1 00:00:03,003 --> 00:00:03,637 >>Lynn Gray: GOOD MORNING, 2 00:00:03,637 --> 00:00:03,904 EVERYONE. 3 00:00:03,904 --> 00:00:04,972 I WANTED TO START OFF WITH 4 00:00:04,972 --> 00:00:06,340 SOMETHING A LITTLE FUN. 5 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:08,876 THIS SHOWS MY AGE AND SOME OF 6 00:00:08,876 --> 00:00:10,544 YOUR ALL'S AGE, BUT I THINK 7 00:00:10,544 --> 00:00:11,378 YOU'LL GET IT. 8 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:14,548 THIS MORNING, LIKE A LOT OF 9 00:00:14,548 --> 00:00:15,582 MORNINGS, A LOT OF SERIOUS 10 00:00:15,582 --> 00:00:17,951 TOPICS COMING UP. 11 00:00:17,951 --> 00:00:20,787 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT 12 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:22,489 GETS TOO TOUGH, I CAN JUST KIND 13 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:24,191 OF DISAPPEAR. 14 00:00:24,191 --> 00:00:27,427 SO I WORE THESE SHOES FROM THE 15 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:29,997 WIZARD OF OZ. 16 00:00:29,997 --> 00:00:30,964 SEE THESE. 17 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:33,700 AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WORK, 18 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:36,003 BUT IF I GO -- AND CORRECT ME, 19 00:00:36,003 --> 00:00:38,805 MARLENE, IF I GO THREE CLICKS, 20 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:41,275 ONE, TWO, THREE, MAYBE WHEN 21 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:42,643 THINGS GET TOUGH I CAN JUST 22 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:45,712 DISAPPEAR. 23 00:00:45,712 --> 00:01:02,562 AT ANY RATE -- 24 00:01:02,562 --> 00:01:02,963 OKAY. 25 00:01:02,963 --> 00:01:06,600 WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 26 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:06,934 START. 27 00:01:06,934 --> 00:01:07,901 THE INTRODUCTIONS WILL BE -- 28 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:09,569 THOSE FOLKS WILL BE FAMILIAR. 29 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:10,804 WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH 30 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:14,508 KELLY SERVICES WITH DR. MARIE 31 00:01:14,508 --> 00:01:14,741 WHELAN. 32 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:15,575 GOOD MORNING. 33 00:01:15,575 --> 00:01:37,297 AND THEN -- [NO AUDIO] 34 00:01:37,297 --> 00:02:12,199 [NO ENCODER] 35 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:40,594 >> -- HOW WE CONTINUE TO MOVE 36 00:02:40,594 --> 00:02:42,562 FORWARD AND OVERARCHING PLAN TO 37 00:02:42,562 --> 00:02:44,364 ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN 38 00:02:44,364 --> 00:02:46,199 AND MOVE FORWARD AS AN 39 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:51,405 ORGANIZATION. 40 00:02:51,405 --> 00:02:53,907 [NO AUDIO] 41 00:02:53,907 --> 00:02:54,674 >>Lynn Gray: THAT MEMBER SNIVELY 42 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:55,909 IS ON HER WAY. 43 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:58,278 WE WILL BE HERE MOMENTARILY. 44 00:02:58,278 --> 00:03:00,814 MEMBER PEREZ WILL JUST BE 45 00:03:00,814 --> 00:03:01,782 WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR AND 46 00:03:01,782 --> 00:03:03,250 MEMBER VAUGHN IS ON TEAMS 47 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:04,751 OFFICIALLY. 48 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:08,355 SO ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOW 49 00:03:08,355 --> 00:03:09,990 PAYING ATTENTION AS IN ONE MORE 50 00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:11,691 MINUTE AND MEMBER PEREZ WILL BE 51 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:14,061 HERE. 52 00:03:14,061 --> 00:03:18,532 SO DR. MARIE WHELAN, WOULD YOU 53 00:03:18,532 --> 00:03:20,133 GO AHEAD AND GIVE US -- YOU 54 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:20,967 KNOW, BEGIN. 55 00:03:20,967 --> 00:03:22,469 >>Marie Whelan: GOOD MORNING. 56 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:23,537 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 57 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:24,938 WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE 58 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:25,405 WITH YOU. 59 00:03:25,405 --> 00:03:28,241 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE 60 00:03:28,241 --> 00:03:29,042 INTRODUCTIONS OF MY TEAM AND 61 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:30,377 ALSO THE KELLY SERVICES AND 62 00:03:30,377 --> 00:03:31,578 EDUCATION STAFF THAT ARE HERE 63 00:03:31,578 --> 00:03:34,047 WITH US TODAY. 64 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:36,249 I HAVE MR. GREG HORSEMAN, 65 00:03:36,249 --> 00:03:38,018 GENERAL MANAGER FOR PERSONNEL 66 00:03:38,018 --> 00:03:38,952 SERVICES. 67 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:45,659 TO MY LEFT, NALA UGONOKI AND 68 00:03:45,659 --> 00:03:47,727 WORKS CLOSELY WITH KELLY AND OUR 69 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:48,161 SCHOOL SITES. 70 00:03:48,161 --> 00:03:50,130 WE ALSO HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE, 71 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:52,365 SHERRY COURIER, OUR VICE 72 00:03:52,365 --> 00:03:54,234 PRESIDENT FOR THE SOUTHEAST 73 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:55,168 REGION AND THE PRACTICE LEAD. 74 00:03:55,168 --> 00:03:57,671 THEN WE ALSO HAVE TINA MOSELEY. 75 00:03:57,671 --> 00:04:00,273 SHE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT -- I 76 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:03,643 NEED TO PUT ON MY READERS -- AND 77 00:04:03,643 --> 00:04:04,644 STATE LEADER OF FLORIDA. 78 00:04:04,644 --> 00:04:07,881 THEN WE ALSO HAVE MS. LISA TURK 79 00:04:07,881 --> 00:04:09,516 BEHIND CHERYL WHO IS THE CLIENT 80 00:04:09,516 --> 00:04:13,286 SERVICE LEAD FOR THE SOUTHEAST 81 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:15,956 EDUCATION PRACTICE. 82 00:04:15,956 --> 00:04:17,724 WE NEED TO REVIEW THE AGENDA 83 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:19,059 TODAY AS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS 84 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:19,726 ALREADY MENTIONED. 85 00:04:19,726 --> 00:04:21,161 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE HISTORICAL 86 00:04:21,161 --> 00:04:22,863 PERSPECTIVE OF WHEN THE DECISION 87 00:04:22,863 --> 00:04:25,298 WAS MADE TO MOVE TO CONTRACTED 88 00:04:25,298 --> 00:04:26,266 SERVICES FOR SUBSTITUTES IN THE 89 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:29,469 DISTRICT. 90 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:30,670 HIGHLIGHTING THAT DECISION, 91 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:31,771 IDENTIFYING THE NEED AND THE 92 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:33,073 AGREEMENT THROUGH THE CONTRACT 93 00:04:33,073 --> 00:04:35,809 THAT WE SUMMER HAVE, AND THEN 94 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:38,645 THERE WAS AN ASK ABOUT SOME 95 00:04:38,645 --> 00:04:40,514 OTHER FLORIDA DISTRICTS AND WHAT 96 00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:42,082 THEY DO AND COST AND THEN WE'LL 97 00:04:42,082 --> 00:04:43,717 BE REVIEWING OUR CONTRACT SPEND 98 00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:55,629 AS WELL. 99 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:58,031 >>Lynn Gray: THIS MIGHT BE A 100 00:04:58,031 --> 00:04:59,733 TIMELY IDEA, IS MEMBER PEREZ 101 00:04:59,733 --> 00:05:01,768 SHARE HER RATIONALE FOR CALLING 102 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:02,936 THIS MEETING. 103 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:04,137 SHE'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST 104 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:04,905 SPEAK ON THAT. 105 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:05,472 THANK YOU. 106 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:09,976 AND GOOD MORNING, MEMBER PEREZ. 107 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:10,877 >>Karen Perez: GOOD MORNING. 108 00:05:10,877 --> 00:05:13,446 THANK YOU. 109 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:18,185 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I 110 00:05:18,185 --> 00:05:20,453 REQUESTED THIS TO GO OVER THIS 111 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:22,556 CONTRACT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH 112 00:05:22,556 --> 00:05:28,929 FOR INDULGING ME IS MY CONCERNS 113 00:05:28,929 --> 00:05:30,897 WITH THE -- WELL, I'M GOING TO 114 00:05:30,897 --> 00:05:32,332 GO REALLY QUICK. 115 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:33,700 I'M GOING TO TAKE ONLY FIVE 116 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:37,938 MINUTES FOR THIS. 117 00:05:37,938 --> 00:05:40,607 THE FILL RATES I NOTICED HAVE 118 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:42,409 BEEN DECREASING. 119 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:45,845 IN 2016-2017 WE HAD A FILL RATE 120 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:51,117 OF 87.20%, AND THAT STARTED 121 00:05:51,117 --> 00:05:52,619 DECREASING 2017-2018, IT WENT 122 00:05:52,619 --> 00:06:00,427 DOWN TO 82%, 2018-2019, 79. 123 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:02,696 2019-2020, IT WENT BACK UP TO 124 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:09,035 84% AND 2021 WE HAD A 64% FILL 125 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:11,638 RATE DURING THE PANDEMIC WHERE 126 00:06:11,638 --> 00:06:15,041 WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF 127 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:18,845 NEED IN THIS DISTRICT AND THAT 128 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:21,748 -- YOU KNOW, THAT NEED AND THAT 129 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:27,187 FILL RATE WAS KIND OF 130 00:06:27,187 --> 00:06:29,556 DISCOURAGING WITH THIS AGENCY. 131 00:06:29,556 --> 00:06:33,426 WHEN I LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, THE 132 00:06:33,426 --> 00:06:36,229 COUNTIES THAT WERE USED IN 133 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:39,766 COMPARISON WERE ALACHUA COUNTY 134 00:06:39,766 --> 00:06:41,801 WHICH HAS TOTAL NUMBER OF 135 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:42,569 STUDENTS 28,000. 136 00:06:42,569 --> 00:06:44,004 SUWANNEE COUNTY WHICH HAS A 137 00:06:44,004 --> 00:06:47,540 TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS OF 138 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:48,308 5,765. 139 00:06:48,308 --> 00:06:50,210 CLAY COUNTY, WHICH HAS A TOTAL 140 00:06:50,210 --> 00:06:55,048 NUMBER OF STUDENTS 37,786. 141 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:56,816 AND HERNANDO COUNTY, WHICH HAS A 142 00:06:56,816 --> 00:07:02,656 TOTAL -- WELL, HERNANDO COUNTY, 143 00:07:02,656 --> 00:07:03,056 22,493. 144 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:07,794 AND SUMTER COUNTY, TOTAL NUMBER 145 00:07:07,794 --> 00:07:13,500 STUDENTS 8,461 WHICH THEY USE TO 146 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,168 COMPARE FOR A COUNTY THAT HAS 147 00:07:15,168 --> 00:07:20,040 $220,000. 148 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:27,681 NOW, IN 2018, THE TAMPA BAY 149 00:07:27,681 --> 00:07:31,718 TIMES DID A REPORT ON KELLY 150 00:07:31,718 --> 00:07:33,620 SERVICES. 151 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:37,590 THE TAMPA BAY TIMES EDITORIAL 152 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:40,960 REPORT OR REPORT BY MARLENE SOCO 153 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,730 IS CALLED NAPPING, NAME CALLING, 154 00:07:43,730 --> 00:07:44,898 AND STEALING. 155 00:07:44,898 --> 00:07:47,634 WHO IS SUBBING YOUR CHILDREN? 156 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:51,104 APPARENTLY, KELLY SERVICES WERE 157 00:07:51,104 --> 00:07:53,173 HIRING TEACHERS THAT 158 00:07:53,173 --> 00:07:56,376 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS FIRING. 159 00:07:56,376 --> 00:08:04,617 AND THE ARTICLE WAS VERY, VERY 160 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:05,418 ENLIGHTENING, ACTUALLY. 161 00:08:05,418 --> 00:08:08,555 SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS EVEN WAS 162 00:08:08,555 --> 00:08:17,330 VERY TAKEN ABACK BY THIS ISSUE. 163 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:18,298 I SUGGEST, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, 164 00:08:18,298 --> 00:08:21,067 THAT YOU READ IT. 165 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:23,837 I ASKED DR. WHELAN TO PROVIDE ME 166 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:26,873 WITH THE FOUR LARGE COUNTIES 167 00:08:26,873 --> 00:08:31,745 HERE IN FLORIDA, YOU KNOW, THAT 168 00:08:31,745 --> 00:08:33,213 USE AGENCIES. 169 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:35,648 I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THAT 170 00:08:35,648 --> 00:08:39,252 INFORMATION, AND IT WAS BACK IN 171 00:08:39,252 --> 00:08:39,452 APRIL. 172 00:08:39,452 --> 00:08:40,620 >> WE HAVE NOT FOR THE 173 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:41,554 PRESENTATION TODAY. 174 00:08:41,554 --> 00:08:42,389 >>Karen Perez: BUT I ASKED TO 175 00:08:42,389 --> 00:08:44,324 YOU PROVIDE IT TO ME BACK IN 176 00:08:44,324 --> 00:08:44,524 APRIL. 177 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,993 IT WAS NEVER PROVIDED. 178 00:08:46,993 --> 00:08:50,730 AND I DIDN'T ASK FOR NATIONWIDE. 179 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:55,101 I ASKED FOR HERE IN FLORIDA AS 180 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:58,972 FAR AS WHAT COUNTIES ARE USING 181 00:08:58,972 --> 00:09:02,242 WHAT SERVICES. 182 00:09:02,242 --> 00:09:06,980 BUT I FEEL WITH THE AMOUNT OF 183 00:09:06,980 --> 00:09:08,681 TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE 184 00:09:08,681 --> 00:09:11,785 PARTNERSHIP OF THE UNION, 185 00:09:11,785 --> 00:09:12,786 BECAUSE THEY DID COME TO THE 186 00:09:12,786 --> 00:09:15,055 TABLE AND SAID THEY WOULD 187 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:15,288 ASSIST. 188 00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:22,629 I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH DR. 189 00:09:22,629 --> 00:09:25,932 WHELAN IN PROVIDING A POT OF 190 00:09:25,932 --> 00:09:29,769 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS THAT WOULD 191 00:09:29,769 --> 00:09:32,705 ASSIST WITH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING 192 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:35,341 THE SUBSTITUTES FOR THIS 193 00:09:35,341 --> 00:09:36,943 DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, 194 00:09:36,943 --> 00:09:39,045 YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TEACHERS 195 00:09:39,045 --> 00:09:41,881 THAT ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED AND, YOU 196 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:45,351 KNOW, REQUIRING EMPLOYMENT HERE 197 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:48,955 IN THIS DISTRICT. 198 00:09:48,955 --> 00:09:50,523 THAT KELLY SERVICES -- YOU KNOW, 199 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:53,726 THAT WE BRING THIS BACK TO THE 200 00:09:53,726 --> 00:09:55,929 TABLE AND IN-HOUSE AND, YOU 201 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:59,833 KNOW, HAVE THIS PROVIDED THROUGH 202 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:02,402 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL 203 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:04,037 DISTRICT FOR BRINGING IT BACK TO 204 00:10:04,037 --> 00:10:04,537 THE TABLE. 205 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:06,005 WE DID IT BEFORE. 206 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:09,242 I FEEL THAT WE COULD DO IT AGAIN 207 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:11,211 AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THIS 208 00:10:11,211 --> 00:10:15,048 DISTRICT, TO OUR TEACHERS, AND, 209 00:10:15,048 --> 00:10:21,221 FRANKLY, TO OUR STUDENTS. 210 00:10:21,221 --> 00:10:22,589 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 211 00:10:22,589 --> 00:10:22,789 PEREZ. 212 00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:24,824 DR. MARIE WHELAN, YOU HAVE THE 213 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:25,024 FLOOR. 214 00:10:25,024 --> 00:10:25,892 >>Marie Whelan: THANK YOU. 215 00:10:25,892 --> 00:10:27,460 WE'LL CONTINUE. 216 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:29,529 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, 217 00:10:29,529 --> 00:10:29,796 MS. PEREZ. 218 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:33,066 AND WE LOOK TO ANSWER ALL OF 219 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:34,567 THOSE FOR YOU IN TODAY'S 220 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:34,901 PRESENTATION. 221 00:10:34,901 --> 00:10:35,768 SO THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE I 222 00:10:35,768 --> 00:10:40,473 THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT SO THAT 223 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:43,543 WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, 224 00:10:43,543 --> 00:10:45,044 AGAIN, WHY WE'VE MOVED TO THIS 225 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:45,378 DECISION. 226 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:50,083 BACK IN APRIL OF 2014, THE 227 00:10:50,083 --> 00:11:02,829 INITIAL -- OH, SORRY. 228 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:08,101 THE INITIAL DECISION WAS MADE TO 229 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:10,370 GET AN AWARD TO MOVE TO A 230 00:11:10,370 --> 00:11:11,804 PIGGYBACK CONTRACT WITH KELLY 231 00:11:11,804 --> 00:11:13,907 SERVICES THAT WAS CURRENTLY IN 232 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:15,375 PLACE IN ORANGE COUNTY, AND THAT 233 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,277 WAS APPROVED TO USE SUBSTITUTE 234 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:18,344 TEACHERS ONLY. 235 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:21,180 THAT WAS APRIL 29th OF 2014. 236 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:23,683 ON SEPTEMBER 19 OF 2014, THERE 237 00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:25,018 WAS ALSO A PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT 238 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:27,453 THAT THE DISTRICT DID WITH DUVAL 239 00:11:27,453 --> 00:11:28,488 COUNTY THAT WAS CONTRACTED 240 00:11:28,488 --> 00:11:30,490 THROUGH KELLY, AND THAT WAS TO 241 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:31,891 PROVIDE PARAPROFESSIONAL 242 00:11:31,891 --> 00:11:33,326 SUBSTITUTES. 243 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:37,397 ON JANUARY 17th OF 2017, WE 244 00:11:37,397 --> 00:11:39,799 WENT AND HAD ANOTHER PIGGYBACK 245 00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:40,066 CONTRACT. 246 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:42,335 THAT WAS WITH THE CONTRACT IN 247 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:43,269 ORANGE COUNTY. 248 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:45,805 THEN ON DECEMBER 14th, WE 249 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,840 BROUGHT FORWARD -- I'M SORRY, 250 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,409 DECEMBER 4 OF 2018, NEW RATES 251 00:11:49,409 --> 00:11:51,044 THAT WERE APPROVED WITH OUR 252 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:52,445 CONTRACT WITH KELLY. 253 00:11:52,445 --> 00:11:56,716 AND THEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, WE 254 00:11:56,716 --> 00:12:00,353 WENT OUT AND HAD AN INVITATION 255 00:12:00,353 --> 00:12:01,321 TO NEGOTIATE BECAUSE WE WANTED 256 00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:02,956 TO ENSURE WE WERE GETTING THE 257 00:12:02,956 --> 00:12:04,257 VERY BEST RATES POSSIBLE AND WE 258 00:12:04,257 --> 00:12:07,427 WANTED TO GIVE OTHER COMPANIES 259 00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:08,962 OPPORTUNITIES TO BID ON THAT 260 00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:09,796 PARTICULAR WORK FOR US. 261 00:12:09,796 --> 00:12:12,732 AND IN MAY OF 2020, THE CONTRACT 262 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:15,969 WAS APPROVED WITH KELLY 263 00:12:15,969 --> 00:12:17,236 SERVICES, AND DUE TO THAT 264 00:12:17,236 --> 00:12:18,938 CONTRACT PROCESS THAT WE WENT 265 00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:20,974 THROUGH WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR 266 00:12:20,974 --> 00:12:22,675 PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, WE NOW 267 00:12:22,675 --> 00:12:24,711 RECEIVE THE LOWEST RATE IN THE 268 00:12:24,711 --> 00:12:25,878 COUNTRY FOR THESE SERVICES. 269 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:29,916 OF THE FOUR COMPANIES THAT DID 270 00:12:29,916 --> 00:12:32,352 BID ON THIS -- IN THIS ITN. 271 00:12:32,352 --> 00:12:34,654 WE HAD EDU STAFF, WHICH HAD A 272 00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:37,123 MARKUP OF 1.275. 273 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:41,761 WE HAD ESS, A MARKUP OF 1.26495. 274 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:47,533 AND THEN WE HAD STAFF EASE THAT 275 00:12:47,533 --> 00:12:48,635 WAS 1.2495. 276 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:53,706 AND THEY HAD EXTRA CHARGES THAT 277 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:54,874 THEY DID NOT BUILD INTO THE BID 278 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:55,341 FOR US. 279 00:12:55,341 --> 00:12:57,243 SO THERE WERE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS 280 00:12:57,243 --> 00:12:58,645 AND EXTRA CHARGES THAT WERE 281 00:12:58,645 --> 00:12:59,045 THERE. 282 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:03,216 AND KELLY CAME BACK AT 1.26495. 283 00:13:03,216 --> 00:13:05,418 WE ALSO WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE 284 00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:07,453 COMMITTEE PROCESS. 285 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:08,221 WE DID HAVE UNION REPRESENTATION 286 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:10,056 ON THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKED 287 00:13:10,056 --> 00:13:15,228 WITH US, PRINCIPALS AS WELL. 288 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:17,997 THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE 289 00:13:17,997 --> 00:13:21,834 INFORMATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 290 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:22,669 PROVIDED BY BUSINESS SERVICES. 291 00:13:22,669 --> 00:13:24,604 WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE TO 292 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:26,406 MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 293 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:27,607 OUTSOURCING, AND WE'RE GOING TO 294 00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:28,975 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE 295 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:29,242 DECISIONS. 296 00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:30,810 NONE OF US WERE IN THESE ROLES 297 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,478 AND MANY OF YOU, OBVIOUSLY, WERE 298 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:34,547 NOT ON THE BOARD AT THAT 299 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:36,115 PARTICULAR TIME AS WELL, BUT IT 300 00:13:36,115 --> 00:13:40,320 HAD BEEN ESTIMATED THAT WE WERE 301 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,655 IN FISCAL YEAR '11-12, WE WERE 302 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:45,358 SPENDING CLOSE TO $13.6 MILLION 303 00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:46,492 FOR OUR SUBSTITUTES. 304 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:48,528 THAT WAS IN-HOUSE. 305 00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:51,164 IN '12-13, IT WAS 15 MILLION. 306 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:55,001 AND THEN IN '13-14, 19.2 307 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:55,802 MILLION. 308 00:13:55,802 --> 00:13:58,037 SO THAT JUST HAS SOME OF THOSE 309 00:13:58,037 --> 00:14:00,707 EXPENSES THAT THAT IS SHOWING ON 310 00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:04,110 THE THREE-YEAR IN-HOUSE WHEN WE 311 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:06,112 HAD THAT CONTRACTED OR IT WAS 312 00:14:06,112 --> 00:14:07,046 OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE WERE 313 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:09,315 UTILIZING. 314 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:11,084 SO SOME OF THE DECISIONS TO 315 00:14:11,084 --> 00:14:12,585 OUTSOURCE, WHICH I THINK ARE 316 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:16,055 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO 317 00:14:16,055 --> 00:14:17,256 CONSIDER, IS THERE WAS A LOT OF 318 00:14:17,256 --> 00:14:19,792 THINGS THAT WERE CHANGING 319 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:22,562 RELATED TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE 320 00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:23,529 ACT AT THAT TIME. 321 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:24,764 AND THAT WAS MANDATING THAT 322 00:14:24,764 --> 00:14:26,032 LARGE EMPLOYERS, THAT WOULD BE 323 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:28,935 US, THAT WE HAD TO PROVIDE 324 00:14:28,935 --> 00:14:30,803 COVERAGE TO EMPLOYEES' HEALTH 325 00:14:30,803 --> 00:14:31,871 INSURANCE COVERAGE WHEN THEY 326 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:33,673 WERE WORKING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF 327 00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:35,007 HOURS OR WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY 328 00:14:35,007 --> 00:14:37,410 THAT PENALTY. 329 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:38,778 SO THAT WAS SOME OF THE DECISION 330 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:40,747 THAT WAS ALSO CONSIDERED IN 331 00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:43,116 MAKING THIS MOVE, AND THAT WOULD 332 00:14:43,116 --> 00:14:44,917 BE, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO 333 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:46,719 EMPLOY A SUBSTITUTE BEYOND 30 334 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:47,353 HOURS. 335 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:48,488 SO THAT MEANT WE WOULD NOT BE 336 00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:51,624 ABLE TO HAVE FOLKS IN A 337 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:52,759 LONG-TERM ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE 338 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:54,961 WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEM. 339 00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:57,463 SO THE WHOLE REASON OR THE 340 00:14:57,463 --> 00:14:58,965 RATIONALE FOR MOVING AND TO LOOK 341 00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:01,134 AT HAVING THAT OUTSOURCED WAS TO 342 00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:04,170 LOOK AT SAVINGS THAT THAT WOULD 343 00:15:04,170 --> 00:15:05,171 BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE 344 00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:05,538 DISTRICT. 345 00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:08,808 WE ALSO HAD VERY LOW FILL RATES 346 00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:09,142 AT THAT TIME. 347 00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:10,376 IT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 348 00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:13,346 60 TO 70 PERCENT THAT WE WERE 349 00:15:13,346 --> 00:15:14,847 ABLE TO PROVIDE WHEN THAT WAS 350 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:20,253 OFFERED IN-HOUSE. 351 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:24,524 THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE 352 00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:25,124 YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON FOR 353 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:27,493 YOU OF THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE 354 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:28,895 SUBSTITUTES THAT KELLY SERVICES 355 00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:33,399 OR KELLY EDUCATION HAS HAD IN 356 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:35,134 WORKING WITH US AND AS MEMBER 357 00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:37,770 PEREZ ALREADY POINTED OUT, WHAT 358 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:38,971 OUR FILL RATE. 359 00:15:38,971 --> 00:15:39,939 IT HAD BEEN DECREASING, AND 360 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,240 WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM 361 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,476 VERY CLOSELY, AND THEY'VE BEEN 362 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:46,045 WORKING WITH US ON THAT AS WELL 363 00:15:46,045 --> 00:15:47,146 TO INCREASE THAT. 364 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:48,447 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE AT THE VERY 365 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:51,918 BOTTOM THERE IS OUR ANNUAL COST 366 00:15:51,918 --> 00:15:56,856 OR OUR ANNUAL SPEND FOR KELLY 367 00:15:56,856 --> 00:15:57,557 SERVICES. 368 00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:58,124 THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT WE 369 00:15:58,124 --> 00:16:00,693 HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CONTRACT. 370 00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:03,029 AND THEN ON THE VERY LAST COLUMN 371 00:16:03,029 --> 00:16:05,665 FOR THE 2021 YEAR, DUE TO THE 372 00:16:05,665 --> 00:16:10,436 LOW FILL RATE, AND THAT HAS ONLY 373 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:11,771 BEEN CALCULATED THROUGH THE 374 00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:14,173 APRIL 16 AND GETTING THE 375 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:15,074 MATERIALS READY FOR THIS 376 00:16:15,074 --> 00:16:15,875 PARTICULAR WORKSHOP. 377 00:16:15,875 --> 00:16:17,977 I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT 378 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:18,911 DOES NOT INCORPORATE ANYTHING 379 00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:21,147 THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGH MARCH AT 380 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:24,917 THE 8.1 MILLION. 381 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:27,186 THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST ANOTHER 382 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:30,056 VIEW OF OUR ABSENCES AND FILL 383 00:16:30,056 --> 00:16:32,225 RATE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE. 384 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:37,196 THANK YOU, MR. HORSTMAN. 385 00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:40,366 AND THEN IT WAS ALSO ASKED IF WE 386 00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:44,871 COULD SHOW THE TWO-YEAR REVIEW 387 00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:46,205 BY OUR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF OUR 388 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:50,576 SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE 389 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:51,477 NUMBER OF ABSENCES THAT ARE 390 00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:52,778 OCCURRING THERE. 391 00:16:52,778 --> 00:16:55,848 SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT, AND IT 392 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:58,618 REPRESENTS 263 SITES THAT HAVE 393 00:16:58,618 --> 00:17:00,586 ACCESS TO A SUBSTITUTE, EITHER A 394 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:02,889 TEACHER SUBSTITUTE OR A 395 00:17:02,889 --> 00:17:11,831 PARAPROFESSIONAL SUBSTITUTE. 396 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:13,733 AND THEN TO ANSWER THE QUESTION 397 00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:15,701 ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS 398 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:17,470 AND WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS DO, WE 399 00:17:17,470 --> 00:17:18,838 INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE, THESE 400 00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:20,940 ARE THE LARGE FLORIDA DISTRICTS 401 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:24,777 THAT ARE CURRENT CLIENTS OF 402 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:26,345 KELLY EDUCATION, BUT WE ALSO 403 00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:28,214 KNOW THAT DUVAL AND MANATEE 404 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:30,416 COUNTIES PARTNER WITH ESS, AND 405 00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:31,784 THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMPANIES 406 00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:33,853 THAT ALSO PUT IN A BID. 407 00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:37,256 DADE, BROWARD, PALM BEACH AND 408 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:38,558 PINELLAS ALL OPERATE THEIR 409 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:40,359 SUBSTITUTES IN-HOUSE, AND ONE OF 410 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:41,861 THOSE FOUR DISTRICTS DID SHARE 411 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:43,696 THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TO 412 00:17:43,696 --> 00:17:45,331 OUTSOURCE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE 413 00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:47,066 NOT GETTING THE RETURN ON 414 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:49,602 INVESTMENT, AND THEY ARE VERY 415 00:17:49,602 --> 00:17:51,437 CONCERNED WITH THE FILL RATES. 416 00:17:51,437 --> 00:17:54,941 AND KELLY DOES CONTRACT WITH 417 00:17:54,941 --> 00:17:55,942 OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. 418 00:17:55,942 --> 00:17:59,111 WE ALREADY HAVE POLK MENTIONED. 419 00:17:59,111 --> 00:18:02,081 ORANGE, ALACHUA, CLAY, SUWANNEE, 420 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,684 SUMNER, HERNANDO AND SEMINOLE 421 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:05,785 COUNTY AND THEY ONLY USE -- OR 422 00:18:05,785 --> 00:18:09,388 THE CONTRACT IS ONLY FOR FOOD 423 00:18:09,388 --> 00:18:18,664 SERVICE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. 424 00:18:18,664 --> 00:18:22,335 KELLY'S BUDGET BREAKDOWN IS OUR 425 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:25,705 SLIDE 10 FOR YOUR REFERENCE. 426 00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:28,441 SO 79% OF THEIR BUDGET IS PAID 427 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:31,210 TO WAGES, TAXES AND WORKERS 428 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:32,812 COMPENSATION IS 12%. 429 00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:37,883 SO THAT WOULD BE 91% THERE THAT 430 00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:39,418 IS GOING FOR EMPLOYEE EXPENSES, 431 00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:39,885 OBVIOUSLY. 432 00:18:39,885 --> 00:18:42,622 AND THEN THEY USE THE OTHER 9% 433 00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:46,192 FOR RECRUITING, ADMINISTRATION 434 00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:48,761 OF THE CONTRACT, ALL OF THOSE 435 00:18:48,761 --> 00:18:49,729 OTHER DIFFERENT PIECES THAT THEY 436 00:18:49,729 --> 00:18:51,430 HAVE IN THERE, AND THAT IS WHAT 437 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,799 IS INCLUDED ON THE NEXT SLIDE 438 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:57,536 FOR YOUR REFERENCE. 439 00:18:57,536 --> 00:18:59,905 THEY MANAGE THE RECRUITERS AND 440 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:02,375 THE ONBOARDERS TO SCREEN THE NEW 441 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:03,242 CANDIDATES. 442 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:05,344 ALL OF THE RECRUITING TOOLS, AND 443 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:07,213 AS WE'VE BEEN OUT AT SCHOOL 444 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:08,280 SITES, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY 445 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,815 NOTICED IT, BOARD MEMBERS, AS 446 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,217 WELL, WE HAVE NEW SIGNAGE THAT'S 447 00:19:11,217 --> 00:19:11,517 OUT. 448 00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:13,219 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN 449 00:19:13,219 --> 00:19:14,687 SUBSTITUTING AS RECRUITMENT, I 450 00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:17,156 KNOW WHEN WE WERE GIVING OUT THE 451 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:18,224 GOODIES DURING TEACHER 452 00:19:18,224 --> 00:19:19,458 APPRECIATION WEEK, I NOTICED 453 00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:20,626 THAT EVERY SCHOOL I WENT 454 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:22,628 THROUGH, THEY HAD IT IN THE 455 00:19:22,628 --> 00:19:23,663 DRIVE-THROUGH LINE AND ALL OF 456 00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:26,465 THE NEW SIGNAGE WAS OUT THERE AS 457 00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:26,665 WELL. 458 00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:27,900 THEY HAVE TRAINERS AND ALSO 459 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,269 MENTORS THAT WORK WITH OUR 460 00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:31,904 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN THE 461 00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:32,171 CLASSROOM. 462 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:34,240 THE AUTOMATED SCHEDULING TOOL 463 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,342 THAT WE USE AND THEN THEY DO THE 464 00:19:36,342 --> 00:19:37,410 MANAGEMENT OF THE INCIDENTS, 465 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:39,745 PAYROLL ISSUES, HR CONCERNS, 466 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:41,147 WORKERS COMP AND ANY 467 00:19:41,147 --> 00:19:41,881 UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. 468 00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:43,716 AND THEN THEY HAVE A TEAM THAT 469 00:19:43,716 --> 00:19:46,018 WORKS IN FILLING THE REQUEST 470 00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:49,055 FROM 5:30 A.M. TO 7 P.M. DAILY 471 00:19:49,055 --> 00:19:50,389 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 472 00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:52,658 AND WE DID FIND OUT FROM ONE OF 473 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:54,627 THE OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL THAT 474 00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:58,464 THAT IS ALL TAKEN ON AT THE 475 00:19:58,464 --> 00:19:59,131 SCHOOL SITES. 476 00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:01,233 IN MIAMI-DADE, THEY HAVE PEOPLE 477 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:02,168 THAT THEY HAVE A SECRETARY THAT 478 00:20:02,168 --> 00:20:03,869 GETS THERE AT 5:30 IN THE 479 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:05,071 MORNING AND THEY START WORKING 480 00:20:05,071 --> 00:20:08,307 THROUGH ALL OF THE CALL-INS OF 481 00:20:08,307 --> 00:20:20,286 THEIR PARTICULAR TEACHERS. 482 00:20:20,286 --> 00:20:21,787 THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE 483 00:20:21,787 --> 00:20:23,089 RECRUITMENT COST -- THE 484 00:20:23,089 --> 00:20:24,957 ESTIMATED RECRUITMENT COST OF 485 00:20:24,957 --> 00:20:25,391 TEACHERS. 486 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:27,993 AND ACTUALLY, KELLY EDUCATION 487 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:30,029 HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR GREATEST 488 00:20:30,029 --> 00:20:31,063 RECRUITERS FOR TEACHERS TO BE 489 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,765 ABLE TO MOVE INTO TEACHING. 490 00:20:32,765 --> 00:20:35,167 WE WORK WITH THEM IN THEIR 491 00:20:35,167 --> 00:20:35,701 CERTIFICATION. 492 00:20:35,701 --> 00:20:38,871 THEY MIGHT JUST BE LACKING A FEW 493 00:20:38,871 --> 00:20:40,339 THINGS AND TO HELP THEM TO DO 494 00:20:40,339 --> 00:20:40,539 THAT. 495 00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:42,108 SINCE THE 2014 SCHOOL YEAR, WE 496 00:20:42,108 --> 00:20:46,846 HAVE HIRED 1,899 TEACHERS INTO 497 00:20:46,846 --> 00:20:48,581 THE DISTRICT THROUGH KELLY 498 00:20:48,581 --> 00:20:48,848 SERVICES. 499 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:50,449 AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, MANY 500 00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:53,819 OF THE OTHER COMPANIES THAT ALSO 501 00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:55,621 BID ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT 502 00:20:55,621 --> 00:20:58,924 THAT WE JUST WENT INTO LAST 503 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,659 SPRING ALSO CHARGE AN EXTRA FEE 504 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:05,197 IF YOU ARE TO HIRE ONE OF THEIR 505 00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:06,332 STAFF MEMBERS. 506 00:21:06,332 --> 00:21:07,967 KELLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY ADDED 507 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:09,168 FEES INTO THAT. 508 00:21:09,168 --> 00:21:10,836 SO FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER OF 509 00:21:10,836 --> 00:21:13,973 JUST THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE HIRED 510 00:21:13,973 --> 00:21:16,308 AN ADDITIONAL 145 THERE THAT 511 00:21:16,308 --> 00:21:18,878 YOU'LL SEE ON OUR NUMBERS. 512 00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:20,713 KELLY DOES SUPPORT THE DISTRICT. 513 00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:23,249 THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND IN 514 00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:23,849 OTHER WAYS. 515 00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:25,584 SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS 516 00:21:25,584 --> 00:21:28,888 IMPORTANT THAT TO ALSO NOTE THE 517 00:21:28,888 --> 00:21:29,555 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT 518 00:21:29,555 --> 00:21:32,358 THEY ARE ENGAGED AROUND TO 519 00:21:32,358 --> 00:21:33,993 SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT AND TO 520 00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:35,528 SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR 521 00:21:35,528 --> 00:21:35,961 FAMILIES. 522 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:39,598 AND THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE 523 00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:42,001 DETAILS OF THOSE VARIOUS 524 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:42,668 ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'VE 525 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:45,004 PARTICIPATED IN. 526 00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:46,505 AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE 527 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:47,273 BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE 528 00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:52,011 TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN 529 00:21:52,011 --> 00:21:52,745 SUBSTITUTES AS WELL. 530 00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:53,979 AS WE HAVE MOVED THROUGHOUT, 531 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:57,783 WE'VE WORKED ON VARIOUS BONUSES. 532 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:00,653 WE HAVE A BILINGUAL REFERRAL 533 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:00,853 BONUS. 534 00:22:00,853 --> 00:22:02,955 WE HAVE A MILITARY AND A 535 00:22:02,955 --> 00:22:04,857 MILITARY SPOUSE REFERRAL BONUS. 536 00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:06,125 SO ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL 537 00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:09,495 THINGS, BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE 538 00:22:09,495 --> 00:22:11,630 A LESS THAN, YOU KNOW, 90% FILL 539 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:11,897 RATE. 540 00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:13,732 WE REALLY WANT TO GET THAT UP 541 00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:15,000 BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANY 542 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,670 CLASSROOM OR ANY SITE TO HAVE TO 543 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:18,270 GO WITHOUT. 544 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:21,207 SO THESE ARE JUST SOME 545 00:22:21,207 --> 00:22:22,041 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE 546 00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:23,776 DONE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR 547 00:22:23,776 --> 00:22:28,347 SUBSTITUTES. 548 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:31,317 AND THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE 549 00:22:31,317 --> 00:22:33,686 CONTRACT SPEND AND THE DIFFERENT 550 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:36,589 FUNDING SOURCES THAT HAVE -- 551 00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:38,991 THAT WE UTILIZE THROUGH OUR 552 00:22:38,991 --> 00:22:40,426 CONTRACT SPEND. 553 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:42,628 SO EACH OF THE YEARS YOU CAN SEE 554 00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:46,332 THAT -- HOW THAT'S ALIGNED WITH 555 00:22:46,332 --> 00:22:48,067 THE PREVIOUS INFORMATION ON THE 556 00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:53,205 PREVIOUS SLIDES. 557 00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:55,841 THIS IS ANOTHER GRAPHIC FOR YOU 558 00:22:55,841 --> 00:22:57,309 OF THAT TOTAL CONTRACT COST THAT 559 00:22:57,309 --> 00:23:01,647 WE HAVE PAID ANNUALLY. 560 00:23:01,647 --> 00:23:06,852 AND THEN, FINALLY, SOME OTHER 561 00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:11,023 CONSIDERATIONS WE WOULD NEED TO 562 00:23:11,023 --> 00:23:11,857 CONSIDER IF WE DID NOT HAVE 563 00:23:11,857 --> 00:23:12,691 CONTRACT SERVICES. 564 00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:14,827 JUST THE EMPLOYER COST ALONE, 565 00:23:14,827 --> 00:23:16,528 WHAT WE HAVE DEFINED AS HARD 566 00:23:16,528 --> 00:23:18,397 COST, YOU SEE THERE, THE 567 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:20,132 ADMINISTRATIVE COST, WE WOULD 568 00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:21,667 HAVE TO HAVE THE SOFTWARE TO BE 569 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,669 ABLE TO RUN EVERYTHING, ALL OF 570 00:23:23,669 --> 00:23:27,106 THE RECRUITMENT, ADVERTISING, 571 00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:29,041 AND THEN MANAGEMENT OF ALL OF 572 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:32,678 THOSE PIECES AND PERSONNEL, THE 573 00:23:32,678 --> 00:23:36,482 TIME GOING THROUGH ALL THE 574 00:23:36,482 --> 00:23:37,149 ORIENTATION AND THE TRAINING AND 575 00:23:37,149 --> 00:23:38,450 THE STAFF THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED 576 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:41,287 FOR THAT AND THEN ALSO QUALITY 577 00:23:41,287 --> 00:23:43,722 OF THE RECOGNITION PROGRAMS, 578 00:23:43,722 --> 00:23:45,758 OPEN POSITIONS, MAKING SURE WE 579 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:49,094 WERE HAVING ENOUGH SUBSTITUTES 580 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:50,029 TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE FILL 581 00:23:50,029 --> 00:23:51,830 RATE. 582 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:53,699 WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT WE WOULD 583 00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:57,603 NEED AT LEAST A PULL OF CLOSE TO 584 00:23:57,603 --> 00:24:01,106 2800 TO 3,000 SUBSTITUTES JUST 585 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:04,410 TO FULFILL OUR NEEDS AS WE WOULD 586 00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:08,080 BE MOVING INTO THAT. 587 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:12,952 AND THEN THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS 588 00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:15,487 WHAT OUR CURRENT AMOUNTS AND 589 00:24:15,487 --> 00:24:16,689 RATES WOULD BE, AND THEN WHAT WE 590 00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:18,357 USED AS OUR IN-HOUSE ESTIMATE. 591 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:21,260 WE ELIMINATED THE MARKUP PIECE 592 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:24,129 ON THAT FOR YOU, AND ONLY PUT IN 593 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:25,564 THE FRINGE AMOUNT THAT THAT 594 00:24:25,564 --> 00:24:26,899 WOULD BE. 595 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:28,867 AND STARTING ON LINE 5, MOVING 596 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:31,236 ALL THE WAY THROUGH LINE 9 ON 597 00:24:31,236 --> 00:24:33,972 THIS SLIDE, WE DID NOT CHANGE 598 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:36,742 ANY OF THOSE ESTIMATED COSTS OF 599 00:24:36,742 --> 00:24:38,277 WHAT OUR ACTUAL COSTS WERE BACK 600 00:24:38,277 --> 00:24:40,279 IN '13-14. 601 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:41,747 RATES FOR THOSE THINGS, WE 602 00:24:41,747 --> 00:24:44,516 CARRIED OVER THAT SAME 603 00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:46,385 INFORMATION FOR YOU, AND WE HAVE 604 00:24:46,385 --> 00:24:47,953 AN ESTIMATE THAT THE ADDITIONAL 605 00:24:47,953 --> 00:24:52,558 EXPENSE TO THE DISTRICT WOULD BE 606 00:24:52,558 --> 00:24:55,728 QUITE SIGNIFICANT IF WE WERE TO 607 00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:58,764 CARRY THESE EXPENSES OR TAKE 608 00:24:58,764 --> 00:25:08,640 THIS ON AS THE EMPLOYER. 609 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,309 THAT CONCLUDES THE SLIDES OF 610 00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:13,112 INFORMATION FOR YOU, MS. GRAY. 611 00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:14,813 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, DR. 612 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:15,047 WHELAN. 613 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:18,951 AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE 614 00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:20,586 WILL ENTERTAIN BOARD COMMENTS 615 00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:22,554 AND QUESTIONS. 616 00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:24,723 MS. COURIER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 617 00:25:24,723 --> 00:25:27,526 BE PART OF THE Q & A BECAUSE OF 618 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:32,331 OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS? 619 00:25:32,331 --> 00:25:36,034 I THINK WHEN MS. COURIER GETS TO 620 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:38,303 HER CHAIR, PERHAPS IT WOULD BE 621 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:40,272 WELL ADVISED, MS. COURIER, FOR 622 00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:44,143 YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF ONE 623 00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:44,810 AGAIN AND BOARD MEMBERS MAY WANT 624 00:25:44,810 --> 00:25:45,878 TO ASK A QUESTION TO YOU 625 00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:53,485 DIRECTLY. 626 00:25:53,485 --> 00:25:55,821 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 627 00:25:55,821 --> 00:25:56,922 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND MEMBERS 628 00:25:56,922 --> 00:25:59,725 OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS CHERYL 629 00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:00,759 COURIER. 630 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:02,895 AND I AM VICE PRESIDENT FOR 631 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:03,662 KELLY EDUCATION. 632 00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:05,230 I MANAGE SEVEN STATES FOR THE 633 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:06,565 COMPANY, AND I'VE BEEN WITH 634 00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:10,269 KELLY FOR 33 YEARS. 635 00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:11,003 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR 636 00:26:11,003 --> 00:26:12,171 QUESTIONS, RIGHT NOW, WE'LL 637 00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:13,739 START OUT WITH MEMBER PEREZ AND 638 00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:15,374 WE'LL WORK OUR WAY AROUND. 639 00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:17,709 AND MEMBER VAUGHN IS ON THE 640 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:22,915 QUEUE, IS THAT CORRECT? 641 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:25,117 >> IS MS. SNIVELY ON THE QUEUE? 642 00:26:25,117 --> 00:26:30,489 >>Lynn Gray: SHE'S ON HER WAY. 643 00:26:30,489 --> 00:26:38,397 >> [MICROPHONE NOT ON] 644 00:26:38,397 --> 00:26:40,132 >>Karen Perez: TEACHERS IN 645 00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:40,833 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS HAVE 646 00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:43,535 REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE TO TEACH 647 00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:44,736 DURING THE PLANNING PERIOD DUE 648 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:47,139 TO NO-SHOW SUBS OR NO SUBS AT 649 00:26:47,139 --> 00:26:49,374 ALL. 650 00:26:49,374 --> 00:26:53,312 THAT'S A QUESTION. 651 00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:55,013 AND THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THAT 652 00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:57,716 KELLY SERVICES ARE HIGH-PAID 653 00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:58,016 BABYSITTERS. 654 00:26:58,016 --> 00:26:59,251 I NEED TO SEE IF YOU COULD 655 00:26:59,251 --> 00:27:00,352 ADDRESS THAT. 656 00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:01,553 AND I NOTICED THAT YOU DIDN'T 657 00:27:01,553 --> 00:27:04,690 PROVIDE US FILL RATES BY SCHOOL. 658 00:27:04,690 --> 00:27:11,563 CAN YOU TALK TO THAT, PLEASE? 659 00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:16,768 >> SO TEACHERS IN TRANSFORMATION 660 00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:17,769 SCHOOLS REPORTING -- PREVIOUSLY, 661 00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:19,438 WHEN WE STILL HAD OUR 662 00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:22,841 ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS SET UP, WE 663 00:27:22,841 --> 00:27:23,809 HAD BUILDING SUBS THAT WERE 664 00:27:23,809 --> 00:27:25,511 ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THE SCHOOLS 665 00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:28,013 BASED ON THE TIERS. 666 00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:29,581 DUE TO OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, 667 00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:31,483 THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE 668 00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:34,553 WERE ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE FOR 669 00:27:34,553 --> 00:27:34,953 THIS YEAR. 670 00:27:34,953 --> 00:27:38,790 WE DID WORK ON OUR MOU ALSO WITH 671 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:41,860 CTA BECAUSE WE KNEW THE COVID 672 00:27:41,860 --> 00:27:43,295 IMPACT WHEN STAFF MEMBERS WERE 673 00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:44,530 GOING TO BE QUARANTINED AND 674 00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:46,231 TRYING TO DO THAT FILL RATE. 675 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:48,800 SO WE DID PROVIDE SOME EXTRA 676 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,436 COVERAGE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND 677 00:27:51,436 --> 00:27:52,337 MONETARILY WHEN THEY HAD TO 678 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:56,742 COVER THAT, BUT THAT IS 679 00:27:56,742 --> 00:27:57,676 DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE 680 00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:00,012 KNOW IS OF CONCERN, MS. PEREZ, 681 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:02,014 AND THAT'S ALREADY SOMETHING 682 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:04,416 THAT MR. DAVIS AND MS. McCRAY 683 00:28:04,416 --> 00:28:06,184 HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR US TO 684 00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:09,454 LOOK AT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT 685 00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:11,456 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR 686 00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:13,058 WITH BUILDING SUBSTITUTES 687 00:28:13,058 --> 00:28:14,927 BECAUSE THAT DID HAVE QUITE THE 688 00:28:14,927 --> 00:28:16,128 RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR US. 689 00:28:16,128 --> 00:28:18,230 SO YOU'RE RIGHT, OUR SUB RATES 690 00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:18,830 SHOW THAT. 691 00:28:18,830 --> 00:28:20,999 WE CAN GET THE BREAKDOWN FILL 692 00:28:20,999 --> 00:28:22,968 RATE BY EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL 693 00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:23,168 SITE. 694 00:28:23,168 --> 00:28:26,004 WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT 695 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:32,244 TO YOU ALL. 696 00:28:32,244 --> 00:28:34,880 AS FAR AS THE TRAINING THAT OUR 697 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,950 TEACHERS DO, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN 698 00:28:37,950 --> 00:28:38,250 BABYSITTING. 699 00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:39,985 I MEAN, THEY CARRY OUT THE 700 00:28:39,985 --> 00:28:40,886 INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS. 701 00:28:40,886 --> 00:28:43,088 THEY GO THROUGH CLASSROOM 702 00:28:43,088 --> 00:28:45,157 MANAGEMENT TRAINING, ALL OF 703 00:28:45,157 --> 00:28:46,224 THOSE PIECES IN THAT. 704 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:47,559 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SUBSTITUTES 705 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:50,362 THAT WORK WITH US IN LONG-TERM 706 00:28:50,362 --> 00:28:52,531 ASSIGNMENTS, SO THEY ARE ENGAGED 707 00:28:52,531 --> 00:28:53,765 IN THE PLANNING WITH THE 708 00:28:53,765 --> 00:28:58,170 DEPARTMENT AND THE PLCs. 709 00:28:58,170 --> 00:28:58,370 NALA. 710 00:28:58,370 --> 00:28:59,605 >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE 711 00:28:59,605 --> 00:29:01,373 ALSO ARE AWARE ABOUT THE 712 00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:03,742 TRANSFORMATION SITES, AND WE'VE 713 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,411 SHIFTED OUR INCENTIVES TO THE 714 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:07,279 SUBSTITUTES TO PROVIDE 715 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:08,380 ADDITIONAL POINTS THROUGH THE 716 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,881 KELLY REWARD SYSTEM SO THAT 717 00:29:09,881 --> 00:29:11,583 SUBSTITUTES ARE MORE INCLINED TO 718 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:16,622 PICK UP THOSE POSITIONS. 719 00:29:16,622 --> 00:29:18,690 >>Karen Perez: MY CONCERN WITH 720 00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:20,459 THAT IS PRIOR TO TO BEING 721 00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:22,694 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS, WE WERE 722 00:29:22,694 --> 00:29:25,597 ALREADY HAVING SOME ISSUES. 723 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:26,665 AND WITHOUT TEACHERS OR 724 00:29:26,665 --> 00:29:28,500 SUBSTITUTES IN THE CLASSROOM, 725 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:30,135 OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS ARE 726 00:29:30,135 --> 00:29:32,437 REALLY SUFFERING. 727 00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:33,839 AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONGTIME 728 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:35,140 ISSUE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US 729 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:36,341 FOR A WHILE. 730 00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:37,709 AND THESE ISSUES CONTINUE. 731 00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:40,946 AND WE ARE IN 2021 STILL 732 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:43,649 ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES. 733 00:29:43,649 --> 00:29:46,385 ON PAGE 10 OF OUR KELLY 734 00:29:46,385 --> 00:29:48,620 EDUCATION SUBSTITUTE SPENDING 735 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:50,088 BREAKDOWN, I'M LOOKING BACK AND 736 00:29:50,088 --> 00:29:53,258 COMPARING THAT TO YOUR BREAKDOWN 737 00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:57,863 ON PAGE 4 WHERE YOU SPOKE ABOUT 738 00:29:57,863 --> 00:29:59,731 THE TRAINING, THE EXPENSES, YOU 739 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:02,934 KNOW, THE OVERHEAD EXPENSES, 740 00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:07,806 GENERAL FUND, WE'RE ONLY AT $3 741 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:08,473 MILLION DIFFERENCE. 742 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:13,412 WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROVIDING 743 00:30:13,412 --> 00:30:14,613 HEALTH CARE TO THE SUBSTITUTES 744 00:30:14,613 --> 00:30:17,916 AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS 745 00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:25,190 AS OPPOSED TO THE KELLY SERVICES 746 00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:26,124 WHERE THEIR SPENDING BREAKDOWN 747 00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:30,195 IS IN RECRUITING, FULFILLMENT, 748 00:30:30,195 --> 00:30:31,163 ADMINISTRATION, TAX, WORKERS 749 00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:31,830 COMP AND WAGES. 750 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:35,000 I THINK WE PROVIDE A LOT MORE TO 751 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,201 SUBSTITUTES WHEN THEY ARE COMING 752 00:30:36,201 --> 00:30:38,570 THROUGH, WHEN IT'S IN-HOUSE AND 753 00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:40,872 WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES 754 00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:41,239 THROUGH US. 755 00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:42,741 BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, 756 00:30:42,741 --> 00:30:44,643 THE BENEFITS TO OUR SUBSTITUTES 757 00:30:44,643 --> 00:30:45,677 AS OPPOSED TO THE KELLY 758 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:52,184 SERVICES. 759 00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:54,319 >>Lynn Gray: DR. WHELAN, WOULD 760 00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:55,287 YOU LIKE TO RESPOND REGARDING 761 00:30:55,287 --> 00:30:58,623 THE BENEFITS? 762 00:30:58,623 --> 00:30:59,591 >>Marie Whelan: WE DON'T PROVIDE 763 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:01,893 THE BENEFITS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT 764 00:31:01,893 --> 00:31:07,666 THE EMPLOYER. 765 00:31:07,666 --> 00:31:09,968 >>Karen Perez: IN-HOUSE. 766 00:31:09,968 --> 00:31:11,837 YOU MENTIONED -- AFTER A CERTAIN 767 00:31:11,837 --> 00:31:14,473 AMOUNT OF HOURS YOU WOULD HAVE 768 00:31:14,473 --> 00:31:14,906 TO. 769 00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:15,607 >>Marie Whelan: CORRECT. 770 00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:16,141 YES, MA'AM. 771 00:31:16,141 --> 00:31:17,776 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 772 00:31:17,776 --> 00:31:18,844 PEREZ. 773 00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:20,946 WE'RE JUST GOING AROUND THE ROOM 774 00:31:20,946 --> 00:31:21,313 HERE. 775 00:31:21,313 --> 00:31:22,914 MEMBER COMBS FOLLOWED BY MEMBER 776 00:31:22,914 --> 00:31:24,649 WASHINGTON, FOLLOWED BY MEMBER 777 00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:26,351 HAHN, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY 778 00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:32,090 MEMBER VAUGHN. 779 00:31:32,090 --> 00:31:32,858 >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO 780 00:31:32,858 --> 00:31:33,792 MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. 781 00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:36,261 A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 782 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:38,797 WHEN WE MOVED, WHAT WAS THE 783 00:31:38,797 --> 00:31:39,097 MOTIVATION? 784 00:31:39,097 --> 00:31:41,500 AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE 785 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:42,534 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE 786 00:31:42,534 --> 00:31:43,802 LAST FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO KELLY 787 00:31:43,802 --> 00:31:47,139 COMING IN, WHAT THE OVERALL COST 788 00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:47,305 WAS. 789 00:31:47,305 --> 00:31:48,974 BECAUSE I SEE WHAT THE COST IS 790 00:31:48,974 --> 00:31:50,575 NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 791 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,177 SEEN WHAT THE INTERNAL COST WAS 792 00:31:52,177 --> 00:31:54,412 IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IF AT 793 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:55,113 SOME POINT YOU COULD PROVIDE 794 00:31:55,113 --> 00:31:56,381 THAT INFORMATION, I THINK IT 795 00:31:56,381 --> 00:31:59,317 WOULD BE INSIGHTFUL. 796 00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:01,553 I MEAN, TALKING 2010 TO 2014 797 00:32:01,553 --> 00:32:03,955 WHEN WE WERE DOING IT IN-HOUSE. 798 00:32:03,955 --> 00:32:05,690 I SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH 799 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:07,859 KELLY, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE 800 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:08,493 2010. 801 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:09,528 WAS THAT THERE? 802 00:32:09,528 --> 00:32:10,695 >>Marie Whelan: NO. 803 00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:13,064 WE HAVE 11-12. 804 00:32:13,064 --> 00:32:16,668 I DON'T HAVE '10-11. 805 00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:20,438 SO YOU'RE REQUESTING '10-11? 806 00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:25,510 >>Nadia Combs: I GUESS OVERALL. 807 00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:26,411 WHEN WE'RE TALKING HEALTH 808 00:32:26,411 --> 00:32:27,612 INSURANCE IS THAT NOW THE SAME 809 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:30,949 CASE OR IS IT DIFFERENT? 810 00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:33,051 >> NO, IT WOULD STILL BE, 811 00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:37,355 BECAUSE WE COULD BE PENALIZED IF 812 00:32:37,355 --> 00:32:40,525 WE HAVE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, 813 00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:41,593 THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY OUR 814 00:32:41,593 --> 00:32:43,461 EMPLOYEES WERE AT WILL AND 815 00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:47,132 TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, BUT DUE TO 816 00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:49,768 THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WE 817 00:32:49,768 --> 00:32:51,102 COULD BE PENALIZED IF WE DO NOT 818 00:32:51,102 --> 00:32:52,437 PROVIDE THAT. 819 00:32:52,437 --> 00:32:54,539 AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PROVIDE 820 00:32:54,539 --> 00:32:55,473 THAT BENEFIT PREVIOUSLY. 821 00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:56,541 >>Nadia Combs: AS KELLY 822 00:32:56,541 --> 00:32:58,577 SERVICES, ARE YOU UNDER THE SAME 823 00:32:58,577 --> 00:33:01,279 GUISE AS WE WERE OR WE ARE? 824 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:04,382 >> YES, WE ARE UNDER -- WE ARE 825 00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:05,717 REQUIRED TO -- ACA. 826 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:08,520 IT IS THE SAME RULE. 827 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:09,621 >>Nadia Combs: BASICALLY, WHAT'S 828 00:33:09,621 --> 00:33:11,289 THE PROFIT MARGIN ON THIS FOR 829 00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:12,691 KELLY SERVICES? 830 00:33:12,691 --> 00:33:13,758 OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE DOING IT 831 00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:15,527 BECAUSE YOU'RE PROFITING. 832 00:33:15,527 --> 00:33:17,963 BUT WHAT'S THE OVERALL PROFIT 833 00:33:17,963 --> 00:33:19,130 MARGIN WE ARE LOOKING AT? 834 00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:27,472 >> SO THE MARKUP IS A 1.26495. 835 00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:28,640 IT'S ONE OF THE LOWEST ONES WE 836 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:29,007 HAVE. 837 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:29,875 THE PROFIT IS ACTUALLY VERY 838 00:33:29,875 --> 00:33:30,976 SLIM. 839 00:33:30,976 --> 00:33:34,045 PROBABLY A COUPLE OF PENNIES PER 840 00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:35,113 DAY PER EMPLOYEE SIMPLY BECAUSE 841 00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:36,281 OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAVE 842 00:33:36,281 --> 00:33:38,483 TO SPEND ON RECRUITING AND THEN 843 00:33:38,483 --> 00:33:38,750 BENEFITS. 844 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:40,719 IF YOU LOOKED AT THE PIE CHART, 845 00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:42,254 91% OF THE SPEND IS THE 846 00:33:42,254 --> 00:33:42,520 EMPLOYEE. 847 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,023 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A WORKER'S 848 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:48,994 COMP CLAIM OR A LAWSUIT FOR EEOC 849 00:33:48,994 --> 00:33:50,862 OR A REGULAR DAILY PAY, ALL OF 850 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,731 THOSE THINGS ARE COVERED BY 851 00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:58,536 KELLY IN THAT MARKUP. 852 00:33:58,536 --> 00:33:59,871 >>Nadia Combs: I HAD ONE OTHER 853 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:00,238 QUESTION. 854 00:34:00,238 --> 00:34:01,406 WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OTHER 855 00:34:01,406 --> 00:34:02,574 COUNTIES, YOU MENTIONED SOME, 856 00:34:02,574 --> 00:34:05,110 BUT WHAT ABOUT BROWARD, 857 00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:06,411 MIAMI-DADE, ARE THEY STILL 858 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:08,013 IN-HOUSE OR ARE THEY OUTSOURCING 859 00:34:08,013 --> 00:34:10,615 IT AS WELL? 860 00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:12,284 >> THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN-HOUSE. 861 00:34:12,284 --> 00:34:15,220 ONE OF THOSE TWO IS LOOKING TO 862 00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:17,289 NO LONGER BE DOING THAT 863 00:34:17,289 --> 00:34:21,126 IN-HOUSE. 864 00:34:21,126 --> 00:34:21,860 >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. 865 00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:22,961 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 866 00:34:22,961 --> 00:34:23,528 COMBS. 867 00:34:23,528 --> 00:34:25,563 ACTUALLY, YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO 868 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:28,133 MS. COURIER, WHO I ALMOST HAD TO 869 00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:31,670 ARM WRESTLE WITH TO TRY TO GET 870 00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:32,604 MORE MONEY PER SUB. 871 00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:35,473 I THINK I SQUEEZED YOU FOR 50 872 00:34:35,473 --> 00:34:38,410 MORE CENTS PER HOUR, AND THERE 873 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:41,613 WAS THAT DISCUSSION, BUT ANYWAY, 874 00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:44,149 THERE IS A SMALL PROFIT MARGIN. 875 00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:47,285 MEMBER WASHINGTON. 876 00:34:47,285 --> 00:34:47,886 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: 877 00:34:47,886 --> 00:34:48,186 THANK YOU. 878 00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:49,688 THANK YOU, DR. WHELAN, FOR THAT 879 00:34:49,688 --> 00:34:50,388 IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 880 00:34:50,388 --> 00:34:52,390 I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE 881 00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:53,425 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS BECAUSE I 882 00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:56,328 HAVE A LOT IN MY AREA. 883 00:34:56,328 --> 00:34:58,229 DO WE HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS 884 00:34:58,229 --> 00:34:59,764 ALSO GOING INTO THOSE SCHOOLS? 885 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:01,733 I MEAN, TELL ME ABOUT THE 886 00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:03,268 CERTIFIED TEACHERS ON THE SUB 887 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:08,073 LIST, ON THE KELLY. 888 00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:10,775 >> SOME OF THEM COULD HOLD 889 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:11,109 CERTIFICATION. 890 00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:12,510 WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO 891 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:13,878 NOTE IS ALMOST 75% OF OUR 892 00:35:13,878 --> 00:35:16,047 SUBSTITUTES HOLD A BACHELOR'S 893 00:35:16,047 --> 00:35:17,749 DEGREE OR HIGHER. 894 00:35:17,749 --> 00:35:20,986 SO THAT REALLY HAS BEEN A FOCUS 895 00:35:20,986 --> 00:35:26,257 FOR THE RECRUITMENT AS WELL, 896 00:35:26,257 --> 00:35:27,592 BECAUSE THEY ARE DEGREED 897 00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:29,094 PROFESSIONALS, AND THEY HAVE 898 00:35:29,094 --> 00:35:31,096 OFTEN BEEN IN OTHER CAREER 899 00:35:31,096 --> 00:35:31,930 FIELDS AND FELT LIKE THIS IS 900 00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:34,899 SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO BE 901 00:35:34,899 --> 00:35:36,501 ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND TRY OUT. 902 00:35:36,501 --> 00:35:38,536 WE WORKED WITH THEM TO EARN THE 903 00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:38,870 CERTIFICATION. 904 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:40,939 LIKE I SAID, IT COULD BE ONE OR 905 00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:43,375 TWO THINGS BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR 906 00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:44,643 BACHELOR'S DEGREE IS IN. 907 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:46,878 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. 908 00:35:46,878 --> 00:35:49,114 THERE COULD BE A FEW AS YOU 909 00:35:49,114 --> 00:35:50,448 RECOGNIZED, THE GENTLEMAN AT THE 910 00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:51,950 RECOGNITION MEETING THAT HAD 911 00:35:51,950 --> 00:35:54,486 BEEN YOUR TEACHER THAT WAS 912 00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:56,021 RETIRED THAT WE RECOGNIZED AS 913 00:35:56,021 --> 00:35:57,956 THE SUBSTITUTE OF THE YEAR. 914 00:35:57,956 --> 00:36:01,359 SO SOME ARE RETIRED STAFF 915 00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:02,127 MEMBERS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE 916 00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:03,461 ABLE TO HIRE BACK BECAUSE THEY'D 917 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:05,397 HAVE TO SIT OUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT 918 00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:08,500 OF TIME THROUGH THE FRS AS WELL. 919 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:09,467 SOME MIGHT HOLD THAT. 920 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:11,336 WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION 921 00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:12,437 FOR YOU. 922 00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:13,838 NALA HAS THE ANSWERS TO 923 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:14,272 EVERYTHING. 924 00:36:14,272 --> 00:36:16,674 >> AS DR. WHELAN MENTIONED, 925 00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:18,910 74.4% DO HAVE A BACHELOR'S 926 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:19,744 DEGREE. 927 00:36:19,744 --> 00:36:22,080 10.4 DO HOLD A CERTIFICATION. 928 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:22,781 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THAT 929 00:36:22,781 --> 00:36:26,351 WAS A GOOD ANSWER. 930 00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:28,053 >> CAN I JUST ADD TO THAT? 931 00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:29,721 AS SOON AS WE FIND ANYBODY THAT 932 00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:31,456 HAS DEGREE THAT'S INTERESTED IN 933 00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:32,590 BECOMING A TEACHER, WE 934 00:36:32,590 --> 00:36:33,858 TRADITIONALLY ASSIGN ONE OF THE 935 00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,326 RETIRED PRINCIPALS WHO WORK FOR 936 00:36:35,326 --> 00:36:37,162 US AND THEY WORK WITH THEM 937 00:36:37,162 --> 00:36:38,563 MENTORING THEM IN THE CLASSROOM 938 00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:40,165 TO MAKE THEM MOST SUCCESSFUL. 939 00:36:40,165 --> 00:36:41,099 AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 940 00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:43,034 THEN HELPS THEM WITH THEIR 941 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:43,368 CERTIFICATION. 942 00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:46,538 WE WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT 943 00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:47,572 ANYONE WHO QUALIFIES WILL BE 944 00:36:47,572 --> 00:36:48,873 ABLE TO TAKE A FULL-TIME 945 00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:51,309 TEACHING POSITION. 946 00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:51,910 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: 947 00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:52,410 OKAY, GOOD. 948 00:36:52,410 --> 00:36:54,312 I WOULD LIKE IN THE NEXT YEAR 949 00:36:54,312 --> 00:36:55,747 COMING UP, ESPECIALLY IN THE 950 00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:57,082 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS, I WOULD 951 00:36:57,082 --> 00:36:59,117 LIKE TO SEE MORE CONCENTRATED ON 952 00:36:59,117 --> 00:37:00,318 PUTTING CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN 953 00:37:00,318 --> 00:37:01,553 THOSE AREAS, BECAUSE I THINK 954 00:37:01,553 --> 00:37:04,189 IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN 955 00:37:04,189 --> 00:37:06,658 DISTRICT FIVE, JUST TO HAVE A 956 00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:07,992 MORE CONCENTRATION ON PUTTING 957 00:37:07,992 --> 00:37:08,693 CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THOSE 958 00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:10,495 AREAS. 959 00:37:10,495 --> 00:37:11,730 I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 960 00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:12,397 WORK THAT OUT. 961 00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:16,868 THANK YOU. 962 00:37:16,868 --> 00:37:18,403 >>Lynn Gray: EXCELLENT POINT, 963 00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:19,704 MEMBER WASHINGTON. 964 00:37:19,704 --> 00:37:22,674 MEMBER HAHN FOLLOWED BY MEMBER 965 00:37:22,674 --> 00:37:23,575 VAUGHN AND POSSIBLY MEMBER 966 00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:25,076 SNIVELY. 967 00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:26,010 >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER 968 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:27,178 GRAY. 969 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:28,379 FIRST, I WANT TO THANK MEMBER 970 00:37:28,379 --> 00:37:30,115 PEREZ FOR BRINGING THIS 971 00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,783 IMPORTANT TOPIC FORWARD TODAY, 972 00:37:31,783 --> 00:37:33,985 ESPECIALLY DURING A TIME WHERE 973 00:37:33,985 --> 00:37:36,454 WE'RE LOOKING FOR COST SAVINGS 974 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:37,222 FOR OUR DISTRICT. 975 00:37:37,222 --> 00:37:39,090 AND AS ALWAYS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR 976 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:41,726 THE HIGHEST QUALITY TEACHERS IN 977 00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:43,361 THE CLASSROOM. 978 00:37:43,361 --> 00:37:44,796 THIS IS A REALLY TIMELY 979 00:37:44,796 --> 00:37:48,900 CONVERSATION FOR ALL OF US TO 980 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:49,267 HAVE. 981 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:51,536 FOR MANY OF US, THIS ALL STARTED 982 00:37:51,536 --> 00:37:52,871 LONG BEFORE WE WERE SCHOOL BOARD 983 00:37:52,871 --> 00:37:53,104 MEMBERS. 984 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:56,875 DR. WHELAN, I APPRECIATE THE 985 00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:57,575 HISTORICAL INFORMATION YOU 986 00:37:57,575 --> 00:37:58,676 PROVIDED TODAY. 987 00:37:58,676 --> 00:38:03,148 I THINK THAT ON PAGE FOUR, WHERE 988 00:38:03,148 --> 00:38:06,618 YOU PROVIDE THE IN-HOUSE COST 989 00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:13,858 FROM 2011 TO 2014, I MIGHT BE 990 00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:16,194 INTERESTED TO SEE MAYBE THE 991 00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:16,628 FORECAST. 992 00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:17,595 ACTUALLY, YOU KIND OF DID 993 00:38:17,595 --> 00:38:21,166 FORECAST THE COSTS TODAY, DIDN'T 994 00:38:21,166 --> 00:38:21,332 YOU? 995 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:21,599 >> YES. 996 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:23,101 THE LAST SLIDE. 997 00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:25,370 >>Stacy Hahn: AND THAT'S BASED 998 00:38:25,370 --> 00:38:30,308 ON WHAT KELLY SERVICES IS PAYING 999 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,209 THE SUBSTITUTES AS WELL AS ALL 1000 00:38:31,209 --> 00:38:34,779 OF THOSE OTHER COSTS THAT YOU 1001 00:38:34,779 --> 00:38:36,648 TALKED ABOUT WORKERS COMP AND 1002 00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:37,715 ALL OF THE STAFFING THAT WOULD 1003 00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:39,951 HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE, THOSE 1004 00:38:39,951 --> 00:38:40,752 NUMBERS THAT INCLUDES ALL OF 1005 00:38:40,752 --> 00:38:41,953 THAT, CORRECT? 1006 00:38:41,953 --> 00:38:43,354 >> YES, MA'AM. 1007 00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:44,589 >>Stacy Hahn: OKAY. 1008 00:38:44,589 --> 00:38:46,391 ALSO, YOU KNOW, GREAT MINDS 1009 00:38:46,391 --> 00:38:47,258 THINK ALIKE. 1010 00:38:47,258 --> 00:38:51,863 I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING AS 1011 00:38:51,863 --> 00:38:52,697 MEMBER WASHINGTON AROUND THE 1012 00:38:52,697 --> 00:38:54,499 QUALITY OF THE SUBSTITUTES. 1013 00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:56,668 DID YOU MENTION THAT A LARGE 1014 00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:58,536 PERCENTAGE HOLD A BACHELOR'S 1015 00:38:58,536 --> 00:38:58,770 DEGREE. 1016 00:38:58,770 --> 00:39:04,542 BUT WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT IS 1017 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:08,580 IN PLACE FOR A ONE-DAY SUB AND A 1018 00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:09,981 LONG-TERM SUB? 1019 00:39:09,981 --> 00:39:11,149 IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THE 1020 00:39:11,149 --> 00:39:11,716 CRITERIA FOR SUBSTITUTE 1021 00:39:11,716 --> 00:39:22,794 PLACEMENT? 1022 00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:23,895 >> LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTES HAVE TO 1023 00:39:23,895 --> 00:39:24,829 HAVE A DEGREE. 1024 00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:25,797 >>Stacy Hahn: FOUR-YEAR DEGREE 1025 00:39:25,797 --> 00:39:27,799 OR TWO-YEAR DEGREE. 1026 00:39:27,799 --> 00:39:28,199 >> FOUR. 1027 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:30,501 >>Stacy Hahn: A FOUR-YEAR 1028 00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:30,735 DEGREE. 1029 00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:33,705 ONE DAY, SHORT-TERM SUBS, WHAT 1030 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:35,406 IS THE CRITERIA FOR THAT? 1031 00:39:35,406 --> 00:39:36,307 >> HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, LOWEST 1032 00:39:36,307 --> 00:39:38,509 POSITION FOR A TEACHER IS A HIGH 1033 00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:40,278 SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 1034 00:39:40,278 --> 00:39:41,846 >>Stacy Hahn: YOU ONLY NEED A 1035 00:39:41,846 --> 00:39:48,853 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 1036 00:39:48,853 --> 00:39:50,989 THAT'S OUR CRITERIA. 1037 00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:56,127 THAT SEEMS TO BE LIKE THE LOWEST 1038 00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:56,294 BAR. 1039 00:39:56,294 --> 00:39:57,195 I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. 1040 00:39:57,195 --> 00:39:58,429 I HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THAT. 1041 00:39:58,429 --> 00:40:02,734 I'LL BE HONEST. 1042 00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:07,939 I WOULD IMAGINE TALKING ABOUT 1043 00:40:07,939 --> 00:40:08,806 PUTTING A HIGH SCHOOL -- INTO 1044 00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:12,710 ONE OF OUR HIGH-RISK SCHOOLS, NO 1045 00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:13,978 WONDER WE'RE HEARING WHAT WE'RE 1046 00:40:13,978 --> 00:40:14,479 HEARING. 1047 00:40:14,479 --> 00:40:15,680 THAT'S NOT THE CALIBER OF 1048 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,181 TEACHER WE WANT IN FRONT OF OUR 1049 00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:18,683 STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, 1050 00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:19,083 A HIGH SCHOOL -- 1051 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:22,220 >> THAT IS A STATE OF FLORIDA 1052 00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:22,854 REQUIREMENT. 1053 00:40:22,854 --> 00:40:23,354 >>Stacy Hahn: THAT'S A 1054 00:40:23,354 --> 00:40:24,756 REQUIREMENT, BUT CAN WE GO 1055 00:40:24,756 --> 00:40:25,690 BEYOND THAT REQUIREMENT? 1056 00:40:25,690 --> 00:40:28,526 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 1057 00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:30,628 THROUGH THE CHAIR AND DR. HAHN, 1058 00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:31,663 ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 1059 00:40:31,663 --> 00:40:33,598 IT IS THE FOUNDATION. 1060 00:40:33,598 --> 00:40:34,532 I KNOW MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 1061 00:40:34,532 --> 00:40:36,067 THAT I USED TO WORK IN AS WELL 1062 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:40,104 THAT WE SET IT AT 60 HOURS OR 1063 00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:41,339 ASSOCIATES DEGREE, MAKING 1064 00:40:41,339 --> 00:40:44,609 CERTAIN THAT WE HAD SUFFICIENT 1065 00:40:44,609 --> 00:40:46,444 MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS THAT TRULY 1066 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,313 KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH 1067 00:40:48,313 --> 00:40:49,480 CHILDREN, CONTINUE TO EDUCATE, 1068 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,182 AND WE CAN HELP THEM WITH 1069 00:40:51,182 --> 00:40:52,350 EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS TO ENSURE 1070 00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:53,685 THE CHILDREN HAD A REALLY GOOD 1071 00:40:53,685 --> 00:40:54,619 EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM. 1072 00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:56,220 WE CAN SET AND ESTABLISH THAT. 1073 00:40:56,220 --> 00:40:57,689 OVERALL, IT MAY IMPACT THE FILL 1074 00:40:57,689 --> 00:40:59,090 RATE OR WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER 1075 00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:01,259 JOB RECRUITING, BUT I DON'T 1076 00:41:01,259 --> 00:41:02,627 DISAGREE WITH THAT. 1077 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:05,029 >>Stacy Hahn: YEAH, I UNDERSTAND 1078 00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:08,433 THAT THE FILL RATE IS IMPORTANT. 1079 00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:09,300 HOWEVER, I THINK WHAT'S MOST 1080 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,369 IMPORTANT IS HIGH-QUALITY 1081 00:41:11,369 --> 00:41:12,704 TEACHERS IN FRONT OF OUR 1082 00:41:12,704 --> 00:41:12,971 STUDENTS. 1083 00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:14,605 IF THE FILL RATE YOU THINK IS 1084 00:41:14,605 --> 00:41:16,908 GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, THEN YOUR 1085 00:41:16,908 --> 00:41:18,876 TEAM NEEDS TO STRATEGIZE AND TO 1086 00:41:18,876 --> 00:41:21,713 FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN RECRUIT 1087 00:41:21,713 --> 00:41:23,514 HIGHER QUALITY CANDIDATES. 1088 00:41:23,514 --> 00:41:25,049 AND JUST MY OTHER QUESTION, MY 1089 00:41:25,049 --> 00:41:27,852 LAST QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T 1090 00:41:27,852 --> 00:41:30,621 MIND, MEMBER PEREZ BROUGHT UP 1091 00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:34,759 THE TAMPA BAY TIMES STORY AND 1092 00:41:34,759 --> 00:41:37,528 HOW TEACHERS THAT WE WERE FIRING 1093 00:41:37,528 --> 00:41:40,531 FOR PROBABLY GOOD REASON. 1094 00:41:40,531 --> 00:41:44,135 IT'S NOT EASY TO FIRE A TEACHER, 1095 00:41:44,135 --> 00:41:46,004 WERE BEING HIRED BY KELLY 1096 00:41:46,004 --> 00:41:49,741 SERVICES AND THEN GOING BACK 1097 00:41:49,741 --> 00:41:51,175 INTO OUR CLASSROOMS. 1098 00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:52,477 HAS THAT BEEN ADDRESSED? 1099 00:41:52,477 --> 00:41:54,679 AND IF SO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW 1100 00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:56,114 IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED? 1101 00:41:56,114 --> 00:41:56,547 THANK YOU. 1102 00:41:56,547 --> 00:41:57,782 >> WHILE I WAS NOT HERE DURING 1103 00:41:57,782 --> 00:41:59,417 THAT TIME, WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE 1104 00:41:59,417 --> 00:42:00,952 POLICIES IN PLACE AND I WORK 1105 00:42:00,952 --> 00:42:02,420 VERY CLOSELY WITH LISA. 1106 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:04,122 WE DO HAVE ALERTS. 1107 00:42:04,122 --> 00:42:05,790 WE COMMUNICATE JUST SO THAT SHE 1108 00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:08,393 IS AWARE OR THE AGENCY IS AWARE 1109 00:42:08,393 --> 00:42:10,795 THAT THIS SUBSTITUTE OR THIS 1110 00:42:10,795 --> 00:42:13,731 TEACHER WAS DISMISSED FROM OUR 1111 00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:13,998 DISTRICT. 1112 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:16,134 SO WE DO HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE. 1113 00:42:16,134 --> 00:42:17,869 >>Stacy Hahn: OBVIOUSLY, WE 1114 00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:18,736 DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE TEACHERS 1115 00:42:18,736 --> 00:42:21,672 WHO WERE DISMISSED DUE TO 1116 00:42:21,672 --> 00:42:21,939 CUTBACKS. 1117 00:42:21,939 --> 00:42:22,974 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1118 00:42:22,974 --> 00:42:25,543 >>Stacy Hahn: WE'RE CONCERNED 1119 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,246 WITH BEHAVIOR, TEACHERS WHO WERE 1120 00:42:28,246 --> 00:42:29,947 DISMISSED DUE TO MAYBE 1121 00:42:29,947 --> 00:42:31,115 UNETHICAL, INAPPROPRIATE 1122 00:42:31,115 --> 00:42:31,582 BEHAVIOR. 1123 00:42:31,582 --> 00:42:32,984 SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE NOW 1124 00:42:32,984 --> 00:42:35,019 ARE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. 1125 00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:38,556 YOU COMMUNICATE WITH OUR HR 1126 00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:39,157 DEPARTMENT. 1127 00:42:39,157 --> 00:42:41,492 YOU SHARE A LIST, WHAT IS THE 1128 00:42:41,492 --> 00:42:41,726 PROCESS? 1129 00:42:41,726 --> 00:42:42,260 >> THAT IS CORRECT. 1130 00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:43,060 WE DO COMMUNICATE. 1131 00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:44,228 I ACTUALLY WORK IN HR. 1132 00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:46,164 I AM THE KELLY LIAISON. 1133 00:42:46,164 --> 00:42:47,799 SO I WORK CLOSELY WITH LISA TURK 1134 00:42:47,799 --> 00:42:49,434 WHO IS THE CLIENT SERVICE LEAD 1135 00:42:49,434 --> 00:42:51,969 SO THAT SHE'S AWARE OF THOSE 1136 00:42:51,969 --> 00:42:52,403 TEACHERS. 1137 00:42:52,403 --> 00:42:53,905 BUT IN REGARDS TO THE TEACHERS 1138 00:42:53,905 --> 00:42:56,908 WHO WERE DISMISSED AND IT WAS 1139 00:42:56,908 --> 00:42:58,609 NOT BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, WE PUT 1140 00:42:58,609 --> 00:42:59,911 POLICIES IN PLACE SO THEY HAVE A 1141 00:42:59,911 --> 00:43:01,179 SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM OUR 1142 00:43:01,179 --> 00:43:03,614 DISTRICT TO KELLY. 1143 00:43:03,614 --> 00:43:04,949 >>Stacy Hahn: IS THERE A PROCESS 1144 00:43:04,949 --> 00:43:10,588 IN PLACE TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM 1145 00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:12,056 SCHOOLS ON OUR SIDE? 1146 00:43:12,056 --> 00:43:14,759 ARE WE COLLECTING SURVEY DATA 1147 00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:16,527 FROM OUR SCHOOLS AROUND THEIR 1148 00:43:16,527 --> 00:43:20,098 EXPERIENCE WITH KELLY SERVICES? 1149 00:43:20,098 --> 00:43:21,132 >> YES, THERE IS AN ANNUAL 1150 00:43:21,132 --> 00:43:22,300 SURVEY THAT IS DONE AND THAT 1151 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:24,735 WILL BE GOING OUT TO OUR 1152 00:43:24,735 --> 00:43:25,636 PRINCIPALS FOR THIS YEAR AS 1153 00:43:25,636 --> 00:43:26,804 WELL, AND THEN WE REPORT THAT 1154 00:43:26,804 --> 00:43:27,572 INFORMATION BACK. 1155 00:43:27,572 --> 00:43:31,609 THAT WAS ONE OF THE LINES AS 1156 00:43:31,609 --> 00:43:34,178 WELL FOR THE SATISFACTION ON 1157 00:43:34,178 --> 00:43:35,713 SLIDE SIX WHERE YOU SEE THE 1158 00:43:35,713 --> 00:43:37,648 PRINCIPAL AND ADMIN SURVEY 1159 00:43:37,648 --> 00:43:38,015 RESULTS. 1160 00:43:38,015 --> 00:43:39,917 VERY SATISFIED, SATISFIED OR 1161 00:43:39,917 --> 00:43:40,818 NEUTRAL RESPONSES TO THOSE 1162 00:43:40,818 --> 00:43:43,120 QUESTIONS. 1163 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,357 THAT YOU WILL SEE THERE. 1164 00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:47,225 >>Stacy Hahn: I WOULD LOVE TO 1165 00:43:47,225 --> 00:43:48,493 REQUEST A COPY BE GIVEN TO THE 1166 00:43:48,493 --> 00:43:50,428 BOARD MEMBERS IN THAT SURVEY 1167 00:43:50,428 --> 00:43:52,230 JUST TO SEE THE QUESTIONS, HOW 1168 00:43:52,230 --> 00:43:57,768 THEY ARE PHRASED, AND THAT'S AN 1169 00:43:57,768 --> 00:43:58,769 ANNUAL SURVEY. 1170 00:43:58,769 --> 00:44:00,738 >> LAST YEAR, WE DID NOT DO IT 1171 00:44:00,738 --> 00:44:01,606 DUE TO COVID. 1172 00:44:01,606 --> 00:44:04,041 THAT'S WHY YOU WILL NOTICE 1173 00:44:04,041 --> 00:44:05,409 '19-20, WE DID NOT DO THAT DUE 1174 00:44:05,409 --> 00:44:06,744 TO EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON WITH 1175 00:44:06,744 --> 00:44:07,979 OUR SCHOOL SITES AT THE END OF 1176 00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:09,881 THE YEAR. 1177 00:44:09,881 --> 00:44:10,681 >>Stacy Hahn: MAYBE YOU COULD 1178 00:44:10,681 --> 00:44:11,516 PROVIDE, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO 1179 00:44:11,516 --> 00:44:14,519 BE TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO 1180 00:44:14,519 --> 00:44:18,356 TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 1181 00:44:18,356 --> 00:44:22,159 2018-19 SURVEY AND SEE HOW 1182 00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:23,861 YOU'VE UTILIZED THAT FEEDBACK TO 1183 00:44:23,861 --> 00:44:25,363 IMPROVE SERVICES. 1184 00:44:25,363 --> 00:44:26,464 >> I THINK ALSO WHAT WE NEED TO 1185 00:44:26,464 --> 00:44:27,732 MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE ON THAT IS 1186 00:44:27,732 --> 00:44:29,066 THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES THAT WE 1187 00:44:29,066 --> 00:44:30,067 RECEIVE AS WELL. 1188 00:44:30,067 --> 00:44:32,236 SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IS ALSO 1189 00:44:32,236 --> 00:44:32,937 INCLUDED ON THERE. 1190 00:44:32,937 --> 00:44:34,338 >>Stacy Hahn: YES, OKAY. 1191 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:37,074 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE RATES 1192 00:44:37,074 --> 00:44:39,143 OF HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU SEND IT 1193 00:44:39,143 --> 00:44:40,745 OUT DURING THAT TIME THAT YOU'RE 1194 00:44:40,745 --> 00:44:42,480 TRYING TO CAPTURE DATA. 1195 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:44,215 DO YOU JUST SEND IT OUT ONCE. 1196 00:44:44,215 --> 00:44:46,551 DO YOU GIVE THEM A REMINDER? 1197 00:44:46,551 --> 00:44:47,985 I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 1198 00:44:47,985 --> 00:44:48,853 PROCESS AS WELL. 1199 00:44:48,853 --> 00:44:51,789 THANK YOU. 1200 00:44:51,789 --> 00:44:53,291 >>Lynn Gray: THOSE ARE EXCELLENT 1201 00:44:53,291 --> 00:44:53,558 QUESTIONS. 1202 00:44:53,558 --> 00:44:54,292 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 1203 00:44:54,292 --> 00:44:56,360 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 1204 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,030 TO DR. HAHN'S POINT, I DO 1205 00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:01,165 BELIEVE WE STILL USE, DO NOT USE 1206 00:45:01,165 --> 00:45:03,167 FORM TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION 1207 00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:06,137 FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE 1208 00:45:06,137 --> 00:45:08,406 NOT HAD A FAVORABLE EXPERIENCE 1209 00:45:08,406 --> 00:45:10,241 WITHIN OUR STUDENTS. 1210 00:45:10,241 --> 00:45:10,841 AND AT THE SAME TIME READING 1211 00:45:10,841 --> 00:45:11,909 THROUGH THE ARTICLE AND THANK 1212 00:45:11,909 --> 00:45:16,414 YOU, MS. PEREZ, IS THE ALERT 1213 00:45:16,414 --> 00:45:18,015 LIST STILL ACTIVE AND THOSE 1214 00:45:18,015 --> 00:45:19,617 SHOULD BE INDICATORS OF THOSE 1215 00:45:19,617 --> 00:45:20,551 WITH ISSUES NOT ONLY IN 1216 00:45:20,551 --> 00:45:21,719 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BUT 1217 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,288 THROUGHOUT THE PROFESSION THAT 1218 00:45:24,288 --> 00:45:25,289 YOU KNOW OF. 1219 00:45:25,289 --> 00:45:26,591 >>Stacy Hahn: MY POINT OF ASKING 1220 00:45:26,591 --> 00:45:30,227 ALL OF THAT IS IF WE DO DECIDE 1221 00:45:30,227 --> 00:45:33,197 AS A BOARD THAT THIS IS STILL 1222 00:45:33,197 --> 00:45:36,434 FISCALLY BETTER SAVINGS FOR US, 1223 00:45:36,434 --> 00:45:39,604 I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE 1224 00:45:39,604 --> 00:45:42,006 CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED AND 1225 00:45:42,006 --> 00:45:43,808 SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE 1226 00:45:43,808 --> 00:45:45,676 SURE THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST 1227 00:45:45,676 --> 00:45:47,678 QUALITY TEACHERS IN FRONT OF OUR 1228 00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:49,714 STUDENTS, THAT WE'RE UTILIZING 1229 00:45:49,714 --> 00:45:50,548 FEEDBACK FROM OUR SCHOOL SITES 1230 00:45:50,548 --> 00:45:54,485 TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS ANNUALLY, 1231 00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:57,688 AND THAT WE ARE HAVING A SAVINGS 1232 00:45:57,688 --> 00:45:59,323 VERSUS HAVING IT IN-HOUSE, AND 1233 00:45:59,323 --> 00:46:01,726 THAT THERE IS -- I'M GLAD TO SEE 1234 00:46:01,726 --> 00:46:06,364 THE RECRUITMENT TOOL IN PLACE 1235 00:46:06,364 --> 00:46:09,066 BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A 1236 00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:11,168 PIPELINE FOR RECRUITING NEW 1237 00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:11,435 TEACHERS. 1238 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,337 AND WE DO THE PD ON THE 1239 00:46:13,337 --> 00:46:13,638 RECRUITMENT. 1240 00:46:13,638 --> 00:46:15,706 THEY DON'T DO THE PD TO 1241 00:46:15,706 --> 00:46:17,808 CERTIFICATION. 1242 00:46:17,808 --> 00:46:19,777 >> THEY ALSO DO IT, BUT THEY 1243 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:21,212 ALSO HAVE OUR STAFF DATA SYSTEM 1244 00:46:21,212 --> 00:46:22,079 WITH THE PROFESSIONAL 1245 00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:23,014 DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. 1246 00:46:23,014 --> 00:46:25,249 >>Stacy Hahn: OKAY. 1247 00:46:25,249 --> 00:46:26,984 BUT TEACHERS WHO ARE RECRUITED 1248 00:46:26,984 --> 00:46:30,588 HAVE TO PAY A SMALL AMOUNT TO US 1249 00:46:30,588 --> 00:46:32,590 FOR THEIR PD TO GET CERTIFIED, 1250 00:46:32,590 --> 00:46:35,693 CORRECT? 1251 00:46:35,693 --> 00:46:37,662 >> WE DO THE CERTIFICATION, YES, 1252 00:46:37,662 --> 00:46:38,963 MA'AM. 1253 00:46:38,963 --> 00:46:39,764 >>Stacy Hahn: YOU DO THE 1254 00:46:39,764 --> 00:46:41,165 CERTIFICATION PD. 1255 00:46:41,165 --> 00:46:41,599 >> YES. 1256 00:46:41,599 --> 00:46:42,400 >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S A GOOD 1257 00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,969 QUESTION, TOO, DR. HAHN, BECAUSE 1258 00:46:44,969 --> 00:46:48,906 WITH MS. COURIER, WE DID TALK A 1259 00:46:48,906 --> 00:46:49,874 LOT ABOUT INCREASING 1260 00:46:49,874 --> 00:46:51,275 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND 1261 00:46:51,275 --> 00:46:59,383 THAT WAS IN 2017, 2018. 1262 00:46:59,383 --> 00:47:00,651 YOU CAN HEAR THE BOARD MEMBERS 1263 00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:02,453 BEING CONCERNED BECAUSE THEIR 1264 00:47:02,453 --> 00:47:03,788 KIDS ARE POSSIBLY RIGHT IN FRONT 1265 00:47:03,788 --> 00:47:07,825 OF A SUBSTITUTE. 1266 00:47:07,825 --> 00:47:08,592 >>Stacy Hahn: I WANT TO MAKE 1267 00:47:08,592 --> 00:47:10,795 SURE IF WE'RE RECRUITING, HIRING 1268 00:47:10,795 --> 00:47:12,363 FOR A PERMANENT TEACHER THAT WE 1269 00:47:12,363 --> 00:47:14,398 ARE DOING THE PROFESSIONAL 1270 00:47:14,398 --> 00:47:16,767 DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THAT IS A 1271 00:47:16,767 --> 00:47:17,802 SMALL REVENUE STREAM FOR US AS 1272 00:47:17,802 --> 00:47:18,169 WELL. 1273 00:47:18,169 --> 00:47:21,772 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 1274 00:47:21,772 --> 00:47:23,040 HAHN, MEMBER VAUGHN AND THEN 1275 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,408 MEMBER SNIVELY AND THEN I'LL SAY 1276 00:47:24,408 --> 00:47:27,845 A FEW THINGS. 1277 00:47:27,845 --> 00:47:28,345 >>Jessica Vaughn: HI. 1278 00:47:28,345 --> 00:47:29,747 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1279 00:47:29,747 --> 00:47:30,981 >>Lynn Gray: YES, WE CAN HEAR 1280 00:47:30,981 --> 00:47:36,987 YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. 1281 00:47:36,987 --> 00:47:37,955 >>Jessica Vaughn: -- PEREZ FOR 1282 00:47:37,955 --> 00:47:40,057 CALLING THIS. 1283 00:47:40,057 --> 00:47:42,159 >>Lynn Gray: IT'S COMING IN AND 1284 00:47:42,159 --> 00:47:43,694 OUT, YOUR VOICE. 1285 00:47:43,694 --> 00:47:45,429 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THIS 1286 00:47:45,429 --> 00:47:45,629 FIXED. 1287 00:47:45,629 --> 00:47:49,667 PABLO? 1288 00:47:49,667 --> 00:47:50,735 >>Jessica Vaughn: ANY BETTER 1289 00:47:50,735 --> 00:47:51,102 NOW? 1290 00:47:51,102 --> 00:47:51,902 >>Lynn Gray: KEEP TALKING. 1291 00:47:51,902 --> 00:47:53,838 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET A 1292 00:47:53,838 --> 00:48:05,649 COMPLETE SENTENCE OUT. 1293 00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:07,485 NEGATIVE. 1294 00:48:07,485 --> 00:48:09,987 LET'S LOOK FOR A SOLUTION. 1295 00:48:09,987 --> 00:48:11,122 LET'S GO AHEAD. 1296 00:48:11,122 --> 00:48:13,290 MEMBER VAUGHN, WOULD YOU BE SO 1297 00:48:13,290 --> 00:48:14,759 KIND TO TEXT YOUR QUESTION TO 1298 00:48:14,759 --> 00:48:16,927 MR. PORTER, AND SHOULD YOU NEED 1299 00:48:16,927 --> 00:48:18,729 THE PHONE NUMBER, I'LL GIVE IT 1300 00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:24,135 TO YOU RIGHT NOW. 1301 00:48:24,135 --> 00:48:26,771 IT'S ONLY ON CNN AND ABC AND 1302 00:48:26,771 --> 00:48:30,174 NBC, BUT OTHER THAN THAT. 1303 00:48:30,174 --> 00:48:35,079 OH, YOU HAVE IT. 1304 00:48:35,079 --> 00:48:39,950 IT'S THE HELP LINE. 1305 00:48:39,950 --> 00:48:41,752 LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET MEMBER 1306 00:48:41,752 --> 00:48:43,287 SNIVELY SPEAK, ASK QUESTIONS AND 1307 00:48:43,287 --> 00:48:44,288 THEN WE'LL GET EVERYTHING 1308 00:48:44,288 --> 00:48:45,189 FIGURED OUT. 1309 00:48:45,189 --> 00:48:46,690 MEMBER SNIVELY AND THEN I'LL SAY 1310 00:48:46,690 --> 00:48:51,395 A FEW THINGS. 1311 00:48:51,395 --> 00:48:52,029 >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, 1312 00:48:52,029 --> 00:48:54,098 MEMBER GRAY. 1313 00:48:54,098 --> 00:48:55,699 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR 1314 00:48:55,699 --> 00:48:56,534 REQUESTING THIS WORKSHOP. 1315 00:48:56,534 --> 00:48:57,935 I APPRECIATE IT. 1316 00:48:57,935 --> 00:48:58,936 MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING DELAYED 1317 00:48:58,936 --> 00:48:59,503 THIS MORNING. 1318 00:48:59,503 --> 00:49:01,105 AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SLEW OF 1319 00:49:01,105 --> 00:49:02,373 CHILDREN, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 1320 00:49:02,373 --> 00:49:04,441 EXAMS GOING ON AND WE'RE ALL 1321 00:49:04,441 --> 00:49:06,243 GOING ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT 1322 00:49:06,243 --> 00:49:07,711 DIRECTIONS, PLUS A GRADUATING 1323 00:49:07,711 --> 00:49:10,014 SENIOR WHO HAS SENIORITIS VERY, 1324 00:49:10,014 --> 00:49:12,383 VERY BAD CASE OF SENIORITIS. 1325 00:49:12,383 --> 00:49:13,284 BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT 1326 00:49:13,284 --> 00:49:15,953 UP. 1327 00:49:15,953 --> 00:49:18,022 OBVIOUSLY, I MISSED THE FIRST 1328 00:49:18,022 --> 00:49:19,990 PART, BUT OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS 1329 00:49:19,990 --> 00:49:23,294 DONE BACK STARTING BACK IN 2014 1330 00:49:23,294 --> 00:49:26,564 FOR THE MAIN REASON OF BEING 1331 00:49:26,564 --> 00:49:28,098 COST-EFFECTIVE TO THE SCHOOL 1332 00:49:28,098 --> 00:49:32,937 DISTRICT LOOKING AT COMPARISONS. 1333 00:49:32,937 --> 00:49:35,506 I REMEMBER -- IT WAS ONE OF THE 1334 00:49:35,506 --> 00:49:36,974 FIRST BIGGER ITEMS AS A NEW 1335 00:49:36,974 --> 00:49:37,808 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THAT WE 1336 00:49:37,808 --> 00:49:40,377 VOTED ON, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF 1337 00:49:40,377 --> 00:49:42,246 DISCUSSION AROUND IT, BUT I 1338 00:49:42,246 --> 00:49:44,248 THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE 1339 00:49:44,248 --> 00:49:45,316 FOUND THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE 1340 00:49:45,316 --> 00:49:48,586 THE MOST COST-EFFICIENT WAY OF 1341 00:49:48,586 --> 00:49:49,653 PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS TO 1342 00:49:49,653 --> 00:49:52,656 OUR CLASSROOMS AND TAKING SOME 1343 00:49:52,656 --> 00:49:53,958 OF THAT COST BURDEN OFF OF THE 1344 00:49:53,958 --> 00:49:54,792 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 1345 00:49:54,792 --> 00:49:57,528 THERE WAS SOME GIVE AND TAKE ON 1346 00:49:57,528 --> 00:49:58,429 THAT. 1347 00:49:58,429 --> 00:50:01,498 I REMEMBER THE PAINS OF THE 1348 00:50:01,498 --> 00:50:03,567 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS WHO HAD BEEN 1349 00:50:03,567 --> 00:50:05,202 USED TO BEING IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS 1350 00:50:05,202 --> 00:50:07,071 AND BEING AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN 1351 00:50:07,071 --> 00:50:07,304 SCHOOLS. 1352 00:50:07,304 --> 00:50:09,940 THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF 1353 00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:11,775 CHALLENGE GETTING SOME OF THAT 1354 00:50:11,775 --> 00:50:12,977 WORKED OUT. 1355 00:50:12,977 --> 00:50:15,513 I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY NEGATIVE 1356 00:50:15,513 --> 00:50:17,181 FEEDBACK IN A WHILE, SO I'M 1357 00:50:17,181 --> 00:50:18,349 ASSUMING SOME OF THAT GOT WORKED 1358 00:50:18,349 --> 00:50:20,017 OUT BECAUSE THERE WERE CERTAIN 1359 00:50:20,017 --> 00:50:20,751 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS THAT LIKED 1360 00:50:20,751 --> 00:50:22,653 TO BE AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD 1361 00:50:22,653 --> 00:50:24,822 SCHOOL, OR THEY GOT TO KNOW, HAD 1362 00:50:24,822 --> 00:50:26,690 A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH 1363 00:50:26,690 --> 00:50:27,258 THEIR SCHOOLS. 1364 00:50:27,258 --> 00:50:30,094 IS IT OKAY IF I KEEP GOING? 1365 00:50:30,094 --> 00:50:30,294 OKAY. 1366 00:50:30,294 --> 00:50:34,431 THANKS. 1367 00:50:34,431 --> 00:50:35,065 SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE GIVE AT 1368 00:50:35,065 --> 00:50:35,666 THE TIME. 1369 00:50:35,666 --> 00:50:37,167 I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF THAT GOT 1370 00:50:37,167 --> 00:50:39,336 WORKED OUT. 1371 00:50:39,336 --> 00:50:41,872 I WANTED TO ASK IF THE COST 1372 00:50:41,872 --> 00:50:45,743 LISTED ON PAGES 17 AND 18, THE 1373 00:50:45,743 --> 00:50:48,279 EXPENSES TO CONSIDER WITHOUT 1374 00:50:48,279 --> 00:50:49,546 CONTRACTED SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, 1375 00:50:49,546 --> 00:50:51,482 I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME DEFINITE 1376 00:50:51,482 --> 00:50:53,117 HARD COSTS AND OTHER COSTS IN 1377 00:50:53,117 --> 00:50:53,450 THERE. 1378 00:50:53,450 --> 00:50:54,785 CAN THOSE BE QUANTIFIED? 1379 00:50:54,785 --> 00:50:56,654 ARE THOSE QUANTIFIED IN ANOTHER 1380 00:50:56,654 --> 00:50:58,722 PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I 1381 00:50:58,722 --> 00:50:59,089 MISSED? 1382 00:50:59,089 --> 00:51:00,557 THOSE TWO PAGES OF EXPENSES TO 1383 00:51:00,557 --> 00:51:01,692 CONSIDER WITHOUT CONTRACTED 1384 00:51:01,692 --> 00:51:02,626 SUBSTITUTE SERVICES. 1385 00:51:02,626 --> 00:51:07,965 SO I'M LOOKING FOR SOME 1386 00:51:07,965 --> 00:51:13,203 QUANTIFIABLE DATA THERE. 1387 00:51:13,203 --> 00:51:14,772 >> ON 19, THAT WAS -- 1388 00:51:14,772 --> 00:51:15,539 >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU FOR 1389 00:51:15,539 --> 00:51:16,240 POINTING THAT OUT. 1390 00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:17,474 I WAS TRYING TO FIND THAT 1391 00:51:17,474 --> 00:51:17,708 NUMBER. 1392 00:51:17,708 --> 00:51:19,677 APPRECIATE THAT. 1393 00:51:19,677 --> 00:51:22,112 THEN I THINK SOMETHING FOR THE 1394 00:51:22,112 --> 00:51:22,980 BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND 1395 00:51:22,980 --> 00:51:26,550 STAFF TO THINK ABOUT, WHICH 1396 00:51:26,550 --> 00:51:27,885 MIGHT EVEN BE A LITTLE BIT 1397 00:51:27,885 --> 00:51:31,956 DEEPER WHEN IT COMES TO SYSTEMIC 1398 00:51:31,956 --> 00:51:33,057 ISSUES WITH SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, 1399 00:51:33,057 --> 00:51:34,325 AND THIS IS NOT REALLY ANYTHING 1400 00:51:34,325 --> 00:51:35,693 NECESSARILY TO DO WITH KELLY 1401 00:51:35,693 --> 00:51:37,227 SERVICES, BUT MORE TO DO WITH 1402 00:51:37,227 --> 00:51:38,562 OUR DISTRICT AND THE CULTURE IN 1403 00:51:38,562 --> 00:51:41,732 OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS, YOU 1404 00:51:41,732 --> 00:51:44,902 KNOW, WHEN A STUDENT MISSES 1405 00:51:44,902 --> 00:51:47,004 SCHOOL, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S 1406 00:51:47,004 --> 00:51:48,339 DETRIMENTAL FOR THAT ONE STUDENT 1407 00:51:48,339 --> 00:51:49,406 BASED ON HOW MANY DAYS OF SCHOOL 1408 00:51:49,406 --> 00:51:50,641 THEY MISS. 1409 00:51:50,641 --> 00:51:54,278 WHEN A TEACHER MISSES SCHOOL 1410 00:51:54,278 --> 00:51:55,446 BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON, 1411 00:51:55,446 --> 00:51:58,649 ILLNESS OR WHATEVER, YOU'VE GOT 1412 00:51:58,649 --> 00:52:01,452 AN ENTIRE CLASSROOM OR MULTIPLE 1413 00:52:01,452 --> 00:52:02,953 CLASSROOMS THAT ARE WITHOUT A 1414 00:52:02,953 --> 00:52:04,722 TEACHER, AND THAT'S EVEN MORE 1415 00:52:04,722 --> 00:52:05,723 IMPACTFUL THAN ONE STUDENT 1416 00:52:05,723 --> 00:52:07,591 MISSING SCHOOL, RIGHT? 1417 00:52:07,591 --> 00:52:09,393 SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A REPORT AND 1418 00:52:09,393 --> 00:52:11,595 SOME DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 1419 00:52:11,595 --> 00:52:14,531 EDUCATION THAT CHANCELLOR OLEAVA 1420 00:52:14,531 --> 00:52:15,833 PRESENTED TO A FLORIDA SCHOOL 1421 00:52:15,833 --> 00:52:17,134 BOARD CONFERENCE ONE TIME THAT 1422 00:52:17,134 --> 00:52:19,203 WAS VERY, VERY INSIGHTFUL ABOUT 1423 00:52:19,203 --> 00:52:20,270 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE TAKE 1424 00:52:20,270 --> 00:52:22,139 CARE OF OUR TEACHERS AND FIND 1425 00:52:22,139 --> 00:52:24,742 OUT WHY OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT AT 1426 00:52:24,742 --> 00:52:24,975 SCHOOL. 1427 00:52:24,975 --> 00:52:25,609 OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S VACATION AND 1428 00:52:25,609 --> 00:52:27,177 OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I 1429 00:52:27,177 --> 00:52:28,545 THINK THERE COULD BE MORE OF A 1430 00:52:28,545 --> 00:52:30,414 SYSTEMIC ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO 1431 00:52:30,414 --> 00:52:32,449 HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND CULTURE 1432 00:52:32,449 --> 00:52:33,617 AND WANTING TO COME TO WORK 1433 00:52:33,617 --> 00:52:35,119 EVERY DAY AND BEING MOTIVATED. 1434 00:52:35,119 --> 00:52:36,420 THAT TO ME, IN MY OPINION, 1435 00:52:36,420 --> 00:52:38,355 THAT'S THE DEEPER ISSUE. 1436 00:52:38,355 --> 00:52:40,024 THAT'S THE DEEPER ISSUE. 1437 00:52:40,024 --> 00:52:42,593 WE WOULDN'T NEED AS MANY 1438 00:52:42,593 --> 00:52:43,927 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IF WE'RE 1439 00:52:43,927 --> 00:52:48,832 TALKING ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH 1440 00:52:48,832 --> 00:52:50,834 AND MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL 1441 00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:52,836 WELLNESS OF OUR TEACHERS SHOULD 1442 00:52:52,836 --> 00:52:59,276 BE REALLY WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT 1443 00:52:59,276 --> 00:53:00,344 TO US THAN ANYTHING. 1444 00:53:00,344 --> 00:53:02,546 BECAUSE IF OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT 1445 00:53:02,546 --> 00:53:03,714 FEELING MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, 1446 00:53:03,714 --> 00:53:05,716 AND PHYSICALLY WELL, THAT IS 1447 00:53:05,716 --> 00:53:07,785 GOING TO DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR 1448 00:53:07,785 --> 00:53:09,153 STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, 1449 00:53:09,153 --> 00:53:09,820 RIGHT? 1450 00:53:09,820 --> 00:53:11,655 SO I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE OFF 1451 00:53:11,655 --> 00:53:11,855 TOPIC. 1452 00:53:11,855 --> 00:53:12,656 I APOLOGIZE. 1453 00:53:12,656 --> 00:53:14,058 BUT I THINK THAT'S MORE OF THE 1454 00:53:14,058 --> 00:53:15,793 SYSTEMIC ISSUE BEHIND THIS, 1455 00:53:15,793 --> 00:53:17,461 BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING 1456 00:53:17,461 --> 00:53:18,796 THIS CONVERSATION NECESSARILY IF 1457 00:53:18,796 --> 00:53:20,898 WE WERE REALLY ADDRESSING THE 1458 00:53:20,898 --> 00:53:22,433 SYSTEMIC ISSUE OF WHY OUR 1459 00:53:22,433 --> 00:53:24,835 TEACHERS ARE NOT IN THE 1460 00:53:24,835 --> 00:53:25,536 CLASSROOMS. 1461 00:53:25,536 --> 00:53:28,705 SO THAT WOULD BE MY NEXT CONCERN 1462 00:53:28,705 --> 00:53:30,808 TO ADDRESS, TO HAVE THE 1463 00:53:30,808 --> 00:53:31,675 SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF 1464 00:53:31,675 --> 00:53:35,712 ADDRESS IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO 1465 00:53:35,712 --> 00:53:38,082 SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS' HEALTH, 1466 00:53:38,082 --> 00:53:40,451 WELLNESS, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, 1467 00:53:40,451 --> 00:53:45,255 PHYSICAL WELLNESS SO THAT THEY 1468 00:53:45,255 --> 00:53:48,058 FEEL 110% WELL IN FRONT OF OUR 1469 00:53:48,058 --> 00:53:49,793 CLASSROOMS AND OUR CHILDREN 1470 00:53:49,793 --> 00:53:50,661 EVERY SINGLE DAY? 1471 00:53:50,661 --> 00:53:53,430 THANK YOU. 1472 00:53:53,430 --> 00:53:54,531 >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S SO CRITICAL 1473 00:53:54,531 --> 00:53:54,998 RIGHT NOW. 1474 00:53:54,998 --> 00:53:56,533 MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR TEACHERS 1475 00:53:56,533 --> 00:53:58,235 AND KEEPING THEM IN THE 1476 00:53:58,235 --> 00:53:58,535 CLASSROOMS. 1477 00:53:58,535 --> 00:54:00,003 SO I SEE THAT SUPERINTENDENT 1478 00:54:00,003 --> 00:54:01,638 DAVIS IS WRITING NOTES. 1479 00:54:01,638 --> 00:54:04,374 WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. 1480 00:54:04,374 --> 00:54:05,609 I THINK RIGHT NOW MEMBER VAUGHN 1481 00:54:05,609 --> 00:54:08,979 IS READY. 1482 00:54:08,979 --> 00:54:09,947 MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU'RE 1483 00:54:09,947 --> 00:54:11,448 RECOGNIZED. 1484 00:54:11,448 --> 00:54:12,116 >>Jessica Vaughn: CAN YOU HEAR 1485 00:54:12,116 --> 00:54:19,389 ME? 1486 00:54:19,389 --> 00:54:21,291 >>Jim Porter: YES 1487 00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:22,860 [FEEDBACK] 1488 00:54:22,860 --> 00:54:23,994 >>Jessica Vaughn: IS THERE AN 1489 00:54:23,994 --> 00:54:26,430 ECHO ON MY END? 1490 00:54:26,430 --> 00:54:27,564 I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY 1491 00:54:27,564 --> 00:54:29,199 THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME UNTIL I 1492 00:54:29,199 --> 00:54:30,400 HEAR DIFFERENTLY. 1493 00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,169 THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ, FOR 1494 00:54:32,169 --> 00:54:34,004 BRINGING THIS WORKSHOP TO THE 1495 00:54:34,004 --> 00:54:34,571 BOARD. 1496 00:54:34,571 --> 00:54:36,573 I'VE HAD CONCERNS. 1497 00:54:36,573 --> 00:54:38,308 ACTUALLY, I HAVE BEEN A 1498 00:54:38,308 --> 00:54:39,676 SUBSTITUTE TEACHER HIRED THROUGH 1499 00:54:39,676 --> 00:54:40,644 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ORIGINALLY 1500 00:54:40,644 --> 00:54:42,179 AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE THAT 1501 00:54:42,179 --> 00:54:43,547 EXPERIENCE AND THEN WORKED FOR 1502 00:54:43,547 --> 00:54:45,849 SEVERAL YEARS WITH KELLY 1503 00:54:45,849 --> 00:54:46,717 STAFFING AS A SUBSTITUTE 1504 00:54:46,717 --> 00:54:47,317 TEACHER. 1505 00:54:47,317 --> 00:54:50,354 SO I HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING 1506 00:54:50,354 --> 00:54:51,655 ABLE TO HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE OF 1507 00:54:51,655 --> 00:54:53,423 EXPERIENCING IT BOTH THROUGH THE 1508 00:54:53,423 --> 00:54:56,860 COUNTY ITSELF AND THROUGH KELLY 1509 00:54:56,860 --> 00:54:57,127 STAFFING. 1510 00:54:57,127 --> 00:54:58,262 SOME OF MY CONCERNS HAVE ALREADY 1511 00:54:58,262 --> 00:55:00,430 BEEN BROUGHT UP BY MY COLLEAGUES 1512 00:55:00,430 --> 00:55:02,166 IN REGARDS TO OUR ACHIEVEMENT 1513 00:55:02,166 --> 00:55:03,367 SCHOOLS. 1514 00:55:03,367 --> 00:55:05,536 I KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR SUBS, WE 1515 00:55:05,536 --> 00:55:07,237 HAVE A HARD TIME PLACING THEM IN 1516 00:55:07,237 --> 00:55:08,605 OUR ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS, AND I 1517 00:55:08,605 --> 00:55:11,108 KNOW THAT WE RELY ON A LOT OF 1518 00:55:11,108 --> 00:55:12,242 LONG-TERM SUBS IN OUR 1519 00:55:12,242 --> 00:55:13,010 ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS. 1520 00:55:13,010 --> 00:55:14,645 SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE 1521 00:55:14,645 --> 00:55:16,046 QUALITY SUBS SHOULD BE A 1522 00:55:16,046 --> 00:55:16,713 PRIORITY WHEN WE'RE TALKING 1523 00:55:16,713 --> 00:55:19,216 ABOUT RAISING THE QUALITY AND 1524 00:55:19,216 --> 00:55:21,218 ADDRESSING THE INEQUITIES WITHIN 1525 00:55:21,218 --> 00:55:23,086 OUR ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS TO HELP 1526 00:55:23,086 --> 00:55:25,255 MAKE THOSE SCHOOLS SUCCESSFUL. 1527 00:55:25,255 --> 00:55:26,490 SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I 1528 00:55:26,490 --> 00:55:28,725 HAVE IS, I FEEL THAT -- AND NO 1529 00:55:28,725 --> 00:55:30,861 DISRESPECT TO KELLY, BUT I HAD A 1530 00:55:30,861 --> 00:55:31,962 MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE WHEN I 1531 00:55:31,962 --> 00:55:34,765 WAS WORKING THROUGH THE COUNTY 1532 00:55:34,765 --> 00:55:36,099 AS FAR AS TRAINING IS CONCERNED. 1533 00:55:36,099 --> 00:55:38,068 I KNOW THAT WE MENTIONED THAT WE 1534 00:55:38,068 --> 00:55:39,136 OFFER TRAINING, BEHAVIOR 1535 00:55:39,136 --> 00:55:40,904 MANAGEMENT IN THE CLASSROOMS, 1536 00:55:40,904 --> 00:55:44,408 BUT IS THAT REQUIRED OR IS THAT 1537 00:55:44,408 --> 00:55:45,409 OPTIONAL FOR THE SUBSTITUTE 1538 00:55:45,409 --> 00:55:45,943 TEACHERS? 1539 00:55:45,943 --> 00:55:51,815 THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. 1540 00:55:51,815 --> 00:55:54,384 >> IT'S REQUIRED. 1541 00:55:54,384 --> 00:55:57,020 >>Jessica Vaughn: I CAN'T HEAR 1542 00:55:57,020 --> 00:55:57,554 THE ANSWERS. 1543 00:55:57,554 --> 00:55:59,456 IF I HAVE MY SOUND ON, THERE IS 1544 00:55:59,456 --> 00:56:01,825 A HORRIBLE ECHO. 1545 00:56:01,825 --> 00:56:03,393 >>Jim Porter: THE KELLY SERVICES 1546 00:56:03,393 --> 00:56:03,961 REPRESENTATIVE SAID IT WAS 1547 00:56:03,961 --> 00:56:06,897 REQUIRED. 1548 00:56:06,897 --> 00:56:08,198 >>Jessica Vaughn: THAT'S 1549 00:56:08,198 --> 00:56:09,600 REQUIRED ORIGINALLY OR 1550 00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:11,001 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S 1551 00:56:11,001 --> 00:56:13,103 REQUIRED ADDITIONALLY? 1552 00:56:13,103 --> 00:56:15,739 BECAUSE ONCE I WAS HIRED ON, I 1553 00:56:15,739 --> 00:56:23,113 NEVER HAD ANY REQUIRED TRAINING, 1554 00:56:23,113 --> 00:56:29,286 FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. 1555 00:56:29,286 --> 00:56:31,288 CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION TO 1556 00:56:31,288 --> 00:56:36,426 ME BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR? 1557 00:56:36,426 --> 00:56:39,963 IF I TURN MY SPEAKER ON, I GET A 1558 00:56:39,963 --> 00:56:40,297 HORRIBLE ECHO. 1559 00:56:40,297 --> 00:56:41,098 >> THERE ARE MULTIPLE 1560 00:56:41,098 --> 00:56:42,099 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUED 1561 00:56:42,099 --> 00:56:42,966 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 1562 00:56:42,966 --> 00:56:44,501 IT'S REALLY UP TO THE SUBSTITUTE 1563 00:56:44,501 --> 00:56:44,735 TEACHER. 1564 00:56:44,735 --> 00:56:46,069 IT IS NOT REQUIRED. 1565 00:56:46,069 --> 00:56:48,872 IT IS ONLY REQUIRED IF PERHAPS A 1566 00:56:48,872 --> 00:56:51,008 SCHOOL SAYS WE REALLY LIKE THE 1567 00:56:51,008 --> 00:56:51,808 SUBSTITUTE, THEY HAVE A 1568 00:56:51,808 --> 00:56:54,144 DIFFICULTY WITH A CERTAIN PART 1569 00:56:54,144 --> 00:56:56,747 OF THE JOB, THEN WE ASSIGN THEM 1570 00:56:56,747 --> 00:56:57,714 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 1571 00:56:57,714 --> 00:56:59,383 THEN WE ALSO ASSIGN A MENTOR TO 1572 00:56:59,383 --> 00:57:01,285 GO INTO THE CLASSROOM AND WORK 1573 00:57:01,285 --> 00:57:03,987 WITH THEM. 1574 00:57:03,987 --> 00:57:04,988 >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU SAID YOU 1575 00:57:04,988 --> 00:57:06,690 ARE OFFERING ADDITIONAL POINTS 1576 00:57:06,690 --> 00:57:07,958 FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS TO PICK 1577 00:57:07,958 --> 00:57:10,727 UP JOBS AND ASSIGNMENTS IN OUR 1578 00:57:10,727 --> 00:57:11,528 ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOLS. 1579 00:57:11,528 --> 00:57:14,898 WHAT DO THOSE POINTS TRANSLATE 1580 00:57:14,898 --> 00:57:15,332 TO? 1581 00:57:15,332 --> 00:57:17,234 DOES THAT MEAN EXTRA MONEY OR 1582 00:57:17,234 --> 00:57:18,735 WHAT DO THOSE POINTS TRANSLATE 1583 00:57:18,735 --> 00:57:23,073 TO? 1584 00:57:23,073 --> 00:57:24,074 >> YOU ARE CORRECT IT TRANSLATES 1585 00:57:24,074 --> 00:57:29,980 TO MONEY, CASH. 1586 00:57:29,980 --> 00:57:30,881 >>Jessica Vaughn: EQUATES WHAT 1587 00:57:30,881 --> 00:57:31,615 DOLLAR AMOUNT? 1588 00:57:31,615 --> 00:57:33,517 >> I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT TO 1589 00:57:33,517 --> 00:57:33,684 YOU. 1590 00:57:33,684 --> 00:57:34,518 I APOLOGIZE. 1591 00:57:34,518 --> 00:57:36,153 I DO NOT KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP 1592 00:57:36,153 --> 00:57:37,087 OF MY HEAD. 1593 00:57:37,087 --> 00:57:39,890 >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. 1594 00:57:39,890 --> 00:57:41,792 HOW MUCH DO OUR BASE SUBSTITUTES 1595 00:57:41,792 --> 00:57:43,427 MAKE AND WHAT IS THE HIGHEST 1596 00:57:43,427 --> 00:57:45,595 RANGE FOR TEACHERS WITH 1597 00:57:45,595 --> 00:57:45,929 CERTIFICATION? 1598 00:57:45,929 --> 00:57:47,764 WHAT PAY RANGE ARE WE TALKING 1599 00:57:47,764 --> 00:57:48,632 ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1600 00:57:48,632 --> 00:57:50,067 WHAT WE PAY OUR SUBSTITUTE 1601 00:57:50,067 --> 00:58:02,879 TEACHERS? 1602 00:58:02,879 --> 00:58:04,348 >> SO JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE, 1603 00:58:04,348 --> 00:58:05,282 THE SCHOOL BOARD MAKES A 1604 00:58:05,282 --> 00:58:07,351 DECISION ON THE PAY RATE. 1605 00:58:07,351 --> 00:58:08,018 WE DO NOT. 1606 00:58:08,018 --> 00:58:10,020 WITH ALL THE DISTRICTS WE WORK 1607 00:58:10,020 --> 00:58:11,254 WITH, THE DISTRICT TRADITIONALLY 1608 00:58:11,254 --> 00:58:12,422 TELLS US THE PAY RATE THAT THEY 1609 00:58:12,422 --> 00:58:15,392 WANT TO WORK WITH AND THAT IS 1610 00:58:15,392 --> 00:58:17,961 THE RATE, MARK UP ON TOP OF. 1611 00:58:17,961 --> 00:58:22,632 THAT IS A SCHOOL BOARD DECISION. 1612 00:58:22,632 --> 00:58:24,935 LEVEL FOUR TEACHER CERTIFIED IS 1613 00:58:24,935 --> 00:58:28,438 $12.50 AN HOUR. 1614 00:58:28,438 --> 00:58:30,273 IN THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL, IT IS 1615 00:58:30,273 --> 00:58:35,612 $13. 1616 00:58:35,612 --> 00:58:37,814 >> WE CAN PROVIDE THE PRICING 1617 00:58:37,814 --> 00:58:42,419 SHEET, TOO. 1618 00:58:42,419 --> 00:58:44,588 >>Jessica Vaughn: WHAT IS OUR 1619 00:58:44,588 --> 00:58:47,624 LOWEST PAID SUBSTITUTE MAKER. 1620 00:58:47,624 --> 00:58:50,060 >> $8.65, MINIMUM WAGE. 1621 00:58:50,060 --> 00:58:51,328 WHEN MINIMUM WAGE IN FLORIDA 1622 00:58:51,328 --> 00:58:53,430 STARTED TO GO UP, THE PAY RANGE 1623 00:58:53,430 --> 00:58:55,365 STAYED THE SAME. 1624 00:58:55,365 --> 00:58:56,833 UNFORTUNATELY, THE TWO MET, AND 1625 00:58:56,833 --> 00:58:59,269 SO IT BECAME A MINIMUM WAGE 1626 00:58:59,269 --> 00:59:01,104 POSITION WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE A 1627 00:59:01,104 --> 00:59:01,705 SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHOULD BE 1628 00:59:01,705 --> 00:59:04,508 PAID. 1629 00:59:04,508 --> 00:59:05,509 >>Jessica Vaughn: I HAVE TWO 1630 00:59:05,509 --> 00:59:07,044 QUESTIONS. 1631 00:59:07,044 --> 00:59:08,578 I KNOW WE'RE TALKING HERE -- I 1632 00:59:08,578 --> 00:59:10,247 KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WANTING 1633 00:59:10,247 --> 00:59:13,517 TO KEEP AND RETAIN CERTIFIED 1634 00:59:13,517 --> 00:59:13,917 TEACHERS. 1635 00:59:13,917 --> 00:59:15,852 AS SOMEBODY WHO HAD TO KEEP MY 1636 00:59:15,852 --> 00:59:16,920 CERTIFICATION THE ENTIRE TIME I 1637 00:59:16,920 --> 00:59:18,321 WAS SUBBING BECAUSE I WANTED TO 1638 00:59:18,321 --> 00:59:20,757 KEEP IT, I CAN'T EXPRESS WHAT A 1639 00:59:20,757 --> 00:59:22,826 CHALLENGE IT'S BEEN TO KEEP MY 1640 00:59:22,826 --> 00:59:24,294 CERTIFICATION UP SUBBING THROUGH 1641 00:59:24,294 --> 00:59:25,896 KELLY AS OPPOSED TO WORKING WITH 1642 00:59:25,896 --> 00:59:26,329 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. 1643 00:59:26,329 --> 00:59:29,766 WHEN I WORKED WITH HILLSBOROUGH 1644 00:59:29,766 --> 00:59:31,268 COUNTY, I WAS ABLE TO USE THOSE 1645 00:59:31,268 --> 00:59:32,536 CLASSROOM HOURS TOWARDS RENEWING 1646 00:59:32,536 --> 00:59:33,904 MY CERTIFICATION. 1647 00:59:33,904 --> 00:59:35,238 HOWEVER, ONCE THEY WERE 1648 00:59:35,238 --> 00:59:36,940 OUTSOURCED TO KELLY, I WAS NOT 1649 00:59:36,940 --> 00:59:39,075 ABLE TO CLAIM THOSE IN CLASSROOM 1650 00:59:39,075 --> 00:59:40,911 HOURS ANYMORE AND HAD TO TAKE 1651 00:59:40,911 --> 00:59:42,813 ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO KEEPING 1652 00:59:42,813 --> 00:59:44,581 MY CERTIFICATION VALID. 1653 00:59:44,581 --> 00:59:46,216 IT POSED A HUGE CHALLENGE. 1654 00:59:46,216 --> 00:59:47,551 I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN ADDRESS 1655 00:59:47,551 --> 00:59:53,690 THAT PIECE OF IT. 1656 00:59:53,690 --> 00:59:54,925 >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I 1657 00:59:54,925 --> 00:59:56,660 HEARD THE CONCERN, TOO. 1658 00:59:56,660 --> 00:59:57,794 WE CAN DEFINITELY DRILL DOWN ON 1659 00:59:57,794 --> 01:00:00,497 THAT. 1660 01:00:00,497 --> 01:00:01,798 >> I NEVER HEARD IT. 1661 01:00:01,798 --> 01:00:04,000 AND WE WORK, AS YOU KNOW WITH 1662 01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:06,102 MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN FLORIDA 1663 01:00:06,102 --> 01:00:07,737 AND WE WORK REALLY HARD TO FILL 1664 01:00:07,737 --> 01:00:08,872 THE VACANCIES BY HELPING 1665 01:00:08,872 --> 01:00:10,307 TEACHERS BECOME CERTIFIED 1666 01:00:10,307 --> 01:00:10,574 TEACHERS. 1667 01:00:10,574 --> 01:00:11,541 IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO TRIES 1668 01:00:11,541 --> 01:00:12,943 OUT A SUBSTITUTE AND LOVES IT, 1669 01:00:12,943 --> 01:00:14,010 WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO 1670 01:00:14,010 --> 01:00:15,412 HELP THEM BECOME CERTIFIED IF 1671 01:00:15,412 --> 01:00:18,849 THEY HAVE A DEGREE. 1672 01:00:18,849 --> 01:00:20,884 I'VE NOT HEARD THAT, BUT I WILL 1673 01:00:20,884 --> 01:00:24,654 INVESTIGATE. 1674 01:00:24,654 --> 01:00:26,656 >>Jessica Vaughn: I BROUGHT IT 1675 01:00:26,656 --> 01:00:27,991 UP SEVERAL TIMES IN DIFFERENT 1676 01:00:27,991 --> 01:00:28,225 PLACES. 1677 01:00:28,225 --> 01:00:30,060 GLAD I GOT IT TO THE RIGHT 1678 01:00:30,060 --> 01:00:30,627 PERSON. 1679 01:00:30,627 --> 01:00:33,630 ADDITIONALLY, MY QUESTION, I 1680 01:00:33,630 --> 01:00:34,364 KNOW WE HAVE IDENTIFIED HEALTH 1681 01:00:34,364 --> 01:00:35,432 INSURANCE AS ONE OF THE ISSUES 1682 01:00:35,432 --> 01:00:37,234 WE WANTED TO OUTSOURCE TO SAVE 1683 01:00:37,234 --> 01:00:37,434 MONEY. 1684 01:00:37,434 --> 01:00:39,135 WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH AS THE 1685 01:00:39,135 --> 01:00:41,304 PANDEMIC MOVES THROUGH, I KNOW A 1686 01:00:41,304 --> 01:00:43,306 LOT OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS HAD 1687 01:00:43,306 --> 01:00:45,642 CONCERNS ABOUT GOING INTO THE 1688 01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:47,711 CLASSROOM FRONT LINE TO SUPPORT 1689 01:00:47,711 --> 01:00:50,280 OUR TEACHERS WITH THE LACK OF 1690 01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:51,515 HEALTH INSURANCE, THAT WE'RE 1691 01:00:51,515 --> 01:00:54,918 SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO 1692 01:00:54,918 --> 01:00:55,552 PRIORITIZE HEALTH INSURANCE AS 1693 01:00:55,552 --> 01:00:59,189 AN EXPENSE, BUT AS WE CONCEDE 1694 01:00:59,189 --> 01:01:00,290 DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHAT AN 1695 01:01:00,290 --> 01:01:01,958 EFFECT IT HAD ON THE FILL RATE. 1696 01:01:01,958 --> 01:01:03,460 I'M WONDERING AS A DISTRICT, IS 1697 01:01:03,460 --> 01:01:07,564 IT THE BEST IDEA TO TRY TO CUT 1698 01:01:07,564 --> 01:01:10,433 SAVINGS ON HEALTH CARE AND 1699 01:01:10,433 --> 01:01:11,935 PAYING OUR SUBS MINIMUM WAGE, A 1700 01:01:11,935 --> 01:01:13,370 LOT OF THEM, WHEN WE ARE 1701 01:01:13,370 --> 01:01:15,071 EXPECTING SUCH AN OUTPUT, 1702 01:01:15,071 --> 01:01:16,640 ESPECIALLY WHEN SO MANY OF THEM 1703 01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:21,111 ARE THE KEY IN OUR ACHIEVEMENT 1704 01:01:21,111 --> 01:01:22,712 SCHOOLS HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW 1705 01:01:22,712 --> 01:01:24,080 NOT HAVING HEALTH CARE DURING A 1706 01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:26,416 PANDEMIC AFFECTED THE FILL RATE 1707 01:01:26,416 --> 01:01:30,120 OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. 1708 01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:31,688 >> THEY WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN 1709 01:01:31,688 --> 01:01:32,622 PROVIDED ALL OF THEIR BENEFITS. 1710 01:01:32,622 --> 01:01:35,325 I DON'T KNOW, MS. COURIER, IF 1711 01:01:35,325 --> 01:01:38,795 YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT 1712 01:01:38,795 --> 01:01:39,029 FURTHER. 1713 01:01:39,029 --> 01:01:41,231 >> TALKING ABOUT ACA POSSIBLY, 1714 01:01:41,231 --> 01:01:43,400 BECAUSE THAT IS THE EXPENSE -- 1715 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:45,368 YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD HEALTH 1716 01:01:45,368 --> 01:01:47,037 INSURANCE IF THE SUBSTITUTE WAS 1717 01:01:47,037 --> 01:01:48,505 WORKING DIRECTLY FOR THE 1718 01:01:48,505 --> 01:01:48,972 DISTRICT. 1719 01:01:48,972 --> 01:01:49,873 WE PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE AS 1720 01:01:49,873 --> 01:01:51,141 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 1721 01:01:51,141 --> 01:01:52,075 SUBSTITUTE TO SIGN UP FOR. 1722 01:01:52,075 --> 01:01:53,577 I THINK WHAT YOU HAD IN YOUR 1723 01:01:53,577 --> 01:01:57,981 SAVINGS WAS THE ACA, WHICH IS 1724 01:01:57,981 --> 01:02:01,685 THE FEDERAL LAW. 1725 01:02:01,685 --> 01:02:03,119 >> FOR OUR LONG-TERM SUBS, 1726 01:02:03,119 --> 01:02:04,220 THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1727 01:02:04,220 --> 01:02:04,955 THE HEALTH CARE. 1728 01:02:04,955 --> 01:02:07,324 >> BUT TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT 1729 01:02:07,324 --> 01:02:11,261 THE COVID IMPACT, SUBSTITUTE 1730 01:02:11,261 --> 01:02:12,228 TEACHERS GOING INTO CLASSROOM, 1731 01:02:12,228 --> 01:02:13,496 IT WAS A HUGE PROBLEM. 1732 01:02:13,496 --> 01:02:15,465 STILL IS A HUGE PROBLEM. 1733 01:02:15,465 --> 01:02:17,167 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, JUST LIKE 1734 01:02:17,167 --> 01:02:18,935 FULL-TIME TEACHERS ARE CONCERNED 1735 01:02:18,935 --> 01:02:19,936 ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND THE 1736 01:02:19,936 --> 01:02:20,971 HEALTH OF THEIR FAMILIES. 1737 01:02:20,971 --> 01:02:23,239 I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO JUDGE 1738 01:02:23,239 --> 01:02:24,374 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN A 1739 01:02:24,374 --> 01:02:26,443 SITUATION JUST LIKE YOU WOULD 1740 01:02:26,443 --> 01:02:28,111 JUDGE A TEACHER. 1741 01:02:28,111 --> 01:02:30,213 THEY ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY 1742 01:02:30,213 --> 01:02:30,480 ADJUSTING. 1743 01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:31,681 WE DID A LOT OF WORK. 1744 01:02:31,681 --> 01:02:35,151 WE DID A LOT OF TOWN HALLS, 1745 01:02:35,151 --> 01:02:35,785 SHOWING SUBSTITUTES THAT THERE 1746 01:02:35,785 --> 01:02:36,987 WERE THINGS IN PLACE FOR 1747 01:02:36,987 --> 01:02:38,888 CLEANING IN THE CLASSROOM, THE 1748 01:02:38,888 --> 01:02:39,122 SAFETY. 1749 01:02:39,122 --> 01:02:40,857 IT WAS SAFER THAN GOING SHOPPING 1750 01:02:40,857 --> 01:02:42,959 AT PUBLIX OR WALMART TO GO INTO 1751 01:02:42,959 --> 01:02:43,293 SCHOOLS. 1752 01:02:43,293 --> 01:02:44,761 BASICALLY HOW WE ENDED UP 1753 01:02:44,761 --> 01:02:46,062 SUMMARIZING IT FOR OUR 1754 01:02:46,062 --> 01:02:47,097 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. 1755 01:02:47,097 --> 01:02:48,331 SCHOOLS HAVE TAKEN THIS VERY 1756 01:02:48,331 --> 01:02:50,600 SERIOUSLY IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 1757 01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:51,668 BUT THERE'S STILL CONCERN. 1758 01:02:51,668 --> 01:02:53,269 WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE 1759 01:02:53,269 --> 01:02:55,905 SUBSTITUTE TEACHER POOL IN MOST 1760 01:02:55,905 --> 01:02:57,641 DISTRICTS, IT IS A RETIRED OR 1761 01:02:57,641 --> 01:02:59,843 SOMEONE PROBABLY ABOUT MY AGE, A 1762 01:02:59,843 --> 01:03:01,211 PERSON THAT'S SUBBING. 1763 01:03:01,211 --> 01:03:03,013 SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO, WE CAME 1764 01:03:03,013 --> 01:03:04,881 BACK AFTER SCHOOLS WERE OUT FROM 1765 01:03:04,881 --> 01:03:07,050 MARCH LAST YEAR, IN AUGUST, WE 1766 01:03:07,050 --> 01:03:08,385 HAD TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR 1767 01:03:08,385 --> 01:03:11,554 DEMOGRAPHIC AND TRY TO MAKE OUR 1768 01:03:11,554 --> 01:03:14,090 RECRUITING MORE FOCUSED ON A 1769 01:03:14,090 --> 01:03:15,525 YOUNGER GENERATION THAT WASN'T 1770 01:03:15,525 --> 01:03:18,395 MAYBE AS CONCERNED, HOPING THAT 1771 01:03:18,395 --> 01:03:19,963 AS THIS MOVES ON AND WE'RE 1772 01:03:19,963 --> 01:03:21,398 HOPING BY AUGUST THAT A LOT OF 1773 01:03:21,398 --> 01:03:22,832 OUR SUBSTITUTES WILL COME BACK. 1774 01:03:22,832 --> 01:03:25,435 WE LITERALLY HAD TO REPLACE 1775 01:03:25,435 --> 01:03:26,503 POOLS IN ALL OF THE COUNTRY 1776 01:03:26,503 --> 01:03:28,271 WHERE WE HAD 2,000 SUBSTITUTES, 1777 01:03:28,271 --> 01:03:30,273 WE'VE COME BACK AND THERE'S 1778 01:03:30,273 --> 01:03:32,175 MAYBE BEEN SEVEN OR EIGHT 1779 01:03:32,175 --> 01:03:32,475 HUNDRED. 1780 01:03:32,475 --> 01:03:33,677 EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SUBSTITUTES 1781 01:03:33,677 --> 01:03:35,679 SAY IT WILL COME BACK, WHEN IT 1782 01:03:35,679 --> 01:03:37,681 GOT DOWN TO IT, THEY JUST WERE 1783 01:03:37,681 --> 01:03:38,381 VERY NERVOUS. 1784 01:03:38,381 --> 01:03:40,283 MANY OF THEM HAVE SAID WE HAVE A 1785 01:03:40,283 --> 01:03:42,519 LOT OF POLLS SAYING I HAVE BOTH 1786 01:03:42,519 --> 01:03:44,587 SHOTS OR I HAVE MY 1787 01:03:44,587 --> 01:03:45,488 JOHNSON & JOHNSON, READY TO COME 1788 01:03:45,488 --> 01:03:46,423 BACK. 1789 01:03:46,423 --> 01:03:47,390 JUST LIKE FULL-TIME TEACHERS, 1790 01:03:47,390 --> 01:03:51,161 THERE ARE CONCERNS, AND WHEN YOU 1791 01:03:51,161 --> 01:03:53,363 CONSIDER WHAT A SUBSTITUTE 1792 01:03:53,363 --> 01:03:57,867 TEACHER EARNS COMPARED TO A 1793 01:03:57,867 --> 01:04:00,270 TEACHER, IT BECOMES VERY 1794 01:04:00,270 --> 01:04:00,904 DIFFICULT FOR THEM. 1795 01:04:00,904 --> 01:04:02,372 THESE ARE DIFFICULT JOBS, FULL 1796 01:04:02,372 --> 01:04:05,542 AND SUBSTITUTE. 1797 01:04:05,542 --> 01:04:06,076 >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. 1798 01:04:06,076 --> 01:04:10,213 I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT, AS 1799 01:04:10,213 --> 01:04:11,381 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC 1800 01:04:11,381 --> 01:04:13,249 AND SUBS, WHAT I WAS 1801 01:04:13,249 --> 01:04:15,418 DISAPPOINTED IN SEEING IS THAT 1802 01:04:15,418 --> 01:04:17,053 WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ARRANGE A WAY 1803 01:04:17,053 --> 01:04:19,456 FOR E-LEARNING, SUBSTITUTES 1804 01:04:19,456 --> 01:04:20,790 WILLING TO DO E-LEARNING TO PICK 1805 01:04:20,790 --> 01:04:23,126 UP E-LEARNING TEACHING SPOTS. 1806 01:04:23,126 --> 01:04:24,761 I KNOW THAT WHILE I WAS TRYING 1807 01:04:24,761 --> 01:04:26,362 TO SUB WHEN I DIDN'T FEEL 1808 01:04:26,362 --> 01:04:27,363 COMFORTABLE GOING IN THE 1809 01:04:27,363 --> 01:04:28,231 CLASSROOMS BECAUSE OF THE 1810 01:04:28,231 --> 01:04:30,333 PANDEMIC, I WAS NOT -- I WAS 1811 01:04:30,333 --> 01:04:31,568 ONLY ABLE TO GO INTO THE 1812 01:04:31,568 --> 01:04:33,103 CLASSROOMS IF THERE WAS AN 1813 01:04:33,103 --> 01:04:35,305 E-LEARNING POSITION, I HAD TO DO 1814 01:04:35,305 --> 01:04:36,172 IT THEN IN THE SCHOOL AND I 1815 01:04:36,172 --> 01:04:37,774 DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING 1816 01:04:37,774 --> 01:04:37,974 INTO. 1817 01:04:37,974 --> 01:04:40,977 THERE WAS NO WAY TO ACCOMMODATE 1818 01:04:40,977 --> 01:04:41,745 TEACHERS, SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS 1819 01:04:41,745 --> 01:04:43,313 FOR E-LEARNING CLASSES. 1820 01:04:43,313 --> 01:04:44,914 SO E-LEARNING WHEN THEY COULDN'T 1821 01:04:44,914 --> 01:04:46,616 GET A SUB JUST BASICALLY DIDN'T 1822 01:04:46,616 --> 01:04:48,318 HAVE THE CLASS FOR THAT DAY. 1823 01:04:48,318 --> 01:04:51,187 AND THEN I WAS TOLD AT A CERTAIN 1824 01:04:51,187 --> 01:04:53,389 POINT I HAD TO EITHER ACCEPT AN 1825 01:04:53,389 --> 01:04:54,157 ASSIGNMENT OR TERMINATE MY 1826 01:04:54,157 --> 01:04:56,192 CONTRACT WITH KELLY, EVEN THOUGH 1827 01:04:56,192 --> 01:04:57,393 I WAS CONTINUALLY SAYING I 1828 01:04:57,393 --> 01:04:58,661 DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AND I 1829 01:04:58,661 --> 01:05:01,064 GOT ONE MESSAGE SAYING THAT I 1830 01:05:01,064 --> 01:05:02,465 WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE AND THEY 1831 01:05:02,465 --> 01:05:03,666 WERE GOING TO EXTEND MY WAIVER 1832 01:05:03,666 --> 01:05:05,101 NOT TO GO IN THE CLASSROOMS AND 1833 01:05:05,101 --> 01:05:08,037 THEN I GOT ANOTHER E-MAIL SAYING 1834 01:05:08,037 --> 01:05:09,105 THAT WASN'T TRUE AND I WAS 1835 01:05:09,105 --> 01:05:10,640 REMOVED FROM KELLY AND HAD TO GO 1836 01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:12,842 THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN. 1837 01:05:12,842 --> 01:05:14,711 I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH OUR 1838 01:05:14,711 --> 01:05:16,479 PROCESS FOR SUPPORTING 1839 01:05:16,479 --> 01:05:18,615 E-LEARNING AND OUR E-LEARNING 1840 01:05:18,615 --> 01:05:20,650 TEACHERS AND SUBSTITUTES IN THAT 1841 01:05:20,650 --> 01:05:21,117 ENTIRE SITUATION. 1842 01:05:21,117 --> 01:05:22,819 THOSE ARE ALL MY THOUGHTS FOR 1843 01:05:22,819 --> 01:05:22,986 NOW. 1844 01:05:22,986 --> 01:05:23,987 I APPRECIATE IT. 1845 01:05:23,987 --> 01:05:24,487 THANK YOU. 1846 01:05:24,487 --> 01:05:25,688 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 1847 01:05:25,688 --> 01:05:26,156 VAUGHN. 1848 01:05:26,156 --> 01:05:27,857 I'M JUST GOING TO SAY A FEW 1849 01:05:27,857 --> 01:05:31,127 THINGS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 1850 01:05:31,127 --> 01:05:34,531 HAVE A BRIEF MENTION FROM MEMBER 1851 01:05:34,531 --> 01:05:35,765 WASHINGTON, MEMBER HAHN AND 1852 01:05:35,765 --> 01:05:37,233 MEMBER COMBS. 1853 01:05:37,233 --> 01:05:40,336 WE DO HAVE A FULL-FLEDGED 1854 01:05:40,336 --> 01:05:42,005 WORKSHOP PLANNED FOR OUR FISCAL 1855 01:05:42,005 --> 01:05:44,007 INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY. 1856 01:05:44,007 --> 01:05:45,008 THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WANT TO 1857 01:05:45,008 --> 01:05:46,843 SPEAK AGAIN, IF YOU COULD BE 1858 01:05:46,843 --> 01:05:49,512 MINDFUL OF THAT. 1859 01:05:49,512 --> 01:05:54,250 MY ONLY POINT OR FEEDBACK IS IN 1860 01:05:54,250 --> 01:05:55,952 2017, I KNOW I WAS THE SAME AS 1861 01:05:55,952 --> 01:05:57,854 MEMBER PEREZ AND STILL AM. 1862 01:05:57,854 --> 01:06:01,524 I WANTED THE IN-HOUSE. 1863 01:06:01,524 --> 01:06:02,759 I FOUGHT FOR IT HARD AND PAID A 1864 01:06:02,759 --> 01:06:03,593 LOT OF ATTENTION. 1865 01:06:03,593 --> 01:06:04,727 MEMBER PEREZ, I WANT TO SAY 1866 01:06:04,727 --> 01:06:07,197 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP 1867 01:06:07,197 --> 01:06:08,598 FRONT BECAUSE THESE SUBSTITUTES 1868 01:06:08,598 --> 01:06:10,533 AND, MS. CURRY, YOU'RE VERY 1869 01:06:10,533 --> 01:06:12,268 AWARE, AND SO ARE YOU, DR. 1870 01:06:12,268 --> 01:06:14,037 WHELAN, THEY ARE IN FRONT OF OUR 1871 01:06:14,037 --> 01:06:14,604 CHILDREN. 1872 01:06:14,604 --> 01:06:16,172 IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR SUBSTITUTES 1873 01:06:16,172 --> 01:06:19,342 HIGH ON THE PROFESSIONAL 1874 01:06:19,342 --> 01:06:24,614 DEVELOPMENT AS MEMBER HAHN SAID, 1875 01:06:24,614 --> 01:06:27,851 ACADEMICS WILL NOT BE A POSITIVE 1876 01:06:27,851 --> 01:06:29,185 TRAJECTORY, EVEN AT SULPHUR 1877 01:06:29,185 --> 01:06:31,821 SPRINGS WHEN I SUBBED THERE FOR 1878 01:06:31,821 --> 01:06:34,390 I GUESS ABOUT TWO MONTHS, WE HAD 1879 01:06:34,390 --> 01:06:36,092 A PERMANENT SUB THERE, NOT A 1880 01:06:36,092 --> 01:06:38,127 PERMANENT, EXCUSE ME, BUT SHE 1881 01:06:38,127 --> 01:06:39,996 ACTED LIKE A PERMANENT SUB 1882 01:06:39,996 --> 01:06:41,197 BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE EVERY DAY 1883 01:06:41,197 --> 01:06:42,799 AND THE KIDS LOVED HER. 1884 01:06:42,799 --> 01:06:44,701 MY SUGGESTION, SUPERINTENDENT 1885 01:06:44,701 --> 01:06:48,171 DAVIS, LET'S GO WORK ON NOT ONLY 1886 01:06:48,171 --> 01:06:48,805 MAKING THAT PROFESSIONAL 1887 01:06:48,805 --> 01:06:50,740 DEVELOPMENT, AS MEMBER SNIVELY 1888 01:06:50,740 --> 01:06:53,877 SAID, FOR MENTAL REASONS, BUT 1889 01:06:53,877 --> 01:06:54,210 ALSO ACADEMIC. 1890 01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:56,579 TO BE IN SYNC WITH WHAT 1891 01:06:56,579 --> 01:06:58,581 EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE IN THE 1892 01:06:58,581 --> 01:07:00,750 CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT HERE. 1893 01:07:00,750 --> 01:07:02,085 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I THINK WE 1894 01:07:02,085 --> 01:07:06,522 SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THE MORE 1895 01:07:06,522 --> 01:07:08,224 FULL-TIME SUBS LIKE WE USED TO 1896 01:07:08,224 --> 01:07:09,259 HAVE YEARS AGO. 1897 01:07:09,259 --> 01:07:12,161 MORE THAN ONE PER SCHOOL. 1898 01:07:12,161 --> 01:07:13,663 IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. 1899 01:07:13,663 --> 01:07:14,864 THE STABILIZING PART OF THAT, 1900 01:07:14,864 --> 01:07:16,432 ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGH-NEEDS 1901 01:07:16,432 --> 01:07:18,968 SCHOOLS IS CRITICAL. 1902 01:07:18,968 --> 01:07:20,837 IT'S CRITICAL, BECAUSE THAT IS 1903 01:07:20,837 --> 01:07:25,275 WHO THESE CHILDREN RELY ON FOR 1904 01:07:25,275 --> 01:07:26,943 EVERYTHING THAT A PARENT REALLY 1905 01:07:26,943 --> 01:07:28,912 DOES AS WELL. 1906 01:07:28,912 --> 01:07:30,680 SO ENOUGH SAID ON THAT. 1907 01:07:30,680 --> 01:07:31,981 I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD. 1908 01:07:31,981 --> 01:07:34,384 WE'RE BRIEFLY GOING TO GO INTO 1909 01:07:34,384 --> 01:07:37,120 MEMBER WASHINGTON'S COMMENTS. 1910 01:07:37,120 --> 01:07:38,788 MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER COMBS. 1911 01:07:38,788 --> 01:07:40,723 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE 1912 01:07:40,723 --> 01:07:44,794 INTO THE FINANCIAL POINT AND 1913 01:07:44,794 --> 01:07:45,962 PART, WHICH IS REALLY THE BIG 1914 01:07:45,962 --> 01:07:47,597 PART OF THIS WORKSHOP. 1915 01:07:47,597 --> 01:07:51,167 MEMBER WASHINGTON. 1916 01:07:51,167 --> 01:07:51,801 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: A 1917 01:07:51,801 --> 01:07:52,602 COUPLE OF THINGS. 1918 01:07:52,602 --> 01:07:54,737 WHEN YOU SAY PERMANENT SUBS, 1919 01:07:54,737 --> 01:07:56,940 EVERY ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL HAD A 1920 01:07:56,940 --> 01:07:58,374 PERMANENT SUB THERE IN CASE 1921 01:07:58,374 --> 01:08:00,777 TEACHERS DIDN'T SHOW UP, BECAUSE 1922 01:08:00,777 --> 01:08:01,811 IT WAS A TRANSFORMATION SCHOOL. 1923 01:08:01,811 --> 01:08:03,680 NEXT ON THE LIST, WHAT I REALLY 1924 01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:07,550 WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, CAN A 1925 01:08:07,550 --> 01:08:09,152 PRINCIPAL REQUEST A SUB AT THEIR 1926 01:08:09,152 --> 01:08:09,652 SCHOOL? 1927 01:08:09,652 --> 01:08:11,454 ARE THEY ABLE TO DO THAT? 1928 01:08:11,454 --> 01:08:13,823 LIKE IF A TEACHER IS OUT, 1929 01:08:13,823 --> 01:08:15,425 PERMANENT SUB IS OUT? 1930 01:08:15,425 --> 01:08:16,559 >> YES, SO BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM 1931 01:08:16,559 --> 01:08:18,594 THERE IS A PREFERRED SUB CONTACT 1932 01:08:18,594 --> 01:08:19,295 LIST. 1933 01:08:19,295 --> 01:08:20,596 SO THEY CAN ADD THE SUBSTITUTES 1934 01:08:20,596 --> 01:08:22,765 THAT THEY PREFER AT THEIR SITE. 1935 01:08:22,765 --> 01:08:24,434 SO ANYTIME A SUBSTITUTE, OR 1936 01:08:24,434 --> 01:08:26,269 ANYTIME A TEACHER, EXCUSE ME IS 1937 01:08:26,269 --> 01:08:28,037 REQUESTING OFF, THOSE PARTICULAR 1938 01:08:28,037 --> 01:08:29,639 SUBSTITUTES THAT ARE CODED AS 1939 01:08:29,639 --> 01:08:31,574 PREFERRED ARE CONTACTED FIRST. 1940 01:08:31,574 --> 01:08:32,475 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: 1941 01:08:32,475 --> 01:08:32,875 OKAY, GOOD. 1942 01:08:32,875 --> 01:08:34,344 I KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN 1943 01:08:34,344 --> 01:08:35,611 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS, 1944 01:08:35,611 --> 01:08:36,746 SOMETIMES YOU ARE THERE AND YOU 1945 01:08:36,746 --> 01:08:37,714 HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SUB THAT 1946 01:08:37,714 --> 01:08:38,948 COME IN AND THEY HAVE 1947 01:08:38,948 --> 01:08:40,350 OUTSTANDING SUBS THAT COME IN 1948 01:08:40,350 --> 01:08:42,452 AND THEY REALLY DO A GREAT JOB. 1949 01:08:42,452 --> 01:08:44,320 SO YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT 1950 01:08:44,320 --> 01:08:46,155 PERSONNEL TO HELP THE SCHOOL. 1951 01:08:46,155 --> 01:08:46,356 OKAY. 1952 01:08:46,356 --> 01:08:47,190 THANK YOU. 1953 01:08:47,190 --> 01:08:48,524 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 1954 01:08:48,524 --> 01:08:50,360 WASHINGTON. 1955 01:08:50,360 --> 01:08:51,361 MEMBER HAHN. 1956 01:08:51,361 --> 01:08:53,096 OKAY, MEMBER COMBS. 1957 01:08:53,096 --> 01:08:53,730 >>Nadia Combs: JUST A COUPLE 1958 01:08:53,730 --> 01:08:54,931 MORE QUESTIONS. 1959 01:08:54,931 --> 01:08:56,733 ONCE AGAIN, MEMBER PEREZ, THANK 1960 01:08:56,733 --> 01:08:58,668 YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR 1961 01:08:58,668 --> 01:08:58,935 ATTENTION. 1962 01:08:58,935 --> 01:09:00,003 I THINK IF ANYTHING, SOMETHING 1963 01:09:00,003 --> 01:09:01,471 GREAT WOULD COME OUT OF THIS IS 1964 01:09:01,471 --> 01:09:02,338 REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT 1965 01:09:02,338 --> 01:09:03,673 TRAINING. 1966 01:09:03,673 --> 01:09:05,441 I THINK AS TEACHERS GO IN, 1967 01:09:05,441 --> 01:09:06,909 PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE 1968 01:09:06,909 --> 01:09:08,811 WOULD BE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT 1969 01:09:08,811 --> 01:09:09,645 FOR A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. 1970 01:09:09,645 --> 01:09:11,247 I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE 1971 01:09:11,247 --> 01:09:12,849 A FUNDAMENTALLY TYPE OF TRAINING 1972 01:09:12,849 --> 01:09:13,850 THAT EVERY SUBSTITUTE SHOULD 1973 01:09:13,850 --> 01:09:14,851 HAVE NO MATTER WHAT. 1974 01:09:14,851 --> 01:09:16,953 I JUST THINK THAT SHOULD BE 1975 01:09:16,953 --> 01:09:18,187 SOMETHING, IF SOMETHING GOOD CAN 1976 01:09:18,187 --> 01:09:20,089 COME OUT OF THIS IS TO 1977 01:09:20,089 --> 01:09:21,424 UNDERSTAND LIKE CLASSROOM 1978 01:09:21,424 --> 01:09:22,258 MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS MENTAL 1979 01:09:22,258 --> 01:09:23,092 HEALTH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO 1980 01:09:23,092 --> 01:09:26,362 SEE A LOT OF CHILDREN AS WELL AS 1981 01:09:26,362 --> 01:09:27,430 EDUCATORS STRUGGLING THROUGH 1982 01:09:27,430 --> 01:09:29,198 THIS COVID, AFTER THIS COVID. 1983 01:09:29,198 --> 01:09:30,767 SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 1984 01:09:30,767 --> 01:09:31,801 THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE 1985 01:09:31,801 --> 01:09:33,269 IS WITH THE TRANSFORMATIONAL 1986 01:09:33,269 --> 01:09:34,904 SCHOOLS, AND I WORRY ABOUT WHAT 1987 01:09:34,904 --> 01:09:37,073 NEXT YEAR WILL LOOK LIKE, 1988 01:09:37,073 --> 01:09:37,874 BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE IS 1989 01:09:37,874 --> 01:09:39,275 GOING TO BE A LOT OF MOVEMENT, 1990 01:09:39,275 --> 01:09:40,643 PEOPLE HERE IN TAMPA. 1991 01:09:40,643 --> 01:09:42,412 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT 1992 01:09:42,412 --> 01:09:44,280 PERCENTAGE OF LONG-TERM SUBS DO 1993 01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:44,514 WE HAVE? 1994 01:09:44,514 --> 01:09:46,883 HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE IN OUR 1995 01:09:46,883 --> 01:09:48,084 TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOOL? 1996 01:09:48,084 --> 01:09:49,218 BECAUSE SOMETIMES I'M CONCERNED 1997 01:09:49,218 --> 01:09:51,687 THAT WE ARE PUTTING A SUBSTITUTE 1998 01:09:51,687 --> 01:09:53,089 THERE LONG TERM AND WE'RE MAKING 1999 01:09:53,089 --> 01:09:55,925 THE SAVINGS, AND WE COULD PUT A 2000 01:09:55,925 --> 01:09:56,993 CERTIFIED TEACHER IN THERE. 2001 01:09:56,993 --> 01:09:59,228 SO THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS NOW 2002 01:09:59,228 --> 01:10:02,065 AND ESPECIALLY IN THE FUTURE 2003 01:10:02,065 --> 01:10:04,467 THAT WE ARE USING LONG-TERM SUBS 2004 01:10:04,467 --> 01:10:07,070 INSTEAD OF A FULLY CERTIFIED 2005 01:10:07,070 --> 01:10:07,303 TEACHER. 2006 01:10:07,303 --> 01:10:08,504 I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT 2007 01:10:08,504 --> 01:10:10,206 WE'RE GETTING OUR SUBS WHO ARE 2008 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:12,375 POTENTIALLY ABLE TO BECOME 2009 01:10:12,375 --> 01:10:13,276 CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE 2010 01:10:13,276 --> 01:10:13,543 CLASSROOM. 2011 01:10:13,543 --> 01:10:17,246 BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE THERE IN 2012 01:10:17,246 --> 01:10:18,648 THERE LONG TERM AND WHAT DOES 2013 01:10:18,648 --> 01:10:19,415 THAT LOOK LIKE? 2014 01:10:19,415 --> 01:10:20,950 HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE IN 2015 01:10:20,950 --> 01:10:21,617 TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOOLS? 2016 01:10:21,617 --> 01:10:22,718 MY CONCERN IS SOMETIMES WE'RE 2017 01:10:22,718 --> 01:10:25,188 NOT ABLE TO FIND A TEACHER AND 2018 01:10:25,188 --> 01:10:26,456 THEN WE HAVE LONG-TERM SUBS IN 2019 01:10:26,456 --> 01:10:28,558 OUR MOST NEEDY SCHOOLS, THE 2020 01:10:28,558 --> 01:10:31,727 SCHOOLS THAT NEED THAT 2021 01:10:31,727 --> 01:10:33,896 CONSISTENCY, WHERE AT SOME 2022 01:10:33,896 --> 01:10:36,466 SCHOOLS, A CHILD MAY HAVE HAD A 2023 01:10:36,466 --> 01:10:37,467 SUBSTITUTE, LONG-TERM SUB, TWO 2024 01:10:37,467 --> 01:10:38,901 OR THREE THE ENTIRE YEAR AND HOW 2025 01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:40,636 THAT IMPACTS OUR CHILDREN 2026 01:10:40,636 --> 01:10:40,937 NEGATIVELY. 2027 01:10:40,937 --> 01:10:42,371 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 2028 01:10:42,371 --> 01:10:44,173 NOT USING KELLY SERVICES IN LIEU 2029 01:10:44,173 --> 01:10:45,908 OF FILLING THESE POSITIONS. 2030 01:10:45,908 --> 01:10:48,745 THANK YOU. 2031 01:10:48,745 --> 01:10:49,579 >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT 2032 01:10:49,579 --> 01:10:49,779 POINT. 2033 01:10:49,779 --> 01:10:51,481 THE CORRELATION BETWEEN A 2034 01:10:51,481 --> 01:10:56,519 LONG-TERM SUB VERSUS A CERTIFIED 2035 01:10:56,519 --> 01:10:57,587 REGULAR TEACHER AND THE COST TO 2036 01:10:57,587 --> 01:10:58,221 THE DISTRICT. 2037 01:10:58,221 --> 01:11:00,790 THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. 2038 01:11:00,790 --> 01:11:02,725 MEMBER HAHN IS GOING TO MAKE ONE 2039 01:11:02,725 --> 01:11:04,594 COMMENT, AND THEN I BELIEVE 2040 01:11:04,594 --> 01:11:08,598 MEMBER PEREZ WANTS TO CLOSE OUT. 2041 01:11:08,598 --> 01:11:09,999 >>Stacy Hahn: REAL QUICK, GOING 2042 01:11:09,999 --> 01:11:11,134 BACK TO THE QUALITY ISSUE THAT 2043 01:11:11,134 --> 01:11:12,468 WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND YOU 2044 01:11:12,468 --> 01:11:14,237 TALKED ABOUT MEMBER VAUGHN 2045 01:11:14,237 --> 01:11:15,805 BROUGHT UP THE TRAINING AND YOU 2046 01:11:15,805 --> 01:11:19,075 SAID IT WAS OPTIONAL, IS THERE A 2047 01:11:19,075 --> 01:11:23,579 WAY FOR US TO REQUIRE MAYBE A 2048 01:11:23,579 --> 01:11:24,881 MODULAR, TOO, FOR ALL OF THE 2049 01:11:24,881 --> 01:11:27,850 SUBS IN OUR SUB POOL SO THAT 2050 01:11:27,850 --> 01:11:29,752 WE'RE KIND OF ON BOARDING THEM 2051 01:11:29,752 --> 01:11:32,522 WITH CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS AND 2052 01:11:32,522 --> 01:11:37,460 TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED? 2053 01:11:37,460 --> 01:11:39,195 >> THEY GO THROUGH ABOUT THREE 2054 01:11:39,195 --> 01:11:41,063 HOURS OF TRAINING WHEN WE FIRST 2055 01:11:41,063 --> 01:11:42,231 HIRE THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. 2056 01:11:42,231 --> 01:11:43,533 THAT'S NOT OPTIONAL. 2057 01:11:43,533 --> 01:11:48,037 WHAT IS OPTIONAL IS ONGOING 2058 01:11:48,037 --> 01:11:48,738 DEVELOPMENT. 2059 01:11:48,738 --> 01:11:49,338 >>Stacy Hahn: I DON'T KNOW 2060 01:11:49,338 --> 01:11:50,673 WHAT'S IN THAT THREE HOURS, BUT 2061 01:11:50,673 --> 01:11:53,042 WE DO KNOW WHERE SOME OF THE 2062 01:11:53,042 --> 01:11:55,444 WEAKNESSES ARE AND IT IS IN 2063 01:11:55,444 --> 01:11:56,979 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, SLASH, 2064 01:11:56,979 --> 01:11:59,148 BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT. 2065 01:11:59,148 --> 01:12:01,017 SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PIECES 2066 01:12:01,017 --> 01:12:02,518 THAT ARE BASIC THAT I DON'T KNOW 2067 01:12:02,518 --> 01:12:06,022 IF THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE THREE 2068 01:12:06,022 --> 01:12:07,223 HOURS, BUT YOU COULD DO THREE 2069 01:12:07,223 --> 01:12:09,592 HOURS ALONE ON CLASSROOM 2070 01:12:09,592 --> 01:12:11,894 MANAGEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE 2071 01:12:11,894 --> 01:12:12,895 HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. 2072 01:12:12,895 --> 01:12:16,332 SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 2073 01:12:16,332 --> 01:12:20,336 ALSO, TALKING ABOUT KEEPING UP, 2074 01:12:20,336 --> 01:12:21,637 HELPING, SUPPORTING OUR SUBS 2075 01:12:21,637 --> 01:12:25,541 WITH THE UPKEEP OF THEIR 2076 01:12:25,541 --> 01:12:26,442 CERTIFICATES, ARE THERE MODULES 2077 01:12:26,442 --> 01:12:28,711 THAT THEY CAN TAKE THROUGH THE 2078 01:12:28,711 --> 01:12:30,880 DISTRICT, DR. WHELAN, THAT WOULD 2079 01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:32,915 HELP THEM KEEP UP WITH THEIR 2080 01:12:32,915 --> 01:12:34,483 CERTIFICATION SO THEY ARE NOT 2081 01:12:34,483 --> 01:12:37,153 KIND OF OUT THERE ON THEIR OWN? 2082 01:12:37,153 --> 01:12:38,120 >> I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON 2083 01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:39,222 THAT WITH PROFESSIONAL 2084 01:12:39,222 --> 01:12:40,223 DEVELOPMENT AS WELL WHEN THEY 2085 01:12:40,223 --> 01:12:41,691 HAVE THE CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS 2086 01:12:41,691 --> 01:12:42,491 IN THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE THAT 2087 01:12:42,491 --> 01:12:44,427 WOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE 2088 01:12:44,427 --> 01:12:45,261 OF FLORIDA. 2089 01:12:45,261 --> 01:12:48,931 WE NEED TO DRILL DOWN ON THAT 2090 01:12:48,931 --> 01:12:50,666 POINT A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM 2091 01:12:50,666 --> 01:12:51,400 MEMBER VAUGHN. 2092 01:12:51,400 --> 01:12:52,335 >>Stacy Hahn: I THINK WHEN WE 2093 01:12:52,335 --> 01:12:54,136 MADE CUTS ORIGINALLY IN THE 2094 01:12:54,136 --> 01:12:55,271 FALL, SOME OF THOSE TEACHERS 2095 01:12:55,271 --> 01:12:56,606 WERE ACTUALLY MADE PERMANENT 2096 01:12:56,606 --> 01:12:57,907 SUBS AT THEIR SCHOOLS, IS THAT 2097 01:12:57,907 --> 01:12:58,407 CORRECT? 2098 01:12:58,407 --> 01:13:00,109 OR AM I NOT REMEMBERING THAT 2099 01:13:00,109 --> 01:13:00,376 CORRECTLY? 2100 01:13:00,376 --> 01:13:00,843 >> THAT IS CORRECT. 2101 01:13:00,843 --> 01:13:02,545 THAT WAS THE SMOOTH TRANSITION 2102 01:13:02,545 --> 01:13:03,879 FROM OUR DISTRICT -- 2103 01:13:03,879 --> 01:13:04,847 >>Stacy Hahn: SOME SCHOOLS, I 2104 01:13:04,847 --> 01:13:06,816 DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES, DO HAVE 2105 01:13:06,816 --> 01:13:08,284 PERMANENT SUBS. 2106 01:13:08,284 --> 01:13:08,484 OKAY. 2107 01:13:08,484 --> 01:13:09,252 THAT'S MY LAST COMMENT. 2108 01:13:09,252 --> 01:13:11,554 THANK YOU. 2109 01:13:11,554 --> 01:13:13,389 >>Lynn Gray: REMIND ME TO NOT 2110 01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:14,824 BELIEVE EVERYBODY WHEN THEY SAY 2111 01:13:14,824 --> 01:13:16,225 THEY ARE GOING TO BE BRIEF, 2112 01:13:16,225 --> 01:13:18,427 BECAUSE I'M THE WORST, ACTUALLY. 2113 01:13:18,427 --> 01:13:20,129 BUT I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF AND GO 2114 01:13:20,129 --> 01:13:21,197 RIGHT TO MEMBER PEREZ. 2115 01:13:21,197 --> 01:13:27,470 THANK YOU. 2116 01:13:27,470 --> 01:13:28,337 >>Karen Perez: YOU MENTIONED 2117 01:13:28,337 --> 01:13:31,507 THAT WE WOULD NEED ABOUT 3,000 2118 01:13:31,507 --> 01:13:32,108 SUBS. 2119 01:13:32,108 --> 01:13:33,309 I BELIEVE A COLLABORATIVE 2120 01:13:33,309 --> 01:13:34,410 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNION, THEY 2121 01:13:34,410 --> 01:13:36,279 ARE INDICATING THAT THAT WOULD 2122 01:13:36,279 --> 01:13:37,179 BE POSSIBLE. 2123 01:13:37,179 --> 01:13:38,714 I THINK THAT BRINGING THIS BACK 2124 01:13:38,714 --> 01:13:41,450 TO THE DISTRICT WOULD BE THE 2125 01:13:41,450 --> 01:13:43,719 BEST FOR ALL INVOLVED, 2126 01:13:43,719 --> 01:13:46,022 ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTED THE 2127 01:13:46,022 --> 01:13:46,889 MOST, OUR STUDENTS. 2128 01:13:46,889 --> 01:13:50,126 THANK YOU. 2129 01:13:50,126 --> 01:13:51,227 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 2130 01:13:51,227 --> 01:13:51,560 PEREZ. 2131 01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:54,563 YOU HIT A GREAT TOPIC, AND I'M 2132 01:13:54,563 --> 01:13:56,866 SO HAPPY TO HEAR FROM THESE 2133 01:13:56,866 --> 01:13:59,535 BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE GREAT 2134 01:13:59,535 --> 01:14:00,169 RECOMMENDATIONS. 2135 01:14:00,169 --> 01:14:01,070 AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS HAS HIS 2136 01:14:01,070 --> 01:14:03,039 LIST. 2137 01:14:03,039 --> 01:14:04,073 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DO YOU 2138 01:14:04,073 --> 01:14:06,742 WANT TO FINISH IT OFF AND THEN 2139 01:14:06,742 --> 01:14:07,910 WE'LL INTRODUCE OUR NEXT 2140 01:14:07,910 --> 01:14:08,811 SPEAKERS ON THE FISCAL. 2141 01:14:08,811 --> 01:14:10,813 BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO 2142 01:14:10,813 --> 01:14:11,814 STRETCH JUST A SECOND. 2143 01:14:11,814 --> 01:15:16,679 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IS GOING [N 2144 01:15:16,679 --> 01:15:19,849 >>Addison Davis: -- 900 TO 1100 2145 01:15:19,849 --> 01:15:21,584 IF YOU LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALS NOT 2146 01:15:21,584 --> 01:15:23,686 IN THE CLASSROOM PER DAY. 2147 01:15:23,686 --> 01:15:27,323 >> SOME DAYS WE'RE OVER 1400. 2148 01:15:27,323 --> 01:15:28,090 >>Addison Davis: MAYBE WE CAN 2149 01:15:28,090 --> 01:15:31,193 LOOK AT A DIFFERENT MODEL TO SEE 2150 01:15:31,193 --> 01:15:32,495 IF I WANT FINANCIAL AVAILABLE. 2151 01:15:32,495 --> 01:15:34,363 I AGREE YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE 3,000 2152 01:15:34,363 --> 01:15:35,898 BECAUSE OF AVAILABILITY. 2153 01:15:35,898 --> 01:15:37,900 OPENLY, WE APPRECIATE THE TIME 2154 01:15:37,900 --> 01:15:39,335 AND CONTINUE TO GO BACK AND DO 2155 01:15:39,335 --> 01:15:41,971 MORE HOMEWORK AND BRING IT BACK 2156 01:15:41,971 --> 01:15:42,538 TO THE BOARD. 2157 01:15:42,538 --> 01:15:43,506 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 2158 01:15:43,506 --> 01:15:46,041 I ALSO WANT TO THANK DR. WHELAN, 2159 01:15:46,041 --> 01:15:49,912 MR. HORSTMAN, AND ALSO 2160 01:15:49,912 --> 01:15:50,846 MS. COURIER AND YOUR STAFF. 2161 01:15:50,846 --> 01:15:52,515 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 2162 01:15:52,515 --> 01:15:53,616 BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO 2163 01:15:53,616 --> 01:15:57,286 JUST TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO TO 2164 01:15:57,286 --> 01:15:59,522 STRETCH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 2165 01:15:59,522 --> 01:16:00,890 MS. JOHNSON FIRST. 2166 01:16:00,890 --> 01:16:03,726 I THINK WE'LL HAVE JERRY FORD 2167 01:16:03,726 --> 01:16:05,428 AND HOLD ON, DON'T TELL ME. 2168 01:16:05,428 --> 01:16:07,229 I HAD IT ALL WRITTEN DOWN. 2169 01:16:07,229 --> 01:16:10,366 AND GEORGE SCHMIDT SPEAK FIRST 2170 01:16:10,366 --> 01:16:13,235 ABOUT THE DISCLOSURE RULES. 2171 01:16:13,235 --> 01:16:14,570 STRETCH TIME. 2172 01:16:14,570 --> 01:16:15,971 FEW JUMPING JACKS. 2173 01:16:15,971 --> 01:21:59,214 NOTHING OUT OF THE USUAL. 2174 01:22:16,298 --> 01:22:17,332 >>Lynn Gray: OKAY, EVERYBODY. 2175 01:22:17,332 --> 01:22:20,269 IT'S TIME TO DO PART TWO. 2176 01:22:20,269 --> 01:22:23,605 MEMBER COMBS, MEMBER WASHINGTON, 2177 01:22:23,605 --> 01:22:28,811 MEMBER PEREZ IS ACCOUNTED FOR. 2178 01:22:28,811 --> 01:22:38,287 MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER HAHN. 2179 01:22:38,287 --> 01:22:39,922 ALL RIGHT. 2180 01:22:39,922 --> 01:22:42,591 MEMBER VAUGHN, ARE YOU ON THE 2181 01:22:42,591 --> 01:22:54,870 SPEAKER? 2182 01:22:54,870 --> 01:22:55,838 >>Jessica Vaughn: NOT WORKING. 2183 01:22:55,838 --> 01:22:59,274 YOU CAN HEAR ME? 2184 01:22:59,274 --> 01:23:04,112 OKAY. 2185 01:23:04,112 --> 01:23:05,581 >>Lynn Gray: OKAY, BOARD 2186 01:23:05,581 --> 01:23:05,814 MEMBERS. 2187 01:23:05,814 --> 01:23:10,919 THANK YOU FOR BEING SO ASTUTE 2188 01:23:10,919 --> 01:23:15,757 AND GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR 2189 01:23:15,757 --> 01:23:17,759 OUR NEXT FISCAL MEETING. 2190 01:23:17,759 --> 01:23:20,796 FIRST OFF, AND I BELIEVE JERRY 2191 01:23:20,796 --> 01:23:26,702 FORD AND GEORGE SCHMIDT RIGHT IN 2192 01:23:26,702 --> 01:23:28,270 FRONT OF US WILL BE SPEAKING ON 2193 01:23:28,270 --> 01:23:29,171 DISCLOSURE RULES. 2194 01:23:29,171 --> 01:23:30,205 WELCOME AND GOOD MORNING. 2195 01:23:30,205 --> 01:23:31,907 >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. 2196 01:23:31,907 --> 01:23:33,242 THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE 2197 01:23:33,242 --> 01:23:34,643 OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS 2198 01:23:34,643 --> 01:23:34,877 MORNING. 2199 01:23:34,877 --> 01:23:36,445 I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. 2200 01:23:36,445 --> 01:23:38,013 GEORGE IS GOING TO HANDLE THE 2201 01:23:38,013 --> 01:23:38,680 BULK OF THIS. 2202 01:23:38,680 --> 01:23:40,949 AS YOU KNOW, I AM YOUR FINANCIAL 2203 01:23:40,949 --> 01:23:41,183 ADVISOR. 2204 01:23:41,183 --> 01:23:43,518 GEORGE IS ONE OF YOUR DISCLOSURE 2205 01:23:43,518 --> 01:23:45,187 COUNCILS. 2206 01:23:45,187 --> 01:23:52,861 AT PRESENT, THE DISTRICT HAS 2207 01:23:52,861 --> 01:23:53,462 ROUGHLY 630 -- INTERESTINGLY 2208 01:23:53,462 --> 01:23:55,764 ENOUGH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 2209 01:23:55,764 --> 01:23:57,432 RATIOS, THAT'S VERY LOW FOR AN 2210 01:23:57,432 --> 01:23:58,200 ORGANIZATION YOUR SIZE. 2211 01:23:58,200 --> 01:23:59,067 IT'S LOW. 2212 01:23:59,067 --> 01:24:00,202 YOU ARE NOT LEVERAGED. 2213 01:24:00,202 --> 01:24:00,836 IT'S SHORT. 2214 01:24:00,836 --> 01:24:02,704 IT'S ONE OF THE FEW POSITIVE 2215 01:24:02,704 --> 01:24:05,240 ASPECTS THAT THE RATING AGENCY 2216 01:24:05,240 --> 01:24:06,575 CITE IN THEIR REPORTS OVER THE 2217 01:24:06,575 --> 01:24:09,378 PAST YEAR. 2218 01:24:09,378 --> 01:24:10,946 MOVE THAT DEBT IS -- MOST OF 2219 01:24:10,946 --> 01:24:13,882 THAT DEBT IS IN OUTSTANDING 2220 01:24:13,882 --> 01:24:14,783 COPs. 2221 01:24:14,783 --> 01:24:15,384 $1,500,000,000 OUTSTANDING IN 2222 01:24:15,384 --> 01:24:17,519 THE COPs. 2223 01:24:17,519 --> 01:24:21,490 THEY ALL MATURE END OF JULY IN 2224 01:24:21,490 --> 01:24:23,125 30-31, ONLY ABOUT TEN YEARS LEFT 2225 01:24:23,125 --> 01:24:26,962 ON THOSE. 2226 01:24:26,962 --> 01:24:28,163 THE QUESTION PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, 2227 01:24:28,163 --> 01:24:29,431 WHY SHOULD I BE CONCERNED ABOUT 2228 01:24:29,431 --> 01:24:30,265 THE DEBT? 2229 01:24:30,265 --> 01:24:31,133 IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. 2230 01:24:31,133 --> 01:24:33,168 I HAVE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO 2231 01:24:33,168 --> 01:24:33,602 BORROW. 2232 01:24:33,602 --> 01:24:35,103 WHY AM I CONCERNED ABOUT THIS? 2233 01:24:35,103 --> 01:24:36,805 A NUMBER OF REASONS, ONE, NO 2234 01:24:36,805 --> 01:24:39,441 LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT GROWS 2235 01:24:39,441 --> 01:24:40,842 CAN ESCAPE DEBT FOREVER. 2236 01:24:40,842 --> 01:24:42,344 ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING IN 2237 01:24:42,344 --> 01:24:45,280 ASSETS THAT WILL LAST 30 TO 50 2238 01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:47,149 YEARS, YOU GENERALLY DON'T WANT 2239 01:24:47,149 --> 01:24:48,984 TO USE SHORT-TERM CASH FOR THAT. 2240 01:24:48,984 --> 01:24:52,087 YOU WANT THAT PORTFOLIO BALANCE. 2241 01:24:52,087 --> 01:24:55,257 BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE ARE 2242 01:24:55,257 --> 01:24:58,126 RULES IN PLACE THAT YOU HAVE TO 2243 01:24:58,126 --> 01:24:59,895 ABIDE BY WHEN DEALING WITH 2244 01:24:59,895 --> 01:25:01,229 INVESTORS AND DEALING WITH THE 2245 01:25:01,229 --> 01:25:01,930 MARKETS. 2246 01:25:01,930 --> 01:25:07,970 IF WE JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE 2247 01:25:07,970 --> 01:25:10,272 COPS, OF THE 515 MILLION, OVER 2248 01:25:10,272 --> 01:25:12,641 200 MILLION HELD BY 40 2249 01:25:12,641 --> 01:25:14,042 INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT WE 2250 01:25:14,042 --> 01:25:14,977 CAN IDENTIFY. 2251 01:25:14,977 --> 01:25:16,445 AND THEY ARE NOT FACELESS AND 2252 01:25:16,445 --> 01:25:21,283 NAMELESS. 2253 01:25:21,283 --> 01:25:22,050 MANY OF THOSE INSTITUTIONAL 2254 01:25:22,050 --> 01:25:24,586 INVESTORS HAVE WHAT THEY CALL 2255 01:25:24,586 --> 01:25:25,020 SMAs. 2256 01:25:25,020 --> 01:25:25,787 THOSE ARE ACCOUNTS FOR 2257 01:25:25,787 --> 01:25:26,955 INDIVIDUALS THAT HOLD YOUR 2258 01:25:26,955 --> 01:25:28,657 SECURITIES THAT ARE BEING 2259 01:25:28,657 --> 01:25:31,760 MANAGED PROFESSIONALLY ON THEIR 2260 01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:32,094 BEHALF. 2261 01:25:32,094 --> 01:25:33,128 SO THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND 2262 01:25:33,128 --> 01:25:34,262 HUNDREDS OF ACCOUNTS OUT THERE 2263 01:25:34,262 --> 01:25:36,498 BEING MANAGED BY THESE 40 2264 01:25:36,498 --> 01:25:38,166 INVESTORS. 2265 01:25:38,166 --> 01:25:39,935 WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT THE RATING 2266 01:25:39,935 --> 01:25:41,436 AGENCIES ARE WATCHING WHAT WE 2267 01:25:41,436 --> 01:25:41,603 DO. 2268 01:25:41,603 --> 01:25:43,972 THEY ARE AWARE -- WE'RE AWARE 2269 01:25:43,972 --> 01:25:45,774 THAT THEY ARE WATCHING WHAT YOU 2270 01:25:45,774 --> 01:25:45,941 SAY. 2271 01:25:45,941 --> 01:25:47,642 IN FACT, EVERY TIME THERE IS A 2272 01:25:47,642 --> 01:25:49,745 BOARD WORKSHOP WE GET A CALL 2273 01:25:49,745 --> 01:25:51,980 FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE RATING 2274 01:25:51,980 --> 01:25:52,381 AGENCIES. 2275 01:25:52,381 --> 01:25:53,849 THEY SEE WHAT YOU SAY IN THE 2276 01:25:53,849 --> 01:25:54,149 PRESS. 2277 01:25:54,149 --> 01:25:55,917 THEY SEE WHAT GOES ON SOCIAL 2278 01:25:55,917 --> 01:25:56,318 MEDIA. 2279 01:25:56,318 --> 01:25:58,854 THEY SEE WHAT MARLENE SOKOL PUTS 2280 01:25:58,854 --> 01:26:00,922 ON TWITTER, AND IT IS NOT 2281 01:26:00,922 --> 01:26:02,991 UNUSUAL THAT WE GET THOSE CALLS, 2282 01:26:02,991 --> 01:26:04,660 AND THAT WE GET CALLS FROM 2283 01:26:04,660 --> 01:26:06,028 INVESTORS WHO ARE HOLDING 2284 01:26:06,028 --> 01:26:06,928 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN YOUR 2285 01:26:06,928 --> 01:26:09,431 SECURITIES. 2286 01:26:09,431 --> 01:26:12,267 OUR POINT HERE TODAY IS THAT 2287 01:26:12,267 --> 01:26:14,336 JUST AS MEMBERS OF OUR 2288 01:26:14,336 --> 01:26:15,003 COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S TEACHERS 2289 01:26:15,003 --> 01:26:16,304 WHO WERE IMPACTED BY THE 2290 01:26:16,304 --> 01:26:19,875 COMMENTS MADE IN THESE ROOMS, 2291 01:26:19,875 --> 01:26:22,277 WHETHER IT IS PARENTS WHO MAY BE 2292 01:26:22,277 --> 01:26:24,146 TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO 2293 01:26:24,146 --> 01:26:25,080 WHETHER OR NOT THEIR CHILDREN 2294 01:26:25,080 --> 01:26:27,015 WILL GO TO A DISTRICT SCHOOL OR 2295 01:26:27,015 --> 01:26:29,351 A CHARTER SCHOOL AND WATCH THESE 2296 01:26:29,351 --> 01:26:30,652 MEETINGS, THOSE INVESTORS ALSO 2297 01:26:30,652 --> 01:26:31,853 WATCH THESE MEETINGS AND THEY 2298 01:26:31,853 --> 01:26:33,221 ARE CONCERNED BY WHAT YOU HAVE 2299 01:26:33,221 --> 01:26:34,322 TO SAY. 2300 01:26:34,322 --> 01:26:35,424 WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS 2301 01:26:35,424 --> 01:26:37,826 THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THE 2302 01:26:37,826 --> 01:26:39,561 RULES OF THE ROAD SO THAT 2303 01:26:39,561 --> 01:26:41,430 THERE'S NOT AN ACCIDENTAL FOOT 2304 01:26:41,430 --> 01:26:42,664 FAULT THAT CREATES A PROBLEM FOR 2305 01:26:42,664 --> 01:26:45,167 YOU, GETS YOU INTO TROUBLE, GETS 2306 01:26:45,167 --> 01:26:46,268 BOARD MEMBERS INTO TROUBLE. 2307 01:26:46,268 --> 01:26:48,370 WE STARTED THIS BACK IN NOVEMBER 2308 01:26:48,370 --> 01:26:50,672 WHEN THESE PROBLEMS FIRST BECAME 2309 01:26:50,672 --> 01:26:51,106 APPARENT. 2310 01:26:51,106 --> 01:26:53,075 WE SAT DOWN WITH SENIOR STAFF, 2311 01:26:53,075 --> 01:26:55,177 AND WE HAD TWO LAW FIRMS ON THE 2312 01:26:55,177 --> 01:26:56,578 PHONE WITH THEM AND WE WENT 2313 01:26:56,578 --> 01:26:57,979 THROUGH ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND 2314 01:26:57,979 --> 01:26:59,214 A HALF, TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES 2315 01:26:59,214 --> 01:27:01,016 THAT YOU'LL TAKE ABOUT 15 2316 01:27:01,016 --> 01:27:03,118 MINUTES WITH HERE TODAY. 2317 01:27:03,118 --> 01:27:05,153 SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT 2318 01:27:05,153 --> 01:27:06,488 BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE HERE, IF 2319 01:27:06,488 --> 01:27:07,889 YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D 2320 01:27:07,889 --> 01:27:11,893 LOVE TO HEAR THEM, BUT THAT YOU 2321 01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:13,462 UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME 2322 01:27:13,462 --> 01:27:15,263 THINGS YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF 2323 01:27:15,263 --> 01:27:16,531 IN THE WAY YOU PRESENT YOUR 2324 01:27:16,531 --> 01:27:18,433 MESSAGE AND IN THE WAY THAT YOU 2325 01:27:18,433 --> 01:27:19,201 USE THE MEDIUMS THAT ARE OUT 2326 01:27:19,201 --> 01:27:24,139 THERE TO CONVEY THOSE MESSAGES. 2327 01:27:24,139 --> 01:27:25,607 AS THINGS DETERIORATE, AS 2328 01:27:25,607 --> 01:27:28,844 CONDITIONS GET WORSE, PEOPLE 2329 01:27:28,844 --> 01:27:32,981 PLACE GREATER FOCUS ON WHAT YOU 2330 01:27:32,981 --> 01:27:34,082 SAY AND WE HAVE TAKEN A JOURNEY 2331 01:27:34,082 --> 01:27:35,717 FROM BEING ONE OF THE TWO 2332 01:27:35,717 --> 01:27:37,119 HIGHEST RATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS 2333 01:27:37,119 --> 01:27:38,920 IN THE STATE BY ALL THREE RATING 2334 01:27:38,920 --> 01:27:40,889 AGENCIES TO BEING ONE OF THE 2335 01:27:40,889 --> 01:27:41,790 LOWEST LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2336 01:27:41,790 --> 01:27:42,791 THE STATE. 2337 01:27:42,791 --> 01:27:44,226 AND WE ARE STILL IN NEGATIVE 2338 01:27:44,226 --> 01:27:46,161 OUTLOOK BY ALL THREE AGENCIES. 2339 01:27:46,161 --> 01:27:47,929 WE ARE ON NEGATIVE WATCH BY ONE. 2340 01:27:47,929 --> 01:27:50,031 SO THERE IS HEIGHTENED ATTENTION 2341 01:27:50,031 --> 01:27:51,166 TO OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. 2342 01:27:51,166 --> 01:27:52,734 SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND 2343 01:27:52,734 --> 01:27:54,469 IT OVER TO GEORGE AND LET HIM 2344 01:27:54,469 --> 01:27:57,305 TAKE IT FROM THERE. 2345 01:27:57,305 --> 01:27:58,573 >> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU, 2346 01:27:58,573 --> 01:27:58,907 JERRY. 2347 01:27:58,907 --> 01:28:01,743 I'M GEORGE SMITH WITH THE LAWFUL 2348 01:28:01,743 --> 01:28:03,478 OF BRYANT, MILLER, OLIVE. 2349 01:28:03,478 --> 01:28:05,180 DISCLOSURE COUNSEL, AS MR. FORD 2350 01:28:05,180 --> 01:28:06,081 JUST PRESENTED ALONG WITH 2351 01:28:06,081 --> 01:28:07,349 ANOTHER LAW FIRM. 2352 01:28:07,349 --> 01:28:09,718 I WAS ON THE PHONE CALL THAT HE 2353 01:28:09,718 --> 01:28:10,952 DESCRIBED EARLIER WHERE WE 2354 01:28:10,952 --> 01:28:12,387 WALKED THROUGH HOW TO NAVIGATE 2355 01:28:12,387 --> 01:28:13,989 THE TIME THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT 2356 01:28:13,989 --> 01:28:14,156 NOW. 2357 01:28:14,156 --> 01:28:15,157 AS I MENTIONED WITH THE LAW FIRM 2358 01:28:15,157 --> 01:28:17,425 OF BRYANT, MILLER, OLIVE. 2359 01:28:17,425 --> 01:28:19,227 BEEN THERE JUST OVER 22 YEARS 2360 01:28:19,227 --> 01:28:21,363 GOING ON IT AND SINCE ABOUT 2361 01:28:21,363 --> 01:28:22,197 2002, I'VE REPRESENTED THE 2362 01:28:22,197 --> 01:28:23,031 SCHOOL BOARD. 2363 01:28:23,031 --> 01:28:25,400 I ALSO HEAD OUR SCHOOL BOARD 2364 01:28:25,400 --> 01:28:26,001 PRACTICE. 2365 01:28:26,001 --> 01:28:26,668 WE REPRESENT SCHOOL BOARDS 2366 01:28:26,668 --> 01:28:27,969 THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 2367 01:28:27,969 --> 01:28:29,671 WE ALSO REPRESENT MANY CITIES 2368 01:28:29,671 --> 01:28:31,039 AND COUNTIES, BRIDGE 2369 01:28:31,039 --> 01:28:31,840 AUTHORITIES, THE STATE OF 2370 01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:32,073 FLORIDA. 2371 01:28:32,073 --> 01:28:34,709 I HAD THE PLEASURE OF 2372 01:28:34,709 --> 01:28:36,578 REPRESENTING THE STATE BOARD OF 2373 01:28:36,578 --> 01:28:37,312 ADMINISTRATION FINANCE 2374 01:28:37,312 --> 01:28:38,613 CORPORATION LAST SEPTEMBER. 2375 01:28:38,613 --> 01:28:39,648 THEY ISSUED THREE AND A HALF 2376 01:28:39,648 --> 01:28:42,083 BILLION DOLLARS, SO I DID THE 2377 01:28:42,083 --> 01:28:42,884 DISCLOSURE WORK WITH THAT. 2378 01:28:42,884 --> 01:28:44,519 IT WAS THE LARGEST FIXED RATE 2379 01:28:44,519 --> 01:28:45,854 DEAL EVER DONE IN THE 2380 01:28:45,854 --> 01:28:48,790 SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. 2381 01:28:48,790 --> 01:28:49,991 SO I LIVE THIS LIFE. 2382 01:28:49,991 --> 01:28:51,092 I LOVE IT. 2383 01:28:51,092 --> 01:28:52,160 PEOPLE THINK I'M CRAZY. 2384 01:28:52,160 --> 01:28:54,229 I'M NOT VERY POPULAR AT COCKTAIL 2385 01:28:54,229 --> 01:28:54,629 PARTIES. 2386 01:28:54,629 --> 01:28:56,398 IT'S NOT THE SEXIEST 2387 01:28:56,398 --> 01:28:57,666 CONVERSATION, BUT I REALLY ENJOY 2388 01:28:57,666 --> 01:29:00,235 AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU 2389 01:29:00,235 --> 01:29:01,136 ABOUT IT AT ANY TIME. 2390 01:29:01,136 --> 01:29:03,138 RIGHT NOW, CLOSING A DEAL WITH 2391 01:29:03,138 --> 01:29:04,573 PALM BEACH SCHOOLS THIS WEEK. 2392 01:29:04,573 --> 01:29:06,474 PRICING A DEAL FOR VOLUSIA 2393 01:29:06,474 --> 01:29:07,676 SCHOOLS THIS AFTERNOON. 2394 01:29:07,676 --> 01:29:08,877 PASCO SCHOOLS IS APPROVING A 2395 01:29:08,877 --> 01:29:09,444 DEAL TONIGHT. 2396 01:29:09,444 --> 01:29:13,148 DOING A DEAL FOR MARTIN SCHOOLS, 2397 01:29:13,148 --> 01:29:14,683 MANATEE SCHOOLS. 2398 01:29:14,683 --> 01:29:16,718 SANTA ROSA SCHOOLS IN THE 2399 01:29:16,718 --> 01:29:16,985 PANHANDLE. 2400 01:29:16,985 --> 01:29:18,019 THIS IS VERY MUCH THE BIGGEST 2401 01:29:18,019 --> 01:29:19,354 PART OF MY PRACTICE IS 2402 01:29:19,354 --> 01:29:20,488 REPRESENTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 2403 01:29:20,488 --> 01:29:22,157 I ALSO DO SOME WORK WITH THE 2404 01:29:22,157 --> 01:29:22,791 LEGISLATURE. 2405 01:29:22,791 --> 01:29:24,426 I DRAFTED LEGISLATION THAT WAS 2406 01:29:24,426 --> 01:29:27,629 APPROVED IN 2019 FOR SNORE 2407 01:29:27,629 --> 01:29:31,166 MONFORD THAT YOU -- FOR SENATOR 2408 01:29:31,166 --> 01:29:31,433 MONTFORD. 2409 01:29:31,433 --> 01:29:33,468 COST PER STATION REQUIREMENTS SO 2410 01:29:33,468 --> 01:29:36,605 THAT WHEN YOU BUILD SCHOOLS, WE 2411 01:29:36,605 --> 01:29:38,506 HAVE SOME MECHANISMS SO WE CAN 2412 01:29:38,506 --> 01:29:41,076 WORK AROUND THOSE COST PER 2413 01:29:41,076 --> 01:29:42,010 STATION REQUIREMENTS. 2414 01:29:42,010 --> 01:29:44,379 IT WASN'T OUR FOCUS BUT IT ALSO 2415 01:29:44,379 --> 01:29:46,781 ALLOWS YOU NOW TO BUILD A SCHOOL 2416 01:29:46,781 --> 01:29:48,817 NOT SURVEY RECOMMENDED FROM DOE. 2417 01:29:48,817 --> 01:29:50,518 THAT WAS A SIDE BENEFIT THROUGH 2418 01:29:50,518 --> 01:29:51,987 THAT LEGISLATION. 2419 01:29:51,987 --> 01:29:53,255 WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY 2420 01:29:53,255 --> 01:29:54,990 IS ABOUT WHAT INVESTORS ARE 2421 01:29:54,990 --> 01:29:55,857 LOOKING FOR. 2422 01:29:55,857 --> 01:29:57,325 WE KIND OF THINK OF THIS IN TWO 2423 01:29:57,325 --> 01:29:58,593 DIFFERENT REALMS. 2424 01:29:58,593 --> 01:29:59,461 JERRY TOUCHED ON IT. 2425 01:29:59,461 --> 01:30:01,563 WE HAVE THE PRIMARY, GO ON THE 2426 01:30:01,563 --> 01:30:02,931 MARKET, NEED TO BORROW HUNDRED 2427 01:30:02,931 --> 01:30:03,698 MILLION DOLLARS. 2428 01:30:03,698 --> 01:30:04,933 BUILDING A COUPLE NEW HIGH 2429 01:30:04,933 --> 01:30:05,166 SCHOOLS. 2430 01:30:05,166 --> 01:30:06,167 WE NEED NEW DEBT. 2431 01:30:06,167 --> 01:30:07,335 THEN YOU HAVE IT WHERE YOU'RE 2432 01:30:07,335 --> 01:30:08,570 NOT IN THE MARKET. 2433 01:30:08,570 --> 01:30:09,971 YOU STILL HAVE SECURITY 2434 01:30:09,971 --> 01:30:11,573 DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS AND HOW 2435 01:30:11,573 --> 01:30:14,809 YOU COMMUNICATE WITH ANYBODY CAN 2436 01:30:14,809 --> 01:30:16,611 BE SEEN AS SECURITIES 2437 01:30:16,611 --> 01:30:16,978 COMMUNICATIONS. 2438 01:30:16,978 --> 01:30:18,513 IF A COMMENT IS REASONABLY 2439 01:30:18,513 --> 01:30:20,815 EXPECTED TO GET TO AN INVESTOR, 2440 01:30:20,815 --> 01:30:22,083 WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, INVESTORS 2441 01:30:22,083 --> 01:30:23,251 WATCH EVERYTHING. 2442 01:30:23,251 --> 01:30:26,655 THEY HAVE AI THAT MINES EVERY 2443 01:30:26,655 --> 01:30:28,556 TYPE OF COMMUNICATION YOU COULD 2444 01:30:28,556 --> 01:30:29,557 IMAGINE, MANY WE DIDN'T THINK 2445 01:30:29,557 --> 01:30:30,292 EVEN EXISTED. 2446 01:30:30,292 --> 01:30:32,160 THEY ARE ON TOP OF IT. 2447 01:30:32,160 --> 01:30:33,995 INVESTORS ON TOP OF IT HOLDING 2448 01:30:33,995 --> 01:30:35,230 HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 2449 01:30:35,230 --> 01:30:36,564 OF YOUR SECURITIES AS WELL AS 2450 01:30:36,564 --> 01:30:37,766 OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE 2451 01:30:37,766 --> 01:30:38,767 STATE OF FLORIDA AND OTHER 2452 01:30:38,767 --> 01:30:39,734 SCHOOL DISTRICTS NATIONALLY. 2453 01:30:39,734 --> 01:30:40,902 YOU MAY KNOW WHENEVER YOU GO 2454 01:30:40,902 --> 01:30:42,470 INTO THE MARKET WITH PRIMARY 2455 01:30:42,470 --> 01:30:43,638 OFFERING, UNDERWRITERS COME IN 2456 01:30:43,638 --> 01:30:45,640 WITH A REPORT AND STATE, OKAY, 2457 01:30:45,640 --> 01:30:46,641 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE 2458 01:30:46,641 --> 01:30:48,910 ISSUING THIS ON THIS DAY. 2459 01:30:48,910 --> 01:30:50,245 WE EITHER DO WANT TO COMPETE 2460 01:30:50,245 --> 01:30:51,946 WITH THAT OR DON'T WANT TO 2461 01:30:51,946 --> 01:30:54,449 COMPETE WITH THE OTHER DISTRICT 2462 01:30:54,449 --> 01:30:55,950 AND THEY MASSAGE OR STRUCTURE 2463 01:30:55,950 --> 01:30:57,419 YOUR DEBT BECAUSE YOU'RE 2464 01:30:57,419 --> 01:30:58,586 COMPETING WITH ALL KINDS OF 2465 01:30:58,586 --> 01:31:01,323 OTHER ISSUERS OF DEBT, ALL OTHER 2466 01:31:01,323 --> 01:31:03,391 KINDS OF ISSUERS OF SECURITIES. 2467 01:31:03,391 --> 01:31:05,460 IF I'M A BIG INSTITUTIONAL 2468 01:31:05,460 --> 01:31:06,761 INVESTOR OR LOCAL RETAIL 2469 01:31:06,761 --> 01:31:08,530 INVESTOR, I NEED AS MUCH 2470 01:31:08,530 --> 01:31:10,398 INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED 2471 01:31:10,398 --> 01:31:10,665 DECISION. 2472 01:31:10,665 --> 01:31:12,500 SOME PEOPLE HAVE AN AFFINITY. 2473 01:31:12,500 --> 01:31:13,902 MY NEPHEW GRADUATING FROM PLANT 2474 01:31:13,902 --> 01:31:14,869 CITY HIGH SCHOOL NEXT WEEK AT 2475 01:31:14,869 --> 01:31:15,737 THE FAIRGROUNDS. 2476 01:31:15,737 --> 01:31:16,838 MAYBE I SHOULD GET SOME 2477 01:31:16,838 --> 01:31:17,972 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STOCK OR 2478 01:31:17,972 --> 01:31:18,673 BONDS, I DON'T KNOW. 2479 01:31:18,673 --> 01:31:20,342 BUT YOU HAVE THOSE AFFINITY 2480 01:31:20,342 --> 01:31:21,276 INVESTORS BUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE 2481 01:31:21,276 --> 01:31:23,178 WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED AND 2482 01:31:23,178 --> 01:31:24,979 LOOKING AT BIG INSTITUTIONAL 2483 01:31:24,979 --> 01:31:26,281 ACCOUNTS WHO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU 2484 01:31:26,281 --> 01:31:27,415 SAY, AS MR. FORD MENTIONED. 2485 01:31:27,415 --> 01:31:29,117 THEY LOOK AT YOUR RATING 2486 01:31:29,117 --> 01:31:29,451 LETTERS. 2487 01:31:29,451 --> 01:31:30,885 WHENEVER YOU GO INTO THE MARKET, 2488 01:31:30,885 --> 01:31:32,287 YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, HEY, CHECK 2489 01:31:32,287 --> 01:31:33,221 OUT OUR RATINGS. 2490 01:31:33,221 --> 01:31:34,589 THIS IS OUR RATING. 2491 01:31:34,589 --> 01:31:35,724 LEND US A HUNDRED MILLION 2492 01:31:35,724 --> 01:31:35,957 DOLLARS. 2493 01:31:35,957 --> 01:31:37,192 WE PREPARE A BOOK THAT LOOKS 2494 01:31:37,192 --> 01:31:38,059 LIKE THIS. 2495 01:31:38,059 --> 01:31:39,928 I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN 2496 01:31:39,928 --> 01:31:41,596 THIS, READ THROUGH IT, GREAT 2497 01:31:41,596 --> 01:31:42,864 MATERIAL FOR INSOMNIA IF YOU 2498 01:31:42,864 --> 01:31:43,431 HAVE IT. 2499 01:31:43,431 --> 01:31:45,033 IT LAYS OUT EVERYTHING INVESTORS 2500 01:31:45,033 --> 01:31:47,202 WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE SCHOOL 2501 01:31:47,202 --> 01:31:48,203 DISTRICT PRIOR TO MAKING AN 2502 01:31:48,203 --> 01:31:48,503 INVESTMENT. 2503 01:31:48,503 --> 01:31:50,505 WE TALK ABOUT YOUR ATTENDANCE. 2504 01:31:50,505 --> 01:31:53,508 WE TALK ABOUT HERE IS OUR 2505 01:31:53,508 --> 01:31:54,843 HISTORIC ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN, 2506 01:31:54,843 --> 01:31:56,077 HOW MANY TEACHERS WE HAVE. 2507 01:31:56,077 --> 01:31:59,647 HERE IS HOW OUR RELATIONSHIPS 2508 01:31:59,647 --> 01:32:00,949 ARE WITH THE UNIONS. 2509 01:32:00,949 --> 01:32:02,584 YOUR FULL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2510 01:32:02,584 --> 01:32:04,652 ARE ATTACHED TO THIS AS AN 2511 01:32:04,652 --> 01:32:05,053 APPENDIX. 2512 01:32:05,053 --> 01:32:07,021 HERE IS A CHART THAT SHOWS 2513 01:32:07,021 --> 01:32:08,056 REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, GENERAL 2514 01:32:08,056 --> 01:32:09,557 FUND BALANCE FOR THE LAST FIVE 2515 01:32:09,557 --> 01:32:09,758 YEARS. 2516 01:32:09,758 --> 01:32:12,827 HERE IS THREE-PAGE WRITTEN 2517 01:32:12,827 --> 01:32:13,428 DESCRIPTION ABOUT OUR GENERAL 2518 01:32:13,428 --> 01:32:13,862 FUND BALANCE. 2519 01:32:13,862 --> 01:32:14,996 THIS IS WHAT THE STATUTE 2520 01:32:14,996 --> 01:32:15,463 REQUIRES. 2521 01:32:15,463 --> 01:32:17,399 IF WE'RE AT 3% THIS HAPPENS. 2522 01:32:17,399 --> 01:32:21,069 AT 2%, THE STATUTE SAYS THIS. 2523 01:32:21,069 --> 01:32:23,805 SO INVESTORS KNOW AND IT'S HERE. 2524 01:32:23,805 --> 01:32:25,006 WE TRY TO PUT EVERYTHING IN 2525 01:32:25,006 --> 01:32:26,408 HERE, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD, HAS 2526 01:32:26,408 --> 01:32:27,275 TO BE A BALANCE. 2527 01:32:27,275 --> 01:32:28,510 THAT'S PART OF THE STANDARD IS, 2528 01:32:28,510 --> 01:32:29,944 YOU MAKE TRUE STATEMENTS AND YOU 2529 01:32:29,944 --> 01:32:31,646 DON'T OMIT ANY STATEMENTS THAT 2530 01:32:31,646 --> 01:32:32,947 NEED TO BE MADE SO THE TRUE 2531 01:32:32,947 --> 01:32:35,116 STATEMENTS ARE STILL 100% TRUE. 2532 01:32:35,116 --> 01:32:36,651 YOU CAN'T LEAVE OFF A DETAIL 2533 01:32:36,651 --> 01:32:38,453 LIKE MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON MIGHT 2534 01:32:38,453 --> 01:32:39,154 DO FROM TIME TO TIME. 2535 01:32:39,154 --> 01:32:40,922 WE HAVE TO GIVE FULL AND 2536 01:32:40,922 --> 01:32:42,057 BALANCED DISCLOSURE. 2537 01:32:42,057 --> 01:32:43,591 IF SOMETHING GOES BAD, IF IT 2538 01:32:43,591 --> 01:32:44,726 GOES SOUTH AND YOU HEARD ABOUT 2539 01:32:44,726 --> 01:32:47,862 IT IN THE NEWS AND THE MOST 2540 01:32:47,862 --> 01:32:49,898 CURRENT ONE MAY BE PUERTO RICO, 2541 01:32:49,898 --> 01:32:51,599 IF THERE'S SOME OCCURRENCE WHERE 2542 01:32:51,599 --> 01:32:53,735 THEY MIGHT DEFAULT ON IT, THE 2543 01:32:53,735 --> 01:32:56,337 FIRST THING INVESTORS DO IS GRAB 2544 01:32:56,337 --> 01:32:57,272 THIS BOOK. 2545 01:32:57,272 --> 01:32:58,273 WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THIS WAS 2546 01:32:58,273 --> 01:32:59,073 A RISK. 2547 01:32:59,073 --> 01:33:00,341 I THINK THERE'S TEN PAGES OF 2548 01:33:00,341 --> 01:33:03,077 RISK SECTION HERE. 2549 01:33:03,077 --> 01:33:05,680 FCC JUST -- SEC CAN'T REGULATE 2550 01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:06,714 YOU DIRECTLY BUT THEY CAN 2551 01:33:06,714 --> 01:33:07,682 REGULATE YOU FOR FRAUD. 2552 01:33:07,682 --> 01:33:09,184 THEY CAME OUT ON THE CORPORATE 2553 01:33:09,184 --> 01:33:11,152 SIDE AND SAID IF YOU HAVE MORE 2554 01:33:11,152 --> 01:33:12,720 THAN 16 PAGES OF RISKS DESCRIBED 2555 01:33:12,720 --> 01:33:14,456 IN YOUR OFFERING STATEMENT, THEN 2556 01:33:14,456 --> 01:33:16,791 YOU ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE A 2557 01:33:16,791 --> 01:33:17,025 SUMMARY. 2558 01:33:17,025 --> 01:33:18,526 HERE YOU ARE UP TO ABOUT TEN. 2559 01:33:18,526 --> 01:33:21,229 YOU GUYS ARE A BIG SOPHISTICATED 2560 01:33:21,229 --> 01:33:26,968 INVESTOR OR ISSUER. 2561 01:33:26,968 --> 01:33:28,770 IT'S EASY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON 2562 01:33:28,770 --> 01:33:30,305 WHENEVER WE DO A PRIMARY 2563 01:33:30,305 --> 01:33:30,738 OFFERING. 2564 01:33:30,738 --> 01:33:31,973 WHEN YOU'RE BORROWING THAT MONEY 2565 01:33:31,973 --> 01:33:34,342 FOR A NEW SCHOOL OR REFINANCING 2566 01:33:34,342 --> 01:33:36,377 OR REFUNDING SOME OF YOURS 2567 01:33:36,377 --> 01:33:37,111 EXISTING DEBT. 2568 01:33:37,111 --> 01:33:38,379 I'M ON THE PHONE CONSTANTLY WITH 2569 01:33:38,379 --> 01:33:40,682 MR. BRADY, WITH YOUR CFO, EVEN 2570 01:33:40,682 --> 01:33:41,549 WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. 2571 01:33:41,549 --> 01:33:44,252 I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH DR. KEMP 2572 01:33:44,252 --> 01:33:45,453 EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WE'RE 2573 01:33:45,453 --> 01:33:46,888 DISCUSSING WHAT WE NEED TO PUT 2574 01:33:46,888 --> 01:33:47,388 IN HERE. 2575 01:33:47,388 --> 01:33:49,290 ON THE PHONE WITH YOUR ATTORNEY. 2576 01:33:49,290 --> 01:33:50,592 IS THERE ANY LITIGATION THAT 2577 01:33:50,592 --> 01:33:53,361 MIGHT BE MATERIAL TO AN 2578 01:33:53,361 --> 01:33:53,628 INVESTOR? 2579 01:33:53,628 --> 01:33:55,763 ONE OF MY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AS A 2580 01:33:55,763 --> 01:33:56,664 FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENT WORKING 2581 01:33:56,664 --> 01:33:58,633 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BANKING 2582 01:33:58,633 --> 01:34:00,268 AND FINANCE FOR THE STATE OF 2583 01:34:00,268 --> 01:34:05,240 FLORIDA, WE WERE SUING 2584 01:34:05,240 --> 01:34:06,975 LLOYD'S OF LONDON FOR -- THEY 2585 01:34:06,975 --> 01:34:09,544 WERE RECRUITING INVESTORS 2586 01:34:09,544 --> 01:34:10,645 ACTIVELY WITHOUT TELLING THEM 2587 01:34:10,645 --> 01:34:12,647 WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PENDING 2588 01:34:12,647 --> 01:34:14,315 LITIGATION CLAIMS FOR ASBESTOS 2589 01:34:14,315 --> 01:34:16,985 AND TOXIC WASTE SITES OUT HERE, 2590 01:34:16,985 --> 01:34:18,786 BUT PLEASE INVEST IN OUR 2591 01:34:18,786 --> 01:34:19,020 COMPANY. 2592 01:34:19,020 --> 01:34:20,021 THAT WAS MY FIRST SECURITIES 2593 01:34:20,021 --> 01:34:21,022 FRAUD CASE. 2594 01:34:21,022 --> 01:34:22,190 WE WERE OFF AND RUNNING. 2595 01:34:22,190 --> 01:34:23,591 I'M NOT A LITIGATOR. 2596 01:34:23,591 --> 01:34:24,792 I WANT TO BE ON THE FRONT SIDE 2597 01:34:24,792 --> 01:34:26,761 AND NOT ON THE BACK SIDE. 2598 01:34:26,761 --> 01:34:28,263 I'D MUCH RATHER HELP STRUCTURE 2599 01:34:28,263 --> 01:34:29,964 THE DEAL AND MAKE SURE WE STAY 2600 01:34:29,964 --> 01:34:31,866 OUT OF THOSE PROBLEMS. 2601 01:34:31,866 --> 01:34:32,967 WHAT HAPPENS WHENEVER WE ARE 2602 01:34:32,967 --> 01:34:33,168 DONE? 2603 01:34:33,168 --> 01:34:35,603 WE HAVE THIS, PUT IT ON THE 2604 01:34:35,603 --> 01:34:37,038 SHELF, BUILD THE SCHOOL AND 2605 01:34:37,038 --> 01:34:39,207 EVERYBODY GOES ON WITH LIFE IN 2606 01:34:39,207 --> 01:34:41,142 HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS. 2607 01:34:41,142 --> 01:34:43,011 AND THEN YOUR DEBT, YOUR 2608 01:34:43,011 --> 01:34:44,245 SECURITIES TRADES ON THE 2609 01:34:44,245 --> 01:34:45,446 SECONDARY MARKET. 2610 01:34:45,446 --> 01:34:47,615 AND THOSE INVESTORS STILL LOOK 2611 01:34:47,615 --> 01:34:49,217 AT WHAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU WERE 2612 01:34:49,217 --> 01:34:50,518 ORIGINALLY ISSUED THE DEBT. 2613 01:34:50,518 --> 01:34:52,020 THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT COMPILES 2614 01:34:52,020 --> 01:34:54,222 ALL OF YOUR CURRENT FINANCIALS, 2615 01:34:54,222 --> 01:34:55,156 COMPILES UPDATES TO OTHER 2616 01:34:55,156 --> 01:34:57,225 INFORMATION THAT'S IN THIS BOOK, 2617 01:34:57,225 --> 01:34:58,860 AND TALKS ABOUT YOUR RATINGS, IF 2618 01:34:58,860 --> 01:35:00,028 THERE IS A RATING CHANGE, 2619 01:35:00,028 --> 01:35:03,932 WHETHER IT GOES UP OR DOWN. 2620 01:35:03,932 --> 01:35:06,067 THE SEC DOESN'T CARE IF IT IS 2621 01:35:06,067 --> 01:35:11,105 GOOD OR BAD. 2622 01:35:11,105 --> 01:35:14,242 WHO STATES I CAN GET A LESS 2623 01:35:14,242 --> 01:35:15,310 RISKY PIECE OF DEBT FOR A 2624 01:35:15,310 --> 01:35:17,145 CHEAPER PRICE, BECAUSE THOSE 2625 01:35:17,145 --> 01:35:18,246 PRICES FLUCTUATE JUST LIKE ANY 2626 01:35:18,246 --> 01:35:19,581 OTHER SECURITY. 2627 01:35:19,581 --> 01:35:20,848 WE NEED TO DISCLOSE EVERYTHING 2628 01:35:20,848 --> 01:35:21,883 TO THOSE INVESTORS. 2629 01:35:21,883 --> 01:35:23,985 WHAT DOES THE LAW REQUIRE? 2630 01:35:23,985 --> 01:35:25,453 WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR STATEMENTS 2631 01:35:25,453 --> 01:35:26,921 WHENEVER WE DO OUR PRIMARY 2632 01:35:26,921 --> 01:35:28,122 OFFERING BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR 2633 01:35:28,122 --> 01:35:29,557 STATEMENTS WHEN WE DO OUR 2634 01:35:29,557 --> 01:35:31,092 SECONDARY OFFERING. 2635 01:35:31,092 --> 01:35:34,896 LAST YEAR IN 2020, THE SEC 2636 01:35:34,896 --> 01:35:37,398 ISSUED THIS BIG NINE-PAGE WHITE 2637 01:35:37,398 --> 01:35:37,599 PAPER. 2638 01:35:37,599 --> 01:35:39,367 THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE 2639 01:35:39,367 --> 01:35:41,169 APPLICATION OF ANTIFRAUD 2640 01:35:41,169 --> 01:35:42,036 PROVISIONS TO PUBLIC STATEMENTS 2641 01:35:42,036 --> 01:35:44,872 OF ISSUERS AND OBLIGATED PERSONS 2642 01:35:44,872 --> 01:35:46,774 OF MUNICIPAL SECURITIES IN THE 2643 01:35:46,774 --> 01:35:47,375 SECOND MARKET. 2644 01:35:47,375 --> 01:35:48,843 THEY ARE SAYING NOT WHEN YOU'RE 2645 01:35:48,843 --> 01:35:50,111 DOING THIS BUT WHEN YOU HAVE NO 2646 01:35:50,111 --> 01:35:52,780 DEBT ON THE TABLE THAT YOU'RE 2647 01:35:52,780 --> 01:35:54,015 SELLING, BUT YOUR INVESTORS ARE 2648 01:35:54,015 --> 01:35:55,416 TRADING THAT DEBT AND BUYING IT 2649 01:35:55,416 --> 01:35:56,985 AND SELLING IT BACK AND FORTH. 2650 01:35:56,985 --> 01:35:58,286 AND THERE IS A BIG MARKET FOR 2651 01:35:58,286 --> 01:35:59,420 THAT. 2652 01:35:59,420 --> 01:36:01,756 WHAT OBLIGATIONS DOES THE 2653 01:36:01,756 --> 01:36:03,524 ISSUER, THE BORROWER, THE SCHOOL 2654 01:36:03,524 --> 01:36:05,560 DISTRICT HERE HAVE IN THAT 2655 01:36:05,560 --> 01:36:09,263 SITUATION ON AN ONGOING 2656 01:36:09,263 --> 01:36:11,265 EXPERIENCE? 2657 01:36:11,265 --> 01:36:14,902 CAN WE SAY WE JUST HAD A NEW 2658 01:36:14,902 --> 01:36:15,837 HUMONGOUS MANUFACTURER, 2659 01:36:15,837 --> 01:36:18,239 SOMETHING THAT WILL COME IN AND 2660 01:36:18,239 --> 01:36:20,308 HUMONGOUSLY INCREASE OUR TAX 2661 01:36:20,308 --> 01:36:20,508 BASE? 2662 01:36:20,508 --> 01:36:22,944 IN THIS BOOK WE SAY WHO ARE THE 2663 01:36:22,944 --> 01:36:24,278 TOP TEN TAXPAYERS. 2664 01:36:24,278 --> 01:36:25,947 WHEN ONE GOES OUT OF BUSINESS, 2665 01:36:25,947 --> 01:36:28,583 HOW DOES THAT DILUTE YOUR TAX 2666 01:36:28,583 --> 01:36:28,783 BASE? 2667 01:36:28,783 --> 01:36:30,652 SOME OF YOU SEE ELON MUSK. 2668 01:36:30,652 --> 01:36:32,286 EVERYBODY LOVES ELON MUSK. 2669 01:36:32,286 --> 01:36:33,621 KING OF THE TWITTER VERSE RIGHT 2670 01:36:33,621 --> 01:36:33,888 NOW. 2671 01:36:33,888 --> 01:36:35,690 HE GOT IN TROUBLE A FEW YEARS 2672 01:36:35,690 --> 01:36:38,126 AGO, EVERY DAY, IS THE SEC GOING 2673 01:36:38,126 --> 01:36:40,361 TO HAMMER ÉLAN AGAIN? 2674 01:36:40,361 --> 01:36:42,897 THEY DON'T ON BIT POINT, 2675 01:36:42,897 --> 01:36:44,499 APPARENTLY, AS LONG AS HE'S 2676 01:36:44,499 --> 01:36:45,900 TRUTHFUL UNLESS HE TIES IT IN 2677 01:36:45,900 --> 01:36:48,236 WITH TESLA WHERE HE IS AN INSIDE 2678 01:36:48,236 --> 01:36:48,970 PERSON. 2679 01:36:48,970 --> 01:36:50,738 IN 2018 HE SAID, HEY, I THINK 2680 01:36:50,738 --> 01:36:52,840 I'LL TAKE THIS COMPANY PRIVATE 2681 01:36:52,840 --> 01:36:53,875 FOR $420 A SHARE. 2682 01:36:53,875 --> 01:36:54,842 THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE 2683 01:36:54,842 --> 01:36:57,111 WHERE THE STOCK WAS TRADING AND 2684 01:36:57,111 --> 01:36:59,647 IT CAUSED THE STOCK TO GO UP. 2685 01:36:59,647 --> 01:37:02,016 SEC SAID, WAIT, WHO IS IT? 2686 01:37:02,016 --> 01:37:03,651 NOT FULLY FLESHED OUT. 2687 01:37:03,651 --> 01:37:06,487 IT WAS A JOKE USING THE NUMBERS 2688 01:37:06,487 --> 01:37:07,588 420 WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR IN 2689 01:37:07,588 --> 01:37:08,956 THE TWITTER-VERSE. 2690 01:37:08,956 --> 01:37:10,425 PLAYING WITH 420. 2691 01:37:10,425 --> 01:37:11,759 THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, MAY 2692 01:37:11,759 --> 01:37:12,527 HAVE BEEN OTHERS. 2693 01:37:12,527 --> 01:37:14,429 HE GOT FINED PERSONALLY $20 2694 01:37:14,429 --> 01:37:16,464 MILLION AND HIS COMPANY GOT FIND 2695 01:37:16,464 --> 01:37:17,098 ANOTHER $20 MILLION. 2696 01:37:17,098 --> 01:37:19,434 HE WAS KICKED OUT OF HIS 2697 01:37:19,434 --> 01:37:21,736 POSITION AND HIS GENERAL COUNSEL 2698 01:37:21,736 --> 01:37:23,905 HAS TO MONITOR HIS TWEETS. 2699 01:37:23,905 --> 01:37:24,839 THIS IS NO JOKE. 2700 01:37:24,839 --> 01:37:25,840 THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE 2701 01:37:25,840 --> 01:37:28,376 COMMUNICATING WITH THE MARKET, 2702 01:37:28,376 --> 01:37:29,410 PEOPLE LISTEN TO YOU AND THAT 2703 01:37:29,410 --> 01:37:35,683 MOVES THE MARKET. 2704 01:37:35,683 --> 01:37:38,152 HE'S NOT SEEING, I GUESS, AS AN 2705 01:37:38,152 --> 01:37:39,721 INSIDE PERSON THERE BUT HIS 2706 01:37:39,721 --> 01:37:42,156 STATEMENTS ON TESLA OR SpaceX 2707 01:37:42,156 --> 01:37:44,459 ARE AND SEC AND INVESTORS PAY 2708 01:37:44,459 --> 01:37:46,027 ATTENTION TO THAT. 2709 01:37:46,027 --> 01:37:47,328 >> BEING HIS SECURITIES LAWYER 2710 01:37:47,328 --> 01:37:48,596 IS THE WORST JOB IN THE 2711 01:37:48,596 --> 01:37:51,599 INDUSTRY. 2712 01:37:51,599 --> 01:37:53,868 >> WHAT DID THE SEC STATE IN 2713 01:37:53,868 --> 01:37:54,435 THIS PAPER? 2714 01:37:54,435 --> 01:37:56,504 THEY PUT IT OUT VERY 2715 01:37:56,504 --> 01:37:58,573 SPECIFICALLY AND MR. PORTER HAS 2716 01:37:58,573 --> 01:38:00,675 TOUCHED ON IT, THIS IS THE DRY 2717 01:38:00,675 --> 01:38:01,509 PART, IF YOU WILL. 2718 01:38:01,509 --> 01:38:03,010 I'M GOING TO READ THIS PARAGRAPH 2719 01:38:03,010 --> 01:38:03,544 TO YOU. 2720 01:38:03,544 --> 01:38:04,779 I WANT YOU TO HEAR EXACTLY HOW 2721 01:38:04,779 --> 01:38:05,513 THEY STATE IT. 2722 01:38:05,513 --> 01:38:06,347 THEY ARE LAWYERS. 2723 01:38:06,347 --> 01:38:07,849 THEY USE THEIR WORDS VERY 2724 01:38:07,849 --> 01:38:10,785 SPECIFICALLY AND I DON'T WANT TO 2725 01:38:10,785 --> 01:38:12,854 THEY STATE: THE STATEMENTS OF 2726 01:38:12,854 --> 01:38:14,455 MUNICIPAL ISSUER OFFICIALS, 2727 01:38:14,455 --> 01:38:16,357 EVERYBODY HERE IS A MUNICIPAL 2728 01:38:16,357 --> 01:38:17,525 ISSUER OFFICIAL, ARE ALSO 2729 01:38:17,525 --> 01:38:19,060 SUBJECT TO THE ANTIFRAUD 2730 01:38:19,060 --> 01:38:20,595 PROVISIONS IF THE STATEMENTS ARE 2731 01:38:20,595 --> 01:38:21,662 REASONABLY EXPECTED TO REACH 2732 01:38:21,662 --> 01:38:22,964 INVESTORS OR THE SECURITIES 2733 01:38:22,964 --> 01:38:23,531 MARKET. 2734 01:38:23,531 --> 01:38:25,733 WE KNOW EVERYTHING NOW IS 2735 01:38:25,733 --> 01:38:27,535 REASONABLY EXPECTED TO REACH 2736 01:38:27,535 --> 01:38:28,436 INVESTORS. 2737 01:38:28,436 --> 01:38:30,071 NOTABLY, STATEMENTS BY MUNICIPAL 2738 01:38:30,071 --> 01:38:32,540 ISSUER OFFICIALS WHO MAY BE 2739 01:38:32,540 --> 01:38:34,642 VIEWED AS HAVING KNOWLEDGE 2740 01:38:34,642 --> 01:38:35,676 REGARDING THE FINANCIAL 2741 01:38:35,676 --> 01:38:37,545 CONDITION AND OPERATION OF 2742 01:38:37,545 --> 01:38:39,647 MUNICIPAL ISSUER COULD BE A 2743 01:38:39,647 --> 01:38:41,182 PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF SIGNIFICANT 2744 01:38:41,182 --> 01:38:42,917 CURRENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2745 01:38:42,917 --> 01:38:44,552 ISSUER OF THE SECURITY AND THUS 2746 01:38:44,552 --> 01:38:46,587 BE REASONABLY EXPECTED TO 2747 01:38:46,587 --> 01:38:49,457 INFLUENCE INVESTORS AND THE 2748 01:38:49,457 --> 01:38:50,558 SECONDARY MARKET. 2749 01:38:50,558 --> 01:38:53,494 ACCORDINGLY, DEPENDING ON THE 2750 01:38:53,494 --> 01:38:55,797 FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2751 01:38:55,797 --> 01:38:57,131 STATEMENTS OF MUNICIPAL ISSUER 2752 01:38:57,131 --> 01:38:59,100 OFFICIALS THAT MAY BE SUBJECT TO 2753 01:38:59,100 --> 01:39:00,668 THE ANTIFRAUD PROVISIONS COULD 2754 01:39:00,668 --> 01:39:02,603 INCLUDE VERBAL STATEMENTS MADE 2755 01:39:02,603 --> 01:39:04,639 BY THE MUNICIPAL ISSUER OFFICIAL 2756 01:39:04,639 --> 01:39:05,673 SUCH AS SPEECHES, PUBLIC 2757 01:39:05,673 --> 01:39:07,642 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INTERVIEWS 2758 01:39:07,642 --> 01:39:09,043 WITH MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AS 2759 01:39:09,043 --> 01:39:10,578 WELL AS STATEMENTS DISSEMINATED 2760 01:39:10,578 --> 01:39:12,046 THROUGH OTHER AVENUES SUCH AS IN 2761 01:39:12,046 --> 01:39:14,048 THE STAFF'S VIEW, SOCIAL MEDIA. 2762 01:39:14,048 --> 01:39:15,183 BASICALLY SAYING, IF YOU'RE 2763 01:39:15,183 --> 01:39:16,584 MAKING A STATEMENT AND TALKING 2764 01:39:16,584 --> 01:39:18,452 ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, 2765 01:39:18,452 --> 01:39:19,187 OPERATION CONDITIONS OR 2766 01:39:19,187 --> 01:39:20,721 MANAGEMENT CONDITIONS OR 2767 01:39:20,721 --> 01:39:22,990 ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH 2768 01:39:22,990 --> 01:39:24,091 SCHOOLS, THAT COULD BE 2769 01:39:24,091 --> 01:39:25,259 CONSIDERED COMMUNICATIONS WITH 2770 01:39:25,259 --> 01:39:26,627 THE SECURITIES MARKET AND YOU 2771 01:39:26,627 --> 01:39:29,597 COULD BE SUBJECT TO ANTIFRAUD 2772 01:39:29,597 --> 01:39:29,797 RULES. 2773 01:39:29,797 --> 01:39:31,966 SO WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT 2774 01:39:31,966 --> 01:39:33,601 COOKING THE BOOKS. 2775 01:39:33,601 --> 01:39:34,836 THERE'S BEEN REPORTS OF ISSUERS 2776 01:39:34,836 --> 01:39:37,004 WHO COME IN AND OUT AND OUT HAVE 2777 01:39:37,004 --> 01:39:37,371 FRAUD. 2778 01:39:37,371 --> 01:39:38,739 THEY CHANGE NUMBERS IN THE 2779 01:39:38,739 --> 01:39:39,507 ACCOUNTING STATEMENTS. 2780 01:39:39,507 --> 01:39:40,708 THEY DO SOMETHING THAT'S 2781 01:39:40,708 --> 01:39:41,008 FRAUDULENT. 2782 01:39:41,008 --> 01:39:42,510 WE ALL KNOW WHAT FRAUD LOOKS 2783 01:39:42,510 --> 01:39:42,910 LIKE. 2784 01:39:42,910 --> 01:39:45,246 BUT WHAT THE SEC HAS SAID, IF 2785 01:39:45,246 --> 01:39:49,584 YOU MAKE A STATEMENT, THERE HAS 2786 01:39:49,584 --> 01:39:52,353 TO BE A MENTAL C ENTER. 2787 01:39:52,353 --> 01:39:52,954 LEGAL TERM. 2788 01:39:52,954 --> 01:39:55,523 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MENTAL FOCUS 2789 01:39:55,523 --> 01:39:56,591 ON MAKING THAT STATEMENT. 2790 01:39:56,591 --> 01:39:58,759 BUT THE SEC SAID OR THE COURTS 2791 01:39:58,759 --> 01:40:01,462 HAVE ACTUALLY SAID THAT THE 2792 01:40:01,462 --> 01:40:02,396 MENTAL REQUIREMENT FOR 2793 01:40:02,396 --> 01:40:04,365 VIOLATIONS OF THE ANTIFRAUD 2794 01:40:04,365 --> 01:40:05,766 PROVISIONS MAY BE SATISFIED BY A 2795 01:40:05,766 --> 01:40:07,201 SHOWING OF RECKLESSNESS. 2796 01:40:07,201 --> 01:40:08,503 YOU DON'T HAVE TO COOK THE 2797 01:40:08,503 --> 01:40:08,703 BOOKS. 2798 01:40:08,703 --> 01:40:10,004 YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE 2799 01:40:10,004 --> 01:40:10,371 NUMBER. 2800 01:40:10,371 --> 01:40:11,839 IF YOU WERE RECKLESS, THEN THAT 2801 01:40:11,839 --> 01:40:13,574 COULD STILL BE CONSIDERED FRAUD 2802 01:40:13,574 --> 01:40:16,477 UNDER RULE 10-B-5. 2803 01:40:16,477 --> 01:40:18,179 RECKLESSNESS HAS BEEN DEFINED AS 2804 01:40:18,179 --> 01:40:20,448 AN EXTREME DEPARTURE FROM THE 2805 01:40:20,448 --> 01:40:21,649 STANDARDS OF ORDINARY CARE WHICH 2806 01:40:21,649 --> 01:40:23,384 REPRESENTS A DANGER OF 2807 01:40:23,384 --> 01:40:24,285 MISLEADING BUYERS OR SELLERS 2808 01:40:24,285 --> 01:40:25,920 THAT IS EITHER KNOWN TO THE 2809 01:40:25,920 --> 01:40:28,623 DEFENDANT OR IS SO OBVIOUS THAT 2810 01:40:28,623 --> 01:40:30,491 THE ACTOR MUST HAVE BEEN AWARE 2811 01:40:30,491 --> 01:40:31,659 OF IT. 2812 01:40:31,659 --> 01:40:32,059 RECKLESS STANDARD. 2813 01:40:32,059 --> 01:40:33,761 IF THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE 2814 01:40:33,761 --> 01:40:36,197 CHAIR OR ANY OF YOU ARE MAKING 2815 01:40:36,197 --> 01:40:37,798 STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS OR 2816 01:40:37,798 --> 01:40:39,467 WRITING AN ARTICLE TO THE EDITOR 2817 01:40:39,467 --> 01:40:41,369 OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR ANYWHERE 2818 01:40:41,369 --> 01:40:43,571 ELSE, SEC IS PAYING ATTENTION. 2819 01:40:43,571 --> 01:40:45,139 INVESTORS ARE PAYING ATTENTION. 2820 01:40:45,139 --> 01:40:47,174 IF IT'S RECKLESS, THAT COULD BE 2821 01:40:47,174 --> 01:40:51,512 A CAUSE FOR AN ANTI-10-B 5 2822 01:40:51,512 --> 01:40:53,981 ANTIFRAUD VIOLATION. 2823 01:40:53,981 --> 01:40:55,750 >> LET ME STATE BRIEFLY BEFORE 2824 01:40:55,750 --> 01:40:57,718 WE HAND IT BACK TO YOU, 2825 01:40:57,718 --> 01:40:59,287 MS. GRAY, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH 2826 01:40:59,287 --> 01:41:00,888 THIS IN DETAIL WITH YOUR STAFF 2827 01:41:00,888 --> 01:41:02,290 ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. 2828 01:41:02,290 --> 01:41:03,391 YOU'RE FORTUNATE THAT 2829 01:41:03,391 --> 01:41:04,358 MS. JOHNSON HAS BEEN THROUGH 2830 01:41:04,358 --> 01:41:05,259 THESE WARS BEFORE. 2831 01:41:05,259 --> 01:41:06,961 SHE KNOWS HOW TO GUARD AGAINST 2832 01:41:06,961 --> 01:41:07,895 THESE THINGS. 2833 01:41:07,895 --> 01:41:09,897 YOUR STAFF KNOWS HOW TO GUARD, 2834 01:41:09,897 --> 01:41:10,865 BUT BEFORE EVERY CALL WE HAVE 2835 01:41:10,865 --> 01:41:12,900 WITH AN INVESTOR, BEFORE EVERY 2836 01:41:12,900 --> 01:41:14,468 CALL THAT WE HAVE WITH A RATING 2837 01:41:14,468 --> 01:41:16,570 AGENCY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 2838 01:41:16,570 --> 01:41:20,207 COMES UP IS WE WILL NOT PROVIDE 2839 01:41:20,207 --> 01:41:21,575 INFORMATION TO ONE GROUP OF 2840 01:41:21,575 --> 01:41:25,179 PEOPLE THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO 2841 01:41:25,179 --> 01:41:25,446 EVERYBODY. 2842 01:41:25,446 --> 01:41:26,547 WE CANNOT PROVIDE THIS 2843 01:41:26,547 --> 01:41:27,882 INFORMATION PIECE MEAL. 2844 01:41:27,882 --> 01:41:29,750 WE CANNOT GIVE ONE INVESTOR AN 2845 01:41:29,750 --> 01:41:31,719 ADVANTAGE OVER ANOTHER. 2846 01:41:31,719 --> 01:41:33,487 SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE 2847 01:41:33,487 --> 01:41:35,456 PROVIDE THEM IS PUBLIC AND THAT 2848 01:41:35,456 --> 01:41:37,725 IT'S NOT SPECULATIVE. 2849 01:41:37,725 --> 01:41:38,492 IT'S GENERALLY SOMETHING THAT'S 2850 01:41:38,492 --> 01:41:39,794 BEEN TO THE BOARD. 2851 01:41:39,794 --> 01:41:40,661 GENERALLY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 2852 01:41:40,661 --> 01:41:42,997 TO ONE OF YOUR WORKSHOPS. 2853 01:41:42,997 --> 01:41:45,733 IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT NOBODY 2854 01:41:45,733 --> 01:41:47,101 ELSE HAS SEEN AND WE STATE THAT 2855 01:41:47,101 --> 01:41:48,536 ON THE CALLS RIGHT AT THE 2856 01:41:48,536 --> 01:41:49,437 BEGINNING OF THE CALLS. 2857 01:41:49,437 --> 01:41:51,339 AND FREQUENTLY, THERE WILL BE 2858 01:41:51,339 --> 01:41:53,474 QUESTIONS AND WE'LL SAY, WE'RE 2859 01:41:53,474 --> 01:41:54,842 SORRY, THAT'S NOT PUBLIC 2860 01:41:54,842 --> 01:41:56,477 INFORMATION AT THIS POINT. 2861 01:41:56,477 --> 01:41:57,778 WE'LL MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU 2862 01:41:57,778 --> 01:41:58,579 WHEN IT IS. 2863 01:41:58,579 --> 01:42:00,715 OUR CONCERN HERE TODAY IS SIMPLY 2864 01:42:00,715 --> 01:42:04,051 TO PROTECT YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU 2865 01:42:04,051 --> 01:42:09,924 KNOW HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELVES. 2866 01:42:09,924 --> 01:42:11,192 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. FORD 2867 01:42:11,192 --> 01:42:12,860 AND THANK YOU AS WELL. 2868 01:42:12,860 --> 01:42:13,060 SORRY. 2869 01:42:13,060 --> 01:42:18,733 LET ME GET THIS NAME CORRECT. 2870 01:42:18,733 --> 01:42:20,935 THANK YOU, LET'S SEE, MR. SMITH. 2871 01:42:20,935 --> 01:42:22,103 GEORGE SMITH. 2872 01:42:22,103 --> 01:42:24,271 IT'S SUCH AN EASY NAME. 2873 01:42:24,271 --> 01:42:25,506 IF IT WAS COMPLICATED, I WOULD 2874 01:42:25,506 --> 01:42:27,375 BE RIGHT ON IT. 2875 01:42:27,375 --> 01:42:29,677 AT ANY RATE, I WANT TO ASK 2876 01:42:29,677 --> 01:42:31,112 MS. JOHNSON AND THEN WE'LL GO 2877 01:42:31,112 --> 01:42:31,912 FROM THERE. 2878 01:42:31,912 --> 01:42:34,515 RO JOHNSON, YOU BROUGHT THESE 2879 01:42:34,515 --> 01:42:37,251 TWO GENTLEMEN TO THIS FINANCE 2880 01:42:37,251 --> 01:42:37,485 MEETING. 2881 01:42:37,485 --> 01:42:39,954 COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR -- 2882 01:42:39,954 --> 01:42:41,389 WHERE YOUR MIND WAS AT DURING -- 2883 01:42:41,389 --> 01:42:44,592 I MEAN, AS THIS IS TRANSPIRING. 2884 01:42:44,592 --> 01:42:45,760 >>Ro Johnson: WELL, ANY DISTRICT 2885 01:42:45,760 --> 01:42:47,695 THAT'S IN A DEFICIT, THERE ARE A 2886 01:42:47,695 --> 01:42:49,964 LOT OF STATEMENTS THAT'S MADE 2887 01:42:49,964 --> 01:42:51,832 INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY THAT 2888 01:42:51,832 --> 01:42:54,201 MIGHT NOT BE TRUE. 2889 01:42:54,201 --> 01:42:57,438 IT'S IMPORTANT TO PAY CLOSE 2890 01:42:57,438 --> 01:42:58,839 ATTENTION TO THE FACTS AS WE 2891 01:42:58,839 --> 01:43:00,007 DISCUSS AND WE MOVE FORWARD WHEN 2892 01:43:00,007 --> 01:43:01,342 WE TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL ISSUES, 2893 01:43:01,342 --> 01:43:03,944 I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT 2894 01:43:03,944 --> 01:43:06,213 WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A HOLISTIC 2895 01:43:06,213 --> 01:43:06,480 APPROACH. 2896 01:43:06,480 --> 01:43:07,948 THIS IS ABOUT THE KIDS. 2897 01:43:07,948 --> 01:43:09,150 SO WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. 2898 01:43:09,150 --> 01:43:11,752 AND THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT 2899 01:43:11,752 --> 01:43:14,522 NEEDS TO BE ASKED IN A WAY THAT 2900 01:43:14,522 --> 01:43:16,057 WE ARE NOT OFFENDING OUR 2901 01:43:16,057 --> 01:43:18,125 INVESTORS IN ANY KIND OF WAY OR 2902 01:43:18,125 --> 01:43:19,193 EXPOSING THE DISTRICT TO AN 2903 01:43:19,193 --> 01:43:20,494 ISSUE THAT MIGHT PUT THE 2904 01:43:20,494 --> 01:43:21,829 DISTRICT AT RISK. 2905 01:43:21,829 --> 01:43:23,597 THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THEM IN 2906 01:43:23,597 --> 01:43:24,098 HERE. 2907 01:43:24,098 --> 01:43:25,933 I ALWAYS LIKE TO START OFF WITH 2908 01:43:25,933 --> 01:43:27,701 THAT SO WE CAN ALWAYS PUT THAT 2909 01:43:27,701 --> 01:43:30,538 IN THE FOREFRONT IN 2910 01:43:30,538 --> 01:43:32,339 CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE 2911 01:43:32,339 --> 01:43:33,908 SPEAKING ABOUT FINANCIALS IN THE 2912 01:43:33,908 --> 01:43:34,775 PUBLIC. 2913 01:43:34,775 --> 01:43:37,311 >>Lynn Gray: YOU ALL SET THE 2914 01:43:37,311 --> 01:43:39,647 STANDARD AND THE CAUTIONARY 2915 01:43:39,647 --> 01:43:40,548 MESSAGE HAS BEEN DELIVERED. 2916 01:43:40,548 --> 01:43:41,549 BOARD MEMBERS, I'M NOT SURE IF 2917 01:43:41,549 --> 01:43:44,985 YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO 2918 01:43:44,985 --> 01:43:46,454 REGARDING GEORGE SMITH AND JERRY 2919 01:43:46,454 --> 01:43:51,225 FORD, ABOUT YOU IF SO, SIGNIFY 2920 01:43:51,225 --> 01:43:52,726 WITH YOUR HAND. 2921 01:43:52,726 --> 01:43:55,029 MEMBER WASHINGTON. 2922 01:43:55,029 --> 01:43:57,531 MEMBER SNIVELY WILL BE NEXT. 2923 01:43:57,531 --> 01:43:58,132 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: 2924 01:43:58,132 --> 01:44:00,601 THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, MR. 2925 01:44:00,601 --> 01:44:01,869 FORD AND MR. SMITH. 2926 01:44:01,869 --> 01:44:03,337 GEORGE SMITH IS A COMMON NAME. 2927 01:44:03,337 --> 01:44:05,573 I CAN ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ONE. 2928 01:44:05,573 --> 01:44:09,577 I WANT TO GO BACK IN '96 WHEN I 2929 01:44:09,577 --> 01:44:11,745 BECAME THE PRINCIPAL AT 2930 01:44:11,745 --> 01:44:12,046 CHAMBERLAIN. 2931 01:44:12,046 --> 01:44:13,314 EACH SCHOOL HAD INVESTMENTS. 2932 01:44:13,314 --> 01:44:14,348 MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND 2933 01:44:14,348 --> 01:44:15,716 IT MUCH BETTER BECAUSE I NEVER 2934 01:44:15,716 --> 01:44:16,984 COULD. 2935 01:44:16,984 --> 01:44:20,921 LIKE, WE HAD LIKE $400,000 IN 2936 01:44:20,921 --> 01:44:21,989 INVESTMENT, BUT IT WAS HELD AT 2937 01:44:21,989 --> 01:44:23,457 THE COUNTY OFFICE. 2938 01:44:23,457 --> 01:44:25,092 HOW DID THOSE INVESTMENTS COME 2939 01:44:25,092 --> 01:44:27,094 ABOUT? 2940 01:44:27,094 --> 01:44:28,696 >> THAT IS A DIFFERENT 2941 01:44:28,696 --> 01:44:28,963 SITUATION. 2942 01:44:28,963 --> 01:44:30,498 THAT WAS YOUR CASH THAT BELONGED 2943 01:44:30,498 --> 01:44:31,465 TO THE SCHOOL. 2944 01:44:31,465 --> 01:44:33,701 IT WAS IN YOUR SCHOOL ACCOUNT, 2945 01:44:33,701 --> 01:44:35,469 IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE 2946 01:44:35,469 --> 01:44:38,005 ASKING CORRECTLY, AND THEN THE 2947 01:44:38,005 --> 01:44:39,607 CENTRAL OFFICE HERE THROUGH 2948 01:44:39,607 --> 01:44:42,109 THEIR CASH MANAGER WOULD HAVE 2949 01:44:42,109 --> 01:44:44,011 INVESTED THAT FOR YOU GENERALLY 2950 01:44:44,011 --> 01:44:45,045 AT THE STATE BOARD OF 2951 01:44:45,045 --> 01:44:45,946 ADMINISTRATION AT THAT TIME IS 2952 01:44:45,946 --> 01:44:47,281 WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD 2953 01:44:47,281 --> 01:44:49,016 ALL OF ITS MONEY. 2954 01:44:49,016 --> 01:44:49,683 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: SO 2955 01:44:49,683 --> 01:44:50,518 IT'S DIFFERENT NOW. 2956 01:44:50,518 --> 01:44:51,785 >> IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. 2957 01:44:51,785 --> 01:44:53,320 THAT'S YOU AS AN INVESTOR AS 2958 01:44:53,320 --> 01:44:54,955 OPPOSED TO YOU BEING THE 2959 01:44:54,955 --> 01:44:55,890 BORROWER AND OTHER PEOPLE 2960 01:44:55,890 --> 01:44:56,790 INVESTING IN YOU. 2961 01:44:56,790 --> 01:44:59,093 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY 2962 01:44:59,093 --> 01:45:01,729 ARE THE SECURITIES THAT YOU HAVE 2963 01:45:01,729 --> 01:45:04,632 SOLD, THAT PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC 2964 01:45:04,632 --> 01:45:05,833 HAVE PURCHASED AND YOUR 2965 01:45:05,833 --> 01:45:08,569 OBLIGATIONS TO THEM, AND THAT'S 2966 01:45:08,569 --> 01:45:10,104 DIFFERENT THAN TAKING YOUR OWN 2967 01:45:10,104 --> 01:45:12,039 MONEY AND INVESTING THAT WITH 2968 01:45:12,039 --> 01:45:13,474 SOMEONE ELSE WHERE THEY HAVE 2969 01:45:13,474 --> 01:45:14,875 OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY 2970 01:45:14,875 --> 01:45:17,778 ARE DEALING FAIRLY WITH YOU. 2971 01:45:17,778 --> 01:45:18,479 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: 2972 01:45:18,479 --> 01:45:18,679 GOOD. 2973 01:45:18,679 --> 01:45:19,914 I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW THAT. 2974 01:45:19,914 --> 01:45:20,347 THANK YOU. 2975 01:45:20,347 --> 01:45:21,515 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 2976 01:45:21,515 --> 01:45:24,151 MEMBER SNIVELY AND THEN 2977 01:45:24,151 --> 01:45:25,486 MS. JOHNSON, YOU MAY WANT TO GO 2978 01:45:25,486 --> 01:45:26,987 AHEAD AND GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF 2979 01:45:26,987 --> 01:45:27,888 WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2980 01:45:27,888 --> 01:45:28,822 ACCOMPLISH TODAY. 2981 01:45:28,822 --> 01:45:30,090 BUT LET MEMBER SNIVELY, OF 2982 01:45:30,090 --> 01:45:31,258 COURSE, GO FIRST. 2983 01:45:31,258 --> 01:45:32,560 THANKS, MEMBER SNIVELY. 2984 01:45:32,560 --> 01:45:33,627 >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, 2985 01:45:33,627 --> 01:45:34,128 MADAM CHAIR. 2986 01:45:34,128 --> 01:45:36,063 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR COMING 2987 01:45:36,063 --> 01:45:39,166 IN AND EXPLAINING THAT. 2988 01:45:39,166 --> 01:45:41,569 EVEN AS A BOARD MEMBER WHO'S 2989 01:45:41,569 --> 01:45:45,306 SERVED FOR A WHILE, IT'S GOOD TO 2990 01:45:45,306 --> 01:45:46,307 REMIND EVERY BOARD MEMBER ABOUT 2991 01:45:46,307 --> 01:45:52,980 WHAT THE SEC REQUIREMENTS ARE 2992 01:45:52,980 --> 01:45:58,085 AND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE 2993 01:45:58,085 --> 01:46:00,921 POSSIBLE WHEN MUNICIPAL OFFICERS 2994 01:46:00,921 --> 01:46:03,624 ARE NOT CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY 2995 01:46:03,624 --> 01:46:03,791 SAY. 2996 01:46:03,791 --> 01:46:06,026 SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, AND I 2997 01:46:06,026 --> 01:46:07,027 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I 2998 01:46:07,027 --> 01:46:08,128 UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT 2999 01:46:08,128 --> 01:46:10,998 TO DANCE AROUND IT, BUT WE, AS 3000 01:46:10,998 --> 01:46:13,334 BOARD MEMBERS, BEING OFFICERS OF 3001 01:46:13,334 --> 01:46:16,403 THE MUNICIPALITY, IF WE ARE 3002 01:46:16,403 --> 01:46:18,739 GOING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, 3003 01:46:18,739 --> 01:46:20,441 TWITTER, Facebook, TALKING TO 3004 01:46:20,441 --> 01:46:22,876 THE MEDIA, SPECULATING ON 3005 01:46:22,876 --> 01:46:26,347 THINGS, SAYING THINGS THAT COULD 3006 01:46:26,347 --> 01:46:28,816 IMPACT AN INVESTORS OPINION OR 3007 01:46:28,816 --> 01:46:31,352 DECISION, THAT COULD BE 3008 01:46:31,352 --> 01:46:32,519 DETRIMENTAL, SIGNIFICANTLY 3009 01:46:32,519 --> 01:46:33,988 DETRIMENTAL TO THE FINANCES OF 3010 01:46:33,988 --> 01:46:35,589 OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 3011 01:46:35,589 --> 01:46:37,625 IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING. 3012 01:46:37,625 --> 01:46:38,892 >> I THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT 3013 01:46:38,892 --> 01:46:39,093 TRACK. 3014 01:46:39,093 --> 01:46:40,561 YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR 3015 01:46:40,561 --> 01:46:41,428 INVESTORS TRUST YOU. 3016 01:46:41,428 --> 01:46:42,997 THAT'S WHAT WILL GET YOU THE 3017 01:46:42,997 --> 01:46:43,831 LOWEST INTEREST RATE. 3018 01:46:43,831 --> 01:46:45,799 AS MR. FORD SAID, SOONER OR 3019 01:46:45,799 --> 01:46:47,134 LATER YOU'LL HAVE TO GO BACK ON 3020 01:46:47,134 --> 01:46:47,835 THE MARKET. 3021 01:46:47,835 --> 01:46:49,470 BUILD SCHOOLS, MAINTENANCE, DO 3022 01:46:49,470 --> 01:46:51,305 THE NORMAL OPERATIONS. 3023 01:46:51,305 --> 01:46:52,940 YOUR LEVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS VERY 3024 01:46:52,940 --> 01:46:54,708 LOW, BUT YOU'LL NEED THAT TO 3025 01:46:54,708 --> 01:46:56,910 OPERATE. 3026 01:46:56,910 --> 01:47:00,047 IF THE INVESTORS DON'T TRUST 3027 01:47:00,047 --> 01:47:03,684 YOU, THEN THAT COULD BE 3028 01:47:03,684 --> 01:47:05,486 DETRIMENTAL JUST ON ITS OWN. 3029 01:47:05,486 --> 01:47:09,790 IF THEY ARE GETTING ALL KINDS OF 3030 01:47:09,790 --> 01:47:10,924 INFORMATION, IF CONFLICT 3031 01:47:10,924 --> 01:47:13,127 INFORMATION, LSU, I WON'T GO 3032 01:47:13,127 --> 01:47:15,529 INTO A LONG STORY BUT LSU HAD A 3033 01:47:15,529 --> 01:47:16,597 BOND DEAL THAT WAS CANCELED. 3034 01:47:16,597 --> 01:47:19,333 THEY JUST SIGNED THE BOND 3035 01:47:19,333 --> 01:47:20,167 PERSON'S AGREEMENT. 3036 01:47:20,167 --> 01:47:21,669 THEY SIGNED A BOND PURCHASE 3037 01:47:21,669 --> 01:47:23,470 AGREEMENT FOR LIKE $115 MILLION 3038 01:47:23,470 --> 01:47:24,605 I BELIEVE. 3039 01:47:24,605 --> 01:47:26,940 THIS IS ABOUT 2015. 3040 01:47:26,940 --> 01:47:28,309 AND THAT DAY, IN HAD THEIR 3041 01:47:28,309 --> 01:47:32,012 OFFICIAL STATEMENT, IT SAID THE 3042 01:47:32,012 --> 01:47:33,647 STATE HAS REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF 3043 01:47:33,647 --> 01:47:34,982 MONEY WE RECEIVED EVERY YEAR FOR 3044 01:47:34,982 --> 01:47:36,717 THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 3045 01:47:36,717 --> 01:47:38,018 THEY GAVE GREAT DISCLOSURE OF 3046 01:47:38,018 --> 01:47:38,185 IT. 3047 01:47:38,185 --> 01:47:39,320 THEY SHOWED IT. 3048 01:47:39,320 --> 01:47:41,355 THEY TALKED ALL ABOUT IT. 3049 01:47:41,355 --> 01:47:42,990 THAT DAY THEY SIGNED THAT 3050 01:47:42,990 --> 01:47:46,160 CONTRACT, THE LSU PRESIDENT 3051 01:47:46,160 --> 01:47:48,529 SAID, HEY, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO 3052 01:47:48,529 --> 01:47:53,500 IN THE FINANCIAL EXIGENCY. 3053 01:47:53,500 --> 01:47:55,903 HE DIDN'T SAY WHAT THE STATEMENT 3054 01:47:55,903 --> 01:47:56,403 MEANT. 3055 01:47:56,403 --> 01:47:57,604 THE PRESS RAN WITH IT. 3056 01:47:57,604 --> 01:47:58,772 THEY ARE GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY. 3057 01:47:58,772 --> 01:48:01,275 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ALL THE DANG 3058 01:48:01,275 --> 01:48:03,877 DEFINITIONS, AND THE BOOK ITSELF 3059 01:48:03,877 --> 01:48:05,512 SAID FINANCIAL EXIGENCY. 3060 01:48:05,512 --> 01:48:07,114 WHEN HE SAID THIS, EVERYBODY 3061 01:48:07,114 --> 01:48:08,349 LOST CONFIDENCE AND THEY 3062 01:48:08,349 --> 01:48:09,783 CANCELED THE BOND DEAL. 3063 01:48:09,783 --> 01:48:11,952 THEY SAID, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 3064 01:48:11,952 --> 01:48:12,653 YOU'RE DOING. 3065 01:48:12,653 --> 01:48:15,422 YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT. 3066 01:48:15,422 --> 01:48:16,623 THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 3067 01:48:16,623 --> 01:48:19,393 BOND DEAL, HE WAS, MY WORDS, 3068 01:48:19,393 --> 01:48:20,294 POSTURING TO THE LEGISLATURE. 3069 01:48:20,294 --> 01:48:22,129 GIVE ME MORE MONEY. 3070 01:48:22,129 --> 01:48:25,265 PROBABLY RIGHTFULLY SO. 3071 01:48:25,265 --> 01:48:26,700 HEY, MIGHT VETO THE WHOLE 3072 01:48:26,700 --> 01:48:27,167 BUDGET. 3073 01:48:27,167 --> 01:48:28,369 WAIT, WE NEED MONEY. 3074 01:48:28,369 --> 01:48:30,070 INVESTORS WERE LIKE, WE'RE OUT. 3075 01:48:30,070 --> 01:48:31,905 YOU ALL FIGURE YOUR STUFF OUT 3076 01:48:31,905 --> 01:48:33,507 AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AND 3077 01:48:33,507 --> 01:48:34,942 THEN WE MIGHT CHARGE YOU A 3078 01:48:34,942 --> 01:48:36,310 PREMIUM BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. 3079 01:48:36,310 --> 01:48:39,213 NOW, DID THE PRESIDENT COMMIT 3080 01:48:39,213 --> 01:48:39,413 FRAUD? 3081 01:48:39,413 --> 01:48:40,814 HE WASN'T PROSECUTED FOR IT. 3082 01:48:40,814 --> 01:48:42,483 NOBODY REALLY ACCUSED OF HIM OF 3083 01:48:42,483 --> 01:48:42,683 FRAUD? 3084 01:48:42,683 --> 01:48:44,752 WAS IT RECKLESS, WHAT HE SAID 3085 01:48:44,752 --> 01:48:46,854 WAS TRUE, BUT HE DIDN'T GIVE 3086 01:48:46,854 --> 01:48:47,788 ENOUGH STORIES. 3087 01:48:47,788 --> 01:48:50,491 WHAT WAS IT? 3088 01:48:50,491 --> 01:48:53,627 I'LL TELL YOU HOW THE BOND BUYER 3089 01:48:53,627 --> 01:48:54,261 KEYED IT. 3090 01:48:54,261 --> 01:48:58,165 THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMUNICATION 3091 01:48:58,165 --> 01:48:58,432 BREAKDOWN. 3092 01:48:58,432 --> 01:48:59,066 HE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE PROPERLY 3093 01:48:59,066 --> 01:49:00,234 WITH THE MARKET. 3094 01:49:00,234 --> 01:49:02,002 SINCE I HAVE YOUR FOCUS, I'LL 3095 01:49:02,002 --> 01:49:03,303 READ ONE QUOTE FROM YOU. 3096 01:49:03,303 --> 01:49:04,838 THE EXPERIENCE ENCOUNTERED BY 3097 01:49:04,838 --> 01:49:06,640 ISSUING THE MEDIA CAN EXEMPLIFY 3098 01:49:06,640 --> 01:49:09,176 THE IMPACT OF HEADLINE RISK. 3099 01:49:09,176 --> 01:49:11,245 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 3100 01:49:11,245 --> 01:49:12,346 MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THE 3101 01:49:12,346 --> 01:49:13,814 CREDIT CONDITIONS OF MUNICIPAL 3102 01:49:13,814 --> 01:49:15,149 MARKET ISSUERS OCCUR SOMETIMES 3103 01:49:15,149 --> 01:49:17,151 OUT OF CARELESSNESS, SOMETIMES 3104 01:49:17,151 --> 01:49:19,119 DUE TO INEXPERT ADVICE, 3105 01:49:19,119 --> 01:49:20,454 SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF IGNORANCE 3106 01:49:20,454 --> 01:49:21,755 AND OTHER TIMES BECAUSE 3107 01:49:21,755 --> 01:49:23,323 INDIVIDUALS WANT TO DRUM UP 3108 01:49:23,323 --> 01:49:23,991 ATTENTION FOR THEMSELVES. 3109 01:49:23,991 --> 01:49:25,659 ALL THE THINGS WE EXPERIENCE. 3110 01:49:25,659 --> 01:49:27,327 WHEN WE ARE IN THE PRIMARY 3111 01:49:27,327 --> 01:49:28,295 MARKET, OFTEN, IF I HAVE A 3112 01:49:28,295 --> 01:49:32,366 CLIENT WHO I LOVE ALL MY 3113 01:49:32,366 --> 01:49:33,734 CLIENTS, WHO HAS A VOCAL PERSON, 3114 01:49:33,734 --> 01:49:35,169 WE MIGHT SAY SPECIFICALLY TO 3115 01:49:35,169 --> 01:49:37,371 THEM, HEY, YOU JUST NEED TO BE 3116 01:49:37,371 --> 01:49:38,972 QUIET FOR SIX WEEKS. 3117 01:49:38,972 --> 01:49:39,907 JUST JUMP OFF. 3118 01:49:39,907 --> 01:49:42,009 TAKE A BREAK FOR SIX WEEKS 3119 01:49:42,009 --> 01:49:43,143 BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SPEAK 3120 01:49:43,143 --> 01:49:44,044 TO MARKETS. 3121 01:49:44,044 --> 01:49:44,611 EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE 3122 01:49:44,611 --> 01:49:46,814 ANYTHING IN THE PRIMARY MARKET, 3123 01:49:46,814 --> 01:49:48,182 YOU CAN SPOOK YOUR INVESTORS. 3124 01:49:48,182 --> 01:49:49,716 AS MR. FORD SAID, THEY ARE 3125 01:49:49,716 --> 01:49:50,184 WATCHING THIS. 3126 01:49:50,184 --> 01:49:51,585 THEY ARE WATCHING THE MEETING 3127 01:49:51,585 --> 01:49:52,286 RIGHT NOW. 3128 01:49:52,286 --> 01:49:53,020 THEY HAVE ASSOCIATES. 3129 01:49:53,020 --> 01:49:55,856 THEY HAVE AI MINING IT. 3130 01:49:55,856 --> 01:49:57,758 THEN IF THEY SAY, HEY, I DON'T 3131 01:49:57,758 --> 01:49:59,226 HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THIS BOARD, I 3132 01:49:59,226 --> 01:50:01,028 DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE, I TOLD 3133 01:50:01,028 --> 01:50:02,029 YOU WE DESCRIBE MANAGEMENT IN 3134 01:50:02,029 --> 01:50:02,930 THIS BOOK. 3135 01:50:02,930 --> 01:50:04,698 WE DESCRIBE OPERATIONS IN THIS 3136 01:50:04,698 --> 01:50:07,935 BOOK, IF THEY SAY I DON'T HAVE 3137 01:50:07,935 --> 01:50:08,435 CONFIDENCE, INSTEAD OF 3138 01:50:08,435 --> 01:50:09,803 HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS, I'LL BUY A 3139 01:50:09,803 --> 01:50:11,071 DIFFERENT PLACE. 3140 01:50:11,071 --> 01:50:12,406 >> GEORGE, IF WE COULD 3141 01:50:12,406 --> 01:50:12,940 HYPOTHETICALLY, BECAUSE I 3142 01:50:12,940 --> 01:50:14,308 BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS FOCUSED 3143 01:50:14,308 --> 01:50:15,275 ON WE HAVE SECURITIES IN THE 3144 01:50:15,275 --> 01:50:17,044 MARKET TRADING IN THE SECONDARY 3145 01:50:17,044 --> 01:50:20,914 MARKET ON A REGULAR BASIS. 3146 01:50:20,914 --> 01:50:23,083 IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE OR OFFICIAL 3147 01:50:23,083 --> 01:50:25,119 THAT MAKES RECKLESS OR 3148 01:50:25,119 --> 01:50:26,453 INADEQUATE STATEMENTS, WHICH IS 3149 01:50:26,453 --> 01:50:28,889 A HYPOTHETICAL, WHAT COULD THE 3150 01:50:28,889 --> 01:50:30,858 POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES BE? 3151 01:50:30,858 --> 01:50:32,559 >> IT COULD BE KIND OF THE ELON 3152 01:50:32,559 --> 01:50:33,393 MUSK DESCRIPTION. 3153 01:50:33,393 --> 01:50:35,629 THAT IS A FAR EXTREME. 3154 01:50:35,629 --> 01:50:37,664 BUT I THINK THE MORE -- UNLESS 3155 01:50:37,664 --> 01:50:39,800 YOU ARE OUT AND OUT JUST FRAUD. 3156 01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:41,602 BUT THE MORE KIND OF COMMON 3157 01:50:41,602 --> 01:50:43,971 OUTCOME, IF IT IS A RECKLESS 3158 01:50:43,971 --> 01:50:47,908 STATEMENT, DOESN'T HAVE 3159 01:50:47,908 --> 01:50:49,009 SUFFICIENT DETAILS ON WHAT 3160 01:50:49,009 --> 01:50:50,110 HAPPENS, YOU WOULD LOVE 3161 01:50:50,110 --> 01:50:52,579 CONFIDENCE OF INVESTORS. 3162 01:50:52,579 --> 01:50:54,281 >> FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, IS 3163 01:50:54,281 --> 01:50:55,482 THERE ANY POTENTIAL LIABILITY? 3164 01:50:55,482 --> 01:50:57,017 CAN SOMEBODY BE FINED? 3165 01:50:57,017 --> 01:51:00,754 CAN THE SEC TAKE ANY ACTION? 3166 01:51:00,754 --> 01:51:02,589 >> SEC WOULD DO A CEASE AND 3167 01:51:02,589 --> 01:51:03,857 DESIST, YOUR COMMUNICATION. 3168 01:51:03,857 --> 01:51:05,392 COULD THEY FIND YOU, YES? 3169 01:51:05,392 --> 01:51:07,561 THEY HAVE ALL THOSE TYPES OF 3170 01:51:07,561 --> 01:51:10,697 TOOLS IN THEIR TOOLBOX. 3171 01:51:10,697 --> 01:51:15,936 IF IT'S RECKLESS. 3172 01:51:15,936 --> 01:51:17,704 >> MUNICIPALITY OR THE 3173 01:51:17,704 --> 01:51:18,005 INDIVIDUAL? 3174 01:51:18,005 --> 01:51:18,672 >> FOR BOTH. 3175 01:51:18,672 --> 01:51:20,841 AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT CITY OF 3176 01:51:20,841 --> 01:51:21,041 MIAMI. 3177 01:51:21,041 --> 01:51:22,509 THEY HAVE DONE IT ELSEWHERE, AND 3178 01:51:22,509 --> 01:51:23,877 THAT WAS WITH THE PRIMARY 3179 01:51:23,877 --> 01:51:25,812 OFFERING, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL 3180 01:51:25,812 --> 01:51:27,514 CAN'T BE HELD. 3181 01:51:27,514 --> 01:51:29,383 >> I THINK THE MESSAGE IS LOUD 3182 01:51:29,383 --> 01:51:33,153 AND CLEAR AND I APPRECIATE YOU 3183 01:51:33,153 --> 01:51:34,688 BRINGING IT FORWARD BECAUSE 3184 01:51:34,688 --> 01:51:36,256 ALTHOUGH WE LIVE IN AMERICA AND 3185 01:51:36,256 --> 01:51:39,760 WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, EVERY 3186 01:51:39,760 --> 01:51:41,228 WORD AND ACTION THAT COMES OUT 3187 01:51:41,228 --> 01:51:43,130 OF OUR MOUTHS DOES HAVE A 3188 01:51:43,130 --> 01:51:44,598 CONSEQUENCE TO IT. 3189 01:51:44,598 --> 01:51:47,701 THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN 3190 01:51:47,701 --> 01:51:49,069 MIND AS WE ARE OFFICERS OF THIS 3191 01:51:49,069 --> 01:51:49,403 MUNICIPALITY. 3192 01:51:49,403 --> 01:51:50,637 THANK YOU. 3193 01:51:50,637 --> 01:51:55,108 >>Lynn Gray: SO IN EFFECT, THIS 3194 01:51:55,108 --> 01:51:56,877 SCHOOL BOARD CAN BE RESPONSIBLE 3195 01:51:56,877 --> 01:52:00,681 OR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOW 3196 01:52:00,681 --> 01:52:01,248 RATING. 3197 01:52:01,248 --> 01:52:03,283 IS THAT BASICALLY -- MEMBERS ON 3198 01:52:03,283 --> 01:52:06,787 THIS BOARD CAN BE RESPONSIBLE 3199 01:52:06,787 --> 01:52:09,356 FOR MAKING THE BOND RATING 3200 01:52:09,356 --> 01:52:09,890 LOWER? 3201 01:52:09,890 --> 01:52:13,193 OR IS THAT TOO GENERALISTIC? 3202 01:52:13,193 --> 01:52:15,362 >> THAT'S TOO GENERALISTIC. 3203 01:52:15,362 --> 01:52:16,630 LET'S BE VERY CLEAR HERE. 3204 01:52:16,630 --> 01:52:18,799 IT'S POLICY DECISIONS THAT 3205 01:52:18,799 --> 01:52:20,601 RESULTED IN EIGHT YEARS OF 3206 01:52:20,601 --> 01:52:23,804 EXPENSES OVER REVENUES THAT 3207 01:52:23,804 --> 01:52:25,572 RELATED -- THAT RESULTED IN 3208 01:52:25,572 --> 01:52:27,040 THOSE CREDIT DOWNGRADES. 3209 01:52:27,040 --> 01:52:29,876 THOSE ARE DIRECTLY DECISIONS 3210 01:52:29,876 --> 01:52:33,146 MADE AT THE BOARD DAIS. 3211 01:52:33,146 --> 01:52:33,914 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 3212 01:52:33,914 --> 01:52:35,349 MEMBER COMBS. 3213 01:52:35,349 --> 01:52:36,016 >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, 3214 01:52:36,016 --> 01:52:36,883 GENTLEMEN, FOR COMING TODAY. 3215 01:52:36,883 --> 01:52:38,619 I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND 3216 01:52:38,619 --> 01:52:39,319 SOME COMMENTS. 3217 01:52:39,319 --> 01:52:40,520 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT US AS BOARD 3218 01:52:40,520 --> 01:52:42,889 MEMBERS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, 3219 01:52:42,889 --> 01:52:44,491 BEFORE COMING INTO OFFICE, I 3220 01:52:44,491 --> 01:52:47,394 REALIZED THAT THE DISTRICT WAS 3221 01:52:47,394 --> 01:52:49,062 IN A FINANCIAL ISSUE, FINANCIAL 3222 01:52:49,062 --> 01:52:49,296 TROUBLE. 3223 01:52:49,296 --> 01:52:50,931 AS I CAME THROUGH, I SAW THAT. 3224 01:52:50,931 --> 01:52:53,233 I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO MENTION 3225 01:52:53,233 --> 01:52:55,602 FOR ME PERSONALLY, I NEVER FELT 3226 01:52:55,602 --> 01:52:58,438 A REAL BIG THREAT WITH THE STATE 3227 01:52:58,438 --> 01:52:58,705 TAKEOVER. 3228 01:52:58,705 --> 01:53:00,140 WE SHUFFLED MONEY FOR MANY 3229 01:53:00,140 --> 01:53:00,807 YEARS. 3230 01:53:00,807 --> 01:53:05,145 ALSO, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE 3231 01:53:05,145 --> 01:53:05,912 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE LETTER 3232 01:53:05,912 --> 01:53:07,981 FROM CORCORAN, WHAT THAT DID, 3233 01:53:07,981 --> 01:53:09,816 THE REACTION, THE LOTS OF MEDIA 3234 01:53:09,816 --> 01:53:11,652 THAT WERE BROUGHT IN, A LOT OF 3235 01:53:11,652 --> 01:53:14,588 FOCUS WITH THE MEDIA FOR OUR 3236 01:53:14,588 --> 01:53:15,489 FINANCIAL ISSUES. 3237 01:53:15,489 --> 01:53:16,690 AS GREAT AS THEY WERE, I THINK 3238 01:53:16,690 --> 01:53:20,661 THERE WAS A LOT OF LIMELIGHT FOR 3239 01:53:20,661 --> 01:53:21,495 THAT THAT WASN'T NECESSARY. 3240 01:53:21,495 --> 01:53:23,864 I THINK THAT WAS A LOT OF 3241 01:53:23,864 --> 01:53:24,131 LIMELIGHT. 3242 01:53:24,131 --> 01:53:25,232 AS WE TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT 3243 01:53:25,232 --> 01:53:26,767 BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID OR DONE, 3244 01:53:26,767 --> 01:53:28,769 I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT 3245 01:53:28,769 --> 01:53:30,737 AS A GROUP, AS AN ORGANIZATION, 3246 01:53:30,737 --> 01:53:35,642 WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING TO MAKE 3247 01:53:35,642 --> 01:53:36,543 THAT NEGATIVE. 3248 01:53:36,543 --> 01:53:38,545 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 3249 01:53:38,545 --> 01:53:39,646 WE'RE THE WORST FINANCIAL 3250 01:53:39,646 --> 01:53:41,181 DISTRICT EVER IN THE HISTORY AND 3251 01:53:41,181 --> 01:53:43,116 WE'VE COME BACK ALL THIS WAY, I 3252 01:53:43,116 --> 01:53:44,484 HONESTLY NEVER FELT THE THREAT 3253 01:53:44,484 --> 01:53:46,153 OF STATE TAKEOVER. 3254 01:53:46,153 --> 01:53:47,754 WHEN IT WAS $9 MILLION AND I 3255 01:53:47,754 --> 01:53:50,590 KNEW WE WERE MAKING THE CUTS AND 3256 01:53:50,590 --> 01:53:52,526 DOING WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, I 3257 01:53:52,526 --> 01:53:53,493 FELT THAT WAS IMPORTANT AS WELL. 3258 01:53:53,493 --> 01:53:54,961 I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE 3259 01:53:54,961 --> 01:53:59,199 GROUP AS A WHOLE AND WHAT WE'RE 3260 01:53:59,199 --> 01:53:59,499 DOING. 3261 01:53:59,499 --> 01:54:00,534 NOT JUST THE SCHOOL BOARD 3262 01:54:00,534 --> 01:54:02,769 MEMBERS BUT ALSO THE STAFF IN 3263 01:54:02,769 --> 01:54:03,737 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND 3264 01:54:03,737 --> 01:54:05,072 MAINTAINING THAT IS POSITIVE. 3265 01:54:05,072 --> 01:54:06,873 I NEVER REALLY FELT THAT THREAT. 3266 01:54:06,873 --> 01:54:08,008 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT 3267 01:54:08,008 --> 01:54:09,443 HAVE THAT INSTABILITY. 3268 01:54:09,443 --> 01:54:10,544 AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 3269 01:54:10,544 --> 01:54:13,747 MONEY WE RECEIVE FROM ESSER 2 3270 01:54:13,747 --> 01:54:15,549 AND 3, WHAT WE DO WITH THAT, HOW 3271 01:54:15,549 --> 01:54:17,317 MUCH IN THE FUND BUDGET, WHAT WE 3272 01:54:17,317 --> 01:54:19,152 DO WITH RESERVES, I THINK THAT 3273 01:54:19,152 --> 01:54:19,920 IS ALSO JUST AS IMPORTANT TO 3274 01:54:19,920 --> 01:54:23,356 MEMBERS AND IS THAT TRUE OR NOT? 3275 01:54:23,356 --> 01:54:23,757 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3276 01:54:23,757 --> 01:54:25,025 OUR INTENT HERE TODAY IS NOT TO 3277 01:54:25,025 --> 01:54:27,060 BE CRITICAL OF ANYBODY 3278 01:54:27,060 --> 01:54:27,994 INDIVIDUALLY, NOT TO BE CRITICAL 3279 01:54:27,994 --> 01:54:29,529 OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, BUT TO 3280 01:54:29,529 --> 01:54:31,098 MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THE 3281 01:54:31,098 --> 01:54:32,632 SAME THINGS THAT WE HELP YOUR 3282 01:54:32,632 --> 01:54:34,000 STAFF BECOME AWARE OF SO THAT 3283 01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:35,435 YOU ARE PROTECTED. 3284 01:54:35,435 --> 01:54:36,837 YOU ARE RIGHT. 3285 01:54:36,837 --> 01:54:39,039 THE LETTER WAS WIDELY 3286 01:54:39,039 --> 01:54:39,372 DISSEMINATED. 3287 01:54:39,372 --> 01:54:41,742 IT WAS SEEN BY A LOT OF FOLKS. 3288 01:54:41,742 --> 01:54:43,176 SOME FOLKS TOOK THAT AS A 3289 01:54:43,176 --> 01:54:43,443 NEGATIVE. 3290 01:54:43,443 --> 01:54:45,011 OTHERS TOOK IT AS A POSITIVE AND 3291 01:54:45,011 --> 01:54:46,780 SAID, HEY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE 3292 01:54:46,780 --> 01:54:48,348 FORCED INTO DOING SOMETHING THEY 3293 01:54:48,348 --> 01:54:49,516 MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE WILLING 3294 01:54:49,516 --> 01:54:50,250 TO DO. 3295 01:54:50,250 --> 01:54:51,418 WE'VE HEARD THOSE KINDS OF 3296 01:54:51,418 --> 01:54:54,287 COMMENTS BACK FROM THE MARKET. 3297 01:54:54,287 --> 01:54:55,822 BUT, YES, TO THE EXTENT THAT 3298 01:54:55,822 --> 01:54:57,524 THEY SEE YOU TOGETHER WORKING 3299 01:54:57,524 --> 01:54:59,826 TOWARDS A PLAN AND SEE YOU 3300 01:54:59,826 --> 01:55:02,696 SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, ABSOLUTELY, 3301 01:55:02,696 --> 01:55:05,432 THAT IS BENEFICIAL. 3302 01:55:05,432 --> 01:55:07,601 >>Nadia Combs: WHAT PERCENTAGE 3303 01:55:07,601 --> 01:55:08,702 DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE 3304 01:55:08,702 --> 01:55:11,805 OVERALL IN THE FUND BUDGET? 3305 01:55:11,805 --> 01:55:14,775 >> THERE IS NO MAGIC NUMBER, BUT 3306 01:55:14,775 --> 01:55:17,944 YOU WOULD SEE THAT IF -- IF YOUR 3307 01:55:17,944 --> 01:55:19,780 GOAL WAS TO BE IN THAT HIGHER 3308 01:55:19,780 --> 01:55:22,082 ECHELON OF RATINGS, IT WOULD BE 3309 01:55:22,082 --> 01:55:25,152 NORTH OF 10%. 3310 01:55:25,152 --> 01:55:29,422 THAT'S ON AN UNDESIGNATED BASIS. 3311 01:55:29,422 --> 01:55:32,025 AT LEAST ONE RATING AGENCY HAS 3312 01:55:32,025 --> 01:55:35,562 SAID IN THEIR LATEST REPORT IS 3313 01:55:35,562 --> 01:55:38,064 THEY DON'T VIEW ESSERs AS A 3314 01:55:38,064 --> 01:55:39,299 SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. 3315 01:55:39,299 --> 01:55:41,201 THEY VIEW THAT AS A STOPGAP, 3316 01:55:41,201 --> 01:55:44,171 THAT SINCE THEY ARE NOT 3317 01:55:44,171 --> 01:55:45,806 RECURRING MONIES, THAT THAT 3318 01:55:45,806 --> 01:55:46,940 SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED PART OF 3319 01:55:46,940 --> 01:55:47,707 THE SOLUTION. 3320 01:55:47,707 --> 01:55:49,209 THAT'S JUST A BRIDGE TO MAKING 3321 01:55:49,209 --> 01:55:50,377 TOUGHER DECISIONS. 3322 01:55:50,377 --> 01:55:52,779 IF YOU'D LIKE, CAN I READ YOU 3323 01:55:52,779 --> 01:55:53,547 THEIR COMMENT. 3324 01:55:53,547 --> 01:55:55,649 >>Nadia Combs: I THINK OVERALL 3325 01:55:55,649 --> 01:55:57,884 THE BOARD REALIZES THAT IS NOT A 3326 01:55:57,884 --> 01:55:58,752 REOCCURRING FUND. 3327 01:55:58,752 --> 01:56:00,387 THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TAKEN THE 3328 01:56:00,387 --> 01:56:01,521 DRASTIC MEASURES WITH CUTS AND 3329 01:56:01,521 --> 01:56:02,856 WE ARE BEING FISCALLY 3330 01:56:02,856 --> 01:56:03,790 RESPONSIBLE. 3331 01:56:03,790 --> 01:56:05,258 BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 3332 01:56:05,258 --> 01:56:06,827 TO KNOW THAT AS THE BOND RATING 3333 01:56:06,827 --> 01:56:08,795 HAS DECREASED, IT'S MULTIPLE 3334 01:56:08,795 --> 01:56:09,796 REASONS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE 3335 01:56:09,796 --> 01:56:10,797 BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WHEN YOU 3336 01:56:10,797 --> 01:56:12,833 CAME IN, WE REALLY JUST TALKED 3337 01:56:12,833 --> 01:56:13,800 ABOUT THE BOARD MEMBERS. 3338 01:56:13,800 --> 01:56:16,336 I THINK WE NEED TO ALL REALIZE 3339 01:56:16,336 --> 01:56:18,839 THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF -- I 3340 01:56:18,839 --> 01:56:20,173 DON'T THINK -- BUT WE DIDN'T 3341 01:56:20,173 --> 01:56:21,808 REALLY DISCUSS THE OVERALL. 3342 01:56:21,808 --> 01:56:23,476 I PERSONALLY THINK THE LETTER 3343 01:56:23,476 --> 01:56:26,479 FROM THE DOE WAS PROBABLY A 3344 01:56:26,479 --> 01:56:27,948 REALLY, REALLY NEGATIVE. 3345 01:56:27,948 --> 01:56:28,582 I DON'T SEE ANYTHING POSITIVE 3346 01:56:28,582 --> 01:56:29,783 THAT CAME OUT OF THAT. 3347 01:56:29,783 --> 01:56:31,351 IN THE END, I REALLY FELT WE 3348 01:56:31,351 --> 01:56:32,452 WERE GOING TO BE OKAY. 3349 01:56:32,452 --> 01:56:34,020 THAT'S JUST ME AS A PERSONAL 3350 01:56:34,020 --> 01:56:35,488 BOARD MEMBER SAYING THAT. 3351 01:56:35,488 --> 01:56:39,326 I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE BOARD. 3352 01:56:39,326 --> 01:56:40,627 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 3353 01:56:40,627 --> 01:56:41,061 COMBS. 3354 01:56:41,061 --> 01:56:42,529 EXCELLENT POINTS. 3355 01:56:42,529 --> 01:56:44,364 MEMBER VAUGHN WILL WANT TO SPEAK 3356 01:56:44,364 --> 01:56:46,933 OR HAVE SOME COMMENTS. 3357 01:56:46,933 --> 01:56:48,268 MS. JOHNSON, ARE YOU PREPARED 3358 01:56:48,268 --> 01:56:51,538 FOLLOWING MEMBER VAUGHN TO BEGIN 3359 01:56:51,538 --> 01:56:54,941 YOUR FINANCE MEETING? 3360 01:56:54,941 --> 01:56:55,742 MEMBER VAUGHN. 3361 01:56:55,742 --> 01:56:56,810 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. 3362 01:56:56,810 --> 01:57:00,814 CAN YOU HEAR ME THIS TIME? 3363 01:57:00,814 --> 01:57:01,748 >>Lynn Gray: YES, WE CAN HEAR 3364 01:57:01,748 --> 01:57:03,283 YOU. 3365 01:57:03,283 --> 01:57:04,284 >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. 3366 01:57:04,284 --> 01:57:04,751 GOOD. 3367 01:57:04,751 --> 01:57:06,887 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 3368 01:57:06,887 --> 01:57:09,456 THERE'S A HORRIBLE ECHO. 3369 01:57:09,456 --> 01:57:11,124 THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. 3370 01:57:11,124 --> 01:57:14,494 I SEE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR TO 3371 01:57:14,494 --> 01:57:15,729 MEMBER SNIVELY, BUT IT'S 3372 01:57:15,729 --> 01:57:17,731 ACTUALLY LESS CLEAR TO ME. 3373 01:57:17,731 --> 01:57:20,667 AND I HAD A QUESTION, ESPECIALLY 3374 01:57:20,667 --> 01:57:21,935 SINCE MS. JOHNSON WAS THE ONE 3375 01:57:21,935 --> 01:57:23,336 WHO ASKED FOR THIS TO COME IN. 3376 01:57:23,336 --> 01:57:26,106 TO ME, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT 3377 01:57:26,106 --> 01:57:27,974 IT'S CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL THAT OUR 3378 01:57:27,974 --> 01:57:30,110 STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR FINANCE 3379 01:57:30,110 --> 01:57:32,779 TEAM GIVE US THE MOST UPDATED 3380 01:57:32,779 --> 01:57:34,848 AND ACCURATE INFORMATION WHEN IT 3381 01:57:34,848 --> 01:57:36,483 COMES TO THE BUDGET. 3382 01:57:36,483 --> 01:57:38,151 AND WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, AS 3383 01:57:38,151 --> 01:57:39,552 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING 3384 01:57:39,552 --> 01:57:42,489 THAT BOARD MEMBERS SAY OR 3385 01:57:42,489 --> 01:57:43,857 MUNICIPAL OFFICERS, I WANT TO GO 3386 01:57:43,857 --> 01:57:45,859 BACK TO KIND OF THE POINT THAT 3387 01:57:45,859 --> 01:57:47,928 MEMBER COMBS MADE AS IN WHAT IS 3388 01:57:47,928 --> 01:57:50,664 THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR STAFF 3389 01:57:50,664 --> 01:57:50,897 MEMBERS? 3390 01:57:50,897 --> 01:57:54,734 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PREVIOUS TO 3391 01:57:54,734 --> 01:57:56,903 THE TALLAHASSEE RELEASING OUR 3392 01:57:56,903 --> 01:57:58,772 ESSER FUNDS, MS. JOHNSON WAS AT 3393 01:57:58,772 --> 01:58:01,942 A CAC MEETING WHERE SHE 3394 01:58:01,942 --> 01:58:03,510 DISCLOSED EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE 3395 01:58:03,510 --> 01:58:06,212 WERE GETTING AND WHAT OUR 3396 01:58:06,212 --> 01:58:07,347 FINANCES WERE GOING TO LOOK LIKE 3397 01:58:07,347 --> 01:58:09,416 AS FAR AS ESSER COMING A WEEK 3398 01:58:09,416 --> 01:58:11,184 BEFORE IT WAS DISCLOSED TO BOARD 3399 01:58:11,184 --> 01:58:11,418 MEMBERS. 3400 01:58:11,418 --> 01:58:12,919 AND I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN 3401 01:58:12,919 --> 01:58:14,421 ANSWER OF WHERE THAT INFORMATION 3402 01:58:14,421 --> 01:58:16,957 CAME FROM OR HOW SHE HAD ACCESS 3403 01:58:16,957 --> 01:58:18,925 TO IT TO WHEN WE DIDN'T. 3404 01:58:18,925 --> 01:58:20,493 I'D LOVE SOME CLARITY -- AND I 3405 01:58:20,493 --> 01:58:23,530 KNOW THAT MADE THE MEDIA -- THE 3406 01:58:23,530 --> 01:58:25,065 MEDIA REPORTED ON THAT. 3407 01:58:25,065 --> 01:58:27,434 I'D LOVE SOME CLARITY AS FAR AS 3408 01:58:27,434 --> 01:58:28,101 STAFF MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITY IN 3409 01:58:28,101 --> 01:58:29,002 MAKING SURE THE BOARD MEMBERS 3410 01:58:29,002 --> 01:58:32,339 HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY 3411 01:58:32,339 --> 01:58:34,841 NEED TO BE ACCURATE. 3412 01:58:34,841 --> 01:58:35,308 THANK YOU. 3413 01:58:35,308 --> 01:58:37,043 >>Lynn Gray: IS THAT A QUESTION, 3414 01:58:37,043 --> 01:58:37,577 MR. SMITH? 3415 01:58:37,577 --> 01:58:39,112 DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER IT? 3416 01:58:39,112 --> 01:58:46,653 >> HAPPY TO COMMENT ON. 3417 01:58:46,653 --> 01:58:48,088 THE RELATIONSHIP IS A BOARD AND 3418 01:58:48,088 --> 01:58:48,855 STAFF RELATIONSHIP. 3419 01:58:48,855 --> 01:58:51,124 I'M NOT COMMENTING ON THAT. 3420 01:58:51,124 --> 01:58:52,959 THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT, BUT 3421 01:58:52,959 --> 01:58:53,593 MS. JOHNSON OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE 3422 01:58:53,593 --> 01:58:55,028 SEEN AS SOMEBODY WITH KNOWLEDGE. 3423 01:58:55,028 --> 01:58:57,030 SHE IS YOUR CFO. 3424 01:58:57,030 --> 01:58:59,099 FROM A SECURITIES STANDPOINT, 3425 01:58:59,099 --> 01:59:00,000 THE INVESTORS PAID ATTENTION TO 3426 01:59:00,000 --> 01:59:05,171 THAT. 3427 01:59:05,171 --> 01:59:06,272 NOBODY IS REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY 3428 01:59:06,272 --> 01:59:07,474 COMMENTS AT ALL. 3429 01:59:07,474 --> 01:59:09,242 IT'S VERY HARD NOT TO MAKE ANY 3430 01:59:09,242 --> 01:59:09,976 COMMENTS, OBVIOUSLY. 3431 01:59:09,976 --> 01:59:11,544 AS A CORPORATION, YOU MIGHT HAVE 3432 01:59:11,544 --> 01:59:12,812 A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. 3433 01:59:12,812 --> 01:59:15,749 BUT AS A GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE ARE 3434 01:59:15,749 --> 01:59:17,450 WANTING INFORMATION ALL THE 3435 01:59:17,450 --> 01:59:17,817 TIME. 3436 01:59:17,817 --> 01:59:19,352 SOME CORPORATIONS HAVE NO 3437 01:59:19,352 --> 01:59:20,987 DISCLOSURE COMING OUT. 3438 01:59:20,987 --> 01:59:23,623 OTHERS DO TALK ABOUT IT FROM 3439 01:59:23,623 --> 01:59:24,457 TIME TO TIME. 3440 01:59:24,457 --> 01:59:25,358 OBVIOUSLY, GIVE MS. JOHNSON AN 3441 01:59:25,358 --> 01:59:26,526 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT, 3442 01:59:26,526 --> 01:59:27,694 BUT HER RESPONSIBILITY, SHE 3443 01:59:27,694 --> 01:59:29,362 WOULD BE SEEN AS SOMEBODY WHO 3444 01:59:29,362 --> 01:59:31,064 HAS FROM A SECURITIES 3445 01:59:31,064 --> 01:59:31,698 PERSPECTIVE, SHE IS DEFINITELY 3446 01:59:31,698 --> 01:59:33,600 SEEN AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS 3447 01:59:33,600 --> 01:59:34,634 KNOWLEDGE AND WOULD BE SOMEBODY 3448 01:59:34,634 --> 01:59:38,872 TO PAY ATTENTION TO. 3449 01:59:38,872 --> 01:59:39,739 >>Ro Johnson: THIS IS NOT JUST 3450 01:59:39,739 --> 01:59:40,707 FOR THE BOARD. 3451 01:59:40,707 --> 01:59:42,809 IT'S FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS -- LIKE 3452 01:59:42,809 --> 01:59:44,677 MY POSITION, ANYBODY WITH 3453 01:59:44,677 --> 01:59:45,879 INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN 3454 01:59:45,879 --> 01:59:47,414 REPRESENT THE DISTRICT AS A 3455 01:59:47,414 --> 01:59:47,814 WHOLE. 3456 01:59:47,814 --> 01:59:49,516 I LOOK AT THE DISTRICT AS A 3457 01:59:49,516 --> 01:59:51,117 HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IT. 3458 01:59:51,117 --> 01:59:52,986 SO INFORMATION SHARED, I TRY TO 3459 01:59:52,986 --> 01:59:54,454 BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. 3460 01:59:54,454 --> 01:59:56,556 I TRY TO GIVE DETAILED 3461 01:59:56,556 --> 01:59:56,923 INFORMATION. 3462 01:59:56,923 --> 01:59:59,492 IT'S ABOUT BUILDING TRUST AND 3463 01:59:59,492 --> 02:00:01,261 BUILDING AWARENESS, AND WITH 3464 02:00:01,261 --> 02:00:03,063 THAT BEING SAID, WHEN I GET IN 3465 02:00:03,063 --> 02:00:05,732 FRONT OF A CROWD, IF I HAVE 3466 02:00:05,732 --> 02:00:06,800 INTIMATE INFORMATION ABOUT 3467 02:00:06,800 --> 02:00:08,168 SOMETHING, IT'S MY ROLE TO SHARE 3468 02:00:08,168 --> 02:00:10,103 AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, IF I CAN, 3469 02:00:10,103 --> 02:00:14,174 TO PUT A GOOD SPIN ON THE 3470 02:00:14,174 --> 02:00:16,109 CRUCIAL FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS 3471 02:00:16,109 --> 02:00:17,077 THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT. 3472 02:00:17,077 --> 02:00:18,478 I'M LOOKING AT THE STATE OF THE 3473 02:00:18,478 --> 02:00:20,413 DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. 3474 02:00:20,413 --> 02:00:21,681 I'M NOT TRYING TO GO OUT THERE 3475 02:00:21,681 --> 02:00:22,615 AND SHARING ANYTHING THAT NO 3476 02:00:22,615 --> 02:00:24,784 BOARD MEMBERS IS NOT AWARE OF, 3477 02:00:24,784 --> 02:00:26,252 AND I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY 3478 02:00:26,252 --> 02:00:30,123 FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU GUYS WAS 3479 02:00:30,123 --> 02:00:30,390 NOT AWARE. 3480 02:00:30,390 --> 02:00:31,758 I WAS ASSURED THE MONEY WOULD BE 3481 02:00:31,758 --> 02:00:33,960 COMING SOON, SO THAT WAS MY 3482 02:00:33,960 --> 02:00:35,328 POSITION, AND I STICK WITH THAT 3483 02:00:35,328 --> 02:00:35,595 POSITION. 3484 02:00:35,595 --> 02:00:37,163 EVERY TIME I GIVE A FINANCIAL 3485 02:00:37,163 --> 02:00:38,098 UPDATE, I TRY TO MAKE SURE IT 3486 02:00:38,098 --> 02:00:40,233 GETS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FIRST 3487 02:00:40,233 --> 02:00:43,770 BEFORE IT COMES YOU GUYS HERE 3488 02:00:43,770 --> 02:00:44,671 OUTSIDE OF THAT. 3489 02:00:44,671 --> 02:00:45,738 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER VAUGHN, THAT 3490 02:00:45,738 --> 02:00:47,373 IS A RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION. 3491 02:00:47,373 --> 02:00:48,241 DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR 3492 02:00:48,241 --> 02:00:49,976 TWO? 3493 02:00:49,976 --> 02:00:51,544 >>Jessica Vaughn: I WAS JUST 3494 02:00:51,544 --> 02:00:53,780 CURIOUS WHERE MS. JOHNSON GOT 3495 02:00:53,780 --> 02:00:55,949 THAT INFORMATION FROM. 3496 02:00:55,949 --> 02:00:56,216 >> OKAY. 3497 02:00:56,216 --> 02:00:59,853 SHE'S GOING TO RESPOND. 3498 02:00:59,853 --> 02:01:02,155 >>Ro Johnson: WELL, A LOT OF 3499 02:01:02,155 --> 02:01:03,456 CFOs, WE MEET TOGETHER. 3500 02:01:03,456 --> 02:01:05,258 INFORMATION IS SHARED AND GIVEN 3501 02:01:05,258 --> 02:01:07,327 DETAILS OF WHERE IT COME FROM. 3502 02:01:07,327 --> 02:01:08,128 I DON'T KNOW A PARTICULAR. 3503 02:01:08,128 --> 02:01:11,097 BUT THE CFOs, WE DO HAVE A 3504 02:01:11,097 --> 02:01:12,765 NETWORK THAT WE MEET TOGETHER 3505 02:01:12,765 --> 02:01:14,968 AND WE DISCUSS INFORMATION. 3506 02:01:14,968 --> 02:01:16,936 AND INSIDE THE DISTRICT, THE 3507 02:01:16,936 --> 02:01:17,770 INFORMATION SOMETIMES IS SHARED 3508 02:01:17,770 --> 02:01:18,905 BEFORE IT GETS TO THE BOARD 3509 02:01:18,905 --> 02:01:20,440 MEMBERS. 3510 02:01:20,440 --> 02:01:20,974 >>Lynn Gray: OKAY. 3511 02:01:20,974 --> 02:01:21,908 THAT'S THE RESPONSE. 3512 02:01:21,908 --> 02:01:23,576 MEMBER VAUGHN, SHOULD WE GO 3513 02:01:23,576 --> 02:01:24,711 AHEAD AND DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER 3514 02:01:24,711 --> 02:01:26,713 QUESTION, AND THEN WE'RE GOING 3515 02:01:26,713 --> 02:01:30,683 TO HAVE MS. JOHNSON CONTINUE HER 3516 02:01:30,683 --> 02:01:33,686 FINANCIAL INTERACTIVE SITUATION 3517 02:01:33,686 --> 02:01:34,988 THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE. 3518 02:01:34,988 --> 02:01:35,622 >>Jessica Vaughn: NO. 3519 02:01:35,622 --> 02:01:36,623 I CAN MOVE ON. 3520 02:01:36,623 --> 02:01:36,890 THANK YOU. 3521 02:01:36,890 --> 02:01:37,590 >>Lynn Gray: OKAY. 3522 02:01:37,590 --> 02:01:41,594 THANK YOU. 3523 02:01:41,594 --> 02:01:46,599 FIRST, LET ME THANK MR. FORD AND 3524 02:01:46,599 --> 02:01:47,167 MR. SMITH. 3525 02:01:47,167 --> 02:01:49,335 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT AMOUNT 3526 02:01:49,335 --> 02:01:51,371 OF EDUCATION YOU JUST GAVE US. 3527 02:01:51,371 --> 02:01:52,872 AND I APPRECIATE IT. 3528 02:01:52,872 --> 02:01:55,074 AND IT DOES MAKE US ALL PAUSE TO 3529 02:01:55,074 --> 02:01:58,044 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY 3530 02:01:58,044 --> 02:01:59,245 RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE 3531 02:01:59,245 --> 02:02:00,280 SPECULATE, FROM WHAT WE HEAR 3532 02:02:00,280 --> 02:02:02,682 FROM OUR CFO AND SUPERINTENDENT 3533 02:02:02,682 --> 02:02:05,451 TO WHAT WE PUT ON PAPER, SOCIAL 3534 02:02:05,451 --> 02:02:08,121 MEDIA OR SAY TO THE TAMPA BAY 3535 02:02:08,121 --> 02:02:09,923 TIMES, ET CETERA. 3536 02:02:09,923 --> 02:02:12,392 I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF THAT WE 3537 02:02:12,392 --> 02:02:13,259 HEARD FROM YOU AND I APPRECIATE 3538 02:02:13,259 --> 02:02:15,562 IT, AND I KNOW THE BOARD MEMBERS 3539 02:02:15,562 --> 02:02:16,196 DO, TOO. 3540 02:02:16,196 --> 02:02:17,297 HAVE A GREAT DAY. 3541 02:02:17,297 --> 02:02:18,364 >> I KNOW THAT YOU ARE GLAD THAT 3542 02:02:18,364 --> 02:02:19,699 YOU GOT THE SHORT VERSION AND 3543 02:02:19,699 --> 02:02:22,202 NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH WHAT THE 3544 02:02:22,202 --> 02:02:23,436 STAFF HAS DEALT WITH MULTIPLE 3545 02:02:23,436 --> 02:02:25,271 TIMES FROM US. 3546 02:02:25,271 --> 02:02:25,872 >>Lynn Gray: IF WE DO HAVE 3547 02:02:25,872 --> 02:02:28,374 SLEEPING DISORDERS, CAN I HAVE 3548 02:02:28,374 --> 02:02:31,177 THAT BOOKLET FOR THE INSOMNIA? 3549 02:02:31,177 --> 02:02:31,744 ALL RIGHT. 3550 02:02:31,744 --> 02:02:34,714 HAVE A GREAT DAY. 3551 02:02:34,714 --> 02:02:35,481 MS. JOHNSON. 3552 02:02:35,481 --> 02:02:36,182 >>Ro Johnson: WE'RE NOT GOING TO 3553 02:02:36,182 --> 02:02:37,483 GO OVER THE FINANCIAL REPORT 3554 02:02:37,483 --> 02:02:38,618 BECAUSE THAT WILL BE DONE AT THE 3555 02:02:38,618 --> 02:02:40,119 BOARD MEETING. 3556 02:02:40,119 --> 02:02:41,621 BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS 3557 02:02:41,621 --> 02:02:42,755 HAVE AN INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION 3558 02:02:42,755 --> 02:02:45,291 ON WHERE OUR FINANCES ARE 3559 02:02:45,291 --> 02:02:45,558 CURRENTLY. 3560 02:02:45,558 --> 02:02:47,026 THIS IS JUST AN INTERACTIVE. 3561 02:02:47,026 --> 02:02:49,762 THESE ARE NOT HARD-CORE NUMBERS 3562 02:02:49,762 --> 02:02:56,169 FOR US TO GET WOO-WOO ABOUT. 3563 02:02:56,169 --> 02:02:57,704 WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE BOARD 3564 02:02:57,704 --> 02:03:00,139 MEMBERS TO PROJECT SOME REVENUE 3565 02:03:00,139 --> 02:03:01,407 IDEAS, EXPENDITURE IDEAS AND 3566 02:03:01,407 --> 02:03:04,177 WE'RE GONNA PUT IT IN OUR 3567 02:03:04,177 --> 02:03:05,578 PowerPoint TO SEE THE IMPACT OF 3568 02:03:05,578 --> 02:03:06,913 WHATEVER YOU GUYS COME UP WITH 3569 02:03:06,913 --> 02:03:08,348 AND THE IMPACT OF THE ESSER 3570 02:03:08,348 --> 02:03:10,250 MONEY ON OUR BUDGET AND 3571 02:03:10,250 --> 02:03:10,550 EVERYTHING. 3572 02:03:10,550 --> 02:03:12,485 WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE 3573 02:03:12,485 --> 02:03:14,787 FINANCE TEAM. 3574 02:03:14,787 --> 02:03:16,256 IS EVERYONE READY? 3575 02:03:16,256 --> 02:03:17,657 >>Lynn Gray: WE MIGHT HAVE TO 3576 02:03:17,657 --> 02:03:18,591 TURN THE LIGHT OFF. 3577 02:03:18,591 --> 02:03:19,592 I CAN'T SEE THAT WELL. 3578 02:03:19,592 --> 02:03:20,827 BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT DO YOU 3579 02:03:20,827 --> 02:03:22,762 THINK, IF WE TURN THE LIGHTS 3580 02:03:22,762 --> 02:03:32,171 OFF, MAYBE WE CAN SEE IT BETTER. 3581 02:03:32,171 --> 02:03:33,339 IT LOOKS BLURRY. 3582 02:03:33,339 --> 02:03:35,375 LET'S GET THE LIGHTS OFF IN THE 3583 02:03:35,375 --> 02:03:57,297 FRONT JUST IN CASE. 3584 02:03:57,297 --> 02:03:59,799 WE HAVE A HALF HOUR UNTIL 12. 3585 02:03:59,799 --> 02:04:02,468 WE MAY HAVE TO GO OVER TO 12:30. 3586 02:04:02,468 --> 02:04:05,271 SO THERE'S PROBABLY AT BEST ONE 3587 02:04:05,271 --> 02:04:12,345 HOUR LEFT. 3588 02:04:12,345 --> 02:04:12,979 >>Ro Johnson: WE'RE GOING TO 3589 02:04:12,979 --> 02:04:15,581 START OFF, IN JUNE, FUND BALANCE 3590 02:04:15,581 --> 02:04:16,215 OF 31.8 MILLION. 3591 02:04:16,215 --> 02:04:18,217 AND AS YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT SOME 3592 02:04:18,217 --> 02:04:21,654 STRATEGIES TO CLOSE THE GAP FOR 3593 02:04:21,654 --> 02:04:22,789 THE FISCAL YEAR. 3594 02:04:22,789 --> 02:04:26,092 THOSE STRATEGIES WAS TO USE 3595 02:04:26,092 --> 02:04:28,928 ESSER 2 FUNDING AND 24.4 MILLION 3596 02:04:28,928 --> 02:04:33,066 AND ALSO, WE USE ESSER ONE AND 3597 02:04:33,066 --> 02:04:34,834 TITLE 1 FUNDING, EVERYTHING 3598 02:04:34,834 --> 02:04:35,268 ELSE. 3599 02:04:35,268 --> 02:04:36,903 THAT'S ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO 3600 02:04:36,903 --> 02:04:38,338 CLOSE THE 24.1. 3601 02:04:38,338 --> 02:04:40,340 SO WE HAVE 48.5 MILLION TO GIVE 3602 02:04:40,340 --> 02:04:44,711 US A FUND BALANCE OF 80.3. 3603 02:04:44,711 --> 02:04:45,778 IS EVERYONE FOLLOWING ME WHERE 3604 02:04:45,778 --> 02:04:46,312 WE ARE? 3605 02:04:46,312 --> 02:04:47,880 >>Lynn Gray: IS THIS ON A PAGE 3606 02:04:47,880 --> 02:04:48,614 NUMBER, RO? 3607 02:04:48,614 --> 02:04:50,717 JUST SO WE CAN TURN TO THE PAGE 3608 02:04:50,717 --> 02:04:54,620 IN OUR BOOKLETS? 3609 02:04:54,620 --> 02:04:55,321 >>Ro Johnson: NO. 3610 02:04:55,321 --> 02:04:56,856 >>Lynn Gray: OH, THIS IS 3611 02:04:56,856 --> 02:04:57,156 INTERACTIVE. 3612 02:04:57,156 --> 02:04:58,891 SORRY. 3613 02:04:58,891 --> 02:04:59,926 >>Ro Johnson: WHAT WE DID, WE 3614 02:04:59,926 --> 02:05:02,362 TOOK THE BUDGET FOR EACH FISCAL 3615 02:05:02,362 --> 02:05:04,564 YEAR, LIKE FISCAL YEAR 22, 23, 3616 02:05:04,564 --> 02:05:06,366 24, 25, WE JUST KIND OF PROJECT 3617 02:05:06,366 --> 02:05:07,700 WHAT OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE 3618 02:05:07,700 --> 02:05:11,904 FOR THE NEXT YEAR, AND WE JUST 3619 02:05:11,904 --> 02:05:14,006 KEPT IT CONSTANT ACROSS THE 3620 02:05:14,006 --> 02:05:14,574 BOARD. 3621 02:05:14,574 --> 02:05:16,175 BUT LET'S GO UP TO THE REVENUES 3622 02:05:16,175 --> 02:05:18,511 BECAUSE WE DID CHANGE THE 3623 02:05:18,511 --> 02:05:18,878 REVENUES. 3624 02:05:18,878 --> 02:05:19,812 ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK TO THE 3625 02:05:19,812 --> 02:05:20,847 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES? 3626 02:05:20,847 --> 02:05:22,749 SHE REVISED THE REVENUE AND 3627 02:05:22,749 --> 02:05:23,850 EXPENDITURES FOR NEXT FISCAL 3628 02:05:23,850 --> 02:05:24,050 YEAR. 3629 02:05:24,050 --> 02:05:26,152 THIS IS FORECAST BASED ON 3630 02:05:26,152 --> 02:05:31,157 ASSUMPTIONS WE HAVE NOW. 3631 02:05:31,157 --> 02:05:33,259 >> THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR FISCAL 3632 02:05:33,259 --> 02:05:37,230 YEAR 2022, THEY ARE VERY, VERY 3633 02:05:37,230 --> 02:05:37,797 CONSERVATIVE. 3634 02:05:37,797 --> 02:05:40,166 WE USE THE FIRST CALCULATION WE 3635 02:05:40,166 --> 02:05:41,200 GOT FROM THE STATE WHICH 3636 02:05:41,200 --> 02:05:42,935 ACTUALLY REDUCED OUR STATE 3637 02:05:42,935 --> 02:05:44,470 REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF 3638 02:05:44,470 --> 02:05:45,972 STUDENTS WE PROJECT TO HAVE NEXT 3639 02:05:45,972 --> 02:05:46,439 YEAR. 3640 02:05:46,439 --> 02:05:48,341 SO OUR STATE REVENUE ACTUALLY 3641 02:05:48,341 --> 02:05:51,043 REDUCED BY 19 MILLION. 3642 02:05:51,043 --> 02:05:53,146 HOWEVER, REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT 3643 02:05:53,146 --> 02:05:54,080 WENT UP. 3644 02:05:54,080 --> 02:05:55,014 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO 3645 02:05:55,014 --> 02:05:56,983 IS ABOUT 6 MILLION OVERALL. 3646 02:05:56,983 --> 02:06:00,086 SO REVENUES ARE REFLECTING 3647 02:06:00,086 --> 02:06:02,922 APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION 3648 02:06:02,922 --> 02:06:04,090 REDUCTION. 3649 02:06:04,090 --> 02:06:06,726 EXPENDITURES, WE JUST FOR 3650 02:06:06,726 --> 02:06:07,894 EXPEDIENCY SAKES WE LEFT 3651 02:06:07,894 --> 02:06:11,364 SALARIES THE SAME, BUT WE DID 3652 02:06:11,364 --> 02:06:13,499 KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE -- 3653 02:06:13,499 --> 02:06:14,967 INCREASE AND HALF A YEAR IN 3654 02:06:14,967 --> 02:06:16,936 INCREASE IN INSURANCE ABOUT 1.5 3655 02:06:16,936 --> 02:06:18,504 MILLION IN INSURANCE INCREASE. 3656 02:06:18,504 --> 02:06:23,109 THE OTHER INCREASES THAT WE USED 3657 02:06:23,109 --> 02:06:25,445 WAS WE INCREASED SUBSTITUTES 3658 02:06:25,445 --> 02:06:27,180 BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO 3659 02:06:27,180 --> 02:06:28,781 HAVE SUBSTITUTE NEXT YEAR BASED 3660 02:06:28,781 --> 02:06:31,617 ON THE STUDENTS RETURNING TO 3661 02:06:31,617 --> 02:06:32,919 BRICK AND MORTAR. 3662 02:06:32,919 --> 02:06:34,287 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES WE 3663 02:06:34,287 --> 02:06:36,122 INCREASED BECAUSE OF TEXTBOOK 3664 02:06:36,122 --> 02:06:36,823 ADOPTION THAT WE DID NOT HAVE 3665 02:06:36,823 --> 02:06:37,790 THIS YEAR. 3666 02:06:37,790 --> 02:06:39,692 WE'LL HAVE NEXT YEAR. 3667 02:06:39,692 --> 02:06:41,894 AND THAT ABOUT SUMS UP OUR 3668 02:06:41,894 --> 02:06:42,728 ASSUMPTIONS. 3669 02:06:42,728 --> 02:06:44,330 IT'S VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE. 3670 02:06:44,330 --> 02:06:45,731 IT'S GOING TO CHANGE. 3671 02:06:45,731 --> 02:06:47,467 WE'LL GET A SECOND CALCULATION 3672 02:06:47,467 --> 02:06:49,569 FROM DOE IN JULY. 3673 02:06:49,569 --> 02:06:53,005 WE'LL GET OUR PROPERTY TAX ROLLS 3674 02:06:53,005 --> 02:06:54,874 WILL BE CERTIFIED BY THE 3675 02:06:54,874 --> 02:06:57,376 PROPERTY TAX COLLECTOR MID JUNE, 3676 02:06:57,376 --> 02:06:59,612 LATE JUNE, SO THESE NUMBERS WILL 3677 02:06:59,612 --> 02:07:01,581 CHANGE, SO THEY ARE NOT SET IN 3678 02:07:01,581 --> 02:07:01,781 STONE. 3679 02:07:01,781 --> 02:07:04,750 THIS IS JUST FOR ILLUSTRATION. 3680 02:07:04,750 --> 02:07:06,152 >> FOR ILLUSTRATION, WE TOOK 3681 02:07:06,152 --> 02:07:07,119 CHARTER SCHOOL REVENUE. 3682 02:07:07,119 --> 02:07:08,654 WE ADDED REVENUE -- WE TOOK OUT 3683 02:07:08,654 --> 02:07:12,024 THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. 3684 02:07:12,024 --> 02:07:13,559 THIS LINE ITEM, WE'RE REMOVING 3685 02:07:13,559 --> 02:07:14,427 CHARTER SCHOOLS. 3686 02:07:14,427 --> 02:07:24,070 OUR REVENUE IS $1.5 BILLION. 3687 02:07:24,070 --> 02:07:25,972 WE MOVE CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM 3688 02:07:25,972 --> 02:07:28,508 HERE. 3689 02:07:28,508 --> 02:07:31,444 OVERALL, WE'RE SPENDING 3690 02:07:31,444 --> 02:07:32,311 $1.6 BILLION. 3691 02:07:32,311 --> 02:07:34,347 WE'RE SHOWING OPERATION 3692 02:07:34,347 --> 02:07:37,016 FINANCIAL DEFICIT OF 150 3693 02:07:37,016 --> 02:07:37,950 MILLION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE 3694 02:07:37,950 --> 02:07:39,151 EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO 3695 02:07:39,151 --> 02:07:41,487 HAPPEN IN THE FISCAL YEAR. 3696 02:07:41,487 --> 02:07:42,655 WE DON'T HAVE THE SEPARATION OF 3697 02:07:42,655 --> 02:07:44,457 THE EMPLOYEES OR THOSE MOVING 3698 02:07:44,457 --> 02:07:45,591 EMPLOYEES FROM ATTRITION. 3699 02:07:45,591 --> 02:07:47,927 SO THIS IS GOING TO BE DOWN A 3700 02:07:47,927 --> 02:07:48,995 LITTLE FURTHER. 3701 02:07:48,995 --> 02:07:53,232 BUT FOR THE SAKE OF IT, WE'RE 3702 02:07:53,232 --> 02:07:55,401 JUST GOING TO PLAY AN 3703 02:07:55,401 --> 02:07:56,502 INTERACTIVE GAME FOR BUDGETING 3704 02:07:56,502 --> 02:07:58,104 WITH THIS BEING OUR DEFICIT 3705 02:07:58,104 --> 02:08:01,140 BEING HERE, OPERATION DEFICIT. 3706 02:08:01,140 --> 02:08:03,276 CAN YOU GO DOWN FURTHER? 3707 02:08:03,276 --> 02:08:06,946 AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE TAKEN THE 3708 02:08:06,946 --> 02:08:09,348 80.3 MILLION THAT WE GET FOR THE 3709 02:08:09,348 --> 02:08:11,417 FUND BALANCE, WE'RE MOVING IT 3710 02:08:11,417 --> 02:08:13,219 OVER, OUR BEGINNING FUND 3711 02:08:13,219 --> 02:08:14,053 BALANCE. 3712 02:08:14,053 --> 02:08:17,223 AS YOU CAN SEE, IF WE DON'T DO 3713 02:08:17,223 --> 02:08:18,591 SOMETHING, WE DIDN'T PUT THOSE 3714 02:08:18,591 --> 02:08:19,625 EXPENDITURES IN HERE, THAT'S 3715 02:08:19,625 --> 02:08:21,761 GOING TO REDUCE THIS OVERALL 3716 02:08:21,761 --> 02:08:21,994 DEFICIT. 3717 02:08:21,994 --> 02:08:23,563 BUT WE'RE GONNA SAY WE'RE 3718 02:08:23,563 --> 02:08:24,830 DEALING WITH 70 MILLION. 3719 02:08:24,830 --> 02:08:28,134 THIS IS NOT A REAL DEFICIT RIGHT 3720 02:08:28,134 --> 02:08:30,102 NOW, BUT THIS GIVE YOU SOME KIND 3721 02:08:30,102 --> 02:08:32,305 OF IDEA, PROJECTION, WHAT THE 3722 02:08:32,305 --> 02:08:35,775 IMPACT OF OUR BEGINNING FUND 3723 02:08:35,775 --> 02:08:37,977 BALANCE, 80.3 MILLION, AND WE'RE 3724 02:08:37,977 --> 02:08:41,514 OPERATING DEFICIT 150 MILLION. 3725 02:08:41,514 --> 02:08:42,848 EVERYBODY FOLLOWING ME? 3726 02:08:42,848 --> 02:08:45,618 WE'RE GOING TO BE IN DEFICIT 3727 02:08:45,618 --> 02:08:47,687 70.1 IF WE DIDN'T DO THINGS THAT 3728 02:08:47,687 --> 02:08:49,989 IMPACT THIS OVERALL DEFICIT. 3729 02:08:49,989 --> 02:08:52,558 SO LET'S GET STARTED. 3730 02:08:52,558 --> 02:08:54,660 WE'RE GONNA TAKE QUESTIONS FROM 3731 02:08:54,660 --> 02:08:57,396 THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO LIKE TO 3732 02:08:57,396 --> 02:08:59,932 PROJECT OUT SOME IDEAS, WHAT YOU 3733 02:08:59,932 --> 02:09:02,668 LIKE TO DO THIS FISCAL YEAR TO 3734 02:09:02,668 --> 02:09:05,605 HELP SOLVE THE OVERALL OPERATION 3735 02:09:05,605 --> 02:09:05,838 DEFICIT. 3736 02:09:05,838 --> 02:09:07,540 >>Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW, I HAVE 3737 02:09:07,540 --> 02:09:09,842 JUST A SILLY EXAMPLE, BUT JUST 3738 02:09:09,842 --> 02:09:12,278 TO GET EVERYBODY STARTED, HAD TO 3739 02:09:12,278 --> 02:09:14,380 SAVE SOME MONEY, AND, BY THE 3740 02:09:14,380 --> 02:09:16,482 WAY, THIS CAME FROM COUNTY 3741 02:09:16,482 --> 02:09:18,217 COMMISSIONER STACY WHITE A FEW 3742 02:09:18,217 --> 02:09:19,185 YEARS AGO. 3743 02:09:19,185 --> 02:09:22,588 TURNING OFF THE MARQUEES, THE 3744 02:09:22,588 --> 02:09:25,091 INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL MARQUEES EARLY 3745 02:09:25,091 --> 02:09:26,993 SO TO SAVE ELECTRICITY. 3746 02:09:26,993 --> 02:09:29,428 BUT I ONLY THROW THIS OUT THERE 3747 02:09:29,428 --> 02:09:32,465 JUST TO GET EVERYBODY GOING. 3748 02:09:32,465 --> 02:09:33,899 EXPENDITURES, WE'RE GOING TO 3749 02:09:33,899 --> 02:09:35,568 NEED MORE IN MENTAL HEALTH 3750 02:09:35,568 --> 02:09:36,969 SUPPORT TEAMS. 3751 02:09:36,969 --> 02:09:39,005 BOARD MEMBERS, JUST TELL ME WHEN 3752 02:09:39,005 --> 02:09:41,340 YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR GREAT 3753 02:09:41,340 --> 02:09:41,540 IDEAS. 3754 02:09:41,540 --> 02:09:44,076 BY THE WAY, RO, IS THAT AN IDEA? 3755 02:09:44,076 --> 02:09:49,015 IS THAT AN EXAMPLE OF AN IDEA? 3756 02:09:49,015 --> 02:09:49,682 >>Ro Johnson: YES. 3757 02:09:49,682 --> 02:09:50,349 >>Lynn Gray: I DIDN'T WANT TO 3758 02:09:50,349 --> 02:09:51,584 PUT THE BOARD MEMBERS IN THE 3759 02:09:51,584 --> 02:09:52,618 WRONG LANE. 3760 02:09:52,618 --> 02:09:53,919 >>Ro Johnson: I WANT TO SHOW THE 3761 02:09:53,919 --> 02:09:56,522 IMPACT OF THE ONE-TIME FUNDING, 3762 02:09:56,522 --> 02:09:56,756 THOUGH. 3763 02:09:56,756 --> 02:09:58,424 START OFF WITH THE ESSER 3764 02:09:58,424 --> 02:09:58,658 FUNDING. 3765 02:09:58,658 --> 02:10:01,360 I'LL GIVE IT A START. 3766 02:10:01,360 --> 02:10:03,295 EVERYONE SAY WE HAVE THE ESSER 3767 02:10:03,295 --> 02:10:04,764 FUNDING GOING TO SAVE THE DAY 3768 02:10:04,764 --> 02:10:07,033 AND ONE-TIME FUNDING, WHAT IT 3769 02:10:07,033 --> 02:10:09,769 DOES, IT GIVE US TIME BUT IT 3770 02:10:09,769 --> 02:10:11,671 DOESN'T ACTUALLY SAVE THE DAY. 3771 02:10:11,671 --> 02:10:13,105 WE TOOK 24 MILLION ALREADY OFF 3772 02:10:13,105 --> 02:10:16,509 THE ESSER FUNDING OF THE 80 -- 3773 02:10:16,509 --> 02:10:18,511 86 MILLION THAT WE GOT THE LUMP 3774 02:10:18,511 --> 02:10:18,678 SUM. 3775 02:10:18,678 --> 02:10:21,280 SO LET'S PUT THE BALANCE I THINK 3776 02:10:21,280 --> 02:10:27,953 IT'S LIKE 42 MILLION. 3777 02:10:27,953 --> 02:10:31,657 PUT THE 42, LET'S GO DOWN HERE, 3778 02:10:31,657 --> 02:10:32,958 EXPENDITURES. 3779 02:10:32,958 --> 02:10:35,394 THIS EQUATES TO, THIS IS WHAT 3780 02:10:35,394 --> 02:10:37,029 THE 42 MILLION HERE POSITIVE. 3781 02:10:37,029 --> 02:10:40,199 SO IF WE PLUG THE GAP WITH 42 3782 02:10:40,199 --> 02:10:41,200 MILLION POSITIVE AND THEN 3783 02:10:41,200 --> 02:10:54,246 ANOTHER LUMP SUM, I THINK 46 3784 02:10:54,246 --> 02:10:56,682 MILLION. 3785 02:10:56,682 --> 02:10:59,618 THIS IS THE OVERALL IMPACT. 3786 02:10:59,618 --> 02:11:07,593 I THINK SOMETHING IS NOT -- 3787 02:11:07,593 --> 02:11:13,766 >>Lynn Gray: RO, YOU MAY BE 3788 02:11:13,766 --> 02:11:14,600 LOSING US. 3789 02:11:14,600 --> 02:11:17,670 >>Ro Johnson: IT CHANGED. 3790 02:11:17,670 --> 02:11:19,205 ALL RIGHT. 3791 02:11:19,205 --> 02:11:22,508 SO WE POSITIVE 17 MILLION. 3792 02:11:22,508 --> 02:11:24,744 OUR FUND BALANCE BECOME 3793 02:11:24,744 --> 02:11:25,544 POSITIVE, 17.8 MILLION. 3794 02:11:25,544 --> 02:11:28,114 THAT'S WHAT THE ONE-TIME FUNDING 3795 02:11:28,114 --> 02:11:30,683 WITH, IF THAT ONE-TIME FUNDING 3796 02:11:30,683 --> 02:11:32,585 WAS USED, LET'S SAY WE'RE GONNA 3797 02:11:32,585 --> 02:11:34,787 USE IT ON NEW EXPENDITURES, 3798 02:11:34,787 --> 02:11:36,422 LET'S SEE WHAT IMPACTS THAT. 3799 02:11:36,422 --> 02:11:38,190 DO EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? 3800 02:11:38,190 --> 02:11:39,058 WE'LL TAKE THE REVENUE SOURCE 3801 02:11:39,058 --> 02:11:41,260 THAT COME IN AND WE'RE GONNA 3802 02:11:41,260 --> 02:11:42,962 MAYBE HOW ABOUT GIVE BONUSES. 3803 02:11:42,962 --> 02:11:44,430 BECAUSE I HEARD THAT SOME 3804 02:11:44,430 --> 02:11:46,732 DISTRICTS ARE GIVING BONUS WITH 3805 02:11:46,732 --> 02:11:48,267 THIS ONE-TIME FUNDING, AND I 3806 02:11:48,267 --> 02:11:51,437 THINK WE GOT LIKE 24,000 3807 02:11:51,437 --> 02:11:53,939 EMPLOYEES. 3808 02:11:53,939 --> 02:11:54,540 HOW ABOUT $24,000 IN BONUSES 3809 02:11:54,540 --> 02:11:56,709 WITH THE ONE-TIME MONEY? 3810 02:11:56,709 --> 02:11:59,545 USE IT TO GIVE OUT BONUSES. 3811 02:11:59,545 --> 02:12:03,315 24 MILLION. 3812 02:12:03,315 --> 02:12:05,785 >>Lynn Gray: THESE ARE YOUR 3813 02:12:05,785 --> 02:12:06,385 HYPOTHETICAL. 3814 02:12:06,385 --> 02:12:07,653 >>Ro Johnson: THAT'S WHAT I 3815 02:12:07,653 --> 02:12:07,853 WANT. 3816 02:12:07,853 --> 02:12:09,321 I WAS JUST GIVING IDEAS. 3817 02:12:09,321 --> 02:12:11,223 I MEAN, I WANT THOSE IDEAS TO 3818 02:12:11,223 --> 02:12:14,126 COME FROM YOU GUYS TO SEE THE 3819 02:12:14,126 --> 02:12:14,760 IMPACT. 3820 02:12:14,760 --> 02:12:15,327 OKAY. 3821 02:12:15,327 --> 02:12:18,164 WE GAVE BONUSES, THEN IT IMPACTS 3822 02:12:18,164 --> 02:12:20,166 OUR FUND BALANCE NEGATIVELY WITH 3823 02:12:20,166 --> 02:12:21,066 THIS ONE-TIME FUNDING. 3824 02:12:21,066 --> 02:12:22,434 THIS IS WITH ESSER. 3825 02:12:22,434 --> 02:12:25,337 DO ANYBODY GOT SOME IDEAS? 3826 02:12:25,337 --> 02:12:26,005 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER WASHINGTON, 3827 02:12:26,005 --> 02:12:28,007 DID YOU WANT TO SHARE AN IDEA? 3828 02:12:28,007 --> 02:12:28,941 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: 3829 02:12:28,941 --> 02:12:30,976 MS. JOHNSON, I THOUGHT WE WERE 3830 02:12:30,976 --> 02:12:33,212 -- ESSER TWO AND ESSER THREE 3831 02:12:33,212 --> 02:12:33,612 MONIES. 3832 02:12:33,612 --> 02:12:35,581 >>Ro Johnson: WE CAN USE THAT 3833 02:12:35,581 --> 02:12:35,848 TOO? 3834 02:12:35,848 --> 02:12:36,448 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: 3835 02:12:36,448 --> 02:12:38,584 EQUIVALENT OF WHAT, 400. 3836 02:12:38,584 --> 02:12:41,320 OVER 400 MILLION, RIGHT? 3837 02:12:41,320 --> 02:12:42,421 >>Ro Johnson: YOU WANT ME TO PUT 3838 02:12:42,421 --> 02:12:44,690 THE ESSER THREE IN THERE. 3839 02:12:44,690 --> 02:12:46,358 WE NEED TO GET SOME KIND OF 3840 02:12:46,358 --> 02:12:48,594 SUGGESTION, I WOULD THINK. 3841 02:12:48,594 --> 02:12:53,766 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SHAKE. 3842 02:12:53,766 --> 02:12:54,867 >>Ro Johnson: WHAT WE GONNA 3843 02:12:54,867 --> 02:12:56,402 SPEND THE 400 ON? 3844 02:12:56,402 --> 02:13:00,539 WE PUT IT IN HERE AS A POSITIVE. 3845 02:13:00,539 --> 02:13:04,210 WHAT ARE WE SPENDING IT ON 3846 02:13:04,210 --> 02:13:06,212 RECURRING EXPENDITURES OR 3847 02:13:06,212 --> 02:13:07,379 ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES IN THE 3848 02:13:07,379 --> 02:13:09,548 FUTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO 3849 02:13:09,548 --> 02:13:13,152 CREATE A PLAN TO SPEND 400K? 3850 02:13:13,152 --> 02:13:14,019 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: IT'S 3851 02:13:14,019 --> 02:13:16,188 NOT REOCCURRING. 3852 02:13:16,188 --> 02:13:16,689 >>Ro Johnson: CURRENT 3853 02:13:16,689 --> 02:13:17,523 EXPENDITURES ARE WHAT WE'RE 3854 02:13:17,523 --> 02:13:19,091 LIVING ON NOW. 3855 02:13:19,091 --> 02:13:23,229 BUT IF WE GONNA ADD 400K, ARE WE 3856 02:13:23,229 --> 02:13:26,398 GONNA INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURE 3857 02:13:26,398 --> 02:13:30,636 OR SOMETHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF 3858 02:13:30,636 --> 02:13:32,771 THE, YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY IN THE 3859 02:13:32,771 --> 02:13:33,472 DISTRICT? 3860 02:13:33,472 --> 02:13:34,106 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: I 3861 02:13:34,106 --> 02:13:37,176 WOULD THINK WE WOULD SPEND SOME 3862 02:13:37,176 --> 02:13:37,943 ON SALARIES FOR SOME OF THE 3863 02:13:37,943 --> 02:13:41,881 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT HAD 3864 02:13:41,881 --> 02:13:45,484 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PAY RAISES. 3865 02:13:45,484 --> 02:13:47,920 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ. 3866 02:13:47,920 --> 02:13:48,621 GO AHEAD. 3867 02:13:48,621 --> 02:13:49,822 THIS IS INTERACTIVE. 3868 02:13:49,822 --> 02:13:52,958 JUST ASK. 3869 02:13:52,958 --> 02:13:55,828 >>Karen Perez: [MICROPHONE NOT 3870 02:13:55,828 --> 02:13:56,762 ON] 3871 02:13:56,762 --> 02:13:57,863 >>Ro Johnson: THIS IS WHAT THE 3872 02:13:57,863 --> 02:13:58,764 ESSER DO. 3873 02:13:58,764 --> 02:14:02,134 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE QUALIFIED 3874 02:14:02,134 --> 02:14:03,135 EXPENDITURES TO ACTUALLY PULL 3875 02:14:03,135 --> 02:14:04,336 DOWN THE MONEY. 3876 02:14:04,336 --> 02:14:06,138 THEY DON'T GIVE US THE MONEY. 3877 02:14:06,138 --> 02:14:07,773 IT'S LIKE A GRANT. 3878 02:14:07,773 --> 02:14:09,775 SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE QUALIFIED 3879 02:14:09,775 --> 02:14:11,944 EXPENDITURES BASED ON THE 3880 02:14:11,944 --> 02:14:13,279 SPECIFICATION THAT'S WRITTEN IN 3881 02:14:13,279 --> 02:14:17,049 THE LANGUAGE OF THE GRANT. 3882 02:14:17,049 --> 02:14:18,284 YOU UNDERSTAND? 3883 02:14:18,284 --> 02:14:19,818 SO THIS IS NOT LIKE MONEY WE 3884 02:14:19,818 --> 02:14:23,155 COULD JUST SPEND IT ON ANYTHING 3885 02:14:23,155 --> 02:14:24,390 AND HAVE CRITERIA WHETHER 3886 02:14:24,390 --> 02:14:26,959 EXPENDITURES CAN HAPPEN. 3887 02:14:26,959 --> 02:14:28,127 >>Lynn Gray: SHAKE AND THEN I'LL 3888 02:14:28,127 --> 02:14:31,897 DO MY BEST AND THEN NADIA. 3889 02:14:31,897 --> 02:14:32,564 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: I'M 3890 02:14:32,564 --> 02:14:32,765 SORRY. 3891 02:14:32,765 --> 02:14:34,400 I KEEP BUTTING IN. 3892 02:14:34,400 --> 02:14:36,502 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SPENDING 3893 02:14:36,502 --> 02:14:38,070 MONIES ON NOW. 3894 02:14:38,070 --> 02:14:39,505 >>Ro Johnson: YOU CAN BUILD ON 3895 02:14:39,505 --> 02:14:39,805 ASSUMPTION. 3896 02:14:39,805 --> 02:14:40,439 EXPENDITURES WE CURRENTLY HAVE 3897 02:14:40,439 --> 02:14:42,675 IN THE DISTRICT OR WE'RE GONNA 3898 02:14:42,675 --> 02:14:43,776 GIVE INCREASES WITH THIS OR WHAT 3899 02:14:43,776 --> 02:14:45,577 WE GONNA DO? 3900 02:14:45,577 --> 02:14:47,613 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? 3901 02:14:47,613 --> 02:14:48,280 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: WHAT 3902 02:14:48,280 --> 02:14:51,550 I WOULD WANT TO DO IS SEE SOME 3903 02:14:51,550 --> 02:14:53,519 OF THAT MONEY GO TO THE 3904 02:14:53,519 --> 02:14:54,586 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS IN 3905 02:14:54,586 --> 02:14:57,690 DISTRICT FIVE BECAUSE WE'RE ON 3906 02:14:57,690 --> 02:15:02,161 ACADEMIC PRESSURE TO BRING UP 3907 02:15:02,161 --> 02:15:03,796 GRADES AS WELL AS PAYING 3908 02:15:03,796 --> 02:15:06,298 TEACHERS MORE MONEY. 3909 02:15:06,298 --> 02:15:08,200 >> LET'S EXPAND VPK IN THE 3910 02:15:08,200 --> 02:15:12,071 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS. 3911 02:15:12,071 --> 02:15:12,671 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: 3912 02:15:12,671 --> 02:15:13,005 THAT'S RIGHT. 3913 02:15:13,005 --> 02:15:15,607 TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS. 3914 02:15:15,607 --> 02:15:16,976 >>Lynn Gray: HOLD THE PHONE. 3915 02:15:16,976 --> 02:15:21,046 WOMEN CAN SPEND MONEY LIKE 3916 02:15:21,046 --> 02:15:22,247 ANYTHING AND -- 3917 02:15:22,247 --> 02:15:22,948 >>Ro Johnson: IT'S ONE THING IF 3918 02:15:22,948 --> 02:15:25,284 IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADDED COST. 3919 02:15:25,284 --> 02:15:26,919 WHAT I'M SEEING ADDITIONAL 3920 02:15:26,919 --> 02:15:28,454 EXPENDITURE, IS IT GOING TO BE 3921 02:15:28,454 --> 02:15:31,590 ADDITIONAL COST OVER AND ABOVE 3922 02:15:31,590 --> 02:15:33,926 WHAT WE ARE SPENDING NOW OR IT'S 3923 02:15:33,926 --> 02:15:35,561 GONNA BE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE 3924 02:15:35,561 --> 02:15:36,028 NOW. 3925 02:15:36,028 --> 02:15:39,131 THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. 3926 02:15:39,131 --> 02:15:41,367 IF WE GONNA ALLOCATE MORE 3927 02:15:41,367 --> 02:15:43,035 RESOURCES TO TEACHERS, WE CAN 3928 02:15:43,035 --> 02:15:45,537 PUT THAT UP THERE. 3929 02:15:45,537 --> 02:15:46,538 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: AND 3930 02:15:46,538 --> 02:15:47,072 DISTRICT 5 TRANSFORMATION 3931 02:15:47,072 --> 02:15:48,440 SCHOOLS. 3932 02:15:48,440 --> 02:15:51,310 >>Ro Johnson: LET'S SAY WE PUT 3933 02:15:51,310 --> 02:15:57,149 200K NEGATIVE RIGHT HERE, 200, 3934 02:15:57,149 --> 02:15:59,785 RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE 3935 02:15:59,785 --> 02:16:00,452 CREATING ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES 3936 02:16:00,452 --> 02:16:02,755 WITH THE 400K, RIGHT? 3937 02:16:02,755 --> 02:16:06,759 ALL RIGHTY. 3938 02:16:06,759 --> 02:16:08,761 200. 3939 02:16:08,761 --> 02:16:11,864 NOT 200,000 -- ALL RIGHTY. 3940 02:16:11,864 --> 02:16:14,266 SO THE IMPACT -- SEE, THIS IS 3941 02:16:14,266 --> 02:16:15,034 ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. 3942 02:16:15,034 --> 02:16:18,637 THIS IS WHAT ONE-TIME DOES. 3943 02:16:18,637 --> 02:16:20,205 ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES AND YOU 3944 02:16:20,205 --> 02:16:20,806 CREATE EXTRA EXPENDITURES WITH 3945 02:16:20,806 --> 02:16:23,175 IT, IT IMPACTS THE FUND BALANCE. 3946 02:16:23,175 --> 02:16:25,110 THAT 400K, JUST SAY WE -- THIS 3947 02:16:25,110 --> 02:16:26,879 IS THE ESSER MONEY IN THIS 3948 02:16:26,879 --> 02:16:28,547 FISCAL YEAR. 3949 02:16:28,547 --> 02:16:30,649 SO OUR FUND BALANCE 193.8. 3950 02:16:30,649 --> 02:16:33,986 THEN NEXT YEAR, WE'RE A BACK TO 3951 02:16:33,986 --> 02:16:34,386 43.3. 3952 02:16:34,386 --> 02:16:36,155 WE'RE STILL IN DEFICIT. 3953 02:16:36,155 --> 02:16:38,190 WE ARE IN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. 3954 02:16:38,190 --> 02:16:39,958 SO I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY 3955 02:16:39,958 --> 02:16:41,360 WE INFILTRATE INTO THIS 3956 02:16:41,360 --> 02:16:43,462 DISTRICT, IF WE DON'T SPEND IT 3957 02:16:43,462 --> 02:16:45,364 WISELY OR MAKE NECESSARY 3958 02:16:45,364 --> 02:16:48,500 REVENUES, ANYBODY GOT ANY 3959 02:16:48,500 --> 02:16:50,069 REVENUE IDEAS ABOUT? 3960 02:16:50,069 --> 02:16:51,136 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER COMBS HAS 3961 02:16:51,136 --> 02:16:53,105 BEEN RAISING HER HAND, AND 3962 02:16:53,105 --> 02:16:55,107 MEMBER PEREZ, DID YOU WANT TO 3963 02:16:55,107 --> 02:16:59,845 ASK A QUESTION? 3964 02:16:59,845 --> 02:17:01,613 >>Nadia Combs: I JUST HAD A 3965 02:17:01,613 --> 02:17:02,848 COUPLE OF THINGS. 3966 02:17:02,848 --> 02:17:03,916 OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO LOOK AT 3967 02:17:03,916 --> 02:17:05,684 GENERATING REVENUE, HOW WE'LL 3968 02:17:05,684 --> 02:17:06,585 GENERATE REVENUE. 3969 02:17:06,585 --> 02:17:08,554 MAYBE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT 3970 02:17:08,554 --> 02:17:10,489 GENERATE, CAN WE LOOK AT THAT 3971 02:17:10,489 --> 02:17:13,625 AND MAYBE TALK TO THEM, GENERATE 3972 02:17:13,625 --> 02:17:14,560 AS FAR AS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, 3973 02:17:14,560 --> 02:17:16,595 HOW THAT CAN BE ONE THING. 3974 02:17:16,595 --> 02:17:17,596 THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT. 3975 02:17:17,596 --> 02:17:18,931 THE OTHER THING IS REALLY 3976 02:17:18,931 --> 02:17:20,299 LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT 3977 02:17:20,299 --> 02:17:22,167 THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, 3978 02:17:22,167 --> 02:17:23,368 ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THE ONLINE 3979 02:17:23,368 --> 02:17:25,871 PROGRAMS THAT WE USE, LIKE HOW 3980 02:17:25,871 --> 02:17:27,072 OFTEN ARE THEY USED? 3981 02:17:27,072 --> 02:17:28,807 HOW WELL ARE THEY UTILIZED? 3982 02:17:28,807 --> 02:17:30,742 ARE WE RENEGOTIATING EVERY 3983 02:17:30,742 --> 02:17:32,277 SINGLE CONTRACT? 3984 02:17:32,277 --> 02:17:35,347 I GUESS THE EXPENDITURES WOULD 3985 02:17:35,347 --> 02:17:37,483 BE TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACTS. 3986 02:17:37,483 --> 02:17:40,252 ALSO, AS I'VE MENTIONED VERY 3987 02:17:40,252 --> 02:17:42,187 OFTEN, I THINK THE MOST IMPACT 3988 02:17:42,187 --> 02:17:43,422 OUR STUDENTS HAVE ARE ON THE 3989 02:17:43,422 --> 02:17:44,556 SCHOOL SITES. 3990 02:17:44,556 --> 02:17:47,759 SO CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THAT 3991 02:17:47,759 --> 02:17:51,630 TOP-DOWN, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 3992 02:17:51,630 --> 02:17:53,799 WHO ARE AREN'T -- WHO AREN'T ON 3993 02:17:53,799 --> 02:17:54,967 THE SCHOOL SITE THAT NEED TO BE 3994 02:17:54,967 --> 02:17:56,502 ON THE SCHOOL SITE. 3995 02:17:56,502 --> 02:17:58,737 FINALLY, MAYBE THAT HALF DAY. 3996 02:17:58,737 --> 02:17:59,738 I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN USED 3997 02:17:59,738 --> 02:18:04,710 TO THAT HALF DAY PROFESSIONAL 3998 02:18:04,710 --> 02:18:05,077 DAY. 3999 02:18:05,077 --> 02:18:06,145 IF WE CAN ADD THAT. 4000 02:18:06,145 --> 02:18:07,813 WE CAN'T DO IT NEXT YEAR BUT IN 4001 02:18:07,813 --> 02:18:09,281 THE FUTURE TO LOOK AT THOSE 4002 02:18:09,281 --> 02:18:10,482 PROFESSIONAL DAYS AND HOW WELL 4003 02:18:10,482 --> 02:18:11,550 THEY ARE UTILIZED. 4004 02:18:11,550 --> 02:18:14,086 HOW WELL THAT HALF DAY IS 4005 02:18:14,086 --> 02:18:15,521 UTILIZED BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT 4006 02:18:15,521 --> 02:18:17,089 OVERALL, OUR PAYROLL IS THE 4007 02:18:17,089 --> 02:18:18,090 BIGGEST IMPACT. 4008 02:18:18,090 --> 02:18:19,525 REALLY LOOKING AT THAT HALF DAY. 4009 02:18:19,525 --> 02:18:22,427 HOW DOES IT IMPACT US, HOW ARE 4010 02:18:22,427 --> 02:18:23,829 WE USING PROFESSIONAL DAYS? 4011 02:18:23,829 --> 02:18:25,898 CAN WE DECREASE THAT AND CAN 4012 02:18:25,898 --> 02:18:27,166 THAT INCREASE MORE PROFIT OR 4013 02:18:27,166 --> 02:18:29,635 MORE REVENUE FOR OUR DISTRICT, 4014 02:18:29,635 --> 02:18:33,272 SHOULD I SAY? 4015 02:18:33,272 --> 02:18:34,306 >>Lynn Gray: LET ME GO AHEAD. 4016 02:18:34,306 --> 02:18:35,974 THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. 4017 02:18:35,974 --> 02:18:38,043 THOSE ARE EXCELLENT POINTS. 4018 02:18:38,043 --> 02:18:39,511 BECAUSE THIS IS GETTING A LITTLE 4019 02:18:39,511 --> 02:18:43,282 MORE ECLECTIC THAN EFFICIENT AND 4020 02:18:43,282 --> 02:18:45,417 BECAUSE WE ARE SHORT ON TIME, 4021 02:18:45,417 --> 02:18:47,553 I'LL DO THE ROUND THAT WE 4022 02:18:47,553 --> 02:18:50,255 USUALLY DO SO EACH BOARD MEMBER 4023 02:18:50,255 --> 02:18:52,391 CAN EXPRESS WHATEVER THEY DO, 4024 02:18:52,391 --> 02:18:53,959 WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. 4025 02:18:53,959 --> 02:18:55,194 REGARDING GENERATE, WE ARE GOING 4026 02:18:55,194 --> 02:18:57,196 TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THAT AS 4027 02:18:57,196 --> 02:18:57,763 WELL. 4028 02:18:57,763 --> 02:19:02,434 JUST SO YOU KNOW. 4029 02:19:02,434 --> 02:19:03,769 MEMBER PEREZ, I THINK YOU WERE 4030 02:19:03,769 --> 02:19:06,038 NEXT. 4031 02:19:06,038 --> 02:19:07,673 MEMBER SNIVELY AND I KNOW MEMBER 4032 02:19:07,673 --> 02:19:09,541 VAUGHN IS ON THE PHONE. 4033 02:19:09,541 --> 02:19:11,743 MEMBER HAHN, DID YOU WANT TO 4034 02:19:11,743 --> 02:19:12,477 SPEAK? 4035 02:19:12,477 --> 02:19:13,045 NOT RIGHT NOW. 4036 02:19:13,045 --> 02:19:15,414 MEMBER PEREZ AND MS. JOHNSON, I 4037 02:19:15,414 --> 02:19:16,715 THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO 4038 02:19:16,715 --> 02:19:20,786 THIS, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE 4039 02:19:20,786 --> 02:19:22,554 COMMITTEE STRUCTURE TO PUT 4040 02:19:22,554 --> 02:19:27,392 TOGETHER, FINANCE COMMITTEE. 4041 02:19:27,392 --> 02:19:28,260 >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER 4042 02:19:28,260 --> 02:19:31,230 GRAY. 4043 02:19:31,230 --> 02:19:33,832 WITH THE CONTRACTS, I APPRECIATE 4044 02:19:33,832 --> 02:19:37,970 MEMBER COMBS BRINGING THAT UP 4045 02:19:37,970 --> 02:19:39,638 BECAUSE I DID RECEIVE A LIST OF 4046 02:19:39,638 --> 02:19:41,139 CONTRACTS OF DUPLICATE SERVICES, 4047 02:19:41,139 --> 02:19:42,941 SO MAYBE LOOKING AT THAT AND 4048 02:19:42,941 --> 02:19:44,276 REFINING IT. 4049 02:19:44,276 --> 02:19:46,378 DUPLICATE SERVICES, LIKE, YOU 4050 02:19:46,378 --> 02:19:48,080 KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE 4051 02:19:48,080 --> 02:19:51,316 COMPANIES PROVIDING THE SAME 4052 02:19:51,316 --> 02:19:54,519 SERVICES, REALLY REFINING -- 4053 02:19:54,519 --> 02:19:56,622 REALLY REFINING THAT, BECAUSE 4054 02:19:56,622 --> 02:19:58,490 THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPANIES THAT 4055 02:19:58,490 --> 02:20:01,693 OFFER THE SAME SERVICES, AND 4056 02:20:01,693 --> 02:20:04,896 MAYBE KIND OF REFINING THOSE 4057 02:20:04,896 --> 02:20:05,397 CONTRACTS. 4058 02:20:05,397 --> 02:20:07,232 >> I WANT EVERYONE TO 4059 02:20:07,232 --> 02:20:11,403 UNDERSTAND, 89% OF OUR BUDGET IS 4060 02:20:11,403 --> 02:20:12,537 PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES. 4061 02:20:12,537 --> 02:20:16,475 SO IF I TAKE 11% OF OUR BUDGET, 4062 02:20:16,475 --> 02:20:18,977 I STILL, IF YOU TAKE AWAY 4063 02:20:18,977 --> 02:20:22,648 PURCHASING SERVICE, UTILITIES, 4064 02:20:22,648 --> 02:20:23,615 SUPPLIES, SHUT DOWN BUILDINGS, 4065 02:20:23,615 --> 02:20:25,884 TURN OFF LIGHTS, WE'RE STILL IN 4066 02:20:25,884 --> 02:20:29,154 OPERATIONAL DEFICIT BECAUSE 89% 4067 02:20:29,154 --> 02:20:32,224 OF OUR BUDGET IS PERSONNEL. 4068 02:20:32,224 --> 02:20:33,592 I JUST WANT THAT. 4069 02:20:33,592 --> 02:20:35,761 IF I EVEN SKIM THESE OPERATION 4070 02:20:35,761 --> 02:20:37,429 SUPPLIES EVEN FURTHER, THEY ARE 4071 02:20:37,429 --> 02:20:39,398 ONLY GOING TO YIELD ME SO MANY 4072 02:20:39,398 --> 02:20:41,800 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THAT'S 4073 02:20:41,800 --> 02:20:45,037 GOING TO BE -- THAT'S GOING TO 4074 02:20:45,037 --> 02:20:46,071 FOCUS AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO 4075 02:20:46,071 --> 02:20:47,773 BE IN A DEFICIT. 4076 02:20:47,773 --> 02:20:50,709 BECAUSE I'M TALKING ABOUT $150 4077 02:20:50,709 --> 02:20:51,944 MILLION POTENTIAL DEFICIT. 4078 02:20:51,944 --> 02:20:53,946 LET'S SAY 110. 4079 02:20:53,946 --> 02:20:55,180 BECAUSE WE DID MAKE SOME CUTS 4080 02:20:55,180 --> 02:20:55,847 THIS YEAR. 4081 02:20:55,847 --> 02:20:58,350 A LOT OF CUTS WERE MADE. 4082 02:20:58,350 --> 02:21:02,087 IT'S UP TO US TO BUILD A SECURE 4083 02:21:02,087 --> 02:21:03,322 HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. 4084 02:21:03,322 --> 02:21:06,525 SO WE'LL SAY IF WE TOOK $55 4085 02:21:06,525 --> 02:21:10,696 MILLION OF PERSONNEL EXPENSES 4086 02:21:10,696 --> 02:21:12,331 OUT, BUT JUST SAY, I'M JUST 4087 02:21:12,331 --> 02:21:13,732 THROWING OUT NUMBERS. 4088 02:21:13,732 --> 02:21:16,702 IF WE CUT 55 MILLION -- CAN YOU 4089 02:21:16,702 --> 02:21:19,271 PUT THAT IN THERE? 4090 02:21:19,271 --> 02:21:19,938 55 MILLION. 4091 02:21:19,938 --> 02:21:22,574 BUT WHAT'S NOT BEING STATED. 4092 02:21:22,574 --> 02:21:27,112 WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE, THEY GET 4093 02:21:27,112 --> 02:21:27,846 COMPENSATION ABSENCE. 4094 02:21:27,846 --> 02:21:28,947 THEY GET VACATION PAY. 4095 02:21:28,947 --> 02:21:30,515 THE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES THAT 4096 02:21:30,515 --> 02:21:32,050 IMPACTS THAT SAVINGS. 4097 02:21:32,050 --> 02:21:34,720 WE DON'T GEAR THE 55 MILLION 4098 02:21:34,720 --> 02:21:35,954 UNTIL THE NEXT FIXTURES. 4099 02:21:35,954 --> 02:21:37,055 THIS IS A CURRENT, COULD YOU 4100 02:21:37,055 --> 02:21:44,129 MOVE IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS? 4101 02:21:44,129 --> 02:21:46,098 THE 55, CAN YOU DRAG IT TO EACH 4102 02:21:46,098 --> 02:21:54,573 FISCAL YEAR? 4103 02:21:54,573 --> 02:21:59,211 THIS IS A CONSISTENT REDUCTION. 4104 02:21:59,211 --> 02:22:01,179 THIS IS A CONSISTENT REDUCTION. 4105 02:22:01,179 --> 02:22:03,682 ONCE WE REDUCE THIS COST, IT'S A 4106 02:22:03,682 --> 02:22:04,549 PERMANENT REDUCTION. 4107 02:22:04,549 --> 02:22:06,551 IT IMPACTS EVERY FISCAL YEAR. 4108 02:22:06,551 --> 02:22:09,221 SO IT'S NOT A ONE-TIME 4109 02:22:09,221 --> 02:22:09,888 REDUCTION. 4110 02:22:09,888 --> 02:22:12,791 IT IMPACTS EVERY FISCAL YEAR. 4111 02:22:12,791 --> 02:22:16,328 NOW, WE COULD REDUCE CONTRACTS, 4112 02:22:16,328 --> 02:22:17,963 LIKE WE HAVE STRATEGIES TO 4113 02:22:17,963 --> 02:22:19,765 MITIGATE COST LIKE TRAVEL, 4114 02:22:19,765 --> 02:22:21,299 MATERIALS, SUPPLIES IN THE 4115 02:22:21,299 --> 02:22:21,566 CLASSROOM. 4116 02:22:21,566 --> 02:22:24,236 THOSE ARE LIKE ONE-TIME THINGS. 4117 02:22:24,236 --> 02:22:25,871 IT CAN'T BE CONSISTENT BECAUSE 4118 02:22:25,871 --> 02:22:28,507 YOU GOT TO KEEP ON CONTROLLING. 4119 02:22:28,507 --> 02:22:30,008 WE CAN GIVE SOME SAVINGS BUT 4120 02:22:30,008 --> 02:22:32,711 WE'RE GOING BACK TO BRICK AND 4121 02:22:32,711 --> 02:22:32,944 MORTAR. 4122 02:22:32,944 --> 02:22:34,179 I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND, 4123 02:22:34,179 --> 02:22:36,381 SOME COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP. 4124 02:22:36,381 --> 02:22:38,283 ELECTRICAL COST GOING TO GO UP. 4125 02:22:38,283 --> 02:22:40,652 SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL THOSE 4126 02:22:40,652 --> 02:22:40,852 COSTS. 4127 02:22:40,852 --> 02:22:42,654 BUT ONE THING IS GUARANTEED. 4128 02:22:42,654 --> 02:22:45,190 WHEN YOU MAKE THIS REDUCTION 4129 02:22:45,190 --> 02:22:47,926 FROM ATTRITION, WE GOT 55 4130 02:22:47,926 --> 02:22:48,260 MILLION. 4131 02:22:48,260 --> 02:22:50,062 SEE HOW IT IMPACTS THE OVERALL 4132 02:22:50,062 --> 02:22:52,297 FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE WE GOT TO 4133 02:22:52,297 --> 02:22:54,900 EITHER HAVE SOME REVENUE 4134 02:22:54,900 --> 02:22:56,535 GENERATION IDEAS. 4135 02:22:56,535 --> 02:22:59,371 WE HAVE GIRLS, I HAD THEM DID 4136 02:22:59,371 --> 02:23:00,605 SOME REVENUE GENERATION IDEAS IF 4137 02:23:00,605 --> 02:23:02,140 WE PASS A MILL. 4138 02:23:02,140 --> 02:23:03,341 CAN YOU GUYS SHOW THAT SLIDE 4139 02:23:03,341 --> 02:23:06,745 ABOUT PASSING A MILL OR A HALF A 4140 02:23:06,745 --> 02:23:07,112 MILL? 4141 02:23:07,112 --> 02:23:08,647 BECAUSE WE NEED THAT, TOO. 4142 02:23:08,647 --> 02:23:21,359 BEFORE YOU GO -- GO AHEAD. 4143 02:23:21,359 --> 02:23:24,563 THE IMPACT OF PASSING ONE MILL 4144 02:23:24,563 --> 02:23:27,499 IS 120 MILLION TO THE DISTRICT. 4145 02:23:27,499 --> 02:23:29,601 THE IMPACT OF PASSING HALF A 4146 02:23:29,601 --> 02:23:32,637 MILL IS 60 MILLION TO THE SCHOOL 4147 02:23:32,637 --> 02:23:33,538 DISTRICT. 4148 02:23:33,538 --> 02:23:36,608 AND THEN THE GIRLS HAD DID BASED 4149 02:23:36,608 --> 02:23:38,977 ON HOME VALUE WHAT THAT COST, 4150 02:23:38,977 --> 02:23:42,147 MONTHLY COST FOR IF WE PASSED 4151 02:23:42,147 --> 02:23:42,347 THAT. 4152 02:23:42,347 --> 02:23:43,949 THIS IS THE YEARLY COST. 4153 02:23:43,949 --> 02:23:46,818 IF YOU'RE LIVING IN A HOME 4154 02:23:46,818 --> 02:23:51,089 50,000, YOU'RE ONLY PAYING $25 4155 02:23:51,089 --> 02:23:51,923 ADDITIONAL FOR THAT ONE MILL. 4156 02:23:51,923 --> 02:23:56,261 IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME THAT COSTS 4157 02:23:56,261 --> 02:23:58,663 300K, THIS IS THE YEARLY COST. 4158 02:23:58,663 --> 02:24:00,532 275. 4159 02:24:00,532 --> 02:24:01,733 DOLLARS A YEAR. 4160 02:24:01,733 --> 02:24:04,469 THIS IS A YEARLY COST FOR ONE 4161 02:24:04,469 --> 02:24:05,670 MILL TO THE VOTERS. 4162 02:24:05,670 --> 02:24:08,440 THIS IS THE HOME VALUE RIGHT 4163 02:24:08,440 --> 02:24:10,008 HERE. 4164 02:24:10,008 --> 02:24:15,580 SO IF YOU GO -- 4165 02:24:15,580 --> 02:24:16,615 >>Addison Davis: MS. JOHNSON, 4166 02:24:16,615 --> 02:24:18,049 THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 4167 02:24:18,049 --> 02:24:19,017 WE APPRECIATE IT. 4168 02:24:19,017 --> 02:24:24,556 I'LL GET BACK TO MS. GRAY. 4169 02:24:24,556 --> 02:24:25,991 WE CAN ASK BOARD MEMBERS ONE ON 4170 02:24:25,991 --> 02:24:27,292 ONE TO GO THROUGH THE 4171 02:24:27,292 --> 02:24:27,592 INTERACTIVE. 4172 02:24:27,592 --> 02:24:29,494 THAT WAY THEY'LL HAVE ESSER 4173 02:24:29,494 --> 02:24:30,929 EXPENDITURES, BE ABLE TO LOOK AT 4174 02:24:30,929 --> 02:24:33,665 THE OVERALL MILLAGE THAT WE CAN 4175 02:24:33,665 --> 02:24:35,066 LEVY POTENTIALLY AND LOOK AT THE 4176 02:24:35,066 --> 02:24:36,835 OVERALL IMPACT TO NAVIGATE 4177 02:24:36,835 --> 02:24:37,969 THROUGH YOUR WORK SHEET. 4178 02:24:37,969 --> 02:24:39,471 WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF 4179 02:24:39,471 --> 02:24:41,039 AND THE HARD WORK. 4180 02:24:41,039 --> 02:24:42,040 WE'RE TOUGH ON TIME. 4181 02:24:42,040 --> 02:24:43,408 THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR 4182 02:24:43,408 --> 02:24:44,042 STAFF. 4183 02:24:44,042 --> 02:24:45,310 WE KNOW HOW HARD YOU CONTINUE TO 4184 02:24:45,310 --> 02:24:53,552 WORK FOR THIS DISTRICT. 4185 02:24:53,552 --> 02:24:54,619 >>Lynn Gray: I KNOW MEMBER 4186 02:24:54,619 --> 02:24:55,654 VAUGHN IS ON THE PHONE. 4187 02:24:55,654 --> 02:24:57,956 MR. PORTER, SHOULD WE GO AHEAD 4188 02:24:57,956 --> 02:24:59,391 AND LET MEMBER VAUGHN ASK HER 4189 02:24:59,391 --> 02:25:00,358 QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GO 4190 02:25:00,358 --> 02:25:01,760 RIGHT INTO THE FINANCIAL 4191 02:25:01,760 --> 02:25:02,027 STRUCTURE. 4192 02:25:02,027 --> 02:25:03,595 MEMBER SNIVELY, IS THAT OKAY 4193 02:25:03,595 --> 02:25:08,500 WITH YOU? 4194 02:25:08,500 --> 02:25:14,906 THE ANSWER IS OKAY. 4195 02:25:14,906 --> 02:25:15,740 >>Melissa Snively: I DID HAVE 4196 02:25:15,740 --> 02:25:17,609 SOME QUESTIONS, IF WE WANT TO DO 4197 02:25:17,609 --> 02:25:19,144 THIS ONE ON ONE, THAT'S FINE. 4198 02:25:19,144 --> 02:25:20,412 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU 4199 02:25:20,412 --> 02:25:22,147 ARE NEXT AND THEN MEMBER VAUGHN, 4200 02:25:22,147 --> 02:25:24,983 AND THEN WE'LL CONCLUDE AND THEN 4201 02:25:24,983 --> 02:25:26,751 GO INTO THE -- THEN WE'RE GOING 4202 02:25:26,751 --> 02:25:29,054 TO GO INTO THE FINANCIAL 4203 02:25:29,054 --> 02:25:29,321 COMMITTEE. 4204 02:25:29,321 --> 02:25:31,856 I APOLOGIZE, MEMBER SNIVELY. 4205 02:25:31,856 --> 02:25:32,791 >>Jim Porter: JUST NOTE FOR THE 4206 02:25:32,791 --> 02:25:34,793 RECORD, IT'S ALMOST NOON. 4207 02:25:34,793 --> 02:25:36,194 YOU HAVE A FULL BOARD MEETING 4208 02:25:36,194 --> 02:25:37,095 THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. 4209 02:25:37,095 --> 02:25:39,130 >>Lynn Gray: WE HAVE A FULL DAY. 4210 02:25:39,130 --> 02:25:41,433 >>Jim Porter: YES. 4211 02:25:41,433 --> 02:25:42,968 >>Melissa Snively: JUST A FEW 4212 02:25:42,968 --> 02:25:43,201 THINGS. 4213 02:25:43,201 --> 02:25:44,369 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, 4214 02:25:44,369 --> 02:25:45,837 MS. JOHNSON, FOR BRINGING ALL 4215 02:25:45,837 --> 02:25:47,405 THIS INFORMATION FORWARD TO OUR 4216 02:25:47,405 --> 02:25:47,672 ATTENTION. 4217 02:25:47,672 --> 02:25:49,207 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET 4218 02:25:49,207 --> 02:25:51,810 BOARD MEMBER FEEDBACK ON SOME OF 4219 02:25:51,810 --> 02:25:55,347 THE IDEAS ON HOW TO -- WHAT 4220 02:25:55,347 --> 02:25:57,048 SUGGESTED USES ARE OF ESSER. 4221 02:25:57,048 --> 02:25:58,950 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO 4222 02:25:58,950 --> 02:26:00,085 BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE 4223 02:26:00,085 --> 02:26:01,553 CRITERIA SO THAT WE KNOW HOW WE 4224 02:26:01,553 --> 02:26:04,723 ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND THOSE 4225 02:26:04,723 --> 02:26:08,593 DOLLARS BECAUSE NOW I'M SUPER 4226 02:26:08,593 --> 02:26:09,461 HYPERSENSITIVE ABOUT ANYTHING WE 4227 02:26:09,461 --> 02:26:12,030 SAY ABOUT OUR FINANCES BECAUSE 4228 02:26:12,030 --> 02:26:14,199 PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO WHAT 4229 02:26:14,199 --> 02:26:14,799 WE'RE SAYING WITH REGARD TO 4230 02:26:14,799 --> 02:26:16,334 EXPENDITURES AND COST-SAVING 4231 02:26:16,334 --> 02:26:19,104 MEASURES. 4232 02:26:19,104 --> 02:26:20,472 MS. VAUGHN AND I, I THINK WE 4233 02:26:20,472 --> 02:26:22,741 BOTH AGREE THAT WE'RE STILL 4234 02:26:22,741 --> 02:26:24,509 WAITING FOR SOME OF THOSE 4235 02:26:24,509 --> 02:26:25,477 MITIGATION EXPLANATIONS THAT 4236 02:26:25,477 --> 02:26:27,846 WERE PRESENTED AT A COUPLE OF 4237 02:26:27,846 --> 02:26:29,147 PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS SO WE STILL 4238 02:26:29,147 --> 02:26:32,550 WANT TO KNOW THE DETAIL AROUND 4239 02:26:32,550 --> 02:26:34,252 SOME OF THOSE MITIGATION 4240 02:26:34,252 --> 02:26:36,688 STRATEGIES FOR COST SAVINGS. 4241 02:26:36,688 --> 02:26:39,491 BUT ALSO, I THINK IT WAS 4242 02:26:39,491 --> 02:26:41,126 MS. COMBS THAT ALSO MENTIONED 4243 02:26:41,126 --> 02:26:42,627 ABOUT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND 4244 02:26:42,627 --> 02:26:45,697 HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IN THAT AREA, 4245 02:26:45,697 --> 02:26:48,733 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU 4246 02:26:48,733 --> 02:26:51,369 TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH 4247 02:26:51,369 --> 02:26:53,171 THAT ALMOST 90% OF OUR 4248 02:26:53,171 --> 02:26:54,939 EXPENDITURE IS ON PAYROLL AND 4249 02:26:54,939 --> 02:26:55,206 BENEFITS. 4250 02:26:55,206 --> 02:26:57,409 THAT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST 4251 02:26:57,409 --> 02:26:57,876 CONVERSATION TO HAVE. 4252 02:26:57,876 --> 02:26:58,943 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY ACCORDING TO 4253 02:26:58,943 --> 02:27:02,313 THE AASA, WHICH IS THE 4254 02:27:02,313 --> 02:27:03,648 SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION KIND 4255 02:27:03,648 --> 02:27:06,584 OF BEST PRACTICES, THAT IS NOT 4256 02:27:06,584 --> 02:27:09,120 ABNORMAL TO HAVE A 90% 4257 02:27:09,120 --> 02:27:11,456 EXPENDITURE ON HUMAN RESOURCES. 4258 02:27:11,456 --> 02:27:15,160 SO NOT COMPLETELY ABNORMAL. 4259 02:27:15,160 --> 02:27:17,962 SO IT DOES ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT 4260 02:27:17,962 --> 02:27:18,863 CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME 4261 02:27:18,863 --> 02:27:20,465 OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN. 4262 02:27:20,465 --> 02:27:22,767 JUST QUICKLY, CONTRACT 4263 02:27:22,767 --> 02:27:23,968 MANAGEMENT PROCESS, DEFINITELY, 4264 02:27:23,968 --> 02:27:26,071 BECAUSE THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT 4265 02:27:26,071 --> 02:27:28,173 NOW, I THINK THE END USER OF THE 4266 02:27:28,173 --> 02:27:31,209 CONTRACT IS REVIEWING THE 4267 02:27:31,209 --> 02:27:33,278 CONTRACT, BUT AS A BOARD, WE'VE 4268 02:27:33,278 --> 02:27:34,746 ASKED YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR 4269 02:27:34,746 --> 02:27:36,381 TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE PROCESS 4270 02:27:36,381 --> 02:27:37,816 OF EVALUATING EACH CONTRACT 4271 02:27:37,816 --> 02:27:40,852 BEFORE WE GO INTO RENEWAL AND 4272 02:27:40,852 --> 02:27:43,021 HOW WE ARE EVALUATING THE 4273 02:27:43,021 --> 02:27:45,190 SERVICES THAT WE'RE GETTING, 4274 02:27:45,190 --> 02:27:46,157 WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING 4275 02:27:46,157 --> 02:27:47,759 SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING WHAT WE 4276 02:27:47,759 --> 02:27:48,560 ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING OR 4277 02:27:48,560 --> 02:27:51,296 THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING TAKEN 4278 02:27:51,296 --> 02:27:55,333 ADVANTAGE OF, AND WHO IS 4279 02:27:55,333 --> 02:27:56,901 NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT TO THE 4280 02:27:56,901 --> 02:28:00,739 BENEFIT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 4281 02:28:00,739 --> 02:28:01,740 HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T FIND WHERE 4282 02:28:01,740 --> 02:28:04,008 I LIVE, LIKE THE PEPSI CONTRACT 4283 02:28:04,008 --> 02:28:05,744 WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE 4284 02:28:05,744 --> 02:28:08,480 OF SOMETHING WE PROBABLY SHOULD 4285 02:28:08,480 --> 02:28:09,848 RENEGOTIATE BECAUSE I'M A 4286 02:28:09,848 --> 02:28:14,919 COCA-COLA GIRL. 4287 02:28:14,919 --> 02:28:16,121 THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A 4288 02:28:16,121 --> 02:28:18,056 CONTRACT THAT HAS A LOT OF 4289 02:28:18,056 --> 02:28:19,524 MOVING PARTS AND VARIABLES TO IT 4290 02:28:19,524 --> 02:28:22,026 AND I'M NOT SURE WHO IS ACTUALLY 4291 02:28:22,026 --> 02:28:22,594 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE 4292 02:28:22,594 --> 02:28:24,062 WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE'RE 4293 02:28:24,062 --> 02:28:25,130 SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING OUT OF 4294 02:28:25,130 --> 02:28:25,497 IT. 4295 02:28:25,497 --> 02:28:27,932 AND THEN SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION. 4296 02:28:27,932 --> 02:28:29,267 THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE ISSUE, BUT 4297 02:28:29,267 --> 02:28:31,669 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SCHOOLS UNDER 4298 02:28:31,669 --> 02:28:31,936 CAPACITY. 4299 02:28:31,936 --> 02:28:33,872 WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE TALKING 4300 02:28:33,872 --> 02:28:35,473 ABOUT CONSOLIDATING OUR 4301 02:28:35,473 --> 02:28:35,940 PROPERTIES. 4302 02:28:35,940 --> 02:28:39,611 MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT IS STILL 4303 02:28:39,611 --> 02:28:41,613 AN ISSUE WITH THE PROCESS, 4304 02:28:41,613 --> 02:28:43,047 MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO 4305 02:28:43,047 --> 02:28:44,082 IMPROVE THE MEDICAID 4306 02:28:44,082 --> 02:28:45,984 REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS. 4307 02:28:45,984 --> 02:28:48,453 AND JUST -- TRANSPORTATION FOR 4308 02:28:48,453 --> 02:28:50,121 MAGNET SCHOOLS. 4309 02:28:50,121 --> 02:28:51,523 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 4310 02:28:51,523 --> 02:28:52,323 TRANSPORTATION FOR MAGNET 4311 02:28:52,323 --> 02:28:53,691 SCHOOLS FOR YEARS. 4312 02:28:53,691 --> 02:28:55,493 NO ONE CAN SEEM TO TELL US HOW 4313 02:28:55,493 --> 02:28:56,761 MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON THAT. 4314 02:28:56,761 --> 02:28:59,297 I GUARANTEE YOU, WE ARE SPENDING 4315 02:28:59,297 --> 02:29:01,132 MORE THAN WE ARE TAKING IN 4316 02:29:01,132 --> 02:29:02,200 REVENUE-WISE, AND WE ARE ALWAYS 4317 02:29:02,200 --> 02:29:04,969 IN THE RED WHEN IT COMES TO 4318 02:29:04,969 --> 02:29:05,804 TRANSPORTATION. 4319 02:29:05,804 --> 02:29:07,071 WE'VE GOT TO REALLY HAVE A 4320 02:29:07,071 --> 02:29:10,275 SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 4321 02:29:10,275 --> 02:29:12,544 I KNOW THERE'S UNFORTUNATELY 4322 02:29:12,544 --> 02:29:13,745 CONS TO THAT AS WELL DUE TO THE 4323 02:29:13,745 --> 02:29:15,480 PURPOSE, THE WHOLE INTENT BEHIND 4324 02:29:15,480 --> 02:29:16,915 MAGNET SCHOOLS. 4325 02:29:16,915 --> 02:29:18,650 WE'VE GOT TO START HAVING 4326 02:29:18,650 --> 02:29:20,185 CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE CAN 4327 02:29:20,185 --> 02:29:23,188 DO WITHIN OUR MEANS AND HOW THAT 4328 02:29:23,188 --> 02:29:25,123 IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR BUDGET 4329 02:29:25,123 --> 02:29:29,027 AND THEN FINALLY JUST NOT USING 4330 02:29:29,027 --> 02:29:30,829 -- STOP USING NONRECURRING 4331 02:29:30,829 --> 02:29:33,464 REVENUE FOR RECURRING EXPENSES. 4332 02:29:33,464 --> 02:29:35,233 WE REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL 4333 02:29:35,233 --> 02:29:36,734 WHAT WE SAY AND THE INTENTION 4334 02:29:36,734 --> 02:29:37,468 THAT WE HAVE. 4335 02:29:37,468 --> 02:29:40,004 WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE EVERYONE 4336 02:29:40,004 --> 02:29:42,941 BONUSES AND RAISES, AND I WOULD 4337 02:29:42,941 --> 02:29:45,643 LOVE TO GIVE THAT TO OUR 4338 02:29:45,643 --> 02:29:46,010 EMPLOYEES. 4339 02:29:46,010 --> 02:29:48,513 WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY 4340 02:29:48,513 --> 02:29:49,881 REALISTIC AS TO WHAT WE'RE ABLE 4341 02:29:49,881 --> 02:29:50,515 TO DO. 4342 02:29:50,515 --> 02:29:52,383 IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH 4343 02:29:52,383 --> 02:29:55,753 ESSER, SHOULD DO ANYTHING WITH 4344 02:29:55,753 --> 02:29:57,322 ESSER, WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE 4345 02:29:57,322 --> 02:29:57,856 WITH THAT. 4346 02:29:57,856 --> 02:29:59,424 WE JUST WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL 4347 02:29:59,424 --> 02:30:01,192 ABOUT WHAT WE SAY OUT THERE 4348 02:30:01,192 --> 02:30:02,994 PUBLICLY BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T 4349 02:30:02,994 --> 02:30:04,529 WANT TO -- PERSONALLY, I DON'T 4350 02:30:04,529 --> 02:30:06,064 WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR SOMETHING 4351 02:30:06,064 --> 02:30:09,334 THAT WE SAY AND MISINTERPRET IT 4352 02:30:09,334 --> 02:30:10,501 AS EVERYONE IS GETTING A RAISE 4353 02:30:10,501 --> 02:30:12,804 OR EVERYONE IS GETTING A BONUS. 4354 02:30:12,804 --> 02:30:14,405 AND THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE 4355 02:30:14,405 --> 02:30:16,341 THAT'S A BOARD DECISION THAT WE 4356 02:30:16,341 --> 02:30:17,609 HAVEN'T MADE YET. 4357 02:30:17,609 --> 02:30:18,943 WE NEED TO REALLY FULLY 4358 02:30:18,943 --> 02:30:21,145 UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA BEHIND 4359 02:30:21,145 --> 02:30:21,746 THOSE FUNDS. 4360 02:30:21,746 --> 02:30:23,515 THAT'S -- I'VE GOT LOTS MORE BUT 4361 02:30:23,515 --> 02:30:25,283 I'LL SAVE IT FOR MY ONE-ON-ONE 4362 02:30:25,283 --> 02:30:26,584 WITH MS. JOHNSON AND HER TEAM 4363 02:30:26,584 --> 02:30:27,385 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. 4364 02:30:27,385 --> 02:30:28,853 THANK YOU. 4365 02:30:28,853 --> 02:30:30,221 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 4366 02:30:30,221 --> 02:30:30,688 SNIVELY. 4367 02:30:30,688 --> 02:30:31,990 THOSE ARE EXCELLENT POINTS. 4368 02:30:31,990 --> 02:30:33,591 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO THINK 4369 02:30:33,591 --> 02:30:36,761 ABOUT OR TALK ABOUT A WORKSHOP 4370 02:30:36,761 --> 02:30:38,329 ON THESE ESSER. 4371 02:30:38,329 --> 02:30:41,165 THE ESSER 2 AND THE AMERICAN 4372 02:30:41,165 --> 02:30:42,500 RESCUE PLAN. 4373 02:30:42,500 --> 02:30:44,135 THOSE MONIES, THE LINE ITEMS, 4374 02:30:44,135 --> 02:30:45,770 HOW THEY WILL BE SPENT. 4375 02:30:45,770 --> 02:30:48,072 WHO THEY WILL AFFECT, ET CETERA. 4376 02:30:48,072 --> 02:30:49,274 SO I'LL PUT THAT DOWN. 4377 02:30:49,274 --> 02:30:51,876 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AMONGST US 4378 02:30:51,876 --> 02:30:54,212 AS WE GO ON. 4379 02:30:54,212 --> 02:30:55,313 THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT 4380 02:30:55,313 --> 02:30:57,882 GENERATE, THAT'S A VERY GOOD 4381 02:30:57,882 --> 02:30:58,650 EXAMPLE BIG TIME. 4382 02:30:58,650 --> 02:31:01,052 ARE WE MEASURING IT EVERY THREE 4383 02:31:01,052 --> 02:31:02,687 MONTHS? 4384 02:31:02,687 --> 02:31:03,788 WHAT IS THE COST? 4385 02:31:03,788 --> 02:31:05,590 IS IT GIVING US THE RETURNS ON 4386 02:31:05,590 --> 02:31:07,258 THE INVESTMENT? 4387 02:31:07,258 --> 02:31:09,527 ARE WE REALLY CHECKING THAT? 4388 02:31:09,527 --> 02:31:11,062 MS. JOHNSON, THAT'S SOMETHING 4389 02:31:11,062 --> 02:31:12,330 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. 4390 02:31:12,330 --> 02:31:14,365 WHAT IS THE COST EVERY THREE 4391 02:31:14,365 --> 02:31:14,766 MONTHS. 4392 02:31:14,766 --> 02:31:15,566 BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 4393 02:31:15,566 --> 02:31:19,003 WORKSHOP JUST ON THAT. 4394 02:31:19,003 --> 02:31:21,606 I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO 4395 02:31:21,606 --> 02:31:23,274 MEMBER VAUGHN AND THEN WE'RE 4396 02:31:23,274 --> 02:31:25,143 GOING TO JUMP RIGHT TO THE 4397 02:31:25,143 --> 02:31:26,311 COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO 4398 02:31:26,311 --> 02:31:28,479 PUT TOGETHER, AND HERE WE GO. 4399 02:31:28,479 --> 02:31:30,114 MEMBER VAUGHN, THANK YOU FOR 4400 02:31:30,114 --> 02:31:33,318 YOUR PATIENCE. 4401 02:31:33,318 --> 02:31:33,918 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU 4402 02:31:33,918 --> 02:31:36,254 MEMBER CHAIR. 4403 02:31:36,254 --> 02:31:38,156 WHILE I APPRECIATE THIS 4404 02:31:38,156 --> 02:31:39,524 CONVERSATION, I'M VERY CONFUSED 4405 02:31:39,524 --> 02:31:41,759 ABOUT HOW AT ONE POINT IN THE 4406 02:31:41,759 --> 02:31:42,560 MEETING WE'RE HAVING A 4407 02:31:42,560 --> 02:31:44,295 PRESENTATION OF HOW CAREFUL WE 4408 02:31:44,295 --> 02:31:46,030 NEED TO BE AS WE DISCUSS OUR 4409 02:31:46,030 --> 02:31:49,734 FINANCES, AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF 4410 02:31:49,734 --> 02:31:51,102 JUMPING INTO, I GUESS, A Q & A 4411 02:31:51,102 --> 02:31:53,571 OF WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET MORE 4412 02:31:53,571 --> 02:31:55,340 MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT A FULL 4413 02:31:55,340 --> 02:31:56,341 PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S NOT TAKING 4414 02:31:56,341 --> 02:31:57,942 INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF OUR ESSER 4415 02:31:57,942 --> 02:31:59,610 ACTS OR ALL OF OUR REVENUE. 4416 02:31:59,610 --> 02:32:02,080 AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE PUT OUT 4417 02:32:02,080 --> 02:32:02,714 SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT WE WANT TO 4418 02:32:02,714 --> 02:32:04,682 SPEND ON, REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS 4419 02:32:04,682 --> 02:32:05,950 SHOW WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT. 4420 02:32:05,950 --> 02:32:07,719 I'M VERY CONFUSED BY THIS WHOLE 4421 02:32:07,719 --> 02:32:08,519 PRESENTATION. 4422 02:32:08,519 --> 02:32:10,421 GOING FORWARD, IF WE HAVE 4423 02:32:10,421 --> 02:32:11,956 CONVERSATION OR SUGGESTIONS 4424 02:32:11,956 --> 02:32:13,691 ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL STATE, I'D 4425 02:32:13,691 --> 02:32:15,827 REALLY LOVE IT FOR US TO HAVE A 4426 02:32:15,827 --> 02:32:17,662 FULL, AS MEMBER SNIVELY SAID, A 4427 02:32:17,662 --> 02:32:20,098 FULL UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CARES 4428 02:32:20,098 --> 02:32:21,699 ACT, HOW WE CAN UTILIZE IT. 4429 02:32:21,699 --> 02:32:22,667 WHAT'S COMING IN. 4430 02:32:22,667 --> 02:32:24,502 I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANSWERS 4431 02:32:24,502 --> 02:32:25,570 AS FAR AS WHAT'S COMING IN FROM 4432 02:32:25,570 --> 02:32:27,105 THE SECOND ONE THAT WAS HELD 4433 02:32:27,105 --> 02:32:27,705 BACK. 4434 02:32:27,705 --> 02:32:30,208 BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR 4435 02:32:30,208 --> 02:32:31,976 SUGGESTIONS ON WAYS WE CAN SAVE 4436 02:32:31,976 --> 02:32:34,278 MONEY, I KNOW THAT MEMBER COMBS, 4437 02:32:34,278 --> 02:32:37,015 MEMBER PEREZ, MANY OF US HAVE 4438 02:32:37,015 --> 02:32:38,349 SAID REPEATEDLY THAT WE WOULD 4439 02:32:38,349 --> 02:32:39,751 LIKE TO SEE MORE CUTS AT THE TOP 4440 02:32:39,751 --> 02:32:42,253 WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING MORE 4441 02:32:42,253 --> 02:32:44,088 MONEY ARE FACING THE CUTS JUST 4442 02:32:44,088 --> 02:32:45,957 AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 4443 02:32:45,957 --> 02:32:47,525 OUR CLASSROOMS. 4444 02:32:47,525 --> 02:32:49,193 AND WHILE I SEE ANSWERS TO EVERY 4445 02:32:49,193 --> 02:32:51,763 OTHER ONE, NO MATTER HOW MANY 4446 02:32:51,763 --> 02:32:52,563 MEETINGS WE HAVE AND HOW MANY 4447 02:32:52,563 --> 02:32:55,733 TIMES WE ASK THIS, I KNOW 4448 02:32:55,733 --> 02:32:57,001 THERE'S SOMETHING GOING AROUND 4449 02:32:57,001 --> 02:32:58,169 THAT SHOWS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS 4450 02:32:58,169 --> 02:32:59,837 CAME IN THROUGH JULY SOME CUTS 4451 02:32:59,837 --> 02:33:01,706 THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, AGAIN, A 4452 02:33:01,706 --> 02:33:03,841 MAJORITY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE 4453 02:33:03,841 --> 02:33:04,809 MAKING LESS THAN $85,000 A YEAR. 4454 02:33:04,809 --> 02:33:06,744 WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CUTS AT THE 4455 02:33:06,744 --> 02:33:07,545 CABINET LEVEL. 4456 02:33:07,545 --> 02:33:08,913 WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CUTS AT THE 4457 02:33:08,913 --> 02:33:09,080 TOP. 4458 02:33:09,080 --> 02:33:11,149 I DON'T KNOW WHY WE KEEP GETTING 4459 02:33:11,149 --> 02:33:12,383 ASKED FOR SUGGESTIONS WHEN THE 4460 02:33:12,383 --> 02:33:14,252 NUMBER ONE GLARING SUGGESTION IS 4461 02:33:14,252 --> 02:33:14,819 ONE THAT'S NEVER ADDRESSED. 4462 02:33:14,819 --> 02:33:16,320 SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT 4463 02:33:16,320 --> 02:33:18,489 UP, BUT I KNOW WE NEED TO 4464 02:33:18,489 --> 02:33:21,559 TRANSITION AND I DO LOOK FORWARD 4465 02:33:21,559 --> 02:33:22,760 TO OUR ONE-ON-ONEs AND HAVING 4466 02:33:22,760 --> 02:33:24,662 ANOTHER WORKSHOP WITH THE 4467 02:33:24,662 --> 02:33:24,962 INFORMATION. 4468 02:33:24,962 --> 02:33:27,498 THANK YOU FOR THAT WORD 4469 02:33:27,498 --> 02:33:28,132 "TRANSITION," TOO, THAT'S 4470 02:33:28,132 --> 02:33:31,035 EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 4471 02:33:31,035 --> 02:33:32,136 ABRACADABRA, WE'RE GOING TO GO 4472 02:33:32,136 --> 02:33:35,440 AHEAD AND TRANSITION TO THE -- 4473 02:33:35,440 --> 02:33:38,042 TALKING ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF 4474 02:33:38,042 --> 02:33:39,777 THE FUTURE FINANCIAL ADVISORY 4475 02:33:39,777 --> 02:33:42,880 COMMITTEE, IF THAT IS EVEN THE 4476 02:33:42,880 --> 02:33:43,381 TITLE. 4477 02:33:43,381 --> 02:33:47,785 SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T DETERMINED 4478 02:33:47,785 --> 02:33:49,554 ANYTHING IN TERMS OF CONSENSUS. 4479 02:33:49,554 --> 02:33:53,191 MR. PORTER, I'M GOING TO RELY ON 4480 02:33:53,191 --> 02:33:54,525 YOU TO HELP GUIDE THIS 4481 02:33:54,525 --> 02:33:57,361 CONVERSATION. 4482 02:33:57,361 --> 02:34:00,832 WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A 4483 02:34:00,832 --> 02:34:01,165 STRUCTURE. 4484 02:34:01,165 --> 02:34:02,600 WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR BOARD 4485 02:34:02,600 --> 02:34:06,003 MEMBERS TO PUT THE INPUT AND 4486 02:34:06,003 --> 02:34:07,872 MS. JOHNSON ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS 4487 02:34:07,872 --> 02:34:11,542 NOT MY FIELD OF EXPERTISE. 4488 02:34:11,542 --> 02:34:14,846 I JUST WILL NEED SOME GUIDANCE. 4489 02:34:14,846 --> 02:34:15,546 >>Jim Porter: I THINK TODAY 4490 02:34:15,546 --> 02:34:17,115 WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR MS. JOHNSON 4491 02:34:17,115 --> 02:34:18,182 TO OUTLINE HER PROPOSAL. 4492 02:34:18,182 --> 02:34:19,283 THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD CAN 4493 02:34:19,283 --> 02:34:20,218 REACT TO. 4494 02:34:20,218 --> 02:34:21,185 YOU CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS TO HER. 4495 02:34:21,185 --> 02:34:22,753 I THINK IT SHOULD BE PLACED ON 4496 02:34:22,753 --> 02:34:25,656 THE AGENDA FOR THE JUNE MEETING 4497 02:34:25,656 --> 02:34:27,291 SO YOU CAN OFFICIALLY ESTABLISH 4498 02:34:27,291 --> 02:34:28,926 THE COMMITTEE AND WHAT THE 4499 02:34:28,926 --> 02:34:29,660 MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE IS GOING 4500 02:34:29,660 --> 02:34:30,528 TO LOOK LIKE. 4501 02:34:30,528 --> 02:34:32,063 YOU ESTABLISH THAT YOU'RE GOING 4502 02:34:32,063 --> 02:34:33,598 TO HAVE A COMMITTEE, AND WITH 4503 02:34:33,598 --> 02:34:35,600 THE DETAILS TO FOLLOW, IT SEEMS, 4504 02:34:35,600 --> 02:34:36,934 AGAIN, YOU SHOULD GET FEEDBACK 4505 02:34:36,934 --> 02:34:39,103 TODAY FROM MS. JOHNSON, REACT TO 4506 02:34:39,103 --> 02:34:42,206 THAT TODAY, AND PRIVATELY AS 4507 02:34:42,206 --> 02:34:43,474 WELL IF YOU'D LIKE. 4508 02:34:43,474 --> 02:34:44,375 IN THE FULL INTEREST OF 4509 02:34:44,375 --> 02:34:45,543 TRANSPARENCY HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR 4510 02:34:45,543 --> 02:34:47,678 THE JUNE MEETING TO ESTABLISH 4511 02:34:47,678 --> 02:34:49,013 THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE BYLAWS 4512 02:34:49,013 --> 02:34:49,847 AND HOW THE COMMITTEE WILL 4513 02:34:49,847 --> 02:34:52,483 OPERATE. 4514 02:34:52,483 --> 02:34:53,484 >>Lynn Gray: EXCELLENT. 4515 02:34:53,484 --> 02:34:53,684 OKAY. 4516 02:34:53,684 --> 02:34:56,320 THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. 4517 02:34:56,320 --> 02:34:57,522 MS. JOHNSON, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD 4518 02:34:57,522 --> 02:34:59,223 AND BEGIN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE 4519 02:34:59,223 --> 02:35:02,393 BOARD DISCUSSION. 4520 02:35:02,393 --> 02:35:05,129 >>Ro Johnson: I DID REACH OUT TO 4521 02:35:05,129 --> 02:35:06,864 MIAMI-DADE VIA THE 4522 02:35:06,864 --> 02:35:07,798 SUPERINTENDENT REQUEST AND WE 4523 02:35:07,798 --> 02:35:09,200 ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW 4524 02:35:09,200 --> 02:35:13,070 THEIR COMMITTEE WAS FORMED. 4525 02:35:13,070 --> 02:35:15,806 THEY SAID THEIR -- THE COMMITTEE 4526 02:35:15,806 --> 02:35:16,407 FINANCIAL COMMITTEE ADVISORY 4527 02:35:16,407 --> 02:35:17,675 MEMBERS CONSIST OF THE SAME 4528 02:35:17,675 --> 02:35:19,977 INDIVIDUALS THAT IS PART OF 4529 02:35:19,977 --> 02:35:21,412 THEIR STANDING COMMUNITY 4530 02:35:21,412 --> 02:35:24,415 ADVISORY COMMITTEEMEN. 4531 02:35:24,415 --> 02:35:27,385 MEMBERS FROM THEIR STANDING 4532 02:35:27,385 --> 02:35:28,085 COMMITTEE ADVISORY GROUP 4533 02:35:28,085 --> 02:35:29,153 VOLUNTEERED TO BE A PART OF THE 4534 02:35:29,153 --> 02:35:30,421 FINANCIAL COMMITTEE OR THE BOARD 4535 02:35:30,421 --> 02:35:34,025 MEMBERS CAN APPOINT INDIVIDUAL 4536 02:35:34,025 --> 02:35:34,926 AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO 4537 02:35:34,926 --> 02:35:37,461 BE ON THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY 4538 02:35:37,461 --> 02:35:38,996 COMMITTEE. 4539 02:35:38,996 --> 02:35:41,799 THE AREAS THEY FOCUS ON WAS 4540 02:35:41,799 --> 02:35:43,234 LEGISLATOR UPDATE, BUDGET 4541 02:35:43,234 --> 02:35:44,335 ALLOCATION, STUDENT COUNT, CARES 4542 02:35:44,335 --> 02:35:45,837 ACT PLANNING, FACILITIES, AND 4543 02:35:45,837 --> 02:35:48,139 VARIOUS PROGRAMS OR ANY OTHER 4544 02:35:48,139 --> 02:35:50,775 THINGS THAT IMPACTS THE 4545 02:35:50,775 --> 02:35:51,075 FINANCIALS. 4546 02:35:51,075 --> 02:35:55,279 THE CFO RUNS THE MEETING. 4547 02:35:55,279 --> 02:35:56,147 THE COMMITTEE IS ADVISORY 4548 02:35:56,147 --> 02:35:59,116 COMMITTEE TO THE CFO AND THE 4549 02:35:59,116 --> 02:35:59,850 SUPERINTENDENT. 4550 02:35:59,850 --> 02:36:01,152 NO BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED IN 4551 02:36:01,152 --> 02:36:02,653 THEIR PROCESS AT MIAMI-DADE. 4552 02:36:02,653 --> 02:36:03,754 THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT 4553 02:36:03,754 --> 02:36:06,424 ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE MEETING 4554 02:36:06,424 --> 02:36:06,991 BECAUSE THEY ARE PRESENCE 4555 02:36:06,991 --> 02:36:10,328 CHANGES THE DYNAMICS OF THE 4556 02:36:10,328 --> 02:36:10,528 GROUP. 4557 02:36:10,528 --> 02:36:11,829 PARTICIPANT REMAINS IN THE 4558 02:36:11,829 --> 02:36:12,430 COMMITTEE. 4559 02:36:12,430 --> 02:36:14,865 NO TIME LIMITS CURRENTLY. 4560 02:36:14,865 --> 02:36:16,234 DO THEY HAVE NORMS? 4561 02:36:16,234 --> 02:36:19,871 THEY HAVE THE NORMAL NORMS LIKE 4562 02:36:19,871 --> 02:36:22,573 RAISING YOUR HAND, MAKING 4563 02:36:22,573 --> 02:36:24,108 COMMENTS, AND BEING POLITE, 4564 02:36:24,108 --> 02:36:26,377 THINGS LIKE THAT. 4565 02:36:26,377 --> 02:36:28,379 AS FAR AS THEIR BYLAWS, THEY 4566 02:36:28,379 --> 02:36:31,015 HAVE ONE BYLAW, IT'S A STANDING 4567 02:36:31,015 --> 02:36:32,350 SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISTRICT AND 4568 02:36:32,350 --> 02:36:32,984 SCHOOL BOARD PRIORITIES WILL BE 4569 02:36:32,984 --> 02:36:35,920 FORMED WITH A MINIMUM OF SEVEN 4570 02:36:35,920 --> 02:36:37,822 VOTING MEMBERS ON AN ANNUAL 4571 02:36:37,822 --> 02:36:40,157 BASIS THAT MEETS ONCE OR TWICE A 4572 02:36:40,157 --> 02:36:40,358 MONTH. 4573 02:36:40,358 --> 02:36:42,059 THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAVE NO FEWER 4574 02:36:42,059 --> 02:36:45,263 THAN NINE AND NO MORE THAN 12 4575 02:36:45,263 --> 02:36:46,530 MEMBERS, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE 4576 02:36:46,530 --> 02:36:47,198 REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH REGION 4577 02:36:47,198 --> 02:36:48,633 AND AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE 4578 02:36:48,633 --> 02:36:49,867 FROM EACH SCHOOL LEVEL. 4579 02:36:49,867 --> 02:36:51,535 ONE PARENT MEMBER FROM THE 4580 02:36:51,535 --> 02:36:52,937 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 4581 02:36:52,937 --> 02:36:54,005 ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD INDICATED 4582 02:36:54,005 --> 02:36:55,006 THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON 4583 02:36:55,006 --> 02:36:55,673 THE COMMITTEE. 4584 02:36:55,673 --> 02:36:58,276 THE CHAIR WOULD OPEN THE MEMBERS 4585 02:36:58,276 --> 02:36:59,343 TO THEIR INTEREST PARENTS. 4586 02:36:59,343 --> 02:37:01,746 IF A MEMBER HAS THREE UNEXCUSED 4587 02:37:01,746 --> 02:37:02,613 ABSENCE, THE ORGANIZATION OR 4588 02:37:02,613 --> 02:37:04,348 PROGRAM BE ASKED TO MAKE A NEW 4589 02:37:04,348 --> 02:37:06,217 APPOINTMENT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE. 4590 02:37:06,217 --> 02:37:07,852 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MAY 4591 02:37:07,852 --> 02:37:09,787 HAVE -- MAY SERVE UNLIMITED 4592 02:37:09,787 --> 02:37:10,354 YEARS. 4593 02:37:10,354 --> 02:37:11,856 HOWEVER, MAY ONLY SERVE TWO 4594 02:37:11,856 --> 02:37:17,295 YEARS AS A CHAIR. 4595 02:37:17,295 --> 02:37:18,729 >>Lynn Gray: THERE YOU HAVE IT. 4596 02:37:18,729 --> 02:37:21,098 IT WOULD BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS 4597 02:37:21,098 --> 02:37:23,534 FOR US TO HAVE A COPY BEFORE US, 4598 02:37:23,534 --> 02:37:25,236 BUT HAVING SAID WHAT YOU HAD 4599 02:37:25,236 --> 02:37:27,605 SAID, I TOOK NOTES AS BEST AS I 4600 02:37:27,605 --> 02:37:27,972 CAN. 4601 02:37:27,972 --> 02:37:30,675 I SEE THAT MEMBER COMBS. 4602 02:37:30,675 --> 02:37:32,476 I THINK AT THIS POINT, BOARD 4603 02:37:32,476 --> 02:37:34,845 MEMBERS, WITH YOUR GREAT 4604 02:37:34,845 --> 02:37:37,481 LISTENING SKILLS, IF YOU CAN 4605 02:37:37,481 --> 02:37:39,717 JUST GIVE FEEDBACK AND THEN MR. 4606 02:37:39,717 --> 02:37:40,651 PORTER, SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO 4607 02:37:40,651 --> 02:37:43,554 FIGURE OUT BEFORE THE BOARD 4608 02:37:43,554 --> 02:37:46,490 MEETING NEXT TIME HOW TO CAPSULE 4609 02:37:46,490 --> 02:37:46,691 THIS. 4610 02:37:46,691 --> 02:37:49,427 LET'S JUST HEAR FROM BOARD 4611 02:37:49,427 --> 02:37:50,895 MEMBERS BASED ON WHAT 4612 02:37:50,895 --> 02:37:52,997 MS. JOHNSON READ FROM THE 4613 02:37:52,997 --> 02:37:53,531 MIAMI-DADE. 4614 02:37:53,531 --> 02:37:54,598 IT'S ALSO IN THE FLORIDA 4615 02:37:54,598 --> 02:37:54,832 STATUTE. 4616 02:37:54,832 --> 02:37:56,500 BOARD MEMBERS, SIGNIFY IF YOU'D 4617 02:37:56,500 --> 02:37:57,601 LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. 4618 02:37:57,601 --> 02:37:58,235 MEMBER HAHN. 4619 02:37:58,235 --> 02:38:07,845 ANYONE ELSE? 4620 02:38:07,845 --> 02:38:09,814 MEMBER PEREZ, IS THAT A HAND FOR 4621 02:38:09,814 --> 02:38:11,082 THE COMMENT? 4622 02:38:11,082 --> 02:38:14,185 ANYONE ELSE? 4623 02:38:14,185 --> 02:38:17,054 MEMBER COMBS AND MEMBER VAUGHN. 4624 02:38:17,054 --> 02:38:19,023 JUST REMEMBER YOUR ORDER. 4625 02:38:19,023 --> 02:38:23,961 MEMBER HAHN. 4626 02:38:23,961 --> 02:38:25,229 >> I DON'T KNOW IF MEMBER COMBS 4627 02:38:25,229 --> 02:38:30,000 WANTS TO SPEAK AS WELL. 4628 02:38:30,000 --> 02:38:31,402 >>Stacy Hahn: YEAH, A COPY WOULD 4629 02:38:31,402 --> 02:38:34,238 BE GREAT, BUT I DID TAKE SOME 4630 02:38:34,238 --> 02:38:34,972 QUICK NOTES. 4631 02:38:34,972 --> 02:38:38,309 I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT BOARD 4632 02:38:38,309 --> 02:38:40,378 MEMBERS APPOINT SOMEBODY FROM 4633 02:38:40,378 --> 02:38:42,380 THEIR AREA, AND, OF COURSE, THE 4634 02:38:42,380 --> 02:38:45,316 SUPERINTENDENT GETS TO APPOINT 4635 02:38:45,316 --> 02:38:45,583 SOMEBODY. 4636 02:38:45,583 --> 02:38:47,852 I LIKE A TWO-YEAR LIMIT SIMILAR 4637 02:38:47,852 --> 02:38:52,523 TO CAC SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, 4638 02:38:52,523 --> 02:38:53,724 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF 4639 02:38:53,724 --> 02:38:54,291 INTEREST, RIGHT? 4640 02:38:54,291 --> 02:38:55,526 SO IF WE COULD HAVE 4641 02:38:55,526 --> 02:38:56,961 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO 4642 02:38:56,961 --> 02:38:58,462 CIRCULATE THROUGH, BUT I THINK 4643 02:38:58,462 --> 02:39:00,831 TWO YEARS IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF 4644 02:39:00,831 --> 02:39:02,400 TIME TO WRAP YOUR ARMS AND 4645 02:39:02,400 --> 02:39:03,467 REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES. 4646 02:39:03,467 --> 02:39:08,606 I THINK ONE YEAR IS TOO SHORT. 4647 02:39:08,606 --> 02:39:11,108 I THINK THE CHAIR SHOULD BE A 4648 02:39:11,108 --> 02:39:12,143 ONE-YEAR POSITION. 4649 02:39:12,143 --> 02:39:13,110 THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. 4650 02:39:13,110 --> 02:39:16,213 THIS IS JUST, AGAIN, MY FIRST 4651 02:39:16,213 --> 02:39:18,649 REACTION TO HEARING THIS. 4652 02:39:18,649 --> 02:39:22,219 AND THE BYLAWS TRY TO WRITE THAT 4653 02:39:22,219 --> 02:39:23,954 STUFF DOWN BUT COULDN'T GET IT 4654 02:39:23,954 --> 02:39:25,923 ALL DOWN. 4655 02:39:25,923 --> 02:39:29,960 I THINK WHAT I HEARD WAS 9 TO 12 4656 02:39:29,960 --> 02:39:30,194 MEMBERS. 4657 02:39:30,194 --> 02:39:33,764 IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? 4658 02:39:33,764 --> 02:39:34,698 SEVEN -- 4659 02:39:34,698 --> 02:39:36,033 >>Ro Johnson: SEVEN VOTING 4660 02:39:36,033 --> 02:39:36,801 MEMBERS. 4661 02:39:36,801 --> 02:39:37,802 >>Stacy Hahn: SEVEN VOTING 4662 02:39:37,802 --> 02:39:38,235 MEMBERS. 4663 02:39:38,235 --> 02:39:40,237 BUT THEN YOU SAID SOMETHING 4664 02:39:40,237 --> 02:39:41,105 ABOUT -- 4665 02:39:41,105 --> 02:39:42,940 >>Ro Johnson: I LIMIT UP TO 12 4666 02:39:42,940 --> 02:39:43,841 MEMBERS. 4667 02:39:43,841 --> 02:39:44,742 >>Stacy Hahn: I GUESS BECAUSE 4668 02:39:44,742 --> 02:39:47,478 OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE SMALLER 4669 02:39:47,478 --> 02:39:49,547 BOARDS, YEAH, WE WOULD DO IT, I 4670 02:39:49,547 --> 02:39:51,282 WOULD IMAGINE TO REFLECT THE 4671 02:39:51,282 --> 02:39:53,317 NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON OUR BOARD. 4672 02:39:53,317 --> 02:39:53,584 OKAY. 4673 02:39:53,584 --> 02:39:58,122 SO THOSE ARE JUST MY QUICK 4674 02:39:58,122 --> 02:39:59,957 REACTION TO WHAT YOU SAID. 4675 02:39:59,957 --> 02:40:03,727 THANK YOU. 4676 02:40:03,727 --> 02:40:05,162 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 4677 02:40:05,162 --> 02:40:05,563 HAHN. 4678 02:40:05,563 --> 02:40:07,097 THEN WE'LL GO TO MEMBER 4679 02:40:07,097 --> 02:40:08,732 WASHINGTON, WERE YOU NEXT? 4680 02:40:08,732 --> 02:40:10,668 MEMBER PEREZ AND THEN MEMBER 4681 02:40:10,668 --> 02:40:16,507 COMBS AND THEN MEMBER VAUGHN. 4682 02:40:16,507 --> 02:40:17,608 >>Karen Perez: IS IT EVERY TWO 4683 02:40:17,608 --> 02:40:19,143 YEARS WE HAVE TO FIND A NEW 4684 02:40:19,143 --> 02:40:20,244 COMMITTEE MEMBER? 4685 02:40:20,244 --> 02:40:21,178 >>Ro Johnson: THEY SAID THEY 4686 02:40:21,178 --> 02:40:23,814 HAVE NO TIME LIMIT ON HOW THEY 4687 02:40:23,814 --> 02:40:24,014 SERVE. 4688 02:40:24,014 --> 02:40:26,984 SOME MEMBERS DON'T SHOW UP SO 4689 02:40:26,984 --> 02:40:29,820 THEY CHANGE OUT, IF THEY MISS 4690 02:40:29,820 --> 02:40:31,222 SEVERAL MEETINGS, SOMEBODY HAS 4691 02:40:31,222 --> 02:40:33,190 TO APPOINT ANOTHER MEMBER TO 4692 02:40:33,190 --> 02:40:34,158 REPRESENT THEM. 4693 02:40:34,158 --> 02:40:35,059 >>Karen Perez: WERE YOU ASKING 4694 02:40:35,059 --> 02:40:36,994 FOR TIME LIMIT? 4695 02:40:36,994 --> 02:40:37,595 >> I WAS. 4696 02:40:37,595 --> 02:40:40,931 I DIDN'T WANT SOMEBODY 4697 02:40:40,931 --> 02:40:41,265 INDEFINITELY. 4698 02:40:41,265 --> 02:40:42,967 I THINK -- I DIDN'T WANT 4699 02:40:42,967 --> 02:40:45,436 SOMEBODY INDEFINITELY, AND AS WE 4700 02:40:45,436 --> 02:40:46,770 MAY TURN OVER BOARD MEMBERS, NEW 4701 02:40:46,770 --> 02:40:48,439 BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE AN 4702 02:40:48,439 --> 02:40:50,708 OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT. 4703 02:40:50,708 --> 02:40:55,145 I WOULD SUGGEST SOMETHING VERY 4704 02:40:55,145 --> 02:40:55,779 SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW 4705 02:40:55,779 --> 02:40:57,448 FOR CAC. 4706 02:40:57,448 --> 02:40:59,917 >>Karen Perez: WHEN DO WE HAVE 4707 02:40:59,917 --> 02:41:02,987 TO HAVE THAT COMMITTEE MEMBER'S 4708 02:41:02,987 --> 02:41:03,954 NAME? 4709 02:41:03,954 --> 02:41:07,191 >> THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD. 4710 02:41:07,191 --> 02:41:08,159 >>Jim Porter: I THINK ON THE 4711 02:41:08,159 --> 02:41:10,628 JUNE MEETING, IF YOU ESTABLISH 4712 02:41:10,628 --> 02:41:13,264 WHAT THE MEMBERSHIP IS GOING TO 4713 02:41:13,264 --> 02:41:14,431 LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS 4714 02:41:14,431 --> 02:41:15,933 GOING TO BE, IF IT COMES DOWN TO 4715 02:41:15,933 --> 02:41:16,800 THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE THE 4716 02:41:16,800 --> 02:41:19,103 ONES APPOINTING, YOU WON'T HAVE 4717 02:41:19,103 --> 02:41:20,404 TO DO THAT THEN, IT COULD BE 4718 02:41:20,404 --> 02:41:21,038 SOMETIME AFTER THE JUNE MEETING 4719 02:41:21,038 --> 02:41:23,040 WHERE YOU APPOINT AND SEND OUT 4720 02:41:23,040 --> 02:41:24,708 LETTERS TO THE APPOINTEE AND 4721 02:41:24,708 --> 02:41:25,476 ASKING THEM TO SERVE. 4722 02:41:25,476 --> 02:41:26,677 I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETIME 4723 02:41:26,677 --> 02:41:31,282 AFTER THE JUNE MEETING. 4724 02:41:31,282 --> 02:41:32,550 >>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, YOU 4725 02:41:32,550 --> 02:41:34,385 MIGHT WANT TO REFLECT AS TO WHAT 4726 02:41:34,385 --> 02:41:37,655 YOUR GOAL IS IN TERMS OF WHEN 4727 02:41:37,655 --> 02:41:41,358 WOULD YOU SEE THIS ORGANIZATION 4728 02:41:41,358 --> 02:41:44,228 TO BEGIN SO WE DON'T GO 4729 02:41:44,228 --> 02:41:44,562 INDEFINITELY. 4730 02:41:44,562 --> 02:41:47,731 THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO 4731 02:41:47,731 --> 02:41:48,299 CONSIDER. 4732 02:41:48,299 --> 02:41:49,333 >>Jim Porter: ONE THING THAT 4733 02:41:49,333 --> 02:41:53,771 MIGHT BE HELPFUL, FISCAL YEAR 4734 02:41:53,771 --> 02:41:55,205 BEGINS AUGUST 1. 4735 02:41:55,205 --> 02:41:56,240 IF THIS GETS APPROVED IN JUNE, 4736 02:41:56,240 --> 02:41:57,508 YOU COULD START IN JULY. 4737 02:41:57,508 --> 02:42:00,744 THAT WOULD BE A NATURAL STARTING 4738 02:42:00,744 --> 02:42:04,915 GIVEN THE FISCAL YEAR START. 4739 02:42:04,915 --> 02:42:05,783 >>Nadia Combs: I THINK THIS IS 4740 02:42:05,783 --> 02:42:08,152 AN EXCELLENT AND NEEDED IDEA. 4741 02:42:08,152 --> 02:42:09,420 I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TO 4742 02:42:09,420 --> 02:42:10,888 US THE BYLAWS AND THAT WAY WE 4743 02:42:10,888 --> 02:42:13,624 CAN LOOK AT IT AND THEN THE NEXT 4744 02:42:13,624 --> 02:42:15,192 TIME WE COME, WE CAN COME IN AND 4745 02:42:15,192 --> 02:42:17,161 SEE HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE 4746 02:42:17,161 --> 02:42:17,494 IT. 4747 02:42:17,494 --> 02:42:20,231 THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING, I 4748 02:42:20,231 --> 02:42:21,432 THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A 4749 02:42:21,432 --> 02:42:22,299 TERM LIMIT. 4750 02:42:22,299 --> 02:42:24,635 IF WE HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT 4751 02:42:24,635 --> 02:42:26,036 WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND EVERYBODY 4752 02:42:26,036 --> 02:42:28,372 MAY FEEL DIFFERENT, SOMETIMES 4753 02:42:28,372 --> 02:42:30,007 YOU MAY NOT FIND THAT CORRECT 4754 02:42:30,007 --> 02:42:32,543 PERSON IN YOUR AREA OR REGION OR 4755 02:42:32,543 --> 02:42:34,111 THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY ELSE IN 4756 02:42:34,111 --> 02:42:35,279 ANOTHER AREA THAT'S IMPORTANT. 4757 02:42:35,279 --> 02:42:36,747 SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY 4758 02:42:36,747 --> 02:42:37,648 IMPORTANT. 4759 02:42:37,648 --> 02:42:39,617 WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 4760 02:42:39,617 --> 02:42:41,352 WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR 4761 02:42:41,352 --> 02:42:44,288 AS FAR AS QUALIFICATIONS AND THE 4762 02:42:44,288 --> 02:42:45,356 BACKGROUND, I THINK THAT'S GOING 4763 02:42:45,356 --> 02:42:46,824 TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT, IF WE'RE 4764 02:42:46,824 --> 02:42:48,225 GOING TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE. 4765 02:42:48,225 --> 02:42:49,326 OBVIOUSLY, I'D LIKE SOMEONE FROM 4766 02:42:49,326 --> 02:42:51,228 DISTRICT ONE, BUT IF THERE'S 4767 02:42:51,228 --> 02:42:52,997 SOMEBODY AMAZING FROM DISTRICT 4768 02:42:52,997 --> 02:42:54,398 FIVE AND MR. WASHINGTON DOESN'T 4769 02:42:54,398 --> 02:42:56,233 WANT THAT PERSON, I THINK THAT'S 4770 02:42:56,233 --> 02:42:57,568 GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT 4771 02:42:57,568 --> 02:42:58,769 BECAUSE FOR ME IT'S NOT GOING TO 4772 02:42:58,769 --> 02:43:01,639 BE FROM WHERE THEY LIVE BUT WHAT 4773 02:43:01,639 --> 02:43:03,440 THEY BRING TO THE TABLE. 4774 02:43:03,440 --> 02:43:04,541 IF SOMEBODY HAS A LOT OF 4775 02:43:04,541 --> 02:43:05,909 EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND AND 4776 02:43:05,909 --> 02:43:06,543 KNOWLEDGE, I THINK THAT'S GOING 4777 02:43:06,543 --> 02:43:08,145 TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. 4778 02:43:08,145 --> 02:43:09,413 I WANT MY AREA TO BE REPRESENTED 4779 02:43:09,413 --> 02:43:10,714 BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE 4780 02:43:10,714 --> 02:43:10,981 IMPORTANT. 4781 02:43:10,981 --> 02:43:12,483 I THINK IF WE GET THE BYLAWS, 4782 02:43:12,483 --> 02:43:14,551 HAVE A WEEK OR TWO TO LOOK AT 4783 02:43:14,551 --> 02:43:17,588 IT, MEET TOGETHER, SEE HOW WE 4784 02:43:17,588 --> 02:43:20,291 CAN CHANGE WHAT MIAMI-DADE DID 4785 02:43:20,291 --> 02:43:21,692 THAT WOULD SUIT OUR DISTRICT 4786 02:43:21,692 --> 02:43:22,960 BETTER, I THINK THAT'S GOOD. 4787 02:43:22,960 --> 02:43:24,662 BUT I THINK IT IS A STEP IN THE 4788 02:43:24,662 --> 02:43:25,462 RIGHT DIRECTION. 4789 02:43:25,462 --> 02:43:27,765 I DO BELIEVE -- I KNOW THAT 4790 02:43:27,765 --> 02:43:29,466 THERE'S NOTHING NEFARIOUS GOING 4791 02:43:29,466 --> 02:43:31,468 ON, BUT IT'S GREAT FOR THE 4792 02:43:31,468 --> 02:43:32,670 COMMUNITY TO BE REALLY INVOLVED 4793 02:43:32,670 --> 02:43:33,604 AND HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND 4794 02:43:33,604 --> 02:43:35,472 HAVE THAT, AS MORE KNOWLEDGE -- 4795 02:43:35,472 --> 02:43:36,440 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. 4796 02:43:36,440 --> 02:43:38,142 AS MORE PEOPLE HAVE MORE 4797 02:43:38,142 --> 02:43:39,777 KNOWLEDGE OF OUR FINANCIAL 4798 02:43:39,777 --> 02:43:40,978 CHALLENGES AND WHERE WE ARE AND 4799 02:43:40,978 --> 02:43:42,613 WHERE WE'RE GOING, I THINK IT'S 4800 02:43:42,613 --> 02:43:44,448 GOING TO BE GREAT FOR OUR 4801 02:43:44,448 --> 02:43:46,483 DISTRICT. 4802 02:43:46,483 --> 02:43:47,451 >>Lynn Gray: VERY IMPORTANT 4803 02:43:47,451 --> 02:43:47,685 REMARKS. 4804 02:43:47,685 --> 02:43:49,119 THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. 4805 02:43:49,119 --> 02:43:53,290 THEN I BELIEVE WE HAVE MEMBER 4806 02:43:53,290 --> 02:43:54,291 VAUGHN. 4807 02:43:54,291 --> 02:43:54,892 >>Jessica Vaughn: YES, THANK 4808 02:43:54,892 --> 02:43:55,059 YOU. 4809 02:43:55,059 --> 02:43:56,393 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 4810 02:43:56,393 --> 02:43:58,028 >>Lynn Gray: YES. 4811 02:43:58,028 --> 02:43:58,929 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. 4812 02:43:58,929 --> 02:44:01,131 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP 4813 02:44:01,131 --> 02:44:03,734 CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. 4814 02:44:03,734 --> 02:44:06,170 IS MIAMI-DADE THE ONLY COUNTY 4815 02:44:06,170 --> 02:44:07,571 THAT HAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN 4816 02:44:07,571 --> 02:44:11,575 THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA? 4817 02:44:11,575 --> 02:44:12,743 >>Lynn Gray: MS. JOHNSON. 4818 02:44:12,743 --> 02:44:16,213 >>Ro Johnson: NO. 4819 02:44:16,213 --> 02:44:17,314 >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. 4820 02:44:17,314 --> 02:44:18,649 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT OTHER 4821 02:44:18,649 --> 02:44:20,217 COUNTY STRUCTURES LOOK LIKE AND 4822 02:44:20,217 --> 02:44:22,753 NOT JUST MIAMI-DADE. 4823 02:44:22,753 --> 02:44:23,420 ONE OF MY CONCERNS IN THIS 4824 02:44:23,420 --> 02:44:25,022 CONVERSATION IS, YES, I THINK WE 4825 02:44:25,022 --> 02:44:26,824 SHOULD HAVE TERM LIMITS AND I 4826 02:44:26,824 --> 02:44:28,225 THINK WE SHOULD HAVE STRONG 4827 02:44:28,225 --> 02:44:29,960 BYLAWS, IS THE FACT THAT I 4828 02:44:29,960 --> 02:44:32,629 BELIEVE THE REASON THAT WE'RE 4829 02:44:32,629 --> 02:44:33,497 THINKING ABOUT MAKING THIS 4830 02:44:33,497 --> 02:44:34,898 COMMITTEE IS TO RECONNECT WITH 4831 02:44:34,898 --> 02:44:36,200 THE COMMUNITY, TO HAVE 4832 02:44:36,200 --> 02:44:38,836 TRANSPARENCY SO THEY UNDERSTAND 4833 02:44:38,836 --> 02:44:40,904 OUR BUDGET AND VICE VERSA. 4834 02:44:40,904 --> 02:44:43,340 MY CONCERN IS, IF WE'RE MODELING 4835 02:44:43,340 --> 02:44:44,241 IT WHERE BOARD MEMBERS CAN 4836 02:44:44,241 --> 02:44:45,909 ATTEND THE MEETINGS OR THERE'S 4837 02:44:45,909 --> 02:44:47,444 VERY LITTLE INTERACTIONS BECAUSE 4838 02:44:47,444 --> 02:44:48,746 THE COMMUNITY FEELS 4839 02:44:48,746 --> 02:44:49,580 UNCOMFORTABLE WITH BOARD 4840 02:44:49,580 --> 02:44:52,916 MEMBERS, I THINK THAT IS NOT 4841 02:44:52,916 --> 02:44:53,817 SOLVING KIND OF THE PROBLEM THAT 4842 02:44:53,817 --> 02:44:54,485 WE'RE HAVING. 4843 02:44:54,485 --> 02:44:56,720 I THINK THAT BOARD MEMBERS 4844 02:44:56,720 --> 02:44:57,654 SHOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE 4845 02:44:57,654 --> 02:44:59,056 MEETINGS AND NOT ONLY SHOULD 4846 02:44:59,056 --> 02:45:00,657 BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND, THE MOST 4847 02:45:00,657 --> 02:45:04,128 FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEES ON ANY 4848 02:45:04,128 --> 02:45:05,362 MUNICIPALITY ARE WHERE THE 4849 02:45:05,362 --> 02:45:06,730 COMMITTEES ACTUALLY DO THE WORK 4850 02:45:06,730 --> 02:45:08,732 TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS TO THE 4851 02:45:08,732 --> 02:45:08,932 BOARD. 4852 02:45:08,932 --> 02:45:11,602 THEY ARE DOING SOME OF THE HEAVY 4853 02:45:11,602 --> 02:45:13,437 LIFTING AS FAR AS THE RESEARCH 4854 02:45:13,437 --> 02:45:14,538 AND COMING UP WITH IDEAS. 4855 02:45:14,538 --> 02:45:15,672 SO WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS 4856 02:45:15,672 --> 02:45:16,807 LIKE WE HAD TODAY WHEN WE'RE 4857 02:45:16,807 --> 02:45:21,411 SAYING WHAT ARE SOME IDEAS TO 4858 02:45:21,411 --> 02:45:22,379 MINIMIZE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, 4859 02:45:22,379 --> 02:45:23,680 THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN PRESENT TO 4860 02:45:23,680 --> 02:45:24,481 US. 4861 02:45:24,481 --> 02:45:25,416 HEY, WE SPENT TIME. 4862 02:45:25,416 --> 02:45:26,583 WE SAT HERE. 4863 02:45:26,583 --> 02:45:27,618 HERE ARE SOME OF OUR 4864 02:45:27,618 --> 02:45:29,319 SUGGESTIONS, AND IT SHOULD BE AN 4865 02:45:29,319 --> 02:45:30,354 INTERACTIVE COMMITTEE WITH THE 4866 02:45:30,354 --> 02:45:32,022 BOARD, WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, 4867 02:45:32,022 --> 02:45:32,990 WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS. 4868 02:45:32,990 --> 02:45:35,325 I ALSO FIND THAT SEVEN, SINCE 4869 02:45:35,325 --> 02:45:37,394 THERE ARE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS, 4870 02:45:37,394 --> 02:45:38,529 SEVEN MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE 4871 02:45:38,529 --> 02:45:39,663 WOULD BE TOO SMALL. 4872 02:45:39,663 --> 02:45:41,598 I THINK WE SHOULD AT THE VERY 4873 02:45:41,598 --> 02:45:43,100 LEAST ALL HAVE ONE 4874 02:45:43,100 --> 02:45:44,234 REPRESENTATIVE AND MAYBE IF THE 4875 02:45:44,234 --> 02:45:45,636 SUPERINTENDENT WANTS ONE OR IF 4876 02:45:45,636 --> 02:45:47,738 WE HAVE A PARENT OR EVEN IF A 4877 02:45:47,738 --> 02:45:49,206 STUDENT WANTS TO JOIN THAT WE 4878 02:45:49,206 --> 02:45:50,307 MAKE SPACE FOR THEM. 4879 02:45:50,307 --> 02:45:53,076 I THINK DEFINITELY MAXIMIZING TO 4880 02:45:53,076 --> 02:45:53,710 12 MEMBERS WOULD BE IMPORTANT. 4881 02:45:53,710 --> 02:45:58,649 ITHOSE ARE SOME THOUGHTS. 4882 02:45:58,649 --> 02:46:00,050 I'M GLAD THIS IS A PRELIMINARY 4883 02:46:00,050 --> 02:46:01,151 CONVERSATION AND WE'LL REVISIT 4884 02:46:01,151 --> 02:46:02,786 IT AND I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING 4885 02:46:02,786 --> 02:46:03,854 SPACE FOR THIS. 4886 02:46:03,854 --> 02:46:04,822 THANK YOU. 4887 02:46:04,822 --> 02:46:06,089 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 4888 02:46:06,089 --> 02:46:06,557 VAUGHN. 4889 02:46:06,557 --> 02:46:08,826 WHAT I'M HEARING, TOO, IS THERE 4890 02:46:08,826 --> 02:46:10,828 ARE SOME COMMON DENOMINATORS 4891 02:46:10,828 --> 02:46:13,197 ALREADY, A CONCERN OR THOUGHT 4892 02:46:13,197 --> 02:46:15,833 PROCESS FOR TERM LIMITS. 4893 02:46:15,833 --> 02:46:17,668 CERTAINLY BYLAWS, YEARS OF 4894 02:46:17,668 --> 02:46:20,737 SERVICE THAT THEY WILL SERVE, 4895 02:46:20,737 --> 02:46:22,039 AND WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE 4896 02:46:22,039 --> 02:46:22,906 BOARD INVOLVEMENT. 4897 02:46:22,906 --> 02:46:24,675 I KNOW MR. PORTER IS WRITING 4898 02:46:24,675 --> 02:46:26,510 NOTES AS WELL. 4899 02:46:26,510 --> 02:46:28,045 THE OTHER CONSIDERATION SHOULD 4900 02:46:28,045 --> 02:46:30,614 WE MODEL IT FROM WHAT DISTRICT 4901 02:46:30,614 --> 02:46:32,883 IS MIAMI-DADE THE ONLY DISTRICT? 4902 02:46:32,883 --> 02:46:34,818 WE DO HAVE A VERY SOLID WORKING 4903 02:46:34,818 --> 02:46:37,621 MODEL WITH THE OVERSIGHT 4904 02:46:37,621 --> 02:46:40,257 COMMITTEE, WHICH ABSOLUTELY 4905 02:46:40,257 --> 02:46:42,492 SHOWS DIVERSITY, STAFF, 4906 02:46:42,492 --> 02:46:44,528 NON-BOARD INVOLVEMENT, ALTHOUGH 4907 02:46:44,528 --> 02:46:45,329 WE ARE INVITED. 4908 02:46:45,329 --> 02:46:48,932 AND IT ALSO SHOWS SCHOOL SITE, 4909 02:46:48,932 --> 02:46:52,769 BUT THAT'S A COMMITTEE THAT I'M 4910 02:46:52,769 --> 02:46:54,238 ALSO LOOKING AS A POSSIBLE 4911 02:46:54,238 --> 02:46:58,675 MODEL. 4912 02:46:58,675 --> 02:47:01,478 BUT, MR. PORTER, WHAT 4913 02:47:01,478 --> 02:47:02,546 COMMONALITIES DO WE HAVE SO FAR 4914 02:47:02,546 --> 02:47:03,947 THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED? 4915 02:47:03,947 --> 02:47:04,848 >>Jim Porter: I THINK YOU 4916 02:47:04,848 --> 02:47:06,350 OUTLINED THEM. 4917 02:47:06,350 --> 02:47:07,017 WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, IF YOU 4918 02:47:07,017 --> 02:47:08,518 HAVE MORE COMMENTS, GET THEM TO 4919 02:47:08,518 --> 02:47:10,721 EITHER ME OR MS. JOHNSON OR 4920 02:47:10,721 --> 02:47:11,088 BOTH. 4921 02:47:11,088 --> 02:47:11,622 PROBABLY BOTH. 4922 02:47:11,622 --> 02:47:13,123 I THINK WE'LL WORK TOGETHER ON 4923 02:47:13,123 --> 02:47:14,224 CRAFTING AN AGENDA ITEM TO TAKE 4924 02:47:14,224 --> 02:47:15,726 BACK TO THE BOARD, AND THEN YOU 4925 02:47:15,726 --> 02:47:16,827 CAN REACT TO THAT AND GO 4926 02:47:16,827 --> 02:47:18,762 FORWARD. 4927 02:47:18,762 --> 02:47:19,997 BUT I THINK THIS IS -- NOT JUST 4928 02:47:19,997 --> 02:47:21,331 A STARTING POINT. 4929 02:47:21,331 --> 02:47:22,466 WE'VE ALREADY STARTED. 4930 02:47:22,466 --> 02:47:24,067 BUT I THINK AS MORE COMMENTS 4931 02:47:24,067 --> 02:47:25,569 OCCUR TO YOU, GET THEM TO US AND 4932 02:47:25,569 --> 02:47:27,237 THEN WE CAN WORK IT INTO A DRAFT 4933 02:47:27,237 --> 02:47:28,205 THAT WE CAN CIRCULATE AND 4934 02:47:28,205 --> 02:47:29,539 EVERYONE CAN REACT TO AND THEN 4935 02:47:29,539 --> 02:47:31,909 VOTE ON THIS AND GET IT STARTED 4936 02:47:31,909 --> 02:47:32,376 IN JULY. 4937 02:47:32,376 --> 02:47:32,910 >>Lynn Gray: EXCELLENT. 4938 02:47:32,910 --> 02:47:34,478 THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE, 4939 02:47:34,478 --> 02:47:35,579 TOO, JULY START. 4940 02:47:35,579 --> 02:47:37,080 BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY 4941 02:47:37,080 --> 02:47:38,282 FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS 4942 02:47:38,282 --> 02:47:40,984 PARTICULAR SUBJECT? 4943 02:47:40,984 --> 02:47:42,052 MEMBER SNIVELY. 4944 02:47:42,052 --> 02:47:43,320 >>Melissa Snively: I JUST HAVE 4945 02:47:43,320 --> 02:47:44,588 ONE BECAUSE I THOUGHT MEMBER 4946 02:47:44,588 --> 02:47:46,323 COMBS MADE A GREAT POINT, 4947 02:47:46,323 --> 02:47:49,192 BECAUSE I CAN THINK OF SOMEONE 4948 02:47:49,192 --> 02:47:50,427 WHO WOULD BE EXTREMELY QUALIFIED 4949 02:47:50,427 --> 02:47:52,095 FOR THIS POSITION WHO SPENT MOST 4950 02:47:52,095 --> 02:47:53,830 OF HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN MY 4951 02:47:53,830 --> 02:47:55,732 DISTRICT BUT JUST RECENTLY MOVED 4952 02:47:55,732 --> 02:47:58,268 TO DR. HAHN'S DISTRICT. 4953 02:47:58,268 --> 02:48:00,537 NOW I'M LIKE THINKING, WOW, HE 4954 02:48:00,537 --> 02:48:01,805 WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT ADDITION 4955 02:48:01,805 --> 02:48:03,373 TO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT IT'S 4956 02:48:03,373 --> 02:48:05,442 GOING TO RESTRICT IT IF WE SAY 4957 02:48:05,442 --> 02:48:07,978 THAT PERSON HAS TO BE CURRENTLY 4958 02:48:07,978 --> 02:48:09,980 LIVING IN THE DISTRICT WHERE WE 4959 02:48:09,980 --> 02:48:10,247 REPRESENT. 4960 02:48:10,247 --> 02:48:11,882 AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE A LOT OF 4961 02:48:11,882 --> 02:48:12,115 PEOPLE. 4962 02:48:12,115 --> 02:48:14,084 TO ME, ALSO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT 4963 02:48:14,084 --> 02:48:15,485 TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO BRINGS WHAT 4964 02:48:15,485 --> 02:48:17,754 THEY BRING TO THE TABLE, WHO HAS 4965 02:48:17,754 --> 02:48:19,323 THE EXPERIENCE, WHO HAS THE 4966 02:48:19,323 --> 02:48:20,457 KNOWLEDGE, WHO HAS THE FORTITUDE 4967 02:48:20,457 --> 02:48:22,192 TO HELP MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT 4968 02:48:22,192 --> 02:48:24,061 THIS DISTRICT NEEDS AND THE 4969 02:48:24,061 --> 02:48:26,229 EXPERIENCE TO DO THAT. 4970 02:48:26,229 --> 02:48:27,731 SO I WOULD ALSO CONCUR WITH 4971 02:48:27,731 --> 02:48:30,067 MEMBER COMBS IF WE COULD HAVE A 4972 02:48:30,067 --> 02:48:33,437 LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE. 4973 02:48:33,437 --> 02:48:34,104 >>Jim Porter: THAT'S COMPLETELY 4974 02:48:34,104 --> 02:48:35,038 UP TO THE BOARD. 4975 02:48:35,038 --> 02:48:36,707 YOU COULD ALL PICK COUNTYWIDE. 4976 02:48:36,707 --> 02:48:38,342 YOU COULD ALL PICK FROM YOUR 4977 02:48:38,342 --> 02:48:38,608 DISTRICTS. 4978 02:48:38,608 --> 02:48:39,676 TWO COUNTYWIDE BOARD MEMBERS 4979 02:48:39,676 --> 02:48:41,545 WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE. 4980 02:48:41,545 --> 02:48:42,679 YOU COULD ESTABLISH SORT OF 4981 02:48:42,679 --> 02:48:43,914 PARAMETERS AND QUALIFICATIONS 4982 02:48:43,914 --> 02:48:44,915 ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 4983 02:48:44,915 --> 02:48:46,817 THAT MIGHT HELP GUIDE THE 4984 02:48:46,817 --> 02:48:47,084 DECISION. 4985 02:48:47,084 --> 02:48:47,918 >>Melissa Snively: I THINK THAT 4986 02:48:47,918 --> 02:48:49,553 WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO GUIDE 4987 02:48:49,553 --> 02:48:50,387 US. 4988 02:48:50,387 --> 02:48:51,288 >>Jim Porter: ALSO DIVERSITY AND 4989 02:48:51,288 --> 02:48:52,689 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS 4990 02:48:52,689 --> 02:48:55,125 COVERED IN THIS COMMITTEE THAT 4991 02:48:55,125 --> 02:48:55,492 YOU'RE FORMING. 4992 02:48:55,492 --> 02:48:56,593 I THINK ALL THOSE ELEMENTS NEED 4993 02:48:56,593 --> 02:48:58,595 TO BE SET OUT ON THE TABLE AND 4994 02:48:58,595 --> 02:49:00,397 THEN YOU CAN DECIDE HOW YOU WANT 4995 02:49:00,397 --> 02:49:01,198 TO PROCEED. 4996 02:49:01,198 --> 02:49:02,499 MS. JOHNSON AND I WILL WORK ON 4997 02:49:02,499 --> 02:49:05,102 THAT AND GET IT BACK TO YOU. 4998 02:49:05,102 --> 02:49:05,736 >>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. 4999 02:49:05,736 --> 02:49:06,670 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER WASHINGTON. 5000 02:49:06,670 --> 02:49:08,939 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: YES. 5001 02:49:08,939 --> 02:49:10,440 DIVERSITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, 5002 02:49:10,440 --> 02:49:12,142 SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 5003 02:49:12,142 --> 02:49:13,810 DIVERSITY, LIKE YOU SAID, AND 5004 02:49:13,810 --> 02:49:15,245 ALSO, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE 5005 02:49:15,245 --> 02:49:17,080 FROM DISTRICT 5 BECAUSE I THINK 5006 02:49:17,080 --> 02:49:19,983 WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY FROM YOUR 5007 02:49:19,983 --> 02:49:20,851 DISTRICT, THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND 5008 02:49:20,851 --> 02:49:22,219 THE NEEDS AND THEY COULD HAVE 5009 02:49:22,219 --> 02:49:23,453 MORE INPUT. 5010 02:49:23,453 --> 02:49:24,955 I'M NOT SAYING IT'S WRONG HOW 5011 02:49:24,955 --> 02:49:26,323 YOU ARE THINKING. 5012 02:49:26,323 --> 02:49:27,858 I'M SAYING FOR SHAKE WASHINGTON, 5013 02:49:27,858 --> 02:49:29,693 I HAVE SOMEBODY FROM DISTRICT 5 5014 02:49:29,693 --> 02:49:31,495 IN ORDER TO GIVE INPUT. 5015 02:49:31,495 --> 02:49:33,030 THANK YOU. 5016 02:49:33,030 --> 02:49:34,531 >>Lynn Gray: WE HAVE A FEW 5017 02:49:34,531 --> 02:49:37,501 MINUTES, MEMBER WASHINGTON, TO 5018 02:49:37,501 --> 02:49:41,038 DISCUSS -- OKAY, WE HAVE A FEW 5019 02:49:41,038 --> 02:49:42,739 MINUTES TO DISCUSS PERHAPS THAT 5020 02:49:42,739 --> 02:49:47,010 OPTION, WHETHER WE WANT PER 5021 02:49:47,010 --> 02:49:51,681 DISTRICT OR, MEMBER PEREZ AND I, 5022 02:49:51,681 --> 02:49:53,550 WE HAVE THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. 5023 02:49:53,550 --> 02:49:54,751 BUT DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, 5024 02:49:54,751 --> 02:49:57,487 YOU MAY HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT. 5025 02:49:57,487 --> 02:49:58,789 AND WE CAN SPEND JUST A FEW 5026 02:49:58,789 --> 02:50:00,123 MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL ADJOURN, 5027 02:50:00,123 --> 02:50:01,291 BECAUSE WE HAVE A LONG NIGHT 5028 02:50:01,291 --> 02:50:02,826 TONIGHT. 5029 02:50:02,826 --> 02:50:06,229 MEMBER HAHN. 5030 02:50:06,229 --> 02:50:07,931 >>Stacy Hahn: SO I KNOW WE HAVE 5031 02:50:07,931 --> 02:50:09,699 SEVEN OF US PLUS THE 5032 02:50:09,699 --> 02:50:10,233 SUPERINTENDENT. 5033 02:50:10,233 --> 02:50:12,769 THAT WOULD BE EIGHT. 5034 02:50:12,769 --> 02:50:13,704 I'M GOING TO DEVIATE A LITTLE 5035 02:50:13,704 --> 02:50:15,105 BIT FROM GOING OUTSIDE OF OUR 5036 02:50:15,105 --> 02:50:15,839 DISTRICT. 5037 02:50:15,839 --> 02:50:17,040 I AGREE WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON, 5038 02:50:17,040 --> 02:50:18,675 BY THE WAY. 5039 02:50:18,675 --> 02:50:21,378 I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE TWO 5040 02:50:21,378 --> 02:50:23,480 STUDENTS ON THERE. 5041 02:50:23,480 --> 02:50:25,115 I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY 5042 02:50:25,115 --> 02:50:26,116 ANOTHER MEMBER. 5043 02:50:26,116 --> 02:50:28,685 I THINK IT WAS MEMBER COMBS. 5044 02:50:28,685 --> 02:50:30,587 I THINK HAVING TWO STUDENTS ON 5045 02:50:30,587 --> 02:50:32,522 THERE TO GET KIND OF THEIR 5046 02:50:32,522 --> 02:50:35,325 INPUT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT 5047 02:50:35,325 --> 02:50:36,560 TEACHING MOMENT FOR THEM. 5048 02:50:36,560 --> 02:50:38,662 AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS A GROUP 5049 02:50:38,662 --> 02:50:40,363 HOW WE DECIDE ON THOSE STUDENTS 5050 02:50:40,363 --> 02:50:42,265 AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, BUT I 5051 02:50:42,265 --> 02:50:44,534 KNOW WE DO THAT WITH CAC. 5052 02:50:44,534 --> 02:50:46,002 I KNOW TYPICALLY WE HAVE A 5053 02:50:46,002 --> 02:50:47,738 STUDENT AT ALL OF OUR BOARD 5054 02:50:47,738 --> 02:50:48,004 MEETINGS. 5055 02:50:48,004 --> 02:50:50,574 THIS IS JUST REALLY ANOTHER 5056 02:50:50,574 --> 02:50:52,375 OPPORTUNITY TO HELP EDUCATE OUR 5057 02:50:52,375 --> 02:50:54,945 STUDENTS ON FINANCIAL 5058 02:50:54,945 --> 02:50:55,779 RESPONSIBILITY AND UNDERSTANDING 5059 02:50:55,779 --> 02:51:00,517 HOW A BIG BUREAUCRACY WORKS. 5060 02:51:00,517 --> 02:51:01,685 >>Lynn Gray: I LIKE THAT. 5061 02:51:01,685 --> 02:51:03,186 NOW WE'RE TALKING HILLSBOROUGH 5062 02:51:03,186 --> 02:51:05,422 HOW WE ARE DISTINCT MAYBE VERSUS 5063 02:51:05,422 --> 02:51:05,989 MIAMI-DADE. 5064 02:51:05,989 --> 02:51:07,390 WE'RE HAVING STUDENTS ON THERE. 5065 02:51:07,390 --> 02:51:08,458 >>Stacy Hahn: YEAH, I DON'T 5066 02:51:08,458 --> 02:51:09,793 REMEMBER IF SHE SAID THERE WERE 5067 02:51:09,793 --> 02:51:10,060 STUDENTS. 5068 02:51:10,060 --> 02:51:12,295 >>Lynn Gray: NO, THERE'S NOT. 5069 02:51:12,295 --> 02:51:13,263 I LIKE THE IDEA. 5070 02:51:13,263 --> 02:51:15,031 MEMBER SNIVELY. 5071 02:51:15,031 --> 02:51:15,932 >>Melissa Snively: I WOULD JUST 5072 02:51:15,932 --> 02:51:17,767 ALSO SAY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S 5073 02:51:17,767 --> 02:51:19,569 A FANTASTIC IDEA. 5074 02:51:19,569 --> 02:51:22,005 I KNOW THERE WOULD BE A GREAT 5075 02:51:22,005 --> 02:51:22,939 BENEFIT TO HAVING STUDENTS, 5076 02:51:22,939 --> 02:51:25,108 THEIR PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO AN 5077 02:51:25,108 --> 02:51:26,476 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT, LIKE DR. 5078 02:51:26,476 --> 02:51:26,943 HAHN SAID. 5079 02:51:26,943 --> 02:51:28,545 I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE 5080 02:51:28,545 --> 02:51:29,779 IMPORTANT TO MAYBE HAVE A 5081 02:51:29,779 --> 02:51:31,348 TEACHER WHO IS REPRESENTED ON 5082 02:51:31,348 --> 02:51:32,449 THAT AS WELL. 5083 02:51:32,449 --> 02:51:34,584 IF WE'VE GOT -- THAT'S 10, 11. 5084 02:51:34,584 --> 02:51:37,220 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TEACHERS. 5085 02:51:37,220 --> 02:51:39,356 IF WE'VE GOT SPACE. 5086 02:51:39,356 --> 02:51:41,925 LET'S LEVERAGE THAT, MAYBE A 5087 02:51:41,925 --> 02:51:42,192 PRINCIPAL. 5088 02:51:42,192 --> 02:51:44,327 SO A COUPLE OF STUDENTS, A 5089 02:51:44,327 --> 02:51:46,429 COUPLE OF TEACHERS, A PRINCIPAL, 5090 02:51:46,429 --> 02:51:50,400 BUT I THINK WE SHOULD LEVERAGE 5091 02:51:50,400 --> 02:51:51,201 THAT OPPORTUNITY. 5092 02:51:51,201 --> 02:51:53,803 LIKE MS. VAUGHN SAID, WE'RE 5093 02:51:53,803 --> 02:51:55,071 TRYING TO REALLY ESTABLISH 5094 02:51:55,071 --> 02:51:56,239 RELATIONSHIPS AND RAPPORT WITH 5095 02:51:56,239 --> 02:51:59,209 THE PUBLIC AND TRUST AND KEEPING 5096 02:51:59,209 --> 02:52:01,845 IT OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. 5097 02:52:01,845 --> 02:52:03,613 IF WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING 5098 02:52:03,613 --> 02:52:05,749 PEOPLE IN, LET'S DO IT, LET'S 5099 02:52:05,749 --> 02:52:08,552 BRING THEM IN SO THEY CAN HAVE A 5100 02:52:08,552 --> 02:52:11,621 REAL GREAT EXPERIENCE, 5101 02:52:11,621 --> 02:52:14,624 UNDERSTANDING OUR FINANCIAL 5102 02:52:14,624 --> 02:52:15,058 SITUATION. 5103 02:52:15,058 --> 02:52:17,194 JUST CREATES MORE ADVOCATES FOR 5104 02:52:17,194 --> 02:52:18,395 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GO OUT 5105 02:52:18,395 --> 02:52:22,299 AND HELP US SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE 5106 02:52:22,299 --> 02:52:24,768 DOING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. 5107 02:52:24,768 --> 02:52:26,036 MAYBE 12 WE START WITH, BUT WE 5108 02:52:26,036 --> 02:52:28,605 SEE HOW IT GOES. 5109 02:52:28,605 --> 02:52:29,239 THERE'S. 5110 02:52:29,239 --> 02:52:30,373 >>Stacy Hahn: THERE'S NOTHING 5111 02:52:30,373 --> 02:52:31,975 THAT SAYS WE CAN'T EXPAND IT OR 5112 02:52:31,975 --> 02:52:32,776 12 IS TOO MANY. 5113 02:52:32,776 --> 02:52:34,945 WE HAVE TO KIND OF SEE MAYBE 5114 02:52:34,945 --> 02:52:36,379 FIRST YEAR PILOT STUDY. 5115 02:52:36,379 --> 02:52:37,581 THAT'S MY EDUCATOR. 5116 02:52:37,581 --> 02:52:38,848 >>Jim Porter: YOU COULD ALSO 5117 02:52:38,848 --> 02:52:40,150 HAVE VOTING MEMBERS AND YOU 5118 02:52:40,150 --> 02:52:41,818 COULD HAVE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS 5119 02:52:41,818 --> 02:52:43,019 THERE BY NATURE OF THEIR OFFICE, 5120 02:52:43,019 --> 02:52:44,988 LIKE A PRINCIPAL OR TEACHER. 5121 02:52:44,988 --> 02:52:45,689 THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO 5122 02:52:45,689 --> 02:52:46,456 STRUCTURE THIS. 5123 02:52:46,456 --> 02:52:47,791 I THINK ALL THIS FEEDBACK IS 5124 02:52:47,791 --> 02:52:49,626 VERY HELPFUL. 5125 02:52:49,626 --> 02:52:50,393 >>Lynn Gray: THIS IS EXTREMELY 5126 02:52:50,393 --> 02:52:50,627 HELPFUL. 5127 02:52:50,627 --> 02:52:52,495 I AGREE WITH MEMBER SNIVELY. 5128 02:52:52,495 --> 02:52:54,164 WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN 5129 02:52:54,164 --> 02:52:56,166 FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TO 5130 02:52:56,166 --> 02:52:57,801 THOSE TOUCH POINTS, EVERY TIME 5131 02:52:57,801 --> 02:53:01,137 WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IT HELPS 5132 02:53:01,137 --> 02:53:03,306 US BE MORE OF AN ACCURATE BOARD, 5133 02:53:03,306 --> 02:53:05,141 RELEVANT BOARD. 5134 02:53:05,141 --> 02:53:06,209 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 5135 02:53:06,209 --> 02:53:09,512 MEMBER VAUGHN, I BELIEVE, IS SHE 5136 02:53:09,512 --> 02:53:11,948 ON -- MEMBER VAUGHN. 5137 02:53:11,948 --> 02:53:12,616 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY 5138 02:53:12,616 --> 02:53:13,283 MUCH. 5139 02:53:13,283 --> 02:53:15,352 YES, I THINK I WAS THE ONE WHO 5140 02:53:15,352 --> 02:53:16,853 SUGGESTED HAVING TEACHERS OR 5141 02:53:16,853 --> 02:53:19,723 STUDENTS ON THE BOARD, SO I'M 5142 02:53:19,723 --> 02:53:22,259 REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT WAS A 5143 02:53:22,259 --> 02:53:23,727 POSITIVE SUGGESTION. 5144 02:53:23,727 --> 02:53:24,861 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT AS FAR 5145 02:53:24,861 --> 02:53:27,564 AS THE DISTRICTWIDE OR DISTRICT 5146 02:53:27,564 --> 02:53:29,566 LIMIT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD 5147 02:53:29,566 --> 02:53:31,601 MAKE THAT OPTIONAL, IF PEOPLE 5148 02:53:31,601 --> 02:53:33,236 FEEL THE VALUE OF A STATEMENT IN 5149 02:53:33,236 --> 02:53:34,404 THEIR DISTRICT, THEN THEY CAN 5150 02:53:34,404 --> 02:53:35,572 CERTAINLY DO THAT. 5151 02:53:35,572 --> 02:53:37,908 IF MEMBERS WANT THE FREEDOM TO 5152 02:53:37,908 --> 02:53:39,709 GO OUTSIDE THAT TO MATCH A SKILL 5153 02:53:39,709 --> 02:53:41,177 SET, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE 5154 02:53:41,177 --> 02:53:41,544 OPTIONAL. 5155 02:53:41,544 --> 02:53:43,146 WE'RE ALWAYS ABOUT OPTIONS. 5156 02:53:43,146 --> 02:53:44,547 MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF WE 5157 02:53:44,547 --> 02:53:46,283 EXPAND IT TO HAVING A STUDENT OR 5158 02:53:46,283 --> 02:53:48,218 A TEACHER OR A PRINCIPAL ON THE 5159 02:53:48,218 --> 02:53:49,819 BOARD, HOW DO WE SELECT THAT AND 5160 02:53:49,819 --> 02:53:53,957 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 5161 02:53:53,957 --> 02:53:56,459 THANK YOU. 5162 02:53:56,459 --> 02:53:57,127 >>Jim Porter: I THINK THERE ARE 5163 02:53:57,127 --> 02:53:58,361 DIFFERENT WAYS TO STRUCTURE IT. 5164 02:53:58,361 --> 02:53:59,396 I WOULD ANTICIPATE FROM THE WAY 5165 02:53:59,396 --> 02:54:00,830 THE DISCUSSION IS GOING THAT 5166 02:54:00,830 --> 02:54:02,065 EACH BOARD MEMBER WOULD WANT TO 5167 02:54:02,065 --> 02:54:03,066 APPOINT AT LEAST ONE PERSON 5168 02:54:03,066 --> 02:54:04,968 EITHER FROM THEIR DISTRICT OR 5169 02:54:04,968 --> 02:54:06,036 FROM SOMEWHERE IN HILLSBOROUGH 5170 02:54:06,036 --> 02:54:06,269 COUNTY. 5171 02:54:06,269 --> 02:54:08,338 IF YOU WANTED EX OFFICIO 5172 02:54:08,338 --> 02:54:09,906 MEMBERS, BY EX OFFICIO, THEY ARE 5173 02:54:09,906 --> 02:54:11,541 ON THE COMMITTEE BY NATURE OF 5174 02:54:11,541 --> 02:54:12,409 THEIR OFFICE. 5175 02:54:12,409 --> 02:54:13,476 IT MIGHT BE A SITUATION WHERE 5176 02:54:13,476 --> 02:54:15,812 THE PRINCIPALS DECIDE AMONG 5177 02:54:15,812 --> 02:54:17,180 THEMSELVES WHO THEY WANT TO PICK 5178 02:54:17,180 --> 02:54:18,281 OR THE TEACHERS. 5179 02:54:18,281 --> 02:54:19,149 THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO 5180 02:54:19,149 --> 02:54:19,349 THAT. 5181 02:54:19,349 --> 02:54:20,583 I WOULD SEE THE BOARD CHOOSING 5182 02:54:20,583 --> 02:54:22,452 WHO YOU THINK WOULD BE YOUR BEST 5183 02:54:22,452 --> 02:54:23,119 REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN SOME OF 5184 02:54:23,119 --> 02:54:24,721 THE OTHER POSITIONS DEPENDING ON 5185 02:54:24,721 --> 02:54:27,991 HOW THEY SHAKE OUT, NO PUN 5186 02:54:27,991 --> 02:54:28,258 INTENDED. 5187 02:54:28,258 --> 02:54:29,859 THAT IT'S UP TO THE ORGANIZATION 5188 02:54:29,859 --> 02:54:31,227 TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHO THAT 5189 02:54:31,227 --> 02:54:31,394 IS. 5190 02:54:31,394 --> 02:54:33,229 I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD IDEAS. 5191 02:54:33,229 --> 02:54:34,831 IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, 5192 02:54:34,831 --> 02:54:35,732 I'M HAPPY TO CONSIDER THEM. 5193 02:54:35,732 --> 02:54:36,933 >>Lynn Gray: AT THIS POINT, 5194 02:54:36,933 --> 02:54:38,568 BOARD, IF YOU DO HAVE MORE 5195 02:54:38,568 --> 02:54:41,071 THOUGHTS, SHARE IT WITH MR. 5196 02:54:41,071 --> 02:54:41,971 PORTER, MS. JOHNSON. 5197 02:54:41,971 --> 02:54:43,907 I THINK CCING BOTH. 5198 02:54:43,907 --> 02:54:45,041 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DID YOU 5199 02:54:45,041 --> 02:54:45,942 WANT TO SPEAK? 5200 02:54:45,942 --> 02:54:46,710 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 5201 02:54:46,710 --> 02:54:48,111 I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 5202 02:54:48,111 --> 02:54:50,780 OUR TEAM WILL BE READILY 5203 02:54:50,780 --> 02:54:52,515 ACCESSIBLE TO SUPPORT THIS 5204 02:54:52,515 --> 02:54:53,550 COUNCIL FOR THE BOARD TO 5205 02:54:53,550 --> 02:54:57,620 CONTINUE TO LOOK AT FINANCES. 5206 02:54:57,620 --> 02:54:59,556 REPORT TO THE BOARD, LAST 5207 02:54:59,556 --> 02:55:01,324 TUESDAY, WHEN WE DID THE 5208 02:55:01,324 --> 02:55:03,960 PowerPoint RELATED TO OUR 5209 02:55:03,960 --> 02:55:04,828 UPDATE FINANCIAL UPDATE RELATED 5210 02:55:04,828 --> 02:55:06,763 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S 5211 02:55:06,763 --> 02:55:09,366 ASK FOR OUR RESERVE BALANCE, ON 5212 02:55:09,366 --> 02:55:11,267 PAGE 12 OF THAT POWERPOINT, 5213 02:55:11,267 --> 02:55:12,469 IDENTIFIES ALL OF THE BUCKETS OF 5214 02:55:12,469 --> 02:55:14,037 MONEY RELATED TO ESSER 2. 5215 02:55:14,037 --> 02:55:15,772 AND FROM THAT SIDE OF IT, WE 5216 02:55:15,772 --> 02:55:18,141 HAVE NOT HAD ANY -- RECEIVED ANY 5217 02:55:18,141 --> 02:55:19,709 INFORMATION RELATED TO HOW WE OR 5218 02:55:19,709 --> 02:55:22,078 WHEN WE RECEIVE THAT LAST BUCKET 5219 02:55:22,078 --> 02:55:24,647 FOR $54 MILLION OR HOW TO 5220 02:55:24,647 --> 02:55:27,283 ACTUALLY -- THE GRANT TO 5221 02:55:27,283 --> 02:55:28,385 ACTUALLY EXPEND THIS. 5222 02:55:28,385 --> 02:55:30,186 OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON A 5223 02:55:30,186 --> 02:55:31,187 DOCUMENT TO PRESENT TO THE 5224 02:55:31,187 --> 02:55:31,554 BOARD. 5225 02:55:31,554 --> 02:55:32,422 WE'RE WAITING ON FURTHER 5226 02:55:32,422 --> 02:55:34,391 GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE, HENCE 5227 02:55:34,391 --> 02:55:35,725 THE REASON YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY 5228 02:55:35,725 --> 02:55:36,292 PARTICULAR UPDATE. 5229 02:55:36,292 --> 02:55:38,194 AS SOON AS WE GET THAT 5230 02:55:38,194 --> 02:55:39,028 INFORMATION, WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN 5231 02:55:39,028 --> 02:55:40,163 THE BOARD IS APPRISED. 5232 02:55:40,163 --> 02:55:42,198 BUT OUR TEAM STANDS READY TO 5233 02:55:42,198 --> 02:55:43,767 ENGAGE THE BOARD IN A WORKSHOP 5234 02:55:43,767 --> 02:55:45,068 ABOUT HOW THESE DOLLARS WILL BE 5235 02:55:45,068 --> 02:55:46,836 SPENT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE 5236 02:55:46,836 --> 02:55:48,872 EXPERIENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 5237 02:55:48,872 --> 02:55:49,839 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, 5238 02:55:49,839 --> 02:55:50,407 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 5239 02:55:50,407 --> 02:55:53,143 THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON AND 5240 02:55:53,143 --> 02:55:54,511 FINANCIAL STAFF. 5241 02:55:54,511 --> 02:55:55,044 MS. JOHNSON, DID YOU HAVE 5242 02:55:55,044 --> 02:55:57,313 SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? 5243 02:55:57,313 --> 02:55:58,415 YOU'RE ALL DONE. 5244 02:55:58,415 --> 02:55:58,748 OKAY. 5245 02:55:58,748 --> 02:55:59,682 THANK YOU ALL. 5246 02:55:59,682 --> 02:56:00,617 SEE YOU TONIGHT. 5247 02:56:00,617 --> 02:56:01,851 LET'S GO AHEAD AND GAVEL IT OUT. 5248 02:56:01,851 --> 02:56:03,153 [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]