01/25/2022 - 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 AND OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. I'M HENRY WASHINGTON, THE BOARD VICE CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN AMERICA AND MADE UP OF 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 SCHOOLS TV, ON SPECTRUM CABLE

002CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL CABLE 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'RE 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 FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMM COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. (SOUNDING GAVEL) Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING OF JANUARY 25, 2022 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL LEAD US IN A MOMENT

003OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STABBED -- STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON OR MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EITHER IN THE BOARDROOM OR BY REMOTE. WE HAVE FOUR SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED. 10/05 SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP. 11/16/21, SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP. 12/14 SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP AND 1 -- 11 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION

004AND A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER VAUGHN? IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. WE'RE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO WE ASK THAT GUESTS IN THE BOARDROOM KEEP ONE CHAIR OPEN BETWEEN FAMILIES. AS A REMINDER WE'RE A NONPARTISAN BOARD THAT BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN CAN BE POIRMED TO LEARN AND SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS ARE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY OF EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARD THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU'RE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW READ THE BOARD

005GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON MEETINGS, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT FOR 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 WEBSITE, ON TABLE TELEVISION -- CABLE TELEVISION, ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM AND BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVES. Nadia Combs: WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. 6:00 P.M. EMPLOYEE INPUT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES.

006OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTLY PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK DELIRLY INTO THE MICRO -- CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT YOU'LL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT. A RED LIGHT AND CHIME INDICATES WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. SO WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. WILL THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME? MY NAME

007IS JACLYN MEUER. I HAVE A 7TH GRADE STUDENT AND OWN A LICENSED CHILDCARE FACILITY AND I'M A FORMER HILLSBOROUGH TEACHER AND SUBBED FOR KELLY SERVICES. I ASKED A COUPLE FRIENDS, WHAT YOUR BIGGEST CONCERNS RIGHT NOW AS A TEACHER? QUOTE, WE WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RETAIN TEACHERS? AS ONLY NEW TEACHERS ARE GETTING INCREASED SALARIES. EXPERIENCED HIGH QUALIFIED TEACHERS AT THE TOP OF THE PAYROLL NEVER SEE SIGNIFICANT RAISES. SECONDLY, WE ARE SEEING MORE STUDENTS WITH SERIOUS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM AND THERE ARE NO REPERCUSSIONS. THE PROCESS OF GETTING SERVICES IS TOO, TOO LONG. CURRICULUM HAS CONSISTENTLY CHANGED SINCE ADDISON DAVIS BECAME THE SUPERINTENDENT, HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO TIME TO ADAPT AND SEE WHAT IS EFFECTIVE. INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS AND TRAININGS HELD AFTER WORK, WITHOUT PAY, END QUOTE. THIS IS FROM A VETERAN

008FIRST GRADE TEACHER. LAST WEEK, I MYSELF RECEIVED A CANVAS POST ABOUT DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AT MY DAUGHTER'S MIDDLE SCHOOL. I SENT THIS E-MAIL TO MY CHILD'S PRINCIPAL AND COPIED NADIA COMBS, SECRETARY. GOOD MORNING, MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN OUT DUE TO COVID BUT I WAS CONCERNED TO SEE YOUR CANVAS POST ABOUT STUDENT BEHAVIOR. I'M SO SORRY YOU'RE DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES. IT SEEMS SOCIETY IS STRUGGLING AND IT'S SHOWING UP IN OUR CHILDREN. MY CONCERN IS HOW THIS IS AFFECTING YOUR STAFF, THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND STUDENTS WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. I HEARD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM MY DAUGHTER BUT NOW SEEING IT FROM YOU IN WRITING IS ALARMING. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF KIDS ACT THIS WAY THAT IT WARRANTS A SCHOOL-WIDE SEVENTH GRADE SPECIFIC E-MAIL? ALTHOUGH I'M GRATEFUL YOU SHARED THE STRUGGLES YOU FACE, I

009WONDER IS IT OUT OF CONTROL OR ISOLATED. I'M COPYING NADIA COMBS'S SECRETARY IN HOPING OF GETTING SUPPORT YOU MAY NEED. I KNOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING, UNDERFUNDED AND UNDERSTAFFED. I'M NOT SURE OUR BOARD TRULY KNOWS THE STRUGGLES EACH ONE OF OUR SCHOOL FACES. CONCERNED PARENT, DISTRICT ONE. ADDITIONALLY, I RECEIVE DAILY TEXTS FROM MY DAUGHTER WHERE SHE TELLS ME HOW MANY TIMES AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE THAT THERE ARE CLASSROOMS WITHOUT SUBS ASKING, BEGGING, WHO CAN GO COVER THEM. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I RUN AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND SUMMER CAMP WHERE I PAY $15 TO $16 AN HOUR FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS USUALLY TO COME AND TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS YET KELLY IS NOT EVEN OFFERING THAT RATE TO PEOPLE WHO HOLD BACHELOR'S DEGREES. HOW MANY MILLIONS ARE YOU WASTING WITH KELLY SERVICES? POSSIBLY

010YOU COULD FIND ANOTHER WAY TO HIRE AND TRAIN SUBSTITUTES. Nadia Combs: YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. FINALLY, IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR MY DAUGHTER HAS A TEACH FER BEGINNING SPANISH. ALTHOUGH IT'S GREAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT ADULT IN THE CLASSROOM THE CHILDREN ARE STILL USING HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL TO COMPLETE THEIR LEARNING. IS THIS THE FUTURE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS? STUDENTS IN A CLASSROOM STAFFED WITH AN ADULT WHILE DOING VIRTUAL SCHOOL. THE THINGS I JUST SHARED ARE HAPPENING IN WHAT YOU CALL "A" SCHOOLS. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSICA DUBOIS AND I'M THE CHAIR OF HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCATES AND A PARENT TO A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT AND INCOMING SECOND KINDERGARTEN STUDENT. TODAY I

011WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR BUDGET ALLOCATION. EACH CPS CURRENTLY HAS MORE THAN 1,000 JOB VACANCIES ACROSS ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS. EACH PSA IS ENCOURAGING THE BOARD AND OUR CAC TO TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT THESE VACANCIES AND DETERMINE WHICH ONES SHOULD BE FILLED AND WHICH ONES DO NOT NEED TO BE FILLED. AFTER THIS IS DONE, THERE ARE MODELS AND INDICATIONS THAT HCPS COULD BE IN A BUDGET SURPLUS WHICH IS A GREAT POSITION TO BE IN. HOWEVER, HPSA IS ADVOCATING THAT THIS SURPLUS OR ANY DOLLARS WE CAN FIND ARE GIVEN TOWARDS, GIVEN TEACHERS AND AT ALL LEVELS OF SENIORITY AND SUPPORT STAFF A RAISE. DESANTIS'S PLAN DOES NOT ADDRESS GIVING SUPPORT STAFF OR VETERAN TEACHERS RAISES BUT LET'S BE HONEST, EVERY WORKER IN OUR SCHOOLS TODAY ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. FLORIDA IS IN THE BOTTOM FIVE STATES

012IN TERMS OF TEACHER PAY BUT SOMEHOW TAMPA IS IN THE TOP THREE IN TERMS OF METROPOLITAN GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR NATIONWIDE AND THAT WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DOLLARS BEING ALLOCATED WHICH CAN BE PUT TOWARDS THE SURPLUS OR INVESTED WISELY. WE'RE SEEING A MASS EXODUS FROM THE TOUCHILYING PROFESSION IN THE STATE OF -- TEACHING PROFESSION TO THE TUNE OF OVER 5,000 IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. MOST CITE PAY AS THE NUMBER ONE REASON TO LEAVE. THERE ARE UNFORECASTED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TURNOVER IN OUR DISTRICT AND UNFORESEEN EFFECTS ON OUR CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO THRIVE AND LEARN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH CONSTANT CHANGE. TO ME THE DECISION IS EASY. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION OR CHILDREN

013RECEIVE AS A RESULT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. MY NAME IS MARIE CLUTEAR, A TEACHER AND COUNSELOR FOR 42 YEARS NOW RETIRED FROM THE DISTRICT WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH KEN AYDUM AS A PRINCIPAL AT ADAMS, JR. HIGH SCHOOL. AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE MANY COLLEAGUES THAT WORKED WITH KEN ADUM WHILE HE WAS A TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, AREA DIRECTOR AND MENTOR, WE OVER HIS 37 YEARS WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, WE FULLY ENDORSE KENNETH E. ADUM AS A NAME OF HONOR FOR THE NEW PK-8 SCHOOL IN APOLLO BEACH, DISTRICT 2. KEN'S LEADERSHIP STYLE WAS ONE THAT INSPIRED, MOTIVATED, AND ENCOURAGED ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS. KEN WAS OPEN TO NEW IDEAS AND ENCOURAGED YOU TO TAKE INITIATIVES TO BRING A

014MORE POSITIVE CHANGE TO THE CULTURE AND CLIMATE WHICH ULTIMATELY IMPROVES STUDENT LEARNING. WE ALL ARE A PART OF A TEAM AND EVERYONE FROM THE BUS DRIVERS TO THE APs WERE EQUAL IN THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS IN HIS CHARGE. KEN ALWAYS RECOGNIZED PEOPLE'S EFFORTS AND WAS GENUINELY OUTSPOKEN WITH PRAISE FOR ALL THOSE WHO DID GREAT THINGS, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL. KEN ADUM LED BY EXAMPLE. HE WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING HE WOULD -- HE WOULD NEVER EXPECT YOU TO DO SOMETHING HE WOULD NOT DO HIMSELF FROM PICKING UP A PIECE OF TRASH TO WRITING HUNDREDS OF SCHEDULE CHANGES WITH COUNSELORS TO APPEARING IN THE TALENT SHOW. HE WAS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SCHOOL. KEN HAD A UNIQUE ABILITY TO CONNECT EFFECTIVELY WITH EVERY PERSON, RESPECTING THE VALUE OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL INTEGRITY WITH HIS FAIR

015AND CONSISTENT PERSONAL CHARACTER. KEN BELIEVED IN COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR DRUG PREVENTION NATIONAL PRIDE CHAPTER WITH OUR MUSICAL GROUP SPECIAL EDITION WOULD PERFORM ACROSS THE COUNTRY BRINGING THEIR DRUG FREE MESSAGE TO OUR YOUTH AND KEN WAS PROUDLY WITH THEM. NOT ONLY WERE WE FORTUNATE TO BE A PART OF KEN'S SCHOOL FAMILY. WE WERE ALSO A PART OF THE WHOLE ADUM FAMILY AND THEY WERE A PART OF US. THERE IS NO BETTER TRIBUTE THAN TO NAME THE NEW SCHOOL AFTER THE LATE KEN ADUM. PLEASE LET HIS LEGACY MARKED BY SERVICE OF DISTINCTION, LOYALTY, AND HONOR AS A MAN AND AS AN EDUCATOR BE AN INSPIRATION TO THE TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND STAFF THAT WILL HALLOW THOSE NEW HALLS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DEBBIE CLEVELAND AND I'VE BEEN

016A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MUSIC EDUCATOR FOR 36 YEARS. I'VE SEEN MANY FANTASTIC TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS COME AND GO DURING THAT TIME. I'VE ALSO HAD THE HONOR OF BEING GUEST FACULTY FOR MUSICAL WORKSHOPS ACROSS THE U.S., SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, OUGHT TRAIL YOU AND NEW ZELENED AND MET MANY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS AND TEACHING. IN ALL MY EXPERIENCES THERE IS NO ONE WHO SURPASSES KEN ADUM AS A CHAMPION OF STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHER AND STAFF. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM SEVERAL YEARS AT TWO SCHOOLS WHILE HE WAS A PRINCIPAL. ADAMS, JR. HIGH AND GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIM JUST BY EXAMPLE. BESIDES THE PROGRAMS HE INITIATIVEED AND THE MANY ROLES HE FULFILLED, FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE LOVED STUDENTS. HE WOULD WORK TIRELESSLY TO HELP ANY AND ALL OF THEM. HE SUPPORTED HIS

017TEACHERS AND STAFF AND TOOK AN INTEREST IN US BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY TO ENSURE WE COULD DO OUR VERY BEST WORK. HE ATTENDED EVERY CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRAULAR ACTIVITY POSSIBLE, NOT JUST TO BE SEEN BUT TO LET THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND COACHES KNOW THEIR WORK WAS IMPORTANT AND HE CARED. HE STILL JOINED IN WITH HIS WHOLE HEART AND A VERY LOUD VOICE. HE COULD ALWAYS BE SEEN ALL OVER THE CAMPUS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF AND DOING ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE MOVES, MARIE MENTIONED, PICKING UP TRASH ON THE FLOOR. HE ALWAYS SAID IF THE KIDS DON'T SEE US CARING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL, THEY WON'T CARE EITHER. I STILL PICK UP TRASH IN HIS HONOR. I ALSO HOLD MYSELF TO A HIGHER STANDARD AS AN EDUCATOR. I VALUE EVERY STAFF MEMBER AND I LOVE STUDENTS AND

018FAMILIES BETTER BECAUSE I KNEW HIM. MR. ADUM AS I STILL REFER TO HIM BECAUSE HE'LL ALWAYS BE UP HERE TO ME WAS ALSO A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN WHO LOVED HIS WE WIFE AND CHILDREN -- WIFE AND CHILDREN AND GAVE STUDENTS AN EXAMPLE OF FAMILY THEY SO SORELY NEEDED. THEY COULD LISTEN TO HIS HEART OVERFLOW ABOUT HIS FAMILY HE WAS SO PROUD OF AND KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO CREATE FORAGING RELATIONSHIPS AND HOMES. THE MOST RECENT APPRECIATION I FOUND CAME DURING THIS MY FINAL YEAR OF TEACHING WHEN I REALIZED WHAT RETIREMENT MEANS. I'M IN AWE TO REMEMBER THAT HE CAME BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS AFTER RETIREMENT AS A VOLUNTEER MENTOR TO YOUNG TEACHERS TO ULTIMATELY BENEFIT A NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS WHOM HE ALSO CHOSE TO LOVE. THERE IS NO ONE MORE DESERVING OF BEING HONORED BY

019THE NAMING OF THIS NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATION, STAFF, FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THAT SCHOOL WOULD BE HONORED TO BE A PART OF IT BEING NAMED AFTER A MAN WITH SUCH AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY AS KEN ADUM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO, AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS AMY ADUM SIMMONS AND I'M THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF MR. KEN ADUM. BUT TODAY I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A FELLOW STUDENT. SHE IS ONE OF MY FRIENDS. HER NAME IS AMY. UNFORTUNATELY SHE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AS A SINGLE MOM AND ALSO A SPEECH THERAPIST LIKE MYSELF IN THE DISTRICT. BUT THIS IS WHAT SHE PLANNED TO PRESENT. SHE SAYS "I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A STUDENT AT ADAMS, JR. HIGH.

020UNDER THE PRINCIPALSHIP OF KEN ADUM. WHEN THINKING OF HOW I COULD PAINT A PICTURE OF MR. ADUM I CAME ACROSS AND THOUGHT OF MANY POSITIVE RESPONSES I FOUND ON FACEBOOK. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO GIVE YOU A CROSS REPRESENTATION OF MANY STUDENTS' LIVES WHOM HE TOUCHED. OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY POST BUT HERE IS A SAMPLING OF SOME OF THEM. SO THESE ARE THE COMMENTS FROM SOME OF HIS FORMER STUDENTS. I LOVED MR. ADUM. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GIFT TO HAVE A MAN LIKE HIM NOT ONLY AS YOUR PRINCIPAL BUT AS A MENTOR. HE WAS A GIFT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND SO MANY PEOPLE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS SCHOOL NAMED FOR HIM AND HIS LEGACY. HE WAS A TRUE SERVANT LEADER TO OUR SCHOOL. HE WAS VERY DEDICATED AND A COMPASSIONATE LEADER

021IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO HONOR HIS LEGACY. MR. ADUM WAS AN AMAZING WAY. HE HAD A WAY OF CALMING NERVES. HE WAS A SMART GUY AND SO KIND. SUCH A GREAT LISTENER. HE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. ANOTHER SAYS I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER MY FAVORITE PRINCIPAL. I CAN SAY THAT TOO SINCE HE WAS MY PRINCIPAL AT ONE POINT TOO. ANOTHER ONE SAYS, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER WALKING THE HALLS OF GAITHER HIGH AND NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY IT WAS, HE WAS ALWAYS SMILING AND ALWAYS SAID HELLO TO ME. ANOTHER ONE SAYS, HE HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE. HIS BELIEF IN WHO I WAS AND HIS ENCOURAGEMENT HELPED GIVE ME A FOUNDATION TO BUILD UPON. SO THOSE WERE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY KIND REMARKS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING

022AROUND ON FACEBOOK SINCE THE SURVEY THAT MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN SHARING AND ALL OUR FRIENDS. I'D LOVE TO KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT. BUT MR. ADUM, AMY GOES ON TO SAY, HE WAS A TRULY PEOPLE PERSON. HE ALWAYS MADE US FEEL LIKE WE WERE ONE BIG FAMILY. SHE SAYS I GOT MORE INVOLVED IN SCHOOL BECAUSE HE PROVIDED SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO DO GREAT THINGS. HE CARED ABOUT ALL STUDENTS WHETHER YOU WERE A STUDENT ATHLETE OR STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY. THERE WAS A SIDE OF PRIDE AND TEAMS SUPPORTED EACH OTHER. TEAMS FROM ONE GROUP WOULD SUPPORT OTHER GROUPS AND VICE VERSA. HE SET THE PRECEDENT FOR THAT. I CAN'T SUM IT UP BETTER THAN THIS LAST FACEBOOK POST. HE LIVED HIS LIFE POURING INTO STUDENTS AND HIS COMMUNITY. YOU'LL BE BLOWN AWAY

023THAT ALL HE CAME FOR HIS STUDENTS. A LIFE WELL LIVED UP TO THE VERY END. WHAT AN HONOR IT WOULD BE TO SEE THE NEW SCHOOL NAMED AFTER MR. ADUM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO. HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING WELL. MY NAME IS AMBERLYN ROADS WITH HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADVOCATES AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR TEACHER AND SUPPORT STAFF PAY INCREASES. STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS HIGHER THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED WITH MORE STUDENTS THAN EXPECTED, HOPEFULLY WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL 27.8 MILLION. ADDITIONALLY AS YOU'RE AWARE WE HAVE MORE THAN 1,000 JOB VACANCIES AND NOT ALL OF THOSE NEED TO BE FILLED BY, YOU KNOW, SCRUTINIZING EVERY POSITION BEFORE HIRING. THE DISTRICT COULD SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $30 MILLION. THAT COULD GO BACK INTO THE BUDGET. WHILE WE BELIEVE A BUDGET SURPLUS IS A GOOD

024THING, TEACHER AND SCHOOL STAFF IS -- MORALE IS VERY LOW. THEY HAVE BECOME PARENTAL FIGURES, DISCIPLINARIANS, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ALONG WITH THEIR DAILY JOB OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN. AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE OVER -- YOU MAY NOT KNOW, OVER 5,000 TEACHERS LEFT THE PROFESSION IN 2021. THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST NUMBERS THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN IN HISTORY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS IS BECAUSE OF PAY. THE PLAN THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS PUT BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, IT EXCLUDES VETERAN TEACHERS IN GETTING RAISES. IT RAISES THE FLOOR WHICH IS GREAT. IT'S A GREAT GOAL TO HAVE. BUT 80,000 TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WOULD BE LEFT OUT OF THAT PLAN IN GETTING PAY INCREASES. ADDITIONALLY, THE THOUSAND DOLLAR BONUSES HE IS PLANNING TO GIVE OUT LEAVES OUT SUPPORT STAFF AND IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THAT'S OVER 8,000

025INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL NOT SEE THOUSAND DOLLAR BONUSES. HOW ABOUT WE THINK ABOUT THE $30 MILLION EITHER FROM VACANCIES OR FROM THE ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENT AND MONEY WE'LL BE GETTING TO GIVE OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF A BOOST? A BOOST IN MORALE THEY SO DESPERATELY NEED. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING, AND HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JULIE HDPEBHART. I'M THANKFUL, MS. GRAY, YOU BROUGHT UP THAT JANUARY IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MUST AND POINTED OUT THAT FLORIDA IS THIRD IN THE NATION FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THIS IS A REALLY GRIEVOUS THING. WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN ABOUT THIS. YOU MENTIONED THE MOST COMMON AGE FOR THOSE PULLED INTO THE HORRIFIC INDUSTRY IS 11 TO 13 YEARS OLD. 11 TO 13 YEARS OLD. I HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD AND THAT

026IS REALLY TRAGIC. I ALSO HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT IS HORRIFIC AGAIN. A 10-YEAR-OLD OR 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL CAN GO FLUE THE MUNRY MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY AND FIND "THE PERKS OF BEING A WILDFLOWER". IN THIS BOOK SHE CAN READ ABOUT A TEEN COUPLE DOING IT DOGGY STYLE USING A PLASTIC BAG INSTEAD OF A CONDOM AND MULTIPLE REFERENCES TO GIRLS BEING FORCED OR INTIMIDATED INTO HAVING SEX OR AN ABORTION THAT CHARLIE DRIVES HIS SISTER TO TO GET AND KEEPS SECRET FROM THEIR PARENTS. IT'S HARD TO STOP THERE BECAUSE THE BOOK IS LOADED WITH DRUG USE, SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS OF ALL KINDS INCLUDING A GIRL MASTURBATING WITH A HOT DOG, PEDPHELIA, ATTEMPTED SEX WITH A DOG AND MORE. REALLY? LIKE, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 58 COPIES IN OUR LIBRARY AND IT'S IN MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARIES. 10,

02711, 12-YEAR-OLD KIDS. ACCORDING TO ONE AMAZON REVIEW THIS NORMALIZES TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS AND ABUSIVE LIFESTYLES. IF WE WANT TO HELP STOP SEX TRAFFICKING WE NEED TO STOP NORMALIZING THESE TYPES OF THINGS WITH BOOKS ALL OVER OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES WITH THE STUFF IN IT. WE ARE CREATING A DISASTROUS SCENARIO FOR THESE KIDS. WHAT DOES THIS MATERIAL TEACH 10-YEAR-OLD AND 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAIDS ABOUT THEMSELVES? KIDS? WHAT DOES IT TEACH THEM ABOUT THEMSELVES? WHAT ABOUT THE INNOCENCE OF THESE KIDS. IF YOU THINK READING A GRAPHIC EXPLICIT BOOK DETAILING ALL THESE THINGS IS A RESOURCE TO HELP CHILDREN WHO MAY BE DEALING WITH ABUSE, THESE BOOKS OFFER NO HELP. IN FACT, THEY DEEPEN THE PROBLEM MAKING ABUSE SEEM NORMAL, SO NORMAL THAT KIDS REMAIN SILENT FOR YEARS AS WE HAVE RECENTLY SEEN WITH SOME OF THE BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

028THEY'RE LEFT TO COPE WITH PAIN AND SHAME ON THEIR OWN WITH BOOKS MAKING ALL THIS "NORMAL", WHAT MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING? HOW ARE WE HELPING TO PROTECT OUR KIDS FROM THIS? THESE ISSUES ARE NOT ADDRESSED PROPERLY IN THESE BOOKS. THE ABUSES ARE GLORIFIED AND CONFEW SKATED. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION FOLLOWS THE NORMALIZING OF THESE BEHAVIORS. THERE IS DEFINITELY A LINK AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS. HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A $150 BILLION A YEAR INDUSTRY GLOBALLY AND I BELIEVE BY DOING NOTHING AND LEAVING THESE BOOKS ON OUR SHELVES WE ARE AIDING IN INDUSTRIALIZING THE SEX INDUSTRY. WE STIR UP THESE KIDS' CURIOSITY AND GROOMING IS HAPPENING TOO. THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND PRINCIPLE IS AT WORK HERE AND WE NEED TO STOP BOTH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GAY JONES. I'M

029A PARENT, GRANDPARENT OF A CHILD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL. CONTINUING THE THEME OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS INCLUSION OF IMPORTANTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. EXPOSING CHILDREN TO SEXUAL CONTENT EARLY NORMALIZES SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, SUCH AS PEDPHELIA AND COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. BEHAVIORS INTRODUCED IN EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL SHOULD NOT NORMALIZE SEXUAL ACTIVITY TO MINORS. JUST AS PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH VIOLENCE ON TELEVISION DESENSITIZING THE VIOLENCE, IT'S THE SAME WITH SEXUAL CONTENT. EXPOSING THEM EARLY ALSO CREATES THE SUPPLIES TRAFFICKING ALIVE AND WELL. BY SUPPLIES I MEAN CHILDREN, LIKE SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND IT'S CALLED GROOMING. WHEN CHILDREN ARE DESENSITIZED THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO CLEARLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN APPROPRIATE AND INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIORS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED ALREADY. THAT PAIRED WITH THE FACT THAT CHILDREN ARE MOST OFTEN

030TRAFFICKED BY SOMEONE THEY KNOW IS TERRIFYING. I ASK YOU TO TRULY CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF EARLY EXPOSURE TO SEXUALITY, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, PEDPHELIA, RAPE AND SO ON. TEACHING THE CHILDREN RIGHT FROM WRONG IS THE PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITY AS IS TALKING ABOUT TOPICS SUCH AS THESE. AS PARENTS WE WANT TO TRUST OUR SCHOOL SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS BUT WHEN WE'RE BATTLING THE DAMAGE OF OVERT SEXUALIZATION IT'S HARD TO RALLY BEHIND REPRESENTATIVES. WE WANT -- OUR SCHOOL BOARDS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND PARENTS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR DECADES BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY FOR HEALTHY EDUCATED CHILDREN. THE IDEA THAT PARENTS ARE THE ENEMY AND OFFICIALS DON'T LISTEN TO CONSTITUENTS IS EXTREMELY SAD AS THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY I ASK YOU TO WORK WITH THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN YOU'RE EDUCATING. HELP US PROTECT THE CHILDREN FROM PORNOGRAPHY,

031HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OTHER POTENTIAL HARMS. WE'RE FORMALLY CHALLENGING OVER 100 BOOKS IN THE HCPS LIBRARIES BY THE END OF JANUARY. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. AS TAX PAYING CITIZENS DO NOT MAKE US A PARTY TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF IMPORTANTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. IN CLOSING I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH A STATISTIC. NOT ONLY IS FLORIDA NUMBER THREE IN THE COUNTRY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. CENTRAL FLORIDA MAKES UP 23% OF THE TOTAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FLORIDA. THE HIGHEST REGION IN THE STATE. REMOVAL OF DAMAGING MATERIALS FROM THE LIBRARIES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHAT IF YOU COULD SAVE EVEN ONE CHILD IF HE OR SHE WERE NOT EXPOSED? DO YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY? IF YOU DO, PLEASE DO IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THAT'S -- FINISHED WITH THE SPEAKERS. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS.

032A01, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS. MEMBER GRAY WILL BE PRESENTING THE PROCLAMATION. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION, AND IT'S IMPORTANT, SO WE'RE GOING TO HIT RIGHT ON THIS WITH THE HEALTHY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE PROCLAMATION. WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEALTHY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE. THIS DEDICATED COMMITTEE PROMOTES MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT OFFICES. THE COMMITTEE HAS ALIGNED RESOURCES WITH PRINCIPALS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL CHILDREN. WE HAVE ALSO RECENTLY ADOPTED A WELLNESS POLICY THAT INCLUDES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HEALTHY SCHOOLS TEAM AT EVERY SCHOOL SITE. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. I'M VERY PROUD THAT 84 OF OUR SCHOOLS EARNED A GOLD HEALTHY SCHOOLS DESIGNATION. 93 SCHOOLS EARNED

033A SILVER HEALTHY SCHOOLS DESIGNATION AND 26 OF OUR SCHOOLS EARNED A BRONZE HEALTHY SCHOOLS DESIGNATION. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE SCHOOLS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIGHLIGHTING THEM DURING OUR NEXT RECOGNITION MEETING ON APRIL 12. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER -- Lynn Gray: CAN I THANK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? OUR HEARTFELT THANKS GO TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHICH ARE MANY. KEN HART, KIM BAYS, OUR SUPERI SUPERINTENDENT, ANN TOWNSON, PENA, ASHLEY CAPUCCI, LIONS, COLETTE BOGGS, DEBORAH BLOSSOM, EBONY GOLF, ELIZABETH TANA, ERIC STONES, FELITA LEWIS, HOLLY SAIA, CHIEF JOHN NEWMAN. JULIA SARAMEANTO, LILIAN PEREZ -- OH, LYNN GRAY. MARIA, MY SECRETARY. MARIA ROSS. MICHAEL MCGOLLY. NICOLE BINDER, SARAH KAY BONTY, QUINN, SHAY MCCRAY, TANYA ARJA, TAHIKA LEVITT, TRACYE BROWN AND VAN AYRES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEVOTED TIME THAT YOU GIVE TO OUR STUDENTS WHICH ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREED

034YBT TO OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. -- INGREDIENT TO OUR SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AO-2. ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, FEBRUARY 2022 WITH THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL BE PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR FOR ME TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS CITIZENS OF A GREAT NATION TO RECOGNIZE AND REFLECT ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS AND CELEBRATE THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEGACIES OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. BLACK HISTORY MONTH RECOGNIZED THE MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS

035WHO HAVE PLAYED KEY ROLES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION. FREQUENTLY OVERCOMING GREAT ADVERSITY TO DO SO. THE STUDY OF PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICANS PROVIDES STUDENT WITH VALUABLE ROLE MODELS AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING THAT AMERICANS STRENGTH LIES IN THE DIVERSITY OF ITS PEOPLE. EACH FEBRUARY, OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN IMPORTANT AND INNOVATIVE WAYS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WASHINGTON. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEBRUARY 2022. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. ANY DISCUSSION? Henry "Shake" Washington: I'D LIKE TO. YEAH. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON FOR THAT. SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, I

036WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. IN 1926 CARTER G. WOODSON STARTED BLACK HISTORY WEEK TO RECTIFY THE FACT THAT BLACK PEOPLE WERE OVERLOOKED, IGNORED AND EVEN SUPPRESSED BY THE WRITERS OF HISTORY TEXTBOOKS AND THE TEACHERS WHO USE THEM. WOODSON CHOSE THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY BECAUSE IT COINCIDED WITH THE BIRTH DATES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS. BLACK EDUCATORS AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY BEGAN USING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE BLACK TRIUMPHS AND TRIBULATIONS. U.S. PRESIDENTS STARTED TO FORMALLY DESIGNATE FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN 1976. AT THE HEART, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS ABOUT CELEBRATING THE MANY BLACK FIRSTS THAT WE ARE STILL -- THAT ARE STILL OCCURRING DESPITE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BLACK ANCESTORS BUILT MUCH OF THE PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FOUNDATION THAT

037THE UNITED STATES STANDS UPON. HOWEVER, A NEW BILL IN TALLAHASSEE ENTITLED INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM IS BEING PROPOSED IN OUR FLORIDA LEDGISLATION AND IT WOUL BAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES FROM MAKING PEOPLE FEEL DISCOMFORT WHEN BEING TAUGHT ABOUT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND U.S. HISTORY. LET'S BE HONEST. THERE IS NO WAY OF TEACHING BLACK HISTORY IN OUR COUNTRY WITHOUT SOME PEOPLE FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE. JUST LIKE THERE IS NO WAY OF TEACHING ABOUT THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST WITHOUT PEOPLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE. YOU CAN'T TEACH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE LIKE HARRIET TUBMAN, FREDLIC DOUGLAS HIMSELF, ROSA PARKS, MLK, MAYA ANGELOU, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER WITHOUT TEACHING ABOUT THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY, JIM CROW AND HISTORICALLY RACIST POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED INTO OUR NATION'S HISTORY. AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE DON'T GROW AND LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES WITHOUT STUDYING THEM TO BEGIN

038WITH. WE DON'T GET BETTER WITHOUT SOME DISCOMFORT. WOODSON BELIEVED THAT CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY WAS A POLITICAL ACT TO DESTROY THE DIVIDING PREJUDICE OF NATIONALITY AND TEACH UNIVERSAL LOVE WITHOUT THE DISTINCTION OF RACE, MERIT AND RANK. AND THAT A FAILURE TO ACCEPT BLACK PEOPLE AS FELLOW ARCHITECTS OF THE UNITED STATES IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE NATION WE ALL CALL HOME. SO AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT PEOPLE TEMPTING TO DEMONIZE THINGS LIKE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, BIAS TRAINING BECAUSE THESE ARE AN ATTEMPT TO WHITEWASH OUR HISTORY, AND IF WE DO THAT, WE MAKE THE MISTAKE OF POSSIBLY REPEATING THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK HISTORY, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PROPERLY TEACH

039IT IN OUR SCHOOLS SO WE DON'T REPEAT SOME OF THE MISTAKES. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN, FOR THOSE COMMENTS, AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO WE HAVE SO MANY BLACK LEADERS THAT GO BEFORE US FORGING PATHS ESPECIALLY HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ONE OF THOSE LEADERS WAS ELIJAH BING. HE WAS A NATIVE OF PLANT CITY. HE BUILT A 48-YEAR CAREER AS A CIVIL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION PIONEER HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH. IN 1971, HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. BEING HELPED DRAFT A LANDMARK DESEGREGATION PLAN BEFORE JOINING THE SCHOOL BOARD AND BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IN THE COUNTY. HE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT. ONE WHO RAISED STANDARDS FOR STUDENTS AND

040TEACHERS, CHALLENGING BOTH TOWARDS EXCELLENCE. HE SERVED FOUR YEARS IN WORLD WAR II AND THEN WENT TO FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE IN BIOLOGY. HE CONTINUED ON TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK WHERE HE RECEIVED THE MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION. HE RETURNED TO FLORIDA BECAUSE HE WANTED TO CHANGE THINGS AND HIS HOMETOWN PLANT CITY WHERE HIS PARENTS RESIDED. HE ACCEPTED A PRINCIPAL'S POSITION AT GLOVER, AN ALL BLACK SCHOOL. HE MADE A GIANT STEP FORWARD TOWARDS HIS WORK IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS DESEGREGATION PLAN WHICH WAS APPROVED AND IMPLEMENTED. LATER IN 1983 HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE THEN GOVERNOR BOB GRAHAM AS THE FIRST BLACK HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONER. HE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NAACP, BUT HE HUNG UP HIS SWORD AND SHIELD IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO MAKE A WAY FOR A YOUNGER

041GENERATION. HIS LATER YEARS, HE SERVED AS A CONSULTANT TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS. AND MEMBER SNIVELY AND I HAD THE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE MLK BREAKFAST IN PLANT CITY A COUPLE SUNDAYS AGO AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT OUR BLACK LEADERS, SO -- YOU KNOW, HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO JUST HONORABLY HAVE TO SAY. BUT LIKE THE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE YVETTE CLARK OF NEW YORK SAYS, WE MUST FOREVER FORGET THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR NATION'S GREATNESS, AND YES, AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE AMERICANS TO DEBUNK WHAT WAS SAID A COUPLE DAYS AGO IN THE PRESS, BUT THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY? GREY THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. THANK YOU ALSO, MEMBER

042PEREZ, FOR BEING VERY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS NOT JUST ONE MONTH. IT'S THE ENTIRE YEAR THAT WE NOW THINK OF IT, AND I WANT TO THANK AN EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY GROUP WHO PARTICIPATE IN HONORING OUR BLACK HISTORY AND OUR LEADERS AND OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN, AND I'M STARING AT MONICA VERRA-TERADO AS THE DIVERSITY CHIEF WHO WAS VERY INVOLVED AS IS ADDISON DAVIS WITH OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN TASK FORCE, AND THE REAL PLAYERS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FRED HERNS LEADS THE HISTORY IN REALTIME. HE IS ICONIC, AND HE HAS SINGLE HANDEDLY HELPED THREAD THE NEEDLE IN WEAVING, THANK YOU, TERRY CONNOR, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IMPORTANT CULTURAL AND LEADERS IN OUR CURRICULUM. WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, MEMBER PEREZ AND MEMBER VAUGHN AND THE REST

043OF YOU, EDUCATION IS THE BIGGEST EQUALIZER, AND THE MORE WE CAN GET OUR BLACK STUDENTS AND HISPANIC STUDENTS AND ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY EDUCATED, THE BETTER OFF WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN SO MANY WAYS, AND WE'LL KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK SHAKE WASHINGTON FOR HIS BUSY WORK IN HIS COMMUNITY, LARGELY A MINORITY COMMUNITY, BUT SHAKE, EVEN BEFORE YOU GOT ELECTED, I KNOW YOU WERE AT THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I USED TO SEE YOU AT THE SCHOOLS. AND HE HAS LED THE CHARGE IN SUCH A GREAT WAY FOR HIS DISTRICT, BUT ALSO IN THE LEADERSHIP IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN TASK FORCE. I DID WANT TO GO AHEAD AND THANK URS LUWHICH I CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR LAST NAME, URS LU, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS HER. SHE DOES THE MURALS IN THE

044BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SCHOOL AND SO MANY SCHOOLS, BUT SHE ALSO PARTICIPATES IN VARIOUS WALKS AND TALKS AS DOES FRED HERNS. I DON'T KNOW WHO IS BETTER WITH THE WALK AND TALK IF IT'S URSULA AND FRED. NONETHELESS, AND THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR PARTICIPATING NOT ONLY IN THE BREAKFAST WHICH I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO BUT I ALSO KNOW MYSELF AND MEMBER SNIVELY AND NADIA COMBS AND MEMBER PEREZ, WE WERE ON THE PARADE, AND -- OR IN THE PARADE AND THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT AS WELL. SO THIS BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR WONDERFUL CABINET, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND WE WILL DO IT. BUT WE DEFINITELY CARE ABOUT THE EQUITY IN EDUCATION, AND SO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs:

045THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING. HARRIET TUBMAN WHO WAS A BLACK FEMALE, SHE WAS A CONDUCTOR FOR THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, AND SHE WORKED THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS LEADING THE SLAVES, ENSLAVED PEOPLE FREEDOM DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AND I LIVE BY THIS EVERY DAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LIVE BY. SHE SAID IF YOU HEAR THE DOGS, KEEP GOING. IF YOU SEE THE TORCHES IN THE WOODS, KEEP GOING. IF THEY'RE SHOUTING AFTER YOU, KEEP GOING. DON'T EVER STOP, KEEP GOING. IF YOU WANT THE TASTE OF FREEDOM, KEEP GOING. SO WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING TO HAVE THE TASTE OF FREEDOM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE

046WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED. I NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. CHAIR COMBS, THANK YOU SO MUCH VERY. TONIGHT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AND RECOGNIZE A NEW LEADER IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL NETWORK. WITH THIS SAID, WE HAD A LEADER THAT TRANSITIONED OUT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GET CLOSER TO HOME AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A LEADER THAT WAS DEDICATED TO CONTENT THAT REALLY UNDERSTOOD HOW TO GO INTO A SCHOOL REGARDLESS OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SCHOOL TO BE

047ABLE TO TURN AROUND NOT ONLY THE CULTURE BUT BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION OF EXCELLENCE WITH CURRICULUM. THIS LEADER HAS, YOU KNOW, STARTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 2008 AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A TEACHER AND THEN TRANSITIONED TO BECOME AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IN THE TRANSFORMATION NETWORK AND ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL THEME AS WELL. WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OAK PARK OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. AS YOU KNOW WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH PRINCIPAL MOODY, TRANSITIONED OAK PARK FROM BEING A SYSTEMIC 17 OUT OF 21 YEARS UNDERPERFORMING AND MOVED IT FROM AN F TO A C. THIS YEAR BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION TO JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WORKING WITH NICOLE BENNETT TO BE ABLE TO LIFT AND CREATE SOME OF THE SAME MINDSET MOVING THE SCHOOL IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

048WITH THAT SAID, WITH MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REALLY NEEDING A LEADER TO BE ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA RELATED TO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND HITTING ALL THE CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND, I REALLY GIVE GREAT THANKS TO SHAY MCCRAY, ALSO RACHEL O'DAY AND STAR CONNOR FOR REALLY WORKING TO BUILD A BENCH OF FUTURE LEADERS AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT AND RECOGNIZE THE NEW PRINCIPAL WHICH IS MS. CARLA NOLAN. CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP? CARLA HAS ROLLED OUT THE NEW CURRICULUM WITH, YOU KNOW, K-5. SHE HAS DONE A REALLY NICE JOB WITH MAKING CERTAIN THAT COACHING ACADEMIES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH PROVIDING ONGOING SYSTEMIC FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE OUR WORK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORTING YOU AND KNOW THAT IT'S AN EXCITING FEELING UNTIL YOU START WALKING TO THE

049CAR AND REALIZE IT'S YOUR BUILDING NOW, SO ENJOY THIS MOMENT. JUST KIDDING. AS YOU HEARD MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS SPEAK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB IN A VERY TRYING TIME THE LAST 22 MONTHS, AND HATS OFF FOR YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU AND YOUR WORK. OKAY? WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE REAL FAST? CONGRATULATIONS. Nadia Combs: OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. FIRST WE WILL BE ON 6C09, COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FISCAL REPORT TO THE FISCAL YEAR END JUNE 30, 2022. TODD WEBSTER FROM KPMG WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. MADAM CARE, POINT OF INFORMATION -- CHAIR, POINT OF INFORMATION WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR MR. WEBSTER TO COME. THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WAITING OUT THERE TO HEAR IF THE BOARD APPROVED ALL THE FIELD TRIPS THAT WERE ON THE

050AGENDA ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. JUST WANTED TO LET PARENTS KNOW WHEN WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL THOSE FIELD TRIPS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT LATER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER SNIVELY, FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND SOMEONE WILL GO OUT AND DO THAT. I THINK THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. WEBSTER? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TODD WEBSTER. I'M AN AUDIT PARTNER WITH KPMG PROBABLY FOR THE DISTRICT 20 YEARS NOW. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU THE AUDIT RESULTS FOR THE 2021 AUDIT THIS YEAR. AN AUDIT IS A PRETTY BIG UNDERTAKING AS YOU MAY KNOW. WE HAVE LOTS OF RESPONSIBILITIES. MANAGEMENT HAS

051LOTS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AS A PART OF THE AUDIT. FIRST AND FORMIST WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED ISSUING AN OPINION ON THE CAFR IF YOU WILL. WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED TO ISSUE OPINION ON THAT, BUT MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THAT. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ISSUE AN OPINION ON THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING AUDITING STANDARDS AND GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. THERE IS A LOT OF UNDERTAKING THAT GOES ALONG SO WE LOOK AT VARIOUS CONTROLS THAT ARE IN PLACE OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE -- WHETHER IT'S THE -- THE INCOME STATEMENT, THE BALANCE SHEET. WE LOOK AT VARIOUS CONTROLS IN PLACE OVER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL AS PERFORMING SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURES TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE NUMBERS. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL SPECIALISTS INVOLVED AS PART OF THE AUDIT ACTUARIES RELATED TO PENSION OR RELATED TO

052THE SELF-INSURANCE RESERVES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE DO OR WE HAVE ISSUED AN OPINION ON DECEMBER 16 WITH RESPECT TO -- IT'S AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION WITH RESPECT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IT'S A CLEAN OPINION. IT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GUARANTEED AT THE OUTSET BUT CERTAINLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. WE ISSUE SEVERAL OTHER BY-PRODUCTS RELATED TO THE AUDIT. ONE BEING A REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. IT'S NOT AN AUDIT OF INTERNAL CONTROLS LIKE YOU WOULD FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE RELY ON CONTROLS IF WE HAVE ISSUES, WE'D CERTAINLY BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BUT THIS OPINION INDICATES THAT WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY CONTROL DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND MATERIAL WEAKNESSES SO AGAIN THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE

053STRIVING FOR. THAT WILL BE PART OF THE SINGLE AUDIT WE'RE WORKING ON AND ISSUING SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY. WE ALSO DO AN EXAMINATION REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL OVER YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTES RELATED TO YOUR INVESTMENT POLICIES, AND THAT AGAIN IS A CLEAN OPINION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, NO FINDINGS TO SPEAK OF THERE. WE WILL ISSUE A MANAGEMENT LETTER THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL. WE'LL ISSUE THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SINGLE AUDIT WHEN THAT'S ISSUED OR COMPLETED. SPEAKING OF THE SINGLE AUDIT, THAT'S A COMPLIANCE AUDIT OF YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL GRANTS AND I THINK THIS YEAR WE'RE AUDITING EIGHT GRANTS SO LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE CONTROLS OVER THAT AS WELL AS THE COMPLIANCE. AS OF NOW WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY ISSUES. TO THE EXTENT WE DO WE'D SHARE THAT WITH MANAGEMENT

054AND THEY'D BRING THAT BACK TO YOU, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS CONCERNS. LASTLY, WE'LL ISSUE -- OR ISH CUDE THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. IT'S DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT OR THAT I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN GREATER DETAIL. SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY SURPRISES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD PREPARED TODAY. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. WEBSTER. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 6C.09. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? OR ANY QUESTIONS? MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT ANY OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH US. I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND SO IF

055THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO EXPRESS WITH REGARD TO THE CAFR, THEN I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. EITHER YOU OR MS. JOHNSON. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR. I'D SAY WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR RELATIONSHIP. I KNOW WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WITH CHAIR COMBS TO GO OVER THIS REVIEW AND THIS AUDIT. ONCE AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS IN A GOOD SPOT RELATED TO ALL THE PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS WE PUT IN PLACE RELATED TO OUR FINANCES AND OUR IMPLEMENTATIONS WITH OUR SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. I DON'T KNOW IF DR. -- I MEAN, DR. JOHNSON. IF -- MS. JOHNSON WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS OR HER TEAM. FROM OUR SIDE WE APPRECIATE THE ANALYSIS. WE KNOW IT HAS TO BE THOROUGH AND Y'ALL

056HAVE DONE A NICE JOB TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TO GET BETTER AND IT'S A SOLID GOOD REPORT AND REFLECTION OF THE HARD WORK THAT CONTINUES TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY OUR FINANCIAL TEAM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY FOR LETTING THE GOOD NEWS. MR. WEBSTER, ALSO, FOR THE THOROUGH REPORT. I DID WANT TO SAY THAT A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO MS. JOHNSON AND HER STAFF. STAFF OF JUST -- WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE WITH THE SEVENTH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A SYNOPSIS IN ONE OR TWO SENTENCES THAT YOU WROTE. THIS IS ON PAGE TWO. THERE ARE NO DEFICIENCIES, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN THE DESIGN OR OPERATION OF INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL

057REPORTING OF WHICH WE ARE AWARE, WHICH COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO INITIATE, AUTHORIZE, RECORD, PROCESS, OR REPORT FINANCIAL DATA. AND THE REASON I SPELL THIS OUT IS BECAUSE THAT'S AN AMAZING -- IT'S NOT A SUMMARY BUT IT IS -- AND I'M SURE MR. WEBSTER, YOU'LL AGREE, THE WORK THAT THEY DO UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT IS AMAZING. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR THE BOARD, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS GOOD REPORT AND THE CAFR AS WELL WHICH WE'LL NEED FOR FUTURE NEEDS. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHY, BUT THEY'RE COMING UP. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER BUT I THOUGHT I'D ASK IT. IN OTHER

058COUNTIES THEY HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT -- THE FEDERAL OR THE STATE MANDATED AUDITS BUT IN OTHER COUNTIES THEY HAVE AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS SAID, A BOARD HIRED AUDITOR THAT WOULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE. DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN THE AUDITING AS A BOARD IF WE WERE TO HIRE OUR OWN AUDITOR THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'D DO OR IN COUNTIES WITH SOMETHING SIMILAR, DO YOU FIND DIFFERENT FINDINGS FROM WHAT YOU HAVE AND THEIR INTERNAL AUDITOR? I'M TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ABOUT OUR BOARD HIRING OUR OWN AUDITOR. YEAH. I'VE NOT AWARE OR BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER CLIENT THAT OUR FIRM HAS WHERE THERE WOULD BE TWO AUDITORS DOING THE SAME AUDIT. SO I HAVE

059NO EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN, AND THANK YOU, MR. WEBSTER FOR YOUR TIME. OH, WE HAVE ONE MORE. MEMBER SNIVELY HAS A QUESTION? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION THAT MS. VAUGHN POSED THAT THE AUDITOR THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OR YOU BROUGHT UP AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS DOES SPECIFIC DIFFERENT DUTIES THAN WHAT KPMG AND MR. WEBSTER DOES. IT'S MORE OF A DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL AUDITING, THE PROCESSES, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU DO WITH OUR CAFR. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COMPLETELY AGREE TO BE -- IT WOULD BE SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK ALL OF THE DEBT SERVICES AND

060LOOKING AT OUR FUND BALANCE AND RESERVES FROM THIS PARTICULAR AUDIT, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A SCOPE OF SEQUENCE FOR AN INTERNAL AUDITOR AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL OUR PROCUREMENTS AND CONTRACTS AND OUR CPIs IF THEY CHANGED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE LEVERAGING, YOU KNOW, OUR STRENGTH AND EVERY DOLLAR AND EVERY CENT INTERNALLY. WE JUST HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND I CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY TO DETERMINE THE APPETITE. WE HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THAT I'VE SENT A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE TO FOLLOW-UP AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE -- CAN I RESPOND ONE MORE TIME BASED ON --. Addison Davis: YES, SIR. I GUESS RESTATING -- TO HAVE OPERATIONAL AUDIT BY ANOTHER AUDITOR, INTERNAL AUDIT,

061CERTAINLY WE DO SEE THAT. I WAS THINKING MORE OF DUPLICATING THE EFFORTS THAT WE DO. BUT CLEARLY OPERATIONAL TYPE AUDITS ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE DO SEE THAT EITHER EXTERNALLY OR INTERNALLY BY THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT TO THE EXTENT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AND TIME TO DO IT. Jessica Vaughn: CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? HAVE THEY EVER BEEN IN CONTRAST OF WHAT YOU FOUND? GENERALLY NO THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS THAN WE LOOK AT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT UP IS 6.01, BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2021. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING IN DECEMBER 31, 2021. THIS TIME I'LL TRANSITION TO MS.

062JOHNSON WHO WILL GO OVER THESE AMENDMENTS IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY. MS. JOHNSON? ROMANEIR JOHNSON: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT AND CONSTITUENTS. INSTEAD OF GOING OVER THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WE'LL DO A HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE IT'S THE NEW YEAR. SO THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHO SHOW -- I'M TRYING TO LOOK FROM THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND REALLY GO OVER THE IMPACT OF THE OPERATIORAGERATIONAL SEFSET AND THE FUND BALANCE SO WE CAN DO EDUCATION HERE TOO. LOOKING AT THE FIVE-YEAR HISTORICAL FUND BALANCE THAT'S TAKEN FROM THE CAFR, WE ADDED ZEROS SO WE CAN BE -- THIS COULD BE IMPACTFUL SO WE WANTED TO PUT IT IN THE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS. IF YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DISTRICT FROM 2016,' 17 THROUGHOUT PRESENT HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE DEFICIT. WHAT

063THAT MEANS AS WE ARE SPENDING MORE THAN WE BRING IN, SO OUR EXPENDITURES EXCEEDS OUR REVENUE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2016 AND 2017 WE WERE IN $49.8 MILLION OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. 17 AND 18, 25.3. 18 AND 19, 54 MILLION. 19, 20, 87.6. AND PRE. CLOSE -- AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR 2021. WE ARE SHOWING OPERATIONAL DEFICIT 92.1 MILLION IN THAT FISCAL YEAR. OPERATIONAL DEFICIT AND WE WERE PROJECTING AT THAT TIME BEFORE I CAME IN JANUARY, YOU GUYS WAS PROJECTING A 23 MILLION FUND BALANCE DEFICIT. THAT WAS THE OVER -- KUDOS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF HERE. THEY TURNED THAT AROUND FROM THE PROJECTION BEING A NEGATIVE 23, 70 MILLION TURN AROUND IN THAT FISCAL YEAR TO GIVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE OF 47.4, PRE-CLOSE. PRE-CLOSE, THAT'S WHEN THE ACTUAL REVENUE

064AND EXPENDITURES WHEN WE CLOSE THE FISCAL BOOKS. WHEN THE AUDITORS CAME, BUT BEFORE THE AUDIT CAME, WHEN YOU CLOSE THE BOOKS, THOSE ARE ACTUAL REVENUES WE RECEIVED AND EXPENDITURES AT THAT TIME. THAT'S STILL -- OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT WAS 92.1. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE PRE-CLOSE. EVERYONE SEEING THAT? OKAY. POST-CLOSE. WE MOVED ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO DIFFERENT FEDERAL RESOURCES SO WE MOVE OVER 100 MILLION EXPENDITURES FROM OUR GENERAL FUND TO OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCES. SO THAT'S ACTUAL MOVEMENT. IT IMPACTS THE FUND BALANCE. IT DOES NOT IMPACT OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. IN SLIDES WE'LL SHOW THAT. SO THAT BRINGS US POST-CLOSE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE OF $147.5 MILLION. OKAY? BUT WE'RE STILL IN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. SO I WANTED TO SHOW THAT AGAIN. I WANTED TO GO OVER PRECLOSE WHERE WE ACTUALLY ENDED. WE ACTUALLY CLOSED THE BOOKS. WE HAD A

065FUND BALANCE OF 47.4 MILLION. THEN WE DID THE STRATEGY REMEMBER FISCAL OVERSIGHT. STILL OVERSIGHT FROM THIS STATE BECAUSE WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN. THE STATE IS CURRENTLY MONITORING US MONTHLY TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET OUR TARGET FOR EACH FUND BALANCE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. BEFORE WE CLOSE, THE FISCAL STRATEGY MOVE $38.9 MILLION OF OUR GENERAL FUND. BEFORE WE CLOSE, WE GET ESER 2 CAME IN. REMEMBER WE WAS ALL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR ESER 2 TO COME IN. SO ESSER 2 CAME IN. WE MOVED ADDITIONAL $61 MILLION OFF OUR GENERAL FUND. THESE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES THAT COULD BE MOVED TO THIS RESOURCE. SO THIS IS A ONE-TIME NONREOCCURRING EXPENDITURES WE MOVE TO ANOTHER FEDERAL RESOURCE SO THAT GAVE US A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE, NOT AN OPERATIONAL, BUT FUND BALANCE OF $147.5 MILLION. AS

066WE ADOPT THE BUDGET, I JUST WANT -- PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS. OUR REVENUE IS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHEN WE HAD THE SAME REVENUES WHEN WE CLOSED THE BOOKS. WE CLOSED THE BOOKS AT $1.5 MILLION AND 43 MILLION IN REVENUE. OUR ADOPTED BUDGET, THIS IS PROJECTION. WAS PROJECTING WE WILL SEE 1,556 MILLION IN REVENUE. NOW AS YOU LOOK AT THE POST-CLOSE, WE WENT DOWN BY MOVING THOSE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO $1.513 MILLION. 1 BILLION 513 MILLION. IF YOU LOOK AT PRE-CLOSE OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WAS 1,613, 000. THOSE EXPENDITURES SHOULD NEVER GO ANYWHERE. WE STILL HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE IN STAFF JUST TEMPORARY MOVE THE EXPENDITURES TO ANOTHER RESOURCES. WE'RE BACK AT 1,618,000. WE'RE IN A $16 MILLION OPERATIONAL DEFICIT AT THIS TIME WHEN WE BUILD THE BUDGET. EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT? I'M SHOWING THIS BECAUSE I WANTED

067TO SHOW YOU A VARIANCE FROM PRE-CLOSE AND ADOPT THE BUDGE LIT. WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE SAME PROJECTION AND REVENUE. OUR LOCAL PROPERTY TAX MILL WENT UP AND EXPENDITURES WENT UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE UTILITY COSTS WENT UP AND FEDERAL RATES AND TAXES AND THOSE BENEFITS COST WENT UP BUT WE ALSO -- WHEN WE OPEN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD MOVED $10 MILLION OF SPARK MONEY THAT'S USUALLY PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO ESSER SO THAT DECREASED OUR EXPENDITURE SO THIS SHOULD BE $14 MILLION OVER HERE INSTEAD OF $4 MILLION. EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING THAT? SO NOW WE'RE PROJECTING THIS FISCAL YEAR WHEN WE OPEN 86 MILLION FUND BALANCE AT FISCAL YEAR END JUNE 30. OKAY? THE NEXT SLIDE IS TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE NOW. FROM THE OPERATING, WHEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET, WE WAS

068AT $86.1 MILLION FUND BALANCE. NOW WE HAD A REDUCTION -- IN SEPTEMBER WE GOT A NOTICE FROM THE STATE SAYING WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT USED THEIR PRIVATE GRANT FUNDING AND WENT TO MCKAY AND FAMILY AND POWER SCHOLARSHIP, SO THOSE PEOPLE REDUCE OUR OVERALL REVENUE FROM THE STATE 28.2 MILLION. THAT IMPACTS OUR REVENUE. THAT AFFECTS OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT AND FUND BALANCE. ANY TIME REVENUE DECREASES, A DEFICIT GOES UP AND OUR FUND BALANCE DECREASES. IF EXPENDITURES INCREASE, OUR FUND BALANCE DECREASE, AND OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT GOES DOWN. SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THE IMPACT OF REVENUE AGAINST OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT AND OUR FUND BALANCE. SO WE GOT A DECREASE IN REVENUE, THEREFORE, OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT HAS INCREASED TO $89.6 MILLION AND OUR FUND BALANCE DECREASED TO $56.8 MILLION. THAT'S OUR PROJECTION TODAY IF WE DID NOTHING.

069BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLANS. WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS THIS FISCAL YEAR BUT THIS IS WHERE WE STAND AS DECEMBER 31 WHEN WE CLOSE OUR FISCAL BILLS. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS PORTRAYING THE ORANGE SHOWING FISCAL YEAR -- LAST YEAR 2021 VERSUS OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE SAME CURVE WE ALWAYS SEE IN OUR CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS THAT AROUND DECEMBER, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE GET OUR ONE-TIME LOCAL MILLAGE AND REVENUE START COMING IN IN DECEMBER. NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY. THEN IT STARTS TAPERING OFF AND YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUES START DROPPING. BUT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE CON CONSTANT SO THEREFORE THE EXPENDITURES WILL -- YOU KNOW, OUTPACE THE REVENUE WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE. SO AT THE END WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE A CASH FLOW OF $68 MILLION. BUT AS YOU

070NOTICE IN OCTOBER, LAST YEAR, SEPTEMBER IF YOU KNOW WE CLOSED THAT MONTH WITH 80 MILLION OF REVENUE ON HAND. BUT FROM THAT TIME WE HAD TO GO OUT FOR (INAUDIBLE) BECAUSE WE PAY 68 MILLION BIWEEKLY FOR JUST OUR PAYROLL. SO WE COULDN'T MAKE PAYROLL AT THAT TIME. I WASN'T HERE, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE WE COULDN'T MEET PAYROLL AT THAT TIME SO WE HAD TO GO OUT FOR A (INAUDIBLE) AND THAT WAS AROUND 75 MILLION. SO AT THAT TIME YOU CAN SEE WE INCREASED IN OCTOBER AND RECEIVED THE RESOURCES AND THEN WE PAID IT BACK IN JANUARY. WHEN WE GOT OUR PROPERTY TAXES. OKAY. WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW HERE IS OUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE'RE IN DECEMBER AND DECEMBER SHOW ACTUAL LANDING IN OUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE I GET CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS OH, YOU GUYS ARE

071SHOWING A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE, WE GOT 244 MILLION. YES, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF 244 MILLION. BUT THIS IS ACTUAL. VERSUS REVENUE RECEIVED, REVENUE VERSUS THE FUND BALANCE WE HAVE RECEIVED REVENUE TO DATE OF $1 BILLION. WE HAVE EXPENDITURES TO DATE AS $910 MILLION. SO WE ARE IN A SURPLUS OF $91 MILLION. WE HAD TRANSFER. WE ACTUALLY DID TRANSFERS IN ON FUNDING SOURCES OF $5.6 MILLION. SO THAT GAVE US A NET CHANGE OF INCREASE OF 97.1 MILLION THERE IS. THEN WE HAD -- BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF $147.5 MILLION. THAT WOULD GIVE US A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE OF $244 MILLION. SO THAT AS OF TODAY, THAT IS POSITIVE. BUT OUR PROJECTION, THE OTHER SIDE IS SHOWING OUR PROJECTION. REVENUES RECEIVED. WE'RE PROJECTING TO RECEIVE $1.5 BILLION OF REVENUE TO THE DISTRICT MINUS

072CHARTER SCHOOL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. OUR EXPENDITURES, WE'RE PROJECTING -- THIS IS PROJECTIONS, NOT IN OUR BUDGET. 1.6 MILLION. WE ARE GOING TO BE IN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT 111 MILLION AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO A TRANSFER. MORE TRANSFER. TOTAL TRANSFER BE 21.6 MILLION THIS YEAR. THAT WOULD GIVE US A GENERAL FUND OPERATIONAL DEFICIT OF 89.6 WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING. OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS 147.5 MILLION. THAT WILL GIVE US AN ENDING FUND BALANCE PROJECTION OF 57.8 MILLION. THIS IS PROJECTION VERSUS ACTUAL. WE PLAN TO DO THINGS THAT I ALREADY PRESENT THINGS TO YOU FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. THE OP -- WHEN WE ADDRESS THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT, THEREFORE, IT INCREASES THE FUND BALANCE ALSO. SO WE'RE DOING TWO THINGS. WHEN I ADDRESS THE FUND, THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT FOR THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN IS

073GOING TO FIX THE FUND BALANCE ALSO WILL INCREASE. BUT THE -- THAT'S JUST PROJECTION BUT BEFORE I GO INTO THAT IN MORE DETAIL I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE SO EVERYONE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATE IS LOOKING AT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCE. HOW MUCH WE NEED. ON THE CHART, ON THE RIGHT, WE'RE SHOWING THAT OUR PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AS OF TO DATE IS ONLY $57.8 MILLION. SO THE -- OF COURSE IN OUR -- WHAT'S EMBEDDED IN THAT FUND BALANCE WE ALWAYS HAVE CATEGORICAL FUNDINGS, RESTRICTED RESOURCES AND CATEGORIES WE DON'T SPEND. THEY GO RIGHT BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE. THAT'S $37 MILLION. WE'RE PROJECTING $35 MILLION. OUR INVENTORY ON HAND PROJECTING AROUND 4.5 MILLION BUT THE STATE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THOSE ANALYSIS BUT THEY CARE ABOUT THE UNRESTRICTED AND UNASSIGNED. SO WHEN

074WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR FUND BALANCE GOING TO LOOK LIKE FROM THE STATE, BASED ON THE 57.8 MILLION FUND BALANCE WE'RE PROJECTING, WE'RE SHOWING WE CAN ONLY HAVE 18.3 MILLION. THAT'S ONLY 1.2%. SO ON THE LEFT OF THE SLIDE, THE STATE RECOMMENDS THAT THE FUND BALANCE BE 3% OF OUR REVENUES WE BRING IN. CURRENTLY OUR REVENUE IS $1.5 BILLION. AND 3% OF THAT IS AROUND 45 MILLION. SO 18 MILLION VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE ON HAND IF WE LAND AT 57 MILLION IS ONLY 18 MILLION. WE'RE 27 MILLION SHORT OF WHAT THE STATE RECOMMENDED BEFORE THEY MONITOR US, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T -- IF YOU OVER THAT, YOU GET 45 MILLION IF WE REACH THAT TARGET, THE STATE WILL NOT MONITOR US BUT THERE ARE ALSO A STATE REQUIREMENT THAT AT LEAST WE MEET 2% AND

075THIS IS RIGHT NOW -- WE -- IF WE LANDED AT 57, FUND BALANCE IS ONLY 18 MILLION. 2% IS 30.5 MILLION. SO WE 12 MILLION SHORT OF THAT. THAT MEANS WE CAN GO AND RECEIVE (INAUDIBLE) BUT WE KNOW -- I'M NOT SAYING -- WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVERSHIP. WE ALL KNOW WE GOT A PLAN THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT WE HAVE A FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN COMING SOON TO THE BOARD AND ALSO A FUND BALANCE RECOVERY PLAN. THAT FUND BALANCE WILL BE MOVING ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES ONE TIME TO OUR ESSER GRANT. SO THAT WILL IMPACT THE FUND BALANCE, THE OTHER PLAN WILL AFFECT THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT BUT IN CONJUNCTION BOTH WILL IMPACT THE FUND BALANCE. SO I WANTED TO GIVE THIS SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO SHOW YOU THE IMPACT OF THE FUND BALANCE IN

076THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. SO THIS IS A LITTLE HANDY DANDY IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AROUND PERMANENT INCREASE IN REVENUE. IF WE INCREASE REVENUE, WE GOT TO INCREASE THE FLUCTUATE OF REVENUE LIKE THE STATE INCREASE OUR ALLOCATION, THAT WILL INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE. OUR FUND BALANCE WILL BE POSITIVE STATE AND DECREASE OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. SO WE'RE IN A DEFICIT NOW. SO IF THEY GIVE US INCREASE IN REVENUE IT WILL DECREASE THAT DEFICIT. A PERMANENT DECREASE IN THE EXPENDITURE WILL INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE THAT IF WE CUT EXPENDITURES OFF OUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS THAT WILL INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE AND DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES WILL ALSO DECREASE OUR OPERATION OF DEFICIT IF IT'S A PERMANENT DECREASE. NOW PERMANENT MOVEMENT OF ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES LIKE I'M LOOKING TO PERMANENT MOVE SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT'S IN

077THE GENERAL FUND TO OTHER FEDERAL SOURCES, THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE AND DECREASE OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. ONE TIME MOVEMENT OF ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE TO OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES WILL INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE. YOU'LL SEE THE FUND BALANCE GOING TO INCREASE. BUT HAS NO IMPACT ON OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT. MOVING ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES JUST FOR BOOK KEEPING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SAKE IN TRYING TO KEEP MONEY, GIVE US TIME TO FIX OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, IT JUST GIVE US TIME. IT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. SO ONE TIME NONRECURRING REVENUE RESOURCE SO WE GIVE A FLUCTUATE ONE TIME OF REVENUE THAT COMES IN THE GENERAL FUND. THAT WILL INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE BUT HAS NO IMPACT ON OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE TIME. A DECREASE IN REVENUE DECREASE OUR FUND BALANCE

078LIKE THAT MCKAY SCHOLARSHIP. IF WE -- IF WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT MONEY BACK, THAT'S A PERMANENT DECREASE IN OUR FUND BALANCE AND IT DOES INCREASE OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. PERMANENT REOCCURRING INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES SO ANY REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OR INCREASE EXPENDITURE ANY CAPACITY IT DECREASES OUR FUND BALANCE AND IT INCREASE OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. ONE-TIME NON-RECURRING INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES, DECREASE OUR FUND BALANCE, BUT HAS NO IMPACT ON OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. IS THERE ANY QUESTION? Nadia Combs: OKAY. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: I HAVE A QUESTION BACK WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE NO LONGER COMER TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- NO LONGER COME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT LEAVE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY TAKE THEIR MONEY WITH THEM, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS -- WELL, LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION.

079HOW MANY STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR OF 2021-22 LEFT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. DO YOU KNOW? SO, I MEAN, THIS WAS AROUND 4,000 BUT WE RECEIVED OVER 4,000 STUDENTS BACK. WHEN WE DID OUR ACTUAL COUNT WEEK. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE STATE TO SEE WHERE WE FALL AS FAR AS ALLOCATING THOSE RESOURCES BACK TO THE DISTRICT. Karen Perez: THAT'S --. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. WE'RE TRYING TO RECOUP THAT MONEY AND THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO HAS LEFT AND WE VALIDATE THAT, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO TRANSITIONED BACK TO US AND PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WITH THAT DATASETS AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT WE HAVE THOSE STUDENTS BACK TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN FROM --

080AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. Karen Perez: HAS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHERE -- AND HOW FAR BACK CAN WE GO WHERE A STUDENT HAS LEFT, YOU KNOW, THE -- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THEN RETURNED, BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEIR MONEY BACK OR THEIR FUNDING BACK TO US. ROMANEIR JOHNSON: THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN IF WE HAVE -- WE HAVE A COUNT WEEK WHERE WE -- IF THEY'RE PRESENT AT COUNT WEEK, THEN THEY'RE COUNTED AT HILLSBOROUGH STUDENTS. Karen Perez: WHAT IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE COUNT WEEK? THEN THEY'RE NOT COUNTED. WE DON'T GET THEIR FUNDING. WHEN THEY COME IN THROUGH FEBRUARY WE PICK THEM UP AGAIN. Addison Davis: WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT SAY COME TO US AFTER THE OCTOBER WINDOW, AND THAT'S THE FTE COUNT WEEK THAT WE IDENTIFY AND USE AS A MARKER IN THE

081DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR US TO IDENTIFY OUR ENROLLMENT. IF WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT COME AFTER THAT AND START AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND THEY COME AFTER, WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING FOR THAT PARTICULAR TIME, SO THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE -- WE CONTINUE TO SERVE CHILDREN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDS ATTACHED AND SOME STUDENTS MAY HAVE DIFFERENT ADAPTIVE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND SPEND INTERNAL MONEY ON TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THAT STUDENT UNTIL WE COME BACK TO FEBRUARY WHICH IS THE NEXT WEEK TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BE ABLE TO VALIDATE THEIR SERVICES AND TIME TO GENERATE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT CALCULATION. Karen Perez: BECAUSE THAT DOES HAPPEN. Addison Davis: THAT HAPPENS A LOT. Karen Perez:

082THAT HAPPENS A LOT WHERE THE SCHOOLS WILL WAIT UNTIL THAT COUNT WEEK, AND THEN SEND THE STUDENT OUT OF THEIR SCHOOLS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START REALLY LOOKING AT THAT ISSUE AND START TARGETING THESE SCHOOLS OR, YOU KNOW, REALLY IDENTIFYING THE SCHOOLS THAT DO THAT TO OUR STUDENTS. WHERE THEY CAPTURE THE FUNDING AND STUDENTS OUT OF THE SCHOOL. BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. ALSO, WELL, I HAVE A LITTLE NOTE TO READ, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THIS FIRST. THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK AMONGST STAFF MEMBERS THIS WEEK BETWEEN MYSELF -- ACTUALLY YOU AND MANY OTHERS ON COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE, AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT'S GOING ON, YOU TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY

083THAT -- AND THIS WAS ASHLEY CAPPUCCI'S REMARK IN FACT JUST TODAY. WE DON'T WANT TO USE GRANTS, MS. GRAY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR WORK CAN BE SUSTAINED AND PERMANENT, AND THAT IS THE -- AND THIS IS IN CREDIT TO YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MAYBE ROE. BUT THAT IS A HUGE CREDIT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDS NOW AS SUSTAINABLE, NOT JUST THE GRANT, THE BIG INFUSION. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PHILOSOPHY. IT'S A CONSERVATIVE PHILOSOPHY AND I THINK IT'S SOUND. THE QUESTION I HAVE AND THE BOTHERSOME FACT WHICH I GUESS ANNOYS A FEW OF US, BUT THE REALITY IS NOW IN 2016, I THINK WE HAD 159,000 THAT THE WAS REMARKABLY LOST FTE FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. NOW 21 -- 2021-2022, WE'RE LOOKING AT UP TO SIX MILLION P PROJECTED LOSS. MY QUESTION

084IS -- BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING KIDS TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT OUR FUND BALANCE? I WANT YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED IT IN PASSING, BUT WILL THIS -- THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE LOSS. WELL, IF WE LOSE STUDENTS TO CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WERE ACTUALLY HILLSBOROUGH STUDENTS, YES. WE'D LOSE THAT PUPIL FUNDING OF $7,706 PER PUPIL. BUT IF THE SOUNDS GO TO CHARTER SCHOOL BEFORE THEY EVER, THAT'S JUST -- RESOURCE WE NEVER HAD TO LOSE. SO IT DEPENDS IF THEY FIRST TIME STUDENTS AND CAME TO HILLSBOROUGH AND THEN LEFT US, OR IF THEY JUST STUDENTS TO CHOOSE TO GO TO CHARTER SCHOOL, THERE IS NO RESOURCE LOSS. WE WANT ALL STUDENTS TO CHOOSE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Lynn Gray: I KNOW WE'RE DOING A DARN GOOD JOB TRYING OUR BEST

085TO THINK OF ALL THE WAYS, AND I KNOW MEMBER SNIVELY AGREES WE HAVE TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE AND WE SHALL, BUT THE REALITY IS THIS IS A HUGE DEFICIT THAT IS SUSTAINING EVERY YEAR, SO I JUST WANT US TO -- CHARTER SCHOOLS PROJECT NUMBERS JUST LIKE WE DO. IN ACTUALITY IT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION. SOMETIMES THEY OVERPROJECT AND ALSO SOMETIMES OVERPROJECT. IT DEPENDS ON THE FISCAL YEAR. Lynn Gray: OKAY, THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND A LOT OF THEM I KNOW THE ANSWERS TO, BUT I WANT TO HEAR YOU STATE THEM BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO THINGS. SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE IN AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT AND SPENDING MORE THAN WE BRING IN.

086CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: IS THAT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BUDGET? OR IS THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'RE CHALLENGED AND SPENDING MORE THAN WE BRING IN? THAT'S THE ONLY FUND THAT WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, GENERAL FUND IS THE ONLY FUND WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE GRANT IS RESTRICTED. WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND ACTUALLY PULL DOWN, DRAW DOWNS. Jessica Vaughn: I HEAR PEOPLE SAY WHY DO WE PASS AGENDA ITEMS IF WE'RE IN AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT AND DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE CATEGORICAL AND WE CAN ONLY SPEND THOSE IN THOSE CATEGORIES SPECIFICALLY, SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT IS A GENERAL FUND AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT A MAJORITY OF OUR GENERAL FUND, WHAT OUR EXPENDITURES IS? 89% IS ON PERSONNEL. Jessica Vaughn:

087OKAY. AND SO IF WE'RE IN AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT SPECIFICALLY MOSTLY AROUND PERSONNEL AND SPENDING MORE THAN WE BRING IN, IS THAT TO STAY -- THAT THE STATE IS NOT GIVING US ENOUGH MONEY FOR OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL? I THINK THAT'S A TRICK QUESTION, BUT -- . Addison Davis: I WOULD SAY -- I'LL ANSWER THAT ONE. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I THINK IT'S MULTIFACETED. COMING IN THERE IS ALWAYS DEFINITELY A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON THE BSA -- YOU KNOW, THE BSA TO ALLOW US TO SERVE CHILDREN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. AND AT THE SAME TOKEN WHEN I CAME IN WE DID THE ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE COUNTIES RELATED TO THE BIG SEVEN AND DID SEE THERE WAS AN INFLATED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, NOT ONLY -- AND THIS IS

088NOT DIRECTLY AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL BUT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AS WELL AND WE HAVE DONE ANALYSIS TO BE ABLE TO PUT SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IN TO REALLY PUT IN AND DETERMINE THE ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT OF EVERY HIRE. SO NOW THERE IS A MAJOR PROCESS THAT CABINET MEMBERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO VALIDATE ANY HIRE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE APPROVE IT OR NOT, AND MAJORITY OF HIRES WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH CABINET ON MONDAY, WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD AND ANYTHING THAT IS NOT MISSION CRITICAL RELATED TO GENERAL FUND, WE WON'T PUT IT IN PLACE. Jessica Vaughn: SO WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME THINGS. WE TIGHTENED OUR BELT. WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. BUT WE'RE STILL EVEN WITH THOSE TIGHTENINGS WHICH WE CAN SEE

089IN THE SCHOOLS EVERY SINGLE DAY WHAT THAT'S EQUATED TO, NOT HAVING ENOUGH TEACHERS TO RECOVER RESOURCES, TO BREAK UP FIGHTS, TO HAVE THEM IN P.E. BASED ON WHAT THE STATE SAYS WE NEED ALLOCATED. WE'RE STILL IN AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, WHY WHEN PROPERTY TAXES RAISE DOES THAT NOT JUST COVER IT? THERE IS REPORTS THAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE BRINGING IN BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF EXTRA DOLLARS. WHY DOES THAT NOT EQUATE TO GOING UP SUBSTANTIALLY? WE DO GO UP. WE INCREASE BUT THERE IS A PRORATION BY THE STATE PER PUPIL ALLOCATION. Jessica Vaughn: SO THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF PROPERTY TAXES? NO. Jessica Vaughn: THEY CAP THAT ON HOW MUCH WE CAN PUT TOWARDS EDUCATION FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES? THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: SO NOW WE'RE SAYING

090WE TIGHTENED OUR BELT. WE SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR SCHOOLS. MOST OF OUR TEACHERS WHO COME AND SPEAK SAY THAT WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES. MANY PARENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT. THAT'S BASED ON THE STATE ALLOCATION WHAT THEY SAY WE SHOULD HAVE STAFFED IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE'RE STILL IN AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT AT THIS POINT. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS ASIDE FROM MORE CUTS? THE STATE ACTUALLY GIVING US THE FUNDING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOLS AT THE WAY THAT OUR PARENTS WHO CHOOSE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION EXPECT. THAT'S THEIR PARENTAL CHOICE. OR TO TALK ABOUT ACTUALLY INSTITUTING A MILLAGE IN OUR COUNTY TO SELF-FUND, WHICH IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES DO. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OTHER COUNTIES, WHY DOESN'T ORANGE

091COUNTY HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND OTHER COUNTIES HAVE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT APPEARS WE'RE MISMANAGING FUNDS AND OVERSPENDING DUE TO OUR DECISIONS AS A BOARD IS BECAUSE THEY'RE SELF-FUNDING. SO AM I CLEAR IN UNDERSTANDING THAT EITHER WE NEED TO CHANGE MORE -- MAKE MORE OPERATIONAL CHANGES IF WE HAVE A DEFICIT, EXPECT THE STATE TO PROPERLY FUND TRADITIONAL EDUCATION, OR ASK OUR VOTERS TO SELF-FUND IT SINCE THE STATE IS NOT MAKING THAT A PRIORITY IN THE WAY THEY EXPECT AND DO A MILLAGE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU SEE AS AN OPTION WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR OPERATIONAL DEFICIT? NO. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, MS. VAUGHN, YOU KNOW, WE REALIZE THIS AND WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR VERY PAINFUL PROCESS, I CAN TELL YOU AS SUPERINTENDENT LEADING THIS PROCESS.

092WE WERE OVER $140 MILLION AT AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT AND WITHIN ONE CALENDAR YEAR WE CUT THAT IN HALF, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE -- ONE OF THE STRATEGIES IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN PLACE, WHETHER IT'S CONTINUING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, DOES THE SCHOOL HAVE ENROLLMENT TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE THE SERVICES NEEDED? DO WE LOOK AT THAT FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL, ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS? DO WE NEED THE POSITION AS ATTRITION TAKES PLACE? DO WE LOOK AT ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS TO BE ABLE TO COMPENSATE AND BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR CHILDREN WHOM HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS OF ANY OTHER COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE STATE? AND YOU LOOK AT AS YOU SAID OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUCH AS ORANGE COUNTY, SUCH AS PINELLAS COUNTY, MIAMI-DADE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT HALF CENTS AND SOME ARE

093BEING LINKED TO BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY INCENTIVIZE STAFF AND SOME ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONGOING RESOURCES, SPECIALS AND SERVICES INTERNALLY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY'RE HOLISTIC. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON, FOR YOUR BUDGET AMENDMENT REPORT. THE PowerPoint PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAD WITH THE SCREEN, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST SCREEN WHERE YOU KIND OF MADE THE COLUMNS ABOUT HOW CERTAIN TYPES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES EITHER CREATE AN INCREASE OR DEFICIT, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THERE'S PROBABLY ONE OBVIOUS ONE ON THERE THAT DOESN'T GET REAL SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE CAN ALL FIGURE IT OUT. IT'S SALARIES, RIGHT? BUT I WILL SAY THIS. I AGREE THAT OUR STATE DOES NOT FUND OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION PROPERLY. I THINK AS A BOARD,

094WHAT WE CAN DO, WHEN I TALK TO MY STATE LEGISLATORS WHO LISTEN VERY PATIENTLY ABOUT THE CONCERNS WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING, THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE OPERATIONALLY EFFICIENT. I THINK IF WE CAN SHOW THEM, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT MS. DAVIS HELPS US WITH, WITH THE TEAM WITH MS. JOHNSON AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR TEAM, BUT WHEN THEY ASK, WHAT DO YOU NEED? HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? WHAT IS THAT NUMBER THAT YOU NEED, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. AND WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM AND BUILD THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE SPENDING THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS WISELY. I DON'T KNOW IF GOING OUT FOR ANOTHER REFERENDUM IS PALATABLE TO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TAXPAYERS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

095FROM WHAT I GATHER FROM THE CONSTITUENTS THAT SHARED THEIR CONCERNS WITH ME, THERE IS NOT AN APPETITE FOR IT IN THE AREA OF DISTRICT FOUR THAT I REPRESENT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S EVERYONE. I'M JUST SAYING THE PEOPLE WHO REACH OUT TO ME, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE APPETITE FOR IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND WHAT THEIR DESIRE IS, AND THAT WILL EVENTUALLY, I THINK, COME ABOUT WITH THIS BOARD, BUT I THINK IN THE MEANTIME, BECAUSE EVEN IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT DID HAPPEN AND FOR SOME REASON TAXPAYERS DID APPROVE IT, WE STILL WOULD NOT SEE THE REVENUE COMING IN FROM THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, AND WE STILL HAVE -- WE NEED CPR. THAT'S A LONGER TERM HEALTH PLAN AND

096WE NEED CPR. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATURE, EVEN IF THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, WOULD BE TIMELY ENOUGH EITHER. SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED. IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS, SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. BUTTIC WE STILL HAVE TO GET WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO FUND OUR EDUCATION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BSA, TO INCREASE BY $6.25 LAST YEAR, THE RATE OF INFLATION IN TAMPA ALONE IN RENT IS ASTRONOMICAL. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR BSA AND IT'S INCREASED BY, IN THE LAST 13 YEARS, ABOUT $220 IT'S INCREASED. I MEAN, HOW CAN WE SAY WE CAN SHOW THAT WE'RE

097FISCALLY BEING RESPONSIBLE WHEN WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE NOW. I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS, ARE WE TRACKING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT LEAVE THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE GETTING PAYMENT FROM AND THEN THEY LEAVE, ARE WE TRACKING WHICH SCHOOLS THAT'S HAPPENING AND WHEN THEY ARE COMING TO OUR SCHOOLS? IS THERE A TRACKING MECHANISM OF THAT? AND ARE WE LOOKING AT THE TOTALS? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND CAN WE DO THAT? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO SEE THAT IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO'S COMING IN AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEN YOU'RE KEEPING THEM, GETTING THE PER-PUPIL ALLOCATION AND THEN SENDING THEM TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THAT CHILD

098MIGHT NEED AN AIDE ON THEIR OWN, AND WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST THAT WE BEGIN TRACKING THAT AND WE CAN PROBABLY GO BACK AND BEGIN LOOKING AT THAT IN OCTOBER. I THINK WE CAN TRACK THAT INTERNALLY. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO SEE. I'M NOT AGAINST CHARTER SCHOOLS. MY ISSUE IS THAT THERE'S NO OVERSIGHT ON THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND ALSO THAT HOW ARE YOU MAKING PROFIT WHEN THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION IS A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS? SO THAT'S MY CONCERN, HOW ARE YOU MAKING PROFIT FROM WHEN YOU CAN BARELY PAY FOR THE BILLS RIGHT NOW? SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERNS. AND CAN WE LOOK AT THAT? NEXT, MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I WANT TO DOVETAIL A LITTLE BIT ON THE

099COMMENTS FROM MEMBER PEREZ AND MEMBER GRAY AROUND THE CALCULATIONS FOR SCHOOL FUNDING BECAUSE I KNOW THIS CAME UP WHEN WE MET WITH OUR LOCAL DELEGATION, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT TOO MUCH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT I'VE BEEN IN PUBLIC EDUCATION NOW FOR 30 YEARS, SO REALLY HOW WE CALCULATE OUR FUNDING HAS NEVER CHANGED. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TWICE A YEAR -- FALL AND SPRING. AND YET THE LANDSCAPE OF EDUCATION IN OUR STATE HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT WITH SCHOOL CHOICE, AND THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS NOW. AND SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE WE CAN'T DICTATE HOW MANY CALCULATIONS THERE ARE. I MEAN, WE CAN COUNT, BUT THE STATE IS ONLY GOING TO LOOK TWICE A YEAR. WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH OUR LOCAL

100DELEGATION OF MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT SYSTEM NEEDS TO -- IS REALLY ANTIQUATED. IT HASN'T KEPT UP WITH THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE, AND IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO -- AND I THINK THERE'S A BIPARTISAN APPETITE FOR THIS TO MAYBE PUT ON OUR STATE PLATFORM NEXT YEAR THAT WE WANT TO LOBBY FOR AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COUNTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE STUDENTS MOVING BACK AND FORTH. WHETHER IT'S CHARTERS OR THEY ARE NEW TO THE STATE OR SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO -- WE WANT AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE. WE'D BE TALKED WITH OUR LOCAL DELEGATION ABOUT MONEY FOLLOWING KIDS SO THAT WAY WHEN THEY LEAVE A CHARTER, THAT MONEY FOLLOWS THEM BACK AND THERE WAS SOME BIPARTISAN APPETITE FOR THAT AS WELL. SO I THINK NEXT TIME WE DISCUSS OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM,

101THAT'S SOMETHING -- AND I BET OTHER BOARDS AROUND THE STATE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT CONVERSATION, TOO. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. MS. RO JOHNSON, WHEN WE MET FOR OUR ONE ON ONE, WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATE, YOU SHOWED ME A SLIDE THAT WAS -- IT SHOWED THE GENERAL FUND WITH AND WITHOUT THE TRANSFERS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON HERE OR IF YOU HAVE IT TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE US TO SHOW THAT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING WHEN YOU SHOW A GENERAL FUND, LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHERE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT ONTO OTHER -- ON TO ESSER AND IT SHOWS SUCH A HIGH GENERAL FUND. THEN IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO THE

102PUBLIC WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR SPENDING AND OUR DECISIONS AROUND SPENDING, LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW. AND SO I WOULD LOVE THAT SLIDE TO BE CONTINUALLY SHOWN AND DISCUSSED BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE TRANSFERRED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OFF. AND THEN CAN YOU JUST RUN THROUGH THE THREE OR FOUR WAYS THAT ARE PART OF THE PLAN? I THINK ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, -- DO YOU WANT ME TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE? LET ME GET BACK IN THE QUEUE AND WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU GAVE US A LESSON TODAY ON FINANCE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT YOU SAID THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW. AND I HOPE THE CONSTITUENTS ALSO

103UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DISSEMINATED. HOW OFTEN DO WE REPORT TO THE STATE? Ro Johnson: MONTHLY. Henry "Shake" Washington: MONTHLY, OKAY. SO, MS. JOHNSON, WHEN YOU'RE REPORTING TO THE STATE, JUST RUN US THROUGH THAT ONE MORE TIME. WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN YOU REPORT? Ro Johnson: THE STATE IS TRACKING OUR STAFFING AS WELL AS THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND OUR PROJECTIONS. I DO THE CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS. I KNOW IT'S A VERY BUSY SLIDE IN THE FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS BECAUSE THE STATE HAVE FINANCIAL PEOPLE AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING OUT. I TOLD THEM AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY, I CANNOT DO AMENDMENT OF THE BUDGET UNTIL I ACTUALLY DO A MOVEMENT IN THE BUDGET. SO UNTIL THESE REVENUES IS REALIZED, WE CAN'T DO A CHANGE OR AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET.

104OR UNTIL I REDUCE, ACTUALLY MOVE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES, PERMANENTLY MOVE THEM TO THEIR FUNDING RESOURCES, THEN I WOULD DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THAT. SO I DON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING INTERNALLY THAT TRIGGERS FOR US A REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES OR WE GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCE OF REVENUE COME IN. THEN I DO AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET. SO THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO KNOW. SO WE STAY WITH THE PROJECTION UNTIL IT BECOMES A REALITY. Henry "Shake" Washington: DO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT? Ro Johnson: THE STATE IS AWARE OF IT BUT THEY DO QUESTION US EVERY MONTH. I HAVE TO BRING THEM IN WITH WHAT MY PROJECTED FISCAL PLAN IS. A PART OF IT IS YOU GUYS. THE FUND IS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ACTUALS VERSUS WHAT WE PROJECTED IN OUR BUDGET TO TRUE

105US UP. Henry "Shake" Washington: AND ONE OTHER QUESTION. SO WHAT'S THE NORMAL LENGTH -- LIKE IF A KID LEAVE US AND GO TO CHARTER SCHOOL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT TRACKING IS A PAIN IN THE BUTT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WHEN THEY LEAVE AND GO TO A CHARTER SCHOOL, OKAY, SO -- AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, HOW LONG DOES IT NORMALLY TAKE FOR US TO RECOUP THAT MONEY? Ro Johnson: THEY BECOME PART OF OUR FEBRUARY COUNT, BUT WE REALLY DON'T RECOUP THE MONEY UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. Henry "Shake" Washington: SO WE GO ALMOST A YEAR WITHOUT MONEY. Ro Johnson: CORRECT. Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY. LET ME STOP NOW. OKAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. ONE THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT AS WE'RE

106TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTS IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CHILDREN WHO GO BACK AND FORTH FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A MIGRANT POPULATION THAT I'VE ADDRESSED WITH SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WHERE THEIR AGRICULTURE SEASON DOESN'T BRING THEM INTO OUR DISTRICT HERE UNTIL RIGHT AFTER THE COUNT, AND TALKED ABOUT BRAINSTORMING WAYS TO EITHER PUT THEM VIRTUALLY. I KNOW HOT SPOTS AND ACCESS TECHNOLOGY IS AN ISSUE, BUT SOMEHOW THEY ARE OUR STUDENTS AND GETTING THEM INCLUDED IN THE COUNTS BECAUSE THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR POPULATION. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY WAS I APPRECIATE MEMBER SNIVELY'S COMMENTS THAT THE STATE, SHE AGREES THAT WE COULD USE MORE REVENUE FROM THE STATE. WHAT I'M CHALLENGED WITH IS, LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE MONTHLY REPORTS THAT GO TO THE STATE. THEY ARE MONTHLY MONITORING, SO THEY SHOULD KNOW

107HOW MUCH WE'RE BEING UNDERFUNDED AND HOW MUCH WE NEED IN ORDER TO PROPERLY FUND OUR SCHOOLS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CONSTANTLY HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE UNDERFUNDED BY THE STATE, BUT UNTIL WE CAN DEMONSTRATE MORE CONFIDENCE WITH THE VOTERS FINANCIALLY, THAT WE MIGHT BE HESITANT TO ASK FOR A MILLAGE. BUT WHAT I'M FINDING FROM MY CONSTITUENCY IS A FRUSTRATION THAT THEY ARE TRAPPED IN A LIMBO, THAT THEY CHOSE TO MOVE TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS BASED ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, THAT AS THEIR PARENTAL CHOICE, THEY WANT TO PUT THEIR KIDS IN A GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THEY BOUGHT HOUSES AND THEY MADE DECISIONS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY STILL HAVE SUBSTITUTES SITTING IN THEIR CLASS AND NOT ENOUGH TEACHERS AND NOT ENOUGH SUPPLIES, AND THEY FEEL TRAPPED IN BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE STATE, CONSTANTLY

108GOING BACK AND FORTH AND SAYING WE'RE BEING UNDERFUNDED, WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH MONEY, BUT OUR VOTERS HAVEN'T SEEN OR THAT DEMONSTRATED THAT WE HAVE THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK FOR IT. AND PUTTING A MILLAGE ON THE REFERENDUM, PUTTING IT TO THE VOTERS ALLOWS THE VOTERS TO MAKE THAT DECISION. IT SHOULDN'T BE UP TO US TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN VOTE FOR THAT. IT SHOULD BE UP TO US TO SAY, HERE'S OUR PROBLEM, HERE'S A SOLUTION. IF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VALUES PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT CAN ALLOW THE ACTUAL EDUCATION THAT THEY EXPECT IN THEIR SCHOOLS WHEN THEY SEND THEIR KIDS, ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THAT DECISION LIKE THEY HAVE DONE WITH, LIKE YOU SAID, THE HALF PENNY TAX. WE ARE NOT GETTING AS MANY CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT CAPITAL OUTLAY

109BECAUSE OUR COUNTY HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE THAT. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, SELF-FUND THAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PRIORITY WITH OUR STATE. I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT SO MANY BILLS COMING OUT OF TALLAHASSEE RIGHT NOW TO LIMIT SCHOOL BOARDS, TAKE AWAY SCHOOL BOARD SALARY, TERM LIMIT US. YOU KNOW, TAKE AWAY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT NOT PRIORITIZE EDUCATION AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES THIS ENTIRE TIME. WE ASKED THEM TO COME IN IN COVID AND OPEN SCHOOLS FOR CHILD CARE AND HAD ALL THESE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR TEACHERS. NOW THAT IT COMES TIME TO SHOW THAT WE VALUE THEM, WE'RE LIKE, SORRY, THE STATE IS MORE INTERESTED IN DEMONIZING CRT. I THINK AS A BOARD WE HAVE TO MAKE SERIOUS DECISIONS ABOUT THIS.

110THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY IN ADDITION TO MEMBER HAHN'S SUGGESTION AND WITH MORE CALCULATIONS FROM THE STATE, OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU REPORT AND CHITCHAT WITH THEM EVERY MONTH, THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE OR AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. IT GIVES US MORE INFORMATION. GIVES THEM MORE INFORMATION, BUT BETTER COMMUNICATION ALSO REGARDING MEMBER COMBS' SUGGESTION OF THE TRACKING OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, EXCELLENT SUGGESTION, WE USED TO DO THAT. WE HAD IT PRETTY MUCH PINPOINTED WITH THE FORMER CFO, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET BACK. IN ADDITION, THIS IS MY SUGGESTION, BECAUSE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE -- I THINK IT'S THAT. WE WERE LISTENING TO SHAKENY HALL. SHE SAID WE MAY FACE NO MORE FOOD SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS -- YEAH,

111FOOD SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS VERY WORRISOME, BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG BATTLE RIGHT NOW. ITS A LOT OF MONEY. WHAT I'LL SUGGEST, MS. JOHNSON, AND YOUR TEAM DID AN EXCELLENT JOB BUT ALSO LET US KNOW WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR. I KNOW KRISTIN DOES KEEP US INFORMED, MEMBER VAUGHN, ABOUT OUR SALARIES AND ALL THE CATASTROPHIC SITUATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE ALSO, THIS IS ABOUT OUR KIDS AND WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW WHAT MONIES MAY BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE WELFARE OF SERVING OUR CHILDREN. AND WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD SECURITY, THAT'S HUGE. SO THAT'S -- I MEAN, MY SUGGESTION, AND I KNOW YOU'LL DO THAT, IT WILL BE HELPFUL WHEN WE MAKE FURTHER DETERMINATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC IN PLANNING. AS YOU WELL KNOW, OUR REVENUE

112RESOURCES AND EXPENDITURES. SO THAT WOULD BE THE THIRD, IF WE'RE COUNTING UP THE THIRD TYPE OF MEMO TO US. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I JUST WANT TO FINISH, CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE CONVERSATION I STARTED. I MENTIONED THE TWO CHARTS THAT DEMONSTRATED, ONE WITH THE TRANSFERS OF HUNDRED MILLION AND ONE WITHOUT. I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR SINCE CONSTITUENTS ARE WATCHING THAT WE HAVE MOVED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN EXPENDITURES TO ESSERs. AND WE DO HAVE A FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN IN PLACE. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO RECOVER THAT MONEY BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME WHEN YOU MOVE EXPENSES. SO WE ONE TIME DID THE MOVE TO ESSERs. EVENTUALLY THAT HUNDRED MILLION COMES BACK. BUT WE HAVE A FINANCIAL RECOVERY

113PLAN, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE DOING SO THAT HUNDRED MILLION IS NOT GOING TO COME BACK AND PUT US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO. ONE WAS MOVING SOME APPROVED EXPENDITURES TO CAPITAL. SORRY, MR. FARKAS. YOU BUILT A NICE LITTLE KINGDOM AND WE'RE COMING FOR IT. I'M JUST KIDDING. AND THE OTHER WAS MOVING SOME OF THOSE, I THINK IT WAS TO TITLE 1, CORRECT, SOME APPROVED EXPENDITURES OFF TO TITLE 1. SOME OF THIS, NATURAL ATTRITION. WE HAVE LOTS OF RETIREMENTS AND THEN PUTTING MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE REHIRE, IT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS, ET CETERA. WE'RE MAKING SMART CHOICES WHEN FILLING POSITIONS. AND THEN THERE WAS A FOURTH ONE. I'M SORRY. OUR ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED. CORRECT. SO IT'S OUR HOPE IF WE REALLY STICK

114TO THIS PLAN, AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AS WELL. IN TWO YEARS, WHEN ESSER IS COMPLETELY GONE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT HUNDRED MILLION COME BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES. AND WE WILL BE IN A BETTER -- I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT, BUT I'M REALLY TRYING TO SIMPLIFY IT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE ARE MECHANISMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE AS A BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THAT ONE-TIME MONEY IS GONE, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A BETTER PLACE THAN WHERE WE STARTED. Ro Johnson: YES, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. DAVIS, YOU GUYS ARE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT RIGHT BY KIDS, RIGHT BY THIS DISTRICT AND WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS OPERATIONAL DEFICIT TOGETHER. FIRST, WE NEED TO CLEAR

115THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT WHERE WE HAVE A PLAN THAT MIGHT CLEAR IT THIS FISCAL YEAR BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THIS YEAR AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO ESSER TO INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TWO THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. Stacy Hahn: I THINK DEMONSTRATING AND TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AT OUR MEETINGS LIKE THIS REALLY IS HELPING TO REBUILD THAT TRUST WITH US AND OUR COMMUNITY AND DEMONSTRATING, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE GOOD START, RESPONSIBLE, FISCAL DECISIONS TO GET US BACK INTO MORE SOLID GROUND. SO I KNOW WE'RE HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW WITH STATE FUNDING AND IT'S KIND OF GETTING A LITTLE CONVOLUTED. BUT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT -- AND IF WE COULD HAVE MOVING FORWARD THOSE TWO CHARTS SHOWING WITH AND WITHOUT THE TRANSFERS TO

116ESSERS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT INFLATION AND COST OF LIVING INCREASES. IT'S A LITTLE RHETORICAL BECAUSE I THINK PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. BUT HOW DOES INFLATION IMPACT HOW THE LEGISLATURE DECIDES TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE IRS JUST INCREASED COLA TO 5.9%, WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. AS AN EMPLOYER MYSELF I HAVE NOT SEEN COLA JUMP TO 5.9% IN SEVERAL -- I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN IT SINCE I'VE BEEN AN EMPLOYER FOR 20 YEARS, BUT IT'S USUALLY AROUND 1 OR 2%, AND IT JUMPED TO 5.9% THIS YEAR. HOW DOES THAT INFLUENCE OR IMPACT OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING? Ro Johnson: WE'RE HOPING

117THE STATE ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE BASED ON COLA ALLOCATION TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE MOST DISTRICTS, MOST STATES DO THAT, WHEN THE COLA JUMPS, THEY ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE BASED ON THE COLA INCREASE TO STUDENTS ALSO. Melissa Snively: HAVE YOU SEEN THAT? I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT HAPPEN YET, BUT I KNOW THE GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING LOUVER THINGS TO -- A LOT OF THINGS TO INCREASE THE BASE ALLOCATION. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. A CHANGE OF REGISTRY FOR OUR BUDGET ALSO. Melissa Snively: I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN MENTION WHEN VISITING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION OR IT BE A BUSINESS OWNER OR UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IMPACTS BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE, JUST TO REMIND THEM OF THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER

118SNIVELY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, SPEAK OF THE CONVERSATION RELATED TO THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, ONE THING WE NEED TO DO WHEN TRANSITION TO TALLAHASSEE IS GET THE LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT BRINGS I THINK CLOSE TO $50 MILLION BACK TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND THAT WILL HELP US OUT TREMENDOUSLY. SO JUST BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT BUDGET. IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE BUDGET. WE APPRECIATE IT, AND WE KNOW THAT AS SESSION CONTINUES, SOME OF THAT MONEY MAY BE CHIPPED OFF. I THINK THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO DO ALONG WITH THE BUDGET IS ASK FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR VETERAN TEACHERS WITHIN EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN

119AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.02, INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH CENTRAL FLORIDA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK, INTENT TO NEGOTIATE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS THE INCREASE EXPENDITURES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH CENTRAL FLORIDA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK. AS WE KNOW WITH THE LAST 22 MONTHS, WE SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO BE FACED WITH TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THEM AND HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WHEN WE LOOK -- WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE SPENT CLOSE TO $2 MILLION WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE ASKING THEM TO COME TO THE BOARD TO INCREASE

120BY $1.5 MILLION, $3.5 MILLION. THIS IS ALL DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS, MENTAL HEALTH REFERRALS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN OUR SCHOOLS. IF WE LOOK AT IT FROM LAST YEAR, WE HAD AROUND 19,000 MENTAL HEALTH REFERRALS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE OVER 100,000 MENTAL HEALTH REFERRALS TO OUR CLINICIANS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONGOING SERVICES. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS REALLY ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, TO GROW ADDITIONAL 89 SITES TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM THROUGH TELEHEALTH FAMILY SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2018. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION

121AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DO. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, SINCE THIS IS AN INCREASE OF MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND REFERRALS, WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S DRIVING UP THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES? BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN REFERRALS NUMBER-WISE BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, 19,000 TO 100,000. Jessica Vaughn: SO THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT WE ARE HAVING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WHICH HAS WE TALK QUITE A LOT ON THE BOARD. MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE FUNDING OR DO WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OR THE BANDWIDTH AS WE EXPAND THESE AND

122RESPOND TO THESE REFERRALS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S DRIVING UP AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS IT OTHER THAN JUST SUPPORTING THE REFERRALS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, LET ME ROLL BACK AND SAY THIS MONEY IS ALL BEING EXPENDED THROUGH CATEGORICAL FUNDING THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH ALLOCATION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THIS IS WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY USED TO DO. THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CAPTURE CAUSATION. I'LL LEAN ON MR. McAULEY FOR THAT OR MS. BAYS FOR THAT TO DETERMINE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CAPTURE. THROUGH THE CHAIR, GOOD QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHEN WE SEE INCREASES IN THAT, ONE IS THE AVAILABLE OF THE ADVERTISING OF THAT. SINCE COVID STARTED, WE'VE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH PUSHING OUT THAT KIND OF PSA,

123THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, COME SEE US. WE'RE PUTTING THE RESOURCES IN PLACE. SO WHILE I THINK NATIONALLY WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG YOUTH, WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE SEE JUMPS LIKE THAT, A LOT OF IT IS JUST BECAUSE OF AVAILABILITY. WE'VE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY SAYING, COME SEE US, AS OPPOSED TO NOT COME SEE US. THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU LOOK AT NUMBERS LIKE THAT. Jessica Vaughn: WOULD YOU SAY DOING A CAMPAIGN OF INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE HAS HELPED. Michael McAuley: YES. Jessica Vaughn: UTILIZE THE SOURCES AVAILABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION DECLARED

124A NATIONAL EMERGENCY FOR PEOPLE AND ADOLESCENTS MENTAL HEALTH. THEY SAID THAT THIS WORSENING CRISIS IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENTS MENTAL HEALTH WAS TIED TO THE STRESS BROUGHT ON BY COVID-19 AND THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. IT ALSO REPRESENTED A TREND THAT WAS OBSERVED PRIOR TO 2020. THE RATES OF CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS ROSE STEADILY, AND IT WAS RISING BETWEEN 2010 AND 2018, BUT ALSO SUICIDE BECAME THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 24. THESE THREE GROUPS AFOREMENTIONED ALSO WENT ON TO CALL FOR GOVERNMENT AND ADVOCATE INTERVENTIONS IN TEN DIFFERENT ITEMS. ONE OF THE TEN ITEMS IN THIS GROUP THAT THEY CALLED FOR INTERVENTION IN, THE THIRD ONE LISTED WAS SUSTAINED FUNDING FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH CARE. OUR STUDENTS HERE ALSO ARE BEHIND IN THEIR EVALUATIONS FOR THEIR

125IEPs THAT WOULD ASSIST THEM WITH LEARNING PROCESS, A CRITICAL PIECE IN ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE A SECURE FOUNDATION WHEN NOT ONLY DID THEY START IN THEIR SCHOOL EDUCATION, BUT ALSO MOVED TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE. I'M EXCITED AS THE MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT HERE ON THE BOARD THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING SERVICES ARE BEING ADDRESSED TODAY AT THIS TIME. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR TEACHERS AS WELL CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH THIS FUNDING BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE EXPERIENCING ALSO A LEVEL OF MENTAL HEALTH UNDER STRESS BECAUSE THE STUDENT'S LEVEL OF DISTRESS IS ALSO HIGH. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM BEING BROUGHT TO US TODAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE EMPLOYEE COMMENT. WE WILL

126NOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, 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 THEIR 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

127JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. HEY, GOOD EVENING. IT'S ROB KRIETE, PRESIDENT OF CTA. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I THINK YOU'RE HITTING ON SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY EXPLORE, AROUND THAT IF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS THE GROUND ZERO OF WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE FUNDING SHORTAGES THAT WE HAVE IN FLORIDA ARE COMING TO A HEAD, THEN WE NEED TO REALLY -- WE NEED TO THAT WITH THE -- IS THEIR WITH THE STATE AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RICH PROPERTIES THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE. WE DO HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE THE MILLAGES THAT ARE HAPPENING. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE OTHER BELLS AND WHISTLE TO MAKE FUNDING HAPPEN WITHIN

128OUR OWN DISTRICT, AND THE STATE IS JUST NOT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT AND WE REALLY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR EXPENSES ARE X AND YET WE'RE ONLY COLLECTING Y FROM THE STATE. BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT REALLY HOW WE'RE DOING OUR BUDGET HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, CHAIR COMBS AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR SENDING THAT LETTER TODAY TO THE STATE. YOU GUYS MENTIONED EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE WITH OUR SUBSTITUTES AND COVID. AND WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 3,000 EMPLOYEES SHY EVERY SINGLE DAY. A YEAR AGO, WE EXCISED ABOUT A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES. WE KNOW WE HAVE A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES OUT EVERY DAY WITH COVID. YET WE'RE STILL TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE KIDS. WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND THAT

129THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES I THINK IS A VERY KIND WAY OF SAYING IT'S REALLY AWFUL OUT THERE AND THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY ARE LOSING THEIR MINDS, QUITE FRANKLY. THE KIDS ARE, TO THE POINT YOU MADE. SO ARE ALL OF THE ADULTS. WE REALLY NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT HERE AROUND THAT. I LIKE TO THANK MS. JOHNSON FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE RECOMMENDED VERSUS REQUIRED AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE FUND BALANCE. I'VE SPENT TIME HERE, YOU KNOW, AT BOARD MEETINGS RAILING AGAINST FUND BALANCES BECAUSE IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT IN A STATE WHERE WE'RE HARDLY GIVEN ANY MONEY BUT YET SNUGGLE AWAY SOME UNDER THE MATTRESS FOR A RAINY DAY, LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT RECOMMENDED BECAUSE WE

130CAN MAKE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO TALLAHASSEE, COULDN'T WE? LET'S LOOK AT REQUIRED. THEN YOU HAD A NUMBER THAT WAS LIKE 54 MILLION, YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE NUMBER. IT'S REALLY 18. I PROMISE YOU IF WE HAVE $54 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE, THEY ARE GOING TO LEAVE US ALONE. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE STATE CAME IN. THEY TOOK OVER THREE SCHOOLS AND THEY FAILED MISERABLY. THEY CAN'T DO IT BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BETTER THAN YOU'RE DOING, BETTER WHAT WE'RE DOING, LET'S NOT PRETEND THAT THEY ARE COMING FOR RECEIVERSHIP. LET'S STOP TALKING ABOUT THAT HERE AND NOW BECAUSE THAT'S RIDICULOUS. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT RECURRING EXPENSES. EMPLOYEES ARE NOT RECURRING EXPENSES. THEY ARE EXPENSES, YES, IT COSTS MONEY TO HAVE A TEACHER, HAVE A PARA, TO HAVE A

131SUPERINTENDENT. IF I'M A RECURRING EXPENSE SO THEN IS MR. DAVIS. HE'S A RECURRING EXPENSE. LET'S STOP CALLING WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT AS RECURRING EXPENSES. WE'RE NOT. I'LL FINISH -- I'M SORRY. I KNOW I'M BEING DINGED. HERE WE HAVE TEACH IN TAMPA AND WE HAVE THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR TEACHERS. THAT'S WHAT TEACHERS EARN BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. AND, QUITE FRANKLY, THEY ARE NOT EARNING ENOUGH. BUT LET'S NOT SAY THIS IS A RECURRING EXPENSE. WE WANT RECURRING TEACHERS, DON'T WE. WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE RECURRING TEACHERS, MORE RECURRING EMPLOYEES. LET'S LOOK AT IT THROUGH THAT LENS AS OPPOSED TO DOLLARS AND CENTS AND HOW THEY ARE COSTING US MONEY. THEY ARE SAVING YOU MONEY. THEY ARE THE BIGGEST BARGAIN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO WE DO IT BETTER HERE THAN

132THEY COULD DO IN TALLAHASSEE. LET'S REMEMBER THAT, AND LET'S FIX IT HERE AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW HOW CRAPPY IT IS FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN TALLAHASSEE AND DOING TO US UP THERE. THANK YOU. LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND LET'S GET THIS THING SCHEDULED WITH THE CONTRACTS SO WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER ON THIS. OKAY? THANK YOU. SORRY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, AND EVERYONE WHO BRAVED OMICRON TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND THE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE STARTED TO JUST WATCH THE BOARD MEETINGS. HIEDI GLICK, ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. BUT NOT ONLY AM I A TEACHER, I ALSO LIVE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I VOTE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I AM A CONSTITUENT OF YOURS. I AM A STAKEHOLDER OF YOURS, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S

133GOING ON. MY TOPIC IS NEGOTIATIONS OR ACTUALLY THE LACK THEREOF. TO QUOTE YOUR LETTER, MR. DAVIS, GREAT LETTER, BY THE WAY. NADIA, GREAT LETTER. COMMENDABLE WORK OF OUR TEACHERS, MONITORING PROGRESS -- PROGRESS MONITORING IS TRENDING UP. CHAMPION TEACHER COMPENSATION FOR OUR VETERANS, PARTICULARLY GIVING THE MONUMENTAL TASKS PERFORMED DAILY UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST CHALLENGING YEAR FOR OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO CREATE A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION. I AGREE WITH THAT, TOTALLY, 100%. 110%. THEN PROVE IT. OKAY? IT IS FEBRUARY. WE DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT. WHEN WE ALL CAME BACK IN AUGUST, WE AUTOMATICALLY FINISHED A WHOLE YEAR OF SERVICE. IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY DONE. NO NEGOTIATION NEEDED, NO NOTHING. WE COME BACK, WE'RE ON THE NEXT STEP. AND THE NEGOTIATION SHOULD BE WHAT WE'RE ADDING TO THAT

134STEP AND WHAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE TOP. I'M EXHAUSTED. I TEACH FIVE PREPS. COVER CLASSES WHEN ASKED, NOT JUST IN MY DEPARTMENT BUT THE REST OF THE SCHOOL. NOT JUST ME. EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY AT ALONSO, EVERYBODY AT EVERY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S EXHAUSTING. YOU HAVE TEACHERS ON T-PAY. TEACHERS DOING ELP PAYMENT. WE'RE JUST NOT MAKING IT. I HAVE FRIENDS, I USED TO WORK THREE JOBS. I DON'T WORK THREE JOBS NORM THANKFULLY, BUT I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. OTHER TEACHERS ARE NOT SO LUCKY, AND I HATE TO SAY IT SAID IT BEFORE, PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS. WE'RE WORKING OUR BUTTS OFF, YOU GUYS. WE REALLY, REALLY ARE. OUR KIDS ARE DOING WELL, THEY REALLY ARE. I AGREE, THE MENTAL HEALTH OF TEACHERS, WE'RE ALL FALLING

135APART. I DON'T DRINK. I'M ALLERGIC TO ALCOHOL. I SERIOUSLY DON'T DRINK, BUT WE HAVE HAPPY HOUR ON WEDNESDAYS NOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT TILL FRIDAY JUST TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. EVER SINCE COVID STARTED, ALL THESE STUDIES HAVE COME ON OUT THAT SAID HAPPY HOUR NEEDS TO BE ON WEDNESDAYS. SO YOU GUYS CAN COME TO MY HOUSE TOMORROW BECAUSE IT'S AT MY PLACE. I DON'T HAVE ANY ALCOHOL AT MY HOUSE BECAUSE I HAVE A DRY HOUSE. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT. YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN. BYE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI. I'M CARISSA DENIKA. SO I FIRST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM A TEACHER, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I'M ALSO A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN WHO GO TO HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS. I AM A GRADUATE OF HILLSBOROUGH

136SCHOOLS. I'VE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM FOR A LONG TIME. AND I WISH I COULD GO BACK TO PRETENDING I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS, BUT I DO. LIKE HEIDI SAID, WE RECEIVE APPRECIATION E-MAILS THAT ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE AND, FRANKLY, IT LEAVES US IN A PARADOX. IF YOU CAN SEE THE GOOD WORK WE'RE DOING, WHY ARE WE AT THE END OF JANUARY AT A STAND-STILL AT THE BARGAINING TABLE? HAVE WE NOT EARNED IT? I DID A LITTLE MATH RECENTLY. I'M A MATH TEACHER. KIND OF WHAT I DO BUT I WAS DOING IT FOR FUN. THE GREATEST STEP INCREASE ON THAT LIST THAT ROB GAVE US IS ABOUT 4.5%, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE INFLATION RATE THAT WE ALL KNOW OF. THE MEDIAN STEP INCREASE IS 1.5. MYSELF, I'M LOOKING AT -- I'M HOPING

137FOR A 1.8%, LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE. IF BARGAINING ISN'T COMPLETED SOON, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE TEACHERS LEAVING. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE VETERAN TEACHERS LEAVING THAT KNOW, LIKE MYSELF, I'M ASKED TO BE A TEACHER LEADER. IF I'M BEING ASKED TO BE A TEACHER LEADER, THEN BECAUSE OF MY YEARS OF SERVICE, THEN HOW CAN YOU DO THAT WITHOUT PAYING FOR THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE? NOW, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TOLD THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH MONEY, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE SOLUTIONS, POSSIBLE ONES. BEWARE, I GREW UP REAL POOR, SO THESE ARE PROBABLY REAL ROUGH IDEAS. ONE, MOVE ALL THE DISTRICT PERSONNEL TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES THAT HAVE ROOM. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE HALFWAY EMPTY, A THIRD OF THE WAY EMPTY. THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. WE

138CAN ALSO HAVE ALL THE MEETINGS, SINCE WE'RE A MICROSOFT DISTRICT AND WE HAVE TEAMS. THAT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. TWO, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT NO MONEY IS GIVEN TO DECORATE. I KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A BIG ISSUE WITH DECORATION. THIRD, WE CAN LEASE ROSSAC AND THE IEC BUILDINGS SINCE ALL THOSE PERSONNEL ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE AND EARN MONEY WITHIN THAT. THEN ROSSAC, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, WE CAN MOVE THEM FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THOSE AUDITORIUMS. WILL IT BE DIFFICULT? YES. WILL THERE BE ISSUES? YES. FRANKLY, THERE ARE HOWEVER MANY TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WENT AND DID THAT SAME EXACT THING AND WENT THROUGH AND DID THIS DIGITALLY ON A WHIM, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT, TOO. I DON'T

139KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE THE WORLD FOR US, BUT IT SURE WOULD PUT A DENT IN IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. VALERIE CHUCHMAN. I'LL START WITH A QUOTE FROM GANDHI. HE SAYS, ACTION EXPRESSES PRIORITIES. PEOPLE PRIORITIZE WHAT THEY VALUE. RIGHT NOW, THE TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS DON'T FEEL VALUED. NOT ONLY IS THE CONTRACT NOT SETTLED, BUT YOU GUYS HAVEN'T EVEN COME TOGETHER TO CONSIDER OUR PROPOSAL FROM NOVEMBER. PEOPLE MAKE TIME FOR THEIR PRIORITIES. BY DELAYING YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THAT CONTRACT PROPOSAL, THE MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE SENDING TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS, YOU ALL DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THEM. THE EMPLOYEES HAVE MADE THE CHILDREN OF THIS DISTRICT THEIR PRIORITY. BUT ALL THEY'VE RECEIVED IN RETURN FROM THIS ROOM ARE EXCUSES AND PLATITUDES. LAST

140MEETING, WE HEARD THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. WELL, DO YOU KNOW WHO ARE TRULY WORRIED THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR LIGHTS ON? PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THE STUDENTS OF THIS DISTRICT EVERY SINGLE DAY. PLEASE, PRIORITIZE THEM. COME BACK TO THE TABLE WITH AN OFFER -- A REAL OFFER -- THAT INCLUDES OUR EARNED YEAR OF SERVICE. BECAUSE IF YOU ALL MEAN WHAT YOU SAY, YOU WILL FIND A WAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARIE MASSFER. LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST AT MacFARLANE PARK ELEMENTARY. MY PRINCIPAL WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE MAGNET SCHOOL IN AMERICA AND I AM THE 2021 RECIPIENT OF THE FLORIDA POWER LIBRARY, WHICH IS A PERSONAL GOAL OF MINE AND ANOTHER REASON I'M HERE

141IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. UNLIKE MANY OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS, I ACTUALLY DO NOT LIVE IN THE COUNTY, WHICH IS ONE REASON I'M HERE. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN AND YOUR DISCUSSION. I PLEASE REMIND YOU THE GOVERNOR IS SITTING ON A PILE OF MILLIONS IN FEDERAL COVID RELIEF. AND ALSO, THERE ARE LOBBYISTS FROM OTHER COUNTIES, MANATEE COUNTY BEING ONE, WHO ACTUALLY RECEIVED FUNDS TO HANDLE THE COMPRESSION ISSUES. SO IN MANATEE COUNTY, THE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS DO NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM. THEY RECEIVE THAT, AND THEY RECEIVED IT FROM THE STATE. BUT IT WAS CHERRY PICKED BECAUSE BILL GALVANO WAS SENATOR, WAS THE -- I'M FORGETTING JUST BECAUSE THE NAME CAME UP. BUT HE IS A MANATEE COUNTY NATIVE AND HE HELPED THOSE FUNDS COME THROUGH THROUGH THEIR LOBBYIST. SO I WAS A CLASSROOM TEACHER IN MANATEE COUNTY AND A MEDIA

142SPECIALIST FOR 12 YEARS. I LOVE THAT TOWN AND THE ISLAND WHICH IS ONE REASON THAT I HAVE NOT LEFT. BUT THE DISTRICT CANCELED MY STEPS AND I WAS MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. I FOUND A TEN-YEAR-OLD CONTRACT THAT HAD THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT ON IT AND I SAID THIS IS RIDICULOUS. SO AS YOU LOOK TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REMEMBER, THE KIDS WON'T WAIT. THE TEACHERS CAN'T WAIT. SO IN MANATEE, THEIR DECISION AT THAT TIME SEEMED A SMALL BUDGET ISSUE THAT THEY COULD CUT THE BUDGET, BUT THE CHILDREN PAY DEARLY. IN JUST FIVE YEARS, MANATEE COUNTY WENT FROM 15th IN THE STATE, NO TITLE ONE SCHOOL WAS LESS THAN AN A WHEN I ARRIVED IN 2005, AND IN FIVE YEARS, THEY WENT TO 41st IN THE STATE IN READING. SO DEPENDING

143ON YOUR DECISIONS HERE TODAY, IT COULD HAPPEN HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO I BRAVE THE SKYWAY EVERY DAY. I GO 50 MILES FROM DOOR TO DOOR, BUT NOT JUST FOR THE COMPENSATION BUT MY STUDENTS. AND AS I WAS STANDING IN LINE, I JUST REMEMBERED, MY STUDENTS HAVE HAD ART ABOUT THREE TIMES THIS YEAR. LACK OF SUBSTITUTES. WE HAVE AN ART TEACHER THAT HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO OUR MUSIC AND ART EDUCATION HAS BEEN SUFFERING THIS YEAR WITH THE SPLIT AND THE DECREASE IN OUR SPECIALS TEACHERS. SO I AM HERE FOR MY STUDENTS AS WELL. BUT I AM HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT ONE REASON I CHOSE HILLSBOROUGH -- I COULD HAVE EASILY GONE TO SARASOTA. SARASOTA WOULD HAVE PUT ME ON STEP 6 AFTER 20 YEARS IN EDUCATION. SO HILLSBOROUGH SUPPORTS MANY PROGRAMS THAT ARE

144RECOGNIZED OUTSIDE THE STATE AND THE UNITED STATES, BUT THOSE CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT QUALITY TEACHERS. SO WHAT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL DECISION TO SAVE MONEY CAN BE AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON OUR CLASSROOMS. SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CHOOSE CTA CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS. I ASK YOU TO DECIDE IN FAVOR OF OUR CHILDREN AND I ASK YOU TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF OUR CLASSROOMS AND CONTINUE THE PATH OF EXCELLENCE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WITHOUT QUALITY TEACHERS, OUR CHILDREN SUFFER AND OUR CULTURE WILL CHANGE DRASTICALLY. IF YOU DON'T THINK YOUR TEACHERS WILL LEAVE, I'M PROOF THAT THEY WILL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. WE WILL GO BACK TO 6.02, BECAUSE WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR 6.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE WILL NOW MOVE

145ON TO -- YES -- DO WE HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN? AND THEN WE WILL ALSO VOTE ON THAT. I KNOW WE WENT OVER THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MOTION OR THE SECOND. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. YES, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED. WE'RE JUST GOING TO REVOTE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 6.05, SUBMISSIONS OF GRANT APPLICATIONS BY THE GRANTS AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS OFFICE BETWEEN JANUARY 25, 2022 AND DECEMBER 31, 2022, AND ACCEPT AWARDED FUNDS, THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS, GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE BRING TO THE BOARD ANNUALLY AT THE SAME TIME FOR US TO GET PERMISSION TO GO OUT AND SEEK COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND OTHER GRANTS WITHIN -- THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE

146NATION. HISTORICALLY, IT USUALLY TAKES BETWEEN 30 AND 45 DAY, CALENDAR. THE GRANTS ARE OPEN. AND THAT PROCESS BEING ABLE TO BRING TO THE BOARD WE MAY MISS OUT ON PARTICULAR GRANTS. AS YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT TO SEEK GRANTS. LET ME TELL YOU, OUR GRANT TEAM IS EXCEPTIONAL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IT'S THE BEST I'VE BEEN AROUND. LISA PLAYCO AND HER TEAM ARE AWESOME. THEY GO OUT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, SEL GRANTS, DOUGH DEO GRANTS, MENTAL HEALTH, S.T.E.A.M., S.T.E.M. AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT GRANTS. LAST YEAR AT $188 MILLION FOR GRANTS. THIS YEAR AROUND 221 MILLION. AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE RELATED TO COMPETITIVE GRANTS AT $1.8 MILLION. JUST TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE BOARD, ANYTIME THAT WE WILL WIN A GRANT, OBTAIN A GRANT, WE WILL INFORM THE BOARD. ANY EXPENDITURES LINKED TO THAT

147PARTICULAR GRANT WILL COME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD ONCE WE ARE AWARDED, IF WE ARE AWARDED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.05. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE GAP ANALYSIS ORIGINALLY -- I MEAN, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW WE'RE RANKED 43rd IN OTHER STATES, AND THAT WE'RE RELYING ON THESE GRANTS TO TRY TO EVEN FILL IN GAPS LEFT BY THE STATE IN LOCAL FUNDING IT. IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US. I CONSISTENTLY HAVE CONSTITUENTS ASK ME, ARE WE GOING OUT

148FOR GRANTS? HAVE WE LOOKED AT GRANTS? WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT GRANTS? I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IN RESPONSE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING AT GRANTS AND TRYING TO CAPTURE EVERY PENNY THAT WE CAN WHEN IT COMES TO GRANT FUNDING SO THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND THAT, YES, ABSOLUTELY, WHILE MEMBER GRAY SAID THEY MAY NOT BE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING, THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CAPTURE EVERY PENNY OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. I DO THINK GRANTS ALSO ALLOW US TO TRY SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE THINGS AND PILOT SOME THINGS THAT INFORM WHAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS

149OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THE GRANT SUNSETS, IF WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO SUSTAIN THAT, THEN IT DOES SUNSET. BUT I AGREE WITH MEMBER VAUGHN, THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK WE DO. IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS. WHEN WE DO GET AWARDED GRANTS, I JUST APPLAUD EVERYBODY INVOLVED BECAUSE I KNOW WORKING IN THAT WORLD THROUGH USF HOW COMPETITIVE THAT PROCESS IS, AND IT DOES HELP US REALLY STAND OUT AS A DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WILL ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF DR. HAHN WHEN SHE SAYS IT REALLY CAN SET OUR DISTRICT APART WITH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY AND CREATIVITY, AND SO I APPLAUD. OUR GRANTS FOLKS HAVE BEEN FABULOUS FOR YEARS. THEY HAVE REALLY,

150REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB. WE USED TO HAVE -- I'M GUESSING IT'S PROBABLY STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE -- A SPREADSHEET THAT HAD OUR GRANTS ORGANIZED ON IT, LIKE WHAT WERE KIND OF THE STATUS OF EACH GRANT AND WHAT IT PAID FOR, HOW LONG IT WAS, HOW MUCH IT IS, THAT TYPE OF THING. YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT IT'S GOING TO GET RENEWED, IF IT IS A THREE-YEAR GRANT THAT IT WILL GET RENEWED IN THREE YEARS. IT'S GOOD FOR US, I THINK, TO KNOW AS BOARD MEMBERS WHAT'S OUT THERE, HOW MUCH OF THE REVENUE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT IS GRANT FUNDED AND WHAT -- IT'S MORE TRANSPARENT SO THAT -- MS. VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM TO HIGHLIGHT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, AND IT WOULD BE EVEN

151MORE WONDERFUL IF THAT ATTACHMENT WAS ON IT SO PEOPLE CAN SEE HOW MANY WE'RE DOING AND HOW MUCH IT'S BRINGING INTO THE DISTRICT. SO I WOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST, MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT SPREADSHEET BACK IN OUR HANDS AND SHOW US THE STATUS OF THOSE GRANTS. THANKS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO 6.06, INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR PIGGYBACK, 21139-PGB-PP CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT CATALOG DISCOUNTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS TO BRING TO THE BOARD TO ASK FOR AN INCREASE OF EXPENDITURES RELATED TO CLASSROOM MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT RELATED TO CATALOG DISCOUNTS. WE PIGGYBACKED BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 OFF OF HERNANDO COUNTY, AND THIS IS ALL TO BE ABLE TO PUT ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES

152TO ERWIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE RELATED TO SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, RELATED TO HVAC, NURSING, MASSAGE THERAPY. AND NOW WE TRANSITIONED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION AND HAVE GREATER RESOURCES FOR THE ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICAL PATHWAY. SO THIS IS TO ALLOW US TO INCREASE ELECTRICITY, CAREER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND REALLY ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO INDUSTRY STANDARD TRAINING, ASSIMILATIONS, STUDENT CURRICULUM TO ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.06. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: YES. I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT BRIEF. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR PIGGYBACK AGREEMENTS. I'VE ACTUALLY HAD

153A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD HAS ANY INTEREST IN EVENTUALLY HAVING A WORKSHOP AROUND IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT IT ON THE TOPICS AND POLL MEMBERS. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY INTEREST. PEOPLE HAVE ADDRESSED CONCERN TO ME THAT WHEN WE'RE USING PIGGYBACKS AND BYPASSING OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE TO GET A BETTER RATE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SUCH A FINANCIAL CRUNCH, WHEN WE IDENTIFY HOW MANY OF THE CURRICULUM THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THIS PIGGYBACK AND WE GO OUT, WHEN WE COME BACK AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY ON THAT, IS THAT JUST BECAUSE WE UNDERESTIMATED OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT? IS IT BASED ON UNDERESTIMATING HOW MANY PIECES WE WOULD NEED? OR HAS THE PRICE GONE UP? I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY AND WE'RE MAKING

154AGREEMENTS FOR A LOWER RATE, AND THEN WE HAVE THINGS THAT COME BACK AND WE ASK FOR MORE MONEY ON THAT PIGGYBACK. AND PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE -- UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT BYPASSING OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE AND GIVING MORE MONEY TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY FOR THESE CONTRACTS. Nadia Combs: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION THIS WEEK RELATED TO, PARTICULARLY MAYBE LAST WEEK, RELATED TO PIGGYBACKS. I'VE ASKED MY STAFF TO BE VERY THOROUGH RELATED TO WHEN WE BRING PIGGYBACKS TO THE BOARD AND TO IDENTIFY HOW THAT PIGGYBACK POTENTIALLY IS SAVING US MONEY RELATED TO THE CURRENT PRICE THAT'S BEEN EXTENDED TO POTENTIAL AWARDS. BUT RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE JUST HAD ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING RELATED TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CARES III

155GRANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY TO GO ON AND SERVE ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS THROUGH ERWIN TECHNICAL, BUT WHEN THE ADDITIONAL MONEY ARRIVED THROUGH OUR BUDGET, WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ELECTRICITY SIDE OF THE COLLEGE. SO BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THIS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ANOTHER PATHWAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I'M KIND OF GLAD YOU PULLED THIS, MEMBER VAUGHN, BECAUSE IT GIVES THE SUPERINTENDENT AT LEAST A LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE EXPANSION OF OUR VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND THE ECLECTIC NATURE THAT WE'RE REALLY DIVING INTO WITH THESE PIGGYBACKS. I THINK I HEARD MASSAGE -- DID YOU SAY MASSAGE THERAPY IS ONE OF THE -- Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Lynn Gray: SO THIS IS -- THIS IS THE COUNTRY

156AND THIS IS THE COUNTY AND THIS IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WILL AFFORD AND GIVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TYPES OF VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY. SO AT ANY RATE, I'M SURE WE'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT THE HUGE INITIATIVES THAT YOU'LL BE DOING WITH THE WORKFORCE. SO THAT'S ALL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6.08, PIGGYBACK ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 6.08 IS A PIGGYBACK FOR OUR ERP SYSTEM. BACK IN 2017, THE BOARD APPROVED THE TRANSITION TO OUR ERP. WITH THAT IS BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL THE SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT TO REALLY HELP US HAVE MORE SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE US THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES, THROUGH OUR FINANCES AND TO BE IN THROUGH ALL THE LOGISTICS RELATED

157TO THIS WORK. SO IN THIS ERP SYSTEM, IT'S MAJOR FOR US TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE CONVERSION OF ALL OF OUR ANALYTICS, ALL OF OUR DATA, ALL OF OUR PROCESSES TO MAKE IT -- MAKE SURE WE ARE FLUENT. BECAUSE IF THIS ERP CONVERSION IS NOT DONE WITH THE DELICACY AND THE ATTENTION NEEDED, IT WILL POTENTIALLY HURT US IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY IS BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR AN INCREASE IN SERVICES OF OUR CONSULTANT AND THEY BRING A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS OF EXPERTS, ANALYSIS EXPERTS, PROGRAM SPECIALISTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP US AID IN OUR DATA CONVERSION, ALIGNMENT TO OUR PROCESSES WITH I.T., HUMAN RESOURCES, AND FINANCIALS. AND THROUGH THE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO GIVE THIS TO DR. WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE

158ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Thomas Weeks: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT FOR THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD, AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HAD STATED, THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL ITEM THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON. WE DO HAVE A SPECIFIC DEADLINE THAT IS MOVING IN FRONT OF US AND THE EXISTING SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING IS ABOUT TO GO COMPLETELY OUT OF SERVICE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE 2017, AS MR. DAVIS HAD STATED. THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO ALLOW US TO PUSH TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE FINAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRODUCT. THIS WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. THAT EXPENDITURE WILL OCCUR OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS; HOWEVER, THAT WILL BE RESTORED BY CAPITAL FUNDING BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. I'M TOLD SOMEWHERE IN THE JUNE TIME FRAME. AND I'M TOLD

159BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF EXPENDITURE IT IS, THAT IT INITIALLY NEEDS TO BE INCURRED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS WHY IT DOES NOT IMPACT OR WHY IT NEEDS TO GO DIRECTLY TO GENERAL FUND AND NOT CAPITAL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.08. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. WEEKS, FOR CLARIFYING THAT, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE, IT WILL BE COMING BACK. YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S -- I HEARD -- I'VE BEEN TOLD MOST LIKELY BY JUNE, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, BY THE CLOSE, THIS WILL BE RESTORED FROM CAPITAL OUTLAY, IS THAT CORRECT? Nadia Combs: MS. JOHNSON. Ro Johnson: THAT'S

160CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: BECAUSE I WANT TO KIND OF CLARIFY GOING FORWARD FOR GENERAL FUND EXPENSES, UNTIL WE REALLY RESTRUCTURE OUR OPERATIONS, OUR OPERATION BUDGET, THAT I CAN'T IN GOOD FAITH, EVEN FOR THINGS WE NEED, VOTE FOR THINGS THAT COME OUT OF OUR CAPITAL FUND, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND PAY OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS A LIVABLE WAGE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. I'M VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING REIMBURSED. I APPRECIATE THAT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ONCE THIS IS TAKEN OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, WHAT IS OUR GENERAL FUND GOING TO LOOK LIKE? HOW IS IT GOING TO IMPACT? Nadia Combs: MS. JOHNSON. Ro Johnson: WE'LL DO A TRANSFER FROM THE CAPITAL TO COVER THE EXPENSE. Karen Perez: SO

161OUR GENERAL FUNDS WILL NOT DIP DOWN? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. Nadia Combs: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WERE YOU GOING TO ANSWER THAT? Addison Davis: I'LL LET THROUGH THE CHAIR, MS. JOHNSON. Ro Johnson: INITIALLY, OUR GENERAL FUND WOULD BE A REDUCTION BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSE THROUGH THE JOURNAL FUND. BUT BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THAT TRANSFER WILL HAPPEN TO COVER THAT EXPENSE. Karen Perez: DIP DOWN BY HOW MUCH? Ro Johnson: THE COST OF THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD. Karen Perez: HOW MUCH IS THAT? $1.3 MILLION ROUGHLY. Nadia Combs: DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. AND MR. WEEKS, I KNOW THAT YOU SPENT TIME WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS EXPLAINING THIS NECESSITY, THAT WE GET THIS -- WE MUST HAVE IT UPDATED. I AM REMINDED JUST ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHERS, IF THEY DON'T

162HAVE THAT SOFTWARE THAT'S UP TO DATE AND STAFF MEMBERS, CABINET MEMBERS, IF WE CAN'T GET OUR TECHNOLOGY UP TO A POINT OF, LET'S JUST SAY, NORMALCY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO FALL BEHIND NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND MENTALLY, WE HAVE TO HAVE AN UPDATE. MR. WEEKS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I CAN HARDLY SEE YOU, SO I'M LOOKING BETWEEN THE CHAIRS. I SEE IT AS A NECESSITY TO KEEP UP FOR THE STUDENTS' WELFARE AND AS I SAID, THE CABINET MEMBERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I APPRECIATE THAT INPUT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE WE DON'T PRIORITIZE THEM FEELING VALUED AND HAVING A LIVABLE WAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEN THERE WILL

163BE NO ONE TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY OTHER THAN CABINET. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS 6.10, INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR INVITATION TO BID ON SCHOOL BUS, VEHICLE, AND SAFETY VEST STEAM CLEANING. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,. IN JUNE 25th, 2019, THE BOARD APPROVED AN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE STEAM-CLEANING SERVICES FOR OUR SCHOOL BUSES, FOR OUR VEHICLES AND ALSO FOR OUR SAFETY VESTS. WHAT WE SEE DUE TO COVID, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF A NEED FOR US TO HAVE GREATER CLEANING. BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD AN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE GOING BACK TO MATCH THE 2019-2020 YEAR OF $240,000. THIS WILL BE SPENT IN A SPLIT COST THROUGH ESSER DOLLARS AND AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE

164TO LEVERAGE GENERAL FUNDS AS WELL. THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMBAT COVID, TO CONTINUE TO CLEAN NOT ONLY THE VESTS THAT INDIVIDUALS WEAR, BUT OUR BUSES AND VEHICLES THAT INDIVIDUALS DRIVE AND OUR STUDENTS TRANSITION AND OUR EMPLOYEES TRANSITION IN EVERY DAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.10. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: WHY IS IT THAT WE CAN'T PULL ALL OF THIS OUT OF ESSER FUNDS? Nadia Combs: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,, I MEAN, OUR ESSER FUNDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO, WE'VE EXPENDED THE MAJORITY OF THEM. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND

165ACTUALLY MAKE AN AMENDMENT WE WILL. BUT RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE COVER THIS EXPENSE, WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH ESSER, THE SAME IN WHAT WASN'T AVAILABLE, WE HAD TO PICK UP WITH GENERAL FUND TO MAKE IT A REALITY. IF WE CAN GO BACK AND CREATE A PROCESS ANY AMENDMENTS, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR TEAM TO SEE IF THERE'S AVAILABILITY TO DO SO AND WE'LL KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I HAD THE SAME QUESTION. TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S CONFUSING TO PEOPLE BECAUSE WE GOT SO MUCH MONEY, IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING IT FROM ESSER II THAT WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO BUCKETS AND WE EXPANDED AS MUCH AS WE CAN

166FOR THE ESSER 2 BUCKET SINCE WE DIDN'T GET FREE ACCESS TO THE ESSER MONEY AND IT WAS SUBCATEGORIZED? Nadia Combs: MR. FARKAS. Christopher Farkas: JUST TO CLARIFY, THE REASON THE ORIGINAL EXPENDITURE WAS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THIS EXTENSION, THIS ADDED MONEY IS ACTUALLY THROUGH ESSER. SO THERE WILL BE NO MORE MONEY TAKEN FROM THE GENERAL FUND. IT'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT. IF WE GO BACK, WE RECLASSIFY IT. NO MORE GENERAL FUNDS WITH THIS EXPENDITURE. ONLY ESSER. THE GENERAL FUND WAS SPENT IN THE FIRST PART OF IT. THIS IS NEEDED TO INCREASE. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. Jessica Vaughn: NO MONEY IS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND IF WE APPROVE. Christopher Farkas: NO MORE MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL FOR THE STEAM CLEANING WAS DONE OUT OF GENERAL FUND. THIS EXPENDITURE, THIS EXPANSION

167OR ADDED FUNDS WILL ALL BE OUT OF ESSER. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TWO QUESTIONS, ONE, WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT? I KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING IS, WHAT IS THE 161,720 SPECIFICALLY PAYING FOR? Addison Davis: MR. FARKAS, YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE 161,000 WILL BE? Christopher Farkas: YOU MEAN HOW MANY BUSES IT'S CLEANING, THAT PART OF IT? Melissa Snively: IS IT THE SANITATION PART? IS IT THE HARNESS PART? Christopher Farkas: MAJORITY IS THE BUSES BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY STEAM CLEAN THE BUSES EVERY WEEK TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THOSE CLEANED BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE PLACE WE CAN'T SOCIAL DISTANCE. I DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN HERE BUT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU. Melissa Snively: OKAY. AND THEN ARE SCHOOL BUSES

168CONSIDERED CAPITAL EXPENDITURE? Christopher Farkas: YES. Melissa Snively: SO CAN WE NOT USE CAPITAL REVENUE TO MAINTAIN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES? WHY CAN'T WE USE CAPITAL FUNDS TO MAINTAIN CAPITAL? Christopher Farkas: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, BUT YOU CANNOT. VERY SPECIFIC. MAINTENANCE IS A NONCAPITAL EXPENDITURE. THE SCHOOL BUS, THE EXPENSIVE PART IS A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, BUT TO MAINTAIN IT HAS TO BE THE GENERAL FUND. Melissa Snively: THAT'S DECIDED BY THE LEGISLATURE, CORRECT. Christopher Farkas: 100% IT'S STATUTE. Melissa Snively: I KIND OF KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, TOO. SORRY. BUT THAT'S POTENTIALLY SOMEWHERE WHERE WE COULD IMPACT LEGISLATIVE CHANGE AS WELL. BECAUSE THERE ARE LAWS THAT ARE ANTIQUATED AND OUTDATED, SOME OF THEM, AND THEY DON'T APPLY THE SAME WAY ANYMORE. AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE PURCHASE THAT IT BECOMES

169CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL, FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS, THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED BY CAPITAL FUNDS AS WELL. THAT'S JUST MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION AND WE CAN TAKE THAT TO THE LEGISLATURE, TOO. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 7.01, TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, THE GMP, FOR THE BUS LOOP AND PARENT PICKUP PROJECT AT TWO SITES. THAT'S LAMB AND PROGRESS VILLAGE. PROJECT NUMBER 100294, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS TO APPROVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY FOR PARKING DRIVEWAY, ACCESSIBILITY FOR LAMB AND PROGRESS VILLAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. FOR SO MANY YEARS, THEY'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE COMMUNITY OF GETTING INTO THESE TWO FACILITIES AND BEING ABLE TO EXIT. SO THE COUNTY IS GOING TO

170PARTNER WITH US TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND REBUILD THEIR PICKUP ZONE TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC ALONG TO HELP WITH THE BUS TRAFFIC TO GET OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR STUDENTS IN AND OUT OF BOTH FACILITIES IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 7.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN 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, MADAM CHAIR. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO VISIT MY SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT, A BIG PORTION OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE FROM ADMINISTRATORS ARE OUTDATED BUS LOOPS, PARENT PICKUP LINES. THE CONCERNS ARE TEACHERS ARE STAYING HOURS AND HOURS

171AND HOURS LATER TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS GET PICKED UP IN TIME. AND SOME OF THOSE, I KNOW IT'S VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE SOME OF THAT IS FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROPERTY. SOME OF IT IS COUNTY PROPERTY. SOME OF IT IS CITY PROPERTY. SOME OF IT IS OUR PROPERTY. BUT AS THE LIAISON WHO SITS ON THE TPO BOARD, I WANT TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS GOING FORWARD AND INVITE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE SCHOOLS IN THEIR DISTRICTS WITH SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IF WE CAN BUILD MORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS AND DEAL WITH A LOT OF THESE INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS WE HAVE, WHETHER IT COMES TO THE BUS LOOP OR COMES TO PARENT PICKUP. BECAUSE IT'S FRUSTRATING PARENTS. IT'S FRUSTRATING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND

172I FEEL LIKE THAT WHEN I KIND OF DIG, THERE'S A GRAY AREA, TO USE WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ME BETWEEN, IS IT THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY? IS IT OUR RESPONSIBILITY? AND WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY? I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ADDRESSING WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS AND REALLY ADVOCATING TO GET THESE PROBLEMS -- OR THESE ISSUES SOLVED. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND START HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTION E, WHICH ARE THE INFORMATION ITEMS. FIRST IS 12.01, THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE. ELLEN LYONS, VICE-CHAIR OF THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE,

173WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING US, THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. THIS IS RICK WARNER, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM ELLEN LYONS, VICE-CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. WE'RE PART OF A COMMITTEE OF 15 MEMBERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE APPOINTED BY YOU AND SOME APPOINTED BY COMMUNITY GROUPS. YOU FOUNDED OUR COMMITTEE IN THE SUMMER OF 2021 AND THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THE FISCAL OPERATIONAL DEFICIT, ENSURE TRANSPARENCY IN BUDGET AND REPORTING, AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE BOARD. WE CAN'T MAKE ANY FINANCIAL DECISIONS, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO YOU AND WE CAN LET YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TONIGHT. THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT OCCURS BECAUSE IN 2022, THIS DISTRICT IS STILL GETTING PER PUPIL ALLOCATION,

174BASE ALLOCATION THAT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN IT WAS IN 2006. AND SO IN THE 15 YEARS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED SINCE THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DRASTICALLY REDUCED PER PUPIL FUNDING, THE DISTRICT IS EDUCATING EVER MORE STUDENTS FOR STILL LESS MONEY. AND THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF THAT HAS BEEN A FISCAL OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. IT'S A TREMENDOUS COST TO OPERATE THIS DISTRICT. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN LEARNING DURING ALL OF OUR MEETINGS. OUR COMMITTEE HAS HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS, AND WE'VE LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE DISTRICT OPERATIONS. WE'VE CREATED A BINDER THAT HAS A LOT OF REALLY HELPFUL FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR OUR COMMITTEE TO USE, AND IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, WE ASKED OUR CFO, RO JOHNSON AND HER STAFF TO COME UP WITH A PLAN. WE WANTED THEM TO PRESENT A PLAN ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ADDRESS THE FISCAL OPERATIONAL DEFICIT IN THIS

175YEAR AND POTENTIALLY YEARS TO COME. SO CFO JOHNSON DID PRESENT TO OUR COMMITTEE A PLAN. AND THE PLAN SEEKS TO GREATLY REDUCE OR POTENTIALLY ELIMINATE THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT FOR THIS YEAR. IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO BE REPLICATED IN FUTURE YEARS. IT IS SOMETHING WE AS A COMMITTEE, WE WERE FAVORABLY IMPRESSED BY THE PLAN. WE SUPPORT THE PLAN, AND WE ALSO SUPPORT ACTION TO BRING THE BUDGET INTO BALANCE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE MADE A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS THE PLAN. THERE IS A PowerPoint SLIDE SOMEWHERE THAT HAS THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF OUR RESOLUTION. SO THE NEXT THING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS RESEARCH. WE WANT TO RESEARCH SEVERAL BUDGET AREAS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON COST REDUCTION,

176SUCH AS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GIBSON REPORT OR GREAT CITY SCHOOLS. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT. WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANT FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TAKE BACK -- LIKE US TO TAKE BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW COMMENTS? I FACTORY? IS THERE GOING TO BE COMMENTS? NO. I THINK WE SAID THERE ARE NO COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND TIME AND COMMITMENT FOR YOU. I KNOW ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR DOING THIS VOLUNTARY AND DOING ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GET

177THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT'S EXCELLENT FEEDBACK BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING THIS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR GROUPS THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING. Nadia Combs: YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT IS 12.02, WHICH IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACT TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, FEDERAL PROGRAMS, GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS JUST TO RECOMMEND THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $828,000 TO BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE FOR STAFFING COSTS, SALARY COSTS,

178NURSES, PPE AND ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE DASHBOARD. SO JUST COLLABORATION AND CONTINUING TO SHOW THAT WE'RE WORKING COLLECTIVELY TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN SAFE AND TO BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR WORK RELATED TO COVID. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, ALL RIGHT, MR. PABLO, ARE YOU READY? THIS EVENING, WE WANT TO IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE PRESENTATION TO RECOGNIZE THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION WINNERS TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT BLACK HISTORY MONTH ACTIVITIES. THE BOARD DID A REALLY NICE JOB WITH A PROCLAMATION. I AGREE, IT'S 365 DAYS A YEAR THAT WE CELEBRATE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN THE ARCHITECTS OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY. AT THE SAME TIME, BE ABLE TO UPDATE SOME ITEMS ON OUR

179CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN IDENTIFY SALES TAX REFERENDUM EXPENDITURES AND SHARE PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE HELPING STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND HELP TRANSFORMATION. ONE OF THE THINGS WITH GOAL THREE IS EXCEPTIONAL TALENT, TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. AS YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, THURSDAY, MY FIRST DAY BACK OUT, GET A CHANCE TO GLOW CRAZY. WHAT AN AUTOMOTIVES EVENT BY HEF TO RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY THE WINNERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BUT ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOMINATED FOR THREE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE BENIGNO LOPEZ FROM SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE IS THE IDA S. BAKER DIVERSITY EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR. HE GAVE A PASSIONATE SPEECH THAT EVENING. I THOUGHT HE WOULD GET THE GONG BUT HE DIDN'T GET IT. HE DID A REALLY NICE JOB, AND HE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AND REPRESENT

180HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ALSO THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, MRS. SMITH AT IT'S THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A PARENT LIAISON AIDE. WONDERFUL JOB AND RECOGNIZE HER EFFORTS AND HER WORK. ALSO THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, LAURA WIDERBERG FROM ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, BIOLOGY TEACHER. ANYONE COULD HAVE BEEN A REPRESENTATIVE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS WERE RECOGNIZED AND WE CELEBRATE THEM IN A SPECIAL NIGHT AND THANK HEF AND ALL OUR PARTNERS WITH SUNCOAST AND OTHERS, AND CASPERS, FOR REALLY MAKING THIS A SPECIAL NIGHT. WE REALLY NEEDED IT AND DID IT IN A SAFE MANNER. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR ATTENDEES FOR RECOGNIZING THE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL EVENT. ALSO, YOU KNOW, GOAL TWO IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY FOR

181THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. ONE THING WE TASK OUR STAFF TO DO, TO RECOGNIZE A THEME IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE RECOGNIZE IS A FOCUS ON BLACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SO REALLY PERTINENT RELATED TO COVID, SO DID A REALLY NICE JOB, SO THAT IS OUR THEME THAT WE WILL FOCUS ON. WE'RE ASKING ANYONE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO HAS MANY, MANY ACTIVITIES WE IMPLEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS, USE #, HCPS BLACK HISTORY 2022. TO SHOW THE CONCENTRATION, THE FOCUS AND CELEBRATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'VE GIVER AN NUMBER OF TEACHER RESOURCES, ACCESSIBILITY, THANK YOU TO ACADEMIC SERVICES, MR. CONNOR AND HIS TEAM AND REALLY, REALLY GIVING US A LINING -- ALIGNING NOT ONLY LESSONS BY myON READINGS CONNECTED TO BLACK HISTORY AND THEN MANY, MANY SCHOOL DISTRICT EVENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN FROM

182CONTESTS TO SPOTLIGHTS, TO ESSAYS TO ART EVENTS, TO RECOGNIZING ONE INDIVIDUAL PER DAY, TO ONLINE CLASSROOMS AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY PIONEERS WHO'VE WORKED AND CHANGED THE WORK IN A PROACTIVE SOLUTION WAY IN HEALTH CARE. SO WHAT WE'LL SEE IN OUR EVENTS IS YOU'LL SEE A POWER HOUR OF WEBINARS, THE SPOTLIGHT, BLACK HISTORY, INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE IMPACT IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE'LL ALSO HAVE READINGS AND READ-ALOUDS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, WITH CABINET MEMBERS, DISTRICT MEMBERS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND ALSO A NUMBER OF TOURS AND FAMILY RESOURCES THAT WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE. SO THANK YOU FOR OUR TEAM FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY. IT'S A REALITY WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEN ALSO, ONE THING WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT

183IS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. TONIGHT, THE BOARD, WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA 5.01 THROUGH 5.05, WHICH REALLY SIGNIFIES HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE COMPETING AT A NATIONAL SCALE. AND SO MANY OF OUR CHOIRS, OUR CHORUS, OUR BANDS AND OUR MAGNET STUDENTS ARE GOING ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IN A SAFE MANNER WITH PARENT PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO GO AND COMPETE. AND WE BRING THAT TO THE BOARD FOR RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION. AND THEN ALSO WE HAD TONIGHT THROUGH CONSENT 6.03, WHICH IS OUR EXPANSION OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS FOR FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN PLANT CITY OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH FOUR SCHOOLS. WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WITH YVONNE FRY AND HER STAFF REALLY HAVING A GREATER PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPAND IT FROM

184FOUR SCHOOLS TO TEN SCHOOLS AND REALLY LEVERAGING WORKFORCE DOLLARS AND PERKIN DOLLARS, WHICH ARE GATGORICALS TO HELP OUR -- CATEGORICALS TO HELP STUDENTS FIND PATHWAYS, APPRENTICESHIPS, CREATE VIDEOS TO ILLUSTRATE THE JOBS CONSISTENTLY OUT THERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT STUDENTS CAN TRANSITION THROUGH AND REALLY ALLOW THEM TO LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR ENGLISH FOUR CLASSES THAT GO ON SITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JUST THANK THEM FOR WILLINGNESS TO BE A PARTNER AND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR MAKING THAT EXPANSION. AND THEN ALSO SALES TAX. I WOULD BE REMISS, AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM, OUR COMMUNITY, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMUNITY TEAM FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND GIVING THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE. ONE THING WE DO AND TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST, IF WE ARE GOING TO SEEK AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAM, ONE WAY

185TO DO IT IS HIGHLIGHT WHAT THIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS DONE FOR THE SALES TAX REFERENDUM TO BE ABLE TO EXPEND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IF YOU COULD FUNDING IN AN EFFICIENT, TRANSPARENT -- FUNDING IN AN EFFICIENT TRANSPARENT MANNER. THE COMMUNITY INVESTED OVER $300 MILLION TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO ADDRESS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND TONIGHT WE BRING ANOTHER FINAL ACCEPTANCE TO McKITRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I THINK THIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR DOING THIS IN A DELICATE CARING MANNER AND BEING EFFICIENT IN THEIR WORK. IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO BUILD THAT TRUST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO FINALLY BRINGING SUSPENDED AGENDA TO THE BOARD. TRANSFORMATION NETWORK, I'LL LET MS. McRAE TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK. THEY HAVE BEEN LASER-LIKE FOCUSED ON MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR STUDENTS, BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS. Shay McRae: ABSOLUTELY. THE LAST BOARD MEETING ON

186DECEMBER 14th, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING TO YOU OUR MOU AGREEMENT WITH OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. JUST WANTED TO SHARE AN UPDATE WITH YOU AS EARLY AS THIS MONTH, STUDENTS CAME BACK FROM THE DECEMBER WINTER VACATION. THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY. SO WE HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH GETTING OUR ADVERTISEMENTS OUT AND WE HAVE OVER, ALMOST 50 APPLICATIONS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE. SO WE WILL START OUR FIRST ROUND OF STUDENTS GOING INTO OUR SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT WEEK, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE AND GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COME IN AND TO HELP -- HAVE TUTORIAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR STUDENTS. THE NEXT THING IS WE HAVE OUR SECOND YEAR OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MICROSOFT. MICROSOFT HAS AN EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP

187WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE TRANSFORMATION NETWORK. THEY DO HAVE A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DIVISION AT MICROSOFT AND THEY ARE TARGETING OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS IN THE TRANSFORMATION NETWORK TO REALLY GET INFORMATION OUT, BUT TO UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY, S.T.E.M., AS WELL AS EDUCATE THEM ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH THEM ONGOING, AND THIS IS ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH THAT THEY ARE DOING EXCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH TRANSFORMATION NETWORK. Addison Davis: THANK YOU, MS. McRAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. THE FINAL ONE IS CREATING THAT SUPPORTIVE ORGANIZATION. I KNOW THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE LAST 22 MONTHS, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS GOING THROUGH SOME REALLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES,

188ALL LINKED TO MENTAL HEALTH. AND WE ALSO HAVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS SOME OF OUR FORMAL STUDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS COME TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED. AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO THIS ADMINISTRATION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORTS AND THAT CONTINUES TO LINK TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND MAKE THEM A PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE PLACE AND HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING. HATS OFF TO THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND COMPLIANCE, FACE AND INNOVATION FOR TEAMING TOGETHER, BEING ABLE TO VISIT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A PARTICULAR NEED AND GOING OUT TO PROVIDE ONGOING TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO BULLYING, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH OUR PRACTITIONERS AND AT THE

189SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW SEL CURRICULUMS ARE THERE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR LEARNERS EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS. ALSO, BEING ABLE TO -- TONIGHT, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR BEING ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTRAL FLORIDA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK. THIS ONCE AGAIN ALLOWS US TO MOVE FROM 49 TO 118 SITES THAT WILL HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS ASSIGNED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THOSE WHO MAY BE HAVING ANY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES. AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, OUR DISTRICT STAFF, GOING OUT AND MEETING WITH SCHOOL, GOVERNANCE, SCHOOL, MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCILS AND ALSO ADULT ADVISORY COUNCILS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT, WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY AND HAVE GREATER ACCESSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO

190PROVIDE SERVICES. AND I THANK YOU FOR OUR TEAM. I KNOW THAT THIS TEAM HAS CONTINUED TO PARTNER AND FORMALIZE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY. WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF TRYING TO CREATE AN AGGRESSIVE MESSAGING COMPONENT THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW WE HAVE STUDENTS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. WE WILL LAUNCH HILLSBOROUGH ASSIST. THIS WILL BE FORTHCOMING ON CLASS LINK, WHICH WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES TO STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH ANY BULLYING, HARASSMENT, SEXUAL HARASSMENTS, AND THAT WILL BE LINKED IN TO -- AN IMMEDIATE LINK ON CLASS LINK FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HIGHLIGHT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY. IF ANYONE HAS ANY POTENTIAL NEEDS, CALL

191211. THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY IS THERE TO SUPPORT, AND THEY WILL ENGAGE US AS NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE BETTER COMFORT EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR BOARD COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU'LL EACH HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE WINNERS OF THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARDS. IT'S THE FIRST YEAR I MISSED, AND I WAS RECOVERING FROM COVID AND I'M SORRY I MISSED IT. IT'S ACTUALLY MY FAVORITE EVENT OF THE YEAR. BUT I FOLLOWED CLOSELY AND REALLY ENJOYED LOOKING AT ALL THE VIDEOS AND HIGHLIGHTS AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING. I WANT TO THANK

192ANN MARIE COURTNEY, OUR VERY OWN ANN MARIE FOR ALL THE WORK SHE PUTS INTO THAT EVENT. KIM JOEL FROM HEF. WE COULDN'T OBVIOUSLY DO THAT EVENT WITHOUT OUR HEF PARTNERS. AND ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR HELPING US SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THE TREMENDOUS JOB THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. ALSO WANT TO SHARE THE READ ON myON DECEMBER DATA, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. DURING DECEMBER AND REMEMBER HALF OF THAT MONTH WAS CHRISTMAS BREAK AND THE HOLIDAYS, AND WE HAD ALMOST HALF A MILLION BOOKS ACCESSED BY OUR STUDENTS DURING THAT TIME. AND OVER 53,000 HOURS OF READING BOOKS. AND THE BOOKS ARE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, SO IT'S A WONDERFUL ASSORTMENT OF BOOKS, AND THAT WAS 10,000 MORE HOURS OF READING IN DECEMBER THAN IN NOVEMBER. SO IT REALLY MADE, AS

193SOMEBODY, AND I KNOW ALL MY BOARD MEMBERS LOVE BOOKS AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF BOOKS KIDS READ AND THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, THAT IT REALLY FILLED MY HEART WITH A LOT OF HAPPINESS TO SEE THAT. A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT OVER CHRISTMAS BOOK READING GOOD BOOKS. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE myON. IT IS THEIR TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I DO TRY AND SHARE THE IMPACT THAT myON HAS ON OUR STUDENTS. NEXT MEETING I'LL PROBABLY SHARE A VIDEO THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, CONGRATULATING myON. BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH myON IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A LOT OF GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LIKE THE CHILDREN'S BOARD AND EARLY LEARNING COALITION AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND A

194LOT OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT AND THE IMPACTFULNESS THAT ORGANIZATION HAS ON OUR DISTRICT. THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IT WAS AROUND BOOKS. IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED I THINK AT EVERY BOARD MEETING FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS NOW. AND I THINK TONIGHT, TWO OF THE SPEAKERS REALLY DROVE HOME THE POINT AND DEMONSTRATED ARTICULATELY THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND GROOMING KIDS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT THIS HAS ON OUR STUDENTS. I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT IS WHO IS MAKING THE DECISIONS TO PURCHASE BOOKS LIKE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED? AND IS THAT INDIVIDUAL LIBRARIANS? IS IT STAFF? IS IT PUBLISHERS THAT ARE SENDING BOOKS THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH? I'M TRYING TO

195WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THIS BOARD IS NOT SITTING HERE AND RUBBER STAMPING BOOKS TO GO IN LIBRARIES. BUT HOW IS THAT HAPPENING, MR. CONNOR? Terry Connor: THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED EXTENSIVELY ON THAT PROCESS AND THEY ARE TRAINED PRETTY REGULARLY ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS. TYPICALLY OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS LOOK TO SOME OF THE BEST-SELLER AND SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SCHOLASTICS AND OTHER READING PUBLISHER LISTS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. BUT OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS TYPICALLY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS OUR SPEAKERS HERE RECENTLY, MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN LIBRARY BOOKS. THAT'S PRIMARILY SELECTED BY THE MEDIA SPECIALIST. Stacy Hahn: IS THERE A PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHEN

196THEY SELECT BOOKS FOR THEIR LIBRARIES IN OUR SCHOOLS? Terry Connor: THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A PROCESS. WE HAVE INTERNAL PROCESSES AS FAR AS PURCHASING THOSE BOOKS, BUT THEY USE THOSE LISTS AND THEY USE OUR VENDORS TO MAKE THOSE PURCHASES. Stacy Hahn: THEY JUST GET TO CHOOSE INDIVIDUALLY WHAT BOOKS GO IN EACH LIBRARY. OKAY. I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS HAS COME UP NOW AT EVERY BOARD MEETING. I DID NOT PARTICULARLY REALLY KNOW IF IT WAS AT STAFF LEVEL DECISION AND EVERY LIBRARY KIND OF GOT THE SAME BOOKS. EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL, EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION ON THAT, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: AND ALSO, THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN, TOO, ABOUT THE BOOKS. I ACTUALLY WAS ASKING THE VARIOUS

197LIBRARIANS HOW THEY WERE SELECTED. IN FACT, MR. CONNOR, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE DIME. THEY DECIDE. AND SOME OF THOSE BOOKS TEACHERS HAVE ACTUAL LESSON PLANS AROUND, WHICH IS HARD TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND, BUT THAT IS THE REALITY. THEY DO CHOOSE THOSE BOOKS. NOW, ALSO, THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, FOR MENTIONING AGAIN OUR REFERENDUM COMMITTEE AND THE MONIES THAT WE GET SO MR. FARKAS CAN SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON RENOVATING THE SCHOOLS, AND IT IS A GOOD THING AND IT'S NECESSARY, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB, ALL VOLUNTEERS LED BY THE HONORABLE BETTY CASTOR. ALSO, GETTING BACK TO THE BLACK HISTORY, WE WANT TO THANK IN ADDITION TO THE WONDERFUL, LET'S JUST SAY, LEADERS IN THE BLACK HISTORY WORLD, IS ALLISON EDGECOMB, WHO ALSO HAS HELPED OUR TASK FORCE BRING ABOUT THE THURGOOD MARSHALL CLUBS

198IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ALONG WITH MR. CONNOR. WE ARE DEFINITELY AND I KNOW ALLISON IS WORKING HARD TO MAKE THAT OCCUR IN SPITE OF THIS VIRUS, BUT WE ARE -- AND SHE IS VERY -- JUST VERY TENACIOUS, AND I'M POSITIVE IT WILL BE A VERY BIG SUCCESS AND A VERY IMPORTANT CLUB TO HAVE AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. I WANT TO SAY ALSO WE APPRECIATE TOBA AND JAMES RANSOM, THE 34th ANNUAL BREAKFAST WITH THE SPEAKER REVEREND EMANUEL CLEAVER. ALWAYS GREAT TO BE INSPIRED AND REALLY GIVING US GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE NEEDS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITIES. IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT EVERY YEAR THAT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS DO ATTEND AS WE ALWAYS DO. ALSO, SINCE I'M SAYING ALSO, LET ME JUST CHANGE THAT TO SAY, IN ADDITION, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, BUT BAY CARE HAS TRAINED

199OVER -- AND I HAVE IT DOWN HERE, 9,000 OF OUR STUDENTS IN CPR. BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING WHERE COLETTE WAS, O'KEEFFE, AND SHE SAID, LYNN, I'VE BEEN BUSY TRAINING ALL THESE STUDENTS FOR CPR. SO THAT'S 9,000. THAT'S QUITE FORMIDABLE. THANK YOU, COLETTE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY -- AND I DIDN'T BRING THE WATCHES. YES, I'M GOING TO BRING THE WATCHES FOR THE GASPARILLA 5K. IT'S JANUARY 26th -- YEAH, 27 IS HALF MARATHON. 26th, AND I WANT EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO GET IN SHAPE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS -- FEBRUARY. DID I SAY -- YOU SAID JANUARY. SCARED ME. Lynn Gray: OH, MY GOSH. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO BLAME IT ON THE SCHOOL WEATHER IN THIS ROSSAC BUILDING. TOO COLD. SO AT ANY RATE, THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE GIVEN A WATCH, AND I WILL BE EXPECTING

200THEIR TIME. OF COURSE, I WANT TO BEAT THEM ALL. AND THAT'S AN EASY CHALLENGE, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT FAST. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A PROMO CODE. THANK YOU, SUSAN HARMLING, THE DIRECTOR OF GASPARILLA, SO YOU GET SOME MONEY OFF. AND DENA MARSHALL WILL PUT THIS CODE -- I'LL JUST SEND IT TO YOU ALL. THEN WE HAVE OUR APRIL 2nd FITNESS 5K. VAN, GO AHEAD SAY ALOUD, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RACE? RACE FOR EDUCATION, RIGHTO, APRIL 2nd. I DO BELIEVE, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE, BUT I DO BELIEVE I HAVE MEMBER SNIVELY SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. AND I DO BELIEVE -- LET ME CHANGE THAT TO I DO KNOW SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HAS A TRAINING SCHEDULE AND WE WILL TRY TO BEAT PERHAPS VAN AYRES

201ON A 5K. IT'S OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT 25 SECONDS. THANK YOU, THE WHITE COAT CEREMONY AT DUNBAR AND I KNOW SHAKE WASHINGTON KNOWS ABOUT IT. TEACHING FIFTH GRADERS TO PREPARE FOR THEIR FUTURE IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY, HOW CRITICAL IS THAT. WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL CYNTHIA CRIMM AND THE WONDERFUL TEACHERS THAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR DISTRICT. I DID IT. YAY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SO MY ANNOUNCEMENT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. IN 1995, I DECIDED I WAS LIVING IN PINELLAS COUNTY FOR 15 YEARS AND DECIDED TO COME BACK OVER TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BECOME A SINGLE PARENT AND COME HERE. AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE RAISING THREE CHILDREN ON MY OWN, BUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS

202TAUGHT ME DIFFERENT. I HAD AN AMAZING SUPPORT SYSTEM WHEN VAN AYRES, ANTHONY PERONI, APRIL GILLER TO NAME A FEW, AND THEY BECAME COPARENTS WITH ME WITH THREE AMAZING CHILDREN. AND TODAY, MY DAUGHTER, CARMEN PEREZ, IS, HER COMPANY TECH STARS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS THAT, THEY ACTUALLY PICKED UP HER COMPANY AND SHE HAS NOW JOINED AN ALUMNI OF 161 COMPANIES THAT HAVE COLLECTIVELY GONE ON TO RAISE OVER $2 MILLION IN CAPITAL. AND SHE IS ONE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S STUDENTS. SO WHEN -- SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR TEACHERS, THIS IS WHAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TEACHERS DO. THEY EMBRACE US. THEY EMBRACE PARENTS LIKE ME. THEY BECOME FAMILY. AND ADDISON, WE HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO -- THAT WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE. I RECEIVED A VERY TROUBLESOME ON

203VIDEO ON FRIDAY, AND IN THAT VIDEO, ONE OF OUR TEACHERS, ONE OF OUR STAFF WERE TRYING TO BREAK UP A FIGHT. AND THE -- AND THIS IS NOT NEW TO OUR SCHOOL, NOT TO OUR NATION, NOT TO OUR COUNTY, BUT WHEN OUR TEACHERS GET HURT, WHEN THEY ARE AT SCHOOL, AND VIDEOS ARE TAKEN, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN OUR SCHOOL, 2% OF THE STUDENT BODY SEES THAT. BUT WHEN A VIDEO IS SENT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, MORE THAN 2% OF THE STUDENTS SEE IT. AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR TEACHERS ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS LONG LASTING. AND WE NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE. THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF OUR STAFF COMES FIRST AND COMPASSION IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HERE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION. TO ME, WHAT I

204EXPERIENCE AS A PARENT, WHAT ENVELOPED MY CHILDREN HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS WHAT I KNOW HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TO BE. AND WHEN I LOOK AT MY DAUGHTER, WHEN I LOOK AT MY THREE CHILDREN, HOW INCREDIBLE THEY TURNED OUT TO BE BECAUSE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THE SUPPORT THAT I RECEIVED, I KNOW THAT 20 YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL THE SAME HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS BUT THAT WE HAVE TO STAND BEHIND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS. BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK OUT IN THIS AUDIENCE, ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT STOOD BEHIND ME AND MY CHILDREN, MR. VAN AYRES, IS NOW STANDING BY YOUR SIDE. SO I KNOW WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND I WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry

205"Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. VERY WELL SAID, MS. PEREZ. YOU KNOW, BEING A FORMER PRINCIPAL MYSELF AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT, I DO BELIEVE IN -- WE DO HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS 100%. I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU SAY, WE CAN'T DO KIDS LIKE THIS, BUT WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU COME TO SCHOOL TO LEARN AND DO THE THINGS IT TAKE FOR A KID TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT ONE. THAT WAS A GREAT ONE. ALSO, NEXT WEEK, WHEN WE GO UP TO TALLAHASSEE? MONDAY? I GOT SOMETHING TO GIVE TO THE GOVERNOR FROM SOME STUDENTS FROM ROLAND PARK. AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT IT IS IN HERE. ONE OF THE LETTERS I READ WAS TEACHERS NEED PAY RAISES. WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR TEACHERS. SO I GOT TO MAKE

206SURE, MS. DAVIS -- MR. DAVIS THAT I DELIVER THIS OR YOU DELIVER IT TO WHOEVER IT NEED TO BE DELIVERED TO. THANK YOU, ROLAND PARK, FOR THAT. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED TO HELP STUDENTS. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS. PABLO, DO YOU HAVE THE VIDEO? OKAY. THESE ARE SOME WONDERFUL YOUNG STUDENTS HERE, AND THEY ATTEND STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE IN THE S.T.E.M. AND DR. WILSON IS THE PRINCIPAL THERE. CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND SPACE HAS AWARDED THE STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL S.T.E.M. BOOSTER CLUB A GRANT THAT TOTALS $52,000. AND IT WILL BRING TOGETHER THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS FROM USF EDUCATORS FROM STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, EXECUTIVE FROM MAX MAR TECHNOLOGIES AND NASA PROFESSIONALS TO INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT AND RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE

207INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. USF GRADUATES AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED -- PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT'S COMING IN TO HELP. AND I WANT TO THANK USF AND MAX TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEIR INPUT IN AWARDING $52,000 FOR THE BOOSTERS. ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE LAMB AND PROGRESS VILLAGE. IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS. PROGRESS VILLAGE, YOU CAN'T GET IN AND OUT. THE TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE. PEOPLE PARKING ALL IN PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS. THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE GREAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK TOBY. WE HAD A WONDERFUL BREAKFAST, MLK. IT WAS REALLY NICE. MR. RANSOM DID A GREAT JOB AND WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING SPEAKER. PHENOMENAL JOB. ALSO, WE ENJOY

208EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. IT WAS REALLY NICE. WE HAD A LOT OF NOMINEES, BUT WE HAD THREE PEOPLE THAT WENT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT COMES UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND, MADAM CHAIR, YOU HAVE IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TWO THINGS ON THE BUCKET BEFORE I KIND OF GO INTO THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. HAVE WE STARTED UP THE MEETING ABOUT GETTING FEEDBACK ON CHANGING THE MASCOTS? Addison Davis: SO THROUGH THE CHAIR, -- Nadia Combs: YES, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND I KNOW MS. MONICA VERRA-TIRADO AND I JUST SPOKE ABOUT THAT TODAY. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, OUR TEAM HAS TAKEN ACTION TO START TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENT BODY AT CHAMBERLAIN AND ALSO AT EAST BAY. THOSE I BELIEVE ARE GOING

209TO START END OF THIS WEEK OR BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK THROUGH DR. MONICA VERRA-TIRADO, THE SAME THING WITH MR. McAULEY GO COLLECTIVELY TO INITIATE THE CONVERSATIONS. Jessica Vaughn: UPDATED TIMELINE ON THAT? CAN WE GET AN UPDATED TIMELINE SENT TO US? E-MAIL. THANK YOU. THE NEXT THING, I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WAS, I LOVE THAT YOU ADDRESSED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND MAKE CHANGES IN THE DISTRICT. SO STUDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN BULLIED OR TARGETED WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT HAVE AN EASIER TIME REPORTING THAT, MAYBE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THEY FEEL SAFE IN SUPPORTING THAT. I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE MET WITH PARENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE BOARD MEETINGS AND THAT WAS AT THE TOP OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS, BUT NOT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE

210IMPLEMENTING THOSE, BUT THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT MESSAGE ACROSS IN THE SCHOOLS. SO I KNOW THAT WHEN WE TALKED EARLIER, YOU SAID ONE OF THE THINGS DRIVING UP MAYBE SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH REFERRALS IS DOING A REALLY GOOD CAMPAIGN TO ALLOWING STUDENTS TO KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THOSE SERVICES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT, WHETHER IT'S POSTERS IN OUR SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT'S TEACHERS GOING OVER IN THE CURRICULUMS AGAIN THAT HIGHLIGHTS, IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY HARASSED, BEEN BULLIED AND YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE REPORTING AT YOUR SCHOOL SITE, HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN DO IT. HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN REPORT IT AND PARTNERING, AS YOU MENTIONED WITH 211 AND KNOWING THAT THE CRISIS CENTER IS THERE WITH SERVICES SO THAT OUR STUDENTS FEEL THAT THEY HAVE SUPPORT AND THEY

211KNOW HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SERVICES. ONE THING TO PUT IT ON WHERE THEY LOG ON AND I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN OUR SCHOOLS. IT'S ON POSTERS, IT'S TALKED ABOUT AND THE STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARDS. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME WAS LITERALLY WEEPING THROUGH ALMOST THE ENTIRE THING. WHEN EVERY ESCORT GOT UP TO TALK ABOUT THE PERSON WHO WAS NOMINATED AND HOW THEY HAD IMPACTED THEIR LIVES, WHAT I HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN ECHOED IS THIS TEACHER TOLD ME I

212COULD DO IT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN ME. AND WHAT IMPORTANT WORDS THOSE ARE. AND JUST BEING A PART OF THAT EVENT WAS AMAZING. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. TALKING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH, MEMBER WASHINGTON AND I WERE ALSO IN THE TAMPA PARADE. THE MLK PARADE, WHICH IS A VERY LONG ROUTE, BUT VERY, VERY, VERY REWARDING, AND THAT WAS AMAZING, AND THE TOBA BREAKFAST. I LOVED TALKING ABOUT AND HIGHLIGHTING. I KNOW WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME FRUSTRATED WITH THE CONFINES OF THE STATE, WHICH I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND ADDRESS, BUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST ON THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. HOW MUCH EVERYBODY ON HERE AND EVERYBODY IN OUR DISTRICT CARES ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. I'M GLAD THAT WE

213HIGHLIGHT THAT. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION TONIGHT ABOUT THE CONFINES BETWEEN THE STATE AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE BOARD. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. WE GET A LOT OF E-MAILS ABOUT FRUSTRATIONS THAT OUR COMMUNITY THINKS THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR IS FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS WHO CARE ABOUT EDUCATION, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WRITE US AND ADVOCATE AND COME HERE AND SPEAK BECAUSE THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS TO REALLY RELAY THIS MESSAGE TO OUR LEADERS AT THE STATE LEVEL. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING OUT OF TALLAHASSEE, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IS IT'S REALLY A CAMPAIGN TO PENALIZE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE

214FIGHTING BACK AND TRYING TO SAVE OR STAND UP FOR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION. INSTEAD OF BILLS COMING OUT TO HELP OUR STRUGGLING STAFF MEMBERS TO ADDRESS COVID, TO REALLY BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHAT'S COMING OUT IS ARBITRARY THINGS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND HARASS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, TO TAKE AWAY OUR PAY SO ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD, WHO DON'T HAVE TO HAVE JOBS CAN AFFORD TO DO THIS TO TALK ABOUT PARTISANSHIP, WHEN THAT SHOULD BE A LOCAL DECISION. THE ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR DISTRICT IS SLOWLY BEING STRIPPED AWAY. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE DON'T NEED A SCHOOL BOARD. THEY SHOULD JUST ABOLISH IT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS SETTING US UP TO BE A SCAPEGOAT FOR ALL OUR COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS, TO THINK WE DON'T

215CARE ABOUT OR WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. SO I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WHO COME AND SPEAK TO ALSO BE INVOLVED AT THE STATE LEVEL AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT TALLAHASSEE AND OUR GOVERNOR IS PRIORITIZING WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION AND BE A VOICE. THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. MAYBE MEMBER SNIVELY IS RIGHT. THEY ARE NOT TAPPED IN AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE WRITING YOUR LEGISLATORS IN THE SAME PASSION YOU PUT IN TO ADVOCATING AT THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL, YOU CARRY THAT ON TO THE STATE. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE GOOD THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa

216Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, I ALWAYS -- WHEN -- YOU REMIND ME -- I ALMOST CALLED YOU DR. VAUGHN. GAVE YOU A PROMOTION, TOO. MEMBER VAUGHN, WHEN WE HAVE OUR FORUMS WITH OUR SCHOOL STUDENTS, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHEN WE DO A FORUM, AT ONE POINT WE STARTED ASKING THE QUESTION BACK TO THE STUDENT, BECAUSE THEY COME TO US WITH A LOT OF CONCERNS, JUST LIKE SPEAKERS WE HEAR COME TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF CONCERNS. SO WE CHALLENGE OUR SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AS WELL, RIGHT? BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IS WHEN THEY DO HAVE A CHALLENGE, WHERE DO THEY GO? BECAUSE THEY MIGHT COMPLAIN TO THEIR TEACHER OR MIGHT COMPLAINT TO THEIR PARENT OR MIGHT COMPLAIN TO SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT

217A DECISION MAKER, RIGHT? SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THROUGH. THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS. MORE SO THAN I'VE EVER SEEN AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SINCE 2014 BEING MADE BY OUR STATE LEGISLATURE AND NOT BEING MADE BY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ANYMORE. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE ADVOCATING TO KNOW WHO YOU SHOULD BE TALKING TO BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY. THEY COME TO US ABOUT FUNDING OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS, AND THAT IS TO BE REDIRECTED TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENCOURAGE ADVOCACY. I BELIEVE IN IT. I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS, IN DEMOCRACY. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO MAKE CERTAIN DECISIONS AND YOU

218GO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE, WHETHER IT'S HERE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S A DECISION WE MAKE OR THE STATE LEGISLATURE OR CONGRESS, KNOW WHO YOUR DECISION MAKERS ARE SO THAT YOU CAN ADVOCATE TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. BECAUSE WE FEEL IT. WE'RE TRYING TO BE COMPASSIONATE. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE JUST UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T CONTROL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE DECISION MAKERS. BUT WE WANT TO HELP AND LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO TALLAHASSEE, AND WE ARE ADVOCATING, ALL OF US ARE GOING UP TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT THANKS FOR INSPIRING ME. ANYWAY, I REALLY WANTED TO REALLY QUICKLY THANK YVONNE AND DANNY. THEY CAME TO TALK

219ABOUT FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY AND UNFORTUNATELY IT GOT MOVED ON THE AGENDA AT THE LAST MINUTE. I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THEY DROVE HERE FROM PLANT CITY AND THEN THEY LEFT. BUT I APPRECIATE -- WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT. WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT. I SPOKE TO CHAIR COMBS AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT. BUT THE MAIN THING IS FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE AND IS GROWING, AND IT ALLOWS STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT COMPANIES THAT ARE HIRING. THEY GO OUT TO FIELD TRIPS. THEY HAVE PEOPLE COME IN TO TALK TO THEM AND IT STARTED OUT IN PLANT CITY. WE STARTED IN THE AUDITORIUM ONE YEAR. IT WAS REALLY SWEET AND CUTE, AND THEN WE EXPANDED IT, AND NOW WE'RE DOING IT AT KING, MIDDLETON, ARMWOOD, DURANT, SIMMONS, STRAWBERRY

220CREST, PLANT CITY, NEWSOME, LEONARD AND EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOLS. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE SCHOOLS TO GET AS MANY STUDENTS AS THEY CAN TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE IT IS JUST AN EYE-OPENER FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL ONCE THEY GRADUATE. IT'S NOT JUST GO TO YOUR LOCAL GAS STATION OR COFFEE STORE OR GROCERY STORE AND APPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED IN TAMPA BAY, AND WE NEED TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR WHAT'S OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU, YVONNE AND DANNY. MAYBE WE'LL GET THEM TO COME BACK AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY AND TELL US ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS ONCE THE FIELD TRIPS ARE DONE. AND THEN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE OF PLANT CITY, AS MEMBER PEREZ MENTIONED, WE WENT TO THE

221BREAKFAST THE OTHER DAY. WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR HOSTING THE MLK LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST AND THE JOHN DICKS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT EIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS. I THINK THEY WERE A THOUSAND DOLLARS APIECE TO EIGHT STUDENTS IN THE EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THAT WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EIE WINNERS. THAT'S JUST, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IT'S AMAZING WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING AND WHAT OUR FACULTY ARE DOING, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION IN MANY WAYS, WHICHEVER WAYS WE CAN FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE DOING TO KEEP SCHOOLS GOING. SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS AND I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. AND I'M REALLY

222LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY. I'LL ALSO BE PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR, I'M HOPING WE CAN EXPAND THAT INTO THE TOWN N' COUNTRY AREA. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE WILSON FAMILY WHOSE FATHER PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY. MS. McCOY FROM LETO HIGH SCHOOL DECIDED TO DO A GRADUATION FOR A REALLY YOUNG SPECIAL YOUNG MAN WHO HAD OVER 7.0 GPA. HE'S PLACED NINTH IN LETO HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS GOING TO BE UNABLE TO SEE HIM GRADUATE. HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY TODAY, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO SEE HIS SON GRADUATE. I HAVE TO SAY THE NUMBER OF FACULTY AND STAFF AND TEACHERS THAT WERE THERE WAS REALLY OVERWHELMING, AND THANK YOU TO GARY BRADY, OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENT, WHO CAME, WHO LIVES ALL THE WAY IN SOUTH TAMPA AND CAME, AND

223THAT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL AND WONDERFUL MOMENT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS. THE BEST PART WERE THE SPEECHES FROM THE STUDENTS AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE NERVOUS, THE TEACHERS WOULD COME UP AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE DOING OKAY, SO YOU COULD SEE. ALL THE NOMINEES AND EVERYBODY ELSE I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THEM. AND ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND THE CABINET FOR REALLY FOCUSING ON REFURBISHING OUR LIBRARIES BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING IS MAKING SURE THAT KIDS CAN READ. IF WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO PUSH READING. AND TO THINK THAT WE'RE SAYING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS RELATED TO BOOKS, WELL, THIS IS WHAT'S RELATED TO BOOKS MORE THAN

224-- THIS IS WHAT'S RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IF A CHILD IS READING A BOOK, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO BE GROOMING THEM. THE GROOMING COMES WITH THE PHONES THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE ALL THROUGHOUT SCHOOL THAT KIDS ARE TEXTING EACH OTHER, USING THEM FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, SO WHEN WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ISSUES, IT'S NOT JUST BOOKS. IT'S THE PHONE. I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I THINK ALL THIS EVENING, WE HAD MANY SPEAKERS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE FUNDING FOR FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PABLO, I WANTED TO SHARE THIS SCREEN SHOT WITH EVERYBODY. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE FUNDING FOR THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION? IN 2007, OUR ALLOCATION WAS $4100. 13 YEARS LATER WE'RE AT $4300. IN 13 YEARS, OUR BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION HAS

225ONLY INCREASED BY $208. WITH THE INFLATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA, YOU TELL ME 13 YEARS LATER, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, MENTAL HEALTH, DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING. THE FLORIDA PER PUPIL SPENDING IT 43rd IN THE NATION. IT'S MISLEADING WHEN WE SEE THE TEACHER SALARY, BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY IS 30th. THAT'S GREAT. LET'S LURE PEOPLE IN. BUT GUESS WHAT, WE ARE 49th IN THE NATION FOR THE AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY. THAT MEANS AFTER TEN YEARS, 15 YEARS, 20, 25, 30 YEARS, YOU'RE MAKING VERY LITTLE COMPARED TO WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED. AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND WE LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TAX HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE PER PUPIL ALLOCATION, YOU'LL SEE THE STATE AVERAGE IS $1,214. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'RE PROPERTY

226POOR, SO WE ONLY, OUR ALLOCATION PER STUDENT IS ONLY $825. SO WE ARE EXPECTED TO DO WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY WITH THE NEEDS GREATER THAN EVER, WITH AN ALLOCATION OF 20 YEARS. SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE. WE NEED TO SHOUT OUT, WHEN I HEAR THAT WE'RE SPENDING RECORD MONEY ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING HERE. AND IT'S NOT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE TAKING AWAY THE MONEY. IT'S THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION. AND HOW ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS PROFITING FROM $4,000? SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS EVERY DAY AND I CANNOT WAIT TO GO TO THE CAPITOL BECAUSE I AM READY TO SPEAK TO SOME LEGISLATORS AND ASK FOR MORE FUNDING FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

227AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.