06/06/2023 - 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 6th, 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] YOU MAY BE SEATED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER -- I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT UP HERE. BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER HAHN, AND MEMBER PEREZ. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY, APRIL 11, 2023, SCHOOL

004BOARD WORKSHOP AND THEN MAY 9, 2023, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE'RE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN TO SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS LEFT FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKED TO GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW GO OVER

005THE 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 ON LIVE WEBCAST AND ON CABLE TV. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. THAT'S 6:00. THAT'S EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL GO ON TO THE RECOGNITION AND PROCLAMATIONS. AO 1, SUCHI PATEL RECOGNIZED FOR WINNING THE CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE AWARD. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE, FROM ONE TIGER TO ANOTHER ONE. EACH YEAR, THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONDUCTS A

006CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE WHERE MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS HOLD A CONTEST IN THEIR DISTRICT FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ENCOURAGE THEM TO LEARN AND TO PURSUE CAREERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE BY CREATING AN APP. EACH PARTICIPATING MEMBER OF CONGRESS SELECTS A WINNING APP FROM THEIR DISTRICT. SUCHI PATEL, NOW A SENIOR AT GEORGE S. MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, WON THE 2022 CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE FOR THE DISTRICT REPRESENTED BY FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN SCOTT FRANKLIN. MS. PATEL CREATED A SMARTPHONE APP CALLED THE MY RX THAT ALLOW THE USER TO SCAN A MEDICATION TO SEE IF ANY FOODS OR MEDICATIONS COUNTERACT WITH MEDICATION. MRS. PATEL, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE LECTERN SO WE CAN CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOU CAN BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE APP YOU HAVE CREATED AND YOUR INSPIRATION, MRS. PATEL, THANK YOU. TIGER ONE. TIGER ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH,

007MR. WASHINGTON. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU ESTEEMED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. WHAT ACTUALLY MOTIVATED ME TO START CODING WAS THE BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AT MY MAGNET SCHOOL. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT PROGRAM FOR EDUCATING ME IN TERMS OF LEARNING HOW TO USE WEB PROGRAMMING AND DEVELOPING AN APP FROM SCRATCH. SO MY GRANDFATHER ACTUALLY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF AN ADVERSE DRUG TO DRUG INTERACTION. AFTER SEEING THE MEDICAL INEQUITY IN MY FAMILY I DECIDED TO PURSUE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYONE IN MY COMMUNITY. SO I HOPE THAT THIS APP WILL BE ABLE TO BRIDGE MEDICAL INEQUITIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS EDUCATE THOSE, ESPECIALLY WHO ARE OLDER ABOUT VARIOUS PRESCRIPTIONS AND HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR MEDICATIONS BETTER SO THAT WE REDUCE THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY

008AND BEYOND. SO THANK YOU. Henry "Shake" Washington: I MUST SAY, THAT'S TRULY PHENOMENAL. THAT'S PHENOMENAL. THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, PHENOMENAL. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. I CAN'T SAY NOTHING ELSE. YOU CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT, PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, MS. PATEL. AND I WANT ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO PLEASE STAND AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED. FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS. A 02, THE RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE. AN MARIE COURTNEY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. DAVIS, CABINET MEMBERS. TODAY WE RECOGNIZE SEVEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE SHOWN GREAT COMMITMENT TO THEIR EDUCATION THROUGH A DEMONSTRATION OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE. THAT'S 13 YEARS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE OR 2,340

009DAYS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE. JAMES WOMACK ONCE SAID COMMITMENT UNLOCKS OF DOORS OF IMAGINATION, ALLOWS VISION AND GIVES YOU THE RIGHT STUFF TO TURN OUR DREAMS INTO REALITY. I DO NOT KNOW IF THESE SEVEN STUDENTS WE RECOGNIZE TONIGHT HAD A DREAM TO EARN PERFECT ATTENDANCE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEY HAVE MADE IT A REALITY. EACH OF OUR 7 GRADUATING SENIORS PERFECT K-12 ATTENDANCE WILL BE PRESENTED A BRAND-NEW LAPTOP. OUR PARTNER, SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION, IS KINDLY PROVIDING EACH STUDENT WITH A $500 SCHOLARSHIP. WE HAVE COURTNEY BARRY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION, WITH US THIS EVENING. COURTNEY. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THESE EXTRAORDINARY STUDENTS. DILLON QUIGLEY, ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. PLEASE WAVE. ANTHONY JOANNIDES, KING HIGH SCHOOL. ALISHA THOMAS, KING HIGH SCHOOL. DANTE PATTERSON, MIDDLETON HIGH

010SCHOOL. ERIK DYER, NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. TYLER RYALL, NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. AND NOT WITH US THIS EVENING BECAUSE HE IS CELEBRATING HIS GRADUATION WITH HIS FAMILY, MASON CHARBENEAU FROM RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS, AS YOU BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT FORECASTS MANY SUCCESSES IN YOUR FUTURE. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF THESE INCREDIBLE STUDENTS. YOUR SUPPORT OF YOUR CHILD'S COMMITMENT TO THEIR EDUCATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. ANOTHER HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO COURTNEY BARRY WITH SUNCOAST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION AND OUR GENEROUS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THESE WONDERFUL PRIZES FOR THESE AMAZING STUDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES. IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND STAY SO WE CAN GET SOME PICTURES, I KNOW THE FAMILIES WOULD LOVE TO HAVE PICTURES. Nadia Combs: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM,

011THROUGH THE CHAIR, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH COMMITTED PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS. IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR CAREGIVER OF THE STUDENTS, PLEASE STAND UP AND LET'S RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE UNDERSTAND WHEN THAT ALARM CLOCK GOES OFF AND THEY MAY NOT WANT TO GET UP AND YOU HELP THEM GET UP AND YOU'VE TAKEN THEM TO AND FROM SCHOOL, TO AND FROM ACTIVITIES, WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. STUDENTS REMARKABLE. I CAN'T TELL YOU I HAD THE SAME TRACK RECORD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS -- JUST KIDDING -- BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR BEING EXEMPLARS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING COMMITTED TO YOUR TEACHERS AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO YOU AS

012WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE SUNCOAST. Addison Davis: CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. Nadia Combs: CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK AND 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 OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN

013ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR THREE 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 A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I'LL CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS, IF THEY WILL PLEASE LINE UP. MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. START WITH 7.08. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE BIDS FOR THESE CHEMICALS, INSECTICIDES, PROBABLY INCLUDING WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT TO KILL THE RATS, WHICH THEN KILLS THE OWLS. YEAH. ISN'T THAT A SHAME? HEADLINES: EARTH IS NEARING THE TIPPING POINT FOR A HOT FUTURE. EARTH'S CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AT HIGHEST LEVELS IN 4 MILLION YEARS. RECORD WARMTH HAS MELTED OLDEST, THICKEST ARCTIC ICE. CLIMATE PANEL FORESEES BIG

014TROUBLE AS THE EARTH WARMS. RISING TIDE OF DIRE WARMING. WILL THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY STILL BE HABITABLE TOMORROW? HERE'S A TEMPLATE, THE RATIO, THE PROPORTION OF HOW BUILDINGS SHOULD LOOK. AND GIVING BUILDINGS A GREEN MAKEOVER. IN NEW YORK, OLDER BUILDINGS, THEY ARE CUTTING UTILITY BILL BY 80%. WELL, HERE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE SCHOOL BUILDING, HVAC. THE BUILDING IS STILL A STUPID BUILDING. STILL A STUPID BUILDING. WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THE 1960s SAID WE SHAPE OUR BUILDINGS, THEREAFTER THEY SHAPE US. HERE'S FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM GOVERNOR RON DEFUROR, BARNSTORMING, TOUR OF EARLY STATES. HE STAYS HUMBLE. HE COMPARES HIMSELF TO CHURCHILL, FIGHTING THE WOKE MOB ON THE BEACHES. HA HA HA. I JUST READ WHAT CHURCHILL SAID. SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU LISTENING TO WHAT CHURCHILL SAID? I DON'T THINK SO. FLORIDA SCHOOL

015DISTRICTS ARE LOSING LEADERS AND HERE'S ONE OF THE LEADERS SAYING WE'VE GOT -- WE'VE GOT. NO, YOU HAVE. "GOT" IS PAST TENSE. AND THEN HERE WE DESPERATELY NEED A NEW ELECTRICAL GRID. THEY ARE SHOWING GREEN VINES GOING BETWEEN THE TOWERS. HOW RIDICULOUS. LET ME END ON A LIGHT NOTE. YOU KNOW DISNEY, THEY HAVE A NEW DWARF. YOU KNOW THE NAME. IT'S WOKING. FOR ALL YOU DISNEY FANS. REMEMBER THE NAME. DEFUROR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS ANTONIO ANISI. WHAT IS BOOK BANNING? IF YOU DECONSTRUCT THE PHRASE AS YOU WOULD WITH ALCOHOL BAN OR TOBACCO BAN ONE COULD GUESS BOOK BAN MEANS YOUR FORBIDDING OR PROHIBITING CITIZENS TO BOOK BY LAW. PEN MARK, ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIGHT TODAY DEFINES A SCHOOL BOOK BAN AS ANY

016ACTION TAKEN AGAINST A BOOK BASED ON ITS CONTENT AND AS A RESULT OF PARENT OR COMMUNITY CHALLENGES THAT LEADS TO A PREVIOUSLY ACCESSIBLE BOOK BEING EITHER COMPLETELY REMOVED TO STUDENTS OR WHERE ACCESS TO THE BOOK IS DIMINISHED. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE STATE THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE FOR REMOVING SEXUAL EXPLICIT BOOKS FROM THE EYES OF MINORS, IT WILL ALWAYS BE MISREPRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF FLAWED DEFINITIONS LIKE PEN AMERICA'S. IT IS CONCERNING THAT THERE ARE GROWN ADULTS THAT CANNOT OBJECTIVELY UNDERSTAND OR SEE THE ISSUE WITH SCHOOL EMPLOYEES SHOWING MINORS GRAPHIC PICTURES OF YOUNG BOYS GIVING OTHER BOYS ORAL SEX OR ADULTS GIVING ADVICE TO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ON HOW TO USE ADULT SEX APPS. BECAUSE BOOKS WITH THIS CONTENT ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO MINORS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, CLEARLY A MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD

017MEMBERS ARE UNWILLING TO REMOVE THEM. THIS VIOLATES FLORIDA CRIMINAL STATUTE 847. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELL, IN LIGHT OF THIS HOT TOPIC OF THE BOOKS I'M HERE AGAIN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. SO WHEN ANYONE IN A PUBLIC FORUM SAYS THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO BAN BOOKS, THIS DEFINITELY GETS ATTENTION. IT CALLS IMAGERY TO MIND OF TOTALITARIAN REGIMES THAT WANT TOTAL CONTROL OVER ALL OF THE FLOW OF INFORMATION. HENCE THE WORD TOTALITARIAN. LABELING SOMEBODY A BOOK BANNER IS DESIGNED TO EVOKE AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE AND TO LIKEN THAT PERSON TO A FASCIST. BUT WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IS THIS ACTUALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AMERICA? ARE FASCISTS PARENTS TAKING OVER? LET'S CONSIDER REAL FASCISTS LIKE KIM JONG-UN, MOSSI, STALIN, HITLER AND UNDER THESE REGIMES, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT WAS NOT OUT OF

018THE QUESTION FOR THESE BOOK INVITATIONALS. NOW -- VIOLATIONS. NOW COMPARE TO THE USA WHERE PERSON IS FREE TO POSSESS ANY BOOK THEY WANT AND IT IS NOT A CRIME TO OWN ANY BOOK IN AMERICA. ADDITIONALLY, NO ONE HAS LOST THEIR FREEDOM TO READ WHATEVER THEY WANT SIMPLY BECAUSE A BOOK IS NOT ON THE SHELF OF A SCHOOL LIBRARY. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BOOKS THAT ARE NOT ON THE SHELF IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. DOES THIS MEAN THEY ARE ALL BANNED? NO. IT JUST MEANS THAT SOME PERSON IN AUTHORITY HAS DECIDED WHICH BOOKS ARE IMPORTANT OR APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN AND WHICH BOOKS DO NOT MAKE THE CUT. THE REAL QUESTION IS THIS: WHO GETS THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHICH BOOKS? DO PARENTS HAVE ANY SAY OR IS IT THE PROFESSIONALS? CLEARLY MANY SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS AMERICA BELIEVE

019THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO OVERRULE, IGNORE, DISMISS AND CONTRADICT PARENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOOKS THAT ARE OFFERED TO THEIR CHILDREN. LET'S BE CLEAR. IT'S INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST TO SUGGEST THAT PARENTS ARE BANNING BOOKS. NO ONE IS LEGALLY PROHIBITING BOOKS IF YOU GO BY THE DEFINITION OF "BAN." WHILE USING THE WORD BAN IS FAR MORE POWERFUL, USING IT COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF INTELLECTUAL HONESTY. WHAT WE PARENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT IS MORE LIKE REGULATIONS, REGULATIONS THAT MIRROR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS' REGULATIONS LIKE THE FEDERAL COMMISSION, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WHICH BANS OBSCENE CONTENT ON RADIO AIRWAVES 24 HOURS A DAY, PERHAPS THE MOST CLOSELY RELATED BAN IS THIS. THE MOVIE INDUSTRY WITH THE RATING SYSTEM BANS MINORS FROM ACCESSING CERTAIN MOVIES UNTIL THEY ARE ADULTS. YOU PROBABLY BANNED YOUR CHILDREN FROM EATING CERTAIN SNACKS BEFORE DINNER. WERE

020THOSE SNACKS ACTUALLY BANNED? NO. THEY WERE JUST RESERVED FOR A MORE APPROPRIATE TIME. I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU RESIST THE BOOK BANNING NARRATIVE WHICH IS INHERENTLY DISHONEST AS WELL AS DIVISIVE. LABELING PARENTS' ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM THE GRAPHICALLY SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT THAT I'VE READ TO YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THESE BOARD MEETINGS, LABELING THIS AS BOOK BANNING MAY BE POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE BUT AGAIN INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST TO DO SO. I, NOR MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY DESIRE TO BAN BOOKS. WE SIMPLY WANT TO PROTECT CHILDREN AND WE WON'T BE SILENT UNTIL WE DO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. IF SPEAKERS FIVE AND SIX CAN PLEASE COME UP. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. DEBBIE HUNT, CCDF, HILLSBOROUGH CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 9.04 ABOUT THE COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN

021LICENSE RENEWAL OF THE SECOND STEP MIDDLE SCHOOL LIFE SKILLS CURRICULUM. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE A LITTLE CONCERNING TO ME. IN THE DESCRIPTION, THE TERMS THAT WERE USED ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE RENAMING OF THE SEL TERMS THAT ARE IN THE LATER AGENDA ITEM, THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT REVISIONS. IT'S ALSO STATED IN HERE THAT THERE IS A 25% SAVINGS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAGE 11 IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE A 10% SAVINGS. THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT TO PAY IN ADVANCE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS QUITE CONCERNING. ON PAGE 6 OF 23, IT TALKS ABOUT TYPES OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY TO DISCLOSE TO THE CONTRACTOR, INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, CREDIT CARD NUMBERS, EXPIRATION DATES, PINS, CARD SECURITY CODES, BANK ROUTING NUMBERS, ET CETERA, MEDICAL INFORMATION. I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE

022CONCERNING THAT IT WOULD NEED TO GO TO ANY CONTRACTOR FOR THIS. WHEN I GO OUT TO THE WEBSITE, COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN SAYS WE BELIEVE THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SEL, IS FUNDAMENTAL TO ACHIEVING SOCIAL JUSTICE. AND THEY ALSO STATE THAT THEY ARE LEADING THE SEL REVOLUTION. WHEN YOU GO TO THE SECOND STEP PROGRAMS WEBSITE, THE SECOND CLICK YOU MAKE ON PROGRAMS CLEARLY DENOTES THAT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS ARE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. IT SAYS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A TIME OF GROWTH AND CHANGE. SECOND STEP MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROGRAM FOR SIXTH TO EIGHTH GRADE, WHICH IS NOT APPROPRIATE. IT ALSO ON ANOTHER PAGE ON THE SITE SAYS CLAIMS SEL IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS READING, WRITING, AND MATH. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT BACKS THAT UP. AND IN ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT TALKS

023ABOUT -- IT'S CALLED UPSTANDER. YOU WOULD THINK IT MEANS UP STANDING CITIZEN. IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT KIDS QUESTIONING THEIR SEXUALITY, WHICH I DO NOT THINK IS APPROPRIATE, AND I ALSO THINK VIOLATES THE LAW. I'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU A LETTER THAT HAD BEEN SENT PREVIOUSLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, HAVING NO PLACE IN FLORIDA CLASSROOMS. IT WAS ABOUT A DIFFERENT CURRICULUM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THIS. SO I RECOMMEND BEFORE APPROVING THIS CURRICULUM AND BEFORE CONTINUING THE K-5 THAT'S IN PLACE, THAT YOU RELOOK AT FLORIDA LAWS AND THIS CURRICULUM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AMY McCABE, A RESIDENT OF LAW COLINA SUBDIVISION. I DID A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH AND E-MAILED EACH ONE OF YOU AFTER THE RECENT VOTE TO REZONE THE COMMUNITY

024FROM BLOOMINGDALE TO BRANDON HIGH. THIS IS MY PLEA TO ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER THE CHANGE. I'VE HAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCES MY OLDEST CHILD WHO ATTENDED BOTH SCHOOLS. SHE THRIVED WHEN SHE TRANSFERRED TO BLOOMINGDALE. MANY OF YOU ARE PARENTS YOURSELF AND FAMILIAR WITH THE VAST VARIANCES BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS. WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GROW AND BE CHALLENGED ACADEMICALLY. BLOOMINGDALE IS CURRENTLY RANKED 14th COMPARED TO 28th IN THE COUNTY OVER BRANDON HIGH. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE GIVEN THERE ARE 30 SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY. WE WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO A SCHOOL THAT IS ALMOST RANKED AT THE VERY BOTTOM. THE PROGRAMMING MUSIC, ATHLETICS, AND ACADEMICS ARE SUBPAR TO BLOOMINGDALE. I WAS THREE KIDS WHO ARE ATTENDING BLOOMINGDALE CURRENTLY. TWO IN THE MUSIC PROGRAM ALWAYS RECEIVING SUPERIORS IN COMPARISON TO BRANDON RECEIVING GOOD. MY THIRD CHILD PLAYED LACROSSE WHICH

025IS NOT EVEN AVAILABLE AT BRANDON. IT'S GUT-WRENCHING TO THINK OUR KIDS WILL BE SHIFTED TO A SCHOOL THAT MISSES THE MARK ON SO MANY LEVELS AND LAGGED FOR YEARS. THE SHIFT IN ZONING IS INTENDED TO ALLEVIATE OVERPOPULATION. OUR COMMUNITY HAS 292 HOMES. RIVER HILLS HAS 1160 HOMES AND WAS TO BE REZONED FROM NEWSOME DUE TO OVERPOPULATION AS WELL. BUT RIVER HILLS, WHICH IS ALMOST FOUR TIMES LARGER THAN OUR COMMUNITY, MYSTERIOUSLY GOT REMOVED FROM REZONING AND REMAINS AT NEWSOME EVEN THOUGH NEWSOME HAS AN EVEN GREATER POPULATION ISSUE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE REZONING MAPS, BLOOMINGDALE IS CURRENTLY BRINGING STUDENTS IN ALL THE WAY FROM CLAIR-MEL DISTRICT. WHY ARE WE NOT REZONING THEM TO GO TO BRANDON AND LEAVING OUR COMMUNITY BLOOMINGDALE? IF IT IS DIVERSITY PURPOSES YOU MAY WANT TO REVIEW NEWSOME AS WELL. THEY ARE

026GREATLY LACKING IN DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY. MY FINAL PLEA IS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THE EMOTIONAL STRESS THAT IT WILL PUT ON THE STUDENTS. THEY WILL ATTEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH THE SAME FRIENDS AND EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A WHOLE NEW HIGH SCHOOL WITH ONLY A HANDFUL THAT WOULD COME FROM OUR COMMUNITY. THAT PUTS AN ENTIRELY NEW LAYER OF STRESS ON A YOUNG PERSON. IN ADDITION, THIS WILL CAUSE DIVISION IN HOUSEHOLDS DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS DURING THE TRANSITION. FAMILIES WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN BLOOMINGDALE AND BRANDON. MY ASK IS THAT YOU WOULD PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES. WOULD YOU PERSONALLY WANT THIS FOR YOUR CHILDREN? WOULD YOU BE CONTENT WITH SENDING YOUR CHILD TO A SCHOOL WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER ACADEMICS? WOULD YOU BE HAPPY WITH A 28th RANKED SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY? I TRULY DO

027NOT COMPREHEND HOW A SMALL COMMUNITY OF 292 HOMES WOULD CONTINUE TO OVERPOPULATE BLOOMINGDALE. I ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY WITHIN THE CURRENT ZONING. I MAY ALSO SUGGEST THE SCHOOL BOARD CONSIDER A MUCH MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PROOF OF ADDRESS. AUDIT OF ENROLLED STUDENTS I THINK YOU MAY FIND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF YOUR STUDENTS THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THE SCHOOL ZONES THAT THEY ARE ATTENDING. MY FINAL REQUEST IS THIS, IF MY VOICE IS NOT HEARD AND THE REZONING TO BRANDON IS APPROVED -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO. MY NAME IS CARRIE. I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY SON LOGAN. THERE ARE TWO PLACES A CHILD SHOULD FEEL SAFE -- AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL. TURNER/BARTELS WHERE MY CHILDREN WENT HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT

028AS WE PARENTS HAVE EXPECTED. MY SON, LOGAN, STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR ON A POSITIVE NOTE. HE'S BEEN ON IEP SINCE 7 YEARS OLD AND HE IS DETERMINED TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL DESPITE HIS LEARNING DISABILITIES. IN FACT, HE EARNED A VERY FIRST "A" EVER ON HIS FIRST REPORT CARD. CONSTANT BULLYING, NAME CALLING, PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS AND KIDS TAUNTING HIM IN CLASS HAS MADE IT A STRUGGLE FOR MY SON TO KEEP CONCENTRATION ON HIS GRADES AND KEEPING THEM UP. THE BULLYING AND PHYSICALLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR FROM OTHER STUDENTS STARTED OCCURRING A FEW MONTHS INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. MY SON HAD HIS BIKE VANDALIZED, TRASH THROWN ON HIM, JABBED IN THE NECK WITH A PENCIL, PANTS PULLED DOWN IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND HE HAS BEEN CHASED HOME ON HIS BIKE BY OTHERS STATING THEY WANT TO BEAT

029HIM UP. HE'S EVEN BEEN CALLED RACIAL SLURS. EVERY INCIDENT WAS MENTIONED TO EITHER TEACHERS OR THE ADMIN STAFF AS WELL AS OBTAINING SEVERAL CASE NUMBERS FROM THE RESOURCE OFFICER. THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WE ARE FEELING BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT NOTHING HAS CHANGED. THESE OCCURRENCES HAVE INCREASED AND HAVE ESCALATED TO MORE SERIOUS INTERACTIONS. MY SON HAS TO DEFEND HIMSELF PHYSICALLY FROM BEING ATTACKED. HE STARTED HAVING ANXIETY ATTACKS, INCREASED DEPRESSION AND WE WOULD TELL ME CONSTANTLY HOW AFRAID HE IS TO GO TO SCHOOL. FAST-FORWARD TO THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WHICH TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY, MAY 22, OF THIS YEAR, THE LAST MONDAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. MY SON TEXTED ME AT 1:18 SAYING, MOM, PICK ME UP NOW. I KNEW FROM THAT TEXT SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG, SO I DROVE TO THE SCHOOL WHICH

030WAS ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE. WATCHING MY SON WALK HIS BIKE WHILE BEING HARASSED BY OVER 30 KIDS. THE FEAR IN EYES EYES WILL FOREVER BE AN IMAGE THAT I CANNOT LET GO OF. THESE KISSES WERE YELLING AT HIM, SHOVING HIM AND TRYING TO FORCE HIM INTO THE STREET ALMOST GETTING HIT BY A CAR. WHEN I GOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO HIM TO BE ABLE TO PUT HIS BIKE IN MY CAR, THE KIDS ALL GATHERED AROUND ME, BLOCKING THE ROAD. I COULD NOT ESCAPE, YELLING OBSCENITIES AND RACIAL REMARKS AT ME AS WELL. A FEW OF THESE KIDS AGAIN STOOD IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I COULDN'T MOVE. ONCE OUR SO-CALLED HELP ARRIVED, WHICH WAS SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THE SCHOOL, MOST OF THOSE KIDS THEN SCATTERED. ONLY A COUPLE WERE DETAINED. WE

031WENT BACK TO THE SCHOOL TO HAVE THE NURSES ASSESS FOR MY SON'S INJURIES GATHERING DETAILS AS TO WHAT HAPPENED, FILING REPORTS TO WHICH HE ENDED UP SUSTAINING A SPRAINED SHOULDER BECAUSE OF THESE KIDS GRABBING HIM OFF HIS BIKE AND THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND WHICH THEN INJURED HIS BIKE TAKING THE CHAIN OFF, SO HE COULD NOT EVEN GET AWAY. THIS BRIEF INSIGHT IS WHAT I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW ABOUT TURNER/BARTELS STAFF DOING BETTER TO PRAYED A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN. BULLYING IS UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY TELL YOUR CHILD THAT THEY WANT TO KILL HIM AND, YES, HE GOT A TEXT STATING THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE I'M CONSISTENT WITH THE TIME FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

032THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING. TO THE BOARD OF, MR. ADDISON AND THE CABINET, MY NAME IS BETTY SMITH. I AM A TEACHER AND MY CERTIFICATION IS BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY. IT WAS A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO WITNESS MS. PATEL RECEIVE HER RECOGNITION FOR THE APPLICATION SHE DEVELOPED. I'M HERE FOR THREE REASONS. REASON NUMBER ONE IS TO ASK YOU TO ASSIGN SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO AN ESCALATION. THIS IS THE FINAL STEP FOR ME IN TERMS OF THE ESCALATION PROCESS TO ASSIGN SOMEONE TO REVIEW A SITUATION THAT I HAVE WITH REGARD TO COMPLETING MY ACP CERTIFICATION. I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET PERSONAL, SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO ASSIGN SOMEONE TO MEET WITH ME SEPARATELY. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DO IS I WANT TO MAKE

033MYSELF A POSTER CHILD BECAUSE IT IS MY OPINION THAT MY EXPERIENCE IN ACP IN TECHNOLOGY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHY MINORITIES, ESPECIALLY BLACKS AND WOMEN, ARE SORELY UNDERREPRESENTED IN TECHNOLOGY CLASSES AND AS INSTRUCTORS AND PROFESSIONALS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION TO UNDERSTAND WHY. MINORITIES, PARTICULARLY BLACKS, AND WOMEN ARE TREATED THE WAY WE ARE IN TECHNOLOGY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT I AM A POSTER CHILD OF THE FAILURES OF THE SITE-BASED ACP PROCESS. I CAME INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FROM CORPORATE AMERICA. I WAS AT IBM FOR 30 YEARS, FORTUNE 100 COMPANY. YOU DON'T STAY AT IBM FOR 30 YEARS IF YOU'RE STUPID. AND WE HAVE THIS MOTTO PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE HEADED TOWARD, THE KIND OF PROFESSIONAL

034THAT THEY ARE HEADED TOWARD, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH REGARD TO PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR TECHNOLOGY CAREERS AND ALLOWING PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE MINORITIES AND WOMEN TO BE IN THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH SOMEONE INDIVIDUALLY OFF-LINE TO TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS OF MY COMPLAINT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, CHAIR COMBS. THIS

035EVENING WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE A NUMBER OF NEW SCHOOL LEADERS AND LEADERS THAT ARE MOVING FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT TO BE ABLE TO LEAD OUR SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN ORDER TO CREATE THE BEST MOMENTS WE CAN FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE AN INTELLECT AND GROWTH IN EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO BUILD CAPACITY OF OUR ADULTS IN THE ORGANIZATION. THIS EVENING START WITH OUR FIRST LEADER -- DO WE HAVE THE PowerPoint READY? HE SAYS YES, SIR. THE FIRST LEADER. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE CALL UP. THE FIRST EDUCATOR HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR 24 YEARS, 15 YEARS AN EDUCATOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, 8 YEARS AS EDUCATOR IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE YEAR EDUCATOR IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS INDIVIDUAL IS CURRENTLY THE PRINCIPAL AT

036HAINES CITY HIGH SCHOOL. SERVES 3,000 STUDENTS. THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS IMPROVED THE GRADUATION RATE, DECREASED THE DISCIPLINE RATE AT HIS SCHOOL, HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED THE 2022 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR AND ALSO NATIONAL K-12 DIVE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR AS WELL. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, MR. ADAM LANE. MR. LANES COMES TO US FROM POLK. WE APPRECIATE IT. WELCOME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH MR. LANE THE OTHER DAY, HAD A REAL INTENSE CONVERSATION. HE IS READY FOR THE LEAD, READY TO TAKE ON THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY AND WELCOME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. GOT THAT PHOTO MOMENT. GET HIM WHILE HE'S SMILING. JUST KIDDING. SMILES EVERY DAY. NEXT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT A YOUNG MAN THAT IS A

037PRODUCT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I BELIEVE THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS A PRODUCT OF ARMWOOD AS WELL. WENT TO ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WENT ON TO GET HIS MASTER'S DEGREE AT WEST FLORIDA. CAME BACK TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WAS A SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER, ALSO TRANSITIONED TO BE AN AVID TEACHER AT BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. THEN TRANSITIONED TO LEAD THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AT ARMWOOD. THEN MOVED IN 2016 AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ARMWOOD. THEN WENT TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ROBINSON AND DECIDED TO COME BACK TO ARMWOOD AND IS NOW OUR NEW PRINCIPAL WHO HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AT ARMWOOD MOVING THE GRADUATION RATE, NEW PRINCIPAL AT TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, MR. MATTHEW JOHNSON. PLEASE COME UP. CONGRATULATIONS. GOT THOSE GO GATOR COLORS ON. TAKE THAT. HE WALKS RIGHT UP FOR THE PHOTO OP. HE'S DAY ONE READY.

038CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, WE HAVE A NEW PRINCIPAL GOING TO BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CHERYL IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. SHE HAS 20 YEARS OF EDUCATION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SHE'S BEEN AT DICKENSON, LOW MAX, SCHWARZKOPF, BEEN THERE 16 YEARS. COMMUNITY TRULY LOVES HER, GOING TO MISS HER BUT CONTINUES TO BE OPEN FOR A CHALLENGE. SHE IS A COMMUNITY BUILDER, GREAT AT BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON INTENTIONALLY ABOUT MOVING THE ANALYTICS WITH INSTRUCTION, AND WE WELCOME CHERYL TO BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. NEXT COHORT OF LEADERS, WE HAVE A GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS A TEACHER AT LAYING MAG IN 1997. TRANSITIONED TO BE APPOINTED TO AP AT PALM RIVER. THEN IN 2007 BEGAN TO BE A PRINCIPAL AT WIMAUMA. IN 2009, TRANSFERRED TO CYPRESS CREEK, I BELIEVE AND THEN

039TRANSITIONED TO HIS CURRENT LOCATION, STRONG LEADER, COMMUNITY BUILDER. THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MR. ROY MORAL. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU FOR LEADING. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CHILDREN. KODAK MOMENT. HE'S STILL SMILING AFTER 20 YEARS. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING YOU IN THIS PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO OUR NEXT LEADER, STARTED IN THE CAREER AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN 2010. THIS IS REALLY AN AWESOME SUCCESS STORY, GOING FROM PARAPROFESSIONAL, TRANSITIONING TO AN ESE SPECIALIST, WAS A TEACHER ESE SPECIALIST IN 2020 WAS NAMED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT FOREST HILLS WHERE SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL PART OF WORKING WITH MRS. GORDON OF ELEVATING THE EXPERIENCE TO THE HIGHEST THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN EVER. THE INDIVIDUAL IS PASSIONATE AND REALLY FOCUSED ON BEING ABLE TO

040BUILD A COHESIVE UNIT WITH THEIR TEAM. THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS MRS. MICMICHELLE SOTO. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE THE NEW PRINCIPAL. LOOKS LIKE YOU BROUGHT THE FAN CLUB TONIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF SUPPORT FACTORS HERE WITH HISTORICAL TREND OF GREAT LEADERS WITH RACHAEL, NOW MRS. GORDON MOVING UP. AND THEY ARE HERE TO WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, A NEW PRINCIPAL GRADUATED FROM I BELIEVE A PRODUCT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FROM TAMPA BAY TECH IN 1996. AFTER THAT, EARNED HER DEGREE, CAME BACK TO TEACH WITH US AND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF NOT ONLY BEING A TEACHER BUT DISTRICT PEER EVALUATOR, THEN BECAME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT B.T. WASHINGTON WHERE SHE CURRENTLY HAS CONTINUED TO DEMONSTRATE SUCCESS. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT FROST. NEW FROST ELEMENTARY

041IS MS. TEMEKA LEWIS. CONGRATULATIONS. MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU COME BACK TO WORK TOMORROW. ENJOY THAT NIGHT. JUST KIDDING. ALSO, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, CURRENT PRINCIPAL, MS. CHRISTINA IS TRANSITIONING OUT OF MENDENHALL, COMING TO DISTRICT LEVEL TO WORK WITH EL COHORTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO HER WHICH OPENS UP A CURRENT POSITION AT MENDENHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE A 24-YEAR VETERAN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT REALLY HAS SERVED AS TEACHER, COUNSELOR, ADMINISTRATOR, HAS SERVED MANY FAMILIES AND MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FROM TINKER, ALSO SERVED AT MAY BERRY, LANIER, WESTSHORE, NEW PRINCIPAL AT MENDENHALL IS SKYLER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE ON YOUR TEAM AND SUPPORT YOU IN THOSE EFFORTS. ALSO, WE HAVE A NEW PRINCIPAL BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER PRINCIPAL THAT TRANSITIONED

042TO ELL COHORT, RUSKIN. BEGAN HERE CAREER IN 2005 AS THIRD GRADE TEACHER. THIS INDIVIDUAL IN 2011 BECAME A PEER EVALUATOR, 2013, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 2017, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CLAIR-MEL. 2022, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT RAMPELLO K-8. NEW PRINCIPAL WE WELCOME HER TO RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS JEANINE SADDLER. IT WELL DESERVED. CONGRATULATIONS. LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMPLOY 31-YEAR VETERAN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT STARTED IN 1992 AS ESE EDUCATOR AT MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SERVED AS ADMINISTRATOR AT MANY PLACEMENTS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION, MANISCALCO, PIZZO, OAK GROVE, EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BRING INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER AS A MAJOR STRATEGIST RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE INTELLECTUALLY WITH STUDENTS AND USING DATA POINTS AND REALLY A SYSTEMS THINKER. NEW PRINCIPAL AT SCHWARZKOPF IS PAMELA WILKINS. WE'LL

043WAVE AT HER ON THE WAY THIS EVENING. LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU AS WELL. OUR FINAL APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT BEGAN HER CAREER IN 2012 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AT DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FIFTH GRADE. REALLY TRANSITIONED TO BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER, A LEADER TEACHER MAGNET AS WELL, THEN 2017 APPOINTED TOMLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. 21-22 MOVED UP 108 POINTS, MAJOR POINTS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FLORIDA ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. THANK HER FOR BEING DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER. NEW PRINCIPAL AT THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CASEY O'BRIENSWOPE. I GOTCHA. YES, MA'AM, YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. SHE'S READY TO GO! LISTEN. AND HERE I THOUGHT, OH, MATTHEW WAS CAMERA READY. SHE WAS READY TO ROCK 'N' ROLL. CONGRATULATIONS. IF WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS STAND UP. I WANT TO THANK YOU

044FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS JOB ISN'T EASY EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE AS THEY MOVE THE NEEDLE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO HANG AROUND. GO CELEBRATE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TOMORROW. Nadia Combs: CONGRATULATIONS, LEADERS. WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A FEW MINUTES, SO THAT WAY IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE. CONGRATULATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK REALLY HARD. Addison Davis: THAT'S RIGHT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C 1.11, 4.02, 5.02, 6.02, 7.01, 7.04, 7.08, 7.11. 1.11,. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE ARE REQUIRED ANNUALLY TO BE ABLE TO BRING A K-12 COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE BASED READING PLAN TO THE BOARD. THIS IS FOR THE 23-24 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR. THIS

045DOCUMENT REALLY OUTLAYS AND IDENTIFIES ALL OF OUR LITERACY GOALS THAT WE WILL SEEK TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR AND ALSO PROVIDES ONGOING SUPPORTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, TOOLS THAT WE WILL USE ALONG WITH DATA ANALYTICS TO SHOW WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE AND WHERE WE ASPIRE TO GO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR BUCKETS WE FOCUSED ON IN THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT. ONE IS FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS BASED ON THE SCIENCE OF READING. WE KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT READING COMPREHENSION, IT REALLY IS TRULY A PRODUCT OF DECODING ALONG WITH LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION AS WELL. THE SECOND THING WILL WE'LL DO A LOT OF TRAINING OVER THE SUMMER AND AS WE TRANSITION THE NEXT YEAR, THE SECOND ITEM WE'LL FOCUS ON IS HOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR TIER ONE LITERACY INSTRUCTION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND REALLY

046GO ON TO HOW WE CONTINUE TO HELP STUDENTS FROM TIER 2, TIER 3 SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE AND PROVIDE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TEACHERS AS WELL. THE THIRD ONE IS ALL ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HOW WE PROVIDE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LITERACY NOT ONLY FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION, BUT ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS, OUR COACHES, OUR TEACHERS, OUR READING SPECIALISTS, ALL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY UNDERSTAND HIGH YIELD READING STRATEGIES IN AN EFFORT TO ACCELERATE LEARNING. THIS WILL PROVIDE -- THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES ONGOING LITERACY PRACTICES AND ALSO INTERVENTIONS THAT WE WILL PUT IN PLACE AND ARE ALSO REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR OUR LITERACY AND ACADEMIC COACHES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD PLAN. WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PMA DATA, THERE ARE

047MAJOR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. LOOK AT KINDERGARTEN, PMA DATA ON PMA 3, 60% ARE DEEMED SUFFICIENT -- ADMINISTRATION OF THEIR ASSESSMENT. THE BIGGEST THING WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT DATA FOR PMA IS REALLY FOCUS ON THIRD GRADE. 45% PROFICIENT FOR THE THIRD ADMINISTRATION OF PMA AND THAT IS ABOUT 3, 4 PERCENT LOWER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. WE HAVE WORK TO DO. THESE ARE STUDENTS EXPOSED, THAT MISSED A LOT OF INSTRUCTION IN THE TWO YEARS, PRIMARY YEARS THAT WERE SO IMPORTANT, BUT THIS PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AND NAVIGATE WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON READING BLOCKS, SKILL BLOCKS, AND PROVIDE INTERVENTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

048Jessica Vaughn: I DO. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDING AND HOW IT SEEMS THERE'S BEEN -- WELL, NOT SO MUCH QUESTIONS BUT THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FUNDING DIFFERENCES BECAUSE OF CHANGES WITH LEGISLATION. REALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR WORKSHOP ABOUT THOSE CHANGES BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE CONSISTENTLY ASKED FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY AND THIS SEEMS LIKE FLEXIBILITY BUT I WANT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IT KIND OF FROM THE LEGISLATIVE POINT. I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED BUT MOVING FORWARD AS WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND ALSO HOW ANY OF THE BUDGET FUNDING CATEGORICALS HAVE CHANGED. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A QUESTION ANSWERED RIGHT NOW. YOU ARE MORE

049THAN WELCOME TO ANSWER SOME THINGS RIGHT NOW. REALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IT AT THE WORKSHOP AND UNDERSTAND THESE CHANGES GOING FORWARD. Addison Davis: SOUNDS GOOD. MS. PEPPY, ANYTHING? NO, JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE HAD, WE CAN ADDRESS IT LATER. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C 1.11. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 4.02, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS GROUP HEALTH PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT HUMANA WILL NO LONGER SERVE ENTITIES SUCH AS HOURS. THE LAST DATES OF IMPLEMENT INSURANCE PLANS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION WILL BE THE END OF DECEMBER, GOING INTO JANUARY.

050THEREFORE WE HAD TO PUT RFP OUT IN DECEMBER TO IDENTIFY A NEW GROUP TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE AND BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR MAJOR WORKFORCE RELATED TO HEALTH INSURANCE. THROUGH THIS, THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE MET MULTIPLE TIMES AND REVIEWED MULTIPLE BIDS AND MADE A RECOGNITION THAT AETNA LIFE WILL BE OUR NEW CARRIER. WITH THIS PROCESS A NUMBER OF THINGS WERE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE WITH MAKING CERTAIN WE HAVE A ZERO PREMIUM OPTION FOR EMPLOYEES WHICH THIS BOARD HAS BEEN REALLY WELL ABOUT. BRINGS FORTH A THOUSAND DOLLARS OF HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. THE EMPLOYEES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LARGER NETWORK OF PHARMACIES THAT THEY CAN ACTIVATE AND BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH. ALSO A CVS CARE PASS WHICH GET AROUND $10 A MONTH TO

051BE ABLE TO SPEND AS A SAVINGS AND ALSO AETNA OFFERS A 24/7 NURSE LINE BEING ABLE TO HAVE VIRTUAL HEALTH CARE AS WELL. AETNA IS BRINGING IN MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR US AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, I KNOW THAT CURRENTLY IT IS A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH 30 DAY OUT TERMINATION CLAUSE THAT WE PUT IN EVERY ONE OF THE CONTRACTS TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE PROCESS. BUT BRINGING IN A PROVIDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM ONE PROVIDER TO THE NEXT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 4.02. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER RENDON, AND MYSELF, WE PULLED THIS ITEM. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH MEMBER

052VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN IMAGINE ANY CHANGE OF OUR BENEFIT PACKAGE CAUSES A HUGE AMOUNT OF ANXIETY WITH OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OUR BENEFITS ARE PART OF THE COMPENSATION. I APPRECIATE A LOT OF INFORMATION AS WELL THAT YOU SAT DOWN AND SHARED WITH US. I APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE THINGS. SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE JUST TO ALLEVIATE THE ANXIETY AROUND THIS FOR EMPLOYEES AND QUESTIONS I'VE GOTTEN AS EMPLOYEES HAVE REALIZED THAT WE'RE SWITCHING INSURANCE. ONE IS THERE GOING TO BE AN INTERRUPTION WITH PROVIDERS? IS THAT A CONCERN THAT WE'RE HAVING? HOW IS THAT GOING TO MIRROR HUMANA AS FAR AS THAT? PEOPLE WHO PREFER DOCTORS, WHAT ARE WE ANTICIPATING WITH THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND PART OF OUR EVALUATION IS TO LOOK AT DISRUPTION. AETNA HAS OVER

05399% LACK OF DISRUPTION FOR OUR PHYSICIANS. SO WE SHOULD SEE MINIMAL DISRUPTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. ALSO, I THINK ONE THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT IS WHILE WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING FOR AETNA, MY SON MIGHT BE STARTING WITH ORTHODONTICS FOR DENTAL, IS THAT GOING TO CAUSE AN ISSUE? WE'RE NOT CHANGING PROVIDERS FOR DENTAL, SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE INTERRUPTIONS. STILL KEEPING HUMANA WITH THAT. YES, MA'AM, HUMANA IS STAYING IN THE BUSINESS FOR DENTAL AND VISION AND ALSO OUR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WHAT WAS SO GREAT ABOUT AETNA? WHY IS THE REASON THEY WON THE PROPOSAL? WHAT ARE WE EXCITED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO AETNA? HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE'RE SWITCHING WHY WE CHOSE AETNA IF YOU COULD IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION? WE REALLY WENT OUT AND SAID

054WHAT COMPANIES ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN MATCH WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM WITH HUMANA FOR 28 YEARS. MOVING AWAY FROM THEM THERE'S CHANGE, AND, BY THE WAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO MATCH AS MUCH AS WE COULD AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE COULD TWEAK. THEY FIRST OFF BROUGHT A COMPETITIVE OFFER WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER OFFERS OUT THERE, THEY WERE MILLIONS LESS THAN MOST. THAT WAS A BIG THING. KNOWING THERE WAS VERY MINIMAL DISRUPTION ON THE PHARMACY SIDE, ON THE PARTICIPANT NETWORK SIDE. IT JUST MADE SENSE. THEY WILL MATCH -- WE WILL HAVE A WELL-BEING PROGRAM. IT WON'T BE GO 365 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GO 365 BUT AETNA HAS COMMITTED TO HELPING US GET A GREAT PROGRAM. OVER

05550% OF OUR EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM, SO WE NEED A PROGRAM THEY KEEP DOING THAT WITH. THEY JUST NAILED IT. NOT ONLY PROVIDE A GOOD SUBMISSION, THEY CAME IN AND DID PRESENTATIONS FOR US. THEY HAD THEIR MEDICAL DOCTOR WITH US. THEY HAD THEIR PHARMACY. THEY JUST SHOWED THAT THEY COULD DO IT. ALL THE PROGRAMS WERE GREAT BUT THEY REALLY HAD THE EDGE WITH THE COMPETITIVE PRICING AS WELL. Jessica Vaughn: I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, WHEN AND HOW QUICKLY ARE WE GOING TO BRING ALL OF THE INFORMATION FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS FORWARD FOR EMPLOYEES AND HOW CAN THEY FIND OUT THIS INFORMATION SO THEY CAN KNOW AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WHAT THEIR NEW INSURANCE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT SAYING, TRACY, YOU CAN'T MEET WITH

056ANYBODY UNTIL THIS GOES TO THE BOARD. WE HAVE OUR AETNA TEAM, AON TEAM, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TEAM. WE'LL BEGIN TOMORROW. WE'LL BEGIN THE HEAVY LIFT. WHILE WE KNOW OVER 99% OF PHYSICIANS WILL REMAIN IN THE NETWORK, THAT WON'T MAKE ME FEEL GOOD UNTIL I LOOK UP MY DOCTOR AND SEE SHE IS ON THERE. WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO EMPLOYEES AS SOON AS WE CAN. OVER THE SUMMER FOR SURE WE'LL PUT THEM UP ON OUR WEBSITE. GET THEM OUT THERE, WHEN THEY RETURN IN THE FALL WE'LL HAVE TRAIN THE TRAINERS AT SITES. WE'LL HAVE NEWSLETTERS. DROP-IN SESSIONS, A HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR. THAT COMES SEPTEMBER WHEN IT'S TIME TO MAKE THEIR ENROLLMENT SELECTIONS, THEY WILL BE PREPARED. BUT WE'VE GOT THIS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: I

057APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'VE GONE OUT AND WE'VE GONE TO A BID AND REALLY DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK FOR A POLICY THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE STILL STICKING WITH TRADITIONAL MEDICAL POLICIES. AND ALTHOUGH IT'S THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF INCREASE, WE'RE STILL INCREASING OUT OF OUR TEACHERS' POCKETS 2.8%. THAT'S BASICALLY THE RAISE WE JUST GAVE THEM. AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK WE OWE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS DISTRICT AS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS OR THE LARGEST EMPLOYER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT WE HAVE TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER RESEARCH. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL TYPES OF INSURANCE PLANS

058THAT ARE GOING TO MEET OUR STAFF NEEDS, GIVING THEM BETTER BENEFITS, LESS COST TO THEM AND LESS COST TO THIS DISTRICT. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO STEP AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL PLANS THAT ARE MAKING MONEY OFF OF OUR BACKS. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, RIGHT NOW, IT'S OUR TEACHERS AND OUR DISTRICT THAT IS PAYING THE PRICE FOR THAT. SO I'M GOING TO PUBLICLY STATE RIGHT NOW THAT ALTHOUGH I WANT 100% COVERAGE FOR OUR STAFF, I'M GOING TO CHARGE THIS DISTRICT IN LOOKING OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL INSURANCE COMPANIES. SO MY VOTE ON THIS IS NOT ABOUT OUR STAFF NOT GETTING COVERAGE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY NEED COVERAGE, AND I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE BEST COVERAGE, BUT THIS COVERAGE TAKES AWAY EVERY DOLLAR WE JUST APPROVED FOR THEM. AND THIS COVERAGE TAKES AWAY

059THE BENEFITS WE COULD GIVE THEM BETTER THAT WE COULD PAY THEM MORE IF WE ARE PAYING OUT OF POCKET AS A DISTRICT MORE. AND SO I CHALLENGE THIS DISTRICT TO DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE FROM THIS DISTRICT ON ANY PLANS THAT DON'T TAKE OUT OF THE POCKETS OF OUR STAFF. YES, THEY ARE NOT PAYING COVERAGE BUT WE AS A DISTRICT ARE PAYING THAT FULL COVERAGE AND THEREFORE UNABLE TO PUT MORE DOLLARS IN THEIR POCKETS SO WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER BY OUR EMPLOYEES. ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE BEST TRADITIONAL POLICY, IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST POLICY THAT WE COULD OFFER OUR STAFF. THERE ARE DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE, DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE SELF-INSURED THAT ARE DOING

060BETTER THAN US, AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. I'M IN THE QUEUE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. I DO THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS IN EVERY DIFFERENT WAY BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT TEACHERS, THERE ARE A LOT OF TEACHERS THAT INSURANCE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS THAT THEY WORK IN THAT CONSISTENCY. I THINK TEACHERS HAVE HAD A LOT OF INCONSISTENCY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE. NOW, MY QUESTION IS I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT WAS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY TO BUILD FOR SELF-INSURANCE? WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DID THE COMMITTEE LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY PEOPLE BID FOR THAT? DID SOMEONE WHO KIND OF THOUGHT OUT OF THE BOX, DID THEY

061BID FOR THAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? GO AHEAD, PLEASE. WHEN WE WENT OUT TO BID WE DID A FULLY INSURED BID. WE ONLY LOOKED AT FULLY INSURED. THERE WAS NO SELF-FUNDED OPTION OUT THERE. WE CAN IN THE FUTURE LOOK AT THAT. IN THE YEARS GONE PAST THE REASON WE DIDN'T GO THAT ROUTE IS BECAUSE OF THE FUND BALANCE REQUIRED. WHEN THE DISTRICT IS READY, WE CAN CERTAINLY GO OUT AND DO IT. AT THIS TIME IT WAS A FULLY INSURED BID. Nadia Combs: I THINK SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IT'S REALLY ABOUT -- WE JUST HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR BOND RATING FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SOME REALLY FISCALLY DIFFICULT DECISIONS RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE IN A REALLY GOOD, HEALTHY, FINANCIAL SITUATION. OR WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DOES

062THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU? Addison Davis: I DON'T DISAGREE WITH BOTH PARTIES. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT TIMING. IT'S ABOUT TIMING. WHEN ARE WE READY AND PRIMED AND PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TRANCE SIMPLIFICATION WE ARE MOVING IN A REALLY NICE SPOT AND THROUGH OUR HARD WORK, THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN TO GET TO THAT SPOT. OPENLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THE TIME RIGHT NOW. WE DO BELIEVE IT COULD BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH ABOUT THEIR ABILITIES TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS COULD POTENTIALLY BE. FOR US, RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO TRANSITION TO LEVERAGE AETNA, USE THEM AS A PROVIDER AND ALSO STARTING TO

063LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WE ARE WITH PROGRAM DESIGN, WHERE WE ARE WITH BEING ABLE TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT AND YOU COULD EITHER BE PARTIALLY INSURED, SELF-INSURED OR FULLY SELF-INSURED. THOSE ARE ELEMENTS THAT AS WE START TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED, UNDERSTAND CLAIMS, UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON OUR POLICIES AND ON OUR INSURANCE TO DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I DON'T DISAGREE IT'S DEFINITELY AN AVENUE FOR US TO EXPLORE. IT'S JUST ABOUT TIMING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. Nadia Combs: WILL THERE BE A COMMITTEE OR SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? I KNOW IN ORANGE COUNTY, MIAMI-DADE, THEY HAVE SELF INSURANCE. LOOK AT WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

064LONG TERM? Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY. HAVE TO. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: SO THE 30 DAY CLAUSE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE THAN 30 DAYS. IF WE ACCEPT THIS BID RIGHT NOW AND TAKE ON AETNA, YOU GUYS HAVE TOLD ME WE HAVE TO START ENROLLING IN SEPTEMBER. SO THAT 30-DAY CLAUSE AND A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT PUTS US AGAIN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BACKWARDS IF WE DON'T EVEN EXPLORE OPTIONS AS A DISTRICT. AND SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT 30 DAY CLAUSE MEANS. NO ONE IS GOING TO SIT HERE AND GO ON DECEMBER 1st, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO AETNA ON JANUARY 1. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME BECAUSE WE WOULD PUT OUR STAFF IN JEOPARDY. WITH THAT BEING

065SAID I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS OUR COMMITMENT? WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO EXPLORE COMMITTEE TO GET EVIDENCE AS A DISTRICT? DO A WORKSHOP? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BECAUSE AS A BOARD, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE TO MAKE THIS DECISION. WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO MAKE A TRADITIONAL INSURANCE PLAN. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT BOTHERS ME THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE EVIDENCE. SO I NEED TO KNOW FROM THE DEPARTMENTS WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET US THE EVIDENCE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION OR AT LEAST MOVE FORWARD TO BRING THIS TO THE TABLE? BECAUSE TWO YEARS IS

066A LONG TIME. AND TWO YEARS WE'RE RISKING A LOT BECAUSE IN TWO YEARS, ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK -- EXCUSE ME, ONE MORE QUESTION. DOES THIS MEAN THAT THEIR RATE IS GUARANTEED FOR TWO YEARS? YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE ACTUALLY A RATE CAP FOR THE NEXT YEAR. WE HOPE IT WILL BE LOWER THAN THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE A RATE CAP FOR '25. Addison Davis: WHICH IS GOOD. Patti Rendon: GOOD FOR TRADITIONAL PLAN, ONE. AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYEES THAT THIS DOESN'T EVEN COVER THEIR RAISE, RIGHT? THE INCREASE TO THE INSURANCE ISN'T EVEN COVERED BY THE RAISE WE GAVE THEM. COULD I CLARIFY THAT ONE PIECE? ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW STRUCTURE DESIGNED NEXT YEAR FOR EMPLOYEES PLUS CHILDREN, MOST EMPLOYEES WILL SEE A DECREASE. I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE RECENTLY WHO REACHED OUT AND

067SAID, IT WAS A TEACHER WHO SAID I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY TWO CHILDREN TO THE PLAN, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST. RIGHT NOW I WOULD HAVE TO SAY $593 A PAYCHECK WHICH IS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF OUR NEW STRUCTURE, IT WILL BE $335. SHE'S GOING TO SAVE $5,000 NEXT YEAR. Patti Rendon: BUT WE AS A DISTRICT ARE PAYING 2.8% FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING COVERED. THAT'S A DOLLAR OR MORE THAT COMES OUT OF EVERY OTHER STAFF THAT WE CAN PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO EVEN THOUGH AN INDIVIDUAL PLAN MAY NOT COVER IT, WHEN WE'RE PICKING UP THE 100% COST, WE ARE PICKING UP THAT WHICH MEANS ULTIMATELY WE CAN'T PAY OUR STAFF MORE. SO ULTIMATELY EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS AFFECTS OUR TEACHERS. AND I DON'T CARE WHAT WE'RE DOING. EVERYTHING HAS

068TO REVOLVE AROUND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS. I'M SORRY. Nadia Combs: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE DON'T DISAGREE. AS WE LOOK AT CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN, AS WE LOOK AND THE UNKNOWNS OF HOUSE BILL ONE, I THINK IT'S PREMATURE FOR US TO LAUNCH INTO ANY INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW. LET US GET STARTED AS THE SCHOOL YEAR UNFOLDS AND ALLOW US TO BUILD THAT CAPACITY OF WHERE WE ARE SO WE UNDERSTAND NUMBERS, FINANCIALS, BUDGETS, INCOMES, EXPENDITURES, GENERATION OF FUNDING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. I DO BELIEVE, THOUGH, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AS WE GET INTO THE FRONT HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, WHAT CAN WE TAKE ON, WHAT WE CAN DO AND DETERMINE HOW FAST WE MOVE. THIS DOESN'T

069FOR US WITH A 30 DAY EXIT CLAUSE THEY KNOW AS WELL IN 30 DAYS THERE COULD BE A MOTION WE MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. SAY ONE YEAR WE GO TO SELF-INSURED WE BELIEVE WE'RE READY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S ONE AND A HALF YEARS OR AT THE TWO YEAR. THIS IS TOTALLY UP TO THE BOARD AND ABOUT WHERE WE CAN GO AND WHAT WE CAN DO SO YOU CAN HAVE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. WHEN I CAME IN IN 2020, THE BIG DEAL WAS TO GO TO SELF-INSURED. I'M SO GLAD WE DIDN'T GO BECAUSE COVID HIT, CLAIMS WENT UP, EVERYTHING WENT KIND OF LEFT AND RIGHT TO A POINT IT WOULD HAVE HURT US TREMENDOUSLY. Nadia Combs: MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I

070APPRECIATE MEMBER RENDON'S PASSION FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES GET THE BEST HEALTH CARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COUNTRY WITH HEALTH CARE AS IT'S CONSIDERED. SO MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE FAMILIES AND HEALTH CARE CAN BE A HUGE DRAIN. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION HAS GONE IN THIS DIRECTION AND ALLOWED ME TO SIT SEVERAL TIMES AND ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRADITIONAL PLAN AND SELF-FUNDING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT I HEAR -- I JUST WANT TO KIND OF VERIFY -- WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT'S THE GOAL AND WE WOULD LOVE TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT. Addison Davis: CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF OUR CFO AND THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF HR AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE

071TO BE IN PLACE SUCH AS THE $29 MILLION, $39 MILLION KIND OF THRESHOLD OF SAVINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN THAT SPECIFIC CATEGORICAL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN COVER ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL CLAIMS THAT YOU WEREN'T ANTICIPATING. SO I THINK THAT WE ARE WORKING THERE. I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES GET THE BEST. THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE GOING FOR. I SEE YOU WOULD LIKE THAT TO MOVE FASTER AND I DON'T THINK WE DISAGREE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND MEET THE BENCHMARKS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A GOAL FOR THE BOARD CONSISTENTLY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OFFERING OUR EMPLOYEES THE ABSOLUTE BEST RATE IN HEALTH CARE AND AFFORDABILITY AND GIVING THEM THE BEST BENEFITS AS

072POSSIBLE. I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS A PRIORITY. WHEN I'VE GONE OVER AND ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM THAT WE ARE THERE YET AND MOVING TOWARDS THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD CONSISTENTLY TALK ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S THE PLACE THAT WE WANT THE EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THE BEST AND TO MOVE FORWARD. I HOPE AS SOON AS WE REACH THAT POINT AND CONFIDENTLY DO IT, IT IS THE ACTION WE MOVE TOWARDS. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: AGREE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. ALTHOUGH WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF HARD TIMES IN 2020 AND 2021, REMEMBER, IT'S THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WITH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT GOT THE MONEY BACK THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN BECAUSE OF THE CLAIMS

073THAT HAVE COME BACK. ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT SELF-INSURED AT THE TIME, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENCE OF WHAT WE PAID AND WHAT WE DIDN'T PAY WITH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME. IT'S NOT JUST DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR THAT WE WOULD HAVE LOST. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUBLICLY MAKE THAT AWARE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY ASKED, WE'VE NOT DONE THE RESEARCH TO SAY, IS IT BETTER OR IS IT WORSE? WE DON'T KNOW THAT? WE DO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. SO LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR. WE DO HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY IN OUR RESOURCES TO DO IT RIGHT

074NOW. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESEARCH OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A SOUND PLAN FOR OUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. AND WITHOUT THAT KNOWLEDGE, I FIND IT TO BE, THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO BE EVIDENT ABOUT WHEN IT HAPPENS. AGAIN, WE WANT TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, WELL, I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T, BUT INSURANCE COMPANIES GOT THAT RECOVERY MONEY, NOT US. WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT RECOVERY MONEY, BUT WE DIDN'T GET IT BECAUSE WE WERE NOT SELF-INSURED WHICH WE COULD HAVE THEN GIVEN BACK TO OUR EMPLOYEES FOR COPAYMENTS AND OTHER THINGS. LET'S BE CAREFUL IN WHAT WE DO AND DON'T SAY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A GOOD SOLID FINANCIAL BASE THAT WE REALLY COULD MAKE THAT DECISION. HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE FROM THE OPTIONS TO EVEN MAKE THAT DECISION. AND THAT'S

075WHERE MY PROBLEM IS. WE ONLY HAVE THE EVIDENCE ON THE TRADITIONAL PLAN FOR THIS DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH THREE YESES AND ONE NO BY MEMBER RENDON. NEXT UP IS 5.02, APPROVE THE REVISION TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, ANNUAL OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BRING A STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THAT WAY WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, WITH OUR PARENTS, TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR STUDENTS TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS ALL RELATED TO ACADEMIC -- SORRY, BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BRING CLARITY TO HOW STUDENTS INTERACT NOT ONLY WITH EACH OTHER

076BUT WITH THEIR FACILITIES AND ALSO WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS AND OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL. THEREFORE WE STOOD UP A 26-MEMBER COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT. THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF DISTRICT LEADERS, SCHOOL-BASED LEADERS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, ALL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND COMB THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. A LOT OF THE CHANGES ARE INFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS THEY CHANGE FROM LOOKING AT LARCENY OF THEFT TO GRAND THEFT, LOOKING AT PHYSICAL ATTACK TO SIMPLE BATTERY AND CLEARING UP VANDALISM TO BE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. WE ALSO UPDATED SOME SOCIAL MEDIA DISRUPTION DEFINITION ALONG WITH PROVIDING CLARITY OF EXEMPLARS OF INTERACTIONS OR INFRACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEN HAVING STRONGER LANGUAGE WITH THE ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN

077THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT CAN BE RECORDED AND AT THE SAME TOKEN WHAT PHOTOS, WHICH IS NOTHING WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AT THE SAME TOKEN NO PICTURES SHOULD BE TAKEN AS WELL. THEY ARE PROHIBITED AND BEING CLEAR IN THAT PROCESS. JUST BRINGING THIS ABOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION. THIS COMMITTEE MET BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY AND JOSH KRISTOL AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB SPEARHEADING THIS EFFORT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 5.02. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHAN. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THE ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: WELL, MR. KRISTOL AND I SPOKE EARLIER TODAY, SO I DID GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED OR ALL MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I WANT TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. ONE,

078THE POINT I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT YOU MENTIONED THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, BUT WE CAN MAKE CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS TO IT AS NEEDED, AS WE GO FORWARD. I WANT TO PUBLICLY CLARIFY THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT. AND THEN THE NEXT PIECE THAT I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF POINT OUT IS WE HAVE SO MANY PARENTS CONTACT US ABOUT OUR PROCEDURES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE CONCERNS. SO I JUST URGE EVERYONE, NOT JUST TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES AND PRINCIPALS AND ADMINS IN CHARGE OF THIS, BUT OUR FAMILIES TO LOOK AT THIS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT OUR POLICIES ARE ON THAT SO EVERYONE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING. THAT WAY IF PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT, INSTEAD OF US GOING THROUGH A COMMITTEE

079OR MAKING DECISIONS WE CAN ACTUALLY GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND PARENTS OR FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS. I REALLY -- LEAVE US I PULLED FOR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS JUST TO TALK ABOUT IT SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WORK ON THESE THINGS AND WE DO DISCUSS THEM AND THEY COME THROUGH. I URGE PARENTS AND FAMILIES TO LOOK AT THIS. IF THEY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK, AGAIN, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, SO WE CAN ALWAYS INCORPORATE THAT AND MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, TOO, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE PERCEPTION THAT WE KICK KIDS OUT OF SCHOOLS AND DON'T SAVE THE KIDS. THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE HAVE KEPT MORE KIDS IN SCHOOLS NOW THAN I'VE EVER SEEN

080IN MY 40 SOME YEARS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: DONE A GOOD JOB. Nadia Combs: YES. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I ALSO WANT TO CONCUR WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON. EVEN GOING OUT TO THE TAMPA EPIC NORTH AND SEEING ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW HARD YOU WORK, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, TO MAKE SURE THAT JUST BECAUSE A CHILD MAKES A MISTAKE IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. YOU ARE DEFINITELY MAKING A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.03, PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 BUDGET. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis:

081YES, MA'AM. IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE, OUR TRIM OUTLINE, WE HAVE TO BRING A CALENDAR TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THIS IS REALLY APPROVING THE ADOPTION CYCLE FISCAL YEAR FOR 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. BRINGING THIS BOARD IN ALIGNMENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE UNDER SECTION 200. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.03. MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THE ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: THIS IS ONE OF THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR BUDGET. I JUST WANT PEOPLE -- YOU KNOW WHEN WE GET TO OUR MILLAGE WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT FORMULA AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

082I WANT PEOPLE TO START LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WE HAVE AT THE MEETINGS SO IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND OUR PROCESS, THIS IS COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT AND PEOPLE KNOW IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND THEY CAN LOOK AT IT. AND THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.01, APPROVE 223025-SSD FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INCORPORATED. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS APPROVAL FOR A VENDOR WITH FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WORKING WITH US PROVIDING PARTS, SERVICES AND PROPANE ENGINES FOR OUR PROPANE BUSES. OVER THE 1100 BUSES THAT WE HAVE AROUND 90 ARE PROPANE DRIVEN. THIS IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUSES. WE KNOW THAT THESE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR

083US, HOWEVER WE PURCHASED THESE IN 2017-2018, AND THEY ARE NOW STARTING TO TRANSITION OUT OF THE FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY WINDOW, SO BEING ABLE TO COME BACK AND IDENTIFY A VENDOR THAT CAN REALLY SELL US ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, MANUFACTURER PARTS TO BRING TO THE BOARD. WE WOULD EXPAND THE PROPANE, IT'S JUST THEY HAVE A SHORT SPAN WHERE THEY CAN TRAVEL WITH THE PROPANE. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT MANY ELECTRIC AS WE CAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD ANYWAYS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.01. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: YEAH, QUESTION, AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST FOR OTHER VEHICLES, ARE WE LOOKING AT LEASING AGAIN SO THAT

084WE'RE NOT PULLING FROM OUR GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS? OR IS THIS JUST PARTS WE NEED TO HAVE FOR REPAIRS. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS PARTS. Christopher Farkas: THIS IS PARTS. Patti Rendon: OKAY. WE CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH WITH THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH THREE YES AND A NO FROM MEMBER VAUGHN. 7.04, PROPOSED BELL SCHEDULES FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, EVERY YEAR WE LOOK AT BELL SCHEDULES FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR TIMES AND MAKE CERTAIN WE ARE HITTING THE INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS AND TRANSPORTATION COVER. WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT REMAIN THE SAME. WE DO HAVE NINE CHANGES.

085SIX OF THOSE ARE HIGH SCHOOL CHANGES TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO MEET INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS BUT SUFFICIENT TIME TO SAFELY TRAVEL FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT AS WE HAVE VERY BIG CAMPUSES WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE THREE CHANGES FROM K-8s THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TRANSITION TO K-8. AND THAT WILL BE K-8 FROM CARROLLWOOD. ALSO COLLINS AND I BELIEVE WOODSON IS MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THEIR K-8 AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT TRAVEL TIME AND HITTING THE INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA PER STATUTE. THE SOONER WE CAN APPROVE THIS, SOONER WE CAN PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND PUSH TO THE CONSTITUENTS SO THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TIME THEIR CHILDREN TRANSITION TO AND FROM

086SCHOOL. NEW LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THIS YEAR TO MOVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AT DIFFERENT START TIMES. ONLY TWO COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT COMPLY WITH THAT LAW. ONE WAS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, CONGRATS TO THOSE WHO LED THAT EFFORT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND ALSO ALACHUA COUNTY. NONE OF OUR TIMES WERE DISRUPTED DUE TO THAT STATUTE. I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP, FORWARD THINKING AS THEY MOVE THAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Nadia Combs: THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C 7.04. MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON. SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THE ITEM. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I WANT TO CLARIFY, FOR ANYBODY THIS AFFECTS, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO PUSH IT ON THE WEBSITE. THEY ARE GOING TO GET SOME KIND OF

087PERSONAL TOUCH POINT TO UNDERSTAND WHATEVER TIMES THEY WERE EXPECTED ARE NOW GOING TO CHANGE AND VERY CLEARLY KNOW THAT THEIR TIMES ARE GOING TO CHANGE. Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY. Jessica Vaughn: I DON'T WANT THE YEAR TO START WITH A BUNCH OF PARENTS "I HAVE NO IDEA." Addison Davis: WE DEFINITELY WILL. WE'RE ONLY TALKING BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN MINUTES, TEN MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THOSE SCHEDULES. WE'LL SEND IT THROUGH PARENT LINKS. SEND IT THROUGH CANVAS AND ANY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY KNOW THE START TIMES AND END TIMES ARE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. Jessica Vaughn: LAST YEAR WE APPROVED IT AND THEN HAD TO TWEAK IT AFTER SCHOOL STARTED. Addison Davis: THERE WERE ONE OR TWO SCHOOLS WE WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN WERE IN THE SAME STRIDE. WE DO

088NOT FORECAST THAT THIS YEAR. THIS SHOULD BE SET IN STONE, READY TO GO. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.08, INVITATION TO BID, 23006-MST, PURCHASE OF FERTILIZER, HERBICIDES, AND INSECT CHEMICALS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IDENTIFY TWO VENDORS TO HELP US WITH OUR FACILITIES, WHETHER LOOK AT PRACTICE FIELDS, BASEBALL FIELDS, SOFTBALL FIELDS, FOOTBALL FIELDS AND GROUNDS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM THROUGH FERTILIZER, HERBICIDES AND ALSO INSECT CHEMICALS. WHAT THIS DOES IS REALLY ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY PURCHASE THE PRODUCT BY YOU A HOW US TO ALLOW DISTRICT TRAINED PERSONNEL TO SERVE OUR SCHOOLS TO ENSURE WE HAVE A PROPER TREATMENT AND PROPER SAFETY PROCEDURES AT EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO

089BEING ABLE AND THIS ALSO ALLOWS US TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH ANY FIELDS. THIS IS A $96,000 EXPENDITURE, AND BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY USE GENERAL FUNDS TO COVER THIS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.08. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS? MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD SOME ISSUES WHERE THERE WERE SOME PESTICIDES AND THINGS WE WERE USING THAT WAS HARMING SOME OF THE WILDLIFE AROUND THE SCHOOLS. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT AS WE ARE APPROVING THIS THAT'S BEEN THOUGHT INTO IT AND THIS WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE FOR WILDLIFE AROUND OUR SCHOOLS AND GET SOME CLARITY

090AROUND THAT. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES, MA'AM. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PROVIDER TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY OF THE TREATMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND SERVE AND WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN THAT MR. FARKAS' TEAM CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. I KNOW THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ON IT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE REVISIT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. Jessica Vaughn: MR. FARKAS, ARE THERE SPECIFIC THINGS WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE IT WON'T INJURE OR CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH THE WILDLIFE AROUND THE SCHOOL? LIKE, WHEN WE HAD THE ISSUE, HOW DID WE ADDRESS IT AND HOW ARE WE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS IT? Christopher Farkas: THERE ARE TWO WAYS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE ACTUAL BID WE PUT OUT THIS TIME TO MAKE SURE WE PUT IT IN THE BID THAT THEY

091WERE NONTOXIC. THE ISSUE BEFORE WAS ADDRESSED IN THE BID. EVERYTHING THAT CAME BACK WITH BOTH COMPANIES WAS ALREADY IN LINE WITH THAT SO IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM UP FRONT. TWO COMPANIES. Jessica Vaughn: TWO COMPANIES. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: IS THIS GOING TO SOLVE OUR ANT PROBLEMS AT OUR FIELDS AND WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE PLAYING? Christopher Farkas: NO. WE LIVE IN FLORIDA, STILL. IT WILL ADDRESS IT BUT NOT SOLVE ALL. Patti Rendon: SERIOUSLY, ANT PILES AROUND OUR SCHOOLS WHERE OUR KIDS ARE WALKING, OUR KIDS ON THE FIELDS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST, EVERY SINGLE EVENT WE HAVE THERE ARE RED ANT PILES EVERYWHERE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THE MONEY GOES THERE. Christopher Farkas: TWO THINGS. WE SOLVED

092IT ON 21 OF THE FOOTBALL FIELDS. HONESTLY, WE DON'T ALLOW OUR TRADITIONAL STAFF TO PUT IT OUT. THERE ARE CERTIFIED PEOPLE THAT DO IT. IT IS A BLESSING AND CURSE. THE OTHER PROBLEM, THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED TO DO THAT. AS WE TALKED ABOUT AND MET WITH MS. JOHNSON AND HER TEAM AND DR. WHELAN, IT IS ABOUT THE SALARY SCHEDULE. PEM CAN GO MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY DOING THE PESTICIDE WORK OTHER PLACES. AS WE ADDRESS THAT AND THE BOARD HAS SHOWN A COMMITMENT, I THINK THAT WILL HELP US AND MAKE SURE WE GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. IT WILL ALWAYS BE A PROBLEM IN FLORIDA BUT WE DO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ADDRESSING IT. Patti Rendon: HAVE WE COMPARED DOING A CONTRACT COMPARED TO OUR OWN STAFF? Christopher Farkas: WE

093HAVE VISITED OTHER PLACES. NATIONAL REPUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT HAS A CONTRACT ON OUTSIDE. WE HAVE ONE MORE TRIP TO ATLANTA IN THREE WEEKS BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND. EVERYBODY PROMISES THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN ACTION. WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT TO THE BOARD. Patti Rendon: GREAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.11, APPROVE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP FOR HIGH SCHOOL UUU, PROJECT NUMBER 100207. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS BRINGING THE GMP FOR OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL UUU. WE KNOW WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AREA THAT ARE AT CAPACITY, OVERCAPACITY WITH SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO LENNARD. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A

094NEW VERTICAL FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HELP WITH STUDENT CAPACITY. THIS IS BRINGING TO THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH IN 2025 A BRAND-NEW FACILITY SERVING 3500 STUDENT STATIONS ON CAMPUS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE EXPENDITURE BUILDING, BRAND-NEW SCHOOL. THE BECK GROUP WILL BE BUILDING THAT. Christopher Farkas: ACTUALLY TWICE AS EXPENSIVE. Addison Davis: IT'S JUST THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH HAVE TREMENDOUSLY GONE UP. THE BECK GROUP DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB, AND THEY WILL BUILD A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY. WE WILL BE USING IMPACT FEES TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.11. MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. I PULLED THIS ITEM, BASICALLY MY COMMENTS WERE

095VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAID. WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE THE LAST TIME WE BUILT A SCHOOL? I GUESS JUST FOCUSING ON THE INCREASED COST OF BUILDING OVERALL CAPITAL. Christopher Farkas: IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THE LAST HIGH SCHOOL WE BUILT WAS ABOUT $74 MILLION. IT WAS SMALLER, THOUGH. IT WAS 25, 26 HUNDRED KIDS, WE DID SUMNER AND ADDED A WING ON THAT. ADD ANOTHER 10 TO $12 MILLION ON THAT. REALLY ENDS UP BEING 85. THIS ONE IS FOR 3490. IT IS LARGER THAN WHAT WE BUILT. THE CONSTRUCTION MARKETPLACE IS VERY SIMPLE. THEY PUT OUT A BID. BECK DOES A GREAT JOB. HARVARD JOLLY IS THE ARCHITECT. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR ELECTRIC. WHEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE BIDDING, MASONRY, LOW VOLTAGE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY BID ON, THAT IS THE REAL COST. COST

096HAS GONE UP, NO QUESTION. ELECTRICAL BID ON THIS PROJECT IS THE SAME PRICE AS WHAT IT COST TO BUILD BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. JUST THE ELECTRICAL BID. IT HAS CHANGED. BUT AS MS. RENDON KNOWS AND DR. HAHN KNOWS FROM THE AREA, SUCH GROWTH DOWN THERE THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO HAVE TOO MANY KIDS AT SUMNER WHERE IT'S NOT SAFE. WE ARE GOING TO BUILD IT. PLANNING FOR THAT. NOT A LOT OF LAND DOWN THERE. WE ARING MR. A LARGER SCHOOL FOR THAT. DIFFERENCE, PLANNING IT SMART. HARVARD JOLLY GREAT JOB AT INFRASTRUCTURE. LARGER CAFETERIA, LARGER ART ROOMS, EA SPORTS. LOTS OF NEAT THINGS WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING THE BOARD. INCREDIBLE DESIGN. EXPENSIVE PROJECT. WE THINK IT WILL BE WORTH IT AND KEEP THE KIDS IN THE WIMAUMA AREA AT THAT HIGH SCHOOL. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU,

097THANK YOU. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: I JUST WANT TO THANK DISTRICT STAFF FOR DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GET THIS ROLLING. AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE 25 SCHOOLS OVER CAPACITY PREDOMINANTLY IN THE EAST AREA. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S UNSAFE TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS WITH SUCH LARGE CAPACITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE SAFE SCHOOLS, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE. GETTING THIS ON THE BOOKS, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE TIME AND THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO IT, GETTING THE ARCHITECTURE MOVING. IT'S SO LATE BUT SO NEEDED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THE FASTER WE MOVE, THE BETTER. AND SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY WITH THE NEW SCHOOLS. IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BOUNDARY CHANGES AS WE

098MOVE FORWARD THAT WE HAVE TO DO THESE NEW SCHOOLS. IT IS THE SHIFTING OF THE POPULATION THAT IS REALLY HARD FOR US TO ALL COMPREHEND AND WORK AROUND. THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT WE ALL MAKE ON A REGULAR BASIS. IT AFFECTS OUR STUDENTS. IT AFFECTS OUR TEACHERS, AND IT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY AND THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE DOING THIS KNOWING WHERE THE CAPACITY IS AND TRYING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS BEFORE AS FAST AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE IN A HEALTHY, SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHEREVER THEY ARE AT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CURRICULUM SIDE AND OUR OTHER SIDE FOR WORKING WITH OUR EXISTING SCHOOLS, MAKING SURE WE'RE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

099SO THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS STAYING IN OUR LONG-TERM OLDER SCHOOLS WHERE WE'VE GOT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE STUDENTS DON'T HAVE IN OUR NEW SCHOOLS. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WE APPROVE A NEW SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY IN ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, IN ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THAT BECAUSE IT IS A NEW SHINY SCHOOL DOESN'T MEAN IT IS THE BEST SCHOOL FOR YOU. THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT REALLY COULD MEET YOUR NEEDS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS ABOUT CAPACITY, NOT ABOUT THE SHINY NEW BECAUSE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE GREAT PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU GUYS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. CAN YOU JUST REALLY BRIEFLY EXPLAIN

100WHAT IMPACT FEES ARE? Christopher Farkas: I CERTAINLY CAN. IMPACT FEES ARE PAID WHEN A NEW HOUSE IS BUILT. TIE INTO WHAT'S THEY DO WITH THE PERMIT. BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE. AVERAGE SIZE HOUSE ABOUT 2,000 SQUARE FEET IS $8,000 IMPACT FEE. PUT IN THE FUND WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND WE DRAW THAT DOWN TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS. Jessica Vaughn: WHO PAYS IT? THE DEVELOPER? Christopher Farkas: YES, THE DEVELOPER IS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. Jessica Vaughn: HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE IMPACT FEES RAISE WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE TO TWO YEARS AGO, THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICING, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT IF IT'S TWICE AS MUCH AS IT IS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP AND BUILDING COSTS ARE TWICE AS MUCH THAT WE WOULD THEN LOOK AT OUR

101IMPACT FEES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS IT COSTS WITH INFLATION TO MAKE SURE WE CAN AFFORD THESE SCHOOLS. IS THAT HAPPENING? Jim Porter: MEMBER VAUGHN AND BOARD MEMBERS, IMPACT FEES ARE ENTIRELY CONTROLLED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION. SO IMPACT FEES, ESPECIALLY IN THE SCHOOL REALM OF IMPACT FEES HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN FAIRLY LOW. THEY HAVE BEEN RAISED A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST, BUT THAT'S NOT A DECISION THIS BOARD GETS TO MAKE. THAT IS A DECISION THE COUNTY COMMISSION GETS TO MAKE. MR. FARKAS HAS AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAFF OVER THERE AND SAT SOME POINT IT PROBABLY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD WOULD LOOK AT ABOUT WHETHER WE WOULD WANT TO SEEK AN IMPACT FEE RAISE ON SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD

102WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, MR. PORTER IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I BELIEVE IT WENT FROM THREE YEARS AGO $4,000 TO $8,000. IF THERE WAS A STUDY CONDUCTED, IT WOULD SAY $8,000 WOULD BE LOW FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA. Jim Porter: THEY ARE. THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE THEY WERE NOT RAISED FOR TEN YEARS WHICH PUT US IN A VERY BAD POSITION. HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY AND THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE DISCUSSION TO HAVE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES AT THE COUNTY. Jessica Vaughn: JUST AS MEMBER RENDON LOVES TO CHARGE OUR STAFF WITH DOING THE BEST FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN START OPENING THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN

103HOW MUCH IT COSTS AND WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO BUILD SEVERAL SCHOOLS. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION IF WE CAN START LOOKING AT THAT AS A BOARD MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE WILL GO TO AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. WITH OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANNING, SITING, CONCURRENCY WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GIVE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF NUMBER OF FORECASTED SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF FTE, LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF BUILDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW REPORTS OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES, FACILITY PLANS AND ENROLLMENT TRENDS WITHIN

104HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WE TRACK THAT. BRINGING TO THE BOARD THIS REPORT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND WORKING WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE THAT CORRECT FORECAST ABILITY OF WHERE WE NEED TO BUILD AND WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS WILL BE. MR. FARKAS, ANYTHING? Christopher Farkas: NO. I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT VEHICLE TO WHAT MS. VAUGHN JUST SAID, WHICH IS HERE IS OUR REPORT, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER THE IMPACT FEES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. GREAT VEHICLE FOR THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WHAT WE'LL DO IS MOVE -- SORRY, MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. FROM WHAT I'M SEEING HERE ON THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT DATA IT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH THE

105YEARS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN BUT WHAT CONSISTENTLY HAS GONE UP IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. MIDDLE SCHOOL STAYS ABOUT THE SAME, SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'LL BE SHIFTING NEEDING LESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MORE HIGH SCHOOLS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE TALKING ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE TALK ABOUT HOW GROWTH IS HAPPENING AND WE NEED MORE SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S EVIDENT IT SEEMS TO BE HIGH SCHOOLS IS WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE INFLUX AND ACTUALLY LOSING AN ELEMENTARY, IS THAT RIGHT? Christopher Farkas: IT IS. A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE OF THE CHARTER GROWTH. CHARTER GROWTH IS IN ELEMENTARY. LOT MORE ELEMENTARY CHARTER. SEE SOME MIDDLE AND K-8s, BUT THAT'S WHERE LOSING THE KIDS TO. NEW STUDENTS ARE ALL GOING TO CHARTER. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN.

106PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT'S INFORMATION. I'M SORRY. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. THEN GO TO EMPLOYEE INPUT AND THEN WE'LL DO SCHOOL BOARD SINCE IT'S CLOSER TO 6. WE'LL START WITH SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL DO THE EMPLOYEE. WE HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE AT LEAST. WE'LL START WITH YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN WE'LL DO EMPLOYEE. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CELEBRATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND SOME WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR TAX REFERENDUM DOLLARS. THE FIRST THING IS CONGRATULATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS. WE HAVE THREE STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ONE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OF THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP. CONGRATS TO THEM. THE INDIVIDUALS AT STRAWBERRY CREST, SICKLES AND KING HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO CONTINUE TO BE EXEMPLARS IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND CONTINUE TO

107MAKE CERTAIN THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS IS ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN ADDITION, STEINBRENNER ROBOTICS TEAM WON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THE MORE THAT WE CAN GET CODING, ROBOTICS, SYSTEM THINKING WITHIN OUR SCHOOL THE BETTER WE'LL BECOME EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE SEE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES ARE TAKING CODING ROBOTICS AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE AND PENETRATING CORE CLASSROOMS. IT'S NOW BECOME A CORE. WE SEE A NUMBER OF JOBS CONTINUE TO BE MANUFACTURED, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CODING. WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS IN THE FOREFRONT NOT JUST BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY BUT FIND A WAY TO DRIVE IT IN CORE CONTENT EVERY DAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO STEINBRENNER AND STUDENTS. REPRESENTING US IN OUTSTANDING WAY AND BRINGING RECOGNITION BACK TO ONE OF OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION, HIGHLIGHT STUDENTS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND HOW HARD

108THIS MUST BE EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN WE HAVE BAD DAYS, NO MATTER WHAT, SICK, NO MATTER WHAT, THEY SHOWED UP EVERY DAY. DILLON, ANTHONY, ALISHA, DANTE, ERIK, TYLER, MASON, EXTEND AND GIVE THESE INDIVIDUALS TOKENS OF APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT AS WELL. ALSO, JAY MIZE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB CELEBRATE 25 EDUCATORS IN PINELLAS, PASCO AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY SPEND THOUSAND DOLLARS PER EDUCATOR. THESE CONTINUE TO SHOW INFLUENTIAL RELIABILITY, SELFLESSNESS AND HUMBLE PRACTITIONERS. THREE AREAS THAT THEY CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY IN THE TAMPA REGION, AND THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED FOR A THOUSAND DOLLAR PARTNERSHIP THROUGH IRISH 31. JASON DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB HELPING US AND RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS. WE THANK VERY MUCH FOR CONTINUING CHAMPION AND ANN MARIE HELPING US WITH THE PROCESS. ALSO, I

109WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT DURING THE SUMMER TRANSITION THAT ALL OF OUR PARENTS KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUMMER FOOD SERVICES. THESE SUMMER FOOD SERVICES ARE AT OUR SUMMER SCHOOL LOCATIONS AND THEY ARE FREE OF CHARGE FROM ANY STUDENT OR ANY CHILDREN UP TO 18 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER. THEY ARE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE WORK WITH YOUR SCHOOL TO IDENTIFY IN THE FRONT OFFICE WHAT HOURS THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPEN FOR LUNCH AND FOR BREAKFAST AS WELL. AGAIN, THE MEALS ARE COMPLETELY FREE. WE ASK OUR INDIVIDUALS TO TRANSITION TO WWW.SUMMERBREAKSPOT.ORG TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION. AND WHEN THESE OFFERINGS WILL BE TAKING PLACE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR OUR SCHOOLS FOR HOSTING. IT IS SO IMPORTANT WE MAKE CERTAIN OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE ESSENTIALS TO EXCEL EVERY SINGLE DAY AS

110WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN GRADUATION. I THANK THIS BOARD FOR GOING OVER AND BEYOND THE NUMBER OF GRADUATIONS THEY HAD TO GO TO. THEY WERE VERY ATTENTIVE AND PRESENT AND HAD SO MANY CELEBRATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS THERE AND ALSO OUR CABINET AND OUR LEADERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS AS WELL. IT WAS SO GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE 15,000 STUDENTS WALK ACROSS THE STAGE, SHAKE THEIR HAND, FIST BUMP THEM, WHATEVER IT MAY BE JUST TO TELL THEM CONGRATULATIONS AND JUST THE RESPECT AND THE GRATEFULNESS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD AS THEY TRANSITIONED FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STAGE TO THE OTHER SIDE. THE BOARD HAD A CHANCE TO MEET UNIQUE SENIORS AS WELL. I THINK SUCH REMARKABLE AND SPECIAL STORIES THAT WILL LAST FOREVER, AND WE THANK OUR STUDENTS FOR CONTINUING FOR A CHAMPIONS AND ALL OF

111OUR TEACHERS THAT HELP OUR STUDENT GET TO THE FINISH LINE. WE HAVE STUDENTS WORKING THE DAY OF GRADUATION TO GET BENCHMARKS AND THRESHOLDS. SO AWESOME TO SEE. WE'LL WORK OUR WAY THROUGH AUGUST TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR STUDENTS TO THAT PART WHERE THEY HAVE AND EARNED THEIR DIPLOMA IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE HALF CENT SALES REFERENDUM, SALES TAX. WE HAVE 14 MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE SUMMER AND THAT'S $47 MILLION THAT CONTINUES TO GO TO OUR SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY HAVE. AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL START LOSING CAPITAL MONEY. SO THIS IS SO INSTRUMENTAL TO OUR COMMUNITY TO BUY IN AND WE'VE PUSHED AROUND 560 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS OF INITIATIVES TO

112BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING, OVERARCHING NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE CERTAIN AS MS. RENDON TALKED ABOUT, SAFEST AND MOST ATTRACTIVE FACILITIES EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE REFERENDUM IS A MAJOR PART OF THAT PROCESS. ALSO SUSPENDED AGENDA TONIGHT, WE TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMATION NETWORK. MS. McRAE, DO YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS SLIDE? YES, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE FELLOWS WE STARTED TWO YEARS AGO. THIS YEAR WE HAD 107 APPLICANTS, GROWING DAILY. AS A MATTER OF FACT I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE SITTING HERE TODAY, FIVE MORE FELLOWS IN THE SUMMER SCHOOL AND WE HAVE HIRED FELLOWS IN TEACHING POSITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE 29 WITH AT LEAST ONE FELLOW. 54 CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO SCHOOL, PLUS 5, SO 59. WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COME INTO OUR

113SCHOOLS AND WORK WITH STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN A GREAT ESSER PROJECT FOR US AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THE UPCOMING YEAR. Addison Davis: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WHAT YOUR TEAM CONTINUES TO DO. NEXT TIME WE'LL BRING SOME LITERACY UPDATES AND TALK ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA THROUGH THE LASSINGER CENTER AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE ONGOING FOCUS ON LITERACY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS THAT IS AN AREA WE MUST BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE. CAN'T JUST TAKE TEACHERS, LEADERS, SUPPORT STAFF, IT TAKES AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND LITERACY. CAREGIVERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, CHAMBER, DELEGATIONS, MAYOR'S OFFICE. EVERYBODY HAS TO BE ROLLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO MOVE LITERACY AND PARENTS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO

114ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EVERY ONE OF THE ENTITIES I SPOKE ABOUT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE MOVE THE NEEDLE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. YOU HAD ONE LAST THING. Addison Davis: DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH JUST. WE HAD A SLIDE OF MOVING STUDENTS. SHAY AND HER TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY, HAVE CONTACTED ALMOST EVERY PARENT TO GET THEM TO A LOCATION WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE. THIS IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN DEMANDING FROM THE STAFF. STAFF HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. THANK YOU TO MS. McRAE AND THE TEAM, NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO DUNBAR, TAMPA HEIGHTS, LOCKHART AND OTHER STUDENTS AND THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MAKING CERTAIN THEY HAD THE RIGHT AND BEST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AS THEY TRANSITION TO THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU AND WANT TO

115MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THAT UPDATE. THANK YOU, SHAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU ALSO FOR THAT DETAILED E-MAIL WITH THE PROVIDED UPDATES FOR JUST ELEMENTARY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE ALL VERY INTERESTED AND WE WANT THE BEST FOR THE STUDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WE WILL DO EMPLOYEE INPUT NOW AND THEN WE WILL GO TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. WE'LL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES FOR OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH

116THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE'RE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT. THANK YOU. HI. CHRIS ADEN CA FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. THANK GOD WE MADE IT THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR. GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A NEGATIVE NANCY HERE. SORRY TO ALL THE NANCYS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CREDIT RECOVERY. JUST BEFORE I TOTALLY GET STARTED, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS

117MY SCHOOL ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A DISTRICT ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A STATE ISSUE. BUT CREDIT RECOVERY IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SECOND CHANCE FOR STUDENTS WHO FAILED A CLASS WHICH THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE THAT. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. WE SHOULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES. THAT CONSEQUENCE MIGHT BE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE CLASS OVER AGAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, CREDIT RECOVERY SHOULD BE A SECOND CHANCE THAT'S EQUITABLE TO THE CLASS. THAT MEANS IT SHOULD HAVE THE SAME STANDARDS. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY STUDENTS AND BY OTHERS THAT THE CREDIT RECOVERY CLASS IS EASIER OR HAS FEWER STANDARDS OR LESSONS THAN A TYPICAL CLASS. A BIGGER ISSUE I HAVE IS THAT THE PROGRAM THAT IS USED IS INGENUITY. IF WE ALL KNOW ABOUT INGENUITY, I DID E-LEARNING THROUGH COVID, THERE

118ARE WEBSITES, SPECIFICALLY QUIZLET AND BRAINILY AND OTHER ONES BUT QUIZLET SPECIFICALLY HAS EVERY ANSWER TO EDGENUITY THAT IS THERE. YOU CAN JUST LOOK UP THE ASSESSMENT, TELL IT WHAT CLASS AND TELL IT WHAT ASSESSMENT YOU'RE USING AND IT WILL GIVE YOU EVERY SINGLE ANSWER. YOU CAN SOMETIMES EVEN COPY AND PASTE THE QUESTION. IT WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER JUST ON GOOGLE. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN ISSUE WHEN MY STUDENTS OR ANOTHER TEACHER'S STUDENTS ARE HAVING THAT ISSUE. THE OTHER ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT THEN STUDENTS CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH IT MUCH FASTER. A STUDENT IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY APs TOLD ME THAT THEY FINISHED ALGEBRA 2 IN THREE DAYS. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE WITHOUT -- THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT THERE BEING CHEATING GOING ON.

119AN ADDITIONAL ISSUE IS THIS YEAR THERE WERE STUDENTS FAILING CLASSES THAT WERE NEEDED FOR GRADUATION. THEY WERE PUT IN CREDIT RECOVERY WHILE STILL IN THE OTHER CLASS. THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT THE TEACHER WAS STILL HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT STUDENT'S GRADE WHILE THE STUDENT KNEW THAT THEY WERE ALREADY PAST THE CLAW THROUGH CREDIT RECOVERY. THIS LEADS TO ISSUE LIKE CLASSROOM DISRUPTION, SKIPPING AND IT JUST SNOWBALLS FROM THERE. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER SITUATION FOR THE CREDIT RECOVERY. THEY ABSOLUTELY DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE. IT SHOULD BE EQUITABLE TO WHAT THEY ARE MISSING. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO BOARD COMMENTS. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MEN OF VISION. THEY HAD 17th

120ANNUAL CLASS OF 2023 SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY. MY WIFE AND I WE DONATED TO A YOUNG MAN THAT WILL BE ATTENDING FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY, MR. JACKSON HOPKINS. HE WAS SALUTATORIAN OF THE SCHOOL. THEY RAISED OVER $30 MILLION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. MR. ROSS AND THEM, THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THOSE YOUNG MEN AND THEY ARE ALL SUCCESSFUL. IN FACT, THEY HAD SOME THAT CAME BACK AND MADE SOME POSITIVE COMPLIMENT. MR. ROSS, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I CONTINUE TO HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB BECAUSE WE GOT TO PUT THESE YOUNG MEN AHEAD SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GRADUATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. I GOT A BIG THANK YOU TO JENNIFER SPARANO, THE DIRECTOR OF SEPARATION, ALSO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL

121DISTRICT SAFETY PERSONNEL FOR INSPECTING THE PREMISES EVERY DAY. ALSO, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR MANAGING THE CROWDS, AND WE DID HAVE SOME LARGE CROWDS THERE AND MAKING SURE EACH GRADUATION WAS SAFE. ALSO, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNICATION PERSONNEL FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF UNIQUE SENIORS FROM EACH SCHOOL AND PUBLISHING GREAT VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EACH GRADUATION. I THINK IT WAS REAL GREAT THIS YEAR. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY WERE WELL BEHAVED. I GUESS I'M THE ONLY MISFIT BECAUSE I HAD THEM WREAKING A LITTLE HAVOC IN THE CROWD. BUT THAT'S WHAT I DO. I THREW THE SPEECHES AWAY. THE KIDS LOVED IT. LOVED TO KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE A SPEECH -- ANYWAY, WE HAD A GREAT TIME, RIGHT? WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. THANK YOU. I WANT TO

122THANK YOU ALSO, MS. RENDON, FOR COMING AND HELPING ME OUT. I WAS A LITTLE HANDICAPPED THERE FOR A WHILE. SHE CAME AND HELPED ME OUT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. IN MY CLOSING, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAIR COMBS. YOU ARE A YOUNG LADY. REAL YOUNG, HUH? HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Nadia Combs: NOT THAT YOUNG. Henry "Shake" Washington: OH, YEAH, YOU'RE YOUNG. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO FINISH WITH MY POSITIVES OF THE END. I'M JUST GOING TO LAY IT OUT THERE NOW. I DIDN'T PULL OUR CURRICULUM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF ARE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND REALLY BEING AWARE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SCIENCE CURRICULUM, DOING A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THEY IDENTIFY THE STANDARDS

123THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING AND OUR STANDARDS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE TEACHING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IN OUR APPROVED SCIENCE CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE TWO TEXTBOOKS NOT ON THE APPROVED LIST AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAVE CONTENT THAT ARE NOT IN A PART OF THE STANDARDS. I WANT TO PUBLICLY MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A DISTRICT ARE ENSURING OUR STAFF ARE FOCUSING THEIR TEACHINGS ON THE CURRICULUM. I WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. I KNOW THAT WE ARE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S SOMETHING, WE'RE NOT ORDERING TEXTBOOKS RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO THANK DR. WHELAN'S OFFICE FOR THE STAFF. WE HAVE MANY OPENINGS IN THE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER. I'M THANKFUL THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE

124GIVING TO THE BOARD WEEKLY OR EVERY OTHER WEEK UPDATES ON OUR STAFF VACANCIES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IF SHE COULD ALSO LET US KNOW WHEN SHE PROVIDES THAT, EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TO RECRUIT TEACHERS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO RECRUIT THOSE STAFF COMING IN FOR INTERNSHIPS NEXT YEAR, THOSE INCOMING STUDENTS? I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL THAT WE AS A BOARD NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE MOVING. NOBODY, INCLUDING OUR CABINET AND ANY OF OUR STAFF WANT TO BE THERE AT THE LAST MINUTE AGAIN HAVING TO JUMP INTO CLASSROOMS. WE WANT OUR STAFF TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND READY TO GO ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HER TO DO THAT AND KEEPING THAT UP. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT JENNIFER SPARANO AND EVERYTHING SHE DID.

125WE AS A BOARD DID NOT MAKE IT EASY ON HER. LET'S BE REALISTIC. LAST-MINUTE PHONE CALLS, LAST-MINUTE CHANGES, WHO IS COMING, WHO IS NOT COMING? AND SHE WAS JUST NO MATTER WHAT WE THREW AT HER, IT WAS A SMILE, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT AND IT WAS HANDLED. WHEN YOU'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND EVEN MORE, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AND COORDINATING US DOESN'T ALWAYS COME EASY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CABINET. THEY WERE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WENT AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT IS KUDOS TO YOU AND KUDOS TO SUPERINTENDENT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH OUR CABINET AND OUR SECURITY AND EVERYONE. GRADUATION IS SUCH A SPECIAL TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, AND TO KNOW THAT WE AS A DISTRICT DO IT WELL JUST

126SHOWS, IT'S A CULMINATION FROM THAT FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT JUST WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE IT SPECIAL FOR EACH AND EVERY FAMILY. TRULY AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, NATURE. I AGREE. I CONCUR, GRADUATIONS WERE PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU FOR CONFERRING FOR ONE THAT I NEEDED YOU TO COVER FOR. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, HOW MANY DID YOU DO? 38? THEY RAN SO WELL. EVERYBODY WAS SO PREPARED. THE KIDS WERE GREAT. THERE'S NO WORDS TO REALLY DESCRIBE HOW GREAT IT IS TO BE UP THERE AND FEEL THE ENTHUSIASM AND FEEL HOW EXCITED THE FAMILIES ARE AND SEE OUR KIDS COME AND GRADUATE. IT'S EXHAUSTING, BUT IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL TIME. THANK YOU TO

127EVERYBODY WHO MAKES THOSE HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO PREPARING AND SPEECHES AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE TO SIT AND THERE IS A BOTTLE OF WATER AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE TO GO, ESPECIALLY ABSOLUTELY JENNIFER SPARANO, AMAZING JOB AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SENIORS. WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT IS AND FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES, THAT'S 13 YEARS OF PROJECTS AND LAST-MINUTE THINGS AND PERFORMANCES AND SPORTS AND SO MUCH GOES INTO THAT MOMENT IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. ALSO, I WANTED TO SPEAK, MEMBER COMBS AND I BELIEVE SHE WILL SHOW IT IN HER BOARD MEETING COMMENTS. WE WENT TO THE GENTLEMAN'S QUEST WHICH IS PUT ON BY A FORMER EMPLOYEE. AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT MENTORING A CERTAIN CROP OF STUDENTS PROVIDING FINANCIAL LITERACY, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN

128EDUCATIONAL PLAN AFTER SCHOOL. IT WAS THEIR GRADUATION. HAD ALL OF THEIR SENIORS WHO WERE ALL OFF TO AMAZING THINGS. FAMU, FSU, USF TO DO THINGS ALL THE WAY FROM PROGRAMMING TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO CYBERSECURITY. ONE PERSON WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO DO CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICESHIP OR CARPENTRY AND TALK ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE TO THOSE KIDS. PEOPLE DONATING FROM THE EVENT ITSELF BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL THE STUDENTS REALLY HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED WAS AMAZING. THANK YOU SO THAT ORGANIZATION FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS AND THAT MUCH OPPORTUNITY. ALSO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES. I DON'T THINK WE HAD A MEETING BEFORE SCHOOL ENDED. TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, ADMINS, ALL OF THE CAFETERIA WORKERS,

129BUS DRIVERS, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS, INVESTING THEM AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, TO OUR STAFF. EVERY SINGLE YEAR SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHMENT, ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND TO EVERYBODY WHO IS WORKING OVER THE SUMMER, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MAKING SURE WE'RE READY FOR UP AND COMING. LASTLY, JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY PRIDE TO EVERYBODY, TO ALL OUR STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES, YOU ALL DESERVE TO FEEL INCLUDED, VALUED, FREE TO LOVE WHOMEVER YOU WANT, FREE TO BE WHOEVER YOU ARE WITHOUT JUDGMENT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I SUPPORT THAT. HAPPY PRIDE TO EVERYBODY AND HAPPY, HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD, SAFE, HEALTHY SUMMER. Nadia

130Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SINCE WE'RE LEAVING EARLY, I'LL DO AN HOUR CLOSING. NO, JUST CLOSING. FIRST OF ALL, RECOGNIZE A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE CROWD. YOUNG GENTLEMAN, DANIEL HOUSER. IF YOU'LL STAND UP REAL QUICK. HE IS A BOY SCOUT. THIS IS PART OF HIS MERIT BADGE IS TO WATCH A MEETING. DANIEL, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE TO WATCH THE CLOSING COMMENTS, AND HE IS A YOUNG MAN WHO WILL BE ENTERING 8th GRADE. IS THAT CORRECT, DANIEL? YOU'RE GOING INTO NINTH GRADE. GOING TO SICKLES? ALONSO. OKAY. I KNEW YOU WERE IN DISTRICT ONE AND THAT'S FOR SURE. SO THIS AMAZING YOUNG MAN IS BRIGHT AND TENACIOUS, AS YOU CAN SEE. DANIEL, I'M GOING TO SHOW A COUPLE OF VIDEOS AND THEN I'LL LET YOU CLOSE OUT TODAY. I'LL SHOW A COUPLE OF

131VIDEOS. ONE OF THE GOALS AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS FOR ME TO TRY TO VISIT OF THE SCHOOLS AND VISIT SCHOOLS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND REALLY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SCHOOLS. PABLO, IF YOU COULD SHARE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS, I WANTED TO SHARE THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF SCHOOL I WAS ABLE TO VISIT QUITE A FEW SCHOOLS. FIRST, JOE MALLOY AT CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, HE RETIRED SO WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A RETIREMENT WITH HIM. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, STEVE LUNEN AND LUNCH STAFF AT SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO SERVE LUNCH TO THE WHOLE CLASS, 9th, 10th, 11th GRADE. THEN I WAS ABLE TO DO ACCESS GRADUATION AT SICKLES. THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE NEW EGYPT LAKE PRINCIPAL, DR. MAGADISH. SHE WALKED AROUND AND REALLY WORKING

132ON MAKING SURE HER CAMPUS CONTINUES TO THRIVE AND DO WELL. THEN YOU'LL SEE OVER ON THE LEFT I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY VISIT MacFARLANE PARK WHICH IS AMAZING BECAUSE EVERY -- ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, DR. FLORES AND TAMPA EPIC NORTH AND GETTING TO SEE THE COUNSELORS AND GETTING TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THEY ARE WORKING SO HARD FOR THE STUDENTS. AND THEN A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS. THERE WE ARE WITH DR. FLORES AND THAT YOUNG MAN ENDED UP BEING THE TURNAROUND STUDENT FOR TAMPA EPIC NORTH. RIGHT-HAND SIDE, LOWRY ELEMENTARY, I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY FIRST BIG BOOK WAR COMPETITION WHICH WAS LIKE SO INTENSE. IT WAS SO CLOSE. SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT WITH PRINCIPAL SPAGNUOLO. DAVIS ELEMENTARY, THIS IS THE BOOK WARS AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THE COMPETITION. IT WAS SO INTENSE. I

133SAID I WANT TO GO EVERY YEAR FROM NOW ON. THEN A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, THE TIARA CLUB AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY IS A FIFTH GRADE ORGANIZATION THAT RECOGNIZES AND YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE NEXT VIDEO AS WELL, ALL FIFTH GRADE GIRLS AS THEY ARE RISING AND MS. G WHO IS AMAZING, AMAZING TEACHER WHO STARTED AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL, SHE BASICALLY WORKS WITH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS OVER THE ENTIRE YEAR AND THEY LEARN HOW TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND BE SUCCESSFUL LATER ON IN LIFE. HERE WE HAVE THE NEW PRINCIPAL WHO IS DOING GREAT THINGS, MS. IZZAHAR AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY. THE LAST COUPLE OF PICTURES, DEER PARK OVER THERE, BIG FIELD DAY. THEN I GOT TO SEE MS. LIVINGSTON AND HER AMAZING MUSIC TEACHER THERE. FINALLY, WE ENDED UP AT TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD WITH MS. PEREZ. ON THE

134RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE GENTLEMAN'S QUEST IS WHAT MEMBER VAUGHN WAS TALKING ABOUT, THESE YOUNG MEN AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY END UP BEING. COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS WAS THERE AS WELL. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES. YOU CAN SEE THESE YOUNG MEN, A LOT OF THEM RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS THAT EVENING. THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SENIORS. AND IF YOU CAN JUST, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAND THIS OVER AND YOU CAN SAY THE MEETING -- DANIEL, ARE YOU READY? FUTURE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. OKAY. AND THEN YOU CAN SAY THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. SEEING THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.