12/13/2022 - Regular Meeting

001> HI, I AM 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 INCLUDE CHILDREN. PRESCHOOL AND ADULTS IN OUR WORK FORCE PROGRAM. Henry "Shake" Washington: I AM HENRY SHAKE WASHINGTON, THE BOARD VICE-CHAIR AND WE ARE MADE OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT NEARLY 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. Lynn Gray: OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THE BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE THE 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 SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE

00232. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCAST AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE OR CHIVE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE WILL 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 WEB SITE 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 ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING FOR DECEMBER 13, 2022 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE

003FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU MAY BE SEATED. Nadia Combs: MEMBER WASHINGTON, WILL YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PROGRESS VILLAGE CAROLLERS AND LEAD TEACHER. THESE STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING. AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE STUDENTS UP TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. COME UP, STUDENTS. AND THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB TODAY TOO. THEY REALLY DID. HELLO. KRISTEN FRANZEN AND I TEACH CHORUS AND PIANO AT PROGRESS VILLAGE MAGNET SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. LONDON, AND AN

0048th GRADER AT PROGRESS VILLAGE. TIME SAN A AND AN 8 $GRADER AT PROGRESS VILLAGE. I AM ISABELLA AND I AM AN 8th GRADER AT PROGRESS VILLAGE. I AM NORA AND AN 8th GRADER AT PROGRESS VILLAGE. I AM LILIANA, AND I AM AN 8th GRADER AT PROGRESS VILLAGE. I AM ISABELLA SMITH AND AN 8th GRADER AT PROGRESS VILLAGE. LEILANI SANCHEZ AND AN 8th GRADER AT PROGRESS VILLAGE. AND I AM AN 8th GRADER AT PROGRESS VILLAGE. Henry "Shake" Washington: IF ANY PARENTS WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE PICTURES, YOU CAN. NONE? OKAY. OH, COME ON UP -- COME UP CLOSER. YEAH, A DAD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND THEY WENT CAROLLING FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING. MANY, MANY PEOPLE GOT TO HEAR THEM. THANK YOU TO THEIR AMAZING TEACHER. THANK

005YOU SO MUCH. YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB. WE APPRECIATE IT. NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT TODAY. WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY. OCTOBER 18, 2022, SCHOOL BOARD WORK SHOP. NOVEMBER 22, SCORED BOARD MEETING, NOVEMBER 22, REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD THAT BELIEVE

006THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN AND SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AGENDA STATEMENTS AND REQUEST HE IS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHT. AFTERWARDS THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. AFTER THAT, YOU CAN GET IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING WHEN STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THE MEET CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE TV, MONITORS IN THE AUDITORIUM AND VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN OUR VIDEO ARCHIVES. Nadia Combs: ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR 6:00 AND

007THAT IS EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE VALUE YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. ? ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENT WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. OUR SCHOOL BOARD ARE RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHTS TO SPEAK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE VALUE YOUR TIME, BUT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD, MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTLY DIRECTLY AT A BOARD MEMBER BUT ON THE ISSUES. ANY EFFORT TO DISRUPT THE MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. ALL CIVILITY POLICIES IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOUR THREE MINUTES WILL START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. 30 SECONDS LEFT, A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. A RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE THAT YOUR TIME

008IS UP. FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS AND WHEN YOU ARE AGAINST THE WALL, WE WILL GET STARTED. MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. 7:16. HVAC. YEAH, BELCH THE CARBON. AND 7.22, CONCRETE INSTALLATION. YEAH, SO THAT WILL ABSORB THE SOLAR RADIATION AND HELP WITH THE EATING OF THE PLANET. ISN'T THAT GREAT. WINSTON CHURCHHILL IN 1906 SAID BETTER BUILDINGS BY DESIGN. WE SHAPE OUR BUILDINGS THEREAFTER, THEY SHAPE US. WELL, YOU ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. HEADLINE, EARTH'S CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN FOUR MILLION YEARS. AND HERE THE PAST SEVEN YEARS HAVE BEEN THE PLANET'S HOTTEST BY FAR. THIS HEADLINE HERE. SEA RISE IS CLEAR AND PRESENT RISK. AND THIS ONE HERE, CLIMATE CRISIS GETS WORSE BY THE DAY. AND HERE IS THE TEMPLATE FOR WHAT THE BUILDINGS SHOULD ALL LOOK LIKE. THE RATIO AND PROPORTION THAT YOU SHOULD

009HAVE, THEY SHOULD BE ORIENTED PROPERLY. YOU JUST CAN'T GET IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS SO HARD. THE INDIANS KNEW WHAT TO DO OVER 1500 YEARS AGO. OVER 1500 YEARS AGO THEY KNEW WHAT THE PROPER ORIENTATION ME MEANT. WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR YOU PE PEOPLE? THAT IS -- IT JUST AMAZES ME. AND THEN HERE IS THIS ARTICLE IN THE COLLATERAL VICTIMS. ARE YOU PUTTING OUT POISON? THE SCHOOL IS PUTTING OUT POISON TO KILL THE RATS. AND THEN THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE. THE POOR OWLS. ARE YOU BEING STUPID? I BET YOU ARE, AREN'T YOU. YEAH. YOU DO SO MANY OTHER DUMB TH THINGS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO, I'M BRILEY ATCHINSON. I AM A FRESH MANN AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. I EXPERIENCED A TEACHER QUITTING FIRSTHAND EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN MY

010ENGLISH TEACHER QUIT AFTER A THIRD DAY OF SCHOOL. WE HAD A NEW SUB EVERY WEEK. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WHEN IT WAS DUE. AND SOMETIMES THE SUBS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. WHY WOULD I BRING THIS UP? IT IS BECAUSE WITH MORE AND MORE TEACHERS QUITTING THIS IS BECOMING A REALITY FOR MORE AND MORE STUDENTS, EVEN HALF MY AGE. NOW WHY WAS IT THAT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND MY TEACHER ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GROW UP, I SAID A TEACHER. SHE LOOKED WITH ME WITH VERY CONCERNED LOOKS. WHY IS IT THAT EDUCATION ISN'T VALUED? WHY IS IT THAT WHEN I WAS -- WHEN I TOLD MY TEACHER THAT, SHE TOLD ME I SHOULD LOOK FOR SOMETHING MORE SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE BEING A TEACHER WASN'T GOING

011TO MAKE ME MONEY. WHY IS THAT? SORRY. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EDUCATION. WHY THE TEACHERS WHO LOVE TEACHING HAVE TO QUIT BECAUSE THEY POSSIBLY CANNOT MAKE IT IN THIS ECONOMY. NOW FINALLY, I WANT TO CLOSE OFF BY HAVING A BRIEF TIMELINE OF TEACHERS I HAVE LOVED AND SHOWED ME THE LOVE OF TEACHING -- LIKE THE LOVE OF LEARNING THAT NO LONGER TEACH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MY PRESCHOOL TEACHER HAS LEFT THE STATE. MY KINDERGARTEN TEACHER HAS LEFT THE PROFESSION. MY FIRST GRADE TEACHER LEFT THE STATE. MY COMPUTER SCIENCE NO LONGER TEACHES AT PUBLIC SCHOOL. ONE OF MY MIDDLE SCHOOL CHORUS TEACHERS LEFT THE PROFESSION. ANOTHER TEACHES PRIVATELY. MY SCIENCE TEACHER LEFT THE PROFESSION. I ENDED UP WITH FOUR DIFFERENT SCIENCE. MY TV PRODUCTION TEACHER LEFT THE PROFESSION AND MY HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER

012LEFT THE PROFESSION. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER MASTRO SIMONE. I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON TO START THIS OFF. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T HEAR KIND WORDS TOO MUCH-OR ENOUGH. BUT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN A CLASSROOM OF MY YOUNGEST CHILD. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN. THE OLDEST WENT THROUGH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED IN 2017. I HAVE A STUDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL CURRENTLY AS A FRESH MANN. AND THEN MY YOUNGEST CHILD IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT. I THINK EVERYONE HERE CAN AGREE THAT WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO IT BE SAFE IN SCHOOL. IT'S BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC OVER THE LAST, UNFORTUNATELY, PROBABLY 30 YEARS. SO TO GET RIGHT TO IT. WHAT HAPPENED IN HER CLASS

013WAS THAT A STUDENT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BOUNCING HIS LEG, KICKING AS STUDENTS DO WHEN THEY ARE NERVOUS OR, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING THEY DO. HE ACCIDENTALLY CONTACTED THE CHAIR OF THE STUDENT IN FRONT OF HIM. THAT STUDENT DID NOT TAKE KINDLY TO THAT. AND UNFORTUNATELY GOT UP AND WAS EXTREMELY ANGRY. I GUESS USED SOME PARTICULAR LANGUAGE AND WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM BY THE TEACHER TO CALM DOWN. SHE DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT AND UNFORTUNATELY BEGAN STRIKING THE STUDENT. TO THE POINT WHERE HE BLED. MY DAUGHTER CAME HOME UNFORTUNATELY -- SORRY. SHE WAS A BIT TRAUMATIZED AND THE QUESTION I HAVE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, IS THAT HOW CAN WE HAVE A POLICY THAT WAS CHANGED FROM ZERO TOLERANCE TO ALLOWING A STUDENT WHO WOULD HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS BEHAVIOR TO

014COME BACK TO SCHOOL THE VERY NEXT DAY AS SHE DID. I DO KNOW WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN; HOWEVER, SUPPORTING THEM AND FINDING OUT WHY THIS CHILD REACTED THIS WAY IS SEPARATE FROM THE ACTION OF COMMITTING VIOLENCE. SO I ASK THAT THE BOARD TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT THE CURRENT POLICY AND CONSIDER RETURNING BACK TO A ZERO TOLERANCE VIOLENCE POLICY SO THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF BEING IN SCHOOL AND FEELING SAFE RATHER THAN FEELING THAT THEY MADE BE A VICTIM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MR. ROBINSON. FIRST OF ALL, FELIZ NAVIDAD, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HANUKKAH. MY LAST TIME HERE. JOE ROBINSON. MISS COMBS, SHAKE WASHINGTON, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND THE ATTORNEY. FIRST OF ALL, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT -- WE CAME DOWN ON

015NOVEMBER 1, AND WE HAD A CONSPIRACY THAT DEPRIVED OF US OUR RIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND SANCTIONED BY THE NAACP AND SUSPENDED BECAUSE WE EXERCISED OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. PASSING OUT THE FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS STATUTE THAT WAS VIOLATED BY PEOPLE SUSPENDING US BY EXERCISING OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST THE SCHOOL BOARD MAKE TWO MOTIONS. ONE, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD REQUEST A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE 9/11 NAACP FINANCES AND OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH AT THE BRANCH'S EXPENSE. TWO, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD REQUEST AN AUDIT BE PERFORMED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AUDITOR ON FACILITIES LEASED TO AND GIVING TO T THE NAACP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS BEFORE THE 2023 BUDGET OR NONBUDGETED FACILITIES BE ANNOUNCED TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH. THE REASON TO

016REQUEST TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR FORENSIC AUDIT FOR THE NAACP AND THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD REQUEST AN AUDIT BY THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AUDITORS ON FACILITIES LEASED AND FUNDS GIVEN TO T THE NAACP FOR THREE YEARS. IT IS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF LEASED FACILITIES AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING BUDGETED, RECEIVED AND SPENT BY NONPROFIT PUBLIC CHARITY INCIDENTS TEASE WHEN FUNDS COME FROM THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD'S BUDGET. QUOTE, SOME ORGANIZATIONS DON'T LACK ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. AND THE NAACP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH IS ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. THE ATTACHED LETTER FROM ATTORNEY JEFFREY W. GIBSON FROM McFARLAND FERGUSON AND McMULLIN PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 16, 2022 GIVES MORE REASONS WHY THIS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED. THANKS. WITH MY LAST 30 SECONDS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, IT

017IS SAD THAT IT HAS COME TO THIS. IT IS SAD THAT WE MAY HAVE THE FBI AND OTHER PEOPLE INVESTIGATING THIS FEDERAL CONSPIRACY TO DEPRIVE OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I DON'T WANT TO DO IT BUT I AM WELL KNOWN TO DO IT. I AM ASKING THE SCHOOL BOARD, PLEASE, SUPERINTENDENT, PLEASE, MR. PORTER, DO NOT BE AIDING AND ABETTING THESE PUBLIC CORRUPT CRIMINALS. DO NOT BE AIDING AND ABETTING. THAT IS YOUR NOTICE. HAVE A GOOD TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. IF THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS WILL SIGN UP AGAINST THE WALL. HELLO, MY NAME IS DR. BONNIE SACKS. I AM A CHRISTIAN CAL PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. I AM A SEX THERAPIST AND A FORMER PRESIDENT OF SEX THERAPY AND RESEARCH. I'M HERE AT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE

018BOARD OF CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN AND A PROUD GRANDMOTHER OF FOUR. BEFORE I TRAINED IN PSYCHIATRY AND SEX THERAPY, I ALSO DID RESIDENCY AT OGBYN AT YALE. I HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS OVER THE YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND TAUGHT SAFETY, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY FROM PRESCHOOL, MEDICAL SCHOOL AND MANY DOCTORS. RESEARCH AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE CLEARLY SHOW US THAT SEX EDUCATION GIVES TEENS MORE SELF-CONTROL AND HELPS THEM IDENTIFY AND PROTECT THEM FROM RISKY SEXUAL SITUATIONS. ALSO, HELPS THEM REDUCE THE INCIDENTS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SUCH AS HIV, HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS WHICH CAN LEAD TO CANCER, CHLAMYDIA, SYPHILIS AND GONORRHEA. WE KNOW THAT TEENAGERS CAN IMPULSIVE BECAUSE OF TWO PHYSICAL FACTOR. ONE MY BRAIN IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED -- MY HUSBAND DIDN'T WANT ME TO DAY MYLENATED BEFORE 25 YEARS OF AGE. OVERACTIVE MENDULLA THE IMPULSIVE PART

019OF THE BRAIN OR MR. TROUBLE MAKER. IT IS EASILY TRIGGERED IN KIDS THAT EXPERIENCED ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WHICH IS ONE OUT OF TWO CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. EDUCATION HELPS DEVELOP THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX WHICH I CALL MR. THINKER AND LEADS TO MORE RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIPS AND INCREASED MEDIA LITERACY. SEX AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE POLITICAL. IT'S NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE, HEALTHY, AND RESPONSIBLE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. IF HELLO. EMILY ANNE KLUM. TAMPA BAY. AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL LBGTQ LIAISON. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE MANDATED COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION. IT IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK OF THIS SUBJECT THAT WE USE FACTS AND DATA, NOT INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE, NONSENSICAL WORDS LIKE GROOMING AND INDOCTRINATING AND SEXUALIZING. HERE IS

020WHAT WE KNOW, FROM THE CDC 2019 YRBS. 52% OF FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SAID THEY HAD SEX. WE ALL KNOW THAT NUMBER IS WAY TOO HIGH. WE ALSO KNOW THAT COMPREHENSIVE SEX ED IS HELP CURB THOSE NUMBERS AND LOWER THINGS LIKE STIs, HIV, PREGNANCY, AND EVEN DATING VIOLENCE. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE QUALITY SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION ARE MORE LIKELY TO DELAY SEXUAL INITIATION AND TO USE PROTECTION WHEN THEY DO HAVE SEX. WE KNOW THAT THE RATES OF AIDS AND DATING VIOLENCE IS MORNING AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LBGTQ YOUTH. STUDIES FROM RESPECTED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS HAVE REPEATEDLY SHOWN THAT KIDS WHO RECEIVED COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION ARE SAFER FROM GROOMING AND CHILD ABUSE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. AS A PARENT, I WANTED MY KIDS TO HAVE THIS EDUCATION BECAUSE IT OPENED THE

021DOORS TO CONVERSATIONS AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO WEAVE MY VALUES INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS. IF PARENTS DON'T WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE THIS EDUCATION, THEY CAN JUST OPT OUT IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY OPT OUT OF THE MOVIES THEIR CHILDREN'S SEE AND THE FIELD TRIPS THAT THEY GO ON. AND REALLY, MY BIG CONCERN IN THIS DEBATE IS HOW SOME HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS DEBATE TO DEHUMANIZE AND DEMONIZE AN ENTIRE GROUP OF CHILDREN. UNDER THE NAME AND UNDER T THE GUISE OF CHRISTIAN AN E. THAT IS OUR TRANS YOUTH. WE KNOW THEY SUFFER. WE KNOW THAT THEIR STRUGGLES CAN BE SO INTENSE THAT NEARLY HALF OF THEM WILL TRY TO KILL THEMSELVES. THAT IS NOT WHAT JESUS WOULD DO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. RESPECTED BOARD MEMBERS,

022TEACHERS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MY NAME IS SAM. AND I AM AN SPOKEN WORD POET AND COMMUNITY PARENT. WHEN I SAY I AM A COMMUNITY PARENT, I MEAN THAT AND WE BELIEVE IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD SO EVERY ADULT PLAY AS PROMINENT AND RESPONSIBLE ROLE IN RAISING IN HI CHILD IN THAT COMMUNITY. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY SISTER GAVE BIRTH TO TWINS, A BOY AND A GIRL. MY NEPHEW RIGHT OUT THE GATE WAS THIS QUIET, CALM, WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY CALL PLEASANT-NATURED CHILD. MY NIECE, ON THE OTHER HAND, HARDLY EVER SLEPT. I AM SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE ON ONE LEVEL OR THE OTHER. WOKE UP FROM ALL-TOO-BRIEF NAP, SCRUNCH HER FACE, GET COMPLETELY RED IN THE FACE AND SCREAM BLOODY MURDER. RIGHT? I WAS STILL YOUNG AT

023THE TIME. I WAS ONLY IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS TERRIFIED OF THIS KID. AND I ACTIVELY STAYED AWAY FROM HER, MY OWN NIECE, FOR YEARS JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO UPSET HER. BUT THEN AS I BECAME AN ADULTS AND MY FAMILY STARTED TO GIVE ME RESPONSIBILITY OVER MY NIECE AND MY NEPHEW, I STARTED TO REALIZE I DON'T GET TO DO THAT. WE AS ADULTS DON'T GET TO DO THAT. WE DON'T GET TO GIVE AWAY CHILDREN. WE DON'T GET TO SAY, I AM NOT GOING TO ENGAGE WITH YOU. WE DEFINITELY DON'T GET TO PLACE VALUE JUDGMENT ON OUR KID AND SAY YOU ARE A GOOD KID BECAUSE YOU ARE QUIET AND YOU ARE A BAD KID BECAUSE YOU ARE LOUD. YOU ARE WORTHY OR UNWORTHY OF LOVE. WE DON'T GET TO KEEP SOME CHILDREN AND

024THROW SOME CHILDREN AWAY. ALL OF US AS ADULTS, ESPECIALLY IN ROLES OF POWER AND ROLES OF RESPONSIBILITY, WE HAVE ONE JOB. THAT IS TO LOVE, PROTECT AND VALUE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. AND THAT MEANS PROVIDING INCLUSIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED, SCIENCE-BASED COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION THAT KEEPS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR KIDS HEALTHY, HAPPY, WELL INFORMED AND SAFE. AND FOR ALL OF THE PARENTS WHO DISAGREE WITH THAT PROCESS, THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THE OPT OUT OPTION THAT IS PROVIDED TO THEM. I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE THEY TAKE IT, BECAUSE IF I DON'T GET TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, THEY CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T GET TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT MINE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS JAMES RAY. AND I AM AN ENGINEER AND A BUSINESS MANN. I WANT TO INFORM YOU WHAT

025YOU CAN TO DO KEEP YOUR SCHOOLS SAFE FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF THIS YEAR. I AM -- THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDE PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS. I AM NOT HERE TODAY TO TRY TO SELL YOU ANYTHING. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO ASK YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM TO GIVE ME PERMISSION TO PROVE THAT THE SANITIZING PROGRAM WILL PREVENT ILLNESSES CAUGHT BY THESE PEOPLE. I WANT PERMISSION TO INSTALL MOST OF THE NONTECHNICAL PART OF A SANITIZING SYSTEM THAT I HAVE BUILT AND INSTALLED IN SCHOOLS FOR TWO WEEKS FREE. I WILL INFORM YOU THAT THESE THINGS CAN BE DONE VERY SIMPLY, VERY EASILY. THE SANITIZING PROGRAM IS EQUALLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST ALL VIRUSS ARE, NOT FLU AND JUST COVID-19, BUT MUCH EASIER TO HIRE GOOD TEACHERS TO MAKE SCHOOLS

026SAFER FROM THESE PARTICULAR TWO VIRUSES. ILLNESS CONTRACTED IN SCHOOL OCCURRED BY SOMEONE WHEN SCHOOLS ARE INFORM SESSION WHO ARE INFECTIOUS WITH THE VIRUS. PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF ILLNESS CANNOT BE DONE ANY OTHER TIME THAN DURING THE DAYTIME. IT TAKES LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES FOR THE SANITIZING PROGRAM TO DO THIS. PER DAY. THE CDC SAYS THAT THE FLU IS STARTING OFF THIS YEAR THE WORST IT HAS BEEN IN TEN YEARS. AND DR. FAUCI SAYS WE MUST CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE COVID-19. YOUR CHOICE IS NOW -- IT WILL TAKE PROBABLY A MONTH TO INSERT SUCH A PROGRAM, AND THEN IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE A MONTH TO GET READY TO DO SO. YOU CAN DO NOTHING AND YOUR SCHOOL PERSONNEL WILL PROBABLY EXPERIENCE A VERY BAD YEAR OF ABSENTEEISM. MAYBE YOU WILL HAVE TO SHUT IT

027DOWN. OR YOU CAN INSTALL AN EFFECTIVE SANITIZING PROGRAM, NOT PARTICULARLY -- THE BEST ONE YOU CAN INSTALL. DR. GERBER IS ONE OF THE LEADING AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD. HE READ THE SANITIZING SYSTEM AND SAID THAT I WAS -- IT WAS OVERKILL. I AGREE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS OVERKILL UNTIL I CAN DO ENOUGH BETA TEST TO PUT IT IN ENOUGH SCHOOLS TO DO ENOUGH BETA TESTING TO MAKE SURE I AM NOT TAKING OUT THE GOOD STUFF WITH THE BAD. EXCUSE ME. THE SANITIZING PROGRAM WILL SAVE APPROXIMATELY $40,000 PER SCHOOL PER MONTH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AMY WEISS. I AM A MOTHER AND A RESIDENT OF TAMPA FOR OVER 11 YEARS. I AM

028A PHYSICIAN WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN PEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENT MEDICINE. ADDITIONALLY, I AM AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF ADOLESCENT AND ADULT MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA IN,ORSANI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT UPHOLDING THE COMPREHENSIVE, MEDICALLY ACCURATE AND RESEARCH-BASED SEXUAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION IS EFFECTIVE, NECESSARY AND SAFE FOR THE YOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SEX EDUCATION IS NEITHER POLITICAL NOR RELIGIOUS AND SHOULD NOT BE MADE SO BY THOSE WHO SEEK ITS ELIMINATION. COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION IS EFFECTIVE. IN FACT, COMPREHENSIVE SEX ED IS THE ONLY TYPE OF SEX ED PROVEN IN THE LITERATURE TO PRODUCE RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND NEGATIVE OUTCOMES INCLUDING DECREASING TEEN PREGNANCY AND BIRTH RATES, DECREASING RATES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND TEEN VIOLENCE. FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, SOCIETY OF

029ADOLESCENT HEALTH IN MEDICINE AND THE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS AMONG MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION IS NECESSARY. FLORIDA RANKS SECOND HIGHEST IN THE U.S. FOR NEW HIV DIAGNOSES AND FLORIDA RATES ARE DOUBLE U.S. RATES FOR BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AMONG YOUTH 15 TO 19 YEARS OLD. RATES OF STI AND HIV 13 TO 19 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ARE HIGHER THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA RATES ACCORDING TO THE 2021 YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM DATA SHOWING THE NEED FOR THIS EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION IS SAFE. STUDIES FROM RESPECTED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS HAVE REPEATEDLY SHOWED YOUTH THAT RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE SEX ED IS SAFE FROM EXPLOITATION. SEX ED BUILDS SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION SKILLS AND REDUCES VIOLENCE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF STUDENTS SUPPORT COMPREHENSIVE SEX ED. PARENTS WHO DO NOT WANT OUR CHILDREN TO

030HAVE THIS EDUCATION CAN OPT OUT. IN SUMMARY, COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION IS EFFECTIVE, NECESSARY AND SAFE FOR THE YOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AS A PEDIATRICIAN WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE CARE OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS, I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE MEDICALLY ACCURATE AND WELL DESIGNED CURRICULUM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. AND IF WE CAN HAVE THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS RIND UP AGAINST THE WALL, I WILL APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ARE Y'ALL READY? Nadia Combs: I THINK WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE COPIES TO PASS OUT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, YOU MAY BEGIN. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANNETTE JENKINS. I AM RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AFTER 21 YEARS. ON NOVEMBER 1, I CAME DOWN HERE WITH A COUPLE OF LADIES THAT WANTED TO TALK TO THE

031SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT TALK TO NAACP ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS. THEIR CHILDREN WERE GETTING BEAT UP AND BULLIED IN SCHOOL. I CAME DOWN HERE, AND I EXPRESSED MY FEELINGS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD NOT BE IN BED WITH NAACP BECAUSE IT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. TWO WEEKS LATER, I GOT A LETTER THAT I PASSED OUT TO YOU JUST NOW SUSPENDING ME FOR COMING DOWN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND EXPRESSING MY OPINION. THAT IS AGAINST MY CIVIL RIGHTS. MY FREEDOM TO SPEAK. THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT. WHEN I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, I HAD TO SLEEP ON THE GROUND SO THAT ALL OF YOU -- AND I AM TALKING ABOUT ALL OF YOU UP THERE, I AM TALKING ABOUT ALL OF YOU OUT THERE CAN SLEEP IN YOUR BEDS AT NIGHT SO THAT YOU

032CAN KEEP YOUR FREEDOM. I AM VERY UPSET THAT MY FREEDOM WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. AND I AM NOT GOING TO STOP. IT IS ON YOUTUBE. I DON'T KNOW WHO SENT IT TO THE NAACP OR HOW THEY GOT IT, BUT THEY GOT IT AND SENT IT TO ME AND SUSPENDED ME. I AM A MEMBER OF NAACP. THEY SUSPENDED ME FROM NAACP. IT DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE I AM STILL -- I AM A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND I AM GOING TO STAY OUT THIS AND HELP WHOEVER I CAN. BECAUSE I WAS TRAINED TO DO THAT. HOWEVER, I AM JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT MY RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED. THEY DIDN'T SEND ME A BALLOT TO VOTE. MY RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED. AND I AM NOT GOING TO STOP HERE. THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME ON SCREEN, YOU WILL PROBABLY

033SEE ME IN WASHINGTON D.C. STANDING WITH BIDEN, TELLING HIM WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. I DON'T APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I WILL BE BACK. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. EVERYBODY HAS A HANDOUT. GOOD EVENING, I AM BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY AND I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT T THE NAACP OF TODAY IS NOT T THE NAACP OF YESTERYEAR. I WOULD -- MANY OF YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HEARD THE PRESIDENT STATE VERY CLEARLY THAT SHE DO NOT LIKE WHITE PEOPLE. IF A GRAND WIZARD OF THE KKK WOULD HAVE MADE THAT STATEMENT, WOULD YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM A FREE OFFICE ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS? I THINK NOT. ALSO, AS YOU SEE THIS CRIMINAL RECORD, THE PRESIDENT OF T THE NAACP WAS SENTENCED FOR CHILD ABUSE. SHE

034CAUSED GREAT BODILY HARM FOR A CHILD. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE SHE WAS DOING HER EUCLIDEAN CALLS. SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A DEGREE. THROUGH THIS MOA, YOU ARE ALLOWING HER TO HAVE ASSET TO -- ACCESS TO OUR CHILDREN PRE-K THROUGH 20 IN THE ACTUAL PROGRAM. IS IT THAT YOU DON'T CARE OR VALUE BLACK LIVES THAT YOU THINK THAT THIS PERSON THAT WE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS WANT TO SERVE AS A MENTOR TO OUR CHILDREN? SECONDLY, A LETTER SENT OUT BY YOUR ATTORNEY TELLING THEM THEY CAN NOT HAVE ANY MORE PEOPLE ORGANIZATION ON THE CAMPUS OUT THERE. AS YOU SEE FROM THE HANDOUT, THIS PAST SATURDAY, WITH THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR -- FOR AUTHORITY. THEY HAD AN ORGANIZATION OUT THERE THIS PAST SATURDAY. ALSO, YOU -- I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IS IT

035THAT A MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS GETTING HER PERSONAL MAIL AT THIS TAXPAYER'S CAMPUS. HERE YOU SEE THAT THIS MAIL AND THE PERSON SHE PUT IT ALL ON FACEBOOK, BRAGGING THAT SHE GETS HER MAIL THERE. IT WAS STATED THAT SHE SLEEPS THERE AT TIME. LAST NIGHT I OBSERVED HER HAVING DINNER THERE. BUT WHY IS THIS PERSON ALLOWED. BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT REPRESENTING TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY WHEN THEY POSTED THIS ON FACEBOOK. LAST NIGHT, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED. WHAT IS THIS ORGANIZATION DOING FOR CHILDREN? THE GRANDPARENT WAS TOLD, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THEY SAID IT PROUDLY. WE DO NOT GIVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROGRAMS FOR THE CHILDREN. AND I ASK THIS BOARD, THIS SCHOOL BOARD, WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING THIS ORGANIZATION TO BE OUT THERE ON THIS CAMPUS CAUSING DISTURBANCE, CAUSING PEOPLE, THE POLICE TO

036COME OUT. THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORTHY, WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY. LET'S NOT GET IT TWISTED. THIS IS NOT -- THIS IS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, CRIMINALS, WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER A CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT WAS BORN TO HELP, NOT ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS. THIS ORGANIZATION WAS BORN ON THE BACKS OF WHITES, HISPANICS, BLACKS, EVERYONE WHO FELT THERE WAS INJUSTICE. SO I DON'T WANT THIS SCHOOL BOARD TO STAND -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. CHAIR COMBS, BOARDS -- MEMBER OF BOARDS, I AM SONYA A IN,ANTE AND I COME TO YOU AS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE STI PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND A GRADUATE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS WHO HAS PERSONALLY BENEFITED FROM A COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE SEXUAL

037EDUCATION CURRICULUM. LET ME BEGIN BY UNDERSCORING D DR. WEISS'S STATEMENT SURROUNDING YOUTH, 13-19 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ACCORDING TO FLORIDA HEALTH CHARTS. GOV ROAR PROVIDED BY THE BUREAU OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. WE SAW 2099 PACK TER Y'ALL UTIs CHLAMYDIA, SYPHILIS. THE RATE IS 2159 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WHICH IS FAR HIGHER THAN THE STAFF AVERAGE WHICH IS 1803 CASES. THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM IS A TOOL FOR STI PREVENTION. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD 12 YOUTH ACQUIRE HIV IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LAST YEAR. WHEN CONTRACTING HIV IS COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE THROUGH SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION, HIV AWARENESS AND ACCESS TO HIV PREVENTION MEDICATION WHICH IS PREP, A PREEXPOSURE PROFESSOR LACKS SIS. EVERY SINGLE DAY WE SEE YOUTH ACCESS OUR CLINIC AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER MO BELIEVE THEY ARE INVINCIBLE AND PARENTS WHO THINK THIS COULD NEVER HAPPEN TO MY CHILD. THIS

038COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COULD PREPARE STUDENTS WITH LIFE BY PREPARING THEM WITH SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION TOO MAKE DECISION THAT ARE HEALTHY, HAPPY AND SAFE. LASTLY I WILL CONCLUDE BY SHARING MY PERSONAL STORY. I WAS RAISED IN A CONSERVE I HAVE CATHOLIC, HISPANIC HOUSE HOLD HERE IN WEST TAMPA WHERE SEX IS A TABOO. THE FIRST TIME I SAW A CONDOM AT ROLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. NOT BY A BOY, BUT BY A LICENSED HEALTH EDUCATOR PROVIDING CLASSMATES AND ME WITH COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION. IT DID NOT GRANT ME THE LICENSE TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, INSTEAD, IT EMPOWERED ME WITH THE LANGUAGE OF SEXUAL CONSENT AND HOW TO USE CONDOMS CORRECTLY. I RECALL THE CLASS WAS UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNSETTLING, THIS COMPREHENSIVE SEX ED PREPARED ME FOR LIFE, PROVIDING ME WITH

039A SEXUAL EDUCATION I WOULD NEVER RECEIVE ELSEWHERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HEY TO PATTI. GOOD TO SEE YOU UP THERE AND THANKFUL SEEING YOU UP THERE. I KNOW WHAT WILL STOP THE SPREAD OF STIs. THAT WILL BE AN ABSTINENCE-BASED CURRICULUM THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW, BUT NOT AT ALL WHAT OUR CURRICULUM TEACHES. SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS A JOKE TO SUGGEST THAT TEACHING ABSTINENCE IS THE EXPECTED STANDARD. IT IS HAPPENING IN THE 7th GRADE SEX CURRICULUM. IT IS NOT. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT. I WILL GO IN RE, SO ORDER. PHRASE AS THAT GIVE LIP SERVICE LIKE ABSTINENCE IS THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT STDs DOES NOT MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT OR ESSENCE OF THE

040LAW TO TEACH ABSTINENCE AS THE EXPECTED STANDARD. THAT IS HERE IN FLORIDA, THAT STATUTE. THE EXPECTED STANDARD. THIS CURRICULUM IS A CONTRACEPTIVE AND TEACHING WHERE TO GET TESTED FOR STI ASSUMING THAT THEY WILL BE SEXUAL ACTIVE. I HAVE SIX KIDS, 13 TO 23. NONE OF THEM SUFFERED STIs OR STDs AND THEY ARE NOT MARRIED YET AND PRAISE GOD IN MY FAMILY. I TAUGHT THEM THAT. LET ME GET BACK TO THE NOTES. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 17. A FEW THINGS TO NOTE. I KNOW YOU GUYS WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. FIRST OF ALL, NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYBODY INSIDE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE FOR 30 TO 45 MINUTES WHERE SOME OF THEM LET IN. SOME OF MY FRIENDS TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME. THAT DIDN'T GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. IT

041WASN'T RECORDED. NO LIVE VIEWING OF THIS. 200 PAGES OF NOTES, GREAT. WHO WILL TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT. SECOND, 45 OR SO PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THAT HEARING. AND MANY OF THEM HAD JOBS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET TO. SO I DON'T THINK ALL OF THIS E78 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED -- THERE WERE OVER 3,000 PETITIONS FIELD JUST FOR THE RECORD AGAINST THIS CURRICULUM. ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED THAT WAS DISHEARTENING, THE BOARD ATTORNEY AND ASHLEY CAPUCI HAD AN HOUR TO SPEAK UNINTERRUPTED AND DEFEND THE CURRICULUM. PARTS OF THE CURRICULUM THAT WAS DEFENSIBLE. THEY DID NOT ADDRESS MY CONCERN. FLORIDA 12567 OUT SAYS TEACH THIS FROM SEXUAL ABSTINENCE OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE IS THE EXPECTED STANDARD AND THE BENEFITS OF MONOGAMOUS HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE. MARRIAGE IS

042NOT MENTIONED ONE TIME. YOU HAVE TO TEACH THE BENEFITS OF THAT. NOT THE ONLY WAY BUT THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE FLORIDA STATUTE. THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS LISTED AN EXTERNAL PARTNER IN THE CREATION OF THIS -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. Nadia Combs: IF THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS WILL PLEASE LINE UP. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KATHERINE DICKENS. A FORMER EMPLOYEE, NOW RERETIRED OF THIS GREAT DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO AGENDA ITEM 5.0.1 IN NAMING THE MEDIA CENTER IN HONOR OF CAROLYN P. HILL, WHO WAS AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, MENTOR AND SERVANT LEADER. I AM SURE YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO REVIEW HER PACKET AND YOU WILL AGREE THAT CAROLYN P. HILL IS

043AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL THAT SERVED TIRELESSLY FOR 35-PLUS YEARS ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY. YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS HONOR WILL LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. HER INFLUENCE AND STRONG FOUNDATION OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP HAVE MADE INIMMEASURABLE MARK ON MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY. TO EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU TO DO ACCELERATE HILLSBOROUGH AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFE. HERE ALSO WITH ME IS MEMBERS OF HER SORORITY OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY. WILL YOU STAND. PRINCIPAL OF SHEHI. A AND. PLEASE STAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALBERTINE JOYNER. A RETIREE OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM 35 YEARS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM. I WORKED AT SHEEHY.

044THE FIRST PRINCIPAL WAS CAROLYN PATRICIA HILL WHO WAS A GREAT PERSON. A EDUCATOR, INNOVATOR. LOVED CHILDREN AND HER STAFF. EVERY DAY WAS A GREAT DAY. I LOVED GOING TO WORK AT THAT SCHOOL. ALSO SHE HAD A -- A SAYING EVERY DAY TO HER CHILDREN, DO WHAT IS BEST AND RIGHT FOR ALL CHILDREN. NOT JUST SOME CHILDREN, BUT ALL CHILDREN. AND WE ARE ASKING IN HONOR OF HER -- WE KNOW SHE IS DECEASED NOW. TO NAME THE LIBRARY CAROLYN P. HILL MEDIA CENTER. I WILL SAY SHE IS A PRODUCT A PROUD GRADUATE OF MIDDLETON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND FAMU UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE IS.TO GET HER EDUCATION. I AM ABOUT TO CRY BECAUSE I MISS HER AND I LOVE HER AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PREN PALS HERE IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. I ENJOY WORKING

045FOR HER EVERY SINGLE DAY SHE WAS HERE. THANK YOU Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM LIVING IN LUTZ. TWO BOYS AND A WIFE. I AM REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION CALLED TAMPA BAY ACADEMY. AND I SPEAK A LANGUAGE AT HOME CALLED TAMULT WHICH IS SPOKEN IN SOUTHWEST PART OF INTIA. AND IT IS ALSO SPOKEN IN MULTIPLE COUNTRIES LIK LIKE SRI LANKA, SINGAPORE, ALL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 80 MILLION PEOPLE SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE. THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST EXISTING CLASSICAL LANGUAGES WHICH IS STILL WORKING. I MEAN IT IS USED TODAY. THERE ARE OTHERS -- FROM THE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK IT BELIEVE IN ONE THING CALLED YAMIKIN. IT MEANS THE WHOLE WORLD IS OURS AND EVERYONE IS KIN AND OUR RELATIVES. THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE. AND WHY I'M HERE BEFORE THAT I MOVED FROM

046COLUMBUS, OHIO IN 2014. WHEN I CAME HERE, THIS LANGUAGE WAS NOT TAUGHT TO CHILDREN. SO SI STARTED AN ORGANIZATION WHICH IS CALLED TAMEIN ACADEMY. IT IS FULLY DONE BY VOLUNTEERS. VOLUNTEERS TEACH THE LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW. IN 2014 WHEN WE STARTED WITH NINE KIDS. NOW 330 KIDS ARE LEARNING. THE KIDS LEARN FROM PRE-K THROUGH 8th GRADE. THAT IS WHEN THEY LEARN THE LANGUAGE. WE FOLLOW CURRICULUM THAT IS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO THE STANDARD THAT IS THE COUNCIL FOR TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE. SO WE TEACH THEM, AND WE FOLLOW CURRICULUM FROM AN ORGANIZATION CALLED AMERICAN INSTITUTE O OF TAMER LANGUAGE. IT IS ALSO AN ORGANIZATION WHICH IS ACCREDITED BY COGNIA, THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT ACCREDITS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. RIGHT NOW, WE CONDUCT CLASSES AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WE HAVE RENTED THE FACILITY AND CONDUCTING

047THE CLASSES. NOW THERE IS -- SOMETHING CALLED A -- WHICH WE ARE -- OTHER STATES LIKE ATLANTA -- I MEAN GEORGIA, NEW YORK, MINNESOTA, MANY STATES WITH CHILDREN GET CREDITS FOR LEARNING THE LANGUAGE. WE WANT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALSO GIVE THE SAME AS THEY ARE OVER 300 KIDS THAT ARE LEARNING THIS LANGUAGE OVER EIGHT YEARS. SO WE NEED THE GUIDANCE AND HELP FROM THE BOARD TO DO THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI, BRITTANY COOPER HERE. AND K-8 INITIATIVE IS BACK. WE ARE EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS WEBINAR THAT IS GOING ON TONIGHT. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IT HAS TO SHOW. THE EFFORTS THAT YOU GOOD TO I HAVE TAKEN TO QUICKLY ROLL THIS OUT HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED

048AND WE KNOW THAT IS NOT AN EASY TASK. WE THANK YOU GUYS. WYZ STUDIOS EXAMINE THE BOUNDARIES, CARROLLWOOD WAS MEETING THE ELEMENTS THEY WERE KEEPING AS A PRIORITY. DISTANCE TO SCHOOL. ASSIGNMENT STABILITY. AND PRESERVING THE FEEDER PATTERNS TO THE NEXT SCHOOL. WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US AND HEAR OUR VOICES AND FOR JUST BEING OPEN AND HONEST TO MEET WITH US AS YOU ALL HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT YES VOTE FOR THE CAROWAY K-8 TRADITION TO THE K-8. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE WILL LISTEN TO SOME OTHER GREAT SPEAKERS. SO THANK YOU, GUYS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MIKE MOLASI. I AM A PARENT OF TWO CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OWLS AND PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL'S

049DAD CLUB. I COACH SOME OF THE LOCAL SOCCER TEAMS AND FOOTBALL TEAMS AS WELL AND TRY TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE AS A ROLE MODEL AND MENTOR TO THE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. OUR DADS CLUB IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL BY WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PTA TO HELP ORGANIZE, SET UP, PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GRANDPARENTS DAY, CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION WHICH CONSIST OF GENERAL CLEANUP FROM DEBRIS FROM STORMS AND HELPING WITH LANDSCAPING AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE REPAIRS TO HELP KEEP THE SCHOOL SAFE AND THE BEST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AS POSSIBLE. WE ALSO ASSIST WITH THE FUND RAISING EVENTS FOR OUR SCHOOL LIKE THE ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AND OUR GALA AND FALL FESTIVAL CALLED HOOTIE FEST. AS PRESIDENT, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ALL OF OUR DADS, 110 OF THEM, TO BE EXACT,

050ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE K-8 INITIATIVE AND ALL OF THEM ARE IN SUPPORT AND ON THE SAME PAGE THAT OUR CURRENT ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT AN OPTION FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE ALL UNDERSTAND CONTINUITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING OUR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO AMOUNTMIZE THEIR LEARNING POTENTIAL AND TO BUILD A BETTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE OTHER DADS IN THE DADS CLUB BECAUSE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE WORK AND UNABLE TO ATTEND. PLEASE HELP US TRANSITION CARROLL INTO A K-8 TO CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT OF OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PROVIDE POSITIVE MALE ROLE MODELS FOR THE STUDENTS AS THEY GET OLDER OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS SHAPE THEM INTO YOUNG ADULTS AND TEENAGERS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS JOHN PERELA. I HAVE A DAUGHTER IN FOURTH

051GRADE AND I HAVE MY SON WILL BE STARTING KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR. LIKE MIKE, I AM VERY INVOLVED -- I AM VERY INVOLVED DAD AT CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY. WHEN MY WIFE AND I FIRST LEARNED OF THE CARROLLWOOD K-8 INITIATIVE WE WERE IMMEDIATELY ENTHUSIASTIC OF IT. DUE TO THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE CURRENTLY ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE KNEW IT WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR US. WHAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT NEARLY EVERY PARENT WITH A CHILD IN CARROLLWOOD FEELS THE SAME WAY. I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT OF THE APPROXIMATELY 110 CARROLLWOOD FIFTH GRADERS FROM LAST YEAR'S CLASS, ONLY TWO ENROLLED IN THEIR ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT MEANS MORE THAN 98% OF THE TIME, PARENTS IN OUR SITUATION CHOOSE TO ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE ELSE. THINK ABOUT THAT. 98% SAY NO. THIS IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM, AND RESULTS

052IN THE EXIT OF MANY GREAT STUDENTS FROM OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND IN MOST CASES THEY WILL NEVER RETURN. BUT THERE IS A SOLUTION. AS DETAILED BY THIS GROUP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE CARROLLWOOD K-8 INITIATIVE WILL RETAIN THESE GREAT STUDENTS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND RESULTING IN INCREASED GRADUATION RATES FOR THE IT IS STRICT. ANY PARENT I SPEAK WITH ABOUT THIS EFFORT SUPPORTS IT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BOARD TO SOLVE A SOLVABLE PROBLEM. AS BRITTANY MENTIONED, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS, WEBINAR TONIGHT AND I HOPE IT REINFORCES TRANSITIONING CARROLLWOOD TO A K-8 SCHOOL IS THE RIGHT DECISION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, DEBBY HUNT, COUNTY CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE OF ITEMS

053ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONTINUE A PATTERN THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AS WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THESE AGENDAS. ITEMS 1.07, PRISMATIC SERVICES AGREEMENT TO EVALUATE THE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM ALREADY BEING TAUGHT IN SPITE OF THE OVER 3,000 PETITIONS FILED BY CONCERNED PARENTS AND CITIZENS. 1.08, INDICUS, EVALUATION AND PLANNING AGREEMENT. 1.09, PACIFIC RESEARCH AND EVALUATION AGREEMENT WITH THE FOCUS ON SIX -- SPECIFIC SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND 1.10, INDICUS EVALUATION AND PLANNING AGREEMENT WITH THE FOCUS ON 28 SCHOOLS. ALL APPEAR TO BEING DATA ON CHILDREN WHICH HAS BEEN AN ON. GOING CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED AT PRIOR MEETINGS. ALL OF THESE AGREEMENTS WILL BE SIGNED TODAY. AND ALL OF THEM HAVE A DELIVERABLE BY THE END OF DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS 18 DAYS FROM NOW AND ONLY EIGHT WORKING THIS CONTINUES TO

054BE A PATTERN. MY OTHER CONCERN IS THE LACK OF INFORMATION THAT WAS INCLUDED ON THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM 12.01 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LETTER REGARDING DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. AND IT REFERENCESB HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS POLICY 2,060-POINT -- THE LETTER SAYS 63. IT'S ACTUALLY 03. RACIAL EQUITY POLICY. THOUGH I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THIS POLICY, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE PACKAGE SO ANYBODY REVIEWING IT COULD EASILY CROSS REFERENCE. THE OTHER IS THE CONCERN THAT WAS EXPRESSED IN THE LETTER FROM THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CREATING SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALL STUDENTS, LESBIANS, GUY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUESTIONING, QUEER, LGBTQ PLUS, CRITICAL RESOURCE SUPPORT GUIDE FOR STAFF, THAT WAS PUT OUT BY THE DIVERSITY CHIEF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THIS ONE WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND, BUT

055THERE WERE CONCERNS FOR PARENTS EXPRESSED IN THAT LETTER RELATED TO ACCESS TO BATHROOMS AND SEX SEGREGATED FACILITIES, NAMES AND PRONOUNCE COMING OUT WITH CONFIDENTIALITY. NEITHER OF THE PACKAGES WERE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL -- NEITHER OF THE DOCUMENTS WERE INCLUDED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER I MEET WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN. WE TALK ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE ARE ALL FOR STUDENTS AND EQUITY AND FAIRNESS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ONCE AGAIN, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT ESC, STUDENT SPECIFICALLY 5.04 STUDENTS, I.E., P. WHO HOLDS THE PRINCIPALS AT THESE SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE? EXACTLY. NO ONE EXCEPT PARENTS. IT IS TIME TO SET A STANDARD. ARE WE SO DESPERATE THAT, OH, WE ARE SO DESPERATE FOR TEACHERS THAT WE ALLOW THINGS TO JUST FALL THROUGH THE

056CRACKS? IT'S TIME FOR FLORIDA TO BE ON THE TOP. I'M SPEAKING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. YOU SIT HERE. WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR? WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DO FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS? WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE FILED STATE COMPLAINTS. AND YET OUR STUDENTS STILL DON'T HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? WHEN IS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GOING TO REALLY START PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST? WE SAY ALL THESE NICE THINGS, BUT I CHALLENGE YOU, STOP TALKING TO THE PARENTS WHO ARE JUST GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR AND TALK TO THE PARENTS WHO ARE IN THE TRENCHES, WHO ACTUALLY ARE ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE. WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY. WE ARE HERE TO BE A PARTNER. BUT SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE JUST GIVEN THE KEYS TO, THEY

057NEED TRAINING. DON'T JUST HAND SOMEONE THE KEYS AND SAY, GO ABOUT IT AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, OH, WELL, TAKE CARE OF THEM. THEY ARE NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF. THEY REMAIN OVER AND OVER AND OVER. I'M STILL WAITING ON SOMEONE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. WHO IS GOING TO TALK TO ME TONIGHT? I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. I AM STILL GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE -- IT IS THEIR RIGHT TO BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ACTUALLY EDUCATES THEM AND NOT GIVES THEM EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND TRAUMA. IT'S SIMPLE. BE PROFESSIONAL. BE TRANSPARENT. BE CONSISTENT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. ALAN BREWSTER. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP ONCE AGAIN. WE MOVED HERE IN 2015 WITH SIX CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE MATRICULATED THROUGH SIX SCHOOLS,

058ALL OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE, OVER AND OVER AND OVER. PRINCIPALS, ADMINISTRATORS, SHOULD BE LEADERS, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY MANAGERS OF DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. A REAL LEADER WILL BE ENGAGED, INVOLVED WITH THE STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS SHOW YOU IF THERE'S REAL LEADERSHIP IN THE BUILDING. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL, FIRECRACKERS IN THE RESTROOM. NO LEADERSHIP. STUDENT BRINGING A LOADED GUN TO SCHOOL. NO LEADERSHIP. STUDENTS LEAVING THE CAMPUS. NO LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MANAGERS MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. YOU HAVE ADMINISTRATORS TELLING SCHOOLS THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, AND THEY DON'T COME THROUGH FOR THE STUDENTS. SO THE STUDENTS SAY, I DON'T TRUST YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A PERSON OF YOUR WORD. THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE NOT CARING. THEY ARE NOT EMPATHETIC. THEY DON'T SHOW THESE STUDENTS THAT THEY CARE. YOU WANT TO KNOW

059WHAT THE STUDENT THINKS? YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT YOU? ENGAGE THEM. THEY WALK AROUND. THEY DON'T EVEN ENGAGE THE STUDENTS. THE PRINCIPAL TOLD MY DAUGHTER SOMETHING. HE DIDN'T DO IT. HE WALKED RIGHT BY HER EVERY DAY. DON'T SAY ANYTHING. YOU ARE NOT A LEADER. AND IT'S SAD, BECAUSE THE EXPECTATIONS IS SO LOW, THE STANDARDS ARE SO LOW, THAT'S WHY YOU KEEP GETTING THE STUFF THAT YOU ARE GETTING IN THE SCHOOLS. RAISE THE STANDARD. RAISE THE EXPECTATIONS. AND A LOT OF THESE THINGS WILL GO AWAY. BUT IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. BUT IF YOU DON'T RAISE THE STANDARD, YOU DON'T RAISE THE EXPECTATIONS, IT'S NEVER GOING TO CHANGE. STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT. THEY ARE NOT GETTING IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DEMARIS

060ALLEN AND I AM A PARENT FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS OF A CHILD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. I ALSO HAVE A GRADUATE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION. BUT AS A PARENT WHO ALSO BELIEVES THAT I SHOULD TAKE A RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS ROLE, I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT MY CHILD PARTICIPATE IN A FAITH-BASED SEX EDUCATION CLASS THAT I PROVIDED ON MY OWN AT THE CHURCH I ATTEND. WHY DO I SAY THAT? BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERS THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT PREVENT ME AS A PARENT FROM MAKING A RESPONSIBLE DECISION ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR MY CHILD. IT SIMPLY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. ALSO, I THINK IT'S

061REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE OF THE OVER 3,000 PETITIONS THAT YOU RECEIVED, 99% OF THEM WERE TRACED BACK TO BEING OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF DISTRICT. THIS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO NOTE AS A PARENT THAT PEOPLE OUTSIDE, OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, ARE TRYING TO IMPACT THE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE KIDS IN MY COMMUNITY. ALSO, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY BEFORE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT THIS SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM, BECAUSE IT HAS INCREDIBLE INFORMATION WITHIN IT. I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT KIDS, AND IT MAKES IT CLEAR HOW POLICIES AND DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE WILL IMPACT THE HEALTH AND THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS. AND A FEW MORE THINGS I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE

062SURE THAT IT'S EASY FOR PARENTS PARENTS TO OPT OUT THAT THEY HAVE A WAY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S COMING HOME AT A CERTAIN -- MAYBE YOU HAVE A CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR IT COMES HOME, EVERY TIME. DO NOT SEND IT IN FIRST DAY PACKETS BECAUSE EVERYONE IS OVERWHELMED BY THAT. HAVE THEMCO COME BACK AT A CERTAIN TIME. UTILIZE PARENT LINK. ENGAGE WITH PARENTS, WITH PTA, WITH THE LOCAL CHURCHES THAT ARE ENGAGED AND TELL THEM THAT THIS INFORMATION IS GOING OUT SO THEY CAN TELL THE PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNS CONCERNED AS WELL. UTILIZE YOUR PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE SURE PARENTS KNOW IF THEY WANT TO OPT OUT, THEY CAN OPT OUT INSTEAD OF TAKING IT AWAY FROM ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR TONIGHT. SOME PEOPLE IN THE

063BACK, TOO. I'M KIM HENRY AND I'M A KINDER-GARTENER TEACHER AT HOWRY ELEMENT WITH MY CONTINUING SAGA. I KNOW YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THIS ALL THE TIME, DON'T YOU? ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT COMING HERE, I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE IT GETS ME OUT OF SCHOOL EARLY. YEAH. I WAS THERE UNTIL 7:30 LAST NIGHT. YOU KNOW WAY WAS DOING? I WAS AN I.T. PERSON. I WAS UPDATING AND SYNCING 18 LAPTOPS SO THAT MY KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS COULD TAKE THEIR SECOND PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENT FOR THE STAR EXAM. WE JUST DID THIS IN OCTOBER. HOW MUCH GROWTH ARE WE EXPECTING TO SEE IN TWO MONTHS? AND WE ARE ALSO DOING THIS -- I HAVE GOT UNTIL DECEMBER 23rd TO GET THIS DONE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? IT'S CHRISTMASTIME. WE ARE EXCITED, RIGHT? THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN CLASS. AND

064WE USED TO DO SOUND ID WHICH WAS GREAT INFORMATION FOR ME AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO UPDATE ANYTHING TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST GOOD OLD-FASHIONED, DO YOU KNOW THIS LETTER? LET ME HEAR YOU MAKE THE SOUND. WE USED TO DO THE DEVELOPMENTAL READING ASSESSMENT. REMEMBER THAT ONE, FOLKS? THAT'S A GREAT TOOL. YOU SIT WITH A CHILD AND YOU LISTEN TO THE READING AND YOU TALK ABOUT IT. WE HAVE JUST MADE SUCH -- AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT YOUR FAULT. I'M SURE IT'S COMING FROM TALLAHASSEE, PRETTY SURE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SAD. IT REALLY IS SAD. BUT I AM GRATEFUL THAT I GET TO COME HERE AND LISTEN TO ALL THESE AMAZING SPEAKERS. I GOT TO TELL THE GIRL THAT WANTED TO BE A TEACHER, DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DREAM, BECAUSE

065I WANTED TO BE A TEACHER FROM THE TIME I WAS IN THIRD GRADE, GOT INTO HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, DON'T BE A TEACHER, YADA YADA YADA, AND THEN I WORKED IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY FOR 12 YEARS. I WAS A LICENSED INSURANCE AGENT. AND I WAS JUST -- IT DIDN'T FULFILL MY HEART. SO I TOLD THAT YOUNG GIRL, I SAID DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAM BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT, YOU ARE NOT WORKING. THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING WAGE. I CAN DO IT. I AM NOT MARRIED. I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN. I DON'T HAVE THE EXPENSES THAT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST GOES BACK AGAIN. AND CARROLLWOOD CHARTER SCHOOL, I APPLAUD YOU BECAUSE I WAS THE STUDENT THAT WAS AFRAID TO GO TO MIDDLE

066SCHOOL. MY PARENTS SENT ME TO A K-8 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, AND I AM FOREVER, EVER, EVER INDEBTED AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT EXPERIENCE. SO GO FOR IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS EVENING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. PUSH YOUR BUTTONS, ( AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TONIGHT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO LEADERSHIP ROLES. AS NOW LEADERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR NEXT HIRE. THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

067TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF ERWIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION SINCE 1992, WAS AN EDUCATE AT EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALSO GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WITH A DEGREE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, TRANSITIONED TO GRADUATE AT SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI IN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP, HAS HELD MANY DIFFERENT POSITIONS, VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IS THE CURRENT AP AT IRWIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND WILL TRANSITION TO THE NEW PRINCIPAL, AND THIS IS SHARON TAMICKI. COME ON UP. PAULK WALK DOWN THE RED CARPET. THERE YOU GO. WALK IT. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. LEADERS CONTINUE TO WORK HARD, AND THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO LEAD. WE ARE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

068IS HERE AS WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S GET READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE AN OPENING AT ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE A TRANSFORMATION, WE HAVE A LEADER, THAT TRULY HAS A GENUINE LOVE TO BE IN SCHOOL, AND SHE IS CURRENTLY AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN TRANSFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO LEAD THE WORK, ALONG THE WAY SHE HAS OVER 18 YEARS OF EDUCATION. THAT EDUCATION IS HOME LINE -- ONLINE SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOL PLATFORMS, PUBLIC EDUCATION PLATFORMS, MANY INTERACTIONS WITH VIRTUAL, ALSO THE SAME TOKEN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, COMES TO US, AND WE HAVE THIS OPENING, HAS BEEN A TURNAROUND SPECIALIST, HAS TAKEN BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY FROM AN F TITLE 1 SCHOOL TO A B TITLE 1 SCHOOL,S THAT ABILITY SKILL SET TO BE ABLE TO LEAD, HAS THE ENERGY AND EFFORT. IT'S MY PLEASURE

069TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS WILLING TO GO BACK TO THE PRINCIPALSHIP AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND LEAD, AND THIS IS DR. CHRISTINE HARRIS. PLEASE COME ON DOWN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE WALK AS WELL. THERE WE GO. CONGRATULATIONS. KNOW THAT THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS BEHIND YOU AS WELL, AND THIS BOARD IS BEHIND YOU. ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM US WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU. THANK YOU FOR WILLING TO GO BACK AND SERVE CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY. CONGRATS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE MOVING UP INFORMATION ITEM 12.01, DISCUSSION OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LETTER REGARDING DISTRICT POLICY AND PROCEDURES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. IN 19 THE SAFE SCHOOL -- STATE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THEY IDENTIFIED THE

070NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE POTENTIALLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND THEY IDENTIFIED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE OUT OF POTENTIALLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE. WE THEN CHASED CONVERSATIONS AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ON THE 24th AND SENT AN E-MAIL ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. I ALSO CHASED IT BY OCTOBER 27th ASKING THE CHANCELLOR TO BRING ANY INDICATION OF WHERE WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE SO WE CAN MAKE CERTAIN WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AS NEW RULINGS AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS WERE PUT IN PLACE. ON NOVEMBER 18th THE LETTER WAS PRESENT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ME AS SUPERINTENDENT IDENTIFYING THE FIRST POLICY IDENTIFIED AT 2,260.63 WHICH IS OUR RACIAL EQUITY POLICY, THAT WE WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE RELATED TO THAT PARTICULAR COMPLIANCE LEVEL. BUT ALSO

071BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT BEING POTENTIALLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH CREATING SAFE SCHOOLS GUIDE RELATED TO THE RESTROOM, WHICH THE NEW RULING HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE. SO OPENLY WE SENT A LETTER BACK. THEY ASKED FOR A LETTER BACK BY DECEMBER 9th IDENTIFYING WHERE WE ARE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE SENT A LETTER BACK ON THE 7th, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THAT THESE TWO PARTICULAR AREAS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STAFF AND AT THE SAME TOKEN WORKING WITH THEIR COUNSEL. WE FINALLY GOT A COMMUNICATION TODAY FROM THEIR COUNSEL INFORMING US WE WOULD SCHEDULE SOME TIME MAKING CERTAIN OUR STAFF, THEIR STAFF AND BOTH LEGALS WERE ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED, SO NOW BEING ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE AND SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN JANUARY AND BEING ABLE TO CHANGE

072AND ADDRESS THESE TWO PARTICULAR AREAS, PROVIDING FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. MR. PORTER? Jim Porter: I THINK THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT THE BOARD AND PUBLIC UNDERSTAND SINCE WE WERE MADE AWARE THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC AREAS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT WERE OF CONCERN TO THE STATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE STATE TO GET MORE CLARITY AND TO DEVELOP A TIMELINE SO THAT THE BOARD CAN REACT TO THOSE COMMENTS FROM THE STATE. AND AGAIN, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, TODAY WE HEARD FROM LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WE ARE ENGAGING WITH AS WELL. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CHAIR ON ESTABLISHING DATES TO HOLD A WORKSHOP AND A BOARD MEETING TO ADDRESS THE POLICIES. THE DATE WILL BE ADVERTISED. WE

073ARE TEAKING YOUR PERMISSION TO ALLOW US TO ADVERTISE THE POLICY HEARING SO THAT IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN A TIMELY MANNER. Addison Davis: SORRY, IN ADDITION TO THAT, TODAY WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM THE CHANCELLOR OF EDUCATION ASKING FOR POTENTIAL FOR STAFF TO BE JUST AVAILABLE FOR TOMORROW. I CALLED THEM WITH LATE NOTICE AS YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE BOOKED OUT FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS. WE KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT. HIS RESPONSE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WILL BE TO THE BOARD, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE DAY ONE, THAT WE ARE WORKING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THAT PARTICULAR AREA. THEY WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE GENERAL COUNSEL HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND THAT WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING AND THAT THEY ARE PLEASED WITH

074THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING BUT WE HAVE TO WORK AS QUICK AS WE CAN TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND MR. PORTER. I HEARD, AS SOME OF US DID, AT THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE LAST MONTH, THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THE NOVEMBER 16th LETTER THAT STATES THAT TWO OF OUR POLICIES, WHICH HAVE JUST BEEN MENTIONED, ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. OUR POLICIES ARE NOW MOSTLY UPDATED BY OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS INDIVIDUAL, KRISTIN DAVIS, CHIEF OF STAFF, CURRICULUM STAFF MEMBERS, AND OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEFF GIBSON, AND I AM NOT REAL SURE HOW MUCH OUR PART TIME ATTORNEY DOES GET INVOLVED. HOW FAR, LEGAL POLICIES SUMMATIONS AND UPDATES

075TO FIT NEW FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATUTES IS NOT THEIR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, RATHER AS QUOTED FROM THE PART TIME ATTORNEY, WHICH BY THE WAY THEY HAVE TEN FULL-TIME SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEYS, SAID THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UPDATED COULDN'TLY BEFORE WE HAVE GOTTEN OBVIOUSLY A LACK OF COMPLIANCE. I WILL NOTE THAT FOR THREE MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN, AND STAFF MEMBERS LUCKILY SO, HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE POLICY WORK, NOT ONLY IN THE SEXUAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM, BUT ALSO IN THE BOOKS SITUATION, ALSO WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHICH NOW HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION, FEDERAL AND STATE POLICY CHANGES. THEY ALSO HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR WAY OF WORK. ALL THIS IS TO SAY, BOARD MEMBERS, AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT BEING MADE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING OBJECT, NOR ARE WE AWARE

076OF OTHER COUNTIES. THE TEN MAJOR COUNTIES HAVE THREE OR MORE FULL-TIME BOARD ATTORNEYS. 16 SEPARATE ATTORNEYS IN THE ORANGE COUNTY CASE THAT DEAL WITH LEGISLATIVE MATTERS SUCH AS THE PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS, SUCH AS THE SEXUAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM, AND WE CAN GO ON AND ON. OUR CURRENT PART-TIME ATTORNEY, AND HE IS EXCELLENT, WE TALK ABOUT COST SAVINGS. OF COURSE WE SHOULD. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A MONTHLY FEE OF 177,000 SO FAR, AND SO FAR -- AND THIS COMES FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS OF A FEW DAYS AGO R AGO -- WE ARE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF 515,000 MER YEAR, OR THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING LITIGATION FROM JULY 9th TO -- WELL, FROM JULY 1st TO SEPTEMBER 30th WHICH MEANS WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR MORE MONTHS. SO WE MAY GO

077NEAR TO 600,000. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT WE WOULD GET INVOICES FOR THE BOARD TO SEE -- DO YOU WANT TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE? Lynn Gray: I HAVE NOT SEEN -- DO YOU WANT TO GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME OTHER MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OF THE MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I HAD CONSTITUENTS REACH OUT REGARDING HAVING TROUBLE ACCESSING THE MATERIALS REFERRED TO IN THE LETTER JUST LIKE WE ALSO HEARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THEY ON OUR WEBSITE? BECAUSE EVEN I WAS STRUGGLING TO FIND THEM. AND, IF SO, OR IF NOT, CAN THEY BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND CAN A LINK BE PUT EITHER ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE DISTRICT

078SO THEY ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, CONSTITUENTS, FAMILIES, SENATES. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. ALL OF OUR POLICIES ARE LINKED ON THERE AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA FOR THE ASK BY THE CONSTITUENT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE UNDER THIS ITEM. WE CAN GO BACK AND UPLOAD THIS INFORMATION. AND I WILL LEAN ON TIRADO. CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE OTHER GUIDE WE USED IN THE DISTRICT FOR TRAINING, OUR STAFF, OUR INTERNAL INFORMATION SYSTEM, SO THAT WOULD BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING I CAN WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT IF WE WANTED TO DO SOME OTHER WAY OF MAKING THAT AVAILABLE. Stacy Hahn: ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO THESE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REFERRED TO IN THIS LETTER. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. Jim

079Porter: I THINK FOR THE RECORD AS WELL, ONE IS AN ACTUAL BOARD POLICY SO THAT CAN BE FOUND BY GOOGLING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD POLICY. THE OTHER IS A GUIDE THAT DR. VERRA-TIRADO SAID, ONE HAS CONTROL OVER THE OTHER ONES AS SUPERINTENDENT. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE A LINK ON THE HOME PAGE GIVEN THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED, AND IT'S WHAT I OH WOULD CONSIDER AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, AND COMMUNICATING AND BEING TRANSPARENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH THE DOE AS WELL AS OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR TAXPAYERS IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER REIGN DENY. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE AS A BOARD

080THE PRIORITY OF OUR POLICIES IN THIS DISTRICT AND MAKING SURE THAT AS A BOARD WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A PRIORITY AND SCHEDULING THIS WORKSHOP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHEN OUR POLICIES ARE OUTDATE PD AND WHEN OUR POLICIES NEED TO BE VIEWED AND RENEWED. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE OUR TRANSPARENCY TO OUR PUBLIC, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD MAKES IT A PRIORITY, THAT WE SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE PRIORITIZE OUR JOB AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER REIGN DENY. MEMBER. Lynn Gray: GRAY I WILL BE BRIEF, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER CHAIR. I AGREE WITH MEMBER HAHN, WE DO NEED BY TRANSPARENCY. AND WHEN WE GET CONSENT AGENDAS, THERE'S A

081COST, WHEN WE GET DISCUSSION AGENDAS, THERE'S A COST, AND THEREFORE WE QUESTION MANY OF THESE, AND WE SHOULD. WE NEED TO HAVE A STRUCTURE OR AWAY OF WORK WHERE WE DO RECEIVE LEGAL FEES, WHAT ARE THE LITIGATION FEES, WHAT IS THE POLICY-MAKING FEES, MONTHLY WORKSHOPS, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FEES. WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS WHERE THIS BOARD SEES THE EXPENDITURES, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO PART-TIME ATTORNEY, WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY, AND ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS. LITIGATION IS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND YOU KNOW THIS PROBABLY INTELLECTUALLY BUT IF YOU COST US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS -- AND IT HAS BEFORE, BY THE WAY, IT HAS, AND WE TALK ABOUT TEACHERS GETTING RAISES, ET CETERA. WELL, GUESS WHAT, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT LEGAL SITUATIONS CAN COST THIS DISTRICT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND I

082HAVE ALMOST A REAM OF PAPER TO SHARE. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM TAKING ALL THIS CONVERSATION. WE NEED A FULL-TIME ATTORNEY. WE HAVE NEEDED IT FOR A LONG TYPE. WE NEED THE PROTECTION. IF WE DON'T, BOARD MEMBERS, OUR CLASS ACTION SUIT IS VERY MUCH COULD HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE. NOW, THE LAST THING I WANT TO KNOW, TOO, HOW MANY OF US HAVE DONE EVALUATIONS FOR OUR ATTORNEY? I HAVE. WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED AN EVALUATION AS WE DO WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OPENLY OR AS A BOARD. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU ALL GOT A SCHOOL BOARD EVALUATION FOR THE ATTORNEY. I DID. THAT HAS TO BE DONE. THAT'S TRANSPARENCY. ALSO, WHAT IS OUR GOVERNMENT LIAISON DOING? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT SHE'S DOING. SHE'S WORKING ON LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS. SHE'S WORKING ON POLICY MAKING. SHE'S

083WORKING ON -- WITH US, WITH LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, WITH DELEGATIONS. SHE WORKS TO DO THE CONFERENCES, THE LEGISLATIVE VISITS, SHE DOES THE POLICY LANGUAGE. WHY ARE WE NOT HAVING AN ATTORNEY TO HELP DO WHAT THIS ONE-WOMAN SHOW IS DOING DAY BY DAY? SO MY REQUEST TO THE CHAIR -- AND I THINK MEMBER REIGN DENY HAS SPOTLIGHTED IT -- AND IMMEDIATE DISCUSSION FROM THIS BOARD TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PART TIME ATTORNEY AND WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT A FULL-TIME ATTORNEY SUCH AS ORANGE COUNTY WHO HAS TEN SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEYS. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE. MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU WANT TO THE REPLY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I KNOW THAT PRIOR TO WALKING IN TODAY I LOOKED AT THE WORKSHOP, AND WE DO HAVE A WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR TECHNOLOGY THAT WE

084CAN MOVE DOWN, AND THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THIS WORKSHOP ON JANUARY 17th. WE ALREADY HAVE THAT SCHEDULED. I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME, AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TIME. YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK THAT PRIOR TO ME COMING TO THIS POSITION AS AN EDUCATOR AND AS A BUSINESS PERSON, I WAS SHOCKED THAT AN ENTITY THIS LARGE, THAT OVERSEES $4 BILLION, DOES NOT HAVE IN-HOUSE COUNSEL. I WAS VERY SURPRISED. AND AS I LOOK AROUND, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY. IF YOU LOOK AT PINELLAS, PALM BEACH, BROWARD, EVERY DISTRICT BESIDES PASCO COUNTY HAS IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY. OUR MAIN JOB IS TO BE LOOKING AT POLICY. WE HAVE POLICIES THAT ARE SO OUTDAYED, WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE

085AROUND THE CLOCK. THERE ARE MANY LAWS COMING DOWN FROM TALLAHASSEE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABIDDING BY PARENTS RIGHTS OF ALL THE CHANGES. SO I AM VERY CONCERNED. WHEN I GO TO THE CHARTER OFFICE, WHEN I GO TO THE FINANCE DIVISION, ACADEMIC SERVICES, POLICIES, ASK ANY ONE OF THOSE CABINET MEMBERS, THEY WILL ALL SAY THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO TRANSLATE THE LAW BY THEMSELVES. THAT IS REALLY OPENING US UP TO A LOT OF LIABILITY. AND WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO NEED OUTSIDE COUNSEL. THERE'S NO QUESTION A.DISTRICT THIS SIZE, WE CAN'T SPECIALIZE IN EVERYTHING. BUT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND KNOW THAT I CAN ASK SOMEONE ABOUT AN INTERPRETATION OF A LETTER, AND THEN I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO

086I THINK WITHIN THAT POLICY MEETING, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT AS A BOARD, TO LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING, AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERING OURSELVES LEGALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT AND THAT OUR CABINET ALSO FEEL THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE LAWS AND THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THE CONSTANT CHANGES. SO I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO HAVE A MEETING LIKE THAT ON JANUARY 17th, THAT NOT ONLY LOOKS AT THE LETTER BUT ALSO LOOKS AT WHAT IS OCCURRING IN OUR DISTRICT, AND HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER DISTRICTS OUTSIDE OF THIS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AS WELL AS NATIONALLY, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE LEGAL SUPPORT FOR THAT. SO I WOULD

087LIKE TO CHANGE THAT MEETING IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY FOR JANUARY 17th. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IS THAT OKAY FOR JANUARY 17th, WE WILL HAVE THE POLICY AND ALSO LOOK AT THAT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN RECOMMEND IS THE 17th WOULD BE A TIME WHERE WE CAN ADJUST WORKSHOP FOCUS AND THAT CAN BE AN AREA OF FOCUS TO ADDRESS THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF INTEREST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND HOPE TO GET THEM ON A MEETING WHETHER IT BE THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK AT THE LATEST SO THAT WE CAN START DRAFTING CONTENT TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT BY THE 17th, BUT WE WILL HAVE OUR PART PREPARED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE I

088HEAR THAT SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH REPRESENTATION DUE TO THE EVER-CHANGING LAWS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED MORE REPRESENTATION. HOWEVER, WAY THINK IS GETTING CONFUSING IN THE CONVERSATION IS, I PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE EVER CHANGING LAWS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE CONTACTED YOU REPEATEDLY SINCE YOU LINKED SOME THINGS TO THE DOE WHEN WE ARE ON THE DOCKET, ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONED CONCERNING WHAT'S GOING ON, ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE, AND THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE GOTTEN BACK IS IN FACT OUR STAFF IS CONFUSED BY LEGAL ADVICE, IT'S THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE STATE ISN'T CLEAR, AND ISN'T PROVIDING THAT GUIDANCE. SO I

089THINK THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN THE CONVERSATION. THAT IS AGGRESSIVE AS WE ARE TO TRY TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE AND KEEP OUR POLICIES UPDATED. THE LEGISLATION THAT'S COMING OUT, WHETHER IT'S RULES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OR WHETHER IT'S COMING FROM OUR LEGISLATION, HASN'T BEEN EXPLICITLY CLEAR AND THE EXPECTATIONS AND EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, AND INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH US TO GIVE US TIME OF EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT AND GIVING US THAT LETTER, INSTEAD WE GET A NOTIFICATION THAT WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MADE AN EXAMPLE OF AS A BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND TO ME THAT'S NOT A PARTNERSHIP, IN IDENTIFYING STAFF MEMBERS AND SAYING THAT THEY ARE THE REASON WHY WE ARE NOT GETTING CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THESE, I FIND TO BE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I

090KNOW I HAVE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND WHAT IS BEING ASKED FOR, AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTIES. I HAVE FRIENDS ON OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS INCLUDING ORANGE COUNTY, AND THEY ARE IN JUST AS MUCH CONFUSION AS WE ARE, WHETHER THEY HAVE ONE LAWYER OR TEN LAWYERS, TRYING TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION OF WHAT'S LUXATES BEING ASKED FOR. SO I JUST 2022 INCLUDE THOSE PIECES IN THIS CONVERSATION SO WE CAN HAVE A REAL HOLISTIC CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST AN UPDATED WORKSHOP CALENDAR SINCE THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES. SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS LETTER, THE DOE, OUT IN THE PROCESS

091IN JANUARY. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR, JANUARY 17th, RIGHT NOW IDENTIFIED AS I.T. STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUSH THIS UP TO ADDRESS THIS COMPONENT. AND I WILL SEND THE FORECASTED WORKSHOP AGENDA. Stacy Hahn: I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW. WE HAVE A WHOLE CALENDAR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OF WORKSHOPS, JUST GET AN UPDATED ONE WHERE THIS IS REPLACING THE I.T. ONE AND WHERE THE I.T. ONE WILL GO NEXT. THAT'S WHAT I REQUESTED. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL BE SURE TO SEND THAT OUT BY TOMORROW BY NOON. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, HOW MANY POLICY WORKSHOPS DO WE HAVE A YEAR? BEFORE COVID, WE WERE ASPIRATIONALLY TRYING TO DO IT QUARTERLY. WHEN COULD HAVE HAD HIT THEY WERE PUT BACK SO WE ARE TRYING TO

092DO TWO WORKSHOPS A YEAR AND TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS A YEAR, BUT AGAIN THAT'S ASPIRATIONAL. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND IR WORKING ON THAT TO GET THAT SCHEDULED. WE HAVE STATE LAWS AND THEN STAFF ISSUE POSES AS WELL WEST I FIRST BECAME THE SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY THE FIRST THING THE DID WAS ENACT 99 NEWER POSES. THAT WAS FELT TO BE TOO OVERWHELMING. SO THE GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TRY TO DO IT MORE OFTEN SO THAT IT IS A ROLLING CYCLE. AGAIN COVID SORT OF SLOWED THAT BUT A LOT OF IT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE BOARD CAN MEET AT THE TIMES WHEN WE SCHEDULE THEM. Nadia Combs: BUT NORMALLY WHEN WE ASK TO UPDATE THAT POLICY OR ADJUST IT IN ANY WAY, THAT HAPPENS. AM I CORRECT? Jim Porter: RIGHT. Karen Perez: WITH YOUR GUIDANCE ALONG WITH

093KRISTIN DAVIS GUIDANCE. ARE WE SPECT CORRECT? OKAY. SO SUPERINTENDENT, WHEN THINGS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE PROVIDED TO US ON A -- IN A TIMELY MANNER, WE GO AHEAD AND ADJUST THOSE POLICIES. BUT WHEN WE JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN RECEIVE A LETTER CALLING US OUT SAYING THAT OUR POLICIES ARE NOT UP TO DATE, IS IT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UP TO DATE, OR IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE SENT US A LETTER SAYING THAT WE ARE NOT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. USUALLY ANYTIME WE HAVE NEW LEGISLATION YOU KNOW, RULING, WE WILL WORK TO FIND A WORKSHOP AND SPACE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THE SECOND ITEM THAT THEY IDENTIFIED IN THE LETTER, THEY SENT A LETTER OUT, THE RULING HADN'T BEEN FORMALLIED UNTIL -- AT THAT TIME. FOUR DAYS, THEY

094SENT A LETTER OUT, THEN A FEW DAYS LATER THEN THAT BECAME A NEW RULING TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND HE HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO DO RELATED TO RESTROOMS. SO WE JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IDENTIFY WHERE WITHIN OUR POLICIES ARE WE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PIN DOWN THE GENERAL ATTORNEY TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE CAN DO, OR NEED TO DO, OR DON'T HAVE TO DO, RELATED TO THEIR INTERPRETATION OF ANY TYPE OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OR ANY TYPE OF RULING. WE REALLY WANT THEM TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS PROCESS SO WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING SO WE ARE NOT ON TOP OF THE STAGE IN A BOARD MEETING BEING QUESTIONED AT THE STATE LEVEL. AS YOU SAID,

095I SENT THE LINK YESTERDAY. THERE'S A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE NOT ALONE AND THEIR LIST IS WAY LONGER THAN OURS. SO OVERALL, WE HAVE TO WEIGH IT. THE POLICY THAT'S IN QUESTION NOW FOR THE BOARD IS WHAT POLICY THAT WAS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND THE BOARD HAD A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THAT. AS RELATES TO PROCEDURE, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AS A NEW RULING JUST CAME OUT WEEKS AGO. SO WE JUST 2022 GET LINKED IN. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE WORK AS PEEDY AS WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO BE AT THE GATE SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE EXPECTATIONS. Karen Perez: SO WHETHER WE HAVE ONE ATTORNEY OR WE HAVE 25, IF WE ARE DOING WELL IN COMPARISON TO OTHER DISTRICTS? AM I CORRECT? Addison Davis:

096YES, YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE LETTERS THAT WENT OUT, WE HAVE LESS AREAS OF CONCERN THAN OTHERS DO. I WILL SAY THAT. Karen Perez: SO I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE BOARD MEMBER VAUGHN WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW OUR BOARD ATTORNEY WORKS WITH THIS BOARD, WHEN WE NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CHAIR A.QUICK QUESTION, SUPERINTENDENT. HOW LONG DO THEY GIVE YOU? DO THEY SEN IT OUT AND THEN YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF DAYS TO RESPOND? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, IN THIS LETTER WITH HE THEY SENT THIS LETTER OUT, THEY GAVE US TO DECEMBER 9th TO RESPOND. SO WE RESPONDED, CHASED THAT AND WORKED COMPLIANTLY WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM WITH, OUR STAFF AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO RESPOND

097IN A MANNER SAYING, LISTEN, WE UNDERSTAND IT, WE WORKING WITH YOUR TEAMS, AND WE ARE GOING TO WORK AS SPEEDY AS WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THIS. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ANY KIND OF DATE RELATED TO WHEN THEY WANTED IT DONE. I THINK AS SOON AS THEY PASS A RULING THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE GOT TO GIVE US TIME TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE IS THAT THE RULING THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERY CLASSROOM LIBRARY IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF OUR PARENTS. IN OUR COMMUNICATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHEN YOU HAVE 14,000 CLASSROOMS, WE TOLD THEM IT'S GOING TAKE TIME. AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON OUR TEACHERS. THEY TOO MUCH TO DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THAT

098PROCESS TO HAPPEN AND BE PREPARED BY THE FALL OF 2023 AS WE TRANSITION THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE TASK IS IN FRONT OF US AS RELATES TO THE POLICY. I THINK THE BIG THING IS AS MS. RAYMOND SPOKE ABOUT TRYING TO CREATE SPACE AND TIME TO ADDRESS IT AND THEN MOVE THAT KNEELED DOWN THE ROAD TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE VERSUS HAVING TO PUT ON ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS CLASSROOM LIBRARIES, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TIME AND EFFORT AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SPACE TO DO THAT AND THE QUICKEST MECHANISM TO IN COMPLIANCE AS WELL. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: SO THE WORD THAT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IS REACTIVE. I WOULD RATHER

099HAVE A WORD SAYING PROACTIVE. IN MY MIND -- AND I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE TALKING TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ATTORNEYS, AND I WANT TO THANK JEFF GIBSON FOR TAKING UP A LOT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE WHAT'S COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE, SO ELOQUENTLY AND SO SUCCESSFULLY, OR THAT COMPLIANCE LETTER WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE NASTY. WE HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY. OUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY NEEDS TO BE PROACTIVE, HELP US KNOW AND LEARN ABOUT LEGISLATION BEFORE IT HAPPENS. AND I GRANT YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN, THAT THEY ARE STILL NOT SURE, MANY OF THEM ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT WITHIN THREE MONTHS, WHEN THEY ADJOURN, AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, MS. KRISTIN, I ASSURE YOU THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE NEW BILLS, AND WE

100WILL HOPEFULLY BE PREPARED, NOT OUR STAFF -- I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK -- NOT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT -- I WANT US -- US -- TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON SO WE CAN BE ARTICULATE, AND USPS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, TO BE FAIR TO YOU, THIS IS NOT ON YOU. YOU HAVE GOT A DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THIS IS US. SO WE HAVE A SEPARATE -- WE HAVE A BOARD ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTS US, OUR NEEDS. AND IF -- DISTRICT HAVE TEN BOARD ATTORNEYS OR SOME, ACTUALLY MOST DISTRICT IN THIS WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE MORE THAN ONE FULL-TIME BOARD ATTORNEY, IS THAT -- ARE THEY ALL CRAZY, ARE THEY WANTING TO WASTE MONEY? THERE'S A REASON. THERE'S A REASON WHY FULL-TIME BOARD ATTORNEYS ARE MORE AND MORE VERSUS LESS AND LESS. WE HAVE

101TO BE PREPARED. I DON'T LIKE THE WORD REACTION. I WANT TO BE EMPOWERED. AND I WILL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF. SO DON'T TELL ME AND DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT REACTION. THAT'S AFTER THE FACT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME ASSOCIATION I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DEFINITELY, MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU CAN SPEAK AFTER TO ME, AND THEN LET'S JUST PUT THIS FOR JANUARY 17th WHERE WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THE LETTER AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS ATTORNEYS. IT'S JUST HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE A DISTRICT OF THIS SIZE WITH SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEBODY WHO IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE POLICIES WHEN THEY ARE NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

102I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN IT'S 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, I'M AT THE ROSS, AND I CAN ASK SOMETHING. I AM CONCERNED AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO A DISTRICT OF THIS SIZE, TO BE THE ONLY DISTRICT IN THIS STATE TO NOT HAVE ANY IN-HOUSE COUNSEL IS VERY CONCERNING DO ME. AND WHY AM I BRINGING THIS UP AT THIS TIME? BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER CAME IN THAT I WOULD GIVE HER TIME TO COME IN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERED, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING POLICIES THAT ARE COMING DOWN FOR THE DOE, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LETTERS PER SE. IT'S ABOUT OVERALL MAKING SURE

103THAT WE ARE INTERPRETING THINGS CORRECTLY, THAT AS CHANGES COME WE ARE BEING OH PROACTIVE, AND AS I LOOK AT THE POLICY I HAVE ALL FOUR BINDERS AT HOME, AT MY HOUSE. THERE ARE SO MANY. I NEED SOMEONE TO CONSTANTLY BE LOOKING AT THOUGHTS AND MAKING SURE WHAT'S OUTDATED, WHAT'S UPDATED, AND WHEN WE HAVE OUR POLICY WORKSHOPS WE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THEM. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE COST. WHAT DOES THE COST LOOK LIKE? COST VERSUS IN-HOUSE, CONSIDERING HAVING AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY, PARALLELS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF -- PARALEGALS. IF EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND THE STATE, WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THAT? WHAT THEY KNOW THAT WE DON'T NOBODY? SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK WE HAVE GREAT ATTORNEYS THAT WORK, THAT SUBCONTRACT, BUT WE DO NEED SOME IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS FOR

104A DISTRICT THIS SIZE. AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PERSONALITIES, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS LETTER, JUST HAS TO DO WITH OVERALL MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COVERED AND WE ARE MAKING SURE WE FOLLOW THE DOE POLICIES AND FOR ME, I ENGAGE WITH THE CABINET AND DISTRICTS VERY OFTEN, AND I AM HEARING OVER AND OVER, I'M SOLICITED SAYING, I'M HAVING A PART-TIME -- HARD TIME INTERPRETING SOME OF THESE, I NEED TO CALL SOMEONE TO ASK ABOUT THIS. WE ARE ALL SITTING IN A ROOM. NONE OF US HAVE A LEGAL DEGREE BUT WE ARE INTERPRETING THIS. SO IT IS CONCERNING FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT. SO MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER RENDON, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON BECAUSE WE WILL BE HAVING A WORKSHOP REGARDING THIS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn:

105THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SINCE MEMBER GRAY REFERENCED SOME OF THE POINTS THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT FORESEE LEGISLATION BEFORE IT HAPPENS SO UNFORTUNATELY SINCE WE DON'T MAKE THE LEGISLATION WE HAVE TO BE REACTIVE TO IT. AGAIN, AS SOON AS THE LEGISLATION IS PASSED, I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS INCLUDING KRISTEN DAVIS, GIBSON, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, ANY STAFF MEMBERS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN OTHER COUNTIES, MR. PORTER, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THE FEELING OF NOT UNDERSTANDING THE LEGISLATION IS PERVASIVE AMONG SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THEY HAVE. MANY ARTICLES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE UNCERTAINTY AND THE LACK OF CLARIFICATION AND SOME OF THE LAWS THAT HAVE COME OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY VAGUE, AND THEY HAVEN'T CLARIFIED

106EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. SO I THINK TO CONSTANTLY STAY TO THE POINT THAT OUR LEGAL TEAM, EXCUSE ME, ISN'T BEING PROACTIVE ENOUGH TO FORESEE LEGISLATION THAT HASN'T HAPPENED, AND EXACTLY INTERPRET WHAT IT MEANS WHEN THERE IS MULTIPLE ARTICLES WRITTEN ABOUT THE INTENTIONAL VAGUENESS, IT IS MISLEADING AND CONCERNING. AGAIN I LOOK FORWARD HAVING TO THIS CONVERSATION AS WE DIG DEEPER INTO THE POLICY. BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS THESE OTHER COUNTIES -- AND WE HAVE STATED, SIX OR SEVEN, AT LEAST, OTHER COUNTIES ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT TOMORROW'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE CLARITY, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE A LEGAL DEGREE, YOU ARE NOT A SOOTHE SAYER. IF THERE ISN'T CLARITY IN THE LEGISLATION OR THE RULES COMING DOWN, WE ARE GOING

107TO HAVE TO BE REACTIVE. AND I DON'T LIKE THAT ANY MORE THAN MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. GOING FORWARD THAT THINGS ARE EXPLICITLY CLEAR TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND TALK ABOUT WHETHER THAT REPRESENTS OUR VISION FOR THE DISTRICT AND HAVE THESE TYPES OFS. AGAIN I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WE CAN'T BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CLARITY OR DON'T HAVE CONTROL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBER RENDON. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. Patti Rendon: FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE VERY CLEAR. OUR BOARD ATTORNEY IS HERE TO ADVISE. THE BOTTOM LINE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICY LIES ON US AS A BOARD. AND SO WE BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT POLICIES ARE IN PLACE FOR OUR DISTRICT, THAT

108WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOWING. AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IS, NOT ONLY SHOULD WE MOVE THAT 17th MOVE TO A POLICY REGARDING CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THESE TWO POLICIES, BUT CAN WE PLEASE PUT A COUPLE OF EXTRA WORKSHOPS, OR DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT TO ADD TWO WORKSHOPS FOR THE YEAR? Jim Porter: IF THERE'S CONSENSUS YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE. SO WE EITHER ADD TWO WORKSHOPS TO HAVE A POLICY CYCLE THAT WE ALL AGREE ON, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHO OUR ATTORNEY IS, IN-HOUSE, OUTSIDE OF HOUSE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY GETS BACK TO OURSELVES. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POLICIES. WE MAY GET ADVISEMENT. WE MAY GET KNOWLEDGE. BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE WHAT POLICIES ARE IN PLACE. AND WE NEED TO

109TAKE THAT ACTION AND MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE AGENDA, IT IS IN THE WORKSHOPS, SO THAT WE ARE BEING UP-TO-DATE AND HONEST AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION, AND WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE LETTER OF THE LAW, THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. AND WE KNOW THAT RELATED TO YOU KNOW LEGISLATORS, THERE'S NO PERFECT LEGISLATION THAT IS -- THERE'S ALWAYS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND OUR JOB IS TO BE FAST ADAPTERS IN THAT PROCESS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AND WORK COLLECTIVELY TO PROTECT THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND TERRITO THE SAME TOKEN OUR STUDENTS IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE LOOK TO ADDING ADDITIONAL UPDATES BECAUSE I THINK IT'S

110IMPORTANT. AS WE START TO SEE THE SESSION START TO MOVE, IT'S GOING TO MOVE REALLY QUICK. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO DO SO. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. JUST IN FAIRNESS BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE SOME PRINCIPALS HERE, AND WE ARE WAITING, I AM GOING TO SHIFT THE SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE OUR EMPLOYEE INPUT. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO 5.01 IF EVERYBODY DOESN'T MIND, APPROVE THE NAMING OF THE MEDIA CENTER BECAUSE WOO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE WAITING, AT PAUL SHEEHY ELEMENTARY IN HONOR OF CAROLYN PATRICIA HILL. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE A CIVIC LEADER, AN EDUCATOR THAT'S GIVEN SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS WAS THE FIRST PRINCIPAL IN 2004 AT SHEEHY

111ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. CAROLYN HILL, PATRICIA HILL, GRADUATED AT MIDDLETON IN 1967, GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WENT TO ATTEND FAMU, HAS SERVED ON SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, SO MANY CIVIC LEADERSHIPS, AND THIS IS A RECOGNITION TO BE ABLE TO NAME THE MEDIA CENTER AFTER MS. CAROLYN HILL WITH MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C- 0-01. WASHINGTON AND VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE SHEEHY FAMILY, THE TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS AND EVERYBODY AT SHEEHY FOR THEIR HARD WORK TOWARDS MS. HILL LIBRARY, HOPEFULLY. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPAL FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, DALIA. ALSO, MS. JENKINS, WHERE ARE YOU? IS SHE STILL HERE? SHE'S A HARD WORKER.

112THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. AND ALSO HER BEST FRIEND MS. FONTAINE. RAISE YOUR HAND. SHE JUST LEFT. SHE HAD TO LEAVE. BUT I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK. AND CAROLYN HILL IS KNOWN FOR HER STRONG RELATIONSHIPS. SHE BUILT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND SHE WAS A FOSTER FOR STUDENTS. SHE LOVED STUDENTS BECAUSE SHE WORKED FOR ME AT ONE TIME. SHE REALLY LOVED STUDENTS. SHE HAD NOTHING BUT GOODIES AND SHE WOULD BRING THE KIDS, THEY WOULD COME IN AND JUST LIKE SHOPPING AT A STORE. SHE LOVED HER STUDENTS. NOW, SOMETHING ELSE YOU MAY NOT KNOW. CAROLYN HILL AND I WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AT GEORGE S. MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. SHE'S A 1967 GRADUATE AND I'M A 1968 GRADUATE. BUT SHE ALWAYS SAID, SHAKE, I'M 67. YOU OLDER THAN ME AND I GRADUATED BEFORE YOU.

113SO I ALWAYS TOLD HER, BECAUSE YOU SMARTER THAN ME, THAT'S WHY. BUT I JUST 2022 SAY, IT'S WELL DESERVING. SHE'S A HARD WORKER. AND I REALLY, REALLY WISH SHE COULD BE HERE TO SEE THIS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: BOY, IT'S HARD TO MATCH THE SENTIMENT OF MEMBER WASHINGTON. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. AS A PRINCIPAL, YOU HAVE A DETERIORATE SCHOOL AND THE NATURE OF THIS WARD A WARD FOR CAROLYN HILL IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN MY MIND, AND WE ALL KNOW THE LIBRARY IS THE LARGEST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. IN MY MIND, NOW, THAT EQUATES TO THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN BEING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT SCHOOL, AND IT'S SO GREAT THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THE ENTIRE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR HER. SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND

114THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN AND WAITING. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO 5.05, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE NAMING OF THE FOOTBALL FIELDHOUSE AT EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AN EDUCATOR THAT HAS GIVEN SO MANY YEARS TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, 33 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 28 YEARS AT EAST BAY. THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN A COACH, HAS BEEN A MENTOR, HAS HAD SO MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE WENT ON TO PLAY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL BUT THE SAME TOKEN JUST MADE SUCH AN IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES AND GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NAMING OF THE FOOTBALL

115FIELD THAT WAS BUILT BY THIS INDIVIDUAL AS WELL, AND THIS IS FOR COACH BRIAN DORTON FIELDHOUSE. THE COACH IS HERE OPPORTUNITY. COACH, DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP? 33 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S A LONG TIME TO GIVE TO KIDS AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C-5.05. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: I HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. A LONG TIME, BELIEVE ME. COACH, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? YOU DOING GREAT? WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER, KING HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S RIGHT. KING HIGH SCHOOL. COACH, YOU ARE WELL DESERVING OF THIS. YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH YOUNG MEN, PRODUCING PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE. YOU REALLY HAVE. SO WE REALLY THANK YOU AND

116WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. Nadia Combs: MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: YOU CAN KEEP STANDING, COACH. I WENT TO EAST BAY, AND I ALSO TAUGHT AT EAST BAY. IT'S A PROUD TIME FOR ME ALSO TO SEE THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. YOU REMEMBER COACH RICE, THE GREAT RUNNER, BIOLOGY TEACHER. I KNOW YOU KNOW. HE PASSED AWAY AT A YOUNG AGE, BUT I AM JUST HERE TO SAY THAT YOUR WORK IS SO CRITICAL FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS. YOU HAVE MADE A HUGE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN MANY, MANY LIVES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, THE TIME YOU SPENT WITH ALL THESE STUDENTS. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF

117THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVE, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM 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. I

118WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING. ROB KRIETE, PRESIDENT, CTA. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MEMBER RENDON TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I AM JOINED WITH THE INEVITABLE HIEDI GLICK THIS EVENING. HEIDI IS ALSO MODELING OUR NEW SHIRT. SHOW THEM THE BACK. THE BACK OF OUR SHIRT. THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE SHIRT. WE ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTING FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. AND WE WANT TO THE DO THAT WITH YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU. SO WORK WITH US WITH THAT. AND TO THE POINT OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU ARE ASKING TO KIND OF CLARIFY, WE ARE WITH YOU GUYS. WE WANT YOU TO ACTUALLY GET IN THOSE SITES AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED

119AND MAKE THOSE POLICIES BASED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENT AND OUR EMPLOYEES AND I THINK WE WILL BE THE MODEL OF THE STATE. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. THESE ARE THE HARDEST WORKING EMPLOYEES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND THE TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS IN FLORIDA ARE THE GREATEST THAT WE HAVE IN FLORIDA. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT. WE CAN CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHT THAT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. R. BUT I AM HERE TONIGHT TO WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY HOLIDAY AND WE HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR EVERYONE. WE HAD A LITTLE ACTIVITY IN OUR BUILDING WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT THE EDUCATOR WISH LIST FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND FROM OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP FIGHT FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY DESERVE. THE

120STUDENTS REALLY NEED THESE THINGS. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE REALISTIC AND LOWER CLASS SIZES. WE NEED MORE PARAs AND CLASSROOM AIDE. WE KNOW THAT'S AN ACADEMIC PROBLEM. WE NEED COPIERS THAT WORK AND PAPER AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL. AND MR. DAVIS, WE CAN SHARE THIS ONE. WE NEED MORE TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE NEED EXPANDED ART, MUSIC AND PE FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE NEED RELIABLE AIR CONDITIONING ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AND WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK, AND MR. FARKAS, WE NEED A STUDENT STATIONED FOR EVERY STUDENT IN OUR CLASSROOM. WE THINK THAT THIS IS REASONABLE AND THEY SHOULD BE IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE STATE. WE NEED FULL NURSES IN EVERY SCHOOL. WE NEED MORE CUSTODIANS. WE NEED MORE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. WE NEED TIMELY ACCESS TO CURRICULUM AND ENOUGH BOOKS AND

121CONSUMABLES FOR STUDENTS BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS SO THAT WHICH THEY GET THE WORK DONE. THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE ANSWER ON THE BOARD PLAYING FAMILY FEUD. ONCE AGAIN, WE WANT YOUR HELP IN FIGHTING FOR THE STUDENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. WE KNOW THAT'S WHY YOU ARE HERE. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IN 2023. STAY SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I'M KIM ENRIQUEZ. GET IT? DIFFERENT SHIRT, TOO. THE OTHER REASON I DESERVE A RAISE, IN ADDITION TO BEING AN I.T. PERSON. OKAY. NOW, I COME IN IN THE MORNING TO DISINFECT THE DESKS BUT TO NO AVAIL. I HAD FIVE KIDS OUT WITH THE FLU. AND, YEAH, SO I AM ALSO DOING CUSTODIAL WORK, AND SPRAYING MY LYSOL THAT I BUY. SO JUST WANT

122TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. BUT YOU KNOW WHILE BOB WAS BRINGING UP THAT POINT ABOUT LETTING US TEACH THE WAY I KNOW, THESE ARE MY -- THIS IS MY CURRICULUM, FLORIDA STATE STANDARD, RIGHT? SO I HAD A WALK-THROUGH WITH MY PRINCIPAL IN THE DISTRICT, AND I GOT SIX GLOWS, YAY. THAT'S AWESOME. BUT OF COURSE YOU KNOW BEING THE PERFECTIONIST THAT I AM, THE TWO THAT JUST STUCK IN MY CRAW, AND ONE OF THEM WAS CONSIDER POSTING THE DAY'S OBJECTIVE. THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT BENCHMARKS. OKAY, I TEACH KINDERGARTEN. THEY DON'T READ YET, OKAY? AND ACTUALLY, I PASS THE APPRAISE-K-3 CERTIFICATION EXAM. I AM CERTIFIED IN CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE. AT THIS TIME, KIDS THINK IN PICTURES, RIGHT? SO I HAVE THIS PICTURE. YOU ARE KNOW, I START EVERY LESSON. I AM SO SORRY THAT THEY WEREN'T THERE

123AT THE START OF MY LESSON TO SEE THAT I DO THIS, OKAY? AND THEN ALSO MY BACK WALL IS FILLED WITH LINDA MOOD FOUL DEMONIC POSTERS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IT COSTS TO GET LINDA LOUD? MY KIDS DID IT FOR FREE AND I USE ■THIS AND MY BACK WALL IS COVERED MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, OKAY? SO, YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST SO ANNOYING, AND I JUST WANT A RAISE. (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE). THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I'M SUZETTE MATTY FEAR FEAR FOR THE RENAISSANCE MONEY ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN TOUCHING FOR 32 YEARS, NOT OUT OF CERTIFICATION, NOT ON A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE. I DID NOT GET MY MONEY LAST FRIDAY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DID. I SENT AN E-MAIL TO MR. DAVIS, AND TO TITLE 1. HE RESPONDED.

124I GOT AN E-MAIL THIS MORNING THAT I WOULD GET THE MONEY FRIDAY. OKAY. THEN I GET AN E-MAIL TELLING ME, NO, I DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THAT ONE, I AM NOT GETTING IT TILL THE 23rd OF DECEMBER. THAT'S A PROBLEM. NO PAY RAISES. NO NOTHING. AND NOW I HAVE GOT TO WAIT TILL THE 23rd TO GET THE MONEY I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN LAST FRIDAY. UNACCEPTABLE. THAT'S IT. GIVE US OUR MONEY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRIS RUS. I'M A TEACHER WITH THE DISTRICT. AND I AM JUST UP HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE EDUCATORS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SECOND, MAYBE A THIRD JOB TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. THEY WANTED ME TO SEND THEIR REGARDS. THEY SUPPORT

125THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS BACK HERE IN SPIRIT AND THEY WISH THEY COULD BE HERE IN PERSON. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE THE FACT THAT MANY OF THE EDUCATORS I TALK TO, WHO HAVE LEFT THE PROFESSION, FORMER COLLEAGUES OF MINE, DO SO FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST IS THEY FEEL LIKE THERE'S A FAILURE ON THE DISTRICT'S END TO SUPPORT STUDENT BEHAVIORS WHICH ARE RUNNING RAMPANT AT OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEN ANOTHER RAMPANT ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT THEY HAVE SHARED WITH ME IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ABUNDANCE OF ATTENDANCE ISSUES OF THEIR STUDENTS, AND YET THEY ARE STILL HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR STUDENT OH WHO MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR 30, 40 DAYS THROUGH THE YEAR. SO I THINK UP KNOW WHAT THEY WANT UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE

126THIS YEAR, AND IT'S RESPECT. AND THAT IS A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT CAN BE SHOWN, AND ALL OF THEM WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN THIS ROOM TODAY SITTING IN FRONT OF ME, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, TO TREAT THEM WITH THE RESPECT, BECAUSE THEY PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR YOU FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR THEIR COLLEAGUES, AND FOR THEMSELVES. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I AM GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT CRYING. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR TEACHERS. DESPITE MY PASSION, DESPITE MY LOVE OF THIS JOB, DESPITE PURSUING A DOCTORS DEGREE IN TEACHER EDUCATION,

127TO HELP INFLUENCE THE TEACHERS WHO WILL BE WITH OUR FUTURE STUDENTS, BECAUSE I REALIZE TO IMPACT MORE STUDENTS IF I START WITH TEACHERS FIRST, I CAN HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT. IT'S NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE. I AM ACTIVELY WORKING ON FINDING JOBS OUTSIDE OF THE PROFESSION. I HAVE MULTIPLE FRIEND IN HR HELPING ME REWORK MY RESUMÉ. I HAVE MY MOM WHO IS AN OFFICE MANAGER INVESTIGATE IT FOR ME, BEFORE I SEND THE JOB APPLICATIONS. AND IT BREAKS MY HEART. BECAUSE I LOVE MY KIDS. YOU SAW ONE OF THEM EARLIER. BECAUSE I ASKED IF SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. AND SHE DID. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE TO BE THE BARE MINIMUM OF OUR JOB, WITHIN OUR WORKING HOURS, BUT ESPECIALLY EVEN OUT OF THEM, I WORK THREE TO FOUR EXTRA HOURS A DAY MINIMUM DURING THE WEEK TAKING

128TIME AWAY FROM MY CHILD, FROM MY FAMILY, FROM MY PASSION TO SEEK A DEGREE THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT FOR OUR STUDENTS. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THE CHANGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN. THE MORE TEACHERS WE CAN REACH, THE BIGGER IMPACT WE CAN HAVE ON OUR KIDS. BUT IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS BECAUSE I CAN'T MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE JOB. EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT. HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE EVERYTHING BEING IMPORTANT? HOW I DO GIVE MY KIDS THE ATTENTION THAT THEY DESERVE, THE QUALITY EDUCATION THEY DESERVE, THE FEEDBACK THEY DESERVE, WHEN MORE DEMANDS ARE COMING AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO MEET THEM? EVERY SINGLE TEACHER I KNOW WANTS TO LOOK. EVERY SINGLE ONE. SOME FEEL STUCK BECAUSE THEY RETIRE SOON. SOME FEEL STUCK BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER

129WAY OF MAKING MONEY AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DEDICATE TO FIND ANOTHER JOB. SOME FEEL FORCED OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN NO LONGER A FORD TO LIVE ON THEIR SALARY. I HAVE A COLLEAGUE THAT IS CONSTANTLY IN TEARS BECAUSE SHE'S ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY AND CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY AN EXTRA MONTH, ONE MONTH, AFTER SPRING BREAK, ONE EXTRA MONTH WITH HER CHILD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE COST. THOSE THAT DON'T FEEL STUCK ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR JOBS AND ARE ADAMANT THIS IS THEIR LAST YEAR IN THE PROFESSION. AS MY COLLEAGUE SAYS, YOU CAN ONLY CONTROL YOUR CONTROLABLES. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START CONTROLLING YOUR CONTROLABLES? YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE SOMATIC CHANGES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND WE ALL KNOW THERE'S NATIONWIDE ISSUES BUT WE CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT WE CAN CONTROL.

130THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS EMILY GRACE. I AM A TEACHER AT RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. I'M ALSO A UNION REP HE HIGH SCHOOL AND TO ME A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS CHECKING IN WITH THE MEMBERS OF MY SITE. AND THIS WEEK, I AM BRINGING YOU A TALE FROM ONE OF THEM AND QUITE FRANKLY IT'S A HEART BREAKING ONE. THERE'S A TEACHER AT MY SCHOOL WHO IS A SINGLE MOM. SHE LOVES TEACHING. IT'S ALL SHE'S EVER WANTED TO DO WAS BE A TEACHER. SHE GOT HER DEGREE IN EDUCATION AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN SOME OF THE WORST CONDITIONS IN RECENT MEMORY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, SHE'S STILL HAPPY TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND TEACH THE STUDENT AT RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. SHE TOLD

131ME JUST THIS WEEK THAT SHE'S AFRAID FOR HER CHILDREN BECAUSE HER LANDLORD RECENTLY RAISED HER RENT TO $2 THAT YOU A MONTH, JUST FOR A ROOF OVER HER HEAD. HER MONTHLY SALARY IS ABOUT $3,000. I AM NOT A MATH TEACHER. I'M NOT VERY GOOD WITH NUMBERS. BUT THAT'S TWO THIRD OF A MONTHLY SALARY. THAT DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH FORBE GROCERIES AND GAS AND UPCOMING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR HER CHILDREN. DUE TO THE LACK OF STEPS THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR OUR LAST TWO YEARS, SHE AND HER FAMILY HAVE THIS H TO MOVE EVERY SINGLE YEAR JUST TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD, KEEP A ROOF OVER HER HEAD, TO ESCAPE THE RISING RENT AND INFLATION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. TO ME, THIS ABSOLUTELY BREAKS MY HEART FOR MY COLLEAGUE AND MY FRIEND, BECAUSE SHE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO LEAVE

132A CAREER THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVES JUST TO BE ABLE TO FEED HER FAMILY. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE DOING THE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS WHEN THE STUDENTS OF YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE BEING FORCED TO LIVE FINANCIALLY, HAVE FINANCIAL INSTABILITY STABILITY IN THEIR LIVES? DOING BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS STOP WITH OUR EMPLOYEES? WE HOPE OUT DON'T LEAVE THIS MEETING THINKING ABOUT A BUDGET BUT YOU LEAVE THINKING ABOUT A SINGLE PARENT AT RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS STRUGGLING TO FEED HER CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CARE IN THIS COUNTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I AM NICOLE AT A GARDEN, TEACH ELEMENTARY. I WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO THANK YOU FOR A FEW THINGS YOU PUT INTO PLACE AFTER THE LAST TIME

133I SPOKE. THANK YOU FOR TEND SENDING PEST CONTROL OUT TO MY CLASSROOM. WHATEVER THEY USED THIS TIME STEAMS TO HAVE FINALLY DONE THE TRICK. THANK YOU FOR SENDING A NEW LAPTOP. I SHARED THEM WITH THE OTHER TEACHERS WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN MISSING LAPTOPS FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THEY BREAK SO EASILY. HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE TAKE MORE CARE IN COLLECTING WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY TO PURCHASE. THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING UP. I HOPE WE CAN WORK TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THESE DEPARTMENTS MEANT TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BY MAKING SURE THEY ARE WELL STAFFED AND NOT STRETCHED TOO THIN. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE PROVEN A FEW TIMES THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING AND RESOLVING ISSUES, I HOW MUCH YOU WILL HEAR ME OUT ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS. TEACHER PLANNING TIME. THIS IS USUALLY

134THE FIRST ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK WHEN WE SCHEDULE MEETINGS AND MAKEUP DAYS FOR HURRICANES OFTEN IN THE NAME OF DO IT FOR THE KIDS. NOT SPECIFICALLY AT MY SCHOOL BUT THIS IS A COMMON STRUGGLE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IF THIS CANNOT BE PRIORITIZED DISTRICTWISE, WE NEED TO MAKE A LIST OF ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT CAN BE TAKEN OFF OF TEACHERS' PLATES SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PLAN INSTRUCTION EFFECTIVELY, MAYBE USE SOME OF OUR INCREASE PER PUPIL TO HAVE A PARTICIPANT OR TWO FOR MANAGERIAL TASKS. HEALTH CARE COSTS. THIS DISTRICT'S FAMILY HEALTH CARE PLANS ARE ATROCIOUS. PLEASE WORK HARDER ON FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO HUMANA. NEIGHBORS DISTRICTS LIKE PASCO MAY PAY LESS BUT OVERALL EMPLOYEES CAN NET MORE ANNUALLY BECAUSE THEY AREN'T PAYING 6 TO $1200 MONTHLY IN HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS. CLASSROOM LIBRARIES. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GUIDANCE

135ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO NEXT TO A BID BY NEW STATE MANDATES AS SOON AS WE CAN. WE HAVE JUST HAD OUR NEXT TEACHER PLANNING DAY TAKEN FROM US AND I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MY CLASSROOM LIBRARY OF A THOUSAND PLUS BOOKS INTACT FOR MY STUDENTS, WHILE ALSO STAYING IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. I WAS PLANNING ON DOING THAT ON JANUARY 9th BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S GONE. AND FINALLY, TEACHER PAY. I AM SURE YOU DO NOT ENJOY LISTENING TO EMPLOYEES COME UP HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK TO BEG FOR THEIR STAFF. I DO NOT ENJOY LOSING OUT ON TIME TO COME OUT HERE SO FREQUENTLY EITHER. YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY BOOST MORALE BY HONORING OUR TWO STEPS. DON'T LET THIS IMPASSION PROCESS DRAG OUT ANY FURTHER. WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS SEEMINGLY ENDLESS CYCLE OF FIGHTING FOR BEAR

136MINIMUM FROM THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SO LONG THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE WORKING ON LIVING CONDITIONS IN THESE SCHOOLS. THIS IS NOT A RAISE. IT IS JUST A PREVIOUSLY-AGREED UPON SALARY SCHEDULE. WE DESERVE IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M CHRISTA DENNIGAN. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK WE HAVE SOME FENCES BEING PUT UP IN THE BARK. WE HAD A DITCH ISSUE THAT UNLESS YOU KNOW THE SCHOOL, WEIRD TO SAY. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT MY COMPLAINT REALLY WASN'T AGAINST MY ADMINISTRATION. MY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN LISTENING TO IT FOR YEARS, AND I HAVE BEEN TASKING THEM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THE TIME IS THAT I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING, I NEED TO GO ABOVE, BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING YOUR JOB, WHEN CAN I DO SOMETHING

137MORE? AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME, NO, NO, NO, AND THEY WEREN'T VERY HAPPY THAT I CAME AND SAID ANYWAY. SO IT WASN'T AGAINST MY ADMINISTRATION. THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. IT WAS MOSTLY AGAINST THE DISTRICT'S CHOICE TO BE REACTIVE INSTEAD OF PROACTIVE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS THAT INCREASE THE SAFETY OF THOSE PEOPLE LIKE ME, STUDENTS, THAT ARE INSIDE THE SCHOOLS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND MR. DAVIS FOR HOW HE HANDLED THE CHOICE TO CLOSE SCHOOLS FOR TROPICAL STORM NICOLE. THOSE OF US WHO GREW UP HERE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR SCHOOLS TO CLOSE, AND THEN HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUTSIDE. OBVIOUSLY, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE THAT PERSONALLY, BUT IT REALLY SUCKS PROFESSIONALLY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE USUAL WAYS TO GET

138TIME BACK FOR THOSE DAYS. WITH NICOLE, WE CAN SEE THAT WE CAN ADJUST THE CALENDAR SO THAT THE FIRST SEMESTER GOES INTO JANUARY LIKE WE ARE DOING WITH JANUARY 9th. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND STOP TAKING THE EARLY RELEASE AND OUR TEACHER PLANNING DAYS. AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, I HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 23rd TO PLAN AND MAKE COPIES AND DO ALL OF THE STUFF THAT I HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO BE READY FOR JANUARY, FOR THE FIRST DAY THAT WE GET BACK. AND THEN AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KEEP ON SAYING IT BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO AGREE TO GIVE EDUCATORS THAT HAVE WORKED THE LAST TWO YEARS THE PAY INCREASES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED FOR. WHEN THE ELECTRIC BILL INCREASES I CAN'T TELL THEM THAT I DON'T HAVE THE

139MONEY TO PAY THE INCREASE. AND CONTINUE TO PAY THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT. WHAT'S GOING TO END UP HAPPENING IS THEY ARE GOING TO CUT OFF MY ELECTRICITY. IN THE SAME WAY YOU ARE LOSING TEACHERS. THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING WHEN IT WAS A ONE-TIME DEAL, AND HERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER, STILL EXPECTED TO TAKE LESS THAN WE DESERVE. SUGGESTION FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE SEARCHING OUTSIDE, GOOGLE FRS AGENCIES? FLORIDA, AND THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND FIND JOBS THAT ARE STILL IN FRKS THAT MAY PAY MORE THAN US. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE MY VOICE. I HAVE BEEN READING THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRY ALL DAY. I WANTED TO SAY THAT I USED TO WORK FOR THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. I WAS AN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, AND I DECIDED TO LEAVE BECAUSE

140I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A TEACHER. THAT IS WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO BE. BUT I HAD A REALLY GREAT BOSS WHEN I WAS THERE, AND THE MORALE WAS SO GOOD. BUT HE PAID US SO WELL. AND I REMEMBER EVERY YEAR GOING IN, AND I ALWAYS GOT MY 5% RAISE, ALWAYS. I LOVED THAT GUY. I MEAN, YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, I WORKED THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND NEVER EVER DIDN'T GET A RAISE. AND I HAVE JUST BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE MORALE OF THE PEOPLE, THE TEACHERS. IT'S SO LOW RIGHT NOW. EVEN WHEN I TRY TO GATHER PEOPLE FOR CTA MEETINGS, IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY IS LIKE, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? NOTHING IS GETTING DONE. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ASK YOU TO JUST PAY US WHAT WE DESERVE. I MEAN, I TEACH ALL

141DAY. I TEACH SEVEN PERIODS A DAY. I HAVE NO PLANNING PERIOD. HALF THE TIME I GET 30 MINUTES FOR LUNCH. HALF THE TIME THE KIDS COME IN, THEY WANT TO HANG OUT WITH ME DURING LUNCH. AND SO I SLAM MY FOOD DOWN IN MY TEN MINUTES, I STAY AFTER SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY UNTIL 5:00, SOMETIMES 6:00, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER. I GET THERE IN THE MORNING EARLY SO I CAN MAKE COPIES OR DO WHAT I NEED TO DO, TEACH ALL DAY LONG, TAKE TEN MINUTES TO SLAM MY FOOD DOWN. I'M LEARNING THE STANDARDS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE RUDE, BUT WHEN YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING AN ATTORNEY, ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO PAY HIM? THAT WAS ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT. AND IT'S LIKE

142-- AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS LIKE, HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING PAY THIS GUY? AND I WAS LISTENING TO YOU. YOU GUYS SHOULD LEARN THE RULES, OKAY. YOU GUYS ARE THE BOARD. WE HAVE TO LEARN THE STANDARDS. WE HAVE TO TEACH THESE STANDARDS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE POST-IT, PEOPLE WALK IN OUR ROOM AND THEY ASK US, WHAT STANDARD ARE YOU TEACHING TO? AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU, WE REALLY NEED A RAISE. WE REALLY NEED A DARN RAISE. WE DO. I MEAN, FOR THE COST OF LIVING ALONE, OKAY. SO PLEASE HELP US OUT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EBONY ROBINSON FROM SLIGH MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL. GOT SOME MORE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE. DISTRICT FIVE, MR. WASHINGTON. SO DIDN'T PLAN THIS. LET ME TOLL

143YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING. I KNOW AT LEAST TWO TEACHERS HAVE LEFT, RIGHT, SO WE HAVE AT LEAST THOSE TWO VACANCIES. ANOTHER TEACHER, I BELIEVE, PUT IN A RESIGNATION TODAY. ANOTHER TEACHER IS LEAVING. SHE DID? ANOTHER FEATURER IS SUPPOSEDLY LEAVING FRIDAY. THERE'S ADMINISTRATION CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING. SO I'M LIKE, SHOULD I BE NERVOUS? SHOULD I BE AFRAID? AM I GOING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE STAYING IN THIS DISTRICT, AS MUCH AS I MAY WANT TO, BUT I AM LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING? THEY ARE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING BETTER PAY. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND I'M STAYING TRYING TO BE A TEAM PLAYER. WE ARE TRYING TO STAY WITH MY ESE. I'M ESE, BY THE WAY. I'M ALSO MATH. SO I DO BOTH. AND MY CLASS IS OVERLOADED AND MY ESE SPECIALIST IS VERY UPSET ABOUT IT. BUT I'M

144STILL ROLLING. AND SO MY ONLY THING IS, AS I SAID LAST TIME, STILL CONFUSING TO ME HOW WE CAN'T JUST GET WHAT WE NEED, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR LIGHT BILL, THEY DON'T GO, OKAY, WE GOT IT, KEEP IT AT THE SAME RATE. THEY ARE LOSING US. AND THE STUDENTS, YOU COME BACK NEXT YEAR, THAT'S MY POINT HERE, BUT THIS PERSON LEAVING, HE DON'T KNOW IF I AM COMING BACK NEXT YEAR. YOU GET PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTIES. YOU SHOULD COME OVER TO THIS COUNTY. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR EAR. PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HEY, ATHLETES SOMETHING BETTER OVER HERE. LOOK FOR SOMETHING BETTER. YOU DESERVE BETTER. IT'S LIKE YOU ARE DATING THAT BAD GUY AND YOU DON'T DESERVE THAT. YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE. BUT, YOU ARE LIKE, BUT I LOVE HIM.

145AND YOU STAY. SO THAT'S -- I'M JUST SAYING. SO IF WE COULD JUST PLEASE. I'M JUST SAYING YOU HAVE GOT TO LIVE. SO WE NEED THIS. AND LITERALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I GOT TO COVER THOSE CREASE. I ALREADY TOOK ON AN EXTRA CLASS. SO NOW BECAUSE I AM CERTIFIED IN MATH, TOOK ON AN EXTRA CLASS. I'M ALSO BUSINESS CERTIFIED. YOU ARE LIKE, OH, CRAP. BET THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM YOU. BUT THAT IS ALL. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT YOU HOPEFULLY WILL MAKE THE DECISION TO PUT THE MONEY OUT THERE TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE AND KEEP YOUR PEOPLE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AUSTIN. I'M A TEACHER AT ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I AM

146GOING TO BE A BIT LESS ELOQUENTAN THAN MY CO-WORKERS BECAUSE I CHANGED MY TALK AT THE LAST MINUTE. I WAS ORIGINALLY COMING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MOVE TO ST. PETERSBURG BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE WRITE WORK. BUT SOMETHING MORE PRESSING HAS COME UP AND I AM GOING TO SPEAK ON THAT INSTEAD. MY WIFE BEGAN TEACHING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR AFTER WORKING AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT USF AND TEACHING CHEMISTRY. AND EVER SINCE SHE STARTED TEACHING SHE HAS BEEN WORKING 16 AND 14-HOUR DAYS, SATURDAYS, AND SHE STILL CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE WORKLOAD: SHE GETS AN HOUR A DAYTON PLAN FOR 7 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION. AND SHE JUST CAN'T CAN'T DO IT. OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS SUFFERED BECAUSE I BARELY SEE HER. HER MENTAL HEALTH HAS SUFFERED

147SIGNIFICANTLY. SO THE POINT WHERE UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE HAD TO CONSIDER BAKER ACTING HER. AND IF I AM UNABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE WITHOUT HER INCOME I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE APARTMENT THAT I LIVE IN. OUR SITUATION IS COMPLETELY UNTENABLE. WE ARE OVERWORKED. WE ARE UNDERPAID. WE CANNOT SURVIVE AND THAT IS WHY WE KEEP LOSING TEACHERS. THE BAND DIRECTOR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAS A CONCERT THIS WEEK HAS COVERED EVERY DAY SINCE LAST MONDAY DURING HIS PLANNING PERIOD, HAS NO TIME TO PREPARE FOR HIRES FIRST CONCERT TONIGHT WHICH IS WHY HE'S NOT HERE. WE JUST CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS. AND I LOVE MY KIDS. I WANT TO STAY. THEY ASK ME CONSTANTLY WHETHER I AM GOING TO STAY ON GO LIKE OTHER TEACHERS HAVE AND I SAID, I AM GOING TO STAY

148HERE, DON'T WORRY, AND I CAN LIVE WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN COME BACK NEXT YEAR INTO THESE CONDITIONS. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SURVIVING. WE ARE NOT THRIVING. I AM WORKING JUST TO MAKE IT TO TOMORROW, AND THEN TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT TOMORROW. I AM NOT PLANNING FOR MY FUTURE. I CANNOT AFFORD TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT. I CANNOT TO BUY A HOUSE AND IF I HAD KIDS I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PAY FOR INSURANCE BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ADD A DEPENDENT. I KNOW THAT NOT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SOLVE. SOME OF THAT HAS TO COME FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES. I GET IT. BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT

149NOW THAT WOULD MAKE A MAJOR NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. AND I HOPE YOU WILL DO SO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER. FINAL SPEAKER, GOOD EVENING TO OUR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY-ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND TO OUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT. I'M A TEACHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I USED TO SAY I'M A PROUD TEACHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT ANYMORE. I CAN STILL SAY I'M A PROUD TEACHER AT ALONZO HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPASSE HEARING THAT OCCURRED THE OTHER DAY. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. I COULDN'T GO BECAUSE I HAD TO WORK. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS WEREN'T THERE, BECAUSE YOU

150COULD GO. YOU COULD HAVE GONE. YOU COULD HAVE HEARD THE CASES THAT WERE PRESENTED. YOU COULD HAVE HEARD THAT YOU HAVE WAY TOO MUCH MONEY AND YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY FUND OUR TWO-STEPS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR. IT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH EVIDENCE PRESENTED THAT YOU WILL HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY THAT YOU NEED IN YOUR FUND, THAT THERE IS NO PLAN FOR ANY BORROWING TO HAPPEN SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR BOND RATING AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE INTEREST RATE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LEAVING. THIS MORNING, I WAS AT AN AVID CONFERENCE AND THERE ARE A THOUSAND OPENINGS BETWEEN TEACHERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL. AND OUR CONTRACT SAYS THAT YOU CAN DO AN EXIT INTERVIEW BUT

151I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS DOING THEM. SO YOU STARTED DOING THEM. A LOT OF TEACHERS ARE LEAVING FOR MORE MONEY. A LOT OF TEACHERS EVER LEAVING BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING BETTER JOBS WITH LESS STRESS, AND MORE RESPECT FOR JUST BEING EXPECTED MORE, AND THEY ARE NOT BEING HAND ADD LINE. WE LOVE YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU, BUT WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR YOU. I THINK YOU NEED TO FACE THE REALITY THAT WE ARE HEMORRHAGING. WE ARE HEMORRHAGING TEACHERS. THERE ARE ALSO TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND THEY ARE NOT LEAVING FOR OTHER JOBS, THEY ARE JUST LEAVING TO GET OUT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I TALKED TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE. THEY ARE LEAVING BECAUSE THE STRESS IS TOO MUCH. THEY CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE. ONE WOMAN WAS TELLING ME THAT SHE FIGHTS HER DEPRESSION EVERY DAY TO GET OUT

152OF BED ONLY TO COME TO SCHOOL READY TO TEACH AND BE TOLD YOU ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH, COVER A CLASS. IT'S TOO MUCH. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW YOUR JOB, BUT YOUR JOB ALSO IS TO KEEP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHERE IT SHOULD BE, THAT WE ARE AN AMAZING COUNTY, BUT WE ARE FALLING APART, WITH NO TEACHERS YOU ARE 90% GRADUATION RATE IS GOING TO GO INTO THE TOILET. WITH NO TEACHERS, YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE COMING TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. NO ONE IS GOING TO MOVE HERE. ALL THESE NEW SCHOOLS YOU ARE BUILDING, ALL THIS NEW MONEY THAT IS BEING SPENT ON THAT, IS GOING TO BE FOR NAUGHT. DO YOUR JOB. INSTRUCT YOUR NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE TO GIVE US OUR STEPS. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU.

153AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE COME, ALL THE TEACHERS AND FACULTY AND WHO HAVE COME TODAY. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C-1102, 11.03, 3506, 601, 702, 724, 726, 903, 10301, 1002, 1003, 1004, 10 OH 5. NOW WE WILL GO TO 11.02 FOR FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. : THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH AN APPLICATION TO REFLEW THE FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY. THIS OPENED UP IN 2018 AND IT WILL EXPIRE, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30th, 2023. JUST BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD TO IDENTIFY THIS IS A VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL THAT SERVES OVER 5,000 STUDENTS. NOT ONLY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BUT THEY SERVE STUDENTS FROM K-12 THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, JUST CENTRALLY BASED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND

154JUST BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD FOR A FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION RELATED TO HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY SERVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, AROUND 800, BUT TOTAL ONCE AGAIN IS 5200, THEY QUALIFY FOR A FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION, 2018-19 WHICH IS A C SCHOOL GRADE, AND LAST YEAR THEIR SCHOOL GRADE ONCE AGAIN WAS A C. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE WITH A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-11-02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN. I HAVE A SECOND BY -- BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. OKAY, MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THE TESTING IN GETTING THE PARENTS TO HELP GET THESE CHILDREN TO TESTING, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT THEY ARE DOING

155A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB, THEY ARE HOLDING THEIR OWN, AND A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO -- AND DR. DELANE, YOU DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT, BUT WHAT YOU ALSO GAVE US IS A FULL PICTURE OF THE BREAKDOWN, UNINCLUSIVE IS THE STUDENTS, ESE STUDENTS, ELL, BLACK, HISPANIC OF THE, YOU ARE GIVING US DETAILS OF WHAT IS CALLED ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PERHAPS EXPAND THE ANALOGY WOULD BE AS YOU SHARED WITH THE PARENTS' GUIDE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, HAVE THAT, THE VIRTUAL SCHOOLS HAVE THE SAME BREAKDOWN EVEN IN CASES THAT YOU CAN, IN OTHER WORDS, EXPAND IT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IN TERMS SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A QUICK SNAPSHOT AND SAY, IS THIS PARTICULAR ONLINE DOING THE BEST RESULTS FOR OUR KIDS, THE GRADE, ET CETERA? CAN YOU GO

156AHEAD AND GIVE US ANY INFORMATION IN TERMS OF PERHAPS EXPLORING WHAT YOU SHARED WITH ME AND HOW THEY ARE DOING AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES? I THINK THE BOARD NEED TO HEAR THAT. Cinzia DeLange: SURE. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. YES, FLORIDA CONNECTION IS A BIG ENTERPRISE SERVING OVER 5,000 STUDENTS ACROSS MANY COUNTIES, ABOUT 418 ARE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SO THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS DEFINITELY COAXING THE PARENTS OF THESE VIRTUAL STUDENTS INTO GOING TO THE FACILITIES THAT THEY RENT DURING TESTING TIME SO THE CHILDREN CAN BE TESTED. THEY STARTED THE FIRST YEAR WITH 17 TEST SITES IN THE SPRING OF 2019, THEN IN 2021 THERE WERE 25 TEST SITES, AND THIS YEAR THEY ARE PLANNING TO EXPAND EVEN MORE TO FACILITATE AND PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILIES, AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO

157HAVE 32 SITES ALL OVER THE STATE. SO THAT IS ABOUT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS A SCHOOL THAT SERVES STATE WIDE, YOU KNOW, ENROLLMENT. WERE YOU ASKING FOR A COMPARISON WITH OUR HB? Lynn Gray: YES, WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL. Cinzia DeLange: I DON'T KNOW. I CAN PROVIDE DATA COMPARING OUR HB PROGRAM FULL TIME, AND IF WE ARE COMPARING IT HAS TO BE THE FULL TIME. I DO KNOW THAT THE FULL TIME PROGRAM HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS ABOUT DOUBLE THE NUMBERS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR GRADE IS. I BELIEVE IT'S A C BUT I CAN'T BE SURE. BUT I CAN GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AT A LATER DATE. Lynn Gray: SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED WAS THE FIDUCIARY PART ABOUT HOW MUCH WE ARE LOSING PERHAPS WITH THIS ONLINE PROGRAM, FTE, BUT YOU

158CANNOT GET ME THE FIGURE. Addison Davis: SO AROUND 800 STUDENTS AND LOCALLY THEY TRANSITION TO USE THIS PLATFORM. THAT'S CLOSE TO $6 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR OUR DISTRICT. Lynn Gray: OKAY, SO WE ARE LOSING MONEY WITH THIS. BUT THE BIG CHALLENGE -- AND I AM JUST GOING TO GET THIS IN A SUMMATION -- THE STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR ALL KIND OF WAYS TO CONNECT TO EDUCATION. GIVING THEM ANOTHER VENUE. THIS IS ANOTHER VENUE. HOW GOOD IS IT? WELL, IT WASN'T TOO GREAT, BUT NOW THE REASON WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CONNECTING SITES, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH LOCATIONS, IS WHAT YOU SHARED. BUT NOW THEY ARE EXPANDING LOCATIONS TO MAKE THIS IMPROVEMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? Cinzia DeLange: THAT'S CORRECT. IT IS VERY HARD TO SERVE FAMILIES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, AND CONVINCE THEM TO COME

159TO TEST, YOU KNOW, MILES APART, TO DIFFERENT FACILITIES, BUT THEY ARE DOING -- THEY ARE IMPROVING EACH YEAR. UNLIKE OTHER VIRTUAL PROGRAMS, CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO UTILIZE DISTRICT FACILITIES, SO THAT MIGHT BE A CAUSE FOR THE CHALLENGE THAT THEY ARE FINDING. I BELIEVE FDLS, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES UTILIZE DISTRICT FACILITIES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE, BUT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. SO THEY RENT HOTELS, CONVENTION CENTERS, OTHER TYPES OF VENUES IN THE STRATEGIC PARTS OF EACH COUNTY WHERE PARENTS CAN DRIVE THEIR STUDENTS TO GET TESTED. Lynn Gray: OKAY, SO IF WE ARE A BELIEVER IN CHOICE, THIS IS ANOTHER CHOICE. I MEAN, HOME SCHOOL, WE'RE LOSING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CHILDREN TO HOME SCHOOL. AND THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE CONVERSATION. BUT AT ANY RATE, DR. DELANGE, YOU ARE HERE TO SHARE

160WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF THIS IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR STUDENTS TO GO TO. SO YOU SHARED WITH ME THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE. Cinzia DeLange: THEY ARE INCREASING IN ENROLLMENT EACH YEAR, AND THAT IS EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE SATISFYING THE FAMILIES THAT THEY SERVE, THEY DO HAVE A CURRICULUM, PEARSON CURRICULUM SO THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG CURRICULUM THAT THEY PROVIDE THEIR STUDENTS. THEY ARE VERY COLLABORATIVE WITH US AND VERY EASY TO WORK WITH. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW, SINCE THE STATUTE GIVES US VERY LIMITED FLEXIBILITY IN APPROVING OR DENYING THESE, I LIKE TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE MEMBER GRAY'S QUESTION REGARDING WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES MIGHT BE BECAUSE THEIR GRADE IS LOWER THAN SOME

161OF THEIR COMPETITORS, AND WHAT I AM HEARING IS ACCESS TO TESTING MIGHT BE AN ISSUE. I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION IN THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY HAD, BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT THE AGENDA ITEM AND I THINK YOU SAID CLOSE TO 600, WHICH IS IN THE 6 MILLION RANGE. BUT WHAT I AM LOOKING AT THIS AGENDA ITEM, IT SAYS THERE'S PROJECTED ALMOST 5,000 STUDENTS AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 20 TO $24 MILLION. AM I LOOKING AT THE WRONG AGENDA ITEM? Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THEY ARE K-12 AND SERVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE. LOCALLY THEY ONLY SERVE AROUND 800 STUDENTS, 600 TIMES -- LET'S JUST SAY $8,000, AROUND $6.4 MILLION. Jessica Vaughn: I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, WHENEVER WE HAVE AN

162OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL CHOICE, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH SO MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND CONCERNS WITH OVERSIGHT AND PARENTAL RIGHTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. ARE THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE APPROVING OR RENEWING OR HAVING CONVERSATIONS BEHOLDEN TO THE SAME LAWS AND LEGISLATION AS TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE IN REGARDS TO MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION? Cinzia DeLange: WELL, YES AND NO. IT DEPENDS ON THE BILL. THE PARENTAL RIGHTS, YES, THEY DO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PARENTAL RIGHTS, ALL THE BILLS THAT ARE COMING INTO PLAY FROM MY POINT OF VIEW ARE BECOMING MORE SPECIFIC AND INCLUDING THE WORD CHARTER, IF THEY PERTAIN TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, SO THAT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR US IN ORDER TO INTERPRET NEW

163BILLINGS BILLS COMING OUR WAY. SO IT DEPENDS ON THE BILL. MAINLY WHEN IT COMES TO CURRICULUM, THERE ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE GIVEN MORE FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE THAT IS A KEYSTONE OF WHAT A CHARTER SCHOOL IS. Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I HAVE HAD CONSTITUENTS ACTUALLY ASK ME THAT. SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CURRICULUM, IN REGARDS TO LET'S SAY THE WOKE BILL WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT INVOLVE SENSITIVE RACIAL ISSUES, WOULD CHARTER SCHOOLS BE HELD APPLICABLE TO THOSE LAWS ORB WOULD THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO TEACH HISTORY IN A WAY THAT THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, BROADENS EVERYTHING? ARE THEY HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO THAT LAW? Cinzia DeLange: I BELIEVE CURRICULUM HAS TO FOLLOW THE STATE STATUTES, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE CHARTER SCHOOLS. Jessica Vaughn: YOU ARE NOT SURE.

164I WILL GET MORE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY AREN'T SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET MORE CONVERSATION AND WE CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I AM GETTING TOLD DIFFERENT INFORMATION REGARDING THAT, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING CHOICES, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT CHOICES THEY ARE MAKING, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO AGAIN THIS TAKES ABOUT, DID WE SAY, ABOUT 6 MILLION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY? BECAUSE AS WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND WE HEAR EMPLOYEES TALK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT AND HOW THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR LIGHT BILLS AND THEY ARE ALMOST IN TEARS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AN AFFORDABLE LIVING AMOUNT FOR THEM, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE, THAT'S DIRECTLY TAKING MONEY OUT OF OUR BUDGET.

165SO FOR THIS ITEM, SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $6 MILLION OUT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY? Cinzia DeLange: CAN I MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT HERE? IT'S 400, OUT OF THE 55th THOUSAND STUDENTS ENROLLED, IT'S ONLY 400 ENROLLED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT'S 3.2 MILLION THEN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I APPRECIATE THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MR. PORTER? MEMBER RENDON? Patti Rendon: I JUST 2022 CLARIFY THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION IS A CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION, AND IT MEETS THE STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDATION AS AN APPLICATION FOR CHARTER, CORRECT? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT. Patti Rendon: BASED ON OUR FLORIDA STATUTES WE ARE ONLY BASED UPON APPROVING A CHARTER BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS THE RIGHT TO CHOICE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF SCHOOL WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

166Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT IS CORRECT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MR. PORTER. Jim Porter: I WANTED YOU TO GO. I WANT TO MAKE THE BOARD A WEAR THIS IS RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER AND FLORIDA STATUTES COVERS THIS VERY SPECIFICALLY AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN VOTE NOT TO RENEW IT IS IF IT MEETS ONE CRITERIA AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO STATE WHAT THOSE THREE CRITERIA ARE. ONE THE CHARTER FAILED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM OR FAILED TO MEET STUDENT PERFORMANCE STATED IN THE CHARTER, NUMBER TWO, FAILURE TO MEET GENERALLY STANDARD FISCAL MANAGEMENT DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OR FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES, OR THREE, MATERIAL VIOLATION OF LAW. WHILE THE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED TONIGHT ARE STEMMING, YOUR DECISION NEEDS TO BE BASED ON FLORIDA STATUTES, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY REASONS YOU COULD

167DENY THE RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD. Nadia Combs: MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 11.03, THE CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS AN APPLICATION THAT WAS OPENED, THE SCHOOL WAS OPENED IN 2018. THEY EXPIRE ON JUNE 30th, 2023. THEY SERVE AROUND 780 STUDENTS FROM K-8 GRADE. THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE RIVERVIEW AREA. THEY DO QUALIFY FOR THE NEW STATUTE THAT WAS IN PLACE, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED ATH AS 100233 WHICH IDENTIFIES ANY CHARTER SCHOOL THAT RECEIVES A GRADE OF AN A OR B, QUALIFIES FOR A 15-YEAR APPLICATION EXTENSION, AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE EXTEND THIS FOR 15 YEARS DUE TO THE

168FACT THAT THEY ARE IN LINE WITH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND THE SCHOOL GRADE IN THE 20-21 SCHOOL YEAR WAS AN A. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 11.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON, A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN AND I PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS, MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: NO, I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE YES ON THIS ITEM. THAT WE HAVE VERY LIMITED AUTONOMY ABOUT IT WHICH IS CONFUSING AS A BOARD MEMBER BUT THAT'S WHAT STATE STATUTE SAYS. I JUST 2022 SCHOLAR IF I FOR THIS ITEM, SINCE THE OTHER ONE WAS A STATE WIDE ITEM, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $3.7 MILLION. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT BETWEEN THESE TWO ITEMS IN GENERAL, WE ARE TALKING ALMOST $7

169MILLION ANNUALLY THAT COMES OUT OF OUR BUDGET FOR SCHOOL CHOICE. I JUST -- THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOR JUST THESE TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS? THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT IS ACCURATE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: IT MAY CLARIFY, THE MONEY IS NOT COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS NEVER IN OUR BUDGET. CORRECT? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE IF STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED PREVIOUSLY, AND WE PARTICULARLY CAN LOSE THEM TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. BUT AS RELATES TO THE FIRST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT MONEYS GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS BASED ON THEIR NTF ENROLLMENT. I HAVE TO GO BACK TO LAST YEAR TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE STUDENTS MADE A DECISION TO TRANSITION FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT. Patti Rendon:

170AGAIN IT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN HOME SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, ET CETERA, THE MONEY COMING INTO OUR DISTRICT IS BASED ON STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. Addison Davis: CORRECT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. OKAY. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS 2.02. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, TRANSITION SUPPORT PROVIDER FOR TURNAROUND SCHOOLS, RFP 222-72 DSCIV. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: AS WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IDENTIFIED TO HIRE AN EXTENDED PRIORITIES TO BE HELP TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS OUR SCHOOLS AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPORTS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SYSTEMIC CHANGE RELATED TO INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR WORK OF MOVING THE NEEDLE EDUCATIONALLY. THIS WENT OUT

171FOR RFP NOT ONLY TO IDENTIFY AND CONTINUE OUR MOMENTUM WITH THE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE HISTORICALLY IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING AN EXTERNAL PRIORITIES, OAK PARK, FOSTER, OLDSOME AND KIMBELL, ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS MADE GAINS WITHIN PARTNERSHIP WITH MGT WHICH HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP BUT BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY BSI SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOLS THAT NEED CONTINUED FOCUS FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. IN THAT PROCESS WE IDENTIFIED EIGHT AGENCIES THAT IDENTIFIED TO APPLY FOR THIS PROCESS, AND OF THOSE WE HAD TWO THAT ROSE TO THE TOP, ONE BEING MGT, THE OTHER BEING LSI. SO HAVING ADDED AN ADDITIONAL FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WE BROKE THOSE APART AND GAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GGT TO TAKE ON THE ADDITIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND LSI TO TAKE ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE OF IT. BOTH CONFIRMED THEY

172HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AT THESE SCHOOLS WE HAVE CURRENTLY THAT ARE UNDERPERFORMING. THEY HAVE GREAT NEEDS RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AT THESE SCHOOLS, BEING ABLE TO BRING THESE TWO ENTITIES IN TO FURTHER SUPPORT, WILL ALLOW US TO DON'T PUT SYSTEMS IN PLACE AS WE KNOW THAT THIS YEAR IS A BASE LANE YEAR ACADEMICALLY FOURTH STATE AND ALLOW US TO HAVE THE SYSTEMIC GROWTH FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THAT BOTH OF THEM COME WITH GLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND LEAD THE STATE AS THE TWO ENTITIES THAT SYSTEMLY MOVED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOLS AS A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-202. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR.

173AND IT PASSES WITH FIVE VOTES YES. MEMBER VAUGHN STATING NO. AND MEMBER RENDON AWAY FROM THE DAIS. SO IT DOES PASS. NEXT IS 4.03, THE PIGGYBACK 22296-PGB-LLG, BMG MONEY. Addison Davis: THIS ITEM CAME TO THE BOARD IN MARCH 2019, A PARTNERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO FIND FIXED RATES AND FIXED PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO NEED TO SEEK A VOLUNTARY LOAN PROGRAM. THIS IS A BMG IS AN INITIATIVE THAT ALLOWS OUR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE OUT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF LOANS, AND THEN THAT IS TAKEN OUT IN PARTNER WITH THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT A PAYCHECK FOR A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 500 EMPLOYEES ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND BRINGING IT BACK TO THE BOARD TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS AGREEMENT,

174AND PROVIDING ANOTHER PASS-THROUGH FOR INCENTIVE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MEMBER VAUGHN, I WILL START WITH YOU AND THEN WE'LL GO ON. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO OFFER LOANS TO OUR EMPLOYEES IF THEY NEED IT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A NEED FOR IT. BUT I FIND IT CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT HAS BEEN CHARGED, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE RENEWED THE CONTRACT. TO ME THIS FEELS MORE LIKE PREDATORY LENDING THAN ACTUALLY SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES AND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BORROW MONEY, AND THEN HONESTLY BE ABLE TO PAY IT BACK WITH AN INTEREST RATE THAT IS COMPARABLE TO OTHER LOANS THAT OTHER ENTITIES GIVE. SO IS THERE A POSSIBILITY -- I APPRECIATE THAT THIS COMPANY -- I

175KNOW THEY GIVE US A GRANT THAT HELPS PUT BACK IN THE SCHOOLS AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER MARINES THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH TO PROVIDE LOANS TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY PAY IT BACK WITHOUT SUCH A HEY INTEREST RATE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. FIRST AND FOREMOST I WILL SAY THAT I AM LOT IN LOVE WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP. IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO PUT OUR EMPLOYEES IN DEBT AT A GREATER RATE. NOW, THERE IS A POSITIVE MOVEMENT TO THE RATE GOING FROM 23% TO 19% AND MORE MONEY MOVING FROM A SCHOLARSHIP OF $5,000 TO $Z 20000, THAT WE ABSOLUTELY CAN LEAN ON AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT PROVIDERS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO

176SUPPORT. HOPEFULLY, WE WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS BUSINESS. THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, OUR WHEELHOUSE IS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND KEEP THEM SAFE. I AM BRINGING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE 500 EMPLOY THAT'S ARE ENGAGED AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THEM UP THERE THAT PROCESS. VAUGHN. Nadia Combs: AND I DIDN'T GET A MOTION OR SECOND FOR THAT. I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. SO IF WE CAN JUST GO BACK AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-4.03. A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND SECOND BY PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN, DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS? OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: YES, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THE INTEREST RATES DID GO DOWN. I KNOW MS. WHELAN WHEN WE SPOKE,

177YOU SAID WE DO HAVE 500 EMPLOYEES, AND THOUGH THIS MAY NOT BE AN OPPORTUNITY, SOME OF US WOULD TAKE FOR MANY OF THEM, THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY OTHER TYPE OF HELP. SO THIS IS SOMETHING, THAT'S PROBABLY A BIG REASON WHY SOME FOLKS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND WILL THE FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY IN IT, WILL THEY HAVE THEIR RATES ADJUSTED, THAT YOU ARE INTEREST RATES? SO THEY WILL BE ADJUSTED TO GO DOWN TO 19%. AND THEY ARE AT 23 RIGHT NOW? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY 525 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE USING THIS. AND INSTEAD OF PAYING 265% IN PAYDAY LOANS FOR LENDERS. SO THIS IS LIKE USED FOR EMERGENCY LOANS. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS ISSUE IS

178THAT RIGHT NOW A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES TAKE OUT LOANS BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR PAYCHECKS. LET'S BE HONEST. OKAY. IF WE DON'T COME TO THE TABLE TO PAY THEM THAT YOU ARE PAYCHECKS, THEY HAVE TO GET A LOAN FROM SOMEONE. SO RATHER THAN HAVE THEM TAKE OUT LOANS FOR THE 265% INTEREST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LOWER AT 19%, THIS IS HELPING THESE EMPLOYEES, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. AND I THINK THIS IS PIGGYBACKED ALSO ON BROWARD COUNTY. THAT'S ALSO MAKING THIS AVAILABLE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. AND IT'S ACTUALLY NO COST TO THIS DISTRICT AS WELL. SO I SEE IT AS A HELP, TO OUR DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE POSITION THAT WE COULD BE SUPPORTING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THIS IS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION. WITH

179THE LANGUAGE BEAR YES, HISPANIC POPULATION, THE HIGH NEEDS POPULATION, 66% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ON REDUCED LUNCH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF POVERTY, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS. BUT ALSO WE HAVE THE SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION WHO WE SHOULD BE APPRECIATIVE. THEY GIVE US SO MUCH IN RETURN FOR THEIR BUSINESS. OF COURSE, THEY SHOULD. BUT I THINK IT'S PREDATORIAL AND I THINK IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT WE HELP MOTIVATE, IF YOU WILL, BY A LOWER INTEREST RATE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE ARE PUTTING THESE PEOPLE IN DEBT. AND DEBT IS FOREVER FOR SOME OF THESE FAMILIES. AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THE BEST PRACTICE IS NOT TO KEEP AND PUT MORE PEOPLE INTO DEBT. IT DOESN'T SEEM ETHICAL. AND ALSO WE HAD THIS BEFORE, VERY SIMILAR ITEM, AND WE VOTE IT DOWN, FOR

180THE VERY REASONS THAT I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD THIS TYPE OF CAR ROT GIVEN OUT, WE'LL DO SO-AND-SO AND YOU PAY THIS INTEREST RATE. I AM PROBABLY GOING TO STAY IN THE SAME OPINION. I WILL VOTE NO. AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER DECISION ON HOW YOU MONITOR YOUR EXPENSES AS WELL. SO I THINK THIS IS A MORE -- YES, I WILL VOTE NO, BECAUSE MY MORAL COMPASS, I CAN'T GO THERE AND HELP PEOPLE GET INTO DEBT. I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I WOULD ASK YOU TO MAYBE ENGAGE MORE AND FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO, IF WE CAN LOWER THIS INTEREST, MAYBE LOOKING AT OUTSIDE PARTNERS, BECAUSE IT REALLY CONCERNS ME

181TO KNOW, I MEAN, YOU SEE THESE TEACHERS COMING IN. WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS, EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN EDUCATORS RIGHT NOW ARE STRUGGLING TO BE SEE AN INTEREST RATE THIS HIGH, AND FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THAT AT THIS TIME. IT REALLY IS CONCERNING TO ME. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S 525 TEACHERS, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD ENGAGE IN THIS, OR LIKE YOU SAID, GET OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS OF THIS. I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF A SLIPPERY SLOPE WHEN WE START GOING TOWARDS THIS, AND WE PIGGYBACK THIS. I THINK IT'S A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE RATE, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE DESPERATE DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND DURING TIMES LIKE THAT, THEY WILL GO FOR A HIGH INTEREST RATE, AND WHAT HAPPENS LATER

182ON, SO IT IS CONCERNING TO ME. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS 500 PEOPLE WHO ARE COUNTING ON THIS, AND TO NOT PASS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE FAMILIES. BUT IT DOES CONCERN ME. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. SUPERINTENDENTS DAVIS. Addison Davis: KNIFE PROBLEMS OF BEING ABLE TO LOOK AND SEEP IF THERE'S OTHER PROVIDERS TO SHALL ABLE TO ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL AND I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE FOCUS ON FINANCIAL LITERACY AS WELL WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. I THINK THAT WILL HELP TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM MAKE SOME VERY TOUGH, HARD DECISIONS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SO IF THIS ITEM -- FIRST, THANK YOU, MS. WHELAN, FOR NEGOTIATING A LOWER

183RATE, AND A HIGH SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE SOME OF MY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT, AND I UNDERSTAND THEIR REASONING. BUT IF THIS DOES NOT PASS TONIGHT, 555 EMPLOYEES WILL BE STUCK WITH A 22% INTEREST RATE. Nadia Combs: THAT COULD BE THE POSSIBILITY. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD CONTACT THE COMPANY AND TALK WITH THEM. BUT -- Stacy Hahn: IF THIS DOESN'T PASS, THEIR INTEREST RATE WILL NOT CHANGE. SO YOU CAN NEGOTIATE AFTER THE FACT, BUT THAT'S A BIG RISK. FOR 555 EMPLOYEES, SOME OF THEM WHO PROBABLY SIT UP HERE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THAT INTEREST RATE WILL STAY AT 23% IF THIS DOES NOT PASS TONIGHT. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IS THAT CORRECT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S WHY MY RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THIS

184TO BRING IT TO PASS, TO PROTECT IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE MOVING DOWN THE ROAD. YES, MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: SO DON'T TRY TO NEGOTIATE LOWER INTEREST RATES, CONTINUE TO TRY AND INCREASE SCHOLARSHIPS, BECAUSE YOU ARE -- YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN IF IT DOESN'T PASS, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS SAID, 555 EMPLOYEES WILL BE STUCK WITH A 23% INTEREST RATE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: LIKE MEMBER HAHN SAID, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SO MUCH, DR. WHILE AN, BECAUSE THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE FAMILIES, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME FINANCIAL LITERACY NOW, RIGHT NOW INTO THE SUNSHINE, IS THAT THEY GO THROUGH THESE LENDERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE PAYDAY LOANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEIR CREDIT DOES NOT ALLOW

185THEM TO GET LOANS THROUGH THE CREDIT UNIONS. IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL SITUATION BUT THEY DO NOT REQUIRE A CREDIT REPORT TO HAVE TO QUALIFY TO DO THESE PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. Karen Perez: PERFECT. OKAY. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO GO THROUGH THESE PAYDAY LOANS ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE ON CREDIT IS NOT GOOD AND THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR ANY LOANS THROUGH EITHER BANK OR CREDIT UNION OR ANYTHING ELSE, OR GRANDMA OUT OF MONEY AND HAS PROVIDED AS MUCH SUPPORT AS POSSIBLE AND THIS IS THEIR LAST RESORT. SO INSTEAD OF GETTING A 265% INTEREST, THE 19.99% IS HELPING OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. AM I CORRECT? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THEY NEED THIS BENEFIT AND THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT IN THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION. Karen Perez:

186THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER WASHINGTON AND THEN MEMBER VAUGHN. Henry "Shake" Washington: WHEN I AM LOOKING AT 525, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PERSONNEL, I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS. BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GREAT POINT, DR. HAHN. IF WE VOTE NO, THOSE PEOPLE ARE STUCK WITH THAT PERCENTAGE RATE. SO I AM GOING TO VOTE YES FOR THIS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS, AND I THINK WE ALL COME FROM THE SAME PLACE, THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES. I DO HEAR A VARIATION OF WHETHER OR NOT CONTINUING THIS IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE 500 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TAKEN OUT THIS

187AND LOWER THEIR INTEREST RATE, WHICH I THINK IS AN INCENTIVE, BUT MY CONCERN IS IT'S ALSO GOING TO INCENTIVIZE OTHER EMPLOYEES TO BE TAKE OUT ADDITIONAL LOANS AT AN INTEREST RATE THAT IS WAY TOO HEY FOR THEM. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE ARE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. DO WE CONTINUE A PROGRAM THAT IS SOME BOARD MEMBERS LIKE MYSELF MIGHT THINK IS PREDATORY IN NATURE, AND ENLIST OTHER EMPLOYEES TO GET INTO THAT SITUATION, DO WE SUPPORT THE 500 EMPLOYEES AND LOWER IT FOR THEM NOW? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY EASY ANSWERS PERSONALLY, AS MUCH AS I HOPE WE GO BACK TO NEGOTIATE. I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I VALUE 500 EMPLOYEES GETTING A DISCOUNT ON A LOAN THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN OUT WITH AN INCREDIBLY

188HIGH INTEREST RATE, TO ME IT'S CONCERNING KEEPING THIS PROGRAM THAT OTHER EMPLOYEES, MAYBE A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES, MAYBE 1200 EMPLOYS, AS WE LOOK AT INFLATION RISING AND THINGS BECOMING CONSIDERABLY HIGHER, I WOULD LIKE TO US GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FIVE, SIX, SEVEN PERCENT INTEREST RATES THAT ARE OBTAINABLE IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OFFERING LOANS. SO I AM NOT GOING SUPPORT THIS IN THAT LOGIC. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, I HEARD MEMBER PEREZ MENTION 265% INTEREST. I AM NOT SURE, IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT, THAT 265% INTEREST? THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO THAT PARTICULAR -- AND THAT'S A HIGH INTEREST RATE. I AM JUST LEARNING SOMETHING NEW. I DID

189NOT KNOW THAT EXISTED. 265% VERSUS 23% INTEREST, OR ROUND UP 24%. SO THIS IS CERTAINLY A NOVELTY TO ME. I WILL NOT SUPPORT IT AGAIN. I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE WORK. THE PRESENTATION HAS TO HAVE MORE AVAILABILITIES. THE PUBLIC, AS I THINK WAS MENTIONED ON THE BOARD, OUR TEACHERS, THE STAFF MEMBERS, DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE MORE FINANCIAL LITERACY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO GET INTO DEBT AND WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR CREDIT, BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO BUY A HOUSE OR BUY SOMETHING OF A HEY COST, THEY LOOK AT YOUR CREDIT RATING, AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT PROBABLY GOING OVER AND NOT GETTING THAT RATING. SO AGAIN, TO ME IT'S PREDATORY, BUT I HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE THE

190MEMBERS' CONCERN FOR OUR STAFF WITHIN THE DISTRICT, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, OUR TEACHERS IN PARTICULAR, ARE DEGREED INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE CHOICES THEY FEEL NECESSARY FOR THEIR FAMILY. WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES. WE JUST HAVE TO AGREE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO HAVE THIS AS AN OPTION ON THE TABLE. IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN IF WE WANT TO PUT INSURANCE OUT THERE THAT HAS FOR A LONG-TERM INSURANCE THAT'S GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM CARRIER. SOME FAMILIES AGREE, SOME THINGS DON'T. WE ARE JUST OFFERING IT. WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS. WE DON'T GIVE THEM FINANCIAL LITERACY TO COLLEGE EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE THE CHOICES THAT ARE RIGHT FOR THEIR FAMILIES. I THINK

191WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR ROLE IS JUST TO ALLOW, DO WE WANT TO KEEP THIS AS AN OFFER OR NOT? THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THAT THE ISSUE BECOMES, WE ARE THE PERSON WHO IS SIGNING UP TO OFFER THE LOAN. AND IF WE COSIGN OFF ON ONES WITH EXTREMELY HIGH RATES, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY. I AGREE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO T RIGHT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THEY DO, AND COLLEGE EDUCATED ADULTS, BUT IF WE DON'T OFFER THIS, AND WE NEGOTIATE AND WORK WITH OTHER LENDERS WHO SEE THE VALUE THAT WE DO, AND OFFERING A LOWER PERCENTAGE LOAN, I MEAN THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS BOARD TO COME AND OFFER

192OUR EMPLOYEES THE BEST OFFER AS POSSIBLE, NOT TO SAY LET'S GIVE EXTREMELY HIGH INTEREST RATES AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN, YOU MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS. RIGHT NOW WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFLATION PEOPLE ARE MAKING DESPERATE DECISIONS RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE TAKING OUT LOANS AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KEEP THEIR LIGHTS ON, THEY NEED TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE. THESE SHALL DESPERATE TYPES. SO AGAIN I THINK IT'S UP TO US TO DO THE WORK AND COME UP WITH NEGOTIATIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS AND FOSTER LOANS TO BE OUR EMPLOYEES IF THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT OFFERS THEM THE BEST INTEREST RATE. I THINK IF WE SIT BACK AND SAY, WELL, YOU ARE ADULTS, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION, HERE IS AN OFFER OR NOT, IT DOESN'T DO

193JUSTICE TO OUR EMPLOYEES. THAT'S WHY I AM GOING TO VOTE NO TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY AND THEN WE WILL GO TO VOTE. Lynn Gray: AND I'M SORRY, BUT WE ARE DEALING WITH 200,000-PLUS EMPLOYEES. MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT NECESSARILY COLLEGE EDUCATED, OR WITH DEGREES. WE ARE TALKING A LOT OF THE BUS DRIVERS, WE ARE TALKING FOOD SERVICE, WE ARE TALKING -- I CAN GO THROUGH THE MYRIAD OF PEOPLE, THE TEACHERS ARE AN EXCEPTION, THEY ARE EDUCATED, THEY ARE DEGREED. BUT MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT. AND THEY ARE NOT FINANCIALLY LITERATE. SO, YES, WE HAVE TO BE THE BIG ONES OR SMART ONES OR THE GUIDING LATE WE HAVE TO HELP THEM MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND NOT PERHAPS LURE THEM INTO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT OF

194THEIR BEST INTEREST. SO AT ANY RATE, I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. OKAY, MEMBER GRAY IS VOTING NO BUT -- Jim Porter: MEMBER GRAY IDENTIFIED THAT SHE VOTED BY MISTAKE. CLEAR THE BOARD AND VOTE AGAIN. Nadia Combs: OKAY. IT PASSES 5-2 WITH MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER VAUGHN VOTING NO. 5.06. APPROVE THE 2022-23 STUDENT PROGRESSION PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. WE ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRESSION PLAN THAT REALLY SHOWS HOW STUDENTS PROGRESS FROM ONE GRADE LEVEL TO THE NEXT. WITH THIS WE PUT TOGETHER A STUDENT PROGRESSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE WHICH HAS CTA MEMBERS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, APs, PRINCIPALS, DISTRICT STAFF, ALL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS PLAN TO MAKE CERTAIN

195THAT IT ALIGNS WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, ALSO WITH NEW RULINGS, AT THE SAME TOKEN MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE BOARD ACTION TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS SO WE CAN SEND THIS OUT TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY SO HOW THERE'S CLARITY HOW TO MOVE FROM ONE LEVEL TO THE NEXT. ADOPT A PROSECUTING WHY PLAIN ON CREATE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED, AND THEN THE MAJORITY OF THESE RESOURCES CONTAIN AN UPDATE RELATED TO MOVING TO NEW ASSESSMENT FROM FSA TO FAST, BEING ABLE TO UPDATE NEW CONCORDANCE SCORES IDENTIFIED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BEING ABLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE OUR GRADING SYSTEMS FROM GRADES 3 THROUGH 5, MOVING FROM NI TO EQUIVALENT OF A DR OR F AND GREATER ACCELERATION OFFERINGS SO WE HAVE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL

196AND BEING ABLE TO UPDATE ESOL WAIVERS FOR STUDENT WHO MAY QUALIFY FOR THOSE WAIVERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS INFORMATION IF APPROVED TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY APPROVED TONIGHT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEND AND UPLOAD TO OUR WEBSITE AND MAKE CERTAIN OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE ENGAGED THIS PROCESS. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-5.06. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN AND I BOTH PULLED THIS ITEM. I'LL START WITH YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU THERE. WERE A LOT OF CHANGES. THERE'S A LOT OF RED LINING. IT WAS A LOT TO TAKE IN. SO I ALWAYS TOLD US BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FAMILIES WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GRADUATION PLANS AND WHAT NEED TO BE DONE, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CHANGES,

197AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THIS AGENDA ITEM AND LOOK AT IT. I ALSO WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT ALONG WITH OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE MAKING THESE, APPROVING THESE CHANGES RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM COMING DOWN THE LINE THAT MIGHT ADD TO THIS. AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, WE DO DO -- EVEN THOUGH WE ARE APPROVING THIS NOW, WE DO DO AND WE CAN DO CHANGES THIS AS NEEDED, CORRECT? Addison Davis: RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: AND I HAD THE SAME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT THIS IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT. IF THERE ARE CHANGES I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT CAN GO ON AT ANY TIME ANY BOARD MEETING, IS THAT CORRECT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM.

198ANY CHANGES OR ADJUSTMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND THE BOARD WILL BE INFORMED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.01, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE PERIOD PENNED ENDING OCTOBER 31, 2022. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I AM GOING TO TRANSITION TO OUR CFO, RO JOHNSON TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE UPDATES FOR THE AMENDMENT ON OCTOBER 31st. Ro Johnson: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT. MS. GARCIA, OUR GENERAL MANAGER BUDGET WILL GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE MONTH LIT BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2022. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THE FIRST SLADE IS A SLIDE YOU ARE FAMILIAR, WE SHOW IT EVERY MONTH. THIS IS

199THE ADOPTED BUDGET FROM SEPTEMBER THE 8th. 1,000,000,656 MILLION REVENUE AND $1,640,000,000 IN EXPENDITURES GIVING US AN OPERATIONAL SURPLUS OF 16.8 MILLION AND GIVING US AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $203 MILLION. THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE ADOPTED BUDGET, COLUMN A, COLUMN C IS THE REVISED BUDGET, SEPTEMBER 30th, AND COLUMN D IS THE REVISED BUDGET AT OCTOBER 31st. THE LAST COLUMN SHOWS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OCTOBER 31st BUDGET AND THE SEPTEMBER 30th BUDGET. THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS $17 MILLION IN STATE REVENUE BECAUSE WE RECEIVED OUR SCHOOL RECOGNITION DOLLARS WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY SHOWS THE ACTUAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES RECEIVED, COLUMN B, COMPARED TO THE BUDGET AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 30th. IN OCTOBER WE RECEIVED $341 MILLION IN REVENUE, AND WE EXPENDED $434 MILLION IN EXPENSES. THE DIFFERENCE

200WAS AN ACTUAL OPERATIONAL DEFICIT OF $92.7 MILLION GIVING US AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $93.3 MILLION. THIS IS ALSO A SLIDE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH SEEING, BUT IT SHOWS WE STARTED OFF THE YEAR WITH $241 MILLION IN CASH AND AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF OCTOBER, WHICH IS THE MONTH WHERE WE HAVE THE LOWEST CASH BALANCES, WE HAD $162 MILLION IN CASH. IT STARTS INCREASING AND YOU WILL SEE DECEMBER IS THE HIGHEST POINT AND THAT'S WHERE WE RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. WE PROJECT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH WE WILL HAVE $554 MILLION IN CASH. IT WILL START DECREASING AGAIN AS THE EXPENDITURES START CATCHING UP WITH THE REVENUE GIVING US AN ENDING CASH BALANCE OF $2,627,000,000 WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 21 MILLION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE

201YEAR. THIS LAST SLIDE, WE ARE COMPARING THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE BASED ON THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN OCTOBER. AS YOU CAN SEE WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE EARLIER BUT WE ENDED UP WITH A $93.3 MILLION FUND BALANCE WHICH. IF WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH THAT NUMBER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECREASE OF 92.7 MILLION. ANY QUESTIONS? Jim Porter: YOU NEED A MOTION. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-6.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER RENDON PULLED THIS ITEM SO WE'LL START WITH MEMBER GRAY AND THEN MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN? MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: MS. GARCIA, OR MS. JOHNSON, MY QUESTION IS, FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS. I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHEN WILL WE BE GETTING

202THEM, OKAY? IF WE GET THEM, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK? AND IF YOU THINK A CERTAIN AMOUNT, WILL IT AFFECT POSITIVELY OR LET'S SAY BALANCED A LITTLE BIT INTO OUR FUND BALANCE? SO THERE'S THREE QUESTIONS REGARDING FEMA. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE GET THE REIMBURSEMENT, AND IT WILL NOT AFFECT OUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE'LL HAVE THOSE EXPENDITURES THAT WE WILL BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY MADE THE EXPENSE ON OUR LEDGER AND IT'S JUST REVENUE DOMESTIC EXPENDITURES. Lynn Gray: WE ARE REMINDED I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A LARGE HURRICANE WE DID GET ABOUT 56 THAT YOU OF FEMA. IT TOOK A WHILE. BUT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL, I HOPE THAT YOU ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT. I AM NOT SURE WHAT WE'LL GET, BUT EVERY BIT HELPS.

203SO JUST WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FOR ME, PLEASE. KEEPING TRACK OF THE EXPENSES. AND BE REIMBURSED ON WHAT MOST OF IT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MRS. GARCIA. Nadia Combs: MEMBER RENDON? Patti Rendon: THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ILLUSTRATE ON THE DAIS IS ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A SURPLUS FROM WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HAVING MONEY IN OUR FUND, WE HAVE TO THINK OF IT LIKE OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, AND WHERE WE WERE THREE YEARS AGO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR MONEY, AND SO THAT WE DO HAVE MONTHS IN WHICH WE ARE GOING TO BE LOWER, AND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A FUND TO BE ABLE TO PULL FROM TO MAKE CASH FLOW.

204I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING AREAS IN WHICH WE CAN CUT AND THAT WE ARE DOING THAT, AND SO THANK YOU. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BROUGHT THAT TO THE DAIS AND MAKING CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE AWARE THIS IS NOT JUST A SURPLUS OF MONEY BUT IS ACTUALLY EARMARKED FOR THINGS WE MAY NEED FOR AN EMERGENCY, WE MAY HAVE MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE A HURRICANE, WHERE WE HAVE TO OPEN OUR SHELTERS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CASH FLOW AVAILABLE TO DO THAT EVEN IF WE ARE GOING TO BE REIMBURSED LATER. SO WE ARE GETTING TO WHERE WE NEED, BUT WE ARE JUST NOT THERE YET. AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION NEXT MONTH WE WILL BRING AN UPDATED FUND BALANCE

205BASED ON THE ACTUAL DECEMBER 31st AND THEN PROJECTING FORWARD SO IT'S GOING TO BE UPDATED. YOU WILL SEE THAT NEXT MONTH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE I HAVE SOME DIFFERING OPINIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A FUND BALANCE WE SHOULD HAVE AND WHETHER WE SHOULD BE RETAINING OUR MONEY AND HOLDING ONTO IT OR ACTUALLY USING IT FOR WHAT IT IS PAYING OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION I.JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MISTAKE THAT LAPPET HAPPENED LAST MONTH THAT I VOTED NO FOR HAS BEEN NIXED ON THIS ONE WHERE THE DUPLICATION OF THE CAPITAL OUTLAY BUDGET, YOU SAID THIS MONTH WAS GOING TO BE FIXED AND I

206JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT FOR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DUPLICATION OF THAT BUDGET ANYMORE, BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK LIKE A GIANT LOSS BUT REALLY THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS DUPLICATED AND I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND CLARIFY IT SO WHEN I VOTE FOR IT THIS MONTH IT WILL BE ACTUAL. Ro Johnson: CORRECT. AND IT DID HAPPEN. AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS CORRECT. COUNTY CHANGE, BUT THAT'S -- THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER GRAY NOT BEING ON THE DAIS. 7.02. INCREASED EXPENDITURES FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. 21089-MST-KJ CAMERA AND ACCESS CONTROL. Addison Davis: THIS IS TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER PROVIDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR SAFETY,

207AND THIS IS BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT A VENDOR FOR FUTURE CAMERAS AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR NOT ONLY MAINTENANCE REPAIR BUT INSTALLATION FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-7.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON, A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. I'LL START WITH YOU. Patti Rendon: YES, SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD IN READING THIS, IT WAS SAYING THAT WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. AND SO IN OUR EXPENSES HAVE EXCEEDED WHAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR CAMERAS. WHY IS THAT? Addison Davis: HOPEFULLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE'S BEEN AN AGGRESSIVE PUSH TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS HAS ADDITIONAL CAMERAS IN THE RIGHT LOCATIONS. YOU KNOW,

208FOR ME, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE CURRENT SITUATION WE HAVE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT NO, THAT I CAN DO THAT OFFLINE, AND I WANT TO PROTECT THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN, BUT WE ARE EXPANDING IN EVERY AREA THAT WE FEEL THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT. Patti Rendon: AND THEN ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT DATA? HOW LONG IS IT KEPT? WHO SEES IT? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, SO THAT INFORMATION IS ACCESSIBLE TO SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATION, AT THE SAME TIME SAFETY AND SECURITY. THEY USE THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO GO AND LOOK IF THERE'S ANY VANDALISM, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE LIVE TO WATCH CAMPUSES IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, SEE WHO IS TRANSITIONING ON AND OFF CAMPUSES, TO SECURE CARS, AND TO BE

209ABLE TO KEEP THAT CAMPUS SAFE. I WILL BE HAPPY TO GET WITH MR. NAUMAN TO SEE HOW LONG THAT INFORMATION IS CAPTURED AS WELL AS WHAT THE TIME FRAME IS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: APP QUESTION ABOUT HOW LONG THE INFORMATION IS KEPT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW I AM VERY CRITICAL OF TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES, AND I AM ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THEM, BUT I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT MY ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ASKED FOR MORE CAMERAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED IS CAMERAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EYES AROUND THE SCHOOLS AND TO BE ABLE TO RECORD THINGS, AND ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S TWO SIDES

210TO A STORY THAT YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL SIDE OF THE STORY. SO WHILE I AM NORMALLY CRITICAL OF SOME TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES, I DO APPRECIATE EXPANDING THE BUDGET ON THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THOSE NEEDS OF THE ADMINISTRATORS ASKING FOR MORE OF THOSE DEVICES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AS MUCH EYES ON THE SCHOOL AS POSSIBLE. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT IS 30 DAYS, CAPTURED AND KEPT FOR 30 DAYS, AND THEN THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE US TO BE FINALIZED BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: WHERE IS IT KEPT FOR 30 DAYS? ONLY ON PROPERTY? Addison Davis: IT'S WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DIVISION. Nadia Combs: MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.24. APPROVE INVITATION TO BID ITB 2249-MST-CH

211WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE WITH A LICENSED PROVIDER TO RELOCATE, TERMINATION OF ANY TYPE OF WILD LIVE, AND WHETHER THAT BE BEES, WHETHER THAT'S WASPS, BEES, BATS, YELLOW JACKETS OR HORNETS, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A PROVIDER COME IN TO BE. THIS IS A CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDING WITH A $250,000 ASK. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-724. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO, THANK YOU. MR. KLUTHO BROUGHT AN ARTICLE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ANYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING FOR PEST CONTROL IS DANGEROUS TO OTHER WILDLIFE. AND I HAD CONSTITUENTS CONTACT ME

212ABOUT THAT, AND ACTUALLY WORKED WITH MR. FARKAS' TEAM AND SAID THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE ARE PUTTING OUT THIS BID AND TALKING ABOUT PESTS AND PEST CONTROL THAT WE ARE BEING RESPONSIVE TO MAKE SURE WE AREN'T KILLING OUTSWELLED LIFE OR HURTING OTHER ANIMALS. HAS THAT BEEN BUILT INTO THIS BIDDING PROCESS, AND IS THAT A PRIORITY OF THE DISTRICT? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT IS ABSOLUTELY THROUGH THE DISTRICT. MR. FARKAS' TEAM WILL DON'T WORK WITH INSTINCT SECRETARY IQ INCORPORATED TO MAKE CERTAIN ANYTHING THEY USE IS HARMLESS AND DOESN'T IMPACT ADDITIONAL WILDLIFE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. THEY ARE VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT THIS PROCESS. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM FOR PEOPLE THAT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT IS OUR PRIORITY IN MAKING THIS BID, WHEN WE ARE GETTING RID OF

213PESTS WE ARE NOT ALSO HURTING OTHER WILDLIFE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. WE ARE VOTING ON 7.24. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.26. APPROVE THE HIGHEST RANKED POLICE FOR MULTIPLE VENDORS, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 22144 MST-IV ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS TEC ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT WORKED THE SOLUTIONS, TO LOOK AT GOVERNMENTAL PROPERTIES AT THE SAME TOKEN, DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTION PROPERTIES AND DETERMINE HOW WE CAN FIGURE THOSE PROPERTIES FOR POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS IS JUST IN CASE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY PARTICULAR REPURPOSING OR LOOKING AT ANYTHING THAT WE MAY HAVE OR FACILITY WE MAY HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT. WE WILL BE WANTING TO

214CONVERT THAT AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS. THESE THREE COMPANIES HAVE DONE IT NOT ONLY IN THE CITY LIMITS BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND FEEL VERY CONFIDENTABLE ABOUT THEIR PARTNERSHIP. THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE ENGAGING THEM OR MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM. WE JUST IDENTIFIED THEM AS THREE VENDORS THAT CAN HELP US IN THAT PROCESS IF THIS IS A DESIRE FOR THE BOARD. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS C-726. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN, SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. DO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Stacy Hahn: I DO, THANK YOU. I HAVE SEEN. Jessica Vaughn: I HAVE SEEN BOTH SIDE OF PEOPLE FOR AND AGAINST OFFERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR STAFF. WE ARE IN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS SO I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ARE EVEN

215TALKING ABOUT IT AND EXPLORING IT, AND KNOWING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE IS GOOD, AND I WOULD HIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ALONG THE WAY. IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO OFFER THAT OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE, REPURPOSE SCHOOLS FOR, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KIND OF SEE THE PROGRESSION OF HOW WE PULLED ITEMS, WE HAVE DONE ANALYSIS ON IT. IN WE EVENTUALLY DOOM WAY, HOW WE GOT TO THAT DECISION. I WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE EVEN LOOKING AT WITH THIS ITEM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER. I AM GLAD WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE THIS H.I KNOW YOU AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY WITH, DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY, ON HOW -- LOOK, I

216DON'T WANT TO BE A LANDLORD, BUT THERE ARE WAYS -- WE HAVE ENOUGH ON OUR PLATE. BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHETHER IT'S LAND WE OWN OR BUILDINGS WE OWN TO PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME TYPE OF NEGOTIATION, RECIPROCITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYEES AT ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS. SO I WILL BE REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT COMES BACK, YOU KNOW, AND HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. BUT MAYBE PUT IT ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA, AND SOME HIGHLIGHTS ALONG THE WAY. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, GOOD POINT. DID I GET THAT? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION TO ADD THAT TO OUR SUSPENDED AGENDA AND I'M SURE THE MEMBERS CONCUR WITH THAT. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS MARY. AND IT PASSES

217UNANIMOUSLY. 9.03. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE CHILDREN BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THE SUPPORT EMPOWERING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, SEED. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL TITLE ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS HAS BEEN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CHILDREN'S BOARD SINCE 2012, AND THIS IS WHERE THEY CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONGOING SERVICES TO OUR FAMILIES. AS OF RIGHT NOW, SEEDS SUPPORTS 750 FAMILIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THIS IS NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT STUDENTS ARE KINDERGARTEN READY OR WHETHER OR NOT THESE STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THIRD GRADE, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF WRAP AROUND SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND CASE MANAGERS TO RULE HELP OUR FAMILIES, WHETHER IT BE FOR THE ESSENTIALS FOR FOOD, ESSENTIALS FOR UTILITIES, HOUSING, YOU NAME IT. THEY

218DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. SO THIS IS US BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM, HISTORICALLY WE .$160,000 TO FURTHER SUPPORT THIS PROCESS. THEY JUST HAVE WAY MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES WITH THEIR FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE EXTERNAL SERVICES THAT WE CAN DO FOR $2 MILLION THAT WE CAN DO FOR $160,000, AND THEY ARE A MAGNIFICENT LEADER IN THIS WORK AND I AM GLAD TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS PROCESS AND MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-9.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER RENDON AND I PULLED THIS ITEM. I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, INDEED, KELLY PARIS SHE'S A WONDERFUL WOMAN, AND SHE

219ADDRESSES WHAT IS SEEMINGLY 66, AND I SAID THIS BEFORE, 66% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. 69% OF OUR FAMILIES WHO ENGAGE WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD DO SO BECAUSE THERE IS FOOD SHORTAGES, THERE ARE TUTORING SERVICES THAT NECESSARY, A LOT OF THE FAMILIES LIVE IN HOTELS, MANY OF THE FAMILIES HAVE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, AND MS. PARIS AND HER STAFF TAKE CARE OF THAT AS WELL. THESE FAMILIES. MY GOODNESS. WHILE IT MAY BE A TEACHER -- MAYBE TWO TEACHERS SALARIES, IT IS A 20:2 RATIO BECAUSE SHE WILL HAVE MORE THAN 20 FOLKS WORKING WITH THOSE FAMILIES, SO MANY OF THEM. YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU MENTIONED MAYBE TEN YEARS THAT THE CHILDREN'S BOARD WORK WITH SEEDS, BUT ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT, FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS, THE SAME SEEDS PROGRAM WAS CALLED FAST, FAST. SO

220THIS H HAS BEEN A PROGRAM THA HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY ONE THAT HAS, LET'S JUST SAY, STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, IT IS A GAME CHANGER FOR FAMILIES OF POVERTY, AND WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE MANY OF THEM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD, OF COURSE, AND THE SEEDS PROGRAM, WHICH GOEN IS NOW EXCEEDING 30-SOMETHING YEARS. SO KUDOS. THANK YOU, KELLY, WHEREVER YOU ARE, AND I AM ON THE CHILDREN'S BOARD, SO SHE HOPEFULLY IS LISTENING IN. ANYWAY, THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, FOR YOUR REMARKS AS WELL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: YES, I AGREE WITH MEMBER GRAY. THE CHILDREN'S BOARD, THE SEED PROGRAM, THEY DO TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR US TO LOOK

221AT IS PARTNERSHIP AND HOW WE ADDRESS IT AND HOW WE DEFINE IT. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD THAT ENABLES US TO NOT USE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS, BUT YET INCREASE OUR ESSER OR TITLE 4 DOLLARS AND STILL MEET THEIR REQUIREMENT OF BEING A PARTNER IN THIS? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS FAR AS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, WE WANT TO SAVE OUR GENERAL REVENUE DOLLARS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND NOT DISCOUNTING THE NEED FOR SEEDS, NOT DISCOUNTING THE PRIORITY OF IT, BUT MAYBE DOING IT IN A DIFFERENT FASHION. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CLAIRE. ONE THING WE CAN DO, WE CAN DO THAT OURSELVES. AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES WE CAN MOVE. TONIGHT IF

222IT'S APPROVED AND I PROPOSE IT'S APPROVED, THAT'S MU RECOMMENDATION, IF IT'S APPROVED WITH GENERAL FUNDS. IF WE FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCE WHETHER IT BE -- IF IT MEETS THE NEEDS AND CONNECT WITH US WE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT AND I CAN ADVISE THE COURT IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN FIND INTERNALLY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER RENDON. I HAVE HAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE SEEDS PROGRAM. REALLY FOR WHAT WE GET AND HOW MUCH -- HOW MUCH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD DOES FOR US, DOES FOR OUR STUDENT AND DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY, I HAD DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE SEEDS PROGRAM, AND I KNOW HOW WELL THEY DO, HOW MUCH ACCOUNTABILITY THEY ALSO HAVE ON THE PROGRAM, AND THE AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK THAT'S REQUIRED TO

223MAKE SURE, IT'S JUST A VERY WELL OILED MACHINE, IT DOES THINGS VERY WELL, KID ARE REALLY IMPACTED, THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE IMPACT OF THE CHILDREN, AND THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE BEST MET, WHATEVER THOSE NEEDS ARE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHAT A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT IS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT. AND IF WE CAN'T FIND IT FROM ESSER TITLE 4, BUT THIS TIME OR IN THE FUTURE, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, MAYBE CAN'T RIGHT NOW FOR ESSER BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, THREE OR FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, MAYBE THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, LAST THING. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS THE ONLY PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN HILLSBOROUGH THAT ADDS TO THE CHILDREN'S BOARD SO THIS IS A UNIQUE INITIATIVE THAT CHILDREN'S BOARD HAS PARTNERED

224WITH, SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.01. AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICE IT IS 22300-A-T-S-IV, IN FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFORM AND REPLACE LOSSES IN THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION, OUR SUITE SYSTEM WHICH WE ARE LOOKING TO LAUNCH DURING SPRING BREAK. THIS IS THE OVERALL OPERATION TO BE ABLE TO RUN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND LIFE CYCLE HAS COME TO AN END AND THIS IS TO CREATE ITS IMPLEMENTATION. THIS IS A SIX-MONTH ENGAGEMENT THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON HR INITIATIVES FOR HIRING, TERMINATION, ET CETERA, ALSO HR ON PAYROLL FUNCTIONS, AND AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE

225TO LOOK AT FINANCE PROCUREMENT AND ALSO I.T. I ALSO HAVE WITH US TODAY OUR LEADER AND CHIEF OF TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS DR. WEEKS UP HERE WITH ME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND ON THIS INITIATIVE. WEEKS WEAK CERTAINLY. Thomas Weeks: CERTAINLY. Addison Davis: YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON. Thomas Weeks: IN TERMS OF THE TECHNICAL SERVICES AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HAD MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY WE WANT TO UTILIZE THIRD STAGE AS A CONSULTING FIRM IN ORDER TO GIVE US THE ADDITIONAL -- BASICALLY THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE REQUIRE TO MAKE THAT SUCCESSFUL AND SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE, IMPLEMENTATION STAGE, UP TO WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY GO LIVE WITH THE NEW PRODUCT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS PUT IN PLACE AND IT APPRAISE

226DATES THE MAJORITY OF US SITTING HERE TODAY. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS ON A SUCCESSFUL TIMELINE, DO THIS OVER THE SPRING BREAK. IF WE DO NOT MAKE THE SPRUNG BREAK WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT OUR NEXT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE THE THANKSGIVING BREAK OF NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT OUTAGE RELATED TO THE CONVERSION OF THE SYSTEMS, AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO OVER THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BRIDGE OF FISCAL YEARS THAT OCCURS DURING THE SUMMER SO WE CLOSE THE BOOKS AND REOPEN THEM DURING THAT JUNE AND JULY TIME FRAME, SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD ACTUALLY HAVING MULTIPLE WEEK WINDOW OF HAVING THE SYSTEM OUT DURING THAT TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, DR. WEEKS.

227I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C-10.302. ACEH MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER RENDON PULLED THIS ITEM. I WILL STARTLE WITH YOU, MEMBER GRAY AND THEN MEMBER RENDON. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, DR. WEEKS, FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. YOU MAY WANT TO REVIEW THE FUNDING AND T THE REIMBURSABLE PROMISE BY CAPITAL FUND, JUST SO WE HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR THAT EXPENDITURE, 1.6 MILLION. Thomas Weeks: THANK YOU, THROUGH THE CHAIR. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER RO JOHNSON AND I HAVE SPOKEN OF. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ELIGIBLE DIRECTLY FROM CAPITAL, BECAUSE THIS IS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THE CFO HAS IDENTIFIED THAT CAN BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE IT IS RELATED TO EXPENSES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

228THE ERP SYSTEM, WHICH IS REIMBURSABLE. Lynn Gray: SO PERHAPS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WOULD IT BE ADVISABLE FOR MS. JOHNSON SOME SPEAK? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, MS. JOHNSON, YES, MA'AM, YOU CAN SPEAK AND ADDRESS THAT. Lynn Gray: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE REIMBURSABLE SITUATION. Ro Johnson: WE DEFINITELY CAN DO A CAPITAL TRANSFER BECAUSE IT'S A CAPITAL I.T. SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS OUR SYSTEM. WE CAN DO A TRANSFER FROM THE CAPITAL FUND OR WE CAN GET THIS PAID OUT OF ESSER FUNDING BUT WE HAVE TO PAY IT OUT OF GENERAL FUND AND ACTUALLY MOVE THE EXPENSE TO THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON. THE OTHER QUESTION IS, AND DR. WEEKS, WHAT WE MAY HAVE TO REMIND THE BOARD, NOT PERHAPS MEMBER RENDON, IS THIS IS PART OF A BIG TECHNOLOGY PLAN THAT HAS BEEN

229BUILDING, AND WE ARE AWARE OF IT BUT PERHAPS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE THE PLAN IN A FAST -- FAST. FOR US BASICALLY, AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS EXPLAINED, THIS IS REALLY THE FINANCIAL LIFEBLOOD OF THE DISTRICT. THIS IS HOW WE PERFORM ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS FROM PAYING OUR BILLS, PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES, HIRING OUR PERSONNEL. THIS IS HOW WE LOOK TO BILL OUT AND RECEIVE AND PAY ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTING. SO THIS IS ■OUR BASIC SYSTEM THA RUNS THE BUSINESS FUNCTIONALITY OF THE DISTRICT. WE HIT THE END OF THE USABLE LIFE SPAN OF OUR EXISTING SYSTEM. WE HAD REALLY NO CHOICE BUT TO MOVE FORWARD. THE BOARD HAD APPROVED THIS APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS AGO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, DUE TO COVID AND A NUMBER OF OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS.

230AND WHAT I WOULD AT LEAST SEE AS A TIMELY MANNER BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION AT THIS POINT. BUT IT IS CRITICAL TO MOVING THE DISTRICT FORWARD FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBER RENDON? Patti Rendon: SO I KNOW WE HAVE REVIEWED -- EXCUSE ME-' THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL PLEASE FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR DISTRICT AND I THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THAT. SOMEBODY WHO COMES FROM A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE NO GUARANTEES RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THE MARK, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE ADD ON 1.6 MILLION. IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS THROUGH AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS READY AND UP TO SPEED IN THREE, SIX MONTHS, THAT'S A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES OUT OF OUR GENERAL REVENUE FUND. SO I THINK THAT'S

231WHERE MY BIGGEST CONCERN COMES IN, IS THAT THAN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE PUT THAT MONEY OUT AND WE PUT A BIG PUSH? WE DON'T GET IT THERE. ARE WE GOING TO BE BACK ASKING FOR ANOTHER 1.6 TO GIVE ANOTHER PUSH COME THANKSGIVING? WEEKS WEEKS THROUGH THE CHAIR, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GIVEN TODAY'S INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, 1 POINT OF 5 MILLION WILL GET US TO THAT MARK. WE ARE GUARANTEED, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS, WE MOST LIKELY WILL NOT MACH THE SPRING BREAK. SO I COULD PROBABLY GUARANTEE YOU THAT SPECIFICALLY, IF WE DON'T MAKE THIS SPEND, WE WILL NOT MAKE THE SPRING BREAK, AND THEN WE WILL SPEND FURTHER DOLLARS. BUT GIVEN TODAY'S KNOWLEDGE, THIS WILL GET US TO SPRING BREAK. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF WE GET TO THE POINT

232OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS, IF WE NEED TO PULL THE FIRE ALARM AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD WE WILL, BUT OUR INTENT IS TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN, SURGICAL AS WE CAN WITH THIS APPROACH AND NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS AND LEVERAGE THIS 1.6 TO GET US TO THE SPRING BREAK TIMELINE. Patti Rendon: WITH THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE REMEMBER WE APPROVED THIS FIVE YEARS AGO, AND WE ARE NOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY BECAUSES WATT NOT ON THE FRONT ROW, SO NOW WE ARE IN CRITICAL AND ASKING THE BOARD FOR MORE MONEY. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE TO GET IT OVER THE THRESHOLD? Thomas Weeks: THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT THIS TECHNICAL SERVICES IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE FIVE YEARS AGO WAS REALLY TO BACK FILL THE

233STAFF THAT WE HAD. WE RUN A SKELETON CREW AS IT WERE FOR MOST OF THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THIS IS I.T., THIS IS HR. WHAT THIS SERVICE DOES IS THEY PROVIDE US FUNCTIONAL BACK FILL, PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIFIC SYSTEM THAT WE ARE MOVING FROM, LAWSON, SO THIS THAT HE CAN ACTUALLY PERFORM SOME OF THAT FUNCTIONALITY FOR OUR STAFF, THEREBY FREEING UP OUR STAFF TO DO THE CRITICAL PROJECT WORK THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO UP TO THIS POINT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS, MEMBER RENDON? MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. MY QUESTIONS, ONE, MS. JOHNSON, HOW SOON CAN WE DO THAT TRANSFER? ARE WE LOOKING WITHIN THIS CALENDAR YEAR? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RECOUPING THE MONEY? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? Ro Johnson: AS SOON

234AS IT FITS WE DO THE TRANSFER. Jessica Vaughn: SO ABSOLUTELY WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND THIS IS A ONE TIME FREE FEE AND NOT A RECURRING FEE THAT YOU ARE ASKING US TO COMMIT TO OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND PER THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ARE GUARANTEEING THAT THIS WILL GET US TO THE FINISH LINE? Thomas Weeks: THIS IS A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE FOR A SIX MONTH ENGAGEMENT WITH THIRD STAGE, AND GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, YES, THIS WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE SPRING BREAK LAUNCH OF THE IN FOR CLOUD SUITE. AND ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE THE FUND OATH THROUGH ACCESSING OUR ESSER MONEY OR THROUGH TRANSFERS? Ro Johnson: THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: I JUST WANTED TO FIRST THANK MEMBER VAUGHN FOR PURSUING

235MY QUESTIONS. AND REMIND THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRANSFERS, FOR TRANSPARENCY SAKE, TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE YOU CAN SAY, NOW, TRANSFER IT, BUT THE GENERAL AUDIENCE THAT'S WATCHING US DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION. AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION AS WELL, IS HOW FAST IS THAT TRANSFER TAKE PLACE? AND ALSO IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT FUNDING FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, AND IT WOULD BE FROM ESSER FUND THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE THAT MONEY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS A LOT. 1.6 MILLION, IT'S JUST A LOT OF MONEY FOR RIGHT NOW FOR US. BUT WE NEED THAT PROGRAM, AND WE GET IT REIMBURSED, IT'S A ONE-WIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. .

236AND IT PASSES OF-1 WITH MEMBER RENDON VOTING NO. 10.03. EXIT POINT CONTRACT AMENDMENT, 6 CUSTOMIZATION SERVICES FOR SYNERGY STUDENT INFORMATION. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. CAN WE GO TO 10.302? Nadia Combs: I'M SORRY, LET DO 10.02. EDU POINT RENEWAL FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT SYNERGY STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Addison Davis: THIS IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE ADOPTED IN 2019 TO BE ABLE TO BRING SYNERGY TO THE FOREFRONT AS OUR STUDENT INFORMATION ZIM SYSTEM. THIS IS TO CONTINUE WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE KEY DATA TRANSFERS, AT THE SAME TOKEN LOOK AT BUSINESS ANNALISTS, TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFORM THE CURRENT STRUCTURES IN SUNNERGY THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED IN EACH ONE OF OUR DIVISIONS. HIM BEING A FUNCTIONAL LIAISON, AND BEING ABLE TO CONVERT FROM ED CONNECT AND FROM SYNERGY TO BE

237EFFICIENT. YOU WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. LOOKING AT HOW WE IDENTIFY KIDS AND SET UP HOME ROOMS FOR REPORT CARDS, HOW WE LOOK AT SCHEDULING PROCESS FOR STUDENT WHO MAY BE IN SPECIALIZE DOLLARS PROGRAMS SUCH AS ACER ID, LOOKING AT BUILDING PROTOTYPES FOR OUR DATA SYSTEMS SO WE CAN RENEW STUDENTS TRANSFERRING FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT, BEING ABLE TO TRACK GRADES, TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND CUSTOMIZATIONS RELATED TO EVERY WAY THAT WE INTERACT WITH THIS CURRENT SWAT. THIS IS ABOUT SETTING UP THE CONFIGURATION SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER MORE SOPHISTICATED WAY OF LOOKING AT DATA ANALYTICS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Thomas Weeks: YOU SAID IT SUCCINCTLY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. YOU NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-10.302. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, A SECOND BY

238MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. I WILL START WITH EITHER ONE OF YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: DR. WEEKS, CAN YOU JUST EXPAND ON THE CONSULTANT THAT'S WORKING FOR SUNNERGY VERSUS NOT HAVING THAT? IS THAT PRIMARILY WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, IS A CONSULTANT? WEEKS WEEKS THAT IS CORRECT THROUGH THE CHAIR. THIS IS A CONSULTANT THAT WE WILL BE USING, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONSULTANT. WE HAVE USED THE SAME CONSULTANT. THEY ARE 100% DEDICATED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. THEY HAVE AN INTIMATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THEY HAVE TWO PIECES THAT WE CANNOT POSSIBLY POSSESS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NUMBER ONE, THEY HAVE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACTUAL APPLICATION THAT WE ARE MOVING TO, WHICH IS THE SYNERGY PRODUCT. AND NUMBER TWO,

239THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE AND MAKE MODIFICATIONS WITHIN THAT PRODUCT LINE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THE PRODUCT. SOING THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF CONSULTING SERVICES FROM THEM GRAY GRAU THEN WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS CONSULTANT FOR A CONTINUUM WEEKS WEEKS YES, MA'AM. VERY SEAMLESS FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: YES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING THIS STATUS, ALL OF THE THINGS, WHAT IS OUR SECURITY BASE? HOW SECURE IS IT AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? WEEKS WEEKS THIS IS SOMETHING, ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS, WE HAVE TO, NUMBER ONE, SIGN AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF OUR VENDORS SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT DATA THEY POSSESS, WHO ULTIMATELY HOLD THAT DATA, THE OWNERSHIP. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE

240TO US SINCE THEY ARE STORING DATA IN THE CLOUD. IF THERE ARE ANY POTENTIAL BREACHES THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING THAT INFORMATION TO US. WE HAVE LOOKED AT -- AND THIS PREDATES ME, BUT WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE SECURITY ANALYSIS OF THEIR CLOUD STORAGE SOLUTION, AND THEY STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, AS MOST OTHER CLOUD VENDORS DO AT THIS POINT. INHERENTLY, IT MARRIES UP WITH ALL OF OUR CURRENT DATA SYSTEMS IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ACCESS. WE CONTROL THE ACCESS BASE, SO BASED OFF OF THE ROLL OF THE PERSON WHO IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT GAINING ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S A PRINCIPAL, DATA PROCESSOR, ADMINISTRATOR, WILL HE WILL HAVE SPECIFIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES BASED ON ACCESS LEVEL, AND THAT IS HANDLED THROUGH THE I.T. SECURITIES UNIT. SO THE INFORMATION IS HOUSED WITH THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR? Thomas Weeks: THAT IS

241CORRECT. IT IS A CLOUD BASED SOLUTION. YOU BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY STORED IN AMAZON. Patti Rendon: HAVE WE HAD IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS A BREECH? WEEKS WEEKS WE DO NOT HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE ENOUGH BREACHES WITH THEM. THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS IS GOING TO BE A RECURRING FEE NEXT YEAR? WEEKS WEEKS THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL YEAR THAT WE ARE UTILIZING THIS CONSULTANT. WE ARE GOING LIVE IN JULY OF 2023 WITH SYNERGY. THAT IS OUR CURRENT PLAN. AND AFTER THAT, WHILE WE DO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE POTENTIALLY SOME ADDITIONAL CUSTOMIZATIONS BASED OFF OF FUTURE SCENARIOS, WHAT-IF SCENARIOS, ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING, IN OUR ED CONNECT PRODUCT THOSE WILL LUNGELY BE HANDLED BY A SEPARATE CONTRACT,

242NOT REALLY A COUPLE LIKE THIS. Jessica Vaughn: SO IF THIS CAME BACK NEXT YEAR IT WOULD BE RECURRING FEE? Thomas Weeks: YOU ARE CORRECT. IF IT WOULD WERE TO COME BACK IT WOULD BE AB RECURRING THEME. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, HE'S NOT BRINGING IT BACK. HE'S GETTING THIS DONE. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES 6-1 WITH MEMBER RENDON VOTING NO. 10.303. EDU POINT CONTRACT AMENDMENT 6 CUSTOMIZATION SERVICE FORCE SUNNERGY STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT FUNCTIONALITY OF SYNERGY. THEY PROVIDE A NUMBER OF APPROACHES. THIS ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AND TRANSITION THE INFORMATION IN ED CONNECT AND TRANSFER TO SYNERGY AS WELL, LOOKING AT ACADEMIC SERVICES AND TRANSPORTATION TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE WHAT THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO LOOK

243LIKE SO WE CAN OWN IT AND MAKE SURE IT IS FUNCTIONAL TO OUR STAFF. DOCTOR WEEKS? Thomas Weeks: AGAIN, AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS SAID, REALLY THE BIGGEST THING THIS TO S TO TAKE US TO A SIMILAR BASELINE FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVE ACHIEVED IN OUR ED CONNECT SYSTEM, AND TRANSITION THAT OVER TO THE SYNERGY PRODUCT, AS IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY ALIGN COMPLETELY WITH OUR CURRENT PRACTICES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-10.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Patti Rendon: YES. SO AGAIN, WE ANSWERED SOME OF THEM EARLIER WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM. ALSO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE

244ARE INDIVIDUAL STAFF THAT ARE COMING OUT OF A GENERAL REVENUE FUND, THAT IS ALSO THE SAME FUND WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO PAY OUR TEACHERS FOR. SO AT THIS POINT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEED TO BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WARECHASSING TO USE, THESE PARTICULAR TUNED FUNDS FOR, THAT WE COULD BE USING NOR OUR TEACHERS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: IS THERE ANOTHER FUND THAT LIKE ESSER THAT WE COULD USE FOR THIS? WEEKS WEEKS THROUGH THE CHAIR, I CAN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD UTILIZE THE ESSER FOR THIS SPECIFICALLY. IF WE DID LOOK AT REQUESTING THIS, WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO APPROVAL FOR THE STATE FOR REALLOCATING FUND. THE ESSER FUNDING IS ALREADY APPROVED FOR

245SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES, IF WE WERE TO DEVIATE WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY ASK THE STATE TO REAPPROVE IT. Karen Perez: THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE TO GET THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM? Thomas Weeks: THIS UNFORTUNATELY ISN'T ELIGIBLE FOR CAPITAL BECAUSE DOESN'T QUALIFY AS CAPITAL I.T. EXPENDITURE FOR BUSINESS SOFTWARE. SO WE COULDN'T TAKE A LOOK AT THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. MS. JOHNSON, AM I CORRECT ON THAT? Ro Johnson: YES, THIS IS NOT -- Karen Perez: BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: YES. DR. WEEKS, THIS DOES IDENTIFY THE STUDENT BUS ROUTES. IS THAT CORRECT? Thomas Weeks: SO THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS AT SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONALITY THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN SYNERGY THE WAY THAT WE UTILIZE IT CURRENTLY WITHIN ED CONNECT AND HOW IT TIES

246INTO OUR SYSTEM SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IT WOULD FUNCTION IN DOING IS PROVIDING AN INTERFACE BETWEEN OUR CURRENT BUS ROUTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE SYNERGY APPLICATION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BOUNDARIES AS WE WILL, DOES THE BOUNDARY CHANGES AFFECT THIS PARTICULAR DECISION WE MAKE TODAY ON THIS EXPENDITURE? WE ARE DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION, BOUNDARY CHANGES. CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? Thomas Weeks: CERTAINLY. SO ANY BOUNDARY CHANGES WE MAKE, WE ARE GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY -- AND MR. FARKAS CAN BACK ME UP -- WE ARE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY BE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITIES OF BUS ROUTE CHANGES. ALL OF THOSE CHANGES WOULD BE HANDLED BUILT UNIT FACE TO THE SUM. SO AGAIN FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TO THE SYNERGY PRODUCT, BUT UNLESS WE HAVE THAT INTERFACE TO GO BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM, WE REALLY CAN'T BALANCE

247THAT OUT EQUITILY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MR. FARKAS? Christopher Farkas: SO EDU LON IS WHAT WE USE, AND YOU ARE RIGHT, THE BOUNDARY CHANGES WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPACT ROUTING BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION USES EDU LOG. THE PORN PART IS ONCE IT'S DONE AND GET UPLOADED TO SCHOOL SITES SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE SITES ARE, THAT IS WHERE IT'S IMPACTED WITH THE SYNERGY PART OF IT. ACTUAL ROUTING THINGS ARE DONE WITH EDULON I, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT BUS TIMMY RIDES, THEY WILL LOOK AT SYNERGY AND NOT EDULON. Lynn Gray: SO THE IDEA OF THE BUDGET COMING TO 963,000, WE WON'T EXPECT TO SEE ANY INCREASE IN THAT EXPENDITURE WHEN WE DO THE BOUNDARY CHANGES? WEEKS WEEKS NO, MA'AM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY IDENTIFYING THE INTERFACE WITH THE EDULON SYSTEM,

248AND AS MR. FARKAS SAID, THE EDULON SYSTEM IS WHAT'S ALREADY IN USE FOR THIS. SO ANY EXCHANGES THAT OCCUR ON THE BUS ROUTES WILL BE OCCURRING WITHIN EDULON. THAT DATA WOULD SIMPLY FLOW OVER THROUGH THE INTERFACE INTO THE NEW SYNERGY PRODUCT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I APPRECIATE MEMBER GRAY'S LANE OF QUESTIONING BECAUSE I FEIGNED IT'S INTERESTING, THE TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONS THAT THIS WOULD IMPACT. AND YOU MENTIONED, MR. FARKAS, THAT AT THE SCHOOL SITE, WOULD THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO CAN SEE WHERE THE BUSES WERE COMING FROM? HEAR COMES THE BUS. WHEN YOUR CHILD COMES TO THE BUS THEY DON'T KNOW TILL THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SCHOOL WHEN YOU ARE ASSIGNING A BUS. THAT'S ACTUALLY DONE IN SYNERGY AS OPPOSED TO EDULON. SO THE SECRETARY,

249THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, WHEN TIMMY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT BUS I AM ON, OR WE MOVED, THAT'S WHAT THEY SEE. THEY SEE THAT PART. Stacy Hahn: SOMETIMES A MISSING CHILD. THAT WILL TELL US WHERE THE BUS IS. Stacy Hahn: SO I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THIS IS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, AND WE SPEND ABOUT, WHAT, 85% OF OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ON SALARIES? SO, YEAH. SO THERE'S ANOTHER 15% THERE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I GUESS MY POINT IS NOT EVERY GENERAL FUND DOLLAR IS SPENT ON SALARIES. AND I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN. BUT YOU CAN'T CRIPPLE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF A DISTRICT, AND STILL HAVE OH TO EXPEND SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO KEEP THE DISTRICT RUNNING IN CERTAIN PLACES. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, GENERAL FUND

250DOLLARS, YES, THE MAJORITY OF IT, AN AWFUL LOT OF IT IS SPENT ON SALARIES. BUT THERE ARE OTHER EXPENDITURES THAT COME OUT OF THAT BUCKET OF MONEY THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FUNCTIONING AND THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING, THE CONTINUITY OF THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES AND THE TRANSPORTATION EXAMPLE IS JUST ONE LITTLE SLIVER OF WHAT THIS DOES TO SUPPORT THAT PIECE OF THE ORGANIZATION. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I TOO THINK VERY DEEPLY ABOUT HOW WE SPEND OUR GENERAL FUNDS, AND IT DOES AFFECT -- AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TEACHER SALARIES, ONE THING THAT HELPS ME IS WHETHER IT'S REOCCURRING OR WHETHER IT'S A ONE-TIME FEE, BECAUSE IF IT'S

251A RECURRING THEME THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT SALARIES, IS REOCCURRING MONEY VERSUS ONE-TIME MONEY. SO LET SAY THIS ITEM DIDN'T PASS, AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE IT WOULD GO TOWARDS TEACHERS SALARIES, IS THE POINT DR. HAHN IS MAKING. IT COULD SIT IN OUR RESERVES, IF OUR CFO HAD HER WAY. SO I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE THINGIE GENERALLY ASK IF THIS IS A RECURRING OR ONE TIME, IT DOESN'T MEP MANY WE JUST APPROVE EVERY ONE. WE SHOULD BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE APPROVE. BUT THAT IS ONE THING THAT HELPS ME WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS SALARIES OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAYBE SIT IN OUR RESERVE FUND TOWARD OUR RESERVE BALANCE. SO LET ME CLARIFY

252FOR THIS ONE, THIS IS A ONE-TIME FEE, ONCE AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING WE ARE OBLIGATING OURSELVES TO YEARLY FOR THIS AMOUNT TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. IS THAT CORRECT? Thomas Weeks: THAT IS CORRECT. THIS IS A ONE TIME DEVELOPMENTAL FEE FOR US TO GET THE SYNERGY PRODUCT UP TO THE BASE LANE FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE CURRENTLY ENJOY WITH THE ED CONNECT PRODUCT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES 6 TO 1 WITH MEMBER RENDON VOTING NO. 10.04. INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR PIGGYBACK, 20206 PGBLX COMPUTER HARDWARE, "ARTS PLUS" AND SERVICES. Addison Davis: THIS IS TO MOVE TO A ONE TO ONE STUDENT DEVICE RATIO TO BE FURTHER REMOVE THE AGED DEVICES THAT ARE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS ALLOWS US TO PURCHASE OVER 29 THAT YOU STUDENT LAPTOPS,

253CLOSE TO 900 LAPTOP CARTS, OVER 2200 DISPLAYS, DEVICES, AND 4900 STAFF, LAPTOPS OR DESKTOPS DEPENDING ON THE EMPLOYEE, WHAT THAT YOU ARE NEEDS MAY BE. THIS ALLOWS US TO REMOVE UNITS FIVE YEARS OR OLDER OUT OF OUR SYSTEM AND TO HAVE UPDATED DEVICESSINGS, USED WITH ESSER 3 FUNDING. PLEASE NOTE THE STATE HAS COME BY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND REMOVED ESSER FUNDING THAT'S NOT EXPENDED, AS I HAD FADE FOR USE, SO WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN IF THAT WE ARE IN LINE TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY ORDER BUT EXPEND THESE DOLLARS SO THEY ARE ENCUMBERED SO WE DO NOT GET TO THE PART WHERE THE STATE COMES AND SWEEPS THESE AWAY FROM OUR CURRENT FUND. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS I NEED A MOTION AND SECRETARY TO APPROVE C-10.4010th 4. I HAVE A MOTION

254BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER VAUGHN AND I PULLED THIS ITEM. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START, MEMBER VAUGHN. Lynn Gray: OKAY, THE LEFT START IT. SO AT ANY RATE, WHAT WE DO KNOW THAT IS TRUE, DR. WEEKS, IS THAT YOU HAVE SAID, PROBABLY EVERY BOARD MEMBER, THAT THIS IS ALL COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, THAT THE VENDOR PROVIDES, ALL THE PARTS. CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE PART BEING GIVEN, WE COULD FIX IT IN SCHOOL. IT CAN BE FIXED IN SCHOOL. WEEKS WEEKS YOU ARE CORRECT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES. WE DO FIX THE PRODUCTS THE VENDOR PROVIDES US THE WARRANTY PARTS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THESE ITEMS. MANY OF THESE ITEMS WERE FIELD SERVICEABLE SO THEY CAN BE REPLACED AT THE

255SCHOOL SITE. SOME OF THEM COME BACK TO OUR SHOP AND ARE REPLACED THERE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF THESE ITEMS MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VENDOR, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH EACH VENDOR INDEPENDENTLY ON. Lynn Gray: ONE OF THE HICCUPS -- AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE ESSER 3 DOLLARS TO COVER IT, AND MY BIG QUESTION ALWAYS IS, THE SUSTAINABILITY, WHO IS GOING TO FIX IT WHEN IT BREAKS ALL THE FANCY EQUIPMENT WE ARE GETTING, WE ARE FINALLY CATCHING UP, AND WE WILL BE ON ONE TO ONE, RIGHT? ONE TO ONE COMPUTERS FOR THE KIDS. SO MY QUESTION IS -- AND I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH THIS ANSWER -- THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW THIS WILL BE MAINTAINED, ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS, THE EQUIPMENT, WHEN IT

256BREAKS DOWN, AND WE MENTION ADD FEW SCHOOLS WHO ARE IN PANIC BECAUSE THEIR MAINFRAME OR WHATEVER BROKE DOWN AND WHO IS GOING TO FIX IT. SO HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THE MAINTENANCE, THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ALL THIS MONEY, WHICH IS $28 MILLION, WHICH BY ALL MEASUREMENTS IS A LOT OF MONEY -- HOW DO WE MAINTAIN? Thomas Weeks: I CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THAT. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS SINCE THESE ARE NEWER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUSLY IS A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT WAS AGED. SO IT WAS CONSISTENTLY BREAKING DOWN ON US BASED OFF OF THE AGE. WE ALWAYS HAD TO STOCKPILE A MULTITUDE OF COMPONENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP THESE. SO WE HAD WEAR AND TEAR ON VEHICLES. WE HAD NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAD TO GO OUT, ITEMS

257UP, BRING THEM BACK TO THE SHOP, REPLACE THEM WITH SPECIFIC PARTS. WE HAD TO KEEP AGAIN A MULTITUDE OF ITEMS IN THE STOREHOUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THESE. BUT FOR US, WITH NEWER EQUIPMENT, SINCE MOST OF THIS, WE ARE PRIMARILY SETTLING ON A SPECIFIC VENDOR FOR COMPUTERS, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THOSE, SO WE ARE HAVING A SMALLER AMOUNT OF PART STORAGE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP. THE VENDOR PROVIDES THEM FOR US FOR OUR MAINTENANCE WARRANTY PERSPECTIVE, AND WE ARE STREAMLINING OUR SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO HIT SCHOOLS AS REQUIRED, HIGH SCHOOLS NEED THE MOST ATTENTION, BUT WE KNOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY -- I ADOPT 2022 SAY IGNORED BUT THEY HAVEN'T GOT TEN LOVE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD. WE ARE WORKING ON IDENTIFYING HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE

258THEM COVERAGE BY SHIFTING SOME OF OUR MANPOWER. AND AGAIN HAVING THE NEWER EQUIPMENT DOES HELP US BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT AS -- AREN'T LOOKING AT AS MANY REPAIRS. Lynn Gray: AND THE ELEMENTARY LIBRARIANS ARE DOING MOST OF THE FIXING OF COMPUTERS VERSUS DOING THEIR LIBRARY TASKS, NOT TO MENTION COVERING. AND I DO THINK AND I WILL SUGGEST TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS THAT MORE PEOPLE TO DO. THIS $28 MILLION IS SUBSTANTIAL WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS. AND I AM HOPING THAT YOU WILL PRESENT AN OPTION TO REORG AND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RIGHT NOW PERHAPS HAS A COMMENT ON IT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. WE ARE GOING TO PUSH DR. WEEKS TO LOOK AT HIS ORGANIZATION AND MOVE INDIVIDUAL AROUND AND IF HE NEEDS ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL. I THINK WE CAN LEAN ON SOME OF OUR

259HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE VERY TECH SAVVY SO BEING ABLE TO LEAN ON THEM MAYBE FOR COMMUNITY HOURS OR FOR PARTICULAR INTERNSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH US THIS PROCESS AS WELL. Lynn Gray: I LOVE THAT IDEA. HOME GROWN. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING. OTHER BOARDS HAVE COMMENTS SO I'M DONE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SO YOU KNOW THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR ME, BECAUSE I SEE THE VALUE IN ONE TO ONE DEVICES AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. I KNOW THAT OUR TEACHERS AND SATISFY AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS ASK FOR. MY CONCERN IS I FEEL THAT WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF ESSER MONEY BECAUSE THERE'S CONSTANTLY A THREAT THE STATE IS GOING TO COME IN

260AND SWEEP THAT MONEY. I FIND THAT TO BE PROBLEMATIC, AND UNFORTUNATE, BUT MONEY THAT FIRST OF ALL WHEN WE GOT THE MONEY THE FACT THAT IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET IT. SECONDLY THE FACT THAT IT WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS, AND WE WERE FORCED TO SPEND IT IN CERTAIN BUCKETS INSTEAD OF HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE HOW WE WANTED TO SPEND IT. AND NOW TO KIND OF RUSH PURCHASES, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THEM HAVING VALUE UNDER THE GUISE OF THEY ARE GOING TO COME AND SWEEP THE MONEY MAKES ME FEEL FRUSTRATED ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT WHILE I VALUE TECHNOLOGY, AND I THINK OUR STAFF IS ASKING FOR IT, WE HAVE A LOT OF ON THE AREAS WHERE WE COULD USE THIS MONEY TO FILL IN THINGS. AND

261I HAVE TEACHERS AND ADMINS AND STAFF WHO ARE ASKING FOR THOSE THINGS. WHETHER IT'S A MISCOMMUNICATION ON PAPER, THE ENACT THERE ARE SO MANY GO FUND MES FOR PAPER, WHETHER IT'S FACILITY AND -- EVEN JUST FINDING A WAY TO GIVE OUR TEACHERS AN ADDITIONAL BONUS ON TOP OF THE FACT FACT OF WHATEVER IS GOING ON WITH NEGOTIATION. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO QUICKLY SPEND ALMOST $30 MILLION UNDER THE THREAT OF THE STATE COMING IN AND SWEEPING AT WAY, EVEN THOUGH I SEE THE VALUE IN THIS, I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH NEED IN OUR DISTRICT, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KIND OF IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR THIS. SO I WANT TO KIND OF SHARE THOSE THOUGHTS WITH YOU. THAT WILL BE IT. THANKS SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. AND I HAD A

262QUESTION. WE DID INITIALLY BUDGET LIKE 60 MILLION TO SPEND ON TECHNOLOGY. IS THAT CORRECT, FROM ESSER 1, 2 OR 3? I AM JUST SEEING -- AND THIS IS PART OF IT? Thomas Weeks: ACTUALLY IT WAS $102 MILLION THAT WAS ACTUALLY IDENTIFY FOR ESSER 3, AND TO TALK TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, ALL OF THE ESSER DOLLARS WHEN WE SUBMITTED FOR THE GRANT, WE HAD TO ALLOCATE WHAT THOSE DOLLARS, WE HAD TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR WHAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR, SO WE DID HAVE TO BUCKETTIZE THEM BASED OFF OF SPECIFIC NEEDS. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE GRANT APPROVAL PROCESS. SO WHEN WE GOT THE APPROVAL, WE HAD LIKE I SAID, OUT OF 400 ODD MILLION DOLLARS IN ESSER 3 DOLLARS, APPROXIMATELY 102 MILLION OF THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR TECHNOLOGY SPECIFIC NEEDS. Nadia

263Combs: I KNOW TECHNOLOGY BUT AS FAR AS COMPUTERS WAS IT 60 MILLION? AM I WRONG? I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. Thomas Weeks: IT WAS APPROXIMATELY $36 MILLION I THINK FOR STUDENT DEVICES AND THEN ANOTHER 18, I BELIEVE, FOR STAFF DEVICES. BUT I WOULD HAVE TO FIND THE IMPACT NUMBERS. Nadia Combs: AND WHAT ABOUT THE INITIAL CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD WITH SOME OF THOSE COMPUTERS? I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE? WERE THOSE RESOLVED? Thomas Weeks: THAT WAS ACTUALLY AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO PROVIDE BETTER VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE SINCE ABANDONED THAT IDEA BASED OFF OF THE FACT THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T SEE THE VALUE IN THE PRODUCT, SOME OF THE PRODUCTS DIDN'T HOLD UP AS WELL AS WE ANTICIPATED, SO WE HAVE SELECTED A SPECIFIC LINE OF PRODUCTS

264THROUGH DE NOVO BETTER SELECTED TO THE NEED OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE SAME THING WITH MICROSOFT SERVICES FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS. Nadia Combs: I THINK PROBABLY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT MANY SCHOOLS ARE FACING IS WITH THE FAST TESTING NOT HAVING TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN, BECAUSE THAT'S A STATEMENT REQUIREMENT THAT KID ARE GOING TO BE TESTED, CHILDREN WILL BE TESTED STARTING IN KINDERGARTEN, SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR, AND THIS IS OFTEN TECHNOLOGY FROM K ONWARD. SO THAT IS A CONCERN AND THAT IS WHY I WILL SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL DO TO IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR TEACHERS, BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO SCHOOLS OFTEN, THEY ARE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE THESE TESTS LIKE THE TEACHERS SPOKE TODAY, SHE HAD TO GIVE THE TESTS ONLINE.

265THE OTHER THING IS REALLY THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT AS FAR AS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, LIBRARIANS BEING TECH SPECIALISTS AND DOCK SO MANY OTHER THINGS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? AND WE -- I WOULD LIKE TO BE SEE A PLAN ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT ALL THESE PRODUCTS AND THESE NEW PRODUCTS AND WHO IS GOING NOBODY CHARGE OF IT AT THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IT IS CREATING -- TEACHERS ARE FEELING FRUSTRATED, YOU KNOW. TECHNOLOGY IS NOT -- THEY HAVE BEEN TEACHING FOR 35 YEARS AND MAYBE THEY ARE NOT THAT INTERESTED IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS BEFORE THEY GIVE THIS FAST TEST. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FOR THAT, HOW TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS, AND THEN SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS,

266CAN YOU TELL BUS WHAT MONEY HAS BEEN SWEPT, AND WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I CAN GIVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AND GIVE YOU AN EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WHAT CATEGORICALS THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED. MS. JOHNSON, CAN YOU REMEMBER WHAT CATEGORICAL HAVE BEEN SWEPT FROM ESSER TO THIS POINT? IF NOT, MR. BROWN? IF NOT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU AS A FOLLOW-UP. Ro Johnson: I DON'T THINK IT'S REDUCTION OF MOPE ALTOGETHER. THEY JUST REALLOCATED BACK FOR ON THE PURPOSES. WHEN YOU GET ONE-TIME FUNDING IT'S FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND THERE IS A DEADLINE FOR EXPEND WHY YOU ARE OF THAT MONEY. SO ANYTIME WE GET ONE-TIME MONEY TO BE A GRANT OR RESTRICTED SOURCE, WE HAVE TO END IN THOSE TIMELINES WHETHER IT'S DICTATED BY THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Addison

267Davis: SO THAT MONEY WILL GO BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THEY CAN CATEGORIZE THAT FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, COULD GO TO CTE, COULD BE SOMETHING WE DON'T NEED BUT WE ALWAYS NEED THAT TYPE OF MONEY, MAY NOT NEED IT AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THANK YOU, DR. WEEKS. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SO YOU SUBMITTED THE GRANT WITH $102 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES OF TECHNOLOGY TO THE STATE, THE STATE APPROVED IT. SO MONEY THAT IS NOT USED, SO YOU HAD MAYBE 36 MILLION FOR THE STATED DEVICES, WOULD WE NOT HAVE TO -- WE WOULD EITHER LOSE THOSE DOLLARS THAT COULD BE SWEPT, BECAUSE WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO USE IT ON, NOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO. OR YOU WOULD HAVE

268TO GO BACK, REWRITE THE GRANT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER FOR ANOTHER ITEM, AND THEN HOPE THEY APPROVE THAT EXPENDITURES? Thomas Weeks: SO THAT WOULD BE IN ESSENCE CORRECT. IF WE DIDN'T EXPEND THE DOLLARS AND THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO COME THROUGH AND SWEEP THOSE FUND, THEN WE WOULD POTENTIALLY LOSE THEM OR THEY WOULD BE REAL OH KITE INDICATED TO SOMETHING WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A NEED FOR THEM CURRENTLY. AS FAR AS WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO REWRITE THE GRANT BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR THE CHANGE IN USE THAT FUNDING AGAINST WHAT IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR PREVIOUSLY. Stacy Hahn: REQUESTS FOR CLANG WITHIN THE GRANT? Thomas Weeks: YES, MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: AND I GUESS I ALSO FEEL THAT THE ONE TO ONE IS IMPORTANT. I THINK DIGITAL LITERACY, WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC ASSOCIATION

269KIDS SUFFERING WITH DIGITAL LISS RAYS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME ON LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS, OTHER THAN MAYBE GOING IN AND TAKING A QUICK TEST, WHERE SOMEBODY IS TURNING IT ON FOR THEM, SOMEBODY IS DOWNLOADING IT FOR THEM. SO I GUESS I THINK THE ONE ON ONE DEVICES ARE WORTH THE INVESTMENT. AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO THIS IS ESSER DOLLARS, THIS IS A ONE-TIME EXPENSE, DIGITAL LITERACY IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU ARE PREPARING STUDENT FOR LIFE, EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH, EVEN GOING INTO CVS, YOU CHECK OUT USING A COMPUTER. YOU MEAN WE ARE SEEING THIS MORE AND MORE, TO START EARLY KINDERGARTEN, AS MEMBER COMBS SAID, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE WAY KIDS ARE BEING TESTED. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT. I KNOW WHEN I CAME ONTO THE BOARD, FIVE YEARS AGO, THAT WE WERE SO

270FAR FROM ONE ON ONE. AND MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER PEREZ REMEMBERS THOSE DAYS, AND WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING TO GET A LOT OF KIDS THE DEVICES THEY NEEDED TO JUST KEEP UP, DO THE DAY-TO-DAY ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR TEACHERS. SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT REASONS WHY KIDS MUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO NEEDING A DEVICE AT HOME. GOD FORBID ANOTHER PANDEMIC. BUT A DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE WHERE -- LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN FORT MYERS. THOSE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS, UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN PARTNER WITH NEIGHBORING DISTRICT, OR THEY ARE GOING TO GO VIRTUALLILY, CAN'T JUST LET KIDS SIT OUT FOR THAT LONG. SO THE IDEA OF ONE ON ONE DEVICES IS IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT THAT MONEY, IT HAS BEEN EARMARKED.

271IT IS ESSER DOLLARS. A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF ESSERS HAS TO BE SPENT ON TECHNOLOGY, CORRECT? Thomas Weeks: I BELIEVE IT'S -- Stacy Hahn: IT'S RESTRICTED FOR TECHNOLOGY SO EVEN IF YOU HAD A WISH LIST YOU COULDN'T SPEND IT. ANYWAY, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT ANSWER IS CORRECT. Nadia Combs: MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: SO JUST FOR COMPARISON, HOW MUCH DID WE LOSE IN ESSER DOLLARS? HOW MUCH DID WE HAVE TO ESPN SEND BACK IN ESSER 1 DOLLARS? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SPENDING TALL DOLLARS IN A TIMELY FASHION. IN THE FIRST 30 MINUTES. WE HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BEING IN THE FOREFRONT OF THIS AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO THAT SWEEP THAT HAPPENS IN OTHER COUNTIES. Karen Perez:

272PERFECT. SO FLAGGING FUND THAT ARE PLACED IN BUCKETS, THESE HAVE TO BE UTILIZE DOLLARS BY LIKE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBER SAID, SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TARGETED THEM FOR, CORRECT? Thomas Weeks: CORRECT. Karen Perez: SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE VIEWERS AND ALSO OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT STILL HERE, IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE HAVE SOME FAMILIES, THAT THEIR CHILDREN ONLY TOUCH TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOL. THEY DON'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY AT HOME. THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET ONTO TECHNOLOGY AT HOME. AND SO THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY GIVE THEM TECHNOLOGY ON COMPUTERS IS IN SCHOOL. AND WE LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, LIKE MEMBER HAHN SAID. BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TURN ON A COMPUTER ONCE THEY GOT THE COMPUTER HOME TO BE ABLE TO DO AT-HOME, YOU

273KNOW, ON SCHOOLING. SO THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS TECHNOLOGY TO THEM NOW, TO GET THEM EDUCATED WITH THE COMPUTER AND HOW TO USE IT, IT'S GOING TO BE FOR US A WIN-WIN FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THEIR EDUCATION. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO SAY THIS BUT IT DIME MY MIND, MEMBER PEREZ, THAT IN ADDITION TO THE ONE TO ONE ADVANTAGE, THE CURRICULUMS DEMAND COMPUTERS. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CURRICULUMS WITHOUT A COMPUTER IN THE CLASSROOM. THEY ARE MATCHED. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COMPUTER TO TAKE THE COURSES. SO IT YOU CAN GIVE ALL KIND OF ADVANTAGES, BUT THE REALITY IS, IT IS -- IT'S A NECESSITY FOR THESE KIDS TO HAVE A ONE

274TO ONE AND BE REALLY DOING THE RIGHT-HE-THE BEST, HAVE THE BEST ADVANTAGE TO SCORE, ET CETERA, WITHIN THAT YOU ARE WORK AND THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO JUST ADDING THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES 6 TO 1 WITH MEMBER VAUGHN VOTING NO. 10.05, BIG I PACK, 2229 PGG-LG ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD FOR ENTERPRISE. Addison Davis: THIS IS JUST RENEWAL OF A CREATIVE CLOUD FOR ENTERPRISE, A NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGY, THE APPLICATION TAKE WE USE IN EVERY ONE OF OUR DIVISIONS AND THIS WILL BE PAID BY MULTIPLE SOURCES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS PAID BY I.T. BECAUSE THEY USE IT FOR THE GIFTED SERVICES, COULD BE ESE, AND IT COULD BE CTE. SO JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THE NECESSARY

275APPLICATIONS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, AND WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-10.05. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER RENDON PULLED THIS ITEM. WE'LL START WITH MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT AS WE MOVE FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO EXPANDING OUR CTE PROGRAMS, TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE A KEY FACTOR IN OUR FUTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO I THINK EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE GENERAL REVENUE FUND, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, IT IS A DIRECT RELATION TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. AND I THINK THAT NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR WITH THESE PROGRAMS WAND WE ARE SPENDING IT ON. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SHUSH THAT WE MAKE MENTION OF

276IT THAT THE PRIORITY NEED TO BE OUR STUDENTS AND WE ARE PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: DR. WEEKS, CAN YOU REMIND ME, PERHAPS, THIS IS THE ACTUAL LICENSING AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR? Thomas Weeks: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL LICENSING AGREEMENT. PREVIOUSLY, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT HAD PURCHASED THEIR OWN LICENSES. WHAT WE DID IS WE CONSOLIDATED THOSE LICENSES SO THAT WE CAN GET BETTER ECONOMIES OF SCALE. SO WE DROVE OUR PRAISE DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY $4.83 A LICENSE ON THESE 16,000-PLUS LICENSE AND WE WERE PAYING PREVIOUSLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 5 TO $6 FOR LICENSE DEPENDING ON WHICH ENTITY WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASING THEM. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND

277IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ARE ON OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM FOR TODAY. SO 11.40, PIGGYBACK 002-0196 RENTAL VEHICLE SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: HISTORICALLY WE USED ENTERPRISE FOR RENTALS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT CONTRACT CAME TO AN END. WE WENT OUT FOR A BID. TALL BID CAME WITH A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN PRICES SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PIGGYBACK THE STATE BRINGING IN A RENTAL VEHICLES WITH AADVICE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR FIELD ADVICE, TRIPS, ANY OF OUR FLEET AND TERM LEASE FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO USE. THIS IS A ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT, AND THE PIGGYBACK EXPENDITURE OF 19 10:THOUSAND LEVERAGING GENERAL FUND AND ALSO GRANT MONEY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO MOVE ITEM C-11.04. I HAVE A

278MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Patti Rendon: YES, A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE STATING IS AT THE END. DAY USING A RENTAL CAR FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE CAN ONLY USE THIS RENTAL CAR COMPANY? Addison Davis: THIS RIGHT IN AND OUT IS THE RENTAL AGREEMENT, THAT WE PREFER TO USE AVIS. IF AVIS DOESN'T HAVE THE UNITS, THEN WE CAN STEP OUTSIDE OF IT AND THIS ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS QUALIFIER TRAVEL WE NEED TO GET FROM ONE EVENT TO THE NEXT OR GET IT ON THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE MAINTENANCE AS WELL. Patti Rendon: WHEN WE ARE USING THESE RENTAL AGREEMENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST FROM PREVIOUS

279EXPERIENCES, ARE THEY PICKING UP AND DELIVERING FOR US? WHO IS KEEPING TRACK OF ALL OF THAT THROUGH THE INVOICE? I KNOW IN THE PAST, THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE WHERE THE VEHICLE CAN SIT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND ARE WE BEING CHARGED FOR THOSE COUPLE OF DAYS? Addison Davis: MR. AYRES? Van Ayres: I WILL SPEAK FOR OUR ATHLETIC, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATION, THOSE ARE THE UNDERSTAND THAT HANDLE PRETTY MUCH FOR ANY THERE'S OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL AND SOCKERS WHERE RENTAL VANS, THOSE ARE PANELS HANDLED BY SECRETARY WHO HANDLE ALL OF THOSE RENTAL CAR SERVICES. Patti Rendon: AGAIN IN OUR CONTRACT, HE WE BEING CHARGED WHEN IT'S A WEEKEND AND THE STAFF COMMENTS ON SUNDAY, THEY GET IN THE CARS, HER ARE WE BEING CHARGED THOSE EXTRA DAYS? HAVE WE CHANGED OUR PROCEDURES TO MEET THE CONTRACT

280NEEDS? Addison Davis: MR. FARKAS. Christopher Farkas: THE QUESTION IS NO, WE ONLY DO IT FOR THE DAYS THAT ARE THERE SO IF THEY DROP THEM FOR THEIR NEEDS, BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT, SOMETIMES THEY STATE AFTER BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T PICKED THEM UP. NO, WE ARE ONLY PAYING FOR THE DATES THAT WE REQUESTED. Patti Rendon: SO IF WE REQUESTED THREE DAYS WE ARE NOT PAYING THEM. Christopher Farkas: THAT'S CORRECT. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES 6 TO 1 WITH MEMBER PEREZ VOTING NO. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT CURRENTLY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS TONIGHT. WE HAD A WEBINAR RELATED TO OUR BOUNDARY ANALYSIS, AND THE POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD,

281AND ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY. AFTER I GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I WILL LET MR. FARKAS, WHO STEPPED OUT, TO LEAD THAT PROCESS THIS EVENING AND INFORM THE BOARD ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND SOME OF THE OVERARCHING THEMES THAT WE FOUND TO BE CREATED FOR THIS PROCESS. SO WE HAD CELEBRATIONS, IDENTIFIED CONSENT ITEMS AND BOUNDARY UPDATE. WE LAUNCHED OUR PARENT BILINGUAL HOTLINE. THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENT WE SERVE ARE HISPANIC, AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE 44,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES, AND SO NOT ONLY WILL WE BE ABLE TO HAVE AND STAND UP FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OUR PARENTS, WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE SERVE THEM IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN. SO WHETHER IT'S ENROLLING IN SCHOOL, BEING AUTOMOBILE TO HAVE UNIT CONVENTIONS, BEING ABLE

282TO LOOK AT IEPs, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, WE LAUNCHED THAT THIS WEEK AND HOTS OFF TO GARCIA AND HER TEAM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS WITH OUR SCHOOLS. THEY HAVE 164 LANGUAGES SPOKEN WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH RESOURCES TO TRANSFER, TRANSLATE CONTENT, TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR PARENT AS WELL. BUT RIGHT NOW MOST WILL YOU WORKING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND SUPPORT OUR HISPANIC FAMILIES IN THIS PROCESS. THEN TONIGHT WE HAD A NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. A NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOLS, PLANT HIGH SCHOOL GOING ON A FIELD TRIP TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, REALLY COOL INITIATIVE IN FEBRUARY, GAITHER, TRANCE IGGING TO NEW YORK CITY, STEINBRENNER GOING TO A NATIONAL CONFERENCE, THEN ALSO B-9.01, A MOU WITH TGH, TELEHEALTH TO A NUMBER OF OUR

283SCHOOLS, THEY CONTINUE TO BE A BEAUTIFUL PARTNER OF OURS, AND WE THANK McLAWN AND HER TEAM AND FOR TGH BEING THAT OVERARCHING PARTNER. TONIGHT, WE LAUNCHED OUR BOUNDARY ANALYSIS RENAISSANCE WEBINAR. WE ARE LOOKING FOR GREATER ACTIVITY, CONNECTIVITY IN PHASE 2 OF THAT PROCESS. YOU WILL SEE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL SPEND TIME FOR VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS TO MAKE CERTAIN WE GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE ENTITIES AND PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORTS. AS WE TRANSITION BACK FROM WINTER BREAK, WE'LL START ON JANUARY 9th THROUGH THE 13th HAVING TEN IN-PERSON GALLERY WALKS, FOR ORANTS CONSTITUENTS, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, FOR THESE INTERACTIVE MAN'S AND RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE CAN BRING THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD SO THE BOARD CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND TRANSITION TO A BOARD WORKSHOP ON THE 31st AND COME IN LATE FEBRUARY WITH A RECOMMENDATION

284AS WE INTERACT WITH THESE PARTICULAR COOLS. IN PHASE ONE WE HAD 23,000 TOTAL WEBSITE INTERACTIONS, 3400 RESPONSES TO OUR PRIMARY GUARDIANS AND CAREGIVERS, AND THEN A WEBINAR 1, WE HAD 1300-PLUS ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. TO DATE SURVEY PARTICIPATION WAS 93%, A ROUND 31 INDIVIDUALS WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEY. THAT'S AROUND 2%, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT AND TALKED TO OUR PARTNERS, THEY SAY BETWEEN 2 AND 5% IS THE, THE MAJORITY OF DEMOGRAPHICS WHO PARTICIPATE IN 62% IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS WHITE COMPARED TO 48% OF OUR MAKEUP ARE WHITE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND AS WE REALIZE THERE'S AN UNDERREPRESENTATION OF FAMILIES OF COLOR AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF COLOR, AND WE ENGAGE THEM IN PHASE 2 AS WE LAUNCHED THIS INFORMATION THIS EVENING, SO AS WE LOOK AT REDISTRICTING SCENARIOS, OH THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, FOCUS ON STABILITY,

285THE SECOND ONE, AUTHORIZATION, THE THIRD ONE FOR REPURPOSING, THESE ARE THREE AREAS THAT DROVE THE WORK OF OUR VENDOR, AND ALL THAT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT UTILIZATION, THE SCHOOL, A SOONMENT FOR STABILITY, DEMOGRAPHICS WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, THEN ALSO HIGHLIGHT FINANCIAL IMPACT OF WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY SAY, AND THEN HIGHLIGHTS TO LOOK AT IS WE FACTORED THREE SCENARIOS FOR FAMILIES, INTERACTION, EVERY ONE OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS HAD BEEN SENT A COMMUNICATION THIS EVENING FOR THEM TO INTERACT WITH OUR WEB TOOL, WHEN THEY CAN FIND THAT AT HCPS-BOUNDARY. ORG AND THIS ALLOWS THEM TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND INTERACT WITH THE PARTICULAR ADDRESS TO IDENTIFY THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR BOUNDARY CHANGE, THE THREE SCENARIOS LOOK TO CHANGE RECOMMEND 11,000 TO 24,000 STUDENTS, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 6 TO 14% OF

286OUR STUDENT BODY, AND THEN IDENTIFIES FOR A NUMBER OF FULLY REPURPOSING AND PARTIALLY REPURPOSING OF OUR SCHOOLS, IMPACTED IN THAT PROCESS. OUR TIME LINE CONTINUES TO BE IN THE FRONT PHASES AS I IDENTIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL, TWO PER DISTRICT IN OUR REGIONS SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN FEEL SUPPORTED AND ENGAGED AND WE CAN RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL. AND THEN TONIGHT, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR CONTINUING TO APPROVE OUR SALES TAX REFERENDUM. YOU KNOW, OVER $40 MILLION WAS APPROVED THIS EVENING FOR THE SCHOOLS. BLESS YOU. IDENTIFIED WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR PowerPoint. AND SALES TAX LEFT DUMB CONTINUES TO SHOW HOW WE'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU TO OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHO CONTINUES TO HELP US PRIORITIZE OUR INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS.

287AS WE WORK WITH OPERATIONS TO IDENTIFY OUR VENDORS AND GET ALL THE PROJECTS IN PLACE, WHICH TAKE PLACE OVER THE SUMMER. AND THEN WINTER BREAK IS COMING UP. IT'S BEFORE US, DECEMBER THE 26th THROUGH JANUARY THE 6th. WE WILL BE RETURNING ON JANUARY THE 9th. I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERY ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, GUARDIANS, STUDENTS, AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THIS IS TIME WE HOPE YOU WILL TAKE TO SPEND WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR LOVED ONES, AND THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH YOUR STUDENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSISTENT EFFORTS TO HELP OUR CHILDREN CREATE THE BEST POSSIBILITIES TO PREPARE THEM FOR LIFE. THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE'LL NOW BEGIN WITH BOARD COMMENTS. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK

288YOU, MEMBER COMBS. AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF BOOK CHALLENGES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW AND SOME THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED. WE HAVE ALL BEEN RECEIVING E-MAILS ABOUT THE OUTCOMES. AND GIVEN THE NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS WHAT WE'VE HEARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PROBABLY OVER THE LAST YEAR, I FEEL IT'S NECESSARY FOR ME TO PUBLICLY ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AS WELL AS FOLLOW UP WITH A SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE BOOK CHALLENGE PROCESS, THE PROCESSES REGARDING THE SELECTION OF BOOKS FOR OUR LIBRARIES, AND HOW WE'RE ENSURING THAT CURRENT AND FUTURE BOOKS IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES DO NOT VIOLATE FLORIDA STATUTE. SO I'LL BE MAKING THAT WORKSHOP REQUEST THROUGH COMBS CHAIR. I WILL

289NEED THREE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THAT FOR THE WORKSHOP TO MOVE FORWARD. SO STAY TUNED. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. I HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS AND I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO ANSWER THEM TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD LIKE A WRITTEN ANSWER FOR THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE WINTER BREAK. FIRST, HOW ARE THE BOOK CHALLENGE COMMITTEES AT EACH SCHOOL CHOSEN? WHO APPOINTS INDIVIDUALS? BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN A BOOK -- ON A BOOK CHALLENGE COMMITTEE, IS THERE TRAINING THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO UNDERSTAND STATE LAWS, DISTRICT POLICIES, ET CETERA? IS THERE A RUBRIC USED BY BOOK CHALLENGE COMMITTEES AT EVERY SCHOOL TO REVIEW THE BOOKS BEING CHALLENGED? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FIDELITY OF THE PROCESS THAT OCCURS. WHAT IS THE TYPICAL TURNAROUND TIME FOR A BOOK CHALLENGE COMMITTEE TO COME TO A DECISION?

290HOW IS THE INFORMATION THEN SHARED WITH THE LARGER GROUP OF PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL? IS IT THROUGH A PARENT LINK? WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR OUR MEDIA SPECIALIST TO CURATE BOOKS FOR OUR LIBRARIES? AGAIN, I THINK CONTINUITY AROUND THAT PROCESS IS IMPORTANT ACROSS SCHOOLS. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF K-8 SCHOOLS, HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS AT THOSE SCHOOLS ARE NOT GETTING ACCESS TO YOUNG ADULT OR ADULT BOOKS? HOW HAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT COMMUNICATED WITH ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND THE MEDIA SPECIALISTS AROUND BOOK CHALLENGES, PROCESSES, PROCEDURES, ET CETERA? CURRENTLY, HOW ARE WE DETERMINING IF ANY OF THE BOOKS IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES ARE CURRENTLY VIOLATING FLORIDA STATUTE? IF THEY ARE IN VIOLATION, WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO REMOVE THEM OR TO MAKE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS? AROUND PARENT PERMISSION.

291AGAIN, I WILL E-MAIL YOU ALL THESE QUESTIONS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE THEM DOWN. I WAS ABOUT TO DO A FINAL REVIEW. I GOT IT ALL DONE. Stacy Hahn: HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO OVER ALL THOSE THINGS AS A BOARD AND HAVE A DISCUSSION AT A WORKSHOP SO WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE, WE'RE ALL GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION, AND THEN WE CAN PUSH THAT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ANGST NO MATTER WHERE YOU LAND ON THESE CONVERSATIONS AND CONFUSION. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: THAT WOULD BE MY ASK, AND AGAIN, I'LL E-MAIL YOU THAT. GOING TO SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT, IT WAS A VERY BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAD SOME GREAT THINGS. PABLO, IF YOU COULD -- I JUST DID A LITTLE

292COLLAGE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT STUFF. FIRST, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THANK MAJESTY TITLE, WORKING WITH THEM OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. THEY HAVE RAISED SOME MONEY THROUGH THEIR CONTACTS THAT IS GOING TO BE DONATED TO THREE SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. WHERE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PAY OFF THEIR SCHOOL LUNCH BILL OR THEIR LIBRARY BILL OR THE SCHOOL CAN TUESDAY FOR OTHER ITEMS. I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, TO KELLY SHANNON, VINCE CASSIDY AND ERIN ELLSER FOR THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR SCHOOLS. HAHN HOLIDAY BOOK TOUR KICKED OFF THIS WEEK. I'M SUPER EXCITED. I STARTED THIS THE FIRST YEAR I WAS ON THE BOARD WHERE I GIFT EVERY PRE-K STUDENT IN MY DISTRICT A BOOK FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO WE ALREADY STARTED DELIVERIES, SO THAT'S A REAL HIGHLIGHT FOR ME. IT FILLS

293MY HEART. I LOVE THAT. HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AT THE 32nd ANNUAL CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT. A BIG THANK YOU TO THE STEINBRENNER FAMILY. I LOVE THE RAYS BUT GREW UP A YANKEES' FAN. SORRY. THEY HOSTED THE EVENT FOR OUR STUDENTS. THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR, AND IT IS PHENOMENAL. IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS OF THE YEAR. I VISITED CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WAS SICK FOR GREAT AMERICAN TEACH-IN, SO I DID A MAKEUP DAY. WE DID A MOCK SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. IT WAS SO FUN. WE USED ACTUAL ITEMS FROM THIS MEETING. SO I HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE STUDENTS AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT PASSED, WHAT DIDN'T AND HOW THEY FARED WITH THAT. AND I HAD A FANTASTIC DAY SUNDAY AT FRAMEWORKS OYSTER FEST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO THE MANY GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS

294AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ATTENDED THAT EVENT. FRAMEWORKS DOES PHENOMENAL WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IT AND WAS WONDERFUL, FUN, VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUND-RAISER FOR AN ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BLESSED AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO DO THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THEN THE CLOSING. FIRST OF ALL, PABLO, CAN YOU PUT SOME PICTURES ON THAT I SENT YOU LAST MINUTE? SO I THINK THE FIRST THING IS GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING, I'M SURE WE ALL GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SURPRISE PATROL WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND SURPRISE OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS OF THE YEAR, OUR IDA B. BAKER NOMINEES. THERE WERE THREE FINALISTS IN DISTRICT 3, LINDA TAYLOR FOR EXCEPTIONAL

295STUDENT EDUCATION TEACHER AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. JOSETTE DAILY, THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT FOREST HILLS FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST. DON REECE BROWN, PARAPROFESSIONAL FOR LOPEZ CENTER, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THREE OF THOSE. THAT WAS A FUN DAY. NEXT PICTURE, PLEASE. THERE WE ARE AT GAITHER. NEXT PICTURE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, ALSO, I HAD THE HONOR OF GOING TO HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS SO BEAUTIFUL, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE 3D CULMINATION CHALLENGE WHERE THE STUDENTS PRESENTED THEIR SOLUTIONS TO A PROBLEM. THESE WERE THE WINNERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE WERE ALL THE STUDENTS WHO GOT TO PARTICIPATE, 3D E IS SO AMAZING. HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME. WAS REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT. WATCHING THE KIDS PRESENT WAS SO INSPIRING. THEY ARE OUR FUTURE. I LOVE TO SEE THAT. NEXT

296ONE, PLEASE. THERE IS MISS YOU HAD A DRAW LOUIS WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT 3DY AND ALWAYS INVITES MEMBERS. THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP BREAKFAST WHICH WAS AMAZING TO SEE SO MANY PARTNERS RALLY AROUND THAT SCHOOL AND THEIR STUDENTS PERFORM. THESE ARE THE STEEL PLATES, NOT CALLED STEEL DRUMS. XYLOPHONES, A CHORUS. THE MOST IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL THING WHERE THEY HAD REAL STUDENTS THAT IMPACT SPEECHES, WHERE STUDENTS CAME ON AND THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT A GREAT SCHOOL AND EXPERIENCES THEY WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND ACCESS THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS IN THAT SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS AND WHY THEY GO TO THAT SCHOOL AND LOVE THAT SCHOOL. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE EVERYTHING THAT MORT DOES DOWN TO THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT, EVERYTHING. THESE ARE THE KIDS. THESE ARE ALL THE HOUSES STUDENT GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE SO ARTICULATE

297AND EXCITED AND PASSIONATE AND, OF COURSE, THAT'S ALL BECAUSE OF PRINCIPAL BROWN'S LEADERSHIP AND HER STAFF AND EVERYBODY ON BOARD. LAST SLIDE. THERE SHE IS. THE WOMAN, MS. BROWN, LOVE HER. SO THAT'S MY GOOD. SOME THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN A FORMAL REQUEST TO MAKE SURE OUR WORKSHOP AROUND THE BOUNDARIES HAS ENOUGH TIME TO FULLY DISCUSS THINGS BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW THAT DAVIS I FEEL VERY MISLED BY OUR CONSULTING COMPANY AROUND OUR PRIORITIES AND THINGS WE HAD DISCUSSED EARLIER. I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED BY MY LAST MEETING WITH THEM AND WHAT THEY HAD PRIORITIZED. SO I HAVE CONCERNS, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE A LOT OF SPACE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND NOT JUST

298HAVE, NO DISRESPECT, BUT A BIG STAFF PRESENTATION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SPACE AROUND THAT. ALSO, CAN WE TALK ABOUT TEACHER PLANNING TIME GOING INTO NEXT YEAR? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE OUR TEACHERS WITH. ALSO, I KNOW THAT YOU WORKED REALLY HARD TO MOVE THAT ESE PAYMENT UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THAT I -- MEAN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH AS OPPOSED TO THE END OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF OUR BONUSES, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EXTRA AGGRESSIVE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT SINCE THAT'S NOT GOING TO COST US ANY EXTRA MONEY THAT WE GET THAT INTO OUR EMPLOYEES' HANDS

299AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF MISSED OPPORTUNITY, SPARCC MONEY, WHATEVER IT IS, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUR EMPLOYEES THE MONEY THEY CAN UTILIZE. SO THER AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS IN TEACHING. THE TEACHERS THAT SPOKE TODAY IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF TEACHERS. THERE ISN'T A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T GET AN E-MAIL ABOUT TEACHERS LEAVING IN POVERTY AND NOT ABLE TO PAY BILLS. CONSTANT PLEAS OF SUPPORT. I KNOW THAT WE CONSTANTLY HEAR THAT THIS YEAR THERE WERE MORE TEACHER RAISES THAN EVER, BUT THAT WAS ONLY FOR FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS. I WISH THE REST OF THE STATE COULD SEE WHAT OUR BOARDROOM LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE HEART AND SOUL IN OUR SCHOOL, AND I THINK WE NEED

300TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WATCHING TEACHERS GROVEL FOR A LIVING WAGE AND BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILL IS ONE OF THE MOST HEARTBREAKING THINGS I CAN COMPREHEND AND OUR STAFF, NOT JUST TEACHERS, PARAS, BUS DRIVERS, EVERYBODY WHO TAKES CARE OF OUR CHILDREN. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR AS WELL AS ESE. I KNOW THAT WE'RE SHORT-STAFFED ON ESE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE DID WHEN IT CAME TO THE BUS DRIVER PROCESS. WHETHER IT'S TALKING PAYING MORE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, STAFF AND EVERYONE OUT THERE FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

301THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY. TO OUR OWN STAFF, UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO GET YOU ALL -- THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD AND BEING SO RESPONSIVE TO BOARD MEMBERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO DO INFORMED DECISIONS AND WORKING SO HARD FOR OUR DISTRICT. I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERYONE OF THE DISTRICT STAFF. YOU HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO INTRODUCE ME TO NEW POLICIES, NEW PROCEDURES, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. YOU HAVE PUT UP WITH ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. AS YOU KNOW, I WILL CONTINUE TO ASK, AND YOU'VE DONE IT WITH A GRACE. AND SO THANK YOU VERY,

302VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK DR. HAHN FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARIES AND CATEGORIZING AND REALLY BRINGING ATTENTION TO OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HERE IN THE DISTRICT. I 100% AGREE WITH HER THAT WE NEED TO COME TO A WORKSHOP AND REALLY WORK AND GET A GOOD KNOWLEDGE BASE TO MAKE SURE OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT IS ON THE SAME PAGE OF HOW WE ARE VETTING OUR BOOKS, HOW WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STATUTES ARE BEING FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT. AND WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CONSTITUENTS, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, THAT HAVE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ON HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS. SO I THINK WE OWE IT TO THEM AND WE OWE IT TO OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE EXTRA

303TIME IN A WORKSHOP TO REALLY VET WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WERE MANY GREAT IDEAS AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ONLY ONE-TIME FUNDS, EACH ONE-TIME FUND TO ME ADDS UP, AND THAT ONE-TIME FUND COULD BE USED FOR SOMETHING LATER ON. SO I HOPE THAT THOSE IN THE DISTRICT UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH I WANT TO SUPPORT AS MANY THINGS AS THEY WANT, I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON TEACHERS. IF WE DON'T HAVE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT, WE'RE NOT TEACHING OUR KIDS, AND THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS HERE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO LIVE IN. I HAVE LIVED IN FLORIDA ALL OF MY LIFE AND I'M PROUD

304TO BE A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND WE SHOULD HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE PROUD TO TEACH HERE. SO WE NEED TO DO RIGHT BY OUR TEACHERS. IF THAT MEANS SAYING NO TO EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THAT GENERAL FUND, THEN I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY NO TO EVERY SINGLE ITEM UNTIL WE GET THE TEACHER SALARIES SETTLE AND THAT GOES FOR BOTH SIDES. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING FOR WELCOMING ME TO THIS BOARD. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, SUPERINTENDENT, THAT WE HAVE WITH THE WXY THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE WE HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATIONS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY

305IN MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT FIVE, WHERE PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE COMPUTERS AND IT'S A LOT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COMMUNICATIONS. Addison Davis: YES, SIR, THROUGH THE CHAIR, TONIGHT WE SENT A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS TO PRINCIPALS, TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS, TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE WEBINAR WAS THIS EVENING. CHRIS CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE IF THE BOARD WISHES TO. OVER 800 PARTICIPANTS WERE ACTIVELY ENGAGED. AS WE GO TO THE IN-PERSON COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE'LL HAVE COMPUTERS ON-SITE. AND THAT WAY ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT MAY NOT HAVE DEVICES OR CONNECTIVITY CAN ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND WE'LL SEND IT OUT THROUGH NEWSLETTERS, PARENT LINKS, PUBLICIZE IT SO THEY CAN ACTIVELY ENGAGE, COME TO THE MEETINGS AND PROVIDE ANY INTERACTION FEEDBACK THROUGH THE PROCESS. MR. FARKAS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD?

306Christopher Farkas: THE BIG PART, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COME TO THOSE. THEY ALSO MADE IT MOBILE FRIENDLY, SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE A COMPUTER BUT THEY HAVE A SMARTPHONE, IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS WELL. THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUNCH OF EVENTS JANUARY 9 TO THE 13th. TWO A NIGHT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT ALL THAT INFORMATION WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD. THEY HAVE FROM NOW UNTIL JANUARY 13th TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO THAT. Henry "Shake" Washington: AND MAKE SURE WE GET IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS, THE TRIBUNE, FLORIDA SENTINEL. ALWAYS THAT WE CAN. NOW, TO MOVE ON, ON 11/29 AT LAMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE HAD THE BUCCANEERS AND THE THEME TAMPA BAY RIBBON CUTTING. WE OPENED A FOOD

307PANTRY FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I HAD A GREAT TIME BECAUSE WE WERE THROWING BEANBAGS. BUT THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS REALLY GOOD, WASN'T SHE. Addison Davis: SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU IN YOUR TIME. SOMEBODY STOP THE CLOCK. HE NEVER PLAYED CORN HOLE. I GOT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT, HE WAS PRETTY GOOD, BUT WE BOTH GOT WHIPPED BY MAYBE A THIRD GRADER THAT WHIPPED US. WE WALKED AWAY LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW HER, WE WEREN'T PLAYING FOR REAL BUT SHE WAS LEGIT AND BEAT BOTH OF THOSE. Henry "Shake" Washington: ALSO, THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE HAD OUR GIFT WRAPPING AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. FOR STUDENTS THROUGH THE TONY DUNGY FOUNDATION. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUT THE GIFTS THIS WEEKEND COMING ON THE 17th. WE ALSO HAVE ON DECEMBER THE 17th THE FOUNDATION, THE BULLOCK FOUNDATION HAVING

308THE PARADE AND ALSO GIVING OUT GIFTS. FROM FOSTER TO SLIGH. SO THAT SHOULD BE REALLY -- ON THE 17th. SO WE HAVE TWO ON THE 17th. WE HAVE ONE AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE WILL BE GIVING OUT A LOT OF GIFTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE ONE ON THAT SAME DAY THE PARADE OVER AT SLIGH AND FOSTER WITH THE BULLOCK FOUNDATION. AND ALSO, LET ME ADD THIS, ON TOMORROW, I'M A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA TRUSTEE BOARD FOR THE MUSEUM, AND WE ARE HAVING A CHRISTMAS STROLL TOMORROW, ROBERTSON HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN IT. THE STRING QUINTET FROM 5 TO 8. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, PLEASE COME OUT TOMORROW AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME I JUST GOT ON THE BOARD. SO I ASSUME IT'S GOING TO BE

309REALLY NICE. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY I HOPE EVERYONE HAS HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND HAVING A GREAT YEAR WHEN WE COME BACK. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OH, ABOUT THE BOOKS AND THE BOOK POLICIES, I DID ASK FOR A WORKSHOP, LAST WORKSHOP, TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK WE NEED TO GET IT DISCUSSED AND VETTED. SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IF YOU HAVE FOUR PEOPLE OR THREE PEOPLE, YOU'VE GOT ME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT. SO THAT REQUEST, YES. ANYWAY, FOLLOWING STUDENTS FROM THE MEN OF VISION RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA, KEEP TAMPA BAY BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM. SAMMY RANDALL FROM LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL, KYLER BROWNING FROM EAST BAY

310HIGH SCHOOL, ISSA DORA, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH AND DAVID PARROT SICKLES HIGH AND JACKSON HOTKINS SUMNER. THEY HAVE GOTTEN A WONDERFUL SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE CITY OF AND THANK YOU MEN OF VISION. WHAT A GREAT HONOR THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN THIS DISTRICT. ALSO, THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOL COMPONENT FOR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS SUPERSTARS DENA MARSHALL AND TRACY SHOTSBERG AWARDED MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL TO RECEIVE ONE OF THE BEST WELLNESS PROGRAMS, MEANING THAT ONE PARTICULAR AP LOST A HUNDRED POUNDS, ANTONIO CORDOVI, AND HE JUST HAD AN EPIPHANY AND HE REALIZED THAT EATING RIGHT AND GOING THROUGH EXERCISE, ET CETERA, BECAUSE HE OWNS -- I THINK HE DID HAVE A STROKE. IT WAS TURNED AROUND AT THAT POINT IN TIME. BUT MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS EXEMPLIFIED A HEALTHY EMPLOYEE WELLNESS SCHOOL, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE A HUGE WELLNESS REVOLUTION THE

311FIRST TWO WEEKS WHEN WE RETURN, INCLUDING THE PRINCIPALS, THE APs AND THE STUDENTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THE WHOLE BANDWAGON TO HEALTH. EXCELLENT SANTA CLAUS PARADE. I THINK WE ALL LOVED IT. PABLO, DO WE HAVE ONE SLIDE? I KNOW THAT OUR NEWEST MEMBER, RENDON, ENJOYED IT, AND SHAKE WASHINGTON, NADIA COMBS, WE DID THE BEACH. THANK YOU, KAREN. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT THE BEADS, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF BEADS AND A LOT OF FUN. AND IT WAS SHORT ENOUGH. SO -- WELL, ACTUALLY WE HAD TO WAIT A LONG TIME, BUT THE PARADE WASN'T LONG, DISTANCE-WISE LONG. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THE NEXT SLIDE, PABLO, THE FLORIDA CAREER ACADEMY CONTINUES TO DO WONDERFUL OUTREACH -- LET'S GO AHEAD, OUR MAIN SUPERSTARS. A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SENIORS BECAUSE IT GIVES

312AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND MAYBE EXPAND ON WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE. THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE RUN INTO IN EDUCATION WITH THE KIDS IS THEM NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. BECAUSE NOWADAYS A COLLEGE DEGREE CAN ONLY TAKE YOU SO FAR WITHOUT THAT CAREER EXPERIENCE. IT BROADENS THE HORIZON, IT EXPOSES THEM TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. EXPERIENCE A WHOLE BUNCH OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND ALLOW MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT I COULD DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHAT'S REALLY OUT THERE. FUTURE CAREER IS A YEAR LONG PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS SENIORS WITH GREAT JOBS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. STARTED OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO IN PLANT CITY, THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN. IT IS A GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE AT ONE HIGH SCHOOL SERVING

313ALL SENIORS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY IS IT GIVES OUR SENIORS HOPE. SENIORS CAN LOOK AT JOBS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, JOBS THAT ARE NOT JUST SHORT-TERM, THEY CAN BE LONG-TERM CAREERS FOR THEM. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS SO EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY BECAUSE IT PROVIDES OUR STUDENTS WITH SO MUCH HOPE AND SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A WONDERFUL CAREER AND A WONDERFUL FUTURE FOR THEIR LIVES. THE FUTURE CAREER -- Lynn Gray: PABLO, CUT. THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY -- Lynn Gray: OKAY. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW YVONNE FRYE, THAT WAS HER ON THE VIDEO. SHE DOES A TREMENDOUSLY COMPREHENSIVE JOB WITH GETTING KIDS ON BOARD WITH CAREERS AND THE PARTNERS INVOLVED AS WELL. SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT MARRIAGE AND I KNOW

314THAT WE'RE WORKING ON HOPEFULLY PUTTING CREDIT, THE GPA, MAYBE WHEN WE GET INTO THE ACCELERATED PROGRAMS, GIVING THEM EXTRA POINT, MAYBE, IF THEY GET INTO CAREER ACADEMY, THEY CAN ALSO HEIGHTEN THEIR TOTAL SCORE. BLACK HISTORY BRAIN BOWL, JUST A REMINDER, IT IS THE FEBRUARY 11th AT MIDDLETON, 7:30 TO 3:30 A.M. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS AND PRINCIPALS, PLEASE SIGN UP. THAT'S IT. OH, HAPPY HOLIDAY, EVERYBODY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. AS A FEW OF YOU KNOW, I GOT THE FLU AND IT KNOCKED ME DOWN. BUT I'M DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SHEEHY FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACH IN. AND THEN WAS ABLE TO DO A PIZZA PARTY FOR THE WHOLE FIFTH GRADE CLASS, WHICH WAS AMAZING. WE HAD A

315GREAT TIME AND ALSO WAS ABLE TO PARTNER WITH CASA CUBA WITH REGARD TO THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM CUBA RIGHT NOW. AND SUPERINTENDENT, YOU AND I HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION REGARDING MY MEETING WITH THEM. I WANT Nadia Combs: HE STARTED AN ORGANIZATION SOUND OF JOY WHICH IS A HEARING AID GIVING. A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, WHEN THEY GO HOME, A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE HEARING AIDS OR DON'T HAVE THOSE DEVICES. SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY COME IN. SHE'S RAISED, I THINK, THE LAST I HEARD, OVER $15,000 AND ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE AND GET HEARING AIDS OR SOME TYPE OF. SOME TYPE OF DEVICE THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM HERE. I THINK IT'S

316AMAZING BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE REALLY HELPING US. ALONG WITH THAT, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN VALDES WHO HAD THE OUGHT TO BE A LAW, WHERE STUDENTS CAME IN TO DRAFT A LAW AND SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, THEY CAME WITH A LAW REGARDING ALLERGIES IN RESTAURANTS. SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL TALKED ABOUT RENTER'S INSURANCE. I KNOW THAT MEMBER WASHINGTON AND MEMBER GRAY WERE HERE THAT DAY. AND IT WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY AMAZING TO SEE THAT. ACTUALLY, BOTH OF THOSE LAWS WILL BE DRAFTED AND GO TO TALLAHASSEE. AND THEN FINALLY, AS WE TALK ABOUT BOOKS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS. I REALLY THINK IT'S TIME TO ALSO TALK ABOUT CELL PHONES. I OFTEN THINK PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A BOOK, BUT IF YOU TAKE THE AIR

317DROP OFF AND WALK INTO ANY MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, THE TYPE OF PORNOGRAPHY, THE TYPES OF THREATS, THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU'LL GET, THE TYPES OF MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING, FIGHTING OR A DRUG DEAL OR SOMETHING THAT'S OCCURRING OR VIEWING A PICTURE OF SOMEONE MAKING DESTRUCTION OF A BATHROOM, I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY HUGE ISSUES. SO I THINK IF WE CAN, WITH THE BOOKS ALONG THAT, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT CELL PHONES AND PORNOGRAPHY AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING STUDENTS AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT JUST LIKE ALL OF US, WE'RE ALL EQUAL HERE. WE EACH HAVE ONE VOTE, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER AS WE HAVE AND REALLY LOOKING AT ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I'D LIKE TO HAVE IS LOOKING

318AT OUR WAY OF WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S VOICE IS BEING HEARD CLEARLY HERE AND THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE AS WE SEE WITH THE TEACHERS AND AS WE SEE WITH THE STUDENTS, THE NEEDS ARE HIGHER THAN EVER. I MEAN, JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS WITH A FRIEND AND, UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT COMMITTED SUICIDE THIS YEAR LIVED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HER. I MEAN, WE ARE SEEING THINGS ALL OVER THIS COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO JUST CONTINUE FOCUSING ON NOT OURSELVES, BUT REALLY THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE FACULTY, AND THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY WHO HOLDS US ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY -- I SAY OFTEN, SO OFTEN I'VE GONE OUT AND I'VE SEEN SOMEBODY WHO I WORKED WITH AND THEY WERE LIKE, NADIA, I HAVEN'T SEEN

319YOU IN 20 YEARS. WHAT SCHOOL ARE YOU WORKING AT RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. THEY ARE LIKE I HAD NO IDEA. REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REALLY GETTING THE VOICES OF THOSE STUDENTS AND THOSE TEACHERS AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF AND FOCUSING ON THAT AND NOT ON US AND THE WORK THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US. I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.