08/12/2021 - Regular Meeting

001HI. 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 COVERED LIVE BY

002HILLSBOROUGH 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'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Lynn Gray: THE BOARD MEETING OF AUGUST 12th, 2021, IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER HAHN, WILL YOU DO

003US THE PLEASURE OF A MOMENT OF SILENCE OR A REFLECTION? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. LORD, THANK YOU FOR EVERY SEAT THAT'S BEEN FILLED HERE TODAY, FOR EACH MIND AND HEART THAT FILLS THE PRESENCE OF THIS ROOM. WE HAVE IDEAS, VISIONS, HINTS AND INSPIRATIONS. NOTHING IS EVER IN VAIN FOR EVEN MISTAKES AND MISSTEPS ARE USED FOR GOOD. BLESS THIS MEETING TODAY, ALL THOSE PRESENT AS WELL AS THE LIVES WE'LL ENCOUNTER AFTERWARD AND READY US TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT. AMEN. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EITHER IN THE BOARDROOM OR BY REMOTE. WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER

004PEREZ. A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. AND, BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU. MEMBER VAUGHN, IS THAT AN AFFIRMATIVE? Jessica Vaughn: YES. Lynn Gray: YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY. ON MAY 18, 2021, SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP. ON JULY 27, 2021, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. ANY DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. AND ALL ARE AFFIRMATIVE. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: YES. Lynn Gray: OKAY. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, WE ARE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS

005POSSIBLE. WE ASK THAT GUESTS IN THE BOARDROOM KEEP ONE CHAIR OPEN BETWEEN FAMILIES. AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A NONPARTISAN BOARD, AND THE BOARD IS ASKED TO CONSIDER OUR CHILDREN'S INTERESTS AND NEEDS FIRST TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND AN EFFECTIVE AGENDA, STATEMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU'RE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE OR TO ASK STAFF AT A LATER TIME. MEMBER HAHN, WILL YOU READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES? Stacy Hahn: YES. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE

006MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. 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 ARCHIVE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN, AND THAT IS A 6 P.M. EMPLOYEE INPUT. ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS

007ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE, AND THAT INCLUDES APPLAUSE AND ANY OF THE SHOUTING THAT MAY OCCUR. 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. AND AS THIS DAY HAS PROCEEDED, WE ARE NOW UP TO 60 MINUTES. THANK YOU, BOARD. WE HAVEN'T PASSED THAT POLICY YET. Lynn Gray: OH, OKAY. 45 MINUTES AT THIS POINT IN TIME. JUST RETRACE THAT ONE. AT TIMES LIKE TODAY, WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE OF GREAT INTEREST, WE COULD CHOOSE TO EXTEND THAT TIME TO AN HOUR. THIS

008AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. 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. AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKERS. BEFORE THAT, MR. PORTER, WE CAN DO A RECOGNITION, RIGHT? WE HAVE TIME. Jim Porter: YES, YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU CHOOSE, MADAM CHAIR. Lynn Gray: AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST. WELL, I'M GOING TO LET THE SPECIAL GUEST INTRODUCE THE PERSON. DOUG DODD FROM CITRUS COUNTY HAS COME. COME ON UP. UP TO OUR COUNTY. CITRUS PARK, IS THAT UP -- IT'S NORTH. OKAY. SO YOU CAME DOWN. I'M GOING TO ASK HOW THE WEATHER IS, BUT I WON'T AT THIS POINT. AT ANY RATE, THANKS, MR. DODD, FOR

009COMING. MEMBER DODD, OF COURSE, IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE THE RECOGNITION AND THEN I'LL DOUBLE UP ON IT. SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. WE ARE IN THE TAMPA BAY NEWS MARKET UP THERE IN CITRUS COUNTY SO WE GET TO STAY UP ON ALL YOUR NEWS BECAUSE WE'RE JUST UP THERE, INVERNESS, CRYSTAL RIVER, HOMOSASSA AREA TO THE NORTH. SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME COME UP TODAY. I'M A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, LIKE I SAID, IN CITRUS COUNTY. I'M ALSO CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TODAY TO HELP RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S LAUREN OTERO, WHO WAS THE 2020-2021 PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. SO I'D LIKE LAUREN TO STEP UP --

010COME ON UP, IF SHE CAN, JUST FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER SERVICE. THE FHSAA HAS A UNIQUE GOVERNING MODEL IN THAT A REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY COMPRISED OF 67 DELEGATES MEETS ANNUALLY AND SETS THE BYLAWS OF THE ASSOCIATION, WHILE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPRISED OF 16 MEMBERS MEETS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SETS OPERATIONAL POLICIES AND SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF THE ASSOCIATION. LAUREN OTERO WAS ELECTED BY THE BOARD TO SERVE AS OUR PRESIDENT, AND SHE JUST FINISHED THIS ROLE ON JUNE 30th OF THIS YEAR. AND SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT IN 100-YEAR HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Lynn Gray: WOW. FACED WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IT WAS A VERY BUSY YEAR FOR THE ASSOCIATION, TO SAY THE LEAST, AS I KNOW ALL SCHOOL BOARDS IN FLORIDA SAW THAT. MS. OTERO

011WORKED DILIGENTLY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS CHALLENGE. SHE CALLED ZOOM MEETINGS. WE HAD SPECIAL-CALLED MEETINGS AND WE DEALT WITH A LOT OF E-MAILS FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC OF CONCERN. YOU KNOW, WE MADE IT THROUGH. WE HAD INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS. WE PUSHED THROUGH THAT. AND A LOT OF THAT IS A TRIBUTE TO MS. OTERO'S LEADERSHIP, AND WE THANK HER FOR THAT. AT OUR LAST FHSAA BOARD MEETING IN GAINESVILLE, THAT'S WHERE THE FHSAA OFFICE IS, GEORGE TOMAN, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRESENTED HER WITH A PLAQUE OF APPRECIATION. IT'S SO NEAT TO SEE YOU AS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZING ONE OF YOUR OWN FOR HER DEDICATION. SO THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR DOING THIS TODAY. AND MR. SUPERINTENDENT, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WORK WITH THE FHSAA, YOUR INVOLVEMENT THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT. LAUREN, THANK YOU FOR A

012JOB WELL DONE. Lynn Gray: SO HOLD ON. CLAP, CLAP, CLAP. LAUREN, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WITH US, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN -- AND THANK YOU, MR. DODD, FOR TAKING THAT THUNDER, BY THE WAY, -- FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION IN THE WHOLE HUNDRED-YEAR HISTORY? SO YOUR TURN. IT WAS QUITE AN HONOR. OBVIOUSLY, JUST TO BE ELECTED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, BUT THEN TO BE ELECTED BY THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT, OBVIOUSLY IN A 16-MEMBER BOARD, NOT EVERYONE GETS THAT OPPORTUNITY IN A THREE-YEAR TERM. BEING THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT CAREER AND DEFINITELY PRESENTED SOME CHALLENGES BEING GOING THROUGH A COVID YEAR AND PANDEMIC AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. WE HAVE FIVE REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS. WE HAD FOUR

013SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGS BEFORE OUR FIRST-EVER ONE THAT WAS TO BE SCHEDULED. IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY DO IT AGAIN IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. Lynn Gray: WE'RE JUST BLESSED TO HAVE YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO. OH, I'M SORRY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. I HAVE TO SAY SHE HAS BEEN A TRUE CHAMPION. MR. ROBINSON, I THINK HE'S HERE AS WELL, CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HER EFFORTS. AND WHEN WE HAD REALLY HARD ISSUES TO DISCUSS, ME AND MS. OTERO WERE SOMETIMES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, AND SHE WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT TO THE BOARD WHERE I WAS A SUPERINTENDENT, BUT SHE WOULD ALWAYS STAY STRONG TO WHERE SHE WAS IN HER HEART. THAT TO ME IS

014ALL ABOUT LEADERSHIP. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO NOT ONLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT WHAT YOU DID FOR THE STATE. YOU ARE A TRAILBLAZER. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING BESIDE YOU. LEGEND TONIGHT, FORMER DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT KEN OTERO HERE, MANY, MANY YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR ENERGY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THAT MEANS, KEN, YOU MUST COME UP, TOO, BECAUSE WE WANT OUR FAMILY ALSO. AND THE MOM IS HERE AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY, MR. AND MRS. OTERO, PLEASE JOIN US. MOM WHO IS PRINCIPAL AT TURNER -- MOM, WHO WAS A SUPERVISOR IN GUIDANCE. Lynn Gray: MR. BUSH, PRINCIPAL BUSH, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND VICE PRINCIPAL. I'M SORRY, BOARD MEMBERS. WE DO HAVE A COMMENT. KEEP STANDING -- MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry

015"Shake" Washington: LAUREN MADE MY CAREER. WHEN I CAME TO CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS A ROCKY AP. -- ROOKIE AP 1 AND LAUREN WAS MY ASSISTANT. AND SHE HELPED ME OUT A LOT. KEPT ME ORGANIZED. SHE WAS MY STUDENT ASSISTANT. YOU STARTED MY CAREER. I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT. SO I KNOW YOU ARE VERY, VERY ORGANIZED, BELIEVE ME. THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON. Lynn Gray: QUITE HISTORICAL. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE'RE GOING TO GO AND TAKE A PHOTO, A FEW. THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR THIS RECOGNITION. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A LOT ON YOUR OWN AGENDAS. OKAY. FROM OUR BEHALF AND THANK YOU, VAN AYRES AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND OUR WONDERFUL BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. DODD, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, OBVIOUSLY, WITH ALL TYPES OF MONETARY AWARDS, AND YOU UNDERSTAND,

016BUT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, WHICH YOU'LL SHARE WITH YOUR WONDERFUL PARENTS, ALL EDUCATORS, FOR YOUR SERVICE AS THE 2021-2021 PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND THE FIRST FEMALE -- THIS IS IN WRITING -- IN HISTORY TO PRESIDE OVER THE FHSAA. WHAT A WONDERFUL HONOR. Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE CONSENT AGENDA. Lynn Gray: WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, SO WE'LL BUMP IT UP. PUBLIC COMMENT AND TWO MINUTES EACH FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS. WE THANK EACH OF YOU FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US. PAULA CASTAÑO, PAT HALL, LUANN TOLBERT. JESSICA DUBOY. TWO MINUTES EACH. GOOD EVENING. PAULA CASTAÑO, HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL

017ADVOCATES. PLEASE REVIEW OUR RESEARCH FINDER THAT WE LEFT TO YOU AT YOUR LEISURE. I AM HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT A FIRE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. OUR TRANSFORMATION NETWORK, OUR UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS. I SAW THE AUGUST 3rd PRESS RELEASE. A BIG THANK YOU TO SHEA McCRAY, TO ADDISON AND ALL THE HARDWORKING ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE SCHOOL ON THAT LIST WENT FROM A D TO A C, HAS ONLY 11% THIRD-GRADE PROFICIENCY ON THE ELA. AND THAT IS JUST ONE OF THEM I'M MENTIONING. OUR GROUP HAS BEEN RESEARCHING AND SPEAKING TO NATIONAL EXPERTS ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, ONE THAT EXISTS IN NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN'S AID AND ANOTHER ONE I KNOW ADDISON THAT YOU KNOW, AMY ELLIS, WHO IS FLORIDA'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL INNOVATOR AND ALEX GREGORY, YOU MIGHT

018REMEMBER HER. SHE WORKED UNDERNEATH JENKINS, I BELIEVE. WE HAVE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE KNOW IT IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION BUT THESE SCHOOLS NEED MORE SUPPORT. MORE COMMUNITY INTERVENTION AND MORE INTENTIONAL RESOURCES. BUT OUR ESSER FUNDS THERE. THE EVIDENCE PROVES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MEET LOW-PERFORMING STUDENTS' NEEDS. IT'S BEEN PROVEN IN IMPROVED ATTENDANCE, IMPROVED ACADEMICS, A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE, AND THAT'S JUST THE TOP THREE THINGS THAT I'M NAMING. I DID ALL THE RESEARCH. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE THINGS. AS YOU REALIZE, I ONLY INCLUDED JUST A FEW OF THE ARTICLES THAT I THOUGHT WERE THE BEST ONES FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. WE NEED CONTINUITY OF THE LEADERS AND THE TEACHERS IN THESE SCHOOLS. THE STUDENTS NEED STABILITY. THEY NEED MORE OF OUR RESOURCES. I STAND HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU, HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCATES

019-- [INAUDIBLE] Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL HAVE MS. HALL AND THEN MS. TOLBERT FOLLOWED BY DEBRA SELTZER AND FOLLOWED BY JESSICA AND THEN SCOTT. HI. I'M PAT HALL. I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AS WELL. THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL APPROACH REDUCES DISCIPLINE ISSUES, IMPROVES STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND OUTCOMES WHILE HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND MEETING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF STRUGGLING STUDENTS. MOST IMPORTANT IS STABILITY AND CONSISTENCY OF LEADERSHIP AND STAFF. PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS MUST BE GIVEN MORE THAN ONE YEAR TO IMPROVE STRUGGLING SCHOOLS. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED AT MORT AFTER WOODLAND JOHNSON WAS MOVED. WE CONNECTED WITH KIMBERLY COOK, COO OF CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA WHO WORKED WITH MR. DAVIS IN CLAY COUNTY AND AMY ELLIS OF USF WHO IS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS FOR

020THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE MUST INVITE LEGISLATORS INTO OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SO WE CAN RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATURE. PARTNERING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, UT AND HCC TO INVOLVE EDUCATION MAJORS AND OTHERS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF COLLABORATION, AS WE THINK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS. WE ARE AWARE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DOLLARS COMING FROM WASHINGTON IN THE NEAR FUTURE. CAN WE TARGET EMPTY CLASSROOMS FOR THE NEEDY CHILDREN SO THEIR PARENTS CAN GET BACK TO WORK? WHO CAN AFFORD CHILD CARE ON A MINIMUM WAGE SALARY? REPURPOSING CLASSROOMS WOULD CREATE TEACHER AIDE POSITIONS FOR SOME OF THESE PARENTS. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MS. HALL. I SEE THAT THE HEAD OF OUR TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS, SHEA McCRAY, IS GETTING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. TOLBERT. HELLO. LUANN TOLBERT. I'M A RETIRED EDUCATOR, ACTIVE MEMBER OF

021HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCATES. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS IN AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT POLITICAL CLIMATE. THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING OUR STUDENTS' HEALTH AND WELFARE AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION. SINCE THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT CALENDAR IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT EXCESSIVE TESTING. EARLY IN MY CAREER, STUDENTS TOOK PAPER AND PENCIL ASSESSMENTS EACH SPRING IN WRITING, READING AND MATH. NOW PAPER, PENCIL, OR COMPUTER-BASED TESTS BEGIN IN AUGUST AND OCCUR CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR UNTIL SUMMER DISMISSAL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE TESTING IS STATE-MANDATED. HOWEVER, AS I CLOSELY EXAMINE THIS DOCUMENT, I SEE THAT MUCH OF THE TESTING OUTLINED HERE IS DISTRICT MANDATED. I URGE THIS BOARD AND OUR DISTRICT

022LEADERS TO REDUCE DISTRICT REQUIRED TESTING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THE FINAL PAGE OF THE DOCUMENT, SECTION 6, SHOWS THE TOTAL TESTING TIME BY GRADE LEVEL IN MINUTES. I'VE TAKEN THESE TOTALS AND TRANSLATED THEM INTO HOURS. K-2 STUDENTS ARE TESTING SEVEN HOURS EACH YEAR. MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE TESTING UP TO 32 HOURS EACH SCHOOL YEAR. THESE TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE SCHOOL DAY, PSAT, SAT OR ACT TESTS OR ADVANCEMENT COURSE. I'M AWARE THAT THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN RAISED BEFORE. WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY IS FOR YOU TO RESUME THE DISCUSSION ABOUT EXCESSIVE TESTING, TAKE ACTION, AND REDUCE TESTING AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. Lynn Gray: DEBRA, THEN JESSICA, SCOTT HOUGHTON STEIN, AMBER LYNNE RHODES, FOLLOWED BY MARK KLUTHO. HI. I'M DEBRA SETZER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE MASK MANDATE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING

023IN A REALLY DIFFICULT CLIMATE RIGHT NOW, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE EASY OPT-OUT AND LACK OF ENFORCEMENT AT THE SCHOOLS HAS RESULTED IN MORE THAN HALF OF THE KIDS AT OUR SCHOOL NOT WEARING MASKS. WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO KEEP OUR KIDS AND STAFF SAFE WITH THE 22% POSITIVITY RATE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND TWICE AS TRANSMISSIBLE DELTA VARIANT. WHAT WE ASK IS THAT WE REQUIRE MASKS FOR ALL STUDENTS, STAFF, AND VISITORS WITH ONLY A DOCTOR'S NOTE AVAILABLE FOR AN OPT-OUT, SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHER COUNTIES HAVE DONE. ALSO, CONSIDER VACCINE INCENTIVES. ALLOW OUTDOOR SPACED OUT LUNCHES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. ALLOW MASKED CHILDREN TO SIT TOGETHER AND ALSO ENSURE THE QUARANTINE GUIDELINES ARE UPDATED PER CDC GUIDANCE. PLEASE, DON'T LISTEN TO ME. LISTEN TO THE THOUSANDS OF PARENTS WHO HAVE SIGNED A PETITION REQUESTING

024A MASK MANDATE. MOST OF ALL, LISTEN TO EXPERTS LIKE THE CDC AND AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. ALSO, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS VOICED ITS SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEFY THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THAT'S FACING SIGNIFICANT LEGAL CHALLENGES. WE NEED MORE MEASURES NOW TO PREVENT EVEN MORE KIDS LEAVING FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL AND JOINING THE ALMOST 3,000 KIDS ALREADY IN QUARANTINE AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GETTING SICK OR FILLING OUR ALREADY FILLED HOSPITALS. KIDS AGES 12 TO 19 HAVE A 24% POSITIVITY RATE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA RIGHT NOW. A MASK MANDATE CAN HELP TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS AND MAKE THE SCHOOL YEAR SAFER FOR EVERYONE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WILL BE JESSICA, SCOTT, AMBER LYNNE, MARK, CHRISTINA. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, ALMOST EVENING. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSICA DUE ABOUT A REPRESENTING HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL

025ADVOCATES. ONE OF THE COORDINATE TENETS OF OUR GROUP IS MAKING SURE EVERY DOLLAR SPENT TOWARD THE BETTER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL CHILDREN. WE ASKED FOR THINGS SUCH AS THE FINANCIAL CAC TO BE FORMED. WE ASKED THE BOARD TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA TO ENSURE THEY ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN THE SAME WAY AS TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS. NOW WE'RE ASKING THAT WE LOOK AT TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT UP TO PAR. WE AS A COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY NEED TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THESE SCHOOLS AND RAISE THEM UP. WE'RE ADVOCATING THAT THIS BOARD CONSIDER MORE COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES FOR OUR TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOOLS. ACCORDING TO THE LEARNING POLICY INSTITUTE AND SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS, A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THEIR UNIQUE STUDENT BODY. SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAVE HAD GREAT

026SUCCESS WITH VARYING APPROACHES, SUCH AS MORT AND GIBSONTON. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES ARE NOT A QUICK FIX BUT A MULTIYEAR JOURNEY IN BETTERING OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES' LIVES. LET'S CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH, AND WE ASK AS A CALL TO ACTION WE IDENTIFY AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS AND IMPLEMENT THIS APPROACH THIS YEAR. THERE ARE MANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE COMING AVAILABLE AS PAT HALL AND PAULA CASTAÑO OUTLINED. LET'S GET CREATIVE TOGETHER AND FIND A WAY TO UPLIFT THESE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS IN OUR SYSTEM. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT WILL BE SCOTT HOUGHTON STEIN. AMBER LYNNE RHODES. MARK KLUTHO, CHRISTINA AND TERESA. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SCOTT HOUGHTON STEIN. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TWO THINGS. FIRST, COVID PROCEDURES AND REPORTING. STATS ON THE

027COVID DASHBOARD AS OF LATE THIS MORNING SHOWED 128 EMPLOYEES AND 65 STUDENTS COVID POSITIVE JUST FROM THIS WEEK. BUT THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE STORY THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW. HOW MANY TOTAL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED DUE TO COVID EXPOSURE? ACTUALLY, SOMEONE ANSWERED THAT. 2,933 PLUS ANOTHER 281 STAFF ARE QUARANTINED DUE TO COVID EXPOSURE. WHOLE CLASSES ARE BEING SENT HOME. THOSE STUDENTS ARE NOT LEARNING. ONLINE RESOURCES ARE INEQUITABLE AND INADEQUATE. HIRING PRIVATE TUTORS WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE IN THEIR CLASS WITH THEIR TEACHER, THAT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. WE NEED TO KNOW THE TRUE IMPACT OF COVID ON OUR STUDENTS, SO I STRONGLY URGE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADD THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS QUARANTINED TO THE COVID DASHBOARD IMMEDIATELY. ALSO, WHAT HAPPENED TO NOTIFICATIONS? MY SON'S SCHOOL HAS POSITIVE CASES BUT

028I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION PHONE CALL. SECOND, SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE HARASSMENT POLICY DISCUSSION FROM THIS MORNING'S WORKSHOP. WE ARE MOST DEFINITELY NOT DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB ON PREVENTING HARASSMENT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. BASED ON THE LAST YOUTH BEHAVIOR RISK SURVEY, 10.7% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORTED BEING RAPED, 13% REPORTED SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 9.6 PERCENT REPORTED DATING SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND 10.7% REPORTED PHYSICAL DATING VIOLENCE. YET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORTED ONLY 300 CASES OF THE LIKE. POLICY IS NOT ABOUT CURRICULUM. IT'S ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS. WE NEED TO DO BETTER. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SCOTT. NEXT IS AMBER LYNNE RHODES, MARK KLUTHO. I'M AMBER LYNNE RHODES. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADVOCATES GROUP. TODAY I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A COMMUNITY SCHOOL BASED APPROACH. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS THE SCHOOL TO

029COMPREHENSIVELY ASSESS PARENT AND STUDENTS' NEEDS AND THEN PROVIDE HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS. A GREAT EXAMPLE IS GIBSONTON ELEMENTARY. KATHERINE GILMORE IS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE COORDINATOR. SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY IN HER ROLE. THE FIRST YEAR SHE SPENT WITH A LISTENING PROJECT. WHAT THEY LEARNED IS THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS WERE SCARED FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO WALK TO CLASS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO STREETLIGHTS OR SIDEWALKS NEAR THE SCHOOL. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET 52 STREETLIGHTS PUT ON THE SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL WHICH HELPED IMPROVE ATTENDANCE. SECONDLY, IT'S IMPROVED PARENT INVOLVEMENT AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL CULTURE. THE PARENT PTA HAS INCREASED IN ONE YEAR FROM 13 MEMBERS TO 53 MEN'S. THE SCHOOL HAS REALLY BUILT TRUST WITH THESE PARENTS. THEY HELP TO PREVENT 130 FAMILIES FROM GETTING EVICTED AND THEY DID NOT LOSE COUNT OF

030ONE STUDENT DURING COVID. I THINK THAT'S REMARKABLE. THEY KEPT IN TOUCH WITH EVERY SINGLE FAMILY DURING THAT TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL LEARNING. OVERALL, THERE ARE MANY SCHOOLS THAT ARE USING THIS APPROACH, AND WE URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE SCHOOLS AND ALSO URGE YOU TO MAYBE ADD TWO MORE TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS TO THIS NETWORK. WE ADVOCATE FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, A GREAT EDUCATION, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, AMBERLIN. NEXT, MARK KLUTHO. CHRISTINA, TERESA, JASON. GOOD EVENING. MARK KLUTHO. I LOVE THE WAY YOU START WITH THAT BACKSLAPPING AND GLAD-HANDING. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, MELTING ICE IMPERILS NEARLY ALL EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONIES. THAT'S THE HEADLINE. AND THEN STARK WARNINGS FOR THE WARMING PLANET. THIS IS FROM THE USA AND TODAY. THE NEW YORK TIMES, A HOTTER FUTURE IS NOW INEVITABLE A UN REPORT

031SAYS. SCIENTISTS FIND RAPID SHIFT FROM FOSSIL FUELS COULD AVERT GREATER PERILS. YEAH, NOT A PRETTY PICTURE HERE. AND THEN THERE ARE TWO MORE REPORTS COMING NEXT YEAR. AND THE FINAL ONE, IT SAYS A THIRD REPORT ALSO EXPECTED NEXT YEAR WILL EXPLORE MORE FULLY STRATEGIES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND HALT GLOBAL WARMING. SEE, HOW YOU DO THAT IS YOU MAKE THE BUILDINGS THE RIGHT WAY. HIGH PERFORMANCE PASSES SOLAR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, WHICH YOU REFUSE TO DO. YOU MAKE STUPID BUILDINGS THAT BELCH THE CARBON. PUTTING THE FUTURE OF THE LITTLE CHILDREN IN JEOPARDY. AND AS THIS ARTICLE STATES, MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS WILL BECOME EXTINCT. THIS IS YOUR LEGACY. IGNORING SCIENCE. WHAT A DOGGONE SHAME. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. CHRISTINA, TERESA, JASON FERGER, AND ANNIKA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THERE'S NO POWER FOR CHANGE GREATER THAN A

032COMMUNITY DISCOVERING WHAT IT CARES ABOUT. WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY. THOSE OF YOU SITTING BEFORE US AND THOSE OF US IN THE AUDIENCE FOR A SHARED GOAL. WE CARE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, WE CARE ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS, WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, THE TEACHERS AND STAFFS IN THESE SCHOOLS. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS OVER 200,000 STUDENTS AND 300 SCHOOLS. THERE'S OVER 21 TOWNS AND CITIES THAT SPAN 1266 SQUARE MILES. THAT DIVERSITY IS WHAT MAKES HILLSBOROUGH UNIQUE BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT PRESENTS US WITH THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. CURRENTLY, OUR SCHOOLS' NEEDS ARE MANAGED WITH A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH, AND IT'S NOT WORKING. THERE ARE TOO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS STRUGGLING AND WE'RE NOT BRINGING THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED INTO THE CONVERSATION TO FIND THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHY SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE FAILING. WE NEED TO TAKE THE

033TIME TO REALLY DIVE INTO THESE SCHOOLS AND ASK THE PARENTS, CHILDREN, SCHOOLTEACHERS AND STAFF, WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR SCHOOL TO A SUCCESSFUL FRONT? ENGAGING PARENTS IS EASY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE HEARD. AND WHEN YOU ENGAGE A PARENT, YOU SET THEIR CHILD UP FOR SUCCESS. AND WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN WHAT A SCHOOL NEEDS, YOU CAN GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ASK FOR THAT HELP THAT WILL BRING YOU TO THOSE NEEDS. GIBSONTON IS A SCHOOL THAT DID JUST THAT. YOU HEARD US MENTION IT FROM THE OTHER SPEAKERS. THEY SURVEYED THEIR TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND EXAMINED THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THEIR OWN SCHOOL. WHAT THEY DISCOVERED AND HOW THEY USED THAT INFORMATION CREATED UNBELIEVABLE POSITIVE CHANGE FOR THAT ONE SCHOOL. A SUSTAINABLE PLAN TAKES TIME AND

034MUST BE FORMULATED WITH LONG-TERM GOALS AND A PLAN MUST BE SPECIFIC TO THE SCHOOL THAT IT SERVES. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, YOU NEED A STRONG LEADER AND FUNDING. A PRINCIPAL WHO IS INVESTED IN THEIR SCHOOL AND WHO STAYS WITH THE SCHOOL TO CREATE VALUABLE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS INVALUABLE. WE HAVE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT AND PRINCIPALS THAT ARE MOVED FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL TO FILL WHEREVER THERE IS A GAP THAT'S NEEDED. BUT A PRINCIPAL CANNOT BE A VALUABLE LEADER OR INVESTED LEADER -- [INAUDIBLE] Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. NEXT. TERESA POTTER, JASON FERGER, ANNIKA, VERONICA McDONALD, THEN AIDEN ALLEN. GOOD EVENING. HELLO. MY NAME IS TERESA POTTER. I'M THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AND THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE STATE LEAGUE ISSUED A STATEMENT EARLY LAST WEEK

035URGING GOVERNOR DESANTIS TO REVISIT HIS DECISION TO DISALLOW SCHOOL BOARDS TO REQUIRE MASKING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THEY SENT A CALL TO ACTION TO THE LOCAL LEAGUES ON FRIDAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR NOT REQUIRING LOCAL ACTION FROM US. THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR MONDAY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR TAKING ACTION ON SATURDAY TO CHANGE THE MASK MANDATE FROM AN OPTIONAL MASKING TO A REQUIRED MASKING WITH AN OPT-OUT. I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY TO PUT AN OPT-OUT SYSTEM IN PLACE A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR AND IT MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED TO ENSURE IT IS THE PARENT OR THE GUARDIAN OF THE STUDENT FILLING OUT THE FORM AND THAT THE CURRENT LIST IS PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS AND

036TEACHERS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE 2021-22 TESTING CALENDAR THAT IS ON THE AGENDA. AS YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE MANY STATE-MANDATED ASSESSMENTS, FSA RETAKES, EOCs, ET CETERA, AND THE COLLEGE BASED, COLLEGE-BOARD BASED TESTING, APs, IN ADDITION TO THOSE SCHEDULED BY OTHER AGENCIES THAT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER, THERE ARE ALSO MANY DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS AND FREQUENT TESTS USING SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE NEXT TEST. IN MANY CASES, TEACHERS ARE NOT GIVEN THE RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT. ALL ASSESSMENTS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE THE TEACHER WITH FEEDBACK TO DIRECT INSTRUCTION. DOES THE STANDARD NEED TO BE RETAUGHT? TO WHICH STUDENTS? SO IF ASSESSMENTS ARE BEING GIVEN AND THE DATA THAT TELLS THAT IS NOT BEING PROVIDED TO THE TEACHER, THAT ASSESSMENT IS INEFFECTIVE. YOU

037CANNOT ADDRESS THE NUMBER OF STATE TESTS REQUIRED OF OUR STUDENTS BUT PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT EACH DISTRICT LEVEL ASSESSMENT AND ELIMINATE ANY TESTS THAT ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. JASON FERGER, ANNIKA, VERONICA McDONALD, AIDEN ALLEN, DesMARAIS BRIDGES. GOOD EVENING. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASON FERGER. I AM A STAKEHOLDER. WHAT I WROTE ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER WILL TAKE ME TWO MINUTES AND 51 SECONDS TO SAY. SO I CAN'T SAY IT TONIGHT. BUT I WILL BE BACK BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SAID HERE IN THIS ROOM IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS. I WILL BE BACK WHEN THERE'S THREE MINUTES TO SAY IT. NOW, WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME OVER AN HOUR TO DRIVE HERE AND BACK TO WHERE I LIVE

038TO COME DOWN HERE AND BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES WHEN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO I SAW YOU ALL AT A MEETING TALK FOR LIKE 30, 45 MINUTES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT. I DO HAVE TO CALL OUT MEMBER COMBS FOR SAYING SHE'D STAY HERE TILL MIDNIGHT TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. I DRIVE -- LITERALLY PROBABLY TAKE ME 45, 50 MINUTES TO DRIVE BACK TOWARDS THE BLOOMINGDALE FISHHAWK AREA AND YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME TWO MINUTES. THE PEOPLE THAT WANT THE MASKS, WEAR THE MASKS. THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T, SHOULD NOT BE FORCED. THE SECOND THING ABOUT THESE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS AND THE TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT IMPROVEMENT, BUT I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT STEPHANIE WOODFORD IN LAKEWOOD OVER THERE. I PERSONALLY KNOW ALL OF THE

039THINGS SHE DID AND SOME OF THE REAL ISSUES THAT THEY FACE. IT'S NO DIFFERENT -- IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS FACED HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH. IN FACT, IT'S HEART-WRENCHING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OCCUR IN THESE SCHOOLS AND THESE POOR KIDS' HOMES. BUT SHE TOOK IT FROM AN F TO AN A IN THREE YEARS. AND THAT REALLY, SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME SITTING DOWN, THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE, THERE'S NO OTHER EXCEPTION THAN THAT. THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. FERGER. ANNIKA. VERONICA McDONALD. AIDEN ALLEN. DesMARAIS BRIDGES AND SCOTT. HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME? THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANNIKA. I'M HERE TO REINFORCE THE ASK AROUND COVID SAFETY IN SCHOOL. MY CHILDREN WERE SO EXCITED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER HOMESCHOOLED

040ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE MASK MANDATE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AS OF SATURDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT I HEAR FROM MY CHILDREN, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE, LIKE 50% PLUS OF CHILDREN AND TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT WEARING MASKS. MY CHILD IS ACTUALLY SITTING NEXT TO A CHILD THAT IS NOT WEARING A MASK, WHICH MAKES ME VERY CONCERNED. ALSO, MY CHILDREN TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE GOING TO THE CAFETERIA LIKE NORMAL, MINGLING WITH OTHER STUDENTS OUT OF SIGHT OF THEIR CLASSROOM, AS WELL AS DURING DISMISSAL, THEY ARE BEING MINGLED THROUGH ALL THE CLASSROOMS WITHIN THEIR GRADES. SO CONTACT TRACING IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT AND ALSO THE RISK OF SPREADING IS GOING TO BE INCREASED, RIGHT? NOW, THIS DELTA VARIANT IS VERY SERIOUS. SOMETHING

041ELSE AND THAT WE DEALT WITH IN THE PAST AND MORE AND MORE CHILDREN ARE BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITALS. AND EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT VERY SICK, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ARE. ONE OF MY COWORKERS, MY AGE, TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, AFTER A YEAR HE STILL DEALS WITH HEART INFLAMMATION. HE CAN'T WALK THE STAIRS YET. HE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HE WILL BE HEALTHY AND IF HE WILL BE HEALTHY. MY ASK IS THE SAME, TAKE THE OPT-OUT OUT OF THE MASK MANDATE. ALLOW SOCIAL DISTANCING, HAVE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR LUNCHES IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. ALSO, KEEP THEM IN THE CLASSROOM BEING DISMISSED. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE VACCINE THAT'S EFFECTIVE AND PEOPLE REFUSE TO TAKE IT. IF WE CAN GIVE SOME INCENTIVES, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER. MASK UP AND PLEASE GET YOUR

042VACCINE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. VERONICA McDONALD, AIDEN ALLEN, DesMARAIS BRIDGES, SCOTT SHAKING, AND THEN JULIE GIBHARTS. HELLO. VERONICA McDONALD. TODAY I HAD NO INTENTION OF TALKING ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS. BUT AFTER WATCHING THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP THIS MORNING, I QUICKLY WROTE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AS HAHN SAID THIS MORNING, I'M AT A LOSS WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TODAY. THE ONLY REASON I COULD COME UP WITH WAS CRUELTY. ATTEMPT TO REDEFINE WHAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY MEANT FOR K-12 WHEN WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S NOT TAUGHT UNTIL A STUDENT IS IN COLLEGE. IT'S BEEN SAID THAT WHITE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT OUR COUNTRY, HISTORY AND CURRICULUM THAT MAKES STUDENTS FEEL ANYTHING LESS THAN PRIDE IN OUR COUNTRY SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT. WHAT I WEEKENDS TODAY

043WAS MEMBER WASHINGTON TELLING HIS LIVED EXPERIENCE GROWING UP DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, HAVING PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPTIED OUT BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE SWAM IN THEM. SITTING IN THE BACK OF BUSES. APOLOGIES, REMORSED THESE RESPONSES WERE NOT FORCED. THAT'S WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY. WE ASK YOU LET IT BE TAUGHT HONESTLY AND FACTUALLY. SOME STUDENTS MAY FEEL THE SAME WAY YOU DID ON YOUR OWN. NO AGENDA, NO POLITICS NO DOG WHISTLE. THIS IS IMPORTANT SO THE STUDENTS CAN FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF THE CHANGE MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS IMPORTANT SO THAT STUDENTS CAN LOOK AT THEIR NEIGHBOR WHO LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM THEM AND WANT TO DO BETTER SO THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE BLACK, BROWN AND INDIGENOUS CAN FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF A BIGGER COMMUNITY AND HEALING CAN BEGIN. I THANK YOU

044TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHO SPOKE STRONGLY AGAINST THE CHANGE. WASHINGTON, PEREZ, HAHN, GRAY, AND COMBS, I THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. AIDEN ALLEN, DesMARAIS BRIDGES, SCOTT SHAKING, JULIE, SELENA. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AIDEN ALLEN. TODAY I'M HERE TO TRY AND PERSUADE YOU TO CHANGE THE PARENT OPT-OUT MASK POLICY TO ADOPT A RECOMMENDED OPT-OUT. PARENTS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN HARASSED BY ANTISCIENTIFIC, WHICH LED TO MASS DISILLUSION AROUND BASIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. MASKS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO DECREASE THE CHANCE OF INFECTION BY MORE THAN 80%, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. THE CDC EVEN STATING, WEAR A MASK. YOU PROTECT OTHERS AS WELL AS YOURSELF. I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THOSE FOLKS AND CHANGE THE MASK EXEMPTION POLICY IN SCHOOLS. OVER 26,000 STUDENTS HAVE OPTED OUT OF THE MASK POLICY AS OF TUESDAY.

045THIS IS FROM DRAMATIC INCREASE FROM THE 16,000 THE DAY PRIOR. MY YOUNGER BROTHER AFTER SCHOOL EVEN TOLD ME THAT OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF STUDENTS AT HIS SCHOOL WERE NOT WEARING MASKS. FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT TO SAFETY, NOT THE RIGHT TO TO NOT WEAR A MASK, JUST AS MUCH AS YOU CANNOT DRIVE DOWN THE STREET DRUNK. THIS IS INTO THE POLITICAL QUESTION. THIS IS PEOPLE'S LIVES. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. DesMARAIS BRIDGES. SCOTT SHAKING, JULIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M GOING BACK IN TIME HERE FROM EVENING TO AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DesMARAIS BRIDGES. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TWO THINGS. ONE, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THEIR VALUE AND MY CONCERNS AROUND MASKS AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CURRENT POLICY WE HAVE. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. WE KNOW THAT

046PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT IS THE NUMBER ONE INDICATOR OF SUCCESS AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOSTER THAT ENVIRONMENT WHERE PARENTS FEEL WELCOMED AND VALUED. THEIR INPUT FEELS VALUED. SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE PTSA FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THAT I WAS AT GIBSONTON WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR PTA AND THEY STARTED WITH A SMALL PTA AND NOW THEY RIVAL SOME OF OUR OLDEST PTAs. I WAS AT SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 WHEN THEY HAD THEIR FIRST PTA MEETING THAT RIVALED SOME OF OUR MOST INVOLVED SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, PARENTS WANT TO BE INVOLVED. THEY WANT TO BE ENGAGED, BUT THEY HAVE TO FEEL VALUED. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I ALSO WENT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL MEETINGS WHERE PARENTS OFTEN SAID I DON'T FEEL WELCOME ON MY

047CAMPUS. SO WHEN THEIR INPUT IS SOUGHT OUT AND THEIR INPUT IS VALIDATED BY IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS, IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE. THE OTHER THING IS I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME NUMBERS. I'M THE ONE BEHIND THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR THE QUARANTINING. WE HAD 281 EMPLOYEES QUARANTINED BUT 268 TESTED POSITIVE. THAT MEANS 19 WERE QUARANTINED BECAUSE THEY WERE UNMASKED OR UNVACCINATED, ONE OF THE TWO OR THEY ARE A PERSON THAT QUARANTINED THEM THAT. 2,933 STUDENTS QUARANTINED BUT ONLY 144 STUDENTS TESTED POSITIVE. THAT MEANS IF WE HAD A MASK MANDATE REQUIRING ALL OF OUR KIDS PER OUR POLICY, WE WOULD HAVE HAD 2,789 STUDENTS STILL IN SCHOOL TODAY, NOT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEARN AT HOME. SO WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING FORCED HOME THAT DON'T

048HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF THE TEACHER. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. SCOTT SHAKING. JULIE, SELENA, JULIA SEARS, KELLY CARLING. SCOTT SHANKEN. ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE MASK MANDATE AND REQUEST YOU GO FURTHER AND REMOVE THE OPT-OUT OPTION. THROUGHOUT THIS DEBATE IT'S BEEN FRAMED OF ONE OF FREEDOM OF CHOICE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS FLIPPED FREEDOM OF CHOICE ON ITS HEAD. I USED MY FREEDOM TO MOVE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I USED MY FREEDOM TO VOTE FOR THIS COUNTY COUNCIL. I USED MY FREEDOM TO VOTE FOR THIS SCHOOL BOARD BUT THAT FREEDOM HAS BEEN STOLEN NOT ONLY FROM ME BUT FROM THIS BOARD AS WELL. MY SON'S FREEDOM HAS BEEN STOLEN. HE CANNOT CHOOSE A SAFE SCHOOL. HE CANNOT CHOOSE TO BE VACCINATED. HIS FREEDOM HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISREGARDED. AND NOW HE FEELS HARASSED.

049HE FEELS HARASSED EVERY DAY HE GOES TO SCHOOL BECAUSE HE'S WONDERING WHEN HE'S GOING TO COME HOME WITH A DEADLY VIRUS. BUT THE GOVERNOR WOULD TELL ME MY OPTION IS TO GO TO VIRTUAL SCHOOL. WHERE DOES HIS LOGIC END? THE WALLS ARE FALLING DOWN. THE TEACHERS AREN'T PAID. NO BUCKS. GO TO VIRTUAL SCHOOL. WELL SETTLED LAW IN THIS STATE THAT THIS COUNTY AND THIS BOARD CAN REQUIRE A FULL MASK MANDATE, EVEN UNDER STRICT SCRUTINY STANDARD. THE DELTA VARIANT IS A GAME CHANGER, AND THIS IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEASURE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. SIMPLY PUT, MASKS WORK, BUT THEY DON'T WORK WHEN STUDENTS OPT OUT. THE OPT OUT DECISION PLACES THE ENTIRE MASK MANDATE ALSO ON SHAKY LEGAL GROUNDS. IF YOU HAVE A RATIONALE BASIS UPON WHICH TO REGULATE, THEN YOU

050HAVE IT, AND DO SO, AND YOU DO. OPTING OUT SIMPLY THROWS THE RATIONAL BASIS UP IN THE AIR AND WONDERS HOW YOU GOT TO THE MANDATE IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE DON'T OPT OUT OF PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS. AS THE YOUNG MAN NOTED WE CAN'T DECIDE WHEN WE DRINK AND DRIVE, WHEN WE SPEED THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. OPTING OUT DOESN'T RESTORE FREEDOM OR CHOICE. IT WILL NOT RESTORE FREEDOM FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ATTEND A SAFE SCHOOL. THAT CHOICE AND THAT FREEDOM HAS BEEN REMOVED. WE CAN AND WE MUST PASS A MASK MANDATE. INSTEAD OF STEALING OUR FREEDOM AND CHOICE FROM US, THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, THEY CAN OPT OUT. THEY CAN EXERCISE -- Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. JULIE GEBHARTS. SELENA, JULIUS. KELLY. MATTHEW. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M BACK TODAY TO KEEP THE

051ISSUE OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS. I BELIEVE THE BOARD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS. THE QUESTION I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THIS. WHO SHOULD DECIDE WHAT IS MORALLY ACCEPTABLE FOR OUR CHILDREN? MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHER MADE THE MORAL DECISION TO OFFER THE BLUEST EYE TO MY DAUGHTER, 15 YEARS OLD WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. TEACHERS ARE OFFERING AS ACCEPTABLE LITERATURE, A HOST OF MORALLY AS LITERATURE A HOST OF MORALLY OBJECTIONABLE BOOKS, SOME PARENTS FIND THESE BOOKS COMPLETELY REPREHENSIBLE. HOWEVER WE LIVE IN AMERICA WHERE THERE ARE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT IS MORALLY ACCEPTABLE. I'M NOT HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BURNING OF BOOKS. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR AWARENESS, AWARENESS WAS DEFINITELY RAISED WHEN I READ A PORTION OF THE BLUEST EYE AT A PAST MEETING AND I'M OPEN TO DOING THAT AGAIN IF IT

052DOES THE TRICK. BACK TO THE QUESTION, WHO SHOULD DECIDE? IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THESE DELICATE MORAL DECISIONS SHOULD BE MADE BY THE FAMILY, NOT THE DISTRICT OR TEACHERS. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE MAJORITY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WOULD AGREE THAT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS NOT THE BEST MANAGER OF THESE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR KIDS WHEN IT COMES TO EXPLICIT AND OBJECTIONABLE MATERIALS THAT CAN HARM CHILDREN AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, FAMILIES ARE THE ONES TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN UP OUR CHILDREN IN THE WAY THAT WE SEE FIT AS BEST FOR THEM SINCE WE KNOW OUR CHILDREN BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. I BELIEVE THAT FELLOW PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS AND YOU, THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD AGREE. TEACHERS OFFERING THESE BOOKS ARE PUTTING THEIR STAMP OF APPROVAL ON MATERIALS THAT OFFEND MANY ADULTS, AND THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN, NOT

053YOURS OR ANYONE ELSE'S. THESE DECISIONS SHOULD BE OURS. TO BEGIN WITH, WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR TRANSPARENCY. WHY IS IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM? WHAT BOOKS ARE THEY READING? LET'S MAYBE START WITH THIS. WHEN A TEACHER WANTS TO OFFER EVEN AS OPTIONAL READING A BOOK THAT CONTAINS ANYTHING SEXUAL IN NATURE THERE NEEDS TO BE A MANDATORY DESCRIPTIVE CONSENT FORM SENT TO THE PARENTS DIRECTLY JUST LIKE THE POLICY IN PLACE FOR R-RATED MOVIES, WE NEED THIS MANDATORY INFORM TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR R-RATED BOOKS. THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START. PARENTS NEED TO KNOW SO THEY CAN GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN. WE ARE -- [INAUDIBLE] Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. SELENA, JULIUS SEARS, KELLY CARLING, MATTHEW BELCHER, CORE RIN PEREZ AND THEN SUSAN. AND GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. HI. MY NAME IS

054SELENA. I RECENTLY MOVED TO FLORIDA FROM ILLINOIS. I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON WHO I CURRENTLY HOMESCHOOL. I KNOW YOU MAY BE THINKING, WHY IS SHE HERE IF THIS DOESN'T AFFECT HER. THE ANSWER IS, IT DOES AFFECT ME. IT AFFECTS ME BECAUSE MY SON IS BEING ROBBED OF A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. I REFUSE TO ENROLL HIM IN A SCHOOL UNMASKED WHERE I CAN RECEIVE A PHONE CALL AT ANY MOMENT THAT HE HAS TO BE QUARANTINED BECAUSE HE WAS NOT WEARING A MASK, YET THE CHILDREN WHO ARE WEARING MASKS, MOSTLY WORN INCORRECTLY, GET THE CHOICE TO CONTINUE SENDING THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL. THESE RULES INTENTIONALLY SET THE UNMASKED CHILDREN UP FOR FAILURE. ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY. PARENTS HAVE PRACTICED KEEPING THEIR KIDS HOME WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE SICK FOR DECADES AND I'M SURE WILL REMAIN

055DOING MORE SO IN THIS WORLD OF FEARMONGERING. I ALSO ASK THAT PROOF OF COVID BE MANDATORY. I HAVE WITH MY OWN EYES WITNESSED PARENTS' PLANNING ON CRYING WOLF ON COVID JUST SO THE UNMASKED KIDS GET SENT HOME. THIS IS NOT HOW ADULTS SHOULD BEHAVE. SEGREGATION OF MASK VERSUS UNMASKED IS VERY REAL AND I ASK THAT SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT IT SO MAYBE ONE DAY IN MY SON'S FUTURE HE CAN GO TO SCHOOL WHERE HE IS FREE TO CHOOSE AND FREE TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR OR MASK STATUS. I ALSO ASK THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE REAL SCIENCE OF CHILDREN'S RISK WITH COVID. 99.9% SURVIVAL RATE. RESEARCH THE RATES OF CHILD AND TEEN SUICIDE, ALCOHOLISM, OBESITY, THE LIST GOES ON. TAKING YOUR CHILD TO THE BEACH OR POOL ANY DAY IS A RISK.

056WHEN WILL WE OPEN OUR EYES TO THE REAL SCIENCE AND LOGIC? THE VIRUS WILL NOT BE STOPPED WITH CLOTH MASKS BOUGHT AT TARGET. FDA AND CDC STATE WHILE A SURGICAL MASK MAY BE EFFECTIVELY IN BLOCKING SPLASHES AND LARGE DROPLETS A FACE MASK BY DESIGN DOES NOT FILTER SMALL PARTICLES IN THE AIR THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED BY COUGH, SNEEZES OR CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEDURES. EACH FAMILY MUST MAKE THE APPROPRIATE HEALTH DECISIONS BASED ON THEIR -- [MICROPHONE CUT OFF] Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SELENA. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM JULIE SEARS, KELLY CARLING, MATTHEW BELCHER, CORE RIN PEREZ. GOOD EVENING ALMOST. HELLO. MY NAME IS JULIA SEARS. I'M A PHARMACIST. I'M ALSO A MOTHER. I'M A MOTHER FIRST. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE RECENT POLICY THAT WAS JUST MADE. IT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, AND AS

057IT STARTED TO UNFOLD ON TUESDAY ON DAY ONE, I REALIZED IT WAS DISCRIMINATORY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISCRIMINATION. HOW IT'S FOLDING OUT IS THAT AN UNMASKED CHILD NEAR A POSITIVE MASKED CHILD CASE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO QUARANTINE, BUT THEN A MASKED CHILD DOES HAVE A CHOICE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ZERO PROOF OF A POSITIVE CASE. WE'RE SEEING MOTHERS GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND DEVISE A PLAN TO GO IN AND SAY -- SAY THAT THEIR KID HAS COVID, AND THEN PULL THEM OUT AND THEY ARE HAPPILY IN A VIRTUAL PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID TO BE NEXT TO UNMASKED CHILDREN. WE NEED PROOF OF POSITIVE CASES. YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE PEOPLE'S WORD FOR IT TODAY. A LOT OF THINGS ARE CRAZY. PEOPLE ARE LYING AND FIGHTING, SO THERE HAS TO BE PROOF. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK

058YOU. KELLY KARLING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HI. I'M KELLY. I'M THE MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT THE POLICY BE AMENDED SO THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE POSITIVE FOR ANTIBODIES CAN BE EXEMPT FROM QUARANTINING. I BELIEVE THE POLICY IS DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST STUDENTS WHO HAVE NATURAL IMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO VACCINE-INDUCED IMMUNITY. A LOT OF KIDS GOT COVID OVER THE SUMMER AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT. JUST FOR FUN, I TOOK MY SONS TO CVS AND EIGHT MINUTES LATER IN A THIN FINGER PRICK LATER, OH, THEY HAVE LONG-TERM ANTIBODIES. DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE SICK. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO SEND THEM HOME BUT NOT VACCINATED KIDS. I AGREE WITH THE MOTHERS BEFORE ME SAID ABOUT THE MASKS NOT BEING EFFECTIVE. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE FOR A SOLUTION,

059LIKE MASKS ARE GOING TO SAVE US, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY HUSBAND IS A SURGEON, SURGICAL MASKS ARE TO PREVENT BACTERIA FROM ENTERING THE SURGICAL FIELD, NOT TO PREVENT VIRUSES PASSING THROUGH THESE PORES. ALSO, WE KNOW THAT THE KIDS ARE NOT WEARING THEM PROPERLY. THE TEACHERS AREN'T WEARING THEM PROPERLY. MY 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TELLS ME WHEN TEACHERS WANT TO BE HEARD LAST YEAR, THEY WOULD COME RIGHT IN THEIR FACES, PULL THE MASKS DOWN AND YELL. THEY WOULD PULL THEM DOWN AND SAY, PUT YOUR MASK ON PROPERLY. OKAY, SO HERE'S PROJECTILE SALIVA GOING IN THEIR FACES. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THE SOCIAL MEDIA DISCRIMINATION GOING AROUND IS TRUE. THESE MOMS ARE PLANNING TO SEND THEIR KIDS IN AND SAY THAT THEY ARE COVID POSITIVE AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. WE SHOULD JUST MAKE THIS POLICY NEUTRAL.

060Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MATTHEW BELCHER, CORRINE PEREZ AND SUSAN. GOOD EVENING, MR. BELCHER. YES, GOOD EVENING. MATTHEW BELCHER. YES, TO REITERATE SOME OF THE POINTS, 2,933 AS OF THIS MORNING, 1400 A DAY, WE'RE APPROACHING 5,000 IMPACTED STUDENTS. I SPENT FOUR HOURS ON THE PHONE THIS MORNING CALLING MULTIPLE PARTS OF THIS DISTRICT. I SPENT AT LEAST AN HOUR WITH EACH ADMINISTRATION AT THE SCHOOLS THAT MY CHILDREN ATTEND. I HAVE TWO OF THREE ALREADY HOME. I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO DAY THREE. AND TO THE POINT OF THE MASKS, THE MASK MANDATE ABSOLUTELY IS ABSURD BECAUSE BOTH OF MY CHILDREN GOT IT FROM LUNCH. THEIR EXPOSURE WAS DURING LUNCH WHERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE MASK OFF. I FEEL LIKE I'M WATCHING IDIOCRACY, A MOVIE THAT SHOWS THE ABSURDITY OF OUR WORLD AND WE'RE DISPLAYING IT FOR

061OUR CHILDREN IN FULL BEING RIGHT HERE. SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER. THE CASES THAT ARE BEING POINTED OUT, PEDIATRIC CASES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THEY ARE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FLU AND RSV CASES. RSV IS A CURRENT ISSUE RIGHT NOW AND THEY ARE FINDING MOST OF THE RSV CASES ARE COVID POSITIVE. IF THEY ARE COUNTING THE METRICS THEN PEOPLE ARE USING IT FOR FEARMONGERING AND TWISTING DATA ON ITS HEAD. I'VE DONE ENOUGH EDUCATION IN MY BACKGROUND TO KNOW WHEN I SEE A FALSE OR TWISTED DATA SET. I FEEL LIKE I'M WATCHING THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WHEN I WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS TODAY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WERE FRUSTRATED, ABSOLUTELY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY HAVE ME COMING INTO THEIR FACE EVERY MORNING SAYING I'M NOT GOING

062TO TELL MY CHILDREN THEY CAN'T BE EDUCATED. I'M GOING TO LET YOU CLARIFY TO THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF SOME DRACONIAN LAW THAT TYRANTS ARE THROWING DOWN ON US AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS MY CHILD SUFFERING. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. CORRINE PEREZ, SUSAN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SOCIALLY DISTANT PHOTO OP PREVIOUSLY, TOO. THAT WAS GREAT. I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER THE DECISION TO MAKE MASKS MANDATORY AGAIN FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLCHILDREN. THE CONSTANT CONTRADICTIONS FROM THE CDC, THE BOARD AND THE ACTUAL MESSAGING ON THE MASK BOXES EQUATES TO A SOCIETY BARRELING TOWARDS A POST-TRUTH REALITY WORLD. IT PAINS ME TO THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE PERFECTLY OKAY WITH BEING AN ACCESSORY TO SUCH A MOVEMENT. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, YOU ARE IN

063NO POSITION TO USURP A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT -- BREATHING. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TO VIRTUE SIGNAL AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR CHILDREN. NO RIGHT TO SUBJUGATE OUR KIDS AND COMPROMISE THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING. NO RIGHT TO FLAGRANTLY -- BY PACIFYING THEM WITH A PRE-SUMMER VICTORY AND BAITING YOUR DECISION AT THE LAST SECOND. UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM REPERCUSSIONS OF YOUR DECISIONS. I ASK THAT YOU DO SOMETHING THAT IS A PRECIOUS COMMODITY THESE DAYS, THE RIGHT THING. YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND GENERATIONS THEREAFTER WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH YOUR ACTIONS AND WHEN ONE OF THEM ASKS YOU, WHAT DID YOU DO TO PREVENT THE MEDICAL TYRANNY THAT DELETED THE MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHT YOU'LL BE FORCED TO TELL THEM YOU HELPED TO MAKE IT SO. THAT IS A FATE I WISH ON NO ONE. DO THE RIGHT

064THING. MAKE MASKS OPTIONAL, NOT MANDATORY IN SEPTEMBER. PUT THE CHILDREN FIRST. LET THEM BREATHE. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS COMMON SENSE. LET THEM SEE EACH OTHER SMILE. LET THEM BE HAPPY TO BE HUMAN AGAIN. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. SUSAN. YES, CORRECT ME. GOOD EVENING, SUSAN. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE REMOVE THE MASK MANDATES. TEACHERS ARE USING THEM TO BULLY OUR KIDS. I AM AN AUNTIE. I HAVE A NIECE AND NEPHEW IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'M ALSO A MOTHER. THE MASKS ARE JUST A SOURCE OF DIVISIVENESS. THE MASK STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THEM TO BE INEFFECTIVE. THERE WERE MASK STUDIES PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES ABOUT MASK STUDIES BEFORE COVID WAS EVER A THING AND THEY WERE BASED ON THE FLU AND OTHER RESPIRATORY SPREAD AND THEY SHOWED THEM TO BE COMPLETELY

065INEFFECTIVE. SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW ABOUT THE MASK THAT YOU'RE WEARING. IT'S NOT AS IF OUR KIDS ARE WEARING PROFESSIONALLY CREATED AND LAB TESTED FACE COVERINGS AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO BE RATIONALE AND OUR KIDS ARE BEARING WITNESS TO IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE TITLED GLOBAL PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN CHILDREN DURING COVID-19. IT IS A META-ANALYSIS OF 29 STUDIES WHERE THEY FOUND THE PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY TO BE 25 AND 20 PERCENT RESPECTIVELY. ALSO OF INTEREST MIGHT BE THE FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA POST MADE BY A FLORIDA TEACHER. SAW THE EXEMPTION FORM. JUST HOPE THEY GET VERIFIED. MASKLESS STUDENTS WILL SIT IN THE BACK OF THE CLASS AS FAR AWAY FROM ME AND THE MASKED STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE. EXTRA CREDIT FOR WEARING A MASK, TOO.

066EDIT TO ADD, I ALSO NEED TO SEE A LIST FROM ADMIN OF OPTED OUT STUDENTS. OTHERWISE, THEY WILL WEAR A MASK IN MY CLASS. IDGAF. ALSO A POST BY A LOCAL FLORIDA PARENT. DISTRICTS DO 1, 5, 10 AND 20 DAY COUNTS TUSH IN CHAIRS. MAYBE WE CAN GRAB OUR KIDS AN HOUR IN OR CALL OUT BECAUSE QUARANTINE. WALK IN AND SAY OUR KIDS WERE EXPOSED AND WATCH CHAOS UNFOLD AN HOUR INTO THE FIRST DAY. WE'VE GOT TO GET A GRIP ON THIS. WE'RE REALLY MESSING UP OUR KIDS' MENTAL HEALTH. THIS IS NOT HEALTHY FOR THEM. [MICROPHONE CUT OFF] [INAUDIBLE] Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS, A SECOND

067BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MEMBERS HAVE VOTED. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. LET'S CORRECT THE RECORD. MEMBER GRAY WANTS TO SAY YES AND PRESSED THE WRONG BUTTON. SO THAT'S A YES. THANK YOU. HERE WE GO. SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. SO WE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA. I BELIEVE IT IS YOUR TURN TO SHARE SOME UPDATES. Addison Davis: THANKS VERY MUCH, MS. GRAY. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS EVENING, WANT TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL IN OUR ORGANIZATION. TALK ABOUT NEW LEADERSHIP, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIRST WEEK AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF OUR STUDENT REOPENING PLAN AS IT HAS BEEN PHASED OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO OF

068THE REORGANIZATION THAT WE TRANSITION TO IN THE RECENT WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE CREATE THE BEST EXPERIENCES WE CAN WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS WE LOOK AT NEW LEADERS, WE GET A CHANCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE LEADERS, ESPECIALLY PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE DONE SOME, APs THAT HAVE WORKED TREMENDOUSLY HARD TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO THE NEXT STAGE. WE HAVE SO MANY AWESOME TEACHERS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, A NUMBER OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT ARE PREPARED AND HAVE COMPLETED THE PP PROCESS AND THOSE PROUD AND READY TO BE ABLE TO LEAD OUR WORK. TODAY, OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL AND I ASK THEM TO COME UP, THAT IS MR. JOSEPH HILBUSH. PLEASE COME UP. MR. HILBUSH HAS BEEN THE SITE COORDINATOR AND ALSO A SITE COORDINATOR AT LOPEZ AS WELL. HE WILL NOW TAKE ON

069NEW RESPONSIBILITY AS PRINCIPAL AT THE EXCEPTIONAL CENTER. MR. HILBUSH, PLEASE COME UP. IN ADDITION, TRYING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FILL POSITION OF MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE OF THE GREATEST LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO INTERACT WITH AND HAD TO TALK HER OUT OF TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE SCHOOL, SHAY McRAE WAS A BIG PART. SHE HAS TRANSFORMED THAT SCHOOL TO A NEW PLACE THAT'S THRIVING FOR CHILDREN BUT BEING ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT AND FIND A LEADER THAT HAS SOMEWHAT THE SAME MENALITY AND SKILL SET TO BUILD A SOLID CULTURE. THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS DONE THAT AS HE HAS BEEN IN THE STATE EDUCATION FOR OVER 27 YEARS. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS IN I THINK HILLSBOROUGH SINCE 1996. BUCHANAN. SAME TOKEN AT SLIGH THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. HE'S

070WORKED ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE BEST PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT, MR. JONES AND THE NEW PRINCIPAL -- MR. BRENT WILLIAMS. I DON'T KNOW IF MS. COLLEEN FAUCETT IS HERE THIS EVENING. SHE HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO. ROCKING AND ROLLING. DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION. AREA COACH. SHE'S BEEN A PRINCIPAL AT SO MANY YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND SHE WILL LEAD THE WORK NOW OF TRANSITION FROM DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SHE DOES SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB WITH OUR GRADUATIONS AND CONTROLLING THIS BUILDING AND MANY OTHER BUILDINGS AND A GREAT JOB BEING ABLE TO LEARN THE MECHANICS OF ACCELERATION. LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SHE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION, THAT WE ALSO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WORK AS A LEADER OF OUR DJJ SERVICES.

071HE IS A DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL THAT REALLY HAS A HEART FOR CHILDREN THAT REALLY CONTINUES TO BE INNOVATIVE IN SOLUTIONS. HE WAS REMARKABLE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. AND HE WILL LEAD AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION WITH MRS. BAYS. ACCELERATED ACADEMIES, SUCCESS CENTERS ALONG WITH ESE CENTERS FOR 13 CENTERS, MR. EARNEST WOOD. I THINK MS. NORMAN IS HERE AS WELL. SHE NOW TRANSITIONED TO BECOME A NEW AP. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE HERE. CELEBRATE THEM. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. LINE UP AND TAKE A PICTURE, THEY'LL TAKE A PICTURE FOR EACH OF YOU. PLEASE KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU ALONG THE WAY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU. YOU CAN JUMP IN, MS. NORMAN. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, AND WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FIRST WEEK OF

072SCHOOL REALLY AWESOME FIRST DAY. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR SUPPORT STAFF, OUR LEADERS FOR REALLY GETTING PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE FIRST DAY. CAN I SEE IT IN THE EYES OF SO MANY STUDENTS, MANY OF THOSE WHO HAD MASKS ON. ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY WERE SO READY TO GET OUR CHILDREN BACK INTO OUR CLASSROOMS. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, I'VE BEEN HERE 17 MONTHS, SOME OF THE STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN BACK IN CLASSROOMS SINCE THAT PARTICULAR TIME. GETTING STUDENTS BACK INTO -- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL WATCH A VIDEO. THAT'S OKAY. RUN IT. THE MORE THOUGHTS I'M GETTING INTO -- Addison Davis: VIDEO OF OUR FIRST WEEK. ♪ Addison Davis: THANK YOU FOR DEALING WITH THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. YOU CAN SEE WHAT A REALLY COOL DAY, A CHANCE TO

073INTERACT WITH OUR CHILDREN AND GOING TO SO MANY OF OUR CLASSROOMS. WE HAD TEACHING TAKING PLACE THE FIRST DAY. ROUTINES, CONTENTS, STUDENTS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE LEARNING PROCESS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE FOUNDATIONS AS LAST YEAR. OVERALL ENROLLMENT, THIS IS DAY TWO. DAY THREE IS PROBABLY IN MY IN-BOX RIGHT NOW. MARIE IS SAYING YES. WE HAVE AROUND 193,000 STUDENTS THAT WE ARE SERVING. THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO GO UP EVERY DAY. NEXT TWO WEEKS WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN THE INFORMATION IS BEFORE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AND WE CONTINUE TO MOVE IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. PROJECT AROUND 220,000 STUDENTS AND EVERY DAY WE'LL CONTINUE TO -- MANY THANKS TO SUPPORT STAFF TO CONTINUALLY ACTIVELY ENGAGE AND CONTACT THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SHOWN UP AND OUR DATA PROCESSORS WHO

074CONTINUE TO ENROLL STUDENTS. WE KNOW YOU ARE OVERWHELMED AND SAME TOKEN, HATS OFF TO BUS DRIVERS, BUS DRIVERS WHO CONTINUE TO DO MULTIPLE RUNS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, SO IMPORTANT. AND CUSTODIAL WORKERS AND CAFETERIA WORKERS DOING REMARKABLE WORK AS WELL. OPT-OUT, QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS OPTED OUT TONIGHT. WE HAVE AROUND 14.5% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE OPTED OUT NOT TO WEAR A MASK. SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE WEARING MASKS. MAJORITY OF OUR TEACHERS ARE WEARING A MASK. YOU SEE THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS OPTING OUT ARE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY HAD ACCESSIBILITY TO THE VACCINATION IN AN EARLIER STAGE. JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU. ALSO REGROUP BACK TO THE REOPENING PLAN FOR ALL THE PARENTS, WE SENT THAT

075OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS BACK. JUST BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THAT DOCUMENT. IT TALKS ABOUT THE LEARNING SOLUTIONS THAT WE OFFER RELATED TO BRICK AND MORTAR AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO OFFER HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL AND ALSO GOES IN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ENSURE WE CONTINUE TO MITIGATE COVID AND THE VARIANT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BY SANITATION STATIONS, INCLUSIVE OF MASKS, GLOVES, WIPES, HAND SANITIZER, HAND SANITIZERS IN THE COMMON AREAS AND MAKING CERTAIN WE HAVE DIRECTIONAL WALKWAYS WHERE WE CAN AND BEING VERY -- AND TRYING TO STAGGER IN AND OUT RELATED TO ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL WHERE WE CAN AS WELL. I SAID FROM THE VERY GET-GO, 17 MONTHS AGO, BEING ABLE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE IS COMPLEX IN EDUCATION. WE'RE NOT BUILT THAT WAY. WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WHERE POSSIBLE. THANK

076YOU TO TEACHERS WHO MODIFIED THE CLASSROOMS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT A REALITY. SAME TOKEN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS THAT CONTINUE TO CLEAN EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS IN OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF. FACE COVERINGS, AGAIN OPT OUT WHERE NEEDED. THIS ALSO TALKS ABOUT SELF-SCREENING. PLEASE, FROM OUR TEACHERS TO OUR CAREGIVERS AND OUR PARENTS, IF YOUR CHILD DOESN'T FEEL WELL, PLEASE KEEP THEM HOME. CHECK THEIR SYMPTOMS SO THEY DON'T INFECT OTHERS AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROCEDURES OF QUARANTINE VERSUS ISOLATION. THOSE WHO ARE QUARANTINED, WE NOW HAVE PERMISSION FOR THAT TO BE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR STAY AT HOME AND LOOKING AT THE VACCINATION PROTOCOLS RELATED TO THOSE WHO HAVE TO QUARANTINE AND THOSE WHO DO NOT. VOLUNTEER PROTOCOLS WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS BEING ABLE TO TRULY PROTECT

077OUR ENVIRONMENTS AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THOSE ON OUR CAMPUS ARE MISSION CRITICAL AND THE PRINCIPALS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND IDENTIFIES HOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO OFFER INSTRUCTIONAL QUARANTINE PROCESSES. I KNOW THAT MR. CONNOR CONTINUE TO WORK ON STANDING UP FOR ELEMENTARY AND ALSO TUTORS FOR 6-12. TUTOR IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. ABOUT STUDENTS WHO NEED HELP IN ANY PARTICULAR SUBJECT, CONTENT, SKILLS. A TUTOR IS NOT TO TEACH OVERALL WHERE THE KID IS, REALLY TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO MASTER THE WORK AS WELL AND BE ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN A WHILE TO MAKE THAT A REALITY. WE WISH WE HAD ENOUGH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP TO DO THE TRANSITION TO E-LEARNING. NOBODY DID IT WELL IN THE STATE AND HANDFUL DOING IT

078THROUGHOUT THE STATE. REORGANIZATION, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD AND DR. HAHN MAKING CERTAIN WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT RELATED TO OUR REORGANIZATION. THERE'S A NUMBER OF AREAS TONIGHT, INFORMATION ITEM THAT WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS FROM -- WE TRANSITION FROM 28 SCHOOLS THAT WERE D AND F SCHOOLS WHICH CUT THOSE IN HALF TO 14 AND EXPANDED TO 45. REALLY GETTING TO A PART WHERE SCHOOLS ARE MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE CONCENTRATIONS SO THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT SUPPORTS, THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP AND SYSTEMIC APPROACH FOR RESOURCES. WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS TO REDUCE THE SPAN OF CONTROL SO WE CAN REALLY WORK ON BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND ADDED 15 INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WHICH ALL LEVERAGED WITH ESSER DOLLARS. OF THE 15 POSITIONS THOSE INDIVIDUALS KNOW IN TWO YEARS THOSE

079POSITIONS GO DORMANT AS THEY WILL NOT BE CONTINUED THE FOLLOWING, AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION. CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, REALLY MOVING AWAY A NUMBER OF ANCILLARY DIVISIONS THAT REALLY BOGGED UP SOME OF THE WORK FROM CHIEF OF SCHOOLS. OPENLY, MS. BAYS HAD SO MUCH UNDER HER UMBRELLA LAST YEAR, SHE REALLY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON SCHOOLS, SUPPORT AND PRINCIPALS AND HAVING GREATER COMMUNICATION. SO BEING ABLE TO MOVE HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION OUT OF CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND ALLOW MS. BURKETT TO TRULY WORK ON FOCUS ON REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS, SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS, ENGAGING WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND FOCUSING ON PROGRESS MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTING THE CURRICULUM WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN BEING ABLE TO REMOVE ALL OF THE GRADE BAND CHIEFS WE HAVE. ANOTHER LAYER WHERE COMMUNICATION GOT BOGGED DOWN. GOING FROM THE CHIEF

080OF SCHOOLS DIRECTLY TO OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEN ADDING A DEPUTY DIRECTOR WHO CONTINUES TO HELP OVERALL WITH THAT PROCESS. FROM THE CHIEF OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY, THIS IS LOOKING AT NATIONAL MODELS IN URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALONG THE WAY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT VERTICALS FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AND REALLY MAINSTREAMING OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION, ESE, FACE, TO HAVE THAT COHESIVE APPROACH FOR BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING CERTAIN THEY HAVE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN CHIEF OF INNOVATION REALLY LOOKING AT DESIGNING A THOUGHTFUL POSITION THAT REALLY LOOKED AT STRENGTHENING ALL OF OUR CHOICE IN MAGNET PROGRAMS, DOING AN AUDIT, LOOKING AT OUR WORKFORCE, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AND DEFINE AND HOLD CHARTERS ACCOUNTABLE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF

081THE WORKFORCE CTE, VIRTUAL AND PUT THEM IN ONE SO WE DON'T DUPLICATE OR WE DON'T DUPLICATE SERVICES UNLESS IT'S A MODEL AND WE TRY TO DO IT IN GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS AND THEN ADDING A HOST TO THAT PROCESS SO WE CAN BE INNOVATIVE IN THAT OFFERING AS WELL BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. FINALLY, CLIMATE AND CULTURE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIP, CLIMATE AND CULTURE. I HAVE TO SAY THIS DIVISION HAS MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO INTERACT WITH AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE THIS DIVISION ESSER WHICH IS GOING TO BE $750 MILLION AS WELL, REALLY WONDERFUL JOB, MS. BROWN, NOT ONLY WITH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS BUT ALSO WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD, SUPPORT TEAMS, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT OUTREACH AND THAT

082LIAISON TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE ALL THE EFFORTS. OVERALL SAVED $259,000 DOING THIS REORGANIZATION. AND THAT $259,000 GOES BACK INTO OUR GENERAL FUND WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE IT AND USE IT TO HELP OUR FUND BALANCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S IT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I THINK WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS, A FEW BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REMARK OR A RESPONSE. MEMBER VAUGHN AND THEN MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN, MEMBER SNIVELY. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR GIVING US THAT UPDATE AND ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. ARE WE QUONK ABOUT 3,000 STUDENTS CURRENTLY? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THAT IS CORRECT. OVER 2,000 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED TO DATE. Jessica Vaughn: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD ADD THE QUARANTINE INFORMATION TO THE DASHBOARD

083SO COLLECTIVELY AND HOLISTICALLY LOOK AT NO NOT JUST WHO IS TESTING POSITIVE BUT WHO IS QUARANTINING, TALKING ABOUT LEARNING LOSS, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND HOW MANY KIDS AREN'T. ALSO ANOTHER REQUEST I'D LIKE TO MAKE, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT GETTING TESTING ON-SITE, ALSO TALKING ABOUT IF WE CAN DO ANY KIND OF INCENTIVES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO GET VACCINATED. I KNOW ORANGE COUNTY HAS DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO KNOW KELLY STAFFING. HOW ARE THEY DOING AS FAR AS SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS CONCERNING COVERAGE ON THIS? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SUBS FOR THE TEACHERS THAT ARE QUARANTINED? Addison Davis: RIGHT NOW, THE FILL RATE CURRENTLY IS OVER 57%. WE KNOW THAT NUMBER IS NOT AN ATTRACTIVE NUMBER. BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING WE CAN. WE'RE

084LEVERAGING SCHOOL-BASED COACHES AND ALSO DISTRICT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GO IN TO FILL POSITIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE WORK WITH KELLY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT. THE PROBLEM IS WITH COVID CONTINUE TO RAMP UP, IT'S HARD TO GET INDIVIDUALS. NO DIFFERENT THAN BUS DRIVERS, NO DIFFERENT THAN BEING ABLE TO FILL POSITIONS AND HOST. VERY COMPLEX TO FILL A NUMBER OF POSITIONS WE OFFER. WE'RE NOT ALONE. THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND NATION. Jessica Vaughn: HAS A LIST BEEN PROVIDED TO THE TEACHERS OF THE OPT-OUT STUDENTS AT THIS POINT? Addison Davis: YES, PRINCIPALS HAVE THE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEIR STAFFS. Jessica Vaughn: WHAT ARE THE METRICS FOR SWITCHING -- I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD METRICS ON CLOSING SCHOOLS. WHAT PERCENTAGE RATE ARE WE

085LOOKING AT TO CHANGE SOME OF THE POLICIES OR REVISIT THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS IF THIS GETS MORE INTENSE AND THE NUMBERS CLIMB HIGHER, WHAT ARE OUR METRICS AS FAR AS CLOSING SCHOOLS OR PIVOTING SOME OF THE POLICIES? Addison Davis: LAST YEAR WE USED INFORMATION BETWEEN 10 AND 15% THAT WE LOOKED AT OUR SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT -- AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY TO STAFF AND ALSO WITH STUDENTS QUARANTINED AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS IN A PROACTIVE SOLUTION AND PROACTIVE MANNER. WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'LL USE THAT TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF WE NEED TO HAVE A SITE VISIT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WORK WITH OUR COVID LEADS AND ALSO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO GET DEPARTMENT OF

086HEALTH OR TGH ON-SITE TO DETERMINE IF ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RELATED TO THAT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OUT. WE'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL A COUPLE OF DAYS. IN THAT PROCESS, IT TAKES A NUMBER OF DAYS TO BE IDENTIFIED THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN TESTED POSITIVE, TO BECOME POSITIVE FOR COVID, MEANING THAT THEY DIDN'T COME TO SCHOOL AND AUTOMATICALLY THEY GOT COVID. IT TAKES A NUMBER OF DAYS FOR THOSE SIGNS TO BE ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED. WE'RE REACTING TO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR BOTH STAFF AND STUDENTS AT THIS STAGE. Jessica Vaughn: TWO MORE QUESTIONS. I HEARD SEVERAL PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TALK ABOUT OUR LUNCHROOM PROCEDURES. WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO KEEP OUR LUNCHROOM SAFE? I'D LIKE

087A LEGAL UPDATE FROM MR. PORTER ABOUT OTHER COUNTIES AS FAR AS THE MANDATES THEY HAVE DONE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESPONSE TO THAT, IF THERE ARE COUNTIES THAT ARE BUCKING THE GUIDELINES AND WHETHER FUNDING HAS BEEN WITHHELD. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING BEING HELD EQUIVALENT TO OUR SALARIES AND TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARIES, ROUGHLY WHICH I THINK IS ABOUT $700,000, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE BILLION DOLLARS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. I WANT TO GET AN IDEA ABOUT FUNDING BEING HELD FROM COUNTIES WHO HAVE PUT IN STRICTER GUIDELINES. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I'LL SAY ONE THING WE HAVE IN OUR COMMON AREAS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SOCIAL DISTANCE IN OUR CAFETERIAS. WHEN WE SERVE BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING, THERE HAS TO BE A REQUIREMENT THAT WE CANNOT SERVE AN OPEN

088LUNCH UNTIL CLOSE -- I THINK NEAR AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES OR POTENTIALLY TWO HOURS THAT WE CANNOT START LUNCH. FOR US TO PROPERLY SOCIAL DISTANCE IN THE FACILITIES AND SOME OF OUR CAFETERIAS ARE SMALLER THAN OTHERS, TO BE ABLE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE WE WOULD NEED THE ENTIRE DAY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE LUNCH, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. WE DO THINK -- I SAY NOT THINK BUT THANK OUR TEACHERS THAT HAVE LUNCH OR BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THAT IS ALSO BARGAINED AND THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE STAFF WHO HAVE TO BE WILLING TO DO THAT. OPENLY, STAFF THAT ARE DOING THOSE ELEMENTS AND PUSHING THAT, THEY ARE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE FROM AN ORGANIZATION. ALSO UNDERSTAND WE TAKE THAT TIME AWAY FROM THE TEACHER,

089THE EDUCATOR TO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THEMSELVES. WE HAVE TO HAVE A CHANCE FOR THEM TO LET THEIR HAIR DOWN. HAS TO BE APPROVED. CANNOT BE MANDATED. ALSO, WE WANT OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ROOMS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE CAFETERIA, COMMON AREAS OR OUTSIDE WHERE THEY CAN. THE ISSUE IS RIGHT NOW SOMETIMES IT IS EXTREMELY HOT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE. IF WE DON'T HAVE COVERED AND MOST OF THE COVERED AREAS ARE USED BY OUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES, THEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE FREEDOMS TO DO THAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO FIND THE RIGHT SPOT AND RIGHT AREA WHERE THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE. AS RELATES TO FOR ME RELATED TO GOING OUTSIDE OF THE GUIDELINES FOR THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE NEW RULE OR CLARIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

090EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, I'M OPENLY GOING TO STAY IN LINE UNLESS THIS BOARD WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION, THEN AS SUPERINTENDENT MY JOB IS TO SUPPORT YOU IN THAT PROCESS, APPROVE THAT AT THE LAST MEETING AT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. RIGHT NOW, MY JOB IS TO FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATIONS ESTABLISHED. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WHEN MR. PORTER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, IF HE COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT LEGAL, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ AND THEN MEMBER HAHN. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THE DASHBOARD, WHEN THE PARENTS LOOK AT IT, IT'S SHOWING THAT THE CASES -- IT ONLY SHOWS 262 STUDENTS AND -- STAFF AND 144

091STUDENTS ON THERE. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UPDATED -- Addison Davis: THAT'S ACCURATE. THAT'S ACCURATE -- THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT'S ACCURATE FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS POSITIVE AND NUMBER OF TEACHERS POSITIVE FROM DAY ONE. Karen Perez: OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE 2,933. Addison Davis: THAT'S QUARANTINED. THROUGH THE CHAIR, QUARANTINES ARE SO HARD. IT'S VERY COMPLEX. THAT'S A MOVING TARGET EVERY MINUTE EVERY TIME. I'LL BE VERY HONEST, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE ACCURATE DATA THAT'S REAL-TIME. IT'S REALLY COMPLEX TO SET THAT SYSTEM UP. WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS MOVING IN AT DIFFERENT PARTICULAR TIMES THAT ARE QUARANTINED IN AND OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE NOT THAT WE DON'T -- WE DO CAPTURE THAT, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO FEEL LIKE THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS A REALITY AND SOMETHING REAL-TIME, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT WAY. I

092CAN YIELD TO MR. BUNKLY OR MRS. BROWN ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES BEHIND THAT. THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BECAUSE STUDENTS CAN COME OFF OF QUARANTINE ANY DAY, THEN IT CHANGES THE NUMBERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO IT'S ALWAYS A MOVING TARGET. IT'S VERY, VERY FLUID. IN SOME WAYS THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE IT MEANS WE'RE GETTING KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL BUT IT ALSO MEANS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO GIVE AN EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE IT COULD CHANGE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. Karen Perez: WELL, THE NUMBER OF COVID POSITIVE ONES ARE LISTED DAILY. SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONES THAT ARE QUARANTINED? BECAUSE BASED ON OUR NEW QUARANTINE PROCEDURE, OUR NEW QUARANTINE PROTOCOL, THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT CAN COME BACK AFTER TAKING A TEST, AFTER THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WHO HAS TESTED

093POSITIVE, THEY CAN COME BACK AFTER TAKING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AFTER FIVE DAYS. IF THEY CANNOT THE RESULTS ON DAY FIVE THAT THEY TAKE THE TEST, THEY CAN COME BACK IN THAT DAY. THEY CAN ALSO IF THEY DON'T GET THE RESULTS ONDAY FIVE, GET IT ON DAY SIX, THEY CAN COME BACK ON DAY SIX. WHETHER I CHECK THE DASHBOARD REFLECTS THAT NUMBER AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING, IT MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON JUST BASED ON STUDENTS MOVING IN AND OUT BASED ON QUARANTINE AND WHEN THEY CAN RETURN FROM QUARANTINE. BUT WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACT BUT IT'S HARD TO PUBLISH THAT WHEN IT'S CONSISTENTLY CHANGING. Karen Perez: I JUST FEEL THAT THIS NUMBER IS VITAL TO US, ESPECIALLY DUE TO LEARNING LOSS AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DO

094NOT HAVE E-LEARNING. LET ME SAY WHY. BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE BUSED FROM ONE SIDE OF THE DISTRICT TO THE OTHER. IF YOU'RE EXPECTING THESE STUDENTS TO PICK UP A PACKET TO GET THEIR LESSONS AND THE PARENTS CANNOT GET TO THE SCHOOLS TO PICK UP THE PACKETS FOR THESE STUDENTS, US AS BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT 2,933 STUDENTS ARE IMPACTED IN LEARNING LOSS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF SCHOOL. THIS IS A BIG NUMBER FOR US. AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT 281 -- I MEAN, 262 AS OPPOSED TO 2,933, AND WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS IN THIS DISTRICT REGARDING OUR STUDENTS, THEIR LEARNING, AND THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THEIR CLASSES, THIS IS VITAL FOR US, AT LEAST FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THIS NUMBER IS IMPACTFUL.

095HOW ARE THESE 2,000, ALMOST 3,000 STUDENTS RECEIVING THEIR LESSONS? HOW ARE THEY BEING CONTACTED TO GET THEIR READING, THEIR MATH, THEIR LESSONS COMPLETED, ESPECIALLY, LIKE I MENTIONED, WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THESE STUDENTS AND THEN THE FACT THAT WE GOT THE 14 SCHOOLS DOING BETTER, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT LEVERAGE, THAT MOMENTUM WITH OUR STUDENTS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IN TOUCH NOT JUST WITH THIS BOARD, WITH THE DISTRICT, BUT KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. AND I FEEL THAT THIS NUMBER IS IMPERATIVE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS DISTRICT. I KNOW I NEED TO GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE, BUT I JUST FEEL THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. LIKE I SAID, BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL IS NOT SOMETHING THAT A STUDENT CAN JUMP

096INTO AND JUMP OUT OF, JUMP INTO AND JUMP OUT OF. SO IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR STUDENTS. AND SO I NEED TO KNOW HOW WE COULD GET THIS ON A DASHBOARD FOR AT LEAST FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. YOUR COMMENTS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS EVERY BOARD MEMBER IS. I WOULD GO AHEAD AND ASK BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE YOUR INITIAL COMMENT. SHOULD YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOUR OWN COMMENTS AT THE END BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN THE DISCUSSION AGENDA, AND THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT MEMBER PEREZ AND, OF COURSE, MEMBER VAUGHN HAS CHOSEN. BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD SEE KEEP THOSE REMARKS, YOUR SECOND REMARKS UNTIL THE END OF THE BOARD MEETING UNTIL WE GET DONE WITH THE BUSINESS

097PART, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A REMARK? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. TO MS. PEREZ'S POINT, IT'S ALL VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS WHY THE STUDENTS SHOULD NOT COME TO SCHOOL. PARENTS SHOULD NOT SEND STUDENTS TO SCHOOL THAT HAVE SYMPTOMS THIS IS WHY WE HAVE QUARANTINE. IF THE -- FIRST THREE DAYS, THEY DIDN'T CATCH COVID IN OUR SCHOOLS. IF THEY STAYED HOME, THEN WE WOULDN'T QUARANTINE NO ONE. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE HEALTH CHECKS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER SPACE RELATING TO SERVING CHILDREN THAT MAY HAVE TO QUARANTINE. IS IT A PERFECT WORLD? LOVE TO HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS TO EMBRACE THEM IN AN E-LEARNING WORLD BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD IT AND CLASS SIZE CREATES INCONSISTENCIES. KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE QUARANTINE CENTER. WE HAVE RESOURCES. MAJORITY OF OUR

098STUDENTS AND I SAY THAT MR. FARKAS, THEY ARE BUSING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT FOR MAJORITY OF IT. NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS OR ACCESSIBILITY TO SCHOOLS IF THEY NEED A PACKET FOR THOSE FOR THE MOST PART, THOUGH, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF DIGITAL AND ADDRESS ANY DIGITAL DIVIDE WHERE NEEDED. MR. CONNOR, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO CONTINUE -- Terry Connor: IT IS A REAL PROBLEM WE FACE. HOW CAN WE DO THIS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE? SO WE HAVE MADE SURE EVERYTHING IN CANVAS IS UP TO DATE WITH ALL OF THE CURRICULUM RESOURCES AT THE FINGERTIPS OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS. SO WHEN THERE IS THAT ABSENCE AND THAT STUDENT IS DISCONNECTED, IF THEY DO HAVE A DEVICE, AND WE WILL WORK, LIKE THE

099SUPERINTENDENT SAID, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS A DIVIDE WHEN IT COMES TO ANY GAPS IN TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'LL PROVIDE THOSE TO OUR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVELY CONNECTED TO THE LEARNING. SO THE CANVAS RESOURCES ARE UP TO DATE. THAT IS OUR MAIN COMMUNICATION TOOL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN A VIRTUAL SETTING. THAT'S WHERE THEIR GRADES ARE. THAT'S WHERE THE TEACHER RESOURCES ARE. THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE ALL UPDATED CONTINUALLY. THE QUARANTINE RESOURCE CENTER IS ALSO UP TO DATE WITH LESSONS AND RESOURCES AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT STUDENTS STAY CONNECTED AND PARENTS HAVE AN AVENUE TO CONNECT THROUGH THE RESOURCE CENTER AS WELL. WE ARE CONTINUING RIGHT NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY ADVERTISING TEN TEACHER POSITIONS AT K-5, PRE-K-5 WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, STUDENTS CAN CONNECT THROUGH TEAMS

100TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN INTERACT WITH WITH THOSE ASSIGNMENTS THAT THEIR OWN TEACHER HAS SENT HOME DURING THAT QUARANTINE PROCESS. SO ESSENTIALLY AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF A THIRD GRADER WAS SENT HOME AND QUARANTINED, MY SON WAS QUARANTINED TODAY, ACTUALLY, AS A FIFTH GRADER. AND SO THAT STUDENT WOULD BE SENT HOME WITH THE WORK. THEN AS THAT STUDENT WORKS THROUGH THOSE PACKETS OVER THE FOUR DAYS OR MAYBE SEVEN DAYS THAT THEY WILL BE QUARANTINED, THEY CAN CONNECT TO A LIFE TEACHER THROUGH A VIRTUAL SETTING. THAT TEACHER IS GOING TO BE THERE TO HELP THEM IMMEDIATELY WITH WHAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH IN THE CLASSROOM. IT'S NOT A RANDOM LESSON THAT MAY BE DISCONNECTED FROM WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING. NOT ONLY FRUSTRATES PARENTS, IT FRUSTRATES STUDENTS IF NOT CONNECTED. ESSENTIALLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS WILL BE ON

101DEMAND TO HELP WITH WHATEVER PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING AT THAT TIME. THAT'S K-5 MODEL. 6-12 IT IS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL, SEVERAL SUBJECTS. WE DO NOT HAVE CERTIFIED EXPERTS ON CALL IN ALL OF THESE SUBJECTS, WHETHER THAT BE PHYSICS, CALCULUS OR ALL THAT. WE ARE EXPLORING AND I'LL BE MEETING WITH EACH OF YOU HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT A SOLUTION -- A VIRTUAL SOLUTION WHERE STUDENTS CAN HAVE 24/7 ACCESS TO A LIVE TUTOR. THESE TUTORS ARE BACKGROUND CHECKED. THEY ARE -- THE WAY THAT THEY FACILITATE THE TUTORING IS NOT TO GIVE ANSWERS TO STUDENTS. THEY USE WHAT IS CALLED A SOCRATIC METHOD. THEY WALK STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR PROBLEMS SO THAT THEY COME TO A SOLUTION ON THEIR OWN, AND IT'S A VIRTUAL TUTORING SESSION. EVERYTHING IS CAPTURED AND

102SAVED FOR THE TEACHER WHEN THAT STUDENT RETURNS BACK. ANY INTERACTIONS OCCURRING IN THIS VIRTUAL SETTING IS SAFE FOR THE TEACHER TO REVIEW TO ENSURE WHERE THAT STUDENT MAY HAVE BREAKDOWNS WHEN THEY COME BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM AND GET BACK ON TRACK. THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS, AGAIN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S POINT, IT'S NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION BUT IT IS I THINK A GOOD SOLUTION TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND OBVIOUSLY AS THESE NUMBERS SPIKE, I DO SEE THAT WE WILL BE LEVERAGING ALL THOSE RESOURCES TO THE MAXIMUM. Lynn Gray: MR. CONNOR, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO MEET AS YOU ARE ON THE ONE-ON-ONES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TUTORING. I DON'T KNOW IF ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR, AND THAT'S WHY THESE QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED. IT'S NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM. AT ANY RATE, WITH

103BREVITY, MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, FOR THE SUMMARY SHEETS AND THE FISCAL WORK SHEETS. I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THAT, AGAIN, GIVEN OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, THIS INFORMATION IS REALLY VALUABLE TO THE BOARD. WE JUST GOT IT PRETTY LATE. I HAVEN'T HAD A REAL CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, DIGEST IT, AND SO I KNOW THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF CONVERSATION TONIGHT BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO REVIEW IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT THIS ON A WORKSHOP AND HAVE A BOARD DISCUSSION AROUND IT. WE CAN ALL GO OVER IT TOGETHER AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SO FORTH. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR A WORKSHOP AROUND THIS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, YOU AND YOUR TEAM. I

104KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. ALSO, THE ESSER DASHBOARD, COULD YOU KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT, WHERE WE ARE WITH IT? I'VE HAD SOME SNEAK PEEKS. LOOKS GOOD. WE ARE ACTUALLY READY TO RELEASE THE ESSER DASHBOARD. ALL WE ARE DOING IS FRAMING THE DATA -- WE'RE FRAMING THE WORDING AROUND THE DATA BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A FALSE NARRATIVE. IT IS BASICALLY BUILDING THE DESCRIPTION AROUND IT AND WE'LL HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE NO LATER THAN MONDAY. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THAT IT WILL BE VERY INFORMATIVE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, TO OUR FINANCIAL COMMITTEE WHEN WE GET THAT PUT IN PLACE AS WELL AS OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ALWAYS ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS VIA E-MAIL, A FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS AND PHONE CALLS AROUND HOW

105THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT, HOW MANY OF THE DOLLARS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RELEASED. WE WANT TO JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO MISINFORMATION OUT THERE AND WE'RE BEING VERY TRANSPARENT BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF MONEY AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT WE'RE SPENDING IT IN IMPACTFUL WAYS AND RESPONSIBLE WAYS. THANK YOU, JEREMY. THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT. I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT'S GOING TO GET LAUNCHED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. YES TO THE WORKSHOP. GIVE ME A DESCRIPTION. SECONDLY, YES, THE DASHBOARD VISUAL IS SO CRITICAL FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO SEE. THANK YOU, JEREMY. NEXT WE HAVE MEMBER SNIVELY AND THEN MEMBER COMBS. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I WANTED

106TO ASK, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT QUARANTINE, BUT I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION AROUND THE PROTOCOLS BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT -- YOU'VE GOT THE CDC GUIDELINES AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULING. SO MY QUESTION THAT I'M GETTING FROM PARENTS IS, ARE WE FOLLOWING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULING THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY TO THE LETTER OR ARE WE DEVIATING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULING IN ANY WAY. IF SO, HOW ARE WE DEVIATING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULING? Addison Davis: GOOD QUESTION. MS. BROWN. Tracye Brown: WE ARE FOLLOWING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROTOCOL, THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY PROVIDED REGARDING QUARANTINE FOR STUDENTS. WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OUR QUARANTINE FOR ADULTS. WE HAVE MODIFIED THE QUARANTINE FOR STUDENTS. IT SHOULD BE UP ON THE WEBSITE. WE HAVE INCLUDED IT IN OUR FAQ, BUT

107WE HAVE A MORE DETAILED FLOW CHART THAT WE'LL PROVIDE FOR YOU. Melissa Snively: I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE HELPFUL, BECAUSE AS YOU COULD HEAR IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT QUARANTINE GUIDELINES EVEN FOR STUDENTS, AND IF THE STUDENT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD COVID OR TESTED POSITIVE IN THE LAST 90 DAYS OR VACCINATED VERSUS OR MASKED OR UNMASKED. SO I THINK THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AROUND HOW QUARANTINE WORKS. WHAT I'M MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT, IN ADDITION TO GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DISCRIMINATING, BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE RULING AS WELL. THAT IS NUMBER 6, NONDISCRIMINATION, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT HESITANT TO FILL OUT THE OPT-IN FORMS. THEY ARE NOT SURE WHERE

108THEIR INFORMATION IS GOING, IF IT'S GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AFRAID OF DISCRIMINATION AND POSSIBLE HARASSMENT IF THEIR CHILD, IF THEY FILL OUT THAT FORM, IS IT A TARGET LIST. I WANT TO REASSURE PARENTS THAT THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION FOR STUDENTS. AND WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY YET. IT WAS IN THE POLICY PROPOSAL PACKET TODAY. I HAD ACTUALLY PUT IN ONE TO AMEND THE STUDENT PRIVACY AND PARENTAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION POLICY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET TO IT TODAY, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT POLICY NEEDS TO BE REVISED TO INCLUDE ANY MEDICAL INFORMATION THAT SHOULD NOT BE -- THAT IS DISCLOSED ON A SURVEY, THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED, OBVIOUSLY, OUT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO A THIRD PARTY. WE DON'T HAVE

109A POLICY IN PLACE FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY. I'D LIKE TO JUST LET THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY THAT IS COMING SOON. HOW DO WE, ONE, MAKE SURE PARENTS ARE GETTING OUT THE OPT-OUT FORM IF THEY WANT IT? TWO, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DISCRIMINATING AGAINST STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE, WHOSE PARENTS HAVE CHOSEN TO NOT MASK THEIR STUDENTS? Addison Davis: FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE SENT THAT OUT THROUGH ON OUR WEBSITE ON SATURDAY AND ALL THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL SO THEY CAN HAVE IT. ALSO, WE HAVE A PRINTED VERSION FOR OUR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO IF THEY NEED IT AND DON'T HAVE AVAILABILITY TO ANY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE A COPY, THERE'S A CHECK BOX THEY CAN SELECT ON THE FORM THAT SENDS THEM A COPY OF WHAT

110THEY ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO OPT OUT. ONE THING WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO, WE WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE, WE WILL NOT USE THE INFORMATION IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, FORM. PROVIDE IT IN ED CONNECT. THAT GIVES AN INDICATOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARENT SELECTION FOR THEIR CHILD. WILL NOT USE THE INFORMATION AGAINST CHILDREN. ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE RULINGS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ALSO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REALLY STRENGTHENS THAT WE SHOULD NOT HARASS, WE SHOULD NOT BULLY, WE SHOULD NOT INTIMIDATE AND THAT'S ALL-INCLUSIVE OF MASK REQUIREMENTS. WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY SENSITIVE IN THIS PROCESS BUT ALSO RESPECT WHERE WE ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO COVID AND THE UPTICK. WHILE WE'RE BEING SENSITIVE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO RESPECT PARENT CHOICE. Melissa Snively: IF A PERSON DOESN'T HAVE

111AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE OPT-OUT FORM, HOW WOULD THEY GET A PAPER COPY OF THAT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT AUTOMATICALLY COMING HOME WITH STUDENTS, AS FAR AS I KNOW. IT DIDN'T COME HOME IN MY STUDENT'S PACKET. WHERE WOULD A CONCERN BE MADE INFORMED AND GET A COPY OF THAT? Addison Davis: THEY CAN CONTACT THE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO SENDS THAT HOME OR THE PARENT CAN PICK IT UP. ONE THING WE ARE DOING FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE FILLED OUT THE OPT-OUT FORM BUT THEY ARE CHOOSING NOT TO WEAR THE MASK WE OPENLY IDENTIFIED THOSE ADVISE OF OPT IN OUT. WE'LL HAVE A TOUCH POINT THROUGH THIS WEEK, BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK, NOT WEARING A MASK TO VALIDATE THEIR

112CURRENT STANCE. IF THEY NEED A MASK, WE'LL PROVIDE A MASK. THOSE WHO DO NOT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THEIR WISHES IN THAT PROCESS. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. FINALLY, MS. PEREZ MADE A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH CHILDREN WHILE THEY ARE QUARANTINED. LAST YEAR, YOU HAD ACQUIRED ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND WIFI FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO CONNECT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. ARE YOU DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR? DOES EVERY STUDENT WHO GETS QUARANTINED HAVE ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WIFI? Addison Davis: RIGHT NOW, FOR ANY STUDENT THAT MAY NEED THAT AND FOR FOUR DAYS OR SEVEN DAYS, THEY HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THE SCHOOL AND WE ALSO PUSH MR. BUNKLY TO SEE IF WE HAVE AVAILABILITY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF WIFI HOT SPOTS FOR THOSE WHO MAY NEED IT. WE

113PARTNERED LAST YEAR WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AS WELL TO MAKE THAT CONNECTIVITY. ANY STUDENT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME THAT GOES OUT FOR FOUR, SEVEN OR TEN DAYS, THEY NEED TO REACH OUT IF THEY NEED ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE AND WE'LL CREATE THE BAND-AID TO CONTINUE THE INSTRUCTION MOMENTUM. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. YES, WE DO HAVE TO WORK ON UPDATING OUR POLICY. I AGREE, BECAUSE THIS COVID WILL BE AROUND FOR PROBABLY A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THAT LANGUAGE FOR DISCRIMINATION AS WELL. NEXT, WE HAVE MEMBER COMBS AND THEN I'LL JUST SAY A FEW THINGS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR GRAY. A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED TODAY. WE CAN SEE BY THE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY EVERYTHING IS VERY DIVISIVE. PEOPLE FEEL STRONGLY. EITHER PROMASK OR ANTIMASK.

114I FELT LIKE IT WAS A COMPROMISE SAYING THAT STUDENTS WOULD BE MANDATED TO WEAR MASKS AND THEY CAN OPT OUT. IF SOMEONE FEELS PASSIONATE ABOUT NOT WEARING A MASK, THEY CAN OPT OUT. ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY, HAVING TWO CHILDREN LAST YEAR WHO WERE QUARANTINED FIVE TIMES, TWO STUDENTS, MY DAUGHTER WAS QUARANTINED THREE TIMES AND MISSED 38 DAYS OF SCHOOL LAST YEAR. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT OUR QUARANTINE GUIDELINES ARE NO DIFFERENT NOW WITH MASKS OR WITHOUT MASKS. IS THAT CORRECT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT IS CORRECT. Tracye Brown: ONE SMALL NEW PIECE WE HAVE. IF BOTH CHILDREN, THE STUDENT THAT TESTED POSITIVE AND THE STUDENT THAT WAS A CLOSE CONTACT WERE BOTH WEARING MASKS, THEN THERE IS AN EXCLUSION FROM THE QUARANTINE. Addison Davis: CAN I

115ASK A QUESTION? IS THAT STILL BETWEEN THREE FEET, SIX FEET IN THE SAME TOKEN 15 MINUTES. Tracye Brown: THANK YOU, SIR. YES. IF THEY WERE NO LESS THAN THREE FEET APART. Nadia Combs: I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN QUARANTINE BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT COMES -- IT MOVES EVERY DAY, WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE IT'S JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAD A HUNDRED STUDENTS QUARANTINED. IT DOESN'T MATTER THE AMOUNT OF DAYS, WE NEED TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE KNOW THE NUMBERS WILL BE HIGH. I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT MR. CONNOR AND MS. SIMIC AND EVERYBODY HAS DONE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S LEARNING AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN UNDER A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME. I KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX MUCH MORE THAN A LOT OF

116OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IS WE TALK ABOUT MANDATING AND I KNOW THAT THE UNION EVEN TOOK A POLL. A LOT OF TEACHERS DON'T WANT IT MANDATED AS WELL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MANDATING FOR EVERYONE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THAT MANDATE AS WELL. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST COMING FROM US. IT'S ALSO COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AS WELL AND THE TEACHERS THAT POSSIBLY DON'T WANT THAT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANTI-BULLYING, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ANTI-BULLYING AS WELL FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE WEARING THEM AND TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT WEARING THEM. THIS IS A VERY HARD TIME. I KNOW EVERYBODY FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT

117IT. I AM VERY CONCERNED. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT OUR HOSPITALS ARE FILLED. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE SUPER SPREADERS. WE KNOW THIS. SO I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT ANTI-BULLYING ON BOTH, JUST NOT JUST THE CHILDREN BUT ALSO THE TEACHERS WHO ARE CHOOSING NOT TO WEAR THEM BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT A TEACHER IS OFTEN SIX FEET AWAY FROM STUDENTS. SO IF YOU ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT MANDATING, PROBABLY A CLASSROOM OF 35 STUDENTS, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO TRANSMIT THAN A TEACHER WHO IS SIX FEET AWAY. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DISCUSS THAT. AS WELL AS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS LUNCHES. AND WE DO HAVE THIS ESSER MONEY. CAN WE START THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX OF WHAT WE CAN DO AT DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL

118SCHOOLS TO TRY TO MITIGATE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE LUNCHROOM? I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. AND I THINK MAINLY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, MOST MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOLERS DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE VACCINATED. Addison Davis: YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING THROUGH OPERATIONS REALLY LOOKING AT, PARTICULAR INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN COMMON AREAS SUCH AS THE LUNCH ROOMS THAT ARE GREATER FILTERS TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF CLEAN THAT AIR. WE MELT WITH MULTIPLE VENDORS TO DETERMINE IF WE CAN LEVERAGE WHETHER IT BE CAPITAL DOLLARS, ESSER DOLLARS TO BRING IN THE COMMON AREAS TO HAVE IT AND CREATE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE AIRFLOW. Christopher Farkas: I

119WANTED TO ADD TO THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE IS A SHORTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE STUDENT NUTRITION AREA AND ALSO THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THE COVID PROTOCOLS AS WELL. MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE OUT THERE, THE LUNCHROOM AIDE, THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT DID ALLUDE TO, WE DEFINITELY HAVE SPENT TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE CLEANER AIR BUT TO THE IDEA OF HOW FAR APART THEY CAN BE IS A HUGE CHALLENGE. THE AMOUNT OF TIME, THE PROTOCOL FOR HOW LONG THEY ARE IN THE CAFETERIA SERVING BREAKFAST AND HOW LONG IN THE SAFETY LUNCHES, THE CHALLENGE IS THEY WOULD BE SERVING ALL DAY LONG TO DO THAT. WE ARE OPEN TO THE IDEA. WE DON'T WANT TO THROW OUR HANDS UP AND SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO DO, BUT WE

120ARE CHALLENGED TO LOOK AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. OPEN TO IDEAS. CALLED FOUR OR FIVE LARGER DISTRICTS LIKE OURS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE IDEAS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY ARE RUNNING INTO SIMILAR PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH STAFFING AND THE CHALLENGE OF HOW CLOSE PEOPLE ARE SEATED TOGETHER. THE WEATHER OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG PART OF THAT. SOME KIDS STILL EAT OUTSIDE. HOPEFULLY WHEN IT COOLS DOWN WE'LL HAVE MORE KIDS GOING OUTSIDE. I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BUT IT'S OUR REALITY RIGHT NOW. Lynn Gray: INDEED THE ECLECTIC CHOICES AS I SHARED WITH SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS INCLUDE, SUCH AS NEWSOME, THEIR LUNCHES IN THE GYM AND SOME OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE HAVING LUNCHES IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THERE'S OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKING THAT NEEDS TO BE WIDENED. MEMBER WASHINGTON AND AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO

121GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOUR FINAL COMMENTS PUT FORTH DURING YOUR COMMENT TIME SO WE CAN BEGIN OUR AGENDA. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MEMBER CHAIR. I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DISTRICT FIVE. DO WE HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES IN DISTRICT FIVE? DO YOU KNOW? CAN ANYBODY ANSWER THAT? Addison Davis: THE ANSWER TO THAT IS WE DO. WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU. I KNOW TRANSFORMATION, AS WE LOOKED AT OVER 45 SCHOOLS, IT WAS OVER A HUNDRED VACANCIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. BUT WE'RE WORKING TO PROCESS EVERY SINGLE DAY TO FILL THE VACANCIES. WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES THAT ARE TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOMS SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE INSTRUCTION MOMENTUM. THE ANSWER IS, YES, WE'RE WORKING TIRELESSLY FOR SUPPORT STAFF, WHETHER IT BE INTERVENTIONISTS, WHETHER CERTIFIED TEACHERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS WE'RE STRUGGLING TO

122BE ABLE TO HIRE AS WELL. I KNOW DR. WHELAN AND HER TEAM ALONG WITH SHAY TO RECRUIT AND IDENTIFY ANY CANDIDATE WE CAN QUALIFIED AND SKILLED TO TEACH. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY, WHEN WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT OUR CLASS LOADS AND BALANCE CLASSES, I DO THINK WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES AS STUDENTS HAVE MOVED AROUND AND SHIFTED. I THINK ONCE WE GET TO OUR FIFTH DAY COUNT, WE LOOK AT OUR COUNTS IN OUR UNITS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL VACANCIES WITH OVERAGES THAT MIGHT BE AT OTHER SCHOOLS. I THINK GIVE US TIME TO SEE HOW THAT BALANCES OUT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT TRUE VACANCIES AFTER THAT POINT. Henry "Shake" Washington: ONE OTHER QUESTION. TRANSPORTATION, I'VE

123HAD CALLS. BUSES ARE NOT SHOWING UP AT SOME OF THE STOPS. WHAT ARE WE DOING -- WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THAT? Christopher Farkas: THERE'S A BUNCH. AREA ONE AND AREA TWO OFFICES, ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP WERE EITHER QUARANTINED OR TESTED POSITIVE. EVERYBODY THAT COULD DRIVE A BUS THAT WORKS IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION IS DRIVING A BUS. WE'RE OVER A HUNDRED DRIVERS SHORT. JIM BEEKMAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB COVERING WHAT THEY CAN. THAT'S WHAT I SPEND 90% OF THE DAY DEALING WITH NOW. I WANT TO THANK THE DRIVERS OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING DOUBLE RUNS, BUT IT IS A REAL PROBLEM. IN AREAS LIKE SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL AS AN EXAMPLE, NOT AREA FIVE BUT GOOD EXAMPLE. ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FROM A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT. SHAY AND HER TEAM HAVE

124BEEN OUT AT THE SCHOOL SITE. TRANSPORTATION FOCUSED ON IT AND SPED IT UP. TRANSPORTATION THE FIRST WEEK IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. ALWAYS SPEEDING UP, MAGNET TRANSFER RAMPS KIND OF TRANSFER QUICK AS WE CAN. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE PROBLEM. IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. I THINK MR. DAVIS SPOKE ABOUT IT FOR PROBABLY A MONTH, TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN. JOB FAIRS TWO OR THREE TIMES A MONTH. THIS IS NOT A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ISSUE. ORANGE COUNTY SHORT 150 DRIVERS. IT DOESN'T HELP OUR PEOPLE AND STILL IS A CHALLENGE AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THAT PART OF IT. NOT JUST A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ISSUE. ISSUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. WE'RE DOING DOUBLE RUNS. BIGGEST PART IS COMMUNICATING TO PARENTS BUT VERY HARD WHEN I HAVE SIX DRIVERS

125THAT USED TO BE IN THE CALL CENTER AND NOW I HAVE THEM DRIVING BUSES INSTEAD OF ANSWERING PHONES. COMMUNICATION IS A BIG PART. EVERYBODY ON THE STAFF SPEND AS MUCH TIME ON THE PHONES TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE KIDS. THERE IS A STOP, MISS, GOING BACK AND DOING A SWEEP. MAKE SURE THE KID IS PICKED UP. WE HAVE GPS SO WE CAN GO BACK AND FIND IT. IT IS A CHALLENGE. I WOULD BE LYING IF I TOLD YOU ANYTHING DIFFERENT OTHER THAN IT IS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR US. Henry "Shake" Washington: WE HAVE DOUBLE RUNS. Christopher Farkas: ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE HAVE HUNDRED VACANCIES ACTUAL RUNS. 18 DRIVERS ON QUARANTINE AND THAT'S WITHOUT ANY ABSENTEEISM. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE WHERE WE'RE NORMALLY AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR. Henry "Shake" Washington: ONE

126OTHER QUESTION PERTAINING TO THE VACANCIES. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD VACANCIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE I HAD A COUPLE OF PARENTS THAT CONTACT ME, AND I WAS EXPLAINING TO THEM, EVEN WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE COVID, WE HAD A LOT OF VACANCIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO IF WE CAN GET THOSE -- I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO FILL THEM NOW BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WE LET GO DECIDED TO GO AND DO SOMETHING ELSE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TEACHERS IN HERE SO WE CAN GET STARTED. ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT FIVE BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, SAHAY -- SHAY FOR A GREAT JOB. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO. WE'RE WORKING HARD. AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD, WE'RE DOING OKAY. THANK YOU.

127Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON, AND COMBO TO THE CONUNDRUM OF BUS TRANSPORTATION. LONG, LONG CAR LINES, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME SAFETY ISSUES WITH THAT IN THE ROADS. GOTTEN A LOT OF REPORTS ON THAT, WHICH WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE ON THE INITIAL SCHOOL YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EMPLOYEE COMMENT AT 6 P.M. MY ONLY COMMENT IS I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO DIVERSITY. I'M HERE TO SHARE, AND I KNOW MINERVA SPANNER-MORROW IS VERY HAPPY. BUT WE HAVE THREE HISPANIC FOLKS THAT HAVE -- BUT I KNOW MONICA MONICA VERRA-TIRADO. ELIZABETH NECESSARY BIT, IN CHARGE OF THE HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND, AND ALSO MARY MA ROANY IN CHARGE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION. THIS IS ALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION. I'M SURE THE BOARD

128IS VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE EXPANDING OUR EFFORTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DIVERSE POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE. Jim Porter: BRIEFLY, BEFORE YOU MOVE INTO EMPLOYEE COMMENT, MS. VAUGHN ASKED ME A QUESTION ABOUT A LEGAL UPDATE ABOUT THIS AND I NEED TO DO THAT BRIEFLY AT HER REQUEST WHEN SHE WAS TALKING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULE. I CAN PROVIDE THIS AT THIS POINT. THIS IS AN ONGOING SITUATION WE'RE MONITORING. MR. GIBSON AND I ARE MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE. AT THIS POINT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT BROWARD COUNTY HAS DECIDED TO KEEP THEIR MASK MANDATE IN PLACE, AND THEY HAVE DIRECTED THEIR STAFF TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY CHALLENGING THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER. THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT. THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT. MONDAY, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SENT A LETTER

129TO LEON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. LEON COUNTY, IF YOU'LL RECALL, DID A MASK MANDATE AND REQUIRED A DOCTOR'S NOTE IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS TO OPT OUT. THE COMMISSIONER FELT THAT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ALSO ON MONDAY, THE GOVERNOR AND THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND PROVIDED FURTHER GUIDANCE. AND THEY SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT REQUIRING A DOCTOR'S NOTE TO OPT OUT WOULD APPEAR TO GO BEYOND WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULE ALLOWS. SO IN SHORT, THERE ARE SEVERAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND WE CAN PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST IF YOU WANT WHO ARE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. HILLSBOROUGH AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS MASKS GO IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULE AND THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER.

130AND THAT'S THE LATEST UPDATE. AGAIN, THIS IS AN ONGOING SITUATION AND WE'LL PROVIDE UPDATES AS NEEDED AND APPROPRIATE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. BOARD MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. WE WILL SPEND TIME DURING COMMENT TIME TO EXPLAIN OR AT LEAST RESPOND. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY QUESTIONS REGARDING MEMBER PEREZ WITH THE BACK TO SCHOOL, HOW VIABLE IS THE VIRTUAL LEARNING AND THE TUTORIALS. A LOT OF TIME NEEDS TO BE SPENT WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THAT. AND SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE JUST WE'RE IN UNPRECEDENTED TERRITORY. ALMOST LIKE EVERY DAILY UPDATE FOR US BOARD MEMBERS TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS IS A VERY, VERY -- I'LL USE THE WORD AGAIN, UNPRECEDENTED. BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT. IF I COULD JUST PUT YOU

131ON THOUGHTFUL HOLD TILL YOUR COMMENT TIME, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. RIGHT NOW, EMPLOYEE COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THAT WE'LL HEAR FROM, BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT, EMPLOYEES, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. RIGHT NOW WE'LL TAKE YOUR EMPLOYEE INPUT EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES AT OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4 P.M. ESPECIALLY WHEN SCHOOL HAS JUST STARTED. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD DOES WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES TO EMPLOYEES OF

132THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR KEEP IN MIND. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS. MR. KRIETE. AND MS. GLICKMAN. HAVE I BEEN SAYING GLICKMAN THE WHOLE TIME. MR. KRIETE. GOOD AFTERNOON. ROB KRIETE. PRESIDENT OF CTA. EXCITED TO BE HERE. EXCITED IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE TALK TO TEACHERS ALL THE TIME. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE EXCITED TO BE BACK WITH THE STUDENTS. THERE IS NOTHING THAT DEFINES EXHAUSTION THAN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE

133DOING. TO MEMBER COMBS' POINT, WE ARE POLLING OUR MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING ABOUT MASKS AT LEAST FOR THE EMPLOYEES. I CAN TELL YOU THAT RESOUNDINGLY, THEY ARE WEARING MASKS. THEY ALSO LIKE THE IDEA THAT IN A CLASSROOM WHEN TEACHING, SAY, A READING LESSON, THEY CAN FIND A SPOT THAT'S TEN FEET FROM THE STUDENTS, TAKE THEIR MASK OFF AND DELIVER THAT LESSON WITH A REAL LOUD, READ-ALONG. THAT'S A GREAT STRATEGY. I'LL BE READING ALOUD. I WANT YOU READING ALONG. I WANT YOU TO DO A CLOSE READ. WHEN TALKING TO TEACHERS THIS WEEK, THESE ARE THINGS THEY ARE APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO DO. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE WEARING MASKS OUT THERE AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE VACCINATED. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING, I THINK, FOR THE SAFETY OF SCHOOLS. TALKED

134TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTEACHER ON THE WAY HERE. SHE'S LIKE, ROB, WE WANT THEM SAFE BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THEM. HONESTLY, THAT IS THEIR FOCUS. MR. DAVIS' POINT AND THE WORK THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS AND MOVING THEM, DESPITE ALL THAT STUFF WE DEALT WITH LAST YEAR, WE'RE MOVING THESE KIDS. THE TEACHERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO THIS. WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE WE ARE KEEPING THEM SAFE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. I RECOGNIZE, HEY, IT'S ONLY DAY THREE, BUT WE KNOW CLASS SIZES ARE PRETTY HIGH RIGHT NOW. I HOPE WE CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF LEVELING OUT CLASSES SOONER THAN LATER FOR THE SAKE OF THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS. ONCE WE GET OUR FIVE-DAY COUNTS IN STARTING ON

135MONDAY, IF WE COULD START LOOKING AT THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR SAFETY AND FOR LEARNING FOR ALL. THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF VACANT TEACHING JOBS ACROSS FLORIDA RIGHT NOW AS WELL AS THE BUS DRIVERS, AS MR. FARKAS WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE MUST MAKE HILLSBOROUGH THE PLACE WHERE TEACHERS WANT TO TEACH FIRST. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WHEN WE DO THAT AND KEEP OUR CLASS SIZES AT A MANAGEABLE LEVEL, THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO SAY, HEY, COME TEACH IN HILLSBOROUGH BECAUSE WE'RE DOING AWESOME THINGS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ON THIS. LET'S EVERYONE BE SAFE. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. KRIETE. MS. GLICK. GOOD EVENING. HI. HEIDI FLICK, ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. HEIDI GLICK, ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. I DECIDED I LIVE IN MY OWN LITTLE WORLD. LIVE

136IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE SAY PLEASE AND THANK YOU. WAITING IN A WORLD WHEN WAITING FOR AN HOUR AND LAST CALL FOR PARTY OF TWO AND YOU SAY, OH, DIDN'T HEAR YOU. I ALSO LIVE IN THAT WORLD AT ALONSO. WE'RE AMAZING. I'VE HAD THREE INCREDIBLE DAYS. I GO HOME EXHAUSTED BUT VERY HAPPY. I'M HAPPY TO WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING. MY KIDS, MOST OF THEM ARE MASKED. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT. THAT'S THEIR CHOICE. THEY VOLUNTEER TO TELL ME WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED OR NOT. I TRY TO STAY AS FAR AWAY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE KIDS. IT'S JUST AMAZING. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SUCH AMAZING STUFF FOR ALONSO WITH OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AND NEW APC. I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED

137AS TO WHY I'M STILL COMING HERE. I FOUND A LITTLE TINY THING. Addison Davis: SOMEBODY HIT THE BUZZER. LITTLE TINY THING. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ARE RELIGIOUS HOLY DAYS WHERE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS HAVE TO TAKE DAYS OFF. SO MY REQUIREMENT FUND IS GOING TO BE OUT OF ABOUT $10,000 BECAUSE OF THE DAYS I HAVE TO TAKE OFF. AND I WAS THINKING THAT TO SAVE MONEY AND BECAUSE OUR SUBSTITUTE FILL HAS BEEN SO LOW, RASH HAD A HAD AN AND YOM KIPPUR ARE IN SEPTEMBER. I AM AT THE BEST SCHOOL AND HAVE THE BEST STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL. DR. WHELAN CAN TELL YOU MY CLASSES ARE VERY EASY TO SUB FOR. I THINK IT MIGHT BE AN IDEA THAT BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS DISTRICT STAFF PICK A SCHOOL FOR THOSE TWO DAYS.

138I'M BEING VERY, VERY SERIOUS TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW AND TO VOLUNTEER TO COME. OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT TAKES OFF THOSE DAYS AT ALONSO OR IN SCHOOLS BUT TO ASSIGN SOMEONE TO SCHOOLS NEAR THEIR HOME TO COME AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE AT ALONSO, WITH A THOUSAND PEOPLE AT LUNCH AND WITH 35 AND 36 KISSES IN A CLASS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF YOU WANT TO DO MY CLASSES. YOU GOT IT. ONE CAN TAKE ONE DAY. I HATE TO SAY THIS, I'M REALLY NOT OUT BUT I'LL CALL YOU IF SOMETHING COMES OUT. I WAS OUT THE DAY AFTER MY SECOND SHOT. I WAS OUT FOR THE COUNT. LOOKING INTO RELIGIOUS DAYS FOR EVERYONE FOR EVERY RELIGION IS IMPORTANT. I TAKE HALF A DAY OF COMP TIME

139ON GOOD FRIDAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN USE COMP TIME. I'M NOT ABLE TO USE COMP TIME FOR MY -- FOR PUTTING IT FOR WHATEVER RELIGION THEY ARE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE COMP TIME AND HAVE TO TAKE A SICK DAY WON'T HAVE TO DO THAT EITHER. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MS. GLICK. I REMEMBER, MS. PEPE AND MYSELF, WE SUBSTITUTED FOR QUITE A LONG TIME IN THE SCHOOLS THREE YEARS AGO. I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. BOARD MEMBERS, BETTER PICK, PICK, PICK. AT ANY RATE, WE'LL KEEP THAT SUBJECT MATTER LIGHT, BUT IT'S REAL. THE NEED WILL BE REAL. RIGHT NOW, WE'LL GO TO DISCUSSION AGENDA. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU'LL BE ON FOR ONE, TWO, THREE -- WELL, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OFF 7.08. JUST

140CROSS THAT OUT. DOESN'T NEED TO BE DISCUSSED. I PULLED IT BUT DIDN'T NEED TO. THIS IS 1072, APPROVE THE PROPOSED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNIFORM TESTING CALENDAR FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR. 1.02. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU'LL HIGHLIGHT IT, AND MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. Addison Davis: THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE KNOW THE LAST YEAR THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. ONE OF THE THINGS RELATED TO THAT WE HAD INCREASED NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE WORKED DILIGENTLY THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROGRESS MONITORING PLAN THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE REDUCED THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR GRADE LEVELS. I'M THANKFUL FOR A TEAM OF LEADERS THAT GOT TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON THIS ALONG WITH DR. BINDER, MR. CONNOR, MRS. SIMIC AND THEIR TEAM MEMBERS BECAUSE THIS YEAR

141WE WILL DECREASE THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF TESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS. IS IT EVER ENOUGH? WE WISH THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ELIMINATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THERE ARE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROGRESS MONITORING PLAN OUTLINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT IS SEPARATE AND OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ASKED FOR. THE DEPARTMENT MAKES ASSESSMENTS REALITY FOR FSAs, FCAT SCIENCE 2.0 ALONG WITH EOCs, WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS GO THROUGH THROUGH ACE, IB, DUAL ENROLLMENT END OF COURSE EXAMINATIONS, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL PLAN THAT NOT ONLY APPROVES TO THE BOARD BY OCTOBER 1st FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT OUR PLAN LOOKS LIKE FOR THEIR MANDATORY ASSESSMENTS BUT ALSO BRINGING OUR PROGRESS MONITORING ALONG WITH OPTIONAL ASSESSMENTS TO MAYBE PUT IN PLACE. SO WE WILL SEE

142WE DROPPED IN K-12 FROM 3.3% OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO 2.3% OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME FOR TESTING WHICH IS OVERALL 1% REDUCTION OF SEAT TIME MINUTES SPENT ON TESTING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE'LL CHIP AWAY AT THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO OUR BEST. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. BINDER TO DISCUSS ABOUT WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PROGRESS MONITORING PLAN BY THE STATE. THE STATE HAS COME OUT WITH A YOU CAN'T GO MORE THAN 5% OF SEAT TIME PER GRADE LEVEL FOR TESTING. THE STATE DOES TAKE SOME OF THAT TIME WITH FSA, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT IS A REQUIRED MANDATED ASSESSMENT WE MUST GIVE. THE REMAINING PERCENTAGE OF SEAT TIME HAS TO BE USED FOR PROGRESS MONITORING. SO THIS YEAR, I WAS TASKED TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THAT AND I

143TAKE THAT WORD SIGNIFICANTLY TO HEART BECAUSE I'M AN EVALUATOR AT HEART. SO WE LOOKED AT ALL OF WHAT WAS ON THE TABLE, AND I AM A FIRM BELIEVER AND I DO NOT WANT TO GIVE A TEST THAT IS MEANINGLESS AND NOISE. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE CALENDAR, NOT ONLY WILL BE USED TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION BUT IT WILL ALSO BE USED TO GUIDE THE WORK TOWARD PREDICTING THE SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT WHICH WOULD BE THE FSA. WE USE THESE ASSESSMENTS FOR MULTIPLE THINGS, NOT JUST FOR PROGRESS MONITORING. WE USE THESE FOR STUDENT GRADES. WE USE THESE FOR THE EVALUATION ON TEACHERS WITH VAM BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TEACHER PLAN THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE. NOTHING THAT'S ON HERE CAN BE AT THIS POINT CAN BE TAKEN AWAY. EITHER TIED UP

144WITH THE PEOPLE PROGRESSION PLAN, TIED IN WITH VAM OR STATE REQUIRED PROGRESS MONITORING TOOL. WE'VE TRIED TO REDUCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT STILL MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CALENDAR SO THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE HAVE. WE HAVE THE UNIFORM TESTING CALENDAR WHICH IS REQUIRED. WE HAVE TO PUBLISH THAT ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE. WE HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAYING IT HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THESE REQUIRED MINUTES THAT COME IN AND THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION OF REQUIRED VERSUS OPTIONAL. I'M ALSO SOMEBODY THAT BELIEVES IN GUIDING THE WORK, AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REQUIRED ASSESSMENT USED FOR PROGRESS MONITORING AS MORE OF A YARDSTICK ON HOW THE TRAJECTORY IS GOING FROM BEGINNING TO END, AND THEN THOSE OPTIONAL

145FORMATIVE MEASURES THAT ARE SHORT THAT CAN BE GIVEN QUICK SNAPSHOTS AND THEY ARE NOT FORMAL. THEY ARE NOT HIGH STAKES. THEY REALLY ARE A TOOL TO GUIDE THE WORK. IF I'M A TEACHER WHO TEACHES READING AND I WAS A READING TEACHER FOR A LONG TIME IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WOULDN'T JUST MAKE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE STUDENTS IN MY CLASSROOM KNOW EVERYTHING I'M SAYING. I WOULD WANT TO KNOW IF I'M GOING IN THE RIGHT WAY. I WOULD GIVE AN ASSIGNMENT AND I WOULD USE IT. AN ARTICLE WITH QUESTIONS COULD BE A WORK SHEET. IT'S HOW YOU SEND IT INTO THE CLASSROOM AND HOW YOU PROVIDE IT TO YOUR STUDENTS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CALLED A TEST. A TEST AND A WORK SHEET WITH A STORY AND QUESTIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER. IT'S HOW

146YOU USE THE INFORMATION. WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING SCHOOL CITY TO LEVERAGE THE MORE OPTIONAL FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS. WE'RE GUIDING ADMINISTRATORS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES. WE HAVE DIFFERENT REPORTING OPTIONS IN SCHOOL CITY NOW TO WHERE THE FORMATIVE TESTS CAN BE LOOKED AT FOR RIGHT AND WRONG ANSWERS TO SEE PATTERNS. IS IT CONTENT OR IS IT ITEM TYPE THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR OUR STUDENTS? WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENCES WITH HOW WE'RE USING THE DATA AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO. THESE ARE NOT HIGH-STAKES. THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EMBEDDED IN INSTRUCTION TO REALLY GUIDE THE WORK. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MS. BINDER. MEMBER VAUGHN AND THEN MEMBER COMBS. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU -- I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY BOARD

147MEMBERS. I PULLED QUITE A FEW ITEMS EACH MEETING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE AS WE GO THROUGH THESE ITEMS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT THE REASON I PULLED THIS ITEM IS I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR TESTING SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH DR. BINDER I HAD A CONVERSATION, WHEN WE DO SET FORTH OUR CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR AND PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT -- OR TEACHERS OR STAFF MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED THAT WE MIGHT START WINTER BREAK THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BEGINS OR WHY SOME OF OUR HOLIDAYS SEEM KIND OF INFLEXIBLE, WHAT I'VE BEEN ADVISED IS IT'S DUE TO OUR TESTING SCHEDULE AND SO RIGOROUS AND SO MANY RULES AROUND IT, IT DOESN'T GIVE US THAT MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS FAR AS SETTING LIKE OUR

148SCHOOL CALENDAR IN REGARDS TO HOLIDAYS. AS I MENTIONED WITH DR. BINDER AND WHEN WE DID GO OVER OUR SCHOOL HOLIDAY, OUR DAYS OFF, OUR CALENDAR, I HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS IN MY COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE US POSSIBLY MOVE SPRING BREAK FORWARD TO WHERE IT'S WARMER IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY OR IT'S MORE CONVENIENT OR START WINTER BREAK A BIT EARLIER. WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY IS BECAUSE OF THIS TESTING SCHEDULE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. I WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, TALK ABOUT IT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION DR. BINDER SHARED AND THE CONVERSATION AROUND THAT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. BINDER. YOU KNOW I'VE REALLY BEEN INVOLVED AND REALLY ACTIVE. I

149AM A HUGE PROPORTIONATE OF DECREASING TESTING -- I AM A HUGE PROPORTIONATE OF DECREASING TESTING -- PROPONENT OF DECREASING TESTING. I REALLY FEEL OUR STUDENTS AREN'T BEING TESTED AS MUCH. IF WE LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE ESPECIALLY WITH THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS REALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EOCs, I HOPE THAT WE WILL TRY TO REALLY FOCUS AND PUT A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE I SPOKE TO MR. CONNOR TODAY ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING PAPER AND PENCIL WITH EOCs, BECAUSE IT DOES BOTTLENECK OUR HIGH SCHOOLS QUITE A BIT WHEN WE HAVE TO PULL KIDS OUT. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S

150NOT A POSSIBILITY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WE PULL TECHNOLOGY IN, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FIRTH PUT INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS SO THAT WAY BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS ARE TAKING A LOT OF EOCs AND THAT HOPEFULLY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. LASTLY IS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE NOT THE TEST CENTERS. I MEAN, THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. IF WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF DAYS, ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS WORKS AT A HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE TOLD ME LAST YEAR THAT LIBRARIES WERE CLOSED ABOUT 78 DAYS. IF WE WANT TO PUSH LITERACY AND WE WANT TO PUSH THE LOVE OF LEARNING AND READING, THE LIBRARIES NEED TO BE AT THE CENTER OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SO I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE, BRING TECHNOLOGY, THAT SHOULD BE THE

151FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT WAY IT CAN ALLEVIATE THAT AND NOT BOTTLENECK AND HAVING KIDS CONSTANTLY PULLED IN AND OUT FOR TESTING FOR ALL THE EOCs AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND WORK AND REALLY REFLECTING ON OUR VISION AS A SCHOOL BOARD. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: POINT WELL SAID, MEMBER COMBS. WHEN I STARTED TEACHING AND DR. HAHN, HER EARLY DAYS, I THINK I ONLY HAD A MIDTERM AND A FINAL AND THOSE TESTS. NOW I'M COUNTING UP WITH THE DIAGNOSTIC INCLUDED 87. MEMBER COMBS, THIS IS TO YOUR POINT, IT WAS NOT LONG AGO WE WERE UP TO OVER 110. BETWEEN THE BEST COMING UP AND THE FSA AND ALL THE OTHERS, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ADDING, NOW I KNOW NICOLE WITH SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IS TRYING TO SUBTRACT. GOOD FOR YOU THAT

152YOU'RE PUSHING THAT UP. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A FINAL REMARK? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR MS. COMBS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THE BIG THING WHY THE MEDIA CENTERS HAVE BEEN USED -- I'LL SAY SECONDARY LEVEL BECAUSE THEY HAVE STAND-ALONE DESKTOPS. WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THAT WORLD AND USE MOBILE. THIS IS THE PLAN MR. BUNKLY HAS DEVISED TO GET US INTO IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE DO WE START, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAS TO BE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE HIGH-STAKE ASSESSMENTS AND ALLEVIATE, BEING ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. THAT'S THE DEAL. WE ORDERED A LOT. AS SOON AS THEY GET HERE, REIMAGED, READY TO GO, PACKAGED, SENT TO HIGH SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS IN CORE AREAS TO ASSESS AS NEEDED. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: JUST REMEMBER, WE HAVE A COMPLETE COUNT

153AND MEMBER COMBS IS GOING TO KEEP TRACK. GOOD FOR YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 1.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE HAD DISCUSSION, SO PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. WITH MEMBER SNIVELY OUT, WE ARE ALL VOTING YES TO APPROVE IT. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. 6.01, AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES WITH THE CIANCIO GROUP. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WILL YOU HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM AND MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: YES, DO WE WANT TO GO TO 5.01 FIRST OR 6.01. Lynn Gray: OH, I SKIPPED ONE. OH, MY GOODNESS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. LET'S GO AHEAD BACK AND GO TO 5.01. LET ME READ IT OUT. THIS IS THE HOST. APPROVE SALARY INCREASES FOR HILLSBOROUGH

154OUT OF SCHOOL TIME HOST. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I THINK YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE IF I'M PAYING ATTENTION. Lynn Gray: YOU PASSED THE TEST. Addison Davis: McMANNIS IS READY TO GO HOME. THIS IS APPROVAL FOR INCREASE OF HILLSBOROUGH OUT OF SCHOOL TIME FOR EMPLOYEES. HOST DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB. AVERAGE OVER 860 POSITIONS A YEAR. INCLUSIVE OF ALL THEIR STAFF. AS THE PANDEMIC HAS COME ON BOARD, IT REALLY PUT AN IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WE CAN RECRUIT FOR THE POSITIONS. LAST YEAR BEING AN AVERAGE OF 365 EMPLOYEES THAT TRANSITION TO LOWER THAN 375 EMPLOYEES, SO JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE AND BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND ATTRACT INDIVIDUALS TO STAY OVER. THE MAJORITY OF THE TEACHERS THAT STAY OVER ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN OUR

155CLASSROOMS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL. JUST HAVING THAT ATTRACTOR. WE KNOW AS WE PUSH THROUGH 2025, WE HAVE TO MOVE TO $15 AN HOUR WITH MINIMUM WAGE. THIS IS ALLOWING US TO GET THERE IN AN EXPEDITED MANNER. ONE THING HOST DOES IT GENERATES $18 MILLION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BRINGS ADDITIONAL $2.5 MILLION. THIS ASK WILL SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS OF THE 2.5. THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB UNDER MR. McMANNIS LEADERSHIP. I HOPE WE APPROVE IT TO RECRUIT INDIVIDUALS THAT CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER VAUGHN, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I GOT MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED EARLIER, BUT I'M GLAD WE PULLED THIS TO HIGHLIGHT SO OUR COMMUNITY, HOW WE ARE INCREASING THE

156PAY FOR HOST AND HOW VALUED THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE. THEY PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED CHILD CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES THAT MAY HAVE TO WORK. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT WE DO VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE DO WANT TO PAY THEM A LIVABLE WAGE AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES, SHOW THEM THAT THEY ARE VALUED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM COMPETITIVE WAGES. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS ITEM ON HERE. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. I'M GLAD WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT IT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: YES. THOSE TEACHERS THAT STAY AFTER WITH THE STUDENTS, THEY TUTOR THE STUDENTS. THEY DO CRAFTS WITH THE STUDENTS. IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY DO WITH OUR STUDENTS

157AFTER SCHOOL. SO THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THEY ARE WORTH MUCH MORE THAN THE $15 AN HOUR, I CAN SAY THAT. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. WELL SAID. I KNOW THAT MR. McMANNIS IS DOING A TERRIFIC JOB. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALWAYS CALLED THE CONTINUING EDUCATION PART OF OUR DISTRICT, AND WE ARE, WHAT, 800 SPOTS SHORT AND ARE A PAOLO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE HOST AVAILABILITY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE EMPLOYEES. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THAT'S CORRECT. OPENLY, WE HAVE TO CAP OFF BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WE HAVE. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE RECRUIT THEY'RE GETS THIS OVER THE HUMP TO OPEN THOSE DOORS BACK UP AND EMBRACE MORE CHILDREN. Lynn Gray: THIS IS FANTASTIC. BOARD MEMBERS, HOLD ON. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. BOARD MEMBERS,

158PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. MEMBER VAUGHN? OKAY. IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 6.01, AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES WITH THE CIANCIO GROUP. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES WITH CIANCIO GROUP. IN 2021, WE BUILT A NEWLY DEVELOPED DISCIPLINE EQUITY DASHBOARD. THAT'S REALLY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES FOR THE NUMBER OF BLACK STUDENTS OR ALL STUDENTS WHO WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY -- WHO WERE BEING REMOVED FROM THE DISCIPLINARY ACTION OF OUR SCHOOLS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDE PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT WITH A DASHBOARD TO SEGREGATE DATA TO ALIGN IT WITH IDEA EXPECTATIONS AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BEING REMOVED FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING. AND THROUGH THIS DASHBOARD WE'RE ABLE TO SEE LAST YEAR WE REDUCED

159THE RISK RATIO FROM 4.18 TO 3.46. IT SHOULD BE AT A 1.0. JUST ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE IDEA FUNDING, WHICH IS WHAT IDEA FUNDING IS ALLOWED TO DO. $48,000 EXPENDITURE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ. SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER VAUGHN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ITEM? Jessica Vaughn: YES, CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT WHETHER OR NOT THIS AFFECTS OR HOW IT AFFECTS AND IMPACTS THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE? Addison Davis: GO AHEAD. THROUGH THE CHAIR, SO CERTAINLY, WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, OUR BLACK STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SPECIFICALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE ISSUE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE. SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE A LASER-LIKE FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR

160SUBGROUP AND ALSO USE IT TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES SCHOOLWIDE, DISTRICTWIDE THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT IN A POSITIVE WAY ALL STUDENTS. THE DASHBOARD, ALTHOUGH IT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE IDEA FOR DISPROPORTIONATE DISCIPLINE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY, IT DOES ALLOW US TO LEVERAGE THAT SO WE CAN IMPROVE SUPPORTS FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE DATA, THE HISTORIC DATA FOR THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE, NOT ONLY WAS IT DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS, BUT STUDENTS IDENTIFIED WITH DISABILITIES. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE DATA TO PUT IN THE HANDS OF OUR PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL LEADERS, DISTRICT TEAM AND REALLY CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU. Addison Davis: THIS IS ABOUT LOOKING AT ROOT CAUSES. NOT ONLY ANALYTICS BUT THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE WITH OUR STUDENTS, THE INTERACTIONS

161WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE PROACTIVE STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTION TO ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE THE MOTION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. GOING TO 6.02, TURNAROUND SCHOOL SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES APPLICATIONS FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WILL YOU HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TURNAROUND SCHOOLS. THERE ARE 15 SCHOOLS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FUNDING GRANT. AROUND $3.7 MILLION THAT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THROUGH OUR FEDERAL GRANT AND PROGRAMS THROUGH TITLE I THROUGH WOODLAND JOHNSON'S TEAM TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO

162ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY, HOW THEY ARE GOING TO MEASURE HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS. HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PROGRESS MONITOR. HOW THEY ARE GOING TO REALLY BUILD CAPACITY OF THE PERSONNEL. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO HAVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE WITHIN THEIR SCHOOLS AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN SOME OF OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST TEACHERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THEY GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS BASED ON FTE AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A PLAN, SUBMIT A PLAN, WORK WITH OUR DISTRICT, WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS AND OUR CHIEFS, AND THAT TURNS AROUND TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW AND HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Lynn Gray: AND BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION

163BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. WE HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ITEM. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PART OF THIS FUND -- IS ANY OF IT MANDATED THAT WE HAVE TO MONITOR IT OR USE ANY OUTSIDE CONSULTING COMPANY TO IMPLEMENT OR MONITOR OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GRANT OR DOES ALL THE MONEY STRICTLY GO TO THE SCHOOLS DIRECTLY IF WE APPROVE THEIR PLAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EACH SCHOOL CREATES THEIR PLAN BASED ON A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THOSE DOLLARS ARE -- THAT PLAN IS SUBMITTED, WHAT YOU'LL SEE -- EXCUSE ME, SUBMITTED TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL. THERE ARE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS THAT EXIST THAT PRINCIPALS -- THAT DICTATE WHETHER A OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO THEY OPERATE WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS. Jessica Vaughn: THERE'S NO

164OTHER OUTSIDE CONSULTING COMPANY THAT IS A PART OF THIS GRANT AT ALL. Tracye Brown: NOT UNLESS THE PRINCIPAL REQUESTS THAT AND IT'S BASED ON THE NEED. NO, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO CONTRACT WITH ANY OUTSIDE AGENCY, ORGANIZATION, OR COMPANY. Addison Davis: I GUESS, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT AS WELL. SOME OF OUR GRANTS REQUIRE AN OUTSIDE EVALUATOR TO COME IN AND EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE USING THE MONEY AND TO THE SCOPE OF THE SEQUENCE OF THE WORK. IN THIS PROCESS, THIS DOESN'T OCCUR. THIS MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TO SCHOOLS TO LEVERAGE AND USE TO HIRE COACHES, INTERVENTIONISTS, LIAISONS, WHICH IS GREAT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: REALLY GREAT NEWS FOR A SCHOOL LIKE KIMBALL WHO JUST NOW HAS GOTTEN A C. DAPHNEE NO MORE -- WELL, AT ANY RATE, SHE GETS THE MONEY STRAIGHT

165TO HER SCHOOL FOR TWO MORE YEARS. THAT'S A REAL BENEFIT FOR HIGH NEEDS SCHOOL. NO MORE EXTERNAL OPERATOR. VERY, VERY POSITIVE. THANK YOU, MS. BROWN, FOR EXPLAINING THAT SO WELL TO EACH BOARD MEMBER. IT'S BASICALLY ONLY A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR THOSE SCHOOLS WHO DO GIDDYAP TO A C OR BETTER. BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. AGENDA ITEM 6.03, AMENDMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CATAPULT LEARNING, LLC, TO PROVIDE THIRD-PARTY SERVICES FOR THE TITLE I, PART A, PRIVATE SCHOOL READING AND MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WILL YOU HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS A PASS-THROUGH FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE KNOW THAT PRIVATE -- TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL FOR STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR TITLE I SERVICES

166WHO NEED TO BE REMEDIATED FOR READING AND MATHEMATICS. SINCE 2003, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS USED AND LEVERAGED CATAPULT TO BE THAT SUPPLEMENTAL TO RESOURCE -- PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE AT THE TABLE TO AGREE ON THE VENDOR AND THE SOLUTION THEY USE. IN THIS CASE ONCE AGAIN THEY ELECTED TO USE CATAPULT LEARNING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES. AND THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND TO BE ABLE TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS WORK FOR CHILDREN. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER VAUGHN, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? Jessica Vaughn: YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT MY LIST AND I DIDN'T PULL THIS ITEM ON

167MY LIST. I'M GLAD THAT I GOT A BRIEFING ON IT BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T A PASS-THROUGH. IT'S MONEY THAT'S GIVEN TO US AND ANYONE WHO'S IN A DISTRICT WHERE A SCHOOL QUALIFIES FOR TITLE ONE FUNDING CAN ACCESS THOSE SERVICES AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL, AND WE PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THROUGH CATAPULT. SO I DIDN'T PULL THIS ITEM, BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT I GOT BRIEFED ON IT FROM TRACYE BROWN TODAY. SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB, AND IT WAS VERY COMPLICATED FUNDING, LIKE STRATEGIES. SO I'M GLAD I GOT ANSWERS ON IT. BUT I DID NOT PULL THIS ITEM. Lynn Gray: I APOLOGIZE. MS. BROWN, ONE PERSON, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS SAYING IT'S A PASS-THROUGH. YOU'RE NOT SAYING -- Addison Davis: I'LL LET MS. BROWN SPEAK TO IT. INDIRECTLY, IT'S PASSED THROUGH TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THEY ARE ELIGIBLE.

168THEY CAN APPLY FOR IT BUT WE PASS THROUGH TO SERVE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Tracye Brown: THANK YOU, SIR. THE FUNDS, WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS THROUGH THE USE OF TITLE I FUNDS. WE CONTRACT WITH CATAPULT AS THAT THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS. SO THE SERVICES ARE PAID FOR BY THE FUNDS THAT WE SET ASIDE, WHICH BASICALLY, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, WE JUST ARE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS THROUGH THE USE OF THESE DOLLARS. THE STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THESE SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE 61 PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR. 61 WILL SERVE ABOUT 2,000 KIDS AND WE HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THEM. THESE STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED BASED ON WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHICH SCHOOLS

169THEY WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO HAD THEY ATTENDED ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IF THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL IS A TITLE I SCHOOL, THEN THEY RECEIVE THE SERVICES AT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL IN WHICH THEY ATTEND. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MS. BROWN. I'M FAMILIAR WITH CATAPULT, BUT I JUST WAS SEEING A DIRECTION THAT WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE QUOTE SAYING A PASS THROUGH. SO THAT WAS A CLARIFICATION. WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU KNOW. MEMBER COMBS, YOU HAD A REMARK. Nadia Combs: I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW YOU SAID SINCE 2003 THEY HAVE BEEN FUNDING, DOES THAT GO UP AS AN RFP EVERY YEAR AND DO OTHER VENDORS -- BECAUSE I SEE IT'S $75 AN HOUR. ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ALLOWED TO BID ON THAT? Tracye Brown: YES, MA'AM. WE DO AN RFP

170PROCESS WHERE WE ALLOW PROVIDERS TO BID TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE THIRD YEAR OF A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM. SO WE WILL BE SENDING IT OUT FOR BID FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. AND IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS JUST AN INFORMATION ITEM. FOLLOWING THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO -- MR. PORTER WILL PRESENT THE SUSPENDED AGENDA FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE. 12.01, INFORMATION ON ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DID YOU WANT TO SHARE? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I DID THIS THROUGH MY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AND UPDATE. I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I REVIEWED THE INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE WHO

171ARE WATCHING. JUST OVERALL, AS THE TRANSITION TO PHASE TWO, WE SAVED $259,000 IN THE PROCESS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. I THINK I WAS EATING A LITTLE BIT OF THE SANDWICHES WHEN YOU SAID SOMETHING. SORRY, BOARD MEMBERS. MR. PORTER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE THE SUSPENDED AGENDA FOR A VOTE? Jim Porter: SURE. BOARD MEMBERS, THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT PUTTING THE SUSPENDED AGENDA BACK ON YOUR AGENDA. THE SUSPENDED AGENDA WAS A LONG-TERM TRADITION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IT REALLY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS OR UPDATES ON ITEMS THAT THE BOARD FELT WAS IMPORTANT. THE WAY ITEMS MADE IT ON THE CONSENT OR SUSPENDED AGENDA WAS BY MOTION AT A BOARD MEETING. IT DROPPED OFF DURING COVID AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT BRINGING IT BACK. BUT WE

172WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU REALLY WERE LOOKING FOR AND MAKE SURE IT WAS DONE EFFICIENTLY. THERE IS SOMETIMES THE CHANCE THAT CAN TAKE OVER THE ACTUAL AGENDA BY PREVENTING -- OR PROVIDING TOO MANY UPDATES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT. AND ALSO, HAVE A REALISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OFTEN YOU WOULD BE UPDATED ON THINGS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, WHETHER IT'S EVERY MEETING OR EVERY SEVERAL MEETINGS. THE THREE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED ABOUT PUTTING ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA I THINK IT WAS AT A WORKSHOP WERE TO ADDING TURNAROUND SCHOOL STATUS TO THE SUSPENDED AGENDA. UPDATES ON LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND THEN LITERACY UPDATES. THOSE WERE THE THREE THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CREATING THE SUSPENDED AGENDA, YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TONIGHT TO PUT THOSE THREE

173ON AND THEN IT COULD GROW FROM THERE. I THINK, AGAIN, BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT PUTTING THINGS ON AND THEN HAVING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS ABOUT HOW OFTEN YOU WOULD BE UPDATED AND HOW MUCH TIME THAT COULD TAKE. YOU CAN SEE HOW AN AGENDA IN A MEETING CAN QUICKLY GET OUT OF HAND WHEN THERE ARE TOPICS OF INTEREST AND YOU DON'T GET TO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD. IT'S A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN KEEPING YOU AND THE PUBLIC UPDATED BUT NOT LETTING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT REALLY UP FOR A VOTE BUT JUST FOR AN UPDATE TAKE OVER A MEETING. IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT THOSE THREE ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA WE CAN START SEEING THAT AND I THINK STAFF CAN MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT HOW OFTEN THEY WOULD BE UPDATED AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

174Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY MEMBER SNIVELY. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: I DID REQUEST TO SEE IF WE COULD PUT THE -- AN UPDATE BIWEEKLY OF THE TAMPA GENERAL, USF COVID MEETINGS. YES, ON THAT SUSPENDED AGENDA. I REQUESTED THAT I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO OR FOUR WEEKS AGO. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MS. PEREZ. MEMBER PEREZ, I WILL ADD THAT TO THE LIST. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. PORTER, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND RESTATE THE MOTION SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE. Jim Porter: THE MOTION IS TO ESTABLISH A CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING FOUR ITEMS ON IT AS THE FIRST ITERATION OF IT. ADDING TURNAROUND SCHOOL STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, ADDING UPDATES ON LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS. NUMBER THREE, ADDING LITERACY

175UPDATES. THEN NUMBER FOUR WOULD BE THE REQUEST MS. PEREZ JUST MADE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. OH, I'M SORRY. MORE DISCUSSION. MEMBER WASHINGTON. I ALREADY MADE THE MOTION. YOU SECONDED IT. DID YOU WANT DISCUSSION? Henry "Shake" Washington: I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR THE ROUND SCHOOLS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I WANTED TO HAVE A REPORT JUST ONCE A MONTH DURING THE BOARD MEETING ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING ON THE TURNAROUND SCHOOLS. AND WE GET SOME DATA ON THAT. CAN WE DO THAT, MR. DAVIS? Addison Davis: YES, SIR. Lynn Gray: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT REQUEST BECAUSE WE'RE ALL VERY MUCH TUNED IN. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO WE HAVE A DRAFT OVER HERE THAT HAS ABOUT 12 ITEMS ON

176IT. AND SO AT THIS POINT, CAN WE JUST ALL MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO IT OR DO YOU WANT US TO DO EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY? Jim Porter: THAT WAS INTENTIONAL. I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU RECEIVED THAT DRAFT. I THINK THE INITIAL SUSPENDED AGENDA WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE THE THREE AND THEN THE FOUR BECAUSE, AGAIN, IF YOU DO THAT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO -- THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR AGENDA. SO I THINK AS WE GO FORWARD, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE VETTING SOME OF THOSE AND THEN BRINGING THEM UP AGAIN. YOU CAN CERTAINLY ADD IT. IT'S YOUR SUSPENDED AGENDA. THAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS ABOUT DOING IT -- I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT DRAFT IS IN FRONT OF YOU. THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD. AGAIN, IF YOU DO

177THAT, JUST BE MINDFUL YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY LARGE SUSPENDED AGENDA AND WHAT THAT COULD REALLY MEAN TO YOUR BOARD AGENDA. THE FOUR THAT WERE INITIALLY GOING ON WERE UPDATES REGARDING TURNAROUND SCHOOL STATUS. NUMBER TWO, UPDATES ON LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS. NUMBER THREE, THE LITERACY UPDATES. I AM SORRY, MS. PEREZ, THE ONE YOU MENTIONED AS WELL. Melissa Snively: THE COVID UPDATES FROM TGH USF PARTNERSHIPS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE OPEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. BECAUSE WE HAD FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, WHICH WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE A COMMITTEE REPORT, BASICALLY ON PROBABLY A MONTHLY BASIS AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND STATUS, WHICH MIGHT GO ALONG WITH THAT REPORT BUT THEN GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN I ALSO FEEL IS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS MANAGING THE GROWTH AND CAPACITY OF SCHOOLS IN OUR COUNTY. BUT I

178DON'T KNOW IF THAT -- AMEND IT TO INCLUDE GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORTS. I THINK THAT COVERS MOST EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING REGULAR UPDATES ON AND KEEPS THE NUMBER MANAGEABLE. Lynn Gray: MEMBER SNIVELY, JUST SO I'M CLEAR, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO ADD GROWTH -- Melissa Snively: GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, SLASH, GENERAL FUND. Jim Porter: ONE SLIGHT NUANCE. ON THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE YOU HAD A SEPARATE REPORTING PROCESS, SO MAYBE JUST GENERAL FUND. Melissa Snively: OKAY. GENERAL FUNDS OVERVIEW OR STATUS I SHOULD SAY. GENERAL FUND STATUS. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: JUST SOME CLARIFICATION. YOU SAID NUMBER TWO WAS TURNAROUND SCHOOLS AND NUMBER THREE WAS LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS. AREN'T THOSE THE SAME? IF I'M WRONG, CORRECT ME. ISN'T

179THAT THE SAME? CAN'T WE JUST SAY -- Jim Porter: I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. Stacy Hahn: I DON'T KNOW. Lynn Gray: THEN WE HAVE TURNAROUND SCHOOLS. THEY ARE ALMOST SYNONYMOUS. SO I THINK PROBABLY WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THAT SO WE DON'T TURN INTO THREE, AND THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE A LOT MORE, MAKE MORE SENSE TO THE PUBLIC. AGAIN, I DID RALLY WHAT MEMBER WASHINGTON SAID ABOUT THE TURNAROUND SCHOOLS, BUT WE'RE HAVING OTHER TITLES TO THE SCHOOLS NOW. Stacy Hahn: MAYBE TRANSFORMATION NETWORK UPDATE. THAT WOULD CAPTURE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR AROUND IMPROVEMENT AND ACTIVITIES GOING ON. IT'S ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU'RE DOING IN THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DATA. IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE THE SAME. I THOUGHT WE COULD COLLAPSE IT,

180CAPTURE IT. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: MEMBER HAHN, THANK YOU. MERITA, YOU'RE GETTING THE NOTES DOWN BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED. NOT CONFUSED, JUST TOO MANY IDEAS. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I DID NOT SEE THIS ON OUR AGENDA. UNDER INFORMATION ITEM, I SEE 12.01, INFORMATION ON ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS. I'M SORRY, I WAS NOT PREPARED TO DISCUSS THIS AND I HAVEN'T GIVEN THOUGHT TO ANYTHING THAT I WOULD ADD ON IT. WE TALKED AT A FEW MEETINGS BUT I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THIS ONE. I KNOW WE HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH. IS THIS A LIVING DOCUMENT WHERE SOME FALL OFF, OTHERS CAN BE ADDED AND WE REVIEW IT OR IS WHAT WE'RE DECIDING ON NOW FINAL? Jim Porter: NO. IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. IT IS YOUR DOCUMENT AND THINGS CAN BE ADDED AND

181REMOVED AT ANY TIME. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. AT ANOTHER BOARD MEETING IF WE ARE SEEING REDUNDANCY, WE DON'T NEED AN UPDATE, A BOARD MEMBER CAN MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM IT OR ADD SOMETHING OR EVEN ADD AN ADDITION. Jim Porter: ABSOLUTELY. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON OUR AGENDA REVIEW, IT'S ON SECTION D, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE VOTE. THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING IN ITSELF UNLESS YOU HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. AT ANY RATE, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'LL REPEAT THE MOTION. MR. PORTER, I'M SORRY. WE GOT OFF A LITTLE BIT ON A TANGENT. Jim Porter: THIS IS TO CREATE AND REINSTATE THE SUSPENDED AGENDA ON YOUR AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT WILL BE THE INITIAL ITEMS

182ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA: AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSFORMATION SCHOOL NETWORK. UPDATES ON THE LITERACY -- LITERACY UPDATE. SORRY. THE FUND BALANCE. THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND MS. PEREZ'S ADDITION. THOSE ARE THE INITIAL ONES. TO MS. VAUGHN'S POINT, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. IT'S YOUR DOCUMENT. AT ANY TIME YOU CAN ADD OR TAKE OUT. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD FEEL FREE TO RECOMMEND TO YOU IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF OR SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDED. IT IS YOUR DECISION. HE SHOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO THAT SO WE CAN KEEP THIS RUNNING EFFICIENTLY. BUT THAT'S THE MOTION. Lynn Gray: ALSO, BOARD MEMBERS CAN DISCUSS IF THEY WANT IT REMOVED. THIS IS FAMILIAR TO SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE DAIS RIGHT NOW, BUT CERTAINLY TO THE MORE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS ALL NEW TERRITORY.

183BOARD MEMBERS, LET'S VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON REGARDING THE SUSPENDED AGENDA SO I DON'T HAVE TO REMIND MR. PORTER TO SAY IT AGAIN. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE TO BACK UP JUST A TAD -- Jim Porter: WE DO HAVE TO BACK UP A TAD. ONE ITEM THAT YOU HAD PULLED -- 7.08, IT WAS ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. YOU HAD ALREADY APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA WHEN YOU DECIDED TO PUT IT BACK ON, SO IT DOES NEED TO BE VOTED ON. IF THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THEN YOU COULD VOTE ON THAT ONE. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, 7.08 IS THE TRANSFER OF -- WE'RE ASKING 3300 SQUARE FOOT -- THE SUBJECT IS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF UNUSED DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS WHICH

184IS A TDR FOR TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE CITY OF HAS A TRANSFER OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS PROGRAM, WHICH IS TDR. THIS ALLOWS ORGANIZATIONS TO USE -- TO LEVERAGE UNUSED DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS FROM PROPERTIES TO OTHER DESIGNATED AREAS. SO THIS IS JUST A WAY FOR US TO EXPLORE NEW REVENUE STREAMS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHAT THIS DOES, I'M ASKING FOR A PILOT PROGRAM TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE AN RFP TO OFFER -- TO BE ABLE TO SELL DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS. CURRENTLY, IF WE LOOK AT TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY HAVE 821,000 SQUARE FOOT OF UNUSED DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS AT THEIR PROPERTY AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT PARTICULARLY 5,000 OF THOSE SQUARE FEET TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT AN RFP. THE REASON THIS TOOK A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE WORKING

185WITH LEGAL. WE'RE WORKING WITH A LAWYER THAT ACTUALLY WROTE THE TDR ORDINANCE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND BEING ABLE TO USE AND FOLLOW THE PROPER PROTOCOL. THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO PILOT AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Lynn Gray: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, ISN'T THIS THE FIRST CLOUD-BASED EXCHANGE WE'VE DONE IN OUR DISTRICT? Addison Davis: WELL, OPENLY, WE LOOKED AT IT, IT'S ACTUALLY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE PROPERTY ORIGINALLY. WE HAVE 821,000 SQUARE FEET OF UNUSED HISTORICAL PROPERTY AT THE TAMPA BAY. SO IF WE WERE AT TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF WE WERE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY AND I'M ASKING TO LOOK AT 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF UNUSED HISTORICAL PROPERTY, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY WITH MINUS THE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT IF THE RFP

186IDENTIFIED THAT. BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER THESE UNUSED DEVELOPMENTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO ANOTHER PROPERTY JUST ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. MR. PORTER, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I KNOW YOU ARE A MASTER AT LAND, IS THERE ANYTHING -- Jim Porter: NO, I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP VERY WELL. THE CONCEPT IS THIS, YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND CERTAIN DENSITY ON THE PROPERTY, FOR INSTANCE, YOUR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS MIGHT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A HUNDRED UNITS AND DON'T NEED A HUNDRED UNITS, YOU COULD SELL THOSE OFF AND SOMEONE ELSE COULD USE IT THAT NEEDS IT. USED TRADITIONALLY IN PLACES IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. SOMETIMES HISTORIC PROPERTY HAS MORE DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS AND WOULD REALLY BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT, SO THEY CAN TRANSFER THOSE RIGHTS TO ANOTHER PART OF

187TOWN AND THEN THAT TOWN, THAT PART OF TOWN CAN BENEFIT FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS. IT IS A FINANCIAL EXCHANGE AND A LAND USE TOOL THAT IS USED EFFECTIVELY THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THE DISTRICT IS DOING IT AND VERY INNOVATIVE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BE DOING THIS. Lynn Gray: I KNOW. IT'S VERY EXCITING. IT'S INTO TECHNOLOGY. MEMBER VAUGHN, IS THAT A MOTION -- EXCUSE ME, IS THAT -- DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: I DID. THANK YOU. I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT LATE TO US AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS DURING MY AGENDA REVIEW ON THIS. WE ARE BASICALLY TRANSFERRING SOME OF OUR UNUSED SPACE AT TAMPA HEIGHTS TO A DEVELOPER IN HYDE PARK. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S

188TO BUILD SOME SORT OF BUSINESS COMPLEX. I GUESS I JUST HAVE CONCERNS. I APPRECIATE IT MIGHT BE INNOVATIVE, BUT I THINK THAT AS WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH A WORKSHOP WHERE WE REALIZE AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND WE'LL HAVE TO FIND EXTRA SPOTS AND HAVE TO DEVELOP AND MAYBE WE DON'T NEED THE SPACE HERE, I THINK QUICKLY KIND OF SELLING THOSE UNUSED SPACES FOR SOMETHING AS INEXPENSIVE FOR $10,000 FOR SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IN HYDE PARK MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARILY THE BEST USE OF THIS SPACE AS FAR AS EITHER USING IT FOR EQUITY TO RAISE MORE FUNDS OR IN REGARDS TO DEVELOPING FOR OUR OWN SCHOOLS GOING FORWARD. SO HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT THOUGHT ON THIS ITEM? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, FOR US, WE'LL HAVE OVER 818,000 SQUARE FOOT UNUSED DEVELOPMENT SQUARE

189FOOT AVAILABLE ON THIS CAMPUS. AND WHILE WE WERE ENGAGED WITH THAT DEVELOPER, THIS GOES OUT TO RFP TO BE ABLE TO FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE US AND DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE BEST MODEL FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THIS IS ONLY ONE CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT. STILL HAVE 818,000-SQUARE-FOOT THAT IS UNUSED. SO BEING ABLE TO TRY THIS AS A PILOT PROGRAM, I THINK LIKE MR. PORTER SAID, AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR US TO GO OUT AND DETERMINE. WE PUT $5,000 TO $10,000, ASPIRATION TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT WE USED THAT BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT THE LAST THREE PROJECTS DONE THROUGH THE ST. PETE AREA, AND THAT WAS THEY WERE USING I THINK $1.59 OR $1.60 PER SQUARE FOOT TO COME UP WITH THAT PRICE TAG.

190HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO PUSH FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE AND BE ABLE TO USE THIS AS ADDITIONAL INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR DOWN THE ROAD. Jessica Vaughn: IF WE DID WANT TO PUSH FOR MORE AND WE WANTED TO SEE IF THE DEVELOPER WOULD PAY 25, 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THIS, IS THAT AN OPTION? WOULD WE HAVE TO VOTE THIS ITEM DOWN AND COME UP WITH ANOTHER ONE AND RENEGOTIATE OR IF WE THOUGHT THIS LAND OR WHATEVER THIS IS, THIS CLOUD LAND IS WORTH MORE THAN FIVE TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHAT'S OUR ABILITY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE FOR THIS? Addison Davis: WE ABSOLUTELY CAN. WE CAN PUSH FOR AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AS MUCH AS THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO PAY AND KNOW WE PUT THIS AS A SAFEGUARD, TRENDS THAT WE SEE IN

191ST. PETE. WE'LL PUSH THIS AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE CAN WITHIN THIS RFP AND WE'LL SEE. IF THIS RFP GOES OUT AS THE FIRST PILOT, WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE RELATED TO THE NUMBER WE GET, PRICE WE GET FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE AND SEE IF IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR NOT ONLY US BUT THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPERS AND COMMUNITY AT SCALE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: GREAT QUESTIONS. MEMBER WASHINGTON, I KNOW YOU HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE LOCATION. GO AHEAD. Henry "Shake" Washington: MR. DAVIS, WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? WHAT SIDE? SOUTH, NORTH SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE? Addison Davis: IN THE SCHOOL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M RIGHT, MR. FARKAS WHEN I SAY THIS. IT'S JUST A PARCEL. WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT PARCEL IN WHICH THE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT OR 3300 SQUARE FOOT, WHATEVER IT MAY BE

192UP TO 5,000 SQUARE FOOT ON THAT PARCEL. IDENTIFY AND DEEM THAT AND PART OF THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. Henry "Shake" Washington: WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE SPOT EXACTLY. Addison Davis: NO, SIR. Lynn Gray: AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FINDING ALL KINDS OF WAYS OF GETTING MONEY FOR US. MEMBER PEREZ, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? Karen Perez: YES. FOR THE PUBLIC, CAN YOU TELL EXACTLY WHERE TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LOCATED? Addison Davis: MR. FARKAS, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF TAMPA HEIGHTS? Christopher Farkas: YOU MEAN ON COLUMBUS AND TAMPA HEIGHTS IS -- COLUMBUS AVENUE. Karen Perez: COLUMBUS AVENUE. THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE'VE HAD SOME GENTRIFICATION TAKE PLACE. I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION REGARDING THIS. WHY START A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THIS AREA AND NOT WITH OTHER SCHOOLS? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR,

193WE HAVE SO MANY SQUARE FOOT AVAILABLE AT TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE LIKE I SAID OVER 820,000 SQUARE FEET AVAILABLE OF UNUSED HISTORICAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. BEING ABLE TO TAKE A LARGE SCALE THAT WE WILL NOT USE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE AS MUCH AS WE CAN RELATED TO THE REMODELING OF TAMPA HEIGHTS. AND WE THINK THIS IS THE BEST STARTER INITIATIVE WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH LAND AND OPPORTUNITY, SQUARE FOOTAGE TO BE ABLE TO USE AND LEVERAGE. Jim Porter: IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, TOO, THIS IS A SOMEWHAT CONFUSING CONCEPT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING NEW TO THE DISTRICT. NOTHING IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY. Addison Davis: THAT'S CORRECT. Jim Porter: THIS ACTUALLY HELPS GENTRIFICATION, HELP PREVENT GENTRIFICATION BECAUSE IF YOU REMOVE THOSE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, SOMEBODY COULDN'T

194COME IN AND SELL IT OFF TO BUILD BECAUSE THOSE RIGHTS WOULD NO LONGER BE THERE. IT WOULD PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SCHOOL AND ALLOW THAT DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR IN A PLACE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN AN HISTORIC SCHOOL SITE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE GENTRIFICATION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. AGAIN, IT'S A DIFFERENT CONCEPT. IT'S SORT OF NOT SOMETHING THE DISTRICT HAS DONE AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS. I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS VERY GOOD TO HIGHLIGHT IT. YOUR POINT, MS. PEREZ, IT HELPS THE VERY ISSUE YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T ALLOW, FOR INSTANCE, US TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND BIG APARTMENT COMPLEX TO GO IN. IT REALLY HELPS THAT PROBLEM THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED. Karen Perez: BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN THESE AREAS, A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING BOUGHT UP BY MAJOR

195CORPORATIONS, AND THE LAND AROUND THIS AREA IS BEING BROUGHT UP. TRYING TO CONSERVE THIS AREA FOR NOT JUST -- BUT THEIR -- NOT JUST STUDENTS BUT THEIR FAMILIES AND HONORING, YOU KNOW -- NOT JUST THE SCHOOL, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION IN THE SUNSHINE. APPRECIATE IT. Lynn Gray: PEREZ, EXCELLENT POINTS THAT YOU MADE. BOARD MEMBERS, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I DO NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN, A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, LET'S GO FOR A VOTE. MEMBER VAUGHN? MEMBER VAUGHN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU ARE ON MUTE. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, I DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION AFTER MR. PORTER RESPONDED TO MEMBER PEREZ. SO

196I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THE DEVELOPMENT PIECE TO A DEVELOPER IN HYDE PARK TO DEVELOP THERE. I MEAN, WE ARE SAYING THAT AT SOME POINT IF WE EVER SOLD THIS SCHOOL PROPERTY, IT DOES GIVE A LARGER PARCEL FOR LARGER DEVELOPMENT, BUT REGARDLESS WE KEEP KEEP IT AS THE SCHOOL DEVELOPS OR COULD WE SELL IT OFF TO SMALLER GROUPS IN THIS AREA FOR SMALL BUSINESSES? BECAUSE I THINK JUST TO SAY IT STOPS GENTRIFICATION IS CONFUSING TO ME. Stacy Hahn: SO THINK OF IT THIS WAY, MS. VAUGHN. NO ONE IS GOING TO BUILD ON THE PROPERTY. THINK OF IT AS WHEN YOU GO AWAY AND NEED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POINTS FOR TIME-SHARE OR HOTEL. THEY NEED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POINTS TO BUILD IN THEIR HISTORIC AREA. WE ARE NOT SELLING PROPERTY. WE ARE NOT GOING

197TO HAVE THE BUILDS ON OUR PROPERTY. WE ARE JUST SELLING POINTS TO THE DEVELOPER SO THEY CAN GO AND BUILD THEIR PROJECTS IN THE HISTORIC AREA. THOSE ARE PROBABLY POINTS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE. SO IT'S KIND OF A WIN-WIN. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE EASIEST WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IT. Lynn Gray: GOOD ANALOGY. SO MEMBER VAUGHN, ARE YOU SATISFIED? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE? Jessica Vaughn: I MEAN, I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT I KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO VOTE SO WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH THE VOTE AND I WILL ASK QUESTIONS AFTER THE MEETING. I GET THE CONCEPT BUT THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. IT'S UNANIMOUS. OH, NO, SORRY, MEMBER VAUGHN, IT'S A NO.

198THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE A YES. AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS YOUR TIME FOR YOUR BOARD COMMENTS. AND IF YOU WILL GET INTO THE QUEUE, WE WILL BEGIN AT THIS TIME. OKAY, MEMBER HAHN, WILL SPEAK FIRST. AND WHAT'S GOING ON, MEMBER HAHN? OOPS. WHAT'S GOING ON? Stacy Hahn: ALL DISCOME POP BOB ULTIMATED WITH THAT LAST MOVE. SO ONE, I WANT TO THANK THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION. THEY DONATED 600 COPIES OF A BOOK CALLED KINDERGARTEN PLANET. AN EPISODE OF READING THE BOOK ONLINE. WE PUSHED IT OUT TO ALL THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES AND THE FAMILIES SO THEY CAN TAKE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR DONATING COPIES OF KINDERGARTEN PLANET TO OUR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS SO THEY CAN READ IT THE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN I

199WENT ON MY VISITS TO A FEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO SEE THE BOOK IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS. THAT WAS A LOT OF THE FUN. SPENT SATURDAY AT A WONDERFUL EVENT. BULLARD FOUNDATION BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. AND A BASH IT WAS. IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. SO I WANTED TO THANK THADEOUS AND HIS FOUNDATION FOR FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. SORRY. PUTTING ON THE EVENT. IT WAS FANTASTIC. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT BENEFITED SO MANY CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE SOME DATA FROM MYON FROM THE SUMMER RECAP. AND WE HAD 187,000 BOOKS ACCESSED, AND IN AUGUST WE HAD 67,000 BOOKS READ, AND 25,000 AND CHANGE HOURS OF READING BOOKS. AND DURING THE SUMMER THERE WERE 105 VISITS THAT TOOK PLACE BY MYON THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THAT INCLUDED HOST, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, AND

200PLANT CITY PARKS AND REC AND YMCA CAMP. THAT WAS REALLY DESPITING. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK MYON FOR THE WORK THEY DID AROUND LITERACY IN THEIR COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER. IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL AND KEPT KIDS VERY ENGAGED IN READING. AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT FRAME WORKS HAS DONE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. FRAME WORKS, AS YOU KNOW, PROVIDES SOME TRAINING AROUND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND RIGHT NOW LIFE IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. WE HEARD FROM PARENTS, STUDENTS, MORE THAN EVER, CHILDREN NEED SKILLS TO NAVIGATE THE MOMENTS THAT WE ARE LIVING IN. AND FRAME WORKS IS A CRITICAL PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, AND THEY HAD -- AND THEY ARE IN MANY OF OUR ELEMENTARY AND CARROLLWOOD, CITRUS PARK, JOSH, TOWN AND COUNTRY, WEST TAMPA, STATE-OF-THE-ART MIDDLE, WEBB, JUST TO

201NAME A FEW. THEY ARE DOING SOME AMAZING WORK. THEY DID SOME TRAININGS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AROUND SEL. THEY WERE GROUP ACTIVITIES. THERE WERE COMMUNITY BUILDING SESSIONS. AND SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE A BIG IMPACT FROM ALL OF THAT THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THAT THE NEWS DID A QUICK STORY, IF WE COULD SHOW IT REAL QUICKLY. I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT IT BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW FRAME WORKS IN OUR CLASSROOM. WE NEED THE VOLUME. KIDS ARE LEARNING HOW TO COPE WITH THEIR EMOTIONS. I THINK WITH THE PANDEMIC AND EVERYONE -- THAT FEELING AND UNDERSTANDING. AS KELLY RING SHOWS US, A NONPROFIT IS HELPING SCHOOLS HELP STUDENTS WITH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. TAKE YOUR PENCIL. BEFORE THEY START THEIR LESSONS, KIDS ARE LEARNING HOW

202TO COPE WITH THEIR EMOTIONS. I THINK WITH THE PANDEMIC AND EVERYONE HAVING SO MANY FEELINGS GOING AROUND, THEY UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR KIDS SOME TIME TO BREATHE AND THEN START. SO GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING. IT'S CALLED SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED COMMUNITY BUILDING SESSIONS TO WHERE OUR STUDENTS GET A CHANCE TO HAVE DIALOGUE, TALK ABOUT COMPLIMENTS, GRATITUDE, AND MINDFULNESS, WHICH ARE ALL SKILLS THAT EMPOWER THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOOD TEACHERS NATURALLY DO BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT. WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY BASED MEETINGS IN THE MORNINGS WHERE OUR STUDENTS HAVE TIME TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, EMOTIONS. THIS IS ANOTHER VISUAL THAT WE PROVIDE TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO PUT UP ON THE WALL. THE NONPROFIT FRAME

203WORKS OF TAMPA BAY IS WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO HELP STUDENTS OPEN UP. WE HAVE A WHEEL OF EMOTIONS. THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THOSE EMOTIONS. SO WE PUT A WHEEL TOGETHER THAT EXPANDS ON, OKAY, YOU ARE ANGRY BUT ARE YOU JUST FRUSTRATED OR ARE YOU REALLY, REALLY UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING? SO IT'S GIVING A NAME TO AN EMOTION. HUGE, HUGE DEAL FOR EVERYONE. A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS LIVE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY, SO SOME OF THE STRESSORS OR SOME OF THE TRAUMA THAT EXISTS IN THAT LIVING ENVIRONMENT COMES INTO THE FASHION WITH THEM BUT WHEN THEY ARE AT BROWARD THEY ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH SOME OF THOSE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES. THEY SAY THE PANDEMIC PRESENTED A CHALLENGE THAT AFFECTED LEARNING. WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY WITNESSING WAS, IT WAS A LOSS OF

204CONNECTION, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CONNECTION TO A TEACHER, TO YOUR SCHOOL, TO YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LEARN. BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT READING AND WRITING BUT ALSO COPING. WE WENT THROUGH A VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, AND NOT ONE PERSON WASN'T AFFECTED BY IT. SO FOR US TO IGNORE THAT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR LEARNING, AND I REALLY THINK THAT THIS PIECE, S EL PEACE, IS GOING TO HELP THEM AND HOPEFULLY MAINTAIN THAT. KELLY RING, FOX 13 NEWS. AND FRAME WORKS INCLUDES PARENTS INTO THE PROGRAM AS WELL. Stacy Hahn: I AM GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. I THINK THE VIDEO SAID IT ALL VERY NICELY AND GAVE A GLIMPSE INTO THE CLASSROOMS OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO A BIG THANK YOU ALSO TO

205FRAME WORKS FOR PARTNERING AROUND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND TRAINING THE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR ADDING SO MUCH POSITIVITY TO OUR DISTRICT, AS YOU DO EVERY TIME. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO HOLLY SAIA AND HER TEAM, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ON OUR RETURN TO SCHOOL FRESH. WE WENT TO EAST BAY HIGH WITH, WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY, TAMPA BAY TECH AND HILLSBOROUGH HIGH WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PASS OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE THERE WITH US, COLLABORATING, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS. AND ALSO, TO THADEUS. HE REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR STUDENTS. HE OFFERED VACCINES -- WELL, HE

206DIDN'T OFFER THE VACCINES. BUT HE HAD A CLINIC THERE WITH PROVIDING HEALTH EXAMS, PHYSICAL, DENTAL EXAM, AND EVEN HAIRCUTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. I MEAN, HE JUST ALWAYS, ALWAYS GOES JUST ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND HE HAD LIKE 30,000 BACKPACKS FULL OF STUFF FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR BACK TO SCHOOL. AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO HIM AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THE PLACE WAS PACKED, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND HE ALSO FED THEM. HE'S JUST INCREDIBLE. SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO ASK, SUPERINTENDENT, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION ON OUR TEACHERS REGARDING COVID PAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR AS YOU KNOW, FFCRA ENDED DECEMBER 2020 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE MOVED IT,

207EXTENDED IT FROM JANUARY ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR LAST YEAR TO END OF MAY, AND THERE WERE TEN DAYS, WE HAD TEN DAYS OF DECEMBER, IT COST US A LOT OF MONEY TO DO IT BUT WE BELIEVE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING. AS WE TRANSITION THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND WORK THROUGH OUR FINANCIALS, ESSR, BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND CDC GUIDELINES WOULD BE AND WITH THE QUARANTINE BEING ABLE TO DRILL DOWN IN A SMALLER NUMBER OF TIMES, NUMBER OF DAYS BEING OUT, WE ELECTED TO EXTEND FIVE DAYS TO OUR EMPLOYEES. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO GO TO TEN DAYS. IT'S A MAJOR COST. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW BEING ABLE TO DO FIVE DAYS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON QUARANTINE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I

208APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO, I NOTICED TONIGHT THAT -- WELL, LAST BOARD MEETING, THIS PLACE WAS PACKED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING EVERY OTHER SEAT AGAIN ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE HAVING HEAR IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. AND ALSO THE LECTERN. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO GETTING THAT CLEANED AFTER EVERY OTHER -- AFTER EVERY SPEAKER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE DELTA VARIANT, AND ITS TRANSMITABILITY. IF WE COULD GET BACK TO DOING THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERY OTHER SEAT AGAIN FOR RIGHT NOW. AND HERE IN THE BOARD A.M. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. AND THEN WE HAVE MEMBER VAUGHN FOLLOWED BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW THAT YOU LIKE THINGS ON A

209POSITIVE NOTE BUT SINCE WE WERE ASKED TO HOLD SOME OF OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO THE END I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS VERY OF TEACHER APPRECIATION EVENT. ONE, I JUST WANTED TO-OH I AM GOING TO PUT IN THE PAPERWORK BUT I WANT TO OFFICIALLY ASK FOR A WORKSHOP ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. I RAN OUT OF PLATFORM OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY TALK ABOUT THOSE. I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF OUR COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT WERE ABOUT THAT AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT MODELINGS OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE ARE GOING TO ADVOCATE AND TALK ABOUT THOSE WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO THANK SO MUCH OUR STAFF MEMBERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMIN. I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS TOUCHED

210ON THIS, BUT IT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGING YEAR, AND WE HAVE JUST GONE SCHOOL IS AMAZING AND CLASSES ARE AMAZING. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS. ALSO, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT THAT I AM CONCERNED WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS, AND WE SEE A LOT OF LANGUAGE ABOUT DISCRIMINATION OR RACISM COMPARISONS WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS WHO HAVE MADE THE CHOICE, PARENTS HAVE MADE THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT OF WEARING A MASK. I THINK THAT IT GETS DANGEROUS WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT PARENTS WHO HAVE MADE A CHOICE, AND ACCOMMODATING EVERYBODY'S CHOICE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND TO STARTED USING WORDS LIKE RACISM OR DISCRIMINATION WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PARENTAL CHOICE. I DON'T SAY THERE CAN'T BE SOME KIND OF POOLING AND WE WANT TO

211STOP THAT ON ALL SIDES AND SAY REGARDLESS ALL STUDENTS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND THAT NO STUDENTS IS FEELING UNDERVALUED BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN THE TERMS THAT WE USE SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT COMPARABLE WITH THAT. AND THEN FINALLY I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT WE ARE FACED WITH A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND WE TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE. WE ARE FACED WITH NOT NECESSARILY HAVING THE BAND WIDTH OR THE FUNDS, BUT WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS PASSED ON TO US AT THE STATE WE SHUNTS HAVE AN ANSWER BE LIKE WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT HAVING COVID TESTING. THAT MONEY WAS GIVEN TO US NUMBER ONE AS A PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PRIORITIZING SAFETY, AND NUMBER TWO,

212I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND WE ARE SHORT STAFFED AND WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, BUT WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR AND NEED TO COME UP WITH BETTER WAYS OF KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE GOING TO HONOR PARENTAL CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO MASKS. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE UP EARLIER IN THE MEETING. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THE VIDEO. I WANT TO THANK HADA, THE CARROLLWOOD AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FOR HOSTING A NEW TEACHER APPRECIATION BREAKFAST WHERE WE INVITED NEW TEACHERS, TEACHERS NOW NEW TO THE SCHOOL AND GAVE OUT PRIZES, ORIGINALLY HOSTED BY VINNY STUART AND WE HAD A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO ACTUALLY PUT IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU TO TBAE FOR PUTSING THIS VIDEO TOGETHER AND FOR

213CHAMBERLAIN FOR HOSTING IT AND ALL THAT PARTICIPATED IN IT. WE WERE ABLE TO SPOIL OUR NEW TEACHERS. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. SO-SO I AM GOING TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SHOW THAT. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK IN THE DISTRICT. MY NAME IS KELCY. WE ARE HERE AT THE NEW PORT RICHEY TEAR RER BREAKFAST. WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ALL COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THIS EVENT. MY SECRETARY WHO HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER AND ALL PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT. BUT MOST OF ALL THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS. OUR NEW TEACHERS. OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE COMING AND CHANGING SCHOOLS. WITHOUT YOU WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THIS. WE APPRECIATE AND VALUE YOU SO MUCH. THIS YEAR IS GOING

214TO BE CHALLENGING BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WILL RISE TO THE TOP, THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. WE LOVE OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR APs AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF SO MUCH AND I AM SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION. TEACHERS, ONE THING THAT WE LEARNED FROM LAST YEAR IS HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, HOW TO BE TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER, HOW TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, AND I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW YEAR AND FOR EVERYTHING TO BE BACK TOGETHER. WHAT A SPECIAL DAY WITH A CHANCE TO INTERACT, ENGAGE AND WELCOME OUR BRAND NEW TEACHERS TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR GOING INTO A VERY DIFFICULT, COMPLEX POSITION WHICH IS TEACHING. MOST OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE

215BEEN BACK IN SCHOOL 16 MONTHS. SO BEING ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THEM, HELP OUR TEACHERS BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, AND GIVE THEM ALL THE SUPPORTS THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE APPRECIATED. LAST YEAR, DURING COVID WAS A VERY TOUGH TIME FOR EVERYONE, BUT AS TEACHERS YOU ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS SO THE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST, WE ARE NOT ALONE. WE HAVE WON SO MANY PRIZES. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SUPPORT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN AMAZING 21-22 YEAR AND GAG GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK. LET'S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS AT EVERY ONE OF OUR SITES. WE KNOW EVERYONE IS UP TO THE CHALLENGE. AND I THANK HAA FOR CONTINUING A TRADITION THAT WE STARTED FIVE YEARS

216AGO TOGETHER TO BRING BRAND NEW TEACHERS TO A BREAKFAST JUST TO CELEBRATE THEM AND OFFER THEM SOMETHING TO TAKE BACK TO THEIR SCHOOL. I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THIS EVENT EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO HONOR TEACHERS AND THE WORK THEY DO. THE TEACHERS, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. SO FROM ONE PROFESSION TO ANOTHER, IT'S GOING INTO A NEW YEAR OF POSITIVITY, A NEW YEAR OF LOVE AND NEW YEAR OF COMPASSION FOR NOT ONLY YOUR STUDENTS BUT FOR EACH OTHER AS A TEAM OF TEACHERS. WE ARE GOING TO ROCK IT. EACH OF YOU MAKES A LASTING DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT SIT IN YOUR SEATS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND THE LOVE AND CARE THAT YOU GIVE TO ALL. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. ONE LAST

217SHOUTOUT TO MY SECRETARY OH WHO ROCKED THAT EVENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I TELL YOU, I HAD AN EVENTUALFUL WEEK GOING ON THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SO WE STARTED OUT AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. THE VIDEO? OH, OKAY. WELL, I CAN START THIS. IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND VISIT WITH THE COMMUNITY AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE. THEY GAVE OUT BOOK BAGS AND SO FORTH. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME QUICK DATA ON THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD 23 HOMICIDES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. AND 31 IN THE COUNTY CORPORATE AREA. SO WE HAVE HAD 64 PEOPLE TO DIE IN THE LAST, SAY, MONTH OR SO.

218WE HAVE HAD 230 SHOOTINGS. IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO WE ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING. AND WE HAVE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING, BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE HAVE TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO HOW TO WORK OUT PROBLEMS RATHER THAN SHOOT AND KILLING ALL THE TIME. SO I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE OUT THERE WITH JJ JOHNSON, AND VIVIAN OWENS, AND WE ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. THE NEXT EVENT I WENT TO IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AD AS YOU CAN SEE MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD THE DUNGY FOUNDATION, AND YOUTH ORGANIZATION, AND WE GAVE OUT OVER 200 BOOK BAGS. AND ALSO, WE ADOPTED OAK PARK WHERE WE GAVE 20 KIDS,

219THEY SELECTED 20 STUDENTS TO GIVE OUT UNIFORMS, SO WE GAVE OUT 20 UNIFORMS, 20 PAIR OF SHOES, AND WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT OAK PARK. I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE THE DUNGY FOUNDATION TO HELP OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE OTHERS. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE COMMUNITY AGAINST CRIME, GUN VIOLENCE. WE HAVE -- PABLO? OKAY. THAT'S A SHOT OF ME. I HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO THE TEMPLE TERRACE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST, AND IT WAS SPONSORED BY CASPER'S SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION AND CHICK FIL-A. WE HAD A GREAT TIME OVER THERE. WE HAD A LOT OF TEACHERS, YOUNG TEACHERS, AND I GAVE THEM SOME LECTURES AND ALSO TOLD THEM SOME STORIES SO THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY. SO WE REALLY DID HAVE A GREAT TIME AT TEMPLE TERRACE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. UNTIL I GOT READY TO

220LEAVE. WHEN I GOT READY TO LEAVE THAT'S WHEN I SLAMMED MY FINGER IN THE DOOR BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE. BUT BESIDES THAT IT WAS GREAT. AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE SOME PICTURES WITH KING HIGH SCHOOL, NEW TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPAL THERE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE SHOULD BE AT REAGAN PARK NOW WITH THE CHILDREN, WITH THE VISION. TANYA LEWIS HAS BEEN DOING THIS OVER 20 YEARS, GIVING OUT BOOK BAGS, AND SO FORTH, TO STUDENTS OVER THERE. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE. I WOULD THINK WE MAY HAVE HAD TWO OR 300 PEOPLE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT. AND TONYA, SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE CHILDREN WITH A VISION AND I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU GET PEOPLE

221TO COME IN AND THEY STAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEY LEAVE AND THEY DO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT 20 YEARS A LONG TIME TO BE HELPING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS WHO ARE REALLY IN NEED. A LOT OF FOOD. THE MAYOR WAS THERE. WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME. AND THEN IN CLOSING, WE TEACHERS AND I'M SO HAPPY THE TEACHERS ARE BACK AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT YEAR. I REALLY FEEL THAT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT YEAR. AND WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH DURING THE COVID TIME. YOU KNOW, VERY FEW TIMES YOU CAN SAY 50% OF SCHOOLS, VERY FEW TIMES. THAT'S A LOT. THAT'S A MILESTONE. I DON'T EVER REMEMBER THAT. CHRIS, YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.

222I DON'T EVER RECALL THAT. I CAN SAY THIS, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALLED AND SAID IT'S A MODEL, THE TEACHERS AND STAFF. Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU DID A GREAT JOB. AND I HAVE GOT TO SAY THIS. WE HAD TWO SCHOOLS -- REALLY HAD THREE. BUT I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO FIRST. WE HAD TWO SCHOOLS THAT GO FROM AN F TO A C. THAT'S PHENOMENAL. YOU DON'T SEE THAT EVERY DAY. YOU JUST DON'T. AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO OAK PARK, BROWARD. I WENT TO BROWARD, OAK PARK AND FOSTER. AND KIMBALL WAS ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT WENT FROM AN F TO A C. SO I AM VERY HAPPY BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THANK YOU ALL. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR THAT HOPEFUL AND HELPFUL MESSAGE AS ALWAYS.

223THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER COMBS. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR GRAY. FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE TEACHERS, THE FACULTY, THE STAFF, THE BUS DRIVERS, THE CABINET, EVERYTHING FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO GET THIS YEAR STARTED. WE KNOW THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE ONLY THE THIRD DAY, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING YEAR. AND I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE. AND AS I WENT OUT TO BUCHANAN AND WALKER, I SAW STUDENTS WHO HAD NOT BEEN TO SCHOOL FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, AND COULD YOU SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT IDEAL AT ALL, THAT THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE. AND SO I WONDER, RIGHT NOW, AS I ASK, WHERE ARE WE AS FAR AS RECEIVING THE ESSR MONEY? WHERE

224ARE WE AS FAR AS THAT? Addison Davis: SO WE JUST APPLIED FOR THE LUMP SUM, AND WE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING RELATED TO THE APR, THE THIRD WAIVER OF THE FUNDING WHICH IS OVER 400 MILLION. ADE WE HAD SO MANY PLANS AND THE BULK OF THAT MONEY WILL BE ABLE AND OUR OPPORTUNITY AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, TO TREMENDOUSLY PUSHING THE CHILDREN, AND WE SIT AND WE WAIT, WITHOUT CLEARANCE AND GUIDANCE, WE ARE READY -- AS SOON AS THE APPLICATION COMES OUT IT'S IN, IN THAT SAME DAY. Nadia Combs: AND I WAS HERE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, PRIOR I WASN'T HERE. I HAD TO GO OVERSEES TO SEE MY FATHER WHO WASN'T DOLING DOING WELL. I WAS IN NORTH AFRICA. I LOOKED AROUND AND I SAW, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE

225BEEN IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU SEE THESE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THEN YOU SEE A PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND YOU SEE NO OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. AS I SAT THERE, I LOOKED, AND I THOUGHT, IS THIS THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE GOING IN AS A COUNTRY, OR AS A STATE? AS I SAT THERE, YOU KNOW, OVERSEES AND READING THE NEWSPAPER, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WE ARE 46th FUNDED IN THE STATE. VOUCHERS ARE TRYING TO SHALL GIVEN OUT LEFT AND RIGHT. WHEN YOU GET A VOUCHER FOR $7,800 YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO ATTEND BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL, $25,000. YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO ATTEND A CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT IS $15,000. SO I REALLY -- IT TOOK ME A LOT TO REFLECT ON IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, I DON'T CARE IF YOU

226ARE A REPUBLICAN, I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE AN -- IF WE DON'T START FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS STATE AND STOP ALLOWING THE LAWS THAT ARE JUST BASICALLY GOING TO INCREASE WHERE THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A MIDDLE CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY OR IN THIS STATE, YOU ARE GOING TO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE EDUCATED, AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO FIND MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE UNEDUCATED. AS I LOOKED AROUND AND I WAS IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY FOR EIGHT DAYS, I THOUGHT IF WE DON'T START SPEAKING OUT AND REALLY PUSHING TALLAHASSEE, AND REQUIRING MORE FUNDING, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE IN TEN YEARS FROM NOW? AND MR. WASHINGTON, THERE IS JUST GOING TO BE INCREASED VIOLENCE IN

227OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR STATE IF WE DON'T START PRIORITIZING PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO I REALLY FEEL REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOUR PARTY IS, LET'S STOP BEING DIVISIVE AND LET'S STARTS PRIORITIZING PUBLIC EDUCATION. Lynn Gray: MEMBER -- THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WHILE YOU WERE AWAY, I DID MENTION THAT AT A DELEGATION MEETING, THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON ADEQUATE FUNDING. AND I EVEN SAID THE CERTIFICATE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED TO THE DELEGATION. SO YES, WE DO HAVE TO CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADEQUATELY FUNDED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, NO MATTER WHAT PARTY YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICAL BELIEF IS. STUDENTS -- WE SHOULD BE THE FIRST AND BEST CHOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS. CHOICES ARE GREAT FOR PARENTS. WE NEED TO BE THE BEST CHOICE.

228I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS. THANK YOU, DR. HAHN, FOR MENTIONING SEL. THAT WAS A GREAT SEGUE, A REMINDER. AND I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT IS AWARE OF THIS AND HAS PROBABLY COMMUNICATED TO PRINCIPALS ABOUT THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, THE NEW LAW, THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO BE REFLECT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH DAY. AND SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS HOW YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT. YOU CAN -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING NOW ABOUT IT BUT I AM CURIOUS HOW IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED IN OUR SCHOOLS. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY FOR STUDENTS TO COME IN, IT'S A MINIMUM OF ONE MINUTE AND COUNTY BE A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES SO BEING ABLE TO USE AND SHARE THAT REQUIREMENT THROUGH SHAY AND

229THROUGH SUE, SENT OUT TO PRINCIPALS, SO THAT CAN BE A PRIORITY, AND VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT TIME REFLECTION. Melissa Snively: I AM GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT, NOT THE WHOLE THING. WE FIND IN TODAY'S HECTIC SOCIETY TOO FEW PERSONS ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE EVEN A MOMENT OF QUIET REFLECTION BEFORE PLUNGING HEAD LONG INTO ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIFE. YOUNG PERSONS ARE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY THE ABSENCE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MOMENT OF QUIET REFLECTION. AND THEN WE FIND THAT OUR YOUTH AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE WOULD BE WELL SERVED IF STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE AFFORDED A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL DAY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT GIVES A CHANCE FOR STUDENTS TO SIT AND REFLECT. WE SHOULD ALL BE DOING THAT ACTUALLY EVEN AS ADULTS, WE

230SHOULD BE DOING THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP FACULTY PAY DURING COVID. I DO THINK IT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR AND DISCRIMINATORY, THE GUIDELINES AND THE PROTOCOL FOR FACULTY QUARANTINE. I THINK IT'S DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN FACULTY WHO ARE VACCINATED AND FACULTY WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED BECAUSE THE FACULTY WHO ARE NOT HAVE TO QUARANTINE AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL, BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE STILL VACCINATED YOU CAN STILL CARRY THE VIRUS. I DON'T KNOW MUCH IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT THAT I THINK IT'S INHERENTLY DISCRIMINATORY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO THE TEACHERS ARE THAT ARE NOT VACCINATED BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES HAVING TO QUARANTINE AT HOME. TO ME, THAT'S BORDERLINE PRIVACY VIOLATION OR HIPAA VIOLATION. SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO ADVOCATE FOR

231THE FAIRNESS IN THAT, FOR OUR FACULTY. I HAVE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS FROM OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE BEING QUARANTINED AND BEING FORCED TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL, AND MISS THE OPEN HOUSE AND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK THE GREATER RIVERVIEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE VALRICO FISHHAWK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THEIR TEACHER APPRECIATION EVENTS. WE HAD HUNDREDS MUCH TEACHERS COME OUT AND IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR SOME EXISTING TEACHERS AND ALSO NEW TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU ALSO, A GREAT EVENT, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, GIVING AWAY SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO THANK CHAIR GRAY A FEW WEEKS AGO AT A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING. I ASKED

232FOR A WORKSHOP ON CONSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, D A AND F SCHOOLS. IT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED AUGUST 24th. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT ARE WE GOING MEET TO DISCUSS THAT? YES WE ARE, ON AUGUST 24th. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. THEN JUST WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT SESSUMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK PRINCIPAL NORTHGUARD FOR THE ENTRYWAY OF HER SCHOOL BETWEEN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THAT WAS PRETTY FUN AND THE SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL, WHICH NOW MADE YOU AN HONORARY SAFETY PATROL BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ONE WHEN WE WERE A CHILD. THEY MADE YOU AN HONORARY SAFETY PATROL. AND THEN DR. KLEIN, WE HAD A GREAT VISIT

233WITH DR. KLEIN AND VISIT HIS HIGH SCHOOL AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE RAILROAD GOING, THE FIESTA 'N AT BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS GREAT. I WISH EVERYONE A WONDERFUL FIRST WEEK AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING OUR TEACHERS AND FACULTY ARE DOING TO MAKE THIS A GREAT YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. JUST AS A FAST TRACK, SESSUMS, FOR MY SON, YES, I AM FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA. I WANT TO THANK ALSO THADEUS, THE BULLARD FOUNDATION, THEIR GENEROSITY. I KNOW WE GAVE A SHIRT TO EVERYONE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS MEMBER PEREZ, THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SAID, THE PHYSICALS THAT WERE GIVEN TO OUR CHILDREN, THE BACKPACK AND ALL THE SUPPLIES, SEEMS LIKE THADEUS KNOWS ALL THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN OUR HIGH NEEDS CHILDREN, AND HIT THE RIGHT SPOT. ALSO WANTS TO

234THANK A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION, BUSH IS IN CHARGE FOR THE MOST PART OF THE DISTRICT, BUT FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN, WE HAD A GRADUATION, AND THIS IS COMMUNITY FOLKS VOLUNTEERING TO ADOPT A CHILD, A FOSTER CHILD IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND RAISING THEM FROM THE YOUNG AGE TO GRADUATION, AND IT'S QUITE AN ENORMOUS, GENEROUS -- LET'S JUST SAY GIVE FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO ANOTHER CHILD, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT ORGANIZATION. SO MUCH NEED FOR OUR KIDS. ALSO, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VIDEO. WE HAD A VIDEO. WE HAVE ONE. OKAY. WE DID SO MANY VIDEOS I AM TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHICH ONE BUT I HOPE IT'S THE ONE THAT JAKE WASHINGTON -- SHAKE WASHINGTON AND MYSELF WITH FRED HEARNS. THE TASK FORCE DECIDED IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO A WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC

235PERRY HARVEY PARK SO WE SPENT ABOUT 90 MINUTES LEARNING ABOUT THE BLACK BUSINESS PEOPLE, ENTERTAINERS, THE GREAT HISTORY AND EDUCATION, AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND SO FORTH. THE PARK IS A FREE PARK SO THERE'S NO ADMISSION FEE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET HERE. AS WE LEARNED TODAY, THERE'S MUSIC CELEBRATING THE MUSICAL HERITAGE OF CENTRAL AVENUE. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PLAQUES AND SIGNS AND MONUMENTS, AND A BEAUTIFUL STATUE OF PERRY HARVEY, WHEN WHERE WE TOOK A PICTURE. YOU CAN SPEND A COUPLE HOURS HERE AND YOU WILL KNOW SO MUCH MORE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN TAMPA, AND EVERY CITIZEN WHO LIVED HERE. DESIGNATE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, PARENTS FEEL WHEN THEY SEE THE HISTORY OF WHERE THEIR ANCESTRY IS. AND I WILL SAY I HEARD EVERYTHING FROM CRIES, FROM SENTIMENTAL SADNESS, CERTAINLY AN APPRECIATION, BUT THE

236BOTTOM LINE IS, IT LETS YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE FROM. IT'S HARD TO REALLY GET AHOLD OF WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO GO. THIS USED TO BE CENTRAL AVENUE. AND AS SAID EARLIER DURING THE TOUR, THIS IS WHAT WE DID. WE HAVE OUR OWN -- WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE MOSES WHITE WHO IS OUTSTANDING, DID A GREAT JOB, AND WE WORKED TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S HOW WE GET CENTRAL AVENUE. DEDICATION AND PEOPLE LEARNING FROM THEIR MISTAKES. TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER WHICH HAS PROVIDED AN ADDICTIONAL PROGRAM FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW IS EXPANDING THE AREA WHERE THE BLACK HISTORY IS CAPTURED, CELEBRATED, GOING TO REACH ALL THE WAY BACK AS FAR AS WE CAN, LET ARTIFACTS TO DISPLAY THERE. IT'S A WONDERFUL FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITY. WE ENCOURAGE ALL SCHOOLS AND ALL STUDENTS TO TAKE

237ADVANTAGE OF IT. WHAT CURRICULUM SO STUDENTS KNOW THE BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE RICH HISTORY. WE HAD A LOT TO DO AND HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. Lynn Gray: SO WE WANT TO THANK FRED HEARNS, OUR GREAT HISTORIAN, AND MEMBER WASHINGTON AND OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN TASK FORCE, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE PART OF IT. WANT TO THANK ALSO MR. CONNOR FOR SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS IN THE CURRICULUM CHANGES, AND OF COURSE DARYL SAUNDERS, AND SUPER DAVIS AGAIN, YOU HAVE BEEN BEHIND THIS FROM THE GET-GO, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME REAL-TIME MODIFICATIONS THAT MATCH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. VERY APPRECIATIVE. AND LAST, AS WE ALL ARE SAYING TO EACH OF OUR TEACHERS, WE JUST REALLY ARE EXCITED FOR YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ENDURANCE. AND ALL OF US

238KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SOME VERY TENUOUS TIMES. BUT WE ARE HERE, AS BOARD MEMBERS AND AS STAFF MEMBERS, TO SUPPORT YOU EVERY INCH OF THE WAY, AND PRINCIPALS INCLUDED. SO THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR A GREAT MEETING. AND ACTS OF KINDNESS. SO I AM -- LET ME DO THIS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. .