001Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Yes, I'm here. Well, good evening everyone and welcome to Orange County Public School Board's regular meeting for Tuesday, April 7th, 2026. Thank you all so much for joining us. We have with us members Ferrant, Douglas, Salamanca, Vanos, Gallo, and member Felder. Member Bird could not be with us this evening. As a reminder, board members will not be engaging in outside or electronic um or digital communication during the meeting so that we can focus on the matters before us. And to my fellow board members, district staff, and members of the public, when speaking, please speak directly into the microphone, make sure it is turned on so that our YouTube and Orange TV viewers can hear you clearly. Again, thank you for joining us. We will
002begin our meeting with a moment of silence and then we'll invite you to join us in the pledge of allegiance. And now for the pledge. >> To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Oh my god. Did you hear that? >> Wait till next time. That's all I can say. >> All right. Um before before we get too far uh down the road, let me check um with the superintendent. Do we have any changes to our published agenda? >> Uh, Madam Chair, we do have one change to the agenda. Item 17.03, uh, requesting approval of the 5-year charter contract for UCP Immersive Learning Academy K8. Um, we uh need additional time to work on
003the contract and so we will bring it back to the board at the May board meeting. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Pomearini. >> Uh, we do have one additional change, Madame Chair. Um item 6.04, the student expulsion matter. Uh the representative for the student has shown up. So this board's practice, we move that down to non-consent. So that will become the new 17.04. >> All right. Thank you very much. With um with that, I will entertain a motion to amend the agenda. >> Motion to amend. >> Motion by vice chair, seconded by member Fant. All in favor of amending the agenda as reflected by um our superintendent and general counsel, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries with all members present voting in the affirmative. So, um you may have noticed that
004a few of us, well, like most of us look a little more casual than you're used to. So, we'll we'll explain that in just a minute. It's my pleasure to welcome a longtime friend and valued partner, Louisie Damiani. He's an executive director of the Victim Service Center of Central Florida. And if you're not familiar with the Victim Service Center, it provides crisis intervention therapy advocacy for survivors throughout the region. The cent's alliance with OCPS is absolutely essential in ensuring our community remains a safe, safe, and supportive place for everyone. As I mentioned, we are wearing Well, why don't why don't we stand up? You can't see for everybody, but We are all wearing denim. Some of us are wearing denim jeans, denim jackets, and even our our um team here is wearing denim. So, you're
005probably wondering why. And besides the fact that it feels good and we're enjoying ourselves, Mr. Damiani, will you you >> Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the board. It's so so nice to be here and I and I appreciate the the the visual sign of uh of support. I I am um with the victim service center as uh Madam Chair mentioned and we've been helping this community. We've been in existence for 27 years helping and healing victims of violent crime, sexual assault, other kinds of trauma. Um each year we set aside uh the month of April as sexual assault awareness month. We actually run the only rape crisis center in all of Central Florida. And we do that so that we can draw um you know spread awareness about the physical and emotional trauma
006that accompanies uh sexual assault. One of the ways we do this is by engaging the community and getting them to support us in Denim Day. This was started in 1999 as a grassroots protest uh regarding an absurd Italian Supreme Court decision in which a sexual assault perpetrator was allowed to go free because his victim was wearing tight jeans at the time of her attack. Following that decision, the women in Parliament began protesting and wearing jeans and Denim Day was born. Since that time, thanks to champions like you all, Denim Day has become the longestrunn sexual violence prevention and education campaign in history, seeking to rid the world of erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault and bringing real justice for survivors. Denim Day always takes place on the last Wednesday in April. This year, that's
007going to be on April the 29th. And the great news is everyone and anyone can participate by simply wearing jeans on that day. Together we can change how people think and talk about sexual assault and we can show uh support for survivors right here in our community. I'm honored that for the eighth consecutive year, you all Orange County Public Schools have supported us in this endeavor. In fact, you're leading the way because in just a couple weeks, we'll be with your colleagues at Oyola County School Board and they will be joining us publicly for the very first time. And they told me, "Well, Orange County does it, so we got to do it, too." So, I was like, "Okay, you can do that. Participation in DM Day is absolutely free. It's open to anyone." >>
008And every year we continue to add more and more champions just like you. These include Oyola County, Orange County, Seminal County, City of Orlando, City of Apka, City of Lake Mary, City of Sanford. It goes on and on and on along with tons of organizations and others that have joined us in this cause. It's super easy to participate. All you do, you wear your denim on the 29th of April. Then you snap a picture or a video and you use the hashtag denim day and you tag us at VSC Florida. It's that simple. And then it's becomes this social media campaign that just explodes. In fact, we're going to use a picture tonight and we're going to begin putting on our social media as part of our advertising and getting people on board with it.
009So, I appreciate you all uh wearing denim today. Um we have lots of tools that can help you out on our website. Uh I know I I threw a lot at you. We have a whole page dedicated to Denim Day. And we even have a little like 30 second video that explains way more succinctly than me what it is uh what Denim Day is and why people should participate. People can also download posters and hang them around their offices um and generate interest and support in Denim Day. The simple act of wearing jeans and taking a photo and then sharing it on social media is one way that everyone can share support for survivors and take a stand against sexual uh sexual assault and harassment. Once again, I want to thank you all so much
010for your continued and ongoing support and uh I just really appreciate you and I certainly would entertain any questions you might have. >> Well, I don't know that we have any questions. We're going to come down uh to the off the dis here in a minute and get a a group photo with you. Um and anybody else in the room who has uh jeans on or wishes they had jeans on um and supports the cause will invite you to join us as well. I do want to share with you all um Louie and I have quite a long history together. Louie actually was the aid to Commissioner Mary Johnson, who was the first Hispanic um member of the county commission. And uh I think he may have I think he might have been her first
011and only um consistent aid. Probably >> probably eight years. Eight years eight years. >> This organization started as a project on my desk. It was her baby and her idea. Yeah. And it's surreal for me to stand here in front of you like 27 years later >> um wrapping up my career. In fact, I'll be done in September. I'm retiring. So, >> yeah. Well, you just took all all my comments. >> I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. I blew it. Tell you all that that he and and the commissioner um her idea he you know, the person who makes it happen is always the people around you, the aids that you have that just take the the ball and run with it. and and he did and then um he's now running the show and he's
012retiring in September. >> Yeah, >> it's been a long ride. >> Yeah, it's been a long ride. Yeah, it has been >> thanks to you and this community supporting me and supporting the work that we do >> and you know just uh allowing us to grow. We now are in three counties going and it would have been easy without serious leadership this many years. it would have been easy for it to dissolve and and so needed and when with Pulse you you were so so instrumental. So you've you've gotten us through some really difficult times. >> It's been my great honor and privilege. >> Yeah, I'm so proud of you. All right, let's go get a picture. >> Thank you. Do these stairs remind you of the stairs that Maria made you walk up in
013New York City? >> No, baby. That was vicious. Baby, did you hear what I said? >> I told you do this again. >> Did you hear what I said to do those stairs remind you about all the stairs that Maria made you walk up to? >> I was hoping you were talking about baskets and something else. No. >> And she was so innocent. >> They cannot remind her because they were 10 times that. >> Just get it tight. Get in tight. >> Good. Good. Good. Look toward me. And on three. Good. One, two, and three. Stay there. Hold on. One more. Last call for anybody wearing jeans. Anybody? >> No. All right. One more. There we go. Perfect. Thank you. >> My entire cabinet. >> Your cabinet has >> the whole cabinet. >> The cabinets.
014>> Boarding cabinet or just cabinets? No, just cabinet. >> Yeah, just cabinet. >> 300. Yes, >> your people ran away. >> Angie knows that it was just cabinet. No, >> look at that. >> New York. >> That's what you get for listening to Squishing a little bit closer, kids. >> Good. Look up here. Look happy. And on three. Good. One, two, and three. Hold on. And Mr. Lou, we can come and borrow you. Come toward the front, sir. >> This is the last year, right? >> Now you can just give a tadada. >> A little more energy, kids. Thank you. You made her up and down the stair three times. >> I didn't you were like three flights of stairs, >> baby. >> It was like and we were in the Uber and I looked
015at that place. I said, "Oh my god, we're not going there. Look at how way up there." That's exactly where we were going. That was >> I did it. I can't do it. >> But the food was good. All right, Dr. Vasquez, do we have any newly appointed administrators to present tonight? >> No, we do not. >> Okay. So, this evening, we're pleased to welcome students from AOE High School who are joining us as members of the Superintendent Student Advisory Council. this time I'd like to turn the podium over or the floor over to Dr. Basquez to introduce them. So I am delighted to have three members uh representing Okcoy High School. Uh their principal is also here to support them. So I'm going to ask Aubrey Beckals, Devin Matthews, and Hayen Casey if you'll
016come to the podium. We can't wait to hear what you're going to share about the amazing things happening at Okoye High School. >> Welcome. >> Hello everyone. Good evening. Can you guys hear me? Okay. >> Yes, we can. >> Okay. >> Do we could it help us put the presentation on the screen please? Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. Today we're going to be presenting an initiative that took place at our school named Nights for a Day. This initiative has had a goal of boosting student morale and enrollment. So, here are your nights for the day that are presenting this to you. My name is Aubrey Beckles. I am principal council president and a varsity cheerleading captain. >> Hello, I am Devon Matthews. I'm peer counseling vice president and I am a student athlete who
017runs track and cross country. >> Hi, my name is Hayden Casey. I am the student government vice president of academic life and I'm also our ninth visual ensemble which is dance and color guard captain. OCPS has reported a loss of about 7,000 students, which is more than double than what was originally projected. That is a major decline, and it shows that this is not a small shift, but a growing trend. Because school funding is tied to student enrollment, the decline has created serious financial pressure. OCPS now faces an estimated shortfall of 25 to $50 million, which can affect resources, staffing, and overall district opportunities. At the same time, families are exploring other options, including charter schools, private schools, and online learning. This means OCPS is not only dealing with student loss, but also increasing competition
018in how families choose education. So, our first question was, why are we facing this problem? Our Orange County Public Schools now has open enrollment, so families have the flexibility and option to pursue other public school choices. but as well as charter and online schools. Um, families currently navigate multiple platforms such as social media which can have um making access more complex due to Instagram, Facebook or whatever platform you might be on. There is always a lot of information getting thrown at your face and it's very easy to get confused. Um, which leads to key information about school programs and opportunities not always being immediately visible and accessible to parents and families. And some middle school students and families may have limited exposure to what their zoned high school offers, influencing their school choice decisions, which
019is why our solution was night for a day where middle school students came to visit our zoned high school um for a full day experience. They got to explore academic programs, electives, and campus life. Um, this provided firsthand exposure to opportunities available at our zoned high school and it helped students and families make more informed school choice decisions. Here are some photos that were taken during night for day. The first one um was taken in our bus loop um where we had clubs and different organizations set up tables so that the students could see all of the available programs that we had. So, we had all of our sports organizations and clubs that are studentr run at tables talking about what they have to offer and how to join. Our second photo is the auditorium
020presentation. So, we had a group of students um perform a skit for the kids and you guys will get to see a short video of that later. And our third photo is a photo from our mock pep rally. Um we have our mascot Nightmare in the photo taking a picture with the kids. I actually got the opportunity to be in the Nightmare costume for Nightmare um for Night for a Day and it was such a good experience to be able to interact with all of the kids and see like just the whole world kind of through their eyes cuz all of them were like this is so cool. This is so cool. So it was really cool to see. Um here's some more photos and highlights from Night for a Day. We have me as
021nightmare performing with our dance team, our cheerleaders and our marching band was outside in the courtyard or in the bus loop performing when the students first arrived. We have some of the clubs and student organizations promoting um what they have to offer. And then in the bottom right hand corner, the girl with the cowboy hat is our 2026 27 student government president. So, she got the opportunity to, excuse me, to talk to all the middle schoolers and kind of see their ideas or questions they might have about the school, knowing that she is going to be kind of leading them as they walk into their high school experience. >> And now presenting a short video of how it looked during the night for a day. production. >> Is there Get it y'all. So, we had
022a skit playing for the students and throughout the skit, we had different people come up and basically what we did was explain the different clubs and organizations we have to offer just so they can learn a little bit more about our school and learn about how we show up and show out. We also got to talk about the right >> and these are the the results that we got from this night for a day. So we successfully brought together students from all feed their middle schools nearby which was Lake View Middle School, AOY Middle School and Robinswood Middle School. This created a shared experience that made the transition to high school feel exciting rather than imitating intimidating. Sorry. And this and this uh students engaged with future teachers, student leaders, and campus opportunities such as
023clubs and organizations. And it helped them begin connecting before their first day. And we also had interactive activities and firsthand perspectives, giving students a clearer look understanding of what to expect academically and socially, easing uncertainty and building confidence. This sparked enthusiasm about becoming part of our high school community, motivating students to set goals, get involved, and approach this next chapter with excitement and readiness. So, me personally, from from night from a day where I was at, I was in a club called peer counseling where I was like where we usually like see how the students feel and like make sure everybody feels okay and well on the school campus. But from that perspective of night for a day, my favorite part was the pep rally. It really brought everybody together and I was in the
024crowd jumping around having a great time. >> For me going into high school from middle school, one thing that would have stood out to me um or something that would have drawn me to the high school that I'm supposed to go to would be their school spirit, which I have to say Okoey has a lot of. Um, it's currently one of the things I'm looking for in my college search, but school spirit is super duper important to me because it just shows kind of the community that we have. Um, my favorite memory though from Night of the Day was me being Nightmare. Um, I think all of the kids really thought I was a guy, so all of them were like dapping me up and stuff, which was really funny. They were like, "You're kind
025of short." Um, but that's okay. It was really cool to be able to interact with the younger kids and just kind of view everything from their eyes again. If I was a middle schooler coming to visit us for a night for a day, something that would have stood out to me is just the sense of closeness and community that we felt. And I definitely feel like we did a great job with showing them how much of a community we do have at AKOI. Um, all of our staff is really hands-on as well as our students. We have a lot of different organizations for you to feel at home. So, there's always somewhere where somebody can go to feel like they belong. So, I think we do a great job with that and I'm glad that
026the students coming up had an opportunity to see that. Um, my favorite memory was being a part of the skit. The skit we played. I was actually I actually had a part in that. I love practicing it. I felt like a little actor for for a moment, but yes, it was very fun and engaging. And that's all. Thank you guys. Thank you. Thank you. >> Before you all step away, oh my gosh, this is so enjoyable. And you know, you started out by talking about the competition in um education and I'm listening to y'all and I was thinking, boy, you said you felt like, you know, you're an actor. If we could do a commercial with you guys, I mean, people would be knocking down the doors to get here cuz that just you're just
027delightful. You're absolutely delightful. your presentation and um and it's just you exude fun and school spirit as you talked about and camaraderie and um and you just did a phenomenal job. >> Thank you. Absolutely. No, thank you guys. Doc um member member Ferrant and then I'm going to call on um our general counsel. General counsel >> that the signing in for member Bird. >> Oh. Oh. Oh my gosh. Of course, Member Bird couldn't be with us due to a family um uh situation, but Member Bird, I hope you were able to watch your students. >> Hi. Yes, I absolutely was. And I am just so bummed that I'm not there to celebrate um AOE. Uh guys, you just did an amazing an amazing job. What a fantastic idea to call in your middle school students
028to come spend a day at their future high school. I absolutely love this idea. Um, what a great way to get them motivated and to get them excited about their future, you know? I mean, how many I don't know if any of you guys in the audience were like me, but I was scared to death to start high school. I remember thinking it was just so big and um it would be so scary and uh what a great way to let them know that they have nothing to fear that it's going to be this great environment and um and I love what you said about the family feel that there is at a because they're really is when you walk on that campus you can just feel the um community the closeness the school spirit
029is out of control of Koi um in a great way, in the best possible way. And I know Dr. Ray is there. I just want to give a shout out to him. I think he has done such a phenomenal job of encouraging this uh family feel between the staff and and the staff's interaction with the students and the students feeling of like they just belong and um and they're all part of one big family. It's just it's a terrific environment and it shows. I mean, Akoi uh is an A-rated high school now. Um they've just done great things and uh and we're just I'm so incredibly proud. I'm so proud of you guys. It was such a great presentation. Thank you for um showing up and showing out as you guys do. And it's all
030about the O. Way to go, guys. >> Thank you. >> I could I could have done a better job. Um that was your school board representative for you probably know that, right? Okay. She's out there so much. Um, y'all want to come forward? Can we get a picture with you up front here with >> Oh, I'm sorry. Um, member front, I'm so sorry. >> I just I'll be real quick. I just wanted to say that I'm really proud of you three and thank you so much for sharing. This is one of my favorite parts uh hearing this. I know a lot of um middle schools will have elementary school students come in and just kind of like a quick visit with their parents, but I have not heard of students coming in for like to
031be a student for the day and just coming in and checking it all out. So, love the creativity. Um your principal is doing a great job. So, thank you for all that you do and um it it's awesome. I'm I'm excited to to see if more of our high schools will start uh picking up this trend. It was a great idea. Thank you so much again for being here. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you, member. >> Okay. He's very tall. So, you know, >> come here. >> Some places actually know you were here. >> I'm sure. >> I'm telling her. >> Like, no. She's like maybe an inch. Do you wear clothing? >> All right. At this time, I would like to acknowledge Jody Rollston, CTE director representing the Orange County Association of School
032Administrators. Miss Rollston, thanks for joining us. >> Good evening, Chair Jacobs, Vice Chair Bird if you're still listening, board members, super superintendent Vasquez, Deputy Superintendent Martinez, and staff. My name is Jodie Rston Kerry and I'm the proud senior director of Orange Technical College East Campus and the Okasa OTC director representative. Collaboration is foundational to OTC's approach to student success. Administrators work intentionally across all campuses to ensure consistency in instructional practices, operational systems, and student supports. This shared district-wide collaboration allows OTC to operate as one technical college with common standards, aligned priorities, and a unified commitment to student learning, program completion, and career placement. OTC also collaborates closely with OCPS high schools to expand access to career and technical education through career dual enrollment opportunities. These partnerships allow students to earn industry certifications while still in
033high school, accelerating their pathway into technical programs, reducing time to program completion, and strengthening early career awareness and workforce readiness. This collaborative approach extends to both our facilities and our industry relationships. OTC's newly constructed and renovated campuses are designed to support collaboration in teaching and learning by recreating authentic work environments using industry standard equipment and technology within these modern facilities. OTC collaborates closely with industry partners to ensure students are prepared to enter the workforce through ongoing partnerships with employers and industry experts. Learning experiences are aligned with realworld expectations, equipping students with the skills, knowledge, and industry certifications needed to successfully transition into high-skll, high wage careers. Thank you for your continued support of Orange Technical College and changing lives through education. >> Thank you, Miss Wilston. Thank you. >> Now, I'd like to acknowledge Ron
034Pard, president of the Orange Education Support. >> I didn't think he was here. I was just I was looking around, but okay. Um, and finally, it's my pleasure to e uh acknowledge and recognize Clinton McCracken, who is the president of the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association. Mr. McCracken, great to have you with us. Thank you. It's good to be here. Good evening, Chair Jacobs, board members, Dr. Vasquez, and our community watching. For many years, we've heard the board speak about the importance of student mental health. It's been a priority in presentations and commitments to the community. Yet, we're seeing choices right now that move in the opposite direction. choices that reduce the very positions that support students who need them the most. That contradiction is hard to ignore. These cuts aren't just numbers on a
035page. They impact real students who rely on these services every day. Students who need support, guidance, and stability. And next year, because of these choices, many of them may not have someone to turn to. I met last week with our safe coordinators, social workers, school psychologists, licensed mental health counselors, and school counselors, and I shared with them that the difference they make every day matters. I know because as a gay kid who grew up in the 80s and 90s in a time and place that was unsafe for me, I desperately needed someone to talk to. Someone to tell me that I wasn't alone and that my life mattered. And I didn't have that. I'm lucky to be here. I know that our schools today are safer because we have people who can be that for
036our students. We understand that times are tough and difficult decisions must be made, but those decisions reflect our priorities. And right now, it's hard to understand how positions that directly support student mental health are being reduced while other areas appear to be protected. I want to also share that transparency matters. Right now, many employees feel that they are not getting clear answers. They're hearing information that impacts them long after those decisions were made. That creates uncertainty, frustration, and a lack of trust. Our educators can see the difference between what is said publicly and what is happening in practice. And the theatrics are not working. You've shared other schools may be considered for foreclosing. Which schools? You've shared that you're cutting 3% from district departments. What positions or programs farthest from students are you cutting? Educators
037are turning to their union because they're looking for clarity, for honesty, someone who will listen and a place to fight for each other together. Even when the answers are difficult, we're sharing what we know. But they shouldn't that shouldn't fall only on the union. It should be part of how decisions are communicated across this district. We're asking the school board to continue asking the hard questions that prioritize student needs and safety. >> Thank you, Mr. McCracken. >> Okay. Um, for the benefit of the public, uh, on our proclamations were adopted by vote of the board for this year during our August 12th, 2025 board meeting as designated celebrations and observations. The list remains on our agenda for the entire school year. Now, we'll have an update on our strategic plan. Dr. Vasquez. >> Uh, thank
038you, Madam Chair. Um I uh am pleased uh to have members from uh the research accountability uh team present this evening on our accreditation uh process. We go through this every u couple of years. uh it uh provides us an opportunity for a third party to take a look um at our practices and ensure that we are living up to the highest standards. And so with that, I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Border. >> Thank you, Dr. Vasquez. Good evening, uh Chair Jacobs, members of the board. Thank you for the opportunity for us to share information about the district's upcoming accreditation engagement review. I'm joined today by members of research measurement and strategy including Jennifer Sasser, Heather Krider, and Ben Allen. Accreditation is a critical part of ensuring we continue to meet high
039educational standards for our students, families, and the community. and it offers an external research-based evaluation of how effectively our district is fostering a culture of learning, strong leadership, and continuous improvement across all schools. At this time, I'll turn the presentation over to uh Miss Crider. >> Thank you. OCPS is currently accredited by Cogna, a nonprofit, internationally recognized accrediting agency that evaluates educational institutions using researchbased standards focused on learning, leadership, and continuous improvement. Our systems accredititation is valid through June 2027. In addition to district accredititation, all OCPS non-charter schools are accredited through Cognney as part of our systemwide model, ensuring that every school is held to the same rigorous expectations for quality and improvement. Our last full accredititation engagement review was held in 2021. This next review allows us to showcase our growth through powerful practices
040and continued commitment to excellence as well as identify additional opportunities for consideration. Oops. Hold please. There we go. Accreditation is a voluntary independent quality assurance process. It ensures that our district meets rigorous research-based standards set by Cogna. It is required for many college admissions processes, some scholarships, and full participation in the Florida High School Athletic Association or FHSAA. Accreditation is an ongoing recognition of institutional effectiveness and continuous improvement. The accredititation process is structured around three major phases. reflection and analysis, engagement, and progress and feedback. Accreditation requires systems and institutions to continuously meet the applicable Cogna policies, standards, and requirements. Cogna evaluates districts using a set of 31 performance standards that center on four key characteristics. Culture of learning, leadership for learning, engagement of learning, and growth in learning. Culture of learning focuses on creating a
041safe and supportive environment that is grounded in high expectations for students and staff. Leadership for learning examines how leaders at every level guide the system. This includes setting a clear vision, using data to make informed decisions, ensuring access to rigorous learning for all, and building the capacity of teachers and staff. Engagement of learning looks at the instructional experience, including how students are actively participating in meaningful, challenging, and relevant learning opportunities. Growth and learning evaluates how effectively we monitor and support student progress over time. This includes the use of assessments, feedback, interventions, and continuous improvement cycles to ensure that all students are showing academic growth. All of this work is tied together through the expectation of continuous improvement, ensuring we are always moving forward as a district, and maintaining a relentless focus on highquality teaching and
042learning. Our school and district leaders are collecting evidence, analyzing data, rating standards, and completing required narrative documents for accreditation. Eight teams from across all divisions are developing the executive summary, student performance, stakeholder feedback, and learning environment analyses, and the four key characteristics narratives. The executive summary is a high-level overview of who we are, including an explanation of our mission, vision, priorities, and context. The student performance analysis identifies trends, subgroup data, strengths, and challenges, and how we use that data. The stakeholder feedback analysis captures formal and informal survey and focus group themes from students, staff, and parents about climate, communication, and learning conditions. Information from the superintendent and community town halls, thought exchanges, and annual stakeholder surveys are used in this in are used in this analysis. The learning environment analysis reviews what classroom observations and
043walkthroughs show about instruction and student engagement. Narratives for the key characteristics provide a clear summary of our practices, the evidence we have collected, our self-ratings, and the rationale behind those ratings across the four areas of culture, leadership, engagement, and growth in learning. Our accredititation engagement review is scheduled for September 30th, 2026. The regional accredititation evaluator or we call them the ray requires a leadership presentation from the superintendent to expand on information shared in the submitted self- assessment diagnostics. The presentation requires a brief overview of the district, a discussion of the current priorities, data used in setting those priorities, strategies implemented, and any goals or targets set to meet the priorities. The accredititation evaluator will review and evaluate the documents and self- assessment submitted by the district prior to the engagement review. Additional evidence may be
044requested in order to verify that certain activities or practices are in place. The evaluator will also work with the district to determine what stakeholder interviews and focus groups are applicable to our engagement review. These interviews and focus groups are conducted virtually and take approximately 45 minutes. The evaluator will interview the superintendent, board chair, and other identified stakeholders as needed. Stakeholders will be added to reflect a range of viewpoints and perspectives. Requests may be made by the evaluator to conduct interviews and focus groups of district and school leaders, teachers, support professionals, students, parents, and community members. Cognia will identify a range of focus group participants to ensure they receive a well-rounded understanding of the experiences and perspectives across our entire system. We will keep stakeholders informed through emails, district memos, and our accredititation SharePoint site so
045everyone understands the process and expectations. While the review on September 30th, 2026 is still several months away. Planning began in August of 2025. We approached the accredititation process by forming eight teams, one for each of the required documents. From August 2025 through March 2026, these district teams along with school accredititation teams have been engaged in professional learning on the accredititation standards, participating in the evidence collection process and writing narratives to document our practices and clearly demonstrate how our system meets the Cognius performance standards. We have submitted several of the required self- assessment documents, including our self- assessment ratings and two of the analysis summaries. The narrative documents for the key characteristics with required evidence are in the last stages of review. All principles, principal leaders, executive leaders, district leaders, chiefs, and the deputy superintendent have
046acknowledged that Cogna asurances are being met. Cogna details these asurances for schools and systems in their self- assessment workbook. From April through July 2026, we will finalize all narrative documents. During this time, we will also be working closely with our communications division to prepare the superintendent's presentation for the Cogna engagement review. Over the summer of 2026, Cogna will conduct a series of interviews and focus groups with stakeholders across the district as part of this review process. On September 30th, 2026, Cogna will conduct the accredititation engagement review. This includes scheduled interviews and focus groups with district and school leaders, students, teachers, and community partners. Then in winter and spring of 2027, once the review is complete, we will share the Cognia final report with our stakeholders and begin work on any recommended improvements. At this time,
047I'll turn the presentation back over to Dr. Border. Thank you. Thanks, Heather, and great job. A huge thanks to cabinet and all of the staff that have been and continue to support the district accreditation process. This is a true team and collaborative effort that requires time of school-based and district staff members who deserve the recognition. I look forward to the conversation and and questions from the board. Turn the presentation back to Superintendent Vasquez. >> Thank you. uh so much uh I've now been through this process um I think three or four times um and every year that we do it um new information comes to light primarily the great things that are happening um in our in our schools uh and it's always it's a lot of work but at the end when you we
048receive the the final report it's great to see that what we're doing is paying off. So with that, Madam Chair, we're open to questions and discussion. >> Thank you and Dr. Border and great job both of you. Very it's always enlightening. We appreciate it. Um let me call first on member Vanos and then member Fant. >> Thank you so much, Madam Chair, and thank you so much for the presentation. I'm really thankful that OCPS goes through this really comprehensive analysis taking into account stakeholder feedback and really is focused on the continuous improvements. Um, and I also appreciate that Cogni is a nonprofit. It's independent. It's internationally recognized. It uses research-based standards. Um, and I think it just gives our our families in our communities just that reassurance that um, we are a high quality public
049school system and they know that when they enroll their students here, they know what they're getting and they they know it's been independently evaluated in that way. My question, you know, I know just from my own research that, you know, 78% of the taxpayer funded voucher schools in Orange County are not accredited at all. I'm curious if um the charter schools are also uh required or if they also choose to be accredited in Orange County. >> Sure. >> Yeah. I mean, so Miss Vanos, the our accreditation is for our district um traditional schools. Um I could I would need to look at which of the charter schools are accredited or not. >> Okay. Um but for our trai our our OCPS traditional schools are all part of this district-wide accreditation uh which will extend for
050five years um if we're granted that accreditation starting in 2027. >> Yeah. >> Great. Thank you. So that would just be a really good question for for parents to to ask and community members to ask of their school whether they are accredited by Cogna um as OCPS is. So thank you so much for the presentation. >> Thanks board member Vanos. Appreciate it. >> All right. Thank you, Member Ferrant. >> Thank you. Um, just a question. How much does it cost us to get the accreditation? >> Yep, that's a great question. Um, overall the total accredititation cost is $377,700. >> Is there a number like is it per school or is it how >> that's a system cost, but it does break down into a school by school cost. So, it is based on the number
051of schools that we have. Got it. Okay, perfect. Um, and this is so the accreditation is not just for high schools, it is for all of our schools. >> So, we're a system model. You can do a school by school accredititation, but we have for the last two cycles, so this will be our third cycle as a system accredititation. And what that means is that every school produces the evidence and every school is accredited under that umbrella. Um, and there I the charges I think and Dr. professor, you can correct me. I think it's about $1,440 a year per school um to remain accredited and then you know and then you just you pay that fee every year. Um but it can you know high schools are accredited and in the past before the 2015
052accredititation it was high schools and each high school ran their own accredititation like we've been doing for the whole school district they would do that exact process for their school taking away you know taken away from what they're doing on their campus. >> Right. Okay, that makes sense. No, I love it. I think it's great. Um, you know, this has been brought up to me by some parents who are not at a a traditional public school and just asking about accreditation. Um, and so it's good for me to know that our schools have that accreditation stamp on them. Uh, it helps parents to know how do we share this information out once we get the accreditation, we have all the packet, how do we share that with families? >> Do you want to answer that
053one? Sure. Sure. Um, thanks board member FRA. So, I mean, there'll be obviously work with the communications team on spreading, uh, the great news about the accreditation. Additionally, um, we've had board feedback in the past that accreditation appears on every school website so that when parents go there, it's that's prominent and they understand that, you know, our schools are vetted through an independent process um, recognizing them and accrediting them. Um, so those are a couple of the ways. Um, but it'll be um district-wide communication uh with our communications team making the announcement and celebrating um the work of the staff um schoolbased district to uh attain that accreditation status. >> Perfect. Yes. So, I definitely want to uh be able to push that out there once it comes. I think that helps uh parents as
054well when they see that. And um uh I know that there's many schools, many choices, there's many, you know, charters and uh private schools. Some have the accreditation, some maybe don't. And that's on on a parent to choose. Um but it is nice to know that we have that uh stamp of approval and that we're looking for high expectations. So I appreciate you. Thank you. >> Thanks. Thanks, board member fra. >> Thank you, Member Fra. All right. Well, that's all we have here on our end. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Chair Jacobs. Thanks, members of the board. >> Thank you. All right, we are moving on to we have two public hearings uh 3.01 3.02. Miss Pomearini, do we have any speakers? >> No, Madam Chair. >> Okay, Dr. Vasquez, I will turn
055it over to you for public hearing 3.0 one. Okay. Uh thank you, Madam Chair. Our our first public hearing uh item 3.01 uh requesting the approval of our revision to board policy FEA educational adequacy and construction specifications for new and renovated facilities. That's a mouthful. Um uh for that I'm going to turn to general counsel uh to speak to that item. >> Uh thank you madam superintendent, members of the board. As you remember last week, we had a work session on this policy. This is the policy to conform our practice of what we have been doing uh to the law and to um to you make sure it's in uh imshed in policy. This will essentially say that either board employees or contracted staff who are licensed architects, engineers, and their licensed fire safety operators
056will sign off on our phase three documents. Under state law, we have to sign off on phase three documents. Those documents ensure that our buildings meet the appropriate building codes, fire codes, and are engineered properly. And what will happen is after the board employees and the contracted staff and or contracted staff sign off on those documents, the superintendent will bring anformational item at the next board meeting to say the following phase three documents have been signed off upon by the board employee or staff. So, this conforms with what our practice is, but it's a very brief change, and I'll answer any questions that you all have. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Pomearini, and thank you for um bringing this to our attention to make it consistent, as you said, with our practice. Uh without
057any uh comments or questions from board members, I'll entertain a motion on item 3.01. >> Motion by member Gallo. Is there a second? >> Second by vice chair. And that's a motion to approve. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries unanimously. Dr. Vasquez, we're on 3.02. Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, item 3.02 is requesting the approval of the adoption of our instructional materials for K12 world languages, K12 visual and performing arts, and uh 6 through 12 health and physical education. Um the uh process for textbook adoption allows for um two formal opportunities for the community and all of our stakeholders to come before the board uh to ask questions or to speak on that item. There will be no approval today. This is simply the first formal opportunity for
058anyone who wishes to speak to that. It will then come back to the board for final adoption at the May board meeting. >> All right. Thank you. We have no members of the public. Mr. Palmerini, did you have a comment you wanted to add, sir? >> And the only thing I um Rebecca Hernandez reminded me that uh member Bird is on the line, so we did not get her vote on the last item. >> Thank you so much. Member Bird, you with us? >> Yes. I'm I'm an I. Affirmative. >> Okay. She's in favor. I don't have to resend the motion to go through. All right. Let the record reflect that member Bird was is in favor of approving 3.01. We are now on 3.02. Is there a motion? >> No motion. >> I'm sorry.
059There is no motion because this is the first reading. We just discussed that. I was so ready to call on member bird this time. I was not going to let that happen again. Oh boy. Um, okay. We're on to the consent agenda. Mr. Palarini, um, I checked with you earlier, but I believe that means no public comment on this either. Correct. >> No. No, Madam Chair. >> Okay, great. Um, if there aren't any questions from board members, I'll entertain a motion to approve or deny the consent agenda. To approve the consent agenda. Thank you. We have a motion for member Gallo. Do we have a second? >> Wow. Member Yes, member. Seconded by memberos. That was a long pause. Um, all in favor, please say I. >> Member Bird. >> I. >> Opposed? Member. Uh,
060motion carries with all board members voting in the affirmative, which takes us to item 1701. Uh, non-consent request approval of the charter school application for Orange Center Elementary. Mr. Pomearini, do we have anyone who came to speak on this matter? >> No, Madam Chair. >> Okay. Thank you. I know that we have some representatives from Lyft in the audience. We're glad to have you here. Uh thrilled to have you here. Don't need to be here, but it's always lovely to have you here and it's always always you never know, right? Better safe than sorry. Um Mr. Moody, you're recognized, sir. Dr. Bess. >> All right. Thank Thank you, Madam Chair, board members, superintendent. Uh I introduce uh she needs no introduction, but uh Dr. Kia Scott with our school choice office will walk us through
061uh 1701, the conversion of Orange Center for Charter School. Dr. Scott, >> thank you. Good evening again, Chair Jacobs, board members, Superintendent Vasquez. Before you today was item 1701 for Orange Center Elementary School. Orange Center Elementary is requesting sponsorship to operate as a charter school for up to 764 students in grades K through 8. The application was submitted to Orange County Public Schools on March 5th, 2026. The Orange Center Elementary Charter School application was submitted following a parent vote to convert Orange Center Elementary School to a charter school. The vote was ratified on January 22nd, 2026. Based on the complete review process and adherence to statutory requirements, there is sufficient reason to believe that Orange Center Elementary School successfully met the requirements of the charter application process. The statute's purpose and required application components necessary
062to properly administer and operate a charter school have been adequately addressed. Dr. Vasquez. >> Dr. Vasquez, >> thank you um so much. Uh this really has been a long journey uh and a true collaboration with an incredible organization that has partnered with Orange County Public Schools for over 10 years uh in the West Lakes community and we can see uh the impact of that collaboration uh as soon as you step into the community. And so we are incredibly excited uh as to this new partnership where we can work collaboratively in a positive manner to ensure our children, our our staff have everything they need uh to ensure our student success. So um I'm very very grateful for everyone that had a hand in uh having this come to fruition. Madam Chair, >> thank you so
063much. Um well said. Member Galloway, would you like to be recognized? >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll just ditto what Dr. Vasquez said. Um, I'm going to leave the honor of the motion to the school board member that is in that area, but we couldn't be more thrilled. This has been a long time coming, and so I'm just thrilled to see it come to fruition. I can't wait to see what you all accomplish, and I can't wait to um to come take a tour and see y'all guys soon. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Member Galla. Member Fant. >> I am too. So so excited and honestly I am excited to come in one year. I want to come back and check it all out and see what has happened. I think we're going to
064be blown away and the work that you're doing really is just this is what our schools really need is the outside to partner with us and help support our families in more ways than just the education piece. So thank you again. Um, you know, I think I every time I see you you all, I'm just so grateful for uh your work, your service, and the community and families are uh incredibly indebted. So, thank you so much. >> Thank you, Member Fant. I I tell you, I'm so excited that I'm I'm waiting. I know we're going to have a motion in a minute and I know it's going to pass unanimously, but what I'm waiting for is like the fireworks and the streamers that are going to come down out of the ceiling and all right,
065none of that's going to happen. But in my mind, it's all happening. It's all happening. It's been so so much time um and so much work and so much collaboration that has taken to get to this point. and I just could not be more excited than I am. Except for if the streamers were coming down that might just add just a little bit to the moment. So with that, let me recognize member Felder. Thank you, Chair. Well, you know, we can have those streamers, drums, and all of that the first day of school in August. We can have all of that. And uh I think we'll be so exciting. And I'm so happy that fellow board members are excited about this endeavor. And uh it truly is it's going to be a different experience and
066I believe that we are on the verge of seriously reimagining what it means to for public traditional public schools and charters to uh join together and to make this work uh for the children. It's just so The little babies are sitting out there with their little shirts on, just precious little orange center children. We're so happy uh that you all are here and uh I I'm I'm just grateful for for Lyft and their tenacity and determination because I was I was a hard pill to swallow. I know I was. So, uh I it's just I'm so excited and I just spoke to uh some of the board members uh earlier and said that I'm just happy that this endeavor is happening and we need something great to happen for public education. We need something different
067and something good to happen. So, I'm so grateful and thank you all. Thank you board members for your participation. Now, I'm G. Okay, D.A. I'm now going to make the motion that we as a board, as a district, move to accept Orange Center as a a first and new charter school. >> A second. >> We have a motion from member Felder. We have a second from member Ferrant. And uh all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Member Bird. >> I definitely I And let's Oh my god. Expand. I know. How many eyes do we have out there? >> A so sweet. Yes. >> Show of hands. How many eyes? >> All right. There we go. >> All right. Oh, everybody voted in favor, including the entire audience. And uh I did member Bird,
068I did hear you, didn't I? >> I sure I heard her. >> Yes, I believe so. >> Okay. She said yes. I said I >> Yes. Okay. Opposed. Motion carries unanimously as I said along with the audience. All right. Now we have I think we have one more um 1702 non-consent request approval of the recommendation to modify the charter school contract with the Central Florida Leaders Leadership Academy Charter School to include fifth grade. Dr. Vasquez. Okay, >> Dr. Scott. >> All right. >> Item 17.02. Central Florida Leadership Academy, known as CFLA, has been operating as a charter school since August of 2010. The school currently operates under a 15-year renewal contract, which expires on June 30th, 2030. CFLA serves approximately 96 students in grades 6 through 12. The board of directors requested an amendment to
069the existing charter contract to add fifth grade. Principal Maria Cameron was provided with a modified charter school application to update the curriculum, ESC and ESOL procedures, staff performance go, excuse me, I'm sorry, student performance goals and a staffing plan and budget. The request is brought before you today as Florida statutes state, a charter may be modified during its term upon the recommendation of the sponsor or the charter schools governing board and the approval of both parties on the agreement. Dr. Vasquez. >> Thank you, Dr. Scott. Madam Chair, um we're open to any questions the board might have and we're seeking approval for the change. >> All right. Thank you. Any questions from board members? If not, I'll entertain a motion. >> Motion to approve by member Fant. Is there a second? >> Second by member
070Gallo. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Member Bird. >> I. >> Thank you. Opposed. Motion carries unanimously. And we are um se 1703 was pulled earlier in the day for I think further review by staff if I'm not mistaken which takes us to I'm sorry 1704 which was 6.04. Um this item was pulled from the consent agenda. It's an expulsion hearing and under Florida statutes, expulsion hearings are normally closed, but the parent does have the option of having the expulsion hearing open to the public. In this case, the parent has elected to have the hearing closed to the public. For this reason, I respectfully ask that everyone except the parent, student, and their advocate as well as those of us on the dis and our student discipline office to please leave the
071board chambers for this closed hearing. We'll invite you to rejoin us as soon as the hearing is over. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Oh, hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. oh hey oh hey oh hey oh hey oh hey oh hey
072oh hey oh hey oh hey oh hey oh hey oh Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Down. crazy. Woo! Yeah. Hey. Heat. Heat. N. Easy, easy. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. I'm down. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. I'm down. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat up here. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.
073Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Down everybody. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Yeah. Hey, hey, hey. Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. for um uh if you have a report for the board or Mr. Pomearini. >> Uh, it's been a long day, so I'm gonna not make comments. Thank you. >> All right, Mr. Pomearini, >> I I apologize for doing this. I am going to just briefly state um it may have been in the news this week that you all saw that we were um once again sued over the Eatenville property. Um, you probably saw, but I want to reiterate for
074the public, um, the allegations that we made secret backroom deals is when we had five public meetings. One on June 17th, two on September 30th, one on January the 6th, and one on January the 13th. And at the September 30th meeting and the January 13th meeting, the executive director of the Association to Preserve Eatenville Community spoke and this board had robust discussion. Uh to me that is not a welltaken lawsuit with respect to um violations of the public meetings law. You all know that I am very very very assertive when it comes to what we do as far as public meetings, public records. I would never put this board in a position to violate the public meetings law. Superintendent and I would never put this board in the position of violating the public meetings law.
075We look forward to defending ourselves. Um we have retained the law firm of Runburgger, Kirk and Cwell. They do work for us in other areas. Frank Shepard's going to be the lead counsel. He is uh someone who I've known for a long time is excellent lawyer. And my plan, unless this board tells me differently, is to aggressively defend ourselves in this case. I do not think this is a welltaken lawsuit. And I think that we are going to put on an aggressive defense unless this board tells me otherwise. It is going to be full steam ahead in the defense. >> Mhm. No objections. And then the other thing, um, I've sent you an email, uh, but I'm going to remind you I need by next meeting to appoint a member and an alter alternate for
076the value adjustment board from the board members. And we need to appoint a property owner and and a um alternate um property owner. >> Oh, wow. That's funny. I will leave it up to you all as board members to find proposed property owners. If they own property in Orange County and as long as they're not subject to any uh claim in front of the value adjustment board, they are eligible to serve. So, if you have names, please email them to me. And then one last thing, I hesitate to bring this up, but I'm going to. You heard in the pre-aggenda meeting tonight, there was a discussion about the Boone Braves mascot. >> Yes. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. >> So, of course, it's my job to be Debbie Downer. I still subscribe to News Day up
077on Long Island. And the reason why that's relevant is the Masipiqua School District has been had a claim brought against it by the United States Department of Education claiming that their removal of Native American mascots violates Title Six of the Civil Rights Act and is unlawful race and national origin discrimination. So to the extent that we have any discussion about that, just understand that could bring us on the radar for a claim by the United States Department of Education for violation of Title Six >> for the very opposite reason. >> I'm not going to comment on the legalities of it. I'm just saying if we remove the mascot, I would suspect our friends in Washington DC will come down to have a conversation with us. >> Excuse me. Is that the same thing when Washington?
078>> That's it. It's it's sort of the same idea. So, New York State passed a law that said you can no longer have Native American names. So, the Massapiqua High School was the Chiefs and under New York State law, you could not have a Native American uh nickname for your sports teams. And so the Trump administration said the New York State law was a violation of title six of the Civil Rights Act. >> Oh my gosh. Um I'm sorry. Member Vanos has been >> Yeah, I didn't go ahead. >> Yeah, I you Dr. Vasquez. >> I apologize. Uh there was one item that um I don't believe can wait. Um uh over the course of the last few weeks, we have had um quite a number of meetings uh on Tuesdays and we uh started
079the year um actually conversations last summer as we're planning for the year to hold the Tuesdays for our board meetings and our work sessions. Um but as the year progresses there's more there's been more of a need to have meetings and so I am uh respectfully asking that we are able to look at Thursdays we won't do anything next week um but um it the it appears that when we have lengthy meetings um we may not always um even just the materials to be able to review them. And so, uh, requesting, uh, or would like to hear the board's thoughts on us being able to add, um, at least one Thursday, uh, to the calendar a month so that we have a little bit of breathing room for any meetings that need to be scheduled.
080>> Okay. Um, thank you, Dr. Vasquez. Actually, I thought we still were I thought we still Tuesdays and Thursdays at >> Yeah, I thought that's where we were. So, I generally don't, unless I absolutely have to. I don't make a commitment. Now, I did like right before you mentioned that to me earlier today, I had just told my daughter-in-law. Um, I could back her up next Thursday morning, but I unless I Yeah. So, I think we're all on the same page. Yeah, you you've got Thursdays. Okay. >> Okay. Absolutely. Member Vanos, thank you. you. And as we're on hour 12 of our meetings for today, I appreciate that and uh would definitely appreciate having that extra day. So, thank you for bringing that up. Um just a couple things. Um wanted to um let the
081board know that at the May 19th um planning session um we will be hearing from Habitat for Humanity Winter Park and Maitland. Uh as you know um we have an OCPS teacher that has uh has a new house um from Habitat for Humanity. >> Oh. Oh. Will she serve on that value advisory? Yeah. >> Oh, I love that. Right. >> I'm sorry. That's ownership responsibility. >> I love it. Um, but we're just looking to expand that partnership. So, I wanted to to let you know that that conversation will be May 19th. Also on April 30th, Member Felder and I will be having a joint town hall for our Pine Hills um shared community from 5:00 to 6:30 just talking about the changing educational landscape and just hoping to answer questions that people have about the
082consolidations and sort of what it looks like moving forward. And uh that is all. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. All right, folks. It's been a long one. >> Yeah. You know how you know what they say. It's been real. It's been fun. But I'm real fun. >> Meeting is a journ. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat.