03/22/2022 - Regular Meeting

001HI. I'M NADIA COMBS, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS, THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. I'M HENRY WASHINGTON, THE BOARD VICE CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH 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 4:00 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH

002SCHOOLS TV, ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER 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'RE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS 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. (SOUNDING GAVEL) Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING OF MARCH 22, 2022 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW LEAD

003US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER WASHINGTON, WILL YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT? Henry "Shake" Washington: YES. WE HAD -- WE GOT SOME GREAT STUDENTS OVER THERE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PROVINCE CHAMBER VILLAGE WITH OFFICER DIRECTOR KELLY COTT. THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF OUR BOARD MEETING. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. NOW I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. I'M JULIAN IN 7TH GRADE AND PLAY THE VIOLA. I'M ZARA HUNTER. I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE AND PLAY THE CELLO. I'M JULIE LEWIS IN SEVENTH GRADE AND PLAY THE VIOLIN. I'M NORA FRANCIS AND IN THE SEVENTH

004GRADE AND PLAY SECOND VIOLIN. I'M KELLY COTTET AND WE THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME AND BEING HERE FOR PROGRESS VILLAGE. THANK YOU. Henry "Shake" Washington: WE THANK YOU TOO FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU ALL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU ALL. YOU ALL PLAYED WEPTFULLY OUTSIDE TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER LYNN -- I MEAN MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. OKAY. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER SNIVELY WHO WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY TODAY. 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 LEARN

005TO SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR 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 INTO THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINE GUIDELINES Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU. 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 DEUS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS ON LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED

006CAPTIONS IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Nadia Combs: WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. THAT'S AT 5:01 IS PUBLIC HEARING AND 6:00, EMPLOYEE INPUT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSES TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND 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 THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD PLEASE STATE

007YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS. WHEN THERE IS A YELLOW LIGHT YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT AND A RED LIGHT AND CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I'LL CALL UP THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS. SPEAKER NUMBER ONE, PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. HELLO. MY NAME IS ERIC VALERIO. A TEACHER ASKED ME TO READ THIS. "SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AS A TEACHER WHO IS UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY, I ASKED SOMEONE ELSE TO GO FOR ME. IN GENERAL, 4:00 P.M. ON A WEEK DAY IS NOT IDEAL FOR PUBLIC SINCE THEY HAVE WORK AND NEED TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS. IN ANY EVENT, PLEASE CONSIDER THE FACT THAT MANY TEACHERS, FRIENDS AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TELL ME THEY WERE GIVEN THE PRICES

008OF THE TEXTBOOK OPTIONS. WE WERE NOT -- I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS AT ALL. WE WERE ALSO NOT GIVEN ANY STANDARD ALIGNMENT -- SORRY, INFORMATION AT ALL. I DO NOT HAVE TIME AFTER SCHOOL TO READ THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF TEXTBOOKS AND COMPARE THEM TO -- COMPARE THEM TO THE NEW MATH STANDARDS BEING USED NEXT YEAR. MY TEACHER FRIENDS AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALSO TELL ME THAT THEY WERE GIVEN SCORES BY THEIR DISTRICTS FOR EACH TEXTBOOK. THEY KNEW WHICH TEXTBOOK COVERED THE STANDARDS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE DISTRICT DID NOT GIVE US THE PRICES, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE DISTRICT DECIDED THEY COULDN'T TELL US WHY TEXTBOOK OPTIONS BEST COVERED THE NEW MATH STANDARDS. WE WERE GIVEN TO HAVE TEACH FOR THE BOOKS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. MAYBE THERE IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR COUNTIES

009AND OTHERS. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE FOR SOME REASON, THEY'RE NOT SHARING THE ALIGNMENT SCORES PRICING WITH US, BUT PLEASE CONSIDER SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH US BECAUSE ONE THING WE DON'T HAVE IS EXTRA TIME ON OUR HANDS." THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, AND IF WE COULD HAVE SPEAKERS TWO THROUGH FIVE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROMERO MASED PLACKO. I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO VOICE MY CONCERNS OVER THE -- OVER THE ADOPTION PROCESS. I APPRECIATE THERE ARE MORE NUMEROUS FINALISTS SELECTED SO THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE GOOD MATERIAL TO CHOOSE FROM. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME INFORMATION RELATED TO THE FINAL LISTS THAT WAS NOT GIVEN. HOW MUCH -- I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. HOW MUCH

010WILL EACH ONE COST. DOES ONE SAVE OR THE COST OF THE DISTRICT -- OR DOES THIS COST THE DISTRICT LOTS OF MONEY? I WOULD RATHER SEE THE DISTRICT MONEY -- I WOULD RATHER SEE THE DISTRICT SPEND ON NEW MATERIALS AND ON MORE TEACHER SALARIES, TECHNOLOGIES AND OTHER SERVICES THAN OTHER STUDENT NEEDS. PLEASE CONSIDER PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION AND ALLOWING TEACHERS TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY ARE SPENDING AS PART OF THEIR VOTE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. MARK KLUTHO LARGO. WELL, MOMS FOR STUPIDY. YOU KNOW, THEY USE THAT WORD LIBERTY LOOSELY. AGAIN, HERE IS MY IMMUNIZATION RECORD GOING BACK TO JANUARY 1968. SHOTS FOR YELLOW FEVER, CHOLERA, THE PLAGUE AND OTHERS. AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT A LITTLE VACCINE. SO PATHETIC. WHAT WOULD THEY DO OVER THERE IN THAT COUNTRY WHERE RUSSIA AND PUTIN,

011THEIR HERO, IS DOING ALL THAT DAMAGE. LOOK AT THIS. 707, 706, 705, 704, 703 AND SO ON. MAXIMUM PRICE, MAXIMUM PRICE, MAXIMUM PRICE. WHAT IS IT? IT'S MONEY SQUANDERED BUT YOU DON'T SAY WHAT IT IS HERE. SOMETHING IS WRONG. SOMETHING IS WRONG AND SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE ON THE AGENDA. IT'S MONEY SQUANDERED. YEAH. WHAT DO WE HAVE? INEPTNESS. YEAH, THAT'S THE DOGGONE SHAME. SO ALREADY AT RISK. IT WON'T TAKE THE PERFECT STORM TO WREAK HAVOC ACROSS TAMPA BAY. U.N. REPORTS CITES FLORIDA'S CLIMATE CHANGE STRUGGLE. TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO FIX CLIMATE REPORT SAYS WARMING MAY OUTSTRIP THE ABILITY TO ADAPT. PARTS OF THE PLANET WILL BECOME UNINHABITABLE. REPORT SEA RISES CLEAR AND PRESENT RISK PREDICTED SHIFT IS GREATEST FOR GOLF AND EAST COAST -- FOR GULF AND EAST COAST. STARK WARNINGS FOR THE WARMING PLANET.

012U.N. REPORT SPELLS OUT DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. CAUSE AND EFFECT. YOU MAKE THESE STUPID BUILDINGS THAT BELCH THE CARBON, AND YOU KEEP GOING DOWN THIS BAD PATH. STUPID, DUMB BUILDINGS. THE FUTURE IS VERY DIM. VERY, VERY DIM. WHY WON'T YOU LEARN? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DOMINIC CLEO. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS RELEASING THE TEXTBOOK SCORES IN JUST A FEW DAYS. THAT BEING SAID, I WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS WHEN -- WHEN YOU REVIEW THE TEXTBOOK SCORES ONLINE RIGHT NOW, THE STATE SCORES ARE NOT THERE CURRENTLY. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN RELEASED YET. YOU SHOULD WAIT TO SEE WHICH TEXTBOOK SCORES THE HIGHEST BECAUSE YOU WILL BE CHOOSING THE TEXTBOOK FOR ALL THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S ALL I'D HAVE

013TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER AND IF WE COULD HAVE THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS LINE UP, PLEASE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KATIE HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A FRIEND. SO MY FRIEND IS GOING TO E-MAIL YOU ALL, BUT JUST IN CASE THE E-MAILS DO GET LOST, HERE I AM. DEAR SCHOOL BOARD, MYSELF AND MANY OTHER PARENTS I KNOW ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AT OUR SCHOOLS. THE CEILING TILES HAVE HOLES. THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEAT BREAKS SOMETIMES AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOMS ARE LACKING. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THE BUDGETS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE DO ALL OUR TAX DOLLARS GO AND LOW AND BEHOLD THERE IS NO INFORMATION ON THE COST OF TEXTBOOKS. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS CRITICAL INFORMATION ON THE -- ON THEIR

014WEBSITE THAT NO LAY PERSON COULD EVER UNDERSTAND BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT TEXTBOOKS ARE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE. WHY? WE THEN INQUIRED WITH THE TEXTBOOK FOLKS AT THE DISTRICT ALSO KNOWN AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE TOLD THAT WE CANNOT HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRICING OF THE TEXTBOOKS THAT THE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERING. THERE IS A COMMITTEE AND SAID COMMITTEE CHOSE THREE OPTIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS BUT NO -- BUT NONE OF THE PRICES WILL BE SHARED WITH US. WE ASKED IF THE WOMAN WAS JOKING. SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT. THIS MUST BE A JOKE. PARENTS ARE NOT TOLD THE PRICES OF TEXTBOOKS BEING CONSIDERED? WHY. AGAIN. THIS CERTAINLY CAN'T BE TRUE, WE AGREE. SO WE DUG UP THE -- DUG THROUGH THE DISTRICT WEBSITE BUT ALAS NO INFORMATION ON TEXTBOOK PRICES. WE'RE FLABBERGASTED AND THERE

015ARE OTHER THINGS THE DISTRICT -- ARE THEREOTHER THINGS THE DISTRICT BUYS THAT THEY REFUSE TO SHARE PRICING ON? WE CERTAINLY HOPE NOT. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS OUR FORMAL PROTEST, THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT MUST SHARE THE PRICES AND WE DEMAND TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MY NAME IS RUTH VASSAR, AND IT'S MY HONOR TO COME BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORT OF NAMING THE MEDIA CENTER AS SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY FOR DR. RUTH ANN REYNOLDS. I WAS FORTUNATE TO MEET DR. REYNOLDS THE SUMMER OF 1992 AFTER GRADUATING FROM USF. SHE INTERVIEWED AND HIRED ME TO TEACH AT SEMINOLE. AS A NEW TEACHER DR. REYNOLDS TOOK THE TIME TO MENTOR ME AND GUIDE ME IN THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, PARENT COMMUNICATION, STAFF INTERACTION AND

016COMMUNITY SUPPORT. SHE PRAISED ME WHEN I DID WELL BUT AT TIMES GRACIOUSLY CORRECTED ME WHEN I DIDN'T. SHE TOOK GOOD -- SORRY. SHE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER SCHOOL. SINCE SHE HAD ATTENDED SEMINOLE AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT. DR. REYNOLDS WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO BUILD A SENSE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AMONG HER STAFF AS WELL AS STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE CELEBRATED TOGETHER, WE SHARED LIFE EVENTS TOGETHER, WE HURT TOGETHER AND GRIEVED TOGETHER. THERE WERE -- THERE WAS NEVER A DOUBT SHE AND MY COLLEAGUES WERE THERE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED. DR. REYNOLDS WAS ALWAYS SO VERY PROUD OF HER STUDENTS AND WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO SUPPORT THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THEIR VERY BEST. SHE ALSO WANTED TO EXPOSE THEM TO EXPERIENCES THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO DO. DR.

017REYNOLDS BUILT A LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STRASS CENTER, NOW THE TAMPA BAY WERE PURR FORMING ARTS CENTER. WE WERE ABLE TO HELP STUDENTS ATTEND PLAYS AND MUSICALS ET CETERA. THEY WALKED AWAY WITH STARS IN THEIR EYES AND DREAMS OF WHAT THEIR FEATURES COULD HOLD ALL BECAUSE OF AN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL THAT WANTED THE BEST FOR THEM. SORRY. DR. REYNOLDS ALSO ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO ATTEND SCHOOL AND SHOW GOOD CITIZENSHIP WHILE THEY WERE THERE. EACH NINE WEEKS STUDENTS THAT HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND NO BEHAVIOR INDICATORS WERE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR A NEW BICYCLE. THESE BICYCLES WERE PROVIDED BY BILL CURRY FORD WHO WAS YET ANOTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP THAT DR. REYNOLDS FOSTERED. SHE ENJOYED ORGANIZING HUGE FIELD TRIPS EVERY YEAR. THERE WERE MAGIC KINGDOM, SEA WORLD, EPCOT, BUSCH GARDENS TO NAME A FEW. IF THERE WAS A STUDENT

018THAT COULDN'T ATTEND, SHE ALWAYS FOUND A WAY AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE EACH STUDENT THAT DESERVED TO GO WAS ON THAT BUS. DR. REYNOLDS INFLUENCED MY LIFE DID NOT END WHEN SHE RETIRED IN 2003. SHE WAS A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT, GUIDANCE, SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP. I'M PROUD TO SAY I'M STILL A TEACHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT EVEN MORE, I'M PROUD I'M STILL A TEACHER AT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. THE FAMILY DYNAMIC THAT DR. REYNOLDS BUILT THERE HELPED ME BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL. THIS YEAR IS MY 30th YEAR AT SEMINOLE, AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE THINGS THAT DR. REYNOLDS TAUGHT ME BUT YETER YET, I CAN STILL FEEL WHAT SHE WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD AT SEMINOLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF NAMING THE CENTER AFTER SUCH AN INCREDIBLE LEADER, MENTOR

019AND FRIEND TO MANY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. PATRERO. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF. I INDEED FEEL PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH YOU TO REPRESENT THE MANY SUPPORTERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE PACKAGE OF INFORMATION THEY RECEIVED TO NAME THE MEDIA CENTER AT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY IN HONOR OF DR. RUTH ANN REYNOLDS. I MET DR. REYNOLDS ON MY VERY FIRST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT IN SULFUR SPRINGS IN AUGUST OF 1969. I WAS A BEGINNING TEACHER AND SHE WAS A MATH SCIENCE SPECIALIST WORKING AT THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT FOLLOW-THROUGH WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAD START PROGRAMS. OUR JOURNEY BEGAN THERE AS COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS. WE ALL KNOW IT'S THE QUALITY OF OUR JOURNEY THAT DEFINES US AND DR. REYNOLDS'S CAREER

020HAS BEEN IN AN ILLUSTRIOUS ONE. SHE IS NOT ONLY AN INNOVATOR, MENTOR BUT A TREMENDOUS MOTIVATOR. I THOUGHT I KNEW ALL THERE WAS TO KNOW ABOUT DR. REYNOLDS UNTIL I WORKED ON THIS PROJECT AND REVIEWED AND READ ALL THE MANY LETTERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY TEACHERS, PARENTS AND COLLEAGUES. IT BECAME VERY APPARENT TO ME THAT I JUST KNEW A SMALL FRACTION OF THIS INSPIRATIONAL LEADER WE WERE ALL PRIVILEGED TO KNOW. DR. REYNOLDS SERVED AS A DISTRICT TEACHER, A CURRICULUM INTERVENTION SPECIALIST, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND ENDED HER CAREER AS PRINCIPAL OF THE VERY SAME SCHOOL WHERE SHE BEGAN HER EDUCATION AT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. IT WAS THERE THAT LOVE OF LEARNING WAS IGNITED. SHE WAS A TRUE EDUCATOR UNTIL THE END. HER FINAL WISH WAS TO DONATE HER BODY TO THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AT ONE OF

021THE STATE UNIVERSITIES. I WAS VISITING WITH HER WHEN SHE SHARED THAT DECISION WITH ME AND ASKED HER, WHY? IT WAS KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME AT THAT MOMENT. THEN I UNDERSTOOD, SHE SAID, "I'M AN EDUCATOR UNTIL THE E END. I WANT TO CONTINUE AND WE RECEIVED AS A MATTER OF FACT ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DONATION INCLUDED A LETTER IN THE PACKET WHERE SHE RECEIVED A COMMENDATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY FOR MAKING THAT DONATION. SO SHE CONTINUED TO EDUCATE. EVEN AFTER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. IT'S BEEN -- IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST. IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. ALSO, FORMER DEPUTY SUPERIN SUPERINTENDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, MS. COMBS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M

022KATHY VALDEZ AND HERE TO SPEAK TO AGENDA ITEM 5.01. THE NAMING OF THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY MIDDLE MEDIA CENTER IN HONOR OF DR. RUTH ANN REYNOLDS OF SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY. THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND HIS STAFF AND THE PRINCIPAL FOR MOVING THIS AGENDA ITEM FORWARD AND FOR THE BOARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM TODAY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING DR. REYNOLDS THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE 42 YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I FIRST MET RUTH ANN WHEN I WAS AN INTERN, AND I'LL TELL YOU, MY SUPERVISING TEACHER WHEN I INTERNED AT SULFUR SPRINGS WAS PADRERO WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME. THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT A FAMILY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS REALLY IS. BUT SHE SERVED AS THAT MATH SCIENCE RESOURCE SPECIALIST FOR PROJECT FOLLOW THROUGH AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN THAT PROGRAM. AND IT DID OPERATE IN

023A F FEW -- HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS. I SO RESPECTED HER KNOWLEDGE. HER LOVE OF STUDENTS AND HER PASSION FOR HER PROFESSION. SHE SERVED AS AN INSPIRATIONAL ROLE MODEL TO US AND A VERY, VERY BIG COLLABORATOR AND SOMEONE THAT AS A NEWBIE, I KNEW I BETTER BE LISTENING TO. I COULD LEARN FROM HER. LATER AS COLLEAGUES, WE SERVED AS PRINCIPAL. SHE AT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY AND I WAS IN A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL. AND IN FACT, MR. WASHINGTON WAS A PRINCIPAL AT THAT TIME RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AT A HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALL ENJOYED THAT COLLABORATION. AGAIN, DR. REYNOLDS HAD SO MANY GOOD TIPS WHEN I WAS A BEGINNING PRINCIPAL. AND SHE ALWAYS SHARED THOSE GREAT TIPS ENTHUSIASTICALLY. BECAUSE OF THE MANY, MANY STU STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT DR. REYNOLDS IMPACTED IN HER CAREER,

024I CAN THINK OF NO MORE DESERVING HONOR OF HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCHOOL OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, TO THE DISTRICT, AND TO THE COMMUNITY OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS THAN THE NAMING OF THE MEDIA CENTER AT HER BELOVED SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY IN HER HONOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. IF THE SPEAKERS 10 THROUGH 13 WOULD LINE UP PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. I DO HATE TO COME IN AND CHANGE THE TENOR HERE HONORING DR. REYNOLDS HAS BEEN REALLY SWEET AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER, SO. I HAVE ALTERED MY -- WHAT I WAS GOING TO SHARE TODAY, BUT I WOULD STILL ISSUE KIND OF AN EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. THIS IS A BOOK CALLED LOOKING FOR ALASKA AND THERE ARE 63 COPIES

025AVAILABLE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IT'S CURRENTLY CHECKED OUT BY FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM WALKER WILSON BUCHANAN AND SMITH. I READ THE BOOK IN ITS ENTIRETY THIS WEEK AND I'M APPALLED. THE SUMMARY ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE IS FRAUDULENT. DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY DETAILS OF ANYTHING THAT'S IN HERE. THERE IS OVER 150 INAPPROPRIATE WORDS INCLUDING 31F-WORDS REFERENCES TO HAVING SEX OR GETTING LAID TOTALING AT LEAST 14. BOOB HONKING. BREASTS PERKINESS MENTIONED AT LEAST 20 TIMES BY TEEN BOYS AND GIRLS. TEENS TALKING ABOUT THE DEAN OF STUDENTS MASTURBATING. HARD ONS, NUDITY, FAKE IDEAS, PORN MAGAZINES, CONDOMS, SEX TOYS, A STRIPPER PLANK AT SCHOOL AND PUDGE OF ALASKA'S PERCEIVED COURAGE IN HER SUICIDE. ALASKA AND PUDGE, A BOY AND GIRL, WATCH PORN TOGETHER AND PROCEED TO HAVE A DETAILED CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WATCHING WHILE PUDGE MAKES MENTAL

026NOTES OF WHAT HE IS LEARNING ABOUT TECHNIQUE. THE SCENE I PLAN TO READ TODAY IS A GRAPHIC ORAL SEX SCENE. IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE BUT FOR PROPRIETARY REASONS I'LL SKIP THAT. AGAIN, FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE READING THIS. IF I HANDED THIS TO A STUDENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL, I BELIEVE I COULD BE CHARGED WITH A FELONY ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA STATUTES BECAUSE THESE BOOKS CONTAIN AND THIS IS THE FLORIDA FLORIDA STATUTE I'M QUOTING, EXPLICIT AND DETAILED VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS OR NARRATIVE ACCOUNTS THAT IS HARMFUL TO MINORS. WHY IS THIS OKAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS? THIS IS COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS. I THINK WE HAVE LOST OUR MINDS IF WE THINK THAT MEDIA SPECIALISTS HAVE ANY RIGHT WHATSOEVER TO PUT THE BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARIES. DO WE WANT OUR TEACHERS TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS ABOUT THESE

027READING MATERIALS? I CERTAINLY DO NOT. I AM FILLED WITH SADNESS AND NEAR DESPAIR IN SOME MOMENTS WONDERING HOW ALL THE BOOKS HAVE COME INTO OUR LIBRARIES. I BELIEVE THIS SANCTIONED SCHOOL APPROVED MATERIAL COULD PROMOTE A SOUL DESTROYING PROBLEM FOR KIDS, AND I URGE YOU TO DO SOMETHING NOW. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS ROBERT E. BIBB. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT THE PUBLIC WAS NOT SHOWN THE PRICES OF THE TEXTBOOK PUBLISHERS THAT WERE CHOSEN AS FINALISTS BY THE DISTRICT ADOPTION COMMITTEE. TEACHERS HAVE SAID THEY WERE NOT SHOWN THE PRICES EITHER. AS THE SCHOOL BOARD, I ASSUME YOU'VE SEEN THE PRICES. IF SO, I SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC. DON'T KEEP US IN THE DARK ON PRICES. THERE WAS A PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD,

028BUT THAT PERIOD SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED SEEING THE PRICES OF THE FINALISTS. THE PUBLIC AND TEACHERS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW, AND IN THE INTEREST OF FULL TRANSPARENCY ON A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT, THEN YOU NEED TO POST THE PRICES AND THEN ALLOW THE PUBLIC TIME TO REVIEW. SO WHAT IS THE PRICE DIFFERENCE? LOOKING AT THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, IT'S HARD TO REALLY DETERMINE EXACTLY, BUT TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE A $5 MILLION DIFFERENCE. THAT'S QUITE A LOT. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT COULD GO TO OTHER PROGRAMS. WITH BUDGET CUTS ALL AROUND, IT SEEMS CRAZY TO SPEND $5 MILLION ON ONE MATH TEXTBOOK VERSUS ANOTHER. SOMEONE SAID THE STATE MONEY MUST BE SPENT ON TEXTBOOKS BUT THAT'S NOT CORRECT. THE STATE BUDGET PASSED JUST INSIDE THE -- THE STATE BUDGET PASSED JUST A FEW DAYS

029AGO IS VERY CLEAR. HOUSE BILL 5001 -- SORRY, LET ME TAKE A SECOND. SO ON PAGE 23 OF HOUSE BILL 5001, THERE IS A QUOTE THAT FUNDS PROVIDED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS MAY ALSO BE USED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PURCHASE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. I ASKED THAT YOU PUBLICIZE THE PRICES OF THE FINALISTS OF THE MATH ADOPTION SINCE YOU OWE THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE TEACHERS. I ASK THAT YOU SURVEY THE TEACHERS AGAIN WITH NOW THE PRICES REVEALED. AND THEN PERHAPS THAT MONEY COULD INSTEAD IF IT DOESN'T NEED TO GO TO THE HIGHER TEXTBOOK, IT COULD GO TO LAPTOPS AND THINGS FOR THE STUDENTS OR THINGS LIKE TEACHERS' WAGES. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALBERT (INAUDIBLE).

030SO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH TEXTBOOKS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING THE MATERIAL. I'M UNABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH EACH OPTION COSTS WHICH MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT TEACHERS ARE ALSO ENABLE TO SEE THAT. -- UNABLE TO SEE THAT. ALSO, THERE IS -- IS THERE ANY THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION FROM A COMPANY OR STATE THAT SAYS THESE FINALIST MATERIALS WOULD ADDRESS THE NEW THINGS THE STATE IS DOING NEXT YEAR WITH THE NEW STANDARDS? I WOULD HATE TO SEE A LOT OF THE MONEY BEING SPENT ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE SUPPORTED BY MORE SPENDING ON MORE PRODUCTS LATER DOWN THE ROAD. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALLISON FERNANDEZ. I WANT

031TO ADDRESS SOMETHING SAID AT THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, AND THAT WAS BY BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSING THE BILL THAT WAS REFERENCED AS THE DON'T SAY GAY BILL. AND I WANT TO ASK EACH ONE OF YOU IF YOU'VE ACTUALLY READ THE BILL. IT'S SEVEN PAGES. IT DOESN'T SAY THE WORD GAY IN THE BILL AT ALL. IT ACTUALLY IS A BILL THAT SUPPORTS PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO WHEN THEY WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT SORT OF DISCUSSION WITH THEIR CHILDREN, K THROUGH 3, AND SAYS THAT ANYTHING THAT IS PRESENTED IN THE CLASSROOM NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE. SO YOU ALL ARE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE A MORAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSEMENTS TO PRESENT THINGS BASED ON FACTS. NOT ON THE CURRENT SPEAKING TERMS THAT ARE POPULAR, BUT THE ACTUAL FACT. THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING.

032WHY ARE YOU ALL SO WORRIED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT GENDER AND SOCIAL MORALS THAT NEED TO BE HANDLED AT THE HOME WHEN WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE STATE? THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SERVED IN THE UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS ARE LOWER INCOME. THEY'RE MINORITIES. THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED. 70% OR SO OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE READING BELOW THEIR GRADE LEVEL AND CERTAINLY BELOW THE STANDARDS THAT WE'VE SET. I THINK IT WAS 52% ARE NOT MEETING THE ACHIEVEMENTS IN MATH. SHOULDN'T WE BE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT THESE CHILDREN, ALL CHILDREN IF WE'RE PREPARING ALL CHILDREN FOR LIFE, CAN REED? IF YOU CAN READ VERY WELL, YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF ANYTHING. BUT IF YOU CAN'T READ WELL, YOU GO INTO EVERY SUBSEQUENT GRADE FARTHER BEHIND WHICH THEN

033GENERATES MORE AND MORE DISTRUST OF TEACHERS, DISTRUST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. AND THAT IS NOT PREPARING CHILDREN FOR LIFE. SO CAN I ASK YOU, ONE, WHEN YOU ARE DISCUSSING THINGS, AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR VIEW POINT IS OR ANYBODY'S VIEW POINT IF THAT BILL IS GOOD OR BAD. USE THE FACTS. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STANDING UP HERE, EACH PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, ASKING YOU TO PRESENT THE FACTS ABOUT TEXTBOOK PRICING AND DECISION MAKING. THIS IS THE SAME THING. THIS IS THE PUBLIC. YOU ALL ARE SPENDING PUBLIC DOLLARS. YOU ARE GOING TO COME BEFORE US AND ASK FOR A TAX INCREASE BECAUSE YOUR BUDGET IS OBVIOUSLY NOT SUSTAINING YOUR EXPENSES, AND YOU'VE BEEN MEETING YOUR BUDGET GOALS AND YOUR REQUIREMENTS BASED ON NON-RECURRING COVID FUNDING. SO WE KNOW

034IN THE PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS TO REBALANCE YOUR SPENDING AND YOU'RE NOT MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT WILL POSSIBLY LEAD TO STAFF REDUCTION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO THE PUBLIC TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY. PLEASE GIVE US THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. I'M HERE BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CAN'T SUBMIT THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE INSTRUCTIONS MATERIAL WEBSITE -- IDENTIFY YOURSELF. YES. MY NAME IS JAY SMITH. THANK YOU, SIR. I'M HERE BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CAN'T SUBMIT THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WEBSITE. I REPRESENT THE SILENT MAJORITY. THIS IS THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC THAT I WISH TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD BUT CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AND PEOPLE HAVE JOBS. I WENT TO THE

035ORANGE COUNTY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WEB PAGE AND THEY HAVE AN ESSAY -- HAVE AN EASY FORM TO FILL OUT WITH YOUR FEEDBACK, BUT AGAIN, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT. NO ONE THAT I KNOW CAN FIGURE OUT WHY. PERHAPS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T WANT THE PUBLIC'S FEEDBACK. WELL, THE FEEDBACK IS THIS. ON BEHALF OF THE SILENT MAJORITY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE SHOULD BE TOLD THE PRICES OF THE TEXTBOOKS BEING PURCHASED BY OUR TEXTBOOKS. ARE WE OVERPAYING? IS THIS A GOOD USE OF MONEY? IS THERE A REASON WHY THE WEBSITE DOESN'T SAY THE COST OF THESE TEXTBOOKS AS WELL AS THE COST OF THE ONES THAT NOT CHOSEN. THAT IS WHAT THE SILENT MAJORITY WANTS TO KNOW. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR TODAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE RECOGNITIONS AND

036PROCLAMATIONS. A01, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH. MEMBER PEREZ WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS PROCLAMATION. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS YEAR'S SOCIAL WORK MONTH THEME IS THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR SOCIAL WORK. IT EMBODIES HOW SOCIAL WORKERS ROSE TO MEET THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES OF ALL OUR LIFE TIMES WITH COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS EXCEPTIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE SOCIAL WORKERS THROUGH THEIR UNIQUE TRAINING AND PRACTICE PROVIDE A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WOULD FOSTER -- WHICH FOSTER STUDENTS PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC GROWTH. THEY PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS BY MEETING THE INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS OF SUPPORT -- OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. OUR SOCIAL WORKERS SERVE EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH ADULT EDUCATION. THEY'RE LEADERS IN SEVERAL PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE ATTENDANCE, REMEDIATION AND DROPOUT PREVENTION. OUR SCHOOLS, STAFF AND

037STUDENTS OWE OUR SOCIAL WORKERS A HUGE THANK YOU FOR HELPING US RECOVER AND BEGIN THE RETURN TO NORMALCY AFTER E-LEARNING AND DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH, MARCH 2022. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. INDEED THE SOCIAL WORKER IS PROBABLY THE BUSIEST HUMAN BEING DURING THIS COVID EXPERIENCE. THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE THE FEET ON THE GROUND. I'M REMINDED OF THE GREAT ONES, NOT ONLY DOVER AND SEFNER SOUTH COUNTY WITH SO MUCH OF THE NEEDED FOOD SECURITY AND NOT TO MENTION THE CURRICULUM AND ACTUAL LEARNING TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED FROM SCHOOLS TO HOMES ON A DAILY BASIS.

038SO SHOUT OUT TO EVERY SOCIAL WORKER LISTENING. IF YOU'RE NOT, WE ALL THINK THE WORLD OF YOU AND KNOW YOU DO SO MUCH FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ? Lynn Gray: TO ALL MY SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE AN INCREDIBLE INSPIRATION TO ME DAILY, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PROFESSION I HAVE CHOSEN FOR MY LIFE'S WORK. FOR IT REPRESENTS ALL THAT IS GOOD WITH HUMANITY TO INCLUDE SOCIAL JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE TREATMENT OF ALL WITH THE UTMOST DIGNITY. THE PRIMARY MISSION OF SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IS TO ENHANCE HUMAN WELLBEING AND MEET THE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE. WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS AND EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE, OPPRESSED AND LIVING IN POVERTY. THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL WORK IS SOCIAL JUSTICE, DIGNITY AND THE

039WORTH OF THE PERSON. IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONS, INTEGRITY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE ALWAYS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS THIS YEAR'S THEME IS SO PROFOUNDLY REMINDS US THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR SOCIAL WORK. THAT'S WHY I'M SO PROUD OF WHO I PROFESSIONALLY REPRESENT IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY, WHEN COMPASSION, INTEGRITY AND DIGNIFYING OTHERS IS AT BEST AMENDABLE STANDARD. THANK YOU, MY FELLOW SOCIAL WORKERS, FOR ALL YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE OUR SOCIETY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN SAY ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T INCAPSULATE ANYTHING ALREADY SAID. I WANTED TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MEMBER GRAY AND PEREZ.

040I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS DO IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY MEET FOR OUR STUDENTS. NOT JUST ACADEMIC BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FED AND THEY HAVE CLOTHING AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND HONOR AND SEND OUT MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, HONOR THEM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES AND STATE RECOGNIZED EXCELLENCE IN TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD. I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS ITEM. WHEREAS RELIABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHY BALANCED NUTRITION IS CRITICAL FOR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS SCHOLASTIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS AND WHEREAS OUR

041SCHOOLS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF MAKING SURE ALL OUR STUDENTS REMAIN FED WITH WELL-BALANCED MEALS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND OUR SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO NOURISH OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY IN THE SAFE AND IS ANITARY MANNER AND WHEREAS THE FLORIDA COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE NIKKI FREED RECENTLY VISITED TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY TO SEE FIRST-HAND THE INCREDIBLE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE OF PRINCIPAL GLENDA VENUESA AND SCHOOL NUTRITION MANAGER SAM CLAYTON AND WHEREAS THE COMMISSIONER FREED SAW A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW DISTRICT PROVIDES FREE SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO STUDENTS, PROVIDES FOOD FOR FAMILIES TO TAKE HOME FOR WEEKENDS AND DELIVERS MEALS TO STUDENTS WHEN NECESSARY AND WHEREAS THE DEDICATION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF TO REDUCE CHILD AND FAMILY FOOD INSECURITY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR SCHOOL LUNCH PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE HEALTHY MEALS TO

042FAMILIES CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. THEREFORE, BE IT NOW PROCLAIMED THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNIZES AND HONORS THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF ITS SCHOOLS, STAFF AND ESPECIALLY STUDENT NUTRITION WORKERS FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL AND IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY IN NOURISHING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES AND STATE RECOGNIZED EXCELLENCE OF TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: SO I HAD THIS PROCLAMATION PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT THE MORE -- THE NUTRITION THAT THE WE AFFORD OUR CHILDREN EACH AND EVERY DAY IS SO NECESSARY FOR PROPER BRAIN FUNCTIONING. I MEAN, THAT'S THE INTELLECTUAL SIDE OF IT. BUT MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED

043TO MAKE SURE THE FOOD SECURITY TO OUR FAMILIES ARE UPFRONT AND IN FRONT OF US EVERY DAY. SHOULD THERE BE ANY SUBTRACTION FROM FOOD SECURITY FOR OUR CHILDREN, I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE A BIG CONCERN FOR THIS DISTRICT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILIES KNOW AND THIS IS THROUGH THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS FORUM THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, IS FOOD SECURITY AS WE GO ALONG THIS YEAR AND THIS SUMMER AND NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, FOR ALL THOSE -- I KNOW THIS IS THE PAST, BUT NOT REALLY. IT WAS A VERY BASIC BRIDGE DURING THE COVID, WAS THE GRAB AND GO LUNCHES AND BREAKFAST EVERYWHERE WE GO, SO I REALLY WANTED TO SPELL THAT OUT AND JUST REGENERATE THAT VALIDATION OF FOOD SECURITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia

044Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU AGAIN, MEMBER GRAY, FOR SPEAKING SO ELOQUENTLY ON THIS. LATELY WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT FOOD SECURITY AND IT'S AN ISSUE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING THE PROCLAMATION. I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT ACCORDING TO FEEDING AMERICA, ALMOST 20% OF OUR FAMILIES ARE FOOD INSECURE. THAT'S ONE FIFTH. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE REALLY SOMETIMES THE ONLY PLACE THAT OUR CHILDREN GET FED. SO TO ALL OUR NUTRITION WORKERS WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE FED, AGAIN, EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE US AS A BOARD TALKING ABOUT THIS AND PRIORITIZING

045IT. MAKING SURE THAT KIDS HAVE FULL STOMACHS IS PARAMOUNT TO MAKING SURE THEY CAN LEARN. IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND, YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT READING OR LEARNING SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM GOOD NUTRITION AND STARTING OUT RIGHT. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THIS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK STUDENT NUTRITION BECAUSE I'M BEYOND GRATEFUL FOR THEM AS WELL. THEY WERE THE ONES WHO SECURED THE WELLBEING AND MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS AT A TIME, YOU KNOW, WHEN EVERYONE WAS, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING THEMSELVES. THEY PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD THE MEALS THEY NEEDED TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEM GOING. KEEP THEM GOING, KEEP THEIR FAMILIES GOING.

046SO, YOU KNOW, MY HATS OFF TO THEM. AND THEY'RE MY HEROES. I GOT TO SAY THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, A LOT OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WENT OUT THERE AND WORKED AND SERVED LUNCH, AND I KNOW I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO WENT OUT THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO SCHOOLS, AND I WAS AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IT TAKES TO BRING THE FOOD OUT THERE AND ALSO JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME, THE NUTRITION THEY SPEND WITH THE CHILDREN AND WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY TALK TO THE CHILDREN AND TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE, AND AFTERWARDS BREAKING DOWN AND CLEANING UP. I MEAN, JUST MUSIC AND PEOPLE BEING HAPPY AND BEING -- JUST THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP THAT THE NUTRITION HAVE

047WITH THE STUDENTS IS JUST AMAZING AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY HIGHLIGHTED AT THE EIA AWARDS. I REMEMBER STEVE LUNAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE FINALISTS FROM SICKLE'S HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN HE WAS STANDING THERE, THERE WAS A STUDENT SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF AND SHE GOT A LITTLENIVOROUS AND HE CAME OUT -- NERVOUS AND HE CAME UP GENTLY AND PUT HIS ARM ON HER AND MADE SURE SHE FELT REALLY COMFORTABLE, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF NUTRITION AND TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING FOOD AND NUTRITION OVER THE BREAK -- DURING COVID. THEY REALLY WORK HARD. THOSE MEALS ARE

048PUT OUT ON TIME. THEY RESPECT THE STUDENTS. THEY HAVE THE LOVE FOR THE STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS RESPECT THEM. THEY'RE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WORKED THAT HARD IN THE CAFETERIA. I DIDN'T UNTIL I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE. IT'S AMAZING HOW PATIENT THEY ARE WITH STUDENTS. TO ME, THAT'S PHENOMENAL BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS ARE SMILING. THEY SAY, WE GOT TO GET THIS OUT. GOT TO HAVE THAT ONLINE. THERE IS A FINE TUNE MACHINE. EVERYTHING OPERATES SMOOTHLY. I WANT TO THANK THE FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO, EVERY DAY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS ARE FED PROPERLY AND HAVE A GOOD MEAL. SO FOOD AND NUTRITION, HEY, LOOK, YOU'RE MY HERO TOO. I LOVE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON.

049PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES 6- -- IT PASSES 6-1. OR 6 -- OKAY. SORRY. SEVEN, SORRY, NEWNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE MEMBER SNIVELY VIRTUALLY SO THANK YOU. NEXT IS THE RECOGNITION OF THE HUMAN TRAFFIC TASK FORCE. MEMBER GRAY WILL BE PRESENTING THIS RECOGNITION. Lynn Gray: OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER -- OH, THIS IS THE FULL TEXT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE BRINGS TOGETHER OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS FROM OUR DISTRICT AS WELL AS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS WAYS TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ABOUT THE DANGERS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO, YOU KNOW, IN A NUTSHELL WE HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND THE EGREGIOUS CRIMES AND I CALL IT CRIME BECAUSE WHEN WE START

050TALKING ABOUT GROOMING OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS, YOUR SISTERS, BROTHERS, YOUR RELATIONS, IT IS VERY -- IT'S A SERIOUS SITUATION AND THE THIRD IN THE COUNTRY IS TAMPA FOR THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORTERS IN THE PANEL THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 28, 6:00, INCLUSIVE IS CHIEF BOWMAN. WE HAVE LEGAL ENFORCEMENT. THE SHERIFF CAN'T MAKE IT BUT WE HAVE ACTUAL TESTIMONIALS AND A LOT OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE PART OF THIS. IT'S NOT TO REALLY -- TO GET INTO NECESSARILY THE GRAPHIC -- WELL, ACTUALLY, IT IS. BUT IT IS TO REMIND EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT WE HAVE A SERIOUSMALITY IN OUR SOCIETY, IN OUR TAMPA BAY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. AND THERE ARE MANY OF THESE VOY VOYEURS, IF -- VOYAGERS THAT ARE TEXTING, SEXTING OUR STUDENTS AND REALLY SETTING THEM UP

051FOR FUTURE TRAFFICKING, AND IT'S SERIOUS. AND, YOU KNOW, I AM REMINDED OF MY OWN TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND LOOK LEFT AND RIGHT AND SEE CHILDREN OF BOARD MEMBERS POSSIBLY -- WE ALL NEED TO BE VERY WELL ESTABLISHED AND SAVVY AS TO THE SCOPE, AND THE SIGNS, OF WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING LOOKS LIKE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND THIS WILL BE MY CONCLUSION, I -- EVER SO THANKFUL THAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE SHARING MORE AND MORE THE STRATEGIES TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR TEACHERS TO REALLY BE ON THE WATCH, AND SO -- I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH SAID. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I SHARED? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I THINK YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING AND BE

052ABLE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND PARENTS AND STUDENTS ABOUT THE PROPER ACTIONS TO TAKE AND JUST TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR WALLS WE CALL OUR CLASSROOMS AND ALSO OUR HOMES Lynn Gray: AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I WILL NOW NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TEW PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS AP APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE TIME CERTAIN FOR 5:01. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR FIRST WHICH IS 12.01. THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ELLA LYONS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS IT ITEM. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING

053US TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. THIS IS RICK WARNER, THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I'M ELLEN LYONS, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE COMMITTEE. FEBRUARY 2, WE MET AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS ACTUALLY SPOKE TO US AND ASKED US TO LOOK INTO AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE REFERENDUM TO ADD PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE TO -- AS ONE OF THE BALLOT ITEMS ON -- IN NOVEMBER 2022. SO DURING THAT MEETING WE SAID LET'S GET THE FINANCIAL CASE. LET'S GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE FINANCIAL CASE IS FOR SUCH A REFERENDUM. ON MARCH 2, WE HEARD FROM KELLY MCGARY. SHE IS -- HAS A LOT OF SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS. SHE MADE A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT THE

054BOND SITUATION IS LIKE AND HOW TO APPROVE OUR OWN BOND RATINGS. THEN WE HEARD FROM CFO ROAM NEAR JOHNSON AND SHE GAVE US A VERY -- ROMANEIR JOHNSON AND SHE GAVE US A DETAILED CASE FOR THE REFERENDUM. WE TOOK ALL THE TIME ALLOTTED AND CAME UP WITH QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THE QUESTIONS ARE, WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS TO BRING RECURRING EXPENSES IN LINE WITH RECURRING REVENUE. AND CFO JOHNSON DID ANSWER A LOT OF THAT, BUT OUR COMMITTEE HAS ADDITIONAL CONVICTION KEGS ON -- QUESTIONS ON THAT. WHERE DOES THE DISTRICT EXPECT TO END THIS FISCAL YEAR? HOW ARE OTHER DISTRICTS OPERATING WITHIN THEIR BUDGETS? AND ARE THEY? WHAT IS THE PLAN

055FOR HOW THE REFERENDUM PROCEEDS WILL BE SPENT AND WHAT ARE THE PLANS ON POLLING VOTERS IN QUESTION. SO THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOGNIZES THE CFO CANNOT ANSWER ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. WE ARE LOOKING TO HER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FIRST TWO AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO HELP US ANSWER THE LAST TWO AND THEN WE'LL DO SOME INDEPENDENT WORK OURSELVES IN OUR COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS. RICK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO A ADD? JUST ONE THING. SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH INTO THE OTHER FOUR OF THE FIVE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. WE ARE DEAD LAST IN FUNDING. . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD WE WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR

056ALL YOUR COUNTLESS HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK AND ALL THE INFORMATION YOU'RE GATHERING AND BRINGING BACK TO US AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YES. THE COMMITTEE SAYS IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO DO IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO 5.01. APPROVE THE NAMING OF THE MEDIA CENTER AT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THE CENTER AFTER DR. RUTH ANN REYNOLDS WHO WAS THE PRINCIPAL FOR SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY FOR 17 YEARS. A LONGTIME EDUCATOR AND ONE THING OUR POLICY DOES IS REALLY TO WORK WITH SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC EDUCATION LEADERS THAT HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY ON TEACHERS, ON STAFF, ON FAMILIES AND ON GENERATIONS. IT'S

057VERY EVIDENT THROUGH SIGNATURES. VERY EVIDENT THROUGH LETTERS DRAFTED. THE FULL SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO RENAME THIS MEDIA CENTER AFTER DR. REYNOLDS. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT SPOKE TONIGHT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THIS INDIVIDUAL -- THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD ON THEIR LIFE AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD AND SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITIES ASK IN THE PARTICULAR ITEM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C501. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NO. I JUST ALWAYS THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE NAMING SCHOOLS OR HAVE BIG DECISIONS THAT IT'S ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. I WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKERS WHO CAME AND SPOKE. IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU SEE THINGS WRITTEN AND YOU HAVE, YOU

058KNOW, A LIST OF NAMES BUT TO ACTUALLY HEAR PEOPLE SPEAK SO PASSIONATELY ABOUT SOMEONE WHO TOUCHED THEIR LIVES BRINGS MEANING TO THE DECISION. THANK YOU FOR SCHEMING AND SPEAKING TODAY. -- COMING AND SPEAKING TODAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. WHEN YOU HAVE A PRINCIPAL THAT HAS TAUGHT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP, ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. HAVE THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HEAR SHE'S ESTABLISHED, AND REALLY BUILD UP IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A YES FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR -- FOR, YOU KNOW, NAMING THIS 3450ED YOU CENTER AFTER HER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PE PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE MEMBER PEREZ. IT'S SO HEART-WARMING TO HEAR THE COMMENTS AS WELL AS THE PHONE CALLS I HEARD ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT DR. REYNOLDS HAD ON FAMILIES AND TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND

059STAFF OVER THE MANY, MANY YEARS SHE SERVED, AND JUST REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE DR. REYNOLDS AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT SHE CHOSE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE TO COME OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT MS. REYNOLDS BECAUSE I KNEW HER VERY WELL. WHEN I FIRST BECAME THE PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD AREA MEETINGS WHERE ALL THE AREA USED TO MEET IN THE AREA. I'M A ROOKIE PRINCIPAL SITTING THERE. I'M NERVOUS AND MY KNEES SHAKING AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M OVER HERE TO THIS BIG HIGH SCHOOL AND I SAT ON THE SIDE OF DR. REYNOLDS.

060SHE SAID, SHAKE, YOU'LL BE JUST FINE. YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB SO DON'T WORRY. IF YOU GOT ANY PROBLEMS, CALL ME. TO ME, I HAVE REYNOLDS BEHIND IT BUT SHE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB. COMMUNITY PERSON. SOMETIMES THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, NOBODY GOING TO SAY NOTHING GOOD ABOUT YOU, YOU'RE NOT GOOD. BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE I NEVER HEARD ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT MS. REYNOLDS. NEVER. SHE WAS GREAT. SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ME WHERE MY VOTE GOING. IT'S GOING TO HER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: I JUST HAD TO CHIME IN AS WELL. I JUST THOUGHT THAT FOR 17 YEARS, THIS WOMAN DEVOTED HER LIFE SKILLS, HER HEART, HER SOUL, HER ENERGY AND REALLY SET FORTH A GREAT PATH FOR THE MANY, MANY

061STUDENTS AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT. YOU RECOGNIZE IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING TO -- MAY EACH OF YOU AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED THIS PETITION SO TO SPEAK, MAY EACH OF YOU FIND COMFORT AND FIND FINE MEMORIES EVERY TIME YOU WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR. THAT IS OUR HOPE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. MADAM CHAIR, YOU CAN NOW GO INTO YOUR 5.01 PUBLIC HEARING FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS K-12. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING FOR RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR MATHEMATICS K-12 ACADEMIC SERVICES. I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL -- I'LL -- I'M SORRY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, ADOPTION PROCESS. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT PURSUANT

062TO STATE LAW AND BOARD POLICY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BOARD AND TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD. THE MATERIALS WERE ADVERTISED AND HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. I'LL ASK TERRY O'CONNOR, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR INSTRUCTION TO PRESENT THE ITEM. AFTER HIS PRESENTATION, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD ON THE PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THANK YOU. MR. CONNOR? GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. THE LIST OF MATERIALS IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM AND INCLUDES MATERIAL K-12 MATHEMATICS. THESE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY DISTRICT ADOPTION COMMITTEE AND BEING RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION.

063AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE, A 20-DAY PUBLIC REVIEW OF RECOMMENDED MATERIALS, A PUBLIC HEARING, IS REQUIRED BEFORE THE BOARD CAN VOTE FOR THE ADOPTION. THE PUBLIC REVIEW REQUIRES THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDE DIGITAL ACCESS TO THE RECOMMENDED MATERIALS VIA THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. THE PUBLIC REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED MARCH 1 THROUGH THE 21ST, 2022, AND PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING IS TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMONTY MEMBERS TO SHARE COMMENTS ABOUT THE MATERIALS WITH THE BOARD. THE BOARD WILL NOT, DOES NOT TAKE ACTION AT THIS TIME BUT WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE AT THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 5. SO AT THIS TIME YOU MAY CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. Nadia Combs: DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TODAY? IF NOT, I WILL NOW CLOSE

064THE PUBLIC HEARING. (SOUNDING GAVEL) OKAY. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO 10.01. I'LL MOVE TO THAT AGENDA ITEM. APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ADVANCED STUDIES OF HILLSBOROUGH. Addison Davis: THIS IS APPROVAL FOR BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED JULY 2018 AND THERE WAS A SETBACK RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY HAVE THE PROPER LOCATION, THE PROPER BUILD, AND THEY PUSHED BACK TO AUGUST 2022. THIS WILL BE A SEGWAY THROUGH A FEEDER PATTERN THROUGH THE CURRENT BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY THAT WE HAVE FOR RIVERVIEW IN K-8 AND THIS WILL TRANSITION TO NINTH TO TWELFTH GRADE. THEY'LL START AROUND 150 STUDENTS AND PROCEED TO 400 STUDENTS IN THE PARTICULAR BUILD AND APPROVAL. ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN JULY AND COMING WITH A FINAL CONTRACT FOR AN OPEN IN AUGUST

065OF 2022. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO I -- TO APPROVE ITEM 10.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY -- I NEED A MOTION PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO. THANK YOU. SO THERE IS ALREADY TWO OPEN. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD. THE FIRST ONE IN RIVERVIEW IS A C-SCHOOL. THE OTHER ONE, THE ACADEMY OF TAMPA, IS A B-SCHOOL. YOU SAID BY YEAR FIVE, HOPES TO HAVE 1400 STUDENTS. I KNOW THIS IS NOT CRITERIA FOR APPROVING IT BUT I'M CURIOUS, AT 1400 STUDENTS, APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH DOES THAT TAKE FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- HOW MUCH -- WOULD THERE -- PER PUPIL FUNDING, HOW MUCH

066WILL THAT BE TAKING OUT OF THE BUDGET IF THEY GO TO MAX CAPACITY? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, AROUND $11 MILLION GIVE OR TAKE. IF WE DO THAT AT $8,000 PER STUDENT PER FTE, OVER $11 MILLION IT WOULD REMOVE AND BE A PASS THROUGH TO A CHARTER SCHOOL BASED ON THE FTE THEY GENERATE. RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS YOU'D SAY POTENTIALLY BLOOMINGDALE, RIVERVIEW AND SPOTO WOULD BE THE HIGH SCHOOLS IMPACTED IN THE PARTICULAR AREAS AND ALL THE SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AT -- IN A FLUENT MANNER RELATED TO THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Jessica Vaughn: I NOTICE TWO ARE OVER CAPACITY. DO WE HAVE PLANS TO OPEN ANOTHER PUBLIC -- TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL THERE? IN THIS AREA? IS THERE ONE GOING IN THERE? Addison Davis: MR. FARKAS, ANYTHING RELATED -- I KNOW WE'LL

067BUILD IN DEEP SOUTH COUNTY AND ALSO TRY TO IMPACT SOME OF THE RIVER VIEW BUT MR. FARKAS, DO YOU WANT TO -- Christopher Farkas: WE WILL BUT THE NEXT HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT DUE TO BE BUILT AND OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 2022 Jessica Vaughn: DO THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR PLAN FOR SUPPORTING (INAUDIBLE) STUDENTS? I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN HERE. Addison Davis: DOC, CAN YOU SPEAK? SURE. THAT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2018. Jessica Vaughn: SO THEY DID SUBMIT A PLAN FOR SUPPORTING THE ESOL STUDENTS. YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STAYING ON TOP IT. WHEN WE SAY ADVANCED STUDIES, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, WHAT DO WE

068MEAN BY ADVANCED STUDIES. IF I ASKED SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, HE'D SAY IN A NATIONAL BATCH LAUREATE OR CAM BRIDGE, AP COURSES. IF THEY'RE SAYING ADVANCED STUDIES, AND MIND YOU, IN PARENTHESES, BLOOMINGDALE. IT'S CAMBRIDGE. IT IS VERY WELL -- I WAS JUST THERE TODAY. AND RIVERVIEW WILL BE -- YEAH. RIVERVIEW WILL BE CAMBRIDGE. SO THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY DOING VERY, VERY WELL, HIGH LEVEL LEARNING. DOESN'T MATTER SINCE WE ALREADY SAID YES TO THIS APPLICATION, BUT JUST FOR ETIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT DO WE MEAN? WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY ADVANCED STUDIES? THAT MEANS THAT THEY WILL BE OFFERING 11th GRADE AND 12th GRADE STUDENTS A.P. CLASSES AND DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES. Lynn Gray: OKAY. AND BOARD MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT WE TAKE AN EARNEST LOOK AT OUR OWN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS, BUT PLEASE ALWAYS LOOK AT THE CHARTER

069SCHOOLS AS WELL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST PATH, BEST OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK TOO THIS ADVANCED STURDIES IS IN FACT GOING TO BE ADVANCED STUDIES. THANK YOU, CHINCIA. YOU'RE WELCOME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES SIX WITH ONE DISSENT FROM MEMBER VAUGHN. THANK YOU. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE -- NOW WILL BE HEARD. C601, C603, C605, 607, C08, 609, C701 AND C708. 6.01. THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 2022. Addison Davis: THIS IS THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 28 OF '22. I'LL ASK AT THIS TIME THAT MS. JOHNSON AND HER STAFF BE ABLE TO REVIEW ALL THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD TO GIVE THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY UPDATE. ROMANEIR JOHNSON: GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND BOARD

070MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL BE PRESENTED BY MS. SUSAN GARCIA WHO IS OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THE FIRST SLIDE IS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT THE -- THE BUDGET ADOPTED BY THE BOARD SEPTEMBER 9. AT THIS TIME WE PROJECTED A -- DEFICIT. THE AMENDED BUDGET FOR FEBRUARY SHOWS AN INCREASE OF $3.7 MILLION IN STATE REVENUE. THE REASON FOR THIS INCREASE WAS THE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT REFLECTED ON THE THIRD CALCULATION FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AS YOU RECALL, THIS IS THE STEP ONE OF THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE AS WE IMPLEMENT THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THE -- THE BUDGET, THIS COMPARES THE BUDGET TO THE ACTUALS. WE HAVE AT THIS POINT RECEIVED 74% OF OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDED 64% OF OUR

071EXPENDITURES. WE ENDED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WITH A FUND BALANCE OF $258 MILLION. THIS IS OUR BELL CURVE FOR THE CASH BALANCES WHICH WE SHOW EVERY MONTH. AS YOU CAN SEE, IN FEBRUARY, THE CASH BALANCE HAS IT CREASED TO $269 MILLION AS OUR EXPENDITURES START CATCHING UP WITH THE INFLUX OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WE RECEIVED IN DECEMBER. WE PROJECT A $90 MILLION CASH BALANCE AT THE END OF JUNE. THIS CHART COMPARES WHAT THE ENDING FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY WHICH WAS $258 MILLION TO OUR PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AT THIS POINT WHICH IS $61.6 MILLION. THAT IS AN INCREASE OF $3.7 MILLION FROM OUR PROJECTED FUND BALANCE LAST MONTH. THIS CHART IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CHART TO LOOK AT. IT BREAKS DOWN THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE TO THE NON-SPENDABLE RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED. THE UNRESTRICTED

072IS A PORTION THAT WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON. IT'S GOT TO BE THE PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE OF -- OF FUND BALANCE TO REVENUE. TO ACHIEVE A 3% FUND BALANCE WHICH IS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WE NEED $45.9 MILLION, AND TO ACHIEVE A 2% WHICH WOULD TRIGGER THE STATE RECEIVERSHIP WE NEED $31 MILLION. CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 1% OF THE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE TO REVENUE. HOWEVER, WE DO EXPECT AS WE IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN, THAT WE WILL AT LEAST ACHIEVE A 3% FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF JUNE. Nadia Combs: OKAY. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MS. GARCIA, MS. JOHNSON. MY QUESTION WOULD BE AND PERHAPS WE CAN JUST CLARIFY THIS FOR THE PUBLIC. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A FUTURE MILLAGE AS WE WILL VERY SHORTLY,

073CAN YOU SHARE HOW THE REALITY OF ESSER FUNDS WILL NOT BE PART OF THE REALITY AS WE SECURE THE ASK IN NOVEMBER. WELL, ESSER FUNDING IS ONE-TIME FUNDING. IT CAN'T BE USED FOR REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES THE DISTRICT NEEDS FUNDING FOR REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES. Lynn Gray: CAN YOU SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CUTTING EXPENSES. WE'RE BEING FEW ADDITIONALARILY RESPONSIBLE IN TERMS OF RIGHT SIZING OUR BUDGET. THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ATTRITION, WE ARE MONITORING ASSURING WE'RE ONLY HIRING CRITICAL NEEDED POSITIONS BACK TO THE DISTRICT. Lynn Gray: OKAY. SO THAT IS THE PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THERE IS A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES. NOT ONLY THROUGH ATTRITION BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, ANY POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FOCUS ON

074THE POSITIONS THAT ARE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE SUPPORT EVERY POSITION WE CAN AND SUPPORTING SCHOOLS AS WELL THAT REALLY HAVE A MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT. WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUED CONTRACTS WHETHER WE SUNSET CONTRACTS, NOT RENEW CONTRACTS, STILL THIS TEAM LOOKS AT EVERY SINGLE DAY TO RENEGOTIATE CONTRACTS. YOU SEE WE PULLED ITEMS TO GO BACK TO THE VENDOR AND TRY TO PUSH THAT DOWN. YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT WE HAVE SAVINGS AND CONTINUING TO BE ABLE TO DO AN AUDIT OF EVERY ONE OF OUR FACILITIES RELATED TO PARCELS AND DETERMINE OVERALL NEED OF THOSE PARCELS AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, ITEMIZED PLAN OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN RESELL THOSE OR BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS. SO I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS CONTINUE TO

075HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL HIRING AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT ANY HIRE THAT TAKES PLACE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS APPROVED BY THE CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES. THE CHIEF OF THAT DEPARTMENT AND CABINET. ALSO TRANSITIONING THROUGH THE CFO TO MAKE CERTAIN THERE IS A FUNDING SOURCE AND AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND MYSELF FOR APPROVAL. ANY -- ALONG THAT PROCESS, ANY NO THAT DID WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, IT'S NOT ORGANIZATIONAL NEED, THEN IT STOPS AND DOESN'T GET PRESENTED. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE VERY CRITICAL OF ANY POSITIONS AND THE STAFF UNDERSTANDS THEY HAVE TO DEFEND TREMENDOUSLY AND ANY POSITIONS THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO THE BOARD, WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE ARE LEVERAGING FEDERAL FUNDS AS WELL. THERE IS A LOT OF IDEA FUNDING, TITLE

0761 FUNDING AND OTHER FUNDING, CATEGORICAL FUNDINGS WE CAN USE EXPENDITURES FOR AND RELIEVE THE -- LEAVE THE GENERAL FUND TO BE ABLE TO PUT US IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND HEALTHY. Lynn Gray: I THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND MS. JOHNSON TO THE POINT OF WHEN I ASK A QUESTION OR ANY OF US, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESPONSE IS WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE DOING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN SECURING A VERY -- SHOWING THE PUBLIC WE ARE SAFE GUARDING OUR FUNDS. WE ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, SHOULD BE MORE PREGAUCHE IS TOO ON OUR AUDITS SINCE WE HAD FOUR AUDITS AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN QUITE POSITIVE IN TERMS OF SHARING HOW WE'RE MAKING THOSE CONSERVATIVE CHANGES IN OUR BUDGETS. REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE US STILL ABOUT THE ASK FOR

077THE MILLAGE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I KNOW YOU WORK VERY, VERY HARD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I'LL NEED -- I CAN SEE THERE IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSION. I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP FOR CONTINUED DISCUSSION. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. NOW WE'LL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: PRESSING THE WRONG BUTTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I'VE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND BEEN TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO OUR BUDGET. AND JUST WANTED TO REITERATE SOME THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AND MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THEM AND WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. FIRST OF ALL, AS FAR AS OUR DEFICIT IS CONCERNED AND WHEN WE SAY

078DEFICIT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIMARILY IN OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET WHICH IS -- DID WE SAY 90% SALARIES AND THE OTHER ONES ARE TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND ALL THAT STUFF? WHAT YEAR DID WE START THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT? NEARLY 12 YEARS AGO WE STARTED OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. Jessica Vaughn: AND THAT WAS AT THE SAME TIME THAT BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION, THEY LOWERED THE PER PUPIL FUNDING WE GOT AND MADE THAT SMALLER SO THAT IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED OUR BUDGET. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE DISCONNECT COMES IN IS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF THIS COST SAVINGS THAT WE DID AND STRATEGIES THAT WE IMPL IMPLEMENTED AND HOW WE HAD FOUND AN ADDITIONAL $100 MILLION. THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE SEE THERE IS

079ANOTHER MAJOR SHORTFALL. WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE STRATEGIES LAST YEAR AND AS WE TALK IT THROUGH, ONE THING THAT'S GLARINGLY OBVIOUS IS THIS YEAR, WHICH WASN'T HAPPENING LAST YEAR, THERE IS GOING TO BE A $65 MILLION DEFICIT DUE TO THE MCKAY SCHOLARSHIP THE LEGISLATION EXPANDED LAST YEAR THAT DIRECTLY TAKES $65 MILLION OUT OF OUR OPERATING BUNT THIS YEAR. -- BUDGET THIS YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND I REMEMBER ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS, WE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE MCKAY SCHOLARSHIP AND I THINK SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT WAS CAPPED AND WOULDN'T AFFECT US AND MAYBE WE WERE LOOKING AT 10 OR $15 MILLION BUT $65 MILLION IS AN INCREDIBLY HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO TAKE OUT OF THE BUDGET FOR ONE YEAR.

080AS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIES, FOR COST SAVINGS, THE STATE LEGISLATION CONTINUES TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT IS DIRECTLY TAKING MONEY OUT OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET. IS THAT CORRECT? THE IMPACT, YES. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: YES, IT'S LIKE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS SAYING. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT BUDGET POSITIVE, IN ORDER FOR ANYBODY TO GET THIS. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. WHAT -- SUPERINTENDENT, WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO US WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR PUT THROUGH REGARDING THE MASK ISSUE? Addison Davis: SO CURRENTLY THERE WAS -- THROUGH THE CHAIR, THERE WAS A PENALTY RELATED TO THE 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DECIDED TO SERVE AND PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITY IN THE

081CURRENT STATE RELATED TO COVID. SO IT WAS GOING TO BE $14 MILLION WOULD BE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. THAT DID NOT PASS CURRENTLY. SO NOW INSTEAD THERE IS NO PENALTY TO THE DISTRICT, SO WE WILL RECEIVE ALL OUR FUNDING RELATED TO OUR BSA. THERE IS GOING TO BE MONEY THAT'S PUT TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL RECOGNITION, YOU KNOW, FOR SCHOOLS THAT DID N NOT -- SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT IMPLEMENT ANY TYPE OF MASK IMPLEMENTATION. Karen Perez: DOES THIS INCLUDE THE TEACHER BONUSES AND TEACHER --. Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM. THOSE ARE ALL SEPARATE CATEGORICALS. THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THROUGH THE CHAIR THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY RELATED TO THE POSITIVE MOVEMENT TRYING TO GET EVERY ONE OF OUR NEW TEACHERS TO 47.5 AND THAT'S A STARTING PLATFORM AND WE'RE WORKING TO DO THAT

082AS WELL. AT THE SAME TOKEN THERE WAS MONEY PUT FOR VETERAN TEACHERS AS WELL WHICH IS -- ALLOWS US TO REALLY LOOK AND CELEBRATE EVERYONE WORKING IN THE ORGANIZATION. REMINDER THAT LAST TIME THE MONEY WAS GIVEN LAST YEAR WHICH WE'RE THANKFUL, ONE THIRD OF THE WORKFORCE WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE PARTICULAR SPEND. SO NOW HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER SPAN TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CELEBRATE THOSE GIVEN A LOT OF TIME, EFFECT AND ENERGY -- EFFORT AND ENERGIES TO STUDENTS AND HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE AND INCENTIVIZE THEM FINANCIALLY. Karen Perez: SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, THE FACT THAT IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT POT FOR THE TEACHERS AND THEIR BONUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HOW -- WHAT'S -- HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE CAN KEEP IN ORDER TO

083SEE A SHOW CONSISTENCY OF THIS DECISION SDRIKT IN THE BLACK, YOU KNOW, WITH -- DISTRICT IN THE BLACK, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US? WELL, AS FAR AS THE TEACHER ALLOCATION COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE SO THE STATE IS FUNDING THAT. AS LONG AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO FUND THAT, THEN WE HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. BUT AS FAR AS BEING IN THE BLACK, WE'RE PROJECTING BY THE CLOSE OF JUNE 30 TO BE IN THE BLACK. Karen Perez: TO CONTINUE. SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE MONTHS FROM NOW. THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL STILL CONTINUE IN THE BLACK. WELL, DEPENDS -- IT DEPENDS ON OUR STUDENTS AND OUR REVENUE. SO WE HAVE TO PROJECT THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND SEEING IF THE LINE HOLDS THEN IF WE LOSE REVENUE, THEN WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S --

084IT'S -- WE'RE VERY CLOSE. Karen Perez: AND OUR ESSER MONIES THAT WE STILL HAVE PENDING. WHEN DO WE NEED TO -- DO -- WELL, OUR ESSER 3 HAS BEEN APPROVED SO WE'LL BE MOVING MORE RESOURCES BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. Karen Perez: FABULOUS. SO WE LOOK LIKE WE'LL BE IN THE BLACK FOR THE DURATION OF THE YEAR BASICALLY. ONCE WE IMPLEMENT THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT EVERY MONTH, YOU KNOW, DOING MOVING DIFFERENT THINGS AROUND, AND AS YOU SEE, WE'LL BE -- OUR FUND BALANCE PROJECTION WILL BE CHANGING IF NOTHING CHANGES IN THE SURVEY QUARTER. Karen Perez: WE'LL BE IN THE BLACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YES. Karen Perez: FOR ABOUT A YEAR PERIOD. YES. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU,

085MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION FROM MEMBER GRAY AROUND THE STRATEGIES FOR THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN. I KNOW THAT REALLY JUST THE ATTRITION WAS TOUCHED ON. I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO TRANSFERRING ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND TRANSFERRING ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO CATEGORICALS AND GRANTS, AND THANKFULLY OUR ENROLLMENT IS INCREASING WHICH IS A REAL TESTIMONY TO OUR TEACHERS AND LEADERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE KEEPING AND ATTRACTING STUDENTS, SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED CONTRACTS, AND REVIEWING OUR CONTRACTS TO SEE IF WE WERE SUNSETTING SOME OR NON-RENEWING WHICH I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MEMBER SNIVELY TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT REALLY LOOKING AT CONTRACTS AND SEEING WHICH ONES, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT WITH. CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE US OVER

086THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WITH THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE SUNSETTING OR NOT RENEWING AND THEN THE SAVINGS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST FOR THE BOARD TO SEE THE IMPACT, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN INTO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. I THINK THAT COULD MAKE A BIG IMPACT BECAUSE THOSE ARE CONTINUING EXPENSES. I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ON THIS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS POPPED UP AS I WAS LISTENING. THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THE TEACHER SALARY, BECAUSE I DID HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME TODAY. WHEN YOU SAY VETERAN TEACHERS, IS THERE A CERTAIN YEAR CAP FOR THAT? OR

087WHO IS CONSIDERED VETERAN TEACHERS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT'S ANYONE THAT DOESN'T QUALIFY WHO -- WHO IS OVER THE 47.5. ANYONE THAT IS OVER THE 47.5, THEY CURRENTLY COMPENSATION IS -- THAT PARTICULAR PLACE, THEY WILL QUALIFY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THE MONEY ALLOCATED TO MOVE OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR ONE THIRD WORKFORCE TO THE 47.5 PLATFORM. SO THERE IS NO YEAR QUALIFIER FOR IT. IT'S JUST INDIVIDUALS, WHERE THEY ARE ON THAT PARTICULAR SALARY STEP. Jessica Vaughn: SO IN ANOTHER BOARD MEETING, CAN WE HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT WILL MEAN TO TEACHERS AND SALARIES GOING FORWARD. THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS AS WE'VE KIND OF SHIFTED THE CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT THE TAX REFERENDUM, I KNOW THAT PASCO AND DUVAL RIGHT NOW ARE CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT

088A TAX REFERENDUM AS WELL BECAUSE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS NOT THE ONLY ONE NOT ABLE TO MEET ITS REVENUES -- WITH ITS REVENUE SOURCE, ITS EXPENDITURES AND THE GENERAL FUND. ALSO, I READ TODAY IN THE TBT THAT ALL THE OTHER FIVE BIGGEST COUNTIES IN COMPARISON TO US ALREADY HAVE AN INTERNAL SALES TAX OVER REFERENDUM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION, BECAUSE OF HILLSBOROUGH, THAT WE'RE DIRE RIGHT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME MISNOMER THAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING JUST FINE AND THEY'RE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOT AN ISSUE AND IT'S JUST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM OR ISSUE THAT'S SPECIFIC TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. OTHER COUNTIES THAT DON'T HAVE AN INTERNAL

089SOURCE OF REVENUE ARE ALSO PURSUING THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TO PAY THEIR STAFF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE PAYING, BECAUSE IT'S ALL OUT OF THE OPERATING FUND. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL COMES FROM, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: YEAH. IN THE BIG PICTURE, AND I'M VISUAL, SO JUST FOR MYSELF AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO HELP ME OUT. SO MEMBER VAUGHN MENTIONED THERE IS A LOSS OF REVENUE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE SCHOLARSHIPS, MCKAY AND OTHERS, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG CHUNK. HOW MUCH ABOUT IS THAT? HOW MUCH MONEY? $63 MILLION. Lynn Gray: AND THEN IF WE WERE TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE LOSE FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOL, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE? 249 MILLION Lynn

090Gray: SO -- AND THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE LOSING MONEY AS OF 2021, 2022. SO THEN WHEN WE SAY IN THE SAME SENTENCE THAT WE'RE GAINING FTE FROM OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SO THAT'S A GAIN. SO -- THEN WE ALSO SAYING, I QUOTE FROM ATTRITION, WE'LL BE GAINING MONIES. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. Lynn Gray: SO A VISUAL PERSON, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC, MAYBE NOT. MAYBE -- BOARD MEMBERS, YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD THE -- BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A LITMUS TEST OF THIS MILLAGE COMING UP, TO REALLY SHOW THE LOSSES OF REVENUE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, AND THEN THE AREAS BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO DO BUDGET CORRECTION -- REDUCTIONS. Lynn Gray: YEAH. THE AVENUES OF PLUS SO IF

091WE LOOK AT THOSE TWO COLUMNS, I THINK THAT WOULD SAY A POWERFUL MESSAGE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? WE'LL PRESENT A SLIDE NEXT TIME WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT SHOWING THAT. Lynn Gray: YEAH, AND THERE IS PROBABLY SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, ON THE LEFT MINUSES LOST, AND WHEN THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THE BUDGET, WHICH HE WILL SOON, I THINK THAT WILL FUNNEL INTO THAT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IDEA? I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT SO IT'S SIMPLE BUT --. Addison Davis: YES. I MEAN, FROM OUR SIDE OF IT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MONIES THAT ARE GOING TO NON-DISTRICT MANAGED PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS RELATED TO LET'S JUST SAY $250 MILLION GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOL. THEN THE SAME TOKEN WE HAVE $65 MILLION GOING TO MCKAY. THAT'S $315 MILLION. THAT'S 3100 TEACHING

092POSITIONS WE CAN PUT INTO OUR SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ADD SPECIALS TO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SPECIALS TO OUR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WHICH WAS NEVER IN THE STAFF ALLOCATION PLAN. AT THE SAME TOKEN EXPAND PATHWAYS FOR OUR LEARNERS AND EXPAND TECHNOLOGY AND FOCUS ON SAFETY AND SECURITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE ABLE TO USE THAT FUNDING TO PROPERLY INCENTIVIZE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, LEADERS AND STAFF WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO, YOU KNOW, FROM US THERE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR PUBLIC AS MS. VAUGHN TALKED ABOUT. ALSO, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY BEING PROPERLY FULLY FUNDED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS. Lynn Gray: IF WE'RE NOT PARTLY FUNDED, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. THIS IS

093AT BLOOMINGDALE. WE LOSE THE SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS. WE LOSE THE NURSES BECAUSE THE AGENCIES WILL PAY MORE. THIS IS HAPPENING. WE LOSE THE SOCIAL WORKERS. WE ARE LOSING THE VERY -- AND NOT TO MENTION -- I MEAN, THE TEACHERS ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH, BUT THE VERY ESSENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH IS GOING TO BE GONE, AND WE'RE TALKING PHYSICAL HEALTH, GONE. SO THAT'S WHY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SO CRITICAL THAT WE REALLY EQUATE WHEN WE SAY MINUS, WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF THE WELFARE OF THEIR CHILDREN? NOT ONLY INTELLECTUAL WELFARE, BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE MENTAL WELFARE. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY HARNESS, AND I APPRECIATE ALSO. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I SAY THAT AGAIN BECAUSE YOU JUST PUT IN SOME THINGS THAT WERE VERY GOOD TO --

094FOR US TO FOCUS ON. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: LAST THING. I WANT TO THANK DENA LANGSTON AT ARMWOOD. SHE SENT ME AN ARTICLE. IT IS CALLED "THE GREAT RESIGNATION." IT TALKS ABOUT IN EDUCATION WHERE WE ARE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH HAVING OVER 4,000 INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WHILE WE CURRENTLY HAVE 4,000 IS THAT THEY ARE PROJECTING TO BE AROUND THE SUMMERTIME CLOSE TO EIGHT TO TEN THOUSAND VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO BE ABLE TO REALLY SHOW THE CARE AND VALUE TO OUR TEACHERS, WE HAVE TO DO IT. AND THIS IS A STRATEGY THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO REALLY COMPETE, AS MS. VAUGHN TALKED ABOUT. THE OTHER SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND THOSE WHO ARE, WHETHER IT'S ORLANDO, MIAMI,

095THEY REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEDICATE FUNDING WITH COMMUNITY DRIVEN INCREASE OF MILLAGE THAT'S ALL ABOUT COMPENSATING THEIR EMPLOYEES. AND THAT'S HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE. AND WE HAVE GOT TO STAND TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT VALUE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE MADE SOME EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT POINTS TODAY. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, MS. JOHNSON, LAST YEAR, WHAT WAS THE LOSS OF THE McKAY SCHOLARSHIP IN PREVIOUS YEARS? I THINK IT ALMOST DOUBLED OR TRIPLED, IS THAT CORRECT? AROUND A TOTAL OF 20 MILLION, NOW 63 MILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR. Nadia Combs: BEFORE, WHAT DID YOU ANTICIPATE IT TO BE? Ro Johnson: BUDGETED AROUND 23 MILLION. Nadia Combs: THE OTHER PART IS THE ADDITIONAL 14 MILLION FOR PECO DOLLARS AS WELL.

096THAT'S IN ADDITION TO $14 MILLION THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS GET, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THAT WAS LAST YEAR. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU PROJECT THAT TO BE FOR THIS YEAR? IT'S ABOUT 15 MILLION THIS YEAR. Nadia Combs: SO, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT SYSTEMATICALLY DISMANTLING PUBLIC EDUCATION. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING. TONIGHT IN MY CLOSING COMMENTS, I AM GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING AND JUST THE MISINFORMATION THAT THE PUBLIC RECEIVES ON A REGULAR BASIS. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AS WELL AS RO JOHNSON, ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MR. WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO IN OTHER WORDS OUR GAINS IS LESS THAN OUR LOSSES? Ro Johnson: WELL,

097AS FAR AS WHAT? EXPENDITURES? YES. OUR REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES ARE HAPPENING QUICKER THAN OUR ACTUAL LOSSES. SO WE'RE REDUCING OUR EXPENDITURES, AND WE ARE INCREASING REVENUE AT THE SAME TIME. Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY. TO ADD ON TO THIS ALSO I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. HOW CAN WE -- BESIDES DOING THE MILLAGE, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO RAISE MONEY FOR, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO IN YOUR OPINION? Ro Johnson: KEEP MONITORING STAFF, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE AND STILL GIVE OUR SALARIES TO OUR STAFF TO BE COMPETITIVE, TO KEEP HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF AT THE DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY. I'M JUST CONFUSED. I CAN'T SEE HOW WE GOT INTO THIS, THOUGH, AFTER 12 YEARS OUT. Ro Johnson:

098WELL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS LIMITED HOW THEY CAN RAISE REVENUE. SO WE HAVE LIMITATIONS HOW, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR FUNDING SOURCE BASICALLY FROM OUR STUDENTS. SO WE NEED TO TRACK MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE BASE ALSO. Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO 6.03, PURCHASE OF DECODABLE READERS, PRINT AND DIGITAL, FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADES K-1 FROM BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY. SOLE-SOURCE PROVIDER, ACADEMIC SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THIS IS PURCHASE OF DECODABLE READERS, PRINT AND DIGITAL, GRADES KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. ONE THING THAT ESSER FUNDING WAS OUTLINED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THEY IDENTIFIED A HIGH-QUALITY CURRICULUM GRANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ON IDENTIFYING SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

099AND ALSO RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. TONIGHT, WE'RE ASKING FOR A $699,000 EXPENDITURE IN THIS CATEGORICAL TO BE ABLE TO BUY DECODABLE BOOKS THAT WILL FOCUS ON FLUENCY. ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PRINT CONCEPTS AND FOCUS ON PHONEMIC AWARENESS SKILLS. THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO HAVE 39 TITLES FOR KINDERGARTEN, 72 TITLES FOR FIRST GRADE. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BUILDING CAPACITY BY BUILDING CLASSROOM LIBRARIES. SO EACH OF OUR CLASSROOMS IN KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE WILL HAVE SIX COPIES OF EACH TITLE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM -- ALLOW INDEPENDENT READING, YOU KNOW, INDEPENDENT PRACTICE RELATED ALSO IN SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION WITH OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA WHEN LOOKING AT iREADY DATA THAT REALLY SHOWS THAT THERE IS A GROWING DEFICIENCY GAP FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIRST GRADE. SO BEING

100ABLE TO CLOSE THAT GAP BY BRINGING PRINT CONCEPTS AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS SKILLS, BE ABLE TO BUILD THE AUTONOMY WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS. IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN CONTENT AND TEXT WITH THE CURRENT STANDARDS, BEST STANDARDS. TONIGHT, I HAVE TRACY HERE WHO DOES GREAT WORK IN OUR ACADEMIC SERVICES PROGRAM THAT MAY WANT TO ADD TO THIS ELEMENT. SURE. I CAN ADD TO IT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT STATE LEGISLATION AND DIFFERENT HOUSE BILLS THAT HAVE COME DOWN, ONE OF THE SPECIFIC HOUSE BILLS IS 711. IT IS BASICALLY WRAPPED AROUND EARLY LITERACY ON CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BEFORE STUDENTS GET INTO THIRD GRADE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THIRD GRADE RETENTION, RIGHT, THE MANDATORY THIRD GRADE FSA ASSESSMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT IS BUILDING THAT EXPLICIT SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION IN

101THE PRIMARY GRADES TO CLOSE THE GAP EARLY SO WHEN OUR STUDENTS DO GET INTO THIRD GRADE, WE DON'T HAVE THE READING GAP. THEY CAN READ THE COMPLEX TESTS AND WE CAN FOCUS ON THE COMPREHENSION AND REALLY BUILDING THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT -- WHEN YOU TALK TO TEACHERS, WHEN YOU WORK WITH KIDS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, THE NUMBER ONE PIECE AND PRIMARY THAT WE NOTICE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING IN IS PHONICS, RIGHT? THEY KNOW THEIR LETTERS. THEY KNOW THEIR SOUNDS, BUT THEY CAN'T PUT IT TOGETHER AND READ THE WORDS. AND READ THEM CLEARLY AND EXPAND ON IT. SO WE LOOK AT PAST PRACTICES VERSUS RESEARCH IN THE SCIENCE OF READING, ONE OF THE THINGS IT TALKS ABOUT IS USING PREDICTABLE TEXT. USING TEXT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ALIGNS

102TO THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE, TEACHING SHORT A, USING BOOKS THAT HAVE MANY SHORT-A WORDS IN THEM THAT NOT JUST TELL A STORY, SO TO SPEAK, BUT BUILD THE FLUENCY THAT CAN BE REREAD MULTIPLE TIMES THAT TEACHERS CAN PULL OUT CERTAIN WORDS AND MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE READING AS WELL AS THE ENCODING ON THE WRITING SIDE OF IT AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHAT THESE DECODABLES ARE FOR. IN PARTICULAR, IT IS TO SUPPORT THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF WONDERS. SUPPORT TEACHERS USING THE SIPS PROGRAM, WHICH WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR, THEY CAN BE USED TO DO THAT SCOPE AND SEQUENCE. OTHER TEACHERS USING PROGRAMS FROM CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES, PHONICS FOR READING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THESE BOOKS CAN SUPPORT AND PUT THE PHONIC SKILLS THAT THEY ARE LEARNING, LETTERS, SOUNDS, RECOGNITION, WORD RECOGNITION, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A

103TEXT. SO THEY KIND OF GO ALONG WITH EVERYTHING. IT IS A PIECE THAT P YOU THIS IT BACK IN INTO CONTEXT. WE'RE NOT TEACHING PHONICS IN ISOLATION. THAT'S WHERE STUDENTS REALLY STRUGGLE. LEARNING THE WORD "CAT,." LEARNING MAT, BAT IS GREAT, BUT IF THEY CAN'T READ IT IN THE CONTEXT AND TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS IT IS IRRELEVANT OF HOW MANY WORDS I KNOW. THE OTHER PART TO THIS PURCHASE, THIS PURCHASE IS FOR ALL SKILLS. IN ADDITION FOR OUR PERSISTENTLY LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS, WE'RE ALSO PURCHASING THE DECODABLES IN SPANISH AS WELL TO HELP BUILD THE SPANISH LITERACY. AND SO THAT'S A NICE PIECE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE LITERACY SKILLS THAT STUDENTS BRING WITHIN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE AS WELL. WE HAVE THE TAKE-HOME BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS THEN ALSO AT

104THOSE PERSISTENTLY LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS TO HELP MAKE THE HOMESCHOOL CONNECTION. IN ADDITION, BENCHMARK PROVIDES PARENT RESOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IF THEY GO HOME WITH BOOK BAGGIES OR TAKE-HOME BOOKS GO HOME, PARENTS CAN UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE COMING WITH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.03. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE FEES ABOUT OUR TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS AND THE EXTRAS THEY'LL RECEIVE BECAUSE I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. IF THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT'S PRIMARY ESOL OR SPANISH SPEAKING BUT AREN'T A TRANSFORMATION SCHOOL, WILL THEY RECEIVE THE LITERATURE

105IN SPANISH AS WELL? ONE OF OUR GOALS IS ALSO TO WORK WITH THE TRANSFORMATION TEAM UPON THE ORDERING OF THE MATERIALS. IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES AREN'T NECESSARILY OUTLINED, PER SE, IN THE GRANT. SO THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT, SAY, DON'T HAVE THAT HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE ELL POPULATION. JUST NOT THE POPULATION WITHIN THAT. WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK TO MOVE THE MATERIALS TO THE SCHOOLS THAT NEED IT. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS IN TOWN N' COUNTRY, WIMAUMA, AND SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS OUT THERE THAT HAVE IT. IN ADDITION, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH THE ONLINE SITE WHERE SCHOOLS CAN PRINT OUT THE TAKE-HOME BOOKS AND TAKE A LOOK AT PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES THAT WAY. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PROVIDING IT IN DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLS AS

106WELL AND WORKING WITH MELISSA MORGADO, WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR OF WORLD LANGUAGES TO INCLUDE IT WITHIN THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL THAT HAVE THAT PROGRAM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SOLE-SOURCE PROVIDER. THAT MEANS THAT WE COULD NOT GET THIS FROM ANY OTHER PROVIDER. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY THAT WE CAN PURCHASE THESE FROM. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THESE BOOKS -- SO, THESE BOOKS ARE FROM BENCHMARK, AND THEY ARE -- WORK THE BLEVINS WHO IS RENOWNED IN HIS WORK OF PHONIC SKILLS. SO THESE BOOKS COME FROM HIS WORK, AND HE IS UNDER THAT BENCHMARK PIECE. IN ADDITION, THEY ARE ALSO PART OF THE BENCHMARK STATE ADOPTED READING MATERIALS. WE DID NOT ADOPT BENCHMARK, HOWEVER, THESE MATERIALS WERE STATE APPROVED TO BE USED FOR THE PHONICS INSTRUCTION AS WELL SO THEY ARE

107SOLE-SOURCE FOR THAT REASON. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THEN I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION. UNDER EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOWER THE RATE OF STUDENTS WHO CAN'T READ ON LEVEL. SO WE HAVE EXPECTED OUTCOMES. IT'S THE GOAL THAT NO MORE THAN 20% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ONE OR MORE YEAR BEHIND IN THE AREAS OF PHONICS, ACCORDING TO iREADY, BASED ON THE FINAL DIAGNOSTIC DATA IN GRADES K-12. ACTUALLY, KIND OF A TWO-PART QUESTION. NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS THE END GOAL DATE OF THAT? HAD LIKE, THE EXPECTED OUTCOME IS TO MEET THAT BENCHMARK OF NO MORE THAN 20%, BUT WHAT YEAR IS THAT, ONE YEAR? TWO YEARS? THREE YEARS? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT GOAL? ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL, OBVIOUSLY, WOULD BE -- YOU KNOW, TOMORROW WOULD BE NICE. BUT THE

108REALITY IS AS WE PURCHASE IT AND IMPLEMENT IT, WE'RE LOOKING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS AS WE WORK TO IMPLEMENT, WORK TO TRAIN OUR TEACHERS WITHIN THE USE OF IT. AND ALSO LIKE TO TRACK THE HISTORICAL DATA OF THE STUDENTS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS EXITING KINDERGARTEN. SEE WHERE THEY LEAVE OFF. LOOK AT THE STUDENTS IN FIRST GRADE, YOU KNOW, AS WE BEGIN THE DIAGNOSTIC NEXT YEAR AND IMPLEMENT THE STATE PROGRESS MONITORING TOOLS AS WELL AS PART OF THEIR NEW STATUTES. AND THEN TAKE A LOOK AT IT FROM THAT POINT. LIKE I SAID, TO REALLY TRACK THE STUDENT PROGRESS AND LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS, TRACKING THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY

109IN KINDERGARTEN, STARTING WITH THAT, AND SEEING NOW THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SIPS, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OUR NEW STANDARDS WITH OUR KINDERGARTNERS, NOW LET'S BRING IN THESE DECODABLES AND START LEARNING AND WHAT DIFFERENCE WE MAKE WITHIN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THEM. I HOPE THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION. Jessica Vaughn: IT DOES. THANK YOU. THE LAST QUESTION IS, I KNOW THAT WE'RE USING iREADY AS THE DIAGNOSTIC DATA TO EVALUATE THE READING. AND I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE NEW PROGRESS MONITORING AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER TESTING. ARE WE USING ANYTHING OTHER THAN iREADY? BECAUSE I'VE HAD CONCERNS BEFORE ABOUT IS THERE PORTFOLIO? WHAT ARE THE OTHER DATA POINTS THAT WE'RE USING TO EVALUATE THEIR READING READINESS ASIDE FROM iREADY RESULTS? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR IS K-2 SCREENER, WHICH IS

110A LINE OF WONDER, THAT IS A FACE-TO-FACE ASSESSMENT GIVEN INDIVIDUALLY TO ALL OF THE K-2 STUDENTS. SO THAT TESTS BOTH THE PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, TESTS PHONEMIC AWARENESS AND IT TESTS PHONICS AND PRINT -- CONCEPTS OF PRINT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER MEASURES WE USE THAT IS MORE OF THE FACE-TO-FACE DATA THAT YOU CAN GET FROM HEARING A KID. NOTHING LIKE HEARING A KID IN FRONT OF YOU, RIGHT? ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO MEASURE THAT PROGRESS IS RUNNING RECORDS. A LOT OF TEACHERS USE DREs, WHICH ARE ALSO APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY IN THE YOUNGER GRADES TO REALLY MEASURE THE GROWTH. YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH A LOT FASTER, SO TO SPEAK, IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AS STUDENTS REALLY START TO DEVELOP THEIR READING SKILLS AND BUILD FLUENCY. REPEATED READINGS

111EVEN THROUGH THE DECODABLES THEMSELVES ARE A WAY TO MEASURE THE PROGRESS. ALSO THE SIPS PROGRAM ALSO HAS THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS THE PROGRESS MONITORING BUILT IN. IF THEY ARE USING THAT PIECE, WE CAN ALSO SEE THE PROGRESS THROUGH THERE. ABSOLUTELY, iREADY IS MORE OF THAT, WE CALL IT THAT OVERARCHING SCREENER THAT WE GIVE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. BUT IN ADDITION, WE DO HAVE OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT MEASURE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS, NOT JUST ON A COMPUTER BUT ACTUALLY LISTENING TO KIDS, TALKING TO KIDS AND SEEING THE WORK IN ACTION. Jessica Vaughn: AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING WHERE THE iREADY SCORES DON'T MATCH THE TEACHER'S OBSERVATION, THEY CAN TRIGGER OR SOMEHOW GIVE THAT FEEDBACK WHERE THERE IS A FURTHER EVALUATION? ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SUBMITTED IN OUR K-12 PLAN EVERY YEAR,

112IT'S LIKE THE DECISION-MAKING TREE OR THE CHAIRED APPROACH, WHICH INCLUDES ONE OF THE KEY PIECES AND IT IS EVEN WRITTEN DIRECTLY INTO THE K-12 PLAN, IS THAT TEACHER OBSERVATION, AND TEACHER DATA IS ALSO STILL CRITICAL. SO, YES, NUMBERS ARE PART OF IT, BUT SOMETIMES YOU SEE SOMETHING IN A KID THAT YOU CAN'T MEASURE ON AN ASSESSMENT. HE KNOW, YOU KNOW THE KID. YOU BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENT AND YOU REALLY GET TO KNOW THEM AND ABSOLUTELY WE DEFINITELY WANT TEACHER FEEDBACK. IT'S PART OF OUR MST TREE, AND PART OF OUR TIERED APPROACH. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. YEP, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I WANTED TO BRIEFLY SAY, I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY WONDERFUL AND VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE REALLY DECENTRALIZED AND MADE SURE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT

113THAT EVERY CHILD RECEIVES THAT PHONICS. I KNOW WE HAVE AMAZING TEACHERS WHO HAVE DONE SO MANY THINGS OVER THE YEARS, BUT TO KNOW THAT IF A CHILD GOES FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CONSISTENT CURRICULUM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE PHONICS AND THE SIGHT-BASED WORD READING, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE PURCHASING THESE DECODABLE READERS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE THAT, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK, WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING ACADEMIC SERVICE TEAM LED BY TERRY CONNOR, DANIELA SIMIC, ANGELA SCHRHODEN AND EWE, TRACY. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT. I KNOW YOU HAVE SO MANY DRTs AND AMAZING STAFF. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING

114TO MAKE SURE LITERACY IS AT THE CENTER AND AT THE CORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARING STUDENTS. PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN, ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND THEN WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE STILL STRUGGLING LATER ON, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE CHILDREN CONTINUE TO LEARN PHONICS BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS "THE" MOST IMPORTANT THING TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR LIFE BY MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE FLUENT READERS, THEY ARE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND AND THEY CONTINUE AND THAT WILL IMPACT THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YEAH, I'M CURIOUS, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AMOUNT OF 699,912, RIGHT? OKAY. AND IT'S BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY.

115Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Karen Perez: AS COMPARED TO WHAT? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A COMPARISON TO, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER COMPANY. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS A SOLE-SOURCE PROVIDER, WHICH MEANS THERE'S NO COMPARATIVE OUT THERE. WE DO KNOW THIS IS A CATEGORICAL FUNDING. THE STATE -- IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA THIS GRANT, YOU HAVE TO USE IT FOR TEXT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE CLASSROOM LIBRARIES. ULTIMATELY, CLASSROOM LIBRARIES ARE SO EXPENSIVE TO DO. AND WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO HAVE NOT ONLY CLASSROOM LIBRARIES, BUT WE GET A CHANCE ALSO TO SEND HOME TAKE-HOME CONSUMABLES IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH, IT'S REALLY GOING TO ALLOW US TO PUT LITERATURE IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS. Karen Perez: I UNDERSTAND

116THAT. BUT THEY ARE THE ONLY COMPANY OFFERING THESE BOOKS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Karen Perez: AND THE GRANT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS COMPANY. OKAY. Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM. SORRY. THIS GRANT IS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT ANY COMPANY THAT WE DEEMED ALIGNED WITH OUR TEXT, ALIGNED WITH WONDERS, ALIGNED WITH THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF OUR STANDARDS, THEN WE WOULD GO OUT AND PURSUE THEM. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, DECODABLE TEXT, THIS IS THE SOLE PROVIDER THAT REALLY HAS THE GREATEST ALIGNMENT THROUGH OUR STAFF. THIS STAFF HAS DONE A REALLY NICE JOB OF VETTING CONTENT MATERIALS TO BRING TO OUR STUDENTS. Karen Perez: IS THERE ANY WAY THAT iCAN OR THE -- THAT I CAN OR THE BOARD CAN RECEIVE A COPY OF? BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS A LETTER, YOU

117KNOW, CONFIRMING A CONFIRMATION LETTER AND THEN PRODUCT CODES. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER RECEIVING A LIST OF BOOKS THAT ARE DELINEATED UNDER THESE -- YOU KNOW, IT SAYS THE QUANTITY, BUT CAN I GET A LIST OF BOOKS THAT ARE UNDER THESE PRODUCTS, IF YOU DON'T MIND? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WHAT I CAN DO IS SEND YOU A LINK TO A WEBSITE. IT'S FREE. NO CODE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY. THEY AR PACKAGED. IT IS A KINDERGARTEN -- I'LL CALL IT A KINDERGARTEN BOX, SO TO SPEAK. WHAT I CAN DO IS SEND IT. YOU CAN SEE THE SAMPLES OF IT, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME OF THE TITLE OPTIONS AS WELL. Karen Perez: PERFECT, PERFECT. YEP. Karen Perez: BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S INCLUDED IN IT. THAT WOULD BE

118GREAT. Karen Perez: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: AND THANK YOU, TRACIEE BERGMAN. YOU'RE AMAZING AND YOUR STAFF IS EQUALLY SO. I KNOW THE SIPS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT YOU NEED THE NEXT STEP, AND THIS IS THE NEXT STEP TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I ALSO WAS JUST REMINDED WITH THE REMARKS FROM THE NEWER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THEY WERE NOT PRIVY TO THE LITERACY AUDIT WHERE WE LISTED WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AND THEN WHAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE BY DEBRA PEPE. SO PERHAPS THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S OTHER COMPONENTS FOR THE READING PROGRAM TO BE FULL FIDELITY. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. YEAH, THE LITERACY AUDIT WAS CONNECTED. IT WAS HONESTLY BEFORE MY TIME HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BUT IN REVIEWING THE

119LITERACY AUDIT IS WHEN DEBBIE PEPE WAS IN CHARGE OF ACADEMIC SERVICES AT THE TIME. BUT WE DID READ THE RESULTS. WE LOOKED AT IT LAST YEAR AS PART OF OUR READING ADOPTION AND WE SHARED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT. AND WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS. BUT ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS IS THEY NOTICED WE DID NOT HAVE CONSISTENCY WITHIN THAT EARLY LITERACY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAPS, AND IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE ARE JUST MISSING THAT SYSTEMATIC EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION. IT'S NOT TO SAY OUR TEACHERS WEREN'T TEACHING SITE WORDS. NOT THAT ANYBODY TAUGHT SHORT-A. IT'S NOT A CRITICISM. IT'S JUST WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MATERIALS. WE DIDN'T HAVE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY A PRODUCT. WE DIDN'T HAVE AN APPROACH. I THINK THAT IS A BETTER WORD TOWARDS IT. WE DIDN'T HAVE AN APPROACH. WE

120DIDN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH OF ITS IMPORTANCE. WE FOCUSED HEAVY ON COMPREHENSION. WE FOCUSED HEAVY ON LITERATURE, HEAVY ON THE NONFICTION SIDE. HEAVY ON THE TESTING SIDE, SO TO SPEAK, BUT WHEN KIDS CAME TO THIRD GRADE, WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STRUGGLING SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE ARE THOSE GAPS, WHERE WE FOUND THEM WAS IN THE PRIMARY GRADES WAS REALLY SAYING WE DON'T HAVE A STRAIGHT SCOPE IN SEQUENCE. IT'S HIT OR MISS. IT'S THESE WORDS. I'LL SEND THEM HOME, LITTLE LYNN WILL MEMORIZE THEM AT HOME WITH HER MOM AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR WORD WORK INSTRUCTION AS OPPOSED TO HOW DO WE TEACH IT WITHIN THE CONTEXT? HOW DO WE TEACH THOSE WORD FAMILIES? HOW DO WE HELP BUILD THAT SKILL? SO WHEN WE TOOK IT HERE WHEN

121I FIRST STARTED HERE LAST YEAR AND BRINGING DR. SCHRHODEN AS WELL, ONE OF OUR KEY PIECES WAS TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT HEAD ON AND REALLY MAKE THROUGH THE SIPS PROGRAM, BRINGING THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS TO THE FOREFRONT, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THEY HAVE A STRONG COMPONENT WITHIN OUR NEW STANDARDS FOR BEST THIS YEAR. WE ADOPTED A PROGRAM THAT HAS A STRONG FOUNDATIONAL PIECE THAT HAS A LOT OF THE ROUTINES, THAT STRUCTURE FOR IT. WE INTRODUCED SIPS AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE TAKING IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL OF HOW DO I GIVE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE? WHERE DO THEY GET ALL THAT PRACTICE TIME? YES, WE CAN USE LITTLE READERS. YES, WE CAN DO SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION BUT THEY ALSO NEED THE DIRECT EXPLICIT PRACTICE WITHIN THOSE SOUNDS. IT'S KIND OF THAT MISSING LINK SO TO SPEAK.

122YES, I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. Lynn Gray: YOU DID AND MORE. IT JUST SHOWS HOW COMPREHENSIVE THAT YOU ALL ARE GETTING THIS DONE. SIPS WAS ONE STEP AND THE LITERACY AUDIT SHOWED THERE ARE MANY STEPS STILL TO BE OBTAINED AND THE GRANT MADE IT VERY LUCKY FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME IN TALKING THROUGH THIS TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE THE LITERACY AUDIT AND IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A COPY OF THAT FOR THEIR REVIEW. YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS WAS THE LACK OF CONSISTENCY. AND NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS' LEARNING BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE HIGH MOBILITY OF STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE SCHOOLS, BUT

123JUST FOR US AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND IN THE CLASSROOM LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, JUST TRACK HOW EFFECTIVE ARE OUR PROGRAMS BEING, YOU KNOW, AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IF EVERYONE IS DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND KIDS ARE MOVING ACROSS DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS. SO I APPRECIATE MEMBER COMBS' COMMENTS. THE FACT THAT KIDS WHEN THEY MOVE FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL WILL HAVE THAT CONTINUITY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ESPECIALLY AROUND LITERACY. I'M REALLY GLAD YOU TALKED ABOUT SYSTEMATIC EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION, WHICH AS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AND PROFESSIONAL WAS AT THE CORE OF WHEN WE USED TO TALK ABOUT LESSON PLANNING AND INSTRUCTION AND FOR OUR STRUGGLING LEARNERS AND SOME OF OUR MORE VULNERABLE SCHOOLS, REALLY ACROSS ANY SCHOOL, THAT EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION IS REALLY GOING TO HELP THOSE

124STUDENTS IN REGARDS TO THEIR WORKING MEMORY AND HOW THEY ARE DECODING AND THEIR FLUENCY AND ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES OF READING AND LEARNING HOW TO READ OR BEING A STRONGER READER AND COMPREHENDING WHAT YOU'RE READING. THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. IT'S JUST -- I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT. SO MR. CONNOR AND TRACY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING, AND YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM, AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE. WE KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT WORK AND A HEAVY LIFT, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE NEEDLE MOVE AND THAT IS SUCH A GOOD FEELING AS A BOARD MEMBER. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MR. CONNOR. Terry Connor: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD, TOO, I KNOW IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE, BACK IN FEBRUARY OF '21, WE HAD A

125LITERACY WORKSHOP. AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO FORWARD THAT PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE DID GO EXTENSIVELY OVER THAT AUDIT, AND I KNOW WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT WITH OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, BUT IT HAS BEEN A WHILE, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN OVER 13, 14 MONTHS. I'LL BE GLAD TO SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT AND JUST KIND OF REITERATE AND REFRESH OUR MINDS ABOUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THAT WORKSHOP. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. CONNOR. AND THANK YOUR TEAM AS WELL. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO EMPLOYEE COMMENT. I THINK IT IS THE EXACT TIME. IT'S FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GET OUT APPROPRIATE TIME. EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE WILL NOW

126TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATION, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS, AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE 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 THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB

127OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ROB KRIETE, THE PRESIDENT OF CTA. THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS, FOR BEING CONCERNED ABOUT MY DINNERTIME, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS. EQUITY AND FAIRNESS. THESE ARE TWO THINGS THAT STUDENTS WANT TO KNOW WHEN THEY WALK INTO A CLASSROOM. THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THEIR TEACHER IS EQUITABLE AND FAIR. NOW, THEY DON'T USE THOSE WORDS. THEY GO HOME AND THE PARENTS ASK, HEY, HOW IS THAT TEACHER FOR THAT CLASS? THEY SAY THE TEACHER IS NICE. THEY LIKE THAT TEACHER, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW THEY CAN WORK FOR THAT TEACHER. WELL, THE LAWS WE CREATE IN FLORIDA FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ARE NEITHER EQUITABLE NOR FAIR. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU ASKED ABOUT

128WHAT IS A VETERAN TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT? WELL, I THINK, REALLY, THAT COMES TO WHEN YOU FINALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM, THE ART OF TEACHING, THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING, YOUR OWN PERSONALITY ALL COME TOGETHER AND THE MAGIC IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. FOR ME, THAT WAS IN MY THIRD YEAR OF TEACHING. BUT I DON'T THINK I WAS A VETERAN TEACHER. REALLY, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, WHERE DO VETERAN TEACHERS FALL ON OUR PAY SCALE? BECAUSE OF THE INEQUITABLE AND UNFAIR LAWS, WE WERE PILING MONEY AND PUTTING MONEY ONLY FOR OUR FIRST-YEAR EARLY CAREER TEACHERS. SO THESE WOULD BE IN OUR DISTRICT ANYONE TEACHING IN YEARS ZERO THROUGH SEVEN. NOW, HOW DO WE HAVE ZERO? WELL, WE DO IT ON YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL OR EFFECTIVE TEACHING. SO IN MY FIRST YEAR, I'VE HAD ZERO YEARS OF

129EFFECTIVE TEACHING. IN MY SECOND YEAR, NOW I'M AT LEVEL ONE. SO LEVEL ZERO-ZERO THROUGH LEVEL SEVEN HAVE THE SAME EXACT SALARY HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH BECAUSE OF THE TSIA LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. NOW, WE ARE RUNNING RATIFICATION RIGHT NOW AND WE SHOULD HAVE A CONCLUSION OF THAT ON FRIDAY, AND THAT WOULD BRING OUR FIRST-YEAR TEACHER SALARY TO 47,500. THAT WOULD THEN GET US OUT OF THE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED THAT SAID 80% OF THE MONEY HAS TO GO TO THAT GROUP OF TEACHERS. I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T DESERVE IT; THEY DO. THE JOB IS EXTRAORDINARILY HARD. MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT'S EVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN FLORIDA IS THAT WE'VE MARGINALIZED AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE VETERAN TEACHERS. THAT IS INEQUITABLE AND UNFAIR. NOW,

130WHAT WE HAVE COMING FROM THE GOVERNOR NOW IS THAT FROM AN 80-20 SPLIT, WE CAN NOW DO A 50-50 SPLIT. OKAY. BETTER, BUT NOT GREAT. SO OUR VETERAN TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BEGIN IN YEAR EIGHT. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL STICK AROUND FROM YEAR ZERO-ZERO TO SEVEN MAKING THE EXACT SAME SALARY? IT'S FRUSTRATING; IT'S WRONG. AND THOSE VETERAN TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK, THEY'VE BEEN SEEING THOSE YOUNGER TEACHERS THAT HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED IT OUT YET GET THESE SUBSTANTIAL RAISES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE LAWS IN THE STATE. THAT'S UNFAIR. AND INEQUITABLE, AND THEY ARE FRUSTRATED. WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I'VE BEEN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SINCE '93, AND THE CLASSROOM IS A PLACE WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS, AS THEY SAY. THE TEACHING, THE LEARNING, THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU

131BUILD WITH THE KIDS, THE FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITIES. IT'S FUN. WE NEED TO INJECT THE FUND BACK IN THE JOB FOR THE TEACHERS. HOW DO WE DO THAT. JUST GIVE THEM THE TOOLBOX AND SAY, HERE IT IS. YOU TEACH 8th GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS, HERE IS YOUR TOOLBOX. YOU TEACH 5th GRADE, HERE IS YOUR TOOLBOX. YOU TEACH PRE-K, HERE IS YOUR TOOLBOX. FIND THE TOOLS THAT WORK FOR THOSE KIDS AND THAT'S WHERE THE FUN WILL HAPPEN FOR OUR TEACHERS AGAIN AND THAT WILL BRING THEM BACK TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BECAUSE THE LAWS ARE INEQUITABLE AND UNFAIR, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FINANCIALLY GIVE THE TEACHER THAT WHICH THEY DESERVE. WHAT CAN WE GIVE THEM? THE FREEDOM TO DO THEIR JOBS. CHAIR COMBS, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET AND HOW IT'S ALL SPLIT UP THE MONEY IN THE STATE,

132I TALK ABOUT THE PIZZA PIE. I CALL IT PIZZA PIE STILL, LIKE SODA POP. PIZZA PIE. IF WE TOOK OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GAVE THEM HALF OF THE PIZZA, WE HAVE 245 SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT. WE GIVE THE OTHER HALF OF THE PIZZA TO OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOW MANY OF THOSE DO WE HAVE? HOW FAIR IS THAT? HOW EQUITABLE IS THAT? UNTIL WE FIX THAT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE STATE OF CONFUSION THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO GO THE WAY OF THE DINOSAUR, AS THEY SAY. WE NEED TO ACTUALLY MAKE A STAND HERE. WE CAN MAKE OUR SCHOOLS FUN AGAIN FOR OUR TEACHERS WHICH WILL MAKE IT FUN AGAIN FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE BACK TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THANK YOU AND

133GOOD NIGHT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. VALERIE CHUCHMAN, SECRETARY-TREASURER, CHEMISTRY TEACHER, RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. I WASN'T GOING TO COME HERE TODAY AND SPEAK, BUT SOMETHING UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED TODAY. THE PERSON WHO I BELIEVE TO BE THE BEST TEACHER I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH PUT IN HER TWO-WEEK NOTICE. AFTER 15 YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM, SHE'S WALKING AWAY. THIS WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION FOR HER TO MAKE. SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS AND WAS RECENTLY A DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST. HER LEAVING EDUCATION IS UNTHINKABLE TO ME BECAUSE SHE LOVES TEACHING. CHECK THAT. SHE USED TO LOVE TEACHING. I KNOW THE STORY IS NOT UNUSUAL. TEACHERS ARE LEAVING IN DROVES. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST SHOULD BE OUR THEME SONG THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM NOT JUST HERE,

134BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I WANT TO SHOW THIS TO YOU. THIS IS SOMETHING A MEMBER SENT ME. THIS IS A MAIL ROOM AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. THOSE BLUE INDEX CARDS, THEY READ EMPTY. THERE ARE 14 BLUE EMPTY TEACHING MAILBOXES IN THIS PICTURE. TWO MORE OCCURRED AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN. A FRIEND WHO WORKS HERE TOLD ME THAT WHEN THE KIDS WALK INTO HER YOU LEAVING TOO? IT BREAKS HER HEART, BUT SOMEDAY SHE MIGHT SAY YES. SO, WHAT'S DRIVING THEM AWAY? I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S ABOUT MONEY, BUT TEACHING HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT MONEY. WE START OUR CAREER FULL OF ENERGY AND OPTIMISM, BELIEVING WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THEN WE STAY BECAUSE WE FALL IN LOVE, BUT NOW THAT LOVE IS GONE. INSTEAD, TEACHERS ARE FEELING STIFLED, OVERSTRESSED, MICROMANAGED, UNSUPPORTED, ALONE. TEACHERS

135HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE REACHED A BREAKING POINT. NOW THEY ARE BEING ASKED TOO MUCH FOR FAR TOO LITTLE. WE'RE INCREASING CLASS SIZES. THEY'VE BEEN TOLD TO EXPECT 35 TO 40 KIDS. ENDLESS MEETINGS. UNNECESSARY PAPER WORK. THEY ARE JUMPING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MORE MONEY WHILE BEING LESS STRESSED. THE THING IS, THESE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED THEM JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. THE END RESULT WILL BE A CAROUSEL OF UNQUALIFIED, INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE TEACHING OUR KIDS. AND IS THIS WHAT WE WANT? I BELIEVE THAT TEACHING IS AN ART. NO COMPUTER PROGRAM CAN RECOGNIZE THE LOOK ON SUSIE'S FACE WHEN SHE GETS IT. OR KNOWS THAT IF I SOMEHOW RELATE THE MATERIAL TO FOOTBALL, JOHNNY WILL PAY ATTENTION. MOMENTS MAKE TEACHING SPECIAL. PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE REPRIMANDED

136WHEN ROOM 201 AND ROOM 202 AREN'T EXACTLY ON THE SAME PAGE. SCHOOLS AREN'T FACTORIES AND WE'RE NOT MAKING WIDGETS. TEACHERS HAVE THEIR OWN INTANGIBLE SET OF SKILLS THAT OTHER EMPLOYERS HAVE NOTICED. SHOULDN'T WE BE MAKING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE PLACE TO TEACH? SO MY ASK OF YOU IS THIS: PLEASE TAKE A HARD, HONEST LOOK AT WHY OUR TEACHERS ARE LEAVING AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO FIX THOSE ISSUES. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE EXTRA TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION AGENDA. 6.05, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, 21146-DST-KJ WIDE AREA NETWORK. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, FINALIZE AN RFP FOR OUR WIDE AREA NETWORK.

137WE SENT OUT A SOLICITATION ON SEPTEMBER THE 9th OF 2021, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY VENDORS AND CORPORATIONS TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS TYPE OF WORK. CURRENTLY, WE KNOW THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AT SCHOOLS CONTINUES TO BE A CURRENT BARRIER TO OUR SUCCESS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF -- THE SPEED WHAT WE HAVE, ONE GIGABYTE AT EVERY ONE OF OUR FACILITIES, AND WE SEE THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO LOG ON AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WASTED TIME BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTIVITY. WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOWS US TO HAVE GREATER SPEED IN THE SCHOOLS. ONE GIGABYTE TO TEN GIGABYTES AND POTENTIALLY UP TO A HUNDRED GIGABYTES TO HAVE BETTER SPEED, BETTER EFFICIENCY. STUDENTS ARE INTERACTING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND TEACHERS AS WELL WITH THEIR LESSONS. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OVER

138A $10 MILLION EXPENDITURE IN WHICH 80% OF THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED THROUGH E-RATE, MOANING THAT WE'LL SPEND AROUND A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION FOR BEING ABLE TO HAVE A MASSIVE UPGRADE WITHIN ALL OF OUR FACILITIES TO BETTER ASSIST OUR TEACHERS AND BETTER ASSIST OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.05. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. I PULLED THIS ITEM. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR DR. WEEKS. I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKED LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THIS AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, HOW LONG BEFORE THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN PLACE. Thomas Weeks: YES, MA'AM. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD START WORKING ON

139ACTUALLY NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE THIS IS E-RATE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO IN ADVANCE NEARLY A YEAR IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE FUNDING. SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. WE WON'T TO SEE ANY FRUITS OF THIS LABOR UNTIL ACTUALLY THE END OF THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. Nadia Combs: AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO IMPLEMENT IT IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS? Thomas Weeks: SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING HAVING ALL OF THIS IN PLACE BY JULY OF 2023. Nadia Combs: AND THESE WILL BE JUST IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NOT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, IS THAT CORRECT? Thomas Weeks: THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT BUILDINGS. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I JUST WANTED TO SAY -- AND I SHARED THIS WITH MR. WEEKS PHILOSOPHICALLY I THINK

140IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BUY INTO THAT WE ARE, IN FACT, -- THIS IS PUTTING IT NICELY -- 15 YEARS BEHIND TECHNOLOGY, THEN WE ALSO, I THINK, HAVE TO BUY INTO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMATIC AND, MR. WEEKS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG -- A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO UPDATING OUR TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. THERE ARE REAL SITUATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING THAT MAKE THIS A GOOD DECISION, BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONES THAT I WAS MOST IMPRESSED WITH IS THE FOURTH REASON THAT YOU SHARED BECAUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE -- THIS WILL SET UP THE FOUNDATION, THEN WE CAN HELP OUR HIGH-NEEDS CHILDREN PERHAPS EVEN WITH CELL PHONES, THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY CONNECT TO LESSONS JUST USING THEIR CELL PHONE. YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON THAT BECAUSE THAT

141IS PART OF THE BENEFIT. MR. WEEK WEEKS, YOU CAN GET UP AND GET SOME EXERCISE. COME ON UP. Thomas Weeks: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO WAS THE FACT THAT THIS INDEED IS A FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR US NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, REALLY TO BE ABLE TO INNOVATE ON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN LOOKING AT SERVING OUR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IS THE POSSIBILITY OF EXECUTING POTENTIALLY A PRIVATE LTE NETWORK, WHICH BASICALLY PRIVATE CELLULAR NETWORK PROVIDING WIRELESS POTENTIALLY TO STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN AND AROUND AREAS OF OUR SCHOOL SITES. HAVING A BACKBONE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE SUCH AS WE ARE ABOUT TO DEVELOP IS SOMETHING THAT AFFORDS US THAT OPPORTUNITY. AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A DEFINITIVE PATH THAT WE'RE TAKING,

142BUT AT LEAST IT OPENS THAT OPPORTUNITY UP FOR US. Lynn Gray: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INNOVATION AND SETTING UP THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS, ALL KIDS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THIS IS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT, OUR TECHNOLOGY? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT IS DEFINITELY A PART TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE CAPACITY AND AT THE SAME TIME IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE SUPPORTIVE CULTURE FOR STUDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A PART OF OUR CONCENTRATION AND FOCUS. Lynn Gray: I'M JUST VERY THRILLED AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO -- LET'S JUST SAY CATCHING UP IN THE TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT SEEMS TO BE SURROUNDING WITH THE COMPUTERS, WHICH IS EVERYWHERE. IT'S IN OUR

143LIVES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, MR. WEEKS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YEAH, MAYBE OUR COMPUTERS WILL MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER, TOO. THAT'S THE PLAN. Karen Perez: THAT WAS MY QUESTION. BECAUSE I HAD A CHALLENGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH MY COMPUTER. IT WAS A MESS. Thomas Weeks: FOR US IT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A TENFOLD TO 100FOLD CAPACITY OVER WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. IT DEFINITELY WILL HELP. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. IT SAYS THE INITIAL TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE 15 YEARS, WITH TWO ADDITIONAL 5-YEAR PERIODS SO THAT'S 25 YEARS, FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS? INITIAL FIVE ONE-YEAR TERMS. Jessica Vaughn: LOOKING AT 30-YEAR AGREEMENT. CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: IT SAYS A 30-DAY TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE CLAUSE INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT. CAN

144YOU GIVE ME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT? Thomas Weeks: CERTAINLY. IF THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR THIS, THE DISTRICT COULD ALWAYS TERMINATE BASED OFF OF THAT FACT. HOWEVER, I WILL REMIND THAT THIS IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, MUCH SIMILAR TO HAVING LIGHTS ON WITHIN A BUILDING. WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE INCREASE, BUT THIS IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT. OUR CURRENT EXPENDITURE IS APPROXIMATELY $1.66 MILLION PER YEAR WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, OUR ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON THIS MOVING FORWARD WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $336,000 PER YEAR. AND THAT IS -- BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRE-THE 80% REBATE THAT WE WILL GENERALLY RECEIVE FROM E-RATE. OUR BREAK-EVEN POINT ON THIS IS ROUGHLY AT THE SEVEN-YEAR MARK AND THEN WE WILL START SAVING APPROXIMATELY $1.3 MILLION PER YEAR AFTER THAT. Jessica

145Vaughn: NOW, WHEN YOU SAY BREAK EVEN, YOU MEAN BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH AN UP-FRONT COST. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT, AFTER YOU LOOK AT THE E-BAIT REIMBURSEMENT, $270,000 COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS FOR THIS NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? Thomas Weeks: SO THIS YEAR WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $330,000 COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND. AGAIN, WE WOULD APPLY FOR THE 80% E-RATE REBATE FROM THAT. SO OUR AMOUNT WOULD BE ROUGHLY $70,000. Jessica Vaughn: 70,000. Thomas Weeks: YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: THAT WOULD BE THE FEE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS THIS YEAR UP-FRONT. NEXT YEAR, WHEN YOU QUOTE THE 336,000 FOR THE ANNUAL FEE, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? Thomas Weeks: SO THAT COMES FROM GENERAL FUND. AGAIN, WE SPEND CURRENTLY $1.66 MILLION OUT OF GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT OUR WAN AT THIS POINT WITH OUR

146CURRENT PROVIDER. SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN CAPACITY. SO IT WILL BE ALL AROUND A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT FOR THE DISTRICT. Jessica Vaughn: AND THEN ASIDE FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE A PAYMENT, IS THERE ANYTHING INCLUDED IN THAT 30-DAY TERMINATION CLAUSE IF WE FIND ANOTHER VENDOR, IF SOMETHING IS LESS EXPENSIVE? IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS 30-YEAR CONTRACT OTHER THAN NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE A PAYMENT? Thomas Weeks: SO WE'RE IN IT FOR 15 YEARS AT A MINIMUM, OTHER THAN THE 30-DAY OPT-OUT CLAUSE -- Jessica Vaughn: WE PETE THAT ONE MORE TIME. I APOLOGIZE. Thomas Weeks: AGAIN IT WE'RE IN IT 15 YEARS AT A MINIMUM. WE CAN TERMINATE AT THE END OF 15 YEARS. WE COULD ACTUALLY NOT EXECUTE ON THE ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS. BUT

147THE 30-DAY CLAUSE IS BASICALLY FOR CONVENIENCE. WE CAN GO OUT AND ACTUALLY LOOK FOR BETTER PRICING, BUT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PRICE THAN YOU WILL FIND ANYWHERE IN THE MARKET AT THIS POINT. AND WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF VENDORS OR A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SORRY, REACH OUT TO US TO COMMENT ABOUT THE PRICING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ON THIS. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MR. WEEKS, YOU SOLD ME ON THE IDEA WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT THE UNDERSERVED STUDENTS WHO HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO USE THEIR LAPTOPS OR THEIR COMPUTERS. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE ARE STUDENTS THAT NEVER HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, BECAUSE MANY DON'T HAVE NETWORKS OR INTERNET AT THE HOUSE. SO

148THAT SOLD ME ON THAT. NUMBER TWO, THIS SAVINGS IS UNBELIEVABLE. 80% -- Thomas Weeks: IT'S AN 80% REBATE, HOWEVER, THAT'S ON TOP OF THE $1.3 MILLION ROUGHLY SAVINGS BASED OFF OF WHAT WE PAY TODAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 80% OFF OF THAT. SO WE'RE COMPARING THE NUMBERS. WE PAY APPROXIMATELY $360,000 AFTER REBATE CURRENTLY. WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING A LITTLE BIT UNDER $70,000 AFTER REBATE ONCE WE IMPLEMENT THIS NEW CONTRACT. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAT'S GREAT. I DID HAVE ONE CONCERN WHEN WE SAID 15 YEARS, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE GOING TO BE AROUND IN 15 YEARS. I DON'T WANT THE OTHER BOARD TO GET STUCK WITH SOMETHING OUT OF PROPORTION. BUT YOU EXPLAINED IT TO ME VERY WELL. I THINK IT'S A GREAT DEAL. Thomas Weeks: THANK YOU, SIR. Nadia Combs:

149THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. THANK YOU, DR. WEEKS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.07, AGREEMENT 22058-XMT-IV WITH EXTRAVAGANZA PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED FOR THE 2021-2022 GRADUATION REHEARSALS AND CEREMONIES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH EXTRAVAGANZA PRODUCTIONS FOR OUR GRADUATION CEREMONIES THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS. THIS IS FOR AUDIO AND VISUAL SERVICES. AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS PAY FOR THE LIGHT, AUDIO AND LIVE STREAMING. LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A $6900 ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE THAT THE FAIR PICKED UP RELATED TO THESE AUDIO SERVICES. THIS YEAR THOSE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY. YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S EXPENDITURES TO THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE STATE FAIR IS NO LONGER PAYING FOR THAT. THOSE ARE OUR INCURRED EXPENSES TO MAKE

150CERTAIN THAT OUR SERVICES ARE CONTINUED. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS AROUND A $54,000 EXPENDITURE, AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO STREAM ALL OF OUR GRADUATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE A REALLY NICE CEREMONY FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR GRADUATES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.07. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.08, PIGGYBACK 22061-PGB-LG LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE WENT OUT ON AN RFP IN DECEMBER 2021 RELATED TO PETROLEUM GAS TO FILL THE 90 PROPANE BUSES WE HAVE. WE KNOW PROPANE BUSES IS A WAY TO SAVE IN EFFICIENCY,

151FUNDING WITH FUEL, ESPECIALLY WITH COSTS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO PROPANE BUSES AS WELL WHERE THEY HAVE A SHORT LIMITED MILEAGE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS. SO WE USE THE 90 PROPANE BUSES IN THE WEST TAMPA AREA. SO THIS IS BRINGING TO THE BOARD A PIGGYBACK RELATED TO OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES. IT SAVES US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY RELATED TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY WERE IN 2020 AS OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WAS EXHAUSTED. SO BEING ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS BECAUSE THIS WILL END IN -- THIS WILL END IN OCTOBER OF 2022. JUST ALLOWS US TO MAKE CERTAIN WE SECURE A BETTER PRICE FOR PETROLEUM AND MAKE CERTAIN WE CONTINUE WITH THE 90 BUSES AND FLEET ON-SITE IN

152THE WEST TAMPA AREA. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 6.08. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY. WITH THE COST OF GAS -- DO WE HAVE ANY ELECTRIC BUSES RIGHT NOW? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE DO NOT. WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO FIND HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS BECOME A REALITY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS WE CAN BUY ALL THE ELECTRIC BUSES THAT WE NEED IN THE DISTRICT, THE PROBLEM IS HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CHARGING STATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. HATS OFF. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK THROUGH OPERATIONS THROUGH MR. FARKAS AND MR. BEEKMAN. THEY

153ARE WORKING THROUGH EVERY DAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS CAN LOOK BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH THE GAS PRICES CONTINUING TO SOAR, WE WANT TO BE VERY CREATIVE IN THAT APPROACH. MR. FARKAS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? Christopher Farkas: I WANT TO ADD THAT KRISTIN DAVIS IS PART OF THAT AS WELL IN TALLAHASSEE TO MAKE SURE WE GET AS MUCH FUNDING AS WE CAN BECAUSE THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR US OUT THERE SO WE WANT TO UTILIZE THOSE. SOMETIMES -- THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF PLACES IN FLORIDA WHERE YOU CAN BUY ELECTRIC BUSES. YOU CAN'T GO TO ANY SHOP AND BUY THEM. THEY APPROVED BY THE STATE IN TALLAHASSEE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE BUY THOSE, THAT THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT AS WE GO FORWARD. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, BUSES ARE NOT

154PARKED IN GENERAL LOCATIONS, MEANING WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE A LOT OF BUSES ARE PARKED, BUT AS YOU SEE, WE DRIVE BY SCHOOLS, THEY ARE PARKED AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS AND STILL HAVE A PART OF THE CONTRACT GRANDFATHERED IN WHERE WE HAVE DRIVERS WHO CAN TAKE BUSES HOME. MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE ROUTES MATCH UP, JUST LIKE THE PROPANE ON THIS ITEM, THE MILEAGE ON THAT IS PART OF ISSUE. ANYWAY, WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT IT. JIM HAS BECOME AN EXPERT IN THAT. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD THE RECOMMENDATION TO GET ELECTRIC BUSES IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. Karen Perez: FABULOUS. BECAUSE THAT WOULD REALLY CUT DOWN ON THE COST OF THE PROPANE. WHAT IS THE COST OF PROPANE NORMALLY IN THE YEAR? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE

155CHAIR, IN DECEMBER 2020, WHEN WE HAD OUR AGREEMENT, THE PRICE OF -- WELL, I WILL SAY THIS, THE PRICE MARKUP PER GALLON WAS AROUND .78 CENTS. I DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT PRICE, AND MAYBE -- YEAH, WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE CURRENT CONTRACT WE HAD FOR DECEMBER 2020, THERE WAS A MARKUP OF AROUND .78 CENTS. SO 78-CENT MARKUP. WE THEN WENT TO PUT OUT AN RFP IN JANUARY OF 2022, AND THEN THE MARKUP WAS $1.44 PER GALLON. AND NOW GOING OFF THIS PIGGYBACK WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE STATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONLY A 26-CENT INCREASE PER GALLON, PETROLEUM. WE'LL BE IN A MUCH BETTER SPOT FINANCIALLY FOR THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE PRICES START TO GATE NORM AND HAVE A BETTER

156EXPENDITURES. AND BY THEN, MAYBE WE HAVE A THOUGHTFUL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE TO START PILING ELECTRIC BUSES IN OUR DISTRICT. Christopher Farkas: RIGHT NOW, ELECTRIC BUSES, TRADITIONAL BUS IS 100 TO 120 THOUSAND BUSES. ELECTRIC BUSES ON BID IN FLORIDA ARE $360,000. Karen Perez: BUT THERE ARE GRANTS THAT WOULD HELP US PROCURE THE BUSES. Christopher Farkas: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE STICKER. LITERALLY THREE TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUY AN ELECTRIC BUS. MAKE SURE THE GRANT OFFSETS THAT COST. SOMETIMES FIND A GRA IS THAT PAYS FOR THE BUSES BUT NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE ARE CHARGING AND QUICK CHARGES. BECAUSE OF THE FIELD TRIPS AND ATHLETIC EVENTS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE VARIETY TO BUSES CAN RUN AND FUNCTION THAT WAY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE

157SURE WE PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO THE BOARD. Karen Perez: GOING FORWARD, LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN SAVE MONEY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GAS PRICES AS OPPOSED TO AN ELECTRIC BUS, THIS COULD BE AT A PLACE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, MAYBE A YEAR, SAVE A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS DISTRICT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS WHY ONE OF THE STRATEGIES BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE THE 90 PROPANE TANKS AND FUEL BUSES REALLY ALLOW US TO BE EFFECTIVE. Karen Perez: FABULOUS. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON MEMBER PEREZ'S COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. JUST AS YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, LOOK TO MAYBE EXPAND THIS INITIATIVE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS,

158BECAUSE I IMAGINE IT WOULD TAKE QUITE A LONG TIME JUST FOR THE GRANTS AND THEN TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE MIGHT BE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF HART HAS ELECTRIC BUSES OR MIGHT BE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, SO THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SHARED COSTS AROUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ENOUGH -- I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS TO MAKE ME DANGEROUS. IN SOME CITIES, THE BUSES DRIVE OVER A LARGE LIKE CHARGING STATION. THEY JUST DRIVE OVER IT. THEY QUICKLY CHARGE, AND THEY DRIVE OFF. SO YOU NEED MANY, MANY OF THOSE AROUND. WE ARE SUCH A LARGE COUNTY, BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION AND CAN SHARE OUR TIMELINE, IT JUST MAYBE CONVERSATION SHOULD BE HAD SO WE CAN START TO DEVELOP A SHARED

159COST ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT THIS MOVE. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD PART MAYBE WORKING THROUGH THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR CHARGING LOCATIONS. I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US. Christopher Farkas: SO WE ARE. WE HAVE MET WITH HART ALREADY ABOUT THAT JOINT VENTURE AND ALSO CONGRESSMAN CASTOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE SHE'S SUPPORTING SOME OF THAT AND DIRECTING MONEY TOWARD US. THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. NOT MY IDEA BUT KRISTIN AND JIM CAME UP WITH THAT. [INAUDIBLE] Christopher Farkas: THEY DO. THERE IS A VARIETY. THEY HAVE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC. PINELLAS COUNTY BUS SYSTEM -- Stacy Hahn: YEAH, THE BUS SYSTEM. THEY DRIVE RIGHT OVER AND IT CHARGES THEM. I KNOW JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE ME DANGEROUS. Christopher Farkas: ONE MORE REMINDER, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD

160MEMBERS, HART DOES ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE AMOUNT OF ROUTES WE DO. 25% AS LARGE WE ARE, TALK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS, BUT DOESN'T -- THEY ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT HOURS. THEY RUN NIGHTS AND WE DON'T. DEFINITELY WAYS THAT WE CAN PARTNER AND MAKE THAT WORK TOGETHER. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE A YEAR AGO WE WERE HAVING A SIMILAR DISCUSSION WHEN I WAS ADVOCATING FOR ELECTRIC BUSES AND WE WENT OVER A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION. THE REASON WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT THEN IS BECAUSE THE STATE WAS OFFERING A GRANT, CORRECT? WHICH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AT THE TIME. Christopher Farkas: THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: SO WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THAT GRANT

161SPECIFICALLY? BECAUSE AS DR. HAHN HAS MENTIONED, WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE FOR APPLYING FOR OTHER GRANTS? WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM WHEN WE WEREN'T ABLE TO APPLY FROM THAT GRANT TO WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, JUST SO I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY IT MIGHT BE AN OPTION NOW AND WASN'T A YEAR AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. Christopher Farkas: BECAUSE THE GRANT WAS ONLY FOR THE BUSES AND WASN'T FOR THE CHARGING STATIONS. ACTUALLY, IT WAS FOR THE CHARGING STATIONS THAT WERE THE SLOW CHARGERS WHICH WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED FOR US FROM THAT STANDPOINT. THE COST TO DO IT AT THAT TIME WAS SUBSTANTIAL. WE WEREN'T SURE WHERE THE COVID MONEY WOULD LEAVE US. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PLAN AND NOT A QUICK FLASH. THERE ARE TONS OF OTHER GRANTS

162OUT THERE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THOSE. SOME OF THE OTHER -- TECO HAS OPENED THEIR MIND UP A LITTLE BIT MORE TO DOING THAT PART OF IT. THAT HELPS US. THERE ARE OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE A PART OF THAT WE CAN ACCESS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEARCH. THE INVESTMENT, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE -- ON WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO US AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH THAT STATE GRANT. IT'S JUST WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE DOWN THE ROAD WE ARE PAYING MORE MONEY FOR THAT QUICK WIN FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, I KNOW THAT MEN OF YOU HAVE INTERACTED WITH JIM. JIM BEEKMAN IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I KNOW

163AND KNOWS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, AND HIS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE A SMART FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IS HIS PRIORITY. I WILL SAY HE HAS SPENT THE LAST SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS, IF NOT MORE, BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE ABOUT ELECTRIC BUSES AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE A PLAN. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HE'S LEAVING IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO AND HIS PLAN SO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE BEFORE HE GOES. MS. VAUGHN, IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE USE THE BEST FINANCIAL MODEL TO DO THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THE QUICK PURCHASE FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE COMMUNITY AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY BUSES, WE

164WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SMART AND WE'RE NOT SETTING OURSELVES UP, AS MR. WASHINGTON SAID, THAT TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THEY ARE PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T THINK OF DOWN THAT PATH. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US. IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALSO GETTING RID OF THE BUSES WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS WE GET ON THE ELECTRIC. IF WE BOUGHT 900 ELECTRIC BUSES RIGHT NOW AND PUT THEM ON ROUTES, WE'D HAVE 900 BUSES TO GET RID OF. PLAN TO GET RID OF A HUNDRED BUSES A YEAR AS WE BUY THE HUNDRED BUSES. THE THOUGHT IS WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THOSE WITH ELECTRIC BUSES AS OPPOSED TO THE GAS BUSES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BUYING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A PLAN TO BRING. I DON'T WANT TO GET THE CART BEFORE

165THE HORSE, BUT IT IS ACTIVELY BEING INVESTIGATED. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU ANSWERED MY SECOND QUESTION ABOUT WHAT AN IMAGINED TIMELINE WOULD BE IF EVERYTHING ALIGNED RIGHT. THE ANSWER I HEARD WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.09, INVITATION TO BID, 22010-DST-EJ ENGINE REBUILDS, MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS AND BUSES. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, ON DECEMBER 29, 2021, THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRANSPORTATION REALLY PUT OUT A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION FOR ENGINES, F FOR REPAIR OF ENGINES NEW ENGINES AND REBUILDS. WHAT THIS IS GO OUT AND AWARD A VENDOR FOR THE -- THROUGH THE INVITATION TO BID AND REALLY FOCUSES ON BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT ANY LABOR,

166EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR MEDIUM TRUCKS, WHICH IS OUR MAINTENANCE TRUCKS, AT THE SAME TOKEN, BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY OF OUR BUSES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS A $325,000 EXPENDITURE THAT MAKES CERTAIN THAT WE SPEND THROUGH GENERAL FUND. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.09. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CORRECT? MEMBER VAUGHN. Jim Porter: MS. VAUGHN WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN THE VOTE OCCURRED, SO SHE NEEDS TO VOTE. THE RECORD NEEDS TO -- COULD YOU PLEASE VERBALIZE YOUR VOTE. BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE ROOM, YOU HAVE A LEGAL DUTY TO VOTE AND THE VOTE IS YES. Nadia Combs: THANK

167YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MOVING ON TO C 6.11, APPROVE THE CONTRACT RENEWAL OF FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL AND OUR VIRTUAL CURRICULUM PROVIDER. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THROUGH STATE STATUTE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME VIRTUAL OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. WHAT THIS DOES IS MAKING CERTAIN WE BRING TO THE BOARD OUR PARTNERSHIP, WE'VE USED FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL TO BE OUR ANCHOR FOR 612 SINCE 2008 TO PROVIDE ONGOING SERVICES AND CURRICULUM FOR OUR STUDENTS. THEY PROVIDE PORTFOLIO CURRICULUM FOR ALL OF OUR CORE CONTENT AREAS, FOR ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH, SCIENCE, AT THE SAME TOKEN WITH ART, MUSIC, CTE, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, WORLD LANGUAGE, AND THIS ALSO STARTS A NEW BEGINNING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL AS OUR FOUNDING PLATFORM FOR KINDERGARTEN TO FIFTH GRADE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL

168DISTRICT. SO REALLY HAVING A KINDERGARTEN TO 12th GRADE CONTINUUM AND PARTNERSHIP. THIS IS $887,000 EXPENDITURE, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT OVER 1800 FULL-TIME STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL, PART-TIME STUDENTS AROUND 56,000, AND WE HAVE AROUND 4500 STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR CREDIT RECOVERY. THIS IS A PLATFORM THAT USES ANCHOR AND TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE ALIGNED WITH STATE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.11. 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. 7.01, APPROVE REVISED WESTSHORE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGE PROPOSAL. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS A REVISION OF OUR CURRENTLY REVIEWED AND --

169WESTSHORE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES. ORIGINALLY WE HAD INFORMATION THAT WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY FOR GIS MAPPING. AND WHAT IT DID SHOW IS THAT CURRENTLY IN THE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD THERE WAS A PARTICULAR CARVED-OUT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY STUDENTS WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY; HOWEVER, AFTER REALLY RUNNING AN UPDATED ANALYSIS AND WORKING WITH THE CITY WE DID IDENTIFY THERE WERE 33 STUDENTS IMPACTED FOR OUR ORIGINAL CHANGES. AND THESE ARE CHANGES THAT WOULD MOVE STUDENTS AND FUTURE BUILDS IN THE WESTSHORE AREA FROM GRADY, COLEMAN AND PLANT HIGH SCHOOL TO TAMPA BOULEVARD, PIERCE, ALONG WITH JEFFERSON, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS A CURRENT INCREASE IN CAPACITY AT THESE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS. SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE GRANDFATHER THESE 33 STUDENTS INTO THEIR CURRENT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY SO THEY ARE NOT CHANGED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. MR. FARKAS,

170ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD HERE? Christopher Farkas: YEAH, IT GOES BACK TO GIS AND MAPPING. THOSE PEOPLE INTO IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED. BUT WHERE THE ADDRESS POINT IS VERSUS WHERE THE ACTUAL APARTMENT BUILDING IS SOMETIMES WHEN THEY DO THE GIS IT IS DIFFERENT AND THAT'S WHY IT IS MISSED FROM OUR CITY AND COUNTY PARTNERS. WHEN WE SAW THE ACTUAL NAMES AND NUMBERS OF KIDS THERE, AS WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND SAID NO KIDS WOULD BE MOVED, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR THAT AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.01. MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE

171ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE ONE WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT SAID IT WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON OUR CURRENT STUDENTS. WE'VE IDENTIFIED 33 STUDENTS. YOU SAY THEY ARE GOING TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN. IS THAT ACROSS -- BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S FOR THE LENGTH OF THEIR CAREER, IF THEY ARE STARTING OUT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEN THEY'LL GRADUATE, WHICH WAS THE HIGH SCHOOL? PLANT HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: UNLESS THEY MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. Stacy Hahn: I'VE GOTTEN A FEW PHONE CALLS ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU, JUAN, FOR CATCHING THIS, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR THE PROMISE, WHICH WAS THAT THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO BE PROACTIVE AND NOT

172IMPACT CURRENT STUDENTS. SO I AM GLAD THAT THESE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO STAY WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARY OF GRADY, COLEMAN, AND PLANT. I APPRECIATE THAT. WILL THIS ADDRESS -- IT WILL STAY IN THIS BOUNDARY INDEAF NOT GUILTY -- I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN. THE ADDRESS IS BEING MOVED BACK INTO ITS ORIGINAL BOUNDARY, C INSECT. Christopher Farkas: THAT IS CORRECT. Stacy Hahn: I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE SOME OF THE PHONE CALLS I RECEIVED, THE THOUGHT IS THESE 33 STUDENTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL, BUT ONLY THOSE STUDENTS. SO I JUST WANTED FOR ANYBODY WATCHING THIS AFTERNOON TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BUILDING WILL REMAIN IN THE GRADY, COLEMAN, PLANT BOUNDARY AND IT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT. Christopher Farkas: THAT'S

173CORRECT. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, IT WAS PROACTIVE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX ALREADY BUILT AND ALREADY THERE SO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX STAYS -- Stacy Hahn: PERFECT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR ANYBODY WATCHING AND PUT IT ON THE RECORD AS WELL. Jim Porter: IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO SAY THE PROPERTY IS GRANDFATHERED, AND NOT THE STUDENTS. Stacy Hahn: YES, THE PROPERTY. EXACTLY. THAT'S WHERE IT WAS GETTING PEOPLE CONFUSED. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE STUDENTS, BUT IT'S THE PROPERTY. SO ANYBODY WHO MOVES IN OR OUT OF THAT BUILDING IS PART OF THAT PROPERTY GOES TO THOSE SCHOOLS. APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANTED IT ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YELL. THANK YOU, DR. HAHN AND MR. PORTER. IT IS CORRECT. MOSAIC, WESTSHORE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THAT

174IS A GOOD POINT. WE ARE MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE ARE STATIONARY WITH THAT PARTICULAR AREA GRANDFATHERED IN THE SCHOOLS. IT IS A GOOD POINT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEPLEASE VOTE AGAIN WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH 6, WITH MEMBER SNIVELY NOT VOTING. THANK YOU. 7.08, APPROVE ALTAMIRA, LLC END USER AND LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ANALYTICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CLOUD SERVICES SUITE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE 2017 TO REALLY TALK ABOUT IN GENERAL TERMS, ANYTIME THAT ANYONE IS PROJECTED TO MOVE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OR THEY ARE WONDERING WHAT KIND OF, THEY ARE CURRENT RESIDENCE, WHAT SCHOOL IDENTIFIED FOR BOUNDARY. THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, PUT IN THE ADDRESS, AND IT WILL IDENTIFY THE SCHOOLS

175THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND. THIS IS EXTENDING THE CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THIS CONTINUES TO STAY WITHIN OUR WEBSITE TO REALLY HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR PARENTS. WE WILL USE ALL LAND SALE PROCEEDS TO BE ABLE TO COVER THIS EXPENDITURE BECAUSE IT'S LINKED TO GROWTH -- LINKED TO GROWTH AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.08. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO. I'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT THE REVENUE SOURCE WILL BE LAND PROCEEDS. IF WE WEREN'T SPENDING IT ON THIS, WHERE WOULD THE LAND PROCEEDS GO AND WHICH PART OF OUR BUDGET? Addison Davis: MR. FARKAS. Christopher Farkas:

176IT'S A CAPITAL EXPENSE. IT'S A CAPITAL ACCOUNT ONLY TO BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO GROWTH OR BUILDING. Jessica Vaughn: WE DIDN'T HAVE THE LAND PROCEEDS, BECAUSE THIS IS A YEARLY CONTRACT, RIGHT? IT'S JUMPED UP 13 -- $15,000 THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S A YEARLY EXPENDITURE. IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE LAND PROCEEDS REVENUE, WHERE WOULD THIS MONEY COME FROM? Christopher Farkas: GENERAL OR CAPITAL, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SOFTWARE TRADITIONALLY CAN'T BE PAID FOR OUT OF CAPITAL SO IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE SOMETHING WE LOOK FOR GENERAL. THIS SYSTEM WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR ANTIQUATED SYSTEMS. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH MR. WEEKS AND HIS TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEP. WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEFORE THE END OF THIS CONTRACT, WE WILL NOT NEED THIS SERVICE. WE WILL USE SOMETHING THAT

177ISN'T SO SPECIFIC THAT DEALS WITH ANTIQUATED SYSTEM. MR. WEEKS AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN MAKING IT MORE UPDATED. WE WON'T NEED THIS TO TALK TO THREE OR FOUR SYSTEMS THAT CURRENTLY DON'T TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. Jessica Vaughn: THIS IS A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT? Christopher Farkas: YES, BUT ALSO A BREAK THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THE CONTRACT IF BY CHANCE MR. WEEKS AND I ARE ABLE TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM BEFORE THE CONTRACT ENDS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Ro Johnson: I WANT TO CLARIFY THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT SOFTWARE CAN BE, BUT THIS TYPE OF SOFTWARE CANNOT BE PURCHASED OUT OF CAPITAL. Christopher Farkas: THAT'S TRUE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS, MS. JOHNSON, AND MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE INTO SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS.

178SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, I HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE REVIEW FOR THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ONLY THING WANT TO DO TONIGHT IS TELL EVERYBODY WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR REST. WE HOPE YOU SPENT THE LAST WEEK RESTING WITH YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR LOVED ONES AND YOU'RE ENERGIZED TO COME BACK AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TODAY WITH OUR STUDENTS, AS WE HAVE A FULL NINE WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS MEET GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS. THANK YOU TO OUR LEADERS, OUR SUPPORT STAFF, OUR TEACHERS, OUR CABINET, OUR SENIOR STAFF, REGIONAL SUPES, EVERYONE THAT CONTINUE TO WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE BOARD AS WELL. ALSO, A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, THE TNTP

179INSIGHT SURVEY WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 25th. ALL TEACHERS AND STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE HAVE A FINALIZED REVIEW OF OUR PARENTS WINDOW WILL CLOSE ON THE 31st. ALSO TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE FOR OUR WINDOWS RELATED TO OUR CHOICE INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS, OUR CHOICE WINDOW WILL CLOSE ON APRIL THE 2nd. AND LAST HIGHLIGHT, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO OUR INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT TO BE ABLE TO BRING TEACHERS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. HR HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. THEY HAVE 28 TEACHERS THAT THEY HAVE INTERVIEWED, ENGAGED PHILIPPINES TO DATE, THREE FROM JAMAICA. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE 31 TEACHERS ON BOARD. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY TO BE ABLE TO HIT THAT THRESHOLD TO PROVIDE

180FIELD POSITIONS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE WILL MOVE INTO BOARD COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: MINE IS ONE AND GIVE OUT FOUR OF MY MINUTES. WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK. ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL AND RESTFUL. IT DOES MY HEART GOOD TO SEE STAFF AND THE TEACHERS JUST TAKE THAT REST THAT IS SO WELL DESERVED AND WELCOME BACK. YOU GUYS REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS. IT WAS A BUSY WEEK BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

181I ENJOYED GOING OUT TO THE ONE VOICE ACADEMY, WHICH IS THE NATION'S FIRST CLASSROOM FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS THE FIRST ONE TO CREATE SUCH A CLASSROOM. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF FOR PRIORITIZING THAT INITIATIVE. AND IT HAD BEEN A VERY LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. AND SO THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MARYANNE MISIOLA WHOSE VISION IT WAS TO CREATE THIS CLASSROOM BASED ON HER DEVASTATING EXPERIENCE WITH HER YOUNG SON JAY. AND SHE HAS BUILT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY ON BEHALF OF HER SON AND OVER THE YEARS, SHE HAS REALLY BEEN THERE AND HELPED WITH RESOURCES AND SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WITH PEDIATRIC CANCER. SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL RIBBON CUTTING OF THE CLASSROOM. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO

182TAKE A RIDE OUT THERE. IT'S IN BRANDON, NOT TOO FAR FROM THE BRANDON MALL, TO GIVE YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF THE LOCATION, AND TOUR THE CLASSROOM AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE OUT THERE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY. AND I THINK YOU'LL FALL IN LOVE WITH IT AS MUCH AS I HAVE. I ALSO, BEFORE SPRING BREAK, ATTENDED THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT DINNER, WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL. I LOVED HEARING THE TESTIMONY FROM STUDENTS FROM HILLSBOROUGH AND PRESIDENT OF ABOUT HOW -- PINELLAS COUNTIES ABOUT HOW JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT FROM K-12, THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS HAVE REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED THEIR LIFE AS WELL AS THEIR CAREER CHOICES. AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL CELEBRATORY EVENING AND LOTS OF FUN. IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO END THE WEEK BEFORE SPRING BREAK. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I ATTENDED THE LANIER

183LEADERSHIP DAY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS OF THE YEAR IS LANIER LEADERSHIP DAY. I KNOW TINKER ALSO HAS A LEADERSHIP DAY AND FEW OTHER SCHOOLS. IT WAS REALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD A LEADERSHIP DAY SINCE COVID FACE TO FACE. AND THE STUDENTS ARE SO PROUD OF THEIR SCHOOL. THEY ARE SO IMPRESSIVE WITH JUST THEIR MATURITY AND THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS, AND IT WAS JUST A JOYOUS DAY AND TO SEE SO MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS OUT THERE THAT SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND THE IMPACT THAT THE LEADER IN ME PROGRAM HAS ON THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND MANY OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS. IT'S REALLY ASTOUNDING. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND A LEADERSHIP DAY, PLEASE DO, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HIGHLY IMPRESSED WITH OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND PRINCIPALS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. SO

184THANK YOU TO LANIER FOR HOSTING THAT AND FOR THE INVITATION, AND I DO HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED SPRING BREAK. AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO GEAR UP TOWARD MAKING OUR WAY TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND CELEBRATING GRADUATION. SO SPRING IS A REALLY EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR, I THINK. SO I'M EXCITED FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PABLO, YOU CAN START THE VIDEO FOR ME. WE HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE 12th OF MARCH. WE HAD THE FIRST ANNUAL HOPE COMMUNITY FAIR AT DR. CARTER G. WHITSON PRE-K 8. MS. LANITA LUCAS WAS THE SUPERVISOR FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR TRANSFORMATION NETWORK WAS THE LEADER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND MR.

185McGRAY, I THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. IDLEWILD BAPTIST CHURCH WAS ALSO COLLABORATION WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TRANSFORMATION NETWORK AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SUCH AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES, HART BUS LINE, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THESE COMMUNITY AND CHURCH PARTNERS JOIN TOGETHER IN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS TO PROVIDE FREE RESOURCES TO FAMILIES AND TO START THE SPRING BREAK. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS RELIED ON SCHOOL MEALS, SO THE FOCUS WAS TO BLESS THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OVER 700 HART MEALS WERE PROVIDED. 350 FOOD BOXES WERE DISTRIBUTED WITH THE HOUSEHOLD CLEANING SUPPLIES IN ADDITION TO iPADS, FLAT SCREEN TV, GAS CARDS AND 30 DAY BUS PASS, WALMART. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS

186IS WHAT WE DO. WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK. NICE TIME TO GO TO SCHOOL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YES, THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. IT IS TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND TO THANK ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS, WELCOME THEM BACK. HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH REST. I DOUBT IT, BUT HOPEFULLY SO. AND ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS, PRINCIPALS, AND ALL OF THE MANY, MANY WORKERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SITES. SO I JUST WANTED TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THE BLACK HISTORY DOOR POSTER STATEWIDE CONTEST WINNER WAS EMIRA CANTERA FROM MacFARLANE PARK MAGNET SCHOOL. GOOD JOB, EMIRA. ALSO, THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT MAY WIN, WIN, WIN THE TOP MAGNET OF

187THE NATION. SO I THINK THEY ARE COMING IN SECOND. GOLLY. THERE'S ONE MORE TIER THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO. GREAT JOB, EMIR CANTERIA, AND GREAT REPRESENTATION. ALSO, THE LANIER LEADERSHIP DAY. YES, STACY HAHN, I WAS THERE ALSO. AND WE DEFINITELY WERE JUST ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE. I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR HOLISTIC-TYPE CONCEPT, RIGHT? THE COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WHEN I SAY "COMMUNITY," I MEAN LITERALLY THEY COME FROM THEIR HOMES TO ENJOY THIS BIG CELEBRATORY EVENT AND OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, I MEAN, THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT, REMARKABLE TEAMWORK OF MAKING THESE STUDENTS -- NOT MAKING -- BUT HELPING THEM WITH THE STRATEGIES AND THE SKILLS TO BECOME LEADERS. SO FEEL COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT THOSE GRADUATES, THOSE ELEMENTARY GRADUATES WILL BE GREAT LEADERS AND WILL FORTIFY OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL

188AS GREAT STUDENTS AS WELL. SO ALSO, I KNOW THAT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHEREVER HE IS, THE RACE FOR EDUCATION, IT WAS HIS IDEA, IT'S A 5K AND ONE-MILE FUN RUN BECAUSE VAN AYRES IS SITTING THERE, HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO WIN THE WHOLE RACE. HE'S NOT LOOKING AT US. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST A THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS AND THIS IS INTERESTING FUN FACT. SO OUT OF THE HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS, ALMOST HALF OF THEM ARE OUR STUDENTS. AND THIS IS A SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 2nd, 8:00, AND OUR VOLUNTEERS WILL SHOW UP, NO DOUBT, 6:30 OR 7:00. SO THANK YOU ALL. BUT I ESPECIALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STAFF THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER, ANN MARIE COURTNEY, PATEL, LAUREN BERGOLD, WHO, MY GOODNESS, WHAT A GREAT COMMUNICATIONS PERSON. LAURA CROSS, AS ALWAYS. VAN AYRES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

189LEADERSHIP. AND HEFF, HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WITH MIKE McCULLA, WHO IS ALSO A WINNER AND KEN JOWL. BUT ALL TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A GREAT RACE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD LOOK FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND GUESS WHAT, THE PERSON THAT'S SITTING NEXT TO ME, I THINK SHE IS THE CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SHE'S GOING TO RUN OR WALK OR BOTH, AND ALSO MEMBER SNIVELY, I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING, SHE WILL SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. AND WE ARE JUST VERY HAPPY TO HAVE AN ENTIRE DISTRICTWIDE RACE. MAYOR CASTOR GAVE US A DOWNTOWN COURSE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET. THANK YOU, MY GREAT FRIEND, BILL TRACK, FOR BEING THE RACE DIRECTOR. ALL IN ALL, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT DAY. APRIL 2nd, 8:00. PLEASE REGISTER IF

190YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. AND OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GOING TO JUST CONCLUDE WITH SAYING, AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS. EVERY ONE OF US AND EVERY ONE OF THEM DESERVE EVERY BIT OF OUR ACCOLADES, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS FROM ALL OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO REALLY GOT ME WITH THAT LONG -- HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE LONG BOARD COMMENTS, SO I PREPARED MYSELF. SO IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE. BUT JUST TO SAY THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND TO ECHO EVERYONE, I HOPE THAT

191YOU HAD A BREAK WHERE YOU GOT TO RECHARGE AND FILL YOUR SOUL WITH WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY AND RECHARGED. YOU KNOW, AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, WE CAME INTO A LOT OF CHALLENGES, AND OUR FIRST FEW YEARS WERE FILLED WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEAR AND A LOT OF DIVISION AND A LOT OF ISSUES, BUT IT'S BEEN SINCE THE BREAK AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS YEAR, IT'S REALLY BEEN A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL SOME FRUSTRATIONS AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, OVERWHELMINGLY I GET A LOT OF APPRECIATION FROM STUDENTS, FROM STAFF MEMBERS, FROM SCHOOLS, FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WHERE THEY REALLY VALUE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE'RE KIND OF HEALING FROM COVID. EVERYBODY IS REALLY ANXIOUS TO BE COLLABORATIVE, TO MAKE SURE THAT

192WE'RE BUILDING THE BEST ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY CAN BE RESPECTED AND INCLUSIVE, AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMITMENT TO THAT AND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. IT'S JUST -- IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL AND HOW THE COMMUNITY RALLIES BEHIND IT AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY ARE DOING, WHETHER IT'S SPRING CARNIVALS OR FOOD DRIVES OR OVER THE READING -- OVER THE BREAK, WHETHER THERE WAS A myON CHALLENGE, ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS COMING OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. NICE AS A NEWER BOARD MEMBER TO SIT BACK AND SEE THE GREAT THINGS COMING OUT OF OUR DISTRICT AND OUR SCHOOLS. IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, INCLUDING EVERYONE HERE AND AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN.

193AND MEMBER SNIVELY WANTED TO SHARE A VIDEO WITH US. AND SHE WILL SPEAK AS WELL. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THE VIDEO IS FIRST OR IF I NEED TO TEE IT UP A LITTLE BIT. Nadia Combs: YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK AND THEN HE'LL HAVE THE VIDEO RIGHT AFTER THAT, MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: OKAY. SO THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. I DIDN'T INPUT A LOT BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT SOMETIMES PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY. BUT I DID WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND MANY OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT YOU EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO OUR FINANCES. I SHARE SIMILAR SENTIMENTS AND CONCERNS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM HAVE REALLY LEANED IN TO WORK TOGETHER AND SOLVE SOME OF THESE

194FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HAD. THEY DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND I DON'T SUPPOSE THEY WILL BE RESOLVED OVERNIGHT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM IN ORDER TO GET US BACK ON TRACK. THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE. THEY ARE NOT LIGHT OR EASY, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT FACT AND WE STILL HAVE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE MOVING FORWARD. BUT ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT -- I TRIED TO DO THIS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO AND DIDN'T QUITE GET THE RIGHT VIDEO UP. THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, SEVERAL YEARS NOW WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET WITH

195LOCAL BUSINESSES, SOME BIG, SOME SMALL, TO REALIZE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE, IF THEY ARE NOT COLLEGE-BOUND, THEY GO STRAIGHT OUT INTO A CAREER. AND SO WE HAD PART OF A YEARLONG EFFORT TO CONNECT THESE STUDENTS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY GRADUATE. WE HAD A FIELD TRIP A COUPLE -- I GUESS IT WAS IN FEBRUARY AND WANTED TO SHOW A HIGHLIGHT VIDEO FROM ONE OF THE FIELD TRIPS THAT BILL McDANIEL, WHO IS A CITY MANAGER OF PLANT CITY, DID A QUICK VIDEO. I WANT TO SHARE THAT AND THEN REMIND EVERYBODY, THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CAREER FAIR COMING UP IN APRIL. YOU CAN VISIT thefuturecareeracademy.com TO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING UP. IF YOU HAVE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN A JOB OPPORTUNITY OR YOU

196WANT TO VOLUNTEER, WE NEED NAVIGATORS AS WELL AS BUSINESSES TO ENGAGE IN THIS CAREER FAIR THAT'S HAPPENING IN APRIL. THERE ARE THREE HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY. BUT HERE'S BILL McDANIEL, CITY MANAGER OF PLANT CITY, HIGHLIGHTING THE FIELD TRIP THAT WAS RECENTLY HELD AT THE STADIUM IN PLANT CITY. HELLO, PLANT AT THIS. I'M BILL MACK DANIEL, YOUR CITY MANAGER. AND TODAY, I AM COMING TO YOU FROM BEAUTIFUL PLANT CITY STADIUM WHERE WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY AND SHOWING HOW WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. DID YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? Melissa Snively: JUST WANT TO THANK SCOTT BROOKS AND OUR WORKFORCE CONNECTIONS AS WELL IN OUR DISTRICT FOR SUPPORTING THIS FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, HELPING

197TO CREATE THESE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IN PLANT CITY WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THIS FROM PLANT CITY INTO THE BRANDON, TAMPA, AND SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AREA. REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HARD WORK AND ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ALSO PARTICIPATE IN PROMOTING THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY. YES, I MEAN, I PARTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY JUST RECENTLY AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH MS. YVONNE FRYE, WHO IS JUST AMAZING ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE DOES. EVERYBODY WAS SO LIGHT, BUT I AM GOING TO KIND OF BRING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW I REALLY LOVE TO WATCH THE NEWS. I READ THE PAPER. I'M JUST AN AVID

198TYPE OF NEWS PERSON. I HAVE FELT RECENTLY THAT THE NEWS HAS REALLY BEEN VERY INCONSISTENT AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FAKE NEWS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY, I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL E-MAILS STATING THAT BECAUSE OF OUR DECISION TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT THAT WE RECEIVED PENALTY. IS THAT CORRECT OR INCORRECT? Addison Davis: WE WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE A PENALTY THAT IMPACTS OUR BASIC STUDENT ALLOCATION OR OUR CURRENT FORMULA THAT'S OUTLINED BY THE FLORIDA FUNDING APPROPRIATION FUNDS THAT COME TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: IF FOR SOME REASON THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVE A REWARD, IS IT A POSSIBILITY TO REACH OUT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE END UP

199RECEIVING THE MONIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR OUR DISTRICT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. SO CURRENTLY, THERE IS ON THE FLOOR AND APPROVED BUDGET, 55 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DID NOT IMPLEMENT A MASK MANDATE WILL RECEIVE FUNDING RELATED TO THE FLORIDA SCHOOL RECOGNITION PROGRAM. THAT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE AN A-SCHOOL RATING OR IDENTIFY A RATING AS COMMENDABLE OR THEY HAVE MOVED UP ONE PERFORMANCE SCHOOL GRADE AS IDENTIFIED BY THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. IN THAT HISTORICALLY I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAST TWO YEARS, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS RECEIVED IN 1920, WE RECEIVED $9.2 MILLION -- 19-20, $9.2 MILLION THAT WENT DIRECTLY TO SCHOOLS. THIS IS TO GO TO SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO INCENTIVIZE TEACHERS, STAFF, AND LEADERSHIP FOR REWARDING THEM FOR MOVING SCHOOLS. 106 SCHOOLS WERE IN THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR,

200AND THEN IN THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED $9.4 MILLION AND THAT WAS AROUND 122 SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVED THIS TYPE OF RECOGNITION. AS WE WENT TO THE BUDGET FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR, THIS CATEGORICAL FUNDING WAS ELIMINATED AND THE FUNDS WERE MOVED AND SHIFTED BEING ABLE TO MOVE TO THE NEW EARLY ADOPTER, EARLY EDUCATORS TO GET TO THE 475. NOW THAT THIS HAS BECOME A LINE ITEM MOVING FORWARD FOR THE 22-23 BUDGET, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WILL NOT BE AWARDED ANY MONEY IF WE SEE SIGNIFICANT GAINS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE COULD PROJECT AROUND A $9 MILLION, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVE FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF AND LEADERS THAT HISTORICALLY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THIS MONEY FOR THEIR HARD WORK. THAT MONEY WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE THROUGH US PER THE CURRENT WAY IT SITS. IF WE

201DON'T RECEIVE MONEY, I WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN DO FINANCIALLY TO RECEIVE MONEY TO SHOW VALUE TO OUR TEACHERS AND LEADERS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. JUST ONE COUPLE OF COMMENTS. AS I WATCH PRESS CONFERENCES AND NEWS THE LAST FEW DAYS, I SAW ONE PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE THERE WAS A PRINCIPAL DOWN SOUTH, PRINCIPAL GLEN AT RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW TEACHERS CAN NOW EAT STEAK BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING PAID SO WELL AND TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ARE AT THE TOP TIER IN THE COUNTRY. THAT IS VERY INACCURATE INFORMATION. WE ARE STILL AT THE BOTTOM 20 OF BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY. BUT FURTHERMORE, I WANTED TO SHOW THIS GRAPH THAT I HAVE THAT SHOWS THAT REALLY, IF YOU LOOK, THERE ARE VERY

202FEW JOBS WHERE FOR SIX YEARS YOU DON'T EVEN GET A DOLLAR PAID. THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE WE ARE SO UNDERFUNDED. SYSTEMATICALLY PUBLIC EDUCATION IS BEING DISMANTLED. FOR SIX YEARS, YOU DON'T EVEN GET A DOLLAR. I CAN'T THINK OF A JOB IN THIS DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A DOLLAR. AFTER YEAR SEVEN, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A HUNDRED DOLLARS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AFTER SO MANY YEARS WHERE YOUR SALARIES ARE. AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VETERAN TEACHER SALARIES, IF YOU LOOK WHERE WE ARE, WE ARE AT THE VERY BOTTOM. I THINK WE HAVE MISSISSIPPI. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEACHER VETERAN OVERALL SALARIES IN THE NATION, AND THIS IS FROM LAST YEAR, WE ARE STILL AT THE BOTTOM. ALSO, THE

203BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION OF INCREASING TO $200, WHICH IS RECORD-BREAKING FUNDING, WELL, WE HAVE RECORD-BREAKING FUNDING BECAUSE WE HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMING TO THE STATE. SO I THINK IT'S JUST MISINFORMATION AND PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION. NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ANYONE SHOULD HAVE THAT ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT IF YOU MOVE TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THEN BE READY, BECAUSE WE DO NOT FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. THANK YOU, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.