1 00:00:05,873 --> 00:00:06,106 >>Lynn Gray: HI. 2 00:00:06,106 --> 00:00:07,941 I'M LYNN GRAY, CHAIR. 3 00:00:07,941 --> 00:00:08,208 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL 4 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:09,009 BOARD. 5 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:10,978 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO 6 00:00:10,978 --> 00:00:11,879 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC 7 00:00:11,879 --> 00:00:12,946 SCHOOLS. 8 00:00:12,946 --> 00:00:15,315 WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 9 00:00:15,315 --> 00:00:15,449 STUDENTS. 10 00:00:15,449 --> 00:00:17,117 THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN 11 00:00:17,117 --> 00:00:18,886 PRESCHOOL THROUGH OUR ADULTS IN 12 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:20,888 OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM; 13 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:21,922 >> HI. 14 00:00:21,922 --> 00:00:24,024 I'M DR. STACY HAHN, THE BOARD 15 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:24,892 VICE CHAIR. 16 00:00:24,892 --> 00:00:27,227 OUR DISTRICT IS THE 7th 17 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:28,962 LARGEST IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM 18 00:00:28,962 --> 00:00:31,131 IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 19 00:00:31,131 --> 00:00:34,134 PEOPLE WORKING AT NEARLY 250 20 00:00:34,134 --> 00:00:36,103 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. 21 00:00:36,103 --> 00:00:39,273 >> WE ARE DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. 22 00:00:39,273 --> 00:00:41,909 OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN 23 00:00:41,909 --> 00:00:43,844 OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT 24 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:44,878 TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. 25 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:46,947 THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR 26 00:00:46,947 --> 00:00:48,282 STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES IS 27 00:00:48,282 --> 00:00:50,884 TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN 28 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:51,985 WHAT WE DO. 29 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:53,921 >> YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR 30 00:00:53,921 --> 00:00:55,822 MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD 31 00:00:55,822 --> 00:00:56,924 MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT 32 00:00:56,924 --> 00:00:58,792 ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 33 00:00:58,792 --> 00:01:01,028 BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE 34 00:01:01,028 --> 00:01:03,096 BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON 35 00:01:03,096 --> 00:01:05,966 SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND 36 00:01:05,966 --> 00:01:07,768 FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32. 37 00:01:07,768 --> 00:01:09,937 >> MEETINGS ARE STREAMED ON OUR 38 00:01:09,937 --> 00:01:12,005 WEBSITE AT 39 00:01:12,005 --> 00:01:12,272 HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. 40 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:14,174 CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON 41 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:15,075 ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS 42 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:17,811 ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE 43 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:18,812 ARCHIVES. 44 00:01:18,812 --> 00:01:20,013 >> WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE 45 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:21,181 PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. 46 00:01:21,181 --> 00:01:22,849 WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE 47 00:01:22,849 --> 00:01:24,117 COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR 48 00:01:24,117 --> 00:01:25,752 BUSINESS ITEMS. 49 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:27,087 OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING 50 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,022 MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE 51 00:01:29,022 --> 00:01:29,890 IN ADVANCE. 52 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:31,058 THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS 53 00:01:31,058 --> 00:01:32,859 BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR 54 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:35,195 WEBSITE AT 55 00:01:35,195 --> 00:01:36,330 HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. 56 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:40,067 >> OUR VISION IS PREPARING 57 00:01:40,067 --> 00:01:43,904 STUDENTS FOR LIFE. 58 00:01:43,904 --> 00:01:46,940 AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS. 59 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,109 EVERY DAY. 60 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:49,443 TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS 61 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:54,915 DIAS 62 00:01:54,915 --> 00:02:01,021 THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN 63 00:02:01,021 --> 00:02:01,154 EDUCATION. 64 00:02:01,154 --> 00:02:08,128 WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE MAKING 65 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:11,064 DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR 66 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:18,739 COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. 67 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:20,273 (SOUNDING GAVEL). 68 00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:20,574 >>Lynn Gray: GOOD AFTERNOON, 69 00:02:20,574 --> 00:02:21,975 EVERYONE. 70 00:02:21,975 --> 00:02:25,112 THE BOARD MEETING OF JULY 71 00:02:25,112 --> 00:02:26,947 13th, 2021 IS CALLED TO 72 00:02:26,947 --> 00:02:27,781 ORDER. 73 00:02:27,781 --> 00:02:30,917 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER 74 00:02:30,917 --> 00:02:33,186 MELISSA SNIVELY, WHO IS NOT HERE 75 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:35,155 AT THIS TIME, AND MEMBER STACY 76 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:39,960 HAHN, WHO IS NOT HERE AT THIS 77 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,896 TIME, WE HAVE KAREN PEREZ WHO IS 78 00:02:42,896 --> 00:02:43,897 ON THE TEAMS. 79 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:45,866 SHE WILL BE LISTENING AND 80 00:02:45,866 --> 00:02:47,868 WEIGHING IN ON HER THOUGHTS. 81 00:02:47,868 --> 00:02:49,936 WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE 82 00:02:49,936 --> 00:02:51,038 A QUORUM. 83 00:02:51,038 --> 00:02:54,174 AND NOW LET ME GO AHEAD AND 84 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:54,474 INTRODUCE MEMBER COMBS, WOULD 85 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:56,977 YOU LEAD US INTO A MOMENT OF 86 00:02:56,977 --> 00:03:00,013 SILENCE AND FOLLOW US ALL WITH 87 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:02,115 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? 88 00:03:02,115 --> 00:03:05,152 >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF 89 00:03:05,152 --> 00:03:05,252 SILENCE. 90 00:03:07,154 --> 00:03:09,890 (MOMENT OF SILENCE). 91 00:03:09,890 --> 00:03:10,957 THANK YOU. 92 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:12,259 NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE 93 00:03:12,259 --> 00:03:16,163 OF ALLEGIANCE. 94 00:03:17,264 --> 00:03:28,175 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ] 95 00:03:34,915 --> 00:03:36,116 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 96 00:03:36,116 --> 00:03:36,216 COMBS. 97 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,218 WE HAVE TWO WITHDRAWN ITEMS 98 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:39,986 TODAY. 99 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:43,023 4.03, DISCIPLINARY ACTION, AND 100 00:03:43,023 --> 00:03:48,261 6.12, RENEWAL PURCHASE OF 101 00:03:48,261 --> 00:03:49,863 ACHIEVE 3000 WITH GRADES 3-12 102 00:03:49,863 --> 00:03:51,832 FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR. 103 00:03:51,832 --> 00:03:53,800 I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO 104 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,968 ADOPT THE AGENDA. 105 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:57,771 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN 106 00:03:57,771 --> 00:04:01,975 AND A SECOND BY MEMBER 107 00:04:01,975 --> 00:04:02,909 WASHINGTON. 108 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:09,716 ANY DISCUSSION? 109 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:18,959 OH, MEMBER HAHN -- SORRY. 110 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:19,059 OKAY. 111 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:21,228 WE WILL NOW -- WE HAVE A SECOND 112 00:04:21,228 --> 00:04:23,196 BY MEMBER WASHINGTON, A FIRST BY 113 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:24,030 MEMBER COMBS. 114 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:25,732 ANY DISCUSSION? 115 00:04:25,732 --> 00:04:27,100 SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN 116 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:40,914 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 117 00:04:40,914 --> 00:04:42,949 ALL FAVORABLE. 118 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:46,286 AND WITH KAREN PEREZ. 119 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:47,921 >>Jim Porter: THEY ARE HAVING A 120 00:04:47,921 --> 00:04:48,889 TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH HER. 121 00:04:48,889 --> 00:04:50,056 OH, SHE IS ON. 122 00:04:50,056 --> 00:04:52,125 THEY GOT HER ON. 123 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,760 GREAT. 124 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:54,995 >>Lynn Gray: GOOD AFTERNOON, 125 00:04:54,995 --> 00:04:55,162 MEMBER PEREZ. 126 00:04:55,162 --> 00:04:58,932 ARE YOU ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THE 127 00:04:58,932 --> 00:04:59,099 VOTE? 128 00:04:59,099 --> 00:04:59,332 >>Karen Perez: YES. 129 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:01,168 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 130 00:05:01,168 --> 00:05:03,136 SO WE HAVE FOUR, WE HAVE FIVE 131 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:03,870 WEIGHING IN. 132 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:06,039 THANK YOU. 133 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:06,940 OKAY. 134 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:08,108 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT 135 00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:10,911 MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER SNIVELY 136 00:05:10,911 --> 00:05:12,846 ARE ABSENT AND ALL OTHER BOARD 137 00:05:12,846 --> 00:05:14,181 MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE 138 00:05:14,181 --> 00:05:16,216 EXCEPTION OF MEMBER HAHN AND 139 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:19,085 MEMBER SNIVELY. 140 00:05:19,085 --> 00:05:21,188 AND MEMBER PEREZ IS AVAILABLE BY 141 00:05:21,188 --> 00:05:22,222 REMOTE. 142 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:23,123 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 143 00:05:23,123 --> 00:05:25,158 WE HAVE A LOT OF MINUTES TO BE 144 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:26,893 APPROVED TODAY. 145 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:28,995 WE WERE VERY BUSY AS A BOARD. 146 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:31,198 MAY 4th, THE SCHOOL BOARD 147 00:05:31,198 --> 00:05:31,331 RETREAT. 148 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:33,166 MAY 6th, THE SPECIAL CALLED 149 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,801 BOARD MEETING. 150 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:36,236 MAY 18th, THE SCHOOL BOARD 151 00:05:36,236 --> 00:05:37,204 MEETING. 152 00:05:37,204 --> 00:05:39,773 MAY 18th, THE SCHOOL BOARD 153 00:05:39,773 --> 00:05:40,173 WORKSHOP. 154 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,075 JUNE 15th, THE SCHOOL BOARD 155 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:42,976 MEETING. 156 00:05:42,976 --> 00:05:44,845 JUNE 17th, THE SPECIAL 157 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:50,817 CALLED BOARD MEETING. 158 00:05:50,817 --> 00:05:52,919 JUNE 29th, THE SCHOOL BOARD 159 00:05:52,919 --> 00:05:53,920 MEETING. 160 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,755 JUNE 29th, THE SPECIAL 161 00:05:55,755 --> 00:05:56,957 CALLED BOARD MEETING. 162 00:05:56,957 --> 00:05:58,892 I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO 163 00:05:58,892 --> 00:05:59,993 APPROVE THE MINUTES. 164 00:05:59,993 --> 00:06:02,095 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS 165 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:04,197 AND A SECOND BY MEMBER 166 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:05,198 WASHINGTON. 167 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:07,901 WILL THERE BE ANY DISCUSSION? 168 00:06:07,901 --> 00:06:09,069 SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN 169 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:19,946 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 170 00:06:19,946 --> 00:06:21,248 AND MEMBER PEREZ, THAT'S A YES. 171 00:06:21,248 --> 00:06:24,184 THANK YOU. 172 00:06:24,184 --> 00:06:25,952 BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO 173 00:06:25,952 --> 00:06:29,055 GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S 174 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:29,889 MEETING. 175 00:06:29,889 --> 00:06:32,859 AS A REMINDER THIS IS A 176 00:06:32,859 --> 00:06:34,127 NONPARTISAN BOARD AND THE BOARD 177 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:36,129 IS ASKED TO CONSIDER OUR 178 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:37,230 CHILDREN'S INTERESTS AND NEEDS 179 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:39,833 FIRST TO PAVE THE WAY FOR 180 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:42,035 EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA 181 00:06:42,035 --> 00:06:43,003 STATEMENT, AND/OR QUESTIONS, 182 00:06:43,003 --> 00:06:45,171 BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THREE 183 00:06:45,171 --> 00:06:47,173 MINUTES TO SPEAK, WITH 30 SECOND 184 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:49,709 FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. 185 00:06:49,709 --> 00:06:51,111 AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT 186 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:52,012 CAN RESPOND. 187 00:06:52,012 --> 00:06:53,046 IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, 188 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:56,149 YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK INTO 189 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:57,150 THE QUEUE. 190 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:58,918 NOW, MEMBER COMBS, WOULD YOU BE 191 00:06:58,918 --> 00:07:03,990 SO KIND AS TO READ THE BOARD 192 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:04,124 GUIDELINES? 193 00:07:04,124 --> 00:07:05,091 >>Nadia Combs: AS WE BEGIN THIS 194 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:06,926 AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME 195 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:08,728 QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR 196 00:07:08,728 --> 00:07:09,829 SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. 197 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:12,032 PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC 198 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:12,165 DEVICES. 199 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:13,033 THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM 200 00:07:13,033 --> 00:07:14,200 BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD 201 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,969 MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON 202 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:17,971 STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. 203 00:07:17,971 --> 00:07:19,839 THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH 204 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:21,708 CLOSED CAPTIONING ON A LIVE 205 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:23,810 WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO 206 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:25,211 MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. 207 00:07:25,211 --> 00:07:27,013 IT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED WITH 208 00:07:27,013 --> 00:07:30,750 CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE 209 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:31,751 VIDEO ARCHIVES. 210 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:33,186 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 211 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:33,286 COMBS. 212 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,055 ZOE WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED 213 00:07:35,055 --> 00:07:36,923 FOR TIME CERTAIN. 214 00:07:36,923 --> 00:07:39,059 AT 5:01 P.M. WE HAVE A PUBLIC 215 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:41,161 HEARING FOR RECOMMENDED 216 00:07:41,161 --> 00:07:44,931 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WHICH IS 217 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:46,966 DIGITAL DESIGN, FASHION, 218 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:48,168 TELEVISION PRODUCTION, AND WORLD 219 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:48,968 LANGUAGES. 220 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:52,038 AT 6:00 P.M. WE HAVE EMPLOYEE 221 00:07:52,038 --> 00:07:53,006 INPUT. 222 00:07:53,006 --> 00:07:55,041 PUBLIC COMMENT. 223 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:58,745 THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM 224 00:07:58,745 --> 00:08:00,180 CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT 225 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:01,948 TO THE BOARD. 226 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:03,750 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST 227 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:04,751 COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR 228 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:06,152 COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW 229 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,088 UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR 230 00:08:08,088 --> 00:08:10,156 BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE 231 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:10,290 RESPONSES. 232 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:12,158 OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE 233 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:14,027 PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE 234 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:16,730 BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU 235 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:19,833 TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. 236 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:20,133 HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN 237 00:08:20,133 --> 00:08:23,069 YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD THE 238 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:24,904 COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTLY 239 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:25,939 PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD 240 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:28,141 MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT 241 00:08:28,141 --> 00:08:30,844 RATHER DIRECTLY TO THE ISSUES AT 242 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:31,911 HAND. 243 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:33,179 ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO 244 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,948 INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF 245 00:08:34,948 --> 00:08:36,750 THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE 246 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:37,751 ALLOWED. 247 00:08:37,751 --> 00:08:40,186 OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. 248 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:42,789 WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, 249 00:08:42,789 --> 00:08:44,224 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK 250 00:08:44,224 --> 00:08:46,893 CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. 251 00:08:46,893 --> 00:08:49,028 AS A REMINDER OF OUR WAY OF 252 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:50,930 WORK, WE HAVE ALLOTTED 45 253 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:52,999 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 254 00:08:52,999 --> 00:08:54,200 HOWEVER, AT TIMES, WHEN THERE IS 255 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,036 AN ISSUE OF GREAT INTEREST, WE 256 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:59,739 COULD CHOOSE TO EXTEND THAT 257 00:08:59,739 --> 00:08:59,839 TIME. 258 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:01,241 THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER 259 00:09:01,241 --> 00:09:05,678 WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO 260 00:09:05,678 --> 00:09:05,779 SPEAK. 261 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:08,715 WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECOND LEFT, 262 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:11,017 INSTEAD OF ME SAYING "FINAL 263 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:13,720 THOUGHTS" YOU WILL HEAR 264 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,055 HOPEFULLY -- A YELLOW LIGHT WILL 265 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:17,857 GO ON AND A BUZZER WILL BE 266 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:19,859 HEARD. 267 00:09:19,859 --> 00:09:21,127 AND FOLLOWING THAT 30 SECOND, 268 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:23,997 YOU WILL HEAR ANOTHER BUZZER. 269 00:09:23,997 --> 00:09:26,166 AND I THINK AT THIS TIME WE WILL 270 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:29,736 SOON BE ABLE TO CALL OUR 271 00:09:29,736 --> 00:09:30,737 SPEAKERS. 272 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:34,207 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TIME FOR OUR 273 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:41,881 RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. 274 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:44,084 OUR PROCLAMATION TODAY WILL BE 275 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:45,952 BASED ON THE NATIONAL MINORITY 276 00:09:45,952 --> 00:09:49,289 MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. 277 00:09:49,289 --> 00:09:51,858 AND IT IS MY PLEASURE, OUR 278 00:09:51,858 --> 00:09:53,793 PLEASURE, TO HAVE MEMBER 279 00:09:53,793 --> 00:09:56,830 WASHINGTON READ THIS 280 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:57,864 PROCLAMATION. 281 00:09:57,864 --> 00:09:58,398 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: EACH 282 00:09:58,398 --> 00:10:00,066 YEAR, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FACE 283 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:04,103 THE REALITY OF LIVING WITH -- 284 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:05,872 THROUGH EDUCATION, OUR DISTRICT 285 00:10:05,872 --> 00:10:08,975 AIMS TO DECREASE THE STIGMA, 286 00:10:08,975 --> 00:10:11,945 PROVIDE RESOURCES, EDUCATE ALL 287 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:12,946 STAKEHOLDERS, EMPHASIZE THE 288 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:15,114 IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE AND 289 00:10:15,114 --> 00:10:17,217 IDENTITY IN THE MENTAL HEALTH 290 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:17,917 MOVEMENT. 291 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:19,085 AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT 292 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:20,954 SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR 293 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:23,056 FAMILIES FACED WITH MENTAL 294 00:10:23,056 --> 00:10:24,123 HEALTH CHALLENGES. 295 00:10:24,123 --> 00:10:27,127 MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS DO NOT 296 00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:27,293 DISCRIMINATE. 297 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:31,064 IT'S BASED ON RACE, NOT BASED ON 298 00:10:31,064 --> 00:10:34,133 RACE, COLOR, GENDER, OR 299 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:35,802 IDENTITY. 300 00:10:35,802 --> 00:10:36,903 ANYONE CAN EXPERIENCE THE 301 00:10:36,903 --> 00:10:38,271 CHALLENGES OF MENTAL HEALTH 302 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:41,141 REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND. 303 00:10:41,141 --> 00:10:46,112 FORMALLY RECOGNIZED IN JUNE 304 00:10:46,112 --> 00:10:48,147 2008, BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL 305 00:10:48,147 --> 00:10:50,116 NATIONAL MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH 306 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:51,117 AWARENESS MONTH HAS BEEN 307 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:52,152 OBSERVED EACH JULY AND WAS 308 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:53,987 CREATED TO BRING AWARENESS TO 309 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:58,791 THE UNIQUE STRUGGLES THAT 310 00:10:58,791 --> 00:10:59,192 UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS FACE 311 00:10:59,192 --> 00:11:00,994 REGARDING MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE 312 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:01,928 UNITED STATES. 313 00:11:01,928 --> 00:11:04,998 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 314 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:06,065 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 315 00:11:06,065 --> 00:11:06,199 WASHINGTON. 316 00:11:06,199 --> 00:11:08,034 I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO 317 00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:09,903 APPROVE THE NATIONAL MINORITY 318 00:11:09,903 --> 00:11:11,137 MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. 319 00:11:11,137 --> 00:11:13,172 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS 320 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:21,814 AND A SECOND BY -- BY MEMBER 321 00:11:21,814 --> 00:11:21,948 VAUGHN. 322 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:23,182 THANK YOU. 323 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:25,318 ANY DISCUSSION? 324 00:11:25,318 --> 00:11:27,020 WE HAVE -- CORRECT. 325 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:28,855 MEMBER PEREZ WOULD LIKE TO MAKE 326 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:29,889 A COMMENT. 327 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:31,925 I SEE MEMBER WASHINGTON WOULD 328 00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:37,130 LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, ALSO? 329 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:37,463 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: NO, 330 00:11:37,463 --> 00:11:39,866 I GIVE TO THE MEMBER -- 331 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:40,166 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ. 332 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:42,035 THANK YOU. 333 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:42,335 >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU FOR 334 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:48,141 BRINGING UP THE PROCLAMATION. 335 00:11:48,141 --> 00:11:49,909 WE HAD A PLAYER WHO MENTIONED 336 00:11:49,909 --> 00:11:53,212 IT'S OKAY NOT TO BE OKAY, AND WE 337 00:11:53,212 --> 00:11:56,749 SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS OUR 338 00:11:56,749 --> 00:11:58,184 MENTAL HEALTH, THAT LIKE MEMBER 339 00:11:58,184 --> 00:12:00,987 WASHINGTON MENTIONED, THAT 340 00:12:00,987 --> 00:12:03,923 MENTAL HEALTH DOES NOT 341 00:12:03,923 --> 00:12:04,824 DISCRIMINATE. 342 00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:06,225 AND, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT 343 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:07,961 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS, 344 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:10,129 THAT WE PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH 345 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:13,199 SERVICES FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE 346 00:12:13,199 --> 00:12:15,201 WHO NEEDS IT, AND NOT ONLY FOR 347 00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:17,804 OUR STUDENTS BUT FOR THEIR 348 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:18,171 FAMILIES. 349 00:12:18,171 --> 00:12:19,906 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 350 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:23,309 BRINGING UP THIS PROCLAMATION, 351 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,144 AND ALWAYS KEEP MENTAL HEALTH 352 00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:27,847 FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR OUR 353 00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:27,981 FAMILIES. 354 00:12:27,981 --> 00:12:28,214 THANK YOU. 355 00:12:28,214 --> 00:12:30,049 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 356 00:12:30,049 --> 00:12:30,149 PEREZ. 357 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:34,087 MEMBER VAUGHN? 358 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:34,387 >>Jessica Vaughn: I WASN'T IN 359 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:36,222 THE QUEUE TO SPEAK BUT I DON'T 360 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:36,322 MIND. 361 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:38,157 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 362 00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:39,158 THAT EVERY COMMUNITY WE ARE 363 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:40,860 REMOVING AND WORKING REALLY HARD 364 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:43,062 TO REMOVE ANY STIGMA ASSOCIATED 365 00:12:43,062 --> 00:12:44,931 WITH MENTAL HEALTH SO I AM 366 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:46,933 REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS 367 00:12:46,933 --> 00:12:49,102 PROCLAMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT, 368 00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:51,838 YOU KNOW, WE ARE REACHING ACROSS 369 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:52,972 ALL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 370 00:12:52,972 --> 00:12:54,173 ADVOCATING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND 371 00:12:54,173 --> 00:12:56,843 MAKING SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE, SO 372 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:56,976 THANK YOU. 373 00:12:56,976 --> 00:12:58,044 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 374 00:12:58,044 --> 00:12:59,212 VAUGHN, FOR SPEAKING RIGHT FROM 375 00:12:59,212 --> 00:13:02,048 THE HEART AND RIGHT AWAY. 376 00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:05,018 SO I ALSO AGREE VERY MUCH, AND I 377 00:13:05,018 --> 00:13:09,856 THINK ALL OF US RIGHT NOW IN THE 378 00:13:09,856 --> 00:13:10,990 DAIS EDUCATED AND BEFORE THE 379 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:15,028 MIND WILL LEARN AND ABSORB 380 00:13:15,028 --> 00:13:16,896 ACADEMICS, THEIR MIND AND 381 00:13:16,896 --> 00:13:18,131 WELL-BEING MUST BE ADDRESSED. 382 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:20,233 AND THAT IS SO KEY AND CRITICAL, 383 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:24,804 AND WE ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT 384 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:27,874 OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS TAKING -- 385 00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,942 SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, AS WE 386 00:13:29,942 --> 00:13:31,744 SHOULD, TO THE EFFORTS OF MENTAL 387 00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:32,879 HEALTH. 388 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:35,048 AND THAT WILL BE PROBABLY 389 00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:37,050 HIGHLIGHTED DURING THIS BOARD 390 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:38,985 MEETING, BUT BOARD MEMBERS ARE 391 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:42,021 VERY KEENLY AWARE OF THE 392 00:13:42,021 --> 00:13:43,890 IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR 393 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:46,859 ALL RACE, COLOR AND GENDERS, 394 00:13:46,859 --> 00:13:48,261 AND/OR IDENTITY. 395 00:13:48,261 --> 00:13:49,996 I NEED YOUR VOTE AT THIS POINT 396 00:13:49,996 --> 00:13:50,863 IN TIME. 397 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:56,936 PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE 398 00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:57,904 ON. 399 00:13:57,904 --> 00:13:59,272 OKAY, IT IS UNANIMOUS. 400 00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:01,040 AND MEMBER PEREZ, ALSO. 401 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,142 AND AGAIN, MEMBER SNIVELY, 402 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:05,878 MEMBER HAHN ARE NOT AT THIS 403 00:14:05,878 --> 00:14:07,013 MEETING AT THIS TIME. 404 00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:08,147 OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD 405 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:10,149 AND WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ON TO 406 00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:14,020 THE CONSENT AGENDA. 407 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:15,822 >>Jim Porter: WE NEED TO DO 408 00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:16,756 PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE. 409 00:14:16,756 --> 00:14:17,857 >>Lynn Gray: READY FOR PUBLIC 410 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:17,990 COMMENT? 411 00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:18,191 ALL RIGHT. 412 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:19,759 LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE WILL 413 00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:19,859 BEGIN. 414 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:22,128 I AM GOING TO CALL OUT YOUR 415 00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:24,864 NAMES, PROBABLY FOUR OF YOU AT A 416 00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:25,998 TIME, AND THREE MINUTES EACH, SO 417 00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:27,900 YOU KNOW THE DRILL BECAUSE I 418 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:29,001 ALREADY WENT BACK THERE AND 419 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:31,170 TALKED TO SOME OF YOU. 420 00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:32,839 SO WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 421 00:14:32,839 --> 00:14:35,908 LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS. 422 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:40,880 FIRST, JESSICA DEINVOICE, 423 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,116 GONZALEZ, MARK KLUTHO, SCOTT 424 00:14:43,116 --> 00:14:48,921 HEIGHT, AND THEN DEBRA SETTLES 425 00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:52,024 A. 426 00:14:52,024 --> 00:14:52,158 SETTLESSA. 427 00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:53,793 YOU MAY COME FORWARD TO THE 428 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:54,160 MICROPHONE. 429 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,130 AND YOU MAY HAVE TOP ADJUST THE 430 00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:58,097 MICROPHONE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 431 00:14:58,097 --> 00:15:21,154 A LITTLE BIT LOW. 432 00:15:21,154 --> 00:15:22,822 MS. MCDONALD, ARE YOU FRONT AND 433 00:15:22,822 --> 00:15:22,922 CENTER? 434 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:23,890 I APOLOGIZE. 435 00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:25,858 YOUR NAME IS AT THE TOP. 436 00:15:25,858 --> 00:15:32,765 IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED. 437 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:35,902 >> MY NAME IS VERONICA MCDONALD. 438 00:15:35,902 --> 00:15:36,969 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS BEEN 439 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:38,171 HIGHLIGHTED NATIONALLY FOR 440 00:15:38,171 --> 00:15:39,839 PUSHING BACK AND STEPPING THE 441 00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:41,107 RUBBER STANCH OF CHARTERS AND 442 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:42,074 REINSTATING ACCOUNTABILITY. 443 00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:44,177 THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS 444 00:15:44,177 --> 00:15:45,845 TAKEN NOTICE AND WILL BE 445 00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:47,780 DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTIONS AT 446 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:48,214 THEIR MEETING TOMORROW FOR THE 447 00:15:48,214 --> 00:15:51,818 SCHOOL BOARD'S VOTE FOR CHARTER 448 00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:52,084 NONRENEWALS. 449 00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:53,886 THIS MEETING IS TOMORROW AT 450 00:15:53,886 --> 00:15:54,954 9 A.M. AT ST. PETE COLLEGE AND 451 00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:56,155 IT IS HERE WHERE WE DISCUSS 452 00:15:56,155 --> 00:15:57,690 WHETHER OR NOT OUR SCHOOL BOARD 453 00:15:57,690 --> 00:15:59,826 BROKE THE LAW IN DENYING FOUR 454 00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:00,726 CHARTER SCHOOLS. 455 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:02,795 IT SEEMS THE STATE IS POSTURING 456 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:04,096 TO WITHHOLD MONEY UNLESS THE 457 00:16:04,096 --> 00:16:05,898 SCHOOL BOARD REVERSES ITS 458 00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:06,032 DECISION. 459 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:07,066 THE STATE INDICATES THAT OUR 460 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:09,769 BOARD VIOLATED LAW BY NOT GIVING 461 00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:10,803 A 90-DAY NOTICE BEFORE THE 462 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:12,872 EXPIRATION OF CHARTERS THAT WERE 463 00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:13,840 UP FOR RENEWAL. 464 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:14,841 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT VERY 465 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:15,908 CLEAR THAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD 466 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:16,976 RECEIVED THE NOTICE OF RENEWAL 467 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:20,046 OF THESE CHARTERS TWO WEEKS 468 00:16:20,046 --> 00:16:21,948 BEFORE GIVE OR TAKE BEFORE THESE 469 00:16:21,948 --> 00:16:23,182 CHARTERS EXPIRED. 470 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:24,984 THE BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY OF 471 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:26,819 NOTIFYING THE SCHOOL BOARD RESTS 472 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:27,820 ON THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 473 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,155 AND ANY ACTION THAT IS TAKEN BY 474 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:30,957 THE STATE TO WITHHOLD FUNDS WILL 475 00:16:30,957 --> 00:16:32,892 BE DUE TO NEGLIGENCE AND NOT 476 00:16:32,892 --> 00:16:34,160 PERFORMING THOSE DUTIES. 477 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,995 THERE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN PUBLIC 478 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:37,129 OUTCRY TO REMOVE THE 479 00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:38,965 SUPERINTENDENT DUE TO TEACHER 480 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:39,866 CUTS. 481 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:41,133 WILL COMMISSIONER CORCORAN LET 482 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:42,068 THE SUPERINTENDENT TAKE THIS 483 00:16:42,068 --> 00:16:43,903 FALL SO THAT HE CAN MAKE A POINT 484 00:16:43,903 --> 00:16:45,104 THAT LOCAL CONTROL MEANS THAT HE 485 00:16:45,104 --> 00:16:49,809 CONTROLS LOCALLY? 486 00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:51,177 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 487 00:16:51,177 --> 00:16:56,983 JESSICA DEBOY. 488 00:16:58,084 --> 00:16:59,819 GOOD AFTERNOON. 489 00:16:59,819 --> 00:17:01,888 >> MY NAME IS JESSICA AND I AM 490 00:17:01,888 --> 00:17:03,756 HERE REPRESENTING THOUSANDS AS 491 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:04,991 PART OF HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC 492 00:17:04,991 --> 00:17:06,125 SCHOOL ADVOCATES. 493 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:07,727 ONE OF THE TENETS OF OUR GROUP 494 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:09,161 IS TO REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS AND 495 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:10,730 MAKE SURE THEY ARE GOOD 496 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:11,964 DECISIONS FOR TEACHERS, 497 00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:13,132 TAXPAYERS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR 498 00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:14,901 STUDENT BODY. 499 00:17:14,901 --> 00:17:18,037 WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE A NO VOTE 500 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,072 ON ACHIEVE 30700 WHICH I KNOW 501 00:17:20,072 --> 00:17:21,874 WAS WITHDRAWN TODAY AND WILL BE 502 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,009 HAPPENING LATER THIS MONTH 503 00:17:23,009 --> 00:17:23,175 POTENTIALLY. 504 00:17:23,175 --> 00:17:25,111 THE AVERAGE IMPROVEMENT INDEX IS 505 00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:27,213 ONLY 3 TO 6 PERCENTILE POINTS 506 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:27,914 OUT OF 50. 507 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:29,916 WE ALSO TOOK AN UNOFFICIAL 508 00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:30,950 SURVEY ASKING THOUSANDS OF 509 00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:32,718 PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO WEIGH IN 510 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,020 ON THEIR EXPERIENCES. 511 00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,955 ONE TEACHER MENTIONED SPENDING 512 00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:37,256 HOURS ONLINE WITH TECH SUPPORT 513 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:39,959 AND NOT GETTING A RESOLUTION SHE 514 00:17:39,959 --> 00:17:40,993 SPEED NEEDED. 515 00:17:40,993 --> 00:17:42,929 WE ALSO HAD MANY RESPONSES 516 00:17:42,929 --> 00:17:45,197 STATING PROGRAMS LIKE COMMON LIT 517 00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:46,966 THAT ARE FREE HAVE BETTER 518 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:48,067 RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCES. 519 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:49,969 BUT FOR THOSE TROUBLING 520 00:17:49,969 --> 00:17:51,103 STATISTICS CAME FROM 521 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:51,938 HILLSBOROUGH'S EVALUATION 522 00:17:51,938 --> 00:17:54,040 PROVIDED TO THIS BOARD STATING 523 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:55,875 THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR TITLE 1 524 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:59,946 AND ELL STUDENTS GREW FROM PRETO 525 00:17:59,946 --> 00:18:00,079 POST-TEST. 526 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:00,413 WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING BODIES IN 527 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:03,149 THE CLASSROOM TO HELP WITH 528 00:18:03,149 --> 00:18:04,750 READING, AND WE SHOULD 529 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:07,720 ESPECIALLY CONSIDER OUR ELL AND 530 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:08,888 ESE STUDENTS WITH THE DECISIONS 531 00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:09,789 WE MAKE. 532 00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:11,090 SECONDLY WE ENCOURAGE A NO VOTE 533 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:14,193 ON SEL DIGITAL CURRICULUM 534 00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:15,995 INCLUDING ELA AND SECOND STEP. 535 00:18:15,995 --> 00:18:17,964 OUR CHILDREN NEED TO PLAY AT 536 00:18:17,964 --> 00:18:19,765 RECESS, AND TEACHERS LEARN FIRST 537 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:21,901 HAND WHEN TO INTERVENE AND WHEN 538 00:18:21,901 --> 00:18:22,835 TONE LET STUDENTS WORK THROUGH A 539 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:24,937 PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN. 540 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,772 AND HERE I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH 541 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:29,809 CORCORAN WHEN HE STATED AT 542 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:30,810 HILLSBOROUGH DALE EARLIER THIS 543 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:32,845 MORE MORE TECH IN CLASSROOMS 544 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:33,179 THAN ANY WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD 545 00:18:33,179 --> 00:18:35,214 AND IT'S BEEN AN OVERWHELMING 546 00:18:35,214 --> 00:18:36,749 FAILURE, NOT A SUCCESS. 547 00:18:36,749 --> 00:18:37,850 THIRDLY THE STATE BOARD OF 548 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:39,852 EDUCATION IS NEEDING -- MEETING 549 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:41,954 AND DISCUSSING THE BOARD'S 550 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,255 CHARTER NONRENEWAL DECISION. 551 00:18:43,255 --> 00:18:45,157 I WILL BE THERE ONCE AGAIN 552 00:18:45,157 --> 00:18:46,125 SUPPORTING YOUR DECISION. 553 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,860 YOU REVIEWED THE DATA. 554 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:49,128 YOU WERE PROVIDED RESEARCH AND 555 00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:51,063 VOTED ON THE ISSUE WHEN YOU WERE 556 00:18:51,063 --> 00:18:51,897 PROMPTED. 557 00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:53,833 EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT 558 00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:56,035 FROM AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. 559 00:18:56,035 --> 00:18:56,268 ANKLE AND THANK YOU. 560 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:58,070 I WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU. 561 00:18:58,070 --> 00:18:59,939 MY CALL TO ACTION IS LET'S GO 562 00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:01,774 WITH OUR GUT, BOARD MEMBERS. 563 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:05,144 AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED EDUCATORS IN 564 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:07,146 YOUR PAST LIVES, LET KIDS LEARN 565 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:09,215 FROM PLAY AND LESS TECHNOLOGY. 566 00:19:09,215 --> 00:19:10,950 SCREEN TIME IS SHOWN TO 567 00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:12,918 NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR KIDS' 568 00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:15,154 ATTENTION SPAN AND LESS SOCIAL 569 00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:16,922 INTERACTION LEADS TO A MYRIAD OF 570 00:19:16,922 --> 00:19:17,857 ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD. 571 00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:20,059 WE ALSO ASK FOR A YES VOTE ON 572 00:19:20,059 --> 00:19:21,827 THE BUDGET YOU HAVE SEEN TODAY. 573 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:28,200 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 574 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,902 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 575 00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:30,102 GONZALEZ GONZALEZ. 576 00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:31,003 AND YOU ARE GOING TO HELP ME 577 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:31,971 WITH THAT. 578 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:34,206 MARK KLUTHO. 579 00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:39,779 >> YOU WILL GET IT RIGHT 580 00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:40,179 EVENTUALLY. 581 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:44,183 GET ACTUAL YO GONZALEZ 582 00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:45,084 MULATTIERI AND CONGRATULATIONS 583 00:19:45,084 --> 00:19:47,153 TO THE BOLTS. 584 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:49,855 FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T KNOW THE 585 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,023 VIRTUAL PROGRAM BUT AS A STUDENT 586 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:52,925 MYSELF WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 587 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:54,126 ATTENDING ONLINE CLASSES DURING 588 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:55,828 THE PANDEMIC, I COULD ONLY 589 00:19:55,828 --> 00:19:58,064 DESCRIBE THE PROCESS OF 590 00:19:58,064 --> 00:19:59,965 EDUCATING, AND THIS IS A 591 00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:00,099 HYPERBOLE. 592 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:02,902 I AM EDUCATING MYSELF THROUGH A 593 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:06,038 COMPUTER MONITOR AND SOFTWARE IS 594 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:06,172 MIND NUDGE. 595 00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:07,873 IMAGINE UNDERGOING THIS PROCESS 596 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,975 AS AN ESE STUDENTS OR A STUDENT 597 00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:10,276 RECEIVING EDUCATION THROUGH THE 598 00:20:10,276 --> 00:20:12,878 DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE. 599 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:14,213 THESE ARE ADOLESCENTS THAT NEED 600 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,782 TO BE ENGAGED AND NEED TO HAVE 601 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:17,883 THEIR MINDS STIMULATED. 602 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:19,251 HAVING BEEN TARGETED BY THE 603 00:20:19,251 --> 00:20:20,786 SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE AS A 604 00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:21,887 TEENAGER MYSELF I HAVE DEDICATED 605 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:24,223 A LARGE PART OF MY STUDIES, I 606 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,959 CAN ONLY A SURE YOU HAVING 607 00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:28,060 COMPUTER SOFTWARE OPERATING IN 608 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,096 PLACE OF A TEACHER IS NOT ONE OF 609 00:20:30,096 --> 00:20:30,262 THEM. 610 00:20:30,262 --> 00:20:31,397 THE DISTRICT IS DEBATING WHETHER 611 00:20:31,397 --> 00:20:34,800 OR NOT THEY SHOULD DEDICATE 612 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:35,935 APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS 613 00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:37,903 TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM. 614 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:38,104 THIS IS A FOLLY. 615 00:20:38,104 --> 00:20:40,239 DOES THIS BOARD NOT BELIEVE IN 616 00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:40,372 EQUITY? 617 00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:43,075 IF SO HOW CAN YOU EXPECT OUR 618 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,276 MOST AVERAGE YOUTH TO SUCCEED 619 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:45,244 UNDER THIS PROGRAM? 620 00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,813 I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. 621 00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:50,015 ACCORDING TO MUCH EMERITUS 622 00:20:50,015 --> 00:20:51,984 PROFESSOR TILLMAN AN ESTIMATED 623 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:53,018 90 BETTERS OF INCARCERATED 624 00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:54,787 STUDENTS ARE BEHIND THEIR GRADE 625 00:20:54,787 --> 00:20:57,890 IN LITERACY AND QUALIFY AND 626 00:20:57,890 --> 00:20:58,924 COMPUTER SOFTWARE WON'T FIX 627 00:20:58,924 --> 00:20:59,024 THAT. 628 00:20:59,024 --> 00:21:01,127 PLEASE LOOK FOR BETTER 629 00:21:01,127 --> 00:21:01,293 ALTERNATIVES. 630 00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:02,795 THANK YOU. 631 00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:03,095 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY 632 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:03,195 MUCH. 633 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:05,965 MARK KLUTHO FOLLOWED BY SCOTT 634 00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:11,270 HITE FOLD BY DEBRA SELZ RAH. 635 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,839 GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. KLUTHO. 636 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:21,013 >> MARK KLUTHO. 637 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:30,856 101, 202, 103, HERE YOU ARE 638 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:33,125 FEEDING THE WATER MACHINE. 639 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:39,131 YEAH, I GUESS YOU ALL HAVEN'T 640 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:46,806 READ THE SHARK BOOK BY SMEDLEY 641 00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:50,176 BUCKER, WAR IS A RACKET. 642 00:21:50,176 --> 00:21:51,777 YEAH. 643 00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:53,012 CONTINUES TO GO ON. 644 00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:56,048 SUCH A SHAME. 645 00:21:56,048 --> 00:22:02,121 SUCH A DOGGONE SHAME. 646 00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:03,889 YES. 647 00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:07,126 HERE IS SOME WAY, ART TICK ICE 648 00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:10,162 AREA IS NOT RESISTANT TO GLOBAL 649 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,096 WARMING. 650 00:22:11,096 --> 00:22:13,799 THERE'S A STORY BEHIND IT. 651 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:15,801 AND HERE IS THE HEADLINE. 652 00:22:15,801 --> 00:22:18,103 CLIMATE SCIENTISTS WARNED US. 653 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:23,809 WHEN WILL WE LISTEN? 654 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:24,176 WELL, I HAVE BEEN BRINGING 655 00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:27,112 SCIENCE THAT WOULD HELP. 656 00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:30,149 AND YOU JUST KEEP IGNORING IT. 657 00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:34,119 MAKING SICK BUILDINGS THAT 658 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,755 SPILLS CARBON INTO THE SPHERE. 659 00:22:36,755 --> 00:22:39,091 HERE THEY ARE IN NEW YORK, 660 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:40,793 GETTING BUILDING DEGREE 661 00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:42,027 MAKEOVER, DEVELOPERS THAT 662 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:44,230 PROVIDE NEW WAYS TO RETROFIT NEW 663 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:46,031 YORK'S OLDEST STRUCTURES, TO 664 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:48,968 REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINTS. 665 00:22:48,968 --> 00:22:54,039 CUTTING THEIR UTILITY BILL BY 666 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:55,975 80%. 667 00:22:55,975 --> 00:22:58,210 YOU COULD HAVE DONE EVEN BETTER 668 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:01,814 WITH NEW BUILDINGS THAT YOU WERE 669 00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:05,117 MAKING AT A LOWER PRICE. 670 00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:06,919 HERE IS A HEADLINE. 671 00:23:06,919 --> 00:23:10,122 CHANGES NEED TO KEEP NATURE. 672 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:12,858 EARTH OKAY, REPORT SAYS. 673 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:16,128 GET READY FOR CLIMATE DISASTERS. 674 00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:19,999 YEAH, THAT LAST ONE THAT JUST 675 00:23:19,999 --> 00:23:21,867 CAME BY WOULD HAVE BEEN A 676 00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:22,234 MONTHLY NOW WOULD HAVE BEEN A 677 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,236 DIFFERENT STORY. 678 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:26,939 THE ONLY BIG STEPS WILL SAVE 679 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:28,140 EARTH. 680 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:29,975 EARTH'S CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS AT 681 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:32,144 HIGHEST LEVEL IN 4 MILLION 682 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:32,945 YEARS. 683 00:23:32,945 --> 00:23:35,214 AND AT THAT TIME, 4 MILLION 684 00:23:35,214 --> 00:23:38,884 YEARS AGO, FLORIDA WAS 685 00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:40,819 COMPLETELY UNDERWATER. 686 00:23:40,819 --> 00:23:42,121 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME 687 00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:45,924 BEFORE THINGS CATCH UP TOE THAT. 688 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:46,825 [BELL SOUNDS] 689 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:52,765 A CRISIS AT ICONIC HOOVER DAM 690 00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:56,935 SEEING ITS LOWEST LEVELS EVER. 691 00:23:56,935 --> 00:24:00,105 YOU KNOW, THE SCIENCE IS THERE. 692 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:07,713 BUT YOU FOOLS JUST KEEP 693 00:24:07,713 --> 00:24:07,846 IGNORING. 694 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:09,048 AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE GOING 695 00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:13,052 TO LOOK BACK AND SAY WHY? 696 00:24:13,052 --> 00:24:16,922 WHAT WAS YOUR PROBLEM? 697 00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:17,256 [BELL SOUNDS] 698 00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:18,791 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. 699 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:19,158 KLUTHO. 700 00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:23,028 NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM SCOTT 701 00:24:23,028 --> 00:24:27,032 HAITI, DEBRA S ELZA, CURT, AND 702 00:24:27,032 --> 00:24:30,736 THEN TERESA POTTER. 703 00:24:30,736 --> 00:24:31,170 GOOD AFTERNOON. 704 00:24:31,170 --> 00:24:35,741 >> MY NAME IS SCOTT HITE FROM 705 00:24:35,741 --> 00:24:36,909 WESTCHASE, ADDRESSING THE ISSUE 706 00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:37,943 UNOF THE CHARTER SCHOOL. 707 00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:39,044 WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE PAST 708 00:24:39,044 --> 00:24:41,280 YEAR THAT THE LEVEL OF POWER OF 709 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:42,781 THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF 710 00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:44,016 EDUCATION HAS GROWN WILDLY OUT 711 00:24:44,016 --> 00:24:46,051 OF BALANCE, AND NOW THAT IT'S 712 00:24:46,051 --> 00:24:48,153 BOTH OUT OF TOUCH AND AT ODDS 713 00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:50,122 WITH THE BASIC NEEDS AND CHOICES 714 00:24:50,122 --> 00:24:51,123 MADE BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT AND 715 00:24:51,123 --> 00:24:55,794 THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT, 716 00:24:55,794 --> 00:24:57,830 RICHARD CORCORAN OF DOE IS 717 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:59,131 REVEALING THEIR UNDEVELOPED AS 718 00:24:59,131 --> 00:25:00,933 COMMUNICATOR, UNABLE TO ENGAGE 719 00:25:00,933 --> 00:25:03,736 IN A FRUITFUL CONVERSATION, AND 720 00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:04,803 MOST ALARMINGLY, THEY SEEM TO 721 00:25:04,803 --> 00:25:06,105 THINK SUPPORTING THEIR FRIENDS 722 00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:07,806 FOR FOR-PROFIT MANAGEMENT 723 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:11,076 COMPANIES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 724 00:25:11,076 --> 00:25:12,177 MAKING OUR FUNDS ARE GOING TO 725 00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:14,012 THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM. 726 00:25:14,012 --> 00:25:15,881 THERE'S NO LOGICAL REASON TO BE 727 00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:16,982 RENEW A CONTRACT TO CHARTER 728 00:25:16,982 --> 00:25:18,851 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE FAILED TO 729 00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:20,119 DELIVER OR EVEN MEET THE BASIC 730 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:21,053 REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE 731 00:25:21,053 --> 00:25:23,889 ARE IN A BUDGETARY CRISIS. 732 00:25:23,889 --> 00:25:26,859 SO WITH IN A LOGICAL EXPLANATION 733 00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:29,128 FOR CORCORAN'S COMBATIVE DEMAND 734 00:25:29,128 --> 00:25:31,063 IT'S BEEN CLEAR HE'S BEEN DRAWN 735 00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:34,032 BY LOGIC OR BUDGET, OR EVEN 736 00:25:34,032 --> 00:25:35,067 QUALITY, A PRIVATE AGENDA. 737 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:37,002 HIS GOALS ARE PROFIT AND POWER, 738 00:25:37,002 --> 00:25:38,737 NOT FAIRNESS AND CERTAINLY NOT 739 00:25:38,737 --> 00:25:39,204 EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. 740 00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:40,973 THIS SITUATION IS TRULY A 741 00:25:40,973 --> 00:25:42,141 TRAGEDY FOR OUR KIDS. 742 00:25:42,141 --> 00:25:44,176 GROWING UP HERE IN FLORIDA. 743 00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:46,845 A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE RICHARD 744 00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:48,013 CORCORAN LANDED HIS FIR JOB. 745 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:49,148 AT ONE POINT THE FUTURE LOOKED 746 00:25:49,148 --> 00:25:51,016 PRETTY GOOD FOR HIM BECAUSE NO 747 00:25:51,016 --> 00:25:52,151 ONE WAS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION. 748 00:25:52,151 --> 00:25:54,920 BUT IT'S ALL CHANGED NOW. 749 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,121 TRANSPARENCY IS A REQUIREMENT 750 00:25:56,121 --> 00:25:57,790 THAT THANKS NOT ONLY TO THE 751 00:25:57,790 --> 00:25:59,892 INTERNET BUT SOCIAL MEDIA. 752 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:01,894 SO FEDERAL FUNDS WITHHOLDING, 753 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:03,829 COMBATIVE, UNPROFESSIONAL, 754 00:26:03,829 --> 00:26:05,798 BASELESS ARGUMENTS AND WASTED 755 00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:05,964 TIME. 756 00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:08,100 SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS NOW. 757 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,836 VOTERS HAVE TAKEN THEIR SECRECY, 758 00:26:10,836 --> 00:26:11,270 CAN'T HIDE ANYMORE. 759 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:15,841 THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE 760 00:26:15,841 --> 00:26:16,809 LEGACY OF THE PUBLIC, THE ROLE 761 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:18,043 OF THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR OWN 762 00:26:18,043 --> 00:26:18,811 PERSONAL GAIN. 763 00:26:18,811 --> 00:26:19,912 WE ARE ALL WATCHING. 764 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:20,946 SO WE BELIEVE WE ARE ON THE 765 00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:22,181 RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. 766 00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:23,849 TOMORROW WHEN THEY ARE BUSY 767 00:26:23,849 --> 00:26:24,917 THREATENING AND INTIMIDATING, 768 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,985 ASK YOURSELF, ARE THESE THREATS 769 00:26:26,985 --> 00:26:28,821 AND INTIMIDATION WILL BE FOR OUR 770 00:26:28,821 --> 00:26:29,955 KIDS GROWING UP IN FLORIDA? 771 00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:30,923 I DON'T THINK SO. 772 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:32,958 WE ALL AGREE THE ANSWER IS NO. 773 00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:34,092 PUT THE NEEDS OF THOUSANDS OF 774 00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:35,160 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN 775 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:36,195 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BEFORE THE 776 00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:38,797 PRIVATE INTERESTS OF A FEW 777 00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:39,932 PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE, AND THE 778 00:26:39,932 --> 00:26:41,900 PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT THEY 779 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:42,067 SERVE. 780 00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:43,068 DO THE RIGHT THING. 781 00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:45,003 STAND UP TO THIS BULLYING. 782 00:26:45,003 --> 00:26:45,971 THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT YOU 783 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:47,206 FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. 784 00:26:47,206 --> 00:26:48,941 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. 785 00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:50,776 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 786 00:26:50,776 --> 00:26:55,247 NEXT WILL BE DEBRA SELZER. 787 00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:57,749 I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GOT THE L 788 00:26:57,749 --> 00:26:59,852 FROM BUT I APOLOGIZE. 789 00:26:59,852 --> 00:27:01,954 CURT, AND TERESA POTTER, THEN 790 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:02,821 PAT HALL. 791 00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:03,088 GOOD AFTERNOON. 792 00:27:03,088 --> 00:27:04,089 >> THAT'S OKAY. 793 00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:08,827 EVERYONE LIKES TO DO THAT. 794 00:27:08,827 --> 00:27:09,862 I'M DEBRA SETZER. 795 00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:10,162 THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 796 00:27:10,162 --> 00:27:11,096 SPEAK TODAY. 797 00:27:11,096 --> 00:27:12,798 I HAVE THREE POINTS I WANT TO 798 00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:13,765 ADDRESS TO THE BOARD AND 799 00:27:13,765 --> 00:27:15,701 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 800 00:27:15,701 --> 00:27:17,870 ONE, I REALLY WANT TO THANK THIS 801 00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:19,171 BOARD FOR HOLDING CHARTER 802 00:27:19,171 --> 00:27:21,006 SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE, AND REALLY 803 00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:24,142 TAKING A CRITICAL EYE TO 804 00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:25,744 REVIEWING THEM AND MAKING SURE 805 00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:26,845 THAT THEY ARE HOLDING UP TO THE 806 00:27:26,845 --> 00:27:28,847 STANDARD THAT WE HOLD THE REST 807 00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:29,948 OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS UP TO. 808 00:27:29,948 --> 00:27:33,018 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 809 00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:35,020 TWO, I URGE THE BOARD TO APPOINT 810 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:36,889 A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD SO 811 00:27:36,889 --> 00:27:37,856 THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU 812 00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:40,025 ARE REALLY GETTING GREAT INPUT 813 00:27:40,025 --> 00:27:42,194 FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE 814 00:27:42,194 --> 00:27:43,128 PARENTS. 815 00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:46,231 AND NUMBER THREE, THANK YOU FOR 816 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:48,200 REQUIRING MASKS IN THE SCHOOL 817 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,035 LAST YEAR. 818 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:51,136 PLEASE DO SO AGAIN FOR CHILDREN 819 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:53,038 UNDER THE AGE OF 12 WHO DO NOT 820 00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:57,009 YET HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE 821 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:57,142 VACCINATED. 822 00:27:57,142 --> 00:28:00,746 I KNOW THESE DECISIONS ARE 823 00:28:00,746 --> 00:28:01,747 REALLY DIFFICULT. 824 00:28:01,747 --> 00:28:03,081 AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLEASE 825 00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:04,116 BOTH SIDE. 826 00:28:04,116 --> 00:28:07,920 SO WE CAN'T. 827 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,122 BUT WHAT WE HAD HOPED WAS THAT 828 00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:12,791 COVID WOULD BE BEHIND US, WE 829 00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:13,892 WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE MASKS, WE 830 00:28:13,892 --> 00:28:14,893 WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. 831 00:28:14,893 --> 00:28:15,994 THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 832 00:28:15,994 --> 00:28:19,731 BUT WE HAVE TO FACE FACTS. 833 00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:21,133 UNFORTUNATELY, CASES ARE ON THE 834 00:28:21,133 --> 00:28:22,134 RISE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 835 00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:23,902 WE HAVE DEVELOPED A VARIANT 836 00:28:23,902 --> 00:28:25,871 THAT'S BECOMING MOWER AND MORE 837 00:28:25,871 --> 00:28:27,072 PREVALENT, AND IT'S MUCH MORE 838 00:28:27,072 --> 00:28:28,273 EASILY TRANSMISSIBLE. 839 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:31,843 WE ALSO KNOW THAT MASKS MOSTLY 840 00:28:31,843 --> 00:28:33,946 PROTECT OTHERS AROUND US, NOT SO 841 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:35,981 MUCH THE WEARERS, SO OPTIONAL 842 00:28:35,981 --> 00:28:39,117 MASKS DON'T WORK WELL. 843 00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:41,053 ESPECIALLY FOR UNVACCINATED 844 00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:42,054 CHILDREN. 845 00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,022 WHAT I URGE YOU TO DO IS NOT 846 00:28:44,022 --> 00:28:45,958 LISTEN SO MUCH TO POPULAR 847 00:28:45,958 --> 00:28:48,961 OPINION BUT LISTEN TO THE CDC. 848 00:28:48,961 --> 00:28:50,662 THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR. 849 00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:53,031 THEY JUST UPDATED THEIR GUIDANCE 850 00:28:53,031 --> 00:28:53,832 ON SCHOOLS. 851 00:28:53,832 --> 00:28:55,033 WHAT THEY SAID IS PRETTY 852 00:28:55,033 --> 00:28:55,968 CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE 853 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:58,704 BEEN SAYING, AND THAT'S THAT 854 00:28:58,704 --> 00:29:00,138 ANYONE HONOR IS UNVACCINATED 855 00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:02,808 NEEDS TO WEAR A MASK IN AN 856 00:29:02,808 --> 00:29:05,043 INDOOR SETTING. 857 00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:06,778 PRACTICALLY, THIS COULD MEAN 858 00:29:06,778 --> 00:29:08,981 JUST REQUIRING MASKS FOR A FEW 859 00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:11,149 WEEKS FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 860 00:29:11,149 --> 00:29:12,784 12 WHO DON'T YET HAVE THE 861 00:29:12,784 --> 00:29:14,953 OPPORTUNITY TO BE VACCINATED, IF 862 00:29:14,953 --> 00:29:18,757 THEY CHOOSE TO BE VACCINATED. 863 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:20,125 REQUIRING MASKS FOR THE 864 00:29:20,125 --> 00:29:22,995 UNVACCINATED IS SO IMPORTANT 865 00:29:22,995 --> 00:29:25,697 NOW, AGAIN WITH THAT DELTA 866 00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:26,865 VARIANT, AND IT SEEMS SO MUCH 867 00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:28,133 MORE EASILY TRANCIBLE MISSABLE 868 00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:30,936 WITH CASES ON THE RISE. 869 00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:33,005 PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO PROTECT 870 00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:34,973 OUR KIDS WHO CAN'T YET PROTECT 871 00:29:34,973 --> 00:29:37,175 THEMSELVES WITH A VACCINE AND TO 872 00:29:37,175 --> 00:29:38,110 PROTECT OUR STAFF. 873 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:39,945 THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING 874 00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:40,812 SCIENCE. 875 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:43,949 SO IN SUMMARY, PLEASE CONTINUE 876 00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:47,152 TO HOLD THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS 877 00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:47,319 ACCOUNTABLE. 878 00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:49,821 PLEASE HAVE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY 879 00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:54,860 BOARD AND REQUIRE MASKS NEXT 880 00:29:54,860 --> 00:29:56,128 YEAR FOR K-8. 881 00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:56,995 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 882 00:29:56,995 --> 00:29:58,163 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 883 00:29:58,163 --> 00:30:01,099 NEXT WE'LL HAVE CURT DOSON 884 00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:03,835 FOLLOWED BY TERESA POTTER THEN 885 00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:05,170 PAT HAUL AND THEN JENNIFER HART. 886 00:30:05,170 --> 00:30:10,809 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 887 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:12,177 >>Lynn Gray: I AM GOING TO MAKE 888 00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:14,012 A REMARK ABOUT THAT SOON BUT NOT 889 00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:14,079 YET. 890 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:18,750 YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE OVER. 891 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:20,118 >> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD 892 00:30:20,118 --> 00:30:21,219 MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT 893 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:21,987 DAVIS. 894 00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:23,822 I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER IN 895 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:26,091 HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOR TEN 896 00:30:26,091 --> 00:30:26,191 YEARS. 897 00:30:26,191 --> 00:30:27,793 I HAVE ALWAYS EXPECTED A GREAT 898 00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:29,928 DEAL FROM MY STUDENTS IN 899 00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:32,898 BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ANATOMY AND 900 00:30:32,898 --> 00:30:34,032 IF IIOLOGY AND EXPECTING TO US 901 00:30:34,032 --> 00:30:36,268 BREAK SOME RECORDS NEXT YEAR, OR 902 00:30:36,268 --> 00:30:37,836 NEXT WEEK. IN MY CLASSES, IN 903 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:39,071 THE SPIRIT OF HOLDING MY 904 00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:40,772 STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY 905 00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:42,974 ACCOUNTABLE, I HAVE OFTEN HAD TO 906 00:30:42,974 --> 00:30:43,975 TELL THEM SOMETIMES I HAVE TO 907 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:44,910 SAVE YOU FROM YOURSELF. 908 00:30:44,910 --> 00:30:47,012 THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE 909 00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:50,148 OCCASIONAL AAL ADOLESCENT 910 00:30:50,148 --> 00:30:50,282 COMPLACENCY. 911 00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:52,184 NOW I COME TO YOU FOR YOUR 912 00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:54,786 LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE AND 913 00:30:54,786 --> 00:30:55,887 AUTHORITY TO HELP SAVE OUR 914 00:30:55,887 --> 00:30:56,988 STUDENTS FROM OURSELVES SHALL 915 00:30:56,988 --> 00:31:00,826 NOT FROM ACADEMIC COMPLAIN SY 916 00:31:00,826 --> 00:31:02,194 BUT DRUG USE AT SCHOOLS. 917 00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:04,029 BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 918 00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:07,032 HIT, SCHOOLS ACROSS AMERICA, 919 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:09,134 FLORIDA AND TAMPA BAY WERE 920 00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:10,268 PURSUING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST 921 00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:11,269 SAVING COMPANIES FROM MARKETING 922 00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:13,739 THEIR PRODUCTS TO CHILDREN. 923 00:31:13,739 --> 00:31:18,877 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS LEADERSHIP 924 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,312 CAN RIGHT NOW CITE A PLAN THAT'S 925 00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:21,947 BEING IMPLEMENTED IN 926 00:31:21,947 --> 00:31:27,152 HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS AND 927 00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:28,220 DISCOURAGE STUDENTS -- 928 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,088 IF YOU REMEMBER HOW WELL YOU HID 929 00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:31,990 THINGS FROM YOUR PARENTS AND 930 00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:33,959 TEACHERS, I KNOW I OH DO, WELL, 931 00:31:33,959 --> 00:31:34,993 THE STUDENTS TODAY KNOW HOW TO 932 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:36,962 DO IT AND THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT 933 00:31:36,962 --> 00:31:37,963 BETTER THAN WE DID. 934 00:31:37,963 --> 00:31:39,865 THEY KNOW HOW TO HIDE IT, GET 935 00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:41,066 AWAY WITH IT, AND I AM THERE 936 00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:43,034 EVERY DAY AND I CAN ASSURE YOU 937 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:47,906 THEY ARE BEING CONSISTENT. 938 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:53,245 ADD OH LEASENS 939 00:31:53,245 --> 00:31:54,279 IT IS A REAL THREAT TO THE 940 00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:55,981 LEARNING PROCESS. 941 00:31:55,981 --> 00:31:57,783 IF YOU WALK INTO A HIGH SCHOOL 942 00:31:57,783 --> 00:31:59,951 BATHROOM IN AMERICA YOU MAY FIND 943 00:31:59,951 --> 00:32:01,820 A CROWD OF STUDENTS IN BETWEEN 944 00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:01,953 CLASSES. 945 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:03,088 I CAN CONFIRM THAT AND I HAVE 946 00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:05,123 WALKED IN ON THEM ON COUNTLESS 947 00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:05,891 OCCASIONS. 948 00:32:05,891 --> 00:32:07,993 THERE'S BEEN NO DECLINE IN THIS 949 00:32:07,993 --> 00:32:09,094 EPIDEMIC. 950 00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:10,996 I ASK THE LEADERSHIP HERE TO 951 00:32:10,996 --> 00:32:12,164 OCCUR VEIL THIS ISSUE KNEW 952 00:32:12,164 --> 00:32:13,031 HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS. 953 00:32:13,031 --> 00:32:14,933 AS A SCIENCE TEACHER, I TRY TO 954 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:18,103 EDUCATE MY STUDENTS ON THE VERY 955 00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:20,205 REAL HEALTH DANGERS BUT I CANNOT 956 00:32:20,205 --> 00:32:23,175 ATTACK AND SOLVE THIS ISSUE 957 00:32:23,175 --> 00:32:23,275 ALONE. 958 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:24,176 THANK YOU. 959 00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:25,310 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 960 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:28,814 NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM TERESA 961 00:32:28,814 --> 00:32:31,183 POTTER, PAT HALL, JENNIFER HART, 962 00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:32,884 DEMER US BRIDGES. 963 00:32:32,884 --> 00:32:33,351 GOOD AFTERNOON. 964 00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:35,053 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 965 00:32:35,053 --> 00:32:37,155 I'M TERESA POTTER, THE 966 00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:38,223 PRESIDENT-ELECT AND THE CHAIR OF 967 00:32:38,223 --> 00:32:40,959 THE ACTION GROUP OF HILLSBOROUGH 968 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:41,860 COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. 969 00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:45,096 I'M AN EDUCATOR, AT ONE TIME IDA 970 00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:47,265 BAKER DIVERSITY NO, MA'AM FEE 971 00:32:47,265 --> 00:32:49,067 FOR A TITLE 1 SCHOOL HERE IN 972 00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:49,401 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE MOTHER 973 00:32:49,401 --> 00:32:52,938 OF TWO BOYS WHO GRADUATED FROM 974 00:32:52,938 --> 00:32:54,005 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC 975 00:32:54,005 --> 00:32:56,808 SCHOOLS IN THE PANDEMIC YEARS OF 976 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:58,743 2020 AND 2021, AND ALTHOUGH I AM 977 00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:01,146 NOT CURRENTLY A PARENT OF A K-12 978 00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:05,116 STUDENT AND I AM NOT CURRENTLY A 979 00:33:05,116 --> 00:33:06,084 PRACTICING EDUCATOR, I AM A 980 00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:07,919 TAXPAYER, A VOTER AND I WILL 981 00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:09,788 ALWAYS BE A PUBLIC SCHOOL 982 00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:10,021 ADVOCATE. 983 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:12,924 SO I WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD 984 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:14,926 FOR BEING VERY DELIBERATE IN 985 00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:16,962 MAKING SURE THAT EACH ACTION YOU 986 00:33:16,962 --> 00:33:18,163 TAKE SUPPORTS AND PROTECTS THE 987 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:20,165 RIGHTS OF ALL STUDENTS. 988 00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:21,800 FOR MAKING SURE THAT ALL 989 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:22,267 STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SERVICES 990 00:33:22,267 --> 00:33:25,170 THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE AND 991 00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:27,239 FOR WORKING TOWARDS THE END 992 00:33:27,239 --> 00:33:31,076 GOAL. 993 00:33:31,076 --> 00:33:32,978 THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE AN 994 00:33:32,978 --> 00:33:34,179 EQUAL EDUCATION AS REQUIRED BY 995 00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:39,217 THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION. 996 00:33:39,217 --> 00:33:42,020 WITH OUR STATE SHIFTING 997 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:44,022 TAXPAYERS TO OUR STUDENTS OVER A 998 00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:46,958 BILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR, IT'S 999 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:48,260 ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO BE 1000 00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:49,794 DELIBERATE IN HOW EACH DOLLAR 1001 00:33:49,794 --> 00:33:52,731 THAT WE DO HAVE IS SPENT. 1002 00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:54,933 SO I THANK YOU FOR SCRUTINIZING 1003 00:33:54,933 --> 00:33:59,771 THE USE OF OUTSIDE VENDORS, 1004 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:00,238 ESPECIALLY ONLINE PROGRAMMING, 1005 00:34:00,238 --> 00:34:02,774 AND HOPE TO SEE MORE DETAIL IN 1006 00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:04,843 HOW EACH TOOL IS BEING USED IN 1007 00:34:04,843 --> 00:34:06,111 OUR SCHOOLS. 1008 00:34:06,111 --> 00:34:07,979 OTHERS WILL TALK TODAY, AS SOME 1009 00:34:07,979 --> 00:34:10,849 HAVE ALREADY, ABOUT ACHIEVE 3000 1010 00:34:10,849 --> 00:34:12,717 SO I WILL JUST CONCUR WITH THE 1011 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:13,985 CONCERN THAT REPORTS SHOW THAT 1012 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:16,187 THE PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN 1013 00:34:16,187 --> 00:34:17,789 SUCCESSFUL IN NARROWING THE 1014 00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:19,724 LEARNING GAP WITH OUR EL 1015 00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:22,093 STUDENTS OR STUDENTS IN TITLE 1 1016 00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:23,929 SCHOOLS, AND THAT EDUCATORS HAVE 1017 00:34:23,929 --> 00:34:26,798 REPORTED SUBSTANTIAL ISSUES WITH 1018 00:34:26,798 --> 00:34:28,166 IMPLEMENTATION. 1019 00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:29,801 THIS SAME CONCERN APPLIES TO 1020 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:31,903 OTHER VENDORS AS WELL. 1021 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:33,171 FOR EACH VENDOR, WE SHOULD BE 1022 00:34:33,171 --> 00:34:36,007 ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY HOW THE 1023 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:37,175 PROGRAM WILL BE USED, HOW MANY 1024 00:34:37,175 --> 00:34:39,744 STUDENTS WILL BE USING IT, WHICH 1025 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:42,013 SCHOOLS, WHICH GRADE LEVELS, AS 1026 00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:48,787 WELL AS THE PER-STUDENT COST. 1027 00:34:48,787 --> 00:34:52,691 FOR EXAMPLE,EN GENERAL UTE IS ON 1028 00:34:52,691 --> 00:34:53,792 THE AGENDA TODAY. 1029 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,193 BUT THIS THREE YEAR CONTRACT IS 1030 00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:59,864 FOR CREDIT RECOVERY COURSES 1031 00:34:59,864 --> 00:34:59,965 ONLY. 1032 00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:01,032 WE ARE GLAD TO SEE IT'S NOT 1033 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:02,867 BEING USED IN HILLSBOROUGH 1034 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,736 VIRTUAL SCHOOLS BUT IT'S NOT 1035 00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:05,036 CLEAR HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE 1036 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:08,106 EXPECTED TO USE THIS PROGRAM 1037 00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:10,842 EDGENUITY FOR 900,000 PER YEAR, 1038 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:12,744 SINCE IT'S A SET AMOUNT RATHER 1039 00:35:12,744 --> 00:35:14,045 THAN A PER STUDENT COST IT IS 1040 00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:15,113 DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT 1041 00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:16,281 COSTS PER STUDENT AND HOW MUCH 1042 00:35:16,281 --> 00:35:18,750 IT IS EXPECTED TO BE UTILIZED AT 1043 00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:19,017 EACH SCHOOL. 1044 00:35:19,017 --> 00:35:20,952 IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE VALID 1045 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,887 TO SHOW PREPANDEMIC USAGE THAN 1046 00:35:22,887 --> 00:35:24,155 LAST YEAR'S NUMBER. 1047 00:35:24,155 --> 00:35:27,759 PLEASE CONTINUE TO BE A VERY 1048 00:35:27,759 --> 00:35:28,259 DELIBERATE WITH THESE DOLLARS 1049 00:35:28,259 --> 00:35:30,295 SPENT ESPECIALLY WITH MULTIYEAR 1050 00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:31,930 CONTRACTS THAT LOCK DOWN 1051 00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:34,866 MILLIONS OF FUTURE DOLLARS ON 1052 00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:36,167 PROGRAMS WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THE 1053 00:35:36,167 --> 00:35:38,770 COST ON A PER STUDENT BASIS AND 1054 00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:39,971 WITHOUT DETERMINE EXACTLY WHICH 1055 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,941 STUDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM THEM. 1056 00:35:42,941 --> 00:35:43,842 THANK YOU. 1057 00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:45,176 [BELL SOUNDS] 1058 00:35:45,176 --> 00:35:45,443 >>Lynn Gray: PERFECT. 1059 00:35:45,443 --> 00:35:47,078 THANK YOU, MRS. POTTER. 1060 00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:49,748 NEXT WE HAVE PAT HALL, JENNIFER 1061 00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:51,116 HART, DEMAR US BRIDGES AND 1062 00:35:51,116 --> 00:35:52,984 ALLISON FERNANDEZ. 1063 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:54,786 GOOD AFTERNOON. 1064 00:35:54,786 --> 00:35:57,822 >> MY NAME IS PAT HALL. 1065 00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:00,925 AND I AM HERE TO TALK ON SEVERAL 1066 00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:01,059 SUBJECTS. 1067 00:36:01,059 --> 00:36:03,128 FOR PARENTS WHO NEED NEW CHOICES 1068 00:36:03,128 --> 00:36:05,964 OF SCHOOL, THEIR CHOICES ARE ANY 1069 00:36:05,964 --> 00:36:08,933 OTHER CHARTER SCHOOL, A DISTRICT 1070 00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,235 MAGNET SCHOOL, A TRADITIONAL 1071 00:36:10,235 --> 00:36:12,003 PUBLIC SCHOOL, OR A PRIVATE 1072 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:14,172 SCHOOL THEY CAN PAY FOR. 1073 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:17,275 ON ANOTHER SUBJECT, ACHIEVE 1074 00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:19,778 3000, AS SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE 1075 00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:22,047 STATED, THE SUMMARY RESULTS SHOW 1076 00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:24,983 THAT CHILDREN WITH ELL BE MEANS 1077 00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:26,785 AND CHILDREN IN TITLE 1 SCHOOLS 1078 00:36:26,785 --> 00:36:29,988 ARE NOT WELL SERVED BY THIS 1079 00:36:29,988 --> 00:36:30,955 COMPUTER SYSTEM. 1080 00:36:30,955 --> 00:36:33,958 THEY DID NOT IMPROVE AND THEIR 1081 00:36:33,958 --> 00:36:34,859 ACHIEVEMENT GAP WIDENED THIS 1082 00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:36,761 PAST YEAR. 1083 00:36:36,761 --> 00:36:39,030 RADICAL IDEA. 1084 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:40,031 HIGHER PASSIONATE PEOPLE WHO 1085 00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:41,900 WANT TO TEACH LITTLE ONES THE 1086 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:47,005 JOY OF READING, TEACHER AIDES, 1087 00:36:47,005 --> 00:36:48,907 SO THEY CAN HAVE SMALL GROUP 1088 00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:50,742 INSTRUCTION, ONE ON ONE READ 1089 00:36:50,742 --> 00:36:51,876 ALOUD SESSIONS TO CONNECT 1090 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:53,745 PERSONALLY WITH LITTLE KIDS. 1091 00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:55,847 HOW MANY MILLIONS WOULD THAT 1092 00:36:55,847 --> 00:36:57,182 COST? 1093 00:36:57,182 --> 00:36:58,817 ARE SOME OF THE FUND SUPPOSED TO 1094 00:36:58,817 --> 00:37:00,819 BE USED TO HELP THIS POPULATION? 1095 00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:03,822 I BELIEVE SO. 1096 00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:04,923 ACHIEVE 3000 IS NOT RIGHT FOR 1097 00:37:04,923 --> 00:37:06,691 ALL CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS. 1098 00:37:06,691 --> 00:37:09,761 LIMIT IT WHERE IT HAS SHOWN 1099 00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:09,928 PROMISE. 1100 00:37:09,928 --> 00:37:13,198 IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN A SCHOOL 1101 00:37:13,198 --> 00:37:14,265 RECENTLY, THERE ARE NEVER ENOUGH 1102 00:37:14,265 --> 00:37:17,736 COMPUTERS TO GO AROUND AND MEDIA 1103 00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:20,972 CENTERS STAY CLOSED FOR DAYS, 1104 00:37:20,972 --> 00:37:22,907 MONTHS, FOR ENDLESS TESTING. 1105 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:26,044 MAYBE ACHIEVE ISN'T TESTING, BUT 1106 00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:27,979 GRADING IS INVOLVED, SO WHO IS 1107 00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:31,816 KIDDING WHO? 1108 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:35,086 SINCE WOODMONT WAS AN ISSUE IN 1109 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:37,956 THE EDITORIAL PAGES THIS WEEK, 1110 00:37:37,956 --> 00:37:42,193 HERE IS A GRADE SINCE OPENING IN 1111 00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:43,128 2011. 1112 00:37:43,128 --> 00:37:48,099 D, F, C, D, D, D. 1113 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:49,868 UNTIL THEY GOT TWO Bs WHEN 1114 00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:54,005 THEY HAD A NEW PRINCIPAL WHO 1115 00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:54,973 COULD FIN NEIGH WILL THE NUMBERS 1116 00:37:54,973 --> 00:37:56,808 BETTER. 1117 00:37:56,808 --> 00:37:59,944 MR. CORCORAN'S BULLYING 1118 00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:02,147 TECHNIQUES AND MALARKEY 1119 00:38:02,147 --> 00:38:03,681 REGARDING 90 DAYS THIS AND THAT, 1120 00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:06,117 WHY IS HE SKIPPING THE MANY 1121 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:08,920 VIOLATIONS OF STATE AND FEDERAL 1122 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,922 LAW RELATED TO EXCEPTIONAL 1123 00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:11,055 STUDENTS? 1124 00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:15,160 I DON'T SEE THAT IN HIS FUN 1125 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:15,994 LETTERS. 1126 00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:19,063 CHARTER SCHOOLS ONLY GET ONE 1127 00:38:19,063 --> 00:38:20,698 ANNOUNCED SITE VISIT PER YEAR. 1128 00:38:20,698 --> 00:38:22,967 THE REST OF THE YEAR, THEY ARE 1129 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:25,937 FREE TO DO WHATEVER IN THE WORLD 1130 00:38:25,937 --> 00:38:27,038 THEY WANT. 1131 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:28,173 OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS, 1132 00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:30,975 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, ESE 1133 00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:31,776 VIOLATIONS. 1134 00:38:31,776 --> 00:38:33,711 THANK YOU FOR THE CLEARLY 1135 00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:35,046 WRITTEN 90 DAY LETTERS WITH 1136 00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:37,248 RELEVANT RATIONALE FOR DENIAL. 1137 00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:41,085 CAN CORCORAN COUNT TO 90? 1138 00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:42,754 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MS. 1139 00:38:42,754 --> 00:38:43,254 HALL. 1140 00:38:43,254 --> 00:38:46,024 NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM JENNIFER 1141 00:38:46,024 --> 00:38:48,693 HART FOLLOWED BY DESMARAIS 1142 00:38:48,693 --> 00:38:50,728 BRIDGES, ALLISON FERNANDEZ, THEN 1143 00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:56,100 STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS. 1144 00:38:56,100 --> 00:39:00,138 >> I FEEL LIKE THE PREVIOUS 1145 00:39:00,138 --> 00:39:00,905 SPEAKER HERE. 1146 00:39:00,905 --> 00:39:01,973 GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD. 1147 00:39:01,973 --> 00:39:04,142 MY NAME IS GENERAL I HAVE HART, 1148 00:39:04,142 --> 00:39:05,109 HERE TORQUE SPEAK TO YOU AS A 1149 00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:06,044 CONSTITUENT, A MOTHER OF A 1150 00:39:06,044 --> 00:39:06,377 STUDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 1151 00:39:06,377 --> 00:39:08,746 AND A VETERAN TEACHER OF 17 1152 00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:08,913 YEARS. 1153 00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,014 FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU 1154 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:11,749 FOR UPHOLDING YOUR VOTE TO I 1155 00:39:11,749 --> 00:39:13,851 BELIEVE SEND A MESSAGE TO 1156 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:14,919 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS NOT OPEN 1157 00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:16,120 TO ANY AND ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS 1158 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:17,822 ANYMORE AND THAT THEY WILL BE 1159 00:39:17,822 --> 00:39:19,023 HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD AS ANY 1160 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:20,158 OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 1161 00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:22,260 WE MUST ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS 1162 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:24,996 PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A HIGH 1163 00:39:24,996 --> 00:39:26,097 QUALITY EDUCATION AND A CRISIS 1164 00:39:26,097 --> 00:39:28,900 WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DIVERT MORE 1165 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,268 FUNDS FROM OUR ALREADY STARVING 1166 00:39:30,268 --> 00:39:30,501 SCHOOLS SO THANK YOU. 1167 00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:32,070 PLEASE CONTINUE TO HOLD STRONG 1168 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:33,271 IN YOUR REVOLVE. 1169 00:39:33,271 --> 00:39:34,939 WE REALIZE OUR STATE GOVERNMENT 1170 00:39:34,939 --> 00:39:37,141 IS TRYING TO PAVE THE WAY TO 1171 00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:38,142 PRIVATIZATION JUST AS FAST AS 1172 00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:39,777 THEY CAN AND THAT THEY WILL 1173 00:39:39,777 --> 00:39:41,179 THREATEN OUR COUNTY WITH 1174 00:39:41,179 --> 00:39:42,213 WITHHOLDING FUND, SAYING YOU ARE 1175 00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:43,815 BREAKING THE LAW, SAYING THEY 1176 00:39:43,815 --> 00:39:45,717 ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER OUR 1177 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:46,284 DISTRICT, ET CETERA, BUT PLEASE 1178 00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:48,086 CONTINUE TO FIGHT. 1179 00:39:48,086 --> 00:39:49,187 SECONDLY, ALTHOUGH IT IS NO 1180 00:39:49,187 --> 00:39:50,755 LONGER OTHER AGENDA TONIGHT, I 1181 00:39:50,755 --> 00:39:52,123 WOULD LIKE TO AS A THIRD GRADE 1182 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:55,059 LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER COMMENT ON 1183 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:56,761 ACHIEVE 3000 AND ENCOURAGE YOU 1184 00:39:56,761 --> 00:39:58,162 TO VOTE TO NO LONGER KEEP THAT 1185 00:39:58,162 --> 00:40:00,131 DEMOCRATIC HAD IN OUR SCHOOL. 1186 00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:02,000 WE JUST DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH 1187 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,101 TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT IT 1188 00:40:03,101 --> 00:40:03,234 EASILY. 1189 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:06,971 I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A CONSTANT 1190 00:40:06,971 --> 00:40:12,010 NUMBER OF KIDS AS TEACHERS TRIED 1191 00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:12,944 TO KEEP LESSONS COMPLETED. 1192 00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:15,079 THIS WAS ON TOP OF iReady. 1193 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:17,215 AND I ALREADY WAS ALREADY 1194 00:40:17,215 --> 00:40:20,018 SUFFICIENT FOR DATA COLLECTIONS. 1195 00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:21,185 iReady IS MORE USER FRIENDLY 1196 00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:23,054 FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND 1197 00:40:23,054 --> 00:40:25,156 HAS MORE INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENT 1198 00:40:25,156 --> 00:40:27,191 WHEREAS ACHIEVE 3000 IS MOSTLY 1199 00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:29,193 READING AN ANSWERING QUESTIONS, 1200 00:40:29,193 --> 00:40:32,997 AND I ALREADY FEEL iReady 1201 00:40:32,997 --> 00:40:34,799 GIVES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS TO 1202 00:40:34,799 --> 00:40:35,800 SUPPORT CONCEPTS THEY ARE 1203 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:36,067 STRUGGLING WITH. 1204 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:37,235 ON TOP OF THAT, AND REALLY THE 1205 00:40:37,235 --> 00:40:38,903 IMPORTANT THING IS RESEARCH AND 1206 00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:40,038 STUDIES HAVE SHOWN OVER AND OVER 1207 00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:41,873 AGAIN THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT 1208 00:40:41,873 --> 00:40:43,007 KEY FOR STUDENT LEARNING SUCCESS 1209 00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:44,976 IS INSTRUCTION FROM A QUALIFIED 1210 00:40:44,976 --> 00:40:45,176 TEACHER. 1211 00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:46,978 TEACHERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO PULL 1212 00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:48,212 SMALL GROUPS TO PROVIDE 1213 00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:49,881 ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL 1214 00:40:49,881 --> 00:40:51,182 INTERVENTION FOR TIER 2 AND 3 1215 00:40:51,182 --> 00:40:51,883 STUDENTS. 1216 00:40:51,883 --> 00:40:53,951 THEY NEED TO PULL SMALL GROUPS 1217 00:40:53,951 --> 00:40:54,986 TO PROVIDE REMEDIATION FOR EACH 1218 00:40:54,986 --> 00:40:57,055 AND EVERY LESSON EVERY DAY TO 1219 00:40:57,055 --> 00:40:58,790 ADDRESS STANDARD AND SKILLS THAT 1220 00:40:58,790 --> 00:40:59,891 STUDENTS MAY NEED ADDITIONAL 1221 00:40:59,891 --> 00:41:01,159 SUPPORT WITH AND ON TOP OF THAT 1222 00:41:01,159 --> 00:41:03,861 WE NEED TO PULL SOME GOOD 1223 00:41:03,861 --> 00:41:04,996 OLD-FASHIONED READING GROUPS TO 1224 00:41:04,996 --> 00:41:06,097 DIFFERENTIATE FOR OUR STUDENTS. 1225 00:41:06,097 --> 00:41:07,098 TEACHERS ARE FEELING LIKE TIME 1226 00:41:07,098 --> 00:41:08,933 IS BEING PULLED FROM THESE 1227 00:41:08,933 --> 00:41:09,867 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 1228 00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:10,902 INSTRUCTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO 1229 00:41:10,902 --> 00:41:13,338 MAKE SURE STUDENTS COMPLETE 1230 00:41:13,338 --> 00:41:15,039 ENOUGH TIME ON A COMPUTER 1231 00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:15,173 PROGRAM. 1232 00:41:15,173 --> 00:41:18,076 I CAN'T HOPE BUT FEEL LIKE 1233 00:41:18,076 --> 00:41:19,243 ACHIEVE 3000 IS A TASK TO BE 1234 00:41:19,243 --> 00:41:21,913 CHECKED OFF OF THEIR TO-DO LIST. 1235 00:41:21,913 --> 00:41:24,148 IT'S NOT FOSTERING A LOVE OF 1236 00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:27,852 READING AND BOOKS, AND THEIR 1237 00:41:27,852 --> 00:41:29,020 INTERACTION AND NOT JUST 1238 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:29,287 EXCERPTS AND ARTICLES. 1239 00:41:29,287 --> 00:41:32,023 PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING TO NOT 1240 00:41:32,023 --> 00:41:34,058 RENEW ACHIEVE 3000 FOR THE 1241 00:41:34,058 --> 00:41:34,959 UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. 1242 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:35,226 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 1243 00:41:35,226 --> 00:41:38,963 AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO HEAR 1244 00:41:38,963 --> 00:41:40,998 FROM DESMARAIS BRIDGES FOLLOWED 1245 00:41:40,998 --> 00:41:43,101 BY ALLISON FERNANDEZ, STEPHANIE 1246 00:41:43,101 --> 00:41:45,937 BAXTER GENERAL KINGS CAN, AND 1247 00:41:45,937 --> 00:41:49,107 THEN MICHELLE CONOLI. 1248 00:41:49,107 --> 00:41:50,108 >> GOOD EVENING. 1249 00:41:50,108 --> 00:41:51,943 I HAVE A HANDOUT I WILL GET TO 1250 00:41:51,943 --> 00:41:52,076 IN A SECOND. 1251 00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:53,211 THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS 1252 00:41:53,211 --> 00:41:54,879 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEGISLATIVE 1253 00:41:54,879 --> 00:41:55,813 PRIORITIES THAT YOU WILL 1254 00:41:55,813 --> 00:41:57,181 HOPEFULLY APPROVE DURING THIS 1255 00:41:57,181 --> 00:41:58,082 MEETING TODAY. 1256 00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:02,920 THEY ARE FANTASTICALLY SPECIFIC, 1257 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,155 WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME IN A 1258 00:42:04,155 --> 00:42:05,890 VERY LONG TIME AND AS SOMEONE 1259 00:42:05,890 --> 00:42:07,191 WHO SPEND AS LOT OF TIME TALKING 1260 00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:08,259 TO PEOPLE ON THE LEGISLATURE IT 1261 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:10,061 IS VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO 1262 00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:12,029 BE SPECIFIC IN OUR ASK. 1263 00:42:12,029 --> 00:42:13,965 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR BOLD 1264 00:42:13,965 --> 00:42:15,066 LEADERSHIP IN THAT. 1265 00:42:15,066 --> 00:42:19,203 ALSO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 1266 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:21,205 FINANCIAL CAC AND I HOPE YOU 1267 00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:22,974 WILL ALSO PUT ALSO THE OTHER 1268 00:42:22,974 --> 00:42:24,242 THING I WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO 1269 00:42:24,242 --> 00:42:26,177 ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE 1270 00:42:26,177 --> 00:42:27,979 IDEA OF POINTING ALTERNATES. 1271 00:42:27,979 --> 00:42:29,213 THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A VOTE OR A 1272 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:31,849 VOICE BUT IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO 1273 00:42:31,849 --> 00:42:33,184 BUILD YOUR -- THE MORE PEOPLE WE 1274 00:42:33,184 --> 00:42:34,886 HAVE UNDERSTANDING HAVING A GOOD 1275 00:42:34,886 --> 00:42:36,220 UNDERSTANDING OF THIS BUDGET AND 1276 00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:37,188 FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE BETTER 1277 00:42:37,188 --> 00:42:38,022 OFF WE ARE. 1278 00:42:38,022 --> 00:42:40,091 AND IT WOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT 1279 00:42:40,091 --> 00:42:41,859 YOU HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE 1280 00:42:41,859 --> 00:42:43,294 ALL THE TIME SO SAY FOR EXAMPLE 1281 00:42:43,294 --> 00:42:45,029 THE REPRESENTATION FROM DISTRICT 1282 00:42:45,029 --> 00:42:46,831 5 CANNOT BE THERE, YOU HAVE AN 1283 00:42:46,831 --> 00:42:47,965 ALTERNATE TO TAKE THEIR PLACE. 1284 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:50,201 AND THEN IT ALSO BUILDS THE 1285 00:42:50,201 --> 00:42:51,736 BEVERAGE AS YOU ARE LOOKING TO 1286 00:42:51,736 --> 00:42:52,737 APPOINT NEW PEOPLE ON THE 1287 00:42:52,737 --> 00:42:53,304 COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW 1288 00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:55,807 THIS BUDGET IS INCREDIBLY 1289 00:42:55,807 --> 00:42:57,775 COMPLEX AND IT TAGS SOME TIME 1290 00:42:57,775 --> 00:42:58,176 TON DIGEST AND LEARN. 1291 00:42:58,176 --> 00:42:59,210 IN ADDITION TO THAT I WANT TO 1292 00:42:59,210 --> 00:43:01,779 TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE HANDOUT 1293 00:43:01,779 --> 00:43:02,046 YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. 1294 00:43:02,046 --> 00:43:07,718 THIS IS FROM THE BOCC. 1295 00:43:07,718 --> 00:43:08,820 BASICALLY LAST TIME WE CAME 1296 00:43:08,820 --> 00:43:10,087 TOGETHER I ASKED YOU HAVE A MORE 1297 00:43:10,087 --> 00:43:11,823 ROBUST REPORTING SYSTEM FOR 1298 00:43:11,823 --> 00:43:11,956 LOBBYISTS. 1299 00:43:11,956 --> 00:43:14,859 AND WHAT THIS IS, IF YOUR 1300 00:43:14,859 --> 00:43:15,860 LOBBYISTS ARE OBVIOUSLY 1301 00:43:15,860 --> 00:43:17,829 REGISTERED, THIS GOES ONE STEP 1302 00:43:17,829 --> 00:43:17,962 FURTHER. 1303 00:43:17,962 --> 00:43:19,964 THIS GENERATES A QUARTERLY 1304 00:43:19,964 --> 00:43:22,033 REPORT THAT STATES WHEN THE 1305 00:43:22,033 --> 00:43:22,934 LOBBYIST -- WHO THE LOBBYISTS 1306 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:24,068 ARE MEETING WITH AND WHAT IS THE 1307 00:43:24,068 --> 00:43:25,203 PURPOSE OF THEIR MEETING, AND 1308 00:43:25,203 --> 00:43:27,872 THIS IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE 1309 00:43:27,872 --> 00:43:30,141 BOCC WEBSITE, AND INCREDIBLY 1310 00:43:30,141 --> 00:43:33,211 HELPFUL AND TRANSPARENT FOR YOUR 1311 00:43:33,211 --> 00:43:34,011 CONSTITUENTS. 1312 00:43:34,011 --> 00:43:36,881 THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK TO 1313 00:43:36,881 --> 00:43:38,816 YOU ABOUT, I CAN TELL YOU MY 1314 00:43:38,816 --> 00:43:39,884 KIDS IF THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY 1315 00:43:39,884 --> 00:43:40,885 SCHOOL RIGHT NOW WOULD SPEND 1316 00:43:40,885 --> 00:43:42,053 MORE TIME ON A COMPUTER IN 1317 00:43:42,053 --> 00:43:43,754 SCHOOL THAN I EVER ALLOWED THEM 1318 00:43:43,754 --> 00:43:45,756 TO DO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, AND 1319 00:43:45,756 --> 00:43:48,059 THAT TO ME IS INCREDIBLY 1320 00:43:48,059 --> 00:43:49,694 PROBLEMATIC. 1321 00:43:49,694 --> 00:43:50,962 RICHARD CORCORAN AS REFERENCED 1322 00:43:50,962 --> 00:43:52,964 EARLIER SAID WE HAVE WITHOUT A 1323 00:43:52,964 --> 00:43:54,198 DOUBT MORE TECH IN CLASSROOMS 1324 00:43:54,198 --> 00:43:56,033 THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD 1325 00:43:56,033 --> 00:43:58,936 AND IT'S BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY A 1326 00:43:58,936 --> 00:44:00,104 FAILURE, AND NOT A SUCCESS. 1327 00:44:00,104 --> 00:44:01,839 I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN 1328 00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:04,942 WE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL LAST YEAR 1329 00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:06,043 THE REASONING THAT WE HAD WAS 1330 00:44:06,043 --> 00:44:07,845 THAT OUR KIDS NEEDED TO BE IN 1331 00:44:07,845 --> 00:44:09,180 FRONT OF TEACHERS AND NOT 1332 00:44:09,180 --> 00:44:10,147 COMPUTERS. 1333 00:44:10,147 --> 00:44:12,083 SO DO NOT REPLACE THOSE TEACHERS 1334 00:44:12,083 --> 00:44:13,918 WITH COMPUTER YOUS IN THE 1335 00:44:13,918 --> 00:44:14,051 CLASSROOM. 1336 00:44:14,051 --> 00:44:15,219 ALL OF THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVED 1337 00:44:15,219 --> 00:44:18,756 FROM MY HOUSEHOLD ON THINGS LIKE 1338 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:20,758 ACHIEVE 3000 AND GOING ON THE 1339 00:44:20,758 --> 00:44:21,893 COMPUTER, MY KIDS DO NOW AND 1340 00:44:21,893 --> 00:44:23,127 THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION, AND 1341 00:44:23,127 --> 00:44:24,896 THEY START JUST PRESSING 1342 00:44:24,896 --> 00:44:27,732 WHATEVER, AND SO I QUESTION THE 1343 00:44:27,732 --> 00:44:28,199 QUALITY OF THESE DATA THAT YOU 1344 00:44:28,199 --> 00:44:29,967 ARE GETTING BACK AS WELL BECAUSE 1345 00:44:29,967 --> 00:44:32,069 IF THEY DON'T FEEL ENGAGED, THEN 1346 00:44:32,069 --> 00:44:33,104 THAT IS PROBLEMATIC. 1347 00:44:33,104 --> 00:44:35,973 SO I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE 1348 00:44:35,973 --> 00:44:37,842 YOU INVEST IN TEACHERS, INVEST 1349 00:44:37,842 --> 00:44:38,342 IN PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE INVEST 1350 00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:39,210 IN PEOPLE. 1351 00:44:39,210 --> 00:44:41,145 YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN A PERSON 1352 00:44:41,145 --> 00:44:42,813 LOOK AT A COMPUTER SCREEN AND 1353 00:44:42,813 --> 00:44:44,916 SAY, OH, I FEEL SO LOVED BY THAT 1354 00:44:44,916 --> 00:44:45,082 COMPUTER SCREEN. 1355 00:44:45,082 --> 00:44:46,250 IN FACT THE OPPOSITE HAPPENS. 1356 00:44:46,250 --> 00:44:47,251 THAT'S ONE. 1357 00:44:47,251 --> 00:44:49,887 REASONS WE LIMIT IT IN MY 1358 00:44:49,887 --> 00:44:50,021 HOUSEHOLD. 1359 00:44:50,021 --> 00:44:53,791 THANK YOU. 1360 00:44:53,791 --> 00:44:54,759 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY 1361 00:44:54,759 --> 00:44:55,026 MUCH. 1362 00:44:55,026 --> 00:44:56,160 FOLLOWING MS. BRIDGES WILL BE 1363 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:57,995 ALLISON FERNANDEZ, STEPHANIE 1364 00:44:57,995 --> 00:45:06,137 BAXTER JENKINS AND MICHELLE DEN 1365 00:45:06,137 --> 00:45:06,237 OVER. 1366 00:45:06,237 --> 00:45:08,205 >> I WANT DO SPEAK ON SEVERAL 1367 00:45:08,205 --> 00:45:10,007 DIFFERENT TOPICS TONIGHT. 1368 00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:12,810 ONE WHETHER YOUR CHOICE TO NOT 1369 00:45:12,810 --> 00:45:14,946 RENEW THE CHARTERS WILL STAND OR 1370 00:45:14,946 --> 00:45:16,247 NOT STAND IS SEPARATE. 1371 00:45:16,247 --> 00:45:18,916 ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE 1372 00:45:18,916 --> 00:45:20,885 EXPRESSED ABOUT NOT RENEWING 1373 00:45:20,885 --> 00:45:23,921 THOSE CHARTERS ARE ALL PROBLEMS 1374 00:45:23,921 --> 00:45:25,856 THAT EXIST IN CURRENT 1375 00:45:25,856 --> 00:45:27,959 TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 1376 00:45:27,959 --> 00:45:29,093 AND I LISTENED AT THE LAST 1377 00:45:29,093 --> 00:45:30,995 MEETING TO BE SOME OF THE 1378 00:45:30,995 --> 00:45:32,163 SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE AND 1379 00:45:32,163 --> 00:45:33,130 SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT 1380 00:45:33,130 --> 00:45:35,833 MIGHT BE COMING FORWARD FROM 1381 00:45:35,833 --> 00:45:36,901 ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY REALLY 1382 00:45:36,901 --> 00:45:39,937 ALL SOUND LIKE MORE OF THE SAME 1383 00:45:39,937 --> 00:45:41,138 THAT YOU HEAR YEAR AFTER YEAR. 1384 00:45:41,138 --> 00:45:43,908 IT'S NOT WORKING. 1385 00:45:43,908 --> 00:45:45,109 SO THE CONCLUSION THAT I HAVE 1386 00:45:45,109 --> 00:45:49,947 COME TO IS A LOT OF DECISIONS 1387 00:45:49,947 --> 00:45:51,015 AND CHANGES THAT HE COULD BE 1388 00:45:51,015 --> 00:45:53,784 MADE IN THE DISTRICT ARE LIMITED 1389 00:45:53,784 --> 00:45:57,054 BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL ISSUE. 1390 00:45:57,054 --> 00:46:00,124 WELL, I IMPLORE YOU TO CREATE 1391 00:46:00,124 --> 00:46:01,092 THE CITIZEN FINANCIAL COMMITTEE, 1392 00:46:01,092 --> 00:46:03,060 AND I REQUEST THAT YOU PUT 1393 00:46:03,060 --> 00:46:04,996 PEOPLE ON IT THAT HAVE 1394 00:46:04,996 --> 00:46:07,732 ACCOUNTING KNOWLEDGE, AND 1395 00:46:07,732 --> 00:46:09,166 ESPECIALLY SOME GOVERNMENTAL 1396 00:46:09,166 --> 00:46:10,034 ACCOUNTING KNOWLEDGE. 1397 00:46:10,034 --> 00:46:15,806 YOU ARE RUNNING A 3.5 OR 1398 00:46:15,806 --> 00:46:18,042 $3.3 BILLION BUDGET IN THIS 1399 00:46:18,042 --> 00:46:19,176 INDUSTRY, AND YOU ALL DON'T HAVE 1400 00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:23,814 ALL THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO 1401 00:46:23,814 --> 00:46:25,149 MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 1402 00:46:25,149 --> 00:46:27,084 WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT YOU ARE 1403 00:46:27,084 --> 00:46:28,719 SPENDING YOUR MONEY ON. 1404 00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:29,920 SO I ASK YOU TO DO THAT. 1405 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:34,125 AND I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT 1406 00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:35,126 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACHES 1407 00:46:35,126 --> 00:46:36,827 TO REACHING CHILDREN THAT ARE 1408 00:46:36,827 --> 00:46:39,196 SHOWING THAT THEY ARE NOT 1409 00:46:39,196 --> 00:46:39,930 SUCCEEDING. 1410 00:46:39,930 --> 00:46:42,967 AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT 1411 00:46:42,967 --> 00:46:46,904 THAT PARENT CHOICE IS THE NUMBER 1412 00:46:46,904 --> 00:46:49,740 ONE CONSIDERATION. 1413 00:46:49,740 --> 00:46:50,041 CHARTER SCHOOLS WOULDN'T EXIST 1414 00:46:50,041 --> 00:46:51,008 WITHOUT PARENTS CHOOSING THEM. 1415 00:46:51,008 --> 00:46:53,978 SO THERE IS VALUE IN THE PARENT 1416 00:46:53,978 --> 00:46:54,111 CHOICE. 1417 00:46:54,111 --> 00:46:55,012 THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS THAT 1418 00:46:55,012 --> 00:46:56,881 YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE RENEWED, 1419 00:46:56,881 --> 00:46:58,015 MAYBE THEY WEREN'T DOING WHAT 1420 00:46:58,015 --> 00:46:59,817 THEY NEEDED TO DO. 1421 00:46:59,817 --> 00:47:00,785 CONSIDER THAT YOU HAVE EXISTING 1422 00:47:00,785 --> 00:47:01,919 SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT DOING WHAT 1423 00:47:01,919 --> 00:47:05,022 THEY NEED TO DO, BUT PARENT 1424 00:47:05,022 --> 00:47:07,124 CHOICE SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE. 1425 00:47:07,124 --> 00:47:09,060 AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND 1426 00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:11,095 YOU THAT THE PARENTS WHO PUT 1427 00:47:11,095 --> 00:47:13,030 THEIR CHILDREN IN A CHARTER 1428 00:47:13,030 --> 00:47:15,166 SCHOOL ARE ALSO TAXPAYERS. 1429 00:47:15,166 --> 00:47:17,902 SO THEY ARE NOT DIVERTING. 1430 00:47:17,902 --> 00:47:19,036 THEY ARE CHOOSING TO MOVE THEIR 1431 00:47:19,036 --> 00:47:22,006 CHILDREN TO A DIFFERENT INDUSTRY 1432 00:47:22,006 --> 00:47:26,043 OR DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITUATION. 1433 00:47:26,043 --> 00:47:27,078 AGAIN, CAN WE LOOK AT THE 1434 00:47:27,078 --> 00:47:28,946 PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE 1435 00:47:28,946 --> 00:47:31,816 EXISTING CHARTER SCHOOLS AND 1436 00:47:31,816 --> 00:47:34,151 FIND A WAY TO BALANCE THAT WITH 1437 00:47:34,151 --> 00:47:36,954 WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR 1438 00:47:36,954 --> 00:47:38,022 TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1439 00:47:38,022 --> 00:47:39,123 WHICH WE ARE NOT BALANCING THAT 1440 00:47:39,123 --> 00:47:39,924 VERY WELL. 1441 00:47:39,924 --> 00:47:41,859 IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOL GRADES 1442 00:47:41,859 --> 00:47:44,195 FROM GRECO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY 1443 00:47:44,195 --> 00:47:46,030 LOOK AN AWFUL LOT LIKE WOODMONT 1444 00:47:46,030 --> 00:47:46,897 CHARTER SCHOOL. 1445 00:47:46,897 --> 00:47:48,833 YOU DIDN'T RENEW THAT ONE. 1446 00:47:48,833 --> 00:47:49,800 GRECO STILL EXISTS. 1447 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:53,971 SO I AM ASKING YOU TO CREATE THE 1448 00:47:53,971 --> 00:47:55,106 CITIZENS FINANCIAL COMMITTEE, 1449 00:47:55,106 --> 00:47:56,941 AND STAFF IT WITH PEOPLE THAT 1450 00:47:56,941 --> 00:47:57,875 UNDERSTAND ACCOUNTING. 1451 00:47:57,875 --> 00:47:58,943 THANK YOU. 1452 00:47:58,943 --> 00:48:00,811 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 1453 00:48:00,811 --> 00:48:02,847 AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR 1454 00:48:02,847 --> 00:48:04,115 STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS AND 1455 00:48:04,115 --> 00:48:10,755 THEN FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE 1456 00:48:10,755 --> 00:48:10,921 CANOLIA. 1457 00:48:10,921 --> 00:48:11,922 AND GOOD EVENING. 1458 00:48:11,922 --> 00:48:13,090 >> GOOD EVENING. 1459 00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:15,993 I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS AS WITH 1460 00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:17,862 OTHER SPEAKERS THAT I WANTED TO 1461 00:48:17,862 --> 00:48:19,897 TALK TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT 1462 00:48:19,897 --> 00:48:20,030 TONIGHT. 1463 00:48:20,030 --> 00:48:22,767 I AM NOT SURE IF ALL OF YOU ARE 1464 00:48:22,767 --> 00:48:27,838 AWARE, BUT WE AS A DISTRICT, 1465 00:48:27,838 --> 00:48:30,174 ABOUT 12,000 NAMES TO THE 1466 00:48:30,174 --> 00:48:31,242 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR THE 1467 00:48:31,242 --> 00:48:33,177 THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT SUPPOSEDLY 1468 00:48:33,177 --> 00:48:37,782 THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO BE 1469 00:48:37,782 --> 00:48:37,915 GIVING OUT. 1470 00:48:37,915 --> 00:48:39,150 I WANT TO -- I THINK IT GOES 1471 00:48:39,150 --> 00:48:41,919 WITHOUT SAYING THAT, NUMBER ONE, 1472 00:48:41,919 --> 00:48:44,054 I DON'T APPRECIATE POLITICAL 1473 00:48:44,054 --> 00:48:46,023 PLOYS AND WE ARE ACTUALLY 1474 00:48:46,023 --> 00:48:46,924 VALUING OUR EMPLOYEES. 1475 00:48:46,924 --> 00:48:48,826 BUT BEYOND THAT, PEOPLE STILL DO 1476 00:48:48,826 --> 00:48:51,962 WORK IN THIS DISTRICT, AND ALL 1477 00:48:51,962 --> 00:48:54,732 OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SOCIAL 1478 00:48:54,732 --> 00:48:56,834 WORKERS, OUR COUNSELORS, OUR 1479 00:48:56,834 --> 00:48:58,903 ESPs, I COULD GO ON AND ON 1480 00:48:58,903 --> 00:49:00,971 WITH EVERY JOB DESCRIPTION, BUT 1481 00:49:00,971 --> 00:49:02,139 ALL THE PEOPLE HELP GET OUR 1482 00:49:02,139 --> 00:49:04,074 SCHOOLS UP AND RUNNING, EVERY 1483 00:49:04,074 --> 00:49:05,709 SINGLE ONE OF THEM, AND THEY 1484 00:49:05,709 --> 00:49:07,111 KEPT THEM OPEN, AND THEY GOT OUR 1485 00:49:07,111 --> 00:49:08,746 KIDS EDUCATED THROUGH A 1486 00:49:08,746 --> 00:49:09,914 PANDEMIC, AND SO I WANT TO 1487 00:49:09,914 --> 00:49:12,116 IMPRESS UPON ALL OF YOU THAT 1488 00:49:12,116 --> 00:49:14,752 HOWEVER YOU ARE GOING TO GO 1489 00:49:14,752 --> 00:49:16,754 FORWARD WITH AFTER DOLLARS, AND 1490 00:49:16,754 --> 00:49:20,024 RECOVERY ACT DOLLARS, WE DO NEED 1491 00:49:20,024 --> 00:49:21,926 TO CONSIDERENNING IT OUT FOR ALL 1492 00:49:21,926 --> 00:49:23,160 OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 1493 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,896 ON A SIMILAR NOTE, AS YOU ALL 1494 00:49:25,896 --> 00:49:28,833 KNOW, OUR ESPs HAVE RECEIVED 1495 00:49:28,833 --> 00:49:30,167 NOTHING, AND WE HAVE SKILL NOT 1496 00:49:30,167 --> 00:49:33,037 BEEN BACK AT THE BARGAINING 1497 00:49:33,037 --> 00:49:33,838 TABLE. 1498 00:49:33,838 --> 00:49:35,172 RALPH IS NOT HERE THIS WEEK SO I 1499 00:49:35,172 --> 00:49:37,141 AM GOING TO REITERATE HIS COMMON 1500 00:49:37,141 --> 00:49:38,943 REQUEST THAT THAT IS AGAIN A 1501 00:49:38,943 --> 00:49:40,211 HUGELY IMPORTANT THING. 1502 00:49:40,211 --> 00:49:42,947 I WANT TO THANK THOSE MEMBERS OF 1503 00:49:42,947 --> 00:49:44,748 THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAVE BEEN 1504 00:49:44,748 --> 00:49:45,983 PUSHING STRONGLY TO MOVE FORWARD 1505 00:49:45,983 --> 00:49:49,053 WITH THAT. 1506 00:49:49,053 --> 00:49:51,822 ON THIS CHARTER SCHOOL PIECE, I 1507 00:49:51,822 --> 00:49:54,792 FEEL LIKE PEOPLE HAVE -- LESS 1508 00:49:54,792 --> 00:49:55,860 MOST OF OUR PARENTS ARE VERY 1509 00:49:55,860 --> 00:49:57,027 WELL EDUCATED ON THIS AND HAVE 1510 00:49:57,027 --> 00:49:57,862 SPOKEN A LOT. 1511 00:49:57,862 --> 00:50:00,998 I DO WANT TO SAY, JUST FROM THE 1512 00:50:00,998 --> 00:50:02,166 PERSPECTIVE AGAIN OF SUPPORTING 1513 00:50:02,166 --> 00:50:06,003 ALL OF YOU AS DECISION MAKERS, 1514 00:50:06,003 --> 00:50:07,004 YOU HAVE LOCAL CONTROL, WHAT 1515 00:50:07,004 --> 00:50:07,972 HAPPENS IN THIS DISTRICT. 1516 00:50:07,972 --> 00:50:09,773 I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO 1517 00:50:09,773 --> 00:50:12,910 WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU IT'S 1518 00:50:12,910 --> 00:50:14,211 REALLY THEIR, YOU KNOW, CONTROL. 1519 00:50:14,211 --> 00:50:16,013 I KNOW RICHARD CORCORAN WOULD 1520 00:50:16,013 --> 00:50:18,916 LIKE YOU TO LET HIM MAKE THE 1521 00:50:18,916 --> 00:50:19,049 DECISION. 1522 00:50:19,049 --> 00:50:21,185 BUT THERE IS A LEGAL PROCESS. 1523 00:50:21,185 --> 00:50:22,186 THERE IS NOTHING YOU HAVE DONE 1524 00:50:22,186 --> 00:50:23,921 THAT ISN'T FULLY LEGAL. 1525 00:50:23,921 --> 00:50:24,255 YOU HAVE LAWYERS. 1526 00:50:24,255 --> 00:50:27,224 THERE'S A PROCESS THAT THE WHOLE 1527 00:50:27,224 --> 00:50:29,326 THING WILL GO THROUGH. 1528 00:50:29,326 --> 00:50:30,995 THAT IS ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE 1529 00:50:30,995 --> 00:50:32,263 SAID TO PEOPLE. 1530 00:50:32,263 --> 00:50:34,031 I AUTHORITARIANISM THIS NOTION 1531 00:50:34,031 --> 00:50:35,099 OF PRESSURING ALL OF YOU, THAT 1532 00:50:35,099 --> 00:50:38,903 THAT WAS SOMEHOW THE WRONG 1533 00:50:38,903 --> 00:50:40,771 DECISION, IS SORT OF CRAZY 1534 00:50:40,771 --> 00:50:42,172 BECAUSE IT IS YOUR JOB TO MAKE 1535 00:50:42,172 --> 00:50:43,173 SURE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE PROVIDING 1536 00:50:43,173 --> 00:50:46,210 FOR CHILDREN, AND AGAIN DOING SO 1537 00:50:46,210 --> 00:50:47,912 IN THE SAME WAY ALL OF OUR 1538 00:50:47,912 --> 00:50:50,080 SCHOOLS ARE HELD TO. 1539 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:51,882 SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME. 1540 00:50:51,882 --> 00:50:53,784 HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 1541 00:50:53,784 --> 00:50:54,818 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, 1542 00:50:54,818 --> 00:50:59,023 STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS. 1543 00:50:59,023 --> 00:50:59,223 MICHELLE CANOLIA. 1544 00:50:59,223 --> 00:51:02,760 YOU WILL HAVE TO FIX MY 1545 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:02,927 PRONUNCIATION. 1546 00:51:02,927 --> 00:51:05,129 GOOD EVENING. 1547 00:51:05,129 --> 00:51:06,830 I DID GET IT, OKAY. 1548 00:51:06,830 --> 00:51:07,965 >> THANKS, EVERYBODY. 1549 00:51:07,965 --> 00:51:10,134 MY NAME IS MICHELLE CANOLIA AND 1550 00:51:10,134 --> 00:51:12,202 I AM ONE OF MANY PUBLIC SCHOOL 1551 00:51:12,202 --> 00:51:14,071 ADVOCATES IN THIS COUNTY 1552 00:51:14,071 --> 00:51:14,204 SPEAKING. 1553 00:51:14,204 --> 00:51:16,874 I HAVE TWO YOUNG ADULT SONS WHO 1554 00:51:16,874 --> 00:51:18,208 BOTH RECEIVED THEIR EDUCATION IN 1555 00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:19,877 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC 1556 00:51:19,877 --> 00:51:20,144 SCHOOLS. 1557 00:51:20,144 --> 00:51:22,012 MY SISTER IS CURRENTLY A PUBLIC 1558 00:51:22,012 --> 00:51:23,881 SCHOOL ESE TEACHER IN THIS 1559 00:51:23,881 --> 00:51:25,215 COUNTY AS WELL. 1560 00:51:25,215 --> 00:51:26,984 I RECENTLY LEARNED OF A SPEECH 1561 00:51:26,984 --> 00:51:28,953 THAT RICHARD CORCORAN, FLORIDA'S 1562 00:51:28,953 --> 00:51:30,120 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, 1563 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:33,157 DELIVERED DURING A LECTURE AT 1564 00:51:33,157 --> 00:51:34,191 HILLSDALE COLLEGE IN MICHIGAN. 1565 00:51:34,191 --> 00:51:36,193 I AM NOT SURE WHY HE'S GIVING 1566 00:51:36,193 --> 00:51:37,962 LECTURES IN MICHIGAN RATHER THAN 1567 00:51:37,962 --> 00:51:39,129 ATTENDING TO IT NEED OF FAMILIES 1568 00:51:39,129 --> 00:51:44,234 AND TEACHERS IN FLORIDA, BUT 1569 00:51:44,234 --> 00:51:46,136 APPARENTLY CORCORAN WISHES FOR 1570 00:51:46,136 --> 00:51:48,939 HALF OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE 1571 00:51:48,939 --> 00:51:49,974 PRIVATIZED OR AT CHARTER 1572 00:51:49,974 --> 00:51:50,908 CHARTERED, AND PRIVATIZATION OF 1573 00:51:50,908 --> 00:51:52,943 OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HELP TO 1574 00:51:52,943 --> 00:51:53,877 ELIMINATE FAILING SCHOOLS SO 1575 00:51:53,877 --> 00:51:57,047 CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE WHAT THEY 1576 00:51:57,047 --> 00:51:58,215 CALL QUALITY EDUCATION. 1577 00:51:58,215 --> 00:52:00,184 IF THAT IS THEIR WORRY THAN WHY 1578 00:52:00,184 --> 00:52:02,019 NOT FULLY FUND OUR EXISTING 1579 00:52:02,019 --> 00:52:03,787 PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THAT EVERY 1580 00:52:03,787 --> 00:52:06,991 CHILD IN FLORIDA CAN RECEIVE A 1581 00:52:06,991 --> 00:52:08,792 QUALITY EDUCATION? 1582 00:52:08,792 --> 00:52:09,893 PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS WORK 1583 00:52:09,893 --> 00:52:11,996 VERY HARD AND ENDLESS HOURS AND 1584 00:52:11,996 --> 00:52:13,897 UNDER THE MOST SPARTAN OF 1585 00:52:13,897 --> 00:52:16,100 FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, AND MOST 1586 00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:17,801 RECENTLY CHALLENGING 1587 00:52:17,801 --> 00:52:19,103 CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE WAKE OF A 1588 00:52:19,103 --> 00:52:21,739 GLOBAL PANDEMIC TO ENSURE THAT 1589 00:52:21,739 --> 00:52:23,240 EVERY CHILD ENTRUSTED WITH THEIR 1590 00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:25,075 EDUCATION AS THEY GROW INTO 1591 00:52:25,075 --> 00:52:27,111 ADULTS RECEIVE RIGOROUS QUALITY 1592 00:52:27,111 --> 00:52:28,045 EDUCATION. 1593 00:52:28,045 --> 00:52:29,847 I SAW THIS DETERMINATION IN MY 1594 00:52:29,847 --> 00:52:31,081 SON'S TEACHERS, ELEMENTARY 1595 00:52:31,081 --> 00:52:32,816 THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, AND I SEE 1596 00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:35,185 IN THE MY SISTER'S TEACHING OF 1597 00:52:35,185 --> 00:52:35,419 HEIFER OWN STUDENTS. 1598 00:52:35,419 --> 00:52:37,955 IT'S HIGH TIME THAT PUBLIC 1599 00:52:37,955 --> 00:52:38,322 SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 1600 00:52:38,322 --> 00:52:40,224 RECEIVE FULL FUNDING SO THAT 1601 00:52:40,224 --> 00:52:42,259 BOTH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR 1602 00:52:42,259 --> 00:52:43,894 CHILDREN CAN FLOURISH. 1603 00:52:43,894 --> 00:52:45,195 IT'S ALSO TIME FOR THE 1604 00:52:45,195 --> 00:52:46,797 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 1605 00:52:46,797 --> 00:52:48,766 TO VOTE YES ON THE CREATION OF 1606 00:52:48,766 --> 00:52:50,167 AN AUDIT CITIZENS ADVISORY 1607 00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:53,003 COUNCIL OR CAC TO BE A SECOND 1608 00:52:53,003 --> 00:52:54,938 SET OF EYES TO REVIEW BUDGET 1609 00:52:54,938 --> 00:52:56,874 ITEMS BEFORE APPROVAL WHICH WILL 1610 00:52:56,874 --> 00:52:58,108 GENERATE TRUST IN OUR PUBLIC 1611 00:52:58,108 --> 00:53:00,044 SCHOOLS AND THE WAY THEY ARE 1612 00:53:00,044 --> 00:53:00,144 FUNDED. 1613 00:53:00,144 --> 00:53:02,146 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY 1614 00:53:02,146 --> 00:53:04,181 CONCERNS AS A HILLSBOROUGH 1615 00:53:04,181 --> 00:53:05,182 COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT. 1616 00:53:05,182 --> 00:53:08,085 AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 1617 00:53:08,085 --> 00:53:09,153 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY 1618 00:53:09,153 --> 00:53:09,920 MUCH. 1619 00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:11,955 AND THANK YOU, SPEAKERS, FOR 1620 00:53:11,955 --> 00:53:13,957 SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US. 1621 00:53:13,957 --> 00:53:16,927 WE ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS TO PLEASE 1622 00:53:16,927 --> 00:53:18,896 CONTINUE TO DO SO. 1623 00:53:18,896 --> 00:53:22,933 WE JUST WANTED TO DO A SEGUE 1624 00:53:22,933 --> 00:53:23,100 HERE. 1625 00:53:23,100 --> 00:53:24,868 THE BOARD MEMBERS WANTED TO SHOW 1626 00:53:24,868 --> 00:53:26,236 AND SHARE SUPPORT FOR THE TAMPA 1627 00:53:26,236 --> 00:53:29,073 BAY LIGHTNING, AND AS A 1628 00:53:29,073 --> 00:53:32,776 CONSEQUENCE I HAD THEM ALL WEAR 1629 00:53:32,776 --> 00:53:36,213 SHIRTS, AND WE DID GO ON THE -- 1630 00:53:36,213 --> 00:53:41,118 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE BOAT, 1631 00:53:41,118 --> 00:53:41,251 STARLIGHT? 1632 00:53:41,251 --> 00:53:43,821 BUT ANYWAY, WE HAVE COLLECTED 1633 00:53:43,821 --> 00:53:45,856 ITEMS, SHIRTS, AND WE DO SUPPORT 1634 00:53:45,856 --> 00:53:50,060 THE RAYS, AND WE DO SUPPORT ALL 1635 00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:51,728 BUSINESS AND SUPPORTS OWNERS, 1636 00:53:51,728 --> 00:53:54,098 BUT WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT THEY 1637 00:53:54,098 --> 00:53:56,734 REPRESENT OUR TAMPA BAY AREA IN 1638 00:53:56,734 --> 00:53:58,902 VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. 1639 00:53:58,902 --> 00:54:00,838 SO EXCELLENT JOB. 1640 00:54:00,838 --> 00:54:01,972 SECOND STANLEY CUP. 1641 00:54:01,972 --> 00:54:02,106 AMAZING. 1642 00:54:02,106 --> 00:54:04,808 THAT'S WHAT I CALL GREAT 1643 00:54:04,808 --> 00:54:05,042 COMPETITION. 1644 00:54:05,042 --> 00:54:09,012 AND THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, 1645 00:54:09,012 --> 00:54:09,913 FOR SHARING YOUR ENTHUSIASM. 1646 00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:11,215 AND I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH OF 1647 00:54:11,215 --> 00:54:12,116 THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING 1648 00:54:12,116 --> 00:54:13,784 ELSE TO SAY. 1649 00:54:13,784 --> 00:54:16,987 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS ON THE 1650 00:54:16,987 --> 00:54:17,121 SUBJECT? 1651 00:54:17,121 --> 00:54:20,023 >>Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM. 1652 00:54:20,023 --> 00:54:24,261 I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. 1653 00:54:24,261 --> 00:54:25,195 >>Lynn Gray: MAYBE YOU WANT TO 1654 00:54:25,195 --> 00:54:26,797 MAKE A REMARK ABOUT WHY YOUR 1655 00:54:26,797 --> 00:54:30,067 SHIRT IS DIFFERENT. 1656 00:54:30,067 --> 00:54:31,034 >>Addison Davis: FOR ME TO KIND 1657 00:54:31,034 --> 00:54:34,872 OF JOIN IN HOWEVER THE BOLTS 1658 00:54:34,872 --> 00:54:36,774 WERE REALLY NICE AND GENEROUS 1659 00:54:36,774 --> 00:54:37,841 LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WERE GOING 1660 00:54:37,841 --> 00:54:39,143 TO THE FIRST STANLEY CUP AND 1661 00:54:39,143 --> 00:54:40,177 PROVIDED A JERSEY FOR THE 1662 00:54:40,177 --> 00:54:40,944 DISTRICT. 1663 00:54:40,944 --> 00:54:42,212 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I 1664 00:54:42,212 --> 00:54:43,814 REPRESENT AND APPRECIATE THEIR 1665 00:54:43,814 --> 00:54:45,149 TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. 1666 00:54:45,149 --> 00:54:47,117 I GAVE A JERSEY TO THE 1667 00:54:47,117 --> 00:54:49,052 COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, SO WHOMEVER 1668 00:54:49,052 --> 00:54:50,187 DECIDES TO NEED IT AND WHENEVER 1669 00:54:50,187 --> 00:54:53,157 THEY CAN TAKE IT OUT OR USE IT, 1670 00:54:53,157 --> 00:54:55,759 SO CHECK IT OUT, THANK YOU TO 1671 00:54:55,759 --> 00:54:56,960 TANYA, A WONDERFUL JOB MAKING 1672 00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:57,928 SURE IT'S AVAILABLE TONIGHT. 1673 00:54:57,928 --> 00:54:59,930 BUT JUST TO SHOW APPRECIATION, I 1674 00:54:59,930 --> 00:55:01,798 ELECTED NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN 1675 00:55:01,798 --> 00:55:04,201 THE PARADE, AND GOT A CHANCE TO 1676 00:55:04,201 --> 00:55:05,836 SPEAK TO STUDENTS YESTERDAY AS 1677 00:55:05,836 --> 00:55:09,940 PART OF CAREER SOURCE ON 1678 00:55:09,940 --> 00:55:11,141 LEADERSHIP, AND IT WAS REALLY A 1679 00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:12,142 GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO 1680 00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:14,178 SPEAK TO THEM BUT I AM GLAD YOU 1681 00:55:14,178 --> 00:55:16,847 GOT A CHANCE TO JOAN I THAT 1682 00:55:16,847 --> 00:55:18,115 PARADE, NICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY 1683 00:55:18,115 --> 00:55:19,983 AND NICE FOR US TO BE BACK TO 1684 00:55:19,983 --> 00:55:20,918 BACK CHAMPIONS. 1685 00:55:20,918 --> 00:55:21,318 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, 1686 00:55:21,318 --> 00:55:21,552 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 1687 00:55:21,552 --> 00:55:23,921 I AM SHARE ALSO THAT MEMBER 1688 00:55:23,921 --> 00:55:25,956 SNIVELY AND MEMBER HAHN ALSO 1689 00:55:25,956 --> 00:55:27,057 HAVE THE SHIRTS AND THEY ARE 1690 00:55:27,057 --> 00:55:29,960 ALSO IN THEIR OWN WAY 1691 00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:33,163 CELEBRATING THE WIN FROM THE 1692 00:55:33,163 --> 00:55:33,830 BOLTS. 1693 00:55:33,830 --> 00:55:34,932 AND MEMBER PEREZ, I BELIEVE YOU 1694 00:55:34,932 --> 00:55:35,966 HAVE THE SHIRT ON. 1695 00:55:35,966 --> 00:55:39,069 I CAN SEE ALMOST ALL OF IT. 1696 00:55:39,069 --> 00:55:40,837 SO THANKS. 1697 00:55:40,837 --> 00:55:43,006 ABSOLUTELY. 1698 00:55:43,006 --> 00:55:43,807 100%. 1699 00:55:43,807 --> 00:55:44,041 ALL RIGHT. 1700 00:55:44,041 --> 00:55:46,076 I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A 1701 00:55:46,076 --> 00:55:46,843 REAL QUICK VOTE. 1702 00:55:46,843 --> 00:55:48,912 I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO 1703 00:55:48,912 --> 00:55:50,047 APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND 1704 00:55:50,047 --> 00:55:53,050 THE MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. 1705 00:55:53,050 --> 00:55:55,786 A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. 1706 00:55:55,786 --> 00:56:01,892 AND PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS 1707 00:56:01,892 --> 00:56:05,028 APPEAR. 1708 00:56:05,028 --> 00:56:08,031 AND WITH A COMMITMENT OF YESES 1709 00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:08,932 WITH MEMBER PEREZ. 1710 00:56:08,932 --> 00:56:11,201 THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. 1711 00:56:11,201 --> 00:56:13,003 WE HAVE PASSED THE CONSENT 1712 00:56:13,003 --> 00:56:13,203 AGENDA. 1713 00:56:13,203 --> 00:56:15,706 NOW WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN ITEM, 1714 00:56:15,706 --> 00:56:17,140 5:01. 1715 00:56:17,140 --> 00:56:19,977 AND THAT IS I BELIEVE WHAT I 1716 00:56:19,977 --> 00:56:21,979 HAVE IS THE STUDENT CODE OF 1717 00:56:21,979 --> 00:56:22,079 CONDUCT. 1718 00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:22,346 IS THAT CORRECT? 1719 00:56:22,346 --> 00:56:24,848 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 1720 00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:27,818 DISCUSSION ON THAT? 1721 00:56:27,818 --> 00:56:29,219 IF THAT NOT BE THE CASE, THEN WE 1722 00:56:29,219 --> 00:56:30,954 WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE WITH OUR 1723 00:56:30,954 --> 00:56:35,792 NORMAL AGENDA. 1724 00:56:35,792 --> 00:56:36,059 >>Jim Porter: 5:01 PUBLIC 1725 00:56:36,059 --> 00:56:37,160 HEARING IS FOR THE RECOMMENDED 1726 00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:38,862 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR 1727 00:56:38,862 --> 00:56:45,936 DIGITAL DESIGN AND TELEVISION 1728 00:56:45,936 --> 00:56:46,069 PRODUCTION. 1729 00:56:46,069 --> 00:56:47,037 >>Lynn Gray: THAT CLEARS THAT 1730 00:56:47,037 --> 00:56:47,137 UP. 1731 00:56:47,137 --> 00:56:49,973 LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON 1732 00:56:49,973 --> 00:56:51,808 THAT. 1733 00:56:51,808 --> 00:56:52,809 LET'S BEGIN. 1734 00:56:52,809 --> 00:56:53,944 >>Jim Porter: IT WAS ADVERTISED 1735 00:56:53,944 --> 00:56:54,211 FOR 5:01. 1736 00:56:54,211 --> 00:57:00,083 WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO GO. 1737 00:57:00,083 --> 00:57:02,919 IT'S 4:58. 1738 00:57:02,919 --> 00:57:03,754 >>Lynn Gray: ALL RIGHT. 1739 00:57:03,754 --> 00:57:04,955 WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE RIGHT 1740 00:57:04,955 --> 00:57:06,790 ON THROUGH. 1741 00:57:06,790 --> 00:57:08,158 THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN 1742 00:57:08,158 --> 00:57:09,159 APPROVED. 1743 00:57:09,159 --> 00:57:10,794 AND WE ARE UP TO THE 1744 00:57:10,794 --> 00:57:14,164 SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. 1745 00:57:14,164 --> 00:57:18,001 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, GO AHEAD. 1746 00:57:18,001 --> 00:57:18,335 >>Addison Davis: TONIGHT I WILL 1747 00:57:18,335 --> 00:57:20,103 BE REALLY BRIEF ON MY COMMENTS. 1748 00:57:20,103 --> 00:57:25,976 IT MAY BE A GIFT OR SOMETHING 1749 00:57:25,976 --> 00:57:26,977 NEW. 1750 00:57:26,977 --> 00:57:29,946 WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE CELEBRATIONS 1751 00:57:29,946 --> 00:57:31,848 TONIGHT, THE HARD WORKERS, AND 1752 00:57:31,848 --> 00:57:33,050 SOME OF THE GREAT CELEBRATIONS 1753 00:57:33,050 --> 00:57:34,051 IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL. 1754 00:57:34,051 --> 00:57:37,154 AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME REALLY 1755 00:57:37,154 --> 00:57:38,922 ROBUST IV PROGRAMS WITHIN 1756 00:57:38,922 --> 00:57:39,790 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC 1757 00:57:39,790 --> 00:57:41,958 SCHOOLS, AND JUST WANTED TO 1758 00:57:41,958 --> 00:57:45,095 IDENTIFY THE SUCCESS RATE, 1759 00:57:45,095 --> 00:57:46,930 DIPLOMA RATES THAT WE HAVE 1760 00:57:46,930 --> 00:57:48,999 ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR. 1761 00:57:48,999 --> 00:57:53,970 IB DIPLOMA RATES. 1762 00:57:53,970 --> 00:57:55,739 FINISHING ACADEMIC YEAR ONE OF 1763 00:57:55,739 --> 00:57:57,841 THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE DIPLOMA 1764 00:57:57,841 --> 00:57:58,942 RATE IN DISTRICT HISTORY. IF WE 1765 00:57:58,942 --> 00:58:00,911 LOOK AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH 1766 00:58:00,911 --> 00:58:02,746 SCHOOL, THEY HAVE 100% OF THEIR 1767 00:58:02,746 --> 00:58:04,081 STUDENTS ENGAGED IN IB. 1768 00:58:04,081 --> 00:58:05,782 THEY GRADUATE, ALL OF THEM 1769 00:58:05,782 --> 00:58:08,051 GRADUATED WITH AN IB DIPLOMA, A 1770 00:58:08,051 --> 00:58:09,052 MAJOR CELEBRATION. 1771 00:58:09,052 --> 00:58:11,021 THIS IS A 4% INCREASE OVER 2020 1772 00:58:11,021 --> 00:58:12,756 AND YOU SEE THAT THIS IS THE 1773 00:58:12,756 --> 00:58:13,957 THIRD TIME IN THEIR HISTORY THEY 1774 00:58:13,957 --> 00:58:16,960 HAVE HAD 100% ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 1775 00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:17,995 THEY ARE FULFILLING THAT 1776 00:58:17,995 --> 00:58:18,962 OBLIGATION LOOK. AT KING. 1777 00:58:18,962 --> 00:58:21,064 LOOK AT ROBINSON AND STRAWBERRY 1778 00:58:21,064 --> 00:58:21,965 CREST AS WELL. 1779 00:58:21,965 --> 00:58:23,166 ONCE AGAIN YOU START TO SEE 1780 00:58:23,166 --> 00:58:25,202 GREAT MOVEMENT AND HISTORICAL, 1781 00:58:25,202 --> 00:58:27,037 AND THIS IS ALL THE 1782 00:58:27,037 --> 00:58:28,238 CONCENTRATION OF OUR STUDENTS, 1783 00:58:28,238 --> 00:58:31,007 OF OUR TEACHERS, OF OUR 1784 00:58:31,007 --> 00:58:32,709 COORDINATORS, OF OUR ASSISTANT 1785 00:58:32,709 --> 00:58:33,977 PRINCIPALS, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR 1786 00:58:33,977 --> 00:58:36,046 PARENTS, ALL TO BE ARCTIVELY 1787 00:58:36,046 --> 00:58:37,748 ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. 1788 00:58:37,748 --> 00:58:38,849 ONE THING WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO 1789 00:58:38,849 --> 00:58:41,852 IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR IB 1790 00:58:41,852 --> 00:58:43,153 STUDENTS CONTINUE TO BE EXPOSED 1791 00:58:43,153 --> 00:58:46,189 TO RIGOROUS CONTENT, RIGOROUS 1792 00:58:46,189 --> 00:58:47,791 CLASSROOMS, WHERE THEY CAN 1793 00:58:47,791 --> 00:58:49,059 CONTINUE TO SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE 1794 00:58:49,059 --> 00:58:50,994 THEIR ABILITY TO COMPETE INSIDE 1795 00:58:50,994 --> 00:58:52,195 AND OUTSIDE OF OUR CLASSROOMS 1796 00:58:52,195 --> 00:58:53,096 EVERY SINGLE DAY. 1797 00:58:53,096 --> 00:58:54,865 THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL HARD WORK 1798 00:58:54,865 --> 00:58:57,667 AND CONSIDERATION, AND WE THANK 1799 00:58:57,667 --> 00:59:02,072 THEM FOR THE HARD WORK THAT MR. 1800 00:59:02,072 --> 00:59:03,039 COX IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM TO 1801 00:59:03,039 --> 00:59:04,741 MAKE SURE THIS IS A CONTINUED 1802 00:59:04,741 --> 00:59:06,877 REALITY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 1803 00:59:06,877 --> 00:59:09,946 AND WE CONTINUE TO BE OUTPERFORM 1804 00:59:09,946 --> 00:59:12,282 THE NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL RATE 1805 00:59:12,282 --> 00:59:15,786 FOR IB DIPLOMAS BETWEEN THE HIGH 1806 00:59:15,786 --> 00:59:16,853 60s AND MID 70s IN OUR 1807 00:59:16,853 --> 00:59:17,888 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 1808 00:59:17,888 --> 00:59:19,923 SO HATS OFF TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL. 1809 00:59:19,923 --> 00:59:21,258 KEEP WORKING HARD AND TO OUR 1810 00:59:21,258 --> 00:59:22,959 STUDENTS FOR BEING CONNECTED TO 1811 00:59:22,959 --> 00:59:24,127 THIS PROCESS. 1812 00:59:24,127 --> 00:59:25,061 ALSO, WE HAVE ANOTHER 1813 00:59:25,061 --> 00:59:26,997 OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF 1814 00:59:26,997 --> 00:59:27,931 OUR EDUCATORS, WE HAVE BEEN 1815 00:59:27,931 --> 00:59:29,299 INFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 1816 00:59:29,299 --> 00:59:34,704 EDUCATION THAT ONE OF OUR 1817 00:59:34,704 --> 00:59:40,310 TEACHERS WHO WAS YUNG ROMANO FOR 1818 00:59:40,310 --> 00:59:42,078 THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR 1819 00:59:42,078 --> 00:59:44,214 EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND 1820 00:59:44,214 --> 00:59:45,749 SCIENCE AND TEACHING, AND THIS 1821 00:59:45,749 --> 00:59:50,887 GIVES THE CHANCE FOR HER TO BE 1822 00:59:50,887 --> 00:59:52,956 GO TO THE NATE NIGHT WAY. 1823 00:59:52,956 --> 00:59:55,992 MS. ROMANOS WILL LEAD AT ALONZO 1824 00:59:55,992 --> 00:59:57,260 BUT THERE'S ONLY THREE FINALISTS 1825 00:59:57,260 --> 00:59:59,095 IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND 1826 00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:02,032 EACH AWARD CATEGORICAL IS 1827 01:00:02,032 --> 01:00:03,033 FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL 1828 01:00:03,033 --> 01:00:04,167 SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR STEM 1829 01:00:04,167 --> 01:00:05,735 EDUCATION, AND THEY GET A CHANCE 1830 01:00:05,735 --> 01:00:07,771 FOR THOSE WHO ARE SELECTED TO BE 1831 01:00:07,771 --> 01:00:08,972 THE RECIPIENT OF THIS 1832 01:00:08,972 --> 01:00:09,940 PRESIDENTIAL AWARD. 1833 01:00:09,940 --> 01:00:10,874 THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE 1834 01:00:10,874 --> 01:00:13,009 WHITE HOUSE AND ALSO HONORED IN 1835 01:00:13,009 --> 01:00:13,944 WASHINGTON, D.C. 1836 01:00:13,944 --> 01:00:17,948 AND THEN ALSO THEY RECEIVE 1837 01:00:17,948 --> 01:00:20,750 $10,000 FROM THE FOUNDATION TO 1838 01:00:20,750 --> 01:00:22,252 JOIN A CADRE AFTERWARD WINNING 1839 01:00:22,252 --> 01:00:24,855 TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO PUSH STEM 1840 01:00:24,855 --> 01:00:25,889 WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND 1841 01:00:25,889 --> 01:00:26,990 THROUGHOUT THE NATION. 1842 01:00:26,990 --> 01:00:29,960 SO HATS OFF TO MS. ROMANOS. 1843 01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:31,962 WE THANK HER FOR HER HARD WORK 1844 01:00:31,962 --> 01:00:33,096 IN BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE 1845 01:00:33,096 --> 01:00:35,866 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 1846 01:00:35,866 --> 01:00:38,201 AND THAT'S IT. 1847 01:00:38,201 --> 01:00:39,903 AS NOW WE WILL HAVE LEADERSHIP 1848 01:00:39,903 --> 01:00:41,104 INSTITUTE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE 1849 01:00:41,104 --> 01:00:42,939 STARTING NEXT WEEK. 1850 01:00:42,939 --> 01:00:45,842 AND BEING HERE FOR GOING ON FOR 1851 01:00:45,842 --> 01:00:46,843 17 MONTHS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST 1852 01:00:46,843 --> 01:00:48,111 TIME THAT I CAN GET A CHANCE TO 1853 01:00:48,111 --> 01:00:50,981 BE IN FRONT OF ALL OF OUR 1854 01:00:50,981 --> 01:00:51,781 PRINCIPALS AT ONE TIME. 1855 01:00:51,781 --> 01:00:53,016 WE HAVE ALL HAD SOME REALLY 1856 01:00:53,016 --> 01:00:54,117 TRYING TIMES WITH COVID. 1857 01:00:54,117 --> 01:00:55,752 SO I AM JUST EXCITED TO BE ABLE 1858 01:00:55,752 --> 01:00:56,853 TO GET EVERYONE IN THE SAME ROOM 1859 01:00:56,853 --> 01:00:58,021 TO TALK ABOUT OUR VISION, TALK 1860 01:00:58,021 --> 01:01:00,023 ABOUT OUR WAY OF WORK AND HOW WE 1861 01:01:00,023 --> 01:01:01,057 CAN FURTHER SUPPORT OUR 1862 01:01:01,057 --> 01:01:02,025 PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT 1863 01:01:02,025 --> 01:01:03,159 PRINCIPALS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 1864 01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:04,928 THE FIRST TWO DAYS WILL BE OUR 1865 01:01:04,928 --> 01:01:06,029 PRINCIPAL INSTITUTE ON THE 1866 01:01:06,029 --> 01:01:07,797 19th AND 20th AND THE 1867 01:01:07,797 --> 01:01:08,999 NEXT TWO DAYS WILL BE THE 1868 01:01:08,999 --> 01:01:11,134 20th AND -- 21st AND 1869 01:01:11,134 --> 01:01:12,869 22ND FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL 1870 01:01:12,869 --> 01:01:14,037 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE TO REALLY 1871 01:01:14,037 --> 01:01:16,239 FOCUS ON WAY OF WORK AND HOW WE 1872 01:01:16,239 --> 01:01:18,942 WILL CONTINUE TO FURTHER SUPPORT 1873 01:01:18,942 --> 01:01:20,010 STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS WITHIN 1874 01:01:20,010 --> 01:01:20,877 OUR ORGANIZATION. 1875 01:01:20,877 --> 01:01:22,846 SO THANK YOU. 1876 01:01:22,846 --> 01:01:23,179 >>Lynn Gray: THOSE ARE GREAT 1877 01:01:23,179 --> 01:01:23,313 HIGHLIGHTS. 1878 01:01:23,313 --> 01:01:28,151 WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM MEMBER 1879 01:01:28,151 --> 01:01:29,185 PEREZ. 1880 01:01:29,185 --> 01:01:30,921 AND WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM 1881 01:01:30,921 --> 01:01:31,321 MEMBER VAUGHN. 1882 01:01:31,321 --> 01:01:35,825 MEMBER PEREZ. 1883 01:01:35,825 --> 01:01:36,159 >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU FOR 1884 01:01:36,159 --> 01:01:38,828 HIGHLIGHTING THE IB PROGRAM. 1885 01:01:38,828 --> 01:01:41,965 THIS IS GREAT, AND THE FACT THAT 1886 01:01:41,965 --> 01:01:46,202 WE OUTRANK THE NATIONAL 1887 01:01:46,202 --> 01:01:46,937 PERCENTAGES. 1888 01:01:46,937 --> 01:01:51,141 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 1889 01:01:51,141 --> 01:01:53,076 BUT DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS 1890 01:01:53,076 --> 01:01:54,144 RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE STUDENTS 1891 01:01:54,144 --> 01:01:58,214 THAT RECEIVE THESE IB DIPLOMAS? 1892 01:01:58,214 --> 01:01:58,548 >>Addison Davis: WE CAN GET THAT 1893 01:01:58,548 --> 01:02:00,083 INFORMATION TO YOU, WITHOUT A 1894 01:02:00,083 --> 01:02:00,183 DOUBT. 1895 01:02:00,183 --> 01:02:03,853 WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL OF THE 1896 01:02:03,853 --> 01:02:04,187 DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWNS AND THOSE 1897 01:02:04,187 --> 01:02:06,156 STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGAGED AND 1898 01:02:06,156 --> 01:02:08,792 ENROLLED AND THEIR COMPLETION 1899 01:02:08,792 --> 01:02:10,126 RATES AS WELL. 1900 01:02:10,126 --> 01:02:10,427 >>Karen Perez: I THANK YOU. 1901 01:02:10,427 --> 01:02:12,963 AND THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING 1902 01:02:12,963 --> 01:02:13,129 THIS. 1903 01:02:13,129 --> 01:02:17,167 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER VAUGHN? 1904 01:02:17,167 --> 01:02:17,500 >>Jessica Vaughn: SUPERINTENDENT 1905 01:02:17,500 --> 01:02:20,003 DAVIS, I WAS JUST WONDERING TO 1906 01:02:20,003 --> 01:02:21,104 CARRY OVER FROM SOME OF THE 1907 01:02:21,104 --> 01:02:22,138 UPDATES THAT YOU ARE DOING, IF 1908 01:02:22,138 --> 01:02:23,907 YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT 1909 01:02:23,907 --> 01:02:25,976 OF UPDATE ON THE COVID-19. 1910 01:02:25,976 --> 01:02:28,011 I KNOW WE HAD DECIDED, YOU HAD 1911 01:02:28,011 --> 01:02:31,047 DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO 1912 01:02:31,047 --> 01:02:32,015 KEEP MACK'S OPTIONAL BUT THAT 1913 01:02:32,015 --> 01:02:33,183 WAS HIMSELF REFLECTED ON WHAT 1914 01:02:33,183 --> 01:02:35,885 THE DATA LOOKED LIKE AND THE CDC 1915 01:02:35,885 --> 01:02:37,253 AS THINGS WERE KIND OF CHANGING, 1916 01:02:37,253 --> 01:02:38,955 AND I KNOW THE NEW VARIANT 1917 01:02:38,955 --> 01:02:40,023 THERE'S SOME CONCERNS. 1918 01:02:40,023 --> 01:02:42,225 SO I HAD SOME CONSTITUENTS WHO 1919 01:02:42,225 --> 01:02:43,159 CONTACTED ME ABOUT THAT. 1920 01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:44,861 SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD 1921 01:02:44,861 --> 01:02:45,996 DO AN UPDATE. 1922 01:02:45,996 --> 01:02:47,130 ALSO I HAVE HAD A LOT OF 1923 01:02:47,130 --> 01:02:50,767 CONSTITUENTS ASK ME ABOUT OUR 1924 01:02:50,767 --> 01:02:51,768 EFFORTS, WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO 1925 01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:53,036 GET THAT AND IF NOT WHERE THE 1926 01:02:53,036 --> 01:02:53,837 HOLDUP IS. 1927 01:02:53,837 --> 01:02:56,806 IF YOU COULD GIVE ME AN UPDATE 1928 01:02:56,806 --> 01:02:57,073 ON THAT. 1929 01:02:57,073 --> 01:02:57,340 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR 1930 01:02:57,340 --> 01:02:58,842 REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. 1931 01:02:58,842 --> 01:03:01,044 ONE THING WE DO D DO IS BE VERY 1932 01:03:01,044 --> 01:03:02,245 TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY 1933 01:03:02,245 --> 01:03:04,147 TO TELL THEM WE WILL ALWAYS 1934 01:03:04,147 --> 01:03:06,850 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL 1935 01:03:06,850 --> 01:03:07,917 HEALTH EXPERTS DEPARTMENT OF 1936 01:03:07,917 --> 01:03:09,819 HEALTH TO WATCH COVID'S 1937 01:03:09,819 --> 01:03:11,021 IMPLEMENTATION AND OUR POSITIVE 1938 01:03:11,021 --> 01:03:11,121 RATES. 1939 01:03:11,121 --> 01:03:13,857 WE HAVE CONTINUED TO USE AND 1940 01:03:13,857 --> 01:03:15,058 LEVERAGE, LOOK AT SUMMER SCHOOL, 1941 01:03:15,058 --> 01:03:18,094 HOW THE OVERALL -- HOW COVID IS 1942 01:03:18,094 --> 01:03:19,195 INTERACTING IN OUR SUMMER 1943 01:03:19,195 --> 01:03:19,963 SCHOOL. 1944 01:03:19,963 --> 01:03:20,930 CURRENTLY WE HAVE BEEN IN SUMMER 1945 01:03:20,930 --> 01:03:23,833 SCHOOL FOR 22 DAYS TO DATE AND 1946 01:03:23,833 --> 01:03:25,068 WE HAD IF POSITIVE CASES. 1947 01:03:25,068 --> 01:03:26,903 OF THE 23 POSITIVE CASES 12 HAVE 1948 01:03:26,903 --> 01:03:28,038 BEEN IDENTIFIED AS LEARNERS AND 1949 01:03:28,038 --> 01:03:30,907 TWO OF THOSE ARE IN ADULT CAREER 1950 01:03:30,907 --> 01:03:31,007 CENTERS. 1951 01:03:31,007 --> 01:03:34,944 SO WE HAD 22 DAYS, WE HAVE HAD 1952 01:03:34,944 --> 01:03:36,913 TEN STUDENTS IDENTIFIED THROUGH 1953 01:03:36,913 --> 01:03:38,181 COVID AND WE HAVE OVER 13,000 1954 01:03:38,181 --> 01:03:40,116 STUDENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN OUR 1955 01:03:40,116 --> 01:03:41,151 SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING. 1956 01:03:41,151 --> 01:03:44,087 WITH THAT SAID, THE CDC 1957 01:03:44,087 --> 01:03:45,121 GUIDELINES WERE UPDATED ON 1958 01:03:45,121 --> 01:03:46,256 JUSSIE SMOLLETT 9th AND 1959 01:03:46,256 --> 01:03:47,857 THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1960 01:03:47,857 --> 01:03:48,992 THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT 1961 01:03:48,992 --> 01:03:52,062 BEEN VACCINATED TO WEAR MASKS 1962 01:03:52,062 --> 01:03:52,996 INDOORS. 1963 01:03:52,996 --> 01:03:55,965 IT ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT IF 1964 01:03:55,965 --> 01:03:57,267 SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- BECAUSE THEY 1965 01:03:57,267 --> 01:03:58,068 ARE RECOMMENDATIONS. 1966 01:03:58,068 --> 01:03:59,202 THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE 1967 01:03:59,202 --> 01:04:00,036 CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE MASKS. 1968 01:04:00,036 --> 01:04:01,171 WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE 1969 01:04:01,171 --> 01:04:02,906 UNDER 12 YEARS OLD DO NOT HAVE 1970 01:04:02,906 --> 01:04:04,107 THE AVAILABILITY FOR 1971 01:04:04,107 --> 01:04:05,041 VACCINATIONS AT THIS PARTICULAR 1972 01:04:05,041 --> 01:04:05,208 TIME. 1973 01:04:05,208 --> 01:04:08,078 WE DO SEE THROUGH POPULAR DEMAND 1974 01:04:08,078 --> 01:04:10,947 AND LOOKING THROUGH 1975 01:04:10,947 --> 01:04:11,948 IMPLEMENTATION THAT MASKS WENT 1976 01:04:11,948 --> 01:04:13,850 AWAY IN A NUMBER OF AREAS, 1977 01:04:13,850 --> 01:04:14,851 ESPECIALLY THROUGH EDUCATION, 1978 01:04:14,851 --> 01:04:16,753 WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WITHIN THE 1979 01:04:16,753 --> 01:04:18,722 GROCERY STORES, WITHIN 1980 01:04:18,722 --> 01:04:18,888 BUSINESSES. 1981 01:04:18,888 --> 01:04:21,091 AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CDC 1982 01:04:21,091 --> 01:04:23,793 GUIDELINES, THERE IS AN 1983 01:04:23,793 --> 01:04:25,061 IDENTIFICATION THAT IF 1984 01:04:25,061 --> 01:04:25,995 ORGANIZATIONS OR SCHOOL ENTITIES 1985 01:04:25,995 --> 01:04:28,998 ARE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT 1986 01:04:28,998 --> 01:04:30,967 MASKS, OR NOT GOING TO TAKE A 1987 01:04:30,967 --> 01:04:33,036 RECOMMENDATION FOR CDC 1988 01:04:33,036 --> 01:04:33,903 GUIDELINES AND ONE THING THEY 1989 01:04:33,903 --> 01:04:34,971 RECOMMEND IS WEARING MASKS AND 1990 01:04:34,971 --> 01:04:37,040 SOCIAL DISTANCING, IS THEY TAKE 1991 01:04:37,040 --> 01:04:38,942 THE INITIATIVE TO NOT ABANDON 1992 01:04:38,942 --> 01:04:39,943 BOTH OF THOSE AREAS TO BE ABLE 1993 01:04:39,943 --> 01:04:44,013 TO DO IT IN THE APP FAIR CASE 1994 01:04:44,013 --> 01:04:44,881 APPROACH MEANING THAT THEY ARE 1995 01:04:44,881 --> 01:04:46,750 ASKING THAT WE NOT TAKE AWAY 1996 01:04:46,750 --> 01:04:48,284 SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASKS AT 1997 01:04:48,284 --> 01:04:50,019 THE SAME TIME. 1998 01:04:50,019 --> 01:04:51,755 THEREFORE, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL 1999 01:04:51,755 --> 01:04:53,123 CONTINUE TO WORK LOCAL MEDICAL 2000 01:04:53,123 --> 01:04:54,858 EXPERTS, MASKS WILL BE OPTIONAL, 2001 01:04:54,858 --> 01:04:57,994 WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW THAT, 2002 01:04:57,994 --> 01:05:00,964 HAVE ONCE A WEEK CONVERSATIONS, 2003 01:05:00,964 --> 01:05:01,965 SO MASKS WILL BE OPTIONAL AT 2004 01:05:01,965 --> 01:05:02,966 THIS TIME FOR NEXT YEAR. 2005 01:05:02,966 --> 01:05:04,768 WE WILL CONTINUE TO SOCIAL 2006 01:05:04,768 --> 01:05:06,703 DISTANCE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL WHERE 2007 01:05:06,703 --> 01:05:08,037 POSSIBLE, AND WITHIN OUR 2008 01:05:08,037 --> 01:05:09,873 ORGANIZATION, OUR CLASSROOMS AND 2009 01:05:09,873 --> 01:05:11,775 OUR HALLWAYS, AND RIGHT NOW WE 2010 01:05:11,775 --> 01:05:13,977 ARE TRYING TO FINALIZE OUR' R 2011 01:05:13,977 --> 01:05:14,778 REOPENING PLAN. 2012 01:05:14,778 --> 01:05:17,147 WE WILL TRAY TO HAVE A DRAFT OUT 2013 01:05:17,147 --> 01:05:19,082 TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT 48 2014 01:05:19,082 --> 01:05:20,850 HOURS, AND THE SAME TOKEN BEING 2015 01:05:20,850 --> 01:05:22,085 ABLE TO SEND THAT INFORMATION TO 2016 01:05:22,085 --> 01:05:23,853 OUR SCHOOL BASED LEADERS AS WELL 2017 01:05:23,853 --> 01:05:26,823 TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ANY TYPE OF 2018 01:05:26,823 --> 01:05:27,757 FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO MOVE 2019 01:05:27,757 --> 01:05:27,924 FORWARD. 2020 01:05:27,924 --> 01:05:33,029 RIGHT NOW AS WE STAND, WE 2021 01:05:33,029 --> 01:05:34,130 WILL -- WE WILL HAVE -- MASKS 2022 01:05:34,130 --> 01:05:35,231 WILL BE OPTIONAL BUT WE WILL 2023 01:05:35,231 --> 01:05:36,933 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR TEAM, 2024 01:05:36,933 --> 01:05:38,201 MRS. BROWN AND HER TEAM DID A 2025 01:05:38,201 --> 01:05:39,969 REALLY NICE JOB WORKING WITH OUR 2026 01:05:39,969 --> 01:05:41,771 MEDICAL EXPERTS TO DETERMINE IF 2027 01:05:41,771 --> 01:05:42,138 THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT 2028 01:05:42,138 --> 01:05:46,943 NEED TO BE MADE. 2029 01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:51,815 AS RELATES TO ESSR 3, I THINK ON 2030 01:05:51,815 --> 01:05:53,216 JUNE 18th ACCEPTABILITY AN 2031 01:05:53,216 --> 01:05:54,818 E-MAIL COMMUNICATION TO THE 2032 01:05:54,818 --> 01:05:55,251 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION 2033 01:05:55,251 --> 01:05:57,687 ASKING THEM WHERE OUR DOLLARS 2034 01:05:57,687 --> 01:05:59,122 RELATED TO THE APR AND ONE THING 2035 01:05:59,122 --> 01:06:01,991 WE GOT BACK FROM THE CFO FROM 2036 01:06:01,991 --> 01:06:02,992 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS 2037 01:06:02,992 --> 01:06:06,162 THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2038 01:06:06,162 --> 01:06:09,732 DID ASK FOR AN EXTENSION FOR 2039 01:06:09,732 --> 01:06:12,068 THAT PROCESS, FOR PART OF THE 2040 01:06:12,068 --> 01:06:15,071 MONEY OVER $$400 2041 01:06:15,071 --> 01:06:15,338 MILLIONAL-INDICATED TO 2042 01:06:15,338 --> 01:06:15,605 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC 2043 01:06:15,605 --> 01:06:15,738 SCHOOLS. 2044 01:06:15,738 --> 01:06:17,907 THEY SAID THE ONE THING THEY HAD 2045 01:06:17,907 --> 01:06:19,175 TO DO WAS BE ABLE TO CREATE A 2046 01:06:19,175 --> 01:06:22,812 PLAN TO BE ABLE TO SEND TO 2047 01:06:22,812 --> 01:06:23,279 DEPARTMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 2048 01:06:23,279 --> 01:06:26,082 EDUCATION OF HOW THOSE MONEYS 2049 01:06:26,082 --> 01:06:28,051 WILL BE EXPENDED AND MAKE 2050 01:06:28,051 --> 01:06:29,085 AMENDMENTS AND PROCESS TO SHOW 2051 01:06:29,085 --> 01:06:30,753 THE COORDINATION OF ALL THOSE 2052 01:06:30,753 --> 01:06:30,887 DOLLARS. 2053 01:06:30,887 --> 01:06:32,222 THROUGH THAT, MY ASSUMPTION IS 2054 01:06:32,222 --> 01:06:33,756 THAT APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO 2055 01:06:33,756 --> 01:06:35,024 HAVE TO BE EXTENDED TO SCHOOL 2056 01:06:35,024 --> 01:06:36,793 DISTRICTS AND THAT WE ARE GOING 2057 01:06:36,793 --> 01:06:37,827 TO HAVE TO APPLY THAT MONEY TO 2058 01:06:37,827 --> 01:06:39,295 BE ABLE TO SHOW A THOUGHTFUL 2059 01:06:39,295 --> 01:06:40,964 PLAN AND CONCENTRATION. 2060 01:06:40,964 --> 01:06:42,165 TO DATE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY 2061 01:06:42,165 --> 01:06:44,133 KIND OF FURTHER NOTIFICATION OF 2062 01:06:44,133 --> 01:06:45,902 WHEN THAT AMENDMENT WILL BE 2063 01:06:45,902 --> 01:06:47,036 AWARDED OR ANY TYPE OF 2064 01:06:47,036 --> 01:06:50,940 APPLICATION RELATED TO 2065 01:06:50,940 --> 01:06:52,108 HILLSBOROUGH -- THE STATE OF 2066 01:06:52,108 --> 01:06:53,710 FLORIDA, THAT WE AGREE TO THE 2067 01:06:53,710 --> 01:06:55,678 FUNDING AND THIS IS OUR PLAN FOR 2068 01:06:55,678 --> 01:06:55,845 INITIATIVES. 2069 01:06:55,845 --> 01:06:57,914 ON TOP OF THAT, THE DEPARTMENT 2070 01:06:57,914 --> 01:06:59,115 OF EDUCATION, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT 2071 01:06:59,115 --> 01:07:00,984 OF EDUCATION ALSO SAID THAT THEY 2072 01:07:00,984 --> 01:07:03,086 ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET 2073 01:07:03,086 --> 01:07:04,854 STAKEHOLDER INPUT TO BE ABLE TO 2074 01:07:04,854 --> 01:07:07,123 DETERMINE HOW THAT MONEY WOULD 2075 01:07:07,123 --> 01:07:08,091 BE INCLUSIVE. 2076 01:07:08,091 --> 01:07:09,058 THAT WAS A COMMUNICATION THAT 2077 01:07:09,058 --> 01:07:10,960 WAS SENT TO ME AS WELL. 2078 01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:11,995 TO DATE I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY 2079 01:07:11,995 --> 01:07:13,796 FORMS OR OPPORTUNITY FOR 2080 01:07:13,796 --> 01:07:15,031 STAKEHOLDER INPUT TO BE EMBEDDED 2081 01:07:15,031 --> 01:07:15,999 IN THE PROCESS. 2082 01:07:15,999 --> 01:07:19,035 WE DO KNOW THERE'S VERY CLEAR 2083 01:07:19,035 --> 01:07:20,737 INDICATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL 2084 01:07:20,737 --> 01:07:22,205 GOVERNMENT RELATED TO HOW THIS 2085 01:07:22,205 --> 01:07:24,007 MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED, 2086 01:07:24,007 --> 01:07:25,775 AND FROM OUR SIDE THAT WE 2087 01:07:25,775 --> 01:07:28,111 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE 2088 01:07:28,111 --> 01:07:29,946 WALLACE FOUNDATION AND BEING A 2089 01:07:29,946 --> 01:07:32,882 COHORT OF HOW THEY CAN BE THINK 2090 01:07:32,882 --> 01:07:34,851 PARTNERS IN GREAT CITY SCHOOLS 2091 01:07:34,851 --> 01:07:35,885 ABOUT HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE 2092 01:07:35,885 --> 01:07:36,953 EXPECTED TO BE SPENT AND HOW WE 2093 01:07:36,953 --> 01:07:38,087 CAN BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT MONEY 2094 01:07:38,087 --> 01:07:41,925 TO BE ABLE TO CREATE LIFT WITHIN 2095 01:07:41,925 --> 01:07:43,059 OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT EVERY SINGLE 2096 01:07:43,059 --> 01:07:43,159 DAY. 2097 01:07:43,159 --> 01:07:45,828 RIGHT I KNOW WE ARE ON HOLD FOR 2098 01:07:45,828 --> 01:07:46,262 AMERICAN RESCUE INITIATIVE 2099 01:07:46,262 --> 01:07:49,699 RELATED TO FUNDING FOR 2100 01:07:49,699 --> 01:07:53,069 INDIRECTLY CALLED ESRRA 3 AND 2101 01:07:53,069 --> 01:07:54,137 LOOKING FOR MORE GUIDANCE. 2102 01:07:54,137 --> 01:07:55,905 ONE THING I DID ASK TODAY FROM 2103 01:07:55,905 --> 01:07:57,941 THE CFO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 2104 01:07:57,941 --> 01:07:59,275 I ASKED MRS. PRIDGEON WHERE WE 2105 01:07:59,275 --> 01:08:00,877 ARE RELATED TO THE SECOND PART 2106 01:08:00,877 --> 01:08:04,981 MUCH FUNDING RELATED TO ESSRA 2 2107 01:08:04,981 --> 01:08:06,916 DOLLARS BECAUSE WE GOT LUMP SUMS 2108 01:08:06,916 --> 01:08:08,284 OF OVER 100 MILLION-DOLLAR AND 2109 01:08:08,284 --> 01:08:10,053 THERE WAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING I 2110 01:08:10,053 --> 01:08:11,254 THINK OVER $54 MILLION THAT WE 2111 01:08:11,254 --> 01:08:13,723 HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE 2112 01:08:13,723 --> 01:08:14,057 ACCESSIBILITY TO. 2113 01:08:14,057 --> 01:08:15,158 SO MY UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THE 2114 01:08:15,158 --> 01:08:17,727 CONVERSATION TODAY, WE MAY 2115 01:08:17,727 --> 01:08:18,161 RECEIVE SOME INFORMATION RELATED 2116 01:08:18,161 --> 01:08:19,996 TO THAT AWARD BY THE END OF THIS 2117 01:08:19,996 --> 01:08:22,031 WEEK SO THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD 2118 01:08:22,031 --> 01:08:23,232 TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THOSE 2119 01:08:23,232 --> 01:08:24,834 DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THOSE 2120 01:08:24,834 --> 01:08:27,070 DOLLARS ARE GOING TO CHILDREN OR 2121 01:08:27,070 --> 01:08:28,972 POTENTIALLY GOING TO SUPPORT OUR 2122 01:08:28,972 --> 01:08:29,939 INITIATIVES ON STRATEGIC PLAN 2123 01:08:29,939 --> 01:08:31,074 WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND 2124 01:08:31,074 --> 01:08:32,108 WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE BOARD 2125 01:08:32,108 --> 01:08:34,811 WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE I BELIEVE 2126 01:08:34,811 --> 01:08:37,780 ON JULY 27th ABOUT, WORKSHOP 2127 01:08:37,780 --> 01:08:38,848 ABOUT HOW WE PLAN TO SEEK 2128 01:08:38,848 --> 01:08:39,983 INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK FROM 2129 01:08:39,983 --> 01:08:42,151 THE BOARD ABOUT HOW ESSRA 2130 01:08:42,151 --> 01:08:43,019 DOLLARS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED 2131 01:08:43,019 --> 01:08:44,754 THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND 2132 01:08:44,754 --> 01:08:46,122 BE ABLE TO PUT SYSTEMS AND 2133 01:08:46,122 --> 01:08:47,890 PROCESSES IN PLACE, FURTHER 2134 01:08:47,890 --> 01:08:49,025 SUPPORT ACADEMIC INITIATIVES, 2135 01:08:49,025 --> 01:08:52,095 FURTHER SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH 2136 01:08:52,095 --> 01:08:53,162 INITIATIVES, AND FURTHER 2137 01:08:53,162 --> 01:08:54,931 STRENGTHENING THE CORE STRUCTURE 2138 01:08:54,931 --> 01:08:57,066 AND ACCELERATE LEARNING 2139 01:08:57,066 --> 01:08:58,234 ESPECIALLY IN THE LOW PERFORMING 2140 01:08:58,234 --> 01:09:04,674 SCHOOLS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 2141 01:09:04,674 --> 01:09:05,742 ONE MORE THING. 2142 01:09:05,742 --> 01:09:09,112 I FORGOT TO KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE 2143 01:09:09,112 --> 01:09:10,079 MELANIE HILL TONIGHT. 2144 01:09:10,079 --> 01:09:11,981 IF YOU WILL PLEASE STAND UP. 2145 01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:13,783 MELANIE IS ONE OF THE -- I WILL 2146 01:09:13,783 --> 01:09:14,083 SAY THIS. 2147 01:09:14,083 --> 01:09:15,852 WE EARLIER, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, 2148 01:09:15,852 --> 01:09:19,088 WE ACKNOWLEDGED A LEADER THAT 2149 01:09:19,088 --> 01:09:20,123 WOULD GO TO TAMPA HEIGHTS AND 2150 01:09:20,123 --> 01:09:20,957 LEAD THE WORK. 2151 01:09:20,957 --> 01:09:21,991 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THEY 2152 01:09:21,991 --> 01:09:23,126 GET INVOLVED RELATED TO LEADERS 2153 01:09:23,126 --> 01:09:25,094 IN THE SCHOOLS FOR THOSE WHO CAN 2154 01:09:25,094 --> 01:09:26,996 BE QUALIFIED FOR THOSE ROLES, 2155 01:09:26,996 --> 01:09:31,768 AND WE SEND A NUMBER OF NAMES, 2156 01:09:31,768 --> 01:09:32,802 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2157 01:09:32,802 --> 01:09:34,937 THROUGH ANALYTICS WHO HAVE HAS 2158 01:09:34,937 --> 01:09:35,872 TURNAROUND EXPERIENCE TO LEAD 2159 01:09:35,872 --> 01:09:37,907 THE WORK WITHIN OUR SCHOOL 2160 01:09:37,907 --> 01:09:38,107 DISTRICT. 2161 01:09:38,107 --> 01:09:40,109 AND IT CAME BACK TO THE NINE 2162 01:09:40,109 --> 01:09:42,178 NAMES THAT WE SENT, THERE'S TWO 2163 01:09:42,178 --> 01:09:44,747 NAMES THAT THEY APPROVED, AND 2164 01:09:44,747 --> 01:09:46,949 MS. MELANIE HILL ANDERSON 2165 01:09:46,949 --> 01:09:47,884 CURRENTLY AT DEAN ELEMENTARY 2166 01:09:47,884 --> 01:09:50,787 SCHOOL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A 2167 01:09:50,787 --> 01:09:52,889 TURNAROUND EXPERT, AND WILL BE 2168 01:09:52,889 --> 01:09:54,057 MOVING THE WORK AND BEING ABLE 2169 01:09:54,057 --> 01:09:55,158 TO GO TO TAMPA HEIGHTS 2170 01:09:55,158 --> 01:09:56,926 ELEMENTARY TO BE THE NEW 2171 01:09:56,926 --> 01:09:57,794 PRINCIPAL. 2172 01:09:57,794 --> 01:09:58,928 AND WE THANK HER FOR THAT. 2173 01:09:58,928 --> 01:09:59,962 SEPTEMBER DIDN'T HAVE TOP DO. 2174 01:09:59,962 --> 01:10:01,831 THAT WE TALKED TO HER. 2175 01:10:01,831 --> 01:10:02,932 SHE UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS 2176 01:10:02,932 --> 01:10:04,767 OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE OUR 2177 01:10:04,767 --> 01:10:06,936 SCHOOLS AND OUR PERSISTENTLY LOW 2178 01:10:06,936 --> 01:10:07,170 PERP FORMING SCHOOLS. 2179 01:10:07,170 --> 01:10:09,105 SHE HAS CRITERIA, PROVEN TRACK 2180 01:10:09,105 --> 01:10:10,273 RECORD, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU 2181 01:10:10,273 --> 01:10:11,974 AND WELCOME YOU. 2182 01:10:11,974 --> 01:10:13,176 LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF 2183 01:10:13,176 --> 01:10:16,245 APPLAUSE FOR HER WORK. 2184 01:10:16,245 --> 01:10:16,345 YOO-HOO. 2185 01:10:16,345 --> 01:10:18,181 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2186 01:10:18,181 --> 01:10:18,314 [ APPLAUSE ] 2187 01:10:18,314 --> 01:10:20,049 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 2188 01:10:20,049 --> 01:10:21,951 SO WE WILL LOOK TO FIND A NEW 2189 01:10:21,951 --> 01:10:23,920 LEADR TO CONTINUE HER GREAT WORK 2190 01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:24,887 AT DEAN. 2191 01:10:24,887 --> 01:10:26,322 PLEASE KNOW THAT MS. JENNIFER 2192 01:10:26,322 --> 01:10:28,224 WEST WILL GO BACK TO LEADING THE 2193 01:10:28,224 --> 01:10:29,892 WORK AT OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR 2194 01:10:29,892 --> 01:10:30,827 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 2195 01:10:30,827 --> 01:10:33,129 JENNIFER DOES A MAGNIFICENT JOB, 2196 01:10:33,129 --> 01:10:35,832 AND OPENLY IN JENNIFER'S HEART, 2197 01:10:35,832 --> 01:10:37,266 HER ASPIRATIONS IS TO GET BACK 2198 01:10:37,266 --> 01:10:38,201 TO A SCHOOL. 2199 01:10:38,201 --> 01:10:40,970 SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL 2200 01:10:40,970 --> 01:10:43,940 REALLY WORK IN THE NEXT YEAR TO 2201 01:10:43,940 --> 01:10:45,041 MANAGEMENT SO MRS. WEST FEELS 2202 01:10:45,041 --> 01:10:46,042 VERY COMFORTABLE ABOUT PUTTING 2203 01:10:46,042 --> 01:10:48,077 SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR OUR GIFTED 2204 01:10:48,077 --> 01:10:49,145 INITIATIVE AND THEN TRANSITION 2205 01:10:49,145 --> 01:10:51,080 BACK, GET HER BACK TO A SCHOOL 2206 01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:54,183 WHERE PARTICULARLY HER HEART MAY 2207 01:10:54,183 --> 01:10:54,851 BE. 2208 01:10:54,851 --> 01:10:55,351 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, 2209 01:10:55,351 --> 01:10:55,585 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 2210 01:10:55,585 --> 01:10:58,888 JUST A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WITH 2211 01:10:58,888 --> 01:11:00,790 REGARDS TO THE SAFETY AND THE 2212 01:11:00,790 --> 01:11:01,090 COVID. 2213 01:11:01,090 --> 01:11:04,894 WILL WE BE CONTINUING THE 2214 01:11:04,894 --> 01:11:09,799 VARIOUS CLEANING SERVICES THAT 2215 01:11:09,799 --> 01:11:11,067 COREY CULPEPPER HAD PROVIDED, 2216 01:11:11,067 --> 01:11:13,903 AND I THINK WE FIND THAT THE 2217 01:11:13,903 --> 01:11:19,909 PRINCIPALS ARE EXTREMELY 2218 01:11:19,909 --> 01:11:20,843 COMPLIMENTARY WITH THOSE 2219 01:11:20,843 --> 01:11:21,010 PROCEDURES. 2220 01:11:21,010 --> 01:11:21,344 >>Addison Davis: THE ANSWER IS 2221 01:11:21,344 --> 01:11:22,979 YES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE 2222 01:11:22,979 --> 01:11:24,280 SURE WE PROVIDE AVAILABLE PPE 2223 01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:25,214 FOR OUR SCHOOLS. 2224 01:11:25,214 --> 01:11:26,883 WE ACTUALLY SENT A COMMUNICATION 2225 01:11:26,883 --> 01:11:29,852 OUT TODAY THROUGH OPERATIONS, TO 2226 01:11:29,852 --> 01:11:32,221 BE ABLE TO REMIND OUR PRINCIPALS 2227 01:11:32,221 --> 01:11:33,322 TO IDENTIFY AND ORDER WHATEVER 2228 01:11:33,322 --> 01:11:37,160 THEY NEED FROM A PPE PURPOSES SO 2229 01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:38,928 GET THAT OUT FROM START OF DAY 2230 01:11:38,928 --> 01:11:38,995 ONE. 2231 01:11:38,995 --> 01:11:40,129 THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL 2232 01:11:40,129 --> 01:11:42,198 ADJUSTMENTS RELATED TO OUR 2233 01:11:42,198 --> 01:11:44,901 SAFETY MANAGEMENT, RISK 2234 01:11:44,901 --> 01:11:46,269 MANAGEMENT, TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN 2235 01:11:46,269 --> 01:11:49,038 IT WE HISTORICALLY, I THINK IT 2236 01:11:49,038 --> 01:11:51,808 WAS 48-72 HOURS, CREATED A 2237 01:11:51,808 --> 01:11:54,811 CLEAN, BUT NOW WE ARE GOING TO 2238 01:11:54,811 --> 01:11:57,847 FOLLOW CDC GUIDELINES IN THE 2239 01:11:57,847 --> 01:11:58,881 24-HOUR PERIOD THAT WE WILL BE 2240 01:11:58,881 --> 01:12:00,082 ABLE TO PUT IN THE PLACE. 2241 01:12:00,082 --> 01:12:02,185 WE WILL STILL HAVE SANITATION 2242 01:12:02,185 --> 01:12:03,186 STATIONS AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR 2243 01:12:03,186 --> 01:12:04,887 SCHOOLS, OUR COMMON HALLWAYS, 2244 01:12:04,887 --> 01:12:07,990 OUR CLASSROOMS INCLUSIVE OF 2245 01:12:07,990 --> 01:12:10,159 WIPES, MASKS, WE WILL MAKE 2246 01:12:10,159 --> 01:12:13,029 CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE HAND 2247 01:12:13,029 --> 01:12:13,329 SANITIZER, SMELLS A LITTLE 2248 01:12:13,329 --> 01:12:17,099 BETTER THAN LAST YEAR'S, HAVE 2249 01:12:17,099 --> 01:12:18,768 ACCESSIBILITY TO IT, AND THEN 2250 01:12:18,768 --> 01:12:21,037 BEING ABLE TO HAVE DIRECTIONAL 2251 01:12:21,037 --> 01:12:22,171 NOTIFICATIONS TO OUR HALLWAYS 2252 01:12:22,171 --> 01:12:24,740 AND THE WAY WE INTERACT. 2253 01:12:24,740 --> 01:12:25,808 WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE BARRIERS 2254 01:12:25,808 --> 01:12:26,242 WITHIN OUR LUNCHROOM. 2255 01:12:26,242 --> 01:12:28,010 WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO 2256 01:12:28,010 --> 01:12:29,111 SOCIAL DISTANCE DURING THAT 2257 01:12:29,111 --> 01:12:30,847 TIME, AND IF WE START TO EXTEND 2258 01:12:30,847 --> 01:12:33,883 THAT TIME FRAME, THEN JUST EMBED 2259 01:12:33,883 --> 01:12:35,084 DID INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS. 2260 01:12:35,084 --> 01:12:36,852 WE WILL ABSOLUTELY CONTINUE TO 2261 01:12:36,852 --> 01:12:38,120 HAVE MITIGATION STRATEGIES 2262 01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:39,188 WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR 2263 01:12:39,188 --> 01:12:41,157 STAFF HAS DONE A REALLY NICE JOB 2264 01:12:41,157 --> 01:12:43,359 BEING ABLE TO HELP PRINCIPAL, WE 2265 01:12:43,359 --> 01:12:45,828 WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A COVID 2266 01:12:45,828 --> 01:12:47,830 LEAD, CONTINUE TO HAVE MS. 2267 01:12:47,830 --> 01:12:50,833 PIRANHA WHO DOES A WONDERFUL 2268 01:12:50,833 --> 01:12:52,168 JOB, HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE 2269 01:12:52,168 --> 01:12:54,103 SURE WE ARE T RIGHT PROTOCOLS 2270 01:12:54,103 --> 01:12:54,971 ARE IN PLACE. 2271 01:12:54,971 --> 01:12:55,905 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 2272 01:12:55,905 --> 01:12:56,239 IMPORTANT POINT. 2273 01:12:56,239 --> 01:12:57,974 MEMBER PEREZ, DID YOU WANT TO 2274 01:12:57,974 --> 01:13:00,276 MAKE A COMMENT? 2275 01:13:00,276 --> 01:13:07,250 MEMBER PEREZ? 2276 01:13:07,250 --> 01:13:12,054 >>Karen Perez: SO WITH PPE GOING 2277 01:13:12,054 --> 01:13:17,126 INTO THE FALL, I KNOW THAT ESSER 2278 01:13:17,126 --> 01:13:18,160 DOLLARS COVERED IT. 2279 01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:21,197 WE HAD SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD 2280 01:13:21,197 --> 01:13:22,064 FINANCIALLY. 2281 01:13:22,064 --> 01:13:23,933 HOW ARE WE GOING TO COVER THAT? 2282 01:13:23,933 --> 01:13:25,034 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE 2283 01:13:25,034 --> 01:13:27,937 FINANCIALLY FOR THIS DISTRICT? 2284 01:13:27,937 --> 01:13:30,006 COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT, PLEASE? 2285 01:13:30,006 --> 01:13:30,306 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, 2286 01:13:30,306 --> 01:13:30,539 REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 2287 01:13:30,539 --> 01:13:32,241 FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, WE 2288 01:13:32,241 --> 01:13:35,244 WILL CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE ESSER 2289 01:13:35,244 --> 01:13:36,846 DOLLARS. 2290 01:13:36,846 --> 01:13:38,281 THIS WAS THE -- THOSE DOLLARS 2291 01:13:38,281 --> 01:13:39,915 ARE BEING USED FOR. 2292 01:13:39,915 --> 01:13:41,183 SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE 2293 01:13:41,183 --> 01:13:44,854 CERTAIN THAT ANY PPE OR ANY 2294 01:13:44,854 --> 01:13:46,956 COVID-RELATED EXPENSES ARE STILL 2295 01:13:46,956 --> 01:13:48,224 CONNECTED TO THE FUNDING COME 2296 01:13:48,224 --> 01:13:49,959 COMING FROM THE FEDERAL 2297 01:13:49,959 --> 01:13:51,727 GOVERNMENT, AND WE JUST WANT TO 2298 01:13:51,727 --> 01:13:52,828 MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE NOT 2299 01:13:52,828 --> 01:13:53,896 IMPACTED FROM OUR GENERAL FUND 2300 01:13:53,896 --> 01:13:55,197 IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AND WE 2301 01:13:55,197 --> 01:13:56,999 ARE USING THOSE MONEYS IN THE 2302 01:13:56,999 --> 01:13:58,034 SPIRIT AND SCOPE AS THEY HAVE 2303 01:13:58,034 --> 01:14:02,872 BEEN IDENTIFIED. 2304 01:14:02,872 --> 01:14:03,205 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ, ARE 2305 01:14:03,205 --> 01:14:06,175 YOU SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER? 2306 01:14:06,175 --> 01:14:06,409 >>Karen Perez: YES. 2307 01:14:06,409 --> 01:14:14,784 YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT TRYING 2308 01:14:14,784 --> 01:14:16,819 TO COVER THE PPE AND EVERYTHING 2309 01:14:16,819 --> 01:14:19,221 ELSE LAST YEAR REALLY PUT US IN 2310 01:14:19,221 --> 01:14:21,123 A DEFICIT, AND MAKING CERTAIN 2311 01:14:21,123 --> 01:14:25,795 THAT WE DON'T GET THERE AGAIN, 2312 01:14:25,795 --> 01:14:26,829 YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO FIND 2313 01:14:26,829 --> 01:14:27,863 OUT A PLAN. 2314 01:14:27,863 --> 01:14:29,131 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING 2315 01:14:29,131 --> 01:14:30,900 ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE NOT 2316 01:14:30,900 --> 01:14:32,935 RECEIVED THE ESSER FUND BEING AS 2317 01:14:32,935 --> 01:14:34,937 OF YET. 2318 01:14:34,937 --> 01:14:36,906 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THAT 2319 01:14:36,906 --> 01:14:39,075 MONEY IS COMING IN, AND IF WE 2320 01:14:39,075 --> 01:14:41,043 ARE USING THAT MONEY TO COVER 2321 01:14:41,043 --> 01:14:45,781 THIS PPE THAT WE ARE LOOKING 2322 01:14:45,781 --> 01:14:46,982 FOR, FOR THE FALL. 2323 01:14:46,982 --> 01:14:48,784 WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 2324 01:14:48,784 --> 01:14:51,754 AND IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT 2325 01:14:51,754 --> 01:14:53,022 PLAN FOR US, YOU KNOW, I WOULD 2326 01:14:53,022 --> 01:14:55,891 APPRECIATE IT. 2327 01:14:55,891 --> 01:14:56,192 >>Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY. 2328 01:14:56,192 --> 01:14:56,492 >>Lynn Gray: GOOD QUESTION. 2329 01:14:56,492 --> 01:14:59,995 AND WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON 2330 01:14:59,995 --> 01:15:01,697 ALL THE MONEYS COMING IN AND 2331 01:15:01,697 --> 01:15:02,932 CERTAINLY THE MONEYS GOING OUT. 2332 01:15:02,932 --> 01:15:04,867 SO THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. 2333 01:15:04,867 --> 01:15:05,735 MEMBER WASHINGTON FOLLOWED BY 2334 01:15:05,735 --> 01:15:07,737 MEMBER COMBS. 2335 01:15:07,737 --> 01:15:08,070 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: MR. 2336 01:15:08,070 --> 01:15:09,939 DAVIS, ARE THEY GIVING YOU THE 2337 01:15:09,939 --> 01:15:11,040 LEADWAY TO USE THE MONEY TO 2338 01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:12,908 WHERE YOU WANT TO OR ARE THEY 2339 01:15:12,908 --> 01:15:15,711 MAKING STIPULATIONS ON IT? 2340 01:15:15,711 --> 01:15:16,212 >>Addison Davis: THERE'S CERTAIN 2341 01:15:16,212 --> 01:15:17,813 CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE 2342 01:15:17,813 --> 01:15:19,148 TO USE THAT FUNDING ON. 2343 01:15:19,148 --> 01:15:24,153 THERE'S A BREAKOUT RELATED TO 2344 01:15:24,153 --> 01:15:24,420 ADDRESSING THE ACADEMIC 2345 01:15:24,420 --> 01:15:26,856 ACHIEVEMENT, ADDRESSING PPE, AND 2346 01:15:26,856 --> 01:15:28,758 ALSO BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN 2347 01:15:28,758 --> 01:15:33,095 THAT WE USE IT FOR -- AN 2348 01:15:33,095 --> 01:15:35,731 OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCELERATION FOR 2349 01:15:35,731 --> 01:15:35,865 STUDENTS. 2350 01:15:35,865 --> 01:15:38,000 HOWEVER WHEN IT RELATES TO THE 2351 01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:41,036 APR MONEY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY 2352 01:15:41,036 --> 01:15:42,171 CRITERIA AS OF YET ARE FROM THE 2353 01:15:42,171 --> 01:15:43,072 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 2354 01:15:43,072 --> 01:15:44,106 SO IF THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENTS 2355 01:15:44,106 --> 01:15:45,808 THAT'S GOING TO BE MADE, WE 2356 01:15:45,808 --> 01:15:46,142 HAVEN'T SEEN. 2357 01:15:46,142 --> 01:15:47,343 THAT WE DO KNOW WHERE THE 2358 01:15:47,343 --> 01:15:48,310 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWING 2359 01:15:48,310 --> 01:15:50,846 US TO USE IT ON ANY COVID 2360 01:15:50,846 --> 01:15:51,881 EXPENSES, MENTAL HEALTH 2361 01:15:51,881 --> 01:15:53,983 EXPENSES, TO BE ABLE TO GO AND 2362 01:15:53,983 --> 01:15:55,985 MARKET, TO RECRUIT STUDENTS TO 2363 01:15:55,985 --> 01:15:58,187 FURTHER SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, 2364 01:15:58,187 --> 01:15:59,955 AND PROVIDE THEM INTERVENTION, 2365 01:15:59,955 --> 01:16:01,991 MENTAL HEALTH NOT ONLY FOR OUR 2366 01:16:01,991 --> 01:16:03,793 STUDENTS, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS 2367 01:16:03,793 --> 01:16:04,927 WELL, ANY COVID EXPENSES RELATED 2368 01:16:04,927 --> 01:16:07,730 TO PPE, ALL THOSE TYPES OF 2369 01:16:07,730 --> 01:16:08,898 THINGS WILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE 2370 01:16:08,898 --> 01:16:11,100 TO USE THAT FUNDING. 2371 01:16:11,100 --> 01:16:11,434 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN 2372 01:16:11,434 --> 01:16:11,534 K YOU. 2373 01:16:11,534 --> 01:16:13,836 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER COMBS. 2374 01:16:13,836 --> 01:16:14,703 >>Nadia Combs: AND I HAD A 2375 01:16:14,703 --> 01:16:14,904 QUESTION. 2376 01:16:14,904 --> 01:16:15,938 IS THERE A TIMELINE? 2377 01:16:15,938 --> 01:16:17,239 ARE THEY GIVING US A TIMELINE OF 2378 01:16:17,239 --> 01:16:20,109 HOW LONG WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT 2379 01:16:20,109 --> 01:16:20,209 MONEY? 2380 01:16:20,209 --> 01:16:20,543 >>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE 2381 01:16:20,543 --> 01:16:23,946 CHAIR, THERE WAS A TIMELINE OF 2382 01:16:23,946 --> 01:16:25,080 SEPTEMBER 2021, IT WAS EXTENDED 2383 01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:26,182 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 2384 01:16:26,182 --> 01:16:27,183 EDUCATION. 2385 01:16:27,183 --> 01:16:28,818 HOWEVER, THERE WAS A REBUTTAL 2386 01:16:28,818 --> 01:16:30,786 LETTER SENT FROM THE FEDERAL 2387 01:16:30,786 --> 01:16:31,954 GOVERNMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 2388 01:16:31,954 --> 01:16:34,824 EDUCATION, THAT SAID THAT THAT 2389 01:16:34,824 --> 01:16:37,193 DEADLINE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE 2390 01:16:37,193 --> 01:16:38,861 EXTENDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 2391 01:16:38,861 --> 01:16:40,229 WE HAVE YET TO HEAR A RESPONSE 2392 01:16:40,229 --> 01:16:41,931 FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF 2393 01:16:41,931 --> 01:16:43,265 EDUCATION ON THAT. 2394 01:16:43,265 --> 01:16:45,101 WE HAVE BEEN SCROUNGING TRYING 2395 01:16:45,101 --> 01:16:46,902 TO -- FOR US, WE NEED THAT MONEY 2396 01:16:46,902 --> 01:16:48,103 IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS SO WE 2397 01:16:48,103 --> 01:16:51,107 HAVE TO KIND OF A PLAN READY TO 2398 01:16:51,107 --> 01:16:53,742 EXPAND AND EXTEND ESSER 2 2399 01:16:53,742 --> 01:16:54,877 DOLLARS IMMEDIATELY ON A NUMBER 2400 01:16:54,877 --> 01:16:56,111 OF ELIGIBLE EXPENSES. 2401 01:16:56,111 --> 01:16:57,980 BUT WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR 2402 01:16:57,980 --> 01:17:01,183 IF THAT TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE 2403 01:17:01,183 --> 01:17:03,119 MOVED BACK AS ORIGINATED FROM 2404 01:17:03,119 --> 01:17:06,155 THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 2405 01:17:06,155 --> 01:17:06,288 EDUCATION. 2406 01:17:06,288 --> 01:17:06,655 >>Nadia Combs: ONE LAST COMMENT. 2407 01:17:06,655 --> 01:17:08,124 SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COVID 2408 01:17:08,124 --> 01:17:09,191 AND THE GUIDELINES AND I KNOW 2409 01:17:09,191 --> 01:17:10,793 THAT YOU AND THE TEAM ARE 2410 01:17:10,793 --> 01:17:12,828 WORKING ON THAT, TO JUST REALLY 2411 01:17:12,828 --> 01:17:14,864 THINK ABOUT WHEN THE KID ARE 2412 01:17:14,864 --> 01:17:16,732 VACCINATED WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE 2413 01:17:16,732 --> 01:17:18,100 WITH THE QUARANTINE LOOKS LIKE 2414 01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:19,869 FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, UPPER 2415 01:17:19,869 --> 01:17:21,036 MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OBVIOUSLY ALL 2416 01:17:21,036 --> 01:17:23,906 OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, JUST 2417 01:17:23,906 --> 01:17:25,140 TO SEE, WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS 2418 01:17:25,140 --> 01:17:26,208 AROUND THE STATE ARE DOING, 2419 01:17:26,208 --> 01:17:28,177 OBVIOUSLY AROUND THE COUNTRY AS 2420 01:17:28,177 --> 01:17:28,944 WELL. 2421 01:17:28,944 --> 01:17:29,245 >>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE 2422 01:17:29,245 --> 01:17:31,180 CHAIR, AND I WILL MAKE CERTAIN 2423 01:17:31,180 --> 01:17:34,884 THAT I -- AND CORRECT ME, MR. 2424 01:17:34,884 --> 01:17:38,020 BROWN AND MR. MCAULEY, BUT THOSE 2425 01:17:38,020 --> 01:17:40,189 WHO WERE VACCINATED WHO COULD 2426 01:17:40,189 --> 01:17:41,891 COULD PROVE THEY WERE VACCINATED 2427 01:17:41,891 --> 01:17:44,093 WOULD NOT HAVE TO QUARANTINE. 2428 01:17:44,093 --> 01:17:45,094 >>Lynn Gray: AND THOSE ARE VERY 2429 01:17:45,094 --> 01:17:46,061 GOOD CLARIFICATIONS. 2430 01:17:46,061 --> 01:17:48,831 I THINK THE SECOND PART OF THAT 2431 01:17:48,831 --> 01:17:52,134 QUESTION THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE 2432 01:17:52,134 --> 01:17:56,071 LETTER TO CORCORAN ALSO SAID THE 2433 01:17:56,071 --> 01:17:58,841 THOUSAND DOLLAR PAYCHECKS FOR 2434 01:17:58,841 --> 01:18:00,075 TEACHERS WAS ALSO REMARKED BY 2435 01:18:00,075 --> 01:18:02,077 THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE 2436 01:18:02,077 --> 01:18:04,146 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT THOSE 2437 01:18:04,146 --> 01:18:07,082 MONEYS SHOULD BE GOING TO THE 2438 01:18:07,082 --> 01:18:10,853 HIGH NEEDS CHILDREN FOR COVID 2439 01:18:10,853 --> 01:18:10,986 REMEDIATION. 2440 01:18:10,986 --> 01:18:13,155 THOSE WERE TWO OF THE POINTS. 2441 01:18:13,155 --> 01:18:15,858 AND I DON'T KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT 2442 01:18:15,858 --> 01:18:17,059 DAVIS, IF YOU WANT TO REMARK ON 2443 01:18:17,059 --> 01:18:18,994 THAT, BUT THE LETTER WAS VERY 2444 01:18:18,994 --> 01:18:21,931 IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF WHERE OUR 2445 01:18:21,931 --> 01:18:25,234 MONEY WILL GO, AND WE STILL 2446 01:18:25,234 --> 01:18:26,936 DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 2447 01:18:26,936 --> 01:18:30,105 THAT WE REALLY SHOULD GET 2448 01:18:30,105 --> 01:18:32,074 ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL AUTHORS 2449 01:18:32,074 --> 01:18:36,011 VERSUS WHAT WE ARE HEARING. 2450 01:18:36,011 --> 01:18:36,111 SO -- 2451 01:18:36,111 --> 01:18:36,412 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM 2452 01:18:36,412 --> 01:18:36,612 THROUGH THE CHAIR. 2453 01:18:36,612 --> 01:18:38,113 ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I DID ASK 2454 01:18:38,113 --> 01:18:40,749 TODAY WAS RELATED TO THOSE 2455 01:18:40,749 --> 01:18:42,184 FUNDINGS, AND THERE WAS CONCERN 2456 01:18:42,184 --> 01:18:43,152 THAT THE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT 2457 01:18:43,152 --> 01:18:45,254 WAS EXTENDED TO TEACHERS, THE 2458 01:18:45,254 --> 01:18:46,822 THOUSAND DOLLARS EXTENDED TO 2459 01:18:46,822 --> 01:18:47,489 THEIR PRINCIPALS, WHETHER OR NOT 2460 01:18:47,489 --> 01:18:50,192 THAT TOOK MONEY AWAY FROM 2461 01:18:50,192 --> 01:18:50,960 SCHOOLS SCHOOLS. 2462 01:18:50,960 --> 01:18:53,862 AND I JUST OPENLY ASKED THE CFO 2463 01:18:53,862 --> 01:18:57,066 FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF 2464 01:18:57,066 --> 01:18:59,101 EDUCATION, A, WERE HILLSBOROUGH 2465 01:18:59,101 --> 01:19:00,803 COUNTY DOLLARS USED TO BE ABLE 2466 01:19:00,803 --> 01:19:03,739 TO EXTEND THOSE TYPE OF 2467 01:19:03,739 --> 01:19:04,773 NOTIFICATIONS OR TO THOSE 2468 01:19:04,773 --> 01:19:05,341 TEACHERS OR LEADERS? THE ANSWER 2469 01:19:05,341 --> 01:19:06,942 THEY SAID IS NO. 2470 01:19:06,942 --> 01:19:08,744 AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN 2471 01:19:08,744 --> 01:19:10,779 THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE 2472 01:19:10,779 --> 01:19:11,814 RECOUPING AND OBTAINING ALL OF 2473 01:19:11,814 --> 01:19:13,148 THE DOLLARS THAT WE WERE 2474 01:19:13,148 --> 01:19:17,853 ORIGINALLY EXPECTED TO RECEIVE, 2475 01:19:17,853 --> 01:19:19,154 SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE 2476 01:19:19,154 --> 01:19:20,923 OVERARCHING NEEDS OF OUR 2477 01:19:20,923 --> 01:19:21,190 STUDENTS. 2478 01:19:21,190 --> 01:19:23,225 SO IT WAS REFRESHING TO HEAR, 2479 01:19:23,225 --> 01:19:24,860 NONE OF THE MONEY THAT WE WERE 2480 01:19:24,860 --> 01:19:26,295 EXPECTED TO GET HAS BEEN TAKEN 2481 01:19:26,295 --> 01:19:29,298 TO THE SIDE, AND LEVERAGED FOR 2482 01:19:29,298 --> 01:19:30,265 THE ADDITIONAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. 2483 01:19:30,265 --> 01:19:32,968 AND THAT WAS TOLD TO ME TODAY. 2484 01:19:32,968 --> 01:19:35,004 AND I GUESS TIME WILL TELL AS 2485 01:19:35,004 --> 01:19:36,071 RELATED TO WHETHER OR NOT ANY 2486 01:19:36,071 --> 01:19:37,840 ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE. 2487 01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:39,074 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR THE 2488 01:19:39,074 --> 01:19:39,908 TRANSPARENCY. 2489 01:19:39,908 --> 01:19:41,043 OKAY, BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE 2490 01:19:41,043 --> 01:19:46,148 GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HEAR .01, 2491 01:19:46,148 --> 01:19:48,917 A PUBLIC HEARING FOR RECOMMENDED 2492 01:19:48,917 --> 01:19:51,820 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR 2493 01:19:51,820 --> 01:19:53,088 DIGITAL DESIGN, FASHION, 2494 01:19:53,088 --> 01:19:55,858 TELEVISION PRODUCTION, AND WORLD 2495 01:19:55,858 --> 01:19:55,991 LANGUAGES. 2496 01:19:55,991 --> 01:19:58,060 AND I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE 2497 01:19:58,060 --> 01:19:59,762 PRESENTED -- LET ME GO AHEAD AND 2498 01:19:59,762 --> 01:20:00,796 READ THE FORMALITIES. 2499 01:20:00,796 --> 01:20:04,833 I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC 2500 01:20:04,833 --> 01:20:07,036 HEARING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL 2501 01:20:07,036 --> 01:20:08,170 MATERIALS ADOPTION PROCESS. 2502 01:20:08,170 --> 01:20:09,171 THIS IS A REQUIREMENT PURSUANT 2503 01:20:09,171 --> 01:20:11,740 TO STATE LAW AND BOARD POLICY. 2504 01:20:11,740 --> 01:20:14,109 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY 2505 01:20:14,109 --> 01:20:15,110 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK 2506 01:20:15,110 --> 01:20:16,812 ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL 2507 01:20:16,812 --> 01:20:18,914 MATERIALS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED 2508 01:20:18,914 --> 01:20:20,916 FOR ADOPTION BY THE BOARD AND TO 2509 01:20:20,916 --> 01:20:23,185 PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD. 2510 01:20:23,185 --> 01:20:25,020 THE MATERIALS WERE ADVERTISED 2511 01:20:25,020 --> 01:20:25,921 AND HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR 2512 01:20:25,921 --> 01:20:27,289 PUBLIC REVIEW. 2513 01:20:27,289 --> 01:20:29,992 I WILL NOW ASK TERRY CONNOR, 2514 01:20:29,992 --> 01:20:31,193 DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR 2515 01:20:31,193 --> 01:20:33,796 INSTRUCTION, TO PRESENT THIS 2516 01:20:33,796 --> 01:20:33,896 ITEM. 2517 01:20:33,896 --> 01:20:36,098 AFTER HIS PRESENTATION, ANY 2518 01:20:36,098 --> 01:20:37,833 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK 2519 01:20:37,833 --> 01:20:39,968 TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD ON 2520 01:20:39,968 --> 01:20:42,237 THE PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONAL 2521 01:20:42,237 --> 01:20:43,072 MATERIAL. 2522 01:20:43,072 --> 01:20:45,941 MR. CONNOR, WILL YOU NOW DO US 2523 01:20:45,941 --> 01:20:47,810 THE PLEASURE OF SHARING THE 2524 01:20:47,810 --> 01:20:47,976 INFORMATION? 2525 01:20:47,976 --> 01:20:49,144 THANK YOU. 2526 01:20:49,144 --> 01:20:49,478 >>Terry Connor: GOOD AFTERNOON 2527 01:20:49,478 --> 01:20:50,813 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, 2528 01:20:50,813 --> 01:20:51,180 SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. 2529 01:20:51,180 --> 01:20:52,081 AT THIS TIME THE BOARD IS 2530 01:20:52,081 --> 01:20:54,083 CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON 2531 01:20:54,083 --> 01:20:54,450 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BEING 2532 01:20:54,450 --> 01:20:54,717 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. 2533 01:20:54,717 --> 01:20:57,019 THE LIST OF MATERIALS IS 2534 01:20:57,019 --> 01:20:58,887 ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM AND 2535 01:20:58,887 --> 01:21:00,823 INCLUDES MATERIALS FOR DIGITAL 2536 01:21:00,823 --> 01:21:04,960 DESIGN, FASHION, TELEVISION 2537 01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:06,028 PRODUCTION, AND THESE MATERIALS 2538 01:21:06,028 --> 01:21:09,231 HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY ADOPTION 2539 01:21:09,231 --> 01:21:10,933 COMMITTEE AND RECOMMENDED FOR 2540 01:21:10,933 --> 01:21:11,233 ADOPTION. 2541 01:21:11,233 --> 01:21:13,135 THE 20 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE 2542 01:21:13,135 --> 01:21:14,103 RECOMMENDED MATERIALS AND A 2543 01:21:14,103 --> 01:21:16,205 PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED 2544 01:21:16,205 --> 01:21:17,973 BEFORE THE VOTE, CAN VOTE FOR 2545 01:21:17,973 --> 01:21:18,273 THE ADOPTION. 2546 01:21:18,273 --> 01:21:20,109 THE PUBLIC REVIEW REQUIRES THAT 2547 01:21:20,109 --> 01:21:22,044 THE DISTRICT PROVIDE DIGITAL 2548 01:21:22,044 --> 01:21:23,979 ACCESS TO THE RECOMMENDED 2549 01:21:23,979 --> 01:21:25,047 MATERIALS BE ON THE DISTRICT 2550 01:21:25,047 --> 01:21:25,214 WEBSITE. 2551 01:21:25,214 --> 01:21:27,783 THE PUBLIC REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED 2552 01:21:27,783 --> 01:21:29,785 BEGINNING ON JUNE 22ND AND 2553 01:21:29,785 --> 01:21:31,754 ENDING ON JULY 12, 2021. 2554 01:21:31,754 --> 01:21:32,821 THE PUBLIC REVIEW THIS EVENING 2555 01:21:32,821 --> 01:21:34,356 IS TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY 2556 01:21:34,356 --> 01:21:35,224 FORTUNATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO 2557 01:21:35,224 --> 01:21:36,125 SHARE COMMENTS ABOUT THESE 2558 01:21:36,125 --> 01:21:37,292 MATERIALS WITH THE BOARD. 2559 01:21:37,292 --> 01:21:39,094 THE BOARD DOES NOT NEED TO TAKE 2560 01:21:39,094 --> 01:21:40,095 ACTION AT THIS TIME BUT WILL BE 2561 01:21:40,095 --> 01:21:41,864 ASKED TO VOTE AT THE NEXT 2562 01:21:41,864 --> 01:21:42,965 REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD 2563 01:21:42,965 --> 01:21:45,100 MEETING ON JULY 27, 2021. 2564 01:21:45,100 --> 01:21:46,268 AT THIS TIME YOU MAY CALL FOR 2565 01:21:46,268 --> 01:21:47,870 PUBLIC COMMENT. 2566 01:21:47,870 --> 01:21:48,937 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. 2567 01:21:48,937 --> 01:21:49,104 CONNOR. 2568 01:21:49,104 --> 01:21:50,873 DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO 2569 01:21:50,873 --> 01:21:52,875 SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 2570 01:21:52,875 --> 01:21:58,814 THE ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL 2571 01:21:58,814 --> 01:21:59,314 MATERIALS? 2572 01:21:59,314 --> 01:22:01,850 SEEING NONE, I WILL NOW CLOSE 2573 01:22:01,850 --> 01:22:04,019 THE PUBLIC HEARING. 2574 01:22:04,019 --> 01:22:04,920 (SOUNDING GAVEL) 2575 01:22:04,920 --> 01:22:06,021 LET'S GO AHEAD RIGHT NOW AND GET 2576 01:22:06,021 --> 01:22:07,156 INTO THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. 2577 01:22:07,156 --> 01:22:11,160 AND I BELIEVE WE ARE AT 3.01. 2578 01:22:11,160 --> 01:22:21,937 DISCUSSION AGENDA. 2579 01:22:21,937 --> 01:22:22,037 3.071. 2580 01:22:22,037 --> 01:22:22,905 MENTAL HEALTH PLAN FOR THE USE 2581 01:22:22,905 --> 01:22:26,241 OF MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE 2582 01:22:26,241 --> 01:22:27,042 ALLOCATION. 2583 01:22:27,042 --> 01:22:29,812 AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL 2584 01:22:29,812 --> 01:22:30,979 HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. 2585 01:22:30,979 --> 01:22:32,181 MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THE 2586 01:22:32,181 --> 01:22:34,183 ITEM SO WE WILL ASK YOU TO ASK 2587 01:22:34,183 --> 01:22:35,851 THE QUESTION OR COMMENT. 2588 01:22:35,851 --> 01:22:38,921 I ALSO HAVE A COMMENT. 2589 01:22:38,921 --> 01:22:39,388 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 2590 01:22:39,388 --> 01:22:39,688 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM 2591 01:22:39,688 --> 01:22:41,790 THROUGH THE CHAIR. 2592 01:22:41,790 --> 01:22:43,292 3.071 IS OUR MENTAL HEALTH FLAN 2593 01:22:43,292 --> 01:22:44,927 WE RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE 2594 01:22:44,927 --> 01:22:46,161 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 2595 01:22:46,161 --> 01:22:49,898 THIS ORIGINATED AFTER 2018, THE 2596 01:22:49,898 --> 01:22:51,934 SELMON DOUGLAS SCHOOL SAFETY ACT 2597 01:22:51,934 --> 01:22:53,035 WHICH STARTED PUTTING A NUMBER 2598 01:22:53,035 --> 01:22:54,803 OF DOLLARS INTO THE SCHOOL 2599 01:22:54,803 --> 01:22:56,905 DISTRICT TO TRULY HELP FROM A 2600 01:22:56,905 --> 01:22:59,842 MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. 2601 01:22:59,842 --> 01:23:00,142 WE ARE TRIED BRING THIS PLAN TO 2602 01:23:00,142 --> 01:23:02,144 THE BOARD ANNUALLY TO PROVIDE 2603 01:23:02,144 --> 01:23:03,178 INITIATIVES, TARGETS AND 2604 01:23:03,178 --> 01:23:03,345 OBJECTIVES. 2605 01:23:03,345 --> 01:23:05,781 AND WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS PLAN, 2606 01:23:05,781 --> 01:23:08,016 WE GET AROUND 8 .$7 MILLION TO 2607 01:23:08,016 --> 01:23:12,788 OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND AROUND 2608 01:23:12,788 --> 01:23:13,856 984,000 OF THOSE DOLLARS OF 2609 01:23:13,856 --> 01:23:16,091 CHARTER SCHOOLS PUT US AROUND 2610 01:23:16,091 --> 01:23:16,425 $7.7 MILLION BUDGET TO BE ABLE 2611 01:23:16,425 --> 01:23:19,928 TO ADDRESS AND DELIVER A HIGH 2612 01:23:19,928 --> 01:23:21,129 SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE 2613 01:23:21,129 --> 01:23:22,965 WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE 2614 01:23:22,965 --> 01:23:25,801 ABLE TO LOOK AT EVIDENCE-BASED 2615 01:23:25,801 --> 01:23:27,202 MATERIALS, CONTENT, TO LOOK AT 2616 01:23:27,202 --> 01:23:29,137 INTERVENTION, TO BE ABLE TO 2617 01:23:29,137 --> 01:23:30,973 TREAT STUDENTS, AT THE SAME 2618 01:23:30,973 --> 01:23:32,941 TOKEN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 2619 01:23:32,941 --> 01:23:33,175 SERVICES. 2620 01:23:33,175 --> 01:23:34,843 WE GO FURTHER ON TO BE ABLE TO 2621 01:23:34,843 --> 01:23:36,812 USE IN THIS PLAN TO PROVIDE 2622 01:23:36,812 --> 01:23:37,212 ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2623 01:23:37,212 --> 01:23:40,249 TO OUR TEACHERS FOR EARLY 2624 01:23:40,249 --> 01:23:43,118 DETECTION AND RESPONDING TO 2625 01:23:43,118 --> 01:23:45,754 MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT 2626 01:23:45,754 --> 01:23:46,922 STUDENTS MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH, 2627 01:23:46,922 --> 01:23:50,158 AND WE LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO 2628 01:23:50,158 --> 01:23:51,860 ADDRESS RISK FACTORS BEING ABLE 2629 01:23:51,860 --> 01:23:56,031 TO TRAIN OUR YOUTH MENTAL 2630 01:23:56,031 --> 01:23:57,699 HEALTH, SAY INFORMED AND HELP 2631 01:23:57,699 --> 01:23:59,801 WITH SUICIDE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE 2632 01:23:59,801 --> 01:23:59,935 OR FORMAT. 2633 01:23:59,935 --> 01:24:03,171 THEM ALLOWS US TO HAVE TIERED 2634 01:24:03,171 --> 01:24:06,708 CURRICULUM TO HELP US TO PROVIDE 2635 01:24:06,708 --> 01:24:08,143 ONGOING ACCESSIBILITY TO 2636 01:24:08,143 --> 01:24:09,745 STUDENTS TORMENTAL HEALTH 2637 01:24:09,745 --> 01:24:10,178 AWARENESS, FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR 2638 01:24:10,178 --> 01:24:12,214 SUPPORT AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO 2639 01:24:12,214 --> 01:24:14,750 ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT SOCIAL, 2640 01:24:14,750 --> 01:24:15,384 EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUMS 2641 01:24:15,384 --> 01:24:15,651 WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 2642 01:24:15,651 --> 01:24:18,186 THIS IS ALSO A WAY FOR US TO 2643 01:24:18,186 --> 01:24:19,821 SHOW HOW WE HAVE GREATER 2644 01:24:19,821 --> 01:24:20,289 ALIGNMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY 2645 01:24:20,289 --> 01:24:22,791 MEMBERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL 2646 01:24:22,791 --> 01:24:24,726 DISTRICT RELATED TO DAY CARE, 2647 01:24:24,726 --> 01:24:26,762 ALSO LOOKING AT TAMPA BAY 2648 01:24:26,762 --> 01:24:27,095 CRISIS, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN 2649 01:24:27,095 --> 01:24:31,199 AND FAMILIES, WHICH IS ONGOING 2650 01:24:31,199 --> 01:24:32,801 SUPPORTS TO FURTHER HELP OUR 2651 01:24:32,801 --> 01:24:34,002 STUDENTS AND DEFINITELY THOSE 2652 01:24:34,002 --> 01:24:36,939 WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 2653 01:24:36,939 --> 01:24:37,205 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, 2654 01:24:37,205 --> 01:24:37,439 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 2655 01:24:37,439 --> 01:24:39,908 I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO 2656 01:24:39,908 --> 01:24:41,109 APPROVE ITEM 3.01. 2657 01:24:41,109 --> 01:24:42,878 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER 2658 01:24:42,878 --> 01:24:47,783 VAUGHN, A SECOND BY MEMBER 2659 01:24:47,783 --> 01:24:49,084 PEREZ. 2660 01:24:49,084 --> 01:24:50,886 AND AT THIS TIME, WILL THERE BE 2661 01:24:50,886 --> 01:24:51,153 DISCUSSION? 2662 01:24:51,153 --> 01:24:52,988 MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THE 2663 01:24:52,988 --> 01:24:56,758 ITEM. 2664 01:24:56,758 --> 01:24:57,759 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU MS. 2665 01:24:57,759 --> 01:24:58,193 BROWN FOR SITTING WITH ME 2666 01:24:58,193 --> 01:24:59,861 REGARDING THIS ITEM AND SPENDING 2667 01:24:59,861 --> 01:25:00,996 A LOT OF TIME ANSWERING MY 2668 01:25:00,996 --> 01:25:01,930 QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. 2669 01:25:01,930 --> 01:25:03,065 SOME ITEMS I PULLED BECAUSE I 2670 01:25:03,065 --> 01:25:04,132 HAVE QUESTIONS AND SOME I JUST 2671 01:25:04,132 --> 01:25:05,901 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND I AM 2672 01:25:05,901 --> 01:25:07,135 REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT A LOT OF 2673 01:25:07,135 --> 01:25:10,105 THE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY BEING 2674 01:25:10,105 --> 01:25:12,874 ALLOCATED TO STAFF AND PERSONNEL 2675 01:25:12,874 --> 01:25:14,209 AND PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO 2676 01:25:14,209 --> 01:25:14,543 INTERACTED WITH OUR STUDENTS AND 2677 01:25:14,543 --> 01:25:16,011 MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE 2678 01:25:16,011 --> 01:25:17,112 PROVIDING THE MENTAL HEALTH. 2679 01:25:17,112 --> 01:25:19,114 SO I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF 2680 01:25:19,114 --> 01:25:21,083 THEY ARE CURIOUS MR. HOW THIS 2681 01:25:21,083 --> 01:25:22,017 BREAKDOWN IS SINCE WE HAVE 2682 01:25:22,017 --> 01:25:23,018 ATTACHED IT TO THE AGENDA ITEM 2683 01:25:23,018 --> 01:25:24,820 TO GO TO THE AGENDA ITEM AND 2684 01:25:24,820 --> 01:25:28,123 SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT PAGES 9 AND 2685 01:25:28,123 --> 01:25:29,191 THAN 10 BECAUSE THEY DO A REALLY 2686 01:25:29,191 --> 01:25:31,059 NICE JOB OF BREAKING DOWN HOW WE 2687 01:25:31,059 --> 01:25:32,894 PLAN TO SPEND THIS MONEY. 2688 01:25:32,894 --> 01:25:34,062 AND AGAIN I APPRECIATE THAT WE 2689 01:25:34,062 --> 01:25:36,965 ARE SPENDING IT ON STAFF RIGHT 2690 01:25:36,965 --> 01:25:38,767 NOW. 2691 01:25:38,767 --> 01:25:41,036 UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A YEARLY 2692 01:25:41,036 --> 01:25:42,771 THING, THAT THE STATE MAY NOT 2693 01:25:42,771 --> 01:25:42,871 RENEW. 2694 01:25:42,871 --> 01:25:48,910 SO AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, WE 2695 01:25:48,910 --> 01:25:50,078 HAVE CONTRACT WITH MANY OF THESE 2696 01:25:50,078 --> 01:25:51,813 EMPLOYEES WHERE MONEY IS NO 2697 01:25:51,813 --> 01:25:53,048 LONGER MADE AVAILABLE TO THE 2698 01:25:53,048 --> 01:25:53,382 SAFETY, THEY WILL TRANSITION TO 2699 01:25:53,382 --> 01:25:55,117 SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT AGAIN I AM 2700 01:25:55,117 --> 01:25:56,785 GLAD TO SEE THIS IS REALLY 2701 01:25:56,785 --> 01:25:58,086 HELPING TO EMPLOY PEOPLE IN OUR 2702 01:25:58,086 --> 01:25:59,121 DISTRICT, AND PUT PEOPLE IN 2703 01:25:59,121 --> 01:26:00,255 FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS WHO NEED 2704 01:26:00,255 --> 01:26:01,923 IT THE MOST. 2705 01:26:01,923 --> 01:26:04,159 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY. 2706 01:26:04,159 --> 01:26:04,860 THANK YOU. 2707 01:26:04,860 --> 01:26:06,028 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 2708 01:26:06,028 --> 01:26:06,962 VAUGHN. 2709 01:26:06,962 --> 01:26:07,863 MEMBER PEREZ. 2710 01:26:07,863 --> 01:26:11,166 MEMBER PEREZ, I'M SORRY. 2711 01:26:11,166 --> 01:26:13,035 >>Karen Perez: I HAVE TO UNMUTE 2712 01:26:13,035 --> 01:26:13,135 MYSELF. 2713 01:26:13,135 --> 01:26:18,006 AS I UNDERSTAND IT'S MENTAL 2714 01:26:18,006 --> 01:26:19,841 HEALTH FOR OUR STUDENTS WAS 2715 01:26:19,841 --> 01:26:21,810 REALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN 2018 AND 2716 01:26:21,810 --> 01:26:22,277 BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE. 2717 01:26:22,277 --> 01:26:25,814 BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT 2718 01:26:25,814 --> 01:26:26,114 THIS. 2719 01:26:26,114 --> 01:26:30,952 AS WE CAN SEE, IT DEMONSTRATES 2720 01:26:30,952 --> 01:26:33,021 THAT OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS RECEIVE 2721 01:26:33,021 --> 01:26:34,089 PART OF THIS MONEY. 2722 01:26:34,089 --> 01:26:37,926 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CHARTER 2723 01:26:37,926 --> 01:26:39,961 SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE THE STAFF 2724 01:26:39,961 --> 01:26:41,063 FOR THE STUDENTS? 2725 01:26:41,063 --> 01:26:45,100 DO THEY STILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY 2726 01:26:45,100 --> 01:26:46,802 IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO 2727 01:26:46,802 --> 01:26:48,003 PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 2728 01:26:48,003 --> 01:26:49,905 TO THE STUDENTS? 2729 01:26:49,905 --> 01:26:50,205 >>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE 2730 01:26:50,205 --> 01:26:51,773 CHAIR, THEY DO GET THEIR PORTION 2731 01:26:51,773 --> 01:26:52,774 OF THE DOLLARS BUT THEY ARE 2732 01:26:52,774 --> 01:26:54,709 EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A 2733 01:26:54,709 --> 01:26:56,144 PLAN AS WELL THAT REALLY 2734 01:26:56,144 --> 01:26:57,179 IDENTIFIES THE COORDINATION OF 2735 01:26:57,179 --> 01:26:59,014 EVERY DOLLAR AND EVERY CENT. 2736 01:26:59,014 --> 01:27:00,882 IF THEY DO NOT USE THEIR 2737 01:27:00,882 --> 01:27:03,952 DOLLARS, MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT 2738 01:27:03,952 --> 01:27:04,286 ADDITIONAL DECLARATION WILL GO 2739 01:27:04,286 --> 01:27:05,954 BACK TO THE STATE. 2740 01:27:05,954 --> 01:27:07,189 HOWEVER, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO 2741 01:27:07,189 --> 01:27:10,759 HAVE AN APPROVED PLAN THAT WE 2742 01:27:10,759 --> 01:27:12,160 REVIEW, AT THE SAME TOKEN THE 2743 01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:13,728 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REVIEWS 2744 01:27:13,728 --> 01:27:16,998 AS WELL. 2745 01:27:16,998 --> 01:27:19,968 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ? 2746 01:27:19,968 --> 01:27:21,903 OKAY. 2747 01:27:21,903 --> 01:27:22,237 >>Karen Perez: WE DID NOTICE 2748 01:27:22,237 --> 01:27:26,975 THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE 2749 01:27:26,975 --> 01:27:28,910 REVIEWED APPEAR DID NOT HAVE 2750 01:27:28,910 --> 01:27:30,178 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THEIR 2751 01:27:30,178 --> 01:27:31,813 STUDENTS. 2752 01:27:31,813 --> 01:27:32,047 >>Lynn Gray: OKAY. 2753 01:27:32,047 --> 01:27:33,081 THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. 2754 01:27:33,081 --> 01:27:35,150 MY QUESTION, AND I MIGHT HAVE TO 2755 01:27:35,150 --> 01:27:38,220 GO TO MS. BROWN. 2756 01:27:38,220 --> 01:27:40,155 WHEN WE LOOK AT PAGE 3, AND I 2757 01:27:40,155 --> 01:27:42,023 KNOW WE WENT OVER THIS, BUT I 2758 01:27:42,023 --> 01:27:46,094 THINK IT DOES BEAR REMARKING ON. 2759 01:27:46,094 --> 01:27:49,164 WE HAVE ON THE STONEMAN DOUGLAS 2760 01:27:49,164 --> 01:27:51,867 AGREEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, 2761 01:27:51,867 --> 01:27:56,004 CHRONICALLY VIOLENT OR 2762 01:27:56,004 --> 01:27:57,806 DISRUPTIVE, EXPELLED DUE TO 2763 01:27:57,806 --> 01:27:58,874 POSITIVE EGGS SESSION OF 2764 01:27:58,874 --> 01:28:00,041 FIREARMS, STUDENTS WHO HAVE MADE 2765 01:28:00,041 --> 01:28:01,743 THREATS AGAINST THE SCHOOL, BUT 2766 01:28:01,743 --> 01:28:03,845 I DO NOT KNOW WHY -- AND THIS 2767 01:28:03,845 --> 01:28:06,915 CAN BE ASKED ALSO WITH ANOTHER 2768 01:28:06,915 --> 01:28:08,917 PROGRAM THAT WE WILL GET INTO 2769 01:28:08,917 --> 01:28:11,019 LATER -- WHY WE ARE NOT 2770 01:28:11,019 --> 01:28:13,855 INCLUDING STUDENTS, CHILDREN WHO 2771 01:28:13,855 --> 01:28:15,991 HAVE THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD 2772 01:28:15,991 --> 01:28:17,159 EXPERIENCES, WHEN WE LOOK AT 2773 01:28:17,159 --> 01:28:20,862 COVID, WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN 2774 01:28:20,862 --> 01:28:24,699 HAVE HAD MANY CASES OF ACE, 2775 01:28:24,699 --> 01:28:27,803 ABUSE, NEGLECT, PHYSICAL 2776 01:28:27,803 --> 01:28:30,939 SITUATIONS LIKE HUNGER, 2777 01:28:30,939 --> 01:28:32,974 SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE FAMILY. 2778 01:28:32,974 --> 01:28:36,311 THERE ARE JUST SO MANY -- SO 2779 01:28:36,311 --> 01:28:40,949 MANY CRISES, TRAUMATIC CRISES 2780 01:28:40,949 --> 01:28:42,150 THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND ARE 2781 01:28:42,150 --> 01:28:45,220 DEFINITELY COMING TO LIGHT 2782 01:28:45,220 --> 01:28:46,888 BECAUSE OF COVID. 2783 01:28:46,888 --> 01:28:51,092 WHY WE HAVEN'T DELINEATED THE 2784 01:28:51,092 --> 01:28:54,062 STUDENTS, THE CHILDREN OF ALL OF 2785 01:28:54,062 --> 01:28:55,096 THESE MALADIES. 2786 01:28:55,096 --> 01:28:57,999 AND MS. BROWN, I KNOW THAT THIS 2787 01:28:57,999 --> 01:29:01,870 WAS ALREADY AGREED IN 2018, THE 2788 01:29:01,870 --> 01:29:03,738 MARJORIE STONEMAN, WE KNOW THAT, 2789 01:29:03,738 --> 01:29:05,974 BUT CAN YOU REMARK -- BECAUSE 2790 01:29:05,974 --> 01:29:08,043 THIS IS GOING TO COME OUT 2791 01:29:08,043 --> 01:29:09,978 AGAIN -- ON ANY MENTAL HEALTH 2792 01:29:09,978 --> 01:29:10,946 AVENUE WE DISCUSS? 2793 01:29:10,946 --> 01:29:12,881 THANK YOU. 2794 01:29:12,881 --> 01:29:13,848 >>Tracye Brown: THANK YOU, MRS. 2795 01:29:13,848 --> 01:29:14,015 GRAY. 2796 01:29:14,015 --> 01:29:18,086 I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT 2797 01:29:18,086 --> 01:29:20,188 BECAUSE, YES, INCIDENTS AND 2798 01:29:20,188 --> 01:29:21,823 EXPERIENCES REALLY DO IMPACT OUR 2799 01:29:21,823 --> 01:29:23,058 CHILDREN, AND IT AFFECT THEIR 2800 01:29:23,058 --> 01:29:23,892 MENTAL HEALTH. 2801 01:29:23,892 --> 01:29:25,861 SO WE DO WANT TO ADDRESS IT. 2802 01:29:25,861 --> 01:29:28,129 WHAT YOU SEE STATED ON PAGE 3 IS 2803 01:29:28,129 --> 01:29:29,998 SIMPLY THE REQUIREMENT BY THE 2804 01:29:29,998 --> 01:29:30,232 STATE. 2805 01:29:30,232 --> 01:29:31,766 WE DO GO BEYOND THAT. 2806 01:29:31,766 --> 01:29:33,768 SO WHENEVER WE RECOGNIZE THAT A 2807 01:29:33,768 --> 01:29:35,870 STUDENT HAS STRUGGLED OR HAS 2808 01:29:35,870 --> 01:29:37,072 EXPERIENCE IN ADVERSE EVENTS IN 2809 01:29:37,072 --> 01:29:38,940 THEIR LIVES, WE DO ADDRESS THAT. 2810 01:29:38,940 --> 01:29:41,943 SO THESE ARE ALSO WIDELY 2811 01:29:41,943 --> 01:29:43,912 PARTNERED WITH AGENCIES LIKE 2812 01:29:43,912 --> 01:29:44,980 DOCO AND PARTNER WITH SUCCESS 2813 01:29:44,980 --> 01:29:47,115 FOR STUDENTS AND FOR KIDS AND 2814 01:29:47,115 --> 01:29:47,249 FAMILIES. 2815 01:29:47,249 --> 01:29:50,218 BECAUSE THEY ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS 2816 01:29:50,218 --> 01:29:52,821 THAT ARE IMPACTING STUDENTS, 2817 01:29:52,821 --> 01:29:54,122 THAT HAVE HAD NEGATIVE 2818 01:29:54,122 --> 01:29:55,790 EXPERIENCES. 2819 01:29:55,790 --> 01:29:58,159 SO WE ABSOLUTELY ADDRESS THAT. 2820 01:29:58,159 --> 01:29:59,761 IT'S JUST THAT IN THIS 2821 01:29:59,761 --> 01:30:01,029 PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, THIS IS 2822 01:30:01,029 --> 01:30:02,731 WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES. 2823 01:30:02,731 --> 01:30:03,898 AND THIS IS A MINIMUM. 2824 01:30:03,898 --> 01:30:07,769 AND WE DO GO BEYOND THAT. 2825 01:30:07,769 --> 01:30:10,038 >>Melissa Snively: AND THAT'S 2826 01:30:10,038 --> 01:30:10,839 GOOD TO. 2827 01:30:10,839 --> 01:30:11,840 >>Lynn Gray: AND THAT'S GOOD TO 2828 01:30:11,840 --> 01:30:12,073 KNOW. 2829 01:30:12,073 --> 01:30:14,009 JUST THE VOCABULARY HAS TO BE 2830 01:30:14,009 --> 01:30:16,211 MORE INCLUSIVE OF THE 2831 01:30:16,211 --> 01:30:17,812 DIAGNOSTIC, THE TRAUMA, CHILDREN 2832 01:30:17,812 --> 01:30:19,080 WITH TRAUMA. 2833 01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:20,882 SO THAT'S THE POINT I WANTED TO 2834 01:30:20,882 --> 01:30:21,082 MAKE. 2835 01:30:21,082 --> 01:30:22,217 AND I THANK YOU. 2836 01:30:22,217 --> 01:30:26,154 BOARD MEMBERS, WE NEED A MOTION. 2837 01:30:26,154 --> 01:30:27,188 WE HAVE OUR MOTION. 2838 01:30:27,188 --> 01:30:29,157 WE NEED TO VOTE -- WELL, WE HAVE 2839 01:30:29,157 --> 01:30:30,992 A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON, 2840 01:30:30,992 --> 01:30:31,927 SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. 2841 01:30:31,927 --> 01:30:34,029 PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE 2842 01:30:34,029 --> 01:30:39,200 ON. 2843 01:30:46,975 --> 01:30:47,208 IT'S YAY FOR EVERYONE. 2844 01:30:47,208 --> 01:30:48,910 AND MEMBER PEREZ, THAT'S A YES? 2845 01:30:48,910 --> 01:30:50,278 THANK YOU. 2846 01:30:50,278 --> 01:30:50,445 ALL RIGHT. 2847 01:30:50,445 --> 01:30:52,047 MOVING ON, WE GO TO THE NEXT 2848 01:30:52,047 --> 01:30:53,148 AGENDA ITEM. 2849 01:30:53,148 --> 01:31:00,789 AND THIS REVOLVES AROUND 4.02. 2850 01:31:00,789 --> 01:31:01,790 AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT 2851 01:31:01,790 --> 01:31:01,890 DAVIS. 2852 01:31:01,890 --> 01:31:03,858 WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK 2853 01:31:03,858 --> 01:31:04,926 FOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE STUDENT 2854 01:31:04,926 --> 01:31:07,128 TEACHER PARTNERSHIP AFFILIATION 2855 01:31:07,128 --> 01:31:08,163 AGREEMENT BETWEEN FLORIDA 2856 01:31:08,163 --> 01:31:10,165 AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL 2857 01:31:10,165 --> 01:31:12,934 UNIVERSITY, FAMU, TALLAHASSEE, 2858 01:31:12,934 --> 01:31:14,135 FLORIDA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 2859 01:31:14,135 --> 01:31:16,938 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND MEMBER 2860 01:31:16,938 --> 01:31:20,041 VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. 2861 01:31:20,041 --> 01:31:20,942 MR. DAVIS? 2862 01:31:20,942 --> 01:31:22,143 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, HIGHLIGHT. 2863 01:31:22,143 --> 01:31:23,044 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 2864 01:31:23,044 --> 01:31:25,246 THIS IS A WAY, A STRATEGY TO 2865 01:31:25,246 --> 01:31:27,849 GROW LONGER STRONGER BEVERAGE OF 2866 01:31:27,849 --> 01:31:28,216 TEACHER EDUCATORS WITHIN 2867 01:31:28,216 --> 01:31:29,884 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO BEING 2868 01:31:29,884 --> 01:31:31,753 ABLE TO HAVE AND DEVELOP A 2869 01:31:31,753 --> 01:31:33,922 PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMU, AND 2870 01:31:33,922 --> 01:31:35,090 CREATE A PATHWAY FOR THEIR 2871 01:31:35,090 --> 01:31:36,891 STUDENTS TO CREATE THEIR STUDENT 2872 01:31:36,891 --> 01:31:38,226 TEACHING INTERNSHIPS IN OUR 2873 01:31:38,226 --> 01:31:39,828 DISTRICT, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE 2874 01:31:39,828 --> 01:31:40,195 ARE LOOKING FOR. 2875 01:31:40,195 --> 01:31:42,931 WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT PATHWAY 2876 01:31:42,931 --> 01:31:43,965 WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND 2877 01:31:43,965 --> 01:31:44,099 COLLEGES. 2878 01:31:44,099 --> 01:31:45,767 WE ARE TRYING TO EXPAND THIS. 2879 01:31:45,767 --> 01:31:47,168 AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET 2880 01:31:47,168 --> 01:31:48,136 INDIVIDUALS EXCITED ABOUT THIS 2881 01:31:48,136 --> 01:31:49,003 PROCESS. 2882 01:31:49,003 --> 01:31:50,271 WE OPENLY HAVE TO DO A BETTER 2883 01:31:50,271 --> 01:31:52,073 JOB CREATING THESE PATHWAYS IN 2884 01:31:52,073 --> 01:31:55,176 OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND START TO GET 2885 01:31:55,176 --> 01:31:57,178 EXPOSED INTERNALLY AND EARLIER 2886 01:31:57,178 --> 01:31:59,748 AGE, BUT THIS IS JUST A GREAT 2887 01:31:59,748 --> 01:32:08,923 INITIATIVE AND HATS OFF TO 2888 01:32:08,923 --> 01:32:09,958 MONICA, SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, 2889 01:32:09,958 --> 01:32:12,227 BUT A GOOD MOVEMENT TO BUILD 2890 01:32:12,227 --> 01:32:12,460 TEACHER EDUCATORS IN 2891 01:32:12,460 --> 01:32:12,660 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. 2892 01:32:12,660 --> 01:32:12,927 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. 2893 01:32:12,927 --> 01:32:15,930 I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO 2894 01:32:15,930 --> 01:32:18,199 APPROVE ITEM C-4.02. 2895 01:32:18,199 --> 01:32:19,901 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER 2896 01:32:19,901 --> 01:32:21,169 WASHINGTON, A SECOND BY MEMBER 2897 01:32:21,169 --> 01:32:21,269 VAUGHN. 2898 01:32:21,269 --> 01:32:28,877 ANY DISCUSSION? 2899 01:32:28,877 --> 01:32:29,944 MEMBER VAUGHN WILL BE FIRST. 2900 01:32:29,944 --> 01:32:31,980 MEMBER VAUGHN. 2901 01:32:31,980 --> 01:32:33,248 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, 2902 01:32:33,248 --> 01:32:34,015 CHAIRWOMAN GRAY. 2903 01:32:34,015 --> 01:32:35,784 AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO DO A 2904 01:32:35,784 --> 01:32:36,284 QUICK HIGHLIGHT. 2905 01:32:36,284 --> 01:32:37,285 I KNOW THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF 2906 01:32:37,285 --> 01:32:41,122 TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR 2907 01:32:41,122 --> 01:32:41,423 SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE, AND 2908 01:32:41,423 --> 01:32:43,057 PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS HOW 2909 01:32:43,057 --> 01:32:46,161 DO WE GET REFLECTIVE STAFF 2910 01:32:46,161 --> 01:32:47,796 MEMBERS, TEACHERS THAT LOOK LIKE 2911 01:32:47,796 --> 01:32:48,963 THE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. 2912 01:32:48,963 --> 01:32:51,099 SO BY PARTNERING WITH 2913 01:32:51,099 --> 01:32:52,200 TRADITIONAL BLACK COLLEGES AND 2914 01:32:52,200 --> 01:32:53,067 UNIVERSITIES, I THINK IT'S 2915 01:32:53,067 --> 01:32:54,169 REALLY IMPORTANT AND I WANTED TO 2916 01:32:54,169 --> 01:32:55,937 HIGHLIGHT THIS RELATIONSHIP TO 2917 01:32:55,937 --> 01:32:57,138 SHOW THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON 2918 01:32:57,138 --> 01:32:58,807 MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE 2919 01:32:58,807 --> 01:33:01,943 DIVERSITY IN OUR CLASSROOMS. 2920 01:33:01,943 --> 01:33:03,111 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 2921 01:33:03,111 --> 01:33:03,978 VAUGHN. 2922 01:33:03,978 --> 01:33:05,246 MEMBER WASHINGTON. 2923 01:33:05,246 --> 01:33:05,580 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: ALL 2924 01:33:05,580 --> 01:33:05,814 I CAN SAY IS GREAT. 2925 01:33:05,814 --> 01:33:10,952 THIS IS A GREAT MOVE, THE 2926 01:33:10,952 --> 01:33:11,986 HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE AND 2927 01:33:11,986 --> 01:33:13,088 UNIVERSITY, FAMU. 2928 01:33:13,088 --> 01:33:14,255 I KNOW MY WIFE IS REAL HAPPY. 2929 01:33:14,255 --> 01:33:16,724 BUT IT'S A GREAT MOVE BECAUSE WE 2930 01:33:16,724 --> 01:33:18,893 NEED DIVERSITY IN THE SCHOOLS. 2931 01:33:18,893 --> 01:33:22,230 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. 2932 01:33:22,230 --> 01:33:23,998 I REALLY DO. 2933 01:33:23,998 --> 01:33:25,867 >>Lynn Gray: AND WE ALSO HAVE 2934 01:33:25,867 --> 01:33:28,136 THAT, MEMBER WASHINGTON, IN OUR 2935 01:33:28,136 --> 01:33:30,171 AFRICAN AMERICAN FORUM, WE HAVE 2936 01:33:30,171 --> 01:33:33,208 FAMU INVOLVEMENT WITH TEACHER 2937 01:33:33,208 --> 01:33:35,276 DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITMENT. 2938 01:33:35,276 --> 01:33:35,610 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: EXAC 2939 01:33:35,610 --> 01:33:37,045 TLY RIGHT. 2940 01:33:37,045 --> 01:33:38,213 >>Lynn Gray: THEY ARE VERY 2941 01:33:38,213 --> 01:33:40,949 VIGOROUS AND INTENTIONAL FOR 2942 01:33:40,949 --> 01:33:41,082 DIVERSITY. 2943 01:33:41,082 --> 01:33:41,416 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: AND 2944 01:33:41,416 --> 01:33:42,851 WE HAVE TO FACE REALITY. 2945 01:33:42,851 --> 01:33:44,786 WE HAVE THE PUT PEOPLE IN FRONT 2946 01:33:44,786 --> 01:33:45,053 OF THEME LOOK LIKE THEM. 2947 01:33:45,053 --> 01:33:45,286 THAT'S IMPORTANT. 2948 01:33:45,286 --> 01:33:46,955 AND I WAS FORTUNATE BECAUSE I 2949 01:33:46,955 --> 01:33:48,223 WENT TO ALL BLACK SCHOOLS SO IT 2950 01:33:48,223 --> 01:33:50,859 WASN'T A PROBLEM. 2951 01:33:50,859 --> 01:33:53,061 BUT NOW -- BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 2952 01:33:53,061 --> 01:33:56,998 OUR STUDENT POPULATION REFLECTS 2953 01:33:56,998 --> 01:33:57,899 INSTRUCTORS IN HILLSBOROUGH 2954 01:33:57,899 --> 01:33:58,266 COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 2955 01:33:58,266 --> 01:33:59,934 SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT HELP AND 2956 01:33:59,934 --> 01:34:01,836 GREAT DEAL. 2957 01:34:01,836 --> 01:34:03,972 HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A SUCCESS. 2958 01:34:03,972 --> 01:34:04,105 THANK YOU. 2959 01:34:04,105 --> 01:34:05,807 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 2960 01:34:05,807 --> 01:34:05,974 WASHINGTON. 2961 01:34:05,974 --> 01:34:07,075 BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN 2962 01:34:07,075 --> 01:34:15,116 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 2963 01:34:15,116 --> 01:34:16,851 ALL IN FAVOR? 2964 01:34:16,851 --> 01:34:17,886 MEMBER PEREZ? 2965 01:34:17,886 --> 01:34:19,153 THANK YOU. 2966 01:34:19,153 --> 01:34:20,889 5.01, STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. 2967 01:34:20,889 --> 01:34:21,956 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IF YOU 2968 01:34:21,956 --> 01:34:25,727 WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. 2969 01:34:25,727 --> 01:34:27,795 AND I HAD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A 2970 01:34:27,795 --> 01:34:27,896 COMMENT. 2971 01:34:27,896 --> 01:34:28,897 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 2972 01:34:28,897 --> 01:34:30,031 THIS IS A STUDENT CODE OF 2973 01:34:30,031 --> 01:34:31,199 CONDUCT TO INFORM OUR STUDENTS 2974 01:34:31,199 --> 01:34:33,134 AND PARENTS OF THEIR RIGHTS AND 2975 01:34:33,134 --> 01:34:34,102 RESPONSIBILITIES AND HOW THEY 2976 01:34:34,102 --> 01:34:35,236 WILL INTERACT IN A POSITIVE 2977 01:34:35,236 --> 01:34:36,871 MANNER AND RELATED TO DETAILS 2978 01:34:36,871 --> 01:34:39,207 WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 2979 01:34:39,207 --> 01:34:41,142 OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT 2980 01:34:41,142 --> 01:34:42,277 ALIGNS WITH STATE AND FEDERAL 2981 01:34:42,277 --> 01:34:44,078 POLICY AS LONG WITH HILLSBOROUGH 2982 01:34:44,078 --> 01:34:45,313 COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS POLICIES 2983 01:34:45,313 --> 01:34:47,982 AND PROCEDURES, AND JUST TRULY 2984 01:34:47,982 --> 01:34:49,784 GETS TO THE POINT THAT REALLY 2985 01:34:49,784 --> 01:34:50,818 DEFINES OVERALL INTERACTION 2986 01:34:50,818 --> 01:34:51,119 WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 2987 01:34:51,119 --> 01:34:53,922 THIS IS ALL ABOUT PREVENTION, 2988 01:34:53,922 --> 01:34:55,757 INTERVENTION, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE 2989 01:34:55,757 --> 01:34:56,024 CERTAIN THAT WE FOCUS ON 2990 01:34:56,024 --> 01:34:57,892 CREATING A CULTURE OF RESPECT, 2991 01:34:57,892 --> 01:35:00,895 AND ALSO A CULTURE OF TRUST, 2992 01:35:00,895 --> 01:35:01,863 COLLABORATION, WITHIN OUR SCHOOL 2993 01:35:01,863 --> 01:35:01,996 DISTRICT. 2994 01:35:01,996 --> 01:35:03,765 WE HAVE DONE A REALLY NICE JOB 2995 01:35:03,765 --> 01:35:05,200 THIS YEAR OF WORKING AND 2996 01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:06,167 EXPANDING OUR TASK FORCE TO BE 2997 01:35:06,167 --> 01:35:08,069 ABLE TO ADDRESS AND INTERACT 2998 01:35:08,069 --> 01:35:09,938 WITH THIS CODE OF CONDUCT AND BE 2999 01:35:09,938 --> 01:35:11,973 ABLE TO MAKE SURE IT IS TRULY 3000 01:35:11,973 --> 01:35:13,141 PROGRESSIVE TOP BE ABLE TO 3001 01:35:13,141 --> 01:35:14,943 FURTHER SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND 3002 01:35:14,943 --> 01:35:15,910 STUDENTS AND THE WORKING 3003 01:35:15,910 --> 01:35:17,045 CONDITIONS OF OUR ADULTS AS 3004 01:35:17,045 --> 01:35:18,046 WELL. 3005 01:35:18,046 --> 01:35:20,014 >>Lynn Gray: IF I CAN JUST 3006 01:35:20,014 --> 01:35:21,916 FOLLOW UP, AND LET ME GO AHEAD 3007 01:35:21,916 --> 01:35:24,052 AND BE IN THE CORRECT QUEUE 3008 01:35:24,052 --> 01:35:25,219 BEFORE I FOLLOW UP, BOARD 3009 01:35:25,219 --> 01:35:28,790 MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A 3010 01:35:28,790 --> 01:35:29,023 SECOND. 3011 01:35:29,023 --> 01:35:31,826 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS 3012 01:35:31,826 --> 01:35:33,761 AND A SECOND BY MEMBER 3013 01:35:33,761 --> 01:35:33,928 WASHINGTON. 3014 01:35:33,928 --> 01:35:38,333 ANY DISCUSSION? 3015 01:35:38,333 --> 01:35:40,101 LET ME GO AHEAD AND JUST SAY ONE 3016 01:35:40,101 --> 01:35:43,104 THING HERE. 3017 01:35:43,104 --> 01:35:47,875 FIRST OFF, I WANTED TO THANK THE 3018 01:35:47,875 --> 01:35:49,744 STUDENT CODE OF CONSEQUENCE DUCT 3019 01:35:49,744 --> 01:35:49,877 COMMITTEE. 3020 01:35:49,877 --> 01:35:53,881 THEY HAVE RESPONDED WITH GREAT 3021 01:35:53,881 --> 01:35:55,149 AFFIRMATION, AND I JUST GAVE 3022 01:35:55,149 --> 01:35:57,685 THIS TERM RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, 3023 01:35:57,685 --> 01:35:59,887 FOR OUR STUDENTS. 3024 01:35:59,887 --> 01:36:01,823 SO WHEN YOU ADOPT PROGRAMS SUCH 3025 01:36:01,823 --> 01:36:07,061 AS THE LEADER IN ME, OR THE 3026 01:36:07,061 --> 01:36:08,730 PBIS, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR 3027 01:36:08,730 --> 01:36:10,765 INCENTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM, USF, 3028 01:36:10,765 --> 01:36:12,066 WHAT YOU ARE REALLY DOING -- AND 3029 01:36:12,066 --> 01:36:14,902 THIS GOES TO MEMBER WASHINGTON 3030 01:36:14,902 --> 01:36:18,906 AND TO YOUR CONCERNS -- THE 3031 01:36:18,906 --> 01:36:20,742 DISPROPORTIONALITY OF SUSPENSION 3032 01:36:20,742 --> 01:36:22,043 FOR BLACK STUDENTS. 3033 01:36:22,043 --> 01:36:24,946 WHEN WE FACE IT HEAD ON WITH 3034 01:36:24,946 --> 01:36:27,782 STRATEGIES THAT WILL DEVELOP OR 3035 01:36:27,782 --> 01:36:32,120 MITIGATE THE ABSOLUTE DIRECT 3036 01:36:32,120 --> 01:36:33,788 SUSPENSION RATE AND GIVE THE 3037 01:36:33,788 --> 01:36:34,722 CHILDREN STRATEGIES TO PREVENT 3038 01:36:34,722 --> 01:36:36,891 THEMSELVES FROM GET BEING INTO 3039 01:36:36,891 --> 01:36:40,828 THAT PIPELINE, I DEFINITELY 3040 01:36:40,828 --> 01:36:42,930 THINK WITH STATE ATTORNEY ANDREW 3041 01:36:42,930 --> 01:36:44,766 WARREN, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE 3042 01:36:44,766 --> 01:36:47,902 SURE THAT WE ARE NOT IN THAT 3043 01:36:47,902 --> 01:36:49,137 PARADIGM WHERE WE AUTOMATICALLY 3044 01:36:49,137 --> 01:36:50,038 SUSPEND STUDENTS. 3045 01:36:50,038 --> 01:36:52,073 SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK 3046 01:36:52,073 --> 01:36:54,676 YOU, BECAUSE THERE IS A 3047 01:36:54,676 --> 01:36:55,143 DELIBERATE INTENTIONALITY -- AND 3048 01:36:55,143 --> 01:36:59,914 I THINK YOU ALL ARE MEETING IN 3049 01:36:59,914 --> 01:37:01,349 THE SUNSHINE -- ARE YOU MEETING 3050 01:37:01,349 --> 01:37:02,050 WITH THEM? 3051 01:37:02,050 --> 01:37:02,950 >> AGREE. 3052 01:37:02,950 --> 01:37:04,085 WE CONTINUE MEETING WITH BOTH 3053 01:37:04,085 --> 01:37:07,021 THE NAACP AND THE SUNSHINE 3054 01:37:07,021 --> 01:37:07,155 COALITION. 3055 01:37:07,155 --> 01:37:08,122 >>Lynn Gray: AND ARE THEY 3056 01:37:08,122 --> 01:37:11,125 RECOGNIZING WHAT YOU ALL ARE 3057 01:37:11,125 --> 01:37:11,225 DOING? 3058 01:37:11,225 --> 01:37:13,995 >> THEY ARE AND THEY ARE VERY 3059 01:37:13,995 --> 01:37:14,962 SUPPORTIVE AND HAD MEMBERS ON 3060 01:37:14,962 --> 01:37:17,965 THE COMMITTEE AS WELL SO WE HAVE 3061 01:37:17,965 --> 01:37:18,966 TAKEN SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO 3062 01:37:18,966 --> 01:37:20,134 BE INCLUDED IN THE STUDENT CODE 3063 01:37:20,134 --> 01:37:21,102 OF CONDUCT. 3064 01:37:21,102 --> 01:37:21,436 >>Lynn Gray: I HOPE THEY WILL 3065 01:37:21,436 --> 01:37:22,970 FIND A TIME THAT THEY CAN COME 3066 01:37:22,970 --> 01:37:24,806 TO THE PODIUM AND SHARE THEIR 3067 01:37:24,806 --> 01:37:26,074 COMMENTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR 3068 01:37:26,074 --> 01:37:29,110 WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT ONLY 3069 01:37:29,110 --> 01:37:31,112 YAY, WE ARE DOING IT, BUT IT'S 3070 01:37:31,112 --> 01:37:31,212 WORKING. 3071 01:37:31,212 --> 01:37:33,081 SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, 3072 01:37:33,081 --> 01:37:36,918 THAT WE OPENLY ARE COMMITTED TO 3073 01:37:36,918 --> 01:37:37,852 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. 3074 01:37:37,852 --> 01:37:39,987 AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 3075 01:37:39,987 --> 01:37:45,860 AND JOSHUA CRYSTAL AND KATRINA 3076 01:37:45,860 --> 01:37:46,828 HUDSON FOR HANDLING THIS. 3077 01:37:46,828 --> 01:37:50,732 WE HAVE A COMMENT BOARD MEMBER 3078 01:37:50,732 --> 01:37:50,832 SNARK. 3079 01:37:50,832 --> 01:37:51,365 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: ONE 3080 01:37:51,365 --> 01:37:51,466 COMMENT. 3081 01:37:51,466 --> 01:37:51,766 I WANT TO THANK YOU, TOO, 3082 01:37:51,766 --> 01:37:53,868 BECAUSE BEING A FORMER 3083 01:37:53,868 --> 01:37:54,936 ADMINISTRATOR, SOME OF THE 3084 01:37:54,936 --> 01:37:56,671 PROBLEMS WE HAVE IS DISRESPECT. 3085 01:37:56,671 --> 01:38:00,074 THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES 3086 01:38:00,074 --> 01:38:00,875 THAT WE HAVE. 3087 01:38:00,875 --> 01:38:02,877 BECAUSE WHO DEFINES DISRESPECT? 3088 01:38:02,877 --> 01:38:04,779 IT'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. 3089 01:38:04,779 --> 01:38:06,748 I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT 3090 01:38:06,748 --> 01:38:07,949 YOU HAD TAKEN OUT DISRESPECT. 3091 01:38:07,949 --> 01:38:11,919 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 3092 01:38:11,919 --> 01:38:12,253 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU MEMBER 3093 01:38:12,253 --> 01:38:13,121 WASHINGTON. 3094 01:38:13,121 --> 01:38:14,789 BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN 3095 01:38:14,789 --> 01:38:17,992 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 3096 01:38:17,992 --> 01:38:22,864 ALL IN FAVOR, AND MEMBER PEREZ? 3097 01:38:22,864 --> 01:38:24,165 I RAISED YOUR HAND FOR YOU. 3098 01:38:24,165 --> 01:38:26,100 THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. 3099 01:38:26,100 --> 01:38:26,200 OKAY. 3100 01:38:26,200 --> 01:38:28,069 LET'S GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA 3101 01:38:28,069 --> 01:38:28,903 ITEM. 3102 01:38:28,903 --> 01:38:30,905 THIS IS 6.01. 3103 01:38:30,905 --> 01:38:32,840 ADOPTION AND PURCHASE OF 3104 01:38:32,840 --> 01:38:34,041 RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL 3105 01:38:34,041 --> 01:38:36,144 MATERIALS FOR ELEMENTARY ART, 3106 01:38:36,144 --> 01:38:38,179 ELEMENTARY MUSIC, MIDDLE AND 3107 01:38:38,179 --> 01:38:39,881 HIGH SCHOOL DEVELOPMENTAL 3108 01:38:39,881 --> 01:38:41,149 LANGUAGE ARTS AND MIDDLE AND 3109 01:38:41,149 --> 01:38:43,851 HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3110 01:38:43,851 --> 01:38:44,752 DEVELOPMENT. 3111 01:38:44,752 --> 01:38:45,219 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IF YOU 3112 01:38:45,219 --> 01:38:47,021 WILL MAKE THE HIGHLIGHT, AND I 3113 01:38:47,021 --> 01:38:48,189 HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT 3114 01:38:48,189 --> 01:38:49,090 PULLED THE ITEM. 3115 01:38:49,090 --> 01:38:52,994 MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER COMBS. 3116 01:38:52,994 --> 01:38:53,961 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 3117 01:38:53,961 --> 01:38:54,328 >>Addison Davis: AS YOU KNOW, WE 3118 01:38:54,328 --> 01:38:56,063 ARE ON AN ADOPTION CYCLE FOR 3119 01:38:56,063 --> 01:38:57,865 CERTAIN CONTENT AND MATERIALS 3120 01:38:57,865 --> 01:39:00,067 WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND 3121 01:39:00,067 --> 01:39:01,836 RIGHT NOW ELEMENTARY ART, 3122 01:39:01,836 --> 01:39:03,805 ELEMENTARY MUSIC, MIDDLE HIGH 3123 01:39:03,805 --> 01:39:05,072 SCHOOL, DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE 3124 01:39:05,072 --> 01:39:07,141 ARTS AND MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, 3125 01:39:07,141 --> 01:39:07,942 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 3126 01:39:07,942 --> 01:39:08,943 DEVELOPMENT ARE MATERIALS IN THE 3127 01:39:08,943 --> 01:39:09,944 ADOPTION PROCESS. 3128 01:39:09,944 --> 01:39:11,879 WE ALWAYS GO AND LEVERAGE THE 3129 01:39:11,879 --> 01:39:13,681 KNOWLEDGE OF OUR TEACHERS IN OUR 3130 01:39:13,681 --> 01:39:14,115 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 3131 01:39:14,115 --> 01:39:16,784 THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED CORE 3132 01:39:16,784 --> 01:39:17,885 CURRICULUM THEY WANT TO BE ABLE 3133 01:39:17,885 --> 01:39:21,022 TO USE AND IMPLEMENT. 3134 01:39:21,022 --> 01:39:23,024 SUPPLEMENTAL WITHIN OUR 3135 01:39:23,024 --> 01:39:23,157 DISTRICT. 3136 01:39:23,157 --> 01:39:26,761 APP I HAD AN $1.8 MILLION TO BE 3137 01:39:26,761 --> 01:39:27,028 EXPENDED. 3138 01:39:27,028 --> 01:39:28,129 THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT WILL BE 3139 01:39:28,129 --> 01:39:29,163 LEVERAGED THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL 3140 01:39:29,163 --> 01:39:30,231 EARLY TO, CATEGORICAL DOLLARS, 3141 01:39:30,231 --> 01:39:31,799 WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF 3142 01:39:31,799 --> 01:39:33,034 EDUCATION GIVES US DOLLARS TO 3143 01:39:33,034 --> 01:39:33,968 PURCHASE MATERIALS, AND THIS 3144 01:39:33,968 --> 01:39:35,803 WILL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE 3145 01:39:35,803 --> 01:39:38,005 DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT 3146 01:39:38,005 --> 01:39:39,907 AND ACCEPT AND EMBRACE THE 3147 01:39:39,907 --> 01:39:40,875 RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR TEACHERS 3148 01:39:40,875 --> 01:39:42,043 WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. 3149 01:39:42,043 --> 01:39:42,310 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, 3150 01:39:42,310 --> 01:39:43,177 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 3151 01:39:43,177 --> 01:39:45,012 MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER COMBS. 3152 01:39:45,012 --> 01:39:46,814 MEMBER VAUGHN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 3153 01:39:46,814 --> 01:39:48,983 MAKE A REMARK? 3154 01:39:48,983 --> 01:39:52,286 >> I WILL LET MEMBER COMBS GO 3155 01:39:52,286 --> 01:39:54,121 FIRST IF YOU DON'T MIND. 3156 01:39:54,121 --> 01:39:56,757 >>Lynn Gray: WE ARE NOT GOING TO 3157 01:39:56,757 --> 01:39:56,958 SLIP FLITCH A COIN. 3158 01:39:56,958 --> 01:39:58,125 >> MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED ON 3159 01:39:58,125 --> 01:40:00,027 THIS SO I PULLED IT AND THEN MY 3160 01:40:00,027 --> 01:40:00,895 QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED SO I 3161 01:40:00,895 --> 01:40:01,929 DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS 3162 01:40:01,929 --> 01:40:03,865 ON THAT. 3163 01:40:03,865 --> 01:40:04,131 THANK YOU. 3164 01:40:04,131 --> 01:40:05,132 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU MEMBER 3165 01:40:05,132 --> 01:40:05,933 COMBS. 3166 01:40:05,933 --> 01:40:06,968 MEMBER VAUGHN? 3167 01:40:06,968 --> 01:40:07,301 >>Jessica Vaughn: SO I WANTED TO 3168 01:40:07,301 --> 01:40:09,203 USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY. 3169 01:40:09,203 --> 01:40:10,872 WE ALREADY HAD A PUBLIC HEARING 3170 01:40:10,872 --> 01:40:14,108 ON THIS IN THE LAST MEETING. 3171 01:40:14,108 --> 01:40:14,909 SO MEMBERS. 3172 01:40:14,909 --> 01:40:15,943 COMMUNITY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 3173 01:40:15,943 --> 01:40:17,879 TO COME DURING THESE ADOPTION 3174 01:40:17,879 --> 01:40:19,814 PROCESS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND 3175 01:40:19,814 --> 01:40:20,014 ENGAGE. 3176 01:40:20,014 --> 01:40:21,148 WE JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE TODAY. 3177 01:40:21,148 --> 01:40:23,050 SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE 3178 01:40:23,050 --> 01:40:24,218 DID HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON 3179 01:40:24,218 --> 01:40:24,318 THAT. 3180 01:40:24,318 --> 01:40:27,955 THERE IS ALSO A COMMITTEE THAT'S 3181 01:40:27,955 --> 01:40:28,956 PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER FOR THIS 3182 01:40:28,956 --> 01:40:29,390 ADOPTION PROCESS. 3183 01:40:29,390 --> 01:40:31,158 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE 3184 01:40:31,158 --> 01:40:31,959 PUBLIC KNEW THAT. 3185 01:40:31,959 --> 01:40:33,294 THIS IS ALSO A COMMITTEE THAT'S 3186 01:40:33,294 --> 01:40:34,896 GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF 3187 01:40:34,896 --> 01:40:35,229 ADOPTING THIS. 3188 01:40:35,229 --> 01:40:37,064 THE QUESTION THAT I THINK I 3189 01:40:37,064 --> 01:40:41,969 WASN'T ABLE TO GET ANSWERED WAS, 3190 01:40:41,969 --> 01:40:45,106 WILL THIS ONLY BE -- IS THIS 3191 01:40:45,106 --> 01:40:46,807 ADOPTION ONLY UNTIL THE NEW 3192 01:40:46,807 --> 01:40:47,975 STANDARD COME OUT? 3193 01:40:47,975 --> 01:40:50,778 DO THE NEW STANDARD ALSO AFFECT 3194 01:40:50,778 --> 01:40:52,813 THE ART AND THE MUSIC? OR ARE 3195 01:40:52,813 --> 01:40:55,983 THOSE JUST ACADEMIC? 3196 01:40:55,983 --> 01:40:57,818 >> CURRENTLY WE ARE ONLY 3197 01:40:57,818 --> 01:40:59,120 ADOPTING MASKS AND ELA FOR THE 3198 01:40:59,120 --> 01:41:01,188 BEST STANDARDS AND THEN WE WILL 3199 01:41:01,188 --> 01:41:02,957 ALSO BE UPDATING THE CIVIC 3200 01:41:02,957 --> 01:41:05,927 STANDARDS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 3201 01:41:05,927 --> 01:41:07,194 YEARS. 3202 01:41:07,194 --> 01:41:07,528 >>Jessica Vaughn: HOW LONG DONG 3203 01:41:07,528 --> 01:41:09,063 WE EXPECT TO UTILIZE THIS 3204 01:41:09,063 --> 01:41:11,832 ADOPTION FOR THESE MATERIALS 3205 01:41:11,832 --> 01:41:11,999 SPECIFICALLY? 3206 01:41:11,999 --> 01:41:13,868 >> SPECIFICALLY WITH ART AND 3207 01:41:13,868 --> 01:41:15,870 MUSIC, WE WON'T SEE AT LEAST FOR 3208 01:41:15,870 --> 01:41:17,905 ANOTHER FOUR YEARS ON THE 3209 01:41:17,905 --> 01:41:18,906 ADOPTION CYCLE, NOW THEY CAN 3210 01:41:18,906 --> 01:41:20,207 CHANGE THAT, BUT WE HAVE FOUR 3211 01:41:20,207 --> 01:41:23,010 YEARS UNTIL WE REACH THAT 3212 01:41:23,010 --> 01:41:23,811 ADOPTION CYCLE. 3213 01:41:23,811 --> 01:41:25,012 WITH OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3214 01:41:25,012 --> 01:41:26,147 DEVELOPMENT COURSES, THEY ARE 3215 01:41:26,147 --> 01:41:27,982 NOT NECESSARILY ON AN ADOPTION 3216 01:41:27,982 --> 01:41:29,817 CYCLE BUT WE TYPICALLY DO THAT 3217 01:41:29,817 --> 01:41:33,788 WITH ELA, AND SO WE WILL -- WE 3218 01:41:33,788 --> 01:41:34,889 JUST DID THAT THIS YEAR SO WE 3219 01:41:34,889 --> 01:41:36,157 ARE CONTINUING THAT PROCESS WITH 3220 01:41:36,157 --> 01:41:38,759 THESE FOLKS AS WELL. 3221 01:41:38,759 --> 01:41:39,860 >>Jessica Vaughn: I THINK A LOT 3222 01:41:39,860 --> 01:41:40,895 OF PEOPLE SEE THE PRICE TAG AND 3223 01:41:40,895 --> 01:41:42,163 THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS 3224 01:41:42,163 --> 01:41:46,968 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING 3225 01:41:46,968 --> 01:41:49,136 UTILIZE -- FOUR YEARS. 3226 01:41:49,136 --> 01:41:49,437 >>Terry Connor: FOUR YEARS. 3227 01:41:49,437 --> 01:41:50,938 >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE 3228 01:41:50,938 --> 01:41:51,038 IT. 3229 01:41:51,038 --> 01:41:51,172 THANK YOU. 3230 01:41:51,172 --> 01:41:53,040 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 3231 01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:53,240 VAUGHN. 3232 01:41:53,240 --> 01:42:00,948 MEMBER PEREZ? 3233 01:42:00,948 --> 01:42:01,248 OKAY? 3234 01:42:01,248 --> 01:42:01,349 NOTHING? 3235 01:42:01,349 --> 01:42:02,049 ALL RIGHT. 3236 01:42:02,049 --> 01:42:07,955 PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE 3237 01:42:07,955 --> 01:42:08,723 ON. 3238 01:42:08,723 --> 01:42:12,893 >> WE NEED A MOTION FIRST. 3239 01:42:12,893 --> 01:42:13,828 >>Jim Porter: WE DON'T HAVE A 3240 01:42:13,828 --> 01:42:13,995 MOTION. 3241 01:42:13,995 --> 01:42:14,962 >>Lynn Gray: I NEED A MOTION AND 3242 01:42:14,962 --> 01:42:15,930 A SECOND. 3243 01:42:15,930 --> 01:42:17,131 MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND 3244 01:42:17,131 --> 01:42:19,066 SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. 3245 01:42:19,066 --> 01:42:25,139 PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE 3246 01:42:25,139 --> 01:42:28,142 ON. 3247 01:42:28,142 --> 01:42:29,243 ALL IN FAVOR? 3248 01:42:29,243 --> 01:42:38,052 AND MEMBER PEREZ? 3249 01:42:38,052 --> 01:42:39,053 OKAY, THANK YOU. 3250 01:42:39,053 --> 01:42:39,286 ALL RIGHT. 3251 01:42:39,286 --> 01:42:45,126 WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON. 3252 01:42:45,126 --> 01:42:45,960 6.03. 3253 01:42:45,960 --> 01:42:47,762 PURCHASE OF ADOPTED 3254 01:42:47,762 --> 01:42:48,062 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR 3255 01:42:48,062 --> 01:42:51,032 MIDDLE AND SECONDARY READING GAP 3256 01:42:51,032 --> 01:42:52,933 HERE, 2021 TO 2022. 3257 01:42:52,933 --> 01:42:54,802 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL 3258 01:42:54,802 --> 01:42:54,935 HIGHLIGHT. 3259 01:42:54,935 --> 01:42:56,771 MEMBER COMBS PULLED THE ITEM. 3260 01:42:56,771 --> 01:42:58,039 SO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 3261 01:42:58,039 --> 01:42:58,939 >>Addison Davis: AS NOW LAST 3262 01:42:58,939 --> 01:43:02,076 MONTH WE IDENTIFIED TIER 1 FOR 3263 01:43:02,076 --> 01:43:03,878 READING FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3264 01:43:03,878 --> 01:43:06,981 OF 6-12 TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS 3265 01:43:06,981 --> 01:43:08,249 STUDENTS WHO ARE LEVEL 1 AND 3266 01:43:08,249 --> 01:43:10,117 LEVEL 2, IDENTIFIED ON THE 3267 01:43:10,117 --> 01:43:11,986 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT EDUCATION 3268 01:43:11,986 --> 01:43:13,154 ACCOUNTABILITY FSA SYSTEM. 3269 01:43:13,154 --> 01:43:14,188 THIS IS SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS 3270 01:43:14,188 --> 01:43:18,159 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 3271 01:43:18,159 --> 01:43:19,160 2018 WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 3272 01:43:19,160 --> 01:43:20,161 AS AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT 3273 01:43:20,161 --> 01:43:24,098 MATERIAL TO FURTHER ADDRESS TIER 3274 01:43:24,098 --> 01:43:25,199 2 AND 3 SERVICES FOR OUR 3275 01:43:25,199 --> 01:43:25,332 STUDENTS. 3276 01:43:25,332 --> 01:43:27,168 WHAT THIS INITIATIVE DOES IS IT 3277 01:43:27,168 --> 01:43:33,140 REALLY COMES ON BOARD TO FURTHER 3278 01:43:33,140 --> 01:43:34,241 SUPPORT IN INSTRUCTIONAL 3279 01:43:34,241 --> 01:43:36,077 INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS 3280 01:43:36,077 --> 01:43:39,213 THAT IS TRULY FOCUSED ON 3281 01:43:39,213 --> 01:43:41,082 FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, WORD 3282 01:43:41,082 --> 01:43:44,985 RECOGNITION, PHRASES, AT THE 3283 01:43:44,985 --> 01:43:46,921 SAME TIME FLUENCY, VOCABULARY, 3284 01:43:46,921 --> 01:43:48,189 ALL ELEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT 3285 01:43:48,189 --> 01:43:49,857 CHILDREN HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE 3286 01:43:49,857 --> 01:43:51,125 UNDERSTANDING AND INTERACTION 3287 01:43:51,125 --> 01:43:51,826 WITH TEXT. 3288 01:43:51,826 --> 01:43:53,894 WHAT WE DO IS WE KNOW THIS IS A 3289 01:43:53,894 --> 01:43:54,895 PLATFORM THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 3290 01:43:54,895 --> 01:43:57,064 USED FROM A DIGITAL PERSPECTIVE 3291 01:43:57,064 --> 01:43:59,834 FROM 45 TO 60 MINUTES PER WEEK, 3292 01:43:59,834 --> 01:44:01,735 AND ALSO WILL BE USED IN READING 3293 01:44:01,735 --> 01:44:03,137 CATEGORICAL FUNDING WHICH IS 3294 01:44:03,137 --> 01:44:05,005 AROUND $200,000 TO BE ABLE TO 3295 01:44:05,005 --> 01:44:06,874 CREATE THIS PURCHASE. 3296 01:44:06,874 --> 01:44:09,243 AND CATEGORICAL IS AULT ABOUT 3297 01:44:09,243 --> 01:44:10,144 STRENGTHENING THE READING 3298 01:44:10,144 --> 01:44:12,746 PROCESS, AND THIS IS ANOTHER 3299 01:44:12,746 --> 01:44:13,914 OPPORTUNITY AS A GAP HERE TO 3300 01:44:13,914 --> 01:44:17,184 CONTINUE TO HELP US, BECAUSE THE 3301 01:44:17,184 --> 01:44:18,219 FOLLOWING YEAR WE WILL BE ABLE 3302 01:44:18,219 --> 01:44:21,088 TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, 3303 01:44:21,088 --> 01:44:23,858 AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT 3304 01:44:23,858 --> 01:44:24,959 ALIGNED, WHETHER IT TRULY MOVED 3305 01:44:24,959 --> 01:44:25,226 THE NEEDLE. 3306 01:44:25,226 --> 01:44:30,798 BECAUSE WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 3307 01:44:30,798 --> 01:44:33,033 JULY 2018, WE HAD ANALYTICAL 3308 01:44:33,033 --> 01:44:36,771 DATA TO RETURN TO FSA. 3309 01:44:36,771 --> 01:44:37,972 OKAY. 3310 01:44:37,972 --> 01:44:42,042 >>Lynn Gray: YOU DONE GOOD, 3311 01:44:42,042 --> 01:44:42,143 RIGHT? 3312 01:44:42,143 --> 01:44:43,811 [ LAUGHTER ] 3313 01:44:43,811 --> 01:44:44,145 THANKS. 3314 01:44:44,145 --> 01:44:48,115 I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. 3315 01:44:48,115 --> 01:44:50,818 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS, 3316 01:44:50,818 --> 01:44:52,052 SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. 3317 01:44:52,052 --> 01:44:53,854 AND WE WILL HAVE OUR COMMENTS AT 3318 01:44:53,854 --> 01:44:55,122 THIS TIME. 3319 01:44:55,122 --> 01:44:56,824 MEMBER COMBS. 3320 01:44:56,824 --> 01:44:58,859 >>Nadia Combs: MY QUESTION IS 3321 01:44:58,859 --> 01:44:59,894 NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT BRIGHT 3322 01:44:59,894 --> 01:45:01,729 FISH BUT JUST IN GENERAL 3323 01:45:01,729 --> 01:45:03,931 REGARDING OUR ONLINE PROGRAM. 3324 01:45:03,931 --> 01:45:07,134 SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR 3325 01:45:07,134 --> 01:45:09,136 REQUEST TO SEE EVERY ONLINE 3326 01:45:09,136 --> 01:45:11,705 PROGRAM THAT IS BEING UTILIZED 3327 01:45:11,705 --> 01:45:14,141 IN EVERY SCHOOL AND MAYBE THREE 3328 01:45:14,141 --> 01:45:16,844 OR FIVE YEARS PRIOR, THE USE OF 3329 01:45:16,844 --> 01:45:17,945 IT, THE COST OF IT. 3330 01:45:17,945 --> 01:45:19,947 I REALLY WANT AN ANALYSIS OF ALL 3331 01:45:19,947 --> 01:45:20,915 THESE ONLINE PROGRAMS. 3332 01:45:20,915 --> 01:45:23,284 AND I KNOW THAT KID ARE LEARNING 3333 01:45:23,284 --> 01:45:27,154 OFTEN ONLINE, BUT WE ALL KNOW AS 3334 01:45:27,154 --> 01:45:28,822 EDUCATORS THAT YOU CAN'T -- THE 3335 01:45:28,822 --> 01:45:29,890 LOVE OF LEARNING COMES THROUGH A 3336 01:45:29,890 --> 01:45:31,091 BOOK OR THROUGH A TEACHER. 3337 01:45:31,091 --> 01:45:32,960 THAT'S HOW WE REALLY GET THAT. 3338 01:45:32,960 --> 01:45:34,228 AND WE REALIZE THAT. 3339 01:45:34,228 --> 01:45:35,896 AND THERE IS A NEED FOR ONLINE 3340 01:45:35,896 --> 01:45:36,030 PROGRAMS. 3341 01:45:36,030 --> 01:45:37,164 I AM NOT SAYING THERE'S NOT. 3342 01:45:37,164 --> 01:45:39,033 I JUST FEEL LIKE WE ARE 3343 01:45:39,033 --> 01:45:40,267 PURCHASING A LOT OF PROGRAMS. 3344 01:45:40,267 --> 01:45:43,003 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE? 3345 01:45:43,003 --> 01:45:44,171 ARE WE NOT USING? 3346 01:45:44,171 --> 01:45:45,973 I THINK IT'S OFTEN SKEWED WHEN 3347 01:45:45,973 --> 01:45:48,042 YOU SEE A PRETEST AND POST TEST 3348 01:45:48,042 --> 01:45:48,342 BECAUSE THERE'S TEACHING GOING 3349 01:45:48,342 --> 01:45:49,777 ON IN BETWEEN THAT. 3350 01:45:49,777 --> 01:45:51,879 SO THAT IS NOT ALWAYS LIKE 3351 01:45:51,879 --> 01:45:53,981 INDICATIVE OF HOW WELL REVIEWING 3352 01:45:53,981 --> 01:45:54,248 THAT PROGRAM. 3353 01:45:54,248 --> 01:45:56,717 SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DID FROM 3354 01:45:56,717 --> 01:45:58,752 YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, AND FROM 3355 01:45:58,752 --> 01:46:00,688 ACADEMIC SERVICES, IS TO START 3356 01:46:00,688 --> 01:46:02,189 THINKING NOW AND LOOKING BACK AT 3357 01:46:02,189 --> 01:46:04,758 THE PRIOR, BEFORE YOU CAME 3358 01:46:04,758 --> 01:46:06,093 ONBOARD AND AS YOU COME ONBOARD 3359 01:46:06,093 --> 01:46:08,195 TO REALLY ANALYZE EACH OF THESE 3360 01:46:08,195 --> 01:46:09,797 PROGRAMS, ARE KIDS USING THEM IN 3361 01:46:09,797 --> 01:46:11,765 THE CLASSROOM, HOW OFTEN IN THE 3362 01:46:11,765 --> 01:46:13,167 CLASSROOM ARE THEY USING OUTSIDE 3363 01:46:13,167 --> 01:46:14,101 THE CLASSROOM? 3364 01:46:14,101 --> 01:46:15,970 AND THE KIDS WHO ARE NOT USING 3365 01:46:15,970 --> 01:46:17,137 OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, IS IT 3366 01:46:17,137 --> 01:46:19,173 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE 3367 01:46:19,173 --> 01:46:20,174 AVAILABILITY OF COMPUTERS? 3368 01:46:20,174 --> 01:46:21,809 WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE DO? 3369 01:46:21,809 --> 01:46:23,911 BECAUSE I THINK IDEALLY WE WOULD 3370 01:46:23,911 --> 01:46:25,246 LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THESE ONLINE 3371 01:46:25,246 --> 01:46:26,847 PROGRAMS BEING USED BEFORE 3372 01:46:26,847 --> 01:46:29,183 SCHOOL OR AFTER SCHOOL, AND THEN 3373 01:46:29,183 --> 01:46:30,251 POSSIBLY ONCE IN A WHILE DURING 3374 01:46:30,251 --> 01:46:32,753 A CLASSROOM, BUT DURING 3375 01:46:32,753 --> 01:46:34,121 CLASSROOM IT REALLY SHOULD BE 3376 01:46:34,121 --> 01:46:35,256 FOCUSED ON WHOLE GROUP 3377 01:46:35,256 --> 01:46:36,790 DESTRUCTION AND THAT SMALL GROUP 3378 01:46:36,790 --> 01:46:37,791 INSTRUCTION THAT WE ARE USING. 3379 01:46:37,791 --> 01:46:39,760 SO AS I SEE MORE AND MORE 3380 01:46:39,760 --> 01:46:41,795 PROGRAMS, THAT'S MY CONCERN, 3381 01:46:41,795 --> 01:46:44,098 BECAUSE I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR 3382 01:46:44,098 --> 01:46:45,933 YOUNG BOYS. 3383 01:46:45,933 --> 01:46:47,201 I THINK WE NEED THINGS THAT ARE 3384 01:46:47,201 --> 01:46:49,103 MORE HANDS-ON AND COMPUTERS AND 3385 01:46:49,103 --> 01:46:51,138 THINGS THAT DON'T ENGAGE KIDS, 3386 01:46:51,138 --> 01:46:52,840 WE KIND OF LOSE CHILDREN THAT 3387 01:46:52,840 --> 01:46:52,940 WAY. 3388 01:46:52,940 --> 01:46:54,041 SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION 3389 01:46:54,041 --> 01:46:57,945 AND MY COMMENT. 3390 01:46:57,945 --> 01:46:59,146 >>Lynn Gray: WELL SAID, MEMBER 3391 01:46:59,146 --> 01:46:59,246 COMBS. 3392 01:46:59,246 --> 01:47:01,782 MEMBER VAUGHN? 3393 01:47:01,782 --> 01:47:02,182 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. 3394 01:47:02,182 --> 01:47:04,084 I DID NOT PULL THIS ITEM. 3395 01:47:04,084 --> 01:47:05,786 HOWEVER, I HAVE A SIMILAR 3396 01:47:05,786 --> 01:47:09,156 COMMENT TO MEMBER COMBS. 3397 01:47:09,156 --> 01:47:10,958 BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW 3398 01:47:10,958 --> 01:47:14,828 MANY COMPUTERS SOFTWARE PROGRAMS 3399 01:47:14,828 --> 01:47:15,296 WE ARE PURCHASING. 3400 01:47:15,296 --> 01:47:17,865 JUST EVERY MILLION THAT WE SPEND 3401 01:47:17,865 --> 01:47:18,966 ON EVERY COMPUTER SOFTWARE 3402 01:47:18,966 --> 01:47:22,036 PROGRAM COULD EQUAL 15 TO 20 3403 01:47:22,036 --> 01:47:23,904 EMPLOYEES, STAFF MEMBERS IN THE 3404 01:47:23,904 --> 01:47:24,038 CLASSROOM. 3405 01:47:24,038 --> 01:47:26,106 FOR THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, I 3406 01:47:26,106 --> 01:47:28,075 KNOW THAT IS A GAP YEAR SO WE 3407 01:47:28,075 --> 01:47:29,977 ARE ONLY ANTICIPATING TO USE 3408 01:47:29,977 --> 01:47:31,845 THIS FOR ONE YEAR, BECAUSE OF 3409 01:47:31,845 --> 01:47:33,013 THE SHORTAGE BETWEEN WHAT THE 3410 01:47:33,013 --> 01:47:34,715 STATE HAD DECIDED AND WHAT WE 3411 01:47:34,715 --> 01:47:35,049 HAD ADOPTED. 3412 01:47:35,049 --> 01:47:37,084 I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT'S 3413 01:47:37,084 --> 01:47:38,719 AFTER THIS? 3414 01:47:38,719 --> 01:47:39,920 WHEN THIS GAP YEAR IS DONE ARE 3415 01:47:39,920 --> 01:47:41,822 WE NO LONGER UTILIZING THIS 3416 01:47:41,822 --> 01:47:42,256 PROGRAM IN THE SAME WAY? 3417 01:47:42,256 --> 01:47:44,124 ARE WE SUPPLEMENTING SOMETHING 3418 01:47:44,124 --> 01:47:45,959 AS OPPOSED TO THIS, LIKE WHAT'S 3419 01:47:45,959 --> 01:47:48,963 AFTER THE GAP WOULD BE MY 3420 01:47:48,963 --> 01:47:54,068 QUESTION. 3421 01:47:55,169 --> 01:47:56,970 >> AFTER THE GAP YEAR AS PART OF 3422 01:47:56,970 --> 01:48:01,709 OUR ADOPTION COMMITTEE, OUR 3423 01:48:01,709 --> 01:48:04,878 ADOPTION COMMITTEE ADOPTING LAST 3424 01:48:04,878 --> 01:48:05,279 YEAR WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIALS 3425 01:48:05,279 --> 01:48:07,915 BEING ADDED ON. IN PARTICULAR 3426 01:48:07,915 --> 01:48:09,983 LEARNING STANDARD, THE BEST 3427 01:48:09,983 --> 01:48:11,118 STANDARD, SPECIFICALLY THE 3428 01:48:11,118 --> 01:48:13,987 FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS ADDRESSED IN 3429 01:48:13,987 --> 01:48:16,156 THEM CALLED OUT AS OPPOSED TO BE 3430 01:48:16,156 --> 01:48:17,825 TAUGHT TO OUR TIER 23rdAND 3431 01:48:17,825 --> 01:48:19,193 STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN 3432 01:48:19,193 --> 01:48:21,161 THESE READING COURSES. THE RT T 3433 01:48:21,161 --> 01:48:22,830 PART OF THE ROLE OF OUR ADOPTION 3434 01:48:22,830 --> 01:48:24,131 COMMITTEE AND OUR SECONDARY 3435 01:48:24,131 --> 01:48:25,799 SUPERVISORS IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT 3436 01:48:25,799 --> 01:48:28,168 MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND 3437 01:48:28,168 --> 01:48:31,872 THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE -- 3438 01:48:31,872 --> 01:48:34,007 THERE'S SOMETHING TO COVER THOSE 3439 01:48:34,007 --> 01:48:34,308 FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS FOR THOSE 3440 01:48:34,308 --> 01:48:37,044 STUDENTS THAT ARE NEEDED. 3441 01:48:37,044 --> 01:48:38,112 THAT'S THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD 3442 01:48:38,112 --> 01:48:39,079 ON THE ADOPTION COMMITTEE FOR 3443 01:48:39,079 --> 01:48:39,913 THE FUTURE YEARS. 3444 01:48:39,913 --> 01:48:42,916 WE WILL BE MEETING STARTING IN 3445 01:48:42,916 --> 01:48:43,050 SEPTEMBER. 3446 01:48:43,050 --> 01:48:44,885 WE HAVE A COMMITTEE CREATED AND 3447 01:48:44,885 --> 01:48:46,019 THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR WORK TO 3448 01:48:46,019 --> 01:48:47,154 CONTINUE DIFFERENT ANXIOUSS 3449 01:48:47,154 --> 01:48:49,022 BASED UPON THE UPDATED LIST TO 3450 01:48:49,022 --> 01:48:50,958 ENSURE THAT THERE IS JUST THAT, 3451 01:48:50,958 --> 01:48:52,259 THAT BALANCE OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH 3452 01:48:52,259 --> 01:48:57,765 IS IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO IS THE 3453 01:48:57,765 --> 01:49:00,934 TEACHER LED INSTRUCTION AND 3454 01:49:00,934 --> 01:49:01,702 FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. 3455 01:49:01,702 --> 01:49:03,203 I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. 3456 01:49:03,203 --> 01:49:04,938 >> DOES THE THAT MEAN WE ARE NOT 3457 01:49:04,938 --> 01:49:07,074 GOING TO SEE RENEWAL OF THIS 3458 01:49:07,074 --> 01:49:07,941 PROGRAM NEXT YEAR? 3459 01:49:07,941 --> 01:49:09,810 >> THAT'S A DECISION THAT THE 3460 01:49:09,810 --> 01:49:11,779 ADOPTION COMMITTEE CAN CERTAINLY 3461 01:49:11,779 --> 01:49:13,080 IMPROVE, BUT PART OF ONE OF 3462 01:49:13,080 --> 01:49:16,984 THEIR CHOICES IN TERMS OF BASED 3463 01:49:16,984 --> 01:49:19,820 ON -- I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN 3464 01:49:19,820 --> 01:49:20,921 THAT WE WILL NEVER SEE IT AGAIN. 3465 01:49:20,921 --> 01:49:22,122 I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN THAT WE 3466 01:49:22,122 --> 01:49:23,857 WILL SEE IT FOR SURE BECAUSE IT 3467 01:49:23,857 --> 01:49:24,992 DOES HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS 3468 01:49:24,992 --> 01:49:26,860 IN TERMS OF THAT. 3469 01:49:26,860 --> 01:49:28,061 IN TERMS MUCH ALIGN ITSELF WITH 3470 01:49:28,061 --> 01:49:29,997 THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS 3471 01:49:29,997 --> 01:49:31,765 STANDARD, YES, IT DOES. 3472 01:49:31,765 --> 01:49:33,801 IN PARTICULAR FOCUSES ON THE 3473 01:49:33,801 --> 01:49:34,902 VOCABULARY AND THE WORD 3474 01:49:34,902 --> 01:49:35,035 ANALYSIS. 3475 01:49:35,035 --> 01:49:37,037 IT FOCUSES ON FLUENCY WHICH IS 3476 01:49:37,037 --> 01:49:38,205 OFTEN HARD TO MEASURE ESPECIALLY 3477 01:49:38,205 --> 01:49:41,041 IN OUR SECOND STUDENTS, READING 3478 01:49:41,041 --> 01:49:42,142 OUTLOUD AND GETTING THAT RAW 3479 01:49:42,142 --> 01:49:43,944 DATA FROM KIDS. 3480 01:49:43,944 --> 01:49:45,779 AND THERE'S KIDS THAT HAVE 3481 01:49:45,779 --> 01:49:46,246 HISTORICALLY NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL 3482 01:49:46,246 --> 01:49:47,147 IN THAT AREA. 3483 01:49:47,147 --> 01:49:48,749 SO THE PROGRAM DOES PRESENT 3484 01:49:48,749 --> 01:49:48,849 THAT. 3485 01:49:48,849 --> 01:49:50,184 SO IT DEFINITELY HAS ITS 3486 01:49:50,184 --> 01:49:50,317 STRENGTH. 3487 01:49:50,317 --> 01:49:53,153 IT IS TRULY AN INSTRUCTIVE BASED 3488 01:49:53,153 --> 01:49:53,287 PROGRAM. 3489 01:49:53,287 --> 01:49:55,155 IT IS NOT AN ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. 3490 01:49:55,155 --> 01:49:58,859 OBVIOUSLY IT HAS BUILT-IN 3491 01:49:58,859 --> 01:50:00,227 ASSESSMENT AND IT TRULY IS MORE 3492 01:50:00,227 --> 01:50:00,928 INSTRUCTIONAL. 3493 01:50:00,928 --> 01:50:03,363 BUT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WILL 3494 01:50:03,363 --> 01:50:05,199 USE IT IN THE FUTURE IT'S CAN'T 3495 01:50:05,199 --> 01:50:07,201 ANSWER THAT UNTIL THE COMMITTEE 3496 01:50:07,201 --> 01:50:08,168 FINALIZES ITS PROCESS. 3497 01:50:08,168 --> 01:50:09,236 RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT 3498 01:50:09,236 --> 01:50:11,271 THE COMING YEAR. 3499 01:50:11,271 --> 01:50:12,873 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 3500 01:50:12,873 --> 01:50:13,040 VAUGHN. 3501 01:50:13,040 --> 01:50:17,144 MEMBER PEREZ. 3502 01:50:17,144 --> 01:50:18,111 >>Karen Perez: MY CONCERN IS 3503 01:50:18,111 --> 01:50:26,787 THAT THERE'S A LOT OF -- WELL, 3504 01:50:26,787 --> 01:50:27,354 ALIGN WITH COVID THAT THERE ARE 3505 01:50:27,354 --> 01:50:29,156 A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT DO NOT 3506 01:50:29,156 --> 01:50:30,924 HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AT 3507 01:50:30,924 --> 01:50:31,992 HOME. 3508 01:50:31,992 --> 01:50:34,194 AND WHEN WE PROVIDED THEM WITH A 3509 01:50:34,194 --> 01:50:36,897 COMPUTER TO TAKE HOME, A LOT OF 3510 01:50:36,897 --> 01:50:37,965 THESE STUDENTS DIDN'T KNOW HOW 3511 01:50:37,965 --> 01:50:39,933 TO TURN IT ON, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT 3512 01:50:39,933 --> 01:50:43,203 TO DO REQUEST THE COMPUTER. 3513 01:50:43,203 --> 01:50:45,105 AND ALSO, TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT 3514 01:50:45,105 --> 01:50:51,912 A LOT OF -- THEY ALL HAVE 3515 01:50:51,912 --> 01:50:52,079 IPHONE. 3516 01:50:52,079 --> 01:50:54,014 WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. 3517 01:50:54,014 --> 01:51:00,854 THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY 3518 01:51:00,854 --> 01:51:04,825 TECHNOLOGY, SO WHEN WE ARE 3519 01:51:04,825 --> 01:51:06,159 TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMS TO HELP 3520 01:51:06,159 --> 01:51:11,865 OUR STUDENTS READ, THEY ARE AT A 3521 01:51:11,865 --> 01:51:13,901 DEFICIT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE 3522 01:51:13,901 --> 01:51:16,169 FIRST OF ALL TECHNOLOGY. 3523 01:51:16,169 --> 01:51:17,804 AND THEN THEY ARE BEHIND IN 3524 01:51:17,804 --> 01:51:21,208 THEIR READING. 3525 01:51:21,208 --> 01:51:26,113 FOR ME, HAVING MORE PROGRAMS FOR 3526 01:51:26,113 --> 01:51:28,982 OUR KID IS NOT THE ANSWER. 3527 01:51:28,982 --> 01:51:33,787 YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT REALLY IS 3528 01:51:33,787 --> 01:51:39,126 GETTING THEM THE INSTRUCTION 3529 01:51:39,126 --> 01:51:41,195 THAT THEY NEED WITH A TEACHER, 3530 01:51:41,195 --> 01:51:43,964 FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION. 3531 01:51:43,964 --> 01:51:46,199 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 3532 01:51:46,199 --> 01:51:47,367 I DON'T THINK MORE TECHNOLOGY IS 3533 01:51:47,367 --> 01:51:49,970 THE ANSWER. 3534 01:51:49,970 --> 01:51:51,738 I THINK THE GAP THAT WE ARE 3535 01:51:51,738 --> 01:51:53,907 SEEING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR 3536 01:51:53,907 --> 01:51:54,942 STUDENTS, AND PUTTING MORE 3537 01:51:54,942 --> 01:51:58,979 TECHNOLOGY IN FRONT OF THEM. 3538 01:51:58,979 --> 01:52:01,114 AS WE SEE, IT'S JUST NOT GOING 3539 01:52:01,114 --> 01:52:02,015 TO HELP THEM. 3540 01:52:02,015 --> 01:52:04,785 I AM GOING TO BE HONEST WITH 3541 01:52:04,785 --> 01:52:05,085 YOU. 3542 01:52:05,085 --> 01:52:06,186 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 3543 01:52:06,186 --> 01:52:06,954 PEREZ. 3544 01:52:06,954 --> 01:52:09,890 AND WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS MORE 3545 01:52:09,890 --> 01:52:11,258 OR LESS A REQUEST IF I CAN USE 3546 01:52:11,258 --> 01:52:15,028 THE WORD AUDIT ON OUR ONLINE 3547 01:52:15,028 --> 01:52:16,163 PROGRAMS. 3548 01:52:16,163 --> 01:52:19,032 I WILL ALSO BE A DEVIL'S 3549 01:52:19,032 --> 01:52:21,902 ADVOCATE FOR TEACHERS, AND THERE 3550 01:52:21,902 --> 01:52:23,904 IS WITH ANY PROGRAM, AS WE KNOW, 3551 01:52:23,904 --> 01:52:25,072 A LEARNING CURVE. 3552 01:52:25,072 --> 01:52:28,742 SO WHEN WE LOOK AT EDGENUITY, 3553 01:52:28,742 --> 01:52:31,144 CAMPUS, AS AN EXAMPLE, ACHIEVE 3554 01:52:31,144 --> 01:52:33,847 3000, TEACHERS WITH COVID WERE 3555 01:52:33,847 --> 01:52:35,148 VERY STRESSED, AND TO LEARN ALL 3556 01:52:35,148 --> 01:52:37,084 THOSE PROGRAMS AND TO REALLY USE 3557 01:52:37,084 --> 01:52:38,952 THEM WITH FULL FIDELITY WAS A 3558 01:52:38,952 --> 01:52:40,854 CHALLENGE, AND IT IS A 3559 01:52:40,854 --> 01:52:41,021 CHALLENGE. 3560 01:52:41,021 --> 01:52:42,322 SO SHOULD WE GIVE TEACHERS AN 3561 01:52:42,322 --> 01:52:45,959 EXTRA YEAR TO GET MORE 3562 01:52:45,959 --> 01:52:46,126 COMFORTABLE? 3563 01:52:46,126 --> 01:52:47,861 THAT'S A THOUGHT THAT WE MAY 3564 01:52:47,861 --> 01:52:49,196 WANT TO SHARE. 3565 01:52:49,196 --> 01:52:53,100 ALSO, DIGITAL PROGRAMS -- AND 3566 01:52:53,100 --> 01:52:55,802 SOMEONE MY AGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 3567 01:52:55,802 --> 01:52:59,272 NOT A COMFORTABLE FIT BECAUSE, 3568 01:52:59,272 --> 01:53:01,108 YOU KNOW, TEACHING IS THE BEST 3569 01:53:01,108 --> 01:53:02,776 FIT, BEING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE 3570 01:53:02,776 --> 01:53:02,976 STUDENTS. 3571 01:53:02,976 --> 01:53:04,211 AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS. 3572 01:53:04,211 --> 01:53:07,848 BUT THE REALITY IS COVID HAS HIT 3573 01:53:07,848 --> 01:53:10,751 US, AND HIT US HARD, AND IT MAY 3574 01:53:10,751 --> 01:53:12,085 NOT GO A WAIT A MINUTE AND IF WE 3575 01:53:12,085 --> 01:53:15,122 DON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE RESOURCES 3576 01:53:15,122 --> 01:53:16,857 FOR THE CHILDREN IN TERMS OF 3577 01:53:16,857 --> 01:53:21,995 WHAT THEY CAN HAVE IN FRONT OF 3578 01:53:21,995 --> 01:53:22,996 THEM, THEN WE ARE STIFLING THE 3579 01:53:22,996 --> 01:53:25,832 POSSIBILITY OF EVEN MORE. 3580 01:53:25,832 --> 01:53:27,968 AND MORE EDUCATION. 3581 01:53:27,968 --> 01:53:30,971 AN EXAMPLE -- LET ME MAKE SURE I 3582 01:53:30,971 --> 01:53:31,738 PRONOUNCE IT. 3583 01:53:31,738 --> 01:53:38,178 MS. BROWN, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE 3584 01:53:38,178 --> 01:53:40,113 THAT? 3585 01:53:40,113 --> 01:53:40,247 NUSALA. 3586 01:53:40,247 --> 01:53:41,982 THE FIRST THING YOU SAY IS HOW 3587 01:53:41,982 --> 01:53:44,184 CAN YOU DO DIGITAL AND PUT 3588 01:53:44,184 --> 01:53:46,019 SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING WITH A 3589 01:53:46,019 --> 01:53:47,854 DIGITAL CONCEPT? 3590 01:53:47,854 --> 01:53:49,089 THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 3591 01:53:49,089 --> 01:53:51,858 BUT WHAT SHE IS GOING TO TELL 3592 01:53:51,858 --> 01:53:55,829 YOU, AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, 3593 01:53:55,829 --> 01:53:57,030 IS IT'S TEACHER FIRST. 3594 01:53:57,030 --> 01:54:00,734 AND ONLY THE DIGITAL IS USED AS 3595 01:54:00,734 --> 01:54:01,168 AN AMENITY. 3596 01:54:01,168 --> 01:54:03,904 SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT -- AND I 3597 01:54:03,904 --> 01:54:05,906 AM NOT -- YOU HAVE TO KNOW I AM 3598 01:54:05,906 --> 01:54:07,741 NOT A BIG DIGITAL PERSON, 3599 01:54:07,741 --> 01:54:09,176 PERIOD. 3600 01:54:09,176 --> 01:54:11,178 BUT WHEN THERE IS THE REALITIES 3601 01:54:11,178 --> 01:54:14,815 OF A VIRUS THAT MAY TRANSFER 3602 01:54:14,815 --> 01:54:16,750 ITSELF INTO ANOTHER WE HAVE, WE 3603 01:54:16,750 --> 01:54:21,154 DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE 3604 01:54:21,154 --> 01:54:21,288 PREPARED. 3605 01:54:21,288 --> 01:54:24,958 WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE WITH 3606 01:54:24,958 --> 01:54:26,793 THE TEACHING PART? 3607 01:54:26,793 --> 01:54:28,995 WHAT IF THE TEACHERS ARE 3608 01:54:28,995 --> 01:54:31,131 QUARANTINED, WHAT IF THE KIDS 3609 01:54:31,131 --> 01:54:31,364 ARE QUARANTINED? BUT 3610 01:54:31,364 --> 01:54:34,000 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I THINK 3611 01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:36,770 IT'S WELL VALUED FROM THIS BOARD 3612 01:54:36,770 --> 01:54:39,873 THAT WE DO HAVE AN AUDIT, THAT 3613 01:54:39,873 --> 01:54:40,907 WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE NOW 3614 01:54:40,907 --> 01:54:47,114 BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING ALL THESE 3615 01:54:47,114 --> 01:54:51,184 HIGH COST DIGITAL PROGRAMS. 3616 01:54:51,184 --> 01:54:54,988 AND WE ARE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED 3617 01:54:54,988 --> 01:54:55,822 TEACHER FOLKS. 3618 01:54:55,822 --> 01:54:59,893 EXCUSE ME, MEMBER WASHINGTON. 3619 01:54:59,893 --> 01:55:02,129 BUT YOU ARE FROM THE SAME, YOU 3620 01:55:02,129 --> 01:55:04,097 KNOW, BLEND THAT I CAME FROM. 3621 01:55:04,097 --> 01:55:05,932 WE KNOW THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED 3622 01:55:05,932 --> 01:55:06,133 WAY. 3623 01:55:06,133 --> 01:55:09,102 SO THIS IS NOT TO SAY TEACHERS 3624 01:55:09,102 --> 01:55:09,770 FIRST. 3625 01:55:09,770 --> 01:55:12,806 THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT AT ALL. 3626 01:55:12,806 --> 01:55:19,279 BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE BALANCE, IF 3627 01:55:19,279 --> 01:55:21,081 WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF ONE, THAT 3628 01:55:21,081 --> 01:55:22,916 NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 3629 01:55:22,916 --> 01:55:24,184 SUPERINTENDENTS DAVIS, WOULD YOU 3630 01:55:24,184 --> 01:55:24,284 COMMENT? 3631 01:55:24,284 --> 01:55:24,618 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 3632 01:55:24,618 --> 01:55:26,253 I ALWAYS SAY THAT TECHNOLOGY 3633 01:55:26,253 --> 01:55:28,088 WOULD NEVER REPLACE A GREAT 3634 01:55:28,088 --> 01:55:28,889 TEACHER. 3635 01:55:28,889 --> 01:55:30,190 WE KNOW THAT TEACHERS NEED TO BE 3636 01:55:30,190 --> 01:55:31,792 IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS. 3637 01:55:31,792 --> 01:55:32,325 WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE 3638 01:55:32,325 --> 01:55:35,996 OUR STUDENTS ARE FROM A DIGITAL 3639 01:55:35,996 --> 01:55:38,064 NATIVE PEB PERSPECTIVE WITH 3640 01:55:38,064 --> 01:55:38,932 ONLINE PLATFORM. 3641 01:55:38,932 --> 01:55:40,934 WE ALSO NEED TO BE SOPHISTICATED 3642 01:55:40,934 --> 01:55:42,769 ENOUGH TO OFFER PROGRAMMATIC 3643 01:55:42,769 --> 01:55:43,870 INITIATIVES THAT STUDENTS CAN 3644 01:55:43,870 --> 01:55:45,071 ACCESS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER 3645 01:55:45,071 --> 01:55:46,239 SCHOOL AND HAVE INDEPENDENT 3646 01:55:46,239 --> 01:55:49,776 LEARNING TO ALLOW THEM TO GROW. 3647 01:55:49,776 --> 01:55:51,945 WHEN YOU LOOK AT iReady, 3648 01:55:51,945 --> 01:55:53,046 ACHIEVE WAS HERE BEFORE I GOT 3649 01:55:53,046 --> 01:55:54,714 HERE, iReady WAGS HERE BEFORE 3650 01:55:54,714 --> 01:55:57,083 I GOT HERE, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT 3651 01:55:57,083 --> 01:55:59,986 EDGENUITY, EDGENUITY IS A 3652 01:55:59,986 --> 01:56:01,988 SIGNIFICANT PLATFORM THAT IS 3653 01:56:01,988 --> 01:56:04,825 NEEDED FOR COURSE RECOVERY AND 3654 01:56:04,825 --> 01:56:05,125 AT THE SAME TIME REALLY HELPED 3655 01:56:05,125 --> 01:56:05,959 US IN eLearning. 3656 01:56:05,959 --> 01:56:08,728 SO WE LOOK AT ALL THESE 3657 01:56:08,728 --> 01:56:08,862 INITIATIVES. 3658 01:56:08,862 --> 01:56:09,963 WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE 3659 01:56:09,963 --> 01:56:11,865 SUPPLEMENTAL TO OUR EDUCATORS. 3660 01:56:11,865 --> 01:56:13,066 PEOPLE WILL NEVER REPLACE 3661 01:56:13,066 --> 01:56:13,867 ITSELF. 3662 01:56:13,867 --> 01:56:15,068 BUT TEACHERS CONTINUES TO BE 3663 01:56:15,068 --> 01:56:16,236 ABLE TO LEVERAGE THESE RESOURCES 3664 01:56:16,236 --> 01:56:18,071 TO BE ABLE TO HELP CHILDREN. 3665 01:56:18,071 --> 01:56:21,908 WE NEED INDEPENDENT PRACTICE FOR 3666 01:56:21,908 --> 01:56:22,042 STUDENTS. 3667 01:56:22,042 --> 01:56:23,043 AND TEACHERS HAVE ALL THE TIME 3668 01:56:23,043 --> 01:56:27,180 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, NOT ALL, 3669 01:56:27,180 --> 01:56:30,851 TO HAVE INDEPENDENT PRACTICE, 3670 01:56:30,851 --> 01:56:31,985 INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK, AND 3671 01:56:31,985 --> 01:56:35,121 THESE RESOURCES REALLY CONTINUE 3672 01:56:35,121 --> 01:56:36,056 TO HELP COORDINATE THAT SMALL 3673 01:56:36,056 --> 01:56:36,423 GROUP INSTRUCTION, CREATE THE 3674 01:56:36,423 --> 01:56:39,226 SPACE FOR TEACHERS TO PULL SMALL 3675 01:56:39,226 --> 01:56:40,894 GROUPS OF STUDENTS TO BE ALLOW 3676 01:56:40,894 --> 01:56:41,761 STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT 3677 01:56:41,761 --> 01:56:43,029 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE. 3678 01:56:43,029 --> 01:56:46,066 OPENLY, IF YOU LOOK AT -- ALL OF 3679 01:56:46,066 --> 01:56:48,768 THESE INITIATIVES ARE USED NOT 3680 01:56:48,768 --> 01:56:50,070 ONLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE BUT 3681 01:56:50,070 --> 01:56:52,873 NATION AS WELL. DO WE AGREE WE 3682 01:56:52,873 --> 01:56:55,909 NEED TO DO AN AUDIT TO SHOW THE 3683 01:56:55,909 --> 01:56:56,109 PROGRESSION? 3684 01:56:56,109 --> 01:56:56,843 ABSOLUTELY. 3685 01:56:56,843 --> 01:56:59,045 ALSO TO DETERMINE THE VALUE. 3686 01:56:59,045 --> 01:57:01,114 THE ACHIEVE 3000 iReady CAME 3687 01:57:01,114 --> 01:57:03,116 IN FRONT OF OUR CABINET MEMBERS 3688 01:57:03,116 --> 01:57:05,852 TO DEFEND WHAT THEY DID THIS 3689 01:57:05,852 --> 01:57:05,952 YEAR. 3690 01:57:05,952 --> 01:57:07,053 THEY HAVE TO DEFEND IT. 3691 01:57:07,053 --> 01:57:09,155 IF THEY CAN'T SHOW PROGRESSION 3692 01:57:09,155 --> 01:57:10,090 OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO 3693 01:57:10,090 --> 01:57:11,791 NOT TO BRING IT BACK TO THE 3694 01:57:11,791 --> 01:57:11,892 BOARD. 3695 01:57:11,892 --> 01:57:13,093 WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY 3696 01:57:13,093 --> 01:57:16,062 OF OUR CLASSROOMS IN 3697 01:57:16,062 --> 01:57:16,930 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL. 3698 01:57:16,930 --> 01:57:18,131 SO MAKING CERTAIN THAT RETURN ON 3699 01:57:18,131 --> 01:57:19,132 INVESTMENT TAKES PLACE EVERY 3700 01:57:19,132 --> 01:57:19,232 DAY. 3701 01:57:19,232 --> 01:57:21,034 WE'LL GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO 3702 01:57:21,034 --> 01:57:24,804 YOU, TO EACH YOU HE UP SO YOU 3703 01:57:24,804 --> 01:57:27,874 CAN INTERACT WITH IT. 3704 01:57:27,874 --> 01:57:28,208 >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT 3705 01:57:28,208 --> 01:57:29,776 ASK. 3706 01:57:29,776 --> 01:57:32,145 JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP, I ANOTHER 3707 01:57:32,145 --> 01:57:34,180 EXAMPLE OF A DIGITAL PROGRAM 3708 01:57:34,180 --> 01:57:38,752 THAT FITS THE NEED AS A RESOURCE 3709 01:57:38,752 --> 01:57:40,120 WAS THE PHONICS PROGRAM. 3710 01:57:40,120 --> 01:57:42,122 WE ALL KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE 3711 01:57:42,122 --> 01:57:43,857 PHONICS, WHEN DID WE PUT THAT 3712 01:57:43,857 --> 01:57:43,990 OUT? 3713 01:57:43,990 --> 01:57:45,992 I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, WE 3714 01:57:45,992 --> 01:57:48,061 HAD SUCH SUCCESS. 3715 01:57:48,061 --> 01:57:54,734 >> YES, WE HAD NINE SCHOOLS THAT 3716 01:57:54,734 --> 01:57:56,102 SUCCESSFUL. 3717 01:57:56,102 --> 01:57:58,705 SO THERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A 3718 01:57:58,705 --> 01:58:00,040 DIGITAL PROGRAM, BUT IT'S USED 3719 01:58:00,040 --> 01:58:05,812 AS A RESOURCE, AND TEACHERS CAN 3720 01:58:05,812 --> 01:58:07,013 DEFINITELY HAVE RESULTS IF THEY 3721 01:58:07,013 --> 01:58:09,916 ARE USED IN CONJUNCTION. 3722 01:58:09,916 --> 01:58:14,087 YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME WE KNOW 3723 01:58:14,087 --> 01:58:17,791 THAT EVEN iReady, A TEACHER IS 3724 01:58:17,791 --> 01:58:20,126 ALWAYS IN CHARGE OF THE TIME 3725 01:58:20,126 --> 01:58:23,930 THEY PUT THE CHILD ON THAT 3726 01:58:23,930 --> 01:58:24,764 COMPUTER. 3727 01:58:24,764 --> 01:58:27,734 AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 3728 01:58:27,734 --> 01:58:28,702 SUPERVISORS TO CHECK THAT THE 3729 01:58:28,702 --> 01:58:29,169 TEACHERS ARE NOT PUTTING THE 3730 01:58:29,169 --> 01:58:32,872 CHILD IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER 3731 01:58:32,872 --> 01:58:36,042 THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME. 3732 01:58:36,042 --> 01:58:37,811 SO, BUT, AGAIN, YOU ARE GOING TO 3733 01:58:37,811 --> 01:58:41,848 GET THE AUDIT, AND I THINK WITH 3734 01:58:41,848 --> 01:58:42,916 THOSE COMMENTS THEY ARE VERY 3735 01:58:42,916 --> 01:58:44,884 WELL SAID AND MEANINGFUL, AND 3736 01:58:44,884 --> 01:58:46,219 LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE. 3737 01:58:46,219 --> 01:58:47,287 OH, MEMBER PEREZ, DID YOU WANT 3738 01:58:47,287 --> 01:58:50,657 TO GO AHEAD AND SAY ANOTHER 3739 01:58:50,657 --> 01:58:51,891 COMMENT? 3740 01:58:51,891 --> 01:58:52,125 >>Karen Perez: YES. 3741 01:58:52,125 --> 01:58:55,061 I AM JUST HAVING A PROBLEM WITH 3742 01:58:55,061 --> 01:58:58,965 THIS, BECAUSE IN DISTRICT 5, THE 3743 01:58:58,965 --> 01:59:00,834 SCHOOLS ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT DOING 3744 01:59:00,834 --> 01:59:00,934 WELL. 3745 01:59:00,934 --> 01:59:02,769 AND IF THESE PROGRAMS WERE 3746 01:59:02,769 --> 01:59:05,972 WORKING AND SUPPORTING OUR 3747 01:59:05,972 --> 01:59:07,907 CHILDREN, THEN THE GRADES AT 3748 01:59:07,907 --> 01:59:08,842 DISTRICT 5 WOULD BE 3749 01:59:08,842 --> 01:59:10,110 DEMONSTRATING THAT. 3750 01:59:10,110 --> 01:59:11,811 AND I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 3751 01:59:11,811 --> 01:59:11,978 THIS. 3752 01:59:11,978 --> 01:59:13,747 I DO. 3753 01:59:13,747 --> 01:59:19,085 YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT 5, THE 3754 01:59:19,085 --> 01:59:24,858 SCHOOLS ARE LOWER ECONOMIC AREA, 3755 01:59:24,858 --> 01:59:26,793 AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE, THAT 3756 01:59:26,793 --> 01:59:28,862 SHOULD BE A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW 3757 01:59:28,862 --> 01:59:31,031 THESE WORK OR DON'T WORK. 3758 01:59:31,031 --> 01:59:34,167 THE AUDITS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED 3759 01:59:34,167 --> 01:59:36,803 RIGHT THERE IN DISTRICT 5, WHERE 3760 01:59:36,803 --> 01:59:37,971 A LOT OF OUR CHILDREN DO NOT 3761 01:59:37,971 --> 01:59:42,108 HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, WHERE 3762 01:59:42,108 --> 01:59:43,943 A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR 3763 01:59:43,943 --> 01:59:45,912 FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO 3764 01:59:45,912 --> 01:59:51,017 THE INTERNET. 3765 01:59:51,017 --> 01:59:52,118 AND THAT'S THEIR GRADES RIGHT 3766 01:59:52,118 --> 01:59:53,853 THERE IN THAT AREA DEMONSTRATE 3767 01:59:53,853 --> 01:59:55,121 THAT A LOT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, A 3768 01:59:55,121 --> 02:00:03,963 LOT OF THIS ACCESS TO -- IT JUST 3769 02:00:03,963 --> 02:00:05,165 DOESN'T WORK. 3770 02:00:05,165 --> 02:00:06,266 I'M SAYING IT. 3771 02:00:06,266 --> 02:00:08,168 IT MAY WORK IN OTHER AREAS HERE 3772 02:00:08,168 --> 02:00:10,003 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. 3773 02:00:10,003 --> 02:00:11,204 BUT THE AREAS THAT REALLY NEED 3774 02:00:11,204 --> 02:00:16,142 IT, OUR STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN -- 3775 02:00:16,142 --> 02:00:18,845 THESE PROGRAMS DO NOT WORK. 3776 02:00:18,845 --> 02:00:19,913 AND THAN THE STUDENTS ARE BEING 3777 02:00:19,913 --> 02:00:28,021 LEFT BEHIND. 3778 02:00:28,021 --> 02:00:29,222 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 3779 02:00:29,222 --> 02:00:29,322 PEREZ. 3780 02:00:29,322 --> 02:00:35,995 MEMBER VAUGHN AND THEN MEMBER 3781 02:00:35,995 --> 02:00:38,231 WASHINGTON. 3782 02:00:38,231 --> 02:00:38,531 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. 3783 02:00:38,531 --> 02:00:41,067 I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A PLACE 3784 02:00:41,067 --> 02:00:43,136 FOR -- I MEAN, WE ARE ADAPTING, 3785 02:00:43,136 --> 02:00:44,804 WE ARE GOING TO BE A 3786 02:00:44,804 --> 02:00:45,805 TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 3787 02:00:45,805 --> 02:00:46,239 WE NEED OUR STUDENTS TO 3788 02:00:46,239 --> 02:00:47,774 UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE 3789 02:00:47,774 --> 02:00:47,941 TECHNOLOGY. 3790 02:00:47,941 --> 02:00:49,075 I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS SAYING 3791 02:00:49,075 --> 02:00:50,944 THAT THERE'S NO PLACE FOR 3792 02:00:50,944 --> 02:00:52,112 COMPUTER PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION. 3793 02:00:52,112 --> 02:00:55,882 I THINK THE CONCERN THAT'S VALID 3794 02:00:55,882 --> 02:00:57,750 IS, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TALKED 3795 02:00:57,750 --> 02:00:59,152 OPENLY ABOUT HOW WE HAVE 3796 02:00:59,152 --> 02:01:01,054 FINANCIALLY LIMITED RESOURCES. 3797 02:01:01,054 --> 02:01:05,191 SO I THINK THE CONCERN IS IF WE 3798 02:01:05,191 --> 02:01:08,128 WERE COULD AFFORD TO USE THESE 3799 02:01:08,128 --> 02:01:10,830 COMPUTER PROGRAMS AS SUPPLEMENTS 3800 02:01:10,830 --> 02:01:12,765 WITHOUT COMPROMISING, SPENDING 3801 02:01:12,765 --> 02:01:15,068 ANY MONEY ON PERSONNEL, IF WE 3802 02:01:15,068 --> 02:01:16,736 DIDN'T HAVE TO -- AS FAR AS 3803 02:01:16,736 --> 02:01:18,037 EDUCATION IS CONCERNED, THEN IT 3804 02:01:18,037 --> 02:01:19,839 WOULDN'T BE A STICKING POINT. 3805 02:01:19,839 --> 02:01:21,007 I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE 3806 02:01:21,007 --> 02:01:22,075 HAVE TO STAY WITHIN OUR 3807 02:01:22,075 --> 02:01:22,876 FINANCIAL MEANS. 3808 02:01:22,876 --> 02:01:24,077 AND I THINK WHAT I AM HEARING 3809 02:01:24,077 --> 02:01:25,245 FROM BOARD MEMBERS, A MAJORITY 3810 02:01:25,245 --> 02:01:27,814 OF THEM THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW, 3811 02:01:27,814 --> 02:01:29,215 IS IF WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE 3812 02:01:29,215 --> 02:01:32,018 BETWEEN PRIORITIZING ACTUAL 3813 02:01:32,018 --> 02:01:33,953 TEACHER ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE HAVE 3814 02:01:33,953 --> 02:01:35,922 TEACHERS WHO ARE LEADING THE 3815 02:01:35,922 --> 02:01:37,023 LESSONS, ENGAGING THE STUDENTS, 3816 02:01:37,023 --> 02:01:38,858 OR USING COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO 3817 02:01:38,858 --> 02:01:39,926 SUPPLEMENT THAT, BECAUSE WE 3818 02:01:39,926 --> 02:01:41,995 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN THE 3819 02:01:41,995 --> 02:01:43,930 DAY, ENOUGH RESOURCES AND WE ARE 3820 02:01:43,930 --> 02:01:45,098 SHORTCHANGING OUR STUDENTS, IT 3821 02:01:45,098 --> 02:01:47,133 DOESN'T BECOME A SUPPLEMENT, IT 3822 02:01:47,133 --> 02:01:48,001 BECOMES IN LIEU OF. 3823 02:01:48,001 --> 02:01:49,936 SO I THINK IF WE WERE IN A 3824 02:01:49,936 --> 02:01:50,970 DISTRICT AGAIN WHERE WE HAD 3825 02:01:50,970 --> 02:01:53,740 ENOUGH TIME AND WE HAD ENOUGH 3826 02:01:53,740 --> 02:01:54,874 RESOURCES TO BUY A MILLION 3827 02:01:54,874 --> 02:01:55,942 COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND USE THEM 3828 02:01:55,942 --> 02:01:57,177 AS SUPPLEMENTS, THAT'S 3829 02:01:57,177 --> 02:01:57,310 FANTASTIC. 3830 02:01:57,310 --> 02:01:59,879 I THINK 2 CONCERN IS THAT THEY 3831 02:01:59,879 --> 02:02:01,881 BECOME IN LIEU OF DIRECT 3832 02:02:01,881 --> 02:02:02,982 INSTRUCTION, AND WE HAD A 3833 02:02:02,982 --> 02:02:04,851 TEACHER HERE TONIGHT WHO TALKED 3834 02:02:04,851 --> 02:02:06,085 ABOUT FEELING LIKE THEY HAD TO 3835 02:02:06,085 --> 02:02:08,087 PUT THEIR STUDENTS ON ACHIEVE SO 3836 02:02:08,087 --> 02:02:08,988 MUCH THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THAT 3837 02:02:08,988 --> 02:02:11,157 IT WASN'T A SUPPLEMENT THAT WAS 3838 02:02:11,157 --> 02:02:13,960 ENHANCING OR USING DIRECTING 3839 02:02:13,960 --> 02:02:15,728 THEIR INSTRUCTION, IT WAS MORE 3840 02:02:15,728 --> 02:02:17,096 IN LOU OF ANOTHER THING I HAVE 3841 02:02:17,096 --> 02:02:19,199 TO PUT THE KID ON, ANOTHER 15 3842 02:02:19,199 --> 02:02:21,134 MINUTES OF iReady, ANOTHER 15 3843 02:02:21,134 --> 02:02:23,169 MINUTES OF ACHIEVE 3000 AND THEN 3844 02:02:23,169 --> 02:02:25,038 IT BECOMES A STRUGGLE WITHIN THE 3845 02:02:25,038 --> 02:02:26,139 TEACHERS DAY AND ALL THEY HAVE 3846 02:02:26,139 --> 02:02:27,907 TO DO MAKING SURE THEY GET THEIR 3847 02:02:27,907 --> 02:02:31,044 STUDENT IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER 3848 02:02:31,044 --> 02:02:34,047 PROGRAM ENOUGH TIME TO JUSTIFY 3849 02:02:34,047 --> 02:02:34,247 THE EXIST SENSE. 3850 02:02:34,247 --> 02:02:36,849 I DON'T WANT TO COME OFF AS 3851 02:02:36,849 --> 02:02:37,984 HAVING ME PERSONALLY OR OTHER 3852 02:02:37,984 --> 02:02:39,052 BOARD MEMBERS SAYING THERE'S NOT 3853 02:02:39,052 --> 02:02:40,887 A PLACE BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO 3854 02:02:40,887 --> 02:02:41,988 BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE CHOICES 3855 02:02:41,988 --> 02:02:43,022 WE ARE MAKING. 3856 02:02:43,022 --> 02:02:44,090 I THINK ANOTHER PIECE OF THE 3857 02:02:44,090 --> 02:02:44,357 CONVERSATION THAT MIGHT BE 3858 02:02:44,357 --> 02:02:45,892 IMPORTANT IS TALKING ABOUT 3859 02:02:45,892 --> 02:02:49,829 WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE 3860 02:02:49,829 --> 02:02:50,897 FLEXIBILITY TO USE THESE, 3861 02:02:50,897 --> 02:02:52,799 BECAUSE IN TALKING TO DR. BROWN 3862 02:02:52,799 --> 02:02:53,967 THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT 3863 02:02:53,967 --> 02:02:55,802 WHETHER TO EARMARK MUCH OF THE 3864 02:02:55,802 --> 02:02:56,970 SPENDING ONLY TO BE USED IN THAT 3865 02:02:56,970 --> 02:02:57,036 WAY. 3866 02:02:57,036 --> 02:02:58,171 I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE 3867 02:02:58,171 --> 02:02:59,339 HAVE TO HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION 3868 02:02:59,339 --> 02:03:02,742 ABOUT IS HOW MUCH OF THIS IS OUR 3869 02:03:02,742 --> 02:03:03,209 DIRECTION, OUR DECISION, HOW 3870 02:03:03,209 --> 02:03:04,911 MUCH OF THIS IS BEING GUIDED BY 3871 02:03:04,911 --> 02:03:07,113 THE STATE WHO REALLY WANTS TO 3872 02:03:07,113 --> 02:03:08,014 UTILIZE THESE PROGRAMS. 3873 02:03:08,014 --> 02:03:09,782 SO THOSE ARE KIND OF MY THOUGHTS 3874 02:03:09,782 --> 02:03:10,783 ON THIS. 3875 02:03:10,783 --> 02:03:11,050 THANK YOU. 3876 02:03:11,050 --> 02:03:12,085 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 3877 02:03:12,085 --> 02:03:12,185 VAUGHN. 3878 02:03:12,185 --> 02:03:13,853 MEMBER WASHINGTON. 3879 02:03:13,853 --> 02:03:16,823 AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO VOTE. 3880 02:03:16,823 --> 02:03:17,156 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: I AM 3881 02:03:17,156 --> 02:03:18,224 LOOKING AT SOMETHING HERE. 3882 02:03:18,224 --> 02:03:19,859 THE PERCENTAGE OF THE SUCCESS 3883 02:03:19,859 --> 02:03:22,996 RATE, HOW KIDS ARE IMPROVING OR 3884 02:03:22,996 --> 02:03:23,096 WHAT? 3885 02:03:23,096 --> 02:03:23,396 >>Addison Davis: YES, SIR, 3886 02:03:23,396 --> 02:03:25,064 THROUGH THE CHAIR. 3887 02:03:25,064 --> 02:03:27,233 THIS WAS ADOPTED IN JULY 2018. 3888 02:03:27,233 --> 02:03:31,037 SO THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR THERE 3889 02:03:31,037 --> 02:03:34,874 WAS NO INFORMATION RELATED TO 3890 02:03:34,874 --> 02:03:38,044 GOING INTO COORDINATION OF 3891 02:03:38,044 --> 02:03:40,813 SCHOOL YEARS ANNAL LIT TICKS. 3892 02:03:40,813 --> 02:03:42,882 SYSTEMICALLY THE LAST THREE 3893 02:03:42,882 --> 02:03:43,850 YEARS. IN 19207 THERE'S NO 3894 02:03:43,850 --> 02:03:44,083 DATA. 3895 02:03:44,083 --> 02:03:46,786 SO 18-20, TO MAKE SURE IF WE CAN 3896 02:03:46,786 --> 02:03:48,154 GET THAT DATA TO YOU, WE DO SEE 3897 02:03:48,154 --> 02:03:50,823 WE LOOK AT BEGINNING MIDYEAR, WE 3898 02:03:50,823 --> 02:03:52,925 DO SEE CLOSE TO 8700 STUDENTS 3899 02:03:52,925 --> 02:03:55,995 DID MAKE AN INCREASE RELATED TO 3900 02:03:55,995 --> 02:03:56,829 MOVING THE NEEDLE IN THE 3901 02:03:56,829 --> 02:04:00,099 COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, BUT WE 3902 02:04:00,099 --> 02:04:02,702 CAN GET THAT DATA. 3903 02:04:02,702 --> 02:04:03,036 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: I 3904 02:04:03,036 --> 02:04:05,238 DON'T HAVE A PERCENTAGE. 3905 02:04:05,238 --> 02:04:06,172 SO WE HAVE -- 3906 02:04:06,172 --> 02:04:08,841 >> THIS DATA IS COMING FROM THE 3907 02:04:08,841 --> 02:04:09,876 PROGRAM, SO STUDENTS MOVE FROM 3908 02:04:09,876 --> 02:04:10,877 ONE INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL UP TO 3909 02:04:10,877 --> 02:04:12,145 THE NEXT INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL SO 3910 02:04:12,145 --> 02:04:14,781 BASED ON THE DATA WITHIN THE 3911 02:04:14,781 --> 02:04:16,115 PROGRAM, AND THE USES THAT 3912 02:04:16,115 --> 02:04:18,885 STUDENTS HAVE THIS YEAR, 42% OF 3913 02:04:18,885 --> 02:04:21,754 STUDENTS MADE INCREASES, AND 40% 3914 02:04:21,754 --> 02:04:22,789 MAINTAIN THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL 3915 02:04:22,789 --> 02:04:22,955 LEVEL. 3916 02:04:22,955 --> 02:04:24,857 SO WE DO SEE -- REMEMBER, THE 3917 02:04:24,857 --> 02:04:26,059 STUDENTS WHO USE THIS PROGRAM 3918 02:04:26,059 --> 02:04:28,194 ARE YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH 3919 02:04:28,194 --> 02:04:30,830 SCHOOL STUDENTS IN INTENSIVE 3920 02:04:30,830 --> 02:04:31,931 READING, VERY STRUGGLING 3921 02:04:31,931 --> 02:04:32,031 READERS. 3922 02:04:32,031 --> 02:04:34,033 SO IT PROVIDES THE FOUNDATIONAL 3923 02:04:34,033 --> 02:04:37,036 SKILLS SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO 3924 02:04:37,036 --> 02:04:38,037 GET MORE CAN HAVE DEPARTMENT AND 3925 02:04:38,037 --> 02:04:40,073 BEING ABLE TO COMPREHEND TEXT, 3926 02:04:40,073 --> 02:04:42,175 AND SO THIS PROGRAM HELPS WITH 3927 02:04:42,175 --> 02:04:43,910 THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. 3928 02:04:43,910 --> 02:04:44,877 AS THEY MOVE INSTRUCTIONAL 3929 02:04:44,877 --> 02:04:46,879 LEVELS WITHIN THE PROGRAM, THEY 3930 02:04:46,879 --> 02:04:48,848 ARE BUILDING THEIR COMPREHENSION 3931 02:04:48,848 --> 02:04:49,882 ALONG THE WAY. 3932 02:04:49,882 --> 02:04:51,284 NOW, WILL THEY BE PROFICIENT ON 3933 02:04:51,284 --> 02:04:52,752 THE FSA? 3934 02:04:52,752 --> 02:04:53,119 MAYBE NOT. 3935 02:04:53,119 --> 02:04:54,987 BUT AGAIN WE 2021 SEE THE GROWTH 3936 02:04:54,987 --> 02:04:55,922 OUT OF THESE STUDENTS. 3937 02:04:55,922 --> 02:04:56,923 THESE STUDENTS, A LOT OF 3938 02:04:56,923 --> 02:04:58,858 STUDENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR 3939 02:04:58,858 --> 02:05:00,793 BUCKET HAVE BEEN LEVEL 1, LEVEL 3940 02:05:00,793 --> 02:05:01,961 2 STUDENTS THEIR WHOLE CAREER 3941 02:05:01,961 --> 02:05:03,096 SINCE THE THIRD GRADE, AND THEY 3942 02:05:03,096 --> 02:05:04,864 MAY BE IN 10th GRADE NOW. 3943 02:05:04,864 --> 02:05:06,099 THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS 3944 02:05:06,099 --> 02:05:07,100 PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS VERY 3945 02:05:07,100 --> 02:05:09,135 DIFFICULT SOMETIMES FOR TEACHERS 3946 02:05:09,135 --> 02:05:11,070 IN INTENSIVE READING TEACHER WHO 3947 02:05:11,070 --> 02:05:12,939 HAS TO TEACH STANDARD AS WELL AS 3948 02:05:12,939 --> 02:05:15,742 NOW GO BACK AND TEACH 3949 02:05:15,742 --> 02:05:18,144 FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS TO A CLASS 3950 02:05:18,144 --> 02:05:20,913 OF 20 TO 25 FIFTH GRADERS. 3951 02:05:20,913 --> 02:05:23,049 SO THIS PROGRAM, WHEN USED AS A 3952 02:05:23,049 --> 02:05:24,083 CONTINGENT WITH THE 3953 02:05:24,083 --> 02:05:24,984 INSTRUCTIONAL FRAME WORKS THAT 3954 02:05:24,984 --> 02:05:27,019 WE CREATED, FOR INSTANCE, IN 3955 02:05:27,019 --> 02:05:29,088 READING, A TEACHER CAN TEACH THE 3956 02:05:29,088 --> 02:05:31,124 STANDARDS FOR THE 10th GRADE 3957 02:05:31,124 --> 02:05:32,058 FSA AS WELL AS PROVIDE 3958 02:05:32,058 --> 02:05:33,760 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE FOR 3959 02:05:33,760 --> 02:05:35,261 STUDENTS TO DO THAT FOUNDATIONAL 3960 02:05:35,261 --> 02:05:36,429 SKILLS WORK AND THEN CONFERENCE 3961 02:05:36,429 --> 02:05:38,831 WITH THE TEACH AREA LONG THE WAY 3962 02:05:38,831 --> 02:05:39,832 TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE MAKING 3963 02:05:39,832 --> 02:05:40,099 THAT PROGRESS. 3964 02:05:40,099 --> 02:05:41,768 SO WITHIN THE PROGRAM TO ANSWER 3965 02:05:41,768 --> 02:05:44,103 YOUR QUESTION, 42% OF THE 3966 02:05:44,103 --> 02:05:45,738 STUDENTS HAVE MAID INCREASES 3967 02:05:45,738 --> 02:05:47,173 WHILE 40 HAVE MAINTAINED, BUT 3968 02:05:47,173 --> 02:05:48,875 AGAIN THIS IS IN THE YEAR OF 3969 02:05:48,875 --> 02:05:50,743 COVID SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO 3970 02:05:50,743 --> 02:05:52,912 LOOP THROUGH THIS ONE ADDITIONAL 3971 02:05:52,912 --> 02:05:56,916 YEAR AS WE GET TO THE ADOPTION 3972 02:05:56,916 --> 02:05:57,016 ITSELF. 3973 02:05:57,016 --> 02:05:57,350 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: SO I 3974 02:05:57,350 --> 02:06:01,821 AM LOOKING AT THIS -- 3975 02:06:01,821 --> 02:06:02,855 >>Terry Connor: I DO NOT VICE 3976 02:06:02,855 --> 02:06:03,990 PRESIDENT A BREAKOUT BY DISTRICT 3977 02:06:03,990 --> 02:06:06,058 ON BRIGHT FISH BUT WEEK PROVIDE 3978 02:06:06,058 --> 02:06:07,894 THAT TO YOU. 3979 02:06:07,894 --> 02:06:08,227 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN 3980 02:06:08,227 --> 02:06:08,327 K YOU. 3981 02:06:08,327 --> 02:06:09,829 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 3982 02:06:09,829 --> 02:06:09,996 WASHINGTON. 3983 02:06:09,996 --> 02:06:10,830 MEMBER COMBS. 3984 02:06:10,830 --> 02:06:12,965 AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO VOTE. 3985 02:06:12,965 --> 02:06:13,299 >>Nadia Combs: JUST ONE LAST 3986 02:06:13,299 --> 02:06:13,399 COMMENT. 3987 02:06:13,399 --> 02:06:15,067 I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW 3988 02:06:15,067 --> 02:06:17,103 I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS 3989 02:06:17,103 --> 02:06:18,171 BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD FROM 3990 02:06:18,171 --> 02:06:20,773 TEACHERS THAT THEY DO FIND IT 3991 02:06:20,773 --> 02:06:25,077 SUCCESSFUL, AND IT IS NOT A HUGE 3992 02:06:25,077 --> 02:06:27,079 PRICE TAG COMPARED TO SOME OF 3993 02:06:27,079 --> 02:06:27,380 THESE OTHER ONLINE PROGRAMS. 3994 02:06:27,380 --> 02:06:29,749 I THINK WE HAVE TONE LOOK IT A 3995 02:06:29,749 --> 02:06:30,249 COMPARATIVELY WHAT THE ONLINE 3996 02:06:30,249 --> 02:06:33,052 PROGRAMS ARE, THE OF THEM 3997 02:06:33,052 --> 02:06:34,854 OVERALL, WHO WE ARE TARGETING, 3998 02:06:34,854 --> 02:06:35,321 WHAT WE ARE TARGETING. 3999 02:06:35,321 --> 02:06:37,056 I THINK IF WE BREAK IT DOWN AND 4000 02:06:37,056 --> 02:06:38,958 REALLY LOOK AT IT, I THINK IT'S 4001 02:06:38,958 --> 02:06:40,893 GOING TO BE EASIER TO SEE WHICH 4002 02:06:40,893 --> 02:06:41,961 STUDENTS WE ARE TARGETING, WHAT 4003 02:06:41,961 --> 02:06:43,162 WE ARE DOING, AND OBVIOUSLY AS 4004 02:06:43,162 --> 02:06:45,865 WE KNOW, IF I HAVE MILLIONS OF 4005 02:06:45,865 --> 02:06:49,969 DOLLARS, WHAT WOULD I SPEND IT 4006 02:06:49,969 --> 02:06:51,137 SUMMON WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT 4007 02:06:51,137 --> 02:06:52,738 LEVEL READERS. 4008 02:06:52,738 --> 02:06:53,940 I READ A BOOK WITH A CHILD LAST 4009 02:06:53,940 --> 02:06:54,240 WEEK AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING 4010 02:06:54,240 --> 02:06:56,008 ABOUT IT ALL WEEK, RIGHT? 4011 02:06:56,008 --> 02:06:57,743 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY 4012 02:06:57,743 --> 02:06:58,845 DRIVE READING. 4013 02:06:58,845 --> 02:07:00,012 AND HOW ADOPTION WE GET KIDS TO 4014 02:07:00,012 --> 02:07:00,847 COMPETE AGAIN? 4015 02:07:00,847 --> 02:07:03,015 I SAY THIS VERY OFTEN. 4016 02:07:03,015 --> 02:07:04,917 THERE'S COMPETITION ESPECIALLY 4017 02:07:04,917 --> 02:07:06,252 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHILDREN TO 4018 02:07:06,252 --> 02:07:07,920 READ BOOKS AND ALL OF THAT. 4019 02:07:07,920 --> 02:07:08,921 THAT'S REALLY WHAT DRIVES KIDS 4020 02:07:08,921 --> 02:07:09,255 TO READ. 4021 02:07:09,255 --> 02:07:10,990 SO I AM NOT GOING TO NOT VOTE 4022 02:07:10,990 --> 02:07:11,924 FOR IT. 4023 02:07:11,924 --> 02:07:13,092 I JUST WANT TAMPA AWARENESS OF 4024 02:07:13,092 --> 02:07:15,761 WHERE ARE WE GOING AND HOW MANY 4025 02:07:15,761 --> 02:07:16,229 ONLINE PROGRAMS DO WE NEED. 4026 02:07:16,229 --> 02:07:18,164 AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK 4027 02:07:18,164 --> 02:07:19,031 TEACHERS GO INTO TEACHING 4028 02:07:19,031 --> 02:07:20,066 BECAUSE THEY LOVE CHILDREN AND 4029 02:07:20,066 --> 02:07:21,234 THEY LOVE THE ART OF TEACHING 4030 02:07:21,234 --> 02:07:22,969 BECAUSE TEACHING IS TRULY AN 4031 02:07:22,969 --> 02:07:23,102 ARTICLE. 4032 02:07:23,102 --> 02:07:24,904 AND IF TEACHERS FEEL LIKE EVERY 4033 02:07:24,904 --> 02:07:26,205 MINUTE IS SQUARED AWAY ON WHAT 4034 02:07:26,205 --> 02:07:29,141 THEY HAVE DO DO, WHAT ONLINE 4035 02:07:29,141 --> 02:07:29,442 PROGRAMMINGS, WE ARE NOT GOING 4036 02:07:29,442 --> 02:07:31,978 TO GET THOSE PASSIONATE TEACHERS 4037 02:07:31,978 --> 02:07:32,178 ANYMORE. 4038 02:07:32,178 --> 02:07:33,846 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT 4039 02:07:33,846 --> 02:07:34,947 WE KEEP THOSE TEACHERS BECAUSE 4040 02:07:34,947 --> 02:07:36,148 THAT'S WHY THEY GOP INTO 4041 02:07:36,148 --> 02:07:37,049 TEACHING, RIGHT? 4042 02:07:37,049 --> 02:07:38,918 AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES CHILDREN 4043 02:07:38,918 --> 02:07:40,820 TO MOVE LEVELS. 4044 02:07:40,820 --> 02:07:41,120 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU MEMBER 4045 02:07:41,120 --> 02:07:41,787 COMBS. 4046 02:07:41,787 --> 02:07:42,722 WELL SAID. 4047 02:07:42,722 --> 02:07:43,890 BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN 4048 02:07:43,890 --> 02:07:50,730 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 4049 02:07:52,732 --> 02:07:53,165 IT'S UNANIMOUS. 4050 02:07:53,165 --> 02:07:53,966 OH, SORRY. 4051 02:07:53,966 --> 02:07:56,102 ONE DISSENTING VOTE WOULD BE 4052 02:07:56,102 --> 02:07:57,837 FROM MEMBER PEREZ. 4053 02:07:57,837 --> 02:07:58,938 THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. 4054 02:07:58,938 --> 02:08:02,141 IT PASSES. 4055 02:08:02,141 --> 02:08:05,845 NEXT WILL BE ITEM 6.05. 4056 02:08:05,845 --> 02:08:08,814 PURCHASE OF CURRICULUM AND 4057 02:08:08,814 --> 02:08:10,750 INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION TESTING 4058 02:08:10,750 --> 02:08:11,817 VOUCHERS FROM CERTIFICATION 4059 02:08:11,817 --> 02:08:14,954 PARTNERS LLC. 4060 02:08:14,954 --> 02:08:15,221 SUPERINTENDENTS DAVIS WILL 4061 02:08:15,221 --> 02:08:17,056 HIGHLIGHT AND MEMBER VAUGHN WILL 4062 02:08:17,056 --> 02:08:18,858 ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A 4063 02:08:18,858 --> 02:08:19,692 COMMENT. 4064 02:08:19,692 --> 02:08:20,259 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 4065 02:08:20,259 --> 02:08:20,593 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 4066 02:08:20,593 --> 02:08:23,729 THIS IS FOR THE CONTINUED TO 4067 02:08:23,729 --> 02:08:28,868 EXPAND OUR ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH 4068 02:08:28,868 --> 02:08:30,803 CIT TESTING WITHIN OUR PATHWAYS 4069 02:08:30,803 --> 02:08:31,037 PROGRAM. 4070 02:08:31,037 --> 02:08:32,738 THESE ARE CERTIFICATION 4071 02:08:32,738 --> 02:08:33,739 PARTNERSHIP CURRICULUMS AND 4072 02:08:33,739 --> 02:08:34,840 VOUCHERS AND INTEGRATED 4073 02:08:34,840 --> 02:08:37,076 CURRICULUM RELATED TO OUR CAREER 4074 02:08:37,076 --> 02:08:38,744 TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES, AND 4075 02:08:38,744 --> 02:08:41,881 AS WE KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD 4076 02:08:41,881 --> 02:08:43,816 AROUND 4600 PLUS STUDENTS BEING 4077 02:08:43,816 --> 02:08:46,018 ABLE TO TAKE CTE VOUCHERS TO BE 4078 02:08:46,018 --> 02:08:48,054 ABLE TO OBTAIN THEIR 4079 02:08:48,054 --> 02:08:49,021 CERTIFICATION, AND THIS YEAR AS 4080 02:08:49,021 --> 02:08:50,122 WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR 4081 02:08:50,122 --> 02:08:52,758 INITIATIVES FOR OUR STUDENTS, 4082 02:08:52,758 --> 02:08:55,094 10% MOVEMENT TO CLOSE TO OVER 4083 02:08:55,094 --> 02:08:56,829 5,000 OF OUR VOUCHERS FOR OUR 4084 02:08:56,829 --> 02:08:57,964 STUDENTS WITHIN OUR PATHWAYS. 4085 02:08:57,964 --> 02:08:59,932 THIS IS ALL FOR CERTIFIED 4086 02:08:59,932 --> 02:09:00,099 INTERNET WEB. 4087 02:09:00,099 --> 02:09:05,104 THIS IS ALL DIRECTLY LINKED TO 4088 02:09:05,104 --> 02:09:06,706 FOUNDATIONS,ING TOKEN, LOOKING 4089 02:09:06,706 --> 02:09:07,206 AT DATA ANALYSIS. 4090 02:09:07,206 --> 02:09:09,008 SO THIS WILL BE TAKING OVER FOR 4091 02:09:09,008 --> 02:09:12,812 THE MICROSOFT BUNDLES THAT WE 4092 02:09:12,812 --> 02:09:13,879 CURRENTLY OFFER AND USE AND 4093 02:09:13,879 --> 02:09:16,082 LEVERAGE THE MONEY FROM OUR CARL 4094 02:09:16,082 --> 02:09:17,783 B. PERKINS SECONDARY GRANT TO BE 4095 02:09:17,783 --> 02:09:18,985 ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE VOUCHERS 4096 02:09:18,985 --> 02:09:22,855 FOR OUR STUDENTS IN CTE. 4097 02:09:22,855 --> 02:09:24,991 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER VAUGHN? 4098 02:09:24,991 --> 02:09:25,324 >>Jessica Vaughn: ORIGINALLY I 4099 02:09:25,324 --> 02:09:27,059 HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, 4100 02:09:27,059 --> 02:09:28,861 AND THEN YOU ANSWERED THEM. 4101 02:09:28,861 --> 02:09:29,095 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4102 02:09:29,095 --> 02:09:30,229 AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF 4103 02:09:30,229 --> 02:09:34,066 LEAVE IT BECAUSE I THINK IT 4104 02:09:34,066 --> 02:09:34,166 IS -- 4105 02:09:34,166 --> 02:09:35,234 >>Lynn Gray: I'M SORRY, I FORGOT 4106 02:09:35,234 --> 02:09:36,102 TO DO THE MOTION. 4107 02:09:36,102 --> 02:09:38,838 I NEED A MOTION BEFORE WE START 4108 02:09:38,838 --> 02:09:39,005 DISCUSSING. 4109 02:09:39,005 --> 02:09:41,007 I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. 4110 02:09:41,007 --> 02:09:42,875 MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. 4111 02:09:42,875 --> 02:09:45,978 AND A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. 4112 02:09:45,978 --> 02:09:48,714 OKEYDOKE. 4113 02:09:48,714 --> 02:09:50,116 MEMBER VAUGHN. 4114 02:09:50,116 --> 02:09:50,449 >>Jessica Vaughn: I THINK IT'S 4115 02:09:50,449 --> 02:09:51,817 JUST AS IMPORTANT THAT WE 4116 02:09:51,817 --> 02:09:54,086 HIGHLIGHT IT, THAT THESE TESTS 4117 02:09:54,086 --> 02:09:55,221 CAN BE EXPENSIVE. 4118 02:09:55,221 --> 02:09:58,057 THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN 4119 02:09:58,057 --> 02:09:59,992 RACK UP, POTENTIAL LIP A 4120 02:09:59,992 --> 02:10:01,894 BARRIER, TAKING THE COURSE AND 4121 02:10:01,894 --> 02:10:02,928 THEN NOT HAVING THE MONEY TO 4122 02:10:02,928 --> 02:10:03,996 AFFORD TO TAKE THE TEST. 4123 02:10:03,996 --> 02:10:05,831 I THINK THE FACT THAT WE MAKE AN 4124 02:10:05,831 --> 02:10:07,133 EFFORT TO GET THESE VOUCHERS 4125 02:10:07,133 --> 02:10:09,201 EVERY YEAR AND UTILIZE THEM, AND 4126 02:10:09,201 --> 02:10:10,202 WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE STUDENT 4127 02:10:10,202 --> 02:10:12,004 CAN EVEN TAKE THE TEMPERATURE 4128 02:10:12,004 --> 02:10:12,905 MORE THAN ONCE IF NEEDED WITH 4129 02:10:12,905 --> 02:10:14,073 THESE VOUCHERS AND WE ARE DOING 4130 02:10:14,073 --> 02:10:15,107 EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO 4131 02:10:15,107 --> 02:10:16,876 PROVIDE ACCESS SO THAT STUDENTS 4132 02:10:16,876 --> 02:10:19,145 WHO TAKE THESE CLASSES CAN THEN 4133 02:10:19,145 --> 02:10:20,246 BEFORE THEY TAKE THE TEST AND 4134 02:10:20,246 --> 02:10:22,915 TAKE THE TEST AND WALK AWAY WITH 4135 02:10:22,915 --> 02:10:23,082 A CERTIFICATION. 4136 02:10:23,082 --> 02:10:23,949 SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS 4137 02:10:23,949 --> 02:10:26,152 IMPORTANT THAT WE HIGHLIGHT 4138 02:10:26,152 --> 02:10:26,886 THAT. 4139 02:10:26,886 --> 02:10:27,019 THANK YOU. 4140 02:10:27,019 --> 02:10:27,353 >>Lynn Gray: PLEASE VOTE WHEN 4141 02:10:27,353 --> 02:10:37,129 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 4142 02:10:37,129 --> 02:10:38,197 ALL IN FAVOR? 4143 02:10:38,197 --> 02:10:41,033 AND AGAIN JUST TO BE MINDFUL 4144 02:10:41,033 --> 02:10:42,268 THAT MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER 4145 02:10:42,268 --> 02:10:43,302 HAHN ARE NOT HERE. 4146 02:10:43,302 --> 02:10:44,303 THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. WE 4147 02:10:44,303 --> 02:10:48,874 ARE GOING TO NOW TO 6.06, 4148 02:10:48,874 --> 02:10:49,108 EDGENUITY. 4149 02:10:49,108 --> 02:10:50,910 THE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION 4150 02:10:50,910 --> 02:10:53,079 CURRICULUM FOR GRADE 6 THROUGH 4151 02:10:53,079 --> 02:10:54,980 12 FROM EDGENUITY. 4152 02:10:54,980 --> 02:10:56,816 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WILL 4153 02:10:56,816 --> 02:10:57,883 HIGHLIGHT. 4154 02:10:57,883 --> 02:10:58,250 >>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE 4155 02:10:58,250 --> 02:11:00,152 CHAIR, THIS IS A VIRTUAL 4156 02:11:00,152 --> 02:11:02,021 INSTRUCTIONAL CURRICULUM FOR 4157 02:11:02,021 --> 02:11:02,855 GRADE 6-12. 4158 02:11:02,855 --> 02:11:05,191 WE KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR 4159 02:11:05,191 --> 02:11:06,292 STUDENTS MAY MATCH YOUR STANDARD 4160 02:11:06,292 --> 02:11:08,094 AT DIFFERENT TIMES, IN THEIR 4161 02:11:08,094 --> 02:11:09,962 HIGH SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL 4162 02:11:09,962 --> 02:11:10,763 CAREER. 4163 02:11:10,763 --> 02:11:13,032 SO FROM OUR STANDPOINT, FROM AN 4164 02:11:13,032 --> 02:11:15,835 EDUCATOR OPENLY, WE WANT TO MAKE 4165 02:11:15,835 --> 02:11:17,169 CERTAIN WEEK PROVIDE 4166 02:11:17,169 --> 02:11:18,170 ACCESSIBILITY TO STUDENTS TO 4167 02:11:18,170 --> 02:11:19,905 EITHER RECOVER A GRADE OR 4168 02:11:19,905 --> 02:11:20,973 RECOVER A COURSE. 4169 02:11:20,973 --> 02:11:23,008 AND FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH 4170 02:11:23,008 --> 02:11:26,812 SCHOOLS AND K-8, THIS ALLOWS OUR 4171 02:11:26,812 --> 02:11:28,114 STUDENTS FOR CREDIT RECOVERY 4172 02:11:28,114 --> 02:11:31,083 LICENSES AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR 4173 02:11:31,083 --> 02:11:33,052 ESE ACCEPTABILITIERS AND OUR 4174 02:11:33,052 --> 02:11:37,123 CAREER CENTERS AND DJJ SITES 4175 02:11:37,123 --> 02:11:41,927 THIS WILL BE A SUITE FOR REGULAR 4176 02:11:41,927 --> 02:11:42,061 CREDITS. 4177 02:11:42,061 --> 02:11:44,797 WE HAD OVER 5700 CREDITS THAT 4178 02:11:44,797 --> 02:11:47,233 WERE RECOVERED THIS PAST YEAR, 4179 02:11:47,233 --> 02:11:49,034 AND WE HAVE OVER 2,000 STUDENTS 4180 02:11:49,034 --> 02:11:51,170 WHO ARE STILL IN PROGRESS FOR 4181 02:11:51,170 --> 02:11:53,105 RECOVERY COURSES AND THIS SAYS A 4182 02:11:53,105 --> 02:11:53,806 LOT. 4183 02:11:53,806 --> 02:11:56,075 THIS TYPE OF INITIATIVE JUST 4184 02:11:56,075 --> 02:11:57,743 TRULY ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO 4185 02:11:57,743 --> 02:11:59,111 CONTINUE ON THEIR PATHWAY 4186 02:11:59,111 --> 02:12:00,212 THROUGH ACADEMIC HISTORY, TO 4187 02:12:00,212 --> 02:12:02,181 STAY ON TRACK WITH THEIR COHORT 4188 02:12:02,181 --> 02:12:03,816 TO GRADUATE AND THIS INITIATIVE 4189 02:12:03,816 --> 02:12:05,084 IS DEFINITELY NEEDED TO BE ABLE 4190 02:12:05,084 --> 02:12:07,853 TO HELP OUR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE 4191 02:12:07,853 --> 02:12:10,122 TO REALLY BE EXPOSED TO RELEVANT 4192 02:12:10,122 --> 02:12:14,093 ACTIVITIES, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 4193 02:12:14,093 --> 02:12:17,863 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND GIVE 4194 02:12:17,863 --> 02:12:18,831 REAL TIME FEED BACK TO 4195 02:12:18,831 --> 02:12:18,964 EDGENUITY. 4196 02:12:18,964 --> 02:12:21,133 MR. CONNOR, ANYTHING? 4197 02:12:21,133 --> 02:12:22,034 >>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, I 4198 02:12:22,034 --> 02:12:23,102 NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. 4199 02:12:23,102 --> 02:12:26,005 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. 4200 02:12:26,005 --> 02:12:30,009 A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. 4201 02:12:30,009 --> 02:12:33,846 ANY DISCUSSION BESIDES MYSELF? 4202 02:12:33,846 --> 02:12:35,915 SO I HAVE DISCUSSION FROM MEMBER 4203 02:12:35,915 --> 02:12:37,216 VAUGHN, THEN MEMBER COMBS, AND 4204 02:12:37,216 --> 02:12:42,087 THEN MEMBER GRAY WILL SAY 4205 02:12:42,087 --> 02:12:42,955 SOMETHING. 4206 02:12:42,955 --> 02:12:43,255 >>Jessica Vaughn: AS WE ARE 4207 02:12:43,255 --> 02:12:44,790 HAVING DISCUSSION, I KNOW WE HAD 4208 02:12:44,790 --> 02:12:45,925 SOME SPEAKERS TONIGHT HOP HAD 4209 02:12:45,925 --> 02:12:47,026 SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS 4210 02:12:47,026 --> 02:12:47,326 COMPUTER PROGRAM. 4211 02:12:47,326 --> 02:12:51,797 I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN IT AND GONE 4212 02:12:51,797 --> 02:12:52,998 INTO MY CAREER CENTER AND SEEN 4213 02:12:52,998 --> 02:12:55,901 THE USE OF IT. 4214 02:12:55,901 --> 02:12:57,002 AND I AM KIND MUCH TORN ON IT 4215 02:12:57,002 --> 02:12:58,904 BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT DOES 4216 02:12:58,904 --> 02:12:59,905 HAVE SOME VALUE. 4217 02:12:59,905 --> 02:13:01,006 I THINK THE CONCERN THAT I AM 4218 02:13:01,006 --> 02:13:03,742 HEARING FROM A LOT OF 4219 02:13:03,742 --> 02:13:05,044 CONSTITUENTS IS THAT IT'S BEING 4220 02:13:05,044 --> 02:13:06,745 USED IN ISOLATION, AND THAT'S 4221 02:13:06,745 --> 02:13:07,913 WHEREBY THE CONCERN COMES IN. 4222 02:13:07,913 --> 02:13:09,748 I THINK AGAIN THIS IS A 4223 02:13:09,748 --> 02:13:10,950 CONVERSATION OF IF THIS IS 4224 02:13:10,950 --> 02:13:14,854 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE USING WITH 4225 02:13:14,854 --> 02:13:15,721 ROBUST DIRECT INSTRUCTION TO 4226 02:13:15,721 --> 02:13:16,288 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING 4227 02:13:16,288 --> 02:13:18,891 STUDENTS THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM 4228 02:13:18,891 --> 02:13:20,092 OPTIONS FOR RECOVERY WITH 4229 02:13:20,092 --> 02:13:21,760 CREDITS, THAT THAT IS A GREAT 4230 02:13:21,760 --> 02:13:21,894 TOOL. 4231 02:13:21,894 --> 02:13:23,162 I THINK THE CONCERN COMES INTO 4232 02:13:23,162 --> 02:13:25,831 PLAY ONCE AGAIN THAT THIS IS 4233 02:13:25,831 --> 02:13:29,969 WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR 4234 02:13:29,969 --> 02:13:31,170 DJJ, AREAS OF INSTRUCTION, OR IF 4235 02:13:31,170 --> 02:13:33,772 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR CAREER 4236 02:13:33,772 --> 02:13:34,974 CENTERS, SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE 4237 02:13:34,974 --> 02:13:36,208 ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR ESE 4238 02:13:36,208 --> 02:13:37,076 STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WRITE 4239 02:13:37,076 --> 02:13:40,079 HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS COME 4240 02:13:40,079 --> 02:13:41,847 FROM, BUT TO BE USING THIS IN 4241 02:13:41,847 --> 02:13:43,782 LIEU OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S 4242 02:13:43,782 --> 02:13:45,084 DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS WITH OUR 4243 02:13:45,084 --> 02:13:46,151 MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS 4244 02:13:46,151 --> 02:13:48,187 ESPECIALLY WILLIAM WE TALK ABOUT 4245 02:13:48,187 --> 02:13:50,022 THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE 4246 02:13:50,022 --> 02:13:51,891 WHERE THIS HAS COME INTO PLAY. 4247 02:13:51,891 --> 02:13:53,859 I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF I VOTE ON 4248 02:13:53,859 --> 02:13:54,927 THIS YES TONIGHT IT WOULD BE 4249 02:13:54,927 --> 02:13:56,095 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE 4250 02:13:56,095 --> 02:13:57,863 ARE NOT USING THIS IN ISOLATION 4251 02:13:57,863 --> 02:13:59,164 AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MAKING 4252 02:13:59,164 --> 02:14:00,866 SURE THAT WE ARE BEING 4253 02:14:00,866 --> 02:14:02,134 AGGRESSIVE TO SUPPORT OUR 4254 02:14:02,134 --> 02:14:03,836 STUDENTS IN OUR CAREER CENTERS 4255 02:14:03,836 --> 02:14:06,705 AND THE OTHER AREAS AND OUR ESE 4256 02:14:06,705 --> 02:14:07,706 STUDENTS THAT THIS ISN'T THE 4257 02:14:07,706 --> 02:14:08,974 ONLY TOOL THAT WE ARE USING TO 4258 02:14:08,974 --> 02:14:10,743 SUPPLEMENT ANY KIND OF 4259 02:14:10,743 --> 02:14:12,144 ENGAGEMENT OR LEARNING THAT THEY 4260 02:14:12,144 --> 02:14:12,978 WOULD NEED. 4261 02:14:12,978 --> 02:14:15,014 THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON IT. 4262 02:14:15,014 --> 02:14:16,048 >>Lynn Gray: SUPERINTENDENT 4263 02:14:16,048 --> 02:14:16,215 DAVIS? 4264 02:14:16,215 --> 02:14:16,548 >>Addison Davis: I THINK MRS. 4265 02:14:16,548 --> 02:14:19,184 VAUGHN SAID IT REALLY WELL. 4266 02:14:19,184 --> 02:14:21,754 IT SHOULD NOT BE USED IN 4267 02:14:21,754 --> 02:14:23,055 ISOLATION BY ITSELF. 4268 02:14:23,055 --> 02:14:25,090 THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR MOVING 4269 02:14:25,090 --> 02:14:26,825 MODELS TO TAKE PLACE. 4270 02:14:26,825 --> 02:14:28,928 TEACHERS CAN GO INTO -- BE ABLE 4271 02:14:28,928 --> 02:14:31,130 TO GO INTO THESE COURSES AND BE 4272 02:14:31,130 --> 02:14:34,166 ABLE TO SELF SELECT STANDARD 4273 02:14:34,166 --> 02:14:35,935 THAT THEY HAVE NOT MASTERED. 4274 02:14:35,935 --> 02:14:37,836 THAT TAKES TIME AND TRIMMING. 4275 02:14:37,836 --> 02:14:39,805 WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE 4276 02:14:39,805 --> 02:14:40,039 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 4277 02:14:40,039 --> 02:14:40,306 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND 4278 02:14:40,306 --> 02:14:41,307 THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. 4279 02:14:41,307 --> 02:14:45,210 I DO AGREE THAT THIS HAS TO BE A 4280 02:14:45,210 --> 02:14:46,979 COORDINATED EFFORT AS WELL. 4281 02:14:46,979 --> 02:14:47,212 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU 4282 02:14:47,212 --> 02:14:48,180 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 4283 02:14:48,180 --> 02:14:49,815 MEMBER COMBS. 4284 02:14:49,815 --> 02:14:50,916 >>Nadia Combs: I ALSO HAD THE 4285 02:14:50,916 --> 02:14:52,952 FORTUNATE EXPERIENCE TO SEEP 4286 02:14:52,952 --> 02:14:55,888 THIS PROGRAM SEVERAL TIMES AT 4287 02:14:55,888 --> 02:14:57,756 SCHOOLS, AND ALSO LIVE, AND I DO 4288 02:14:57,756 --> 02:14:58,857 THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR THIS. 4289 02:14:58,857 --> 02:15:00,726 I KNOW I SPOKE TO SOMEBODY THE 4290 02:15:00,726 --> 02:15:03,762 OTHER DAY WHO HAD A VERY HIGH 4291 02:15:03,762 --> 02:15:04,863 ACHIEVING CHILD WHO THE PAST 4292 02:15:04,863 --> 02:15:06,065 YEAR WOULD NOT HAVE GRADUATED IF 4293 02:15:06,065 --> 02:15:07,266 IT WASN'T FOR THIS PROGRAM. 4294 02:15:07,266 --> 02:15:10,836 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF 4295 02:15:10,836 --> 02:15:12,871 STUDENTS WHO HAD DIFFICULTY THIS 4296 02:15:12,871 --> 02:15:15,007 YEAR WITH ONLINE, WHAT WAS 4297 02:15:15,007 --> 02:15:16,008 HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 4298 02:15:16,008 --> 02:15:17,142 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH 4299 02:15:17,142 --> 02:15:18,978 AND WE TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT 4300 02:15:18,978 --> 02:15:20,212 CHILDREN HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE 4301 02:15:20,212 --> 02:15:21,914 A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, TO DRIVE 4302 02:15:21,914 --> 02:15:23,215 STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GRADUATE, 4303 02:15:23,215 --> 02:15:25,150 I KNOW SEVERAL OF MY GRADUATION, 4304 02:15:25,150 --> 02:15:26,318 ONE OF MY PRINCIPALS SAID THAT 4305 02:15:26,318 --> 02:15:28,354 BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM, THERE'S 4306 02:15:28,354 --> 02:15:30,122 QUITE A FEW KIDS THAT WOULD NOT 4307 02:15:30,122 --> 02:15:31,857 HAVE GRADUATED IF IT WASN'T FOR 4308 02:15:31,857 --> 02:15:31,957 THIS. 4309 02:15:31,957 --> 02:15:33,759 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 4310 02:15:33,759 --> 02:15:34,893 HAVE THIS TO CAPTURE THIS. 4311 02:15:34,893 --> 02:15:37,029 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE NEED 4312 02:15:37,029 --> 02:15:40,165 SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY 4313 02:15:40,165 --> 02:15:41,934 I SAW IT AT DIFFERENT PLACES, 4314 02:15:41,934 --> 02:15:43,202 AND I DO THINK THERE'S A NEED 4315 02:15:43,202 --> 02:15:45,037 FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THIS FOR 4316 02:15:45,037 --> 02:15:47,206 CREDIT RECOVERY, ESPECIALLY NOT 4317 02:15:47,206 --> 02:15:48,774 JUST WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR BUT 4318 02:15:48,774 --> 02:15:50,009 AS OUR KIDS TRANSITION BACK I 4319 02:15:50,009 --> 02:15:51,844 THINK WE ARE GOING TO FIND A LOT 4320 02:15:51,844 --> 02:15:53,812 OF CHILDREN HOP MAYBE NEVER EVEN 4321 02:15:53,812 --> 02:15:55,814 LOGGED ON, WHO ARE MISSING QUITE 4322 02:15:55,814 --> 02:15:56,949 A FEW CREDITS, AND THIS IS 4323 02:15:56,949 --> 02:15:58,083 SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE ARE NOT 4324 02:15:58,083 --> 02:15:59,184 GOING NEED FIVE YEARS FROM NOW 4325 02:15:59,184 --> 02:16:00,853 BUT I DEFINITELY THINK IS GOING 4326 02:16:00,853 --> 02:16:03,822 TO BE A NEED IN THE NEXT YEAR OR 4327 02:16:03,822 --> 02:16:05,691 TWO. 4328 02:16:05,691 --> 02:16:06,859 >>Lynn Gray: GREAT POINTS, 4329 02:16:06,859 --> 02:16:07,760 MEMBER COMBS. 4330 02:16:07,760 --> 02:16:09,728 AND I DEFINITELY THINK IT FEELS 4331 02:16:09,728 --> 02:16:11,096 THE NEED FOR SURE. 4332 02:16:11,096 --> 02:16:14,867 THE QUESTION I HAD RELATED TO 4333 02:16:14,867 --> 02:16:16,168 THE TIME, THE ESTIMATED TIME TO 4334 02:16:16,168 --> 02:16:18,871 GO THROUGH THIS CURRICULUM. 4335 02:16:18,871 --> 02:16:22,107 ANY IDEA ON THAT? 4336 02:16:22,107 --> 02:16:23,776 >>Terry Connor: EACH QUARTER IS 4337 02:16:23,776 --> 02:16:25,911 ROUGHLY 14 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION. 4338 02:16:25,911 --> 02:16:27,179 TIME THAT BY FOUR THAT GIVES YOU 4339 02:16:27,179 --> 02:16:28,847 A ROUGH ESTIMATE FOR THE ENTIRE 4340 02:16:28,847 --> 02:16:31,116 YEAR IF YOU WERE TO RECOVER THAT 4341 02:16:31,116 --> 02:16:34,987 FULL YEAR COURSE. 4342 02:16:34,987 --> 02:16:35,921 >>Lynn Gray: AND GIVE A 4343 02:16:35,921 --> 02:16:37,890 GUESSTIMATE ON THE AMOUNT OF 4344 02:16:37,890 --> 02:16:40,926 PLUS, BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM, 4345 02:16:40,926 --> 02:16:42,961 TO MEMBER COMBS' POINT, TO HELP 4346 02:16:42,961 --> 02:16:44,930 THESE CHILDREN SUCCEED IN 4347 02:16:44,930 --> 02:16:45,064 GRADUATION. 4348 02:16:45,064 --> 02:16:47,900 WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU THINK 4349 02:16:47,900 --> 02:16:49,835 THIS WOULD PUT THEM OVER THE 4350 02:16:49,835 --> 02:16:50,869 EDGE TO GRADUATE? 4351 02:16:50,869 --> 02:16:52,938 DO WE HAVE AN IDEA HOW MANY 4352 02:16:52,938 --> 02:16:56,742 STUDENTS WOULD BE TAKING THIS 4353 02:16:56,742 --> 02:16:57,776 UP? 4354 02:16:57,776 --> 02:16:58,143 >>Terry Connor: CURRENTLY WE 4355 02:16:58,143 --> 02:16:59,878 HAVE ABOUT 1100 STUDENTS THROUGH 4356 02:16:59,878 --> 02:17:02,181 THE SUMMER, NOT EVEN INCLUDING 4357 02:17:02,181 --> 02:17:04,783 THE SENIOR -- LET'S TAKE A HIGH 4358 02:17:04,783 --> 02:17:05,284 SCHOOL FOR EXAMPLE. 4359 02:17:05,284 --> 02:17:07,853 WE HAD 5800 CREDITS RECOVERED. 4360 02:17:07,853 --> 02:17:09,688 NOT EVERY ONE OF THOSE ARE 4361 02:17:09,688 --> 02:17:11,023 INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS BECAUSE SOME 4362 02:17:11,023 --> 02:17:11,924 STUDENTS ARE MULTIPLE. 4363 02:17:11,924 --> 02:17:14,059 THEY ARE TAKING MULTIPLE CREDITS 4364 02:17:14,059 --> 02:17:15,761 BECAUSE THEY FELT MORE THAN ONE. 4365 02:17:15,761 --> 02:17:16,929 BUT THINK ABOUT THOUSANDS OF 4366 02:17:16,929 --> 02:17:17,963 STUDENTS THAT IF THEY DIDN'T 4367 02:17:17,963 --> 02:17:21,066 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER, 4368 02:17:21,066 --> 02:17:23,869 THEY WOULD HAVE GRADUATED. 4369 02:17:23,869 --> 02:17:24,970 AND WHAT I AM REALLY EXCITED 4370 02:17:24,970 --> 02:17:28,073 ABOUT THIS YEAR IS THAT WE ARE 4371 02:17:28,073 --> 02:17:30,776 EXPANDING TO THE 11 DJJ SITES 4372 02:17:30,776 --> 02:17:32,077 NEXT YEAR WHICH IS A STRATEGY TO 4373 02:17:32,077 --> 02:17:34,012 ADDRESS THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON 4374 02:17:34,012 --> 02:17:36,148 PIPELINE, BECAUSE NOW STUDENTS 4375 02:17:36,148 --> 02:17:39,918 CAN EARN ORIGINAL CREDIT AT DJJ 4376 02:17:39,918 --> 02:17:41,954 SITES SO THAT WE CAN GET THEIR 4377 02:17:41,954 --> 02:17:44,823 DIPLOMA AND HOPEFULLY 4378 02:17:44,823 --> 02:17:45,924 REHABILITATE THEM AND GET BACK 4379 02:17:45,924 --> 02:17:46,225 ON TRACK. 4380 02:17:46,225 --> 02:17:46,558 >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S EXCELLENT. 4381 02:17:46,558 --> 02:17:48,127 AND AGAIN YOU ARE REACHING INTO 4382 02:17:48,127 --> 02:17:53,999 THE DIVERSITY -- DEPARTMENT OF 4383 02:17:53,999 --> 02:17:55,033 DIVERSITY THAT OUR DISTRICT 4384 02:17:55,033 --> 02:17:55,968 NEEDS TO BE KNOWN FOR. 4385 02:17:55,968 --> 02:17:58,070 WE ARE CAPTURING THOSE GROUPS OF 4386 02:17:58,070 --> 02:17:58,203 STUDENTS. 4387 02:17:58,203 --> 02:17:59,905 THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. 4388 02:17:59,905 --> 02:18:01,940 BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED -- WE HAVE 4389 02:18:01,940 --> 02:18:02,841 THE MOTION. 4390 02:18:02,841 --> 02:18:03,876 LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTES WHEN 4391 02:18:03,876 --> 02:18:13,051 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 4392 02:18:14,987 --> 02:18:15,754 OKAY. 4393 02:18:15,754 --> 02:18:15,954 WE HAVE UNANIMOUS. 4394 02:18:15,954 --> 02:18:17,756 THANK YOU. 4395 02:18:17,756 --> 02:18:19,925 AND WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE 4396 02:18:19,925 --> 02:18:21,059 NEXT ITEM. 4397 02:18:21,059 --> 02:18:24,029 AND THIS IS 6.08. 4398 02:18:24,029 --> 02:18:26,165 OH, JUST LET ME DO A SEGUE HERE. 4399 02:18:26,165 --> 02:18:30,969 WE DO NOT HAVE EMPLOYEE INPUT 4400 02:18:30,969 --> 02:18:31,103 TONIGHT. 4401 02:18:31,103 --> 02:18:32,871 I WOULD HAVE MISSED THE TIME. 4402 02:18:32,871 --> 02:18:33,972 NORMALLY WE HAVE IT AT 6:00. 4403 02:18:33,972 --> 02:18:37,776 I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR 4404 02:18:37,776 --> 02:18:40,045 TEACHERS AS WELL TO PLEASE COME 4405 02:18:40,045 --> 02:18:42,748 AND SPEAK TO BOARD MEMBERS. 4406 02:18:42,748 --> 02:18:46,785 WHEN I SAY TEACHERS, STAFF 4407 02:18:46,785 --> 02:18:47,753 MEMBERS, PARENTS, BECAUSE WE 4408 02:18:47,753 --> 02:18:49,188 WANTS TON HEAR YOUR REMARKS 4409 02:18:49,188 --> 02:18:52,758 ABOUT EDGENUITY, ABOUT ACHIEVE 4410 02:18:52,758 --> 02:18:53,759 3000, CANVAS. 4411 02:18:53,759 --> 02:18:54,893 BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO HEAR FROM 4412 02:18:54,893 --> 02:18:55,727 YOU. 4413 02:18:55,727 --> 02:18:59,765 AND SOMETIMES WE ONLY HEAR ABOUT 4414 02:18:59,765 --> 02:19:01,133 FOUR OR FIVE TEACHERS. 4415 02:19:01,133 --> 02:19:03,869 AND I ALWAYS WONDER WHY WHAT ARE 4416 02:19:03,869 --> 02:19:04,970 WE DOING WRONG THAT WE DON'T 4417 02:19:04,970 --> 02:19:08,874 HAVE MORE TEACHERS AND STAFF 4418 02:19:08,874 --> 02:19:09,808 MEMBERS? 4419 02:19:09,808 --> 02:19:11,777 AND STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS, I 4420 02:19:11,777 --> 02:19:13,045 AM LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU SO IF 4421 02:19:13,045 --> 02:19:14,146 YOU CAN SHARE SOMETHING THAT WE 4422 02:19:14,146 --> 02:19:17,983 ARE MISSING TO CAPTURE THEIR 4423 02:19:17,983 --> 02:19:21,787 INTEREST, WE WANT TO HEAR THEIR 4424 02:19:21,787 --> 02:19:23,055 VOICE. SO HAVING SEEING NONE, 4425 02:19:23,055 --> 02:19:25,691 LET'S GO AHEAD INTO THE NEXT 4426 02:19:25,691 --> 02:19:28,193 AGENDA ITEM, 6.08. 4427 02:19:28,193 --> 02:19:30,128 PURCHASE OF SECOND STEP 4428 02:19:30,128 --> 02:19:31,830 ELEMENTARY DIGITAL CURRICULUM 4429 02:19:31,830 --> 02:19:35,000 SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING 4430 02:19:35,000 --> 02:19:38,203 PROGRAM FROM COMMITTEE FOR 4431 02:19:38,203 --> 02:19:38,503 CHILDREN, AND SUPERINTENDENTS 4432 02:19:38,503 --> 02:19:40,005 DAVIS WILL HIGHLIGHT AND MEMBER 4433 02:19:40,005 --> 02:19:41,874 VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. 4434 02:19:41,874 --> 02:19:42,341 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 4435 02:19:42,341 --> 02:19:42,641 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM 4436 02:19:42,641 --> 02:19:44,977 THROUGH THE CHAIR. 4437 02:19:44,977 --> 02:19:46,245 THIS IS ANOTHER SOCIAL EMOTIONAL 4438 02:19:46,245 --> 02:19:48,981 LEARNING PLATFORM TO BE ABLE TO 4439 02:19:48,981 --> 02:19:51,817 HELP OUR CHILDREN MAKE SOUND 4440 02:19:51,817 --> 02:19:52,918 DECISIONS, BE ABLE TO HELP THEM 4441 02:19:52,918 --> 02:19:54,953 WITH AWARENESS, SELF-MANAGEMENT, 4442 02:19:54,953 --> 02:19:56,221 SKILLS, SOCIAL AWARENESS, 4443 02:19:56,221 --> 02:19:59,157 RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, DECISION 4444 02:19:59,157 --> 02:20:00,225 MAKING, THIS IS ORIGINALLY IN 4445 02:20:00,225 --> 02:20:02,094 MIDDLE SCHOOLS, K-8 SCHOOLS IN 4446 02:20:02,094 --> 02:20:03,962 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THEN WE 4447 02:20:03,962 --> 02:20:05,197 TRANSITIONED TO BEING ABLE TO 4448 02:20:05,197 --> 02:20:07,032 MAKE CERTAIN WE OFFER THIS TO 4449 02:20:07,032 --> 02:20:07,366 EVERYONE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 4450 02:20:07,366 --> 02:20:09,034 IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 4451 02:20:09,034 --> 02:20:11,770 THIS GOES ON TO BE ABLE TO 4452 02:20:11,770 --> 02:20:12,237 STRENGTHENING OUR WORK RELATED 4453 02:20:12,237 --> 02:20:13,972 TO MENTAL HEALTH AND BEING ABLE 4454 02:20:13,972 --> 02:20:20,045 TO LEVERAGE MENTAL HEALTH 4455 02:20:20,045 --> 02:20:20,178 DOLLARS. 4456 02:20:20,178 --> 02:20:20,445 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU 4457 02:20:20,445 --> 02:20:20,679 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 4458 02:20:20,679 --> 02:20:23,181 MEMBER VAUGHN. 4459 02:20:23,181 --> 02:20:26,885 OH, LET'S DO A MOTION. 4460 02:20:26,885 --> 02:20:27,986 MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. 4461 02:20:27,986 --> 02:20:32,024 SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. 4462 02:20:32,024 --> 02:20:38,130 AND SO MEMBER VAUGHN. 4463 02:20:38,130 --> 02:20:38,463 >>Jessica Vaughn: SO FIRST OF 4464 02:20:38,463 --> 02:20:39,998 ALL THANK YOU, MS. BROWN, AGAIN 4465 02:20:39,998 --> 02:20:41,033 FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GO 4466 02:20:41,033 --> 02:20:43,936 THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY 4467 02:20:43,936 --> 02:20:45,037 DID HAVE CONSTITUENCY ASK ME 4468 02:20:45,037 --> 02:20:46,038 ABOUT TWO CONCERNS WITH THIS 4469 02:20:46,038 --> 02:20:46,872 ITEM IN GENERAL. 4470 02:20:46,872 --> 02:20:49,875 THE FIRST ONE WAS BASICALLY 4471 02:20:49,875 --> 02:20:52,010 WHETHER OR NOT WE CAPTURED DATA. 4472 02:20:52,010 --> 02:20:53,712 IF STUDENTS ARE USING THIS 4473 02:20:53,712 --> 02:20:55,013 PROGRAM, IF THEY ARE INTERACTING 4474 02:20:55,013 --> 02:20:57,849 WITH IT, DO THEY HAVE A LOG-IN, 4475 02:20:57,849 --> 02:21:01,153 IS THERE SOME KIND OF ASSESSMENT 4476 02:21:01,153 --> 02:21:02,854 PIECE THAT WOULD CAPTURE DATA ON 4477 02:21:02,854 --> 02:21:04,089 THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, 4478 02:21:04,089 --> 02:21:04,956 AND FROM THE INFORMATION THAT I 4479 02:21:04,956 --> 02:21:07,059 GOT FROM YOU, THERE IS NO 4480 02:21:07,059 --> 02:21:08,994 LOG-IN, THERE'S NO STUDENT 4481 02:21:08,994 --> 02:21:10,128 LOG-IN, SO WHATEVER, HOWEVER 4482 02:21:10,128 --> 02:21:11,863 THEY INTERACT IT IS NOT TIED 4483 02:21:11,863 --> 02:21:12,164 WITH THE STUDENTS. 4484 02:21:12,164 --> 02:21:14,166 SO FROM THE DATA MINING WHEN IT 4485 02:21:14,166 --> 02:21:16,301 COMES TO SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL 4486 02:21:16,301 --> 02:21:18,103 HEALTH IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS 4487 02:21:18,103 --> 02:21:19,071 PROGRAM ISN'T A CONCERN WITH 4488 02:21:19,071 --> 02:21:19,738 THAT. 4489 02:21:19,738 --> 02:21:21,973 THE NEXT CONCERN THAT I HAD WAS 4490 02:21:21,973 --> 02:21:23,875 JUST WHETHER OR NOT ONCE AGAIN 4491 02:21:23,875 --> 02:21:24,943 AFTER HAVING THIS CONVERSATION 4492 02:21:24,943 --> 02:21:26,078 ABOUT COMPUTER PROGRAMS, WHETHER 4493 02:21:26,078 --> 02:21:27,079 WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 4494 02:21:27,079 --> 02:21:29,081 KEEPING UP WITH THE SOCIAL AND 4495 02:21:29,081 --> 02:21:30,916 EMOTIONAL SKILLS, WHETHER OR NOT 4496 02:21:30,916 --> 02:21:33,819 A COMPUTER PROGRAM IS A GOOD 4497 02:21:33,819 --> 02:21:34,820 SUPPLEMENT FOR THAT. 4498 02:21:34,820 --> 02:21:36,855 AND AGAIN YOU HAVE ME KIND OF 4499 02:21:36,855 --> 02:21:38,123 UNDERSTAND HOW A LOT OF THIS IS 4500 02:21:38,123 --> 02:21:39,925 TEACHER DRIVEN AND THERE'S A LOT 4501 02:21:39,925 --> 02:21:41,293 OF SUPPLEMENTS FOR THE TEACHER 4502 02:21:41,293 --> 02:21:42,961 USES THIS WITHIN THEIR LESSON, 4503 02:21:42,961 --> 02:21:44,930 AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO 4504 02:21:44,930 --> 02:21:46,131 WILL HAVE A LOG-IN. 4505 02:21:46,131 --> 02:21:47,165 PREVIOUS TO THIS WE HAD A KIT 4506 02:21:47,165 --> 02:21:49,835 THAT WE USED WHERE THERE WAS A 4507 02:21:49,835 --> 02:21:51,002 PRINT-OUT AND THIS IS GIVING THE 4508 02:21:51,002 --> 02:21:52,170 TEACHERS THEMSELVES, NOT THE 4509 02:21:52,170 --> 02:21:54,806 STUDENTS, ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL 4510 02:21:54,806 --> 02:21:56,141 VERSION OF THAT, SO IT CAN BE 4511 02:21:56,141 --> 02:21:57,843 USED MORE WIDELY WITHIN THE 4512 02:21:57,843 --> 02:21:59,711 SCHOOLS AND NOT SPECIFICALLY 4513 02:21:59,711 --> 02:22:02,214 HAVING ONLY ONE TEACHER BE ABLE 4514 02:22:02,214 --> 02:22:03,815 TO ACCESS PER SCHOOL. 4515 02:22:03,815 --> 02:22:04,950 SO I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION 4516 02:22:04,950 --> 02:22:06,818 AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO 4517 02:22:06,818 --> 02:22:07,119 UNDERSTAND HAPPY HOLIDAY THIS 4518 02:22:07,119 --> 02:22:07,419 PROGRAM WORKS, BECAUSE I HAD A 4519 02:22:07,419 --> 02:22:09,721 LOT OF QUESTIONS I NORMALLY 4520 02:22:09,721 --> 02:22:09,821 HAVE. 4521 02:22:09,821 --> 02:22:12,090 I STILL DO HAVE CONCERNS, EVEN 4522 02:22:12,090 --> 02:22:14,092 THOUGH I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, 4523 02:22:14,092 --> 02:22:15,894 THAT THERE'S NO DATA MAINING, 4524 02:22:15,894 --> 02:22:17,796 AND THAT THIS IS JUST FOR 4525 02:22:17,796 --> 02:22:19,064 TEACHERS AND THERE'S NO STUDENT 4526 02:22:19,064 --> 02:22:20,098 LOG-IN THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH 4527 02:22:20,098 --> 02:22:20,832 IT. 4528 02:22:20,832 --> 02:22:22,868 BUT I DO STILL HAVE CONCERNS 4529 02:22:22,868 --> 02:22:24,002 ABOUT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION 4530 02:22:24,002 --> 02:22:25,904 ESPECIALLY I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR 4531 02:22:25,904 --> 02:22:27,939 MEMBER PEREZ THOUGHTS BECAUSE I 4532 02:22:27,939 --> 02:22:29,041 KNOW SHE'S REALLY PASSIONATE 4533 02:22:29,041 --> 02:22:32,911 ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, ABOUT HOW 4534 02:22:32,911 --> 02:22:33,044 EFFECTIVE. 4535 02:22:33,044 --> 02:22:35,914 I WONDER HOW MUCH YOU CAN REALLY 4536 02:22:35,914 --> 02:22:37,249 LEARN FROM WATCHING A VIDEO OR 4537 02:22:37,249 --> 02:22:38,150 FROM A COMPUTER PROGRAM. 4538 02:22:38,150 --> 02:22:40,986 I STILL DO HAVE CONCERNS, JUST 4539 02:22:40,986 --> 02:22:42,120 ABOUT ITS EFFECTIVENESS. 4540 02:22:42,120 --> 02:22:43,155 I AM NOT AS CONCERNED SO MUCH 4541 02:22:43,155 --> 02:22:44,823 WITH THE PLATFORM SPECIFICALLY. 4542 02:22:44,823 --> 02:22:46,258 I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THAT AND 4543 02:22:46,258 --> 02:22:47,993 UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE JUST 4544 02:22:47,993 --> 02:22:48,927 GET MORGUE ACCESS BUT JUST IN 4545 02:22:48,927 --> 02:22:51,029 GENERAL I DO HAVE CONCERNS 4546 02:22:51,029 --> 02:22:53,899 SIMPLY BECAUSE IT COMES TO $700 4547 02:22:53,899 --> 02:22:54,032 THAT YOU. 4548 02:22:54,032 --> 02:22:56,034 AS MEMBER COMBS POINTED OUT, IF 4549 02:22:56,034 --> 02:22:57,202 IT WAS A $200 THAT YOU ITEM IT 4550 02:22:57,202 --> 02:22:58,136 WOULD BE DIFFERENT. 4551 02:22:58,136 --> 02:23:00,839 BUT I DO THINK AS WE HAVE THIS 4552 02:23:00,839 --> 02:23:02,808 CONVERSATION WE DO HAVE TO WEIGH 4553 02:23:02,808 --> 02:23:03,308 HOW MUCH WE ARE SPENDING BECAUSE 4554 02:23:03,308 --> 02:23:05,143 AGAIN THAT COULD BE TEN 4555 02:23:05,143 --> 02:23:06,845 CLASSROOM STAFF EMPLOYEES. 4556 02:23:06,845 --> 02:23:07,913 SO THOSE WERE JUST MY THOUGHTS 4557 02:23:07,913 --> 02:23:08,213 ON IT. 4558 02:23:08,213 --> 02:23:09,915 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4559 02:23:09,915 --> 02:23:11,049 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 4560 02:23:11,049 --> 02:23:11,249 VAUGHN. 4561 02:23:11,249 --> 02:23:13,752 MR. PORTER, WHAT IS THE 4562 02:23:13,752 --> 02:23:14,219 PROCEDURE FOR CALLING ANOTHER 4563 02:23:14,219 --> 02:23:20,759 BOARD MEMBER TO COMMENT? 4564 02:23:20,759 --> 02:23:21,092 ACCEPTABLE? 4565 02:23:21,092 --> 02:23:21,460 >>Jim Porter: IS UNDER IN A 4566 02:23:21,460 --> 02:23:23,895 OBLIGATION TO COMMENT. 4567 02:23:23,895 --> 02:23:24,229 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ, IF 4568 02:23:24,229 --> 02:23:25,897 YOU DO NOT WISH TO COMMENT YOU 4569 02:23:25,897 --> 02:23:27,032 DO NOT HAVE TO. 4570 02:23:27,032 --> 02:23:29,935 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? 4571 02:23:29,935 --> 02:23:30,268 >>Karen Perez: YES, I WAS GOING 4572 02:23:30,268 --> 02:23:32,137 TO PULL THIS ITEM AND IT WAS 4573 02:23:32,137 --> 02:23:34,172 PULLED ALREADY SO THANK YOU. 4574 02:23:34,172 --> 02:23:37,776 YES, MY CONCERN IS WITH OUR 4575 02:23:37,776 --> 02:23:38,910 CHILDREN WESTBOUND SOCIAL 4576 02:23:38,910 --> 02:23:41,947 EMOTIONAL LEARNING THAT WHEN 4577 02:23:41,947 --> 02:23:44,216 THEY GO TO DO A FRAM, LIKE WE 4578 02:23:44,216 --> 02:23:48,820 KEEP SAYING, OUR CHILDREN ARE 4579 02:23:48,820 --> 02:23:49,354 TECHNOLOGIED OUT, THAT WE ARE 4580 02:23:49,354 --> 02:23:51,156 TRYING TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN 4581 02:23:51,156 --> 02:23:52,991 THAT WHEN THEY HAVE ANY 4582 02:23:52,991 --> 02:23:53,925 QUESTIONS, AND WHEN THEY ARE 4583 02:23:53,925 --> 02:23:58,130 TRYING TO TALK TO US, THAT IT'S 4584 02:23:58,130 --> 02:24:03,034 APPARENT OR A TEACHER OR SOCIAL 4585 02:24:03,034 --> 02:24:05,070 WORKER OR PSYCHOLOGIST, SOMEONE 4586 02:24:05,070 --> 02:24:07,739 THAT CAN ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, 4587 02:24:07,739 --> 02:24:08,140 THAT WHEN THEY ARE SITTING IN 4588 02:24:08,140 --> 02:24:10,041 FRONT OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE 4589 02:24:10,041 --> 02:24:15,113 GETTING THEM USED TO, YOU KNOW, 4590 02:24:15,113 --> 02:24:16,281 INTERACTING WITH A COMPUTER 4591 02:24:16,281 --> 02:24:20,785 INSTEAD OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. 4592 02:24:20,785 --> 02:24:22,988 THAT THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS, 4593 02:24:22,988 --> 02:24:26,858 WHEN THEY ARE FEELING SOMETHING 4594 02:24:26,858 --> 02:24:28,026 THAT THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH A 4595 02:24:28,026 --> 02:24:32,797 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT INSTEAD OF A 4596 02:24:32,797 --> 02:24:32,931 PERSON. 4597 02:24:32,931 --> 02:24:35,133 THAT IS MY ISSUE WITH HAVING 4598 02:24:35,133 --> 02:24:42,140 SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ON A 4599 02:24:42,140 --> 02:24:45,010 DEVICE, YOU KNOW. 4600 02:24:45,010 --> 02:24:47,178 I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS RIGHT NOW, 4601 02:24:47,178 --> 02:24:49,047 ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR CHILDREN ARE 4602 02:24:49,047 --> 02:24:52,884 COMING OUT OF A COVID SITUATION, 4603 02:24:52,884 --> 02:24:58,823 AND THEY ARE COMING OUT WITH 4604 02:24:58,823 --> 02:25:00,225 ISSUES MORE SO -- WE ARE COMING 4605 02:25:00,225 --> 02:25:01,993 OUT OF THE FRONT SIDE OF COVID, 4606 02:25:01,993 --> 02:25:03,795 COMING OUT OF THE BACKSIDE, AND 4607 02:25:03,795 --> 02:25:07,933 STILL NOT OVER IT. 4608 02:25:07,933 --> 02:25:09,968 I WOULD RATHER THEM TALK TO A 4609 02:25:09,968 --> 02:25:14,940 PERSON, A HUMAN BEING, THAN 4610 02:25:14,940 --> 02:25:16,808 INTERACTING WITH TECHNOLOGY, TO 4611 02:25:16,808 --> 02:25:17,075 HONEST WITH YOU. 4612 02:25:17,075 --> 02:25:18,743 THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN, FOR 4613 02:25:18,743 --> 02:25:20,045 PULLING THIS ITEM. 4614 02:25:20,045 --> 02:25:21,112 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 4615 02:25:21,112 --> 02:25:21,213 PEREZ. 4616 02:25:21,213 --> 02:25:22,881 BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN 4617 02:25:22,881 --> 02:25:24,849 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 4618 02:25:24,849 --> 02:25:27,185 >> EXCUSE ME, MEMBER GRAY. 4619 02:25:27,185 --> 02:25:30,055 MAY I PLEASE RESPOND TO HELP MS. 4620 02:25:30,055 --> 02:25:32,057 PEREZ KNOW TH THERE IS A POLICEM 4621 02:25:32,057 --> 02:25:33,858 PROGRAM THAT THE TEACHER 4622 02:25:33,858 --> 02:25:33,992 ACCESSES. 4623 02:25:33,992 --> 02:25:36,227 THIS HELPS THE TEACHER PROVIDE 4624 02:25:36,227 --> 02:25:36,361 INSTRUCTION. 4625 02:25:36,361 --> 02:25:38,163 THIS IS NOT ONE WHERE THE 4626 02:25:38,163 --> 02:25:40,799 STUDENT SITS IN FRONT OF THE 4627 02:25:40,799 --> 02:25:40,932 COMPUTER. 4628 02:25:40,932 --> 02:25:42,901 THIS IS ONE THAT ACTUALLY THE 4629 02:25:42,901 --> 02:25:44,970 TEACHER IS INSTEAD OF A PAPER 4630 02:25:44,970 --> 02:25:46,771 PENCIL KIT, IT'S ACTUALLY THE 4631 02:25:46,771 --> 02:25:48,873 TEACHER HAS ACCESS TO THE 4632 02:25:48,873 --> 02:25:50,709 DIGITAL INFORMATION TO PROVIDE 4633 02:25:50,709 --> 02:25:51,142 INSTRUCTION TO KIDS. 4634 02:25:51,142 --> 02:25:53,678 SO THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR THE 4635 02:25:53,678 --> 02:25:55,113 TEACHER TO USE, NOT FOR THE 4636 02:25:55,113 --> 02:25:55,947 STUDENTS TO USE. 4637 02:25:55,947 --> 02:25:57,983 THIS IS A TOOL FOR THE TEACHER. 4638 02:25:57,983 --> 02:25:59,117 AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 4639 02:25:59,117 --> 02:26:01,286 TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT WE ARE 4640 02:26:01,286 --> 02:26:05,056 NOT SUBSTITUTING THIS PROGRAM TO 4641 02:26:05,056 --> 02:26:06,791 TEACH STUDENTS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL 4642 02:26:06,791 --> 02:26:06,925 LEARNING. 4643 02:26:06,925 --> 02:26:08,159 THE TEACHER IS ACTUALLY TEACHING 4644 02:26:08,159 --> 02:26:11,763 IT AND USING THIS AS A TOOL. 4645 02:26:11,763 --> 02:26:13,031 AND MS. VAUGHN, YOU DID MENTION 4646 02:26:13,031 --> 02:26:15,800 THE COST. 4647 02:26:15,800 --> 02:26:18,737 IT IS 10 06 PER SCHOOL FOR 4648 02:26:18,737 --> 02:26:18,870 FIVE YEARS. 4649 02:26:18,870 --> 02:26:20,705 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 4650 02:26:20,705 --> 02:26:22,040 I APOLOGIZE BUT THANK YOU SO 4651 02:26:22,040 --> 02:26:22,874 MUCH. 4652 02:26:22,874 --> 02:26:23,842 >>Addison Davis: THANK YOU, MS. 4653 02:26:23,842 --> 02:26:23,942 BROWN. 4654 02:26:23,942 --> 02:26:25,910 THIS IS ALSO A ONCE-A-WEEK 4655 02:26:25,910 --> 02:26:27,212 LESSON BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MINUTES 4656 02:26:27,212 --> 02:26:30,915 SO DEFINITELY NEEDED. 4657 02:26:30,915 --> 02:26:32,083 >>Lynn Gray: SO MS. BROWN, I AM 4658 02:26:32,083 --> 02:26:35,754 LISTENING TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. 4659 02:26:35,754 --> 02:26:37,956 AND IF IT'S NOT CLEAR FOR BOARD 4660 02:26:37,956 --> 02:26:39,157 MEMBERS IN THE READING OF THE 4661 02:26:39,157 --> 02:26:42,193 AGENDA ITEM, PERHAPS WE CAN WORK 4662 02:26:42,193 --> 02:26:43,795 ON MORE CLARITY. 4663 02:26:43,795 --> 02:26:49,167 I HONESTLY DIDN'T PICK THAT UP. 4664 02:26:49,167 --> 02:26:51,770 BUT MAYBE WE CAN BE MORE 4665 02:26:51,770 --> 02:26:52,937 WORDSMITH SOME OF THE AGENDA 4666 02:26:52,937 --> 02:26:54,005 ITEMS. 4667 02:26:54,005 --> 02:26:56,041 ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE ARE NOT 4668 02:26:56,041 --> 02:26:57,742 OVERLY BUT WE ARE MORE SENSITIVE 4669 02:26:57,742 --> 02:27:00,045 TO DIGITAL PROGRAMS, ET CETERA, 4670 02:27:00,045 --> 02:27:00,145 RIGHT? 4671 02:27:00,145 --> 02:27:01,880 SO FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH. 4672 02:27:01,880 --> 02:27:03,715 BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN 4673 02:27:03,715 --> 02:27:13,958 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 4674 02:27:13,958 --> 02:27:14,059 OKAY. 4675 02:27:14,059 --> 02:27:15,794 ALL MEMBERS ARE IN FAVOR. 4676 02:27:15,794 --> 02:27:16,995 THANK YOU. 4677 02:27:16,995 --> 02:27:21,966 WE ARE GOING TO GO NOW TO 6 .11. 4678 02:27:21,966 --> 02:27:25,870 MENTAL HEALTH CARE INCORPORATED 4679 02:27:25,870 --> 02:27:27,038 DOING BUSINESS AS GRACE POINT 4680 02:27:27,038 --> 02:27:27,972 MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM. 4681 02:27:27,972 --> 02:27:29,841 THIS IS NEW. 4682 02:27:29,841 --> 02:27:30,909 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, CAN YOU GO 4683 02:27:30,909 --> 02:27:32,110 AHEAD AND HIGHLIGHT IT? 4684 02:27:32,110 --> 02:27:34,145 AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION. 4685 02:27:34,145 --> 02:27:34,446 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 4686 02:27:34,446 --> 02:27:36,848 THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE FOR 4687 02:27:36,848 --> 02:27:37,849 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO CREATE A 4688 02:27:37,849 --> 02:27:38,783 MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM. 4689 02:27:38,783 --> 02:27:44,823 AND ONE THING WE KNOW SO MANY 4690 02:27:44,823 --> 02:27:47,158 TIMES OUR CHILDREN ARE REALLY 4691 02:27:47,158 --> 02:27:48,793 FACED WITH SOME OPPORTUNITIES 4692 02:27:48,793 --> 02:27:49,994 FOR INTERVENTION. 4693 02:27:49,994 --> 02:27:51,830 SO BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE MENTAL 4694 02:27:51,830 --> 02:27:54,966 HEALTH DOLLARS, TO ADD A TEAM 4695 02:27:54,966 --> 02:27:58,002 AND TO CONTRACT OUTSIDE SERVICES 4696 02:27:58,002 --> 02:27:59,804 WITH GRACE POINT, ALLOWS US TO 4697 02:27:59,804 --> 02:28:01,806 HAVE PRIMARY RESPONDER TO BE 4698 02:28:01,806 --> 02:28:04,776 ABLE TO ASSIST WITH QUALITY 4699 02:28:04,776 --> 02:28:05,210 ASSURANCE MANAGERS, TO BE ABLE 4700 02:28:05,210 --> 02:28:07,112 TO ASSIST REQUEST OUR STUDENTS, 4701 02:28:07,112 --> 02:28:08,913 WHERE OUR STUDENTS MAY BE FACING 4702 02:28:08,913 --> 02:28:11,082 ANY KIND OF CRISIS OR SITUATION 4703 02:28:11,082 --> 02:28:13,084 OUT OF SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO 4704 02:28:13,084 --> 02:28:14,152 PROVIDE A MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM 4705 02:28:14,152 --> 02:28:16,755 TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL TO REALLY 4706 02:28:16,755 --> 02:28:18,022 ASSIST WITH ANY TYPE OF 4707 02:28:18,022 --> 02:28:19,023 INTERVENTIONS THAT MAY BE 4708 02:28:19,023 --> 02:28:19,724 NEEDED. 4709 02:28:19,724 --> 02:28:21,059 THIS IS WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO 4710 02:28:21,059 --> 02:28:23,928 HAVE A COORDINATED CLINICIAN, 4711 02:28:23,928 --> 02:28:24,863 PSYCHOLOGIST, AT THE SAME TIME 4712 02:28:24,863 --> 02:28:26,798 SOCIAL WORKER RESPOND TO BE ABLE 4713 02:28:26,798 --> 02:28:28,733 TO PROVIDE ONGOING SERVICES TO 4714 02:28:28,733 --> 02:28:31,836 OUR CHILDREN WHO MAY BE FACED 4715 02:28:31,836 --> 02:28:34,139 WITH AVOIDING A SITUATION, TO BE 4716 02:28:34,139 --> 02:28:36,040 INTERACTIVE WITH LAW 4717 02:28:36,040 --> 02:28:38,009 ENFORCEMENT, OR THE SAME TOKE 4718 02:28:38,009 --> 02:28:39,210 EVENING DEMANDED TO BE BAKER 4719 02:28:39,210 --> 02:28:41,746 ACTED OR HOSPITALIZED THROUGH AN 4720 02:28:41,746 --> 02:28:42,147 EMERGENCY ADOPTED UTILIZATION. 4721 02:28:42,147 --> 02:28:45,183 SO THIS IS REALLY BEING 4722 02:28:45,183 --> 02:28:47,819 PROACTIVE, TO BE ABLE TO 4723 02:28:47,819 --> 02:28:48,720 DEESCALATE SITUATIONS IN OUR 4724 02:28:48,720 --> 02:28:50,822 SCHOOLS AND TO CREATE THE LEAST 4725 02:28:50,822 --> 02:28:51,923 RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE 4726 02:28:51,923 --> 02:28:53,158 TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES 4727 02:28:53,158 --> 02:28:56,861 TO OUR STUDENTS IN NEED. 4728 02:28:56,861 --> 02:28:57,195 >>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, CAN 4729 02:28:57,195 --> 02:28:58,797 WE GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION 4730 02:28:58,797 --> 02:28:59,731 AND SECOND? 4731 02:28:59,731 --> 02:29:01,900 AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION. 4732 02:29:01,900 --> 02:29:03,968 I NEED A MOTION. 4733 02:29:03,968 --> 02:29:05,870 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER 4734 02:29:05,870 --> 02:29:07,906 WASHINGTON, A SECOND BY MEMBER 4735 02:29:07,906 --> 02:29:08,807 VAUGHN. 4736 02:29:08,807 --> 02:29:10,108 WILL THERE BE ANY DISCUSSION 4737 02:29:10,108 --> 02:29:14,746 OTHER THAN I HAD A CERTAIN 4738 02:29:14,746 --> 02:29:14,879 QUESTION? 4739 02:29:14,879 --> 02:29:16,014 MEMBER PEREZ AND THEN I WILL 4740 02:29:16,014 --> 02:29:17,081 FOLLOW MEMBER PEREZ. 4741 02:29:17,081 --> 02:29:19,117 MEMBER PEREZ, YOU ARE 4742 02:29:19,117 --> 02:29:20,919 RECOGNIZED. 4743 02:29:20,919 --> 02:29:21,152 >>Karen Perez: YES. 4744 02:29:21,152 --> 02:29:24,856 I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 4745 02:29:24,856 --> 02:29:27,859 I HAVE JUST BEEN WAITING FOR 4746 02:29:27,859 --> 02:29:29,928 THIS SINCE 2019 FOR THIS TO 4747 02:29:29,928 --> 02:29:31,930 HAPPEN. 4748 02:29:31,930 --> 02:29:33,131 OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN NEEDING 4749 02:29:33,131 --> 02:29:37,068 THIS INTERVENTION TEAM, YOU 4750 02:29:37,068 --> 02:29:39,103 KNOW, THE RESPONSE TEAM, 4751 02:29:39,103 --> 02:29:41,039 ESPECIALLY TO KIND OF MAKE SURE 4752 02:29:41,039 --> 02:29:45,844 THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE OKAY, AND 4753 02:29:45,844 --> 02:29:46,177 ELIMINATE OUTSIDERS FROM COMING 4754 02:29:46,177 --> 02:29:48,012 IN AND BAKER ACTING STUDENTS 4755 02:29:48,012 --> 02:29:50,915 THAT DON'T NEED TO BE BAKER 4756 02:29:50,915 --> 02:29:53,117 ACTED, BEING ABLE TO RESPOND ON 4757 02:29:53,117 --> 02:29:54,219 TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS. 4758 02:29:54,219 --> 02:29:56,855 I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 4759 02:29:56,855 --> 02:29:59,791 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING 4760 02:29:59,791 --> 02:30:00,892 THIS TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 4761 02:30:00,892 --> 02:30:00,992 SCHOOLS. 4762 02:30:00,992 --> 02:30:01,326 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 4763 02:30:01,326 --> 02:30:01,459 THANK YOU. 4764 02:30:01,459 --> 02:30:02,994 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 4765 02:30:02,994 --> 02:30:03,862 PEREZ. 4766 02:30:03,862 --> 02:30:05,230 INDEED THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION 4767 02:30:05,230 --> 02:30:07,065 FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR 4768 02:30:07,065 --> 02:30:07,198 STUDENTS. 4769 02:30:07,198 --> 02:30:11,035 MY ONLY QUESTION WAS, 4770 02:30:11,035 --> 02:30:16,908 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHEN WE 4771 02:30:16,908 --> 02:30:17,242 HAVE THIS RESPONSE TEAM ARE WE 4772 02:30:17,242 --> 02:30:20,011 PUTTING THE PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE? 4773 02:30:20,011 --> 02:30:20,945 WHO IS IMPACTED? 4774 02:30:20,945 --> 02:30:23,014 WHO HAS TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE? 4775 02:30:23,014 --> 02:30:25,950 IS IT GRACE POINT? IFSON 4776 02:30:25,950 --> 02:30:27,785 SOMETHING GOES WRONG WHO IS THE 4777 02:30:27,785 --> 02:30:28,887 DELIVERERS OF THE MESSAGE? 4778 02:30:28,887 --> 02:30:30,154 >> IT ALWAYS STARTS WITHIN THE 4779 02:30:30,154 --> 02:30:31,122 STUDENT TEAM MEMBER AT THE 4780 02:30:31,122 --> 02:30:32,790 SCHOOL SITE AND WHEN THE 4781 02:30:32,790 --> 02:30:34,893 ASSESSMENT IS DONE THEY WILL 4782 02:30:34,893 --> 02:30:35,927 WORK WITH SOMEONE FROM THE 4783 02:30:35,927 --> 02:30:38,963 STUDENT SERVICES TEAM TO 4784 02:30:38,963 --> 02:30:40,131 DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S 4785 02:30:40,131 --> 02:30:41,232 NECESSARY TO CALL FOR THE MOBILE 4786 02:30:41,232 --> 02:30:42,934 RESPONSE TEAM. 4787 02:30:42,934 --> 02:30:45,870 THEY WORK TO DETERMINE WHETHER 4788 02:30:45,870 --> 02:30:48,239 OR NOT IT'S NECESSARY TO 4789 02:30:48,239 --> 02:30:52,010 INVOLUNTARILY HOSPITALIZE A 4790 02:30:52,010 --> 02:30:53,077 STUDENT, OR WHETHER OR NOT, IN 4791 02:30:53,077 --> 02:30:55,046 OTHER WORDS BAKER ACT, OR IF WE 4792 02:30:55,046 --> 02:30:58,783 NEED TO HAVE SOME OTHER 4793 02:30:58,783 --> 02:30:59,150 DEESCALATING EFFORTS TAKEN AT 4794 02:30:59,150 --> 02:31:00,251 THE SCHOOL WITH THE STUDENT. 4795 02:31:00,251 --> 02:31:02,287 BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE 4796 02:31:02,287 --> 02:31:05,089 STUDENT SERVICES TEAM MEMBER AT 4797 02:31:05,089 --> 02:31:06,791 THE SCHOOL SITE FOR THE THREAT 4798 02:31:06,791 --> 02:31:07,892 ASSESSMENT TEAM AT THE SCHOOL 4799 02:31:07,892 --> 02:31:08,960 SITE WILL MANAGE. 4800 02:31:08,960 --> 02:31:11,062 ON THAT TEAM IS A REPRESENTATIVE 4801 02:31:11,062 --> 02:31:12,130 FROM ADMINISTRATION, TYPICALLY 4802 02:31:12,130 --> 02:31:13,965 IT'S THE PRINCIPAL, BUT IT'S 4803 02:31:13,965 --> 02:31:16,134 ALSO YOUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, 4804 02:31:16,134 --> 02:31:18,002 POTENTIALLY A SCHOOL 4805 02:31:18,002 --> 02:31:19,003 PSYCHOLOGIST, SCHOOL COUNSELOR. 4806 02:31:19,003 --> 02:31:19,971 SOMETIMES OWN THAT TEAM YOU HAVE 4807 02:31:19,971 --> 02:31:20,271 OTHER MEMBERS. 4808 02:31:20,271 --> 02:31:22,974 IT COULD BE A SCHOOL 4809 02:31:22,974 --> 02:31:24,008 RESOURCEOVERS, IF NECESSARY, ON 4810 02:31:24,008 --> 02:31:24,943 THAT TEAM AS WELL. 4811 02:31:24,943 --> 02:31:27,779 BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD 4812 02:31:27,779 --> 02:31:29,047 BE THROUGH THAT STUDENT SERVICES 4813 02:31:29,047 --> 02:31:30,248 TEAM MEMBER OR THE THREAT 4814 02:31:30,248 --> 02:31:32,183 ASSESSMENT TEAM, AND THEY WORK 4815 02:31:32,183 --> 02:31:34,886 WITH OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF TO 4816 02:31:34,886 --> 02:31:36,154 DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED 4817 02:31:36,154 --> 02:31:39,857 TO CALL OUT THE MOBILE RESPONSE 4818 02:31:39,857 --> 02:31:39,958 TEAM. 4819 02:31:39,958 --> 02:31:40,892 >>Lynn Gray: MY QUESTION IS, DO 4820 02:31:40,892 --> 02:31:42,894 WE HAVE A FORMALIZED AT EVERY 4821 02:31:42,894 --> 02:31:45,029 SCHOOL A THREAT TEAM? 4822 02:31:45,029 --> 02:31:45,330 >>Tracye Brown: YES, MA'AM. 4823 02:31:45,330 --> 02:31:48,299 IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW. 4824 02:31:48,299 --> 02:31:49,934 >>Lynn Gray: WE ACTUALLY I HAVE 4825 02:31:49,934 --> 02:31:53,071 A THREAT TEAM. 4826 02:31:53,071 --> 02:31:55,873 AND JUST DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER JOB 4827 02:31:55,873 --> 02:31:57,075 RESPONSIBILITY ADDED TO OUR 4828 02:31:57,075 --> 02:31:58,042 PRINCIPALS PLATE, A AND THIS 4829 02:31:58,042 --> 02:31:59,043 BEING THE CASE THAT'S REALLY 4830 02:31:59,043 --> 02:32:01,012 WHAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT. 4831 02:32:01,012 --> 02:32:03,948 IT IS A COSTLY SITUATION, BUT 4832 02:32:03,948 --> 02:32:05,717 BAKER ACTS ARE ALSO VERY COSTLY 4833 02:32:05,717 --> 02:32:06,951 AND I KNOW YOU ARE TRYING TO 4834 02:32:06,951 --> 02:32:09,887 REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF BAKER ACTS. 4835 02:32:09,887 --> 02:32:11,189 IT'S GOTTEN OUT OF HAND. 4836 02:32:11,189 --> 02:32:12,890 OKAY, BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WILL 4837 02:32:12,890 --> 02:32:21,766 VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 4838 02:32:23,201 --> 02:32:24,068 OKAY, WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR. 4839 02:32:24,068 --> 02:32:27,138 THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. 4840 02:32:27,138 --> 02:32:33,177 MOVING DOWN TO 6.14. 4841 02:32:33,177 --> 02:32:34,846 WE ARE GETTING INTO MORE 4842 02:32:34,846 --> 02:32:36,814 TECHNOLOGY HERE. 4843 02:32:36,814 --> 02:32:41,986 ADDENDUM 1 TO AGREEMENT 4844 02:32:41,986 --> 02:32:42,920 16109-DST-LG. 4845 02:32:42,920 --> 02:32:43,321 THAT'S NOT MY INITIALS, BY THE 4846 02:32:43,321 --> 02:32:44,889 WAY. 4847 02:32:44,889 --> 02:32:46,190 THAT IS MY INITIALS, LYNN GRAY. 4848 02:32:46,190 --> 02:32:48,860 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, GPS. 4849 02:32:48,860 --> 02:32:51,796 ON THE BUSES AND WHITE FLEET. 4850 02:32:51,796 --> 02:32:53,064 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, AND MEMBER 4851 02:32:53,064 --> 02:32:54,832 VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. 4852 02:32:54,832 --> 02:32:55,133 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM 4853 02:32:55,133 --> 02:32:57,135 THROUGH THE CHAIR. 4854 02:32:57,135 --> 02:32:57,969 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 4855 02:32:57,969 --> 02:33:01,039 THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO DO AN 4856 02:33:01,039 --> 02:33:02,974 EFFICIENT JOB WITH LOOKING AT 4857 02:33:02,974 --> 02:33:05,910 GPS FOR BUS ROUTING, ALSO 4858 02:33:05,910 --> 02:33:08,846 LIKELY, ROUTING FOR A PLANNING 4859 02:33:08,846 --> 02:33:10,982 PERSPECTIVE, FIELD TRIP 4860 02:33:10,982 --> 02:33:12,083 MANAGEMENT, LOOK AT SOFTWARE TO 4861 02:33:12,083 --> 02:33:13,951 REALLY MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE 4862 02:33:13,951 --> 02:33:17,055 BEING EFFICIENT WITH ALL OF THE 4863 02:33:17,055 --> 02:33:18,089 DIRECTIONS AND ROADS THAT WE ARE 4864 02:33:18,089 --> 02:33:19,157 TAKING WITHIN OUR SCHOOL 4865 02:33:19,157 --> 02:33:20,091 DISTRICT, AND THAT LINKS TO 4866 02:33:20,091 --> 02:33:22,326 BEING ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE 4867 02:33:22,326 --> 02:33:25,897 DON'T HAVE -- IF YOU ARE TAKING 4868 02:33:25,897 --> 02:33:28,900 A ROUTE, THIS OPENLY DON'T MAKE 4869 02:33:28,900 --> 02:33:29,000 SENSE. 4870 02:33:29,000 --> 02:33:30,134 THIS HAS BEEN IN THE SCHOOL 4871 02:33:30,134 --> 02:33:31,836 DISTRICT SINCE 20 SH, AND BEING 4872 02:33:31,836 --> 02:33:33,104 ABLE TO BRING IT BACK FOR AN 4873 02:33:33,104 --> 02:33:34,138 EXTENDED CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES 4874 02:33:34,138 --> 02:33:37,041 WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 4875 02:33:37,041 --> 02:33:37,975 >>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, I 4876 02:33:37,975 --> 02:33:39,077 NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. 4877 02:33:39,077 --> 02:33:41,012 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. 4878 02:33:41,012 --> 02:33:44,916 I HAVE A SECOND BY, LET'S SEE, 4879 02:33:44,916 --> 02:33:46,784 MEMBER VAUGHN, AND ANY 4880 02:33:46,784 --> 02:33:46,951 DISCUSSION? 4881 02:33:46,951 --> 02:33:48,219 MEMBER VAUGHN. 4882 02:33:48,219 --> 02:33:49,921 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, 4883 02:33:49,921 --> 02:33:50,054 MADAM CHAIR. 4884 02:33:50,054 --> 02:33:51,989 AND THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS, FOR 4885 02:33:51,989 --> 02:33:52,890 MEETING ME TODAY. 4886 02:33:52,890 --> 02:33:55,927 WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT 4887 02:33:55,927 --> 02:33:57,128 THIS AGENDA ITEM, AND 4888 02:33:57,128 --> 02:33:58,229 TRANSPORTATION IN GENERAL. 4889 02:33:58,229 --> 02:34:01,065 I AM EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS IS 4890 02:34:01,065 --> 02:34:02,700 ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE USING 4891 02:34:02,700 --> 02:34:04,168 FOR HOPEFULLY A YEAR AND THAT WE 4892 02:34:04,168 --> 02:34:05,069 HAVE SOMETHING VERY EXCITING 4893 02:34:05,069 --> 02:34:06,804 COMING UP AFTER THIS. 4894 02:34:06,804 --> 02:34:08,072 AND I ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF 4895 02:34:08,072 --> 02:34:11,075 UPDATE BECAUSE I HAD A LOT OF 4896 02:34:11,075 --> 02:34:12,176 QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED 4897 02:34:12,176 --> 02:34:13,945 ABOUT ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, I 4898 02:34:13,945 --> 02:34:16,948 MEAN THE LAST MEETING, ABOUT 4899 02:34:16,948 --> 02:34:17,849 ELECTRIC BUSES. 4900 02:34:17,849 --> 02:34:21,018 AND I HAD A REALLY GREAT 4901 02:34:21,018 --> 02:34:22,186 CONVERSATION WITH TRANSPORTATION 4902 02:34:22,186 --> 02:34:23,254 TODAY TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY 4903 02:34:23,254 --> 02:34:25,189 MAYBE BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME 4904 02:34:25,189 --> 02:34:26,991 ELECTRIC BUSES AND LOOKING FOR 4905 02:34:26,991 --> 02:34:28,126 PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES WHO 4906 02:34:28,126 --> 02:34:31,028 WILL PROVIDE CHARGING STATIONS. 4907 02:34:31,028 --> 02:34:32,196 SO I AM FEELING REALLY POSITIVE 4908 02:34:32,196 --> 02:34:33,264 ABOUT POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING 4909 02:34:33,264 --> 02:34:34,932 EVEN WITH OUR LIGHT FLEET 4910 02:34:34,932 --> 02:34:36,067 POSSIBLY ONE DAY TO ELECTRIC 4911 02:34:36,067 --> 02:34:38,002 VEHICLES, AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT 4912 02:34:38,002 --> 02:34:39,837 AFTER THIS IS DONE THE NEW 4913 02:34:39,837 --> 02:34:40,238 SOFTWARE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 4914 02:34:40,238 --> 02:34:42,140 WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO 4915 02:34:42,140 --> 02:34:43,975 USE GPS AND ACCOUNTING FOR OUR 4916 02:34:43,975 --> 02:34:44,142 STUDENTS. 4917 02:34:44,142 --> 02:34:45,843 SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE 4918 02:34:45,843 --> 02:34:48,012 TIME TON SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT 4919 02:34:48,012 --> 02:34:49,213 CONVERSATION, AND NOT ALL HOPE 4920 02:34:49,213 --> 02:34:50,882 IS LOST ON ELECTRIC BUSES AND 4921 02:34:50,882 --> 02:34:51,916 VEHICLES GOING FORWARD. 4922 02:34:51,916 --> 02:34:56,687 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4923 02:34:56,687 --> 02:34:57,121 >>Lynn Gray: I WAS THINKING 4924 02:34:57,121 --> 02:34:58,890 ABOUT GETTING A TESLA, BY THE 4925 02:34:58,890 --> 02:35:00,825 WAY. 4926 02:35:00,825 --> 02:35:06,197 YES, SO HE'S LOOKING FOR THE 4927 02:35:06,197 --> 02:35:08,166 ELECTRICITY DEEP POSITIVES. 4928 02:35:08,166 --> 02:35:09,901 BOARD MEMBERS, VOTE WHEN YOUR 4929 02:35:09,901 --> 02:35:11,169 LIGHTS ARE ON. 4930 02:35:13,838 --> 02:35:13,938 DEPOS. 4931 02:35:13,938 --> 02:35:14,238 MEMBER WASHINGTON, DO YOU WANT 4932 02:35:14,238 --> 02:35:16,040 TO GO AHEAD? 4933 02:35:16,040 --> 02:35:18,075 IT'S UNANIMOUS. 4934 02:35:18,075 --> 02:35:21,179 AGAIN, REMINDING THE PUBLIC THAT 4935 02:35:21,179 --> 02:35:22,980 MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER HAHN 4936 02:35:22,980 --> 02:35:25,850 ARE NOT HERE AT THIS MEETING AT 4937 02:35:25,850 --> 02:35:25,983 THIS TIME. 4938 02:35:25,983 --> 02:35:27,185 THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. 4939 02:35:27,185 --> 02:35:35,026 WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 6 .16. 4940 02:35:35,026 --> 02:35:38,162 ADVERTISEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE 4941 02:35:38,162 --> 02:35:41,032 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR PROPOSED 4942 02:35:41,032 --> 02:35:41,866 MILLAGE RATES. 4943 02:35:41,866 --> 02:35:45,770 THIS IS A TENTATIVE BUDGET. 4944 02:35:45,770 --> 02:35:47,104 NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING 4945 02:35:47,104 --> 02:35:49,173 PROPOSED TAX INCREASE AND NOTICE 4946 02:35:49,173 --> 02:35:51,742 OF TAX FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL 4947 02:35:51,742 --> 02:35:54,745 OUTLAY, AND ALLOW STAFF TO MAKE 4948 02:35:54,745 --> 02:35:56,113 MODIFICATIONS AS UPDATED 4949 02:35:56,113 --> 02:35:59,984 INFORMATION IS RECEIVED FROM 4950 02:35:59,984 --> 02:36:00,851 TALLAHASSEE. 4951 02:36:00,851 --> 02:36:01,752 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I KNOW 4952 02:36:01,752 --> 02:36:03,254 THAT YOU WILL SHARE THE EMPHASIS 4953 02:36:03,254 --> 02:36:06,891 ON TENTATIVE, AND I WILL LET YOU 4954 02:36:06,891 --> 02:36:07,158 TAKE OVER. 4955 02:36:07,158 --> 02:36:08,859 AND THIS IS YOUR ITEM. 4956 02:36:08,859 --> 02:36:09,193 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, 4957 02:36:09,193 --> 02:36:09,393 THROUGH THE CHAIR. 4958 02:36:09,393 --> 02:36:13,064 I AM GOING TO TRANSFER TO MRS. 4959 02:36:13,064 --> 02:36:15,233 JOHNSON, LET MRS. JOHNSON 4960 02:36:15,233 --> 02:36:18,803 DESCRIBE WHAT TENTATIVE LOOKS AT 4961 02:36:18,803 --> 02:36:20,905 PROJECTED BUDGET MAY LOOK LIKE. 4962 02:36:20,905 --> 02:36:23,774 >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, 4963 02:36:23,774 --> 02:36:24,041 SUPERINTENDENT, AND 4964 02:36:24,041 --> 02:36:25,076 CONSTITUENTS. 4965 02:36:25,076 --> 02:36:27,044 I WILL BE DOING A BRIEF OVERVIEW 4966 02:36:27,044 --> 02:36:28,012 OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET. 4967 02:36:28,012 --> 02:36:30,848 IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF. 4968 02:36:30,848 --> 02:36:31,048 IT'S TENTATIVE. 4969 02:36:31,048 --> 02:36:34,852 THAT MEANS THAT THIS BUDGET WILL 4970 02:36:34,852 --> 02:36:37,054 BE CHANGING GOING FORWARD, FOR 4971 02:36:37,054 --> 02:36:43,194 FISCAL YEAR 21-22. 4972 02:36:43,194 --> 02:36:47,131 FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION 200 4973 02:36:47,131 --> 02:36:49,767 .0657 IS REQUIRED TO SEND 4974 02:36:49,767 --> 02:36:50,901 ATTENTIVE BUDGET TO THE BOARD 4975 02:36:50,901 --> 02:36:54,071 WITHIN 24 DAYS OF CERTIFICATION 4976 02:36:54,071 --> 02:36:57,041 OF THE, TAKE MILL VALUE. 4977 02:36:57,041 --> 02:37:00,177 THE STATED PROCESS CONCERNING 4978 02:37:00,177 --> 02:37:01,912 PROPERTY TAX VALUE, FROM THEM 4979 02:37:01,912 --> 02:37:02,847 THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4980 02:37:02,847 --> 02:37:06,217 ASSESSED THE MILLAGE RATE, LOCAL 4981 02:37:06,217 --> 02:37:08,919 BOARD LEVYING AND ALSO FROM THEM 4982 02:37:08,919 --> 02:37:10,021 THE INTENT OF THE BUDGET TO 4983 02:37:10,021 --> 02:37:11,822 PROVIDE AN ADVERTISEMENT 4984 02:37:11,822 --> 02:37:13,891 FRAMEWORK FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 4985 02:37:13,891 --> 02:37:16,127 21-22 FISCAL YEAR. 4986 02:37:16,127 --> 02:37:17,928 THE TIMELINE. 4987 02:37:17,928 --> 02:37:20,064 SO WE ARE TODAY SUBMITTING THE 4988 02:37:20,064 --> 02:37:22,099 TENTATIVE BUDGET JULY THE 4989 02:37:22,099 --> 02:37:25,002 13th, JULY THE 19th, FOR 4990 02:37:25,002 --> 02:37:26,103 THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF 4991 02:37:26,103 --> 02:37:29,006 EDUCATION WILL SET ASIDE THE 4992 02:37:29,006 --> 02:37:30,875 REQUIRED LOCAL RATE IS GOING TO 4993 02:37:30,875 --> 02:37:34,779 CHANGE BY JULY 19th, JULY 4994 02:37:34,779 --> 02:37:35,946 25th WE MUST ADVERTISE THE 4995 02:37:35,946 --> 02:37:37,148 INTENT TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE 4996 02:37:37,148 --> 02:37:39,817 BUDGET AND THE MILLAGE RATES, 4997 02:37:39,817 --> 02:37:41,953 JULY 27th IS THE FIRST 4998 02:37:41,953 --> 02:37:43,888 PUBLIC HEARING, JULY 30th 4999 02:37:43,888 --> 02:37:45,990 THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FINAL 5000 02:37:45,990 --> 02:37:46,924 HEARING DATE PROVIDED TO THE 5001 02:37:46,924 --> 02:37:49,694 PROPERTY APPRAISER, JULY 9TH IS 5002 02:37:49,694 --> 02:37:52,129 THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING, AND 5003 02:37:52,129 --> 02:37:53,197 SEPTEMBER 10th ADOPTED 5004 02:37:53,197 --> 02:37:55,232 BUDGET SUBMITTED TO FLORIDA 5005 02:37:55,232 --> 02:37:58,035 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 5006 02:37:58,035 --> 02:38:00,771 I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL 5007 02:38:00,771 --> 02:38:02,006 THE -- IT'S HARD TO READ. 5008 02:38:02,006 --> 02:38:04,041 I CAN SEE THAT. 5009 02:38:04,041 --> 02:38:06,811 ALL THE OTHERS BUT I DO WANT TO 5010 02:38:06,811 --> 02:38:09,013 FOCUS ON THE RATE. 5011 02:38:09,013 --> 02:38:10,147 THIS RATE WILL BE CHANGED BY THE 5012 02:38:10,147 --> 02:38:11,082 SECOND CERTIFICATION THAT WE 5013 02:38:11,082 --> 02:38:13,017 PLAN TO GIVE BY JULY 19th SO 5014 02:38:13,017 --> 02:38:16,787 IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE WHOLE 5015 02:38:16,787 --> 02:38:18,923 BUDGET THAT ALLOCATION AND ALSO 5016 02:38:18,923 --> 02:38:20,024 STILL FINANCIALLY CLOSING THE 5017 02:38:20,024 --> 02:38:21,792 BOOKS SO THE BOOKS HAVEN'T 5018 02:38:21,792 --> 02:38:24,795 OFFICIALLY BEEN CLOSED FOR THE 5019 02:38:24,795 --> 02:38:25,062 IMPACT. 5020 02:38:25,062 --> 02:38:26,831 BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE 5021 02:38:26,831 --> 02:38:27,131 GENERAL FUND. 5022 02:38:27,131 --> 02:38:30,000 AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GENERAL 5023 02:38:30,000 --> 02:38:32,737 FUND, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL 5024 02:38:32,737 --> 02:38:37,274 REVENUE IS 1.7 BILLION. 5025 02:38:37,274 --> 02:38:39,243 THAT'S WITH -- ALSO EMBEDDED IN 5026 02:38:39,243 --> 02:38:41,011 THE REVENUE. 5027 02:38:41,011 --> 02:38:42,847 GET A TRANSFER OF 23 MILLION 5028 02:38:42,847 --> 02:38:47,051 FROM CAPITAL, 10 MILLION FOR 5029 02:38:47,051 --> 02:38:48,786 PROPERTY, AND 13 FOR PASS 5030 02:38:48,786 --> 02:38:50,020 THROUGH FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY SO 5031 02:38:50,020 --> 02:38:55,126 THAT MAKES OUR TOTAL REVENUE -- 5032 02:38:55,126 --> 02:38:58,696 OUR FUND BALANCE IS 17 5033 02:38:58,696 --> 02:39:00,197 MULTIFAMILY WHEN WE CAME IN MAY 5034 02:39:00,197 --> 02:39:01,899 WE SUGGESTED A FUND BALANCE OF 5035 02:39:01,899 --> 02:39:03,034 30 MILLION SO I AM GOING TO GO 5036 02:39:03,034 --> 02:39:05,903 TO SLIDES AND GIVE YOU THE 5037 02:39:05,903 --> 02:39:07,104 DETAILS WHY THAT BALANCE IS THIS 5038 02:39:07,104 --> 02:39:09,206 HIGH BUT IT'S STILL TENTATIVE 5039 02:39:09,206 --> 02:39:11,976 BUND BALANCE, NOT A FINAL FUND 5040 02:39:11,976 --> 02:39:12,743 BALANCE. 5041 02:39:12,743 --> 02:39:14,011 EXPENDITURES WE ARE PROJECTING 1 5042 02:39:14,011 --> 02:39:15,045 .8 MILLION. 5043 02:39:15,045 --> 02:39:17,848 AND THEN WE GOT A TRANSFER OUT 5044 02:39:17,848 --> 02:39:19,016 OF 2.2 MILLION. 5045 02:39:19,016 --> 02:39:21,185 GIVING US A NET FUND BALANCE OF 5046 02:39:21,185 --> 02:39:22,787 96 MILLION. 5047 02:39:22,787 --> 02:39:23,921 THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. 5048 02:39:23,921 --> 02:39:26,056 AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE IN THE 5049 02:39:26,056 --> 02:39:28,826 OPERATION DEFICIT OF 80 MILLION. 5050 02:39:28,826 --> 02:39:30,027 WE ARE STILL HAVING AN 5051 02:39:30,027 --> 02:39:31,929 OPERATIONAL DEFICIT EVEN THOUGH 5052 02:39:31,929 --> 02:39:39,136 WE HAVE AN INCREASE FUND BALANCE 5053 02:39:39,136 --> 02:39:40,171 PROJECTED, 176 MILLION, AND OUR 5054 02:39:40,171 --> 02:39:41,839 BALANCE OF OUR FUND BALANCE WE 5055 02:39:41,839 --> 02:39:44,041 ARE PROJECTING TO CLOSE THE YEAR 5056 02:39:44,041 --> 02:39:45,910 AT 96 SO THAT'S 80 MILLION 5057 02:39:45,910 --> 02:39:46,811 OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. 5058 02:39:46,811 --> 02:39:47,945 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 5059 02:39:47,945 --> 02:39:49,713 EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE 5060 02:39:49,713 --> 02:39:50,915 STILL IN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT 5061 02:39:50,915 --> 02:39:54,885 EVEN THOUGH OUR FUND BALANCE IS 5062 02:39:54,885 --> 02:39:58,122 TENTATIVELY HIGHER THAN WE 5063 02:39:58,122 --> 02:40:00,057 PROJECTED. 5064 02:40:00,057 --> 02:40:04,929 BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT INITIAL FUND 5065 02:40:04,929 --> 02:40:05,796 WE CAME IN MAY. 5066 02:40:05,796 --> 02:40:07,932 WE PROJECTED A FUND BALANCE OF 5067 02:40:07,932 --> 02:40:09,900 32 MILLION. 5068 02:40:09,900 --> 02:40:11,802 BUT WHEN WE ARE CLOSING OUT THE 5069 02:40:11,802 --> 02:40:12,236 BOOKS IN JOHN WE ARE STILL IN 5070 02:40:12,236 --> 02:40:14,205 THE PROCESS OF CLOSING OUT OUR 5071 02:40:14,205 --> 02:40:15,840 REVENUES, OUR FEDERAL, STATE AND 5072 02:40:15,840 --> 02:40:17,842 LOCAL CAME IN HIGHER THAN 5073 02:40:17,842 --> 02:40:18,242 PROJECTIONS. 5074 02:40:18,242 --> 02:40:20,778 AND THAT WAS DUE MOSTLY TO THE 5075 02:40:20,778 --> 02:40:21,879 PROPERTY TAX VALUES INCREASE, 5076 02:40:21,879 --> 02:40:24,381 OUR LOCAL REFUSE PNEUMONIA WAS 5077 02:40:24,381 --> 02:40:26,116 HIGHER THAN WE HAD PROJECTED AND 5078 02:40:26,116 --> 02:40:27,918 BUDGET BEE WERE CONSERVATIVE. 5079 02:40:27,918 --> 02:40:30,054 WE HAD A DECREASE IN FUND US THE 5080 02:40:30,054 --> 02:40:31,989 AND THAT WAS IN SALARIES AND 5081 02:40:31,989 --> 02:40:34,892 BENEFITS BECAUSE WE GOT OTHER 5082 02:40:34,892 --> 02:40:38,062 WAGES, NOT IN BRICK AND MORTAR, 5083 02:40:38,062 --> 02:40:39,196 LESS THAN WE IDENTIFY IN THE 5084 02:40:39,196 --> 02:40:40,764 BUDGET. 5085 02:40:40,764 --> 02:40:42,800 SO WE HAD A TOTAL PROJECTED FUND 5086 02:40:42,800 --> 02:40:45,169 BALANCE OF JUNE 30th, 5087 02:40:45,169 --> 02:40:46,871 PRECLOSING OF 84 MILLION. 5088 02:40:46,871 --> 02:40:50,107 AND THAT'S BEFORE WE GET 5089 02:40:50,107 --> 02:40:51,809 ANYTHING BEFORE THE 5090 02:40:51,809 --> 02:40:52,977 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FISCAL 5091 02:40:52,977 --> 02:40:53,944 RECOVERY PLAN THAT WE BROUGHT 5092 02:40:53,944 --> 02:40:57,815 BEFORE THE BOARD, AND THAT'S 5093 02:40:57,815 --> 02:40:58,983 WHEREIN WE END UP, 84. 5094 02:40:58,983 --> 02:41:00,017 BUT WE ARE STILL CLOSING. 5095 02:41:00,017 --> 02:41:04,121 SO THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE. 5096 02:41:04,121 --> 02:41:07,091 NOW THIS IS PRECLOSING, 5097 02:41:07,091 --> 02:41:07,258 POST-CLOSING. 5098 02:41:07,258 --> 02:41:08,826 OUR FUND BALANCE IS 84. 5099 02:41:08,826 --> 02:41:09,960 WE START WITH 84. 5100 02:41:09,960 --> 02:41:11,729 THEN THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT 5101 02:41:11,729 --> 02:41:12,963 YOU GUYS APPROVE. 5102 02:41:12,963 --> 02:41:16,834 I MEAN, THE BOARD, SORRY, GUYS, 5103 02:41:16,834 --> 02:41:18,035 BUT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED, PLUS 5104 02:41:18,035 --> 02:41:18,903 THE TRANSFER. 5105 02:41:18,903 --> 02:41:20,070 WE HAVE SOME PENNY ITEMS THAT 5106 02:41:20,070 --> 02:41:23,207 HAVE NOT BEEN TRANSFERRED YET OR 5107 02:41:23,207 --> 02:41:26,043 ADDED, SO WE ARE PROJECTING 5108 02:41:26,043 --> 02:41:28,178 RIGHT NOW 36 EXPENDITURES 5109 02:41:28,178 --> 02:41:30,047 ELIGIBLE TO BE TRANSFERRED OUT 5110 02:41:30,047 --> 02:41:32,149 OF GENERAL FUND, 36.47 AS OF 5111 02:41:32,149 --> 02:41:34,051 THIS TIME, BUT IT WILL CHANGE 5112 02:41:34,051 --> 02:41:35,986 BECAUSE WE STILL GOT THE PENNY 5113 02:41:35,986 --> 02:41:36,086 ITEMS. 5114 02:41:36,086 --> 02:41:37,922 SO THEY ARE GIVING US A 5115 02:41:37,922 --> 02:41:40,157 PROJECTED FUND BALANCE OF 121 5116 02:41:40,157 --> 02:41:42,126 MILLION. 5117 02:41:42,126 --> 02:41:44,795 THAT'S AFTER THE FISCAL RECOVERY 5118 02:41:44,795 --> 02:41:48,799 PLAN, MOST OF IT HAS BEEN 5119 02:41:48,799 --> 02:41:49,833 IMPLEMENTED. 5120 02:41:49,833 --> 02:41:52,002 SO WE DID ESSE ROE FUNDING AND 5121 02:41:52,002 --> 02:41:57,841 HAD A PROJECTED FUND BALANCE 5122 02:41:57,841 --> 02:42:00,010 PRIOR TWO FUNDINGS OF 121 5123 02:42:00,010 --> 02:42:02,213 MILLION, THEN WE ALLOCATE 5124 02:42:02,213 --> 02:42:04,048 ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES BECAUSE 5125 02:42:04,048 --> 02:42:06,850 WE HAD TO SPEND THIS MONEY BY 5126 02:42:06,850 --> 02:42:06,984 SEPTEMBER. 5127 02:42:06,984 --> 02:42:08,719 THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE 5128 02:42:08,719 --> 02:42:12,156 WERE ALLOCATED THE MONEY SO WE 5129 02:42:12,156 --> 02:42:13,123 ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL 5130 02:42:13,123 --> 02:42:14,925 EXPENDITURES THROUGH ESSER, 5131 02:42:14,925 --> 02:42:17,761 MONEY THAT'S ELIGIBLE OVER 55 5132 02:42:17,761 --> 02:42:17,928 MILLION. 5133 02:42:17,928 --> 02:42:19,797 SO WE ARE PROJECTING OUR FUND 5134 02:42:19,797 --> 02:42:22,933 BALANCE TO END SOMEWHERE AT 5135 02:42:22,933 --> 02:42:25,169 176.3 MILLION. 5136 02:42:25,169 --> 02:42:28,839 SO I AM JUST HIGHLIGHTING AGAIN. 5137 02:42:28,839 --> 02:42:31,108 AS YOU CAN SEE, WE PROJECTED, WE 5138 02:42:31,108 --> 02:42:33,110 ARE GOING TO CLOSE THE FUND 5139 02:42:33,110 --> 02:42:34,878 BALANCE, THIS IS THE TENTATIVE 5140 02:42:34,878 --> 02:42:37,915 BUDGET STILL HAVE 176.3, BUT OUR 5141 02:42:37,915 --> 02:42:41,085 ENDING FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO 5142 02:42:41,085 --> 02:42:44,154 BE 96 MILLION, AND THAT'S AN $80 5143 02:42:44,154 --> 02:42:45,189 MILLION OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. 5144 02:42:45,189 --> 02:42:50,961 IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. 5145 02:42:50,961 --> 02:42:51,996 >>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, AT 5146 02:42:51,996 --> 02:42:53,931 THIS TIME, LET'S TAKE A FEW 5147 02:42:53,931 --> 02:42:56,700 QUESTIONS HERE, AND I THINK WE 5148 02:42:56,700 --> 02:42:57,835 HAVE -- WE ARE GOING TO DO A 5149 02:42:57,835 --> 02:42:58,102 MOTION FIRST. 5150 02:42:58,102 --> 02:42:58,969 I NEED A MOTION. 5151 02:42:58,969 --> 02:43:00,804 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN 5152 02:43:00,804 --> 02:43:03,774 AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. 5153 02:43:03,774 --> 02:43:05,142 AND MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU ARE FIRST 5154 02:43:05,142 --> 02:43:05,976 IN THE QUEUE. 5155 02:43:05,976 --> 02:43:07,811 GO AHEAD. 5156 02:43:07,811 --> 02:43:10,180 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 5157 02:43:10,180 --> 02:43:10,481 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. 5158 02:43:10,481 --> 02:43:11,949 I APPRECIATE IT. 5159 02:43:11,949 --> 02:43:13,183 SO YOU ARE CITING WEISS 5160 02:43:13,183 --> 02:43:14,852 CONTINUALLY HAVE AN OPERATIONAL 5161 02:43:14,852 --> 02:43:18,722 FUND BALANCE DEFICIT OF 80 5162 02:43:18,722 --> 02:43:18,856 MILLION? 5163 02:43:18,856 --> 02:43:20,858 >> IT'S 80 MILLION PROJECTED. 5164 02:43:20,858 --> 02:43:23,193 IT'S A DENT TIFF BUDGET, THOUGH. 5165 02:43:23,193 --> 02:43:24,061 >>Jessica Vaughn: DO YOU AN 5166 02:43:24,061 --> 02:43:25,095 ADVERTISE TAINT WAS THE RECOVERY 5167 02:43:25,095 --> 02:43:26,163 ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN AS 5168 02:43:26,163 --> 02:43:27,831 FAR AS ALL THE MEASURES THAT WE 5169 02:43:27,831 --> 02:43:28,298 PUT IN PLACE? 5170 02:43:28,298 --> 02:43:31,035 ARE YOU SAYING THAT AFTER THOSE 5171 02:43:31,035 --> 02:43:32,202 MEASURES ARE EFFECTIVE? 5172 02:43:32,202 --> 02:43:33,904 BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE 5173 02:43:33,904 --> 02:43:36,840 ONES, IT TAKES TIME. 5174 02:43:36,840 --> 02:43:38,842 SO ARE YOU ANTICIPATING ONCE 5175 02:43:38,842 --> 02:43:39,109 AULT OF OUR MEASURES ARE 5176 02:43:39,109 --> 02:43:40,878 COMPLETE WE ARE STILL GOING TO 5177 02:43:40,878 --> 02:43:43,814 BE OPERATING WITH AN $80 MILLION 5178 02:43:43,814 --> 02:43:44,348 OPERATING DEFICIT? 5179 02:43:44,348 --> 02:43:47,217 >> THIS FISCAL YEAR, YES, WE ARE 5180 02:43:47,217 --> 02:43:49,086 GOING TO HAVE 80 MILLION 5181 02:43:49,086 --> 02:43:49,920 OPERATIONAL DOVE SIT. 5182 02:43:49,920 --> 02:43:52,723 IT MIGHT BE LESS. 5183 02:43:52,723 --> 02:43:54,992 WE STILL HAVE TIME IN OUR FISCAL 5184 02:43:54,992 --> 02:43:56,994 YEAR BUT BASED ON OUR 5185 02:43:56,994 --> 02:43:58,962 PROJECTIONS IT'S 80 MILLION AND 5186 02:43:58,962 --> 02:43:59,997 IT TAGS TIME AND WE KNOW IT'S 5187 02:43:59,997 --> 02:44:00,964 GOING TO BE MORE THAN ONE YEAR 5188 02:44:00,964 --> 02:44:03,167 TO GET OUT OF THIS OPERATIONAL 5189 02:44:03,167 --> 02:44:05,169 DEFICIT SO WE ARE GOING TO STILL 5190 02:44:05,169 --> 02:44:06,070 MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS TO 5191 02:44:06,070 --> 02:44:07,838 GET OUT OF THIS OPERATION 5192 02:44:07,838 --> 02:44:11,008 DEFICIT, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 5193 02:44:11,008 --> 02:44:11,308 >>Jessica Vaughn: THE NEXT 5194 02:44:11,308 --> 02:44:13,877 QUESTION IS YOU SAID THAT WE GOT 5195 02:44:13,877 --> 02:44:15,946 MORE IN FROM OUR PROPERTY TAXES. 5196 02:44:15,946 --> 02:44:17,848 HOW MUCH MORE DID WE GET IN ON 5197 02:44:17,848 --> 02:44:20,050 LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN WE 5198 02:44:20,050 --> 02:44:20,184 ANTICIPATED? 5199 02:44:20,184 --> 02:44:22,052 HOW DID THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE 5200 02:44:22,052 --> 02:44:22,152 BUDGET? 5201 02:44:22,152 --> 02:44:28,959 >> I THINK IT WAS AROUND 17 5202 02:44:28,959 --> 02:44:29,760 MILLION. 5203 02:44:29,760 --> 02:44:30,227 >>Jessica Vaughn: ARE WE 5204 02:44:30,227 --> 02:44:31,128 ANTICIPATING THAT CONTINUALLY 5205 02:44:31,128 --> 02:44:32,029 GOING FORWARD? 5206 02:44:32,029 --> 02:44:36,967 ARE WE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, WITH 5207 02:44:36,967 --> 02:44:39,336 THAT INFLUX, ARE WE EXPECTING TO 5208 02:44:39,336 --> 02:44:42,039 CONTINUE THAT KIND OF INFLUX OF 5209 02:44:42,039 --> 02:44:44,842 PROPERTY TAXES, OR HE WE 5210 02:44:44,842 --> 02:44:46,243 EXPECTING THAT TO BE DECREASED 5211 02:44:46,243 --> 02:44:47,044 GOING FORWARD? 5212 02:44:47,044 --> 02:44:48,846 ROW ROW WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 5213 02:44:48,846 --> 02:44:49,780 PROJECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE 5214 02:44:49,780 --> 02:44:51,014 BECAUSE THE RATE IS GOING TO 5215 02:44:51,014 --> 02:44:52,082 CHANGE BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING 5216 02:44:52,082 --> 02:44:55,119 THE TAXABLE VALUE IS GOING TO 5217 02:44:55,119 --> 02:44:56,987 CHANGE AND ALSO THE RATE. 5218 02:44:56,987 --> 02:44:57,321 DEPENDING ON THAT IT MIGHT GIVE 5219 02:44:57,321 --> 02:44:59,189 US AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OR 5220 02:44:59,189 --> 02:45:00,090 DECREASE IN REVENUE. 5221 02:45:00,090 --> 02:45:03,961 WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL JULY 5222 02:45:03,961 --> 02:45:04,061 19th. 5223 02:45:04,061 --> 02:45:04,394 >>Jessica Vaughn: SO ESSENTIALLY 5224 02:45:04,394 --> 02:45:05,796 YOU ARE JUST RECAPPING THE YEAR 5225 02:45:05,796 --> 02:45:06,830 FOR US. 5226 02:45:06,830 --> 02:45:07,831 >> YES. 5227 02:45:07,831 --> 02:45:08,132 >>Jessica Vaughn: WE DON'T 5228 02:45:08,132 --> 02:45:09,299 REALLY HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING 5229 02:45:09,299 --> 02:45:11,935 OF WHAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO 5230 02:45:11,935 --> 02:45:13,036 LOOK LIKE. WE ARE HOPING WITH 5231 02:45:13,036 --> 02:45:14,204 THE MEASURES WE PUT IN WE AREN'T 5232 02:45:14,204 --> 02:45:15,906 GOING TO BE IN THAT OPERATIONAL 5233 02:45:15,906 --> 02:45:17,074 DEFICIT BUT WAIT TO SEE HOW THE 5234 02:45:17,074 --> 02:45:18,809 MONEY ROLLS IN, WHAT OUR 5235 02:45:18,809 --> 02:45:20,210 EXPENSES ARE AND WHAT OUR 5236 02:45:20,210 --> 02:45:22,045 PROPERTY TAXES GENERATE. 5237 02:45:22,045 --> 02:45:23,247 >> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION BY 5238 02:45:23,247 --> 02:45:29,086 THE TIME WE ADOPT THE BUDGET. 5239 02:45:29,086 --> 02:45:30,154 >>Jessica Vaughn: ALL RIGHT, 5240 02:45:30,154 --> 02:45:31,121 THANK YOU. 5241 02:45:31,121 --> 02:45:35,993 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ? 5242 02:45:35,993 --> 02:45:38,061 GO AHEAD. 5243 02:45:38,061 --> 02:45:38,962 >>Karen Perez: YOU STILL DON'T 5244 02:45:38,962 --> 02:45:43,801 HAVE A TIMELINE ON THE ESSER 3 5245 02:45:43,801 --> 02:45:44,134 FUNDS AT ALL? 5246 02:45:44,134 --> 02:45:44,468 >>Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM, WE 5247 02:45:44,468 --> 02:45:46,170 DO NOT. 5248 02:45:46,170 --> 02:45:47,271 AND WE HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY 5249 02:45:47,271 --> 02:45:49,072 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5250 02:45:49,072 --> 02:45:50,808 THERE IS NO DIRECTION BEING 5251 02:45:50,808 --> 02:45:52,843 PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. 5252 02:45:52,843 --> 02:45:53,944 >>Karen Perez: ARE WE THE ONLY 5253 02:45:53,944 --> 02:45:55,879 ONES OR THAT'S STATE WIDE? 5254 02:45:55,879 --> 02:45:56,747 >>Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM, 5255 02:45:56,747 --> 02:45:57,147 THAT'S STATE WIDE. 5256 02:45:57,147 --> 02:46:05,022 GOOD QUESTION. 5257 02:46:06,790 --> 02:46:07,124 >>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ, IF 5258 02:46:07,124 --> 02:46:07,457 YOU ARE SATISFIED I AM GOING TO 5259 02:46:07,457 --> 02:46:09,827 GO AHEAD NOW TO MEMBER COMBS, 5260 02:46:09,827 --> 02:46:12,796 AND THEN I WILL HAVE A QUESTION. 5261 02:46:12,796 --> 02:46:13,831 >>Nadia Combs: I HAD A QUICK 5262 02:46:13,831 --> 02:46:15,933 QUESTION REGARDING THE ESSE ROE 5263 02:46:15,933 --> 02:46:16,033 FUNDS. 5264 02:46:16,033 --> 02:46:17,134 WHAT AMOUNT ARE WE GOING TO 5265 02:46:17,134 --> 02:46:18,969 LEGALLY BE ALLOWED TO PUT TO THE 5266 02:46:18,969 --> 02:46:19,069 SIDE? 5267 02:46:19,069 --> 02:46:21,038 I MEAN, IS THERE A SET AMOUNT 5268 02:46:21,038 --> 02:46:24,741 THAT WE CAN PUT TO THE SIDE? 5269 02:46:24,741 --> 02:46:25,075 >>Addison Davis: WHEN WAY SAY 5270 02:46:25,075 --> 02:46:26,109 PUT TO THE SIDE THE ONLY THING 5271 02:46:26,109 --> 02:46:28,879 WE CAN DO IS REALLY COVER COVID 5272 02:46:28,879 --> 02:46:29,012 EXPENSES. 5273 02:46:29,012 --> 02:46:30,080 SOME OF THE ELEMENTS IN ONE OF 5274 02:46:30,080 --> 02:46:31,915 THE SLIDES THAT MS. JOHNSON 5275 02:46:31,915 --> 02:46:33,116 IDENTIFIED ARE ALLOWABLE 5276 02:46:33,116 --> 02:46:33,250 EXPENSES. 5277 02:46:33,250 --> 02:46:35,953 WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOW YOU TO 5278 02:46:35,953 --> 02:46:39,823 BUILD SOMEWHAT OF A -- PUT MONEY 5279 02:46:39,823 --> 02:46:40,991 INTO A FUND BALANCE. 5280 02:46:40,991 --> 02:46:42,125 YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF MONEY 5281 02:46:42,125 --> 02:46:43,794 HAS BEEN PUT TO THE SIDE RELATED 5282 02:46:43,794 --> 02:46:47,097 TO A MOVE FROM COVID EXPENSES TO 5283 02:46:47,097 --> 02:46:48,999 OUR GENERAL FUND, FROM BEING 5284 02:46:48,999 --> 02:46:50,968 ABLE TO USE THAT, TO LEVERAGE 5285 02:46:50,968 --> 02:46:54,137 THAT TO GET THROUGH THE 5286 02:46:54,137 --> 02:46:56,874 MULTIYEAR FINANCIAL ISSUES, WILL 5287 02:46:56,874 --> 02:46:57,207 ALLOW US ACCOUNTS THAT TO HAVE 5288 02:46:57,207 --> 02:47:01,144 MORE OF A BUFFER. 5289 02:47:01,144 --> 02:47:04,982 >>Nadia Combs: IN ESSER 3, THEY 5290 02:47:04,982 --> 02:47:05,916 SAID SO MANY DAYS BECAUSE THEY 5291 02:47:05,916 --> 02:47:07,084 WANTED TO GET OUT TO THE 5292 02:47:07,084 --> 02:47:07,784 DISTRICT. 5293 02:47:07,784 --> 02:47:08,752 WHAT DOES THE REST OF THE 5294 02:47:08,752 --> 02:47:09,052 COUNTRY LOOK LIKE? 5295 02:47:09,052 --> 02:47:10,787 I KNOW FLORIDA HASN'T RECEIVED 5296 02:47:10,787 --> 02:47:10,854 IT. 5297 02:47:10,854 --> 02:47:13,090 HOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE UNITED 5298 02:47:13,090 --> 02:47:14,091 STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES -- I 5299 02:47:14,091 --> 02:47:15,926 MEAN OTHER STATES? 5300 02:47:15,926 --> 02:47:17,127 HOW DO THEY LOOK AS FAR AS ARE 5301 02:47:17,127 --> 02:47:18,128 THEY RECEIVING THE FUNDING? 5302 02:47:18,128 --> 02:47:20,831 I MEAN, I KNOW THAT TALLAHASSEE 5303 02:47:20,831 --> 02:47:22,699 HAS RECEIVED THE FUNDING. 5304 02:47:22,699 --> 02:47:25,903 SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? 5305 02:47:25,903 --> 02:47:26,236 >>Addison Davis: GOOD QUESTION. 5306 02:47:26,236 --> 02:47:27,771 THROUGH THE COUNCIL OF GREAT 5307 02:47:27,771 --> 02:47:28,972 SCHOOLS WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE 5308 02:47:28,972 --> 02:47:30,107 SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO HAVE THE 5309 02:47:30,107 --> 02:47:31,008 MONEY THROUGHOUT THE NATION. 5310 02:47:31,008 --> 02:47:32,276 I DON'T HAVE A LIST IN FRONT OF 5311 02:47:32,276 --> 02:47:33,110 ME TODAY. 5312 02:47:33,110 --> 02:47:34,845 WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AND 5313 02:47:34,845 --> 02:47:36,113 DETERMINE BUT I DO KNOW THAT 5314 02:47:36,113 --> 02:47:39,983 SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE 5315 02:47:39,983 --> 02:47:41,919 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE 60 DAY 5316 02:47:41,919 --> 02:47:44,021 GUIDELINES AND HAVE ACT 5317 02:47:44,021 --> 02:47:45,722 SUEABILITY TO THAT MONEY AND 5318 02:47:45,722 --> 02:47:47,057 PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE. 5319 02:47:47,057 --> 02:47:49,059 WE SEE THE PLAN AND FORECAST IT 5320 02:47:49,059 --> 02:47:50,727 BUT THE MERCY OF THAT 5321 02:47:50,727 --> 02:47:52,162 INFORMATION BEING RELEASED FROM 5322 02:47:52,162 --> 02:47:52,963 THE STATE. 5323 02:47:52,963 --> 02:47:53,931 >>Nadia Combs: I WOULD LOVE TO 5324 02:47:53,931 --> 02:47:54,932 SEE WHICH STATES HAVE ALREADY 5325 02:47:54,932 --> 02:47:56,099 RECEIVED IT, WHICH HAVEN'T, 5326 02:47:56,099 --> 02:47:57,801 BECAUSE MAYBE THAT WILL END UP 5327 02:47:57,801 --> 02:47:59,036 PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE 5328 02:47:59,036 --> 02:48:00,704 ON TALLAHASSEE. 5329 02:48:00,704 --> 02:48:02,005 I MEAN, 40 STATES HAVE RECEIVED 5330 02:48:02,005 --> 02:48:04,675 IT AND ONLY 10 STATES HAVEN'T, 5331 02:48:04,675 --> 02:48:07,044 MAYBE THAT WILL -- WE NEED TO 5332 02:48:07,044 --> 02:48:10,847 MAKE SURE THAT TAXPAYERS, IN OUR 5333 02:48:10,847 --> 02:48:12,082 STATE, ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S 5334 02:48:12,082 --> 02:48:12,215 HAPPENING. 5335 02:48:12,215 --> 02:48:13,850 SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 5336 02:48:13,850 --> 02:48:14,885 THAT AWARENESS. 5337 02:48:14,885 --> 02:48:15,819 SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT'S 5338 02:48:15,819 --> 02:48:17,054 HAPPENING AROUND THE DONE TRY 5339 02:48:17,054 --> 02:48:18,221 AND WHY WE ARE STILL WAITING 5340 02:48:18,221 --> 02:48:21,024 HERE IN FLORIDA, 44 FUNDED, 5341 02:48:21,024 --> 02:48:24,161 NUMBER ONE CHARTER, STILL 5342 02:48:24,161 --> 02:48:25,062 WAITING FOR ESSER MONEY. 5343 02:48:25,062 --> 02:48:28,732 I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW. 5344 02:48:28,732 --> 02:48:31,935 >> SO REGARDING ESSER 3, ALL 5345 02:48:31,935 --> 02:48:35,038 STATES HAVE RECEIVED ONE THIRD 5346 02:48:35,038 --> 02:48:37,074 OF THE ESSER 3 DOLLARS SO THE 5347 02:48:37,074 --> 02:48:38,976 STATE OF FLORIDA DOES HAVE ONE 5348 02:48:38,976 --> 02:48:40,010 THIRD OF THE ESSER 3. 5349 02:48:40,010 --> 02:48:42,179 THE REMAINING TWO-THIRDS IS 5350 02:48:42,179 --> 02:48:44,848 RELEASED UPON THE STATE 5351 02:48:44,848 --> 02:48:47,050 SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION AND 5352 02:48:47,050 --> 02:48:47,818 APPROVAL. 5353 02:48:47,818 --> 02:48:50,721 AS OF THIS WEEK 40 STATES HAVE 5354 02:48:50,721 --> 02:48:51,855 SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR 5355 02:48:51,855 --> 02:48:54,791 THE REMAINING TWO-THIRDS OF 5356 02:48:54,791 --> 02:48:56,026 ESSER 3 DOLLARS, FLORIDA NOT 5357 02:48:56,026 --> 02:48:56,893 BEING ONE OF THEM. 5358 02:48:56,893 --> 02:49:04,001 AND IT WAS DUE JUNE 7th. 5359 02:49:04,001 --> 02:49:09,039 >>Lynn Gray: AND WE HAVE MARLENE 5360 02:49:09,039 --> 02:49:10,974 SUCCO BACK FROM HER VACATION WHO 5361 02:49:10,974 --> 02:49:14,778 WILL HOPEFULLY SHARE THAT. 5362 02:49:14,778 --> 02:49:15,879 QUESTION, BY MEMBER COMBS. 5363 02:49:15,879 --> 02:49:16,947 AND THAT IS A REALITY. 5364 02:49:16,947 --> 02:49:19,783 PLUS THE OTHER REALITY, AND I AM 5365 02:49:19,783 --> 02:49:20,851 GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION. 5366 02:49:20,851 --> 02:49:24,688 IS THE DUE DATE FOR THE ESSER 5367 02:49:24,688 --> 02:49:26,957 2 -- CORRECT ME -- WAS SEPTEMBER 5368 02:49:26,957 --> 02:49:30,160 30, 2021 BUT NOW IT REALLY WAS 5369 02:49:30,160 --> 02:49:32,029 SEPTEMBER 30, 2022. 5370 02:49:32,029 --> 02:49:33,897 MAYBE WE SHOULD REMARK ON THAT. 5371 02:49:33,897 --> 02:49:34,965 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 5372 02:49:34,965 --> 02:49:36,933 I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY 5373 02:49:36,933 --> 02:49:37,901 ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION FROM THE 5374 02:49:37,901 --> 02:49:39,102 DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO THAT 5375 02:49:39,102 --> 02:49:40,037 LETTER. 5376 02:49:40,037 --> 02:49:41,905 I WOULD ASSUME -- AND PROBABLY 5377 02:49:41,905 --> 02:49:43,106 SHOULDN'T DO THAT -- BUT ASSUME 5378 02:49:43,106 --> 02:49:46,043 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WILL 5379 02:49:46,043 --> 02:49:46,176 RESPOND. 5380 02:49:46,176 --> 02:49:48,979 TOMORROW WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO 5381 02:49:48,979 --> 02:49:50,013 SEE MS. PRIDGEON FACE TO FACE 5382 02:49:50,013 --> 02:49:51,081 AND WE CAN COLLECTIVELY ASK HER 5383 02:49:51,081 --> 02:49:53,984 RELATED TO THE IF THAT DEADLINE 5384 02:49:53,984 --> 02:49:56,086 IS GOING TO BE PUSHED BACK BY 5385 02:49:56,086 --> 02:49:57,187 THE FEDERAL OUTLOOK, AND THAT 5386 02:49:57,187 --> 02:49:59,856 WILL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION, 5387 02:49:59,856 --> 02:50:01,124 BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THAT SEPTEMBER 5388 02:50:01,124 --> 02:50:02,159 DEADLINE HAS REALLY PUSHED OUR 5389 02:50:02,159 --> 02:50:04,161 TEAM TO BE ABLE TO FIND 5390 02:50:04,161 --> 02:50:05,095 EXPENDITURES WHICH WE DO HAVE 5391 02:50:05,095 --> 02:50:06,196 PLENTY OF EXPENDITURES TO BEGIN 5392 02:50:06,196 --> 02:50:06,296 WITH. 5393 02:50:06,296 --> 02:50:09,800 THE TRANSFER USED FOR COVID BUT 5394 02:50:09,800 --> 02:50:10,834 IT REALLY CHANGES THE GAME 5395 02:50:10,834 --> 02:50:11,902 RELATED TO WHAT THOSE SERVICES 5396 02:50:11,902 --> 02:50:14,905 CAN BE AND WILL BE USED RELATED 5397 02:50:14,905 --> 02:50:16,807 TO SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITHIN 5398 02:50:16,807 --> 02:50:17,140 OUR DISTRICT. 5399 02:50:17,140 --> 02:50:18,809 >>Lynn Gray: THESE ARE VERY -- 5400 02:50:18,809 --> 02:50:20,177 AND THANK YOU, DR. KIM. 5401 02:50:20,177 --> 02:50:22,212 I WANT TO CALL ON YOU BUT YOU 5402 02:50:22,212 --> 02:50:25,048 LOOK LIKE YOU ARE GOING SPEAK. 5403 02:50:25,048 --> 02:50:27,084 DR. KIM: I WANT TO MAKE A 5404 02:50:27,084 --> 02:50:28,885 COMMENT, THE SEPTEMBER 21 5405 02:50:28,885 --> 02:50:29,886 DEADLINE IS FOR THE ADVANCEMENTS 5406 02:50:29,886 --> 02:50:32,055 OF SOME PORTION OF ESSER, BUT WE 5407 02:50:32,055 --> 02:50:35,992 HAD TO HAVE THE ADVANCE WHICH IS 5408 02:50:35,992 --> 02:50:37,360 101 MILLION, AND WORKING ON THAT 5409 02:50:37,360 --> 02:50:39,162 AS WELL AS WHEN WE GET THE REST 5410 02:50:39,162 --> 02:50:41,164 OF THAT MONEY FOR ESSER 2. 5411 02:50:41,164 --> 02:50:44,034 WE ALSO HAVE A TASK FORCE IN 5412 02:50:44,034 --> 02:50:46,002 PLACE FOR ESSER 3 AS WELL. 5413 02:50:46,002 --> 02:50:48,739 >>Lynn Gray: ONCE WE RECEIVE IT. 5414 02:50:48,739 --> 02:50:50,941 MY QUESTION IS, AND FIRST I WANT 5415 02:50:50,941 --> 02:50:53,043 TO COMMEND OUR FINANCE TEAM FOR 5416 02:50:53,043 --> 02:50:56,780 PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THOSE COST 5417 02:50:56,780 --> 02:50:57,914 CONTROLS, AND ALSO THE 5418 02:50:57,914 --> 02:50:58,982 QUESTION -- AND I KNOW THAT YOU 5419 02:50:58,982 --> 02:51:00,917 ARE NOT GOING TO SPEAK BUT MAYBE 5420 02:51:00,917 --> 02:51:03,954 MS. JOHNSON WILL OR DR. KIM, THE 5421 02:51:03,954 --> 02:51:08,091 QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW MUCH 5422 02:51:08,091 --> 02:51:09,726 SAVINGS, MONEY IN THE BANK, IF 5423 02:51:09,726 --> 02:51:14,131 YOU WILL, WILL COME FROM JUST 5424 02:51:14,131 --> 02:51:17,000 ATTRITION, PERSONNEL ATTRITION? 5425 02:51:17,000 --> 02:51:18,068 >> ONE OF THE PLANS THAT WE HAD 5426 02:51:18,068 --> 02:51:19,836 IN PLACE WAS TO TRY TO TAKE 5427 02:51:19,836 --> 02:51:20,203 ADVANTAGE OF TIME. 5428 02:51:20,203 --> 02:51:22,239 REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT TIME 5429 02:51:22,239 --> 02:51:24,174 ALONG WITH NUTRITION AND 5430 02:51:24,174 --> 02:51:25,775 RECAPTURING NUTRITION, 5431 02:51:25,775 --> 02:51:28,044 RETIREMENT, A CROSS THE BOARD, 5432 02:51:28,044 --> 02:51:29,980 AND WHEN THEY CAME OPEN TO 5433 02:51:29,980 --> 02:51:31,248 MINIMIZE IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES. 5434 02:51:31,248 --> 02:51:35,952 BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WE WENT 5435 02:51:35,952 --> 02:51:41,224 FROM NEGATIVE 23 MILLION DOLLARS 5436 02:51:41,224 --> 02:51:44,060 TO A PLUS 84 MILLION WITH COST 5437 02:51:44,060 --> 02:51:45,295 CONTROLS AND THE MITIGATION, NOW 5438 02:51:45,295 --> 02:51:47,097 I WANT TO QUALIFY THAT. 5439 02:51:47,097 --> 02:51:49,966 THE 84 MILLION, THAT PLUS 84 5440 02:51:49,966 --> 02:51:51,902 MILLION ON THE FUND BALANCE 5441 02:51:51,902 --> 02:51:53,069 ACTUALLY WE ARE PROJECTING WE 5442 02:51:53,069 --> 02:51:57,140 WILL MEAT -- WE MET THE 3% STATE 5443 02:51:57,140 --> 02:51:58,074 REQUIREMENT WITHOUT ANY 5444 02:51:58,074 --> 02:51:59,910 ADDITIONAL NEED FOR 5445 02:51:59,910 --> 02:52:00,076 INTERVENTION. 5446 02:52:00,076 --> 02:52:01,745 THE ESSER DOLLARS SIMPLY DO 5447 02:52:01,745 --> 02:52:03,947 EXACTLY WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT 5448 02:52:03,947 --> 02:52:04,114 SAID. 5449 02:52:04,114 --> 02:52:06,049 THE ESSER DOLLARS ALLOW US TO 5450 02:52:06,049 --> 02:52:07,217 TRANSFER ELIGIBILITY 5451 02:52:07,217 --> 02:52:08,852 EXPENDITURES OFF OF THE GENERAL 5452 02:52:08,852 --> 02:52:10,720 FUND TO RELIEVE THE GENERAL 5453 02:52:10,720 --> 02:52:15,192 FUND, SO YOU SEE FROM 84 TO 120 5454 02:52:15,192 --> 02:52:16,159 TO 176. 5455 02:52:16,159 --> 02:52:18,061 AS YOU TRANSFER ELIGIBLE 5456 02:52:18,061 --> 02:52:19,095 EXPENDITURES, TAKE THE PRESSURE 5457 02:52:19,095 --> 02:52:22,766 OFF OF THE GENERAL FUND, THAT'S 5458 02:52:22,766 --> 02:52:25,735 WHY IT SHOULD BE ONE-TIME 5459 02:52:25,735 --> 02:52:26,136 EXPENDITURES BECAUSE WE HAVE 5460 02:52:26,136 --> 02:52:27,070 RECURRING COSTS AND THAT'S 5461 02:52:27,070 --> 02:52:29,206 EXACTLY WHY MUCH WE CONTINUE. 5462 02:52:29,206 --> 02:52:30,941 WE OPERATED AN OPERATIONAL 5463 02:52:30,941 --> 02:52:32,075 DEFICIT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. 5464 02:52:32,075 --> 02:52:33,977 AND IT COMES DOWN TO THE FEDERAL 5465 02:52:33,977 --> 02:52:35,779 STATE AND LOCAL REVENUE, WE KEEP 5466 02:52:35,779 --> 02:52:36,813 BRINGING THAT UP. 5467 02:52:36,813 --> 02:52:41,151 THE FEDERAL STATE AND REVENUE, 5468 02:52:41,151 --> 02:52:41,451 WE NO EITHER NEED ADDITIONAL 5469 02:52:41,451 --> 02:52:43,954 FROM A GENERAL FUND PERSPECTIVE, 5470 02:52:43,954 --> 02:52:45,055 NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE 5471 02:52:45,055 --> 02:52:46,923 AND WE NEED TO SAY WE ARE IN AN 5472 02:52:46,923 --> 02:52:47,891 OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. 5473 02:52:47,891 --> 02:52:49,693 OVER THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS 5474 02:52:49,693 --> 02:52:50,227 HE, WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUES 5475 02:52:50,227 --> 02:52:52,062 TO HOLD TIGHT ON ALLOCATIONS TO 5476 02:52:52,062 --> 02:52:54,831 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN CLASS 5477 02:52:54,831 --> 02:52:56,866 SIZE, THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY 5478 02:52:56,866 --> 02:52:59,069 TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ATTRITION 5479 02:52:59,069 --> 02:53:00,737 THROUGH RETIREMENTS AND 5480 02:53:00,737 --> 02:53:01,972 RESIGNATION, ABSORBING WHERE WE 5481 02:53:01,972 --> 02:53:03,807 CAN, BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE 5482 02:53:03,807 --> 02:53:04,774 WHERE WE CAN. 5483 02:53:04,774 --> 02:53:06,209 I WANT TO COMMEND THE TEAM AS 5484 02:53:06,209 --> 02:53:09,012 WELL TO GO FROM NEGATIVE $23 5485 02:53:09,012 --> 02:53:11,848 MILLION IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR TO 5486 02:53:11,848 --> 02:53:14,985 WHERE WE ARE NOW, PLUGS 84 5487 02:53:14,985 --> 02:53:16,953 WITHOUT ESSER AND THEN WITH ALL 5488 02:53:16,953 --> 02:53:18,855 THE ESSER ONE-TIME TRANSFERS 5489 02:53:18,855 --> 02:53:23,893 LOOKING AT 176 PROJECTED, THAT'S 5490 02:53:23,893 --> 02:53:24,794 INCREDIBLE WORK. 5491 02:53:24,794 --> 02:53:26,896 AND THAT'S A LOT TO DO WITH THE 5492 02:53:26,896 --> 02:53:27,898 PRINCIPALS COMMITMENT AND THOSE 5493 02:53:27,898 --> 02:53:30,100 THAT HAVE WORKED IN THE FIELD TO 5494 02:53:30,100 --> 02:53:30,233 ENSURE. 5495 02:53:30,233 --> 02:53:31,868 I NEED TO QUALIFY THIS NOW. 5496 02:53:31,868 --> 02:53:33,103 WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE COST 5497 02:53:33,103 --> 02:53:34,170 CONTROLS OVER A COVID YEAR. 5498 02:53:34,170 --> 02:53:36,206 WE DIDN'T SEE THE SAME TYPE OF 5499 02:53:36,206 --> 02:53:37,941 SPENDING THIS YEAR THAT WE MAY 5500 02:53:37,941 --> 02:53:41,211 SEE IN A NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR 5501 02:53:41,211 --> 02:53:43,747 BECAUSE WE WEREN'T 100% FACE TO 5502 02:53:43,747 --> 02:53:43,847 FACE. 5503 02:53:43,847 --> 02:53:47,083 BUT A GREAT JOB FOR THE TEAM AT 5504 02:53:47,083 --> 02:53:48,918 THIS POINT TO START PUTTING THIS 5505 02:53:48,918 --> 02:53:49,252 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 5506 02:53:49,252 --> 02:53:50,954 WE HAVE TO HOLD TIGHT OVER THE 5507 02:53:50,954 --> 02:53:52,122 NEXT COUPLE YEARS. 5508 02:53:52,122 --> 02:53:53,056 >>Lynn Gray: AND I SHOULD BE 5509 02:53:53,056 --> 02:53:54,024 MORE INCLUSIVE. 5510 02:53:54,024 --> 02:53:57,060 THANK YOU, DR. KEMP, AND ALSO 5511 02:53:57,060 --> 02:53:58,928 SAY BIG TIME THANKS TO OUR 5512 02:53:58,928 --> 02:54:01,831 PRINCIPALS WHO ALSO HAD TO 5513 02:54:01,831 --> 02:54:03,833 TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS, AND WE ALL 5514 02:54:03,833 --> 02:54:05,902 HIGH PRESSURE TO DO THIS 5515 02:54:05,902 --> 02:54:06,036 TOGETHER. 5516 02:54:06,036 --> 02:54:08,104 IT IS REMARKABLE I HOPE THAT 5517 02:54:08,104 --> 02:54:09,873 COMES OUT TOMORROW WHEN WE ARE 5518 02:54:09,873 --> 02:54:11,875 IN FRONT OF THE DOE. 5519 02:54:11,875 --> 02:54:12,909 SO WE'LL SEE. 5520 02:54:12,909 --> 02:54:14,844 BUT BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE 5521 02:54:14,844 --> 02:54:15,845 ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? 5522 02:54:15,845 --> 02:54:18,048 IF NOT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND 5523 02:54:18,048 --> 02:54:18,748 VOTE. 5524 02:54:18,748 --> 02:54:22,085 PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS ARE 5525 02:54:22,085 --> 02:54:23,119 ON. 5526 02:54:23,119 --> 02:54:26,222 AGAIN, THIS IS THE TENTATIVE 5527 02:54:26,222 --> 02:54:27,023 BUDGET. 5528 02:54:27,023 --> 02:54:29,192 THANK YOU. 5529 02:54:29,192 --> 02:54:30,961 IT IS ALL CONSENTING. 5530 02:54:30,961 --> 02:54:31,227 THANK YOU. 5531 02:54:31,227 --> 02:54:32,762 JUST ABOUT. 5532 02:54:32,762 --> 02:54:36,199 TWO MEMBERS ARE MISSING. 5533 02:54:36,199 --> 02:54:39,035 BUT THEY WILL THAN DEFINITELY 5534 02:54:39,035 --> 02:54:41,905 GIVEN ALL THE KNOWLEDGE AND 5535 02:54:41,905 --> 02:54:42,939 DISCUSSION POINTS BY WAY OF 5536 02:54:42,939 --> 02:54:46,142 MINUTES THAT WE ARE GOING OVER. 5537 02:54:46,142 --> 02:54:48,011 BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE GOING TO 5538 02:54:48,011 --> 02:54:50,080 GO INTO 7.02. 5539 02:54:50,080 --> 02:54:52,782 AND THIS IS APPROVE LEASE 5540 02:54:52,782 --> 02:54:54,017 RENEWAL WITH MACDILL COLUMBUS 5541 02:54:54,017 --> 02:54:56,086 CORPORATION FOR CLASSROOM SPACE 5542 02:54:56,086 --> 02:54:58,221 FOR CAREER RECRUITMENT AND 5543 02:54:58,221 --> 02:55:02,158 INSTRUCTION IN BASIC ENGLISH, 5544 02:55:02,158 --> 02:55:05,829 CARIBE, PROGRAM FOR THE 2021 5545 02:55:05,829 --> 02:55:08,231 OH/22, LONG-TERM HILLSBOROUGH 5546 02:55:08,231 --> 02:55:10,934 COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL PARTNER. 5547 02:55:10,934 --> 02:55:13,803 A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE 5548 02:55:13,803 --> 02:55:14,904 DEMOGRAPHIC, I BELIEVE. 5549 02:55:14,904 --> 02:55:15,739 SUPERINTENDENTS DAVIS, YOU ARE 5550 02:55:15,739 --> 02:55:17,907 GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IT AND MEMBER 5551 02:55:17,907 --> 02:55:21,778 VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. 5552 02:55:21,778 --> 02:55:22,212 >>Addison Davis: THIS APPROVAL 5553 02:55:22,212 --> 02:55:27,183 RENEWAL FOR COLUMN -- MACDILL 5554 02:55:27,183 --> 02:55:28,952 COLUMBUS CORPORATION FOR THE 5555 02:55:28,952 --> 02:55:29,219 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR. 5556 02:55:29,219 --> 02:55:31,855 THIS IS IN A CLASSROOM SPACE 5557 02:55:31,855 --> 02:55:35,925 THAT WE HAVE LEASED IN 2001 AND 5558 02:55:35,925 --> 02:55:38,128 THIS OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 5559 02:55:38,128 --> 02:55:39,796 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERVICES TO BE 5560 02:55:39,796 --> 02:55:41,030 PROVIDED TO LOCAL REFUGEES. 5561 02:55:41,030 --> 02:55:42,832 THIS IS MONEY THAT WE GET FROM 5562 02:55:42,832 --> 02:55:44,067 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE 5563 02:55:44,067 --> 02:55:45,935 RECEIVE THOSE FUNDINGS TO BE 5564 02:55:45,935 --> 02:55:47,937 ABLE TO LEASE PROPERTY WITHIN 5565 02:55:47,937 --> 02:55:49,038 THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE 5566 02:55:49,038 --> 02:55:49,372 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REALLY WANTS 5567 02:55:49,372 --> 02:55:51,808 US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS 5568 02:55:51,808 --> 02:55:52,876 INCLUSIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY 5569 02:55:52,876 --> 02:55:55,011 IN WHICH WE SERVE. 5570 02:55:55,011 --> 02:55:56,846 THIS LOCATION, MacDILL 5571 02:55:56,846 --> 02:55:58,882 AVENUE IS REALLY IN THE HEART OF 5572 02:55:58,882 --> 02:55:59,416 THEISI HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND TO 5573 02:55:59,416 --> 02:56:01,184 BE LEVERAGE TO LEVERAGE THOSE 5574 02:56:01,184 --> 02:56:02,986 DOLLARS AND USE 15,000 PLUS 5575 02:56:02,986 --> 02:56:03,953 DOLLARS OF THEIR MONEY TO BE 5576 02:56:03,953 --> 02:56:05,822 ABLE TO USE THE FACILITY TO 5577 02:56:05,822 --> 02:56:07,857 PROVIDE ONGOING SERVICES TO 5578 02:56:07,857 --> 02:56:10,126 AROUND 200 PROJECTED AVERAGE 5579 02:56:10,126 --> 02:56:14,764 STUDENTS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 5580 02:56:14,764 --> 02:56:15,932 >>Lynn Gray: WAS MacDILL 5581 02:56:15,932 --> 02:56:20,069 AVENUE INTERSECTION? 5582 02:56:20,069 --> 02:56:21,838 >> I DON'T KNOW. 5583 02:56:21,838 --> 02:56:22,205 >>Lynn Gray: IT COVERS A LOT. 5584 02:56:22,205 --> 02:56:24,040 WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, IT 5585 02:56:24,040 --> 02:56:27,077 COVERED THE AREA OF WHERE MANY 5586 02:56:27,077 --> 02:56:28,945 OF THESE REFUGEES WOULD BE. 5587 02:56:28,945 --> 02:56:31,881 BUT AT ANY RATE, WE HAVE BOARD 5588 02:56:31,881 --> 02:56:33,082 MEMBERS, LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE 5589 02:56:33,082 --> 02:56:34,217 A MOTION AND A SECOND. 5590 02:56:34,217 --> 02:56:37,787 WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER 5591 02:56:37,787 --> 02:56:37,954 WASHINGTON. 5592 02:56:37,954 --> 02:56:40,723 WE HAVE A SECOND BY MEMBER 5593 02:56:40,723 --> 02:56:43,026 VAUGHN. 5594 02:56:43,026 --> 02:56:44,727 AND AT THIS TIME ANY DISCUSSION? 5595 02:56:44,727 --> 02:56:45,295 MEMBER VAUGHN, GO AHEAD. 5596 02:56:45,295 --> 02:56:48,131 YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 5597 02:56:48,131 --> 02:56:48,465 >>Jessica Vaughn: GENTLEMEN, I 5598 02:56:48,465 --> 02:56:49,866 JUST WANTED TO SAY THE 5599 02:56:49,866 --> 02:56:50,967 SUPERINTENDENT AND I HAD A 5600 02:56:50,967 --> 02:56:51,968 DISCUSSION OF THIS. 5601 02:56:51,968 --> 02:56:53,036 I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION 5602 02:56:53,036 --> 02:56:54,070 THAT WE HAD. 5603 02:56:54,070 --> 02:56:56,105 BUT I THINK THAT WE DID IDENTIFY 5604 02:56:56,105 --> 02:56:58,708 THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO 5605 02:56:58,708 --> 02:57:00,176 EXPAND THIS PROGRAM INTO AREAS 5606 02:57:00,176 --> 02:57:02,145 WHERE WE HAVE REFUGEE POPULATION 5607 02:57:02,145 --> 02:57:03,713 THAT'S EXPANDED SINCE OUR 5608 02:57:03,713 --> 02:57:04,814 ORIGINAL APPROVAL OF THIS, AND 5609 02:57:04,814 --> 02:57:08,918 ALSO WHERE WE HAVE A NEED FOR 5610 02:57:08,918 --> 02:57:10,153 ENGLISH LEARNERS AS WELL. 5611 02:57:10,153 --> 02:57:12,088 SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND MUCH 5612 02:57:12,088 --> 02:57:16,726 DOUBLE BACK AND ON THE RECORD 5613 02:57:16,726 --> 02:57:17,227 TALK ABOUT POSSIBLY EXPANDING 5614 02:57:17,227 --> 02:57:18,962 THIS INTO THE OTHER AREAS, 5615 02:57:18,962 --> 02:57:20,296 SPECIFICALLY THE NEW DID AREA 5616 02:57:20,296 --> 02:57:22,031 AND OTHER AREAS WHERE WE HAVE 5617 02:57:22,031 --> 02:57:25,835 REFUGEES AND A NEED FOR THAT. 5618 02:57:25,835 --> 02:57:26,169 >>Addison Davis: TOTH THROUGH 5619 02:57:26,169 --> 02:57:28,204 THE CHAIR, I WE HAD A GREAT 5620 02:57:28,204 --> 02:57:30,907 CONVERSATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER 5621 02:57:30,907 --> 02:57:32,108 THE CONVERSATION WITH MRS. 5622 02:57:32,108 --> 02:57:34,077 VAUGHN AND MR. BROOK AND HOW WE 5623 02:57:34,077 --> 02:57:35,345 CAN CONTINUE TO ALLOW THIS TO 5624 02:57:35,345 --> 02:57:39,883 HAVE GREATER ACCESSIBILITY. 5625 02:57:39,883 --> 02:57:40,216 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. 5626 02:57:40,216 --> 02:57:41,918 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE 5627 02:57:41,918 --> 02:57:42,852 TALKED ABOUT THAT. 5628 02:57:42,852 --> 02:57:43,820 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 5629 02:57:43,820 --> 02:57:44,020 VAUGHN. 5630 02:57:44,020 --> 02:57:48,057 BOARD MEMBERS, LET'S VOTE WHEN 5631 02:57:48,057 --> 02:57:53,830 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 5632 02:57:53,830 --> 02:57:54,931 OKAY. 5633 02:57:54,931 --> 02:57:55,265 AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. 5634 02:57:55,265 --> 02:57:57,033 THANK YOU. 5635 02:57:57,033 --> 02:58:00,069 BOARD MEMBERS, NEXT WILL BE 5636 02:58:00,069 --> 02:58:00,837 7.05. 5637 02:58:00,837 --> 02:58:02,839 APPROVE THE REAL PROPERTY 5638 02:58:02,839 --> 02:58:04,707 EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS, JOINT USE 5639 02:58:04,707 --> 02:58:07,010 AGREEMENT, AND MEMORANDUM OF 5640 02:58:07,010 --> 02:58:07,911 AGREEMENT BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH 5641 02:58:07,911 --> 02:58:09,746 COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF 5642 02:58:09,746 --> 02:58:10,947 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, 5643 02:58:10,947 --> 02:58:15,185 REGARDING THE DOROTHY THOMAS 5644 02:58:15,185 --> 02:58:16,019 EXCEPTIONAL PROPERTY. 5645 02:58:16,019 --> 02:58:16,953 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU WILL 5646 02:58:16,953 --> 02:58:17,987 HIGHLIGHT IT AND MEMBER VAUGHN 5647 02:58:17,987 --> 02:58:19,923 PULLED THIS ITEM. 5648 02:58:19,923 --> 02:58:20,823 >>Addison Davis: THIS IS 5649 02:58:20,823 --> 02:58:22,158 APPROVAL OF A REAL ESTATE 5650 02:58:22,158 --> 02:58:24,928 PROPERTY EXCHANGE AGREEMENT 5651 02:58:24,928 --> 02:58:25,261 BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY POST 5652 02:58:25,261 --> 02:58:26,162 SCHOOLS AND ALSO HILLSBOROUGH 5653 02:58:26,162 --> 02:58:27,830 COUNTY. 5654 02:58:27,830 --> 02:58:31,868 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 5655 02:58:31,868 --> 02:58:33,069 EXCHANGE PROPERTIES AT DOROTHY 5656 02:58:33,069 --> 02:58:34,837 THOMAS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER. 5657 02:58:34,837 --> 02:58:38,808 AS NOW DOROTHY THOMAS CURRENTLY 5658 02:58:38,808 --> 02:58:40,743 LIVES IN -- FOR STUDENTS WITH 5659 02:58:40,743 --> 02:58:42,178 DISABILITIES WE WANT TO GET TO A 5660 02:58:42,178 --> 02:58:45,315 POINT TO GIVE THEM IMPROVED 5661 02:58:45,315 --> 02:58:46,249 BRICK AND MORTAR FACILITIES. 5662 02:58:46,249 --> 02:58:48,718 WHAT WE ARE DOING IS BEING ABLE 5663 02:58:48,718 --> 02:58:50,920 TO EXCHANGE, WE HAVE A HALF ACHE 5664 02:58:50,920 --> 02:58:53,089 THEORY WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE 5665 02:58:53,089 --> 02:58:54,824 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT IS A 5666 02:58:54,824 --> 02:58:56,059 PARKING LOT, AND IN RETURN WILL 5667 02:58:56,059 --> 02:59:01,798 BE ABLE TO GET 2.07 ACRES, 5668 02:59:01,798 --> 02:59:04,934 EXPAND THAT PLATED WE WILL BE 5669 02:59:04,934 --> 02:59:06,869 ABLE TO ASSUME FOR OUR STUDENTS 5670 02:59:06,869 --> 02:59:08,738 APP TO ALLOW US TO START THAT 5671 02:59:08,738 --> 02:59:10,006 BUILDING AND GET STUDENTS OUT OF 5672 02:59:10,006 --> 02:59:11,774 PORTABLES. 5673 02:59:11,774 --> 02:59:14,010 THIS WILL COST $1.2 MILLION FOR 5674 02:59:14,010 --> 02:59:16,145 OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MOVE THE 5675 02:59:16,145 --> 02:59:17,847 INITIATIVE TO SET BETTER SERVE 5676 02:59:17,847 --> 02:59:19,983 CHILDREN WITHIN OUR SCHOOL 5677 02:59:19,983 --> 02:59:20,116 DISTRICTS. 5678 02:59:20,116 --> 02:59:20,383 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, 5679 02:59:20,383 --> 02:59:20,617 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. 5680 02:59:20,617 --> 02:59:22,218 I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND. 5681 02:59:22,218 --> 02:59:24,120 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. 5682 02:59:24,120 --> 02:59:26,189 A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. 5683 02:59:26,189 --> 02:59:27,056 AND DISCUSSION? 5684 02:59:27,056 --> 02:59:28,992 MEMBER VAUGHN? 5685 02:59:28,992 --> 02:59:29,325 >>Jessica Vaughn: WHEN I PULLED 5686 02:59:29,325 --> 02:59:31,094 THIS ITEM, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO 5687 02:59:31,094 --> 02:59:33,162 HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AT 5688 02:59:33,162 --> 02:59:34,063 THAT POINT. 5689 02:59:34,063 --> 02:59:35,898 SO THIS WAS JUST A FOLLOW-UP TO 5690 02:59:35,898 --> 02:59:37,166 THAT BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO 5691 02:59:37,166 --> 02:59:38,201 CONNECT. 5692 02:59:38,201 --> 02:59:40,136 SO THIS I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT IT. 5693 02:59:40,136 --> 02:59:41,871 I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. 5694 02:59:41,871 --> 02:59:44,107 I KNOW OUR EXCEPTIONAL CENTERS 5695 02:59:44,107 --> 02:59:45,708 ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND THE 5696 02:59:45,708 --> 02:59:46,809 LIFELINE TO BE ABLE TO BE SEE 5697 02:59:46,809 --> 02:59:49,178 THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE 5698 02:59:49,178 --> 02:59:50,179 STUDENTS A SAFER ENVIRONMENT AND 5699 02:59:50,179 --> 02:59:51,147 EXPAND THAT. 5700 02:59:51,147 --> 02:59:53,249 IT'S VERY EXCITING. 5701 02:59:53,249 --> 02:59:53,916 THANK YOU. 5702 02:59:53,916 --> 02:59:54,817 >>Lynn Gray: PLEASE VOTE WHEN 5703 02:59:54,817 --> 03:00:00,790 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON, BOARD 5704 03:00:00,790 --> 03:00:03,926 MEMBERS. 5705 03:00:03,926 --> 03:00:05,828 BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S UNANIMOUS, 5706 03:00:05,828 --> 03:00:07,864 BUT I BELIEVE MR. FARKAS WANTS 5707 03:00:07,864 --> 03:00:08,865 TO SPEAK. 5708 03:00:08,865 --> 03:00:09,198 >>Christopher Farkas: I JUST 5709 03:00:09,198 --> 03:00:10,233 WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REAL 5710 03:00:10,233 --> 03:00:10,900 QUICK. 5711 03:00:10,900 --> 03:00:12,869 WE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE 5712 03:00:12,869 --> 03:00:14,037 COUNTY AND TALKED ABOUT FINDING 5713 03:00:14,037 --> 03:00:15,805 AGREEMENT, WE DON'T HAVE A TON 5714 03:00:15,805 --> 03:00:16,005 OF MONEY. 5715 03:00:16,005 --> 03:00:19,175 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A WIN. 5716 03:00:19,175 --> 03:00:21,210 AND THE TEAM OVER AT THE 5717 03:00:21,210 --> 03:00:21,544 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 5718 03:00:21,544 --> 03:00:23,913 WORKED VERY HARD TO PUT THIS 5719 03:00:23,913 --> 03:00:24,047 TOGETHER. 5720 03:00:24,047 --> 03:00:25,114 THIS IS ONE OF THE WINS. 5721 03:00:25,114 --> 03:00:27,917 WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE 5722 03:00:27,917 --> 03:00:28,051 CHALLENGES. 5723 03:00:28,051 --> 03:00:29,052 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TALK 5724 03:00:29,052 --> 03:00:31,120 ABOUT THE WINS. 5725 03:00:31,120 --> 03:00:32,188 THANK YOU TO BE THE STAFF OVER 5726 03:00:32,188 --> 03:00:32,288 THERE. 5727 03:00:32,288 --> 03:00:34,057 IT WAS DEFINITELY -- IT TAKES A 5728 03:00:34,057 --> 03:00:35,992 LOT OF WORK TO DO A LAND 5729 03:00:35,992 --> 03:00:36,192 EXCHANGE. 5730 03:00:36,192 --> 03:00:39,128 SO I AM GLAD THAT WE DID IT. 5731 03:00:39,128 --> 03:00:39,996 >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S GOOD NEWS 5732 03:00:39,996 --> 03:00:41,998 BECAUSE WE WILL BE ADDRESSING 5733 03:00:41,998 --> 03:00:44,067 BOUNDARIES AND THE BOCC SHORTLY. 5734 03:00:44,067 --> 03:00:46,869 SO GREAT NEWS AND GREAT 5735 03:00:46,869 --> 03:00:48,971 PARTNERSHIPS. 5736 03:00:48,971 --> 03:00:51,007 HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE ON 5737 03:00:51,007 --> 03:00:52,942 THAT. 5738 03:00:52,942 --> 03:00:55,044 APPROVE THE 11.02 APPROVAL OF 5739 03:00:55,044 --> 03:00:57,814 THE FINANCIAL ADVISORY 5740 03:00:57,814 --> 03:00:58,748 COMMITTEE. 5741 03:00:58,748 --> 03:01:00,116 AND MR. PORTER, YOU WILL TAKE 5742 03:01:00,116 --> 03:01:06,222 CHARGE OF THIS? 5743 03:01:06,222 --> 03:01:09,959 >>Jim Porter: YOU WILL RECALL 5744 03:01:09,959 --> 03:01:11,160 THAT THE BOARD HAD THE IDEA OF A 5745 03:01:11,160 --> 03:01:12,228 FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 5746 03:01:12,228 --> 03:01:13,029 SOMETIME BACK. 5747 03:01:13,029 --> 03:01:15,064 YOU HAD A VERY LENGTHY BOARD 5748 03:01:15,064 --> 03:01:16,065 MEETING AND DISCUSSION WITH 5749 03:01:16,065 --> 03:01:17,233 CHANGES BEFORE YOU AND THE 5750 03:01:17,233 --> 03:01:18,868 BACKUP OF BOTH THE RED LINE 5751 03:01:18,868 --> 03:01:20,837 VERSION AND THE CLEAN VERSION, 5752 03:01:20,837 --> 03:01:24,073 AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL 5753 03:01:24,073 --> 03:01:24,207 TONIGHT. 5754 03:01:24,207 --> 03:01:25,875 MR. BUNTSLY AND MR. HART HAVE 5755 03:01:25,875 --> 03:01:27,276 DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB REALLY 5756 03:01:27,276 --> 03:01:29,011 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 5757 03:01:29,011 --> 03:01:31,214 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AN ONLINE 5758 03:01:31,214 --> 03:01:32,181 APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THE 5759 03:01:32,181 --> 03:01:33,816 BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL 5760 03:01:33,816 --> 03:01:35,084 UTILIZE TO CHOOSE YOUR 5761 03:01:35,084 --> 03:01:35,785 CANDIDATE. 5762 03:01:35,785 --> 03:01:37,086 WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT 5763 03:01:37,086 --> 03:01:38,087 ONCE THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, 5764 03:01:38,087 --> 03:01:41,758 IF IT IS APPROVED THAT WE LET 5765 03:01:41,758 --> 03:01:44,060 OUR PARTNERS KNOW WE WILL WHO 5766 03:01:44,060 --> 03:01:44,994 WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT 5767 03:01:44,994 --> 03:01:46,863 THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPOINT 5768 03:01:46,863 --> 03:01:46,963 SOMEONE. 5769 03:01:46,963 --> 03:01:48,164 WE WILL ASK THAT APPLICATIONS BE 5770 03:01:48,164 --> 03:01:49,899 DUE ON JULY 30th, THAT YOU 5771 03:01:49,899 --> 03:01:53,703 WOULD MAKE YOUR SELECTION BY 5772 03:01:53,703 --> 03:01:55,738 AUGUST 13th AND THEN THE 5773 03:01:55,738 --> 03:01:57,774 INAUGURAL MEETING WILL BE ON 5774 03:01:57,774 --> 03:01:58,174 SEPTEMBER 1st. 5775 03:01:58,174 --> 03:02:00,877 SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 5776 03:02:00,877 --> 03:02:01,010 QUESTIONS. 5777 03:02:01,010 --> 03:02:02,879 BUT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE 5778 03:02:02,879 --> 03:02:03,846 SEEN BEFORE. 5779 03:02:03,846 --> 03:02:05,047 IT REALLY JUST CODIFIES WHAT YOU 5780 03:02:05,047 --> 03:02:06,983 ALREADY APPROVED. 5781 03:02:06,983 --> 03:02:07,316 >>Lynn Gray: I WANT TO THANK YOU 5782 03:02:07,316 --> 03:02:10,219 FOR THE DETAILED WORK, MR. 5783 03:02:10,219 --> 03:02:11,087 BUNKLEY AS WELL. 5784 03:02:11,087 --> 03:02:13,890 YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT 5785 03:02:13,890 --> 03:02:15,057 AND VERY DETAILED IN TERMS OF 5786 03:02:15,057 --> 03:02:17,760 WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 5787 03:02:17,760 --> 03:02:19,028 I THINK -- AND I AM GOING TO GO 5788 03:02:19,028 --> 03:02:20,129 AHEAD AND WE WILL DO A MOTION 5789 03:02:20,129 --> 03:02:20,963 AND SECOND. 5790 03:02:20,963 --> 03:02:23,833 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, DID 5791 03:02:23,833 --> 03:02:25,968 MEMBER SNIVELY AND MEMBER HAHN 5792 03:02:25,968 --> 03:02:29,839 HAVE ANY VOICE ON THIS BEFORE? 5793 03:02:29,839 --> 03:02:32,074 >>Jim Porter: THEY REQUESTED 5794 03:02:32,074 --> 03:02:33,242 THAT YOU WILL RECALL THE 5795 03:02:33,242 --> 03:02:34,877 SUPERINTENDENT GAVE UP ONE OF 5796 03:02:34,877 --> 03:02:38,247 HIS APPOINTEES TO HAVE -- AND 5797 03:02:38,247 --> 03:02:40,116 MRS. SNIVELY HIGH PRESSURE A 5798 03:02:40,116 --> 03:02:41,984 VERY GOOD SUGGESTION THAT WE 5799 03:02:41,984 --> 03:02:47,990 REORDER THE NUMBER OF THE 5800 03:02:47,990 --> 03:02:52,995 MEMBERS, AND IN PLACE OF -- THAT 5801 03:02:52,995 --> 03:02:54,197 WAS HER ONE SUGGESTION AND 5802 03:02:54,197 --> 03:02:56,132 MEMBER HAHN APPROVED THE 5803 03:02:56,132 --> 03:02:56,232 CHANGES. 5804 03:02:56,232 --> 03:02:56,532 >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S WHAT I 5805 03:02:56,532 --> 03:02:57,834 WANTED TO KNOW. 5806 03:02:57,834 --> 03:02:58,968 BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION 5807 03:02:58,968 --> 03:02:59,836 AND SECOND. 5808 03:02:59,836 --> 03:03:01,070 I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ, 5809 03:03:01,070 --> 03:03:02,972 A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. 5810 03:03:02,972 --> 03:03:03,906 ANY QUESTIONS? 5811 03:03:03,906 --> 03:03:07,844 AND THEY WILL BE DIRECTED TO MR. 5812 03:03:07,844 --> 03:03:08,711 PORTER. 5813 03:03:08,711 --> 03:03:09,812 SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN 5814 03:03:09,812 --> 03:03:14,951 YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. 5815 03:03:14,951 --> 03:03:17,887 OKAY, THIS IS OUR FIRST, THANK 5816 03:03:17,887 --> 03:03:18,988 GOODNESS, I THINK THE PUBLIC 5817 03:03:18,988 --> 03:03:21,791 WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO SEE AN 5818 03:03:21,791 --> 03:03:24,994 EXTRA SET OF EYES, MANY EYES. 5819 03:03:24,994 --> 03:03:25,995 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS? 5820 03:03:25,995 --> 03:03:26,329 >>Addison Davis: FIRST OF ALL, 5821 03:03:26,329 --> 03:03:28,130 THANK YOU, MR. PORTER HAS DONE A 5822 03:03:28,130 --> 03:03:31,834 REALLY NICE JOB FOR THESE 5823 03:03:31,834 --> 03:03:32,835 EFFORTS WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS 5824 03:03:32,835 --> 03:03:34,003 AND ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO WORKED 5825 03:03:34,003 --> 03:03:34,103 ON. 5826 03:03:34,103 --> 03:03:35,137 THIS WE WILL IMMEDIATELY START 5827 03:03:35,137 --> 03:03:36,873 TO PUSH THIS OUT AND WILL 5828 03:03:36,873 --> 03:03:38,140 LEVERAGE EVERY ONE OF OUR SOCIAL 5829 03:03:38,140 --> 03:03:41,978 MEDIA OUTLETS, OUR WEBSITES, AND 5830 03:03:41,978 --> 03:03:43,045 ENCOURAGE ANY INDIVIDUALS TO 5831 03:03:43,045 --> 03:03:43,279 APPLY. 5832 03:03:43,279 --> 03:03:44,814 I THINK THIS WILL BE A REALLY 5833 03:03:44,814 --> 03:03:47,316 GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 5834 03:03:47,316 --> 03:03:48,451 TO START REBUILDING TRUST WITHIN 5835 03:03:48,451 --> 03:03:50,720 THE COMMUNITY AND FOR 5836 03:03:50,720 --> 03:03:51,888 STAKEHOLDERS WHO REALLY PLAY AN 5837 03:03:51,888 --> 03:03:53,923 ACTIVE ROLE OF BEING A PROBLEM 5838 03:03:53,923 --> 03:03:55,057 SOLVER TO MAKE POTENTIAL 5839 03:03:55,057 --> 03:03:56,792 RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW WE 5840 03:03:56,792 --> 03:03:57,960 STRENGTHEN OUR WORK AND ALIGN 5841 03:03:57,960 --> 03:04:01,898 ALL OF OUR DOLLARS. 5842 03:04:01,898 --> 03:04:02,899 >>Lynn Gray: WILL YOU CONTINUE 5843 03:04:02,899 --> 03:04:04,000 TO REMIND US BOARD MEMBERS OF 5844 03:04:04,000 --> 03:04:06,936 THE DATE OF THAT WE ARE DUE TO 5845 03:04:06,936 --> 03:04:11,107 SEND IN A CANDIDATE? 5846 03:04:11,107 --> 03:04:12,842 >>Jim Porter: WE WOULD ASK THAT 5847 03:04:12,842 --> 03:04:17,947 THE APPLICATIONS BE DUE BY JULY 5848 03:04:17,947 --> 03:04:18,748 30th,CHAS BY AUGUST 5849 03:04:18,748 --> 03:04:18,848 13th. 5850 03:04:18,848 --> 03:04:20,216 THEN THE FIRST MEETING WOULD BE 5851 03:04:20,216 --> 03:04:20,950 SEPTEMBER 1st. 5852 03:04:20,950 --> 03:04:22,885 THAT WILL BE AN ORGANIZATIONAL 5853 03:04:22,885 --> 03:04:24,954 MEETING, ENOUGH TIME TO KICKOFF 5854 03:04:24,954 --> 03:04:26,055 PROPERLY AND FOR ENOUGH NOTICE 5855 03:04:26,055 --> 03:04:29,091 TO BE GIVEN OUT FOR YOU ALL TO 5856 03:04:29,091 --> 03:04:30,927 MAKE YOUR CHOICES. 5857 03:04:30,927 --> 03:04:31,961 >>Lynn Gray: MR. PORTER, IT 5858 03:04:31,961 --> 03:04:34,764 MIGHT BE RECOMMENDED THAT YOU 5859 03:04:34,764 --> 03:04:35,965 REMAINED OR HAVE THE SECRETARIES 5860 03:04:35,965 --> 03:04:38,034 REMIND US OF THE TIMELINE. 5861 03:04:38,034 --> 03:04:38,267 >>Jim Porter: WE WILL. 5862 03:04:38,267 --> 03:04:40,169 YOU WILL GET A CALENDAR. 5863 03:04:40,169 --> 03:04:48,711 >>Lynn Gray: JUST IN CASE. 5864 03:04:48,711 --> 03:04:49,745 >>Jim Porter: AS SOON AS IT'S 5865 03:04:49,745 --> 03:04:51,080 APPROVED, IT WILL GO OUT 5866 03:04:51,080 --> 03:04:51,213 TOMORROW. 5867 03:04:51,213 --> 03:04:53,015 >>Lynn Gray: WE JUST APPROVED 5868 03:04:53,015 --> 03:04:54,283 IT, SO THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE. 5869 03:04:54,283 --> 03:04:55,818 MEMBER COMBS. 5870 03:04:55,818 --> 03:04:57,019 >>Nadia Combs: I HAVE A 5871 03:04:57,019 --> 03:04:57,153 QUESTION. 5872 03:04:57,153 --> 03:04:59,021 I'M SORRY. 5873 03:04:59,021 --> 03:05:00,022 >>Lynn Gray: GO AHEAD. 5874 03:05:00,022 --> 03:05:00,323 >>Nadia Combs: WHERE ARE THE 5875 03:05:00,323 --> 03:05:02,158 APPLICATIONS GOING TO BE 5876 03:05:02,158 --> 03:05:02,291 AVAILABLE? 5877 03:05:02,291 --> 03:05:02,591 >>Jim Porter: THEY WILL BE 5878 03:05:02,591 --> 03:05:05,027 AVAILABLE ONLINE, ON THE 5879 03:05:05,027 --> 03:05:05,161 WEBSITE. 5880 03:05:05,161 --> 03:05:06,762 AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO PUSH 5881 03:05:06,762 --> 03:05:08,130 THEM OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE 5882 03:05:08,130 --> 03:05:10,166 OTHER WAYS THAT WE NOTIFY PEOPLE 5883 03:05:10,166 --> 03:05:14,870 THAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE 5884 03:05:14,870 --> 03:05:15,004 DISTRICT. 5885 03:05:15,004 --> 03:05:15,338 >>Nadia Combs: AND OBVIOUSLY WE 5886 03:05:15,338 --> 03:05:17,173 WILL GET A LINK SO WE CAN SHARE 5887 03:05:17,173 --> 03:05:18,841 IT WITH PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH US 5888 03:05:18,841 --> 03:05:19,909 AND ARE INTERESTED. 5889 03:05:19,909 --> 03:05:21,811 AND WHAT WILL THE PROCESS LOOK 5890 03:05:21,811 --> 03:05:21,911 LIKE? 5891 03:05:21,911 --> 03:05:23,145 SO WE WILL SEND IT OUT TO 5892 03:05:23,145 --> 03:05:23,279 EVERYONE? 5893 03:05:23,279 --> 03:05:24,814 AND THEN WE WILL GET THE 5894 03:05:24,814 --> 03:05:26,282 APPLICATIONS SEPARATELY? 5895 03:05:26,282 --> 03:05:27,817 >>Jim Porter: YOU WILL GET THE 5896 03:05:27,817 --> 03:05:28,784 APPLICATIONS SEPARATE REPLY AND 5897 03:05:28,784 --> 03:05:29,151 YOU WILL HAVE HARD COPIES. 5898 03:05:29,151 --> 03:05:31,020 YOU WILL HAVE A FOLDER, BE ABLE 5899 03:05:31,020 --> 03:05:32,288 TO GO THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS. 5900 03:05:32,288 --> 03:05:34,090 EACH OF UP HAVE ONE APPOINTEE 5901 03:05:34,090 --> 03:05:35,825 AND THE BOARD DOESN'T NEED TO 5902 03:05:35,825 --> 03:05:36,258 VOTE ON THE APPOINTEE. 5903 03:05:36,258 --> 03:05:38,127 SO THE POWER TO APPOINT IS 5904 03:05:38,127 --> 03:05:38,894 ENTIRELY YOURS. 5905 03:05:38,894 --> 03:05:40,763 SO THE APPLICATIONS WILL COME IN 5906 03:05:40,763 --> 03:05:42,999 BY JULY 30th. 5907 03:05:42,999 --> 03:05:43,165 THAT FRIDAY. 5908 03:05:43,165 --> 03:05:44,133 THE FOLLOWING MONDAY OR TUESDAY 5909 03:05:44,133 --> 03:05:45,901 YOU WILL HAVE A HARD COPY AND 5910 03:05:45,901 --> 03:05:47,169 YOU WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO 5911 03:05:47,169 --> 03:05:48,771 WEEKS TO THEN GOP THROUGH THEM 5912 03:05:48,771 --> 03:05:50,806 AND MAKE YOUR SELECTION. 5913 03:05:50,806 --> 03:05:51,941 >>Nadia Combs: I GUESS WE USE 5914 03:05:51,941 --> 03:05:53,943 OUR OWN IF WE WANT TO INTERVIEW 5915 03:05:53,943 --> 03:05:55,811 OR CALL PEOPLE? 5916 03:05:55,811 --> 03:05:56,145 >>Jim Porter: IT'S ENTIRELY UP 5917 03:05:56,145 --> 03:05:56,879 TO YOU. 5918 03:05:56,879 --> 03:05:57,880 YOU OWN IT. 5919 03:05:57,880 --> 03:05:58,948 THIS IS A BOARD COMMITTEE AND 5920 03:05:58,948 --> 03:05:59,882 THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS 5921 03:05:59,882 --> 03:06:01,851 HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHO YOU 5922 03:06:01,851 --> 03:06:03,085 THINK IS THE BEST 5923 03:06:03,085 --> 03:06:03,252 REPRESENTATIVE. 5924 03:06:03,252 --> 03:06:04,920 TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE 5925 03:06:04,920 --> 03:06:08,057 EARLIER, I THINK BY ONE OF THE 5926 03:06:08,057 --> 03:06:09,692 SPEAKERS, THE APPLICATION REALLY 5927 03:06:09,692 --> 03:06:11,027 HEAVILY EMPHASIZES THAT WE ARE 5928 03:06:11,027 --> 03:06:13,162 ASKING TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT 5929 03:06:13,162 --> 03:06:14,997 PEOPLE WITH FINANCIAL 5930 03:06:14,997 --> 03:06:16,999 BACKGROUNDS, ESPECIALLY 5931 03:06:16,999 --> 03:06:18,034 EDUCATION FINANCIAL BACKGROUND, 5932 03:06:18,034 --> 03:06:19,869 AND ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING 5933 03:06:19,869 --> 03:06:22,938 REALLY A SENSITIVITY TO BOTH 5934 03:06:22,938 --> 03:06:25,708 DIVERSITY, ETHNIC DIVERTS TIP 5935 03:06:25,708 --> 03:06:27,743 BUT GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY SO THE 5936 03:06:27,743 --> 03:06:30,980 ENTIRE LARGE COUNTY IS COVERED. 5937 03:06:30,980 --> 03:06:32,181 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 5938 03:06:32,181 --> 03:06:32,915 COMBS. 5939 03:06:32,915 --> 03:06:33,115 THAN. 5940 03:06:33,115 --> 03:06:34,116 >>Addison Davis: I JUST WANT TO 5941 03:06:34,116 --> 03:06:37,053 ASK A QUESTION AND MAYBE MR. 5942 03:06:37,053 --> 03:06:38,888 BUNKLEY CAN HELP. 5943 03:06:38,888 --> 03:06:39,889 APPLICATIONS STARTING TO GO 5944 03:06:39,889 --> 03:06:42,058 LIVE, IS THERE THERE WAY WAY TO 5945 03:06:42,058 --> 03:06:44,126 HAVE ACCESSIBILITY SO THING 5946 03:06:44,126 --> 03:06:49,165 START SEEING LIVE APPLICANTS AT 5947 03:06:49,165 --> 03:06:49,265 ONCE? 5948 03:06:49,265 --> 03:06:55,204 >> THIS IS UP TO THE BOARD, AND 5949 03:06:55,204 --> 03:06:56,105 MR. BUNKLEY PROPOSED TO GET THEM 5950 03:06:56,105 --> 03:06:58,040 AS THEY COME IN AND CREATE HARD 5951 03:06:58,040 --> 03:06:59,775 COPIES FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, TO 5952 03:06:59,775 --> 03:07:03,145 CREATE SOME SORT OF PROCESS THAT 5953 03:07:03,145 --> 03:07:04,780 IS NOT CHAOTIC. 5954 03:07:04,780 --> 03:07:06,215 AND AGAIN I THINK IT'S NEW FOR 5955 03:07:06,215 --> 03:07:07,783 THE DISTRICT TO DO SOMETHING 5956 03:07:07,783 --> 03:07:09,852 LIKE THIS IN THIS FORM. 5957 03:07:09,852 --> 03:07:11,921 SO I THINK THAT THE IDEA WOULD 5958 03:07:11,921 --> 03:07:14,857 BE THAT WE'LL SEE HOW THIS WORKS 5959 03:07:14,857 --> 03:07:16,258 AND THEN GO FORWARD, IF IT'S NOT 5960 03:07:16,258 --> 03:07:18,828 A GOOD PLAN WE CAN MODIFY IT. 5961 03:07:18,828 --> 03:07:20,096 MR. BUNKLEY AND MR. HART HAVE 5962 03:07:20,096 --> 03:07:21,997 WORKED REALLY HARD TO CREATE A 5963 03:07:21,997 --> 03:07:23,999 TEMP PLAT FOR FUTURE USE OF THIS 5964 03:07:23,999 --> 03:07:25,901 SORT OF ONLINE APPLICATION. 5965 03:07:25,901 --> 03:07:27,169 IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE IN 5966 03:07:27,169 --> 03:07:28,771 HILLSBOROUGH SO THEY REALLY 5967 03:07:28,771 --> 03:07:31,874 DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR 5968 03:07:31,874 --> 03:07:31,974 THAT. 5969 03:07:31,974 --> 03:07:32,942 >>Addison Davis: AND MR. PORTER 5970 03:07:32,942 --> 03:07:35,144 DOING A GOOD JOB ON THE I.T. 5971 03:07:35,144 --> 03:07:35,978 SIDE TONIGHT. 5972 03:07:35,978 --> 03:07:36,779 GOOD JOB. 5973 03:07:36,779 --> 03:07:38,781 AND I WOULD SAY THIS BOARD HAS 5974 03:07:38,781 --> 03:07:40,216 DONE A NICE JOB RESPECTING EACH 5975 03:07:40,216 --> 03:07:41,884 OTHER'S APPOINTEE AND BEING ABLE 5976 03:07:41,884 --> 03:07:43,886 TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. 5977 03:07:43,886 --> 03:07:44,053 SO THANK YOU. 5978 03:07:44,053 --> 03:07:46,021 LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 5979 03:07:46,021 --> 03:07:46,989 >>Lynn Gray: THE BOARD IS 5980 03:07:46,989 --> 03:07:48,023 DEFINITELY ONBOARD. 5981 03:07:48,023 --> 03:07:48,257 THANK YOU. 5982 03:07:48,257 --> 03:07:52,094 MR. PORTER, THANK YOU FOR GIVING 5983 03:07:52,094 --> 03:07:54,130 THIS THE ATTENTION IT SO WELL 5984 03:07:54,130 --> 03:07:57,133 DESERVES, AND THANK YOU, MR. 5985 03:07:57,133 --> 03:08:00,136 BUNKLEY, FOR YOUR NEVER-ENDING 5986 03:08:00,136 --> 03:08:01,937 TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE. 5987 03:08:01,937 --> 03:08:03,973 THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS JUST 5988 03:08:03,973 --> 03:08:06,108 FOR INFORMATION. 5989 03:08:06,108 --> 03:08:08,043 AND THIS IS GOING TO BE -- AND 5990 03:08:08,043 --> 03:08:10,045 THIS IS JUST A PROCESS. 5991 03:08:10,045 --> 03:08:12,848 I HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LONG BECAUSE 5992 03:08:12,848 --> 03:08:15,017 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP, 5993 03:08:15,017 --> 03:08:15,117 CORRECT? 5994 03:08:15,117 --> 03:08:15,451 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 5995 03:08:15,451 --> 03:08:17,820 WE ARE HAVING A WORKSHOP ON JULY 5996 03:08:17,820 --> 03:08:19,088 27th SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO 5997 03:08:19,088 --> 03:08:20,122 BE GO DEEPER IN THIS PROCESS AND 5998 03:08:20,122 --> 03:08:21,223 I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE BOARD 5999 03:08:21,223 --> 03:08:23,893 MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT HERE 6000 03:08:23,893 --> 03:08:25,094 TONIGHT, AND THEY REALLY WANT TO 6001 03:08:25,094 --> 03:08:26,162 BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION 6002 03:08:26,162 --> 03:08:27,730 BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT TO THEIR 6003 03:08:27,730 --> 03:08:28,197 COMMUNITIES. 6004 03:08:28,197 --> 03:08:29,832 SO WE JUST THOUGHT WAS FITTING 6005 03:08:29,832 --> 03:08:31,867 TO MOVE THAT TO JULY 27 THEY AND 6006 03:08:31,867 --> 03:08:32,935 HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION. 6007 03:08:32,935 --> 03:08:34,336 BUT DUE TO THE CURRENT POLICY 6008 03:08:34,336 --> 03:08:36,138 THAT THE BOARD HAS, WE WANT TO 6009 03:08:36,138 --> 03:08:37,773 MAKE SURE WE GET THIS OUT IN 6010 03:08:37,773 --> 03:08:40,042 FRONT TO BE ABLE TO START THE 6011 03:08:40,042 --> 03:08:41,076 CONVERSATION ABOUT POTENTIAL 6012 03:08:41,076 --> 03:08:42,278 IMPACT OF ANY BOUNDARY CHANGES 6013 03:08:42,278 --> 03:08:50,719 MOVING FORWARD. 6014 03:08:51,987 --> 03:08:52,354 >>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, JUST 6015 03:08:52,354 --> 03:08:53,956 BEAR WITH US. 6016 03:08:53,956 --> 03:09:01,030 WE MAY HAVE MISSED AN AGENDA 6017 03:09:01,030 --> 03:09:04,667 ITEM. 6018 03:09:05,768 --> 03:09:06,902 THIS DOES NOT TAKE A VOTE. 6019 03:09:06,902 --> 03:09:09,104 AND IT'S SIMPLY FOR INFORMATION. 6020 03:09:09,104 --> 03:09:11,173 AND AGAIN WE ARE GOING TO 6021 03:09:11,173 --> 03:09:13,042 EXPLORE ALL THE AVENUES DURING 6022 03:09:13,042 --> 03:09:13,876 THE WORKSHOP. 6023 03:09:13,876 --> 03:09:14,376 SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHAT DATE 6024 03:09:14,376 --> 03:09:15,978 IS THE WORKSHOP? 6025 03:09:15,978 --> 03:09:18,214 IS IT THE 27th? 6026 03:09:18,214 --> 03:09:19,949 >>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. 6027 03:09:19,949 --> 03:09:20,883 THE 27th. 6028 03:09:20,883 --> 03:09:22,151 >>Lynn Gray: MR. FARKAS, WHY 6029 03:09:22,151 --> 03:09:23,919 DON'T YOU JUST GIVE US A NEW 6030 03:09:23,919 --> 03:09:25,087 YORK MINUTE WHAT THE WORKSHOP 6031 03:09:25,087 --> 03:09:26,855 WILL INVOLVE. 6032 03:09:26,855 --> 03:09:32,127 AND I'M FROM NEW YORK SO I KNOW 6033 03:09:32,127 --> 03:09:33,195 A MINUTE. 6034 03:09:33,195 --> 03:09:33,529 >>Christopher Farkas: I WILL LET 6035 03:09:33,529 --> 03:09:35,097 MR. PORTER FINISH THE 6036 03:09:35,097 --> 03:09:35,264 QUESTIONING. 6037 03:09:35,264 --> 03:09:37,099 WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THE 6038 03:09:37,099 --> 03:09:37,199 27th. 6039 03:09:37,199 --> 03:09:39,001 IT'S IMPORTANT PLANNING TIME. 6040 03:09:39,001 --> 03:09:40,869 AS NOW TINDALE-OLIVER WE 6041 03:09:40,869 --> 03:09:42,771 COMMISSIONED TO FOLLOW UP ON 6042 03:09:42,771 --> 03:09:44,206 LONG RANGE PLANNING. 6043 03:09:44,206 --> 03:09:46,041 THEREFORE TINDALE-OLIVER WILL BE 6044 03:09:46,041 --> 03:09:48,110 PRESENT ON THE 27th. 6045 03:09:48,110 --> 03:09:48,978 DEXTER AND HER TEAM WILL BE 6046 03:09:48,978 --> 03:09:51,180 THERE TO PRESENT. 6047 03:09:51,180 --> 03:09:52,881 WE HAD APP GREAT ONE ON ONE WITH 6048 03:09:52,881 --> 03:09:53,949 EACH ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS 6049 03:09:53,949 --> 03:09:55,117 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PLANNING 6050 03:09:55,117 --> 03:09:56,819 AND GETTING THAT READY AGAIN. 6051 03:09:56,819 --> 03:09:57,853 AS NOW THERE WILL BE A JOINT 6052 03:09:57,853 --> 03:09:59,188 MEETING FOR THE BOCC AND THE 6053 03:09:59,188 --> 03:10:01,156 SCHOOL BOARD IN SEPTEMBER. 6054 03:10:01,156 --> 03:10:02,858 THIS WILL BE GREAT TO GET US ON 6055 03:10:02,858 --> 03:10:04,760 THE SAME PAGE TO EDUCATE US WHAT 6056 03:10:04,760 --> 03:10:05,894 SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE IN THE 6057 03:10:05,894 --> 03:10:07,062 COUNTY AND HOW WE CAN WORK 6058 03:10:07,062 --> 03:10:08,998 TOGETHER TO SOLVE THEM. 6059 03:10:08,998 --> 03:10:09,265 >>Lynn Gray: IT WOULD BE 6060 03:10:09,265 --> 03:10:11,867 WONDERFUL TO GET A BOCC COUNTY 6061 03:10:11,867 --> 03:10:13,135 COMMISSIONER MAYBE TO ATTEND THE 6062 03:10:13,135 --> 03:10:18,774 WORKSHOP, AND I DID TRY TO REACH 6063 03:10:18,774 --> 03:10:19,074 CHAIRWOMAN PAT COACH. 6064 03:10:19,074 --> 03:10:22,144 SHE IS I BELIEVE IN TEXAS RIGHT 6065 03:10:22,144 --> 03:10:22,811 NOW. 6066 03:10:22,811 --> 03:10:27,116 SO SHE HAS RESPONDED, BUT -- 6067 03:10:27,116 --> 03:10:29,818 HASN'T RESPONDED BUT I CAN WORK 6068 03:10:29,818 --> 03:10:31,086 ON MAYBE INVITING A COUNTY 6069 03:10:31,086 --> 03:10:32,788 COMMISSIONER TO SIT IN ON A 6070 03:10:32,788 --> 03:10:32,921 WORKSHOP. 6071 03:10:32,921 --> 03:10:35,090 WOULD THAT BE ADVISABLE, MR. 6072 03:10:35,090 --> 03:10:35,224 FARKAS? 6073 03:10:35,224 --> 03:10:37,126 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 6074 03:10:37,126 --> 03:10:37,493 >>Christopher Farkas: THAT'S A 6075 03:10:37,493 --> 03:10:39,128 GREAT QUESTION BUT IT MAY AB MR. 6076 03:10:39,128 --> 03:10:40,229 PORTER QUESTION, BETTER PERSON 6077 03:10:40,229 --> 03:10:42,097 TO ANSWER THAT. 6078 03:10:42,097 --> 03:10:44,099 IT MAKES SENSE THAT THEY ARE 6079 03:10:44,099 --> 03:10:45,901 INFORMED OF THAT. 6080 03:10:45,901 --> 03:10:46,902 >>Jim Porter: I THINK IF WE DO 6081 03:10:46,902 --> 03:10:49,738 IT WE SHOULD DO IT IN A FORM A 6082 03:10:49,738 --> 03:10:51,073 WAY, AS A WRITTEN REQUEST, AS 6083 03:10:51,073 --> 03:10:54,143 OPPOSED TO MAKING IT CASUAL. 6084 03:10:54,143 --> 03:10:55,744 I MEAN, YOU HAVE A GREAT 6085 03:10:55,744 --> 03:10:56,745 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAIR BUT 6086 03:10:56,745 --> 03:10:57,946 IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO HAVE A 6087 03:10:57,946 --> 03:10:59,948 FORMAL REQUEST CHAIR TO CHAIR. 6088 03:10:59,948 --> 03:11:00,883 >>Lynn Gray: WE'LL DO THAT THEN. 6089 03:11:00,883 --> 03:11:01,216 VERY GOOD. 6090 03:11:01,216 --> 03:11:03,752 THANK YOU. 6091 03:11:03,752 --> 03:11:05,721 BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK IT'S YOUR 6092 03:11:05,721 --> 03:11:06,955 TURN FOR COMMENTS. 6093 03:11:06,955 --> 03:11:10,759 IF YOU WILL GET INTO THE QUEUE. 6094 03:11:10,759 --> 03:11:11,927 UNLESS I AM MISTAKEN, AND THERE 6095 03:11:11,927 --> 03:11:14,897 IS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT GOT 6096 03:11:14,897 --> 03:11:15,030 MANEUVERED. 6097 03:11:15,030 --> 03:11:16,765 ARE YOU SURE? 6098 03:11:16,765 --> 03:11:17,800 OKAY. 6099 03:11:17,800 --> 03:11:19,201 BOARD MEMBERS, LET'S SEE YOUR 6100 03:11:19,201 --> 03:11:22,838 NAME SO I CAN START CALLING YOU. 6101 03:11:22,838 --> 03:11:25,040 RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE ANYONE'S 6102 03:11:25,040 --> 03:11:26,909 NAME. 6103 03:11:26,909 --> 03:11:32,781 MEMBER COMBS, MEMBER VAUGHN, 6104 03:11:32,781 --> 03:11:35,184 MEMBER WASHINGTON, MEMBER PEREZ. 6105 03:11:35,184 --> 03:11:38,287 DO YOU WANT TO SHARE TONIGHT? 6106 03:11:38,287 --> 03:11:39,221 LET'S GO AHEAD. 6107 03:11:39,221 --> 03:11:40,856 WE'LL PUT YOU DOWN JUST IN CASE 6108 03:11:40,856 --> 03:11:41,223 YOU DO. 6109 03:11:41,223 --> 03:11:42,157 MEMBER PEREZ. 6110 03:11:42,157 --> 03:11:45,994 AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, 6111 03:11:45,994 --> 03:11:48,831 MEMBER GRAY. 6112 03:11:48,831 --> 03:11:50,866 OKAY, MEMBER COMBS, GO. 6113 03:11:50,866 --> 03:11:51,934 >>Nadia Combs: I AM GOING TO 6114 03:11:51,934 --> 03:11:53,736 MAKE JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND 6115 03:11:53,736 --> 03:11:57,172 THEN AFTER THAT I HAVE A SHORT 6116 03:11:57,172 --> 03:11:58,173 VIDEO TO SHARE. 6117 03:11:58,173 --> 03:11:59,975 JUST A REALLY QUICK COMMENT THAT 6118 03:11:59,975 --> 03:12:01,977 I WANTED TO MAKE, I WAS A SOCIAL 6119 03:12:01,977 --> 03:12:05,047 STUDIES TEACHER AND I OFTEN 6120 03:12:05,047 --> 03:12:06,715 TAUGHT STUDENTS ABOUT FEDERAL 6121 03:12:06,715 --> 03:12:08,150 RIGHTS, STATES RIGHTS AND LOCAL 6122 03:12:08,150 --> 03:12:08,283 RIGHTS. 6123 03:12:08,283 --> 03:12:10,786 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WAS 6124 03:12:10,786 --> 03:12:13,021 ELECTED LOCALLY IS TO REPRESENT 6125 03:12:13,021 --> 03:12:13,322 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC 6126 03:12:13,322 --> 03:12:14,757 SCHOOLS. 6127 03:12:14,757 --> 03:12:17,760 AND SO I REALLY FIRMLY BELIEVE 6128 03:12:17,760 --> 03:12:20,028 IN EDUCATION, AND I FIRMABLY 6129 03:12:20,028 --> 03:12:22,131 BELIEVE IN PARENT CHOICE. 6130 03:12:22,131 --> 03:12:26,135 AND SO I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF 6131 03:12:26,135 --> 03:12:28,137 CHARTERS AND ALL THAT, PEOPLE 6132 03:12:28,137 --> 03:12:30,005 ARE DISCUSSING IT AS IF IT'S 6133 03:12:30,005 --> 03:12:31,940 SOMETHING POLITICAL, AND IT'S 6134 03:12:31,940 --> 03:12:32,307 NOT POLITICAL. 6135 03:12:32,307 --> 03:12:34,042 AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S ABOUT 6136 03:12:34,042 --> 03:12:34,910 CHILDREN. 6137 03:12:34,910 --> 03:12:37,179 WHAT IS GOING TO BE BEST FOR 6138 03:12:37,179 --> 03:12:37,980 CHILDREN? 6139 03:12:37,980 --> 03:12:42,184 AND I BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAVE A 6140 03:12:42,184 --> 03:12:46,155 STATE GOVERNMENT THAT IS 6141 03:12:46,155 --> 03:12:47,055 OVERREACHING IN HILLSBOROUGH 6142 03:12:47,055 --> 03:12:48,924 COUNTY, OFTEN YOU HEAR THAT WE 6143 03:12:48,924 --> 03:12:50,859 DON'T WANT THE FEDERAL 6144 03:12:50,859 --> 03:12:52,127 GOVERNMENT OVERREACHING STATE 6145 03:12:52,127 --> 03:12:55,197 RIGHTS. 6146 03:12:55,197 --> 03:12:58,901 AND NOW WE HAVE TALLAHASSEE 6147 03:12:58,901 --> 03:12:59,835 OVERREACHING HILLSBOROUGH 6148 03:12:59,835 --> 03:13:00,002 COUNTY. 6149 03:13:00,002 --> 03:13:01,937 SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME 6150 03:13:01,937 --> 03:13:02,771 TO UNDERSTAND. 6151 03:13:02,771 --> 03:13:03,872 THAT'S THE FIRST PART. 6152 03:13:03,872 --> 03:13:05,040 THE SECOND PART, IF YOU ARE 6153 03:13:05,040 --> 03:13:07,976 GOING TO OVERREACH, THEN AT 6154 03:13:07,976 --> 03:13:09,812 LEAST ENSURE THAT CHARTER 6155 03:13:09,812 --> 03:13:11,947 SCHOOLS HAVE THE SAME 6156 03:13:11,947 --> 03:13:13,749 ACCOUNTABILITY, HAVE THE SAME 6157 03:13:13,749 --> 03:13:16,018 TRANSPARENCY, AND HAVE THE SAME 6158 03:13:16,018 --> 03:13:18,854 REGULATIONS THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 6159 03:13:18,854 --> 03:13:18,987 DO. 6160 03:13:18,987 --> 03:13:20,189 IF YOU THINK THAT WE HAVE TO 6161 03:13:20,189 --> 03:13:22,891 HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS, THEN 6162 03:13:22,891 --> 03:13:24,092 DON'T BRING A SCHOOL OF HOPE 6163 03:13:24,092 --> 03:13:25,928 HERE THAT DON'T HAVE CERTIFIED 6164 03:13:25,928 --> 03:13:26,095 TEACHERS. 6165 03:13:26,095 --> 03:13:28,063 IF YOU TELL US WE NEED TO HAVE 6166 03:13:28,063 --> 03:13:30,966 MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS, THEN 6167 03:13:30,966 --> 03:13:33,035 DON'T BE UPSET WHEN WE ARE 6168 03:13:33,035 --> 03:13:34,870 UNHAPPY THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS 6169 03:13:34,870 --> 03:13:37,940 DON'T HAVE THE MENTAL HEALTH 6170 03:13:37,940 --> 03:13:39,107 AWARENESS, OR THEY DON'T HAVE 6171 03:13:39,107 --> 03:13:40,976 NURSES, OR THEY DON'T HAVE 6172 03:13:40,976 --> 03:13:41,109 LIBRARIES. 6173 03:13:41,109 --> 03:13:42,044 I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY 6174 03:13:42,044 --> 03:13:45,113 IT'S NOT ABOUT -- IT'S ABOUT 6175 03:13:45,113 --> 03:13:47,749 WHAT IS BEST FOR CHILDREN, AND 6176 03:13:47,749 --> 03:13:50,919 HOW DO WE EDUCATE PARENTS TO 6177 03:13:50,919 --> 03:13:52,955 FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 6178 03:13:52,955 --> 03:13:54,957 OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHAT IS 6179 03:13:54,957 --> 03:13:56,725 HAPPENING IN OUR PRIVATE 6180 03:13:56,725 --> 03:13:56,825 SCHOOLS. 6181 03:13:56,825 --> 03:13:57,759 THAT'S UP TO THEM. 6182 03:13:57,759 --> 03:13:58,994 BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 6183 03:13:58,994 --> 03:14:04,833 CHARTER SCHOOLS? 6184 03:14:04,833 --> 03:14:05,968 BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS TO RIGHT TO 6185 03:14:05,968 --> 03:14:07,035 KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHARTER 6186 03:14:07,035 --> 03:14:07,169 SCHOOLS. 6187 03:14:07,169 --> 03:14:09,204 SO IF A CHARTER SCHOOLS CLOSES 6188 03:14:09,204 --> 03:14:10,973 AFTER THREE YEARS AND REOPENS 6189 03:14:10,973 --> 03:14:12,174 AND ADOPTED HAVE TO SHOW A 6190 03:14:12,174 --> 03:14:13,842 GRADE, WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO DO 6191 03:14:13,842 --> 03:14:15,277 THAT AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL ENTITY. 6192 03:14:15,277 --> 03:14:16,979 WHY ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS ALLOWED 6193 03:14:16,979 --> 03:14:18,747 TO DO THAT? 6194 03:14:18,747 --> 03:14:21,049 SO MY MAIN POINT IS, IF YOU ARE 6195 03:14:21,049 --> 03:14:23,118 GOING TO OVERREACH INTO 6196 03:14:23,118 --> 03:14:25,754 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THEN MAKE 6197 03:14:25,754 --> 03:14:29,224 SURE THAT THE SAME REQUIREMENTS 6198 03:14:29,224 --> 03:14:33,095 ARE PERMITTED AND GUIDE IN 6199 03:14:33,095 --> 03:14:34,830 PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. 6200 03:14:34,830 --> 03:14:35,797 THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 6201 03:14:35,797 --> 03:14:36,198 AT THE END. 6202 03:14:36,198 --> 03:14:39,868 DAY IT'S ABOUT CHILDREN. 6203 03:14:39,868 --> 03:14:40,903 CHILDREN LIKE MEMBER WASHINGTON 6204 03:14:40,903 --> 03:14:44,940 AND MEMBER VAUGHN AND I, WE HAD 6205 03:14:44,940 --> 03:14:46,041 THE WONDERFUL, YOU KNOW, 6206 03:14:46,041 --> 03:14:48,210 PLEASURE TO GO SEE ON THE 6207 03:14:48,210 --> 03:14:49,144 GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION OF TAMPA 6208 03:14:49,144 --> 03:14:50,879 BAY STEM CAMP AND THERE WERE 6209 03:14:50,879 --> 03:14:52,848 KIDS THEREIN FROM PUBLIC 6210 03:14:52,848 --> 03:14:54,182 SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND 6211 03:14:54,182 --> 03:14:56,084 PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND WE WERE ALL 6212 03:14:56,084 --> 03:14:58,754 THERE TO SUPPORT THEM. 6213 03:14:58,754 --> 03:15:00,188 SO WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, WE 6214 03:15:00,188 --> 03:15:01,857 SUPPORT ALL CHILDREN, BUT WE 6215 03:15:01,857 --> 03:15:03,892 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 6216 03:15:03,892 --> 03:15:04,993 ACCOUNTABILITY IS ACROSS THE 6217 03:15:04,993 --> 03:15:05,861 BOARD. 6218 03:15:05,861 --> 03:15:08,797 SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO SHARE 6219 03:15:08,797 --> 03:15:12,000 A VERY POSITIVE VIDEO THAT THREE 6220 03:15:12,000 --> 03:15:14,770 OF US WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE 6221 03:15:14,770 --> 03:15:18,073 IN, WITH MR. MYRICK WHO GUIDED 6222 03:15:18,073 --> 03:15:21,877 US AND HE IS IN CHARGE AND WE 6223 03:15:21,877 --> 03:15:23,011 CAN SEE SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL 6224 03:15:23,011 --> 03:15:23,979 CHILDREN. 6225 03:15:37,826 --> 03:15:55,744 ♪ 6226 03:16:10,092 --> 03:16:10,959 SHOWCASING THEIR DESIGN FOR A 6227 03:16:10,959 --> 03:16:13,061 COFFEE SHOP CALLED THE COCONUT 6228 03:16:13,061 --> 03:16:13,161 CAFE. 6229 03:16:13,161 --> 03:16:14,930 >> DID IT TAKE A LOT OF MATH. 6230 03:16:14,930 --> 03:16:16,031 IT TOOK A LOT OF SKILLS. 6231 03:16:16,031 --> 03:16:20,936 I HAD TO LOOK UP A LOT OF THE 6232 03:16:20,936 --> 03:16:23,872 THINGS AND MAKE THE MODEL 6233 03:16:23,872 --> 03:16:24,206 ACTUALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT 6234 03:16:24,206 --> 03:16:27,142 IT WOULD BE LIKE. 6235 03:16:27,142 --> 03:16:29,111 >> STUDENTS TAKING PART IN 6236 03:16:29,111 --> 03:16:30,979 GENTLEMAN'S QUEST OF TAMPA 6237 03:16:30,979 --> 03:16:32,214 SUMMER STUDENT CAMP SPENT THREE 6238 03:16:32,214 --> 03:16:33,181 WEEKS IMPROVING THEIR WRITING 6239 03:16:33,181 --> 03:16:36,218 AND MATH SKILLS, AND EXPLORING 6240 03:16:36,218 --> 03:16:37,886 VARIOUS STEM RELATED CAREERS. 6241 03:16:37,886 --> 03:16:40,789 THEY LEARNED ABOUT THINGS LIKE 6242 03:16:40,789 --> 03:16:41,223 ARCHITECTURE, BLUEPRINT DESIGN 6243 03:16:41,223 --> 03:16:44,092 AND INDUSTRIAL PLANNING. 6244 03:16:44,092 --> 03:16:45,794 AS A PROJECT THE TEENS WERE 6245 03:16:45,794 --> 03:16:47,829 GIVEN A TASK OF DESIGNING A HOME 6246 03:16:47,829 --> 03:16:51,767 OR BUSINESS USING A 40-FOOT 6247 03:16:51,767 --> 03:16:51,900 CONTAINER. 6248 03:16:51,900 --> 03:16:54,703 >> WHILE INTERIOR DESIGN, AND 6249 03:16:54,703 --> 03:16:56,905 TAKING INTO ACCOUNT REAL LIFE 6250 03:16:56,905 --> 03:16:57,806 SITUATIONS, AND LAKE 6251 03:16:57,806 --> 03:16:58,974 POSSIBILITIES LIKE THE WEATHER, 6252 03:16:58,974 --> 03:17:01,109 OR WHERE IT'S LOCATED, AND -- 6253 03:17:01,109 --> 03:17:02,978 >> STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO 6254 03:17:02,978 --> 03:17:04,846 MAKE THESE PROJECTS THEIR OWN. 6255 03:17:04,846 --> 03:17:06,715 >> THEY HAD TO DETERMINE WHO 6256 03:17:06,715 --> 03:17:07,916 THEIR CLIENT PROFILE WAS, WHERE 6257 03:17:07,916 --> 03:17:09,151 DID THEY WANT TO PLACE THIS 6258 03:17:09,151 --> 03:17:11,853 RESIDENTIAL CONTAINER, OR THEIR 6259 03:17:11,853 --> 03:17:11,987 BUSINESS. 6260 03:17:11,987 --> 03:17:13,055 THEY HAD TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS 6261 03:17:13,055 --> 03:17:14,990 GOING ON THE INSIDE AND THE 6262 03:17:14,990 --> 03:17:17,125 OUTSIDE SO THEY REALLY PUT IN 6263 03:17:17,125 --> 03:17:19,061 THE EFFORT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 6264 03:17:19,061 --> 03:17:22,030 >> AS FOR MILES AND THE TEAM 6265 03:17:22,030 --> 03:17:22,397 THEY THINK THEY HAVE COME UP 6266 03:17:22,397 --> 03:17:24,232 WITH A WINNING CONCEPT. 6267 03:17:24,232 --> 03:17:26,802 >> I THINK IT CAN BE A REAL 6268 03:17:26,802 --> 03:17:28,103 BUSINESS ONE DAY, BECAUSE HE PUT 6269 03:17:28,103 --> 03:17:31,740 A LOT OF EFFORT INTO MAKING IT 6270 03:17:31,740 --> 03:17:31,873 REALISTIC. 6271 03:17:31,873 --> 03:17:32,874 >> THE TEENS ARE LEARNING THAT 6272 03:17:32,874 --> 03:17:36,011 EVEN WITH LIMITED SPACE, THE 6273 03:17:36,011 --> 03:17:38,847 POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMIT-LESS AND 6274 03:17:38,847 --> 03:17:41,783 SO IS THEIR POTENTIAL. IN 6275 03:17:41,783 --> 03:17:42,751 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, LORI 6276 03:17:42,751 --> 03:17:47,856 DAVIDSON, SPECTRUM BAY NEWS 9. 6277 03:17:53,061 --> 03:17:54,096 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 6278 03:17:54,096 --> 03:17:54,196 COMBS. 6279 03:17:54,196 --> 03:17:55,697 >> AND THANK YOU TO THE 6280 03:17:55,697 --> 03:17:56,031 COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR 6281 03:17:56,031 --> 03:17:57,933 PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. 6282 03:17:57,933 --> 03:17:59,167 >>Lynn Gray: AND WE HAVE A GREAT 6283 03:17:59,167 --> 03:18:00,902 COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. 6284 03:18:00,902 --> 03:18:01,770 SO THANK YOU. 6285 03:18:01,770 --> 03:18:02,971 MEMBER VAUGHN AND THEN MEMBER 6286 03:18:02,971 --> 03:18:04,039 WASHINGTON. 6287 03:18:04,039 --> 03:18:09,044 AND MEMBER PEREZ. 6288 03:18:09,044 --> 03:18:10,045 >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY 6289 03:18:10,045 --> 03:18:10,145 MUCH. 6290 03:18:10,145 --> 03:18:13,749 I HAD SIMILAR THOUGHTS AS MEMBER 6291 03:18:13,749 --> 03:18:13,849 COMBS. 6292 03:18:13,849 --> 03:18:15,817 I JUST WANT TO BE REMAINED THE 6293 03:18:15,817 --> 03:18:17,986 PUBLIC THAT THIS SCHOOL BOARD 6294 03:18:17,986 --> 03:18:19,788 WAS CREATED BECAUSE WE KNOW 6295 03:18:19,788 --> 03:18:22,958 WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT. 6296 03:18:22,958 --> 03:18:24,860 WE ARE A BOARD THAT OVERSEES TO 6297 03:18:24,860 --> 03:18:25,994 MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISIONS 6298 03:18:25,994 --> 03:18:28,130 THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE BEING 6299 03:18:28,130 --> 03:18:30,832 MADE BY PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT 6300 03:18:30,832 --> 03:18:32,000 WHO HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE IN OUR 6301 03:18:32,000 --> 03:18:33,835 SCHOOLS AND HAVE A PASSION FOR 6302 03:18:33,835 --> 03:18:35,103 OUR DISTRICT, AND THERE'S NOT A 6303 03:18:35,103 --> 03:18:37,806 MEMBER ON THIS BOARD WHO ISN'T 6304 03:18:37,806 --> 03:18:38,106 REALLY INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS 6305 03:18:38,106 --> 03:18:40,876 OF OUR STUDENTS. 6306 03:18:40,876 --> 03:18:45,147 AND I FIND THAT THE STAFF THERE 6307 03:18:45,147 --> 03:18:47,182 IS IN FLUX NOW, AN ATTACK ON 6308 03:18:47,182 --> 03:18:49,985 HOME RULE WHICH IS LOCAL BODIES' 6309 03:18:49,985 --> 03:18:51,887 ABILITIES TO REGULATE THEIR OWN 6310 03:18:51,887 --> 03:18:52,788 MUNICIPALITIES AND MAKE 6311 03:18:52,788 --> 03:18:54,055 DECISIONS FOR THEIR OWN 6312 03:18:54,055 --> 03:18:54,756 DISTRICTS. 6313 03:18:54,756 --> 03:18:56,792 TO BE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC, HONESTLY. 6314 03:18:56,792 --> 03:19:00,662 OUR DEMOCRACY IS FOUNDED ON 6315 03:19:00,662 --> 03:19:01,730 REPRESENTATIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND 6316 03:19:01,730 --> 03:19:03,131 THE VOTERS VOTED TO ELECT ALL OF 6317 03:19:03,131 --> 03:19:05,100 US TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS 6318 03:19:05,100 --> 03:19:07,002 FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND PUT THEIR 6319 03:19:07,002 --> 03:19:08,937 TRUST IN US. 6320 03:19:08,937 --> 03:19:10,772 AND FOR ANY STATE LEVEL 6321 03:19:10,772 --> 03:19:12,207 GOVERNMENT TO SUPERSEDE HOME 6322 03:19:12,207 --> 03:19:16,044 RULE AND TO TRY TO TAKE OVER OR 6323 03:19:16,044 --> 03:19:17,879 WRITE LETTERS IF THEY DON'T LIKE 6324 03:19:17,879 --> 03:19:19,714 DECISIONS WE MAKE OR THREATEN TO 6325 03:19:19,714 --> 03:19:21,016 WITHHOLD FUND THAT REALLY 6326 03:19:21,016 --> 03:19:22,184 AFFECTS NOT THIS BOARD BUT THE 6327 03:19:22,184 --> 03:19:24,719 STUDENTS IN OUR CLASSROOM BY 6328 03:19:24,719 --> 03:19:26,822 WITHHOLDING THE FUNDS, THE ESSER 6329 03:19:26,822 --> 03:19:28,089 FUNDS WHEN IT'S ANY FUND IN 6330 03:19:28,089 --> 03:19:29,157 GENERAL, EVERY PONY IS CRUCIAL 6331 03:19:29,157 --> 03:19:30,992 TO THE SUCCESS TO OUR STUDENTS. 6332 03:19:30,992 --> 03:19:35,197 SO TO PUNISH OUR STUDENTS 6333 03:19:35,197 --> 03:19:36,965 BECAUSE ANY STATE BOARD OR ANY 6334 03:19:36,965 --> 03:19:37,899 STATE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T LIKE 6335 03:19:37,899 --> 03:19:39,234 THE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING 6336 03:19:39,234 --> 03:19:40,869 THAT ARE BEING DONE IN THE BEST 6337 03:19:40,869 --> 03:19:43,071 INTEREST OF OUR DISTRICT, TO ME, 6338 03:19:43,071 --> 03:19:45,006 IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY. 6339 03:19:45,006 --> 03:19:46,107 AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT 6340 03:19:46,107 --> 03:19:47,876 IS VERY CONCERNING, AND 6341 03:19:47,876 --> 03:19:49,010 SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY 6342 03:19:49,010 --> 03:19:50,912 SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN. 6343 03:19:50,912 --> 03:19:53,849 AND OUR STATE IN GENERAL. 6344 03:19:53,849 --> 03:19:55,183 BECAUSE WE CAN'T CALL OURSELVES 6345 03:19:55,183 --> 03:19:56,251 PATRIOTS IF WE ARE NOT ATTACHED 6346 03:19:56,251 --> 03:19:59,855 TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND 6347 03:19:59,855 --> 03:20:01,022 ALLOWING SELF-GOVERNING BODIES 6348 03:20:01,022 --> 03:20:02,824 TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM BASED 6349 03:20:02,824 --> 03:20:03,825 ON THEIR CONSTITUENTS THOUGH 6350 03:20:03,825 --> 03:20:04,893 ELECTED THEM. 6351 03:20:04,893 --> 03:20:06,027 SO THAT'S ALL I AM GOING TO SAY 6352 03:20:06,027 --> 03:20:06,962 ON THAT. 6353 03:20:06,962 --> 03:20:08,163 I KNOW I AM OVER TIME BUT I DID 6354 03:20:08,163 --> 03:20:09,798 QUANTITY TO JUST TAKE A MINUTE 6355 03:20:09,798 --> 03:20:13,068 BECAUSE I HAD A CONVERSATION ON 6356 03:20:13,068 --> 03:20:15,837 SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEK ABOUT 6357 03:20:15,837 --> 03:20:17,038 SOME BOOKS THAT MY SON WAS 6358 03:20:17,038 --> 03:20:19,074 READING AND IT LED ME DOWN A 6359 03:20:19,074 --> 03:20:19,441 CONVERSATION WHERE SOMEBODY 6360 03:20:19,441 --> 03:20:21,076 ASKED WHAT OUR SUMMER READING 6361 03:20:21,076 --> 03:20:23,144 LISTS WERE AND I KNOW MEMBER 6362 03:20:23,144 --> 03:20:25,113 HAHN ALWAYS SAYS SPECTACULAR JOB 6363 03:20:25,113 --> 03:20:26,982 TALKING ABOUT MAYION AND ACCESS 6364 03:20:26,982 --> 03:20:28,884 AND SUMMER READING CHALLENGES. 6365 03:20:28,884 --> 03:20:30,151 IN LIEU OF HER BEING HERE I WANT 6366 03:20:30,151 --> 03:20:32,888 TO KIND OF CIRCLE BACK TO THAT 6367 03:20:32,888 --> 03:20:33,922 CONVERSATION AND I KNOW WE HAD 6368 03:20:33,922 --> 03:20:35,190 SOME SLIDES THAT WE DO HAVE 6369 03:20:35,190 --> 03:20:37,125 RECOMMENDED READING LISTS ON OUR 6370 03:20:37,125 --> 03:20:39,794 WEBSITE, WE HAVE IT THROUGH 6371 03:20:39,794 --> 03:20:39,895 MYON. 6372 03:20:39,895 --> 03:20:41,229 I KNOW DR. HAHN HAS SUGGESTED WE 6373 03:20:41,229 --> 03:20:42,964 PARTNER WITH OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY, 6374 03:20:42,964 --> 03:20:44,966 OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS SEND OUT 6375 03:20:44,966 --> 03:20:45,133 INFORMATION. 6376 03:20:45,133 --> 03:20:46,902 I KNOW I HAVE GOTTEN AN E-MAIL 6377 03:20:46,902 --> 03:20:47,269 FROM MY PRINCIPAL. 6378 03:20:47,269 --> 03:20:51,139 CAN WE SHOW THE PDF ON OUR 6379 03:20:51,139 --> 03:20:52,774 WEBSITE THAT LINKS TO SUMMER 6380 03:20:52,774 --> 03:20:54,075 READING LIST? 6381 03:20:54,075 --> 03:20:55,877 BECAUSE THE SLADE IS A VERY 6382 03:20:55,877 --> 03:20:57,045 REALISTIC THING. SO WE HAVE TO 6383 03:20:57,045 --> 03:20:58,146 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 6384 03:20:58,146 --> 03:20:59,981 ENCOURAGING OUR STUDENTS, OUR 6385 03:20:59,981 --> 03:21:01,816 CHILDREN, TO READ TO BE ENGAGED 6386 03:21:01,816 --> 03:21:04,786 IN READING, TO FIND WAYS TO 6387 03:21:04,786 --> 03:21:06,955 REALLY ENJOY, SO HERE IS A LIST 6388 03:21:06,955 --> 03:21:08,089 THAT WE HAVE ON OUR DISTRICT 6389 03:21:08,089 --> 03:21:10,158 WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN FIND ABOUT 6390 03:21:10,158 --> 03:21:11,860 RECOMMENDED READING LISTS, WE 6391 03:21:11,860 --> 03:21:13,728 PARTNER WITH THE RAYS ON ONE OF 6392 03:21:13,728 --> 03:21:14,262 THEM, AND THE RAYS TALK ABOUT 6393 03:21:14,262 --> 03:21:16,231 GIVING ACCESS TO READING, THEY 6394 03:21:16,231 --> 03:21:18,833 HAVE THEIR OWN SUMMER READING 6395 03:21:18,833 --> 03:21:19,034 LIST. 6396 03:21:19,034 --> 03:21:20,936 AGAIN, IF WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH 6397 03:21:20,936 --> 03:21:23,738 ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR READING 6398 03:21:23,738 --> 03:21:25,006 MATERIALS, WE HAVE MYON WHICH 6399 03:21:25,006 --> 03:21:27,008 DOES REQUIRE A LOG-ON, BUT IF 6400 03:21:27,008 --> 03:21:28,743 YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS IT PUTS 6401 03:21:28,743 --> 03:21:30,145 A THOUSAND BOOKS AT YOUR 6402 03:21:30,145 --> 03:21:31,980 BEGINNINGER TIPS. 6403 03:21:31,980 --> 03:21:33,081 LIKE I SAID DR. HAHN ALWAYS DOES 6404 03:21:33,081 --> 03:21:34,049 A GREAT JOB. 6405 03:21:34,049 --> 03:21:35,951 I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO ALL 6406 03:21:35,951 --> 03:21:37,152 OUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS THAT 6407 03:21:37,152 --> 03:21:38,820 WE HAVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, WE HAVE 6408 03:21:38,820 --> 03:21:41,022 READING LISTS, PLEASE ENCOURAGE 6409 03:21:41,022 --> 03:21:43,892 YOUR STUDENTS TO GET ON MYON AND 6410 03:21:43,892 --> 03:21:45,760 DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO BUT WE 6411 03:21:45,760 --> 03:21:47,028 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 6412 03:21:47,028 --> 03:21:49,164 KEEPING OUR LITERACY SKILLS 6413 03:21:49,164 --> 03:21:50,799 FOCUSED IN THE SUMMERTIME AND 6414 03:21:50,799 --> 03:21:51,866 THE DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO 6415 03:21:51,866 --> 03:21:52,901 MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE LIST 6416 03:21:52,901 --> 03:21:54,736 AVAILABLE AND PARTNERSHIPS AND 6417 03:21:54,736 --> 03:21:55,737 THERE'S A PLETHORA OF 6418 03:21:55,737 --> 03:21:56,204 INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. 6419 03:21:56,204 --> 03:21:58,873 I JUST WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE 6420 03:21:58,873 --> 03:21:59,808 THAT AND ENCOURAGE PARENTS 6421 03:21:59,808 --> 03:22:00,842 PARENTS TO UTILIZE IT. 6422 03:22:00,842 --> 03:22:01,843 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU 6423 03:22:01,843 --> 03:22:03,144 CAN ALWAYS -- MAIL ME PERSONALLY 6424 03:22:03,144 --> 03:22:05,747 BECAUSE I AM EXTREMELY 6425 03:22:05,747 --> 03:22:05,914 PASSIONATE. 6426 03:22:05,914 --> 03:22:07,082 SO I WANT TO TAN THE TIME TO 6427 03:22:07,082 --> 03:22:07,949 HIGHLIGHT THAT. 6428 03:22:07,949 --> 03:22:10,085 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE 6429 03:22:10,085 --> 03:22:10,218 EXTRA TIME. 6430 03:22:10,218 --> 03:22:11,886 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 6431 03:22:11,886 --> 03:22:12,053 VAUGHN. 6432 03:22:12,053 --> 03:22:15,023 MEMBER WASHINGTON? 6433 03:22:15,023 --> 03:22:15,357 >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN 6434 03:22:15,357 --> 03:22:18,193 K YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 6435 03:22:18,193 --> 03:22:21,162 I HAVE THE BEST TIME IN MY LIFE 6436 03:22:21,162 --> 03:22:22,297 LAST WEEK OR THIS WEEK BECAUSE I 6437 03:22:22,297 --> 03:22:27,869 HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT VPK, AN 6438 03:22:27,869 --> 03:22:28,837 OUTSTANDING PROGRAM. 6439 03:22:28,837 --> 03:22:30,038 I WENT TO CLAIR MEL ELEMENTARY 6440 03:22:30,038 --> 03:22:32,273 SCHOOL AND ALSO WENT TO 6441 03:22:32,273 --> 03:22:33,241 THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 6442 03:22:33,241 --> 03:22:36,111 AND I AM TELLING YOU NOW, THOSE 6443 03:22:36,111 --> 03:22:38,980 KIDS ARE PHENOMENAL, THOSE 6444 03:22:38,980 --> 03:22:40,048 FOUR-YEAR-OLDS, AND THEY LOVE TO 6445 03:22:40,048 --> 03:22:41,182 TALK, THEY LOVE TO HAVE A GREAT 6446 03:22:41,182 --> 03:22:45,020 TIME, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND 6447 03:22:45,020 --> 03:22:45,887 OUT, TOO? 6448 03:22:45,887 --> 03:22:47,122 AND MANY OF NOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN 6449 03:22:47,122 --> 03:22:49,891 IN HIGH SCHOOL, WALK INTO A 6450 03:22:49,891 --> 03:22:52,160 CLASSROOM, AND THEY HAVE 6451 03:22:52,160 --> 03:22:54,796 STUDENTS DRAWING, YOU WILL GO 6452 03:22:54,796 --> 03:22:54,929 BERSERK. 6453 03:22:54,929 --> 03:22:56,031 WHEN I WALKED IN, THE FIRST 6454 03:22:56,031 --> 03:22:59,134 THING I SAW THE KIDS DRAWING, 6455 03:22:59,134 --> 03:23:03,972 AND IT FLASHED FLASHED BACK IN 6456 03:23:03,972 --> 03:23:06,908 MY MIND, WHEN I SPOKE TO -- WHEN 6457 03:23:06,908 --> 03:23:09,010 I SPOKE TO LEWIS MURPHY, HE GAVE 6458 03:23:09,010 --> 03:23:09,878 ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I 6459 03:23:09,878 --> 03:23:11,913 NEEDED TO KNOW, NEEDED TO NO. HE 6460 03:23:11,913 --> 03:23:14,115 SAID, NOW, WHEN YOU GO, YOU 6461 03:23:14,115 --> 03:23:16,117 WATCH HOW THOSE KIDS' MOTOR 6462 03:23:16,117 --> 03:23:17,719 SKILLS ARE WORKING. 6463 03:23:17,719 --> 03:23:21,122 AND I FOUND OUT FEMALE MOTOR 6464 03:23:21,122 --> 03:23:22,924 SKILLS ARE BETTER THAN THE GUYS 6465 03:23:22,924 --> 03:23:25,026 AT THAT AGE BECAUSE THEY WOULD 6466 03:23:25,026 --> 03:23:25,960 JOIN AND COLORING, THEY STAYED 6467 03:23:25,960 --> 03:23:28,196 WITHIN THE LINES. 6468 03:23:28,196 --> 03:23:29,864 THE GUYS WERE ALL OVER THE 6469 03:23:29,864 --> 03:23:30,999 PLACE. 6470 03:23:30,999 --> 03:23:33,001 AND IT WAS -- IT'S KIND OF 6471 03:23:33,001 --> 03:23:33,201 UNIQUE. 6472 03:23:33,201 --> 03:23:34,969 YOU LOOK AND SAY, WOW, THEY ARE 6473 03:23:34,969 --> 03:23:36,004 ALL OVER THE PLACE. 6474 03:23:36,004 --> 03:23:37,806 BUT THE YOUNG LADIES, THEY WERE 6475 03:23:37,806 --> 03:23:41,009 IN LINE, AND THEY ENJOYED 6476 03:23:41,009 --> 03:23:41,209 LEARNING. 6477 03:23:41,209 --> 03:23:44,946 YEAH, THEY ENJOYED LEARNING. 6478 03:23:44,946 --> 03:23:48,016 THEY HAD A GROUP WHO WERE 6479 03:23:48,016 --> 03:23:49,050 READING AND THEY WERE JUST 6480 03:23:49,050 --> 03:23:50,819 HAVING A BLAST. 6481 03:23:50,819 --> 03:23:53,021 BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU THIS STORY 6482 03:23:53,021 --> 03:23:53,822 RIGHT QUICK. 6483 03:23:53,822 --> 03:23:55,056 I WALKED OVER TO THE LITTLE 6484 03:23:55,056 --> 03:23:58,927 GIRL, I SAID, WHY ARE YOU 6485 03:23:58,927 --> 03:23:59,894 COLORING THAT ELEPHANT? 6486 03:23:59,894 --> 03:24:01,763 I THINK SHE HAD PURPLE AND RED. 6487 03:24:01,763 --> 03:24:04,332 I SAID, WHY ARE YOU COLORING 6488 03:24:04,332 --> 03:24:05,767 PURPLE AND RED? 6489 03:24:05,767 --> 03:24:07,001 SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, 6490 03:24:07,001 --> 03:24:09,003 BECAUSE I LIKE THIS COLOR. 6491 03:24:09,003 --> 03:24:12,040 I SAID, WELL, YOU ARE RIGHT 6492 03:24:12,040 --> 03:24:12,140 THEN. 6493 03:24:12,140 --> 03:24:14,109 IT'S A PURPLE AND RED ELEPHANT, 6494 03:24:14,109 --> 03:24:14,843 I GUESS. 6495 03:24:14,843 --> 03:24:16,778 BUT THEY ARE SO INVOLVED IN 6496 03:24:16,778 --> 03:24:16,911 LEARNING. 6497 03:24:16,911 --> 03:24:18,113 AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. 6498 03:24:18,113 --> 03:24:20,748 I SAID, IF WE COULD GET KIDS 6499 03:24:20,748 --> 03:24:24,119 INVOLVED IN LEARNING, WE COULD 6500 03:24:24,119 --> 03:24:25,120 BE SUCCESSFUL IN HILLSBOROUGH 6501 03:24:25,120 --> 03:24:25,253 COUNTY. 6502 03:24:25,253 --> 03:24:26,821 I HAD A GREAT TIME. 6503 03:24:26,821 --> 03:24:29,157 AND I WANT TO THANK CLAIR MEL, I 6504 03:24:29,157 --> 03:24:32,894 WANT TO THANK THE VPK TEACHER, 6505 03:24:32,894 --> 03:24:36,831 THE SUPERVISOR WAS THERE, EARLY 6506 03:24:36,831 --> 03:24:38,032 CHILDHOOD, LEWIS MURPHY AND 6507 03:24:38,032 --> 03:24:39,901 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JOHNNY 6508 03:24:39,901 --> 03:24:40,101 SOLOMON. 6509 03:24:40,101 --> 03:24:41,269 THEN WHEN I WENT TO THONOTOSASSA 6510 03:24:41,269 --> 03:24:43,071 I ENJOYED THE VISIT THERE 6511 03:24:43,071 --> 03:24:51,779 BECAUSE THE VPK TEACHER, WHO IS 6512 03:24:51,779 --> 03:24:57,852 A VPK TEACHER, SHOWED WHO WAS A 6513 03:24:57,852 --> 03:25:00,922 VPK SUPERVISOR, AND I WAS HAPPY 6514 03:25:00,922 --> 03:25:02,690 TO SEE BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF MY 6515 03:25:02,690 --> 03:25:03,057 FORMER STUDENTS. 6516 03:25:03,057 --> 03:25:06,161 I TAUGHT HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL AND 6517 03:25:06,161 --> 03:25:07,162 ALSO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. 6518 03:25:07,162 --> 03:25:08,329 SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR 6519 03:25:08,329 --> 03:25:10,031 DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THOSE 6520 03:25:10,031 --> 03:25:10,131 KIDS. 6521 03:25:10,131 --> 03:25:10,298 THANK YOU. 6522 03:25:10,298 --> 03:25:13,868 AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 6523 03:25:13,868 --> 03:25:15,170 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 6524 03:25:15,170 --> 03:25:15,970 WASHINGTON. 6525 03:25:15,970 --> 03:25:22,110 AND WITH THAT, MEMBER PEREZ. 6526 03:25:23,811 --> 03:25:27,081 MEMBER PEREZ? 6527 03:25:27,081 --> 03:25:28,116 >>Karen Perez: HI. 6528 03:25:28,116 --> 03:25:30,952 SO FIRST, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE 6529 03:25:30,952 --> 03:25:32,854 THAT AUGUST 5th AND 6th 6530 03:25:32,854 --> 03:25:39,227 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MENTAL 6531 03:25:39,227 --> 03:25:40,128 HEALTH CONVERSATION, CALLED 6532 03:25:40,128 --> 03:25:42,263 SCHOOL REFRESH MENTAL HEALTH, 6533 03:25:42,263 --> 03:25:46,167 AND IT'S FOR STUDENTS AND 6534 03:25:46,167 --> 03:25:49,070 PARENTS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION 6535 03:25:49,070 --> 03:25:50,738 WITH THEIR STUDENTS, AND ANY 6536 03:25:50,738 --> 03:25:52,173 QUESTIONS THAT PARENTS HAVE 6537 03:25:52,173 --> 03:25:54,175 REGARDING GETTING THEIR STUDENTS 6538 03:25:54,175 --> 03:25:56,044 PREPARED TO GO BACK TO BE 6539 03:25:56,044 --> 03:25:56,177 SCHOOL. 6540 03:25:56,177 --> 03:25:58,746 THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ON 6541 03:25:58,746 --> 03:26:01,082 eLearning, OR EVEN THE PUTIN 6542 03:26:01,082 --> 03:26:02,817 STUDENTS THAT WENT BACK TO 6543 03:26:02,817 --> 03:26:04,786 SCHOOL BRICK AND MORTAR, BUT 6544 03:26:04,786 --> 03:26:05,920 GETTING THEM READY, ANY 6545 03:26:05,920 --> 03:26:07,021 QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE 6546 03:26:07,021 --> 03:26:11,726 REGARDING THEIR STUDENTS, AND WE 6547 03:26:11,726 --> 03:26:13,995 ARE GOING TO HAVE SUPPLIES FOR 6548 03:26:13,995 --> 03:26:17,865 THE STUDENTS AT THOSE MEANT A 6549 03:26:17,865 --> 03:26:18,933 HEALTH CONVERSATIONS AND I AM 6550 03:26:18,933 --> 03:26:22,003 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 6551 03:26:22,003 --> 03:26:22,170 MORE TO COME. 6552 03:26:22,170 --> 03:26:25,139 THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE THERE 6553 03:26:25,139 --> 03:26:26,007 ABOUT WHAT SCHOOLS WILL BE 6554 03:26:26,007 --> 03:26:29,944 ENGAGED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 6555 03:26:29,944 --> 03:26:31,946 BUT THERE WILL BE IN-PERSON 6556 03:26:31,946 --> 03:26:32,313 CONVERSATIONS. 6557 03:26:32,313 --> 03:26:34,749 ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT, I WANTED 6558 03:26:34,749 --> 03:26:39,921 TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUR 6559 03:26:39,921 --> 03:26:41,823 SCHOOLS READY, ONE OF THE 6560 03:26:41,823 --> 03:26:44,025 SCHOOLS READY WHEN ELSA CAME 6561 03:26:44,025 --> 03:26:44,158 THROUGH. 6562 03:26:44,158 --> 03:26:45,727 YOU KNOW, AND HAVING OUR 6563 03:26:45,727 --> 03:26:47,262 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN 6564 03:26:47,262 --> 03:26:47,362 MIND. 6565 03:26:47,362 --> 03:26:54,736 I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WERE 6566 03:26:54,736 --> 03:26:56,037 KIND ENOUGH -- I WORK IN THE 6567 03:26:56,037 --> 03:26:58,806 HEALTH CARE FIELD, AND AS I WAS 6568 03:26:58,806 --> 03:27:00,108 CALLING PATIENTS TRYING TO MAKE 6569 03:27:00,108 --> 03:27:01,876 SURE THAT THEY WERE OKAY, THAT 6570 03:27:01,876 --> 03:27:05,179 THEY HAD SUPPLIES, AND I KNOW A 6571 03:27:05,179 --> 03:27:12,020 LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN TAMPA KIND 6572 03:27:12,020 --> 03:27:14,088 OF DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHEN A 6573 03:27:14,088 --> 03:27:15,990 HURRICANE COMES THROUGH, BUT TO 6574 03:27:15,990 --> 03:27:23,798 HEAR YOU SAY, BUT ALSO WANT TO 6575 03:27:23,798 --> 03:27:25,900 THANK THE SCHOOL AND STAFF WHO 6576 03:27:25,900 --> 03:27:27,735 WERE READY TO HELP IN CASE WE 6577 03:27:27,735 --> 03:27:28,803 NEEDED TO HAVE OUR SCHOOLS OPEN 6578 03:27:28,803 --> 03:27:29,270 AS A SHELTER. 6579 03:27:29,270 --> 03:27:31,039 SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT 6580 03:27:31,039 --> 03:27:32,940 THERE AND LET NOW THAT I SO 6581 03:27:32,940 --> 03:27:37,845 APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THIS 6582 03:27:37,845 --> 03:27:38,780 COMMUNITY ALONG WITH OUR 6583 03:27:38,780 --> 03:27:39,981 STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. 6584 03:27:39,981 --> 03:27:40,715 SO THANK YOU. 6585 03:27:40,715 --> 03:27:42,216 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 6586 03:27:42,216 --> 03:27:44,085 >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER 6587 03:27:44,085 --> 03:27:44,185 PEREZ. 6588 03:27:44,185 --> 03:27:46,054 AND JUST DOUBLING DOWN ON THAT, 6589 03:27:46,054 --> 03:27:48,923 THANK YOU TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT, 6590 03:27:48,923 --> 03:27:51,059 INDEED, I BELIEVE THE EVACUATION 6591 03:27:51,059 --> 03:27:54,929 CENTER AT RIVERVIEW, HOW MANY 6592 03:27:54,929 --> 03:27:58,733 FAMILIES DID WE HAVE ATTEND? 6593 03:27:58,733 --> 03:27:58,966 49? 6594 03:27:58,966 --> 03:28:00,868 >>Addison Davis: I THINK WE HAD 6595 03:28:00,868 --> 03:28:03,705 41 WERE ABLE TO -- WE HAD PETS 6596 03:28:03,705 --> 03:28:07,008 AS WELL. 6597 03:28:07,008 --> 03:28:10,979 SO BRAND NEW PRINCIPAL THERE, 6598 03:28:10,979 --> 03:28:12,080 JUST GOT ENGAGED INTO THE FIRST 6599 03:28:12,080 --> 03:28:13,848 COUPLE OF DAYS ON THE JOB 6600 03:28:13,848 --> 03:28:15,149 OPENING UP THE CENTER, REALLY 6601 03:28:15,149 --> 03:28:18,920 NICE JOB, SO WE THANK THE STAFF 6602 03:28:18,920 --> 03:28:20,121 FOR BEING ON-SITE THROUGH 6603 03:28:20,121 --> 03:28:21,122 OPERATION, SAFETY, SECURITY, TO 6604 03:28:21,122 --> 03:28:23,991 BE ABLE TO HELP THAT PROCESS 6605 03:28:23,991 --> 03:28:25,159 ANDS ALSO BEING ABLE TO GET IT 6606 03:28:25,159 --> 03:28:27,061 READY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO COME 6607 03:28:27,061 --> 03:28:31,733 BACK FOR SUMMER SCHOOL. 6608 03:28:31,733 --> 03:28:32,066 >>Lynn Gray: THAT'S EXCELLENT. 6609 03:28:32,066 --> 03:28:34,902 YES, YOU WERE VERY PROACTIVE AND 6610 03:28:34,902 --> 03:28:36,804 REALLY WELL KEEPING THE PUBLIC 6611 03:28:36,804 --> 03:28:38,006 INFORMED, BUT ALSO THE BOARD 6612 03:28:38,006 --> 03:28:38,106 MEMBERS. 6613 03:28:38,106 --> 03:28:40,174 SO WE APPRECIATE IT REAL QUICK. 6614 03:28:40,174 --> 03:28:44,946 AND I KNOW THE TIME IS LATE. 6615 03:28:44,946 --> 03:28:47,115 MEMBER WASHINGTON VISITED A VPK 6616 03:28:47,115 --> 03:28:49,083 AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH 6617 03:28:49,083 --> 03:28:54,021 LEWIS MURPHY, AND I AM GLAD THAT 6618 03:28:54,021 --> 03:28:55,156 THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY ARE 6619 03:28:55,156 --> 03:28:57,859 DOING, AND THE IDEA TO EXPAND 6620 03:28:57,859 --> 03:28:59,160 IT, THE VPK. 6621 03:28:59,160 --> 03:29:01,028 I KNOW MS. BROWN IS SMILING 6622 03:29:01,028 --> 03:29:01,129 THERE. 6623 03:29:01,129 --> 03:29:04,065 BUT WE KNOW THAT THE MORE 6624 03:29:04,065 --> 03:29:05,733 EDUCATION WE GIVE THEM EARLY ON, 6625 03:29:05,733 --> 03:29:08,069 THE BETTER THEY ARE GOING TO DO. 6626 03:29:08,069 --> 03:29:12,807 AND THEY ARE ANIMATED KID. 6627 03:29:12,807 --> 03:29:14,742 ONE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTERS IS AT 6628 03:29:14,742 --> 03:29:15,910 THAT AGE. 6629 03:29:15,910 --> 03:29:17,145 SO HOW WELL I ALSO KNOW. 6630 03:29:17,145 --> 03:29:19,947 I THINK ALSO I WANTED TO RIGHT 6631 03:29:19,947 --> 03:29:21,916 NOW JUST THANK THE CHILDREN'S 6632 03:29:21,916 --> 03:29:22,016 BOARD. 6633 03:29:22,016 --> 03:29:24,085 THEY ARE GOING TO PUT ON THEIR 6634 03:29:24,085 --> 03:29:27,722 FIRST HEALTH FAIR NEXT -- THIS 6635 03:29:27,722 --> 03:29:29,824 FRIDAY AT DOVER, A VERY HIGH 6636 03:29:29,824 --> 03:29:32,026 NEEDS AREA, DOVER, NECESSARY 6637 03:29:32,026 --> 03:29:33,861 SEFFNER, AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 6638 03:29:33,861 --> 03:29:40,134 OF COURSE, AND FREE PHYSICAL, 6639 03:29:40,134 --> 03:29:42,069 DENTAL CARE, EVERY AFFILIATION 6640 03:29:42,069 --> 03:29:43,871 FOR HEALTH AND WOHLNESS GIVEN TO 6641 03:29:43,871 --> 03:29:46,040 A HIGH NEEDS AREA, AND THE NEXT 6642 03:29:46,040 --> 03:29:48,910 WEEK IS LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL, 6643 03:29:48,910 --> 03:29:51,245 WHICH DENISE SA BINA, THE 6644 03:29:51,245 --> 03:29:53,948 PRINCIPAL DOES IT EVERY YEAR, 6645 03:29:53,948 --> 03:29:55,082 THANK YOU, DENISE, BUT DR. 6646 03:29:55,082 --> 03:29:56,751 MAPPERY A ROSS WHO IS IN CHARGE 6647 03:29:56,751 --> 03:29:58,186 OF PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER 6648 03:29:58,186 --> 03:30:00,188 AGAIN, GIVING THE PHYSICALS, THE 6649 03:30:00,188 --> 03:30:04,725 EYE EXAMS, THE MENTAL WELLNESS 6650 03:30:04,725 --> 03:30:06,994 CHECKS, AND ALSO I BELIEVE SHE'S 6651 03:30:06,994 --> 03:30:09,030 GIVING OUT THE COVID VACCINES, 6652 03:30:09,030 --> 03:30:10,064 I'M ALMOST POSITIVE. 6653 03:30:10,064 --> 03:30:11,232 BUT THEY ARE BASICALLY 6654 03:30:11,232 --> 03:30:13,801 DELIVERING THE BASIC MEDICAL 6655 03:30:13,801 --> 03:30:15,870 NEEDS FOR THESE CHILDREN CAN GET 6656 03:30:15,870 --> 03:30:18,906 INTO SCHOOL, THE IMMUNIZATIONS, 6657 03:30:18,906 --> 03:30:19,941 AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE 6658 03:30:19,941 --> 03:30:21,976 PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE HAVE THESE 6659 03:30:21,976 --> 03:30:22,143 HEALTH FAIRS. 6660 03:30:22,143 --> 03:30:26,180 WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE OF THEM. 6661 03:30:26,180 --> 03:30:27,982 AND ACTUALLY MEMBER COMBS IS 6662 03:30:27,982 --> 03:30:30,084 ONE, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, AT 6663 03:30:30,084 --> 03:30:33,221 LETO WHERE THEY USED TO BE. 6664 03:30:33,221 --> 03:30:35,756 SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT, TOO. 6665 03:30:35,756 --> 03:30:39,260 I DID WANT TO SAY BIG TIME, IT 6666 03:30:39,260 --> 03:30:41,062 WAS -- THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS, 6667 03:30:41,062 --> 03:30:43,064 FOR LETTING ME SAY THIS, FROM 6668 03:30:43,064 --> 03:30:46,067 HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD 6669 03:30:46,067 --> 03:30:50,104 AARON YOUNG NITTON IS THE 6670 03:30:50,104 --> 03:30:51,839 AMERICAN MALE SPRINTER 6671 03:30:51,839 --> 03:30:53,774 SPECIALIZING IN THE 100 METERS 6672 03:30:53,774 --> 03:30:55,710 AND 200-METER EVENT. 6673 03:30:55,710 --> 03:31:00,114 HE HOLDS CURRENTLY THE WORLD 6674 03:31:00,114 --> 03:31:04,886 RECORD UNDER 18 AND WORLD UNDER 6675 03:31:04,886 --> 03:31:07,755 20 RECORDS IN THE 200 METERS. 6676 03:31:07,755 --> 03:31:09,157 YES, MEMBER WASHINGTON, 200 6677 03:31:09,157 --> 03:31:11,926 METERS WITH A TIME OF 19.84 6678 03:31:11,926 --> 03:31:13,728 SECOND. 6679 03:31:13,728 --> 03:31:14,929 NOW, MAIN WAS THE FASTEST. 6680 03:31:14,929 --> 03:31:16,130 I DON'T KNOW WHAT SUPERINTENDENT 6681 03:31:16,130 --> 03:31:18,199 DAVIS WAS, BUT THE FASTEST I 6682 03:31:18,199 --> 03:31:19,901 COULD DO WAS 45 SECOND. 6683 03:31:19,901 --> 03:31:21,836 DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR 200? 6684 03:31:21,836 --> 03:31:24,939 >>Addison Davis: I DO NOT BUT I 6685 03:31:24,939 --> 03:31:26,807 KNOW WE DO PAY-PER-VIEW AND SEE 6686 03:31:26,807 --> 03:31:28,175 IF WE CAN RAISE SOME MONEY, YOU 6687 03:31:28,175 --> 03:31:31,112 KNOW. 6688 03:31:31,112 --> 03:31:33,047 SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WIND 6689 03:31:34,048 --> 03:31:34,882 THROUGH HIS HAIR. 6690 03:31:34,882 --> 03:31:36,984 >>Lynn Gray: WE ARE GOING TO 6691 03:31:36,984 --> 03:31:39,887 WORK ON HIM, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 6692 03:31:39,887 --> 03:31:43,791 TEN MINUTES, AND THE YOUNGEST 6693 03:31:43,791 --> 03:31:45,960 OLYMPIAN, THE YOUNGEST OLYMPIAN. 6694 03:31:45,960 --> 03:31:51,766 AND THE IDEA IS, THIS IS UNDER 6695 03:31:51,766 --> 03:31:53,134 18 YEARS OLD IN THE WORLD. 6696 03:31:53,134 --> 03:31:55,836 AND I THINK -- AND FROM A 6697 03:31:55,836 --> 03:31:59,073 GRADUATE FROM HILLSBOROUGH HEY. 6698 03:31:59,073 --> 03:32:03,110 SO THERE'S A WHOLE BIO. 6699 03:32:03,110 --> 03:32:06,847 SO, YEAH. 6700 03:32:06,847 --> 03:32:07,315 HE'S ALMOST GRADUATED. 6701 03:32:07,315 --> 03:32:10,084 NOT GRADUATED YET. 6702 03:32:10,084 --> 03:32:12,820 SO JUST KNOW THAT WE HAVE FAMOUS 6703 03:32:12,820 --> 03:32:14,789 RUNNERS IN OUR MIDST, AND OUR 6704 03:32:14,789 --> 03:32:17,892 STUDENTS ARE PART OF IT. 6705 03:32:17,892 --> 03:32:20,861 SO JUST ALSO ON THE BOAT THAT WE 6706 03:32:20,861 --> 03:32:22,930 % 6707 03:32:22,930 --> 03:32:28,102 NEAR THE BOLTS, THE BOLTS, WE 6708 03:32:28,102 --> 03:32:33,074 HAD A PRESIDENT AND A CEO OF 6709 03:32:33,074 --> 03:32:36,177 LINKS, BUT THE POINT IS, PENNY 6710 03:32:36,177 --> 03:32:38,879 PARK, BIG TIME CONTRIBUTOR TO 6711 03:32:38,879 --> 03:32:44,118 OUR SCHOOLS, SHE EXEMPLIFIES THE 6712 03:32:44,118 --> 03:32:47,989 CEOs, THIS IS A QUOTE, IN OUR 6713 03:32:47,989 --> 03:32:50,091 SCHOOLS, AND SHE IS ALL ABOUT 6714 03:32:50,091 --> 03:32:51,759 SAYING TO EVERYONE, ANYONE WHO 6715 03:32:51,759 --> 03:32:53,761 WILL LISTEN -- THIS GOES TO YOUR 6716 03:32:53,761 --> 03:32:56,731 POINT, MEMBER COMBS AND MEMBER 6717 03:32:56,731 --> 03:32:59,033 VAUGHN -- HER FIRST REMARKS CAME 6718 03:32:59,033 --> 03:33:00,768 ABOUT HOW GREAT THE PRINCIPAL 6719 03:33:00,768 --> 03:33:02,770 AND THE SCHOOL WAS. 6720 03:33:02,770 --> 03:33:04,071 IT WAS TAMPA BAY ELEMENTARY 6721 03:33:04,071 --> 03:33:04,205 SCHOOL. 6722 03:33:04,205 --> 03:33:06,173 THAT WAS HER FIRST REMARK. 6723 03:33:06,173 --> 03:33:10,978 NOW WHAT DOES THAT SAY? 6724 03:33:10,978 --> 03:33:12,780 AND I UNDERSTAND THE PROS AND 6725 03:33:12,780 --> 03:33:14,282 CONS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ONLY 6726 03:33:14,282 --> 03:33:16,117 TOO WELL, BUT THERE'S ONLY TWO 6727 03:33:16,117 --> 03:33:18,753 THINGS I THINK THAT WE CAN PUT 6728 03:33:18,753 --> 03:33:20,054 IN A NUTSHELL. 6729 03:33:20,054 --> 03:33:21,889 ALL WE WANT IS EQUAL 6730 03:33:21,889 --> 03:33:23,224 ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUAL 6731 03:33:23,224 --> 03:33:25,926 OVERSIGHT. 6732 03:33:25,926 --> 03:33:27,094 AND THAT TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 6733 03:33:27,094 --> 03:33:30,064 I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST ASK. 6734 03:33:30,064 --> 03:33:33,034 BUT AT ANY RATE, WE HAVE 6735 03:33:33,034 --> 03:33:34,869 TONIGHT, I THINK GREAT THINGS 6736 03:33:34,869 --> 03:33:37,004 FROM OUR OWN SCHOOLS, AND WE ARE 6737 03:33:37,004 --> 03:33:39,940 VERY PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT, AND 6738 03:33:39,940 --> 03:33:42,143 WE INTEND TO SHOWCASE IT AS MUCH 6739 03:33:42,143 --> 03:33:42,910 AS POSSIBLE. 6740 03:33:42,910 --> 03:33:44,245 THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR 6741 03:33:44,245 --> 03:33:47,114 YOUR HEARTFELT COMMENTS AS WALLS 6742 03:33:47,114 --> 03:33:47,248 ALWAYS. 6743 03:33:47,248 --> 03:33:48,182 AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THANK 6744 03:33:48,182 --> 03:33:51,018 YOU HIMSELF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER 6745 03:33:51,018 --> 03:33:52,853 A GREAT AGENDA. 6746 03:33:52,853 --> 03:33:54,188 THANK YOU, STAFF, AS ALWAYS FOR 6747 03:33:54,188 --> 03:33:56,991 BEING I WANT TO SAY ALERT, I 6748 03:33:56,991 --> 03:33:57,858 TRIED MY BEST. 6749 03:33:57,858 --> 03:33:59,126 AND NOW HERE I AM YAPPING SO I 6750 03:33:59,126 --> 03:34:00,995 AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AT THIS 6751 03:34:00,995 --> 03:34:13,808 POINT IN TIME AND ADJOURN. 6752 03:34:13,808 --> 03:34:19,947 (MEETING ADJOURNED)