02/04/2020 - Regular Meeting

001HI. I'M MELISSA SNIVELY, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I'M STEVE CONA, THE BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. WE 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 WORK FORCE PROGRAM. OUR DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN AMERICA AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT MORE THAN 245 SITES. 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 HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS

002TV ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. AS YOU'RE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD, WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY 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. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. Melissa Snively: GOOD AFTERNOON. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4th, 2020, IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER

003CONA WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. COULD YOU PLEASE NOW ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT THIS AFTERNOON? Steve Cona: ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF TODAY'S BOARD MEETING. KALEB MILLER. I'M IN 8th GRADE AND PLAY VIOLA. HI. KIONA HUNTER. 8th GRADE. VIOLIN. HI. AMARE McCASLIN. 8th GRADE. I PLAY THE CELLO. HI. CHARLES HILL. I'M IN THE 8th GRADE, I PLAY THE

004VIOLA. HI. MY NAME IS ETHAN MILLER. I'M IN 8th GRADE AND I PLAY THE VIOLIN. HELLO. MY NAME IS SIMEON MAGWOOD. IN 8th GRADE AND I PLAY THE CELLO. HI. MY NAME IS REBECCA NORTON. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALEX, PRINCIPAL AT STEWART. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US DOWN HERE. Steve Cona: COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE? Melissa Snively: THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HEAR OUR TALENTED STUDENTS. WE HAVE SO MANY ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA, FOR INTRODUCING THEM. I'D LIKE TO ALSO INTRODUCE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US THIS EVENING, MS. AREY RILEY, OUR STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FROM BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. WOULD YOU STAND UP AND WAVE TO THE CROWD, PLEASE? MS. RILEY SERVES AS OUR

005STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES. JUST MAYBE LET MR. AYRES, GIVE HIM A SIGN AND WE'LL CALL ON YOU. ALSO, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE -- OH, I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE YET. WHEN SHE DOES GET IN HERE, MY USF STUDENT INTERN. SO I'LL DO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM. B 4.04. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER CONA. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTIAN VOTE - VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND MS. STUART IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. THERE WE GO. THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT

006THAT CINDY STUART IS AWAY FROM THE DAIS THIS EVENING. ALL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE TODAY FROM JANUARY 7, 2020, THE SPECIAL-CALLED BOARD MEETING. JANUARY 14, 2020, THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. JANUARY 21st, 2020, SPECIAL-CALLED BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES. MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER PEREZ? THANK YOU. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. MEMBER CONA WILL NOW READ OUR BOARD GUIDELINES FOR TODAY. Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 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

007TO HEAR THE MEETING. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON OUR LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN OUR ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. NO THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR A TIME CERTAIN TODAY. THAT IS EMPLOYEE INPUT AT 6 P.M. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL READ GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE MOVE INTO THAT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. 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 THE TIME TO

008BE HERE TODAY. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD THAT COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUE. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT OR DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS NOW IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE AND NOTICE THE TIMER ON THE LECTERN. THERE ARE THREE LIGHTS. THE GREEN LIGHT MEANS IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. THE YELLOW LIGHT INDICATES YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS. AND THE RED LIGHT INDICATES THAT YOUR TIME HAS ENDED. I WILL CALL THE SPEAKERS UP IN ORDER. AND EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE PHIL HARRISON. CHRISTINE ROBINS. SETH COTERBA. WELCOME, MR.

009HARRISON. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY AND LISTENING TO ME. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS ITEM 7.01, THE REZONING OF BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M REALLY HERE TO TELL YOU A REAL-LIFE SITUATION, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE SCHOOL WITH MY DAUGHTER. AND CONCERNS IF WE DON'T REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER NOT NECESSARILY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION BUT TACKLING IT HEAD ON AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHOOL IS NOT GOING TO BE OVERCROWDED AGAIN IN TWO YEARS, RIGHT? SIMILAR THINGS COULD HAPPEN. MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN INJURED AT BARRINGTON TWICE BECAUSE OF OVERCROWDING. SHE BROKE HER WRIST ONE TIME BECAUSE THE SCHOOL WAS JUST TOO CROWDED WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE HALLWAYS. STUDENTS ARE PUSHING AND SHOVING AND THEY SHOVED HER INTO THE LOCKER. SO SHE BROKE HER WRIST. A FEW MONTHS LATER SHE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPEN, WALKING

010THROUGH THE HALLWAYS AGAIN, GOT PUSHED AND SHOVED, SAME WRIST GOT PUSHED UP AGAINST HER BINDER AND AGAIN BROKE HER WRIST. TWICE MY CHILD HAS BROKEN HER WRIST AT BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT IS TOO OVERCROWDED. THE ADMINISTRATION THERE IS GREAT. THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS. THEY MET WITH ME AFTER IT HAPPENED AND THEY MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE FLOW, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN AND TRY TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, BUT I'M AFRAID IF WE DON'T MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES APPROPRIATELY NOW, AND WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN IN TWO YEARS OR WHATEVER, YOU'LL HAVE MORE SIMILAR SITUATIONS HAPPEN. IT JUST CAME TO MY ATTENTION AS WELL THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD GOTTEN INJURED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ON THE ACTUAL -- OUT ON RECESS,

011AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYBODY TO HELP THEM OUT, SO THE KID HAD TO GO OUT ON THEIR OWN AND TRY TO SEEK HELP. AGAIN, IT'S A PROBLEM TODAY WITH OVERCROWDING. WHEN WE MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, AGAIN, THEY WERE VERY -- THEY LISTENED, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, HEY, THE ANSWER WAS, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. IT'S OVERCROWDED AND WE'RE MAKING THE BEST SITUATION WE CAN OF IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT'S REAL. THE OVERCROWDING, WE ALL KNOW THE PITFALLS OF OVERCROWDING BUT IT IS A REAL SITUATION WHERE KIDS ARE GETTING INJURED. THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. HARRISON. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE ROBINS FOLLOWED BY SETH COTERBA AND THEN ERIN COTERBA. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK

012YOU. HELLO, BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE ROBINS. I AM A PUBLIC EDUCATION ADVOCATE FROM EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I'VE COME TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT AGENDA ITEM C 7.01, THE BOUNDARY CHANGE FOR BARRINGTON AND RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. IN WORKING WITH FAMILIES FROM ALL EIGHT PODS, I WANTED TO THANK AMBER DICKERSON FOR BEING RECEPTIVE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INITIAL PROPOSAL. MOVING 1400 STUDENTS TO REMOVE 400 FROM BARRINGTON WAS OVERLY AMBITIOUS AND PREMATURE. THE REVISED PROPOSAL TAKES 300 AND MAKES MORE SENSE. MS. DICKERSON HELD A TOWN HALL. SHE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON MOVING PEOPLE FROM BARRINGTON TO ROGERS. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT A LOT OF PLANNING HAD GONE INTO THE MEETING. SHE DISCUSSED BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORK THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE, SUCH AS A SHIFT IN ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MAGNET. THESE CHANGES MOVED

013RODGERS FROM A C SCHOOL TO A B SCHOOL. THESE SCHOOLS HAVE CAPACITY CHALLENGES AND THIS EXERCISE BROUGHT IT TO LIGHT. THE NUMBER-CRUNCHING RESIDENTS IN OUR AREA FEEL THAT THE RATIOS MRS. DICKERSON IS REQUIRED TO USE ARE INADEQUATE OR ANTIQUATED. USING BAD MATH, IT EXACERBATES THE OVERCROWDING PROBLEM WE HAVE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED WITH EXTREMELY LOW IMPACT FEES SUCH AS LARGE COMMUNITIES LIKE FISHHAWK WERE BUILT. LOW FEES MAKE GROWTH UNSUSTAINABLE IN EAST COUNTY. THEREFORE I ASK YOU AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THREE THINGS. NUMBER ONE, PLEASE PARTNER WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO MODIFY THE RATIOS MRS. DICKERSON IS REQUIRED TO USE? NUMBER TWO, PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED IMPACT FEES TO BE COMMENSURATE TO OTHER I-4 CORRIDOR COUNTIES? NUMBER THREE, COULD YOU PLEASE REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS THESE CAPACITY CONCERNS? I UNDERSTAND THIS TRANSITION TODAY

014IS A STEP ONE, AND HOPE THAT OTHER EAST COUNTY SCHOOLS RECEIVE THE SAME PROACTIVE TREATMENT THAT RODGERS DID PRIOR TO READDRESSING THE BARRINGTON, RANDALL, NEWSOME BOUNDARIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DISTRICT STAFF AND FAMILIES FROM ALL PODS TO FIND A LONGER-TERM SOLUTION FOR EAST COUNTY'S OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. ROBINS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. COTERBA AND THEN ERIN COTERBA AND THEN LORI HANS FELAGI. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, MY NAME IS SETH COTERBA. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM C 7.01. BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS OVERCROWDED. EVEN WITH THE FOUR MODULAR UNITS ON-SITE, ITS ENROLLMENT IS OVER CAPACITY AND NEW DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED TO ADD HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. MS. DICKERSON AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM PROPOSED A BOUNDARY CHANGE THAT THEY SAY WILL

015SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, MANY QUESTION THAT. THERE ARE NEW HOMES AND IT FEELS LIKE THE BOUNDARY SHIFT ISN'T DOING ANYTHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HOW DO WE QUANTIFY THE TRUE IMPACT OF THIS PROPOSAL? WELL, FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MODELS AND FORMULAS THAT PLANNERS CAN USE TO CALCULATE THIS INFORMATION. NOW, THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM HASN'T PUBLICLY SHARED ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THEIR CALCULATIONS, BUT I FELT THAT IT WAS CRITICAL TO HAVE GREATER DETAIL AND VISIBILITY INTO THESE PROJECTIONS. SO I SPENT WEEKS GATHERING DATA FROM MANY SOURCES AND I PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT TRANSPARENCY INTO THE BARRINGTON PROJECTIONS. I HAVE TO BOTH THANK AND APOLOGIZE TO MS. DICKERSON FOR FILLING UP HER INBOX WITH ALL THE E-MAILS I SENT HER WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS STUFF WORKS. THE DOCUMENT THAT I PREPARED HAS BEEN

016SHARED WITH ALL OF YOU BY E-MAIL LAST FRIDAY AND HOPEFULLY MANY OF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS CLAIMED IT WILL. IT EFFECTIVELY REDUCES THE ENROLLMENT AT BARRINGTON TO LESS THAN 100% OF CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THE REASSIGNMENT OF HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TO RODGERS AS WELL AS SMALLER UPCOMING ELEMENTARY CLASSES WILL DO ENOUGH TO KEEP PACE WITH THE NEW GROWTH, AT LEAST FOR TWO YEARS. BEYOND THAT, ADDITIONAL BOUNDARY CHANGES WILL OCCUR WHEN THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IS FINISHED. WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE PERCEPTION THAT THIS PROPOSAL ISN'T DOING ENOUGH, THE DATA IN THIS CASE DOES NOT AGREE. LET US ACCEPT THE CURRENT BOUNDARY PROPOSAL AS A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION, BUT JOIN TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THE

017LARGER ISSUES. OUR SCHOOLS ARE OVERCROWDED TODAY BECAUSE OF A DECADE OF INADEQUATE SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH THE RAPID HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE OF YOU SEATED HERE TODAY AT THE DAIS NEED TO LET THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KNOW IT IS TIME TO RAISE SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. COTERBA. NEXT WE HAVE ERIN COTERBA, LORI HANS FELAGI AND JESSICA. I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAMES. ERIN COTERBA. MY TITLE IS DOCTOR. I GO BY DR. COTERBA. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO AGENDA ITEM C 7.01, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY CHANGES. SO THE COMMUNITY WAS NOTIFIED IN DECEMBER OF A PLAN TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING AT BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WOULD HAVE REASSIGNED OVER 1400 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A CASCADE INVOLVING

018SIX DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SOME OF WHICH ARE TEN MILES AWAY FROM THE PROBLEM. HALF OF THE CHILDREN IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOLS TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE RATED C OR D. MY FAMILY LIVES IN WHAT WAS POD 6 IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, AND MY FIFTH GRADE DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM A SCHOOL TO A C SCHOOL STARTING NEXT YEAR. THAT PROPOSAL WAS IRRESPONSIBLE, AND I WISH TO THANK AMBER DICKERSON AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHO LISTENED TO EVIDENCE-BASED FEEDBACK AND REVISED THAT PROPOSAL. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL MOVES A MUCH MORE REASONABLE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ONLY FROM BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL TO NEIGHBORING RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, APPROPRIATELY MINIMIZING THE DISRUPTION. IT'S CLEAR THAT CONDITIONS AT BARRINGTON ARE POOR. HOWEVER, THE DATA SHOW THAT THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGE WILL ADDRESS THE OVERCROWDING BRINGING BARRINGTON

019TO CAPACITY TO OVER 100%. RELYING ON SPECULATION TO MAKE A DECISION WOULD NOT BE PRODUCTIVE, AND IT IS CRITICAL TO FOCUS ON EVIDENCE AND DATA TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. THEREFORE, IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, WHICH ADDRESSES THE CURRENT PROBLEMS. WHILE THIS PROPOSAL WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES TO ADDRESS LONG-TERM ISSUES. THERE ARE TWO SOLUTIONS THAT I SEE, AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL WORK TOWARD ACCOMPLISHING BOTH. FIRST, UNFETTERED GROWTH IN SOUTH COUNTY HAS CAUSED THIS OVERCROWDING PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE FORM OF INCREASED IMPACT FEES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WORK WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO MOVE TOWARD THAT CHANGE. SECOND,

020SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN MY AREA ARE NOT PERFORMING WELL. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD EXPLAIN HOW SPECIFICALLY YOU WILL ADJUST THESE SCHOOLS TO BRING THEM UP TO EXPECTATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, DR. COTERBA. NEXT, WE'VE LORI HAD HANS FELA JESSICA EGGLAND AND NEWBOLD. GOOD AFTERNOON. LORI FELAGI. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AT RANDALL AND NEWSOME. AND WE ALSO EXPERIENCE OVERCROWDING IN THOSE SCHOOLS, SO I CAN ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS FROM THE BARRINGTON PARENTS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 7.01. I WOULD LIKE TO DEFINITELY THANK AMER DICKERSON AND MELISSA AND OTHERS WHO HELPED EDUCATE US ON THE PROCESS AND TOOK US THROUGH THE PUBLIC MEETINGS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND BEFORE THE HOLIDAY. THE NEW PROPOSAL I BELIEVE WILL MINIMIZE STUDENT DISRUPTION, AND IT WILL

021ALSO ENSURE THAT NO CHILDREN WILL BE FORCED INTO C AND D SCHOOLS. MOVING 223 STUDENTS IN POD 1, AS THE COTERBAS ALLUDED TO, SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD HOPEFULLY HELP BARRINGTON AND SHOULD GET THEM AT LEAST SOME TEMPORARY RELIEF. AS EVERYONE ELSE HAS MENTIONED, DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH COUNTY IS RAMPANT AND CONTINUES TO BE AGGRESSIVE. BARRINGTON, EISENHOWER AND SHIELDS WERE ALL OVER CAPACITY BY 577 STUDENTS AT THE TIME THAT THE BALM RIVERVIEW DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED IN 2017. CONCURRENCY LAWS STATE THAT THERE MUST BE A FACILITY IN PLACE WITHIN THREE YEARS, YET WE ARE STILL AWAITING THE OPENING OF MIDDLE SCHOOL UU, ALMOST SIX YEARS LATER. WHY IS THAT? THERE WASN'T ENOUGH FUNDING. THAT'S WHY BARRINGTON CONTINUES TO SUFFER. A STUDY COMMITTED BY A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN APRIL 2019 SHOWS IMPACT FEES ARE LESS THAN HALF OF

022WHAT THEY SHOULD BE TO FUND SCHOOLS. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN PROGRESSED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER. THE SCHOOL BOARD MUST URGENTLY EXPRESS INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO PROCEED WITH HIGHER IMPACT FEES. TO COMPOUND OUR ISSUE, AS ALL OTHER PARENTS HAVE ALLUDED TO, WE ALSO HAVE SOME QUALITY CONCERNS WITHIN SOUTH COUNTY. IN PULLING SOME OF THE STATISTICS, 67% OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT SERVE THE SOUTH COUNTY ARE C AND D SCHOOLS, AND 56% OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE C OR BELOW. WE HAVE NO CHOICE IN THE NEAR TERM BUT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE A AND B RATED SCHOOLS AT CAPACITY TO ENSURE THAT AS MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE ARE GETTING A QUALITY EDUCATION. THE QUALITY AND THE LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS MUST BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE CAN ADD MORE STUDENTS TO THEM. IN CLOSING, WE WOULD LIKE

023TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE NEW REZONE PROPOSAL ACKNOWLEDGING THAT A LONGER TERM SOLUTION FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL GROWTH IN SOUTH COUNTY NEEDS TO BE PURSUED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THE PARENTS, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER REGARDING SCHOOL QUALITY AND TO ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT FUNDS SCHOOL IMPACT FEES FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. FELAGI. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA EDLAND, ELIA NEWBOLD AND RICARDO FIGUEROA. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS JESSICA EDLAND. I'M A PROUD PARENT OF THREE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, ONE AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL, ONE AT BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE AT STOWERS ELEMENTARY. I'M ALSO A FORMER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, SO EDUCATION -- PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION IS HUGE WITH ME. I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF

024A VERY OVERCROWDED BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I'M ADVOCATING THAT THERE BE ADEQUATE REZONING, MORE THAN THE PROPOSED 223. FOUR YEARS AGO, MYSELF AND OTHER LOCAL PARENTS WERE IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION AS WE ARE NOW. FIGHTING FOR MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF FROM OVERCROWDING, AT THIS TIME, STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO BARRINGTON WAS AT 117% CAPACITY. THE ADMINISTRATION, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PLEADED FOR SOME TIME FOR HELP FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE WAS ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY THAT HAD CAPACITY TO RELIEVE THE OVERCROWDING AT STOWERS, BUT INSTEAD THERE WAS THE GIFTED CENTER IMPLEMENTED THERE. RATHER THAN ALLEVIATE THE OVERCROWDING, THE GIFTED CENTER WAS IMPLEMENTED, AND SO THE SCHOOL REMAINED AT OVERCAPACITY FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR. MY KINDERGARTNER AT THE TIME, THE YEAR LATER, WHEN SCHOOL WAS STILL OVERCROWDED, ATTENDED

025KINDERGARTEN THERE AND WAS IN A TRIAD WITH 59 OTHER STUDENTS. THAT'S 60 FIVE-YEAR-OLDS IN TWO SMALL CONNECTING CLASSROOMS WITH ONLY ONE BATHROOM. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT WAS LIKE. BASICALLY, HIS KINDERGARTEN YEAR WAS A WASH. MANY OF US FEEL NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE SAME POSITION AT BARRINGTON WITH OUR KIDS ALSO BE IN AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL YET AGAIN. IN A COUPLE MORE YEARS THEY WILL BE AT NEWSOME IN AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE. NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 109% CAPACITY AND A NEW MAGNET PROGRAM STARTING AT RODGERS. RODGERS COULD ABSOLUTELY ABSORB 223 STUDENTS EVEN WITH THE CAMBRIDGE PROGRAM, SO WHY WOULD THERE BE A MAGNET PROGRAM PUT AT THE SCHOOL THAT COULD BE USED TO ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING? MAGNET PROGRAMS ARE TYPICALLY PUT

026AT UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS BUT RODIERS IS A B-RATED SCHOOL. WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS TO RELOCATE THE CAMBRIDGE PROGRAM TO UNDERCAPACITY, UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL SUCH AS McLANE, BURNS, MAN OR JUNTA. IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE AND THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD EDUCATION. IF THE GROWTH IN THE AREA IS ONGOING AND THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN AWARE OF IT FOR YEARS, WHY ARE THINGS DONE IN A ARRIVING RE VERSUS PROACTIVE BASIS. BASICALLY, EVERYBODY IS SAYING MIDDLE SCHOOL UU WILL BE USED TO ALLEVIATE THE OVERCROWDING AT BARRINGTON AND THREE OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, CONSIDERING EISENHOWER AT 89% WITH HUGE PROJECTED GROWTH. SHIELDS IS AT 113%. RANDALL IS AT 103%. THERE'S NO WAY THAT ONE POSSIBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS GOING TO ABSORB ALL THAT OVERCROWDING. I'M HOPING THAT THE BOARD WILL AGREE THAT THE REZONING

027PROPOSAL OF 223 STUDENTS IS FAR FROM ADEQUATE AND WILL REDRAW THE BOUNDARIES FURTHER TO ALLEVIATE THE OVERCROWDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. EDLAND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE ELIA NEWBOLD AND RICARDO FIGUEROA AND JASON DePUE. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI. GOOD EVENING. I THINK YOU'RE AWARE I'M HERE FOR MORE THAN ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. I LIVE IN FISHHAWK PRESERVE, WHICH ORIGINALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REZONED FROM BARRINGTON TO RANDALL. I WANTED TO ASK THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER THAT ZONING AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE REZONING REQUESTS. BUT GOOD EVENING. I'M ELIA NEWBOLD, A MOTHER OF FOUR, WHICH INCLUDES TWO AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY. I'M ALSO HERE TO REPRESENT SOMEONE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. BRADLEY

028HEWITT. HE WAS SHOT ON DECEMBER IMMEDIATELY AFTER SCHOOL. HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE DEMONSTRATES HE WAS THE VICTIM OF A HOMICIDE. HE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS COMING FROM ANOTHER STUDENT AT NEWSOME WHO REMAINS AT NEWSOME TODAY. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU SOME HARD QUESTIONS AND FOR YOU TO RECONSIDER YOUR CURRENT COURSE OF ACTION, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH, SORT OF REFERRING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BY DOING THIS, YOU HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF NOT PERFORMING YOUR OWN THREAT ASSESSMENT OR CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION. PER YOUR OWN POLICY FOR THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM ADOPTED LAST SUMMER, DID YOU ASK AVA HUGHLETT, BRADLEY SISTER OR HIS PARENTS IF THE SHOOTING REMAINED A THREAT TO CAMPUS. ARE YOU FOLLOWING ALL THE GUIDELINES OF THE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC

029SAFETY ACT BY NOT TALKING TO THE FAMILIES IMPACTED? NATIONALLY, MANY PARENTS HAVE REACHED OUT CONCERNED AND WE RECEIVED A CALL LAST WEEK FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT FRANKLY GAVE MORE RIGHTS TO THE SHOOTER THAN THE VICTIMS LEFT BEHIND. I FEEL COMPELLED TODAY TO READ PART OF FLORIDA STATUTE 1006.13, DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD SHALL PROMOTE A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN SCHOOLS BY PROTECTING STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM CONDUCT THAT POSES A THREAT TO SCHOOL SAFETY. A THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM MAY USE ALTERNATIVES TO EXPULSION. FURTHER SAYS ZERO TOLERANCE POLICIES MUST APPLY EQUALLY TO ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS. IN ADDITION IT PROVIDES THE BOARDS WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT THE VICTIM OF ANY VIOLENT CRIME FROM ANY FURTHER VICTIMIZATION. I URGE THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER THEIR WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH. I'VE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE COUNTY'S

030CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH PROHIBITS ACTS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST ANOTHER STUDENT. BECAUSE BRADLEY IS NO LONGER WITH US, HE CANNOT SPEAK FOR HIMSELF. GIVEN THE ATTITUDE OF THE STUDENT THAT SHOT BRADLEY, THIS STUDENT COULD POSE A BEHAVIORAL THREAT TO OTHERS OR HIMSELF. I OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO TALK FASTER. I'M NATURALLY NOT AN EXPERT BUT A CONCERNED PARENT THAT THE BOARD IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE CURRENT STUDENTS. PLEASE DO NOT SAY YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO IT IS. HE'S BEEN REPORTED TO THE SCHOOL BY MANY CONCERNED PARENTS OR YOU COULD ASK BRADLEY'S PARENTS. I ASK YOU TODAY TO PUT YOURSELF IN BRADLEY'S PARENTS AND FRIENDS POSITION. WOULD YOU REALLY WANT THIS ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR STUDENTS OR YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL? THE INVESTIGATION STALLED DUE TO A LACK OF COOPERATION, AND HE'S BEEN REWARDED BY ATTENDING

031SCHOOL, TRYING OUT AND MAKING SPORTS TEAMS WHILE OTHER STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY LEFT THE SCHOOL DUE TO THE IMPACT AND YOU WILL LIKELY HEAR FROM SOME OF THEM TODAY. GIVEN THAT BRADLEY CANNOT SPEAK FOR HIMSELF, CONSIDER THOSE WHO CAN, AND PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO PROTECT STUDENTS AT NEWSOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND RECONSIDERING YOUR CURRENT APPROACH. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. Melissa Snively: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RICARDO FIGUEROA. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. RICARDO FIGUEROA. MY ASK IS TRIVIAL COMPARED TO BRADLEY'S FAMILY SITUATION. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF THE NEW PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES BETWEEN BARRINGTON AND RODGERS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE PARENTS, TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PROPOSAL. I THINK THAT THIS

032NEW ONE ADDRESSES THE OVERCROWDING AT BARRINGTON WHILE AT THE SAME TIME IT DOESN'T AFFECT NEGATIVELY MORE THAN 1,000 STUDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU FOR TWO THINGS. ONE HAS TO DO WITH MANN AND JUNTA MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AS YOU KNOW, THOSE SCHOOLS ARE UNDERPERFORMING. THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE BOTTOM TIER OF THE FLORIDA STATE. MANY PARENTS DON'T WANT TO SEND THEIR KIDS THERE. THEY, IN FACT, WILL CHOOSE SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THAT THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN THERE IN THOSE TWO SCHOOLS. WHAT THE POPULATION ASSIGNED TO THAT DISTRICT, TO THOSE TWO DISTRICTS HAS GONE UP. SO WE REALLY -- I'M ASKING YOU REALLY TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, MAYBE NEW PROGRAMS, INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY TO TURN THOSE SCHOOLS AROUND AS SOON AS

033POSSIBLE. THE SECOND ASK HAS TO DO WITH THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IN PARTICULAR THE SOUTH. WE KNOW THAT THIS NEW PROPOSAL WITH BARRINGTON IS GOING TO SOLVE THE ISSUES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS OR SO WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BE OPEN AND YOU CAN ACCEPT NEW STUDENTS. HOWEVER, BASED ON THE REALLY PROJECTIONS OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THOSE SEATS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN BY 2025. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ROOM FOR ANY MORE STUDENTS. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER STATISTICS, JUNTA, PROBABLY LIKE 2025 IS GOING TO HAVE DOUBLE THE POPULATION THAT BARRINGTON WILL HAVE BY THEN. TURKEY CREEK WILL HAVE MORE POPULATION ASSIGNED TO THAT DISTRICT THAN BARRINGTON. BY THE ESTIMATES OF POPULATION GROWTH, BETWEEN TWO AND THREE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS

034ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED IN THE SOUTH BETWEEN 2026 AND 2035. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE REVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY CHANGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I AM WITH THE COMMUNITY HERE TO ASK YOU FOR AN INCREASE FOR THE IMPACT FEES TO PAY FOR THE NEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED. ALSO, I AM ASK YOU FOR TO TALK TO SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO SEE IF SOME OF THE MONEY CAN BE RELOCATED FROM TAX REVENUE TO EDUCATION, TO EDUCATION SYSTEM. I DON'T THINK THERE ARE THAT MANY THINGS THAT ARE AS IMPORTANT AS THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN. A BETTER EDUCATED WORKFORCE WILL MEAN A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW. I THINK THAT WE CANNOT WAIT MORE THAN FIVE

035OR SEVEN YEARS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND TO START BUILDING THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEEDED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. FIGUEROA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JASON DePUE. FOLLOWED BY ANDREAS ALTOKOZI AND BIANCA GHOULSBY. WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. JASON DePUE. I'M SPEAKING ABOUT ITEM C 7.01, THE OVERCROWDING AT BARRINGTON. I'M THE FATHER OF TWO FUTURE STUDENTS WHO LIVE ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS A MILE AWAY. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT GOING TO BARRINGTON. THERE'S VIOLENCE, OVERCROWDING, ACCIDENTS. IT'S HAPPENING EVERY DAY. THERE'S A LOT OF STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON SAYING, OH, IT'S NOT SO BAD. IT'S FINE. BUT I CHALLENGE TO YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING, ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT SCHOOL TO FIND OUT. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. IT BRINGS US BARELY DOWN BELOW A HUNDRED PERCENT. THERE

036ARE HUNDREDS AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF HOMES BEING BUILT IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW. IT WILL BE WELL ABOVE 100% RIGHT WHERE IT IS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS IF YOU ONLY TAKE 223 STUDENTS OUT OF BARRINGTON RIGHT NOW. YOU NEED TO TAKE MORE STUDENTS OUT RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR EVEN A PORTION OF THE ONGOING GROWTH. PART OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PROPOSAL HAS BEEN, WELL, WE HOPE SOME PEOPLE WILL CHOICE OUT OF BARRINGTON AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. HOPE IS A GREAT THING. I HAVE HOPE, TOO, BUT THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION. AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD A BIG UPHEAVAL BECAUSE THE BELL SCHEDULE CHANGED. ALL THE SCHEDULES FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS CHANGED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BUSES TO GET KIDS TO SCHOOL ON TIME. WELL GUESS WHAT,

037PART OF THE PROBLEM IS BUSES TAKE THE STUDENTS AND DRIVE THEM PAST AN UNDERCAPACITY MIDDLE SCHOOL TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS OVERCAPACITY. THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. NOT ONLY, DRIVE THEM THROUGH THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN TOWN AND MAKING RUSH HOUR TERRIBLE FOR ANYONE TRYING TO GET TO WORK, ANYONE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT BARRINGTON IS OVERCROWDED SO MUCH WE HAVE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS. THOSE CLASSROOMS COST $80,000 A YEAR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RUN. WE'RE PAYING FULL PRICE TO RUN SCHOOLS UNDER CAPACITY. RODGERS AT 67%, McLANE AT 47%, AND THEN PAYING $80,000 A YEAR PER PORTABLE CLASSROOM EXTRA TO RUN BARRINGTON. HOW IS THAT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE? I HOPE THE BOARD CAN ANSWER FOR THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE STUDENTS FROM A HIGH-RATED SCHOOL TO

038A LOWER-RATED SCHOOL. BARRINGTON ONLY RETAINED A RATING THIS YEAR BY A COUPLE OF POINTS. IF IT STAYS OVERCROWDED LIKE THIS, HONESTLY, HOW LONG WILL IT STAY AN A SCHOOL. IF YOUR POLICY IS NOT TO SEND CHILDREN TO LOWER-RATED SCHOOLS, THEN BY NOT TAKING STRONG ENOUGH ACTION, YOU'LL BE CONDEMNING ALL 1700 KIDS AT BARRINGTON TO ATTEND A B SCHOOL AGAINST THEIR WILL NEXT YEAR OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. PLEASE, TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. MOVE ENOUGH PEOPLE FROM BARRINGTON NOW TO ACCOUNT, NOT JUST FOR THE CURRENT OVERCAPACITY, BUT AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF FUTURE GROWTH. AND THEN YOU REALLY NEED TO DRAW YOUR REDISTRICTING SO THAT KIDS AREN'T DRIVING PAST A PERFECTLY GOOD SCHOOL TO GET TO ONE ALREADY OVERCROWDED. IT IS THE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO. IT IS RESPONSIBLE TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK

039YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. DePUE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREAS ATIKOZI. FOLLOWED BY BIANCA GHOULSBY AND PASTOR ELVIS PIGGETTE. MS. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS ANDREAS. I'M A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AND WE ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF SERVICES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 15 YEARS NOW. KNOWING THE QUALITY AND THE DEVOTION OF THE TEAM AND THIS ORGANIZATION, I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT I APPEARED ONE YEAR AGO BEFORE THIS BOARD WITH A CONCERN. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHATEVER, I APPEARED AGAIN TWO WEEKS AGO AND STILL THERE IS NO RESPONSE. I REQUEST THAT YOU DO STEPS. THERE IS ONE SPORT, LACROSSE, WHICH IS A TEAM SPORT, AND THERE IS THE ONLY TEAM SPORT THAT DOESN'T GET BUS TRANSPORTATION. THE SCHEDULE IS CROWDED. THEY DO TWO OR THREE GAMES A WEEK

040AND THEY ARE TRAVELING FROM NORTH TAMPA TO BLOOMINGDALE, FROM BRANDON TO NEW PORT RICHEY. SO LET ME PUT IT IN NUMBERS FOR YOU. EVERY TIME WHEN THERE IS A GAME, AND THERE WILL BE 15 GAMES THIS TIME, WE PUT ABOUT 500 YOUNG STUDENTS IN CARS TO DRIVE IN THE AFTERNOON TRAFFIC OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WOULD CONSIDER IT GAMBLING, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WIN THIS GAMBLING. I COULDN'T SLEEP AND I THINK YOU COULDN'T SLEEP IF SOMETHING HAPPENS. AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNEW ABOUT IT AND NOTHING HAPPENED. AT THIS POINT, YOU CANNOT MESS UP LACROSSE, SO YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE SCHEDULE. IT'S TOO LATE. SO THE ONLY SOLUTION IS THAT YOU PROVIDE BUSES. I DON'T THINK THAT THE COST AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS THAT PROVIDE THIS SERVICE IS IN QUESTION, WHETHER IT'S WORTH OR

041NOT. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE WILL KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORTH. PLEASE CONSIDER IT. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. ATIKOZI. SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU HAVE ONE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS? Jeffrey Eakins: YEAH, BEFORE HE LEAVES -- PLEASE DON'T LEAVE, SIR. I'LL MAKE SURE ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS SPEAKS WITH HIM AND FIND OUT THE ISSUES. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER SPORTS THAT WE DO NOT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR A PARTICULAR REASON. WE'LL MAKE SURE HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THOSE SPORTS ARE. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. BIANCA GHOULSBY FOLLOWED BY PASTOR ELVIS PIGGOTT AND SUSIE VON McGRADEN. WELCOME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO. THIS IS BIANCA GHOULSBY. THANK YOU SO MUCH BOARD MEMBERS. OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN FAILING OUR YOUNG MINDS AS

042IT'S BEEN FOR GENERATIONS. THIS IS A DIRECT CAUSE OF THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES HERE IN TAMPA AND THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ON THE STATE'S LIST FOR THE PERSISTENT LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS. 39 SCHOOLS THAT'S ON THIS LIST, AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT THIS IS A LARGE DISTRICT, AS IT IS A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE NUMBERS, BUT EACH STUDENT DESERVES EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. SOME OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY AND PUBLIC COMMENT TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY DON'T WANT THEIR CHILD AT AN UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN THAT DON'T NOT HAVE A CHOICE. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER. I DO NOT HAVE AN EXPECTATION FOR YOU TO TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES OCCURRING IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. HOWEVER, I DO EXPECT THE

043FOLLOWING FROM EACH BOARD MEMBER. THAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND INTEGRITY. AND TODAY, DURING A BOARD POLICY WORKSHOP, HAPPENS ONCE PER QUARTER, I WAS SHOCKED THAT ALL THIS TIME THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION TO THE DISCIPLINE POLICY WAS THE TITLE. THIS IS THE SAME POLICY WE HAVE IN PLACE AND WE LEAD THE PRISON TO PIPELINE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ACLU REPORT BASED ON 2017-2018 DATA. THE 2018-2019 DATA ACTUALLY INCREASED AND ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY. IT WAS REALLY DISHEARTENING TO SEE THE CONVERSATION CENTERED AROUND THE TITLE WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH ISSUES IN THE BODY. SO IF THIS IMPLEMENTATION, FIDELITY OR SITE-BASED DECISIONS, WE NEED TO DO MORE BECAUSE WE LEAD IN PRISON TO PIPELINE. WE HAVE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TELLING ADMINISTRATORS NOT TO SUSPEND. WE HAVE LEADERSHIP TELLING CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE SUSPENDED AND ONLY MARKING THEM ABSENT. WE

044HAVE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TELLING TEACHERS TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT THEY POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN THEY ARE SPEAKING THE TRUTH OF CLASSROOM CONDITIONS. I'M NOT SURE HOW SAVVY YOU ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT IT IS A DARK WEB FOR OUR CHILDREN. THERE ARE APPS DOWNLOADED TO BYPASS THE SCHOOL'S FIREWALL SO THEY HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET TO SEARCH WHAT THEY WANT. OUR KIDS ARE SENDING INAPPROPRIATE IMAGES TO EACH OTHER. THE EASY WAY TO DO IT IS VIA AIR DROP. THEY SEND INFORMATION WIRELESSLY TO EACH OTHER AND THE RECEIPTS ARE NOT CLEAR WHERE THEY GOT IT FROM. A LOT OF ISSUES STEM BEHAVIOR COME FROM THE TECHNOLOGY. OUR CHILDREN HAVE THEIR PHONES WITH THEM BECAUSE THE BRING YOUR OWN POLICY. I SUGGEST THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE PARENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT

045THEY CAN ACTUALLY BYPASS THE INTERNET'S FIREWALL RIGHT HERE IN THIS DISTRICT. I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS TAKE INTO ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY, AND VULNERABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, ALL OF THAT BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE DYING OUT HERE. AND I'M TIRED OF THE CHARADES ON THE BACK OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. GHOULSBY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PASTOR ELVIS PIGGOTT FOLLOWED BY SUSIE AND BJ. GREETINGS, CHAIR, VICE-CHAIR. I WATCHED THE POLICY WORKSHOP MEETING TODAY. WHILE I WAS OUT, I WAS WATCHING IT. I WANT TO MOST DEFINITELY COME TO GIVE OUR CHAIR, VICE-CHAIR, STEVE CONA, KUDOS FOR TALKING ABOUT EQUITY. I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN ORDER TO KNOW ABOUT THE EQUITY THAT YOU REQUESTED TODAY THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE A COVERED PLACE TO PLAY, IT SPOKE VOLUMES THAT IN ORDER TO TALK ABOUT

046IT AND FIGHT FOR EQUITY YOU MOST DEFINITELY HAVE TO GO FROM YOUR DISTRICT ALL OVER SCHOOLS TO SEE WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS DOES NOT HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH EQUITY. WHAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS ALSO OUR SAFETY. I CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH WITH STUDENT SAFETY. BIG PROBLEM. I GET PHONE CALLS DAILY CONCERNING THINGS HAPPENING IN SCHOOL. WHY WE CANNOT GET ANYONE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE, WHY WE CAN'T HAVE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS IN PLACE, WHY WE -- I WAS FORTUNATE TO GET A CONTACT WITH AREA SUPERINTENDENT PRITCHARD, AND I APPRECIATE HER FOR HER QUICK RESPONSE TO GET ISSUES DONE. AFTER TRYING TO GO ALL THE WAY UP THE LADDER TO GET SOMEONE WHEN THERE WAS A MOTHER COMPLAINING ABOUT THE DEALINGS OF HER CHILD, HOW A CHILD WAS CRYING AND AFRAID TO GO IN THE CLASSROOM WITH A

047TEACHER, YET YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT WAS REFUSING TO DEAL WITH THE PARENT BECAUSE OF MY PRESENCE BEING THERE. NOT ONLY THAT, CONTACTED CHEZ McCRAY'S OFFICE, NEVER CAN GET THROUGH TO THAT OFFICE. I'M JUST SO IN THE PLACE OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IS IT THAT NO ONE CAN BE IN PLACE AND ANSWER PARENTS AND DEAL WITH ISSUES BUT I DO GIVE GREAT KUDOS TO HER SECRETARY WHO WAS VERY RESPONSIVE AND TAKING CARE OF ISSUES. IF WE HAVE LEADERS IN PLACE, WE NEED LEADERS TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY ARE IN PLACE TO DO. I THINK THIS DISTRICT LACKS ACCOUNTABILITY WITH ADMINISTRATION, LACKS ACCOUNTABILITY WITH AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, PARENTS NEED TO BE ABLE. WE PUSH PARENT INVOLVEMENT. WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT PARENTS DON'T BE INVOLVED, BUT WHEN PARENTS TRYING TO FIND OUT IN DISTRICT FIVE, IN

048A FAILING SCHOOL, WHETHER A D OR AN F, NOT ALL THE PARENTS ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THEIR CHILD CAN READ. NOT ALL PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEIR CHILD. I THINK WE NEED TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE AND TO ANSWER PARENTS AND GIVE THEM CLARITY IN ANSWERS WHEN THEY NEED IT. I APPRECIATE YOU BOARD. AGAIN, THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU VICE-CHAIR, GREATLY. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. Melissa Snively: SUSIE VON McGRAD LET YOU KNOW, FOLLOWED BY VJ TYLER. WELCOME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY NAME IS SUSIE VON McGRADEN. I LIVE IN RUSKIN FOR OVER 40 YEARS. I AM FROM RUSKIN. I HAVE A VERY STRONG ACCENT, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. I AM HERE TODAY TO

049ASK THE BOARD TO NAME THE NEW SCHOOL IN SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN HONOR OF RIN. HE WAS A SUPER GOOD PRINCIPAL IN RUSKIN ELEMENTARY. HE BUILD A NEW SCHOOL IN CYPRESS CREEK, THE TOMATO CAPITAL IN RUSKIN. HE HELPED TO OPEN THE TECO, MANATEE VIEWING CENTER. HE HAS AN EYE FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHER. MOST OF THE TEACHER, EITHER THE PRINCIPAL WORK IN DOWNTOWN OR IS OUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT MY DAUGHTER IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A MR. EAKINS FOR HER TEACHER. MR. VIN IS NOT A DIVINE MAN. BLACK, WHITE, SPANISH, ASIAN, HE HELP THEM OUT EQUAL. EXAMPLE, MY NI WANTS TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY. HE CANNOT EVEN SPEAK ANY ENGLISH. HE KNOWS WHAT TEACHER IS BEST FOR HER. FOR ONE WHO CANNOT SPEAK ANY ENGLISH, MY NIECE NOW SEES A DOCTOR. HE HELPED SO MANY KIDS IN

050RUSKIN, ALSO, HE VOLUNTEERS SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HE BELONGS TO. HE NEVER ASKED FOR ANY RECOGNITION FOR A WONDERFUL THING HE'S DONE FOR OVER THE YEARS. FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR TEACHER, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE BOARD TO NAME THE NEW SCHOOL IN HONOR OF MR. JOE RIN. THE MAN DO SO MANY THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BJ TYLER FOLLOWED BY ELLEN KLEINSCHMIDT AND THEN ALEXA HAYBROOK. HI. MY NAME IS BARBARA. I'M ALSO HERE CONCERNING THE SCHOOL AND THE NAMING OF IT BY MR. JOE GREEN. AND ONE OF MY KIDS HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING MR. EAKINS AS THEIR TEACHER. I'VE BEEN IN SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS OR MORE, AND I'VE KNOWN JOE

051GREEN CASUALLY OVER THOSE YEARS. ONE OF MY CHILDREN, THEY WERE AT RUSKIN AND AT CYPRESS CREEK. I KNOW JOE IS VERY STRONGLY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THAT HIS ROOTS, HIS FAMILY ROOTS ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE VERY EARLY 1900s IN SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BUT WHAT COMES TO MIND TO ME, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW JOE CASUALLY, I DON'T KNOW HIM ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS IN THAT CAPACITY, BUT I REMEMBER HE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- ALL RIGHT, I'M HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT HERE. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IN RUSKIN, THEY USED TO HAVE THE BIG MARQUEE ON 41. I REMEMBER DRIVING BY IT ONE DAY, AND IT SAID NIFTY, NIFTY, GUESS WHO'S 50. IN VERY BIG LETTERS, JOE GREEN. SO THAT GAVE YOU

052AN IDEA OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT OF HIM. I NEVER SAW THAT AGAIN. THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THEY EVER ADVERTISED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SCHOOL NAMED AFTER JOE GREEN AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. TYLER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLEN KLEINSCHMIDT FOLLOWED BY ALEXA HAYBROOK AND ABBEY DEBONA. GOOD AFTERNOON. ELLEN KLEINSCHMIDT, A LONGTIME MUSIC TEACHER AT CYPRESS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A FORMER HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TEACHER OF THE YEAR. A LONG TIME AGO, MY HUSBAND SAID I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT I'M RETIRED. I'M A RIDER MUSIC TEACHER THERE. WELL, TODAY, I'M ALSO HERE TO SING THE PRAISES OF MR. JOE GREEN AND TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHOOSE JOE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS THE NAME FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S NEWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN RUSKIN. AS

053A TEACHER FOR 25 YEARS, I'VE WORKED WITH MANY EXCELLENT PRINCIPALS, BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE PRINCIPAL WHO MADE THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND INFLUENCE ON MY CAREER AS A MUSIC EDUCATOR WAS MR. JOE GREEN. AS PRINCIPAL OF TWO SOUTH COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, RUSKIN ELEMENTARY AND CYPRESS CREEK, MR. GREEN WAS PROFESSIONAL, THOUGHTFUL, AND MISSION-MINDED. THE BEST INTEREST OF BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE ALWAYS HIS FIRST CONSIDERATION. WHEN MAKING THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS, THAT PRINCIPALS OFTEN HAVE TO MAKE. FROM THE HIGH-TECH CLASSROOMS, TO THE BEAUTIFULLY MANICURED SCHOOL GROUNDS, TO THE VAST DIVERSITY OF BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD IT ALL. BECAUSE OF MR. GREEN'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND HIS PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE, CYPRESS CREEK WAS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO TEACH, TO LEARN, AND TO GROW. MR. GREEN WAS CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE. CYPRESS CREEK WAS A MODEL

054SCHOOL WHERE EXCELLENCE BLOSSOMED, A PLACE WHERE MANY FUTURE TEACHERS LEARNED THEIR TRADES. MANY OF MR. GREEN'S FORMER TEACHERS HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME PRINCIPALS, DISTRICT LEADERS, AND EVEN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, JEFF EAKINS. HIS WIFE JUST TOLD ME THAT OVER 30 OF HIS FORMER STAFF MEMBERS HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE COUNTY. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS AN ADVOCATE OF THE ARTS, MR. GREEN WAS A VISIONARY MAN WHO SAW THE WHOLE PICTURE AND UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF A COMPLETE EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN. CYPRESS CREEK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO HAVE A ROOM DEDICATED AS A PIANO KEYBOARD LAB. MUSICAL EXPERIENCES OF ALL KINDS ABOUNDED UNDER MR. GREEN'S LEADERSHIP. I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE PERFECT NAME AND A FITTING HONOR FOR AN AWARD-WINNING PRINCIPAL, PROFESSIONAL

055EDUCATOR, COMMUNITY LEADER, AND A LIVING ROLE MODEL FOR THE FUTURE OF HIS COMMUNITY. JOSEPH GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. KLEINSCHMIDT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEXA HAYBROOK FOLLOWED BY ABBEY DEBONA AND THEN AVA HEWLETT. MY NAME IS ALEXA HAYBROOK. I USED TO BE A STUDENT AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2019, MY BOYFRIEND WAS SHOT AND KILLED. EVERY DAY SINCE THAT DAY I'VE BEEN REMINDED OF WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE HIS SO-CALLED FRIENDS ARE WALKING AROUND AND ACTING LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO DO VIRTUAL SCHOOL BECAUSE I FEEL THE PAIN OF LOSING BRADLEY OVER AND OVER WHEN I SEE THE TWO BOYS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. I HAVE A LUNCH PERIOD WITH ONE OF THEM AND CAN'T STAND THE SIGHT OF HIM. I FEEL IN DANGER

056AT SCHOOL KNOWING THAT A 15-YEAR-OLD WHO SHOT SOMEONE IS ALLOWED TO BE THERE. WHAT IS ALSO SCARY IS THE BOY WHO SHOT BRADLEY IS ACTING LIKE HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG AND CONTINUING HIS LIFE AS IF BRADLEY WAS NEVER HERE TO BEGIN WITH. IT SCARES ME THAT SOMEONE THAT BRADLEY WAS ONCE SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO COULD JUST MOVE ON AND FORGET ABOUT HIM. HE KNOWS THAT BRADLEY WAS CLOSE TO AND WATCHING HIM GO THROUGH THINGS THAT HE CAN MAKE A LOT EASIER AND HE'S NOT EVEN TRYING TO HELP. I SEE KIDS GET SUSPENDED FOR FIGHTING BUT THE BOY WHO SHOT AND KILLED BRADLEY IS ALLOWED TO WALK AROUND SCHOOL WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO GRIEVE. THAT IS NOT JUSTICE. THEY HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THE POLICE. THEY DID A HORRIBLE THING. THEY TOOK BRADLEY'S LIFE

057AND THEY GET TO KEEP ACTING LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. THEY GOT AWAY WITH MURDER AND THE SCHOOL IS REWARDING THEM BY ALLOWING THEM TO STAY IN SCHOOL. IT'S NOT FAIR. WHY DO I SUFFER WHEN I DID NOTHING WRONG? PLEASE CHANGE THE POLICY AND PROTECT THE VICTIMS AND LET US FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL AGAIN INSTEAD OF PROTECTING THE KIDS THAT COMMIT THESE TRAGIC CRIMES. Melissa Snively: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. ABBEY DEBONA. WELCOME, AND THEN FINAL SPEAKER TODAY WILL BE MS. AVA HEWLETT. HELLO. MY NAME IS ABBEY DEBONA. I'M 16 YEARS OLD IN 10th GRADE. TODAY I WANTED TO SHARE MY POINT OF VIEW AS A STUDENT AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. I LIVED IN HILLSBOROUGH FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW. I'VE KNOWN THE HEWLETTS SINCE I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AND THIS YEAR I GOT VERY CLOSE

058WITH AVA AND BRADLEY. I KNEW ALL THREE OF THE BOYS IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT WERE THERE THE NIGHT ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS BRADLEY WAS KILLED. AT SCHOOL I FEEL BROKEN, NOTHING IS RIGHT, EVERYTHING SEEMS OFF. I DON'T GET TO SEE HIM OR WALK WITH HIM. MOST DAY I COME TO CLASS WITH MY HEADPHONES IN AND HEAD DOWN CRYING. I SIT IN CLASS NOT FOCUSED ON LEARNING WHICH IS THE MAIN REASON WE'RE AT SCHOOL AND NOW I'VE CHOSEN TO DO CLASSES ONLINE SO I DON'T HAVE TO STAY THE WHOLE DAY. I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK AWAY ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IS WALKING THE SAME SCHOOL GROUNDS AS I AM, KNOWING THEY ARE CARELESS ENOUGH TO LET A CLOSE FRIEND'S LIFE BE TAKEN. I SEE THEM AT SCHOOL

059AND THEY ACT LIKE EVERYTHING IS PERFECTLY FINE, WALKING AND TALKING WITH FRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT. SEEING THEM IS A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IS GONE AND I'LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. KIDS GET SUSPENDED FOR FIGHTING, VERBAL COMMENTS, DRUGS AND ET CETERA. I CAN'T WRAP MY MIND AROUND THE FACT THAT THE BOYS WHO CAN COME TO SCHOOL AFTER KILLING A STUDENT AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL, NO CONSEQUENCES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE. WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD RECEIVE JUSTICE BUT WHAT JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED WHEN NO ONE IS COOPERATING WHEN THIS COULD EASILY BE SOLVED. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT ABOUT ALL OF US? BRADLEY FRIEND, CLASSMATES, GIRLFRIEND, SIBLINGS, DON'T WE HAVE A RIGHT TO EDUCATION WITHOUT A

060DISTRACTION. IF THE SITUATION HAPPENED ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, WOULD IT BE HANDLED THE SAME WAY? I HOPE SOMETHING CHANGES. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. DEBONA. OUR FINAL SPEAKER TODAY IS MS. AVA HEWLETT. WELCOME, MS. HEWLETT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI. MY NAME IS AVA HEWLETT. UP UNTIL RECENTLY I ATTENDED NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL AS A FRESHMAN. THERE ARE SUPPOSEDLY RULES IN PLACE TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. SOMEHOW THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCUSES TO MAKE UP FOR WHY THE RULES ARE FLEXIBLE. NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL STANDS BY NOT BRINGING OUT-OF-SCHOOL ISSUES INTO SCHOOL YET EVERY TIME AN ISSUE TAKES PLACE OUT OF SCHOOL IS BROUGHT INTO THE OFFICE AND USUALLY RESULTS IN SUSPENSION OR OTHER TYPE OF IN-SCHOOL PUNISHMENT. A FEW OF MY FRIENDS WERE INVOLVED WITH AN ISSUE. THE NEXT DAY THEY

061WERE ALL CALLED DOWN TO THE OFFICE. ANOTHER ACQUAINTANCE OF MINE WAS REQUESTED TO THE OFFICE DUE TO A SITUATION THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE THE PAST WEEKEND. THESE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL ISSUES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN BROUGHT INTO NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL AND DEALT WITH BY THE ARK Ps AND DEPUTY. MANY KIDS I'M AWARE OF HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED FOR REASONS THAT ARE NOT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. YET WHEN SOMEONE'S LIFE WAS TAKEN THERE HAPPENS TO BE NO CONSEQUENCES. MY BROTHERS, JAMES BRADLEY HEWLETT WAS MURDER ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2019. SOME OF THE BOYS INVOLVED ARE STILL NOT MAKING STATEMENTS TO THE POLICE AND ATTEND NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS FORCED TO WALK PAST THEM IN THE HALLWAY, WATCHING KID WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER MAKE OUT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. SEEING THE FACES AND KNOWING NO CONSEQUENCES

062CAUSED ME TO HAVE MULTIPLE BREAKDOWNS AND PANIC ATTACKS. I HAD TO WITHDRAW AND ENROLL IN VIRTUAL SCHOOL. I WAS NOT IN A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. ISN'T THAT THE DEFINITION OF BULLYING? CAUSING A DISRUPTION TO SOMEONE'S LEARNING SPACE AND MAKING IT TOXIC. MY BROTHER AND FAMILY ARE VICTIMS YET EVERYONE IS TREATING THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT THE PAIN ON US LIKE THEY ARE THE VICTIMS. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW MANY SO STUDENTS HAVE SUFFERED CONSEQUENCES FOR SMALL ACTIONS AND TEENS ARE BEING TAUGHT THAT DRUGS AND FIGHTING ARE BAD BUT KILLING YOUR SO-CALLED FRIEND IS OKAY. THIS IS SOMEONE'S LIFE THAT WAS TAKEN AND THE FACT THAT WHEN MY WHOLE LIFE AND EVERYONE'S LIVES ARE CHANGING, I HAVE TO ADJUST MY EDUCATION BECAUSE MY ONLY OTHER CHOICE WAS TO ATTEND SCHOOL WITH MURDERERS. THAT'S NOT FAIR TO ME OR

063ANYONE ELSE THAT CARES ABOUT BRADLEY. I'M TIRED OF SITTING HERE WATCHING THE SCHOOL MAKE RULES THAT ONLY APPLY TO CERTAIN PEOPLE. I WANT SOME TYPE OF ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO ALLOW FOR ME TO HAVE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE I'M NOT UNCOMFORTABLE AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. HEWLETT. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TODAY? Jeffrey Eakins: ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE FOR MY DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, IF ANYBODY IS HERE WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION, MR. AYRES WOULD BE GLAD TO GO OUT AND SPEAK WITH YOU. WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF HEAR THE CHALLENGING ISSUES THAT THE FAMILY IS FACING, THE STUDENTS ARE FACING,

064AND THE ISSUES AT OUR SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO HEAR THAT. I COMMEND THE STUDENTS FOR EVEN HAVING THE COURAGE TO GET UP AND SPEAK THIS EVENING AND GIVE SUCH A HEARTFELT TESTIMONY. WE DO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE FACING. SO I'D ASK FOR MY DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, VAN AYRES AND ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM OR GET ANY UPDATES, THEY WILL BE OUT IN THE HALLWAY. Jim Porter: TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC, TOO, SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, CURRENTLY, THIS IS A SITUATION THAT'S UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS HAPPENED IN UNINCORPORATED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SO THERE'S A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT'S CHARGED BY LAW WITH INVESTIGATING. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. AT THE TIME THAT THE

065INVESTIGATION IS RESOLVED, THE SCHOOL BOARD MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION. BUT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NO JURISDICTION TO DEAL WITH THE MATTER FURTHER THAN WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS JUST DESCRIBED. Melissa Snively: ALL RIGHT. OUR HEARTS GO OUT -- POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO BRADLEY AND BRADLEY'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS OVER THIS VERY, VERY TRAGIC LOSS. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS AND MEETING WITH US TO EXPRESS SOME OF THE WAYS THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN HELP THE STUDENTS AND KEEP THEM SAFE ON CAMPUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, THAT IS THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. SORRY. THAT WAS JUST VERY -- TAKE A MOMENT. OKAY. WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE

066INTO THE NEXT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH WILL BE THE RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS, AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER, THE FIRST ONE OVER TO MR. CHRISTOPHER JARGO, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND HE'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, FEBRUARY 2020. Christopher Jargo: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. WE REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) MONTH, 2020. THIS THEME IS CELEBRATE TODAY, OWN TOMORROW. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NUMBER OF EVENTS THIS MONTH, INCLUDING HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM, CAREER LEADERSHIP FORUM. GO TO WORK TAMPA BAY, BIG DAY TODAY. CONSTRUCTION CAREER DAYS AND IN APRIL WE'RE EXCITED FOR FUTURE CAREER FAIRS AND BUILD TAMPA BAY. TODAY I'M JOINED BY OUR MEMBERS FROM

067OUR STANDING TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION, THE TSA, TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION. THIS IS THE PROGRAM FROM TURNER/BARTELS K-8. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO ASSIST IN READING THE PROCLAMATION, STUDENTS LUKE AND DANIELLE. THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY THEIR ADVISE, NATHANIEL BOSTOCK AND REBECCA BOSTOCK AND PRINCIPAL MR. ROBERT BUGGS. PLEASE WELCOME LUKE AND DANIELLE. CELEBRATE TODAY, OWN TOMORROW. WHEREAS, PROFOUND ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN OUR SOCIETY ARE RAPIDLY REFLECTED IN THE STRUCTURE AND NATURE OF WORK, PLACING NEW AND ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ON OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. AND WHEREAS, THE EFFORTS OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATORS STIMULATE THE GROWTH AND VITALITY OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND OF THE ENTIRE NATION BY PREPARING GRADUATES FOR CAREERS THAT ARE FORECAST TO EXPERIENCE THE LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWTH IN THE NEXT DECADE. AND WHEREAS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FLORIDA WHO COMPLETE THREE OR MORE CTE

068COURSES WITHIN A PRESCRIBED PROGRAM AND WHO MEET OTHER STANDARDS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GOLD SEAL VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP. AND WHEREAS, THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 APPROVED STATEWIDE GOLD STANDARD ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS WHICH ENABLE STUDENTS TO EARN NOT ONLY AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION BUT ALSO COLLEGE CREDIT. AND WHEREAS, THERE ARE MORE THAN 14,000 CAREER-THEMED COURSES AND 1,800 CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ACADEMIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT FLORIDA DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULA WITH AN INTEGRATED CAREER THEME. AND WHEREAS, MORE THAN 700,000 SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY CTE STUDENTS IN FLORIDA ARE INSPIRED BY THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS TO ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF MEANINGFUL EDUCATION ACROSS SECONDARY SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL COLLEGES, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN ALL 67 FLORIDA DISTRICTS. AND WHEREAS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ENHANCE A STUDENT'S EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND THE ABILITY TO SEE RELEVANCE OF THEIR PROGRAMS, WITH NEARLY 100,000

069STUDENT MEMBERS, ALMOST 2,000 CHAPTERS AND MORE THAN 1,000 EVENTS A YEAR ACROSS THE NATION. NOW, THEREFORE, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, HEREBY PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2020, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH AND URGES ALL STUDENTS TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH BENEFITS OFFERED BY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. NICE JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND TO ADOPT -- AND THE SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, JUST HIT YOUR BUTTONS. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, GUYS. IT'S BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. Steve Cona: YES, SURE. Steve Cona: THANK YOU. OKAY. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MINERVA SPANNER-MORROW, OUR CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, WHO WILL HIGHLIGHT THE NEXT ITEM. Minerva

070Spanner-Morrow: GOOD EVENING, BOARD CHAIRMAN MELISSA SNIVELY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND SPECIAL GUESTS, IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME AS THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER TO PROPOSE THE BLACK HISTORY PROCLAMATION THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR OWN STUDENTS WITH MEN OF VISION. BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR STUDENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF BLACK HISTORY. THIS IS A SHORT LIST, AND YOU HAVE A LIST IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL. THE myON LEAD AFRICAN AMERICAN DIGITAL READING CHALLENGE. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-IN/TEACH-IN ACTIVITY, HIGHLIGHTING BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE THE LEAD STUDENT ART CONTEST, CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 12. WITH TRIBUTE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AT THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR EXHIBITS. IT'S A TRIBUTE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP, AND THIS EVENT AND

071THESE EXHIBITS CAN BE OBSERVED STARTING FEBRUARY THE 6th THROUGH FEBRUARY THE 17th. AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNERS, AND IF THEY ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO STAND. THE EXHIBITING PARTNERS INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH AND PHILANTHROPY, WHICH IS OUR OWN DIVISION. THANK YOU TO MR. HARRISON PETERS AND HIS TEAM LED BY MRS. MARYLOU WHALEY, WHO HAVE LED THESE EFFORTS THIS YEAR. ALL PRO DADS, FAMILY FIRST. CASPERS McDONALD'S. GREATER TAMPA BAY AREA COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. GIRL SCOUTS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ERSULA ODOM OF SULA TOO PUBLISHING. TAMPA BAY TIMES, NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION. THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, MR. ROSS ANDERSON, STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, AND ALL VOLUNTEERS IN GENERAL. AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE MR. AND MRS. TONY AND LAUREN DUNGY WHO WILL BE SIGNING THEIR BOOKS AT

072THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR ON FAMILY DAY, FEBRUARY THE 7th FROM 1 P.M. TO 2 P.M. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'LL HAVE AN ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY DOOR CONTEST PROMOTED BY MS. TAMARA SHAMBURGER FOR TEACHERS OF ALL GRADES, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT STAPLES WILL BE AWARDING OUR TEACHERS TOP PRIZES. I THINK THEY ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND WE CAN THANK YOU FOR THE PRIZES AND, MS. SHAMBURGER FOR THE IDEA. THE OFFICE OF SUPPLIER DIVERSITY IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH MASTER PENINSULAS WITH PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS SPECIAL GUESTS. THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 7th FROM 11:30 TO 1:30 AT AAPPRECIATEIO LEVY TECHNICAL CENTER. THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO MANY TO MENTION. OUR FORMAL PARTNERS, NAACP, TOBA, OUR LOCAL PASTORS, CONCERNED CITIZENS,

073OUR COMMUNITY AND SMALL BUSINESS VENDOR. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREA OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE FOR ALL STUDENTS AT ALL-TIME HIGH OF 86.2%, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS GRADUATION RATE FROM 60% IN 2014 TO 79.8% IN 2019, AN INCREASE OF OVER 11 PERCENTAGE POINTS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. EAKINS AND CABINET AND PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS. OF COURSE, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, BOARD MEMBERS AND PARTNERS, THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED WORK IN THE AREAS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, AND THIS WORK MUST CONTINUE, AND WE MUST MOVE THE NEEDLE. AND NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT MOMENT. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TWO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS WITH OUR MEN OF VISION, WHO WILL READ THE BLACK HISTORY PROCLAMATION. THEY ARE HONOR STUDENTS

074AND HAVE DEDICATED MANY VOLUNTEER HOURS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. FIRST, WE WILL HAVE KAREN DEFREIGHTAS IN GRADES 11 AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND KYLE ISAAC IN THIRD GRADE AT WOODSON GRADES 8 THROUGH 8 TO SCHOOL. WELCOME. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS CITIZENS OF A GREAT NATION TO RECOGNIZE AND REFLECT ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND CELEBRATE THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEGACIES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. WE PAUSE TO REFLECT ON THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR WORK IS UNENDING IN THE PURSUIT OF EQUALITY AND EQUITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. WHEREAS, OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE IS A VITAL AND RICH INGREDIENT IN THE CULTURAL GROWTH OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE

075ACHIEVED GREAT STATURE AND ACCLAIM AND THEIR INFLUENCE REACHES FAR BEYOND OUR NATION'S BOUNDARIES. AND WHEREAS, MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS, COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUALS, HAVE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION, FREQUENTLY OVERCOMING GREAT ADVERSITY TO DO SO. WHEREAS, THE STUDY OF PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICANS PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE ROLE MODELS AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING THAT AMERICA'S STRENGTH LIES IN THE DIVERSITY OF ITS PEOPLE. NOW, THEREFORE, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, HEREBY PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2020 BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND TO HONOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STATE AND OUR NATION. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, FEBRUARY 2020.

076I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SHAMBURGER AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: WELL, I CAN'T SAY HOW -- I MEAN, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF WHAT I JUST SAW AND HEARD. I WANT TO THANK DR. MINERVA SPANNER-MORROW FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. I WANT TO THANK ROSS ANDERSON FOR THE HIGH QUALITY MEN OF VISION. OVER AND OVER, I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED. I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN, THE CULTURE, NEEDS TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT IN OUR HISTORY CLASSES. IT USED TO IN THE 1980s AND '90s, WE DID SPEND MUCH MORE TIME, AND A LOT MORE PRIDE GOES ON WHEN ANY CHILD KNOWS THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR HERITAGE. IT'S SO IMPORTANT, I KNOW THIS IS JUST A GLIMPSE BUT IN THE FUTURE I

077LOOK FORWARD WITH THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, RESPECTFULLY, COMING IN, THAT WE HAVE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ON THE TOP OF OUR REORG CHARTS, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION NEEDS TO BE SEEN AS A PRIORITY AND AS REALITY AND NOT JUST PER MONTH. SO WE NEED TO MAKE IT LARGER. BUT YOU'RE HELPING RIGHT NOW JUST BY SHARING YOUR PROCLAMATION AND THANK YOU DR. SPANNER-MORROW, AND THANK YOU, ROSS ANDERSON, FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT'S SO EASY FOR US TO FORGET WHERE THIS NATION HAS BEEN, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY. IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE SO MANY LEADERS OF COLOR, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT

078REPRESENT US. AND THAT MAKE INCREDIBLE STRIDES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR TAMPA BAY AREA, TO FLORIDA AND TO OUR NATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. Melissa Snively: MEMBER SHAMBURGER. Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU, AGAIN, DR. SPANNER-MORROW FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND VOICE AND READING THAT. YOU DID VERY WELL. DR. SPANNER-MORROW THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE DISTRICT AND SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND YOUR STAFF FOR RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTION OF IF A EARNS TO THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS AND THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN THE DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. WE'VE DONE VERY WELL IN THAT AND KNOW THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING IT A PRIORITY. I WANT TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY, WHILE YOU MENTIONED IT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAPLES FOR SPONSORING OUR BLACK HISTORY DOOR

079DECORATING CONTEST IN THE DISTRICT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING IT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING PHENOMENAL DECORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND GETTING OUT TO SEE THEM. THANK YOU, STAPLES, SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS WITH THIS INITIATIVE. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. SHAMBURGER. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU AGAIN. Melissa Snively: WILL EVER WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE, ANOTHER POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, MY USF STUDENT, AND SHE IS AN INTERN. HER NAME IS NADINEA McCALL. SHE WILL BE HERE FOR THE SEMESTER SHADOWING BOARD MEMBERS, MAINLY ME, BUT ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE HER ASSISTANCE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO HER. SHE'S IN THE LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THANK YOU

080AND WELCOME TO OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER CONA. A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE VOTE CARRIES WITH MEMBER GRAY IN DISSENT. MOVING ON, THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ITEMS B 2.01 THROUGH B 7.03, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD POINT TO GO AHEAD AND EXIT THE AUDITORIUM. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C .01, C 5.03, C 6.05, C 7.01, C 12.01. NEXT, WE HAVE MR. SUPERINTENDENT, MR. EAKINS WILL NOW HIGHLIGHT ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. THANK YOU. Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. SNIVELY. BOARD MEMBERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY ON THE AGENDA HAVE BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED, APPROPRIATE SCREENINGS WERE

081HELD AND INTERVIEWS BEFORE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF WERE CONDUCTED. C .01, APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF WALDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT TROY SMITH, CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION OF VALRICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE POSITION OF PRINCIPAL OF WALDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 10, 2020. MR. SMITH BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 2002 AS A TEACHER AT GRAHAM ELEMENTARY. FROM THERE BECAME A TEACHER AT BEVIS ELEMENTARY UNTIL 2013 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION AT VALRICO ELEMENTARY WHERE HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I TURNED MY PAGE TOO FAST. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PRINCIPAL AT WALDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MOTION BY MEMBER CONA AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY

082DISCUSSION? IF NONE -- SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. DR. HAHN? AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS. MR. SMITH, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND, WHEREVER YOU ARE. AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Jeffrey Eakins: CONGRATULATIONS, TROY. WE DO HAVE ON 4072A SOME ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, TRANSFERS. LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HENRY SCURRY AND GABRIELLE FLORES, CURRENTLY TEACHERS AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. BOTH ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT MIDDLETON. NICOLE, CURRENTLY A TEACHER AT LETO HIGH TO BECOME AP FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AT WILSON MIDDLE. DESTINY COOK A TEACHER AT DOBY ELEMENTARY TO BECOME THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION AT OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL D, WHICH COULD GET A NAME TODAY. I THINK DESTINY IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND ANY OF THE OTHER APs, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN

083RECOGNIZE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ANY OF THOSE FOLKS WHO CAME FOR THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE MEETING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXIT AND CELEBRATE A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE FEEL FREE. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE'VE SHUFFLED ON THE AGENDA UP BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN THE ROOM THAT ARE HERE WAITING. SO THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE 12.01, AND THEN ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 7.01 AFTER 12.01. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 12.01, THIS IS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REBATE FROM AGREEMENT FROM OUR STAPLES CONTRACT. SO I'D LIKE FOR GRETCHEN SAUNDERS, CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. Gretchen Saunders: THANK YOU, SIR. I'M EXCITED TO BRING UP COREY MURPHY, OUR GENERAL MANAGER OF PROCUREMENT, TO HELP HIGHLIGHT THIS

084ITEM WITH A GREAT PARTNER. WITH US TODAY IS WAYNE HALL, THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHEAST FOR STAPLES AND CECILEE NOBLET OUR KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR THE TAMPA-ST. PETE AREA, AND SHE IS OUR GO-TO FOR EVERYTHING REGARDING SUPPLIES FROM STAPLES. SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, BACK ON AUGUST 1st, 2018, WE BROUGHT TO YOU A PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CALIFORNIA AND STAPLES TO PURCHASE OUR OFFICE SUPPLIES AND OTHER WORK-RELATED SUPPLIES. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE BEST DEALS FOR OUR GOODS AND SERVICES. COREY WORKED WITH THE TEAM AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE US THROUGH THE PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT LOTS OF WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR DISTRICT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP WAYNE AND CECILEE. THEY ARE GOING TO JUST GIVE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN HAVE A CHECK

085TO PRESENT. I WOULD LIKE WHEN THEY FINISH, MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD CHAIR CAN COME DOWN FOR A QUICK PICTURE. THANK YOU, GRETCHEN OPINION GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WAYNE AND I ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAPLES TEAM. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR MYSELF AND WAYNE PERSONALLY. THIS IS BOTH OUR FIRST PRESENCE ON A BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MINUTE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW EXCITED WE ARE ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP, NEWLY FORMED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF BETWEEN STAPLES AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM GRETCHEN, COREY, YOUR FANTASTIC PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, THE SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AS WELL, AND WE ARE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED DURING THE FIRST YEAR. SO WE HAD ONE NOTABLE

086THAT WE WANTED TO COME PRESENT YOU GUYS WITH YOUR FIRST YEAR VOLUME REBATE CHECK, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO JUST CALL OUT A FEW OTHER KEY HIGHLIGHTS. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS AND HELP MAKE SOME CONTRIBUTIONS BACK TO YOUR SCHOOLS, TO YOUR COMMUNITIES. SO A FEW OF THE NOTABLES, THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO WITH PARTNERSHIP FROM SOME OF OUR KEY NATIONAL VENDORS, DONATE PRODUCT DONATIONS AND SAMPLES AND OVER $140,000 IN VALUE THAT WENT TO THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS WITHIN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS AND STAFF TO USE. QUARTERLY, WE ALSO DO SUPPLIES DONATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE OFFICE PRODUCTS. FURNITURE AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND A FAIR-MARKET VALUE OF OVER $235,000 THAT ALSO WENT BACK TO YOUR SCHOOLS TO BE USED IN VARIOUS NEEDS AND CAPACITIES. AND THEN WE ALSO

087HAD A REBATE FOR $41,000 EARLIER IN THE YEAR FOR YOUR QUICK START AS WE WERE RAMPING UP THE PROGRAM AND THE PARTNERSHIP. AND ONE OF THE KEY INITIATIVES THAT I'VE TAKEN ON IS ALSO GOING AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE SCHOOLS AND FROM YOUR TEACHERS, FROM YOUR BOOK KEEPERS, FROM YOUR STAFF, HOW CAN WE MAKE THE PROGRAM BETTER, MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR YOU? SO WE COMPLETED ABOUT 150 SITE VISITS, AND WE'VE MADE SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR WEBSITE, SPECIFIC FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO REFINE THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT. SO THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING INITIATIVE FOR MYSELF THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS WELL. THEN I'M GOING TO LET WAYNE HANDLE THE FUN STUFF. GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP, GRETCHEN AND COREY, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE

088DONE FOR STAPLES IN TERMS OF ALLOWING US TO PARTNER WITH YOU, AND KNOWING THAT FUNDING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS HERE. IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT CECILEE ALREADY MENTIONED IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND DELIVERABLES BACK, THIS IS A CHECK FOR OVER $316,000 THAT IS JUST A REPRESENTATION OF 5% OF ALL OF YOUR SPEND FROM LAST YEAR. WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ITSELF FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: BOARD MEMBERS, IF WE COULD GO DOWN FOR A QUICK PHOTO. OH, JUST ME. OR EVERYBODY. Melissa Snively: WELL, THAT WAS EASY. SORRY, I HAD TO. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS 7.01. LET'S HAND IT OVER TO MR. EAKINS. Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7.01 --

089Melissa Snively: OH, I'M SORRY, MS. GRAY, YOU HAD A COMMENT. Lynn Gray: JUST REAL QUICK. I COULDN'T GO WITHOUT THANKING, OBVIOUSLY, STAPLES, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO THANK THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT. GRETCHEN SAUNDERS AND COREY MURPHY, I KNOW THAT THEY WIELD AND DEALED AND MADE SOME GREAT -- HOW YOU WANT TO SAY IT -- RESULTS FINANCIALLY. WE ARE REMINDED THAT STAPLES GIVES US, THE TEACHERS SCHOOL SUPPLIES, FURNITURE. THE SECRETARIES GET OFFICE SUPPLIES. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT STAPLES DOES FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND OUR TEACHERS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MONEY IS GREAT, TOO. BUT I WANT TO THANK THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT VERY MUCH SO. Melissa Snively: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. GRAY. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO 7071. Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. SNIVELY. THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF PROPOSED ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY

090ADJUSTMENTS FOR BARRINGTON AND RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I'D LIKE TO ASK AMBER DICKERSON TO COME FORWARD AND HIGHLIGHT. THERE WILL BE A FEW SLIDES UP. GOOD EVENING. THERE WILL BE A FEW SLIDES COMING UP. THANK YOU. AMBER DICKERSON, GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGER. I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPOSAL TO REASSIGN STUDENTS FROM BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL TO RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS THAT GAVE A LOT OF INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS. THEY ARE DEFINITELY VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, AND THAT DEFINITELY SHOWS. SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR TIME. SO GOING INTO IT, WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? SO MIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUES IN SOUTH COUNTY. BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY AT 109% UTILIZATION. THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE MODULARS. SO WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT WAYS TO DOWNLOAD BARRINGTON AND POSSIBLY TAP

091INTO OTHER CAPACITY AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. THESE ARE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS FOR ALL BOUNDARY CHANGES SO THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE BOUNDARY CHANGES APPLES TO APPLES EACH YEAR. SO WE USE CURRENT CAPACITY, THE 40-DAY COUNT. WE ASSUME THAT CHOICE STUDENTS REMAIN, AND THEN WE ALSO PROJECT WHAT DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO PRODUCE STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE STUDENT GENERATION RATES FOR THAT. ALSO, VARIABLE FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO ASSUME, REPUTATION POPULARITY OF THE SCHOOL VARIES A LOT FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. AVAILABILITY OF CHOICE OPTIONS IN THE AREA, CHARTER SCHOOL OPTIONS, SCHOOL GRADES, AND THEN ALSO THE PREFERENCE OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE YET TO MOVE INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. WE DON'T KNOW THAT SO WE HAVE TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THERE AS WELL. SO HERE ARE THE CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES FOR ROGERS, BARRINGTON,

092AND -- FOR RODGERS, BARRINGTON AND SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. HERE'S THE CURRENT DATA SITUATION. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, BARRINGTON IS OVER AT 109. AND IF WE DO NOTHING, OUR PROJECTIONS SHOW THAT WITHIN ONE TO THREE YEARS, THEY COULD BE AT 130. RANDALL IS AT 103, AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT NUMBERS, WE PREDICT THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AT 104. THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE WE HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOLS WITH AMPLE CAPACITY, SUCH AS MAN AND JUNTA AT 66 AND 51 AND RODGERS AT 67. I DO WANT TO NOTE, RODGERS IS BY FAR THE SMALLEST SCHOOL OF ALL OF THESE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CAPACITY-WISE. WE START OFF WITH A STAKEHOLDERS MEETING. OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM PREPARES MAPS IN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS TEAM. WE BASICALLY INVITE THE WHOLE STAFF

093OF THE DISTRICT. IF THEY WANT TO COME TO OUR BOUNDARY MEETING, THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ATTEND. WE UNDERSTAND THIS AFFECTS A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE STARTED IN NOVEMBER WITH THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS PLEASE. WE CALLED ALL IMPACTED STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST VERSION. THEN WE HELD A PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING ON DECEMBER 17th. THEN AFTER WE RECEIVED PUBLIC OUTREACH, WE REVISED THE PROPOSAL AND POSTED IT BACK ON THE WEBSITE ON JANUARY 9th. THEN WE HELD ANOTHER PARENT OUTREACH MEETING JANUARY 13 WITH A REVISED PLAN AND THEN WE ALSO NOTIFIED EVERYONE OF THE REVISED PLAN AND OF THIS MEETING THIS EVENING. SO, JUST TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. SO OUR FIRST PROPOSAL WAS VERY, VERY DRASTIC. IT WOULD MOVE ABOVE 1400 STUDENTS THAT WERE ASSIGNED. SO WE KNEW IN

094THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETING THAT THIS WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE PLAN TO TAP INTO SOME OF THE CAPACITY AT GIUNTA AND MANN. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT A MENU OF OPTIONS. SO SOME OF THE GREEN STARS ON POD 3, 2:AND 4 ARE CONTINGENT UPON THE YELLOW STARS, 5, 6, 8, AND 7. SO WE ARE MOVING CAPACITY OUT OR ENROLLMENT OUT TO WHERE WE HAVE CAPACITY, AND THEN SHIFTING DOWN. SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND. THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER FOR THE MOVEMENTS. THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, SO WHAT IS THAT DOING? THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE DROPPED BARRINGTON BETWEEN 86 UTILIZATION TO 107. AND THEN RODGERS WOULD GET A LITTLE BUMP-UP, 67 TO 74. AND THEN WE WOULD FILL SOME OF THE SEATS IN MANN AND GIUNTA, AND REALLY MULRENNAN WAS USED

095TO TAKE KIDS AND WE SHIFTED KIDS OUT OF MULRENNAN. SO IT WAS KIND OF THE IN-BETWEEN ZONE. AS STATED, WE WENT OUT TO PARENTS WITH THIS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, AND 141 PARENTS SIGNED IN. WE RECEIVED 147 COMMENT SHEETS. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ALL OF THE E-MAILS. I'M SURE YOU WERE COPIED ON A LOT OF THE E-MAILS. MAINLY THE INPUT WAS SCHOOL GRADES WAS NUMBER ONE. SO WE WERE MOVING STUDENTS FROM "A" SCHOOLS TO NON-REQUEST IT PARENTS SAID THE STUDENTS WERE ONLY HERE FOR THREE YEARS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL SO THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT DISRUPTION. TRANSPORTATION, HOME VALUES, AND STUDENT SAFETY WERE ALSO MENTIONED IN THOSE INPUT FORMS. SO, WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO LOOK IF WE COULD POSSIBLY COULD REMEDY THE ISSUE AT BARRINGTON WITH SCALING BACK THE PROPOSAL. SO, BECAUSE THOSE AREAS WERE CONTINGENT UPON EACH

096OTHER, WE WENT WITH POD ONE, WHICH WAS TO REASSIGN 223 STUDENTS FROM BARRINGTON TO RODGERS. THIS INCLUDED THE COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE, BELL CREEK HAMMOCK NORTH AND BOYETTE SPRINGS SUBDIVISIONS. THE REVISED PROPOSAL WOULD REALLY GET US TO AROUND 97% AND TO 118 WITH DEVELOPMENT. NOW, USUALLY WE SAY THE ABSORPTION FOR DEVELOPMENT IS BETWEEN ONE TO THREE YEARS. THEN RODGERS WOULD BE AT 76 AND THEN POTENTIALLY WITH GROWTH TO 89%. SO THE DOWNLOAD TO BARRINGTON. SO WE USED THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS, AND WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WITH THIS MOVE THAT WE WILL DOWNLOAD BARRINGTON DEFINITELY BELOW A HUNDRED NEXT YEAR, AND THEN THE NEXT -- THE YEAR AFTER, BEFORE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENS IN 2020, IT COULD POTENTIALLY GET BACK UP TO 105. SO, PARENT INPUT ON THE REVISED PROPOSAL. WE WENT BACK

097OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE CHANGED UP OUR FORMAT FOR THE PARENTS SO MS. SNIVELY WAS IN ATTENDANCE, AND WE HAD A PANEL FORMAT SO ALL THE PARENTS COULD HEAR US BETTER IN A BETTER SETTING. SO ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED IS THE PLAN DOES NOT DOWNLOAD BARRINGTON ENOUGH FROM NON-IMPACTED PARENTS. THEY CITED SAFETY ISSUES. I DID WALK THE CAMPUS. I SPOKE TO THE PRINCIPAL AS WELL, AND THOSE WERE UNFOUNDED, IN MY OPINION. OVERCROWDING IS UNFAIR TO STUDENTS AND DO NOT MOVE MY STUDENTS BUT MOVE OTHER STUDENTS. THERE WERE SOME SUPPORTERS THAT YOU HEARD FROM TONIGHT, SUPPORTING THE CHANGES THAT WE DECIDED NOT TO MOVE PODS 5, 6, 7, AND 8. THERE WERE PARENTS UPSET THAT WE WERE NOT REASSIGNING STUDENTS FROM BARRINGTON TO RANDALL. WE BROKE SOME FEEDER PATTERNS WHILE DOING STOWERS.

098SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK AND CLEAN THOSE UP BUT ADDRESS THOSE HOPEFULLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL UU. AND THEN THERE ARE PARENTS UPSET THAT THEY WILL BE REASSIGNED FROM BARRINGTON TO RODGERS. THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL PARENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY OUR PROPOSAL, AND THEY WERE THE LEAST TO COMMENT OVERALL. OTHER AVENUES TO DECREASE POPULATION, SO 30 STUDENTS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO BARRINGTON HAVE COMPLETED CHOICE APPLICATIONS FOR SUMNER MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY HAVE NOT ACCEPTED YET, BUT THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE ON FILE. ADDITIONALLY, FIVE STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO BARRINGTON HAVE COMPLETED CHOICE APPLICATIONS TO RODGERS. ALSO, MIDDLE SCHOOL UU, WE ARE PLANNED TO OPEN IN AUGUST 2022. THAT WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 1685 AND HELP TO RELIEVE SHIELDS, EISENHOWER AND BARRINGTON. THESE ARE THE NEW BOUNDARIES WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU. OKAY. NEXT STEPS, THIS

099IS VERY IMPORTANT. IF THE PROPOSAL -- IF YOU ACCEPT IT AS-IS, IT WILL GO TO A SECOND READING FEBRUARY 18th. I DO FEEL AFTER THE CHALLENGES THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN THIS BOUNDARY CHANGE THAT WE HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP ON BOUNDARY CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH A WAY OF WORK AND EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS HOW WE DO THIS PROCESS, AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE TWEAKS, WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO IMPROVING THE PROCESS. BALANCING BETWEEN PUBLIC INPUT AND THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE FOR THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS. DISTRIBUTION OF WORKLOAD, SCHOOL GRADES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE HOT TOPICS THAT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DISCUSS. NEW TOOLS TO GET PUBLIC INPUT AND REALLY BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT A LITTLE BETTER. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. WE HEARD

100FROM PEOPLE TONIGHT SAYING WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS REACTING TO GROWTH? WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE PROPER FUNDING, IT'S REALLY GROWTH MANAGEMENT WITH ONE ARM TIED BEHIND YOUR BACK. SO WE'LL ALWAYS BE REACTION IN THAT POSITION TO REACT VERSUS BEING PROACTIVE, AS LONG AS THE IMPACT FEE STAYS AT HALF OF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. SO WITH THAT, I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS. SO I WILL LET YOU TAKE OVER. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. DICKERSON. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS, BEFORE WE DISCUSS IT, I DO NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER CONA. NOW WE CAN DISCUSS OR HAVE COMMENTS. I BELIEVE HAS GRAY HAD CHIMED IN FOR COMMENT OR QUESTION. MS. DICKERSON, YOU MAY WANT TO STAY CLOSE. THANK

101YOU. Lynn Gray: ACTUALLY, MEMBER SNIVELY, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS, BECAUSE YOU WENT TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING. I WAS ABSENT. I HAD MY OWN TOWN HALL THE SAME NIGHT BUT I DID GO FOR HALF A DAY TO THE COMMUNITY AND VISIT THE SCHOOLS AND TALK TO SOME PARENTS AND ALSO TALK TO THE PRINCIPALS OF SOME OF THE AFFECTED SCHOOLS. I WANTED TO SHARE REAL BRIEFLY IN THE TWO MINUTES THAT I HAVE, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE I WANT PARENTS TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE HEARD AND PRINCIPALS TO KNOW THAT I WAS LISTENING, AND I KNOW MEMBER SNIVELY WILL SAY THE SAME, DEFINITELY LISTENING, AND THANK YOU, MS. DICKERSON, FOR ALSO. SO WHY DO PARENTS FEAR THEIR KIDS BEING TRANSFERRED TO GIUNTA AND MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THERE IS A C OR

102BELOW? WELL, THE REALITY IS THAT THESE SCHOOLS HAVE LOWER-INCOME CHILDREN. MANY OF THEM ARE UNDERPERFORMING, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE ELL. THEY DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND THERE IS A LACK OF HOME RESOURCES. AND THANK YOU TO MOSAIC, GREAT PARTNERS THAT DO GIVE A LOT OF SUPPLIES, FOOD SUPPLIES, CLOTHES SUPPLIES TO THESE SCHOOLS. THE WELL-OFF PARENTS AND THIS IS ANOTHER REALITY, DO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO HIGHER-GRADE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION. THAT EXPLAINS A LOT WHY THESE TWO SCHOOLS, GIUNTA AND MANN, DO NOT HAVE THAT HIGHER SCORE NECESSARILY, SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, THE OBVIOUS LACK OF LEARNING HOME RESOURCES AND LANGUAGE BARRIERS. SECOND, THE FRUSTRATION THAT SCHOOL GROWTH NEVER MATCHED THE REALITY OF FAMILY GROWTH, AND THIS IS BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. I THINK, MS. DICKERSON, YOU EXPLAINED THAT VERY

103NICELY. WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD THE SCHOOLS. SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THIS FRUSTRATION. HOPEFULLY THE RAISE OF IMPACT FEES WILL SUBTRACT SOME OF THAT. SCHOOLS WITH SMALL HALLWAYS, IT'S TRUE. SOME SCHOOLS, SHIELDS KEEPS THE LOCKERS THERE AND THE HALLWAYS ARE EVEN THINNER, AND WHILE BARRINGTON HAS LOCKERS OUT, WHICH THE HALLWAYS ARE STILL THIN, BUT NONETHELESS, AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL DOES HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SAFETY AND THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES COME UP AND THERE AGAIN, THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED AT. CERTAINLY THE LOCKERS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT. LONG PARENTAL TRAFFIC LINES WHEN DROPPING OFF CHILDREN. SOME OF THE SCHOOLS DEVELOPED DOUBLE TRAFFIC LINES WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY INGENIOUS. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS, MULRENNAN, I THINK IS REDOING THEIR ENTIRE TRAFFIC LINE, WHICH IS QUITE A BIG

104PROJECT. AND MR. FARKAS, YOU'RE VERY MUCH -- THEY ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT BIG PROJECT GOING ON. WHY DO PRINCIPALS MOVE SO FREQUENTLY WAS ANOTHER PROBLEM, CHALLENGE THAT PARENTS HAD SAID. I THINK, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, YOU KNOW, TOO, THE LONGER THAT THE PRINCIPAL STAYS IN THE SCHOOL, THE MORE STABLE IT BECOMES. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE'LL WORK FOR MORE STABILITY, PRINCIPALS STAYING LONGER BECAUSE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS, IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER AS PEOPLE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND TRUST. PRINCIPALS ASK WHY ALL THE ATTENTION JUST FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS? WHAT ABOUT OUR "A" SCHOOLS? THERE IS A FRUSTRATION THAT SOME PRINCIPALS THINK JUST BECAUSE WE'RE AN "A" SCHOOL WE DON'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION, AND ALL THE RESOURCES ARE GIVEN TO THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS. THERE'S A

105LITTLE FRUSTRATION THERE. LASTLY, UNIT ALLOCATION, CERTAINLY THE RATIOS CHOSEN DO NOT FILTER IN THE DYNAMICS OF THE LEARNING NEEDS OF EACH STUDENT. SO THE RATIOS PROBABLY NEED TO BE LOOKED AT MORE CAREFULLY, THUS THE GROUPING OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE HIGH NEEDS ARE GROUPED WITH THOSE WITH LOW NEEDS. THE IDEA THAT MORE SUPPORTS ARE NEEDED FOR THE LATTER IN THE FORM OF LESS SUPPORTS IS A REALITY. BUT I WANTED TO IN A NUTSHELL, I JUST WANTED TO RESTATE THAT PARENTS WERE LISTENING TO YOU AND ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS, WE'RE HEARPGZ YOU'RE -- HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK AND ALL THE LETTERS, AND THANK YOU, MS. DICKERSON, FOR FIELDING ALL THOSE E-MAILS. Melissa Snively: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. GRAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AGAIN. I HAVE PREPARED SOME COMMENTS, BUT BEFORE THAT, JUST TO GO

106BACK TO PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION THAT TALKED ABOUT THE WAY OF WORK AND WANTING TO REVISE THE WAY WE DO THINGS, JUST SO THAT BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. AS YOU SAW ON ONE OF THE SCREENS, WHERE IT HAD THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE -- THERE WAS NO BOARD MEMBER LISTED ON THAT INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING. WE DON'T GET NORMALLY INVITED TO THAT, I GUESS, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GET INVITED TO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND SOME OF US HAVE, LIKE ME, WE'RE PARENTS, AND WE HAVE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET INVITED TO THAT INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING THAT YOU HAVE FOR FEEDBACK

107FROM US, TOO. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PARENTS FROM DISTRICT FOUR SPECIFICALLY LITHIA, RIVERVIEW AND VALRICO. THERE WERE SEVERAL PARENTS HERE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO CONTACT THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PARENTS WHO CAME OUT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. YOU PROBABLY HAVE MANY OTHER THINGS YOU COULD BE DOING TODAY, BUT YOU CHOSE TO COME AND ADVOCATE FOR YOUR STUDENTS. AND I BELIEVE I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN I SAY HOW EVIDENT IT IS THAT PARENTS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU'VE ALSO SHOWN HOW YOU CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ORGANIZE AND RALLY AROUND YOUR CHILDREN'S PUBLIC EDUCATION NEEDS AND THAT IS IMPRESSIVE AND APPRECIATED. AS

108YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR MANY FAMILIES AND IT'S CHALLENGING TO SATISFY ALL FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE CHANGE. YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF TODAY AND THROUGH SEVERAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, AS E-MAILS, PARENT LINKS, PHONE CALLS, COMMUNITY FORUMS AND PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE MANY FACTORS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF ANALYZE AND DRAW UP THE PROPOSALS TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND STAFF HAVE LISTENED VERY CAREFULLY TO ALL OF THE FEEDBACK, AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF IT, FROM STAKEHOLDERS BEING POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY THE CURRENT PROPOSAL. WE HAVE MET AND DISCUSSED ALL THE PROPOSALS IN DETAIL WITH MS. DICKERSON, CONSIDERING MANY POSSIBLE SCENARIOS BEFORE LANDING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL. I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE BARRINGTON ISSUE WITH THE OVERCROWDING, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM

109MANY PARENTS ABOUT OVERCROWDING DUE TO OBVIOUSLY THE GROWTH IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. I KNOW THAT MOST OF THE PARENTS WERE IN FAVOR OF THAT FIRST VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE -- I UNDERSTAND THAT MOST -- MANY PARENTS, MANY PARENTS WERE IN FAVOR OF THE FIRST PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD HAVE MOVED ABOUT 400 STUDENTS OUT OF THE SCHOOL. BUT THAT WOULD ALSO CREATE A HUGE RIPPLE EFFECT. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT RIPPLE EFFECT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED ABOUT 1400 STUDENTS. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC SCENARIOS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY SOME OF THE PARENTS AT BARRINGTON. TO DOWNLOAD MORE STUDENTS FROM BARRINGTON TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF BARRINGTON. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I KNOW THEY BELIEVE THAT THE 223

110STUDENTS IS NOT AN ADEQUATE NUMBER. SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- THERE WERE TWO PODS, TWO AND THREE, THAT WE LOOKED AT MOVING TO RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF WHY PODS TWO AND THREE, WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE MOVING PODS TWO AND THREE TO RANDALL? YES, RANDALL, CURRENTLY IS AT 103% OF THE CAPACITY. MAY I HAVE THE PowerPoint UP AGAIN? THAT MAY HELP. PODS TWO AND THREE CONTAIN ABOUT 56 ENROLLED STUDENTS. SO, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD, WITH GREAT, MAKE RANDALL OVER BY APPROXIMATELY 114 STUDENTS. THEREFORE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE FIVE TO SIX MODULARS IN ORDER TO MEET 100% FISH CAPACITY. WHY THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SLATED TO MOVE WERE CONTINGENT UPON THESE OTHER SHIFTS. POD SEVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE MOVING OUT OF RANDALL INTO MULRENNAN, AND THEN THAT

111PROVIDED THE ROOM NECESSARY TO MOVE IT IN PODS THREE, TWO, AND FOUR. SO IF WE MOVE PODS THREE AND TWO, THEN WE WOULD -- Melissa Snively: IS THERE FACE FOR -- WHAT'S THE COST IN THE CAPACITY FOR MODULARS AT RANDALL? SO 114 STUDENTS WITH 22 STATIONS, THAT'S 5.1 MODULARS. SO IT'S ABOUT FIVE TO SIX, I'D PROBABLY RECOMMEND SIX JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE AN ESTIMATED COST OF 147,000 TO 186,000. AND THAT'S DEPENDENT ON WHETHER THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH RESTROOMS OR NOT. AND WE DID HAVE MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATE WHETHER THAT AMOUNT COULD FIT ON THE SITE, AND THEY STATED THAT ONLY FOUR COULD ACTUALLY FIT ON THE RANDALL SITE. Melissa Snively: SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS. THE OTHER ONE WAS PANTHER TRACE. WE TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE OF THE

112PROXIMITY TO RODGERS, EVEN SPLITTING PANTHER TRACE INTO TWO AND SENDING -- ASSIGNING THE WEST SIDE OF PANTHER TRACE TO KEEPING THAT AT RODGERS WITH THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION TO BE THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT THEN MAYBE THE EAST SIDE NEAREST RODGERS MOVING THAT PARTICULAR PHASE TO RODGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OR THE FEASIBILITY OF MOVING THAT SECTION OF PANTHER TRACE. ORIGINALLY OUR VISION FOR PANTHER TRACE WOULD BE TO WAIT UNTIL THE MIDDLE SCHOOL UU COMES ONLINE JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE PANTHER TRACE IS LOCATED. AND THERE HAS BEEN COMMENTS STATING THAT PANTHER TRACE IS CLOSER TO RODGERS THAN THE PROPOSED POD. WE DID, IN FACT, MEASURE IT, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS WHICH AREAS IN THOSE PODS YOU'RE LOOKING AT. BUT TECHNICALLY, OUR POD IS CLOSER IN TRAVEL DISTANCE TO RODGERS. ALSO, WE LOOKED AT

113IF WE -- NO MATTER WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE POD ONE OUT OF THE SCENARIO IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE HALF OF PANTHER TRACE INTO RODGERS. RODGERS DOES HAVE DEVELOPMENT RESERVATIONS, AND IT HAS A NEW MAGNET PROGRAM SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF NOT TO OVERBURDEN RODGERS AS WELL. THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT PLACING ALL OF RODGERS -- OR, I'M SORRY, ALL OF PANTHER TRACE INTO RODGERS, AND THEN POSSIBLY MOVING OUT THE KINGSWOOD POD OF POD 5, EITHER INTO GIUNTA OR McCLAIN, AND THAT IS A LOT OF KIDS. SO EAST ONLY WOULD BE 92% AND THAT'S WITH MOVING KINGSWOOD OUT. SO WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK OUT AND DO PARENT OUTREACH ON THAT POD. WITH THE POD ONE WE HAVE AND ALL OF PANTHER TRACE THAT WOULD LEAVE THE SCHOOL AT APPROXIMATELY 107 UTILIZATION.

114SO BREAKING UP NEIGHBORHOODS, WE TRY TO AVOID THAT AT ALL COST. BUT, OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE THAT FURTHER, BUT REALLY, WE WORK THE NUMBERS, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO MOVE SOME PEOPLE OUT OF RODGERS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE PANTHER TRACE. OR MOVE THE POD ONE, LEAVE THAT IN BARRINGTON AND BRING PANTHER TRACE IN. Melissa Snively: WHAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO YOU? I AM SUPPORTING THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US TODAY. Melissa Snively: AND THEN THE MAGNET PROGRAM. ARE YOU HOLDING SEATS AT RODGERS -- ARE WE HOLDING SEATS AT RODGERS FOR THE MAGNET PROGRAM? TECHNICALLY NO, NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT THERE IS A CHOICE APPLICATION OPEN. Melissa Snively: IS IT A WALL-TO-WALL NAG NET PROGRAM? -- I BELIEVE IT'S AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS. IF THE

115PRINCIPAL IS HERE OR -- IT'S WALL TO WALL, YES. Melissa Snively: IT'S NOT THE TRADITIONAL MAGNET WHERE YOU ACTUALLY HOLD THE SEATS FOR STUDENTS. THAT DOESN'T REALLY COME INTO SIGNIFICANTLY, AS FAR AS NUMBERS, CRUNCHING NUMBERS. YES, WE COULD ALWAYS USE THAT RELIEF VALVE AND NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO CHOICE, IF IT BECAME AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. Melissa Snively: OKAY. WELL, AS I MENTIONED, BOUNDARY CHANGES ARE VERY DIFFICULT. THE ONLY OTHER OPTION WE HAD, IF WE WERE TO PROPOSE ANY CHANGES TO THIS PLAN TONIGHT, WOULD BE TO HAVE A FIRST READING -- ANOTHER FIRST READING, FEBRUARY 18th, AND THEN WE WOULD VOTE ON MARCH 10th AT THAT BOARD MEETING, JUST TO BE COMPLIANT WITH LAW. ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD REQUEST TO GO OUT FOR PARENT OUTREACH IN PANTHER TRACE. I DID RESEARCH IF PANTHER TRACE RESIDENTS TEND

116TO CHOICE INTO RODGERS, AND THERE WERE ZERO MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS WHO ENROLL IN RODGERS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO BARRINGTON. SO I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE MET WITH OPPOSITION AS WELL. Melissa Snively: IT'S USUALLY ALL MET WITH OPPOSITION, IS WHAT I'M FINDING OUT. ONE MORE QUESTION. WHAT CHALLENGES ARE POSED BY MOVING THE DATE FROM FEBRUARY 18 TO MARCH THE 10th? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES WITH UNIT ALLOCATION AND CHOICE APPLICATIONS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THAT ONE. THE MAGNET OR CHOICE APPLICATIONS IS OPEN UNTIL APRIL IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THAT. BUT UNITS ARE BEING DONE NOW. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS NOT RIP OUT TEACHERS FROM EXISTING SCHOOL, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER WILL BE. THE EARLIER WE KNOW IT, THE MORE ACCURATE, WHALEN AND RESOURCES

117DEPARTMENT CAN PREDICT AND PUT UNITS IN A SCHOOL SITE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, NOT SOMETHING WE CAN OVERCOME BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF AS WE MAKE THAT DECISION. Melissa Snively: ALL RIGHT. I'LL ALLOW MS. GRAY. I KNOW SHE HAS MORE COMMENTS. I'LL BE BACK. Lynn Gray: THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. YOU DID BRING UP SOME VERY GOOD POINTS, MS. DICKERSON, I MAY HAVE TO YIELD IT TO SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, THESE QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS OR THE CONCERNS -- AND I DROVE DOWN PEARSON ROAD, THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS, NOT ONLY ON THE PEARSON ROAD, BUT THE INTERSECTION OF BLOOMINGDALE AVENUE, VERY UNSAFE IN THAT AREA. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKING IT SAFE FOR THESE KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL IN THAT AREA WITH NO SIDEWALKS? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE

118DEALING -- THE MULRENNAN, I THINK WE'RE DOING NEW PARKING PROCEDURE, BUT STILL, DRIVING THERE IS -- WHEN YOU GO DOWN PEARSON ROAD -- Jeffrey Eakins: SUPE, WE DON'T HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO DO ANYTHING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS, WITH ANY KIND OF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT OUTSIDE OF THE PREMISES OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. Lynn Gray: HAVE WE VOICED IT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH US? WELL, THE BOCC IS ANALYZING. THEY ARE STARTING A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THREE SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE LETO, ALEXANDER, AND PIERCE. THEY ARE GOING TO START LOOKING AT SAFETY ISSUES AROUND THOSE SCHOOLS, AND THEN BRANCH OUT DISTRICTWIDE. I DO KNOW THAT THE CIRCULATION, OUR INTERNAL CIRCULATION TEAM COORDINATED WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND THEY PUT IN THE CROSSWALK FOR RODGERS, AND THEN WE GOT A SIDEWALK RUNNING ALL THE WAY ALONG THE

119PRIVATE DRIVE INTO RODGERS. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY, AND WE CAN BRING THOSE UP IN OUR MONTHLY MEETING WITH THEM. Lynn Gray: I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY WISE IDEA. THE IDEA OF THE EFFECTIVE PARENTAL OUTREACH, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS. DO YOU THINK IT WAS EFFECTIVE ENOUGH. BUT, MADAM CHAIR, ALSO MENTIONED THE FEBRUARY 18, SHOULD WE LOOK AT THIS AS ANOTHER TIME THAT WE CAN GET THE PARENTS TO BE HEARD? WHAT'S YOUR FEELINGS ON THAT? WELL, REALLY FROM MEETING ONE TO MEETING TWO, THERE WEREN'T REALLY ANY NEW COMMENTS THAT WE GOT FROM PUBLIC OUTREACH. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INPUT. SO THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE GREATEST VOLUMES OF INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR A BOUNDARY CHANGE. SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THE PARENTS

120HAVE BEEN HEARD, AND WE DO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES FOR YOU ALL, TOO, IF YOU WANT TO READ ALL OF THAT INPUT. I THINK WE'VE KIND OF EXHAUSTED THE OUTREACH PROCESS UNLESS WE OPEN IT UP TO A NEW AREA. THEN, OF COURSE, THOSE FAMILIES NEED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS. Lynn Gray: I'LL LET, AGAIN, MR. SNIVELY REMARK ON THE AMOUNT OF OUTREACH OR NOT. SHE IS MORE DIRECTLY -- SHE LIVES IN THAT AREA. I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE A REMARK FROM SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS. ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WAS THE NEW PORTABLES DO NOT LOOK LIKE THE OLD PORTABLES. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S DIFFERENT GRADES OF PORTABLES. WELL, THIS IS FISCALLY PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE, BUT FOR THAT REMARK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT, THAT PORTABLES ARE COMING IN DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES? Jeffrey Eakins: WELL,

121MR. FARKAS, IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN, YOU CAN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS. CERTAINLY, WHEN WE HAVE MODULARS ON CAMPUS BASED ON DIFFERENT TYPES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IS EFFECTIVE. THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES IN THE CLASSROOM. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE VENDOR AND THE PRODUCT THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. Christopher Farkas: WE DO. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS WHEN WE USED TO HAVE PERMANENT PORTABLES WE OWNED. THOUSAND OF PORTABLES AND WHOLE DIVISION IN MAINTENANCE THAT TOOK CARE OF THEM. WE HAVE SIX OF THOSE AT SHIELDS. THOSE ARE NOT COST-EFFECTIVE. THERE'S NO QUESTION THEY ARE, VERSUS BRICK AND MORTAR. THE COST OF MAINTAINING THEM AND KEEPING THEM ARE NOT SOMETHING WE DO. THE

122ONE TIME WE HAVE PORTABLES ON THE SITE IS IF WE KNOW WE HAVE A SOLUTION. WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON SOMETHING WE'LL NEVER RECOUP THE DOLLARS ON. WE HAVE PORTABLES AS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. IF WE HAVE A SCHOOL WE KNOW WILL BE BUILT THREE YEARS FROM NOW, IT IS A WISE INVESTMENT. TRYING TO PUT PORTABLES ON A SITE WHERE THERE IS NO END. THE RENTAL PORTABLES ARE PROBABLY NOT AS STURDY AS THE PERMANENT PORTABLES WE HAVE. THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WE RENT FROM HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO TO ALL OF THEM BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER WE MAY NEED. BUT ALL OF THEM ARE VERY SIMILAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE STRUCTURE. THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE REPAIRS, BUT

123THE REALITY IS THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AS BIG PORTABLES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE MORE PERMANENT ON THE SCHOOL SITES. Lynn Gray: THOSE COMMENTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO HEAR. PORTABLES, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SILLY THING TO TALK, ABOUT THE LOOKS, THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IS VERY CRITICAL, IN MY OPINION AS AN EDUCATOR, THAT IT LOOKS -- THE SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE ALL PART OF ONE VERSUS SEPARATE ENTITY FAR AWAY. AND SOMETIMES PORTABLES CAN GIVE THAT FEELING FOR KIDS WONDERING IF THEY ARE PART OF THE SCHOOL. SHIELDS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND STOP MY QUESTIONS NOW. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, IF I COULD GET THAT SLIDE UP ONE MORE TIME WITH THE POD NUMBERS ON IT. HELP ME UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE

124THIS ONE WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT NECESSARILY AS MUCH, BUT POD ONE, VERY CLOSE TO BARRINGTON. PANTHER TRACE, VERY CLOSE TO RODGERS. TWO MORE YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WE CAN DOWNLOAD, RIGHT? SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY POD ONE OVER PANTHER TRACE OR EVEN HALF OF PANTHER TRACE. WELL, WE LOOKED AT PANTHER TRACE. WE DID DO A LOT OF SCENARIOS UP FRONT BEFORE WE EVEN TAKE THEM TO THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS. SO WE DID LOOK AT PANTHER TRACE. WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE WHEN WE DO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL UU CHANGE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND PLACE IT IN ONE SCHOOL. SO THAT WAS THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THAT. WE DID DO TRAVEL DISTANCES ON POD ONE VERSUS PANTHER TRACE, AND THE MAJORITY OF POD

125ONE IS CLOSER IN PROXIMITY TO RODGERS THAN PANTHER TRACE IS TO RODGERS. REALLY, IT WAS FOR VOLUME OF STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER. Melissa Snively: I UNDERSTAND. I KNOW IT'S NOT IDEAL. I THINK THE HARDEST PART -- THE HARDEST PART TO SWALLOW IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TWO YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE KIDS TO GO TO. I KNOW THAT -- THIS WOULD BE A VERY TEMPORARY BAND-AID ON WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A BROKEN ARM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, IF IT DOESN'T CAUSE TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE WITH UNIT ALLOCATIONS AND CHOICE APPLICATION, I WOULD REALLY LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REEXPLORE THE EAST SIDE OF PANTHER TRACE MOVING TO RODGERS AND THEN KEEPING POD ONE AT, OR MAYBE ALL OF -- MAYBE ALL OF

126PANTHER TRACE, BUT AT LEAST THE EAST SIDE OF PANTHER TRACE IN POD -- OR GOING TO ROGERS AND THEN KEEPING POD ONE, IF POSSIBLE, AT BARRINGTON BECAUSE IT IS JUST RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. AND THEN MAYBE EVEN REVISITING EITHER POD TWO OR POD THREE FOR MOVING ONE OF THOSE, IF WE CAN'T MOVE BOTH OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S TOO MANY STUDENTS THAT WOULD CREATE AN OVERCAPACITY ISSUE AT RANDALL AND MAYBE JUST LOOKING AT LEAST THE FURTHEST EAST, WHICH IS POD TWO, GOING TO RANDALL, WHICH WOULD FREE UP A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE AT BARRINGTON AS WELL. SO, MR. FARKAS HAS A COMMENT. Christopher Farkas: I WANTED TO RESPOND TO YOURS. I DEFINITELY THINK WE CAN WORK WITH DR. WHALEN AND ENSURE WE HAVE THE UNITS OKAY. MR. PORTER, THAT WILL RESET THE CLOCK FOR THE TWO

127MEETINGS AND PARENT INPUT? Jim Porter: THAT'S CORRECT. LET'S WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHERE WE ARE NOW. THIS IS THE FIRST READING. IF THE BOARD'S DESIRE IS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS ISSUE AGAIN AND COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION -- BECAUSE LET'S BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT RESPECTIVE ROLES HERE. IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF'S JOB TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU BASED ON DATA. YOUR JOB TO APPROVE IT OR DENY IT. YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT RIGHT TO BUT THE DECISION NEEDS TO BE BASED ON DATA AND BASED ON EVIDENCE THAT IS SUPPORTABLE. SO IF YOU HAVE A WISH TO HAVE THEM GO BACK AND LOOK BASED ON THE COMMENTS YOU'VE MADE TONIGHT, SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. IT WOULD NEED TO BE SECONDED AND THE BOARD BY MAJORITY VOTE WOULD

128NEED TO ASK THAT STAFF COME BACK AND RESTART THE PROCESS. NOW -- SO, THERE ARE DUAL REQUIREMENTS HERE THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF. YOU HAVE AN AGENDAED PUBLISHED DATE OF SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE. YOU HAVE AN ADVERTISING DATE FOR WHATEVER MAP IS GOING TO BE PROPOSED OF SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, TOO. SO YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM STAFF ABOUT WHETHER THOSE DEADLINES CAN BE MET. IF NOT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUSHED BACK PAST THE 18th AND PAST MARCH. TWO READINGS ARE REQUIRED AND THERE ARE ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH. SO THERE ARE SOME LOGISTICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE TO HEAR FROM STAFF FROM TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING YOURSELF PAST THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO DO DAMAGE FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU

129TO HEAR FROM STAFF ON THAT AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, DEBATE THE MOTION AND THEN VOTE. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I'LL YIELD TO DR. HAHN. Stacy Hahn: SO NOW YOU'RE WANTING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT PANTHER TRACE TO SEE IF THEY SHOULD BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S MOVED. SO -- AND CURRENTLY, WHAT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN THAT'S BEING IMPACTED THE MOST BY THE ONE THAT'S ON THE TABLE TONIGHT? THERE ARE A FEW SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS. Stacy Hahn: EITHER WAY, A NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE DIS -- ABSOLUTELY. Stacy Hahn: I JUST -- WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR NOW PANTHER SOMEPLACE. WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO GO OUT. FIRST OF ALL, TOMORROW, WE'LL HAVE TO SUBMIT THE NEW ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. WE'LL HAVE TO PREPARE AN AGENDA

130SUMMARY WITH THE EDITS. I BELIEVE THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY. IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT 18th MEETING. BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO QUICKLY SET UP A PARENT OUTREACH MEETING IN ORDER FOR PARENTS TO ATTEND. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THE LAST MEETING IS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO PREPARE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING. Stacy Hahn: WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT THAT. WE GOT FEEDBACK THAT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TIME BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE -- SO YOU'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT PANTHER TRACE BECAUSE IT'S CLOSER TO. LET ME ASK YOU, IF IT SEEMS TO BE SUCH A NO-BRAINER, AS YOU'RE SAYING, YFS -- WHY WASN'T THAT CONSIDERED. I'M SAYING MAYBE IT'S NOT SUCH A NO-BRAINER. YOU MAY NOT WANT

131TO CLAP YET. WHY WASN'T IS CONSIDERED. WHAT DATA DID YOU USE TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT. MEMBER SNIVELY IS SAYING IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT THIS OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD WAS AN EASIER AND LESS PAINFUL ALTERNATIVE, YET YOUR DATA DID NOT SHOW THAT. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE EXPERTS AROUND THIS. I'D LIKE -- AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT. SO I'D LIKE TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT DATA YOU USED. SO WE USED STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AND ENROLLMENT DATA FOR PANTHER TRACE. AGAIN, WE WERE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION TOGETHER BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR TRANSPORTATION, FOR PEOPLE SAYING YOU LIVE IN PANTHER TRACE. WELL, THEY ARE ALL ASSIGNED TO THE SAME SCHOOL. SO REALLY, THAT WAS OUR MOTIVATION. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE WE DID

132DO A DISTANCE ANALYSIS. THE FURTHEST DISTANCE FROM ROGERS IN THE PROPOSED POD ONE IS APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILES. THE FURTHEST DISTANCE IN PANTHER TRACE IS APPROXIMATELY OVER FIVE MILES. SO DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THOSE TWO SUBDIVISIONS, THE POD ONE COULD BE CLOSER. SO LIKE I SAID, WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE DECISIONS. WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN PANTHER TRACE TOGETHER AS IS IF WE PUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO RODGERS, IT WOULD OVERBURDEN RODGERS. AND NOW THAT'S, I THINK WHAT MS. SNIVELY IS SAYING IS THAT SHE WOULD PREFER US LOOKING AT BREAKING UP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. Stacy Hahn: AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S RIGHT THERE, AS YOU SAY, THERE ARE STILL POCKETS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE ACTUALLY FURTHER AWAY THAN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL TONIGHT. YES. Stacy Hahn: OKAY. I MEAN, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY

133THIS. YOU CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION WITH A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT, DATA AND INPUT. I'M HESITANT TO SAY ALL THE DATA THAT YOU USED IS WRONG. I DON'T KNOW IF REPEATING IT SO YOU GET THE OUTCOME YOU WANT OR REPEATING IT BECAUSE THERE IS A BETTER SOLUTION. Steve Cona: MADAM CHAIR. Melissa Snively: YES. I HAD ONE MORE POINT TO MAKE ABOUT PANTHER. HOW MANY HOMES ARE IN PANTHER TRACE? I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN PANTHER TRACE. Melissa Snively: THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU AN INDICATION. IT'S HUGE. IT'S HUGE. THERE ARE OVER, I BELIEVE, 400 ASSIGNED STUDENTS IN PANTHER TRACE. Melissa Snively: THE POINT I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE KIND OF BACK TO DR. HAHN, DIRECT, IT IS NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION TO SPLIT A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S

134THAT LARGE, WHERE IT'S GOING FROM MULRENNAN ALL THE WAY OUT TO 301, I THINK IT WOULD BE LESS OF AN IMPACT THAN -- LIKE CUTTING IN HALF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS ONLY LIKE A HUNDRED HOMES. SO IT'S A MONSTROSITY. THE ENTRANCE AT PANTHER TRACE, BECAUSE THERE'S TRANSPORTATION THAT IS ALSO DEEMED TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL. SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THAT AREA, THAT EAST SIDE OF PANTHER TRACE THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE TWO-MILE RADIUS OF THE SCHOOL THAT WE WOULDN'T BE BUSING ALL OF THE KIDS FROM PANTHER TRACE ALL THE WAY TO BARRINGTON. WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A HAZARDOUS WALKWAY ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO CONFIRM THAT. Melissa Snively: OKAY. EITHER WAY, I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONSIDERATIONS WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BREAK UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO TWO, AND THAT

135THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO TWO -- NOW, THE ORIGINAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS SUPPOSED TO OPEN IN 2021, AND IT'S NOW DEFERRED TO 2022. THIS PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AS BIG OF AN ISSUE IF THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS BEING BUILT TO OPEN IN 2021, BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE TWO YEARS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE OPENED. AND IT WILL PROBABLY OPEN AT CAPACITY. SO THIS COULD ALL BE A MOOT POINT BECAUSE MAYBE THE ENTIRE PANTHER TRACE GETS A WHOLE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT TO ME, IN MY OPINION, AS A PERSON -- AS A PARENT AND AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHO TRAVELS AMONG ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS A LOT, I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT AS SIGNIFICANT TO TAKE THE EAST SIDE OF PANTHER TRACE AND PUT THEM IN RODGERS AND THEN

136KEEP THE PEOPLE WHO CAN WALK TO BARRINGTON OR BIKE TO BARRINGTON AT BARRINGTON. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. IT DOESN'T MAKE AS MUCH SENSE TO ME. I WOULD THRIENG MAKE THE MOTION TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO GO BACK AND REEVALUATE THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION, IF I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. MAY I CLARIFY AS WELL? SO THAT WOULD -- IN ORDER TO MOVE THE EAST SIDE ONLY OF PANTHER TRACE, AND LEAVE POD ONE ONE, IT WOULD EITHER -- WE HAVE TO PUT POD ONE BACK OR REMOVE POD FIVE. AND THEN YOU'RE GAINING -- SO OVERALL, THAT WOULD BE 300 ENROLLED STUDENTS, AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 161. SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE IMPACT OF BARRINGTON, IF THAT PROPOSAL WAS TO CONTINUE. Steve Cona: COULD I HAVE

137CHAIR SNIVELY RESTATE HER MOTION AND THEN WE'LL ASK FOR A SECOND AND THEN WE CAN ASK YOU THIS Melissa Snively: MY MOTION WOULD BE TO REEVALUATE ONE ADDITIONAL TIME WITH THE CONSIDERATIONS WE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING TO HAVE OUR FIRST READING AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 18th AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY A SECOND READING ON MARCH THE 10th WITH AN OUTREACH MEETING IN BETWEEN. Steve Cona: SO THAT'S THE MOTION BY FEBRUARY SNIVELY. IS THERE A SECOND? IS THAT A SECOND BY -- WE HAVE A SECOND BY LYNN GRAY. NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. DR. HAHN. Stacy Hahn: SO YOU WERE SAYING THAT NOW STUDENTS, AND YOUR PLAN, MS. SNIVELY, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK OR BIKE, BUT THEN YOU SAID ARE WE CLEAR THAT THERE'S SAFE PASSAGE FOR THEIR WALKERS AND BIKERS? WE

138HAVE NOT DONE THAT EVALUATION. Stacy Hahn: OKAY. SO IF THERE'S NOT, IT'S TRANSPORTATION COSTS WE'D HAVE TO CONSIDER. ABSOLUTELY. Stacy Hahn: WHEN YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT REMOVING THE OTHER PODS, ARE YOU SAYING NOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE 300 MORE STUDENTS? NO. SO IF WE MOVED OUT POD FIVE AND THEN LEFT POD ONE IN PANTHER TRACE ONLY, WE WOULD BE AT ABOUT 92% AT RODGERS, AND THEN 300 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT BARRINGTON WOULD BE REMOVED. Steve Cona: OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO SEEING NO DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM CHAIR SNIVELY, A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY TO MOVE THIS TO MORE RESEARCH, AND COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A NEW FIRST READING ON FEBRUARY 18th. IS THAT CORRECT? Melissa Snively: I THINK IT'S CLEAR -- Jim Porter: IF YOU WANT TO RESTATE IT,

139THEN THE MAKER OF THE MOTION NEEDS TO RESTATE IT. IT WOULD BE TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK HEARD TONIGHT, TO RECONSIDER THE POD THAT WAS DISCUSSED BY CHAIR SNIVELY AND TO COME BACK FOR THE FIRST READING ON FEBRUARY 18 WITH YOUR SECOND READING THEN ON MARCH 10. Steve Cona: SO THAT'S THE MOTION AND SECOND. PLEASE VOTE BY CLICKING YOUR BUTTONS. THE MOTION CARRIES. I'LL PASS THE GAVEL. Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, WE DO HAVE TWO EMPLOYEE SPEAKERS. IT IS PAST 6:00. YOU SHOULD HEAR FROM THE EMPLOYEES AT THIS POINT. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. DICKERSON. WE LOOK Melissa Snively: OKAY. IT IS NOW THE PORTION OF OUR MEETING WHERE WE HEAR EMPLOYEE COMMENT AND INPUT. AND SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THAT PORTION. AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LAURA HOTTINGSTEIN AND OUR SECOND

140SPEAKER -- HOPEFULLY THEY ARE STILL HERE. OH, YES. SCHOOL COUNSELOR. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO. THIS IS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE THIS MY VERY FIRST TIME TO EVER ADDRESS THE BOARD. MY NAME IS LAURA HOTTINGSTEIN AND I AM A PROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR. MY HOME COMMUNITY IS HURTING RIGHT NOW AND SO IS OUR EDUCATION COMMUNITY AND THIS WEEK IS ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR MY PROFESSION. AND IN TRUTH, THERE IS A POINT EVERYONE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT. TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH BEING A PRIORITY. AND OUR STUDENTS ARE STARTING TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED, WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN THE SCHOOL SETTING. SO WITH THAT SAID, AND THEN I WILL HAVE THE PRIORITY FOR EDUCATORS AS WELL. THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT

141GOES BY I DON'T TELL MY STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE WORTHY AND THE EDUCATORS ARE IN NEED OF SOME POSITIVE CHANGE. THEY NEED HELP. SO MY HELP IS WHO IS -- QUESTION IS WHO IS LISTENING TO THEM? AND I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TWO HOURS ON AP. I AM TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH MEANS ADDRESSING THE DAILY WEAR AND TEAR EDUCATORS EXPERIENCE. BURNOUT IS NOT OVERNIGHT. IT DOESN'T HALL SUDDENLY. AND I AM ALSO TALKING ABOUT FATIGUE, SECONDARY TRAUMA. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY ENTAILS PLEASE RESEARCH IT. THE FEELING OF NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY LEADERS, AND WE CANNOT DO IT ALL. AS COUNSELORS, WE SERVE OUR CASELOADS, TO EVERYONE WORKING IN THIS FIELD. WE HEAR THE STORIES. THEY OFTEN ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK ALOUD TO ANYBODY ELSE. ADVOCACY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF

142HEART AT ALL. AND WE MUST FIGHT. MY CASELOAD RIGHT NOW IS A MANAGEABLE 275 STUDENTS, BUT THAT IS DONE BECAUSE WE PAID FOR OUR THIRD COUNSELOR. I HAVE HAD CASES FROM 275 STUDENTS UP TO 780 STUDENTS. 780 STUDENTS AT A HIGH NEEDS HIGH SCHOOL. TWO YEARS AGO MY SCHOOL WAS ABOUT A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AND IN THE HIGH-NEEDS SCHOOL WE HAD TWO COUNSELORS AND A PART-TIME SOCIAL WORKER, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT ALMOST BROKE ME. NIGHT AND DAY, TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW, FOR SERVICES AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT. THE MORALE OF OUR EDUCATORS IS LOW NOT ONLY IN THE COUNTY BUT STATE WIDE. THE PROFESSION IS NOT BEING EXPECTED ON A STATE LEVEL. IF WE REALLY WANTS TO AVOID SHORT ANNALS WE NEED TO DO THE FOLLOWING: WE NEED

143TO RESPECT THE PROFESSION, EDUCATORS, MAKE STUDENTS SERVICES, IS NOT A CATCH-ALL FOR PROVIDING THEM POWER WHERE WE ARE SHORT. SO LISTEN TO WHAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE TO DO. WE CANNOT KEEP PUTTING BAND-AIDS ON THIS WHEN THE ROOT PROBLEM IS BEING IGNORED. MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LEO HAGGERTY. WELCOME, MR. HAGGERTY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING LADIES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK AND RUN BUT THE LIGHTNING PLAY AT 7 SO WHEN I JUMP OUT OF HERE DON'T PANIC. WHAT CAN I SAY? MADAM CHAIR PERSON, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF. NORMALLY, I COME TO YOU WITH AN ESP ISSUE BUT I AM GOING TO CALL AN AUDIBLE TONIGHT. I PROMISE YOU I WILL BE

144BRIEF BUT THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. IN TALKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE LATE ARRIVAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS BY STUDENTS AND POSSIBLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAS GROWN TO EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS. STUDENTS ARE SIMPLY COMING TO SCHOOL LATE. WE ARE NOT TALKING TWO OR THREE MINUTES NOW. IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 60 MINUTES AFTER THE BELL TO BEGIN CLASS IN THE MORNING. AND ON WAY TOO MANY OCCASIONS CARRYING A DRINK OR FOOD FROM THE LOCAL FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT OBVIOUSLY GETTING TO SCHOOL ON TIME IS NOT HIGH ON THEIR TO DO LIST. ALSO WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT BEHAVIOR THAT OCCURS ONCE EVERY TWO OR THREE WEEKS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WAY TOO MANY STUDENTS BEING HABITUALLY LATE FOUR AND SOMETIMES FIVE DAYS A WEEK. I FEEL SORRY FOR ADMINISTRATORS.

145THEIR HANDS SEEM TO BE TIED. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO DISCIPLINE STUDENTS FOR SHOWING UP LATE. THAT'S NOT GOOD. STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL HAVE FIGURED OUT THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR. JUST COME WHENEVER YOU WANT TO IS BECOMING A WAY TOO COMMON PRACTICE. THIS IS SETTING A BAD PRECEDENT FOR STUDENTS IN THE FACT THAT THEY WILL THINK THIS IS THE WAY THE REAL WORLD OPERATES. MEMBER CONA, I DON'T MEAN TO SINGLE YOU OUT, BUT WITH YOUR BUSINESS ACUMEN YOU ARE THE LOGICAL PERSON TO ASK THIS QUESTION. HOW MANY TIMES WOULD YOU ALLOW A WORKER TO BE LATE BEFORE THEY WOULD BE TERMINATED? I'LL BET THE ANSWER TO THAT QUERY COULD BE COUNTED ON ONE HAND. I URGE THIS BOARD AND THE DISTRICT TO TAKE A STAND ON THIS

146ISSUE. WE ARE DOING OUR STUDENTS NO FAVORS BY LOOKING THE OTHER WAY AS THEY CONTINUE TO COME TO SCHOOL LATER AND LATER AND LATER. WE CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM, BUT WE CAN'T FIX IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT. GET BACK TO THE SITE BASED ADMINISTRATORS THE ABILITY TO DISCIPLINE STUDENTS WHO ARE CONTINUALLY ABUSING THIS SITUATION. THEY MAY NOT THANK YOU NOW, BUT WHEN THEY GRADUATE TO THE REAL WORLD OF WORK, THEY WILL THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THEM FOR LIFE. AS THAT SIGN SAYS RIGHT ABOVE ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. HAGGERTY. THAT CONCLUDES THE EMPLOYEE INPUT PORTION OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.03. APPROVING THE NAMING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL C. Jeffrey Eakins: WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SHARON MORSE, SUPERINTENDENT, COME UP AND LEAD US

147THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR FAMILIES IN THE FAST GROWING SOUTH COUNTY AREA. A BRAND NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL D AS WE HAVE BEEN CALLING IT IS LOCATED IN THE BELMONT SUBDIVISION AT 672 AND 301. THE SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE ALREADY AT CAPACITY. AS YOU KNOW ALAN BLACK HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS OUR PRINCIPAL. WE FINALLY GOT AN AP. NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO GET AN A. FAMILY STAFF AND COMMUNITY SUGGESTED NAMES BY E-MAIL OR BY DOING A SURVEY. THE WINDOW TO SUGGEST NAMES WAS OPEN ARE FROM DECEMBER 12TH TO DECEMBER 17th. FAMILIES, DISTRICT STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD A MEETINGALITY SHIELDS ON DECEMBER 12TH WHERE MANY PARENTS CAME FROM THE BELMONT COMMUNITY AND MET WITH THE

148ARCHITECTS AND MET MR. BLACK. THEY ALSO GAVE US NAME RECOMMENDATIONS. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES ALL TOOK PLACE TO SUPPORT THE SELECTION PROCESS OF NAMING THE SCHOOL. PARENT LINKS AND E-MAILS AND TEXTS WERE SENT TO FAMILIES ZONED FOR ELEMENTARY D. SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WHICH WERE SHARED ON THE DISTRICT TWITTER AND FACEBOOK AND SHARED ON THE AREA FIVE TWITTER ACCOUNTS ALSO. A FLIER WAS SENT OUT FOR THE AREA FIVE FAMILIES AND A LETTER WAS SENT OUT TO AREA CHAMBERS, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND HOAs. IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE SCHOOL NAMING PROCESS MORE EFFECTIVE, IN YOUR MATERIAL, WE PROVIDED A PIE CHART OF NAME SUBMISSIONS FOR NAMES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED AT LEAST TEN TIMES AND A LIST OF THE TOP 30 NAMES WITH FOUR OR MORE SUBMISSIONS INCLUDING THE RATIONALE FOR EACH. WE ALSO INCLUDED A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL

149NAMES THAT WERE SUBMITTED. AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS, MORE THAN 100 NAMES WERE RECOMMENDED. TO FOLLOW THE SCHOOL NAMING PROCEDURES WE PROVIDED THE NAMES OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER WITHOUT INDICATION OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE NAME WAS RECOMMENDED. SO TANYA IS GOING TO HAND OUT BALLOTS. WE ARE AWARE YOU MAY ADD ANY NAMES. THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT ADD AN ADDITIONAL NAME TO IT. Jim Porter: NO, THEY MAY NOT. BOARD MEMBERS, THE PROCESS REQUIRES THAT NAMES BE SUBMITTED BE IN WRITING. IF YOU WISH TO CONSIDER NAMES NOT ON THE LIST YOU MAY CERTAINLY DO THAT BUT WOULD YOU NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION TO DO THAT AND HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING. THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE, POLICY 7250 WHICH THE BOARD IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH REQUIRES THAT. THERE IS A PROVISION

150SUBSECTION E THAT SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD AFTER CONSIDERATION OF ALL SUGGESTED NAMES MAY REQUEST ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED NAMES, BUT YOU MAY NOT CHOOSE TONIGHT A NAME NOT ON THE LIST. IF THERE'S A NAME YOU WISH TO CONSIDER YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT MOTION AND DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER NAME. UNLESS YOU WANT TO REJECT ALL THE NAMES ON THE LIST IMMEDIATELY. Steve Cona: I HAVE BEEN PASSED THE GAVEL. CHAIR SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE A NAME ON THE ORIGINAL LIST. AND THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS JOE GREEN. Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR BALLOT OR VOTE YOU NEED TO DISPOSITIVE ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IF THE MOTION PASSES THIS ITEM WOULD COME BACK AT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION OF

151THAT NAME ALONG WITH THE OTHER NAME. Steve Cona: WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER SNIVELY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. MEMBER SHAMBURGER. Tamara Shamburger: JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, HOW MUCH TIME WAS GIVEN FOR ALL NAMES TO BE SUBMITTED AND JUST REITERATE HOW AGAIN IT WAS OPENED UP FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SUBMIT NAMES? WE HAD THE WINDOW OPEN FROM DECEMBER 2nd TO DECEMBER 17th. Tamara Shamburger: OKAY. Steve Cona: MEMBER SNIVELY, DO YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS? Melissa Snively: I DO. A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND I HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN JANUARY, FROM RUSKIN, WHO -- SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN NAMING THE SCHOOL AFTER MR. GREEN. NOW, IRONICALLY, EVERY SCHOOL NAME THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAS HAD MR. GREEN'S NAME ON IT. SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, I

152DON'T KNOW WHY, THIS PARTICULAR WINDOW WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO GET HIS NAME IN ON TIME, OKAY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OUR ISSUE OR WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT MAN'S NAME HAS BEEN ON EVERY BALLOT FOR THE LAST AT LEAST FIVE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IT TO THE BALLOT. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SHOTS HE'S GOING TO HAVE OF GETTING THIS SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM JUST BECAUSE OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I AM HAPPY TO SHARE -- I DON'T WANTED TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT BUT I WANT TO SHARE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION'S HE MADE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE RUSKIN AREA. SO IT

153JUST SEEMS REALLY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE HIS NAME ON THAT SCHOOL. Steve Cona: MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. AT THE MEETING -- SO YOU EXPLAINED THERE WAS A LOT OF -- THIS CHART REFLECTS WHAT PIECE OF THAT. IS THAT THE ONLINE PIECE? Melissa Snively: NO, MA'AM. THEY ARE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE GOT, ONLINE VOTES, SURVEYS. Stacy Hahn: BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE THE MEETING YOU HAD AT SHIELD? YES, MA'AM. WE HAD THEM FILL OUT A BALLOT THERE ALSO. Stacy Hahn: OKAY, THANK YOU. Steve Cona: SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? Jim Porter: THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO ADD JOE GREEN'S NAME TO THE LIST. THEN HIS NAME WOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST. AT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, THIS WILL BE ADVERTISED AGAIN AND THE BOARD WOULD VOTE ON THAT. IF YOU WISH TO ADD JOE

154GREEN'S NAME TO THE LIST YOU SHOULD VOTE YES. IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE NAMES ON THE LIST YOU SHOULD VOTE NO. Steve Cona: MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: IF WE WANT TO ADD OTHER NAMES, OR DO WE DO EACH NAME SEPARATELY? Jim Porter: YOU NEED TO DO EACH NAME SEPARATELY. Tamara Shamburger: THAT BRINGS UP A WHOLE OTHER POINT. THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN OPINE AS TO THE TIME LIMITS OF THIS. SHOULD THIS MOTION CARRY AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN EVERY SCHOOL WITH MASCOTS AND THINGS BEING ORDERLY. HOW WILL THIS AFFECT -- I KNOW THE BOARD MEETING IS ONLY TWO WEEKS, BUT DOES THIS CLARIFY? Jeffrey Eakins: I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK TWO WEEKS WOULD GIVE US SUFFICIENT TIME STILL TO DO ALL THOSE OTHER ISSUES. Steve Cona: I GUESS I AM

155GOING TO SAY SOMETHING NOW. I DO THINK THAT WE NEED -- I UNDERSTAND IT'S A SHORT TIME PERIOD BUT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE. AND I FIND IT DIFFICULT THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS MORE THAN ONCE IN THE LAST -- THAT WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE NAMES. I DON'T KNOW IF THE POLICY, QUITE HONESTLY, TO -- I READ THE POLICY DIFFERENTLY. I THINK IT SAYS SUGGESTED BY ANY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. I DON'T NOT WHY WE COULDN'T VOTE TODAY, QUITE FRANKLY. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE KICKING IT DOWN THE ROAD. IF YOU WANT TO ADD GREEN TO THE LIST, WE'LL VOTE, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON IT TODAY. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE SCHOOL BOARD SHALL CONSIDER ANY NAME. THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT IN THE POLICY. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

156WE ARE ADDING HIS NAME TO THE LIST AND VOTING AND KICKING IT DOWN ANOTHER WEEK OR ANOTHER MEETING IS SOMETHING THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS. SO I JUST WANT TO RESPECT THE PROCESS. WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE. I JUST DON'T THINK SENDING IT -- YEAH, TO WAIT TWO WEEKS, I THINK IT'S CRAZY. SO WE NEED TO FIX THIS POLICY UP. IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO TWEAK IT. Jim Porter: THE POLICY HAS BEEN TWEAKED EVERY POLICY CYCLE AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO TWEAK ITSELF. THE PROCEDURES HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND THEY HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED. THE REASON I'M SUGGESTING THAT YOU KICK IT -- OR YOU CONTINUE IT FOR TWO WEEKS IS POLICY SUBSECTION E WHICH READS: SCHOOL BOARD MAY AFTER CONSIDERATION OF ALL SUGGESTED NAMES REQUEST ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED NAMES. THE WAY I

157READ THAT IS YOU ARE ASKING OTHER NAMES BE CONSIDERED AND YOU COME BACK TO VOTE. THE SCHOOL BOARD ULTIMATELY HAS THE POWER TO NAME THE SCHOOLS AFTER ANY ANYBODY OR LOCATIONS THEY WANT. YOU ESTABLISH THE POLICY. THE SUPERINTENDENT ESTABLISHES PROCEDURE. AND THAT'S I THINK WHERE WE ARE. THAT'S JUST MY ADVICE AND MY RECOMMENDATION THAT IT COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. NO ONE IS GOING TO JAIL IF YOU DON'T DO THAT. BUT IT WOULD GIVE THE PROCESS MORFFY DEALT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY DID TAKE TIME TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS AND SUBMIT NAMES ON THE ESTABLISHED TIMELINE, THAT'S THE PROCEDURE THAT STAFF AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTABLISHED. OUT OF RESPECT TO THE PROCESS THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT THE BOARD GIVE THAT CONSIDERATION AND THAT YOU ALLOW PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT WANT, FOR INSTANCE, MR. GREEN'S

158NAME TO BE ON THE SCHOOL TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT TO THAT AT YOUR MEETING. THAT'S SORT OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT. YOU SET THE POLICY. THE SUPERINTENDENT SETS THE PROCEDURE. STAFF IS SUPPOSED TO IMPLEMENT IT. AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW. SO I THINK FOR FIDELITY OF THE PROCESS IT'S BETTER FOR IT TO COME BACK. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE POLICY AGAIN AND THE PROCEDURE FOR THAT MATTER. Steve Cona: I APPRECIATE THAT H.LINE D SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD SHALL CONSIDER ALL NAMES SUGGESTED TOGETHER WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. I THINK WE HAVE IT COVERED. SO I AM GOING TO VOTE TO ADD HIS NAME TO THE LIST, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE TODAY. BUT THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS. MEMBER GRAY. Stacy Hahn: I THINK I'M NEXT.

159Steve Cona: SORRY, MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: I DISAGREE. WE HAD THE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND SUPPORT VARIOUS MEMBERS. I THINK IF YOU WANT TO ADD A NAME, LIKE MR. PORTER SAID, TO RESPECT FIDELITY OF THE PROCESS, IT DOESN'T GIVE OTHER PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME AND SPEAK BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR OR AGAINST MR. GREEN. WE HAD THREE PEOPLE COME TONIGHT FOR MR. GREEN. WE HAD OVER SIXTY PEOPLE AT SHIELD WHO WANTED BELMONT. THAT'S AN AREA WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SPREAD OUT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AN IDENTITY. AND THEY PUT TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS PROCESS. AND WE HAVE TO RESPECT IT. REGARDLESS OF ADDING A NAME AT THE LAST MINUTE. IT DOES NOT GIVE MY COMMUNITY, THIS SCHOOL SITS IN MY COMMUNITY, IT DOESN'T GIVE MY CONSTITUENTS AN

160OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND VOICE THEIR OPINION. AND I DON'T APPRECIATE TRYING TO PUSH A NAME THROUGH WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT WHEN THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT SITS IN A COMMUNITY, IN MY COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T APPRECIATE TRYING TO PUSH A NAME THROUGH TONIGHT. I FIND IT ACTUALLY PRETTY INSULTING. Steve Cona: OKAY. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET A PROCESS TOGETHER, WHETHER HOPEFULLY WE ALL AGREE, IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S UNFAIR, IT COULD BE SEEN AS UNFAIR BY THE COMMUNITY, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND THIS BOARD NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AS A FAIR AND TRUSTING BOARD. AND ANYTIME WE START JUMPING AROUND, MOVING POLICIES AROUND, SKIPPING A LINE, ADDING A WORD, WE LOOK LIKE WE ARE KIND OF FINAGLING WHAT SEEMS TO BE A VERY AGREEABLE

161PROCESS. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE NAME DONE TONIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS. AND I WISH WE HAD MORE -- WE WERE NOT DELINQUENT IN FOLLOWING POLICY. I THINK THAT WOULD EVEN ESTABLISH MORE CREDIBILITY FOR US AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. SO I AM GOING TO SAY TO THE ATTORNEY PORTER, I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS, NOT THAT I HAVE A CHOICE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN ORDERLY WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. IT'S IMPORTANT HOW WE FUNCTION AS A BOARD. AND IT'S SO INCREDIBLY -- TOO WORDY. I'M PROBABLY THE WORTH WORST OF IT ABOUT SAYING THIS SHOULD BE DONE OR THAT SHOULD BE DONE. PROCESS IS A PROCESS, AND BY GOLLY, I THINK IT'S TIME WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES LET'S FOLLOW IT, AND MOVE ONTO

162THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MS. GRAY. MRS. SNIVELY. Melissa Snively: I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT DR. HAHN'S, IT IS YOUR COMMUNITY, AND IF YOU FEEL IT IS FAIRER, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY STILL REQUEST TO ADD HIS NAME TO THE LIST BUT THEN ALLOW TIME FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE IDEA OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SUPPORTED OR NOT. AND SO IT'S LIKE MR. SUPERINTENDENT SAYS, IT'S NOT CRITICAL TO HAVE A VOTE THIS EVENING, THEN WE WAIT ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS EX-SO IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE TOO MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, THEN I CAN'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD HURT. SO THANK YOU. Steve Cona: I AM GOING TO YIELD TO MEMBER SHAMBURGER. Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW THAT YOU SAID THAT, IT REALLY KIND OF TAKES AWAY FROM MY

163COMMENTS BUT I WANT TO AT LEAST THANK YOU FOR CONCEDING ON SOME. WE ARE NOT CREATING UNFAIR PRECEDENCE IN THIS PROCESS. I EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SUMNER AND ESSENTIALLY DISREGARDING THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WANTED THE NAME TO BE, A VERY SMALL MICROSET OF CONSTITUENTS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T AGAIN SETTING THAT PRECEDENCE AND THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE POLICY TO A T. SO WITH YOU BEING ABLE TO CONCEDE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CAREFUL TOO THAT WE STILL DON'T SET FURTHER BACK PRECEDENT BY THIS PROCESS EITHER BY A COUPLE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD AND NOW WE ARE SAYING, OKAY, LET'S KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND PUSH IT OFF, PUSH IT OFF, PUSH IT OFF. SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FIDELITY IN THE PROCESS. FOR THAT REASON

164I DEFINITELY SUPPORT MEMBER HAHN BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR COMPROMISE ON THAT. Jim Porter: JUST SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO ADD JOE GREEN'S NAME TO THE LIST OF NAMES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR NAMING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL D. AND THEN AT A FUTURE MEETING YOU WOULD VOTE ON ALL THE NAMES ON THE LIST INCLUDING JOE GREEN. YOU ARE NOT NAMING IT JOE GREEN TONIGHT. YOU ARE NOT BOUND TO NAME IT THAT SCHOOL. IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THAT NAME ADDED, YOU SHOULD VOTE YES. IF YOU WISH TO VOTE TONIGHT ON THE NAMES ONLY ON THE LIST, YOU SHOULD VOTE NO AND THEN YOU WILL VOTE. Steve Cona: SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? WITH THAT SAID, LET'S VOTE. LOP OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. SO

165THIS WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. AND MR. GREEN'S NAME WILL BE ADDED TO IT. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. NEXT ITEM IS 6.05 TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019. Gretchen Saunders: I AM ALWAYS EXCITED TO SAY WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST. OUR AGENDA ITEM IS COMING TO YOU ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS WILL BE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, JULY 1st THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 2019, AND WITHIN OUR PACKET, WE HAVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, MONTHLY FINANCIAL, THE THREE-YEAR TRIM DATA. OUR PIE CHARTS FOR OUR SALARY EXPENSES AND BENEFITS. WE HAVE OUR BALANCE SHEET. OUR FUND BALANCE LINE. AND THEN I AM GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SALES TAX COLLECTION. SO AGAIN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND MONTHLY FINANCIALS TO DATE

166AS OF DECEMBER 31st, WE HAVE DECEMBER 31st IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE COLLECTED 58% OF OUR REVENUE. WE HAVE PAID 43% OF OUR EXPENSES FOR OUR HALF YEAR POINT. WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME SLIDES UP ON THE SCREEN. OUR BALANCE SHEET, WE WERE GOING TO JUST TOUCH BASE WITH OUR BALANCE SHEET. YOU CAN SEE OUR FUND BALANCE HAS GROWN DUE TO OUR COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAXES. AND WE SAW THAT HAPPENING. IT WAS DELAYED IN NOVEMBER AND WE ENDED THE MONTH IN A NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE. THAT WAS JUST TEMPORARY DEPENDING ON WHEN THE DEPOSITS CAME IN. SO YOU WILL SEE THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY WITH A LARGER FUND BALANCE, TWO LARGEST MONTHS. YOU WILL SEE BALANCES -- CAN WE GO TO ONE MORE PAST THE SALARY? HERE YOU GO. THIS IS AS

167OF THIS YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE WE SKYROCKETED FROM THE END OF NOVEMBER UP TO DECEMBER 31st. AND IF YOU COMPARE THE NEXT SLIDE FROM THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR, YOU CAN SEE, WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE REALLY GOOD MONTH WHICH WAS JANUARY, AND THAT'S COMING TO YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THERE, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAXES. AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT. YOU CAN SEE THE FUND BALANCE AND THE TRIM. AND THAT'S HOW THE REVENUE COMES IN BECAUSE OF OUR DISTRICTS BEING SO STUDENT RICH MEANING WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAN WE DO PROPERTY -- WE ARE PROPERTY POOR ON WHAT WE COLLECT. SO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THIS WITH A LOT OF DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE THAT ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION WE ARE. THE LAST THING TO BRING

168UP ARE THE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS. AGAIN WE JUST WANT TO SAY A BIG SHOUTOUT TO TAXPAYERS AND VOTERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WITH OUR SALES TAX REFERENDUM, WE HAVE OVER 70 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY THESE DOLLARS. AND AS OF JANUARY 28, 2020, WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER $112.7 MILLION. AND IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, OUR TARGET WAS BETWEEN 120 MILLION AND 130 MILLION. BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT YOU STARTED COLLECTING FOR THE SHIFT CHANGE IN THE TAXES JANUARY 1st, BUT WE DIDN'T START RECEIVING THEM IN THE DISTRICT UNTIL MARCH. SO WE HAVE GOT TWO MORE MONTHS TO CATCH UP AND WE KNOW WE WILL BE BETWEEN 120 AND 130 MILLION COLLECTING IN OUR FIRST FULL YEAR. AND REMEMBER, THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED FOR HVAC SYSTEM, ANY PAINTING, ROOFTOP REPAIRS, PAVING, SAFETY ITEMS,

169ELECTRICAL ITEMS, TRACKS AND COURTS AND PLAYGROUNDS. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MRS. SAUNDERS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 6.05. MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: MRS. SAUNDERS, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, WHEN WE HAD THE BONDAGE SY LOOK AT OUR RATINGS, CAN YOU SHARE -- CAN YOU SHARE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE SO WE KNOW HOW WE ARE STANDING IN TERMS OF OUR RATING? Jeffrey Eakins: THE RATING AGENCIES WON'T BE GIVING UP THE RATING FOR A WHILE. THE VISIT WAS ONCE AGAIN TO REINFORCE WHERE WE ARE AT WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND WHAT WE SAID WE WERE DOING THE LAST FIVE YEARS. LIKE I SAID AT BOARD

170WORKSHOP THIS MORNING, ALL THREE BOND RATING AGENCIES WERE VERY IMPRESSED THAT WE STAYED TRUE TO MAKING SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. THIS BOARD STOOD BEHIND US IN HAVING TO MAKE SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO GIVE US THE TIME AND PLACE IN OUR DISTRICT RIGHT NOW AT WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT FIVE YEARS AGO WE JUST WERE NOT ABLE TO DO. ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY. I REMEMBER IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS WITH THE BOND RATING AGENCY, THEY PULLED OUT OF THEIR BRIEF CASE AN OLD VERSION OF WHAT WE HAD TOLD THEM TWO YEARS AGO, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE WERE SAYING WE ARE KEEPING ON TRACK TO DO. SO I WOULD SAY KUDOS TO GRETCHEN AND HER TEAM. I THINK EVERYONE WHO WAS THERE, MRS. SNIVELY AND

171MR. PORTER, RECOGNIZE THE RESPECT SHE HAS IN NEW YORK WITH THE RATING AGENCIES AND THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE, THAT HER TEAM HAS DONE HERE. Lynn Gray: AND IT'S SUCH A REMARKABLE TEAM. THANK YOU, MRS. SAUNDERS, AND THE WHOLE PROCUREMENT, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY FOR TAKING THE NEW YORK TRIP. A LITTLE JEALOUS THERE BUT I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AND KEEPING US FISCALLY STABLE. THAT'S A VERY GOOD BENEFIT OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. AND I WILL ADD IT WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE AND IT WAS VERY EXHAUSTING WORK. BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET GOOD REVIEWS. AND I FELT VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR TEAM. DID REALLY WELL. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER

172DISCUSSION? IF NONE, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. OKAY. WE HAVE NO HEARINGS ON THE POLICIES. WE ARE NOW ACTUALLY AT SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. Jeffrey Eakins: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TONIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S FRIDAY, FAMILY DAY AT THE FAIR. SO THE FAIR BEGINS THIS THURSDAY. I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON SOME CHANGES THIS YEAR. THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE FAMILY EXPERIENCE AT THE FAIR. THIS FRIDAY IS FAMILY DAY AT THE FAIR WHICH ENCOURAGES MULTI-GENERATIONAL FUN. AS YOU RECALL THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY STUDENT DAY AT THE FAIR. THE FAIR HAS EXTENDED FREE ADMISSION. THE FREE STUDENT TICKET IS GOOD ALL DAY ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7 AND

173SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8 UNTIL 1 MILLIMETER. THE FAIR ADDED FEBRUARY 8 UNTIL 1 P.M. TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND ON FRIDAY. ON THE BACK OF EVERY STUDENT TICKET IS A VERY GENEROUS COUPON CURT. WE DEDICATED SPACE FOR THE SECOND YEAR WHERE STUDENTS ARE THE SOUL ATTRACTION, KINELLA, CLARK, PROVIDING TWO FULL HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT. THE FAIR IS A LONGSTANDING PARTNER WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. NOT ONLY DO THEY PROVIDE TICKETS FOR OUR STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BUT THEY SUPPORT GRADUATION CEREMONIES FOR ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. I WANT TO THANK THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR AUTHORITY FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP. EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION WINNERS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR NOMINEES AND WINNERS OF THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD.

174THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ROLLED OUT THE RED CARPET AT THE STRAZ AS WE CELEBRATED AND HONORED TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF THERE. WERE 705 NOMINEES AND EVERYONE WAS SO DESERVING. THE WINNERS INCLUDE THE 2020 IDA BAKER OF THE YEAR, LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER AT WILSON MIDDLE, 2020 INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR ANGELA WHITE, A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER AT COLSON BYLAW AMENDMENT SCHOOL AND 2020 TEACHER OF THE YEAR WAS MIRANDA HARWOOD AT BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS, A COLLEAGUE, AN TALKED ABOUT THE TIME AND COMMITMENT THEY GIVE TO THEIR STUDENTS AND HOW THEY MAKE THEIR CLASSROOM FEEL LIKE HOME. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY PROGRAM THAT SERVED DELICIOUS FOOD BEFORE THE EVENT AND TO OUR STUDENT REPORTERS FOR THEIR INSIGHTFUL INTERVIEWS ALL OVER SOCIAL

175MEDIA. IT WAS OF COURSE MY LAST EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION CEREMONY. IT WAS DEFINITELY A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. YOU PROBABLY HEARD THIS PAST WEEK THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS PART OF FORBE'S ANNUAL LIST OF BEST EMPLOYERS FOR DIVERSITY, FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE SURVEY WORKING FOR FIRMS OR INSTITUTIONS THAT EMPLOY 1,000 OR MORE PEOPLE. 500 COMPANIES RANKED THIS SCHOOL. WE WERE THE ONLY K-12 EDUCATION SYSTEM IN FLORIDA TO MAKE THE LIST. JUST SOME OF OUR MORE NOTABLE INITIATIVES, WORKING THROUGH THE SCHOOL BOARD, ADOPTING ON A DISTRICT WIDE RACIAL EQUITY POLICY, TEACHER TRAININGS, UNIVERSITY RELATED COURSES AND THE INITIATIVE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISIONING, INCREASING EDUCATOR DIVERSITY IN OUR CLASSROOM. OUR SCHOOL BOARD DISPUTE A STRONG EMPHASIS ON CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. AND SPEAKING OF RECOGNITION, MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA RECOGNIZED

17621 OF OUR DISTRICTS MAG NATE SCHOOLS, THE TOP MAGNET SCHOOLS IN THE NATION. 21st HIGHEST NUMBER OF MAGNET SCHOOLS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR DISTRICT TO EARN THIS DISTINCTION. CIRCUMSTANCES OF NINE EARNED THE TOP CATEGORY, MAGNET SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD AND 16 RECEIVED THE NAG NET SCHOOL DISTINCTION AWARD. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATION, SUPPORT STAFF,ALITY EACH OF THESE AWARD WINNING SCHOOLS. MORE AWARDS. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO PRINCIPAL FROM BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, AWARDED THE LEONARD AWARD IN MIAMI. THIS AWARD WAS PRESENTED BY THE COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL CHANGE. THE DISTRICT PARTNER IN OUR CAREER LEADERSHIP FORM. MRS. PURTETT SEEN IN WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM CAREER AWARENESS LEADERSHIP FORUM. I WILL WRAP UP WITH A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. THE BOARD ASKED ME TO COME BACK EACH MEETING TO

177GIVE WHERE WE ARE AT IN TALLAHASSEE. LAST WEEK WE HAD A PRODUCE DAY DAY IN TALLAHASSEE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DAH SCHOOLS DAY. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE HOUSE. LAST WEEK THE HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATION SUBCOMMITTEES COMPLETED THEIR WORK ON THE NEXT STATE BUDGET, CAME INALITY ALMOST 93 BILLION, THAT'S 1.8 BILLION OVER CURRENT SPENDING AND THE HOUSE CAME IN A LITTLE OVER 91 BILLION. BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE PROPOSED A NEW CATEGORICAL IN THE FEFP THAT WOULD INCREASE TEACHER SALARY. THE HOUSE IS PROPOSING THE SALARY ENHANCEMENT PROVIDING $650 MILLION. 500 MILLION WOULD BE USED TO INCREASE THE BASE SALARY FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO AS CLOSE AT 47-FIVE AS POSSIBLE AND SALARY IMPROVEMENT FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS OR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL. THE SENATE IS PROPOSING THE TEACHER SALARY INCREASE, ALLOCATION CATEGORICAL

178PROVIDING $5 LOON MILLION. 400 WOULD BE RESERVED FOR BASE SALARY FOR AT CLOSE TO 47-FIVE AS POSSIBLE AND 100 MILLION USED FOR SALARY IMPROVEMENT FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS OR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL. THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL CONSIDER THE RESPECTIVE BUDGET IN FULL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE THIS WEEK AND ON THE FLOOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS STILL EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS BUT WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE PROCESS, AND WE SUPPORT THE -- APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR, HOUSE AND SENATE IN WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE TEACHER PAY. WE DID GET A RUN THAT GRETCHEN SHARED WITH ME EARLIER TODAY FOR THE HOUSE VERSION FOR HILLSBOROUGH TO SEE WHERE WE COULD KIND OF FALL OVERALL. I BELIEVE WE WERE INCREASE OVERALL WAS ABOUT 83 MILLION OVER THIS YEAR, 51 MILLION OF THAT WAS FOR SALARY

179ENHANCEMENT CATEGORICAL THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED. AND THAT WAS THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE BUDGET. OF COURSE, THE 83 MILLION IS A GROSS AMOUNT. THERE'S INCREASED COSTS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WITH REGARD TO THAT NUMBER. BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE. I WILL KIND IT TURN IT OVER TO MRS. SNIVELY FOR ANYTHING ABOUT THE DAY IN TALLAHASSEE. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO COMMITTED TO BEING THERE IN TALLAHASSEE. WE WERE THERE IN UNISON, AND IT WAS EVIDENTLY A COHESIVE GROUP OF CARING AND PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS WHERE WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR OUR APPROPRIATIONS BILL. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD

180TO SEEING THAT PROGRESS THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE, AND HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THE BUDGETS GET APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR, WE ARE ON IT AND WE GET THE FUNDING THAT WE WANT FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT IT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT TEAMWORK, AND I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS BOARD AS ONE TEAM, AND IT REALLY HAS EVOLVED QUITE WELL OVER THE LAST YEAR, OUR WHOLE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE AND THE WAY WE CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE FOLKS. I WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND I HOPE THE FEEDBACK CONTINUES SO WE CAN BRING BACK THE RESOURCES WE NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. WE'LL MOVE INTO BOARD COMMENTS. MS. GRAY. Lynn Gray: THE RATIONALE FOR ME TO

181NOT VOTE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS. B 604, 608, LEGAL FEES. MRS. SAUNDERS, I REQUEST A FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL LEGAL FEES WE PAY PER MONTH, TO WHAT FIRMS, INCLUDING OUR IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY AND SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY. I WANT A MONTHLY LEGAL ACCRUED COMPARISON FROM 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. THE REASON I ASKED FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE ADDING TWO OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES OR ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE EXPENSE. AND I WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO IF YOU WILL GET THAT TO ME. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? Jeffrey Eakins: I DO WANT TO LEGALITY NOW ON THE AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT, FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THE ITEMS COMING BEFORE YOU WERE SERVICES THAT A FIRM WAS GOING TO TAKE ON THAT ANOTHER FIRM USED TO DO.

182SO SOME OF THAT WAS NOT AN INCREASE TO THE EXPENSE, IT WAS JUST A NEW FIRM WAS TAKING OVER SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE OUR CHANGE OF PLACEMENT HEARINGS AND SO FORTH. Lynn Gray: I THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION BUT STILL IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY GOING OUT FOR ATTORNEY FEES SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION SHARED. SECONDLY, B 402, I HAVE GONE ON RECORD BEFORE, I STILL WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY NEW APPOINTMENTS OR TRANSFERS AND/OR REPLACEMENTS OF ADMINISTRATORS TO NEW OR EXISTING SITES. I WOULD RATHER THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT TAKE THIS, THE LARGER ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT, TAKE THAT IN STRIDE, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM STANDING ON THAT. THAT'S WHY I SAID I DID NOT SAY YAY TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ON THAT. I

183AM CERTAIN THAT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL BE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT HIS ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE SHORTLY, AND I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE SPACE, AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE MOVED HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE BEFORE THAT TIME, ESPECIALLY, AGAIN, THE HIGH RANKING ADMINISTRATORS. THIRD, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THANK YOU TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. I SAY THIS IN EARNEST BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE SAY IT ON THE TEXT OR STATE IT, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND ENDEAVORS SINCE I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD 2016, AND MEMBER MADAM CHAIR SNIVELY, YOU HAVE LED THE CHARGE. MEMBER SHAMBURGER, YOU HAVE HELPED GREATLY. AND MEMBER STUART WHO IS NOT PRESENT HAS TAKEN US FROM, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE AS A DISTRICT, WHEN WE HAD, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION BUT NOTHING LIKE NOW. AND I'M

184SURE MEMBER SNIVELY MADE REMARKS BUT I THINK THREE OUT OF THREE ASKS, WE ARE BEING -- WE ACTUALLY HAVE APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED, ALMOST, EXCUSE ME. BUT MAYBE NOT EVEN ALMOST. BUT WE HAVE MUCH MORE TRACTION THAN WE EVER HAD. WE HAD A GREAT DAY AT HILLSBOROUGH, OUR HILLSBOROUGH DAY. WE WERE ALL OVER THERE, ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR LOBBYIST, TOO, SHOEMAKER, AND GRAY ROBINSON, THEY DID A VERY EXCELLENT JOB IN REPRESENTING US. LAST, THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, FOR SHARING THE MAGNET SCHOOL A BOARD. I ACTUALLY HAVE THE LIST OF THE SCHOOLS. I DID WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT. BUT FIRST I WANT TO GIVE THE TEACHERS THE CREDIT FOR THEIR HARD WORK, THE PARAS AND THE ESPs, THE SUPPORT PERSONNEL, THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE. IT'S A HUGE WAY

185OF SCHOOL CHOICE AS WE ALL NO. BUT MORALLY, IT'S ABOUT SHOWING INNOVATION IN OUR CURRICULUM, SHOWING THAT WE CARE ABOUT DIVERSITY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE DIVERSITY IN THESE PROGRAMS. AND WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S DESEGREGATION AND NOT SEGREGATION. SO I LOOK AT MAGNET SCHOOLS AS A HUGE ASSET. AND AS WE SEE THE WINNERS, THE FOLLOWING RECEIVED AN EXCELLENCE. WILLIAMS, TAMPA BAY TECH, SHORE, ROLAND PARK, PROGRESS VILLAGE, AND THE AWARDS FOR DISTINCTION WERE YOUNG, WALKER, TAMPA HEIGHTS, RAMPELLO, FRANKLIN, BLAKE, ARMWOOD, JEFFERSON, LENNARD, LETO AND SLIGH, AND THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE CONFERENCE, THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN APRIL. ALSO, WHAT A GREAT BIT OF HARD WORK FROM ALL PARKS OF OUR DISTRICT. AND YAY MAGNET SCHOOLS. AND THERE'S YOUR SCHOOL CHOICE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY

186REMARKS. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY FAIR THAT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST SATURDAY AT SOUTH REGIONAL LIBRARY. WE HAVE JUST A SHORT VIDEO CLIP IF WE COULD QUEUE THAT UP. TODAY IS THE FAIR AT SHOUT SHORE REGIONAL LIBRARY. AND WE HAVE WORKED BROUGHT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SPONSORS TOGETHER TO ENGAGE FAMILIES IN THIS AREA AROUND LITERACY. AND WE HAVE GREAT THINGS TO SAY. NOT ONLY ARE WE PROVIDING EVERY CHILD TODAY WITH FREE BOOKS TO TAKE HOME, WE ALSO HAVE THE DENTAL SCREENING, VISION SCREENING, KINDERGARTEN SCREENING. WE HAVE McDONALD'S HERE OFFERING FREE BREAKFAST FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY ROOM WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF LITERACY ACTIVITIES. AND IT'S PACKED RIGHT NOW BACK THERE. WE HAVE

187A LITTLE PETTING ZOO WHERE A CORN SNAKE AND A TORTOISE. AND I'M GRANDPA. WE ARE DOING THE BOOK FAIR. AMAZING BOOK FAIR. WE WENT TO ALL THE BOOKS OF THE THEY HAD FREE BOOKS. THEY GOT BREAKFAST ACTUALLY. AND A NEW LIBRARY CARD. NEW LIBRARY CARD FOR EVERYONE. WE GOT A FREE BOOK. WAS IT AWESOME? YOU GOT FOOD. AND FOOD FOR THE KIDS. AND ALL THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT. WE HAD GREAT FUN. WE HAVE THE CASPAR FAMILY FOUNDATION WHICH IS MCDONALD. WE HAD THE PEPIN FAMILY FOUNDATION DONATE ALL THE BOOKS. WE HAD THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION DONATE BOOKS. WE HAVE ICE OUT THERE GIVING 25% TODAY. DEVELOPING A JOY OF READING FOR THEIR KIDS THAT WHEN THEY WANT TO LEARN HOW TO READ. Stacy Hahn: THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT. WE HAD -- EVERYBODY

188WHO CAME THROUGH THE DOORS SIGNED IN AND WE HAD 963 PEOPLE ATTEND. AND THAT DID NOT INCLUDE -- SO IF WE HAD A FAMILY, SOMETIMES JUST THE WIFE, NOT THE HUSBAND, AND IT DIDN'T INCLUDE SOME OF THE INFANTS AND TODDLERS. SO WE PROBABLY HAD WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE DOORS JUST FOR THE LITERACY FAIR. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY 450 HOME LIBRARIES TO THE STUDENTS, NOT THE STUDENTS BUT CHILDREN, BECAUSE IT WASN'T NECESSARILY STUDENTS YET. CHILDREN THAT CAME THROUGH THE DOORS. BUT EVERY CHILD GOT A FREE BOOK, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BOOK BUS WAS THERE, AND HE HAVE CHILD WAS ABLE TO AT LEAST GET SOME FREE BOOKS THROUGH THE BOOK BUS IF NOT THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE DID HAVE -- WE RAISED THE MONEY PRIVATELY FOR THE BOOKS THAT

189WERE GIVEN AWAY THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE PEPIN FAMILY FOUNDATION AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION. WE SPENT $6,000, PRIVATE DOLLARS, TO DO THIS FAIR. $6,000. AND WE MADE A HUGE IMPACT. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A LOT OF IN-KIND. WE HAD THE LENNARD AND NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE THEATER ARTS PROGRAM DRESS UP AS FAIRLY TALE CHARACTERS AND DO STORY TIME. THE STUDENTS FROM LENNARD THEATER AND ARTS PROGRAM AND ESE STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF THAT PROGRAM CAME AND SANG FROM THE ALADDIN PLAY THAT THEY HAD JUST PUT ON. THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. THEN IN THE CLIP YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND THEY INCLUDED SOME OF THE CHILDREN THAT WERE ATTENDING THE FAIR, IN THEIR PERFORMANCE. SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING AS WELL. WE HAD 52 STUDENTS VOLUNTEERS THAT DAY FROM OUR

190LOCAL SCHOOLS AND WE HAD 22 TEACHER VOLUNTEERS FROM RUSKIN ELEMENTARY AND NEWSOME AND LENNARD. SO THAT REALLY MADE IT SPECIAL. THE INTENT OF THIS FAIR WAS TO CONNECT STUDENTS, SCHOOLS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. AND I THINK WE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH THIS EVENT. ALL AROUND LITERACY. I WANT TO MAKE SOME SPECIAL THANK-YOUS TODAY. ONE IS THE CASPAR COMPANY, MCDONALD. THEY DID PROVIDE THE BREAKFAST THAT MORNING FREE OF CHARGE TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED. THE PEPIN FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE HIRLINGS IMPORTANT EDUCATION FOUND, MY-ON, THE BOOK BUS, UNITED WAY, THEY WERE THERE WITH A PRE-K PLAYING ACTIVITY AREA, YMCA, WE HAD SUCCESS FOR KIDS, VISION SCREENINGS WERE DONE BY THE -- AHH -- SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, THANK YOU. WE HAD INSTITUTE SCREENING FOR VISION, AND THEY SCREENED I THINK OVER 100 CHILDREN, AND ABOUT 10%

191THEY FOUND ACTUALLY NEEDED GLASSES. SO WE HAD OF COURSE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. THEY DONATED THE SPACE. THE LIBRARY. THE REASON WE CHOSE THE LIBRARY IS BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS THE LITERACY HUB OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WE DIDN'T WANT THIS EVENT TO BE A ONE AND DONE EVENT. WE WANT OUR FAMILIES TO RETURN TO THE LIBRARY FOR THE NEXT LITERACY FAIR. AS YOU HEARD, MANY FAMILIES SIGNED UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS WHICH IS GREAT, BECAUSE THEN THEY HAVE 24/7 FREE ACCESS TO BOOKS AND ACTIVITIES. AND I WANT TO THANK CERTAIN FOLKS WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAT DOWN WITH OUR STAFF, AND YOU PROPOSED THE LITED RAYS FAIR IDEA, I REALLY ASKED THEM FOR THEIR HONEST OPINION, IS THIS WORTH OUR TIME AND EFFORT? AND THEY

192SAID YES. AND SO WE MET TWICE A MONTH ORIGINALLY, RIGHT AFTER THE SUMMER BREAK, TO PLAN THIS FAIR. SO I DO WANT TO THANK TRACYE BROWN AND DEBBY COOK, LAURA CROSS, MARY LOU WHALEY, LYNN DOHERTY UNDERWOOD, AND JULIA COAL, FOR THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER AND HELPED ME PLAN THIS FAIR. AND I REALLY COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT ANY OF THEM. WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT IN THIS BUILDING. AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND RUN A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY FAIR. WE HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND THIS. TO KIND OF USE THE MODEL THAT MS. PEREZ DID WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH TOUR. AND I AM GOING TO BE DOING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LITH FOR READING AND BOOKS ACROSS -- -- KNOWN. NO ENCODER.

193INCREDIBLY GENEROUS. AND REALLY, I MEAN, EVERY COMMUNITY PARTNER WE HEARD FROM, WHEN CAN WE DO THIS AGAIN? CHILD FIND, THEY WERE SCREENING KIDS FOR KINDERGARTEN. I DON'T THINK THEY COULD EVEN BELIEVE THE TURNOUT. IT WAS SO GREAT. THE LINES FOR THE SCREENINGS AND THE RESOURCES WERE JUST NEVER ENDING, REALLY. SO IT WAS A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. AND STAY TUNED. WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE DATES FOR THE OTHER LITERACY FAIRS VERY SHORTLY. SO THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. CONGRATULATIONS IN YOUR EVENT. AND MEMBER PEREZ. Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS, AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 86th -- 86% GRADUATION RATE INCREASE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR STUDENTS FOCUS AS A OPERATOR, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH. I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM TALLAHASSEE.

194HOUSE BILL 015 WITH ONLY TWO DISSENTING VOTES PASSED. AND THAT'S THE MENTAL HEALTH DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH ON THE SENATE SIDE, BILL 588 TO SEE IF THAT PASSES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A THANK YOU TO REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN VALDEZ FOR SENDING THIS BILL FORWARD FOR ME AND FOR GETTING IT PASSED THERE IN THE HOUSE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, GRAY ROBINSON, AND SHUMAKER, BECAUSE I HAD AN INCREDIBLE TIME IN TALLAHASSEE. MEETING WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SPEAKING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH. THEIR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS BILL, BECAUSE I KEPT, YOU KNOW, PUSHING IT WHILE WE WERE THERE. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED. SO

195TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE -- SPEAK WITH ONE OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHO SPOKE EARLIER, LAURA HOCKINGSTEIN, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING WEEK IS THIS WEEK. THE THEME IS HELPING BUILD BETTER HUMAN, AND IT'S FEBRUARY 3 THROUGH 7. I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK OUR INCREDIBLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS THAT THEY NOT ONLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR STAFF. AS WE MOVE OUR STUDENTS FORWARD, IT IS VITAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO OUR STAFF, AS SHE ALSO MENTIONED. BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS. AND IF THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED IN THEIR MENTAL WELLNESS, THEY CANNOT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN THEIRS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL IN OUR SUPPORT AS FAR AS WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. AND HAPPY

196MENTAL HEALTH WEEK. THANK YOU. Melissa Snively: MEMBER SHAMBURGER? Tamara Shamburger: I WANT TO DITTO ALL OF THE ACCOLADES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED TONIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS AND ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION AND EDUCATORS OF THE YEAR BUT I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY AGAIN JUST THANK THE FAIR AUTHORITY FOR BEGINNING THIS NEW TRADITION OF FAMILY DAY. REALLY PUTTING THE EMPHASIS BACK ON THE FAMILY EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING SOME FLEXIBILITY IN WHEN FAMILIES COULD USE THOSE TICKETS. IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO WHY THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AS REECE RECENTLY AS 1953 THE FAIR AUTHORITY USED TO HAVE NEGRO DAY WHEN QUOTE-UNQUOTE COLORED YOUTH USED TO DISPLAY THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND PARTICIPATION AND COMPETITION OF BEING AWARDED NEGRO OF THE YEAR. AND SO THAT WAS ONLY IN 1953. AND SO THAT

197STIGMA STILL HAUNTS THE BLACK COMMUNITY. AND SO WHY THERE WAS SUCH A BIG PUSH TO CHANGE THE STUDENT DAY TO FAIR DAY BECAUSE WE KNOW STUDENTS THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CAN ONLY REALLY AFFORD TO ATTEND THE FAIR WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN FREE TICKETS. THAT'S WHEN YOU SAW SO MANY BLACK STUDENTS AT THE FAIR ON FAIR DAY. AND YOU KNOW THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT THE ARREST AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO WE ARE GRATEFUL TORT FAIR AUTHORITY FOR ALLEVIATING THE COMMUNITY OF SOME OF THAT HURT THAT WE SUFFERED FOR SO LONG IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND NOW PUTTING THE FOCUS ON FAMILY. AND ALLOWING FAMILIES TO ATTEND ON A DIFFERENT DAY AND MAYBE DISBURSING SOME OF THAT FEELING. ALSO COUNSELORS FOR SPONSORING THAT DAY AS WELL AND PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME THINGS FROM McDONALD'S. AND I LOOK

198FORWARD TO THE ENTERTAINMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE EXPANDED IT THIS YEAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT WEEKEND AT THE FAIR SO WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL PARTICIPATE AND MAKE THIS TRULY A NEW TRADITION FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE FAIR AUTHORITY AS WELL. LASTLY ON THAT NOTE I WANT TO REITERATE OUR BLACK HISTORY DECORATING CONTEST IN THE DISTRICT, IT IS COUNTYWIDE, DISTRICT WIDE, AND WE HOPE THAT ALL TEACHERS, ALL SCHOOLS WILL PARTICIPATE, NOT JUST AFRICAN AMERICAN OR BLACK TEACHERS BUT SO EVERYONE CAN LEARN FROM THIS GREAT HISTORY AS WELL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE GREAT DECK RACES ALLEGE AS WELL. THANK YOU STAPLES FOR OFFERING THAT. Melissa Snively: MEMBER CONA. Steve Cona: THANK YOU. I GET WITH EVERYONE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT WORK DONE IN THIS DISTRICT, IN OUR SCHOOLS.

199IT'S WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK ALL OF OUR PTSs. I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF PTA MEETINGS LATELY AND HAVE THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR PARENTS ARE PROVIDING TO OUR DISTRICT. JUST ON THURSDAY, ALONZO, AND BECAUSE OF THEIR GREAT PARENT SUPPORT, THEY HAVE A NEW TRACK. AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAD OVER THERE ON THURSDAY TO HELP BREAK THAT NEW TRACK IN H.PARENTS DONATED ABOUT $100 TO REDO THE TRACK AT ALONZO. OUR DISTRICT DID PITCH IN. BUT GREAT PARENT SUPPORT IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WHEN IT'S THERE. A LOT OF OUR PTAs DO A LOT FOR OUR KIDS. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, OUR KIDS CONTINUE TO GET TO SCHOOL LATE BECAUSE

200OF US AND BUSES. IT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE ESPECIALLY AT SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES THERE BUT I AM GOING TO KEEP HARPING ON IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIDS ARE LATE, NOT -- BECAUSE OF OUR PROBLEMS. NOT THAT THEY ARE WALKING IN LATE BECAUSE THEY ARE, NOW, WENT TO BREAKFAST. BUT THESE KIDS ARE LATE BECAUSE WE HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS AND THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES AND ALL OF THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE US TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. THE OTHER THING, MR. FARKAS, IF WE CAN GET MAYBE AN INFORMATION SESSION ON NEW CENTRALIZATION MODEL THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT UPDATE FOR THIS BOARD. TO SEE HOW THAT PROGRESS IS. AS WE ARE STARTING

201TO TRANSITION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY LOOSE ENDS WE ARE TRYING TO GET THOSE THINGS TIED UP BEFORE THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT COMES IN. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. I JUST HAD A COUPLE THINGS. AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION WINNERS. WHAT A GREAT EVENING OF THE IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO CELEBRATE. AND VISIT OUR TEACHERS AT THEIR SCHOOLS WHEN THEY ARE WINNING ALL OF THESE AWARDS AND WE ARE JUST SO PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON REVISITING THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES. I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT. AND YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY ALL THE TIME. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS,

202I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, BY STAKEHOLDERS. WHAT I HAVE REALIZED THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. NOT ONLY GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLANNING BUT ALSO IN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. SO THIS PLAN THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, MAY MOVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS OUT OF BARRINGTON BUT IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH WITH THE NEW PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CURRENT GROWTH. THEREFORE I WILL ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT WHEN HE BEGINS NOT TO WAIT UNTIL MIDDLE SCHOOL YEAR IS COMPLETED IN 2022 BEFORE WE VISITING STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE OVERCROWDING IN OUR EAST AND SOUTH COUNTY SCHOOLS. THE GROWTH IS GOING TO CONTINUE. AND BARRINGTON ALONE WITH SEVERAL OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS AND GROWING COMMUNITIES COULD BE AN ISSUE AGAIN

203NEXT YEAR. PROBABLY AN ISSUE AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF TO START NOW WITH WHAT PLANS FOR THE DISTRICT AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE OVERCROWDING IN BARRINGTON AND OTHER SCHOOLS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR 21-22. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST SOME URGENCY IN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FOR UNDERCAPACITY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. WE HEARD ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING FROM SOME OF OUR PARENTS. WE HAVE A FEW SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HUNDREDS OF SEATS AVAILABLE TO THEM BUT BECAUSE THEIR GRADES ARE C OR LOWER PARENTS DON'T WANT TO MOVE THEIR STUDENTS AND I DON'T BLAME THEM. WHO WOULD WANT TO MOVE THEIR STUDENT FROM AN A SCHOOL TO C OR D SCHOOL. SO THIS IS ONLY A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS BUT ALSO A MISSED OPPORTUNITY

204TO MANAGE GROWTH IN OUR SCHOOLS. IT BECOMES A COMPETITIVE ISSUE AS WELL, CREATING A RIPE ENVIRONMENT FOR PARENTS TO MAKE CHOICES OTHER THAN TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THEIR STUDENTS, WHICH CAN CAUSE FURTHER FINANCIAL STRAIN TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AS A PARENT, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE CHOICES, BUT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SHOULD STILL BE THE FIRST AND BEST CHOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER I AM COMMITTED TO BEING PART OF THAT SOLUTION. THEREFORE I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF TO FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES AND GIVE THE PUBLIC COULDN'TOUS UPDATES ON WHAT'S BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ISSUES. SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS -- AND NO PRIZES TONIGHT.

205MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. NO DISCUSSION. MEETING ADJOURNED. (SOUNDING GAVEL)