09/20/2022 - Regular Meeting

001HI. I'M NADIA COMBS, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS. THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. I'M HENRY SHAKE WASHINGTON, THE BOARD VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE 7th LARGEST IN AMERICA. OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT NEARLY 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS

002TV, ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635, AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS. EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 20th, 2022, IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW LEAD

003US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS WEEK STARTED WITH HELLO WEEK, A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM THAT TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND INCREASED INCLUSIVITY. WE HAVE BEEN REMINDED A NUMBER OF OUR TIMES IN OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY THIS SCHOOL YEAR ABOUT THE FRAGILE NATURE OF OUR STUDENTS' MENTAL WELL-BEING. STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTS ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFE -- EMOTIONALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND SOCIALLY. WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO MAKE THE CONNECTION. REACH OUT TO TRUST AN ADULT, AND CONNECT WITH OUR STUDENT SERVICE TEAM. OUR TEAMS COLLABORATE WITH PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO CREATE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS. TODAY, I ASK THAT YOU JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE STIGMA AROUND

004DISCUSSING MENTAL HEALTH, PRIORITIZING THE MENTAL WELLNESS OF OUR STUDENTS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] YOU MAY BE SEATED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE TWO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. 9.01, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, FLORIDA INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, CENTER FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. AND THEN 11.01, APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS FOUNDATION. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY. AUGUST 30th, 2022, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

005SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE'RE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN TO SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENT AND/OR QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKED TO GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

006AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCASTS, ON CABLE TV, AND ON VIDEO MONITORS IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING WITH THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Nadia Combs: WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN, AND THAT'S 6:00, EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES.

007OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD THE COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR TWO MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN, RED LIGHT AND CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST FOUR SPEAKERS, IF YOU

008CAN PLEASE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL. THANK YOU. HELLO. JOEL McDANIEL. I'VE GOT TWO SCHOOL-AGED KIDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND A SON IN 7th GRADE. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ADOPTION OF THE SEX ED CURRICULUM THAT IS LOOKING TO BE PASSED. AFTER READING THROUGH SOME OF THIS STUFF, SOME OF IT I FEEL IS PRETTY EGREGIOUS. A TERM I NEVER HEARD BEFORE, OUTER COURSE IS IN THE LITERATURE. IT TALKS ABOUT GIVE SEXUAL PLEASURE WITHOUT CAUSING PREGNANCY, MASTURBATION AND DRY HUMPING, BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR PARTNER'S BODY AND LEARN HOW YOU LIKE TO BE TOUCHED AND WHAT FEELS GOOD. TO ME IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT ANYBODY WOULD WANT THAT IN THE CLASSROOM FULL OF 12-YEAR-OLDS, 12, 13, 14-YEAR-OLD KIDS. ANOTHER ONE OF THEM WAS WHY DO 12-YEAR-OLDS NEED TO KNOW WHAT

009A CLITORIS IS? WHAT PURPOSE DOES THAT SERVE? I'M NOT REAL SURE HOW THAT IS RELEVANT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FOR A KID OF THAT AGE, 7, 8, 9 GRADE KIDS. IN THE PROGRAM, THERE IS A VIDEO CALLED THE AMAZE VIDEO. THERE IS A DISCUSSION ON MALE AND FEMALE ANATOMY, BIOLOGICAL SEX VERSUS GENDER. I WOULD ASK, IMPLORE EVEN, KEEP IT SCIENTIFIC AND KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. I MEAN, THAT SORT OF THING IS MORE OF A SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE THAN IT IS A SEXUAL HEALTH ISSUE. THE OPT-OUT QUESTIONNAIRE DOES NOT ADDRESS WHAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO COVER. IT'S VERY VAGUE. THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON. THE SEEKOUS CURRICULUM, WHICH IS VERY PLANNED PARENTHOOD CENTRIC HAS NO PLACE IN THE CLASSROOM AT ALL. IT IS AN ENTERTAINMENT AND IT SHOULD NOT BE IN THERE. THAT'S

010ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. CARMEN EDMONDS. MR. WASHINGTON, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH, THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS OF OUR STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND MY TOPIC HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT BECAUSE I AM THE STEPMOTHER OF A TRANSGENDER CHILD, AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT WHEN OUTSIDERS GET INVOLVED IN THE SEXUALITY AND THE INPUT INTO YOUR CHILD'S MENTAL HEALTH AND SEXUAL HEALTH BECAUSE OUR HANDS WERE TIED, AND THE CHAOS AND CONFUSION THAT CAUSED TO OUR FAMILY AND DESTROYED OUR FAMILY AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TRANSCHILD. I WATCHED HER SPIRAL INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION. SHE BEGAN USING DRUGS AND STARTED WITH MARIJUANA AND WENT TO HARDER THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE MORE SHE WENT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WITH

011TRANSITIONING, THE MORE DEPRESSED SHE GOT, THE MORE INVOLVED IN DRUGS SHE GOT, THE MORE HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR SHE GOT. IT DIDN'T SOLVE ANY OF HER PROBLEMS. IT MADE THINGS WORSE. I'M JUST AFRAID THAT YOUR SEX ED CURRICULUM THAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO PASS IS GOING TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS AND CONFUSION FOR THESE KIDS BECAUSE THEIR MINDS ARE NOT READY. I READ THROUGH SOME OF THE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE NOT READY, JUST LIKE THE MAN SAID, ABOUT OUTER SEX, ABOUT DRY HUMPING, WHO NEEDS TO LEARN THAT IN 7th GRADE? THEIR MINDS, SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE TEACHERS. YOU'VE HAD EARLY EDUCATION. SOME OF YOU ARE COUNSELORS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, YOU KNOW AT THIS AGE THESE CHILDREN'S MINDS ARE NOT READY FOR THIS. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY YOU ARE ALLOWING THIS INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND EVEN CONSIDERING THIS CURRICULUM.

012AND THEN ALSO PARENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPT-OUT INSTEAD OF OPT-IN. THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL, PARENTS SHOULD BE VERY, VERY EDUCATED ON WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT TO THEIR CHILDREN. I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM THAT. THESE KIDS ARE NOT READY FOR THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION AND WE'RE JUST DOING THEM MORE HARM THAN GOOD. I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO AND GET RID OF THIS CURRICULUM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. I'M GOING TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN. TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER. ADDRESSING THE BOARD AS A VERY CONCERNED PARENT. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO COME TO YOU, ONCE AGAIN, MY FAVORITE TOPIC, LEADERSHIP IN OUR SCHOOLS, OR THE LACK THEREOF. AS BOARD MEMBERS, YOU DO HAVE SOME TYPE OF SAY, I WOULD HOPE ON -- I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHO PICKS THE

013LEADERSHIP OF THESE SCHOOLS? WHAT CRITERIA DO THEY HAVE TO MEET? WHAT I SEE ON A DAILY BASIS IS SOME OF OUR TOP ADMINISTRATORS, THEY NEED TRAINING, HOW TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS. AS A LEADER, IT IS PART OF YOUR JOB TO PROBLEM SOLVE. IF A PARENT COMES BEFORE YOU WITH A ISSUE, DON'T IGNORE THEM. THE PROBLEMS AREN'T GOING TO GO AWAY. PARENTS AREN'T GOING TO GO AWAY. LET'S LEARN TO BUILD POSITIVE PARENT-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS. LET'S LISTEN TO OUR STUDENTS. PARENTS ARE ADVOCATES. THE ONLY REASON I HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IS BECAUSE MY STUDENTS AREN'T HEARD. WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER. SO LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION. SOMETIMES WE BECOME SO BLIND, DYSFUNCTION BECOMES NORMAL. SO NOW WHEN SOMEONE COMPLAINS, IT'S LIKE WHATEVER. THIS IS THE NORMAL. WE'VE GOT TO WAKE UP. WE'VE

014GOT TO WAKE UP, FLORIDA. WHO WANTS TO BE GREAT IN FLORIDA? WE HAVE TO STOP WITH BEING OKAY AT THE BOTTOM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. AND IF THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS WOULD LINE UP, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE. ALAN BREWSTER. NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE SCHOOL WITH THEIR THOUGHTS AND WORDS AT 110 DEGREES. NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO COME TO THIS BOARD MEETING AND STAND AT THIS PODIUM WITH THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR WORDS 110 DEGREES BECAUSE THE LEADERSHIP AT THE SCHOOL, THE SECRETARY, THE TEACHERS, THE COUNSELORS ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB, OR WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING TO A STUDENT AND THEY DON'T ADDRESS IT IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. MY DAUGHTER AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, SHE'S AUTISTIC, AND SHE HAD A MELT-DOWN. THE TEACHER CALLED THE ASSISTANT, THE

015APC, TO COME ATTEND TO HER. SHE STATED, "OH, YOU LOOK PRETTY CRYING." THAT IS NOT PROFESSIONAL. THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE, AND I'M STANDING HERE TODAY ONCE AGAIN TELLING YOU THAT APC AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT EFFECTIVE. SHE IS NOT. SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO WORK, INTERACT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARENTS. IT'S AN ISSUE. IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP COMING HERE UNTIL THE DISTRICT STRAIGHTEN IT OUT. SHE IS NOT EFFECTIVE. I'M TELLING YOU ALL AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME. SHE IS NOT EFFECTIVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. I AM KRISTA MILLS. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS, MR. FARKAS AND MR. ROMERO MEETING US ON THE 7th. WE PROPOSED MAKING CARROLLWOOD A K-8. WE ADDRESSED OUR NEEDS, THE

016DISTRICT'S NEEDS AND A PLAN ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION TO A K-8 STARTING NEXT YEAR. TODAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP OF STRONG ADVOCATES FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT CARROLLWOOD IN THE K-8 INITIATIVE. AS YOU CONTINUE TO RECEIVE E-MAILS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, TODAY YOU WILL HEAR PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT WHY THIS INITIATIVE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED. MOST OF US AS CONCERNED PARENTS TURNED INTO THE PHASE ONE COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETING FOR A ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS. DURING THE PRESENTATION, WE HEARD ABOUT WHY THIS ANALYSIS IS NEEDED BUT AGAIN, IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE OUR ASK TO MAKE CARROLLWOOD A K-8. DURING THE ANALYSIS, WE HEARD ABOUT THE KEY PARAMETERS AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE BEING FOCUSED ON. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THESE FACTORS ARE ALL FEATURES WHICH CARROLLWOOD ALREADY HAS. DISTANCE TO SCHOOL AND

017TRANSPORTATION. SOCIOECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY. FACILITY AGE AND CONDITION, ASSIGNMENT AND COMMUNITY STABILITY, AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. OUR REQUEST FOR K-8 DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF UNDERUTILIZATION. OUR K-8 ASK WILL HELP KEEP STUDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND CONTINUE TO FOSTER COMMUNITY STABILITY WHILE PREPARING KIDS FOR CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY IS READY TO TRANSITION TO A K-8 MODEL FOR NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE THE SPACE AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER OUR PLAN IN DETAIL. CARROLLWOOD FAMILIES ARE IN FIERCE SUPPORT OF THIS CHANGE AND NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SARAH WEAVING. MY FAMILY AND I LIVE LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY WHERE MY TWO BOYS ARE IN SECOND GRADE AND

018KINDERGARTEN. MY CHILDREN'S CURRENT COMMUTE TO SCHOOL INCLUDES THEM EITHER WALKING OR RIDING THEIR BIKES WHERE THEY ARE GREETED BY MORE THAN TWO DOZEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALSO WALKED OR BIKED TO SCHOOL. ON MY CHILDREN'S COMMUTE, THERE IS NOT ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT OR MAJOR ROAD THAT THEY HAVE TO CROSS. MY CHILDREN PASS MORE THAN TEN HOUSES OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEM BY NAME AND HAVE WATCHED THEM GROW UP. ONE OF THEM BEING THEIR GRANDPARENTS. THEIR ROUND TRIP TO SCHOOL TAKES LESS THAN EIGHT MINUTES. I KNOW MOST, IF NOT ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM, WOULD BE OVERJOYED IF OUR MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WERE TRIPLE THAT. MAKING CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY INTO A K-8 WOULD ALLOW A GREAT DEAL OF FAMILIES TO WORRY LESS ABOUT HOW TO GET THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN

019ORIGINAL CARROLLWOOD. AND ALTHOUGH I ATTENDED A CATHOLIC SCHOOL GROWING UP, WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE KNEW WE WOULD SEND OUR CHILDREN TO CARROLLWOOD FOR ITS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, SELFLESS TEACHERS, SENSE OF COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO ITS CONVENIENCE. MY HUSBAND IS A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, AND I AM A VA PHYSICAL THERAPIST. WE BOTH WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME AND RELY HEAVILY ON GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS TO GET OUR CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY. MAKING CARROLLWOOD INTO A K-8 REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TIME STUDENTS SPEND TRAVELING TO SCHOOL AND DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION SPENDING. THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS STATED 1.2 MILLION ESTIMATED MILES ARE TRAVELED BY STUDENTS EVERY DAY. IF EVERY STUDENT ATTENDED THEIR NEAREST SCHOOL AT THE SAME LEVEL, 22% FEWER MILES WOULD BE TRAVELED. A SHORTER DISTANCE TO SCHOOL WOULD

020REDUCE DAILY CHILD AND PARENTAL STRESS AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF QUALITY TIME FAMILIES GET TO SPEND TOGETHER. HAVING CARROLLWOOD K-8 WOULD BE AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. AND IF THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS WILL LINE UP, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RYAN NELL. MY WIFE AND I ARE PROUD PARENTS OF A CURRENT CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY STUDENT ALONG WITH ANOTHER FUTURE OWL. LIKE SARAH, MY FAMILY AND I LIVE IN ORIGINAL CARROLLWOOD. WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE ON THE SAME STREET AS THE BACK ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL, AND WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO WALK OUR SON DAILY. WE ARE GREETED BY THE FRIENDLIEST CROSSING GUARD IN THE COUNTY AND CATCH UP WITH THE

021PARENTS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL. IT'S ONE OF THE MANY TIMES WE ARE REMINDED HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE LIVE IN. WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE K-8 INITIATIVE WE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO SUPPORT IT IN ANY WAY WE COULD. WE ARE EXPLORING PRIVATE, CHARTER AND SCHOOL CHOICE DESPITE THEIR POTENTIAL COSTS OR LACK OF LOCATION, CONVENIENCE. I CAN ASSURE YOU, THOSE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IF CARROLLWOOD WAS A K-8, ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR SON'S CURRENT COMMUTE IS ABOUT A THREE- TO FOUR-MINUTE WALK. WE WATCHED AS NEIGHBORS COMMUTE 25 MINUTES IN ONE DIRECTION TO TAKE THEIR CHILD TO WHAT THEY THINK IS THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTION. THE VALUE OF A COUPLE OF HOURS, INCLUDING TRAVEL TIME AND CAR LINE GAIN BACK A DAY TO AN OVERWORKED PARENT NOT

022HAVING TO MAKE NEEDLESS ROUND TRIPS JUST SO THEY FEEL THEY PUT THEIR CHILD IN THE BEST ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN IS PRICELESS. REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF CHOICE OPENINGS TO MAKE CARROLLWOOD A K-8 WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN A DECREASE IN VOLUME OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC AS MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN ARE ALREADY WITHIN WALKING AND BIKING DISTANCE TO CARROLLWOOD. I UNDERSTAND NOT ALL SCHOOLS HAVE THE LOCATION ADVANTAGE WE DO. BY BEING CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WHY NOT MAXIMIZE THAT POTENTIAL AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF A PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY OPPORTUNITY FOR AS MANY GRADES AS WE CAN? I ONCE HEARD SOMEONE SAY, DO FOR ONE WHAT YOU WISH YOU COULD DO FOR EVERYONE. YOU CAN DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CARROLLWOOD STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. PLEASE GIVES YOU THE K-8 CHOICE THAT WOULD FOREVER IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING POTENTIAL AS

023WELL AS PROVIDE AND ENGAGE A THRIVING COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND PRIDE ONCE AGAIN IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS EILEEN TAYLOR. I'M A CARROLLWOOD MOM OF TWO GIRLS, AN ACTIVE REALTOR IN THE COMMUNITY AND I CHAIR OUR OWL PANTRY AT CARROLLWOOD. THE OWL PANTRY IS AN IN-HOUSE FOOD PANTRY EXCLUSIVE FOR CARROLLWOOD OWLS. WE FUND RAISE AND COLLECT ENOUGH FOOD FROM LOCAL CHURCHES AND FAMILIES TO SEND HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN IN NEED. WHAT SETS US APART FROM OTHER PANTRIES IS WE SEND HOME ENOUGH FOOD FOR ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE HOME STARTING FROM BIRTH TO 18 YEARS OLD, NOT JUST THE ATTENDING STUDENT. I KNOW YOU HEARD IT FROM OTHERS, BUT I CAN'T ARTICULATE THIS ENOUGH. CARROLLWOOD'S COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF IS UNREAL. LAST YEAR,

024THE CARROLLWOOD PANTRY SERVICED 67 CHILDREN WEEKLY. WE HOSTED A FOOD DRIVE THAT WAS HELD JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO AND WITH THE HELP FROM FAMILIES AT OUR SCHOOL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE COLLECTED OVER 3,000 ITEMS. THIS TRANSLATES TO APPROXIMATELY $10,000 IN FOOD TO STOCK OUR PANTRY. ANOTHER PART OF WHAT MAKES CARROLLWOOD SO SPECIAL AND UNIQUE IS OUR DIVERSITY. WE KNOW THAT WHILE YOU'RE CONSIDERING REDISTRICTING THE COUNTY, YOU ARE SEEKING TO ENSURE THAT THE RECOMMENDED BOUNDARIES DO NOT CREATE SOCIOECONOMICALLY ISOLATED SCHOOLS. AT CARROLLWOOD, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR SOCIOECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY. WE ARE CURRENTLY EQUAL PARTS HISPANIC AND WHITE AT ABOUT 40% EACH, FOLLOWED BY MULTIRACIAL BLACK AND ASIAN. WE ALSO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 50% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. KEEPING OUR OWLS PANTRY AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY IN MIND IS IMPORTANT WHEN CONSIDERING TRANSITIONING OUR SCHOOL TO

025K-8. THE RESOURCES THAT THE CHILDREN RECEIVE WILL NOT BE ALTERED WHEN THEY FINISH FIFTH GRADE BUT INSTEAD WE CAN CARRY THE SERVICE ALL THE WAY TILL 8th GRADE, WHICH IS INVALUABLE. WE RESPECT BEING ASKED TO BE PATIENT UNTIL THE DECEMBER REZONING MEETING, BUT WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE DURING THAT TIME. WE ASK THAT EACH ONE OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE LOOK INTO OUR PLAN AND HELP US MOVE FORWARD WITH TRANSITIONING CARROLLWOOD TO A K-8 MODEL STARTING NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR COMBS AND BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JASON ISAAC. I'M A PARENT AT CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY. I WAS INSPIRED A FEW WEEKS BACK WHEN YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THE OTHER PARENTS AND I WANTED TO COME LEND MY SUPPORT TO THE

026SAME CAUSE. IT OFTEN FEELS LIKE OUR INSTITUTIONS SEEM TO BE GETTING PULLED IN ALL SORTS OF DIRECTIONS, TOO MANY DIRECTIONS. I'VE SEEN THINGS AS SIMPLE AS THE DECLINE IN RECREATIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES AND CITY LEAGUES BY PEOPLE GOING TO TRAVEL BASEBALL AND SPORTS CLUBS VERSUS THE LOCAL LEAGUES. AND IT COULD REALLY CREATE HAVOC IN THE COMMUNITY AND FRACTURE WHAT YOU HAVE. I'M SEEING THE SAME TREND WITH THE SCHOOLS THESE DAYS. AND OUR SMALL CARROLLWOOD SUBDIVISION, AN IDEA OF THAT. WE HAVE 47 HOUSES IN OUR LITTLE SUBPART. THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 15 OR SO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS GO THROUGH. NOT A SINGLE ONE WAS ENROLLED IN THE ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IN FACT, BARELY ANY TWO OF THE SAME STUDENTS -- OR THE STUDENTS WITH THE SAME SCHOOL IN GENERAL. THEY ALL GOT PULLED TO

027CHARTER SCHOOLS, MAGNET SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND NONE FOR THE ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL. MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS A WONDERFULLY DIVERSE SCHOOL HERE AT CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY. IT'S CHILDREN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL SOCIAL STRATA THERE. AND I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND AS A MEMBER -- ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE DADS CLUB THAT THIS STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES AT CARROLLWOOD CAN HOLD WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS K-8 PROGRAM. I'VE SEEN THE MODERN CLASSROOMS WE HAVE ARE UNDERUTILIZED. WE MADE RECENT UPGRADES, SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL FANS OVER THE OUTDOOR PAVILION. PROTECTIVE SUN SHADE OVER THE PLAYGROUND AREA AND INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE PTA THAT HELPS MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE SCHOOL HAS THE SPACE TO EXPAND AND CAN DO IT AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE AND THE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT CAN MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU

028FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS JULIE MYERS. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY IN SUPPORT OF CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY TRANSITIONING TO A K-8. I'M HAPPY THAT THE BOARD HAS DECIDED TO LOOK AT THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES AND MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES TO KEEP STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE MORE STABLE TRANSITION. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TODAY THE MENTAL HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO ASSIGNMENT STABILITY AND TRANSITION, AS I WAS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, I FEEL QUALIFIED TO DO SO. MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTS HOW WE THINK, FEEL AND ACT, AS YOU SAID EARLIER. IT ALSO HELPS DETERMINE HOW WE HANDLE STRESS, RELATE TO OTHERS AND MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES. CARROLLWOOD HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN CREATING A WELCOMING, ACCEPTING, AND POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THEY

029HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. CARROLLWOOD HAS LARGE AND INVOLVED PTA, DADS CLUB, AND THE SUPPORT OF MANY LOCAL BUSINESS PARTNERS. IT IS SO SAD THAT SO MANY FAMILIES ARE MISSING OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY SCHOOL. WHY? STUDENTS ARE NOT ATTENDING THEIR ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY ARE BEING SPLIT AND SCATTERED AROUND TO MANY DIFFERENT OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THIS DOES NOT FOSTER SCHOOL COMMUNITY NOR PROMOTE FAMILY INVOLVEMENT. THIS LEADS ME TO MY NEXT POINT OF MAINTAINING A STABLE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH TRANSITION FOR STUDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES STAY CONNECTED THROUGH ALL SCHOOL LEVELS. MY FIFTH GRADE DAUGHTER IS EXPERIENCING ANXIETY OVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ALREADY. SHE HAS DEVELOPED A FEW CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS AT CARROLLWOOD AND SHE'S NOT SURE IF SHE'S EVER GOING

030TO SEE HER FRIENDS AT SCHOOL AGAIN. THIS LACK OF STABILITY FOR TRANSITIONING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS AFFECTED HER MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALMOST A FULL YEAR. THE ANXIETY AFFECTS HER ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS AS WELL AS HER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. SHE KNOWS MANY OF HER FRIENDS WILL ATTEND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AS THEY ARE FORCED TO CHOOSE CHARTER, MAGNET, OR PRIVATE SCHOOL OPTIONS. IF CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY WERE TO TRANSITION TO A K-8, IT WOULD GREATLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY CONNECT AND KEEP THEM CONNECTED -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HI. MY NAME IS KRISTIN NELL. I'M A PARENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD KINDERGARTEN STUDENT AT CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY. AND I'M ALSO A FORMER TEACHER AT CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY. TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CURRENTLY ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS AFFECTED OUR STUDENT PERFORMANCE

031AND SCHOOL GRADE AT CARROLLWOOD. CURRENTLY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS -- ELEMENTARY GRADES IN FLORIDA ARE CALCULATED USING FSA SCORES FROM THE STUDENTS IN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. TO OUR DISMAY, STUDENTS ARE LEAVING CARROLLWOOD AT AN ALARMING RATE TO ATTEND CHARTER AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO SECURE THEIR SPOT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. MANY PARENTS START THIS PROCESS EARLY ON TO BE SURE THEY ARE IN FOR SIXTH GRADE. KNOWING THEIR ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT AN OPTION. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT CARROLLWOOD SCHOOL PERFORMANCE? WELL, FOR YEARS, THE PRIMARY TEACHERS WORKED TIRELESSLY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR STUDENTS IN GROWING THEIR SKILLS IN READING AND MATH. ONCE THEY REACHED THIRD GRADE, THEY ARE READY FOR SUCCESS ON STATE TESTING. UNFORTUNATELY BY THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE, MANY OF THESE STUDENTS WHO HAVE GROWN UP AT CARROLLWOOD ARE TRANSFERRING ELSEWHERE. THIS MEANS CARROLLWOOD IS NOT

032GETTING THE CREDIT FOR THEIR SCORES ON THE FSA TOWARD THE SCHOOL GRADE. I SAW THIS FIRSTHAND WHEN I TAUGHT FOURTH GRADE IN 2018. DURING THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR, THREE OF MY STUDENTS LEFT AND TRANSFERRED TO VARIOUS CHARTER SCHOOLS. IN THEORY, THE SCHOOL GRADE SHOULD BE A REFLECTION OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. IF THE STUDENTS IN THE PRIMARY GRADES REMAIN AT THE SCHOOL AND SIT FOR FSA TESTING. BUT THE HARDWORKING TEACHERS ARE BUILDING UP THESE STUDENTS' SKILLS ONLY TO SEE THEM LEAVE AND TAKE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ELSEWHERE. YES, CARROLLWOOD DID RECEIVE AN "A" GRADE LAST YEAR, BUT WE CAN'T BE SURE THAT THIS SCORE WILL REMAIN IF WE KEEP SEEING STUDENTS LEAVE AT THIS RATE. I BELIEVE THAT IF CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY IS TRANSFORMED TO A K-8 WE WILL BE ABLE TO RETAIN THESE FAMILIES FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL

033THE WAY THROUGH 8th GRADE, MAINTAINING A CONSISTENT "A" GRADE. NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES WILL HAVE RENEWED FAITH IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SUCCESS AND COMMIT TO SENDING THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH 8th GRADE. DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PLANNING AHEAD OR LOOKING TO OTHER SCHOOLS WILL NO LONGER BE AT HAND. PLEASE MAKE CARROLLWOOD A K-8 SCHOOL TO KEEP THESE STUDENTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU, KRISTIN, FOR YOUR TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE. MY NAME IS ERIN KAGEN. MY FAMILY RESIDES IN ORIGINAL CARROLLWOOD. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, THEREFORE MY HUSBAND AND I RELY ON PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS AS KEY INDICATORS TO GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL FUTURE. DURING THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY OUTPERFORMED BOTH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY ON THE FSA. CARROLLWOOD REPORTED AN AVERAGE FSA SCORE OF SEVEN POINTS ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE AND SIX POINTS

034ABOVE THE COUNTY AVERAGE IN ENGLISH AND REPORTED AN AVERAGE FSA SCORE OF EIGHT POINTS ABOVE BOTH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY IN AVERAGES IN MATHEMATICS. THESE RESULTS PLACE CARROLLWOOD IN THE TOP 25% OF ALL HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE ARE PROUD OF THESE RESULTS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY IS CAPABLE OF HIGHER SCORES, AND THE K-8 INITIATIVE IS THE ANSWER. LAST YEAR, CARROLLWOOD LOST 31 STUDENTS. 11 TO PRIVATE AND 20 TO CHARTER. BASED ON CURRENT WITHDRAWAL TRENDS, A CARROLLWOOD STUDENT COULD LOSE UPWARDS OF 23.9% OF THEIR CLASS BETWEEN GRADES K-5, WHICH YIELDS ROUGHLY A HUNDRED STUDENTS PER GRADE WITHDRAWING FROM CARROLLWOOD BY GRADE 5 FOR CHARTER ALONE. LAST SCHOOL YEAR, CHARTER SCHOOLS REPORTED AN ENROLLMENT INCREASE OF 8.2%, AN INCREASE OF 56.4% OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WHEN COMPARING CARROLLWOOD FSA

035SCORES TO LIKE CHARTER SCHOOLS ON AVERAGE, CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE REPORTING HIGHER FSA SCORES. THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE CARROLLWOOD WITHDRAWAL RATE AND CHARTER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ALONG WITH THE STRONG FSA SCORES BEING REPORTED BY CHARTER SCHOOLS. AS KRISTIN PREVIOUSLY STATED, CARROLLWOOD'S EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS WORK TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE FSA ONLY TO WITNESS OTHER SCHOOLS, MAINLY CHARTER, BENEFIT FROM THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR THROUGH EARLY WITHDRAWALS. WE WANT TO RETAIN THE STUDENTS AT CARROLLWOOD AND TRANSITIONING CARROLLWOOD TO A K-8 IS THE ANSWER. WE SEEK YOUR SUPPORT AND ASK FOR A YES VOTE FROM YOU TO TRANSITION CARROLLWOOD TO K-8 RIGHT AWAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS GABE GOMEZ. FIFTH GRADER AT CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY. I HAVE LOVED MY SIX YEARS AT CARROLLWOOD AND WOULD

036LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THERE FOR THREE MORE YEARS. CARROLLWOOD HAS AMAZING TEACHERS WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS. BECAUSE OF THEM I HAVE RECEIVED FIVES ON ALL MY FSA TESTING. THE TEACHERS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS NO BULLYING, EVEN THOUGH WE ALL COME FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. I SEE MY TEACHERS AT THE GROCERY STORE, BASEBALL FIELD AND AT THE PARK. SOME OF THE TEACHERS' SPOUSES ARE COACHES FOR US AT LOCAL BALLPARK. TEACHERS KNOW OUR PARENTS AND THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH US. THEY KNOW OUR POTENTIAL AND PUSH US TO BE GREAT. AS PART OF WHAT MAKES CARROLLWOOD AN "A" SCHOOL. WE HAVE STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT. THE CURRENT ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. CARROLLWOOD DOES NOT BECOME A K-8 SCHOOL, I WILL ATTEND EITHER A CHARTER, MAGNET,

037OR IF WE HAVE TO, A PRIVATE SCHOOL. THE KIDS AT CARROLLWOOD DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH THE SAME ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE ARE RECEIVING WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY IS PART OF WHAT WILL HELP US EXCEL AND CONTINUE TO HAVE TESTING SCORES ABOVE OTHER SCHOOLS. MY MOTHER IS FROM TAMPA AND ATTENDED THE SAME HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL AS MY GRANDPARENTS WENT TO GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN SET LEGACIES TO. CHANGING CARROLLWOOD TO A K-8 WILL HELP BRING THE LEGACY TO CARROLLWOOD AND CHAMBERLAIN AS IT STANDS NOW. NONE OF THE KIDS IN MY CLASS PLAN ON GOING TO OUR ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL. ONCE ■THEY LEAVE, THEY WON'T GET TO COME OR THEY WON'T COME BACK TO OUR ZONED HIGH SCHOOL. MANY OF MY CLASSMATES HAVE ALREADY LEFT CARROLLWOOD TO

038FIND PLACEMENTS IN OTHER CHARTER, K-8 OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, NOT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT LOVE CARROLLWOOD, BUT BECAUSE THEY WANTED A DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTION THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL OPTION WHERE WE CAN STAY WITH THE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WE HAVE BEEN GROWING UP WITH. CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY IS NOT JUST A SCHOOL, IT'S PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE GIVE US A CHANCE TO CONTINUE FOR THREE MORE YEARS. IT WILL BENEFIT SO MANY PEOPLE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. DIDN'T HE DO SO GOOD? HI. MY NAME IS DANIELLE EICHMANN. THANK YOU TO THESE ADVOCATES AND THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING OUR INITIATIVE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION CARROLLWOOD TO A K-8 CAN BE A REALITY NEXT YEAR WITH YOUR VOTE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT

039IN PREPARING OUR CARROLLWOOD STUDENTS FOR LIFE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE A MIDDLE SCHOOL WIN FOR THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS JACQUELYN MUIR. MY HAT IS OFF TO ALL OF YOU CARROLLWOOD FAMILIES THAT ARE STICKING TOGETHER AND FIGHTING FOR YOUR SCHOOL. I THINK THE MORE THAT WE ALLOW PARENTS INTO THESE CONVERSATIONS, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE, WHICH LEADS ME TO OUR SEX ED CURRICULUM. YOU GUYS ARE REALLY WAY OUTSIDE THE LINES. I THINK THAT IF YOU WOULD JUST STICK TO, YEAH, ABSTINENCE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND STDs, WE WOULD ALL AGREE THERE IS A PLACE FOR THAT IN THE CLASSROOM. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE GENDER AFFIRMING HORMONE THERAPY THROUGH PLANNED PARENTHOOD THROUGH THE WEBSITE TEEN CONNECT OR

040AMAZE.ORG, THAT I BELIEVE I HEARD LAST YEAR WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT LEAH AND MA LEEK WAS FROM A GRANT SOMEBODY GAVE MONEY TO OUR SCHOOLS TO PUT THIS INAPPROPRIATE IDEOLOGY INTO THE MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN. AND YOU NEED AN OPT-IN FORM. I STATED THIS LAST YEAR. PARENTS SHOULD BE AWARE. IT IS MORE THAN SEX ED. YOU HAVE TRULY BLURRED THE LINES. IF YOU SAY YES TO THIS CURRICULUM, I WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING. I'VE ALREADY PULLED MY CHILDREN FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, AND I'M SAD BECAUSE I SPENT ALL OF MY YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND I TAUGHT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND I BELIEVE OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE SO GOOD THAT NOBODY WANTS TO LEAVE, BUT THEY ARE LEAVING FOR CHARTER FOR A REASON. THEY ARE LEAVING FOR PRIVATE FOR A REASON. AND

041MY HOMESCHOOL CO-OP NOW HAS 550 OF YOUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR A REASON. LET THE PARENTS IN. STICK TO THE CORE SUBJECTS, AND LEAVE ALL THIS POLITICAL GARBAGE OUT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS TERRY KEMPLE. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN PROJECT AND A LOCAL ORGANIZATION CALLED COMMUNITY ISSUES COUNCIL. YOUR STAFF TELLS YOU THE CURRICULUM MEETS THE STATE STANDARDS FOR SEX ED. IT ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR 7th GRADE. THE PAGE YOU HAVE COVERS ONE OF THE MORE OBVIOUS EXAMPLES. OUR TEAM OF PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, CURRENT AND RETIRED HILLSBOROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTEACHERS FOUND OVER 50 EXAMPLES. THE STANDARD USED TO JUSTIFY THE REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY LESSON SAYS, IDENTIFY AND INVESTIGATE THE GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF THE MAJOR SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODY, DIGESTIVE, RESPIRATORY, CIRCULATORY, EX-VERIER TO, IMMUNE, NERVOUS, MUSCULOSKELETON AND

042DESCRIBE WAYS THESE SYSTEMS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER TO MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS. NOW LOOK AT THE PAGE I GAVE YOU. WHERE DOES THE STANDARD SAY THAT 7th GRADERS HAVE TO SEE PICTURES OF MALE AND FEMALE GENITALIA OR BE ABLE TO IDEA VULVA, LABIA, VAGINA, TESTICLES OR PENIS TO MEET THE STANDARD? IT DOESN'T. THE INCLUSION OF THIS MATERIAL IS A MATTER OF CHOICE, NOT REQUIREMENT. YOUR STAFF SAYS IT'S NEEDED SO KIDS CAN BE SPECIFIC ABOUT INCIDENTS OF HEALTH NEEDS OR MOLESTATION. KIDS CAN SPEAK GENERALLY ABOUT THEIR PRIVATE PARTS TO REPORT AN ISSUE AND THEN HEALTH CARE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL CAN GET INTO DETAILS. IF THE OPT-OUT FORM IS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, IT SHOULD EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT MATERIAL IS COVERED UNDER EACH HEADING. REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY SHOULD NAME ALL OF THOSE THINGS I JUST SAID. AND IF IT

043DID, HOW MANY PARENTS DO YOU THINK WOULD PUT THEIR KIDS IN YOUR 7th GRADE CLASSES? BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE TO ASK YOU, HOW MANY OF YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE STANDARDS SAY? THIS MATERIAL NEEDS TO BE SENT BACK FOR REVIEW AND REVISION. I WAS INVOLVED WITH YOUR STAFF IN 2019 REVIEWING -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO. MY NAME IS WES CLAIRE. I'D LIKE TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE WITH YOU FROM THE LIFE OF MY 11-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2021-22, LAST YEAR, MY GRANDSON ATTENDED A PASCO COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ODESSA, FLORIDA, WHERE I WOULD OCCASIONALLY PICK HIM UP AND DRIVE HIM HOME AFTER SCHOOL. ONE DAY WHEN HE GOT INTO THE CAR, I ASKED HIM HOW HIS CLASSES WERE GOING. HE RESPONDED

044WITH OKAY. SO I ASKED HIM HOW HE LIKED HIS TEACHER. HE SAID OKAY, BUT SHE'S TEACHING US SEX. SO I ASKED HIM HOW HE LIKED THIS TEACHER, AND I ASKED HIM FOR MORE INFORMATION AFTER HE TOLD ME THAT. AND HE SAID THAT THE WHOLE CLASS WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE INFORMATION AND BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION, THE THINGS THAT THE TEACHER WAS SAYING ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF SEX. HE SAID THAT THE TEACHER TOLD US THAT SHE COULD SEE THAT WE WERE NERVOUS. SHE HAD US ALL SAY PENIS, PENIS, PENIS, OVER AND OVER, OUT LOUD TOGETHER TO HELP US. HE THEN SAID IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT, GRAMPY, THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME. TODAY, MY GRANDSON IS ENROLLED IN THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SO MY QUESTION TO THIS SCHOOL BOARD

045IS, GIVEN THAT 11-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN ARE NERVOUS, UNCOMFORTABLE, AND EMBARRASSED WHEN LITERALLY INITIALLY EXPOSED TO SEXUAL CONCEPTS, DOESN'T THAT SAY SOMETHING TO US? WHY CAN'T WE WAIT UNTIL THEY BECOME MORE MATURE AND MORE ABLE TO PROCESS FOR THEMSELVES? IN THE OPINION OF THIS 60-YEAR RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE INNOCENT MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN ARE SACROSANCT AND DESERVE THE DILIGENT PROTECTION -- YOUR DILIGENT PROTECTION. AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU AND ALL OF YOU AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PERFORM YOUR GOD-GIVEN DUTY TO SAFEGUARD OUR CHILDREN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. HEADLINE, "WORLD IS HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE." HERE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS FIND FISCAL RELIEF BY TURNING TOWARD THE SUN. ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO GIVE PAY RAISES AS BIG

046AS 30% TO ITS TEACHERS. ANOTHER, NEW HEATING AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS. SEE, THERE'S THE PROBLEM. PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS, YOU'RE NOT SO MUCH WORRIED ABOUT THAT. THE BUILDING DOES THE WORK, BUT YOU KEEP MAKING THE WRONG KIND OF BUILDINGS. AND THEN HERE, CENSORSHIP IS THE REFUGE OF THE WEAK. REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE EMBRACING CENSORSHIP. YEAH, WHERE IS THE GOOD OL' BOOK BURNING? AND THEN HERE IN THE USA TODAY, THE BIG ARTICLE, "MOMS FOR SCHOOLING." MAURICE CUNNINGHAM, A RETIRED ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTON, AN AUTHOR OF DARK MONEY AND POLITICS OF SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION, CALLED MOMS FOR STUPIDITY A PREFABRICATED FRONT REPRESENTING GOP INTERESTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF DEATH-SANTIS. BOY, WE ARE HEADED BACK TO THE SHARK AGES WITH THE MOMS FOR STUPID -- TO THE DARK AGES WITH THE MOMS FOR

047STUPIDITY. IT'S SO SAD. AH, YEAH. I HOPE YOU STAND UP TO THEM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT, SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JULIE GEBHARTZ. OUR SEXUALIZED CULTURE IS WREAKING HAVOC ON THE LIVES OF KIDS. PARENTS AND TEACHERS SHOULD BE PROTECTING KIDS. WE SHOULD BE REJECTING THE MESSAGE OF THE SEXUAL, TIKTOK, EXCLUSIVE RAP MUSIC NOT NORMALIZING AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE MESSAGES THROUGH SEX ED. THE NORMALIZATION OF SEX FOR KIDS IS PERVASIVE NOT ONLY IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES BUT ALSO IN THE SEX ED CURRICULUM. WELCOME TO THE 2020 VERSION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 7th GRADE SEX ED WHERE 12-YEAR-OLDS ARE EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT SEX WITH THEIR PEERS IN CLASS. YES, BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER. HERE ARE THE POOR SCIENCE TEACHER INSTRUCTIONS SUMMARIZED. BREAK STUDENTS INTO GROUPS OF THREE OR FOUR. GIVE EACH GROUP A WORK SHEET WITH A

048PROMPT TO PRACTICE ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION. READY FOR THE PROMPTS? PROMPT NUMBER ONE, 7th GRADE, IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO HAVE SEX WITH ME, THEN I'LL GO FIND SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL. PROMPT NUMBER TWO, I SAW SAM AND KAYLA EARLIER. THEY SAID THEY HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE SEX AFTER ALL. I KNOW YOU AND I SAID WE WOULD WAIT, BUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT, WHY WOULDN'T IT BE OKAY FOR US TO? THIS IS A DISCUSSION FOR 7th GRADERS. AFTER THE DISCUSSION, THE GROUP SELECTS TWO VOLUNTEERS TO COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM TO READ THE DIALOGUE OUT LOUD TO THE CLASS, STARTING WITH THE PROMPT, I HAVE A 7th GRADER. IF HE WERE COERCED TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF HIS PEERS AND START THAT DIALOGUE WITH THIS, IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO HAVE

049SEX WITH ME, THEN I'LL JUST GO FIND SOMEONE ELSE. I CANNOT PROMISE YOU I WOULD NOT BLOW A GASKET. AND THEN AFTER EACH GROUP HAS READ THEIR SHEET, THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS THE TEACHER SHOULD DO. BE SURE TO HAVE THE CLASS APPLAUD FOR EACH. NOW WE'RE REINFORCING THIS GOOD BEHAVIOR OF DISCUSSING SEX IN A CLASSROOM. I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE OVERLOOKED. THIS IS MENTAL PROGRAMMING WITH REWARDS. SAME THING, WEIGHT WATCHERS USES AND OTHER PEOPLE USE AS WELL FOR MANIPULATION TO EVIL. PLEASE VOTE NO. THERE IS A SURVEY FROM 2015 THAT SAYS TEENS SAY THEY FEEL PRESSURED TO HAVE SEX IN MOST FEDERALLY FUNDED SEX ED PROGRAMS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. DON'T MESS WITH MAMAS. I'M TRAVIS SMITH. SENIOR PASTOR AT A CHURCH IN THE CITRUS PARK

050AREA. I'VE BEEN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 38 YEARS. 17 YEARS I WAS A YOUTH PASTOR, AND I'VE BEEN SENIOR PASTOR THESE LAST YEARS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SERVING. I KNOW YOU ARE KIND OF WEARING A BULL'S-EYE TODAY, BUT I HOPE THAT THE BULL'S-EYE WILL HIT YOUR HEART AND MOVE YOU. I HAVE A PASSION AS A PASTOR FOR GUARDING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN. I'VE BEEN A PART OF SADLY SOMETIMES HAVING TO BRING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT MEN THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT AWAY AND HAVE BEEN PUT AWAY FOR MOST OF THEIR LIFE. I DO NOT TOLERATE ANYONE THAT VIOLATES THE PURITY OF A CHILD AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU. YOU AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS YOU BEAR A BURDEN FOR WHAT IS TAUGHT IN THAT CLASSROOM. I WENT ONLINE. I'VE LOOKED AT YOUR CURRICULUM. I

051ACTUALLY OPPOSED THIS IN 2019, AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT SO I DON'T LOSE ALL MY TIME HERE. I HAVE PUBLICLY FOUGHT AGAINST THIS TYPE OF CURRICULUM OVER THE YEARS. I LOOKED AT IT. IT'S AT BEST MISLEADING, AT WORST IT'S SEXUALLY EXPLOITING. REGARDLESS OF THE WELL-INTENTIONED MOTIVES, THIS CURRICULUM IS MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE. IT IS OBVIOUS THE GOAL IS NOT EDUCATION. IT IS INDOCTRINATION TO A SEXUAL ORIENTATION. THE LANGUAGE OF THE CURRICULUM DENIES BASIC BIOLOGY. IT ENCOURAGES ACCEPTANCE OF LIFESTYLES AND CONDUCT THAT IS NOT ONLY UNNATURAL, IT'S IMMORAL AND IT'S DEGRADING. AND I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THESE MOMS. DO THE RIGHT THING FOR CHILDREN. DO WHAT I'VE DONE MY WHOLE LIFE, PROTECT THE INNOCENCE AND THE PURITY OF CHILDREN, PLEASE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO. MY NAME IS

052CARRIE ROGERS. I'M STANDING HERE TODAY JUST AS A MOTHER. MY PROFESSION WAS A DENTAL HYGIENIST, BUT I HAVE GIVEN THAT UP BECAUSE I'VE CHOSEN TO HOMESCHOOL MY THREE CHILDREN. IT REALLY STARTED WAY BACK WITH COMMON CORE. AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. SO I DON'T SEE MYSELF GOING BACK AND EARNING AN INCOME UNTIL THEY ALL GET THROUGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO BE MADE. ALSO, WITH THE CURRICULUM THAT YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE, I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THAT, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE -- IT REALLY LACKS WISDOM AND IT HAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ATTACHED TO IT. AND I THINK IT'S MESSY AND I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE REALLY IN THAT AREA. I THINK YOU NEED TO GET BACK AND GET THOSE TEST SCORES UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO

053EARN OUR TRUST FIRST. THERE'S SO MUCH BROKEN TRUST WITH THE FAMILIES RIGHT NOW. I AM PART OF A CO-OP NOW THAT WENT FROM ABOUT 200 KIDS TO 550. I THOUGHT AFTER COVID IT WOULD GO DOWN. WE CONTINUE TO GROW. WE ARE IN CARROLLWOOD VILLAGE AREA. THE SCHOOL AFTER THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, SO I COMMEND THEM FOR STANDING HERE TRYING TO MAKE ANOTHER AVENUE FOR THE 8th GRADE. BUT YOU'VE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW, AND IF YOU JUST EARN THE TRUST BACK, GET THE TEST SCORES BACK UP, MY OLDER SON IS TRYING TO TAKE THE S.A.T., AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT OUR GOVERNOR HAS PUT IN PLACE FOR US AND OUR KIDS CAN'T EVEN GET IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THE SCORES. THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE. SO GET BACK WHERE

054YOU NEED TO BE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS JEFF ROGERS. MY WIFE CARRIE AND I, AS SHE SAID, ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF THREE YOUNG BOYS HERE IN TAMPA. WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM THAT'S BEING VOTED ON TODAY, AND I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO. THIS CURRICULUM TARGETING 11 AND 12-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN INTRODUCES THEM TO SEXUAL CONTENT THAT THEIR BRAINS ARE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE. THE EARLY EXPOSURE TO INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTENT CAN DEVELOP BEHAVIORS AND A SEXUAL TEMPLATE THAT ALSO POTENTIALLY INCREASES THEIR RISK TO SEX TRAFFICKING. ADDITIONALLY, WE VIEW THIS CURRICULUM AS A TROJAN HORSE TO A MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA WELL BEYOND WHAT THE CURRICULUM IS ACTUALLY STATED TO ADDRESS. SO WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL VOTE NO LATER ON

055TODAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KEVIN BILEKIS. I SPENT NINE YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. I WANTED TO SHARE A QUICK STORY WITH YOU. I THINK I WAS 20 YEARS OLD THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMEBODY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT WHAT INFORMED CONSENT MEANT IN THE CONTEXT OF SEX. AND THE REASON WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IS BECAUSE AT MY UNIT, A MARINE RAPED ANOTHER MARINE AND REACTIONARY AS THE D.O.D. TENDS TO BE, THEY CHOSE TO SIT US DOWN AFTER THE FACT AND SMACK US ALL ON THE WRIST AND REMIND US, HEY, DON'T DO THAT. NOW, BEING 20 YEARS OLD AND HAVING THAT BE THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD THAT TERM, I COULD TELL YOU THAT THE PERPETRATOR WHO DID RAPE THAT OTHER

056MARINE HAD ALSO NEVER HEARD THAT TERM BEFORE IN HIS LIFE. I CAN ALSO TELL YOU CONCRETELY, BECAUSE I'VE DONE THE RESEARCH ON IT, THAT COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION IS THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO IMPROVE A CHILD'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT INFORMED CONSENT LOOKS LIKE, OF WHAT ENTHUSIASTIC CONSENT LOOKS LIKE. THIS ISN'T A PERSONAL OPINION. THIS IS THROUGH RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED BY HARVARD, YALE, BROWN UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON, PENN STATE, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION DOES NOT ONLY IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE THEIR OWN EMOTIONS AND THEIR ACCESS TO THEIR OWN BODY, BUT IT ALSO HELPS THEM RECOGNIZE WHEN THEY ARE BEING ABUSED. IT HELPS THEM RECOGNIZE WHEN SOMEBODY IS DOING SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T LIKE AND THEY HAVE RESOURCES TO GET AWAY FROM THAT SITUATION. IT'S ALSO THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO REDUCE STD

057TRANSMISSION AMONG TEENS. IT IS ALSO THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO REDUCE TEEN PREGNANCY AND TEEN BIRTHS AND TEEN PARENTAGE, WHICH ULTIMATELY INCREASES THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND GO ON TO COLLEGE AND ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS AND MAYBE SIT IN THESE CHAIRS 20 TO 30 YEARS FROM NOW. PLEASE PASS THIS AND SUPPORT SEXUAL EDUCATION FOR OUR YOUTH BECAUSE HIDING BEHIND FEAR OF THE WORD PENIS OR VAGINA IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD FOR EDUCATORS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LEE KARDON. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH AFFILIATE OF COUNTY CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH CURRICULUM ISSUE, BUT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. WHAT I'M HERE TO DO IS ASK YOU TO TABLE THAT ACTION UNTIL THE PUBLIC IS GIVEN SUFFICIENT

058NOTICE TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER INPUT IN A PUBLIC MEETING AS REQUIRED BY LAW. FLORIDA STATUTES REQUIRE THAT AT LEAST 20 DAYS FOR PUBLIC REVIEW ONLINE BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS A MEETING ADOPTING THE MATERIALS. THE STATUTES STATE THERE MUST ALSO BE AN OPEN NOTICED MEETING FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MATERIALS, ACCORDING TO THE STATUTE, THE TWO MEETINGS MAY NOT BE THE SAME MEETING. THE REVIEW MEETING AND THE BOARD MEETING. THE PUBLIC NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THIS MEETING AND THIS AGENDA ITEM TODAY WAS POSTED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD HOME PAGE WITH A NOTIFICATION THAT THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CURRICULUM FOR THOSE GRADES WOULD BE CONSIDERED TODAY, BUT THE MATERIALS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. WHILE THE NOTICE SAID ON YOUR WEB PAGE, THE CURRICULUM CAN

059BE ACCESSED AND REVIEWED USING THE LINKS BLOW, CLOSE QUOTE, THERE WERE NO LINKS BELOW. THERE ARE STILL NO LINKS BELOW. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND THE CURRICULUM AVAILABLE ONLINE AS REQUIRED BY LAW ON SEPTEMBER 7th, WHICH PUTS US INSIDE THE 20-DAY NOTICE. SOMEONE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM EVENTUALLY SENT US THE CURRICULUM FOUR DAYS AGO, AND WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW BECAUSE WE PUT A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS ON IT. BUT THE NOTICE FOR THIS VOTE TODAY DOESN'T COMPLY WITH STATUTES AND I'M ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE THE VOTE, COMPLY WITH THE STATUTES FOR NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IT'S OBVIOUS IT'S NEEDED, MORE PUBLIC COMMENT IS NEEDED BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. ASKING YOU TO COMPLY WITH THE STATUTE, TIME FRAME, NOTICE AND POSTPONE THE VOTE

060FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DEBBIE HUNT, CCDF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ALSO TO SPEAK ABOUT THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CURRICULUM. WE ALL KNOW BEING A 7th, 8th, OR 9th GRADER THAT IT IS REALLY TOUGH. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS GOING ON, NOT TO MENTION THE HORMONES THAT ARE FLOWING. AND THE THOUGHT OF HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT SEX, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES OR EVEN BEING PREGNANT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE MOST OF THEM JUST TURN RED AND JUST WANT TO SHRINK INTO THEMSELVES. EVEN THOUGH THE CURRICULUM IS AT SOME POINT REQUIRED, IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN A NUMBER OF NOTCHES SO THAT THE KIDS CAN ACTUALLY LEARN FROM IT. AND WHEN THEY ARE TAUGHT IT, MAYBE TEACH IT SO THAT THE GIRLS -- MEET WITH THE

061GIRLS AND THE GUYS MEET WITH THE GUYS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE OPEN CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT IT BEING SO EMBARRASSING. BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS, PARENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPT-IN RIGHT, NOT THE OPT-OUT RIGHT. I PERSONALLY REVIEWED ALL OF THE MATERIAL. THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND PAGES OF INFORMATION TO GO OVER AND COMPARE FROM THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR. AND IN REVIEWING IT, THE LINKS DON'T WORK. THERE'S NO ACCESS TO THE LINKS. THE VIDEOS DON'T WORK. EVEN WHEN YOU GO AND YOU TRY TO LOOK THEM UP USING GOOGLE OR WHATEVER YOU'RE USING, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO WHAT WOULD SUPPOSEDLY BE THE RIGHT ONE. AND SOME OF THESE SITES ARE TAKING THESE KIDS TO SITES THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO BE GOING TO. AND SOME OF THE CONCERNING SITES WERE

062AMAZE, TEEN CONNECT, CHILDREN SHOULD BE SENT TO THEIR PARENTS, NOT TO WEBSITES TO BE TALKING. THERE'S AN EMPHASIS THROUGHOUT THE TRAINING ON THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEX, I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION IT HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE KIDS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. RON VETTELARO. I AM THE FATHER OF A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENT AND HUSBAND OF A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. ALL THIS OUTCRY OVER SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM, I'M AFRAID SOME OF THESE ATTENDEES ARE GOING TO BE VERY DISMAYED WHEN THEY LEARN THE INTERNET EXISTS, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHY ALL THOSE HORNS ARE HONKING OUTSIDE. NO OTHER PROFESSION BUT TEACHING ARE YOU ABLE TO NOT PAY SOMEBODY WHAT YOU OWE THEM AND EXPECT THEM TO KEEP WORKING, YET MOST HILLSBOROUGH TEACHERS ARE HELD

063CAPTIVE FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN THEY LOVE AND CARE ABOUT, SO THEY REFUSE TO WALK AWAY. BUT SOME OF THEM ARE NOT TAKING IT, AND NOW YOU HAVE WILDLY UNDERSTAFFED SCHOOLS AND UNMANAGEABLE CLASS SIZES. IN A GIVEN DAY, A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER WILL HAVE MULTIPLE ELOPEMENT, PHYSICAL ATTACKS, LEARNING TOOLS SHE PAID FOR DESTROYED IN A CLASSROOM THAT SHE PUT A LOT OF CARE IN SETTING UP ALSO TORN APART. MULTIPLE BATHROOM DUTIES FOR HER STUDENTS WITHOUT PROPER SANITARY NECESSITIES DUE TO UNDERFUNDING IN A CLASSROOM THAT IS VERY HOT SOMETIMES WITH SKILLED AND DEDICATED HELP FROM PARAS THAT ARE MAKING LOWER WAGES THAN FAST-FOOD WORKERS. HOW IS THAN A ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING? THESE ARE THIRD-WORLD WORKING CONDITIONS. EACH EXTRA STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM MAKES THE JOB OF EDUCATING EXPONENTIALLY MORE DIFFICULT. YOU'RE ALSO ROBBING THE STUDENTS

064OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WHEN YOU HAVE AN OVERLOADED CLASSROOM. IT SEEMS LIKE THE DISTRICT IS MORE CONCERNED WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE LOOKED AFTER RATHER THAN EDUCATED. THERE ARE THOSE ON THE BOARD WHO TAUGHT PEOPLE TO TEACH AND WON'T SUPPORT THESE TEACHERS' CAUSE. THERE ARE THOSE ON THE BOARDS WHO WON'T EVEN LET THEIR CHILDREN GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOL. WHY? WHAT MAKES A PRIVATE EDUCATION BETTER? IS IT THE EXCLUSIVITY, THE PREMIUM THAT LIMITS CLASSROOM SIZES? THE FACT THAT FUNDING IS MOSTLY GUARANTEED? I THINK THERE ARE THOSE IN SOCIETY WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WANT TO SEE IT AS AN INSTITUTION -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HI. MY NAME IS TRACY MILLER, I AM A PRACTICING GYNECOLOGIST IN TAMPA. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS ABOUT 25 YEARS.

065I DEFINITELY COME ACROSS A LARGE NUMBER OF WOMEN OF ALL AGE GROUPS. WHILE I UNDERSTAND TALKING ABOUT SEX AND BODY PARTS CAN BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, THE REALITY IS THAT MOST OF THESE KIDS ARE NOT LEARNING WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP THEMSELVES HEALTHY. I SEE MOST TEENAGERS AND MANY YOUNG ADULTS ARE WOEFULLY ILL-INFORMED ABOUT THEIR BODIES AND THEIR SEXUAL HEALTH. I'M OFTEN EDUCATING THEM ABOUT BASIC FUNCTIONS SUCH AS NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLES, HOW CONCEPTION OCCURS, DIFFERENT METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL, AND ALL OF THE SEXUAL -- DIFFERENT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES THAT EXIST, HOW THEY ARE DETECTED AND HOW THEY CAN BE PREVENTED. IT ASTOUNDS ME HOW MOST OF THEM ARE PRETTY CLUELESS ABOUT THESE TOPICS AND MUCH OF THEIR INFORMATION IS THROUGH THEIR FRIENDS AND THE INTERNET. IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT IF THEY WERE TAUGHT

066IN A MORE FORMAL SETTING, THEY WOULD MAKE BETTER CHOICES ABOUT ENGAGING IN BEHAVIORS THAT AVOID RISKY BEHAVIORS THAT CAN LEAD TO LIFELONG DISEASES AND CONSEQUENCES THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECT THEIR LIVES. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT SEXUAL HEALTH CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS THAT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE HEALTHIER. THANKS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR TODAY. HELLO. ERIN WILY. A PARENT OF THREE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SEXUAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN KIND OF DISTURBING THAT I'VE HEARD TODAY. SOME OF THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE COME UP THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO NAME BODY PARTS AND HAVING TO USE THIS GENERALIZED LANGUAGE. NAMING A BODY PART DOES NOT HURT OUR CHILDREN. WHAT DOES HURT

067OUR CHILDREN IS WHEN THEY BECOME ASHAMED OF THEIR BODY PARTS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AWARE. WHEN THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE PROPER EDUCATION, THEY DON'T KNOW, AND THEY MIGHT BE QUIET WHEN SOMEBODY IS TOUCHING THEM. AND THEY MAY NOT SPEAK UP AND SAY SOMETHING IF THEY WERE TO BE INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED OR I'M SORRY, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON THE KIDS HERE. SEX EDUCATION TEACHES KIDS ABOUT, YES, THEIR BODY PARTS BUT ALSO ABOUT CONSENT, WHICH IS NOT A DIRTY WORD. IT TEACHES KIDS NOT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEIR BODIES AND HOW TO CREATE HEALTHY BOUNDARIES. THAT'S WHAT CONSENT IS ABOUT. THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THAT SEEMED TO SHOCK SOME PARENTS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK YOUR TEENAGERS ARE TALKING ABOUT, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE

068AFRAID OF THE WORD PENIS AND NONE OF THEM ARE BEING HARMED BY THE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE BEING HARMED BY NOT UNDERSTANDING CONSENT. THEY ARE BEING HARMED BY NOT BEING AWARE OF AND UNASHAMED OF THEIR BODIES AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS THAT WAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE RECOGNITION AND PROCLAMATIONS. A 01, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, SEPTEMBER 2022 AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. MEMBER HAHN WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIE BY SUICIDE, LEAVING BEHIND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO NAVIGATE THE TRAGEDY OF LOSS. THROUGH EDUCATION, OUR DISTRICT AIMS TO DECREASE STIGMA, RAISE AWARENESS, PROVIDE RESOURCES AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR

069FAMILIES AS THEY FACE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THERE WERE 261 DEATHS BY SUICIDE IN FLORIDA AND 20 DEATHS BY SUICIDE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 22 IN 2020. WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT SERVICE TEAM AND THE TEAMS THAT ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AND PROMOTE EMOTIONAL WELLNESS IN OUR DISTRICT, SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES, SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE AT EVERY SCHOOL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE SEPTEMBER 2022 AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: SORRY ABOUT THAT, MEMBER VAUGHN. I KEPT PRESSING MY BUTTON. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN,

070FOR APPRECIATING OUR STAFF AND ENUMERATING THE VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS FROM GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND EVEN A LOT OF THEM ARE NURSES AS WELL, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS. THOSE ARE THE EARS OUR CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED TO GET SOME COMFORT FROM. I BELIEVE THAT SUCH PLACES SUCH AS THE CRISIS CENTERS -- THANK YOU, CLARA REYNOLDS, THE CRISIS CENTER HAS HELPED SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AVOID SUICIDE. AND GRACEPOINT COUNSELING AND THEIR WONDERFUL SERVICES HAVE ALSO BEEN EQUIPPING OUR KIDS TO NOT GO THAT EXTRA STEP. WE DO HAVE A CULTURE THAT'S VERY SERIOUSLY INFLAMED FROM DEPRESSION, AND OUR STUDENTS ARE SUFFERING. SO AGAIN AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR OWN STAFF, WHICH IS DOING SUCH AN ASTRONOMICALLY IMPRESSIVE JOB IN HELPING KEEP THE GLUE TO OUR STUDENTS AND KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL AND KEEP THEM

071SAFE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS, AND THANK YOU, DR. HAHN, FOR READING THIS. ALSO, THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY, FOR BRINGING UP THE CRISIS CENTER. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW THAT OUR STUDENT CARDS HAVE THE CRISIS CENTER AND INFORMATION ON THE BACK OF THEM. I'VE HEARD THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE. AS I WAS KIND OF LOOKING OVER THIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS, ONE, INTERESTING THAT IT'S ALSO WITH A PROCLAMATION OF WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY AS WELL AS BE SMART RESOLUTION BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IN CONJUNCTION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SUICIDE AS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS,

07218% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE REPORTED SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING SUICIDE. THE PERCENTAGE IS HIGHER AROUND FEMALES. IT'S 24%, AND FOR OUR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, IT'S 46%, OVER HALF OF THAT COMMUNITY HAS THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE. IT'S ALSO TWICE AS HIGH IN BLACK TEENS AS COMPARED TO THEIR WHITE TEENS. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEING AN EPIDEMIC OF OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS OUR SUPPORTED STUDENTS. SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE TAKING THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I KNOW THAT BE SMILE WEEK IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK, AND I HOPE THAT'S PART OF TALKING ABOUT THINGS AND DESTIGMATIZING, NOT -- WELCOMING CLASSROOMS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND THAT WE HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN.

073MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT DO NOT SEE PATH FORWARD FROM WHERE THEY ARE, IT'S REALLY SCARY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY FEEL THAT SUICIDE IS THE ONLY WAY OUT. OUR NEW EMERGENCY NUMBER IS 988, SPECIFICALLY ALSO FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONTEMPLATING OR HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE. REACH OUT TO YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR. REACH OUT TO YOUR SOCIAL WORKER AND SCHOOL, BUT REACH OUT TO SOMEONE BECAUSE THERE IS TOMORROW. THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW. BUT IF YOU NEED HELP, WE'RE HERE TO HELP. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. A 02, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, OBSERVED ON THE 10th OF OCTOBER, 2022. MEMBER PEREZ WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

074IS OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 10 EVERY YEAR, WITH THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF RAISING AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD AND MOBILIZING EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF MENTAL HEALTH. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL RECOGNIZE THIS DAY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER BY PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. WE WILL DO THIS BY ENCOURAGING STUDENT-LED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS POSTERS, WALL ART, CHALK DISPLAYS. SCHOOLS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAN TIME FOR WELLNESS AND MINDFUL ACTIVITIES. OUR DISTRICT RECENTLY HELD A DAY OF NETWORKING TO KICK OFF MENTAL HEALTH STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. STUDENTS FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL GATHERED TO BRAINSTORM WAYS TO COLLABORATE ON MENTAL HEALTH TOPICS AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES TO DO AT SCHOOL WITH THE INTENT TO LOWER MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS STIGMA AND PROMOTE EMOTIONAL WELL OPINIONS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I NEED A MOTION

075AND SECOND TO APPROVE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, OBSERVED ON THE 10th OF OCTOBER. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN COMBS. AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR READING THIS, MEMBER PEREZ AND BEING SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH ON OUR BOARD. I COULD READ MORE ALARMING STATISTICS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY POST PANDEMIC, AND AGAIN, I THINK ALL OF THESE ARE INTERRELATED WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BIGGEST THREATS THAT ARE FACING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CHILDREN. IT'S ABSOLUTELY MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHO TO CONTACT IF THEY HAVE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. AGAIN, WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTAL HEALTH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL AROUND MAKING

076SURE THAT CLASSROOMS ARE SAFE, THAT THEY ARE INCLUSIVE, THAT THEY ARE DIVERSE, THAT THEY ARE TRUSTING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN TALK TO THEIR PEERS AND THE PEOPLE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. AGAIN I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT A VOICE YOU'VE BEEN AND HOW MUCH YOU ADVOCATE FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YEAH, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IS VERY CRITICAL IN RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS. AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS IS ALWAYS UP IN FRONT. AND ALWAYS SPEAKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT REDUCES STIGMA AND IT FOSTERS POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES SEEKING HELP, MAINLY FOR A BETTER, POSITIVE ALIGNMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT, YES, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH DEFINITELY

077IS AND NEEDS TO BE ALWAYS IN THE FOREFRONT, ESPECIALLY AS IT IS A CRISIS LEVEL AT THIS MOMENT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AT THE ROOM RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF US, WE SEE MANY TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, AND THEN IN FRONT OF THEM WE SEE OUR SUPERVISORS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORK RELENTLESSLY, TIRELESSLY AND WITH THE SAME GOAL AS TO TAKE CARE OF THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS, BE IT PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SCHOOL CLIMATE, ALL THESE VARIABLES. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR EMPLOYEES' MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME SITUATION OF DISCOMFORT IN MANY WAYS AS WE HAVE PERSEVERED

078THROUGH THE 2020, 2019, 2021, AND NOW 2022 COVID SITUATION AND POST-COVID. SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE TAKE THAT MENTAL HEALTH DAY, EVERY ONE OF US, WHEN YOU HAVE IT, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU AS OUR BOARD ALSO DOES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE INCLUDED IN THIS MENTAL HEALTH NEED AS WELL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND MEMBER PEREZ, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE LEADER AT THE FOREFRONT OF MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE BEFORE YOU CAME IN THIS SEAT, THE COUNTY DID NOT HAVE THAT MUCH CONCENTRATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND YOU TRULY CAME IN AND ESTABLISHED MENTAL HEALTH. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SAVED MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES PROBABLY THAT YOU DON'T EVEN

079KNOW ABOUT. AS FAR AS TEACHERS, IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. WE NEED A MENTAL HEALTH BREAK BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE. AND AGAIN, MS. PEREZ, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING A GREAT JOB AND BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT IN LIFE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, THAT TIME, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH. SO MAKING SURE OUR COUNSELORS, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, OUR PSYCHOLOGISTS, THAT THEY HAVE THAT TIME AND THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SEEING KIDS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND MAKING SURE THEY GET THAT SUPPORT. THINKING ABOUT OFTEN WHEN COUNSELORS ARE PROCTORING

080TESTS AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE PROACTIVE. THIS WAS AN ISSUE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC BUT NOW MORE SO THAN EVER. I SAY THIS OFTEN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM CAN SAY THEY DON'T HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND THAT THEY DON'T KNOW OR A CHILD OR AN ADULT THAT IS NOT STRUGGLING THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THIS AT THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TEACH ACADEMICS IF SOMEONE IS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. A 03, BE SMART RESOLUTION. I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RESOLUTION. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURING GUN STORAGE. WHEREAS EVERY YEAR IN

081THE UNITED STATES, ROUGHLY 350 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 UNINTENTIONALLY SHOOT THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE. WHEREAS, ANOTHER 700 CHILDREN AND TEENS DIE BY GUN SUICIDE EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES, MOST OFTEN USING GUNS BELONGING TO A FAMILY MEMBER. WHEREAS AN INCIDENT OF GUN VIOLENCE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS IS UP 80% OF SHOOTERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 OBTAIN THEIR GUNS FROM THEIR OWN HOME, A RELATIVE'S HOME OR A FRIEND'S HOME. WHEREAS, EVIDENCE STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT SECURE FIREARM STORAGE IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT TO KEEPING SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS SAFE. ACCORDING TO THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, HOUSEHOLDS THAT LOCKED UP BOTH FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION HAD A 78% LOWER RISK OF SELF-INFLICTED FIREARM INJURIES AND 85% LOWER RISK OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AMONG CHILDREN. WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL SURVEY FOUND THAT 57% OF TEENAGERS ARE CONCERNED THERE WILL

082BE A SHOOTING IN THEIR SCHOOL. WHEREAS, KEEPING STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF SAFE FROM THE THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL ADULT STAKEHOLDERS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HEREBY COMMITS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, HEALTH ACRES, AND NONPROFITS LIKE BE SMART TO COLLABORATE INCREASED EFFORTS TO INFORM OUR FAMILIES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY SECURITY -- SAFELY SECURING FIREARMS IN THEIR HOME. ADOPTED THIS 20th OF SEPTEMBER 2022. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO THE BE SMART RESOLUTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK GRACE HUTCHINSON AND MELISSA RANZELL WHO I MET SEVERAL MONTHS AGO REGARDING

083BE SMART. I WANTED TO SHARE, THIS ORGANIZATION WAS LAUNCHED IN 2015 TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR GUNS ARE SAFELY SECURED IN ORDER TO SAVE CHILDREN'S LIVES. I WANT TO SHARE JUST A VERY SHORT PSA FOR THEM. SO BE SMART STANDS FOR SECURE MODEL ASK RECOGNIZE AND TELL. AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE AWARE, OUR PARENTS ARE GUIDING THIS. YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT ALL CHILDREN AND TEENS CAN FIND GUNS, STORE FIREARMS LOCKED, UNLOADED AND SEPARATE FROM AMMUNITION. THAT HAS TO BE AN ASSUMPTION. THIS PAST YEAR, THE NUMBER ONE LEADING CAUSE OF CHILDREN'S DEATH FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN IS FIREARM. IT'S NO LONGER ACCIDENTS OR MOTOR VEHICLES. 41% OF ADOLESCENTS IN GUN-OWNING HOUSEHOLDS REPORT HAVING SAYINGS EASY ACCESS TO GUN. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LOCK

084THEM UP. 78% OF SCHOOL SHOOTERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 OBTAIN THE GUNS FROM THEIR HOME OR THE HOMES OF RELATIVES. AND 17% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TELL OUR PARENTS AND WE TELL COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GUNS ARE LOCKED AND STORED BECAUSE IT CAN SAVE CHILDREN. IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD MORE ISSUES WITH GUNS THAN WE'VE HAD EVER IN THE HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND THIS IS JUST THE FIFTH WEEK OF SCHOOL. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE PARENTS TO LOCK THOSE GUNS UP. WHEN YOUR CHILD GOES TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND THEY ARE TEN YEARS OLD, YOU NEED TO ASK THEM, YOU KNOW,

085YOU CHECK IF THE GATES ARE OPEN FOR THE POOL, BUT YOU NEED TO ASK, DO YOU HAVE A GUN AND IS IT LOCKED UP? IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE, OUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE, AND THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE. SO THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YES, IN CONJUNCTION AND, AGAIN, CAKE VERY MUCH FOR THE TEACHER'S -- CARING VERY MUCH FOR THE TEACHER'S WELFARE AS WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT WILL DEFINITELY HIT HARD ON THE REALITIES OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CLASSROOMS, IN YOUR HALLS, ON YOUR WAY TO YOUR TEACHER'S LOUNGE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME REALITIES THAT ARE QUITE SCARY. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THEM, POSSIBILITIES OF GUNS IN THE WRONG HANDS. SO WE'RE HAVING A WORKSHOP

086DONE, WELL, PROBABLY TWO WEEKS. I WANT TO THANK CHIEF JOHN NEWMAN FOR DOING AN ASTOUNDINGLY COMPREHENSIVE JOB IN KEEPING THE SCHOOLS SAFE. AND SHERIFF CHAD CHRONISTER AND HIS STAFF AND OUR RESOURCE OFFICERS. BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY AS A BOARD, WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO DIG DEEP INTO THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOLS FOR OUR CHILDREN, OF COURSE, AND FOR YOU ALL AND FOR ALL STAFF MEMBERS. IT IS A TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION, WHAT COULD BE, NOT WHAT MAY BE, WHAT COULD BE AND POSSIBLY WHAT WILL BE. SO THIS IS THE HARD FACTS WE'RE GOING TO LEARN AS A BOARD AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN KEEP OUR CHILDREN, YOUR CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND YOU ALL SAFE WHILE YOU'RE IN THE SCHOOL SITES. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN.

087Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN COMBS AND THANK YOU FOR THE GRAPHIC BECAUSE YOU HIGHLIGHTED MANY OF THE STATISTICS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. ALSO, THANK YOU, MS. HUTCHINSON, FOR HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ME IN REGARDS TO BE SMART AND HOW PASSIONATE THEY ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STORING GUNS SAFELY AND THAT ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION. AS A PARENT WITH OTHER PARTISANS, WHEN YOU GO -- WHEN YOU LET YOUR CHILDREN GO TO THEIR HOMES, I THINK YOU MADE A GREAT POINT HOW YOU TALK ABOUT WHETHER THE POOL IS ENCLOSED BUT HAVING A SIMPLE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS ACCESS TO GUNS AND WHETHER THEY ARE STORED SAFELY IS SO IMPORTANT. I THINK AS EDUCATORS

088AND AT THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL, TO START TAKING THE STIGMA AWAY FROM THAT AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION SO PEOPLE CAN TALK OPENLY ABOUT IT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE. I HAVE A STATISTIC HERE THAT 40% OF ALL UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTING DEATHS FOR CHILDREN, 11 TO 14, OCCUR IN THE HOME OF A FRIENDS. IT'S IMPERATIVE WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD, STARTING THE DIALOGUE SO WE CAN HELP EDUCATE PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY ALL TO BE SAFE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE GUNS ARE SAFE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A

089MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE HEARD TONIGHT: C 1.02, 1.05, 1.07, 1.08, 3.03, 4.02, 5.02, 7.02, 7.03, 7.05, 7.11, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 11.02. PRIOR TO THAT WE'LL HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE. ELLEN LIONS I DON'T, THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS ITEM. OKAY. SHE MAY NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL START THE AGENDA. WHEN SHE DOES COME, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. WE DO HAVE A TIME CERTAIN TODAY FOR EMPLOYEE INPUT AT 6:00. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH 1.02, WHICH IS THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND DISEASE MATERIALS FOR 7th GRADE COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE, 8th GRADE PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND 9th

090GRADE HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HOPE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT LEGISLATIVELY REQUIRED TO BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. AS OF THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A NEW BILL WAS PUT IN PLACE, HOUSE BILL 545. THIS WAS A HOUSE BILL THAT REALLY MAKES THE BOARD BE ABLE TO APPROVE AND REVIEW ALL THE CURRICULUM RELATED TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND ALSO ANY DISEASE MATERIALS. THEREFORE, WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW. THE SAKE TOKEN TO APPROVE. WITH THIS SAID, NOW GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER APPROVAL TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT PARENTS HAVE AN OPT-OUT PROCESS. AND WE SEE THAT THIS STARTS IN 7th GRADE, 8th GRADE SCIENCE, ALONG WITH 9th GRADE -- SORRY, 7th GRADE SCIENCE, 8th GRADE PHYSICAL

091EDUCATION AND 9th GRADE HOPE CLASSES. THESE ARE THE THREE CLASSES THAT THIS TYPE OF CONTENT WILL BE EMBEDDED IN. THIS CURRICULUM WAS DEVELOPED WITH A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUSIVE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS. THIS IS A CURRICULUM THAT WE FEEL STRONG ABOUT, THAT WE HAVE ALIGNED THROUGH THE CURRICULUM, ALIGNED WITH NEW LEGISLATION AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION. WE DID UPLOAD THIS INFORMATION UP TO OUR WEBSITE ON AUGUST THE 31st, WHICH IS IN THAT TIMELINE REQUIRED, AS YOU HAVE 20 DAYS TO UPLOAD IT FOR APPROVAL TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. MR. CONNOR, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON THIS? Terry Connor: THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE DO TEACH SIXTH THROUGH 12th GRADE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, INCLUDING ABSTINENCE AS THE EXPECTED STANDARD, AS WELL AS THE IMPACT

092OF TEEN PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. AND SO THIS CURRICULUM WAS DEVELOPED WITH THAT IN MIND. WE ACTUALLY HAVE EXCEEDED THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO APPROVAL. WE IN TRANSPARENCY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND HAVE POSTED IT ON OUR WEBSITE FOR 20 DAYS, WHICH IS ABOVE WHAT THE EXPECTED REQUIREMENT IS IN STATUTE. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THAT INPUT AND HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY, IT HAS BEEN POSTED SINCE AUGUST 31st UP TO THIS DAY. AND WE NOW BRING THIS ITEM FORTH TO YOU FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER VAUGHN AND I PULLED THIS ITEM. AND WE'LL GO

093AHEAD WITH THE DISCUSSION. GO AHEAD, MEMBER GRAY OR I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO WE ARE REMINDED THAT THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND DISEASE MATERIALS, IS BEFORE US. AND IT WAS DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION. IT WAS REVIEWED BY TWO SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEYS. IT DOES ADHERE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY. ALL LESSONS HAVE BEEN POSTED AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HAD MENTIONED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW WITHIN THE 20 DAYS REQUIRED. IT DOES FOLLOW THE FLORIDA STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR SCIENCE, AND THIS INCLUDES PICTURES OF MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR 7th GRADE. THIS INCLUDES PICTURES OF THE MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FOR 7th GRADE. IT DOES PROMOTE ABSTINENCE AS THE FIRST EXPECTED STANDARD. IT DOES PROVIDE PARENTS WITH AN OPT-OUT LETTER. AND ON A

094MORE PERSONAL LEVEL, I HAVE TAUGHT SEXUAL EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY. I DO HAVE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. I HAVE BEEN A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, VERY AWARE OF 7th, 8th AND 9th GRADE STUDENTS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT AS A GRANDMOTHER RIGHT NOW OR AS A -- WELL, I CAN'T TAKE AWAY YEARS, SO I'LL JUST HAVE TO BE A GRANDMOTHER RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD RATHER MY CHILDREN HEAR FROM SUCH EXPERTS AS THIS COMMITTEE HAS THE HEALTH TEACHERS. IT HAS THE P.E. TEACHERS. IT HAS THE PARENTS. IT HAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS COMMITTEE WHO WORKED WITH MS. CAPPUCCI AND WITH MS. PEPE AND MR. CONNOR, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY IN-DEPTH PROCESS. I WOULD RATHER HAVE MY CHILDREN LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW IS GOING TO THEIR CELL PHONES AND THEY ARE FINDING OUT

095INFORMATION THAT, MY GOODNESS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT THE POINT IS, CHILDREN NEED GUIDANCE, AND THIS IS A WORLD THAT SOME OF US, I'M LOOKING AT YOU, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER GREW UP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE TOTALLY AGHAST AT WHAT OUR CHILDREN GET AHOLD OF. THIS IS A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT CURRICULUM AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT. ANYWAY, THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. I'M SORRY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER IT COVERS THE STATUTE AND THE GUIDELINES FROM IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DID A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW MS. PEPPY WENT OVER THIS. IN KIND OF GETTING READY FOR

096THIS, I RESEARCHED WHAT SEX EDUCATION IS REALLY FOR, WHAT THE STANDARDS NATIONALLY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR AND REALLY WHAT A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY, DIFFERENT STATES AND DIFFERENT COUNTIES, WHAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AS THE REASON FOR SEX EDUCATION. AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT IT'S TO HELP STUDENTS REALIZE THEIR HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND DIGNITY, BUILD AND MAINTAIN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, INCLUDING FRIENDSHIPS, DEVELOP AWARENESS ABOUT THEIR OWN IDENTITIES AND SUPPORT THE IDENTITIES OF OTHERS, ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF THEIR RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, CONSIDER THEIR OWN BOUNDARIES AND RESPECT THE BOUNDARIES OF OTHER, RECOGNIZE AND ACCESS SUPPORT AND INFORMATION AND CARE FROM TRUSTED ADULTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN HEALTH WHEN IT COMES TO SAFEGUARDING AGAINST UNWANTED PREGNANCIES AND STDs, REDUCE CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, HARASSING AND BULLYING. AND IN LOOKING OVER OUR CURRICULUM, I THINK

097WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF POINTING OUT THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WITHOUT CROSSING THE LINE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE PARENTAL OPT-OUT, SO ANY PARENTS WHO DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE CURRICULUM HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF IT AND HAVE A DIFFERENT LESSON TAUGHT AND SPEAK TO THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME. ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IN THE DATA BECAUSE I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT DATA IS A SURVEY THAT WAS ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS WHO HAD GONE THROUGH THIS CURRICULUM. STUDENTS IN GRADE 9-12. WE SAW A DECREASE IN STUDENTS AFTER THE SURVEY WHO WERE CURRENTLY ACTIVE AFTER SEX HEALTH FROM 26.2 TO 22.1. PRE- AND POST-RESULTS FROM THE STUDENTS TAUGHT SEX HEALTH IN 7th GRADE. THERE WAS A 16% INCREASE IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT ABSTINENCE

098MEANS WHEN PREVENTING STDs AND ALSO STUDENTS ON THE TEST ANSWERED THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THE CURRICULUM. WAS THE CONTENT AT THE LEVEL RIGHT FOR YOU? 23% THOUGHT IT WAS TOO BASIC. 66% OF OUR STUDENTS THOUGHT IT WAS AT THE RIGHT LEVEL. AND 9% THOUGHT IT WAS TOO ADVANCED. SO ONCE AGAIN, AS WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS I ALWAYS THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THE STUDENT VOICES AND THEIR RESPONSES TO WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING INTO THE CONVERSATION. AS MUCH AS I SUPPORT AND WANT PARENTAL RIGHT, I SEE WE HAVE PARENTAL RIGHTS COVERED WHERE PARENTS CAN OPT OUT OF THIS. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR VOICES. AND FROM THE SURVEY DATA, THIS SEEMS TO BE WORKING FOR THEM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER

099SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR YOUR INSIGHTFUL INFORMATION SO FAR. I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY. THIS IS A SENSITIVE TOPIC, OBVIOUSLY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION TO IT. I WOULD SAY THAT WE PROBABLY GO FAR ABOVE WHAT IS REQUIRED STATUTORILY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALTHOUGH SOME OF WHAT WE DO IN OUR LOCAL POLICY THIS COVERS. JUST TO QUICKLY CORRECT MR. CONNOR, IT IS OUR LOCAL POLICY THAT REQUIRES REPRODUCTIVE, NOT OUR STATE STATUTE THAT DOES THAT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHAT'S REQUIRED OF US BY STATE STATUTE, OUR LOCAL POLICY, AS WELL AS TO RESPECT THE EDUCATION AND THE RIGHTS OF OUR PARENTS IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WANT TO, TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN AS

100THEY SEE FIT. SO I APPRECIATE THE OPT-OUT FORM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHY IS THERE AN OPT-OUT FORM NEEDED? BECAUSE THERE IS SOME SPECIFIC THINGS LISTED ON IT, BUT PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH FOR A PARENT WHO HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CHILD MIGHT BE EXPOSED TO IN THAT COURSE MATERIAL. I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY READ -- I THINK I HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ FROM A RETIRED TEACHER WHO TAUGHT 25 YEARS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND SHE SUMMED IT UP IN A FEW QUICK PARAGRAPHS. AND I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WHAT SHE SAID. THOUGH I THINK IT IMPORTANT TO TEACH BIOLOGICAL FACTS AT AN APPROPRIATE AGE, THE PROPOSED CURRICULUM STRAYS FROM THE SCIENCE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY AND PROPOSES IDEAS THAT

101ARE NOT FACTUAL BUT BASED ON SOCIETAL AND CULTURAL TRENDS. SUCH SUBJECTS SUCH AS GENDER IDENTITY ARE INDEED TOPICS THAT CANNOT BE AVOIDED TODAY BUT BEST HANDLED BY PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, NOT CLASSROOM TEACHERS. SUCH DISCUSSIONS MUST INCLUDE THE MORE SENSITIVE CONSIDERATION OF A STUDENT'S FAMILY PERSPECTIVE BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS FAITH AND BELIEF SYSTEMS THAT CASINO BE PART OF THE CLASSROOM APPROACH. IN ADDITION, I'M TROUBLED BY THE COED DISCUSSIONS NECESSITATED BY THE CURRICULUM TO YOUNG STUDENTS NOT YET IN THEIR TEENS THAT CAN CREATE CONFUSION OR EMBARRASSMENT. I TAUGHT STUDENTS AGE 14 TO 18 YEARS AND I WAS ALWAYS MINDFUL OF HOW INNOCENT AND PROTECTED MOST OF THESE STUDENTS WERE, STILL EVEN SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I APPROACHED DISCUSSIONS ON LITERATURE. THOUGH YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO A MYRIAD OF SOURCES ABOUT SEXUALITY TODAY, IT IS

102A MISTAKE TO ASSUME THEY ARE READY AND ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, INCLUDING TERMINOLOGY SUCH AS ORAL AND ANAL SEX IN A PRE-QUESTIONNAIRE IS ASSUMING THAT STUDENTS HAVING KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IS GROSSLY PRESUMPTIVE AND UNWISE. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS ARE DIRECTED TO THE TEEN CONNECT TAMPA BAY, WHICH PROVIDES A LINK TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABSTINENCE PAGE. IT EQUATES ABSTINENCE AND OUTER COURSE REDUCING THE TWO TO AN ADVANTAGE VERSUS DISADVANTAGED TOPIC. SUCH OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF A COMPLEX SUBJECT FRAMING THE DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF WHAT FEELS GOOD AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PREGNANCY AGAIN SERVES TO POINT OUT WE CANNOT USURP THE ROLE OF PARENTS AND FAMILY TO FULFILL THE ROLE AS A PRIMARY EDUCATOR WHEN IT COMES TO SEXUALITY. THANK YOU. I'LL GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU.

103MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I APPRECIATE ALL MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS TONIGHT. SORRY. I HAVE A COLD. A LITTLE HOARSE. SEXUAL HEALTH IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE WANT TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO KEEP THEMSELVES HEALTHY, HAVE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTHY BOUNDARIES. WHEN I REVIEWED THIS, I DID CLICK ON THE LINKS. I WENT TO THOSE WEBSITES THAT TEACHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE DURING THEIR LESSONS AND FOR STUDENTS TO GO ONTO TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES. AND SOME OF THE OTHER TOPICS THAT ARE ON THESE WEBSITES INCLUDE ABORTION, HOW TO PUT ON A CONDOM VIDEO, WHERE TO GET THE MORNING-AFTER PILL, CONDOM NEGOTIATION, WHY CONDOMS COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES AND FLAVORS. SO IT DOES INCLUDE THOSE THINGS AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT MEMBER GRAY MENTIONED. AND MY CONCERN IS THAT

104BY INCLUDING SUCH LINKS TO THESE WEBSITES, IT DOES NOW BECOME AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRICULUM THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US. IT'S PART OF THE CURRICULUM. SO BY APPROVING THIS CURRICULUM TODAY WE'RE SAYING THAT WE ENDORSE THESE TOPICS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM, WE ENDORSE THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND ABORTION, AROUND CONDOM NEGOTIATION, AROUND WHERE TO GET THE MORNING-AFTER PILL. SO THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE LIKE MS. GRAY MENTIONED, CHILDREN DO NEED GUIDANCE. BUT ON THESE TOPICS, REALLY, THESE ARE SENSITIVE TOPICS AND THERE DOES NEED TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF FAMILY BELIEFS AND VALUES. AND NOT DONE OUTSIDE IN CLASSROOMS WHERE FAMILIES ARE NOT PRESENT TO SHARE THAT. SO I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXTENDED CURRICULUM GIVEN THESE WEBSITES. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, YOU

105KNOW, MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS AGENDA ITEM SO THAT THE STAFF CAN GO BACK AND REVIEW THESE WEBSITES. IF THIS DOES PASS TONIGHT, THEN I WOULD LIKE EVERY SINGLE TOPIC THAT'S INCLUDED IN THOSE WEBSITES INCLUDED ON OUR WEBSITE SO PARENTS, AS MEMBER SNIVELY MENTIONED, THAT WE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT. WE ARE TEACHING THESE THINGS WITHIN THIS CURRICULUM THAT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE OPT-OUT LETTER SO PARENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHY THEY NEED TO CONSIDER OPTING OUT. Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, A MOTION TO CONTINUE REQUIRES A SECOND BEFORE YOU CAN GO ANY FURTHER. Nadia Combs: MEMBER SNIVELY SECONDED. Jim Porter: WE NEED TO CLEAR THE BOARD, PLEASE. Nadia Combs: AND WE'RE GOING TO AHEAD AND VOTE. Jim Porter: NO. YOU CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANT TO CONTINUE OR NOT OR YOU VOTE ON THE CONTINUANCE.

106WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IF YOU VOTE YES TO CONTINUE, YOU WILL NOT VOTE ON THE TOPIC TONIGHT. IT WILL COME BACK. DO YOU WANT IT TO BE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, MEMBER HAHN? SO IT WILL BE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, YOU WILL VOTE NO. BEFORE YOU VOTE AND DISCUSS, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MAYBE MR. CONNOR WHETHER WE ARE FACING ANY SORT OF STATUTORY DEADLINE THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE TONIGHT OR WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ANY HARM IN CONTINUING IT. ALLOW HIM TO CONSULT THAT BECAUSE IF THERE IS A DEADLINE THAT NEEDS TO BE MET -- Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I'LL SAY THIS BEFORE MR. CONNOR GETS BACK, THE CURRICULUM DOES START VERY SOON. WE DO HAVE 14-DAY LETTER THAT

107GOES OUT TO OUR PARENTS FOR OPT-OUT SO THEY CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO OPT OUT OF THIS CORE CONTENT OR CURRICULUM WE'RE IMPLEMENTING. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THE TIME FRAME? YES. FOR OUR HOPE STUDENTS, THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTING IN THE FALL. THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THAT HAD THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY APPROPRIATE RIGHT BEFORE HOMECOMING HAPPENED AND DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO. SO IT WAS INTENTIONAL BY A TEACHER WORKING COMMITTEE THAT IT IS IMPLEMENTED IN THE FALL. JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE -- Jim Porter: TIME OUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUANCE RIGHT NOW. SO THERE WILL BE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT. WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, IF WE COULD TRANSLATE FOR THE BOARD, THERE'S NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE DONE TONIGHT. IT'S

108YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE DONE TONIGHT AND THAT'S COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE. BUT I NEED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD. IS THERE A LEGAL PROBLEM WITH NOT DOING IT TONIGHT? ASHLEY. LEGALLY -- Jim Porter: IS THERE A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT? THERE IS NOT A STATUTORY -- Jim Porter: THEN BOARD MEMBERS, IT IS THE POLICY RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT YOU HEAR THIS TONIGHT FOR THE REASONS THAT HE STATED AND MS. CAPPUCCI STATED BUT NO LEGAL IMPEDIMENT TO YOU CONTINUING IT. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD ALL CONSIDER TAKING A PAUSE, PRESSING THE PAUSE BUTTON ON THIS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS TOPIC. IT IS VERY CONTROVERSIAL, AND I THINK WE SHOULD AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING PARENTS A TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THE CURRICULUM OR POTENTIALLY

109MAKE EDITS, ADDING TO OR SUBTRACTING FROM WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS AS THE CURRICULUM. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME PARENTS WHO WERE HAVING CHALLENGES OR TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES TRYING TO ACCESS THE MATERIAL. THIS WOULD GIVE THEM SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THE MATERIAL. THIS WOULD GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME FOR FEEDBACK THAT WE COULD HEAR AS BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC TO MAYBE MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE CURRICULUM. SO I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING THIS UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING SO THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR PARENTS, OUR TAXPAYERS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD. Nadia Combs: OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE YES -- GO AHEAD, MR. PORTER. Jim Porter: I THINK MS. GRAY WAS

110OUT OF THE ROOM. MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE MOTION IS. MS. GRAY, MEMBER HAHN MADE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS FOR -- TILL THE NEXT MEETING. SO IF YOU WANT TO NOT VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, YOU WOULD VOTE YES, AND THIS WOULD COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THE ITEM TONIGHT, YOU WOULD VOTE NO. SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER MEETING. A YES VOTE MEANS YOU DON'T VOTE TONIGHT. A NO VOTE MEANS YOU VOTE TONIGHT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER PEREZ, MEMBER HAHN. Jim Porter: MS. PEREZ HAS A QUESTION. Karen Perez: I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE -- OKAY. WITH REGARD TO THIS CURRICULUM, THIS IS WHAT -- YOU MENTIONED THAT IT

111WAS -- YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE GUIDELINES, CORRECT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS CURRICULUM IS ALIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW LEGISLATION, WITH BOARD POLICY AND ALSO WITH STATE STANDARDS. WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE ABOUT THAT. RELATED TO IT, IF THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENT OR PAUSE TONIGHT, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR CURRICULUM GUIDES, BEING ABLE TO REPOSITION SOME OF THIS CONTENT AS IT'S INTERTWINED OR ENGAGED WITH THE LESSONS AND MAKE SURE WE ARTICULATE THAT WITH STAFF AND THE TEACHERS. Karen Perez: ALL THE LINKS WERE APPROVED AS WELL. Addison Davis: EVERY LINK THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED, OUR STAFF HAS REVIEWED AND IDENTIFIED AS SUPPORTS TO THE CONTENT BEING TAUGHT FOR OUR TEACHERS. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. SO YOU ARE VOTING YES -- CLARIFY. Jim Porter: THE CHOICE BEFORE YOU

112RIGHT NOW IS WHETHER YOU WANT THIS ITEM TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER BOARD MEETING. IF YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN VOTE YES. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO VOTE ON THE ITEM TONIGHT, VOTE NO. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. IT FAILS. WE WILL BE VOTING ON IT TONIGHT WITH TWO YESES AND FIVE NOES WITH MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER HAHN VOTING YES AND WASHINGTON, VAUGHN, PEREZ, GRAY AND I VOTING NO. WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE DISCUSSION FOR 1.02. WE'LL CONTINUE. ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? GO AHEAD, MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SO THE CDC REPORTS THAT ONE IN FOUR GIRLS AND ONE IN 13 BOYS EXPERIENCE CHILD ABUSE. AND IT'S SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE. AND ONE OF THE MOST COMMON WAYS A CHILD'S MENTAL HEALTH CAN BE DISTINCTIVELY DAMAGED IS THROUGH A TRAUMATIC EVENT, ESPECIALLY WITH A

113CHILDHOOD RAPE. SO WHEN LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN HAD MENTIONED, CONSIDERING BOUNDARIES, LEARNING HOW TO CONSIDER BOUNDARIES, AND TRUSTING ADULTS, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS WHEN CHILDREN DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR BODIES OR HOW TO FORM THESE OR CONSIDER THEIR OWN BOUNDARIES OR WHO A TRUSTED ADULT IS, SOME OF THE MOST PREVAILING MENTAL DISORDERS THAT HAPPEN TO OUR CHILDREN ARE SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, EATING DISORDERS AND ALCOHOLISM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND THAT'S ONLY TO NAME A FEW. GOING BACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THESE LINKS -- I REMEMBER -- AND IT WAS A WHILE BACK, MEMBER WASHINGTON CAN TELL YOU THAT. HE WAS ONE OF MY COACHES. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL AND THEY HAD THE SEX EDUCATION, I KNOW MY PARENTS HAD TO SIGN A CONSENT. BACK THEN IT WAS A PAPER FORM AND I TOOK IT BACK TO SCHOOL. SO

114THIS IS NOT NEW THAT THE PARENTS OPT OUT FOR CHILDREN EITHER TO TAKE THIS COURSE OR NOT TAKE THIS COURSE, AM I CORRECT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THERE HAVE BEEN OPTIONS FOR OPT-OUT FOR SENSITIVE MATERIALS THROUGH READING AND THROUGH CONTENT CLASSES. WE MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT PROCESS AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE EDUCATE OUR PARENTS. IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, ALL THIS INFORMATION IS UPLOADED WITH ALL THE LINKS THEY CAN INTERACT WITH. AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO SHOW WHERE WE ENGAGE THIS PROCESS AND WHAT GRADE LEVEL. REALLY HISTORICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STANDARD, IT IS A SIXTH GRADE STANDARD RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF OUR MAJOR SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODY, BUT WE DON'T TEACH THAT IN SIXTH GRADE. WE

115PUSH THAT TO SEVENTH GRADE AND THEN TRANSITION TO EIGHTH GRADE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND NINTH GRADE HOPE. Karen Perez: HOW OLD ARE CHILDREN NORMALLY IN 7th GRADE? Addison Davis: 12 TO 14 YEARS OLD. Karen Perez: WE HAVE CHILDREN ABOUT 14, 13, THAT ARE GETTING PREGNANT, RIGHT? Addison Davis: YES. Karen Perez: THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UNFORTUNATELY, I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING, BUT I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING IT MORE SCIENTIFIC AND NOT KEEPING SOME OF THE POLITICS OUT OF IT. I WOULD PREFER IT TO BE A LITTLE MORE SCIENTIFIC AND LESS POLITICAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING THESE LINKS IN AND SOCIAL POLITICS WILL STAY IN THERE, SO

116THAT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS REALLY, REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS CURRICULUM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN IT. IT'S VERY GRAPHIC. I WILL GIVE IT THAT. IT'S VERY GRAPHIC MATERIAL. IT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND. I KNOW THAT MS. PEREZ ASKED IF IT MEETS THE STATUTE. IT MEETS AND EXCEEDS WHAT IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE AND OUR OWN LOCAL DISTRICT POLICY. SO WARNING, WARNING, WARNING, PARENTS. PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT THE CURRICULUM LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE AND MIGHT MAKE YOUR CHILD UNCOMFORTABLE AND MAYBE A BETTER DISCUSSION FOR YOU TO HAVE WITH YOUR CHILD AT HOME VERSUS IN THE CLASSROOM. THANK YOU FOR THE OPT-OUT FORM. THE MORE CLEAR YOU CAN BE -- OR THE CLEARER YOU CAN BE ABOUT

117WHAT IS IN THE CURRICULUM I THINK PARENTS ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE THAT MUCH, MUCH MORE. AND I WOULD ALSO, IF IT'S ANY CONSIDERATION, I LIKE THE IDEA OF POTENTIALLY SEPARATING THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS FROM THE INSTRUCTION SO THAT IF THE GIRLS FEEL EMBARRASSED OR WANT TO ASK A QUESTION THAT THEY ARE NOT INTIMIDATED BY THE OPPOSITE SEX, NOT THAT THEY SHOULD BE. I'M JUST SAYING SOMETIMES IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO SEPARATE THE BOYS FROM THE GIRLS IN THOSE SITUATIONS IN SHARING THAT TYPE OF CURRICULUM. SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE ARE INCLUDING SO, SO MUCH MATERIAL THAT'S NOT REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE, EVEN MORE SO THAN WHAT OUR LOCAL POLICY REQUIRES. SOME OF IT I DO FEEL IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR 7th GRADERS. I KNOW I'VE HAD FOUR. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I'M SORRY

118I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. THANKS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 25 YEARS AGO I WAS TEACHING IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND AT THAT TIME I HAD TWO SIXTH GRADE PREGNANCIES AND ANOTHER SEVENTH GRADE PREGNANCY, AND IT WAS WELL BEFORE WE HAD CELL PHONES, WHEN KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING. AND WELL BEFORE PARENTS WERE WORKING TWO AND THREE JOBS. THE THING THAT I SUPPORT THE MOST IS THAT YOU CAN OPT OUT. IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AND A HARD COPY OF THE OPT-OUT FORM WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CURRICULUM. WE CANNOT LIVE IN LIKE THE 1950s. THIS IS REALITY. AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HAND MY GAVEL TO MEMBER WASHINGTON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. Jim Porter: CALLING THE QUESTION

119REQUIRES A SECOND. THAT MEANS DEBATE STOPS AND YOU VOTE IMMEDIATELY. MR. WASHINGTON, IF YOU COULD ASK IF THERE IS A SECOND. TO CALL THE QUESTION. Henry "Shake" Washington: DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO CALL THE QUESTION? Jim Porter: MS. VAUGHN SECONDED IT. THERE'S NO DEBATE. CLEAR THE BOARD AGAIN, PLEASE. SO WHAT THE MOTION DOES, IF YOU VOTE YES, THAT MEANS THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, AND YOU IMMEDIATELY VOTE ON THE ITEM. IF YOU VOTE NO, THAT MEANS THE ITEM CONTINUES TO BE DISCUSSED. SO A YES VOTE MEANS NO MORE DISCUSSION. WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR VOTE. SO THE MOTION PASSES 5-2. MADAM CHAIR, YOU CAN TAKE THE GAVEL AGAIN. WE NEED TO CLEAR THE BOARD AGAIN TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM, 1.02. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR.

120YES, YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE 1.02 AND NO THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO PASS. AND IT PASSES 5-2 WITH MEMBERS SNIVELY AND HAHN VOTING NO. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE BACK TO THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRIOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND ELLEN LYONS, CHAIR OF THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY TARDINESS TO THIS MEETING. I HEARD MY NAME. I WAS LISTENING TO THE MEETING IN THE CAR AND I HEARD MY NAME CALLED OUT. I THOUGHT, OH, I'M SO SORRY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. PREVIOUSLY, THE HCPS SCHOOL BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE ANALYZED AND SUPPORTED THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN PROPOSED BY CFO RO JOHNSON AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE DISTRICT. OUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN AND

121THE PLAN WAS A SUCCESS. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS, OUR DISTRICT FINISHED THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR WITH AN OPERATIONAL SURPLUS RATHER THAN AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. SO THERE CONTINUES TO BE MANY CHALLENGES AS IT RELATES TO SCHOOL FUNDING AND THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT HAS SUBMITTED A BUDGET, AND YOU HAVE APPROVED IT, AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN OPERATIONAL SURPLUS FOR THIS YEAR. THE COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THAT BUDGET AND WE NOTED THAT IT USES ELIMINATION OF VACANCIES, EXPENSE CUTS AND SOME REAL-TIME CAPITAL TRANSFERS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, AND THOSE WERE ALL THINGS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED BY CFO JOHNSON DURING THE FIRST FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT WE'RE SEEING CARRIED OVER. ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS POSITION CONTROL. WE HAVE MET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MULTIPLE DISTRICT OFFICIALS

122REGARDING ENSURING THAT EVERY POSITION IN THE DISTRICT IS TIED TO A SPECIFIC BUDGET LINE ITEM. THE MEETINGS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT AND OUR CFO HAS BEEN BUILDING BUDGET MODELS BASED ON POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS POSITIONS THAT ARE ADVERTISED. AND IT'S A PROACTIVE STEP TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET FUNCTION HAS CONTROL OF STAFFING, AND THAT EVERY POSITION CAN BE TIED TO A RESOURCE, AND THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE GENERAL FUND. IT COULD BE TITLE I OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF RESOURCE. SO NOT ALWAYS WILL POSITIONS BE COSTING THE GENERAL FUND MONEY. ADDITIONALLY, OUR COMMITTEE HAS RECENTLY HELD ANNUAL ELECTIONS FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR POSITIONS. I WAS ELECTED CHAIR AND VERONICA McDONALD IS YOUR VICE-CHAIR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU THIS YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs:

123THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. I APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START THE EMPLOYEE INPUT. I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST A GOOD TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A FEW MINUTES EARLY, BY THE TIME WE GET THERE. WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO

124SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE'RE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES THIS EVENING. I WILL CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SNAPPING ALREADY. ROB KRIETE HERE. USUALLY I'M HERE ALONE. EVERY TWO WEEKS I COME AND TALK TO YOU AND I GET THE PRIVILEGE TO KIND OF BE THE MOUTHPIECE AND SPEAK FOR THE FINE FIRST RESPONDERS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE VERY CLEAR. THEY ARE AMONG THE FIRST RESPONDERS OF

125OUR DISTRICT. THEY ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WHAT THEY DO CANNOT BE MATCHED IN THE STATE. I THINK THAT WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM THIS BOARD. SO NOW I'M GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TO ACT ON THAT. OUR IMPASSE AT THE BARGAINING TABLE IS AS MUCH ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES' STEPS FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE AS IT IS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER. THESE EMPLOYEES ARE AMONG THE GREAT FIRST RESPONDERS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AS I'VE SAID, AND OUR PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE AT BARGAINING ARE IN ESSENCE THE SAME. THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL AND OUR PROPOSAL COSTS EXACTLY THE SAME. THEY COST EXACTLY THE SAME. THIS IS ABOUT RESPECT AND GIVING RESPECT COSTS THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE DISTRICT NOTHING. EVEN TODAY, MOST OF OUR CLASSROOMS HAVE MORE STUDENTS

126THAN THE CITIZENS IN THIS STATE HAVE VOTED TO HAVE. EFFECTIVE CLASSROOMS HAVE 18 STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY, 22 IN MIDDLE, AND 25 IN HIGH SCHOOL. FEW CLASSROOMS IN HILLSBOROUGH COMPLY WITH THESE CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATES. FEW OF THEM DO. AS OUR DILIGENT EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS CONTINUE TO WORK ABOVE AND BEYOND TO DO MORE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, IT SEEMS THE DISTRICT IS NOT WILLING TO DO THE SAME FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. RECONSIDER THE TWO STEPS FOR ACCRUED SERVICE FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO AGAIN, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS NICOLE TEAGARDEN. I AM A SECOND GRADE TEACHER AT HERITAGE ELEMENTARY. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE I SPOKE ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT AND INNOVATIVE WAYS WE COULD SUPPORT TEACHERS SINCE OUR LEADERS INSIST WE CANNOT PAY A

127COMPETITIVE SALARY. I WAS VERY EXCITED TO HEAR SOME OF THE IDEAS I SPOKE OF POP UP IN CONVERSATIONS AND NEWS ARTICLES AROUND TAMPA. I AM ALSO DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF SPEAKING WITH MS. BROWN AND DR. CHI MINO AND EAGERLY AWAITING A RESPONSE AND A GAME PLAN GOING FORWARD TO PILOT THE TYPICAL PEER PROGRAM FOR TEACHER'S CHILDREN AT THREE YEARS OLD. I COME TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL IDEA SUPPORTED BY RESEARCH AND DATA. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, A MASSIVE CHUNK OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DOLLARS ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO A BLOATED BUREAUCRACY OF ADMINISTRATORS INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO CLASSROOMS AND INTO THE POCKETS OF PROFESSIONALS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS. STUDIES BY THE ORGANIZATION OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT SHOW THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF NUMBERS HAVE GROWN OVER FIVE TIMES FASTER THAN

128STUDENT POPULATIONS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE 2000. SPECIFICALLY, FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS, SCHOOL STAFF, LIKE TEACHERS, APs AND PRINCIPALS, HAVE ONLY GROWN BY 12% AS A POPULATION, WHILE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HAS GROWN BY 75%. THOSE NUMBERS ARE NATIONWIDE, NOT UNIQUE TO HILLSBOROUGH, BUT ARE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED IN THIS DISTRICT. MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE LIKE TO COMPARE OUR DISTRICT TO A BUSINESS. CORPORATIONS HAVE AN EASIER TIME MANAGING THE AMOUNT OF MIDDLE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS BECAUSE EACH EMPLOYEES' PROFIT NUMBERS ARE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE. BUT BECAUSE WE ARE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT IS HARDER TO TIE A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO EACH PERSON'S WORTH. WITHOUT PROFIT MOTIVE, IT'S VERY EASY TO SEE WHY WE ARE SO SUSCEPTIBLE TO ADMINISTRATIVE BLOAT. TEACHERS WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY SO WE CLIMB UP THE LADDER TO TRY TO GET A HIGHER

129POSITION THAT PAYS A DECENT AMOUNT. THIS PUTS TEACHERS WHO ARE STILL IN THE CLASSROOM AND ULTIMATELY THEIR STUDENTS LAST BUDGET-WISE. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS, THIS IS A CLEAR PROBLEM THAT YOU CAN SOLVE. WORKING TO REDUCE THIS DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE BLOAT COULD PUT THAT MONEY INTO RECRUITING AND RETAINING QUALIFIED TEACHERS. I AM ASKING YOU TO PRIORITIZE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. UNTIL YOU CAN INCREASE OUR PAY TO A COMPETITIVE AMOUNT, THREES AGREE TO OUR TWO SALARY STEPS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY EARNED AND WORKED TOWARDS, WORK TOWARDS IMPROVING THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS ASHLEY DONALDSON. I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 16 YEARS. I WORK AT THE WONDERFUL HERITAGE ELEMENTARY WHICH WENT FROM A C TO AN A. THAT

130A WAS EARNED BY THE AMAZING WORK OF THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ADMINISTRATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, MY SHIRT SAYS SUPPORT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EDUCATORS. WE'RE MORE THAN A REOCCURRING EXPENSE. WE ARE AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BE THE FRONTLINE WORKERS. IT'S NOT THAT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN, IT'S JUST THAT YOU CHOOSE NOT TO SEE US THAT WAY. I'M A RESIDENT OF PASCO COUNTY AND I WAS HAPPY TO VOTE FOR THE TAX REFERENDUM AND CHEER ON THE TEACHERS RALLYING OUTSIDE OF THE POLLS. AS A PARENT WHOSE CHILD ATTENDS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PASCO COUNTY SCHOOL, I'VE BEEN AMAZED BY THE LEVEL OF ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY AND OPPORTUNITIES MY CHILD HAS BEEN GIVEN. IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, TEACHERS FEEL THAT THE WAY WE ARE BEING PUNISHED FOR THE MONEY MISMANAGEMENT REPUTATION THIS BOARD HAS. YOU ALSO HAVE A REPUTATION OF WHAT US

131TEACHERS CALL FLYING THE PLANE AS YOU'RE BUILDING IT. EXAMPLE, PROGRESS ALERTS WENT OUT LAST FRIDAY AND I KNOW THAT IN KINDERGARTEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY SCORING GUIDELINES TO REFER TO. THERE IS THIS EXPECTATION THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND PREPARED TO SHARE CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR OUR STUDENTS, YET THOSE IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE PAID WAY MORE THAN US ARE NOT HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD. SO IF SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A NOTE, WE NEED THOSE GUIDELINES BECAUSE IN A FEW WEEKS, REPORT CARDS ARE GOING OUT. TEACHERS KNEW THAT THE TAX BEING VOTED ON WAS MOST LIKELY NOT GOING TO PASS. TEACHERS ARE STRUGGLING MENTALLY AND FINANCIALLY, BUT SADLY THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN HERE. BY NOT CARING ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS, YOU'RE SHOWING THAT YOU'RE REALLY NOT CARING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS. YOU CAN'T BE

132PRO STUDENT AND BE ANTI-TEACHER. I MEAN, WE ARE CONNECTED TO OUR KIDDOS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT WHAT ACTION PLAN CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO REBUILD OUR TRUST WITH THIS DISTRICT. WHAT ACTIONS WILL YOU TAKE TO REBUILD THE TRUST OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES? SHOW US THAT WE MATTER. SHOW THAT EDUCATION IS NOT LOST AND THAT IT'S CONSIDERED A BUSINESS. BY SHOWING US THAT WE ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT WE MATTER, YOU ARE SHOWING THAT OUR KIDS MATTER. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS KELLY GOSHHORN. AND I'M A TEACHER AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. I TEACH 10th GRADE INTENSIVE READING. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY I LOVE MY JOB. I COME INTO MY JOB EVERY DAY. TEACHING TO THE CONTRACT IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY. I CANNOT

133TEACH TO THE CONTRACT. IF I DID THAT, MY STUDENTS WOULD SUFFER, AND SO WHAT I DO, I COME INTO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING AROUND 7:00. I LEAVE PROBABLY 5:00 EVERY DAY, AND I PLAN ON SUNDAYS FOR MY STUDENTS. AND I'VE TRIED OVER AND OVER AND OVER TO WORK TO THE CONTRACT, TO GO IN WHEN I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, TO LEAVE WHEN I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S A DISSERVICE TO MY STUDENTS. AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS, I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD. I'M A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHER. I TAKE MY JOB VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. I TEACH THE CURRICULUM. I MAKE SURE MY KIDS ARE LEARNING. OUR SCHOOL WENT FROM A C SCHOOL TO A B SCHOOL. AND EVERY TEACHER IN HERE, YOU KNOW, IS LOOKING AROUND AND I WAS THINKING WE DON'T

134LOOK THAT GREAT. I'M SORRY, GUYS. BUT OUR HAIR -- WE LOOK LIKE WE'VE BEEN TEACHING ALL DAY. AND WE HAVE. WE HAVE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING, AND I HAD TO GO TO A PBIS TRAINING THIS MORNING. EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THERE WERE OTHER PBIS TRAININGS THAT WE HAD TO GO TO. HAD TO GO TO MANDATORY PLC MEETINGS, AND I'M TRYING TO PLAN THIS AND JUGGLE THIS. I'M NOT A BABYSITTER. I AM AN EDUCATOR. AND I DESERVE TO BE PAID. I REALLY DO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M CHRISTY. I AM A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT ESSRIG ELEMENTARY. AND I WISH EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WAS FIVE BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO SPEAKING WITH ADULTS, SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS HERE, BUT WE HAVE TO SPEAK UP

135AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO LISTEN, AND WE NEED ADMINISTRATORS TO LISTEN AND WE NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO US BECAUSE THIS IS CRISIS. I'M A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. I'M EMOTIONAL. FRUSTRATED, EXHAUSTED, BURNT OUT, DEPRESSED. PIGGYBACKING ON MENTAL HEALTH, THIS IS HOW WE FEEL. I AM THE DAUGHTER OF A RETIRED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TEACHER, AND FOR THE 17 YEARS OF MY CAREER, MY MOTHER HAS ASSURED ME, IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. I DON'T BELIEVE HER ANYMORE BECAUSE IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. I HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS COUNTY FOR 17 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER OF THE YEAR. I HAVE BEEN A DIVERSITY EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR. I AM A CONSISTENT LEVEL FIVE PERFORMER. I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, AND I AM SUCCESSFUL AT IT. I'M HEARTBROKEN THAT MY TEACHING HEART FEELS READY TO GIVE IT UP

136AND WALK AWAY. I HAVEN'T TOUCHED MY RESUMÉ IN 17 YEARS, AND I HAVE FIXED MY RESUMÉ. I AM READY TO LEAVE BECAUSE YOU AREN'T LISTENING TO US. IT'S SERIOUS. AND OUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT IS THE STUDENTS' LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. IT'S NOT GOOD. THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF LAST-MINUTE CHANGES, THE LACK OF MATERIALS, UNFILLED PROMISES, INSANE AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK, THE DISRESPECT OF OUR SALARY AGREEMENT WHICH IS HOW WE SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES -- THEN TO TOP IT OFF, LARGER CLASS SIZES AND AIR-CONDITIONERS THAT ARE STILL NOT WORKING THAT I'M PAYING MORE TAXES FOR. I HAVE VOTED TWICE TAKEN OUT OF MY SALARY PAYING MORE MONEY TO HAVE AIR THAT WORKS AND WE HAVE A 35-YEAR-OLD AIR-CONDITIONER AT ESSRIG. IT STILL DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. WE DO NOT NEED PEOPLE WALKING INTO OUR CLASSROOM AND TELLING US WHAT WE NEED TO

137DO. WE NEED PEOPLE THAT WALK IN AND ASK, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? LET US TEACH AND SUPPORT US IN ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN. THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF VACANT SPOTS IN OUR SCHOOL WOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE TO ANY TEACHER OR SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL. THIS IS A CRISIS, AND IT IS THE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE HURT IN THE END. LISTEN TO THE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOLS WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN EVERY DAY. PAY US WHAT YOU OWE US, AND IF YOU THINK THE TEACHERS ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, THINK ABOUT OUR SUPPORT STAFF. I AM NOT REPLACEABLE, AND WE ARE NOT REPLACEABLE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. CONNIE DAWSON. AS A TEACHER WITH 25 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN THIS DISTRICT, I WANT

138TO SHARE SOME OF THE STRUGGLES FACED BY TEACHERS. OUR PAY IS ABYSMAL. AS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES AND OUR PAY HAS STAGNATED, TEACHERS ARE HURTING FINANCIALLY. SURROUNDING COUNTIES HAVE RAISED TEACHER PAY IN RESPONSE, BUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EXPECTS TEACHERS TO DO MORE AND MORE WITHOUT COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION. WE ARE COVERING CLASSES, ABSORBING STUDENTS INTO ALREADY LOADED CLASSES, AND WE'RE NOT RECEIVING ANY EXTRA COMPENSATION FOR THAT. WE ARE A LITTLE OVER A MONTH INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL PAY FOR COVERING CLASSES. WHILE WE'RE AT IT, $15 AN HOUR IS NOT A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAY A PROFESSIONAL FOR HER TIME. WITH REGARD TO CHANGING CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS, I WORK THROUGH MY LUNCH EVERY DAY TRYING TO MAKE STUDY, TALK TO CANVAS, CANVAS TALK TO SYNERGY. I SPENT HOURS

139TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING USEFUL ON LANGUAGE LIVE AND I HAVE YET TO FIND ANYTHING THAT BENEFITS ME OR MY STUDENTS. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING WHEN THESE PROGRAMS DON'T WORK WELL AT THE CLASSROOM LEVEL OR THE SERVERS DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS' NORMAL USE. I'M SURE THESE PROGRAMS SOUNDED LIKE A PANACEA WHEN YOU WERE BEING COURTED BY THOSE SALES REPS, BUT MANY REQUIRE TIME THAT TEACHERS DO NOT HAVE. MAYBE A NEW GRADE BOOK, A NEW CURRICULUM, NEW STANDARDS, NEW READING PROGRAMS, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE ALL THAT IN THE SAME YEAR. MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE THE TEACHERS SOME OF THE GRACE THAT WE GIVE OUR STUDENTS OR SOME OF THE GRACE THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ON SCHOOL GRADES. ADDITIONALLY, I CONSIDER THE PLETHORA OF SHORT-LIVED PROGRAMS, ACHIEVE3000, BRIGHT PATHS, THESE PROGRAMS REPRESENT MILLIONS WASTED

140BY THIS BOARD, MILLIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE. FINALLY, I FEAR YOU HAVE BEEN SORELY MISLED BY THE DISTRICT WITH REGARD TO OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE. MY LEVEL ONE INTENSIVE READING CLASSES ARE STACKED WITH 35 STUDENTS IN EVERY CLASS, AND I COUNT MYSELF LUCKY BECAUSE OTHER TEACHERS HAVE 40. NOT ONLY IS THE SITUATION UNTENABLE FOR TEACHERS, IT'S ALSO NOT GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF NOT PASSING THEIR GRADUATION BENCHMARK. OUR SCHOOL WAS BLESSED WITH 20 TO 25 DAYS OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TO TEACH CLASSES THAT HAD NO TEACHERS. NOW WHAT? NOW WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH LONG-TERM SUBS, NOT QUALIFIED TEACHERS. IT'S GREAT FOR YOUR BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE THAT IS A WHOLE LOT LESS HUMAN CAPITAL. YOU'RE SAVING MONEY BY USING SUBS, BUT FOR US TRYING TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE STUDENTS,

141IT'S A TERRIBLE SITUATION. OUR CLASSROOMS ARE SO FULL, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD PASS A FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTION AND YET -- -- AND YET WE WERE TOLD WE'RE LUCKY NOT TO LOSE UNITS. EXCUSE ME, I'VE GIVEN YOU 25 YEARS. I'M GOING TO TAKE TEN MORE SECONDS. NO TEACHER SHORTAGE IS NEEDED. MY HALLWAY HAS -- [MICROPHONE SHUT OFF] Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: BEFORE WE PROCEED, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO TWO MINUTES, BUT I DID WANT TO STAY LONGER AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAD THREE MINUTES. IF YOU CAN PLEASE JUST STOP AT THREE MINUTES, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. MR. PORTER, YOU ALSO HAD A COMMENT. Jim Porter: THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE BOARD WANTS TO LISTEN. IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HEAR YOU. THE BOARD HAS

142TYPICALLY NOT RESPONDED WELL OR ALLOWED SORT OF INTERRUPTIONS IN THE AUDIENCE. YOU'RE HERE TO TALK. YOU NEED TO LISTEN. IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO THE OTHER SPEAKERS WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF APPLAUSE. WE DON'T ALLOW THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. WE JUST DON'T. I MEAN, WE DON'T. SO YOU'RE GETTING -- OKAY, SO MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR YOU, BUT THIS WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'RE TEACHERS. YOU ARE VALUABLE, YOU MATTER AND THEY WANT TO HEAR YOU, AND THIS HAS GONE ON A LOT. BUT THE REQUEST IS TO PLEASE NOT CLAP AND RESPOND WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BASIC BOARD PROTOCOL. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU HONOR THAT. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: YES, THANK YOU. WE REALLY DO WANT TO HEAR FROM EACH AND

143EVERY ONE OF YOU. PLEASE, IF YOU COULD ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTES I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE LISTENING TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. SORRY, I WAS CHECKING MY PHONE FOR MY STEPS BECAUSE IT DOES A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING TRACK OF THEM THAN MY PAYCHECK. I REALIZE I DON'T HAVE A SURPLUS OF TIME RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF BUDGET TO NOT HONOR THOSE STEPS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I WANTED TO DISCUSS TONIGHT, AND I KEPT HEARING MORE THINGS THAT I NEEDED TO ADD. CLASSROOMS. THEY ARE DEFINITELY OVERPACKED. TRYING TO TEACH MATH TO 37 STUDENTS AT ONCE WITHIN I DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THEM TO GET AROUND IS TOO MUCH. THANKFULLY IT'S STATS. IF IT WAS ALGEBRA ONE THAT CROWDED,

144THEY WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE LEARNING. LET ME BE CLEAR, OUR ALGEBRA ONE CLASSES ARE THAT FULL. IT IS TOO MANY. 25 WAS PASSED FOR A REASON. WHEN I STARTED TEACHING IN 2003, WE HAD AN ELP PROGRAM FOR ALGEBRA ONE. WE HAD CLASSES OF 15. THESE ARE ALL KIDS WHO FAILED ALGEBRA ONE. 14 OUT OF 15 WOULD CONSISTENTLY PASS BECAUSE CLASS SIZE IS IMPORTANT. 2003, WHEN I WAS HIRED, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAD JUST MOVED STARTING SALARY TO $30,000. ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, THAT WOULD BE 49,000. THAT'S CLOSE TO OUR STARTING SALARY RIGHT NOW. THE TOP OF THE SCALE ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, WOULD BE $81,000. CLEARLY, WE ARE NOT KEEPING UP, CLEARLY. THAT IS PURE NUMBERS. AND SPEAKING OF NUMBERS, OVER 100 STUDENTS LATE EVERY DAY TO MY SCHOOL, EVERY DAY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE BUS DRIVERS. IT IS

145NOT A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE. IT IS A PAY SHORTAGE. I WOULDN'T DO IT FOR WHAT THEY ARE PAID AND I DON'T KNOW WHY SOME OF THEM STICK AROUND. THEY COULD GO DRIVE FOR THE COUNTY BUSES AND MAKE MORE. I HAVE ONE STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN LATE EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THE BUS IN MY CLASS AND HAS MISSED MORE THAN HALF OF THE CLASS. HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO LEARN? IT'S NOT HIS FAULT; IT IS OUR FAULT. IT IS YOUR FAULT. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. I'M ANTASIA JENSEN. I WORK AT LAMB ELEMENTARY AND I'M HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. THIS IS MY TENTH YEAR TEACHING. I WANT TO COME UP HERE TO TELL YOU I'M STRESSED. I'M TIRED, AND THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS JUST BEGUN. I FEEL LIKE

146IT IS THE END OF THE YEAR. CLASS SIZES ARE OUT OF CONTROL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING AND THERE'S NO END IN SITE. A UNIT WAS REMOVED BECAUSE CLASS SIZES WERE TOO SMALL AT MY SCHOOL. I HAD 18 STUDENTS. NOW I HAVE 23 AND MORE ARE ENROLLING EVERY DAY. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH LARGE CLASSES YOU SAW. OTHERS IN MY SCHOOL HAVE 25, 27 STUDENTS AND I FEEL THE MAXIMUM SHOULD BE 18. I UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE NATION IS EXPERIENCING LACK OF TEACHERS, BUT I DON'T GET PAID TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THAT. THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS THE SOLUTION SHOULD NOT BE TO CRAM MORE CHILDREN INTO ONE OVERCROWDED ROOM. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE AGGRAVATING TEACHERS WHO ARE CHOOSING TO STAY, AND YOU CAN'T AFFORD THAT. SO LARGE CLASS SIZES ARE

147NOT WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS AND TEST SCORES ARE NOT GOING TO INCREASE WITH THESE LARGE CLASSES. THE LAST ISSUE I WANTED TO BRING UP WITH MY REMAINING TIME IS THE NEW CURRICULUM CALLED S.T.E.M. SCOPE FOR MATH. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE RETURN IT AND GET A REFUND? I'M CONVINCED THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE S.T.E.M. SCOPES HAVE NEVER MET A HUMAN CHILD AND THEY'VE DEFINITELY NEVER TAUGHT A MATH LESSON BEFORE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THE FIRST UNIT OF STUDY IN KINDERGARTEN WAS DECOMPOSING -- DECOMPOSING NUMBERS TO TEN. THAT WAS BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW HOW TO COUNT TO TEN. THE STUDENT WORKBOOKS LOOK LIKE THEY CAME FROM THE DOLLAR STORE. AND IF I SAW THEM AT THE DOLLAR STORE, I WOULD NOT PURCHASE THEM. THEY ARE GARBAGE. SO THIS S.T.E.M.

148SCOPES MATH THING IS ONE MORE STRAW ON MY ALREADY BROKEN BACK. I ASK YOU, MY SCHOOL BOARD, I JUST WANT SUPPORT. I'M ASKING YOU FOR HELP. YOUR TEACHERS ARE LEAVING FOR A REASON. FIGURE IT OUT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW. AND ALSO DON'T GIVE S.T.E.M. SCOPES ANY MORE MONEY, PLEASE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN MITCHELL. I TEACH AT ERWIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE. I'M GOING TO SPARE YOU MY STORY AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THEIR STORY. ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE AND THOUSANDS MORE, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE STEPPED UP. WHEN THE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED, WE STEPPED UP. WHEN WE CAME BACK, WE STEPPED UP. SOME OF THESE TEACHERS HAD TO TEACH BRICK AND MORTAR AND

149ONLINE THEY STEPPED UP. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STEP UP. PAY US WHAT WE'RE WORTH IS AND GIVE US THE RESPECT THAT WE DESERVE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FRANK DILL. I STARTED TEACHING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS IN 2011. I SHOULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. I AM A SCIENCE TEACHER. THIS IS A POLITICAL FORUM. THIS IS NOT WHAT I DO. BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT CLEAR WHERE YOU'RE GETTING INFORMATION AND DATA TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS. I FEEL YOU ARE TOO FAR REMOVED FROM THE TRENCHES, AND THAT IS HAZARDOUS FOR DECISION MAKING. DURING COVID, I EXPECTED PROBLEMS. IT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. TODAY, OUR PROBLEMS ARE SELF-INFLICTED. WE ARE IN A DOWNWARD DEATH SPIRAL IN THIS DISTRICT. WE ARE UNDERSTAFFED, AND THE REMAINING STAFF

150ARE ASKED TO DO MORE UNTIL THEY BURN OUT. AFTER CLASSES WERE LEVELED THIS YEAR, MY ROSTER HAD 215 STUDENTS IN SIX CLASSES. A T PAY WOULD BE 210 STUDENTS IN SEVEN CLASSES. I'M TEACHING A CLASS FOR FREE. A NOTE TO THE UNION, T PAY SHOULD BE BASED ON HEAD COUNT, NOT CLASSES OR THE ADMINISTRATORS WILL EXPLOIT IT. ANOTHER NOTE TO THE UNION, THE DISTRICT IS RUNNING ON COMP TIME, WHICH IS UNPAID LABOR. THE DISTRICT SHOULD PAY OUT ANY COMP TIME HOURS BEYOND 100. AT MY SCHOOL, A TEACHER IS CURRENTLY ON LEAVE FOR PTSD. MULTIPLE TEACHERS ARE LOOKING FOR NEW JOBS, INCLUDING BARTENDING. WE HAVE TURNOVER IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, TUTORING MONEY IS CURRENTLY BEING SPENT SO THAT TEACHERS WILL GUARD THE RESTROOMS. IF YOU THINK IT ISN'T A CRISIS, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT

151MINDSET. SIT IN THE ALGEBRA CLASS THAT HAS A LONG-TERM SUB WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS CHECK CANVAS. EVERY DAY, THE ASSIGNMENT IS SAME. READ THIS PAGE IN THE BOOM, ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU COULD LEARN ALGEBRA THAT WAY. I DON'T THINK A 15-YEAR-OLD SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO LEARN ALGEBRA THAT WAY. DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, U.S. GENERALS DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF THE BATTLEFIELD. I WOULD SUGGEST NEITHER DO YOU. THOUSANDS DIED ON THE PSALM BECAUSE THE GENERALS WERE TOO FAR BEHIND THE LINES. I DO NOT BELIEVE DISTRICT LEADERS HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. I'M OFFERING YOU A SERVICE. IF YOU CARE, E-MAIL ME, FRANK.DILL.HCPS.NET. I WILL GIVE YOU AN UNVARNISHED VIEW OF THE TRUTH, INCLUDING TODAY YOU ARE WORKING ON SEXUAL HEALTH. I HAVE TEENAGE GIRLS WHO UNDERSTAND MENSTRUATION BUT NOT

152WHAT OVULATION IS. THEY ALSO DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOLES THEY HAVE AND THAT IS HOW THEY EXPRESS IT. IF YOU NEED THE TRUTH, CONTACT ME. I'M HAPPY TO DELIVER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. HIEDI GLICK. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR GIVING US OUR TIME AND TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME HERE AFTER THEIR EIGHT-HOUR DAY. I THINK THAT'S VERY COMMENDABLE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE WHEN WE'VE BEEN PUT DOWN TO ONE MINUTE OR TWO MINUTES. I REALLY WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I AND I GUARANTEE YOU EVERYONE ELSE THAT CAME BEFORE ME AND AFTER ME APPRECIATES THAT. SUPERINTENDENT, I'M NOT SURE YOU REMEMBER THIS, SO I'M SORRY TO SAY IT OUT LOUD IN FRONT OF EVERYONE, BUT LAST YEAR

153AT ONE OF THE BARGAINING SESSIONS I BELIEVE YOU WERE PUT ON SPEAKER AND IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, IF I'M NOT, IF SOMEBODY OUT HERE CAN REMIND ME IF I HAVE IT WRONG, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE US WHOLE. SO IT'S REALLY A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION. GIVE US OUR MONEY. I'M AT THE TOP OF THE SCALE. I'VE BEEN A TEACHER FOR 42 YEARS, AND I WORK -- YEAH, I KNOW -- AND I DON'T DRINK, BUT GO FIGURE -- I WORK THREE JOBS TO PAY MY BILLS. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN MY STUDENTS SAY TO ME, I TURNED THAT IN YESTERDAY, HOW COME IT'S NOT GRADED? I WORK FROM 7:45 TO 3:45, AND THAT'S IT. AND THAT'S NOT LIKE ME, AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SAY THAT, BUT I'VE GOT TO GET

154TO OTHER JOBS TO PAY MY BILLS. PAY US WHAT YOU PROMISED US. PEOPLE ARE LEAVING IN DROVES. YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH PEOPLE WITH 20 YEARS PLUS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO END UP FROM ONE TO TEN. AND WHEN THOSE FIRST TEN HAVE THEIR LOANS PAID OFF, THEY ARE HISTORY AND THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE ANYTHING LEFT AT THE TOP. I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN BARGAINING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THERE. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT BEING GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION. CALL ROB. CALL GRAHAM. THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE BUDGETS. THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. GIVE US OUR MONEY. EVEN JUST GIVING IT TO US STILL DOESN'T MAKE US WHOLE, BUT IT MAKES THE WHOLE A LOT SMALLER. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF US. I

155APPRECIATE IT, AND I KNOW THEY DO, TOO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. I BATTLED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF I SHOULD WRITE THIS PROFESSIONAL TEACHER LETTER THAT EXPLAINS HOW I FEEL AND I DECIDED, NO. I WANTED TO GIVE IT TO YOU. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET MS. BELLAMY THE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT TEACHER. YOU GET DURELL. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, BROWARD COUNTY. I WAS TEACHING THERE. I JUST MOVED HERE AUGUST THE 1st. I CHECKED TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS PAY TO SEE IF I COULD AFFORD TO DO THIS BY MYSELF. I GOT MY FIRST FULL CHECK LAST WEEK. I DID BRING THAT, THOUGH. MY GROSS PAY, I'M OPEN. I DON'T MIND. MY

156GROSS PAY WAS $2,399.05. BY THE TIME ALL THE DEDUCTIONS CAME OUT, I SAW $1,327. THAT IS $1,071.53 IN DEDUCTIONS. ALMOST 800 OF THOSE DEDUCTIONS WERE INVOLUNTARY. THE LAST ALMOST 300 WERE VOLUNTARY, BUT IT'S THINGS THAT I NEED, LIKE MY HEALTH INSURANCE. I HAVE TO PAY EXTRA. I'M EPILEPTIC. I USED TO HAVE SEIZURES. MY ANXIETY CAN CAUSE THEM TO COME BACK, SO I NEED THE EXTRA SO THAT I CAN PAY FOR THE EXTRA BECAUSE THE REGULAR INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER WHAT I NEED. WHEN I CAME HERE IN JULY, I GOT SICK. SO I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE WEEK OF PREPLANNING, WELL, NOT PREPLANNING, THE THING FOR NEW TEACHERS. THE TEACHER TRAINING. I GOT SICK HERE AND HAD TO CHECK IN TO ADVENT HEALTH. THEY WANT THEIR MONEY. THEY ARE E-MAILING ME. I DON'T HAVE

157IT. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT TO THEM? I HAVE TWO FAMILY MEMBERS HERE. ONE IS AN ALMOST 50-YEAR-OLD WAR VETERAN WHO HAS PTSD AND HIS 11-YEAR-OLD SON. WE LIVE TOGETHER. MY NIECE MOVED HERE WITH ME. SHE AND I ARE STAYING IN THE ONE ROOM IN HIS HOUSE. I JUST GOT APPROVED FOR MY OWN APARTMENT. THE BASE FOR MY APARTMENT -- AND THIS IS THE CHEAPEST I COULD FIND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING, THE BASE RENT FOR MY APARTMENT IS 1490. THEY CHARGE AN EXTRA 100 SOMETHING DOLLARS FOR THE AMENITIES IN THIS PLACE THAT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. I CAN'T PAY THE BASE. MY CHECK, IT DOESN'T COVER THE BASE. I HAVE CAR INSURANCE. I HAVE LIFE INSURANCE. I HAVE A CAR NOTE. I HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH INSURANCE, I'M SCARED

158TO GET ANOTHER JOB, BUT I NEED TO GET ANOTHER JOB BECAUSE AGAIN I HAVE MY NIECE HERE. SHE'S STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY. WE LOVE THE SCHOOL WHERE WE ARE AT. WE ARE AT PRIDE. TO LOOK ON THEIR FACES EVERY DAY TO KNOW THEY ARE DEPENDING ON ME. I HAVE AUTISTIC KID, SAME KID, OBD, NOT OBD, EBD AND ODD. THEY DON'T ELOPE, THEY DON'T DO ANY OF THAT IN MY ROOM. WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR, I'M NOT COMING BACK NEXT YEAR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING. NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN. I WAS HERE A FEW SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AGO. THIS WEEK, OR REALLY LAST WEEK, I GOT SICK. I GOT SO SICK THAT I ACTUALLY WASN'T ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR THREE

159DAYS, WHICH IS THE LONGEST I HAVE EVER BEEN OUT IN A ROW IN MY ENTIRE SIX-YEAR TEACHING CAREER. INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON GETTING BETTER GOING TO A DOCTOR, I LAID ON MY COUCH AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY RIDDLED WITH GUILT AT LEAVING MY DEPARTMENT. AT MY SCHOOL, IF WE DON'T HAVE A SUB, WE ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE UP OUR PLANNING PERIODS TO WATCH THE SICK TEACHERS' KIDS. MY DEPARTMENT IS SIX OF US. SO IF ONE OF US IS OUT, THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY COVERING. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON RECOVERING, I SPENT MY TIME APOLOGIZING TO MY DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR FORCING HER TO TRY TO FIND COVERAGE, FEELING GUILTY BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS MAKING MY FRIENDS' LIVES AND DAYS AT WORK A LOT HARDER BECAUSE I COULDN'T PHYSICALLY STAND UP AND GET OFF MY COUCH.

160THIS, AGAIN, AS I SAID LAST TIME I WAS HERE, IS BALANCING A DISTRICT PROBLEM ON THE BACKS OF EMPLOYEES AGAIN. WE'RE DOING IT WITH OUR BUDGET. WE ARE DOING IT WITH OUR SUBSTITUTE COVERAGE, AND WE'RE BALANCING THIS STUFF ON THE BACK OF THE HARDEST WORKING EMPLOYEES IN THIS DISTRICT, THE TEACHERS AND THE ESPs. DUE TO LACK OF STAFFING, I HAVE WELL OVER 200 KIDS IN MY CLASSES THIS YEAR. I TEACH SIX PERIODS. I TEACH SEVEN PREPS, AND I HAVE WELL OVER 200 STUDENTS. LOSING MY PLANNING PERIOD IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING TO ME, WITH OVER 200 KIDS, I CAN'T MAKE UP THAT LOSS OF GRADING TIME. SO WHEN I HAVE TO COVER, IT OFTEN TAKES ME WELL OVER A WEEK TO GET CAUGHT UP FROM MISSING A SINGLE PLANNING PERIOD. BEST WAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE

161I'M NOT GOING TO COME AT YOU WITH PROBLEMS AND NOT A SOLUTION. HONOR OUR YEARS OF SERVICE. THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE BEAR MINIMUM YOU COULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW. SHOW NOT ONLY YOUR CURRENT STAFF BUT HOPEFULLY POTENTIAL STAFF THAT ARE LOOKING TO COME FILL OUR WELL OVER HUNDRED VACANCIES THAT YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE WORKED FOR YOU. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, NONRECURRING SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOT TELLING US THAT. THEY ARE TELLING US THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS DIDN'T MATTER AT ALL. THE TWO HARDEST YEARS OF A TEACHING CAREER DIDN'T MATTER. THIS TEACHER SHORTAGE IS A CRISIS. I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT TODAY. I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, IT IS A CRISIS. WE CANNOT BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS CRISIS ANYMORE. IT IS NOT ON US TO

162FIX; IT IS ON YOU. IF YOU DO NOT FIND A WAY TO FIX THIS, THE BURNOUT WILL GET WORSE, THE TURNOVER WILL GET WORSE, AND ULTIMATELY IT'S THE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO SUFFER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M CARISSA DENICA FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL HOWEVER HERE AS A PARENT. ONE IN FIRST GRADE AND FOURTH GRADE. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT MY LITTLE ONE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME QUALITY OF TEACHERS IF WE DON'T HANDLE THE SHORTAGE. MY FOURTH GRADER HAD TWO TEACHERS IN THIRD GRADE, MS. COLLINS AND MS. HOWARD. THEY WORKED WITH HER AND THEY LOVED ON HER TO GET HER TO PASS HER FSAs WHICH WE WERE SO, SO CONCERNED ABOUT. IN SECOND GRADE, WE HAD A MESS OF A YEAR, THAT WAS

163OUR COVID YEAR, BUT SHE ENDED UP IN MISS PHILLIPS' CLASS. SHE CAME HOME EVERY DAY LAUGHING AND TALKING ABOUT CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THAT THEY WERE DOING IN BOOK CLUB. IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, MS. CHEN, MS. NUÑEZ AND MS. VANNAME SET HER UP ON READING AND PROCEDURES THAT SET HER UP TO BUILD UPON WITH THE REST OF HER EDUCATION CAREER. SHE STARTED WITH THE WONDERFUL, AMAZING MS. DUPREE AND MS. FISHBACK IN VPK. MY LITTLE HAS NOT HAD THIS TYPICAL EXPERIENCE. SHE ONLY GOT MS. DUPREE FOR HALF A YEAR. SHE WENT THROUGH THREE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS. I'M IS WORRIED THAT GIVEN THE COUNTIES AROUND US RAISING THEIR SALARIES, THE TEACHERS THAT MY LITTLE NEEDS MAY NOT BE THERE. I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO IT, WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MONEY, BUT FOR MOST

164OF US, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT AND IT SHOULDN'T BE SOMETHING WE FIGHT FOR EVERY YEAR. IF WE CAN'T KEEP UP THE QUALITY EDUCATION THAT MY CHILDREN AND THEIR PEERS DESERVE, ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING JUST TO WORRY ABOUT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THIS IS SURREAL. I'M AMANDA COLELLO. ENGLISH TEACHER, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HEAD. I DO ELP. I ALSO DELIVER FOOD FOR UBER. I FIRST GOT MY IDEA TO COME HERE TODAY BECAUSE I SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE TVT ON 8/29 THAT THE TEACHER SHORTAGE CRISIS WAS OVER. IT'S NOT OVER. IT'S BEEN PRETTY CLEAR TONIGHT, I THINK. AT MY SCHOOL ALONE, BECAUSE I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO MY SCHOOL, WE HAVE ABOUT 14 VACANCIES. THERE ARE SO

165MANY PERIODS T PAID OUT THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH TEACHERS TO COVER ABSENCES. CLASSROOMS ARE TOO FULL TO ALLOW FOR DISPERSAL. FOR EXAMPLE, 43 IN AN ENGLISH CLASS, 8th PERIOD. AS A RESULT, ANY GIVEN -- AS A RESULT IN ANY GIVEN PERIOD DURING THE DAY THERE ARE 30 TO 120 STUDENTS SENT TO THE MEDIA CENTER. INCIDENTALLY, SHE GETS PAID $15 FOR THE DAY FOR HER COVERAGE OF THOSE CLASSES. WE HAVE THESE VACANCIES BECAUSE THE TEACHERS ARE FED UP. WE'RE SICK OF BEING JERKED AROUND. WE'RE SICK OF BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. SO THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS REMEDYING THIS PROBLEM IS FOR THE DISTRICT TO GIVE US OUR STEPS AND FINALIZE OUR CONTRACT. TODAY I FOUND OUT THAT OUR LONG-TERM SUB FROM KELLY IN ENGLISH, FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE HER LAST DAY BECAUSE SHE FOUND OUT

166HER RATE IS BEING REDUCED FROM $23 AN HOUR TO $16 AN HOUR BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A TRANSFORMATION SCHOOL. THAT'S $520 A MONTH FOR HER. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE. WE DON'T WANT HER TO LEAVE. SHE'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. SHE'S BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER STUDENTS. SHE IS TEACHING THEM, AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT DIRECTIVE CAME FROM. HOW ARE WE GOING TO COVER THOSE CLASSES ON MONDAY? BECAUSE TO BE CLEAR, WITH THAT ONE, WE'LL HAVE THREE VACANCIES WITHOUT SUBS, WITHOUT LONG-TERM SUBS, WITHOUT COVERAGE. THAT'S 450 STUDENTS WHO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERIOD A DAY WITH NO CLASSROOM COMMUNITY FOR THEM, WHICH RESULTS IN STUDENTS WANDERING AROUND THE CAMPUS, STUDENTS LEAVING THE CAMPUS, STUDENTS HANGING OUT AND VAPING IN THE BATHROOMS. STUDENTS GETTING INTO FIGHTS. STUDENTS OPENING GATES FOR ANYONE

167TO COME INTO THE CAMPUS. IT INCREASES THE RISK OF TRAFFICKING, AND I REALLY THOUGHT THAT WOULD TAKE UP ALL OF MY TIME. I HOPE THAT OUR WORDS ARE GETTING THROUGH. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS AMANDA. I TEACH AT HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE IT PRETTY GOOD FROM WHAT I'M HEARING. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN, THOUGH, BY LISTING A FEW NUMBERS TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH EXTRA TIME OUTSIDE OF PLANNING AND THE SCHOOL DAY THAT TEACHERS GIVE TO THEIR STUDENTS FOR FREE. 21 HOURS. THAT'S HOW MUCH TIME I WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM ON SATURDAYS THE LAST THREE WEEKS. SIX HOURS. THAT'S HOW MUCH I WORK A WEEK BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL COMBINED. MAKE NO MISTAKE THAT THIS APPLIES TO MOST TEACHERS AND DEFINITELY NOT UNIQUE TO ME. MOST

168TEACHERS PUT IN AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL FOR FREE. THEN CONFERENCE PERIODS MEETING WITH SUBJECT AREAS TO LEARN THE NEW CURRICULUM AND NEW STANDARDS TO BEST SERVE STUDENTS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE NEW COMPUTER PROGRAMS. THAT'S ON TOP OF PLCs. ALSO, MANY OF US CHOOSE TO ATTEND CONCERTS, GO TO GAMES OR CHAPERON DANCES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, NOT TO MENTION DIFFERENTIATING LESSONS FOR ELL AND ESE STUDENTS WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE CLOSE TO ENOUGH HELP WITH. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION OUR OFFICE STAFF. JUST TODAY, THERE WAS A PHONE CALL WHEN I WALKED IN ABOUT HOW THEY WERE UPSET BECAUSE WE LOCKED THE GATES TO GET ON THE TRACK. THEY ARE DEALING WITH IRATE PARENTS ON A CONSTANT BASIS AND DISRESPECTFUL STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKEN TO THE OFFICE BECAUSE

169THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE FOR THEM TO GO, BECAUSE THEY DISRUPT, CURSE A TEACHER OUT OR WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING TO DO AND NOTHING HAPPENS. EVERY SINGLE DAY THE SAME STUDENTS. WE HAVE A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AS TO DISCIPLINE ON TOP OF IT ALL. IT IS A PROBLEM. AND THE AIDES AND THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING LESS THAN $15 AN HOUR. THEY COULD GO TO CHIPOTLE AND MAKE THAT. AND GET CURSED OUT BY SOMEBODY WHO DIDN'T GET THEIR PROPER FOOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF TEACHERS TRULY DECIDED TO WORK TO CONTRACT? EVERYTHING WOULD JUST COMPLETELY FALL APART. OUR STUDENTS WOULD NOT FEEL VALUED, AND THAT IS WHO WE'RE THERE FOR. HOW LONG ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE ALTRUISTIC PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MONEY WE MAKE? HOW LONG ARE WE EXPECTED TO DO MORE FOR OTHER

170PEOPLE'S CHILDREN THAN WHAT I'M ABLE TO DO AT HOME FOR MY FAMILY AND MY CHILD? HERE IS ANOTHER NUMBER, THOUGH, $3,265, WHICH IS HOW MUCH MONEY I LOST BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021. I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO UP. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST STAY THE SAME. MOST TEACHERS HAVE BEEN LOSING MONEY FROM YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE BONUSES HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY. WE DON'T WANT A BONUS. WE WANT THE MONEY THAT IS OWED TO US BY OUR STEPS, THAT WE HAVE EARNED FOR OUR YEARS OF SERVICE. I AM AT 23 YEARS -- OH, 21. IT'S NOT RIGHT. IT'S ALSO NOT FAIR THAT I HAVE A COLLEAGUE THAT HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR SIX YEARS WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE AND MAKING ONLY $500 MORE THAN A BRAND-NEW TEACHER. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR RAISES. WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR STEPS,

171AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR TONIGHT. HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M ANGELA KULNELLO. ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO START WITH SEVEN UNITS ON MY GRADE LEVEL WE STARTED WITH SIX BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE. OUR DISTRICT FRIENDS LEFT, AND THAT NOW CAME DOWN TO FIVE. ON MY GRADE LEVEL, WE HAVE FIVE OPEN POSITIONS JUST AT MY GRADE LEVEL. AND THE 600 VACANCIES GOING DOWN TO 300 IS NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAME IN AND THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE WITH US. IT'S BECAUSE YOU TOOK THEM AWAY. WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO THAT IN A MOMENT. WE SPOKE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ALWAYS BEING AT THE FOREFRONT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO PREP A LESSON PLAN

172FOR A DAY THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM, TO PREP YOUR KIDS EMOTIONALLY, TO PREP THE LUNCH LADIES, TO PREP YOUR TEAM, TO PREP DISMISSAL, TO PREP THE PARENTS. LIKE IT TAKES SO MUCH TO TAKE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH DAY, SO I JUST WANT US TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN THEY ARE THROWING MENTAL HEALTH AT US. WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS. MY CHILDREN CAN'T GO TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE MY EMPLOYER TOOK HER AWAY. WE DON'T HAVE ONE. THERE'S A TEMPORARY ONE BEING SHARED WITH PEOPLE BUT WE DONT HAVE ONE. THEY DON'T HAVE ONE. WE ARE NOT CATTLE. THIS POOL THING EXCUSE ME THAT HAPPENS, LIKE NO ONE IN HERE IS A FARM ANIMAL CAN JUST BE PLACED WHERE YOU THINK THAT

173THEY SHOULD GO BECAUSE IT SAVES MONEY. LIKE, THIS IS LIVELIHOOD OF EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY CHILD, AND I'M FEARFUL FOR HOW WE'RE LOOKED UPON. WE'RE NOT ANIMALS. THE CHILDREN ARE NOT ANIMALS. THEIR LIVELIHOOD IS BEING TAKEN AWAY. WHEN YOU RIP THEIR TEACHER AND YOU THROW THEM LIKE LITTLE ANTS INTO OTHER BOXES, IT IS NOT OKAY. WE'RE NOT PUTTING THEM AT THE FOREFRONT. WHEN I SIT AND TALK TO MY VERY GOOD FRIEND WHO WORKS FOR THE COUNTY HR OFFICE OF HILLSBOROUGH, AND SHE'S GOTTEN A 3% INCREASE FOR INFLATION AND A GAS STIPEND, AND I'M OUT HERE PANHANDLING ASKING PEOPLE, PLEASE BEG FOR THE MILLAGE -- I'M SORRY, PLEASE PASS THE MILLAGE. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR THE MILLAGE. I'M PANHANDLING AND ASKING OTHER PEOPLE TO PAY FOR ME BECAUSE MY EMPLOYER WON'T DO

174IT. SO MANY THINGS BUT I JUST WANT TO LEAVE US WITH THE FACT THAT A SOCIETY IS ONLY THE STRONGEST AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST MEMBER. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT VACATION HOME YOU HAVE, WHAT CAR YOU DRIVE, WHAT'S IN YOUR 401(K), IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE I HAVE A CHILD IN MY CLASSROOM IN THIRD GRADE READING ON A CONTAINER LEVEL. HE DOESN'T HAVE A SPECIAL ED TEACHER BECAUSE YOU TOOK HER AWAY. MY STUDENT CRIES EVERY DAY BECAUSE HE CAN'T READ. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR TOO MUCH. WE'RE ASKING FOR WHAT WE DESERVE AND WHAT THEY DESERVE AS WELL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK. PABLO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS. [RECESS] Nadia Combs: WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THE MEETING. THANK YOU, MEMBERS. WE

175WILL MOVE ON TO 1.05, WHICH IS THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF KAUFMAN BRIEF INTELLIGENCE TEST, KBIT, SECOND EDITION FROM NCS PEARSON. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR GIFTED POPULATION. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CLOSE TO 16,000 STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED. AS WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED BRING ADDITIONAL FTE TO MAKE CERTAIN SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO CONTINUE THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH. IN THIS PROCESS, WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED OR PURCHASED AN ADDITIONAL GIFTED KIT SINCE 2004, WHICH IS 18 YEARS AGO, SO THIS IS A PERFECT TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE OUR CONTENT TO ALLOW TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SCREENING PROCESSES, KAUFMAN CAME OUT WITH A SECOND EDITION, AND THIS IS OUR ASK TO THE BOARD TO USE AND LEVERAGE $91,000

176TO THE GIFTED FUNDS TO GIVE 250 KITS TO OUR SCHOOLS SO WE CAN PROPERLY SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY, IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND ALSO IN OUR K-8 SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.05. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW EXCITED I AM TO SEE THIS. FOR A LONG TIME I HAD CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS ABOUT ACCESS WHEN IT COMES TO GIFTED AND THE TESTING PROCESS IN GENERAL. MYSELF, MY SON WAS TESTED THROUGH THE SCHOOLS. HE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR AGP. WE HAD HIM PRIVATELY TESTED. THANK GOODNESS WE HAD THE

177ABILITY TO HAVE THAT DONE. HE SCORED OFF THE CHART. THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN OUR PRIVATE TESTING THAT WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PAY FOR AND THE SCHOOL TESTING WAS FRUSTRATING. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. WHAT I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SEE AS THIS COMES THROUGH IS MAYBE JUST SOME DATA ON WHETHER THIS IS ACTUALLY ALLOWING THIS CURRICULUM AND THE PROGRAM, AGP, TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE, TO NOT JUST MORE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO WE'VE NOTICED FOR A LONG TIME THAT MARGINALIZED STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING IDENTIFIED AND INCLUDED IN AGP. SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THIS PUSHES THE NEEDLES. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR KIDS TESTED, WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS AGP, BUT FEEL THAT THEIR STUDENT NEEDS MORE ACADEMIC SUPPORT OR IS AGP TO RE-TRY NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS NEW

178SCREENING TEST, ESPECIALLY THE PARENTS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD THAT OUTSIDE TESTING. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GET THIS ON THE RADAR. I'M REALLY EXCITED, AND I REALLY HOPE THIS FINALLY PUSHES THE NEEDLE TOWARDS MORE ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 1.07, PURCHASE AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING ACT EXAMS ADMINISTERED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SENIORS AND SELECT JUNIORS IN THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER OUR SELECT STUDENTS AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HIT THE CONCORDANT SCHOOLS TO MEET THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD 6400 STUDENTS LAST YEAR THAT DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR FSA, TENTH GRADE, FOR GRADUATION. AFTER

179GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE THE A.C.T. DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND GIVE THESE TWO DAYS FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE THRESHOLD, OVER 2500 STUDENTS MET IT THROUGH A.C.T. THIS IS BRINGING TO THE BOARD, ABLE TO USE ACCELERATION FUNDS AND THIS IS A RESTRICTIVE CATEGORICAL TO USE IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.07. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. I PULLED THIS ITEM. I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS, BUT THEY WERE ANSWERED. I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE -- YOU KNOW, I WASN'T A GREAT TEST TAKER. NOT EVERY CHILD IS A GREAT TEST TAKER. AND TO SEE THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN CAN GET THOSE GRADUATION. WE DON'T

180WANT TO TEST TO PRECLUDE A CHILD FROM GRADUATING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU ALL FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. MEMBER GRAY. GRAY GRAY YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT THAT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE HISPANIC STUDENTS WILL ALSO NOW BE ABLE TO HAVE A PORTFOLIO AND NOT STRAIGHT TESTED SCORES. MR. CONNOR, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, IS THAT CORRECT, THAT THEY CAN PASS BY PORTFOLIO? Terry Connor: THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES, MA'AM. OUR ELL STUDENTS WHO ARE WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF ENTERING THE UNITED STATES WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR GRADUATION BEGINNING THIS YEAR THAT THE STATE HAS APPROVED THROUGH THE LEGISLATION. THAT WOULD INCLUDE A PORTFOLIO, SO THAT PORTFOLIO WOULD INCLUDE ARTIFACTS THAT COULD BE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS, PROJECTS THAT REFLECT THE STUDENT'S PROGRESS AND MASTERY TOWARDS THE TENTH GRADE ELA

181STANDARDS. OUR TEAM OVER IN THE ELL DEPARTMENT WITH DR. VERRA-TIRADO ARE WORKING TO ESTABLISH THOSE CRITERIA AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET AS MANY OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATED ON TIME WITH THIS ADDITIONAL OPTION. Lynn Gray: GREAT OPTION. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 1.08, SOUL SOURCE 22233-SSD-SK PURCHASE OF PACKBACK DIGITAL INSTANT STUDENT FEEDBACK AND TEACHER GRADING ASSISTANT FROM PACKBACK. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING ACCELERATED COURSES, WHETHER DUAL ENROLLMENT OR AP COURSES. WE KNOW THAT THE ACE EXAM IS ALL-WRITTEN RESPONSE EXAMINATION. SO BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE THIS PLATFORM THROUGH DIGITAL WRITING AND ALSO FOR DIGITAL SCORING ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO LOOK AT THEIR MECHANICS IN

182REAL-TIME. ALLOWS TO HELP THEM WITH CRITICAL THINKING AND ALSO ALLOWS SAVE TEACHERS A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF TIME WITH WRITING FACILITATION, ASSIGNING FREQUENTLY CONTENT, ALSO BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE A RUBRIC TO EVALUATE WRITING. THIS IS REAL-TIME DIRECTION FOR OUR STUDENTS AS THEY INTERACT WITH THIS PLATFORM. AND THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US FROM OUR TEACHERS FROM BOTH LENNARD AND MIDDLETON WHO IDENTIFIED THIS AS A RESOURCE. SO THEN WE GOT A COHORT OF TEACHERS TOGETHER IN THIS DISTRICT AND 88% OF THEM SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS WOULD HELP US TREMENDOUSLY. SO THIS IS A PILOT ABILITY TO LEVERAGE, IMPACT AROUND 32,000 STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. THIS IS USED THROUGH UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, ALSO MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE AND HCC IS USING THIS AS WELL, AND WE ALSO HAVE ORANGE COUNTY AND OSCEOLA COUNTY USING THIS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. Nadia

183Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.08. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENCE? Jessica Vaughn: I DID. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS REALLY ON THE FENCE ABOUT THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME TO JUSTIFY ANOTHER COMPUTER PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING. HOWEVER, YOU DID IMPRESS UPON ME THAT THIS WAS HEAVILY WANTED BY THE TEACHERS WHO WERE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THEIR BUY-IN, THAT THEY WILL REALLY UTILIZE THIS WHEN IT COMES TO GRADING AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AS WELL AS SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN ACCELERATED PROGRAMS. I'M GOING TO VOTE YES FOR THIS, BUT I THINK WE DID TALK ABOUT

184NEXT YEAR COMING BACK WITH STATISTICS, FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A GOOD FIT AS WELL. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GOING OFF OF COLLEGES TO SEE IF IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN IMPACTFUL, SO MAKING SURE THAT NOW THAT IT'S GEARED TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS IN PUBLIC 9-12. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEXT YEAR, THIS IS IMPACTFUL AS WE HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE COMMUNITY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHERE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS COMING FROM, PLEASE? YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS COMING OUT OF OUR SUPPLEMENTAL ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION RESTRICTED CATEGORICALS. SO THESE FUNDS ARE USED SPECIFIC FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF SUPPLEMENTING THE INSTRUCTION THAT OCCURS IN THE CORE. IT'S

185A PERFECT FIT FOR THESE FUNDS. AGAIN, IT IS NOT AN IMPACT TO THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. SO THAT COMPLETES THAT. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YES, I AM -- WELL, WE ALL ARE AWARE THAT WE INCREASED OUR PRE-AP CLASSES, AP CLASSES, AND OUR ACE PROGRAMS, AND WE CAN GO ON AND ON. BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ADDITION, ESPECIALLY AS MEMBER VAUGHN SAID, OUR TEACHERS DO LIKE THIS BECAUSE WRITING -- AND I WAS A FORMER AP TEACHER FOR MANY A YEAR -- IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GRADE, AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE PROFICIENCY AS TEACHERS TO KNOW HOW AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE AP HIGHER LEVEL COURSES. SO THIS SHOULD GO OVER REALLY WELL, AND I'M THANKFUL, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND MR. CONNOR

186THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED THIS FOR OUR TEACHERS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT THAT THE ONE PROGRAM THAT WE USED PAPER LAST YEAR, THAT WAS A GREAT USE TOOL FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS, AND NOW THAT WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO -- WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE FUTURE LIES IN THAT. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT. WITH THE NUMBER OF AP, IB, THE EXPANSION OF ACE PROGRAM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF WRITING. SO ESPECIALLY WITH THE IB AND THE GROWTH IN ALL THE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND ALL THE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING, WRITING IS JUST VERY ESSENTIAL, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET

187AND VALUE FOR OUR SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 3.03, THE TURNAROUND SCHOOL SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES APPLICATIONS, TSSSA FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY POOLS FOR 2022-2023. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THIS IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCE THAT SELECT SCHOOLS GET FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA RELATED TO SCHOOL TURNAROUND INITIATIVES. THESE ARE CRITERIA FOR IMPLEMENTING DISTRICT TURNAROUND PLANS. ALSO, THIS IS FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE EARNED THREE CONSECUTIVE GRADES BELOW A C OR A SCHOOL THAT MAY HAVE IMPROVED TO A C -- FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDE CLARITY ON HOW THEY PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS, RESOURCES TO OUR STUDENTS, ALSO HOW THEY LEVERAGE MONEY TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TOKEN HOW THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY IDENTIFY TO BE ABLE

188TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN PERSONNEL WITHIN THEIR SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS ALL PLANS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND WE'LL SEND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS WELL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 3.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND I HAVE A COMMENT FIRST. THANK JoANN PERINO, ULTIMATE TASK MASTER TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER, ALL OF THESE COURSES. BUT MY QUESTION, AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IT'S NOT VERY DIFFICULT, AND I WOULD SUPPOSE I COULD HAVE ASKED MS. BROWN EARLIER, BUT IS THIS A WAY FOR LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS -- DO WE PLAN

189ON THIS TO BE SUSTAINING THEIR HIGHER ACADEMIC? THE FUNDING IS GOOD, BUT CAN WE SUSTAIN ALL THESE SERVICES? YOU MIGHT WANT TO DESCRIBE ALL THE VARIOUS SERVICES THAT THESE SCHOOLS GET. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE. THE CRITERIA FOR SCHOOLS THRESHOLD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. IN THE DISTRICT, 18 SCHOOLS MEET THAT THRESHOLD THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT UNDERPERFORMING STATUS. AND THAT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS. SO WHAT THIS FUNDING DOES IS AROUND $4.5 MILLION THAT COMES TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEIR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IS TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WILL EXPAND THE LEARNING TIME, HOW WILL THEY ENRICH THE LEARNING TIME, ARE THERE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THEY USE TO BE ABLE TO FILL GAPS BASED ON THE CONTENT THAT WE HAD TO ADOPT. ARE THERE PROACTIVE WAYS TO USE FUNDING TO ENGAGE OUR

190COMMUNITIES, GOING TO OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR FAMILIES, ARE THEY COMING TO US AND HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE OUR THOUGHT PARTNERS AND ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS ALL TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE TO WORK IN ISOLATION, AND GIVING THEM ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE IT. EVERY SCHOOL HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS IN THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, SO THESE PLANS ARE NOT COPY AND PASTED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AND THEY ARE OFTEN REVIEWED BY MS. McRAE AND HER REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS, AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. Lynn Gray: AND THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, WERE THESE SCHOOLS ONCE TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS AND THEN THEY GOT TO THE TURNAROUND AND THE REVENUE CAME IN? Addison Davis: MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOLS ARE TRANSFORMATION, YES, MA'AM.

191Lynn Gray: OKAY. AT ANY RATE. AND AGAIN, JoANN AND SHAY McRAE, YOU ALSO DESERVE SO MUCH -- TO BE THANKFUL FOR. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK PUT IN. OKAY. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: THIS IS -- EXCUSE ME, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS A WAY FOR THE STATE TO REALLY ADDRESS EQUITY AND TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY HAVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE. WE KNOW THAT -- YOU KNOW, BAND-AID MONEY BUT IT ALLOWS US TO PUT SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IN IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE LEARNING AND PUT SERVICES WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. Lynn Gray: AND IT'S ALSO A GREAT MODEL TO ASPIRE TO FOR MANY OF THE ONES ON THE CUSP. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Lynn Gray: IT'S REALLY A COMMUNITY SCHOOL-TYPE MODEL. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES

192UNANIMOUSLY. 4.02, SALARY SCHEDULES FOR MINIMUM WAGE IMPLEMENTATION. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. AS PART OF THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HOUSE BILL 5001 BROUGHT FORTH WAS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYONE IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS UNDER $15 AN HOUR IS MOVED TO $15 AN HOUR BY OCTOBER 1. THIS IS OUR ASK TO BRING TO THE BOARD. IT REQUIRES A BOARD APPROVAL TO MAKE CERTAIN WE MOVE THE NEEDLE. IN OUR PROPOSAL, NOT ONLY APPROVE TONIGHT, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TO RETRO THAT ALL THE WAY BACK TO JULY 1 TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FULL YEAR. BUT THIS WILL BE A $22 MILLION EXPENDITURE, AND THIS IS OPENLY THE RIGHT THING. THE ONLY ISSUES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS IS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION,

193THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS IS THERE WILL BE A COMPRESSED SCHEDULE. EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AND IDENTIFY MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE AND PAY THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE WORKED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK HARD. THIS WILL IMPACT OVER 4,000 EMPLOYEES IN A POSITIVE MANNER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 4.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, I WANTED TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AMOUNT A LOT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF

194CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, MONEY IN GENERAL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET HOLISTICALLY AND MOVING PIECES AND THE PER PUPIL FUNDING AND HOW THAT IS GIVING US LESS REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING THIS. HOWEVER, THIS NUMBER IS SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE NUMBER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. SO I'M WONDERING, IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ANTICIPATING DOING SOME MORE RETROACTIVELY THAT WILL COME BEFORE US AGAIN, AND THIS NUMBER IS ANTICIPATED TO GROW, OR IS THIS THE FINAL NUMBER BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 46 MILLION. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MORE MONEY THAN 22 MILLION AND THEN I GUESS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND 14 FROM THE GENERAL FUND PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 8,000 FROM OTHER FUNDS. SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERALL THE $15 AN HOUR RAISING PEOPLE UP FROM OUR GENERAL FUND IS NOW $14 MILLION IS WHAT IT'S

195GOING TO BE TAKING AWAY? Ro Johnson: THAT IS CORRECT. THIS NUMBER, IT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THE MINIMUM WAGE BASED ON EMPLOYEE COUNT AT THE TIME. BUT THAT'S THE ACCURATE NUMBER. THE 46 MILLION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OTHER THINGS -- ALL INCLUSIVE. Ro Johnson: YES. Jessica Vaughn: IS OTHER THINGS? Ro Johnson: OTHER THINGS ALL INCLUSIVE THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, ALL INCLUSIVE. THIS 14 MILLION -- THIS 22 MILLION IS WHAT IS MANDATED FROM THE STATE TO GIVE EVERYONE UP TO $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. SO YOU SAID YOU'RE TRYING TO RETROACTIVELY DO THAT. DOES THAT MEAN YOU ANTICIPATE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM COMING FORWARD? Ro Johnson: NO, RETROACTIVE MEANS WE'RE GOING BACK TO JULY 1. THAT PAY IS FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR INSTEAD OF STARTING OCTOBER 1st. Jessica

196Vaughn: IS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS AGENDA ITEM? Ro Johnson: YES, ALREADY INCLUDED. Jessica Vaughn: TOTAL AMOUNT COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND EXCEPT FOR OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS $14 MILLION FROM THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE JOHNSON JOHNSON REQUIREMENT. Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. MY QUESTION, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, HOW WILL THIS AFFECT OUR FUND BALANCE BE IT 14 MILLION AS WE MOVE FORWARD? Addison Davis: THIS MONEY WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH THE BOARD AND I'LL LET MS. JOHNSON SPEAK TO IT. Ro Johnson: INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURES BY THE 14 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, SO FUND BALANCE WOULD BE REDUCED. THIS IS REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON. Lynn Gray: IT

197WOULD BE REDUCED. Ro Johnson: 14 MILLION. FUND BALANCE REDUCED BY THE 14 MILLION. Lynn Gray: WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD WE BE AT? Ro Johnson: FUND BALANCE IS GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE DOING OTHER THINGS TO OFFSET THIS COST, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE STATE ALLOCATED RESOURCES IN THE 2014 FOR US TO PAY THIS TO ALL OUR STAFF. THE 14 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED. THE REVENUE WAS ALLOCATED BY THE STATE TO PAY FOR THIS. IT'S PART OF OUR BASE ALLOCATION, THE 214 GRAY GRAY TALKING A WASH BASICALLY? Ro Johnson: IT'S NOT A WASH. IT REDUCED THE MONEY BECAUSE THE STATE IS PAYING FOR THIS MANDATE. Lynn Gray: OKAY. Ro Johnson: THIS PORTION, 14 MILLION. Lynn Gray: THE QUESTION, IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHEN WE HAVE THIS MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR FUND BALANCE, AND THAT'S A

198MOVING TARGET, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT, RIGHT? Ro Johnson: THIS IS RECURRING EXPENDITURES. MIGHT NOT BE FUNDED NEXT YEAR BUT THIS IS RECURRING MANDATE FROM THE STATE, THE STATE SAID IS REQUIRED, ALL DISTRICTS TO BRING ALL EMPLOYEES THAT'S UNDER $15 AN HOUR UP TO $15 AN HOUR. Lynn Gray: UNDERSTOOD, UNDERSTOOD. I CAN GO AND TALK WITH YOU LATER ON THIS SUBJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 5.02, 2023-2024 STUDENT ACADEMIC CALENDAR. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS BRINGING FORTH ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THAT ADJOURNED OF DISTRICT STAFF, OF DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATION, OF TEACHERS, OF CTA MEMBERS, ALL TO BE ABLE TO COME AND REVIEW THE CALENDAR FOR APPROVAL. I JUST WANT

199TO MAKE CERTAIN WE APPROVE THIS TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THE DAYS FOR NEXT YEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 5.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER VAUGHN YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT, WE APPROVED THE CALENDAR LAST YEAR. WE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNED PARENTS EVEN THOUGH WE PULLED IT AND HIGHLIGHTED WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WINTER BREAK, THE END OF THE SECOND NINE WEEKS STARTING SO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE HOLIDAY. THIS ONE AGAIN ON FRIDAY THE 22nd, WHICH I THINK THE NEXT DAY, YOU ROLL INTO THE WEEKEND

200IS NEW YEAR'S EVE -- I MEAN, CHRISTMAS EVE. IT CAUSES A LOT OF ANXIETY FROM FAMILIES WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO TRAVEL AS WELL AS OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE TO WORK UP TO THE VERY LAST DAY. IF THEY CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY LIKE I DID THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED THESE CALENDARS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ARBITRARILY CHOOSE, THAT THE REASON WE'VE CHOSEN THIS DATE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EXAMS ARE FINISHED BEFOREHAND BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE BREAK STARTS THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MOVE THESE DATES AND MAKE THEM AS ACCOMMODATING. BUT BECAUSE OF HOW MANY HOURS WE HAVE TO DO PER THE STATE AND PER THE

201EXAMS WE HAVE VERY LITTLE FLEXIBILITY AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE CHOSEN THESE DAYS, IS THAT CORRECT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: AGAIN, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET A TON OF FRUSTRATED E-MAILS ABOUT THIS AS IT GETS CLOSER AND NEXT YEAR COMES AND PEOPLE START TO REALIZE. I WANT TO GET THIS ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR THAT WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S THE REASON BEHIND THESE DATES. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.02, APPROVE INVITATION TO BID 22201-MST-EJ, HVAC REFRIGERANT GAS. Addison Davis: THIS IS APPROVAL OF THE INVITATION TO BID FOR HVAC REFRIGERATION. WE SEE THE DEMANDS OF FREON IS CONTINUOUSLY GOING UP REMARKABLY. YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN COST FROM LAST YEAR

202TO THIS YEAR. THIS IS ALL ABOUT SUPPLY AND PRODUCT AVAILABILITY. AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE PRODUCT TYPE. FOR US, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PRIMED AND READY TO HAVE ENOUGH SUFFICIENT FREON TO BE ABLE TO SERVE 29 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF PROPERTY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I DIDN'T PULL THIS ITEM, BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT. MR. FARKAS IS THIS YOUR ITEM? WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO USE THIS ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND. THIS IS A MILLION DOLLARS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE UNDER OPERATIONS. WHY IS IT COMING OUT

203OF THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY? Christopher Farkas: BECAUSE THE LAW IS PRETTY CLEAR ON THE CAPITAL DOLLARS WHAT WE CAN SPEND BECAUSE IT IS A REPLACEMENT PARK, NOT AN ACTUAL FUNCTIONAL ITEM. IT'S CONSUMABLE. WE CAN'T USE CAPITAL DOLLARS TO PAY FOR IT. Jessica Vaughn: IF WE LOOK UNDER LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AS WE SPEAK WITH THE LEGISLATION ABOUT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR SPENDING, ESPECIALLY IF IT MEANS IT CAN ALLEVIATE MORE DOLLARS THAT CAN BE USED TOWARDS HUMAN CAPITAL IN OUR GENERAL FUND, IS THIS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR MOVING TO OUR CAPITAL EXPENSE FUND? Christopher Farkas: YEAH, I THINK THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS IN GENERAL FIT IN THERE AND THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT

204PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.03, APPROVE THE INVITATION TO BID 22193-MST-CH, HVAC SPOT COOLERS RENTAL AND PURCHASE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO RENT SPOT COOLERS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, WHEN YOU'RE IN FLORIDA, IT'S HOT DURING THE SUMMER AND TRANSITIONS WITH HAVING SO MANY DIFFERENT AC UNITS TRYING TO KEEP AFLOAT AND BRING IN SPOT COOLERS WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE SAYS OF AC ISSUES AT SCHOOLS ALLOWS TO US CREATE THAT COMFORTABLE POSITION. BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND THIS IS OUT OF CAPITAL FUNDING FOR $869,000. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY

205MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO HAVE JUST A COMMENT. BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY AIR CONDITIONS OUT IN MY DISTRICT, WE ARE RUNNING A TON OF CHILLERS AND SPOT COOLERS, BUT THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THE INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE THOSE BECAUSE SO MANY OF MY SCHOOLS ARE CONCERNED THAT WHEN THEY RUN THESE, IT TRIPS THE ELECTRIC AND TURNS OFF THE POWER IN THE ENTIRE BUILDING SO THEY HAVE TO CONTINUALLY EITHER RETRIP THE POWER TO GET IT BACK ON SO THEY HAVE POWER AT THEIR SCHOOL OR THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY RUN THE CHILLERS THAT WE'VE RENTED FOR A LOT OF MONEY THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE COOLING THEIR CLASSROOM AND INSTEAD THEY SIT IN 98-DEGREE CLASSROOMS. SO MY

206QUESTION IS, AS WE SPEND THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT OF GENERAL FUND TO COOL THESE CLASSROOMS, ARE WE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL WIRING THAT CAN'T SEEM TO SUPPORT THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN SCHOOLS HAVE THEM AT THE SCHOOL SITE THEY WORK? Christopher Farkas: IT'S CAPITAL FUNDS IS THE FIRST PART. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Christopher Farkas: BUT THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THE OTHER DISTINCTION I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT THESE ARE WATER SPOT COOLERS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COACH UP SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE OF THAT. A LOT OF TIMES THEY SAY, HEY THEY ARE NOT WORKING. WE HAVE NO WAY OF MONITORING SPOT COOLERS. THEY ARE NOT TIED INTO THE MAIN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM. TO ANSWER

207YOUR QUESTION, YES, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIG PARTS IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE SUPPORT TO DO THAT. SEEN IN OTHER SCHOOLS, BUCHANAN, FOR INSTANCE, GENERATORS TO SUPPORT THAT AS OPPOSED TO JUST DOING THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE'VE DONE GENERATORS AT TURNER/BARTELS, BUCHANAN, WE HAVE TO DO THAT WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T HALL IT. Addison Davis: THIS IS ALSO WHEN THE VENDOR COMES AND MAKING CERTAIN THEY ARE WIRING TO THE RIGHT CIRCUITS SO THEY DON'T OVERLOAD THOSE INDIVIDUALIZE CIRCUMSTANCES. MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE TEAM IS THERE SO THEY DON'T BLOW CIRCUITS. I AGREE, IT SHOULD BE CONTINUOUS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I HAVE A QUESTION. WE'RE USING THESE CHILLERS. HOW MANY AND I GET E-MAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, PHONE CALLS ABOUT THE AC UNITS IN OUR SCHOOLS NOT WORKING. HOW

208MANY UNITS DO WE STILL HAVE TO REPLACE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? AND HOW MANY UNANIMOUS THAT WE HAVE REPLACED HAVE BROKEN DOWN RECENTLY? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE REPLACE AROUND 110 UNITS TO DATE. AND THANKFUL FOR THE HALF CENT PENNY TAX. THEY HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE ALLOWING US TO MANAGE THAT MONEY AND BEING ABLE TO SERVE OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE ANOTHER I BELIEVE FIVE COMING UP NEXT SUMMER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE US TO I THINK AROUND 114, 115, AND THEN OVER THE TEN-YEAR REFERENDUM WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPLACE AROUND 210 OR REPAIR 210 AND UPDATE 210 UNITS IN THE ORGANIZATION. THE AC, WHETHER THEY ARE BRAND-NEW OR NOT, THE COMPLEXITIES ARE THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON MULTIPLE CHILLERS AT A SCHOOL, SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE

209ONE RUNNING AND FUNCTIONAL AT ALL TIMES. WE TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT INTEGRITY. THE ISSUE IS RIGHT NOW THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING IS THE SUPPLY-AND-DEMAND ISSUE BEING ABLE TO GET THE PARTS. WE HAVE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TO WORK ON THESE UNITS BUT WE'RE WAITING 10, 15, 20 DAYS, SOMETIMES 30 DAYS PLUS TO BE ABLE TO GET A PARTICULAR UNIT, HENCE THE REASON A SPOT COOLER IS BEING IMPLEMENTED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT CONSISTENCY. Christopher Farkas: IF I COULD ADD ON TO IT, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PARTS WE HAD WITH SOME OF THE NEW SYSTEMS, THEY HAVE BEEN RUSHED OFF THE LINE. YES, UNDER WARRANTY AND YES PAID FOR, BUT THE TAXPAYERS AND OBVIOUSLY THE TEACHERS AND KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND, YEAH, IT'S COVERED IN COST, BUT THERE'S NO AC IN A NEW SCHOOL

210EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW IT IS THE MANUFACTURER'S FAULT, NOT OURS. THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIG FRUSTRATIONS. WE MET WITH UPPER MANAGEMENT IN THE AIR-CONDITIONING COMPANIES, BUT THIS ISN'T A TAMPA PROBLEM OR HILLSBOROUGH PROBLEM. THE REALITY IS THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. BUT TO SAY THE FRUSTRATION LEVEL IS HIGH WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT FOR US BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US WHEN WE SPEND THAT MONEY IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND IT BREAKS AND THEY SAY, OKAY, WE'LL PAY TO FIX IT BUT OUT FOR 24 TO 48 HOURS, THE FROM US IS REAL FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL AND THEY ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. WE'RE FRUSTRATED AS WELL. TO YOUR POINT, MS. PEREZ. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. WE'VE HAD NEW SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BROKEN DOWN, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T PAY FOR

211THE NEW ONES TO GET FIXED, THEY ARE STILL OUT. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING. WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE INSTALLED. COMMISSIONING THEM WHEN THEY ARE DONE WITH THAT PART OF THE INSTALLATION TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DONE RIGHT, BUT IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AT THE MOMENT. AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A NATIONAL ISSUE THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANYBODY FEEL BETTER WHEN IT'S WARM IN THEIR CLASSROOM. Karen Perez: JUST A QUESTION, IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE COMMUNITY, HAS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS EVER CUT OFF AC WHILE CHILDREN ARE IN THE CLASSROOMS? Addison Davis: THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD INTENTIONALLY CUT OFF ANY TYPE OF UNITS UNLESS THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF FIRE HAZARD IN THE ELECTRICAL OR SAFETY HAZARD. BUT NO, MA'AM, NO

212ISSUE TO CAN HE WITHOUT OFF ANY TYPE OF ACs DURING THE DAY WHILE INDIVIDUALS ARE THERE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: I HAVE ONE QUESTION, I KNOW WE HAVE A LIST LIKE THE SCHOOLS GOING IN ORDER. HOW DO WE GO SELECTING THE LIST OF SCHOOLS? Christopher Farkas: A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. GREAT QUESTION. GO THROUGH MAINTENANCE AND AC DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY COME IN AND SAY LET'S COMPARE WHAT OUR AC DEPARTMENT THINKS WITH A NATIONAL ENGINEERING FIRM. LESS CROSS-REFERENCE AND SEE WHICH THOSE ARE. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THEY WERE VERY SIMILAR. SO OUR TOP 25 SCHOOLS, 22 OF THE 25 WERE ON BOTH LISTS TO DO THAT. SO WE KNOW WHAT OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES ARE TO DO THAT. THE PROBLEM WE HAD THIS YEAR, THE COST

213OF CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE UP SO MUCH THAT INSTEAD OF DOING 22 SCHOOLS THE NEXT YEAR, THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID FIVE, WE'RE DOING NINE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT STILL NOT COMPARED TO WHAT WE DO WITH 20. WE'RE HOPING THAT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION LEVELS OUT A LITTLE MORE. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE AC DEPARTMENT BASED ON MAINTENANCE REQUESTS AND OUR INFORMATION AND THEN COMPARE IT TO THE NATIONAL FIRM THAT WE HAD COME IN AND DO AN AUDIT OF WHAT WE DO AND CROSS-REFERENCE THOSE TO FIND THE TOP 20 EACH YEAR. Addison Davis: AND THAT NUMBER MAY FLUCTUATE. BUT DUE TO THE FACT BEING ABLE TO FIND VENDORS AND ALSO FIND EQUIPMENT. THE MORE EQUIPMENT AND VENDORS WE CAN FIND THAT CAN DO THE JOB EFFICIENTLY AND IN OUR TIME FRAME AND OUR TIME FRAME IS REALLY

214QUICK DURING THE SUMMER, WE WILL EMPLOY AND ENGAGE THEM IMMEDIATELY. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION TO KIND OF CLARIFY WHAT MEMBER PEREZ -- MIGHT NOT BE ASKING BUT WHAT TRIGGERED A QUESTION FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS. DO WE TURN THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF AT NIGHT? Christopher Farkas: NO WE CERTAINLY DON'T. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT COMES UP. IF THEY ARE OFF, THERE IS A PROBLEM. THEY CYCLE. THE CHILLERS COME AND GO THAT PART, THE SAME WAY IT DOES AT YOUR HOUSE. IT KICKS ON AND OFF IN THAT PART. THE TEMPERATURE IS SET AND KICKS ON WHEN IT HITS THAT TEMPERATURE. THE TEMPERATURE IS HIGHER AT NIGHT BUT IT NEVER IS SHUT OFF OR NO AIR-CONDITIONING AT NIGHT. IF THAT HAPPENS, THERE IS AN ISSUE AND THAT HAS HAPPENED.

215THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO RESET, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLDER SYSTEMS. WITHOUT GETTING TOO DEEP INTO A RABBIT HOLE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ALL GET THE SAME E-MAILS AND CALLS. CONTROLS ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DEAL WITH IN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, WHICH IS THE COMPUTER THAT TELLS IT TO GO ON OR OFF. WE HAD VERY ANTIQUATED CONTROL SYSTEMS AND WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THOSE UP TO DATE. IF WE CAN'T SEE IT FROM OUR COMPUTER, WE HAVE TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE. WE'LL WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, TALK ABOUT FOUR, FIVE IN THE MORNING ABOUT WHAT'S MISSING AND NOT THERE. A LOT OF TIMES THE CAUSE, I CAN'T SEE IT SO I HAVE TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO DO IT. WHEN WE CAN GET TO REFRESHING THE CONTROLS, THAT WILL

216HELP. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, THEY NEVER GO OFF UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. Addison Davis: IF WE TURNED IT OFF AND ON EVERY DAY, THE LIFE OF THE AC UNIT WOULD BE REDUCED. KEEP IT RUNNING AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. WE DO ELEVATE THE TEMPERATURES FOR COST EFFECTIVENESS. EARLY IN THE MORNING, 4:00, 5:00, START THEM AGAIN TO MAKE CERTAIN THERE ARE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENTS EVERY DAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS AND MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 22109-MST-KJ, UPHOLSTERY AND CARPET CLEANING. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ANY TYPE OF CHEMICAL, ANY TYPE OF SUBSTANCE THAT GO ON UPHOLSTERY AND CARPET. WE HAVE A REDUCED NUMBER OF CUSTODIAL STAFF MEMBERS ON HAND. VENDOR OUT TO ADDRESS THE TYPE OF

217ISSUES ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND A WARM AND WELCOME ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE WAY. THIS IS $75,000 OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. HISTORICALLY THE CUSTODIAL STAFF WOULD ADDRESS IT, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE, WE'RE VENDORING OUT PARTICULAR TASKS AND THIS IS ONE WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.05. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.11, APPROVE THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE DEVELOPER'S BINDING COMMITMENT MITIGATION TEMPLATE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: JULY 1, 2022, A NEW REQUIREMENT TOOK PLACE RELATED TO PROP SHARES AND DEVELOPER'S BINDING COMMITMENT FOR MITIGATION.

218MR. FARKAS WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEW CHANGE AND HOW THAT IMPACTS US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. Christopher Farkas: MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED, SENATE BILL 706 BASICALLY SAID THAT IT'S NOT JUST WHAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE. IT'S ALSO IF WE HAVE A PLAN FOR A PROJECT WE CAN -- IT ISN'T RELIANT ON THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OR THE ENTITY THAT IS OUT THERE, TOO, TO APPROVE THAT AS WELL. THEY CAN PAY FORWARD TO A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS A TEMPLATE TO MAKE SURE THAT MR. DAVIS CAN DO THAT IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER. AGAIN, WHEN A DEVELOPER GIVES US MONEY TOWARDS THE PROJECT IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. CAN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE BUT A CLEAR WAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT SENATE BILL 706 AND

219SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAPPENED WITH CONCURRENCY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.11. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I WANT TO CLARIFY AND I KNOW MR. PORTER YOU TOUCHED BASE WITH ME TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THIS. BUT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS LESS AUTONOMY FOR OUR COUNTY COMMISSION TO APPROVE DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL THE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO DO IS FILL OUT A FORM AND PAY PROPORTIONATE SHARES AND THEY CAN DEVELOP, IS THAT CORRECT? Jim Porter: YES AND NO. LET'S BE CLEAR, AS MR. FARKAS SAID, THIS IS IN REACTION TO SENATE BILL

220706. YOU'VE SEEN PROPORTIONATE SHARE AGREEMENTS COME BEFORE YOU. THAT IS A RELATIVELY NEW THING. WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE COUNTY COMMISSION ESPECIALLY, BUT OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL, HAD APPROVED DEVELOPMENT BUT SCHOOL IMPACT FEES DID NOT KEEP UP WITH DEVELOPMENT. WE WERE PUT IN THE POSITION OF HAVING TO TELL THE COUNTY THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS CANNOT GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE THE STUDENTS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT GENERATES. SO AS A MECHANISM TO ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DO THAT, WE CREATED AN OPTION FOR DEVELOPERS TO GIVE US MONEY TO CREATE THE SEATS NEEDED. AND THEN IT ALSO REQUIRED COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVAL AND NEGOTIATED SITUATION WITH THEM. WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS SAY THE DEVELOPERS CAN HAND US THE MONEY AND WE TELL THE COUNTY NOW CONCURRENCY

221IS SATISFIED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM SO THEY ARE NOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS WELL. SO IT DOES TAKE THE COUNTY COMMISSION OUT OF IT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT AND THEY HAVE LESS INVOLVEMENT THAN THEY DID BEFORE, BUT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS. MR. FARKAS AND I AND THEIR LEGAL STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH EQUIVALENTS AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL, BUT MOSTLY UNINCORPORATED COUNTY TO MAKE SURE IT'S SEAMLESSLY DONE. SO YOU'RE CORRECT IN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS A STATE MANDATE THAT TAKES PART OF THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION OUT OF IT. Jessica Vaughn: THEY HAVE LESS ABILITY TO DENY -- Jim Porter: I GUESS THE PART THAT ISN'T CLEAR, THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF APPROVING NEW DEVELOPMENT. WE DON'T DO

222THAT. WE THEN HAVE TO SERVICE. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT AT ALL. IT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS FOR US CREATING CAPACITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THEY APPROVE. THIS DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THEIR ABILITY TO APPROVE DEVELOPMENT. IT LESSENS THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE AGREEMENT. THAT'S SORT OF THE NUANCE I THINK IS IMPORTANT. THIS BILL DOESN'T TAKE -- Jessica Vaughn: I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPORTIONATE SHARES KEEP UP WITH -- AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FROM DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THE SCHOOLS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WITH THIS, HOW ARE WE ASSURING THAT AS PRICES GO UP, RISING PRICES GO UP, CONSTRUCTION GOES UP, DIFFERENT PROPERTY GOES UP, HOW ARE WE ENSURING THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE THAT THE DEVELOPERS WILL PAY US DIRECTLY ARE GOING

223TO BE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP WHAT WE NEED TO? Jim Porter: GREAT QUESTION. MR. FARKAS AND HIS STAFF CREATE A FORMULA THAT SAYS THIS IS HOW MUCH A SEAT COSTS. THIS IS WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, WHAT IS THE TERMINOLOGY -- Christopher Farkas: STUDENT STATION. Jim Porter: WHAT A STUDENT STATION COSTS. THERE IS A FORMULA THAT THE DEVELOPER, IF THEY WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT HAS TO HONOR. SO IT REALLY PUTS THE BURDEN ON THE DEVELOPER, IF THEY WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO GIVE US MONEY TO CREATE THE STATIONS. BUT HIS STAFF MAKES SURE THAT THE COST OF THE STUDENT STATION IS CAPTURED IN THIS, WAY BETTER THAN, QUITE FRANKLY, IMPACT FEES. IN THAT WAY, IT'S -- Christopher Farkas: BASED ON THE STATE. HOLD ON. I WISH I COULD COME UP WITH

224THE FIGURE AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS. LITTLE NUANCE THERE. STATES -- STUDENT ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE DICTATE WHAT IT IS. HE'S RIGHT. WE COME UP WITH A FORMULA. NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY STUDENT STATION COSTS. IN OUR WORLD, AND IN ALL THE COOs IN FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY, THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE UP SO MUCH, THEY HAVE IT PROJECTED HOW MUCH IT WILL COST FOR STUDENT STATION ALLOWABLE IS WHAT WE CALL IT. WILL IT KEEP UP WITH WHAT THEY ARE TELLING US AND WITH THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION? I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL IT COMES OUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. IT'S GONE UP SO MUCH. WE'VE SAID HERE, IT'S NOT JUST A FARKAS TERM, IT IS A NATIONAL TREND, GONE UP ALMOST 90% IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. WILL THE COST OF STUDENT STATIONS GO

225UP THAT MUCH? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. Jessica Vaughn: THE STATE DECIDES THAT. Christopher Farkas: THEY DECIDE WHAT IS ALLOWABLE COST FOR STUDENT STATION. ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH AND ALL THREE DIFFERENT FIGURES. Jim Porter: THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NUANCE. IF IT TURNS OUT IT'S NOT WORKING AND WE HAVE TO RAISE OUR HAND ON THAT. AND THEN CREATE ANOTHER SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S A GREAT CLARIFICATION. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.01, INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR PIGGYBACK 20206-PGB-LG COMPUTER HARDWARE, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AN EXPENDITURE FOR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY RELATED EXPENDITURES TO BE INCURRED THROUGH SITE-BASED DECISIONS. THIS IS WHERE SCHOOL-BASED

226LEADERS HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORICAL FUNDINGS, WHETHER THROUGH TITLE I FUNDING, GRANT FUNDING, ESSER DOLLARS THAT THEY RECEIVE, ALSO PERKINS DOLLARS OR THEY HAVE MONEY THROUGH THEIR PTA DOLLARS, ALL TO BE ABLE TO SPEND. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SPENT THROUGH IN BUYING AND PURCHASING TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE APPROVED BY TECHNOLOGY DIVISION. SO BRINGING $8 MILLION EXPENDITURE WILL ALLOW US TO TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO PURCHASE COMPUTERS FOR STUDENT STATIONS TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE SOFTWARE, ALSO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LAPTOP CARTS, PRINTERS, ALL THESE EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. THIS IS NOT DISTRICT MONEY. THIS IS SCHOOL-BASED FUNDING, BRINGING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL THIS EVENING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY

227MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ONE QUESTION I HAVE, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THROUGH YOU TO PERHAPS CHRIS FARKAS, UNDER CAPITAL FUNDS, YOU HAVE THE REFERENDUM. I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT FIGURE, HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE GET FROM THE REFERENDUM MONIES. AND SECOND QUESTION IS ON THAT, ARE WE STILL ON MAINTENANCE, DELAYED MAINTENANCE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REFERENDUM MONIES, WHAT'S THE CLARIFICATION AND THE DELINEATION OF THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE GETTING TOWARDS 8 MILLION FROM REFERENDUM MONIES? Christopher Farkas: SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF IT. WE ORIGINALLY PROMISED THE TAXPAYERS IT WOULD BE $25 MILLION WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ON I.T. WAS OUR TOTAL. FROM REFERENDUM FUNDS. WE ALSO HAVE MILLAGE FUNDS. WE SPENT BOTH OF THAT. THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THREE SOURCES ON THERE,

228CAPITAL FUNDS, GENERAL FUNDS AND FEDERAL GRANTS. SO WE WILL KEEP TRACK AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T EXCEED THE $25 MILLION FOR REFERENDUM FUNDS BUT ALSO MILLAGE FUNDS THAT WE HELPED TO SUPPORT TOM AND HIS CREW TO DO THAT. ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP IS BY FRONT LOADING A LOT OF THE REIMBURSABLES. PAY IT UP FRONT AND 80% REIMBURSEMENT. ABLE TO DO THAT. OVERALL COST ENDS UP BEING A LITTLE LESS. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR OUR REFERENDUM THAT PAYS FOR EVERY PENNY. THAT'S WHAT CITIZEN OVERSIGHT LOOKS AT. LINE ITEM FOR I.T. TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T EXCEED WHAT THAT ALLOWABLE WAS. Lynn Gray: OKAY. THAT'S THE ANSWER THAT I WAS HOPING FOR. THE OTHER QUESTION, AND THIS IS REALLY NOT A QUESTION AS IT IS A CONUNDRUM,

229SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE TECHNOLOGY EXPENSES COMING UPON US AND FOR THE RECORD RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SAYING, YES, THE BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT. TECHNOLOGY IS VERY, VERY BEHIND IN OUR DISTRICT. SO WE'RE GETTING MORE EQUIPMENT, MORE PARTS AND TOOLS TO UPDATE OUR EQUIPMENT WHICH IS NEEDED, BUT THE PROBLEM REALLY LIES, AND THIS CAN'T BE SOLVED RIGHT HERE AND NOW, BUT NOW WE'RE HEARING FROM SCHOOLS, AND I'LL JUST SAY THREE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I KNOW OF, THE ACTUAL TEXT, THE TECHNOLOGY FOLKS -- THE ACTUAL TECHS, THE TECHNOLOGY FOLKS THAT CAN FIX THINGS, EVEN NEW CHROME BOOKS, WAS AT CHI MINO, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TECHS TO KEEP UP THE MAINTENANCE OF THE COMPUTERS AND ALL THE TECHNOLOGY. WE NEED TO START THINKING PROACTIVELY. WE'RE PAYING THEM $18.46 AN HOUR. THEY ARE VERY

230HARD TO FIND THESE TECHS. THEY ARE PRETTY SMART FELLOWS AND WOMEN. AND I KNOW IT'S A HARD FIND. BUT CAN YOU MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT, WHERE WE'RE GOING? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE AROUND 215,000 UNITS THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPUTERS. THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF 190,000 STUDENT STATIONS AND AROUND 20 PLUS THOUSAND STATIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. THE BIGGEST THING IS MAKING CERTAIN WE CAN HIRE. ONCE AGAIN, IT IS HIRING ISSUES. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD TO ALLOW THEM TO TAKE A COURSE AND TEACH THEM HOW TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR UNITS AND DEPLOY THEM WITHIN THEIR FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, ONGOING TRAINING ALONG WITH TECHNOLOGY

231SPECS. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF OUR UNITS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM. MR. WEEKS AND HIS TEAM UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE IN AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH OBSOLETE INSTRUMENTS THAT WE'RE USING ALONG THE WAY. WE HAD SOME INDIVIDUALS SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT ALL OF THE NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE BRING IN PLACE THAT ARE BEST FOR CHILDREN, BEST FOR KIDS, ARE HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING UP WITH THE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE PULLING OUT INFRASTRUCTURE, PUTTING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IN. AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, REPLACING ALL OF THE WIFI HOT SPOTS WITHIN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES ARE TAKING PLACE. WE'VE GOT TO GET TO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE'LL GET TO SYNERGY WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2019. IT'S BEEN SO MANY YEARS ON STAND-STILL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT IT. THIS

232IS WHY GRADE BOOK WENT THIS YEAR AND THE WHOLE SUITE NEXT YEAR. WE NEED IT TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE, MORE COMPATIBLE AND A ONE-STOP SHOP TO BE ABLE TO SIGN IN AND INTERACT WITH OUR STAFF. Lynn Gray: I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. I THINK LOOKING IN THE FUTURE, TOO, THIS IS AN IDEA AND MR. FARKAS, YOU CAN REMARK ON IT. SINCE WE DO HAVE REFERENDUM REVENUES AND SINCE WE HAVE RESTRICTED ESSER ONE, TWO, AND THREE ARE RESTRICTED WE CAN'T USE IT FOR PERSONNEL HIRING, CAN WE NOT ASK THE REFERENDUM COMMITTEE, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE POSSIBLY? IF THAT WOULD BE A WAY WE CAN FIND SOME REVENUE TO PAY FOR TECHS, JUST AN IDEA. Christopher Farkas: IT DEFINITELY IS ALLOWABLE IF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE TAXPAYERS AGREE TO THAT. THE ONLY PUSH-BACK I WOULD HAVE IS BECAUSE THE

233COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE UP SO MUCH, IF IT DOESN'T LEVEL OUT, WE'LL HAVE A CHALLENGE TO MEET SOME OF THE PROMISES WE MADE WITH AIR-CONDITIONING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ASSUMING THOSE COSTS EVEN OUT AND WE CONTINUE -- BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP GOING ON THAT CONSTRUCTION AND MOST ASSUREDLY FOR AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT. Lynn Gray: I'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING. MAYBE I'LL BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO ALSO ASK AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE MEMBER GRAY HAD QUESTIONS. IT SHOWS THE FINANCIAL IMPACT BUT DOESN'T TELL US HOW MUCH FROM WHERE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS ITEM THIS $8 MILLION ITEM. Addison Davis: WE CAN PROVIDE

234THAT. Thomas Weeks: IT THROUGH THE CHAIR, SO THIS IS SOMETHING, THAT THESE ARE SITE-BASED FUNDS THAT THEY ARE USING. THESE ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED WITHIN THE SCHOOL SITES BUDGET. SO WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL SITES. WE ASK THEM AND TRY TO FORECAST A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT. THEY DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THE PURCHASES COME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THE PURCHASES COME AT THE END BEFORE ALL THE BUDGETS ARE SWEPT, BUT I CAN FIND SPECIFICS AND LOOK AT WHAT OUR TRENDS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS WERE AND I CAN GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC ON GENERAL FUNDS. BUT THE $8 MILLION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING AT THIS POINT IN LOOKING AT ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE SEEN PURCHASED BY SCHOOL SITES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS FROM

235THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES, THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE $8 MILLION. THAT'S A RELATIVELY SOUND ANNUAL NUMBER THAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING. Jessica Vaughn: YOU'RE SAYING THEY SUBMIT A BUDGET AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT SPEND THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? Thomas Weeks: THAT'S CORRECT. THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT THEY COULD USE IT FOR, YOU KNOW, THINGS OUTSIDE OF TECHNOLOGY. THESE ARE SITE-BASED FUNDS. IF THEY DECIDE TO ORDER A PRINTER OR ORDER A COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY NEED ONE AND THEY ALREADY HAVE MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS. IF NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE FOR, YOU KNOW, -- I DON'T KNOW THAT COULD GO TOWARDS BOOKS. THAT COULD GO TOWARDS ANYTHING ELSE WHERE THEY WOULD NEED TO POTENTIALLY PURCHASE AN ITEM. THOSE FUNDS AREN'T SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR TECHNOLOGY.

236HOWEVER, OUR SITE ADMINISTRATORS DECIDE AT SOME POINT THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS AND PURCHASE ADDITIONAL TECH BEYOND WHAT I.T. IS PURCHASING FOR SCHOOL SITES. Jessica Vaughn: IF WE VOTE ON THIS, IS THAT SAYING THEY HAVE TO USE THE MONEY TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY? Thomas Weeks: ABSOLUTELY NOT. THIS IS JUST A BLANKET APPROVAL SO THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE SPEND FROM THE SCHOOL SITES FOR ALL OF THEIR FUNDING SOURCES, AGAIN, LOOKING AT HISTORICAL VALUES, IT'S ABOUT 7.5 TO $8 MILLION OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IS WHAT WAS SPENT BY SCHOOL SITES. COMING FROM A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT SPECIFICALLY. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN APPROVAL FOR US TO ALLOW THEM TO SPEND THOSE SPECIFIC DOLLARS. TO GIVE YOU A, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A

237SPECIFIC SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, GORY, WHO HAS A LOT OF PTA DOLLARS THAT THEY WISH TO SPEND ON TECHNOLOGY, THEY CAN'T SPEND THOSE DOLLARS UNTIL THE BOARD ACTUALLY APPROVES SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS JUST A PURCHASING VEHICLE FOR THEM TO BE ALLOWED TO SPEND DOLLARS THEY ALREADY HAVE ALLOCATED IN THEIR BUDGETS. Jessica Vaughn: RIGHT ON. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, DR. WEEKS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.02, INVITATION TO BID, ITB 22170 DST-CH PRINTER PARTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE PRINTER PARTS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WE ALWAYS KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE FUNCTIONAL AND NOT ONLY FOR OUR TEACHERS BUT ALSO FOR OUR STUDENT SERVICES. THIS $52,000 OUT OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS.

238I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER SNIVELY PULLED THIS ITEM. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.03, INVITATION TO BID 22219-DST-IV, IBM SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION RENEWALS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS OUR IBM SOFTWARE LICENSES WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR MAINTENANCE AND COVERAGE FOR ALL OF OUR SOFTWARES FOR DAILY OPERATIONS. THIS HELPS US WITH PAYROLL, HR, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, AND TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL DASH BOARDS AND PROVIDE DISTRICT REPORTS. THIS IS GREATLY NEEDED. THIS IS OUR CURRENT ERP AND SIS SYSTEM. THIS IS A $607,000 EXPENDITURE THAT IS BUDGETED. THIS ALLOWS US TO FUNCTION EVERY DAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION

239AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.03. A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY PULLED THIS ITEM. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.04, INVITATION TO BID, 22169 DST-CH RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CHIPS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR MEMORY. WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR UNITS ARE OLD, SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE SUFFICIENT MEMORY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A LONGER LIFE SPAN UNTIL WE CAN GET NEW DEVICES IN THE HANDS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO FACE A SUPPLY-AND-DEMAND ISSUE, SO BEING ABLE TO PUT ADDITIONAL RAM IN OUR UNITS JUST ALLOWS US TO HAVE THEM ON-SITE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT

240DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.04. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER SNIVELY PULLED THIS ITEM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.05, INVITATION TO BID, 22167-DST-CH COMPUTER PARTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: 215,000 COMPUTERS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS TO BRING TO THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY REPAIR PARTS. THIS IS FROM KEYBOARDS TO BATTERIES TO CHARGING UNITS TO ANY OF OUR BROKEN UNITS, ANY OF OUR BROKEN SCREENS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERY ONE OF THE UNITS EVER FUNCTIONAL FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. THIS ONCE AGAIN IS BEING ABLE TO BRING $225,000 TO THE

241BOARD FOR APPROVAL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.05. MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN. SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER SNIVELY PULLED THIS ITEM. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. JUST FOR THE RECORD, MEMBER VAUGHN, WOULD YOU LIKE -- LET'S GO AHEAD AND REVOTE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESET. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.06, THE PIGGYBACK 20206-PGB-LG COMPUTER HARDWARE, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE'RE INNOVATIVE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. ONE THING THE COMMUNITY ASKED AND BOARD ASKED, WHAT WE'LL SEE ONCE ESSER DOLLARS ARE GONE. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE 15 OF OUR CLASSROOMS, 15 OF OUR SCHOOLS WITH ENHANCED AUDIO. WHAT

242THIS BRINGS IS AN INTEGRATED INTERCOM SYSTEM IN EACH CLASSROOM WITH DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND AT THE SAME TOKEN PROVIDE SPEAKERS, AMPLIFIERS AND MICROPHONES WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS, AND WE HAVE SELECTED 15 SCHOOLS, THREE IN EACH DISTRICT. SO THREE IN EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER'S DISTRICT. ALSO IDENTIFIED THREE SHOWCASE SCHOOLS THAT WE'LL ADD ADDITIONAL MECHANISMS TO TO ALLOW TEACHERS, THROUGH OTHER SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AND AT THE SAME TOKEN WHETHER OR NOT THEY BELIEVE IT WILL ENHANCE THEIR OVERALL PERFORMANCE, GETTING STUDENTS ENGAGED AND BEING INVOLVED EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE SHOWCASE SCHOOLS WILL BE NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE TEACHERS AND LEADERS THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS INITIATIVE AND THIS WILL BE ABLE TO USE ESSER FUNDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT

243DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.06. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT. MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THIS ITEM IS REALLY JUST GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE SCHOOLS, IS IT AUDIO OR IS IT VISUAL? I KNOW FOR MYSELF AS A FORMER TEACHER, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED VISUAL THAN AUDIO. AND WHEN WE DO 15 SCHOOLS, THAT MEANS TO ME IN THE FUTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL THE SCHOOLS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO I REALLY WANT TO ASK YOU, LIKE WHAT KIND OF SURVEY, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK DID YOU GET FROM THE SCHOOLS TO GET THAT? SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT

244THIS ITEM. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE COST OF THE ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS EVERY CLASSROOM IN THE DISTRICT. WE KNOW OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SUCH AS ORANGE COUNTY, THAT EVERY ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS HAS BEEN COVERED. THEY DO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING RESOURCES THEY USE FOR REFERENDUM AND MILLAGE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND I HEAR NOTHING BUT RAVING RESULTS FROM TEACHERS IN THAT PROCESS. DR. WEEKS ADDRESS OUR AVAILABILITY AND HOW WE ENGAGE SCHOOLS, HOW THEY WERE SELECTED AND WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR MOVING FORWARD. WEEKS WEEK THE THREE SHOWCASE SCHOOLS -- Thomas Weeks: THE THREE SHOWCASE SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED, AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS STATED, NUMBER ONE, THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE VERY TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE,

245AND KNOWING THAT THEIR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND DEMONSTRATE ANY OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE IMPLEMENT IN THOSE LOCATIONS TO THEIR PEERS. BE IT OTHER ADMINISTRATORS OR OTHER TEACHERS. THE REMAINING 13 SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED. AGAIN, WITH -- WE WORKED WITH SHAY McRAE AND -- TO GET A LIST OF SCHOOLS THAT REALLY HAVE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY. AND, AGAIN, THESE WERE SCHOOLS THAT WERE SELECTED BASED OFF OF THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE. WE CHOSE SPECIFICALLY ONE ELEMENTARY, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL IN EACH BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT. SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBER DISTRICTS. SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY FOSTER A LOT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THOSE SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THEM. SO THAT WAS REALLY THE

246PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD WAS JUST THE FACT THAT SINCE THESE WERE ESSER THREE DOLLARS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH ESSER THREE WHEN WE STARTED WRITING UP THE PROPOSALS WAS THE FACT THAT WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO INCREASE OUR BASELINE TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THOSE ONE-TIME FUNDS FOR PROVIDING SOME INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OUR DISTRICT. SO WE WERE APPROVED FOR A SPECIFIC AMOUNT THROUGH ESSER THREE. THE STATE APPROVED OUR REQUEST. A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THAT FUNDING STILL REMAINS UNUSED FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND BRING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS TO THE BOARD FREQUENTLY. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WORKING ON DOING. THIS WOULD

247BE AN INNOVATIVE USE OF DOLLARS. MY CONCERN IS THAT TIMING IS CRITICAL. WE KNOW THAT ESSER TWO, JUST LIKE ESSER THREE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO SUBMIT SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO THE STATE FOR. ESSER TWO, IF ANYBODY RECALLS, WAS SWEPT, THE UNUSED MONEY WAS ACTUALLY SWEPT FROM THE ESSER TWO ACCOUNTS. WHILE THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATION THAT ESSER THREE THAT WILL OCCUR WITH, WE STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST UTILIZE -- GET MAXIMUM BENEFIT OUT OF THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED RIGHT NOW UNDER THE PROCESS, AND THE ESSER PROCESS, THERE WAS A TASK FORCE THAT REALLY LOOKED AT ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED THROUGH THE ESSER THREE SUBMISSION. SO THIS WAS REALLY A CROSS-REPRESENTATION OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INPUT, I GUESS FOR

248ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE THREE SCHOOLS. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT PILOTED IN THREE SCHOOLS. FOUR WEEKS LATER, FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHERS, HOW THEY ARE FEELING ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN, OBVIOUSLY, GOING TO THE 15 SCHOOLS. BECAUSE IF YOU DO 15 SCHOOLS, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ALMOST AN INEQUITY. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE ALL THE SCHOOLS. WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK DID WE GET FROM TEACHERS. DID THEY WANT AUDIO? DO YOU WANT VISUAL? I AGREE THAT WE WANT THINGS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE THAT ARE ESSER THERE. BUT MY CONCERN IS, I'M A TEACHER. I'M THERE, I'M NOT GETTING A RAISE. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE COMING AND PUTTING AUDIO. YOU HAVEN'T ASKED ME IF I WANT VISUAL, AUDIO. I HAVE OLD COMPUTER HERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY LAPTOPS THAT

249ARE WORKING. SO I GUESS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS JUST I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PILOT. THEN YOU COME BACK A FEW WEEKS. THAT'S BEEN MY CONCERN FROM THE BEGINNING. I'VE MENTIONED THAT, AND I'M GOING TO STAND WITH THAT AND I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST SEE A FEW SCHOOLS GET FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHERS. I'D LIKE TO SEE A SURVEY FROM SCHOOLS TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, WHAT THE ENHANCEMENT IS, LIKE THE OTHER DAY I WAS AT A SCHOOL AND I SAW AN AMAZING VISUAL WHERE IT ACTUALLY TRANSFORMS EVERYTHING FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH. I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S AMAZING. SO I JUST THINK THAT FOR ME I JUST -- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PILOT, FEEDBACK, LIKE TO SEE TEACHER SURVEY TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE BEFORE

250PILOTING THEM IN SCHOOLS. SO THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YES, AND DR. WEEKS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I ALSO CAN'T, AS YOU KNOW, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MAINLY BECAUSE -- AND I LIKE THE INNOVATION, AND BELIEVE ME, I KNOW WE NEED TO BE INNOVATIVE AND COMPETITIVE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WE STILL HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT ONE TO ONE, AND WE STILL HAVE, AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY AND WHO IS GOING TO FIX IT. SO YOU'RE REALLY COMPOUNDING THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM OF LACK OF TECH FOLKS TO FIX THESE INNOVATIVE PROJECTS. SO WHAT I HATE TO DO IS SAY LET'S GET THIS -- WE HAVE THE MONEY. LET'S PUT IT IN THERE. AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO EAST BAY, THE POOR TEACHERS SAYING, YES, AND THEN SOMETHING GOES AWRY,

251WHO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIX IT AND MAINTAIN IT. I ALMOST THINK THAT WHEN WE GET INTO THE ESSER EXPENDITURES AND SPEND THE MONEY, WE ALMOST SHOULD THINK ABOUT HAVING THE PACKAGE AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE MAINTENANCE EQUALS SUSTAINABILITY. AND WITHOUT SUSTAINABILITY WE'RE JUST PLAYING EXPERIMENTAL MONEY HERE, FAKE MONEY, MONOPOLY MONEY, OPENER PEOPLE'S MONEY -- OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, OPM, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. I WILL AGREE WITH MADAM CHAIR WITH THE IDEA THAT I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED PERHAPS THREE SCHOOLS, MAYBE BECAUSE THAT WAY WE COULD AT LEAST GET DATA, DEEP DIVE, AND BE VERY CLEAR AS TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S TOO MUCH OF A NEED IN OTHER AREAS TO SUPPORT SOMETHING ECLECTIC THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I'M A TEACHER, WAS A TEACHER

252ALSO. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS, AND I'M SURE ORANGE COUNTY HAS, OBVIOUSLY. SO THAT'S THE REASON I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. IF I MAY, THROUGH THE CHAIR, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO POINT OUT AND I WAS GOING TO BRING THIS UP, MADAM CHAIR, WAS THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE ESSER DOLLARS, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COMPUTERS. WE HAVE INTERACTIVE PANELS. WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM, AGAIN, INCREASING OUR BASELINE AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING INNOVATIVE ITEMS. SO FOR US WHEN WE'RE DOING THE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT PIECE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME TO PUT THAT PIECE IN PLACE. IN TALKING TO THE VENDOR, IT'S GENERALLY ONE TO TWO MONTHS TO ACTUALLY OUTFIT ANY GIVEN SCHOOL. FOR US, I THINK WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR BENEFIT

253BY PUSHING THIS OUT TO A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AT THIS POINT. AND THEN LOOKING AT THAT DATA COMING IN. AUDIO ENHANCEMENT HAS BEEN AROUND. THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND THERE'S RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS -- Lynn Gray: DR. WEEKS, I AM INTERRUPTING YOU BECAUSE THERE IS A TIME SITUATION ON MY PART. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEAL WITH THREE SCHOOLS -- SORRY. Jim Porter: SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO VOTE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION UP OR DOWN OR ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE AND ASK HIM TO COME BACK WITH A SEPARATE RECOMMENDATION. SO HE'S RECOMMENDING WHATEVER HE'S RECOMMENDING. THE BOARD CAN SUPPORT THAT. YOU CAN VOTE IT DOWN, OR YOU COULD CONTINUE AND ASK HIM TO COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION. Lynn Gray: THE BOTTOM

254LINE IS -- COULD I MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE? I MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THIS ITEM TO BE SUPPORTED WITH THREE SCHOOLS VERSUS -- Jim Porter: I THINK HE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION OR KEEP THE SAME RECOMMENDATION AND YOU COULD VOTE IT DOWN AT THAT POINT. THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION. YOU NEED A SECOND. Lynn Gray: I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE. Jim Porter: WITH THE -- CONSIDER COMING BACK WITH A PILOT. Lynn Gray: CAN I HAVE CLARIFICATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT SO THE BOARD CAN UNDERSTAND? SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Nadia Combs: GO AHEAD. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I ASKED MR. PORTER CAN, AMEND THIS. Jim Porter: IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT TONIGHT, THAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION. Addison Davis: ASK THE BOARD TO AMEND MY RECOMMENDATION TO

255HAVE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND USE THOSE AS THE THREE DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE HAVE NELSON, WE HAVE MEMORIAL AND EAST BAY TO BE ABLE TO SET UP THOSE THREE SCHOOLS AND PARTICULARLY ROUND. Lynn Gray: AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, MR. PORTER. Jim Porter: IF I COULD GET A CLARIFICATION? WHO MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION? Lynn Gray: I DID. LYNN GRAY. Jim Porter: VICE-CHAIR WASHINGTON MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? Addison Davis: IT WOULD BE THE THREE SCHOOLS WE IDENTIFIED AS SHOWCASE SCHOOLS. NELSON, MEMORIAL, AND EAST BAY. Jim Porter: MAKER OF THE MOTION, I NEED TO MAKE SURE MR. WASHINGTON IS OKAY WITH THAT. THEN THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR, SAME RECOMMENDATIONS WITH JUST THOSE THREE SCHOOLS THAT HE IDENTIFIED. Nadia Combs: WE HAVE CLARIFICATION NOW. MEMBER WASHINGTON MADE A MOTION

256TO HAVE SUPERINTENDENT NELSON, MEMORIAL AND EAST BAY. AND NOW WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ON THOSE THREE SCHOOLS, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND YOU'RE DONE. SO IT WILL BE MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YES, SO MY QUESTION WAS A LITTLE OFF OF THE THREE SCHOOLS. BUT MINE IS WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY, BECAUSE THIS IS WITH ESSER DOLLARS. SO ONCE THOSE ESSER DOLLARS ARE GONE, HOW WOULD WE -- OR WHERE WOULD WE GET THE FUNDING FOR THE OTHER? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THIS WILL BE OUR EQUIPMENT THAT IS INSTALLED INTO OUR FACILITIES AND WE CAN POTENTIALLY USE CAPITAL TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM. THERE IS A WARRANTY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE. AND AFTER THAT GOES DORMANT THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE AND LEVERAGE OTHER POCKETS OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IT AND KEEP

257IT OPERATIONAL. Karen Perez: OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: I'M OFF BEAT HERE. I HAD A QUESTION PERTAINING TO THE OTHER FIVE SCHOOLS BUT NOW IT'S OFF THE TABLE, RIGHT? OKAY. THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T LOVE TRYING TO VOTE ON AN ITEM THAT'S BEING AMENDED FROM THE DAIS WITHOUT PROPER TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT MY QUESTION BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRICE TAG OF THIS AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR ESSER MONIES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING BECAUSE THAT IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, EVEN TECHNOLOGY THAT I THINK WE CAN BE INNOVATIVE WITH. YOU'RE

258SAYING AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD BE THE PRICE TAG OF THESE THREE SCHOOLS? Addison Davis: MR. WEEKS WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION. AROUND 1.8, $1.9 MILLION FOR THE THREE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE COMPLETELY OUTFITTED WITH ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY FROM AUDIO ENHANCEMENT. Thomas Weeks: THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES, THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $1.8 MILLION. THESE SCHOOLS, THE THREE SHOWCASE SCHOOLS WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PUTTING INTO THE OTHER 12 SCHOOLS. AND, AGAIN, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE TECH SHOWCASE SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EVALUATE ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY AS IT RELATES TO SPECIFIC ITEMS. SO, AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PRICEY IN TERMS OF PUTTING THOSE IN. BUT WE'LL GET TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A FULL EVALUATION OF

259THAT SPECIFIC PRODUCT LINE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SO I WAS PREPARED TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM, EVEN AS AMENDED I'M STILL GOING TO VOTE NO. BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO MEET WITH STAFF AND ASK QUESTIONS AND REVIEW THIS ITEM. FOR A SMALLER AMOUNT OF SCHOOLS, FOR A SMALLER AMOUNT OF MONEY AS A TEST PILOT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE CHANGING IT AND THEN MAKING A DECISION RIGHT FROM THE DAIS. SO IF FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T PASS, THEN I'M WILLING TO RELOOK AT IT AGAIN AT A SMALLER AMOUNT. THAT'S WHERE I WILL VOTE AND WHY. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, CAN I SAY ONE THING? THE REASON THAT THE ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE, TRYING TO GET PRODUCT, THEY ARE TRYING TO

260SAVE PRODUCT FOR US. I GET IT. THERE NEEDS TO BE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ANSWERED AND REVIEWS. BUT FOR US, THIS WILL BE A COOL INITIATIVE, NEAT INITIATIVE TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE OUR CLASSROOMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: I WAS ALSO GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SO THAT WAS REALLY MY ONLY QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS, AND I APPRECIATE THE INNOVATION AROUND THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. WEEKS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THE THREE SCHOOLS WHICH ARE NELSON, MEMORIAL, AND EAST BAY. YOU'LL BE VOTING YES IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THAT AND NO IF YOU'D LIKE TO NOT. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR

261LIGHTS APPEAR. Jim Porter: SO THE MOTION TIED. THAT MEANS IT FAILS. SO THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO WOULD BE TO BRING THIS BACK AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WHEN THERE IS A FULL BOARD. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE FOLLOWING MEETING. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS 11.02, WHICH IS DISCUSS BOARD MEMBER PARTICIPATION AT WORKSHOPS. MR. JIM PORTER, OUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, WE JUST NEED CLARIFICATION OF HOW YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. PRIOR TO COVID, VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION WAS RELATIVELY RARE AND DIDN'T OCCUR VERY MUCH. DURING COVID, THERE WERE EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND OBVIOUSLY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED NOT JUST THIS SCHOOL BOARD BUT A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY AND USE

262VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION. THAT'S OVER NOW, BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING A LOT OF -- OR NOT A LOT, BUT THERE'S STILL THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY. THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE BOARD WANTS TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PRACTICE OR NOT. AND WE JUST NEED CLARIFICATIONS FROM THIS BOARD ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO GOVERN YOURSELVES. SO THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS WHETHER YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION AT WORKSHOPS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SO WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, DISCUSSED IT AND CAME TO A CONSENSUS AT OUR LAST RETREAT. SO -- WHICH WAS THAT WE WERE NO LONGER GOING TO BE DOING VIRTUAL DURING A BOARD MEETING BUT COULD DO IT DURING A WORKSHOP. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS COMING

263TO A BOARD MEETING? Jim Porter: BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME NOT COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OR CLARITY ABOUT THAT CONSENSUS. SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF MOVING FORWARD, WE NEED TO HAVE AFFIRMATIVE BOARD ACTION ABOUT THAT. Stacy Hahn: SO THERE WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS CONSENSUS. Jim Porter: THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YES. Stacy Hahn: OKAY. WELL, I GUESS FOR ME, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE RATIONALE AROUND NOT HAVING VIRTUAL DURING A BOARD MEETING BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND CONFIDENTIALITY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE NATURE HAD OF THE STATE LAWS SINCE COVID AND ALL THAT. SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT. BUT WORKSHOPS ARE A MUCH MORE RELAXED SITUATION. IT'S MORE INFORMATIONAL. WE'RE NOT VOTING. THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE -- I MEAN, IT'S -- AND I THINK THAT FOR SOME OF US, WE DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE

264AND LISTEN AND I KNOW WHEN I -- AND JUST LAST TIME I HAD A CHILD HOME SICK, AND I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAREER AND TECH ED WORKSHOP, AND AGAIN, IT'S INFORMATIONAL. I THINK IT IS MORE CASUAL. I THINK WE'RE ALL TRYING TO JUGGLE A LOT OF THINGS. AND IF THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY AROUND THAT, IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD GIVE TO THAT FLEXIBILITY. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] Jim Porter: HASN'T BEEN A MOTION YET. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING TO A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO AT SOME POINT YOU'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. Jim Porter: IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION NOW, IT'S COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE. Nadia Combs: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND. BUT I THINK AS A BOARD MEMBER, LIKE

265I WAS OUT AT A SCHOOL TODAY, AND I GO TO COMMUNITY EVENTS ALL THE TIME. REALLY, THAT'S NOT MY JOB. MY JOB IS REALLY TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND TO BE PRESENT AT BOARD MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS AND I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OCCUR. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS OFTEN IT'S VERY DISTRACTING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE. FOR ME AS THE CHAIR, WHEN THERE'S WORKSHOPS AND TWO OR THREE PEOPLE ARE ONLINE, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK, TO INTERACT, TO GET THAT FEEDBACK, AND I THINK, AND THEN IT MAKES IT UNFAIR WHEN PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ONLINE AND THEN MAYBE SOMEBODY IS OUT OF TOWN AND THEY CAN'T BE ONLINE. SO I THINK OUR MAIN JOB IS REALLY TO BE PRESENT AND I UNDERSTAND THINGS OCCUR, AN EMERGENCY OCCURS. SO I WANT TO

266ASK YOU, MR. PORTER, LEGAL, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? Jim Porter: LEGALLY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT AND DR. HAHN ALLUDED TO THIS, FOR ACTUAL BOARD MEETINGS, THERE'S GUIDANCE FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ABOUT WHEN YOU CAN DO VIRTUAL AND WHEN YOU CAN'T. IT REQUIRES TYPICALLY A MEDICAL SITUATION AND THE PERSON HAS TO BE ON VIDEO AT ALL TIMES AND THEY NEED TO HAVE THE BOARD BE ON VIDEO AT ALL TIMES. IT'S LESS OF AN ISSUE AT WORKSHOPS, BUT THE BETTER PRACTICE IS TO BE THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SUNSHINE LAW IMPLICATIONS. IT'S NOT STRICTLY ILLEGAL. BUT AS BOARD MEMBERS, THE PUBLIC, THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO SEE YOU ALL OPERATING. AND SO FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO BE HERE IN PERSON. IT'S NOT ILLEGALLY INAPPROPRIATE TO DO IT BUT BETTER TO

267BE HERE IN PERSON. FOR WORKSHOPS, IT'S NOT AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE AS IT IS FOR A REGULAR BOARD MEETING. Nadia Combs: ARE YOU SAYING AS OUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY YOU RECOMMEND US -- Jim Porter: I'M NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M TELLING YOU WHAT THE GUIDANCE IS FOR, WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU CAN DO VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION WITH WORKSHOPS. THAT'S LEGAL. THE BETTER PRACTICE IS TO BE HERE IN PERSON. BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, I'M GIVING YOU LEGALLY THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO IT. IT'S JUST BETTER TO BE HERE IN PERSON. Nadia Combs: WE GET OUR CALENDARS WELL AHEAD OF TIME AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE EMERGENCIES, OF COURSE, BUT I THINK IT'S OFTEN UNFAIR FOR THE MEMBERS WHO ARE THERE AND ALSO VERY DISTRACTING. MANY TIMES, IT'S BEEN VERY, YOU

268CAN'T GET ONLINE OR I CAN'T HEAR OR SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO GET ON QUEUE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THAT. I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO GO ON VIRTUALLY, IT'S EASIER NOT TO COME. I KNOW FOR ME, I'M ON A BOARD RIGHT NOW THAT THEY ARE DOING ONLINE FREQUENTLY AND GUESS WHAT, EVERY TIME I GO ON VIRTUALLY BECAUSE IT IS EASIER. SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE SHOULD ALL PHYSICALLY COME AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE VIRTUAL FOR EITHER THE WORKSHOPS OR THE BOARD MEETINGS. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: IN REALITY, MR. PORTER, I WOULD RATHER YOU WENT BOARD MEMBER TO BOARD MEMBER AND TALKED WITH EACH ONE TO FIND THE CONSENSUS VERSUS HAVING THIS -- Jim Porter: INTERRUPT YOU AT THIS POINT

269BECAUSE I WILL NOT VIOLATE THE SUNSHINE LAW. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD COME TO A VOTE AND I CANNOT TALK TO EACH ONE OF YOU AND GET YOUR CONSENSUS. THAT'S WHY THIS IS COMING TO THE BOARD. THIS NEEDS DEFINITIVE BOARD ACTION. Lynn Gray: ALL RIGHT. I WILL DISAGREE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN OTHER TIMES, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BEYOND THAT. BUT I WILL SAY THIS, WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR GUIDANCE, I HAVE HERE BEFORE ME FROM ASHLEY MOODY WHO HAS HAD THE VERY SAME CONUNDRUM THAT MEMBER COMBS HAS SAID ABOUT IN PERSON OR NOT IN PERSON, BECAUSE DURING THE 2020-2021, ET CETERA, THIS CAME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH MEETINGS THAT RANGE FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, ADVISORY MEETINGS, ANYTHING THAT HAS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PRESENCE. AND SHE SAYS, I CONCLUDE

270THAT THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT OF AN IN-PERSON QUORUM AT A PHYSICAL MEETING LOCATION THAT APPLIES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN CONDUCTING ITS BUSINESS ALSO APPLIES TO OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. FURTHER, SHE SAYS, SECTION 1,001.32 FLORIDA STATUTES SETS OUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONDUCTING DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, PLURAL. THIS OFFICE HAS INTERPRETED THESE REQUIREMENTS TO MEAN THAT A QUORUM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE MEETING SITE. FURTHER -- AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU -- Jim Porter: I'M AWARE OF THE OPINION. Lynn Gray: -- IT SAYS I CONCLUDE THAT WHERE AS HERE AN EXECUTOR ORDER PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDING A STATUTORY IN-PERSON REQUIREMENT, IN OTHER WORDS IT WAS SUSPENDED AT ONE TIME, FOR CONSTITUTING A QUORUM HAS EXPIRED, THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT OF AN IN-PERSON QUORUM AT A PHYSICAL MEETING LOCATION THAT

271APPLIES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN CONDUCTING ITS BUSINESS ALSO APPLIES TO SCHOOL BOARD VARIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN CARRYING OUT ITS DELEGATED DUTIES. SO WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS OVER AND OVER AND I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME, WHICH IS I'M QUOTING RIGHT FROM HERE. THIS OFFICE HAS SUGGESTED THAT A SCHOOL BOARD IN PERMITTING ABSENT MEMBERS NOT NEEDED FOR A QUORUM TO PARTICIPATE IN BOARD MEMBERS REMOTELY MAY WISH TO CONSIDER THIS OFFICE PREVIOUS OPINION CONDONING THE USE OF ELECTRIC MEDIA TECHNOLOGY WHEN AN ABSENT MEMBER IS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING DUE TO A MEDICAL TREATMENT OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY. SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, IF WE'RE NOT GUIDED BY OUR OWN SELF IN TERMS OF -- AND I AGREE WITH MADAM CHAIR, THEN PERHAPS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S GUIDANCE MAY HELP THEM REMIND THEM THAT IN-PERSON IS A

272FORMALITY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. Jim Porter: I WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. THAT'S REFERRING TO WHETHER YOU NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE PHYSICALLY HERE TO CONSTITUTE A QUORUM. AND YOU'LL RECALL WHEN YOU WERE CHAIR, MS. GRAY, THAT ISSUE CAME UP. WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY AND THE MEETING WAS CANCELED. THE EARLIER ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION SHE'S REFERRING TO IS EXACTLY WHAT I ALLUDED TO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE GUIDANCE. THAT WAS DONE IN 1993 FOR A COUNTY COMMISSIONER NAMED SYLVIA RODRIGUEZ KIMBALL WHO WAS GOING THROUGH A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINED IT WAS PERMISSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IF THERE WAS A MEDICAL ISSUE, AND THAT BOARD MEMBER WAS ABLE TO BE ON VIDEO AND SEEN ON VIDEO

273AND THAT BOARD MEMBER COULD SEE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. AGAIN, MY ADVICE IS THAT IT'S BETTER TO BE HERE IN PERSON, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO IT VIRTUALLY IF THIS BOARD WANTS TO DO THAT FOR WORKSHOPS, NOT FOR BOARD MEETINGS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CONSISTENT ON THAT AND UNDERSTAND -- Lynn Gray: JUST TO GUIDE YOU ON THE ACTUAL DATE, THIS WAS JANUARY 28, 2021. Jim Porter: CORRECT. SHE REFERS TO EARLIER GUIDANCE FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHICH IS FROM 1993. Lynn Gray: THAT IS NOT SAID IN THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT. Lynn Gray: YOU ALLUDED TO THAT IN YOUR LAST SENTENCE, MS. GRAY. Lynn Gray: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE REQUIREMENT OF AN IN-PERSON FOR BOTH SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ADVISORY MEETINGS, ET CETERA, THAT

274IS SOMETHING THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD MEMBERS TO NOT COME OR TO TRY TO ARRANGE ELECTRONICALLY, OF COURSE, BUT FOR THOSE TWO SESSIONS, I THINK IT SHOULD BE MANDATED FOR THE LOOK OF OUR BOARD. IF THAT'S NOT CLEAR, PERHAPS MR. PORTER YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR. Jim Porter: THAT'S CLEAR. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT NEEDS TO BE SECONDED IS THAT THERE BE NO VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION. Lynn Gray: I NEED A SECOND. Nadia Combs: I'LL PASS THE GAVEL TO MR. WASHINGTON AND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE MOTION. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE WHATEVER YOU QUOTED, MEMBER GRAY. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CONSISTS OF A QUORUM WHERE WE VOTE. SINCE WE DON'T VOTE AT WORKSHOPS, THAT STATUTE

275OR THE RULING FROM MOODY DOESN'T SEEM APPLICABLE TO THIS DISCUSSION. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TALK ABOUT PARTICIPATION. I STILL WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT I DON'T AGREE THAT WE CAN'T APPEAR REMOTELY AT MEETINGS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IT WAS GOING TO BE ASKED THAT WE USE THAT RESPECTFULLY. I CONTINUE TO FIND THE DISCUSSION THAT IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PHYSICALLY BE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB OFFENSIVE. THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN OR WHO HAVE ISSUES WHERE THERE ARE HEALTH ISSUES THAT COME UP OR THERE'S SICKNESS IN OUR HOUSE AND BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND STILL TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILY IS I THINK EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY OF THE COMMENTS FROM MY

276FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AT WORKSHOPS DISTRACTING IF THEY WERE REMOTELY. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ALLOWING AS MUCH ACCESS TO BE AS COLLABORATIVE AS POSSIBLE. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THOSE WORKSHOPS ARE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN TALK AND DO OUR WORK. AND EXCLUDING PEOPLE AND NOT ALLOWING THEM TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND HAVE ACCESS AND BE COLLABORATIVE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T APPEAR THERE BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES AND DISTRACTING SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF THIS BOARD. AGAIN, I FIND THAT THE FACT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DISCUSSING THIS CONFUSING AND PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE I DID THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WALKED AWAY AT A WORKSHOP KIND OF TABLING IT AND ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO BE RESPECTFUL ABOUT THIS. SO, AGAIN, MY VIEWPOINT IS ABSOLUTELY, I WOULD NOT

277ONLY LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, THAT MEANS THEY HAVE A VOICE, THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB, THEY CAN VOTE, THEY CAN COLLABORATE, IF IT MAKES IT EASIER TO BE PART OF THE GROUP, THEN I ABSOLUTELY WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A VIRTUAL MEETING FROM PEOPLE AT OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, SO PEOPLE CAN COMMENT. IF VIRTUALLY MEANS THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE MORE ACCESS TO GIVE YOU ANY COMMENTS OR PARTICIPATE, WHY WOULD WE SHY AWAY FROM THAT? IF IT'S NOT ILLEGAL AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THAT. I WOULD VOTE NO ON THE AMENDMENT TO LIMIT PARTICIPATION THROUGH VIRTUAL ACCESS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? Lynn Gray: JUST REAL QUICK, THIS PARTICULAR -- Nadia Combs: GO AHEAD, MEMBER GRAY.

278Lynn Gray: THIS PARTICULAR FLORIDA STATUTE IS NOT LIMITED JUST TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. IT GOES INTO ADVISORY COMMITTEES, ANY MEETING THAT IS SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTED. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY I 100% AGREE WITH MEMBER VAUGHN. I APPRECIATE HER WORDS, AND I ALSO RELY ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT DOCUMENT SAYS AND HE HAS SAID IT IS NOT ILLEGAL FOR US TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY FOR WORKSHOPS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO AGREE WITH MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER VAUGHN. I THINK IN A WORKSHOP, AT A WORKSHOP, IF YOU CAN BE THERE PRESENT BECAUSE A LOT

279OF PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING MAY COME UP. AND IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE AND YOU CAN'T BE THERE AND YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED, I THINK YOU SHOULD. I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE VIRTUAL THERE. NOW, I WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL. SO IF THE INDIVIDUAL CAN'T BE THERE AND CAN'T BE VIRTUAL, BUT IF THEY WANT TO BE ON THERE, I THINK WE SHOULD LET THEM BE ON THERE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED -- I KNOW WE KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH, MEMBER GRAY. I UNDERSTAND THE POINT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE, EVEN APPLICABLE TO OTHER COMMITTEES, THOSE WOULD BE COMMITTEES THAT REQUIRE A QUORUM. THE FACT THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY TALKING ABOUT QUORUM, THERE ARE OTHER COMMITTEES

280THAT IN ORDER TO PASS BUSINESS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT A SANCTIONED SCHOOL BOARD, LIKE OUR CAC, THEY DO BUSINESS. THEY HAVE STAFF QUORUM. SO THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO OTHER COMMITTEES. OUR WORKSHOP DOES NOT REQUIRE A QUORUM. CAN I CONFIRM THAT? Jim Porter: IN ORDER TO CONVENE A MEETING, YOU REQUIRE A QUORUM. BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT VOTING, IT'S NOT AS RELEVANT AS IT IS FOR A BOARD MEETING. Jessica Vaughn: CAN WE HAVE THE MEETING -- Jim Porter: CAN'T CONVENE THE MEETING WITHOUT A QUORUM, WITHOUT A PHYSICAL QUORUM, BUT YOU COULD STILL LISTEN TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. JUST WOULDN'T BE AN OFFICIAL WORKSHOP. Jessica Vaughn: BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE VOTING ON ITEMS. Jim Porter: CORRECT. THE OTHER PIECE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION IS DURING COVID THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A QUORUM VIRTUALLY.

281WHAT THAT DOES, MS. GRAY, IS TAKE THAT ABILITY AWAY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM, WHICH MEANS FOUR OF YOU HAVE TO BE PRESENT. AND WHEN YOU ALLOW VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION, YOU'RE RUNNING A RISK THAT THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. THAT HAPPENED ONCE. Jessica Vaughn: WITH THE EMERGENCY CALLED BOARD MEETING WHERE WE WERE VOTING ON THINGS. Jim Porter: RIGHT. WE HAD TO CANCEL THE MEETING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM. THAT'S SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH QUORUMS. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT POINT ON THIS. Jessica Vaughn: WE COULD STILL HAVE THE WORKSHOP. Jim Porter: YOU COULDN'T CONVENE THE MEETING OR WORKSHOP. Jessica Vaughn: BUT STILL LISTEN TO THE INFORMATION ITEM BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DO AT A WORKSHOP ANYWAY. Jim Porter: DISTINCTION AND SORRY TO BE IF A IN AN PARTICULAR, YOU COULD

282NOT SIT AT THE DAIS AND THINK YOU ARE HAVING A MEETING AND JUST LISTEN. I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. IF WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THAT SITUATION. WORKSHOP SITUATION, IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN, YOU CAN LISTEN BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TAKING ACTION. Jessica Vaughn: AFTER MEMBER COMBS' COMMENT, THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION AND YOU'LL CLARIFY THAT BEFORE WE DO THE VOTE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FOR ME, IT'S BEEN A VERY GRAY AREA. MORE MONTHS NOW, WE HAD CLARIFIED IT, FOR WORKSHOPS WERE NOT VERY CLEAR. WHEN WE GO INTO BARGAINING OR PEOPLE ARE CALLING IN, IT'S CONCERNING TO ME, WHERE DO WE DO THAT? ARE YOU ABLE TO CALL IN BARGAINING? ARE YOU ABLE TO NOT CALL IN? THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN WHERE PEOPLE HAVE

283ACTUALLY CALLED IN DURING THAT. I'M SAYING IN GENERAL. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. IT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME TO FEEL LIKE IT DEPENDS ON WHO COMES, WHO DOESN'T COME. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE? ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO PREPARE A LONG TIME FOR WORKSHOPS, AND WE HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS COMING IN AND THEY ARE TAKING THE TIME TO COME IN AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE COME IN AND THERE ARE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES. WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICES, BUT WHEN YOU KNOW, LIKE WE HAVEN'T HAD A WORKSHOP IN A LONG TIME. FOR MONTHS, WE DIDN'T HAVE A WORKSHOP OR WE HAVE FOUR PROBABLY MAXIMUM FOUR TIMES THAT WE MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS. EMERGENCIES DO OCCUR, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU KNOW YOU CAN VIRTUALLY DO IT, IT'S EASY

284TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL DO THE VIRTUAL CHOICE. SO I THINK AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT -- I FEEL LIKE THAT WE'RE PRESENT PHYSICALLY. I THINK IT MAKES SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO COME FOR THE WORKSHOP AND THE CABINET MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS PREPARING FOR THE MEETING, THAT WE ARE THERE. MAYBE I'M BEING TRADITIONAL BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR JOBS, SO I AM GOING TO VOTE TO PHYSICALLY BE THERE AT THE BOTH, THE WORKSHOP. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS IN. I THINK FOR A LONG TIME IT'S BEEN GREAT. WHATEVER WE DECIDE, THEN WE HAVE IT CLEAR AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND MOVE ON FROM THEN. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S BEEN VERY GRAY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND I JUST WANT

285CLARITY. THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE PREPARATION FROM THE CABINET AND FROM THE SPEAKERS THAT COME BECAUSE WE THINK OF OURSELVES SO MUCH BECAUSE WE ARE RIGHT NOW TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR OURSELVES AND EVERY ONE OF US CONTINUE TO SEE EMERGENCIES OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER. THERE'S NO QUESTION. GRANDKIDS. WE CAN GO ON AND ON. WE ALL HAVE THOSE LIFE EVENTS. BUT WE ALSO SHOULD BE REMINDED AS A BOARD THE PERCEPTION OF OUR BOARD WHEN WE ARE NOT UNITED IN PHYSICAL FORM. IT'S NOT A STRONG ONE. THAT'S THE REALITY. LOOK AT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. LOOK AT THE CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU SEE TWO BOARD MEMBERS MISSING, THE PUBLIC WONDERS. DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S A STRONG, UNIFIED BOARD? WELL, NOT REALLY. BUT MORE THAN THAT, AND MEMBER

286COMBS, UNDER BRING THIS UP, IT'S OUR STAFF PREPARES SO DILIGENTLY TO PREPARE TO HELP US KNOW THE RIGHT MATERIAL TO HELP US MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. THEY ARE THERE AND THEY WORK VERY HARD IN THAT CAPACITY. AND ACTUALLY, WHEN I WAS SHARING WITH ONE OF THE MEMBERS ABOUT THIS VOTE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY SAID, WELL, HOW CAN A BOARD MEMBER NOT COME? WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME PREPARING, AND I'M THINKING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT AT ANY RATE, USED TO NOT BE LIKE THIS. MR. PORTER, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND US. NEVER HAD BOARD MEMBERS MISS WORKSHOPS OR WHAT WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ON MY OWN END AND I THINK IT LOOKS -- MAKES US LOOK WEAK. THAT'S MY TWO CENTS, THANK YOU. Jim Porter: THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO

287NOT ALLOW VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AT WORKSHOPS. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ALLOW VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION VOTE YES. IF YOU WANT TO -- IF THIS MOTION FAILS THERE WILL HAVE TO BE ANOTHER MOTION. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ALLOW VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION, IF YOU'RE SUPPORTING MEMBER GRAY AND THE CHAIR, YOU SHOULD VOTE YES ON THIS. IF YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION, VOTE NO. SO THE MOTION FAILED. WHAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL, BECAUSE THE REASON THIS IS ON THE AGENDA, MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER GRAY, YOU SAW THE DISCUSSION. THERE WASN'T CLARITY. SO THE CHAIR WAS PUT IN A BAD POSITION EVERY MEETING. STAFF WAS PUT IN A BAD POSITION EVERY MEETING. DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU LANDS ON THIS. WE JUST NEEDED CLARITY SO SHE CAN DO HER JOB. I ASK SOMEONE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE MAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE

288MOTION TO ALLOW VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AT WORKSHOPS. YOU CAN SAY SO MOVED IF YOU WANT. SPOCK MOVED. SO MOVED. Jim Porter: THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER. JUST VOTE. Nadia Combs: NO. I JUST APPRECIATE THE CLARITY REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT LIES. I JUST NEEDED THE CLARITY MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES IT DIFFICULT. THANK YOU. Jim Porter: YOU TWO SHOULD VOTE NO PROBABLY. IF YOU WANT TO ALLOW VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION -- IF YOU WANT TO ALLOW VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION, VOTE YES. IF NOT, VOTE NO. BASED ON THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, WON'T TELL YOU HOW TO VOTE. Nadia Combs: SO IT PASSES. SO WE WILL ALLOW VIRTUAL PRESENCE AT WORKSHOPS. THAT'S FOUR VOTES. WASHINGTON, VAUGHN, PEREZ, AND HAHN VOTED YES. AND THEN MEMBER GRAY AND MYSELF WE VOTED NO

289FOR THE VIRTUAL. SO DONE. WE NEVER HAVE TO DISCUSS THIS AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM. THE CITY OF PLANT CITY'S LONG-RANGE SCHOOL PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE THE BOARD INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLANT CITY'S LONG-RANGE PLAN. OVERALL, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND SCHOOLS IN THE PLANT CITY REGION. MR. FARKAS WILL TALK ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE AND SAME TOKEN IDENTIFY HOW THE TINDALE-OLIVER REPORT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE PROCESS. Christopher Farkas: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS TINDALE-OLIVER. THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME. THIS IS PART TWO OF THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING STUDY. WE KNEW THERE WAS GROWTH IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE

290HAD GROWTH AND WE CAPTURED IT FOR PLANT CITY. IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 2 OF THE STUDY, THE SUMMARY OF THE STUDY, THERE IS A TABLE, ES-1, ES-1 CLEARS THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, MODERATE, HIGH, EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH. MODERATE, 4% INCREASE FOR PLANT CITY MEANS WE NEED ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS. IF THERE IS HIGH GROWTH IN PLANT CITY, THEN WE'LL NEED TWO ELEMENTARY, ONE MIDDLE AND ONE HIGH. AND THEN EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH MEANS WE NEED SIX SCHOOLS IN PLANT CITY, 11% GROWTH, FOUR ELEMENTARY, ONE MIDDLE AND ONE HIGH. IN THE LOWEST PROJECTION NEED ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY. WORST-CASE SCENARIO, SIX SCHOOLS NEEDED IN PLANT CITY. THEY FACTORED IN MANY FACTORS IN THERE, THE NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, GROWTH. PEOPLE THAT ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. VERY IMPORTANT STUDIES WE PLAN GOING FORWARD. WE WORK WITH

291THE CITY OF PLANT CITY VERY WELL. MR. DAVIS HAS LED THAT CHARGE WITH MAYOR RICK LAWTON, THE PLANT CITY STAFF. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE STUDY AND WE THINK IT HELPS US AS WE PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR THE GROWTH THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN PLANT CITY IN THE COMING YEARS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FARKAS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO YOUR COMMENTS. Addison Davis: ALL RIGHT. THIS EVENING, OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE UPDATES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALONG WITH MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF OUR CONSENT AGENDAS AND ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR BOUNDARY INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THE FIRST ONE IS ALL ABOUT DISTRICT UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS THAT COVERS EVERY ONE OF THE GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME AND A

292MOMENT TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. IT STARTS SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER THE 15th. WE'LL BE CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR HISPANIC FLORIDIANS AND OTHERS. THIS IS A WAY TO SHOW OUR DISTRICT VALUES MULTICULTURAL, MULTINATIONAL ATTRIBUTES OF OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE WILL HAVE CELEBRATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND RESOURCES PROVIDED THIS ENTIRE MONTH IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TOOL KITS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE AND ACCESS RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO HAVE LATINOS IN AMERICA, WHICH IS A PBS DOCUMENTARY SCREENING FOR EDUCATORS TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE AND USE. WE HAVE SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT HISPANIC HERITAGE STUDENT AND EDUCATOR SPOTLIGHTS THAT WE WILL RECOGNIZE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE MAJORITY

293OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE AND RECOGNIZE THEIR HARD WORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ALSO, WE HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE. WE HAVE PLANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING THE 44th CONVENTION, ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE WESTERN INTERNATIONAL BAND CLINIC IN WASHINGTON. WE HAVE NEWSOME TAKING A FIELD TRIP UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA TO HONOR CHORUS INVITATIONAL IN JACKSONVILLE. AND SUMNER ATTENDING FIELD TRIP WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS STATE BOWLING COMPETITION. GOOD LUCK. WE HOPE THEY BRING BACK THE VICTORIES. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE TONIGHT RECOGNIZE THE PRESS BOX AFTER CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL, BRAD HOLMES PRESS BOX. HE IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HAVE IT TIGERS -- SORRY, LIONS. LIONS. I LIKE THE TIGERS. HE'S COMING TO PLAY THE BUCS. WE THANK HIM, BUT GO BUCS.

294ALSO, WE HAVE GOAL FOUR IS ABOUT MAKING CERTAIN WE'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN ADDRESSING OUR OPERATIONAL RESOURCES IN THE SUSPENSE AGENDA FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT. ALL LINKED TOGETHER THIS EVENING. MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH WXY STUDIOS IS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF OUR UTILIZATION OF OUR SCHOOLS. LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT PATTERNS, LOOKING AT SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS, LOOKING AT THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC COMPOSITION AND ALSO THE DISTANCE TO AND FROM SCHOOLS AND THEN ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT HOW WE ARE GOING TO LEVERAGE FACILITIES IN THE PRESENT AND ALSO FOR THE FUTURE FOR POTENTIAL REPURPOSING AND THEN TRANSITION TO BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE THE NEED AND THE PRESSURE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE NEW BUILDS OR ADD ADDITIONAL WINGS OR CLASSROOMS AT OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEN ALL THIS PROCESS

295AS WE GET THROUGH IT, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO WILL COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL BOUNDARY. THE QUESTION IS WHY. WHY IS THERE DEFINITELY A NEED? IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE BOUNDARIES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AT SCALE. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE ONE-OFFS HERE AND THERE OVER THE MANY YEARS. WE'VE GOT TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW THIS COMMUNITY HAS CONTINUED TO SHIFT POCKETS RELATED TO ENROLLMENT AND THEN LOOKING AT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO THE PATTERNS, ALSO THE CHARTER GROWTH, AND WE SEE THAT 25% OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE OVERUTILIZED AND THAT'S USING A 95% CAPACITY. AND THEN 45% OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE UNDERUTILIZED, USING 80% CAPACITY AS WELL. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS, WE SEE THAT 15,000 NEWCOMER

296STUDENTS WILL BE ON THE FOREFRONT AND WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT WILL TAKE THE 53 OVERUTILIZED SCHOOLS TO 72, AND THEN THAT WILL CREATE AROUND 12,000 FULL OR PARTIAL STUDENT STATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE. SO WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A FORECAST PLAN NOT ONLY FOR FIVE-YEAR VISION BUT THE NEXT 15 YEARS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. THE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES ALL ABOUT PHASE ONE, AND PHASE ONE STARTED LAST WEEK TO HAVE FIVE INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE WILL THEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS GET INFORMATION FROM OUR VENDOR TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONAL PIECES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE FROM THIS

297PROCESS. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT BOUNDARIES HAVE TO BE MADE, BUT THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL BOUNDARIES -- THEY DON'T WANT THEIR INDIVIDUAL BOUNDARIES TO BE TOUCHED. I GET THAT. VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE CERTAIN WE ACTIVELY ENGAGE NOT ONLY IN VIRTUAL BUT PHASE TWO, GETTING OUT THERE AND HAVING FACE TO FACE MEETINGS AND BEING VERY INSTRUMENTAL TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO WE MAKE THE CHANGES SYSTEMICALLY AND ALSO GET THE FEEDBACK. THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD FORMALLY IN DECEMBER, POTENTIALLY EARLY JANUARY, ALL TO MAKE THE FINAL SCENARIOS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS LAST

298WEEK IS OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIVE VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS. LIVE STREAMING. HAD 400 PLUS VIEWERS. ONGOING SURVEYS, TO DATE WE HAVE 2600 PLUS SURVEYS TO DATE. RESPONSES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE LAUNCHED OUR WEBSITE THAT HAS OVER 28,000 VIEWS TO DATE. AND WE HAVE E-MAIL SIGN-UPS OF AROUND 1600 CONSTITUENTS THAT WANT US TO CONTINUALLY BE ABLE TO PUSH OUT THAT INFORMATION TO KEEP THEM APPRISED OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THE BIGGEST THING, HOW DO WE GET OUR CONSTITUENTS INVOLVED? CONTINUING TO HAVE VIRTUAL AND MORE FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS. WE'RE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GO TO OUR ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY WEBSITE, WHICH IS AT HCPSBOUNDARY.ORG. ALSO, THEY CAN GO AND E-MAIL US AND BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR E-MAILS, BUT WE WANT INDIVIDUALS TO BE INVOLVED, ATTEND MEETINGS, ATTEND, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE SURVEYS SO WE CAN GATHER

299AS MUCH INFORMATION AS NECESSARY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. WE KNOW THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT AND TOUCHY DECISION, BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE ARE DOING AUDITS AT EVERY ONE OF OUR FACILITIES AND MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY. AND FOR THAT, WE THANK YOU, AND WE THANK ALL OF OUR HARDWORKING LEADERS, OUR HARDWORKING TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND KNOW THAT WE HEAR, WE'RE NOT ONLY HEARING, BUT WE'RE LISTENING AND HEARING AND WE UNDERSTAND, AND WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THAT PROCESS AND TRYING TO PROTECT THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND AT THE SAME TOKEN TAKING CARE OF THEM IN EVERY WAY THEY CAN TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY FEEL SUPPORTED. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THANK YOU FOR THE

300UPDATE. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL BE REAL SHORT TONIGHT. NOT VERY LONG. SO WE HAVE COME UP WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH PWC, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AND ALSO -- THE PARTNERSHIP IS FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT FOUR SCHOOLS, FOUR -- THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WE HAVE GRAHAM. WE HAVE YOUNG. WE HAVE ANDERSON. AND WE'LL BE DOING IT AT FOSTER. SO THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT TO COME IN AND HAVE THAT FINANCIAL LITERACY AT THOSE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. I WAS SHORT. Nadia Combs: MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: CAN I TAKE YOUR FOUR MINUTES, PLEASE? Addison Davis: ROLLOVER MINUTES? Stacy Hahn: FIRST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY ON- THE STREET -- myON. THE STREET TEAM HAD A PHENOMENAL SUMMER. SIX MEN AND WOMEN VISITED 105

301SITES IN OUR DISTRICT. SEVEN WEEKS IN ALL. OUR STUDENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IN OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS ACCESSED OVER 200,000 BOOKS AND READ OVER 80,000 BOOKS DURING JUNE AND JULY. SO IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. KEPT OUR KIDS READING OVER THE SUMMER. THEY HAVE ALSO, myON HAS A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, DIGITAL READ, WHICH WILL KICK OFF SEPTEMBER 15th DID KICK OFF, RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 15th. ALL INFORMATION IS ON THE MYON.COM WEBSITE. LAST WEEK I HAD A WONDERFUL MORNING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MS. GRAY AT CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH REPUBLIC TITLE, NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY CAME TO THE SCHOOL AND PRESENTED US WITH $25,000 CHECK TO BE USED FOR NEW MUSIC INSTRUMENTS AT CHIARAMONTE AND PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO BIG, BIG THANK YOU TO THE SOUTH TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE WONDERFUL CEO KELLY FLANNERY FOR FACILITATING

302THAT PARTNERSHIP. IT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE PROGRAMS AT THOSE SCHOOLS. DURING THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE FLORIDA HOUSE INCLUDED A NEW INITIATIVE IN THE 2022-23 BUDGET FOR LOCAL SUPPORT GRANTS. WE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS AND WE SUBMITTED A $7.2 MILLION FUNDING REQUEST FOR A GYM AT TINKER K-8 SCHOOL, WHICH IS ON MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE. WE HAD MORE THAN 900 FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THAT GRANT. ONLY 20% WERE SELECTED AND WE WERE SELECTED. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE WERE APPROVED AND THIS WILL HELP US ADD A GYM AT TINKER'S CAMPUS TO ADEQUATELY PROVIDE K-8 ACCOMMODATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE LEADERSHIP TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BULLOCK FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR THEIR DONATION

303OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKS FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY FAIR. THANK YOU THADDEUS BULLARD AND THE BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION. THE NEXT IS OCTOBER 15 AT LANIER. I'LL SHARE MORE INFORMATION AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND A BIG THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL PARKER AT MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR INVITING ME TO VISIT WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE ANCHOR FOR LIFE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH THE UNITED STATES NAVY. AND STUDENTS ARE CHOSEN TO BE INVOLVED, AND THEY ARE TRAINING TO BE LEADERS AT THEIR SCHOOL SO THAT THEY CAN HELP AND SUPPORT STUDENTS THAT ARE TRANSITIONING INTO THE SCHOOL ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHETHER THEY ARE MILITARY STUDENTS OR OUTSIDE OF THE MILITARY. IT'S FOR ANY STUDENT THAT'S COMING TO THE SCHOOL, AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL WAY TO CREATE A REALLY KIND AND SUPPORTIVE CLIMATE

304AT THAT SCHOOL. THANK YOU TO THE U.S. NAVY. GO NAVY. FOR SUPPORTING THAT. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME LAST COMMENTS ABOUT THE SEX ED CURRICULUM THAT I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE WHEN THE ITEM WAS BEING DISCUSSED. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF BROUGHT THIS CURRICULUM WITH THESE PARTICULAR LINKS TO THE WEBSITES. AS I MENTIONED, THEY TALK ABOUT TOPICS ABOUT ABORTION, CONDOM NEGOTIATION, WHERE TO GET THE MORNING-AFTER PILL, AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BOARD APPROVED THAT TONIGHT. THESE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TOPICS, AND I THINK TO MAKE IT REALLY CRYSTAL CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT TO PARENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO OPT OUT OF THIS PROGRAM DUE TO THESE HIGHLY SENSITIVE TOPICS THAT I DON'T FEEL WE WERE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHEN

305WE PUT THIS OUT ON OUR WEBSITE. PEOPLE REALLY HAD TO DIG AROUND FOR THIS. IT SHOULD BE ON THE OPT-OUT FORM. IT SHOULD BE ON OUR WEBSITE, ALL OF THE TOPICS BECAUSE WHEN YOU INCLUDE WEBSITE LINKS, THAT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRICULUM YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE. SO WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT. WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING TRUST WITH THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE LACK OF TRUST THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE EFFORT TO AT LEAST BE INFORMED PARENTS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE A PROPER DECISION FOR THEIR CHILD. WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN, PARENTS PULL THEIR CHILDREN FROM OUR SCHOOLS FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. AND ONE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY ARE UPSET ABOUT THE CURRICULUM THAT WE USE BECAUSE

306THEY FEEL THAT IT USURPS THEIR PARENTAL AUTHORITY. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD GO THE EXTRA MILE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WELL INFORMED ABOUT THIS CURRICULUM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO ON OCTOBER 8, FROM 12 TO 3, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, A FAMILY EVENT. I'M GOING TO BE HOSTING IN THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH MY SPECIAL, VERY SPECIAL GUEST, SUSAN VALDES, REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN VALDES. WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE AT PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE'RE INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TO LEARN HOW TO REDUCE THE STIGMA, ELIMINATE BARRIERS, AND ACCESS SERVICES IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE. BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER 8 FROM 12

307TO 3. AND COME OUT. 97.1 WILL BE OUT THERE WITH US. AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING MUSIC AND WE'LL BE THERE WITH WITH OUR PROVIDER. I REALLY HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT. AND JOINS US. SO THIS MORNING, IN CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE HAD SOME CAFE CON LECHE THIS MORNING. WITH SOME OF THE STAFF AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD. BRINGING THAT CULTURE HERE INTO OUR SCHOOL, INTO OUR SCHOOLS. I ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A DOOR CONTEST HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, DISTRICT OFFICES, BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15 AND OCTOBER 15, WE WILL BE DECORATING OUR DOORS FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. THE JUDGING WILL BE CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th. AND YOU COULD ENTER BY GOING TO THE LINK, ALL DISTRICT OFFICES DOOR DECORATING CONTEST AND SEND IN YOUR ENTRY FORM. THE DECORATING STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

30823rd, AND ALL DOORS MUST BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 7. AND THE JUDGING WILL TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 14th. AND ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT, I MADE A SCHOOL VISIT TO STRAWBERRY CREST. NOW, WHEN I VISIT SCHOOLS, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. I DON'T GO FOR HUGS AND KISSES. I GO FOR -- TO SEE WHAT OUR SCHOOLS NEED. I TOOK SOME PICTURES. I'LL SEND THEM TO YOU. BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE IS THAT THERE'S BLINDS MISSING. ESPECIALLY FROM THE FIRST FLOORS WINDOWS. SECOND, IS THAT ONE OF THE DOORS THAT WAS ACCESS DOORS, IT'S JUST -- THEY ARE JUST BROKEN. SO IF THE KIDS GO OUT THE ACCESS DOORS, THEY STAY OPEN. THEY DON'T SHUT. THAT'S NUMBER TWO. AND NUMBER THREE IS THAT THERE WAS A DOOR WITH A PLYWOOD PIECE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR AND A

309HALF NOW. NOBODY HAS COME TO REPLACE THE WINDOW. SO MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS THAT -- THE SCHOOL SAFETY ISSUES FOR OUR CHILDREN. I KNOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SOME MONEY THROUGH THE STATE AND IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. THAT POSSIBLY WILL HELP WITH THE SECURITY ISSUES, BECAUSE I KNOW THE BLINDS ARE JUST NOT IN THAT SCHOOL. IT'S SEVERAL SCHOOLS. AND THOSE GATES, THAT THEY BREAK EASY BECAUSE THE KIDS, LIKE ANY KIDS, THEY ARE HARD ON THOSE GATES, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE? Addison Davis: FIRST AND FOREMOST THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE GET A LITTLE BIT OVER, I THINK AROUND $11 MILLION FROM THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SCHOOL HARDENING, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE

310CERTAIN THAT WE STAND UP IN COMPLIANCE WITH MAKING CERTAIN WE HAVE AN ASSET AT EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS THE UNDESIRED BEHAVIOR. ONLY THING WE ASK OUR SCHOOLS TO DO, IS WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT AND CREATE THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT. IF THERE ARE ISSUES, CONTINUE TO PUT IN THE MAINTENANCE REQUESTS AND THOSE MRs SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER. AS IT RELATES TO STRAWBERRY CREST, WE HAVE OUR STAFF ON IT, LIKE RIGHT NOW, READY TO GO. AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE IMMEDIATELY. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT A PARTICULAR SITUATION AND OUR STAFF IS BEING ABLE TO SURVEY OUR SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADDRESS IT. BUT SAFETY IS OUR GREATEST PRIORITY. IF WE KNOW ABOUT IT, WE'LL ADDRESS IT. I

311CONTINUE TO ASK OUR SCHOOL-BASED LEADERS TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND TO MAKE CERTAIN IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT THEY CALL OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, THEY CALL OUR CHIEFS, THEY CALL OPERATIONS. THERE ARE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS ON THIS FRONT ROW, THAT THEIR CELL PHONES WORK ALL THE TIME, SO THEY CAN LET US KNOW SO WE CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR THEM AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR FACILITIES. Karen Perez: AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ISSUES ALSO IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DUST. THE HARD CORNERS, SAFE CORNERS FOR OUR STUDENTS, THAT THEY SEEM VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO JUST IN CASE THE KIDS HAD TO GET THERE QUICKLY. IF WE COULD ADDRESS THE ISSUES WITH THE BLINDS, THAT WOULD BE ONE SAFETY CONCERN THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED FOR THE SAFETY OF

312OUR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY ON THAT FIRST FLOOR. Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. FIRST, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS I THINK ALL OF US ATTENDED THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION POWER EDUCATION LUNCH, WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS HOW GLAD I AM THAT THEY ARE PARTNERED WITH US AND ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THEY DO FOR OUR SCHOOLS. I COULD PUT UP A BUNCH OF PICTURES, BUT I THINK THEY'VE CIRCULATED AROUND THE INTERNET ENOUGH. BUT I WANTED TO JUST SAY AGAIN HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT A GREAT LUNCH THAT WAS. THEY ALWAYS HAVE PHENOMENAL SPEAKERS, AND IT WAS EMPOWERING, HENCE THE NAME, THE EMPOWER LUNCH. NEXT I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, I HAD THE

313OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO MORT ELEMENTARY. I HAVE ONE PICTURE. AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING AT THAT SCHOOL. PRINCIPAL BROWN IS JUST SUCH AN AMAZING LEADERSHIP. WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POSITIVE BEHAVIOR MODELS AND THINGS IN SCHOOLS, AND THEY HAVE THE HOUSE SYSTEM, BUT RECENTLY THE REASON I WENT THERE IS THEY HAD THIS PEP RALLY WHERE THE KIDS WERE JUST SO ENGAGED AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, EACH HOUSE ELECTED STUDENT LEADERS. AND THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO BE ELECTED IN THE LEADERSHIP AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL WAS EXCITED. ONE GIRL WAS CRYING THAT SHE HAD BEEN VOTED IN AND IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL. AND I JUST WANTED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT MORT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL BROWN AND HER ENTIRE STAFF. EVERYBODY WAS SO

314FANTASTIC AND I WAS SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT. AND THEN I'M GLAD THAT BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT HIGHLIGHTED THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEMBER HAHN'S CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE AS WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT, THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS, ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT WAS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING EQUITY INTO OUR BOUNDARY LINES. AND I KNOW THAT PART OF THAT IS ENGAGING WITH OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE WHEN WE DREW THESE BOUNDARIES MUCH LESS IF WE'VE REDRAWN THEM SINCE RED LINING WAS AN ISSUE. I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I FEEL A BIT FRUSTRATED WITH THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS PROCESS SO FAR. I'M FRUSTRATED

315WITH THE TIMELINE ON IT. I FEEL LIKE DECEMBER, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR IS BEING FAST-TRACKED. I FIND THE FACT THAT WE'RE ONLY HAVING VIRTUAL MEETINGS RIGHT NOW CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND HOW MANY PARENTS AREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS MAYBE THE MEETINGS OR MAYBE TAKE THE SURVEY. I WANT TO KNOW, ARE WE SENDING THE SURVEY HOME WITH CHILDREN FOR PARENTS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS OR THEY DON'T HAVE A DEVICE. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY IN IT. I KNOW THAT I HAD HEARD THAT THE CONSULTING COMPANY WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH MARLENE SOKOL, WHO IS THE ONLY ONE OF OUR EDUCATIONAL REPORTERS FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND SHE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. I'VE GOTTEN CONCERNS WHEN I

316SEE THAT ONLY 700 PARENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED, I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE A BIG NUMBER. BUT IN COMPARISON TO HOW MANY PARENTS THAT REPRESENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT. PERSONALLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN-PERSON MEETINGS HELD AT DIFFERENT AREAS REGIONALLY SO, AGAIN, THOSE PARENTS WHO DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT IT OR HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER CAN GO IN PERSON BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT PART OF THE COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SIGNS PUT UP LIKE THEY DO, I'M ON TPPO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHANGING ANYTHING TRANSPORTATION-WISE, WE PUT SIGNS UP TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. I'D LIKE TO SEE FLYERS GO BACK INTO THE KIDS' BACKPACK. I THINK THIS IS A HUGE DECISION. I KNOW ALL OF US

317ARE PREPARED TO MAKE IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD THEIR TRUST IF WE DON'T HANDLE THIS CAREFULLY AND WITH FIDELITY. IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ENGAGED IN IT AND WE RUSH THROUGH THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AND SAVE MONEY IT'S GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC AND IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO HURT US AND HAUNT US. WE SHOULD BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THIS. I KNOW WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES, BUT I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I AM GOING TO ASK THAT WE SLOW THIS DOWN A BIT. ORIGINALLY, I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR BEING IMPLEMENTED AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RUSHING IT OUT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL

318YEAR. I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO START TALKING ABOUT THAT AND GET THAT ON THE RADAR BECAUSE I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND I WANT TO DO IT WITH YOU GUYS. SO I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ANSWERED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, MR. FARKAS, AND I'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE CONSULTING COMPANY, BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF MY CONCERNS NOW BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE DECISION, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT WITH AS MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT AND I HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND PRINCIPALS AT THE SCHOOL SITE WHO SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION. SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS FOR NOW. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE LOTS MORE

319CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. THANKS SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I GOT TO HURRY BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT. BUT SHAY McRAE, WE SHOULD SEND AGAIN TO THE HOUSE ACADEMY. WE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER SLEW OF TEACHERS GET UP THERE, AND THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT. WE ACTUALLY GOT CERTIFIED FOR HOUSE. WOULD YOU LOVE THAT THREE -- I THINK IT WAS THREE DAY. ANYWAY, LET'S PUT THAT ON OUR LIST OF THINGS. THANK YOU MARSHALL FOR CHOOSING HERITAGE AS BEING A GOLD SCHOOL, HELPING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES SO THEY WON THAT. AND THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL MARY BOOTH FROM HERITAGE FOR PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THANK YOU ALSO, AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS TOMORROW DURING OUR HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOL MEETING, PRINCIPAL O'VET WILSON ALSO PREVIOUS HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOL GOLD STATUS

320RECIPIENT IS GOING TO BE DEFINITELY EMBRACING A HEALTHY SCHOOL WITH HIS PRE-K THROUGH 8. AND THE REASON WHY -- THIS IS JUST ONE REASON, AND DR. ROSS WILL PUT A NOOSE AROUND MY NECK IF I DON'T READ THEM ALL BUT I'LL READ ONE, THE REASON WHY WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS, OBVIOUSLY, FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS NOT OBVIOUS, IS ALMOST 40% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN ACUTE HEALTH CONDITIONS. SO IF WE DO THE MATH, SO 50% IS 110,000, SO IF YOU DO 40%, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST 90,000 OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN ACUTE HEALTH CONDITION. AND I CAN GO ALONG WITH ASTHMA, DIABETES, SEIZURES, I MEAN, SHE HAS THEM CATEGORIZED. SO THIS IS SERIOUS. WE DO HAVE TO WORK ON, AND THAT'S THE PHYSICAL PART AND CERTAINLY MEMBER PEREZ YOU'VE DONE A GREAT

321JOB WITH THE MENTAL PART AND I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT EITHER. BUT IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO BEYOND ANYTHING EXCITING IN EVERY ONE OF THESE BOARD MEMBERS DOING TREMENDOUSLY GREAT WORK AND EXCITEMENT, BUT WE HAD, AND I'M GOING TO CALL IT MILES OF SMILES. BUT MILES AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS STARRING LANITA LUCAS PUT ON ONE HECK OF A COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE HAD -- MAYBE WE HAD A THOUSAND FAMILIES. WE HAD 42 AGENCIES FOR CHILD AND HEALTH SERVICES. DR. ROSS, I CALL HER NURSE NANCY, BUT WE HAD ALL KINDS OF PHYSICALS. WE HAD THE MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE THERE DOING MENTAL HEALTH ANALYSIS. ANYWAY, SHOW US, PABLO, JUST PUT ON -- YOU GOT IT READY. IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. LOOK AT THESE CLOTHES. IT WAS ALL GIVEN FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT

322WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIPS. BUT THESE ARE JUST A FEW PHOTOS. AND THE LINE, AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE PHOTO FOR THE LINE, BUT IT WAS AROUND THE BUILDING. IF I MISSED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW. SHAY McRAE WAS THERE AS WELL WITH HER SON PRACTICING BASKETBALL BUT LOOK AT ALL THIS. WE HIRED 60 -- SUPERINTENDENT, I BELIEVE IT WAS 60 EMPLOYEES, BUS DRIVERS, FOOD SERVICE. WE DID IT ALL. HERE I SAY WE. LANITA. FORGET ME, LANITA DID IT ALL. LANITA LUCAS. SHE WON'T EVEN TAKE ANY CREDIT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO HER. OUR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. CHECK THIS OUT, THEY GAVE US ALL THE CLOTHES ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. AND WE HAD PARTNERS LIKE IDLEWILD WAS THERE. WE HAD CHILDREN'S BOARD THERE. EVERYTHING THAT -- WHICH ONE? THE HILLSBOROUGH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. FEEDING TAMPA BAY. THEY

323CAME WITH SO MANY LOADS OF SUPPLIES FOR THESE FAMILIES. IT SHOWS YOU HOW MANY OF OUR FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT HAVE HIGH NEEDS. AND IT IS GETTING MORE AND MORE SO. SO I DO BELIEVE, AND SHAY, YOU ACTUALLY SHOULD BE UP HERE, THAT WE'RE HAVING THREE MORE BIG ONES. AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT -- [INAUDIBLE] Lynn Gray: IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BIGGER, BUT WE DO WANT TO THANK LANITA. SHE IS EVERYWHERE AND DOING EVERYTHING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. LAST, KINDNESS COUNTS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, WARD COX. HE'S BEEN WORKING ON KINDNESS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, 2016. BUT HIS AFFIRMATIONS LIKE CARING BEATS CONFLICT, DAILY ACTS OF KINDNESS, NATIONAL DAY OF KINDNESS, YOU KNOW, REALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH OUR KIDS, OF COURSE, KINDNESS AND EACH OTHER. EACH OTHER TO BE

324KIND, THOUGHTFUL, AND SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE EVERY DAY, AT LEAST ONE PERSON. THANK YOU. I BETTER BE QUIET. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CELEBRATE ON OCTOBER 4 AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'LL BE HAVING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION. AND WE ALREADY HAVE ABOUT 15 SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE ONSTAGE. I HAVE ABOUT 18 SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO SET UP A TABLE AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND JUST PLEASE CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT. I ALSO LAST WEEK, I VISITED QUITE A FEW SCHOOLS, BUT I DID MEET FOUR NEW LETTERS AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL TODAY, JAMES ELEMENTARY AND MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU'RE PUTTING

325THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP IN THE RIGHT PLACES BECAUSE I CAN REALLY GO IN AND I CAN JUST SENSE THE FEELING AND THE SCHOOLS AND THE MOMENTUM AND ALL THOSE SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE JUST ALL DOING VERY WELL. ONE THING I SAW AT MEMORIAL THAT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED LAST WEEK IS WHEN I MET THE SCIENCE TEACHER. AS SHE WAS SPEAKING IN ENGLISH, EVERYTHING WAS BEING TRANSLATED BEHIND HER IN SPANISH. AS WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, IT WAS AMAZING. AND WHEN I ASKED HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE BILINGUAL, IT WAS ALMOST THE ENTIRE CLASS. WHEN I ASKED HOW MANY STUDENTS HAD JUST COME TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE LAST YEAR, HALF OF THEM RAISED THEIR HANDS. SO I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO BRING MY THOUGHTS OUT TO PUERTO RICO AS THEY GO THROUGH ANOTHER

326NATURAL DISASTER WITH HURRICANE AND FLOODING, THAT'S UNSUSTAINABLE. AND ELECTRICITY STILL OUT. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER HOW LUCKY WE ARE AND HOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EMBRACE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 38% AND UPWARDS OF OUR STUDENTS BEING HISPANIC. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO SEE THE LIBRARY REFRESH TODAY AT JEFFERSON, AND AT JAMES, AND THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT CLEVELAND. IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE LIBRARIES, THE NEW FURNITURE, AND JUST MAKING SURE. YOU KNOW, LITERACY IS SO CRITICAL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE AN AMAZING SPOT THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN, FINALLY, THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN, TO TALKING ABOUT THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND ALL THE SPONSORS WHO SUPPORTED THAT. I SAID AS SOON AS MY DAUGHTER GRADUATES NEXT YEAR I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO GET

327INVOLVED AND DO A TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN. THAT IS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM, AND I WAS SO MOVED BY THE SPEAKERS. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY A SHOUT-OUT, YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS JUST WORK TIRELESSLY AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT MICHELLE CHURNY FROM ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL WAS RECOGNIZED FOR VOLUNTEERING WITH HEF SINCE 2013 AND OVER 453 HOURS OF VOLUNTEERING MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS HAVE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR TEACHERS DO OVER AND OVER. SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.