09/08/2022 - 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. AND OUR DISTRICT 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

002HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVES. 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 ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. (SOUNDING GAVEL). Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 IS CALLED TO ORDER.

003MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SUE LENS FOLLOWED BY OUR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS FROM BELL ANNAL I ENTRY WHO WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. WE HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS HERE IN ATTENDANCE THAT WILL BE RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: PLEA SE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. (MOMENT OF SILENCE) THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF THE STUDENTS WILL PLEASE COME UP AND I WANT TO DO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PRINCIPAL OF BELLAMY AND THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS: EMANUEL DIAZ. KINDERGARTENER OWEN CRAFT. FIRST GRADER CARLOS FELIX. OLIVER GARDNER. HARPER. ANGEL GARCIA. XAVIER GARDNER. FIFTH GRADER ADOLI GUARDIAN. THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT

004STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. (SPEAKING SPANISH). THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU ALL. YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB. WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE LORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO BE SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR

005FINAL THOUGHT. AFTERWARD THE STUPES SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. 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 WEBCAST ON CABLE TELEVISION AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN AND THAT'S 5:01 P.M., THAT'S PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, AND 6:00 EMPLOYEE INPUT.

006I WILL NOW MOVE ONTO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELL COMMENTS COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WE YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

007REMEMBER THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN A.RED LIGHT AND CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS TODAY. THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS WILL PLEASE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL AND THE FIRST SPEAKER FOR TODAY? MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. HERE IS A BIG ARTICLE IN THE USA TODAY. STUPIDITY TAKES STAND ON PUBLIC SCHOOL AND GROUP FIGHTS FOR PARENTAL RIGHTS. CRITICS CALL IT DIVISIVE AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. THE MAURICE CUNNINGHAM, A RETIRED ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTON AND AUTHOR OF DARK MONEY AND THE POLITICS OF SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION CALLED MOM'S STUPIDLY A PREFABRICATED FRONT REPRESENTING GOP INTERESTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF DESANTIS. HOW ABOUT THAT? OH, YEAH, YOU SHOULD READ THIS

008ONE. IT'S A GOOD ONE. WELL, YOUR TAX INCREASE WENT DOWN IN FLAMES. I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THE OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY SPENT ON THE ADMINISTRATION HERE AT THE SCHOOLS. HMMM. LOOK AT THE HEADLINES. U.N. REPORTS SPELLS OUT DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. CO2 LEVEL, HIGHEST IN HUMAN HISTORY. AND REPORT SEA RISE IS CLEAR AND PRESENT RISK. HERE IS A NEW ONE. NEARLY HALF THE U.S. ENDURED THE DROUGHT IN 2022. WILL IT GET WORSE? YES, EXPERTS SAY. NOW, YOU KNOW, OH, YEAH, NEW ONE HERE. MELTING GREENLAND ICE WILL RAISE SEAS, STUDY. EMISSIONS MADE, GLACIER LOSS. INEVITABLE. THE WORD IS CORRELATION. YOU MAKE STUPID BUILDINGS, IGNORE SCIENCE. NO REASON TO RUN LIKE THIS. THIS IS A TEMPLATE. NOT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. AND I GET THESE KIND OF RESULTS. THE FUTURE

009IS DIM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. AT LEAST THREE OF YOUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS HAVE COME TO SPEAK, AND OFTEN REFERRED TO THE AMERICAN LIBRAR ASSOCIATION THROUGHOUT THEIR TALKING POINTS. YOUR WEBSITE ALSO REFERS TO THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION STANDARDS EVERYWHERE. YOUR BOOK CHALLENGE FORM ALMOST WITH THE WORD FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. AND THE TALKING POINTS, PAGE ON THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, I HEAR THAT ECHOED HERE VERY OFTEN. SO IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU RELY HEAVILY ON THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. AGAIN LET ME REMIND YOU THEY HAVE ELECTED AN AVOID MARXIST AS THEIR NEW PRESIDENT. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE CHOSEN EMILY DEBIN I ASK BY VOTES TO BE THEIR LEADER AND IT SEEMS WE FOLLOW THEIR GUIDELINES EVERYWHERE HERE IN THIS DISTRICT. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING MANY

010AMERICAN LIBRARIANS AND I THINK THE AMOUNT OF REFERENCES THAT WE HAVE MADE DURING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO THE ALA IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME TRAINING FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. SO PUT INTO AN ARTICLE I READ AND SOME RETWEETS I HAVE SEEN FROM EMILY, SHE DOES SUPPORT SECLY EXPOSING CHILDREN, SHE SUPPORTS UNION LED POLITICAL STRIFE, SHE SUPPORTS SOCIALIST POLITICIANS AND SHE SUPPORTS LIBRARIES PUSHING EXPLICIT AND FAR LEFT FERAL. A FORMER ALA MEMBER SAID OF HER AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT INCLUDES CLEARING THE LANDSCAPE OF LIBRARY PUBLISHING AND SCHOLARSHIP. AGAIN CLEARING IS A TERM THAT MEANS TAKING SOMETHING QUOTE-UNQUOTE NORMAL AND LOOKING AT IT THROUGH A LENS THAT MAKES IT STRANGE AND COLORS IN THE SOME WAY. THIS IS WHAT SHE IS KNOWN FOR AND SOMETHING THAT SHE PLANS TO CONTINUE TO DO. AND THAT

011SOUND LIKE SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN APOLITICAL AGENDA TO ME, PRETTY POLITICIZED IF YOU ASK ME. ANOTHER THING THAT I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS IS THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING ALA SAID. BOOKS ARE CHOSEN ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT THESE LIBRARIES SERVE. I HEARD THAT MANY, MANY TIMES FROM THIS DAIS. ACCORDING TO SURVEYS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ACCORDING TO PEER REVIEWS THIS IS HOW LIBRARY BOOKS SEEM TO BE CHOSEN HERE WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE TO A DEGREE LIKE EVERY COMMUNITY WAS A FORMING COMMUNITY THEN MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE MORE FARM BOOKS BUT WITH THE SEXUAL CONTENT, THIS SEEMS RATHER ABSURD TO ME AND ALSO TROUBLES ME THAT TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS KNOW ABOUT THE SEXUAL NEEDS OF MINORS IN A GIVEN COMMUNITY. THAT'S TROUBLING. AS WE HAVE SEEN, THERE'S A LUDICROUS AMOUNT

012OF THIS IN OUR LIBRARIES. AND AGAIN I WILL MENTION LIKE WHAT MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS HAVE APPROVED THAT THIS IS IN THEIR LIBRARY, NOW? WHAT SURVEY SUPPORTS THAT? YOU HAVE BEEN DISMISSIVE AND CONDEN SENSING TO MY CONCERNS AND SO MANY OTHER PARENTS NOT REPLYING TO E-MAILS, NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, AND THE BEGINNING OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT YOU ALWAYS SAY OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. THAT -- THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. Nadia Combs: MY NAME IS KIMBERLY HENRY GUIDE, A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT HOWRY ELEMENTARY. THIS IS A BUSY NIGHT FOR ME BECAUSE NORMALLY I WOULD BE GOING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, SO THAT'S WHY I AM HERE EARLY. BUT I SIGNED UP FOR A BIBLE STUDY AND I REALLY THINK AT THIS JUNCTURE IN MY LIFE I NEED THAT REALLY

013BADLY SO I AM HERE NOW. I KNOW THAT THE UNION IS TALKING ABOUT IMPACTS RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S TOUGH, YOU KNOW? I LIVE IN PINELLAS COUNTY, AND I HAVE SEEN THAT DISTRICT -- I HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE 2005, AND THEY PASSED -- I ACTUALLY GOT TO LISTEN TO THEIR SUPERINTENDENT SPEAK AT A LISTEN AND LEARN SECTION BECAUSE ONE OF OUR FORMER HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PRINCIPALS IS NOW OVER THERE. AND HE WAS SAYING HOW KINDERGARTENERS GET A SPECIAL EVERY DAY, AND I AM LIKE, WHAT? IT WAS PHENOMENAL TO HEAR THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO. SO I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT AGAIN, AND MAYBE IF WE TALK TO PINELLAS AND PASCO AND FIND OUT, LIKE THAT COULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US TO LOOK INTO. YOU KNOW, I AM

014KIND OF -- IF I WERE AT THE MEETING TONIGHT, I WOULD BE VOTING FOR IMPASSE AND NOT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, I STARTED OUT AS A SUBSTITUTE, SO WHEN I GOT MY FIRST PAYCHECK AS A TEACHER IN 1997, I COULD HAVE DONE -- I WAS LIVING ON LOW PAY FOR FOUR YEARS SO I AM GRATEFUL. MY FATHER HAS RAISED ME TO BE VERY FRUGAL, AND I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN OTHER THAN THE CHILDREN THAT I GET EVERY YEAR. SO I AM ABLE -- I AM ABLE TO SURVIVE, AND I CAN WAIT FOR IMPASSE. OTHER TEACHERS CAN'T. AND I JUST FEEL FOR THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MANY TEACHERS THAT ARE SINGLE MOMS BECAUSE OF I THINK THE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS, WE PUT SO MUCH OF OUR HEART AND SOUL

015INTO OUR KIDS THAT SOMETIMES OUR SPOUSES ARE ON THE BACK BURNER. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO THE RECOGNITION AND PROCLAMATIONS. AO-1, ADOPTION AND PROC THE START WITH HELLO CALL TO ACTION WEEK. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN COMBS. THE START WITH HELLO CALL TO, A WEEK IS SEPTEMBER 19 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23rd. START WITH HELLO TEACHES STUDENTS THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO REACH OUT AND INCLUDE THOSE WHO MAY BE DEALING WITH CHRONIC ISOLATION AND CREATE A CULTURE OF INCLUSION AND CONNECTEDNESS WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL OR YOUTH ORGANIZATION. START WITH HELLO NOT ONLY BENEFITS STUDENTS BUT ALSO BENEFITS EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED LEADERS AND PARENTS. THE HOPE IS THAT THROUGH

016START WITH HELLO WEEK, YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BUILD A MORE CONNECTED AND INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY. START WITH HELLO WEEK HAS STARTED WITH THE SANDY HOOK SHOOTING AND AS PART OF THE SANDY HOOK PROMISE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND TO ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO UNITE IN ACTION TO PREVENT YOUTH VIOLENCE AND PROMOTE A STRONG SCHOOL CULTURE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO MOVE THE START WITH HELLO WEEK. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? Karen Perez: AS WE SEE TO TIGHTEN UP WITH SCHOOL CULTURE TO HELP WITH SUPPORT IN EACH OTHER, THE START WITH HELLO IS INCREDIBLE TO FORM A BOND WITH OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CULTURE OF BULLYING IS SO HIGH, NOT JUST IN

017HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS BUT, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE NATION. AND TRY TO ELIMINATE THE CULTURE OF BULLYING. SO THE START WITH HELLO IS JUST INCREDIBLE. AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE ALL THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, JOIN IN WITH THE START WITH HELLO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO READ THIS. I ALSO WANT TO KIND OF CONCLUDE WITH MEMBER PEREZ IS SAYING. RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR STUDENTS ALL FEELING INCLUDED, AND CONNECTED, AND FEELING THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR CLASSROOM ARE KIND TO THEM, AND JUST LIKE THE ACTION SAYS OR THE PROCLAMATION SAYS, SAYING HELLO IN THE MORNING OR MAKING A CONNECTION OR, YOU KNOW, MAKING AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU

018ARE THOUGHTFUL OF THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOOD RELATIONSHIPS AND AVOIDING VIOLENCE. I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS PROCLAMATION HERE AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU MEMBER VAUGHN. I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY. I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HELLO WEEK BECAUSE SHE COULD FEEL IT, THAT IT REALLY WAS CELEBRATED IN HER SCHOOL AND THAT SHE HAD LIKE A TIME WHERE IT WASN'T SO MUCH PRESSURE ABOUT SCHOOL AND HOMEWORK, AND JUST THE IMPORTANCE, I THINK KIDS ARE REALLY REALIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND I THINK THE PANDEMIC UNFORTUNATELY HAS MADE THAT SO MUCH WORSE FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH ISOLATION AND CHALLENGES. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON HERE WHO DOESN'T KNOW

019SOMEONE OR DOESN'T HAVE SOMEBODY IN THEIR FAMILY WHO HAS DEALT WITH CHALLENGES, AND I THINK THIS PROCLAMATION JUST DOES A LOT AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUES TO KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE REALLY AN IMPORTANT GATEWAY OF HOPING CHILDREN GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT, AND ALSO THE SKILLS SO THEY CAN FLOURISH LATER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER VAUGHN, FOR READING THAT PROCLAMATION. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS CELEBRATED DISTRICT WIDE FROM SEPTEMBER 15th THROUGH OCTOBER 15th TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS HISPANIC AMERICANS AND THEIR ANCESTORS HAVE MADE TO OUR GROWTH, VITALITY AND CULTURE. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS A LONG AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORY THAT HAS GREATLY ENRICHED BY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS. OUR SCHOOLS CELEBRATE THIS MONTH IN SO MANY

020BEAUTIFUL AND MEANINGFUL WAYS INCLUDING ENGAGING LESSONS, CULTURAL EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES. HISPANIC HERITAGE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF FLORIDA HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANTLY THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. WE RECOGNIZE THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE LOCAL HISPANIC COMMUNITY AS POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY. (SPEAKING SPANISH) THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER 15, 2022. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ, AND THANK YOU, OUR DIVERSE YOU THE LEADER, MS. MONICA MONICA VERRA-TIRADO FOR EXPANDING OUR HISPANIC OUTREACH. THAT'S PUTTING IT MILDLY. I KNOW THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE, TOO, THE LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, NEED TO BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, AS

021OUR FACE TEAM, OUR ACTUAL OUTREACH THAT DOES GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES AND REALLY REACH THE FAMILIES AND BRING THEM INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND SHARE THE AWARENESS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. I KNOW, IT INVOLVES TRUST, AND WE DO HOPE TO GAIN IT UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION. I DO KNOW EVEN ON OUR AGENDA ITEM, WE HAVE A LATINOS IN ACTION ITEM THAT WILL SUPPORT THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN EXPANDING HISPANIC COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS. SO ALL THIS IS TO SAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE CONTESTS, AND I AM LOOKING AT LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL, THE PRINCIPAL RIGHT THERE, AND SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IN SOUTH SHORE AREA. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH WATCHING THE SCHOOLS, THE KID WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND

022I KNOW MEMBER COMBS PROBABLY HAS A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING UP, TOO, WHICH I BETTER BE QUIET BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT AWAY. SO THANK YOU ALL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ FOR READING THAT AND ALSO READING IN SPANISH. THAT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. AND I AM JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS A BOARD SINCE OUR HIGHEST POPULATION OF STUDENTS ARE HISPANIC, TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IT. I THINK OUR BOARD HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT. I KNOW MEMBER GRAY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, AND I HAVE SO MANY TEACHERS WHO ARE ALREADY SENDING ME PICTURES OF DOORS THAT THEY ARE STARTING TO

023DO AND BILLBOARDS THEY ARE STARTING TO PUT UP AND WAYS THEY ARE DECORATING THEIR CLASSROOMS SO I AM EXCITED TO KICK OFF THIS MONTH AND SEE WHERE IT GOES. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: LIKEWISE, MEMBER VAUGHN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING AROUND THE DISTRICT. BUT ALSO IN TAMPA BAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF EVENTS HAPPENING FOR FAMILIES, AND THE STUDENTS, FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. I KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING SO MUCH AS A BOARD. I THINK WE REALIZE THAT IS SUCH A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS, 38%. I THINK BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY HIT 40%. I WAS AT OAK GROVE

024THE OTHER DAY AND THEY HAVE 15 NEW STUDENTS WHO HAD JUST COME FROM CUBA SO WE ARE HAVING MANY, MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND A LOT OF THEM ARE HISPANIC AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CELEBRATE THE STUDENTS, AND I WANT TO THANK ELANA GARCIA FOR SO MUCH THAT SHE DOES FOR THE ELL STUDENTS AND MONICA VERRA-TIRADO, AND I AM REALLY EXCITED AND I WILL HAVE A FLYER AT THE END MIGHT HAVE CLOSING COMMENTS BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMUNITY AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 4, SO I WILL SHARE THAT AT THE END. BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED AND THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ, FOR SHARING THIS PROCLAMATION. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AO 3, AMERICAN FOUNDERS MONTH AND CELEBRATE

025FREEDOM WEEK IN FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2022. MEMBER SNIVELY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS PROCLAMATION. IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE UNITED STATES, SEPTEMBER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AS AMERICAN FOUNDERS MONTH. A MONTH WHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COORDINATE INSTRUCTION IN ALL GRADE LEVELS RELATED TO THE NATION'S FOUNDING FATHERS. SEPTEMBER 17th IS CONSTITUTION DAY. A DAY THAT COMMEMORATES THE SIGNING OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IN 1787. THE LAST FULL WEEK OF SEPTEMBER IS KNOWN AS CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK TO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES MADE FOR OUR NATION'S GREAT FREEDOM AND TIMELESS TRUTH, AND OF COURSE SEPTEMBER 11th IS DESIGNATED AS PATRIOT DAY, THE DAY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ENDURED THE WORST TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SUNDAY WILL BE 21 YEARS SINCE

026THAT ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY. WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR AND PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND THOSE ATTACKS, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THOSE WHO ROSE IN SERVICE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE AMERICAN FOUNDERS MONTH AND CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK IN FLORIDA SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2022. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY, FOR DOING A VERY IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION. WE KNOW THE SACRIFICES OF OUR MILITARY HAVE GIVEN US THE FREEDOM TO BE RIGHT HERE ON THIS DAIS AND SPEAKING IN FULL LIBERTY AND IN FULL SIGHT OF EVERYONE. WE ALSO ARE REMINDED AS A FORMER CIVICS TEACHER, I USED TO HAVE -- TO MEMORIZE

027THE PRE578ABLE TO THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND A LOT OF THOSE TENETS. WE HAVE GONE A LONG WAY AWAY FROM THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY IN THE MINDS AND THE MEMORIES OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS, AND THAT'S NOT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS. I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AGAIN AT WHAT WE ARE SHARING IN TERMS OF WHEN WE, FOR OUR TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT CLASSES, POLITICAL SCIENCE, BAP, THE REGULAR -- WE NEED TO REALLY REINSTILL THE FEELING OF PATRIOTISM IN OUR AMERICANISM MORE AND MORE. AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE MILITARY, THE TROOPS, AND ALL THAT THEY DID, I WAS ABLE TO SAY SUCH THINGS RIGHT NOW TODAY IN THAT VEIN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. OH, MEMBER SNIVELY, I'M SORRY.

028GO AHEAD. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR TO. ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS OF MEMBER GRAY, WE ARE JUST SO APPRECIATIVE. OUR COMMUNITY HAS PROBABLY A LARGER AMOUNT OF MILITARY FAMILIES THAN MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE. AND SO THIS PROCLAMATION REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL LIKE MR. WASHINGTON, ALL OF OUR VETERANS, ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE MADE TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS, TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. AND SO I AGREE, THE MORE WE CAN INSTILL NATIONALISM ESPECIALLY IN SUCH DIVIDED TIMES IN OUR NATION, THE MORE THAT WE CAN INSTILL SOME PATRIOTISM, AND REINVIGORATE THE LOVE PEOPLE HAVE FOR THE UNITED STATES, IN ANY AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO THAT IS GOING TO BE WELL USED AND APPRECIATED BY MANY PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

029TO MAKE THIS PROCLAMATION AND BRING IT FORWARD THIS EVENING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY, FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT, AND THAT DAY, I NEVER WILL FORGET, I WAS A PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THAT HAPPENED. WE WERE HAVING A PTSA MEETING, AND MY SECRETARY CALLED AND SAID, MR. WASHINGTON, SOMEONE JUST RAN INTO THE BUILDING, ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS. SO WE ARE THINKING, WELL, IT'S AN ACCIDENT. ABOUT TWO OR THREE MINUTES LATER SHE CALLED BACK AND SAID, ANOTHER FLIGHT, AIRPLANE HAS RAN INTO THE BUILDING. AND WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG THAT DAY, AND THE PARENTS WERE UPSET. WE HAD TO DISMISS STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL. BUT YOU KNOW WE GOT THROUGH IT.

030AND IT WAS ROUGH. IT WAS ROUGH. YOU KNOW, FORMER MILITARY PERSON, IT WAS ROUGH. BUT AGAIN, WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND NEVER FORGET THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: THANK YOU. JUST LIKE MEMBER WASHINGTON, I REMEMBER THAT DAY, BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR ME IS I'M FROM NEW YORK CITY, AND WHENEVER I GO HOME THOSE TWIN TOWERS WERE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, A SYMBOL OF HOME. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, MEMBER SNIVELY, IS THAT IN OUR FREEDOM IS HERE AT HOME, YOU KNOW. SO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING HERE AND BEING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT FREEDOM IS A MAJOR -- THE BIG PART OF THE PICTURE. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR CHILDREN TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS TIME TO REFLECT

031ON THAT IT'S BIG. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF HAVE GONE BACK TO SEE THE MEMORIAL SITE, BUT IT'S AMAZING. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE LAST IS THE ATHLETES FOR A NEW SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. Henry "Shake" Washington: WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION TODAY FOR THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR DISTRICT. OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR OUR DISTRICT THROUGH SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS, AND WE ARE GREATFUL TO HAVE THREE AMAZING PARTNERS WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING ATHLETICS THROUGH A NEW SCHOOL BOARD SPONSORSHIP. SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION, BAYCARE AND THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS WITH THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION, THEY HAVE HELPED

032US TO RECEIVE. 99 GYMNASIUM SCHOOL BOARDS, 28 STADIUM SCHOOL BOARD, VIDEO CAPABILITIES, 28 NEW VIDEO DISPLAY BOARDS IN THE GYMS, AND ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UPGRADE OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO FULL OPERATION OF SCOREBOARDS WITH CURRENT TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ATHLETES. SO THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION OF $600,000 OVER THREE YEARS. WE HAVE MRS. TOWN SEND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FOUNDATION AND YOUTH OUTREACH FROM SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP. MR. WASHINGTON, RESPECTFULLY YOU HAVE TAKEN ALL MY TALKING POINTS. EVERY ONE OF THEM. YOU GOT THEM ALL.

033YES. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR FOUNDATION, AND WE ARE THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING. WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT. I HAVE BEEN TO MORE GAMES THAN I WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT IN MY LIFE, BUT I AM SURE I WILL BE AT SOME MORE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE SCOREBOARDS AND THEY LOOK AMAZING. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AT SUNCOAST, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR YOU. SO AGAIN, WE ARE EXCITED. WE CAN'T WAIT. AND WE LOVE OUR PARTNERSHIP. YOU GUYS KNOW BY NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1934. WE WERE STARTED RIGHT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH A FEW PEOPLE, AND TODAY

034WE ARE THE LARGEST CREDIT UNION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE HAVE 75 BRANCHES. WE HAVE A HUGE THRIVING FOUNDATION THAT I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE ALSO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AND OUR FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR YOU TODAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I APPRECIATE YOU. Nadia Combs: WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU, THE STAFF. THIS IS COURTNEY BARRY, OUR YOUTH OUTREACH MANAGER. AND WE ARE EXCITED THAT SHE'S WITH ME TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE -- OKAY. MEMBER PEREZ. OKAY. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THE RECOGNITION. WELL, DON'T GO TOO FAR. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ON OUR -- IN THE DAIS ON THE SCREENS, CINDY, WE BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN CAN BE

035EMPOWERED TO LEARN TO SUCCEED. SO WHEN YOU GIVE SUCH A HEALTHY AMOUNT TO ATHLETICISM, WHAT YOU ARE REALLY GIVING, OF COURSE YOU KNOW THIS, IS TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO THEIR WELL-BEING. AND WHAT IT SAYS TO ME, YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION, AND MANY OF YOU ARE SITTING THERE, YOU ARE EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO US AS A SCHOOL BOARD, BUT REALLY YOU ARE STUDENT CENTERED AND I SEE THAT THREAD AND THAT COMMONALITY EVERY TIME YOU COME UP AND GIVE. SO A BIG THANK YOU FOR REINFORCING WHY WE ARE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. I HAVE HAD MY SUNCOAST ACCOUNT SINCE I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IT SERVED ME WELL

036AND I APPRECIATE IT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR ALL YOU DO FOR EDUCATION. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: I'M SORRY I TOOK YOUR TALKING POINTS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, I GUESS, FOR A LONG TIME. 45. OKAY. THANK YOU. WOW! CONGRATULATIONS. BUT ANYWAY -- NO, NO. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL DO FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BUT THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND AS I TOLD YOU, I HAD MY

037FIRST ACCOUNT JUST LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN AND I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU CONTINUE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. YOU ALWAYS STAND UP FOR US. YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP US IN ANYWAY, SHAPE OR FORM AND REALLY THE TO SHOW VALUE AND FOR EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP. WE ALSO APPRECIATE JACKIE JOYNER FOR ALWAYS GOING OUT TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, TO BRING THEM ONBOARD AND ALLOW THIS TO BE A COHESIVE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTAN AS WE GO FORWARD TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFE. THANK YOU BOTH. WE APPRECIATE IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND

038A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. Addison Davis: TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT. WE HAVE A RECENT INDIVIDUAL THAT MOVED TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH OPENED UP TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO WE HAVE A NEW LEADER THAT HAS BEEN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IS FROM A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS, AND HAPPY TO GET YOU AND MAKE THE WALK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE WALK. AND THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, STARTED OUT AS A THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PLANT CITY, THEN TRANSITIONED TO BE A LEADING TEACHER IN STRAWBERRY CREST, DURAND, AND TOOK ON THE ROLE AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WHARTON HIGH

039SCHOOL AND IN 2019 TOOK ON THE ROLE AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT STEINBRENNER. SO NOW THIS INDIVIDUAL WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE HER AND FOR TIMES LIKE THIS, I'M SORRY TO EMBARRASS HER, HER MOM IS A PRINCIPAL AT LENNARD, DR. SAVINO AS WELL, ALSO A LEADER. BUT WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. FAMILY OF EDUCATORS. EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS HERE TO HELP SUPPORT YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH SHE ATTENDED SO SHE GETS A CHANCE TO COME BACK HOME. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. Nadia Combs: CONGRATULATIONS. I WILL NOW MOVE ONTO THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. 5.30. GRADUATION DATES FROM 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS BRINGS TO THE BOARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE GRADUATION DATES FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESTABLISH THIS RELATIONSHIP WE

040HAVE WITH THE FLORIDA STATE FAIRGROUNDS, EXPO CENTER, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SOLIDIFY DATES AND TIES. SO GREAT GRADUATION SEASON WILL START ON MAY 167th AND THEN JOURNEY TRANSITION TO MAY 1st FOR 28 HIGH SCHOOLS, NINE ADULT EDUCATION, THREE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, AND ALSO FOUR CAREER CENTERS AND OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOLS AS WELL. THIS IS JUST TO ENGAGE THE BOARD TO APPROVE SO WE CAN START ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY SO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR SCHOOLS CAN CONTINUE AND BE PREPARED FOR THESE UPCOMING DATES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 5, 35.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. SO LOOKING AT THE

041PRESENTED SCHEDULE, I THINK THAT SOME CONCERNS FROM PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE HAD WITH SOME OF THE DATES ON THE GRADUATION, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY WARRANT A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THE RATIONALE, BECAUSE THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IS BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, THE 26th OF MAY. AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. YET THE GRADUATIONS GO THROUGH TO THE NEXT TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SO COULD YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE FOR -- I THINK IN THE PAST, AND I AM GOING TO GO OFF MY MEMORY HERE, WE PRETTY MUCH FINISHED BY MEMORIAL DAY EVERY YEAR, AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING DO HAVE SOME VERY UNHAPPY PARENTS WITH GOING PAST MEMORIAL DAY WHEN THE LAST -- WHEN IS THE LAST DAY FOR SENIORS THAT YEAR? BECAUSE USUALLY THE LAST DAY FOR SENIORS DOES HAPPEN

042A LITTLE EARLIER. Addison Davis: A WEEK EARLIER. Melissa Snively: SO WE ARE NOT STARTING GRADUATION CEREMONIES UNTIL THE THIS 24thth, IS THAT CORRECT? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES, MA'AM. WELL, WE START SOME ESE CENTERS AND WILL TRANSITION TO STARTING THE 24th. THIS IS ALL THROUGH THE CHAIR, ALL ABOUT AVAILABILITY, AND IF SOMETHING COMES OPEN AND WE CAN PUSH THIS, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD AND TRY TO GET THAT DONE SOONER THAN LATER BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS ABOUT AVAILABILITY AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS. Melissa Snively: I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IF THERE'S A WAY TO GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE, OR EVEN CONSIDER, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CEREMONIES WE HAVE HAD AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAREER CENTERS, WE HAD THAT ON STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL FAIR GROUND BUILDINGS. THERE ARE OTHER

043PLACES THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE CEREMONIES IF THEY CAN HOLD THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR GRADUATING CLASS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A SMALLER CLASS OR SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE. SO I JUST THINK YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF PUSHBACK ON SOME OF THESE. AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE IS -- AND I GET THIS ALL THE TIME EVERY YEAR BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FAR AS WHY DOES, YOU KNOW, BLAKE GO ON FRIDAY AND WHY DOES SUMNER GO ON SATURDAY AND WHY DOES KING GO ON SUNDAY? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT'S DEFINITELY A ROTATING BASIS. IT HAS A SCHEDULE AND THEY START TO TRANSITION AND ROTATE IT. I THINK MR -- WHAT DID YOU SAY, SIR? Henry "Shake" Washington: I USED TO BE

044ON A COMMIT AND WE HAVE A ROTATING BASIS, SO AT THE TOP, DROP DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, AND THEY MOVE UP. Melissa Snively: SO IT'S A BIT OF A ROTATION AND SOMEWHAT RANDOM? Henry "Shake" Washington: YES, MA'AM. Melissa Snively: YOU ARE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE PLANT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING ON THURSDAY. Henry "Shake" Washington: RIGH T. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PRINCIPALS ARE INVOLVED, AND THE LAST DAY FOR SENIORS IS THE 24th ON WEDNESDAY, AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE PROPER INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES THAT WE ARE MEETING FOR THE GUIDELINES BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT VENUE WE'LL INFORM THE BOARD AND LOOK AT ENROLLMENTS IF THAT IS AN OPTION. Melissa Snively: IF

045IT'S NOT TOO COST PROHIBITIVE BECAUSE I DO KNOW WE GET A DEAL WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR DOING ALL THE CEREMONIES THERE, AND IT WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING TO DO MORE THAN FOUR IN A DAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. BUT IF THERE IS ANOTHER -- IF IT COULD BE SHUFFLED TO WHERE ANOTHER LOCATION COULD BE UTILIZED PERHAPS THAT WOULD SUFFICE IN SOME SITUATIONS SO THAT WE COULD GET EVERYTHING IN BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. OKAY, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: I PULLED THESE BECAUSE I WANT PARENTS TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE MADE THEM AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THEM, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR I HAVE PARENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THEIR GRADUATION IS. BUT I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION ON THAT. I

046AGREE, I AM GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO ARE PROBABLY FRUSTRATED THAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING SO LATE IN THE YEAR. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPTION AS FAR AS MAKING IT EARLIER. BUT JUST IN GENERAL I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PULL AND HIGHLIGHT THESE ITEMS THAT ARE INFORMATIVE TO PARENTS IN GENERAL TO KNOW THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT THEM AND GET THEM ON THE RADAR FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE PLANS FOR THIS EARLY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES WITH SIX VOTES AND ONE NO FROM MEMBER SNIVELY. 5.05. AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR THE CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM GOOD TO GREAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY. SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE. Addison Davis: THIS IS

047AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY PRINCIPALS IN A CO-SHAH COHORT OF 30 LEADERS TO MOVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR CAREER IN EDUCATION AND THEIR FUTURE IS ONE OF US SO BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CENTER OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, THEY DO SOME REALLY PROFOUND WORK RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO STRENGTHENING LEADERS ASPECTS OF OBSERVATIONS, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE CONTINUED ACTUAL FEEDBACK BASED ON ANALYTICS, BEING ABLE TO SHRINK THE CULTURE AND LOOK AT EVIDENCE-BASED CONVERSATIONS IN THE LENS OF INSTRUCTION. SO WE WILL LOOK AND IDENTIFY PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WHO ASPIRE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM GOOD TO GREAT AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS AND OUR CHIEFS IN ORDER TO CREATE A BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS WILL BE PURCHASED OUT OF

048TITLE 2 DOLLARS, ALL ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS WILL BE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT PRINCIPALS HAVE TIME AND WILLING TO TAKE ON AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT SELECTION PROCESS, AND NOT ONLY WILL IT BE BE THREE INSTITUTES THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO ATTEND BUT ALSO HAVE LEARNING WALKS WITH PROFESSIONALS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL IN ORDER TO CREATE COMMON LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-5.05. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? VAUGHN VAUGHN THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HOW WILL WE IDENTIFY OR HOW WILL PEOPLE APPLY FOR? WHAT'S THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE COHORT? Addison Davis: YES,

049MA'AM. RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED BY INTEREST, THINGS THEY REALLY HAVE -- WE HAVE NEW BEST STANDARDS, NEW CONTENT CURRICULUM, SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ASPIRE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO APPROVE THE CLASS AND FROM THAT PROCESS BEING ABLE TO HAVE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS INVOLVED, TO CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEFS TO RECOMMEND INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL TRANSITION INTO THIS COHORT. Jessica Vaughn: HOW ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THE PRINCIPALS TO KNOW THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY EXISTS, HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE SO IF THEY ARE INTERESTED, HOW DO THEY APPLY? TO GET THIS PROCESS IN FRONT OF THEM? Addison Davis: AS SOON AS THIS IS APPROVED THIS EVENING WE'LL GET IT OUT AS SOON AS WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO LINK THE APPLICATION PROCESS, RATIONALE, TIME CONSTRAINTS, YOU KNOW, OVERALL EXPECTED OUTCOMES, AND JUST DO

050SHOW THE VALUE OF BEING ABLE TO BE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COHORT. SO WE'LL SEND THAT OUT THROUGH COMMUNICATION AND ALSO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT THROUGH OUR PRINCIPAL MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY WITH OUR LEADERS. Jessica Vaughn: IF ONE IS INTERESTED THERE'S AN APPLICATION THAT THEY APPLY, THEY SEND THAT BACK IN, HOW LONG ARE WE EXPECTING FOR NOTIFICATION PROCESS BEFORE THEY KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE COHORT? Addison Davis: SO IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS MINIMUM, MINIMUM TWO WEEKS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, REVIEW THE CONTENT AND BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE TIME AND EFFORT AND WILLINGNESS TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED. Jessica Vaughn: SO THIS IS A ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE MAKING WITH THEM. MY

051ONLY REQUEST WOULD BE IF THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR, I SAW HERE THERE WERE A LOT OF QUOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THIS BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COHORT THAT GOES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WHAT THEY FOUND USE FOR, SOME QUOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ATTENDED IT OR SOME KIND OF SURVEY INFORMATION. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.01. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION OF EDUCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2022. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: I AM GOING TO TRANSITION TO OUR CFO MS. JOHNSON. JO JO I AM GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FROM STEPHANIE, OUR GENERAL MANAGER OF THE COUNTY ON THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, AND 6.02 SHOULD

052NOT BE ON HERE, THAT'S A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE CAN WITHDRAW IT NOW, BUT WE WILL BE DOING THE FINAL HEARING ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 22-23. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. WE WILL DO 6.01 AND THEN SEE IF WE ARE GOING TO WITHDRAW 6.02. THANK YOU. THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS DUE BY STATUTE, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NO LATER THAN AFTER THE BOARD APPROVAL. IT CONSISTS OF AN AUDITED FINANCIAL DATA WHICH IS REVENUE, AND DETAILED BY FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL SOURCES, AND EXPENDITURES DETAILED BY FUNCTION WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND AND OBJECT WHICH WAS PURCHASED. IT'S HIGHLY ORGANIZED BY THE FUND TYPE FOR GENERAL OPERATING FUND, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, SERVICES FUND, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND AND INTERNAL SERVICES. THE FINANCIAL REPORT IS IN TWO SECTIONS. THE ASE 145 THAT CONTAINS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS THAT SERVES

053AS THE INTRODUCTION. THE STATEMENT OF THAT WAS SIMILAR TO A BALANCE SHEET AND STATEMENT OF ACTIVITY SIMILAR TO AN INCOME STATEMENT, AND ALSO INCLUDES DISCLOSURES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ASE 348 IS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ALSO INCLUDES COMPARATIVE SPENDING DATA. THE CONSTITUENTS CAN USE TO COMPARE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. HIGHLIGHTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, A NET POSITION INCREASE PRIMARILY DUE TO OUR DECREASE IN THE LONG-TERM LIABILITY FOR THE FLORIDA PENSION PLAN FOR RETIREMENT PENSION PLAN, AND THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN NET OPERATING FUND BY $38.6 MILLION AND THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO FOLLOWING FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN, AND MOVING ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES TO RESOURCES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MRS. EAT ON. MEMBER GRAY. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C-6.016789 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A

054SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE JUST TWO QUESTIONS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. I BELIEVE WE HAD KPMG, AND NOW WE ARE REPLACING IT WITH CALL, RIGS AND INGRAHAM? SO THE NEW AUDITING FIRM IS MSL AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY STARTING, BUT FOR THE TIME -- THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP LOWE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR WE HAVE ACTUALLY HIRED A CPA FIRM, CARL WITS AND INGRAHAM TO PREPARE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BASICALLY THROUGH CONSTITUENT CONFIDENCE. SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY BEING PREPARED RIGHT NOW BY A CPA FIRM AND WILL BE AUDITED BY ANOTHER EXTERNAL CPA FIRM. Lynn Gray: SO THOSE ARE FINANCIAL REVENUES, IF THERE ARE DOUBTERS, WE NOW HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ONE. PREPARATION AND AN AUDIT.

055Lynn Gray: AND ARE THEY FAMILIAR WITH THE FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICTS THIS NEW AUDITING -- YES, CARL, INGRAHAM HAS 18 ENGAGEMENTS ACROSS FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PINELLAS, PASCO, VIRTUAL SCHOOLS, ST. JOHNS, SEDAN A DUE. Lynn Gray: THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND STEPHANIE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT -- AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THE FUND BALANCE INCREASE TO 39 MILLION DOLLARS, AND I KNOW WE MOVED EXPENDITURES AROUND, AND TO OTHER RESTRICTED RESOURCES. HOW MUCH WAS MOVED TOTALLY INTO WHICH RESTRICTED RESOURCES DID WE MOVE? STEPHANIE: WE MOVED TO SO 22 MILLION AND -- ESSER 2. Lynn Gray: WHAT WERE THE RESTRICTED RESOURCES? THOSE WERE THE TWO. Lynn Gray: THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO? THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. .AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE TO 9.01. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS.

056Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET OUR LATINO YOUTH ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS IS AN INITIATIVE STARTED YEARS AGO, ORIGINALLY STARTEDDALITY LETO, LENNARD, SHIELD, PIERCE AND WEBB TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AND CREATED PATHWAYS FOR OUR HISPANIC YOUTH TO TRANSITION TO BECOME COLLEGE READY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THIS INITIATIVE TO MARSHAL, SUMNER, AND TURNER BARTELS K-8, TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. WE SEE THIS IS AN ELECTIVE COURSE IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE OFFERING WHERE OUR PRINCIPALS ARE WILLING, THEY HAVE STAFF THAT ARE WILLING TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AND WE SEE THE ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE, AND ALSO THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE WE SEE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ACTIVELY

057ENGAGED IN THIS LATINOS IN ACTION, ARE EXPOSED AND WILLINGNESS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ADVANCED COURSE WORK, HAVE GREATER ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE AS WELL. SO WE WILL BE USING TITLE 4 FUNDS TO DO THIS. THIS COVERS WITH CONTENT, CURRICULUM, COVERS MEMBERSHIP FEES, BY THE SAME TOKEN COVER ANY FIELD EXPERIENCES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-9.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY AND I PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER GRAY, I WILL DEFER TO YOU FIRST. Lynn Gray: AND PABLO, BE ON STANDBY. WE JUST HAVE A SLIDE. BUT THE POINT IS -- AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND DR. MONICA VERRA-TIRADO, AND THE STAFF, BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE REALLY DOING IS WE ARE PREPARING LEADERS

058IN OUR SCHOOLS. MY QUESTION IS, DON'T WE HAVE SUMNER ALSO? Addison Davis: SUMNER, YES, MA'AM. Lynn Gray: IT'S PROBABLY ON THERE. SO THEY ARE GOING TO LEARN LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND BASICALLY BECOME LEADERS IN THE SCHOOLS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INCREASING HISPANIC, THE FOOTPRINT, WE ARE DOING IT THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION, BUT THIS CURRICULUM AS WELL. SO IT'S GREAT. PABLO, DON'T WE HAVE A SLIDE? SO NOT HAVING A NARRATER, AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERSPEAK, BUT I BELIEVE THESE ARE ACTUAL EXAMPLES OF LATINOS IN ACTION. SO ANYWAY, I AM GOING TO PASS THAT TALKING BATON TO MEMBER COMBS. OH, I'M SORRY. Nadia Combs: I PULLED IT BUT MEMBER HAHN, I WILL LET YOU SPEAK FIRST. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. JUST SOME QUESTIONS. ONE IS, HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED

059THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION, JUST TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO THIS PROGRAM? AT THIS POINT WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 300 ACROSS THE DISTRICT. COULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THAT, THOUGH. Stacy Hahn: ADDING THESE NEW SCHOOLS, DO YOU HAVE LIKE A TARGET GOAL YOU WANT TO GET TO FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED? MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS, WE WANT THE -- THE COURSE IS VOLUNTARY. WE WANT THE SCHOOL -- Stacy Hahn: AND YOU RECRUIT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO THE GOAL WOULD BE EACH SCHOOL THAT'S INTERESTED HAS A PROGRAM. OF COURSE WE WANT TO SEE MORE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HIGH HISPANIC POPULATIONS AND IT IS OPEN TO ANY STUDENT, BY THE WAY, ANY STUDENT CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, WHETHER THEY ARE HISPANIC OR NOT, BUT

060REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE OUTCOMES SO THAT WE HAVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH WE DO SEE INCREASED ATTENDANCE, INCREASED GRADUATION, PARTICIPATION, IN ADVANCE COURSES. WE ARE GOING TO ADD ALSO CTE TO GET A SENSE AFTER OUR WORKSHOP THE OTHER DAY, NOT JUST LOOKING AT ADVANCED COURSES BUT DO WE SEE STUDENTS WHO MAYBE AREN'T AREN'T PARTICIPATING IN ADVANCED COURSES BUT PARTICIPATING IN THE REGULAR CTE ACTION THAT LEADS TO BE COMPETITIVE CAREERS? Stacy Hahn: I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO SET SOME GOALS AROUND, YOU KNOW, AROUND HOW MANY STUDENTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE RECRUITED. IF YOU ARE RECRUITING, THEN MAYBE HAVE A GOAL. WE WOULD LOVE TO GET 600 THIS YEAR OR 800, YOU KNOW. BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOAL ORIENTED, I'M SORRY. AND

061ALSO YOU MENTIONED DATA. AND I SEE THE DATA ON THE FRONT SHEET. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE NATIONAL DATA FOR LATINOS IN ACTION PROGRAM. DO WE HAVE SOME HILLSBOROUGH SPECIFIC DATA ON THOSE POINTS THAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, STUDENT PARTICIPATION, ENROLLMENT INCREASE, THE INCREASE IN COURSES AND THE HIGHEST GRADUATION RATES FOR THE 300 STUDENTS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED? I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS TO SEE HILLSBOROUGH DATA, I MEAN, THE NATIONAL DATA IS GREAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE IMPACT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS IN THE NEXT WEEK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD, AND THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: SO HOW IS

062IT THAT YOU RECRUIT FOR THIS PROGRAM? REALLY THE RECRUITMENT IS SCHOOL BASED, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT PRINCIPALS ARE AWARE OF THIS, THAT LEADERS IN THE SCHOOLS ARE AWARE, TEACHERS AWARE OF THIS. IF THEY DECIDED THEY WANT TO ONBOARD, WE HAVE THREE MORE SCHOOLS ONBOARDING THEN THEY ARE SHARING AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL INFORMATION WITH THE STUDENT. IT'S AN ELECTIVE COURSE SO A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THAT TEACHER WHO TYPICALLY IS A TEACHER WHO KIDS REALLY WANT TO BE IN A CLASS WITH, AND SO THEY REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN A PROBLEM WITH KID, ONCE THEY START IT, THAT ISN'T THE PROBLEM TO. YOUR POINT, TO THE POINT THAT DR. HAHN MADE, IT'S ABOUT GROWING IT, RIGHT? SO THAT IS SCHOOL BASED. Karen Perez: OKAY, BECAUSE LATINO, WHEN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING LIKE LATINOS IN ACTION TO

063GET THEM, YOU KNOW, TO BECOME LEADERS, AND, YOU KNOW, PARENTS, ESPECIALLY LATINO PARENTS, THEY ARE THE FIRST HELICOPTER PARENTS. LET ME SAY THAT. THAT'S WHERE HELICOPTER PARENTING GOT STARTED. AND I AM GOING TO SAY IT. HOW DO YOU ENGAGE THE PARENTS IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE STUDENTS? THERE ARE CERTAINLY PARENT COMPONENTS AND PARENTS KEPT APPRISE OF ALL THE WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES AND ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES AND OF COURSE THE COMMUNITY PIECE. IT'S DID WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE SIDE, THOSE WERE EXAMPLES OF THE COMMUNITY WORK THAT THEY DO, WHICH WOULD BE TUTORING YOUNGER STUDENTS, EITHER STUDENTS IN THEIR SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY, I THINK WE SAW SOME ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE ACTUALITY TORING. THERE'S A LOT OF PARENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. Karen Perez: DO YOU USE LIKE PEACH

064STRAW? HOW DO YOU -- SCHOOL BY SCHOOL. HOW THE PARENTS ENGAGE. Karen Perez: BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CUBAN STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING IN NOW, YOU KNOW, AND ARE YOU TRYING TO CAPTURE THOSE STUDENTS TOO TO HELP THEM? ABSOLUTELY. AND RACHEL RIGHT NOW HAS OUR HIGHEST NUMBER OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM AT THIS TIME. AND SO THEY ARE ONE OF OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS AND THEY HAVE MULTIPLE COURSES ACTUALLY. SO THEY HAVE EXPANDED BESIDES JUST ONE SECTION IN A HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, TO MULTIPLE SECTIONS. SO THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST GROUP OF STUDENTS. AND WE BELIEVE WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE IT GROW. Karen Perez: TARGETING LIKE WOMB OR EVEN OUT IN PLANT CITY, YOU KNOW, DO THIS PROGRAM SOME JUSTICE. BUT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THOSE FEELERS OUT FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT

065ARE IN THOSE AREAS, ESPECIALLY MIGRANT STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT IT WAS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT HERE, THIS INCREASES AWARENESS FOR SOMETHING A REALLY NEAT PROGRAM THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT THAT MAYBE PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF BUT THEY WILL BE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE LATINOS IN ACTION GROUP HAVE BEEN STARTED IN DISTRICT ONE AND HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME AT PIERCE, WEBB, LETO, AND I KNOW LAST YEAR I SPENT A COUPLE PERIODS AT PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I DID SPEAK TO THE LATINOS IN ACTION. IT WAS A FULL CLASS, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 28 STUDENTS WERE IN THERE, AND THEY WERE VERY ENGAGED AND WE REALLY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED IN

066THE GOVERNMENT, HOW DO YOU BASICALLY RUN FOR AN ELECTION. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT ORGANIZATION. THE TEACHER KEPT IN TOUCH WITH ME. THEY EVEN PURCHASED A T-SHIRT AND THEY HAD A CAR WASH, SO YOU REALLY CAN SEE THAT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS SURROUNDED BY A GROUP LIKE THIS. SO IF THE STUDENTS ARE NOT IN THAT ELECTIVE CLASS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OTHER LATINOS IN THAT SCHOOL ARE GETTING INVOLVED, AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP AND LEADERS IN THAT AREA. SO I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION, A WONDERFUL GROUP, AND I FULLY SUPPORT THEM AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT GROW. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP. I KNOW THEY HAVE MENTORS AND THEY GO INTO CLASSROOMS. ARE THEY ENGAGING THE ORGANIZATION, ARE THEY

067ENGAGING WITH THE HISPANIC CHAMBER AND THE LOCAL HISPANIC BUSINESS LEADERS? DO YOU KNOW IF THEY ARE ENGAGED IN THIS EFFORT? THERE IS SOME ENGAGEMENT AND I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. BUT YES, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BUT THAT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING WE CAN HIGHLIGHT TO GET TO BOARD MEMBERS AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT PARTLY OF OUR GOALS AS WE ARE MOVING THIS PROGRAM FORWARD. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR FINAL PUBLIC MILLAGE RATE FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR. WE WILL CLOSE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND OPEN WITH THE MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-23. GOOD EVENING. GENERAL MANAGER SUSAN GARCIA WILL BE DOING A BRIEF PRESENTATION, GOING OVER

068THE BUDGET, AND FINAL HEARING FOR THE MILLAGE RATE. GOOD EVENING. TO MILLAGE LAW WAS ENACTED IN 1980 AND SECTION 200 FLORIDA STATUTES. THIS YEAR THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT IS GOING TO BE 3.2390. IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT LEVY THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT WE REWOULD LOSE 550 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING AND 41 IN LOCAL FUNDING. THE DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE OF .7480 GENERATES $113 MILLION ANDS THE CAPITAL OUTLAY MILLAGE $227.7 MILLION. THE GENERAL FUND WAS BUILT IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION INCREASED BY 214.49 FROM 4,372 TO 4,587. THE FUND BALANCE IS CALCULATED AT THE END OF THE YEAR AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INCLUDED MOVING ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO SS 2, 3 AND CAPITAL TRANSFERS. THE CATEGORICAL ALLOCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER STATE GRANTS. THE LOCAL SOURCES THE MAJORITY IS PROPERTY TAXES,

069ALSO INCLUDE FEE-BASED PROGRAMS, INVESTMENT INCOME, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL SOURCES. THE FEDERAL SOURCES IN OUR BUDGET IS FEDERAL IMPACT, ROTC AND MEDICAID. THE FRS RATE INCREASED 1.09% FOR REGULAR CLASS AND COST IS TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM AT THE TIME. THE HEALTH CARE COST INCREASE BY 6.1%. AND THIS IS FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 23 TO JUNE 23, AND THAT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOY THAT'S PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEALTH CARE PROGRAM. UTILITY COSTS INCREASE BY $5.5 MILLION AND THE COST OF THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASED TO $15 AN HOUR FOR THE GENERAL FUND $14.4 MILLION. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WITH WITHOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS OF $301.5 MILLION PREDICT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 1.637 MILLION IN REVENUE AND 1.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES WHICH IS GOING TO

070KEEP PROJECTED AND SURPLUS OF $16.8 MILLION. THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS 202.9 MILLION WHICH IS A 12% OF OUR OPERATING REVENUE AND IT'S AN UNRESTRICTED 8.7% OF OPERATING REVENUE. WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH $241 MILLION IN CASH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DECREASES THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. IN NOVEMBER WE START TRICKLING IN OUR PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS SO THE CASH INCREASES IN DECEMBER, THE MAJORITY OF DOLLARS ARE RECEIVED, AND OF A THAT YOU START TO SEE DECREASING OF EXPENDITURES TO CATCH UP WITH THE REVENUE. THE MILLAGE RATES, THE TOTAL MILLAGE RATE WE ARE GOING DO LEVY TODAY 5.84 IS ACTUALLY 3.26 MILLS LESS THAN WHAT WE LEVIED LAST YEAR. THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS 4,000,000,293-MILLIMETER 907,524.93. AND AT THIS TIME MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND

071TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 MILLAGE RATE AS PRESENTED? I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. YOU PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME CERTAIN MEANS, DO YOU? YEAH, WELL, YOUR TAX REFERENDUM -- REFERENDUM -- WENT DOWN IN FLAMES. YOU KNOW, COULD BE THAT THIS TAX LEVY SEEMS TO BE TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW. THE VALUE OF EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY KEEPS GOING UP AND UP AND UP. AND MAYBE THE TAXPAYERS DON'T SEE A VALUE. AND MAYBE I WILL HAVE TO, REPEAT AGAIN THE FIGURES WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET SECTION OF THE HEARINGS. WHAT YOU ARE SPENDING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE WILL NOW MOVE

072ON TO BOARD COMMENTS. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS FOR CLARITY. HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY DO WE HAVE IN SETTING OUR ADOPTING THIS MILLAGE? THE BOARD HAS NO FLEXIBILITY. IT'S REQUIRED WHEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN FEFP THAT YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET AS THE MILLAGE RATE FROM THE STATE. Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE MAKING A DECISION OF. THIS HAS COME DOWN FROM THE STATE AND WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE MILLAGE THAT THEY TELL US. SO ESSENTIALLY FROM READING THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW SINCE THE TAXABLE PROPERTY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE, THAT'S WHY THE AMOUNT THAT WE LEVY HAS GONE DOWN, BECAUSE WE CONTINUALLY TALK ABOUT HOW THERE IS A CAP FROM THE STATE

073WHERE IT MONITORS HOW MUCH WE CAN COLLECT FROM PROPERTY VALUE REVENUE, AND EVERYBODY ALWAYS EQUATES THAT JUST BECAUSE PROPERTY VALUES GO UP THAT WE SHOULD GET MORE FUNDING, AND THIS RIGHT HERE SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY WAYS WHETHER IT'S THE PER PUPIL FUNDING O'ROURKE THE MILLAGE THAT WHEN OUR TAX BASE GOES UP, OUR PROPERTY TAXES GO UP, THE STATE REGULATES HOW MUCH REVENUE THAT WE CAN GET FROM THAT BY EITHER LOWERING OUR MILLAGE OR TAKING AWAY FROM OUR PER PUPIL FUNDING ON THE OTHER END. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. ALL DISTRICTS ARE GIVEN A MILLAGE RATE TO EQUALIZE THE ALLOCATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO FUND EDUCATION. THE STATE MAKES THOSE CRITERIAS, AND THEN THEYAL OH INDICATE THE RATES SO THE TAXABLE VALUE, THE AMOUNT WE

074COLLECT IS BASED ON THE STATE REQUIREMENT FROM THE MILLAGE AND THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: JUST FOLLOWING THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT, EVEN IF THE STATE LOWERS THE MILLAGE LIKE THEY ARE DOING NOW, AND PROPERTY TAXES HAVE GONE UP, IN THE PAST, WE HAVE STILL GOTTEN MORE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FROM THE YEARS BEFORE. SO IT'S BEEN GOING UP. AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE ARE RECEIVING, EVEN THOUGH THE RATE HAS GONE DOWN? YES. IF THE RATE GOES DOWN AND TAXABLE VALUES IS HIGHER, WE STILL GET -- WE STILL GET MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE LOWERED THE RATE WE ARE STILL GETTING MORE MONEY FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR? RIGHT. IN OUR LOCAL. BUT WHAT HAPPENED

075IS, THE STATE, THE REVENUE IS GENERATED BY THE STATE. THEY TAKE THE LOCAL AS WELL AS THE APPROPRIATION FROM THE STATE IN CONSIDERATION. THEY DECIDE IF THEY ARE GOING RAISE THE BASE. THEY DID RAISE THE BASE THIS YEAR AND THERE'S WHERE OUR FUNDING MOSTLY COMES FROM, BUT THE PROPORTION OF IT IS COMING FROM THE LOCAL SO THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW MUCH IS COMING FROM THE LOCAL AND THE STATE APPROPRIATION BY THE SAME AMOUNT. TO THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREASE OF THE LOCAL. Stacy Hahn: OKAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. ESSENTIALLY WE ARE GETTING MORE, A BIT MORE FROM OUR PROPERTY TAXES. BUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, AND THEY RAISED THE PURCHASE PUPIL FUNDING. BASED ON THAT CAP THEY

076COULD ALSO TAKE AWAY SOME PER PUPIL BUT YOU ALSO HAD A LIST OF OTHERINGS THAT IS GOING TO COST US MONEY AFRICAN AMERICAN THE LAST YEAR AND THE LAST LEGISLATION, SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE END UP WITH ALL THOSE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THE BACK END, THE MILLAGE, DO WE END UP GENERATING MORE REVENUE THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, AFTER ALL THIS COMES OUT? Ro Johnson: YOU MIGHT GENERATE MORE REVENUE BUT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE OF INFLATION THEN WE HAD THE MANDATE OF MILLAGE FROM THE STATE, AND WE HAVE A MINIMUM RAGE FROM THE STATE, FANNED WE HAVE A LOSS OF STUDENTS, OUR ALLOCATION IS BASED ON ENROLLMENT, OR IF WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PARAMETERS IN THIS FORMULA THAT IS

077GENERATING OUR REVENUE, IS BASED UPON. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: SO WE ARE A DISTRICT OF 3.2 BILLION. DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT WE ARE NOW AT 4.3 BILLION? Ro Johnson: THAT IS CORRECT. Karen Perez: SO WE INCREASED TO 4.3 BILLION? Ro Johnson: THAT'S BECAUSE WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OUR FUNDS. THOSE ARE FUNDS RESTRICTED, HALF CENT SALES TAX, CAPITAL REVENUE THAT ALSO IS COMING IN, AND ESSERS FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S MAKING OUR REVENUE INCREASE OVERALL IMPACTING THE DISTRICT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. Karen Perez: I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION FOR THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 MILLAGE RATE AS PRESENTED. PLEASE PRESS YOUR BUTTONS WHEN THEY APPEAR. AND

078IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE SECOND PART. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BUDGET OF 4,293,000,000, 524.93. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BUDGET. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BUDGET? MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. THE COLUMN WRITTEN BY THIS WIZARD AT THE TIMES, JOHN HILL, SAID THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR NEARLY A DICK DECADE SCHOOL OFFICIALS RATTLED IN THE CASH RESERVES AND SHIFTED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM CAPITAL ACCOUNTS TO COVER PAYROLL AND OTHER ROUTINE EXPENSES. IT WAS LIKE RAIDING YOUR SAVINGS TO PAY YOUR MONTHLY LIGHT BILL. LIGHT BILL? WHERE IS THIS GUY LIVING?

079YEAH. NOW THESE FIGURES HERE, THEY DON'T LIE. FOR THE BOARD, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. TWO AND A HALF MILLION? YOU DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, 42.5 MILLION. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, $109 MILLION. THE ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION, 277 MILLION DOLLARS. WELL, SEE THERE, THAT FIGURE, THAT KEEPS COME BACK TO BITE YOU. THAT'S THE MONEY THAT YOU ARE WASTING, THAT IS GOING TO PLANET THE PLANET. 206 MILLION FOR CENTRAL SERVICES, OPERATION OF PLANT, $142 MILLION? MAINTENANCE OF PLANT, $2 MILLION? DEBT SERVICE, $84 MILLION. WELL, YEAH. ALL OF THAT IS JUST SO VERY CRITICAL TO EDUCATING THE STUDENTS. I TALKED ABOUT THINGS EARLIER THAT SHOW HOW DIRE THE SITUATION IS. AND THIS MONEY THAT YOU ARE SQUANDERING, IT'S WHY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE MONEY. I MEAN SQUANDERING THE MONEY. AND THE -- Nadia

080Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BUDGET. PLEASE PRESS YOUR BUTTONS WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THE FINAL STEP, MRS. GARCIA. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 MILLAGE RATES IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BUDGET. Nadia Combs: MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 MILLAGE RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2022-23 BUDGET AS PRESENTED? I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION

081AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 MILLAGE RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BUDGET AS PRESENTED. PLEASE PRESS YOUR BUTTONS WHEN THE LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PAES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 MILLAGE RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 BUDGET AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO 6.302, THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING, AND JUNE 30, 2022. Jim Porter: THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. BECAUSE YOU ARE DOMED ADOPTING THE AGENDA TONIGHT THEREBY WAS NO REASON FOR THAT TO BE ON THERE BE SO IT SHOULD BE THE SUPERINTENDENT REMOVING THAT FROM THE AGENDA SO THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED. Nadia Combs: GREAT. LET'S NOTE THAT IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WE WILL MOVE ONTO

082THE NEXT. 9.03. APPROVE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES FOR 22-24. : THIS REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 30-PLUS YEARS. THIS IS REALLY WHERE THE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP REALLY PROVIDES US FUNDING NOT ONLY TO STAND UP FOR HEALTH ASSISTANCE BUT RNs, A PRNs, AND SO REALLY ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY OPERATE SERVICES IN OUR SCHOOLS BUT GOES ON FURTHER, STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE STUDENT HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND SAME TOKEN HAVING INNOVATION IN OUR CLASSES FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THIS IS NO COST TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT OPENLY ANOTHER SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP OF OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SENDING TO APPROVE ITEM C-9.03. I HAVE A

083MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY, I PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Melissa Snively: I GOT MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY DR. RUS AND HOLLY SAEZ SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ATTENTION TO IT AND SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES. I'M SCHUTT PRETTY SURE ALL FOUR OF MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TO THE NURSE'S STATION AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE DURING THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND THE COMPASSION THAT THE SCHOOL NURSES HAVE, AND THE STAFF HAS ARE ADMIRABLE, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR HEALTH. SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO DR. MARIA RUSS AND HOLLY SAIA FOR GIVING ME THE

084INFORMATION I NEEDED FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK DR. MARIA ROSS, HER HEARTFELT ENTHUSIASM AND PROFESSIONALISM ALONG WITH HOLLY SAII. YOU GO TO EVERY SCHOOL, ANY SCHOOL, AND YOU SEE THE NURSE, AND YOU SEE THE KID WITH THE NURSE, AND THE RELIANCE, AND THE GROWTH OF DIABETES, THE GROWTH OF ASTHMA, THERE'S SO MANY CENTRAL, LET'S JUST SAY, DIABOLICAL TYPE OF VIRUSES GOING OUT THERE, AND OUR NURSES CAPTURE AND PROVIDE SOLIS, AND IT'S A COMBO, SO THERE IS THE MEDICAL PART AND THEN THERE IS THE MENTAL HEALTH PART, AND THESE NURSES ARE SO CAPABLE OF DOING BOTH. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERY NURSE, 364 OF THEM, AND THANK THOSE WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS UNDER DR. RUS AND HOLLY SAIA. THANK

085YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.01. BIG I BACK 20206-PGB-LG COMPUTER HARDWARE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. Addison Davis: THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE TRANSITION BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FROM LAST MEETING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WAS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH A TECHNOLOGY PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR FEEDBACK OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, BUT OPENLY, AND THIS IS AN ITEM WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE 8400 LAPTOPS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE DEFINITELY NOT ONLY NEED THE LAPTOPS BUT AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE NEW ASSESSMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS, WE ARE SEEING THAT WE DO HAVE THE LAPTOPS, BUT WE JUST NEED CHARGING STATIONS SO THIS BRINGS A PART OF 280

086CHARGING STATIONS AND CARTS AS WELL AND 3800 DESKTOPS TO HELP US WITH CONTINUED EDUCATION, PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE DEVICES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS WILL BE USED THROUGH ESSER SUNDAYING AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE THROUGH OUR EXPERIENCE. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER SNIVELY AND I PULLED THIS ITEM. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND JUST START IN THAT ORDER. MEMBER GRAY, IF YOU WANT TO START. Lynn Gray: THERE'S A FEW POINTS HERE. I OF COURSE WAS NOT GOING TO COMMIT TO THIS EXPENDITURE FOR THE REASONS OF BUDGETARY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN EMERGING BUDGET THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED AT VERY CAREFULLY, AND REALLY TURN ON OUR

087FRUGAL EXPENDITURE BUTTONS. SO THE POINT IS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, YOU HAVE TO KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THIS, THAT TECHNOLOGY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MOVING STUDENTS OF TODAY FORWARD. NOW, ONE OF THE DILEMMAS WE HAVE, HAVE CURRENTLY, ONE TO ONE, IS THE GOAL, BUT WE HAVE MANY SCHOOLS THAT ARE STILL ONE TO THREE, AND THE CAVEAT IS OUR LITERACY CURRICULUM, NECESSITATES MORE OF THE ONE TO ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S RATIONALE THERE. ALSO HISTORICALLY WE ARE REMINDED THAT 2016 -- AND SNIVELY WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT 2017, 2018, THE AMOUNT OF TECHNOLOGY WE WERE ABLE NEVER ABLE TO SPEND BECAUSE IN 2018 WE WERE LAG AT A REFERENDUM WHICH WE HAVE NOW SINCE PASSED, WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY FOR TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE MORE THAN A DECADE BEHIND. SO WE ARE PLAYING CATCH-UP.

088BUT YOU REALLY CAN'T PLAY CATCH-UP UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT? SO THE ESSER GRANT HAS GIVEN US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP. BUT THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT, BECAUSE AT FIRST YOU HAD NOT A PLAN. SO BOARD MEMBERS REQUEST ASKED TO SPEND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER, AND I JUST, FOR MY OWN, YOU KNOW, THROAT PROCESS, I COULDN'T DO THAT. BUT NOW I SEE THIS PLAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PAGES I HAVE GONE THROUGH, BUT IT IS TO ME A PATTERN THAT WILL REALLY GIVE OUR TEACHERS THE BEST TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT MEANS OUR STUDENTS. SO WE ARE STUDENT CENTERED. WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT OUR TEACHERS NEED AND WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM, AND NOT TO MENTION THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION. SO THE REASON I AM GOING SAY YES TO IT

089IS FOR ALL OF THE REASONS I HAVE JUST SHARED, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, DR. WEEKS, AND I KNOW A FEW OF YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER, FOR GETTING THIS DETAILED PLAN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER VAUGHN, I'M SORRY. I AM TRYING TO GO IN ORDER. Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE. THAT I DON'T DISAGREE THAT TECHNOLOGY IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY NOW AS WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS PROGRESS MONITORING BEING COMPLETELY DIGITAL. THAT'S IMPORTANT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF THESE ITEMS COME UP ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING LAPTOPS, I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEM. I THINK BEFORE YOU WERE HERE WE DID A BIG PURCHASE, AND I ACTUALLY TOOK ONE HOME AND I ASKED ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERAND HOW RELIABLE

090THEY WERE AND SINCE THEN I HAVE GOTTEN NON-STOP COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LAPTOPS, WHETHER WHETHER THEY CAN CONNECT, WHETHER THEY HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN AND REBOOTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN EVEN WITH SOME OF THE PROGRESS MONITORING. SO SOME OF MY CONCERN IS I FEEL LIKE NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY TO ASK GUESS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY WHEN WE MAKE THESE PURCHASES AND I'M ASSURED WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, I AM STILL HEARING A MASS AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE RELIABILITY, HOW WELL PEOPLE CAN A ACCESS WHAT THEY NEED TO, HOW USER FRIENDLY THEY ARE HE SPECIAL LIQUORS FOUR OW KINDERGARTENERS NOW WHO ARE HAVING TO DO PROGRESS MONITORING ON THE COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN TYPE OR USE THE TOUCH SCREEN, SO FOR ME, I

091WOULD PREFER TO GET MORE STATS ON INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THESE, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO BE SAY WE NEED TECHNOLOGY AND TO PURCHASE A LOT OF THINGS AND SAY WE ARE ONE TO ONE, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT WORKING IN THE CLASSROOMS THE WAY THEY NEED TO AND NOT OFFERING RELIABILITY AND CAUTIONING MORE FRUSTRATION THAN THEY ARE BEING HELPFUL, THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME. SO UNTIL WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, AND I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE QUALITY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CONSISTENTLY HAVE THESE PROBLEMS, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE NO ON THIS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CREATES A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION, DETAIL AROUND WHERE

092WE ARE GOING TECHNOLOGICALLY, AS I MENTIONED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE CAN LOOK BACK AT THE GIBSON CONSULTING REPORT AND SEE HOW FAR BEHIND WE HAVE BEEN IN TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO INTRODUCING THAT INTO OUR STUDENTS, AND GETTING CLOSER TO THE ONE TO ONE, WHICH WE ARE NOT QUITE THERE. WE KNOW THAT. I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE USE GRANT MONEY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, A BIG PURCHASE, I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE TWITCH BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY RECURRING FUND, RIGHT? SO COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE, BECAUSE OF OBJECT SO LESSENS THAT OCCUR WAS TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THREE, FIVE, TEN YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE NEED TO REPLACE THESE? WILL WE HAVE THE FINANCES

093AVAILABLE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY, OR PROBABLY NOT FROM ESSER, BUT WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR REPLACING THEM IN THE FUTURE FOR SUSTAINABILITY? ONE OF THE ASPECT OF THE PLAN THAT I HAVE PLACED IN FRONT OF THE BOARD HAD TALKED ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HOW WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND PROVIDE FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO PART OF THAT IS WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S CONSIDERED A LIFE CYCLE PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR REPLACEMENT FOR DEVICES EVERY SO MANY YEARS, FOR US, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ESPECIALLY LAPTOPS COMES IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS OF AGE. THEY REALLY START OH TO SHOW THEIR AGE AT ABOUT THREE YEARS. WE CAN GET AN EXTRA YEAR OUT OF IT AT LEAST. BUT AT THAT

094POINT, LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK, THESE ARE STILL CONSIDERABLY AT FOUR YEARS OLD, THESE ARE STILL CONSIDERABLY NEWER THAN THE DEVICES WE HAVE BEEN REPLACING. SO SOME OF OUR DEVICES HAVE BEEN SEVEN, EIGHT OR NINE YEARS OR EVEN GREATER IN AGE. THAT WE ARE REPLACING. SO THE NICE THING ABOUT THE DEVICES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, IF WE ARE KEEPING THEM FOR FOUR YEARS, AND THEN KEEPING A STOCKPILE OF THOSE FROM FIFTH YEAR AS EMERGENCY, REPLACEMENT DEVICES, ALSO FOR POP-UP LOCATIONS LIKE IF WE NEED SPECIFIC CARTS FOR DEVICES FOR EVENTS, FOR IF WE ALL OF A SUDDEN SEE INCREASES IN STUDENT POPULATIONS, AT SCHOOLS THAT WE NEED MORE DEVICES, THAT WILL TAKE IT OUT TO THE FIFTH YEAR. THESE ARE HARDWARE ASSET ITEMS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH CAPITAL DOLLARS. SO ONE OF THE

095THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS ENSURING THAT, AND I PROVIDED THE NUMBERS, WE SPLIT OUT THE DEVICES EVENLY ACROSS THAT LIFE CYCLE. THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A RELATIVELY LEVEL PURCHASING VIEW OF WHAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT VIABILITY OVER THAT PLAN, AND WE CAN LOOK AT BUDGETING FOR THAT. Melissa Snively: I APPRECIATE YOU INCLUDING THAT IN THE PLAN. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE PURCHASES. SO I AM GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT PUBLICLY. AND THEN JUST AS AN ASIDE, ADMINISTRATIVELY, THE PLAN, I DON'T BELIEVE THE ACTUAL PLAN WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM. IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF YOU COULD HAVE THAT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM MAYBE, OR SOMEHOW ALLOW IT TO BE

096REVIEWED PUBLICLY FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS SO THEY KNOW WHAT OUR PLAN IS, TOO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: SO I AM GOING TO BE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING FAIRNESS DISTRIBUTION AND ACCESSIBILITY. SO WITH REGARD TO WHAT MEMBER VAUGHN WAS SAYING, THE QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, WE ONLY HAVE 8,400 LAPTOPS AND IT'S GOING TO -- AND 3,950 CLASSROOM DESKTOPS. SO WHEN I LOOK AT AREAS LIKE SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH, WHEN I LOOK AT AREAS LIKE DISTRICT FIVE, THOSE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO A LOT OF THESE LAPTOPS AND COMPUTERS. WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING TO PUT THESE LAPTOPS? Thomas Weeks: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS REALLY COMES AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CTE PROGRAM. SO IN WORKING WITH MR. YARDO, FROM CTE, WE FOUND 68 SITES THAT CTE HAS IDENTIFIED THAT NEED

097DEVICES. SO MR. JARGO PROVIDED WITH THAT LIST. ACTUALLY, I DID PROVIDE THAT TO THE BOARD SINCE THAT WAS REQUESTED OF ME. SO THOSE SITES WILL HAVE THE DEVICES DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THEM. WHALEY SAY THIS, START OFF WITH CTE PROGRAM, THESE ARE DEVICES TO BE USED BY ALL STUDENTS, REALLY, AT THE SCHOOL. SO CTE -- I.T. IS PURCHASING THIS AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF CTE. HOWEVER, THESE ARE ACTUALLY SCHOOL-BASED DEVICES FOR STUDENT USE. SO ANY OF THE STUDENTS AT THOSE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE DEVICES AS LONG AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE. AND AGAIN, THAT LIST WAS INCLUDED, WAS SENT OVER TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. Karen Perez: I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT LIST. OKAY. AND -- OKAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THE ISSUE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY. AND DISTRIBUTION. HOW ARE THESE LAPTOPS GOING TO

098BE DISTRIBUTED? WEEKS WEEKS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION PERSPECTIVE ONCE THESE LAPTOPS AND DESKTOPS AND CARTS ARE PURCHASED, THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BASED OFF OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN FROM CTE, WHERE THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THEIR PROBLEM AREAS. I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC COUNTS FOR EACH LOCATION. THAT I CAN WORK WITH MR. IT JARGO ON PROVIDING THAT BUT THOSE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE I.T. DEPARTMENT OUT TO THE SCHOOL SITES. Karen Perez: OKAY. AND THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE LAPTOPS HOW? THEIR TEACHERS WOULD GIVE THEM PERMISSION FOR ACCESSIBILITY, OR THEY'LL HAVE ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOMS? Thomas Weeks: IT WILL REALLY DEPEND. SOME OF THE DEVICES MAY ALREADY BE IN THE CLASSROOM. IF NOT THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO EITHER HAVE A LAPTOP CART MOVED INTO A LAP, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE

099NICE THINGS ABOUT HAVING BOTH LAPTOPS AND MOBILE CARTS, IS WE ARE REALLY NOT STOCKED TO HAVING A SPECIFIC LOCATION AS A REQUIREMENT FOR UTILIZING THESE DEVICES. SO THE DEVICES ARE MOBILE. THEY CAN BE MOVED INTO ANY CLASSROOM AS REQUIRED SO THAT WILL REALLY JUST DEPEND ON WHAT THE UTILIZATION LOOKS LIKE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. DID YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY, MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: SUPERINTENDENT, ISN'T THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT CARVED OUT OF ESSERS THAT'S RESTRICT TO BE SPENT ON TECHNOLOGY? THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES, MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: HOW MUCH IS THAT? I DON'T HAVE IN THE FRONT OF ME BUT IT WAS CARVED OUT. WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER BEFORE WE TRANSITION OUT -- Stacy Hahn: THIS IS BEING PAID FOR OUT OF HE IS CERTIFIES AND THERE IS

100A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT MONEY THAT IS MANDATED TO BE SPENT ON TECHNOLOGY? Addison Davis: IT IS CARVED OUT WITHIN THE PLANS TO SPEND THIS MONEY. Stacy Hahn: I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. I JUST WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNOW THAT PART OF THE ESSER, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT HUGE DIGITAL DIVED THAT-DIVIDE, GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS, ONE OF MY PRINCIPALS WAS NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH COMPUTERS AND WITH PROGRESS MONITORING AND WITH CHILDREN BEING TESTED FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY UP, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS A LOT OF STRESS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE COMPUTERS. SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD HAVING TO TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP. I KNOW THAT MEMBER HAHN IS GOING TO SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION, AND

101WE WILL HAVE A TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP. I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US YOUR TECHNOLOGY PLAN AND THAT WAY WE CAN REALLY READ THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY ON THAT. AND THEN MEET WITH YOU AS A BOARD, BUT TO THIS POINT, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT I.ADOPT WANT TO CRIPPLE OUR SCHOOLS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TAMPA LAPTOPS AS WE BEGIN THE PROGRESS MONITORING. I THINK IT'S CHALLENGING ENOUGH THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PROGRESS MONITOR AT THE KINDERGARTEN LEVEL. I WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE NEXT ITEM THAT COMES UP THAT I AM GOING TO APPROVE ABOUT REALLY ENGAGING BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS NOW, BUT YOU THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS ARE EQUIPPED TO BEGIN THE PROGRESS MONITORING.

102I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS -- I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THOSE DEVICES THAT GOING OUT THERE. SO WE DID HAVE AN INITIAL RUN OF DEVICES THAT WAS ALLUDED TO EARLIER THAT WERE PROBLEMATIC. WE HAD WORKED WITH THAT VENDOR AND THEY HAVE REPAIRED THOSE ISSUES. WE HAVEN'T BEEN PURCHASING THOSE DEVICES. WE HAVE BEEN PURCHASING MORE CUSTOMIZED OFF THE SHELF DEVICES FROM A LARGE VENDOR FOR OUR LAST PURCHASED 32,000 LAPTOPS SPECIFICALLY THIS MODEL OVER THIS PAST SUMMER, AND JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, I TS ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN STUDENT DEVICES AND STAFF DEVICES, WE DISTRIBUTED 66,000 DEVICES OVER THE SUMMER. WE GOT THOSE -- BOTH OUR STUDENT AND AWFUL OF OUR TEACHERS THIS SUMMER. WE HAD HAD ISSUES THAT WE FOUND WITH THE START OF PROGRESS MONITORING AND WITH BASELINE TESTING FOR

103STUDENTS THIS YEAR. SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN SOFTWARE RELATED. SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN HARDWARE RELATED THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR WITH, IT'S MOSTLY DEVICE DRIVERS SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH THE DEVICE ITSELF. IT'S JUST AN UPDATE THAT'S REQUIRED. AND SOME OF THE SOFTWARE VENDORS HAVE ACTUALLY MADE CHANGES WITHOUT LETTING MOST OF THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THEY MADE THE CHANGES, AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS WERE UPGRADED WITHOUT REALLY TELLING ANY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT HAPPENED, SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY OTHER SCHOOLS DISTRICTS THAT HAD SIMILAR ISSUES AS US. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VENDOR, AND FOR INSTANCE, LIKE INGENUITY, RENAISSANCE PLACE, WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME OF THOSE VENDORS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CHALLENGE IS AND THEN WORKING WITH THE OPERATING SYSTEM OR THE DEVICE MANUFACTURER TO ENSURE THAT WE

104ARE ABLE TO MEET THE NEED OF THE STUDENTS. SO FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEVICE. IT'S PRIMARILY SOFTWARE AT THIS POINT AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH ALL ISSUES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION AND RESPONDING WITH SO MANY DETAILS. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I WAS WONDERING -- IF MEMBER WASHINGTON WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST BECAUSE I ALREADY SPOKE. Nadia Combs: MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO WHEN MEMBER PEREZ WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS NOT RECEIVING IN THE LOWER INCOME AREA, I JUST LOOKED AT IT. I WAS ABOUT TO VOTE NO BUT I SEE IT IN DISTRICT 5 YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW, A LOT IS GOING TO DISTRICT 5. SO THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT DISTRICT 35 TO BE

105OVERLOOKED. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMPUTERS IN DISTRICT 5. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE NEED IN THE DISTRICT 5. I WAS ABOUT TO VOTE NO BUT YOU CHANGED MY MIND WHEN I LOOKED AT IT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY AND THEN SUPERINTENDENT HAS SOME COMMENTS. Lynn Gray: I HAVE THE CHEAT SHEET HERE, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO QUOTE FROM IT BECAUSE NOT ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SEEN IT OR STUDIED IT BUT IT'S DO WANT TO BE ASK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY AND EQUITY. SO WE GO TO TURKEY CREEK -- AND CONGRATULATIONS, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME -- BUT SHE WILL BE THERE AT TURKEY CREEK, AND I AM REMINDED AS MEMBER SNIVELY, SOUTHEAST COUNTY, WAY OUT THERE, THERE IS LACK OF WI-FI. AND I SEE YOU ARE

106ON PAGE 8, THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE, NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE. SO JUST AS A POINT OF SHARING, AND WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON'S CONCERN, DO WE HAVE EQUITY BUILT IN? I KNOW THEY ARE HIGHLY PUT IN DISTRICT 5, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. Thomas Weeks: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING. SO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE ADEQUATE WI-FI COVERAGE. NOW, WI-FI VERSUS CELLULAR COVERAGE IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. BUT THE WI-FI HAS BEEN UPGRADED IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOL SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY STARTED IN 2017. AND ALL THIS WAS REPLACED IN 20, BETWEEN 2020 AND ACTUALLY JULY OF THIS YEAR. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY ONE OF OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENED. SO THAT IS SOMETHING

107THAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY ON AS A DISTRICT. BUT AGAIN, CELLULAR COVERAGE IS A DIFFERENT STORY AND ACTUALLY HAVING WIRELESS FOR CELLULAR DEVICES WITHIN THOSE SCHOOL SITES REMAINS TO BE A CHALLENGE AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THOSE SITES. Lynn Gray: WELL, IT IS A CHALLENGE, BUT I KNOW TURKEY CREEK DIDN'T HAVE WI-FI BUT IF YOU ARE SAYING IT DOES NOW, THAT'S FINE. AND THEN THERE'S ONLY HOT SPOTS AND I CAN'T HELP BUT SAY IN WIMAUMA, ALSO. BUT I AM JUST SHARING THE POSSIBLE HICCUPS THAT WE NEED TO FACE. ALSO ONE LAST QUESTION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE SIS SYSTEM, SO -- AND I AM GLAD THAT MEMBER HAHN IS DOING -- WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED A WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGY, PERIOD.

108THE END. THAT'S A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT WE ARE PUTTING FORTH. I HOPE SOON -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT NOW -- BUT THIS SYSTEM, WHERE YOU HAVE HERE PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE END OF EXPENDITURES, AND HOPEFULLY THAT YOU WILL MAKE THIS VERY MUCH AVAILABLE TO BOARD MEMBERS, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE END, AND IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, THAT'S FINE. Thomas Weeks: ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DON'T PROVIDE THE BOARD UPDATES ON. AND AS WE HAVE EXPENDITURES, OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BOARD. BUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEW SYSTEM, AND WE HAVE DONE THIS IN PHASEsS IN ORDER TO NUMBER ONE TAKE ADVANTAGE OUR ABILITY TO GET NEW FUNCTIONALITY INTO THE HAND OF OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR SITE ADMINISTRATORS,

109AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WITHOUT OVERBURDENING THEM, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN A SUCCESSFUL MANNER. BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THESE DEVICES OR THESE SYSTEMS WILL STILL NEED ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, CONTRACTS, AND THEY WILL NEED BASIC CARE AND FEEDING. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD AS REQUIRED. Lynn Gray: DO NOT FORGET SCHOOLS SUCH AS YORK, I MEAN THEY ARE HUGE WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S JUST ONE SCHOOL. THEY MIGHT NEED TO HAVE A FULL-TIME TECH PERSON. I THINK WE DO HAVE ONE. MISSY HAS ONE THERE. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER EXPENSE. SO WHEN WE HAVE THIS WORKSHOP, IF WE COULD JUST INCLUDE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S NOT STICKER SHOCK. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S JUST MY

110SUGGESTION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. AND SO BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A WORKSHOP. WE WILL MAKE SURE WE PLACE THAT IN THIS AREA, I THINK PROBABLY THE END OF OCTOBER IS ONE OF OUR FIRST AVAILABLE DATES AND WE WILL PLACE. THAT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, ILLEGALITY YOU CLOSE ON THIS. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNMACK PACK THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR I.T. TO GET FEEDBACK. THIS IS WHY THE TWO WEEK BUFFER, IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, THAT'S FINE, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT WE CAN GET LONGER TO BE INCLUSIVE OF. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK WITH THE BOARD TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE WERE HISTORICALLY, WHERE WE ARE NOW,

111WHERE WE ARE GOING, BECAUSE WE HAVE THROWN A LOT OF MONEY INTO TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. REMEMBER, IN 2020 WE WERE 6 TO 1 IN THE RATIO, AND NOW BEING ABLE TO GET TO A 2-1 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MOVED THE NEEDLE REALLY FAST, AND OPENLY WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEVICES, THEY ARE GOING TO BE ISSUES. THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WE BUY ONE AT OUR HOME WITH MULTIPLE KIDS. AT MY HOME THAT I HAVE ISSUES, AND PROBABLY HAVE CREEK SQUAD TO HELP US AT BEST BUY. FOR US WE'LL CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND LEARN ABOUT OUR DEVICES, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE PURCHASE IS COMPATIBLE FOR OUR TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE AND ALSO TO ALIGN WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE PUSHING WITHIN

112OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE APPRECIATE IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE PLAN CORRECTLY IN ORDER TO GET STRONGER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES 6-1 WITH MEMBER VAUGHN VOTING NO. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW OFF ON TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENT. Addison Davis: I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS. THE FIRST THING IN THE SCHOOL GRADES WE ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THE STATE HAS PROVIDED RELATED TO THE CALCULATIONS AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT APPEAL PROCESSES CAN BE SENT BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO BE LOOK AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT CERTAIN STUDENTS WERE NOT PROPERLY COUNTED OR ACCOUNTED FOR. AS YOU REMEMBER, IN 2020, BEFORE I GOT HERE, I HAD A CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF

113EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN TWO SCHOOLS, ONE BEING OAK PARK. WE DID THAT ONCE AGAIN IN 2020. AND THE SCHOOL WITH THE FIRST ACCOUNTABILITY SINCE 2019, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AGO THEY MOVED FROM AN F TO A C. WE CHALLENGED SOME OF THE CURRENT PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS IN THEIR REPORTS AND THEIR ANALYSIS, AND WE WON THE APPEAL PROCESS AND OAK PARK HAS NOW MOVED TO A B SCHOOL WHICH IS A CELEBRATION FROM AN F TO A B, IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. IT'S ABOUT LEADERSHIP, CONCENTRATION, CONGRATS TO SHAY McRAE, TO RYAN MOODY AND ALL THEIR TEAM. THIS IS BIG. THIS IS A SCHOOL WHICH THE STATE CONTINUOUSLY THREATENED TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF HISTORICALLY UNDERPERFORM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT FOCUS ON INTERVENTION, TALK ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE BASE, AND FOCUS ON CHILDREN, THIS

114IS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE NOT ONLY THE STATE BUT THE NATION HOW WE DO SOME REALLY COOL WORK. RON AND HIS TEAM, THANKS HATS OFF TO THEM AND GRAMS. THE SECOND PART IS, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME STUDENTS MAKE SOME UNDESIRED DECISIONS BY BRINGING WEAPONS TO OUR CAMPUS RECENTLY. SO I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR TO THIS COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE BOARD THAT WE WILL BE STARTING THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS RANDOM SEARCHES. WE WILL BE LEANING ON OUR SECURITY DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. THIS WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOLS ON A RANDOM BASIS TO BE IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE AWARENESS, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT

115WE ARE A SAFE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE FREE. THAT STARTS TODAY AND OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY WILL CONTINUE TO LINK WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHO WILL BE SENDING A COMMUNICATION OUT THIS EVENING TO OUR PARENTS, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS INITIATIVE OF RANDOM SEARCHES WILL START AND BE IMPLEMENTED CONTINUOUSLY FROM NOW THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND LOOK FORWARD TO IMPROVING OUR PRACTICE. Nadia Combs: I WILL HAVE EMPLOYEE COMMENT AND THEN AFTER THAT MOVE TO BOARD COMMENTS BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT AT SIX RIGHT NOW. WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE MEG BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND AT 4 P.M.

116THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD INCLUDE E-MAILS, ONE ON ONE PHONE CALLS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER VENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. 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 DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL UP OUR SPEAKER. I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT UNTIL 4:15 AND IT WHATS REALLY BAD OUT TODAY.

117I'M HIEDI GLICK AND I WORK AT ALONZO HIGH SCHOOL BUT I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I ALSO REPRESENT ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE ACTA BARGAINING UNIT. I AM AN ELECTED MEMBER TO THE BOARD, AND SO QUESTION I SPEAK, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I AM NOT JUST SPEAKING ABOUT ALONZO BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW I LOVE ALONZO, BUT THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SO DAY WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE PRACTICE DRILLS EVERY MONTH, PRACTICE ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS, PRACTICE FIRE DRILLS. IT'S GREAT. BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST PRACTICE. BUT PREVIOUSLY, IN MY CLASSROOM, AND IN MANY OTHER CLASSROOMS IN THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A SAFE CORNER IDENTIFIED. I CANNOT DO

118THAT. MY BROOM IS WALL TO WALL DESKS. AND I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I TEACH AN ELECTIVE AND THAT'S AWESOME. BUT I AM CONCERNED, I AM NOT THE ONLY CLASSROOM IN OUR DISTRICT THAT IS WALL TO WALL DESKS. BART OF THAT IS ALL OF THE SHORTAGES THAT WE HAVE, PART OF THAT IS SOME OF THE CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SO THERE IS NO HARD CORNER. THAT'S JUST IN MY ROOM, I WANT TO BE CLEAR BUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE I HEARD FROM HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS. SO GOD FORBID THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHATTER. NOT ONLY IS THERE NO HARD CORNER BUT HALF OF THE BLINDS ARE BROKEN IN THE CLASSROOMS, AND THEY DO NOT CLOSE. THE SLATS ARE MISSING. AND THEY DON'T SHUT. NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE WINDOW TREATMENTS 'N

119AND HAVE BLIND, THEY CAN CLOSE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. SO PEOPLE ARE CLOSING THEM AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BUT THERE ARE SO MANY SLATS THAT ARE MISSING AND JUST BROKEN THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE AN ENTIRE WALL OF WINDOWS, MANY CLASSROOMS HAVE ENTIRE WALLS OF WINDOWS. THEY ARE NOT HIDDEN ANYMORE. THEY ARE SLATS. THEY ARE OPEN. PEOPLE CAN SEE IN. I DO THINK IT'S GOOD TO PRACTICE DRILLS, AND STUDENTS CAN HIDE UNDER THE DESKS, THEY CAN HIDE AGAINST THE WINDOW, IT'S ON ONE SIDE, BUT IF A SHOOTER IS ON A WINDOW SIDE, SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO AROUND -- SORRY -- TO GO AROUND AND CHECK IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM, AND EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THE BLIND THAT DON'T CLOSE NEED TO BE FIXED. AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH AREA OF MONEY THAT

120WOULD BE COME OUT OF, BUT I THINK -- I'M SORRY, DR. FARKAS -- I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY. AND THERE'S NO ONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT. WE CAN JUST HANG OUT AND CHAT IF YOU GUYS LIKE BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I DID ASK HOW MANY OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS WERE SHORT TEACHERS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO LOOK INTO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT SINCE OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING THERE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT, HOW MANY ARE NOT CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE VACANCIES ALSO. JUST A THOUGHT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO BOARD COMMENTS. GO AHEAD. WE'LL START WITH MR. WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. SO TODAY, MEMBER PEREZ AND I

121HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO KING HIGH SCHOOL, THE CEO FOR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, AND I WANT TO SAY MEMBER PEREZ, THAT WAS A GREAT STORY YOU TOLD ABOUT YOUR SON, HOW HE CAME BACK AND GOT A GREAT JOB. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY TO SOME PARTNERS, AND I MEAN THOSE PEOPLE MAKES THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OPERATE. BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE -- THEY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS FOR LIVE IN THE CAREER WORLD. THE WORKFORCE MEMBERS THERE WERE REALLY INVOLVED WITH STUDENTS. AND I WAS JUST HAPPY TO BE, MEMBER PEREZ AND I, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY A GREAT EVENT. AND WE CANNOT SAY ENOUGH, YOU CANNOT SAY ENOUGH FOR YVONNE. SHE IS A PERSON THAT'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY FOR THE DISTRICT. AND THE PEOPLE AND THE PARTNERS THAT WEIGHED THERE, THEY WAS LIKE ENTHUSED, THAT EVERYBODY

122WAS EXCITED. WE HAD FOOD. YOU NAME IT. WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES. IT WAS REALLY NEED. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOMETIME, SUPERINTENDENT, A POSSIBILITY, BECAUSE SHE'S QUITE A MOTIVATOR AND SHE'S QUITE A HARD WORKER, TOO. AND SHE'S A GO-GETTER NOW. YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY ENJOYED THE DAY AND I KNOW MEMBER PEREZ DID. WE ENJOYED. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING YVONNE FRY. SHE'S A GEM, A TREASURE, AND I HOPE SHE'S LISTENING TO YOUR REMARKS AS WELL. APPROXIMATELY 40% OF OUR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR SCHOOLS, 40% NOW HAVE AN ACUTE OR CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION SUCH AS ASTHMA, DIABETES, SEIZURES, AND/OR OBESITY. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN MEMBER SNIVELY MENTION ADD BIG

123THANK YOU TO DR. ROSS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE NURSES ABSOLUTELY ARE INTERFACING WITH A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS' HEALTH MATTERS. AND ACCORDING TO THE LIONS EYE INSTITUTE, 25% OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE SOME SORT OF EYE DEGREES. EYE DISEASE. AND THE POINT IS, WE HAVE PRINCIPALS, THANKFULLY, SUCH AS PRINCIPAL OVETT WILSON WHO DOES PROMOTE IN HIS SCHOOL HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND ENGAGES PARTNERS TO GO TO HIS SCHOOL AND TO SHARE WITH THE CHILDREN THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THEMSELVES HEALTHY AND CHECKUPS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NURSES. THIS IS A BIG PUSH AND I KNOW THAT KEN HEART, OUR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, DEPUTY BURKETT, WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A CPR DAY. SO -- WELL, TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS CAN ALL GET CERTIFIED OR RECERTIFIED IN CPR. AND THANK YOU, MS. BURKETT. THAT WHOLE UNIT, DISTRIBUTION, YOU

124WERE A HUGE ENGINE TO MAKE THAT RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF PATIENCE. SO THANK YOU. AND WHILE I AM THINKING AND THANKING OUR PRINCIPALS, THIS COMES FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. FOR ME, DEANNA FISHER COMPLETELY CHANGED SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I SHARED THAT WITH SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO A POINT OF THE OPPOSITE. IT'S MEAN, THESE KID ARE IN CLASS LEARNING, CAME RIDGE, DUAL LANGUAGE, SHE'S PRESSED ALL THE BUTTONS AND IS DOING WONDERFUL WITH CHILDREN, AND THEORY ALL ENGAGED. ALSO, I HEARD FROM MEMBER COMBS, CHAIR COMBS, THAT BUCHANAN ALSO, WITH JAMAL COOK HAS CHANGED THAT SCHOOL COMPLETELY. I AM REMINDED THAT AT GRECO, ANOTHER TRANSFORMATIONAL PRINCIPAL IS WENDY ROLD. WE HAVE SHIA MITCHELL. THESE ARE PRINCIPALS THAT ABSOLUTELY HAVE CHANGED THE FACE AND THE VALUE OF EDUCATION, THE

125CULTURAL VALUE AT THE SCHOOL. IT'S JUST A GREAT THING TO SEE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU HAVE SELECTED THESE PRINCIPALS AND STRATEGICALLY PUT THEM IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS, AND IT IS WORKING. BUT THE THANKS GO TO OUR PRINCIPALS. ALSO, THANK YOU, DR. FELITO LEWIS, YOUR TREMENDOUS STAFF FOR THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. EVERY TIME WE MENTION STUDENT WELLNESS AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND FAMILY COMMUNICATION, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT STAFF, FACE, THE ACRONYM, IS ALL ABOUT REACHING -- AND MS. MONICA IS NOT THERE -- IMMIGRANT POPULATION AND FAMILIES, AFRICAN AMERICAN, OTHER HISPANIC FAMILIES, PARTNER SHHH SCHOOLSHIP PROGRAMS, PARENT ADVISORY DISTRICT COUNCIL, I KNOW FALITA IS ON THE MAYOR'S BOARD, AND VERY INVOLVED WITH DIVERSITY, ENRICHING THE SUBSTANCE OF OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS, THE CONNECTIVITY, I SHOULD SAY. AND I JUST 2022 SAY A BIG APPRECIATION. SO LOTS OF

126OTHER THINGS GOING ON, BUT I WILL STAY QUIET FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: WE HAD A MENTAL HEALTH EVENT WHERE STUDENTS -- I THINK PABLO HAS A -- OF THE (VIDEO SHOWN). AND WAYS THAT THEY CAN CREATE ACTIVITIES. SO OUR STUDENTS ARE BUILDING A SHOWCASE, ACTIVITY AND EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO START WITH SAY HELLO WEEK. OUR PARTNER SHWITH SANDY HOOK IS VERY CLOSE, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SAY HELLO WEEK AND COMFORT OF EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, INCLUSIVENESS, AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOR OUR STUDENTS ON-SITE. WE START WITH HELLO WEEK UNITY DAY, FOR GETTING AWARENESS AND HOST LIKE A DANCE TO BOIK BREAK SOCIAL STIGMA,. MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ALONG WITH FOOD AND SHELTER AND ALL THE OTHER FACTORS.

127I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON SO THEY CAN BE PREPARED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK OR THEIR VALUE OR THEIR INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT DOESN'T PROMOTE THAT AND I FEEL TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND SHOWCASE THAT, TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. WE WANT STUDENTS TO BECOME LEADERS AT THEIR SCHOOL SITE TO IMPLEMENT THESE INITIATIVES SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH BE, AND NETWORK, SHARE IDEAS, SO WE ARE CREATING A COMMUNITY OF COHESIVENESS, AND AWARENESS ACTIVITIES. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, PABLO. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND IT'S CALLED THE HANDLE WITH CARE INITIATIVE, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE JOINING FORCE WAS SAFE AND SOUND, THE SHERIFF, AND THE TAMPA PD TO GET THAT STARTED. AND ALSO, I

128AM GOING TO BE CONDUCTING ANOTHER HEALTH TOUR. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, NOT JUST IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT AROUND THE NATION. THERE'S BEEN A 76% INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND CRISIS. HERE IN THE DISTRICT WE ARE DOING REALLY AMAZING. WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS THAT WORK ALONG WITH US OVER 120 SCHOOLS HAVE ON-SITE SUPPORT. WE HAVE A MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM. LIKE YOU SAW, A YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AID AWARENESS. AND THE TRAINING THAT WE PROVIDED. WE HAVE PROVIDED IT TO 12,686 STAFF AND 17,000 ARE TRAINED WITH AT RISK TRAINING MODULES. ALSO WE USED THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL THREAT ASSESSMENT, AND A THOUSAND SCHOOL BASED TEAM MEMBERS ARE TRAINED WITH THAT. AND JUST WORKING WITH OUR STUDENT TO TRY TO GET THEM TOGETHER. I AM GOING TO BE HANDLING

129THIS MENTAL HEALTH TOUR WITH OUR COMMUNITY. OUR CUBAN STUDENTS, I HAVE TO SAY, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH OUR CUBAN STUDENTS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING ENROLLED IN TWO ENGLISH COURSES AND THEY ARE BEING REFERRED TO ADULT ED AT THE AGE OF 16. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THESE STUDENTS FROM CUBA INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND HELP THEM TO GET ENROLLMENT. THEY ARE JUST GRATEFUL TO BE WITH US, AND TO FIND OUR WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THEM IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE. IF WE CAN HELP THEM AND LIFT THEM THAT WOULD BE GREAT ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I'M REMISS FOR NOT CONGRATULATING SOMEONE, AT THE LAST

130BOARD MEETING, AND SHE MAY OR MAY NOT BE WATCHING THE BOARD MEETING, BUT I CHOSE NOT TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND PATTI RENDEN, A VERY INVOLVED PARENT AND VOLUNTEER AND ADVOCATE IN THE DISTRICT 4 AREA OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, RAN FOR MY SEAT AND WON, AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT HER AND ENDORSE HER FOR THAT SEAT, AND SHE'S GOING TO MAKE A MAGNIFICENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO CONGRATULATE MS. RENDEN FORHER SUCCESS AND ACHIEVING THE DISTRICT 4 SCHOOL BOARD SEAT. SHE OFFICIALLY STARTS AT OUR REORGANIZATION MEETING, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 22ND, WILL BE HER INVESTITURE. I BELIEVE SHE'LL THE ONLY BRAND NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, RIGHT? SO I AM DOING MY BEST TO HELP HER GET ACCLIMATED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER

131THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND WITH THE HELP OF COURSE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. THE OTHER ISSUE -- AND I DON'T WANT TO POKE THE CHAIR ON THIS SO I AM GOING TO BE BRIEF AND THEN I AM GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE AGREE ON. SO I KNOW EVERY WEEK WE HEAR FROM CONCERNED PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT IN OUR LIBRARIES, AND I JUST WANT TO DELINEATE THAT THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HAS ITS MISSION AND ITS VISION AND ITS AGENDA. I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE THAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL MEDIA CENTERS NEED TO JUMP ON THAT PARTICULAR SAME EXACT BANDWAGON AND I WOULD APPLAUD OUR DISTRICT IF WE HAD OUR OWN VISION AND PROCESSES FOR WHAT WE SHOULD DO, NOT NECESSARILY

132JUST GOING STRAIGHT TO THE ALA, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A DIFFERENT MISSION AND VISION WHEN IT COMES TO CENSORSHIP. AND I DO BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE SOME FORM OF CENSORSHIP ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES, AND A DIFFERENT FORM FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO WHATEVER BOOKS ARE OUT THERE, BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ARE IN OUR CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL WHEN THEY ARE ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES. I AM JUST GOING TO MUTT THAT OUT THERE. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. BUT WHAT I AM ALSO GOING TO SAY AND I BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEARD MS. COMBS SAY AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING IS ALSO HER CONCERN IS ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND I REALLY HOPE IN OUR NEXT POLICY CYCLE THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW THAT MAYBE WE CAN PULL UP THE POLICIES THAT ARE

133ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES, BECAUSE I AM HEARING A LOT OF STORIES, UNFORTUNATELY, OF MISUSE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES OR ABUSE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND MAYBE IT'S GOTTEN OUT OF HAND. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CLEAR, AND THAT THEY ARE BEING FOLLOWED, OR IF THEY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED, SO THAT STUDENTS DON'T MISUSE THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES OR OVERUSE THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAYBE COME TO SOME RESOLVE ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS DEFINITELY ANOTHER HUGE ISSUE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM RIGHT NOW WITH THE USE OF THOSE ACCORDING TO THE STORIES THAT WE ARE HEARING, UNFORTUNATELY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT

134REALLY KIND OF GOES BACK TO START WITH HELLO, AND THE SANDY HOOK COMMENT IS IF WE COULD GET MORE FACE TO FACE INTERACTION WITH OUR STUDENTS INSTEAD OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES ALL THE TIME, EVERY THREE MINUTES, IN THE HALL WAYS, AT LUNCH TIME, ON BREAKS, THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES AS OPPOSED TO INTERACTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL THAT THERE'S NO PHONES ALLOWED DURING LUNCH TIME, AND THE STUDENTS ARE TALK TO EACH OTHER, THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, THEY ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME, THEY ARE CREATING AND CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS, AND THEY ARE NOT ON THEIR PHONE. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT, BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU MAYBE PULL UP THOSE POLICIES AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO

135TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS, AND NOT JUST INSTRUCTIONAL AND ACADEMIC HEALTH, BUT THEIR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AS WELL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, IT'S NOT THAT WE WANT -- IT'S JUST THE PROCESS. IF THERE'S A BOOK THAT SHOULD NOT IN SCHOOL YOU SHOULD JUST CHALLENGE THAT SCHOOL THAT BOOK AT THE ONE SCHOOL. THE IDEA OF CHALLENGING GETTING RID OF ONE BACK IN THE DISTRICT REGARDLESS WHAT THE BOOK IS, EVERYBODY JUST WANTS ONE BOOK. AND THEN IT OPENS IT UP FOR TEN BOOKS, THEN 50 BOOKS, THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HARRY POTTER, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT THAT I SUPPORT A BOOK, I SUPPORT A PROCESS

136OF JUST GOING ONE BOOK, ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. AND I AGREE, I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY, YOU TALK TO TEACHERS, THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD HANDLE THE CELL PHONE ISSUE. THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH. BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, SHOULD A CHILD BE WALKING AROUND A SCHOOL WITH AN AIR POD IN THEIR EAR AND IS IT OKAY IN ONE SCHOOL AND NOT IN ANOTHER? AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE AMOUNT OF FIGHTS AND PORNOGRAPHER AND THINGS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO PHONES AND DRUG DEALS AND JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OVER AND OVER WITH PHONES, AND HOW DO WE KIND OF TRY TO CULTIVATE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE

137THAT? THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT BECAUSE I THINK 50 YEARS FROM NOW WE ARE GOING TO SAY, OH, MY GOSH, HOW COULD WE HAVE DONE THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE GENERATIONS OF KIDS THAT CAN'T READ OR HAVE ACCESS TO AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WORKSHOP THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. I WANT TO THANK SCOTT BOOKS AND YVONNE FRY AND HER WHOLE TEAM WITH TEACHER CAREER ACADEMY AND THE UNION APPRENTICESHIP. PUPPET WHEN I WALKED OUT I THOUGHT ONE AMERICAN WE DID NOT THINK THAT DID SO MUCH WAS KIM BAYS. SHE DID SO MUCH FOR CTE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HER VISION, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE ALL HER HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING

138SHE DID, AND THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I GET E-MAILS EVERY DAY ABOUT TEACHERS WHO ARE REALLY STRETCHED SO MUCH, THEY HAVE 188 STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE SEEING, AND WE ARE SHORT OF TEACHERS, AND EVERYBODY IS WORKING HARD. AND WE KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE BOARD. CHARTER, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, EVERYWHERE. IT'S HAPPENING. THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE DRTs AND ALL THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN GOING OUT THERE WHO AREN'T EVEN SURE IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE AT THE SCHOOLS OR WHAT'S HAPPENING. JUST LET US KNOW THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM SO MUCH, AND HOW HARD THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING. WE APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS, EVERYONE WHO IS WORKING SO, SO HARD FOR THAT. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO

139MENTION, SINCE IT IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, I DID MEET WITH MAYOR GARRETT AND NANCY MALON AND THEY ARE CREATING A NEW ORGANIZATION CALLED LEADERSHIP TAMPANIA PROGRAM WHICH IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR, AND THE COLOMBIAN RESTAURANT GROUP, AND THEIR PURPOSE IS TO MENTOR AND WORK WITH YOUNG FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THE POTENTIAL CAREER AND PATH TO THE SERVICE SECTOR. AND ONE LAST THING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING UP THE HANDLE WITH CARE AND TO THE CHILDREN'S BOARD WHO HAS BROUGHT THIS PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. AND LASTLY, TOWN AND COUNTRY, PABLO LOOK, IF YOU WILL SHOW THIS, WE WILL HAVE APP HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 4 FROM 6:00 TO 7:30. WE HAVE INVITED ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT ONE

140AREA TO COME IF THEY WANT TO BE PERFORM OR HAVE A TABLE. BUT FUR OUTSIDE AND IN WIMAUMA AND YOU WOULD LOVE TO COME, PLEASE JUST E-MAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS. I KNOW MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER PEREZ ALL OF US WILL COME TO CELEBRATE. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE FOOD AND PRIZES AND THE BRIG FAMILY FOUNDATION WILL BE SUPPORTING US. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL DAY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [MEETING ADJOURNED]