09/09/2021 - Regular Meeting

001Lynn Gray: HI. I'M LYNN GRAY, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS. THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH OUR ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. HI. I'M DR. STACY HAHN, THE BOARD VICE CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE 7th LARGEST IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT NEARLY 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE ARE DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE

002COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE STREAMED ON OUR WEBSITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVES. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS DIAS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. (SOUNDING GAVEL). Lynn Gray: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE ARE

003GOING TO CALL THE BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 8th -- EXCUSE ME, SEPTEMBER 9th, NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER HAHN, WOULD YOU GIVE US THE PLEASURE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE? THANK YOU, CHAIR GRAY. THE UNITED STATES WILL SOON PAUSE AGAIN TO REMEMBER THE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO ON SEPTEMBER 11th. AS AMERICANS, WE CONTINUE OUR SOLEMN VOW, NEVER FOR GET, THE NEARLY 3,000 LIVES WE LOST ON THAT DAY. WHILE THE 20th ANNIVERSARY MUCH 911 MARKS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULTYE . IN AMERICAN HISTORY IT IS ALSO A DAY WHERE A ROSE OF DETERMINATION OF UNITY AND COMPASSION THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TODAY FOR THE INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON AN AIRPLANE AT THE WORLD

004TRADE CENTER, AT THE PENTAGON, AND ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY. FOR THOSE CIVIL SERVANTS, THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS WHO ROSE IN SERVICE DURING THE RESCUE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS, FOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY WHO HAVE DEDICATED AND LOST THEIR LIVES PROTECTING OUR SAFETY, OUR FREEDOM AND OUR DEMOCRACY, AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO GRIEVE THEIR LOVED ONES TODAY. (MOMENT OF SILENCE). THANK YOU. AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ] Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN, FOR THAT REFLECTION OF THE 9-11. IT IS APPRECIATED BY ALL. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. WILL THERE BE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON.

005OKAY, AND ALL MEMBERS ARE SAYING YAY. MEMBER SNIVELY HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT SHE HAD TO FULFILL SO SHE WILL NOT BE IN THE MEETING TODAY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER VAUGHN, WHO IS ON TEEN, AND MEN SNIVELY HOP IS ALSO ON TEEN, ARE PRESENT EITHER IN THE BOARD ROOM OR BY REMOTE. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE SEVEN SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY. WE HAVE THE 4-27-2021 SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION, 6-15, 2021 SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP, 6-29, 2021 SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP, 8-12-2021 SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP, 8-12-2021 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, 8-18-2021 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, 8-24-21 SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. WILL BE THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE

006WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. AND AT THIS TIME, MEMBER VAUGHN, ARE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER SNIVELY? SHE'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. Lynn Gray: SHE'S NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. BOARD MEMBERS, IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES WE ARE LIMITING ATTENDANCE TO 50 AT THIS TIME AND WE ARE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO WE ASK OUR GUESTS IN THE BOARD ROOM TO KEEP ONE CHAIR BETWEEN THE FAMILY. AS A REMINDER WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVES ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN, TO SUCCEED, AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH

00730 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE. MEMBER HAHN WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING LET ME GIVE YOU THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. AND THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEBCAST, ON CABLE TV, AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVES. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. AT 5:01 P.M., THERE WILL BE A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON

008THE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET FOR THE 2021-22 FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR. ADOPT THE 2021-22 BUDGET AS PRESENTED. ADOPT THE FINAL 2021-22 MILLAGE RATE AS PRESENTED, AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET, AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PERFORM ALL TASKS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FLAP STATUTES 200.065, TRUTH IN MILLAGE, ALSO KNOWN AS TRIM, AND ALSO WE WILL HAVE 6 P.M. EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, AND I AM JUST GOING TO READ A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER, AND WELCOME, BY THE WAY. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S

009RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD COMMENTS THEY ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BUSINESS 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. AS A REMINDER OF OUR WAY OF WORK, WE HAVE ALLOTTED 45 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. HOWEVER, AT TIMES LIKE TODAY, AND I WILL ASK THE BOARD, THERE COULD BE AN EXTENSION OF TIME. AND AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD YOU MIND IF I EXTENDED TO AN HOUR? DO I HAVE CONSENSUS? OKAY. AND SO WE WILL. AND THAT MEANS

010OUR PUBLIC WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK VERSUS ONE. THIS AFTERNOON, PEOPLE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN, A RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL NOW CALL UPON THE FIRST SPEAKERS. AND AGAIN I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU ALL BEING SO ORGANIZED. JIM COS TAN OH. CRAIG NEWMAN. PRISCILLA LUEGA. MR. COS TAN A, YOU ARE FIRST. GOOD AFTERNOON. HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I WAS A FIRST RESPONDER AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER 20 YEARS AGO THIS SATURDAY. IT WAS A DAY FULL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. THE INDICATION AND WARNINGS WERE PRESENT FOR YEARS INDICATED AL-QAEDA WANTED TO CONDUCT AN ATTACK ON AMERICAN SOIL. MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES THAT

011DAY BECAUSE THE U.S. IGNORED THE WARNING. I AM CALLING ON ALL OF YOU TO STAND IN THE FACE OF EVIL. PAY ATTENTION TO THE WARNINGS OF A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DESTROY OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY WITHHOLDING OUR HE ISER 2 AND 3 FUNDS, AFTER PRIVATIZATION WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY FORCE A STATE TAKEOVER. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A $60 MILLION DEFICIT WHICH LEFT UNADDRESSED WILL CAUSE MY PREDICTION TO COME TO FRUITION. THE FUNDS ARE THERE. DEMAND THAT THE STATE RELEASE THE ESSER 2 AND 3 FUNDS TO CORRECT THE SHORTFALL. ADVOCATE FOR A MILLAGE TO INCREASE OUR PER-STUDENT SPENDING WHICH IS 46th IN THE NATION AND INCREASE OUR TEACHER PAY, WHICH IS 49th IN THE NATION. CREATE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED MODEL SCHOOLS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHRIS FARKAS FOR ADDRESSING

012THE ISSUES IN DISTRICT 5 AND AROUND THE COUNTY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MR. NEWMAN? GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DR. CRAIG NEWMAN. I LIVED IN SOUTH TAMPA SINCE 1960 AND I'M A PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DALE MABRY, COLEMAN AND PLANT. ALSO WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCATES. AS YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR STUDENTS ON EDUCATION SPENDING IS ABOUT $15,200. THE STATE OF FLORIDA RANKS SOMEWHERE AROUND 46th TO 44th IN THE NATION ON AVERAGE SPENDING OF ROUGHLY $7,800 PER STUDENT. THAT MUST CHANGE. SCHOOL BOARD, LET'S WORK TO HAVE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR OUR STUDENTS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE SCHOOL BOARD MUST WORK TO GET OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO RELEASE ESSER FUNDS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. IF WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE STATE AND UP OUR NUMBERS, WE HAVE TO

013DO THESE THINGS. IT'S IMPERATIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD DAY. AND GO BUCS. Lynn Gray: THEN THERE IS THE GO BUCS. ABSOLUTELY. MS. FERRIES IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY MRS. VEGA AND MS. TALBERT. AND GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS. AGAIN, MY NAME IS -- AND WHAT I WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER TODAY TO TRY TO HOLD ONTO, AND THAT IS ONE IN EVERY FOUR, AND I KNOW THAT THE EXTENSION IS ON DEALING WITH THE MASK MANDATE. SO MY THING IS, I STILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT'S GOING TO END OR WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT AGAIN, IN OTHER WORDS. AND I WANT TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT IN MY SON'S SCHOOL, WHICH IS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY EXPENSE TO SEPARATE OUR KIDS ONE FOOT. THEY HAVE CONNECTED DESKS. THEY

014HAVE CONNECTED CHAIRS. AND SO MY POINT IS THE MASK IS THE ONLY THING THAT SEPARATES FROM ANYONE ELSE. MY SON HAS HAD COVID. AND I WANT TO ASK ANYONE, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WHERE YOU COULDN'T HUG YOUR CHILD? DOES THAT MEAN ANYTHING? DO YOU HAVE TO KNOW MY SON'S NAME TO CARE ABOUT HIS HEALTH? I DON'T NEED TO KNOW YOURS. OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE. ABSOLUTELY, NO NURSE, NO DOCTOR, NO SCIENTIST. YOU CAN HAVE THAT DEALS WITH THE FACT, WE HAVE TO HAVE CHILDREN -- WE MUST REMEMBER, ONE IN FOUR, ONE IN FOUR. IS THAT OKAY? IT'S NOT OKAY. EVERY CHILD IS IMPORTANT. AND IT'S BETTER TO BE SAFE. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MRS. VEGA FOLLOWED BY MRS. CALVERT AND THEN OUR NEXT FIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. HOW ARE

015YOU? SO I'M HERE, I'M A MOTHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, AND MY ISSUE IS THE MASK MANDATE, SO I HAVE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY OF THESE BOARD MEETINGS SINCE I NEVER SAW THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, BUT MY KIDS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO WEAR A FACE MASK THIS ENTIRE TIME AND I HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY. THERE'S NO SCIENCE TO BACK UP THAT MASKS WORK. I AM STILL GETTING NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE SCHOOL STATING THAT THE COVID CASES ARE HIGH AND KIDS ARE HAVING TO QUARANTINE. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A BOARD MEMBER HERE AT THE LAST MEETING THAT STATED THAT THEY DON'T WANT MASKS TO BE MANDATED THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THIS IS UP YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF MASKS AGAIN,

016AND IT'S GOING TO BE 60 DAYS AND THEN 09 DAYS AND 120 AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR THE KIDS ARE WEARING MASKS. IT'S NOT FAIR. I THINK THAT IF PARENTS ARE THAT CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR KIDS CATCHING THE VIRUS, MAYBE THEY SHOULD CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. BUT I WANT TO KEEP MY KIDS IN SCHOOL. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOOD FOR THEM TO SOCIALIZE AND INTERACT WITH THEIR FRIENDS. BUT TO CONSIDER THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH. THE VIRUS ISN'T JUST GOING TO DISAPPEAR. UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE DEATHS. I UNDERSTAND. BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO -- I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT'S THREE THAT'S IN A SCHOOL THAT HAD NO MASK MANDATES. THERE WERE NO COVID CASES. IF ANYTHING THERE WAS MAYBE ONE

017FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. YOU GUYS NEED TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE THIS FOR THE KIDS. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MS. TALBERT? AND GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LOU OWN FULLBETTER AND I AM HERE AS A MEMBER OF HPSA. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE MASK MANDATE ISSUE AND THE FIGHT FOR ESSER FUNDS IS CAUSING OUR DISTRICT TO DOWN PLAY, A FEW OTHER MAJOR CONCERNS THAT AFFECT OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS. ONE EXAMPLE IS COMPUTER BASED, BASELINE AND MIDYEAR TESTING IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. EVIDENTLY, THE DISTRICT LEADERS WANT US TO ACCEPT THAT COMPUTER-BASED TESTING IN AUGUST AND NOVEMBER IS BEST PRACTICED JUST BECAUSE THE STATE MANDATED F SA IS COMPUTER BASED. THIS TOPIC WAS RAISED AT YESTERDAY'S APC MEETING. APCSES SHALL OVERWHELMED. THEY ARE UNABLE TO PERFORM THEIR PRIMARY DUTIES

018AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN MANAGING COMPUTER BASED TESTING SINCE AUGUST 12. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE ELIMINATION OF THE COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELOR POSITION AT ALL HIGH SCHOOLS. BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET CRISIS, THE CCC POSITION WAS ELIMINATED LAST SEBRING. AS A RESULT, TRADITIONAL COUNSELORS TO MANAGE CAREER COUNSELING IN ADDITION TO THEIR OTHER DUTIES. THIS FALL, THERE WILL BE NO DISTRICT SPONSORED COLLEGE NIGHT FOR TWO REASONS. ONE OF COVID, AND THE OTHER IS THAT NOBODY HAS TIME TO PLAN FOR OR ORGANIZE IT. THE DISTRICT SENIOR HANDBOOK, WHICH HAS PROVIDED ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT APPLICATION, TRANSCRIPT, DEADLINES AND SCHOLARSHIP, HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED. VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING ON THIS HANDBOOK AND HOPE TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO SENIORS BY OCTOBER. THE ELIMINATION OF CCC IS AN EQUITY ISSUE. SOME FAMILIES CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE COUNSELORS, BUT THE MAJORITY

019OF OUR FAMILIES EITHER CANNOT AFFORD A PRIVATE COUNSELOR, OR THEY ARE SIMPLY UNAWARE OF THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY AND COMPETITIVENESS IN THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS. AS A RESULT, THE CLASS OF 22 WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM FARA TROYA. COME ON UP. THEN MONIQUE, WENDY AND MR. FERGER. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS, AND I AM APPALLED AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CHILDREN, MASKING THEM DAY AND NIGHT. I CANNOT BELIEVE I CAME FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING THAT I LEFT, AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR IT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PARENTS THAT CAN'T COME SPEAK UP BECAUSE THEY ARE SCARED TO SPEAK UP. I HAVE HAD IT WITH

020THE MANDATES, NOT ONLY MASK MANDATES, AND I WAS THINKING OF MANDATING THE VACCINE TO THOSE 12 TO 15 AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT RIGHT. I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR OWN CHOICE. WE HAVE CHOICE TO MAKE. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR OUR OWN CHILDREN, JUST LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WITH YOUR CHILDREN, YOU CANNOT TELL US WHAT TO BE DO WITH OURS. AND WE ARE FREE TO DO THAT. AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE LOSING IT SOMEWHERE, OKAY. YOU GUYS -- AND I AM SPORE SOME SAY THIS. I HAVE MET A COUPLE OF YOU ON HERE TODAY, BUT WE HAVE LOST IT. YOU GUYS SHOULD BE WORKING FOR US. FOR US THE PEOPLE. YOU GUYS ARE NOT DOING THAT FOR US. YOU GUYS

021ARE STANDING UP FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE IN, AND BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING BIGGER THAN YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. OKAY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? AND YOU SIT THERE AND YOU LOOK AT ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS SHIRT ON, OF COURSE I AM A TRUMP SUPPORTER. I AM A TRUMP SUPPORTER. LET ME JUST SAY WHY. BECAUSE I CAME FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY WHERE I WASN'T FREE. I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES. AND -- IT'S OKAY. Lynn Gray: HOLD ON, HOLD ON. YOU HAVE 30 MORE SECONDS IF YOU WOULD LIKE -- NO, NO, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FAIR. SO GO AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT THAT

022WAS MY TIME. Lynn Gray: GIVE IT A GO. I AM JUST TIRED OF IT. I'M TIRED OF IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME WAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOTE LIKE WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH I AM UP HERE TALKING. JUST LETTING SPEAK AND NOT DOING ANYTHING IS NOTE WORTH IT. WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. WE HAVE GOT TO STAND FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN, LIKE GOD, WE BELIEVE IN GOD. WE DON'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING ELSE. PLEASE, GUYS, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM ONECA HYAN. DID I GET THAT? I'M GETTING BETTER. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE MASK MANDATE AS WELL AS THE COVID PREVENTION MEASURES. CHILDREN KNOW ALMOST

023--% OF THE COVID CASESS ACCORDING TO CNN, AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IS STILL GROWING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM EFFECT IS [~DISTORTION~] EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY. AND ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE TO US. [INDISCERNIBLE] EXTENDING THE MASK MANDATE, CDC GUIDANCE TO WEAR A MASK, EVEN IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED. PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALLOW -- AND IN THE CLASSROOM -- I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THERE IS BECAUSE PREVENTIVE MEASURES ON CHILDREN. ENCOURAGE SELF-TEMPERATURING. A LOT ARE ALREADY DOING THAT. AND TO GET THE VACCINE. IF WE WANT TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE NOT ELECTABLE FOR VACCINATION, PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED, PERSONNEL. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WILL BE WENDY MIZELL. THEN KELLY. THEN JASON FERGER. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM HERE TODAY AS A CONCERNED

024MOTHER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO SPEAK ON THE LACK OF ESSER FUND. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE LOW INCOME STUDENTS, STUDENTS OF COLOR, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE PART OF THE LONGBOAT. THE IN DEMIC HAS MADE EDUCATION FOR THESE STUDENTS -- OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY FUNDED AND MAKING SPENDING PLANS FOR THEIR THIRD ROUND OF ESSER FUNDING. THESE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE ESPECIALLY FOR OUR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS. THE BOARD I ASK, WHAT ARE YOUR SPENDING PLANS FOR THESE FUNDS? MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GET THESE FUNDS? TO MY FUENTE COMMUNITY I ASK THAT YOU GET INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE, AND PRESS STATE LEADERS TO RELEASE ESSER FUNDS TO OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO BRING ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE;

025NEXT, KELLY C. AND KELLY, I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME SO JUST RELAX. OH, NO, THIS IS LIKE MY FOURTH. Lynn Gray: OH, YOUR FOURTH TIME. I APOLOGIZE. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KELLY GARLAND AND I AM THE MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MANDATING MASKS IN THE CLASSROOM IS LIKE PASSING OUT TAMPONS AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL AND TELLING CHILDREN THAT THEY PREVENT PREGNANCY. THEY ARE COMPLETELY USELESS. AND I THINK IT MAY SEEM LIKE -- FEEL LIKE IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING BUT IN THE END IT'S GOING TO MAKE ALL OF US LOOK LIKE CLOWNS. YOU KNOW HOW MANY DAYS WERE CLOSED IN SWEDEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN? ZERO DAYS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY KIDS WHO ARE HEALTHY HAVE TO QUARANTINE? ZERO. DO

026YOU KNOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE MANDATE TOAD WEAR MASKS IN SWEDEN? ZERO. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY KIDS WHO HAVE DIED WITH COVID IN SWEDEN? ZERO. OKAY. I GAVE THE SECRETARY A MEDICINE ARTICLE FOR YOU TO REVIEW THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE THAT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT. THE TRANSMISSION RATE IS INCREDIBLY LOW. AND NOBODY IS WEARING MASKS. MOST OF MY FAMILY IS IN SWEDEN, AND THEY NEVER MANDATED MASKS FOR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS. THEY WEAR THEM IN HEALTH CARE STUDIES BUT NOT IN SCHOOL. SCHOOLS ARE A SAFE HAVEN FOR CHILDREN. THEY ARE SACRED. THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL. THEY AREN'T SENDING KIDS WILLY-NILLY INTO QUARANTINE BECAUSE A KID THAT SAT NEXT TO THEM TESTED POSITIVE. MY KIDS ARE VACCINATED, THE ONES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE. I'M VACCINATED. MY KIDS HAVE MEDICAL

027EXEMPTIONS FROM THE MASK. I AM NOT HERE FOR MY KIDS. I AM HERE FOR ALL THE KIDS HOE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. MR. FERGER. AND THEN WE WILL START ON OUR NEXT FIVE. JASON KILLER, CORRINE, MARK KLUTHO, BRIDGES, THEN EVELYN ROSE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. FERGER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON FERGER, A STAKEHOLDER. OUT OF CONTEXT, ACCUSATORY, NOT AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE, CHASTISING, INFLAMMATORY TOXIC, MAN EXPLAINING. I HAD TO LOOK THAT ONE UP. IN THE BEST WORD OF ALL THAT SHE USES IS SEXIST. PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL. YOU HAVE TO THROW THAT AROUND LKE ROCKS IN A WATER BRINGS JOY DO YOU, DOESN'T IT? I DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR POLITICS AND I HAVE SEEN ALMOST NOTHING OF HOW YOU HAVE MADE ANY ACCOMPLISHMENT HERE. YOU

028HAVE ONLY FOSTERED A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT, AND DIVIDE AND MISTRUST AND ACCUSATORY WORD AND SOMEONE THAT DISAGREES, YOUR DEFENSE MECHANISM IS JUST TO ACCUSE THEM OF BEING SECTIONIZE. JUST BECAUSE MY THOUGHTS DON'T FIT YOUR NARRATIVE DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO MAKE PERSONAL ATTACKS. AREN'T WE ALL HERE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF CHILDREN NOT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOURSELVES? MY DISAGREEMENT OR MY SUPPORT, AND NOT ONE TIME HAS IT BEEN BECAUSEIE OF YOUR GENDERS. THE ONLY AMERICAN WHO MAKES IT ABOUT GENDER, WE ALL KNOW WHO IT IS. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE A WOMAN, IT'S BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY CAN SEE WHAT YOU DO, HOW WE ACT TO THOSE HONOR HAVE A DISLIKE OR DISAGREE WITH. PEOPLE SEE YOUR HOSTILE MASKING. WHAT KIND OF ROLE MODEL ARE YOU? DOES IT HELP

029THE STUDENTS TON SEE YOU ALWAYS USE THE GENDER CARD WHEN DISAGREEING WITH PEOPLE? ADDRESSING THAT LETTER IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LETTER I JUST HANDED OUT TO EVERYBODY. THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EMERGENCY. YOU ARE THE COUNTY'S LARGEST EMPLOYER. YOU HAVE A SEVERE RISK AND LIABILITY ON YOUR HANDS WITH SOMEBODY THAT IS IN CHARGE. LAWSUITS. THAT'S A RISK AND A LIABILITY. A VERY SEVERE ONE AND THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN EMERGENCY. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. FERGER. WE ARE GOING TO START ON OUR NEXT FIVE INDIVIDUALS. MR. MILLER. MS. PEREZ. MR. KLUTHO. BRIDGES. AND MS. ROSE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON MILLER. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. WHY IS IT THAT IN ORDER FOR MY CHILD NOT TO WEAR A MASK SHE HAS TO PROVIDE

030A DOCTOR'S NOTE AND DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE SHE HAS A MEDICAL REASON, BUT NO PROOF IS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITIVE COVID CASES REPORTED BY PARENTS. I HAVE CALLED TO VERIFY THIS WITH THE EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COVID TEAM. THEY ALL SAID THEY DO NOT VERIFY. THIS MATTER IS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE POSTING THAT THEY WOULD CLAIM FALSE CASES TO PUSH UP THE NUMBERS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT THE SCIENCE. I ALSO CONTACTED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TWICE AND ASKED TO CONFIRM THE CASES JUST FOR EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED MY CALL. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND THESE PHONE CALLS THAT I HAVE MADE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE DAYS PROVES THAT. THERE ARE NO STUDIES THAT PROVE MASKS PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID OR THAT

031THEY DO NOT HARM PEOPLE. BUT YOU WANT OUR CHILDREN TO WEAR MASKS FOR 7-PLUS HOURS A DAY. AND THERE ARE STUDIES SHOWING THAT MASKS CAN HARM PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HEALTHY ONES. ONE STUDY SHOWS THAT MICROPLASTIC DEBRIS FROM DISPOSABLE CLOTH MASKS ARE TOXIC GETTING INHALED AND RESPIRATORY AND OTHER HEALTH ISSUES. GERMANY IS RECORDING DATA OVER 24 HEALTH ISSUES IN CHILDREN FROM WEARING MASKS. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA DID TESTS, SOME MASKS WARN BY STUDENTS ALL DAY AND FOUND SEVERAL VIRUSES AND BACTERIA IN THE MASKS. IF ANY OF YOU VOTE TO CONTINUES THIS MASK MANDATE AFTER I PRESENTED YOU WITH THESE FACTS, IT WILL BE CLEAR THAT CONTROL IS YOUR AGENDA AND NO MORE. WHAT HAPPENED TO PARENTAL RIGHTS? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM MS. PEREZ NEXT AND THEN MR. KLUTHO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS.

032PEREZ. WONDERFUL JOB OF SANITATION. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN I WAS A KID IN THE CARTOONS AND ALL THOSE OTHER FUN LITTLE THINGS I USED TO WHAT, YOU KNOW HOW EVERYONE WHO WAS A CRIMINAL USED TO WEAR A MASK SO YOU COULDN'T SEE THEIR FACE? I THINK IT'S INTERESTING. A LOT OF THE STUFF YOU ARE DOING IS CRIMINAL. YOU ARE LOCKING YOUR CONSTITUENTS OUT OF MEETINGS WITH NO REASON, TO ASK WHY WE GET ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT EXCUSES OH, SECURITY, OR WHEN YOU TREAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS LIKE CRIMINALS HOW DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO ACT? I MEAN, WE DICTATE THE BEHAVIOR. IF THEY DON'T RESPECT YOU AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT BEING HEARD, MAYBE YOUR FEELING FEARFUL FOR THOSE, NOT FOR ANYTHING ON THEIR PART. THEN TO SAY, OH, IT'S COVID

033RESTRICTIONS AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER BUT THE STORY CHANGES CONSTANTLY. THERE'S NO CONSISTENCY. I THINK WHAT'S CONSISTENTLY HAPPENING IS THAT YOU JUST KEEP LOCKING THE PEOPLE OUT. IT'S UNFAIR. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT -- THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, TO TELL PEOPLE TO JUST GIVE THEM THE MIDDLE FINGER AND TELL THEM HOOK UP A LINK ON THEIR PHONE IS NOT APPROPRIATE WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY STANDING OUT THERE IN THE SWELTERING HEAT SOME OF THEM WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THEY ARE PAYING FOR ALL OF THIS. I KNOW I HAD THIS DISCUSSION THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE, NOT BETTER. SO I'M JUST SAYING WHEN I SEE YOU HAVE ADDED A FEW MOWER CORONAIES TO YOUR RANKS. SO GOOD ON YOU. BUT THE MORE YOU KEEP SHUTTING THE PEOPLE OUT AND

034NOT LISTENING TO THEM AND GIVING THEM PETTY LITTLE PRIVILEGES LIKE PATTED DOWN LIKE CRIMINALS AND THEN GIVING THEM 3 SECONDS TO DWELL IN THE AIR CONDITIONING AND TELL THEM TO TAKE BATHROOM PICS BREAKS AND THEN KICKING THEM OUT, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU ARE EVER GOING TO RAHM THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE OR FEEL SAFE TO LET THEM IN THIS IS A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, SERIOUSLY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT, MR. KLUTHO, THEN MRS. BRIDGES, THEN AVALIN ROSE. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. KLUTHO. MARK KLUTHO. HERE IS WHAT GRETA THIN BERG SAID. ADULTS ARE FAILING US ON CLIMATE. THE HEADLINE SAYS EARTH'S CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS, THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN 4 MILLION YEARS. THE HEADLINE SAYS THE FUTURE IS NOW INEVITABLE. A U.N. REPORT SAYS SCIENTISTS FIND RAPID SHIFT AND FOSSIL FUELS CONVERT

035GREATER PERIL. ONLY BIG STEPS WILL SAVE EARTH. START ONE IS WARMING PLANET. THE REPORT SPELLS OUT DIRE CONSEQUENCES WITH CLIMATE CHANGE. HUGE CHANGES NEEDED TO KEEP EARTH -- NATURE EARTH OKAY, REPORT SAYS. YESTERDAY'S SPEAKING ST. PETE TAMES, THEY PRINTED A CARTOON FROM CLAY BENNETT. THIS IS ONE THAT "ST. PETE TIMES," STARTED GOING DOWNHILL WHEN THEY FIRED CLAY BENNETT. AND YOU KNOW THAT SAYING A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. THE GREAT VACCINE DEBATE, IT HAS THE DOCTOR AND THE LAB COAT STANDING THERE FOR AND THEN AGAINST, AND AGAINST IS IN -- NO, THE ONES THAT ARE DYING ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T GET THE VACCINE. IT'S SO SAD, ALL THESE PEOPLE JUST COME IN HERE AND ARGUE WITH THE SCIENCE, THEN THEY DIE. IT'S A DOGGONE SHAME. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MS. BRIDGES FOLLOWED BY

036MS. ROSE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TODAY. FIRST I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MASKS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING MASKS IN SCHOOL. FIRST OF ALL SCIENCE DOESN'T WORK. WE LEARNED IT WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE STUDY IN GEORGIA WHERE IN IT SAID A 37% INCREASE AND OUR SAINT PRINCIPAL TOLD US THAT QUARANTINES ARE DOWN, STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING BETTER AND POSITIVE CASES HAVE BEEN DOWN. IN ADDITION YOU WILL HEAR PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE FALSE NEGATIVES BEING REPORTED TO THE DISTRICT SO I DID A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO CONFIRM THIS. LAST YEAR ONLY THREE PEOPLE REPORTED POSITIVE AND THIS YEAR ZERO. SO THAT IS JUST NOT TRUE. THAT IS FANTASTIC. IN ADDITION, I HOPE TO PAVE THE WAY FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE

037MASKS. THIS IS WHY WE BROUGHT THE LAWSUIT. IT IS CLEAR THE LAW IS CLEAR, THIS IS LEGAL FOR US TO MANDATE MASKS WHEN IT IS REASONABLE. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TIE THAT TO METRICS. DON'T PICK AN ARBITRARY DATE. DON'T SAY WE WILL HAVE THEM FOREVER. NO ONE IS INTERESTED. BUT TIE TO THE A POSITIVITY RATE TO KEEP OUR SCHOOL AND STAFF AND STUDENTS SAFE. WE NEED STAFF IN OUR SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO WORK TO TEACH OUR KIDS LIKE WE WANT THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE ENVIRONMENT AS POSSIBLE. ALSO, I KNOW WE HAVE MONEY ISSUES. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I HELPED WORK ON THE REFERENDUM. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I HELPED TO WORK TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION IMPACT TEAM FROM THE BOCC. AFTER WORKING ON THE REFERENDUM, I AM REALLY

038CONCERNED THAT WE ARE STILL SEEING LOTS OF CLASSES THAT HAVE 88-DEGREE TEMPERATURES, 86-DEGREE TEMPERATURES, AND THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR KID, NOT GOOD FOR OUR TEACHERS. AND I THINK IF THE BOARD NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A POLICY TO SAY IF A CLASSROOM IS TOO HOT IT NEEDS TO CLOSE. I WOULD NOT LET MY PETS STAY IN A HOUSE THAT IS 86 DEGREES. THERE IS NO REASON OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SHOULD AS WELL. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM MRS. ROSE AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT FIVE, MONICA MARTINEZ, DEBRA, LAURA WHEELER, JAMIE PATTERSON, THEN JILL PARADIGM. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M AMBER LIEN ROSE. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A MASK MANDATE EXTENSION FOR 30 DAYS AND ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR ESSER 3 FUNDING. AS YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE AND

039AS MENTIONED TO YOUR LETTERS BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COVID CASES ARE DOWN 23%, IT WORKS. YOUR MASK MANDATE HAS WORKED. I ASK YOU TO VOTE TODAY TO DO AN EXTENSION FOR 30 DAYS. ALSO WANTS TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR APPLYING FOR THE ESSER FUNDING. NOW WE NEED THE FUNDING DESPERATELY. I ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU TO KEEP PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THE STATE AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO APPLY FOR ESSER 3 FUNDING. WE DESPERATELY NEED TO THE KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE. WE NEED IT FOR BUS DRIVERS, FOR CUSTODIANS, FOR PARA'S. WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF BUS DRIVERS AND CUSTODIANS RIGHT NOW. THEY DESERVE -- JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ON SCHOOL STAFF. IN SUMMARY, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE TODAY TO EXTEND THE MASK MANDATE FOR 30

040DAYS, AND LET'S KEEP THE PRESSURE UP ON THE STATE ESSER 3 FUNDING. AND I THUG FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM MONICA MARTINEZ, DEBRA, LAURA WHEELER, AND MONICA MARTINEZ, COME ON UP. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WROTE SOMETHING DOWN. I AM HERE ABOUT THE MANDATE OF THE MASKS. I DON'T HAVE A CHILD IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I HAVE A CHILD IN PRIVATE SCHOOL. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. I WANTED TO ASK YOU ALL A QUESTION. WERE YOU ALL WARRICK MASKS BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A TUSH LAR OUTBREAK AND 3 MILLION PEOPLE DIED BETWEEN 2017 AND 2018. ACCORDING TO WHO, 4,000 PEOPLE DIED. THAT MEANS GUARD TO NOW, WE USE THE CDC'S, ABOUT 6% OF PEOPLE DYING FROM COVID-19, WE WOULD HAVE TO ELIMINATE 94% OF

041THE PEOPLE. THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH 270,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED BETWEEN TWO YEARS COMPARED TO 3 MILLION. IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED AIR, WE NEED OUR NATURAL RESOURCES TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN HEALTHY. WE ARE NOT HERE TO ASK FOR YOU NOT TO MASK YOUR CHILD LIKE YOU ARE ASKING US TO MASK ALL OF THE CHILDREN. WE ARE HERE TO HAVE THE RATE TO CHOOSE FOR OUR CHILDREN, THAT IF WE DO NOT WANT TO MASK THEM, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. AT THE END OF THE DAY THE LAWS ARE VERY VAGUE AND IF IT'S NOT OPEN ENDED THEN WHERE DOES IT END? DOES THE VACCINE COME AROUND AND THEN WE HAVE TO INOCULATE OUR CHILDREN IN ORDER TO MAKE IT INTO SCHOOL? SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE AND I THINK WE HAVE

042TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO KNOW OUR CHILDREN. Lynn Gray: YOU STILL HAVE REMAINING TIME. I'M OKAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT, LET'S GO AHEAD, DEBRA, AND LAURA WHEELER. FOLLOWING DEBRA. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE MASK MANDATE. YOU HAVE TOLD THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT MASKS ARE WORKING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH COVID AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN QUARANTINE. THIS BOARD MADE A RESPONSIBLE DECISION TO ADDRESS AN EMERGENCY. AND THERE'S STILL AN EMERGENCY SO WE NEED TO EXTEND THE MASK MANDATE AND TIE IT TO METRICS. CHILDREN UNDER 12 STILL CANNOT BE VACCINATED. OUR HOSPITALS ARE FULL. FLORIDA HOSPITALS SAW A TEN FOLD JUMP IN KIDS HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID-19 SINCE SCHOOL BEGAN. THE LARGEST RATE BY THE LATER STATE RECORDS IN FLORIDA IS FOR CHILDREN AGES

04312 TO 19 UP 21% FOLLOWED BY 12 YEAR OLDS AND UNDER AT 6.19%. NOBODY IN THIS ROOM CAN PROVIDE BETTER ADVICE THAN THE 67,000 PEDIATRICIANS WHO ARE PART OF THE AAP. WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP REVISITING THIS DECISION. OUR DUTY IS TO LISTEN TO OUR LOCAL, AND THAT'S NOT EXPERTS IN THE ADA AND CDC AND ENFORCE THE MASK MANDATE, UNTIL IT IS BELOW THE CDC RECOMMENDED METRICS. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT CLARE MASKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR LIP-READING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. LET'S USE MITIGATION STRATEGIES ENFORCING THE MASK MANDATE, WHERE POSSIBLE, VACCINE INCENTIVES AND REGULAR TESTING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT, MRS. WHEELER AND THEN MRS. PATTERSON AND THEN MRS. PARADIGM. GOOD AFTERNOON. HELLO. MY NAME IS LAURA

044WHEELER. I AM HERE AS A TEACHER AND A PARENT. AND I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD IT MANY TIMES THAT MOST OF US DO NOT -- YOU HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPRESENT ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND TO PLEASE THE MAJORITY OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. I WOULD LIKE TO RESTATE THAT TIME FRAME TO EVERYONE. ONE AND A HALF YEARS. WOW. COVID HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR ACTIONS FOR A WHILE. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A STATE SHUTDOWN WITH CURFEWS, NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES CLOSED AND MASK MANDATES. BUT AFTERWARDS COVID WAS STILL PRESENT. MORE RECENTLY, VACCINES BECAME AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, THESE ARE NOT FULLY EFFECTIVE AND COVID IS NOT ONLY STILL PRESENT BUT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP NEW STRAINS. BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL, WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT A REALISTIC, LONG-TERM PLAN IS. THIS IS REALISTIC TO CONTINUE WITH MASK MANDATES

045WHEN MASKS AREN'T REQUIRED OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL? IS IT REALISTIC TO CONTINUE TO QUARANTINE TEN DAYS AT A TIME RESULTING IN A LOSS OF INSTRUCTION? THE RECENT 30-DAY MANDATE IS SHORT SIGHTED WITH NOEST LONG-TERM PLAN. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER WHAT IS REALISTIC FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR EDUCATION. IT'S TIME TO STOP HYPER FOCUSING ON THE MASK ARGUMENT AND TO BEGIN FOCUSING ON CONTROLLABLE ISSUES THAT AFFECT STUDENTS SUCH AS SCHOOL CAFETERIASS CURRENTLY WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, AND INTERNET CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, ROOF LEAKS, STUDENTS WHO LITERALLY DON'T HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER, PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SERVICES ET CETERA. MY PLEAD TO THE BOARD IS AGAIN TO CONSIDER WHAT IS REALISTIC AFTER A FULL YEAR AND A HALF AND ATTEMPTING TO DEAL WITH AN ISSUE OUT OF OUR CONTROL. PLEASE

046REFOCUS ON THE CONTROLLABLE ISSUES AND LEADING THE -- MEETING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MRS. PATTERSON AND FOLLOWED BY JILL PARADISE. AND GOOD AFTERNOON. JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT THE SCIENCE IS THAT COVID EFFECTS .003% OF OUR CHILDREN. IT'S LESS THAN -- THAT WE NEVER MASKED OUR CHILDREN BEFORE. YOU SAY IT'S WORTH SAVING ONE CHILD. BUT EVERY CHILD'S LIFE MATTERS. BUT WHAT'S NEXT? ARE YOU GOING TO BE ON BIKES BECAUSE THERE'S A CHANCE SOMEBODY COULD BE HIT BY A CAR ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL? ARE YOU GOING TO BAN OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM DRIVING THEIR CARS TO SCHOOL? ARE YOU GOING TO BAN SPORTS BECAUSE THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THERE COULD BE A CONCUSSION? WE CANNOT LIVE LIKE THIS. THERE'S ALSO A RISK INVOLVED IN LIFE. THAT'S

047PART OF LIVING. BUT I CHOOSE TO LIVE. I CHOOSE TO LET MY CHILDREN LIVE. I AM CHOOSE TO PUT SOME RISK IN THEIR LIFE BECAUSE THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THOSE RISKS. THERE HAS TO BE A POINT WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO BE EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN, NOT DISCUSSING ABOUT MASKS. OUR CHILDREN ARE FAILING. THEIR EDUCATION IS FAILING. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOU. I HATE TO SAY THAT BUT THE PRIORITIES ARE MIXED UP. THE PRIORITIES NEED TO BE ABOUT EDUCATION. GETTING BETTER TEACHERS. GETTING MORE TEACHERS. GETTING TEACHERS THAT WANT TO BE THIS N THERE. FIXING THE PROBLEMS AT THE SCHOOLS. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. LOOK AROUND YOU. COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES. TENS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE THERE. AND THEY ARE LOVING IT. AND THEY ARE LIVING. CONCERTS ARE BACK. PEOPLE

048ARE BACK TO LIVING AND YET WE ARE FORCING OUR FOREPOOR CHILDREN, THE LEAST AFFECTED BY THIS VIRUS, AND MASKING THEM. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND A WAITER WHEN HE TELLS ME HIS SPECIALS WITH A MASK ON. TRY LEARNING TRIGONOMETRY, A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. YOU ARE FAILING EDUCATION. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MRS. COLLINS AND THEN OUR NEXT FIVE, LAURA COLTER, AMY ARENAS, ARENAS, JASON KIMBALL. I AM GOING TO SWITCH TO GOOD AFTERNOON, GOING TO SAY GOOD EVENING. COME ON UP. MY NAME IS JILL PARADISE. I'M SORRY, I WAS ONE UP. I APOLOGIZE. I DO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I HAD TWO. I SPOKE LAST TIME. AND I DON'T KNOW BUT AFTER THAT WOMAN SAID MASKS CLEARLY SAVE LIVES. AND SHE SAID .3%. WELL, IF HER CHILD GOT SICK AND PASSED AWAY

049MAYBE SHE WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY. I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE -- I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU PLEASE KEEP THE MASK MANDATE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. PLEASE KEEP IT. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. AND FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER COLLINS. AND GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID LAST MONTH MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SCHOOLS NOT ENFORCING THE MASK MANDATE, INSTEAD KEEPING KIDS NOT CONFINED TO THE MASK MANDATES IN THE SCHOOLS, RATHER THAN SENDING THEM HOME, IS PUTTING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT RISK. TEACHERS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE TEACHING BECAUSE THEY ARE IN FEAR. SEVERAL DISCUSSING TIME OFF OR LEAVING. WHAT CHAOS THAT WOULD CAUSE. TODAY I AM CALLING ON YOU TO PUT A MOTION

050ON THE MASK MANDATE TIED TO A SPECIFIC METRIC SUCH AS A POSITIVITY RATE FOR TWO WEEKS. THIS WOULD PREVENT THE CHAOS AND ANXIETY HAVING TO REVISIT THIS DISCUSSION. PEOPLE'S SAFETY AND LIVES ARE THE PRIORITIES OVER A MINORITY WHO DEFY THE MASK MANDATE. AND LET'S NOT ALLOW ONE BULLY TO INFLUENCE DECISIONS WHICH CONTRADICTS SCIENCE. WE NEED TO BE SUPPORTING THE SCHOOLS. SCHOOL CHOICE MEANS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEND OUR KIDS TO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT FEAR THAT THERE THEY WILL GET COVID AND DIE. AND FORCE THE MASK MANDATE TODAY. WITH MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS ONLY FROM THE PROPER SORT OF MEDICAL PRACTICE. FINALLY, PUT PRESSURE ON WHO IS WITHHOLDING ESSER FUNDS WHICH COULD CAN BE USED FOR COVID PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND OTHER GOOD THINGS FOR THE SCHOOLS. THIS TODAY AGAIN IS APP DEFINING MOMENT. THANK YOU FOR

051CONSIDERING THAT MOTION. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM LAURA COULTER AND THEN ANDY ARENAS AND JEFFREY ARENAS. GOOD EVENING. I THINK IT'S REALLY FASCINATING LISTENING TO THESE PEOPLE WHO SAY SCIENCE AND PROVIDE ZERO SCIENCE. JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. I COULD STAND UP HERE AND GIVE YOU TONS AND TONS OF SCIENCE THAT DID DEMONSTRATE THE FUTILITY OF THE EVER CHANGING STRATEGIES FOR A VIRUS AND SURVIVAL RATED. CLEARLY NO ONE LISTENED TO THE SIGNS BUT MANDATES ARE NOT BASED ON SCIENCE. YOU ARE VIOLATING OUR CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS. HEALTH IS A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOLS, STORES, OTHERS, OR PUBLIC PLACES. COVERING MY FACE ACTUALLY DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND IF YOU ARE IMMUNO COMPRISED YOU CAN ONLY IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH STATUS. IF YOU ARE AFRAID, WEAR

052A MASK. THAT'S MASK OPTIONAL. ACCORDING TO THE CDC ITSELF, CDC IS NOT AWARE OF ANY RANDOMIZED COMEDY TRIAL THAT SHOWS THAT MASKS OR DOUBLE MASKS OR CLOTH FACE COVERINGS ARE EFFECTIVE AGAINST COAST. THE DOCTORS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS FROM TAMPA GENERAL WHO HAVE TESTIFIED THAT MASKS WORKS HAVE PERCENTAGED THEMSELVES AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED ZERO EVIDENCE. SCIENTISTS WHO SAY THAT MASKS ARE HARMFUL ON A MULTITUDE OF LEVELS AND THEREFORE YOU ARE GUILTY OF CHILD ABUSE. WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS RULE ABOUT. POWER, GREED AND ULTIMATELY CONTROL. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE A STUDENT, ANDY ARENAS. COME ON UP. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND YOU HAVE MUCH COURAGE. SO PLEASE BEGIN. HI. MY NAME IS ANDY ARENAS. I GO TO SCHOOL AT -- I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY LUCKY TO LIVE IN OUR CITIZENSHIP

053IN THE UNITED STATES. BECAUSE WE ARE FREE AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME, MY FAMILY, AND TRUE PATRIOTS. IT'S NOT ONLY GOVERN DESANTIS. HE CANNOT DO THAT. AND TO FOLLOW YOUR RULES HYPOCRITICAL. WE SHOULD HAVE OUR OWN RESEARCH. I GET THAT THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED. I GET THAT. IT HURT FAMILIES AND IT SCARED A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TAKE. IT IS MY BODY. IT IS MY CHOICE. STOP TRYING TO CONTROL IT. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT, I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE FATHER, MR. ARENAS. AND THEN FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE YOR. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. TWO WEEKS AGO, MY SON SPOKE IN FRONT OF YOU. TODAY, MY DAUGHTER. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM. I WANT TO RAISE THE NEXT LEADERS WHO WILL NOT YIELD,

054THE NEXT WARRIORS WHO WILL NOT BEND FOR OUR RIGHTS. SO FAR I THINK I AM DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OWN THAT. THANK YOU. AND PARANOIA HAS GOT TO STOP. THE SCIENCE IS HORRIBLE. IT'S CONFUSING AND WE ARE ALL FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES. EVEN OUTSIDE WAITING TO COME IN PEOPLE ARE ARGUING. FREEDOM IS ERODING ON THIS PLANET. AND PARANOIA. I AM NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T BE SAFE. THAT WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN. JUST GIVE US OUR OWN CHOICE AND LET'S GO BACK TO LIFE BEFORE THE TWO YEARS OF PARANOIA STARTED. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. ARE YOU NOT SICK OF IT? I AM. I'M TIRED OF BEING DIVIDED. I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH MY FRIENDS WHAT THEY CAN AND

055CAPTAIN DO, WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET A JOB, TO STAY IN A JOB. IN IS RIDICULOUS. BE A WARRIOR WHO WILL NOT BEND. I SAID THAT LAST TIME AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. OUR CHOICES HAVE IMPACT. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS LOOKING DOWN THE HORIZON TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IMPACT IS. IT'S REALLY SIMPLE. ALL YOU HAVE GOT TO DO IS GO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES. THE FREE WORLD IS DYING. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MS. MURAN AND THEN OUR NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS, JASON KIMBELL, SARAADE EDWARDS, ALLISON FERNANDEZ, AND RUTH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JACQUELINE YORR AND I REALLY DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING BECAUSE I CAME ON A WHIM. I OWN AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT SERVES HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND YESTERDAY, 12 KIDS WERE QUARANTINED BECAUSE ONE

056STUDENT TESTED POSITIVE. THE POLICY IS AFFECTING SMALL BUSINESS. I'M LICENSED FOR 105 STUDENTS OPERATING AT A 43% LOSS. I HAVE TO PAY MY BILLS. I'M IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. PPP SAVED US. PPP AND A PRAYER HAS SAVED MY SMALL BUSINESS. IT SERVED THE COMMUNITY BUT THAT I GREW UP IN. I WENT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, FROM CITRUS PARK, TO GAITHER, I GRADUATED FROM USF WITH A BACHELORS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, STARTED WORKING FOR KELLY SERVICES, I THEN WENT ON TO WORK FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, I NOW OWN MY OWN BUSINESS THAT SERVES HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND I HAVE TO SAY I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS AT A LEVEL THAT IS BEYOND THE MASK. OUR SPENDING, OUR FRUSTRATED TEACHERS, MY FRIENDS THAT ARE LEAVING, I LEFT BECAUSE I DON'T SAY YES VERY EASY. I DON'T SAY

057YES WHEN YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN. I WILL NOT TEACH THE SAME THING ON THE SAME DAYS. AND PLANT CITY AS I WOULD IN WESTCHASE. IT GOES BEYOND THIS MASK. THERE ARE SO MANY BETTER WAYS TO DO THINGS, AND I ASKED MY HUSBAND, SHOULD I RUN? BUT I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU ARE FACED WITH CHALLENGES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE SOLUTIONS FOR. SO WE ARE FIGHTING. AND THE POLICIES ARE AFFECTING EVERYONE. THOSE 12 FAMILIES THAT DIDN'T GO TO WORK BECAUSE THAT YOU ARE KIDS ARE NOW QUARANTINED, MY BOTTOM LINE, MY EMPLOYEES THAT GOT CUT BECAUSE OF QUARANTINE, SO IF WE ARE GOING TO WEAR THEM, CHANGE THE QUARANTINE PROCEDURE. LET'S NOT FIGHT ABOUT THIS. LET'S SAY OKAY, THEY WEAR

058MASKS. THEY WERE ONLY ON 16 MINUTES. 16 MINUTES. IN A MASK. IN FLORIDA. EVEN WITH AIR CONDITIONING. AND THEY STILL HAD -- (MICROPHONE CUT). Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JASON KIMBALL. WELCOME. WAIT FOR THE CHAIR TO RETURN? SHE'S HEAR IN THE BACK. THERE'S A SPEAKER. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, I WANT TO SAY FIRST, I THINK THAT IT'S TERRIBLE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE BOARD ROOM. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE MODEL OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED INTO THE BOARD ROOM. PEOPLE AREN'T ALLOWED IN HERE TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO REQUIRE SCIENTIFIC STANDARD. I HAVE HEARD THE PRESENTATION THAT'S BEEN MADE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE SAME PEOPLE PRESENTING IN FRONT OF

059THE COUNTY COMMISSION, AND WHEN THEY ARE ASKED A DIRECT QUESTION LIKE CHAIRWOMAN GRAY ASKED, HEY, WE ARE GOING TO INSTITUTE MASKS AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO NOTICE A DECREASE? WELL, NO, NO. THEY ARE GETTING THE SAME ANSWERS AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION. THEY ARE SAYING, WELL, IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONE PARTICULAR MEASURE. THOUGHT DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLISHED RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS. THEY CAN'T GET MASKS APPROVED AS MEDICAL DEVICES. ALL THIS SUBJECTIVE EVIDENCE IN MY OPINION IS AGAINST THEM. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, WE HAVE SUBJECTIVE THAT SUPPORTS OUR VIEW. LIKE OKAY. BUT THE EVIDENCE THAT'S REQUIRED TO REALLY EVALUATE SOMETHING, THE OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE IS NOT FAIR. THEY ARE ALSO WITHHOLDING DATA. WE ARE NOT GETTING FATALITY RATE NUMBERS. WE AREN'T GETTING VENTILATION RATE NUMBERS. WE AREN'T GETTING COVID CASE NUMBERS. I

060THINK WITH ALL OF THE ABSENT EVIDENCE THAT THE BOARD JUST HAS TO NOT IMPOSE ANOTHER SIXTY DAY MANDATE. I REALLY HOPE GOOSE FIND THE COURAGE TO SAY LOOK, IF ANYTHING, KEEP THE MANDATE BUT ALLOW THE EXEMPTION PROCESS TO RETURN. PLEASE. AND ABOUT THE VACCINES. I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A PROTEIN BASED VACCINE. NOVA VAX BASED IN THE U.S. HAS BEEN TRYING TO A GET APPROVAL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER NO ONE HAS THE OPTION FOR A PROTEIN BASED VACCINE. ONLY MRNA VACCINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. AND WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD. COME ON UP. NEXT WILL BE SARAH EDWARDS, AND GOOD EVENING, SARAH. HI. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, FOR MY TWO KIDS IN THE

061HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TOO YOUNG TO BE VACCINATED. TODAY, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 HAS REACHED NEARLY 9,000 PEOPLE IN JUST SIX WEEKS, WHICH IS JUST AS MANY INFECTIONS AS WE SAW IN THE SCHOOLS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PRIOR 14 MONTHS. CLEARLY THE DELTA, WE CANNOT ACT LIKE THIS IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE AREN'T ACTING LIKE -- WE ARE ACTING KIND OF LIKE IT'S 20 IS IT. AND I REALLY AM HERE DAB TO SAY I AM VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED TO IMPLEMENT THE MASK MANDATE. I URGE YOU TO RENEW THIS MANDATE AND TO KEEP IT IN EFFECT UNTIL ALL CHILDREN CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FULLY VACCINATED. BUT IN MY OPINION, WE MUST DO MUCH MORE. WE

062NEED TO URGENTLY IMPLEMENT MORE COVID MITIGATION, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE A VACCINE MANDATE FOR ALL STAFF, ALL SCHOOLS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO HOLD -- OUTDOORS, DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CHILDREN SHOULD EAT SEPARATELY IN THEIR CLASSROOMS OR IN LARGE WELL VENTILATED SPACES. CHILDREN MAYBE -- ALL CLASSROOMS SHOULD HAVE HAD PORTABLE AIR CLEANERS, IN ADDITION TO PROPERLY FUNCTIONING HVAC SYSTEMS WITH MEMBER FILTERS. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW IN MY SCHOOL. WE HAD THREE DAYS WHERE THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS NOT BEEN WORKING AND I KNOW IN MANY OTHER SCHOOLS IT'S BEEN MUCH WORSE. THE VENTILATION THROUGH THE PORTABLE AIR CLEANERS IS A CHEAP AND EASY WAY TO REDUCE AIRBORNE VIRUS. CLASSROOMS AND OTHER INDOOR SPACES. WE NEED A MORE TRANSPARENT QUARANTINE SYSTEM THAT ALERTS PARENTS OF POSITIVE CASES IN THEIR GRADE LEVEL BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S CHILDREN ARE MIXING

063IN THE LUNCHROOM AND OTHER PLACES. AND QUARANTINING OF SIBLINGS OF POSITIVE CASES DOES NEED TO BE ENFORCED. SCHOOLS ALSO NEED MORE RESOURCES AND IN-SCHOOL MITIGATION. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM MEGAN, FOLLOWED BY ALLISON FERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. HAHN AND MRS. SNIVELY FOR CHOOSING NOT TO BREAK THE LAW AT THE LAST MEETING. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COVID DASHBOARD, IN YOU ARE WONDERING IF MASK MANDATES WORKS, IT DOESN'T. LET'S GO OVER SOME DATA SINCE YOU GUYS SEEM TO LIKE THAT. MANDATORY RASKS STARTED ON AUGUST 19th, FIVE DAYS LATER, WHO HAD THE MOST REPORTED CASES YET WITH 601 CASES. 12 DAYS LATER ON AUGUST 30th, WE HAD 497 CASES, FOLLOWED BY 359 ON AUGUST 31st, AND 342 ON SEPTEMBER 1st. 20 DAYS AFTER MASK MANDATES

064STARTED, WE HAD 457 CASES ON SEPTEMBER 7th. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, TELL ME WHY, WHY, IF THESE MASKS WORK SO WELL, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE SUCH HIGH NUMBERS? OUR KID GO TO PARTIES, PLAY DATES, THEY PLAY SPORTS, ALL WITHOUT MASKS. I CAN TAKE MY SON TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS WITH GOD KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE, THOUSANDS, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK. HE DOESN'T. I DON'T. NO ONE DOES. YET YOU ARE TELLING ME, MY 7 YEAR OLD CAN'T SIT IN A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM WITH SEVEN OTHER KIDS WITHOUT WEARING A MASK? I DON'T -- THAT'S MIND BLOWING. HOW DOES THAT NOT -- I DON'T GET IT. AND I THINK A LOT OF US DON'T GET IT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY KIDS IN IRELAND, ENGLAND AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY

065ARE NOT WEARING MASKS RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T WANT A MASK MANDATE. YOU ARE NOT PARENTING OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE THE PARENTS. PLEASE LET US MAKE CHOICES FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. FOLLOWED BY ALLISON FERNANDEZ, AND THEN RUTH NORRIS. GOOD EVENING. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE THAT YOU ALL ARE BASING YOUR DECISION ON, BUT THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANT TO KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT APPLYING THE PROTOCOLS FOR QUARANTINE AND TEST RECORDING? SCHOOLS ARE DOING -- THEY ARE ALL REPORTING SEPARATELY. YOU HAVE GOT SECRETARIES, DATA PROCESSORS WHO ARE YOUR COVID CARE, NONE OF THEM HAVE EXPERIENCE. I KNOW OF TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS AT TWO SEPARATE SCHOOLS WHERE TWO SEPARATE STUDENTS WHO DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER WERE BOTH DIAGNOSED WITH OTHER ILLNESSES, DOCTOR DIAGNOSED,

066ONE JUST A REGULAR VIRUS, BUT THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS BOTH TREATED THEM AS COVID, FORCED THEM TO STAY OUT FOR THE DURATION EVEN QUESTION THE PEDIATRICIAN SAID THEY WERE SAFE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. EVERYBODY WAS NOTIFIED AND HAD TO QUARANTINE. THIS IS COMPLETELY INACCURATE AND IS ACTUALLY DRIVING UP THE NUMBERS AND FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO ARE AFRAID -- AND I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE AFRAID, THE NEWS MEDIA, THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA JUST WILL NOT PRESENT BOTH SIDES OF ANY ISSUE THAT CAN BE REALLY DISCUSSED IN-DEPTH. SO THERE ARE ALSO PARENTS CALLING IN SPECIFICALLY TO DRIVE THE NUMBER UP BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP -- I ONLY KNOW TWO PEOPLE THAT DID THIS, BUT AGAIN IF I KNOW THEM, THERE MUST BE MORE -- THEY WANT TO KEEP THE NUMBERS HIGHER. WHY AREN'T YOU VERIFYING POSITIVE TESTS

067WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU ALL NEED TO DO. HOW ARE WE TRUSTING THAT THE DECISIONS YOU ARE MAKING WHICH A LOT OF US BELIEVE ARE NOT BASED IN SCIENCE AND FACT ANYWAY, IF YOU ARE NOT USING REASONABLE PROTOCOL AND DECISION MAKING? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM RUTH KNOWLAND FOLLOWED BY SHARON DURANTE. GOOD EVENING, MS. NOLAN. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN MASCOTS. IN 2005, THE NCAA, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, TO TALK ABOUT -- MASCOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORGANIZATIONS POLICY THAT IS MEMBER SCHOOLS COMPETE WITH AN ATMOSPHERE OF RESPECT, AND SENSITIVITY TO THE DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON. THAT SHOULD RESONATE FOR YOU. ACCORDING TO A WEBSITE IN 2017 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

068MADE A HISTORIC MOVE TO ADOPTING THE DISTRICT WIDE RACIAL AND EQUITY POLICY. THE DISTRICT BEGAN THE STEPS TO ADDRESS NATIVE AMERICAN MASCOTS AND WAS WELL ON ITS WAY. THEN THE MOMENTUM STOPPED, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SHORT SIGHTED. I BELIEVE THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WOULD BE BETTER SERVED IF IT'S PROCESS WAS ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD. IT'S TIME YOU ARE REMINDED THAT INCLUSIVITY DOES NOT TAKE AWAY, IT ADDS. IF YOU HAVE A ROOM FULL OF CANDLES AND ONLY ONE QUARTER RER OF THEM ARE LIT AND THOSE CANDLES THEN LIGHT ANOTHER QUARTER OF THE ROOM, YOU ARE NOW TWICE AS BRIGHT AND NOBODY ELSE'S FLAME HAS DIMINISHED. WHEN YOU ALLOW DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION TO LEAD THIS DISTRICT, IFS STRONGER, MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND ABLE TO TRULY ADDRESS THOSE WHO KEEP OTHERS BACK WHEN WHAT YOU ARE FEEDING BY NOT

069ADDRESSING THIS IS CONFUSION AND IGNORANCE. PLEASE, IT IS TIME THAT YOU ALLOW THIS DISCUSSION TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. SHANNON DURANTE. AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND GOOD EVENING, MS. DURANTE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, MY NAME IS SHANNON DURANTE. I AM THE TITLE 6 PARENTS CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. SINCE YOU ARE NOT HAVING ANY TOWN HALL MEETINGS DUE TO COVID. BUT WE ARE STILL HAVING FOOTBALL GAMES. NOTHING ELSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN CANCELED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE EAST BAY ALUMNAE AT THIS POINT. I COULD STAND HERE AND TELL YOU TONS OF FACTS ABOUT HOW BAD IT IS TO HAVE NATIVE AMERICAN MASCOTS, BUT I CHOOSE NOT TO DO THAT. I KEEP HEARING

070TWO THINGS OVER AND OVER. FIRST, WE ARE PLAYING THE RACIST CARD. YES, WE ARE PLAYING THE RACIST CARD. WE ARE NATIVE AMERICANS. THAT'S A RACE. SECOND, THAT YOU EAST BAY THINK THAT YOU ARE HONORING US, THE NATIVE AMERICANS, BY HAVING A MASCOT. WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE ARE DONE. EAST BAY OPENED IN 1957. SO FOR 64 YEARS, THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN THE EAST BAY MASCOT. WELL, THE AVERAGE AGE FOR RETIREMENT IS 64. WE ARE READY FOR RETIREMENT. AND SINCE IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE A MASCOT, ANOTHER RACE CAN TAKE OVER. TO BE THE MASCOT AT EAST BAY. GO EAST BAY CAUCASIANS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATES. MRS. JOHNSON, YOU WILL BE UP NEXT. WE'LL HAVE THAT AND THE

071BUDGET FOR THE 2021-22 FISCAL YEAR, ADOPT THE 2021-22 BUDGET AS PRESENTED, ADOPT THE FINAL 2021-22 MILLAGE RATES, AS PRESENTED, APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINAL MILLAGE RATES AND BUDGET, AND LAST, AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PERFORM ALL TASKS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES 200 MONTE 0765 TRUTH IN MILLAGE TRIM. MRS. JOHNSON, WILL YOU HIGHLIGHT THIS ORDER? THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. I HAVE TO CLOSE -- LET ME CLOSE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND OPEN THE FIRST FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MILLAGE RATES AND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR. GO AHEAD. INITIATE. Ro Johnson: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I WILL BE PRESENTING THE FINAL PRESENTATION ON THE MILLAGE RATE AND ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 21-22. THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE LAWS WERE ENACTED IN 1980 THAT REQUIRES STATUTES UNDER SECTION 200, THAT THE SCHOOL

072DISTRICT TO ADVERTISE FOR MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET ANNUALLY. THE REQUIRED LOCAL RATE IS 3.6010. THE DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE IS .7480. AND CAPITAL OUTRAY LAY MILLAGE IS 1.5. THE BOARD ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET EACH YEAR FOR ALL FUND. ALSO DEFINES THE PROBLEM SEES AND THE TIMELINE OF ADOPTION, AND ALSO LEGISLATED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SET THE MILLAGE RATES IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FLORIDA SCHOOL EDUCATION FINANCIAL PROGRAM. AND THIS IS -- THESE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON CALCULATIONS. -- SECOND CALCULATIONS. THE GENERAL IMPACT. CALCULATION WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SHOW HOW WE CALCULATE THE BALANCE BY ESSER 1 AND ESSER 2. DECREASED FROM LAST YEAR FROM 31.8 MILLION, LOCAL SOURCES INCREASED 50.1 MILLION AND FEDERAL DECREASED BY 1.6 MILLION, OVERALL TOTAL IMPACT OF 16.7 MILLION INCREASE IN REVENUE. THE

073EXPENDITURES IMPACT IS FRS RATE WENT UP BY 9.5 -- 1.573%, HEALTH CARE COSTS INCREASE 1.97%, UTILITY COST INCREASE OF 5.5 MILLION, AND IMPACT OF THAT INCREASE. WHEN WE INITIALLY BROUGHT THE BUDGET TO YOU GUYS IN MAY, WE WERE PROJECTING THE FUND BALANCE AROUND 32 MILLION. BUT WE HAVE HAD TO INCREASE OF REVENUE OVER PROJECTION OF 8 MILLION, AND THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, AND WE HAD A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURE OVER PROJECTION AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, SUPPLIES, LEAVING US AN ACTUAL FUND BALANCE AT FISCAL YEAR END CLOSE OF 47 MILLION. THEN WE ENACTED A FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT WE WILL PROBABLY TO THE STATE OVER A TOTAL FISCAL IMPACT OF 38.9 MILLION. GIVING US A FUND BALANCE OF 86.4 MILLION. AFTER THE FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN WAS ENACTED WE HAD 100 MILLION LUMP SUM THAT WE HAD TO SPEND

074BY SEPTEMBER 1st, SO ESSER 2, THAT TOTAL FISCAL IMPACT WAS $61 MILLION MOVED TO FUND BALANCE SO THAT GAVE US AN ACTUAL FUND BALANCE OF 147.5 MILLION. WHICH IS 9.57% OVERALL REVENUE ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT. FROM THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE FUND BALANCE THE LAST TWO YEARS AND AS YOU SEE WE STARTED IN 2012 AT 298 MILLION FUND BALANCE. TEN YEARS. THEN IN 2021, ENDING THIS YEAR AT 147.5 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 32 MILLION IF WE MOVE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO ESSER 1 AND ESSER 2. THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND WITH CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE DISTRICT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, A TOTAL REVENUE WAS 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS AND OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURE IN THIS BUDGET IS PROPOSED AT 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS WITH A DEFICIT OF $61.4

075MILLION. AND YOU MIGHT ASK THE QUESTION HOW ARE WE GOING TO CLOSE THIS GAP IN THIS DEFENSE SNIT WE HAVE A LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS OVERALL DEFICIT AND MONITORING EXPENDITURES, SUPPLIES, TRAVEL, AND EVERY CAPACITY, AND ALSO WE ARE GOING TO USE ESSER MONEY FOR THE FUND BALANCE TO GIVE US MORE TIME ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT MONEY. SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY APPROVING THAT WHEN WE COME DOWN. SO WE ARE PROJECTING ENDING FUND BALANCE OF JUNE 30, 2022, WHICH IS 5.5%. 86 MILLION. I KNOW THESE ARE HARD TO SEE. BUT I AM SHOWING YOU THIS TO SHOW THAT EVERY MONTH WE DO ACTUAL, AND THEN WE DO A PROJECTED FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR AND WE ARE NOT GOING OUT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THIS SHOWS YOU HOW THE FUND BALANCE, AT

076THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN START OFF WITH A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AND WE DON'T GET OUR REVENUE UNTIL NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, TOTAL LOCAL REVENUE. THEN WE GO BACK UP AND FUND BALANCE AND THEN WE DON'T GET THAT RESOURCE AGAIN, SO THE FUND BALANCE EXPENDITURES ARE STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY BRING IN SO WE ARE GETTING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. SO AT THE TIME WE PROJECT AT 89 MILLION IN OUR FUND BALANCE. SO THIS GIVES YOU OR OVERALL ACTUALS. WE CLOSE AT 47.4 MILLION THE FIRST COLUMN SHOWING OUR ACTUAL PRIOR TO TO CLOSE THE GAP BY MOVING ELIGIBLE ESSER 1 AND ESSER 2. SO NOW WE ARE ACTUAL AFTER THE STRATEGIES, A FUND BALANCE OF 147.5 MILLION WHICH IS 9.5% FUND BALANCE. BUT WE ALSO PROJECTED OUT, IF WE DON'T GET ESSER FUNDING AND SPENDING

077CURRENTLY, AND MAKE NO CUTS IN THE SYSTEM, OR FIX THE OPERATIONAL DEFICIT, YOU CAN SEE THE OVER TIME IN 2022 WE ARE PROJECTING 86.1, 5.5 PERCENT, IN 2023, FUND BALANCE WHICH IS 1%, 2024, WE ARE PROJECTING A NEGATIVE 58.7 MILLION, WHICH IS 3.7, NEGATIVE, AND 131 MILLION IN 2025, WHICH IS 8.4% NEGATIVE. THIS IS THE OVERALL OF OUR FUNDS THAT WE ARE ADOPTING. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE. BUT OUR TOTAL BUDGET THAT WE ARE ASKING TO BE ADOPTED IS 3,378,805,961. SO AT THIS TIME, I RECOMMEND THE BOARD ADOPT STATE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT MILLAGE OF 3.6010. THE DISCRETIONARY OPERATING MILLAGE OF .7480 MILLS. THE LOCAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MILLAGE RATE 1.5 MILLS. AND ALSO DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE RATE OF 0.0 MILLS. Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR

0782021-22 MILLAGE RATE AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME IF THERE IS ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHES TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE. MR. KLUTHO, ARE YOU GOING TO COME AND MAKE A STATEMENT? ON THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE MILLAGE RATE? OKAY. AND MR. KLUTHO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THAT WAS ABOUT. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATES. PRESENTING A BUDGET. THE BUDGET SHOULD BE FIRST BEFORE YOU DO THE MILLAGE. THE LAW IS THE LAW. AND PEOPLE ARE PAYING MORE BECAUSE THE VALUES OF PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN GOING UP. SO WHAT THEY ARE PAYING IN REALITY IS ALSO GOING UP. SO THE REALITY IS, PEOPLE ARE PAYING TOO MUCH. BECAUSE

079THE MONEY HERE IS BEING SQUANDERED. I WAS FOOLED BY A FOOL BEFORE THE MEETING THAT HE HAD A WORKSHOP, AND IT WAS SAID BY THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT YOUR BUILDINGS WEREN'T ENERGY EFFICIENT, AND THAT, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU WERE GOING TO FIX THAT PROBLEM? AND I SAID TO HIM, FOR 30 YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT YOU WEREN'T DOING IT RIGHT. HE WANTED TO GIVE MINUTES OF THIS WORKSHOP. I TOLD HIM, I DON'T NEED TO SEE THAT. AS I HAVE SAID, THE MILLAGE RATE IS, AS I HAVE SAID AT EVERY BUDGET HEARING I HAVE ATTENDED, -- THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. MORE TO COME. WHEN YOU GET TO THE BUDGET HEARING. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. KLUTHO. MEMBER VAUGHN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. THIS IS ON ONLY PART 1. MEMBER

080VAUGHN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. Jessica Vaughn: I CAN WAIT TILL THE NEXT PART AND SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR THAT. Lynn Gray: OKAY. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY FOUR PARTS. BUT AT ANY RATE, JUST LET US KNOW. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: DO YOU MIND IF I DO ASK A QUESTION? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. Lynn Gray: GO RIGHT AHEAD. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SO MS. JOHNSON, I JUST WANT TO BE EXCEEDINGLY CLARE FOR THE PUBLIC WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I JUST PRESENTED THAT CURRENTLY WE ARE ON TRACK WITHOUT THE ESSER -- BY 2023 IT STARTS TO BE IN A DEFICIT, AND AS YOU PROJECTED BY 2024, 3.7% NEGATIVE. DEFICIT. IS THAT CORRECT? Ro Johnson: THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT MONTH WHEN WE GET TO THE OTHER PEACES, MITIGATION STRATEGIES, BUT WITH

081ME THINGS STAYING CONTRACT EXACTLY THE WAY THEY ARE NOW AND BASED ON THE SLIDES THAT YOU JUST PROJECTED, WE WOULD BE FACING RECEIVERSHIP AND UNABLE TO -- AND GOING INTO A DEFICIT. CORRECT? Ro Johnson: THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. I APPRECIATE IT. Ro Johnson: YOU'RE WELCOME. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD TO STEP TWO AND WE ARE GOING TO VOTE FIRST. OH, I'M SO SORRY, MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: SO RECEIVERSHIP WOULD BE WHAT? Ro Johnson: 2023. FISCAL YEAR 23. Karen Perez: AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE OPERATIONAL SYSTEM, IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED. WHY HAVEN'T OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS BEEN FIXED TO DATE? Ro Johnson: WELL, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. WE ARE TRYING TO INTERFACE, MAKE SURE THE SYSTEMS ARE INTERFACED TOGETHER AND WE PUT

082CONTROLS IN THE SYSTEM. THE NECESSARY CONTROLS IN A MAXIMIZED SYSTEM, YES, OVERTURES OF EXPENDITURES AND PERSONNEL SERVICE. Lynn Gray: ARE YOU COMPLETED? OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASED AND VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. AND MEMBER VAUGHN? OKAY, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S UNANIMOUS. NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD, AND IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? Jim Porter: PART 2 OF MRS. JOHNSON'S BUDGET. Lynn Gray: MRS. JOHNSON RECOMMENDED THE BOARD ADOPT -- Ro Johnson: ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 21-22 OF 3 BILLION -- THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A MOTION -- A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. AT THIS TIME, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? AND I WILL SAY WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I WANT TO

083TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY 89 TO 90% OF YOUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS STAFF. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY TO REBALANCE THE SCHOOLS, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR STUDENT POPULATION OF ABOUT 202,000, AND STAFF OF ABOUT 24,000, THAT'S A RATIO OF ONE STAFF MEMBER TO EVERY 8 STUDENTS. AND THAT 24,000 AND STAFF IS INCLUDING ALL OF THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE HERE DOES NOT INCLUDE CHARTER SCHOOL STAFF, BUT THE 202,000 STUDENTS INCLUDES STUDENTS WHO ARE IN CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE -- YOUR RATIO IS ACTUALLY WORSE. SO YOU REALLY CANNOT DO EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM AND MAKING GREAT EDUCATIONAL DECISION WAS THE MONEY YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH HEAR AT THE UPPER LEVEL. AND NOBODY WANTS

084STOW SAY LISTEN, YOU CAN'T HAVE A JOB, BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. THIS DEFICIT DIDN'T START TODAY, LAST YEAR. IT DIDN'T START BECAUSE OF COVID. IT'S YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR OF UNBALANCED STAFF SO GOING TO ASK YOU TO TAKE A REALLY HARD LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE GOING ADMINISTRATIVELY. YOUR STAFF SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH EDUCATING CHILDREN, NOT HERE IN A BUILDING PUSHING PAPER. THAT SHOULD BE THE SMALLEST PART OF YOUR BUDGET. WE LOOK AT GOODWILL OR SALVATION ARMY AND THOSE CF OOHs ARE CRITICIZED CONSTANTLY ABOUT THE SALARY THEY GET AND THEY HAVE TO FILE REPORTS THAT SHOW HOW MUCH OF THE DOLLARS THAT GETS DONATED TO THEM GETS USED IN THEIR SERVICES. WELL, I'M A TAXPAYER, I'M A PARENT, I AM EXPECTING YOU ALL TO SHOW THE SAME CONSIDERATION TO THE PUBLIC. SO

085I WANT WHAT'S PRACTICAL. I WANT WHAT WE CAN DO IN SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT THESE CHALLENGED TRANSITION SCHOOLS. YOU CAN'T MAKE REALLY BIG LIVE ALTERING CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL IF YOU DON'T REALLOCATE HOW YOU ARE SPENDING THE MONEY. AND IF YOU KEEP DOING THINGS THE SAME WAY YEAR AFTER YEAR YOU GET THE SAME RESULTS YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU ALL TO TAKE A VERY HARD LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS DOWNTOWN OR IN ANY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE, AND GET PEOPLE OUT IMPACTING CHILDREN. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MR. KLUTHO. I CAN SEE IT'S JUST GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, REPEAT OF THE FIRST HEARING. INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, $45 MILLION. INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TRAINING SERVICES, 34,300,000. BOARD, 3,300,000 DOLLARS. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, $112,000.

086THE SONY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION, $260,000. OH, MAN. OPERATION OF PLANT, 131,700 -- 31,700,000. THAT'S SERVICE 83,900 THAT YOU. MATE AS WELL CALL IT 8 MILLION. 84 MILLION. AS I SAID, THAT FOOL DAY AT THE LAST HEARING SAID HE NEEDED MORE MONEY. LOOK AT THESE FIGURES HERE. AND THEN SAID AT THE WORKSHOP, YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU WEREN'T MAKING ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS. AND HOW MANY YEARS HAVE I BEEN SAYING THAT? WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T AN EXCUSE FOR YOUR INEPTITUDE. THERE IS THIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE BUILDING IN NEW YORK WHERE THEY ARE CUTTING THE UTILITY BILLS WHICH RETROFITS THESE OLD, OLD BUILDINGS BY 80%. NEW BUILDINGS, IF YOU COULD DO HERE, COULD STAND UP TO A HURRICANE 5, AND HAVE VIRTUALLY A ZERO UTILITY BILL. IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD PROPOSITION. THAT YOU IGNORE THE SCIENCE. THIS IS

087MALFEASANCE. YOU HEAR THAT, MR. LAWYER? MALFEASANCE. CARBON DIOXIDE LEVEL HIGHEST IN 4 MILLION -- Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. KLUTHO. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO MAKE A DISCUSSION OR ASK A QUESTION AT THIS POINT IN TIME. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I'M JUST CURIOUS. IF WE HAD NOT BEEN LIVING IN A WORLD OF A PANDEMIC, AND ESSER FUNDS WERE NOT OUR LIFE RAFT, WHAT SHAPE WOULD THIS DISTRICT BE IN FINANCIALLY TODAY? Addison Davis: I WILL ANSWER THAT AND MRS. JOHNSON CAN ADD. LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T NEED THE LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA FUND AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A GOOD POSITION RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO MEET THE THRESHOLD, HOWEVER SO MUCH HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WITH THE FORECASTABILITY WE ARE IN A

088NICE POSITION SO THE GOOD THING IS WE DO HAVE ESSER TO MOVE ELIGIBLE OR EXPENDITURES, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON MITIGATION AND STRATEGIES AND LOOK AT EVERY ADDITION, WE HAVE DONE THAT. WHAT WE HAVE DONE FROM A DISTRICT LEVEL, AND I THINK WE HAVE CUT SO MANY OF THE POSITIONS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT, AND THROUGH ATTRITION WE'LL CONTINUE TO SAVE MONEY EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT OVERALL WITHOUT ESSER FUNDS GOING INTO THIS YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE WOULD BE IN A HARD POSITION. I WILL SAY THIS, THAT WE CUT THE DEFICIT. WAS OVER 100 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE HAD THE EXPENDITURE VERSUS THE REVENUE GAP AND WE MOVED IT DOWN TO 60 MILLION. WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT DOWN WHERE WE GET TO A POINT

089WHERE WE ARE COMFORTABLE AND THAT IT WILL BE SYSTEMIC BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER REVENUE EXTREMES. Karen Perez: WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT 2023 IS ONLY TWO YEARS AWAY. AND FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THAT WE WOULD BE IN A PLACE OF RECEIVERSHIP IN ONLY A YEAR, AND A HALF YEAR, TWO YEARS, IT'S NOT A LONG TIME. I MEAN, WE ARE GOING NOW INTO TWO YEARS OF BEING IN A PANDEMIC. AND IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WE STARTED THIS WHOLE TRAJECTORY INTO THIS PANDEMIC. SO DO WE HAVE A PLAN? BECAUSE THESE ESSER FUND, I GUESS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A FAITH ALL THE WAY TO SECURE FUNDING THAT BELONGS TO THIS DISTRICT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ASKED FOR THE FUNDING, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING, AND

090WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FUNDING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, FOR THE ESSER FUNDING THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN -- THE APPLICATION HASN'T EVEN BEEN STATED? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, AND THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION, BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, I INFORMED THEM THAT I DRAFTED A LETTER TO BE ABLE TO SEND TO ASK FOR OUR APR ESSER DOLLARS AND I SAID LISTEN, I CAN SEND THIS LETTER OR YOU CAN TELL ME WHEN WE'LL WE WILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY. AS I SAID TO THE BOARD EARLIER THIS WEEK THE MONEY IS FORECAST TO BE TO US BY MID OCTOBER AT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. SO IN THAT PROCESS YOU WILL START TO SEE THE AWARDS COMING TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IMMEDIATELY

091AS WE GET THAT, I AM SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE CERTAIN ASSURANCES THAT WE HAVE TO AGREE TO, AND CATEGORICAL HOW THOUGH THAT MONEY WILL BE SENT, WE'LL SIGN THAT IMMEDIATELY, SEND IT BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WAIT FOR THAT A WHATrd TO TAKE PLACE. BUT THROUGH THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CHANCELLOR AND THE CFO FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, REALLY STRESSED THE FACT THAT WE REALLY GENUINELY NEED THAT MONEY TO HELP PUT LEE SOURCES INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND ADDRESS SOME OF OUR EQUITY ISSUES THAT MAYBE EXIST. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT'S NO GOOD SPOT. NOW I WOULD SAY TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, CONTINUE THE FULL COURT PRESS BECAUSE IT'S WORD I TRUST IN THAT PROCESS BUT WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE RECEIVE IN THE AN IMMEDIATE MANNER. Karen Perez: YOU

092NEED TO KEEP THAT VOICE LIKE THIS FUNDING TO COME TO US, BECAUSE THIS RECEIVERSHIP, IT'S A SERIOUS MATTER. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN FIGHTING, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TENACITY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS FUNDING AND OUR CONSTITUENCY AS WELL TO CONTINUE LIGHTING THE FAIR AND TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE FUNDING. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN FOLLOWED BY MEMBER COMBS AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE WITH MILLAGE DISCUSSION. Jessica Vaughn: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER TO MEMBER PEREZ'S QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN OUTSIDE OF THE ESSER MONEY TO MITIGATE THIS, AND I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK ARE IN REGARDS

093TO HOW MANY CUTS WE MADE LAST YEAR, WHAT THAT LAD LIKE FINANCIALLY, HOW MUCH ATTRITION WE HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PART OF THE PLAN IS HOPING THAT ATTRITION AND REVIEWING WILL HELP GET US WHERE WE WANT TO BE, BUT I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THERE A SPECIFIC PLAN MINUS THE ESSER FUNDS TO AVOID THE PROJECTED FORECAST IF THAT WILL MAKE IT OR MEET IT WITHOUT DRASTIC CUTS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. WE ARE WORKING TO FINALIZE THAT PLAN RIGHT NOW WITH MS. JOHNSON AND HER TEAM. FROM OUR SIDE WE WILL STILL HAVE THE SAME MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR THAT WE IMPLEMENTED. I WILL SAY THAT WE DID CUT OVER A THOUSAND POSITIONS LAST YEAR, NOT PEOPLE BUT POSITIONS, THAT BROUGHT US OVER 40-PLUS MILLION DOLLARS TO OUR

094SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WILL HELP US THIS YEAR AND ALSO THROUGH A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THROUGH ATTRITION THAT WE DID AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. THERE'S OVER 150 POSITIONS THAT WE DID NOT FEEL THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR THE DISTRICT LEVEL WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE KEEP OUR EYE ON. ATTRITION WILL TAKE CARE OF A LOT. HOWEVER, WE WILL STILL HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERY DOLLAR AND EVERY CENT AND WE ARE MAXIMIZING ALL OF OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS. WE ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB THROUGH MAXIMIZING OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS AND CATEGORICAL THROUGH MR. CONNOR'S SHOP, THROUGH MRS. BROWN'S SHOP, THROUGH ALL OF THOSE TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN. SO ONCE THE FINAL PLAN IS READY AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THAT SHOWS SYSTEMIC CHANGE WE WILL BE ABLE TO

095PUT IT IN FRONT OF YOU BUT ULTIMATE LIMIT IT'S GOING TO TAKE US EVENTUALLY FINDING ADDITIONAL REVENUES. WE WORKED HARD LAST YEAR NOT TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE OR HAVE TO USE FEDERAL DOLLARS, BUT ONCE THOSE DOLLARS ARE EXTENDED AND EXHAUSTED IN 2023, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO HELP US. IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS. AS YOU SAW LAST YEAR, WHEN WE PRESENTED WHAT WE ACTUALLY GENERATED TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY EXPENDED OVER 100 MILLION DEFICIT IN THAT GAP, WE HAVE DONE A REALLY NICE JOB CHIPPING AWAY. ALONG THAT, IT'S CREATED ANGST, AND SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT. AND AS WE SPOKE ABOUT THE OTHER DAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STAFF ALLOCATION MODEL, WHICH ARE THE BARE MINIMUM AT EACH ONE

096OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT DRIVEN BY THE ACTUAL STUDENT BODY AND LOOKING AT CLASS SIZE, WE JUST AREN'T ABLE TO CUT AT OUR SCHOOL LEVELS ANYMORE ANY MORE. WE HAVE TO -- WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN EACH SCHOOL TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEET CLASS SIZE OR WHAT AND WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF AND THE 13th TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE THE CLASSROOMS BUT WE CAN'T CUT SUPPORT STAFF, WE CANNOT CUT TEACHERS, WE CANNOT TUT ADMINISTRATORS, AND THEY ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT AT A DISTRICT LEVEL EVERY SINGLE DAY. Jessica Vaughn: FROM WHAT I AM HEARING IS WE CUT, OR WE LOST CLOSE TO 1200 EMPLOYEES LAST YEAR,

097AND THAT GAVE US SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MILLION. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WITHOUT ANY OTHER STRATEGIES? I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER STRATEGIES ON THE CABLE TABLE SOMEBODY IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE NUMBER BUT WITHOUT THOSE OTHER STRATEGIES THROUGH ATTRITION, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WOULD WE HAVE TO LOSE, WHICH WE STILL DON'T REPLACE, WE MAY NOT BE CUTTING THOSE BUT THOSE ARE STILL LOSSES IN OUR SCHOOLS, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WOULD WE HAVE TO LOSE IN ORDER FOR IT TO TOTAL UP TO THE 60-SO MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT THAT WE MIGHT BE RUNNING WITHOUT THE ESSER FUNDS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, I HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. THERE'S LOOKING AT THE NUMBER HISTORICALLY AND WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW, SUPPORT STAFF, LOOKING AT HISTORICAL TRANSITIONS THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, THROUGH TEACHING STAFF, AND THEN TAKE THAT HOLISTIC NUMBER AND DETERMINE

098WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET TO. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY, FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, 70-PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT LAYERS FOR ADMINISTRATION, THE STAFF THAT ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT A FORMULA COUPLED WITH WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE IN A 3 TO 5 YEAR TREND OF ATTRITIONS. Jessica Vaughn: AND I KNOW THAT YOU ANSWERED MEMBER PEREZ'S QUESTIONS ABOUT ESSER 2 BUT I THINK WHERE I NEED CLARIFICATION IS I AM GETTING ON ESSERS 3 THE STATE HAS NOT APPLIED FOR THAT AND THAT WAS OUR LARGEST AMOUNT OF MONEY. WHEN YOU SAY THE MONEY THAT WE ARE EXPECTED TO GET IN OCTOBER, IS THAT FOR ESSER 2 ONLY OR IS THAT IN COMBINATION WITH ESSER 3 BECAUSE THE NEWS REPORTS ARE THE STATE HASN'T EVEN APPLIED FOR THAT MONEY. SO WE ARE TO

099GET THAT. Addison Davis: BY MID OCTOBER WE WILL HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR ESSER 3 DOLLARS. I AM GOING TO LET KRISTIN DAVIS KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. SO REGARDING ESSER 3, WE RECEIVED -- THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS RECEIVED TWO-THIRDS OF THAT MONEY. SO THAT WAS BACK -- THAT WAS PASSED INTO LAW IN APRIL SHORTLY AFTER THE STATE OF FLORIDA RECEIVED TWO-THIRDS OF ESSER 3. SO THE REMAINING ONE THIRD, IT WILL BE RELEASED TO THE STATE, UPON APPROVAL OF RECEIVING AN APPROVAL OF THE STATE PLAN. AND SO AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD, 45 STATES INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAVE SUBMITTED THIS STATE PLAN. AND THEREFORE THEY RECEIVE THE REMAINING ONE THIRD. THAT WAS DUE JUNE 7th AND THE STATE OF

100FLORIDA HAS NOT SUBMITTED THE PLAN. SO AGAIN FOR ESSER THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS TWO-THIRDS OF THE ESSER 3. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. AND JUST POINTING TO ALL THE REMARKS INCLUSIVE IS MEMBER PEREZ, WE ARE HAVING A WORKSHOP, AND IT'S TITLED THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. AND THAT WILL INCLUDE, IN OCTOBER, IT WILL INCLUDE SUCH THINGS AS UPPING THE MILLAGE RATE. THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL BE ASKED BY BOARD MEMBERS AND THE ANSWERS WILL BE PREPARED BY SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND HIS STAFF. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH DOING A MILLAGE REPORT HERE AND THEN BUDGET, IT'S GETTING ME VERY CONFUSED BUT I AM BEING PATIENT. I WOULD RATHER GET DONE WITH THE MILLAGE AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. IT'S GETTING

101VERY CONFUSING. SO BOARD MEMBERS, WITH THAT IN MIND, WITH THE FUTURE WORKSHOP TO ADDRESS THOSE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, PLEASE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS. MEMBER COMBS, THEN MEMBER HAHN, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO GET COMPLETED MILLAGE, WHICH IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. Nadia Combs: I WILL GO AHEAD AND WAIT SO WE CAN COMPLETE THE MILLAGE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO GET MESSY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: MY QUESTIONS ARE ON THE BUDGET SO IF YOU WANT ME TO WAIT. Lynn Gray: LET'S GET THROUGH WITH THIS AND THEN IF WE HAVE BUDGETARY QUESTIONS, THAT'S WHEN WE ASK THAT. AND LET'S VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS -- PORT MORT A CLARIFICATION. THIS IS VERY CONFUSING. SO WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR IS THE BOARD -- I AM

102GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS. THE BOARD APPROVED THE MILLAGE RATE AS RECOMMENDED BY MRS. JOHNSON. NOW THE BOARD IS DISCUSSING ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET 3.3 BILLION BASICALLY. SO THE BUDGET AND THEN OFF COUPLE MORE THINGS TO DO, BUT WE HAVE DONE THE MILLAGE AND NOW WE ARE GOING INTO THE BUDGET. SO, IF YOU HAVE BUDGET QUESTIONS, THAT'S PROBABLY THE TIME TO GET IT OUT. Lynn Gray: AND THAT'S FINE. BUT PREVIOUSLY WE JUST DID THE MILLAGE. WE ARE PUTTING BOTH TOGETHER AND TO ME IS VERY CONFUSING. BUT MEMBER HAHN, PLEASE, GO AHEAD. Stacy Hahn: I WILL DEFER TO MEMBER COMBS. Lynn Gray: OKAY. MEMBER COMBS, AGAIN THE BUDGET. Nadia Combs: I GUESS I HAVE SOME SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM PLANS OR QUESTIONS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MEMBER PEREZ AND MEMBER VAUGHN FOR SOME OF THE COMMENTS

103THEY MADE. I GUESS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF LEARNING IN TAMPA, TAMPA RIGHT NOW BEING THE NUMBER TWO RENTAL INCREASE IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE SEE THAT WE ARE 46th FUNDING. I JUST WORRY ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WHEN WE ARE REALLY SHORT OF BUS WORKERS AND NUTRITION AND PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE LIP ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY AN INCREASED SALARY WHEN YOU HAVE STEAK 'N SHAKE OR ADVENTURE ISLAND PAYING MORE THAN WE ARE PAYING. WHAT'S THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT? AND I JUST WONDER WHAT WE CAN DO SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM. A SHORT-TERM GOAL AND A LONG-TERM GOAL TO REALLY DALE WITH THIS ISSUE IN THE STATE. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL WHO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE PARENTS, REALIZE HOW FISCALLY UNDERFUNDED THE

104STATE OF FLORIDA IS. SO I JUST WONDER, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS SHORT-TERM GOALS TO EDUCATE AND LONG-TERM GOALS? BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE ESSER IS JUST A BAND-AID, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE EVERY YEAR TO DALE WITH IT, AND WHEN MR. KLUTHO CAME I AM HERE AND TALKED ABOUT NEW YORK, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THEIR FUNDING IS ALMOST TRIPLE OF WHAT WE RECEIVE. SO A LOT OF THAT, THE OTHER DAY I HAD SOMEBODY CALL ME AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT HOW THERE WAS SOCIAL DISTANCING IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHEN LUNCHES HAPPEN, ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND I BASICALLY HAD TO SAY, WELL, REALLY, A LOT OF THE ISSUES, OR A LOT OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT PEOPLE GIVE ALL ARE TIED TO FUNDING. SO WHAT CAN WE DO SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM? I

105MEAN, IS IT COMBINING WITH A LOT OF -- IS IT A LAWSUIT FOR THE DISTRICTS AGAINST THE STATE? I MEAN, DO WE HAVE TO GO THAT FAR? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, FLORIDA IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. AND THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I JUST WONDER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE CAN DO SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM FOR THAT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN FOLLOWED BY MEMBER VAUGHN. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. SORRY. IT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. I THINK AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN A DISTRICT OUR SIZE, THAT WE HAVE TO BAND WITH THAD, FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF SUPERINTENDENTS TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS TO BE ABLE

106TO ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN DIFFERENT CATEGORICALS AND ALSO GENERAL FUNDING ON A STUDENT BASED ALLOCATION ALONG WITH FTE. ALSO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION IN OCTOBER TO THE BOARD, WE WILL COME WITH A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MOVE, LOOKS LIKE TO MARKET AND EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION. SO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT NEW YORK, ABOUT 20,000 PLUS PURSUANT AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AROUND 7700. SO BEING ABLE TO SHOW THAT DIFFERENCE, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT PUSH, AND I THINK THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A GREATER COORDINATED EFFORT ALONG WITH THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD EDUCATION AS WELL, AND I THINK THAT ALONG WITH ADVOCATING, PARENT ADVOCATES, I THINK WE CAN BE

107ABLE TO CREATE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE BUT ONCE AGAIN DURING THE PANDEMIC IT'S VERY HARD BECAUSE HEALTH CARE WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREATEST PRIORITIES WHEN SESSION COMES, SO WE HAVE GOT TO BE CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO THAT. Nadia Combs: WHEN YOU LOOK AT ESSER 3, AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE INTEREST THE STATE IS RECEIVING FROM THAT KIND OF MONEY HOLDING ONTO IT. WHAT'S THE MONTHLY INTEREST OF ALL THOSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY ARE HOLDING? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS. AND THEN THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE. THE IDEA THAT THE INCREASE IS $6.25 LAST YEAR. I MEAN, IT IS -- IT'S INCREDIBLE. AND BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LIVING FOR THE STATE. SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO ALMOST HAVE A DIAGRAM FOR PEOPLE TO SEE. WE

108REALLY NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. THAT SHOULD BE THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONSTANTLY, IS JUST HOW REALLY UNDERFUNDED THAT WE ARE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE, WE DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN STALLS, WHEN WE HAVE ALL THESE ISSUES, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO BUDGET, BECAUSE NOBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO WORK FOR $11 AN HOUR. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN FOLLOWED BY MEMBER VAUGHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR GRAY. YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD TO MAKE SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS THIS PAST YEAR REGARDING CUTS, AND I KNOW THAT WE CANNOT WITHSTAND ANY FURTHER CUTS IN THE SCHOOL HOUSE, AND MY CONCERN -- AND I HAVE TALKED TO MS. RO JOHNSON AND HER TEAM ABOUT DOCUMENTS ABOUT KICKING THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD, AND WE HAVE ESSER MONEY AND

109ALL OF A SUDDEN WE FEEL LIKE, OH, WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE. BUT AS WE SAW TODAY, WE ARE A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM BEING RIGHT BACK IN THE POSITION WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY BE IN RECEIVERSHIP. SO I WANT SOME ASSURANCES THAT WE ARE PUTTING MECHANISMS IN PLACE BECAUSE THOUGH WE MAY BE RELYING ON ATTRITION, RETIREMENT, RESIGNATIONS, TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE FINANCIAL ISSUES, THERE HAS TO BE MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GEARING TO WHATEVER FORMULA WE ARE USING AROUND SCHOOLS, AND EVEN STAFF IN THIS BUILDING, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUALLY SPENDING MORE AND MORE MONEY. WE NEED SOME SAFETY GUARDS IN PLACE. AND I KNOW THAT WE MADE SOME HARD DECISIONS IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE, BUT THIS BOARD IS ALSO ASKED TO, AND HAS

110BEEN PRETTY OUTSPOKEN, ABOUT MAKING FURTHER CUTS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND I KNOW YOU JUST DID A REORGANIZATION NOT LONG AGO AND PRESENTED US WITH SOME FINANCIAL INFORMATION AROUND THOSE DECISIONS, AND I KNOW HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET INTO THAT DISCUSSION AT ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS. BUT WE CANNOT WITHSTAND, AND I DON'T THINK THE BOARD WOULD HAVE AN APPETITE TO MAKE ANY FURTHER CUTS IN THE SCHOOL HOUSE. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A VERY CLEAR PLAN THAT ADDRESSES CUTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS, IF NECESSARY, AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO SAFEGUARD THE ATTRITION IF THAT IS A STRATEGY THAT WE ARE DEPENDING ON. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR. DRS. MEMBER HAHN IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. WE CANNOT CUT AT THE SCHOOLS. WE CUT $6 MILLION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL THROUGH ATTRITION. THERE WAS

111ANOTHER 158 POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE DID NOT HIRE FOR, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WAS AROUND $11 MILLION. THEN WE HAD ANOTHER WE HAVE OF CLOSE TO I THINK 5. SOMETHING TO $6 MILLION AS WELL OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS INCLUSIVE OF THE DISTRICT LEVEL SO WE HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT'S A PRIORITIES. ANY POSITIONS THAT HAS TO BE ACTUALLY REQUESTED TO BE ADDED AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THE DISTRICT LEVEL, IT HAS TO COME CONTROLLED THROUGH MYSELF, MR. MCAULEY, LOOKING AT MRS. JOHNSON, MAKE CERTAIN THAT A SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH HUMAN RESOURCES TO MAKE CERTAIN IT'SATE MISSION CRITICAL OR LEVERAGING FEDERAL DOLLARS WHERE WE CAN. BECAUSE ONE THING WE CAN'T DO IS EXHAUST AND ADD POSITIONS. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO. YES,

112MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: I APPRECIATE THAT. BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE STRATEGIES, WHICH ONE WAS MOVING THE -- WHEN ESSER MONEY IS GOING, THOSE ARE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT BACK INTO GENERAL FUNDS. ALSO, WHEN IS THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- I DON'T KNOW. Ro Johnson: YESTERDAY AND TODAY, AND WHEN WE ARE GOING TO MEET NEXT WEEK SOMETIME. Stacy Hahn: IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ON HOW THE ESSER MONEY IS SPENDING, LOOK AT THAT DASHBOARD, WE HAVE OUR SPENDING UP. WE ARE TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT. AND WE APPRECIATE FEEDBACK FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS ON THAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. , THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN AND FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING. WE MUST GET FINISHED WITH THAT. WE HAVE EMPLOYEE COMMENT AT SIX. AND MEMBER VAUGHN, IF YOU

113WILL MAKE YOUR QUESTIONS FAIRLY SWIFT SO WE CAN GET TO THE END OF THIS. THANK YOU. Jessica Vaughn: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I HAVE TWO KIND OF QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS, IN COMPARISON TO OTHER COUNTIES WHO ARE ALSO FACING THE SAME FUNDING CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, WHY DO YOU THINK HILLSBOROUGH IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE FACING SUCH A DEFICIT AT THIS POINT WOULD BE THE FIRST QUESTION. THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, PER OUR CONVERSATION, AND MY CONVERSATION WITH MRS. JOHNSON, AND TO KIND OF ADDRESS WHAT DR. HAHN HAD ASKED, WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS THAT HONESTLY, ASIDE FROM GOING ON THE BALLOT AND HAVING THE VOTERS PASS AN EXTRA MILLAGE RATE TO GIVE US SOME SORT OF SELF-FUNDING, THAT EVEN WITH ATTRITION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT IN THE NEXT 3 TO 4

114YEARS WE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNLESS THERE'S SOME MIRACLE THAT COMES OUT OF TALLAHASSEE AND THEY RAISE OUR FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO FACE THIS HEAD ON. IS THAT STILL THE ADVICE THAT YOU HAVE? IS THAT STILL THE FEELING THAT YOU HAVE? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD SAY THAT RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL. WE HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLOSE THAT $61 MILLION GAP. WHILE WE WERE OVER 100 MILLION LAST YEAR AND WE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO CLOSE IT, ALLOW US TO OCTOBER TO HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR PLAN, AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FORECAST OF WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO. BUT I WILL SAY ANYTIME YOU GET A CHANCE TO BE GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUES, THE

115WAY IN WHICH WE DID FOR THE HALF CENT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ONE BILLION DOLLARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IT TRULY ALLOWS TO US FREE UP FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND FILL GAPS WHERE WE ARE UNDERFUNDED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AS RELATES TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE OPENLY IN ISOLATION GUARD TO OTHERS. MANY OTHERS HAVE REALLY HEALTHY RESERVE BALANCES, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT EVERY DOLLAR AND EVERY CENT TO ENSURE THAT IT ALIGNED WITH THE MISSION AND STRATEGIC PLAN. FOR US UNFORTUNATELY, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO IT AS WELL, WE JUST ARE NOT IN THAT LUXURY AND WE JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS IT. THESE ARE CARDS THAT WE HAVE. WE WILL OWN IT. WE WILL PLAN TO BE

116ADDRESS IT AND SEEK YOUR FEEDBACK IN OCTOBER TO REFINE TO THE MAKE SURE IT'S SUCCESS ITEM I CAN. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. RIGHT NOW, BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE WORKING AGAIN JUST TO BRING YOU BACK TO WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE ON THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MILLAGE RATE. AND WE NEED A -- WE HAVE THE MOTION BUT WE NEED THE VOTE RIGHT NOW FOR I BELIEVE IT'S PART 2. Jim Porter: FOR THE BUDGET. Lynn Gray: FOR THE BUDGET. Jim Porter: WE'LL REPEAT THE MOTION. THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 BUDGET FOR 3,000,000,708 COMMISSIONER, 965. THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR MADE BY DR. HAHN, SECONDED BY -- , BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD YOU VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON? MEMBER VAUGHN? THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. IT IS UNANIMOUS. WE

117ARE GOING NOW TO PART 3, STEP 1. MRS. JOHN SON. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 MILLAGE RATE AND FISCAL YEAR 2021-22. I KNOW WE JUST DID THE BUDGET, BUT IF YOU WILL RETRACK -- Ro Johnson: THIS IS THE FINAL RESOLUTION. Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 MILLAGE RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 BUDGET AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN, AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME? BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS SECTION AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE

118ON. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN. MRS. JOHNSON, THAT IS CORRECT? OKAY. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 MILLAGE RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 BUDGET, AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. (SOUNDING GAVEL) WE ARE BACK TO BUSINESS. AND THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING RATE TO THE RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. THANK YOU, MRS. JOHNSON, FOR YOUR EXPERTISE, AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR BEING JOHNNY ON THE SPOT. BUT WE ARE VERY MINDFUL. YOU HEARD THE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT WORKSHOP IF NOT BEFORE. I THINK THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE READY FOR THAT. OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON AND WE HAVE THE FIRST ONE, START WITH HELLO CALL TO ACTION WEEK. MEMBER COMBS, WILL YOU PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION? Nadia Combs: OKAY. START WITH

119HOLE OH WEEK PROCLAMATION. START WITH HELLO WEEK IS SEPTEMBER 20-24. ITS PURPOSE IS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREVENT OR REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION BY ENCOURAGING CONNECTIVENESS AND INCLUSIVENESS. START WITH HELLO WEEK WAS STARTED AFTER THE SANDY HOOK SHALTING AND IS BART OF THE SANDY HACK COMMENT TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO UNITE IN ACTION TO PREVENT YOUTH LIE CONVENIENCE AND PROMOTE A STRONG SCHOOL CULTURE. THE GOAL OF START WITH HELLO WEEK IS TO FOSTER LONG-TERM CONNECTEDNESS, GREATER INCLUSION AND CREATE A STRONG AND SUPPORTIVE CULTURE AND COMMUNITY. OUR SCHOOLS ALWAYS COME UP WITH VERY CREATIVE AND WONDERFUL WAYS OF SUPPORTING AND RECOGNIZING START WITH HELLO WEEK AND WE KNOW THIS YEAR WILL BE NO DIFFERENT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND

120TO APPROVE START WITH HELLO. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ, A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER HAHN IS AWAY -- OH, MEMBER VAUGHN? OKAY. WE ARE GOOD TO GO. ALL RIGHT. IT'S UNANIMOUS. AO 2, ADOPTION OF APPROXIMATE HAPPENING, AMERICAN FOUNDERS MONTH AND CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK IN FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021. I WILL PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION. AMERICA FOUNDERS MONTH AND CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK PROCLAMATION. IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE UNITED STATES, SEPTEMBER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AMERICAN FOUNDERS MONTH, A MONTH WHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COORDINATE INSTRUCTION AT ALL GRADE LEVELS RELATED TO THE NATION'S FOUNDING FATHERS. SEPTEMBER 17th IS CONSTITUTION TODAY, A DAY THAT COMMEMORATES THE SIGNING OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IN 1787, THE LAST FULL WEAK OF SEPTEMBER IS KNOWN AS CELEBRATE

121FREEDOM WEAK, TO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES MADE FOR OUR NATION'S GREAT FREEDOMS AND TIMELESS TRUTHS, AND OF COURSE, AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, AS MEMBER HAHN HAS READ, TOO, SEPTEMBER 11th HAS MANY MEETINGS BUT IT IS DESIGNATED PATRIOT DAY, THE DAY AMERICANS ENDURED THE WORST TERRORIST ATTACKS OPEN UTILITIES SOIL. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE SATURDAY WILL BE 20 YEARS SINCE THIS ATTACK OCCURRED. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST REFLECT ON THAT H.WE CONTINUE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO EACH OF THOSE WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMEN WHO WE LOST DURING THESE ATTACKS, AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THOSE WHO ROAD IN SERVICE. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THIS PROCLAMATION. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ, A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION FROM BOARD MEMBERS? MEMBER WASHINGTON, DID YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT?

122OH, I'M SORRY. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. OKAY. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. WE'LL HAVE OUR THIRD AND FINAL PROCLAMATION. NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH, SEPTEMBER 2021. AT THIS TIME, IT WILL BE MEMBER PEREZ WILL BE PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SEPTEMBER IS KNOWN AROUND THE COUNTRY AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. SUICIDAL THOUGHTS CAN AFFECT ANYONE REGARDLESS OF AGE, GENDER, RACE, ORIENTATION, OR RELIGION OR BACKGROUND. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH TO SHANE A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CARRYING FOR EVERYONE'S MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO A CHILD'S HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALSO HOPES TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON EVIDENCE BASED

123PRACTICES AND ENCOURAGE THOSE HONOR NEED HELP TO SEEK TREATMENT. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT SCHOOLS, AND OUR SCHOOL SERVICE TEAM, ARE THERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR ANY STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER STRUGGLING WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE NATIONAL SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. BOARD MEMBERS, WILL THERE BE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION HAS BEEN STEADILY DECLINING DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY AND STRESS OF THE PANDEMIC. AND WITH NEW RESEARCH SHOWING THAT OUR COLLECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH HAS WORSENED SINCE THE EVENTS OF 2020, WITH ADULTS AND CHILDREN RECORDING SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, FOUR FOLLOWED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. IF YOU

124ARE THINKING ABOUT SAW I SAID, OR WORRIED ABOUT A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE, OR WOULD LIKE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, THEN THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE IS 888-628-9454. I AM GOING TO REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME. NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIVE LINE IS 1-888-628-9454. PLEASE REACH OUT TO SOMEONE. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. ALSO I HAVE CARDS FOR EACH OF US FROM THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY, 2-1-1, IF THERE IS ANY PERSON, EMPLOYEE, STUDENT, PARENT, ANYONE IN THE AREA THAT HAS THIS NOTION, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ, FOR POINTING OUT SUCH A VERY IMPORTANT MONTH AND RECOGNIZING THIS MENTAL ILLNESS MALADY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. OKAY, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE ARE ALL SET. UNANIMOUS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY

125MEMBER COMBS AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. THIS IS FOR CONSENT AGENDA ONLY. MEMBER PEREZ? IT'S STUCK. OKAY. IT'S UNANIMOUS. CLARE TO GO. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE WILL MOVE NOW TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. AND RIGHT NOW, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WE RECOGNIZE YOU DID VERY WELL AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK. SO LOTS OF UPDATES. GO AHEAD. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM THANK YOU, THROUGH THE CHAIR. FIRST AND FAR MOST, THANK YOU FOR ALL REQUESTING FEEDBACK AND JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUED HONESTY AND CONTINUE TO GROW AS A LEADER, EVERY ONE OF THESE EVALUATIONS WERE READ IN DETAIL, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE OUT MAJOR COMPONENT RELATED TO COLLABORATION, ENGAGEMENT OF THE BOARD, PROACTIVELY IN THE COMMUNITY AS IT ANCHORS TO BE A

126WAY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ADDITIONAL ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS TO GO DEEPER WITH EACH OF YOU. AS RELATES TONIGHT, THE BIGGEST THING IS WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO INTRODUCE SOME NEW LEADERS AND BASICALLY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AT THE SAME TOKEN BE ABLE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON ONE OF OUR SUSPENDED AGENDATOMIES WHICH IS COULD COAST UPDATE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ABOUT OF WE START, LET'S GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE TWO NEW LEADERS THAT WILL LEAD THE WORK AFTER THIS EVENING, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LATER SUPPORTS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT BRANDON EPIC 3, WANT TO ASK JEAN TERRY BYRD, WHO IS A NEW PRINCIPAL, TO PLEASE COME UP. ROUND

127OF APPLAUSE. OUR NEXT LEADER AT EPIC 3. TODAY SHE IS A RETIRED NAVY VETERAN, DONE A REALLY NICE JOB TRANSITIONING, COMING TO EDUCATION, IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, TAKING ON ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AT ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, I BELIEVE, AND THEN IN 2015 STARTED HER TRANSITION TO BE AN ADMINISTRATOR AT PIERCE YOUNG, AND THERE'S ONE MORE, SMITH, THE LAST ONE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME REALLY COOL WORK FOR KIDS AND THEN WAS ABLE TO OPEN UP THE 2027 ACADEMY AT SUMNER, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. WE KNOW YOU HAVE A SUPPORT HEAR, MR. NELSON IS HEAR WITH AS WELL, WE ALSO HAVE MR. WOODS, AND THE GREAT RECOMMENDATION COMING FROM MRS. BURKETT AND HER TEAM ALONG -- WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU BUT CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TRANSITION

128TO EDUCATION AS YOUR SECOND CAREER, BE ABLE TO DO SOME REALLY COOL THINGS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ST. PETE SUPPORTING YOU. GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. CONGRATULATIONS. AND STAY RATE THERE. IT'S A LONG WALK. YOU HAVE THOSE BEADS. DOESN'T JINGLE THE SAME WAY. AT THE SAME TOKEN WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A LEADER FOR EGYPT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THIS WAS FOR ME VERY HARD TO LOSE ONE OF THE GREATEST PRINCIPALS THAT I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THAT IS MR. CONELLI. IT WAS VERY OPEN ABOUT BEING ABLE TO FIND THE NEXT REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT TO REALLY HELP CHILDREN, BECAUSE HE HAS A SYSTEMIC WAY AND DATA FROM 2015 ALL THE WAY TO NOW OF MOVING SCHOOLS, THAT SHE MOVED THE SCHOOL FROM A B TO

129AN A THIS YEAR AND DURING A PANDEMIC. CONGRATULATIONS TO HER BEING THE NEXT REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT. AND AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO FIND THE NEXT LEADER SO LAG INTERNALLY WE HAVE DR. HOLLY MAGADITSCH. SHE'S LAUGHING, FINALLY SAID MY NAME RATE. I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING. SINCE 2015 HAS BEEN AT EGYPT LAKE BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH JULIE DOING SOME REAL COOL THINGS FROM 2015 ALL THE WAY TO 2019, AND THE LAST YEAR MOVING FROM A C TO A B, THE W THE BIG WORK OF BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS A PANDEMIC AND THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION OF SUPERINTENDENT TEAM AND ALSO LOOKING AT KRISTIN FOR HER LEADERSHIP, ABLE TO BRING HOLLY TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND MAKING CERTAIN TO PUT HER IN A PLACE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR BOTH OF YOU.

130KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT YOU. THIS WORK IS NOT EASY, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE PRINCIPALSHIP. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I WANT TO SAY, AND GET A PICTURE. OUTSIDE. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. AND ALL THE FAMILY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YOU MAY NOT SEE THEM MUCH AFTER TODAY. WE'LL BE MOVING COTS TO THEIR BUILDINGS. ALL RIGHT. THEN THE SUSPENDED AGENDA IS BEING ABLE TO BRING PARTICULAR AREAS TO THE BOARD TO PROVIDE UPDATES. ONE OF THOSE REQUESTS WAS GIVING A CONSISTENT UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND WHERE WE ARE AT A SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS RELATES TO WHERE IT IS REPORTED CASES, THIS IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1st ALL THE WAY TO THE 8th. AND THIS PARTICULAR TABLE IS ALL ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE HAVE INCLUSIVE WITH THE NUMBER OF CASES RECORDED

131FROM EMPLOYEES, THE NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED FROM OUR STUDENTS, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS IMPACTED, AND THE TOTAL PERCENT IMPACTED. THE BIGGEST THING WE WANT TO SEE HERE SINCE SEPTEMBER 1st IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IMPACT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER A SEVEN PERIOD DAY OVER A WEAK'S TIME, WHEREAS IN SEPTEMBER 1st WE HAD OVER 9 THAT YOU OF OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES WERE IMPACTED WHERE THEY WERE POSITIVE FOR COVID OR WHETHER THEY WERE OUT ON QUARANTINE, AND DRILL ALL THAT DOWN TO WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE 8th. Steve Cona: AND A SNAPSHOT, OVER A LITTLE OVER 5,000 AND THE PERCENTAGES MOVE FROM 3.9 TO 2.33. THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER DATA IMPACT THAT SHOWS IMPLEMENTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO WHERE

132WE ARE RELATED LOOKING AT THE 18th, THE 20th, WHICH IS OUR HEY POINT, WHICH WAS A PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS WHO WERE IMPACTED OVER 5.61%, OVER 13,000 INDIVIDUALS WERE IMPACTED AT ONE PARTICULAR TIME. AND WHERE WE SIT TODAY WITH 47% DECREASE IN THE IMPACT SINCE AUGUST 18th. AND THEN A 58% DECREASE IN AUGUST 20th. AND I WILL SAY THAT THE MASK CAN BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION DUE TO OUR QUARANTINE AND REGULATIONS AND KEEPING MORE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF OUR TEACHERS AND MORE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF OUR SCHOOLS AND HATS OFF FOR OUR STAFF BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AND OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. AND THIS IS ANOTHER SNAPSHOT. THERE WAS A CONSTITUENT WHO SPOKE THIS EVENING ABOUT AUGUST 23rd, OUR BIG HIGH DATE, WITH OVER 600

133INDIVIDUALS OUT AT A PARTICULAR TIME BUT YOU STILL CAN SEE THAT DECREASE SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MASKS CURRENTLY, THE POSITIVE IMPACT IT'S HAD. ONE THING I HAVE TO SAY IS DURING THIS PROCESS, DURING OUR QUARANTINE, DURING COVID, THIS YEAR HAS REALLY STARTED OUT IN A WORSE SITUATION THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR THERE WAS A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AND WE HAD A LOT OF MITIGATION STRATEGIES PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR. IT HAS BEEN AT AN ACCELERATED LEVEL OF QUARANTINE, ACCELERATED LEVEL OF COVID CASES. MY HATS OFF GOES TO EVERY PRINCIPAL, EVERY AP, EVERY SUPPORT STAFF, THAT ARE WORKING BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL TO CONTACT THOSE WHO HAD DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT. I TALKED TO PRINCIPALS ON WEEKENDS, ON SUNDAYS, AND TRYING TO CAPTURE INFORMATION TO CALL PEOPLE TO STAY HOME, THAT HAD THAT

134INTERACTIONS, AND I WILL TELL YOU OPENLY AS A BOARD, AS A COMMUNITY, PLEASE BE COMPASSIONATE TO OUR TEACHERS, OUR SUPPORT STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS. THEY ARE EXHAUSTED. THEY REALLY ARE. BUT THEY ARE WORKING SO HARD. SAME WAY WITH OUR BUS DRIVERS. SAME WAY WITH OUR FOOD NUTRITION WHO ARE DOING DOUBLE ROUTES, DOING EXTRA WORK FOR SUPERVISION, PLEASE RECEIPT THEM KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THEM AND TRY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN. I APPRECIATE WHEN DR. HAHN AND THE BOARD BROUGHT UP A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, WE HAVE GOT TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT PUSH. WHAT THAT PUSH ALLOWS US TO DO IS LOOK AT TWO OPTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED TO OUR SCHOOLS. THE FIRST OPTION WE STARTED FOR IMMEDIATE MANDATE IS TO GIVE TABLES TO HE

135HAVE ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS WHERE THEY CAN SELECT INDIVIDUALS TO TO HAVE UP TO 20 COMBINED HOURS AFTER SCALPER WEEK AND TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE TO PAY ADMINISTRATORS, INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF OR SUPPORT STAFF, ALONG THE WAY, GREAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS, AND INDIVIDUAL RATES AS SUPPORT STAFF, OR THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF TAKING UP BEING ABLE TO BRING A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT THEIR SCHOOL, HAVING 25 HOURS WE ARE PER WEEK AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE TEMPORARY, WILL NOT RECEIVE BENEFITS, BUT TO REALLY HELP US DURING COVID, THE CONTACT RATES, TO CALL UP PARENTS, TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND COVERAGE WHERE ■NEEDED, AND WE WILL USE THIS TO BE ABLE TO AMEND OUR ESSER FUNDS, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHAT ESSER FUNDS ARE BUILT TO DO. SUPPORT SCHOOLS, SUPPORT STAFF, ALLEVIATE THAT, AND FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO

136ARE WATCHING, SUPPORT STAFF, WE ARE WORKING TEARLESSLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. MRS. BROWN AND HER TEAM HAD ANOTHER PHONE CALL TODAY ABOUT HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP LOOKS, WHAT THEY CAN DO TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR TEAM TO ALLEVIATE IT, AND DIFFERENT PARAMETERS AND REALLY ALTER THAT PROCESS, AND WE THANK HER AND HER TEAM. WE APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS. AS WE LOOK AT THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GREATER ACCESSIBILITY OF VACCINE. WE LOOK AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, A SCALE OF 1.5 MILLION AS RELATED TO OUR RESIDENTIAL POPULATION, TO BE 3 -- 53% HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED UNVACCINATED AND THIS IS THE CHOICE OF THE CONSTITUENTS. BUT I THOUGHT IT'S RELEVANT TO SHOW THIS INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO THE BOARD, AND SHARE IT. MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THOSE THAT FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE

137IS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THOSE WHO A SPARE, WHO ARE WILLING TO HAVE AND HAVE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE VACCINATION. WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP A NUMBER OF SITES IN SEPTEMBER. THE WEAK OF THE 18th AND 19th AROUND ONE, AND THEN ALSO THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON THE 25th AND 26th FOR ANOTHER SESSION OF ROUND ONE. THEN WE HAVE ROUND TWO DOSES BECOMING AVAILABLE AS WELL. THE SITES HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ALSO POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS IN THAT SELECT SITES AND WE ARE DOING A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROBLEM MOAT THIS BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE ASKS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROMOTE VACCINATIONS. AS WE HAD

138MEDICAL EXPERTS ON THE PHONE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, IN FRONT OF US, REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS POSSIBILITY, YOU CAN SEE -- CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR THEM. I AM GOING TO LET MRS. SPORANO TALK ABOUT ANY ANYTHING THAT I MISSED AND THANK HER EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON WHAT STRATEGIES WE CAN IMPLEMENT, WHAT PIECES OF OUR PROCESS WE CAN STREAMLINE TO TAN MORE OFF OF THE PLATE OF THE SCHOOLS AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING OUR I.T. PEOPLE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, I.T. PEOPLE EARLY NEXT WEAK TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO EXTREME LINE THE PROCESS.

139WE HAVE SOME STEPS THAT I THINK WE CAN INTEGRATE TO SAVE TIME AND ENERGY. MRS. BROWN? Lynn Gray: LET ME GO RATE BACK INTO THIS. I BELIEVE, MR. PORTER, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO 11.02, DISCUSS THE MASK MANDATE. SO DID YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT? Jim Porter: I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT GAVE VERY FAD COMMENTS ABOUT THAT AND WHEN WE GET INTO THE ITEM WE ARE GOING TO ASK MRS. BROWN AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SORT OF GO OVER IN MORE DETAIL OR REPEAT THAT SO IT'S CLEAR ON THE RECORD THAT IT IS ATTACHED TO THAT AGENDA ITEM. I THINK THEY ARE BOTH IMPORTANT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION. BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND WE WAIT UNTIL WE GET THAT ITEM. Lynn Gray: GOING OVER IT LATER. THANKS. Jim

140Porter: MORE APPROPRIATE TO DO IT UNDER THE AGENDA ITEM, WE ARE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS RIGHT NOW BUT WE WILL BE GETTING INTO IT WITH ACTION GOING ON. SO THANKS. Addison Davis: AND THAT'S THE CLOSE. Lynn Gray: THAT WAS QUICK. HAD I KNOWN THAT. Addison Davis: THERE'S A BUCS GAME TONIGHT. NO PRESSURE. GOING TO CLOSE OUT. Lynn Gray: I'M ON THE MOVE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL ADDRESS 11.02. MEMBER VAUGHN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THE 11.02 OR ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS? Jessica Vaughn: I DID HAVE A QUESTION BUT IT'S TIED TO THE MASKS SO I WILL SAVE IT FOR THAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. WITH THE RAPID SPEED AND THE FASTBALL TOSS HAPPENING, WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO -- HOLD ON A SECOND. MR. PORTER, SCHOOL BOARD

141-- Jim Porter: YOU CAN ROLL MY UPDATE INTO 11.02 AS WELL. Lynn Gray: ROLL IT IN? I AM GOING TO SWITCH THINGS AROUND A TAD. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HORDE, BUT FIRST LET ME SAY THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, FOR YOUR UPDATES. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. C-301, 1101, 1102 FOR THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION. AND RIGHT NOW I AM GOING TO READ 11.02. DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S PLAN REGARDING THE MANDATORY FACIAL COVERING WHICH ALLOWS FOR PARENTAL OPT-OUT FORM WITH MEDICAL CERTIFICATE THAT EXPIRES ON SEPTEMBER 17th, 2021. MR. PORTER WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Jim Porter: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. AND MADAM CHAIR. SO YOU WILL RECALL THAT ON AUGUST 18th, THE BOARD HELD A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH NUMBER

142OF STUDENTS AND STAFF IN ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES. THE BOARD DETERMINED THAT WAS AN EMERGENCY AND NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY SO THE BOARD INSTITUTED A MASK ORDINANCE WITH THE PARENTAL OPT OUT BUT ALSO A FLORIDA MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. YOU WILL RECALL THAT PREVIOUSLY THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD INITIATED A MASK MANDATE THAT ALLOWED PARENTAL OPT OUT. THE BOARD ADDED THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT OF HAVING A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE BE ATTACHED TO IT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT'S EXACTLY THE SAME PLAN THAT THE BOARD INSTITUTED FOR THE PRAYER SCHOOL YEAR REOPENING PLAN. THAT LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE, AND IT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR, THE SURVEY ADVISED US THAT THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THAT. SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, PALM BEACH, WARREN, BREVARD, AND OTHER DISTRICTS ADOPTED SIMILAR MANDATES

143WITH PARENTAL OPT OUT WITH A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. THERE'S BEEN LITIGATION INVOLVING THIS. A GROUP OF PARENTS SUED THE GOVERNOR, THE COMMISSION OF EDUCATION, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I TRIED TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATES ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FAST MOVING AND THINGS CHANGE. WHERE THAT CASE IS RIGHT NOW IS THIS. THE JUDGE RECALLED IN FAVOR OF THE PARENTS, BASICALLY SAID THE STATE DIDN'T HAVE THE RATE TO PREVENT SCHOOL BOARDS FROM DOING WHAT YOU DID, WHICH WAS A MASK MANDATE WITH A MEDICAL OPT OUT. THE STATE APPEALED THAT AND ASKED FOR A STAY WHICH MEANT THEY COULDN'T ENFORCE THE ORDER. THE JUDGE LIFTED THE STAY WHICH IS AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE COURTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE ORDER TO BAN -- THE MASK BAN. THAT HAS

144BEEN APPEALED. THEY HAVE UNTIL 8 P.M. TO PROVIDE RESPONSES AND WE EXPECT TOMORROW THE APPEALS COURT WILL RECALL ON THE STAY, AND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AND IT WILL CHANGE PROBABLY TOMORROW, THAT THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST US BASED ON OUR MASK MANDATE. SO THAT'S WHERE THE BACKGROUND OF INFORMATION. WHERE WE ARE NOW IS YOU ADOPTED A MASK MANDATE UNDER YOUR EMERGENCY RULE MAKING POWER. THAT SECTION OF FLORIDA STATUTES ALLOWS YOU TO ADOPT AN EMERGENCY RULE FOR UP TO 90 DAYS. THIS BOARD CHOSE TO DO IT FOR 30 DAYS. THAT'S GOING TO EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER 17th. SO UNDER THE EMERGENCY RECALL, THERE'S STILL TECHNICALLY 60 DAYS LEFT THAT COULD YOU ADD UNDER YOUR EMERGENCY. AT THIS POINT I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE MRS. BROWN AND SUPERINTENDENT TO

145THE EXTENT THEY WANT TO GO OVER IN MORE DETAIL SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT ALREADY PRESENTED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ISOLATIONS, QUARANTINES, THE HIGHEST POSITIVITY RATE IN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, AND ALSO ON A NUMBER OF CASES IN OUR SCHOOL. SO THAT WAS SORT OF WHERE YOU WERE HEADED. AND I WILL STOP FOR NOW, NOW MRS. BROWN, YOU CAN INITIATE. Tracye Brown: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD MEMBERS. IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING COUNTYWIDE DATA. A WEEK AGO, OUR POSITIVITY RATE ACROSS THE COUNTY WAS AT 16 PEANUT 7%. THIS WEEK AS OF YESTERDAY, WE WERE AT 15%. SO IT'S GOING DOWNWARD, WHICH IS ENCOURAGING. AND IT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS THE REGION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 74 CASES PER 100 THAT YOU RESIDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. CONSISTENT WITH PASCO AT 88, PINELLAS

146AT 64, AND THE STATE AT 67. SO WE ARE ALL IN ABOUT THE SAME AREA. SO OUR CASES ARE DOWN PER DAY FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY, FROM 1,565 TOTAL CASES TO 1,066. SO WE ARE MOVING IN A VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION, WHICH IS ENCOURAGING. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THOUGH WE ARE MOVING DOWNWARD, WE ARE STILL HIGHER THAN WE WERE IN JANUARY WHICH WAS THE PEAK PRAYER TO THE DELTA VARIANT BEING IN PLACE. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENT AS THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED, IN HIS COMMENTS THIS AFTERNOON, IN TERMS. NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED AND EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IMPACTED, AND I THINK I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. SPARANO. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. AS PER OUR REQUEST THAT I RECEIVED FROM A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS, I FORWARDED YOU PRETTY MUCH

147THE EXACT SAME DATA THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DISPLAYED BOUGHTFULLY JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. OUR IMPACT DATA DEMONSTRATES A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ISOLATING AND OUR STUDENTS POSITIVITY SHOWS A DECREASE COME THE DATE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MASK MANDATE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE DATA, I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS. AT THIS POINT IN TIME I AM GOING TO GIVE THE GAVEL TO MEMBER HAHN BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE MAKING A MOTION. ON AUGUST 18th, I CALLED AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE BOARD TO ADDRESS THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN OUR SCHOOLS, PLUS THE LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND STAFF IN ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE DUE TO COVID-19. THIS BOARD LISTENED TO

148THE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN HILLSBOROUGH AND MEDICAL EXPERTS AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE BOARD ALSO CONSIDERED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL WHICH RECOMMENDS THE WEARING OF FACIAL COVERINGS IN SCHOOL. BASED ON THIS DATA, THE BOARD VOTED TO REQUIRE FACIAL COVERINGS FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE BOARD ALLOWED FOR PARENTAL OPT OUT WITH A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. THE REQUIREMENT IS IN PLACE FOR 30 DAYS, AS MR. PORTER SAID, AND IS SET TO EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER 17th. AND THANK YOU, MS. SPARANO FOR YOUR DATA POINTS, AND JEROME I BUNKLEY, WHEREVER HE IS. BASED ON THE CONTINUAL PRESENCE MUCH COAST IN SCHOOLS AND THE DATA PRESENTED JUST NOW, AND PROBABLY ON EVERY ONE OF OUR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS, I THINK IT WISE TO CONTINUE REQUIREMENT FOR ANOTHER

14930 DAYS. THE DATA SUGGESTS REQUIREMENT IS WORKING BUT WE NEED MORE TIME TO ENSURE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF. THEREFORE, I AM MAKING THE FOLLOWING MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE EXTEND THE FACIAL COVERING REQUIREMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD ON AUGUST 18th, 2021 FOR AT 30 DAYS UNTIL OCTOBER 15th. FURTHER, AT THAT TIME, WE CAN REVISIT AND REEVALUATE THE SITUATION. THAT IS MY MOTION. AND I WILL NEED A SECOND. Jim Porter: LOOKING FOR A SECOND. Lynn Gray: THROUGH THE CHAIR. Stacy Hahn: DO I HAVE A SECOND? OR DO I HAVE A MOTION? SORRY. MRS. VAUGHN? Jim Porter: SHE MADE A MOTION. MRS. VAUGHN SECONDED IT. Stacy Hahn: ALL RIGHT. MRS. VAUGHN SECONDED IT. Jim Porter: NOW YOU HAVE HAVE BOARD DISCUSSION. Stacy Hahn: IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR THIS MOTION

150THAT'S ON THE TABLE? THANK YOU. Jim Porter: IT LOOKS LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN WANTS TO SPEAK. Stacy Hahn: MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR EITHER MRS. SPARANO, MRS. BROWN, OR SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE HAVE HEARD SEVERAL SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT STAYING THE MASK MANDATE TO A METRIC OF SOME SORT WITH REGARDS TO POSITIVITY RATE. DOES NONE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD, WHAT THAT LEVEL MIGHT BE? Jim Porter: I'M JIM PORTER, MRS. VAUGHN. I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. SO YOU ARE STILL OPERATING UNDER YOUR EMERGENCY RECALL MAKING POWERS WHICH HAS A STRICT LIMIT OF HOW LONG YOU CANNOT THE RULE WHICH IS 90 DAYS. IF THE BOARD WANTED TO DO NORMAL POLICY MAKING AND MAKE THIS RULE THEN IT QUO BE APPROPRIATE TO TRAY

151IT IF YOU WANTED TO -- TIE TO THE SOME SORT OF METRIC OR MATRIX. BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNDER THE EMERGENCY RULE MAKING BECAUSE THAT'S DEFINED BY TIME. AT THIS POINT ON YOUR CLOCK YOU HAVE SIXTY DAYS LEFT TO DO THAT. BUT IN THE FUTURE IF YOU WANT TO DO NORMAL RECALL MAKING THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING STAFF COULD LOOK AT AND RECOMMEND. Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO MAKE IT SIXTY DAYS INSTEAD OF 30 DAYS FOR THE MAXIMUM TIME UNDER THE 90 DAYS. Jim Porter: SO THAT'S AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SECOND. Stacy Hahn: IS THERE A SECOND? Jim Porter: CAN WE CLEAR THE BOARD, PLEASE? HOLD ON. SO WHAT MRS. VAUGHN IS ASKING, SHE WANTS TO AMEND

152THE MOTION TO ALLOW THE MASK MANDATE WITH A PARENTAL OPT OUT WITH MEDICAL CERTIFICATE TO BE FOR 60 DAYS INSTEAD OF AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS. Stacy Hahn: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE DO NOT HAVE A SECOND SO THE MOTION FAILS. Jim Porter: RIGHT. BACK TO THE ORIGINAL. Stacy Hahn: WHICH IS MANDATED FOR 30 DAYS. MRS. VAUGHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MEMBER PEREZ? Jessica Vaughn: NO. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: SO SUPERINTENDENT, HOW DO YOU -- WHAT WOULD YOUR RECOMMENDATION BE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. SO RIGHT NOW WITH THE EMERGENCY ORDER STILL BEING IN THE FAR FRONT AS BEING IDENTIFIED AS PROPERLY CONSTITUTIONAL, AND LEGAL AT THE MOMENT, WHERE WE ARE. Jim Porter: WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE NEED

153TO BE VERY ACCURATE. THE ORDER SAYS THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER. SO THAT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE. IN LITIGATION, IT IS BEING APPEALED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. BUT AT THIS MOMENT, IT'S 6:38 P.M., YOU HAVE THE RATE TO DO THIS. Addison Davis: YES, SIR. SO MY RECOMMENDATION KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING IT'S IN AN APPEAL PROCESS IS TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATING TO MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE OFFER MASKS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN ALSO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO OPT OUT. I WILL SAY THAT WITH THE DATA WE DID SHOW AND DISPLAY THAT WITH MY RECOMMENDATION STILL ALIGNS WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, THERE HAS BEEN SOME POSITIVE MOVEMENT WITH BEING ABLE TO KEEP STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH MASKS. SO THAT THERE'S POSITIVES TO IT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO

154THE FINAL VERDICT WHERE WE ARE RELATED TO THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER. BUT I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW I CONTINUE TO ALIGN WITH THE PARENTS' RATES, AND THE SAME TOKEN I RECOGNIZE THAT MASKS HAVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT. Karen Perez: AS FAR AS THE LEARNING LOSS IT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY HELPED OUR STUDENTS AND THIS DISTRICT FOR DECREASING LEARNING LOSS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND KEEPING THEM IN THE CLASSROOM. 124 THROUGH THE CHAIR. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE LAST SEPTEMBER 1st THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8th WEEP KNOW WE DID HAVE A SPIKE AFTER THE LONG WEEKEND WITH LABOR DAY BUT WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO COME. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSEATES DATES WE DO SEE A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OVERALL IMPLY HE IS AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED THROUGH THE FACT. THAT'S THE ONE

155CONTRIBUTOR, I WOULD SAY. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION. I'M A FORMER SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER SO I BELIEVE AS YOU KNOW, U.S. CONSTITUTION, THERE'S THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT WE ARE BREAKING THE LAW, THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHY WE LIVE IN AMERICA SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING THE BOARD OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ON THAT. I FEEL LIKE I'M A VERY MODERATE PERSON. FOR ME, I REALLY CAN SEE -- I MEAN, FOR ME, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW PART OF IT IS LUKE WE ARE ASKING KIDS TO MASK BUT WE HAVE RATE HEAR 65 THAT YOU PEOPLE ABOUT TO GO TO A FASTBALL GAME. YOU KNOW,

156I'M A BIG FOOTBALL FAN. THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS WATCHING FSU GAME AND I WAS LAKE, WOW, LOOK AT THAT. NO ONE WAS WEARING MASKS. FOR ME, THAT'S KIND OF AN ISSUE. SOMETIMES I WONDER IF KID ARE WEARING MASKS ALL DAY, AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO FASTBALL GAMES AT HIGH SCHOOL, OR THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN INDOOR VOLLEYBALL GAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. AND ALSO FOR ME, LONG-TERM, I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE 30 DAYS AND I AM GOING TO SAY WHY. BUT I AM ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO I REALLY FEEL THAT LONG-TERM MASKS ARE VERY DETRIMENTAL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. AND SO WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WAITING TO GET THE VACCINATION, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS IN

157HIGH SCHOOL, YOU ARE SEEING THAT THE NUMBERS ARE HUGE THERE, AND KIDS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION. SO I THINK THAT WE CAN'T JUST SAY LET'S WAIT FOR VACCINATION, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING SOME KIDS ARE NOT DOING VACCINATIONS. YESTERDAY, AS A MATTER OF FACT, NONCOVID RELATED I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND I ASKED SEVERAL NURSES HOW THEY FELT. ONE IN HERNANDEZ COUNTY TOLD ME, WELL, MY CHILD IS MASKED BUT EVERYONE AROUND THEM IS NOT MASKED IN HERNANDO COUNTY. ANOTHER ONE SAID MY CHILDREN WEAR MASKS, I WOULDN'T DO THE VACCINATION. SO I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO. FOR ME IT'S NOT REALLY I WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN BUT I ALSO WORRY ABOUT THE SOCIAL SKILLS AND WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS ON CHILDREN. FOR ME THE MASK IS NOT ABOUT FREEDOM, AND OUR

158RIGHTS BEING TAKEN AWAY. FOR ME THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CHILDREN AND KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS OPEN. I READ THIS PAST WEEK TWO SCHOOLS IN TWO DISTRICTS IN NORTH FLORIDA CLOSED. ONE WENT AUTOMATICALLY TO eLearning. THE OTHER ONE CLOSED DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS. I HAVE BEEN OUT TO ABOUT TEN SCHOOLS IN THE LAST TEN DAYS, AND EVERY SCHOOL I ASK THE PRINCIPAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW DO YOU FEEL? AND A LOT OF THEM SAY, WE DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A SOLUTION LONG-TERM, BUT WE DO BELIEVE IT'S DECREASING THE NUMBER OF QUARANTINES. SO THAT IS WHAT'S KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS OPEN. AND I KNOW FOR ME, I THINK THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW WOULD BE CLOSING SCHOOLS AND HAVING KIDS GO BACK TO

159eLearning. SO I WILL GET BACK IN THE QUEUE BECAUSE I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANT TO MAKE AS QUELL. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER CO-CHAIR HAHN. I WILL SAY THE BOTTOM LINE, AND WE SAID THIS BEFORE, IS WE WANT OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL. WE WANT THEM IN SCHOOL. FOR THE MENTAL REASONS, AND ABSOLUTELY FOR THE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND ALL THE OTHER REASONS. THAT'S NECESSARY. HAVING SAID THAT, WE ALL AGREE ON THAT. EVERYONE AGREES. WHAT WE HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ON IS WHETHER MASKS REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THERE'S A DOES IT DECLINE THE SPREAD? WE HAVE THE STATISTICS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING, WHEN WE WERE LISTENING TO SOME OF THE SPEAKERS, SOME SAID WE ARE GOING TO GET IT ANYWAY, THEY ARE

160GOING TO GET IT AT A FOOTBALL OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS REAL CLOSE, FROM THE POINT OF 818 TO YESTERDAY, WEDNESDAY, SO WE KNOW 370 STUDENTS WERE QUARANTINED DUE TO SCHOOL EXPOSURE. THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE AND THEY TESTED POSITIVE. 341, STUDENTS QUARANTINED DUE TO HOME EXPOSURE. SEE, WHAT'S HAPPENED IF YOU GO TO A CLASSROOM, AND YOU WATCH THE TEACHER GO WHEREVER DESK TO DESK, WHICH I DID YESTERDAY, AND THE DAY BEFORE, I COULDN'T INTERRUPT ONE OF THEM BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS CONTACT TRACING AND SITTING DOWN WHO SITS WHERE. SO THEY ACTUALLY TRACE WHO IS HAVING THE COVID AND THEN THEY REFER IT TO OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE SITTING NEXT TO THEM. SO IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT FIRST LIKE A HEYDAY OF KIND OF GUESSING BUT IT'S NOT. I

161COULDN'T EVEN INTERRUPT THE ONE AT SHIELDS YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE. SHE WAS SO INTENT IN MAKING SURE SHE DID HER CONTACT TRACING. SO MS. SPARANO YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE TEACHING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A NOTION THAT HOME, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE -- AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAYBE HIGHLIGHT THIS -- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, IF YOU ARE DELINEATING SCHOOL, HOME, WORK, HOME EXPOSURE, WE KNOW THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN. I MEAN, THAT'S DATA, SOME OF US WHETHER MASKS MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR NOT AND THAT'S CDC. YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERYWHERE. IT DEPENDS ON WHICH PART YOU GOOGLE AND THE KIND OF INFORMATION. BUT WE KNOW IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN, TO THOSE FOLKS WHO SAY, WHO OH, WELL, THEY ARE GETTING

162IT IN PARTIES OR THEY ARE GETTING IT, YOU KNOW, ELSEWHERE FROM SCHOOL. HOW DOES THAT WORK WHEN WE SEE IN SCHOOLS IT'S ACTUALLY DECREASING? EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GOING HOME. OR EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GOING PARENTS ARE GOING TO WORK. HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT WESTBOUND THAT. YES, MA'AM. SO I DISCUSSED IT WITH PRINCIPALS AND WESTBOUND MY TEAM AND WITH MRS. BROWN. IN OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS WHERE EVERYBODY IS MASKED, MY MASK PROTECTS YOU AND YOUR MASK PROTECTS ME. SO WHEN THEY GO HOME AND THEY ARE NOT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH 18 OTHER PEOPLE, AND MAYBE THEY ARE IN THE ROOM PLAYING VIDEO GAMES OR THEY ARE PLAYING OUTSIDE, THAT DISTANCING AND THAT MITIGATION IS KIND OF NATURALLY TAKING PLACE. SO I THINK THAT INCREASES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM NOT TO CONTRACT COVID IN THE

163COMMUNITY. ON THE FLIP SIDE WE DO KNOW THAT COVID IS TRANSMITTED VERY EASILY AND QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY IN HOUSEHOLD. SO WHERE A HOUSEHOLD MIGHT NOT BE LARGE, AND MAKE SURE THE PHYSICAL PLAN OF THE HOUSEHOLD ISN'T LARGE, BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS OCCUPANTS, EVEN SOME BEING VACCINATED AND SOME BEING UNVACCINATED, WE ARE SEEING HOUSEHOLD SPREAD. SO IT'S PART OF A DICHOTOMY. THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THE COMMUNITY SPREAD VERSUS THE SCHOOL SPREAD. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT SEEING AS MUCH SPREAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT THIS WAS THE DATA THAT I HAVE THAT YOU REQUESTED. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? Lynn Gray: YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTACT TRACING WAS DONE, AND THOSE PARENTS THAT HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE SICK, POSSIBLY WITH COVID, ARE GETTING TESTED, POSSIBLY TAKES 24 HOURS,

164OR MORE, AND THEN PARENTS AT HOME HOPEFULLY WILL BE HAVING MASKS, ET CETERA. I THINK THE HOOK IS COMING FOR ME TO BE QUIET SO I AM GOING TO GET BACK, MAYBE NOT, BUT I THINK THE POINT HAS BEEN MADE. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: SHE'S THREATENING ME ALMOST. ALL RIGHT. Stacy Hahn: YOU CAN GET BACK IN THE QUEUE, MEMBER GRAY, IF YOU LIKE. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: EVERY DAY I AM ACTUALLY ON STATE OF FLORIDA AND HILLSBOROUGH AND LOOKING AT THOSE DASH BOARDS AND IT LOOKS TO ME AS IF THE LAST FIVE OR SIX DAYS WE HIT THE PEAK AND WE ARE DECLINING. SO I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE WE ARE DRAINING BECAUSE WE ARE WEARING MASKS, BUT IF THERE'S AN OVERALL DECLINE IN

165THE STATE, SO WHAT WE DID TODAY, OR THE LAST FEW DAYS, I CALLED LIKE EIGHT OR NINE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SCHOOL SECRETARY DID, AND ALMOST EVERY PRIVATE SCHOOL IS ALL EXTENDING THE MASK MANDATE BESIDES THE TWO BERKELEY AND JESUIT WHO HAVEN'T HAD OPT OUT. AND MOST OF THEM ARE LOOKING AT THE 10% BEING THEIR METRIC. SO I AM JUST SAYING, IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT WE ARE DOING THIS. IT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WERE INITIALLY NOT HAVING IT OPTIONAL AND THEN THEY TURNED AROUND IT MANDATE ADDRESS THE STATE. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE DISCUSS MORE OF A DEFINITIVE NUMBER WHAT THAT LASS LIKE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PARENTS TO FEEL

166LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE 30 DOS, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE 30 DAYS, SOMETHING REALISTIC ON WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. AND I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PASCO AND PINELLAS, AND HOW ARE THEY COMPARING, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING MASKS WITH OPT OUT. I SPENT THE OTHER DAY AT ALONZO HIGH SCHOOL, I SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY THERE. MOST OF THE CHILDREN WERE WEARING MASKS WEST I ASKED THEM, MOST OF THEM DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR MASKS. A LOT OF KIDS ARE WEARING MASKS UNDERNEATH WITH THEIR NOSES ALL THE TIME. SO WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SOME AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY. THE SUPER SPREADER IS LUNCH. AND WE STILL ARE NOT ABLE TO AVOID THAT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOT LOOK AT GENERALLY LAST MONTH, WE HAD THE MOST

167DEATHS EVER SINCE COVID STARTED IN FLORIDA, AUGUST, LAST AUGUST, THIS PAST AUGUST WAS THE WORST. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING TIRED ABOUT MASKS, BUT HOW DO WE KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL AND HOW DO WE KEEP OUR DISTRICT OPEN? SO I GUESS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DO YOU THINK THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP MASKS, SO WE CAN KEEP OUR QUARANTINE LOWER AND KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOLS? OR DO YOU FEEL THAT'S NOT GOING TO REALLY IMPACT STUDENTS? Addison Davis: SO I WOULD SAY THIS. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DATA. THE DATA IS CLEAR THAT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE. SO THE CHANGE, THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN INFRASTRUCTURE IS -- AND TRACY, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, IS MASKS. WE DID A REAL NIGHT

168JOB PUSHING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUT ALSO DID A NICE JOB IMPLEMENTING CDC GUIDELINES RELATING TO QUARANTINE TRACING. WE HAVE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT FOLLOWING NO, SIR GUIDELINES AND THEY ARE REDUCING NUMBERS BUT I THINK YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELVES AT RISK AND OTHERS AS RISK. I'M ONE THAT WANTS TO ACCELERATE REDUCING THE QUARANTINE PROCESS WHICH WE HAVE. WE HAD IT FOR FIVE DAYS. WEIGHED IT FOR SIX, SEVEN, DAYS, TEN DAYS. I THINK IT HAS BEEN A CONTRIBUTOR WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE ON THE DATE. I'M DATA DRIVEN. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. SO I CAN'T DENY IT. WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, AND THAT'S BEEN THE ONLY INDICATOR I THINK WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. Nadia Combs: IF THERE WASN'T AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, I HATE TO ASK THE QUESTION, BUT

169IF THERE WASN'T AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND IF THERE WASN'T A COURT HANDLING, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT MASKS? BECAUSE I ASKED MY PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS EVERY DAY WHEN I GO OUT THERE. AND WHAT THEY ARE TELLING ME IS, LISTEN, WE DON'T LIKE THE MASKS, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL, AND THEY ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T BE THE MASK POLICE. WHEN YOU ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SIT AROUND AND LOOK AT EVERY UNIFORM AND EVERY MASK. I KNOW IT'S NOT REALISTIC. BUT AS FAR AS IT'S A HARD DECISION TO MAKE, YOU KNOW,. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF NOT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER BUT WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR DISTRICT? Addison Davis: WE DO HAVE

170AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SO RIGHT NOW, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND WEIGHED THE EVIDENCE THAT I PRESENTED TAINT, ONE THING, WHAT WE HAVE DONE THE LAST TWO WEEKS, IT'S REDUCED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS WHICH IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE AND ALWAYS A CELEBRATION IT. WE HAVE HAD KIDS IN FRONT OF OUR TEACHERS AND WE NEED TO DO IT IN A SAFE SOCIAL MANNER. LAST YEAR WEIGHED MASKS THE ENTIRE YEAR. WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. SO WITH THE NUMBERS LAG, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND WITHOUT THE NEW BILL OF RIGHTS FOR FAMILY, FAMILY RIGHTS, JULY 1st, REQUEST THIS INFORMATION, I THINK MASKS HELPED US. IT HAS REALLY REDUCED SOME OF THE STRESSORS OF PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURES ON ADMINISTRATION OR STAFF FOR CONTACT TRACING AND INTERACTION.

171Nadia Combs: I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REAL REALIZE IT'S REALLY ABOUT KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOLS AND NOT CLOSING OUR DISTRICT DOWN, NOT CLOSING SCHOOLS DOWN, AND ALSO JUST OVERALL, JUST MITIGATING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. SO BASED ON YOUR MOTION AND INTERACTION RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE SAYING THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARENTS BILL OF RATES THAT YOU WOULD BE RECOMMENDING WEARING MASKS LIKE LAST YEAR? Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM THROUGH THE CHAIR, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I AM JUST REFERENCING THAT WE HAD A -- LAST YEAR WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OPENING UP IN A SAFE SOCIAL MANNER. I WOULD SAY IF WE HAD TREND DATA WITHOUT THE NEW LAW THAT WAS

172IMPLEMENTED JULY 1st WITHOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY FOR DISCUSSION I WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE THROUGH THE DATA. Stacy Hahn: INTERESTING. OKAY. QUITE A BIG JUMP FROM 30 DAYS TO HEAR. SO I'M DATA DRIVEN, TAKE, SUPERINTENDENT. AND OUR DATA IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO MRS. SPARANO, WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THE JUMP IN OUR DATA FROM 248 CASES TO 21 CASES UP TO NOW 456 CASES IN JUST THE LAST TWO DAYS? WHY ARE WE SEEING THIS KIND OF ERRATIC JUMP DAY TO DAY? WHAT WOULD YOU A TRIBUTE THAT TO? IT'S THE WEEKEND, THE DAYS THAT ARE HAD HEY DAYS. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS IS IT TAKES MORE THAN TWO DAYS TO TURN POSITIVE SO WE JUST GOT OFF A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. Melissa Snively: ITSELF TAKES 7 TO 14 DAYS.

173WE HAVEN'T SEEN EVEN THE EFFECTS OF THIS PAST WEEKEND. SO ARE YOU SAYING WHERE IS THE 456 COMING FROM THEN? Jennifer Sparano: THESE ARE CASES THAT WERE REPORTED ON TUESDAY, WHICH WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT WE WERE IN SCHOOL FOR THE WEEK. SO IF PARENTS HAD BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS HAD BEEN AVAILABLE TO PARENTS TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, SOME OF THOSE 456 CASES WOULD HAVE BEEN DISBURSED ON THE 5th AND THE 6th WHICH WAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AND YOU WILL SEE THAT HIGH DAYS LIKE THE LAST 2001 MONDAYS HAVE BEEN HAIR THAN THE REST OF THE WEEK AS WELL. Stacy Hahn: THEY ARE JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE. Jennifer Sparano: BECAUSE THAT'S THE DATA THEY ARE REPORTING. AND THEY DON'T REPORT ON THE WEEKEND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOL. Stacy

174Hahn: SO THE PROTOCOLS WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE PUT THIS MANDATE IN PLACE, AND AT THAT TIME OUR NUMBERS WERE EXTREMELY HIGH IN QUARANTINE AND WE DISCUSSED THAT. THERE WAS A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE HIGH NUMBERS AND THE LACK OF FIDELITY IN WHICH THE QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED ACROSS SCHOOLS. SO I KNOW THAT -- I KNOW THAT WE ARE SEEING NUMBERS GO DOWN IN THE QUARANTINING, THE NUMBERS ARE DECREASING. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT MEETING, YOU SENT OUT MULTIPLE E-MAILS, HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS, IN PERSON WITH PRINCIPALS AROUND QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS, AND REALLY TRYING TO GET THE FIDELITY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION INCREASED. I KNOW WE ARE SAYING THAT, OH, MASKS IS WHAT'S DRIVING THIS DOWN, BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MASK MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT

175ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THESE NUMBERS GOING DOWN. AND ONE OF THEM IS PROBABLY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MORFFY DEALT IN OUR QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS, CORRECT? Addison Davis: IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH FROM DAY ONE, FROM YOUR SIDE, YOU DEAL WITH IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU SEE THE MAJOR INCONSISTENCIES IN THAT PROCESS. Jennifer Sparano: I WASN'T PRIVY TO THAT DISCUSSION YOU HAD WITH PRINCIPALS. THE ONLY LEARNING CURVE THAT WE HAD WAS THAT FIRST WEEK, MAYBE THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF SCHOOL, WHERE WE HAD TRAINED OUR STAFF ON ONE SET OF PROTOCOLS ON JULY 31st AND AUGUST 2nd AN THEN AFTER THE EMERGENCY RECALL ON AUGUST 6:00 H 6th YOU DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, THE STUDENT PROTOCOL CHANGED. SO IT WAS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE EMERGENCY MASK ORDER. Stacy

176Hahn: I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE EMERGENCY MASK AT THAT MEETING WE DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT WE HAD SOME PRINCIPALS WHO WERE QUARANTINING ACCORDING TO YOUR PROTOCOLS, AND SOME WHO WERE QUARANTINING WHOLE CLASSROOMS, SOME WHO WERE CONTACT TRACING ACROSS EVERY SPECIAL AND QUARANTINING ALL OF THOSE CLASSROOMS, AND I GATHERED THAT FROM TALKING TO PARENTS AND PRINCIPALS. SO I AM NOT SAYING IT WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH YOUR PROTOCOLS OR HOW YOU TRAINED PEOPLE ON THEM. BUT IT'S A BIG DISTRICT. AND PRINCIPALS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND WHOEVER WAS THE COVID COMMANDER AT THOSE SCHOOLS, IN SOME CASES IT'S NOT THE PRINCIPAL, WERE IMPLEMENTING QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ALL I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT TIGHTENING THAT UP AND BECOMING MORE CONSISTENT HAS PROBABLY HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE DECREASE IN QUARANTINES. I WILL ALSO

177SAY THAT THE OTHER THING THAT'S PROBABLY A BIG CONTRIBUTOR HERE -- AND I AGREE WITH MEMBER COMBS' COMMENTS AROUND WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND NOBODY IS MASKED, AND WE HAVE SEEN ALL THE FOOTBALL GAMES, AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE NOT MASKED, WEDDINGS ARE HAPPENING, DIFFERENT EVENTS AROUND THE COMMUNITY ARE HAPPENING, THERE'S A GAME TONIGHT, AND PEOPLE ARE TAILGATING AHEAD OF TIME EVEN IF STADIUMS HAVE MASK MANDATES, AND WE ARE SEEING, THE GOOD THING IS WE ARE STARTING TO TREND DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY. NOBODY IS WEARING MASKS. THESE BIG PARTIES AND GATHERINGS ARE HAPPENING. AND WE ARE TRENDING DOWN. SO, YES, I THINK JUST LIKE MRS. COMBS, AND YET WE ARE MASKING OUR KIDS IN SCHOOLS. I THINK ALSO THE -- AND DR. HOLT WHEN WE HAD HIM HERE, HE

178MADE A STATEMENT THAT STURK WITH ME. HE SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE SCHOOLS. RIGHT. Stacy Hahn: SO OF COURSE IF WE SEE THE TRANSMISSION GOING DOWNWARD IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO CORRELATE TO OUR SCHOOLS. IT DOESN'T WORK THE OTHER WAY. NOW, THAT'S JUST MY POINT. I'M ALSO GOING TO SUPPORT -- I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE ARE BEING SOMEWHERE HEAVY HANDED IN SAYING THAT EVERYTHING WE ARE SEEING ON THESE PAPERS TONIGHT ARE ONLY DUE TO MASKS. AND I'M SAYING THAT MAY BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING THESE NUMBERS UP AND DOWN, AND A LOT OF IT IS HATCHING OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO I JUST WANT US TO BE REALLY CAREFUL

179AND NOT BE SO HEAVY HANDED BECAUSE PEOPLE DO LISTEN TO WHAT WE ARE SAYING HERE, AND IT INFLUENCES PEOPLE. I MEAN, REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH HOW WE ARE PRESENTING THE DATA, BECAUSE IT CAN COME ACROSS AS VERY IRRESPONSIBLE. SO, YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PARENTAL CHOICE IN THIS MATTER. I THINK PARENTS MADE GOOD DECISIONS. I THINK EVEN BEFORE THE MANDATE, PARENTS HONOR HAD OPTED OUT WERE STILL EXPEND -- SENDING THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL IN A MASK. BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S OPINION. I APPRECIATE THE CONSTITUENTS WHO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT, AND SO I WILL END THERE. I KNOW MRS. VAUGHN HAS A COMMENT AND THEN WE CAN VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, SUPERINTENDENT WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO MY QUESTIONS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. AND DR.

180HAHN, YOU ARE CORRECT, WE DID HAVE SOME OUTLIERS WHERE WE HAD SOME QUARANTINED THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE DID TIGHTEN THAT UP AND IT COULD BE A CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT PROCESS. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR US TO DO MASKS FOR A FULL YEAR. I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR CHOICE FROM DAY ONE. BUT I DID SAY I AM WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE TWO ELEMENTS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH TO HAVE A CONVERSATION RELATED TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GO. I WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT PARENT CHOICE. I HAVE DONE THAT FROM DAY ONE, FROM EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS, AT THE SAME TOKE TONE THIS. BUT WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION

181RELATED TO WHERE WE ARE. AND I APPRECIATE IT. Stacy Hahn: I APPRECIATE YOUR CLARIFICATION. THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MRS. SPARANO. I AM CURRENTLY QUARANTINING. DUE TO EXPOSURE. AND FROM EVERYTHING I AM READING, SYMPTOMS CAN SHOW UP TWO TO THREE DAYS. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? AM I MISREADING SOMETHING? IS IT 7 TO 10 DAY INCUBATION PERIOD SPECIFICALLY? OR CAN SYMPTOMS SHOW THEMSELVES IN TWO TO THREE DAYS? Jennifer Sparano: YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. SO I IF DELTA VARIANT, THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE BECOME SYMPTOMATIC MORE QUICKLY THAN THEY DID WITH THE ORIGINAL STRAIN OF COVID. I DON'T HAVE UNIVERSAL DATA ON WHAT THE AVERAGE RATE OF DEMONSTRATING SYMPTOMS IS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE

182WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND EMPLOYEES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE SYMPTOMS AFTER EXPOSURE SOON AFTER EXPOSURE, TWO DAYS, ALL THE WAY UP TO SEVEN DAYS. Jessica Vaughn: THEN THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY WAS THE POINT THAT I TRIED TO MAKE AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION WAS THAT PART OF WHAT WAS DRIVING OUR QUARANTINE NUMBERS UP WERE UNMASKED STUDENTS SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER BASED ON OUR PROTOCOLS. SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR QUARANTINE NUMBERS GOING DOWN, MAYBE THEY SHALL NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION MUCH COVID, TRANSMISSION OF COVID, BUT THEY ARE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT BASED ON OUR QUARANTINE POLICY, IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN EXPOSED WEARING A MASK, SITTING NEXT TO ANOTHER STUDENT WHO IS

183WEARING A MASK, THAT STUDENT WHO WAS POSSIBLY EXPOSED ALSO WEARING A MASK DOESN'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE. IS THAT CORRECT? Jennifer Sparano: AS LONG AS THE STUDENTS ARE THREE FEET APART, THAT'S CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: SO MASKS IN GENERAL WHETHER THEY ARE ACTUALLY CONTAINING THE TRANSMISSION, BASED ON OUR POLICIES, ARE ABSOLUTELY DRIVING DOWN OUR QUARANTINE NUMBERS. IS THAT CORRECT? Jennifer Sparano: YES, MA'AM, IT IS. Jessica Vaughn: THEN NOT THAT IT MATTERS BUT I JUST WANT TO SCHOLAR IF I THAT MANY OF THESE LARGE EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING UNMASKED, THERE IS POLICIES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO SUBMIT PROOF OF VACCINATION OR THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT A COVID TEST THAT'S NEGATIVE. SO THERE IS MITIGATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO FROM WHAT I AM READING, OUR VACCINATION NUMBERS ARE GOING UP SO I DO AGREE WITH DR. HAHN

184IN THE WAY THAT WHEN WE TRY TO PINPOINT WHAT'S DRIVING UP OR DOWN OUR NUMBERS, IT IS HARD TO POINT TO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT TO CLOSE WITH, REGARD LUGS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE ON WHAT'S DRIVING TRANSMISSION IN OUR SCHOOLS, THE MASKS, MULTIPLE CHILDREN WARRICK MASKS, THE MASK MANDATES ARE ABSOLUTELY BASED ON OUR POLICY IS DRIVING DOWN OUR QUARANTINE NUMBERS AND MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS WHO AREN'T MAYBE INFECTED OR WOULDN'T NORMALLY NEED A QUARANTINE ARE IN SCHOOL, IN CLASS, GETTING THE ATTENTION THEY NEED. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CO-CHAIR. MRS. SPARANO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAVE THESE COVID -- BEFORE THEY QUARANTINE,

185DO THEY CONTACT YOU OR DO THEY JUST DECIDE HOW MANY DAYS YOU ARE GOING TO BE UNDER QUARANTINE? Jennifer Sparano: THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, MR. WASHINGTON. SO IT'S BEEN A GRADUAL RELEASE SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SCHOOL. HE SO A SCHOOL WHERE THE COVID COMMANDER HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE JULY 2020 WHEN I WAS APPOINTED INTO THIS POSITION, THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF PRACTICE, A LOT OF ONE ON ONE OJT WITH ME SO THEY ARE AT A PLACE WHERE THEY MATE CALL ME WHEN THERE'S A GRAY SITUATION. THEY ARE GOING TO SHOOT ME A TEXT AND NOTIFY ME WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT THEY KNOW HOW TO COUNT THE DAYS. THEY KNOW HOW TO MEASURE THE CLASS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE DOTTED THEIR IS AND CROSSED THEIR TS, IF YOU WILL.

186THIS YEAR WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW COVID LEADS, THE LAST ONES LAST YEAR GOT A WILL LITTLE TIRED. SO WE ARE DOING A LOT OF ONE ON ONE WITH THEM, AND I DO SPEAK REQUEST A LOT OF THEM REGULARLY, EVERY DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 6:30 IN THE MORNING TILL 10:00 AT NIGHT AND THEN MARTINEZ WHO IS ON MY TEAM, SHE ALSO ASSISTSND IN WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND HELPING THEM MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS AND THEY WANT TO DO THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT THING. AND NINE OUT OF TEN TIMES I GIVE THEM THE ANSWER THEY SAY THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND THANK YOU, MS. BROWN AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE

187HARD WORK YOU ARE DOING DURING COVID. I KNOW IT'S VERY TIRING. IT'S VERY TEDIOUS WORK AND WE APPRECIATE IT, AS WELL AS I'M SURE WE ALL WANT TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF ON THE FRONT LINES OF OUR SCHOOLS WHO ARE ALSO DOING A LOT OF THE COVID WORK AND WORKING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS IS VERY STRESSFUL. SO THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR AND YOU WANT TO GO OVER IT MAYBE ONE MORE TIME JUST TO BE CLEAR, MR. PORTER? Addison Davis: WANT TO KNOW THE ACTUAL DATE. Jim Porter: THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY CHAIR GRAY AND SECONDED BY JESSICA VAUGHN IS TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY WITHDRAWAL THAT THIS BOARD ADOPTED ON AUGUST 18th WITH ALL THE EXHIBITS ATTACHED TO IT, AND

188EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THAT INCLUDING PARENTAL OPT OUT WITH MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, AND EXTEND THAT FOR 30 DAYS UNTIL OCTOBER 15th. BEFORE THAT TIME THE BOARD WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TON REVISIT THE ISSUE AGAIN, AND WITH ANOTHER 30 DAYS REMAINING IF THEY WANT TO CONSIDER FURTHER. THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ATTACHED TO A MATRIX, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO RULE MAKING. THE ONLY THING YOU ARE VOTING ON NOW IS CONTINUE THE MASK MANDATE FOR 30 DAYS UNTIL OCTOBER 30th. OCTOBER 13 -- OCTOBER 15th. OCTOBER 15th. YES. Stacy Hahn: PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE VOTE FASES WITH MYSELF DISSENTING. THANK YOU. AND MEMBER SNIVELY AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE. Stacy Hahn: IT WAS, WASN'T IT? Lynn Gray: I

189GRINNED AND BEARED IT. THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT CO-CHAIR, TOO, BY THE WAY. WE ARE GOING TO JUST BOUNCE RATE OVER TO 3.01, AND THIS IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM, STATE OF FLORIDA STATE WIDE VOLUNTARY APPRAISE KINDERGARTEN, VPK, PROVIDER, CONTRACT FORM OEL, VPK 20 WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THE 2021-22 FISCAL YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WILL YOU HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS AN APPROVAL AGREEMENT WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SINCE 2006, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS OFFERED VPK VOLUNTARY APPRAISE KINDERGARTEN SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A PROCESS WHERE THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION SUPPORTS THIS INITIATIVE BY PROVIDING OVER 500, 000 DOLLARS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BEING ABLE TO OFFER SERVICES TO OUR CHILDREN SO WE CAN CONTINUE

190TO HELP THEM WITH A BASIC NECESSARY SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IT'S OVER 100 SCHOOLS THAT WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE, AND IT'S A PRORATED SCALE RELATED TO PARENTS BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FINANCIALLY, AND ALL BASED ON PARENTS WITH LESS STATUS N WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THIS IS ALL ABOUT OFFERING VOLUNTARY APPRAISE K SERVICES RELATED TO VPK, TITLE 1 VPK AND THE SAME OPPORTUNITY WITH SUMMER VPK, OVER ALL 540 HOURS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN A 300 DIM HOURS DURING THE SUMMER. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION MAKING THIS A PRIORITIES BECAUSE THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO IMPLEMENT, OFFER STUDENTS BE EXPOSED TO EDUCATION EARLY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER

191COMBS. MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. WOULD YOU HAVE A QUESTION? Nadia Combs: I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION BUT MORE OF A COMMENT. I TALKED TO MS. BROWN AT LENGTH TODAY AND I TALKED TO HER IN THE PAST, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AS A BOARD MEMBER, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO TALK ABOUT DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT, AND I KNOW THAT MANY BOARD MEMBERS FEEL THE SAME WAYS AS I DO. I REALLY WANT TO START LOOKING AT SCHOOLS NOT AT KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 4th GLADE BUT THROUGH 12th GRADE AND EXPANDING OUR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT -- NOT EXPANDING BECAUSE WE HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER. I WAS VERY, VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE MOU

192WITH MORGAN ELEMENTARY, WITH I IS ONE OF MY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HOW CORNERSTONE MACHINE INDUSTRIES HAS A PROGRAM, AND THEY ARE NOT PAYING FACILITY USAGE. AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER. SO WHEN SOMEONE COMES INTO THAT SCHOOL, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED. AND I KNOW WHEN I SPOKE TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD THE MO WITH YOU, THEY DISCUSSED EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. WELL, YES, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS PRIVATIZATION OCCURRING, AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING PROFITS OFF THAT. I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO IS ANTI-PRIVATIZATION. OKAY. I BELIEVE IN COMPETITION. YOU BELIEVE IN CAPITALISM. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THAT TO GO OUTSIDE? SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO -- I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING

193ON IT, MRS. BROWN, ON A TASK FORCE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT WHAT IT LASS LIKE TO EXPAND. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 12%. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO GET TO 25% OR 50%? NOT JUST THE FINANCIAL IMPACT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE SCHOOL READINESS IMPACT. SO WHEN CHILDREN ENTER OUR SCHOOL, AND THEY COME IN AT 3 YEARS OLD, AS WE EXPAND MAYBE APPRAISE OH-K TO 8th GRADE CAMPUSES WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY, PRE-K TO 6th GRADE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO THAT BECAUSE THAT ENSURES THAT STUDENTS ARE READY, THAT THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SCHOOL, AND AS WELL AS WE CAN KEEP KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THAT PILOT PROGRAM, BEFORE THINKING ABOUT EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM, WHY ARE WE NOT DOING

194THAT OURSELVES? SO THAT'S WHY I PULLED THAT ITEM. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MRS. BROWN, ARE THEY PAWING A FEE TO RUN THAT PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE FACILITY? NT. Tracye Brown: YES, MA'AM, THEY ARE PAYING FOR CUSS TOLLAS. I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE OTHER THING. ENERGY AND CUSTODIAL SO THEY ARE PAYING ABOUT $ THOUSAND. Stacy Hahn: SO THEY ARE PAYING ABOUT A $13,000 FEE. WASN'T THERE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT, GRACE POINT IS PAYING US A DOLLAR, WAS IT, FOR THREE YEARS TO USE ONE OF OUR FACILITIES? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY PULLED THAT. IT WAS ON CONSENT. Stacy Hahn: AND THERE IS QUITE A FEW WHERE THEY DON'T PAY ANYTHING OR THEY PAY A DOLLAR. SO THEY ARE PAYING $13 THAT YOU TO RUN THAT

195PILOT PROGRAM. SO IT'S NOT PRIVATIZATION. AND I HAVEN'T SAID MUCH WHEN THIS HAS COME UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP. AND IT'S A PILOT. IF IT DOESN'T WORK IT WON'T BE EXPANDED. AND WHEN WE REALLY ALL TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO BE INNOVATIVE AND EXPANDING. I KNOW MRS. BROWN, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ARE EXPANDING OUR PROGRAM. AND MAYBE THE MORE THAT WE EXPAND, THE LESS THAT WE PARTNER, EXPAND THE PARTNERSHIP. BUT WE HAVE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE. WE CAN'T GET IT UP FAST ENOUGH, BUT I UNDERSTAND MEMBER COMBS' CONCERN. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE US JUST SIT BACK AND GET OVERTAKEN BY THESE TAPES OF PARTNERSHIPS. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A VERY VULNERABLE PLACE. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING SO THAT WE CAN

196CAPTURE A LOT OF KIDS. BUT I DO RESPECT YOUR CONCERNS. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP. AND IT MAY EXPAND. IT MAY NOT. THE REALITY IS IT MAY NOT EXPAND AFTER THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANKS, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: JUST ONE LAST COMMENT ON THAT. I THINK THE LOSS OF FACILITY USAGE WAS ABOUT I THINK LAKE 33 THAT YOU OR SOMETHING AROUND THAT. IT WAS IN THE 30 THAT YOU RANGE. AS I SAID, I BELIEVE IN PARTNERSHIPS. IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IN MORGAN WADS COMING. I JUST THINK IF WHAT IS HINDERING US FROM EXPANDING IS THAT CERTIFIED TEACHER, WHEN WE CAN DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT AREAS, LIKE WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO EXPAND WHEN WE DO HAVE THAT SPACE IN THE SCHOOLS, WHEN

197WE DO HAVE THE LUNCHROOM, WHEN WE DO HAVE -- WHEN WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT. WHEN I WALK AROUND THE PEACE PROGRAM OR THE ACCESS PROGRAM, I CAN SEE WONDERFUL THINGS A.M. SO INSTEAD OF JUST LOOKING AT JUST THE PARTNERSHIP AND DOES IT WORK OR NOT WORK, LET'S JUST TRY TO KEEP THAT IN-HOUSE BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW THAT THOSE CHILDREN ARE KINDERGARTEN READY AND WE KNOW -- AND IF THERE'S A PROGRAM IN OUR SCHOOL, WHEN A PARENT COMES IN AND THEY WALK INTO THE SCHOOL, THEY ARE GOING TO THINK THAT'S MORGAN WOODS. THEY ARE GOING TO THINK THAT'S HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO THINK THAT'S A PRIVATE ENTITY. SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT ON GOTH WHAT'S HINDERING US AND HOW CAN WE EXPAND? SO

198I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT I DON'T THINK PARTNERSHIPS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT IF WE ARE HANDING OUT, LISTEN, IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAND OUT PLACES, LET ME TAKE A BUNCH, RATE? SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE LOSS OF 36 THAT YOU, AND PEOPLE PROFITING, THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LONG-TERM FOR OUR DISTRICT? THANK YOU, DR. HAHN AND MEMBER COMBS. I JUST WANT TO EMPATHIZE THE FACT THAT THE TASK FORCE, THE ROLE OF THE TASK FORCE IS TO BRING A PROPOSAL TO YOU, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ON HOW WE CAN EXPAND INCREASE ACCESS TO QUALITY PROGRAMS, AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE INSTRUCTION THAT IS OCCURRING IN OUR CLASSROOMS SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR OUTCOMES AT KINDERGARTEN FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS. THE PILOT AT MORGAN WOODS IS EXACTLY

199THAT. IT'S A PILOT. IT'S ONE SITE. AND OUR PURPOSE IN DOING ONE SITE IS ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THAT, WAS SO THAT WE COULD SEE WHAT WOULD WORK. WE ARE CONSISTENTLY AND CONSTANTLY REVIEWING WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, LOOKING AT WHAT'S WORKING, LOOKING AT WHAT'S NOT WORKING VERY WELL, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. IF IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE, ABSOLUTELY WE'LL NOT ASK TO INCREASE THAT. ALSO, IF WE DO, AND THERE ARE ISSUES AROUND CERTIFICATION, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPECT, AND REQUIRE WHEN WE PARTNER WITH A PRIVATE PROVIDER. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: OKAY, MEMBER DOMES, DOES THAT SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY? AND THANK YOU, PROSECUTES BROWN. AND THANK YOU, CO-CHAIR HAHN FOR BRINGING UP THOSE POINTS AS WELL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. MEMBER VAUGHN? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

200IT'S UNANIMOUS. IT PASSES. AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, IT IS, PREVIOUS TO THE GAME STILL, BUT WE HAVE BOARD COMMENTS. SO IF YOU WOULD GET IN LANE FOR THOSE COMMENTS. AND HEAR WE GO. MEMBER HAHN, YOU ARE UP. AND THEN MEMBER WASHINGTON. OOPS. ARE YOU READY? HE'S READY. Stacy Hahn: I BELIEVE PABLO -- I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT MYON NUMBERS, AGAIN THIS MONTH, FOR AUGUST, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERACTING WITH MYON, AS YOU KNOW, MYON IS FREE TO EVERY CHILD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NOT JUST STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO EVERY CHILD AND PARENT CAN LOG ON TO USE MYON. AND IN AUGUST, WE HAD, AS YOU CAN SEE, OVER 3, 000,000 BOOKS ACCESSED, AND OVER 91,000 BACKS WERE READ, AND OVER 40 THAT YOU HOURS

201CHILDREN SPENT INTERACTING AND READING MYON. THIS IS FANTASTIC. A STUDENT ASK ACCESS THESE BOOKS ELECTRONICALLY IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. THE BOOKS, THEY CAN READ THE BACKS OR THEY CAN HAVE THE BOOKS READ TO THEM. AND YOU CAN ACCESS IT ON A COMPUTER, A PHONE, A TABLET, SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL. AS YOU CAN SEE OVER THE SUMMER, WEIGHED OVER 25,000 HOURS THAT STUDENTS OR CHILDREN SPENT TIME READING, AND OVER 180,000 BOOKS WERE ACCESSED, AND OVER 57 THAT YOU BOOKS READ. 67 THAT YOU BOOKS READ. THEN THE MILES STREET TEAM WHO RAN SOME GREAT SUMMER CHALLENGES HAD 105 VISITS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER, TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. HOST SITES, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE PLANT CITY PARKS AND REC AND THE YMCA CAMPS AND THEY DO DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AT THOSE CAMPS TO ENGAGE OVER THE

202SUMMER IN READING AND COMBAT THAT SUMMER SLIDE THAT CAN EXIST. SO THAT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS OVER THE SUMMER. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, AND SCHOOL READINESS. SO THANKS MYON FOR THEIR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. NEXT BOARD MEETING I WILL HAVE SOME DATES FOR THE LITERACY FAIRS. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE THIS YEAR. WE HAVE THREE SCHEDULED, MAYBE A FOURTH. WE ARE WAITING TO SCHEDULE. SO POTENTIALLY FOUR MORE LIT REESE FAIRS THIS YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM AT THE DRIVE-THROUGH FORMAT, AND SO WHEN I HAVE MORE DETAILS I WILL BE SHARING THOSE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. Lynn Gray: VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NICELY DONE, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO

203MAKE SURE WE DON'T COME BACK TO DISTRICT 5. WE HAD A GREAT TIME IN DISTRICT 5. AND ALSO MRS. SPARANO, THANK YOU FOR DOING A GOOD JOB. YOU REALLY HAVE A HELL OF A JOB. I AM GOING TO SAY IT JUST LIKE THAT. SO I THINK YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. OKAY. SO I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO JENNIE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND MRS. PATTERSON OVER THERE, SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB AT JENNIE. YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT JENNIE BUT WHEN I WENT THERE ALL THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WAS ON TASK. THEY REQUEST REALLY WORKING. I DID NOT SEE ONE PERSON DISGRUNTLED WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THE SCHOOL WITH MRS. HANNA. I WENT TO THE 8th GRADE ELA CLASS, MRS. GADSDEN WAS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. ALL KIDS WAS ON TASK I.LEFT THERE AND WENT

204TO THE 8th GRADE READING WITH MRS. COLEY. THOSE KIDS WAS ENGAGED AND THEY WAS WRITING, THEY WERE TALKING AND THERE WAS GREAT ENGAGEMENT. THEN I WENT TO THE 8TH GRADE APPRAISE ALGEBRA CLASS REQUEST MRS. HORTON, ON TASK. DOING WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. I LEFT THERE. THEN I WENT TO THE 8th GRADE APPRAISE ALGEBRA MRS. CARNEY. ALL THE KID WAS ON TASK AND THERE WAS QUESTIONS GOING ON AND THEY WERE ENGAGED. AND MY LAST ONE I WENT TO WAS THE SIXTH GRADE MATH WITH MRS. COBB AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. SHE HAD KIDS ON TASK, THEY WERE ON COMPUTERS. THE UPBEAT IS REALLY GOOD AT JENNIE. I THINK WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I REALLY DO. I WAS IMPRESSED. BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO A SCHOOL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS

205QUESTION IS THE STUDENTS. THAT THE STUDENTS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THE TEACHER CAN TELL YOU BUT I WANT THE STUDENTS TO TELL ME AND THEY WERE ALL ON TASK. AND I WANT TO SAY THIS BEFORE I CLOSE OUT. NOW THE GREATEST PART ABOUT IT? THEY GAINED 30 POINTS. THEY GAINED 30 POINTS AT JENNINGS. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT WHO ARE REALLY WORKING REALLY HARD IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GO BUCS. I CAN RAISE THE FLAG. Lynn Gray: HE'S READY. THANKS, MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND YOUR POSITIVITY IS UNEFFECTTIOUS SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MEMBER VAUGHN, NEXT. AND LET'S HEAR FROM MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MINE IS PRETTY SHORT TONIGHT. I DID HAVE A PHOTO THAT I WANTED TO SHARE IF PABLO CAN PUT THAT ON

206THE SCREEN. I HAD THE HONOR LAST WEEK OR THE WEAK BEFORE, OF GOING OUT TO THE TEMPLE TERRACE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TAMPA BAY, AND REALLY LEARNING ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION IN A WAY I HADN'T LEARNED BEFORE AND THEIR MISSION REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS THE SAME TRAJECTORY IN LIVE, EVERY CHILD REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE AND TWO, AND THEIR PROGRAMS AUTOPSIED HOW THEY CUSTOMIZE THEM TO EACH STUDENT AND FILLING SO MUCH GAPS AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AND BLOWN APP WAY BY THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THEM. THE PARENTS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AFTER CARE ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND OUR DISTRICT IN GENERAL. MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, I'M SURE

207MANY OF YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY MEET WITH THEM AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR MISSION, I KENR ENCOURAGE TO YOU DO SO. SO THAT'S KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS OF MY WEEK LAST WEEK. AND JUST IN CLOSING LIKE I NORMALLY DO, I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS WHO ARE WORKING THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. I KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING IT IS REQUEST AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING, AND CLASSROOMS DOUBLING, AND ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW. AND I SCANT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE AT OUR SCHOOLS, OUR TEACHERS EVERY DAY, OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS, BUS DRIVERS, OUR EXECUTOR GUARDS, CUSTODIANS, EVERYBODY WHO IS REALLY KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS OPEN. AND EVEN AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND OUR DISTRICT OFFICE, ALL OF

208THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORK SO HARD AND WHO ARE SO RESPONSIVE TO THE ALL THE REQUESTS AND SO POLITE. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK AND EVEN MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS A REALLY CHALLENGING TIME TO BE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND FACED WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, AND I THINK IN COMPARISON TO A LOT OF OTHER MEETINGS, OUR MEETINGS RUN PRETTY WELL, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY, AND TO OFFER SOME POSITIVITY DURING THIS VERY CHALLENGING TIME. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMARK ABOUT OUR BOARD MEMBERS. WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, BECAUSE GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME I SEE THE IMPACT OF WHAT COVID IS DOING

209AND THE CONTACT TRACING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU REALLY LISTENING. AND THEN SUPPORTING GIVING OPTION ONE AND TWO FOR THE PRINCIPALS AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. I KNOW EVERYBODY IS WORKING VERY HARD AT EVERY LEVEL TO CONTACT TRACE AND WHEN A PARENT GETS A CALL TO SAY THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS AND FEAR THAT THEY HAVE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. ALONG WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE THE PAPER, THE TUTORING PROGRAM. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. I NOTICE THAT WHEN WE HAD THAT IN COMMUNICATIONS, THE PAPER, CLICK THE ICON, I WOULD LOVE TO CLICK THAT AND GO RATE TO CLEVER BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES STUDENTS

210DON'T KNOW THAT. I WAS AT ALONZO HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO SUB FOR MRS. GLIEK, I THINK IT WAS THIS WEAK. EVERYTHING IS A BLUR. BUT ON TUESDAY I WAS ABLE TO SUBSTITUTE TEACH ALL DAY, WAS LIKE HONESTLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF BEING ON THE BOARD, AND BEING ABLE TO SEE FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIORS AND SENIORS, AND I SAW ON HER DESK SHE HAD PAPER HIGHLIGHTED BUT I ASKED STUDENTS IF YOU KNEW ABOUT THAT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING THAT OUT AND THAT MEANS EVERY WEBSITE. AND I ALSO THOUGHT, WHY ISN'T THERE A BANNER AT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT SAYS FREE TUTORING ACCESS, TO REALLY GET THAT OUT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOOL AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

211WE ARE USING THAT TOOL BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, I DID HAVE A CHILD THERE TELLING ME THEY TRADE IT AND IT WAS LIKE ALGEBRA 2 AT ONE IN THE MORNING AND SHE SAID IT WAS GREAT. ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TUTORING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS WHEN YOU ARE REALLY SUBMITTING YOUR COLLEGE ESSAYS, AND THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO SUBMIT THEIR COLLEGE ESSAYS, WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOMEBODY WHO PROFESSIONALLY LOOK AT THAT. SO I REALLY WANT TO PUSH THAT. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STUDENTS AT ALONZO HIGH SCHOOL. AND I JUST HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME. SINCE THEN I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE MORE OFFERS SO I AM

212ALREADY BACKED FOR A COUPLE MORE SUBBING. YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO REALLY FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SCHOOLS IS REALLY TALKING TO THE STUDENTS, AND THE STUDENTS TOLD ME SOME OF THEIR BIG CONCERNS WERE, I WILL BE HONEST, THE AMOUNT OF TESTING THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OVER TESTED. ALSO THE UNIFORM POLICY, HOW THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS COMPARED TO BOYS. THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN. AT ONE WAS THE LUNCHES, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TACK IN A BIG FACILITY TO GET A LUNCH, AND WHAT THAT LASS LIKE FOR SOCIAL TIME. AND FINALLY, MANY OF THE CHILDREN DID NOT WANT TO WEAR MASKS, BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE STAYING IN SCHOOL AND HOW MANY OF THEM HAD EXPERIENCED QUARANTINES LAST YEAR AND HOW

213THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO BE IN SCHOOL, AND THEY WERE REALLY HOPEFUL FOR A HOMECOMING. SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR FROM PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS BUT REALLY THE CUSTOMERS ARE THE STUDENTS. SO HEARING FROM THEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S SOMETHING I REALLY DEFINITELY WANT TO DO REGULARLY. AND THE LAST THING IS LATINOS IN ACTION, AT PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A CAR QUASI-JUDICIAL THIS SATURDAY FROM ANYONE 9 TO 11 SO I HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE GO OUT TO SUPPORT THIS GROUP. I KNOW I WILL BE THERE. SO PLEASE COME OUT TO PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 11. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ALL THE WAY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE CUSTODIANS, EVERY TIME I GO TO SCHOOL I SEE HOW CLEAN, I

214SERVE LUNCH, I ACTUALLY CLEANED UP WITH MY MASK AND I SAW HOW HOT IT WAS, AND TEACHING ALL DAY REQUEST A MASK, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY MEMBER AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL, AND THAT WE ARE ALL THRIVING AND TRYING TO LIVE AS NORMAL A LIVE AS WE CAN UNDER THESE U.S. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS FOR VOLUNTEERING, BEING A SUB AND DOING SO MUCH FOR SO MANY DURING THIS TIME. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I GUESS BECAUSE I WORK IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY, WHEN I GO TO VISIT A SCHOOL, I JUST GO TO ONE SCHOOL, BECAUSE OF THE CONTACT TRACING. AND THEY ARE VERY AWARE WHERE I GO, WHO I AM AROUND, AND

215THEN I LEAVE IT THERE, AND DON'T VISIT ANOTHER SCHOOL. AND THEN I REMEMBER WHO I VISITED. JUST IN CASE I ASSUME SICK, I AM ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW. NOT FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR YOU TO CONTACT TRACE WHERE I HAVE BEEN AND WHO I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH. BUT VISITING THE SCHOOLS MEMBER EXCITING. BUT LIMITING, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. BUT I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU, I HAVE ALREADY BEEN BACKED FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACH-IN. AND IT'S NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER. BUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. SO I THINK THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THE SAME AS HISTORICALLY EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE ARE RELATED TO COVID. IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A DOWNWARD SPIRAL

216WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP. IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADJUST DATES OR MODIFY, WE WILL DO SO. I THINK AS WE GET CLOSER WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I WILL SAY ONE THING, THAT WITH A COHORT OF PRINCIPALS TODAY AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN GET VOLUNTEERS BACK ON OUR CAMPUSES IN A SAFE AMERICAN, THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HANDS-ON DECK. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH WHAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS TO BE ON OUR CAMPUSES, IN THE MAIN OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE MEDIA CENTER, WHETHER IT'S INDIVIDUALS HELPING WITH LITERACY, INTERVENTIONS, WE WANT TO GET INDIVIDUALS BACK AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BUT IT WOULD BE IN A CONTROLLED EXPERIENCE. BUT

217WE WILL WORK LOOK AND THAT, AND LAW THROUGH THE AMERICAN TEACH-IN AND MAKE SURE AS WE GET CLOSER TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AND KEEP THE BOARD APPRAISED. , THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. INDEED THIS IS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER, SO YES, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT PREPARATION. WELL, ANYWAY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU KNOW, PABLO, ARE YO STILL AWAKE OVER THERE? OKAY. DON'T KENTUCKY THE BALL YET. BUT I WANT TO SAY, SHAKE, MEMBER WASHINGTON, I ALSO SAW STUDENTS, EVERY ONE OF THE STUDENTS BEING ENGAGED, AND SHIELD, CROWDED CLASSROOM, ROOSEVELT, AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU HAVE TO KNOW, THESE TEACHERS, THEY ARE POURING SO MUCH ENERGY AND LOVE TO THESE KIDS WITH A MASK ON, AND THAT TO ME IS PROBABLY JUST INCREDIBLE. SO BUT ANYWAY, AND IT'S NOT REALLY -- ANYWAY, BUT DENISE, THE PRINCIPAL AT

218LENNARD, IS HAVING A MASK SUPPORT GROUP FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR STUDENT, TO TRY TO INCORPORATE POSITIVITY IN WEARING THE MASK, SO SHE'S BUILDING A CULTURE ON SAFETY AND HEALTH, AND THANKS MS. SPARANO. PABLO, LET'S PUT IT ON THE VIDEO. THIS COMES NOT FROM ME, THIS IS REFLECTING OF EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER WHO DOES WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BUS DRIVERS, AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT ON. AND LET'S SEE IF WE DO. THIS IS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ALL SEVEN THEM. WE WANT TO WRITE AN APPRECIATION LETTER TO ALL THE BUS DRIVERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WHICH THERE ARE 1400 BUS DRIVERS. AND WHAT WE DID, WE TRADE TO SHARE OUR APPRECIATION, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHO THEY ARE TO OUR CHILDREN. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN SERVICE FROM THE

219MORNING WHEN THEY PICK THEM UP TO THEY DELIVER AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THE KIDS ARE ALL EXUBERANT AND THEY WANT TO SHARE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR DAY. IT'S THE BUS DRIVER THAT SHOWS THE CARE, THE PASSION, THE LOVE OF THE CHILDREN. LYNN AND MACE ARE HERE TODAY PASSING OUT JUST SOME OF THE 1400 LETTERS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE 1400 McCAFE BEVERAGE FOR OUR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS BECAUSE WE KNOW FROM CASPERS THAT SHOWING APPRECIATION TO OUR EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE BETTER EMPLOYEES. AND SO FOR US TO NOW EXTEND THAT TENTACLE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP OUT THE BUS DRIVERS, IT JUST SHOWS THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY GIVES TO HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE SUPPORT YOU. AND WE ARE HERE FOR YOU WHENEVER YOU NEED US. BUS

220DRIVERS, WE APPRECIATE YOU, WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CHILDREN, WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT. YOU KEEP THEM SAFE. YOU GUFF THEM LOVE. AND YOU GIVE THEM A GREAT SMILE EVERY TIME YOU SEE THEM. SO THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR ENGAGING THAT, AND ALSO JUST LUKE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBER SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO EVER MISS THE GREAT CUSTODIANS, THE FOOD SERVICE, THE ESP, EXTRA SUPPORT PERSONNEL, ALL THE RESOURCE OFFICERS, ALL THESE HAVE MADE THESE PEOPLE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT BY THE VERY MUCH CHALLENGES OF THE COVID TO POSITION THEMSELVES TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE FOR THE STUDENTS AVENUE SAKE. STUDENTS FIRST. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS. I WILL GO AHEAD AND RUN TO THAT FOOTBALL GAME AND I AM GOING TO ADJOURN.