08/30/2022 - 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 TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT NEARLY 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH

002SCHOOLS TV, ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING OF AUGUST 30th, 2022, IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW

003LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU MAY BE SEATED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY, JULY 26, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND AUGUST 11, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON

004AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE'RE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVES THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN TO SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKED TO GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC

005DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THE MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCASTS, ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS IN ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. THAT'S 6:00 P.M., EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING

006YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD THE COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTLY PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR TWO MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN, A RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. IF THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS WILL LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M PAULA CASSIANO. DR. EMIL FRYRYKE HAD

007NO PATIENCE AND A VOLCANIC TEMPER. ALSO EXTREMELY DEDICATED AND BRILLIANTLY. NOBODY UNDERSTOOD HIM AND DESCRIBED HIM AS FLIPPANT. HE THOUGHT OUTSIDE THE TYPICAL PARADIGM OF THINKING. HE CAME UP WITH IDEAS THAT NO ONE AGREED WITH AND SAVED MILLIONS OF CHILDREN FROM LEUKEMIA AT A TIME WHEN CHILDREN WOULD BLEED OUT FROM THE DISEASE. THE DOCTOR WHO WAS FIRED FROM ALMOST EVERY JOB HE TOOK TO THIS DAY IS STILL CREDITED AS THE FATHER OF MODERN LEUKEMIA THERAPY. CHAIR COMBS, VICE-CHAIR WASHINGTON, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE BE LIKE DR. FRYRYKE. IGNORE THE PETULANT VOICES SURROUNDING YOU. FIND A WAY TO PAY TEACHERS AND ALL PERSONNEL FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE EARNED. MAYBE iREADY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RENEWED. MAYBE SOME CONSULTANTS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HIRED. THINK CAREFULLY WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. KEEP THINKING AHEAD TO STREAMLINE

008THE BUDGET AND HELP ALL EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL TO STAY IN THE FIELD. THE BATTLE FOR OUR DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE. OUR SCHOOLS ARE BEING DEFUNDED. I KNOW I SAY THAT EVERY MEETING, BUT THEY ARE. THE STATE HAS AN AGENDA. AND WITH THE GREATEST SURPLUS TO DATE, IT'S ALMOST 22 BILLION THE STATE HAS. THEY ARE STILL STARVING OUR SCHOOLS. CAN YOU THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX LIKE DR. FRYRYKE AND GET US A GAME PLAN TO SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT? I BELIEVE YOU CAN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. JAMES CASTAÑO, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL ADVOCATE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M A DISABLED VETERAN, A REPUBLICAN, CONSERVATIVE, AND A MINORITY AND A CHRISTIAN. WE ATTEND MASS EVERY SUNDAY. I VOTED FOR GOVERNOR DESANTIS, BUT I'M DISGUSTED AT WHAT SEEMS TO BE A BIPARTISAN

009EFFORT TO DESTROY A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE KEY PLAYERS INVOLVED ARE TRYING TO DISMANTLE OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND OUR COUNTRY. TO INCLUDE THE FORMER EDUCATION COMMISSIONER MR. CORK RIN, WHO IS ALSO THE AUTHORIZER OF ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. LARRY ERIN, BETSY DeVOS, AND OTHERS ARE WAGING A POLITICAL WAR AT OUR EXPENSE, AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND USING IDEOLOGICAL BASED VERSION OF CURRICULUM INSTEAD OF CURRICULUM-BASED MODEL AS A WAY TO DEFUND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DRIVE OUR FLORIDA TEACHERS AWAY, WHICH WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE CREATION OF SUBSTANDARD EDUCATION ALTERNATIVES. I BELIEVE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR MAGNETS, IB PROGRAM, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WHICH I ATTENDED BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND HOMESCHOOLING. I WILL NOT BE SILENT AS THEY CRIPPLE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND

010ATTEND -- THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS I ATTENDED TO INCLUDE MAYOR CASTOR, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND MANY PEOPLE ON THE DAIS RIGHT HERE ATTENDED OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS TRYING TO STARVE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR TEACHERS AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL THE KIDS IN FLORIDA, INCLUDING MY OWN TWO WHO GO TO GRADY ELEMENTARY. AND THE TAXPAYER -- AND DEFRAUD THE TAXPAYER. I SUPPORT FUNDING OUR POLICE, OUR MILITARY, WHICH I'VE SERVED IN BOTH AND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SHOULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENT. ADDISON AND THE BOARD, PLEASE FIND THE MONEY TO PAY OUR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. I'M OUT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KIM PRESCOP. I'M INVOLVED

011WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SOUTH SHORE THROUGH MY KIWANIS CLUB IN SUN CITY CENTER. RECENTLY, I MET A FELLOW CAN I WITH ANIAN FOR THE PASSION OF PLACING THE CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INTO THE HANDS OF EVERY CHILD. I FELT COMPELLED TO COME HERE TODAY AND TELL HIS STORY ESPECIALLY AFTER LEARNING THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS RECENTLY BEGAN A CIVICS INITIATIVE FOR ALL 7th GRADERS. MY FRIEND'S NAME IS JOSEPH COFIELD, A CAREER ARMY MAN AND SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER FOR 15 YEARS IN PINELLAS COUNTY. HE EARNED EIGHT PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FOR TEACHING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. JOSEPH ALSO EARNED A MASTER OF ARTS IN HISTORY FROM THE FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY. THIS ALLOWED HIM TO BE A MASTER TEACHER OF THE CONSTITUTION. IN THE YEARS SINCE HIS VISION IN 2007, JOSEPH NEVER GAVE UP. HE STARTED A NONPROFIT,

012CONSTITUTION FOR THE PEOPLE. AND IN 2016, THE CONSTITUTION BOOK WAS PUBLISHED. IT'S A BOOKLET. INSIDE THE BOOKLET ARE COPIES OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE AMENDMENTS, THE DECLARATION, 27 FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS, TWO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, FAMOUS QUOTES BY OUR FAMOUS FOUNDING FATHERS AND OTHERS, A LIST OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION BY STATE, AND AN INDEX ALL IN JUST 46 PAGES. EVERYONE CAN TAKE IT HOME. EVERYONE IN THE HOME CAN LEARN FROM IT. HOW WONDERFUL IF NONCITIZENS WERE TO DECIDE TO BECOME U.S. CITIZENS AFTER READING IT. THE WORDS ARE CERTAINLY INSPIRATIONAL. BOARD MEMBERS, PINELLAS AND MANATEE COUNTY ALREADY HAVE THIS BOOKLET IN THEIR FIFTH GRADE CLASSES. IT'S UP TO US TO GET IT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS' CLASSES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT ADDISON DAVIS AND SOME OF THE

013SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT INTENTIONALLY CHECKED UP ON ME. I'M BLESSED AND GRATEFUL. A SAFE SPACE WAS CREATED FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK FREELY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THEIR SCHOOL SITES WITHOUT RETALIATION. READING THE COMMENTS POSTED BY YOUR EMPLOYEES SHOULD FRUSTRATE YOU. IT SHOULD ALARM YOU, AND IT SHOULD MOVE YOU TO TAKE ACTION. EACH OF YOU WAS PROVIDED A FOLDER TO READ THE RECEIPTS FOR YOURSELF. ENCLOSED ARE COMMENTS AND PICTURES OF UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PEST INFESTATIONS, HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS AND OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS THAT LACK AC, TEXTBOOKS, AND ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. AS A SEVEN LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION AND THIRD LARGEST IN THE STATE, THIS DISTRICT HOLDS THE POWER TO INFLUENCE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE UNFUNDED MANDATES AND THE POLICIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISMANTLING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. AS A FORMER

014EMPLOYEE OF THIS DISTRICT, IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE EMPLOYEES AND THE CHILDREN. OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING AND FOR WHAT? THIS DISTRICT HAS A HISTORY OF MAKING PROMISES THAT THEY DO NOT KEEP. THIS DISTRICT HAS A HISTORY OF PUTTING THE NEEDS OF ADULTS BEFORE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN. THIS DISTRICT SEEMS TO BE MORE CONCERNED WITH PROTECTING ITS IMAGE THAN IT IS PROTECTING ITS EMPLOYEES AND PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE. STAND UP TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND FIGHT AGAINST THE HARMFUL POLICIES AND INADEQUATE FUNDING THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISMANTLING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE POWER BACK. IT'S TIME TO PUT STUDENTS AND STAFF FIRST. IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THE CALLING TO CULTIVATE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR NATION.

015IT'S TIME TO FIGHT AGAINST THE WAR IN EDUCATION AND ACTUALLY BE IN THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATING. OUR CHILDREN ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR. PUBLIC EDUCATION IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. PLEASE BE INTENTIONAL WITH THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE AND FIGHT BACK. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. IF THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS WOULD LINE UP. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO GIVE A PARENTAL ADVISORY BEFORE I START. I'M ALYSSA WITH MOMS FOR LIBERTY. HERE ARE QUESTIONS, I HOPE TO GET SOME SORT OF ANSWERS HERE SINCE I RECEIVED FEW RESPONSES THROUGH MANY E-MAILS. ANYONE HERE RECENTLY READ THE FLORIDA STATUTES AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS' OBLIGATIONS. SECTION 1,006.28 PART 2, EACH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL AND ANY OTHER MATERIAL USED IN THE

016CLASSROOM MADE AVAILABLE IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY AND INCLUDING READING LIST. BASED ON THIS STATUTE AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS YOU ARE, IN FACT, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOOKS AND MEDIA THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO THEN WHY IS IT THAT NONE OF YOU HAVE MADE ANY EFFORTS TO VET THESE VERY PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS IN OUR SCHOOLS? PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY NONE OF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH BLOW JOBS, ANAL SEX, MASTURBATION, SEX TOYS, HAND JOBS AND PETO FEEL I CAN'T JUST TO NAME A -- PEDOPHILIA. THE FACT THAT THERE IS PUSH-BACK FROM YOU WHO WE VOTED INTO POSITION TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN IS APPALLING. HAVE YOU EVER SEARCHED FOR SEX INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN IN OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY CATALOG BECAUSE I HAVE. WHAT I FOUND SHOULD BRING MAJOR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS TO ANY PARENT. SEARCH

017FOR SEX INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHILDREN. CATALOG THAT POPS UP IS A GENRE THAT HAS 20 BOOKS SPREAD THROUGHOUT MANY COPIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. I'M SORRY, BUT I REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE REASON FOR THESE BOOKS TO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES BECAUSE IT ACCOMMODATES THE NEED OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHO IN OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS OUR CHILDREN TO GO MAKE A SEX ACT PROFILE TO MEET UP WITH LOCAL STRANGERS FOR SEX? WHY ARE WE ACCOMMODATING THESE PEDOPHILES AS IT MAY BE THE GROOMERS WHO ARE PLACING THESE BOOKS ON OUR SHELVES OR INDOCTRINATING SYSTEM SIT ON A PODIUM THAT ALLOW THE BOOKS TO BE GIVEN TO OUR CHILDREN. WHAT IS THE NEED YOU PEOPLE HAVE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN HOW TO GIVE THE PROPER BLOW JOB WITHOUT USING YOUR TEETH OR THE TIMELESS CLASSIC, THE HANDY.

018WHY CHILDREN NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY CLEAN THEIR BUTT BEFORE PARTAKING IN ANAL SEX. WE HAVE OVER 300 SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. [OFF MICROPHONE] Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS GAY JONES. A POPULAR AUTHOR AND CULTURAL CRITIC NICKNAMED JAMES LINDSAY RECENTLY CREATED A TWITTER POST THAT FEATURED PICTURES FROM A BOOK THAT MY FRIEND JULIE READ AT THE JULY THE 12th BOARD MEETING THAT WAS ENTITLED "THIS BOOK IS GAY." LINDSAY'S POST CALLING OUT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WAS CATCHLY HEADLINED, QUOTE, I TOLD YOU THEY WERE GROOMERS, END QUOTE. FOLLOWED BY, AND I QUOTE, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY HAS A BOOK GEOGRAPHICALLY DETAILING HOW TO HAVE GAY SEX AND USE GAY HOOKUP ACT GRINDER. USING THE KID FRIENDLY LANGUAGE LIKE

019BLOWY AND BUMMING, END QUOTE. LINDSAY FINISHED THIS WITH, QUOTE, THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT GROOMING KIDS FOR SEX LOOKS LIKE. END QUOTE. TWITTER OUTING ITSELF AS A CHAMPION OF CHILD SEXUALIZATION PERMANENTLY BANNED MR. LINDSAY FOR A SUBSEQUENT INCIDENT. THIS PARTICULAR POST HOWEVER HAD OVER 300 SHARES BEFORE ITS REMOVAL AND IS CURRENTLY SPREADING AND GENERATING IRE ON OTHER PLATFORMS. ONE OF THE POST'S PHOTOS FEATURES A COMPARATIVELY MILD INSTRUCTIONAL PASSAGE, QUOTE, AS WITH HAND JOBS AND BREAKFAST EGGS, ALL MEN LIKE THEIR BLOW JOBS SERVED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. END QUOTE. AND YOU WANT CHILDREN READING THAT. IN CLOSING, I QUOTE, H.PATAKUS. YOU BECAME TOLERANT OF DISH DEGENERACY ONLY FOR YOU TO BECOME TOLERANT. YOU PRESENTED TO BE EQUAL ONLY TO TELL THEM SUPERIOR. NO GREATER MYTH IN PROPOSITION OF AMICABLE COEXISTENCE BETWEEN OPPOSING CULTURES. YOU CAN EITHER CONFORM TO

020THOSE WHO ARE WIELDING POWER OR YOU CAN TAKE POWER BACK. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA EDWARDS. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. LAST YEAR I SPOKE TO THIS BOARD ABOUT THE CONCERNS I HAD WITH PANORAMA EDUCATION CONDUCTING SURVEYS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT. IN CASE YOU DON'T REMEMBER, I DISCUSSED THAT PANORAMA EDUCATION HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR INSERTING CRITICAL RACE THEORY INTO CURRICULUM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEIR MISSION STATEMENT IS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON THEIR WEBSITE. WE STRONGLY DENOUNCE RACISM. WE ARE COMMITTED TO FIGHTING AGAINST IT. WE COMMIT TO DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC RACISM. WE COMMIT TO EMBODYING AND SPREADING ANTI-RACISM PRACTICES, AND WE COMMIT TO BUILDING SYSTEMS OF OPPORTUNITY AND POSSIBILITY FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR. FURTHERMORE, PANORAMA EDUCATION IS PERSONALLY CONNECTED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

021WHO DIRECTED THE FBI TO TARGET PARENTS WHO PROTEST CRT TRAINING AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. WHEN I WAS DONE SPEAKING, I WAS QUICKLY USHERED OUT OF THE BOARDROOM BY I BELIEVE MR. McAULEY, THE CHIEF OF STAFF. HE TOOK NOTES ABOUT MY CONCERNS, RECEIVED MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND PROMISED TO FOLLOW UP WITH ME BUT I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING. SINCE THAT BOARD MEETING, MY 7th GRADER RECEIVED AN ASSIGNMENT ASKING HIM TO DESCRIBE THREE WAYS HE COULD FIGHT RACISM TODAY. MY SIXTH GRADER HAS RECEIVED A SYLLABUS INFORMING ME THAT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING WILL BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL BETWEEN NOVEMBER 14 AND DECEMBER 16. ON THE AGENDA TODAY, I SEE THAT PANORAMA EDUCATION IS UP FOR RENEWAL SERVICES WITHIN A CONTRACT IS A BILLING SCHEDULE OUTLINING THE DELIVERABLE SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE THE CONTINUATION OF STUDENT AND TEACHER SURVEYS ALONG WITH

022IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS AND RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL LEADERS. THIS MEANS THAT EDUCATORS RECEIVE ACCESS TO PANORAMA'S PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE LIBRARIES. I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE QUESTION, WHY IS THE DISTRICT CONSIDERING SPENDING ANOTHER 362.5 MILLION ON AN EDUCATION PLATFORM CREATED TO DATA MINE OUR -- AND PUSH CRITICAL RACE THEORY? Nadia Combs: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS JOHN RUTLEDGE. MY DAUGHTER IS A STUDENT AT STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL. WE SUBMITTED AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR MY DAUGHTER TO BRING HER SERVICE DOG TO SCHOOL WHICH HAS BEEN DENIED. I'VE OUTLINED THE NATURE OF THE DISABILITY AND THE TWO TASK THE DOG PERFORMS TO AID THIS DISABILITY IN THE ORIGINAL REQUEST. FLORIDA STATUTE 413.08 DEFINES THE SERVICE ANIMAL AS AN ANIMAL THAT IS INDIVIDUALLY TRAINED TO DO WORK OR PERFORM TASKS FOR THE

023BENEFIT OF AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY, INCLUDING A PHYSICAL, PSYCHIATRIC, INTELLECTUAL, OR OTHER MENTAL DISABILITY. I BELIEVE THE DISTRICT PERSONNEL WHO MADE THE DECISION TO DENY THIS SERVICE ANIMAL GENUINELY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL AND A SERVICE DOG. SERVICE DOGS ARE REQUIRED PUBLIC ACCESS BY LAW. PER THE ADA, A PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION OR FACILITY IS NOT ALLOWED TO ASK FOR DOCUMENTATION OR PROOF THAT THE ANIMAL HAS BEEN TRAINED, CERTIFIED, OR LICENSED AS A SERVICE ANIMAL. ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE DISTRICT WHY THE PRINCIPAL AT STRAWBERRY CREST IS BEING ADVISED NOT TO FOLLOW THE SCHOOL BOARD WRITTEN POLICY WHICH IS 8390. THE POLICY STATES THE PRINCIPAL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE STUDENT'S SERVICE ANIMAL. WHEN THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED

024THE PRINCIPAL WILL DETERMINE IF THE SERVICE ANIMAL WOULD BE PERMITTED TO ACCOMPANY THE STUDENT WITH THE DISABILITY ANYWHERE ON THE CAMPUS. WHY IS THE DISTRICT SAFETY OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING, DENYING THE SERVICE ANIMAL REQUEST WHEN THEY ARE NOT THE PRINCIPAL AT THE SCHOOL? WHO IS ADVISING THE PRINCIPAL NOT TO FOLLOW POLICY 8390. I'M SEEKING IMMEDIATE RELIEF AS MY DAUGHTER IS BEING DAMAGED BY THE DENIAL OF HER CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER THE FEDERAL AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT TITLE II LAW. I HOPE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE TODAY WILL HEAR THE STORY OF MY DAUGHTER, UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY IN THE SITUATION -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. IF THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS WOULD LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA RUTLEDGE. I'M ALSO HERE TO REQUEST THAT EACH PERSON ON THIS BOARD

025AND MR. DAVIS PLEASE DIRECT THE EMPLOYEES OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL ADA TITLE II LAW AND APPROVE THE SERVICE DOG REQUEST THAT WE MADE FOR OUR CHILD FOUR MONTHS AGO. MY CHILD HAS A 4.0 GPA IN THE IB PROGRAM AT STRAWBERRY CREST. SHE SUFFERS FROM A DISABILITY. AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS SHE RECEIVED A SERVICE DOG. HER DISABILITY SEVERELY LIMITS HER ABILITY TO FUNCTION IN HER DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. AFTER STARTING TO WORK WITH HER SERVICE DOG LAST YEAR, WE SAW MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN OUR DAUGHTER. AND IN HER QUALITY OF LIFE. I'VE FOLLOWED THE DISTRICT PROTOCOL BACK IN MAY TO REQUEST PERMISSION FOR HER TO ATTEND SCHOOL THIS FALL WITH HER SERVICE DOG. BY SUMMER, MY CHILD WAS USING HER SERVICE DOG EXCLUSIVELY TO MANAGE HER DISABILITY AND WAS LIVING A SOMEWHAT

026NORMAL LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT THREE YEARS. DESPITE SUBMITTING THE PROPER REQUEST THE DISTRICT IS CONTINUING TO DENY HER SERVICE DOG ACCESS AT SCHOOL. THE DISTRICT IS VIOLATING ADA TITLE II LAW. EVERYONE HERE HAS RECEIVED COPIES OF OUR REQUEST AND CONTINUES TO REMAIN SILENT WHILE THE WELFARE OF MY CHILD IS AT STAKE. EVERY SINGLE DAY, MY CHILD MUST NOW CHOOSE BETWEEN EFFECTIVELY MANAGING HER DISABILITY AND GOING TO SCHOOL. HOW IS THIS A FREE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION? SHE HAS REGRESSED SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS PAST WEEK SHE MISSED CLASS MORE THAN ONCE DUE TO HER DISABILITY. AFTER THE DENIAL, THE DISTRICT HAS MADE ZERO EFFORT TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION, PUT IN ANY PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO SUPPORT MY CHILD OR EVEN CHECK ON HER. WHY IS NO ONE OFFERING HER A 504 ACCOMMODATION OR A COPY OF

027MY PARENTAL RIGHTS? ALSO, I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE LEGAL OFFICE. THEY ARE NOW REQUESTING PROOF OF TRAINING FOR THE SERVICE DOG THAT DOES NOT EXIST, PER THERE IS NO STATE OR FEDERAL TRAINING FOR SERVICE DOGS OR CERTIFICATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. IT IS NOT THE DISTRICT'S RIGHT TO DETERMINE IF A SERVICE ANIMAL IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALLISON FERNANDEZ. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE. SO YOU-ALL REALIZE THAT THE TAX REQUEST DID NOT PASS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU THAT IT IS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC, WHILE THEY SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION, THEY SUPPORT TEACHERS, DO NOT TRUST TO YOU SPEND THEIR MONEY WISELY. I SUGGEST THAT YOU GIVE A VERY HARD SCRUTINY TO THE BUDGET AND THE SPENDING THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE RIGHT

028NOW -- AND THIS IS INFORMATION FROM YOUR CFO, I DID NOT MAKE IT UP -- YOUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS 89 TO 90 PERCENT PAYROLL, PERSONNEL. THAT IS EXCESSIVE. THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE RIGHT SIZED OR UNDERSIZED AT YOUR SCHOOL SITES, THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE THAT YOU CAN BE OVERSPENDING ON PAYROLL AND IT IS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TOO MANY HIGH-PAID DISTRICT OFFICIALS IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY YOUR TEACHERS APPROPRIATELY IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ALLOCATING FUNDS APPROPRIATELY. I AM AN ACCOUNTANT. IF YOU COME TO ME AND SHOW ME AND BUILD THE COST OF EDUCATING A STUDENT AT AN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, I WILL SUPPORT AND LOBBY THOSE EFFORTS TO SAY WE NEED X DOLLARS OF FUNDING, BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT.

029YOU JUST COME TO THE TAXPAYER AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY. MEANWHILE, YOU'RE PAYING FOR PANORAMA, WHICH MANY PARENTS OBJECT TO. I DON'T WANT MY SON TO BE SURVEYED ON EMOTIONAL AND BASICALLY RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS BEHIND MY BACK. THOSE ARE FOR OUR FAMILY TO DECIDE AND DISCUSS. FORTUNATELY, MY SON IS 17 SO HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE HE'S A HIGH SCHOOLER SO YOU WON'T GET VERY GOOD INFORMATION OUT OF HIM. AGAIN, STOP SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS THAT DON'T ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO ADEQUATE READING AND WRITING AND ARITHMETIC. THAT'S WHAT CHILDREN NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD, STAFF MEMBERS, AND PUBLIC. MY NAME IS TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER. HI AGAIN. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT I'M SO GLAD I WAS ABLE TO COME RIGHT AFTER THOSE

030TWO SPEAKERS. TIES IN BEAUTIFULLY WITH MY TOPIC. IEP ACCOMMODATIONS AND 504. ONCE AGAIN, THE TAXPAYERS HAVE SPOKEN. ARE YOU LISTENING? YOU'RE TOO TOP HEAVY AS THE ACCOUNTANT SAID. AS A PARENT, I'LL BE HONEST, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE MILLAGE. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? MY DAUGHTER WHO HAS AN IEP, IT'S THE LAW, HER ACCOMMODATIONS AREN'T BEING FOLLOWED. I'VE WRITTEN LETTERS. I'VE HAD INFORMAL MEETINGS, FORMAL MEETINGS, I'VE HAD IEP MEETINGS. SOME OF YOU ALL I HAVE SPOKEN TO PERSONALLY. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE I BEEN FIGHTING NOW? SEVEN YEARS. NEW SCHOOL, SAME SYSTEM. BUT YET YOU ASK ME TO PAY FOR THIS. I CANNOT AS A PARENT, AS A TAXPAYER, I CANNOT FEEL OKAY AND BE COMFORTABLE CONTINUING TO PAY FOR A LACK OF EDUCATION. THE NEW CURRICULUM YOU SAID. I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT STUDENTS. THIS

031WOULD BE MY SIXTH STUDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE A TEACHER. GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS, THEY SAY. I'M SORRY. THERE ARE SOME TEACHERS THAT THEY JUST AREN'T EQUIPPED TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. DO BETTER. LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET AND REALLY DECIDE WHY DOES A SCHOOL NEED FOUR, FIVE AND SIX ADMIN, SOME OF THEM WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW ME OR THEY CLAIM NOT TO. IT'S TIME TO DO THE WORK. THE TAXPAYERS HAVE SPOKEN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. ALAN BREWSTER, BOARD MEMBER, SUPERINTENDENT, I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO JUST STARTED GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. SHE CAME HOME SAYING, MOM AND DAD, THE CLASSROOM I'M IN IS HOT. NO HEAT, NO AIR FOR A WHOLE WEEK I CALLED THE PRINCIPAL THREE TIMES. DIDN'T RESPOND. I TOLD THEM IF YOU DON'T CALL ME BACK TODAY I'M

032CALLING THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS. HE CALLED ME BACK. HE CLAIMED HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE. MY POINT IS THIS. WHY SHOULD A TEACHER OR A STUDENT HAVE TO BE SUBJECTED A WHOLE WEEK IN A ROOM THAT'S 90 DEGREES WITH NO ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO MOVE THEM? THAT IS A HEALTH RISK. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. WHERE IS THE FAIL-SAFE? WHERE IS IT? THIS THE PRINCIPAL. I CALLED THREE TIMES. HE'S SAYING HIS AGENT TO CALL MY WIFE. MY WIFE DIDN'T CALL. I CALLED. SO YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PARENT. THAT'S THE MESSAGE I'M GETTING. JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, THE AC -- THE APC THERE IS INEFFECTIVE. INEFFECTIVE. I'LL TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW SHE IS INEFFECTIVE. SHE'S GIVEN MY DAUGHTER, SHE IS A SENIOR, CLASSES THAT SHE DOESN'T NEED. AND NOW SHE'S SUFFERING, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN

033TO HELP HER. THEY WANT TO TAKE HER OUT OF THE DATA CLASS AND PUT HER BACK INTO AN ALGEBRA CLASS. IF SHE DOES THAT, SHE LOSES HER BRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP. TURKEYS MAKING TURKEY DECISIONS THAT'S INEFFECTIVE. THAT'S THIS LEADERSHIP. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OPERATING UPSIDE DOWN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS ALEXIS. I AM THE PROUD PTA PRESIDENT FOR CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT TRANSITIONING CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY INTO CARROLLWOOD K-8. I'M AWARE THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING E-MAILS FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE TELLING THEIR OWN PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT WHY THIS TRANSITION SO DESPERATELY NEEDED. WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT LIFE DECISIONS AND CHANGES BASED ON WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WILL GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL,

034SUCH AS MOVING OUT OF THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES, SOMETIMES EVEN OUT OF OUR DISTRICT. STAYING IN THE DISTRICT AND ACQUIRING THE SOARING COST OF PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION, SPENDING HOURS IN THE CAR DRIVING KIDS TO CHARTER, PRIVATE, AND OTHER CHOICE SCHOOL OPTIONS OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND MOST ALARMING, ELIMINATING OUR AMAZING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALTOGETHER AND TURNING TO K-8 SCHOOLS TO SECURE A SEAT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. BUT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHY IS THIS INITIATIVE SO NEEDED? EACH YEAR FEWER CARROLLWOOD FAMILIES ATTEND OUR ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL. FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WERE ONLY TWO STUDENTS OUT OF 106 THAT ENROLLED IN SIXTH GRADE AT OUR ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT NUMBER IS STAGGERING. MANY FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING TO MOVE TO PRIVATE AND/OR CHARTER SCHOOLS IN GRADES THREE AND FOUR, EVEN EARLIER TO SECURE A SEAT IN A K-8 ENVIRONMENT. WITH

035THAT MOVE, THE DISTRICT LOSES VALUABLE FTE FUNDING AS WELL AS TEACHER UNITS, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED AT OUR SCHOOL TODAY WITH THE LOSS OF ONE OF OUR PHENOMENAL TEACHERS. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK WE WOULDN'T BE LOSING TEACHERS IF WE HAD THIS K-8 OPTION. FAMILIES WILL NOT ENROLLED THEIR CHILDREN IN A D-RATED MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER ATTENDING AN A-RATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CHOICES OUTSIDE OF THEIR ZONED SCHOOLS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AS WE HAVE SEEN YOUR LEADERSHIP TACKLE UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, WE KNOW WITH YOUR SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. HOWEVER, WE MUST ACT NOW TO MAKE THIS -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. -- FOR THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. HELLO. I AM DANIELLE EICHMANN. THE NEXT THING WE WANT TO ADDRESS WITH YOU IS THE

036COST ON BECOMING A K-8. WE KNOW IT WOULD NOT BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISTRICT TO FUND A NEW K-8. THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE DO THIS WITH LITTLE TO NO COST TO THE DISTRICT? OUR GOAL IS CLASS SIZE OF 100 TO 110 STUDENTS PER GRADE. AT THIS SIZE, THE FTE FUNDING PROVIDED WILL SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND MATERIALS FOR OUR SITE. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING. CARROLLWOOD HAS ENOUGH ROOMS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN RESULTING IN NO CONSTRUCTION COSTS. AS SEEN WITH MANISCALCO, THIS CAN BE DONE WITH VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY USING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. MATERIALS AND FURNITURE ARE AVAILABLE AT OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE UNFILLED SEATS. THESE ITEMS COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO CARROLLWOOD RESULTING IN NO MATERIAL COSTS. ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL SEATS ARE

037CHOICE SEATS, REQUIRING PARENTS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SO THERE WILL BE NO TRANSPORTATION COSTS. EACH YEAR, THE REDUCED NUMBER OF CHOICE STUDENTS IN GRADES K-5 WILL BALANCE THE INCREASE IN CHOICE STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-8. THERE WILL BE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS NEEDED TO FILL POSITIONS, LEAVING US WITH NO NEW TEACHER COSTS. STUDENTS RETURNING OR STAYING IN THE DISTRICT INSTEAD OF ATTENDING CHARTER OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS IS A GAIN IN FTE DOLLARS FOR THE DISTRICT. LASTLY, WE HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY SUPPORT BEHIND US. OUR PTA IS PREPARED TO GIVE AN IN-KIND DONATION TO HELP COVER POTENTIAL COSTS THAT COULD ARISE. LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE RAISED APPROXIMATELY $50,000. HERE TODAY WE HAVE A SMALL REPRESENTATION OF A VERY LARGE GROUP OF SUPPORTERS FOR THIS INITIATIVE. AS YOU CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM US, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU

038THAT WE NEED A DECISION MAKER TO AGREE TO ADD GRADE 6 FOR SCHOOL YEAR 23-24. WE NEED YOU TO AGREE TO COME ALONGSIDE WITH US AND MAKE A PROMPT DECISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU, DANIELLE. MY NAME IS BRITTANY COOPER. AND I AM BOTH A PROUD PARENT OF SEVERAL CARROLLWOOD ELVES BUT ALSO PROUD ALUMNI OF CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY. I GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE RETURNED TO RAISE MY OWN FAMILY HERE. I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU WHY COMMUNITY MATTERS DURING THIS CONVERSATION. WE ARE PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORTERS AND WE SUPPORT EVERYTHING YOU DO. WHAT WE REPRESENT IS A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF CONCERNED RESIDENTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO BRING PRIDE BACK TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. LAST TUESDAY DURING THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS,

039WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 450 SIGNATURES ON A PETITION IN FAVOR OF MAKING CARROLLWOOD A K-8. THE POINT IS, OUR COMMUNITY CARES. WE FUND RAISE, WE BACK PETITIONS, WE SHOW UP TO VOTE EVERY TIME THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. THEY KNOW THAT THE HOME VALUES ARE DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE SCHOOL GRADES. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING FOR REELECTION. OUR COMMUNITY CAN AND WILL SUPPORT THE MEMBERS OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR SCHOOLS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR DECISION MAKING. WE ARE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION OPTIONS FOR OUR FAMILIES. WHILE WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY IS A LONG-STANDING, THRIVING, A GRADE, OUR CURRENT ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT AN OPTION FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WERE WILLING TO

040SUPPORT ALL. SCHOOLS LIKE CARROLLWOOD BRING CONNECTION THROUGH COMMUNITY. EVEN THOUGH CARROLLWOOD HAS UNMATCHED COMMUNITY CONNECTION, THIS IS BEING LOST AS FAMILIES SCATTER FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE ALL FACING THAT DECISION TODAY. WITH YOUR HELP, WE WILL TRANSITION CARROLLWOOD TO A K-8 SCHOOL AND WE WILL GAIN PRIDE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTIONS AGAIN. WE NEED A DECISION MAKER TO ADD GRADE 6 FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, 2023-2024. THIS MEANS DECIDING TO ACT NOW AND PLAN THOUGHTFULLY DURING THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS RACHELLE PALARO. KING HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI AND DAUGHTER OF FORMER USF PROFESSOR, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT BGSU AND PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN. SO IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT

041I AM A LIFELONG ADVOCATE AND SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN. THIS AFTERNOON, I WANT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO GET STARTED. CARROLLWOOD WILL ADD ONE GRADE PER YEAR STARTING WITH GRADE SIX IN AUGUST 2023. FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE GRADE SEVEN IN 2024 AND GRADE 8 IN 2025. FOR EACH GRADE WE WILL NEED THREE TO FOUR CLASSROOMS TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS. OUR PLAN CALLS FOR BALANCING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL BY LIMITING THE NUMBER OF CHOICE SEATS IN GRADES K-5. THOSE SEATS WILL BE REALLOCATED TO GRADES K-8. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THE SCHOOL CAPACITY AND WE'RE NOT ASKING TO EXCEED FISH CAPACITY. WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE GRADE AT A TIME, THIS WILL ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO MODIFY CHOICE SLOTS TO GIVE PRIORITY

042TO OUR CARROLLWOOD RISING SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS. THIS DOES NOT IMPACT STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY CHOICED IN BUT WILL LIMIT FUTURE ENROLLMENTS. OUR TARGET ENROLLMENT WILL BE 100 TO 110 STUDENTS PER GRADE LEVEL. AT THAT NUMBER, THE UNIT IS PAID FOR BY THE KIDS IN THE SEATS. WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE A CONSULTANT AND A REZONING. WHILE THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE DISTRICT, THIS DOES NOT IMPACT OUR ASK TO MAKE CARROLLWOOD A K-8 SCHOOL. WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO WAIT FOR THE RESULTS. AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, YOU WILL LOSE 98% OF CARROLLWOOD FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS TO ANOTHER SCHOOL, PRIVATE CHARTER, FLORIDA VIRTUAL, OR MAGNET, AND THEY WILL NOT RETURN FOR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. WE NEED YOUR HELP. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THIS IS WHAT

043WE ARE ASKING OF YOU TODAY. NO ONE CAN DO IT ALONE. WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE, AND WE NEED THE PATH TO THE EXPEDITIOUS DECISION TODAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS JENNA MALASI. I WAS A FORMER KINDERGARTEN TEACHER HERE IN THE DISTRICT AND A LONG-TERM SUB. MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS TOGETHER AND HE ALSO WORKS A FULL-TIME JOB. TODAY, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE TEACHER ASPECT. TODAY, CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY LOST A WONDERFUL FIFTH GRADE TEACHER BECAUSE MOST STUDENTS ARE PULLING OUT IN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE WHEN THEY GET INTO A CHARTER OR PRIVATE SCHOOL. BY MAKING CARROLLWOOD A K-8, WE CAN KEEP THESE KIDS AT OUR SCHOOL AND KEEP OUR TEACHERS EMPLOYED. TEACHERS WANT TO BE EMPLOYED AT AN A SCHOOL. IN OUR MODEL FOR

044TEACHERS, THIS REALLOCATION OF CHOICE SEATS RESULTS FROM AN EQUAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS LOST AND GAINED. THERE WILL NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS NEEDED TO FILL POSITIONS AT CARROLLWOOD K-8. LIKE EVERY OTHER YEAR, UNITS FROM OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS LIKE BEN HILL, CAN BE MOVED WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING. ADDITIONAL FTE FUNDING WILL COME WITH STUDENTS WHO AREN'T CURRENTLY CHOOSING SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. CARROLLWOOD IS A DESIRABLE SCHOOL TO WORK AT. WE HAVE A LOW NUMBER OF TEACHER TURNOVER. THIS IS A WIN FOR THE DISTRICT. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL CURRENT TEACHERS WHO ARE CERTIFIED TO TEACH SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE AND HAVE EXPRESSED EXCITEMENT IN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AT CARROLLWOOD K-8. PLEASE, PLEASE, WE BEG OF YOU, MAKE A DECISION TO MAKE CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY A K-8 RIGHT AWAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT

045SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU, JENNA. MY NAME IS KRISTA MALES. MY HUSBAND JARED AND I ARE THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR THE CARROLLWOOD PTAK-8 INITIATIVE. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR MEETING WITH US ON SEPTEMBER 7 TO DISCUSS CARROLLWOOD BECOMING K-8. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISION MAKER IS THERE. WE WILL BE BACK HERE TO FOLLOW UP TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW HOW THE MEETING WENT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH OTHER POLICIES, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO GET DONE CAN BE DONE. WE KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SEE GRADUATION RATES INCREASE ACROSS THE COUNTY. YOU WANT TO SEE THE METRICS THAT SUPPORT THIS. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR INCREASED GRADUATION RATES. IT IS GOING TO CAUSE A TRICKLE-UP EFFECT CAUSING STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

046WHERE THEY WILL NATURALLY FEED INTO CHAMBERLAIN. CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT, CHAMBERLAIN STAFF AND ALUMNI ARE WORKING HARD TO SUPPORT GAINS BEING MADE AT CHAMBERLAIN. THIS IS INCREDIBLE, BUT THEY WON'T REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN A-RATED MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WILL BRIDGE THE KID FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH. YOU NEED A MIDDLE SCHOOL WIN. YOU NEED A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT FILLS ITS SEATS, THAT MAINTAINS AN A GRADE, THAT HAS A COMMUNITY. PRIOR TO COVID, SEVERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED TO A K-8 MODEL. THIS MODEL IS IN RESPONSE TO STUDENT NEEDS AND IS AN ATTEMPT TO RECAPTURE AND RETAIN STUDENTS LEAVING FOR OTHER SCHOOL OPTIONS. IT WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO BE PROVIDED A MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTION IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. MANISCALCO K-8 HAD THE HIGHEST LEARNING GAINS IN THE COUNTY LAST YEAR WITH

047THIS MODEL AND WE WOULD LIKE THE DISTRICT'S HELP TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER OUR PLAN IN DETAIL. CARROLLWOOD FAMILIES ARE IN FIERCE SUPPORT OF THIS CHANGE AND NEED ACTION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. MY HUSBAND JARED IS ALSO ON THE BOARD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HE CARES DEEPLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. HE PULLED THE GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PRIOR EIGHT YEARS. WE HAD MORE KIDS GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR HOME SCHOOLS THAN POOLS AND OF THE POOLS, STEINBRENNER, GAITHER, HILLSBOROUGH IB AND ANY OTHER NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WERE MORE COMMON THAN CHAMBERLAIN. SCHOOL BOARD, WE NEED YOU TO GET BEHIND THIS AND HELP US MAKE A DECISION FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KIM WIN. AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CARROLLWOOD

048AREA FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. I ALSO WORK IN CARROLLWOOD. I'M A PARENT OF THREE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS. TWO OF THEM ARE HIGH SCHOOLERS AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH IB AND ONE IS CURRENTLY A THIRD GRADER AT CARROLLWOOD. BACK WHEN MY OLDER KIDS WERE OWLS AT CARROLLWOOD, WHICH IS OVER SIX YEARS AGO, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE TO SEND THEM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AMONGST ALL OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE PARENTS BACK THEN AS IT IS NOW. OVERWHELMING MAJORITY WERE CHOOSING TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR VARIOUS REASONS. WE HAD TO DRIVE OVER 30 MINUTES OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY MORNING AND EVERY AFTERNOON THROUGH TRAFFIC TO AND FROM ANOTHER HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. ONCE WE GOT THERE, WE HAD TO WAIT IN A CAR

049LINE BEHIND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF OTHER CARS MAKING THE WHOLE PROCESS JUST STRESSFUL AND EVEN LONGER THAN IT SHOULD BE. ALTHOUGH IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THE COMMUTE AND GETTING TO WORK ON TIME ON A DAILY BASIS, WE REALLY DIDN'T FEEL THAT WE HAD A SUITABLE OPTION CLOSER TO HOME, SO WE HAD TO SOMEHOW MAKE IT WORK. WE DID THIS SO THAT OUR KIDS COULD RECEIVE AN EDUCATION THAT AT LEAST MATCHED THE A STANDARD OF WHAT WE WERE USED TO AT CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY. BY HAVING A MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTION RIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WOULD SURELY REDUCE THE TRAFFIC IN OUR SURROUNDING AREAS AS WELL AS THE TREMENDOUS STRESS OF TRYING TO GET EVERYONE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND ON TIME EVERY MORNING. MY FAMILY AND I SUPPORT 100% THE CARROLLWOOD K-8 INITIATIVES. MY

050YOUNGEST CHILD WILL BE IN SIXTH GRADE IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS. WE LOVE TO HAVE THE OPTION OF CONTINUING TO STAY AT CARROLLWOOD FOR THE CONVENIENCE, FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS IN MAINTAINING THEIR A RATING AND FOR THE REMARKABLE FAMILIES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SO GREAT TO BE A PART OF. PLEASE MAKE THE DECISION TO MAKE CARROLLWOOD ELEMENTARY INTO A K-8 SCHOOL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND STAFF. I'M DR. ANNA BROWN. I'M HERE TO CONCLUDE TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE CARROLLWOOD K-8 INITIATIVE. AS YOU HAVE SEEN TODAY, THIS INITIATIVE IS LED BY A GROUP OF DEDICATED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO BRING TO YOU MORE THAN JUST A REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS GROUP HAS SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TO BRING FORWARD A FULLY

051FORMED SOLUTION THAT SATISFIES ALL QUESTIONS UP FRONT. THIS GROUP NOW REQUIRES NEXT STEPS AND ACTION ITEMS THAT WILL LEAD TOWARD A VERY TIMELY DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GRADE SIX FOR THE COMING 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. IN SUMMARY, JUST REMIND YOU, NO CONSTRUCTION COSTS, NO TRANSPORTATION COSTS, NO BOUNDARY CHANGE NEEDED, NO ADDITIONAL TEACHING UNITS NEEDED. ACTUALLY THE GAIN IS FTE RECAPTURED COMING BACK TO OUR DISTRICT. SO THE LOOMING QUESTION IS, WHY WOULDN'T THIS GET AN APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN ALL THE BIG-TICKET ITEMS ARE COVERED? IF QUESTIONS EXIST ABOUT HOW TO GET THIS DONE, SIMPLY LOOK AT THE TRANSITION PLANS FOR LUTZ AND MANISCALCO K-8 AS THEY HAVE VERY SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED. ADDITIONALLY KNOW THAT THE CARROLLWOOD COMMUNITY IS ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN MAINTAINING AND SUPPORTS FOR OUR ACCESS AND SELF-CONTAINED VE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR K-8 YEARS.

052CONTINUITY FOR THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS IS CRITICAL AND ALSO REDUCES DISTRICT COSTS FOR REROUTING TRANSPORTATION TO A NEW SITE. MR. DAVIS, WE SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU. RECENT HISTORY REVEALS THAT IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF A PARTICULAR TRANSITION, IT DOES BECOME REALITY AND IT WILL MOVE FORWARD. KNOWING THIS, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THIS GROUP BE GIVEN FULL ATTENTION AND MOVE BEYOND BEING ON THE RADAR. LET'S NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS SIMPLY WITH POLITE PROMISES TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER. ACTION IS NEEDED NOW SO THAT WE CAN GET THE BELL SCHEDULE APPROVED SO THAT UNITS CAN BE ALLOCATED TIMELY. ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE A TIMELINE IN THE DISTRICT AND WE ALL KNOW IT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A DECISION NOW. FAMILIES ARE MAKING THIS DECISION FOR SIXTH GRADERS NEXT YEAR AND I MYSELF FIND MYSELF

053IN THE POSITION OF MAKING THIS VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. SO AS I WALK AWAY, DO YOU SEE DOLLAR SIGNS COMING IN OR LEAVING? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. IF THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS WOULD PLEASE LINE UP, I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HI. MY NAME IS PATRICIA HALL. AND WAY TO GO, CARROLLWOOD. DUE TO THE SHORTSIGHTED VOTERS WHO BARELY DEFEATED THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM, I AM HERE TO SUPPORT MY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO NOW HAVE TO FIND 600 PLUS TEACHERS TO LEAD CLASSROOMS FULL OF EAGER LEARNERS, WHILE KING RONALD DESANTIS SITS ON A $21.8 BILLION RESERVE IN THE FLORIDA BUDGET, WE STRUGGLE TO KEEP MONEY FLOWING WHERE IT IS NEEDED FOR EDUCATION. LAST I CHECKED, FLORIDA IS STILL A DEMOCRACY WITH A GOVERNOR SUSPENDING AND ELIMINATING ELECTED OFFICIALS. WHO IS NEXT? BROWARD COUNTY STRONGLY DEMOCRATIC

054NOW HAS A REPUBLICAN SCHOOL BOARD AFTER KING RONALD DISMISSED FOUR WOMEN AND INSTALLED FOUR MEN WHO WILL TAKE HIS CONSERVATIVE ORDERS. HIS VOICE WAS ON MY PHONE TWICE BEFORE THE ELECTION LAST WEEK ASKING ME TO VOTE FOR UNNAMED CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES. WAS HE VIOLATING THE LAW? AREN'T YOU ALL NONPARTISAN? SUPPOSED TO BE. I HAVE HEARD FROM A FORMER TEACHER COLLEAGUE, THAT TEACHERS HAVEN'T SEEN A STEP INCREASE IN THREE YEARS. THEY ARE MAKING LESS THIS YEAR THAN LAST. DESANTIS' DISHONEST TV COMMERCIALS SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GIVING ALL TEACHERS RECORD RAISES. HE LIES. HOW LONG WILL YOU KEEP EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY CAN WORK IN ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES FOR MORE MONEY? THERE IS NO MILLAGE -- THE NO MILLAGE VOTERS DON'T REALIZE PROPERTY VALUES GO DOWN WHEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM IS NOT SUPPORTED AND VALUED. THANK YOU. Nadia

055Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WILL WHITT. I'M HERE TO ASK WHAT IS WRONG WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW SUCH A BOOK, LIKE THIS IS A BOOK THAT'S GAY, IN THEIR SCHOOLS. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS BOOK, IT IS PORNOGRAPHIC. IF KIDS GO ONLINE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WATCH PORN. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO DO SO. THE KIDS AT THE SCHOOLS ARE 11 TO 13 YEARS OLD AND IT IS ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO ON THE DATING SITE GRINDER. THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN, YOU KNOW WHAT GRINDER IS. IT'S NOT A PLACE WHERE YOU GO AND MEET OTHER PEOPLE. IT IS A GAY SEX APP AND YOU ARE ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO GO ONTO THAT APP AND ENGAGE IN THESE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES. YOU'RE

056OPENING THEM UP TO SEXUAL PREDATORS AND YOU ARE OPENING THEM UP TO GROOMING. WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS THAT THERE ARE NO EXCUSES FOR HAVING A BOOK LIKE THIS IN CLASSROOMS AT SCHOOLS HERE IN FLORIDA. IT IS EVIL, AND THERE REALLY ARE NO EXCUSES. YOUR GUYS' JOB, WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IS PROTECT CHILDREN, NOT EXPOSE THEM TO PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL, DISGUSTING, VULGAR MATERIAL. SO I ASK YOU WHAT TO DO IS TO DO YOUR JOB AND NOT TO SEXUALIZE AND INDOCTRINATE CHILDREN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. YOU SPEND MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS ON EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES. THESE COMPANIES TRACK, SURVEIL AND SELL SO-CALLED ANONYMIZED DATA ON CHILDREN AND COLLECT MORE DATA THAN REQUIRED UNDER LAW. A TEACHER TOLD A CHILD LAST WEEK THAT PAPER TESTS ARE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. YOU PUT

057ALL STUDENTS AT A DISADVANTAGE WITH YOUR HIGH-TECH LEARNING FACADE AND YOU KNOW IT. THOUGHTFUL ADHERENCE TO THE LATEST AND GREATEST SHINY THING. IT'S GREAT UNTIL YOU KNOW THE TRUTH. YEAR AFTER YEAR, MY CHILDREN FACE HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND PUBLIC EXCLUSION BY TEACHERS OR ADMIN FOR STANDING UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS. GRADES, ASSIGNMENTS, INSTRUCTION, CLUB, SPORTS, MORE BEHIND PAY WALLS. YOU ARE NOT A PRIVATE COMPANY. YOU DON'T GET TO INSTALL PAY WALLS FOR ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE PAYMENT, OUR DATA AND OUR PRIVACY. YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO FORCE OUR CHILDREN TO USE ED TECH PLATFORMS THAT COLLECT DATA NOT REQUIRED UNDER LAW OR FORCE US TO AGREE TO THEIR TERMS OF USE. WE DO NOT AGREE TO TRADE OUR PERSONAL LIBERTY OR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF PRIVACY FOR ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. I FILED A FEDERAL COMPLAINT

058AGAINST THIS DISTRICT WHEN IT REFUSED TO SHOW US THE DATA IT COLLECTED ON OUR CHILDREN. WE WERE BLOCKED FROM SEEING OR VALIDATING THAT DATA. HOW ON EARTH IS THE 1970'S ERA FEDERAL PRIVACY LAW, FERPA, WRITTEN WHEN THE INTERNET WAS NEW, EVEN REMOTELY EFFECTIVE AT PROTECTING YOUR KID'S STUDENT DATA. THE ANSWER: IT ISN'T. WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF PRIVACY FROM GOVERNMENT INTRUSION INTO OUR PRIVATE LIVES. WE HAVE PARENTAL RIGHTS THAT INCLUDE OPTING OUT OF DATA COLLECTION NOT REQUIRED UNDER LAW. ED TECH PLATFORMS OFFER LITTLE ASSURANCE THAT STUDENT DATA WILL NOT BE HACKED OR RANSOM. ED TECH INDUSTRY IS UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY DUE TO THE MANY WHO FAIL TO PROTECT DATA. TOOLS LIKE CANVAS MAINTAIN TERMS OF USE THAT TELL YOU NOT TO USE THE PLATFORM IF I DON'T AGREE -- IF YOU DON'T AGREE TO

059THE POLICIES. WE DON'T AGREE SO WE'RE NOT LOGGING ON TO THE PLATFORM. OUR LIBERTY AND PRIVACY RIGHTS WILL NOT BE TAKEN. Nadia Combs: PABLO, PLEASE TURN IT OFF. NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE LINE UP. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JULIE GEBHARTS. EMILY IS PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. SUPPORTS DRAG QUEEN EVENTS. AVOWED MARXIST AND PUSHING FOR THE QUEERING OF ALL LIBRARIES. QUEERING IS A TERM THAT MEANS PUSHING BACK AGAINST ANYTHING QUOTE, UNQUOTE, NORMAL, LIKE SAY THE PROTECTION OF CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE WHICH HAS BEEN NORMAL FOR LIKE EVER. ACADEMIC PAPERS HAVE BEEN WRITTENNED IN FAVOR OF THE DESTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE CALLING IT A CULTURALLY CREATED IDEA, AS IF THE IDEA OF INNOCENCE WAS JUST MADE UP BY SOMEONE. HARD TO BELIEVE BUT NOT REALLY, BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE OF THIS DESTRUCTION IS EVERYWHERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL

060LIBRARIES. TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS BOOK IS GAY, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE TODAY, WHICH I BROUGHT TO YOU JULY 12th AT MINUTE MARKER 1345. THIS BOOK TEACHES MIDDLE SCHOOLERS A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS, AS YOU ALSO HEARD TODAY, ABOUT HOW TO USE GRINDER, A SEX APP. PAGE 157 SAYS THIS ABOUT IT, THE BENEFITS ARE OBVIOUS, QUICK, EASY, UNCOMPLICATED SEX, UNQUOTE. FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE APP USES YOUR LOCATION TO FIND HOMOSEXUAL PARTNERS FOR YOU AS DETAILED IN THE FIVE STEPS IN THE BOOK. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. OKAY SO WHY WAS I TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION? WELL, BECAUSE THEIR STANDARDS ARE POSTED, BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT HAS THE ALA STANDARDS POSTED ALL OVER OUR WEBSITE INCLUDING THE BOOK CHALLENGE PROCESS. AGAIN, LET ME REMIND YOU, AVOWED MARXIST IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THIS ASSOCIATION. GOTTEN E-MAILS FROM YOU REFERRING TO

061THE ALA. OKAY. SO THEY HAVE TALKING POINTS THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN USED FROM THIS DAIS MULTIPLE TIMES. ANOTHER POINT MADE REPEATEDLY FROM THIS DAIS IS AND FROM THE MEDIA SPECIALIST I SPOKE WITH IS THIS, BOOKS ARE CHOSEN BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. WOW. LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MINUTE. GRINDER, INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO HAVE SEX, THAT'S ACTUALLY OR FIING. HORRIFYING. PARENTS OF THIS GRATE STATE OF FLORIDA WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER. HI. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE KIDS IN THIS COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET A BOOK REMOVED. YOU TALK TO THE LIBRARIAN, PARENT BOARD, IF IF PARENTS AGREE WITH YOU, THEY TAKE IT OUT. REALLY EASY. YOU GUYS ARE NOT

062FROM AROUND HERE. BUT I'M A REAL PARENT, AND I HAVE ACTUAL KIDS IN THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'M HERE TO STAND WITH THE TEACHERS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE AT A BREAKING POINT. THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF CULTURE WARS, SCREEN ADDICTION, INFORMATION OVERLOAD, AND ARE EXPECTED WITH NO INSTRUCTIONS TO TEACH A COMPLETELY NEW TYPE OF STUDENT AND FIGURE OUT A NEW TYPE OF PARENT RELATIONSHIP. ALL WHILE BEING PAID ESSENTIALLY LESS THAN THEY WERE A DECADE AGO. A DECADE AGO, STUDENTS HAD NEVER SEEN TIKTOK, DIDN'T STARE AT THE SCREENS LATE AT NIGHT. PARENTS DIDN'T EXPECT WEEKLY UPDATES OR EXPECT TO HAVE QUESTIONS FROM HOME ANSWERED WITHIN HOURS. JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, TEACHERS WEREN'T BEING BLAMED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EVERYTHING AND POLITICIANS AND FAKE GRASSROOTS GROUPS WEREN'T INSULTING TEACHERS IN THE

063NEWS. TEACHERS ARE BEING PAID LIKE iPhones DON'T EXIST, LIKE POLITICAL GAMES DON'T EXIST AND LIKE THEY AREN'T COMPETING WITH THE ENTIRE INTERNET FOR KIDS' ATTENTION AND RESPECT. OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION MILLAGE ALLOCATION HASN'T INCREASED SINCE 2012, AND WE'RE 45th IN FLORIDA IN PER-PUPIL SPENDING FUNDING, YET OUR COUNTY HAS SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THIS IS NOT RIGHT. AS THE 7th LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE NO EXCUSE TO LET THIS CONTINUE. LET'S DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE RESPECTED, WELL PAID, AND HAPPY TEACHING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TODAY TO BRING VISIBILITY TO AN ISSUE THAT MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN FACING SINCE JUNE. I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU ADVOCATING FOR MY DAUGHTER AND ANY OTHER STUDENT WHO

064MAY FACE THIS ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. MY DAUGHTER WAS A SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY CHEERLEADER AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021. PRINCIPAL HONOR ROLL STUDENT AND ATHLETE. AT CHEER TRYOUTS HELD IN JUNE, MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT CHOSEN FOR EITHER THE JV OR VARSITY TEAM. THIS DECISION WAS MADE BY THE PREVIOUS COACH MADISON WILKIE. I QUESTION THE REASON FOR THE DISMISSAL WITH THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MR. MELVIN WILLIAMS. AFTER THE NEW COACHES WERE BROUGHT IN THIS SUMMER, THEY PLACED MY DAUGHTER ON JV. THIS WAS STILL NOT SATISFACTORY TO MY DAUGHTER OR OUR FAMILY. AFTER FURTHER ADVOCACY AND ESCALATION, MY DAUGHTER WAS PLACED ON THE VARSITY CHEER TEAM AS AN ALTERNATE. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN SELECTED TO BE ON THE SUMNER VARSITY TEAM. SHE WAS ABLE TO CHEER ON THE VARSITY TEAM THIS PAST FRIDAY BUT NO GUARANTEE SHE

065WILL CHEER IN ANY OTHER GAMES. I WANT TO NOTE I AM NOT HERE LOOKING FOR A FAVOR. I'M LOOKING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO RIGHT A WRONG. HOW DOES A STUDENT WHO HAS MASTERED A ROUND-OFF TRIPLE BACK HAND SPRING, BACK HAND SPRING STEP-OUT, THREE BACK SPRINGS, TOE TOUCH BACK HAND SPRING JUST TO NAME A FEW BE OUSTED UNFAIRLY FOR THE VARSITY TEAM FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING SELECTED FOR THE VARSITY COMPETITION TEAM? HOW IS SHE QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AND REPRESENT SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT BUT NOT QUALIFIED TO BE GIVEN A SPOT ON SIDELINE CHEER? THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OWEN YOUNG AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS KEN HART SAID THAT I AM DOING A GREAT JOB ADVOCATING ON HER BEHALF. WHILE I APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENTS I'M NOT -- I'M LOOKING

066FOR A JUST RESOLUTION AND A CHANGE IN THE UNFAIR EXECUTION OF THE CURRENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC PROGRAM. THANK TAMMY SHAMBURGER FOR BEING A CHAMPION FOR OUR CHILDREN. I'M CALLING FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT ADDISON DAVIS TO CALL FOR AN EQUITABLE INVESTIGATION AND RECOGNIZE THAT THESE UNJUST ARE NOT JUST AFFECTING MY DAUGHTER BUT ANY OTHER STUDENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT STUDENT, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY DAUGHTER AND OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE CHEER BOOK PROGRAM AT SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN ACTIVE IN THE MEETING PROCESS, I HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN COMFORTING MY DAUGHTER WHO DEALT WITH SO MUCH THIS PAST SUMMER AND BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. BEING A PRINCIPAL HONOR ROLL STUDENT AND AN ATHLETE, I WORRY

067ABOUT HOW MUCH MENTAL ANGUISH SHE WILL HAVE TO ENDURE UNTIL THIS PROCESS IS OVER. NOT BEING CHOSEN FOR A SPOT YOU RIGHTFULLY DESERVE IS A LOT OF WEIGHT TO BEAR FOR A 15-YEAR-OLD, NOT TO MENTION THE QUESTIONING IN EVERYTHING KIDS MAY SAY AMONGST EACH OTHER IN A SCHOOL SETTING. MY DAUGHTER HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH AN EMBARRASSING FEAT NOT BEING ABLE TO CHEER FOR A TEAM SHE PRACTICED NIGHT AND DAY TO BE A PART OF. I WITNESSED HER PERSONALITY CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE UNETHICAL PROCESS AND I ONLY WANT MY DAUGHTER TO BE HAPPY AT THE END OF THE ORDEAL. AS NINTH GRADER MADE VARSITY CHEER. VERY NEXT YEAR DOESN'T MAKE VARSITY NOR JV. SHE DIDN'T DESERVE FIGHTING THE WHOLE SUMMER FIGHTING FOR A SPOT THAT SHE DID AMAZINGLY WELL. WHEN THIS ISSUE IS

068RESOLVED I WOULD LIKE FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS OF JUDGING ANY CHEER PROGRAM TO BE MET WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND INTEGRITY. I FELT LIKE THIS YEAR PUT A LOT OF STRAIN ON NOT ONLY MY DAUGHTER BUT HER FRIENDS AS WELL WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PROCESS. WE HAVE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. AS A FATHER WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR DAUGHTER AND I FEEL HELPLESS BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS NOT ACTING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE KIDS. I CHALLENGE THE BOARD TO CORRECT THIS AND MAKE THIS RIGHT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. IF THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS WOULD PLEASE LINE UP. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LANAYA BAKER. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A RECENT

069EXPERIENCE I HAD. GO AND TALK TO ANYONE YOU WANT TO TALK TO, BUT THIS WILL JUST COME BACK TO MY DESK. IF THE PARENTS ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER, THEN LET THEM GIVE UP THEIR CHILD'S SPOT ON THE TEAM TO YOUR DAUGHTER. THESE ARE SOME DISPARAGING COMMENTS MADE BY SUMNER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MECHANICAL VIN WILLIAMS TO A CONCERN -- MELVIN WILLIAMS TO A CONCERNED PARENT. THIS IS A RESPONSE HE MADE EVEN WHEN OTHER PARENTS CALLED AND SENT IN LETTERS OF CONCERN ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT. SINCE THE ISSUE HAS BEEN STEWING AT SUMNER SINCE LAST JUNE AND AFTER THE GRIEVANCE LETTER WAS WRITTEN INAND STALLED BY THE PROCESS, A MEETING WAS SCHEDULED LAST WEEK AT SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. THE MEETING WAS FROM 2 TO 3 P.M. ATTENDEES WERE THE PRINCIPAL, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, THE

070DEPUTY CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, A CONCERNED PARENT AND MYSELF. DURING THE MEETING I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN PENDING SINCE JUNE AND STILL NO FAVORABLE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND. I MENTION THESE COMMENTS AND SAID THAT IT SHOWED A LACK OF LEADERSHIP. AT THIS TIME, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR VERY LOUD AND AGGRESSIVELY SAID "YOU DON'T KNOW ME. YOU DON'T KNOW ME." AND KEN HART SAID, "I WAS OUT OF LINE FOR QUESTIONING HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE MEETING." THIS OCCURRED AT 2:35 P.M. I LET HIM KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, A WHOLE 25 MINUTES LATER AT 3 P.M., WHEN EVERYONE WAS SAYING THEIR GOOD-BYES AND SHAKING HANDS, MELVIN WILLIAMS, STILL VERY UNHINGED AT THIS POINT, SAID THAT I DISRESPECTED HIM WITH MY COMMENTS ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP. FOLLOWING THE

071MEETING, KEN HART SAID THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN MR. WILLIAMS ACT LIKE THAT BEFORE. BUT LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT IS. LET'S MAKE A CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT ACT IS. MELVIN WILLIAMS WAS THREATENING, AGGRESSIVE, COMBATIVE, AND DOWNRIGHT UNPROFESSIONAL IN THE MEETING AND HE BEHAVED THIS WAY WITH THE EYES OF HIS LEADERSHIP WATCHING. I BELIEVE THE REASON HE FELT TOTALLY COMFORTABLE DOING SO IS BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE AT THIS LEVEL UNCHECKED. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. AS I STAND HERE, BOARD, I RECOGNIZE A LOT OF YOU. JESSICA VAUGHN FOUGHT TO HELP REMOVE THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AS PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS. I DON'T REALLY KNOW -- OH, SHAKE. I KNOW YOU, TOO, AND KAREN, TOO. BUT I STAND WITH THIS FAMILY BECAUSE WHAT THE PARENTS SO GRACIOUSLY

072DIDN'T BRING UP AS THIS DISCRIMINATION COVER-UP AT SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR BANQUET, THE WHITE COACH GAVE OUT NOVELTY AWARDS. THIS BLACK CHILD GOT THE MICROAGGRESSION AWARD OF MISS ATTITUDE. ANYBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS MICROAGGRESSIONS UNDERSTANDS HOW THAT WAS A PROBLEM. MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEW SEASON THIS COACH WHO CLEARLY HAD A PROBLEM LET HER BIASES AFFECT THE TWO NEW COACHES WHO ARE WHITE IN DETERMINE THAT THIS CHILD WHO WAS SO GOOD AS A FRESHMAN IS NOT GOOD NOW. I WANT TO PAINT A BIGGER PICTURE. THIS ISN'T A PICTURE OF JUST A CHILD TRYING OUT NOT GETTING IT AND PARENTS ARE MAD. NO, THIS IS A BLACK CHILD WHO HAS BEEN BULLIED BY WHITE COACHES AND THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TO STAND UP AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT. NOW,

073WHILE THE PARENTS CALL FOR HER TO BE PLACED ON THE TEAM BECAUSE SHE HAS COLLEGIATE GOALS OF BEING A CHEERLEADER AND FURTHERING HER EDUCATION, THIS IS DISRUPTING THAT. BUT I HAVE THREE DEMANDS. ONE, MELVIN WILLIAMS SHOULD BE RELIEVED OF HIS POSITION AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT SUMNER HIGH. TWO, THIS CHILD SHOULD BE INSTATED ON THE VARSITY SQUAD. THREE, THE COACHES WHO CARRIED ON THE RACIST ACTS OF PERPETUATING THE BIASES OF THE PREVIOUS COACHES SHOULD BE REMOVED AS WELL. HOW CAN WE PUT HER ON A VARSITY TEAM WHEN THE RACIST COACHES ARE STILL THERE? THIS DISCRIMINATION COVER-UP IS HORRIBLE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. NEVER MIND. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SAY NOTHING. I DO WANT TO SAY THE DISCRIMINATION LINK TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WEBSITE IS BROKEN, SO HOW CAN PEOPLE TRY TO MAKE --

074Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. SHE MAY SPEAK, MA'AM. IT DOESN'T OCCUR THAT WAY. THAT'S NOT OUR POLICY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M HERE ANONYMOUSLY BECAUSE I WAS HARASSED THE LAST TIME I SPOKE AT THE BOARD. MY BUSINESS WAS HARASSED. SO I'M HERE BECAUSE I FEEL AS THOUGH IF I DON'T SAY ANYTHING NOTHING WILL GET DONE. AT LEAST IF I SAY SOMETHING YOU'RE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. WHAT I WITNESSED AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM WHEN I PICKED UP MY SON, THE YMCA IS CONTRACTED TO A COUPLE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HERE. BUT WHAT I WITNESSED WAS SO DISTURBING TO ME THAT I DID CONTACT THE SCHOOL BUT I NEED TO TELL YOU HERE AS WELL WHAT HAPPENED. A MAN WHO APPEARED TO ME TO BE TRANS OR GAY WAS HUGGING

075CHILDREN FROM BEHIND AND SQUEEZING THEM VERY TIGHTLY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION UNTIL IT INVOLVES CHILDREN. BUT WHAT I WAS WITNESSING WAS THIS MAN HUGGING CHILDREN SEEMED VERY, VERY STRANGE AND EVEN CHILDREN WERE STRADDLING HIM AS WELL AS THEY HUGGED HIM. AS A FORMER SOCIAL WORKER WITH -- WELL, AS A VOLUNTEER WITH CASA AND GAL, I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH SOCIAL WORK IN OTHER STATES, AND I KNOW THE TYPE OF TRAINING THAT YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO BE -- HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH CHILDREN. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THE YMCA DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO BACKGROUND CHECK PEOPLE FOR THESE CONTRACTS? ARE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS? WHO CONTRACTED THE YMCA? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. I DID CONTACT THE VICE PRINCIPAL AND THEY SAID THEY'VE BEEN

076VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE PROGRAM. THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE Y SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. IF THEY HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY WITH THEM, WHY DO THEY CONTINUE TO CONTRACT THEM. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL? WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND THIS TO ME SEEMED LIKE A GROOMING SITUATION. I'VE LOOKED INTO THIS. I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PARENTS ABOUT THIS. THIS IS GROOMING AT ITS FINEST. GUESS WHAT, HE'S STILL THERE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LEE KARDON. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH AFFILIATE OF CCDF USA. I'M ALSO A REAL PARENT AND A REAL GRANDPARENT. WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS TODAY IS THE OBSCENE BOOKS IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES. OVER 200 OF WHICH OF CONCERN. THEY MEET THE STATUTORY DEFINITIONS OF OBSCENE OR

077THE DEFINITION OF DEVIATE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE OR HARMFUL TO MINORS AS DEFINED IN FLORIDA STATUTE 847. THESE ARE CRIMINAL STATUTES. PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF OUR COUNTY ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE BOOKS TO SHOW EXACTLY WHY EACH IS OBJECTIONABLE AND ILLEGAL PURSUANT TO FLORIDA LAW. WE'RE ALSO REVIEWING THE BOOKS IN LIGHT OF THE PARENTAL RIGHTS STATUTE. WHICH IS A CIVIL STATUTE. SOME OF THE BOOKS CURRENTLY IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES PATENTLY VIOLATE THIS LAW BECAUSE THEY GROSSLY NORMALIZE ACTS DEFINED BY FLORIDA STATUTE AS OBSCENE. THEY DEPRIVE CHILDREN OF INNOCENCE AND THEY DEPRIVE PARENTS OF THE RIGHT TO DIRECT THEIR CHILDREN'S MORAL EDUCATION. IT'S A DIRECT VIOLATION OF ANY PARENTS' RIGHTS FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ALLOW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES THAT GROOM CHILDREN FOR SEX, WHICH MANY OF THESE BOOKS DO. AS WE'VE HEARD EARLIER TODAY, MANY OF

078THEM ARE EASY TO SEE HOW THEY VIOLATE THIS LAW. WE DO NOT INTEND TO GO THROUGH A BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS IN EACH SCHOOL WHERE THESE BOOKS RESIDE TO TRY TO REMOVE THEM. WE INTEND TO ADDRESS THIS AS THE LEGAL MATTER THAT IT IS. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MEET WITH EACH OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH MARGINAL SUCCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO MEET WITH US. WE'LL MAKE ONE MORE ATTEMPT THIS WEEK. WE INTEND TO HOLD THIS BODY ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROVIDING OBSCENE, HARMFUL MATERIALS TO CHILDREN. IN CLOSING, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT NO ONE HERE WILL MISREPRESENT WHAT I'M SAYING. CCDF IS SHINING THE LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM STATUTORILY DEFINED HARMFUL MATERIAL. IT IS TRADITIONALLY DISIN-- GENUOUS TO DESCRIBE THAT AS -- Nadia Combs: THANK

079YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. DEBBIE HUNT, ALSO WITH CCDF. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE, PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS THAT ARE JUST NOT THE RIGHT BOOKS TO BE IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT WHEN CHILDREN SEE THESE BOOKS, IT THEN CREATES A NORM FOR THEM. IT THEN BECOMES SOMETHING THAT IS NORMAL TO THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT SEVEN AND UNDER CHILDREN. SEVEN AND UNDER, THEY DON'T HAVE A PRECONCEIVED IDEA OF WHAT IS NORMAL. SO WHEN THESE BOOKS ARE PUT IN FRONT OF THEM AND PEOPLE ARE -- AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GET TO THEM, EVEN IF YOU SAY, NO, THEY CAN'T GET TO THEM, THEY CAN AND THEY DO. AND THEN THAT BECOMES THE NORM FOR THEM AND

080BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING DIFFERENT, THEY CANNOT GET THAT OR HAVE THAT REMOVED FROM THEIR MINDS. IT IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WOULD TAKE YEARS TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL FOR EVERY SINGLE BOOK BECAUSE SOME OF THESE BOOKS ARE IN 20 OR MORE SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT BE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, OR THE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO THE REQUEST IS THAT THEY BE REMOVED AND THAT AS WE COME FORWARD OR AS WE PROVIDE THAT LIST THAT YOU ALL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. ALSO, YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE PANORAMA EDUCATION, WHICH IS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING. THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, YES, YOU ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM; HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN SHOWN MANY TIMES THAT IS NOT GOOD TEACHING FOR THE CHILDREN, AND IT TAKES AWAY FROM THEIR CORE CURRICULUM WHICH

081IS THE READING, WRITING, ARHETT ME PARTICULAR AND HISTORY -- ARITHMETIC AND THE HISTORY AND SEE THE GOOD TEACHERS OUT THERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TEACHING THAT INSTEAD OF SIDETRACKED. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, WHO CAME TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C 1.02, C 1.03, 1.04R, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 5.01, 9.01, 9.03, 9.04, 10.01, 10.02, AND 10.03. FIRST AGENDA ITEM, SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF DIGITAL CURRICULUM FROM APPLIED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS TEAM. 1.02. Addison Davis: PURCHASE OF DIGITAL CURRICULUM FROM APPLIED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS. THIS IS

082FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED CURRICULUM TO ADDRESS APPLIED BUSINESSES, WHICH IS FOR OUR COMPUTER APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS ONE AND TWO ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FASHION MARKETING, SPORTS MARKETING, AND MARKETING IN SCALE. IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO CONTENT AND CURRICULUM AS WELL FOR HEALTH CENTURY 21 WHICH REALLY HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF NURSING. THIS IS A $64,000 EXPENDITURE LEVERAGING PERKINS FUNDS, AND THIS RANK CURRENTLY WILL IMPACT AROUND 12,000 PROJECTED STUDENTS THIS YEAR WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn:

083ACTUALLY, I GOT MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER GRAY IS OFF THE DAIS. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER GRAY WHO IS NOT AT THE DAIS RIGHT NOW. 1.03, SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF 7 MINDSETS, SELEQUITY ONLINE PORTAL LICENSE, CONSULTING, COACHING AND CUSTOMIZED DISTRICT AND SITE-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM 7 MINDSETS ACADEMY, LLC. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO ADDRESS THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS TO REALLY FOCUS ON GIVING THEM AND OUR STUDENTS THROUGH OUR TEACHERS LESSONS AND ALSO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS TIER ONE OF OUR WORK AND THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF OUR STUDENTS. FOCUSES ON SEVEN AREAS LINKED TO MAKING SURE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE, ALSO THAT PASSION COMES FIRST, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE CONNECTED,

084ALONGSIDE THERE'S 100% ACCOUNTABILITY. ALSO LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION TO BE GIVING AND SERVANT LEADERS AND AT THE SAME TOKEN MAKING CERTAIN THEIR TIME IS NOW TO MAXIMIZE ALL THEIR RESOURCES. THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT 40 SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SIX OF THEM, THIS IS SPLIT FUNDING BECAUSE WE HAVE A STOCK GRANT. THIS IS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT PREVENTING SCHOOL VIOLENCE. SIX SCHOOLS WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE STOP GRANT DRAFTED AND WRITTEN IN THE GRANT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE HAVE 34 SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED AS FOUNDATIONAL SCHOOLS. EVERY SCHOOL IN THIS DISTRICT HAS ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS, BUT OPENLY, OUR FOUNDATION SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO FULLY TRAINED STAFF. THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE WILLING TO BE ABLE TO EMBED THIS IN THE CURRICULUM.

085THEY HAVE CUSTOMIZED PLANS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND AT THE SAME TOKEN THEY HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE 7 MINDSETS PORTAL. AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PROCESS. WE HAVE JULIA HERE, SUPERVISOR OF SEL, STUDENT SUCCESS, TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THIS INITIATIVE. WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE CURRICULUM AND BE ABLE TO TEACH THESE SKILLS TO STUDENTS. IT IS A SKILL. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS STRESS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, THAT IT IS A SKILL THAT HAS TO BE PRACTICED. IT'S A SKILL TO RESOLVE CONFLICT AND KNOW HOW TO BUILD HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER STUDENTS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEIR ANGER OR MANAGE FRUSTRATIONS OR DIFFERENCES IN OPINION. ESPECIALLY

086AT THOSE TRANSITION YEARS. SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS WITH THIS CURRICULUM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW, I STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED AROUND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING BECAUSE I ACTUALLY -- I'M A PROPONENT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AND I BELIEVE IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FOR STUDENTS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME CONTROVERSY OUT THERE ABOUT COLLECTING INFORMATION THROUGH SURVEYS. THAT'S THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT THAT POINT. BUT AT THIS POINT,

087I TRULY BELIEVE IN THE 7 MINDSETS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME ARGUMENT ABOUT GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS OF LEARNING, READING AND MATH AND HISTORY. AND THOSE ARE ALL OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL FOR. HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE IN THE CLASSROOMS AND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A HURDLE TO GET OVER WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FIRST BEFORE YOU CAN ALMOST BE EFFECTIVE IN TEACHING AND EFFECTIVE, FOR A STUDENT TO BE AFFECTED IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT POSITIVELY. SO I DO SUPPORT THIS AND FRAMEWORKS WHO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH ALSO IN THE PAST ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. I'M SAD THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY PRIORITIZE THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS A SKILL THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR LIFE. THAT AS AN EMPLOYER, I WOULD RATHER

088THEM HAVE A HIGHER EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT THAN INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT BECAUSE TO ME THAT IS REALLY PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW HOW TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS, HOW TO HAVE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW HOW TO SELF-MANAGE. YOU'VE GOT TO BE AWARE OF YOURSELF IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD TEAM PLAYER, IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD EMPLOYEE OR EMPLOYER, IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE IN SOCIETY. SO I DO SUPPORT THIS. I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT 1.04, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT. BUT I DO SUPPORT 7 MINDSETS AND I THINK SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN ADDITION TO OUR CORE CURRICULUM TOGETHER CAN BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL COMPONENT THAT WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. YEAH, I JUST WANTED

089TO SAY THAT RECENTLY I WENT TO HERITAGE ISLANDS WHICH IS ONE OF MY SCHOOLS THAT IS TRANSFORMING FROM BEING A TRADITIONALLY LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOL TO HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOL, AND THEY REALLY BASE IT ON THE 7 MINDSETS. SHE HAVE GONE AS FAR AS TO HAVE AN ART CLUB THAT PICKS ONE MINDSET EACH YEAR AND THEY CREATE A WHOLE MURAL AND THE SCHOOL IS ALIVE WITH COLORS. EVERY TIME YOU TALK TO ADMINISTRATION THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THE 7 MINDSETS, OH, WE HAVE A TEACHER FROM HERITAGE BACK THERE. IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT COMPONENT TO THE SCHOOL. I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT MEMBER SNIVELY SEES THE VALUE IN IT. ANYWHERE I'VE GONE WHERE THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO HOW TRANSFORMATIVE IT'S BEEN TO REALLY BE INTEGRATED INTO OUR CURRICULUM. I WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF IT AS

090WELL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I WAS SPEAKING WITH SOMEONE REGARDING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. IN THAT TRANSACTION, THEY GAVE ME THIS AWESOME PICTURE OF THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING BEING THE PLATE AND THE EDUCATION BEING EVERYTHING ELSE ON THAT PLATE. AND IF THE STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE THE PLATE, WE COULD GIVE THEM EVERYTHING ELSE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PUT IT ON. WITH THAT DEPICTION, IT WAS PERFECT BECAUSE THEY'LL GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT THAT FOUNDATION TO PUT EVERYTHING ELSE ON. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS MINDSET SELEQUITY AND THEN DEFINITELY WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT ONE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS, TOO, HISTORICALLY. WE ALWAYS SAY THAT CHILDREN ARE THE SAME OR THE CHILDREN STAY

091THE SAME. I REMEMBER MITCH MULEY AT BEN HILL YEARS AGO, CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN. I THINK INDEED WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF CHILD NOW. I THINK WE HAVE A CHILD THAT COMES TO SCHOOL WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BAGGAGE, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL CURRENTS RUN THROUGHOUT THE CHILD'S MIND. WE ALL KNOW AS EDUCATORS AND AS AN EMPLOYER THAT BEFORE A PERSON CAN WORK OR A STUDENT LEARNS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL STRENGTH AND WELL-BEING. MEMBER PEREZ, YOU KNOW THAT ALL TOO WELL AND MEMBER SNIVELY. I WILL SAY THIS, WE DO HAVE A NEW TYPE OF STUDENT. I WILL SAY THAT WHETHER YOU CALL PANORAMA OR 7 MINDSETS, MS. SARA MENTO YOU HAVE EMBRACED THE NEEDS, THE SOCIAL, MENTAL, YOUR STAFF NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WE CAN NEVER FORGET THAT THESE PROGRAMS, MAYBE THEY ARE

092NOT THE PERFECT ONE. HOW CAN YOU HAVE A PERFECT PROGRAM TO GET ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MINDSETS, BUT WHAT IF WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THESE PROGRAMS FOR THESE CHILDREN. WHAT IF WE LET THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD LAPSE, WHAT WOULD WE HAVE AFTER COVID AND ALL THE OTHER EMERGENCIES? I MIGHT SAY I'M LOOKING AT TEACHERS IN THE AUDIENCE, OUR TEACHERS NEED THE SAME. THEY NEED TO HAVE THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THEIR STUDENTS. SO AT ANY RATE, I AGREE MEMBER SNIVELY, MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER PEREZ, PROGRAMS SUCH AS PANORAMA WHICH I KNOW IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR AND 7 MINDSETS. AND WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE MORE ON THE AGENDA. BUT I HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE -- YES, PLEASE VOTE

093WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 1.04, SERVICE ORDER WITH PANORAMA EDUCATION, INCORPORATED, FOR PANORAMA SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PLATFORM LICENSE, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, TRANSITION INTO OUR THIRD YEAR FOR THE SURVEY TO REALLY GET A PULSE OF HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, FEELING ABOUT THEMSELVES RELATED TO A LEADER AND BEING ABLE TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND ORGANIZED EVERY DAY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AT THE SAME TOKEN, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL SUPPORTS THEY RECEIVE IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND AT THE SAME TOKEN HOW THEY FEEL THAT TEACHING AND LEARNING TAKES PLACE IN THE SCHOOL. TEACHERS GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE DATA TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR

094FORM TO IDENTIFY ANY INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS BUT AGGREGATE HOW THE STUDENTS' MINDSETS ARE RELATED TO BEING ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN LEARNING AND WHAT THEY NEED IN AN EFFORT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THIS IS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A RESPONSIVE CULTURE. THE SAKE TOKEN, MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE STUDENT VOICE ALONG THE WAY. IMPLEMENTED IN GRADES 4-12. LAST YEAR WE HAD AROUND 86,000 STUDENTS ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN THE SURVEY. WE DO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING CERTAIN THAT STUDENTS HAVE -- PARENTS HAVE AN OPT-OUT FOR THEIR LEARNERS. THAT WILL GO OUT PRIOR TO ANY SURVEY. IT WILL BE A HARD-COPY DOCUMENTATION THAT WE SEND AND THAT INFORMATION WILL COME BACK SO WE CAN IDENTIFY WHETHER THAT LEARNER WANTS TO BE IDENTIFIED IN THE PROCESS. THIS IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN 48 STATES IN THE UNITED

095STATES AND 900 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL. SO ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS A PRE-ASSESSMENT AND ALSO A POST-ASSESSMENT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROW AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL WITH THE VOICES OF OUR STUDENTS. ANYTHING, MS. JULIA? I'M GLAD THAT WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT 7 MINDSETS PRIOR TO PANORAMA BECAUSE THIS DATA IS WHAT GUIDES A LOT OF THE DECISION MAKING WITH HOW WE CHOOSES A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMMING. SO WITH THE SURVEY, IT IS THAT TIER ONE CLIMATE AND CULTURE, LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT'S A PULSE CHECK OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE CAMPUS. AND IT IS A SNAPSHOT. IT IS NOT ALL ENCOMPASSING OF HOW EVERY STUDENT FEELS, BUT WHEN YOU ENGAGE THE LEARNERS AND YOU ENGAGE THE SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION AT THE SCHOOL, YOU GET A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AND

096A LOT OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE SEEING IS VERY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS. I'M SO GLAD THAT HERITAGE WAS HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THEY ARE COG SUCH AMAZING THINGS ON THAT CAMPUS WITH THE SUPPORT OF BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS AND BOTH OF THESE INSTRUMENTS. AND THE SURVEY IS WITH ADMINISTRATIVE FEEDBACK, WITH FEEDBACK FROM OUR PRINCIPALS THAT SAID, HEY, THIS IS -- WE WANT TO DO IT EARLIER. SO THE FIRST YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED IT, THEY DIDN'T GET RESULTS BACK UNTIL ALMOST DECEMBER, AND NOW WE MOVED IT UP TO OCTOBER WHERE THEY HAVE IT BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR FALL BREAK. SO ANY OF THOSE PIECES THAT COME BACK THAT THEY CAN MAKE THAT -- THEY CAN MAKE ACTION ON THAT DATA, IT'S IN REAL TIME. AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE SINCE

097WE BROUGHT ON PANORAMA. THE SECOND PART IS THE SAME SURVEY IS GIVEN IN THE SPRING. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WITH THAT CONTINUOUS MODEL OF LEARNING THAT OUR GOVERNOR IS ALSO DOING THAT TOUCH POINTS, PROGRESS MONITORING, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS PANORAMA DOES AS WELL IS THAT NOW IN THE SPRING, WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND WE GIVE IT IN FEBRUARY, AGAIN WITH PRINCIPAL FEEDBACK TO HAVE IT BEFORE SPRING BREAK. SO WHEN OUR STUDENTS COME BACK FROM SPRING BREAK FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR, PRINCIPALS HAD THAT DATA. WE DELIVERED THE SURVEY IN FEBRUARY AND RIGHT BEFORE THEY CAME BACK FROM SPRING BREAK, ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS HAD THAT DATA BACK. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES AND LISTEN TO THAT STUDENT VOICE. AND THIS IS WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAYING. IT WILL MIMIC

098WHAT A LOT OF THE ADULTS ON CAMPUS FEEL, BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES WE LISTEN TO A LOT OF THE ADULTS BUT WE REALLY NEED TO START LISTENING TO THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SCHOOL WHICH IS OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING THOSE CHANGES. SO WITH PANORAMA WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE SENSE OF BELONGING, HOW ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND THOSE TEACHERS? STUDENTS THAT HAVE IEPs AND 504s, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THEIR LEARNING AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO USE THAT TO GUIDE. OUR STUDENT SUCCESS COACHES ARE USING THE DATA TO WORK ONE ON ONE WITH SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER. I'M VERY PASSIONATE JUST ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. ACADEMICS, OF COURSE, ARE

099CRITICAL. BUT IT IS THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC COMPONENT TOGETHER. YOU NEED BOTH. I LOVE THAT ILLUSION -- THE IMAGERY OF THE PLATE. IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T OFTEN SHARE. BUT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT BASIC NEED, MASLOW'S BEFORE BLOOM, WHEN WE DON'T SERVE THAT BASIC NEED, WE DO A REAL DISSERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1.04R. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE SURVEY OUT, ATTACHING IT TO THE AGENDA ITEM. I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SURVEY

100AND WHAT QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ON THE SURVEY. THAT WAS A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR A LOT OF PARENTS. TWO THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR AND MAYBE ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT. THE SURVEY QUESTIONS OR THE SURVEY ITSELF, THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR DON'T WANT THEIR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY. YOU MENTIONED AN OPT-OUT FORM, A PHYSICAL OPT-OUT FORM THAT IS SENT HOME WITH EACH CHILD, RIGHT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Melissa Snively: AND DO YOU ALSO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC FORM THAT WILL BE GOING OUT AS WELL ELECTRONICALLY IN CASE THAT FORM NEVER MAKES IT OUT OF THE STUDENT'S BACKPACK? BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT PROBABLY HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, RIGHT NOW WE STARTED DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN MAKE THAT

101HAPPEN. I'LL WORK WITH STAFF TOMORROW MORNING TO SEE IF WE CAN LINK THAT UP AND PUT THAT IN CANVAS OR ED CONNECT SO THEY CAN HAVE AN OPTION TO CLICK AND SERVE AND ELECTRONICALLY SIGN. Melissa Snively: THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. TWO THINGS, YOU WOULD GET MORE PARENTS PROBABLY THAT WOULD BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL SITE AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO HAVE THEIR CHILD TAKE THE SURVEY, THEN AT LEAST THEY WOULD HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO STOP THAT. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME WHAT -- SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER, AND THERE IS A SECTION ON RACISM THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THEIR CHILD TAKING THAT SURVEY. AND IF THEY DON'T WANT THAT CHILD TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, THEN THAT SHOULD BE THEIR PREROGATIVE TO DO THAT. BUT I

102DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MADE AN EASIER PROCESS BECAUSE IT SEEMS A LITTLE BUREAUCRATIC TO SEND HOME A PIECE OF PAPER IN THIS AGE OF TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT CAN JUST BE A LINK, AN E-MAIL THAT GOES OUT. WE GET E-MAILS ALL THE TIME AS PARENTS. AND IT COULD BE AN EASY LINK OR AN ATTACHMENT IN AN E-MAIL. AND WHAT WOULD EVEN BE BETTER, SPEAKING AS A PARENT, IS IF YOU ATTACHED THE SURVEY QUESTIONS SO THE PARENTS COULD SEE WHAT QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED OF THEIR CHILD. BECAUSE EVEN IF I AS A PARENT DECIDE NOT TO ALLOW MY CHILD TO TAKE THE SURVEY, MAYBE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MY CHILD ABOUT THE SURVEY AND MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION AS A PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP ON SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THE SURVEY. SO

103I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DATA IS USED FOR. AND I UNDERSTAND HOW HELPFUL IT IS IN GUIDING SOME OF THE MATERIAL. BUT I ALSO REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS' RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING THAT DATA OUT IN THE SCHOOL SETTING FROM THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I WOULD REALLY, AGAIN, AS A PARENT, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MORE TRANSPARENCY AROUND THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THIS, CAN THEY BE USED ELSEWHERE OR ARE THEY USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS? Addison Davis: THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS SO IT CAN BE SPENT ANYTHING RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION. THIS IS ONE WAY WE DO

104IT IS THROUGH CAPTURING THE STUDENT VOICE. Karen Perez: I HAVE A CONCERN. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT ONLY 86,000 STUDENTS OUT OF -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 200,000 PLUS STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT ONLY 86,000 PARTICIPATED? I THINK FOR SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MS. SNIVELY MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED WAS NOT KNOWING WHAT THE SURVEY IS. ALSO, SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT ON THE DAYS -- I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE DAY THAT THE SURVEY IS GIVEN, I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S RIGHT BEFORE SPRING BREAK AND STUDENTS MAY NOT BE THERE OR THINGS HAPPENED OR FAMILIES ARE ALREADY PLANNING THOSE TRIPS SO WE COULD LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE DATES, BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT IS COMMUNICATION OF JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STREAMLINING THAT COMMUNICATION. I WAS PREVIOUSLY IN A

105DIFFERENT DIVISION. SO NOW WE'RE MOVING OVER TO KIND OF ON THE GROUND WITH ACADEMICS WITH TEACHERS AND I'LL BE IN FRONT OF A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE THAT I WASN'T. PREVIOUSLY I WAS MORE WITH OUR STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT COUNSELORS, AND THAT PIECE. SO I THINK JUST STREAMLINING THAT COMMUNICATION A LITTLE BIT BETTER. TEACHERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THIS DATA TO BE ABLE TO USE IT, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CURRICULUM ON THE INSTRUCTION SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO SEE HOW WE CAN GUIDE SOME OF THOSE PIECES. I THINK ONCE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T, THERE IS THAT FINE LINE OF THIS IS ALL PREVENTION. THIS IS ALL PREVENTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS' NEEDS. SO I AM ALL ON BOARD WITH TRYING TO MAKE SURE AND WORK WITH

106ANYBODY THAT WE NEED TO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE USING THIS FOR. WE CAN INCREASE PARTICIPATION. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS ONLY USED FOR GRADE LEVELS 4 THROUGH 12. SOME OF OUR BIGGEST POCKETS OF LEARNERS ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES. Karen Perez: HOW DOES 1.03 AND 1.04 SUPPORT EACH OTHER? SO, BASICALLY, WITH THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM MINDSETS DATA AND THE STUDENT VOICE, WE'RE USING THIS TO GUIDE SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS WE'RE USING IN THE CLASSROOM AND SOME OF THE CHANGES MAKING ON CAMPUS AROUND CLIMATE AND CULTURE FOR THE TIER ONE SUPPORT. Karen Perez: DO YOU FIND THAT WITH THE RECENT UPTICK IN MENTAL HEALTH AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON RECENTLY, HAVE YOU FOUND THAT THE PARTICIPATION IN THIS, IN THE

107PANORAMA SEL HAS INCREASED OR HAS IT DECREASED? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT I LOOK AT -- IF WE LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS WITH THEIR PARTICIPATION RATE, WE CAN DRILL DOWN. WE CAN DRILL DOWN TO SEE WHICH SCHOOLS ARE HAVING THOSE HIGH INCREASES IN THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND THEN THE PARTICIPATION RATE AT THAT SCHOOL. SO IF WE HAVE A 92 PARTICIPATION RATE AT SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS AND WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF LIKE ALIGN IT AND LOOK AT IT, WE COULD MAKE SOME OF THOSE DETERMINATIONS. BUT I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ACROSS THE BOARD AND AT EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SITE. Karen Perez: WILL THIS EVENTUALLY HELP US WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS TO THOSE SCHOOLS? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. Karen Perez: OKAY.

108THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MY CONCERN IS MORE AROUND THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA. I MEAN, I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WITH MY OWN CHILDREN WHERE THERE'S BEEN A DATA BREACH AND IT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE RECENTLY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IS CAPTURED WHEN A STUDENT GOES ON TO TAKE THE SURVEY. THEY ENTER THEIR STUDENT NUMBER. AS FAR AS ANYTHING PERSONAL, THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE PIECES, LIKE THE TIER ONE, LIKE TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEIR CAMPUS AND MAYBE WHAT IS HAPPENING, THAT IS NOT IDENTIFIABLE. THE ONLY THINGS THAT ARE DRILLED DOWN TO THE STUDENT LEVEL ARE THE SEL COMPETENCIES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SELF-EFFICACY, OR THE SENSE OF BELONGING, THAT'S THE TIER ONE, BUT SELF-EFFICACY.

109A STUDENT IS SELF-REPORTING HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT GROWTH MINDSET, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT PUSHING THROUGH TOUGH SITUATIONS. SO WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY DOWN TO THE STUDENT FOR THOSE TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF PROVIDE SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS. BUT THERE IS NOTHING -- THERE ARE NO LIKE PERSONAL QUESTIONS. Stacy Hahn: I'M NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE ANSWERS BEING ATTACHED TO THE STUDENT AS MUCH AS THE ACCESS THAT PANORAMA HAS TO STUDENT DATA, NAMES, AGES, ADDRESSES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, ANYTHING AROUND PERSONAL INFORMATION. WHAT YOU SHARED WAS IMPORTANT, BUT I GUESS I WAS MORE ON THE, YOU KNOW, HOW PANORAMA IS STORING THAT INFORMATION. WHO HAS ACCESS TO IT. WHERE ARE THEIR OFFICES LOCATED? ARE THEY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES? I BELIEVE PANORAMA IS WITHIN THE U.S. WE DO HAVE A DATA-SHARING AGREEMENT WITH PANORAMA AT THIS POINT,

110AND THAT DOES COVER THE OVERALL UTILIZATION OF THE DATA THAT'S PROVIDED. THEY DO ALSO OUTLINE WHAT THEIR MEASURES ARE FOR SECURING THE DATA AND THEN WHAT THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THEY NEED TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF ANY TYPE OF DATA BREACH. IN TERMS OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, THAT IS SOMETHING -- THEY ONLY COLLECT A SMALL PORTION OF THAT. AGAIN, IT DEPENDS -- Stacy Hahn: WHAT IS A SMALL PORTION EXACTLY? I WOULD HAVE TO FIND THE SPECIFIC FIELDS FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? Stacy Hahn: IS THERE THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO THE DATA THROUGH PANORAMA? Thomas Weeks: I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS FROM A PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE PERSPECTIVE. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THERE IS NOT, AND THEY ARE LOCATED IN

111BOSTON. Stacy Hahn: THERE'S NO THIRD PARTY ACCESS. THEY CAN'T SELL THE DATA. THEY CAN'T UTILIZE THE DATA IN ANY OF THEIR STUDIES OR RESEARCH. Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM. NO, MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: OKAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. Stacy Hahn: YES, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR. DIDN'T WE HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION AND QUESTIONS THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED THIS? I WAS CURIOUS. I THOUGHT, MEMBER SNIVELY, DIDN'T YOU ASK FOR IT TO BE UPLOADED ONLINE THE LAST TIME, TOO, THE OPT-OUT FORM? WHAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WAS WHETHER ELECTRONIC OR PAPER, HOW MANY PARENTS OPTED OUT OF THE SURVEY LAST YEAR OR THE LAST TIME WE GAVE IT? THAT IS HOUSED AT EACH SCHOOL SITE. SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER

112EXACTLY. Jessica Vaughn: YOU CAN GET THAT BACK TO US. MAYBE NEXT TIME WE DISCUSS IT WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PARENTS ARE OPTING OUT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I KNOW THAT WITH THIS WE'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CONVERSATION OF DATA AND ONLINE AND OUR STUDENTS MOVING TOWARDS THAT, I HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS, AS WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FAST TESTING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DONE ONLINE NOW. OUR PROGRESS MONITORING. THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE THREE TIMES A YEAR INSTEAD OF ONE THAT REPLACES THE FSSA. ALL OF THAT MOVED ONLINE. THE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS WE'RE HAVING NOW AS WE TALK ABOUT DATA, PRIVACY, STUDENT INFORMATION, WE'LL HAVE TO HOLISTICALLY HAVE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE STATE IS NOW MANDATING THAT OUR

113PROGRESS MONITORING BE DONE ONLINE. WE'LL HAVE THE STAPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCESS TO DATA AND STUDENT PRIVACY, CORRECT? Addison Davis: WE POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS WITH THEIR VENDORS AS WELL AND THEY WORK TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT INFORMATION IS NOT ACCESSED. THE SAME TOKEN, IT DOES NOT HAVE THIRD PARTY AVAILABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SELL INFORMATION. Jessica Vaughn: THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE CRUX OF IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS THIRD-PARTY AVAILABILITY. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST HAD THOSE TWO QUESTIONS. THANKS SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS I'VE HEARD. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS DO HAVE THAT CHOICE. THEY CAN OPT OUT THOSE CHILDREN. THOSE COMING IN HARD COPIES, WE

114WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT ELECTRONICALLY. I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SO MUCH AND I THINK IT'S GREAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. MEMBER SNIVELY, COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. EQ IS JUST AS IMPORTANT, IQ. IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN WE'RE SEEING THE SUICIDE RATES SO HIGH ACROSS THE DISTRICT, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I LIKE THAT WE'RE CHECKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HOW THINGS ARE GOING, HOW KIDS ARE FEELING TO MAKING SURE THAT CLASSROOM CULTURE IS NOT JUST INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AS WE DO PROGRESS MONITORING AND SUCH A FOCUS WHERE WE START TESTING KIDS IN KINDERGARTEN, WELL, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING AND HOW THEY ARE FEELING. THERE ARE SO

115MANY CHALLENGES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE FACING RIGHT NOW. I THINK THE IDEA THAT WE DO HAVE AN OPT-OUT, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE -- HAS SHOWN TO PROVE IN SCHOOLS. SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOLS, SEEING A RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, ALSO INTERNALLY HOW WE CAN IMPROVE EACH AND EVERY CHILD'S EXPERIENCE AT OUR SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY ARE FEELING ABOUT THAT. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. I KNOW WE WORRY ABOUT -- OF COURSE, WE WANT OUR STUDENTS' INFORMATION TO BE COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, HELD PRIVATELY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THAT'S A PRIORITY. THERE'S NO SECRET WAY WE'RE TRYING TO LIKE MANIPULATE KIDS. TRYING TO FIND OUT, HOW ARE YOU DOING? PLEASE LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS. PARENTS, TAKE TIME AND LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR

116CHILDREN FINDING OUT HOW THEY ARE FEELING. SOMETIMES WHAT YOU SEE AT HOME IS NOT WHAT YOU SEE AT SCHOOL AND NOT WHEN AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE HOW KIDS ARE FEELING, THRIVING AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE DOING WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ACADEMICALLY AND BASICALLY STRIVE AS AN ADULT. THANK YOU. AND I WILL MOVE ON TO MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I JUST HAD ONE WITH MORE QUESTION. ARE STUDENTS ABLE TO NOT ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS OR DO YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS? THEY CAN SKIP QUESTIONS. IF THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE ANSWERING ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, WE ENCOURAGE THEM ESPECIALLY WITH THE SEL COMPETENCY PORTION TO COMPLETE EVERY SINGLE ONE SO WE CAN GAUGE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEIR LEARNING AND HOW WE

117CAN GUIDE SOME OF THOSE PIECES. BUT, YES, ONCE THEY HIT SUBMIT AND WE ONLY MATCH THE REQUEST HE IS THAT THEY ANSWER AS WELL. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK THE PROGRAM IS A GREAT PROGRAM. MY CONCERN IS WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 24% OF THE KIDS TAKING THE SURVEY. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE KIDS INVOLVED, TAKING THE SURVEY BECAUSE 24% IN THAT AREA IS NOT VERY GOOD WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO USE THIS PROGRAM TO BE EFFICIENT FOR STUDENTS. THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE. SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND? IT WAS HIGHER THAN THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT WE'LL VERIFY IT. BUT I THINK THINGS LIKE THIS ARE GREAT. JUST COMMUNICATING IT AND I

118AM DEFINITELY WILLING AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE IS WILLING TO JUST SHARE HOW IMPORTANT THIS INFORMATION IS. WE WILL DEFINITELY GET IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND OUR PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE USING THIS TO SUPPORT THEM. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAT SOUNDS REAL GOOD ABOUT WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. YES, WE CAN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I KNOW THIS SERVICE HAS COME TO US IN THE PAST A FEW TIMES. WE SHOULD NEVER ASSUME THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE THE SAME WHEN THEY COME BACK TO THE BOARD THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THUS MY QUESTIONS. WITH THE 7 MINDSETS, DO THEY DO A SURVEY AT ALL AROUND SEL TO KIND OF GET A BASE LINE BEFORE THEY -- Addison Davis:

119NO, MA'AM, THEY DO NOT. IT'S MORE OF A CURRICULUM, WHETHER THEY SPEND TEN MINUTES IN ISOLATION OR EMBED IT WITHIN THEIR INSTRUCTION. SO IT'S JUST MORE OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE LESSONS TO BE ABLE TO EMBED FOR LEARNERS. Stacy Hahn: THEY DON'T DO A SURVEY WITH PARENTS OR STUDENTS. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE SURVEY TO GO OUT? REMIND ME. Addison Davis: IT WOULD BE OCTOBER. IT WOULD BE IN THE FALL. THREE WEEKS IN OCTOBER. AND THEN WE WILL TURNKEY AND DO THE POST IN THREE WEEKS IN FEBRUARY. Stacy Hahn: YOU KNOW, I SHARE THE CONCERNS OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE LOW PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING. I DO THINK AS MEMBER SNIVELY SUGGESTED AN ELECTRONIC VERSION GO OUT TO PARENTS TO MAYBE MAKE THEM AWARE, IF THEY WANT THEIR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE OR

120NOT. I JUST THINK THAT MIGHT HELP WITH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER GETTING FOLKS ON BOARD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU. I WENT BACK AND CALCULATED 40%. DON'T FORGET, I TAUGHT DRIVER'S ED, SO I'M NOT A MATH PERSON. WHENEVER A PERSON MAKES A MISTAKE, I WANT TO ALWAYS COME BACK AND CORRECT IT. 40%, YOU'RE RIGHT. I DIDN'T WANT TO VERIFY ANY MATH. I LEAVE THAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. Nadia Combs: WE'LL CALCULATE IT AND GET IT APPROVED. I KNOW IT'S GRADES 4-12. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. Jim Porter: CALLING THE QUESTION REQUIRES A SECOND. Nadia Combs: SECOND. Jim Porter: AND THE CHAIR CANNOT SECOND. MS. VAUGHN HAS SECONDED. THERE'S NO DEBATE. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE

121CLEAR THE SCREEN. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF VOTING ON THIS IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION, VOTE YES. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION, VOTE NO. Nadia Combs: IT PASSES 5-2. 5 SAYING THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE QUESTION. PLEASE VOTE. WE'LL BE VOTING ON 1.04. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES 6-1 WITH MEMBER SNIVELY VOTING NO. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, WHICH IS 3.01. THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF READINESS AND WRITING KIT WITH MY FIRST BOOK SET EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS WITH ACCOMPANYING ON-SITE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FROM LEARNING WITHOUT TEARS. THIS COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN OUR PEAKS PROGRAM, WHICH IS 109 OF OUR

122PRE-K CLASSROOMS, AT THE SAME TOKEN, 116 OF PRE-K BLENDED CLASSROOMS AS WELL. NOT ONLY TO IDENTIFY CURRICULUM BY ONGOING DEVELOPMENT. BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT TIMED TEST MANIPULATIVES, HANDS-ON LEARNING, PLATFORMS, MULTISENSORY ACTIVITY TO ENGAGE OUR YOUNG MINDS IN THE CLASSROOM. THIS IS FOR ESE PRE-K, $171,000 IDENTIFIED BY LEVERAGING OUR CATEGORICALS, AMERICAN RESCUE IDEA PRE-K FUNDING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 3.01. MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO. THANK YOU. I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE MS. BROWN ANSWERING A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS FOR ME AS WELL AS PROVIDING A LIST OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS KIT.

123ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, MS. BROWN, WITH THIS AND THE NEXT ONE COMING UP, 3.02, KITS LIKE THIS THAT WE'RE GIVING IN THE CLASSROOMS I THINK ARE GREAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENGAGING MODALITIES AND TALKING ABOUT MANIPULATIVES AND HANDS ON THINGS, MOVING AWAY FROM -- MY CONCERN WAS ONE, RECOMMENDING AND UNDERSTANDING THE COST ANALYSIS OF THIS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE NOT PURCHASING THESE KITS EVERY YEAR, THERE MIGHT BE PIECES FROM IT THAT NEXT YEAR WE'LL GO BACK AND REEVALUATE. THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL PIECES, BUT THIS IS MORE OF A ONE-TIME PURCHASE FOR THESE KITS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED IN THE CLASSROOM. I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION ON THAT. THE OTHER CONCERN THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I ADDRESSED IS WITH ALL OF THE PROFESSIONAL

124DEVELOPMENT AROUND THESE KITS. BECAUSE AS I EXPRESSED TO MS. BROWN, IT'S GREAT IF WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE EXTRA KITS AND MANIPULATIVES THAT ENCOURAGE MODALITIES. IF OUR TEACHERS, STAFF MEMBERS AND PARAS DON'T FEEL SUPPORTED IN USING THESE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE CLASSROOM, THEY ARE NOT REALLY NECESSARILY, WE'RE NOT GETTING AS MUCH AS WE COULD OUT OF THOSE. SO I DO SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE VIRTUAL SESSIONS BEING OFFERED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND I KNOW WE HAVE MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE NEXT ITEM. I'M JUST WONDERING IF WHEN WE HAVE ITEMS LIKE THIS AND WE'RE NEGOTIATING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IF WE CAN GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE SELECTED -- AREAS THAT WE'LL PUT THEM IN, WHETHER THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE AN IN-PERSON TRAINING OR WHETHER

125THEY GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED THROUGH VIRTUAL TRAININGS. BECAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE GOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THESE AGENDA ITEMS THAT COME UP. YES, MA'AM. WE WILL ABSOLUTELY GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR TEACHERS GOING FORWARD BEFORE A WE MAKE ANY PURCHASE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR TEACHERS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAD. THANKS SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. JUST A QUICK, QUICK COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS JUST A REALLY GREAT CURRICULUM. I'VE SEEN IT FOR MANY YEARS. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. IT REALLY IS SO CRITICAL. AND WE KNOW MORE AND MORE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR EARLIEST LEARNERS. SO I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL CURRICULUM AND A

126WONDERFUL PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM TO US. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 3.02, SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF MOTOR LAB KIT GOLD KIT FROM READY BODIES LEARNING MINDS. Addison Davis: THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN OUR PRE-K CLASSROOMS ALONG WITH THIS GOLD KIT WHICH IS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON LITERACY, BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON LEARNING, MATHEMATICS AND ALSO COMMUNICATION. SO THERE ARE 39 SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY USING THE GOLD KIT AND WE WOULD BE LEVERAGING A NUMBER OF ONGOING PROGRESS MONITORING TOOLS EMBEDDED LINK TO THE NEW BEST STANDARDS FOR PROGRESS MONITORING. THIS ONCE AGAIN IS BEING ABLE TO USE IDEA CATEGORICAL FUNDING IN OUR

127PRE-K ARENA. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 3.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DON'T. MY LAST COMMENTS STAND FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM AS WELL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO EMPLOYEE INPUT. IT IS NOW CLOSE TO 6 P.M. WE WILL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD INCLUDING THROUGH UNION

128REPRESENTATIVE, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS AND ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE'RE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR THE 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 YOUR JOB OR DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ROB KRIETE, PRESIDENT OF CTA. I TRULY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY TONIGHT. I THINK I'LL STAND UP HERE AND SHRUG. I'VE BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT.

129I HEAR THE CONCERNS WITH THE COMMUNITY. I HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT. I WISH I HAD BETTER ANSWERS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE VERY CREATIVE IN HOW WE'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE THESE YEARS AS WE TRY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS. WE DID GET TO THE BARGAINING TABLE YESTERDAY AND WE ARE ENGAGING OUR MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT NOW ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO. I WANT TO SAY THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE TABLE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING BACK TO IT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE TALKED AT THE TABLE YESTERDAY, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE MAKING LESS DOLLARS TODAY THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR. NOT ONLY IN THEIR SALARY BUT EVEN WHEN THEY ARE COVERING CLASSES. AND, BY THE

130WAY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT MORE AND MORE THIS YEAR THAN EVER BEFORE. THEY ARE MAKING LESS DOLLARS. WE HAD AN MOU FOR TWO YEARS THAT HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED. WHEN I ASKED AT THE TABLE YESTERDAY WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR COVERAGE OF CLASSROOMS AND THE SPLITTING OF CLASSES, YOU KNOW WHAT I GOT? THAT SAME SHRUG. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR TEACHERS BEING ASKED TO COVER CLASSES ALL DAY. THEY ARE EXHAUSTED. THEY FEEL DISRESPECTED AND THEY STILL WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND FIND A WAY. CREATIVITY IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. SECTION 3.3.3 OF OUR CONTRACT STATES, SCHOOLS SHALL NOT SCHEDULE

131CONFERENCE NIGHTS OR OPEN HOUSE ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF ANY MONTH EXCEPT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY THAT IS? YES, IT IS TO HAVE REP COUNSEL. YES, FOR REP COUNSEL. BUT NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON A THURSDAY, WHY IS THAT? DO WE KNOW? IS THERE AN EMERGENCY I DON'T KNOW OF? IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN OUR DISTRICT, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SOLVE IT CREATIVELY. WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. WORK WITH US. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M CARISSA DENEKER. I HATE READING OFF MY PHONE, BUT I WAS DOING THIS ON MY LUNCH MAKING COPIES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO. FIRST, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I'M HERE ON MY BIRTHDAY INSTEAD OF BEING WITH MY FAMILY, WHICH MAKES MY

132NEXT STATEMENT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO ME. EVERY TIME AN EMPLOYEE COMES UP HERE TO COMMENT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE AREN'T JUST COMPLAINING. WE COME UP HERE TO FIGHT FOR OUR CAREERS. THE ONES THAT AREN'T HERE ARE QUIETLY FINDING NEW CAREERS AND WILL NEVER TELL YOU THE REASON THEY ARE LEAVING. I HOPE YOU HEAR US AND MAKE MOVES TO IMPROVE. MY CLASSES ARE LARGE, SO LARGE, IN FACT, THAT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SEATS AND, FRANKLY, I DON'T HAVE THE LARGEST CLASSES IN MY SCHOOL. WITH CLASSES THIS LARGE TEACHERS ARE HAVING TO DECIDE WHAT CAN BE DONE IN REGARDS TO TIME RATHER THAN WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS. ANOTHER ISSUE WITH CLASSES IS THAT LARGE CLASSES ARE PUSHING OUT OUR HIGHER LEVEL CLASSES. OUR ALGEBRA 2 CLASSES ARE SO LARGE THAT

133ONE OF MY AP CLASSES WAS DISSOLVED AND HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN THERE. LIKE MANY SCHOOLS THIS MEANT THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT NO LONGER COULD TAKE MY CLASS BECAUSE THEIR SCHEDULE COULDN'T FIT OTHER CLASSES. THIS MEANS THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS IN MY SCHOOL THAT WILL NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE AP STATISTICS EXAM. AS A TEACHER WHO HAS STUDENTS PASS AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE STATE AND GLOBAL PASS RATES, THAT MEANS THESE STUDENTS ARE MISSING OUT AND THIS DISTRICT IS MISSING OUT ON THAT. I WANT TO POINT OUT I OFFERED TO DO A T PAYROLL AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DISTRICT WOULDN'T ALLOW IT. WHY DO YOU PAY PRINCIPALS OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR AND THEN QUESTION EVERY DECISION THAT THEY MAKE IF WE TRUST THEM TO RUN

134THE SCHOOL, WHY ARE THEY MICROMANAGED IN TERMS OF NEEDS FOR THE SCHOOL? ALGEBRA 2 BOOKS HAVEN'T COME IN YET, SO TEACHERS HAVE HAD TO MAKE COPIES OF THE PAGES SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE IN THE CURRICULUM. I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAPPEN TO MAKE IT SO THAT THEY AREN'T HERE. IF IT'S THE FAULT OF THE COMPANY, THE COMPANY SHOULD BE PROVIDING EXTRA PAPER TO COVER THE DEFICIENCIES. IF IT IS THE FAULT OF THE DISTRICT, MORE PAPER SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE DISTRICT OR COPIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE. SINCE THEY DIDN'T COME, WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE COPIES ON TIME THAT WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE AND ON PAPER THAT IS ALLOTTED FOR OTHER THINGS. THEN ON TOP OF THIS, WE ARE DOING UNIT CHANGES EARLY. I GET THAT, EXCEPT OBSERVATIONS ARE ALSO BEING DONE EARLY. THE

135SAME DAY THAT SCHEDULES WERE CHANGED FOR LEVELING AND CLASSES WERE DISSOLVING, ADMINISTRATION STARTED THEIR OBSERVATIONS. SO NOW THERE ARE TEACHERS BEING OBSERVED ON HOW WELL THEY KNOW THEIR STUDENTS WHEN LESS THAN A WEEK AGO THEY GOT THOSE STUDENTS. I HAVE NEVER IN MY CAREER NOT KNOWN THE NAMES OF MY STUDENTS AND THIS YEAR, CAN I TELL YOU MAYBE HALF OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S SO DISHEARTENING, SO MOVING IN THIS. I'M TELLING YOU THAT WE ARE FOUR WEEKS IN THIS YEAR AND I'M TIRED AND I'M ONE BAD DAY FROM FINDING A NEW JOB. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI, EVERYBODY. I AM HERE AGAIN TO SPEAK UP FOR THE PROFESSION AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME FROM LAST MEETING, I AM NICOLE TEAGARDEN, PART OF

136THE SECOND GENERATION TO DEDICATE OUR LIVES AND CAREERS TO THE DISTRICT. GENERATION NUMBER 3 STARTS VPK NEXT YEAR. I'M HERE TO SHARE IDEAS ON HOW YOU CAN START FIXING THIS TEACHER SHORTAGE. LESSEN SOME OF THE BUDGETARY ISSUES IN THE DISTRICT AND START TO REBUILD THE TRUST YOU'VE BROKEN. I'D LIKE TO START WITH HOW YOU CAN EARN BACK THE TRUST OF EMPLOYEES IN THIS DISTRICT. MEANINGFUL PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN JUST THE OBVIOUS, PAYING US APPROPRIATELY. SINCE I MENTIONED GENERATION NUMBER THREE, A WAY YOU COULD SUPPORT YOUNG FAMILIES LIKE MINE AND MY SISTER'S IN THIS DISTRICT IS TO BRING BACK OR EXPAND THE TYPICAL PIER PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES' CHILDREN'S WHO ARE THREE YEARS OLD. IT WAS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWED STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES' CHILDREN TO COME TO SCHOOL WITH THEM DAILY FOR A LOW COST.

137THIS WILL HELP OFFSET THE INSANE COST OF CHILD CARE FOR EDUCATORS WHILE ALSO PREPARING OUR CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN. YOU COULD CONSIDER A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK. THIS COULD SAVE COSTS ON ELECTRICITY LIKE IT DOES IN SUMMER. IT COULD ALSO SHOW THAT HILLSBOROUGH IS WILLING TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX IN REGARDS TO ATTRACTING NEW TEACHERS TO THIS DISTRICT. 41 COUNTIES IN TEXAS ALREADY OPERATE ON A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK. ANOTHER WAY YOU COULD SAVE IS JUST BY PUTTING DISTRICT ADMIN ON THE TEACHER SALARY SCALE BECAUSE TEACHERS AND ESPs ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT EMPLOYEES IN THIS DISTRICT. THAT IS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AND RESOURCE PERSONNEL ARE BEING PUT BACK INTO CLASSROOMS THIS YEAR TO ADDRESS THE TEACHER SHORTAGE CRISIS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING. I COULD IMAGINE THAT YOU DID THIS BECAUSE YOU ALSO REALIZE THAT

138THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN CLASSROOMS HOLD THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS IN THIS DISTRICT. WHEN THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING IN THIS COUNTY IS TO GET OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND UP INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION, WE ACTIVELY MAKE THIS PROBLEM WORSE. SO BY PUTTING EVERYBODY BACK ON THE PAY SCALE THAT WE ARE ON, YOU INCENTIVIZE STAYING IN THE CLASSROOM AND WORKING HARD AS A TEACHER. BUT I'M SURE THAT IDEA WON'T BE POPULAR. THERE ARE SOME OTHER OBVIOUS WAYS THAT YOU COULD SAVE MONEY, TOO. SELL OFF PROPERTY THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY USING LIKE ROSSAC AND MOVE OPERATIONS TO ISC. REZONE SCHOOL MAPS TO ALLEVIATE PRESSURE ON OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS AND ALSO USE THE CLASSROOMS THAT SIT EMPTY. OPEN DISTRICT CONTRACTS TO MORE VENDORS. DID YOU KNOW THAT STAPLES ONCE CHARGED ME $4 FOR A SINGLE

139SPIRAL NOTEBOOK THAT COST 10 CENTS ON A BACK-TO-SCHOOL SALE. AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING'S EMPLOYEE COMMENT YOU CAME OUT TO SPEAK TO US, MR. DAVIS, AND YOU SAID YOU ARE WORKING ON THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE OUR TROUBLES BETTER. I THINK I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF US WHEN WE SAY WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. GOOD EVENING. NICE TO SEE SOME OF YOU AGAIN. NICE TO MEET SOME OF YOU. MY NAME IS EMILY GRIESE. I CURRENTLY TEACH ART AND ART HISTORY AT RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. EDUCATION HAS BEEN THE ONLY CAREER I HAVE EVER WANTED TO DO, DUE TO MY ABSOLUTELY AMAZING HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHERS THAT I HAD WHEN I LIVED IN PENNSYLVANIA. I'VE GOTTEN MY MASTER'S DEGREE. I TEACH

140SEVEN PREPS DURING A SIX-PERIOD DAY, AND I DO ALL OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST ART EDUCATION POSSIBLE. THREE OF THE PREPS ARE AP CLASSES. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WORK MY BUTT OFF. I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE KIDS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EDUCATION MATCHES HOW MUCH I CARE. WHILE I STILL LOVE GETTING IN FRONT OF MY ART KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE DISRESPECT AT THE BARGAINING TABLE ABSOLUTELY HAS TO CHANGE. NOT HAVING OUR TWO YEARS OF SERVICE HONORED IS, QUITE FRANKLY, UNACCEPTABLE. EVERY TEACHER I KNOW HAS WORKED THEIR BUTT OFF TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND THEN HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AT THE BARGAINING TABLE I'VE BEEN TO I THINK EVERY SINGLE SESSION WE'VE HAD, TELLING US THAT YOUR LAST TWO

141YEARS DIDN'T COUNT IS INSULTING. I KNOW I WORKED MY BUTT OFF. I KNOW MY FRIENDS HAVE WORKED THEIR BUTT OFF AND MY COLLEAGUES AND TO HEAR THAT DOESN'T COUNT IS JUST HORRIFIC. MORALE AND EDUCATION IS AT A LOW. NO ONE AT THIS TABLE NO ONE IN THIS ROOM CAN DENY THAT. DUE TO BOTH THE DISRESPECT AT THE BARGAINING TABLE AND ANTI-PUBLIC EDUCATION RHETORIC THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE TALLAHASSEE RIGHT NOW. HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO FILL OVER 500 TEACHER VACANCIES AND ATTRACT NEW TEACHERS TO THE PROFESSION WHEN YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND HONOR OUR YEARS OF SERVICE? YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF THE EMPLOYEES. OUR BACKS ARE BREAKING. WE CANNOT CARRY THIS BURDEN ANYMORE. OUR YEARS OF SERVICE ARE COMPENSATION FOR OUR HOURS WORKED. AND

142ADDISON DAVIS, I'M CALLING ON YOU DIRECTLY TO FIND A WAY TO BRING OUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE BARGAINING TABLE. IT IS THE ABSOLUTE LEAST YOU CAN DO TO GIVE US THE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT WE HAVE EARNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REBECCA BORE. I TEACH AT RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. I AM A READING TEACHER, INTENSIVE READING. EARLIER DURING THIS MEETING, I HEARD MULTIPLE PROPOSALS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN BUY AND DO THINGS WITH. SOME OF THEM I LIKE. SOME OF THEM I DON'T LIKE. BUT ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN THIS DISTRICT OVER MY SEVEN YEARS HERE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN JUNE OF 2020, APPARENTLY, THIS DISTRICT SPENT $3.7 MILLION ON A PROGRAM CALLED

143ACHIEVE3000. I HAD TO TEACH ACHIEVE 300 FOR THE YEAR. LET ME TELL YA, IT SUCKED. IT DIDN'T WORK FOR LOTS OF VARIOUS REASONS THAT I WON'T GO INTO, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. APPARENTLY SPENT 3.7 MILLION ON THAT. WHAT HAPPENED TO IT BECAUSE IT WAS HERE FOR ONE YEAR AND DISAPPEARED. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR BROTHER, MR. DAVIS, WORKS WITH ACHIEVE3000. I WONDER HOW CHRISTMASES HAVE GONE WHEN YOU SIT DOWN ACROSS THE TABLE FROM HIM AND YOU'RE LIKE, HAY HOW ABOUT THAT 3.7 MILLION WE SPENT ON ACHIEVE? LIKE, IT DIDN'T WORK. IT'S NOT THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF WASTE. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE USING A PROGRAM CALLED LANGUAGE LIVE AS A READING TEACHER. IT'S NOT UP AND WORKING YET JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW. IT REPLACED SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS FROM LAST YEAR THAT WERE WORKING JUST FINE, BUT

144WE HAD TO GO AND PURCHASE SOMETHING NEW. WITH THAT, WE ALSO PURCHASED NEW CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDES, THIS IS MY STUDENT TEXTBOOK FOR THE YEAR. NOT JUST MINE. I'M ACTUALLY SHARING THIS WITH ENGLISH BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN. SO I HAVE -- I AM DOING UNIT ONE SO ALL OF MY STUDENTS HAD TO TEAR THIS OUT AND PUT IT INTO A THREE-RING BINDER SO THEY CAN CARRY IT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO CLASSES. NOT SUPPOSED TO USE UNIT 2. NOT ASSIGNED. 3 IS ENGLISH. 4 IS MINE AGAIN. NO ONE IS TEACHING UNIT 5. UNIT 6 IS GOING TO BE ENGLISH. THAT IS TWO HUGE SECTIONS OF THIS BOOK THAT NO ONE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS GOING TO USE. WE'RE GOING TO THROW IT AWAY. THAT BRINGS ME OVER TO OTHER WASTE, PARTICULARLY THAT WE

145ARE NOT PAYING OUR TEACHERS. SO IF WE GO TO ANNUAL RAISES OF 4%, AS IN ADDISON DAVIS' CONTRACT THAT HE SAID LAST TIME WE WERE HERE HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE RAISE IF WE DO NOT GET RAISES. IF 4% IS THE EXPECTED AMOUNT, THEN WHERE IS OUR 4%? RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING AT AS A PERSON IN SEVEN YEARS, I'M LOOKING AT A $300 INCREASE, NOT PER PAYCHECK. TOTAL. OFFER ME $300 TOTAL. TAXED AT 22%, TAKE HOME OF $234, WHICH IS NOT QUITE ENOUGH TO COVER ONE WEEK OF PRESCHOOL FOR MY DAUGHTER, WHICH I MENTIONED LAST TIME. SHE WAS HERE. SHE HAD A GREAT TIME. IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO DO BETTER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. KELLY CHAMPION SMITH, GAITHER. I WOULD LIKE TO MAINLY ADDRESS

146MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS SAFETY AND SECURITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I BETWEEN THE FINE ARTS, P.E. AND AG, OUR CLASS SIZES, ONE IS 63. I HAVE A CLASS SIZE OF 51. MY COLLEAGUE 51. I HAVE 46, 47. WE DID ADDRESS PAY T-PAY. WE WERE TOLD WE COULD NOT HAVE T-PAY. SAID IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. SO I IMPLORE YOU TO STOP -- ALSO, ASKED FROM THE DISTRICT TO GIVE BACK UNITS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO GIVE BACK. OUR CLASSES ARE PACKED. IT'S A SAFETY AND SECURITY. THE AG TEACHER AND I TALK ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHE CANNOT CONTROL 63 STUDENTS AT ONE TIME. I CANNOT CONTROL 51 IN A GYM AT ONE TIME. WE CANNOT LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AT ONE TIME. THINGS GO ON. INJURIES

147HAPPEN. AT THIS POINT, THOSE INJURIES ARE GOING TO BE THE DISTRICT'S FAULT, NOT THE TEACHERS. THE CLASS SIZES ARE JUST -- THEY ARE RIDICULOUS. IF YOU GO BACK TO AUTO. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT ONE TEACHER IS SUPPOSED TO TEACH IN AUTO AND FOR IT TO BE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. ALSO, ALONG WITH THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT, SITE LOCATION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH SIX LANES. OUR ADA HAS REQUESTED MANY TIMES TO HAVE FENCE AROUND OUR SITE. HAVING A BARRIER BETWEEN OUR STREET AND OUR SITE IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S BEEN DENIED. LAST YEAR, I HAD TO TACKLE AN ESE STUDENT IN THE DITCH THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE COGNITIVE ABILITY TO REALIZE THEY WERE RUNNING INTO SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC. IF I DIDN'T TACKLE THAT CHILD, HE WOULD PROBABLY

148BE HIT BY A CAR. WE ASKED AGAIN MANY, MANY TIMES FOR A FENCE. ALSO, OUR EXTERIOR DOORS TO MY CLASSROOM, THEY ARE EXTERIOR DOORS THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE LOCKED. STUDENTS CAN COME UP AND PULL THEM OPEN. OUR ADA DID HER JOB. SHE'S REQUESTING MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE IS OVERWHELMED. THAT DOOR STAYED OPEN FOR FOUR SCHOOL DAYS. AT NIGHT IT WAS NOT LOCKED BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE PHYSICALLY SHUT. WE ASKED FOR A FENCE. I UNDERSTAND THAT FENCES DO NOT STOP EVERYTHING. THEY DO DETER THINGS. I WORKED AT CHAMBERLAIN FOR SEVEN YEARS. THAT CAMPUS HAS FENCES THREE SIDES, SIX FOOT ALL THE WAY AROUND. THEY HAVE TO COME IN FRONT. AT MY SITE NOW, SOLID FENCE IN THE BACK, YOU CAN WALK IN ALMOST THREE DIRECTIONS ON MY SITE. IT IS NOT SAFE. I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU

149THINK OF OUR STUDENTS FIRST, CLASS SIZE AND SAFETY. SAFETY IS SUPPOSED TO BE NUMBER ONE WITH EVERYONE AND WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT IT. WE'RE BEING TOLD NO, NO, NO. CLASS SIZE IS A DIRECT LINK TO SAFETY AS WELL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI, GOOD EVENING. REECE HERNANDEZ. I'M A SCIENCE TEACHER AT ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. I CAME WITH DATA. SO FROM MY INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING TOOL, YEAR 2021, I HAD 150 TOTAL STUDENTS. YEAR 2021-22, 185. THIS YEAR, I HAVE 215. SO I AM TEACHING 60 MORE STUDENTS. I AM TEACHING TWO FREE CLASSES AND I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY RAISE IN TWO YEARS, AND THAT IS NOT FAIR. I KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ALSO NOT RIGHT THAT I'M A 12-YEAR TEACHER AND SOMEONE OUT OF COLLEGE IS MAKING AS MUCH AS

150I AM NOW. I AM THE KIND OF TEACHER YOU WANT TO KEEP IN THE CLASSROOM. YOU CAN CHECK MY DONORS CHOOSE PROFILE. I BRING IN THOUSANDS TO MY CLASSROOM. I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER TEACHERS DOING THAT NOW BECAUSE I AM. I GO TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. I GOT ACCEPTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND I GOT TO DO ARCHAEOLOGY WITH THE COLLEGE. IT WAS FANTASTIC. I BRING THAT INTO THE CLASSROOM. TWO PEOPLE AT MY SCHOOL WHO ARE EXCELLENT TEACHERS HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY ARE LEAVING THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE PAY SHORTAGE AND THE OVERCROWDED CLASSES. ONE IN PARTICULAR BROUGHT UP THAT SHE NO LONGER HAS TO STAY BECAUSE NOW HER STUDENT LOANS ARE BEING FORGIVEN. YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE PROGRAMS YOU WANT, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE HAPPY, GOOD TEACHERS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO

151DO WELL. SO THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO MAKE THE SUCCESS. ON TOP OF IT, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE FROM THE DISTRICT AND FROM THE STATE TO BE A SCHOOLS, BUT WE'RE TEACHING EXTRA CLASSES FOR FREE AND NOT BEING PAID FOR IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER TONIGHT. HI. HIEDI GLICK, ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MS. PEREZ AND DR. HAHN ON YOUR REELECTION. THAT SHOWS THAT OUR VOTERS HAVE FAITH IN YOU THAT YOU'LL DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. YOU'LL DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND, OF COURSE, YOU WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES THAT SAID TEACHER SHORTAGE WAS

152NOT AS BAD AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. SO I GOT REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND I WENT ON OUR WEBSITE, HillsboroughSchools.org, ADAMS NEEDS 14 TEACHES, ARMWOOD 15, BLAKE 21, BRANDON 19, BUCHANAN, 11, DOBY 12, EAST BAY 12, EISENHOWER 19. FOSTER 10. GAITHER 27. GIUNTA 13. DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THIS ONE IPPDITO NEEDS 23. JENNINGS 11. JUST ELEMENTARY 13, KIMBELL 14, LAMB 14, MANGO 11, MARSHALL 10, MIDDLETON 11, RUSKIN 10, SCHMIDT 2, SPOTO 13, STEINBRENNER 13, WHARTON 13, YOUNG MIDDLE MAGNET 15. WHY IS THIS NOT AN EMERGENCY? THERE ARE 571 ALTOGETHER, 25 SCHOOL COUNSELORS. THERE ARE 223 SCHOOLS ON THAT LIST. I'M REALLY, REALLY CONFUSED. WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EMERGENCY. I'M CURIOUS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ANYMORE. DO YOU KNOW HOW PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE GOING TO FEEL ABOUT THIS? I HAVE 189 STUDENTS.

153MOST PEOPLE IN MOST SCHOOLS HAVE WELL OVER 200. AND I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OVERSIGHT WE DO OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW SHORT OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ON THEIR CERTIFIED SCHOOLTEACHERS TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE SENDING OUR STUDENTS. AND WE ARE SHORT OUR ENROLLMENT AND PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT KEEP GETTING APPROVED. GOOD EVENING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO CAME THIS EVENING, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CONTINUING OUR AGENDA. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 3.03, STATE OF FLORIDA STATEWIDE VOLUNTARY PRE-K PROVIDER CONTRACT WITH EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, ELCHC FOR 2022-2023. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS

154IS JUST TO RECOGNIZE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY GRACEFULLY PROVIDE $3 MILLION TO US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND OFFER CONTINUED VPK. WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW OUR KINDERGARTEN READINESS LEVEL IS AROUND 48%, BUT WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS WHO GO TO PRE-K PROGRAMS AND TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN HAVE A SUCCESS RATE OF 61 -- READINESS RATE OF 61.9%. SO BEING ABLE TO ALLOW AND CONTINUE TO PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE ONE THING, THE MAXIMUM HOURS THAT STUDENTS CAN BE ENGAGED IN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR IS AROUND 540, SUMMER IS AROUND 300. JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO OFFER BLENDED VPK CLASSROOMS, TITLE IVPK CLASSROOMS AND ALSO IVPK MIGRANT AND SUMMER IVPK CLASSROOMS AS WELL. THIS WOULD IMPACT AROUND 1600-PLUS STUDENTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT

155WHAT THEY DO AS THEY PARTNER WITH US EVERY DAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 3.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO. THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST A PASS-THROUGH FOR US. BUT SINCE YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT THIS SO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION, I LIKE TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I HOPE OUR RELATIONSHIP GROWS. THERE ARE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED REPEATEDLY OUR PASSION FOR EARLY LEARNING, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE READING READINESS BY THE TIME THEY ENTER EVEN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AND WE IDENTIFIED

156THAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ARE MAKING SURE STUDENTS ARE READING ON LEVEL. I THINK WE AS A BOARD HAVE IDENTIFIED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS WITH READING READINESS EARLY ON. AND I THINK THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING, TALKING WITH, USING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION TO SEE BEST PRACTICES, WHAT THEIR PRIVATE DAY CARES ARE DOING, WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE CAN SHARE BEST PRACTICES WITH EACH OTHER. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO WORK WITH THIS ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING IN PREPARED AND GIVEN THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO BE READING ON LEVEL AS POSSIBLE I THINK IS IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 5.01,

157ADDENDUM TO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH 3DE FLORIDA, LLC AND JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 3DE MODEL AT SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. IN 2019, THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED TO CHAMPION HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL TO TRANSITION TO PARTNER WITH JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND RICHARD GEORGE IS HERE THIS EVENING TO HAVE AN AWESOME 3DE PROGRAM. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CROSS-CURRICULAR MODEL TO BUILD ENTREPRENEURSHIPS AND REALLY GIVE STUDENTS PRACTICE LINKING TO LOCAL AGENCIES WITHIN OUR PARTICULAR REGION. AND WE SEE THAT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND CHAMBERLAIN HAVE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB. HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL SERVES AROUND 294 STUDENTS AND CHAMBERLAIN SERVES OVER 390 STUDENTS AT THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOLS. WE SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ATTENDANCE RATES AND ALSO WHEN YOU LOOK AT PERFORMANCE RATES, STUDENTS

158WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE 3DE PROCESS OUTPERFORM STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS, AND WE SEE THAT WE HAVE GREAT EXCITEMENT NOT ONLY FROM THE PRACTITIONER SIDE FOR TEACHERS, BUT GREAT EXCITEMENT FROM OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS AND MORE STUDENTS WANT TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HELPING US BECAUSE JUNIOR ACHIEVE, WHILE WE LAUNCH THIS AND STAND THIS PROCESS UP COVERS AROUND 90% OF THIS INITIATIVE. AND FROM OUR SIDE OF IT, WE ARE AROUND $740,000 IN AS WE EXPAND NOT ONLY FOR HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND CHAMBER LANE HIGH SCHOOL AS WE EXPAND FROM BLAKE AND PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE CLASSROOMS, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. MOST OF US HAVE BEEN. AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO

159BE ABLE TO GET OUR KIDS ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND HAVE A DIFFERENT INTERDISCIPLINE, PEDAGOGY, RELATIVE CONTENT FOR THEM TO EXCEL EVERY SINGLE DAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 5.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, I DO SEE RICHARD GEORGE IN THE AUDIENCE. I WANT TO THANK CERTAINLY OUR TEACHERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GAINS THAT WE SEE SO NOTABLY AT CHAMBERLAIN AND HILLSBOROUGH. I ALSO WANT TO THANK JA, RICHARD GEORGE, DIRECTOR AND ALEX SINK, CEO, AND THEIR STAFF. THOSE DATA POINTS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS THAT YOU SHARED PARTIALLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HERE 51% AT CHAMBERLAIN HAVE A

160HIGHER ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR VERSUS THEIR NON-3DE PEERS. NOW, ATTENDANCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PREREQUISITE OF A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT AND A SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEE. I THINK MEMBER SNIVELY WILL AGREE. AND KNOWING THE SKILLS OF SHOWING UP, WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BUT IT IS VERY HARD BARRIER FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WITH TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER BARRIERS. HOWEVER, THAT'S JUST ONE DATA POINT AT CHAMBERLAIN, 100% OUTPERFORMED ON THE STATE ASSESSMENTS VERSUS THE NON-3DE PEERS. WE'RE REMINDED THAT WE'RE TALKING WITH THE NINTH, TENTH, ELEVENTH -- YEAH, 9th, 10th AND 11th, AND I BELIEVE AT CHAMBERLAIN WE CAN GO UP TO -- WE HAVE 395 NOW AND WE CAN GO UP TO 500, RIGHT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Lynn Gray: IN SECOND SCHOOL, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH, GARY BRADY'S FORMER SCHOOL, 13% HIGHER ATTENDANCE VERSUS THE NON-3DE. AND 75% OF

161THE STUDENTS OUTPERFORMED ON THE STATE ASSESSMENTS. THOSE FIGURES THAT I'M LOOKING AT INTERN FROM USF, YOU PROBABLY CAN APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. AND, AGAIN, WE'RE TOTALING NOW AMONG THE 9th, 10th, 11th, 294 STUDENTS AT HILLSBOROUGH, AND WE CAN GO UP TO 500. ALL THIS IS TO SAY, I WANT TO SAY APPRECIATION BIG TIME TO, AGAIN, OUR GUEST, RICHARD GEORGE, BUT ALSO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR THANKFULLY FOR GAINING MORE TRACTION IN THE WORLD OF 3DE FROM JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT. THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW WONDERFUL IT IS WHEN I MEET STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THESE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE POWERFUL IMPACT ON THEIR SELF-ESTEEM, ON THEIR PUBLIC-SPEAKING SKILLS, ON THEIR ACADEMIC

162SKILLS THAT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE HAD. THEY TALK ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AS THEY HAVE GROWN AS A STUDENT, AS A YOUNG ADULT. HOW IT'S PREPARING THEM FOR WORKFORCE OR COLLEGE. WHATEVER THEIR GOALS AND DREAMS ARE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT AND VISIT THESE PROGRAMS, TALK TO THESE STUDENTS. THE PROGRAM ALSO CONNECTS THEM TO BUSINESS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT EXPANDS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND MENTORING. IT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR SO, SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS. I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS EXPAND IN THE FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. AND I WANTED TO ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS THE OTHER MEMBERS. LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS MS. LOUIS AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND WE TEAM TAUGHT, I MEAN, WE TEAM TAUGHT A LESSON REGARDING 3DE AND

163HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. I GAVE SEVERAL SCENARIOS WE WERE DEALING WITH IT THEN. IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE WAY THEY WORKED TOGETHER IN THE CLASSROOM AND I PROMISED HER I WOULD GO BACK OUT THERE THIS YEAR BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS LOTS OF HOT ISSUES ON THE BOARD THAT KIDS CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS. I WAS ABLE ALSO TO PARTICIPATE ON A BUSINESS CALL WHERE I SAW INDIVIDUALS COMING UP WITH BUSINESS CONCEPTS AND SELLING THEM. OVERALL, JUST THE IMPACT OF 3DE, MY QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU SEE COLLEGES NOW OFFERING DEGREES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THOSE KIDS ARE COMING IN SO FAR AHEAD OF THE OTHER STUDENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY HOW

164AMAZING I THINK THE PROGRAM IS, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE EXPANSION AND I CAN SEE THAT IT'S REALLY MAKING SUCH AN IMPACT WITH OUR STUDENTS. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE TEACHERS WHO GO OUT THERE AND DO SO MUCH EXTRA FOR THE 3DE PROGRAM. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE COACHES TO THE TEACHERS THAT IT REQUIRES SO MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS DO AND HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF THAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: OKAY. I'M GOING TO DEFLATE THE BALLOON HERE FOR A MOMENT. SO IT'S GENERAL FUNDS. IS THERE ANY OTHER PLACE THAT WE COULD GET 760,000 FROM? I'M JUST SAYING. Addison Davis: YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE GOING TO USE -- GENERAL FUNDS IS GOING TO BE USED THROUGH SAI WHICH ULTIMATELY IS TO BE ABLE TO USE

165AND LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND INITIATIVES SUCH AS THIS. THIS IS ALL ABOUT HAVING ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONS. THIS IS ACADEMIC INTERVENTION TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND KNOWLEDGE IN THE SAME WAY THAT I SHOULD HAVE TOOK DR. HAHN ON THE ROAD. SHE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB EXPLAINING THIS PROCESS. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPAND HAVING ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITIES, TO OUR BUSINESSES, TO OUR AGENCIES, INTERNSHIPS, APPRENTICESHIPS. Karn Perez: BUT THERE'S NO OTHER FUNDING SOURCE. Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM. OTHER THAN SAI AND GENERAL FUND. THAT PROCESS. Karen Perez: I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND OUR CHILDREN NEED IT IN OUR SCHOOLS. IT IS A BIG-TICKET ITEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST ASKED. I'M THE ONE WHO ALWAYS ASKS IF THERE'S ANOTHER PATH TO FUNDING SOURCES. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs:

166THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST, MR. GEORGE, COULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED SINCE YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A PATIENT PARTICIPANT IN THE AUDIENCE. I APOLOGIZE IF I WOULD HAVE SEEN YOU EARLIER I WOULD HAVE ASKED THE CHAIR TO MOVE YOUR AGENDA ITEM UP TO THE TOP. SO SORRY. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND YOU REPRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE EXPANSION AND ADVOCATING FOR THE EXPANSION OF THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED HOW IMPACTFUL IT CAN BE TO STUDENTS AND VARIOUS WAYS, WHETHER IT'S ATTENDANCE OR LEARNING REAL-WORLD SKILLS WITH REAL-WORLD COMPANIES AND LEADERS OF THOSE COMPANIES AND THE AMAZING EXPERIENCES THAT STUDENTS CAN HAVE THAT REALLY

167DO PREPARE THEM FOR A GLOBAL ECONOMY, NOT JUST NATIONAL, BUT GLOBAL AS WELL. I, TOO, ALWAYS CONCERNED. I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, MEMBER PEREZ. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WISH THERE WERE OTHER WAYS WE COULD PAY FOR THIS. I WISH THAT -- I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO -- BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE EXPANSION IN OTHER SCHOOLS, ASIDE FROM THE FOUR NOW THAT WE'LL HAVE. SO I TASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM TO BE CREATIVE IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY, AND I KNOW MR. GEORGE CAN BE INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING IN FLORIDA, OBVIOUSLY. HOW MANY OTHER STATES? LIKE EIGHT STATES. SO THERE ARE EIGHT STATES. I'D LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXPLORE ANY CREATIVE OPTIONS THAT THE OTHER EIGHT STATES MAY USE IN HELPING TO

168FUND THIS. AND THEN AGAIN, I WON'T BE HERE A YEAR FROM NOW, BUT I CHALLENGE THE BOARD TO SEE OR ASK FOR WHAT KIND OF RESULTS ARE WE GETTING. LET'S GET SOME DATA AROUND THAT ATTENDANCE. I THINK BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT, HOW IT'S REALLY IMPACTED STUDENTS IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO LET'S SEE SOME DATA AROUND IT. THAT WAY WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND LIKE THIS, WE AT LEAST HAVE SOME SOLID SUBSTANTIATION OF WHY WE'RE INVESTING THESE DOLLARS INTO OUR STUDENTS LIKE THIS, FOR THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE. BUT THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN THE STUDENTS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THIS AROUND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IN THE ECONOMY. THANKS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. AND I WILL SAY THIS. I WILL SEND SOME

169ANALYTICS WE HAVE. GREAT, REALLY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING ALL THE INFORMATION RELATED TO POSITIVE IMPACT ALONG WITH MRS. COHEN. I CAN SEND THAT TO THE BOARD. YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE HAVE COMPARISON POTENTIALLY OF WHAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY SURROUNDING COUNTIES BUT THROUGHOUT THE NATION, MR. GEORGE IS VERY COMPETITIVE, RUBS OFF ON US. THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE. WE'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AND REMIND YOU THAT JUNIOR ACHIEVE, THEY PAY FOR 90% OF THE STANDUP. THIS IS ABOUT MARKETING, SELECTING STUDENTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ON-SITE LEADER AT THE SCHOOL. SAME TOKEN, LEAD TEACHER TO DRIVE THE INITIATIVE. IT'S BEEN A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN, I HOPE, TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM. AND WHAT MEMBER

170SNIVELY SAID ABOUT THE ECLECTIC WAYS OF FUNDING, AND I KNOW, MR. GEORGE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, HOW CAN WE GET FUNDING, I THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE THAT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I WOULD REALLY -- BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS WHAT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SHARED ON THE DAIS. THE FUTURE IS WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND THIS TO ME SHARES AND SHOWS A SUCCESSFUL TREND. THAT'S PUTTING IT IN A VERY SMALL WAY. IT'S HUGE WHAT THESE STUDENTS ARE DOING AND WHAT SKILLS THEY ARE ATTAINING. I APPRECIATE WHAT MEMBER SNIVELY IS SAYING ABOUT WE NEED TO FIND A GOOD SOURCE OF FUNDS SO WE CAN EXPAND THIS IN MORE SCHOOLS. SO, YES, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 9.01, SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE FROM IMAGINE LEARNING AND

171LITTY BY IMAGINE LEARNING FOR 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM THAT TARGETS LITERACY INSTRUCTION AND AT THE SAME TIME SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESSES FIRST LANGUAGE SUPPORTS FOR 15 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT TRANSITION TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS ALL TO BE ABOUT EMERGENT AND DEVELOPING ELL STUDENTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. THIS IS ABOUT LITERACY LANGUAGE SUPPORT AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE ARE LEVERAGING EXTRA $3 TO PURCHASE THIS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. USE AROUND 107 SITES WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SUCH RICH DIVERSITY. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CONNECT WITH OUR STUDENTS ALONG THE WAY SO WE CAN SEE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE PROGRESSION BY USING THIS INSTRUMENT. IF WE LOOK

172AT DATA PROVIDED IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, YOU SEE THE STUDENTS WHO WERE ENGAGED IN IMAGINE LEARNING OUTPERFORMED OTHERS AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 9.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY AND I PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A FEW REMARKS. WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA. WELL, THE ELL SILENT BUT VERY EFFECTIVE, ELENA GARCIA IS NOT HERE TO THANK PERSONALLY, BUT WE DO HAVE MONICA VERRA-TIRADO WHO KNOWS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, THIS VERY GRANT SHOWED AND I DON'T WANT TO BORE EVERYBODY, BUT IT IS

173IMPRESSIVE. 3% WERE UP LAST YEAR AND LOST NO GROUND OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THE MATH WENT UP 6% FROM LAST YEAR AND UP 2% OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. AND THE MATH GAINS WERE UP 14% FROM LAST YEAR AND 5% OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. SO THE POINT IS, THE ELL TOTAL HAD LEARNING GAINS OF 5.85 AND THE ONES WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE ELEVATION AND IMAGING WERE AT 3.42%. SO 5.85 FOR THOSE WHO GOT THE IMAGINE LEARNING AND 3.42 WHO DID NOT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A REALLY GREAT AMOUNT OF DATA POINTS THAT SHOW THIS INVESTMENT, WELL, ESSER AND GRANTS WERE -- AND TITLE III, WERE VERY WELL UTILIZED, AND THESE STUDENTS ARE GAINING GROUND. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WANTS TO EXPAND ON IT

174OR NOT. BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT FOR THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I HAD QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS WITH MS. GARCIA, AND SHE REALLY, A LOT OF THEM HAD HAD TO DO WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT WITH THE ESSER FUNDING AND ALSO TITLE III. ALSO THE GAINS, OUR ELL STUDENTS ARE DOING AMAZING ACROSS THE BOARD. EVEN THIS MORNING I WAS AT WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY WHERE THEY ARE DOING A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. WE ARE REALLY SEEING THAT OUR ELL, OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, THOSE STUDENTS CONTINUE TO DO SO WELL. SO, OBVIOUSLY, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM, AND I APPRECIATE MS. GARCIA AND DR. VERRA-TIRADO PROVIDING ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU HAD QUESTIONS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. YEAH, I HAVE QUESTIONS

175ABOUT THE FUNDING. SO SINCE SHE GOT SOME CLARIFICATION ON IT. FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, IS THAT MONEY THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY GIVE TO THEM THAT WE'RE EARMARKING FOR THIS? I HAVEN'T SEEN AN AGENDA ITEM COME FORWARD WITH ESSER FUNDS WHERE WE SPLIT SOME FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING FOR THAT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, FOR CLARIFICATION IN HERE, IT SHOULD NOT INCLUDE CHARTER SCHOOLS. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THIS IS ONLY, WHILE CHARTER SCHOOLS DO GET THEIR PORTION OF ESSER III DOLLARS, ESSER DOLLARS ARE TRANSITIONING THEM, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY OF PURCHASING THEIR CURRICULUM AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT RESOURCES THEY BELIEVE TO BE THE BEST. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS IDENTIFIED IN OUR AGENDA ITEM IN THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. HOWEVER, IT IS OUR

176ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THEY DO HAVE A PASS-THROUGH AND WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A PASS-THROUGH TO PURCHASE CONTENT FOR THEM. BUT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOT INCLUSIVE IN THAT PROCESS, SO WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN, DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE ITEM. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ADDRESS THAT THIS EVENING. BUT THEY ARE NOT INCLUSIVE OF THAT PROCESS. Jessica Vaughn: DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? MAY I ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION, SUPERINTENDENT? Addison Davis: SURE. YOU ARE RIGHT ON TARGET. I THINK A PIECE THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING IS WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDS. YOU'LL NOTICE ESSER AND THEN TITLE III. TITLE III IS A LONG-STANDING FEDERAL PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, AND

177ALL OF OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS WE HAVE TO HAVE A WAY FOR OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE. AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ALSO HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. SO THE ATTEMPT HERE FROM ELENA GARCIA WAS TO SHOW HOW THESE VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE FEDERAL PROGRAM. NOW, TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S POINT IS THE CHARTER SCHOOLS GET A PORTION OF THE FUNDS, BUT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE REIMBURSED OUT OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ANTICIPATE. FOR THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN IMAGINE, BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE INDICATED, THAT THEY WILL THEN BE REIMBURSED AFTER THEY MAKE THEIR PURCHASE THROUGH THE TITLE 3 DOLLARS. Jessica Vaughn: I'M SORRY, BECAUSE YOU SAID THIS WAS EXPLAINED IN THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. THAT'S THE PIECE I'M LOOKING AT. WHEN WE SAY EXPENSE ACCOUNT

178ESSER IS OUR PORTION, THAT IS THE AMOUNT WE'RE PAYING TOWARDS THAT. THE TITLE THREE, WHEN YOU SAY PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THE 22,000, THAT'S MONEY THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE? THAT'S MONEY THAT THEY ARE PAYING? I'M CONFUSED. THAT IS MONEY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE'RE A PASS-THROUGH. SO EVERY STUDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS ACCESS TO PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS, RIGHT? SO IF THEY ARE A PRIVATE SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL, OR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL. SO THIS IS NOT DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF OUR OTHER FEDERAL -- Jessica Vaughn: THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THEY WANT TO SPEND THAT PASS-THROUGH MONEY ON THIS? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR. WE CAN'T GIVE THEM MONEY. THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA ANYWAY. WE PARTNER WITH THEM THROUGH THE CONSULTATION PROCESS AND PROVIDE SERVICE, ET CETERA, SO THAT

179WE CAN BE SURE ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WE ARE PASSING THROUGH, THAT IT'S GOING TO REALLY GET TO THE STUDENTS. Jessica Vaughn: WHEN YOU GOT TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL AMOUNT, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THEY WANT TO USE THIS PROGRAM AND YOU ANTICIPATE THE FEDERAL FUND WILL PASS THAT THROUGH AND WE WILL HAVE THAT $4500 TO USE TOWARDS THIS PURCHASE? THAT'S CORRECT, YES. Jessica Vaughn: IF FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T GET REFUNDED ON THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL THEN COME OUT OF OUR FUNDING? IF WE SAY ANTICIPATE, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IF FOR SOME REASON? NO, WE WOULDN'T BE INCURRING THAT COST. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I HAD MANY OF THE SIMILAR QUESTIONS, AND I SPOKE TO MS. GARCIA QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS.

180THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 9.03, SOLE SOURCE, 22233, ATTAINMENT COMPANY. Addison Davis: ONE OF THE NATIONAL LEADERS IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT COGNITIVE DISABILITIES. THEY PROVIDE OPENLY SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS. IT IS ALIGNED TO OUR NEW STATE STANDARDS. AT THE SAME TOKEN, ALSO RESEARCH BASED AND IT EMBEDS A PROGRESS MONITORING TOOL IN THIS PROCESS. THIS ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO SERVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACCESS POINTS. IT ALLOWS US TO USE THIS AS THE CORE AND AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO USE THIS AS ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENTS AS THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE SEE THIS BEING USED IN MIAMI, PALM BEACH, DUVAL COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, AND BROWARD COUNTY AS WELL, AND WE WILL

181LEVERAGE CATEGORICAL IDEA FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 9.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DON'T. I GOT A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I WANT TO CLARIFY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. THESE ARE BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE NEW ACCESS POINT STANDARDS FROM THE BEST STANDARDS, WHICH WERE NOT ROLLED OUT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BEST STANDARDS. THERE WAS A LAG IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THE STANDARDS FOR OUR DISABLED, OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED DISABLED. THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES, THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK

182YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 9.04, SOLE SOURCE 22216-SSD-IV, BRAINSPRING ORTON GILLINGHAM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS A FIVE-DAY TRAINING FOR VE TEACHERS TO REALLY FOCUS ON LITERACY AND THE PHONICS READINESS LEVEL. THIS IS INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE READING DISABILITIES OR ANY STUDENT THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING DYSLEXIA. THIS IS ANOTHER WRAPAROUND SERVICE. THIS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE 2018-2019 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND JUST CONTINUING THE SERVICE USING LEVERAGING IDEA FUNDS TO DO SO. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 9.04. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Melissa

183Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I PROBABLY MORE PULLED THIS TO HIGHLIGHT IT THAN ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE MOST OF MY QUESTIONS DID GET ANSWERED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE HAD PARENTS REACH OUT TO ME WITH CONCERNS ABOUT DYSLEXIA AND WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING TO HELP IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO HAVE READING DISABILITIES OR DYSLEXIA AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP STUDENTS. SO ANYTIME THERE'S AN INITIATIVE LIKE THIS ON OUR AGENDA, THAT HELPS OUR STUDENTS OR HELPS IDENTIFY THEM, HELPS THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IS ANOTHER WRAPAROUND SERVICE THAT WE OFFER TO OUR CHILDREN. I JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TO LET THE PARENTS KNOW OUT THERE THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS WITH READING DISABILITIES. THANK

184YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YEAH, I JUST HAD A CURIOUS QUESTION. IS THIS PART OF THE SIPS WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PHONICS PROGRAM OR THIS IS TOTALLY NOT PART OF THAT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THIS IS NOT PART OF THE SIPS PROGRAM. SIPS -- Lynn Gray: S-I-P-P-S. Addison Davis: SIPPS, TIER ONE FOR EVERY STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. FOCUS ON THE PHONICS AND FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS OF LITERACY. THIS DRILLS DEEPLY FOR STUDENTS GREATER COMPLEXITY FOR TIER TWO OR PARTICULARLY TIER THREE TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THEM. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 10.01, INVITATION TO BID, 22169 DST-CH, RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CHIPS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE

185FORWARD WITH OUR REPAIRS AND TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR MEMORY ON OUR COMPUTERS. THIS IS $80,000 EXPENDITURE USING LEVERAGING GENERAL FUND. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT 10.01, 10072, AND 10.03. 10.02. ALL THREE, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION QUITE OFTEN, HOW IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY IS THROUGH OUR DISTRICT. BUT SINCE ALL THREE OF THESE ARE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH QUITE AN EXPENSE TO INCUR COMING TO ABOUT $4.5 MILLION THROUGH THESE THREE ITEMS JUST ALONE, WHEN THAT'S ONE-THIRD OF A STEP, I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE NO ON THESE

186ITEMS GOING FORWARD. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON WHY I WOULD BE VOTING NO ON THESE NEXT THREE ITEMS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I ALSO HAVE TO SHARE -- I HAVE DOUBTS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THIS EXPENDITURE BEING PART OF A TECHNOLOGY PLAN WHICH I REQUESTED OVER SIX TIMES FROM DR. WEEKS. AND I ALSO AM REMINDED THAT ANY EXPENDITURE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE ONE TO ONE. EVERY CHILD DOES NOT HAVE A ONE-TO-ONE COMPUTER YET. AND TURKEY CREEK AND OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT DO NOT HAVE THE SERVICES IN TERMS OF THE WIFI CONNECTIONS. SO I WOULD DEFER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR BASICS FOR TECHNOLOGY BEFORE WE START DRESSING UP AND GOING FURTHER. I

187WILL ALSO SAY IF THERE IS A STRATEGIC PLAN, THIS IS PART OF A STRATEGIC PLAN. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AS WELL. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS YOU WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. I'M SORRY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: AND WE'VE HAD SOME TECHNOLOGY ITEMS COME UP ALMOST EVERY AGENDA THAT WE'VE HAD. AND IT'S BEEN AT QUITE A COST. SO I HAVE AS WELL SOME CONCERNS. Nadia Combs: I THINK, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON SEVERAL OF THESE ITEMS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. DEFINITELY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WHAT'S THE TECHNOLOGY? WE HAVE BEEN REALLY ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. UPON ENTRY, WE WERE AT 6:1 RATIO BETWEEN DEVICES AND STUDENTS AND NOW WE'RE

188AT A 2:1 AND WE HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO GO 1:1 BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE FUNDING TO DO THAT. WE'VE BEEN LEVERAGING A NUMBER OF ESSER DOLLARS, A NUMBER OF CAPITAL DOLLARS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IS A REALITY. BUT ONE THING WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THIS IS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO COVER OUR UNITS AS THEY TRANSITION OUT OF WARRANTY TO GIVE THEM THE MEMORY THEY NEED SO THEY ARE FUNCTIONAL UNTIL WE CAN GET BRAND-NEW ITEMS IN FRONT OF THEM. I ALSO MET WITH DR. WEEKS FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW HIS TECHNOLOGY PLAN. IT IS FINALLY FINALIZED AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND ASK DR. WEEKS TO MEET WITH EACH OF YOU AS WELL TO IDENTIFY WHAT OUR ASPIRATIONS ARE AND HOW WE'RE GOING

189TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE MONEY. A LOT OF THE FUNDING THAT HAS COME AND I WOULD SAY PARTICULARLY CHOPPED UP IS MORE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO COVER DATA BREACHES, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE STORAGE, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT MEMORY ACCESSIBILITY, DIGITAL PLATFORMS, ALL THOSE ELEMENTS ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RUNNING A $3.3 BILLION ORGANIZATION SERVING 220,000 STUDENTS AND CLOSE TO 25,000 EMPLOYEES. THIS IS $80,000 EXPENDITURE THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED OR I WOULD NOT HAVE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER GRAY, WERE YOU DONE WITH YOUR COMMENCE? Lynn Gray: I HAVE ONE MORE. SO THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, AND THIS GOES BACK TO 2016, 17, 18, 19, WE ARE VERY BEHIND IN OUR TECHNOLOGY. THERE'S NO QUESTION. WE ARE PROBABLY

190OVER A DECADE BEHIND. THAT'S PUTTING IT MILDLY. I KNOW ONLY TOO WELL THAT UNLESS WE GIDDYAP AND GET GOING AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN THIS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD ORDINARILY SAY YES AND I WOULD SUPPORT IT, BUT UNTIL I GET REQUESTED MATERIAL FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IT IS INHERENT AND UNTIL I GET A PLAN, I'VE BEEN SAYING YES, YES, YES TO ALMOST EVERY TECHNOLOGICAL EXPENDITURE. BUT WHEN I FIND OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, WILLIAMS MAGNET IB PROGRAM SCHOOL, WILLIAMS SCHOOL, EXCUSE ME, HAS 1:3 COMPUTERS, THIS IS IB SCHOOL AND THEN THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL HAS 1:1, I HAVE TO QUESTION, WHY AREN'T WE AT LEAST DOING AN AUDIT SO THOSE WHO HAVE TOO MUCH CAN SHARE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE TOO LITTLE? THAT WOULD BE NUMBER ONE, WHICH I ASKED MR. FARKAS

191FOR AN AUDIT A WHILE BACK. AND SECONDLY, UNTIL I SEE A PLAN, TO ME IT'S LIKE I'M SPENDING MONEY BUT I DON'T SEE A HOLISTIC PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND GOAL. AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SPEAK AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER TO KEEP SPENDING MONEY UNLESS I KNOW IT'S COMING TO A POINT OF FINALITY. BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? WOULD -- Addison Davis: I GRATEFUL APPRECIATE IT. YOU MAY SEE SOME SCHOOLS HAVE GREATER 1:1 DEVICES THAN ANOTHER BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT SCHOOLS HAVE. SCHOOLS HAVE TIERED APPROACHES, WHETHER TITLE I FUNDING, TURNAROUND FUNDING, AND OPENLY, THERE ARE SCHOOLS WITH REALLY ROBUST PTAs THAT ARE GENERATING MONEY AND I'M TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND

192DOLLARS THAT THEY USE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE I WOULD SAY EQUIPMENT GAP THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS HAD FOR MANY YEARS. NOW WE'RE STARTING TO PLAY CATCH-UP. IF THERE'S FUNDING THAT IS BEING IDENTIFIED OR LEVERAGED AND A CATEGORICAL FROM ONE SCHOOL, WE CAN'T MOVE EQUIPMENT FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT BECAUSE IT IS TIED TO THE INVENTORY LIST. WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THAT RATIO DOWN AND BEING ABLE TO DISCOVER WHAT THE NEW CLASSROOM SHOULD LOOK LIKE AS THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS FOR THE VISIONARY PROCESS. WE DO HAVE AN OPEN COLLECTION OF HOW MANY UNITS, WHETHER THEY BE MOBILE UNITS OR DESKTOP UNITS AT EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS I EXTEND THE TECHNOLOGY PLAN AS WELL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa

193Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST, THE GIBSON CONSULTING REPORT, WHICH WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT REALLY AS A BOARD, I THINK, IN A WHILE IF AT ALL, HAD A SECTION ABOUT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. AND I WILL AGREE WITH MEMBER GRAY. WE WERE SORELY, A SORELY BEHIND AND IT WAS NEVER A PRIORITY TO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON TECHNOLOGY. WE'RE LITERALLY MORE THAN A DECADE BEHIND. I'D PROBABLY SAY TWO OR THREE DECADES BEHIND ON TECHNOLOGY. BUT WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A STRATEGIC PLAN AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT. WE'VE BEEN VERY, I THINK, YES, I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT AND WE'VE BEEN COOPERATIVE WITH THE REQUESTS COMING FORWARD FOR EXPENDITURES ON TECHNOLOGY, AND I THINK THAT -- OBVIOUSLY, WE TRUST YOU. I TRUST

194YOU. I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT. IF YOU SAY YOU NEED SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. HOWEVER, WE WOULD AT SOME POINT, I THINK AS A BOARD, LIKE TO SEE WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR TECHNOLOGY IN OUR FUTURE, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT WAY WE HAVE, WE CAN ALSO SHARE YOUR VISION AND APPLY YOUR STRATEGIES TO WHAT YOU ULTIMATELY DESIRE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOPEFULLY IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT THE BOARD DESIRES AS WELL. AS SOON AS YOU CAN, GET THAT TO BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK THE MORE WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR VISION IS AND SUPPORT -- HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS IN LOOKING AT THESE THREE ITEMS, TWO ARE COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND WHAT IS COMING FROM ESSER, THE BIG ONE IS COMING FROM FEDERAL FUNDS AND HOPEFULLY THAT CONTINUES TO CATCH US UP

195WITH WHERE WE NEED TO BE FOR OUR STUDENTS' BENEFIT. THE QUESTION I HAD ON 10.01 AND MAYBE 10.02 ALSO, BUT ON 10.01, I NOTICED THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS ABOUT $6800, BUT THIS YEAR IT'S 80,000. AND SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND AS STATED IN THE COVER SHEET, IF FINANCIAL IMPACT IS GREATER THAN 10% THERE THE PRIOR YEAR, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY. SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOUR EXPLANATION IS AS TO WHY THERE IS SUCH A DRASTIC COST CHANGE. I'M SURE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT. AND THEN I WILL ALSO ASK IS THAT 80,000 AN ESTIMATE OR DO WE BELIEVE THAT MAYBE THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS WE WOULD GET SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSER TO PREVIOUS YEAR'S EXPENDITURES. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FIRST OFF THE $80,000 IS AN ESTIMATE.

196WE'VE ALREADY GONE OUT AND SECURED BIDS. BASICALLY WE HAD AN ITB THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE. SO WE DID HAVE A BIDDER THAT CAME IN AT THE LOWEST COST, AND THAT'S THE BID THEY'RE WE'RE CHOOSING TO UTILIZE FOR THE PARTS. AS FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EXPENDITURE, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE. AND WE DON'T EXPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXCEED THAT. WE EXPECT THAT WE'LL COME IN BELOW THAT. I'D RATHER TAKE THAT AMOUNT TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN HAVE IT COME BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AS FOR PREVIOUS YEAR EXPENDITURES, YOU CAN SEE WE HAD THREE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH OF AN EXPENDITURE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PURCHASING DEVICES FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. SO

197WE HAVE HAD REPAIR PARTS THAT WE'VE NEEDED. HOWEVER, THIS REALLY ONLY COVERS UNWARRANTED DEVICES. THIS HELPS US TO CATCH UP. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO PURCHASE DEVICES, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS EXPENDITURE GENERALLY DROP BECAUSE OUR DEVICES ARE GOING TO BE NEWER IN AGE AND THEY ARE GENERALLY GOING TO BE COVERED FOR WARRANTY FOR MOST OF THEIR LIFE SPAN. SO WE SHOULD SEE THIS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS DROPPING EVEN FURTHER. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I WILL PASS THAT TO YOU BEFORE I SPEAK. YES, MA'AM. I KNOW THE THREE ITEMS COMING UP ARE ALL TECHNOLOGY RELATED. IF WOULD BE BETTER TO COUCH ALL THREE OF THE ITEMS AND MEET WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW THE TECHNOLOGY PLAN WE COULD PARTICULARLY DO SO. I

198THINK -- WE MEET NEXT WEEK, IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO GAIN ACCESS TO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO REVIEW THE PLAN OR WE CAN EVEN -- WE CAN PUSH IT TO WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. OPENLY, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. AND JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I HAD MYSELF. I KNOW I'VE HAD SEVERAL MEMBERS DISCUSS HAVING A POSSIBLE WORKSHOP, A TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP. I'VE HAD THREE OR FOUR. SO SOMEONE WILL FILL OUT THE FORM OR I'LL DO IT MYSELF TO LOOK AT THAT. YES. OKAY. SOMEBODY WILL GET IT DONE THIS WEEK AS FAR AS A WORKSHOP AND A STRATEGIC PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I DID TALK ABOUT MY CONCERN WITH 10.03. TO ME, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

199COMPUTERS. MY ONLY CONCERN IS I JUST DON'T WANT FOR 10.01 AND 10.02, IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ARE THE COMPUTERS THAT WE HAVE NOW. ONE OF THEM YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MEMORY. THE OTHER ONES THAT WE HAVE COMPUTER PARTS, MY ONLY HESITATION IS, IS THAT GOING TO BOTTLENECK OR IMPACT TECHNOLOGY GETTING OUT TO STUDENTS? BECAUSE ONE AND TWO SEEM LIKE A NEED AND 10.03 SEEMED LIKE A WANT. I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION ON THAT OR DO WE WANT TO WAIT AND PUSH THOSE ALL OUT? THAT'S MY QUESTION TO YOU. Addison Davis: I'LL LET DR. WEEKS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 10.01 AND 10.02 CAN PAUSE A LITTLE BIT. DOESN'T AFFECT GETTING EQUIPMENT OUT TO CHILDREN IN ANY WAY. 10.02 IS REPLACEMENT OF ANY TYPE OF OUR KEYBOARDS, HARD DRIVES, POWER SUPPLIES, AUDIO COMPONENTS. WE'RE

200AT THE EARLY STAGES THIS YEAR. WE KNOW AS THE YEAR STARTS TO TRANSITION THAT WE MAY NEED THAT QUICKER, SOONER THAN LATER. I THINK AS WE INTERACT, EACH OF THE BOARD INTERACTS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PLAN AND PROVIDES FEEDBACK TO ME, DR. WEEKS AND ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE CABINET, WE CAN STRENGTHEN IT AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND HAVE A BETTER COMFORTABILITY AS WE BRING THEM. Nadia Combs: WE CAN MOVE ALL THREE ITEMS AND PUSH THEM OUT. Jim Porter: IF THAT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION, YES. THE BOARD MEETS NEXT WEEK ON THURSDAY. I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD ASSESS WHETHER THESE ARE READY TO GO FORWARD BASED ON THE COMMENTS ABOUT HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MAKING SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS. SO IF THAT'S THE BOARD'S WILL, THEN SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE 10.01, 10.02 AND

20110.03 UNTIL NEXT WEEK AND THEY COULD ALWAYS BE MOVED FURTHER BACK IF IT NEEDS TO. THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE MOTION. Nadia Combs: PERFECT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT NEXT THURSDAY, THINKING ABOUT NEXT THURSDAY IT MAY BE TOO MUCH TIME TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW YOU TO INTERACT WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PLAN TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. WE CAN COUCH THESE FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING AFTER NEXT THURSDAY, AND THEN GET FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND THEN STRENGTHEN IT AND THEN IT WOULD BE PRIME FOR AFTER THE FOLLOWING MEETING AFTER NEXT THURSDAY'S MEETING. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. Melissa Snively: I MOVE TO CONTINUE THESE THREE ITEMS UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY. Jim Porter: UNTIL THE SUPERINTENDENT BRINGS THEM BACK. IT WOULD BE THE SECOND MEETING -- Melissa Snively: UNTIL

202THE BOARD HAS A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. GRAY. Jim Porter: CLEAR THE BOARD, PLEASE, SO THE BOARD CAN VOTE. Nadia Combs: RIGHT NOW, IF YOU VOTE YES, THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL TABLE IT UNTIL THE SUPERINTENDENT BRINGS IT AT WHAT TIME THAT HE HAS RECOMMENDED. IF YOU VOTE NO, THAT MEANS YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE ON THAT RIGHT NOW. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL TAKE ALL THREE ITEMS OFF THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING AND WE WILL REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN WE WILL WORKSHOP IT AS WELL AND THEN WE WILL GET, SUPERINTENDENT WILL BRING THE ITEMS BACK IF NEEDED AT A LATER NOTICE. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW

203MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR FLEXIBILITY. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE OUR TEAM MEMBERS WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS PROCESS. WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE GET IT RIGHT AND WE GET FEEDBACK CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE BOARD. BEFORE I START, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEACHERS THAT CAME THIS EVENING. TONIGHT, I UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN'T PUT MYSELF IN THE INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS THAT TEACHERS ARE IN EVERY SINGLE DAY. I VISIT AS MANY CLASSROOMS AS I CAN. I WANT EVERY ONE OF OUR EDUCATORS TO KNOW THAT I TAKE THEIR VOICE AND I TAKE THEIR CONCERNS AND EMBED THEM THROUGH MY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TEAM IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I APPRECIATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CAN HAVE

204OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THIS PROCESS AND THANKFUL FOR THEIR TIME TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT THIS EVENING WITH US. TONIGHT IS -- WE'LL TAKE A CHANCE TO REVIEW CURRENT ENROLLMENT, PROVIDE DISTRICT UPDATES, IDENTIFY CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN REVIEW SUSPENDED AGENDA WHICH TONIGHT'S SUSPENDED AGENDA WILL BE FOCUSED ON LITERACY. HIGHLIGHT THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON ALL OF OUR GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS OPENLY OUR ENROLLMENT. OUR ENROLLMENT REALLY DRIVES OUR FUNDING SOURCES, IN THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ONGOING SERVICES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALLOWS US TO COMPETE AT A LOCAL LEVEL BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT A STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON DATA FROM DAY 14 TO 21-22 TO 22-23, YOU SEE THAT WE ARE DOWN ENROLLMENT IN THE AREA OF ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE

205DO SEE A SPIKE WITH K-8 AND ALSO HIGH SCHOOL. THIS REALLY SHOWS AN INDICATION OF HOW WELL WE'RE DOING IN THESE TWO TYPES OF CONFIGURATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXPANDING K-6s. AS PARENTS SPOKE TONIGHT IN THE CARROLLWOOD COMMUNITY, IT GIVES OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS STABILITY AS THEY TRANSITION FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND PARTICULARLY BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THAT SAME UMBRELLA AND THAT SAME ROOF. WE LOOK AT VIRTUAL SCHOOL, WE SEE MORE STUDENTS ARE TRANSITIONING BACK TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS RELATES TO THE VIRTUAL COMPONENT AND OTHER UPTICK RELATED TO LOOKING AT CAREER, TECHNICAL, OR VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, ADULT SCHOOLS, AND ALSO OUR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS AS WELL. AND THEN CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE UP, BUT MAKE NOTE THAT WE EXPANDED BY FOUR

206OR FIVE CHARTER SCHOOLS THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN SEE OVERALL INCREASE OF 2200 STUDENTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THE 20-DAY CALENDAR AND ALSO GET TO THE FTE WINDOW AS WE LOOK AT CLASS SIZE AND MAKE CERTAIN WE ADDRESS IT ALONG THE WAY, WHICH OUR TEAM IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. ALSO, SALES TAX REFERENDUM IS MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE ARE FISCAL RESPONSIBLE AND LOOKING AT OUR OPERATIONAL GOAL FOUR RESPONSIBILITY. ONE THING WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IS HVAC. YOU KNOW THAT AUGUST IS OUR BUSIEST MONTH RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO SERVE HVAC WITH OPERATIONS. KEN OTERO, WE NEED ABOUT FIVE OF HIM AND CHRIS. THEY TAKE SO MANY MAINTENANCE REQUESTS, SO MANY PHONE CALLS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE GROWING NEEDS, BUT

207ALSO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, 2300 SERVICE REQUESTS HAVE COME THROUGH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO OUR HVAC QUESTIONS. AND WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, IF YOU DO THAT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN 2018-2019 WE REDUCED THAT NUMBER 37% AND THIS IS ALL LINKED TO THE MONEY WE RECEIVED FROM THE HALF-CENT SALES TAX. THAT MONEY, MAJORITY OF THE MONEY FROM THE HALF-CENT SALES TAX THAT, REFERENDUM HAS REALLY DONE TO ADDRESS THE HVAC REPLACEMENT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS WE LOOK AT THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THIS REFERENDUM, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE 99 AC UNITS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE SEE THAT ANOTHER 15 WILL BE CHAMPIONED AT THE END OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THIS REFERENDUM WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EITHER A FULL OR PARTIAL REPLACEMENT

208OF OUR HVAC SYSTEMS IN 114 OF OUR SCHOOLS. THEN AS WE LOOK AT A TEN-YEAR CONTINUUM BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS 210 FACILITIES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE THING WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE HAVE 96,000 PIECES OF HVAC WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BREAK OR FAIL AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, NO DIFFERENT THAN OUR HOME. I'VE HAD MANY AC ISSUES AT MY PARTICULAR HOME THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND WE LIVE IN FLORIDA. IT'S REALLY HOT. SO OUR TEAM HAS RESPONDED. WE HAVE 72 CREWS THAT ARE A SUITE OF HVAC ENGINEERS THAT SERVE OUR DISTRICT EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE HAVE 16 FULLY STAFFED TECHNICIAN THAT ARE DEPLOYED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND TRIAGE AND MANY THANKS TO THE TEACHERS, OUR STAFF

209THAT REACH OUT TO ME AND I'M ABLE TO CONNECT AND IDENTIFY THOSE ISSUES IMMEDIATELY. THOUGH WE CONTINUE TO ASK OUR SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS OF UPDATING OUR MAINTENANCE REQUESTS BECAUSE OUR STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IF THERE IS A CLASSROOM OR A WING THAT'S OUT AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, OUR TEAM AND OPERATIONS TEAM CANNOT TRIAGE IT AND THEY HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY RESPONSIVE IN THIS PROCESS. WE HAVEF WE HAVE PARTICULAR WINGS, UNITS, CLASSROOMS OUT, OUR TEAM IN OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE BY PUTTING TEMPORARY CHILLERS OR SPOT COOLERS WITHIN THESE PARTICULAR LOCATIONS TO MAKE IS EARN THAT WE HAVE A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE. WE HAVE, I THINK 29 MILLION SQUARE FEET THAT WE HAVE

210TO SERVE AND THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE. BUT HATS OFF TO OUR TEAM TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE AND HATS OFF FOR BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE HALF CENT TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR ANALYTICS 37% BY THE GREAT WORK THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR THE HALF CENT. THEN ALSO, WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO CREATE STRONG SCHOOLS, STRONGER HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT EDUCATED THEMSELVES ON THE REFERENDUM. WE WERE SO CLOSE, 590 VOTES AWAY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS ANALYTICS. THERE WAS GREATER SEPARATION, AND WE THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH HEF, WITH A LOT OF OUR CHAMBERS AND COORDINATED EFFORTS TO BE AT THE TABLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP US BE PARTNERS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM THE COMMUNITIES AND MEET

211WITH OUR TEAMS TO DO A BIOPSY OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET BETTER AND OPENLY BEING ABLE TO CHAMPION THIS PARTICULAR IN 2024 AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THAT STARTS TODAY. WE DON'T WAIT FOUR MONTHS AWAY. WE GET BETTER TIMING PLAN TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THAT PROCESS AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MINDSET SO WE CAN GET THIS DOWN THE FIELD AND ACROSS THE FINISH LINE TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE. WE KNOW THAT HILLSBOROUGH AND POLK WILL BE THE ONLY TWO COUNTIES IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES THAT DOES NOT HAVE THIS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD COMPENSATION PACKAGES BUT I STAND PREPARED TO LISTEN TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LOOK AT PARTICULAR PRECINCTS WHERE IT DIDN'T PASS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE AND THIS TEAM

212IS EMBEDDED IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO CREATE BETTER TRANSPARENCY AND BETTER TRUST SO THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS TO THE FINISH LINE. AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO TONIGHT WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS OUR BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY INVEST PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OUR FAMILY. KELLY PARRISH IS A TRUE CHAMPION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND VERY RESPONSIVE OF THE INITIATIVES. YOU LOOK AT ALL THE INITIATIVES THEY ADOPT WITH US, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES, BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT myON, HOW THEY HAVE BRING HEF BOARD ON WITH THE PROCESS, SENIORS IN SERVICE. THE LIST CONTINUES. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS MONEY THAT WE DON'T EXPEND WITHIN OUR

213SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY IDENTIFY AND PUT RESOURCES, WRAPAROUND RESOURCES TO HELP OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ATTAIN SUCCESS EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEN WE'LL TRANSITION TO OUR SUSPENDED AGENDA. THIS IS ABOUT LITERACY UPDATE. MR. CONNOR IS GOING TO LEAD THIS INITIATIVE. Terry Connor: GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF LITERACY. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS OUR HELIOS GRANT THAT WE WERE JUST AWARDED WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION. WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE RECEIVED $1.3 MILLION FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO HELP FUND THREE TO FOUR COACHES IN 12 OF OUR TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS WITH THE GOAL OF CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. ALSO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR PRE-K LETTERS VIDEOS. THIS HAS REALLY BEEN

214THE BRAINCHILD OF ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, MS. NADIA COMBS, WHO HAS REALLY PUSHED OUR TEAM TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO CREATE 26 VIDEOS TO SUPPORT PRE-K AND KINDERGARTNERS, STUDENT LEARNING WITH THEIR LETTERS, THEIR SOUNDS, AND ADDITIONAL PHONICS SKILLS. WE USED OUR COMMUNICATIONS VIDEOGRAPHY TEAM AND USED A LOT OF OUR BEST PRACTICES IN TERMS OF TEACHING OUR STUDENTS ALL ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS AND ALSO USING SOME VERY FAMILIAR COMMUNITY PLACES, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GREATER ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY. OUR ELA DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH CTE AND YVONNE FRY FROM OUR FUTURE CAREER ACADEMIES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT CAREER EXPLORATION AND READINESS LESSONS TO BETTER PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. SO STUDENTS STARTING IN THE 12th GRADE,

215ENGLISH CLASSES ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT RESUMÉ WRITING, BUDGETING, INTERVIEWING SKILLS AND ABOUT VARIOUS SKILLS EACH EMPLOYER SEEKS IN A CANDIDATE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'VE CREATED SOME FUN VIDEOS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE ASPECTS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AS WELL AS LOCAL INDUSTRY RELATED VIDEOS THAT WILL BE SHARED AS STUDENTS TAKE PART IN THIS CURRICULUM. AND STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ENGAGING IN A SELF-ASSESSMENT, REFLECTION THROUGH VARIOUS INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA AS THEY PREPARE FOR BUSINESS AND FIELD TRIPS AND FUTURE FAIRS AND SIGNING DAYS. Addison Davis: THANK YOU, MR. CONNOR, FOR IDENTIFYING WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO FOR LITERACY. I KNOW THAT WE HAD CONTINUED EFFORT IN MEETINGS WITH LOCAL DELEGATIONS AND MAYOR CASTOR THE OTHER DAY TO TALK ABOUT FINDING WAYS TO BRIDGE GREATER CONCENTRATION AT LITERACY, NOT ONLY IN ISOLATION AS A

216SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT HOW THE CITY CAN BE A PARTNER IN THIS WORK. AND THEN AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN TO TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LABOR DAY IS COMING UP AND WE WANT EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO BE CHAMPIONS THE NEXT THREE DAYS, BUT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT BALANCE IN LIFE AND TAKE TIME TO REALLY ENJOY THEMSELVES AND FAMILY AND TO STEP AWAY AND REENERGY AS WE CONTINUE TO COME BACK. I'VE BEEN AT MANY SCHOOLS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I SEE OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE. I ALSO TRY TO POST IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT KIDS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, FACILITATE IN THE LEARNING, TEACHERS ARE TEACHING WITH GREAT SPIRITS. STUDENTS ARE WELL BEHAVED AND IT'S JUST ALL ABOUT PUTTING SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS IN PLACE. AND YOU SEE AND START

217TO FEEL THAT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MOVING ON THE HEELS OF BEING IDENTIFIED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SUPPORT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE INNOVATIVE IN OUR SOLUTIONS TO CREATE THE BEST PLACES. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THTHANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER PEREZ ON YOUR VICTORY. GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO GARY ADULT SCHOOL. THEY HAVE A RESOURCE ROOM NOW WHERE THEY ARE FURNISHING CLOTHING AS WELL AS FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE ABOUT GARY ADULT WAS THEY HAVE A DRAWING CLASS. SO IT'S SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THEY HAD ME

218FLYING DRONES. GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT I ENJOYED DOING IT. YEAH, THEY ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AT GARY ADULT. ALSO, I LIKE TO THANK MR. CONNOR FOR COMING OUT TO THE 100 BLACK MEN. YOU HAD A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION LAST WEEKEND, AND THE FELLOWS WERE TEASING. THEY SAY, SHAKE, WE THOUGHT YOU BROUGHT THE GUY TO JOIN THE 100 BLACK MEN, BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THAT'S RIGHT, WE'LL MAKE YOU HONORARY. WE'LL DO THAT. ALSO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL WITH LAUREN LETO. BRANDED AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL NOW AND SHE IS A GO-GETTER. SHE IS FROM THAT AREA. SHE WAS A GREAT SOFTBALL PLAYER AT ARMWOOD AND MOST PEOPLE IN THAT AREA KNOW LAUREN. GREAT

219VISIT. SHE HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE FOR BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL AND MR. JEREMY IS DOING A GREAT JOB, THE PRINCIPAL IS DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THERE. ALSO, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON BACK TO THE 100 BLACK MEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON PARTNERSHIP, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM TO COME OUT AND BE PARTNERING WITH US SO WE CAN HAVE MENTORING PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MENTORING PROGRAM WITH THE 100 BLACK MEN. WE ALSO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A PARTNERSHIP WITH USF WITH THE ATHLETES COMING OUT TO THREE SCHOOLS, AND I WAS TELLING, PIZZIO, GRECO AND KING HIGH SCHOOL, HAVING THE MENTORS COME OUT. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE AN INSIDE TRACK ON THAT.

220ALSO, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CAREER RESOURCE, TAMPA BAY. WE MET WITH MS. JONES AND DR. CLAYTON. WE ALWAYS TRYING TO BE A PARTNERSHIP SO WE CAN BUILD UP THE COMMUNITY AND HELP THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST,LE THEY HAD A MURAL DRAWN OVER AT EDISON. BEAUTIFUL. THE EAGLES. AND IT WAS REAL NICE. WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATE COMING OUT. THEY WERE SPEAKING. BY THE WAY, I PROMISE TO GIVE THEM AN ICE CREAM PARTY, SO I GET TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO DO IT. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YES. I WANT TO TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE CUBAN STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT. IN 2020, I HAD THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY

221TO GO TO CUBA FOR TWO WEEKS. I WENT TO CUBA PURPOSEFULLY TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CUBAN PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. I HAVE SOME PICTURES. WHEN I LANDED IN CUBA, I DISEMBARKED AND GOT OFF THE PLANE ON THE TARMAC. AND WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THE AIRPORT, I LEFT THE AIRPORT AND I FELT LIKE I WENT BACK IN TIME. LITERALLY, IT TOOK ME BACK TO THE 1940s. THERE WAS NO CAR IN CUBA THAT WAS OLDER THAN 1950 OR '60. THE FAMILY THAT I WAS WITH ROASTED A PIG, A SMALL PIG FOR ME AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING. AND THE REASON WHY THEY ROASTED THAT PIG FOR ME AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING IS BECAUSE HAD THEY DONE IT ANY OTHER TIME, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED

222AND INCARCERATED FOR TEN YEARS. WE DROVE AROUND THE ISLAND ONE DAY LOOKING FOR THREE CUPS OF OIL, AND IT LITERALLY TOOK US FOUR HOURS. I STOOD IN LINE WITH THIS FAMILY TO GET A LOAF OF BREAD FOR TWO HOURS, AND BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE, THERE WAS NO BREAD LEFT. I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT OUR CUBAN STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE NOW HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF TRAUMA. AS WE WELCOME THESE CUBAN STUDENTS HERE, WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW HOW EXCITED WE ARE TO HAVE THEM HERE BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW SCARED, CONFUSED, AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACULTUREATE TO OUR WAY OF LIFE. WHAT I'M ASKING ALL AS BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT WE CALL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IS TO HELP ASSIST AND SUPPORT OUR NEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

223THAT'S ALL I ASK. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YES, AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE CHILDREN'S BOARD. THEY DO SO VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU, KELLY PARIS, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE. FOR THE HIGH NEEDS AND THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE VERY LITTLE VOICE AND SUPPLIES AND NEEDS. THE CHILDREN'S BOARD REALLY FILLS THE VOID. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE CHALLENGING YET COMPREHENSIVE JOB OF TRYING TO GET OUR REQUESTED INCREASE OF MILLAGE PASSED. THIS APPRECIATION INCLUDES OUR TAMPA BAY COMMUNITIES, HEF, HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE CTA, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. IT IS EVIDENT OUR BOARD PLUS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HAVE MORE WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF GAINING PUBLIC TRUST WITH OUR MONETARY EXPENDITURES. HOWEVER, I AM CONFIDENT WE WILL MEET

224THIS CHALLENGE. MEANWHILE, OUR HARDWORKING TEACHERS, PARAS AND ENTIRE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF DESERVE RECOGNITION AND GRATITUDE FOR THEIR CONTINUOUS WORK IN KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE, IN OUR SCHOOLS, WELL EDUCATED, AND MENTALLY AND SOCIALLY SUPPORTED. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHLIGHT. I HATE TO SAY CLOSURE BUT IN A WAY I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE CLOSURE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. MEMBER PEREZ, I WAS ALSO IN CUBA A FEW YEARS AGO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, RUNNING A RACE. I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE 1950s CARS AND THEIR EMISSIONS BECAUSE I ALMOST CHOKED TO DEATH WHILE I CAN'T PUT IT ANY OTHER WAY. BUT WE DID STAY THERE A FEW WEEKS. AND THEIR NUMBER ONE EMPHASIS WAS LITERACY AND THE NEED FOR -- I THINK I SAID THIS BEFORE, THE NEED FOR RUNNING SHOES IN

225THE CATEGORY I WAS INVOLVED IN. REGARDING THE CUBAN POPULATION COMING TO OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND MS. MONICA, YOU WILL GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR SETTING UP THE SYSTEMS TO WELCOME OUR CUBAN STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES. THESE CHILDREN ARE COMING FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, AND WE'RE REMINDED THAT PERHAPS BY THE, MAYBE HALF OF THE YEAR, THIS YEAR, WE MAY BE UP TO OVER 40% OF A HISPANIC POPULATION THAT ARE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. SO WE DO PAY ATTENTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT PRINCIPAL LARISSA McCOY DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT AT LETO HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAD SINGLE-HANDEDLY, NOT ONLY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT ALL THE NEW REGISTRANTS, TO PUT IT KIND OF LOOSELY, SHE HAD TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO HER SCHOOL SYSTEM. I

226JUST KNOW THAT MEMBER COMBS WAS VERY AWARE THAT SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB. WHEREVER YOU ARE, MS. McCOY, YOU CAN WRITE HER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, ALONG WITH -- WE'VE GOT A LITTLE VIDEO, RIGHT, PABLO? I'LL SHUT UP IN JUST A SECOND. THANK FACE, LEADER LOUIS, ELL, MIGRANT, THE STUDENT SERVICES, BILINGUAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SCHOOL HEALTH NURSES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, HOMELESS EDUCATION PROGRAM, ESE, CHILD FINDING SERVICES. ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE WELCOMING OUR CUBAN FAMILIES AND THAT'S HUGE. THANK YOU, MS. MONICA. THANK YOU, LARISSA McCOY OF LETO. AND THAT ENTIRE STAFF. LET'S HAVE A FUN VIDEO. I HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME LEFT, PABLO. HASTEN THE PACEN. GEORGE LORENZO IS ECSTATIC. BEEN AN EIGHT-YEAR PROCESS FOR THEM TO IMMIGRATE. HIS NIECE HAS BEEN IN FLORIDA ABOUT TWO WEEKS. NOW SHE'S GETTING LIFE IN

227AMERICA FIGURED OUT THANKS TO A PORTABLE ON THE BACK SIDE OF LETO HIGH SCHOOL. BECAUSE FOR FAMILIES IN THE AREA WHO NEED THIS KIND OF HELP, THIS IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER SET UP BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS HELPING NEWLY IMMIGRATED STUDENTS OR FAMILIES GET THEIR LIVES HERE STARTED. WE'RE HOPEFUL TO BE THAT BEACON OF HOPE AND BEACON OF SUPPORT FOR THEM. FOR MONICA VERRA-TIRADO, THAT INCLUDES HELPING THE FAMILIES WITH INITIAL REGISTRATION TO FIND OUT WHICH SCHOOL THEIR CHILD IS GOING TO OR MAKING SURE THEY ARE UP TO DATE ON ANY HEALTH NEEDS AND CHECKING TRANSCRIPTS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENROLLED IN THE BEST COURSES FOR THEM. THEY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF CHALLENGES TO THE TYPICAL REGISTRATION. SO AS SCHOOL IS STARTING UP IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY HOPE

228TO REACH AS MANY FAMILIES AS THEY CAN BEFORE THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, AS A GROUP AND REALLY PROVIDE THAT EXTRA LAYER OF SUPPORT AND JUST HELP THESE KIDS AND FAMILIES. HAVING BILINGUAL STAFF WORK WITH FAMILIES HAS HELPED THEM BETTER NAVIGATE THESE INITIAL PROCESSES. THEY SAY THEY CAN BETTER HELP THE STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL LEARNING ENGLISH. IT'S SOMETHING LORENZO SAYS WILL HELP HIS NIECE AS SHE NAV GAITS HER NEW LIFE IN TAMPA. THEY JUST HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO HELP KIDS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. WHAT THEY ARE DOING HERE IS 100% VALUE. IN TAMPA, NICK, SPECTRUM, BAY NEWS 9. Lynn Gray: OKAY. I'M ON TIME. THANKS. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU

229FOR SHARING THAT VIDEO, FIRST OF ALL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES OF CUBA. I'VE ALSO BEEN TO CUBA, HAVANA, AND I FELT GOING BACK IN TIME IS A PERFECT EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU GO THERE. KIND OF TO PIVOT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, I GENERALLY GO OUT OF MY WAY TO BE POSITIVE IN MY BOARD COMMENTS ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COLLABORATION AND THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS. HOWEVER, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT VALUING OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE VALUE OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEACHING STAFF, OUR PARAS, EVERYONE FEELS VALUED. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW WE'VE HAD A REALLY ROCKY START TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF FEELING VALUED. AND IT DOESN'T JUST COME FROM CONSTANT TALK ABOUT A LIVABLE WAGE, BUT IT

230COMES IN A LOT OF OTHER WAYS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN TEACHERS SIT IN 98-DEGREE CLASSROOMS FOR FIVE DAYS ON END, THEY DON'T FEEL VALUED. WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR FACILITIES AREN'T BEING PRIORITIZED, IF THEY HAVE LEAKY ROOFS OR THEY FEEL LIKE THERE'S MOLD HAPPENING IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, THEY DON'T FEEL PRIORITIZED. WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE TEXTBOOKS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO TEACH BECAUSE THEIR FIRST EVALUATIONS ARE COMING UP, THEY DON'T FEEL VALUED AND PRIORITIZED. WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE COPY PAPER OR THINGS IN LIEU OF THAT, THEY DON'T FEEL VALUED OR PRIORITIZED. AND I KNOW A LOT OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE EITHER OUT OF OUR CONTROL BECAUSE THEY ARE A WORKFORCE ISSUE OR THEY ARE THINGS THAT DON'T COME DIRECTLY TO US BECAUSE MAYBE THERE IS A MANUFACTURER OR THERE IS

231A STATE AGENCY THAT GETS SOMETHING BEFORE WE DO. SO WHAT I THINK THE DISCONNECT IS AND WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON AS A DISTRICT IS COMMUNICATION. BECAUSE IF THERE ARE BARRIERS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE OUR PRIORITY AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND WE DO CARE ABOUT THEM. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T FEEL THAT WAY. A LOT OF SERVICE MAINTENANCE REQUEST ORDERS, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE PUT IN AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANSWERS ABOUT OR THEY CALLED ABOUT AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANSWERS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO BE FIXED. IF WE HAVE ISSUES WITH BOOKS, INSTEAD OF SENDING OUT SOMETHING TO PRINCIPALS, MAKING SURE OUR TEACHERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE

232AND HOW WE'RE SETTING UP SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE US AS A BOARD, AS A DISTRICT, I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT VALUING THE PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CLASSROOMS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WHEN WE HAVE THESE CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OUR PRIORITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S FRUSTRATING TO TRY TO TEACH IN 98-DEGREE WEATHER WHEN YOUR KIDS CAN BARELY MANAGE TO NOT DIE OF A HEATSTROKE MUCH LESS LEARN THE CURRICULUM THAT YOU WANT THEM TO. SO I THINK, AGAIN, COMMUNICATION AND MAKING SURE BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE DISTRICT WHAT OUR OBSTACLES ARE, BUT IT IS NOT TRICKLING DOWN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

233FRUSTRATED BY IT. AND WE HAVE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIX HOT CLASSROOMS. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING TO GET THEM BOOKS. IF NOT, WE'VE CREATED OTHER WAYS FOR THEM TO ACCESS LEARNING THINGS OR WE WILL GET THEM PAPER OR THAT ANY OF THOSE OBSTACLES ARE A PRIORITY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. SO I JUST WANT TO GET THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S SOME FRUSTRATION THAT I'VE HAD. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I WILL SAY I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING POSITIVE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF TRANSITION IN MY DISTRICT WHEN IT COMES TO ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME BUMPY RIDES. BUT I HAVE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW E-MAILS ABOUT NEW

234LEADERSHIP AT BUCHANAN AND THAT THE CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THAT SCHOOL IS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMING AND THE STAFF REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY. SO I REALLY LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING POSITIVE AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THAT ADMINISTRATOR IS DOING AS FAR AS CULTURE IS CONCERNED AND CLIMATE. BECAUSE JUST THAT SWITCH FOCUSING ON THAT HAS MADE SUCH A HUGE IMPACT. THERE WAS ONE TEACHER WHO WAS ON THE BRINK OF A MENTAL HEALTH BREAKDOWN LAST YEAR AND I THOUGHT THEY WOULD LEAVE TEACHING. JUST WITH THIS NEW ADMINISTRATOR FOCUSING ON CULTURE AND CLIMATE AND MAKING THEM FEEL VALUED AND MAKING THEM FEEL SUPPORTED THEY HAVE A WHOLE NEW ATTITUDE TOWARD TEACHING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT REPLICATED AND I THINK THAT'S SOME POSITIVE MOVEMENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE SOME MORE

235EXCITING STUFF TO SHARE NEXT TIME IN BOARD COMMENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK THAT'S PLENTY EXCITING FOR YOU TO SHARE IN BOARD COMMENTS. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. I DIDN'T KNOW IF -- THERE WERE A LOT OF -- A VARIETY OF COMMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH TODAY FROM THE PUBLIC. AND I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU ADDRESS REGARDING A FEW OF THE ITEMS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT'S STILL IMPORTANT THAT YOU COMMUNICATE WHAT YOU CAN TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF SOMETHING IS BEING WORKED ON OR TAKEN CARE OF. SO THE SERVICE ANIMALS ISSUE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT

236THAT. THE DISTRICT STAFF LEVELS VERSUS SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, CONTINUING TO DO ABOUT THAT. THE YMCA SITUATION, IF YOU CAN TALK OR IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. THE SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL ISSUE. AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TONIGHT, IT'S OKAY. I KNOW YOU CAN ONLY SHARE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. BUT I WANT TO AT LEAST ASSURE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOT IGNORING THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY COME TO US AND BRING THESE ISSUES. 99% OF THE TIME WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BRINGING. BEFORE THAT, THOUGH, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT OF BOOKS IN OUR MEDIA CENTER. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY BOARD MEETINGS WHERE SOMEONE IS NOT

237GOING TO BE READING FROM A PASSAGE IN A BOOK THAT WAS LOCATED IN OUR MEDIA CENTER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND THERE'S STILL ONE MORE THING I'M LOOKING FOR ON THE ONE-PAGER FOR OUR WEBSITE, IF A PARENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONTENT OF A BOOK THAT IS IN OUR MEDIA CENTER, THEY CAN GO TO OUR MEDIA CENTER PORTION OF OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE AND THERE IS DIRECTIONS ON WHAT TO DO. THE ONE THING THAT'S MISSING THAT I WAS TOLD WOULD BE ON THAT PAGE, THOUGH, IS THE LINK TO THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION. IT JUST SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR COMPLAINT TO THE SCHOOL'S LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST, BUT THEN A FURTHER REVIEW IS REQUESTED, THE MEDIA SPECIALIST PROVIDES THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION. AND I JUST THINK THAT SHOULD

238BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE WHY DO I NEED TO GO SEE THE MEDIA SPECIALIST TO GET THE FORM? BUT THAT'S JUST MY, AS A PARENT PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE TRYING TO LIMIT SOME BUREAUCRACY IN THE PROCESS IF IT'S TRULY A BOOK THAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONTENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. SOME OF IT ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING AND I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THOSE BOOKS SHOULD NOT BE IN OUR MEDIA CENTERS. AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. IT IS THE BOARD'S DECISION TO KEEP OR REJECT THOSE BOOKS IF IT COMES TO A POINT WHERE THE COMMITTEE AT EACH SCHOOL DECIDES TO KEEP THAT BOOK OR CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ON THAT PARTICULAR CONTENT. I DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD CENSURE BOOKS IN OUR MEDIA CENTER TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND THE INNOCENCE OF OUR

239CHILDREN. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OTHER ISSUES IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT IF WE CAN KNOCK ONE OUT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE PLEASANT PLACE TO LEARN AND EASE OUR PARENTS' CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE MATERIALS, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. WE'VE GOT OTHER BIG PROBLEMS TO SOLVE, TOO, BUT THAT'S ONE TO ME THAT IS THE ALLIGATOR CLOSE TO THE BOAT. LOW-HANGING FRUIT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MR. PORTER WANTED TO -- Jim Porter: BEFORE THE SUPERINTENDENT RESPONDS, I WANT TO THROW OUT A CAUTIONARY NOTE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR MEETINGS. THERE IS A STATEMENT MADE AT THE BEGINNING THAT THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF DON'T ENGAGE BECAUSE IT REALLY ISN'T A DIALOGUE. IT'S THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EXPRESS

240THEIR OPINION -- IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS BUT ONCE WE OPEN IT UP, IT CAN BE ABOUT ANYTHING. THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN SPEAK IF HE LIKES, BUT I THINK A BETTER APPROACH IS TO HAVE HIM COME BACK TO YOU AT A FUTURE DATE EITHER IN WRITING OR AT A BOARD MEETING WITH RESPONSES SO THAT THEY ARE THOUGHTFUL AND THAT ALL SIDES ARE CONSIDERED AND HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GIVE YOU A MEANINGFUL RESPONSE. AGAIN, HE CAN SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE RESPONSE AND NOT BE REACTIVE BECAUSE HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. IF HE TRIES TO SPEAK, IT COULD NOT BE A THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE. IT COULD PUT THE DISTRICT IN A POSITION THAT IS NOT THE BEST POSITION FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE

241IN. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, AGAIN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, THAT IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED RESPONSES THAT HE COME BACK TO YOU WITH EITHER A WRITTEN RESPONSE OR AT A BOARD MEETING OR VERBAL RESPONSES. WHATEVER MAKES SENSE. I WOULD JUST ASK THE BOARD TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT ASKING FOR RESPONSES TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE SAME MEETING, UNLESS THERE IS A REALLY QUICK, DIRECT ANSWER, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BECAUSE IT'S WRONG INFORMATION. THAT'S A JUDGMENT CALL. BUT ONCE YOU GO DOWN THAT PATH, BOARD, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GO BACK FROM THAT PATH. AND PUBLIC COMMENT SORT OF THEN BECOMES SOMETHING THAT IT WASN'T INTENDED TO BE. THAT'S JUST A CAUTIONARY NOTE TO MS. SNIVELY'S REQUEST. Melissa Snively: I WOULD NEVER ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT HE COULD NOT BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT

242SPEAKING, SO DON'T -- IT'S UP TO YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ME. YOU CAN TELL ME TO POUND SAND IF YOU WANT TO. SPEAK TO WHAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING TOWARDS. IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING TOWARDS IT, THEN DON'T. AND IF YOU WANT TO GET BACK TO US ONE AT A TIME, THAT'S FINE, TOO. MY POINT THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS I JUST DON'T -- I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO WORK ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT FORTH TO US. AND I DON'T WANT THE IMPLICATION OR THE PERCEPTION THAT WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE OR WHAT THEY ARE FEELING OR WHAT THEY ARE PERCEIVING OUT THERE. SOME OF IT -- THERE ARE THREE SIDES TO EVERY STORY. SO SOME OF

243THE INFORMATION IS NOT ALWAYS 100% ACCURATE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I'M ONLY GOING TO ASK TO YOU SPEAK TO WHAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE SPEAKING ABOUT. IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN DON'T. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, -- YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE HAVE ON THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ISSUES HAVE HAD STAFF ENGAGED. THIS EVENING, STAFF HAS BEEN ENGAGED PRIOR AND TO YOUR POINT WE ARE DEFINITELY TAKING EVERY ONE OF THESE VIEWPOINTS VERY SERIOUS. AND AS YOU SEE STAFF MEMBERS WILL START TO BRIDGE OUT. IF I LOOK, GIVE THEM THE NOD OR TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS. WE ARE ENGAGED IN MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS. MR. GIBSON IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH RISK MANAGEMENT IN BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN, MIKE McMANUS IS ENGAGED WITH YMCA, ANY AFTER-SCHOOL, BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, HE'S ENGAGED WITH THAT PARTICULAR PARENT AND CONTINUED WITH

244ANY OTHER ELEMENTS. WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY, IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THAT I BELIEVE THAT NEED TO BE ESCALATED TO THE BOARD I PROMISE I WILL ENGAGE. PLEASE, IF YOU HEAR ISSUES THAT TONIGHT THAT YOU THINK YOU WANT DEEPER, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU'RE DONE. Melissa Snively: THAT IS -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. JUST THIS WEEK, I MET WITH OUR LIBRARY SCIENCE, MS. DeFUSCO. PEOPLE ARE CALLING US FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ASKING WHAT WE DID, WHAT IS WORKING BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS WHERE THEY STARTED BANNING BOOKS, AND NOW THERE'S A HUNDRED BOOKS BEHIND THERE OR A CHILD GETS A BOOK AND THERE ARE LAWSUITS. DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE ARE CALLING US BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE

245DONE IS WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS AND WHAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DOES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A BOOK OUT OF A SCHOOL, THEN YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE IDEA OF BANNING BOOKS, JUST THE OTHER NIGHT, MY 19-YEAR-OLD WAS LISTENING TO REALLY LOUD RAP MUSIC. I SAT THERE AND THOUGHT, WOW. HE COULD HUNT THROUGH A BOOK FOR A SENTENCE, BUT ALL HE HAS TO DO IS PUT ON HIS AIR POD AND AS KIDS WALK AROUND SCHOOL WITH AIR PODS WHERE YOU SEE SEVEN AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS HAVE PHONES IN THEIR HANDS WHERE THEY CAN DOWNLOAD ANY BOOK, ANY WEBSITE, AND YOU TALK ABOUT MEETING AND GROOMING, WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE MEETING SOMEONE, THEY ARE ACCESSING THAT THROUGH THE PHONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT LIABILITY-WISE, WHEN YOU SEE --

246I DON'T WANT TO NAME THE DISTRICTS, SURROUNDING DISTRICTS HAVE CALLED US AND SAID WE HAVE NOW OPENED A CAN OF WORMS AND HOW DO WE NOW GO BACK AND CHANGE THAT. SO WE ARE DOING WHAT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, WE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES BY DESANTIS. WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF THOSE LAWS. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MISINFORMATION REGARDING THAT. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO THANK MR. CONNOR AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR HOW HARD WE WORKED ON THE REFERENDUM. TO SAY THAT I WAS -- ON THE MILLAGE, YOU KNOW, TO INCREASE THE MILLAGE, TO SAY THAT IT WAS HEARTBREAKING IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE REASONS WHY IT FAILED, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE

247TO WORK HARDER, CONTINUE TO BUILD TRUST, CONTINUE TO BE FINANCIALLY STABLE, AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR DISTRICT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS. I MEAN, TO SEE THESE TEACHERS HERE TODAY AND TO SEE THESE E-MAILS, IT IS BY FAR SITTING HERE IS THE HARDEST JOB EVERY DAY TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN YOU GO OUT TO SCHOOLS AND YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT TEACHERS ARE WORKING WITH, WHEN WE SEE, WHERE WE'RE DEPLOYING PEOPLE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. AND THE CHALLENGES ARE SO LARGE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD. LAST WEEK WAS A HORRIBLE WEEK. THIS IS A NEW WEEK, AND WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING FOR WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR EVERY DAY AND THAT'S OUR STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU CREATING THE TEACHER ADVISORY BOARD.

248I THINK THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS. MEMBER GRAY AND I ATTENDED THAT MEETING, AND YOU HAD TEACHERS FROM ALL LEVELS, VIRTUAL, REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE MORALE IN OUR DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, FINANCIALLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT ALSO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO IMPROVE TEACHER MORALE. THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO THANK MELISSA MUR GATO THIS MORNING FOR EXPANDING THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY. IT WAS SO EXCITING TO SEE ALL THESE CONTAINER STUDENTS AND TO SEE HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME OUT THERE AT WOODBRIDGE. IT WAS AMAZING. THE LIBRARY WAS FILLED. AND WE ARE JUST SEEING SO MANY OF OUR PRINCIPALS, ADMINISTRATORS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WORKING SO HARD FOR THAT. I ALSO

249WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS I WANTED TO DRILL MORE, MULTIPLICATION, ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, REALLY PUSH TOWARD EARLY LEARNING, CTE PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED TO DANIELA SIMIC AND ANGELA SCHRODEN IS START ABOUT LEARNING LETTERS. WE FIND KIDS IN SECOND GRADE THAT STILL DON'T KNOW THEIR SOUNDS AND WE DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. I WANT TO THANK AMANDA ASAROIO, LISA HAYNES, STEPHANIE LOBEL AND RHONDA MORT FOR HAVING THE VISION AND CREATING SOMETHING SO MUCH LARGER THAN I EVER IMAGINED. I WANTED TO SHARE THE SHORT VIDEO WITH YOU AS WE CLOSE, TALKING ABOUT LEARNING LETTERS. AND JUST REALLY TRYING TO SPREAD THAT OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO SPREAD LITERACY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LEARNING FOR OUR STUDENTS. PABLO. ♪ SO

250THE REASON WE CREATED LEARNING LETTERS FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS BECAUSE WHILE THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE LIKE ROMPER ROOM AND SESAME STREET, THERE WAS NOTHING LOCAL TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE WANTED TO MAKE LEARNING ENGAGING AND RIGOROUS AND ALL ENCOMPASSING BUT WITH LOCAL RESTAURANTS, BUSINESSES AND VENUES SO STUDENTS REALLY FELT A SENSE OF HOME AND BELONGING. THE KIDS AT JAMES WERE DANCING AND SINGING ALONG. JUST LIKE JACK HARTMAN TO THEM, RIGHT? THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE GRAPHICS, IN THE READ ALOUDS IN THE LESSON. SOME WERE ABLE TO LEARN THE SIGN LANGUAGE TO DO THE LETTERS. THEY WERE EXCITED BECAUSE ALSO SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. IT'S NEW, SHINY AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD ONLY SO MANY WAYS TO TEACH THE LETTER A. WELL, HERE

251IS ANOTHER WAY FOR YOU. ♪ WELCOME TO THIS EPISODE OF LEARNING LETTERS WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AM MISS LISA AND THIS IS MISS RHONDA. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HELP YOU BECOME AN AMAZING READER AND WRITER. COME ALONG AND LEARN WITH US. MISS STEPHANIE, SHOW US WHAT LETTER WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE TODAY. TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING THE LETTER A. WE ARE GOING TO DO MANY THINGS WITH THE LETTER A TODAY. OUR OBJECTIVE IS HOW CAN I IDENTIFY THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET? I CAN IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF UPPER AND LOWER CASE A. I WILL KNOW I HAVE IT WHEN I CAN CORRECTLY NAME THE LETTER, WRITE THE LETTER, FIND THE LETTER, DO EXAMPLES AND NON-EXAMPLES, AND BE ABLE TO FIND THAT LETTER IN VARIOUS WORDS. I'M SO EXCITED.

252WE HAVE A LOT TO DO. ♪ Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A NICE EVENING. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.