12/14/2021 - Regular Meeting

001Nadia Combs: THE BOARD MEETING OF DECEMBER 14, 2021, IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER WASHINGTON WILL NOW LEAD US A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR MANY OF OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS. OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE LOST ANOTHER TWO STUDENTS TO A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. I'M ASKING YOU THAT YOU HONOR THOSE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND STAFF IMPACTED BY THIS ACCIDENT BY DOING A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) Nadia Combs: WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. AND A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR

002LIGHTS APPEAR. THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EITHER IN THE BOARDROOM OR BY REMOTE. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. WE'RE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE ASK THAT GUESTS IN THE BOARDROOM KEEP ONE CHAIR OPEN BETWEEN FAMILIES. AS A REMINDER WE'RE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN AND SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS ARE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 MINUTES 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 GUIDELINES. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

003AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DEUS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONS ON LIVE WEBCAST, ON CABLE TV, VIDEO MONITORED IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSE CAPTION IN ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. Nadia Combs: WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN AND THAT'S 6:00 P.M. THAT'S EMPLOYEE INPUT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU AND KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD

004APPRECIATES YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE, HOWEVER, IT'S REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHEN THERE IS 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. A RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I'LL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. PAULA CASTANIA, HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCATES. CONGRATULATIONS TO CHAIR COMBS AND VICE CHAIR WASHINGTON. I WAS BEING TRACKED BY SOMEONE VOTED ONE OF FLORIDA'S

005TOP POLITICAL FIGURES. A PERSON IN TALLAHASSEE WITH STRONG TIES TO THE KOCH FOUNDATION WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES FUNDED BY BILLIONAIRES AND CONNECTED TO THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION. MORE BILLIONAIRES. THEY SUPPOSEDLY STAND FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND LAUNCHING INNOVATION IN EDUCATION WHICH ULTIMATELY EQUATES TO DESTROYING PUBLIC EDUCATION AS WE KNOW IT. HOW DOES ONE DESTROY PUBLIC EDUCATION? TO MANUFACTURE A CRISIS THAT KIDS HAVE -- ARE BEING FAILED. NUMBER ONE. HAVE THE MEDIA REINFORCE SAID CRISIS. NUMBER TWO, REMOVE AND IGNORE COMMUNITY VOICES. NUMBER THREE, INCREASE STUDENT TESTING. MY FIRST GRADER, GABBY, AS DICTATED BY FLORIDA STANDARDS, NOW TAKES MONTHLY CUMULATIVE MATH TESTS AS A 6-YEAR-OLD. WE STUDY FOR HOURS. WE HAVE TWO TUTORS. THREE, ADDISON, IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE ME. AND SHE IS ABOVE AVERAGE. SHE MISSED TESTING GIFTED AND TALENTED BY A

006FEW POINTS IN THE SUMMER. WE DO THIS JUST SO SHE CAN GET AN "A" ON A TEST. WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR BLACK AND BROWN POPULATIONS WHO CAN'T AFFORD THESE TUTORS, WHO DON'T HAVE MOMS LIKE ME THAT HAVE AN EDUCATION BACKGROUND? SOMETHING IS WRONG. IF YOU BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ALL OF YOU AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, PLEASE HELP US CHANGE THE STATE. CHAIR COMBS, VICE CHAIR WASHINGTON, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. THIS BOARD CAN LEAD THE WAY AND BAND TOGETHER WITH OTHER PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION SCHOOL BOARDS IN FLORIDA. PLEASE SEND A LETTER WITH THESE OTHER BOARDS COLLECTIVELY TO THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE. DEMAND MORE STATE FUNDING. PLEASE TAKE A STAND WITH US FOR OUR KIDS. FOR OUR BROWN AND BLACK POPULATIONS WHO ARE GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK

007YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SPEAKER -- GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CHAIRWOMAN COMBS AND VICE CHAIR WASHINGTON. ANOTHER THANKLESS JOB, BUT HEY. I UNDERSTAND. I'VE BEEN THERE MYSELF. MY NAME IS CRAIG NEWMAN. I'M A RETIRED CRIPRACTOR AND RETIRED FOR 37 YEARS AND A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ADVOCATES AND MANY OTHER BOARDS IN THE CITY. I AM DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN IN MY READINGS HOW HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS GOT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FAILED SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. IT IS DISAPPOINTING BUT IT ISN'T A SURPRISE BASED ON OUR -- THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE RANKS AS THE LOWEST. IT'S 44th IN THE NATION OF UNDERFUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COUPLE THAT WITH STATE FUNDS GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS INSTIED OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND USING OUR -- THE MONEY WE PAY FOR TAXES AND AS WELL

008AS SUPPORT STAFF AND TEACHERS THAT ARE NEEDED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THIS DOES NOT -- THIS APPEARS TO ME AS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER THAT OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT. I'M JUST VOICING MY OPINION. I SUPPORT WHAT A LOT OF WHAT -- JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING PAULA SAID, HER CONCERNS ABOUT STARTING A PROGRAM BANDING ALL THE SCHOOL BOARDS TOGETHER AND GOING AFTER THE LOBBYISTS AND LEGISLATORS. AGAIN, LOBBYISTS AND LEGISLATORS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND GETTING -- EXCUSE ME. I GOT TONGUE TIED BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING THE DING. I THOUGHT I HAD THREE MINUTES. OH, ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THE DING TOLD ME I HAD 30 SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. GOING BACKWARDS, WE NEED TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS. PERIOD. WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO

009STOP FUNDING CHARTER SCHOOLS. MY REASON FOR COMING TO THESE MEETINGS ARE MY TWO GRANDCHILDREN. I HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD AND A 5-YEAR-OLD. THEY LIVE IN HYDE PARK. THEY DEPEND ON -- THEY DEPEND ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO HELP BRING THIS FUTURE, MAKE IT BRIGHTER FOR THEM. I'LL END WHAT I'M ABOUT -- I'LL END WHAT I SAID WITH A QUOTE FROM WHITNEY HOUSTON. I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE. TEACH THEM WELL AND LET THEM LEAD THE WAY. THE FUTURE IS BASED ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE IN THIS ROOM. PLEASE HELP OUR CHILDREN OUT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. MARK CLOTHO LARGO. 12.02. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANNING, CITING AND CONCURRENCY UPDATE. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG MISTAKE. YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET -- RIGHT YET. HERE IS

010GRETA THUNBERG AND SOME OF HER YOUNG COHORTS. ADULTS ARE FAILING US ON CLIMATE. THAT IS YOU GETTING THE BUILDINGS WRONG. (INAUDIBLE) THE CARBON. HERE IS SOME HEADLINES THAT I'VE READ BEFORE. ONLY BIG STEPS WILL SAVE EARTH. HUGE CHANGE IS NEEDED TO KEEP NATURE, EARTH OKAY REPORT SAYS. EARTH'S CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AT HIGHEST LEVEL IN FOUR MILLION YEARS. WELL, SEE, YOU FIX THAT PROBLEM BY MAKING HIGH PERFORMANCE PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS. THAT'S WHAT STOPS THE CARBON FROM GOING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. AND HERE IS A HEADLINE. STUDY LINKS REDUCED SCREEN TIME TO RAISED COGNITION. THAT'S FOR YOUR LITTLE CHILDRENS. WHEN THEY'RE WITH THOSE SCREENS ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE NOT GETTING SMARTER. THIS IS FROM OCTOBER 2, 2018, AND THE USA TODAY. AND HERE ARE SOME HEADLINES. THE NEW NORMAL. THE THREAD BRANCH WARNS OF WARMING RISK. AS THE

011RESEARCH MAKES CLEAR THE NEW ABNORMAL IS ALREADY HERE. JUST MAKES CLEAR THAT YOU'RE WAY PAST DUE ON GETTING THE SCIENCE RIGHT. AND I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. AND YOU JUST DON'T EMBRACE IT. IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO TAKE CHARGE. I DON'T KNOW. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE. JUST SOMETHING DRASTICALLY WRONG. IS THERE A CHARACTER FLAW? Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JEFFREY FAILS AND MY CHILD IS A STUDENT AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. ON DECEMBER 12, 2021, JUST THIS SUNDAY, I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES CALLED" STUDENT SHOULDN'T BE SCARED" BY BETHANY BARN. ES. THIS ARTICLE IS VERY DETAILED IN THE PICTURE IT PAINTS. IT DETAILS EXAMPLE AFTER EXAMPLE OF STUDENTS WHO WERE IGNORED OR PUNISHED WHEN REPORTING SEXUAL ABUSE TO THE

012ADMINISTRATORS OF BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. IT DETAILS INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT HAPPENED ON CAMPUS. ON A SCHOOL DAY. UNSUPERVISED. IT DETAILS THE STORY OF MULTIPLE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TRUSTING THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATION TO APPROPRIATELY HANDLE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. IT DETAILS COMMENTS THAT WERE HEARD IN THE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY SUPPORTING THE IDEA THAT WOMEN OFTEN LIE ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE. WHEN THE ARTICLE IS TAKEN TOGETHER WITH ALL THESE DETAILS, THE PICTURE IT PAINTS IS CLEAR. BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. THE HARM THAT CAME TO THESE CHILDREN WHILE IN YOUR CARE IS IRREPARABLE. THEIR PAIN IS GREAT, AND THEY HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF CARE FOR HOW THEY MUST FEEL TO SUFFER IN THE SHADOWS. MY HOPE IS NOW THAT THEIR PAIN HAS BEEN BROUGHT

013INTO THE LIGHT, THIS BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS COMMITTED TO ENSURE THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN ITS CARE. I TRUSTED BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TO KEEP MY CHILD SAFE WHILE AT SCHOOL. I FEEL SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED THAT THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN WHAT I TRUSTED TO BE A SAFE PLACE. I FEEL DISAPPOINTED AND BETRAYED THAT THE TRUST THAT I HAD HAS BEEN BROKEN. I FEEL RAGE. A RAGE THAT HAS CONSUMED ME IN THE TWO DAYS SINCE READING THE ARTICLE. AND IT'S RAGE THAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR IMMEDIATE RESTORING THAT TRUST. I'M HERE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE HOW THE STUDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN

014PROTECTED. I'M HERE TO ASK FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO AN INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT LISTENED TO. OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT BELIEVED. OUR CHILDREN ARE SEEN AS TROUBLE MAKERS WHEN THEY RAISE CONCERNS. YOU MUST LISTEN TO OUR CHILDREN. YOU MUST BELIEVE OUR CHILDREN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JODI ROTHMAN AND THIS IS ALSO REGARDING THAT SAME ARTICLE. STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE SCARED. THAT APPEARED IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES ON DECEMBER 12. FEELS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL MANY YEARS AGO. CLASSMATES WERE SCARED TO COME FORWARD BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS THEIR FAULT. NOT BELIEVED. WOMEN GREW UP THINKING THAT THEIR VOICES DIDN'T MATTER. THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM, THEIR PAIN WAS LESS VALID AND IT DIDN'T MATTER AT ALL.

015I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT MY CHILDREN ARE IN A WORLD WHERE THEY ARE NOT AFRAID. WHERE THEIR VOICES CAN BE HEARD AND THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE VALID. THAT THEY MATTER. SCHOOL SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE AND IT SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS LEARN TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES, TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, AND THAT THEY MATTER AND THEY DESERVE TO BE HEARD. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. I'M ALLEY LEGG AND HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION YOU'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY. FIRST AND FOREMOST I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT NOBODY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD BE BULLIED, RIGHT? WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU CONSIDER BULLYING WHEN IT COMES TO BOARD MEMBERS. IS IT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL FORUMS ON FACEBOOK THAT ARE DISCUSSING WHAT

016IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A REASON WHY THERE ARE THESE FORUMS THAT ARE HAPPENING, THESE GROUPS HAPPENING ON FACEBOOK. THE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE HEARD OR VALUED. IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT HIRED YOU TO SERVE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF AND THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS THAT DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE HEARD AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST -- IT'S CONCERNING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION ABOUT CYBERBULLYING, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO PROCLAMATION FOR THE PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS IN OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO PROCLAMATION FOR THE FIGHTS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE PHYSICAL ASSAULT WITH OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM ALL THE FIGHTS HAPPENING IN SEVERAL OF OUR COUNTY SCHOOLS. THERE IS NO PROCLAMATION TO TALK ABOUT THE SEXUAL ABUSE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW BY -- BY

017MANY PARENTS AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD AND TALKED ABOUT THIS. THERE IS ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF THIS STUFF HAPPENING AND YET THERE IS NO PROCLAMATION FOR THAT. SO ALONG THE LINES OF BEING PUBLIC SERVANT, RIGHT? YOU GUYS ARE ELECTED AND HIRED BY THE PEOPLE SO IF YOU CANNOT TAKE PUBLIC CONSIDERATION OR PUBLIC CRITICISM, RIGHT. IF YOU CAN'T TAKE PUBLIC CRITICISM, YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE IN OFFICE. YOU ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT HIRED YOU TO SERVE. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO COME FORWARD AND TELL YOU WHAT WE FEEL AND HOW WE FEEL YOU ARE DOING YOUR JOB. AND IF YOU CANNOT ACCEPT THAT CRITICISM, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN PUBLIC OFFICE. YOU NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT JOB AND WHEN WE COME UP AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO VOTE YOU OUT, IT'S NOT A

018THREAT. WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. AND THAT IS OUR RIGHT TO SAY THAT. IF YOU'RE TAKING THAT AS A THREAT, THEN YOU ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HOLDING A PUBLIC OFFICE THAN YOU ARE ABOUT SERVING THE PEOPLE THAT HIRED YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT WITH AS MUCH PASSION AS I POSSIBLY CAN. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD WITH SEVERAL OF OUR ISSUES, AND IN 22 AND 24 IT'S GOING TO BE A VICTORY FOR WE THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. I'M KATHERINE WARRING. PRIVACY IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND ESSENTIAL TO OUR FREEDOM. MAYBE YOU

019KEEP YOUR CURTAINS OPEN AT NIGHT, INSTALL SPYWARE LIKE RING AND ALEXA IN YOUR HOME OR PUT CHINESE APPS LIKE TIKTOK AND ZOOM ON YOUR PHONE. THOSE ARE YOUR CHOICES. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T GET TO DECIDE WHAT'S RIGHT FOR A CHILD. PARENTS DO. YEARS OF HARD WORK PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN'S DIGITAL FOOTPRINT, IRREVERSIBLY GONE THANKS TO YOU. YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF STUDENTS. IGNORANCE OF TECHNOLOGIES YOU CHOOSE TO DEPLOY IS NO EXCUSE. FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTION STATES EVERY NATURAL PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO BE LET ALONE AND FREE FROM GOVERNMENTAL INTRUSION IN THEIR PRIVATE LIFE. WORST THAN THAT, YOU MANDATE INTRUSION FROM PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COMPANIES THAT COLLECT RESEARCH AND SHARE DATA ON CHILDREN. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALLOWING COMPANIES TO MONETIZE DATA COLLECTED ON CHILDREN. IN MARCH 2020, A CANVAS WAS SOLD TO PRIVATE

020EQUITY FOR TWO BILLION AND THEN FILED FOR AN IPO THIS YEAR. IN MARCH 2019 A FORMER CEO OF CANVAS, OF THEIR PARENT COMPANY, REPORTEDLY SAID "WE HAVE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE ON THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE GLOBE". NO ONE ELSE HAS THE DATA ASSETS AT THEIR FINGERTIPS TO PREDICT THOSE ALGORITHMS AND PREDICTIVE MODELS. HE SAID ONE OF THE INITIATIVES FIRST AND FOREMOST, A PLATFORM FOR MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND WE WILL DELIVER AND MONETIZE IT. AN INVESTIGATION INTO A PRIVACY COMPLAINT AGAINST ETSPY WAS COMPLETED BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER OF CANADA. IT WAS CONCLUDED TO BE LACKED A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY FRAMEWORK TO PROTECT THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. WHY HAVEN'T FLORIDA LEGISLATORS STOPPED THE EXCESSIVE USE OF DATA COLLECTION ON CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS? WHY HAVEN'T YOU? YOU'RE TRADING

021OUR CHILDREN'S DATA FOR SERVICES. YOU SAID UNLESS WE DIGITIZE OUR CHILD'S PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORD AND GIVE IT TO SOME COMPANY YOU'D WITHHOLD SPORTS FROM OUR CHILDREN. DOES THAT CONSTITUTE EXTORTION OR JUST VIOLATE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? ARE YOU VIOLATING OUR RIGHTS SO YOU DON'T GET SUED WHEN YOU CAN'T KEEP TRACK OR RESPONSIBLY COLLECT PAPER PAPERWORK? WE WOULDN'T SUBMIT TO YOUR DIGITAL MANDATE WHEN YOU ATTEMPTED TO EXTORT OUR CHILDREN'S PERSONAL DATA LIKE A PAY TO PLAY SCHEME. STUDENTS PAY WITH THEIR PERSONAL DATA AND DIGITAL PRIVACY FOR ACCESS TO PLAY SPORTS. DIGITAL MANDATES ARE NOT LEAST RESTRICTIVE. WE GAVE YOU ALL THE PAPERWORK YOU REQUESTED ON PAPER BUT YOU STILL KICKED OUR CHILDREN OUT OF GIRLS' BASKETBALL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. MY

022NAME IS THOMAS RENALDO. I'M PRESIDENT OF TROY BANKS AUDITORS. THE HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT HIRED MY FIRM A COUPLE YEARS BACK. WE DO FORENSIC UTILITY AUDITING, TELECOM, LIGHTING. OUR AUDIT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS WITH OVER $2 MILLION IN OVERCHARGE REFUNDS AND SAVINGS TO DATE, AND I'M HERE DUE TO THE FACT THAT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE $2 MILLION WE HAVE ALREADY FOUND, WE HAVE ALSO FOUND AND UNCOVERED SIGNIFICANT OVERCHARGES THAT ARE ON THE SCHOOL'S ENERGY BILLS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IN EXCESS OF MILLIONS. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH FRANCHISE FEES COLLECTED ON ENERGY BILLS OF ANYBODY WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR TEKO BILL AND YOU'LL SEE A FRANCHISE FEE. WE HAVE DISCOVERED A SIGNIFICANT ERROR, AND WE'RE SEEKING TO RECOVER THAT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS

023SOME 350,000 IN ADDITIONAL OVER CHARGES FROM OUR AUDIT. WE'RE FORENSIC OVER CHARGE SPECIALISTS. SO ON DECEMBER 1, I SENT A LETTER TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WITH LETTERS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. TROY BANKS SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT CONDUCTING THIS AUDIT ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CONTRACT, THE COMPANY TAKES THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY AND THE COMPANY WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THIS PORTION OF OUR AUDIT AND RECOVER COSTS THAT ARE DUE BACK TO THE COUNTY TAXPAYERS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. I'M DIANA WILLIAMSON. AT THE LAST SPECIAL BOARD METED MEETING -- MEETING CALLED ABOUT MAPS SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING MAPS TOGETHER. IT WAS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER. I FOUND IT IRONIC BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE

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

025TO BE BUSED TO SCHOOLS THAT THEY HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH NOR FEEL WELCOMED. I UNDERSTAND -- I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD BECAUSE I'VE SPOKE TO THE BOARD. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY. THE PEOPLE AT HOME WATCHING THIS. THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 5 THAT ALLOW THEIR STUDENTS TO BE BUSED OUT. YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP IF YOU WANT CHANGE. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSICA GRAHAM. I'M A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONSTITUENT AND VICE CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CHAPTER OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY. I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY PROVIDING A GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING. HERE ARE SOME EXCERPTS FROM A BOOK CALLED "MONDAY IS NOT COMING" BY TIFFANY D. JACKSON.

026THERE ARE CURRENTLY 25 AVAILABLE COPIES OF THIS BOOK THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. THEY ARE THERE UNDER THE GUISE OF EDUCATIONAL CONTENT. I CAME HOME EARLY FROM BABY SITTING AND SEE HER COMING OUT OF COME CAR IN THE TIGHT ASS SHORTS TALKING FAST TELLING ME SHE IS ABOUT TO LEAVE ME. I GRABBED HER BY THE NECK AND STARTED PUNCHING HER. SHE WANTED TO BE ALL BIG AND BAD FACING ME LIKE A GROWN ASS WOMAN. SHE GOING TO BE BEAT LIKE A GROWN WOCHL. SHE STARTED CURSING AT ME AND CARRYING ON. I THREW HER IN THE CLOSET FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. SHE KEPT ON SCREAMING. BEGGING TO BE LET OUT. BEGGING FOR WATER. EVERY TIME SHE MADE TOO MUCH NOISE, I'D WALK IN AND KICK HER. JASPER WASN'T EVEN MY BOYFRIEND. JUST THIS DUDE I DID

027SOME HACKING WITH ONCE IN A WHILE. HE WAS PRETTY BASIC. LIBRARY SYSTEMS, LOW SECURITY SHIT. NOT IN MY LEAGUE AT ALL BUT HE HAD A BIG DICK AND SOMETIMES A GIRL JUST NEEDS A BIG DICK. I TIP TOED TOWARD THE DOOR PEERING THROUGH THE WINDOW AT THE BOY. HIS PANTS AROUND HIS ANKLES SQUEEZED BETWEEN APRIL'S STRADDLED LEGS AS SHE LAY ON TOP OF THE TEACHER'S DESK. I GRIPPED HIS ARMS AND FLIPPED HIM AROUND PUSHING HIM AGAINST THE WALL. HIS EYES WIDENED. MOUTH DROPPING. HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HE CHUCKLED NERVOUSLY. I TOOK A DEEP BREATH BEFORE DROPPING DOWN ON MY SHAKING KNEES. THE GROUND COLD. ME AND MONDAY, WE DID DO SOMETHING. HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH. SHE SUCKED MY DICK. I DIDN'T REALLY WANT IT TO HAPPEN. IT JUST KIND OF DID. HER TOP

028LIP CURLED UP. WAIT A MINUTE. IS THAT WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON? SHE DID YOUR HOMEWORK AND YOU ATE HER COOCHIE? IS THAT WHY YOU'RE CRYING? BECAUSE MONDAY IS NOT AROUND TO DO HOMEWORK ANYMORE. I KEPT DANCING LOST IN THE MUSIC UNTIL SOME BOY PUSHED UP BEHIND ME HOLDING MY HIPS. I FROZE AND SHE NODDED, IT'S OKAY, IT'S COOL. THIS IS WHAT GIRLS DO AT PARTIES, I TOLD MYSELF, AND KEPT DANCING WITH THE BOY I COULDN'T SEE. THE ALCOHOL MAKING MY WAIST WIND FASTER. THESE ARE ONLY SHORT EXCERPT EXCERPTS FROM -- EXCERPTS FROM A BOOK DEEMED EDUCATIONALLY SOUND. WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU THINK OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING FROM THIS BOOK? SEX IN CLASSROOMS? ALCOHOL AS A STUDENT? BLOW JOBS? BIG DICKS LIKE -- THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TEACHING OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL? THIS IS WHAT

029OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE PAYING FOR? AND THIS IS ONE BOOK OUT OF -- A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF BOOKS WITH FAR WORSE CONTENT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SCOTT HODENSTEIN. THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC EDUCATION CAUCUS OF FLORIDA AND NOW A KELLY SERVICES SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WHO HAS BEEN BACK IN THE CLASSROOM A FEW DAYS A WEEK FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW. BEFORE I SHARE SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CLASSROOM, I WANTED TO RE-HIGHLIGHT THE RECENT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT IN HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS. THIS IS NOW THE THIRD TIME THAT I'VE MENTIONED THIS HORRIFIC PROBLEM DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION ON THE SERIOUS ISSUE? TO REMIND YOU OF THE MOST RECENT RESULTS FROM 2019, 10.7% OF HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

030INDICATED ON THE YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY THAT THEY HAD BEEN PHYSICALLY FORCED TO HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE THAT THEY DID NOT WANT IN THE PAST YEAR. 10.7%. THAT'S 15 STUDENTS A DAY. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FIX THIS? BACK TO MY OBSERVATIONS AS A SUB. I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT WE HAVE A GIGANTIC MASLOW PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOLS. WITHOUT ADDRESSING THIS MASLOW PROBLEM, WE WILL NEVER REGAIN LOST GROUND ACADEMICALLY. MANY STUDENTS AND FAIR FAMILIES ARE FACING -- THEIR FAMILIES ARE FACING SHELTER AND FOOD INSECURITY. MANY MORE HAVE LOST A RELATIVE OR FAMILY FRIEND TO COVID. EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH UNCERTAINTIES INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS ARE RAMPANT. ALL OF THIS ERODES STUDENTS' CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR MOST BASIC PHYSIOLOGICAL AND SAFETY NEEDS WILL BE MET ON A DAILY BASIS. JUST AS CRITICAL TO THE STUDENTS ARE

031THE NEEDS TO BE LOVED AND TO BELONG IN A GROUP. TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS LIKE BUS DRIVERS, STUDENT NUTRITION WORKERS, COUNSELORS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, PARAPROFESSIONALS. THEY'RE OFTEN THE ONES WHO MEET THESE NEEDS FOR STUDENTS. BUT WHEN TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE SCARCE AND OVERWORKED AND RESOURCES ARE UNAVAILABLE OR SLOW, WHAT I CALL RELATIONSHIP GAPS FORM. NO ACADEMIC GAP WILL BE CLOSED WHEN THESE RELATIONSHIP GAPS EXIST. IN FACT, IT'S HARD JUST TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE WHEN THESE RELATIONSHIP GAPS EXIST. PLEASE REDOUBLE YOUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS SO WE CAN HEAL PUBLIC EDUCATION NOW. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO. MY NAME IS RUFOUS DELVE. I'M THE STUDENT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE TAMPA BAY TIMES THIS SUNDAY. WITH THE STORY THAT DOCUMENTED YEARS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, RAPE, AND RETALIATION FROM THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I

032CAME HERE TODAY ON A BROKEN LEG TO TELL YOU ALL HOW MUCH PAIN YOU HAVE PUT THE STUDENTS IN YOUR CARE THROUGH. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SILENCED ME FOR TWO YEARS AFTER I MADE MY REPORT IN 2019. AND MS. BARNES, THE REPORTER AT THE TAMPA BAY TIMES WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GET MY STORY OUT. SO TODAY I AM NOT GOING TO BE SILENT ANYMORE. I STAY, I SPEAK FOR THE OVER 50 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME IN JUST TWO DAYS WITH THEIR OWN STORIES WHO WILL NEVER BE TOLD. I SPEAK FOR THE 22 PEOPLE WHO SPOKE WITH MS. BARNES FOR THE TAMPA BAY TIMES REPORT. I SPEAK FOR MY FATHER WHO IS JUST NOW LEARNING THE PAIN THAT ALL THESE STUDENTS HAVE GONE THROUGH. AND I SPEAK FOR THE FUTURE CHILDREN WHO WILL GO TO

033SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND PRAY THAT THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PAIN. AND FINALLY TODAY I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT YOU ALREADY READ THE NEWSPAPER, SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU A STORY THAT WASN'T IN IT. MY FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN I WAS 14 OR 15, A SENIOR NAMED AUSTIN TOOK A LIKING TO ME. HE WAS MY COOL OLDER FRIEND UNTIL ONE DAY I FOUND OUT HE WAS CONTACTING MY LITTLE BROTHER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN A FLIRTATIOUS WAY. AN 18-YEAR-OLD CONTACTING A 13-YEAR-OLD. I FLEW INTO A RAGE. I DELETED EVERY TRACE OF AUSTIN ON MY BROTHER'S PHONE, BLOCKED HIM ON EVERY ACCOUNT AND OUTED HIM AS SOMEONE WHO WAS FLIRTING WITH KIDS AT MY HIGH SCHOOL. IT COST ME

034A LOT. ALL OF AUSTIN'S FRIENDS SAID I WAS BEING DRAMATIC, THAT WAS IT A JOKE AND MY BROTHER WOULD BE FINE BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, I SAVED MY BROTHER BUT YOU ALL DID NOT SAVE ME. YOU DID NOT SAVE ANYBODY AT THIS SCHOOL IF YOU READ THE REPORT, YOU WILL SEE SO MANY PEOPLE YOU LET DOWN. I LIVED WITH THIS SHAME FOR SO LONG AND TODAY I WASH MYSELF OF IT. I GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE. I GIVE IT TO YOU ALL FOR FAILING ALL THE CHILDREN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WASH MYSELF OF THIS SHAME AND MARK MY WORDS IF YOU WERE ARE HERE TODAY, YOU ARE JUST AS MUCH COWARDS AS YOU HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. I'M SORRY. I'M VERY SORRY.

035I GUESS MY TIME HAS ALREADY STARTED, SO. AND I THINK THIS ACTUALLY TIES IN. MY NAME IS JULIE HDPEBHARTS AND I'M HERE AGAIN, EIGHT MONTHS AGO, WHEN I READ TO YOU ABOUT THE PEDOPHILE WHO DESCRIBED HE COULDN'T KEEP HIS MOUTH OFF A LITTLE GIRL'S BREASTS AND THE WAY THE AUTHOR SAID HE WAS A CLEAN OLD MAN AND SAID THE PATRONAGE OF GIRLS WAS ANYTHING BUT LEWD, I SURELY BELIEVED YOU WOULD BE SHOCKED AND MOVED TO DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY. I DIDN'T THINK IN A MILLION YEARS THAT ANY RESPONSIBLE ADULT COULD LISTEN TO THAT AND NOT FIGURE OUT WHO WAS WAGER WAR AGAINST OUR KIDS LIKE THIS AND WHAT YOU COULD DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AS A PARENT WHEN I DETERMINED THE MATERIAL WAS IN THE KIDS' SCHOOLS. HAVE YOU SEARCHED

036YOUR BOOK SHELVES? I IMAGINED EVERYONE HERE WOULD FREAK OUT THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING IN REAL LIFE AND I'M SICK TO MY STOMACH THAT ANYONE WOULD HAVE TURNED A BLIND EYE AND DEAF EAR TO TAKE NO ACTION BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN. LAWN BOY. THERE ARE OVER 150 COPIES OF THIS BOOK IN EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT, I BELIEVE. I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT. PAGE 91. "WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I TOUCHED ANOTHER GUY'S DICK. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I SUCKED IT. I WAS 10 YEARS OLD BUT IT'S TRUE. I PUT DOUG'S DICK IN MY MOUTH. I WAS IN 4TH GRADE AND IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. HE SUCKED MINE TOO AND IT WAS TERRIBLE". SORRY. I DIDN'T GIVE A GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING. I'M SO SORRY. PAGE 174. "HE TALKED ABOUT OLD TIMES

037AT THE CHURCH BUT NEVER MENTIONED PENISES AND NEVER MENTIONED 10 WORDS AND NEVER A SINGLE REFERENCE TO SUCKING DICKS (READING)"." ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS HIS LITTLE SALAMANDER RAPIDLY ENGORGING WITH BLOOD". WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS? ARE WE GOING TO SIT BACK AND IGNORE THIS AGAIN? I BROUGHT THIS EIGHT MONTHS AGO AND KNEW IT WAS MORE. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING AND SEARCHING. IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO DO AND YOU CAN FIND IT EASILY. WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT? OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING AT RISK AND GROOMED. WHO PUTS THIS IN SCHOOLS? IT'S PEDOPHILES. THIS IS THE STUFF THAT PEDOPHILES THRIVE ON. IT DESENSITIZES THEM AND NORMALIZES ALL THIS. SEX WITH FOURTH GRADE BOYS? ARE WE KIDDING? 150 COPIES IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE SEX INDUSTRY IS GROWING

038LIKE WILDFIRE? DO YOU KNOW THAT CENTRAL FLORIDA RANKS IN THE TOP 5 IN THE COUNTRY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING? AND DO YOU KNOW THAT MOST KIDS ARE GROOMED INTO THE INDUSTRY AND NOT FORCED? YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS FILLED WITH ALL KINDS OF SEXUAL CONTENT IS HELPING FEED THIS INDUSTRY. OUR SOCIETY IS DELIBERATELY TEARING DOWN THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN AND I BELIEVE WHEN YOU START THIS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU END UP WITH KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL FACING SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND I -- IT'S TRAGIC. UNDER YOUR WATCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. MY NAME IS TAMARAS ALLEN. IT'S BEEN A WEEK. I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO CRY. FIRST FOR THE YOUNG MAN WHO SPOKE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE AND TO SAY WE HAVE TO DO BETTER IS AN INCREDIBLE UNDERSTATEMENT. NOW I WANT

039YOU TO IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK YOU IS GOING TO DETERMINE PART OF YOUR FUTURE. IT IS GOING TO DETERMINE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. IT'S GOING TO DETERMINE HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. AND I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW YOU REACT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. IF A BODY OF -- IF A BODY OF .5 KILOGRAMS IS WHIRLED IN A HORIZONTAL CIRCLE AT A RATE OF 1,000 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE DETERMINE THE ANGULAR VELOCITY. HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER. THE REALITY IS THAT PROBABLY UNLESS YOU TOOK A PHYSICS CLASS RELATIVELY RECENTLY, YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER HOW TO DO THAT AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE ANSWER. UNFORTUNATELY THE

040REALITY IS FOR OUR KIDS RIGHT NOW, IN OUR CLASSROOMS, A LOT OF THEM ARE TAKING -- ALTERING TESTS ON CONTENT THEY HAVE NOT LEARNED BECAUSE WE HAVE A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE. EST -- TESTS ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE US UNDERSTAND A SUBJECT MATTER AND SEE HOW EFFECTIVELY WE'RE GAINING THAT INFORMATION. WHEN A STUDENT IS NEVER PRESENTED WITH THE INFORMATION, HOW IS IT FAIR TO -- TO USE THAT TEST, TO ALLOW IT TO CHANGE THEIR GPAs. TO ALLOW THAT TO ALTER POTENTIALLY THEIR ABILITY TO GET INTO COLLEGE. TO MAKE THEM QUESTION THEIR OWN SELF-WORTH AND THEIR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND CONTENT. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. REALLY ALL WE'RE SAYING IS WE HAVE A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE. THIS ISN'T THEIR FAULT. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THOSE KIDS? ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THEM

041ACCOUNTABLE? ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THEM FEEL TERRIBLE OR DO WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO GIVE THEM SOME GRACE. THE GRACE I'M SURE ALL OF YOU WOULD EXPECT WHEN I ASKED YOU THAT QUESTION, RIGHT? NONE OF YOU WANTS TO ANSWER A PHYSICS QUESTION UNLESS YOU'RE SUPER NERDY LIKE MY YOUNGEST. SO I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT. I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS WHO ARE DEALING WITH LOTS OF STRESS, WHO ARE IN A TREMENDOUS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RIGHT NOW, DO WE REALLY AS A DISTRICT WANT TO BE CONTINUING TO ADD TO THAT STRESS AND THAT PRESSURE? IS THAT THE BEST THING FOR OUR STUDENTS? IS THAT REALLY PREPARING THEM FOR LIFE? OR IS THAT SETTING THEM UP FOR FAILURE? THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU.

042NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS JENNIFER HART. I'M A TEACHER AND PARENT HERE AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING A TEACHER TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHEDULE. SO I MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE MY SPEECH AROUND A LITTLE BIT BASED ON WHAT THIS BRAVE MAN -- YOUNG MAN CAME UP HERE AND SAID. SO JUST TO KIND OF GET SOME THINGS OUT OF THE WAY. FIRST I DID WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS TO VOTE FOR MATH -- MAP F FOR THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. IT'S THE MOST FAIR AND JUST MAP AND MEETS THE MOST LEGAL STANDARDS. IT GUARANTEES THE MOST DIVERSITY IN DISTRICTS AND AS MY WISE FRIEND VERONICA SAYS, CONSTITUENTS SHOULD PICK THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. SECOND, I WAS GOING

043TO KIND OF DIVE INTO THE TEACHER PAY, Y'ALL. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING A BUDGET CRISIS. I KNOW THIS IS LARGELY BROUGHT ON BY WHO WAS ELECTED IN TALLAHASSEE. I KNOW AS A TEACHER I HAVE SINCE 2004 AGREED TO DO MY JOB EVERY YEAR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT BACK IN THE DAY WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT IF I DID MY JOB TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY I'D RECEIVE A STEP RAISE EVERY YEAR. MY RAISE, MAYBE $1,000. IT WAS NEVER MUCH BUT THAT WAS OKAY. I WAS GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR MYSELF AND MY FELLOW TEACHERS. I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND TAUGHT SINCE 2004. I'M RATED HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND BELIEVE I DESERVE MORE MONEY, BUT I'LL MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT PAST TEACHER STRUGGLING. OR

044PLANNING TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE IT KIND OF COMES INTO THIS ISSUE. WE CAN'T FIX THIS. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH BODIES IN THE SCHOOLS. THAT'S -- THIS IS GOING TO GET WORSE. THE FIGHTS THAT SCOTT WAS TALKING ABOUT ARE GOING TO GET WORSE. LIKE, IT'S -- IT'S SCARY. MY HUSBAND IS A MY SCHOOL TEACHER, YOU KNOW, AND WE FINANCIALLY STRUGGLE BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH TEACHERS, BUT OUTSIDE OF JUST US LOOKING AT THE -- MY ONLY CHILD IS LEAVING. IT'S HIS SENIOR YEAR. BUT I'M A LITTLE SCARED NOW FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, COMING UP. SO I KNOW THERE WAS JUST THE NEWS REPORT THAT THERE IS -- WAS JUST REPORTED BY (INAUDIBLE) THAT THERE IS $70 MILLION SHE FEELS IN THE BUDGET THAT IS MAYBE COULD BE ALLOTTED FOR SALARIES OR HIRING PEOPLE. SHE

045WAS TOLD IT NEEDS TO STAY IN RESERVES. I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON THAT. BUT I'M JUST AT A LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO KIND OF POINT HERE. CAN WE LOOK INTO THE BUDGET FURTHER. IF WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THIS MONEY, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER FOR MORE CHANGE IN TALLAHASSEE OR CAN WE WORK TO PUT A MILLAGE TAX ON THE BALLOT. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE HOW TO FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE IF NOT, I MEAN, WE'RE -- THAT'S A WHOLE PLAN TO DEFUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FAILURE SO STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS SO EDUCATION CAN BE PRIVATIZED. AND WE PRETTY MUCH ALL KNOW IT. SO WE KIND OF CAN'T LET THAT PLAN SUCCEED. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW, I THINK TEACHERS IN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PARENTS CAN WORK TOGETHER

046TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY SAVE OUR SCHOOLS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE'RE FAILING. I'M SO SORRY. ALSO, PLEASE PUBLIC AND SCHOOL BOARD, SUPPORT RESOLUTION -- Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. (OFF MICROPHONE) Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. THANK YOU. ALLISON FERNANDEZ. I KNOW YOU HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT -- VARIETY OF COMMENTS TODAY. I'M HERE TO ACTUALLY TALK TO YOU ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS AND SUNSHINE, AND A LOT OF THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ABOUT NOT ENOUGH CLARITY OR TRANSPARENCY IN THIS DISTRICT. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE FACT THAT OTHER SCHOOL CHOICES EXIST AND THAT'S A CONCERN WITH THE BUDGET. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU AS AN ACCOUNTANT, A FORMER FINANCIAL AUDITOR, THAT A LOT OF THE ISSUES I HAVE WITH THIS DISTRICT ALSO ARE WITH TRANSPARENCY. WHERE IS THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS EVERY SINGLE

047MONTH IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC? WHERE IS THE CONVERSATION OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH STAFF MEMBERS. I'M NOT THERE. NO ONE ELSE IS THERE. WHERE IS THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHAT OUR FUNDING IS. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A SHORTFALL. THIS IS WHERE THE ISSUES ARE. THIS IS WHERE WE'VE MADE UP SOME IN GRANTS, ET CETERA. WHERE IS THIS CONVERSATION. I AM PERFECTLY WILLING TO GO AND SPEAK WITH ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TELL THEM THAT THE FUNDING MODEL NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED OR ADAPTED AND HERE IS WHERE IT IS. WHAT I'M NOT WILLING TO DO IS GO AND SAY, WE NEED MORE FUNDING IN A GENERAL SENSE WHEN I AND OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THIS DISTRICT IS NOT SPENDING IN A FISCALLY

048APPROPRIATE AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER, AND UNTIL I SEE THE ANALYSIS AND THE DISCUSSION, I'M NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT THE TRUE COST OF EDUCATING A STUDENT IS. I KNOW WHAT THE PAY -- WHAT THE FUNDING IS. BUT I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS DISTRICT BUILD THE COST. NOT WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING ALLOCATED OVER STUDENTS BUT WHAT IT COSTS. YOU START WITH YOUR REQUIRED, LEGAL REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS DEBT FUNDING. YOUR TEACHER AGREEMENTS. YOUR STAFF AGREEMENTS. FUND WHAT IS COSTS FOR AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT, A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT AND A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE TRUE COST, WE CAN TAKE THAT TO THE PUBLIC AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN TALLAHASSEE. UNTIL THEN, WHY ARE WE DET GRATING PARENTS MAKING CHOICES TO GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS. CHARTER SCHOOLS,

049AND MY CHILDREN DIDN'T GO TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. THEY ARE STRAIGHT UP PUBLIC SCHOOLS. KING HIGH SCHOOL ALL THE WAY. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL ANOTHER PARENT THAT IF THEY HAD BAD EXPERIENCES OR IF THEY DON'T TRUST THIS DISTRICT, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICES AND WHEN PARENTS TAKE THEIR CHILD OUT OF A TRADITIONAL SETTING, THE MONEY GOES WITH THAT CHILD. IF THE CHILD COMES BACK, EVENTUALLY IT DOES GET REBALANCED BUT YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING THE CHILDREN THAT LEAVE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AFTER THE 20-DAY COUNT AND GO TO ANOTHER SETTING BECAUSE OF MAYBE EXPERIENCES THEY HAD IN THE YEAR. SO AGAIN, WHERE IS THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS? THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO CALL A BRIEF RECESS FOR TEN MINUTES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS.

050I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME THIS EVENING AND ALSO FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT AS SUPERINTENDENT, I HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE SPECIFICS RELATED TO THE VERY COMPLEX MATTER AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH TOOK PLACE FROM 2016 TO 2019. AS, YOU KNOW, WHILE THIS INFORMATION IS VERY SENSITIVE, PLEASE KNOW THAT AS, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT AS A EDUCATIONAL LEADER OR THE BOARD BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN SPECIFICS RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PRIVATE STUDENT INFORMATION AND BY LAW WE HAVE TO PROTECT THAT INFORMATION. PLEASE NOTE WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS AND ENSURE THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR LEARNERS HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT IT CONTINUE TO BE PROTECTED EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT OUR SILENCE ISN'T ONE THAT

051DOESN'T SIGNIFY THAT WE DO NOT CARE, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION. PLEASE UNDERSTAND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE OCCURRED AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A BRIEF RECESS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. (SOUNDING GAVEL) THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: 30 SECONDS, EVERYONE, PLEASE. MIND YOUR PLACES. (SOUNDING GAVEL) Nadia Combs: THE MEETING IS NOW READJOURNED. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS. 8.01, ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION, SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA DENOUNCING CYBERBULLYING AND THREATS AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL ANNOUNCE THIS PROCLAMATION. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER CHAIR. A PROCLAMATION OF THE SCHOOL OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHEREAS THE

052UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES PROVIDES FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND WHEREAS THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FULLY SUPPORTS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND WHEREAS THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ENCOURAGES PUBLIC DISCOURSE THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT AN AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, AND WHEREAS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES SCHOOL BOARDS ARE SEEING AN ALARMING RISE IN VIOLENT RHETORIC AND THREATS AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND ON OTHER PLATFORMS AND WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ACROSS THE NATION RECEIVED THREATS, ENDURED ONLINE ABUSE AND HAD TO SEEK POLICE PROTECTION AND WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE NATION HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF PERSONAL CYBERMEDIA ATTACKS AND CYBERBULLYING AND WHEREAS ONLINE ATTACKS

053INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS, THEIR CHILDREN, AND WHEREAS VIOLENCE AND THREATS HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, THEREFORE, LET IT BE PROCLAIMED ON THIS 14th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PROCLAIMS, ONE, THAT THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON ISSUES IMPACTING STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED AND THAT TWO, THAT VIOLENT THREATS AND CYBERBULLYING IS DENOUNCED. MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, MAY I SAY A WORD SINCE I BROUGHT FORWARD THIS PROCLAMATION. Nadia Combs: YES, YOU MAY. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION AND HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, BUT BEFORE WE GOT INTO THAT, I WANTED TO MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS BECAUSE WE HAD A SPEAKER HERE TONIGHT WHO WANTED AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT BULLYING WAS. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING

054THAT I DISCUSSED IN THIS PROCLAMATION. SO I PULLED THE DEFINITION OF BULLYING FROM THE STATE STATUTE AGAINST CYBERBULLYING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND AGAINST EMPLOYEES IN SCHOOLS. BULLYING INCLUDES -- CYBERBULLYING INCLUDES AND MEANS SYSTEMATICALLY AND CHRONICALLY IMPACTING PSYCHOLOGICAL HURT OR DISTRESS ON ONE OR MORE PEOPLE THAT MAY INVOLVE, TEASING, SOCIAL EXCLUSIONS, THREATS, INTIMIDATIONS, STALKING, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, THEFT, SEXUAL, RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL HARASSMENT, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE HUMILIATION, DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, AND HARASSMENT WHICH MEANS ANY THREATENING INSULTING OR DEHUMANIZING GESTURE. AND AS WE GO FORWARD, AND WE HAVE DISCUSSION, I'LL GIVE EXAMPLES, SPECIFIC EXAMPLES BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE PROCLAMATION BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAD SPEAKERS HERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL BOARD OF

055HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA DENOUNCING CYBERBULLYING AND THREATS AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AFTER THE WORKSHOP THIS MORNING, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A BIT CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE SPOKE ABOUT PROCLAMATIONS SPECIFICALLY THIS MORNING AND HOW THEY SHOULD TRULY BE STUDENT-CENTRIC, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS VERY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER-CENTRIC AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL CENTRIC AND NOT NECESSARILY SCHOOL BOARD -- SORRY. STUDENT CENTRIC. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO PROCLAMATIONS AS MEMBER PEREZ STATED THIS MORNING, THEY SHOULD BE CENTERED AROUND OUR STUDENTS AND CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS OR EDGE -- EDUCATING OR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS. SO IN MY OPINION, MY PERSONAL OPINION, THIS FEELS VERY

056SELF-CENTERED AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND I DON'T -- OR SELF-SERVING. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE ABOUT BULLYING, CYBERBULLYING, THREATS OF THAT TYPE OF NATURE. WE DO HAVE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTECTION. I DO TRUST MY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT ME AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL. I DO FEEL THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB PROTECTING US. THERE IS FLORIDA STATUTE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT ADDRESSES PROTECTING PUBLIC OFFICIALS MAKING SURE THAT -- THAT WE ARE PROTECTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN NECESSARY, AND THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION ACTUALLY ADOPTED A SIMILAR -- A SIMILAR PROCLAMATION WHEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATION AND YOU -- ASSOCIATION AND YOU MAY REMEMBER AFTER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING IN OCTOBER, I BROUGHT SOME INFORMATION BACK. I DIDN'T PUT FORTH

057THAT PROCLAMATION AT THAT TIME BECAUSE AGAIN, I FELT LIKE IT WAS SELF-SERVING AND IT REALLY WASN'T ABOUT STUDENTS. IT WAS ABOUT PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS I'M NOT IN FAVOR UNFORTUNATELY. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PROCLAMATION TODAY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IF -- IF THERE IS CONSENSUS, IF THE BOARD REALLY WANTS TO APPROVE A PROCLAMATION, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION PROCLAMATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY OUR SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I BROUGHT COPIES FOR EVERYONE. BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR SOME MORE DISCOURSE ON IT BEFORE WE MAKE, YOU KNOW, ANY DECISIONS. WHILE WE LISTEN TO DISCOURSE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DISTRIBUTE THE FLORIDA SCHOOL

058BOARD ASSOCIATION PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION EARLIER TODAY AT THE WORKSHOP, AND I KNOW THAT SOME THINGS WE HAVE RETROACTIVELY DECIDED MOVING FORWARD AND SOME THINGS ARE STILL STANDING. AGAIN, THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND WE VOTED AS A BOARD TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AT THE LAST MEETING. AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF OUR PROCLAMATIONS GOING FORWARD WANT TO BE STUDENT CENTERED AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD. I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT PUBLICLY WHETHER WE DECIDE TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION OR NOT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR SOME OF THE ABUSE THAT'S HAPPENING, NOT JUST AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS BUT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS ONLINE, IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, ALL

059OF US ARE GOING TO BE -- PRIVY TO THESE AT SOME POINT. AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT I'VE SEEN IS NOT JUST NEEDING POLICE PROTECTION. SOME OF US HAVE NEEDED THAT. SOME OF US HAVE DECIDED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE POLICE PROTECTION, BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES. WHERE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PARENTS COMING TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD. I ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO COME. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO VOTE ELECTED OFFICIALS OUT OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH ELECTIONS. HOWEVER, WHAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT

060IS WEBSITES WHERE THEY INTENTIONALLY MISGENDER SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBERS AND ATTEMPT TO HUMILIATE THEM. WEBSITES OR PEOPLE SAYING PUBLICLY CALLING MEMBERS SPECIFIC GENITALIA. SPREADING LIES ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THEIR FAMILIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO HUMILIATE THAT. PERSONAL ATTACKS, SHARING PHOTOS OF THEIR FAMILIES ONLINE, THEIR NEIGHBORS. ATTACKING BOARD MEMBERS' PERSONAL APPEARANCE REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BEING CALLED EXCREMENT PUBLICLY ON WEBSITES. HORRIBLE ABLEST TERMS, DISGUSTING BOARD MEMBER PERSONAL CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO PARENTING. AND I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON TO THE THINGS THAT ARE COMMON AND BEING SUPPORTED ONLINE, BUT I THINK OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. SO I DIGRESS. Nadia Combs: YES. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN, AND YOU CAN PLEASE GET BACK IN THE QUEUE IF YOU'D LIKE. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND

061THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. THERE ARE SOME GOOD POINTS IN THIS PROCLAMATION THAT ARE AGREEABLE WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON PRINCIPALS RE OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND I'M GOING DOWN THE FIRST FOUR TENETS OF THE PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE GONGSITUTION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ALL OF THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD'S ASSOCIATION. AND IT'S NOT A GOOD RULE TO BE -- LET'S JUST SAY VAGUE, BUT IF WE ARE CHILDREN-CENTERED AND THAT'S WHAT OUR MOMENTOUS MISSION STATEMENT IS, THEN OUR PROCLAMATIONS SHOULD BE REVOLVING AROUND THE WELFARE OF OUR CHILDREN. IT LOOKS LIKE WE DEVIATED ON THIS PROCLAMATION. WE DEVIATED WHEN IT GOT INTO WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE NATION RECEIVED DEATH THREATS, ENDURED ONLINE ABUSE, I'D BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE, BUT THEN WHEN WE GET INTO -- WE GET INTO IT

062AGAIN WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND WE'RE MENTIONING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEN ON THE NEXT LINE, ONLINE ATTACKS AGAINST SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE'RE NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN. NOR IS THAT MATCHING THE STRATEGIC PLAN SO I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PUSH TO LOOK AT. I HAVE NO DISAGREEMENT, BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT THE PROCLAMATION THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT AND SHARE THE WELFARE AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN WITHIN THE PROCLAMATION. IT -- IT IS PROBABLY HAPPENING. I DON'T DO THE FACEBOOK, ET CETERA. I'M SORRY. MAYBE I'M HAVING ALL KINDS OF BAD THINGS SAID ABOUT ME NO DOUBT. BUT AT ANY RATE, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER IN OUR SCOPE OF CONCERN AND MAKE SURE THAT PROCLAMATIONS SPELL OUT THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN AS

063WELL, AND THAT'S MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS A THERAPIST AND AS A BEHAVIORAL THERAPIST, OUR CHILDREN WATCH WHAT WE DO. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS DOES HAVE OUR CHILDREN IN MIND BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN MIMIC US. WHEN THE PARENTS BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO THIS MEETING, TO SPEAK TO US AS BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THEY COME TO SPEAK TO THIS BOARD AND THEY WITNESS PARENTS' BEHAVIORS TOWARDS US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOLS, THIS SENDS A MESSAGE TO OUR CHILDREN, TO OUR STUDENTS. HOW THEY ARE TO BEHAVE TOWARDS ELECTED OFFICIALS. HOW THEY ARE TO SPEAK TO ELECTED OFFICIALS. HOW THEY TREAT ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND I THINK WE SET THE TONE IN OUR SCHOOLS

064FOR OUR CHILDREN IN PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND I THINK THIS PROCLAMATION IS HELPING THEM IN THEIR PREPARATION FOR LIFE AND HOW THEY ARE TO ACT AND BEHAVE, BUT IT ALSO HELPS AS PARENTS HOW THEY ARE TO ACT AND BEHAVE WHEN THEY ARE HERE IN FRONT OF US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. SO FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY VIOLENCE OR THE EMINENT THREAT OF VIOLENCE I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE IS UNACCEPTABLE. I TOO HAD PHOTOS SHARED OF MY CHILDREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. I NO LONGER REALLY SHARE ANYTHING PERSONAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA. CERTAINLY NOT OF MY FAMILY. I HAVE HAD THREATS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AS WE ALL HAVE, PHYSICAL THREATS FOR MY FAMILY,

065MY CHILDREN. THEY HAD MY ADDRESS. I'VE HAD POLICE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE FOR WEEKS AT A TIME OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, SO I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC, MEMBER VAUGHN, TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHARED AND I'M SORRY THAT WE'RE ALL -- YOU'RE EXPERIENCING IT, AND WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING IT. AS MS. GRAY SAID, MEMBER GRAY, YOU -- SHE IS RIGHT. THERE ARE SOME GOOD POINTS IN THE PROCLAMATION, ABSOLUTELY. BUT I WOULD URGE US TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT OUR CIVIC INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO LEAD THOSE INSTITUTIONS MODERATE RESPECT FOR FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND EXPRESSION AND SERVING IN PUBLIC OFFICE FOR THE PAST THREE YEAR, I'VE HAD MORE OF AN ACUTE SENSE OF ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND IT'S NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY AT TIMES, THEIR ANGER OR FRUSTRATION HAS MADE ME A BETTER PUBLIC

066SERVANT AND THAT IT'S CAUSED ME TO REEXAMINE AT TIMES MY OWN IDEOLOGY ON CERTAIN SUBJECTS, SO THAT'S BEEN A VERY HEALTHY EXCHANGE, AND, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN AND WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THEIR CHILDREN, SO YES, AT TIMES THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED AND THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT HERE IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO JUST A WORD OF CAUTION, I'D SAY TO THOSE WHO CAST ANGRY CONSTITUENTS AS A THREAT OR THE ACT OF DISRUPTING AN OPEN MEETING AS A THREAT, BECAUSE IN THE VAST TERRITORY OF CIVIC ANGER AND FRUSTRATION, I BELIEVE LIES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH AND ENLIGHTENMENT AND BETTER DECISION MAKING AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. THIS IS GOOD DISCUSSION

067THAT WE'RE HAVING. DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND I APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT MS. PEREZ TOOK WITH REGARD TO BEING ROLE MODELS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND SHOWING BEHAVING -- HOW TO BEHAVE IN FRONT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS. PERHAPS WE CONSIDER CHANGING THIS PARTICULAR PROCLAMATION FROM A DENOUNCEMENT TO AN ENCOURAGEMENT OF CIVIL CIVIC DISCOURSE INSTEAD OF DENOUNCING -- WE ALREADY DO DENOUNCE BULLYING. OCTOBER IS ANTI-BULLYING MONTH, SO WE HAD A PROCLAMATION IN OCTOBER THAT ADDRESSED BULLYING INCLUDING ALL THE LISTS YOU SHARED WITH US, MEMBER VAUGHN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AT THIS POINT WE WOULD TABLE, REWORK, AND BRING BACK TO THE BOARD. A PROCLAMATION THAT MAYBE INVOLVED MORE OF OF AN ENCOURAGING -- THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. RATHER THAN A DENOUNCEMENT AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT -- THAT

068WOULD -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR JUST WE TABLE THE MOTION UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WHERE WE CAN AGREE ON WHAT THE PROCLAMATION LOOKS LIKE. Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY. I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE WAYS TO PROCEED. Nadia Combs: YES, MR. PORTER. Jim Porter: THERE ARE STILL BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANT TO SPEAK. WE CAN TRY TO REWRITE IT AND BRING IT BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING OR IF THE CONSENSUS IS YOU WANT TO BRING THIS BACK AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE CAN DO THAT OR IF MS. VAUGHN WANTS TO PROCEED TONIGHT AND TAKE A VOTE, I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROCEED DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BOARD CENSUS IS. WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THERE IS AN APPRECIATION THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND

069PUBLIC SPEECH MATTERS AND SUPPORT VALUES THAT -- AND THAT ALSO THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT VIOLENCE AND MODELING FOR STUDENTS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS ARE WITH WORDING AND SORT OF WHAT THE FOCUS IS. IF WE GET SOME CONSENSUS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO REWRITE THAT AND BRING IT BACK AFTER THE REST OF YOU END UP SPEAKING. I THINK YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE BOARD WANTS TO GO. Nadia Combs: YES. BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE SPEAKERS, MEMBER VAUGHN, I WANTED TO SEE BEFORE WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PUT THIS TO THE SIDE WITH THE FSBA PROCLAMATION AND TRY TO MARRY THAT TOGETHER AND RE-LOOK AT THE PROCLAMATION TO HAVE -- NO? Jessica Vaughn: ABSOLUTELY. I'D LIKE TO SHARE MORE

070THOUGHTS, BUT I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO MAKING SOMETHING MORE COLLABORATIVE AND FINDING WORDING THAT MEETS AT A COMPROMISE. ABSOLUTELY, IF THAT MAKES -- IF THAT PLEASES THE BOARD, FOR SURE. Nadia Combs: I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS OUT TO THE NEXT MEETING AND IT WILL GIVE YOU TIME TO LOOK AT THAT, THE FSBA AND GET FEEDBACK SO THAT WAY WHEN WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE DO THAT. YES, MR. PORTER. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT THEN? Jim Porter: THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR SO THE APPROPRIATE MOTION IS TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND BRING BACK A REVISED PROCLAMATION BASED ON THE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. Melissa Snively: MOVE TO CONTINUE. Nadia

071Combs: SO THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. Jim Porter: WE NEED A SECOND TO THE CONTINUANCE. Nadia Combs: IS THERE A SECOND? Jim Porter: MR. WASHINGTON SECONDED. Nadia Combs: SECOND BY MR. WASHINGTON AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR IF YOU'D LIKE TO -- AND IT'S UNANIMOUS. SO THIS WILL BE -- THIS WILL CONTINUE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR SOMEWHAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS. I NOW NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C201, C6.01, C6.03, C6.09, C6.10, C7.08

072AND C7.0. C201. APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR THE TRANSFORMATION FELLOWS PROGRAM BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Addison Davis:. Addison Davis: WILL NOW HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. THIS IS A REALLY COOL INITIATIVE. WHEN WE STARTED TO BE FACED WITH THE PANDEMIC WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY TO BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THE LEARNING LOSS THAT TOOK PLACE RELATED TO COVID. WITH A NUMBER OF FEDERAL DOLLARS BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION AND BEING ABLE TO EXTEND IT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO BOLSTER INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY BUT AT THE SAME TIME BE ABLE TO TARGET STUDENTS MOST VULNERABLE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN THE PROCESS WE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT

073CAN WE DO WITH THESE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE OUR SEAT TIME, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO BE ABLE TO HELP CHILDREN AND AT THE SAME TOKEN BE ABLE TO HELP POTENTIALLY RECRUIT AND RETAIN STAFF WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE KNOW THE TEACHERS ARE REALLY WORKING SO HARD AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR TRANSFORMATIONAL NETWORK TO BE ABLE TO BRING AND PARTNER WITH ENTITIES TO BRING FELLOWS WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION TO EXPEDITE AND ACCELERATE THE LEARNINGS AND NOT ONLY HELP THAT CHILD EXCEL BUT ALSO GOING TO FREE UP THE TEACHER TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS IN HIS OR HER CLASSROOM. SO INITIALLY WE THOUGHT ABOUT LEVERAGING THE MONEY TO HIRE INTERVENTIONISTS BUT WITH THE NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF EDUCATORS, YOU KNOW, WHAT A BETTER WAY TO BE

074ABLE TO LOOK IN OUR BACKWARD AND PARTNER WITH POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA HERE THIS EVENING ALONG WITH UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE LEVEL STUDENTS WHO WILL PROVIDE ONGOING ACADEMIC SUPPORTS TO THE 45 SCHOOLS. SO BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THIS -- THIS FELLOWSHIP WILL ALLOW US TO PAY, YOU KNOW, COLLEGE STUDENT AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS $15 AN HOUR TO WORK 15 TO 25 HOURS PER WEEK TO TRULY CONCENTRATE ON STUDENTS WHO NEED US THE MOST. AND I WANT TO LET SHAY MCCRAY HIGHLIGHT THIS FURTHER AND INTRODUCE IT. THE INDIVIDUALS HERE TONIGHT WHO DEDICATED THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES AND EFFORTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS A REALITY AND THIS IS A MAJOR WIN FOR OUR CHILDREN AND ALSO FOR OUR

075PARTNERSHIPS. SHAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SO EXCITED TO REALLY BRING TO YOU OUR LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THEY ARE JOINING HANDS WITH K-12 EDUCATION TO HELP US IN OUR TRANSFORMATION NETWORK KIND OF CLOSE LEARNING LOSS AND ACCELERATE LEARNING. TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US PARTNERS FROM USF, DR. LAURA CEBELA WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF FIELD AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ALSO THE DIRECTOR FOR SCAT WHICH IS SUN COAST AREA TEACHER TRAINING AS WELL AS TUTORABLE. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT. DR. ANN CRANSTON GINGRUS WHO IS A PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, THE DIRECTOR FOR CENTER OF MIGRANT EDUCATION HERE WITH US TONIGHT. ELIZABETH ANCHORSER WHO IS WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AS WELL AS DR. R. ANTHONY ROLE HERE WITH USF. VERY EXCITED TO HAVE OUR USF PARTNERS. WE'RE JOINED BY UNIVERSITY

076OF TAMPA WHO ALSO AGREED TO JOIN HANDS WITH US. WE HAVE MARY TANKERSLY WHO IS THE CLINICAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE MEGAN SYLVA WHO IS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE COORDINATOR FOR SECONDARY AND CLINICAL EDUCATION. AFTER HAVING A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH DR. HAHN, DR. HAHN IS THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED WE CAN'T LEAVE OUT ST. LEO, SO WE DID MAKE SOME CONTACTS AT COMMUNICATION AND ST. LEO SAID WE WANT TO BE ON BOARD TOO. VERY EXCITED TO ST. LEO JOIN US AND WE HAVE DR. HOLLY ATKINS WHO IS THE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AT ST. LEO. ALSO BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND THEN WE HAVE OUR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS WITH HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT IS RICHARD IS ANKER SO THIS PARTNERSHIP WILL MARK A VERY

077UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE HAVE POST-SECONDARY WITH OUR K-12 EDUCATION AND BRINGING ALL OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TOGETHER HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH SO VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. VERY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THEM WITH TRANSFORMATION NETWORK, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH US. Addison Davis: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. MCRAE. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C2.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS NOT EXPECTING ALL THAT SO WELCOME. ALSO, I HEARD SOMEONE TALK ABOUT SCAT. I WAS A SCAT. MEMBER COMBS WAS A SCATTER AND I WROTE FOR THE SCATTER CHATTER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK

078YOU. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE GET SO MANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE STAFFING SHORTAGE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, EVERYTHING AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE'RE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, WE'RE BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH EDUCATION LEADERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE RECRUITING. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET PEOPLE WHO FALL IN LOVE WITH EDUCATION AND BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND GET MORE EDUCATORS, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, DR. HAHN, FOR CASTING THE CIRCLE WIDER, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR Nadia Combs: MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

079AND I WANT TO THANK SHAY McRAE TO OUTREACH TO ALL THESE WONDERFUL PARTNERS. IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT CRITICAL TO THE CHILDREN'S SUCCESS. AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, INCLUSIVELY WE ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE FROM THE PUBLIC, THE DECLINE OF MEETING THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, THE POSSIBILITY OF AN UPWARD SPIRAL OF DISCIPLINE. THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS WHY WE NEED TO FILL THE VOID. AND YOU ALL ARE JUST SUCH TRUE GIVERS TO EDUCATION, AND THESE ARE THE CHILDREN THAT NEED IT THE MOST. AND YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU. THE POPULATION THAT WILL BE COMING INTO THE CLASSROOMS. BUT WE ARE EVER SO GRATEFUL. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: AS

080A USF CONGRATULATE AND I WORKED AT USF FOR MOST OF MY CAREER AS PROFESSOR AND THEN DEPARTMENT OF ENGAGEMENT, I ALWAYS CALL MYSELF A BULL GATOR WHICH I THINK IS THE TOUGHEST AROUND. SO I FEEL I HAVE A REALLY GOOD COMBINATION INSTILLED IN ME. AND I CARRY A LOT OF PRIDE. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK SHAY, BECAUSE IN A SCHOOL UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE WORK WE DO BOTH IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND IN OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS ALWAYS A FOCUS OF MY WORK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS AT USF. AND IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR SURE, LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID. WE WANT TO BUILD THAT PIPE LANE FOR URBAN SCHOOLS WE WANT OUR TEACHERS COMING OUT OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING

081WHEN THEY COME INTO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WORK WITH CHILDREN IN THE URBAN CORE. SO I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I AM GLAD THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COMING TOGETHER, BECAUSE THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM. IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A DIVERSE TEACHER WORKFORCE OR WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST INCLUDING TEACHERS INTO THE FIELD, OR GROWING OUR OWN, RIGHT? GETTING THEM EXCITED AND CONNECTED TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHILE THEY ARE STILL STUDYING IN COLLEGE SO THAT WHEN THEY DO GRADUATE FROM THESE GREAT INSTITUTIONS THEY STAY RIGHT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND BE REALLY READY TO DO THAT. SO I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND THANK YOU ALL FROM USF, SAINT LEO, HCC.

082THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND CELEBRATING THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH US. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY, MANY MORE IN OUR FUTURE TOGETHER, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, SHAY YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. PARTNERSHIP IS ONE. I LOVE IT. LIKE TONY THE TIGER SAID, "IT'S GREAT" TO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP HERE AND THANK YOU ALL. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OPERATE. AND I THINK WITH THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN DO IT. AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU, TOO, SHAY AND ALL YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU ALL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. JUST ONE COMMENT. I JUST WANTED TO

083THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING HERE. I KNOW IT'S SUCH A BUSY SCHEDULE AT THIS TIME TO COME, AND I KNOW AS SOMEONE WHO WENT INTO USF NOT KNOWING THEY ARE GOING TO BE AN EDUCATOR, HAVING A SMALL INTERNSHIP IS WHAT LED ME TO GO INTO EDUCATION SO I KNOW THAT THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO REALLY, ONCE WE GET THE STUDENTS IN THERE, THEY ARE GOING TO REALIZE HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THEY CAN MAKE, AND HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO WORK WITH STUDENTS. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, AND MS. McRAE FOR BRINGING THIS. I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND HOPEFULLY EXPAND THIS AND THIS WILL CONTINUE. BECAUSE I THINK THIN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SEE YOUNG STUDENTS COME IN, THEY CAN REALLY CONNECT WITH STUDENTS REALLY WELL AND I THINK

084IT'S A WIN-WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. NEXT IS ITEM -- I'M SORRY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE UNANIMOUS. AND IT IS. CONGRATS. THANK YOU. NEXT IS 6.01. PURCHASE APPROVAL FOR WHITE FLEET VEHICLES. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: 6.01 IS PURCHASE WHITE FLEET VEHICLES, OVER THE LAST 21 MONTHS, HAD A DIFFICULT TIME BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE WHITE FLEET ON THE STATE BID. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A VEHICLE SHORTAGE WITH NEW VEHICLES, ALL RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN COMPUTER CHIPS AND THE NECESSARY PARTS. SO WHAT THIS IS, WHAT IT HAS DONE IS REALLY DELAYED BEING ABLE TO GET LOGISTICS FOR SOME OF OUR SUPPLIES TO OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE SOME OF OUR WHITE FLEET THAT HAS --

085IS FUNCTIONAL WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO SEEK PERMISSION TO RECEIVE QUOTES FROM MULTIPLE VENDORS ACROSS THE STATE AND TO NEGOTIATE THE LOWEST PRICE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BE A MILLION DOLLARS TO USE OUT OF MILLAGE FUNDING WHICH IS A PROPER RESOURCE TO DO SO AND WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE FIFTY VEHICLES RELATED TO VEHICLE VANS, SERVICE VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THE NECESSITIES TO ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT AND ALLOW OUR INDIVIDUALS IN MAINTENANCE TO GET TO THE NEXT LOCATION AS WELL. SO WE WILL BE VERY MINDFUL TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THE LOCAL VENDORS THAT MAY HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO BUY THREE OR FIVE AT A TIME. IT'S JUST BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SO AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT IN THE LAST 21 MONTHS.

086MR. FARKAS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? Christopher Farkas: WE HAVE TWO GUYS RIDING IN A TRUCK SO ONE TO EVERY SCHOOL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRUCKS, SO IT ACTUALLY SAVES US MONEY IF WE ARE ABLE TO BUY THESE VEHICLES SO WE APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO OUT AND BUY THEM A DIFFERENT WAY. WE WANT TO BE SURE WE BRING BARK EVERYTHING THAT WE BUY IN THAT CONTRACT SO WE ARE EXCITED FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT'S REALLY BEEN A HUGE CHALLENGE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW WITH SHORTAGES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY. Addison Davis: AND WE PUT OUT AN RFP AND NO ONE RESPONDED TO THE RFP AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GO OUT IN THE LAST 21 MONTHS AND BUY NEW VEHICLES. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO

087APPROVE ITEM 6.01. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A QUESTION, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, GOING RIGHT TO YOU. I AM JUST WONDERING WHEN MR. FARKAS BRINGS THIS FORWARD, IS HE INTEGRATING THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR CFO? AND I ASK THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE EVER SO CAREFUL, WE ARE AT A MILLION DOLLARS HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S EQUALLY INFORMED AND IF IT AFFECTS OUR FUND BALANCE. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. Nadia Combs: GO AHEAD. MR. FARKAS? Christopher Farkas: YES, COREY MURPHY IS PART OF THAT ON MRS. JOHNSON'S TEAM. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT PUT OUT THE RFP ORIGINALLY. THEY ARE PART OF

088THE CONVERSATION. THIS MILLAGE FUNDING WILL NOTE AFFECT THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT'S COMING 100% FROM THE MILLAGE FUNDS THAT WERE USED TO PURCHASE VEHICLES THE PREVIOUS YEARS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. C 6.303. AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES WITH PACIFIC RESEARCH AND EVALUATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY WORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS GRANT PROJECT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, ON SEPTEMBER 30th, 2021, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS AWARDED WITH A FIVE YEAR GRANT RELATED TO AROUND $1.6 MILLION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THAT WAS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO EXPAND WORLD LANGUAGE AND AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THE READINESS GRANT. SO THIS WILL BE THE EXPANSION OF OUR EMERGENT PROGRAM AND TO BE ABLE

089TO BRIDGE A BILITERACY PROGRAM. THE FIRST YEAR WE WILL ADDRESS IN LOCK STEP WITH DAWSON AND SUMMERFIELD AND WHAT WE ASK IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS TO BRING FORWARD WITHIN THE GRANT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY AN EVALUATOR TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE, AND THAT EVALUATOR WILL COST A LITTLE OVER $12,000. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 6.303. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, ANYTIME WE HAVE A GRANT WHERE THERE IS A PIECE OF IT THAT IS ALLOCATED WITHIN THE GRANT, THAT WE HAVE TO PAY AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT A PORTION OF THAT GRANT, I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IT BECAUSE

090I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS VERY CONCERNED WITH OUR FINANCES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE MONEY GOES AND A LOT OF TIMES WE LOOK AT ALL THE GRANTS WE GET, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE, I TALK ABOUT IT QUITE OFTEN, THAT A LOT OF MONEY WE GET IS EITHER CATEGORICAL OR IT HAS OTHER CLAUSES WHERE WE HAVE TO PAY A PORTION OF IT TO AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING COMPANY TO MANAGE THAT. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM, THAT OUT OF THIS GRANT WE DO HAVE TO HIRE PEOPLE FOR A PORTION OF IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: HOW WILL WE BE FOLLOWING THE MONEY AS FAR AS WHAT SCHOOLS ARE AFFECTED WITH THIS GRANT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. IN THIS GRANT WE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, AND

091THE FIRST YEAR IS GOING TO BE DAWSON AND SUMMERFIELD. THE SECOND YEAR WE WILL TRANSITION AND OPEN THIS UP TO LANIER AND WESTSHORE, AND THEN WE WILL TRANSITION TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS TO BARRETT AND ENGAGE ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. SO THE GRANT IS VERY EXPLICIT BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY SCHOOLS, LEADERS WHO REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS INITIATIVE, AND THIS WILL BE REALLY COOL BECAUSE 50% OF THE CONTENT WILL BE TAUGHT IN SPANISH SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT SEQUENCE OF INTERACTION IN THE CLASSROOMS. IT'S ONLY REALLY GOING TO HELP OUR CHILDREN IN THE LONG RUN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: NO, YOU MUST HAVE BEEN READING MY NOTES HERE, BECAUSE ON THE HISPANIC FORUM, THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT REPRESENTING

092THE HISPANIC LATINO COMMUNITIES, AND ALSO IT JUST SHARES WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE PUBLIC, THE UNIVERSE AND DIVERSITY, AND WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR DIVERSE POPULATIONS. AND I AM GOING TO VISIT -- LET'S SEE, I AM VISITING BARRON KING TOMORROW TO CHECK ON THEIR WORLD LANGUAGES. BUT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING -- WHO PUT THIS FORTH ANYWAY? MR. CONNOR? THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: BOARD MEMBERS, PLEATH PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS 6.09. Addison Davis: TEACH FOR AMERICA, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE FOR US TO REALLY CODIFY WAYS TO FILL THE GAPS AND VOIDS WE ARE EXPERIENCING. OUR TEACHERS ARE OVER AND BEYOND IN THE CLASSROOMS, AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, TO TEACH STUDENTS BEFORE AND OF A SCHOOL, ABSORB OTHER STUDENTS. IT'S HAPPENING NOTE ONLY HERE BUT ACROSS

093THE STATE, ACROSS THE NATION. SO BEING ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION TO HELP US AND A SIS US WITH THE PROCESS, TEACH FOR AMERICA DOES THAT. TEACH FOR AMERICA IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF EDUCATORS SERVING STUDENTS AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. WITH THAT SAID, THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 1990, AND OF THAT, THEY HAVE OVER 60,000 ALUMNAE THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE, THAT HAVE SERVED WITHIN MEETING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THIS NATION. OF THAT 63% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT TRANSITION TO THE TEACH FOR AMERICA STATE IN K-12 EDUCATION, AND IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THERE'S A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY. DUVAL COUNTY, YOU HAVE ORANGE COUNTY, MIAMI-DADE. YOU WILL SEE IN ALL THREE OF THOSE COUNTIES, THEY HAVE HAD AROUND 352% RETENTION RATE RELATED TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY BRING ONBOARD AND THIS IS ALL CONTINGENT

094ON THE ACTUAL NEEDS. SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY ASK FOR 4 OR 500 INDIVIDUALS IN THE POSITIONS TO BE FILLED. AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WE ARE ONLY ASKING TEACH FOR AMERICA TO IDENTIFY UP TO 40 INSTRUCTIONAL TEACHERS TO HELP US FILL POSITIONS STARTING IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL NETWORK. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE AS YOU KNOW CLOSE TO 100 VACANCIES IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL NETWORK SO BEING ABLE TO BE BRING 40 WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US SERVE CLOSE TO 800 STUDENTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN THAT SIDE, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR BRAND NEW TEACHERS. THERE'S TWO PHASES. TEACH FOE FOR AMERICA HAS BRAND NEW TEACHERS AND YOU HAVE TO PLAN A YEAR AND A HALF TO BRING THEM INTO THE ORGANIZATION. IF THEY STAY TWO YEARS, THEN AFTER THAT, THEY EITHER TRANSITION TO THEIR NEXT PROFESSION

095OR 50% STAY IN EDUCATION. WE ARE ASKING THEM TO GO AFTER ALUMNAE TEACHERS THAT VERY ALREADY BEEN TRAINED ON COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES AND UNDERSTANDING STANDARDS, PEDAGOGY, CONNECTING WITH STUDENTS ON MENTAL HEALTH. THERE'S AROUND 1500 ELIGIBLE ALUMNAE THAT ARE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE ARE GOING TO ASK THEM NOT ONLY TO APPROVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THIS NATION TO BRING THEM BACK TO FILL THE 40 POSITIONS. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD INITIATIVE TO START A RELATIONSHIP AND TO START SMALL, BE ABLE TO PILOT THE TRANSFORMATIONAL NETWORK, TO DETERMINE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO GROW THIS IF WE SEE THERE'S GOING TO BE POTENTIAL POSITIVE IMPACT WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. YOU NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE

096ITEM 6.09. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, THIS IS ANOTHER THING WHERE WE ARE WORKING HARD AND THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS TO GET MORE PEOPLE AND MORE TEACHERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, I KNOW THAT WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM WITH STAFF, WE ARE PUTTING IN OUR REQUEST BEFORE YOU. WE WEREN'T SURE IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE WHERE WE ENDED UP AGREEING TO AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FULFILL AND TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS TO FIND OUT HOW THIS WORKED OUT FOR US. SO THAT

097WOULD BE MY ASK GORE THIS AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT REPETITIVE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH TEACHERS, THE TEACHER SHORTAGE, AND THEN WE CONVERSELY MIGHT WE ARE WE GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN OF, SAY, THE CTA, A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER. THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ENDORSED THIS SITUATION TO GAIN MORE TEACHERS, AND THE SIMPLE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEING THE HUGE NEED. WE HAVE ADMINISTRATORS COVERING CLASSES. WE HAVE CUSTODIANS, FOOD SERVICE. THERE'S SUCH A SHORTAGE, AND TEACHERS DON'T GET THEIR PLANNING PERIOD. SO I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR DOING EXACTLY THAT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, GUESS WHO SUFFERS.

098OUR CHILDREN. AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT STATEMENT THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE. WE MUST TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN. THEY ARE THE VALUED CLIENTS OF OURS, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, AND I SEE THAT IN ORANGE COUNTY, MIAMI-DADE, IT DOES INCLUDE THE GRADUATION RATE WHICH IS ANOTHER FACTOR, AND I'M SURE BOARD MEMBERS CAN READ THROUGH AS WELL. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHAT'S THE COST ON THIS? AND ACTUALLY MEMBER SNIVELY MIGHT ACTUALLY ASK THAT BEFORE ME. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. IT'S COMING UP TO 200,000 ON TOP OF SALARIES SO WHATEVER INDIVIDUALS QUALIFY FOR BASED ON AGREEMENT TO TRANSITION INTO THE EDUCATION DUE TO THEIR BEING ALUMNAE AND THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO $200,000 ADDITIONAL, AND THAT GOES THROUGH A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM WHETHER IT

099BE POTENTIALLY RECRUITING, WHETHER IT BE RELOCATING, ALSO ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH, AND OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO RECRUIT THESE INDIVIDUALS, TO RETAIN THEM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ROB KRIETE, THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL THAT WHEN THIS INITIATIVE, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, BECAUSE WE WANT HIM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND KNOW THAT WE WERE NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM BEING ABLE TO CIRCUMVENT THIS, THE WORK HE DID FOR TEACHERS, AND HE WILL BE AT THE TABLE AS SOON AS WE ONBOARD THOSE INDIVIDUALS, TO STAND BESIDE ME TO CONTINUE DOING GOOD WORK AND A GREAT PARTNER. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM

100CHAIR. JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE PAYING FOR REFERRAL SERVICE. THIS MONEY IS NOT GOING TO TEACHERS. THIS MONEY IS GOING TO SOMEONE WHO LOCATES A NUMBER ANY WHO HAVE AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE TO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR ON WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR. AND THEN YOU HAD MENTIONED, WHAT WERE THE COUNTIES, THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS YOU MENTIONED THAT ALREADY USE -- TEACH FOR AMERICA? Addison Davis: DUVAL COUNTY, MIAMI-DADE AND ORANGE COUNTY. Melissa Snively: DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN USING TEACH FOR AMERICA? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WAS IN DUVAL COUNTY MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL I THINK BARK IN 2010, YEAH, AND WEE AS A PRINCIPAL I USED THEM AND THEY WERE REMARKABLE. Melissa Snively:

101I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ASKING YOU AHEAD OF TIME. BUT WHAT IS THE RETENTION RATE FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS, IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, OR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT GUESSING WHAT THE AVERAGE RETENTION RATE IS AFTER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD, YOU KNOW. ARE THEY BEING RETAINED LONGER THAN TWO YEARS, GENERALLY? Addison Davis: 52% IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ACROSS THE NATION IT'S 62, 63%. BUT IT'S 52% 69 SO GENERALLY ACROSS THE STATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS C 6-10, AMENDMENT 3 WITH HE HAD YOU POINT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ADDITIONAL SOURCES TO IMPLEMENT GINNERGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. EDU POINT. Addison Davis: JULY 30th, 2019

102THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTED TO TRANSITION ITS STUDENTS INFORMATION SYSTEM AND TRANSITION TO EDUPOINT. IT WAS A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT. WE HAVE IN THAT PROCESS THERE, WAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO BE ABLE TO SET UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE THE TRANSITION. WE WILL START MAKING THE TRANSITION IN 202-23, TRANSITION TO GRAY BOOK AND THEN 23-24 IS EVERYTHING WE TRANSITION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THIS IS BEING ABLE TO COME TO ASK THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT. THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL ASSIST WITH DATA CONVERSION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY ESE AND MTSS INTEGRATION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE FILL ANY POTENTIAL LEGACY GAP WITH THE SCHOOL INFORMATION SYSTEM, CONFIGURE SCHOOLS, BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SECURITIES, AND BEING ABLE TO

103SET UP ANY NECESSARY SYSTEMS FOR ADDRESSING STATE REPORTING. THIS IS A NECESSITY. I WOULD NOT BRING THIS, EVEN ASK DR. WEEKS, I PUT HIM THROUGH THE RINGER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEEDED THIS CONSULTANT, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE CERTAIN THIS IS A REALITY AND GET LONG-TERM INVESTMENT AND MOVE TO A NEW INFORMATIONAL SYSTEM WE NEED THIS INFORMATION TO HELP US WITH THAT BRIDGE. Nadia Combs: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 6-C-10. I HAVE A SECOND MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. Jessica Vaughn: I TALKED WITH MR. WEEKS' OFFICE AND I APPRECIATE HIM TAKING THE TIME. HOWEVER AS WE ARE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, BARGAINING, AND WE ARE GETTING E-MAILS

104FROM TEACHERS RIGHT NOW TALKING ABOUT THE INABILITY TO GIVE THEM, AND OUR ESPs OUR MOST VALUABLE EMPLOYEES, ANYTIME COLA OR STEP RAISE, TO ME A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT AND BRING IN A CONSULTANT FOR SOFTWARE THAT WE ARE PURCHASING, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS ITEM AT THIS POINT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHY I AM GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS. AND IT'S NOT TO DO ANY HARM OR DETRIMENT TO THE DISTRICT. I UNDERSTAND YOU WOULD ONLY BRING THIS FORWARD IF YOU THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I THINK THAT WHILE WE NEED TO MOVE OUR SYSTEMS FORWARD AND TECHNOLOGY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS, WE ALSO NEED TO BALANCE THAT WITH LOOKING AT WAYS TO FIND AND SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF. SO I WILL BE VOTING NO

105ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I KNOW YOU HAD A CONVERSATION. Addison Davis: YES, AND I APPRECIATE MRS. VAUGHN'S STANCE RELATED TO THAT AND ANYTIME WE CAN BE ABLE TO SHOW WE VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES, WE SHOULD. WHILE THIS SAYS IDENTIFY A GENERAL FUND, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A MAJORITY OF THIS MONEY REIMBURSED THROUGH E-RATE AND E-RATE FEDERAL DOLLARS ALLOW US WHETHER IT BE INTERNET, COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND THIS WILL QUALIFY FOR IT. SO PRETTY MUCH FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND, WE GET AROUND 80 CENTS BACK FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND BE CERTAIN WE DON'T IMPACT GENERAL FUNDS. Nadia Combs: MEMBER VAUGHN, DID YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE E-RATE. AT WHAT RATE AND WHAT TIME DO WE GET REIMBURSED? IS IT THREE YEARS

106LATER, FIVE YEARS LATER, TEN YEARS LATER? WHAT'S THE RATE? WE HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE USING TO COVER THIS, SO WE HAD RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR WIRELESS PROJECT THAT WE COMPLETED OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND THE 80 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR THAT CAME BACK FROM THAT IS PUT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT IT HAD APPROPRIATE. WE ARE ACTUALLY USING THAT MONEY THAT CAME BACK IN TO FUND THIS PIECE. SO WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM A PREVIOUS PROJECT. SO THIS WAS MONEY THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY ACCOUNTED FOR INITIALLY AT THE START OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE WOULD BE GETTING REIMBURSED UNTIL THE FED AND THE FCC ACTUALLY GAVE US THE PARTICULAR AMOUNT. WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $980,000 BACK THIS YEAR AS PART OF

107THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING PART OF THAT TO COVER THIS EXPENSE. Karen Perez: SUPERINTENDENT, WHERE DOES THAT SHOW UP WHEN THE CFO PROVIDES US WITH THE FINANCIAL -- WITH OUR FINANCIAL -- WHERE DOES THAT SHOW UP? BECAUSE I NEVER REMEMBER. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF HER TALKING ABOUT THIS. Nadia Combs: SPEAKING ABOUT E-RIGHT? WE CAN MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY THAT WHEN IT'S PUT INTO THE BUCKET. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE ADDRESS TO WHERE THAT FUNDING MAY BE? IT'S PART OF OUR REVENUE. WE WILL UPDATE YOU GUYS WHEN WITH THE REVENUE RESOURCE RECEIVED TO DATE ON E-RATE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? Karen Perez: HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN RECEIVING THIS REIMBURSEMENT? Addison Davis: FOR MANY YEARS. Thomas Weeks: JUST SINCE I

108HAVE BEEN HERE IN 2005 WE RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT ON TWO DIFFERENT WIRELESS PROJECTS, AND THAT HAS ADDED UP TO I BELIEVE 14 OR $15 MILLION. IN THE PAST SIX YEARS. WE CAN SEE BUCKETS OF MONEY BASICALLY EVERY YEAR, WE ARE ON A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE. THAT FCC ACTUALLY APPROVES FOR US. AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD SEEKING ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THROUGH E-RATE, AND AGAIN, THAT FUNDING, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SPENDING THE DOLLAR AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 CENTS BACK ON EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND. Karen Perez: I JUST FEEL THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CATEGORICAL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THIS MONEY COMING INTO US. IT'S PART OF THAT -- Karen Perez: WHEN IT SAYS MISCELLANEOUS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MISCELLANEOUS IS. Nadia Combs: MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO AT THE

109NEXT MEETING, MS. JOHNSON, YOU CAN PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL FOLLOW UP WITH EACH BOARD MEMBER AND PROVIDE THAT. MAYBE EVEN THE LAST TWO REIMBURSEMENTS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. OKAY? THANK YOU,. MEMBER SNIVELY? Melissa Snively: TWO THINGS. ONE, I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY. IF YOU RECALL FROM THE GIBSON CONSULTING REPORT ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2016 THAT THIS WAS AN REAR OF DESPERATE NOTICED OF ATTENTION, BECAUSE WE WERE SEVERAL YEARS BEHIND IN TECHNOLOGY. BUT TO MS. VAUGHN'S POINT, PERHAPS -- AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD HAVE CHANGED YOUR POSITION -- BUT PERHAPS A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF HOW THE FUNDING MECHANISM WORKS COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA SO THAT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING REIMBURSED OR A PORTION IS GETTING REIMBURSED

110BACK INTO OUR GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL LOOKING AT THIS AGENDA ITEM WOULD THINK -- WOULD NOT KNOW THAT 80 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR IS COMING BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT STAFF MAYBE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL EXPLANATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCES JUST SO THAT WE CAN AVOID ANY CONFUSION OR MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING, AND FOR THE PUBLIC, TOO, BECAUSE AS A CITIZEN LOOKING AT THIS AGENDA ITEM, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT EITHER UNLESS IT'S EXPLAINED IN DETAIL. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. OKAY, AND IT PASSES 6 TO 1 WITH VAUGHN DISSENTING. NEXT WE WILL GO TO EMPLOYEE COMMENTS, BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT AT 6:00. WE WILL I KNOW TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH

111WE 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 TO 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 ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO BE SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE

112DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. MR. KRIETE. WHEN INSTRUCTIONAL BARGAINING OVER SIX WEEKS AGO THE DISTRICT BROUGHT A PLAN TO USE A TEACHER SALARY INCREASE ALLOCATION TO RAISE THE EARLY CAREER TEACHER SALARIES YET AGAIN, AND THAT IS OF COURSE BY DESIGN FROM THE LEGISLATURE AND IS REQUIRED TO DO SO. WHEN WE MET AGAIN YESTERDAY, OUR ATCA BARGAINING TEAM AND MEMBERS WERE SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED WHEN THE SAME PROPOSAL WAS OFFERED AFTER ACTA PROPOSED A LOGICAL PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HELP WITH FILLING THE EGREGIOUS NUMBER OF VACANCIES, IMPROVING THE LOW MORALE AND RECOGNIZING OUR VETERAN EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB DESPITE COVERING CLASSES, LOSING PLANNING TIME AND HAVING THE LARGEST CLASS LOADS IN RECENTS MEMORY ALL DURING A PANDEMIC. WELL, WE WORK WITH OUR MEMBERS, OUR BARGAINING

113TEAM, OUR STAFF, AND CRAFT A PROPOSAL THAT IS WELL BELOW THE BUDGET THAT YOU SIGNED OFF ON. WE WANT TO HONOR THE FACT THAT THE FUNDS MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR VACANT POSITIONS AS WELL AS ESPs, CUSTODIANS, BUS DRIVERS, LUNCHROOM WORKERS, ADMINISTRATORS, EVERY EVERYONE THAT WORKS IN THE SYSTEM. OUR PROPOSAL ALLOWS FOR THAT AS WELL AS RECOGNIZES THE CHALLENGES THAT A DISTRICT CONTINUES TO OVERCOME WITH THE CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION. I HAVE PROVIDED COPIES FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS OF OUR OFFER INCLUDING THE AMOUNTS THE DISTRICT HAS PROVIDED US WITH THANKS TO HR. WE APPRECIATE THEM. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE THIS GREAT DISTRICT TOGETHER. WE CAN DO THIS. SO LET'S SETTLE THIS IN JANUARY AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THIS. ITCH GIVEN YOU NUMBERS THERE. YOU CAN APPLES REACH OUT TO ME. CALL

114ME. FIND ME. TEXT ME. WE'LL GET TOGETHER. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY BREAK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SETTLING THIS IN JANUARY. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT, MRS. BLAKE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M BACK. SO ACCORDING TO THE BUDGET THAT YOUR CFO CREATED AND YOU ALL APPROVED IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DOLLARS WAS SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE FOR SALARIES. YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT FOR BARGAINING HAVE DECIDED TO IGNORE THAT, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE AT A STANDSTILL RIGHT NOW. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU TO HEAR WHAT A TYPICAL DAY IS LIKE FOR A TEACHER. SO MY SCHOOL HOURS ARE FROM 7:45 TO 3:45. I GET THERE EVERY DAY,

115SOMETIME BETWEEN 7:10 AND 7:15, AND I NEVER LEAVE BEFORE 4:30. JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. SOMETIMES IT'S 5:30 OR SOMETIMES I JUST GO AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE BASKETBALL GAME OR TO THE CON CERTAIN WHICH DOESN'T START TILL 7:30. I TEACH FIVE. I'M AN AVID COORDINATOR. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE AVID COORDINATOR IN THIS DISTRICT TEACHES 3 OR 4. I TEACH 5. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I TOOK THE JOB. THAT'S FIVE DIFFERENT CLASSES WITH FIVE DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS. SO FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE HAPPENING EACH TIME ANOTHER GROUP OF KIDS WALKED WALKS IN THE DOOR. LUNCH. HA. OKAY. SO I HAVE DURING THE FIRST LUNCH PERIOD ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO TEN KIDS THAT COME IN TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO EAT, TO GET HELP, TO MEET WITH THEIR FRIENDS, TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CHAIR, BECAUSE THINGS ARE SO CROWDED, OR

116TO GET HELP. AND THAT HAPPENS DURING BOTH OF THOSE LUNCH PERIODS. WHEN I GET TO WORK, I LOOK TO SEE IF ANY E-MAILS OR ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. I HAVE I HAVE DONE IT THREE TIMES SITTING HERE AND I GRADE THEM DURING THE 15 MINUTES WHEN I HAVE NO STUDENTS IN MY ROOM, THAT'S WHEN I'M MAKING PHONE CALLS. I GET MY STEPS IN EVERY DAY IN MY CLASSROOM BEFORE I GO HOME. IT'S INSANE. KIDS NEED A QUIET PLACE TO SIT. I'M SKIPPING, SKIPPING, SKIPPING. WEAVER OVER A THOUSAND VACANCIES. I THINK IT'S GREAT, I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE NAME OF IT, AMERICA, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. SO THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME IN WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SALARY SCALE, YET AT THIS POINT YOU ARE REFUSING TO GIVE OUR TEACHERS THAT

117SHOULD BE THERE, THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AND HAVE WORKED, THEIR STEP INCREASE. WORKABLE RAISES ARE IN. THE BUDGET IS THERE. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT, THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PAY OUR TEACHERS. AND LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME IN. AND THE FUND BALANCE WILL BE AFFECTED BA US THAT MONEY IS BUDGETED FOR SALARIES. SO I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE TOTALLY AWARE, LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF THAT ROB GAVE YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT MEETING YOUR OBLIGATION AND WHAT YOU AGREED TO. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. NEXT, MS. LEE. HELLO EVERYBODY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT WITH A HEAVY HEART FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. THROUGH THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAVE LEARNED AND ADAPTED

118IN WAYS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME, EVERY TIME A CHANGE OR NEW INITIATIVE OCCURRED. WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THE STUDENTS, PROVIDING CONSISTENCY, OUR BEST EVERY DAY IN A MATTER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUND US. HOWEVER, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, IT'S BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THE POWERS THAT BE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BUT ABOUT THEIR PUBLIC APPEARANCE AND THE ILLUSION OF A GREAT DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM CAME TO CTA YESTERDAY NOT IN GOOD FAITH BUT IN POOR TASTE, COUPLED WITH AN AIR OF COMPLETE DISRESPECT AND LACK OF REGARD FOR THE VALUE OF THE TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEY COUNTED OUR REASONABLE OFFER THAT THERE IS MONEY BUDGETED FOR WITH NOTHING. NO STEPS FOR THE DEDICATED TEACHERS ON ANY PART OF THE SCALE, NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS WHEN LIVING

119IS NOT AFFORDABLE FOR MANY OF OUR STAFF. THE ONLY WAS TO USE THE STATE MONEY TO MEET THE MINIMUM NEW TEACHER REQUIREMENT. NOTHING MORE. I AND MANY ARE CONCERNED WHERE THE MONEY WOULD GO, THAT VACANCIES WOULD GROW AS NEW TEACHERS CHOOSE OTHER DISTRICTS WITH MORE ATTRACTIVE PAY SCALES AFTER THOSE INITIAL YEARS. MOST OF ALL, WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS ALL AFFECTS OUR STUDENTS, AND STANDS IN THE WAY OF THEM GETTING THE BEST EDUCATION THEY CAN. THERE IS ALREADY ABOUT A THOUSAND VACANCIES. THAT MEANS THERE'S A THOUSAND PLACES EVERY DAY IN THE DISTRICT FOR STUDENTS GETTING MINIMAL SERVICE BY ANYBODY AROUND. THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL WITH BULLYING, FIGHTS. THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF VACANCIES AND UNDERSTAFFING. A TOP NOTCH EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS COSTS MONEY. ARE THE STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH

120NOT WORTHY OF THE BEST OF THE BEST IN ALL AREAS WHEN THEY STEP ON OUR CAMPUSES EVERY DAY? ARE THE TEACHERS AND STAFF NOT WORTHY OF GETTING PAID A LIVABLE WAGE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR HARD WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS? THE OPERATING DEFICIT KEEPS GETTING BROUGHT INTO PLAY AS A REASON FOR NOT MEETING THESE DEMANDS. THERE'S OTHER AREAS WHERE THE DISTRICT CUT BACK. WE HAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY SPENT ON PEOPLE THAT WORK IN OFFICES AND NEVER COME IN CONTACT WITH STUDENTS. ONCE THE -- WHAT'S THE PLAN TO SPLASH THOSE AREAS? IF THE DEFICIT IS GREAT ENOUGH WE HAVE TO GO DEEP AND WIDE. TEACHER MORALE IS LOW. THIS IS EVIDENCED BY YOUR VACANCIES, PEOPLE RESIGNING AND GOING ON LEAVE. LET'S BE CLEAR, IT'S NEVER EVER THE KIDS. NEVER ONCE HAVE I HEARD A TEACHER SAY

121THEY WERE LEAVING BECAUSE STUDENTS OR THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING. IT'S BECAUSE OF UNREASONABLE DEMANDS, IN SEES TIFF TESTING, LACK OF PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY, POOR TREATMENT IN NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY. YOU HOPE THIS BOARD IS ABLE TO HOLD OUR NEGOTIATE BEING TEAM ACCOUNTABLE TO COME AND BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH FOR OUR STUDENTS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MS. SHIVER? SO GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIRPERSON COMBS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING AN ISSUE -- AND I AM READING TONIGHT. I HAVE SOME PERSONAL ISSUES. MY FATHER IS -- HE HAS ADVANCED ALZHEIMER'S AND HAVE A SORE THROAT, CANCER DIAGNOSE AND I HAVE BEEN WITH HIM IN CHEMO ALL MORNING WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IT'S AN ISSUE SO I AM GOING TO BE READING TONIGHT. I DON'T

122TIMICALLY LIKE TO DO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING AN ISSUE BEFORE YOU AS I SEE IT. I'M A SCHOOL COUNSELOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW. BRANDON ETHIC POPULATION IS 80% BLACK, LATINO OR BIRACIAL. THE MORE IMMEDIATE ISSUE IS WITH STUDENT TRANSITIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY. MY SUPPORT STAFF AND I WAS ASKED TO BE INVOLVED WITH WRITING SAFETY PLANS FOR THESE STUDENTS WHO ARE TRANSITIONING TO TRADITIONAL CAMPUSES. FIRST, ACCORDING TO THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT, STUDENTS WHO HAVE MET WITH THE OFFICE OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SHOULD ALREADY HAVE A SAFETY PLAN WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE ENTERED THE PLAN. SECOND, WHETHER THERE IS INTENTION OR MOTIVE, THE DATA LOAN WILL INFER, BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS ARE BEING TARGETED WITH THESE TRANSITIONAL SAFETY PLANS AS THEY TRANSITION BACK. THIS IS

123THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE EVER BEEN ASKED TO BE INVOLVED IN SUCH PLANS REGARDING TRANSITIONING STUDENTS. AS PROFESSIONAL COURTESY, I WILL SPEAK TO OTHER COUNSELORS, STUDENTS TRANSITION, BUT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION LIKE THIS YEAR. I LIKE NO PART IN THIS. HOWEVER -- HOWEVER, WHEN I QUESTION THINGS SUCH AS THIS TO THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO BE QUESTIONED, I AM ACCUSED OF NOT BEING A TEAM PLAYER, WHEN I AM SIMPLY DOING MY JOB AND ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS. FOR OTHER CONVERSATIONS I AM TIRED OF CONSTANTLY HAVING TO ASK IF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE BEING FOLLOWED FOR MY SITE AND MY STUDENTS. FOLLOWING PROCEDURES IN REGARDS TO STUDENTS. AND IF WE ARE TO BE THROWING THINGS LIKE SAFETY OR TRANSITION PLANS LAST MINUTE, PLEASE TRAIN US ON THE EXPECTATIONS OR AT LEAST ATTEMPT

124TO GET BUY-IN FROM US BEFORE WE ARE REQUIRED TO BE SUCH. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT OR NOT BUT WE HAVE 217 STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TECHNOLOGY FOR 40 STUDENTS IN A CLASSROOM, SO WE ARE LIMITED IN COPING AND -- HOPINGA AND GUESSING THAT STUDENTS DON'T SHOW UP. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOUR CONCERNS ARE -- WILL BE MET, AND SUPER DAVIS JUST ASKED SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO YOU, MS. SHIVER. WE WILL CONTINUES ON. 7.08. APPROVE THE COLLINS PRE-K BOUNDARY CHANGE. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-7.08. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULL THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? Jessica Vaughn: I PULLED THIS ITEM AND

1257-POINT ON THE SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS DOWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE DISCUSSION ITEM. I DON'T WANT THE BOUNDARY CHANGES TO GO FORWARD AND FOR PARENTS TO COME AND BE SURPRISED AND SAY THAT WE HAVE NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT AND THINGS WERE JUST PASSED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WHEN WE ARE DOING THINGS LIKE CHANGING BOUNDARIES. WE NEED AT THE VERY LEAST TO HAVE A VOTE AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THEM. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE SPECIFICALLY. AGAIN I JUST DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GO THROUGH ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES FIVE, AND THERE IS ONE NO BY MEMBER PEREZ AND MEMBER GRAY IS AWAY FROM THE DAIS.

126ONTO THE NEXT ITEM. 7.09. APPROVE WESTSHORE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY PROPOSAL AND CITY COUNCIL REZONING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C-7.09. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: NO, I DON'T. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? Melissa Snively: I DIDN'T HIT MY BUTTON FAST ENOUGH ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, 7.08 BUT IT KIND OF REFERS TO 7.09 AS WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES. I WANTED TO THANK THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT FOLKS FOR THE REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE ATTACHED TO THESE AGENDA ITEMS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE CITIZENS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THESE TO GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE LAG CLOSELY AT THE MAPS AND AT

127THE SHIFTS AND WHERE THEIR STUDENTS ARE GOING, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE REPORTS DO INDICATE THAT MOST PARENTS THAT WERE IMPACTED OR THESE CHILDREN ARE IMPACTED HAVE REACH, SOMETIMES IT'S STILL A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM WHEN YOUR STUDENT HAS TO CHANGE SCHOOLS. BUT THE QUESTION I HAD FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND/OR HIS STAFF WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU ARE GETTING FROM THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, HAS IT BEEN POSITIVE FEEDBACK, OR WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK HAVE YOU BEEN GETTING FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS, AND WHAT ARE THEY HEARING FROM THE PARENTS? BECAUSE THAT PART, I COULDN'T MAKE A DISTINCTION IN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS FULLY ACCEPTED BY PARENTS AND STUDENTS. AND ADMINISTRATORS. BOTH OF THEM. Addison Davis: 7.08 HADN'T DEFINITELY HAS TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR ROGERS AND BARRINGTON, THE NUMBER OF

128STUDENTS THAT ARE EACH OF THOSE SCHOOLS SO TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS WE ACTUALLY MOVE TO COLLINS, SO WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING. SO COLLINS WITH THE BOCC TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND ADD ADDITIONAL -- SEAT OVER 500 STUDENTS. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS WE ARE ONLY IMPACTING ONE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 7.08 WHICH IS THE PRE-K THROUGH 8th GRADE AND COLLINS, AND WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE OUT AND KEEP ALL THE STUDENTS TOGETHER. I THINK THEY REALLY INCREASED -- WE ARE NOT CHUNKING THIS PROCESS IN MULTIPLE WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY SO THIS MOVE WILL BE ABLE TO START IN AUGUST 2023 AND WE HELD TWO VIRTUAL MEETINGS. WE E-MAILED EVERY CONSTITUENT THAT WILL BE IMPACTED IN THIS PARTICULAR MOVE, SENT OUT -- WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBMIT A LARGE

129AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS ENGAGE IN THE TWO VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT WE HAD. THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT TOGETHER. MR. FARKAS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? Christopher Farkas: JUST REAL QUICK. AT COLLINS, SHE'S A WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL BUT ALSO HAS GOTTEN FEEDBACK TO US AND HAS BEEN A GREAT CONDUIT TO GET INFORMATION BACK TO US. SHE'S EXCITED TO DO THAT, HAVING AN EDUCATOR FAMILY AND A WRESTLING COACH FOR A HUSBAND IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SHE'S BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS FOR PLANNING THE SCHOOL, THE DESIGN OF THE SCHOOL, AND SHE'S EXCITED TO HAVE THAT. WE ARE EXCITED FOR HER. THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE GOTTEN HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH POSITIVE. AND USUALLY WE HEAR THAT IN BOUNDARY CHANGES IT'S NEGATIVE, AND LOUD, BUT WE ARE EXCITED WE

130GET TO KEEP TAMPA TRACE TOGETHER. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS SHIELDS IS ALSO SEEING RELIEF FROM THIS, TOO, SO WEE R WE KNOW IT'S OVERCROWDED AS WELL. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO BACK AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT 7.08 BUT 7.09, ARE YOU GETTING THE SAME TYPE OF FEEDBACK? AND SHE'S BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB IN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. Addison Davis: 7.09 IS FORWARD THINKING RELATED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WESTSHORE. WESTSHORE IS ACTUALLY EXPLODING RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO SEE NEW BUILDS, AND WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE CONDOS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO WE SEE THAT WE HAVE GRADY, COLEMAN AND PLANT, ALL AT CAPACITY RELATED TO STUDENTS. SO IF THEY BUILD CONDOS WITHIN THE WESTSHORE AREA, WHAT WE

131WILL DO IS IDENTIFY NOW THOSE AREAS BEFORE WE HAVE ANY STUDENTS LIVING IN THEM THAT WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO TAMPA BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TRANSITION TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. SO THIS IS JUST US BEING IN FRONT OF THE ACTUAL BUILD OF CONDOS. WE HEAR THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AND ALLEVIATES ALL THE PRESSURE IN THOSE SITES. Christopher Farkas: THAT'S CORRECT. WEAVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE PLANT BOUNDARY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED GOING FORWARD. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. I WANT TO CLARIFY 7.08 AND 7.09 ARE VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY 7.08 IMPACTS LIKE REAL STUDENTS AND PEOPLE, AND 7.09 IS REALLY JUST BEING PROACTIVE, IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. THERE ARE NO

132STUDENTS CURRENTLY LIVING IN THAT AREA, BUT WE ANTICIPATE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, IT IS GOING TO EXPLODE. PLANT IS CURRENTLY AT 101%. COLEMAN AT 109% CAPACITY. GRADY AT 106%. AND THE SCHOOLS THAT IT WOULD IMPACT, JEFFERSON IS ONLY AT 68% RIGHT NOW. 66%. AND TAMPA BAY ELEMENTARY IS AT 57%. SO IT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP THOSE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT BRINGS MORE MONEY INTO THOSE SCHOOLS AND FUNDING AND HELPS SECURE THOSE TEACHERS THERE, AND POSSIBLY BRINGS NEW PROGRAMS THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF A WIN-WIN. AND RIGHT NOW IT JUST DOESN'T IMPACT ANY REAL PEOPLE YET OTHER THAN IT WOULD REALLY IMPACT THOSE SCHOOLS. SO IT IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE PROACTIVE AND TO GET AHEAD OF THIS BEFORE IT HAPPENS. AND I THINK SO OFTEN WE KIND OF

133LET THESE THINGS HAPPEN, AND THEN WE GO BACK AND WANT TO BE REBOUNDRY, AND THEN IT REALLY CREATES A LOT OF ANGST, ANXIETY, BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY AT THOSE SCHOOLS. SO I APPRECIATE ANY CONSIDERATION. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST READING. IT WILL COME BACK TO US FOR A FINAL VOTE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO READINGS WHEN YOU DO REZONINGS AND REBOUNDRY. SO IT WILL COME BACK TO US FOR A FINAL VOTE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I ALSO AGREE THAT PRINCIPAL GABLE HAS DONE WONDERFUL OUTREACH, MR. FARKAS, PROACTIVE. I AM KIND OF REPEATING BECAUSE SHE HAS DONE HER DUE DILIGENCE, AND IS SO EXCITED, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A POWERFUL ADDITION TO TAMPA TRACE. AND THAT'S BRINGING FAMILIES TO

134THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH I NOW LIVE RIGHT NEAR. SO IT'S BEEN VERY POSITIVE. I AGREE WITH MEMBER HAHN. IF WE CAN JUST BE DOING THIS KIND OF BEFOREHAND AND GETTING THAT OUTREACH, THAT COMMUNICATION OUT THERE BEFORE, PERHAPS A LOT OF THE FIRES CAN BE PUT OUT BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE BOUNDARY MEETINGS AS WE KNOW ARE VERY CONTENTIOUS. SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THE MODEL OF THE PANTHER RACE COLUMNS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION -- COLLINS, BUT THE COMMUNICATION FOR US, WE CAN REDUCE THOSE SITUATIONS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PERHAPS SEEING THE SAME TYPE OF WORK DONE BEHIND THE SCENES, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, ET CETERA. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS 7.11. APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN

135EISENHOWER PROPERTY GROUP LLC AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-7.11. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. LAST ONE. YES, I JUST WANTED -- TO ASK SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IF ONE OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS COULD HIGHLIGHT OR GIVE MORE INFORMATION, BECAUSE TO MY UNDERSTANDING, I JUST THINK IT'S AGAIN IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT ESSENTIALLY WE HAD AGREED ON A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF IMPACT FEES FROM A DEVELOPER, AFTER WE HAD SIGNED A CONTRACT, THE STATE LEGISLATION CHANGED THE LAW TO BE MORE FRIENDLY TOWARDS DEVELOPERS AND LOWER THE IMPACT FEES THAT THEY ARE PAYING TOWARDS PUBLIC -- TRADITIONAL

136PUBLIC EDUCATION TO WHERE WE THEN HAD TO GO BACK AND GO THROUGH A LAWSUIT TO SEE IF THE DEVELOPER HAD TO PAY THE IMPACT FEES WE AGREED FOR, AND WE ENDED UP SETTLING, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TO ASK HIS STAFF MEMBER TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD HAD THE LEGISLATURE NOT CHANGED THE LAW, WHAT WE COULD HAVE PAID OUT AND JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM FOR THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. I THINK YOU HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB SPRAINING IT. YOU HIT ALL THE HIGH POINTS. MR. FARKAS, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE GOING PAY FOR IMPACT FEES, OHIO THE LAW CHANGED SOME OF THE DYNAMICS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO RELATED TO GIVING CREDITS IN

137THE FUTURE? Christopher Farkas: YES, SIR. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS IS CREDITS, NOT CASH CHANGING HANDS. BUT IN JANUARY 15, 2019 THE BOARD APPROVED THAT. THE LAW CHANGED. THEY DIDN'T PAY THAT UNTIL DECEMBER SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS A UNIQUE CASE. WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT IN JANUARY BUT DIDN'T ACTUALLY PAY, 2019 IN DECEMBER. BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY, 636 TO BE APPROVED. AT THE BEGINNING, ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS WHERE THE ISSUE WAS BUT AS THE LAW CHANGED APPLIED TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. THAT CHANGE IS ABOUT $2 MILLION THAT WE WERE SUED FOR. WE TOOK THAT BALANCE, WENT TO MEDIATION, AS IT TURNED OUT WE AGREED TO ABOUT 900,000 IN IMPACT FEE CREDIT. SO WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A MIDDLE GROUND. WE APPRECIATE THE ATTORNEYS AND MR. GIBSON AND MR.

138PORTER GUIDING US THROUGH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS A UNIQUE ONE. WE FEEL IT'S FAIR TO BOTH SIDES. YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT, MRS. VAUGHN, THAT THE LAW CHANGED, DID IMPACT US. THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT MASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. WE HAVE -- WE NOW HAVE 12.01, FINANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE. SUPERINTENDENTS DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: AT THIS TIME WE'LL ASK FOR OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO COME UP TO UPDATE US ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE POLICIES, REVIEW FINANCES AND TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT THEY IDENTIFIED, AND CONTINUES TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE SPEND EVERY DOLLAR

139AND EVERY CENT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER. MR. WARNER OR MRS. HINE? GOOD EVENING. THIS IS RICK WARNER. I'M ELLEN LIONS. WE ARE ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR FORMING THE COMMITTEE AND CHARGING US WITH UNDERSTANDING AND PROVIDING INPUT INTO FINANCIAL DECISIONS AFFECTING THE DISTRICT. SINCE THE CHARTERING OF OUR ORGANIZATION WE HAVE MET THREE TIMES. WE HAVE ELECTED A CHAIR, RICK WARNER, AND A VICE CHAIR, ELLEN LIONS. THE COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATED IN TWO PRESENTATIONS WITH CFORO JOHNSON AND WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO GAINING LEGISLATION TO GET INPUT INTO THE SCHOOL BOARD ON FINANCIAL ISSUES SO THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WONDER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE THEN, AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING, WE HEARD

140A FURTHER PRESENTATION ON THE POTENTIAL STEPS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET FROM OUR CFO AND STAFFING HISTORY PRESENTATION FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AS THE COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO GATHER THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR EFFORTS, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, IT IS A BIG CHORE, AND WE HAVE GOT TO DECIDE, PAIR DOWN AND START -- AND SET SOME PRIORITIES ON WHERE WE LOOK TO HELP YOU ALL DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THAT'S BALANCE THE BUDGET. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND VOLUNTEERING AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS 12.02 WHICH IS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT

141FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES, PLANNING, SITING AND CONCURRENCY UPDATE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR. THIS IS BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD AN UPDATED. WEEKI WACHEE WORKING WITH THE BOCC. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS ADJUST AND ADDRESS THE LOCAL AGREEMENT, AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD THAT AT THIS TIME WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CLOSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR BUT WE ARE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO GET IT DONE AS SOON AS WE CAN AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY 2022. THIS IS NOT ANY TYPE OF BARRIER BETWEEN OURSELVES OR BOCC. WE ARE JUST VERY BUSY, AND WE ARE PROVIDING ALL OF OUR STAFF AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO JUST GO

142THROUGH SOME OF THIS AGREEMENT SO WE GET IT RIGHT AND PRESENT TO THE BOARD UPON COMPLETION. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR CLOSING COMMENTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOUR COMMENTS. WE WILL MOVE TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS AND THEN THE BOARD COMMENTS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND APOLOGIZE TO SOME OF OUR LEADERS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE THIS ENTIRE EVENING TO BE ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED. BRING THE POWER POINT UP. I AM GOING TO SKIP. AS YOU KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA, AND NOW WE ARE PUTTING THEM AT THE END OF THE AGENDA, WHICH KIND OF MAKES SENSE RELATED TO GET OUR BUSINESS WORK DONE. BUT I AM GOING TO SKIP THROUGH THIS PowerPoint REAL FAST

143AND GET TO OUR NEW LEADERS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SO WE CAN GET YOU IN HERE AND OUT OF HERE THIS EVENING. SO I AM GOING TO TURN THIS OVER AND GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS. AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD. HERE WE GO. ONE OF THE CELEBRATIONS IS TO RECOGNIZE NEW LEADERS WHICH IS ALIGNED TO GOAL NUMBER 3 OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH EXCEPTIONAL TALENT AND WITH THAT SAID WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITIES TO HIRE A NEW REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE LEADERS THAT TOOK THE TIME TO APPLY THOSE SKILLED LEADERS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP AND THIS ROLE. HOWEVER WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CONTINUED TO SEPARATE HERSELF IN THE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THIS IS OW NEW REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, MRS. COLLEEN FAUCETT. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT.

144MIGHT AS WELL. WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEADERS, I HOPE I GET THIS RIGHT. MS. FAUCETT HAS BEEN IN THIS ORANGE SINCE 1990 AND TAKEN ON A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL ROLES, LEADERSHIP COACH, SHE WAS A LEAD PRINCIPAL, AND WHEN SHE WAS AT ROOSEVELT, I BELIEVE THAT WAS HER FIRST STOP, WE SHE MOVED THE SCHOOL FROM RANKED IN THE STATE 212th IN THE STATE TO 8th IN THE STATE. THAT'S HER WITH HER CONCENTRATION. THEN TRANSITIONED TO WILSON, AND THE SAME COHORT OF STUDENTS, AND TALKED ABOUT LOOPING TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY MATTERS TO MOVE THAT SCHOOL FROM 32ND IN THE STATE TO 15th IN THE STATE. AND THIS JUST TALKS ABOUT ALL THE LEADERSHIP THAT SHE HAS DONE. SHE HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD FOR MOVING SCHOOLS, BUILDING BRIDGES, SHOWING VALUE

145FOR TEACHERS AND SHE'S OUR NEW REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I FEEL SHE'S FILLED SO MANY POSITIONS IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS, SHE'S JUST POPPING AROUND. AND I'M SORRY. SHE WILL STOP APPLYING AND REALLY KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK IN THE INTERVIEW AND WON'T BE ABLE TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE BUT SHE'S CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF HIGH SCHOOLS I.CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHAT SHE DIABETES BEFORE THAT. THAT WAS LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO. SHE'S GOT A ROMAN NAME TAG. IT'S JUST DIGITAL NOW. WE JUST UPDATE IT. WELL, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOUR RESUMÉ TO SOMEONE OR JUST TELL THEM TO CALL ME. I'M SORRY. BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED WORK. AND GET ANOTHER LEADER EXPECTED FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND REALLY

146HAS A REMARKABLE TRACK RECORD. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. YES, MA'AM. IN OUR NEXT ONE IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS RETIRING AT GRAHAM, GO ON, STAND UP. WOO-HOO! WELL DESERVED. CAN'T TALK HIM OUT OF IT. IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE GET IT. BUT HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB BEING ABLE TO BUILD A CAPACITY OF OUR LEADERS. AND WE TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR A WHILE. HE'S AN AP SINCE 2013, HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, HE WAS AP AT DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH MOVES THAT SCHOOL FROM A D TO A B, AND THEN IN 2016, WAS MOVED TO PRIOR, UNDER GREAT LEADERSHIP AT POTTER, BEING ABLE TO BUILD THE CULTURE, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS, BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH, TO BE

147ABLE TO ADDRESS THE TRACK RECORD ACADEMICALLY. HE WAS ABLE TO HELP PART OF THAT TEAM IMPROVE 90 POINTS ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND BECOME A SOLID C. AND AT POTTER, IT'S NO EASY CAKE WALK, AND THE LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO STEP UP EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT WITH THAT AND FOCUS ON HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION. IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BOARD TO HIRE ERIC FELDER AS A NEW PRINCIPAL OF GRAHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. COME ON, ERIC. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. WE HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE. MS. SPIRES, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A MINUTE? WE ARE GOING TO GIVE HER SOME LOVE. SHE WAITED THIS ENTIRE TIME. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. WE APPRECIATE IT. IT'S NOT EASY. IT'S NOT AN EASY

148ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY. BUT AS YOU TRANSITION OUT, WE HOPE -- GET READY FOR THAT PICTURE. CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU. MS. FAUCETT, ERIC, AND MS. SPIRES, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING KNEW YOUR WORK. AND KNOW THIS THAT THIS JOB IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM GOING FROM AN SUNSET PRINCIPAL TO PRINCIPAL, BUT KNOW THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND ON THIS DAIS AND IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL AND DON'T SUPPORT KNEW YOUR EFFORTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, I WANT TO SHARE SO AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS WITH YOU, NAMING OF SCHOOL UUU, WHICH IS IN THE WATERSET AREA, CELEBRATE NEW LEADERS, HIGHLIGHT WINTER BREAK CLOSURE, IDENTIFY AREAS OF FOCUS AND PROVIDE ANY BROAD UPDATE ON OUR CURRENT PROCESS WITH OUR AGENDA, BUT TONIGHT WE ARE ABLE TO ON CONSENT AGENDA

149TO HIGHLIGHT THE STUDENT PROGRESSION PLAN. THIS IS A PLAN THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE PROGRESSION OF STUDENTS AND HOW THEY MOVE FROM ONE GRATE GRADE LEVEL TO THE NEXT AND EXPECTATIONS AND SUPPORTS. WITH THIS PROCESS THERE'S THREE MAJOR AREAS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE OF THE ONES WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS. THERE WAS AN ACCELERATION PLACEMENT ASSESSMENT IN THE 6th GRADE THAT IDENTIFIED WITH THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN ACCELERATED COURSES. WE ARE REMOVING THAT THRESHOLD AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT STUDENTS CAN MEET AS AB PREREQUISITE AND BEING ABLE TO GO INTO ADVANCE COURSE WORK. THIS IS A CELEBRATION TO BE ABLE TO OPEN MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY STUDENTS OF COLOR, AND TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO HIGH LEVEL COURSES. IN ADDITION TO THAT,

150WE ELIMINATE THE SECOND ASSESSMENT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO OUR STUDENTS GET A SECOND ASSESS IT, THEY TAKE A MIDYEAR ASSESSMENT WHICH IS REQUIRED BY PROGRESS MONITORING PLAN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SO WE JUST LURCH THAT INTO ONE. THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THAT WE HAVE ADDED THE NEW FLORIDA CIVICS LITERACY EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT FOR FLORIDA COLLEGE, THIS IS CURRENTLY FOR 12th GRADE STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO TAKE IT STARTING THIS YEAR SO WE ARE UPDATING THAT INFORMATION. WE WILL SAY AND HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DID OUTPACE THE STATE BY THE 10% WITH THIS ASSESSMENT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER. CONGRATULATIONS. AND YOU NEED THIS TO BE ABLE TO -- WELL, IF YOU DON'T PASS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT AND PASS IT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL. SO THIS WILL BE TRANSITIONED IN SPANISH

151FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND JUST UPDATE IN FURTHER LANGUAGES AND UPDATED BY NEW LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ANYTHING FROM STAFF? GOOD TO GO? ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, IT'S NEW BY STATE LAW THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY A PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS TO BE EARN THEIR AA DEGREE. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH HC C.WE FORECAST AROUND 80 STUDENTS TO HAVE A LEGITIMATE PATHWAY TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN AN AA DEGREE WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OFFERINGS, THROUGH DUAL ENROLLMENT, AND THIS WILL COST THE DISTRICT AROUND $144,000 AND THIS IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO GOAL NUMBER ONE WITH ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. FINALLY, WE HAVE 10.01 WHICH IS OUR MOU FOR SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY. THIS IS ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO OFFER LEVEL ONE EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATION, MY GOAL

152AS SUPERINTENDENT IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I MATCH THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR INSTITUTION AND OUR LEADERSHIP POPULATION WITH OUR STUDENT POPULATION, SO BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS ONE OF OUR LARGEST GAPS OF BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THE -- CREATE LEADERSHIP, HISPANIC LEADERS AND BEING ABLE TO DO THIS SO WE HAVE 2300 EMPLOYEES THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS INITIATIVE. SAINT LEO IS GOING TO OFFER THIS PATHWAY AND 800 INDIVIDUALS OF THE 2300 ARE INDIVIDUALS OF COLOR WHICH IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO OUR GOAL NUMBER 3, WHICH IS EXCEPTIONAL TALENT WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TEACH FOR AMERICA. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. THIS WILL BE A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE WILL PILOT TO BE ABLE TO FILL POSITIONS IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL NETWORK. ALSO, WE HAVE THE NAMING OF SCHOOL UU WHICH IS LOCATED PRE-K 8

153IN THE WATERSET COMMUNITY, LINKED TO GOAL NUMBER 4, FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. WITH THAT SAID, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE TIMELINE STARTING ON DECEMBER 15th THROUGH JANUARY 28th. WE WILL BE SOLICITING SCHOOL NAMING REQUESTS FROM ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WE WILL SEND THIS INFORMATION. WE WILL UPLOAD IT ON LINE. WE WILL PUSH IT OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE WILL LEVERAGE PARENT NEWSLETTERS. WE'LL SEND IT OUT IN THE PRINCIPAL WEEKLY. WE'LL USE A PRESS RELEASE TO BE ABLE TO SOLICIT INFORMATION. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO LEVERAGE WATERSET COMMUNITY NEWS LET ALONG WITH PARENT LINK IN SITE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO GAIN ACCESSIBILITY. WE WILL WORK THROUGH THIS AND HAVE A MEET AND GREET SESSION ON JANUARY 6th WITH OUR NEW PRINCIPAL, PRESENTLY LENNARD. WE WILL HOSPITAL THAT AS LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN

154HAVE A DEADLINE TO OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION AND I WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD FEBRUARY 1st CONSIDERATIONS FOR NAMING AND POTENTIALLY VOTE ON FEBRUARY 8th AS WE MOVE FORWARD. TO DATE WE HAVE OVER 825 STUDENTS THAT APPLIED TO THIS SCHOOL ALREADY, AND THROUGH OUR CHOICE WINDOW, AND THIS IS A CELEBRATION TO BE ABLE TO BRING STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH THAT TO GET INTO OUR SCHOOLS ALONG THE WAY. AND I WILL SEND THIS TIMELINE AND FOLLOW-UP TO EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. NEW LEADERS I ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT. AND THEN WINTER BREAK. OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. WINTER BREAK STARTS ON DECEMBER 20th. ALL SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL DECEMBER 1st. ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL RETURN ON JANUARY 3rd. AND STUDENTS DO NOT RETURN UNTIL JANUARY 4. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT

155WE HIGHLIGHT THAT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL SO PARENTS DO NOT SEND STUDENTS BACK ON THE 3rd. WE WILL BE READY FOR THE 4th TO BE ABLE TO EMBRACE THEM. AND ALL OF THIS TO SAY I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF, ALL OF OUR LEAD, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL STAFF REALLY TAKE THIS TIME TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR LOVED ONES. YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY REMARKABLE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO REST, TO RELAX, AND TO BE REENERGIZED, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. IN JANUARY WE ARE GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND REALLY PUT IT IN ANOTHER GEAR TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS EXCEL. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY

156DO. I GAVE MR. MCAULEY A HARD TIME ABOUT THAT IMAGE, THE SNOWMAN, SUNNY FLORIDA, HOLIDAY, BUT HE DID A GOOD JOB. AND THEN AREAS OF FOCUS. I KNOW WE WANT TO GO. AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR 2022, WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS SPOKE ABOUT OUR TEACHERS CREATING A SPACE WHERE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS THE FIRST PLACE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME TO WORK, AND WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE SHOW VALUE, BUT WE ALSO AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO GREATNESS, WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE LEVERAGING LOCAL LEADERS AND TO INVEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION WHILE CREATING A STABLE FINANCIAL PLAN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON ELIMINATING PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS WITH WRAP AROUND SERVICE AS LONG THE WAY, AND

157THEN WE WILL FOCUS ON EXPANDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND GALVANIZE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER AND WORK IN CONCERT TO BE A PART OF THIS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING PRE-K, VPK AND ACCELERATED COURSE WORK WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND THEN LEVERAGING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND HAVE A SOLID FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD THROUGH MRS. JOHNSON'S OFFICE AND POTENTIALLY SEEKING ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THIS IS OUR RES FEE THAT WE WILL FOCUS ON AS WE START THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN 2022 TO BE ABLE TO RETURN BACK TO GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. THIS HAS BEEN THE AGENDA. COVID, ONE THING THE BOARD HAS ASKED IS TO PROVIDE CONTINUED UPDATE OF COVID. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF VACCINATION CLINICS THAT WE HAVE OFFERED NOW TO STUDENTS, YOUNG STUDENTS, 11 YEARS OF

158AGE CAN HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO IT. WE HAVE TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE OFFERED A CLINIC ON DECEMBER 11th WITH OVER 212 VACCINATIONS WERE ADMINISTERED. 212 WERE STUDENTS AGES 5 TO 17 AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT AT OUR MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM WHERE 44 VACCINATIONS WERE ADMINISTERED. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT OFFERING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THEN ALSO WITH SALES TAX. WE WANT TO THANK OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR MANAGING OUR SALES TAX. WE CONTINUES TO HAVE OVER $283 MILLION THAT WE HAVE EXPENDED TO DATE, AND $15 MILLION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FINAL ACCEPTANCE FOR SCHOOL BOARD REPLACEMENTS, STORM SEWER REPLACEMENTS, HVAC, ROOF, PAINTING, THEN TURF FIELDS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. AND REALLY THANKFUL FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND ALSO THIS COMMUNITY FOR TRUSTING US TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THIS MONEY IN A FISCAL

159RESPONSIBLE MANNER. THEN TRANSFORMATION FINALLY. TRANSFORMATION, TO GIVE AN UPDATE, WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSFORMATION BEING INNOVATIVE, BEING ABLE TO BRING INDIVIDUALS, OVER 200 INDIVIDUALS TO OUR SCHOOLS TO HELP BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION TO OUR STUDENTS. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW INITIATIVE AT KENLY PARTNERSHIP WITH PETCO, THE FOUNDER RON COUGHLIN TO CONTRIBUTE IN MEMORANDUM RIP OF HIS UNCLE, A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK. HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO START A NEW PROCESS, CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A COHORT OF STUDENTS, THAT THEY WILL WALK THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO GRADUATION, TO GIVE THEM A COLLEGIATE MIND-SET AND COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE, AND WORK WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO DO SO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO PETCO AND THEIR

160PARTNERSHIP, AND I KNOW MR. RUSSELL IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROCESS. AND THEN TRANSFORMATION. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A TIME WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE OUR STUDENTS, KNOW WHO THEY ARE EMOTIONAL, INTELLECTUALLY, AND PUT SOMEBODY THINGS IN PLACE TRANSFORMATION TO SHOW THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN BEST EFFORT ATTENDANCEWISE, AND TO INCENTIVIZE THEM, AND THEY HAD A REALLY COOL EVENT AT THE ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX, THANKS TO SHAY McRAE, THEY HELD IT ON NOVEMBER 17th AND CONTINUE TO FIND PROACTIVE WAYS TO CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THEN OUR FACE TEAM, OUR FAMILY AND ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY TEAM, TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIALS TO OUR STUDENTS. I THINK THERE'S AROUND 13 SCHOOLS THAT WE IDENTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOLIDAY MEALS AND THE ESSENTIALS, TIME OFF THAT WE WILL IDENTIFY, AND THIS STEAM HAS DONE

161REMARKABLE. THEY WILL SERVE OVER 2200 FAMILIES IN THIS PARTICULAR TIME FRAME, AND THANK YOU FOR SHAY AND HER TEAM TO CONTINUE TO BE TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS AND PUT THIS IN PLACE AND LEVERAGE THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT WAS THE MENTALITY OF HELPING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. AND THE CABINET AND FACULTY AND STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE FINAL PORTION OF TODAY WHICH WE WILL MOVE TO BOARD COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK WITH 30 MINUTES FOR FINAL THOUGHTS, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, LAST WEEK, A FELLOW BOARD MEMBER SAID -- MADE A COMMENT, AND I REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS IT, BECAUSE IT HAS

162BEEN OUT IN THE PUBLIC, AND THE PUBLIC HAS ASKED ME TO ADDRESS IT. AND THE COMMENT WAS THAT MY ELECTION TO THIS BOARD WAS BY CHANCE. THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS 30% OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND AS WE ENTER EVERY CORNER OF THIS 1.46 MILLION PEOPLE, BY IS LARGER THAN 11 STATES, OUR SCHOOLS HAVE 53,600 HISPANIC STUDENTS, AT 40,808 BLACK STUDENTS. I AM NOT A CHANCE. AND I DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THE MANIFEST DESTINY OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBER'S BELIEF GRACED HER WITH WHITENESS. A CHANCE IS A RAFFLE. A CHANCE IS A LOTTERY TICKET. THIS ELECTED OFFICIAL IS A VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, NOT A CHANCE. I AM A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, BRINGING TO THIS DISTRICT A VOICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AT A TIME WHEN MENTAL HEALTH IS AT A CRITICAL CRISIS LEVEL. I'M A CERTIFIED

163TRAUMATOLOGIST, A CERTIFIED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELOR, A CERTIFIED FORENSIC COUNSELOR, A CERTIFIED COMPASSIONATE SPECIALIST, A CERTIFIED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPIST, AND A CERTIFIED SENTENCE MITIGATION SPECIALIST. AND CHANCE DID NOT BRING THIS BACKGROUND TO THIS TABLE. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE DID. ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIME OF CRISIS IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN. I AM FULLY QUALIFIED TO SERVE THIS BOARD, AND I AM ALSO A TRI LINGUAL LATINO FOR NOT ONLY SPANISH BUT IN ASL. 42 YEARS WORTH. WHEN THE PARENTS OF OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLCHILDREN WENT TO THE POLLS TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD IT WAS NOT BY CHANCE. IT WAS WESTBOUND THE FULL INTENT THAT THEY HAVE SOMEONE ON THIS BOARD REPRESENT THEIR CHILDREN, AND TO HAVE THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN ADDRESSED. I AM A PRODUCT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. MY CHILDREN ARE A PRODUCT OF

164HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND MY GRANDCHILDREN ALL EIGHT OF THEM ARE A PRODUCT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND FOR IT TO BE SAID THAT THIS BOARD HAS NEVER HAD DIVERSITY REPRESENTATION ON THIS BOARD WHEN BOARD MEMBER SUSAN VALDEZ SERVED THIS BODY FOR 14 YEARS, AND NOW REPRESENTS US IN TALLAHASSEE, ON A HIGHER LEVEL, NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO FOR OUR STUDENTS IS INSULTING AT BEST. SHE ESTABLISHED OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, HISPANIC EDUCATORS FOR CHANGE, AND LETO HIGH SCHOOL HAD A 64% GRADUATION RATE WHILE SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED, AND WHEN SHE LEFT THE BOARD, IT WAS AT 90.3%. DISTRICT 1 HAD DN AND F SCHOOLS AND WHEN SHE WAS ELECTED TO STATE HOUSE IT HAD NO D AND F SCHOOLS. SPEAKING TO THE STRENGTH OF THE LATINO VOICE IN OUR

165SCHOOL BOARD. BUT THIS BOARD MEMBER HAS WATCHED AS SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS SERVING TODAY HAS DISRESPECTED HISPANIC ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO THIS PUBLIC DISRESPECT IS NOT NEW AND DEMONSTRATES THE CAUSTIC LEVEL WITH WHICH THE DISRESPECT IS EXHIBITED. HOWEVER, TO QUOTE OUR FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, WHEN THEY GO LOW I WILL DEFINITELY GO HIGH. I AM NOT A CHANCE. HIS MANNIX IN OFFICE ARE NOT A CHANCE. AND WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT, I'M HERE TO STAY. PABLO, I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HERE IN THE DISTRICT REGARDING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. SCHOOL EXPERIENCES, SADLY LOOK DIFFERENT TODAY THAN THEY DID BEFORE COVID. LET'S CONSIDER THE WAY IN WHICH COVID AND OTHER NATURAL STRESSORS COMBINE TO HAVE PROFOUND EFFECTS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN. HELPING OUR KIDS FIND

166BALANCE AND PEACE OF MIND IS THE KEY TO THEIR WELL-BEING. THERE ARE METHODS THAT YOU CAN USE TO HELP CREATE A SENSE OF BALANCE AND COPE WITH STRESS, CREATE A DAILY ROUTINE, ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND JUST TALK TO YOUR KIDS. YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT WHAT YOU LEARN. THE PAST 18 MONTHS HAS BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE WITH THE COUNTRY HAS A WHOLE OR EVEN WITH THE WORLD. WE HAVE SEEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. CVS IS WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITIES LIKE YOURS HELPING WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH IMPRESSION AND ANXIETY, CALL THE CRISIS CENER OF TAMPA BAY OR VISIT ONLINE. Karen Perez: EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEARS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK

167YOU, MEMBER PEREZ FOR ALWAYS BEING A VERY STRONG VOICE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES ON THE BOARD. SO I WANTED TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY QUICK. ONE, WE DID CONFIRM THAT OUR PROGRESSION PLAN IS GOING TO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AS WELL SO -- OKAY, THANK YOU. SECOND, CAN WE, SINCE THERE'S BEEN SOME BARGAINING GET BACK AFTER THE NEW YEAR FOR THE BOARD TO TALK ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING MANY E-MAILS AND I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE AB CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, FORMERLY REQUESTING THAT. AND NUMBER 3, I WOULD LIKE US, WHEN WE COME BACK IT WILL BE TOO LATE, BUT I THINK SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND TAKEDs MADE A GOOD POINT ABOUT CONTINUING

168TESTING FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS TO THAT CURRICULUM DUE TO SHORTAGES IN OUR SCHOOL AND STAFFING. MANY HAVE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IN THAT SITUATION HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT TESTING STUDENTS ON MATERIALS THAT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN YET SO I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, AND SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THAT NEXT YEAR. BUT TO MOVE FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK -- OH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU TO OUR SECURITY TEAM. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO TO KEEP US SAFE. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT. PABLO, DO YOU HAVE MY PowerPoint? MY PowerPoint? ALL RIGHT, THIS

169IS CHILES ELEMENTARY WHO IN REMEMBRANCE OF COMMUNITY MEMBER KENT ADAM, ADMINISTRATOR AND 37 YEAR CAREER WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER AT THE AGE OF 74, AND CHILD WANTED TO COMMEMORATE HIM. HE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH METROPOLITAN MINISTRY AND DOING THE SCHOOL FOOD DRIVE AND THEY RAISED 5,138 POUNDS OF FOOD TO DONATE TO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES. THAT LOOKS LIKE A BIG PICTURE BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY SAW IN THE PERSON IT TOOK OVER THE ENTIRE FRONT OFFICE. IT WAS QUITE A SITE TO SEE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY COMING AROUND THAT. ALSO, WE HAVE STARTED A FAUX DRIVE HERE AT ROSSAC WITH THE METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES AS WELL. MY SECRETARY MARK HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF GETTING BUSES, SENDING OUT FLYERS. SO FAR

170WE ONLY RAISED A COUPLE HUNDRED POUNDS BUT STILL I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO DONATED. IF YOU HAVE SOME CANNED GOODS, PLEASE BRING THEM IN, WHAT WE ARE ACCEPTING. SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. ALSO, I WANTED TO MENTION THAN THE SUPPLIES PATROL THAT WE HAD THE HONOR OF GOING TO. IT WAS FANTASTIC. WE GOT TO -- INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, IDA BAKER, DIVERSITY AWARD, TEACHER OF THE YEAR. S WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS AND THEY WERE ALL SO GRATEFUL. I HAD TO MENTION THAT. AND OUR ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE ON JANUARY 20th AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO SEE THE AWARDS. AND AS WELL, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST REALLY WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY HOLIDAY, WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR, TOUGH FEW YEARS. I JUST WANT TO

171BE SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS, OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMINS AND ALL THE PEOPLE HERE AT RO SSC, ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF, TO HELP US DO OUR JOB. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. HAPPY HOLIDAY TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO START HEAVY AND LIGHT, SO HEAVINESS WAS SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY ABOUT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS AND MATERIALS IN OUR LIBRARY. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN, OBVIOUSLY, FROM PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS. THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT PROCESS AND THE POLICY AROUND BOOKS OF THAT NATURE. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE, AND I KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE SETTLED ON A REQUEST FOR WORKSHOPS FOR MOVING FORWARD. BUT IF

172WE COULD GET CONSENSUS THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A WORKSHOP TOPIC THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND LOOK AT THE POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE, THAT IMPACT THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT CONCERN IS GOING AWAY UNTIL WE ADDRESS IT PUBLICLY WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND SO I WOULD MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE CHAIR FOR A WORKSHOP SURROUNDING THAT POLICY AND PROCESS. SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK WAS, I SAW THE SLIDES THAT SAID SUSPENDED AGENDA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SUSPENDED AGENDA THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, AND UPDATE CERTAIN UPDATES TO THAT SUSPENDED AGENDA. I SAW THAT IT HAD A SLIDE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE -- WAS THERE SOMETHING I MISSED IN THE ATTACHMENT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. WE DID COVID, AND WE DID TRANSFORMATION. Melissa

173Snively: I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THE SUSPENDED AGENDA AT BOARD MEETINGS, BECAUSE I WANT TO REMEMBER WHAT'S ON IT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT LISTED ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA, RIGHT? WHAT IS OUR NEXT POLICY WORKSHOP? DO WE HAVE ONE? Jim Porter: YOU HAVE ONE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY AND I THINK YOU DISCUSSED THAT THIS MORNING BUT THERE WAS SOME ISSUE ABOUT -- Melissa Snively: THE DATE. Jim Porter: SO WHEN MS. DAVIS COMES BACK WE WILL WORK ON THAT AND GET A DATE FOR YOU. Melissa Snively: JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT STUDENT DATA PRIVACY THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE THAT POLICY WORKSHOP, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT, CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT PRIVACY DATA, PRIVACY. MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING CONCERNS IN OUR

174POLICY AND LISTENING TO BE HOW YOU ENFORCE THE PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT PARENTS MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. LIGHTER, LIGHTER. LIGHTER IS CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FINALISTS. MEMBER VAUGHN MENTIONED. IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME OF YEAR TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS' HARD WORK. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINALISTS FOR THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSON OF THE YEAR, AND IDA BAKER DIVERSITY FINALIST, ALL VERY EXCITING. IT REMINDS US HOW HARD OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WORK. THIS FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THE YEAR FELT LIKE THREE YEARS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IS FEELING THAT. BUT I AM GUESSING THERE ARE A LOT PEOPLE THAT FEEL THAT WAY. SO I HOPE AS BOARD MEMBERS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NOT JUST TEACHER NEGOTIATIONS, TESTS, WHICH I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING FORWARD, BUT

175ALSO YOU KNOW THE WORKING CONDITIONS AROUND MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS FEEL APPRECIATED, MAKE SURE THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS ARE PROFESSIONAL AND ACCEPTABLE, AND THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT BE WHERE THEY WORK, THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SUPPORTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS. AND SO I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AROUND THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT TEACHERS DON'T GET INTO TEACHING FOR THE MONEY, THEY DO IT FOR THE LOVE OF CHILDREN, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST ON MYSELF THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING, IT'S THE CONDITIONS, AND EVERYTHING SURROUNDING TEACHERS TO HELP THEM THEM DO THEIR JOB. THEY FINALLY JUST A HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR. I HOPE EVERYONE GETS WELL AND GETS VAXED OVER THE BREAK, AND WE WILL SEE EVERYBODY ON THURSDAY. WE HAVE

176ONE MORE BOARD MEMBER MEETING, SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING THIS THURSDAY, BUT THEN WE'LL BREAK AND SEE EVERYBODY NEXT YEAR. THANKS VERY MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I ECHO MEMBER SNIVELY'S REQUEST FOR A WORKSHOP ON RETREAT REGARDING THE BOOK SELECTION, MUCH NEEDED. NEXT, I WANT TO THANK, IN PARTICULAR, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR REFERENDUM MONEYS ARE SPENT WISELY, WITH THE IDEA OF $15 MILLION BEING COLLECTED IN ONE MONTH. WE DEFINITELY CAN BE -- WE APPRECIATE, I KNOW WE DO, THOSE MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MAKING CROSSING THE T'S AND DOTTING THEi'S. AND I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CEO OF TAMPA BAY CHAMBER, DR. BOB WARLACK. I DIDN'T NONHE WAS A DOCTOR BUT WE HAVE THE 134th ANNUAL

177MEETING, RECORD GROWTH OF MEMBERSHIP, AND SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THE CHAMBER, AND I DID NOT KNOW, THE EMERGING LEADERS OF TAMPA BAY. WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT BECAUSE OUR OWN CHRIS DAVIS IS ONE OF THE EMERGING LEADERS AS PART OF THAT CHAMBER. THEY ALSO HAD A MILITARY IMPACT AWARD. THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE REACH TO THE MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE. A LOT OF CONCERN AND CARE. AND THE MINORITY BRIDGE ACCELERATED PROGRAM, WHICH REALLY BRANCHES OUT TO THE HISPANIC LATINO BUSINESSES AND OUR BLACK BUSINESSES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF OUTREACH. I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND BEING GREAT PARTNERS WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AM GOING TO THANK THE -- I AM GOING TO LET MEMBER COMBS DO THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT MONEY, HOW MUCH WAS IT, 125? 75,000

178TO 15 SCHOOLS. ANYWAY, SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT EVERY SO THANKFUL TO THAT WONDERFUL PARTNER, THE BRINK FOUNDATION. ALSO, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WASHINGTON KNOWS, TOO -- BUT SAVE THE DATES, THE BLACK HISTORY BRAIN BOWL, THE ELEMENTARY, THE PRELIMINARIES BEGIN ON FEBRUARY 8th AND 9th AT BRANDON AND LETO HIGH SCHOOL. AND ON FEBRUARY 10th THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS WILL TAKE PLACE AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE FINAL BIG FINALE FEBRUARY 26th AND BLAKE WILL HOST THE CEREMONIES. AND I WANT TO THANK NOT ONLY PARTHAM, CHRIS JARVO, I WANT TO THANK TERRY CONNOR FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THIS AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, MAKING YOUR STAFF, WHEREVER YOU ARE, POSSIBLE AND TONS OF GRATITUDE TO BE FRED HEARNS WHO IS THE REALLY CONNICK BLACK HISTORY CULTURAL LEADER, AND OUR WONDERFUL BOARD

179MEMBER WHO HELPS ME, SHAKE WASHINGTON. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. IT TAKES A BIG TEAM TO DO THIS. YOU KNOW, ALSO, AND I THANK SNIVELY FOR MENTIONING OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS, AND WE KNOW THAT. WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO ALWAYS THANK THEM, AND WE NEED TO DO MORE. I TOLD SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS THAT THE COPYING MACHINES ARE BLOWING UP BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO RUN ALL THESE TESTS, AND THERE ARE PAGES AND PAGES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT MORALE IS WE HAVE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE COPY MACHINES. BUT I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE EXTRA SUPPORT PERSONNEL NEED A LITTLE BIT OF CRY-OUT BECAUSE THEY ONLY GET LIKE $11.43 AN HOUR AND THEY DO SUCH HARD WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS, AND I KNOW OUR TEACHERS NOBODY THAT AS WELL. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT

180POW-WOW WITH NEGOTIATIONS I WANT TO ALSO REMIND OURSELVES OF THEIR PARTNERS. AND I THINK FINALLY I WISH OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS, OF COURSE OUR TEACHERS, THE STAFF, OUR CABINETS, OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, OUR POLITICAL LEADERS -- AND THIS IS IN A END, BUT TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO A RELAXING, RESTFUL, AND YES, YOU SHOULD GET SOME EXERCISE, WHEN YOU CAN, AND I AM LOOKING TO MY RIGHT AND MY LEFT, AND I AM GOING TO HAVE MY STOPWATCH ON, BECAUSE THE GASPARILLA IS COMING UP, AND BOARD MEMBERS, HELP ME PUT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS ON A 7:30-MILE OR AT BEST 8 MINUTES BECAUSE HE HAS GOT TO GET HIMSELF GOING. THAT'S BEEN A PROMISE. SO THAT'S MY -- THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. AND I BETTER BE QUIET BEFORE I GET IN REAL TROUBLE. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. I'M

181DONE. Nadia Combs: YOU STILL HAVE SEVEN SECONDS REMAINING. Lynn Gray: OH. Nadia Combs: MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: CAN I TAKE IT? THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. IT'S BEEN A REALLY BUSY TWO WEEKS FOR ME. I HAD ANOTHER STREAMING EVENT. AS YOU MAY RECALL I DID ONE EARLIER LAST MONTH, PILOTING THESE BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM REPLICATED, ACROSS ALL OF OUR HOST PROGRAMS, AND SOME OF OUR PRIVATE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS LIKE THE YMCA AND WORKING WITH THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY. SO WE HAD A GREAT THREE-DAY EVENT. WE TAUGHT FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GRADERS HOW TO PROGRAM ROBOTS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. I HAVE LOTS OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO. YOU CAN GO TOCK MY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FACEBOOK PAINING AND WATCH THOSE. IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE THE LOOK

182OF THE KIDS' FACES WHEN THIS HE PROGRAM THOSE ROBOTS ON THE LAST DAY, AND LET THEM GO, AND A LOT OF THEIR PARENTS CAME TO SEE THAT. IT WAS FUN. I WANT TO THANK CASPARS McDONALD'S -- WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR LOANING US. I WANT TO THANK CASPARS McDONALD'S, JUSTIN PATILLO, COME OUT THE LAST DAY GIVING CHILDREN THE HUNGRY CATERPILLAR BOOK, PROVIDING THEM HAPPY MEALS, AND OF COURSE THOSE WONDERFUL SMILEY FACES THAT ARE SO FUN. IT MADE IT SPECIAL FOR THE KID SO THANK YOU CASPARS MCDONALD. THANK YOU TO DR. RO JOHNSON DOING THE TRAINING OF THE TEACHERS. AND THE STUDENTS, CODING THE ROBOTS. I ALSO HAD THE HAHN HOLIDAY BOOK TOUR KICKOFF. I GIVE EACH ONE OF MY BRIE K STUDENTS IN DISTRICT 2 A BOOK. THIS YEAR IT WAS

183SLAP THE CAT. SO I DELIVERED AS MANY AS I COULD TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE REST WE ARE SHIPPING OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THERE BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS DEADLINE. SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING. I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSE THAT SINCE MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD. THEN LASTLY, THIS PAST SATURDAY I HAD MY MacDILL FAMILY HOLIDAY EVENT AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE WE DID ALIVE STORY TIME ONLINE AND I WORKED WITH THE AUTHOR ADKINS PELLEGRINO. SHE'S A MOM. SHE'S FROM THE MILITARY COMMUNITY. AND THE BOOKS ARE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR MILITARY STUDENTS. SHE WAS GREAT. SHE READ THIS BOOK. I READ THE MILITARY CHRONICLES MISSION MISTLETOE TOWARDS CHRISTMAS AND EXTENDED FAMILY, MILITARY FAMILY, AND GIFTED EACH OF THE CHILDREN WHO ATTENDED IT A COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S BOOKS. SO THAT WAS A LOT

184OF FUN, TOO. WE DID AN INFORMATION SESSION AFTER THE STORY TIME. THE KIDS WENT INTO ANOTHER ROOM, HAD SOME COLORING BOOKS AND CRAYONS AND THEY HAD McDONALD'S BREAKFAST, THANK YOU AGAIN, CASS PARSE McDONALD'S, FOR BUYING BREAKFAST. IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND THE PARENTS GOT TO INTERACT WITH A PANEL OF FOLKS THAT INCLUDED THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ISABELLA, KIM AND GRACE, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THOSE EXPERIENCES IN THE MILITARY GROWING UP AND WHAT IT WAS LAKE. SOME OF THEM MOVED QUITE A BIT AND THEY PROVIDED SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT ON HOW WE HELP MAKE THOSE TRANSITIONS SMOOTH HE SHALL FOR KIDS. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. PARENTS THAT WERE THEREBY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE FOR THEM TO MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE. THEIR EXPERIENCES HERE. THEY HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS ON HOW WE COULD

185SPEND RESOURCES FOR OUR MILITARY PARENTS. I WANT TO THANK COLONEL DAY MONDAY FOR HOSTING US AT THE MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, CHRIS HUD AT THE MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE YOUTH CENTER FOR HOSTING THE EVENT. AND THE YOUTH CENTER. AGAIN OUR FACE TEAM, LEWIS, STEPHANIE, OUR STUDENTS, BONITA WATERS ON THE PANEL, JENNIFER SUTHERLAND, TECO WAS THERE SITTING ON THE PANEL. SO IT WAS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND LASTLY, THERE'S A FLYER, I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT MYON HAS A WINTER READING CHALLENGE, NO EXCUSES FOR NOT READING. IT'S SUPER FUN. THEY ARE GOING TO PICK 15 WINNERS FROM EACH GRADE LEVEL FOR PRIZES. SO GET OUT THERE AND READ. YOU HAVE ALL THESE THOUSANDS OF BOOKS ON MYON. YOU HAVE ACCESS TO -- YOU MAY EVEN HAVE A COPY OF SPLAT THE CAT OR A COPY

186OF MILITARY CHRONICLES TO READ, LOTS OF GOOD BOOKS. SO EVERYBODY LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: SO I HAD A BUSY TWO WEEKS, BUT I AM GOING TO CUT IT SHORT. I AM NOT GOING TO BE VERY LONG. YES, MA'AM, YOU KNOW I AM. OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MILTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE 8 TO TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS. THEY WILL BE GOING TO LAS VEGAS. THE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL TECH EVENT IN THE WORLD. WE ARE VERY HAPPY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK MR. ACROFONE, THE CTE. SO GO GO TIGERS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. NEXT. THAT'S RIGHT. LAS VEGAS. I TELL YOU WHAT, THEY

187HAVE A GREAT TIME. I MAY HAVE TO CHAPARONE AND MISS SOME BOARD MEETINGS. SO THE NEXT POINT I HAVE IS THE LAST ONE. WE HAD WE HAD A GREAT EVENT THIS WEEKEND AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR COMING OUT. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD -- CAME OUT AT MILTON HIGH SCHOOL, THE DUNEDIN DEHOLIDAY AND CHILDREN WITH A VISION. WE HAD OVER 300 FAMILY GIFTS TO PASS OUT. AND I DON'T KNOW, WE HAD QUITE A FEW BICYCLES TO GIVE AWAY. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. ITSELF WAS UNBELIEVABLE HOW MANY GIFTS WE HAD. AND THEY ALL WERE DONATIONS. iPad. LAP TONS. YOU NUMB THEM, WE HAD IT. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. IT WAS GREAT SEEING THOSE YOUNG KIDS COME OUT. OH, THAT'S RIGHT, LET ME TELL -- YOU ARE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD! BECAUSE THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, WE

188DID -- I TELL YOU WHAT, THE SOUP WAS GOOD. HE DID A GOOD JOB. Addison Davis: LET ME CLARIFY. WRAPPING PAPER. I HAVE A TURNTABLE BUT IF YOU WANT TO SET UP A GIFT OVER THERE AND CHALLENGE ME, BRING IT ON. I LOVE TO "RAP" GIFTS. PUT IT THIS WAY. I'M A GIFT EYE RAPPER." SORRY. Henry "Shake" Washington: REAL LY. I MEAN, YOU ARE GOOD COMPARED TO ME. YOU ARE GREAT COMPARED TO ME. BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME, A LOT OF FAMILIES CAME OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. OVER THE YEARS, THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN COMING TO EAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GIVING OUT GIFTS FROM THE FOUNDATION AND THE DUNEDINY FOUNDATION. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MANY COME TO EAST TAMPA AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO

189FOR EAST TAMPA. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY COMMENT, I WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND LET'S COME BACK NEXT YEAR READY TO ROCK AND ROLL. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. JUST AS WE ARE CLOSING UP FOR THE YEAR, I DID WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS COMING IN RECENTLY TALKING ABOUT -- I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EITHER HAVING A WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING. BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT IT IS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT, AND SO TO BAN BOOKS, AND WHEN YOU DO SEE -- I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE SEVERAL GOOD FRIENDS WHO ARE LIBRARIANS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE. SO THE IDEA THAT ANY

190CHILD CAN PICK UP THAT BOOK IS VERY MISLEADING. SO WHEN WE DO HEAR THAT AND YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE BOOKS, AND YOU THINK THAT SOMEBODY, A CHILD CAN JUST GO UP AND GET THAT BOOK, THAT IS NOT CORRECT. IT IS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT. WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND I THINK ALL OUR MEMBERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT. ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT FUNDING, AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS. YOU KNOW, WE ARE RECEIVING LESS THAN $8,000, $7800 PER CHILD. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, IT'S $14,000. JUST RECENTLY WE SAW THE INFLATION OF TAMPA GO UP 8%. SO WHEN WE CONTINUE TO LOOK, AND IF YOU LOOK AT ANY PRIVATE SCHOOL, IT VARIES FROM 25 THAT YOU, AND IF YOU ARE LUCKY, 14,000. SO WHEN WE ARE

191RECEIVING HALF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING, PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE DOING SO MUCH WITH SO LITTLE. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE COUPLE THINGS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE END UP HAVING A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT US, SUCH AS THE ECU AND DUNGY FOUNDATION REACHING OUT BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY OUR FUNDING IS VERY LIMITED. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION SOME OF MR. PABLO IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT -- MR. PABLO? YEAH, I AM GOING TO TO SAY MR. PABLO. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE DURRELL FAMILY, SUCH A WONDERFUL FAMILY. WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED THEY SAID TO ME, PLEASE FIND THE SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 1 THAT HAS THE BIGGEST NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY

192DID SUPPORT AN ENTIRE NEW COMPUTER LAB FOR BAY CHEST, AND WHEN I WAS THERE, I HAVE KNOWN THEM FOR MANY YEARS. I DID NOT REALIZE THEY ALREADY FUNDED A COMPUTER LAB IN MORTON ELEMENTARY PRIOR TO THAT. SO THIS IS JUST A WONDERFUL FAMILY THAT WANTS TO GIVE BACK. ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION. THEIR LIFE WAS A PUBLIC EDUCATOR AND I WANT TO THANK THEM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BRINK FOUNDATION. SINCE 2008 THEY HAVE SERVED THE TOWN AND COUNTRY COMMUNITY, AND HAVE SUPPORTED TEACHERS ACROSS THIS DISTRICT, AND THIS EVENT, THEY PROVIDED 14 OF MY SCHOOLS, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, I SHOULD SAY, IN THE TOWN AND COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. THEY PROVIDED EACH OF THOSE SCHOOLS A $5 THAT YOU CHECK TO BE ABLE TO DO

193WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE, TO BUILD MORALE, TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS. THEY ALSO, IN THE ROOM THAT WE ARE IN, PBIS ROOM THAT THEY DONATED AND HELPED SUPPORT AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS NOW THEY ALSO ADDED TWO SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 5. SO THIS IS A FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTING US SINCE 2008 AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I SUPPORT THEM AND HOW WONDERFUL THEY HAVE BEEN TO US. NOT ONLY THAT, ONE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ALSO DONATES THEIR TIME AND TUTORS STUDENTS AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL TWICE A WEAK. SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY DONATING THEIR TIME BUT THEY ARE ALSO DONATING THE MONEY AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MRS. COURTNEY FOR THAT SURPRISE PATROL. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PARTS OF THE YEAR

194BEING ABLE TO HONOR OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL, AND IDA BAKER. I KNOW ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE COULD HONOR EVERYONE BUT IT'S SO WONDERFUL JUST TO BE THERE TO SEE THAT PERSON. AND FINALLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE HOLIDAY, I JUST WANT TO BE HAPPY AND CONSISTENT GIVING AND SERVING TO OTHERS. AND I AM JUST SO HAPPY AND I KNOW THE REST OF OUR BOARD IS HERE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND FOR EACH AND EVERY CHILD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. AND SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.