06/21/2022 - Regular Meeting

001HI. I'M NADIA COMBS, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME TO YOU HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS. THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. I AM 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

002HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV, ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 21st, 2022, IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL

003NOW LEAD US 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] Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON. WE HAVE FIVE WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. A 01, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL CHILDREN'S AWARENESS MONTH. A 02, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL INTERNET SAFETY MONTH. 6.04, PURCHASE OF IMAGINE LEARNING AND LITERACY FROM IMAGINE LEARNING INCORPORATED FOR 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR. 6.06, PURCHASE OF ELEVATION PLATFORM FOR ELEVATION INCORPORATED FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR. AND 6.11, HEALTH INSURANCE RENEWAL FOR 2023. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER -- JUST ONE MOMENT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. THIS ISN'T WORKING UP HERE. A

004MOTION AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER SNIVELY WHO WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE'RE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN TO SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW LEAD US IN THE BOARD GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU,

005MADAM 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. THE MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEBCAST, ON CABLE TV, AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN, AND THAT'S 6 P.M. THAT'S EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH

006YOU AND 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 COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE SPEAK YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO SECONDS. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YELLOW RIGHT ON THE LECTERN, RED LIGHT AND CHIME TO INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS, FIRST, THE FIRST SPEAKER, IF THEY'LL COME UP.

007GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT. TAMARA SHAMBURGER. I'M HERE TODAY TODAY TO TALK ABOUT MASCOTS. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER MASCOTS ARE CONTROVERSIAL OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE CHANGED BUT SIMPLY ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 2900 I BELIEVE PREVENTS YOU FROM MAKING THAT DECISION TODAY. TODAY, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND INTENT BEHIND THAT POLICY BECAUSE I PERSONALLY BROUGHT FORTH SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 2900 WHEN I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD IN 2019. I GAVE YOU A HANDOUT OF THE POLICY. IF YOU LOOK AT PARAGRAPH A, SENTENCE ONE THAT ESTABLISHES A PROCESS FOR CREATING BRAND-NEW MASCOTS THAT ARE CREATED ON OR AFTER 10/15/19. SENTENCE TWO ESTABLISHES A PROCESS FOR

008CHANGING THOSE MASCOTS PURSUANT TO SENTENCE ONE, THOSE CREATED AFTER 10/15/2019. PARAGRAPH B LAYS OUT THE CRITERIA TO WHICH MASCOTS SHOULD BE CREATED, INCLUDING THEY SHALL RESPECT ALL CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. THE INTENT BEHIND THAT WAS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN THE SITUATION YOU FIND YOURSELVES IN TODAY. AND LASTLY, PARAGRAPH C REFERS -- STATES THAT THIS POLICY SHALL NOT BE RETROACTIVE. MEANING THAT THE MASCOT CHANGES CANNOT BE MADE FOR ANY MASCOT ESTABLISHED ON OR AFTER 10/15/19. WE SPECIFICALLY PUT THAT IN THERE. IT WAS TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF CHAMBERLAIN AND EAST BAY. NOT HAPHAZARDLY. BUT AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE TITLE IX GROUP, LEGACY DONORS, ALUMNI, STAFF, UNDER CHIEF OF SCHOOLS HARRISON PETERS. IF IT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE TO CHANGE THE MASCOT, YOU CAN DO SO BUT I RECOMMEND YOU CHANGE THIS POLICY FIRST. I KNOW

009YOUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY MAY CARRY A DIFFERENT OPINION. AT THE VERY MINIMUM I DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE'S AMBIGUITY IN THE POLICY I BROUGHT FORTH TO THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT STILL STANDS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. I HOPE ALL IS WELL. MY NAME IS SUSAN McGILL TRAINA. I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AM A COMMUNITY EDUCATOR FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE EDUCATION FOR THE ADULT ED AND FOR THE TECHNICAL COLLEGES. I'M ALSO IN CHARGE OF PUTTING EVENTS TOGETHER SO THAT OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS TO OFFER. WITH THAT BEING SAID, ON APRIL 9th, WE HAD AN EVENT FOR A LOT OF OUR MIGRANTS AND A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THAT DID NOT KNOW

010WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR STUDENTS ONCE THEY GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, ONCE THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL IF THEY WERE NOT RESIDENTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO WE BROUGHT OUT LAWYERS AND WE BROUGHT OUT DOCTORS, AND WE BROUGHT OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE SERVE 275 PEOPLE THAT DAY, AND SO WITH THE BACKING OF SCOTT BROOKS, MY LEADER, AND MY BOARD MEMBERS, I WANT TO TODAY GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT, A TOKEN OF MY APPRECIATION FOR HELPING ME WITH THIS EVENT. SO THIS ONE GOES TO MS. NADIA COMBS. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US IN THE WEST AREA. AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT I ALWAYS WORKED WITH DEARLY IS MS. KAREN PEREZ. I THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR TIRELESSLY WORKING WITH ME AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE

011WEST SIDE AREA AND, WELL, ALL OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BECAUSE WE PUT EVENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT THIS ONE WAS VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, I'M CINDA HUNTLEY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON NOT REMOVING THE CHIEF FROM CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS A GRADUATE FROM THE CLASS OF 1965. I WAS 17 WHEN I RECEIVED MY DIPLOMA AND REMEMBER HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO IN MY FUTURE. I REMEMBER STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CHIEF'S HEAD ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH MY CLASSMATES AND SINGING THE ALMA MATER FOR THE LAST TIME. I WAS TOO YOUNG TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE YEARS AT CHAMBERLAIN WOULD

012BECOME IN MY FUTURE. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 120-PIECE BAND OF THE FIGHTING CHIEFS UNDER THE DRINKS OF BOB PRICE. -- DIRECTION OF BOB PRICE. I WAS SECRETARY OF THE BAND MY JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR. LITTLE DID I KNOW AT THE TIME THAT THE EXPERIENCES LEARNED THERE WOULD FOLLOW ME IN MY CAREER AND MY LIFE. I LEARNED ABOUT WORKING AS A TEAM, STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE, PRIDE IN DOING A GOOD JOB AND UPHOLDING TRADITIONS OF THE PAST BECAUSE I WAS A CHEER, A LEADER. PERHAPS WE ARE NOT TEACHING THE STUDENTS OF TODAY HOW IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PAST AFFECTS THEIR FUTURE. THE CHIEF SYMBOL IS NOT JUST A PICTURE; IT IS WHAT REPRESENTS PRIDE, EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP, AND TRADITIONS. IN LOOKING AT MY ANCESTRY, I FOUND A MOHEGAN INDIAN CHIEF WAS MY

013FIFTH GREAT GRANDFATHER. I CANNOT IMAGINE HE WOULD NOT BE UPSET WITH US BEING -- REFLECTING HIS PART. FOR ALL MY CLASSMATES FROM '56 THAT GRADUATED BEFORE ME AND THOSE THAT GRADUATED SINCE, WE ALL NEED TO CHERISH THE SCHOOL THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING US WHO WE ARE AND TO PROTECT ITS FUTURE. AS SUNG IN THE LAST LINE OF THE ALMA MATER, O CHAMBERLAIN EVER TRUE TO THEE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS VIVIAN HARNETT LANGSTON. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. I ATTENDED THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM FIRST GRADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. LAKE MAGDALENE, FOREST HILLS, ADAMS JUNIOR HIGH, AND I GRADUATED IN 1969 FROM CHAMBERLAIN. I WAS IN THE ANCHOR CLUB, THE CHORUS

014UNDER JIM COPELAND, AND I ALSO WAS THE HEAD CHIEFETTE THAT YEAR. I HAVE TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS. I AM GIVING YOU THIS INFORMATION SO YOU WILL KNOW. I'VE BEEN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND I'VE BEEN IN IT FOR MANY YEARS AT DIFFERENT SITES. I'VE NEVER HEARD OR SEEN ANY DISRESPECT OF THE CHAMBERLAIN MASCOT. ONLY A TRUE REVERENCE FOR WHAT HE REPRESENTS: LEADERSHIP, HONOR, PERSEVERANCE, AND ALSO A GREAT MODEL AND TEACHER FOR HIS PEOPLE. ON BEHALF OF MANY OF THE ALUMNI, I'M ASKING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD NOT VOTE TODAY ON REMOVING THIS MASCOT FROM CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NO LONGER STUDENTS OF CHAMBERLAIN, THE ALUMNI SUPPORTS THE SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS WITH FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND SUPPLIES FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS. THEY HAVE

015ALSO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO HELP WITH STUDENT AND STAFF EVENTS. ALL BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND WANT TO HELP THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DO DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE ALUMNI WERE NEVER CONTACTED FOR ANY INPUT INTO THIS DECISION AND DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE VOTE UNTIL THE VOTE TO CHANGE IT LAST WEEK. THIS HAS CREATED A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT. WE WOULD LIKE TO FORM A COMMITTEE, STUDENTS, FACULTY, INDIGENOUS ALLIANCE GROUP AND ALUMNI TO DISCUSS THE MASCOT CHANGE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WOULD SATISFY ALL GROUPS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. KYLE MILLWE. PROUD MEMBER OF THE LABORIST INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA AND PRESIDENT OF

016THE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE LABOR LEADERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR POLICY CHANGE REQUIRING THE USE OF STATE REGISTERED APPRENTICES ON COUNTY SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS. THAT'S REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS ARE THE PREMIER WAY TO CONTINUE SOMEONE'S EDUCATION AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHING THEM A SKILLED TRADE AND ALLOWING THEM TO TURN EQUITABLE WAGES AND FAMILY-SUPPORTING BENEFITS ALL WHILE SUPPORTING THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARILYN PIERCE FROM THE CHAMBERLAIN CLASS OF 1965. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1894 WHEN THEY SETTLED THE LAKE MAGDALENE AREA. THREE GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY HAVE GRADUATED FROM CHAMBERLAIN STARTING WITH MY SISTER IN THE CLASS OF 1962, THE FOURTH GENERATION WILL START THERE IN ANOTHER FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. I

017FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT THAT A SMALL PERCENT OF THE CURRENT STUDENTS CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO CHANGE FROM CHAMBERLAIN CHIEFS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ONLY ONE-THIRD OF THE CURRENT STUDENTS WERE POLLED WITH 64% WANTING TO CHANGE. SUCH A SMALL PERCENT OF THOSE HAVE AN INTEREST IN RETAINING OUR HONORED CHIEF. THE EARLY CLASSES OF CHAMBERLAIN CHOSE THE CHIEF AND THE STUDENTS HAVE WORKED WITH NATIVE AMERICANS TO HONOR THE HERITAGE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THE TOWN HALL MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED AND POSTPONED WAS NEVER HELD. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THEM TO STATE THEIR PREFERENCE BUT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. SUPPOSED THERE WAS A SURVEY, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY RESULTS OF THAT OR AN INDICATION OF WHO WAS SURVEYED. NO ONE I KNOW OF WAS SURVEYED AND I'M ROUTINELY IN

018CONTACT WITH OTHER CLASSMATES. I HAVE SEEN A PETITION TO KEEP THE CHIEF MASCOT AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL THAT AS OF JUNE 19 HAD BEEN SIGNED BY CLOSE TO 6500 PEOPLE. THERE ARE MANY ALUMNI WHO ALSO HAVE MORE THAN ONE GENERATION OF CHAMBERLAIN CHIEFS. THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY DECISION. RATHER THAN SPEND UNTOLD FUNDS CHANGING FROM THE CHAMBERLAIN CHIEFS, I FEEL THOSE SHUNNED SHOULD BE DIRECTED -- -- THANK THE CHAMBERLAIN WORK AND STUDENTS AND STAFF OF CHAMBERLAIN. WE ASK THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED UNTIL THE ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE SURVEYS OR POLLS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MARGE FIGIANO. JOURNEYMAN PIPE FITTER OUT OF LOCAL 123, TAMPA, FLORIDA. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TOWARDS THE POLICY CHANGE THAT

019WAS PUT FORTH RECENTLY. APPRENTICESHIP CHANGED MY LIFE ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO, I WENT THROUGH TO APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OUT OF 123. GAVE ME A SKILL SET. ALLOWED ME TO BUY A HOUSE, HAVE HEALTH CARE. RETIREMENT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CAREER. THAT POLICY CHANGE THAT YOU GUYS PUT FORTH WILL ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND MAKE A STORY LIKE MINE NOT BE THE EXCEPTION BUT A MORE COMMON OCCURRENCE. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PAMELA GALL. CHAMBERLAIN GRADUATE, CLASS OF '65. MY FAMILY HAS HAD THREE GENERATIONS GRACE THE HALLS OF CHAMBERLAIN, ALL PROUDLY AS CHIEFS. SUPPOSEDLY THE ALUMNI AND THE COMMUNITY WERE A PART OF THIS DECISION. WE WERE NOT. WE WERE CANCELED AND BURIED. THE DISTRICT HAD SET

020UP TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN THE AUDITORIUM AND SUDDENLY GOT CANCELED DUE TO COVID. THERE WAS ALSO AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT PUT OUT SUDDENLY -- THAT PUT OUT SUDDENLY GOT SHUT DOWN AND THE RESULTS NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF THE DAY. THIS IS NOT A CONSPIRACY. THESE ARE FACTS. INSTEAD, THE SCHOOL BOARD ALLOWED A GROUP OF CURRENT STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO ADVISORS WHO'S FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE WHO IS LEADING THIS CHARGE HAVE DECIDED THAT OUR MASCOT, THE CHIEF, IS OFFENSIVE. NO CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE ALUMNI. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARY JOHN SHAFER. I AM A 1967 GRADUATE OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. CHAMBERLAIN WAS OPENED IN 1956, AND THEY CHOSE CHIEF AS THEIR MASCOT. THAT WAS 65 YEARS

021AGO. NOW, THE SYMBOL OF CHIEF IS GREAT RESPECT. IT IS A SYMBOL OF RESPECT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE. CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL HAS ALWAYS HELD A PROUD TRADITION OF BEING A CHIEF. NOW, THE TERM "CHIEF" IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE LEADERS OF THE INDIGENOUS NATIONS THAT SETTLERS OF NORTH AMERICA USED AS A TERM OF RESPECT. THE WORD "CHIEF" IS A NOUN MEANING THE HEAD OR LEADER OF AN ORGANIZED BODY OF PEOPLE, THE PERSON HIGHEST IN AUTHORITY, LIKE THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE HEAD OR RURAL OF A TRIBE OR CLAN, AN INDIAN CHIEF. VERY FEW PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY -- FEW PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY OVER THE PAST YEARS SEEM TO HAVE DECIDED THEY WANT TO DESTROY OUR HISTORY, AND I THINK THIS NEEDS TO STOP NOW. IT'S AN INSULT TO SAY THAT

022BEING A CHIEF IS DEROGATORY TO OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. HAVING GROWN UP IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IT WAS ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE A CHAMBERLAIN GRADUATE. THE CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL IS FAMOUS FOR THEIR NOTABLE ALUMNI. SURE EVERYBODY HEARD OF STEVE GARVEY, FORREST BLUE, OUR MAYOR, MS. CASTOR IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. SHANNON DOUGHERTY, AN ACTRESS. WE HAVE CHIP GLASS. WE HAVE LAUREN HUTTON. THESE ARE ALL GRADUATES OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE MANY MORE. WE HAVE FAMOUS AUTHORS, ACTRESSES, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, POLITICIANS. THE ADCOCK BROTHERS WHO ARE VERY WELL KNOWN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ARE ALSO GRADUATES AND CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. TO BE A CHIEF IS NOT AN INSULT TO ANYBODY. I THINK CHILDREN TODAY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A HERITAGE TO LIVE UP TO FROM THE FORMER CHAMBERLAIN CHIEFS WHO HAVE COME IN THE PAST.

023THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JEN HART. I AM A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, A PARENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'M HERE TODAY TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD MEMBERS TO VOTE WITH THE STUDENTS OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL TO CHANGE THEIR MASCOT. TO QUOTE AN ARTICLE FROM THE APA, THE USE OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN MASCOTS SYMBOLS AND SCHOOLS IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IS TROUBLING BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE PLACES OF LEARNING. THESE MASCOTS ARE TEACHING STEREOTYPICAL, MISLEADING AND OFTEN INSULTING IMAGES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. IT HAS ALSO BEEN PROVE THAN SPORTS MASCOTS SUCH AS THIS AND OTHER STEREO TYPING DIRECTLY AFFECTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SELF-ESTEEM OF NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS CONTRIBUTING TO DISPROPORTIONATE LEVELS AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. WE CONSTANTLY SAY AS EDUCATORS THAT WE NEED TO CREATE INCLUSIVE AND SAFE PLACES OF LEARNING

024SO ALL STUDENTS CAN FEEL RESPECTED AND REPRESENTED AND THAT IS WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MEET THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THE STUDENTS OF CHAMBERLAIN THEMSELVES KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE. WHEN THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH A SURVEY ASKING IF THEY THOUGHT THEIR MASCOT SHOULD BE CHANGED, THEY SAID YES. IT IS A ASHAMED THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SILENCE THE VOICES OF OUR FUTURE. EVEN GREATER SHAME THAT PEOPLE WANT TO UPHOLD THESE MASCOTS WHICH ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY HURTING MANY PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE GROUPS WHO DON'T SAY THIS IS DIRECTLY INSTITUTIONAL RACISM TO THEM. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING TO YOU THAT THIS IS HURTING US, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD LISTEN. WHEN STUDENTS ARE SAYING IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE, I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD LISTEN. Nadia

025Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MY NAME IS TERRY CISCO. PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL LEGACY ALLIANCE. HERE ARE MY TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE THE ISSUE TOWARD RESOLUTION. FIRST, KEEP THE NAME CHIEF INTACT. IT IS A FRENCH ETYMOLOGY WITHOUT THE CONTEXT OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN IN A HEAD DRESS, THE TITLE CHIEF IS NOT INHERENTLY NATIVE AMERICAN. THE DISTRICT HAS A FABULOUS CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, CHIEF OF INNOVATION, ET CETERA. NONE OF THOSE POSITIONS CONJURE IMAGES OF NATIVE AMERICANS. UNLIKE PANTHER, EAGLE, FALCON, OR BULL, A CHIEF IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW SYMBOLS IN THE DISTRICT THAT PRESENT AN ASPIRATIONAL POSITION OF ATTAINMENT. IT CREATES AN EXPECTATION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND DEMANDS A HIGH SET OF IDEALS. THERE'S A REASON THAT SO MANY CHAMBERLAIN ALUMNI HAVE BECOME LEADERS THROUGHOUT TAMPA BAY AND BEYOND. SECONDLY, REMOVE NATIVE

026AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS. THEN LET THE STUDENTS APPROPRIATE A DEAD CULTURE OR MYTHOLOGICAL CHIEF MOVING FORWARD. TODAY, STUDENTS FEEL CHEATED BECAUSE THEY HEAR ABOUT THE FUN TRADITIONS, PAGEANTRY AND MEMORIES SO CHERISHED BY OUR ALUMNI AND THEY HAVE NOTHING. STARTING IN 2017, THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN CLEANSED AND SANITIZED OF EVERYTHING NATIVE AMERICAN. UNFORTUNATELY, THE HIGH RANSOM THAT MUST BE PAID TO FREE OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE STUDENTS TO ENJOY THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE IS THE CHIEF HEAD ON THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN A NORTH TAMPA LANDMARK FOR GENERATIONS. THIS WILL HURT. BUT ALUMNI WILL ALWAYS BE CHIEFS WITH THEIR MEMORIES INTACT. FINALLY, FOR YEARS, ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE CALLED WARRIORS. THEY WERE REQUIRED TO ELIMINATE THE NAME BECAUSE OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN IMAGERY ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THEY BECAME GOLDEN EAGLES. YET IT REMAINS PERMISSIBLE FOR

027STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL TO BE CALLED WARRIORS. WHY? BECAUSE STEINBRENNER ASSOCIATED A DEAD CULTURE WITH THE NAME, SPECIFICALLY A SPARTAN. GIVE THE CHAMBERLAIN STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. SCHOOL BOARD, VOTE TO KEEP THE NAME CHIEF INTACT TO LINK OUR PAST WITH OUR PRESENT. ALUMNI, LET'S SUPPORT CURRENT AND FUTURE STUDENTS AS THEY CREATE A NEW ICONIC IMAGE TO RALLY AROUND. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE FEW MEMORIES TO SHARE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BETTY SUE WHITE BROWN. I'M A CHARTER CLASS MEMBER OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATED IN 1958. WE STARTED CHAMBERLAIN IN '56, AND WE CHOSE THE CHIEF TO INSTILL COURAGE, INSPIRATION AND LEADERSHIP. AND WE'VE DONE THAT. LOOK WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF USF NOW,RY RHEA LAW, CHAMBERLAIN GRADUATE. ALREADY SAID JANE CASTOR WAS A CHAMBERLAIN GRADUATE. SO IS

028KATHY CASTOR, AND KEN HAGEN, A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. THE REASON CHIEF HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO US IS BECAUSE IT'S DEAR. NOW, I'M NOT REAL HAPPY WITH THE WAY ALL OF THIS WAS CHOSEN. EAST BAY GOT TO LET ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS VOTE. THEY HAD TWO DAYS TO GO IN AND VOTE. NO ONE REALLY GUIDING THEM. THEY DID HEAR FROM INDIAN REPRESENTATIVES, BUT THEY GOT TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WANTED AND WHEN WITHOUT ANYBODY SELECTING A CERTAIN NUMBER. NOW THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO KEEP THEIR MASCOT AS INDIAN. CHAMBERLAIN, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS GIVEN 418 OR MAYBE 81, I'M SORRY, I MAY HAVE MIXED MY PAPERS UP HERE, 1100 STUDENTS, BOARD MEMBER WASHINGTON, YOU WERE PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN. YOU WERE HIGH CHIEF AT ONE TIME. THANK YOU. BUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY SELECTED CHOSE OUT

029OF THE 418 THE NUMBER WAS 22 PERCENT AGREED TO CHANGE IT. THAT'S A MINORITY, NOT A MAJORITY AS IT'S ALL BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE NEWS PROGRAMS THAT -- SORRY. I'M ALMOST 82 YEARS OLD. SO FORGIVE ME. CHARTER CLASS GRADUATE AND GLAD OF IT. IN FACT, I WAS THE FIRST CHIEFETTE THAT THEY CHOSE. I MADE THE FIRST CHIEFETTE COSTUMES. WE'VE HAD A BEAUTIFUL BAND WITH GREAT COSTUMES WHICH WE'VE HAD TO GIVE UP. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO AN 82-YEAR-OLD. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS DAN DELK. I'M 1971 GRADUATE. VERY PROUD. AFTER GRADUATION, I WENT ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE I GRADUATED. AFTER THAT, I WENT TO MARSHALL UNIVERSITY, HUNTINGTON, WHERE I GRADUATED WITH A

030MASTER DEGREES IN BIOLOGY AND SCIENCE. DURING MY MASTER'S PROGRAM, I DID MY THESIS ON MEDICINAL PLANTS OF NORTH AMERICA AND INDIAN GENERATION. I MYSELF AM AN AMERICAN INDIAN. IT MAY BE WATERED DOWN, BUT MY FAMILY HAILS FROM OHIO. I AM IROQUOIS FROM THE SHAWNEE VALLEY. MANY GENERATIONS BEHIND, BUT IT STILL IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. I'M EXTREMELY UPSET THAT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR CHIEF. IT MEANT A LOT TO ME TO GO TO SCHOOL. I WAS IN THE BAND. I WAS IN THE CHORUS AND THE PREPARATION OF BEING A PROUD CHIEF, LEARNING TO FIGHT FOR EVERYTHING THAT I HAD -- LEARNING TO FIGHT THROUGH THE ADVERSITY OF TRYING TO GET INTO SCHOOL. I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. IT'S EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I'D

031LIKE TO APPEAL TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THIS. WORK WITH US. WORK WITH CHAMBERLAIN. WORK WITH THE ALLIANCE. TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG. TELL US, PLEASE, AND WE'LL MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS. I CAN SEE IT AND PROMISE AND I THINK EVERY ALUMNI HERE WILL DO THE SAME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M OSCAR GONZALEZ. I'M RETIRED FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 39 YEARS. 31 YEARS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ADMINISTRATION, EIGHT YEARS AS A COACH AND TEACHER. I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE TRADITION AT CHAMBERLAIN. I COACHED THERE. I HAD MY CHILDREN GO THROUGH THERE. I HAD THREE OF THEM AND ALL THREE GRADUATED FROM CHAMBERLAIN. THE TRADITION AT CHAMBERLAIN WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THE SPIRIT THEY HAD WAS UNBELIEVABLE FOR THE CHIEF. I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

032WORK WITH JAMES GAT LYNN WHO WAS A TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL, TREMENDOUS MOTIVATOR. WE WORKED TOGETHER AT BUCHANAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I WAS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THERE. HE GOT PROMOTED TO CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL AND HE BECAME THE BIG CHIEF. HE PLAYED THE PART THE CHIEF. HE WAS THE CHIEF. HE RAN AROUND WEARING VERY RESPECTFULLY THE HEAD DRESS AND THE CEREMONIAL DRESS OF THE CHIEF. HE HAD A SCHOOL SPIRIT HE TOOK THE STUDENTS TO AN UPPER LEVEL WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. THAT WAS MR. GATLIN. I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT BECAUSE MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS A STUDENT THERE. AFTER MR. GATLIN RETIRED, MOVED ON TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE, BECAME AREA DIRECTOR, THERE WAS ANOTHER YOUNG MAN WHO CAME IN AND TOOK HIS STEPS. BIG SHOES TO FOLLOW. HE WAS ALSO THE CHAMBERLAIN BIG CHIEF AND THAT WAS

033MR. WASHINGTON. DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, MR. WASHINGTON, AND HE IS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE. I LOVE HIM TO DEATH, BUT HE TOOK IT THAT WAY AND HE DRESSED THE PART, PLAYED THE PART AND THE STUDENTS LOVED HIM. GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES OR SECONDS, PLEASE. HE TOOK IT TO A LEVEL UNREAL. HE SHOWED THE RESPECT AND EVERYBODY RESPECTED WHAT THE CHIEF STOOD FOR. FINISHING NOW, I WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AND I WAS VERY GRATEFUL AND ABLE TO PLAY FOOTBALL THERE. I HAD THREE NATIVE AMERICAN YOUNG MEN ON OUR TEAM TOGETHER. ANDY SIXKILLER, JIM WINEY, AND JIM WASHINGTON. JIM WASHINGTON WAS MY RUNNING RO WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH EACH OTHER 56 YEARS. GIVE ME A SECOND AND I'LL HANG UP. I AM, MA'AM. BUT HE IS A NATIVE AMERICAN. I ASKED HIM, IS IT

034OKAY I SPEAK TODAY, HE SAID I WANT YOU TO KNOW I PROUD TO WITHOUT THIS YOU'LL NEVER KNOW ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN. IF THEY TAKE THE CHIEF AWAY, THE WARRIOR WAY, THE NATIVE AMERICAN WILL NOT BE BECAUSE THERE IS A HISTORY THERE WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD. PAUL CISCO. I'VE BEEN A LAWYER IN THIS TOWN FOR 0 YEARS. I'M A GRADUATE OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1985. I SPEAK FOR MYSELF TODAY, NOT FOR ANY ENTITY, BUT I WILL TELL THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE A GROUP OF CHAMBERLAIN LAWYERS THAT MEETS EACH YEAR AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CULINARY DEPARTMENT PUTS ON A LUNCH FOR US. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. WE GET TOGETHER AND WE DO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL. WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE

035CONDITION OF THE SCHOOL HAS DETERIORATED QUITE A BIT OVER THE DECADES. BUT WE TALK ABOUT AND RANGE IN AGE OF GRADUATES FROM THE 1950s AS YOU SEE TO THE PRESENT. WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THESE STUDENTS AND GET THE PRIDE BACK IN THAT SCHOOL. WE ARE ALL CHAMBERLAIN CHIEFS AT THAT LUNCH. THE TERM CHIEF IS NOT A PEJORATIVE TERM IN ANY MANNER. I WOULD ASK AND COUNCIL WILL TELL YOU, CAN ONE OF THESE FOLKS THAT WANTS TO SUPPORT THIS TELL US IN ANY WAY HOW THE TERM "CHIEF" IS PEJORATIVE IN A SINGLE MANNER? IT IS NOTHING BUT A SYMBOL OF PRIDE. IT'S A SYMBOL OF INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER. IT'S USED FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. IT'S ALSO AN ADJECTIVE SIGNIFYING THE MOST IMPORTANT, OUR CHIEF CONCERNS, OUR

036CHIEF ISSUES, OUR CHIEF AGENDA ITEM. I SAW AT LEAST FIVE REFERENCES TO CHIEF ON THE BOARD'S OWN AGENDA TODAY. WE HAVE A CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, CHIEF OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, CHIEF OF DIVERSITY. AKIN TO THE BANKING CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE 90 VICE PRESIDENTS, THE TERM CHIEF WAS CHOSEN IN THE 1950s, NOT AS A SLIGHT, NO INSULT, NO DISPARAGEMENT, NOT AS A DIG AT ANYONE OR ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE BUT A STRONG SYMBOL OF THE PRINCIPLE THAT STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS OF HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD ASPIRE TO. ALSO A SYMBOL FOR SEVERAL DECADES UNITED MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA COMMUNITY. SYMBOL OF DIGNITY, CHARACTER, THE CHIEF. GEORGE ORWELL, WHICH I READ IN 1984, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE 1984 BOOK TALKED ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF LANGUAGE. Nadia Combs: I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FAIR AND

037EVERYONE IN HAS THE SAME TIME. THE 20 SECONDS MR. GONZALEZ HAD. Nadia Combs: PLEASE, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. WE WILL STICK TO THE TWO MINUTES. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. JOEY LARSON. CLASS OF '87. I'M THE FOUNDER OF A 501(C)(3) CALLED CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL DRIVES. 100% VOLUNTEER. WE RAISE SO FAR TO DATE ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR ST. JOSEPH'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY DID A WRITE-UP THAT I THINK WILL TOUCH EVERYBODY ON ALL SIDES AND INCLUDING ALL OF YOU GUYS. MAYBE EVERYBODY CAN GET TOGETHER AND WORK ON SOMETHING. HIS NAME IS BLAKE HAWTHORNE. I'M A GRADUATE FROM THE CLASS OF 1986. I READ THE BACKGROUND, THE ALLIANCE, THE CRUX AND CENTER POINT TO REMOVE CHIEF FROM EXISTING AT CHAMBERLAIN AS WELL AS THE VOTE BY ONE SINGLE

038STUDENT BODY. I CAN EMPATHIZE AND UNDERSTAND MUCH OF THE MOTIVATION INVOLVED. I ALSO SEE THAT THEIR MOTIVATION IS POSSIBLY BLINDING THEM FROM SEEING THESE STEPS, DOING MORE LONG-TERM DAMAGE THAN GOOD. THE NAME CHIEFS HAS NEVER BEEN JUST SOME MASCOT. ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING MORE. THE WORD CHIEF IMPARTS HONOR, REVERENCE, PRIDE, CONFIDENCE, AND LEADERSHIP JUST IN THE NAME ALONE. FOR ME AND SO MANY CLASSMATES I KNEW, REPRESENTING THE CHIEFS, BE IT ATHLETICALLY OR ACADEMICALLY, THERE IS STILL A SENSE OF CONNECTION TO US AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE, OF WHICH I HAVE CHOCTAW FROM MY MOTHER'S LINEAGE. BEING A CHIEF MADE ME UNDERSTAND THE HERITAGE AND MORE AWARE AND INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE REAL HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICANS, NOT JUST IN THAT REGION BUT THE COUNTRY AS I'M SURE IT HAS DONE WITH COUNTLESS OTHERS OVER THE YEARS.

039REMOVING THAT WOULD BE LOSING THAT. I KNOW THERE ARE CULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN I WAS A STUDENT THAT YEAH, THEY WERE OFFENSIVE WHICH WE NEEDED TO STOP AND I HOPE THEY HAVE. REMOVING SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND POWERFUL NAME WON'T JUST WIPE OUT APPROPRIATIONS OF THE PAST, IT WILL ALSO WIPE AWAY THE CHANCE OF MAKING THAT NAME AND THE SYMBOL OF NATIVE AMERICAN GREATNESS AND HISTORY FURTHER AWAY FROM THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF SO MANY YET TO COME, SO MANY THAT WILL NEVER FEEL THAT CONNECTION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MARYBETH PALMER. CHAMBERLAIN GRADUATE OF THE CLASS OF 1965. MY FIRST COMMENTS ARE IN REGARD TO THE PROCESS OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION FOLLOWED TO GET TO THIS MOMENT. OUR BOARD IS ABOUT TO VOTE ON CONTENTIOUS AND DIVISIVE ACTION WITHOUT ALLOWING ALL

040OF THE STAKEHOLDERS TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE HAS BEEN A DIRE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND AS THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS UNFOLDED. ONE EXAMPLE IS THE SURVEY ISSUED TO THE ALUMS. I FILLED ONE OUT. WHERE IS THE DATA AND ANALYSIS OF THAT DATA TO BE FOUND? NOW, HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF THE CHAMBERLAIN CHIEF. IT HAS LONG BEEN TRADITION IN THE SCHOOLS OF AMERICA TO ADOPT SCHOOL COLORS AND PARTICULAR SCHOOL MASCOT. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR ANY SCHOOL GROUP USING A PARTICULAR MASCOT AND COLOR SHOULD BE TO UNIFY, CREATE A COMMUNITY WITH LIKE GOALS AND MASCOT TO EXEMPLIFY STANDARDS STUDENTS CAN STRIVE TO. SOCIETY HAS EVOLVED TO A POINT WHERE MANY PEOPLE HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING AND GREATER SENSITIVITY TO THE WAY SYMBOLS, MASCOTS CAN HARM MEMBERS OF ETHNIC AND RACIAL

041GROUPS WE HAVE SEEN A NEEDED CHANGE. THE CARTOONIST MASCOTS AND CARTOONIST SYMBOLS MUST GO AND FOR THE MOST PART ARE GONE. I ASK THAT THE CHIEF BE VIEWED IN A DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK. SUGGESTING THAT THE CHIEF BE KEPT AS A SYMBOL FOR ALL IT REPRESENTS IN TERMS OF VALUE, LEADERSHIP, PERSEVERANCE, COMMITMENT, RESPECT, DEDICATION AND LOYALTY. KEEP THE CHIEF AND USE IT AS A SYMBOL RATHER THAN A MASCOT. ENTIRELY DOABLE TO HAVE BOTH A SYMBOL AND MASCOT. THE CHAMBERLAIN COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE CHIEF AS A SYMBOL WHILE DEVELOPING A DIFFERENT MASCOT THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE SCHOOL ATHLETIC EVENTS. THIS IS PRECEDENT FOR THIS. FSU CLAIMS THE SEMINOLE AS A SYMBOL, NOT AS A MASCOT. LET US NOT THROW THE VALUES THAT THE CHIEF HAS STOOD FOR SINCE 1956. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND BE

042MORE ACCEPTING AND SENSITIVE TO THOSE AMERICANS WITH INDIGENOUS HERITAGE BY MAKING SURE THAT THE CHIEF CONTINUES TO SYMBOLIZE ALL THAT IS POSITIVE WHILE CREATING A DIFFERENT MASCOT FOR ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETIC EVENTS AT CHAMBERLAIN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. DEBBIE CURTAGLINEY. CLASS OF 1969 ALUMNI. MANY OF US THAT ARE CHS ALUMNI, THE NAME CHIEF HASN'T BEEN ABOUT A MASCOT. IT'S BEEN SO MUCH MORE. THE WORD CHIEF MEANT LEADERSHIP, PRIDE, CONFIDENCE. IT PROVIDED SKILLS FOR FELLOWSHIP, COMMUNITY, LEARNING, TRADITION, PERSEVERANCE AND LOYALTY TO ONE ANOTHER. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE QUALITIES THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AND SHARE. THE CHIEF WAS NOT JUST FOR SPORTS, ALTHOUGH SPORTS WERE AND IS A GREAT BUILDER OF CHARACTER. WE HAD MANY VARIETIES OF LEARNING,

043INCLUDING MUSIC PROGRAMS, ART, THEATER PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. THE CLUBS THAT DID MANY PROJECTS THROUGH THE YEAR TO SUPPORT LOCAL NEEDS, ALL IN THE NAME OF THE CHAMBERLAIN CHIEFS. I PERSONALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A MEMBER OF THE AWARD-WINNING CONCERT CHORUS AND THE SENIOR TRIO, JUNIOR VARSITY AND VARSITY CHEERLEADER. I WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA AND ANCHOR CLUB AND THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. ALL OF THOSE BROUGHT ON BY WHAT I WAS ABLE TO LEARN AND ACQUIRE AT CHAMBERLAIN. AT THE CHS CLASS OF 196950th REUNION, WE RAISED OVER $3,000 THROUGH RAFFLES AND DIRECT DONATIONS AND PRESENTED THE FUNDS TO THE CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL LEGACY ALLIANCE AT A TOWN HALL MEETING IN JUNE 2019. FOR THE PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT A SAFETY AND BEAUTIFICATION FENCE AROUND THE SCHOOL GROUNDS THAT WOULD

044BE PROUD FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE BY AND SEE EVERY DAY WITH OUR CHAMBERLAIN CHIEF HANGING ABOVE THE BUILDING. MANY OTHER FUND-RAISERS REQUESTED FROM THE LEGACY ALLIANCE HAVE RECEIVED MANY INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS TO BENEFIT TODAY AND TOMORROW'S FUTURE STUDET NEEDS. AS WE, THE ALUMNI LEFT THE HALLOWED HALLS OF CHAMBERLAIN, WE WENT THROUGH TO WALK OUR INDIVIDUAL PATHS IN LIFE YET WHEN WE MEET AT THE PASSING OR REUNIONS, THE ONE TIE THAT BINDS US ARE BEING PROUD AND LOYAL CHIEFS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE A SIMPLE BUT DAUNTING TASK, TO BELIEVE THAT INCLUSION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY SCRUBBING SOCIETY OF WORDS OR IMAGES OR THE NEXT GENERATION TO EMULATE THE -- CHIEF WAS BESTOWED ON LEADERS OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. ALSO A WORD

045USED TO DESCRIBE THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS OCCUPATIONS IN OUR SOCIETY. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHIEF OF MEDICINE, CHIEF STRATEGIST, COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, MY RANK IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, A CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER, TO WHICH I AM ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY REFERRED TO AS CHIEF. DOES HOLDING ANY OF THESE POSITIONS MAKE ANY OF THEM INTOLERANT TO NATIVE AMERICANS AND THEIR SOCIETY? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. ANY CRITIQUE THAT HAS VALIDITY TO THE ARGUMENT, AS IT STANDS, THE CHIEF AT CHAMBERLAIN IS ESSENTIALLY A NAMELESS AND FACELESS FIGURE AND JUST AN OVERALL REPRESENTATIVE OF NATIVE AMERICANS. SO CHANGE WHAT'S ACTUALLY AT ISSUE. VOTE TO ASSIGN THE SCHOOL A PATRON. REQUIRE THAT ASSEMBLIES AND PREP RALLIES REFLECT THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY AND GIVE CREDENCE AS TO WHY THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE SCHOOL'S PATRON. AS OF 2020

046U.S. CENSUS, NATIVE AMERICANS COMPROMISE LESS THAN 3% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. THE ANSWER CANNOT BE JUST TO WASH AWAY THE PAST. LET'S MAKE A REAL EFFORT TO INCLUDE HISTORY AND CULTURE TO OUR SCHOOLS. JUST VOTING TO REMOVE THE CHIEF NAME FROM THE SCHOOL WILL ONLY DO WHAT MANY IN SOCIETY HAS DONE, WHICH IS WIPING OUT THE CULTURE THAT EXISTED BEFORE IT. LET'S DO BETTER. LET'S KEEP THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE IN OUR SOCIETY AND NOT LET IT DISAPPEAR. I'M AN ALUMNI OF CLASS OF 2002. GOD BLESS BUT.GOD BLESS AMERICA. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS SHANNON DURANT. I AM THE TITLE VI CHAIR FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NATIVE AMERICAN ALASKAN NATIVE STUDENTS. I WAS ASKED TONIGHT TO SPEAK SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CHAMBERLAIN, BUT

047I FEEL THE NEED TO TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO ADDRESS THE ALUMNI THAT ARE STANDING HERE AND SAYING WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM IN THIS DECISION. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND FOR EIGHT YEARS I HAVE MET WITH TERRY CISCO. I HAVE MET WITH MR. RUSSELL AT CHAMBERLAIN. SO WHEN THEY SAY WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM, THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE THEMSELVES. AND IF THEY ARE BACK THERE SAYING WE DIDN'T CALL ANYBODY, I DIDN'T HAVE A NUMBER TO CALL. YOU TALK TO MR. CISCO BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PLEAD TO THE BOARD, THIS WAS LED BY STUDENTS. WE WERE ASKED TO LET IT BE LED BY STUDENTS. YOU WERE ALL ELECTED BY PARENTS OF STUDENTS BUT SAYING THAT STUDENTS COME FIRST. IF WE CAN'T HONOR WHAT THE STUDENTS WANT,

048WHAT ARE WE DOING? THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS JAMIE PEREZ. I AM A MEMBER OF TITLE VI PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I AM ALSO A PARENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT HAS PUT 13 CHILDREN THROUGH THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I AM CURRENTLY PUTTING 5 STILL IN THERE. I WISHING TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN MASCOTS IF YOU TRAVEL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO 33 INDIGENOUS NATIONS. I HAVE LIVED ON FOUR. IT IS A COMMON SENSE AMONG MOST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT THE MASCOTS ARE DEROGATORY. THEY ARE HARMFUL. THE ALUMNI HAVE SPOKEN IN DROVES ABOUT HOW THEY WERE RESPECTFUL TO US AND THAT THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING TO SHOW DISRESPECT. I BEG TO PARDON THEM WITH CHIEF OOMPAH-PAH AND YOUR

049HOMECOMING EVENT THAT WAS A GREEN CORN DANCE, AN APPROPRIATION OF ANOTHER NATION MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN WHICH THEY MARRIED THE CHIEF PRINCESS OR THE HEAD PRINCESS OFF TO WHOMEVER WAS ACTING AS CHIEF OOMPAH-PAH. READ YOUR POEM YOURSELF. SECONDARILY, ASKING A NATIVE AMERICAN PERSON TO PUT A STICKER ON THAT HAS A CHIEF'S HEAD ON IT WHEN OUR CHIEFS AND OUR HEAD LEADERS HAVE BEEN BEHEADED AND PUT IN JARS ON DISPLAY AT THE MAYO CLINIC AND OTHER PLACES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. RUNNING AROUND WITH GARB THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM OUR PEOPLE IS NOT HOW YOU SHOW HONOR TO OUR PEOPLE. WHOM ARE YOU TRYING TO HONOR? YOU'RE NOT HONORING ME. YOU'RE NOT HONORING MY CHILDREN. YOU'RE NOT HONORING MY GRANDMOTHER WHO HAS SCARS ON HER TONGUE FROM NOT BEING ALLOWED TO SPEAK HER LANGUAGE WHEN SHE WAS STOLEN

050FROM HER RESERVATION AND PUT INTO BOARDING SCHOOLS. YOU'RE NOT HONORING THE 3300 DEAD AT THE BOARD MEETING SCHOOLS NOW. YOU'RE NOT HONORING ME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS RUTH NOWLAND. I GREW UP IN A VILLAGE IN ALASKA. I AM INUPIAC. I SPENT MANY YEARS HELPING EDUCATE STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WELL AS PARENTS AND OTHER TEACHERS ON NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND WHAT IS CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE, WHAT IS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE, AND WE HAVE HAD MANY WONDERFUL DISCUSSIONS AND THE TIME THAT WAS TAKEN BY STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS TO LISTEN, I ASK THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS NOW. THEY KNOW WHAT IS APPROPRIATE, WHAT IS INAPPROPRIATE, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO LISTEN AND TO

051LEARN. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT NATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE NATIVE AMERICAN, AND THEIR CULTURE, THEIR HISTORY IS AN AMAZING ATTRIBUTE. WE'RE NOT ASKING THAT ANYTHING BE ERASED. WE'RE NOT ASKING THAT CHAMBERLAIN NO LONGER BE ABLE TO HAVE A HISTORY, BUT TO PUT THAT HISTORY WHERE IT BELONGS AND TO MOVE FORWARD. BECAUSE ONCE YOU KNOW BETTER, THEN YOU DO BETTER. THANK YOU. TODD WAY. [NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH] I SPEAK TO YOU IN MY LANGUAGE TO HONOR MY ANCESTORS. THERE'S NO WAY THAT CHIEF IS A TITLE. THE MAN IS CORRECT. BUT WHEN YOU LABEL IT TO AN INDIAN HEAD, THAT'S DISRESPECT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE SHIRT, IT SAYS NATIVE RITUALS. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR RITUALS, SACRIFICE, SO FAR. IS THAT HONORING US? THIS SCHOOL IS ON CHIEF POW-POW, WHATEVER

052THE HECK HE WAS CALLED. NOW, I COULD ALSO TELL YOU 1956, THIS WAS A VICTORY. THE VICTORY DOCUMENT, THOUGH BUS DRIVER IS IN CHARGE OF THE BUS AND HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO OBEY THE LAW, ASSUME THAT HE WILL OPERATE IN HELPING YOU. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO TAKING A BUS. WE CAN USE THIS RIGHT HERE AND WE'VE GOT TO ASSUME THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HELP US. NUMBER TWO, DO NOT DELIBERATELY SIT NEXT TO A WHITE PERSON UNTIL THIS THERE IS NO OTHER SEAT. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIT WHEREVER WE WANT. NATIVE HISTORY BELONGS TO US. I WAS GOING TO GO ON BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO OTHER ONES THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT BUT I WANT YOU TO RESPECT THE KIDS' VOTE. KIDS MATTER. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ALUMNI'S MONEY. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE

053TO WORRY ABOUT ALUMNI'S ANGER. RESPECT THE CHILDREN. WHAT ARE WE TEACHING THEM IF WE DON'T? THAT MONEY COULD BUY THEM OUT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS NINA TATLOCK. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SUPPORT RELEASING CHAMBERLAIN HIGH FROM THEIR CHIEFS MASCOT. I AM ALSO GOING TO SAY THAT I AM A WHITE BABY BOOMER AND JUST LIKE MANY WHO HAVE SPOKEN AHEAD OF ME AND I'M GOING TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU THAT I KNOW THAT I WAS TAUGHT A WHITEWASHED HISTORY AND I'M NOT A BETTER PERSON FOR THAT. BUT AS THE MAN AHEAD OF ME SAID OR SOMEONE AHEAD SAID, WHEN WE KNOW BETTER, WE SHOULD DO BETTER. OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE HAD SO MUCH TAKEN

054AWAY FROM THEM THROUGHOUT HISTORY, IT IS TIME TO END THE USE OF DEROGATORY NAMES FOR MASCOTS. LOVE OF HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE BECAUSE OF A MASCOT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. DAVE COLEMAN. I'M A FEW MILES NORTH OF HERE AS WE SPEAK, WORLD PEACE AND PRAYER DAY IS OCCURRING AS IT HAS SINCE 1996, TWO YEARS AFTER THE FIRST WHITE BUFFALO WAS BORN IN OUR RECENT HISTORY. THE WORLD EVENT CALLED BY CHEEVE AVRIOLE, LOOKING HORSE IS HELD AT THE ROSE B BUD CONTINUUM, A SITE USED BY THE USF PATEL INSTITUTE OF SUSTAINABILITY. THE FOUR-DAY CEREMONY BROUGHT SPIRITUAL LEADERS AND CHIEFS FROM QUEBEC, ALASKA, ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SOUTH AMERICA. THE PRESENTERS ARE TALKING ON THEIR LAWS, THEIR CULTURE, THEIR LANGUAGE, THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND THEIR

055CHILDREN. THEY ARE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR ANSWERS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE AS ONLY WITH RESPECT AND COOPERATION THAT THERE WILL BE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ANY OF US. I'M GOING TO SKIP A PART BECAUSE I'LL PROBABLY RUN OUT OF TIME. IN THE 1490s, POPE DECREED THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY WHICH BECAME INGRAINED IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM AS DOCTRINE OF DOMINANCE, PEOPLE HAVE FREE TO INDEPENDENT -- THE ASSUMPTION OF DOMINANCE THAT COLONIALIZERS HAVE PRACTICED FOR 400 YEARS. CHEEVE AVRIL LOOKING HORSE SAID THIS MORNING HE CANNOT CARRY A BEGAN OR FOUL LANGUAGE. I PASSED CHAMBERLAIN HIGH THE OTHER DAY WITH THE MARQUEE AND ENTRANCE -- I LOOK AT THE BIG BEND INDIAN PAGE WITH THEIR CHIEF. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED ON THE BOARD TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ALL SUCH SYMBOLS. IT MAKES US -- US THE SUPPOSED DOMINANT PEOPLE HERE LOOK

056SICK, SPIRITUALLY SICK AND CONDESCENDING IN EVERY WAY. WE NEED TO HEAL. NOT CONTINUE TO INSULT AND DEMONIZE. THERE WAS A LOT MORE I WANTED TO SAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS WILL BISSETT. 2625 CLARK ROAD. THIRD GENERATION TAMPA. A FIRST-YEAR GRADUATE AT CHAMBERLAIN IN 1958. I GOT TO TELL YOU, I READ THE ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET ON THE PROCESS AFTER THIS IF, IN FACT, IT'S DECIDED TO REMOVE CHAMBERLAIN CHIEFS, THE PROCESS WILL BE TO GO BACK TO THE STUDENTS, HAVE AN ELECTION AND GET A NEW MASCOT. GUESS WHAT. WE DID THAT 65 YEARS AGO. THE SAME SCHOOL BOARD -- NOT THE SAME PEOPLE -- BUT THE SAME SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THAT PROCESS. SO WHY ARE WE DOING IT AGAIN? THE CHIEF'S HEAD ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING

057WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH A GROUP OF KIDS WHO WERE 15, 16, 17 YEARS OLD BY RAISING NICKELS, DIMES AND QUARTERS IN THE LUNCHROOM UNTIL WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT THE CHIEF'S HEAD UP. IT WAS ERECTED THAT YEAR IN 1957, '58, AND REMAINED THERE FOR 50 YEARS AND IT BECAME DETERIORATED FROM OTHER SCHOOLS THROWING PAINT ON IT, ET CETERA. AND WE COLLECTED THE SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO REFURBISH IT, AND WE DID AND PUT IT BACK UP WITH THE HELP OF THE SCHOOL OR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED BY US OR BY CHAMBERLAIN USING THE CHIEF'S HEAD AS A SYMBOL. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, I'M THE FIRST ONE TO AGREE IT SHOULDN'T OFFEND PEOPLE. HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF

058PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OFFENDED IF THEY ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THAT OFF? A LOT. IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OFFENDING, MAYBE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OUGHT TO COME UP HERE AND ASK FOR THE TERRIERS TO BE TAKEN DOWN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LEE KARDON. I'M HERE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE DISCUSSION AGENDA ITEM 4.02 REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS' PROPOSED CONTRACT. LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT 55% OF THE STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE DEEMED PROFICIENT IN MATH. 54% OF THEM ARE DEEMED PROFICIENT IN READING. IF THOSE SCORES WERE EARNED ON A TEST BY THOSE SAME STUDENTS, BY ALMOST EVERY STANDARD THEY WOULD BE DEEMED FAILING GRADES. ALMOST HALF THE CHILDREN IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT PROFICIENT IN MATH AND READING. THE VERY BASIC REASON

059THEY GO TO SCHOOL. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 223,000 PRE-K THROUGH 12th GRADE STUDENTS IN OUR COUNTY'S SCHOOLS. WITH A $2.3 TRILLION BUDGET, THAT'S ROUGHLY $10 MILLION PER STUDENT AND THEY SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO AT LEAST READ AND DO BASIC MATH. MOST FAMILIES TODAY WITH CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE TIGHTENING THEIR BELTS. THEY ARE FINDING WAYS TO MAKE DO WITH MUCH LESS BECAUSE WE ARE SKIING SKYROCKETING GAS PRICES SKYROCKETING FOOD PRICES, INFLATION THAT HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE 1980, YET THIS BODY IS SEEKING TO RAISE THEIR MILLAGE RATE AND INCREASE THE SALARY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ALL OF WHICH ADD SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BURDENS TO THESE SAME FAMILIES. INSTEAD OF SPENDING TAX DOLLARS TO PROMOTE RAISING THE MILLAGE RATE AND INSTEAD OF INCREASING SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS' SALARY IN A NEW CONTRACT IT SEEMS FAR MORE PRUDENT IN THIS

060ECONOMY TO DO WHAT MOST FAMILIES ARE DOING AND THAT IS TO WORK WITHIN YOUR BUDGET AND MAKE IT WORK. I WOULD LIKEN THAT TO -- I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE APOLLO 13 FLIGHT. IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU MAY REMEMBER THE 1995 MOVIE ABOUT THE HEROIC WAYS IN WHICH THE CREW SURVIVED AFTER A MALFUNCTION IN THEIR MODULE. THEY HAD TO MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT THEY HAD. THEY HAD TO USE THEIR INTELLECTS AND INGENUITY TO MAKE IT WORK TO RETURN HOME. I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO DO THE SAME THING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. MADAM CHAIR, BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME FORWARD THIS AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DEBBIE HUNT. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 6.17 ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. THE MENTAL HEALTH PLAN FOR THE USE OF MENTAL HEALTH

061ASSISTANCE ALLOCATION. I ATTENDED THE WORKSHOP REMOTELY LAST WEEK AND LISTENED TO ALL OF THE DISCUSSION AND HAVE SOME CONCERNS. THERE APPEARED TO BE A DISTINCT DOWNPLAY ON THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THE KIDS. ONE EXAMPLE WAS WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE KIDS WHO WERE GOING TO BE BAKER ACTED, THEIR FOCUS WAS THEIR SERVICES WERE REDUCING LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTION WHEN, IN FACT, THEY WERE ALSO REDUCING THE PARENT INTERACTION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS THAT THEY SHOWED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CONCERNING IS THAT BECAUSE PARENTS AREN'T BEING NOTIFIED, ARE THEY NOT SHOWING UP IN TIME OR ARE THEY NOT SHOWING UP AT ALL? ANOTHER COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY ONE OF THE PRESENTERS HAD TO DO WITH THEY ARE OUR KIDS. WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. IN MULTIPLE RULINGS, BOTH THE

062SUPREME COURT -- THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT AS WELL AS FLORIDA SUPREME COURT HAVE DETERMINED THAT KIDS ARE THE PARENTS' KIDS AND THE PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITY. A THIRD NOTE WOULD BE DR. HAHN WHO IS A BOARD MEMBER -- SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT SHE NOTED THAT SOCIAL WORKERS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS HAD BEEN TERMINATED OR LET GO. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE DECISION TO MAKE WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING IN OUTSIDE PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME TYPE OF WORK AND YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DID NOT SUPPLANT FUNDS TO TAKE THE GRANT, THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE FUNDS. I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE VIDEO THAT WAS PLAYED WITH THE YOUNG MAN IN IT WHO SPOKE WITH THE COUNSELOR AND SPOKE WITH A TEACHER ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS FAMILY AND HOME LIFE AND CONCERNS

063HE HAD. I JUST THINK THAT IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LARRY JENKINS, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF TAMPA AND A GRADUATE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND A MILITARY VETERAN. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHEN I WAS MAKING MY TRANSITION FROM THE MILITARY TO CIVILIAN WORLD, I JUST SO HAPPENED TO LOOK UPON THE JOINT APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING CENTER ON HARNEY ROAD. I GOT ACCEPTED AS APPRENTICE. THEN APPRENTICE EARNING -- LEARNING A TRADE HAS MADE A LIFELONG DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT BEING A SKILLED TRADESMAN IS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO GOING TO COLLEGE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT GIVING INCENTIVES TO CONTRACTORS FOR STATE-APPROVED PROGRAM IS A GOOD THING. I

064WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE A SPECIAL GUEST TO THE PODIUM. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP CAROL COOK WITH THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. I'M HERE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S VERY EXCITING. AM I DONE? YOU DON'T THINK IT'S AS EXCITING AS I DO. I'M HERE TO PRESENT WITH YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU EARNED. AS YOU KNOW, FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION PROVIDES A LOT OF SERVICES FOR ITS MEMBERS. ONE OF THEM IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND I AM HERE TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING

065TO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. BY DOING THAT, YOU'RE SENDING A MESSAGE, ACTUALLY TWO MESSAGES. ONE, YOU'RE SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE IMPORTANT AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH PARENTS AND WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF, TEACHERS AND EVERYONE ELSE, TO MAKING SURE THAT THE CHILDREN ARE GETTING THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE WORK OF A SCHOOL BOARD AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. THE SECOND MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE SENDING IS, THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO GO THROUGH IT. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN THEIR PROFESSION AND LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED WERE RESPECT AND TRUST AND GOVERNANCE CORE. WHAT

066IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT AND WHAT YOUR ROLES ARE. I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU A PLAQUE FROM FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION THAT RECOGNIZES HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS A MASTER BOARD. YOU'VE GONE THROUGH 22 HOURS OF TRAINING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WORK ■TOGETHER BETTER AND TO BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS. YOU'VE GOT A TOUGH ONE AHEAD OF YOU TONIGHT. I HOPE YOU REMEMBER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS RESPECT AND THE NEED SOMETIMES TO DISAGREE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL PERSPECTIVES AND TO COME UP WITH THE BEST DECISION. SO I WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS TONIGHT, BUT MOSTLY, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE JOB WELL DONE. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD

067COME DOWN AND HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE PROPER CREDIT WITH FSBA. THEY'LL SEND IT OUT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS ONE OF THEM THAT DID IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, AGAIN, CAROL COOK AND FSBA ASSOCIATION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING JOB FOR EACH ONE OF US. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE TO BE A VERY COHESIVE AND STRONG BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING IN TODAY. MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL NOW MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. SOMEBODY HAS THE CLICKER. WE HAD A PRESENTATION FOR STUDENTS TONIGHT. TAKE

068THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF OUR NEW LEADERS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. A FINAL PHASE OF OUR TRANSITION TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY LEADERS THAT ARE MOVING FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT, BY THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO COME AND LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE ORGANIZATION. ME A FAVOR AND WALK DOWN THISO- AISLE AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR HARD WORK. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS OUR NEW REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT FOR TRANSFORMATION MR. MATTHEW HAYS. HE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. BEN IN EDUCATION FOR 15 YEARS. BEEN IN HIGH NEEDS SCHOOL, ALL TITLE 1, TRANSFORMATION AS TEACHER, AP, PRINCIPAL. ALSO A LOT OF WORK IN PENNSYLVANIA AND HE'S BEEN A PRINCIPAL IN PENNSYLVANIA SINCE 2016 AT ROOSEVELT

069K-8. TREMENDOUS TRANSFORMATION. HIS SUPERINTENDENT WAS -- WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HIM AND LEADING THE WORK UNDER SHAY McRAE. CONGRATULATIONS, MATTHEW. LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU SOON. ALSO, WE HAVE ANOTHER LEADER OF TRANSFORMATION TO FILL THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION. THIS IS DR. CHRISTINE HARRIS. SHE'S BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR 20 YEARS IN ORANGE COUNTY, ALSO WORKED FOR THE BUREAU OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WORKED FOR JUST READ FLORIDA AND ALSO WITH FLORIDA VIRTUAL AND IS CURRENTLY THE PRINCIPAL AT BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY AND MOVED THAT SCHOOL FROM AN F TO A B AND HAS SIGNIFICANT KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO TRANSFORM THE WORK AND BEING ABLE TO LEAD THE WORK IN OUR ORGANIZATION. CONGRATULATIONS. LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU SOON. DR. HARRIS, WELCOME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NOT HERE AS WELL. ALSO WE HAVE A

070NEW LEADER GOING TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. STARTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 2006. STARTED AS A SECRETARY FOR STUDENT SERVICES, WORKED HER WAY UP TO GET A BACHELOR'S AGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ALSO HAD A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM ST. LEO AND TRULY A SUCCESS STORY. THIS IS OUR NEW LEADER, BRITTNEY WILHELM. CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME. ALSO SPAGHETTI AT SHIELDS, PIERCE. -- ALSO TAUGHT AT SHIELDS, PIERCE. ASSISTANT AT LENNARD. ALSO AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS, LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU IN THIS EFFORT. CONGRATULATIONS JEFFERSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAVE A LEADER NEXT THAT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP A NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ONE BEING STRAWBERRY CREST. I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN 2010, ALSO OPENED UP OUR NEW LITTLE CITY IN SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL WITH OVER 3400 STUDENTS. HE HAS BEEN A PRINCIPAL

071AT LETO, GREAT WORK. TRANSITIONED TO THE DISTRICT. INTERIM PRINCIPAL AT ROBINSON. DONE A LOT. THIS IS OUR PRINCIPAL NOW MOVING FROM INTERIM TO CONSISTENT, EVERYDAY PRINCIPAL AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, DAVID BROWN. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. HE WEARS MANY HATS. HE DID BOTH JOBS WHILE HE WAS AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL. WE APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS AND LOOK FORWARD. I THINK HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL. '95, RIGHT? '95, YEAH. Addison Davis: I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU AND YOU WANT TO DEBATE IT. THAT'S FINE. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. ALSO, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR LEADERS TO GO TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, FIND ONE THAT GRADUATED FROM CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO START HER CAREER AND TEACHING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS ELA TEACHER, TRANSITIONED TO AVID TEACHER AT SICKLES, ALSO A DISTRICT PEER EVALUATOR AND RETURNED

072TO SICKLES APC. NEW PRINCIPAL AT SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, MS. KRISTA LULOFF. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, OUR NEXT LEADER GOING TO BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL, BORN IN CRYSTAL RIVER. BEGAN HIS CAREER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS A P.E. TEACHER. WAS AN ESP SPECIALIST. HAS LED IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS AND HE IS CURRENTLY THE AP AT BURNETT AND GETS TO TRANSITION TO THE SCHOOL HE'S CURRENTLY LEADING. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. BROOKS, YOU ARE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL. ALSO, OUR NEXT LEADER LOOKING TO GO INTO A REALLY UNIQUE SITUATION WITH FERRELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, KAREN FRENCH HAS DONE AN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME JOB. REALLY TRYING TO FIND A LEADER THAT TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE DYNAMICS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF HASA. HAS DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FROM JEFFERSON, LAVOY, KING, ALL OVER, BUT

073BEGAN TEACHING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 2012, I BELIEVE IT WAS BLOOMINGDALE -- BURNS. SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. CONGRATULATIONS. LOOK FORWARD TO OUR TOWNSHIP, MS. KAREN DIEHL, YOU ARE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF FERRELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, NEXT LEADER IS 24 YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BEGAN AT ROGERS IN 1998, TRANSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP RANDALL IN 1999, WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NEWSOME AND TRANSITIONED SINCE 2012 AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW WILL TRANSITION TO McLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL, MS. KEISHA THOMPSON, CONGRATULATIONS. STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER. LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOUR EFFORTS. NEXT LEADER, LOOKING FOR A LEADER TO TRANSITION TO PIZZO K-8, AMBER WANTED TO GO BACK TO ELEMENTARY SIDE OF IT. WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S BEEN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MORE THAN 19 YEARS, STARTED AS ENGLISH TEACHER AROUND AT '93,

074'94. 2007 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN, FERRELL, WOODSON AND BECAME THE PRINCIPAL AT WOODSON IN 2015 K-8 AND NOW WILL TAKE ON PIZZO K-8. GREAT LEADER, BRIGHT FUTURE, MR. OVETT WILSON. CONGRATULATIONS. THE NEXT LEADER HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 23 YEARS AND TRULY A MAGNIFICENT LEADER IN THIS ORGANIZATION. STARTED AT MORT AS A TEACHER, TRANSITIONED AS A TEACHER AT MORT, AS AP AT MORT. TAMPA BOULEVARD AP. SHAWS AP. 13 YEARS AT TAMPA BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GETS A CHANCE TO MOVE TO WEWW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THAT IS MS. GLENDA VINUEZA. I PRACTICED THAT NAME ALL DAY. JUST KIDDING, GLENDA. NEXT LEADER BEGAN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 2008. SPENT TWO YEARS AT BELLAMY. ALSO HAD AN AP AT BELLAMY AS WELL. TRANSITIONED TO THE DISTRICT TO DO ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. KNOW WHAT, WANT TO GO BACK

075AND DO MORE WORK AT SCHOOLS. AP AT WOODBRIDGE. WELCOME BACK TO THE BOBCAT FAMILY. NOW NEW PRINCIPAL AT BELLAMY IS MICHELLE TOSCANI. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT INDIVIDUAL WAS A TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WAS ESE SUPPORT SPECIALIST, ESE LEAD, WAS AN AP AT CHIARAMONTE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. STRONG PRESENCE, STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER, CONGRATULATIONS MS. SMALLEN. YOU ARE NOW THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ALMOST THERE. ALSO, 15 YEARS IN EDUCATION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WAS SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE, FOURTH GRADE TEACHER, I SHOULD HAVE SAID ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT ROBLES. IN 2011 WENT TO FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AP AT SULPHUR SPRINGS, WOODSON, CLEVELAND AND NOW GETS A CHANCE TO TRANSITION UP TO BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF CLOVEN-HOOFED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. CHRISTINA KOPELAND. CONGRATULATIONS. KEEP THAT SMILE. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT. JUST KIDDING.

076IT'S BEEN A HARD TWO YEARS IN EDUCATION. IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER. ALSO 17 YEARS OF DEDICATED EDUCATION, INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS WORKED THE MAJORITY OF HER CAREER IN INNER CITY. SECOND GRADE TEACHER AT SULPHUR SPRINGS. READING COACH AT JAMES. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AROUND 2005 AT WITTER. MOVED THE SCHOOL FROM A D TO C AND ALSO AN AP AT FOLSOM. NEW PRINCIPAL AT FOLSOM, MS. JENNIFER PENNY. CONGRATULATIONS. IS DR. SMITH HERE THIS EVENING? ALREADY, DOC. COME ON UP. 15 YEARS IN EDUCATION. BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 2007 IN PINELLAS COUNTY. TRANSITIONED TO BE AN AP IN PINELLAS AT MANY OF THE SCHOOLS AND ALSO WAS -- IN 2020 BECAME THE PRINCIPAL OF PONCE De LEON, MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NOW A CHANCE TO TRANSITION TO FOSTER SCHOOL. TRACK RECORD OF MOVING SCHOOLS, REALLY ENERGETIC, BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND

077CULTURE TOGETHER. CONGRATULATIONS, DOC, YOU ARE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS, WELCOME. THEN WE HAVE A LEADER THAT HAS MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW IF DAPHNEE IS HERE THIS EVENING OR NOT. SHE MOVED THE SCHOOL FROM F TO A. CHANCE TO GO TO KIM BAWL. GREATEST GAINS FROM F TO C. GREAT LEADER. DYNAMIC LEADER. SHE'S A NEW PRINCIPAL, WALKING FAST. NEW PRINCIPAL AT JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MS. DAPHNEE FOURQUREAN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. ALL RIGHT. LAST LEG. LONGTIME EDUCATOR WAS A RESOURCE TEACHER IN RUSKIN AREA, AP AT RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AP AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PLANT CITY. STRONG ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. STRONG ABOUT CULTURE OF CARE. REALLY UNDERSTANDS CORE VALUES AND IS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT LAMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. SHAWNETTE SINGLETON. CONGRATULATIONS. ALSO, NEXT LEADER, GRADUATED

078FROM OHIO UNIVERSITY IN 1995, TRANSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO TEACH ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS IN TEXAS AND OHIO. HAS BEEN IN FLORIDA SINCE 2011. DONE SOME REMARKABLE WORK AS ESE SPECIALIST. WAS AT LOPEZ, OAK GROVE AND SITE ADMINISTRATOR FOR LOPEZ. WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO YOUR GRADUATIONS. YOU DO A GREAT JOB. SHARE YOUR PASSION AND VISION IS NOW THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT LOPEZ EXCEPTIONAL CENTER, MS. SARA SCHWANZI. CONGRATULATIONS. LAST, WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL STARTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 2001. STARTED AS ESE SPECIALIST, ESE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, AP AT SPOTO, SIMMONS CAREER EXCEPTIONAL CENTER, ALSO ESE REGIONAL SUPERVISOR, NEW PRINCIPAL AT WILLIS PETERS EXCEPTION CENTER CARA YACINICH. CONGRATULATIONS. GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM. HARD WORK, CONTINUE. IT'S AN EXCITING MOMENT TO KNOW THAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS

079THAT ARE HERE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN YOU SUPPORT THEM. THEY ARE GOING TO THROW THEIR HARD WORK INTO HELPING CHILDREN AND PROTECTING THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF ADULTS BUT THEY ARE GOING TO NEED THAT SUPPORT FACTOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE. GOOD JOB. THAT'S IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LEADERS. I'LL GIVE A MOMENT SO EVERYONE CAN EXIT BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON WITH TODAY'S AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C 4.02, 5.01, 6.01, 6.08, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.17, 6.18, 6179, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 10.01, C 12.01 AND C 12.02. WE'LL BEGIN WITH C 5.01, APPROVE THE NAMING OF THE CAFETERIA AT BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THE

080NAMING OF THE CAFETERIA AT BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER A LONGTIME HILLSBOROUGH GREAT LEADER, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, 12 AT BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE FACULTY, COMMUNITY ALL RESPECT THIS INDIVIDUAL, WHAT HE HAS DONE AND CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT LEADER. HE IS A MAN THAT NEVER STOPS WORKING FOR CHILDREN, ALWAYS BUILDING THE GREAT CULTURE, WORKING ON TALENT MANAGEMENT, BUT HE REALLY IS AND HAS THE HEART FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THAT IS MR. SCOTT HILGENBERG. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 5.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER CAUSING A AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: NO. I LIKE ANYTIME WE'RE

081GOING TO NAME SOMETHING THAT IT BE ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. JUST IN GENERAL I'M SO GLAD THAT WE ARE HONORING YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. YOU DEDICATED YOUR LIFE TO THAT SCHOOL AND WE'RE BETTER FOR IT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. HILGENBERG. EVERYBODY CALLS HIM MR. H. HE WAS MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR MANY YEARS AT FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HE HAS DEDICATED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO STUDENTS NOT JUST IN SCHOOL BUT OFF THE FIELD, TOO, IN BASEBALL. HE'S REALLY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH STUDENTS, THE MOST AT-RISK STUDENTS WORKING IN TITLE I SCHOOLS HIS ENTIRE CAREER. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE YEARS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE

082FOR OUR DISTRICT. MR. WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MR. H, WE GO BACK MANY WAYS, MANY, MANY MOONS, LONG TIME AGO. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A STANDUP PERSON, DONE A GREAT JOB IN EDUCATION. YOU ARE WELL DESERVING OF THIS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS 6.18, INITIATE THE PROCESS TO CHANGE THE EXISTING SCHOOL MASCOT AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT AND SPOKE THIS EVENING. WE UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS DECISION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BEEN A LONG HISTORY RELATED TO TRADITIONS AT CHAMBERLAIN AND ALSO HOW THE MASCOTS PLAY A MAJOR, INSTRUMENTAL PART OF

083WHO THE INDIVIDUALS ARE WHO ATTENDED. HOWEVER, TONIGHT, MY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENGAGE THE BOARD ON THE PROCESS THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN I FIRST CAME IN IN 2020, THERE WAS PRIOR CONVERSATION I THINK AROUND 2018, 2019 ABOUT CHANGING MASCOTS. THOSE MASCOTS WERE CHANGED AT THE ELEMENTARY AND -- TWO SCHOOLS NOT ADJUSTED. EAST BAY ONE AND CHAMBERLAIN THE OTHER ONE. AS I CAME IN AND WAS ASKED TO LOOK AT THE PROCESS, COVID HIT AND WE WERE DRIVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH A PANDEMIC TO FOCUS ON THE WELL-BEING OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE COMMUNITY AND SAME TOKEN OUR EMPLOYEES. THE PROCESS GOT PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT. AFTER ENGAGING WITH CIVIC LEADERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE SAME TOKEN WITH TITLE VI ALSO WITH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, WE DECIDED THAT THE BEST THING IS

084FOR THIS PROCESS TO BE DONE IS HE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THIS PROCESS REALLY TO BE WORKED THROUGH THROUGH STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, AT THE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTMENT OR RECOMMENDATION MADE TO OUR MASCOT. THROUGH THE CHIEF OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION, MS. MONICA VERRA-TIRADO LED THIS INITIATIVE WITH BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS. I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO HER TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHAT WENT IN PLACE RELATED TO BRING THIS DECISION TO THE BOARD THIS EVENING. Monica Verra-Tirado: EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. REALLY, IT WILL BE THE STUDENTS SHARING THE PROCESS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGH VERY THOUGHTFUL, CAREFUL PROCESS, BUT TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO BOTH

085STUDENT GOVERNMENTS WAS WHAT IS SIMILAR TO A PROBLEM OF PRACTICE OR AN AP ADVANCE TYPE OF PROJECT WHERE YOU'RE GIVEN A PROBLEM AND SO HERE'S THE PROBLEM, WHETHER OR NOT YOUR SCHOOL SHOULD CONSIDER REMASCOTTING BASED ON ADVOCACY FROM NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD FROM MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT BODY. SO THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, BOTH SCHOOLS. THEY INVESTIGATED THE MATTER. THEY INVITED BOTH ALUMNI GROUPS TO COME AND MEET WITH THEM. THEY SPOKE WITH OUR TITLE VI PARENTS. THEY DID INDEPENDENT RESEARCH. THEY CREATED PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE SHARED WITH THE STUDENT BODY AND THE FACULTY. AND THEN THEY CREATED SURVEYS FOR BOTH THE STUDENT BODY AND FACULTY AND ALL STUDENT BODY AND FACULTY AT BOTH SCHOOLS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. BUT TODAY, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHAMBERLAIN STUDENT GOVERNMENT

086ASSOCIATION WAS THAT THE SCHOOL, BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THE INFORMATION, SHOULD REQUEST THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RENAMING OR REMASCOTTING PROCESS, RATHER, FOR THEIR SCHOOL. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. JAKE RUSSELL NOW, THE PRINCIPAL. HE WILL BE INTRODUCING OUR TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, AND THEY'LL TELL US A LOT MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MONICA, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS BECAUSE I'M REALLY THE ONLY ONE IN THIS PROCESS WHO'S BEEN THERE SINCE 2017. SOME OF YOU WERE ELECTED AFTER THAT. OBVIOUSLY, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS CAME IN IN 2020. MY ARRIVAL WAS IN 2017. CHAMBERLAIN WAS IN A VERY

087DIFFICULT SITUATION. WE HAD RECEIVED TWO D GRADES WHEN I ARRIVED. MY JOB WAS TO TRY TO TURN THE SCHOOL AROUND. I WAS FOCUSED ON DOING THAT AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER, MY FOCUS WAS DIRECTLY ON INSTRUCTION AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL. THERE WERE SOME TRADITIONS THAT WERE DEFINITELY IN PLACE WHEN I GOT THERE IN 2017, AND I'LL BE HONEST, I JUMPED RIGHT IN. I JUMPED IN AND I WAS PART OF THE PROCESS OF HOMECOMING WITH SOME OF THE TRADITIONS THAT WERE IN PLACE. I'LL BE HONEST, I FELT A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE DOING IT. BUT I WAS GOING TO DO ANYTHING LEGAL TO GET THIS SCHOOL TURNED AROUND. I WANTED EXCITEMENT IN THE SCHOOL. I WILL BE HONEST, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE BEING PART OF THAT CEREMONY. INTERESTINGLY, IN 2018, THE TITLE

088VI OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE DIVERSITY OFFICE, MONICA WASN'T THERE BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT PERSON, THEY INVITED US INTO A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE MASCOT. AND IN THAT PROCESS, THERE WERE SOME THINGS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT I WOULD CONSIDER OFFENSIVE. THEY WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT SHORT TIME I WAS THERE AND SOME OF THEM HAD HAPPENED FOR YEARS. AND THOSE WERE THINGS I WAS DIRECTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME IN THE DISTRICT AND WORKING WITH TITLE VI OFFICE TO CLEAN THOSE THINGS UP AROUND TO CHANGE SOME OF THE CELEBRATIONS AND PROCESSES WE HAD IN PLACE. SO THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2018. TITLE VI OFFICE WORKED WITH US. THEY RE-CREATED SOME IMAGES, PROVIDED ATTIRE FOR ME TO WEAR THAT WAS APPROPRIATE, ACCORDING TO TITLE VI. BUT

089HONESTLY, THAT DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE EITHER AS A PRINCIPAL. I'M AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER. I WANT TO MOVE INSTRUCTION. I WANT TO MOVE TEACHERS TO PUSH OUR KIDS TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. HONESTLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE KIDS WERE DOING AT THAT TIME, IT KIND OF TOOK AWAY WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN 2017 WHERE ALL THIS -- WITH ALL THIS ENERGY AROUND THE MASCOT. WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE BOARD AND TO THE ALUMNI AND TO THE TITLE VI OFFICE, RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE ARE AT A TIME WHERE IT IS TIME TO CHANGE. AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THE TRADITIONS AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT TOOK PLACE THAT GOT THE SCHOOL SO EXCITED ARE NOT -- THEY ARE NOT IN EXISTENCE RIGHT NOW. I HAVE RACKED MY BRAIN WITH TERRY CISCO,

090THE TITLE VI OFFICE INCLUDED, AND I DON'T KNOW A WAY TO KEEP THE CHIEF IF OUR STUDENTS ARE OFFENDED BY IT. I'LL LET THEM PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS BUT I WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW WHERE I'M AT AS WELL BECAUSE I HAVE TO LEAD THE SCHOOL AND I HAVE TO LEAD THE STUDENTS. OUR KIDS, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB RESEARCHING THIS. THEY TOOK IT SERIOUSLY. I'D HIRE BOTH OF THEM. THEY ARE AMAZING. I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESIDENT, LELY AND LAILA. I DID CALL HER BY HER NICKNAME. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS LAILA, AND I'M THE TREASURER OF THE CLASS OF 2022. I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING I'M EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF LETTING ME SPEAK. AS CLASS OF 2022, I SPENT THE LAST

091FOUR YEARS ATTENDING CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN TOUGH DUE TO COVID AND HAVING TO PUT OUR TRADITIONS ON PAUSE. THIS YEAR'S STUDENT GOVERNMENT WE GATHERED INFORMATION ON OUR SCHOOL'S BACKGROUND. WE STARTED OFF WITH MEETING ALUMNI FROM DIFFERENT CLASSES. WE TOOK NOTES AND ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE MEANING OF BEING A CHIEF AS WELL AS THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES AND TRADITIONS THAT OUR SCHOOL, CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL HAS HAD. WE ALSO CONDUCTED A MEETING WITH TITLE VI WHO EXPRESSED THE MEANING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHIEF AND THEIR CULTURE AS WELL AS HOW SOCIETY VIEWS THEM. AFTER MEETING WITH ALUMNI AND TITLE VI, WE GATHERED NOTES AND RESEARCH THAT LED TO A PowerPoint. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO MY CLASSMATE, ANGELIQUE, SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT OF 2022. THIS SLIDE RIGHT

092HERE IS JUST A RECAP OF THE PROCESS DURING THE MASCOT CASE STUDY. UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT JEFF EAKINS, A GROUP OF NATIVE AMERICANS HAD REPORTED THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS WITH MASCOTS AND TRADITIONS THAT RELATES TO NATIVE PEOPLE ARE VERY OFFENSIVE IN THEIR CULTURE REQUESTING THEM TO BE CHANGED. TO THIS DATE, ONLY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IDENTIFIED WITH THIS SAID MASCOT AND TRADITIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. ONE OF THE REMAINING SCHOOLS IN QUESTION IS CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. WHERE WE ARE NOW, DUE TO THE CHANGE IN SUPERINTENDENT AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE PROCESS TO ADDRESS THE REMAINING SCHOOLS WERE PUT ON HOLD AS LATE 2021, THE REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE MASCOT AND TRADITION CHANGE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR FURTHER REVIEW. THIS YEAR, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT REACHED OUT TO CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL SGA TO RESEARCH THE VIGOROUS PERSPECTIVE REGARDING

093OUR MASCOT AND TRADITIONS. CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHED 1956, MASCOT CHIEF, THE TRADITIONS WERE THE HARVEST MOON, THE GREEN CORN DANCE, THE POWWOW, WEARING OF THE HEAD DRESS AND IMITATING NATIVE DANCE. THESE TRADITIONS HAS BEEN PLACED UNTIL 2018, 2019 SCHOOL YEAR. AFTER MEETING WITH CHAMBERLAIN LEGACY ALLIANCE, THEIR STANCE ON THE TRADITION TO COMPLETELY KEEP THEM. PERSPECTIVES WERE SEEING HOMECOMING TRADITIONS AS AN HONOR TO NATIVE PEOPLE AND CONTINUING THEIR CULTURE. THEY ALSO MENTIONED HOW THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LOSING ALUMNI SUPPORT IF THE MASCOT CHANGES. THEY VIEW TRADITIONS AS COOL INDIFFERENCE SINCE NO OTHER SCHOOL AS SIMILAR NAME. THEY WANTED TO STAND OUT. THEY ALSO MENTIONED HOW IF WE ARE EDUCATED ON TRADITIONS WE COULD DO THEM THE RIGHT WAY AND EDUCATE PEOPLE. THESE PHOTOS BEING SHOWN IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION ON THE

094TRADITIONS THAT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL HAS HAD. THERE'S CHIEF, HOMECOMING QUEEN AND KING AND OTHER CLASSMATES FROM BAND WEARING HEAD DRESSES. UNFORTUNATELY THIS VIDEO GOT TAKEN DOWN TODAY BUT WE'LL PLAY ONE OF THE OTHER VIDEOS THAT SHOWS FROM 2010. AFTER MEETING WITH TITLE VI PARENT GROUP, THEIR STANCE ON OUR MASCOT AND TRADITIONS WERE TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THEM. THEIR PERSPECTIVE WERE THAT THE MASCOT WAS CHOSEN WHEN CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL WAS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SCHOOL AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND SEGREGATION WAS STILL GOING ON. NATIVE AMERICANS DIDN'T HAVE RIGHTS UNTIL 1974, YET THEY WERE STILL BEING MISTREATED. THEY ALSO MENTIONED HOW THE TRADITIONS BEING DONE WEREN'T PERFORMED IN A CORRECT MANNER, SUCH AS MOCKING STEREOTYPES OF NATIVE PEOPLE. THEY ALSO STATED HOW CAN PEOPLE HONOR OUR CULTURE IF THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. IT'S NOT AN HONOR TO BE SOMEBODY

095ELSE'S MASCOT AND TO BE MADE FUN OF. ONE OUT OF FIVE NATIVE AMERICAN TEENS ATTEMPTS SUICIDE DUE TO THE STEREOTYPING WHILE SCHOOLS AND SPORTS TEAMS CHOOSE THEIR MASCOT RELATED TO NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE, U.S. GOVERNMENT BEING NATIVE FROM ENGAGING IN THEIR TRIBAL TRADITIONS SUCH AS PROHIBITED TO SPEAK THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, HAD TO WEAR MORE AMERICAN CLOTHES INSTEAD OF THEIR TRIBAL WEAR, CUT THEIR HAIR THAT WAS TOO LONG, PRACTICE THEIR TRIBE'S AND SPIRITUAL BELIEF, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ALSO FORCED NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN TO ATTEND INDIGENOUS INDUSTRIAL AND BOARDING SCHOOLS TO MAKE THEM MORE AMERICANIZED AND ERASE THEIR CULTURE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FOX NEWS THAT WE PRESENTED TO OUR STUDENTS AND CLASSMATES TO EXPLAIN TO THEM SHOWING THEM HOW THIS IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE. THERE HAS BEEN A SLOW YET GRADUAL FIGHT TO REMOVE NATIVE AMERICAN

096MASCOTS NICKNAMES AND IMAGES FROM SPORTS. ONE PERSON AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT FIGHT FOR CHANGE IS FIRST-YEAR YALE STUDENT, MADELEINE GUPTA. OUR IMAGERY SHOULD NOT BE USED BY THE BRAVES OR ANY SPORTS TEAM WHETHER NATIONAL, HIGH SCHOOL OR STATE LEVEL. SHE IS FROM THE SIOUX ST. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIP WAU INDIANS. IT IS STILL A HARMFUL MISAPPROPRIATION OF NATIVE HISTORIES AND COMMUNITIES. A LOT OF SPORTS TEAM PAINT IT AS SOMETHING FUN, LIGHT, PROUD OF, WHERE IT REALLY SKATES OVER THE BROADER HARM DONE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND NEED FOR REPARATIONS FOR THOSE. DIRECTOR OF MULTICULTURAL TRAINING AT QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY DAMIEN LANE SAYS THE USE OF MASCOTS CAN FOSTER PAINFUL MEMORIES OF COLONIZATION. WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO DIG INTO SOME OF THE HISTORY OF WHERE WE ARE, AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING

097TO GROW AS HUMAN BEINGS IS TO LEARN ABOUT OURSELVES AND LEARNING ABOUT OTHER CULTURES. GUPTA AGREES AND SAYS MOVING FORWARD SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW RENAMING AND REBRANDING IS SIMPLY A FIRST STEP ON THE LONG JOURNEY OF SYSTEMIC ISSUE. WE ALSO NEED TO ENCOURAGE THESE TEAMS AND COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORT THE TEAMS TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER ON THE TRUE HISTORY OF NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND TRUE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. IN NEW HAVEN, RACHELLE HARRINGTON, FOX 61 NEWS. AFTER OUR RESEARCH, WE WANTED TO GET TEACHERS AND STUDENTS' INPUT ON WHETHER TO KEEP THE MASCOT OF CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. ALL VOICES SHOULD BE HEARD, ESPECIALLY THOSE STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT CURRENTLY CALL CHAMBERLAIN HOME. WE GAVE THIS PRESENTATION TO STUDENTS AND STAFF AND ASKED THEM TO TAKE A SHORT SURVEY TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS. 418 STUDENTS TOOK THE SURVEY

098AND SHARED THEIR OPINIONS. 33 OF THEM PARTICIPATED IN THEIR OPINION. 58 OF THOSE SURVEYED BELIEVED THAT MASCOTS AND TRADITIONS WERE OFFENSIVE. 64 OF THOSE SURVEYS BELIEVE WE SHOULD CHANGE THE MASCOT AND TRADITIONS. THESE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES ON WHAT THE STUDENTS HAD TO SAY. THE ONES THAT WENT TO CHANGE THEM MENTIONED, I THINK USING ANY HUMAN OR RACE AS A MASCOT IS EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE. IF WE DO CHANGE IT, THERE ARE ANIMALS AND CREATURES WITH THE SAME COLOR AS OUR CURRENT SCHOOL COLORS. ANOTHER ALSO STATED, I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT A PART OF THE NATIVE CULTURE SHOULD HAVE A SAY. YES, THE MASCOT IS PART OF THE SCHOOL'S LEGACY, BUT THIS IS SOMEONE'S CULTURE THAT IS BEING APPROPRIATED. OTHERS THAT THOUGHT ABOUT KEEPING IT MENTIONED, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD KEEP THE NAME

099BUT CHANGE THE TRADITIONS. THE TRADITIONS WE DO ARE OFFENSIVE AND SHOULD BE CHANGED IF THEY ARE CHANGED WE SHOULD KEEP JUST THE NAME BECAUSE THE NAME IS NOT OFFENSIVE IF WE ARE RESPECTING IT. OTHERS SAID, I DEFINITELY CAN AGREE. SO SOME PEOPLE ON HOW THEY VIEW THINGS. I SAY TO TAKE AWAY THE DANCES AND DRESSING AS THEM. NOW, FOR OUR MASCOT, I AGREE TO KEEP IT BECAUSE IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE THEM AS YOUR MASCOT AND THEY SHOULD FEEL HONORED, TOO. THE LAST ONE ALSO SAID, SOMEONE'S CULTURE SHOULDN'T BE A REPRESENTATION OF A DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE. 49 STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS TOOK THE SURVEY AND SHARED THEIR OPINIONS. ALMOST 50% OF THE TEACHERS PARTICIPATED. 59 OF THOSE SURVEYED BELIEVED THAT MASCOT AND TRADITIONS WERE OFFENSIVE. 71% OF THOSE TEACHERS SURVEYED BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD

100CHANGE THE MASCOT AND TRADITIONS. THESE ARE WHAT THE TEACHERS HAD TO SAY. THE FIRST ONE STATED, THE MANNER IT HAS BEEN USED FOR THE 12 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE HAS BEEN OFFENSIVE. I BELIEVE THOUGH WE CAN KEEP THE CHIEF'S NAME IF WE EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND REPRESENT THE NAME WITH RESPECT. ANOTHER STATED, THIS MASCOT WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN ALL-WHITE COMMUNITY THAT THEN WOULD DRESS IN BLACK FACE TO PORTRAY A CHIEF. IT'S TIME FOR OUR SCHOOL TO CREATE A NEW MORE INCLUSIVE CULTURE. ONE THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT THIS SCHOOL NOW CONTAINS. ANOTHER SAID HUMAN BEINGS SHOULDN'T BE REDUCED TO A MASCOT. IF ANY OTHER GROUPS WERE USED AS A STEREOTYPED MASCOT, THERE WOULD BE FAR MORE OBJECTIONS. THE LAST ONE ALSO STATED, I FEEL KEEPING NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITIONS AROUND

101KEEPS THEM RELEVANT TO -- NOT FORGOTTEN. OUR TRADITIONS SHOULD BE THOUGHT OF HONORING THEM, NOT MAKING FUN OF THEM OR DEGRADING THEM. WE AGREE WITH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF SURVEY DATA THAT THE MASCOT SHOULD BE CHANGED. WITH SO MANY TRADITIONS ALREADY BEING STRIPPED AWAY, WE ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL AND SET THE SCHOOL UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE COMING YEAR. CHANGING THE MASCOT DOES NOT CHANGE ANY HISTORY OR MEMORIES THAT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL HAS HAD. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND IMPROVE AS A SOCIETY WITH NO DISRESPECT OF OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, EVERYBODY. Nadia Combs: DOES THIS CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION? WE WILL MOVE TO QUESTIONS AFTER I -- AFTER WE GO THROUGH A MOTION. LET'S GO AHEAD. SO LELY AND LAILA, THANK YOU

102AGAIN FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR SUMMER AND COMING HERE AND PRESENTING. YOU DID GREAT WORK. I ALSO WANT TO THANK SHANNON McLAUGHLIN WHO IS OVER TO MY RIGHT. SHE TOOK OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. IMAGINE YOU ARE TEACHING YOUR SIXTH PERIOD. HEY, OUR GOVERNMENT STUDENT SPONSORED LEFT AND WENT TO PINELLAS COUNTY. BUT SHANNON STEPPED IN AND DID AN AMAZING JOB. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. SHE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. THE ONE THING I WAS ASKED TO PRESENT AND GO OVER AND TO TALK TO THE ALUMNI AS WELL IS FROM '56 TO 2022, REGARDLESS OF THE BOARD'S DECISION, THOSE STUDENTS ARE CHIEFS. AND JUST TO SQUASH RUMORS, I'M NOT A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA GUY BUT I SAW SOME THINGS AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT TITLE VI

103OFFICE WANTS TO KEEP THE TILE AND THE BRONZE MASCOT IN THE HALL AS A MEMORY AND A FACT OF WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS THERE AND IT HAPPENED AND WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT. THE TROPHY CASE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. NOW, SOME OF THE SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING AND THINGS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, THOSE ARE THINGS IF WE DO CHANGE WE HAVE TO CHANGE AND THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THAT. THAT PROCESS WOULD BE FOR ME TO WORK WITH MY REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, MR. GARY BRADY, AND WHAT I PLAN ON DOING IS WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT THAT I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO, IF THIS DOES GO THROUGH, WHO WILL BE FREE OF COST. HE WON'T COST A DIME. AND WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN HAS PRESENTED TO ME AND WHAT HE DOES IS HE BRANDS SCHOOLS. LATELY HE'S BEEN HAVING

104TO DO A LOT OF THIS WORK AROUND THE COUNTRY AS SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE HAD TO CHANGE. THE CHIEF IS A POSITIVE SYMBOL FOR OUR ALUMNI. LEADERSHIP IS WHAT EMULATES FROM THAT. AND WHAT HIS JOB IS GOING TO BE IS TO HELP ME FIND A MASCOT THAT EMULATES WHAT THE ALUMNI FEELS AND THE PRIDE THEY FEEL SO THAT OUR NEW STUDENTS CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO RALLY AROUND NEXT YEAR. AND THAT PROCESS WOULD ALLOW ME TO CONSULT THE ALUMNI BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WORDS ARE, THAT IT MEANS TO THEM. WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT OUR STUDENT BODY FEELS ABOUT IT. I'VE GOT TO LEAD THOSE TEACHERS AND I'VE GOT TO KNOW HOW THEY FEEL. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT EVERY STUDENT SAW THE PRESENTATION. EVERY STUDENT. LELY MAKES AMAZING QR

105CODES THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR PHONE UP, EVERY KID HAS A PHONE AND TAKES A SURVEY. THE FACT THAT 418 TOOK IT AND 800 DIDN'T, TO ME SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE APATHY OF THE ENTIRE FEELING ABOUT THE SCHOOL. I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A FACT AS WELL, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO REVIEW THAT IS UP TO YOU. THE TEACHERS WERE AT A FACULTY MEETING AND WE ONLY HAVE 80 TEACHERS. IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN 50%, AND THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THEY WERE PROVIDED. THEY WERE GIVEN THE SAME PRESENTATION AND THEY HAD THE QR CODE THAT LELY MADE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO INTO THAT. THERE WERE NO DUPLICATES. AGAIN, I HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CURRENT STUDENT BODY. I HAVE TO WORK WITH THE TEACHERS. INTENSIVE WORK WITH THE ALUMNI. AND THEN I HAVE TO

106WORK WITH VENDORS IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DRAFTED AND WORK WITH MY REGION SUPERINTENDENT TO GET THAT APPROVED. I'M LOOKING AT TIMELINES. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE TO REVEAL THOSE NOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG THE PROCESS WILL TAKE BUT I DO THINK IF IT MOVES FORWARD WE COULD ACT IN THE FALL WHEN THE STUDENTS RETURN. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.18. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. WE ALL PULLED THIS ITEM. SO, PLEASE, IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MR. WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. RUSSELL, AND STUDENTS, FOR DOING THE SURVEY. AS I LOOK AT SOME OF THIS VIDEO

107HERE, I WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL 25 YEARS AGO. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. TIMES HAS CHANGED. YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK BACK, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE NO BOY CLOWNING LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAD PRIDE OF WHAT WE DID THERE. DOESN'T MEAN BECAUSE TIME HAS CHANGED AND TIME CHANGING MAKES A BIG DISPARITY MANY TIMES. AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CHANGE, BECAUSE CHANGE IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU GOT TO ACCEPT SOMETHING NEW IN LIFE. AND MAKING A CHANGE, JUST LIKE AUNT JEMIMA, PAN KICKS. WE HAD IT FOR YEARS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT IS DISCRIMINATION OF A BLACK PERSON. YOU MAY LIKE IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GOT TO RESPECT NOT DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. ALSO, I WOULD NOT BE SETTING HERE I

108CAN CULL ALL SOME STORIES. I WOULD NOT BE SETTING HERE IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR CHANGE. I CAN REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAYS BEFORE, AND I WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE DIDN'T HAVE NO BLACK PERSON ON THE BOARD. BLACKS HAD THEIR OWN BOARDS AND WHITE HAD THEIR OWN BOARD IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I'M NOT GOING TO DEBATE THAT, SIR. MY -- MY -- WHAT -- WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE. AND IT'S TIME TO CHANGE. I HAVE TO RESPECT STUDENTS OF WHAT THEY DO AND TEACHERS. AND I GOT TO -- IN FACT, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT. BECAUSE I GOT A TEXT TODAY. A PERSON TEXT ME AND SAID TO ME, MR. WASHINGTON, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT. SO THE DECISION I'M MAKING

109IS, WE GOT TO BE ON THE SIDE OF STUDENTS. STUDENTS HAVE A RIGHT AND WE GOT TO LISTEN TO STUDENTS SOMETIMES. THAT'S WHY I WAS A PRINCIPAL. THAT'S WHY I ENJOYED BEING A PRINCIPAL LISTENING TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. AND WE GOT TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT AND WE CAN'T DO NOTHING ELSE. SO AS OF NOW, I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THIS PROCESS. I'M SORRY. THIS IS NOT A BANTER BACK AND FORTH. BE PROFESSIONAL. RESPECT THE CONVERSATION. THIS IS THE ROLE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD IS TO HAVE AND ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF

110CONVERSATION. SO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE BUT ALLOW THE BOARD TO HAVE THAT PROFESSIONAL INTERACTION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE, THIS IS NOT A COMMUNICATION. THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING. SO WE ALWAYS WANT ALL OF OUR -- EVERYBODY HERE, BUT THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING. SO PLEASE, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS. THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE BOARD TO COMMENT AND COMMUNICATE AND DISCUSS THIS. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AS WELL. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PRINCIPAL RUSSELL, YOU HAVE CERTAINLY CHANGED THE CULTURE SINCE YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT 2017. EVERYTHING FROM PBIS, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INCENTIVE SUPPORTS, TO THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT. AND NOW, OF COURSE, THE PULSE OF THE STUDENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FRONT AND CENTER, IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR WORK. BUT I ALSO WANT

111TO THANK EACH OF THE ALUMNI. INSTEAD, I HAVE BEEN -- I'M ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS MOST OF YOU AND I UNDERSTAND TRADITION AND IT'S VERY, VERY CRITICAL IN MY MIND. YOU SPOKE VERY RESPECTFULLY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE HERITAGE THAT YOU GAVE AND THE DIGNITY THAT YOU GAVE CHAMBERLAIN AND STILL DO. STILL DO. I KNOW YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN AT CHAMBERLAIN. CHAMBERLAIN FOLKS, STUDENT GOVERNMENT. I TAUGHT STUDENT GOVERNMENT FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES. I LEVEL BELIEVE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE MATURED AS THEY SHOULD AND HAVE SHOWN LEADERSHIP AS YOU SHOULD. THE WORLD, SHAKE WASHINGTON, THE POPULATION, MY SON REMINDED ME THIS MORNING, WE HAVE CHANGED. WE HAVE CHANGED. AND DIVERSITY, WE SHOULD BE VERY PRIDEFUL AND VERY PROUD OF THE VARIOUS CULTURAL GROUPS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE

112ARE MIGHTY PROUD OF EACH OF YOU. WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF EACH OF YOU. IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND SAYING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IF WE DON'T LISTEN TO OUR YOUTH. IF WE DON'T BELIEVE IN THE VERY CORE OF WHY A SCHOOL BOARD IS HERE, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE WELFARE OF ALL STUDENTS, THEN WHY ARE WE HERE? WE CARE WHAT YOU SAY. WE CARE WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THE FUTURE. YOU ARE OUR FUTURE. PLEASE BE REMINDED OF THAT. WE LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU AND BE COMFORTED BY THOSE WHO ARE SUPPORTING YOU RIGHT NOW. LAST, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU ALL HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF SYMBOLIC SYMBOLS TO BE PROUD OF AND TO REALLY EMBRACE. RIGHT NOW YOUR GYMNASIUM,

113THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE PUT INTO THAT SCHOOL SO YOU CAN HAVE PRIDE AND HONOR OF YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR PEERS AND FUTURE ALUMNI. I HAVE 30 SECONDS. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. AGAIN, I WANT YOU YOUNG ONES TO REMEMBER THIS, THOSE WHO SPOKE TODAY, THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT IN THAT SCHOOL AND THE HONOR OF THAT SCHOOL AND THE PRIVILEGES THAT YOU ALL HAVE ENDOWED. SO PLEASE LEARN FROM THE ALUMNI. PLEASE RESPECT THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR MINDS AS WELL. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE HOOK IS COMING. I HAVE TO STOP SPEAKING. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. IMAGINING I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS. IN GENERAL FIRST I WANT TO SPEAK TO

114THE STUDENT BODY GENERAL -- OH, HARD FOR ME NOT TO CRY. IT'S OKAY TO CRY BECAUSE THESE ARE PASSIONATE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT I HAD THE HONOR OF WATCHING YOU GUYS PRESENT THIS THE FIRST TIME. AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY STAYED THE WHOLE TIME WAS WHEN YOU MENTIONED HOW THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THE ALUMNI HAD MENTIONED TO YOU THAT THEY MIGHT NOT SUPPORT YOU AND THAT THE THINGS AT YOUR SCHOOL THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO YOU ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU VALUE MOST, THAT YOU LOOK FORWARD TO AND THAT YOU SHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR AND YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT. BUT EVEN WITH THE THREAT OF THAT, EVEN WITH THAT THREAT, YOU STOOD UP AND YOU DID WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS RIGHT AND YOU VOTED FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE WAS RIGHT. FOR ME, THAT

115IS SO INSPIRING. I SEE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW IN YOU. AS HARD AS THIS IS TODAY, AND THIS IS HARD. GOVERNANCE IS HARD, TO SEE THAT AT THE RISK OF LOSING SOMETHING THAT YOU VALUED, WHAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU WAS DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT AND MOVING FORWARD AND DOING PROGRESS IS SO INSPIRING. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS, I WAS NOT A FAN OF LETTING THE STUDENTS DECIDE ORIGINALLY. I WAS CONCERNED THAT NO MATTER WHAT PROCESS WE DID ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN, THERE WOULD BE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS, THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE CHOSE PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE HAPPY AND I WAS CONCERNED OF THE BURDEN ON THE STUDENTS. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT

116CHOOSING THIS. I KNOW YOU'RE JUST GUIDING THAT. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. YOU'RE JUST GIVING US GUIDANCE. ONCE WE WENT DOWN THAT PATH, I RESIGNED MYSELF TO SUPPORTING WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE, WHETHER THE PROCESS IS FLAWED, THAT'S FOR YOU TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, WHETHER PEOPLE DON'T AGREE WITH IT, YOU LEANED IN, YOU DID WHAT WE ASKED FROM YOU. YOU DID THE WORK. YOU WERE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT. YOU WERE ENGAGING, YOU TRIED TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY YOU POSSIBLY COULD AND YOU CAME WITH YOUR BEST RECOMMENDATION. REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY THIS WENT, EITHER SIDE, EAST BAY OR CHAMBERLAIN, I SAID FROM THAT MOMENT ONCE WE DECIDED WE WOULD LET YOU GUIDE US AND GIVE YOUR INPUT, I WAS GOING TO STAND BEHIND YOU. WHEN THIS SCHOOL OPENED IN 1956, IS THAT THE DATE? THE STUDENTS WERE THE

117ONES WHO CHOSE THE MASCOT. WHEN I SEE ALL OF YOU COME TODAY AND I HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO SPEAK WHO SAID THEY WERE RESPECTFUL MEANT IT, EVEN THOUGH I HEARD COMMENTS THAT DON'T LEAD TO THAT THEY WERE EMPOWERED AND ENGAGED. YOU CAN SEE BY CHOOSING THE MASCOT HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO THEM. YOU DESERVE THE SAME THING. YOU DESERVE TO FEEL ENGAGED AND EMPOWERED BY YOUR MASCOT AND ENGAGED BY YOUR SCHOOL. I WANT YOU TO KNOW NO MATTER WHAT, I SUPPORT YOU 100%. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF NUMBERS TO THIS -- YOU KNOW I'M A NUMBERS PERSON -- RIGHT NOW IN CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE 969 STUDENTS THAT REPRESENT BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS, AND THE HOTEL

118AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IS 1,202. SO IT'S A HIGH AMOUNT. 51% ARE HISPANIC AND 29% ARE BLACK REPRESENTATION OF THE SCHOOL. AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE MASCOT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OPPRESSIVE CULTURE OR A CULTURE THAT'S BEEN OPPRESSED, THE BLACK AND HISPANICS HAVE BEEN A REPRESENTATION OF THAT, THROUGHOUT HISTORY AS WELL. AND SO I NEED TO ASK THIS QUESTION. WHEN WAS THIS SURVEY SENT OUT AND HOW LONG WAS IT PROVIDED FOR THE SURVEY TO BE COMPLETED? DISTRICT CAME OUT, IF I RECALL, FEBRUARY, GAVE US ABOUT A MONTH TO TRY AND PUT IT TOGETHER. TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT. WE HAD TO RESEARCH. THE WAY WE DESIGNED IT, I DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS AN AUDITORIUM PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS A

119CLASSROOM PRESENTATION. SO WE GOT SCHOOL BUSINESS FOR OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT STUDENTS AND THEY WENT TO EVERY ENGLISH CLASS IN NINTH, TENTH, AND TWELFTH. EVERY SOCIAL STANDARDIZED 9th, 10th, 12th. THE 11th GRADE DIDN'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED BECAUSE THEIR WAS COMING UP. THEY WENT TO EVERY CLASS AND GAVE THE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE VIDEO AND THEN VOTE ON IT. THE FACULTY MEETING WAS DONE AT A TYPICAL TUESDAY FACULTY MEETING AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING. SHANNON, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? IT WAS ALSO POSTED ON OUR ONLINE PLATFORM VAN CASS FOR THE ENTIRE TWO-WEEK WINDOW THAT THE SURVEY WAS OPEN SO STUDENTS HAD ACCESS TO THAT AND THE QR CODE ITSELF WAS POSTED ON EVERY WALL IN THE SCHOOL. SO THEY HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE SURVEY. Karen Perez: I'M ALSO GOING TO

120GIVE ANOTHER NUMBER. CHAMBERLAIN, WE HAVE 68 STUDENTS THAT ARE HOMELESS. ALSO, DURING THIS YEAR, WE HAD 135 BLACK STUDENTS AND 82 HISPANIC STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. SO POSSIBLY DURING THIS TIME, THESE STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY AND MAYBE POSSIBLY THAT'S WHY ONLY 418 STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY. TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE TO THIS NUMBER. YOU KNOW, WHIT HOLDING IS A TYPICAL ACTION OF HURTING PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO PUSH YOU TO DO SOMETHING THEY WANT YOU TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S DOING THINGS AGAINST A GRAIN OF WHAT YOU WANT. I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS WHO SO BOLDFULLY CAME AND PRESENTED TO US HOW THEY FEEL AND HOW THEY TALK ABOUT THE SURVEY. WHEN THE ADULTS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LEADING

121OUR YOUNG DECISION MAKERS FOR THEIR FUTURE, TO BE CHANGE MAKERS, TO HELP THEM AND EDUCATE THEM TO BE CHANGE MAKERS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ENCOURAGING THEM TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX, TO TAKE CHANCES, TO TAKE RISK AND NOT TO THREATEN THEM ABOUT WIT HOLDING FUNDS -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. YOU CAN GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: CAN YOU HEAR ME? Nadia Combs: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. Melissa Snively: OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS, WHO HAVE GONE TO MANY LENGTHS TO ATTEMPT TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS THAT WOULD HELP THEM MAKE AND HELP US MAKE DECISIONS. THIS IS AN INTERESTING TIME. I WANTED TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE A VOICE IN

122THIS, AND THERE'S KIND OF AN IMPLICATION THAT THE STUDENT VOICES WERE NOT HEARD OR APPRECIATED. AND I HAVE TO DISAGREE. I THINK THEY WERE HEARD AND APPRECIATED JUST AS MUCH AS ALUMNI VOICES WERE AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I WANTED TO GO BACK BRIEFLY -- I'M ASSUMING YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME. I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING. Nadia Combs: WE CAN HEAR YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: OKAY. THE AUDIO IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING. BACK TO THE FIRST SPEAKER, THE HONORABLE TAMARA SHAMBURGER WHO CAME TO TALK ABOUT POLICY 2900 MADE SOME VERY VALID POINTS. WE AS A BOARD HAD PUT THAT TO BED BACK IN 2019, AT LEAST WE THOUGHT. AND THAT WAS THE INTENTION BEHIND SECTION C OF POLICY 2900. SO I WANTED TO ASK MR. PORTER WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE OF BREAKING OUR OWN

123POLICY OR IF WE NEED TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THAT POLICY FIRST. Jim Porter: SO, YEAH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE NOT VIOLATING THE POLICY. THE POLICY VERY CLEARLY PROVIDES THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NAME OR TO CHANGE ANY MASCOT. THIS WAS A NEW POLICY. MEMBER SNIVELY, MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER PEREZ WILL REMEMBER THAT BEFORE THE POLICY WAS INTRODUCED, THE BOARD WAS NOT INVOLVED IN CHOOSING MASCOTS. THAT WAS A SCHOOL-BASED DECISION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THAT INVOLVED THE COMMUNITY -- THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE. THIS POLICY WAS ADOPTED TO BE INTENDED FOR NEW SCHOOLS GOING FORWARD TO NOT HAVE MASCOTS THAT COULD BE OFFENSIVE. IT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED NOT TO BE RETROACTIVE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN, THOUGH, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE POLICY. THE

124FACT IT WAS NOT RETROACTIVE MEANT THAT SCHOOLS WITH POLICY OR MASCOTS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE WERE NOT IMPACTED, BUT THE DISTRICT MADE A DECISION AND THE BOARD MADE A DECISION THAT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT HAD MASCOTS THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED WERE CHANGED. AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE NOT. AND THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN CONTINUING SINCE THEN, BUT THE POLICY SPECIFICALLY GIVES THE BOARD THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE MASCOTS WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT PROVIDES A PROCESS FOR YOU, YOU'VE HEARD THE PROCESS THAT WAS USED FOR BOTH CHAMBERLAIN AND EAST BAY, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY. AGAIN, THIS POLICY WAS NEW AND ALLOWED THE BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SCHOOL BOARD HISTORY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE NAMING OF THE MASCOTS. IF YOU WANTED TO NOT BE INVOLVED, YOU COULD REVIEW THE POLICY AND

125DECIDE NOT TO DO IT. BUT YOU'RE WITHIN THE POLICY LANGUAGE NOW WITH THIS CONVERSATION. Melissa Snively: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. I WANTED TO JUST SET THAT RECORD. I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THE INTENT BEHIND THE POLICY WAS TO NOT GO RETROACTIVE, SPECIFICALLY PROTECTING CHAMBERLAIN AND EAST BAY MASCOTS BACK THEN IN 2019. SO I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A WORK-AROUND, IF YOU WILL, AND THE PROCESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MUDDY AROUND THE NAMING OF CHOOSING A MASCOT ANYWAY. I'M NOT HERE TO PICK ANY FIGHT, BUT I DO WANT TO REPRESENT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE VOICES AND WHO CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT HISTORY AND THEY CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THEIR MASCOTS THAT THEY GREW UP WITH AND GRADUATED FROM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT

126OF PEOPLE WHO MADE SOME VERY GOOD ARGUMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED E-MAILS FROM, THE PETITION WITH 7,000 SIGNATURES ON IT, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK AT THE MEETING TONIGHT. AND SO I KNOW THAT I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE LONE VOICES THAT WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE PUT ME BACK IN THE QUEUE. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M FAIR WITH EVERYBODY WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. Melissa Snively: IT'S OKAY. I'M SORRY. IT'S REALLY HARD TO -- Nadia Combs: IT'S HARD VIRTUALLY. FOR ME, I JUST WANT THE ALUMNI TO KNOW I HONESTLY READ EACH AND EVERY E-MAIL THAT I RECEIVED. I

127TRIED TO MAKE SOME CALLS BACK. I REALLY UNDERSTAND THE PASSION AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT BEING TRADITIONAL AND BEING AT THE DISTRICT SINCE 1956 IN CHAMBERLAIN. I ASKED MY DAUGHTER WHO IS A RISING SENIOR AND I ASKED HER, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, MOM, THE NAME CHIEFS IS NOT RUDE, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN THE MASCOT. I'VE NEVER SEEN CHAMBERLAIN HAVE A MASCOT. WHEN I'VE GONE TO GAMES, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY TYPE OF MASCOT THAT THEY HAVE. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE A MASCOT. THE STUDENTS AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE A MASCOT. THEY HAVE NOTHING THAT THEY CAN RALLY BEHIND WHEN THEY GO TO FOOTBALL GAMES OR BASKETBALL GAMES. WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT.

128THE REASON I RAN FOR BOARD IS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE STUDENT CENTERED. AND I UNDERSTAND TRADITION, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STUDENTS WANT MASCOT THAT THEY CAN IDENTIFY WITH, THAT THEY CAN CELEBRATE THAT THEY CAN DO DIFFERENT RECOGNITION. WE HOPE THAT THE ALUMNI WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A MASCOT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THESE STUDENTS ARE IN LIMBO. THEY CAN'T HAVE A GYMNASIUM. THEY CAN'T ORDER T-SHIRTS BECAUSE THE STUDENT POPULATION HAS CHANGED. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE 90% OF THE STUDENTS AT CHAMBERLAIN LAST YEAR WERE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. THE NEEDS ARE SO GREAT THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED THE ALUMNI MORE THAN EVER, BUT DOES THAT MEAN BY CHANGING THE NAME, YOU STILL CAN BE A CHIEF.

129YOU CAN STILL RECOGNIZE YOURSELVES AS CHIEFS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE NEW STUDENT BODY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH A NEW MASCOT. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT. I'M NOT HERE TO SAY IF IT'S POLITICALLY CORRECT OR INCORRECT. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE FOR. I'M HERE TO SAY THAT THESE STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS WERE WEREN'T EXCITED. THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS GO UP AND VOTE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T RALLY AROUND A MASCOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A MASCOT. THEY HAVE A NAME BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A MASCOT. I THINK IT'S TIME TO GIVE THEM THAT MASCOT. NEXT, MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR COMBS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON, FOR YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT

130OF TIME ON THE DAIS HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. ONE THING I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS CENTERED BACK TO WAS IT'S ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND FOCUSING ON STUDENT VOICES. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE TALKING TOO MUCH ABOUT THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM. WHAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE STUDENTS. HERE WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS, THE LEADERS OF THAT SCHOOL WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED, JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN ELECTED BY THEIR PEERS TO REPRESENT THEM AND BE THE LEADERS, RIGHT? WE DIDN'T APPOINT THEM. THEY WENT THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS LIKE WE DID, AND THEY WERE ELECTED BY THEIR PEERS BECAUSE THEIR PEERS FELT LIKE THEY COULD BE THE VOICE FOR THEM. I JUST WANT TO BRING IT BACK ABOUT BEING FOCUSED ON THE

131STUDENTS AND STUDENTS THE CENTER OF OUR DECISIONS. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS VERY PAINFUL FOR A LOT OF ADULTS. I TRY TO BE VERY EMPATHETIC ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH I'VE SEEN HORRIFIC COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I'VE HEARD SOME VERY DISAPPOINTING COMMENTS COMING OUT OF THE AUDIENCE TODAY. I MADE A POINT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAY OUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US AND THAT WE SHOULD BE A MODEL OF BEHAVIOR OF WHAT WE EXPECT FROM OUR CHILDREN AND OUR STUDENTS. SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT BEING DRIVEN. I'VE LOOKED AT THIS POLICY HERE AND I DON'T SEE WHERE THERE IS A CONFLICT. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS FROM THIS POLICY DIRECTLY. THE FACT THAT IT WON'T BE RETROACTIVE IS CONFUSING IN GENERAL BECAUSE IT'S TALKING ABOUT

132CHANGING MASCOTS, SO SOMETHING HAS TO BE RETROACTIVE IF YOU'RE CHANGING THINGS. I'D LIKE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT GOING FORWARD, BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE THERE'S ANY CONFLICT WITH THIS POLICY. Jim Porter: HOLD HER TIME FOR A SECOND. THE RETROACTIVE PART WAS ADDED SO THAT EXISTING MASCOTS WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY BE CHANGED WITHOUT A PROCESS. AND THAT PROCESS WAS INITIATED AT THE TIME AFTER 2019 FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS BUT NOT FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. BUT THE POLICY EXPLICITLY PROVIDES THAT UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT THE BOARD MAY CHANGE A MASCOT. IT'S BLACK AND WHITE. THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY ABOUT THAT. THE RETROACTIVE WAS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY FOR EXISTING SCHOOLS BUT THERE WOULD BE A PROCESS IN PLACE AND THE BOARD WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE. Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT CLARITY.

133THE NEXT THING IS, ONE THING I'M A LITTLE DISCONNECTED FROM, WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE ALUMNI IN GENERAL IS SAYING THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THIS. WE IDENTIFY AS CHIEF. THIS REALLY MEANS SO MUCH TO US AND WE REALLY BELIEVE WE DID IT WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT. SOME PEOPLE IDENTIFY AS BEING NATIVE AMERICAN. WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE GROUP TITLE VI WHO HAS INITIATED THIS IS NO ONE IS TRYING TO TAKE THIS AWAY FROM THE ALUMNI. THEY HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY IN YOUR ALUMNI MEETINGS, AS YOU ADVERTISE THINGS, YOU CAN KEEP THE ICONOGRAPHY. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GO TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ANYONE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE OUR NEW STUDENTS GOING FORWARD SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN REFLECT ON, IDENTIFY WITH, AND FEEL EMPOWERED BY. AND THAT'S MY TIME. WE'LL SEE IF I GET

134BACK IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YOU STILL HAD 30 SECONDS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I PULLED A MEMBER GRAY. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK MS. VERRA-TIRADO IS WHAT WERE THE EAST BAY? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT EAST BAY. EAST BAY DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. THEY CAME FORWARD WITH THEIR STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT AND SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RECOMMEND THIS. WHAT WAS THE PERCENT OF ENGAGEMENT ON THEIR SURVEY? WE HEARD SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT? WAS IT SIMILAR? DID THEY HAVE MORE ENGAGEMENT. Monica Verra-Tirado: YES. I CAN FOLLOW WITH MORE SPECIFIC DATA. THE PATTERNS OF PARTICIPATION WAS VERY SIMILAR. YOU TYPICALLY SEE -- THAT IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD PERCENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN ANY KIND OF SURVEY WHEN YOU SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE RESPONDING. YEAH,

135IT WAS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH BOTH SCHOOLS. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION. GOING FORWARD, THEY ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE MASCOT, BUT THE MASCOT REMAINS THE SAME? YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T REMOVE ANYTHING, LIKE THEY SAID, IT'S GOING TO STAY IN THE -- THE SCHOOL WILL SHOW THE CHIEF HEAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT THERE, RIGHT? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO CAPTURE A NUMBER OF HISTORICAL ELEMENTS TO SHOW THE REPRESENTATION AT THE SCHOOL, WHETHER IT BE A TROPHY CASE, WHETHER IT BE A CERTAIN MEMORABILIA. BUT IF THE BOARD APPROVES TONIGHT, WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BRING TO THE BOARD NEXT MEETING A POTENTIAL TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

136TO HELP MR. RUSSELL AND HIS FREE CONSULTANT, WHICH I LOVE AND APPRECIATE, AND THE STUDENT BODY ENGAGE WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IDENTIFYING A NEW MASCOT MOVING FORWARD. IF THAT'S APPROVED, THEN THAT CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE AND THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS. Karen Perez: I KNOW BECAUSE A FEW OF THE ALUMNI STATED THAT THEY WOULD WORK TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NAME "CHIEFS" REMAINS BUT THE MASCOT CHANGES. I GET THAT. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ERASED FROM HISTORY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THINGS WILL SHOW UP, CORRECT? Addison Davis: CORRECT. FROM MY SIDE OF IT, I WENT TO TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN DUVAL COUNTY IN JACKSONVILLE. BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

137BOTH THE MASCOTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED, BUT I STILL CONNECT MYSELF WITH GOING TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVING THAT MASCOT AS A PART OF MY RICH HISTORY. THAT WILL REMAIN THE SAME WITH ALUMNI AND SHOW THE VALUE. MOVE FORWARD IF APPROVED WITH A POTENTIAL NEW MASCOT AND NAME IN THAT PROCESS. Karen Perez: I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION ON THAT IN THE SUNSHINE. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. Jim Porter: CALLING THE QUESTION REQUIRES A SECOND AND THERE'S NO DEBATE ON THAT. SO IF YOU WANT TO QUIT DISCUSSION AND VOTE, YOU CAN SECOND HER MOTION. CLEAR THE BOARD, PLEASE. SO MS. GRAY HAS MADE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOTING IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION, YOU

138NEED A SECOND. MR. WASHINGTON HAS SECONDED. YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY VOTE. IF YOU VOTE YES, THAT MEANS -- YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON WHETHER TO DO IT OR NOT. YOU'RE VOTING ON WHETHER TO VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION. IF YOU VOTE YES, THAT MEANS THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION. IF YOU VOTE NO, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS. MADAM CHAIR, THE MOTION PASSES, SO NOW YOU IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE MAIN MOTION, AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REPEAT THE MAIN MOTION AND HIS RECOMMENDATION. Addison Davis: THANK YOU. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE INITIATE THE PROCESS TO CHANGE THE EXISTING SCHOOL MASCOT AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON STUDENT INTERACTION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. Jim Porter: IF YOU VOTE YES, THAT MEANS YOU'RE IN FAVORITE OF

139THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU VOTE NO, THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT. Nadia Combs: AND IT PASSES 5-1. MEMBER SNIVELY STATING NO. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON AND GIVE EVERYBODY A MOMENT TO LEAVE. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 4.02, SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT EXTENSION. I'M SORRY. WE WILL MOVE TO EMPLOYEE INPUT. I WANT TO THANK THE EMPLOYEES FOR YOUR PATIENCE FOR COMING IN AND WAITING. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES IN OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATION, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, AND ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER

140AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE'RE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES ON THEIR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO EMPLOYEE INPUT. THANK YOU OPINION. THANK YOU. HI. I'M CORRISA. I WORK AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO GO TO THE CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. AND I'M AWARE THAT HE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE AN

141ISSUE WITH, AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT ALL THE ONES THAT YOU THINK. IN PARAGRAPH 4 IT STATES THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ALONG WITH BEING AN FRS THE BOARD WILL PAY UP TO 15% OF HIS GROSS SALARY INTO ANOTHER RETIREMENT ACCOUNT. THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO ALMOST THE STARTING ANNUAL PAY FOR A TEACHER. IN PARAGRAPH 11, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN USE 15 OF HIS VACATION DAYS AS CASH PAYOUT. IF HE LEAVES THE DISTRICT, HE RECEIVES ALL ACCRUED VACATION TIME. THIS SEEMS PERFECTLY REASONABLE UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TEACHERS AND ELPs AND OTHER EDUCATORS DO NOT GET THIS UNLESS WE RETIRE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. IN PARAGRAPH 13, THE BOARD PAYS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE, BUT NOT JUST FOR HIM, BUT FOR ALL OF HIS DEPENDENTS. WHY ISN'T HE PAYING APPROXIMATELY $500 A PAYCHECK FOR INSURANCE FOR HIS FAMILY

142BUT ASKING TEACHERS, ELPs AND OTHER EDUCATORS WHEN THEY MAKE ABOUT 20% OF HIS ANNUAL PAY. WITH OVER $300,000 AS AN ANNUAL SALARY, HE CAN SURELY PAY FOR HIS OWN INSURANCE LIKE THE REST OF US DO. OR HOW ABOUT THE BOARD SUGGEST THAT HE PUTS HIS CHILDREN ON FLORIDA KID CARE, WHICH IS WHAT TEACHERS AND ELPs ARE SUGGESTED TO DO AS WELL. PARAGRAPH 14, HE ALSO RECEIVES SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE PAID FOR. IN TOTAL, THESE ARE ALMOST $80,000 IN ADDED BENEFITS THAT A TYPICAL EMPLOYEE DOES NOT RECEIVE. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE ON SHORT-TERM DISABILITY HE EARNS 60% OF HIS PAY, THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION IN MY BENEFITS PACKAGE. I HAD TO ESTIMATE THE LARGEST ONE POSSIBLE. MY NUMBER MAY NOT BE OFF BUT IT IS AT LEAST 80,000. I UNDERSTAND, I DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE

143WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT LEARNING A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH HIM GETTING A PHONE PAID, EVEN THOUGH TEACHERS ROUTINELY USE THEIR OWN PHONES TO CONTACT PARENTS AND ENRICH THEIR LESSONS. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE THAT HE HAS A CAR AND A CAR ALLOWANCE BECAUSE HE TRAVELS THROUGH THE HUGE DISTRICT. I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH AN ADDED 25.8% OF HIS SALARY BEING OFFERED AS BENEFITS WHEN THOSE SAME BENEFITS COME AT A COST TO THOSE WHO ARE MAKING MUCH, MUCH LESS. 30 SECONDS. I DON'T THINK I CAN TOUCH ON MY OTHER ONES. MAYBE ONE. SAFETY. AFTER UVALDE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I SENT AN E-MAIL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT HOW MY SCHOOL IS NOT SAFE. I HAVE BEEN ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR PROBABLY THREE YEARS AND THIS IS CONSISTENTLY A

144COMPLAINT. I KNOW OF WAYS SOMEONE CAN GET INTO MY SCHOOL. IN FACT, I HAD A STUDENT NOT THIS PAST YEAR BUT THE YEAR BEFORE GET ON CAMPUS LAST YEAR AND WHILE HE WAS JUST VISITING TEACHERS, HE DIDN'T COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. NOBODY KNEW HE WAS THERE. HE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING. WE NEED TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO KEEP STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SAFE IN A SCHOOL-SPECIFIC WAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY, TOO, FOR WAITING. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M ALYSSA KARL. A TEACHER AT GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WANTED TO START WITH CELEBRATING. WE HAD OVER 14,000 STUDENTS GRADUATE THIS YEAR. THEY MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL CELEBRATE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THESE THINGS ARE

145HAPPENING BECAUSE OF ALL THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT, DESPITE THE PERSONNEL SHORTAGE THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR. PRESENTLY, THERE ARE 976 INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS ADVERTISED FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THIS IS AN ALARMING NUMBER. SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE. THIS IS AN ALARMING NUMBER. THE QUESTION BECOMES NOT ONLY HOW TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS, BUT ALSO HOW TO RETAIN THE EDUCATORS THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH BRINGS ME TO TWO AREAS OF CONCERN. EQUITABLE TEACHER COMPENSATION AND HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. HCTA BEGAN SALARY NEGOTIATIONS ON JUNE 6th WITH A PLAN TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND ESPs WITH EQUITABLE COMPENSATION. NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONTINUING THIS MONTH, AND I HOPE THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PRESENTED UPON WHICH TO BEGIN BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH. OTHER STATES AND DISTRICTS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BOTH HIRE AND RETAIN APPROPRIATE NUMBERS TO QUALIFIED STAFF. GOING

146HAND IN HAND WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS ON COMPENSATION IS THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, I PAID $11,009.08 TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. THIS DID NOT INCLUDE DENTAL INSURANCE. THAT WAS JUST FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD PAID FOR MY INSURANCE. AS A TEACHER, I'M ELIGIBLE FOR A PENSION UNDER THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, YET I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR STATE-SPONSORED INSURANCE. STATUTE 110.123 ALLOWS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES TO ENROLL IN THIS PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES A MUCH LOWER PREMIUM. BUT TEACHERS ARE EXCLUDED. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PETITION THE STATE TO INCLUDE TEACHERS AND STAFF IN THEIR INSURANCE PROGRAM OR FIND A WAY TO BRING DOWN THE PREMIUM COSTS TO ENSURE FAMILIES -- TO INSURE FAMILIES. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE ALL BENEFIT

147IF WE WORK TOGETHER. AND PLEASE ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF TEACHERS' SALARIES AND HEALTH CARE COSTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. JOHNNY GREEN, VICE PRESIDENT. FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO MS. TANGA AND HER STAFF FOR RECOGNIZING WHAT TOOK PLACE HERE TODAY. THAT WAS GREAT TO GIVE THE YOUNG LADY A HUG. AND EVEN THE STUDENTS. SO I THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT AND TAKING CARE OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. TODAY, JUST HEARING SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE LAST WEEK. ONE THING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT, ONE THING THAT WE ARE NOT AGAINST SOMEONE MAKING MORE MONEY, BUT ONE THING WE HEARD SO MUCH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS REOCCURRING EXPENSES. WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO DO REOCCURRING EXPENSE TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT EVEN IF IT IS ADDING

148MORE YEARS TO IT WHEN A CONTRACT DOESN'T END UNTIL 2023. WHY CAN'T WE NOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT. WE HAVE ESPs STILL MAKING BELOW $15 AN HOUR. I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATE LAW SAYS IT WOULD DO, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO EVEN GET TO WORK NOW. I THINK ONE THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS LEARNED, GREAT LEADERS TAKE CARE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES FIRST BEFORE THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. BEING A GREAT LEADER, WE TALK ABOUT SO MUCH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF WHAT'S IN THE HOUSE FIRST. I HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP AND TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND SO FORTH, WHO IS IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS? THOSE TEACHERS. THOSE ESPs. DAILY. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, THE PRESENTATION, BASED ON

149TEACHERS GIVING THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO COME UP HERE AND DO THAT. LET'S RECOGNIZE WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. LET'S RECOGNIZE THAT REOCCURRING EXPENSES, WE HEARD SO MUCH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING FOR TEACHERS AND ESPs BECAUSE RECURRING EXPENSE. SAME THING HAPPENS WHEN YOU ADD IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SALARY AS WELL. NOT ADDING MONEY TO IT, AGAIN, WHY CAN'T WE WAIT UNTIL WE GET CLOSE TO THE CONTRACT WHICH ENDS IN DECEMBER OF 2023 BEFORE WE THINK ABOUT DOING ANYTHING UNTIL WE TAKE CARE OF OUR TEACHERS FIRST. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL NOW HAVE THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COME UP AND DO A BRIEF THREE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF BREAK AFTER THAT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT

150DAVIS. RICK WARNER, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DEVOTED MUCH OF ITS TIME OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO EXPLORING THE PROS AND CONS OF SUPPORTING THE PLACEMENT OF THE PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM ON THE AUGUST BALLOT. WE WERE COMMITTED AS A COMMITTEE TO ASSURE THAT ALL MEMBERS' QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED BEFORE WE ASKED THEM TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION. THE PREMISE OF THE REFERENDUM WOULD SEEM TO BE THAT THE CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING IS NOT ADEQUATE TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. THE MOST COMPELLING FACTS WHICH LED TO OUR RECOMMENDATION WERE FLORIDA'S RANKING OF 45th IN 2021 AMONG THE STATES IN TOTAL PER PUPIL FUNDING. DISGRACEFUL POSITION THAT OUR LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF. HILLSBOROUGH RECEIVED LESS TOTAL PER PUPIL FUNDING THAN THE OTHER FOUR LARGEST FLORIDA DISTRICTS OR ITS NEIGHBOR PINELLAS. AND IN THE CASE

151OF THE TWO CLOSEST PEERS, ORANGE COUNTY AND PALM BEACH, OVER $2,000 LESS PER PUPIL. AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY WHEN YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT 11,000 PER PUPIL TO START WITH. THE PROJECTED PROCEEDS FROM THE REFERENDUM OF 146 MILLION EQUATE TO ABOUT $626 PER PUPIL. SO THAT'S JUST PUTTING A DENT IN THAT $2,000 SHORTFALL. AND PIGGY BACKING ON WHAT ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS JUST SAID, FLORIDA'S AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY RANKED 48th OR 49th IN 2021 AMONG THE STATES. FLORIDA'S INFLATION ADJUSTED TEACHER SALARIES HAVE ACTUALLY DECLINED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. AND YOU HEAR THAT EVERY DAY, OF COURSE, FROM YOUR TEACHERS. HILLSBOROUGH CURRENTLY HAS HUNDREDS OF TEACHER VACANCIES AND 976 ACCORDING TO THE LADY THAT WAS UP HERE. THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FILL. SO, THEREFORE, WE CONCLUDED THAT SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE ARE NEEDED AS

152ATTRACTING AND RETAINING QUALITY TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE ESSENTIAL TO ACCOMPLISHING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MISSION. THE CFO AND HER TEAM HAVE IMPLEMENTED A FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN AND HAS OUR DISTRICT POISED TO END THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH A MODEST OPERATING SURPLUS. HOWEVER, THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM OF INADEQUATE FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE. THE IMPACT OF THIS INADEQUATE FUNDING IS THAT WHILE OUR DISTRICT MAY BE ABLE TO BALANCE ITS BOOKS THIS YEAR, TEACHER AND STAFF PAY IS SIMPLY NOT GOING TO KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION, MARKET FORCES, OR THE PAY OF OTHER COUNTIES THAT DO HAVE A MILLAGE UNLESS WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF REVENUE. FINALLY, THE COMMITTEE VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING THE PASSAGE OF THE UPCOMING PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM ON AUGUST 23rd. 12 VOTES IN FAVOR, TWO ABSTENTIONS, AND ONE MEMBER

153ABSENT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE FOR YOUR HARD WORK. WE WILL NOW TAKE A TEN-MINUTE BREAK. THANK YOU. [TEN-MINUTE BREAK] Nadia Combs: WE WILL CONTINUE. 4.02, SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT EXTENSION. MR. PORTER WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Jim Porter: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. BRINGING FORWARD TODAY THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL. THIS BOARD WILL RECALL THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS APPOINTED AND TOOK OVER AS SUPERINTENDENT ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME MOMENT AS THE STATE AND INDEED THE WORLD SHUT DOWN FOR COVID. YOU ALSO RECALL THAT HE WAS THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR A GREAT NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WASN'T PROMOTED FROM WITHIN. MOST OF THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF YOU IS STANDARD CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS WITH OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS

154AND IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THERE ARE A FEW PROPOSED CHANGES. ONE OF THE CHANGES IS TO CONTINUE THE CONTRACT AND RENEW IT UNTIL JUNE OF 2027. THE CURRENT CONTRACT SALARY REPRESENTS A NEGOTIATED SALARY BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THAT, BECAUSE WHILE THE SALARY IS HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT MADE, IT'S LOWER THAN LIKE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR THE BOARD IN THAT REGARD. DUVAL COUNTY, WHICH IS SMALLER THAN HILLSBOROUGH, PAYS THE SUPERINTENDENT A SALARY OF APPROXIMATELY 335,000. PALM BEACH ABOUT THE SAME SIZE PAYS THE SUPERINTENDENT A SALARY OF 324,000. SARASOTA, WHICH IS MUCH SMALLER, PAYS THEIR SUPERINTENDENT 350,000. BROWARD, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BIGGER, PAYS 350,000. AND PINELLAS, WHICH IS CONSIDERABLY SMALLER PAYS THE SUPERINTENDENT A SALARY OF

155308,000, WHICH IS JUST BELOW THIS. 308. I WANT TO BE VERY CRYSTAL CLEAR FOR THE BOARD, THE PUBLIC, AND ANYONE WATCHING THAT THIS CONTRACT PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU DOES NOT GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AN AUTOMATIC RAISE. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THE CONTRACT DOES NOT GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AN AUTOMATIC RAISE. THE LANGUAGE THAT'S PROPOSED WOULD ONLY ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMPENSATION TO INCREASE IF TWO THINGS OCCUR: 12-MONTH EMPLOYEES GET A RAISE AND THE BOARD VOTES TO DO THAT. AND IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN FOR THE FIRST TIME UNTIL NEXT YEAR IN 2023. SINCE THE CONTRACT'S INCEPTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS NOT RECEIVED A RECURRING RAISE. SO, AGAIN, THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC SALARY INCREASE EMBEDDED IN THIS CONTRACT. IT REQUIRES A BOARD VOTE, AND IT REQUIRES A 12-MONTH ADMINISTRATOR ALSO RECEIVE A RAISE AT THE SAME TIME. THE

156CONTRACT PROPOSAL ALSO HAS AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE CAR ALLOWANCE AND VACATION DAYS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT, AGAIN, IS CONSISTENT OR LESS THAN OTHER DISTRICTS ARE PAYING THEIR SUPERINTENDENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS BOARD TO REMEMBER THAT THE ONLY GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT IS THIS BOARD. NOW, AS DECISION MAKERS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS, AND I KNOW YOU DO THAT. BY STAKEHOLDERS I MEAN PRINCIPALS, I MEAN TEACHERS, OTHER EMPLOYEES AND STAFF, PARENTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, BUSINESS LEADERS. THAT ALL GOES INTO YOUR DECISION MAKING, AND YOU RECEIVE THAT INPUT, BUT YOU SEVEN ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO VOTE. IN FACT, IT'S ONE OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT DUTIES AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, HIRING AND FIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT. IT'S A FUNCTION THAT'S EMBEDDED IN FLORIDA STATUTES, IN THE CONSTITUTION AND, AGAIN, IT'S

157ONE OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS. YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT PURSUANT TO THE CONTRACT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS FORMALLY EVALUATED EVERY YEAR. THE MOST RECENT OCCURRED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BY THIS BOARD AND YOU ALL PROVIDED COMMENTS TO HIM. THE EVALUATION IS INTENDED TO BE A GUIDE FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND HOW HE IS PERFORMING AND WAYS FOR HIM TO IMPROVE HIS PERFORMANCE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED. THE SUPERINTENDENT ALSO RECEIVES INFORMAL EVALUATIONS FROM YOU FROM THE DAIS AND ON A DAILY BASIS AND FROM THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS I MENTIONED BEFORE, FROM PRINCIPALS, FROM TEACHERS, FROM STAFF, FROM PARENTS. THE FINAL THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS CONTRACT IS, THIS CONTRACT AND THE PRIOR SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT ARE DESIGNED TO HEAVILY FAVOR THE BOARD. BY THAT I MEAN THE SALARY AND THE BENEFITS ARE COMMENSURATE WITH THE POSITION, AND

158WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT LEAVES AT SOME POINT, WE WANT THE POSITION TO BE -- THE COMPENSATION TO REALLY MATCH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POSITION OF THE 7th LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT THE LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT ISN'T AS IMPORTANT AS YOU UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU MAY TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AT ANY TIME WITH A BOARD VOTE OF THE SIMPLE MAJORITY OF FOUR MEMBERS. AND ALL YOU DO IS PAY HIM THE STATUTORY LIMITS OF 20 WEEKS' SALARIES, SICK DAYS AND OTHER BENEFITS ENUMERATED IN HERE. IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN CONTRACTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT REQUIRED A MUCH BIGGER PAYOUT. THIS DISTRICT HAS SORT OF A HISTORICAL TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THIS IS A DRAMA-FREE CONTRACT. IT'S VERY CLEAR. IT'S VERY STRAIGHT-UP. IT BENEFITS THE BOARD MORE THAN IT BENEFITS THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE CONTRACT

159BEFORE IS YOU UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR A VOTE TONIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WORKED WITH DR. WHELAN AND MR. GIBSON ON THIS AND WE CAN COLLECTIVELY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 4.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER SNIVELY, MEMBER VAUGHN AND MYSELF PULLED THIS ITEM. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLEAR THE BOARD. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: OKAY. FIRST OFF, MR. PORTER, I UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT YOU HAVE SHARED, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID MAKE IT VERY SUCCINCT. SECONDLY, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS LEARNING CURVE, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND THE

160BOARD WHEN WE HAD -- I'M TRYING TO THINK THE RIGHT DATE, BUT THE HILLSBOROUGH ASSOCIATION OF -- HASA, WE DID A VERY EXCRUCIATING SURVEY. I HAD A SPECIAL-CALLED BOARD MEETING WHICH REALLY COLLECTIVELY REVEALED THERE WERE LEADERSHIP FAILURES ON MANY LEVELS, INCLUSIVE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT. I BELIEVE THAT WAS JUNE OF 2020-2021. WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS SINCE THEN, WE'VE FORMED A PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH I SIT IN, AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IS THERE EVERY TWO WEEKS, AS I AM, AND WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE. SO, IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERY SCHOOL, 246 SCHOOLS REPRESENTED. AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THESE PRINCIPALS DO NOT HOLD BACK. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALL THE OTHER FAILURES, SO TO SPEAK, THAT THIS SURVEY

161REVEALED. AND I WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THE SURVEY ORIGINALLY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WITH PURE UNEQUIVOCAL CONFIDENCE THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS WORKED HIS HEART OUT, VERY IMPORTANT WORD, HEART, AND ALSO HIS HEAD, BUT HE HAS MOVED THIS DISTRICT FORWARD. AND HIS INNOVATION AND HIS ECLECTIC STANCE HAS GIVEN OUR STUDENTS A BURST OF ENERGY AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS. THERE IS A LOT OF PROGRESS. WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO, AND I'LL LET THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PERHAPS SHARE ON THAT, AND THAT IS NOT TO BE EXEMPT. THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A PERFECTION, NO. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS -- AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS FORWARD PROGRESS WITH OUR DISTRICT, AND

162I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT I KNOW FOR SURE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND SO KAREN PEREZ, WHO IS ALSO COUNTYWIDE, I VISIT MANY, MANY SCHOOLS. SHE DOES ALSO, KNOWS THE PULSE OF THIS COUNTY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALSO THE BIG THING, NO ONE GETS A RAISE. THIS MAN DOES NOT GET A RAISE UNLESS ALL THE 12-MONTH EMPLOYEES GET ONE. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. AM I CORRECT? Jim Porter: YES. Lynn Gray: ALL RIGHT. MY TIME IS UP BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE MASCOT WAS GOING TO BE THE MOST STRESSFUL VOTE, BUT COMING UP TO THIS VOTE, THIS IS HONESTLY THE MOST STRESSFUL VOTE FOR

163ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS ITEM IS GETTING CONFLATED WITH WHETHER OR NOT I SUPPORT OUR SUPERINTENDENT. A FEW DAYS AGO I WAS READY TO VOTE YES FOR THIS BECAUSE I DO SUPPORT ADDISON DAVIS. I THINK HE HAS COME A LONG WAY IN HIS LEADERSHIP AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT HIM TO STICK AROUND. I DON'T THINK LOSING YOU WOULD BE GOOD FOR OUR DISTRICT. I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL WORKED VERY HARD TO WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP. I SEE HOW MUCH YOUR HEART IS WITH THIS COUNTY. I KNOW YOU'VE MADE SOME MISTAKES WHEN YOU CAME IN AND HARD TO TURN AROUND FROM MISTAKES. IT'S HARD TO TURN THOSE AROUND, BUT I SEE YOU DOING THE WORK. I WORK WITH YOU EVERY DAY. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO CONFLATE IF I HAVE CONCERNS

164ABOUT THIS CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY FROM A BUSINESS ASPECT OF ANYTHING WITH MY FEELINGS TOWARDS YOU OR SUPPORTING YOU BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REFLECT THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BEFORE I HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. HOWEVER, AS I STARTED LOOKING AROUND AT OTHER COUNTIES AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN OTHER COUNTIES, I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ACTUALLY ON PAR AND CLOSE TO. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED PINELLAS PAYS 310. ACTUALLY, THEY JUST REHIRED THEIR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. FROM WHAT I READ FROM THE CONTRACT AND WAS TOLD, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED OUT AT 290. THE WORDING IN THEIR CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION WILL BE TIED TO ANY INCREASES IN SALARY AS WELL AS IT WON'T BE ANYTHING HIGHER THAN ANY OF THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, THE PERCENTAGE. AND I THINK THAT THEY DID THAT

165TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR STAFF. ALSO, IN ORANGE COUNTY, THEY JUST VOTED TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT MAKES. THEY WENT FROM 347,000 TO 300,000. NOW, THEY DID RAISE HIS CAR STIPEND 12,000. ALL THAT HAS TO BE FACTORED IN. FOR ME, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS A BUSINESS SENSE. I THINK A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT, ALTHOUGH I HOPE YOU STAY FIVE YEARS, LONGER THAN I'LL BE HERE MAYBE, I THINK IS EXCESSIVE AND A LONG CONTRACT ESPECIALLY IN COMPARISON WE'RE LOOKING AT MIAMI-DADE WHO JUST DID A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT. WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER COUNTIES WHO THE MOST THAT I'VE SEEN COME THROUGH IS A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT. SO SINCE WE HAVE BEEN SO FRAGILE AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS TO SAY I'M NOT TAKING A RAISE UNLESS OUR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS CAN, AND I

166APPRECIATE YOU SAID THAT. I THINK THAT SHOWS SOLIDARITY. THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN SO FRAGILE TO SAY THAT AUTOMATICALLY WE'RE GOING TO DO A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN WHAT OUR STAFF MAKES AND EVEN WHAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS MAKE AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT REVIEW THAT EACH MONTH INDIVIDUALLY TIED TO KIND OF OUR REVIEW, I THINK IS NOT FAIR COMPARED TO WHAT WE DO TO OUR STAFF. I JUST HAVE ISSUES ABOUT THIS CONTRACT, IF WE WANT TO WORKSHOP IT, IF WE WANT TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. I FELT LIKE IT WAS KIND OF RUSHED ALTHOUGH I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE WE HAD CONSENSUS AND I CONSENTED IN THE BEGINNING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. IF YOU WANT TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM

167CHAIR. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS OF MEMBER GRAY AND ALSO MEMBER VAUGHN. MR. DAVIS HAS DONE QUITE A BIT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES COMING IN AT A PRECARIOUS TIME WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC. HE HAD A HERCULEAN EFFORT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE DISTRICT TOGETHER. I ALSO HAVE CONSTERNATION AROUND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE NOT SPENT ON THIS AND HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMMUNICATIONS FROM SOME DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS, BUT GENERALLY, JUST ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS MORE PUBLIC, PUT IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES -- MR. PORTER AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PERFORMANCE -- OR THIS CONTRACT IS NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, AND WE HAVE DONE A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR MR. DAVIS LAST FALL, BUT THERE WAS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONVERSATION

168ABOUT THAT PRIOR TO BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE ALSO SOME HESITATIONS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE FRINGE BENEFITS. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN SALARY AT THIS JUNCTURE, BUT I DO ALSO HAVE SOME HESITATIONS ABOUT THE WAY THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AND MAYBE THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AROUND IT. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I'LL GET BACK IN THE QUEUE IF THERE'S MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE SENTIMENTS BECAUSE I WOULD BE APT TO POTENTIALLY POSTPONE IT AND MAYBE WORKSHOP IT LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN MENTIONED AND HOLD OFF UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING SO THAT MORE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AS BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. THANK YOU.

169Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, TOO, HAVE A CONCERN, BUT I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING FOR THIS RAISE, AND IT IS A HIGH PERCENTAGE. SO I WANT TO JUST ASK A QUESTION OF YOU. IT'S A SCALE QUESTION. ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO TEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PERCENTAGE OF THE MORALE OF THIS DISTRICT WAS PRIOR TO YOU COMING TO THIS DISTRICT? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE MORALE WAS. I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FEELS HIGHLY ABOUT THEIR BEST EFFORTS AND THEY ALWAYS SHOULD. I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE CONTEXT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. WE LOOKED AT THE SURVEYS THAT HAD SOME PLUSES AND SOME AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. THEN IF I LOOKED AT

170KIND OF CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO ALSO SCALE UP BECAUSE ACROSS THIS NATION, EDUCATION IS IN A VERY TOUGH SPOT DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALL THE SOCIAL UNJUST, ALL OF THE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ARE PENETRATING OUR CLASSROOMS, AND IT'S JUST BEEN VERY HARD. I THINK IT'S TRYING FOR EVERYONE. ALSO, YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE INFLATION AND ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL ASKS. I THINK IT'S A HARD TIME TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE. LIKE MS. GRAY SAID, WE HAVE LOTS OF ROOM TO GROW, AND EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHEN I TALK TO SUPERINTENDENTS ACROSS THIS STATE AND NATION RECOGNIZE THAT MORALE IS DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. BUT WE'LL KEEP TRYING EVERY

171SINGLE DAY TO DO SO. Karen Perez: ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO TEN, WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE? WHERE DO YOU THINK HILLSBOROUGH SITS? Addison Davis: I THINK EVERYONE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THROUGHOUT THIS NATION IS PROBABLY A FIVE OUT OF ONE THROUGH TEN. EVERYONE IN THIS NATION IS IN THE SAME SPOT. YOU HEARD IT TODAY FROM PEOPLE -- TEACHERS COVERING CLASSROOMS, LOSING INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS TO BE ABLE TO FILL. LOSING TEACHERS AND LEADERS TO GO TO OTHER COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL PAY. IT'S JUST HARD. IT'S BEEN VERY TRYING. I SAY THAT ACROSS THIS NATION IS PROBABLY MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. Karen Perez: WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD GET US TO, LET'S SAY, AN 8? Addison Davis: I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS AS WE TRANSITION TO NEXT YEAR, IT'S ALL ABOUT FOCUSING ON WELL-BEING.

172WHILE WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN READY TO GO FOR STUDENTS TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THEM, I THINK AS WE HAVE THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS ORGANIZATION, WE DID SO MUCH IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO REALLY FOCUS RELENTLESSLY ON INSTRUCTION, NOW IT'S ABOUT CONTINUING TO BUILD THE TRUST, COMPASSION AND FOCUS ON THE WELL-BEING OF NOT ONLY OUR TEACHERS, BUT SUPPORT STAFF AND LEADERS AS WELL. I THINK IF WE DO THAT AND REALLY SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE VALUE TO THIS ORGANIZATION, TO OUR STAFF, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRANSITION. THIS IS WHY MY ASK TO THE BOARD WAS TO APPROVE A MILLAGE. I KNOW THAT COMPENSATION IS NOT THE END ALL TO BE IT, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP SHOW THE CONTINUED HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF BY BEING ABLE TO

173BRING ADDITIONAL PAY AND COMPENSATION TO THEM. AND THEN REALLY FOCUS ON THEIR CRAFT AND PROVIDING, MAXIMIZING TIME, I SHOULD SAY, ABOUT HOW THEY LEVERAGE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE DO IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. HOW THEY HAVE THE AUTONOMY, EARNED AUTONOMY TO DO COOL THINGS AND SPECIAL THINGS FOR CHILDREN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT TO RISE TO GET TO 8. Karen Perez: SUBPARAGRAPH 1 ON LINE 6, WOULD IT LOOK BETTER IF INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT CONTINGENT ON SALARY INCREASES BEING BOARD APPROVED FOR 12 MONTH ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, IT WOULD LOOK BETTER TO SAY BEING ADMINISTRATIVE TEACHERS, ESP RAISES WOULD BE MORE EQUITABLE. Jim Porter: I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE THING TO PUT IN THE COMMENT. THAT IS A BARGAIN THING THAT TEACHERS HAVE TO DO. WE GO THROUGH BARGAIN WITH THAT AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL

174TO TIE IT TO SOMETHING THAT GOES THROUGH BARGAINING. Karen Perez: WORKING THAT RAISE OUT WITH WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DISTRICT IT FOR ME LOOKS MUCH BETTER, LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN SAID, SO I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT IN THE CONTRACT AS WELL, BEING ABLE TO GET THAT RAISE WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT GETS THE RAISE. Addison Davis: OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF OUR TEACHERS. INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AT THE SAME TOKEN, SUPPORT STAFF, THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ALONG WITH SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS. EVERYONE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION IS A PRIORITY. MY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND AT THE SAME TOKEN CREATE THE COMPENSATION THAT DEMONSTRATES VALUE. OUR HANDS GOT TIED RELATED TO WHERE WE WERE FINANCIALLY. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCELERATE IT IN

175THE MANNER WE HOPED TO DO IT. AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS RECOVERY PLAN WE ARE GOING TO GET IN IN A BETTER SPOT TO SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE TO EVERYONE HOW MUCH WE CARE AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO NOT ONLY LIVE AND LEARN BUT ALSO TO BE AN EDUCATOR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, MR. DAVIS, WHEN YOU CAME IN, YOU CAME IN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. WE HAD A LOT GOING ON WHEN YOU CAME INTO THE DISTRICT. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT, TOO, WHEN YOU CAME IN, YOU WERE THE FIRST OUTSIDER WE'VE HAD IN I COULD EVER THINK OF, YEAH, COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE. SO THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD TO LEARN EACH OTHER. JUST LIKE

176WHEN YOU GET INTO SOMETHING NEW, YOU HAVE TO LEARN EACH OTHER TO BE PREPARED. AND I KNOW HASA HAD THEIR SURVEY AND SO FORTH, BUT LIKE MEMBER GRAY SAID, YOU HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP. I THINK YOU ARE LISTENING MORE NOW BECAUSE IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU COME INTO A SITUATION AND YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. YOU HAD THE PANDEMIC GOING ON. YOU HAD THE BUDGET. YOU HAD LAYOFFS. WE FOUGHT WITH THE MASK, AND ALL KINDS OF NONSENSE WAS GOING ON. IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT. I THINK YOU'RE WORKING TO BUILD THAT GREAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY. YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU'RE BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT YOU STILL GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO BECAUSE WE STILL GOT TO WORK ON ACADEMICS AND WE GOT TO WORK

177ON SUSPENSIONS AND THOSE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON. YOU HAVE REALLY TRIED. YOU HAVE FACED SOME CHALLENGES THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE COULD HAVE COME IN AND DID ANY BETTER, TO JUST TELL THE TRUTH. BUT WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE STABILITY BECAUSE THAT'S THE KEY -- STABILITY. BY KEEPING YOU, WE GOT TO HAVE STABILITY. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT MINDSET. SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, TO GO, BUT I THINK HAVING YOU HERE, YOU'RE VERY INNOVATIVE. YOU'RE A HARD WORKER. YOU ARE IMPATIENT BECAUSE HARD WORKERS ARE IMPATIENT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET THE JOB DONE. I AGREE. I THINK WE NEED TO JUST KEEP GOING WHAT YOU HAVE AND MAKE IT BE SUCCESS. WORK HARD TO CONTINUE TO KEEP IT

178GOING. I KNOW WE CAN. WE JUST GOT TO STICK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND WORK TOGETHER. I THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS A DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY IN CONTINUITY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER. I DID MY RESEARCH AS WELL, AND THE SALARY THAT YOU'RE PAID HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN DISTRICTS OF OTHER SIZES. AND THAT'S A FACT. OF COURSE, IT'S A LARGE SUM OF MONEY BUT THAT IS, IF YOU WERE A CEO OF A LARGE COMPANY, YOU WOULD BE MAKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY DOESN'T SAY THAT TEACHERS SHOULD MAKE THE SAME AMOUNT

179OF MONEY, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE JOB IS PAYING, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING LESS IN THE STATE THAN OTHER DISTRICTS. ALSO, I DID SOME RESEARCH, AND THERE'S A NEW SURVEY BY RAND THAT SAID ONE IN FOUR SUPERINTENDENTS ARE LEAVING, ARE IMMINENTLY LEAVING BECOMING SUPERINTENDENT. PEOPLE ARE WALKING AWAY FROM EDUCATION AT EVERY SINGLE LEVEL, FROM TEACHERS TO PRINCIPALS, TO AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, TO SUPERINTENDENTS. IT IS HARD. YOU CAN SEE IN PINELLAS COUNTY, THERE WEREN'T 20 APPLICANTS. I THINK WHATEVER THEY MADE A CHOICE, I DIDN'T EVEN PAY ATTENTION. I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE SUPERINTENDENT NOW BECAUSE THEY CAN GO OUT AND WORK FOR A PRIVATE CORPORATION AND MAKE SO MUCH MORE. THEY CAN DO SO MANY OTHER THINGS. I THINK FOR US AS A DISTRICT, FOR ME,

180I THINK THE CONTRACT SHOWS THAT AT ANY TIME THAT WE CAN TERMINATE YOU. AT ANY TIME YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR THE FIVE YEARS. FOR ME IT'S REALLY TO TELL THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE CONTINUITY. WE HAVE CONSISTENCY. AND I ASKED YOU THE OTHER DAY, WHAT ARE THE FEW THINGS YOU THINK YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HERE IN THIS DISTRICT, AND YOU GAVE ME A LOT OF THINGS AND A LOT OF THINGS I AGREE WITH. YOU LED DURING ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES DURING COVID. IT WAS SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME, BUT YOU LED. AND YOU DID NOT KNOW THIS DISTRICT AND YOU LED FROM AFAR. AND NOW YOU'RE AT THE SCHOOLS. I SEE YOU EVERY DAY TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU ALSO TURNED THE LARGEST FINANCIAL DEFICIT THAT ANY

181DISTRICT HAS EVER HAD IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, YOU TURNED THAT AROUND, AND THAT MEANT, THAT WAS NOT A POSITIVE THING. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UPSET AND CONTINUE TO BE UPSET. BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LEAD WHEN YOU'RE FUNDED 49th IN THE COUNTRY AND 45th IN THE DISTRICT. EVERYTHING IS UP AGAINST YOU AS FAR AS THAT. FINALLY, ALL THE TECHNOLOGY, THE INNOVATION, SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU BRING, SO FOR ME, I AM IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING YOU AND SUPPORTING THIS CONTRACT. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS AND NO FULL WELL THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF YEARS OF A CONTRACT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST OPPOSITIONS THAT CAME WHEN ADDISON DAVIS GAVE HIS EMPLOYMENT TO US WAS THEY WERE WORRIED, THE PUBLIC, THE

182BOARD MEMBERS, TEACHERS, ET CETERA, WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW LONG HE WOULD STAY. THEY FELT LIKE HE WAS JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO TALLAHASSEE OR HE WAS GOING TO BE A TALLAHASSEE MAN. SO THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THAT. NOW THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT, WE HAVE A MAN THAT'S DOING CONSISTENTLY ABOVE AVERAGE JOB AS VOICED BY BOARD MEMBERS, AS VOICED JUST TODAY. THEN WE HEAR, OH, WE WANT TO SHORTEN UP A CONTRACT. WELL, THERE'S NO RATIONALE BECAUSE IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO STAY IN TOWN AND YOU WANT OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A LINEAGE OF SUCCESSION OF ADMINISTRATORS AND OF TEACHERS, YOU REMOVE THE LEADER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOT OF THIS WILL CRUMBLE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED FROM ONE OF THE COMMENTS. THE SECOND ONE IS,

183YOU CAN'T GROW A DISTRICT UNLESS YOU GROW CONFIDENCE AND TRUST. IF THE BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT GIVE THE VOTE FOR A CONTRACT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OR SPLIT IT IN HALF, SPLIT IT IN PIECES, THEN OUR BOARD IS NOT SHOWING TRUST NOR SUPPORT. NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, CAROL COOK, TELLS US THAT IF THE BOARD IS NOT BEHIND THE LEADER, THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS WILL FALTER. SO I WOULD SAY SUBSCRIBE TO THIS -- AND I'M NOT THE LONGEST SERVING BOARD MEMBER, BUT MEMBER SNIVELY IS, BUT I WOULD SUBSCRIBE TO YOU THIS, UNLESS YOU SHOW COMPLETE AFFILIATION, TRUST, BACKING OF THIS CONTRACT, WHICH WE CAN GET OUT OF ANY DAY IN MAY, THEN YOU'RE SAYING TO THE PUBLIC, HEY, MAN, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS MAN.

184WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND IF WE DO TWO YEARS, MAYBE WE'LL GET A BETTER PERSON. THE CRISIS IN AMERICA NOW WILL SHOW AND REVEAL TO EVERY ONE OF US THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF SUPERINTENDENTS. THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PRINCIPALS. THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS, NATIONWIDE. HOW DO YOU THINK WE'LL DO ANY BETTER. IF WE DON'T START BACKING A LEADER THAT IS DEFINITELY TAKING THIS DISTRICT IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT GREENER FIELDS OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE SEEING, BUT I DON'T SEE IT. SO THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS. AND WHAT I HEAR FROM THIS BOARD, WHETHER WE AGREE ABOUT THE CONTRACT OR NOT,

185IS THAT WE'RE STANDING BEHIND ADDISON DAVIS' LEADERSHIP AND WE WANT HIM TO STAY AROUND. WHAT I DO DISAGREE WITH IS HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS A REPRESENTATION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND I STARTED OFF MY COMMENTS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST DECISION FOR US, IT'S NO REFLECTION ON WHETHER I SUPPORT OUR SUPERINTENDENT OR NOT. AND I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH THE CONTRACT IS AT 310, WHETHER THAT'S BELOW STARTING SALARY, IF YOU MULTIPLY THE 4% EACH YEAR, BECAUSE EACH YEAR THAT IS A HIGHER AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ADDING. STARTS AT 12,000, THEN UP TO 14,000 AND THEN I THINK UP TO 20,000, WITHIN

186FIVE YEARS, WE'RE CLOSE TO 400,000 -- NO? OKAY. I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER THAT. A $400,000 CONTRACT. AND THAT PUTS US WELL OVER WHAT WE WOULD BE PAYING A SUPERINTENDENT. BUT I DON'T WANT TO CONFLATE MONEY WITH HOW MUCH WE VALUE SOMEBODY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING OUR TEACHERS REPEATEDLY. WHEN IT COMES TO BARGAINING, WE HAVE SAID TO THEM THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND THE FACT WE CAN'T HONOR YOUR STEPS AND GIVE YOU A RAISE IS NO REFLECTION OF HOW MUCH WE VALUE YOU. YOU'VE SHOWN UP EVERY DAY AND PUT YOURSELF ON THE FRONT LINES AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. IF WE COULD PAY YOU MORE AND DO MORE, WE WOULD BUT WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BE FINANCIALLY SOUND. YES, I AGREE THAT ADDISON DAVIS HAS LED

187US OUT OF A FINANCIAL MESS THAT HE DIDN'T GET US INTO, MAKING HARD DECISIONS THAT WILL FOREVER TAINT HIS REPUTATION. HE HAD TO STAND AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. THAT'S NOT FAIR, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE'RE NOT 100% OUT OF THAT. WE'RE WAITING FOR A MILLAGE. TO RUSH INTO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT DOES, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS TIED TO GIVING OTHER STAFF MEMBERS RAISES, COMMITTING MORE MONEY DOESN'T FEEL FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE THE POINT OF IS THAT THE REASONS I'M SAYING THESE OR MY CONCERNS WITH THE CONTRACT OR THE FACT THAT I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IS IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM A REFLECTION OF WHETHER OR NOT I SUPPORT OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND WANT HIM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. I

188KNOW YOU HAVE SOME RESPONSE AND I APPRECIATE IT, MR. PORTER. Jim Porter: I WOULD LIKE MS. SNIVELY TO FINISH AND I HAVE A STATEMENT TO READ FROM DR. HAHN. IF WE COULD LET MS. SNIVELY FINISH AND I'LL ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND MAKE SOME GENERAL COMMENTS, GIVE MS. HAHN'S COMMENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE. IT HELPS WITH THE VETTING PROCESS. I'M OKAY WITH THE CONTRACT AS IT IS. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, MR. PORTER, AS FAR AS THE INCREASE IN SALARY IS CONCERNED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHEN IT COMES TO APPRECIATING WHAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS HAD TO CONTEND WITH,

189BUT ALSO APPRECIATING THAT WE NEED SOME CONSISTENCY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN I AS AN EMPLOYER HAVE TO THINK ABOUT MY EMPLOYEE, I KIND OF MAKE A LIST OF PROS AND CONS. AND WHEN THE CONS OUTWEIGH THE PROS, THAT'S WHEN I HAVE TO REALLY START RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE. WELL, IN THIS SITUATION, I STILL THINK THAT OUR PROS DEFINITELY OUTWEIGH THE CONS. DOES THE SUPERINTENDENT STILL HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT AS FAR AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT HE COULD WORK ON? YES. HE'S CERTAINLY NOT PERFECT. NO SUPERINTENDENT IS. AND I APPRECIATE THE PRINCIPAL GROUP THAT MEETS WITH HIM TO GIVE HIM FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE DOING THAT. I'M NOT A MEMBER -- I KNOW MS. GRAY IS. I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GET TO STILL BE A

190PART OF THAT -- I THINK THAT MORE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT OR NONE AT ALL IN THOSE MEETINGS SO THAT PRINCIPALS CAN FEEL FREE TO SAY AND SPEAK THEIR MIND WITHOUT A BOARD MEMBER IN THE ROOM. BUT I THINK I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUING DOING THAT WITH PRINCIPALS BECAUSE I THINK THEIR FEEDBACK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SO FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE AND FOR -- AND TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND DIFFICULT WORK THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS DONE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT MAKES SENSE TO SUPPORT THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT. THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY AND I KNOW I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, THE NEXT TIME THIS COMES UP, BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, CAN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY? A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION ON IT? PERHAPS A

191WORKSHOP AROUND IT. I KNOW IT'S NOT TIED DIRECTLY TO AN EVALUATION, BUT IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE EVALUATION USUALLY COMES IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING A RENEWAL OFFER OR AN OFFER OF CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. SO PERHAPS WE CAN TALK ABOUT DOING THAT DIFFERENTLY THE NEXT TIME AROUND. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MR. PORTER. Jim Porter: BEFORE I GET INTO MY ATTORNEY COMMENTS, I'LL READ A STATEMENT FROM DR. HAHN. TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO SHARE MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING IN ATTENDANCE FOR TODAY'S MEETING. I HAD A PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED COMMITMENT. HOWEVER, THROUGH THIS STATEMENT I WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT. I'LL PLACE THAT INTO THE RECORD TO REFLECT DR. HAHN'S COMMENTS. I DO WANT TO MAKE SOME GENERAL COMMENTS AND ATTEMPT

192TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED. I'LL START WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT MS. SNIVELY MADE ABOUT THE EVALUATION. THIS IS REALLY WORTHY OF DISCUSSION AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT AND THE HISTORY OF WHY, UNLIKE OTHER DISTRICTS, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT IS NOT TIED TO AN EVALUATION. THE CONTRACT PROVIDES THAT YOU MUST EVALUATE HIM EVERY YEAR. AS I SAID IN MY PREVIOUS COMMENTS, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT HERE IT'S DESIGNED TO GIVE HIM FEEDBACK, HOW HE'S DOING AND IF THERE ARE WAYS HE CAN IMPROVE. IN THE PAST, THE EVALUATION HAS BEEN USED ALMOST AS A WEAPON REGARDING THE CONTRACT, AND A DECISION WAS MADE WHEN MR. EAKINS WAS HIRED BY THE BOARD AT THE TIME TO DIVORCE

193THE EVALUATION FROM HIS CONTRACT. WHILE THERE WAS STILL A CONTRACT AND STILL AN EVALUATION, THEY WERE INTENTIONALLY KEPT SEPARATE. WHEN MR. DAVIS BECAME SUPERINTENDENT, THAT PRACTICE CONTINUED AND IT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE FEELINGS OF THE BOARD ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THE COMMUNITY FEELINGS ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ANY POTENTIAL PAYOUT WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD LEAVE. SO THE CONTRACT, HIS ORIGINAL CONTRACT, MR. EAKINS' CONTRACT EVALUATION SEPARATE FROM THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT. CERTAINLY IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CHANGED WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT OR IF THIS CONTRACT IS RENEWED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. BUT THAT WAS AN INTENTIONAL DECISION ON THE PART OF THE BOARD FOR REASONS THAT HAD TO DO WITH HISTORY. THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU AND THE PUBLIC -- MS. SNIVELY WAS HERE -- YOU WEREN'T

194HERE, YOU WOULDN'T APPRECIATE THAT HISTORY. BUT IT LOOKS STRANGE. I UNDERSTAND IT LOOKS STRANGE AND IT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. IT WAS INTENTIONAL AND THE BOARD HAD THOUGHT BEHIND IT. THE PART ABOUT THE SALARY -- I KNOW THIS IS SORT OF FRIGHTENING THAT I WAS TRYING TO DO MATH. I DIDN'T DO IT IN A VACUUM. I HAD DR. WHELAN, MR. GIBSON AND MR. McAULEY. IF THE NUMBERS ARE WRONG, THEY ARE GOING UNDER THE BUS. WE CALCULATED THAT AT THE END OF THE FOUR-YEAR -- AT THE END OF THIS, HIS SALARY WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 362, IF HE STAYS THE WHOLE TIME AND THE BOARD VOTES EVERY YEAR FOR THE RAISE. THAT'S IMPORTANT NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A REFLECTION OF HIS PERFORMANCE, BUT IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE POSITION. THIS IS THE CEO OF THE 7th LARGEST

195SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY. NECESSARY CHARGE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYMENT POOL IN THE COUNTY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS BOARD AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS, I'M NOT REPRESENTING HIM. I'M REPRESENTING YOU. THE LENS I'M LOOKING THROUGH IS WHAT'S THE BEST THING FOR THE BOARD? IT'S BETTER FOR THIS BOARD WHEN HE EVENTUALLY LEAVES -- FOR THE BOARD TO BE IN A POSITION TO ADVERTISE FOR A SUPERINTENDENT WITH A SALARY THAT'S COMMENSURATE WITH THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. YOU'LL RECALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE WHEN MR. DAVIS WAS HIRED, THE 310 SALARY WAS CONSIDERED VERY HIGH BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT WAS ONLY MAKING 225,000. THAT WAS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE NOTHING IS IN A VACUUM. THERE'S CONTEXT AND HISTORY IN EVERY DECISION. BUT THE BOARD WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THAT DECISION. AND

196THE BOARD WAS INTENTIONAL IN BOTH SITUATIONS. AND AGAIN, THE THEORY HERE IS, NOT AN AUTOMATIC RAISE. IT'S UP TO THE BOARD EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO DECIDE WHETHER TO DO IT OR NOT. AND THEN IF THE 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES GET RAISES, HE CAN GET A RAISE. AND THEN AT THE END OF HIS TERM, THERE WON'T BE AS MUCH STICKER SHOCK IN THIS DISTRICT AS THERE WAS WHEN HE WAS HIRED SO THIS BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE FOR A SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SALARY WILL BE X, AND IT WILL BE REFLECTIVE OF THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITY AND, AGAIN, IT WON'T BE A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF A LEAP IN SALARY. SO THOSE ARE THE REASONS BEHIND THIS CONTRACT. IT'S VERY INTENTIONAL. EVERYTHING IN HERE IS VERY INTENTIONAL. UP TO THE BOARD COMPLETELY, BUT THOSE ARE

197THE REASONS AND THE CONTEXT AND SORT OF THE HISTORY THAT MIGHT PUT YOUR DECISION MAKING IN A PLACE WHERE IT MAKES MORE SENSE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. THE WAY YOU JUST WORDED THAT, I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. YOU SAID IF WE GIVE OTHER ADMINISTRATORS 12-MONTH EMPLOYEES A RAISE, HE COULD GET A RAISE. Jim Porter: LET ME BE CLEAR. HE WILL GET A RAISE. THAT IS THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS WORDED. Jessica Vaughn: I WANT TO GIVE A SCENARIO. IT'S NOT TO PROJECT ANYTHING BECAUSE, AGAIN, I SUPPORT YOU. LET'S SAY SOMETHING HAS CHANGED. THERE'S SOME TENSION. THINGS CHANGE. WE GIVE HIM A POOR REVIEW FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD GIVES IT. I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. HOWEVER,

198THEN WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. BECAUSE OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES VOTE THAT WE GIVE THEM AN INCREASE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER -- THAT'S NOT -- WE HAVE TO GIVE THAT TO ADDISON DAVIS AS WELL REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE FEEL HIS PERFORMANCE IS RIGHT? I'M JUST CLARIFYING THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT WE CAN VOTE TO GIVE 12-MONTH EMPLOYEES AND ADMINISTRATORS A RAISE AND THEN SEPARATELY VOTE, THOSE ARE TIED AND MARRIED TOGETHER REGARDLESS. Jim Porter: YES, THEY ARE. Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MR. PORTER, WILL YOU CLARIFY THE VOTE SO THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. Jim Porter: THE VOTE IS TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS FOUND IN YOUR BACKUP. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. EMPLOYEES

199VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I'M SORRY. I'M NOT SEEING THIS. CAN I PREDICT THINGS. IT -- I CAN PREDICT THINGS. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 6.01, BUDGET AMENDMENTS -- OH, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YES, LET ME GIVE YOU A MOMENT. Addison Davis: FIRST AND FOREMOST -- Jim Porter: IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SAY THANK YOU. Addison Davis: YEAH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION, AND I AGREE FROM MS. VAUGHN FROM A BUSINESS DECISION, FOR MS. SNIVELY, MAKING CERTAIN THIS IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND TRANSPARENT, AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WE DID WELL IN THE LAST YEAR. I WOULD SAY THAT I GOT BETTER AS A LEADER BECAUSE OF THIS ENTIRE BOARD, AND THIS ENTIRE BOARD. AND THIS

200IS A MODEL FOR ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT STAFF TO LOOK IS WHEN SOMEONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT YOU SEE THE REAL CONVERSATIONS AND CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS THIS BOARD HAD WITH ME A YEAR AGO HAS TRANSFORMED WHO I AM AS A PERSON AND AS A LEADER. TO LEAD WITH COMPASSION. TO LEAD WITH BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, TO LEAD WITH A SENSE OF CARE AND TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT EACH OF YOU. I AM COMMITTED TO THIS DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS. I HOPE WE DO HAVE A CONVERSATION THREE YEARS FOR YOU ABOUT A POTENTIAL EXTENSION AS WELL. I HAVE SIX AND A HALF YEARS LEFT. I'D LOVE FOR MY TIME TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE EVERY BIT OF MY EFFORT RELENTLESSLY FOR THE CHILDREN OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND

201THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING HARD AND OUR SUCCESS IS GOING TO -- HAS A BIG CEILING. IT'S BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS OUT HERE WORKING BESIDE ME LEFT AND RIGHT AND I CARE ABOUT THEM TREMENDOUSLY AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT WAS UNANIMOUS. I KNOW HOW HARD THAT YOU, YOUR CABINET AND EVERYBODY AND THIS ENTIRE ORGANIZATION FROM BUS DRIVERS ALL THE WAY TO OUR NUTRITION, EVERYBODY HAS WORKED SO HARD. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION AND HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON. I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW YOU OPERATE. Addison Davis: I'M SORRY. I SAY THAT, THE REBUILD OF ME AS A LEADER IN THE LAST YEAR HAS REALLY

202ALLOWED ME TO REFLECT WHO I AM, NOT ONLY FROM A PERSPECTIVE PROFESSIONALLY, BUT ALSO PERSONALLY. I CANNOT THANK MY FAMILY MORE THAN ANYTHING, WITH NATALIE AND THE GIRLS FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT IN SHOWING UP AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR THEM AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 6.01, THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30 AND MAY 31, 2022. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, TRANSITION THIS TO MRS. JOHNSON AND HER TEAM TO GIVE A FINANCIAL UPDATE. Ro Johnson: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, CONSTITUENTS, SUPERINTENDENT. WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR MAY 31st, 2022. THIS WILL BE THE LAST OFFICIAL PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, WE

203ALWAYS START OFF WITH ADOPT THE BUDGET. $1,556,000,000. 1,618 MILLION. WE WAS IN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT PROJECTED AT 61.4 MILLION. AND WE HAD A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 147EN .5. SUBTRACTING THAT 61.4 MILLION WHAT WE WAS PROJECTING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TO END -- ENDING FUND BALANCE AROUND 86.1 MILLION. THE NEXT SLIDE, HARDLY CAN SEE IT, BUT I'M GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON COLUMN B, C AND D. COLUMN B WAS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT YOU GUYS DID LAST BOARD MEETING. AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE SHOWING OVERALL DEFICIT OF 85.8 MILLION THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED AND THEN WE WAS PROJECTING AT THAT TIME ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 61.6 MILLION. SO COLUMN C, WE DIDN'T BRING THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A BOARD MEETING THAT WE COULD PRESENT AT THE TIME WE WERE BUILDING THE MONTH OF APRIL. WE HAD

204DID MINOR CHANGES FROM THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN AND WE SHOWED OVERALL DEFICIT AROUND 79.8 MILLION. THE DEFICIT WAS GOING DOWN BECAUSE WE CHANGED THINGS IN THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON COLUMN D, OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT, REVISED BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR MAY 31st. AND WE'RE PROJECTING NOW FOR MAY 31st OVERALL A DEFICIT OF ONLY 8 MILLION, 8.1 MILLION. NOW, HOW WE GOT THERE, WE DID AMENDMENT THIS MONTH, TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH OF MAY. REDUCED REVENUES BY 3 MILLION FOR MEDICAID. LAST YEAR, WE HAVE 3 MILLION MORE. WE OVER-PROJECT BECAUSE THIS YEAR, HALF OF THAT WAS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE ALSO RECEIVED 13.7 AT THE FOURTH CALCULATION FROM THE STATE. WE HAVE OVER 500 MORE STUDENTS THAT WERE ADDED. LOCAL WAS REDUCED BY 5 MILLION BECAUSE THAT WAS FROM OUR HOST. WE CAN'T ATTRACT

205ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM, SO WE DIDN'T GET ENOUGH STUDENTS, SO WE DIDN'T PRODUCE AS MUCH REVENUE. SO OVER ON OUR EXPENDITURES SIDE, WE DID PART OF THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN, WE DID A REDUCTION OF AROUND 66 MILLION. THAT WAS FROM 49 FROM NUTRITION PART OF THE PLAN, 12 MILLION FROM THE SPARCC PAYMENT AND THEN OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE FUNDS. SO ON THIS PAGE, WE WANT TO SHOW OUR LANDING POSITION AS OF NOW. SO COLUMN, LOOKING AT THE YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUALS, TOTAL REVENUE YEAR TO DATE IS $1,447,000,000. TOTAL EXPENDITURES IS $1,449,000,000. SO WE GOT OVERALL SURPLUS OF $7 MILLION AS OF END OF MAY. IF WE CLOSE IT TODAY, AS OF MAY, MAY 31st, ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $154 MILLION. BUT WE'RE NOT CLOSING AND WE'VE GOT MORE EXPENDITURES TO GO. BUT I WANTED

206TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE CASH FLOW. WE'RE ALWAYS SHOWING HOW THE CASH FLOW HAPPENS. WHEN WE START THE YEAR, WE ALWAYS START WITH THE FUND BALANCE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE SPENDING MONEY, CASH IS COMING IN, BUT OUR LOCAL DOESN'T COME IN UNTIL AROUND DECEMBER AND JANUARY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A GREATER IMPACT OF CASH REVENUE. BUT OVER TIME, THAT REVENUE, OUR EXPENDITURES CATCH UP WITH THE REVENUE. SO WE'RE PROJECTING FOR ENDING CASH BALANCE AROUND $106 MILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL FOR MAY 31st, WE ARE OVERALL SHOWING THE NET CHANGE IN OUR GENERAL FUND IS AROUND 7 MILLION POSITIVE. IF WE END TODAY LIKE I STATED BEFORE, WE WILL BE ENDING AT $154 MILLION. 154.9 MILLION. BUT WE STILL HAVE PROJECTING EXPENDITURES TO HAPPEN. SO IF WE PROJECT

207THOSE EXPENDITURES TO HAPPEN AND DON'T IMPLEMENT, WE STILL HAVE PART OF THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN, BECAUSE IT WON'T BE PROJECTED UNTIL THEY SHOW UP ON THE LEDGER. IF WE CLOSE AND DO NOTHING, WE WILL STILL BE AT A DEFICIT OF 8.1 MILLION AND ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 139.3. BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO THINGS. I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN STATUS UPDATE. AS YOU CAN SEE, STEP ONE WAS THE ENROLLMENT. WE DID COLLECT ALL OUR ENROLLMENT AROUND 18 MILLION OF THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN. CAPITAL TRANSFER WE DID 17.6. WE STILL HAVE 11 MILLION LEFT TO TRANSFER. WE ONLY TRANSFER 6.6 OF THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN. LEVERAGING OF RESTRICTED RESOURCES, WE HAVE PROJECTED 9 MILLION. WE STILL GOT 4 MILLION LEFT. AND ALSO, STAFFING ATTRITION, 49, WE HAVE COVERED THAT AND ALSO THE

208SPARK PAYMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN YEAR TO DATE, WE STARTING OFF WITH OUR REVENUES FOR MAY OF $1,552,000,000. WE GOT A CAPITAL TRANSFER THAT COMES IN, ADDITIONAL 11 MILLION. PROJECTED TOTAL REVENUE $1,563,000,000. OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES AT THIS TIME IS $1,560,000,000. WE HAVE 4 MILLION EXPENDITURES TO MOVE TO RESTRICTED RESOURCES AND THAT WILL LEAD OUR PROJECTED TOTAL EXPENDITURES AROUND $1,556,000,000. THE DELTA BETWEEN THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES WILL GIVE US A SURPLUS, WE'LL END THE YEAR WITH THIS SURPLUS. IT IS A MINOR SURPLUS BUT IT IS A SURPLUS NEVERTHELESS. WE ADD THAT SURPLUS TO OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, WE WILL BE ENDING THIS FISCAL YEAR AT 154.3 MILLION, WHICH IS 10% FUND BALANCE. SO THAT'S PART OF FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN. THIS SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING THE IMPACT OF MOVING ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES TO RESTRICTED

209RESOURCE WITH ESSER 2. WE CAN MOVE ANOTHER 15 MILLION TO ESSER II. THAT'S GOING TO ENHANCE OUR FUND BALANCE GIVING US A FUND BALANCE AROUND 169.3 MILLION. ALSO, WE STILL GOT ESSER III. WE'RE PLANNING TO MOVE A HUNDRED MILLION OF ADDITIONAL MORE EXPENDITURES TO ESSER III WITH OVERALL LEAVE OUR FUND BALANCE AT 269.3 MILLION, WHICH IS 17%, BUT YOU ALL KNOW WE NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE NUMBERS AROUND PROJECTED FROM 22 MILLION. IT MIGHT OVERALL REDUCE OUR FUND BALANCE, 22 MILLION, STILL OUR FUND BALANCE AROUND 15%. THAT'S IT FOR THE PRESENTATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

210OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MS. JOHNSON, JUST REAL QUICK, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I'M GOING TO LET YOU JUST CHILL FOR JUST A BIT. NOT A DIFFICULT QUESTION BUT ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE EXTRAORDINARILY REMARKED UPON FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE. I HAVE TO READ JUST LIKE YOU DID BECAUSE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE DETAILED. FOR CLARITY SAKE, EVEN THOUGH IT APPEARS WE ARE WITH A 6.8 MILLION SURPLUS AND A FUND BALANCE OF 15437 MILLION, WE'RE GOING -- 154.3 MILLION. WE'RE GOING FOR A MILLAGE. WE'RE IN THE BLACK, YAHOO, BUT HOW CAN I BE FINDING MYSELF IN A VOTING BOOTH, VOTING FOR AN INCREASE OF PROPERTY TAX IF COGNITIVELY I SEE THAT OUR DISTRICT IS IN THE BLACK? Ro Johnson: WELL, THE CAPACITY OF THE OPERATION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OVERALL FUND BALANCE. FUND BALANCE

211BECOME ONE-TIME RESOURCE THAT YOU CANNOT SPEND OR REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OPERATION, IF WE ADD ANY REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE WE WILL BE BACK IN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. Lynn Gray: OKAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY AND THAT WILL BE CONVINCING. Ro Johnson: RECURRING INCREASES, RECURRING EXPENSES. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FUND BALANCE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE ONE TIME BECAUSE IT BECOMES ONE-TIME RESOURCE. IT'S NOT A CONTINUOUS RESOURCE. Lynn Gray: SECONDLY, AND PERHAPS THIS MIGHT BRING IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. HOW DOES THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX, IN OTHER WORDS, THE MILLAGE THAT WE'RE ASKING, AFFECT OUR OVERALL GENERAL REVENUE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? Ro Johnson: WELL, WE ARE PART OF THE FEFP WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. WHEN THEY ALLOCATE THE REVENUES, LOCAL REVENUES ARE IN THAT

212RESOURCE BASKET THEY ALLOCATE TO THE DISTRICT. IF LOCAL GOES UP, STATE REDUCE OUR FEFP BY SAME AMOUNT. IT IS A ONE-TO-ONE RELATIONSHIP. Lynn Gray: WHAT I'M GOING TO SHARE, AND IT IS NOT A CRITICISM. IT'S A CONCERN, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE CONVINCING IF WE ARE SHARING FIGURES THAT SUGGEST, LUCKILY SO, NOT LUCKILY, BUT GREATLY SO, THAT WE ARE IN THE BLACK AND YET WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR MORE MONEY, SOMEHOW WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE'S A DISTINCTION. AND MS. JOHNSON, I KNOW, BY THE WAY, YOU'VE GOTTEN TREMENDOUSLY POSITIVE REMARKS AND YOU'RE DOING A BRILLIANT JOB. BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING TWO DIFFERENT MESSAGES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DOING VOTING BY THE END OF JULY. THAT'S WHEN WE BEGIN.

213Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THROUGH THE RECOVERY PLAN, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE IN THE BLACK, THAT'S A POSITIVE. OPENLY, IT'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN $2 MILLION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG SCOPE OF OUR WORK AND LOOK AT OUR PAYROLL ON A MONTHLY BASIS, $99 MILLION IS SIGNIFICANT. SO WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO BE VERY CLEAR. I AGREE WITH YOU, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING IN A POSITIVE, IT'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF DOLLARS RELATED TO WHAT THIS DISTRICT HAS TO DO AND OPERATE RELATED TO HAVING 24,000 PLUS EMPLOYEES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT 24,000 EMPLOYEES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND PROPER INCENTIVES, WE HAVE TO BUILD THAT OPERATIONAL FUNDING UP. AND IT WILL TAKE TIME TO DO SO. THE MILLAGE WILL ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME TIME AND SPACE TO

214BE ABLE TO DO THAT SYSTEMICALLY SO IT'S AUTOMATIC WHEN WE COME TO THE TABLE TO SHOW VALUE THAT'S THERE AND WE KNOW IT'S THERE BECAUSE WE BUILD THE RESERVE TO BE POSITIVE EVERY YEAR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THAT CONVERSATION, MEMBER GRAY, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS, AS WE ARE GOING OVER THIS AND WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE IN THE BLACK IS BECAUSE -- AND I COULD BE WRONG ON THE FIGURE -- BUT CLOSE TO $60 MILLION IS WHAT WE RECOUP FROM UNFILLED VACANCIES OF THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO FILL. SO WE'RE IN THE BLACK BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THE PEOPLE WHO WE NEED IN OUR

215SCHOOLS TO FILL THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR THAT WITH RECRUITING AND ABLE TO GET THE PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE HAVE THAT MONEY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S A CRISIS IN VACANCIES. IF WE WERE FULLY STAFFED, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THE BLACK BECAUSE THAT $60 MILLION COMES FROM THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION TO HAVE IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECOUP THAT MONEY BECAUSE OF SO MANY VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. HOW MANY VACANCIES DO WE HAVE LOOKING GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW INSTRUCTIONALLY AROUND 700 VACANCIES. AND WE LOOK AT NONINSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES AND I THINK AROUND 500. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FILL. WE'RE DOING

216EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET INDIVIDUALS CYCLED THROUGH HERE. WE'RE GOING TO EVERY EVENT OFFERINGS THAT WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT NEW LEADERS, NEW TEACHERS TO THIS DISTRICT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THEMSELVES. AND MS. GARCIA, YOU KNEW I WAS GOING TO ASK THIS AND I KNOW YOU SENT ME INFORMATION REGARDING IT BUT I WANT TO GET SOME CLARITY. WE HAD LOST 3 MILLION IN MEDICAID FUNDING FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE'RE AMENDING THAT ON THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S SUCH A LOSS THERE? LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED $1.5 MILLION. THAT WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE PREVIOUS YEARS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE THOSE AMOUNTS THIS YEAR, AND WE ALSO HAVE LESS REIMBURSABLE, BILLABLE ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR THAN

217WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. SO IN THE FUTURE, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SO FAR, BUT THEY WILL BE TRAINING ON FILLING OUT THE RANDOM SAMPLE AND PROPERLY FILLING IT OUT. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TRAINING THE PRINCIPALS TO SHOW THEM HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS. Jessica Vaughn: WHEN YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT GETTING 1.5 FROM LAST YEAR, WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE IN 2019 AND 2020, AHCA HAD A CHANGE. SO THEY DID NOT GIVE US ALL OF OUR DOLLARS. THEY REDUCED OUR CLAIMS. HOWEVER, THEY HAD ANOTHER CHANGE IN 2021, AND THEY CAUGHT UP WHAT THEY DID NOT GIVE US THE PREVIOUS YEARS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT COMING THIS YEAR. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TO

218MEMBER VAUGHN'S POINT, IT WAS THE MONEY FOR THE EMPLOYEES BUT WAS IT ALSO THAT THEY SCRUBBED SOME OF THE ITEMS ON OUR BOOKS AND WERE ABLE TO SAVE THIS DISTRICT SOME MONEY? Addison Davis: YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. WE PUT A LOT OF STRATEGIES IN PLACE RELATED TO LOOKING AT STAFF ALLOCATIONS, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT DISTRICT ALLOCATION, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITH ROUTING BUSES BUT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT CONTRACTS AND RENEGOTIATING CONTRACTS TO BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR CONTRACTS, SELECTIVELY ABANDON THOSE CONTRACTS AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, GETTING RID OF A NUMBER OF I WOULD JUST SAY DUPLICATED SERVICES OR DUPLICATED SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THAT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. OR DUPLICATED POSITIONS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO KIND OF PUT US

219BACK IN BALANCE. WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK AND PUT ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS IN PLACE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERY DOLLAR AND EVERY CENT IS VALUED AND IS LINKED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN MOVING FORWARD AND BASED ON OUR PRIORITIES, BUT ALSO PROTECTS THE INTEGRITY OF CLASS SIZE, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS IN OUR SCHOOLS RELATED TO EQUITY AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS RERES REALLY SHORING UP THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I HAVE TO SAY THIS, IN THE LAST TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THIS BOARD HAS CREATED THE GREATEST ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FUNDING AND HOLDING ME AND STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.08, COSTS AND FEES

220FOR SUPPLIES, BOTH SCHOOL BOARD EXPENSES AND STUDENT EXPENSES FOR 2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TO THE BOARD ANNUALLY WHAT SCHOOL BOARD EXPENSES WE PAY FOR AND ALSO FOR WHAT STUDENT EXPENSES WILL PAY FOR FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS JUST GIVES TRANSPARENCY TO WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS PAYING FOR RELATED TO ANY TYPE OF COURSES WE ARE OFFERING FOR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, ALSO THIS IDENTIFIES ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR ANY KIND OF BOOKS OR KITS FOR OUR CLASS THAT HAS TO BE ADDED FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT STUDENTS MAY ADD, WHETHER THEY GO TO A PARTICULAR CLASS AND ALSO ANY TYPE OF RENTALS, WHETHER A LOCKER RENTAL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO WE'RE TRANSPARENT. THE LAST ONE, ANY SERVICE CHARGE. ANY

221CHARGE THAT'S PAID BY THE STUDENT THAT'S BASED ON DUES AND BEING A PART OF THAT PROCESS. THIS IS BRINGING THE TRANSPARENCY PART OF IT. WE KNOW THE BUDGET DOES NOT GET -- THIS IS THE GO-AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE HAVE TO GO FORWARD FOR THE START OF THE YEAR TO APPROVE THESE EXPENDITURES. THIS HAS BEEN DONE, I THINK, SINCE 1970. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.08. I HAVE A MEMBER BY -- MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. SECOND BY MEMBER GRAB. MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MEMBER SNIVELY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN? OKAY. MEMBER GRAY? IS SHE ON? MEMBER SNIVELY, WE'RE ON 6.08. Melissa Snively: I'M SORRY. I HAD TO STEP AWAY FOR A MOMENT. I HAVE

222TO CATCH UP IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GO FIRST. Nadia Combs: MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER SNIVELY YOU WILL BE NEXT ON ITEM 6.08. Lynn Gray: JUST A PERIPHERAL QUESTION. I SEE CHRIS JARGO IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WITH THE CTA AND THERE IS A BIT OF AN INCREASE OF THE CTA PROGRAMS, THE MONIES SPENT, BUT HAVE WE FOUND THE INSTRUCTORS TO MATCH THESE TEACHING -- I MEAN, THESE COURSES. WE'RE TALKING BARBER, BARBER I, BARBER II, BARBER III, DO WE HAVE FACULTY IN PLACE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. IT'S ALWAYS FLUENT. YES, MA'AM, WE'RE MAKING CERTAIN THERE'S CONTINUITY WITH THE PROGRAMS. ANY OF THE NEW CTE PATHWAYS WE OFFER WE USUALLY HISTORICALLY HAVE SOMEBODY ON-SITE READY TO GO TO IMPLEMENT THAT. IF A STUDENT IS TAKING BARBER I, WE WANT THIS STUDENT FOR NEXT YEAR TO TAKE

223II AND FOLLOWING YEAR III. WE HAVE STAFF SYSTEMICALLY WE MAY HAVE TO ADD. WE HAVE A FOUNDATION FOR ALL THE ELEMENTS TO HAVE CONTINUITY. THESE ARE NEW INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE BRINGING BECAUSE THIS IS BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT OUR KIDS ARE WANTING TO DO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKFORCE. Lynn Gray: I APPLAUD IT. I THINK IT'S EXCITING. IT'S JUST ALWAYS THE OTHER REALITIES FINDING THE INSTRUCTOR TO DO ALL THAT. BUT WISH EVERYONE GOOD SUCCESS ON THAT. THANK YOU, MR. JARGO, ALSO, FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK. I'M DONE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS ONE I PULLED JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN AN AGENDA ITEM QUITE LIKE THIS ONE THAT COMES FORWARD WITH REGARD TO SCHOOL BOARD EXPENSE AND STUDENT EXPENSE.

224IT KIND OF COMBINED SEVERAL CATEGORIES INTO ONE. AND SO I ASK THAT IT JUST BE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED AND DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD MEETING SO WE COULD GET SOME MORE CLARITY AROUND IT AS MEMBER GRAY MENTIONED, WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK OF OUR CTE LEADERSHIP IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT YOU ARE CERTAINLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR DISTRICT. THAT'S REALLY THE REASON I PULLED THAT ONE JUST BECAUSE IT WAS UNIQUE COMPARED TO PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED ITEMS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.12, STATEMENT OF WORK FOR IBI SOLUTIONS FOR ANALYTICS AND DATA WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT THE DISTRICT HAS HAD SINCE 2014 WITH IBI SOLUTIONS. WHAT THEY DO IS

225REALLY HELP US SECURE EXPERTS AS NEEDED, EXPERT OF I.T. ENGINEERS TO REALLY HELP US, WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT EXTRACT AND TRANSFORMING OR LOADING ANY SOFTWARE DATA SETS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS WILL BE THE LAST YEAR OF EXTENDING THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO TRANSITION TO SYNERGY WHICH STARTS IN THE FALL OF 2023 AND WE'LL NO LONGER NEED ALL OF THAT INTEGRATION AND INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION. WE'LL GET IT DONE IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR. THE REASON THIS IS ON THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE IT IS $67,000 OF THE GENERAL FUND. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM ITEM 6.12. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR.

226AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER GRAY NOT ON THE DAIS. NEXT ITEM IS 6 -- C 6.13, AGREEMENT 22145-SSD-LG BULK STUDENT SCHEDULER. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE YEAR GAP FILL FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO USE FOCUS FOR OUR SOFTWARE TO BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, SYNERGY WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN THE FALL OF 2022, BUT WE NEED THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ACTIVELY SCHEDULING OUR STUDENTS AND HAVE THE DATABASE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS ARE FOLLOWING COURSE SEQUENCES THEY NEED FOR ACADEMIC HISTORY. THIS IS ON BECAUSE IT IS $116,000 OF GENERAL FUND TO BE ABLE TO FILL THIS GAP FOR THE FINAL YEAR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU,

227SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.13. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER GRAY NOT ON THE DAIS. ITEM C 6.14, PIGGYBACK 22130-PGB-LG ESE WHITE FLEET VEHICLE PURCHASE. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SPEND MONEY ON WHITE FLEET TO SERVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. RIGHT NOW A CONTRACT WITH ALC AROUND $3.5 MILLION THAT REALLY TRANSPORT STUDENTS WHO HAVE IMMEDIATE NEEDS TO AND FROM SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR LOCATIONS. WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOWS US TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE A NUMBER OF PASSENGER VANS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS AND THOSE VANS WILL BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST

228STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. OPENLY, DOWN THE ROAD, AS WE MAKE THIS INITIAL PURCHASE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAVE ROUGHLY OVER $1 MILLION ANNUALLY AS WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE OUR OWN WHITE FLEET AND HIRE OUR OWN EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT IN A SAFE MANNER. SO JUST BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD AS FYI, AND THIS IS DRIVEN BY OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS, AND THIS IS FUNDING THAT WILL BE USED FROM THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. SO THIS IS I.D.E.A. FUNDING. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.14. MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: YES, MA'AM.

229THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY SIMILAR TO A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A BIT ON THE INNOVATIVE SIDE. ALC IS A GREAT VENDOR FOR US, HOWEVER, IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. SO WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH MR. FARKAS AND MR. BEEKMAN AND PREVIOUS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHEN WE USED TO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND A LITTLE BIT INNOVATIVE. THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN SERVICES THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED IN THE PAST AND SAVE SEVERAL THOUSANDS -- THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO REALLY I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE PURCHASING A FLEET AT

230PROBABLY THE HEIGHT OF THE SELLER MARKET WHEN IT COMES TO VEHICLES RIGHT NOW, BUT I AM PLEASED THAT WE ARE SAVING TRANSPORTATION FUNDS BY DOING THIS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YES, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY, FOR REMINDING US THAT THIS IS ALL-TIME HIGH TO BUY VEHICLES BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT ONE, BY THE WAY. BUT AT ANY RATE, IT DOES REPRESENT A COST SAVINGS. MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE DRIVERS ACTUALLY ARE, THEY ARE PARAPROFESSIONALS IN CHARGE OF THEIR STUDENTS. SO IT'S REALLY, I THINK A WIN-WIN SITUATION, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS. BUT THE COST SAVINGS, HOW MUCH ESTIMATED, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, ARE WE SAVING? I KNOW WE'RE USING THE ARC MONEY. YOU BETTER CORRECT ME. Addison Davis: WE WILL BE USING IDEA FUNDING AND POTENTIALLY SAVE

231AROUND $1.2 MILLION. Lynn Gray: THIS IS AGAIN, INNOVATIVE THINKING AND VERY GOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. WE'RE JUST WAITING JUST ONE MOMENT. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.15, PIGGYBACK, 20203-PGB-LG E-RATE SUPPORT SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. OUR DISTRICT UTILIZES E-RATE FROM A FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND DRAW DOWN FUNDS TO HELP US WITH INTERNAL CONSECUTIVE AND AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO HELP US WITH OUR LOCAL WIRELESS SWITCHES. WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOW US TO HIRE AN E-RATE CONSULTANT, WHICH THEY REALLY HELP US GO THROUGH ALL THE E-RATE FEDERAL GUIDELINES TO MAKE CERTAIN WE ARE MEETING THOSE GUIDELINES. WHAT THEY DO IS HELP US FILE

232OUR E-RATE CLAIMS. E-RATE CLAIMS, ANY MONEY WE SPEND ON OUR INTERNET ACCESS OR WAN, THAT WE GET 80% BACK IN REFUNDS. WHAT THEY DO IS MAKE CERTAIN WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND WE ARE ABLE TO BE REIMBURSED LAST YEAR FOR OVER A MILLION -- CLOSE TO A MILLION. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IS THE REALITY. THE REASON THIS HAS BEEN PULLED BECAUSE THIS IS 187 -- SORRY. $87,000 SPEND IN GENERAL FUNDS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.15. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.17. MENTAL HEALTH PLAN FOR THE USE OF MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE. SUPP DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT

233THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: WE ARE REQUIRED TO BRING OUR MENTAL HEALTH PLAN TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND REVIEW AND THE SAME TOKEN ASKING FOR APPROVAL SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. IN THIS WHAT IT DOES IS ALLOW US TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE CONTRACT AND SERVICES THAT WE HAVE FOR IMPLEMENTATION, ALLOWS US TO IDENTIFY EVERY DOLLAR AND EVERY CENT THAT WE IMPLEMENT RELATED TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH PLAN. WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR INITIATIVES FOR NOT ONLY IMPLEMENTING THE WORK FOR ADDING OUTSIDE AGENCIES TO COME HELP US, ABLE TO SERVE OUR CHILDREN AND ALSO OUR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO PUT SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, COUNSELORS, CULTURE LEADS, YOU NAME IT, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE SHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR

234OUR CHILDREN. SO THIS IS AN INDICATION OF WHAT WE ARE DOING, NOT ONLY FROM A PERSONNEL PERSPECTIVE BUT HOW WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING IS IN THE FOREFRONT RELATED TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE TRAIN FOR COMMON CORE SCHOOLS, THAT WE HAVE THAT INCLUSIVE APPROACH EVERY DAY FOR OUR CHILDREN'S NEEDS AND LOCAL SURVEY DATA TO INFORM OUR WORK AND ALSO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE PERMISSIONS OVER 100 SITES TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS NEEDED THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH REFERRALS AND ALSO DISCIPLINE DATAS AND TRYING OTHER MATRIXES TO BE ABLE TO CONSISTENT IN OUR ENDEAVOR. I AM GOING TO TRANSITION TO MRS. BATHES WHO HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB. WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK BUT ALSO WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO TO

235EXPAND OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP, FOR ATTENTION AND DISCUSSION, AND THE TEAM IS HERE IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT ONE ADDITIONAL POINT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS OF THE SLIGHTLY OVER $10 MILLION THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING AND TAKING AWAY THE 1.5 ROUGHLY THAT'S GOING TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE BULK OF THIS WILL BE USED FOR PEOPLE FOR FACE TO FACE GUIDANCE AND FACE TO FACE SUPPORT FOR OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE WE ARE STILL RECOGNIZING AND REALIZING THE FACTS EFFECTS OF OUR STUDENTS BEING COVID AFFECTED AND THE SITUATIONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AT HOME, THEY NEED THE FACE TO FACE GUIDANCE, AND NEED THE SUPPORT, SO THE BULK WILL BE SPENT ON FACE TO FACE SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS. Addison Davis: THANK YOU, MRS. BAYS WE HAD SOMEONE

236SPEAK TONIGHT AND TALK ABOUT CUTTING SERVICES. WE HAVE NOT CUT SCHOOL COUNSELORS. WE HAVE NOT CUT ANY TYPE OF SOCIAL WORKERS OR PSYCHOLOGISTS. WE ARE TRYING TO EXPAND AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THE ISSUE IS AS WE EXPAND, THE ECONOMY TO FILL THESE POSITIONS WITH HIGHLY QUALIFIED CERTIFIED PERSONNEL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-6 .17. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER SNIVELY, MEMBER GRAY, YOU BOTH PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER SNIVELY, WE WILL BEGIN WITH YOU. Melissa Snively: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORKSHOP. I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK BUT IT FEELS LIKE MY WEEKS GO BY FASTER AND FASTER THESE DAYS. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL

237OF THE WORK THAT OUR DISTRICT DOES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. IT'S NOT PERFECT. WE KNOW THAT. THERE ARE CHALLENGES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT MORE THAN EVER, OUR STUDENTS NEED US, AND THEY NEED US TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM, AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES AND THE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU BRIEFLY FOR ALL OF THE WORK THE DISTRICT HAS DONE. WE DEVOLVED QUITE A BIT SINCE 2019, AND AGAIN LIKE I SAID IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT WE ARE REALLY GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT HOW WE ARE PROVIDING OUR SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU, MS. BAYS, AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM WHO CONSISTENTLY WORKS DILIGENTLY EVERY DAY TO TRY AND HELP OUR STUDENTS IN THIS SPACE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs:

238THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: DITTO. AND MS. BAYS, I NEVADA DID THANK YOU PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW THE BOARD JOINS ME IN SAYING YOU DID A GREAT JOB, COMPREHENSIVE JOB, ELIZABETH TANNER. YOU KNOW, THE DIRECT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AS YOU WELL KNOW ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR KIDS. AND I SAY DIRECT. THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, YOU KNOW, IN THE OLDEN DAYS, WE HAD A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR THAT WE ALL KNEW THE NAME AND COULD GO AND EXCHANGE THE DAY-TO-DAY CHALLENGES. WE HAVE GONE A LONG WAY, AND I KNOW KRISTIN DAVIS, WE ARE GOING TO PUT THAT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY ONCE AGAIN TO CHANGE THAT RATIO TO BE LOWER, BECAUSE WITHOUT OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR VOCATIONAL COUNSELORS, CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GO IN SO MANY DIFFERENT NEGATIVE DIRECTIONS. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK

239YOU. WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU AS WELL. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR SO MANY DIVISIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH CERTAINLY HAS BEEN ONE OF THEM. THEY APPRECIATE YOU, TOO. I KNOW THAT FOR SURE. SO DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, KIM? THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, REMOVING THE STIGMA OF SPEAKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES. AND TO DATE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SPEAK TO STUDENTS, WHEN I GO TO SCHOOLS, THEY TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS TRULY REMOVED THAT STIGMA FOR THEM. THEY FEEL SURROUNDED, SUPPORTED, AND EMBRACED WHEN IT COMES TO THEM BEING ABLE TO APPROACH ANYONE, JUST ANYONE ON OUR CAMPUS. LET ALONE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORTS, THE

240SOCIAL WORKERS, THE COUNSELORS, AND THE PSYCHOLOGISTS. AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY COULD GO AND TALK TO THEM. THEY FEEL THAT CONNECTION. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE? AND THEY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED THAT TIME TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND. SO I APPRECIATE WHAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS, AND ALSO THE FAMILY, BECAUSE THE FAMILY WANTS THE STUDENT SUPPORTED, THE FAMILY IS ALSO AT EASE, AND FEELS THAT SUPPORT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WHOLE TEAM FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, FOR CLARIFYING, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, YOU FIRED WHO? WHEN WE NEED THE SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT. AND PUTTING OUR COMMUNITY AT EASE. AND KNOWING WE HAVE THE

241SUPPORTS HERE AND WE CONTINUE TO HIRE THOSE SUPPORTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.19. INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR KELLY SERVICES INCORPORATED INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE, 19213-DST-IV SUBSTITUTE AND EXCHANGE PROGRAM TEACHING SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY HELP OUR TEACHERS AND OUR LEADERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. ONE THING WE IDENTIFIED IS THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE REALLY STRUGGLED TO BE ABLE TO FILL SOME VACANCIES IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND WITH OUR TEACHERS BEING OUT RELATED TO ANY TYPE OF ILLNESSES OR DEALING WITH BEING WITH THEIR FAMILIES OR COVID, WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT COVERAGE FOR THE CLASSES, AND IN THIS WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO MOVE AN INCREASE IN COMPENSATION FOR SUBS,

242FOR EXAMPLE, FOR GED, FROM $11 AN HOUR TO 13.91 AND ALSO FOR CERTIFIED TEACHER FROM 16.85 TO THE R 21.31. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 1 MONTE 8 MILLION BUT IT'S A NECESSITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH SURROUNDING COUNTIES, A R AND GET INDIVIDUALS TO BE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO HELP NIL THE NEEDS OF SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-6.19. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: YES, I DO. I HAD A QUESTION, AND THANK YOU, DR. MARIE WHALEN, FOR PUTTING THE ANSWER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. REGARDING THE KELLY SERVICES SUBSTITUTE, WE KNOW THAT WE DO

243HAVE AN UPCOMING SCHOOL SAFETY MEETING, BUT A QUESTION WAS ASKED, A FEW OF THEM, HOW ARE THE SUBS PREPARED FOR THE SAFETY PROTOCOLLINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY THESE DAYS? WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND, IF THAT'S OKAY, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, TO HAVE MARIE -- Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY. SO IN PART OF THE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO STUDENTS AND PERSONAL SAFETY, THEY DO REVIEW HANDLING OF EMERGENCIES, AND THAT INCLUDES PHYSICAL AND VERY MANY DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN STUDENTS, THREATENING BEHAVIOR FROM A STUDENT, STUDENT WITH A WEAPON, STUDENT WITH DRUGS, OR THREATENING BEHAVIOR FROM AN ADULT. SO THAT IS PART OF THE TRAINING OF OUR SUBSTITUTE AS WELL. Lynn Gray: DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT, DR. WHELAN, THAT THIS IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING FOR OUR SUBS? YES, MA'AM. Lynn Gray: THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLEAR UP, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. THANK

244YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM LOOKING AT THE RIGHT AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE MET ABOUT IN REGARDS TO RAISING SUB PAY OR ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SORRY. MR. PORTER WAS TALKING TO ME IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I WAS A SUB TEACHER FOR SIX YEARS. I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY VACANCIES, AND IT WAS REALLY HARD TO LIVE ON THE PAY THAT I GOT AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, AND OFTENTIMES YOU ARE DOING A SIMILAR WORKLOAD. MY QUESTION IS -- AND I AM ALL FOR RAISING SUBS PAY -- THIS IS A RECURRING EXPENSE THAT WE

245ARE COMMITTING TO WHEN WE RAISE THIS ANNUALLY, CORRECT? RIGHT. Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT THAT I SUPPORT THIS, BUT GIVEN THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SALARIES, I JUST HOPE THAT WE HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION AT THE FOREFRONT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TEACHERS AND STAFF SALARIES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT BECAUSE WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT REOCCURRING EXPENSES AND THIS IS A REOCCURRING EXPENSE THAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO BECAUSE WE SEE THE VALUE IN RAISING THE PAY OF OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS SO WE CAN ATTRACT THEM, BECAUSE THEY ALSO EQUATE TO STUDENT SUCCESS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PAZ R PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.20. INCREASE IN

246EXPENDITURES FOR AGREEMENT 19097 XMT -- R-01 LEGAL SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS AN APPROVAL TO INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURES, THE LEGAL SERVICES, WE HAVE AN AWESOME RELATIONSHIP WITH LATISHA WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 16 YEARS, HELPING WITH US DUE PROCESSES, I.E., P MEETINGS, WE SEEM TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS THAT ARE IN PERSON, SO SHE'S REALLY HELPING US STRENGTHEN OUR WORK WITH OUR ESE DEPARTMENT. SO JUST BRINGING THIS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO BE APPROVE ITEM C-6.10. I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. OH, MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS JUMP FROM 317 TO 345? ARE WE

247ANTICIPATING A LARGER PAY OR INFLATION? I JUST 2022 KNOW THE REASON FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL JUMP. Addison Davis: IF YOU LOOK AT 2021 IT WAS $373,000, AND IF YOU LOOK AT 21-22, IT WAS 317, SO HAVING MORE MEETINGS RELATED TO IN-PERSON, IN THE SUMMER MORE STUDENTS, SO WE SEE THAT INCREASE AND JUST, ABLE TO PLAN FOR THAT INCREASE IN VALUE. I WILL LET DR. VERY A TIER RAD A. AND IT'S JUST TO COVER ADDITIONAL LITIGATION EXPENSES SHOULD THEY OCCUR SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THAT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.21. PICKY BACK 22120-PGB-IV PRINT GOOD AND SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. THIS IS A DISTRICT CONTRACT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE

248WHEN WE LEASE ALL OF OUR DEVICES FOR COPY MACHINES, OUR SCHOOL SITES AND THE DISTRICT SITES. THIS HAS BEEN A RELATIONSHIP FOR THE LAST 15-PLUS YEARS SO BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO MAKING CERTAIN WE ADDRESS OUR NEEDS, AND THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF NOT ONLY OUR DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT BUT ALSO OUR SUPPLIES AND TONERS, AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO SEPARATE THOSE AND SEPARATE THE DEVICES, AT LEAST THE TONER SUPPLIES, WE SPEND MORE MONEY ON THE TONER SUPPLIES, SO THIS IS AN ALL INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE SAVE MONEY BY LUMPING THIS TOGETHER TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. NEED A MOCKS AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-6.21. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER

249WASHINGTON. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.22, LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS 22113-XMT-IV FOR DISCLOSURE COUNSEL SERVICE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO OUT AND IDENTIFY THE COUNSEL SERVICE. THIS IS WHERE WE INFORM -- WE DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BOND ISSUES, AND THAT IS INFORMATION DISSEMINATED TO THE MARKETPLACE. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING TO USE THIS, BUT BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD JUST IN CASE WE START HAVING TO BUILD 18 SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL FUND TOCK BE HAVING THIS COUNSEL READILY AVAILABLE TO HELP US. THEY WORK WITH OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ANY POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND ALSO REVIEW ANY TYPE OF STRATEGY FOR THAT SERVICES AND PROVIDE LEGAL ANALYSIS.

250ONE THING THAT WAS QUESTIONED WAS CAN FOREIGN RESORTS DO THAT? BOARD ASSOCIATES ON THEIR END, THEIR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION FOR MARKETING BONDS, ALSO PLEDGE OF REVENUES, AND LOOKING AT OUR FLOW OF FUNDING, THEY ANALYZE OUR FINANCIAL STATUS, AND PORTFOLIOS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STRENGTHEN IT AND BE A LIAISON FOR THE BOND COUNSELORS, AND THE BOND COUNSELORS LOOK AT THAT FORECASTABILITY FOR THE MARKETPLACE. SO IT'S REALLY TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND I HOPE MR. GIBSON AND MR. PORTER I EXPLAINED THAT PROPERLY. Jim Porter: THE ASSOCIATES ARE NOT ATTORNEYS, AND THIS IS ATTORNEY FOR THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS SO WE HAVE TO HAVE BOND COUNSEL. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-6.22. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER SNIVELY AND

251MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION ABOUT FORD AND ASSOCIATES SINCE THIS IS BOND RELATED. I DON'T RECALL HAVING AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS BEFORE, SO I AM GUESSING THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE JUST HAVING THE COUNSEL -- WHAT'S THE WORD -- RETAINER. ARE WE JUST OF COURSE COUNSEL ON RETAINER THAT THE POINT? HAVE WE EVER HAD TO DO THIS BEFORE? EVERY YEAR WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BOND COUNSEL ON RETAINER JUST IN CASE WE HAVE TO USE THEM FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DISTRICT. Jim Porter: EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN FLORIDA HAS BOTH BOND COUNSEL AND CLOSURE COUNSEL AND THIS IS VERY COMMON, REQUIRED. I MR. GIBSON AND MYSELF ARE DIFFERENT FIRMS AND WE HAVE

252HAD LONG CONTACT WITH BOND COUNSEL, AND FORD AND ASSOCIATES ARE ATTORNEYS THAT CAN PERFORM THIS FUNCTION I.I UNDERSTAND. AND I SEE OUR FINANCIAL IMPACT, WELL, THE LAST FINANCIAL IMPACT I CAN SEE IS FROM 2019, BUT 2020 WHICH WAS 73,277. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAD TO ENGAGE THEM FOR 2020 OR 2021, OR MAYBE EVEN 2022. SO THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION ABOUT THIS IS JUST A RETAINER SITUATION. Jim Porter: IT IS, YES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: AND MEMBER SNIVELY, INDEED, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THIS EITHER. SO I PULLED IT AS WELL. SO ENOUGH SAID. IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED AND IT'S A RETAINER, AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FINAL ITEM IS 10.01. APPROVE THE

2532022-2023 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THIS IS AN ANNUAL UPDATE REVIEW TO BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL SO WE CAN START MESSAGING THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD A WORKSHOP TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR THIS YEAR THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE. THIS IS UPDATES, A LOT OF DEFINITIONS, A LOT OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICE BEING IMPLEMENTED WITHIN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR DRESS CODE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS AN ANNUAL CREATION OF WHEN I GOT HERE I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAD A HOLISTIC VIEWPOINT OF ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS SO WE

254HAD PRINCIPALS, ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHERS FROM EVERY GRADE BAND, WE HAD STUDENTS ACTIVELY INVOLVED, CIVIC LEADERS, PTAs, CTA, YOU NAME IT. WE HAVE HAD INDIVIDUALS, DISTRICT STAFF, ALL INCLUSIVE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT AND WHAT TO DO DIFFERENTLY IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. AS YOU KNOW, THIS LIST PAST YEAR WAS SO TRYING RELATED TO BEHAVIOR THAT WE EXPERIENCED MORE THAN EVER, AND IT WASN'T ONLY FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THIS NATION THAT WE DEALT WITH MANY DISCIPLINES BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WERE NOT INTO OUR SCHOOLS FOR CLOSE TO TWO YEARS, SO HAD TO REENACT AND RECOACH AND FOCUS ON POSITIVE SUPPORT. SO BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD WITH MINIMAL CHANGES. I AM GOING TO TRANSITION TO MS. BAYS AND SEE IF SHE WANTS TO IDENTIFY

255ANY ADDITIONAL UPDATES. Kim Bays: JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE. WE REALLY HAD MADE AN EMPHASIS ON PUTTING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESTORATIVE STRUCTURES BACK INTO PLACE FOR THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS WELL SO THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME STRATEGIES TO COPE WITH THESE PROCEEDINGS PROCEDURES ARCHED TURN THE STUDENTS AROUND AND MAKE THEM TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEMSELVES AND MAKE MORE POSITIVE DECISIONS. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE THREE RESTORATIVE PRACTICE CENTERS STARTING IN BRANDON SUCCESS CENTER, NORTH TAMPA AND CHAMBERLAIN. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ROLE MODELS FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE ACLU REACHED OUT OVER THE DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND REQUIRED US TO REVIEW THE DRESS CODE AND REQUIRED US TO RENEW ANYTHING THAT WAS GENDER SPECIFIC

256OR CULTURALLY HARMFUL SO WE DID THAT AS WELL. BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THIS FIRST REVIEW COMMITTEE, WE HAD A COMMITTEE JUST TO REVIEW THE DRESS CODE ITSELF, AND CELL PHONE USAGE, AND THEN THAT TEAM TRANSITIONED RIGHT INTO THE ENTIRE CODE OF CONDUCT. SO THOSE PROVISIONS WERE BUILT IN AS WELL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MS. BAYS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-10.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER SNIVELY, MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER GRAY PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, YEAH, I AM GLAD THAT YOU ANSWERED THAT BECAUSE I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RED LINE PIECE WHEN IT CAME TO THE DRESS CODE. I'M

257GLAD TO SEE THAT WE LEANED INTO THE ACLU TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NOTHING SPECIFIC TO ANY VENDOR, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT UNDER ON PAGE 51 UNDER DRESS CODE. SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ADDED ARE CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES THAT DISPLAY, SUGGEST SEXUAL, VULGAR, GANG, WEAPONS OR ALCOHOL, OR VAPING RELATED, OR PROVOKED VIOLENCE OR DISCORRUPTION IN THE SCHOOL SHALL BE WORN -- SHALL NOT BE WORN. SORRY. THAT'S THE KEY WORD THERE. BUT MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT WORD OF DISRUPTION, THAT'S SUBJECTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE IN NOW. YOU COULD SEE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE HAD ABOUT A BOTTLE WHERE THAT CAN GO TO. SO WHO IS ENGAGING AND WHAT THAT S THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVE AN OPPOSING SPORTS TEAM AND THAT COULD CAUSE DISRUPTION.

258HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GAUGING WHAT'S DISRUPTIVE AND INAPPROPRIATE ARE NOT BIASED OR HOW ARE WE GAUGING THAT, IS MY QUESTION. Kim Bays: IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. AS WE BROKE OUT INTO TEAMS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALIZED IS THAT BEHAVIORS AND WHAT CONSTITUTES DISRUPTION DIFFERS DRASTICALLY AT GREAT LEVEL. SO WHAT OUR ELEMENTARY PARENTS AND STUDENTS SAID WHAT CONSTITUTES DISRUPTION AT AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS DID FAR DIFFERENT FROM A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THAT'S GOING TO BE DOWN TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PRINCIPALS AND THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS CULTURE AND THAT REALLY WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION BY EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY SO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE DETERMINING WHETHER THE DISRUPTION IN KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM THEY CAN MAKE THAT JUDGMENT AT THE

259ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND FAR DIFFERENT FROM THE JUDGMENT THAT SOMEBODY HAD ON A CAMPUS IN HIGH SCHOOL SO THEY REALLY WANTED TO LEAVE THAT DISCRETION UP TO THE CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP OF EACH SCHOOL. Jessica Vaughn: LET'S SAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SOMEBODY IS WEARING A SHIRT THAT SAYS INCLUSIVITY, AND SOMEBODY COMPLAINS AND THINKS THAT'S DISRUPTIVE, IT WILL BE LEFT UP TO THE PRINCIPAL TO STUDY WHETHER THAT'S ADDRESS CODE VIOLATION AND ASK THAT STUDENTS TO CHANGE THEIR CLOTHING? IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ADDED IN THE RED LINE VERSION OF THE OPTIONS FOR DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS? IT WILL BE UP TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND WHAT WE HAVE ALSO DONE IS THE CONSEQUENCES IS TO OFFER THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT DOING ANYMORE FOR THE

260DRESS CODE IS SENDING STUDENTS HOME. WE ARE GOING TO OFFER CLOTHING AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEND STUDENTS HOME BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DRESSED APPROPRIATELY. SO YES, THIS WILL BE A LEADERSHIP TEAM DECISION AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON THE CODE OF CONDUCT, AND SO I THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU HAD THE WORKSHOP A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE PROPOSAL OF ANY CODE CHANGES, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE SUGGESTION, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO INTERPRETATION OF SOME OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT,

261AS MEMBER VAUGHN ALLUDED TO, AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR A REFRESHER FROM PERHAPS SUPERINTENDENT OR MS. BAYS ON HOW WE COMMUNICATE THIS WITH STUDENTS AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE THIS WITH PARENTS AROUND GUARDIANS, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT PARENTS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, ARE GIVEN A LOT OF MATERIAL DURING THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN SCHOOL BEGINS, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARENTS ACTUALLY READ THE ENTIRE CODE OF CONDUCT FROM FRONT TO BACK, BECAUSE IT IS CHALLENGING AND A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT STRATEGIES ARE BEING USED TO COMMUNICATE THIS WITH STUDENTS AND COMMUNICATE THIS WITH PARENTS SO WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME TEAM WITH REGARD TO ABIDING BY THESE CODES, AND THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

262Kim Bays: CERTAINLY. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION WHICH WE SHARING AT THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE THIS SUMMER IS THAT THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANTS PRINCIPALS REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES, NOT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO EMPHASIZE GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE LINE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT BUT HIGHLIGHT AND EMPHASIZE THE CHANGES. AGAIN THOSE BEING PRIMARILY THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN SOME RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AS ALTERNATIVES AND CONSEQUENCES. WE WANT TO BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE SO WE WANT OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING IN STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE THE RIGHT DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE STUDENTS, A AND QUARTERBACK THE PARENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE CONSEQUENCES. WE DON'T WANT TO SEND CHILDREN HOME, WE DON'T WANT TO SEND THEM OFF CAMPUS. WE WANT TO KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL.

263SO A LOT OF OUR CHANGES RIGHT NOW ARE GEARED TOWARD MAKING POSITIVE DECISIONS AND KEEPING OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL AND BRINGING THEM BACK TO US. WE WILL ALSO BE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY DO SHARE THE DRESS CODE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE, SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO GENDER-SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT GOING TO BE REFERRED TO IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SIMPLY, RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE LINE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY HIGHLIGHT FOCUS ON THE CHANGE BECAUSE WE FEEL THEY ARE VERY POSITIVE. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THE MORE LEE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE AND REINFORCE THE CODE OF CONDUCT, THE BETTER THAT OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND GUARDIANS CAN UNDERSTAND IT. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY GOES

264COMPLETELY AGAINST THE CODE OF CONDUCT INTENDING TO BREAK THE CODE OF CONDUCT. I THINK A LOT OF THINGS ARE MISUNDERSTOOD OR MISCOMMUNICATED OR UNDERCOMMUNICATED, AND THAT'S WHAT LEADS TO SITUATIONS WHERE THEY MAY BREAK A RULE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND HAVE TO FEEL THAT CONSEQUENCE WHEN MAYBE IT WASN'T NECESSARY IF THERE'S A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MS. BAYS, ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION, AND THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE SORE SPOTS WITH THIS CODE OF CONDUCT, IT'S SUCH A HUGE DOCUMENT IN TERMS OF BAND WIDTH FOR COMPUTERS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T -- FOOD ON A PHONE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF WIDTH -- THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD BUT A LOT OF SPACE IN YOUR

265COMPUTER R COMPUTER. ARE WE MAKING THIS FOR THE HISPANIC POPULATION FOR THEM TO ALSO RECEIVE THIS, AND THE REMINDERS, IN SPANISH? Kim Bays: YES, ABSOLUTELY, THIS WILL BE TRANSLATED IN SPANISH AND ALSO DO THAT FOR THE TRAINING FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AS WELL. Lynn Gray: AND THE QUESTION I HAD WAS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NATION AND WE LOOK AT DISCIPLINE IN THE DISTRICT BUT THROUGHOUT THE NATION, THERE'S SO MUCH ANGER AMONG OUR STUDENTS, FRUSTRATION, ANXIETY, AND A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS ARE TAKING IT OUT ON THEIR TEACHERS. TO A POINT WHERE THERE ARE MANY SCHOOLS THAT A TEACHER HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY ACCOSTED, AND I AM TRYING TO PUT IT IN THE RIGHT WORDS. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE -- AND I KNOW JOSHUA, WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB

266-- THE CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT, THE PRINCIPALS ARE SHARING THAT THEY HAVE SO MANY OF THE CHILDREN, STUDENTS, THAT ARE HAVING THESE BAD DECISIONS, MAKING THESE BAD DECISIONS OF A PHYSICAL SENSE, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DANGER. WHAT ARE WE -- WHAT ARE WE PLANNING TO DO TO ACCOMMODATE, WE USED TO CALL IT CHANGE OF PLACEMENT, COPs. NOW WE CALL IT CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND I THINK THAT WAS YOUR DESCRIPTION AND IT'S A VERY NICE WORD. BUT THE IDEA IS THE STUDENT IS DEFINITELY, MANY OF THEM ARE OUT OF HAND. SO IT'S UNDERSTAFFED, WE KNOW THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE HEAR WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING ABOUT THAT. Kim Bays: CERTAINLY OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE IS WE REALIZE BECAUSE OF THE

267EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAD TO HAVE A CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DIDN'T TAKE A BREAK FROM WHERE THEY WERE IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT OUR SUCCESS CENTERS. SO WE HAVE ADDED FOUR MORE TEACHERS FOR EACH OF THE NORTH TAMPA SITES AND BRANDON SUBCENTER ALREADY. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT THEY HAVE FULL TIME SOCIAL WORKER, FULL TIME PSYCHOLOGISTS AND COUNSELORS AT THESE SITES AS WELL. THE GOAL THAT WE WANT TO DO HERE IS TO RETURN OUR STUDENTS BACK INTO A SETTING WHERE THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE CHOSE TONE REMAIN AT THESE SMALLER SITES AND WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT AND WANT TO BE AT A SMALLER SITE WHERE THERE MAY BE 100 STUDENTS INSTEAD OF

268A THOUSAND, WE ENCOURAGE THAT. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO RETURN, WE ARE BUILDING RESTORATIVE PRACTICE CENTERS AT BOTH BRANDON SUCCESS CENTER AND NORTH TAMPA SO THESE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THESE EXTREME BEHAVIORS WILL NOW HAVE SOME REAL STRATEGIES BROUGHT TO EM THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY TO HELP THEM NOT ONLY IN THEIR DAY TO DAY IN THE CENTERS BUT ALSO TRANSITION BACK INTO THEIR HOMESITES. WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WHERE THEY ARE. AND SOME OF THEM ARE COME TO US WITH THESE BEHAVIORS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR OWN HOME ENVIRONMENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT WE HAVE TO USE OUR TIME WISELY AND DO SOME PROACTIVE WORK WITH THEM AT THESE CENTERS. THAT'S WHY WE ARE CREATING THESE MODELS FOR THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS WELL. THE TRAINING HAS

269ALREADY BEGUN FOR THE TEACHERS. Lynn Gray: AND JUST AS A STATISTIC, AND I AM REMINDED OF EISENHOWER, JOHAN WAS THE PRINCIPAL, WE HAD EASILY 25 COP CHANGE OF PLACEMENTS EVERY YEAR, AND IT WENT DOWN TO FOUR OR FIVE. AND MARVELED AT THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF CULTURE WHICH IS REALLY WHAT CHAMBERLAIN HAS DONE AS WELL. SO I TRULY BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE. BUT MORE NEEDS -- WE HAVE MORE OF THIS ANGER SINCE THEN, AND IT'S GONE OVER THE TOP. SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER WASHINGTON? THEN I WILL GO AFTER YOU. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAD A QUESTION, MR. DAVIS, ABOUT I RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE SUSPENSIONS OF THE BLACK AND BROWN

270KIDS. IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE WAY THE BOARD COULD HAVE NUMBERS OF THE SUSPENSION RATES? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, ABSOLUTELY. WE DID SEE AN UPTICK IN THE SUSPENSIONS THIS YEAR RELATED TO WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD CONVERSATION RELATED TO OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THEY EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ACTING OUT. SO I CAN SEND THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THIS IS GOING TO BE A BASELINE YEAR RELATED TO WHERE WE ARE, AND HOW WE IDENTIFY. THE CELEBRATION IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE FROM A LESS PERSPECTIVE THIS YEAR WHERE WE WERE IN 2018-19, WHICH WAS 907 ARRESTS, THIS YEAR WE ARE AT 467 ARRESTS WHICH MEANS WE ARE DOING A BETTER JOB KEEPING

271STUDENTS OUT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT'S HANDS AND INTO OUR SYSTEMS. AND OPENLY, SUSPENSION IS OUR LAST RESORT. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE BEHAVIORS ARE SYSTEMICALLY DEMONSTRATED OR UNDESIRED AT A SYSTEMIC SCALE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SPACE BETWEEN US AND A LEARNER, TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THEY COME BACK HOW WE CAN HELP THEM MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE LESS STUDENTS FROM NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT 2014-15, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THE WITHDRAWAL CODE, WE WERE PUSHING THEM OUT, THEY WEREN'T GETTING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. THERE WERE LIKE 1700 STUDENTS WITH A DRAW CODE OF SIX. THIS YEAR WE CLOSED IT OUT WITH 877. SO THERE ARE SOME COMPARISONS THAT WE HAVE DONE SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS BUT WE HAVE GOT TO ADDRESS WHERE WE ARE FROM A DISCIPLINE SUSPENSION

272PERSPECTIVE, AND GOING BACK TO 2018-19, I WILL SEND THIS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THEY HAD AROUND 23,800 OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS. IF WE LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW IN THIS YEAR, I THINK IT'S AROUND 25, 26,000 SUSPENSIONS, THAT'S A LONG TIME OF COMPLEXITIES, COMPRESSED AND THE PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE REALLY NOT FAR OFF WHERE WE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. BUT WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS, INFORM SCHOOLS, AND REALLY GETTING STUDENTS ACCUSTOMED BACK TO MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND OPENLY WE HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON STUDENTS OF COLOR, BECAUSE IT MATTERS FOR US TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE HELPING THEM BREAK CYCLES OF UNDESIRED BEHAVIORS AND GETTING TO THE POINTS WHERE THEY REMAIN IN SCHOOLS EVERY DAY THAT WE CAN. Henry "Shake" Washington: I

273WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A REPORT ON THAT, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT SUSPENSIONS, WE HAVE THE CORRECT NUMBER, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETIMES THOSE NUMBERS ARE OVERINFLATED, SOMETIMES HOW THE STUDENTS ARE SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL. SO IF YOU WILL GIVE THAT TO US, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. Addison Davis: AND THEN FOR COMPARISON, THERE IS A SCHOOL YEAR, A SCHOOL DISTRICT DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND THIS WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A STANCE THAT INVESTIGATOR HEARD THAT SUSPENSIONS WEREN'T TO BE GIVEN OUT. WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT'S DOCUMENTED AND IDENTIFIED IN THE DATA, AND THAT GIVES US A TRUE INDICATION WHEREOF WE'RE AND WHAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON. SO I WILL POINT THAT OUT IN OUR REVIEW. I WANT TO THANK DR.

274HAHN. SHE GAVE ME THIS REVIEW DOCUMENT TO BE UNPACKED ANNAL LIT TICKS, AND I WILL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO DISSEMINATE FOUGHT BOARD, THAT NOT ONLY HAS DATA BUT THERE'S CONTEXT RELATING TO THAT DATA SO NOW WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE HAVE TO GO AND WHY WE ARE FACING THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAT 'S GOOD BECAUSE WE NEED THAT. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK WE ARE KIRKING KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S THE PERCEPTION MANY TIMES WHEN THEY LOOK AT NUMBERS. Addison Davis: I AGREE. SO MANY -- IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN OUR CLASSROOMS, IN OUR HALLWAYS, TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE COMMON AREAS. IT'S A DIFFERENT DAY. SO WE DON'T PRIDE

275OURSELVES ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT WE PRAYED OURSINGS ON BEING TRANSPARENT AND WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ADDRESS IT AS WE MOVE INTO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU, MS. BAYS, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO WORK ON SO MANY FACTORS, AND JUST NOT ONLY THIS, THE CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT ALSO MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT REALLY OVERLAPS EACH OTHER, AND I THINK IT'S R IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS WE EXPAND THE PDIS AND THE TRAUMA BASED LEARNING AND WE ARE SEEING SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TRAUMA-BASED TEACHING, AND THE INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH, AND HOPEFULLY AS WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON COUNSELORS, AND I

276TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT, HOW WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSEQUENCE COUNSELORS ARE PRO ACTIVE AND THAT THEY ARE NOT REALLY IN THAT POSITION WHERE THEY ARE BASICALLY OVERSEEING TESTS, AND THEY ARE SUBBING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COUNSELORS ARE AVAILABLE, THROUGH EDUCATIONAL WEEKLY, LIKE 72% OF SUBURBAN SCHOOLS OF SEEING HUGE RATES IN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN THEIR SCHOOLS AS WELL AS URBAN SCHOOLS. I WAS LOOKING AT THIS LAST NIGHT. INCREASE ACROSS THE NATION AND WE SAW THAT WITH TikTok CHALLENGES, VERY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, AND IT'S NOT -- IT'S REALLY A NATIONWIDE ISSUE. THE ONE THING, AND I KNOW WE ARE NEVER GOING TO CHANGE, CELL PHONES, AND I KNOW THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROFANITY OR INAPPROPRIATE THINGS. ALL OF THAT IS ACCESSED THROUGH A PHONE. YOU WALK

277INTO A SCHOOL. I GUESS MY BIGGEST WORRY OR CONCERN IS WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN ONE SCHOOL KIDS HAVE AIR PODS IN THERE AND WITH THE PHONE, A LOT OF TIMES YOU ARE SEEING STUDENTS MORE AND MORE DISENGAGED FROM THE CLASSROOM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING NOT THAT WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE TODAY BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT REALLY LONG-TERM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS THE AMOUNT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE STUDENTS ARE LOSING BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF CHEATING THAT'S OCCURRING WITH CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING STUDENTS, NOT ONLY INCREASING VIOLENCE BY HAVING FIGHTS SO THEY CAN VIDEOTAPE IT, AND THIS IS NOT AS I SAID, THIS IS NOT JUST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IT'S ACROSS THE NATION, AND HOW DO WE FACE THAT AND HOW

278DO WE A IT THAT TO MAKE SURE WE DECREASE CELL PHONE USE AN MANGE SURE STUDENTS AREN'T GETTING INTO FIGHTS JUST TO BE FILMED ON SOMETHING THAT STUDENTS ARE LESS AND LESSEN GAUGED IN SCHOOL AND MORE AND MORE ENGAGED ON THEIR PHONES. I NOTICE WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE PHONES AWAY, BUT LET'S REALLY LOOK AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND LET'S TRY TO SEND A MESSAGE WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE WE TRY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT STUDENTS ARE ON PHONE AND THEY ARE MORE ENGAGED INTO WHAT'S GOING ON. I KNOW SEVERAL OF MY MIDDLE SCHOOLS LIKE WALKER DURING LUNCH TIME, THEY DON'T HAVE PHONES BECAUSE KIDS CAN SOCIALIZE, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN, FOR MANY, MANY REASONS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING

279THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME AS A BOARD MEMBER AND AS A PARENT. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. MY QUESTION KIND OF FALLS ABIT IN LINE WITH THAT BUT A LITTLE BIT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN. BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY AGREE, CELL PHONES HAVE BECOME A PROBLEM. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SETTING UP CHALLENGES TO FILM THEM, TO CREATE DISRUPTION, PEOPLE -- STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO WAY MORE CONCERNING THINGS THAN WHAT'S IN OUR LIBRARIES ON THE CREDIT PHONE. I AGREE WITH THAT. BUT UNDER OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT UNDER PAGE 39, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS ABOUT THIS. IT DOES ADDRESS DISOBEDIENCE, INSUBORDINATION, FOR FAILURE TO OBEY, ASSISTANCE OR AUTHORITY, THE HOSTILE CHALLENGE OF AUTHORITY OF A SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER, BUS DRIVER,

280ANY OTHER IN AUTHORITY, AND IT HAS AN EXAMPLE, STUDENTS REFUSES TO PUT CELL PHONE AWAY WHEN DIRECTED BY SCHOOL OR STAFF MEMBER, STUDENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO STOP THE UNDESIRED BEHAVIOR AND NO POSTED RULES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE MAYK SURE IF THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S SOME SORT OF ABUSE OF SOME SORT GOING ON, AND A STUDENTS FILMS THAT, JUST BECAUSE A TEACHER TELLS THEM TO PUT THEM AWAY, IF THE STUDENTS FEELS THAT NEEDS TO BE FILMED FOR EVIDENCE, OR SOMETHING IN THAT CASE, THAT STUDENT IS NOT GOING TO BE PENALIZE. WE ARE KIND OF SEEING LAWS LIKE THAT AROUND THE NATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE FILMING POLICE BRUTALITY, WE ARE TRYING TO SQUASH THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT SETTING OURSELVES UP TO DISCIPLINE A STUDENTS OR ANYONE ELSE

281TRYING TO CAPTURE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CAPTURED IN OUR SCHOOLS. Kim Bays: THAT'S A GOOD POINT AND WHILE WE DON'T WANTS CELL PHONES TO BE USED FOR DISRUPTION IN MANY, MANY OF THE OCCASIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD TO RUN THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED BECAUSE THINGS WERE CAUGHT ON FILM THROUGH CELL PHONES. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STUDENTS AND WITH THE PARENTS, AND WE TRY TO REDIRECT THEM SAYING WE REALLY DON'T WANT YOU USING YOUR CELL PHONES. HOWEVER, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS IN A WAY THAT YOU IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT OVER TO ADMINISTRATION AND SAID HERE IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD SEE AND SHARE THAT THE WAY. SO YOU ARE LIGHT, WE DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE STUDENTS WHO ARE USING CELL PHONES IN

282ORDER TO CAPTURE SOMETHING AND SHARE IT WITH THE AUTHORITIES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SO HERE I COME AGAIN WITH DATA. MEMBER WASHINGTON. SO I DO HAVE THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION INFORMATION. SO OVERALL, THE GRAND TOTAL FOR THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WAS 26,287 STUDENTS SUSPENDED. OUT OF SCHOOL. AND THE REASON WHY I BRING THIS DATA TO THE TABLE, DISCIPLINED WAS 2,287 BUT THAT NUMBER IS ONLY FOR THE BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS. OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENDED WAS BETWEEN BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS, 20,018 STUDENTS. SO THE REASON WHY I AM BRINGING THIS DATA TO THE TABLE -- WELL, LET ME BRING ONE MORE NUMBER. AND THAT WAS 4,513 STUDENTS IN 2021-22 THAT ARE HOMELESS. SO I AM GOING TO GO TO PAGE 32 HERE IN THE DRESS CODE. AND ALSO GOING TO

283REMIND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING BUSSED ACROSS THIS DISTRICT TO GO TO SCHOOL. ANDINS DOESN'T NUMBER ONE, CHANGE OF CLOTHES, INCIDENT NUMBER TWO, INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE CLOTHING THAT THEY NEED OR REQUIRE. AND THEN INCIDENT NUMBER THREE, THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES AND THEY GET ONE, TWO, THREE-DAYS OUTOF SCHOOL SUSPENSION. THEN THE NEXT ONE WAS, I BELIEVE, WAS ON PAGE 52. YES, PAGE 51. ON PAGE 51, IT SAYS THAT THE CLOTHING SHALL BE WORN SECURELY FASTENED TO THE FEET, AND THEN DURING PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES, SHOES MUST BE SUITABLE FOR OUTDOOR WEAR. NOW, LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE LIVING IN THE TIME WE ARE LIVING IN, AND WE HAVE THAT NUMBER OF

284STUDENTS THAT ARE HOMELESS, 4,513 STUDENTS, TOTAL, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FOR NEXT YEAR, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. ANY STUDENT THAT COMES TO US FROM A DRESS CODE PERSPECTIVE THAT HAS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM RELATED TO NOT HAVING THE ESSENTIALS, WE ARE GOING TO HELP THAT STUDENT OUT. THAT STUDENT IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WILL EVER BE PENALIZED RELATED TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT, DISCIPLINE, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY SAY THAT IS PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE. THE GOOD THING IS OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS, THEY KNOW OUR CHILDREN. THEY GAIN ACCESS TO THEM EVERY DAY, AND THEY WILL IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT, WRAP AROUND SERVICES TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. SO IF WE HAVE A LEARNER WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT IN A CLASS,

285WHETHER IT'S NOTEBOOK PAPER, PENCILS, KAN CALCULATORS, YOU NAME IT, OR PROPER UTENSILS, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE THAT PROVISION IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED. SO IN THIS PROCESS, IF WE HAD SOMEONE THAT JUST WAS BEING DISOBEDIENT, THEY DON'T -- THEY DON'T HAVE BE A CHANGE OF CLOTHES, THEY ARE GOING TO WEAR FLIP-FLOPS EVERY DAY KNOWING THEY HAVE R THEY HAVE TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL, WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES, AND TALKING TO THE STUDENT, MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CONTACT THE STUDENTS' PARENTS, ALL OF THOSE ARE PROGRESSIONS THAT WE WILL TAKE BUT IF IT BECOMES COMES TO BLATANT DEFINES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF TEETH TO PROTECT THE ORGANIZATION AND THE CLASS AS WELL, AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE CERTAIN THOSE NEEDS ARE FILLED. MS. BAYS, ANYTHING?

286Kim Bays: I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND SAY THAT HOLLY SAISL TEAM, WHEN STUDENTS COME TO THE TABLE AND THEY HAVE MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS AND CHOICES WE BRING OUR STUDENT SERVICES TEAM TO THE TABLE NOT ONLY TO TALK AND WORK WITH THE STUDENT BUT WITH THE FAMILY AS WELL SO WE ARE REALLY TO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT THEM THAT WAY AS WELL. Karen Perez: BECAUSE I NOTICE IT JUST SAYS THE STUDENT -- IF THE CONDITION FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM LEEWAY JUST IN CASE. Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM, WE WILL BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT PROCESS, FOR CHILDREN, AND IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S A MISTAKE THAT'S MADE, WE WILL RECTIFY, ADDRESS IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A FAMILY THAT FEELS COMFORTABLE AND THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGED, FANNED THERE'S A PARTICULAR

287VOID, WE WILL FILL THAT VOID, AND WE HAVE STAND BY PARTNERS READY TO GO TO SHALL ABLE TO HELP AND ASSIST. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, I AM SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, MEMBER PEREZ. I COULDN'T FIND IT, BUT WAS REALLY CONCERNED WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT ON PAGE 32 UNDER DRESS CODE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE ONGOING RESPONSES TO THAT. THE ONE TO FIVE DAYS BEING INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ON DAY ONE THROUGH FIVE, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE TAKING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY AWAY FROM KIDS AS A VIOLATION OF DRESS CODE. SO ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE THAT FROM THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. Jim Porter: YOU NEED A SECOND, THEN YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. MEMBER PEREZ

288IS SECONDING IT? Jim Porter: I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF ABOUT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THAT MOTION. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. SO THIS IS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS I DON'T THINK IT'S A SUPER STRONG WAY TO SIGNAL THAT THE KID MAKES A BAD DECISION ON A SCHOOL DAY THAT WE PENALIZE HIM FROM SOMETHING THEY TRULY LOVE AND ENJOY BECAUSE THAT MAY BE ONE THING THAT THEY ARE DRAWN TO BE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN SCHOOL. HOWEVER, FROM A COMMITTEE'SER RESPECTIVE THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO FIND PROACTIVE WAYS AND SOLUTIONS TO KEEP A LEARNNER SCHOOL. HOWEVER, THIS COULD CREATE SOME TYPE OF SEPARATION AS WELL AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENT OR A PERFORMANCE OR A GAME, AND I THINK I AM

289OKAY WITH IT IF THE BOARD WANTS TO STRIKE THIS. I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER. BUT I THINK THE COMMITTEE WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND PROACTIVE SOLUTION TO KEEP LEARNERS IN SCHOOLS AND I THINK BY THE CHANGE OF CLOTHES CAN HELP WITH THAT PROCESS. Jim Porter: FURTHER DISCUSSION? Nadia Combs: YES, WE WILL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE HAVE A SECOND, IF WE WOULD -- Jim Porter: CLEAR THE BOARD BECAUSE THIS IS A INSTRUCTION ABOUT THE AMENDMENT. CLEAR THE BOARD. AND THEN IF BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE AMENDMENT ONLY, NOW IS THE TIME. I PRESSED MY BUTTON FIRST. I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS WOULD BE THE COMMITTEE HAS REALLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS AND LOOKING AT THIS. I KNOW FROM HAVING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT I THINK TALKING ABOUT THIS, IT'S VERY SEVERE, INAPPROPRIATE

290CLOTHING THAT SOMETIMES OCCURS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE A SCHOOL OR A PRINCIPAL IS GOING TO PUT SOMEBODY IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION BECAUSE OF THAT, AND I THINK IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COME IN AND TRY TO MAKE A CHANGE WITH THE COMMITTEE WHO IS ENGAGED AND WORKED ON THIS AND COME IN AND JUST START STRIKING THINGS. SOME FOR ME PERSONALLY, I AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW FROM HAVING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, AND SOMETIMES, OH, MY GOSH, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU CAN'T WEAR THAT, YOU KNOW. SO I KNOW THAT IT DOES HAPPEN, AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED PHONE CALLS. SO I SEE KIDS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WHAT THEY ARE WEARING, AND I DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING TO FIND A STUDENT WHO IS PLACED IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION UNLESS SOMETIMES I

291HAVE SEEN CLOTHES THAT ARE VERY SEVERE THAT ARE VERY DISTRACTING THAT ARE VERY INAPPROPRIATE. SO I THINK FOR ME, I AM GOING TO STICK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED AS A COMMITTEE AND NOT COME IN AND START MAKING CHANGES ARBITRARILY. AND THEATER JUST MY OPINION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO AGREE A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS AND CONSIDERING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CONSEQUENCES. I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE ON THE DRESS CODE, LOOKING AT PAGE 32, BUT WHY IS IT NOT CONGRATULATE WITH THE ONE TO THREE DAYS OF ISS? WHY IS IT ONE TO THREE DAYS WITH ISS WITH YOU FIVE DAYS THEY ARE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN

292EXTRA CAC CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO. TO ME IT SHOULD BE CONGRUENT. THAT'S JUST MY OBSERVATION. Kim Bays: THROUGH THE CHAIR I CAN ADDRESS. THAT WHEN THE COMMIT WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THEY REALLY AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID EARLIER TRYING TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES THAT WOULD KEEP STUDENTS IN CLASS AND KEEP STUDENTS FROM LEARNING. THIS SUGGESTION, THIS RECOMMENDATION CAME PRIMARILY FROM OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE SECONDARY LEVEL. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL ONES WHO SAID IF WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO REALLY ARE BEING DISRESPECT AND WEARING CLOTHING THAT THEY INTEND TO CAUSE A DISRUPTION OR THAT THEY INTEND TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO SOMEONE, THAT WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THEM THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO THEM. TAKE AWAY ONE DAY OF PRACTICE, TAKE AWAY

293ONE OR TWO DAYS OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T PULL THEM OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID EARLIER, OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS KNOW OUR STUDENTS. THEY KNOW WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A MISTAKE, PUTS ON A DIRTY SHIRT BY MISTAKE AND WEARS TO THE SCHOOL. THAT'S NOT AN INCIDENT WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO PUNISH A STUDENT BY TAKING THEM OUT OF THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. IT'S WHEN THEY KNOW THE STUDENTS IS TRYING TO PUSH BUTTONS AND PUSH THE SYSTEM AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND BEING DISRESPECTFUL, THAT'S WHEN THEY WANTED A CONSEQUENCE LIKE THIS IN PLACE FOR THEM. Melissa Snively: OKAY, INTENTIONAL MALFEASANCE AND AT LEAST HAVING THE OPTION OF SAYING TWO TO FIVE DAYS BEING INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CASE THEY NEEDED TO HAVE THAT. WELL, I WOULD BE INCLINED TO AGREE WITH DID EXPERTS, IF THAT'S

294WHAT THEY RECOMMEND, ONE TO FIVE DAYS, THEN I AM AGREEABLE TO THAT ALONG WITH CHAIR COMBS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: SO IT'S A CHOICE OF ALL THESE, NOT EVERYTHING IN THERE. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? YES. THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR ADDITIONS WE DID WAS TO OFFER MORE OPTIONS FOR CONSEQUENCES SO THEY COULD REALLY TAILOR IT TO THE STUDENT AND KNOWING THE STUDENTS THAT THEY DO. Karen Perez: WHO WOULD SELECT FROM THESE CHOICES? WOULD IT BE -- THE STUDENTS SELECT THEIR OWN PUNISHMENT OR THE TEACHER WOULD SELECT, OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? Kim Bays: THIS WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TEAM. I'M SURE THEY WOULD TAKE INPUT FROM THE TEACHER TO SEE THIS IS BEHAVIORAL. Karen Perez: AS MENTIONED MY CONCERN IS ALREADY THE SUSPENSION SEEMS REALLY

295HIGH WITH TARGETED GROUPS, AND THIS IS MY CONCERN. I'M GOING TO VERBALIZE THAT AGAIN. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE -- AND THIS IS ONGOING. IT HASN'T JUST BEEN THIS YEAR. IT'S BEEN ALREADY SEVERAL YEARS GOING FORWARD. AND I CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GIVING CHOICES, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT CERTAIN GROUPS ARE THE CHOICES -- YOU COULD HAVE 50 CHOICES TO SELECT FROM, BUT CERTAIN GROUPS ARE GIVEN ONLY SPECIFIC CHOICES, AND THOSE CHOICES THAT BECOME HARMFUL TO THEM. Kim Bays: THROUGH THE CHAIR. JUST ONE POINT ABOUT THE DATA. WE SHARED THAT WITH YOU EARLIER TODAY. WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING FOR THE STUDENT THIS WEEK IS THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND WHICH HE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF YOU ARE THE CUMULATIVE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. BUT

296LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WE MIGHT HAVE ONE GROUP THAT HAS HAD 6,000 SUSPENSIONS, BUT OF THAT, THOSE SUSPENSIONS, 3 THAT YOU OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY MAYBE 50 STUDENTS. SO WHAT JOSH CRYSTAL'S TEAM HAS DONE IS THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND THEY HAVE TARGETED ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAD TEN OR MORE SUSPENSIONS, ANDRELL REALIZE THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON, WE NEED TO HELP TOLL OUR TEACHERS, YOU HAVE ARISING STUDENT HERE WHO LAST YEAR HAD PROCLIVITY TO HAVE INFRACTIONS. SO WHAT WE DON'T LIKE TO DO IS PROVIDE THOSE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS WITH SAYING THESE ARE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE MOST IN DANGER RIGHT NOW AND THESE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR. SO WHEN WE GET THAT DATA TO YOU WILL SEE

297THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER WITH THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE STUDENTS RATHER THAN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: AS I LOOK AT THIS LIST, THE ISS AND INELIGIBLE, AND I FOUND OUT OVER THE YEARS MOST STUDENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS, THEY WON'T GET IN THIS CATEGORY, MOST OF THEM WON'T, BECAUSE THE COACH IS ALSO OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF THEM SO IF THEY CONTINUE TO MISBEHAVE, IF THEY CONTINUE TO MISBEHAVE, THEN THE COACHES WILL TAKE OVER AND DO THE REST WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. I FOUND THAT TO BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE A COACH THAT SAYS, LOOK, YOU HAVE THIS FOOTBALL PLAYER, THIS GUY IS DISRUPTING THE SCHOOL, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, AND HE TAKE CARE OF THAT PERSON. BUT IF A STUDENT CONTINUES

298TO DO IT, THEN YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM THAT TO LET HE OR SHE KNOW, AND THIS IS THE WAY OF DOING IT BECAUSE MOST ATHLETES, THEY DON'T WANT TO MISS A GAME, OR THEY DON'T WANT TO MISS PRACTICE. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM GUYS OR YOUNG LADIES, THEY FALL BACK INTO LINE MOST OF THE TIME. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOME THINGS, NOT ARBITRARILY CROSSING ANYTHING OUT IS YOUR COMMITTEE REPORT. I APPRECIATE COMMITTEES DOING THE HARD WORK AND BRINGING FORTH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IT'S OUR JOB TO LOOK AT THIS AND ALSO QUESTION IT AND BRING FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS. I AM NOT GOING TO BLINDLY SIGN OFF ON ANY COMMITTEE, ASKING QUESTIONS

299OR OFFERING SUGGESTIONS. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO DO. BUT WHILE IT DOESN'T SEEM MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AGREE WITH ME FOR A DRESS CODE VIOLATION, I THINK TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY CRUX OF WHAT'S KEEPING A STUDENTS IN SCHOOL IS AGAINST THE VERY NATURE OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, AND IT'S EQUIVALENT TO TAKING AWAY PE TIME OR RECESS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN A STUDENT MISBEHAVES. I'M HOPING THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUBJECTIVE CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE USED VERY OFTEN, BUT AS MEMBER PEREZ HAS BROUGHT UP THERE, MIGHT BE A STUDENT WHO IS IN POVERTY WHO DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTION WHOSE VIOLATES THE DRESS CODE REPEATEDLY AND GOEN TAKE WAY SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY THING KEEPING THEM IN SCHOOL OVER A DRESS CODE VIOLATION TO

300ME SEEMS AGAINST THE NATURE OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. SO WHETHER IT PASSES OR NOT, I STAND BEHIND MY AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I AM GETTING HOARSE HERE BUT LET LET ME JUST SHARE, THIS COMMITTEE IS MADE UP ALSO OF STUDENTS, AND ALSO I MEET WITH STUDENTS -- WELL, ONCE A MONTH AT LEAST ABOUT THE DRESS CODE. AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, TOO, IS THAT THE DRESS CODE AND THE COMMITTEE IS BOUND, AND MS. BAYS, YOU CAN CORRECT ME, BY A NATIONAL COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES WHAT IS, LET'S SAY, THE PARAMETERS OF DRESS CODE. SO THIS WASN'T AN ABRACADABRA MOMENT FROM A SEPARATE COMMITTEE. THIS WAS A HUGE COHESIVE EFFORT FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. AND I THINK IN THAT LATITUDE, AND THAT LARGE SCOPE OF THINKING, I THINK BOARD

301MEMBERS ALSO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS CODE OF CONDUCT -- AND I WILL AGREE WITH MEMBER SNIVELY -- YOU ARE REALLY LOOKING AT A LIVING LIVING DOCUMENT. SO THIS IS REALLY IN RESPECT TO MEMBER VAUGHN, THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, WHICH WE SHALL, THAT WHAT I USED TO DO IS MAKE A LITTLE EDIT SO WHEN WE DO HAVE A WORKSHOP AGAIN WE CAN RENEW AND REGROUP, AND IF WE HAVE TO, MAKE DIFFERENT EDITS. BUT THE COMMITTEE IS NOT AN ISOLATED ONE. IT'S A HUGE OPERATION, AND A LOT OF FOLKS, EXPERTS HAVE ALREADY WEIGHED IN. BUT, OKAY, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING FOR WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR NOW, WHICH IS MEMBER VAUGHN TO MAKE A STRIKE TO SAY, IF YOU WANT TO

302CHANGE THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND STRIKE THAT, YOU WILL VOTE YES. AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU WILL VOTE NO. SO THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. SO PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IS IT DOES NOT PASS. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER PRESS VOTED YES AND THE REMAINING BOARD VOTED KNOW L NO. NOW WE ARE BACK TO THE INITIAL WHICH IS 10.01. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CODE OF CONDUCT? AND MEMBER VAUGHN. NO? Jim Porter: CLEAR THE BOARD. Nadia Combs: IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REMAINING FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT? IF NOT PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT? MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE ONLY COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS ACTUALLY MEMBER GRAY TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH

303WHEN SHE MENTIONED THIS IS KIND OF A LIVING AND BREATHING DOCUMENT AND THE LAST TIME WE ACTUALLY WORKSHOPPED THIS WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I THINK IT WAS JUNE OF 2021. AND SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR FUTURE, BECAUSE WE HAD QUITE A DISCUSSION ON THIS, OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT AND THERE'S LOTS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN VOTING ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I WOULD MAKE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF MIGHT BE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE VOTE. AND SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT WORKSHOP TO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE CHANGES PRIOR TO BRINGING THEM TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE TONIGHT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO JUST MAKE THAT SUGGESTION, JUST BECAUSE -- WE HAVE

304SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THIS, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY IN A WORKSHOP SETTING BEFORE IT COMES TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND CREATE A SCHEDULE FOR THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT ON THE SCHEDULE FOR A WORKSHOP. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH FIVE VOTES AND ONE NO AND THAT'S JESSICA VAUGHN. OKAY. NEXT IS 12.01 WHICH IS THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED FUTURE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES PER SCHOOL BOARD PROCEDURES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH A COMPANY, WXY ARCHITECTS AND YOU EVER BAN DESIGN TO LOOK

305AT ALL THE BOUNDARIES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN THIS PROCESS THEY PROVIDED A TIMELINE. I KNOW THAT MR. FARKAS TEAM MET WITH EACH ONE OF YOU TO DISCUSS THE TIMELINE AND NOTING WHILE THEY ARE STARTING THIS PROCESSION NOW ANDFUL IT WILL GO THE END OF THE YEAR WILL GO TO DECEMBER IS THAT THEY WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENT FOR AUGUST OF 2023 MEANING THAT WE WILL NOT FOLLOW SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY, IF POLICY REQUIRES TO US PUT ANY BOUNDARY CHANGES IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR, BUT WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MAXIMIZE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE LEVERAGING EVERY SITUATION THAT WE CAN. SO ALONG THE WAY THE BOARD WILL BE APPRISED OF WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WORKSHOP THIS

306ONCE IT IS COMPLETED SO THE BOARD CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, AND THE BOARD DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THEY IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I BRING FORTH, IN DECEMBER OF 2022 AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO START THIS IN THE FALL OF 2023. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM SO WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. TONIGHT A COUPLE OF UPDATES TO PROVIDE THE BOARD, THE FIRST WE'LL START OUT TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS, CONSENT AGENDA REVIEW ITEMS, UPDATE ON SALES TAX, AND ALSO OUR SYSTEM AND AGENDA. THE FIRST ONE IS CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES IN OUR CORE PLAN THROUGH ACADEMICS, MAKING SURE WE SUPPORT ON CULTURE, THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE, AND BRING

307THE THIRD GRADE TOWARDS RESULT, WHILE WE SEE THAT IN 2021 THAT WE DID HAVE THE DECLINE FROM 2021 TO 2022, WE SEE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT A SPAN OF BETWEEN 2018 AND 2019, 2022 WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, LOOK AT SURROUNDING COUNTIES, WE HAVE HAD A GREATER LOSS THAN ALL THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. THIS IS BECAUSE -- WE DID NOT. SO I'M SORRY, WE DID NOT HAVE THE GREATEST LOSS OF SURROUNDING COUNTIES. THIS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING HARD, AND JUST TO BE SHOW YOU OVERALL THE IMPACT THAT A PANDEMIC HAS HAD ON US ACADEMICALLY. AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS LOST 5%. IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE RIGHT OF CHANGE OVER THESE NUMBER OF YEARS LAST FOUR YEARS IS 3%, AND WE LOOK AT SURROUNDING COUNTIES IT RANGED FROM

3084% TO 7%. THIS IS JUST TO GET EVERYONE UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC IMPLEMENTATION, AND ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN THESE TWO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AND WE STAND READY, BUT ALSO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR TOP TEN PERFORMERS, AND THIS IS THE TOP TEN PERFORMS AREAS, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE PROFICIENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE SCHOOLS, MCKITTRICK BEING THE LEADER, BRYANT, MITCHELL, BEVIS, ROLAND PARK, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT MADE THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENTS, WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY 25 POINTS, CITRUS PARK, MULLER, SEMINOLE, WESTSHORE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAFF FOR WORKING HARD. AND WE KNOW THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. SO WHAT DO WE SEE UPCOMING? WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT WE CAN FORECAST WITH THE IMPACT AND

309ALL THE DISRUPTION IT HAD FROM COVID. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE SEEN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S GOING TO BE ECHOED THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE STATE, AND THIS STATED WILL HAVE THE MOST UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS D AND F SCHOOLS THAT WE EVER HAD RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC. SO EOC AND FSA IMPACT ASSESSMENT SHOULD BE COMING OUT SOON. BUT THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION OF OUR TEACHERS OR SCHOOL-BASED LEADERS. THEY HAVE WORKED MIRACLES TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ADDRESS THE OVERARCHING NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ANDS CHALLENGES THEY FACE AND OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. THE PANDEMIC IS GOING TO HAVE MULTIYEAR IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, ASK OUR COMMUNITY, ASK THE BOARD, ASK THE STATE TO BE PATIENT WITH THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL WORKING COLLECTIVELY TO ADDRESS. THIS OUR

310LITERACY TEAM, OUR ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM IS SOLID AND THEY WE THEY WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE THIS A REALITY, AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A NEW PROGRESS ASSESSMENT AFTER THIS YEAR'S DATA COMES OUT, AND THAT WILL BE A BASELINE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME TO WHERE WE GO AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT, MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE OFFER RESTORATIVE PRACTICE CENTERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALSO MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE SEE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL CIRCLES AND RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, MAKING CERTAIN THAT ISS IS MORE INCLUSIVE APPROACH FOR STUDENTS TO REFLECT ON THEIR BEHAVIORS AND MAKING BETTER DECISIONS WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY AND ALSO MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE DEFINE WHAT PHYSICAL ATTACKS ARE INCLUSIVE OF STUDENTS JOINING IN THESE PHYSICAL ATTACKS,

311AND WE ARE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY UNDESIRED ACTS THEY MAY BE MAKING AND ALSO TONIGHT, BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE MENTAL HEALTH PLAN FOR APPROVAL. WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SERVICES, HOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR STUDENT SO THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP CHILDREN, AND THEN LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES, CENTRAL FLORIDA BEHAVIOR BASE POINT, MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM. THESE ARE ALL CONTRACTUAL INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS, THE BAKER ACT AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE DEESCALATE OPPORTUNITIES AND CRITICAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THERE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE THERAPEUTIC MIND-SET, OUR STUDENTS MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS TO BE SUCCESSFUL ALL THE WAY. THEN FINALLY MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE ADD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE 28 MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AT OUR SCHOOLS, USING

312ESSER DOLLARS AND HAVING CONTRACTED SERVICES WITH ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS, PUTTING TWO COUNSELORS IN EVERY REGION, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVING THAT TRIAGE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FURTHER SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL THAT MAY BE IN NEED, AND THEN ALSO BRINGING IN HAZEL, WITH I IS OUR TELEHEALTH, NOT ONLY FROM ADDRESSING IT FROM AMENDMENTSAL HEALTH SUPPORT PERSPECTIVE BUT TRANSITION TO BE ABLE FROM A PHYSICAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE IF THE STUDENT ISN'T FEELING WELL, TO HELP THEM TO MAKE SERVICES, AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOME TO BE CERTAIN THAT THEY STAY HEALTHY. ALSO THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, WE SEE AN EXPANSION OF DUAL ENROLLMENT, BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE PROPERLY ALIGNING SERVICE WAS HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WITH UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, SOUTH FLORIDA, AND BRINGING MORE INNOVATIVE CLASSROOMS FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT, ACCELERATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR

313STUDENTS. THIS IS TO SAY THAT OUR FAMILIES SO MUCH MORE IN COLLEGE COURSES AND IF THEY ELECT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION, THEN ALSO USING YOU SEE USING SAFETY, SECURITY MILLAGE MONEY TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NEEDS OF MAKING CERTAIN WE HAVE ACCESS CONTROLS IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO OUR SCHOOLS AND AT THE SAME TOKE EVENING BEING ABLE TO EXPAND CAMERA INSTALLATIONS WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. THEN AS ALWAYS, MANY THINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS OUR BILLION DOLLARS OF MAINTENANCE, WE CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THIS FUNDING IN A PROACTIVE SOLUTION, PROACTIVE MANNER TONIGHT, NEW FACILITY FOR MANHATTAN K-8 AT $63 MILLION BUILD. YOU SEE THAT IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD YORK, A $12 MILLION INCREASE BECAUSE OF SUPPLIES, AND RIGHT OF PAY

314ON OUR SITES. THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO FINALIZE OUR HVAC AND BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THE SUMMER, AND THANKS TO OPERATION TEAM AND OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY. EVERY MONTH AND EVERY DAY THAT WE CAN. AND THE SUSPENDED JEN AGENDA, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING CERTAIN GROWTH MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO BE IN THE FRONT, AS WXY ARCHITECT AND DESIGN WILL COMPLETE THEIR FIRST PHASE OF DISTRICT WIDE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT CAPACITY ISSUES, SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSE SCHOOL-BASED POPULATION, IDENTIFY UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS, YOU WILL SEE LARGE GROUP ENGAGEMENT, VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, COMMUNITY FEEDBACKS, BORDEN ENGAGEMENT, CABINET ENGAGEMENT, SUNSETS WHICH WE DID JUST YESTERDAY, AND THEN LOOKING AT 15 MICROENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS SO THAT WE HAVE ONE COUNTY VIRTUAL INFORMATIONAL SESSION AS WELL, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ONGOING UPDATES TO THE BOARD

315ALONG WITH OUR STAFF, AND CONTINUE TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONES PRIOR TO COMPLETION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT THE REALITIES ARE, WHERE WE ARE FACED AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE A COMPLETION DATE OF EIGHT MONTHS SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT OVERCOMMUNICATING ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY SO ■THEY FEEL CONSISTENTLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON RELATED TO THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY AND WHAT POTENTIAL CHANGES WILL BE IN THE FOREFRONT. THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE TONIGHT. ONCE AGAIN, I THANK THIS BOARD FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT OF ME AND THIS TEAM AND ABLE TO STAY COMMITTED AND WORKING HARD AND DILIGENTLY EVERY SINGLE DAY ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR EMPLOYEES. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER

316WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I SEE EVERYBODY SMILING NOW WOO BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING DOWN TO THE END OUT THERE. BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, MEMBER GRAY TOLD A JOKE ABOUT THE INSTITUTE THAT SHE ATTENDED. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS ON HAVING THE JUNETEENTH AT THE COUNTY CENTER. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED. AND AGAIN THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS FOR HAVING THAT EVENT. YESTERDAY I HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, I HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO THE AVID INSTITUTE. TAMPA IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER AND SURROUNDING HOTELS. THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE BRINGS EDUCATORS FROM SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND EVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LEARN, ENGAGE AND COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP AVID, SCHOOL-WIDE SYSTEM. YESTERDAY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AVID SITE TEAM OF OVER 250

317PARTICIPANTS WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP GOALS FOR HOW THEY WILL HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED. TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATORS FROM OUR AVID SCHOOLS ARE TAKING THE TIME OUT OF THEIR SUMMER TO LEARN AND GROW USING AVID. A SHOUTOUT TO RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2022, DE'ANDRE, WHO WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE STUDENT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR TODAY'S GENERAL SESSION AND THAT WAS A GREAT JOB THAT THEY DID. AND I ENJOYED, AND IN FACT I GAVE AWAY $150 TO THE PERSON THAT COULD TELL ME WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE MERIT -- WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF AVID. AND A YOUNG LADY WON IT. AND SHE WAS VERY HAPPY. SO IT WAS SOMETHING TO GET THEM MOTIVATED BUT BELIEVE ME THEY WERE FIRED UP FOR THAT $150. BUT ANYWAY THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK

318YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I AM GOING TO BE SHORT, JUST LIKE WASHINGTON. WHERE DID HE RUN OFF TO? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR NUMBERS DROP. I AM REALLY, REALLY CONCERNED ESPECIALLY WITH OUR BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITY. THE FACT THAT THERE IS A CONCERN WITH THESE COMMUNITIES SETTING THE HIGHEST DROPOUT RATE, THE LOWEST READING AND COMPREHENSION SCORES THAT HAVE HELPED SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE SUSPENDED. AND NOT RECEIVING THE LEARNING THAT THEY NEED AND REQUIRE TO STAY UP WITH THEIR FELLOW COUNTERPARTS. YOU KNOW, I AM CONCERNED AS IS THESE COMMUNITIES THAT SURROUND THESE STUDENTS. ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE STUDENTS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF SUSPENSIONS, AND MAKE THE DECISION TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, WE NEED, BOARD MEMBERS, TO DO BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO HELP THESE STUDENTS, AND TO

319SUPPORT THEIR SUCCESS. IT'S VERY ALARMING TO SEE THAT THESE POPULATIONS CONTINUE TO BE SUSPENDED AT A HIGH RATE. AND FOR ME IT'S CONCERNING AS A BOARD MEMBER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YES, MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I, WE HAD THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE TOBA, TAMPA ORGANIZATION OF BLACK AFFAIRS, EDUCATION A.M. LEADERSHIP, AND IN THAT EXPERIENCE, BOTH MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I GOT TO HEAR THE BLACK YOUTH COMMIT A GREAT WORKFORCE INITIATIVE. IN FACT, MAYOR JANE CASTOR IS GOING TO HELP THEM, TOBA, THIS PARTICULAR ACADEMY, WORKFORCE ACADEMY BECOME VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD ALIGN THEM WITH OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND NOT SEEING SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HERE, BUT WE ARE MEETING WITH THOSE TOBA REPRESENTATIVES TO SEE IF WE CAN'T HELP THEM EXPAND THEIR AVENUES OF GAINING, LET'S

320SAY, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLACK MALE AND FEMALE TO JOIN THE WORKFORCE IN OUR DISTRICT. SO IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT POSITIVE. VERY IMPRESSIVE. ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO NEVADO FOR TAKING THE LEAD. SHE WILL BE OUR STAFF LEAD WITH OUR HISPANIC FORUM, AND SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT BUT I HOPE SHE KNOWS THAT WE ARE BRAGGING ON HER. SHE HAS A LOT TO OFFER, AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, AND NOW WE DO HAVE THE -- DO WE HAVE MY VIDEO FOR THE MIGRANT FAMILY? MY NAME IS BARBARA HOWARD AND I VOLUNTEER WITH THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. I WAS FIRST LINKED TO THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM THROUGH A FRIEND WHO WORKED WITH INEZ, THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS I FOUND THERE WAS A LOT OF NEED IN THE MIGRANT

321COMMUNITY, AND DECIDED TO START HELPING. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS JUST FINDING A TABLE WITH FOUR CHAIRS FOR OUR FAMILY IN NEED AND THAT BROUGHT TO AN ENTIRE FACEBOOK GROUP, AND HIGH SCHOOLERS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND FAMILIES VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNICATES DONATING ITEMS TO GO TO FAMILIES IN NEED. I FEEL LIKE I AM SANTA PROVIDING CHRISTMAS EVERY TIME I DRIVE UP TO A FAMILY WHO NEEDS SOMETHING THAT I AM BRINGING. SO HEARING WHAT THEY NEED AND BEING ABLE TO ASK MY COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THOSE THINGS MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. IT CONNECTS PEOPLE IN WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE. PERSONAL TIME OF FIVE YEARS OF DEALING WITH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED TO THE AREA IN 2016, THROUGH A LOT OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION, I HAVE FINALLY FOUND A BALANCE THAT WORKS FOR ME, AND WHEN I

322STARTED FEELING BETTER AND STARTED TAKING ON A LITTLE BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY, I FOUND THAT WORKING WITH THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS VERY ENERGIZING FOR ME, IT MET A LOT OF MY PERSONAL VALUES AND DESIRES OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH MY TIME. IF YOU HAVE ANY DONATIONS THAT YOU WOULD FIND HELPFUL TO A MIGRANT FAMILY, THEY NEED THE BASICS, HOUSE WEARS, KITCHEN WARES, ANY DURN THAT IS MORE VERTICAL THAN WIDE, STACKING FURNITURE, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN USE IN A SMALL SPACE. I ALWAYS SAY THINK ABOUT DORM FURNISH. ANYTHING THAT'S SPACE SAVING WE CAN ALWAYS USE THAT. BARBARA IS AN AMAZING VOLUNTEER. IN 30 YEARS IN OUR DISTRICT I HAVE NEVER MET ANYBODY WITH SUCH PASSION AND COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE THAT TRULY ARE IN NEED. SO THANK YOU, BARBARA, FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROGRAM.

323Lynn Gray: OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO THANK CAROL MAY O, OUR DIRECTOR OF THE MIGRANTS, WHICH WE HAVE MORE THAN 2,000 MEG RANT STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I WANT TO THANK ALSO PAT ZACARLOS WHO HELPS WITH A LOT OF FOOD AN CLOTHING NEEDS ALONG WITH ENTERPRISING LATINOS, ALL WHICH MAKE THIS WIMAUMA COMMUNITY SO STRONG AND RICH. LAST REAL QUICK, WE DO HAVE A TOWN HALL COMING, JUNE 30th, THURSDAY AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL FROM 6 TO 7:30 P.M., AND CHIEF NEWMAN WILL BE THE ONE PRESIDING, AND MEMBER SNIVELY ALSO WILL BE THERE. I DON'T KNOW WITH HER ONE FOOT. HOPEFULLY SHE WILL HAVE BOTH HER FEET HEALTHY. SO WE HOPE TO SEE BOTH HER THERE THAT NIGHT. I BETTER STOP. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM

324CHAIR. I SIMPLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ME TODAY BEING VIRTUAL. I'M AN IN-PERSON TYPE OF LADY WHEN I CAN BE THERE, AND I DID BREAK MY DRIVING FOOT, SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCONVENIENCE. BUT NOW WHAT? I APPRECIATE TECHNOLOGY AND THE FACT THAT I CAN STILL BE VIRTUAL AND PARTICIPATE THAT WAY, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS IN THE BACKGROUND WHO HELPED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND ACCOMMODATING WITH REGARD TO THAT. AND THEN I LOOK FORWARD TO, AS MRS. GRAY MENTIONED, THE SECURITY TOWN HALL AT NEW SOME HIGH SCHOOL IN LITHIA. THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE 30th AS SHE MENTIONED. AND I WILL BE THERE WITH BOTH OF MY FEET, MS. GRAY. AND HOPEFULLY TO ADDRESS ANY

325CONCERNS THAT PARENTS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY DROP THEIR CHILDREN OFF OR WHEN THEY SEE THEIR CHILDREN WALK OUT THE DOOR TO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING THAT THEY FEEL THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN THE SAFEST PLACE THAT THEY CAN BE AND REST ASSURED WHILE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR POWER AS A SCHOOL BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE OUR TEACH FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING THAT, MS. GRAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SEEING A GOOD CROWD OF COMMUNITY ON THE 30th OF JUNE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF

326TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL THE STAFF. WE HAVE FACED INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AS ANYONE HAS SAID, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST COUPLE OF YEARS OF EDUCATION IN GENERAL, AND WE HAVE BEEN FACED WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT CRISES, AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE AS WE CAN SEE THROUGH A VERY LONG ROBUST MEETING WITH LOTS OF CONVERSATION, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HERE IS PUTTING THE WORK IN, BECAUSE THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AND ABOUT OUR STAFF, AND ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, MOST IMPORTANTLY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MY CO-WORKERS. AND I HAVE SEEN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, I HAVE SEEN OTHER ITERATIONS OF THIS BOARD, AND I THINK WE ARE ALL REALLY PUTTING FORWARD OUR BEST SELVES

327TO TRY TO WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY AND WE TAKE A LOT OF HIT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN GENERAL FOR THE PUBLIC AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO DEHUMANIZE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL, AND I AM NOT SAYING WE CAN'T ALL DO BETTER OR WE ARE NOT PERFECT BY MY MEANS, BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE AND WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE, AND I FEEL POSITIVE GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR. I KNOW WE ARE ALL FOCUSED AND WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT STABILITY, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR TO TURN MORALE AROUND AS YOU MENTIONED. MEMBER PEREZ, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS ON THE FRONT LINE SEE AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OUR PRIORITY TO SUPPORT THEM, BECAUSE WE KNOW AND

328UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR SUCCESS DIRECTLY RELATES TO STUDENT SUCCESS. SO IT'S BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE OF YEARS BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO REALLY EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO EVERYBODY. AND THAT'S IT. THANKS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER VAUGHN. I REALLY SHOULD CLOSE WITH THAT BUT I AM GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE OF SHORT COMMENTS BECAUSE THAT WAS SO HEARTFELT AND JUST SO WELL STATED. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO THANK ANN MARIE COURTNEY, OR OVERSEES COMMUNITY OUTREACH. SHE HELPED US FIND A KEYNOTE ENTER FOR THE CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS AND SHE CAME TO THE DINNER WITH ME. AND THEY HAVE GIVEN OUT OVER 500,000 IN THE LAST NINE YEARS FOR KIDS WHO ARE EITHER IN REMISSION OR HAD CANCER TO

329GO TO COLLEGE. SO I THINK THAT'S JUST A WEEK AGO WE WENT IN 21 RECEIVED THE RECIPIENT AND EVERY ONE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP. IT WAS OVER $65,000 WERE GIVEN. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE SO THAT IS CORRECT WAY WE HAVE MORE AND MORE STUDENTS WHO AN REPLY BECAUSE WE HAD A SIBLING SCHOLARSHIP AND NOT ONE SIBLING APPLIED SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THATTERINGS OUT THERE. AND A COUPLE THINGS. MY SON FINISHED TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL CLASS HERE AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HE STARTED THAT, AND I WAS REALLY PROUD BECAUSE WHEN HE STARTED, WE HAD THE PROGRAMS HERE, SO -- AND I WILL SAY, ALL OF US HAVE DIFFERENT CHILDREN, AND I THINK MY SON HAS REMINDED ME THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORS, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE

330HIM STRUGGLING HE HAS A FAMILY WHO IS REALLY SUPPORTIVE WHO HAS TO WAKE HIM UP MAYBE THREE OR FOUR TIMES. A LOT OF CHILDREN DON'T HAVE THAT. AND HAVING TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHILDREN REMINDS ME THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING THOSE MENTORS IN AND MAKING SURE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY ALUMNAE HERE TODAY. LEGALITIES MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY GO BACK AND HELP OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ALL IN TOGETHER. WITH THAT, I KIND OF WANT TO LEAVE YOU A STORY. WHEN I SAW THIS WITH THE TOP TEN IMPROVEMENT AND I SAW WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY AT PLUS 25, I WASN'T SURPRISED. RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL ENDED, I WAS OUT IN TAMPA WITH MR. CASTNER AND WALKING AROUND AND THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY WHO CAME UP AND SAID, MR. CASTNER, WHEN

331ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME SOME MORE CHOCOLATE? HE SAID I WILL GIVE TO THE YOU LATER. I SAID WHY DID HE ASK YOU FOR CHOCOLATE? NOW, WITHOUT EVEN TELLING ME, YOU WOULD THINK HE SAID, WELL, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THAT YOUNG BOY WAS ATTACKED BY A PIT BULL, AND HE WAS ATTACKED AND HE WAS SCARRED ON THE NATION AND THE SHOULDER. AND HE SAID, I FOUND A PLASTIC SURGEON IN THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY TO OPERATE ON HIM COMPLETELY FREE BECAUSE HE COMES WITH A SINGLE MOM. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF STORIES AND THE KINDS OF ADMINISTRATORS THAT WE HAVE AND TEACHERS WHO DO SO MUCH EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND HE WASN'T EVEN GOING TO TELL ME THE STORY. IT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE. AND THAT'S WHY NO SURPRISE OF ALL THE INCREASES AND

332ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WE DO EACH AND EVERY DAY AND IT REALLY IS FOR THE PRINCIPALS, THE LEADERSHIP, THE CABINET AND SUPERINTENDENT, I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAD A UNANIMOUS VOTE BECAUSE YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD, YOU AND YOUR CABINET AND WE REALLY THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE EVENING. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. OF