08/11/2022 - 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 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING FOR AUGUST 11, 2022, IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW LEAD

003US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. Nadia Combs: WE HAVE ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM TODAY. 10.01 PIGGYBACK, 2020 PGLB COMPUTER HARDWARE SUPPLIES AND SERVICE. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER HAHN. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE ALL

004CHILDREN CAN BE A POWER TO LEARN TO SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR AN 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 LEAD US WITH 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 DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCAST, ON CABLE TV, AND ON

005VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTION IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. THAT IS THE 6:00 EMPLOYEE INPUT. THE BOARD WILL NOW GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD THE COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR

006INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN, A RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS. WE WILL BEGIN. HI. DAVID WING. I AM A SPOUSE OF AN EDUCATOR AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A FORMER GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT. I FOUND YOUR INTRODUCTORY VIDEO VERY INTERESTING. THE EMPHASIS THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR INTEREST IN PUBLIC COMMENTARY. IT'S 4 P.M. AND I THINK MOST OF

007THE PUBLIC IS PROBABLY WORKING RIGHT NOW. I HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF WORK MYSELF TO BE HERE. I KNOW EDUCATORS IN PARTICULAR DON'T GET OFF IN TIME TO BE HERE IN TIME FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTARY SECTION. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE EXPECTATION OF THE BOARD IS THAT YOU WOULD HEAR FROM THE COMMENTARY OF THE PUBLIC WHEN WE'RE MEETING AT 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. IT JUST SEEMS UNFEASIBLE TO ME. MY SECOND COMMENT IS IN REGARDS TO TEACHER SALARY WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING YOU'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. I'M NOT REALLY SURE I UNDERSTAND WHY THE BOARD WOULD BE CONSIDERING THE EXTENSION, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE AGREEMENT OR THE CONTRACT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT INCLUDES AN INCREASE. I THINK IT'S LIKE 4.4% ANNUALLY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL GET WHEN THE BOARD HAS NOT

008BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE FUNDS TO PAY THE TEACHERS THAT IT'S ALREADY COMMITTED IT WAS GOING TO PAY THEM OR FIND ANY WAY TO INCLUDE INCREASES FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE. I THINK IT'S DEMORALIZING. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO HEAR HOW FRUSTRATED TEACHERS ARE. AND THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS. WE HAVE A BIG SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS AND THAT'S A HUGE PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE A SHORTAGE IS BECAUSE OF SALARY. IT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON. THEY ALSO HAVE ENORMOUS CLASS SIZES. THEY HAVE VERY SHORT LUNCHES. IT IS A DEMORALIZING JOB. I THINK WORKING AT McDONALD'S IS ABOUT EQUALLY AS SATISFYING AS BEING A TEACHER, NOT TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST FOLKS WHO WORK AT McDONALD'S. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT

009SPEAKER, PLEASE. JOHN SIMMONS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE WATCHED A YEAR OF PRESENTATIONS TO YOU ON INAPPROPRIATE BOOKS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND PARTICULARLY IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU DISCUSS IT AT A MEETING. ALSO, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN RULES AND REGULATIONS. WHY? YOU ARE A $4 BILLION ORGANIZATION. I WAS A SENIOR EXEC IN A $10 BILLION ORGANIZATION. ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP A LIFE OF THEIR OWN. I IMAGINE NONE OF YOU WANT TO TELL A MEDIA SPECIALIST WHAT TO BUY AND WHAT NOT TO BUY. THESE BOOKS CAN APPEAR FOR SEVERAL REASONS. MEDIA SPECIALIST IS NOT PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO CONTENT OR DOESN'T CARE. MEDIA SPECIAL CYST ENAMORED WITH THE QUALITY OF ILLUSTRATIONS, NOT PAYING MUCH

010ATTENTION TO CONTENT OR THE MEDIA SPECIALIST GETS A THRILL INTRODUCING LEWD, PORNOGRAPHIC, BRUTAL SEX SCENES TO YOUNG CHILDREN, 11, 12, 13, 14 YEARS OLD. THERE IS A NAME FOR THOSE PEOPLE. THE BOOKS IN THE SYSTEM SEEM TO APPEAR IN DIFFERENT COMBINATION. I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE A MEDIA SPECIALIST BUY FOR EVERY LIBRARY IN EVERY SCHOOL. THAT SHOULD BE A CONSOLIDATED ITEM. YOU ARE WASTING MONEY ON THE BOOKS. WASTING MONEY ON OUR TIME TRYING TO GET YOU TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. WHY WOULD WE RAISE TAXES WHEN WE'RE SPENDING MONEY DOING THESE KIND OF THINGS? EVERY ONE OF YOU, PLEASE DO NOT BE AFRAID. PLEASE DO NOT BE WEAK. PLEASE LEAD. PLEASE PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND FULFILL YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO US. THE BOOK I HAVE TODAY IS CALLED "SOLD" BY PATRICIA McCORMICK. 52 HIGH SCHOOLS, 10

011MIDDLE SCHOOLS. IT IS A JEFFREY EPSTEIN GIS LANE IMAGINEWELL STORY. -- GHISLANE MAXWELL. RAPE OF A MINOR, PROSTITUTION, SEX TRAFFICKING, INDENTURED SEX SLAVERY OF YOUNG GIRLS. PAGE 102, UNDERNEATH THE WAY TO HIM, I CANNOT SEE, MOVE. FUMBLES WITH MY LEGS. I FEEL HIM PUSHING HIMSELF BETWEEN MY THIGHS. I GASP FOR AIR AND KICK AND AQUARIUM. YOU WILL WORK THERE LIKE OTHER GIRLS UNTIL YOUR DEBT IS PAID OFF. EACH MORNING SHE COMES IN AND BEATS ME WITH A LEATHER STRAP AND LOCKS ME IN THE ROOM. THEN HE'S ON TOP OF ME AND SOMETHING HOT IN HIS SYSTEM, HE GRUNTS AND STRUGGLES TRYING TO FIT HIM. THEY CRUSH MY BONES WITH WEIGHT, SPLIT ME OPEN AND THEN THEY DISAPPEAR. SHE PUTS RED HOT CHILI ON A STICK AND PUTS THEM UP IN YOUR PRIVATES IF YOU TRY

012TO RUN AWAY. THIS MAKES ME WANT TO SCREAM AND MY HEAD SPIN OFF. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HANDLE THIS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JULIA PARDS. TODAY, I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AN AUTHOR THAT YOU SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE YOU HAVE ABOUT 500 OF HER BOOKS IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES. HERE IS JUST A FEW OF THE TITLES. REAL WINNERS. FLIRTING WITH A MONSTER. YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRUGS. TRAFFIC, YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING. GLASS. THAT IS ABOUT METH. TRICKS, YEAH, THAT'S A DETAILED ABOUT SEX ACTS. CRANK, YEAH, THAT'S METH AGAIN. IMPULSE, THAT'S ABOUT A SUICIDE, IMPULSIVE SUICIDE. TRIANGLES, YES, THAT HAS SADO MASOCHISTIC SEX AND DESCRIPTIVE ORGIES. THREESOMES, GREAT DETAIL. I SPENT TIME RESEARCHING 19 OF HER TITLES. ELLEN HOPKINS, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. EVERY

013SINGLE ONE OF THESE BOOKS TO MY KNOWLEDGE INCLUDES GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF SEX AND DRUG USAGE. THIS IS HER STOCK AND TRADE. ILLICIT DRUGS, ILLICIT SEX. THESE BEHAVIORS ARE NOT VIEWED CRITICALLY. GLORIFIED, UNRESOLVED, NO REDEMPTION, THEY ARE DARK, YUCK, DISGUSTING BOOKS. THEY HARM KIDS. NEVER MIND THE EXPLICIT LANK THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY RAISE THE BOOKS TO AN R RATING. I WAS LOOKING AT CRITERIA FOR SELECTION ON YOUR WEBSITE. EDUCATIONAL SUITABILITY, APPROPRIATE FOR AGE AND MATURITY. WE HAVE 8 OR MORE OF THESE BOOKS IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ALL THE BOOKS ON AMAZON WERE RATED AT LEAST 14 AND AMAZON IS NOT CONSERVATIVE. COMMON SENSE MEDIA, WHICH IS NORMAL PEOPLE RATING THESE, OF THE TEN BOOKS THEY RATED OF HERS, SIX OF THEM ARE RATED FOR 16 AND UP. SOME OF THOSE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE

014IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR LIKE 11-YEAR-OLDS. SECOND ON YOUR WEBSITE, TALKS ABOUT INTELLECTUAL CONTENT, LITERARY MERIT, SCOPE, ARRANGEMENT, RELEVANCE, ET CETERA. SO LET'S JUST LOOK AT ONE FACTOR ON THE READING LEVEL OF THE 19 BOOKS I SPENT MY TIME RESEARCHING, I THINK THE AVERAGE READING LEVEL IS RIGHT AROUND THE RANGE OF A FOURTH GRADE READING LEVEL. SO WHAT LITERARY MERIT, WHAT ARE WE CHALLENGING THESE KIDS TO? LITERALLY FOURTH GRADE READING LEVEL. SOME OF THEM ARE DOWN IN THE THREES. SOME -- THE HIGHEST ONE IS A 5.2. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? THE OVERALL VALUE OF THE COLLECTION. I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF VALUES YOU'RE PROMOTING BUT I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE VALUE IN THIS. THIRD, YOUR PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS FROM YOUR WEBSITE AGAIN. PHILOSOPHY AND

015GOALS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. RESOURCES SUPPORT AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF THE DISTRICT AND WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND SPECIFIC COURSES. IF THESE BOOKS REPRESENT YOUR GOALS AND VALUES, THAT PUTS YOU AT ODDS WITH THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS RON VATARALLO. LIKE THE FIRST SPEAKER, I'M ALSO A HUSBAND OF AN EDUCATOR AND LIKE THE FIRST SPEAKER, I ALSO TOOK TIME OFF WORK TO BE HERE TODAY. I PREPARED A LITTLE STATEMENT. TIME AND AGAIN WE SEE TEACHERS STEPPING UP IN A SOCIETY WHERE ALMOST ALL OTHER INSTITUTIONS ARE FAILING OR HARMING US. OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, CHURCHES, AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS HAVE PROVEN TO BE EASILY CORRUPTIBLE INSTRUMENTS OF BRUTALITY, OPPRESSION

016AND EXPLOITATION. A SOLITARY SHINING EXAMPLE OF HUMANITY APPEALING TO ITS BETTER ANGELS IS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SAW IN UVALDE TEACHERS MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WHILE FULLY FUNDED, ARMED AND ARMORED COPS STOOD BACK. WE SAW IN THE PANDEMIC PROFESSIONALS AND TEACHERS SCRAMBLING TO TOTALLY OVERHAUL DECADES OF TRADITIONAL EDUCATION, TURNING ON A DIME AND AGAIN PUTTING THEIR LIVES AND SAFETY AT RISK. RECENTLY, THE CULTURE WARRIORS AND RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS HAVE NOW TURNED THEIR SIGHTS TO ATTACK TEACHERS AND THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. HOW MUCH MORE AS A SOCIETY DO WE EXPECT TEACHERS TO HAVE TO TAKE? AND YET YOU DEMAND THEY STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. DEMAND THAT THEY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK DAY AND NIGHT. YOU DEMAND THAT THEY DO MORE WITH LESS AND DEMAND THE PARAPROFESSIONALS MAKE LESS THAN A LIVING WAGE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

017TO SHOW SOCIETY AND OUR CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE WORTH THE INVESTMENT. THE MONEY IS ALWAYS THERE FOR A MILITARISTIC POLICE FORCE. WITH BLOATED SALARIES. AND YET THOSE WHO ARE REALLY KEEPING THE PEACE AND ENRICHING OUR SOCIETY ARE TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT WORTH IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT SHOWS AS A SOCIETY WE'D RATHER BE PEOPLE BE OPPRESSED THAN EDUCATED. THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS. THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS WILLING TO CONTINUE TO SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO TRAUMA AND ABUSE AND, QUITE FRANKLY, DANGER, THAT BEING A TEACHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REQUIRES. JUST GIVE THESE TEACHERS THE MONEY YOU OWE THEM. END THIS IMPASSE AND PAY THEM WHAT YOU OWE THEM AND IT STILL WON'T BE WHAT THEY DESERVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, BOARD. TINA

018WILLIAMS, PARENT, MOM OF SIX. ADVOCATE, FORMER TEACHER, FORMER ADVOCATE. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT SCHOOL CULTURE. WE TALK ABOUT THE TEACHER MORALE AND THAT ALSO TRICKLES DOWN TO THE SCHOOL MORALE, THE STUDENTS' MORALE. I HAVE A SON. HE'S OUT OF SCHOOL. I WON'T NAME IT. GREAT SCHOOL IN MY HUMBLE OPINION AND HE DOESN'T HAVE A TEACHER. HE'S GIFTED, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE A TEACHER. HMM. WHY IS THAT? JUST LIKE THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, MONEY IS ONLY PART OF THE PROBLEM. ALBEIT IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM, BUT LET'S DIG A LITTLE DEEPER, SHALL WE? SCHOOL CULTURE. HAVE ANY OF YOU REALLY TALKED TO ANY OF THE STUDENTS. HOW ARE THEY FEELING? NOT JUST THERE FOR A PR MOVE OR TO CAMPAIGN WHAT YOU WANT MORE OF THE PARENTS TO DIG DEEPER

019UNDER AN OR STRETCHED BUDGET. LET'S PONDER THAT, SHALL WE? WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH? IS IT THE NEW BUZZWORD, KIND OF LIKE THE NAMES NATURAL AND ORGANIC. JUST STUCK ON SOMEPLACE BUT REALLY NOT INVESTED. LET'S PONDER, SHALL WE? SCHOOL CULTURE. WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN? SO I CHALLENGE EACH OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS AS WE'RE PREPARING FOR THIS MILLAGE, LET'S ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT THE CULTURE AND THE MORALE OF NOT JUST THE TEACHERS BUT THE STUDENTS THAT IT AFFECTS. WHEN ARE OUR CHILDREN GOING TO BE FIRST? MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO HAVE A SAVING, WHEN ELEPHANT FIGHTS THE GRASS GETS TRAMPLED. OUR CHILDREN ARE THE GRASS AND THEY ARE BEING TRAMPLED BECAUSE WE AS ADULTS CAN'T GET IT TOGETHER. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. LET'S THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN. THE REAL FUTURE IN TEACHING. Nadia Combs: THANK

020YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR TODAY. ALAN BREWSTER. BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, ONCE AGAIN, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP IN THE SCHOOLS. IT SHOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS. BUT OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THEM DIDN'T GET THE MEMO. THERE'S A BREAKDOWN WHERE TRANSITION FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, A STUDENT TRANSFERRING FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE AN IEP OR A 504. THAT INFORMATION LIES DORMANT THE WHOLE SUMMER. AND WHEN SCHOOL STARTS UP, THERE ARE ISSUES. AND THEN WHEN THE PARENT GOES TO THE SCHOOL TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, THEY SAY IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, MOM AND DAD. WE'RE SPREAD THIN RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU HAD THE WHOLE SUMMER TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE. PARENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING. CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE CERTAIN PEOPLE DON'T WORK DURING THE

021SUMMER. SO ONCE AGAIN THE LEADERSHIP LACKS. MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME, IF YOU WANT TO SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE, DON'T HANG AROUND TURKEYS. YOU'VE GOT SOME TURKEYS IN EAGLES' POSITIONS, MAKING TURKEY DECISIONS. THAT'S AFFECTING STUDENTS' EDUCATION, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, THEIR DISABILITIES. LEADERSHIP AT THE SCHOOL, TELLING PARENTS WHATEVER. I CAN'T MEET WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT THE ISSUE WAS THERE FROM THE WHOLE SUMMER. THE SCHOOL IS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER. BUT THEN THEY JUST BRUSH IT TO THE SIDE. WE'LL DEAL WITH IT WHEN WE GET A CHANCE. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STUDENT'S MENTAL HEALTH. MY DAUGHTER HAVING A MELTDOWN BECAUSE LUNCH IS OVERWHELMING AND SHE HASN'T BEEN GIVEN AN ALTERNATIVE AREA TO EAT HER LUNCH. ALL SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE AREA FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T TOLERATE THE NOISE IN THE LUNCHROOM. BUT WHERE IS

022THE LEADERSHIP? WHERE? WHERE ARE THEY? ARE THEY IN THE CLOSET? WHY? WHERE ARE THEY? ARE THEY PLAYING SOLITARY ON THE COMPUTER? WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP. THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO TALK TO PARENTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL ALSO HAVE AT 6:00 EMPLOYEE INPUT SO THE EMPLOYEES CAN COME IN AND SPEAK AS WELL AT 6:00. I WILL NOW MOVE ON TO RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. A 02, HUMAN TRAFFICKING RECOGNITION. MEMBER GRAY WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. Lynn Gray: TH THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A PLEASANT TOPIC, IT IS A REALITY TOPIC. IT'S ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR NATION AND CERTAINLY HAPPENING IN OUR TAMPA BAY AREA. IN THE YEAR 2012, DOTTI GROOVER-SKIPPER WHO IS IN OUR AUDIENCE NOW, BROUGHT FORTH INFORMATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE

023OF EDUCATING STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND FACULTY ON THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND WAYS TO HELP KEEP OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES SAFE. SHE WORKS WITH ASHLEE CAPPUCCI WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE'S SERVING AS A TEACHER, IN OUR DISTRICT HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMITTEE LED BY LYNN GRAY. OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS ALONGSIDE MY WORK, DOTTI GROOVER-SKIPPER, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE THE NOMORE FOUNDATION AS WELL ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVE JACKIE TOLEDO. OUR WORK CENTERS ON EDUCATING OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON THIS TOPIC, WORK TIRELESSLY TO HELP ADVOCATE AND, OF COURSE, SUPPORT STRATEGIES TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING. DOTTI RECENTLY JOINED FORCES WITH THE NOMORE FOUNDATION, A NONPROFIT FOUNDED IN 2011 BY JAMIE AND TAMI KENT. LAST YEAR, THE NOMORE FOUNDATION TRAINED OVER 20,000 OF OUR TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT AND

024WILL AGAIN THIS YEAR. OUR P.E. DIRECTOR ASHLEE CAPPUCCI USES THE MOW MEEK BURR CHILD -- MONIQUE BURR CHILD TEEN SAFETY CURRICULUM FOR GRADES 10th AND 11th AND 9th GRADERS GO THROUGH THE HOPE CLASSES, THE HOPE OPPORTUNITIES FOR P.E. TEACHERS. THROUGH THE NOMORE AND MONIQUE BURR THESE CURRICULUMS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH SAFETY RULES, EQUIPS THEM ABOUT ONLINE SAFETY DANGERS AND COVERS NECESSARY INFORMATION TO PREPARE STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO KEEP OUR LOVED ONES SAFE. THE LESSONS ARE CREATED TO BE AGE-APPROPRIATE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL. EDUCATORS ARE TRAINED ON THE CURRICULUM PRIOR TO TEACHING IT TO OUR STUDENTS. THE NOMORE FOUNDATION IS VERY BLESSED THAT REPRESENTATIVE JACKIE TOLEDO CHAMPIONS STATE FUNDING, $250,000 LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD A WALK ON THAT SITE. I REMEMBER IT WAS HOT AS HECK, IN YEAR 2021. AND THIS YEAR, $500,000

025TO THE NOMORE FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP TRAININGS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TO HELP EXPAND SAFE HOUSE CAPACITY FOR BOTH VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. UTILIZING DOTTI GROOVER-SKIPPER'S 40-PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING ARENA, THE NOMORE FOUNDATION DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS TRAINING AT NO CHARGE. I KNOW THAT DOTTI DID THIS LAST YEAR. NO CHARGE TO OUR DISTRICT, TO THE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS WHICH WERE SPURRED FINANCIALLY AND I WOULD SAY AFFECTIVETIVELY, WITH AN A, BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKIE TOLEDO WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL THE NOMORE FOUNDATION ALONG, OF COURSE, WITH REPRESENTATIVE JACKIE TOLEDO AND DOTTI GROOVER SKIPPER. BUT I DID WANT TO SAY ONE THING. BECAUSE OF OUR COMMITTEE, WHICH WE WORK WITH, DOTTI IS INTEGRATED IN THERE EACH MONTH. I WANT TO THANK ALSO OUR

026PTA PRESIDENT, PAST PRESIDENT FRANK REYES AND CURRENT PRESIDENT AMY GRANGER, ALSO ASHLEE CAPPUCCI, CAROL MAYO, CONNIE ROSE, JUNE WALLACE, LAURA CROSS, MARY BROWN JOSEPH AND MONICA VERRA-TIRADO. THERE ARE ABOUT 20 OTHERS. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FIRST OFF AND FOREMOST, AT THIS TIME, REPRESENTATIVE JACKIE TOLEDO. I KNOW YOU CAN LIFT THIS BIG CHECK. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT IT TO THE NOMORE FOUNDATION. AND THEN, BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO BE PART OF THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TO HAVE A PHOTO TOGETHER. JACKIE, THE DRUM IS ROLLING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR HAVING ME TODAY. IT IS MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BRING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER $750,000 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THESE FUNDS ARE CRITICAL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING. AS

027YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A CHAMPION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING BOTH FROM A LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT AND FROM A RESOURCE STANDPOINT, BRINGING AS MUCH HOME AS I CAN TO ERADICATE THIS HEINOUS CRIME. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NOMORE FOUNDATION, WE'VE SEEN OVER 25,000 TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TRAINED IN HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF TRAFFICKING AND HOW TO PREVENT AND STOP IT. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A VILLAGE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE EDUCATING OUR PARENTS AND OUR TEACHERS SO THAT WE WILL STOP THIS HEINOUS CRIME FROM TAKING THE INNOCENCE FROM OUR CHILDREN. I'M PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE THE NOMORE FOUNDATION AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TELL TRAFFICKERS THAT THEY ARE NOT WELCOME HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND OUR STATE AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU, AND I'D LOVE

028TO PRESENT THIS CHECK TO THE BOARD. Lynn Gray: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUED FOCUS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE ONGOING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CIVIC LEADERS THAT CONTINUE TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND OUR STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE EVERY SINGLE DAY, SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THE FACT THAT WE HAVE EYES IN THE CLASSROOMS FOR THESE CHILDREN AND WE SERVE AS A PROTECTION FOR THEM IS INCREDIBLE. I SIT ON THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMISSION HERE IN TAMPA AS WELL. AND I'M A PROVIDER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. LET ME TELL YOU, THIS SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE IS ESSENTIAL NOT JUST FOR THE MOMENT BUT

029FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS SERVICE TO OUR CHILDREN HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS AND SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN AT RISK AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO A 01, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WELLNESS REVOLUTION STRATEGIC PLAN. MEMBER GRAY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS ITEM. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CITY OF TAMPA UNDER MAYOR CASTOR AND DR. MARIA ROSS FROM 2016, WE WORKED ON THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS TRYING TO GET OUR DISTRICT % MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONAL AND SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. THE TENETS OF THE DEPARTMENT

030OF HEALTH IN TALLAHASSEE ARE WHAT WE FOLLOW. NINE RESPONDENTS. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA IS ACTUALLY HAVE OUR OWN WELLNESS REVOLUTION. AND I AM REMINDED, AS EACH OF YOU ARE, AS OUR TEACHERS ARE SITTING HERE IN THIS AUDIENCE AND OUTSIDE AND OUR PRINCIPALS ARE COMMITTED PROBABLY TILL 10:00 THIS EVENING, WE'RE REMINDED THAT WELLNESS INCLUDES NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO OUR FACULTY, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR TEACHERS AND EVEN US BOARD MEMBERS. SO THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM FOR ALL OF US TO REALLY BECOME STARS OF THE SHOW IN THE TERMS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND COLLECTIVELY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR WELLNESS REVOLUTION. WE HAVE A VIDEO -- THANK YOU, LAURA CROSS -- THAT WILL SHOW EACH LEADER OF THE COMPONENT. AND YOU'LL SEE VERY TELLING

031HOW THIS AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL CULTURE, WHICH WAS MENTIONED TODAY, IT AFFECTS POSITIVELY THE HEALTH, THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FOCUS OF OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALSO TRAVEL DOWN THE PATH OF WELLNESS AND THAT INCLUDES GRATITUDE, KINDNESS, THAT INCLUDES EATING THE RIGHT FOODS. THAT INCLUDES EXERCISE. THAT INCLUDES SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST DOING -- AND I HATE TO SAY IT, ASHLEE CAPPUCCI, WHEREVER YOU ARE -- JUMPING JACKS. HEALTH IS NOW MOSTLY IN THE TERMS OF THE TEACHERS, THEY WANT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS TO ALSO BE A HUGE COMPONENT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THIS VIDEO WILL BE EMBLEMATIC OF ALL OF THE HEALTH INITIATIVES WE'VE DONE SINCE 2016, AND I INCLUDE DR. MARIA ROSS AND STEVE WHO IS NOT HERE AND ASHLEE CAPPUCCI, OUR CURRENT P.E. AND MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR,

032HOLLY SAIA. WE'LL GO DOWN THAT LATER. CHAD. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS CELEBRATING A WELLNESS REVOLUTION, ONE THAT STRETCHES ACROSS EVERY SECTOR OF OUR DISTRICT. IF YOU'RE NOT HEALTHY PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY, YOU CAN'T BE A SUCCESSFUL LEARNER OR EDUCATOR. WE WANT EVERY SCHOOL TO BE PART OF THE WELLNESS REVOLUTION AND EMBRACE THE COMPONENTS THAT CREATE A HEALTHY BODY AND MIND. ♪ DENA MARSHALL, WELL-BEING COORDINATOR. TRACY SHOTSBERG, GENERAL MANAGER. IMAGINE YOUR SCHOOL IS A PLACE WHERE THE HEALTHY CHOICE IS THE EASY CHOICE BECAUSE SEARCH PARTICIPATING TOGETHER IN WHAT YOUR WELLNESS CHAMPION SCHEDULES. YOUR BIOMETRIC SCREENING, STEP CHALLENGES, HEALTHY LUNCHES. EVERYONE IS DOING IT TOGETHER AND EVERYONE, OF COURSE, IS GETTING REWARDED IN GO 365. READ YOUR WELL-BEING NEWSLETTER. IT ARRIVES IN YOUR E-MAIL THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH. PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE FREE WELL-BEING

033PROBLEMS THAT ARE OFFERED THROUGH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. THE THIRD THING IS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY THE CHAMPION AT EACH SITE. ASHLEE CAPPUCCI, SUPERVISOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION HEALTH ADVANCE. SCHOOLS BETTER EXEMPLIFY OUR COMPONENTS BY GETTING STUDENTS UP AND MOVING NOT JUST IN P.E. AND IN HEALTH BUT IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THAT WILL COUNT JUST AS WELL AS WHAT THEY ARE DOING OUTSIDE EVERY DAY. REALLY POND WITH YOUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION -- BOND WITH YOUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH TEACHERS AND THAT'S HOW WE MAKE THE MOVEMENT REVOLUTION CONTINUE. IS. I'M HOLLY SAIA. I'M THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SCHOOLS REALLY FOCUS ON THE MENTAL WELLNESS OF THEIR STUDENTS AND ALLOWING THEIR STUDENT SERVICES STAFF TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING OF ALL OF THE

034STUDENTS AT THEIR SCHOOL. MY NAME IS CULPEPPER. DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE FIRST STEP IS FOR THE SCHOOLS AND ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE SAFETY REPORTS WE DID THE YEAR BEFORE BY IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE CHANGES WE MADE TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTS OF THE SCHOOL ARE SAFE FOR OUR FACULTY STAFF AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR STUDENTS. I'M SHANEY HALL. GENERAL MANAGER WITH STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES. THINGS YOU CAN DO ON THE NUTRITION AREA WOULD BE LOOK AT YOUR VENDING OPTIONS. IF YOU CAN OFFER MORE THAN HALF OF YOUR BADGERS IN THE VEND -- BEVERAGES IN THE VENDING MACHINE AS WATER, THAT'S A STEP TOWARD BEING A REALLY HEALTHY SCHOOL. ALSO BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM, A WAY TO GET KIDS EATING BREAKFAST WILL GET STARTED ON A HEALTHY DAY.

035AND LASTLY WOULD BE LOOK AT OR THINK ABOUT STARTING A SCHOOL GARDEN. MY NAME IS KIM. I AM A COORDINATOR WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES. SCHOOLS CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE WELLNESS REVOLUTION BY CREATING A COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH HEALTHY COPING SKILLS. COPING SKILLS SUCH AS TALKING TO A FRIEND, EXERCISING, TAKING A WALK, MEDITATION OR JOURNALING ARE THOSE SORT OF HEALTHY COPING STRATEGIES. BY USING THESE HEALTHY COPING STRATEGIES, WE CAN DEVELOP PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLNESS. MARIA WEST, THE SUPERVISOR OF SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES. THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY BEEN PUSHING AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR SCHOOLS AND STAFF DO ARE THINGS LIKE SCREENINGS, WHEN THE STUDENTS FAIL THEIR SCREENINGS, 100% OF THE STUDENTS THAT NEED VISION GLASSES THAT -- TO RECEIVE GLASSES OR THE KIDS THAT FAILED THE HEARING RECEIVE HEARING AIDS

036AS NECESSARY OR THE CHILDREN THAT ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE TO BE ACTIVELY AND PHYSICALLY ENGAGED IN ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS OFFER AS WELL AS THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT BECAUSE YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS IS PART OF YOUR OVERALL WELL-BEING. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I WOULD SAY CREATING A SENSE OF WELL-BEING AND CONNECTIONS ON YOUR CAMPUSES FOR EVERYONE, AND THAT IS EVERYONE. BECAUSE REALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF WELLNESS, IT'S REALLY THE LIFELONG PRACTICE OF POSITIVITY. THINK ABOUT ENACTING POSITIVE PRACTICES ON YOUR CAMPUSES. THINK ABOUT SURROUNDING YOUR TEAM WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THINK ABOUT SUSTAINING STRONG, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN EDUCATION. BECAUSE JUST AS WE SAY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS EVERYONE'S JOB, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF

037OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR FAMILIES IS ALSO EVERYONE'S JOB. Lynn Gray: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A REMARK? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, AS WE TALK ABOUT CONTINUING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE THIS WELLNESS REVOLUTION, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE TAKE CARE OF THE WELL-BEING OF ALL OUR EMPLOYEES AND NOT JUST FROM A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH STANDPOINT AS WELL. THE TEAM DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB MAKING SURE ALL OUR SERVICES ARE WRAPPED AROUND OUR EMPLOYEES, EAP SERVICES, GO 365 SERVICES AND ALSO ALL THE INITIATIVES THAT ASHLEE CONTINUES TO LEAD WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM A FISCAL PERSPECTIVE. I JUST ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO STAY WELL. CONTINUE TO STAY CONNECTED AND KNOW WE ARE THERE TO HELP YOU IN THIS PROCESS. Lynn Gray: THANK

038YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR THE LATITUDE OF TIME FOR THIS EFFORT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WELLNESS REVOLUTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C 5.01, 7.02, 7.06, 7.08, 7.09, 9.02 AND 9.05. 5071, SALARY INCREASES FOR HILLSBOROUGH OUT OF SCHOOL TIME (HOST) EMPLOYEES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROFESSIONALLY OBLIGATED TO MAKE

039CERTAIN WE ARE ALIGNED WITH FEDERAL GUIDELINES RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL HOURLY WAGE TO GET TO $15 AN HOUR. WITH THIS PROCESS, WE KNOW THAT HOST CONTINUES TO SERVE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE CERTAIN OUR STUDENTS HAVE AFTERCARE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY, AT THE SAME TOKEN ENRICHED ACADEMICALLY AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO TAKE ON A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES WITHIN 101 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND 39 MIDDLE SCHOOLS. LAST YEAR, WE INCREASED THE HOURLY RATE FOR HOST TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN MORE STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND HELP OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. THIS YEAR WE'RE BRINGING THIS MODEL BACK AGAIN. AS YOU KNOW, HOST CONTINUES TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT RELATED TO THEIR FUNDING SOURCES. THEY HAVE THIS MONEY TO BE ABLE TO -- IDENTIFIED. WE DID

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cMANUS, HE'S HERE THIS EVENING, TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS WE MAY NEED TO BE ASKED. OPENLY, THIS IS ANOTHER CONTINUED EFFORT TO SHOW VALUE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES

041AND BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AT SCALE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 5.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. ALTHOUGH WE SEE A PROPOSED COST OF ALMOST $2 MILLION DUE TO THE SALARY INCREASES, SINCE WE ALSO CHARGE FEES TO PUT CHILDREN IN HOST, IT'S A SELF-GENERATING REVENUE, MEANING THOSE AREN'T REOCCURRING FEES THAT WILL BE COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND TO RAISE THE SALARIES. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THE OTHER QUESTION I'VE GOTTEN A LOT

042ON HOST, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WE'RE STRUGGLING AND PART OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO MAKE OUR PROGRAM MORE ROBUST SO WE CAN OFFER IT MORE. BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT IT ISN'T OFFERED AT THEIR SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY MAYBE TEACHERS WHO WANT TO PUT THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOL BETWEEN THOSE HOURS. WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF DECIDING WHICH SCHOOLS IT GOES INTO AND ARE WE HOPING THAT WITH THIS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND IT TO ALMOST ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, IF NOT ALL OF THEM. CURRENTLY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT'S NOT BEING SERVED BY AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. JUST ONE. ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS BESIDES THE HOST PROGRAMS ARE BEING SERVICED BY EITHER THE YMCA, BOYS AND GIRLS, AFTER-SCHOOL ALL STARS AND HIGH FIVE WHICH USED TO BE SPORTS AQUATIC. THAT COVERS THE

043SPREAD OF ELEMENTARY AND MAJORITY OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THEY ARE ALL RECEIVING AFTER-SCHOOL SERVICES. Jessica Vaughn: ARE ALL OF THOSE PAYMENT FEE SCHEDULES THE SAME? THEY ARE ALL VERY, VERY SIMILAR MINUS A REGISTRATION FEE. WE WORKED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS TO STANDARDIZED THAT ACROSS THE BOARD SO PARENTS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF MEMBERS WOULD NOT MOVE FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER AND BIG INFLATION FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER. STICKER SHOCK, IF YOU WILL. WE WORKED OVER THREE YEARS TO COMPLETELY STANDARDIZE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: IF A PARENT DOES NOT HAVE OR A TEACHER DOES NOT HAVE THE REGISTRATION FEE, WHAT HAPPENS? ARE YOU ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM? IN THE PAST WE HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM AND STILL

044TRY TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD. WE PUSH THEM TO SCHOOL READINESS THROUGH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION WHERE THEY CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE. SO WE HAVE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. SOMETIMES WE WILL UP FRONT THAT COST AND THEN TAKE THAT REGISTRATION FEE AND SPREAD IT OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS SO THEY DON'T HAVE ONE BIG UP FRONT COST. THEY CAN SPREAD $5 OVER X AMOUNT OF MONTHS TO TRY TO RECOUP THAT COST. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MR. McMANUS, IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER DOING THIS. THROUGH THE CHAIR, MY NAME IS MICHAEL McMANUS. I OVERSEE THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDES HOST, YMCA, BOYS AND GIRLS, HIGH FIVE, AND ALL STARS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE. YOU DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

045I DON'T DO THE JOB. IT IS THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WHO DO THE JOB. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.02, APPROVE PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT 22209-PGB-IV WITH 34ED, LLC DBA CENTEGIX WITH ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF EMERGENCY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Addison Davis: AFTER THE HEROIC EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN PARKLAND, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND ACTUALLY LED THE WAY BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE SYSTEM WHERE EVERY ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, EVERY ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS, INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, LEADERS, OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF MEMBERS, THEIR OWN FACILITIES, DISTRICT OFFICES COULD REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL-BASED LEADERS, AT THE SAME TOKEN, FIRE RESCUE TO IDENTIFY UNDESIRED BEHAVIOR. IN THIS PROCESS, IN 2018-2019, THE DISTRICT PARTNERED WITH

046CENTEGIX. WE'VE HAD A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT NOW COMING BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ONCE AGAIN APPROVE THIS INITIATIVE FOR A ONE YEAR RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP AS A PASSPORT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOL WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. THIS IS PAID FOR THROUGH OUR SECURITY GRANT AND AT THE SAME TOKEN WITH OUR COPS GRANT AND ALSO WITH GENERAL FUND. THIS IS A $2.2 MILLION EXPENDITURE. YOU MAY SEE THE REASON THAT THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR MAINTENANCE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE GETTING NEW TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO CENTEGIX. WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD PASSPORTS IN EVERY ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS. IN THE CLASSROOMS THEY WERE BEING DISTURBED BY STUDENTS HITTING THE PASSPORTS AND THAT WAS A WAY TO BE ABLE

047TO CONNECT. WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, EVERY FIFTH CLASSROOM WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT PASSPORT AND WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROTOCOLS RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF HAD THAT ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.02. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: YES, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING AN UPDATE OF WHY THE PRICE IS INCREASING BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS WHEN WE SEE PRICE MORE EXPENSIVE ON OUR CONTRACT RENEWALS. REALLY, I WANTED TO PULL THIS BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY DOING SOME MEDIA AND SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME ABOUT NEIGHBORING

048COUNTIES THAT IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS AND WERE CONCERNED AND WONDERING IF WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF MEMBERS HAVE WAYS TO REPORT EMERGENCIES AND PLANS IN PLACE. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS TO BRING SECURITY TO OUR PARENTS TO KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN AHEAD OF THIS GAME. WE HAD THIS IMPLEMENTED LONGER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE NOW PURCHASING THINGS LIKE THIS AND JUST TO AGAIN PUT IT ON THE FOREFRONT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CHIEF NEWMAN AND ALL THE STAFF VERY DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND THAT WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I WANT TO JUST SHARE WITH THE BOARD THAT A COUPLE

049OF WEEKS AGO -- SEEMS LIKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO -- I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, BUT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH UVALDE, WHICH WAS AN INCREDIBLE CONVERSATION. AN UNFORTUNATE CONVERSATION, BUT INCREDIBLE. I GOT TO SAY THIS, SUPERINTENDENT. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS HAS HAD THE HEARTENING OF OUR SCHOOLS FOR NOW SINCE 2018 OR LITTLE BIT BEFORE 2018. WE GOT A LITTLE MORE SECURE. WHEN I TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, OTHER COUNTIES, OTHER STATES ARE JUST STARTING TO CATCH UP WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NOW THAT IT'S THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL I WANT TO SAY THAT AND LET PARENTS KNOW HOW MUCH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE READY TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN. WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AND SPEAKING ABOUT, WHAT WE HAVE ON

050OUR BADGES, JUST FOR THE PARENTS TO HEAR THAT AND FOR THEM TO BE ASSURED THAT THEIR CHILDREN GOING TO OUR SCHOOLS ARE INCREDIBLY SAFE. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. COMPLETELY AGREE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.06, APPROVE RESOLUTION 22-05 AND THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT OF 5.51 ACRES LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND NORTH 56th STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, FOR FUTURE SCHOOL WAREHOUSING SITE. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PURCHASE A WAREHOUSE, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT A SQUARE FOOTAGE OF AROUND 62,000 SQUARE FOOT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR GROWING NEEDS. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 10th AVENUE WAREHOUSE, AT THE SAME TOKEN, GREEN STREET WAREHOUSE, ONE IS 13,000 SQUARE FOOT. THE OTHER ONE IS 21,000 SQUARE FOOT.

051THEY ARE BOTH NON-AIR CONDITIONED UNITS, WHICH 48 OF OUR EMPLOYEES WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE KANE'S FURNITURE THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE TO HOUSE ALL OF OUR MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND AT THE SAME TOKEN PUT OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE RIGHT WORKING CONDITIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THIS PURCHASE WILL EVENTUALLY SAVE US ANNUALLY AROUND $500,000 A YEAR. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STORAGE UNITS ON OUR FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO PUT FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCHOOLS, OPENLY, THEY ARE NOT ATTRACTIVE UNITS AT ALL. WE'LL BE ABLE TO REMOVE THOSE. SAVE COSTS FOR $500,000 ANNUALLY. AT THE SAME TOKEN ONCE WE REMOVE THE OTHER ITEMS FROM THE OTHER TWO WAREHOUSES WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE SALES AND RECEIVE AROUND $3.1 MILLION. THIS IS A

052$5 MILLION ASK BUT OPENLY IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL SAVE US MONEY AS WE CONTINUE TO SAVE MONEY ON THE STORAGE UNITS AND SELL THOSE OTHER TWO PROPERTIES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.06. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: YES, THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING A TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WHEN SEEM SEE $5.3 MILLION IN EXPENDITURE, THAT RAISES QUESTIONS. I WANT TO CLARIFY MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS. AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HAS MENTIONED, WE'RE ANTICIPATING SELLING OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY TO HELP FUND THE $5.3 MILLION. AND IF THOSE SELL FOR WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING, WHAT T THEY HAVE

053BEEN APPRAISED FOR WE'RE EXPECTING WITH THE REVENUE FOR IT TO BE MORE A $2.2 MILLION PURCHASE, IS THAT CORRECT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GENERAL FUND. THIS IS COMING OUT OF CAPITAL FUND, MILLAGE. THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR GENERAL FUND. EVEN IF WE WERE NOT TO SPEND THIS MONEY TO BUY THE AIR-CONDITIONING WAREHOUSE FOR OUR PEOPLE HOPEFULLY TO HAVE SOME REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAT, THE FLORIDA HEAT, THIS IS NOT MONEY THAT WE COULD USE IN OUR GENERAL FUND TOWARDS LET'S SAY TEACHER SALARIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUND AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE IN ANY OTHER WAY BECAUSE OUR FUNDING IS VERY SPECIFIC, IS

054THAT CORRECT? Christopher Farkas: THAT IS 100% CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: I WANT TO CLARIFY THESE THINGS AS WE HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.08, APPROVE THE REVISED APPROVED BELL SCHEDULE FOR NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL FOR 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, ANYTHING TO DO WITH ADJUSTMENTS TO TIMES AND SCHEDULES FOR OUR SCHOOLS HAS TO COME TO THE BOARD WITH APPROVAL. WITH NEWSOME HAVING OVER 3,000 STUDENTS ON THEIR CAMPUSES, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR TRANSFER BETWEEN CLASSES. BEING ABLE TO ADD THREE ADDITIONAL MINUTES ON TO THEIR DAY, WHICH WILL GO AT THE END OF THE DAY. THAT GIVES THEM ONE ADDITIONAL MINUTE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO AND FROM CLASS. THOSE MAY SAY ONE ADDITIONAL

055MINUTE IS NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT BUT IT IS WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY STUDENTS AND AS THEY CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE TO AND FROM THE RIGHT PLACES, GOING TO THE RESTROOM, GETTING THEIR TEXT, GOING TO THE LOCKERS, GETTING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER SIDE. AN ADDITIONAL THREE MINUTES ALLOWS THEM TO BE TRANSPARENT -- AND THEN ABLE TO HAVE SAFE TRANSITION TIMES AT THEIR SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C .08. MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THE ITEM. Jessica Vaughn: I TRY TO PULL ANY BELL SCHEDULE CHANGES SO WE TALK ABOUT IT AND WE GIVE PEOPLE WATCHING AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WE ARE MAKING THESE CHANGES. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR

056LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.09, APPROVE THE QUITCLAIM DEED AT 605 NORTH COLLINS STREET, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. IN 1975, THE SCHOOL BOARD DEEDED THE ORIGINAL PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL TO THE CITY OF PLANT CITY. SO IN THAT PROCESS, THEY HAD THAT HISTORICAL FACILITY. THE PLANT CITY TRANSITION GAVE US A DIFFERENT PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE WE ERECTED A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL. IN THAT PROCESS, THEY ARE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND SEEK GRANTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THEIR DEED, SO WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO REMOVE OURSELVES FROM THIS QUITCLAIM DEED SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND GENERATE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS HISTORICAL FACILITY. THEY HAVE BEEN A REALLY GREAT PARTNER IN THIS. THEY DRAFTED A LETTER FOR THE

057BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR ASPIRATIONS. IT'S ULTIMATELY FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO GO OUT IN THEIR ISOLATED NAME TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CURRENT FACILITY. THE CURRENT FACILITY NEEDS PROBABLY BETWEEN 10 AND $15 MILLION OF UPKEEP AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT TO BE ABLE TO RESTORE IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.09. MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY. SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: YEAH, I WANT TO CLARIFY. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE PROPERTY -- OR THE BUILDING THAT STANDS ON THIS WILL NOT BE TORN DOWN OR DEMOLISHED IN ANY WAY. IT WILL COMPLETELY BE RESTORED

058FOR HISTORIC VALUE. PART OF THE AGREEMENT WE'RE MAKING? Addison Davis: THAT IS CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: AND WE HAVE THAT COMMITMENT FROM -- Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Karen Perez: PLANT CITY. IS IT IN WRITING OR JUST A VERBAL AGREEMENT? Christopher Farkas: BASED ON A LETTER. SHOULD HAVE BEEN ATTACHED. IF NOT, I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S RESENT. Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED TO CLARIFY, WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID WE'RE ON THE DEED, WHICH IS CORRECT. WHEN THE PLANT CITY TRANSFERRED THE PROPERTY OR WE TRANSFERRED THE PROPERTY TO PLANT CITY IN 1975, THERE WAS A REVERTER CLAUSE ON THE DEED THAT SAID IF PLANT CITY EVER ATTEMPTED TO USE THE BUILDING FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN A PUBLIC PURPOSE IT

059WOULD REVERT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE REVERTER CLAUSE. YOU'RE NOT GIVING UP PROPERTY WITH THIS. YOU'RE REMOVING FROM THE DEED A REVERTER CLAUSE THAT IF THE PROPERTY WAS EVER USED FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN PUBLIC PURPOSES IT WOULD REVERT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR -- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES AND WE HAVE NO NEED FOR IT AND WOULD NOT WANT TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING IT EVEN IF IT REVERTED BACK. JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU'RE NOT GIVING UP A PROPERTY, A PIECE OF PROPERTY. YOU'RE REMOVING FROM THE DEED A REVERTER CLAUSE THAT WE DON'T WANT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 9.02, PIGGYBACK 22156-PGB-IV. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL

060HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN AGREEMENT, PIGGYBACK FOR OUR VISUAL IMPAIRED STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THE 300 STUDENTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SERVICES SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO COMPETE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMS AS IDENTIFIED AND BASED ON THEIR IEPs. IT ALLOWS STUDENTS ACCESS TO PRINT, TOUCH SCREENS, TEXT TO SPEECH, TO INTERNET ACCESSIBILITY, TO MAGNIFICATION, NEEDS. ALSO TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO COMPETE ON THE NEW STATE ASSESSMENT. OPENLY, YOU MAY SEE AN INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES WITH THIS PROCESS, BUT IT'S TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY SERVE AND GIVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO OUR STUDENTS TO ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 9.02. MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY.

061SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: NO. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 9.05, ADOPTION AGREEMENT WITH THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK OF HILLSBOROUGH, LLC. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: DCF BACK IN LAST YEAR DISJOINTED THEMSELVES FROM ECKERD CONNECT. THERE IS A NEW PLATFORM AND NETWORK THAT WILL TAKE ON THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROPERLY SERVING OUR FOSTER COMMUNITY. WITH THAT SAID, IT WILL BE OUR NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY PROVIDE TWO COUNSELORS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. AT THE SAME TOKEN, HALF OF A SOCIAL WORKER. OUR COMMITMENT IS TO ENSURE WE HAVE THREE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, TWO SOCIAL WORKERS TO BE ABLE

062TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. LAST YEAR WE HAD AROUND 1400 STUDENTS THAT RESIDED IN LICENSED FOSTER CARE AND THEN OVER 2,000 STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT WERE IN THEIR RELATIVE'S PLACEMENT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT TRULY NEEDS TO HAVE CONTINUED SERVICE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEW SUPPORTS THAT WILL HAPPEN NOT ONLY IN THE HOME BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS IN IDENTIFYING THAT ECKERD WOULD NO LONGER BE THE CHAMPION BUT WILL TRANSITION TO THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHICH IS THE NEW LLC. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 9.05. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER GRAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

063BEGIN? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WELL, THE ITEM IS VERY, VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 1,300 AND SOMETHING FOSTER CHILDREN, AND WE WANT TO TAKE THE BEST CARE OF THEM. I'M HOPING, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THAT THIS PARTICULAR CHILDREN'S NETWORK WILL BE MORE OF A SAFE HAVEN THAN ECKERD CONNECTS, CERTAINLY. CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND REMARK ON THAT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, WE UNDERSTAND. THEY ARE NEW TO US SO WE WILL CONTINUE AND SUPPORTED BY THE STATE AND CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH THEM AND IDENTIFY AREAS OF OUR NEEDS AND OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND IDENTIFY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. THE GOOD THING, WE HAVE GREAT CHAMPIONS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, MS. HOGUE, THAT LEADS OUR SOCIAL WORKER EVENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS AT ALL. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. AND MS. GRAY. I CAN

064ADD THAT THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK OF HILLSBOROUGH IS COMING FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SO THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THAT SERVE THE FORT MYERS COMMUNITY AND HAS THE CONTRACT THERE PUT INTO BID FOR THE CONTRACT HERE. SO IT IS THE SAME AGENCY. THEY ARE EXPANDING INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THEREFORE NOW CALLING THEMSELVES CHILDREN'S NETWORK OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THEY ARE EXPERIENCED IN THIS WORK, AND WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THEM F. FROM THE BEGINNING THEY INCLUDED US IN EVERYTHING AND WE'RE CONFIDENT IN OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER. Lynn Gray: THANKS, MS. HOGUE. THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. WE'VE HAD SOME NOT-SO-GOOD EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST. THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. THAT'S ALL. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS. I HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH ECKERD. I GUESS MY QUESTIONS WOULD

065BE IN LINE WITH, ONE, DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF OVERSIGHT OR DO WE HAVE A REPORTING MECHANISM IF WE FIND THAT THE CARE ISN'T NECESSARILY UP TO STANDARDS OR IF WE HAVE CONCERNS? WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SEE THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS NEW AGENCY IN LINE WITH ECKERD DOESN'T LIVE UP TO THE STANDARD FOR OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR CARE FOR OUR FOSTER STUDENTS. WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ONCE WE ENTER INTO THIS CONTRACT? SO THE CONTRACT IS REALLY THEM SUPPORTING THOSE POSITIONS, BUT IF WE EVER HAD CONCERNS, WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. SO MY FIRST CONTACT WHEN ECKERD -- SO IN OUR COMMUNITY, CIRCUIT 13, ECKERD MADE THE DECISION TO NOT CONTINUE WITH THE CONTRACT. IT LOOKED DIFFERENT IN CIRCUIT 6 WHICH IS PINELLAS AND PASCO. SO

066KIND OF TWO SEPARATE THINGS HAPPENED. AS SOON AS ECKERD MADE THAT DECISION TO NOT CONTINUE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM TALLAHASSEE TO SAY THEY ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE OUR PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL. SO THEY WORKED CLOSELY WITH US AS WELL AND ASKED FOR OUR FEEDBACK IN THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP. SO WE DO HAVE THAT SAFEGUARD, TOO, WHERE WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK IS REALLY CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO DO THE WORK. Jessica Vaughn: WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE OVERLAP -- OR ECKERD DISCONTINUED THAT CONTRACT UNTIL THIS? WHAT WAS THE PLAN OF SERVICE BETWEEN CONTRACTS? HOW DOES THAT WORK? IN OUR COMMUNITY, ECKERD CONTINUED THEIR CONTRACT UNTIL JUNE 30th. REALLY THERE WASN'T A DISRUPTION BECAUSE WE'RE COMING TO THE BOARD

067A LITTLE BIT LATE BECAUSE OF THAT TIME PERIOD WHERE JULY 1st IS WHEN CHILDREN'S NETWORK TOOK OVER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO SIGN THE CONTRACT THEN TO THEN COME TO THE BOARD. REALLY, THERE HASN'T BEEN A DISRUPTION BECAUSE WE JUST GOT THE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL THIS WEEK. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. WHEN IT COMES TO AGENCIES LIKE THIS, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE SOCIAL WORKERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY HAD A SOCIAL WORK, MEETING, LAST WEEK -- MY DAYS ARE RUNNING -- JULY 25th. WE HAVE A LOT OF SOCIAL WORKERS STILL DOWN A COUPLE, BUT I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT. I USED

068TO WORK FOR DCF IN 2002, BUT THE AGENCY SEEMED LIKE THEY HAVE SO MANY TURNOVERS. THEY GO FROM ONE, THEY GET OVERWHELMED, THEN ANOTHER AGENCY PURCHASES THE CONTRACT AND MOVES ON. BUT THE ONES LEFT BEHIND ARE THE CHILDREN. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO END UP IN THE SYSTEM AND KIND OF TRYING TO KEEP THEIR HEAD ABOVE THE WATER. AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE PARTNERS HERE HELPING AND ASSISTING AND MAINTAINING THAT STABILITY. WHEN I'M LOOKING AT A NEW SYSTEM, I'M JUST HOPING THE BUY-IN IS A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMANENT THAN TWO OR THREE YEARS, THAN DOWN THE ROAD WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANOTHER CONTRACT AND ANOTHER AGENCY COMING IN TO SAY WE'RE TAKING OVER THIS. BUT MY ISSUE IS THE STABILITY OF OUR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. I

069AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT IS A SYSTEMS ISSUE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DOWN. WE CONTINUE DOING THE WORK NO MATTER WHO THE AGENCY IS OVERSEEING THE CHILDREN. WE'RE COMMITTED AS SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, EDUCATORS TO CONTINUE DOING THE WORK AND SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS. Karen Perez: I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY CHANGES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS 12.01. THIS IS A BOUNDARY CHANGE THAT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE TO THE BOARD. WE HAD SOME BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE INCORRECTLY SPLIT BETWEEN GRADY AND MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO JUST BRING IT

070TO THE BOARD FOR FOLLOW-UP. ONE STUDENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS BOUNDARY CHANGE. THAT STUDENT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO PLACE TO WHICHEVER SCHOOL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 12 PROPERTIES THAT WERE SPLIT. ONLY THREE WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THIS AND ONLY ONE STUDENT WAS IMPACTED. BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD TO PROPERLY ADJUST IT AND MAKE SURE THE STUDENT UNDER THAT UMBRELLA WAS TAKEN CARE OF. MR. FARKAS, ANYTHING TO ADD? Christopher Farkas: NO. IT WAS PRETTY SIMPLE. LINE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN AND IT WAS A CUL-DE-SAC. THIS WILL ALLOW EVERYONE IN THE SMALL CUL-DE-SAC TO GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND MR. FARKAS. THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM AND DOESN'T REQUIRE A MOTION. WE'LL MOVE ON TO BOARD COMMENTS AND

071SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS AND WE'LL LEAVE AS CLOSE TO THE END TO HAVE EMPLOYEE INPUT AT THE END. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IF YOU'LL BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR,. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COME AND HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND CONTINUE TO BE ADVOCATES FOR EDUCATORS AND ALSO TO MAKE CERTAIN WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF OUR PARENTS AS WELL. WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ADDRESS THE TIME FRAME OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS. HISTORICALLY, THEY WERE AT 3:00 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THEN ADJUSTED TO 4. AT THE SAME TOKEN, BEING ABLE TO CREATE SPACES FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK WHICH IS AT 6:00 IN THE EVENING. I KNOW WE MAY HAVE SOME HERE THIS EVENING TO

072BE ABLE TO ADDRESS. ALSO, I THINK THERE ARE SOME ISSUES RELATED TO -- OR MISUNDERSTANDING RELATED TO CONTRACTUAL. MY CONTRACT AS IT RELATES TO SALARY INCREASES. I DO NOT GET A SALARY INCREASE THIS SCHOOL YEAR AT ALL. NEXT YEAR, ONLY IS THERE AN INCREASE WILL BE IDENTIFIED ONLY IF EVERYONE IN THIS ORGANIZATION RECEIVED AN INCREASE OR REOCCURRING COST AS WELL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT ALWAYS IS CONTINGENT ON EVERY EMPLOYEE WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. SO WE APPRECIATE AND JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THIS MISCONCEPTION. AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE CONTINUE TO TAKE PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS AND STEPS RELATED TO MAKING CERTAIN THAT OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS ARE CONTINUOUSLY TRAINED ON TEXT AND BOOKS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT PROACTIVE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WANTED TO UPDATE

073THE BOARD. AS YOU KNOW, DURING THE LAST LEGISLATIVE CYCLE, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED HB 1467. THAT CREATED MORE PROCESS AND MORE PROCEDURES FOR THE CHALLENGING OF LIBRARY MATERIALS. SO THAT IN TURN WE NEEDED TO CHANGE OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES. MR. PORTER AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TERRY CONNOR'S TEAM AND DEBBIE PEPE TO TIGHTEN THOSE SO THAT OUR PROCESS COMPLIES WITH THE NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT FINISHED LITERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TEN DAYS. AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUSH THAT OUT TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO CHALLENGE MATERIALS. WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MADE REQUESTS. MOST OF THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IF NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRIOR POLICY BUT WE WANT TO BE CLEAR, TRANSPARENT AND WE'LL PUSH

074OUT AND PUBLISH ON THE WEBSITE THE NEW PROCESS WHEN THAT IS COMPLETED, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK. KERNEL WITHIN A WEEK OR TEN DAYS. Addison Davis: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GIBSON. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TRANSITION TO MY SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE. WHAT AN AWESOME DAY YESTERDAY. GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO EIGHT SCHOOLS YESTERDAY. MANISCALCO, BURNS, YORK, WESTCHASE, SHAW, TAMPA BAY TECH. WE WENT TO ESSRIG AND AT THE SAME TOKEN ENDED UP GOING TO A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE SO MANY OF OUR LEADERS, SO MANY OF OUR TEACHERS. IT WAS SO REWARDING TO SEE WHERE INSPIRATION BEGINS, WHICH IS THE CLASSROOM AND SEEING OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER. THIS EVENING, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW, A, THE FIRST THING IS LOOK AT OUR DATA, OUR ANALYTICS RELATED TO FIRST

075DAY. WE HAD AN UPTICK OF NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM DAY ONE LAST YEAR TO DAY ONE THIS YEAR. ALSO LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM DAY TWO, WHICH WE JUST RECEIVED BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING STARTED. WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR AS WELL. OVER 2,000 STUDENTS FROM LAST YEAR'S DATA TO THIS YEAR'S DATA. SEE MORE STUDENTS AT THE K-8 WHICH TELLS US K-8 PARENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE. AT THE SAME TOKEN, MORE STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL. THANKS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS. ALL OF OUR LEADERS, ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF TO REALLY CREATE A REALLY SPECIAL DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS ON DAY ONE. I WANT TO SHOW A LITTLE VIDEO. ♪ Addison Davis: IT IS AN AWESOME FIRST DAY.

076SO REMARKABLE. AS I SAID BEFORE, JUST TO SEE THE GRINS, THE SMILES, THE ENGAGEMENT, OUR TEACHERS GENUINELY MISS OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS GENUINELY MISS OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND OUR LEADERS HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AS WELL. THANK EACH OF THEM. ALSO TALK ABOUT A STRONG SCHOOLS, STRONG HILLSBOROUGH. AUGUST 23rd IS GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY ELECTION AND FOR US TO GO OUT TO ASK THIS COMMUNITY TO INCREASE THE 1 MILL, THIS IS OPENLY TO BE ABLE TO WIN THE TALENT WAR. TO PROPERLY COMPENSATE, RECRUIT AND RETAIN EVERY ONE OF OUR TEACHERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE KNOW THAT SURROUNDING COUNTIES SUCH AS MANATEE, PINELLAS, AND SARASOTA ALL HAVE AN INCREASE MILL AND THEY ARE PAYING ADDITIONAL MONEY MORE THAN WE CAN ON OUR SALARY SCHEDULE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST

077IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILDREN. THIS INITIATIVE WILL ALSO BE USES IT ALLOW OUR 15,000 YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE NOT EXPOSED TO ART, MUSIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION BY A CERTIFIED TEACHER AND BEING ABLE TO EXPAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE RECOGNIZED THERE IS A FINANCIAL GAP RELATED TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY GENERATE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOR US TO -- AND WE HAVE TO ALONG WITH OTHER FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GOING OUT TO CREATE THE SAME ASK. ONCE AGAIN, SEEING SURROUNDING COUNTIES SUCH AS MANATEE, SARASOTA, AND PINELLAS, PASCO IS GOING OUT AS WELL AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, POLK GOING OUT FOR NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND WE TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT THROUGH

078THE LENS OF EQUITY, WE DO A REALLY NICE JOB INTERNALLY ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS WITHIN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS BUT ALLOWING OUR STUDENTS TO COMPETE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH THEM HAVING ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY FINANCIALS WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF A CONTINUED MOMENTUM 37 AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW I'M VERY ANALYTICAL ABOUT OUR APPROACH. TOP FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT ALL HAVE AN INCREASE MILL FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THAT OPTION. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ASKING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE INFORMED IN THIS PROCESS TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON AUGUST 23rd AND EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED ALREADY FROM AUGUST THE 8th THROUGH THE 21st AND THE ELECTION DAY WILL BE AUGUST 23rd. AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE CANNOT TELL

079OUR COMMUNITY WHAT TO DO FROM VOTING YES OR NO. WE CAN ONLY ARM WITH YOU INFORMATION AND LET YOU KNOW WE CONTINUALLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR SALARY SCHEDULES AND GET TO A PART WHERE OUR SALARY SCHEDULES AND OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE ARE COMPLETELY ATTRACTIVE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. I WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, COMING IN, THE FIRST INITIATIVES REALLY TRULY WANTING TO DO IS ADDRESS OUR SALARY SCHEDULES NOT ONLY FROM A SUPPORT STAFF PERSPECTIVE BUT A TEACHER PERSPECTIVE AND THE LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE. BUT AS YOU SAW IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN FACED WITH A FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT AND WORKING THROUGH. OPENLY, IN A NORMAL SENSE, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY SUPPORT STAFF, EVERY LEADER SHOULD HAVE A REOCCURRING COST ANNUALLY, AND

080WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO GET TO THAT PLACE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ONE THING WE ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS MAKING HISTORY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST-EVER NIKE KICKOFF CLASSIC AND FIRST-EVER GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL GAME AT THE NIKE'S HEADQUARTER LOCATED IN OREGON. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST THE 26th. ONLY TWO HIGH SCHOOLS WERE INVITED TO THE NIKE COMPLEX, AND THAT'S ALONSO AND ALSO ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL. TWO OF THE MOST PREMIER FLAG FOOTBALL TEAMS IN THE NATION. HATS OFF TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE. THIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN NIKE AND THE NFL. WE WISH THEM BEST OF LUCK. SOME OF US WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSITION AND NIKE WILL BE ABLE TO COVER THE COST TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT OUR ATHLETES

081AS THEY TRANSITION TO THIS REALLY COOL INITIATIVE. ALSO, SUSPENDED AGENDA TONIGHT, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMATION. HATS OFF TO THE HELIOS FOUNDATION. THEY PROVIDED US A GRANT WORTH $1.3 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR LITERACY INITIATIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION. THIS IS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CREATE AND ADDRESS EARLY AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OUR EARLY EDUCATORS AND OUR TEACHERS WHO ADDRESS IN PRE-K AND SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE ARTICULATION OF LITERACY SKILLS AND THE FOCUS ON THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS OF LITERACY WITH PHONICS, PHONEMIC AWARENESS AND VOCABULARY FLUENCY, IN ORDER TO CREATE A STRONGER FOUNDATION. WHAT HELIOS IS GOING TO DO IS PROVIDE THREE COACHES TO BE ABLE TO -- ONGOING PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO AN EVALUATION OF THE PROCESS AT

082THE END OF THE THREE YEARS. THIS WILL BE PILOTED IN 12 OF OUR TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOOLS AND ALL OF THIS TO BE ABLE TO SHOW CONTINUOUS PROGRESSION AND COHERENCY RELATED TO EFFICIENCY AND LITERACY FROM PRE-K AND TRANSITION IT ALL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING FROM A THIRD-GRADE PERSPECTIVE. THE 12 SCHOOLS ARE IDENTIFIED BELOW. AND LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE FOCUS ON EARLY EDUCATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND MANY THANKS TO THE TEACHERS WHO CONTINUE THE WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS EARLY LITERACY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD AS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE DID EXPAND OUR PRE-K SEATS TO HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM PRE-K TO KINDERGARTEN WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. THANK

083YOU. AND THAT IS IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO EMPLOYEE COMMENT. WE'LL NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC INPUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE VOICES HEARD THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAIL, PHONE CALLS, ONE-TO-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA, WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE'RE SETTING ASIDE FOR 30 MINUTES OF EMPLOYEES TO 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

084AGENDA BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKER. YOU MAY BEGIN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ROB KRIETE, PRESIDENT OF CTA. TODAY I'LL SHARE A FEW FACTS WITH EVERYONE. TAMPA IS THE ONLY U.S. METRO AREA WITH DOUBLE DIGIT INFLATION AND IT'S CURRENTLY AT 11.2%. OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF CURRENTLY DO NOT GET AN INCREASE IN PAY UNTIL AFTER THE 8th YEAR OF SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT. 8th YEAR. OUR CONTRACT ACTUALLY BEGINS, THE SCALE BEGINS AT SCALE 0. 0 TO 7 IS THE SAME EXACT NUMBER. WHY DO WE START AT 0? BECAUSE THAT'S THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. THESE HARDWORKING EDUCATORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE SCALE ON

085O TO 7 ARE ACTUALLY MORE FORTUNATE IN MANY REGARDS TO THOSE WITH MORE THAN 8 YEARS' EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY WILL RECEIVE THE SAME PAY THEY EARNED LAST YEAR. ANOTHER FACT, EDUCATORS WITH MORE THAN 8 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WILL EARN LESS MONEY THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR AS OF RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE ACTUALLY MAKING LESS MONEY AND THEY ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. DO WE UNDERSTAND THAT? I'M NOT SURE THAT IS ACTUALLY A FACT THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW. HOW IS THIS WITH THE NONRECURRING SUPPLEMENT LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND NO AGREEMENT YET, THESE EDUCATORS ARE NOT BEING PAID FOR THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE AND BRING TO OUR CLASSROOMS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE OFFER OF ANOTHER NONRECURRING SUPPLEMENT WILL ONLY MAGNIFY THIS ISSUE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. THESE EDUCATORS NEED TO BE PAID

086FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE FOR THEIR STUDENTS IN THE PAST. NOT WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING AND GOING FORWARD. THIS IS ALREADY WORK THEY HAVE DONE AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT WORK PHENOMENALLY. LOOK AT THE SCHOOL GRADES. LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I HAVE TO ADD THAT THE NONRECURRING SUPPLEMENTS CREATE UNCERTAINTY IN WHAT THESE PROFESSIONALS WILL EARN THIS YEAR AND IN FUTURE YEARS. THIS IS FUELING THE JOB VACANCY ISSUES IN OUR DISTRICT AND AS WE ALL TRY OUR BEST AS WE CAN WITH FEWER PROFESSIONALS AT EVERY SITE AND ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH WITH DISTRICT STAFF, WE NEED TO GET THIS SETTLED. THIS IS A CRISIS THAT MUST BE SOLVED FOR THE SAKE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO NEED AND DESERVE THE QUALITY TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS. WE KNOW WE NEED A MILLAGE REFERENDUM

087TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR QUALITY EMPLOYEES AND TO ATTRACT MORE. WE CAN'T OFFER THE EDUCATION OUR STUDENTS DESERVE ON WHAT THE STATE PROVIDES, BUT FIRST WE NEED TO USE THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY THE EMPLOYEES FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE. RESPECT THE SALARY SCHEDULES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN AGREED TO THAT ARE ACTUALLY POSTED ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JULIE HILT. I JUST BEGAN MY 21st YEAR TEACHING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. I AM CURRENTLY THE ONLY VE TEACHER AT WILLIAMS MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL AND UNDERSTAFFED ESE DEPARTMENT. I CAME TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT OUR FELLOW EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS, OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ASKING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. WHAT'S YOUR PLAN?

088WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND HAVE BEEN FOR MONTHS. WE HAVE A NEED RIGHT NOW TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN PERSONNEL. CTA HAS BEEN BARGAINING WITH YOU FOR MONTHS AND YOU WON'T MAKE A COMMITMENT TO YOUR EXISTING TEACHERS BY HONORING OUR YEARS OF SERVICE. FOR THAT DECISION, YOU HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TEACHERS LEAVING. MY P.E. TEACHER LEAVES TOMORROW, BRINGING OUR TOTAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES TO FOUR. WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? IN ADDITION, THE DISTRICT HIRED NEW RESOURCE TEACHERS THIS SUMMER DESPITE THE HUNDREDS OF OPEN POSITIONS. THEN YOU SENT THEM BACK TO SOMEONE ELSE'S CLASSROOM. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FIRST 20 DAYS. HAS OUR CONTRACTED TEMP AGENCY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND INCREASED THEIR PREVIOUSLY ABYSMAL FILL RATE? WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? YOU WANT TO COMPRESS THE BEGINNING SCALE FOR OUR ESPs SO THEY ARE EARNING

089THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR YEARS. IN OCTOBER, THEY CAN WORK ANYWHERE FOR $15 AN HOUR. IN FACT, IN MANY CASES, THEY CAN MAKE MORE WORKING OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS ASKING YOU TO DEAL WITH REALITY ON REALITY'S TERMS. WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT TALLAHASSEE, THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM OR NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. WHAT WE DO WANT TO KNOW IS THAT YOU'RE DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? SURELY, YOU HAVE HELD EXECUTIVE-LEVEL MEETINGS AND YOU'VE BEGUN TO DEVELOP CONTINGENCY PLANS. IS IT YOUR HOPE THAT THE KIDS WON'T SHOW UP AND MORE POSITIONS CAN BE CUT? ARE YOU HOPING THE STUDENTS HAD TO CHARGE SCHOOLS OR -- CHARTER SCHOOLS OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. HAVE YOU DECIDED TO PAY THE FINES AND HAVE THEIR CLASSROOM SIZE CAP

090AND PUT 40 KIDS IN A CLASSROOM. ARE YOU HAVING REALISTIC CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REDISTRICTING OR REPURPOSING UNDER USED SPACES? WILL YOU CONTINUE TO LEAVE US WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE IGNORING THE PROBLEM IN THE HOPE THAT IT GOES AWAY. I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO BE HONEST AND TRANSPARENT. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ERIC HAGEN. PROUD 7th YEAR TEACHER AT OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FIRST THANK MEMBER PEREZ, MEMBER COMB AND MEMBER VAUGHN FOR SPEAKING WITH ME THE OTHER NIGHT. TRULY MEANT SOMETHING TO HEAR YOU. I WAS SITTING IN A -- I AM A MUSIC TEACHER. AS I WAS SITTING IN A SECOND GRADE CLASS THIS MORNING, COVERING BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE SUBS, I HAD A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS TO MYSELF. I

091THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THEM WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. FIRST OFF, I'D RATHER BE FINISHING MY CLASSROOM BECAUSE OVER THE SUMMER IT WAS PAINTED AND EVERYTHING WAS MOVED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM. I HAVE A VERY LARGE CLASSROOM. VERY LARGE IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO MY SCHOOL AND SEEN IT. OUR UNDERSTAFFED JANITORS WERE BEHIND AND I WAS IN CHARGE OF MOVING ALL OF THAT STUFF BACK ALL ON MY OWN. IT TOOK UP A LOT OF TIME. I LOST A LOT OF PREPLANNING. IF IT WASN'T FOR MY AWESOME COTEACHER WE WOULD BE IN A MUCH DIFFERENT PLACE. SECOND, I WOULD HAVE RATHER BEEN PREPARING MY CLASS SEATING CHARTS AND WORKING WITH OUR NEW SIC SYNERGY WHICH HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT AND IS VERY COMPLEX. I DID NOT RECEIVE MY ROSTERS UNTIL YESTERDAY BECAUSE OUR FRONT OFFICE

092STAFF IS EXHAUSTED AND OVERWHELMED AND GROSSLY UNDERPAID. THIRD, I'D RATHER BE GETTING TO KNOW MY BRAND-NEW COTEACHER. BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANTLY FLUCTUATING SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS I AM ON MY FIFTH COTEACHER IN TWO YEARS. THE LIST GOES ON. I'M SURE MANY OF MY THOUGHTS ARE SHARED BY THE DISTRICT STAFF THAT ARE NOW REQUIRED TO TEACH IN THE CLASSROOMS. SOME OF THEM VERY FAR REMOVED FROM THE CLASSROOM. HOW DO YOU EXPECT TEACHERS TO STAY AND POTENTIAL TEACHERS TO JOIN IF WE HAVE TO FIGHT YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN AGREED UPON? SOME OF YOU MAY NOTICE MY SHIRT TONIGHT. I'M WEARING IT TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE STILL HERE, FIVE YEARS LATER AFTER THE INCIDENTS OF 2017 AND 2018 WHERE WE LINED THE STREETS AND HAD TO FIGHT AGAIN. WE ARE IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE. THINGS

093HAVE NOT GOTTEN BETTER. ALL IT TAKES IS YOUR APPROVAL OF OUR TWO STEPS AND GIVING TEACHERS WHAT THEY DESERVE. EXCUSE ME, THEY DON'T DESERVE THIS. THEY HAVE ALREADY EARNED IT. OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME AFTER THE LAST BARGAINING MEETING. I WANTED TO SHARE WHAT HE SAID. THEY ARE TRYING TO PAY YESTERDAY'S BILLS WITH TOMORROW'S TAX DOLLARS. WHILE I AND MANY OTHER TEACHERS ARE PUSHING FOR THIS REFERENDUM TO PASS YOU CANNOT USE THAT AS A PLAN TO FAIRLY COMPENSATE EDUCATORS. PLEASE COME BACK TO THE TABLE IN GOOD FAITH AND GIVE US THE MONEY WE HAVE EARNED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING TO OUR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND TO OUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT. I AM HIEDI GLICK. I AM A TEACHER AT ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. I AM

094HAPPY TO STATE THAT FLORIDA HAS FINALLY AGREED WITH US AND NAMED US AN A SCHOOL. WE'VE KNOWN IT FOR YEARS. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS. THE MILLAGE, THE UNSETTLED CONTRACT, UNHAPPY TEACHERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES. AS I STATED AT A RECENT MEETING ABOUT THE MILLAGE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EVERYONE WITHIN LISTENING VOTES YES. EDUCATORS DID NOT LEAVE WHEN THERE WERE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. AND EDUCATORS DID NOT LEAVE WITH COVID. WE ALSO DIDN'T LEAVE WHEN WE HAD TO SIMULTANEOUSLY TEACH OR TEACH ONLINE OR TEACH FROM HOME, BUT WE'RE LEAVING NOW. AND WE'RE LEAVING NOT JUST US BUT TEACHERS, SUPPORT PERSONNEL, WE ARE LEAVING BECAUSE WE ARE OVERWORKED. WE ARE BEING UNDERPAID. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED CREDIT ON THE SALARY SCALE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND WITH CLASS SIZES OF WELL OVER 200

095FOR SOME PEOPLE, LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO READERS IN CLASSES WITH OVER 200 STUDENTS, JUST THEIR REGULAR SIX CLASSES, THE DISTRICT IS GETTING READY TO PAY I BELIEVE $3,000 PER STUDENT FOR OUT OF CLASS SIZE LIMITATIONS. THE ROOMS WE HAVE HAVE NO SAFETY CORNERS BECAUSE THEY ARE FILLED WITH DESKS. IF WE HAVE THE DESKS, SOME OF MY STUDENTS ARE SITTING ON CHAIRS AND SHARING DESKS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HIRE ALL OF THOSE WE NEED BECAUSE WHEN TEACHERS COME FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THEY ARE TOLD, OH, YOU DON'T HAVE TEN YEARS OF SERVICE. YOU ONLY HAVE EIGHT. WE HAVEN'T GIVEN OUR TEACHERS ANY CREDIT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. THERE IS A NATURAL ATTRITION EVERY YEAR. TEACHERS RETIRE, TEACHERS

096MOVE, THINGS HAPPEN. BUT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEAVING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN DROVES BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN PAID, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT BEING GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AGREED TO. I DO WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT FOR PUBLICLY STATING THAT HE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY OF THE MONEY FOR MILLAGE. I THINK EVERYONE WHO MAKES OVER $150,000 IN THIS DISTRICT SHOULD SAY THAT. SO MORE MONEY COULD GO TO OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS, AND OUR SECRETARIES. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, GUYS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME THE DISTRICT CAME TO A MEETING THEY BROUGHT NOTHING. THEY BROUGHT NOTHING. IF AND WHEN AND HOPEFULLY THE MILLAGE IS PASSED IT WILL HELP. YOU CAN'T RELY ON THAT. PLEASE STOP BLAMING

097THE HARDWORKING TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, BUS DRIVERS, PRINCIPALS AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. WE NEED THEM HERE TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL. YOU'VE GOT TO INSTRUCT YOUR BARGAINING COMMITTEE -- YOUR NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY NEGOTIATE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M MICHELLE. I ALSO WORK AT ALONSO AND I TEACH INTENSIVE READING. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT THIS YEAR. I'M NOT USUALLY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT MY CLASSES, ABOUT MY SCHOOL, ABOUT MY JOB. I SHOW UP. I DO THE JOB. I GO HOME. I CALL IT A DAY. I HELP A LOT OF STUDENTS NOT ONLY TO LEARN TO READ BECAUSE I TEACH INTENSIVE READING IN HIGH SCHOOL WHICH REALLY BREAKS MY HEART, BUT I ALSO TEACH THEM HOW TO BE A HUMAN, HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE. HOW TO GO OUT IN THE

098WORLD AND BE AN ADULT. HOWEVER THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. I WANT TO SHARE NUMBERS WITH YOU. SORRY IF I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL HERE. THIS IS NOT MY THING. I DON'T SPEAK OUT. I HAVE A TOTAL OF 224 STUDENTS IN MY INTENSIVE READING CLASSES. OKAY? THAT MEANS IN A GIVEN WEEK ON A GIVEN DAY, I HAVE ONE MINUTE, 1.04 SECONDS, ONE MINUTE, FOUR SECONDS, TO SPEAK TO EACH STUDENT EVERY DAY. LET ME GIVE YOU SOME DEMOGRAPHICS. I HAVE THREE CLASSES OF 37. I HAVE TWO OF 39 AND I HAVE ONE OF 34 WHICH ACTUALLY JUST WENT TO 36 TODAY. HERE IS WHAT MY 10th GRADE READING CLASS LOOKS LIKE. THERE ARE 37 STUDENTS. IN A HIGH SCHOOL, 10th GRADE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS I HAVE ONE 8th GRADE READER. I HAVE FOUR 7th GRADER READERS. THREE

0996th GRADER READERS. I HAVE 13 FIFTH GRADE READERS, ALL IN THE SAME 10th GRADE CLASS. FOUR FOURTH GRADE READER, ONE THIRD GRADE READER, ONE FIRST GRADE READER. THIS IS ALL IN MY 10th GRADE CLASS. I HAVE ONE MINUTE, ONE AND A HALF MINUTES A DAY TO GET THEM TO 10th GRADE LEVEL. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BREAKS MY HEART. I ALSO HAVE TEN UNKNOWNS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TEST SCORES. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY DATA ANYWHERE. NINE OF MY STUDENTS DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL. REALLY, THEIR FIRST, SECOND -- THEY ARE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD GRADE READERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. 11 STUDENTS EITHER IEP OR 504. WHERE IS THE TIME FOR THAT? IT ISN'T THERE. MORE THAN HALF OF MY STUDENTS HAVE BELOW A 2.0 GPA. THAT IS A WHOLE OTHER SET OF PROBLEMS

100THAT COME WITH THEM OTHER THAN THEIR DEFICIENCIES. PLEASE, TELL THEM HOW YOU WOULD SOLVE THAT PROBLEM IN MY CLASS. I DON'T KNOW. I'M A LITTLE OVERWHELMED. I'M GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL HERE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS ISN'T MY THING, BUT I HAVE ONE AND A HALF MINUTES PER DAY PER KID. THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK IF I HAVE TO GET A FIRST GRADER TO A TENTH GRADE LEVEL. YOU TELL ME HOW TO FIX THAT BECAUSE YOU ALL AREN'T DOING IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS NICOLE TEAGARDEN. I AM A SECOND GRADE TEACHER AT HERITAGE ELEMENTARY. WE'VE HAD AN AMAZING FIRST TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL. HERITAGE WAS RECENTLY JUST INCREASED FROM A C TO AN A. WHILE I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE BETTER EXAMPLES OF SCHOOL SUCCESS

101THAN STANDARDIZED TESTING RESULTS WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE MADE SO MUCH GROWTH IN THESE PAST TWO VERY DIFFICULT YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE COMMITMENT THAT I HAVE MADE TO THIS DISTRICT. MY PARENTS MET WORKING IN THIS DISTRICT 35 YEARS AGO. THEY GOT MARRIED, HAD TWO KIDS AND ENCOURAGED US TO DO WELL WITHIN THESE SCHOOLS. WE WENT TO USF WHERE WE BOTH LEARNED TO TEACH IN THESE SCHOOLS. NOW WE PARTNER TEACH AT HERITAGE. MY SCHUSS AN SRO. MY KIDS AND MY SISTER'S KIDS WILL EVENTUALLY ALSO ATTEND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE HAVE DEDICATED LITERALLY OUR ENTIRE LIVES TO THIS DISTRICT. AS MY FRIEND, HIEDI GLICK HAS SAID, TEACHERS DIDN'T LEAVE WHEN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS BECAME A DAILY OCCURRENCE OR WHEN COVID LOCKED US DOWN AND HAD TO BEG AND PLEAD

102FOR COVID DAYS IN CASE WE GOT SICK. OR LAST YEAR WHEN YOU DIDN'T HONOR THE SALARY SCHEDULE STEP AND GIVE US THE INCREASE WE DESERVE. FACULTY AND STAFF CANNOT CONTINUE TO WORK HERE INDEFINITELY WHEN YOU DISRESPECT US IN THE FORM OF LOW PAY AND PUTTING MORE RESPONSIBILITY ON OUR PLATES WHILE ALSO RAISING EXPECTATIONS CONSTANTLY. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH ALL OF YOU. FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A STAKEHOLDER IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR LITERALLY MY ENTIRE LIFE, IF THERE IS NO MEANINGFUL PLAN TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT BY INCREASING WAGES AND IMPROVING WORKING CONDITIONS, YOU WILL LOSE MORE OF US. THAT PLAN NEEDS TO IMPROVE AND NEEDS TO INCLUDE IMPROVING WORKING CONDITIONS AND INCREASING WAGES FOR EVERYONE. EVERYONE INCLUDES TEACHERS, ESPs, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, LUNCH LADIES, BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS, SITE-BASED

103ADMINISTRATORS AND SO MANY MORE THAT IMPACT SCHOOLS DAILY, NOT JUST BUILDINGS LIKE ROSSAC. THIS NEEDS TO EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM AND HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY. IT SHOULD NOT INCLUDE IDEAS LIKE OFFERING HOUSING TO EDUCATORS WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTY OR INCREASING CLASS SIZES TO MAKE THIS NUMBER FALSELY LOOK LESS SCARY. IF YOUR PLAN IS REALLY JUST TO PACK MORE KIDS INTO CLASSES, A PLAN THAT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, YOU WILL LOSE MORE STUDENTS, MORE TEACHERS AND UNDO THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE THESE PAST TWO YEARS. PLEASE, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THIS DAILY. LISTEN TO US. WE WANT TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS AND MAKE OUR SCHOOLS BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS. GIVE PEOPLE THE STEPS THAT THEY HAVE EARNED.

104HELP US, PLEASE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REBECCA BORE. I AM A TEACHER HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WORK AT RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. I TEACH INTENSIVE READING. OUR PAYCHECKS COME OUT TOMORROW AND IT'S CURRENTLY ALREADY PENDING IN MY ACCOUNT. I'M A 7th YEAR TEACHER AND MY PAYCHECK IS $827.79. $827. OF THAT, I NEED TO PAY $235 A WEEK TO DAY CARE FOR MY DAUGHTER. IT'S $235 A WEEK FOR DAY CARE. THAT IS THE GOING RATE FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS IN THE AREA. AND I HAVE TO PAY THAT EVERY WEEK. IF I CALCULATE THAT OUT AND I TAKE MY $827 AND I TAKE $235 AWAY FOR THIS WEEK AND ANOTHER $235 AWAY FOR NEXT WEEK THAT LEAVES ME $357 FOR TWO WEEKS TO SURVIVE. AND SOMEHOW I'M ALSO

105SUPPOSED TO DO PAY MY MORTGAGE AND PAY FOR MY CELL PHONE AND PAY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, FOOD. I THINK SHE WOULD LIKE TO EAT. I'M TIRED. I'M A 7th YEAR TEACHER AND I'M GETTING $800. MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR THE COUNTY AS A PARK RANGER. HE'S WORKED THERE FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS BUT HE JUST GOT A COST-OF-LIVING BONUS OF $500, WHICH IS GREAT. I'M SO GLAD THAT HE GOT THAT MONEY. BUT WHERE IS OURS? WHERE IS MY MONEY FOR SEVEN YEARS OF WORKING FOR THIS DISTRICT? I LOVE MY JOB. I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I TOLD YOU GUYS THIS THEN. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE TEACHING. IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE THING THAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE DOING BUT I ALSO NEED TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. I NEED

106TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY DAUGHTER. IF I CAN'T AFFORD DAY CARE, THEN I CAN'T WORK. IT'S REALLY THAT SIMPLE. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M TANYA WRIGHT. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NURSING STAFF OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I TOO MAKE UNDER A THOUSAND DOLLARS EVERY TWO WEEKS AND I TOO HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME RUN-DOWN OF WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT HER BILLS. WHERE IS THE MONEY? I'M STAYING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BECAUSE I LOVE NURSING AND I LOVE WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN. BUT I KNOW THAT I CAN LEAVE OUT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TOMORROW AND MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY. SO I NEED MY MONEY. I NEED THE MONEY THAT I'VE ALREADY WORKED FOR. I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU -- I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY RAISES

107OR INCREASES OR STEPS. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY THAT I'VE ALREADY WORKED FOR THE PAST, WHEN COVID WAS HERE, BEFORE THAT. I'M 8-PLUS YEARS IN. AND I INTEND TO FINISH AND RETIRE FROM THE DISTRICT. I LOVE WORKING IN THE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T LIKE WORKING HERE. I LOVE WORKING HERE. BUT I NEED TO BE PAID THE MONEY THAT I DESERVE. THAT'S IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M MISSY KARL. I WANTED TO START BY CELEBRATING WITH YOU HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENED UP ON WEDNESDAY SINCE STUDENTS RETURNED TO SCHOOL. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYONE RETURNED TO A PERMANENT TEACHER. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND HUNDREDS OF INSTRUCTIONAL OPENINGS IN OUR COUNTY. THIS IS ALARMING. SO THE QUESTION BECOMES NOT ONLY HOW TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS, BUT ALSO HOW

108TO RETAIN EDUCATORS THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH BRINGS ME TO TWO AREAS OF CONCERN. EQUITABLE TEACHER COMPENSATION AND HEALTH INSURANCE COST. HCTA BEGAN SALARY NEGOTIATIONS ON JUNE 6 WITH A PLAN TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND ESPs WITH EQUITABLE COMPENSATION. BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT. OTHER STATES AND DISTRICTS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BOTH HIRE AND RETAIN APPROPRIATE NUMBER HAD OF QUALIFIED STAFF, YET HERE WE ARE AT AN IMPASSE IN SALARY NEGOTIATIONS. GOING HAND IN HAND WITH NEGOTIATIONS IS THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, I PAID OVER $11,000 TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. OVER TEN YEARS, I WILL PAY OVER $110,000 JUST FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, NOT DENTAL. NOW, IF I WERE TO CROSS THE LINE AND TEACH IN PINELLAS COUNTY, I WOULD ONLY

109PAY $2,940 A YEAR, WHICH WOULD SAVE ME OVER $8,000. SO IF I TAUGHT IN PINELLAS AND I LIVE NEAR PINELLAS, THE COST OVER TEN YEARS WOULD ONLY BE 29,400. TEN YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WILL COST ME OVER $110,000 TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE. AGAIN, IF I WERE TO SWITCH TO PINELLAS, I WOULD SAVE IN TEN YEARS OVER $80,000 JUST IN HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. SO IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST TO FIND WAYS TO PAY TEACHERS PROPERLY AND TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE. I LIKE TEACHING HERE. I REALLY DO. BUT I'M LOOKING AT NUMBERS. AND IF I CAN SAVE THAT MUCH MONEY JUST BY DRIVING AN EXTRA THREE OR FOUR MILES, IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS, FACULTY

110AND STAFF WHO HAVE COME TODAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO BOARD COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL OF YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SPOKE AS WELL. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH BOARD COMMENTS. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WROTE A Facebook COMMENT TO PARENTS ABOUT TEACHERS ON TUESDAY EVENING, AND IT SAYS, PARENTS, AS YOU WALK THE HALLS OF YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOLS, I AM REMINDED OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP OF ALL, THAT OF YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER. WE THANK OUR TEACHERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND SUPPORT FOR QUALITY EDUCATION. ADVOCATED DIVERSE CURRICULUM WHICH SPANS ALL OF THE ARTS, CIVIC, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC SUBJECTS YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO BE TRULY EDUCATED. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, PARENTS INSTILL THE LOVE OF LEARNING. AND THAT GOES WITH MUCH OF

111MY SENTIMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN A CHILD'S LIFE, MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES. SO AT ANY RATE, BACK TO SCHOOL BACK PACKS AND I BELIEVE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WILL SHARE, THE GRATUITY, THE GRACIOUSNESS OF OUR PARTNERSHIP FROM TAMPA BAY PARENTING MAGAZINE AND THADDEUS BULLARD, WE SPENT, WELL, ON THE THADDEUS, OVER 30,000 FAMILIES WERE SERVED WITH BACK PACKS. TAMPA BAY PARENTING MAGAZINE ALSO SUPPORTED WITH OVER PROBABLY ABOUT 15,000 BACK PACKS. JUST SAYING THAT OUR PARTNERS, AMONG MANY, MANY OTHERS, WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES IN HIGH NEEDS AND SOME WHO PERHAPS ARE NOT -- NOT APPRECIATE WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN TERMS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK MONICA VERRA-TIRADO WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF HISPANIC VOLUNTEERS TO HELP REGISTER OUR PARENTS, THEIR CHILDREN IN

112THE HIGHER POPULATIONS WHERE HISPANIC STUDENTS COME AND THE PARENTS DO NEED THE ASSISTANCE. I WANT TO THANK -- SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IS NOT HERE, BUT ALSO HIM AS WELL. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MIKE McAULEY. I SEE YOU SITTING THERE. THE NEXT PART OF LET'S JUST SAY APPRECIATION GOES TO SHANI HALL, FOOD SECURITY. IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION. OUR CHILDREN, ONE IN FIVE KIDS, STUDENTS, THAT IS, IS AT RISK OF HUNGER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND THROUGH ALL OUR STUDENTS, WE DO RECEIVE -- THEY DO RECEIVE FREE MEALS DUE TO FEDERAL WAIVERS DURING THE COVID-19 AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER. BUT ALSO, WE APPROVE, THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED ENROLLING ALL ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBLE PROVISION. ALL OF THIS TO SAY THAT FOOD SECURITY IN 174 SCHOOLS SERVING MORE THAN 127,000 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND THAT'S

113VERY, VERY CRITICAL. LAST, THERE WILL BE OTHER MENTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ENROLL STUDENTS FROM CUBA. THANK YOU, MONICA VERRA-TIRADO, AND PRINCIPAL McCOY, ELENA GARCIA, AND SO MANY OF OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSES, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS. WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO REGISTER. I BELIEVE WE'RE UP TO 546 AT LEAST EARLY TODAY, FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD TRANSCRIPT EVALUATION REQUESTS COMPLETED. SO LOOKING AT MAYBE PERHAPS 20,000 FAMILIES. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT AGAIN, OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION GOES TO LETO PRINCIPAL LARISSA McCOY FOR INTEGRATING THOSE STUDENTS INTO HER SCHOOL. SHE HAS A BIG JOB. THAT IS ALL MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY. I THINK WE ALL HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM OUR TEACHERS AND I KNOW THAT WE TAKE EVERY ONE OF THEM VERY SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia

114Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT HONORING ANY COMMITMENTS TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE A LIVABLE WAGE SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THIS DISTRICT. ASIDE FROM THAT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR BACK TO SCHOOL. PABLO, CAN YOU PLEASE START THE SLIDE SHOW. LAST WEEK, I WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR CABA, WHICH IS COMMUNITY -- CARROLLWOOD ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS. SORRY, I'M FLUSTERED FROM LISTENING TO SO MANY STAFF EMPLOYEES COMMENT. THEY ALWAYS HOST A BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT FOR DISTRICT 3 NEW TEACHERS. THEY HOST IT AT GAITHER. THANK YOU

115FOR GAITHER FOR HOSTING THE EVENT. THANK YOU MEMBER COMBS FOR COMING. VAN FOR HELPING PLAN THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE GAVE AWAY, FIRST OF ALL, CABA, CARROLLWOOD AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, GAVE AWAY SO MANY BACK PACKS AND BACK-TO-SCHOOL THINGS, BACK PACKS FILLED WITH THINGS FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. CASPER SHOW UP AND GIVE AWAY FOOD AS WELL AS -- WHAT WAS THE NAME OF IT? MAPLE STREET BISCUIT COMPANY. THEY WERE A NEW PROVIDER. I WANT TO THANK THEM SO MUCH AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR HELPING DO THAT EVENT TO REALLY WELCOME BACK OUR NEW TEACHERS. IT WAS FANTASTIC. ALSO, THE NEXT THING WE DO IS MEMBER PEREZ AND MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I, ALONG WITH KRISTIN DAVIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HAVE BEEN GETTING AN EARLY START TO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES THAT WE WANT IDENTIFIED

116TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION COMING UP. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO MEET WITH BOTH REPRESENTATIVE DRISCOLL AS WELL AS SENATOR DARRYL ROUSON WHO HAVE BOTH BEEN AMAZING CHAMPIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM AND KRISTIN FOR SETTING THOSE UP. IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS EARLY TO IDENTIFY THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON. NEXT, I WANT TO THANK TRACYE BROWN AND HER DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY WHO HELPED US GIVE OUT SOME FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES. EACH BOARD MEMBER GOT I THINK 70 OR SO PACKETS OF FREE SUPPLIES AND THE PACKETS WERE FANTASTIC. THEY WERE EVERYTHING THAT NEW STUDENT WOULD NEED. PAPER, PADS, PENS, MARKERS, AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT TO SEVEN OF MY SCHOOLS. HAD MY LITTLE HELPER THERE. AND DELIVER THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND THE

117ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOLS WERE SO HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THOSE CAME IN AND THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, GETTING OUT AND SEEING HOW THE SCHOOLS WERE SETTING UP AND SPEAKING WITH ADMINISTRATORS BEFORE SCHOOL OPENED WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THEN FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL VISITS. YESTERDAY IT STARTED. HECTIC DAY DROPPING OFF MY OWN SON. THEN I GOT OUT TO SIX OF MY SCHOOLS. I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HELPED MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WENT TO -- GOODNESS GRACIOUS -- TAMPA PALMS, HERITAGE. MS. TEAGARDEN WHO SPOKE. SHE IS RIGHT, HER SISTER IS HER TEACHER PARTNER. HER MOM WAS IN THE DISTRICT FOR A VERY LONG TIME AS WELL AS HER FATHER. WE ALSO WENT TO MANISCALCO. WE

118ALSO WENT TO ESSRIG. WE GOT TO SEE THEIR MONTESSORI PROGRAM IN ACTION. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO WALK IN AND SEE THE KIDS -- AM I RUNNING OUT OF TIME? -- SEE THE KIDS ENGAGED RIGHT FROM THE START. NOT SITTING AROUND LEARNING PROCEDURES. NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT. PROCEDURES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT GREAT TO SEE THEM IMMEDIATELY WORKING WITH MANIPULATIVES. THAT WAS FANTASTIC. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HELPED MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN AN EXTREMELY STRESSFUL YEAR FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR EMPLOYEES PREPARING FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. AND EVERYWHERE I WENT, AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY SMILED AND BEEN VERY KIND AND EXTREMELY POSITIVE AND SO HARD WORKING, YOU CAN FEEL THE ANXIETY AS WE TALK ABOUT WITH THESE VACANCIES AND THE UNCERTAINTY FOR THE FUTURE.

119BUT EVEN ASIDE FROM ALL THAT, WITH ALL THE ANXIETY AND THE FRUSTRATION AND THE CHALLENGES, EVERYONE I CAME IN CONTACT WITH WAS SO AMAZING, WORKED SO HARD, SO POSITIVE AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. THAT WAS MY LAST WEEK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I WON'T STEAL SHAKE'S THUNDER BECAUSE HE'LL TALK ABOUT HIS CHURCH AND HIS SNEAKER GIVEAWAY. FIRST, I WANT TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT. AS A SOCIAL WORKER, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOK AT IS THE DISPARITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ISSUE OF FOOD FOR OUR KIDS. I'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS REGARDING THE ISSUE OF LUNCH. A LOT OF PARENTS, WE'RE HAVING MAJOR FINANCIAL ISSUE. RIGHT NOW, JUST NATIONALLY. AND THE PARENTS WERE CALLING ME AND ASKING

120ME ABOUT THE FREE LUNCH. THEY NOTICED THAT WAS THE FIRST THING PARENTS NOTICED IS THAT A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT PROVIDING THE FREE LUNCH FOR EVERYONE THIS YEAR. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, PLEASE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. DURING COVID THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOWED OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE FREE BREAKFAST AND FREE LUNCH. THAT ENDED THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR. TRANSITION TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE MADE CERTAIN THAT WE COMMUNICATED THAT AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO INFORM OUR PARENTS. THE REALITIES ARE IS THAT WE STILL HAVE ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. THAT'S STILL AN OPTION. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED US AS CEP SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO WHERE 80% OF OUR STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE FREE LUNCH, WHETHER BREAKFAST

121AND LUNCH EVERY SINGLE DAY, REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. IF STUDENTS MAY NOT HAVE FUNDING, THERE IS AN OPTION EVERY SINGLE DAY, MAY NOT BE THE MENU OPTION, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS SO THEY DO HAVE SOMETHING RELATED FROM A NUTRITION STANDPOINT. Karen Perez: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME OUR AMAZING STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS TO THE SCHOOLS. I HEARD EVERY SINGLE CONCERN OUR TEACHERS HAD. BUT LET ME SAY THIS. WHEN I GO TO THE SCHOOLS, OUR TEACHERS HAVE SMILES ON THEIR FACES. THEY ARE ENGAGED WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND YOU WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT GOES ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS OR WHEN THEY GO HOME BECAUSE THEY ARE TOTALLY FOCUSED AND THEY ARE WITH OUR KIDS. LAST WEEK, I WAS ABLE TO JOIN FEEDING

122TAMPA BAY WITH BOARD MEMBER WASHINGTON AND ALSO THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH THEY HAD AT RIVERVIEW. AND THEN I ALSO VISITED RAMPELLO. BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO MY BOARD MEMBERS. ON SUNDAY, I ENCOUNTERED A TEN-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN IN OUR DISTRICT WHO WAS SELLING SOME GOODS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE SCHOOL SUPPLIES. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS . WE HAVE TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL WITH OUR STUDENTS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE REALLY COMING FROM. OUR STUDENTS ARE IN MUCH NEED. OUR FAMILIES ARE IN MUCH NEED. I FOLLOWED THE STUDENT HOME, AND WHEN I GOT TO HIS HOME, IT WAS HIM AND THREE OTHER SIBLINGS. I DID WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AS SERVANTS. I TOOK THE FAMILY TO THE STORE AND PURCHASED EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED FOR SCHOOL. BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THIS. THAT'S

123ONE FAMILY OF MANY HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR FAMILIES. BUT I GOT TO SAY THIS, SUPERINTENDENT. OUR TEACHERS ARE THE FIRST ONES THAT LET US KNOW WHEN THERE'S A STUDENT IN NEED. I WANT TO THANK OUR TEACHERS FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS. I JUST HAPPENED UPON THE STUDENT, BUT YOU SEE THEM EVERY DAY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY, I TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR LIKE 18 YEARS. I WAS A TEACHER. AND I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES OF TEACHING. IT'S VERY HARD. AND I AGREE. YOU SHOULD BE PAID AS A BOARD MEMBER. I AGREE. WE'RE WORKING FOR YOU. WE'RE NOT

124AGAINST YOU. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. EVERY BOARD MEMBER IS HERE FOR YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD, REALLY HARD TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE TEACHING IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB. THERE'S NOTHING EASY ABOUT TEACHING. EVERY SCHOOL I'VE BEEN TO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY ARE SMILING. THEY ARE HAPPY, BUT THEY ARE HURTING. AND I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE. MY WIFE HAS BEEN THERE, SO WE UNDERSTAND. WE'RE GOING TO STAND BY YOU. WE'RE GOING TO WORK AS MUCH AND AS HARD AS WE CAN. ALSO, MS. BROWN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PACKETS BECAUSE WE BROUGHT MANY SMILES ON KIDS' FACES. IT WAS REALLY GREAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAD A GREAT BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH WITH THADDEUS BULLARD AT

125THE STADIUM. MEMBER NADIA, MEMBER LYNN. YOU CAME SO MANY PLACES WITH ME, AND DR. HAHN. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE HAD A GREAT TIME BECAUSE WE ENJOY THE GIVING OUT SOMETHING TO STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS. IT WAS QUITE ENJOYABLE. IT REALLY WAS. KIND OF EMOTIONAL TODAY. I DON'T KNOW. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. I'M OUT OF TUNE TODAY. I GUESS I'M JUST OUT OF IT TODAY A LITTLE BIT, YOU GUYS. PROGRESS VILLAGE. WENT TO THE PURPOSE START SCHOOL. GREAT TIME. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY TO WELCOME THE TEACHERS AND JOIN STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANDREW LEARN TO SHARE HIS MILITARY PROGRAM, SO IMPORTANT THE MILITARY PROGRAM THERE. THE FLORIDA PURPLE STAR SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION. RECOGNIZE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING MILITARY FAMILIES. IT WAS GREAT. THEY ARE IN THE RUNNING TO

126BE A WINNER, AND THEY WILL. I HOPE THEY WILL. THE DEADLINE WAS APRIL THE 10th. SEPTEMBER THE 30th, YOU COULD PUT OUT YOUR APPLICATIONS, SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH MILITARY FAMILIES THAT HAVE HELPED MILITARY FAMILIES DURING THAT TIME. GARY ADULT SCHOOL. GARY ADULT HAS SOME GREAT PROGRAMS, AND THEY HAVE PROGRAM THAT TRULY HELP THE OPPORTUNITY IN CAREER. I DIDN'T MUCH KNOW THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAD AT GARY ADULT AND I'M GOING BACK THERE. IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. THEY HAD A BACK-TO-SCHOOL OPENING THERE. IT WAS REALLY NICE. ALLEN TEMPLE, MY CHURCH, WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. MOST PEOPLE GIVE AWAY BOOK BAGS. WE GAVE AWAY SHOES. OVER 3,000 PAIRS OF SHOES DONATED TO US. WE ONLY GAVE OUT ABOUT MAYBE 2,000. WE STILL HAVE MORE SHOES THERE. JUST TO SEE THE PEOPLE

127COME IN AND HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE SHOES, AMAZING. YOU KNOW, I OFTEN -- I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT COMPLAIN ABOUT NOT HAVING SHOES AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS STORY THAT WAS TOLD. EASY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SOME PEOPLE, A MAN COMPLAINED ABOUT NOT HAVING SHOES UNTIL HE MET THE MAN THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY FEET. FROM THAT POINT ON, THERE WAS NO MORE COMPLAINING FROM THAT PERSON. SO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE'RE WORKING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AND WHAT WE CAN TO HELP PEOPLE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK TITUS WITH THE BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION. TO SEE THERE WERE LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WAITING IN THE HOT PART OF

128RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM TO GET A FREE BACKPACK. THE NEEDS ARE SO GREAT. AND TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR TEACHERS I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR DISTRICT PERSONNEL WHO HAVE GONE OUT FROM OUR DISTRICT WHO ARE DOING MULTIPLE JOBS. MAYBE THEY ARE TRAINING TEACHERS AND THEY ARE OUT TEACHING FOURTH GRADE. HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS HAVE GONE OUT TO SUPPORT -- TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL. AND I WANT TO THANK THEM SO MUCH BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE WORKING BOTH JOBS, WORKING THEIR DISTRICT JOB, THEY ARE WORKING THEIR SCHOOL JOB AND I WANT TO SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK PRINCIPAL McCOY AT LETO

129WHO PIVOTED WHEN SHE KNEW FOREIGN STUDENTS WERE COMING IN AND ALL THAT SHE DOES. WHEN I CALLED HER THE OTHER DAY, WHEN HER SCHOOL BECAME A B, I SAID TO HER, YOU KNOW WHAT, MS. McCOY, IT'S NOT EVEN THE GRADE. IT'S WHEN THOSE KIDS WALK ACROSS THE STAGE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM AND HOW MANY OF THEM SAID, I'M HERE BECAUSE OF YOU. THERE ARE SO MANY PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND BUS DRIVERS AND TEACHERS AND NUTRITION WORKERS THAT DO SO MUCH. THE OTHER DAY I SPOKE TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF TAMPA BAY WHICH WAS WONDERFUL. ONE OF THE THINGS I SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT WAS JUST HOW IT'S REALLY SAD TO ME AND I'M TRYING TO DO MY PART LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS. HOW SAD IT IS TO ME THAT WE'RE NOT PRIORITIZING EDUCATION

130IN THIS COUNTRY BUT ESPECIALLY IN THIS STATE. WE NEED TO MORE FUNDING. TEACHERS CANNOT LIVE ON $400 EVERY TWO WEEKS. WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE EDUCATION. FOR ME AND FOR ALL OF US, I'M DOING WHAT I CAN AT THE STATE AND THE LOCAL LEVEL AND I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SIT HERE AND TO SIT IN THE CLASSROOM OR DRIVE THAT BUS AND DO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I SAY THIS OFTEN, OUR STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE. IF WE DON'T PRIORITIZE, WHEN YOU THINK OF THAT READING TEACHER WHO HAS A 10th GRADER READING AT A THIRD GRADE LEVEL, WHAT IS THAT TENTH GRADER GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE?

131WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE OUR STUDENTS AND WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE EDUCATION IN THIS DISTRICT AND IN THIS STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY, BECAUSE REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE DON'T, WE ARE ON THE FAST TRACK OF BECOMING A THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. I HATE TO BE -- I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR A GREAT FIRST FEW DAYS OF SCHOOL. I WAS ABLE TO VISIT QUITE A FEW SCHOOLS AND EVERYONE IS DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND YOUR CABINET AND ALL THE DISTRICT AND EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.