY, FOUNDER OF TEACHING FOR THE CULTURE. 24 DAYS, JULY 14 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND CONFLICTING RECEIPTS. IT IS WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY AND CONVICTION THAT I'M ASKING YOU TO RETHINK THIS DISTRICTWIDE BOUNDARY CHANGE PROPOSAL FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. I BELIEVE IT IS NOT IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO PROCEED WITH THIS DISTRICT-WIDE BOUNDARY CHANGE PROPOSAL. WHILE I ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING BOUNDARY CHANGES, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT THIS ISSUE PREDATES THE CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IT PREDATES THE APPOINTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT ADDISON DAVIS. AND LET'S FACE THE REALITY HEAD ON, IT WILL CONTINUE TO

061BE AN ISSUE LONG AFTER BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TACKLE THIS MATTER WITH UTMOST CARE AND THOUGHTFULNESS, GUIDED BY THREE PRINCIPLES. ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND INTEGRITY. YOU ALL BEEN USING THOSE WORDS A LOT LATELY. SO LET'S GRAB THIS PIVOTAL MOMENT, HIT PAUSE AND PONDER ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DECISIONS YOU WILL MAKE TODAY. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE NOTHING LESS THAN OUR DEDICATION TO THE FUTURE, WE SAY PREPARED FOR LIFE. ALSO A QUICK SHOUT-OUT, THE CYBER TASK FORCE MEETING WILL BE HAPPENING NEXT MONDAY AT 6:30 P.M. WE WILL BE HAVING A GUEST SPEAKER SHEDDING LIGHT ON A KIDNAPPING SCAM AND SHOW THE COMMUNITY HOW TO SET UP PRIVACY CONTROLS TO SAFEGUARD OUR CHILDREN ONLINE. I WANT TO THANK YOU. AND FOR THE LAST TIME, OUR EDUCATORS DID NOT RECEIVE A RAISE. THEY RECEIVED WHAT

062WAS OWED. AND TO BE VERY CLEAR, YOU-ALL STILL OWE THEM AND THE SUPPORT STAFF. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MELANIE LACKS. I'VE BEEN A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENT FOR ABOUT 23 YEARS NOW. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE A LOT OF DIFFICULT DECISIONS PUT IN FRONT OF YOU REGULARLY THAT I'M SAD TO SEE ARE DIFFICULT. IT SHOULD BE EASY TO SAY WE ARE GLAD THAT SLAVERY ENDED AND WE WANT TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING WHAT HAS NOW BECOME OUR NATIONAL DAY TO RECOGNIZE THAT. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE CONTROVERSIAL TO SAY ALL STUDENTS SHOULD FEEL WELCOME AT OUR SCHOOLS AND WE'RE GOING TO PASS A PRIDE PROCLAMATION THAT SAYS THAT. IT'S NOT GOING TO SEXUALIZE THE CHILDREN.

063IT'S NOT GOING TO SEXUALIZE TOPICS IN SCHOOL. WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO IS TELL EVERY CHILD THEY ARE WELCOME. I APPRECIATE THAT KIDS STAND UP FOR GAY KIDS. THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR. BUT THE TRUTH IS, THE SUICIDE RATE IS MUCH HIGHER AMONG GAY CHILDREN, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEIR QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WELCOMING SOCIETY IS AND HOW SAFE THEY FEEL. IT IS A VERY SIMPLE STEP FOR YOU FOLKS TO TAKE. I KNOW YOU'LL GET BLOW-BACK NO MATTER WHAT DECISION YOU MAKE TODAY. I ASK YOU TO MAKE THE ONE IN KEEPING WITH THE INTRODUCTION SAYING THAT ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED THAT WILL MAKE ALL STUDENTS FEEL WELCOME AND SAFE AND REMIND THEM THAT EVERYONE IN THEIR COMMUNITY BELONGS THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. IF WE COULD PLEASE LINE UP SPEAKERS

06429 TO 33 UP AGAINST THE WALL. 29 TO 33. HI. TERRY KEMPLE. PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY ISSUES COUNCIL. OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO PROMOTE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES BY EDUCATING AND UNITING THE CHURCH TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING TODAY ON WHETHER TO PROCLAIM JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH. THERE IS A MYRIAD OF REASONS THIS IS A BAD IDEA, BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON THREE. FIRST, WHY AREN'T YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME TODAY DECIDING ON A PROCLAMATION ALIGNING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH THE JUNE OBSERVANCE OF CHILDREN'S INTERNET SAFETY MONTH. THAT WOULD BENEFIT ALL KIDS, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW. AND WILL YOU ALSO BE ENACTING HETEROSEXUALITY AND CELIBACY MONTHS IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON SEX, GO ACROSS

065THE BOARD. SECOND, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THROUGH LAWS THEY HAVE ENACTED IN THE LAST FEW LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY ARE NOT TO BE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA. TEACHERS ARE SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING THEM IN CLASS. AND THERE ARE PENALTIES IF THEY DO. ENACTING A PROCLAMATION THAT ELEVATES THESE CATEGORIES WILL ONLY PROMOTE STUDENT CURIOSITY AND QUESTIONING ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. SINCE SUMMER SESSIONS ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE, YOU'LL BE PUTTING BULL'S EYES ON THE BACKS OF ALL TEACHERS WHO WOULD BE CALLED ON TO ANSWER STUDENTS' QUESTIONS IF YOU PASS THIS RESOLUTION. FINALLY, BY PROHIBITING STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS THAT OPPOSE ANY SEXUAL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF MONOGAMOUS, HETEROLE IS MARRIAGE, YOUR NONDISCRIMINATION THAT INCLUDES THE SEXUAL CHOICES OF

066SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY ALREADY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THOSE WHO ALREADY HOLD THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO AGAIN. DR. ELIZABETH FREEMAN. I COME TO YOU AGAIN TODAY AS A RESIDENT OF TAMPA, MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN WHO ALSO ATTENDS SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT THE BOARD STATED WOULD BE CREATED TO DISCUSS JUST ELEMENTARY. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT BOARD? THERE WAS NO INFORMATION POSTED ABOUT THE CRITERIA AND PROCESS FOR ADVISORY SELECTION, COMMITTEE SELECTION, NO ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL, NO ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT MEETING TIMES. I STILL DON'T HAVE THIS AND YET THIS ADVISORY GROUP HAS APPARENTLY MET AND HAS APPARENTLY MET TWICE. WHAT IS HAPPENING? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY ALL TODAY. THAT IS THE WORD OF THE

067DAY. THIS IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE ABOUT HOW WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPARENCY. I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO RESPOND TO THAT. SECONDLY AND I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SAY THIS, AS I LISTEN TO FOLKS TODAY TALKING AND OPPOSING PRIDE MONTH, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE VERY SAME ARGUMENTS MADE BY PARENTS TODAY AGAINST PRIDE MONTH ARE THE VERY SAME ARGUMENTS MADE BY IGNORANT PARENTS WHO SPATTED -- SPAT AT RUBY BRIDGES AS SHE INTEGRATED SCHOOLS. IT WAS THESE PARENTS THAT WENT TO CHURCH THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY INSISTING THEY LOVE EVERYBODY BUT GOD JUST DOESN'T SUPPORT RACIAL MIXING. THESE PARENTS WANTED TO KEEP BLACK PEOPLE OUT OF SCHOOL, BLACK HISTORY OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WOULD CAUSE CONFUSION AND DISTRACTION. THE SIMILARITIES TODAY ARE STRIKING AND SAD AND PATHETIC. WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND IT'S A SHAME THAT IN 2023

068WE ARE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION. DO BETTER. LET'S BE BETTER. SUPPORT JUNETEENTH. SUPPORT PRIDE MONTH AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS VANESSA. I'M AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DOCTORAL STUDENT. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT BEING AN O.T. IS WORKING WITH KIDS AND SEEING THEM THRIVE AND FINDING THE JOY AND PRIDE IN WHO THEY ARE WHILE DISCOVERING THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. ONE OF THE PEDIATRIC SETTINGS YOU'LL SEE IS WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND INTERVENTIONS BASED ON 504 AND IEPs, THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN. THESE STEM FROM POLICIES WRITTEN WITHIN THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR I.D.E.A. IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WE CONSIDER THE IDEA -- BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING O.T. BEARS IN MIND. ALL KIDS DESERVE EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION THAT

069IS WITHIN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT THIS ESSENTIALLY MEANS IS THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO CHANGE A NATURALLY OCCURRING ENVIRONMENT. MY FEAR IS IF WE START TO CENSOR SO MUCH CONTENT IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE RESTRICTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND WE ARE ERASING VISIBILITY OF VULNERABLE STUDENTS. IT USED TO BE THAT THOSE WHO WERE DIFFERENT WERE SEGREGATED INTO SEPARATE LEARNING CLASSROOMS, AS IF THEY DIDN'T DESERVE TO LEARN OR GET REPRESENTED IN THE SAME WAY AS TYPICAL KIDS DID. WE CAN'T LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF. KIDS HAVE ALL DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, ABILITIES OR DISABILITIES DESERVE THE RIGHT TO EQUAL ACCESS AND REPRESENTATION. THIS INCLUDES OUR QUEER KIDS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALREADY, LET ME BE THE FIRST TO SAY THERE'S A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THAT INDIVIDUALS NEURODIVERGENT, THOSE WITH ADHD

070OR AUTISM ALSO TEND TO IDENTIFY WITH THE QUEER COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS WE'RE NEUROSPICY AND NOT GOOD AT FOLLOWING POSSESSION NORMS OR WHAT, BUT THE EVIDENCE IS THERE AND IT'S GROWING. REGARDLESS, PLEASE LET KIDS EXIST. LET THEM BE THEIR AUTHENTIC THEMSELVES. ADOPT PROCLAMATIONS THAT MAKE INCLUSION OF MARGINALIZED GROUPS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SANDY PARDEAU. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO ADOPT BOTH OF THE RESOLUTIONS. THE RESOLUTION FOR JUNETEENTH AND THE RESOLUTION FOR PRIDE MONTH. YOUR ADOPTION OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS SIGNALS TO THE JUNE 19th COMMUNITY WHO ARE OUR BLACK MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THAT YOU ARE

071INDEED COMMITTED TO, AS YOU'RE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE SIGN UP THERE SAYS, YOU ARE INDEED COMMITTED TO DOING THAT. THINK BACK ABOUT 250 YEARS AGO. I KNOW WE WEREN'T ALIVE THEN BUT YOU'VE SEEN THE HISTORY BOOKS AND YOU KNOW THIS. YOU COULD PROBABLY RECITE IT WITH ME. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS, TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR, ENDOWED MEANS WE WERE GIVEN GIFTS, BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. NOW, THIS IS RELEVANT TO OUR MISSION TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIVE, BECAUSE IF ALL STUDENTS ARE TO BE ABLE TO GROW, TO THRIVE, AND TO EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF THEIR LIVES, THEY MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED FOR WHO THEY ARE. THEY MUST BE ALLOWED

072TO EXPERIENCE ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE FREE FROM BULLYING AND CRITICISMS AND DENIALS OF THEIR INHERENT IDENTITIES. THEY MUST NOT BE TAGGED AS OTHER AS SOME OF YOU HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS EVENING. SIMPLY APPROVING A PROCLAMATION WILL NOT DISSUADE THOSE WHO HAVE HATRED AND EXPRESSION OF INTERMINALS FROM TAUNTING AND TEASING, BUT IT MIGHT BE THE ONE THING THAT GETS ONE KID THROUGH HIS DAY. OH, HERE IS A PROCLAMATION THAT SPEAKS TO ME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JULIE GEPHARDTS. WHAT MAKES A BOOK APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL AND HOW DOES ONE ATTRIBUTE VALUE TO A BOOK? I REPEATEDLY HEAR YOU SAY THINGS LIKE KIDS NEED TO SEE THEMSELVES IN BOOKS, THAT MEANS ALL BOOKS CHILDREN SEE THEMSELVES IN ARE GOOD. I HAVE A BOOK CALLED BURNED BY HOPKINS. THERE WERE 36 COPIES

073AVAILABLE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS. I DID READ THE WHOLE BOOK. THE BOOK, FIRST OF ALL, DENIGRATES A RELIGION THAT MANY OF YOUR STUDENTS ADHERE TO, MORMONISM. I NEVER MET A MORMON THAT BEHAVES IN THE AWFUL WAY THEY DO IN THIS BOOK. THE MAIN CHARACTER, PROTAGONIST HAS A TRAGIC STORY. SHE GREW UP IN A HORRIBLE MORMON FAMILY. MISTREATED AND ABUSED, KICKED OUT OF HER HOME. FOUND FREEDOM IN A BOYFRIEND IN A NEW TOWN LIVING WITH HER AUNT AT A NEW SCHOOL. AND SHE GETS PREGNANT. RUMORS FLY ABOUT HER PREGNANCY AT SCHOOL SO SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND FLEE. THEY GET INTO A CAR ACCIDENT. SHE WAKES UP IN THE HOSPITAL TO THE AWFUL NEWS THAT HER BABY AND BOYFRIEND ARE DEAD. SHE'S ANGRY AT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WITTINGLY OR UNWITTINGLY CONTRIBUTED TO HER MISERY. YOU

074FEEL IT WITH HER. YOU'RE ROOTING FOR HER THROUGH THE WHOLE STORY. WHAT'S NEXT, BRACE YOURSELF, PATEN PLANS HER KILLING SPREE TO GET REVENGE ON ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HURT HER ALONG THE WAY. AND THIS IS NOT FARFETCHED BECAUSE SHE WAS FREQUENTLY AT THE GUN RANGE SHOOTING WITH HER DAD. PAGE 258, SO THEY SHOULD DIE, TOO, ALL OF THEM. DAD, BISHOP CRAN DIGITAL, BECCA, EMILY. WITH THE PULL OF A TRIGGER THEIR LIVES WILL END AT SACRAMENT. WHAT A LOVELY IRONY. THEN I'LL RELOAD AND GO IN SEARCH OF CARMEN AND TIFFANY WHO STARTED THE RUMORS AND DER HE CAN JUST BECAUSE. SITTING ON THE HARD CEMENT RAILING. I WATCH THE MOTION OF NORMAL PEOPLE IN THE DAILY TRANSIT. I STRUGGLE TO REACH A DECISION. SHE'S DECIDING BETWEEN SUICIDE AND THE MURDER SPREE. THE END. THAT IS

075THE END OF THE BOOK. Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKERS 38 THROUGH 43 PLEASE LINE UP. GOOD AFTERNOON. JULIE McGILL. LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE LGBTQ POPULATION OF ADULTS IS ABOUT 7.2%. THE TRANSGENDER FIGURE IS EVEN LESS. .8%. THIS IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE NUMBER OF 13 TO 17-YEAR-OLDS THAT IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER OR BINARY WHICH IS NO GENDER HAS DOUBLED. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING INFLUENCED IN THE SCHOOLS. SO LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION IS DICTATING YOU TO PROMOTE THIS AGENDA IN CLASSROOMS. IT'S TOO EASY TO TARGET WEAK KIDS OR KIDS AT RISK. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I DO BELIEVE IN EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL. WE JUST HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND DON'T NEED TO ADD TO IT WITH EDUCATORS INDOCTRINATING OUR KIDS. INDOCTRINATION IS NOT

076THE EDUCATOR'S JOB. STEERING SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS NOT THE EDUCATOR'S JOB. SCHOOL SHOULD ONLY BE TEACHING FUNDAMENTALS OF MATH, SCIENCE, HISTORY, LANGUAGE ARTS, ET CETERA. I WAS A TOM BOY, LIKELY LABELED A TOM BOY WHEN I WAS YOUNG. THANK GOD I WASN'T BORN IN THIS GENERATION BECAUSE I'M SURE I WOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD TO IDENTIFY AS SOMETHING ELSE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS NICK SKITINI. I AM A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I HEAR A LOT ABOUT EDUCATION, BUT IF YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION, THIS IS REALLY A GLORIFICATION AS OPPOSED TO EDUCATING. IF YOU TALK ABOUT EDUCATING, GET THE ADULTS AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THAT COMMUNITY. I'M A MAN OF FAITH AND THE GOD THAT I KNOW LOVES EVERYBODY. AND I'M TIRED OF BEING, BECAUSE

077I OPPOSE THIS PROCLAMATION, WHATEVER IT IS, DOES NOT MAKE ME A HATER. AND I'M TIRED OF BEING PAINTED WITH THAT BROADBRUSH OF BEING HATED BECAUSE I OPPOSE CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, EDUCATE THE ADULTS BECAUSE THIS IS A DISTRACTION FOR THE CHILDREN AND NOBODY UNTIL THEY ARE AT LEAST IN HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO THINGS OF A SEXUAL NATURE. WHAT HAPPENS IN SOMEONE'S HOUSE, I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH TO PROTECT THAT RIGHT REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS. RELIGION, COLOR OF SKIN, IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, I WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE PEOPLE. IF I SEE SOMEBODY WHO IS BEING HARASSED OR BULLIED BECAUSE THEY ARE WHATEVER, I WILL FIGHT FOR THAT PERSON AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT HARASSED BECAUSE OF

078A SUBJECT LIKE THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M GAY JONES. I'M USUALLY HERE READING HOT SELECTIONS FROM THE STEAMY SHELVES OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LIBRARIES, BUT NOT TODAY. TODAY I'M HERE TO OPPOSE ADOPTION OF PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION. IT SEEMS UNNECESSARY AND UNWISE FOR YOU TO WADE INTO THE WHITE WATER THAT'S SO TURBULENT IN THIS CULTURAL SITUATION, ESPECIALLY SINCE MANY OF THE PROUD HAVE ALREADY THEMSELVES BECOME DISENCHANTED WITH THE CELEBRATIONS. HAVING BECOME THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF TOP-DOWN, NO PUN INTENDED, PRIDE MONTH IS LITTLE MORE THAN A FOUR-WAY CAMPAIGN OF VIRTUE SIGNALING FROM THE HIGHER-UPS, THE HIGHER OF CORPORATE AREAS DOWN TO CONTROLLED UNDERLINGS. WE'RE ALL EXPECTED TO CELEBRATE THE SEXUAL PREFERENCES OF 7% OF THE POPULATION. 7% OF THE POPULATION. OR RISK CANCELLATION OF EVERY KIND. THIS DOESN'T

079SEEM HELPFUL TO ANYONE, PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE IT'S SUPPOSED TO HONOR. AND THAT'S THE REAL SHAME. A PROCLAMATION WOULD SIMPLY PERPETUATE A WORN-OUT AND DIVISIVE VICTIM, OPPRESSOR SCENARIO THAT THOSE AT THE TOP DESIRE. IN AN EFFORT TO SHOW THAT YOU CARE. BUT WE DO CARE. AND SO CLEARLY THERE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO FORM OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE PRIDE COMMUNITY. ATTEMPTING TO FORCE CONSENSUS REGARDING BEHAVIORS THAT GO AGAINST DEEPLY HELD PERSONAL VALUES OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IS ITSELF DISCRIMINATORY AND OFFENSIVE. FLORIDA STATUTES CHAMPION PARENTAL RIGHTS REGARDING EDUCATION AND PARTICULARLY GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION. FURTHERMORE, THEY EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT THE INTRODUCTION IN THE CLASSROOM, A PROCLAMATION EVEN IF LEGAL WOULD NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THE CLASSROOM OR THOSE YOU REPRESENT. THE VAST MAJORITY WOULD PREFER NEUTRALITY. SO SURELY THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION. THIS CONTROVERSIAL PROCLAMATION IS

080TRULY IT SEEMED OUT OF THE SCOPE OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS EDUCATORS. AND I URGE YOU TO SAFELY SIT THIS ONE OUT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. WELCOME. HI. NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN. LIAM SMITH. YOU SHOULD REMEMBER ME. ANOTHER THING IS, THANK YOU, MR. ADDISON DAVIS, YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT SUPERINTENDENT. I HOPE YOU LIVE A REALLY GREAT LIFE. BUT ON A NOTABLE NOTE, I'M HERE FOR BUSINESS. I AM READY TO TAKE HIS SUPERINTENDENT SPOT. JUST KIDDING. BUT HERE'S THE REAL BUSINESS. I AM HERE TO SAY, WELL -- IN THE CROWD, I WAS SITTING THERE LISTENING TO PEOPLE GET BASICALLY HARASSED THE ENTIRE TIME. AND WHAT I MEAN BY HARASSED IS I HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO ARE GAY AND I'M NOT, BUT THEY TELL ME THAT THEY WERE BORN LIKE

081THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE -- THEY ARE NOT LIKE I CHOOSE TO BE GAY. THEY ARE BORN GAY. SO YOU'RE BASICALLY DOING THE SAME THING AS WHAT WE USED TO DO IN THE 1700s. YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE. LIKE HOW THEY TOOK AWAY THE RIGHTS OF THE BLACK PEOPLE. NOW YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS OF THE GAY PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE TO BE GAY OR NOT. THEY ARE BORN GAY OR THEY ARE BORN NOT. AND YOU ARE DISRESPECTING THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. PLUS, ADDING A MONTH OF JUNETEENTH WOULD BE PERFECT FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WOULD ALSO OPEN OTHER MONTHS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S CULTURES. BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT. BUT ALSO, I THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD RECONSIDER GETTING RID OF JUNETEENTH. I KNOW KIDS SHOULDN'T REALLY HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT THE

082LITTLE KIDS SHOULDN'T REALLY HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT I CAN SAY AFFIRMATIVELY THAT LITTLE KIDS COULDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT, THAT'S FINE. IF WE DID IT AS A MONTH FOR THE OLDER KIDS, THAT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR OLDER KIDS SO THEY DON'T FEEL DISRESPECTED AND DON'T DECIDE TO BECOME MURDERERS OR SUICIDE BECAUSE IMAGINE IF WE HAD HALF THE POPULATION JUST DECIDE TO KILL THEMSELVES. NOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING IF YOU'RE GETTING RID OF JUNETEENTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE MAKE SURE JUNETEENTH IS STILL THERE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SHARON GRAHAM BARRETT. I'M A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENT, A THERAPIST, AND PRIMARILY HERE AS A PERSON OF FAITH. I AM URGING YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE JUNETEENTH AND PRIDE PROCLAMATIONS TODAY. AS A CHRISTIAN,

083I KNOW MY FAITH COMPELS ME TO REACH OUT AND LOVE, TO INCLUDE. WE ARE TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES, AND THAT MEANS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR DIGNITY JUST AS THEY ARE. GOD DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES. AS A PERSON OF FAITH, IT TAKES NOTHING AWAY FROM ME OR MY BELIEFS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE OTHERS' DIFFERENCES. IT IS QUITE THE OPPOSITE. IT ENHANCES THEM. OUR FAITH IS ENHANCED BY THESE ACTIONS OF INCLUSION, BY REACHING OUT, WE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND OR AGREE. WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED FAITH. AND ALL FAITHS AND NO FAITH CAN BE WELCOME. IN A DIFFERENT VEIN, AS AN AMERICAN, I CELEBRATE THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE LAID FORTH IN OUR CONSTITUTION AND FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. I ALSO CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR

084INALIENABLE RIGHTS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO EVERY PERSON WITHOUT STIPULATION OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, RACE, OR GENDER IDENTITY. FINALLY, AS A CHILD OF TWO PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND A FORMER TEACHER MYSELF, I CELEBRATE THE BEDROCK OF LEARNING AND PUBLIC EDUCATION WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS ANY AND ALL INFORMATION. PLEASE SUPPORT BOTH THE JUNETEENTH AND PRIDE PROCLAMATIONS TODAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. SPEAKERS 43 THROUGH 48 PLEASE LINE UP. 43 THROUGH 48. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS COLLEEN BENUICHI. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU ALL BECAUSE I PLAN ON HAVING A CONSISTENT PRESENCE HERE. I AM A MOM TO A RISING FIRST AND KINDERGARTNER AT APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I AM A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER, AND I'M A CURRENT SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. MY FAMILY MOVED TO

085APOLLO BEACH DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TODAY, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER APOLLO BEACH PARENTS, WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED, AND WE'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE LACK OF VIABLE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE FEEL OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING LEFT BEHIND. I COULD LIST NUMEROUS CONCERNS, BUT I KNOW MY TIME IS LIMITED SO I'M GOING TO CONSOLIDATE IT TO FOUR. FIRST, WE DO NOT HAVE A STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL OPTION FOR OUR PART OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS CAUSING STUDENTS TO CELEBRATE FROM THEIR FRIENDS WHEN THEY GO OFF TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. PERSONALLY, I LIVE IN MIRABAY COMMUNITY, AS DOES DR. ADDISON -- DAVIS, SORRY. AND IN OUR COMMUNITY ON MY ONE STREET, MOST OF THE STUDENTS HAVE ATTENDED OR DO ATTEND APOLLO BEACH. THEY HAVE OR

086WILL ATTEND LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY ALL DISPERSE. WE HAVE CHARTER. WE HAVE MAGNET. WE HAVE HOMESCHOOLED KIDS. THEY DON'T GO TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. TWO, NUMEROUS FAMILIES HAVE KIDS IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THERE ARE PARENTS WITH KIDS IN SEPARATE MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THEIR KIDS INTO THE SAME LOCATION. THIS IS CONCERNING BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION. IT IS NOW IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S ALSO BIZARRE TO ME THAT SIBLINGS ARE ATTENDING DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THREE, YOUR K-8 COULD HAVE BEEN A PERFECT SOLUTION FOR THIS AS A FEEDER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR APOLLO BEACH AND RUSKIN. HOWEVER, THE PROJECT HAS FAILED OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE STUDENTS WITHIN TWO TO FOUR MILES OF THAT SCHOOL WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE OTHER STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO CHOICE IN. AND, FOUR,

087EACH YEAR, WE LOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOY EASTERWOOD. I'M A WORKING MOM AS WELL IN THE MIRABAY COMMUNITY. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE AND FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE OUR KIDS ARE ALL THRIVING. WE HAVE WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS, AND THEN THERE IS A CLIFF THAT EVERYBODY JUST FALLS OFF OF WHEN THEY REACH MIDDLE SCHOOL. I ALSO HAVE LOST SOME NEIGHBORS AND VALUED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAVE APOLLO BEACH BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTIONS. I HAVE THREE KIDS, AND SO IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE A GUARANTEED SPOT AT THE CLOSEST COUNTY SCHOOL, WHICH IS YORK AND EVEN IF I AM SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING ONE

088OF MY CHILDREN IN, THE OTHER TWO ARE LIKELY NOT TO FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD. SO WE ARE ASKING YOU GUYS TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOCUS AND TIME TO OUR SOUTH COMMUNITY AND CONSIDER OPTIONS TO HELP OUR KIDS CONTINUE TO THRIVE THROUGH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST. KEEPING THEM TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY, OR AT LEAST HAVING THAT OPTION, WOULD BE GREAT. SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BIG ISSUES. PLEASE THINK ABOUT OUR KIDS IN APOLLO BEACH AND HELP US FIND A GOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL SOLUTION. AND OUR REQUEST SPECIFICALLY IS TO CONSIDER EXTENDING APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY THROUGH 8th GRADE OR ALTERNATIVELY TO DISTRICT OUR KIDS FOR A GUARANTEED SPOT AT YORK. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS VERONICA McDONALD. I'M A WIFE. I HAVE

089FOUR KIDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM FIRST GRADE THROUGH 8th GRADE AT THREE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS. I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AND I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO BE QUEER. I ALSO DON'T WANT THEM TO BE STRAIGHT. I ONLY WANT THEM TO BE WHO THEY ARE. I GENUINELY BELIEVE IT'S NOT MY JOB TO TELL MY KIDS WHO THEY ARE BUT FOR THEM TO SHOW ME. I'M HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T LET HATE FLOOD THE ROOM WHEN I KNOW THEY ARE NOT IN THE MAJORITY. PARENTS WORK AND VACATIONS IN FULL SWING. HATEFUL RHETORIC TAKES NO BREAKS. MANY PEOPLE ARE MISTAKEN WHAT A PROCLAMATION IS. INDICATION OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION. THERE'S NO CURRICULUM GOING IN YOUR SCHOOLS ON HOW TO BE GAY. IF YOU SEE ACCEPTANCE AS INDOCTRINATION, YOU MAY NEED

090TO CONSULT A DICTIONARY. THERE ARE PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO ERASE ANYTHING EVEN LOOSELY RELATED TO THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, RAINBOWS, AM I RIGHT? ERASING A VULNERABLE POPULATION SHOULD BE BAD ENOUGH. BUT FOR THOSE WHO ONLY SEE THROUGH THEIR VALUE SYSTEM, THINK OF IT THIS WAY. THIS TURNS BULLYING A BOY -- THIS TURNS INTO BULLYING A BOY BECAUSE THEY THINK NAIL POLISH IS COOL AND HE LIKES TO WEAR A PINK SHIRT. IT WILL VILIFY TOM BOYS, GIRLS WHO WEAR LOOSE CLOTHING THAT DON'T SHOW OFF THEIR BODY AND LIKE SPORTS MORE THAN DRESS UP. ALL BECAUSE THOSE THINGS MAKE YOU GAY. THE GOLDEN RULE PARENTS TO LEAVE THE WORLD BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT PARENTS, THE LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR PARENTS, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION IN SUPPORT OF LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. ITS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. LET OUR TEACHERS KNOW

091THAT WE SEE AND ACCEPT THEM, THAT WHO THEIR AUTHENTIC SELF IS HAS NO BEARING ON THEIR MERIT AS A TEACHER. LET THEM KNOW WE WANT THE STUDENTS TO SUCCEED AND PREPARE THEM FOR LIFE REGARDLESS OF THE IDENTITY. DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IS THE STRENGTH OF THE SCHOOLS. DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY OR HAVE A CHILD WHO IS IN ORDER TO RESPECT STUDENTS TO LIVE AS THEY ARE, STAND AGAINST HATE AND GENUINELY BE A GOOD HUMAN. MAY COST EVERYTHING BUT MEAN SOMETHING TO EVERYONE ELSE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS DELENA WILLIAMS. I'M A CHRISTIAN. I'M AN EDUCATOR. I'M A TAXPAYER. AND I'M A REGISTERED VOTER. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IN MY INTRODUCTION I DIDN'T LET YOU KNOW MY SEXUAL PREFERENCE BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THAT'S

092PRIVATE. THE LGBT COMMUNITY HAS TIME AND TIME AGAIN PLACED THIS TOPIC IN THE FACE OF THE PUBLIC IN THEIR PARADES, DRAG SHOWS, BOOKS. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE AN EDUCATION THAT FOCUSES ONLY ON THEIR ACADEMICS AND WELL-BEING. READING, WRITING, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, HOW TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN, PRIDE MONTH WILL NOT IMPROVE LITERACY RATES OR OUR MATH SCORES. OUR STUDENTS HAVE INNOCENT MINDS. THEY ARE SPONGES. WE MUST PROTECT THEM FROM IDEOLOGIES THAT WILL HURT THEM IN THE LONG RUN. CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH WOULD SAY THAT DYSPHORIA IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HEALING. THAT LYING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE OR PRETENDING TO BE SOMEONE YOU'RE NOT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRUTH. JUNE IS ALZHEIMER'S AND BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH. IT'S ALSO A POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH. THESE TOPICS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRIDE. THE LGBT ALSO MOCKS GOD. THEY

093HAVE SHOWN THROUGH ACTS OF PER VERSION THEIR HATRED TOWARD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHO MOST OF US IN THIS NATION REVERENCE AND RESPECT AND SERVE. OUR CHILDREN ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, AND WE NEED TO REMIND OUR CHILDREN OF THAT. SAY NO TO PRIDE MONTH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. PARDON ME. I KNOW THIS STARTS AT TWO MINUTES EXACTLY. AS AN ATTORNEY -- GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU AGAIN WHITE MODERATES. YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY. PITTER-PATTER TEARS OF THE FINAL REMNANTS OF THOUGHTS AS YOU TRY TO PREVENT WHAT IS IT JUNETEENTH NOW OR THE NEXT TIME READING DELICIOUSLY SALACIOUS BOOKS. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALLOWING THE BLACK COMMUNITY TO FAIL, WHITE MODERATES OF TAMPA, FLORIDA. I DIGRESS. DR. FREEMAN WAS SO ADEQUATELY RIGHT. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE

094JUST ELEMENTARY INQUIRY COMMITTEE. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT AS IT SITS NOW, WHAT NOW, THE REZONING AND THE CLOSURES THAT ARE OCCURRING, PEOPLE ARE STEPPING DOWN. I BELIEVE WE CAN ALL SAY WE CAN TAKE A PAUSE AND WE CAN SAY NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE, LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, WE SHOULD JUST STOP ANY MOVEMENT GOING FORWARD. I'M SO VERY HAPPY THAT THE PERSON PREVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE THE INTERIM INDIVIDUAL HOLDING STEADY. THEY HAVE DONE VERY GOOD WORK, BUT I BELIEVE ALL IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AND THE RECORD THAT CANNOT BE MOLESTED, THOUGH THERE ARE SUNSHINE LAW ISSUES AT PLAY HERE, BUT AGAIN ATTORNEYS WILL BE SPEAKING OF WHICH I HOPE TO BE ONE. I DIGRESS. I AM AGAIN WONDERING AGAIN HOW THIS $13 MILLION IN SAVINGS ARE GOING TO OCCUR WITH THE ADDITIONAL FIVE

095CLOSURES THAT ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME KIND OF COMMITMENT THAT THE MOVEMENT GOING FORWARD FROM THE LAST MOVEMENTS OF ANYTHING GOING ON IN THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT OR INTERIM, EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR, I CAN'T THINK OF THE TITLE, DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE HE'S LEAVING ON THE 17th. 24 DAYS GOING FORWARD. I HOPE WE CAN ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO LET COOLER HEADS PREVAIL TO ALLOW A PROCLAMATION THAT DOESN'T TRULY MATTER, BUT TO REALLY ALLOW THE MOMENTS OF CLARITY TO WASH OVER US AS WE TAKE A LOOK AS TO WHO IS BENEFITING FROM WHAT, WHAT PROMISES CANNOT COME TO LIGHT BECAUSE PROMISES WERE MADE AND PROMISES CANNOT BE KEPT. AS SOMEONE APTLY SAID, THE MOTIONS AND MOVEMENTS WERE PUT INTO PLACE BEFORE THE MAN HIMSELF, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND BEFORE THE

096INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS DESTINED TO FAIL BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT HAD AN ISSUE WITH TAXATION, BUT THERE GOES MY TIME. OF COURSE, WE HAVE NINE SECONDS MORE WITH SOMEONE SAYING OH, NO -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. FINAL -- [OFF MICROPHONE] Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I TRULY WISH YOU WELL IN THE FUTURE. GOOD LUCK. I WOULD LIKE TO PREFACE MY COMMENT TONIGHT. FIRST SAYING THAT I AM NOT IN SUPPORT AND WOULD ASK THAT YOU NOT BE IN SUPPORT OF THE PRIDE PROCLAMATION. AND I PREFACE THAT WITH STATING THAT THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE VERY CLOSE TO ME WHO ARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE

097HAD THEM COME TO ME AND SAY THAT THEY SUPPORT NOT HAVING THE PRIDE MONTH. THEY DO NOT ACTIVELY MAKE AN AGENDA OUT OF THEIR SEXUALITY AND ARE NOT PUSHING TO SEXUALIZE CHILDREN IN ANY CAPACITY. WE HAVE A MUTUAL RESPECT FOR THE WAY WE EACH CHOOSE TO LIVE OUR LIVES. AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, YOUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE DISTRICT BUDGET, IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE, CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING INVALUABLE CURRICULUM ACROSS ALL AREAS OF STUDY, NOT PROMOTING AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT TO EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE CLASSROOM. OUR STATE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT TEACHING AND PROMOTING THIS IS PROHIBITED IN FLORIDA SCHOOLS. THEY HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED THIS PROCLAMATION STATEWIDE, AND HAS EXPRESSED THAT IT IS NOT A PRIORITY OF THEIRS AND THEREFORE IT SHOULD NOT BE A PRIORITY OF YOURS. LET KIDS LIVE. LET

098THEM BE KIDS. STOP PUSHING TO SEXUALIZE CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE IN YOUR SUPERVISION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT WAS THAT AS OUR LEGISLATIVE -- AS THE LEGISLATURE DEBATED OVER THE LAST SESSION, 28 BILLS PASSED. 20 OF THOSE BILLS -- 28 BILLS ON EDUCATION, 20 OF THOSE BILLS WERE UNANIMOUS, WHICH MEANS ACROSS ALL PARTIES. IT'S NOT A PARTY THING. TAKE THE POLITICS AND IDEOLOGIES OUT OF THE SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS PETER OWEN. I AM ANGRY. THANKFUL, BUT ANGRY. THANKFUL THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE THIS PROGRESSIVE STEP FORWARD BY RECOGNIZING JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH ON THEIR CALENDARS BUT I AM ANGRY. ANGRY THAT CORONAVIRUS, LIKE THOSE HERE HE -- CONSERVATIVES, LIKE THOSE HERE TODAY TRY TO UNDERMINED PROGRESS IN THE

099STATE. IT IS STATED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT WE ARE ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THAT IS WHY WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH. WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THE IDEALS AND FOUGHT FOR THEM TO BE TRUE IN THEIR OWN LIVES. WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY AMONGST US IN THIS GREAT NATION. WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH TO REMIND OURSELVES WHY WE ARE STILL FIGHTING TODAY AND WE ARE STILL FIGHTING. IT IS 2023, AND THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE TRYING TO HOLD THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY BACK. THEY ARE HERE RIGHT IN THIS ROOM. FIGHTING TO WITHHOLD THE UNALIENABLE RIGHTS OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. WE MUST CONTINUE THIS FIGHT, THIS PUSH FOR TRUE FREEDOM AMONGST

100ALL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. CITIZENS OF YOUNG AND OLD, NATURAL BORN OR IMMIGRANT. WE MUST NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR IF WE DO CONSERVATIVES WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THE GRIP THEY HOLD ON THE THROAT OF PROGRESS AND THEY WILL NOT STOP SQUEEZING UNTIL IT IS DEAD. WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. I STRONGLY URGE YOU, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, TO ADOPT THIS PROCLAMATION, TAKE THIS STEP FORWARD INTO PROGRESS AND DO NOT SUCCUMB TO THE REPUBLICAN CHOKEHOLD ON FREEDOM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. IF WE COULD CALL UP OUR FINAL GROUP OF SPEAKERS, 51 THROUGH 54. THANK YOU. I'M RACHAEL. I HAVE TWO KIDS ENROLLED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN STACY HAHN'S DISTRICT. PLEASE TAKE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY ENROLLED CHILDREN INTO CONSIDERATION TODAY OVER PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ACTUALLY AFFECTED. I WANT

101TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT NO ONE IS EVEN IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. WHATEVER NONSENSE CONCOCTED ABOUT WHAT A PRIDE PROCLAMATION MEANS ISN'T HAPPENING. NOTHING IS BEING TAUGHT, NOT ACADEMICS AND NOT PRIDE. IT'S SUMMER. BY THE WAY, YOU WANT HISTORY TAUGHT BUT NOT JUNETEENTH. JUNE TEEN IS IT A HISTORICAL FACT. I HAVE TO BE THE PARENT THAT I WISH THAT MY PARENTS HAD BEEN FOR ME AND I LIKE MY CHILDREN, SCHOOL BOARD TO HELP AID ME IN THIS. I GREW UP HERE IN FLORIDA, DID ALL MY SCHOOLING. UP UNTIL 8th GRADE ATTENDED PRIVATE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT HAVE THE THINGS. MY KIDS ARE SPECIAL NEEDS. BOTH IEP. NOBODY IN MY SCHOOL HAD IEP. I WAS AN ADULT BY THE TIME I REALIZED I WAS DYSLEXIC AND ALSO AN ADULT WHEN I FELT SAFE TO COME

102OUT AS QUEER. NOT ONLY DID THEY EVALUATE US FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES BUT TOLD US ANTI-QUEER RHETORIC. I WAS PASSING NOTES WITH MY BEST FRIEND. LET HER KNOW I WAS QUEER. DROPPED THE NOTE, ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOUND IT, DIDN'T KNOW WHO WROTE IT AND WENT ON A WITCH HUNT TRYING TO FIND WHICH ONE WAS QUEER. IT WAS DEVASTATING. I HAD NO ONE TO TALK TO ABOUT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME WANT. I AM LUCKY THAT THEY NEVER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS ME. COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT BEING QUEER THERE WOULD HAVE LANDED IN CONVERSION THERAPY. A PSEUDOPRACTICE THAT IS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION AND ILLEGAL IN MANY COUNTRIES AND IT WAS -- I LIVED IN FEAR OF ABUSE FROM HOME AND SCHOOL JUST BEING A QUEER PERSON AND TELLING MY BEST FRIEND. PUT

103MY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL BECAUSE I WANTED THEM TO HAVE THE OPPOSITE. EVALUATED FOR DISABILITIES AND CREATE EVIDENCE-BASED PLAN NOT A PRAYER BASED ONE. ALSO WANTED THEM TO BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PLURALITY OF HUMANITY. LGBTQ YOUTH WHO REPORT ONE ADULT 40% LESS LIKELY TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE. I'M LUCKY THAT I AM HERE BECAUSE THAT IS A FACT. I ASK YOU TO FOST THEY'RE ENVIRONMENT IN MY KIDS' SCHOOLS AND NOT THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT CAUSED ME SO MUCH PAIN. I AM THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A QUEER KID GOES TO -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. MY NAME IS DALTON GREGORY WILFORD. I LIVED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 20 YEARS. I'M A HUSBAND, FATHER TO A TWO-YEAR-OLD. I OWN BUSINESSES IN I.T. CONSULTING AND SOLAR. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE

104LISTENED TO A LOT OF PARENTS, READ A LOT OF BOOKS. SOME OF THAT CONTENT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BECOME NOW WHETHER PARENTS EVEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOL. ON ONE SIDE OF THAT DEBATE, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A ROBUST AND VARIED DEGREE OF ART AND LITERATURE. ON THE OTHER HAND, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ALONGSIDE PARENTS, HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO SHIELD OUR CHILDREN FROM INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL. THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT TEACHERS, STAFF, AND MEDIA SPECIALISTS FROM THAT SAME LEGAL OBLIGATION. ONE OSTENSIBLE LEGAL LIABILITY WOULD BE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF FLORIDA STATUTE CHAPTER 847, SECTION 133, WITH REGARD TO PROVIDING OBSCENE MATERIAL TO CHILDREN. FURTHER, AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF PARENTS READING THIS MATERIAL TO THE

105SCHOOL BOARD, IT'S PLAUSIBLE THAT THE PRESIDING ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 847, SECTION 11, SUBSECTIONS 1B, 7, AND 9Y. -- AND 9E. BOOKS THAT MEET SPECIFIC CRITERIA AND CLASSIFIED AS OBSCENE MATERIAL WHO ALWAYS REQUIRE CONSENT AND PERMISSION FROM THE PARENTS. A SIMPLE PERMISSION SLIP PROVIDED WHEN THE STUDENTS START SCHOOL WITHIN THE NEW STUDENT BINDER, ANY EVENT WHEN THE STUDENT WOULD REQUEST ACCESS TO MATERIAL. THIS WOULD BE A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO REPRESENT PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PROTECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF ALL CITIZENS. I YIELD MY TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO ROAR MY NAME I IS MAYIM SHAPAL AND I AM A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. FIRST I WANT TO SAY I AM SO SICK OF PEOPLE USING MY HISTORY

106AS A SHIELD OR A VANGUARD TO PUSH IN THEIR AGENDAS. BLACK HISTORY -- I AM BLACK OBVIOUSLY. WHEN I WALK IN THIS ROOM, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO ANYBODY SLEEPS WITH IN THIS ROOM UNLESS YOU ANNOUNCE IT. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. MY HISTORY IS NOT TO BE DEMEANED TO LIKEN TO THAT WHOEVER YOU WANT TO SLEEP WITH. IT IS NOT THE SAME AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT UNDERSTOOD. IT IS NOT THE SAME AT ALL. AS FAR AS MY HISTORY, MY, MY PEOPLE WERE BRUTALIZED. THEIR WOUNDS HAD SALT PACKED INTO THEM. THEIR KIDS WERE SOLD. THEY WERE AUCTIONED .THAT IS WHAT MY HISTORY IS, NOT SEXUAL GRATIFICATION, NOT WHO WE DECIDE TO SPEAK WITH TODAY. NOT THE CHANGING OF THE FLUIDITY OF SEXUALITY AND I JUST WANT

107TO SAY THAT. NOW I WILL GO INTO PROCLAMATION OF GAY PRIDE MONTH. WITH REGARDS TO GAY PRIDE MONTH, I WILL ASK THAT YOU NOT ADOPT IT. WHY? BECAUSE IT IS THE CELEBRATION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND SEXUAL -- THUS FAR, THE CELEBRATION OF SEXUAL GRATIFICATION. I WILL GO ON TO SAY THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF CITIZENS ARE NOT HOMOSEXUALS. MAKE UP 7.2% OF THE POPULATION, THE NATIONAL POPULATION. WITH THAT SAID, THE MAJORITY OF THE CHILDREN ARE NOT -- ARE NOT EVEN BELONGING TO THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD LIKE IT IF YOU FOCUS ON TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT READING, WRITING, AND EVEN HISTORY. IF THEY WERE TAUGHT HISTORY, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND MY HISTORY IS NOT THE SAME AS THIS HISTORY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT. AND

108THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE SO LATE FOR THOSE OF US WHO COULD ATTEND. I HAVE SAID PREVIOUSLY THAT THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL ANSWER TO THE BOUNDARY PROJECT. SO I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ALL HAD SOME VERY LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY POSED. I'M HERE TO QUESTION WHETHER THIS ONE PROJECT IS TOO BIG. THIS ALL ENCOMPASSING COUNTY REBOUNDARY, IS IT THE RIGHT MOVE? ARE WE BITING OFF MORE THAN WE CAN CHEW? ESPECIALLY NOW DURING A TIME WHEN OUR LEADERS ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE. HOW ARE THE TEACHERS AND THE CLASSES GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE TESTING BELOW OR BEING MOVED TO A SCHOOL WHERE REMEDIAL CLASSES MAY ALREADY BE OVERSIZED. WHAT IS THE PLAN WE DON'T FAIL THOSE CHILDREN WITH A MASS COUNTY REBOUNDARY. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR TEACHING

109ADJUSTMENTS? HOW ARE THE LOWER SCORING SCHOOLS GOING TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THEIR SCORES, WHILE SOME SCHOOLS PLAN TO RECEIVE OVER 700 NEW STUDENTS. WHAT ARE THESE SCHOOLS -- HOW ARE THESE STUDENTS GOING TO BE OFFERED THE SAME EDUCATION LEVEL THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IN THE SCHOOL THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ZONED FOR. THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A HIGHER SCORING SCHOOL. THE WXY STUDIO DID A GREAT JOB AND PROVIDED AN OVERALL ANALYSIS. IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY -- YOUR RESPONSIBILITY NOW TO LOOK AT THAT ANALYSIS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS THE RIGHT MOVES. WE ARE THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY -- IN THE NATION. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. THERE IS NO STAT SAYING THAT ANY OF THOSE OTHER LARGE ONES HAVE DONE THIS BIG ALL AT ONCE. JUST THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU DO IT. Nadia Combs: THANK

110YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I AM KATHY BROWN, AND I LIVED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SINCE 1974. AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE BOTH PROCLAMATIONS. FIRST OF ALL, JUNETEENTH HAS NO BASIS IN HISTORY. JANUARY 1, 1863 IS THE DATE THAT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION FREED THE SLAVES. WE SHOULD HONOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO THIS. AS FAR AS THE PRIDE -- DECLARING A PRIDE MONTH IS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ALL OF OUR GODLY FAITHS. IF THE SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDS WITH DECLARING PRIDE MONTH IT WILL EFFECTIVELY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS TO CONSIDER ANY SEXUAL ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE TO BE A VIOLATION OF GOD'S LAW. WE MUST UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE TEACHES. AND A VIOLATION OF RELIGIOUSLY-BASED CIVIL RIGHTS. PROMOTING SEXUAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CONTRARY TO RELIGIOUS

111TEACHES AUTOMATICALLY INFRINGED ON CIVIL RIGHTS. THE CURRENT DISCRIMINATION POLICY OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS DISCUSSIONS REGARDING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR THAT FALL OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES SET BY GOD'S LAW. BY ENDORSING PRIDE MONTH, SCHOOL BOARD RISKS OF INFRINGING ON THE RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. BY CALLING THIS ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO YOU SAY ARE CONTINUALLY BULLIED AND TEASED DOES NOT HELP THEM BECOME ACCEPTED. WE ARE NOT ERASING OR TRYING TO DO AWAY WITH THOSE WHO ARE GAY, TRANS OR QUEER WHEN WE DON'T AGREE TO TREAT THEM DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER STUDENTS. SUCH MATTERS SHOULD NOT BE CELEBRATED. IT BELONGS IN THE BEDROOM AND IN THE PRIVACY OF THE HOME. THOSE WHO ARE HETEROSEXUAL ARE NOT FLAUNTING IT. WHY SHOULD OTHERS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS KEVIN V VAN

112DRUSKA AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR BASICALLY MY WHOLE LIFE AT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, FRANKLIN MIDDLE MAGNET AND I JUST GRADUATED FROM HILLSBOROUGH HIGH'S IB PROGRAM A FEW WEEKS AGO. AS SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY RECENTLY A LGBTQ+ STUDENT, I CANNOT EMPHASIZE MORE THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING JUNE AS LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH. THIS PROCLAMATION WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAILY STRUGGLES SUCH AS BULLYING AND HARASSMENT THAT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FACE ACROSS THIS DISTRICT AND WE KNOW THIS BULLYING CAN IMPACT LEARNING AND LOWER TEST SCORES. SO THIS DOES HAVE AN IMPACT WITH OTHER ISSUES BESIDES SIMPLY RECOGNIZING THAT STUDENTS ARE QUEER. SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL SIGNAL TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION FIGHTS FOR STUDENTS IN NEED. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO COMBAT THE CENSORSHIP AND HATE FROM THE STATE LEVEL

113THAT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES. RECOGNIZING JUNE AS LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH WILL TELL THE PEOPLE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPPORTS ALL STUDENTS, NOT JUST THOSE WHO FIT THE MOLD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEA SPEAKER. MY NAME IS PEGGY WILLIAMS. I AM A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENT. AND I ALSO HAVE FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO GET THEIR EDUCATION. SO THE SCHOOL BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO BE APOLITICAL. THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD FOCUS ON ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF THEIR STUDENTS, NOT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. WITH THAT BEING SAID, A PRIDE PROCLAMATION THE SCHOOL BOARD IS OBSESSED WITH SEX RATHER THAN THE BOARD SHOULD ISSUE PROCLAMATION HAVING THE STUDENTS EXCELLING IN ACADEMIC CLASSES AND IN TRADE SCHOOL CLASSES. STUDENTS ENTERING THE MILITARY. STUDENTS WHO EXCEL IN SPORTS. STUDENTS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING AND MAKING A POSITIVE

114DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND INSTEAD, THE SCHOOL BOARD WISHES TO SHOW ITS SUPPORT FOR A MINOR -- MINUTE SLIVER OF THE STUDENT POPULATION. CIVIL RIGHTS SEQUEL JUSTICE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AND ALL THAT -- AND ALL PERSONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND ON THE BASIS OF THEIR VALUE OF HUMAN BEINGS. WHATEVER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. THESE IDEALS ARE LEGALLY MANDATED FOR ALL PERSONS IN THIS COUNTY. IF A STUDENT IS BEING BULLIED BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY, BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIDGE JUSTICE BELIEF OR BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF SKIN, THE BULLIES SHOULD BE DEALT WITH SCHOOL AUTHORITIES WITH SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS. THANK YOU. IF THE TEACHERS ARE DOING WRONG BY THE KIDS, THEN THEY SHOULD BE FIRED. IT IS ABOUT EVERYBODY'S RIGHTS. NOT JUST ONE PERSON. IT IS EVERYBODY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

115AND THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR TODAY. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY NAME IS VERY NECESSARY IS A VASQUEZ. I AM A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENT AND PARENT. I OBJECT TO THE GROUP PROCLA TO THE LGBTQ+ PROCLAMATION. I BELIEVE EVERY PERSON SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. DOES NOT MEAN THAT I OR MY CHILDREN HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEIR SEXUAL LIFESTYLE. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO AGREE WITH MINE. SO WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS IN SCHOOLS. DO WE HAVE TO AGREE THAT A CERTAIN SEXUAL PRACTICE IS ACCEPTABLE IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW TO SOLVE A MATH PROBLEM OR TO READ? NO. AND THAT IS WHY PARENTS LIKE MYSELF FEEL THAT THE ONLY PURPOSE FOR THIS IS TO SATISFY A POLITICAL AGENDA. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO

116WITH PROFICIENCY IN READING, MATH OR ANY OF THE CORE. IF THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS TO ADOPT A PROCLAMATION AND IF THE PRIORITY IS SCHOOL SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD MAKE A PROCLAMATION CONDEMNING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FROM MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF A TERRORIST COUNTRY LIKE CUBA, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED BY ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. FBI HAS REPORTED THAT CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ASSETS ARE TARGETING OUR CHILDREN IN U.S. SCHOOLS FOR RECRUITMENT. SO WHY ISN'T THAT BEING DISCUSSED? WHY ISN'T THAT A PRIORITY? THAT IS AN ACTUAL THREAT TO OUR KIDS. AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT IT. SO WHY DON'T YOU GUYS THINK OF THAT AND LEAVE THE SBLGS TALKS TO PARENTS. PREPARING CHILDREN FOR LIFE. NOT FOR SEX. Nadia Combs: THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL

117NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT WE WILL CONTINUE ON. PUBLIC FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS, COLLEGE AND LIBERAL ARTS. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS. PURSUANT TO THE STATE LAW AND BOARD POLICY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO TALK OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD AND PROVIDE THE INPUT TO THE BOARD. THE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD ON THE PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. AT THIS TIME, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. THE LIST OF MATERIALS IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM AND INCLUDE MATERIALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS, MATH FOR COLLEGE LIBERAL ARTS. THESE MATERIALS HAVE

118BEEN REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE AND A TEACHER REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED .A PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDED MATERIALS AND A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED BEFORE THE BOARD CAN VOTE ON THE ADOPTION. THE PUBLIC REVIEW REQUIRES FOR DIGITAL ACCESS OF THE MATERIALS VIA THE DISTRICT'S WEB SITE. THE PUBLIC REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED MAY 21, 2023 AND ENDING ON JUNE 20, 2023. THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS AFTERNOON TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE COMMENTS OF MATERIALS TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD DOES NOT NEED HE HAD TO TAKE ACTION OF THIS ITEM AND ASKED TO VOTE ON THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING JULY 11, 2023. AT THIS TIME CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE HERE ASSIGNED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS? YES, PLEASE. HI, KRISTA DENECA. A MATH TEACHER AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL.

119I AM NOT INTENDING TO TEACH THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH THE VOTE IN JULY, I THINK YOU SAID, THAT YOU LOOK AT THE AGREED -- THE CONTRACT WITH IT. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE MATERIALS, THEY ACTUALLY DON'T MEET ALL OF THE STANDARDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MET. AND FRANKLY, I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT IS A BAD THING. AND I AM NOT CRITICIZING THE TEAM THAT PICKED THE BOOKS AND I AM NOT -- ANY OF THAT. THE FACT IS THAT THIS IS A NEW COURSE THAT JUST WITH THE GIVEN TIME OF THE AMOUNT, THESE TEXTBOOKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRINTED. THERE IS NO WAY TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT SO THEY ARE MATCHING IT CORRECTLY. SO MY CONCERN IS, USUALLY WE ADOPT FOR FIVE YEARS. WE ARE ALREADY

120A YEAR INTO OUR NEW ADOPTION. SO WHAT WE GOING TO BE DOING IT FOR FOUR YEARS? HAS THE TEXTBOOK COMPANY MADE ANY KIND OF AGREEMENT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STANDARDS ARE MET COMPLETELY IN A YEAR OR TWO, BECAUSE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT THE TEACHERS TEACHING THAT COURSE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT GREATLY WITH THAT MORE THAN 10% IN THERE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS WERE AWARE OF, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE ON GROUND LEVEL, BUT IT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING OF THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT SOURCE AND THE RIGHT COMPANY THAT IS WILLING TO WORK WITH US. THANK

121YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. ANYBODY HERE TO DISCUSS THE MATERIALS? I WILL GO AHEAD AND NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT. I WILL MOVE TO THE EMPLOYEE INPUT WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ARE SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, PHONE CALLS, E-MAILS, ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD OF ANY ISSUES ON YOUR MIND. NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA,

122BUT RATHER FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD OF ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I THINK WE HAVE SEVERAL -- TWO SPEAKERS. GO AHEAD. THE FIRST SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. CABINET, SUPERINTENDENT, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, I AM VAL VALLEY TRUSHMAN, SECRETARY TREASURER FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK MR. ADDISON DAVIS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT YOU WERE ALWAYS FOLLOWING HAVE AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. TO MR. AYRES OR MR. VAN AYRES, CONGRATULATIONS FROM ONE CHEMISTRY TEACHER TO ANOTHER, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVE A SCIENTIFIC MIND IN THAT CHAIR. WITH THAT DONE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OFF MY HAT AS A CTA OFFICER AND PUT ON MY HAT AS

123CHEMISTRY TEACHER. I DIDN'T PLAN ON SPEAKING TONIGHT TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT I HAD TO. I AM A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. AND THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STAND THERE AND LISTEN TO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIPS OR WHAT YOUR MARRIAGES ARE ABOUT, BUT SEX IS NOT THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OR DOES IT DEFINE MY MARRIAGE. THESE PROCLAMATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE IN YEARS PAST WITHOUT ANY FANFARE. IN FACT I STOOD HERE A FEW YEARS AGO AND ASKED YOU AS YOU MAKE THIS PROCLAMATION, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT EMPTY AND HOLLOW. AND I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT -- THAT A WHOLE TON OF PEOPLE CAME AND SPENT TWO HOURS NOT TO SPEND ANY TIME ON THIS PROCLAMATION WHEN IN THE PAST, THERE HAVE BEEN NO TIME SPENT ON THIS

124PROCLAMATION. IT IS DONE. NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT. IT HAPPENS. IT IS PRETTY EMPTY AND HOLLOW. SO WHAT I AM GOING TO ASK YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES, IS YOU SEE WHAT IS COMING. PLEASE BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOUR STAFF AND STUDENTS WHEN -- WHEN IT IS NEEDED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI, I AM BACK. KRISTA DENECA FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST, MR. DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR BEING AN EAR. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING OPEN TO CRITICISM, WHICH I -- I KNOW I GOT A LOT OF, BUT I WANT -- I THINK THAT YOU TOOK IT EVERY TIME. AND YOU TRIED TO DO BETTER EVERY TIME. AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME AS AN

125EMPLOYEE. TWO, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME UP HERE AND SAID THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON MATH, SCIENCE, READING, WRITING. ABSOLUTELY. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM COMPLAINED WHEN THERE WAS A BUNCH OF ATHLETES UP HERE WHICH I AM NOT SAYING IS BAD. THEY ARE WONDERFUL. THEY ARE GREAT. NOT ONE OF THEM SAID TAKE MUSIC AND ART OUT OF SCHOOL. NOT A SINGLE OF THEM. ONLY ABOUT MATH, SCIENCE AND WHATEVER AND WHATEVER, THAT SHOULD BE IT. THEN WE TAKE OUT EVERYTHING ELSE. WE TAKE OUT ALL THE EXTRAS BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT ITS ABOUT ANYWAY. SO I AM JUST SAYING THAT IT LITERALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO GO THROUGH AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS ANYWAY. ANYWAY, THE LAST THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO MENTION IS THAT WE ARE GOING INTO BARGAINING, AND I REALLY

126HOPE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO NOT ARGUE ABOUT THIS YEAR IS MOVING OUR STEP. I LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT MY MALE PERSON WHO IS WONDERFUL AND AMAZING MAKES $85,000 A YEAR WITHOUT A COLLEGE DEGREE. AND I AM NOT SAYING SHE EARN S THAT PERSON COMPLETELY. THEY TOP OUT ALMOST AT 100, AND HERE THEY ARE AS -- PEOPLE HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES AND DOCTORATE AND WE AS TEACHERS, INSTRUCTORS TOP OUT AT 68 PLUS WHATEVER ELSE IS IN THAT DOCTORATE AND MASTER'S NOW. I WANT SOMETHING TO REALLY THINK ABOUT. IN THE VERY, VERY LEAST, WE SHOULD NOT BE ARGUE BEING THE STEP. IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC. I HOPE THIS YEAR AFTER GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS YEAR, THAT IT GOES AND IS ABSOLUTELY THIS IS DONE. AND WE MOVE ON

127FROM THERE. DEFINITELY OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE ARGUE BEING THAT STUFF. THANKS. Nadia Combs: I WILL NOW CALL ON THE SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. THANK YOU, ADMINISTRATORS, WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE QUITE A WHILE. Addison Davis: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING AND SPEAKING THIS EVENING. WITH MY VOICE, I AM GOING TO TRANSITION AND ALLOW MISS SUE AND SHEA TO TAKE THIS TONIGHT. SO VERY FITTING. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERY NEW ADMINISTRATOR. THANK YOU FOR THE ACT TO LEAD AND TAKE THE COURAGE TO TRANSITION AND DO REMARKABLE THINGS FOR CHILDREN. INDIVIDUALS IN THIS ROOM AND COMMUNITY WILL CARE WITH YOU AND SUPPORT YOU AND HELP YOU CREATE THE BEST MOMENTS WE CAN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. CONGRATULATIONS AND I WILL ALLOW THESE TWO CHIEFS TO

128TAKE IT THIS EVENING FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IT IS MY HONOR TO ANNOUNCE OUR FIRST PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT WHO IS ON VACATION, SO DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM. HE WILL GET WHATEVER TIME HE CAN BEFORE WE PUT HIM BACK TO WORK. DR. ANTHONY JONES IS OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT FOR COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE TOO, LIKE FLORIDA AYRES IS THE SON OF TWO RETIRED SCHOOLTEACHERS AND A PRODUCT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. HE GRADUATED FROM CHAMBERMAN HIGH SCHOOL. ADMINISTRATOR FOR 20 YEARS. A PRINCIPAL AT WALKER MAGNET AND SLIGH MAGNET SCHOOL. HAS A DOCTORATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND IS A PRINCIPAL OF THE KAHN FELLOWSHIP FOR PRINCIPALS. DR. ANTHONY JONES AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MARY EDGAR WHO WILL NOW BE APPOINTED PRINCIPAL OF CYPRESS CREEK

129ELEMENTARY. MARY BEGAN HER CAREER OPENING UP COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN 2005 AS A FIRST-GRADE TEACHER. SHE BECAME A READING COACH AND SUPPORTED APOLLO BEACH, CYPRESS CREEK AND SUMMERFIELD CROSSING. IN 2015, APPOINTED AS A DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER FOR ELEMENTARY READING AND 2019, RETURNED BACK TO CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY AS A TEACHER, READING COACH, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY. MARY EDGAR. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT I IS KATERINA ARTERBURN. STARTED IN BROWARD COUNTY AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL AND WORKED HER WAY OF GETTING A DEGREE IN TEACHING. EDUCATOR FOR 25 YEARS, 16 OF THOSE SPENT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IN 2007 WHEN A TEACHER TO LOWRY BEFORE MOVING TO HAMMOND ELEMENTARY IN 2015 AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. SHE HAS BEEN THE A.P. AT HAMMOND FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WE ARE PLEASED TO PROMOTE HER AS THE PRINCIPAL

130OF HAMMOND ELEMENTARY. PLEASE CONGRATULATE NI NINA ARTERBURN. CONGRATULATIONS, NINA. NEXT MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JERRY FRANCHINO. MR. FRANCHINO STARTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS IN 2011 AS A FIFTH-GRADE TEACHER. SERVED IN SEVERAL TITLE I SCHOOLS AS A TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR INCLUDING WITTER, SULPHUR SPRINGS, LAKE MAGDALENE AND AT MAN SCHOOL CO K-8. A HIGHLY-EFFECTIVE LEADER AND PROUD TO PROMOTE HIM AS THE PRINCIPAL OF OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY. MR. FRANCHINO. CONGRATULATIONS. AND LAST FOR ME BEFORE I PASS IT OVER TO MISS McCREA. WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JULIE FLORIN. BEGAN HER CAREER AS A TEACHER AT CALHOUN ELEMENTARY IN 2007 WHERE SHE TAUGHT THIRD GRADE. WORKED AT DUNBAR AS A FIFTH-GRADE TEACHER AND GIFTED TEACHER. CAME A.P. AT FOSTER ELEMENTARY IN 2016. POTTER ELEMENTARY IN 2018 AND MAYBUR YSHGS ELEMENTARY IN 2021. ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR

131HER STUDENTS AS TAKES OVER THE REIN OF WEST SHORE ELEMENTARY. MISS FLORIN. ALL RIGHT, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND GINETTE HOZE, PRINCIPAL OF WITTER ELEMENTARY. COMPASSIONATE LATER AND 21 YEARS OF SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS AND OUTCOMES. BEGAN HER CAREER AT OAK PARK ELEMENTARY WHERE SHE WAS A THIRD AND FOURTH-GRADE TEACHER AND RESOURCE TEACHER IN 2012, AND THEN TRANSITIONED INTO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN 2014 WHERE SHE REMAINED IN THAT ROLE FOR SIX YEARS AT IPPOLITO AND SHEEHY. AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE SHE SUPPORTS RESILIENCY, CHARACTER AND LIFE EDUCATION FOR THE DISTRICT. TONIGHT I AM FRAUD TO RECOMMEND MISS GINETTE HOZE AT THE PRINCIPAL OF WITTER ELEMENTARY WHERE SHE WILL CONTINUE HER SUCCESS. Addison Davis: CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU. Nadia Combs: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. AND WE ARE ALL VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY

132HAPPY FOR YOU. VERY PROUD OF YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES, YOU CAN LEAVE NOW -- I MEAN YOU CAN STAY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED. YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS. IT WAS LIKE A PAUSE. OKAY, WE WILL NOW CONTINUE OUR MEETING. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. JUST GIVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR EVERYONE TO LEAVE. AO1 THE ADOPTION OF JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I AM VERY HONORED TO MAKE THIS PROCLAMATION. MORE THAN 150 YEARS, BLACK AMERICANS HAVE CELEBRATED FREEDOM AND RESILIENCE AND THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN JOURNEY ON JUNETEENTH. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH IS ONE THAT IS A MOST IMPORTANT REMINDER OF FREEDOM IN OUR COUNTRY. JUNETEENTH IS A SIGNIFICANT DATE IN OUR COUNTRY'S

133HISTORY. AND OF THE RICH CULTURE OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. THAT TRANSCENDS MUSIC, FOOD, AND STORYTELLING. IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE AND REFLECT AS A COMMUNITY. JUNETEENTH IS ALSO EMPOWERING MOMENTS FOR OUR YOUTH TO CONNECT AND SHARED HISTORY UNITED IN CELEBRATION AND HONOR CULTURE. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THE JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY IN 2021. 1865. THANK YOU. JUNE 21, 1865. I WANT TO GET IN THE QUEUE. Nadia Combs: YOU CAN SPEAK FIRST. WE NEED A MOTION. Nadia Combs: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE JUNE 19 AS INDEPENDENCE DAY. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. A SECOND FROM MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER WASHINGTON, YOU CAN START. Henry "Shake" Washington: I WANT TO SAY I AM VERY HONORED AND PROUD OF OUR HISTORY, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE

134THING WE CAN NEVER ELIMINATE THE HISTORY OF HOW WE CAME UP AND SURVIVED THROUGH SLAVERY TIMES. I TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SURVIVE. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD. IT'S NOT OVER. IT IS ALWAYS WORK DONE. SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND DO THE THINGS IT TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN AMERICA. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AMAZING PROCLAMATION, MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE COME OUT TO SUPPORT THIS PROCLAMATION AND WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO HONOR JUNETEENTH WITH US. AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD. YOU KNOW, UP TO TODAY AND THOSE THAT WILL BE COMING UP AS WELL. YOU

135KNOW, WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE PATH THAT WE HAVE WALKED TO GET HERE TODAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES THE COMMUNITY AND THANKFULLY MANY OF YOU CAME OUT AND SPOKE IN A PROUD SENSE AND RIGHTLY SO. IT GIVES THE COMMUNITIES AND ALL OF US A SPACE TO CELEBRATE AND TO HONOR THE RESILIENCE AND THE -- AND FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE OF THE ENSLAVED AMERICANS THAT WERE FINALLY FREED ON THE DATE JUNE 19, 1865. SO, AGAIN, WE -- WE MEMORIALIZE IMPORTANT OCCASIONS AND CERTAINLY A FEDERAL HOLIDAY SUCH AS THIS NEEDS TO BE ALSO CELEBRATED. AND I KNOW IN TAMPA, WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS. SO I AM SURE THAT SHAKE WASHINGTON WILL

136SHARE SOME LATER AND I HAVE ONE MYSELF. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. YES. YESTERDAY WAS JUNETEENTH, THE FORMAL CELEBRATION. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO ONE OF THE JUNETEENTH EVENTS. COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS HOSTED ONE DOWN WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE SITE FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER WHICH WILL BE IN WEST TAMPA, SPECIFICALLY TO HONOR THE HISTORY OF WEST TAMPA. I BROUGHT MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON, WHO IS LEARNING ABOUT JUNETEENTH, AND IS HAVING A HARD TIME WRAPPING HIS BRAIN AROUND THE FACT THAT IT TOOK TWO YEARS FROM THE FACT -- FROM THE TIME THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS MADE FOR OUR ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN TEXAS TO REALIZE THEY HAD THEIR FREEDOM. AND I THINK UNDERSTANDING THAT AND OUR HISTORY IS SO CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR

137FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. THE ROOM YESTERDAY WAS FULL OF OUR LEADERS, COUNTY COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL, OUR MAYOR WAS THERE, AND THE MESSAGE OVERRIDINGLY WAS INCLUSION, DIVERSITY AND MAKING SURE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STANDS WITH EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT WE VALUE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HAND THIS WE VALUE HISTORY. BECAUSE BLACK HISTORY MATTERS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO AS MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. AND I -- I JUST APPRECIATE YOU READING IT. I APPRECIATE THE BOARD HERE HOPEFULLY PASSING IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER REN RENDON. Patti Rendon: I THINK IT IS AN HONOR TO SIT HERE AND BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF A TREMENDOUS TIME IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. TO LOOK AT THE LEGACY HE JUNETEENTH AND SHOWS THE VALUE OF

138NEVER GIVING HOPE -- OF NEVER GIVING UP, OF HOPE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO BE A PART OF THAT. I THANK OUR COUNTY FOR HONORING THAT LAST FRIDAY AND RAISING THE FLAG AT OUR COUNTY BUILDING. AGAIN, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. WASHINGTON, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND BEING A PART OF THAT PROCLAMATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON, FOR READING THE PROCLAMATION AND AS A FORMER SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER WHO TAUGHT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR OVER A DECADE, I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO LEARN OUR HISTORY. I WAS A VERY PROUD SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER. WE HAVE A GREAT ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM IN HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WORKED SO HARD FOR GREAT CURRICULUM. A

139SHOUT OUT TO MARIE ROGERS OVERSEA IS K-5. MARTHA NORTHBOUND MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES AND KELLY BRENNAN WHO OVERSEES THE HIGH SCHOOL. TO WORK WITH THEM PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY MANY YEARS AGO AND THEY HAVE DONE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS IN OUR DISTRICT AND THANK THEM, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING HISTORY. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ADOPTION OF THE PROCLAMATION LGBTQ+ AND PRIDE MONTH. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. LET ME SAY WHAT AN MONITOR IT IS TO READ THIS TODAY. PRIDE MONTH COMMEMORATES CIVIL RIGHTS AND WORKS TO ACHIEVE EQUAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR LGBTQ+ AMERICANS. THIS SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SUPPORTS THE RIGHTS OF EVERY STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE TO EXPERIENCE EQUALITY, EQUITY AND

140FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION. THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ACCEPTS AND WELCOMES PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEVES A DIVERSE POPULATION LEADS TO A MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHICH CONTRIBUTES GREATLY TO OUR SCHOOLS. THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER COMMUNITIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, CIVIC, AND ECONOMIC SUCCESSES OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE LGBTQ+ AND PRIDE MONTH. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I HAVE NO MANY THINGS I WAS PREPARED TO SAY TODAY, WHETHER IT WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST AS I HEAD THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, QUOTING BIBLE VERSES OF MY OWN, SINCE I GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND

141I WENT TO BIBLE SCHOOL WHERE IT TAUGHT ME OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. IT TAUGHT ME ABOUT NOT JUDGING MY NEIGHBOR AND CASTING OUT JUDGMENT OF SINS LIST I NOT SIN MYSELF AND WE HAVE A MILLION SINS IN THE BIBLE. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO. OUR COMMUNITY SHOWED UP TODAY. WHETHER OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR EDUCATORS OR OUR STUDENTS, THEY RESOUNDEDLY, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY TALKED OF THE VALUE OF THIS. IT IS NOT ABOUT INDOCTRINATING AND SEXUALIZING CHILDREN. TALKING ABOUT INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WHERE EVERYONE MATTERS AND FEELS WELCOME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EDUCATION. YOU CAN SIT HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY AND SAY JUST TEACH WRITING AND TEACH ENGLISH. BUT IF YOU HAVE GONE TO ANY EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, IT IS ABOUT THE HOLISTIC CHILD. IF CHILDREN FEEL LIKE THEY

142ARE AFRAID TO BE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES AND CAN'T EXPRESS THEMSELVES BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL HURT THEM, CALL THEM A NAME OR CALL THEM OUT, THEY WILL NOT BE FOCUSED ON THE MATH PROBLEM, THE READING PROBLEM, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SUCCEED. I CAN GIVE YOU PERSONAL ACCOUNTS FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE OF GROWING UP IN A DIFFERENT TIME WITH MY FRIENDS WHO WERE QUEER OR GAY AND THEIR EXPERIENCES OF HOW HORRIBLE SCHOOL WAS FOR THEM. BUT WE HAVE PROGRESSED. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY. WE HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT MAKING SURE THAT SAYING LOVE IS LOVE AND WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE AND LET THEM BE AUTHENTIC IS CRUCIAL TO STUDENT SUCCESS AND OUR EMPLOYEES' SUCCESS. WE DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE ADULTS. I THINK THE BETTER EMPLOYER

143IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AT THIS POINT. AND IT IS NOT 7% OF THE POPULATION WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+. IT IS YOUR FRIENDS. IT IS YOUR NEIGHBORS. IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF CHILDREN, IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN. AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL VALUED IN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION TONIGHT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SO -- AND I KNOW -- YOU KNOW, I AM A SOCIAL WORKER. ADVOCACY IS FIRST AND FOREMOST AS A SOCIAL WORKER WITH MENTAL HEALTH. BUT I HAD A WHOLE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO BELONGS TO THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. AND SHE WAS BROUGHT UP THROUGH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND SHE HAD A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS

144BECAUSE SHE HAD AMAZING TEACHERS, WHO RESPECTED HER. WHO MADE SURE THAT HER -- THAT SHE WAS ACCEPTED. THAT EQUALITY WAS PART OF HER WORLD. AND CURRENTLY SHE IS MAJOR FINANCIAL INFLUENCER BECAUSE OF THAT. SO SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY AMAZING PEOPLE WHO MADE HER AN AMAZING PERSON. SO PRIDE MONTH IS ABOUT ACCEPTANCE, EQUALITY, CELEBRATING, THE WORK OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE. THEIR HISTORY. AND RAISING AWARENESS OF ISSUES AFFECTING THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. HUMANS ARE BETTER OFF, YOU KNOW, LIKE MY DAUGHTER. WHEN THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN OUR SOCIETY. AND FEEL LIKE THEY TRULY BELONG. AS A BOARD MEMBER, I CAN FULLY SUPPORT ALL OUR STUDENTS, AND I HAVE TO FULLY SUPPORT ALL OUR STUDENTS. I HAVE TO CALL OUT INJUSTICE AND HATEFUL RHETORIC. THAT IS TARGETED TOWARD OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. AS WELL AS THE SUBTLE

145MISCONCEPTIONS BEING UTTERED THAT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE INJUSTICE GETS CHECKED AND PEOPLE ARE MORE AWARE OF HOW THEIR ACTIONS AND WORDS HAVE POWER TO DEMEAN OR FURTHER JUSTICE AND EQUITY. AS A BOARD MEMBER HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ACCEPTING. THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS ENVIRONMENTS ARE THAT FOR ALL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. AND WITH THAT, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE A PRIORITY. AND I HAVE TO CLOSE WITH THIS QUOTE. ESPECIALLY AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WHO IDENTIFIES IN THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU HATE. IT JUST MIGHT BE SOMEONE WHO YOU LOVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME

146OUT TODAY TO SPEAK ON THIS PROCLAMATION. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVE TONIGHT. AND I AM GOING TO SHARE MY PERSP PERSPECTIVE. AS A DEVOUT FOLLOWER OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH, I HOLD CERTAIN BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE MY LIFE. MY FAITH TEACHES ME TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES AND TO TREAT ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH DIGNITY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS OR ORIENTATIONS. BY FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT OF OPEN-MINDEDNESS, EMPATHY AND KINDNESS, WE CAN CREATE A SPACE WHERE LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS FEEL HURD, UNDERSTOOD, AND RESPECTED EVEN IF WE MAY DISAGREE ON CERTAIN THEOLOGICAL MATTERS. IT IS CRUCIAL TO REMEMBER THAT RESPECT AND LOVE SHOULD BE AT THE CORE OF OUR INTERACTIONS REGARDLESS MUCH OUR DIFFERENCES. WE CAN HOLD OUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS FIRMLY WHILE STILL EXTENDING LOVE, COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR FRIENDSHIPS.

147SUPPORTING THIS PROCLAMATION TO ME EQUATES TO AFFIRMING ALL OF THE VARIOUS GROUP GROUP IDEALOGIES THAT ARE PART OF PRIDE MONTH, WHICH IN GOOD FAITH I CANNOT DO. HOWEVER, WHAT I AM SUPPORTING THIS EVENING IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR PHYSICAL CHALLENGES HAVE THE RIGHT TO IT BE TREATED FAIRLY AND ON THE BASIS OF THEIR INTRINSIC VALUES AS HUMAN BEINGS. AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY EMPLOYEE TO EXPERIENCE EQUALITY, EQUITY AND FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION. AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR DIVERSE POPULATION LEADS TO A MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTES GREATLY TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, YOU KNOW, WE

148DO THIS PROCLAMATION EVERY YEAR. AND FOR SOME REASON, IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE FRAUGHT WITH FRICTION. BUT THE WELL BEING AND WELFARE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND ALSO, WE ARE REMINDED THAT WE ARE STUDENT CENTERED AND WE EMBRACE ALL CULTURING, DEMOGRAPHICS AND ANY REMAINING PARTS OF THE POPULATION THAT WE HAVEN'T -- HAVEN'T YET MET YET HAND THIS IS COMING ALSO WITH CONTINUOUS IMMIGRATION, ETC. BUT WE DO EMBRACE DIVERSITY. WE DO EMBRACE INCLUSION. AND WE CERTAINLY EMBRACE THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF WHAT DIVERSE GROUPS BRING TO NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, BUT THEIR PEERS AND AMONG THE TEACHERS AND THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. SO I ALSO APPLAUD THAT WE ARE GIVING WITH THIS PROCLAMATION SPACE FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE -- TO BE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WHO THEY ARE

149AND THEIR IDENTITY IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE SUPPORT THEM. AND I THINK THIS IS A TANGIBLE WAY OF SHARING AND SHOWING THAT WE AS A BOARD ARE SUPPORTIVE AS TO WHOM THEY ARE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW I WAS SITTING BACK THINKING A LITTLE BIT. COMING UP THROUGH THE RANKS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND I PROBABLY HAVE BEEN IN THE COUNTY LONGER THAN ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. THE MERE FACT THAT I CAME UP AS A COACH IN THIS COUNTY. BOYS, GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH, FOOTBALL COACH, HELPED OUT WITH VOLLEYBALL. AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED, WE DON'T DISCRIMINATE. WE TREAT ALL STUDENTS THE SAME WAY. WE TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AND WHAT THEY SHOULD BE. THEN MOVED UP TO BE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

150DISCIPLINE, SAME WAY. IT DIDN'T MATTER ABOUT CREED, COLOR OR GENDER. TO BECOME A PRINCIPAL, COULD YOU IMAGINE ME DISCRIMINATING AGAINST LGBTQ+ AS A PRINCIPAL? NO, I COULDN'T DO THAT. AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT MY FATHER SAID. HE SAID YOU NEVER TREAT A PERSON BAD BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU HAVE TO DEPEND ON. LIFE. ALWAYS RESPECT PEOPLE. AND ANYBODY IN HERE THAT KNOWS ME KNOW I RESPECT PEOPLE. I DON'T GO BY LGBTQ+ WHATEVER. I RESPECT I BECAUSE YOU ARE A PERSON. I RESPECT YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE HUMAN. THE END PRODUCT IS I LOVE PEOPLE. EVEN THE ONES THAT DON'T LIKE ME, I LIKE THEM. HAND THIS IS THE WAY LIFE GOES. SO I WANT TO SAY I SUPPORT IT. AND BECAUSE I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. IF WE

151NEVER WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT, ANY STUDENT OUT, BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. NOW I REMEMBER THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THIS BOARD AND THIS PROCLAMATION WENT THROUGH, THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT IT EITHER WAY. LAST YEAR, NOT A SINGLE COMMENT. SUDDENLY, HOURS WHERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THINGS. SO I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALIZE THAT REGARDLESS, THIS DISTRICT IS SO LARGE AND SO DIVERSE. AND WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT EVERYONE IN THIS DISTRICT. THERE IS NO -- THERE IS NO ONE WHO BECOMES A TEACHER TO MAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR SEVEN YEARS WHO WALKS IN A CLASSROOM AND SAYS, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, FIND A CHILD. I MEAN, WE GOT TO STOP

152THIS RHETORIC. WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND THAT IS MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE DOING WELL ACADEMICALLY, THEY ARE THRIVING. THEY FEEL SAFE. AND THEN HAVE A PATHWAY TO THE FUTURE. THIS IS WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT. ACCEPTING EVERYONE. AND BEING ACCEPTING. SO OBVIOUSLY I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS PROCLAMATION. AND REMEMBER, LOVE A AND COMPASSION ARE NECESSITIES. NOT LUXURIES. WITHOUT THEM, HUMANITY CANNOT SURV SURVIVE. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPER. IT PASSES WITH FIVE VOTES FOR YES. MEMBER HAHN VOTED NO. AND MEMBER RENDON WAS ABSTAINING. THANK YOU. Jim Porter: JUST LEGALLY THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT AND A CONFLICT IS DEFINED AS A FINANCIAL CONFLICT. Patti Rendon: ACTUALLY IF I LOOKED UP EXACTLY WHAT IT SAID -- IF

153A BOARD MEMBER WANTS TOP ABSTAIN THE VOTE, THE FOLLOWING REASON -- -- SORRY, THE BOARD MEMBER HAS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS IF I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN. I DON'T WANT TO REVEAL WHAT I AM THINKING ABOUT AN ISSUE. I DISAGREE WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND I DON'T WANT TO AIR THE DISAGREEMENT OR I AM CONFLICTED AND I FAILED TO RESEARCH THE MATTER SUFFICIENTLY. I HAVE A RIGHT TO ABSTAIN BASED ON THIS POINT IN TIME. CURRENTLY BASED UPON THE FACT OF THE RECENT STATUTES THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO UNFOLD THEM AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROCLAMATION WILL BE A CONFLICT TO THOSE RECENT STATUTES. Jim Porter: I AM -- YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. UNDER FLORIDA LAW, ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE A

154DUTY TO VOTE UNLESS THERE IS A CONFLICT. THAT IS ALL I AM GOING TO SAY ON THE MATTER. Nadia Combs: OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM EITHER ONE OF YOU? OKAY. WE WILL CONTINUE. IT PASSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE WILL BE -- THE PROCLAMATION FOR LGBTQ+ AND PRIDE MONTH. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I KNOW YOU HAD AN AGENDA ITEM YOU WANTED TO REMOVE BEFORE WE WENT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. Addison Davis: YES, WITH THE CHAIR, MOVING 7.12. THE K-8 BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATION AND TWO K-8s AND ASKING YOU TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE VOTED ON TODAY. 7. 7.12. IT IS ON THE CONSENT? Addison Davis: ASKING TO REMOVE AND STRIKE IT. Nadia Combs: IT WON'T BE ON THE CONSENT. Addison Davis: CORRECT. Nadia Combs: NOTE THAT 7.12 IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. I

155NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY A SECOND FROM MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LI LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C 106, 2.02,C 4 HAD.02, C 6.01,C 7. 7.01,C.15, ANDC-1001. BEGIN WITH 7.15, DISTRICTWIDE BOUNDARY CHANGE PROPOSAL FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025 AND NEW ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY WITH UUU SCHOOL YEAR. Addison Davis: PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT WITH ALL THE ITEMS. SORRY FOR MY VOICE. A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER STILL. 7.15 IS THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS FOR LAST YEAR. WE HAD A CONSULTANT TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW EVERY ONE OF OUR BOUNDARIES TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS. AND WE WERE CONTINUALLY FACING TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS TO ADDRESS WELL UTILIZED SCHOOLS. TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS VERY

156OVERUTILIZED SCHOOLS THAT ARE 110% OR HIGHER. UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS THAT IS 60% OR BELOW. AND THEN BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT STABILITY AND LOOK AT CAPACITY ALONG WITH REDUCING THE MILES STUDENTS TRANSPORTED TO AND FROM SCHOOL. CURRENTLY WE ARE MOVING FROM 23 WELL UTILIZED AND UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS TO TWO. AND THIS MODEL FROM 67 TO 80. ALSO MOVING FROM 60% OR BELOW FROM 13 TO ZERO. BEING ABLE TO IMPACT A STUDENT FROM THE FIRST SNISH BOUNDARY FROM 24,000 TO 15,277 STUDENTS AND MOVE FROM 126 SCHOOLS TO 103 AND REDUCTION OF 32,000 MILES OF STUDENTS TRAVELLING TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY. GET THEM CLOSER TO THEIR HOME AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH THIS, THERE IS A SAVINGS OF $13 -- $13.4 MILLION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT NOT ONLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUT

157PRINCIPALS AND A NUMBER CONVERSATIONS WITH BOARD MEMBERS OF THIS PROCESS. I URGE THIS BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION REGARDLESS OF LEADERSHIP CHANGES BECAUSE THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. DON'T WAIT, DON'T PUSH THIS BACK OFF, DON'T TRY TO RETHINK ABOUT THESE NUMBERS. IT HAS BEEN A CALENDAR YEAR FOR HAND THIS ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION. I KNOW THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT IN THE SECOND READING BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO INCREASE IT AND SO THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT THE FORECAST IS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. MY RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS PRESENTED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 7.15. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN. A SECOND FROM MEMBER REN DONE. MEMBER GRAY,

158YOU CAN PULL THIS ITEM. WE CAN BEGIN WITH YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY FACE WAS VERY SAD. I MEAN I USUALLY COME IN HAPPY, BUT THIS IS -- THIS -- THESE DECISIONS HAVE REALLY EFFECTED OUR COMMUNITIES IN -- IN MANY, MANY WAYS AND USUALLY IT IS NOT A PLETHORA OF GREAT REMARKS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT FINANCIALLY, AND I UNDERSTAND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS THE -- THE TOTALITY ESTIMATION WHEN WE INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION IS $17 MILLION ANNUALLY. SO I MEAN THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE WILL SAVE. BUT ALSO, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW LOW THESE SCHOOLS SUCH A SHAME HAVE GOTTEN, WE ARE TALKING -- WITH CLEVELAND, I THINK WE ARE MINUS -- SET FOR 700 AND NOW WE ARE AT 100 AND

159SOMETHING STUDENTS. PERHAPS YOU WANT TO CORRECT ME, BUT I AM GIVING AN EXAMPLE AND WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A LOW AMOUNT OF STUDENTS, IT BECOMES A VERY INEFFICIENT WAY -- FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORDS -- DOING BUSINESS. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY FINANCIALLY WE ARE BEST SERVED IN THE LONG RUN. AND I HAVE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, MADE REMARKS FOR THE FIRST READING AND ABOUT THE SAME FOR THIS READING. AND I -- I THINK THAT -- THAT WE DO DESERVE -- THE PUBLIC DOES, THE COMMUNITY DESERVES, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE, BUT THEY DESERVE AN EXPLANATION ON THE REPURPOSING. WE HAVE DEFINITIONS WRITTEN FOR FULL REPURPOSING, PARTIAL REPURPOSING, AND I DON'T KNOW THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO MAYBE AT LEAST GIVE A DESCRIPTION FOR THESE. IF YOU HAVE THAT OR

160IF NOT, MAYBE AN EXPLANATION BECAUSE COMMUNITIES WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEIR SCHOOL. IS THAT POSSIBLE? Addison Davis: YES. THROUGH THE CHAIR. THE REPURPOSING WILL BE UP TO THE BOARD. CURRENTLY THERE ARE TOTAL -- OF ALREADY TAKING CARE JUST, BUT THERE ARE FIVE ADDITIONAL IN THIS PACKAGE. THE REPURPOSE OF FOUR OF THOSE WILL BE NOT TO USE THAT FACILITY. CURRENTLY USING THOSE FACILITIES FOR DISTRICT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH, BUT NOT USING FOR STUDENT STATIONS. WE HAVE DISTRICT STAFF AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OUT COMMUNITY -- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT WILL TRANSITION TO THOSE OPEN SCHOOLS. WE WILL LOOK AT DISTRICT FACILITIES THAT ARE SATELLITE FACILITIES TO POTENTIALLY MOVE INDIVIDUALS AWAY FROM THE SATELLITE FACILITIES INTO THE SCHOOLS AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WANT TO SELL THE DISTRICT SATELLITE FACILITIES THAT

161WE MAY NO LONGER NEED. THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE A FULL PLAN FOR FOR THE REPURPOSING WOULD BE ADAMS. IT MOVED ADAMS IN TWO YEARS AS A POTENTIAL COLLEGIATE ACADEMY WITH THE FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP. THE TRANSITION OF THE SCHOOL TO HAVE A DIRECT FEEDER TO CHAMBERLAIN AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE REMAINDER WILL BE FOR DISTRICT STAFF. Lynn Gray: A TIME PERIOD WE CAN GIVE AND IDENTIFY THE REPURPOSING FOR THOSE SCHOOLS. NO TIME PERIOD? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS TOTALLY COMPLETELY UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DETERMINE IF THAT -- IF THOSE FACILITIES WILL NEED TO BE USED FOR STUDENTS. SO IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE UP IN THAT COMMUNITY IS AGED OUT, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO NOT REOPEN THAT SCHOOL.

162EVERY SCHOOL THAT YOU REOPENED, IT HAS TO BE LINKED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE PROJECTED FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. IF WE SEE THERE ARE GOING TO BE REBUILDS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE NEW STRUCTURING GOING INTO THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF THESE SCHOOLS, THE ANSWER IS NO OTHER THAN THE CONVERSATION WITH JUST. THESE SCHOOLS WE DON'T FORECAST HAVING A MOVEMENT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT OR NEW FACILITIES OR NEW INFLUX OF STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION ENROLLMENT TO THOSE SCHOOLS. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ALLOW DISTRICT STAFF TO EWELL THOSE FACILITIES UNTIL THE BOARD DECIDES IT WANTS TO CREATE EACH, NEW, INNOVATIVE SPACES. IF THE BOARD THREE YEARS FROM NOW WANTS TO OPEN A CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BOARD MEMBER HAHN PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION OF CENTRAL ZIP CODES THAT MAY

163HAVE A NEED AND TO BRING TO THE BOARD OF HOW THAT LOOKS AND CREATE THAT FROM THREE-YEAR-OLD PROGRAM TO SECOND GRADE AND THE FIRST IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO HAVE THAT CONCENTRATION. KNOW THAT ANY REPURPOSE THAT THIS BOARD WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH, THAT $13.4 MILLION WILL BE ERODED BUT OPENLY, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THAT MAY NEED AS YOU MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE BIGGER SPACES. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I HATE TO MAKE YOU TALK AND MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE CAN TALK FOR YOU. THE QUESTION OF JUST AND THEIR MEETS. I KNOW WE HAD TWO MEETINGS SO FAR, BUT THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT DOES NOT -- OR ARE NOT AWARE OF THOSE MEETINGS. I KNOW A COUNTY COMMISSIONER WHO IS HAVING A JUST ELEMENTARY MEETING.

164SO I AM NOT SURE WHERE THE COMMUNICATION IS AT FAULT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, FOR MY SIDE OF IT. I WAS CHARGED WITH MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OF PUTTING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I WORKED WITH THE NAACP AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT IMMEDIATELY IMPACT JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, WE DID NOT ADD INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS AND HAVE NOT WALKED THE SCHOOL, ENGAGED IN THE SCHOOL, PROVIDING MENTORING TO THE SCHOOL. WE ENGAGED WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE SCHOOL, WHO KNOW THIS COMMUNITY, THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, THAT WANT TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO I WORKED WITH THE NAACP PRESIDENT, MISS LEWIS AND THIS IS SHAKE WASHINGTON'S DISTRICT. SIX AND SEVEN IS ALSO PART OF IT TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE HAD HISTORIC IMPACT OF THE

165SCHOOL AND WE ONLY MET FIRST. THE FIRST MEETING WAS TODAY. THE NEXT 24 HOURS I WILL SEND YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT MEETING BAND TOOK PLACE AND THE MINUTES AND THE NOTES. ONE THING THE COMMITTEE ASKED FOR WAS THROUGH THE LONGEVITY OF IT TO KIND OF STAY ON IT. I WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE I AM COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS CONTINUE ON. SHEA McCREA AND THE COMMUNITY WANTED THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO BE PART OF THAT, IN LEADING THAT INITIATIVE AS WE COME AND CREATE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST WE CAN FOR JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Lynn Gray: WE ARE STILL ON TARGET FOR THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER? Addison Davis: WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH MULTIPLE THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A MONTESSORI PRIORITY. ALSO POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT GIFTED TALENTED

166AND BEING ABLE TO FEED DIRECTLY TO STEWART WHICH IS A ROBOTIC STEM COMMUNITY AND ALSO MAYBE OPENING UP TO A STEAM APPROACH ADDING ARTS TO IT. SO THERE IS A LOT OF ELEMENTS. ONE OF THE GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY THAT WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING A NUMBER OF THESE ENTITIES, SUPPORTERS FROM EVERY ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS I JUST IDENTIFIED. AND FOR THAT TO BE ABLE -- THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR ASPIRATIONS AND TO SHARE THOSE MODELS WITH THE COMMITTEE SO THE COMMITTEE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE MODELS OFFER FOR CHILDREN AND WORK TO IDENTIFY A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. FROM THAT, IT -- IT IS IDENTIFYING THE APPROACH. WHAT IS THE CURRICULUM, WHAT IS THE FOCUS, AND THEN IDENTIFYING WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE MAY NEED TO BE ABLE

167TO MAKE THAT A REALITY AND LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION STAGE AND BUILDING A TIMELINE. THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT HAVE TO GO INTO IT TO MAKE A SOUND RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BOARD. Lynn Gray: WE HAVE YOUR WORD -- THEY HAVE YOUR WORD THAT OUR INTERIM, VAN AYRES WILL STAY ON TOP OF IT. IS THAT CORRECT? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, MR. AYRES IS COMMITTED ALONG WITH THIS BOARD TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT AND HAVE THE BEST EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT AND AT JUST GRAWY GRAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. BECAUSE IT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THIS HISTORICAL BUILDING AND SO MANY OF THESE COMMUNITY LEADERS, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN.

168Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU FOR ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS A AND SUPERINTENDENT WITH YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT, I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF E-MAILS, CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS. FIRST OFF, WITH THE COMMITTEE, HAVE WE POSTED THE MEMBERS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ANYWHERE PUBLICLY? WE STALKED OF TRANSPARENCY. CAN WE POST THAT ON OUR WEB SITE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHO IS TASKED IN CHARGES OF MAKING DECISIONS OF JUST. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. MAKE SURE WE ARE CONSISTENT. WE DON'T POST EVERY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION IF THE BOARD WISHES TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC, WE CAN. BUT I WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION OF WHO IS GOING TO THE BOARD THIS EVENING OR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. I WILL MAKE THAT REQUEST. I UNDERSTAND WHERE

169YOU ARE COMING FROM. WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMITTEES, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T HAD SO MANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IN GENERAL. IN THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY, I WANT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE PROCESS IS TRUE AND TRANSPARENT. AND YOU CAN ALSO DO A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT AND WE DON'T POST IT ON THE WEB SITE. THE NEXT THING IS, AGAIN, I HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE SAYING. I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. I KNOW YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS PLAN WILL GO AS YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT MR. AYRES WILL ALSO TAKE YOUR PLACE, BUT I FEEL LIKE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE GOTTEN IS THAT SINCE YOU ARE LEAVING CAUSES SO AS MUCH UNCERTAINTY AND SO MUCH OF THIS PLAN CENTERED AROUND YOUR VISION OF WHAT THAT LOOKED

170LIKE AND MAKING SURE WE WERE REPURPOSING THESE BUILDINGS AND NOT JUST ALLOWING THEM TO BE SOLD OFF OR OPENED UP FOR THE STATE OR ANY OTHER THING THAT A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT, I HAVE GOTTEN AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF REQUESTS THAT ASK FOR US TO HOLD OFF ON THIS. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT RUSH DECISIONS AND WE TALKED ABOUT 12 MONTHS AND STABILITY AND CULTURE. TO ME THE FEEDBACK I AM GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY OVERWHELMINGLY IS PLEASE HOLD OFF ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS SECOND VOTE UNTIL THE TRANSITION OF THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT IS KIND OF FLUSHED OUT AND WE HAVE MORE ANSWERS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE GOING FORWARD WITH THIS. AND I DON'T

171FEEL THE COMMUNITY IS EITHER FROM WHAT I AM AMERICA. MAYBE YOU ALL ARE HEARING SOMETHING. Jim Porter: THE MOTION TO CONTINUE UNTIL A FUTURE DATE AND REQUIRES A SECOND AND THEN THE BOARD CAN DEBATE IT. IF YOU CAN CLEAR THE BOARD, PABLO. MISS PEREZ INDICATED BY A SHOW OF HER HAND SHE IS SECONDING THE MOTION. BOARD MEMBERS, THE DISCUSSION NEEDS TO SHIFT. DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS TO A FUTURE DATE OR VOTE ON IT TONIGHT. THAT IS WHAT FOR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW NOT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE MOTION. MADAM CHAIR, FULL ASK BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WHETHER TO CONTINUE THIS OR GO FORWARD TONIGHT. Nadia Combs: AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE IT OR VOTE ON THIS EVENING. MEMBER HAHN, I WILL BEGIN WITH YOU. Stacy

172Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. WOW, I MEAN, I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS NOW THAT EVERY TIME WE TRY TO MAKE A BIG DECISION THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, WE WILL BE IN A HOLDING PATTERN. WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT. I MEAN WE ARE THE SEVENTH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION. AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. WE NEED TO MAKE BIG DECISIONS FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST INSTALLED INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT WITH 28-PLUS YEARS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, IT -- ALMOST EVERY LEVEL, AND, YOU KNOW, I -- I TRUST THAT HE CAN SEE I THINK WE DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN SEE SOMETHING THROUGH. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS A YEAR OAGO SO I KNOW IT HAS BEEN LITTLE CLUNKY ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE HAVE MADE STRIDES. YOU KNOW, WE

173ARE NOT MAKING MASSIVE CHANGES LIKE WE WERE WITH THE THIRD SCENARIO. AND, YOU KNOW, I AM -- I AM SPEAKING FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS BEING MOVED. AND MY SCHOOLS NEED SOME RELIEF. AND TO SAY TO FAMILIES NOW THAT WE ARE ENTERING -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE ENTERING THE -- WE ARE IN THE SUMMER. WE NEED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO NOW, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT THIS IN -- AND IT IS JUST GOING TO PUT US BEHIND ANOTHER TWO YEARS. TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND A YEAR BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FINANCES AND LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FIVE-YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN AND WHAT SCHOOLS NEED. AND I JUST AM VERY NERVOUS THAT STOPPING AT THIS POINT IS GOING TO BE A THEME AS BIG

174DECISIONS COME BEFORE US. YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS STARTED UNDER SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. BUT IT WAS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE CAPACITY ISSUES IN OUR SCHOOLS. REALLY WASN'T HIS BIG VISION, IT WAS BASED ON DATA. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD. I KNOW I HAVE SCHOOLS WHICH MEANS MEMBER PEREZ AND MEMBER GRAY HAVE SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE COUNTYSIDE THAT NEED RELIEF. THEY NEED RELIEF. AND IF WE HAVE TO START OVER AND START BREAKING THIS APART AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST -- WE GOT TO DEMONSTRATE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THROUGH. I MEAN, IT IS JUST A LITTLE SHOCKING THAT YOU WANT TO STOP AND START OVER. SO I AM -- I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. THANK YOU. Nadia

175Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. I AM GOING TO ECHO A LOT OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS BOARD HAD A RESOUNDING FOR OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE OF HIS WALKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT, THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT, AND SO TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON HOLD WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW, ARE WE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AS A BOARD WITH A SINGLE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP IS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE STABILITY THAT WE GIVE THEM, THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THROUGH, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PLAN AND MOVE TOWARD AND I THINK IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE THE FAITH THAT WE SAY WE HAVE

176IN OUR INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT. AND WE FOLLOW THE VISION PLAN THAT WE MOVE FORWARD. WE AGREED AS A BOARD THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE NEEDED TO BE CHANGE THAT STARTED OVER A YEAR AGO. EVEN I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD. THE BOARD AS A WHOLE MADE THE DECISION THERE WAS A NEED FOR CHANGE. THAT IS WHY THEY STARTED THE PROCESS. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND STUDENTS IS. YOU KNOW, WE TALK OF THE FACT THAT STUDENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF CHANGE. WE NEED TO PREPARE THEM AND GIVE THEM OPTIONS. IF WE DON'T DECIDE ON THAT TODAY, DR. HAHN IS RIGHT, WE WILL KICK IT BACK ANOTHER YEAR AND SCHOOL IS GOING TO START. WE NEED TO GIVE THESE CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE DECISIONS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO ONE WAY OR THE

177OTHER. I THINK IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY THE COURSE AND SHOW THAT THIS DISTRICT IS SOLID. IT IS SOLID. CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO FALTER THE MISSION AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THIS DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: WHEN YOU CHECK IN WITH THE PRINCIPALS, MANY OF THEM -- HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WHO SERVED 10, 15 MORE YEARS, 20 IN THEIR MINDS THIS BOUNDARY, AND I AM SURE MR. FARKAS, YOU MAY HAVE A REMARK. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO. THE MOVING PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED. THERE IS A TRANSIENT NATURE. MORE AND MORE OF THE COMMUNITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT HAS MANIFESTED INTO FAIRLY EMPTY SCHOOLS. AND IT IS TIME. IT IS WAY TIME. I MEAN, WE DID EIGHT MONTHS OF DELIBERATION AMONG THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND

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■BETTER CHANGE. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU CHANGE A PATH OF DETERMINATION, THE PUBLIC LOSES TRUST, AND THEY WONDER, WELL, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? WHAT IS THE NEXT INITIATIVE

179THEY ARE GOING TO FALTER ON. AND I WOULD RATHER SEE, AND I AGREE WITH MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER RENDON. I WOULD RATHER SEE A MORE UNIFIED BOARD AND DETERMINED BOARD AND NOT TO MENTION THE FINANCIAL WELL BEING OF THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT. I -- I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS -- THIS IS A SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHETHER I LIKE IT OR THE COMMUNITIES LIKE IT OR NOT. WE HAVE HAD SO MANY DISCUSSIONS AND OLIVE BRANCHES. SO ANYWAY, ENOUGH STAYED ABOUT THAT. BUT I AM GOING TO ADHERE TO THE ORIGINAL DECISION AND SAY YES TO THIS RECOMMENDATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LET OTHER PEOPLE TALK? THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION. I UNDERSTAND BEING DISAPPOINTED ABOUT DECISIONS. I AM

180DISAPPOINTED BY MANY OF THEM UP ON THE DAIS. I AM SORRY THAT FEELS DISAPPOINTING BUT CAN'T BE A SURPRISE BECAUSE THIS THING HAS BARELY PASSED THE ENTIRE TIME. IT HAS BEEN A THREE-FOUR VOTE. WE HAVE SAT HERE IN SO LONG HOW WE ARE DIVIDED AS A BOARD ON THIS. TO KIND OF HAVE THIS OH, I AM SURPRISED, NOT JUST FROM YOU DR. HAHN, BUT IN GENERAL FROM PEOPLE AND TALK OF UNISON, THIS THING HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL FROM THE BEGINNING. I HAVE EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS AROUND THE DATA, AROUND EQUITY, OF OUR PRIORITIES. I DON'T WANT TO BE BROKEN HORSE -- BROKEN RECORD, SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY. AND I UNDERSTAND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THIS. AND I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE ON ONE HAND I HEAR WE NEED TO LEAN INTO OUR

181COMMUNITY AND SLOW THINGS DOWN AND MAKE SURE IT IS COMMUNITY FOCUSED, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I HEAR WE DON'T NEED TO LEAN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO MAKE STRONG DECISIONS REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY MAKES MAKES. I AM SPEAKING ABOUT -- I KNOW YOU GUYS GOT THE E-MAIL TOO SO NOT A SURPRISE. I AM SPEAKING FROM THE COMMUNITY. I MADE IT CLEAR THAT MY SERVICE ON THE BOARD WILL BE A WEATHER REFLECTIVE OF THE MAJORITY COUNTY COMMUNITY. MAYBE YOUR COMMUNITIES AND DISTRICTS SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I RESPECT THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT STANCE, BUT THIS IS WHAT I AM GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM MY COMMUNITY. THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS PLAN FORWARD. THIS IS NO REFLECTION MR. VAN AYRES AND HIS ABILITY OR WHATNOT. ANY TIME THERE IS A CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP,

182PERIOD, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THE NEXT PERSON IS, IT CAUSES CONCERNS OF ANY OF THE PLANS BEFORE THAT CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP. SO I DON'T -- I AM SURPRISED -- THAT EVERYONE IS SURPRISED ABOUT THIS. I AM SORRY THAT IT DISAPPOINTS PEOPLE. I HAVE BEEN CLEAR OF MY CONCERNS WITH THIS BOUNDARY CHANGE TO WORTH THE DISRUPTION OR GIVE US THE FINANCIAL OUTPUT WE THINK, WHETHER IT IS SWEEPING ENOUGH, BROUGHT THE PRINCIPALS TO LOOK AT EQUITY WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE DATA THAT I NEVER GOT ANSWERS ON, BECAUSE THE CONSULTANTS STOPPED CALLING ME ABOUT THE DATA. AGAIN, WE WILL ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THIS, AND THAT IS HOW I LEAVE THINGS. I AM REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE SAYING WITH ADDISON DAVIS LEAVING, CAN WE PUT A HOLD ON THIS. THAT

183IS WHY I MADE THE MOTION AND I STAND BEHIND THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. THERE WILL NEVER BE A PERFECT TIME. WE CAN COME FIVE YEARS LATER. IT DOESN'T MATTER. I GO GO ANYWHERE, YESTERDAY -- I RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM LARGE SUBDIVISIONS THAT I VISITED IN MY AREA AND THE FIRST THING THEY DID -- THEY TOLD ME, PLEASE, ARE WE ALL GOING TO START ALL OVER? ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ALL OF THIS AGAIN? I MEAN IT JUST -- EVERYONE IS UNSURE. NOBODY KNOWS, BUT THE FACT ARE OF MR. WASHINGTON, MEMBER WASHINGTON, OUR DISTRICTS, OUR ENROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY. I GAVE -- YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT OVER SPRING BREAK. AND I GAVE EVERYBODY A GRAPH THAT SHOWED 15 YEARS AGO, TEN YEARS AGO AND NOW. AND OUR

184ENROLLMENT IS DOWN. 45 OF MR. WASHINGTON'S 50 SCHOOLS, THE ENROLLMENT IS DOWN. MY SCHOOLS AS WELL, 44 OF MY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT IS DOWN. SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REPURPOSING SCHOOLS FOR A LONG TIME. HOW DO WE PROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TEACHERS? I MEAN, THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE WERE SO UPSET OF JUST WHEN HALF THE TEACHERS WERE SUBSTITUTES. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUR PRIORITY ON PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH STUDENTS, NOT A BUILDING. WE HAVE TO RETHINK WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THOSE BUILDINGS. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WE CAN GET THE BEST TEACHERS AND HAVE THEM WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE MOST NEEDED. WHERE THERE ARE 14, 15, 16, YOU KNOW, OPENINGS. WE HAVE GOT -- WE CANNOT KEEP KICKING THIS CAN DOWN. THIS

185IS A HARD DECISION. I HAVE HEAD EVERY SINGLE E-MAIL, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH COUNTY. IT IS SO HARD, BUT I HAVE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. SO PUSHING THIS DOWN IS NOT THE RIGHT DECISION. WE BELIEVE IN YOU. YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE -- WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND WE JUST -- WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IF WE VOTE TONIGHT, IF WE KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, MY -- MY ANSWER IS STILL NO. BECAUSE I GOT 4300 STUDENTS BEING MOVED IN THIS COUNTY FOR ALL OVER THE COUNTY. I HAVE STUDENTS BEING MOVED. AND I CANNOT AGREE WITH THIS. SO MY ANSWER IS GOING TO BE NO IF WE DO IT

186TONIGHT, IF WE DO IT A MONTH FROM NOW IT WILL BE NO. BECAUSE IT HAS NOT HELPED MY STUDENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE. DURING THE PAST, THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND NOW WE ARE MOVING THEM AGAIN. WE WILL BUILD NEW SCHOOLS AND THEY WILL BE MOVED AGAIN, SOME OF THEM. MY ANSWER TO THIS IS NO. IF WE VOTE TONIGHT OR THE NEXT DELAY IT, MY ANSWER WILL STILL BE NO. BECAUSE I THINK -- AND MY OPINION FOR SAYING THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE INTENTION MIGHT BE GOOD, THE PLAN IS FLAWED. WE DIDN'T WORK THE PLAN OUT GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS MOVE. SO MY ANSWER WILL BE NO TONIGHT, NEXT WEEK, A MONTH. IT'S NO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I AGREE. WE

187HAD COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME AND SPEAK. I RECEIVED A LOT OF E-MAILS. PLUS I MET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND, YOU KNOW, LIAM, YOU KNOW, HE HAS COME TO EVERY BOARD MEETING. EVEN WANTS TO TAKE YOUR JOB. AND, YOU KNOW, AND -- AND HE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE VOICE, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FROM THE CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THE MOVEMENT. IN HIS COMMUNITY AND HIS SCHOOL. BUT I FEEL THE SAME. YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY VOICE MATTERS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY VOTES FROM THIS DAIS HAVE BEEN TAKEN LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY VOICE. AND I THINK THIS -- THIS VOTE ESPECIALLY MATTERS. SO I FEEL THE SAME WAY, MEMBER WASHINGTON. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE VOTING ON IF WE ARE

188GOING TO EXTEND THIS. Jim Porter: YOU NEED TO VOTE BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS TO IS A FUTURE DATE AND NOT VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, VOTE YES. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, VOTE NO. SO VOTING IN THE FUTURE, YES. VOTING TONIGHT, NO. Nadia Combs: BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE -- SO IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE IT IN THE FUTURE YOU VOTE YES. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, YOU VOTE NO. Jim Porter: THE MOTION IS TO TABLE IT OR CONTINUE IT TO A FUTURE DATE. IF YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF THAT, VOTE YES, ON VOTING ON A FUTURE DATE. Nadia Combs: I MEAN THE VOTE IS 3-4. Jim Porter: 3-4. THE MOTION FAILS. THAT MEANS THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON IT TONIGHT AND BACK -- CLEAR THE BOARD

189AGAIN, PABLO, AND GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION OF THE MERITS OF THE MOTION OF THE BOUNDARY CHANGES. YOU WILL BE VOTING TONIGHT. Nadia Combs: AT THIS TIME WE DECIDED WE WON'T BE VOTING IN THE FUTURE. TONIGHT WILL BE THE DECISION. THE SECOND AND FINAL REASON IF THE BOUNDARY PROPOSAL WILL GO THROUGH. AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IF YOU ARE FOR THE BOUNDARY PROPOSAL OR AGAINST IT, BECAUSE WE DECIDED TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WE WILL MAKE THAT DECISION. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE DISCUSSION. MEMBER RENDON, YOU MAY BEGIN. Patti Rendon: OKAY. SORRY, I FORGOT WHERE WE WERE AT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT IS OUT THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGE, RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT LEAVING. THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGE. AND ANY TIME

190THERE IS A CHANGE THAT IS OCCURRING, IT CAUSES OM ANXIETY. IT CAUSES SOME -- WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. HOW IT IS. BUT I THINK IT COMES WITH OUR BOUNDARIES. WE PIECEMEALED FOR A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY OVER MY AREA. WE HAVE BEEN A LARGE GROWTH AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY AND MANY INDIVIDUALS HAD TO MOVE MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE A NEW SCHOOL HAS OPENED OR BECAUSE THE GROWTH IS EXPANDED. SO THEY ARE DEALING WITH FREQUENT CHANGES, AS WELL AS EXTREMELY OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS. WITH 25 OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS ON PREDOMINANTLY THE EAST SIDE COUNTY COUNTY, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PUT SOME OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PUT SOME OF OUR NEW INITIATIVES OUT

191IN EAST COUNTY. SO STUDENTS IN EAST COUNTY ARE NOT GETTING THEIR FAIR SHAKE OF OPPORTUNITIES LIKE WE HAVE ON SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS OF OUR COUNTY, BECAUSE WE ARE SO OVERCROWDED. I GOT STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING TO SCHOOL SECOND PERIOD. THEY ARE PAYING TO TAKE UBERS TO SCHOOL BECAUSE WE AS A DISTRICT CAN'T GET THEM THERE ON TIME. WE JUST CANNOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN ANYMORE. OUR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN BRINGING IN NEW DRIVERS AND BRINGING IN NEW ROUTES AND TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS, WE WORKED TOGETHER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF TRYING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES BUT IT IS JUST NOT OKAY ANYMORE THAT THE OVERCROWDING IS TAKEN THE TOLL ON THE OVERALL AUK SES OF OUR STUDENTS. SO IT IS TIME. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I AM VERY

192THANKFUL FOR BECAUSE AGAIN IN EAST COUNTY, THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS PROPOSALS OF DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CHANGES WHERE THEY CUT NEIGHBORHOODS IN HALF. AND SO JOHNNY ON ONE SIDE THE STREET IN THE SAME NAKED WILL GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT SUSIE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE HAND THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T DO THAT. WE LEAVE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS INTACT. SO FOR THAT, I AM VERY THANKFUL. IS IT THE PERFECT SOLUTION? WE ARE NEVER GOING TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAPPY. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS, WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL OUR STUDENTS ATTEND, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION. AND SOME FOR THAT, I AM GOING TO STAND BEHIND THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY, BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL

193AS OUR DISTRICT STAFF DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH OUR STUDENTS AND EVERY STUDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED IN THIS DISTRICT. FOR THAT, I AM VERY THANKFUL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: SO, MR. ADDISON, WHAT -- WE HAVE -- LIKE WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD COUNCIL, I RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS TODAY. AND I HAD NO CLUE ABOUT THIS ADVISORY. AND I AM COUNTYWIDE. AND I WAS ALL IN WITH THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT JUST. LIKE ALL IN. YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY. HAVING CONVERSATIONS. YOU KNOW ALL IN. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS ADVISORY -- I AM BRINGING THIS UP FOR A REASON. ADVISORY BOARD COUNCIL THAT I HAD NO CLUE, NO IDEAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND SO THIS WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT IS COMING UP WITH THESE BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SOMETIMES

194WE ARE BLINDSIDED WITH THINGS THAT HAPPEN. AND WHEN -- WHEN THE COMMUNITY FINDS OUT ABOUT IT AND WE AS BOARD MEMBERS DON'T EVEN KNOW. SO FIRST I AM GOING TO ASK TO BE PLACED ON THE E-MAIL WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD COUNCIL SO I CAN KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT. PLEASE. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND ASK MR. PORTER, I AM SORRY. FOR -- AS SUPERINTENDENT, I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD, A, LEAD. THERE ARE TIMES TO LEAD. WHEN 60 PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND SPEAK ON A COMMUNITY ABOUT JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SAY THEY WANT A COUNCIL AND I TELL THE BOARD I WILL SET UP A COUNCIL, MY JOB TO ENACT IT. MY JOB TO ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION AFTER

195WE DO IT. THIS IS PART OF BEING A LEADER EVERY DAY. THE OTHER THING I FEEL WHETHER ME OR MR. AYRES, VERY CAREFUL TO ADD THIS BOARD ON TO COMMUNICATIONS GOING ON TOP THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THIS IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE VOTING ON RECOMMENDATIONS. I WILL HAVE TO ASK LEGAL WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS A -- Jim Porter: I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS APPROPRIATE, BUT I WILL REMIND THE BOARD THAT JUST HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. AND IF WE CAN JUST -- MAYBE SET ASIDE YOUR QUESTIONS AND GET THROUGH THIS AGENDA ITEM AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. I THINK YOU NEED TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE RECORD, BUT THAT IS NOT REALLY IN FRONT OF THE BOARD RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK -- HE PROBABLY NEEDS TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ARE

196SAYING AND GET BACK WITH YOU ON IT BE OPPOSED TO TRYING TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW AND BOARD MEMBERS, JUST REMEMBER THAT JUST IS IN THE PAST. THIS IS ABOUT THE . Karen Perez: BUT THE ISSUE I'M HAVING IS BECAUSE THE -- THE MOVEMENT FORWARD WITH THE BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT WE MIGHT BE LEFT OFF OF SOME, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION THAT WE'D BE BLINDSIDED BY. IS WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M SPEAKING TO. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. AND THROUGH THE CHAIR, NO BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN BLINDSIDED ON ANY OF THE BOUNDARIES, ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, ANY OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS. WE HAD A NUMBER OF ONE ON ONES AND CONVERSATIONS AND E-MAILS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONTENT ABOUT THIS PROCESS. SO THERE IS NOTHING TO BE BLINDSIDED. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS IN PLACE SINCE MARCH THE 9th AND HASN'T BEEN CHANGEED

197AND HOPEFULLY READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. Karen Perez: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. ANY MORE COMMENTS? MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. SO YOU'LL BE VOTING YES IF YOU SUPPORT THE BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATION FROM SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. IF YOU SUPPORT THAT. YOU WILL VOTE NO IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE BOUNDARY CHANGES, OKAY? GREAT JOB. Nadia Combs: I WAS THE TEACHER. AND IT PASSES 4-3 WITH MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER RENDON, MEMBER HAHN AND MYSELF APPROVING IT AND MEMBER WASHINGTON, MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER PEREZ VOTING AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT IS 1.06,SOLE SOURCE 23091-SSD-SK PURCHASE OF K-12 LITERACY CURRICULUM SUPPORT KIT BUNDLES FROM REALLY GOOD STUFF LLC. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS ALL ABOUT BRINGING THE SCIENCE OF READING AND FOCUSING ON PHONICS IN THE

198COMMUNITY AND TEACHER TOOLKITS FOR K-2 AND WANT TO TURN TO TRACY TO HELP US ADDRESS THE ITEM. THIS ITEM IS GRANT FUNDED AND IT'S FOR THE PURCHASE FOR ALL K-2 TEACHERS TO RECEIVE A CLASS SET OF MAGNETIC LETTERS TO BE USED ASTHMA NIPULATIVES. WHITE BOARDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE -- AS WELL AS TUTORING PIECES WITH THAT. WHISPER PHONES TO HEAR THEMSELVES FOR FLUENCY AS WELL AS SOUND BOXES TO PRACTICE THEIR SOUNDS AND ARTHOGRAPHIC MAPPING TO THE SCIENCE OF READING. IT'S ASOLE SOURCE BECAUSE IT'S A BUNDLE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR OUR NEEDS AND IT WAS CLASS PER OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AS WE HAVE BEGUN OUR YOUTH LIE AND YOUTH LLC TRAINING THIS PAST YEAR AND INTO THE SUMMER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C1.06. I

199HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT BUTTON TO PUSH AT THIS POINT. SO THANK YOU. YES. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO WE'RE USING -- PRIMARILY ESSERS FOR THIS. IS THIS CORRECT? SO WHAT'S THE PRICE TAG ON THIS? THIS FOR EVERY STUDENT TO GET THEIR OWN SET TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM, SO THAT WOULD BE -- I WANT TO SAY ABOUT 2200 SETS IS 1.6 MILLION AND OF OUR ESSER GRANT. Jessica Vaughn: AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IS THIS THE ONE WHERE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SPANISH FOR THIRD GRADE AND YOU WERE GOING TO SEE ABOUT HAVING THAT ADDED, THE 500? Addison Davis: I DON'T THINK SO. THESE ARE THE ALPHABETS SO I'M

200GOING TO GO WITH NO. Jessica Vaughn: I'M CONFUSING IT FOR THE OTHER ONE. I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP BUT MY AGENDA COMPUTER SCREEN WENT WONKY ON ME. SO THESE ARE THE TOOLKITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THEN. YOU KNOW WHAT MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE. WHAT'S THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE ON THIS? Addison Davis: WE JUST PASSED THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAST BOARD MEETING FOR UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA'S -- CENTER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PHONICS INITIATIVE AND THE K-2 SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT MATERIALS. Jessica Vaughn: BECAUSE WE HAD A CALL SCHEDULED FOR THIS TODAY BUT -- (LAUGHING) IT'S BEEN A BUSY DAY. SO OKAY. SO THIS IS THE ITEM THAT WE PASSED, IT'S THE TOOLKITS TO COME TO THAT. CORRECT. WE PASSED THE YOUTH FLY BACK AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.

201THE TRAINING HAS ALREADY BEGUN. THE TEACHERS AND CO-TEACHERS WERE TRAINED AT THE END OF MAY, BEGINNING OF JUNE. THEY'RE IN TRAINING AND THE JUNE SESSIONS ALREADY BEGUN. Jessica Vaughn: THIS IS COMBINED WITH DIBBLES. YES. YOUTH FLY, DIBBLES AND THE KITS ALL GO TOGETHER LIKE PEAS AND CARROTS. Jessica Vaughn: GOT IT NOW. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. Jessica Vaughn: SO THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS WHEN WE HAVE TRAININGS, CAN WE MAKE SURE THE TEACHERS HAVE BACKS FOR TRAININGS AND ARE NOT IN STOOLS AND CAFETERIAS AND TRAININGS? YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE YOUTH FLY IS BEING HELD AT ISC WITH VERY COMFY CHAIRS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. THESE ARE GREAT MATERIALS

202AND MUCH NEEDED FOR U-FLY AND DIBBLES. I TAUGHT THAT TO MY STUDENTS AT USF WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE TEACHER PREP PROGRAM AND IT WAS DEVELOPED WHEN I WAS AT UF BY A FACULTY MEMBER AND FRIEND. SO I -- I MEAN, THAT WAS A REALLY LONG TIME AGO. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR OVER TWO DECADES, AND ALL OF MY ESC TEACHERS, STUDENTS, CAME OUT OF USF KNOWING HOW TO USE U-FLY AND DIBBLES AND THERE ARE MANY OF THEM IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND SO THEY ARE ALREADY -- THEY'RE ALREADY USING IT. SO I'M SO EXCITED THAT THE WE HAVE ADOPTED BOTH OF THOSE AND NOW THESE MATERIALS WILL GO ALONG WITH IT, SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 2.01, APPROVE THE

203CONTRACT FOR EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL MIDDLE AND THE ARTICULATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL AND EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL MIDDLE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. ON MAY 9 WE APPROVED AN APPLICATION FOR THIS TRANSITION AND THIS IS BRINGING BACK THE CONTRACT. SURE THING. THANK YOU. YES. THE -- ON MAY 9th THE BOARD APPROVED AND VOTED TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION. THIS IS THE SECOND STEP BEFORE THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY OPENS. THE SCHOOL WILL SERVE GRADES 6 THROUGH 8 UP TO 88 STUDENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEIR GOAL IS TO SERVE 176 BY YEAR FIVE. IF APPROVED THE ARTICULATION AGREEMENT WILL CREATE AN ARTICULATION BETWEEN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO THE STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE THE PROGRAM ON THE SAME CAMPUS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION

204AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C2.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: JUST A QUESTION. SO WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT IN THE PAST LIFE ABOUT JUST NOT HAVING THE SUPPORTS, I WANTED TO KNOW, WHEN WE'RE SUGGESTING OR MAKING THIS HAPPEN THAT EXCELSIOR, WHICH HAS A "C", AND WE'RE EXPANDING THIS SCHOOL AND VOTING ACCORDINGLY, MY QUESTION IS WHAT SUPPORTS, AND THIS IS THE BIGGER QUESTION IN MY MIND. WHAT ARE THE SUPPORTS THAT WE'RE GIVEN TO STRENGTHEN BOTH BUCHANAN, NOT -- DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHAT ARE THE SUPPORTS THAT WE PUT IN TO STRENGTHEN BOTH BUCHANAN AND GREKO? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. WE CAN GET THE LIST TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER AS A

205FOLLOW-UP THAT WE PUT ADDITIONAL WRAP AROUND SERVICES THROUGH USING ACADEMIC SERVICES PERSONNEL TO GO IN, NOT ONLY TO HELP ADDRESS CURRICULUM BUT ALSO TO MODEL THE LESSONS THAT THE COACHING CYCLES AND ADDRESS NEW TEACHERS. WE ALSO SENT IN THE -- OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS WORKING WITH OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OFFICE TO GO AND ADDRESS SYSTEM STRUCTURES FROM LOOKING AT SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES RELATED TO CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, PEDAGOGY, LIFTING THE EXPERIENCES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO ADD AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. Lynn Gray: SO WE'RE AIMING TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL AND -- Addison Davis: EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS OR CHIEFS ALONG WITH OUR DEPUTY CHIEF WHO HAVE ALL BEEN IN THE SCHOOLS BEING ABLE TO CREATE THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE LEADERS. Lynn Gray: BECAUSE

206WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS NOW OF COMPETITION, SO I'M -- Addison Davis: EVERY DAY. Lynn Gray: YEAH. EVERY DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WITH MEMBER VAUGHN AWAY AT THE DAIS. OKAY. 2.02 WHICH IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I'LL TRANSITION TO -- SURE. THIS ITEM IS FOR AN AMENDMENT TO SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL CONTRACT. THE SCHOOL IS -- THE SCHOOL CURRENTLY SERVES 239 STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 WHO DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL OR AT -- AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT OR WHO SIMPLY NEED A NON-TRADITIONAL SETTING. IT HAS BEEN SERRATED MEANING IT HAS RECEIVED A RATING OF MAINTAINING A COMMENDABLE SINCE

2072018, AND ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER LAW, IT IS PERMITTED TO MODIFY ITS CONTRACT. SO THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL BOARD HAS REQUESTED TO EXPAND GRADE LEVELS TO INCLUDE 7th AND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS WHO ARE OVER AGE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ARE REPEATING EIGHTH GRADE AND HAVE NOT MET THE PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS. SO THEY'RE OPENING UP THE SCHOOL TO SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS WHO ARE OVER AGE. THE REQUEST INCLUDES A MINIMUM INCREASE OF THE PROJECTED NUMBERS, SO IT -- THEY'RE LOOKING AT ONLY 50 SPOTS FOR THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS NEXT YEAR. AND THE CHARTER OFFICE REQUESTED BECAUSE OF THIS HAS REQUESTED A PROGRAMMATIC AMENDMENT FROM THE SCHOOL TO DESCRIBE THE EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL AND FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE EXPANDED GRADE LEVELS, SO THE DOCUMENTATION WAS RECEIVED, REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS,

208ANY MORE QUESTIONS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I WAS GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C2.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? Lynn Gray: I HAVE A COMMENT. DR. DeLANGE, LET ME THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING VERY COMP REHE REHENSIVE. I SEE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION YOU'RE PULLING OUT AND PUTTING TOGETHER ON THE AGENDA ITEMS. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BOBBY SMITH AND TO SYLVIA ALBRITAIN AND THEIR WONDERFUL BOARD. THEY'RE DOING A MAGNIFICENT JOB CAPTURING THE STUDENTS THAT DROPPED OUT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SUCH A PASSION WITHIN THAT SCHOOL THAT WANTS TO MAKE GOOD AND GET THESE KIDS

209BACK IN SOCIETY, WORKING IN SOCIETY AND I JUST GOT TO SAY, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THEM. YES? Cinzia DeLange: I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT I DID ASK FOR THEIR GRADUATION SUMMARY THIS YEAR ALONE, THEY GRADUATED 118 TOTAL. 66 HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO A COLLEGE. 19 A TECHNICAL PROGRAM. AND 28 FOR FULL-TIME WORKFORCE AND FIVE MILITARY. SO THEY'RE DOING -- THEY'RE DOING -- YEAH. DOING GOOD. Lynn Gray: THEY LOVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION. I'M DONE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON? Patti Rendon: I BRIEFLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE PICKING UP A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. I MET WITH A FAMILY YESTERDAY THAT HAD SOME DIFFICULTY WITH A STUDENT IN EIGHTH GRADE, AND THIS STUDENT HAD AGED OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITY

210THAT THEY WERE IN AND REALLY NEEDED SOMETHING ELSE TO GIVE THEM A KICKSTART. SOMETHING ELSE TO WORK WITHIN THEIR NEEDS. WHETHER IT WAS -- SOME OF THEM NEED JOBS, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE AN UNUSUAL SCHOOL SCHEDULE OR MAYBE THE HOME LIFE WAS NOT EXACTLY SATISFACTORY TO BRING IN A GOOD DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL THING. SO THIS COMMUNITY IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IS REALLY PROVIDING A NEED TO SEVERAL STUDENTS AND DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. WHEN THEY GRADUATE, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THEIR GRADUATION THIS YEAR, AND I WAS SO BLESSED BY THE STUDENTS' EXCITEMENT OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AMONGST ADVERSITY. AND SO MANY OF THEM, WE ASKED, WHAT HIGH SCHOOL DID YOU GO TO? AND THEY DON'T EVEN REMEMBER BECAUSE THIS HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON THEIR LIFE AND CREATED THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR FUTURE. I

211PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK SEMINOLE HEIGHTS FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. WHAT A HUGE LIFT THEY'RE DOING FOR US AND THANK YOU AGAIN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 3.03, STATE OF FLORIDA STATEWIDE VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN PROVIDER CONTRACT WITH ELCHC FOR THE 2023-2024 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION. I'LL LET MS. TRACYE BROWN TAKE OVER THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO ANNUALLY WHICH IS TO BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL THE STATE OF FLORIDA STATEWIDE VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN PROVIDER CONTRACT WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND THIS IS FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS BEEN PROVIDING VPK SERVICES SINCE THE SUMMER

212OF 2006 AND THIS IS THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ENROLLMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND FINANCIAL PROCEDURES FOR ALL VPK PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT. OUR FUNDING FOR VPK IS BASED ON REIMBORESMENTS THAT APPROXIMATELY $3200 PER STUDENT FOR THE FULL SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE DO OFFER A 540 HOUR OPTION WHICH IS DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR OR A 300 HOUR OPTION DURING THE SUMMER PROGRAM. WE OFFER EXTENDED LEARNING TIME BECAUSE THE VPK PROGRAM IS A 4-HOUR PROGRAM AND THAT EXTENDED LEARNING TIME IS BASED ON A SLIDING SCALE FEE THAT IS BASED ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH STATUS. FOR FREE LUNCH STATUS IT'S $25. FOR REDUCED IT'S $50 AND FULL PAID LUNCH MEALS, IT'S $100 PER WEEK. WE OFFER VPK PROGRAMS IN MULTIPLE OPTIONS, MULTIPLE MODELS AND ONE IS OUR BLENDED MODEL WHICH IS VPK WITH PRE-K ESC OR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION.

213WE OFFER VPK TITLE 1 WHICH ARE PURE-VPK CLASSROOMS ALONG WITH VPK MIGRANT AND WE HAVE OUR SUMMER PROGRAM. WE'VE GOT GOOD NEWS AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR VPK OPPORTUNITIES BY ADDING ANOTHER 140 SEATS FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR, GIVING US THE STUDENT TO SERVE AT LEAST 1680 STUDENTS AT 111 SCHOOL SITES. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. BROWN. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C3.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: YEAH. I HAVE COMMENTS BECAUSE IN MY MIND AND I WANT TO THANK MEMBER COMBS FOR EXPANDING AN ACTUAL TASK FORCE FOR EARLY LEARNING, BUT THE EMPHASIS OF EARLY LEARNING NOW IS PRE-K TO SECOND,

214AND I THINK THAT WE ARE ALL REALIZING THAT READING, AND I KNOW MEMBER HAHN IS FINETUNING TO THAT, THE EMPHASIS ON EARLY LEARNING IN THE READING CURRICULUM IS CRITICAL, AND WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT WITH LASER FOCUS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR OWN STAFF INCLUDING MS. TRAMINO, EMILY. THANK YOU MS. BROWN. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I INCLUDE FRED HICKS FOR COMING IN AND BEING AS BUSY AS A BEE AND JUST INCAPSULATING THE NEED FOR EARLY LEARNING BEFORE THE THIRD GRADE TESTING. AND A BIG THANKS AGAIN TO MEMBER COMBS WHO HEADS THE TASK FORCE AND ALSO AN APPRECIATION TO MEMBER HAHN FOR THE LITERACY. I THINK WHEN WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME PAGE, WE CAN MOVE THESE KIDS FROM EARLY ON TO HOPEFULLY THE THIRD GRADE TESTING WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. SO,

215YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND 140 EXTRA SPOTS DEFINITELY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK IT YOU, MEMBER COMBS. EVERY SINCE I STARTED ON THE BOARD I'VE BEEN PRETTY LASER FOCUSED ON THE EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS WHETHER IT'S LITERACY OR STEM OR KINDERGARTEN READINESS. THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION HAS REALLY BEEN RIGHT BY MY SIDE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AND I JUST CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THIS SUMMER TO BE WORKING WITH THEM TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE ONCE AGAIN AROUND KINDERGARTEN READINESS FOR THE VPK HEAD START KINDER SUMMER BASH THAT WILL BE JULY 22 AT -- AND SO THAT'S GOING TO

216BE A GREAT SATURDAY WHERE WE HAVE THE ELKC BRINGING -- ELC BRINGING PRIVATE PROVIDERS AND HAVE KINDERGARTEN DATA OR SCHOOL READINESS DATA, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO AND IDENTIFIED THE SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND THEY'LL ALL BE AT THE EVENT AS WELL, AND PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND MEET WITH OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE ELC PRIVATE PROVIDERS AND HEAD START PROGRAM SO THAT 3-YEAR-OLDS, 4-YEAR-OLDS, 5-YEAR-OLDS CAN GET ENROLLED AND REGISTERED FOR VPK, HEAD START OR KINDERGARTEN BECAUSE WE WANT KIDS TO BE IN THOSE CLASSROOMS AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES SO WE CAN MOVE THAT NEEDLE AROUND OUR KINDERGARTEN READINESS DATA THAT'S ALWAYS HOVERING AROUND 51, 52, 53%. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT, I THOUGHT YOU KNOW

217WHAT? WE NEED TO GET FAMILIES CONNECTED TO PROGRAMS, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET THEIR VOUCHER FOR VPK, HOW TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO ALL BE OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY ENTER KINDERGARTEN, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN DAY. I'M GOING TO GIVE AWAY FREE BOOKS OF COURSE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME FACE PAINTING AND BALLOON ARTISTS AND IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL SUMMER BASH, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET KIDS REGISTERED AND MOVE THAT NEEDLE, AND I COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THIS DISTRICT AND THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TONIGHT AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER IN OUR DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU,

218TRACYE BROWN, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. YOU HAVE -- YOU WORK SO INCREDIBLY HARD TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH EARLY LEARNING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN EDUCATION BUT IF WE REALLY WANT TO CHANGE OUR SOCIETY, WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BOOKENDS AND AT THE END THAT ONLY 30% OF STUDENTS ACTUALLY GO TO COLLEGE AND REALLY LOOK AT THE TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO CHANGE THAT. AND THEN ON THE OTHER CYCLE IS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN STUDENTS WALK IN, THE EXPECTATIONS ARE SO HIGH NOW IN KINDERGARTEN, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START AT BIRTH AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH AN EARLY TASK FORCE -- EARLY LEARNING TASK FORCE. HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE. I CAN'T EVEN NAME THEM.

219THEY'RE SO AMAZING AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE GO, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS ENTIRE BOARD IS IN SUPPORT OF THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO REPLICATE WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. MEMBER HAHN, WE TALKED ABOUT SO MANY OF THE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE BUS AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. HAVING THIS ENTIRE -- OH, I'M SORRY SAYING -- NO IDEA. TALKING ABOUT THIS ENTIRE BOARD REALLY GETTING BEHIND EARLY LEARNING AND REALLY LOOKING AT -- WE'RE NOT COMPETING. IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THOSE -- A LOT OF THOSE HOME SCHOOLS AND THOSE SMALL PROVIDERS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND ABILITY SO THAT WAY THEY CAN PREPARE THEIR STUDENTS AND THAT WAY WHEN THEY WALK INTO THE CLASSROOMS, THEY FEEL GOOD. THEY FEEL CONFIDENT. AND THAT THEY --

220THAT WAY THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE KNOW IF A CHILD COMES IN AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND, IMMEDIATELY THEY'RE AT A HUGE DISADVANTAGE AND MOST OF THEM WILL NEVER, EVER MAKE THOSE GAINS. SO THANK YOU, TRACYE BROWN, AND EMILY TRAMINO AND THE WHOLE ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM AND ALSO LYNN GRAY WHO IS ALSO PART OF THE TASK FORCE. SO -- AND PLEASE, MEMBERS, I WILL BE SENDING DATES AS WE GET MORE AND MORE ORGANIZED AND I'D LOVE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN AND COME, ESPECIALLY MEMBERS. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 4.02, THE AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES 23107-ATS-IV THIRD STAGE CONSULTING GROUP, LLC. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS OUR NEW APPLICATION PROCESS AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO

221D DR. WHELAN. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. FOR THE PAST YEAR, DISTRICT STAKEHOLDSERS, PRINCIPALS AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL HAVE REQUESTED A NEW APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM, AND I'VE ASKED FOLKS TO BE PATIENT WITH US AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH OUR INFORUPGRADE PROCESS WHICH IS ANOTHER ITEM COMING TO YOU AS WELL. BUT AS PART OF THE INFOR UPGRADE WE'LL OWN THE TALENT ACQUISITION MODULE WHICH WILL BE THE TALENT -- OUR APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM WE'LL NOW BE ABLE TO USE. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SUNSET OUR FRONT LINE WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS APPLITRACK THAT WE HAVE BEEN WITH SINCE 2014 AND UPON THE GO-LIVE DATE FOR OUR INFOR UPGRADE WE'LL THEN BE ABLE TO TRANSITION BECAUSE WE WILL OWN THE RIGHTS AND THE LICENSE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TALENT ACQUISITION MODEL. THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM BEFORE

222YOU WILL BE A ONE-TIME FEE TO ASSIST US WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH THIRD STAGE CONSULTING. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US THROUGH THE OTHER PIECES OF THE INFOR UPGRADE AND WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASE WOULD THE PROGRESS WE HAVE BEEN MAKING, SO THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THE APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM. AND I DID JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AS WELL FOR THE DATA. SINCE JULY OF 2022, THROUGH JUNE 15 OF 2023, WE HAVE NOW EXCEEDED HIRING OVER 4,000 EMPLOYEES FOR THIS PAST YEAR. SO WE'RE AT 4,106. FOR INSTRUCTIONAL 1,812 AND SUPPORT 2,294. SO ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IN OUR CURRENT APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM, BUT WE'LL NO LONGER HAVE TO HAVE THE THIRD PARTY INTERFACE, AND I ALSO DID THE MATH ON 24,000 EMPLOYEES FOR --

223UP TO $250,000 CONTRACT, THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT $10.42 PER EMPLOYEE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C4.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 4.03, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP23059-RFP-LG EMPLOYEE LIFE AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM TOO FOR 4.03. THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE RFP PROCESS THAT WE INITIATED FOR LIFE INSURANCE AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY WHO IS OUR CURRENT PROVIDER ALSO BE AWARDED THIS CONTRACT. THEIR RATES WILL BE REDUCED AS YOU SEE ON THE AGENDA ITEM BY

22415.9%. AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE COMMITTEE VOTERS AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM LISTED FOR YOU, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT ON THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL ENROLLMENT WHEN WE DO THAT IN THE FALL, THAT EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL IN SUPPLEMENTAL LIFE SHOULD THEY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS WITHOUT HAVING TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF ENSUREABILITY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, DR. WHALEN. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 6.01, BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30, 2023 AND MAY 31, 2023. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT PERIOD. I WILL TRANSITION TO OUR CEO, MS. JOHNSON. WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTION FOR THE BUDGET FOR

225APRIL AND MAY. Nadia Combs: ANY QUESTIONS? MEMBER -- OKAY. OKAY. I NEED -- OH, YES. I'M SORRY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C6.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS IDEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: YES. MS. JOHNSON, TWO QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE REVENUE SAVED BY CLOSING OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE NOW ACCUMULATED? DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATION? I KNOW THAT THE ANNUAL SAVINGS IS ABOUT $17 MILLION. BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT -- WHAT DO YOU COME UP WITH AS FAR AS SAVING? SAVINGS? WE PROVIDED THOSE SAVINGS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THROUGH COLLABORATION AND ALSO TO TRANSPORTATION SAVINGS. SO IT WAS AROUND $17 MILLION OVERALL. Lynn Gray: OKAY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: THROUGH

226THE CHAIR, IT'S $13.4 MILLION. TO BE CLEAR, WE BROKE OUT $13.4 MILLION AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION THAT JUST IDENTIFIED THE TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE SAVING, BUT IT'S IN THE $13.4 MILLION. Lynn Gray: AND THE EFFECT TO OUR FUND BALANCE, MS. JOHNSON? IT WOULD INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE IF WE ACTUALLY SAVED THAT AMOUNT BY DOING THIS ACTUAL REDISTRICTING. Lynn Gray: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING -- I'LL ASK YOU OTHER QUESTIONS PRIVATELY. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE PUBLICLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE FROM JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST, AND WE ARE NOW IN -- WELL, GETTING NEAR SEPTEMBER SOON ENOUGH WHERE THE FIVE-DAY COUNT WILL OCCUR. I DID ASK FOR A MONTHLY FTE REPORT TO REVEAL THE FTE LOSS FROM CHARTERS, HOMESCHOOLING, TWO WAVES OF HOMESCHOOLING AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO REMARK?

227Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE CAN IDENTIFY ANYONE THAT GOES TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE HAVE WITHDRAWAL CODES FOR STUDENTS. BUT -- AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE FIRST 20, 40 SCHOOL DAYS AND WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AND DETERMINE IF WE CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL FLAGS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM SO WE CAN DETERMINE HOW WELL STUDENTS TRANSITION OUT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOUSE BILL 1 AND HOW THEY COME BACK AND PERFORM WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD, ABSOLUTELY. Lynn Gray: AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE FOLLOW THE MONEY IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE -- AND IN TERMS LITERALLY YOU'LL BE FOLLOWING THE MONEY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE TRANSFERS IN AND TRANSFERS OUT. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT DATA, FINANCIAL DATA TO BE PAID ATTENTION TO, AND

228I'LL BE LOOKING FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. ANY MORE COMMENTS? POMPILIS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR -- BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. PASSES UNANINOUSLY. 6.02, PURCHASE OF FRONT LINE LLC MEDICARE SOFTWARE LICENSE 23058-XMT-LG. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF PURCHASE OF MEDICAID SOFTWARE. WE USED FRONTLINE FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. WE HAVE SEEN A 37% INCREASE SINCE 2018. THIS IS REALLY ALLOWING US TO DOCUMENT OUR STUDENT SERVICES RELATED TO SERVICES PROVIDED FROM A BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE, MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO THIS ALLOWS US ALSO TO CAPTURE RIDERSHIP WITH OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED SO THIS IS HISTORICALLY FOR THE LAST FOUR, FIVE YEARS $125,000 AND BRINGING IT BACK TO THE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S GENERAL FUND. Nadia

229Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C6.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. I'M SORRY, DID SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING? Lynn Gray: I WAS -- COULDN'T GET THERE QUICK ENOUGH. Nadia Combs: I HAVE A MOTION. MEMBER -- OKAY. LET ME REPEAT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C6.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF MY BIG TOPICS BECAUSE THAT MEDICAID MONEY IS REALLY NEEDED HERE, ESPECIALLY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR NEEDS IN OUR DISTRICT AND TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THAT FUNDING THAT COMES IN AND BE ABLE TO -- IT'S -- YEAH. IT IS CRITICAL AND TO ACCOUNT FOR IT TO REALLY

230MEASURE. I THINK WHEN I FIRST WAS ELECTED THERE WAS NO WAY OF MEASURING OR REALLY COUNTING FOR IT. AND NOW WE'RE REALLY CATCHING THOSE PENNIES AND THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE COMING IN. I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN AN UPTICK IN HOW MUCH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE AMOUNT IS TODAY. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT THE AMOUNT IS NOW? HI. GOOD EVENING. I'M DENINE -- NICE TO SPEAK WITH EVERYONE TONIGHT. THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT WE'RE GETTING FOR THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR THE FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAM SHOULD BE ABOUT -- WE SHOULD END UP WITH ABOUT $1.5 MILLION FROM THE FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAM. WHICH IT'S INCREASING BUT OF COURSE WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY, THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLYWIDE. WE HERE ARE TRYING TO

231CAPTURE EVERY PENNY THAT WE'RE ENTITLED TO. Karen Perez: RIGHT. BECAUSE I GUESS IT WAS LAST MONTH EVERYBODY HAD TO REENROLL. YES, APRIL 1. Karen Perez: YEAH. AND TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT, THE PARENTS AND -- AND THOSE -- RIGHT NOW THE STUDENTS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, SO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PARENTS DID REENROLL INTO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND GET STUDENTS REENROLLED INTO THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS A DOWNTICK RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS AGAIN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE STUDENTS ONCE MORE. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: CAN I SAY, MS. PEREZ, THANK YOU FOR BEING A CHAMPION FOR THIS. YOU HELPED US SAVE MONEY AND THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE MEDICAID AND THIS TEAM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN

232YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. 7.01 -- I'M SORRY. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.01 IS TO APPROVE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES ADULT LUNCH MEAL PRICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. I'LL TAKE THAT FOR MR. DAVIS SO HE CAN TAKE A BREATH. 7.01, THE USDA DICTATES WHAT THE ADULT MEAL PRICES ARE BASED ON OUR CHARGES OF WHAT WE CHARGE FOR THE STUDENT LUNCH. SO THIS IS THE REQUIREMENT TO GO FROM $4 TO $4.50 FOR ADULT PRICES. THIS IS A USDA REQUIREMENT. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FARKAS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C7.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THE ITEM BUT SHE IS NOT HERE. ANY COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. GOT TO BE

233PRESENT. Nadia Combs: PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE REST OF -- 7.06, APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF 23-03 AND THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT FOR A 50.4 ACRE FOR A FUTURE SCHOOL SITE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THIS AS WELL. THIS IS A SITE THAT WE HAVE IN NORTH PLANT CITY JUST NORTH OF STINGRAY CHEVROLET. YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER ITEM THAT WILL COME EITHER THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEETING OR ANOTHER ONE. WE'RE SEEKING PROPERTY AS WE TALKED ABOUT. WE HAVE A LONG RANGE PLANNING GROWTH PLAN. WE KNOW THERE IS 5,000 HOMES COMING NEAR PLANT CITY WHICH THOSE OF US AROUND TAMPA FOR A LONG TIME KNOW THAT'S CRAZY. ANTIOCH IS NOT WHAT WE CONSIDERED THE BIG GROWTH AREA. WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE BEFORE THE HOMES GO IN. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE.

234IT IS A LARGE PRICE FOR WHAT WE'RE USED TO BUYING BUT THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THE NEXT ITEM IT WILL BRING WILL BE A SIMILAR ACHEAGE AND PRICE. IMPACT FEES WILL PAY FOR THE LAND. APPRECIATE THE WORKING HARD AND THIS WAS A VERY, VERY HARD PROPERTY TO GET. JEFF HILLS PARTNERED WITH US TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENED AND WANT TO THANK HIM AS WELL AND MORE IMPORTANTLY GREG -- OF THE COUNTY OFFICE. I WANT TO TAKE TWO SECONDS TO TALK ABOUT PART OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WAS TRYING TO FIND PROPERTY THAT WORKED FOR US AND WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER TOO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT ALL THE TEAMS WORK TOGETHER TO PULL THIS FORWARD. WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO YOU. NOT EXCITED TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY BUT EXCITED

235TO HAVE PROPERTY TO BUILD IN NORTH PLANT CITY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FARKAS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: WITH THE REMARKS YOU JUST GAVE, AND I KNOW THAT BOTH NATE, THE MAYOR OF PLANT CITY AND RICK LOTT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ACCOLADES THAT I THINK WE NEED -- OR NOT NEED TO BUT TO SHARE IS THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. THEIR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS READY FOR A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. AND ACTUALLY THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY, SO I MEAN, IT'S A RARING -- A ROARING YES TO FUTURE EDUCATION AND ALSO YOU MAY WANT TO COMMENT ON THE VOCATIONAL CENTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT WITHIN A FEW

236YEARS. Christopher Farkas: WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THE ARCHITECT AND SCOTT BROOKS AND HIS TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THE CAREER CENTER AND WHAT WILL GO IN THERE. THEY'VE BEEN A HUGE PART OF US BEING SUCCESSFUL AND KNOWING WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. IT WILL OPEN IN 25. THE SAME TIME WE OPEN UP OUR BIG HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S GOING TO BE BIG -- AUGUST OF '25 WILL BE AN EXCITING TIME IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. TO YOUR POINT, MS. GRAY, RICK LOTT AND BILL McDANIEL IS ARE ALSO BIG PARTS AND ALSO PLANT CITY, THEY'RE PREPARED FOR THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING TOWARDS THEM AND THAT'S DEFINITELY AN ACCOLADE TOWARDS THEM BECAUSE THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. Lynn Gray: YEAH. IT'S JUST MONUMENTAL. VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU,

237MR. FARKAS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Patti Rendon: AT THE END OF THE DAY, PLANT CITY DOES IT WELL. THEY PLAN AHEAD. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE. THE ROADS ARE IN PLACE. THE HOSPITALS ARE BECOMING IN PLACE. THEY'RE REALLY PLANNING STRATEGICALLY ON THEIR GROWTH AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE CAN COME AND PARTNER WITH THEM TO GET THE SCHOOLS IN PLACE THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, SO SHOUT OUT TO THE ENTIRE PLANT CITY COMMUNITY. MAYORS PAST AND PRESENT, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, EVERYONE ON BOARD ON PLANT CITY IS REALLY DOING IT RIGHT AND REALLY ASSISTING US AND BEING PARTNERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS VENTURE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK WE'RE DOING TOWARDS IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES

238UNANIMOUSLY. 7.08, APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE ATHLETIC FACILITY ADDITION AND NEW AUDITORIUM PROJECT AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT NUMBER 100358. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Christopher Farkas: I'M PLAYING THE ROLE TODAY. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM FOR US. WE ADDED TWO WINGS -- ACTUALLY A WING AND TWO SIDES WE PUT AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL IS BUILT FOR 2,000 STUDENTS. WE ADDED TO THAT. THERE IS A NEED THERE AND THE COMMUNITY LOVES THE SCHOOL AND IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL. THAT BEING SAID, IT'S HARD TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECTS OF THAT. SO WE HAVE INCREASED THE CAFETERIA WHEN WE DID THE LAST WING BUT WAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THE AUDITORIUM OR ANY A ATHLETIC FACILITIES OR WEIGHT ROOMS. THEY CAN'T FIT THE FRESHMAN CLASS IN THE AUDITORIUM CURRENTLY.

239IT'S A HARD THING TO DO. WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO IS CREATE A NEW AUDITORIUM AND TAKE THE OLD ONE AND MAKE IT THE BAND ROOM AND, ORCHESTRA, CREATE CLASSROOM SPACE AND CREATES A WEIGHTROOM AND WRESTLING ROOM AND MAKES IT A FUNCTIONAL SCHOOL SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF NEWSOME WILL ACTUALLY MATCH THE CAPACITY AND FOR 3,000 PEOPLE, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS AND THE COMMUNITY IS EXCITED ABOUT IT AND KATIE ROACH IS PARTNER AS WE PLAN FOR THAT. WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY NEAT MEETINGS AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND TRACK AND ALL THE STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS FORWARD FOR RECOMMENDATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C7.08. A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND

240A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A LOT MORE ITEMS. Nadia Combs: IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.16, APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO SUBLEASE AGREEMENT NUMBER 2725-13 PISA, AN AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT, PATEL, BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. Christopher Farkas: HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM FOR SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THIS IS A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT LEASE WHICH IS PISA AND PATEL. IT'S A K-8 SCHOOL THAT IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. YOU WILL -- WE HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS. WE KNOW USF HAD A LOT OF GROWTH BUILDING THE FOOTBALL STADIUM AND ALL THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING. WE WORKED WITH THEM EXTENSIVELY TO MAKE SURE WE FIT INTO THE PLANS. THIS IS A ONE.

241YEAR EXTENSION AND WE APPRECIATE USF MAKING SURE THIS COMES FORWARD. THIS IS A PRECURSOR FOR THOSE OF US A YEAR FROM NOW THAT THIS PRICE WILL INCREASE. IT'S A LOT OF LAND WE OWN ON THE PART OF USF BUT FOR THIS YEAR IT WILL STAY WHERE IT IS FOR ANOTHER YEAR. WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH USF WHO IS GOOD PARTNERS TO US TO BRING THIS INTO IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT WILL BE A HEFTIER PRICE WILL WE'RE HAPPY WE CAN GO FORWARD. JUNE 30 IS LEASE EXTENDS. IT ENDS. SO IN THEORY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS COMING TO YOU ON JULY 1 WE WOULDN'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THE KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL. IT'S A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCONES. MICHELLE AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT GROUP. WE HAVE BEEN IN MEETINGS FOR

242ALMOST A YEAR TO MAKE THIS COME TO FRUITION SO WE APPRECIATE THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THIS TO YOU IN THE MS TO COME. Nadia Combs: MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 9.03 WHICH IS APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES PROVIDED BY REGISTERED NURSES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. I'M PLEASED TO BRING THIS ITEM TO THE BOARD. THIS IS 20 YEARS WE HAD THIS ANNUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. I WANT TO THANK SPECIFICALLY DR. MARIA ROSS FOR HER GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOH COLLABORATORS AND THIS AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE

24313 REGISTERED NURSES TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY ACTUALLY HIRE THOSE EMPLOYEES AND DR. RUSS WORKS WITH THE TEAM FOR ANY SUPERVISION NEEDED. THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT AT ALL. THE REGISTERED NURSES ARE PAID DIRECTLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SO WE'RE PLEASED TO CONTINUE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. PLEASE APPROVE THIS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, D DD DR. TERANO. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? Lynn Gray: OKAY. I DO AND I -- AND I JOIN YOU IN THE APPRECIATION OF DR. ROSS. SHE IS VERY COMMITTED FOR OBVIOUSLY NURSING BUT HAS A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. SO I WANTED TO SAY THE REASON THAT

244WE'RE ALL VERY PLEASED WITH THIS AGREEMENT BEING 9.01, 9.02 AND 9.03, WHEN WE LOOK AT STUDENTS AND I HAVE THE STATS, AND I KNOW I SAID IT BEFORE BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALIZE ALMOST 50% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION. 50%. AND NEXT THERE ARE OVER 99,000 STUDENTS WITH REPORTED CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS WHICH INCLUDE ADD, LIFE THREATENING ALLERGIES, ASTHMA, AUTISM, SPECTRUM DISORDERS, BLEEDING DISORDERS, CANCER, HEART CONDITIONS, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, DIABETES, SEIZURES, KIDNEY DEZEIN, LUPUS, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE. NOW WHETHER WE MEMORIZE THAT OR NOT, IT'S NOT THAT BUT IT SHOULD STICK TO ALL OF US THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THIS BOARD WILL PROBABLY THROW ME OUT THE DOOR IF

245I KEEP GOING, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY OUR NURSES ARE SO MUCH NEEDED BECAUSE OVER 403,000 STUDENTS VISIT OUR CLINICS, OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL CLINICS, FOR INJURY OR ILLNESS. THAT'S A LOT AND THESE NURSES ARE COMMITTED WITH PASSION AND THEY'VE -- THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WORKS WITH US, SO ALL THAT IS TO SAY -- AND ALSO, WE GET -- THEY GET FREE PHYSICALS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PHYSICAL THERAPIES GIVEN AND MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE PEDIATRICIAN ON STAFF. THERE IS JUST A LOT GOING ON IN THE HEALTH WORLD THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL APPRECIATE AND OUR STUDENTS -- AND OUR FAMILIES SHOULD APPRECIATE BUT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO GET HEALTHIER, AND THAT'S -- I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ON THAT ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs:

246THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR FINAL AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING IS 10.01 WHICH IS THE AMENDED AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES 22300-ATS-IV FOR INFOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES THROUGH THIRD STAGE CONSULTING. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. I'D BE HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM ON SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS' BEHALF. THE ITEM I BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD THIS EVENING IS AN EFFORT, PART OF THE MODERNIZATION ON THE DISTRICT'S CRITICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS. THE DISTRICT'S NEARING COMPLETION OF THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR FINANCING AND HR ENTERPRISE SYSTEM. THIS EFFORT IS TO REPLACE AN AGING AND UNSUPPORTED SYSTEM WITH A MODERN CLOUD-BASED SUITE DESIGNED TO MEET OUR NEEDS. THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION WOULD SERVE TO ALLOW OUR PARTNER, THIRD STAGE, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE DISTRICT AND TO LIACE WITH THE SOFTWARE

247VENDOR AND ADVOCATE WITH THE DISTRICT AS WELL TO ENSURE THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION COMES TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE. THIRD STAGE CONSULTING WOULD PROVIDE GENERAL HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTIONALITY, PROGRAM PROJECT MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE AND PAYROLL FUNCTIONALITY, FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT AS WELL AS TECHNICAL FUNCTIONAL AND SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION. COST ON THIS IS $950,000 NOT TO EXCEED WOULD COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND AND WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH CAPITAL. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. WEEKS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C10.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. Lynn Gray: I HAVE SINCE CHANGED MY MIND BECAUSE IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEN I'M GOOD TO GO, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MAYBE I DO. JUST KIDDING. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN

248YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES U -- UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, NO POWERPOINT TONIGHT. NO SLIDE. WE GOT SUMMER SCHOOL GOING ON. 27,000 KIDS ARE IN SUMMER SCHOOL. WE THANK OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE HELPING ACTIVATE LEARNING. ADDITIONALLY I APPRECIATE THIS BOARD TONIGHT EMPOWERING AND IDENTIFYING A LEADER TO CONTINUE TO LEAD THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. AS I SAID, I'M COMMITTED TO HELPING IF IT'S A DESIRE OF THE BOARD THROUGH THE TRANSITION. BUT ALSO I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THE BOARD KNOWS IN YOUR INBOX YOU'LL SEE THE COMMITTEE PARTICIPANTS AND THE NOTES FROM TODAY. I'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE MONTHLY MEETINGS AND THEN ALSO THE NOTES AFTER EVERY ONE OF THE MEETINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU.

249BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. OKAY. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: MINE IS REAL QUICK. JUST TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID EARLIER, I HAVE A CYBERTASK FORCE BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING GOING AROUND THAT SOME SCAMMERS THAT H HAVE -- THE PARENTS PICK UP THE PHONE AND IT'S A SCREAMING CHILD. IT'S A VOICE OF LITERALLY A CHILD SCREAMING AND THE PARENTS ARE REACTING BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU GET WORRIED. AND WE'RE -- IT'S A VIRTUAL KIDNAPPING RANSOM SCAM. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO THE PARENTS ABOUT THIS ON JUNE 26 AT 6:00 P.M. -- OR 6:30 P.M. IN MY CYBER TASK FORCE. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO PARENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. THE DIFFERENT SCAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT ESPECIALLY THIS ONE. YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER RECEIVED A CALL, AND IT TOTALLY

250TOOK HER JUST OFF KILTER, JUST TO HEAR THE VOICE, AND IT SOUNDED JUST LIKE ONE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN. SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY ENCOURAGE THE PARENTS TO LISTEN IN, AND, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THESE -- THESE SCAMS ARE GETTING REALLY DIFFERENT NOW, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THIS AI BUSINESS, IT'S REALLY GETTING WORRISOME. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS ON THE OTHER END AND WHAT THEY MIGHT BE DOING, SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE THE PARENTS TO LISTEN IN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK AND HIS RECOMMENDATION OF MR. AYRES AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD. I THINK IT SHOWS SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAD A STRONG 7-0, AND I ALSO WANT

251TO THANK OUR CABINET FOR WORKING SO HARD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE SUCCESSFUL, SO I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. (SOUNDING GAVEL)