Closed captioning transcript for the Hillsborough County School Board Meeting from July 23, 2020 - 3:00 p.m.

>> HI. I'M MELISSA SNIVELY, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

>> I'M STEVE CONA, THE BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR.

>> WE WANT TO WELCOME TO YOU HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS, THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH OUR ADULTS IN OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS.

>> OUR DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT MORE THAN 245 SITES.

>> WE ARE DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME TO E-MAIL OR MEET WITH ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM CABLE CHANNEL 635 AND FRONTIER CABLE CHANNEL 32.

>> MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE.

>> AS YOUR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD, WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE'LL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HillsboroughSchools.org.

>> OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS, EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]

>>Melissa Snively: GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS SPECIAL-CALLED BOARD MEETING OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF JULY 23rd, 2020, IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. VICE-CHAIR CONA, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>>Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WELCOME EVERYONE, TODAY. IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER CONA. BOARD MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS WITH MS. STUART AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MS. STUART, WHO WILL BE HERE SHORTLY, I BELIEVE. IN PERSON TODAY. ALL MEMBERS WILL BE IN PERSON TODAY. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO GET BACK TO OUR NORMAL BOARD MEETING FORMAT. BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR PHASE TWO OF THE REOPENING OF FLORIDA, WE'RE PERMITTING UP TO 50 PEOPLE TO BE PRESENT IN THE BOARDROOM. GIVEN THE SIZE AND ORIENTATION OF THE BOARD, WE CAN DO THIS SAFELY. I WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT. I KNOW WE HAD SOME NEWS STATIONS WHO WANTED TO COME IN AFTER WE REACHED THE CAPACITY. YOU ASKED SOME OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS TO GO UP TO THEIR OFFICES AND DIAL INTO THE MEETING. WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING SPACE SO WE CAN REMAIN TRANSPARENT BY HAVING OUR MEDIA RESOURCES HERE TODAY. SO WE DO HAVE SOME CABINET MEMBERS, THOUGH, THAT ARE SEATED OUT IN THE FRONT HERE AND SPACED APART. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE UPSTAIRS LISTENING REMOTELY AND, OF COURSE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE SEATED IN EVERY THIRD SEAT IN THE AUDITORIUM. JUST AS A POINT OF INFORMATION, THE LECTERN HERE UP FRONT WILL BE CLEANED AND DISINFECTED AFTER EACH SPEAKER. AS WE RECEIVE FURTHER DIRECTION FROM THE STATE, WE'LL ADJUST THE PROTOCOLS OF OUR MEETINGS ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COOPERATING AND MAINTAINING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE ELSE. VICE-CHAIR CONA WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES FOR TODAY.

>>Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS.  THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING    THE LIVE WEBCAST AND ON MONITORS IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. CONA. WE'VE SET ASIDE 45 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. WE HAVE OVER 23 SPEAKERS, SO EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. I WILL GIVE YOU SOME GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TODAY. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH COMMENTS THAT THEY ARE DIRECTED -- THEY ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A SPECIFIC BOARD MEMBER OR A STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUE. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. I'LL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST SPEAKER FOR TODAY. I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME IF I AM NOT PRONOUNCING YOUR NAMES CORRECTLY, I WILL DO THE BEST THAT I CAN. MS. AMANDA SESSENDON WILL BE THE FIRST SPEAKER, IF SHE CAN MAKE HER WAY UP TO THE LECTERN. THEY HAVE WE HAVE BIANCA GOOLSBY AND BRIAN ADATO. WELCOME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU.

>> THE DISTRICT IS NOT PUTTING THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FIRST. THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS THAT COUNT ON SCHOOLS FOR BASIC NEEDS. IF TEACHERS DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, THEN THEY SHOULD QUIT. PARENTS WANT A BABYSITTER SO THEY CAN GO BACK TO WORK. YOU KNOW WHAT IS CRAZY ABOUT THESE COMMENTS? NONE OF THEM ARE WRONG. THEY ALL REFLECT THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND OPINIONS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. I DON'T ENVY YOU, THE DECISION OF OPENING UP SCHOOLS RESTING ON YOUR SHOULDERS. WHY IS IT WE ALL WANT IS BEST FOR CHILDREN, TEACHERS AND OUR FAMILIES BUT WE POINT FINGERS AND BLAME A GROUP OF OTHERS, THOSE OVER THERE. THE TRUTH IS YOU ARE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT PLAINLY COMES DOWN TO POLITICS AND MONEY. HOW IS IT THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE HAVE MADE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU? HOW IS IT THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO BE BASED ON WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO BEGIN IN A COMPLETELY UNSAFE MANNER, PROVIDING A BRICK AND MORTAR OPTION OR REMOVING THIS OPTION AND FACING A DISTRICT FINANCIAL CRISIS? YOU HAVE DEVISED A PLAN WITH AS MANY SAFETY PROTOCOLS AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ANYONE THAT ENTERS THE SCHOOL AT THIS POINT IN THE PANDEMIC. THERE WILL BE NO SOCIAL DISTANCING. TO IMPLY THIS IS EVEN A POSSIBILITY IS SIMPLY A FALSEHOOD. ALTHOUGH I AM -- MASKS WILL BE A NIGHTMARE. ECSTATIC THEY WILL BE REQUIRED. ALL NORMAL PEDAGOGY WILL BE OUT THE WINDOW. THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS WILL BE CONSTANTLY INTERRUPTED DUE TO ILLNESS OR POSSIBLY DEATH, LEAVING CLASSROOMS WITHOUT A TEACHER AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WISH TO HOLD KELLY SERVICES RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBSTITUTES, YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD FROM A -- YOU HAVE AN OUTLINE FOR A PLAN, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE OUTLINE THAT NEED TO DEVELOP AND BEGINNING WITH E-LEARNING WOULD AFFORD     AFFORD YOU THAT FURTHERMORE, THE TEACHERS COULD NOT ONLY PROVIDE ONLINE LEARNING COHESIVE, RIGOROUS AND EFFECTIVE BUT HELP CREATE A PLAN THAT IS TRULY SAFE FOR US TO RETURN. IN CLOSING, I URGE PARENTS TO BEGIN CONVERSATION WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT TEACHERS ALWAYS HAVE STUDENTS' BEST INTERESTS AT HEART. TEACHERS SHOULD REALIZE THAT PARENTS ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS. PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST JOIN FORCES, DEMAND APPROPRIATE FUNDING FROM FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS AND TELL THEM TO STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION. I IMPLORE THOSE OF YOU ON THE BOARD TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND VOTE TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH E-LEARNING.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL NOW CLEAN THE LECTERN. IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE MS. BIANCA GOOLSBY, MR. BRIAN ADATO. AND THEN MS. JILL CORBETT. WELCOME, MS. GOOLSBY. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> SO YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING A DOCUMENT WITH A URL CODE THAT YOU CAN SCAN ON YOUR PHONE. THERE ARE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT. NUMBER ONE, I WANT YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN APPROVING AND HOW WE ARE AT, YOU KNOW, A DEFICIT, AND THE OTHER ONE IS A DOCUMENT THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY WHISTLE-BLOWERS IN THE DISTRICT ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ASKING EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE PPE AND WHY WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS, AND WHY WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION GOING ON AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE EPG MEETING SAY THERE WAS NOTHING -- VPK, BUT THEN YOU GOT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ON THE RECORD THAT SAYS MORT WAS CLOSED. 11 SCHOOLS -- WHEN YOU USE THIS WORD TRANSPARENCY, I NEED YOU TO REALLY MEAN IT. AT THIS POINT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE AIN'T CLOSE NO SCHOOLS AND THAT IS A LIE. THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OUT HERE CLEANING THE SCHOOLS FOR COVID. THE CUSTODIAL WORKERS ARE TESTED FOR COVID. WE HAVE SITUATIONS GOING ON, OH, WE WANT TO TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY NOT. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN CASES RIGHT NOW TODAY WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID ON YOUR CAMPUSES AND YOU SIT SILENT. THEN YOU WANT TO POST ON Facebook, WHAT DO THE TEACHERS THINK? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WHY ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE TEACHERS WANT WHEN YOU HAVE AN AGENDA. THIS IS ALL POLITICAL GAMES. WE DON'T HAVE MONEY. I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. WHAT DID YOU ALL DISCUSS ON JUNE BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WAS APPROVED, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? NOVEMBER, THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL APPROVED. THESE POLICE CARS. YOU BOUGHT SEVEN FORD ESCAPES. 71 DODGE CHARGERS. ONE DODGE DURANGO, THREE NISSAN PATH FINDERS IN NOVEMBER 19 WHEN WE WERE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. WE WAS ALREADY IN THE PROBLEM. I WANT TO KNOW LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL DOCUMENT, I HOPE YOU ALL TAKE THE TIME AND LOOK AT IT, AS THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHERE IS THE PPE? I HOPE WHOEVER IS OVER THIS. AND THEN YOU GOT EMPLOYEES OUT HERE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT --

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE BRIAN ADATO. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE IF I PRONOUNCE THAT INCORRECTLY. BRIAN ADATO. AND THEN MS. JILL CORBETT. AND THEN ANGIE SNOW. WELCOME, SIR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU.

>> DIRECTED AT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD AS THIS DECISION ULTIMATELY FALLS IN YOUR LAP. DISABLED COMBAT VETERAN. SERVED IN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. CAME BACK FROM MY LAST TOUR OVERSEAS IN 2005. EVERY NIGHT SINCE THEN I GET TO SEE THE FACES THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING LIVES. THAT WAS WAR AND THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL ME. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THIS STILL HAUNTS ME TODAY, BUT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THIS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WHEN THE FACES YOU GET TO SEE ARE THOSE OF A CHILD OR TEACHER OR EDUCATOR OR STAFF? BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO SEND THEM BACK INTO A CLASSROOM BEFORE IT WAS SAFE. AND WHAT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THESE STAFF MEMBERS, THE TEACHERS, FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WILL INEVITABLY SUFFER FROM PTSD DUE TO YOUR NEGLIGENCE IN THIS HASTY POWER PLAY TO REOPEN? THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JILL CORBETT AND THEN ANGIE SNOW, AND THEN CHRISTINA EDWARDS. WELCOME, MS. CORBETT. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> MY QUESTION IS DIRECTED TO MR. DAVIS AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD. AS A TEACHER, I USE ACTUAL DATA TO DRIVE MY KNOWLEDGE IN DECISIONS. THE FACT IS THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF TEACHERS DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM IN THIS CURRENTLY UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT. AN ALARMING AMOUNT, MYSELF INCLUDED ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING LEAVING EITHER BY QUITTING OR BY LEAVE OF ABSENCE IF WE DO NOT GET AN E-LEARNING POSITION BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO AN UNSAFE CLASSROOM. WE KNOW THOSE E-LEARNING CLASSROOMS ARE NOT PROMISED FOR EVERYONE. IT IS GREAT TO SAY THAT WE WILL HIRE MORE TEACHERS AND HOLD KELLY STAFFING ACCOUNTABLE FOR SUPPLYING SUBSTITUTES BUT THE REALITY IS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE PAST AND IT'S GOING TO BE EXCEEDINGLY HARD TO DO SO IN THIS KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH QUALITY INSTRUCTION WHEN LARGE AMOUNTS OF TEACHERS LEAVE, QUIT, AND INEVITABLY GET SICK AND DIE? ARE YOU GOING TO FORGIVE CERTAIN CERTIFICATIONS, STUDENT TEACHING, EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS? AND IF SO, WILL THIS BE IN LINE WITH PROVIDING A QUALITY EDUCATION TO OUR CHILDREN? THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANGIE SNOW. I DON'T BELIEVE MS. EDWARDS IS HERE YET, SO WE'LL SKIP DOWN TO MS. CYNTHIA BARO SIMMONS AND THEN MR. DAUNTE JONES. IS ANGIE SNOW HERE? SHE'S OUTSIDE. OKAY. SO ANGIE SNOW. OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK TO MS. SNOW. MS. EDWARDS AND -- CYNTHIA BARE ROW SIMMONS HERE? FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. DAUNTE JONES, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHO IS HERE NEXT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> I MUST ADMIT, IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT A SOMEWHAT CUSTOMIZED PLAN WITH THREE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS COULD BE SO DIVISIVE. THEN I REALIZED THE PLAN WASN'T CREATING THE HOSTILITY. REGARDLESS, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PLAN TO SHARE -- AND TO SHARE MY REASONING. IT'S COMPREHENSIVE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT PROVIDES CHOICE. IN MY CASE, THE CHOICE TO SUPPORT MY CHILDREN IN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE BEST SUITED FOR THEM. AS A PARENT, I'D EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT. MY CHILDREN NEED THE BRICK AND MORTAR EXPERIENCE. IT'S WHERE THEY THRIVE, LEARN, AND RETAIN BEST. WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH THIS LAST SEMESTER WAS AWFUL, AND THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE FAILED THEM EDUCATIONALLY. IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO PUSH THE OPENING OF BRICK AND MORTAR OUT FOR ANY REASON AND PUSH ALL LEARNERS TO THE NEW E-LEARNING EXPERIENCE, ONCE AGAIN MY CHILDREN WILL BE FAILED. YOU SEE, NO AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY AFFORDED ME BY MY EMPLOYER, WHICH IS VERY APPRECIATED IS ENOUGH TO GET MY GIRLS THROUGH THE SCHOOL DAY. MY EMPLOYER ALWAYS HAS AN EXPECTATION THAT I'M AVAILABLE AND PRODUCTIVE DURING BUSINESS HOURS. AS I ASSUME IS THE EXPECTATION OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH OWN STAFF AND EDUCATORS. JUGGLING THE DEMANDS OF WORK WHILE MONITORING AND SUPPORTING MY GIRLS JUST ISN'T POSSIBLE. I JUST CAN'T BE ALL THINGS TO EVERYONE EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY WORK AND SCHOOL DAY. I WANT TO BE A SUPER MOM, BUT IT DOESN'T EXIST. I'M SO VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE 13% OR MORE OF THE RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT SACRIFICED THEIR JOBS AND CAREERS TO KEEP US SAFE. THEIR SACRIFICE IS NOT LOST ON ME. BUT WHAT I DON'T HEAR IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING REPORTED AND TODAY IT WAS 25,000 WITH NEW POSITIVE TESTS, OUR COUNTY IS MADE UP OF OVER 1.4 MILLION RESIDENTS. EVEN WITH THAT 25,000 POSITIVE CASES, WE STILL HAVE 1.4 MILLION RESIDENTS THAT ARE HEALTHY. THAT'S 98%. WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THIS. OUR COMMUNITY IS WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE.

>>Melissa Snively: I'M SORRY.

>> THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. IF THE RECORD COULD REFLECT THAT MS. STUART IS NOW PRESENT. THE ENTIRE BOARD IS HERE. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. DAUNTE JONES NEXT. AND THEN IF ANGIE SNOW, WHO WAS OUTSIDE, IS HERE, THEN SHE WILL BE AFTER MR. JONES. AND THEN CHRISTINA EDWARDS AFTER MS. SNOW. WELCOME, MR. JONES. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. AND GIVE HONOR TO YOU AND DEFINITELY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU BRIEFLY. AS PRESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, HASA, MANY HEARTS BUT ONE VOICE IN THIS SITUATION. WE HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS, BUT WE STAND HERE RIGHT NOW ALSO IN FULL SUPPORT OF YOU AS THE BOARD AND ALSO AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING TODAY. DON'T ENVY ANY OF YOU IN THE SEAT THAT YOU SIT IN. AND EVERY DAY, WE AS ADMINISTRATORS SHOW UP EVERY DAY, AND WE'VE BEEN SHOWING UP THROUGH THE SUMMER ALSO, SEEKING A PLAN FOR SOMETHING THAT IS, WOW, UNPLANNABLE TO SOME DEGREE. AND SO GUIDANCE FOR US IS NEEDED AND GIVEN BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND TODAY WE LOOK FOR THAT GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALSO. AND AS ADMINISTRATORS, WE ALWAYS STEP UP TO THE PLATE AS WELL AS OUR TEACHERS DO ALSO. AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT BASED ON YOUR DECISION TODAY. IF HURRICANES COME AS WE KNOW IN FLORIDA, WE STAND READY THEN, TOO, TO OPEN SHELTERS. AND IN LIGHT OF MASS SHOOTINGS AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOLS, WE RECTIFIED AND MODIFIED AND CONTINUE TO DO SO IN OUR SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE SAFE. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT SITUATION. BUT MANY UNKNOWNS THAT WE DEAL WITH NOW THAT WE WILL BE BUILDING A SHIP ALMOST AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND SO WE HAVE TO DO IT SAFELY BECAUSE OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE IS COMING INTO OUR BUILDINGS. FORTUNATELY, WE AS A STATE AND WE AS A DISTRICT DID CLOSE OUR BUILDINGS QUICKLY IN MARCH. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS TO CLOSE WERE OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO WE QUARANTINED OUR KIDS QUICKLY. AND NOWS A WE SEEK TO BRING THEM BACK IN, I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE TAKING EVERYTHING AND ALL DATA POINTS INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE SEEK TO DO THAT. WE STAND READY WITH YOU WITH YOUR DECISION IN THAT PROCESS. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS AFTERNOON.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. JONES. NEXT WE HAVE MS. ANGIE SNOW WILL BE COMING UP AFTER THE LECTERN IS CLEANED, AND THEN CHRISTINA EDWARDS, IF SHE COULD BE READY, AND THEN DR. JESSICA KENDALL. WELCOME, MS. SNOW. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> I'M STADGED STANDING HERE REPRESENTING COLLEAGUES, REPRESENTING THE STUDENTS, REPRESENTING THE PARENTS. I HAVE A PARENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. I WAS A PRODUCT OF HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NOW AN EDUCATOR IN HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. VERY PROUD. THIS IS NOT A PROUD MOMENT AS I STAND HERE. EVERY YEAR AS TEACHERS, I HAVE A LIST OF THE TEACHERS. MY SIGN WAS TEACHERS THAT HAVE INSPIRED ME IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. EVERY YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE TAKE PICTURES LIKE THIS IN OUR SCHOOL OF OUR FACULTY. I ASK YOU TO REEVALUATE. FIRST NINE ONLINE IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT SO WE'RE NOT RUSHING INTO A PLAN. AS A PARENT, I CAN FEEL CONFIDENT. AS A TEACHER, I CAN FEEL CONFIDENT AND I CAN KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO BE READING ABOUT MY OWN COLLEAGUES IN THE OBITUARY PAPER. PLEASE MAKE THE SMART, HEALTHY CHOICE FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, STAFF, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS. YOU HAVE A DECISION AND A CHOICE THAT IS GOING TO BE POWERFUL. WE ALREADY KNOW, THE COUNTRY IS TALKING ABOUT DECISIONS WE ARE MAKING HERE. MAKE THE CHOICE OF LEADERS THAT ARE LEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, NOT LEADING LAB RATS TO DRIVE DATA THAT DOESN'T EXIST FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. SNOW. OUR NEXT SPEAKER MOMENTARILY WILL BE CHRISTINA EDWARDS FOLLOWED BY DR. JESSICA KENDALL, AND THEN ELIZABETH POD. WELCOME, MS. EDWARDS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA EDWARDS. I'VE BEEN A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR 20 YEARS. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN ENROLLED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONE ENTERING SIXTH GRADE AND ONE ENTERING FOURTH GRADE. FURTHERMORE, I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT, SO I AM LIVING THIS COVID-19 BEEN THAT AS A NURSE, A MOTHER, AND A STUDENT. UNDER THE PROPOSED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL REOPENING PLAN OF 2021, THE TOP PRIORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILY SAFETY. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN OPTIONS OF WEARING MASKS. I WATCHED ADDISON DAVIS REVIEW, HIS TWO VIRTUAL LIVE SESSIONS. I NOTICED NOBODY WAS USING THEIR MASK APPROPRIATELY, ACCORDING TO THE W.H.O. AND CDC GUIDELINES. I'M WONDERING AND I'M ASKING EVERYBODY HERE, WHY ARE WE ENFORCING MASKS IN CLASSROOMS? A CLOTH MASK WITH FOUR LAYERS HAS A 17% EFFICACY RATE. FILTRATION. 13% FILTRATION, ACCORDING TO THE NIH. WE HAVE MULTIPLE STUDENTS. WE HAVE A TOTAL, ACCORDING TO YOUR SURVEY DATA, 31,764 ON IEPs. ADHD IS NOT LISTED UNDER IEP. IT IS A 504. I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. SO THERE'S MORE. YOU HAVE MORE STUDENTS ON THOSE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I'M JUST BEGGING YOU, PLEASE RECONSIDER THE MASK IF WE'RE GOING TO WEAR THEM PROPERLY, AND CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS ON WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO BE DOING AND HOW MUCH THEY HAVE TO DO. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE DR. JESSICA KENDALL FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH POTT AND THEN JAMES RAULERSON. WELCOME, DR. KENDALL. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> CAN I MOVE THIS?

>>Melissa Snively: ABSOLUTELY. HOWEVER YOU WANT. WE JUST CLEANED IT.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND PLEASE KNOW I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO HEAR MY VOICE TODAY. I AM DR. JESSICA KENDALL FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS, I HAVE TAUGHT MUSIC IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND RESEARCHED HOW CHILDREN DO THEIR BEST LEARNING. I AM ASKING TODAY THAT YOU RECONSIDER THE CURRENT OPENING PLAN. THE PRESUMPTION OF THIS PLAN IS THAT WE CAN BYPASS MANY PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES AND STILL OPERATE SAFELY AMIDST SURGING POSITIVE CASES. PUBLISHED INFORMATION SUGGESTING CHILDREN DON'T TRANSMIT COVID-19 IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY IS LARGELY BASED ON THEORETICAL MODELING, SO BACKTRACING DATA FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY SITUATIONS ARE SIMPLY NOT THE SAME. THIS OVER-GENERALIZATION IS ALSO CONTRADICTED BY COUNTRIES LIKE ISRAEL WHERE REOPENED SCHOOLS HAD TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN AS SOON AS COMMUNITY RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED AND THEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BEGAN BEING INFECTED. COLDS AND VIRUSES RAPIDLY MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH OUR CLASSROOMS. I THINK MOST TEACHERS KNOW THAT, TO ASSUME THAT COVID-19 WOULD NOT OPERATE IN A SIMILAR WAY WOULD BE TO PLAY A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS GAME OF CHANCE. I HAVE NEVER HEARD THE WORD TERRIFIED USED AS OFTEN AS I HAVE RECENTLY FROM PEOPLE I KNOW WOULD PUT THEMSELVES BETWEEN OUR STUDENTS AND A BULLET. SORRY. THERE'S GROWING EVIDENCE THAT EVEN THOSE INFECTED WITH MILD SYMPTOMS ARE SUFFERING LONG REHABILITATION PERIODS AND LASTING DAMAGE TO THEIR LUNGS, HEART, AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING, SO I BELIEVE THE POTENTIAL DAMAGES GO BEYOND EVEN THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. WE LOCK OURSELVES IN OUR CLASSROOM FOR SAFETY, BUT NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO LOCK OURSELVES IN WITH AN UNSEEN BUT VERY INSIDIOUS THREAT, MINIMAL PROTECTION AND TO CARRY ON AS NORMAL. PLEASE DON'T SEE OUR LIVES AS ACCEPTABLE LOSS. PLEASE BEGIN THE YEAR WITH E-LEARNING. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MA'AM. MS. ELIZABETH POTT FOLLOWED BY JAMES RAULERSON AND THEN JESSICA DUBOIS. WELCOME, MS. POTT. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CA LAY POTT. I WILL BE GOING INTO MY SENIOR YEAR AT NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, I LOOK FORWARD TO MY SENIOR YEAR. EVERYONE REMEMBERS THEIR SENIOR YEAR. THE PARTIES, THE FIELD TRIPS, THE EXTRACURRICULARS AND WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE AT GRADUATION. FOR MY ULTIMATE SENIOR YEAR, I DREAMED OF HAVING A YEAR WHERE I WAS THE HEAD DRUM MAJOR OF MY BAND LEADING MY GROUP DURING LATE NIGHT REHEARSALS, GOING TO COMPETITIONS MEETING BAND MEMBERS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS, PLAYING AT FOOTBALL GAMES, HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS AT LUNCH AND FINISHING OUT MY LAST YEAR OF SCHOOL BEFORE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE. BECAUSE OF COVID-19, I'M LOSING MY DREAM SENIOR YEAR. MY OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND EFFECT THE CULTURE OF MY BAND'S LEGACY IS DIMINISHED. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, I HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH MY BAND, FOR MY BAND AND ACHIEVED THE POSITION OF HEAD DRUM MAJOR TO LEAD THE GROUP AS A WHOLE AND BE THE PERSON THE BAND LOOKS UP TO FOR EVERYTHING. THIS POSITION WILL HELP ME IMPROVE MY COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS WHICH I WILL USE IN MY FUTURE CAREER, NO QUESTION. TAKING AWAY A CHOICE TO GO TO SCHOOL IN PERSON IS JUST ANOTHER THING TO ADD TO THE LIST OF EVENTS THAT COVID HAS CANCELED, WHICH WOULD MAKE MYSELF AND THE OTHER 56,488 STUDENTS FROM YOUR SURVEY WHO WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL FEEL EVEN MORE SAD, MAD, AND FED UP THAN WE ALREADY ARE. FOR THE PAST TEN AND A HALF YEARS, I GOT MY EDUCATION IN PERSON WITH A TEACHER IN FRONT OF ME AND HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND SUCCEEDED. DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER WHERE WE HAD TO GO TO ONLINE LEARNING, I FELT THE SYSTEM WHICH WE WERE LEARNING WAS INEFFECTIVE AND HOW I LEARNED PERSONALLY AND HOW MANY OTHER STUDENTS MAY LEARN. I AM ASKING YOU TO GIVE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND PARENTS THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. I CHALLENGE YOU TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ALLOW MYSELF AND THE OTHER 56,488 STUDENTS TO GET THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. POTT. NICELY DONE. ENJOY SEEING OUR STUDENTS GETTING INVOLVED IN ADVOCACY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MR. JAMES RAULERSON FOLLOWED BY MS. JESSICA DUBOIS AND THEN JESSICA HARRINGTON. MR. RAULERSON, WELCOME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. AS A PARENT AND TAXPAYER, I AM DISAPPOINTED IN THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATOR FOR NOT BEING MORE COMMUNICATIVE. SINCE THE PLAGUE BEGAN IN MARCH, AND IT IS A PLAGUE UPON OUR NATION, THERE HAS BEEN LESS COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING FROM THIS BOARD. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW ABOUT, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOT A NEGATIVE REQUIREMENT FOR TESTING FOR ANY TEACHERS OR STAFF TO COME BACK INTO THE SCHOOL. IT SHOULD BE THAT THE TESTING SHOULD BE NEGATIVE FOR THEM TO BE ALLOWED BACK IN. THE IDEA THAT ANY STUDENT WHO COMES DOWN WITH SYMPTOMS INTO A ROOM FOR A QUARANTINE, MY QUESTION, WHO IS DECIDING IF THOSE STUDENTS ARE SICK WITH COVID? IS IT A TRAINED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL OR IS IT JUST MAYBE A TEACHER? I MEAN, IF I WANT TO -- IF THE STUDENT IS GOING TO BE PLACED INTO A QUARANTINE WITH OTHER STUDENTS, THEY MIGHT HAVE AN ALLERGY THAT LOOKS LIKE COVID. SO YOU'RE, IN FACT, GOING TO BE MAYBE INFECTING PEOPLE THAT DON'T NEED TO BE INFECTED. ALSO, THE E-LEARNING OPTION, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY AT NINE WEEKS THEY CAN'T BE CHANGED BACK TO BRICK AND MORTAR IF NEEDED. IF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN HAS A SITUATION ARISE WHERE THEY CANNOT KEEP THE CHILD AT HOME, WHY DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE SEMESTER? TO ME, IT IS INFLEXIBILITY AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD. NEEDS TO BE BETTER PLANNING, AND I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF PUTTING THE SCHOOL BACK TO, ALMOST IF IT CAN BE, SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE PLANNING AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. THERE'S A FAILURE ON THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATOR TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE TO BOTH THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, AND THE STUDENTS. LIKE THE YOUNG LADY JUST SAID, YOU NEED TO START THINKING MORE ABOUT THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, SIR. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, COULD YOU HAVE ONE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HE ASKED? I KNOW YOU HAVE ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE PREVIOUSLY.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, MS. BROWN.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. BROWN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JESSICA DUBOIS FOLLOWED BY JESSICA HARRINGTON. AND THEN JOHAN JUANEN. WELCOME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> [INAUDIBLE] MY NAME IS JESSICA. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE LEADERS OF SAFE SCHOOLS AND SAFE COMMUNITY. WE ARE NONPARTISAN GROUP OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PARENTS WHO CAME TOGETHER A FEW WEEKS AGO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO ADVOCATE FOR MASKS AND NOW REPRESENT THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN THIS AREA. THERE'S BEEN DISINFORMATION WHICH MAKES THE SITUATION MUCH HARDER. SCHOOL REOPENING IS NOT TIED TO THE PHASES OF REOPENING CREATED BY THE GOVERNOR. THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO PHASES IN COMMISSIONER CORCORAN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH IS UNDER LEGAL ATTACK. JIM PORTER AND CHRISTINE BECK HAVE ADMITTED THIS COMMUNICATION TO OUR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. LET ME BE CLEAR. WE REALLY WANT OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. BUT WANTS AREN'T A REALITY RIGHT NOW. ON JULY 10, THE AAP SAID SCIENCE TO DRIVE DECISION MAKING ON SAFELY REOPENING SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES MUST MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON EVIDENCE, NOT POLITICS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FAILURES OF LEADERSHIP FAR FROM HERE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THIS, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS ON OPENING DATES, OPERATION, AND SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE CALL UPON YOU TO BE COURAGEOUS AND CONSIDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S POSITIVITY RATE IS CURRENTLY 14.79%, THE SAME AS BROWARD COUNTY. THERE IS A SLIGHT REDUCTION LIKELY RELATED TO THE MASK ORDER, BUT WE'RE WELL ABOVE THE 3 TO 5 PERCENT ROLLING AVERAGE FOR TWO WEEKS RECOMMENDED BY THE AAP. THIS DATA WAS JUST PULLED JULY 22nd FROM THE COVID DATA MAP AND DASHBOARD. OUR ASK IS THIS BOARD IMPLEMENT DISTRICTWIDE E-LEARNING EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT THE BEST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE ASK, THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS DIFFICULT, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ASK YOU TO THINK CREATIVELY AND BOLDLY ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN ENSURE THE WELFARE OF OUR NEEDIEST CHILDREN. HOPEFULLY INNOVATION WILL BRING US MORE THERAPIES AND VACCINES SOON, BUT UNTIL THEN -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU SO MUCH. JESSICA HARRINGTON FOLLOWED BY JOHAN. WELCOME, MS. HARRINGTON, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JESSICA HARRINGTON. I AM A MIDDLE SCHOOL CIVICS TEACHER HERE IN THE DISTRICT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE REOPENING PLANS TO RETURN TO BRICK AND MORTAR, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE EXACT SAME QUESTION THAT I ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAST WEEK, BECAUSE I STILL HAVE YET TO BE GIVEN AN ANSWER. WHAT IS THE ACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT WILL DIE BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS AGAIN AND SWITCH TO ALL E-LEARNING? THE PLANS WE HAVE HEARD ARE PLANS FOR COVID OUTBREAK. LET ME SEE IF I CAN SUMMARIZE IT. YOU'LL ISOLATE THOSE PEOPLE, CONTACT TRACE. YOU'LL DO A CLEANING AND THEN WE'LL KEEP LEARNING IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR. WHAT YOU HAVE FAILED TO ADD TO THE EQUATION IS DEATHS. IF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF DIE, ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN? UNTIL WE HAVE A WAY TO TEST EVERY PERSON THAT ENTERS OUR SCHOOLS AND GETS IMMEDIATE RESULTS, THERE IS NO WAY TO SAFELY OPEN. I LOVE MY CHILDREN. I LOVE MY COWORKERS, AND I LOVE BEING AT THE BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOL AND IN-PERSON LEARNING, BUT I LOVE THEM BEING ALIVE MORE. PLEASE STOP REFERRING TO THE PHASES TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR YOU. WE SHOULD NOT BE ON PHASE TWO OR THREE. WE SHOULD BE BACK ON PHASE ONE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE DATA SAYS. I NEVER WANT TO HEAR DATA BEING USED FOR MY EVALUATIONS AGAIN WHEN THIS DISTRICT ISN'T EVEN LOOKING AT DATA. THEY ARE JUST LISTENING TO WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS SAYING, AND THE GOVERNOR IS WRONG. I TEACH 7th GRADE. HERE IS MY YEARBACK FROM WHEN I WAS IN 7th GRADE. ARE YOU PREPARED TO HAVE A MEMORIAL PAGE FOR DEAD STUDENTS AND DEAD TEACHERS IN THE UPCOMING YEARBOOK? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN WE CANNOT SAFELY REOPEN SCHOOLS. THERE IS NO WAY TO FOLLOW THE CDC GUIDELINES. NO CLOSED SPACES NO CROWDED PLACES AND NO CLOSE CONTACT SETTINGS. THAT IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL. WHY ARE YOU ASKING TO PUT OUR LIVES AT RISK? I ASK THAT YOU VOTE DOWN THIS PLAN AND THAT WE GO TO E-LEARNING FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS AND WE DO NOT LEAVE THIS DECISION -- LEAD THIS DECISION WITH OUR HEARTS. WE WANT TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL BUT WE HAVE TO LEAD WITH DATA. WE HAVE TO SAVE LIVES.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MS. HARRINGTON. JOHAN, FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY GREEN. AND THEN CARA SOFILKA.

>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO TALK. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE FACULTY, STAFF AND ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT. IT'S APPRECIATED THE WORK THAT YOU DO. MY NAME IS JOHAN JUANEN. THIS IS MY 17th YEAR TEACHING 12th IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I COME FROM A GREAT SCHOOL, LOVE IT, AND MY PREVIOUS BACKGROUND WAS A CURATOR. I KIND OF MADE MY CLASSROOM INTO A LITTLE MUSEUM. I'M A HISTORY TEACHER. MY CLASSROOM IS RIDICULOUS. I LOVE IT. WE HAVE A TELEGRAPH THAT GOES FROM MY CLASSROOM TO THE OTHER HISTORY TEACHER. IT'S BASICALLY A CURATION OF THE CELL PHONE FROM BEGINNING TO END. SO I GOT TYPEWRITER, INK-WELL DIP PEN, TELEGRAPH WORKING, KELLOGG PHONE WORKING, BRICK CELL PHONE FROM BEGINNING TO END. THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE FOR ME TO EDUCATE MY KIDS THAN MY CLASSROOM. I LOVE IT. BUT NOT DURING A PANDEMIC. I CAN'T SAFELY SOCIAL DISTANCE AT ANY POINT DURING THE DAY I CAN'T REALLY SAFELY SOCIAL DISTANCE THEM. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE BATHROOMS, THE HALLWAYS. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE MESS. THESE KIDS WILL NOT BE SAFE IN THESE SCHOOLS. GO SLOW. DON'T RUSH. BE CAUTIOUS. I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO COME BACK BEHIND. WE'LL GET THEM UP TO SPEED. WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS. THERE'S A LOT WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. EDUCATION, OBVIOUSLY, FOOD, HEALTH CARE, ECONOMIC REASONS, BUT MY PRIMARY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS ARE SAFE. I DON'T GO INTO A CLASSROOM AND IMMEDIATELY LAUNCH INTO THE CAUSATION AND CONSEQUENCES OF INDUSTRIALIZATION. I MAKE SURE THE CLASSROOM IS SAFE. RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT SAFE.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I APPRECIATE IT.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JOHNNY GREEN FOLLOWED BY CARA SOPHILKA, AND THEN KATHERINE MORRIS. IS MR. GREEN HERE? THERE HE IS. WELCOME, SIR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> HELLO. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOHNNY GREEN. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF HCTA. I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A FATHER. AS A FATHER OF TWO SONS, THE OLDEST IS ENTERING HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR IN A HIGH SCHOOL STUDYING JOURNALISM AND YOUNGEST WHO IS GIFTED IS ENTERING THE SIXTH GRADE. HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING A WEEK IN CLASSROOM. ONE DAY HE WOULD LIKE TO BE A VETERINARIAN. WE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS THIS SUMMER ON RETURNING TO BRICK AND MORTAR AND FEEL THAT IT IS NOT SAFE AT THIS TIME, THAT E-LEARNING WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF. A CAUTION THAT THEY ASK IS HOW IS IT SAFE TO RETURN TO BRICK AND MORTAR WHEN MOST RESTAURANTS CARRYOUT ONLY. THEY HAVE EXPRESSED HOW OVERWHELMED THEY ARE AND THEIR FRIENDS DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE TO RETURN TO BRICK AND MORTAR AT THIS TIME AND WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR SUPPORT IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR IN E-LEARNING. I KNOW OUR TEACHERS AND ESPs WOULD BE READY FOR E-LEARNING. WE DID IT IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE ALL KNOW THAT BRICK AND MORTAR IS THE BEST WAY TO EDUCATE WHEN IT IS SAFE, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOT SAFE. WE ALL HAVE A PART IN CONTAINING THIS VIRUS, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE LED BY POLITICS. THIS IS A HEALTH ISSUE, NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. THIS IS ABOUT BEING SAFE, BEING COMPASSIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND UNITING OUR DISTRICT AS WE MOVE FORWARD DURING THIS UNPREDICTABLE TIME AHEAD OF US. WE ALL ARE GOING TO NEED EACH OTHER TO GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER SAFELY. WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR PART IN CONTROLLING THIS DEADLY VIRUS AND E-LEARNING FOR ALL TO START A SCHOOL YEAR OFF WITH HEALTH. IF WE ALL DO OUR PART NOW IN STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF WITH E-LEARNING, MAYBE THE SENIOR CLASS WOULD NOT HAVE TO ENDURE -- GRADUATIONS.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. GREEN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE CARA SOPHILKA. AND THEN KATHERINE MORRIS, AND THEN LOKSHIMA. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT PRONUNCIATION CORRECTLY. WELCOME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU. I'M CARA SOPHILKA. A HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER. YESTERDAY, I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT. THE GOVERNOR STATED THAT OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO BE IN SCHOOL. TO QUOTE MY '90s CHILD INSIDE OF ME, DUH. IF YOU DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE IN MY CLASSROOM WITH MY KIDS MAKING JOKES, LAUGHING, SHARING MY LOVE OF READING WITH THEM, YOU'RE WRONG, OKAY? I WANT TO BE THERE. I WANT TO BE THERE SAFELY. AS A TEACHER, I'M EXPECTED TO PLAN. I NEED TO CREATE LESSON PLANS THAT ARE ENGAGING, DYNAMIC, DIFFERENTIATED, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF 170 PLUS STUDENTS. I'M EXPECTED TO HAVE A BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT COVERS ANY POSSIBLE SCENARIO WHERE A CHILD DOESN'T MEET MY EXPECTATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES TO GO WITH THAT. I NEED TO MAKE SUBPLANS. NEED TO MAKE EMERGENCY PLANS IN CASE I DIDN'T PLAN ON BEING ABSENT. I NEED TO MAKE PLANS TO MAKE UP FOR HURRICANE DAYS. ALL OF THESE THINGS, I'M EVALUATED ON THOSE PLANS AS A TEACHER. I EXPECT YOU GUYS TO HAVE A PLAN. I HAVEN'T HEARD A PLAN YET. I'VE HEARD AN OUTLINE. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF HOPES AND WISHES AND DREAMS, BUT I THINK WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WISH AND HOPE WITHOUT A PLAN, NOTHING. I'M NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT ANY OF MY STUDENTS, MYSELF, MY COWORKERS DYING JUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL. IT'S MY JOB TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. YOU'VE HEARD MANY TEACHERS HERE SAY THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. WHEN YOU PUSH US BACK, EVEN IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE 24th, EVEN IF YOU WAIT UNTIL LABOR DAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SAFE. THIS IDEA OF CHOICE KEEPS GETTING BROUGHT UP. I NEED TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND AS A TEACHER I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. MY SON HAS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK. MY BUBBLE WILL BE CLOSED BECAUSE I WILL BE THE DANGEROUS ONE IN A MONTH'S TIME, AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO INFECT THEM. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LAKHME. AND YARBIE HUSNEE. I'M SORRY. KATHERINE MORRIS IS NEXT. SORRY. KATHERINE MORRIS, AND THEN -- WELCOME MS. MORRIS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, THE FLORIDA JEATION, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND THE SURGEON GENERAL HAVE ALL COME OUT AGAINST REOPENING THE SCHOOLS SAFELY. WE KNOW THAT PARTICULARLY WE'RE A HOT SPOT. AS OF TODAY, WE'RE 7th IN THE COUNTRY FOR DEATHS AND CONTRACTIONS. OF COURSE, WE KNOW. WE ALL WANT TO BE BACK. WE ALL WANT TO BE BACK FACE TO FACE. TO BELABOR THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF INSULTING. THE FACT IS THIS IS NOT ABOUT CHOICE. THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE BULLYING US, WITHHOLD MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR OUR LIVES. WE ARE NOT READY TO OPEN. WE'RE NOT READY TO OPEN WITH MONEY. WE'RE NOT READY TO OPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT. IN FACT, WE KNOW THAT JUST LAST BOARD MEETING, MR. FARKAS, OUR OWN CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, STATED THAT IN ALL TRANSPARENCY, PUTTING A STRONGER FILTER THAT WE NEED FOR THOSE FILTRATION SYSTEMS ON OUR AC WOULD TAX OUR SYSTEM AND THAT HE CAN'T DO IT. THE REALITY IS, TO PUT THE UVC AND IONIZATION SYSTEMS 250 SCHOOLS -- HE SAID, QUOTE, THE STAGING OF THIS IS GRAVE CONCERN TO ME. HE THEN WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO INCREASE THE FILTRATION SYSTEMS, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO PULL FUNDS TO GET THIS IN PLACE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. WHY ARE WE RUSHING? THE FACT IS, THIS ORDER, THIS EMERGENCY ORDER, THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN OUR STATE HAS ASKED TO RESCIND IT. WHY CAN'T WE? THIS IS NOT WITHIN CDC GUIDELINES, AND I KNOW, OF COURSE, THIS IS A DIFFICULT POSITION, BUT THE FACT IS, YOU HAVE TO STAND UP FOR THE 250,000 STUDENTS AND 25,000 EMPLOYEES. I'M SORRY, BUT WE CAN'T DO THIS. TEACHERS WANT TO DO THIS. PARENTS, CHILDREN, BUT PLEASE LET US IN THOSE FIRST DELAY THIS FOR NINE WEEKS.

>> NEXT WE HAVE LOCHSME, HOLSBY, AND LAURA HUTTONTON.

>> YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LEKSME. WE ARE RETIRED MILITARY FAMILY, AND PROUD PARENTS OF THREE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS. I'M ALSO AN EDUCATION RESEARCHER AND HAVE BEEN STUDYING EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES AND ED POLICY FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. THERE ARE A FEW CONCERNS I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD. FIRST, THE TBT REPORTS RISINGS COVID CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHILE THE CDC GUIDELINES STATE THAT DISTRICTS SHOULD BE ON A 14 DAY DECLINE BEFORE OPENING SCHOOLS. THE FLORIDA AAP STATES THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT OPEN UNTIL POSITIVITY RATES ARE UNDER 5%. WHILE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REMAINS BETWEEN 15 TO 20% HAVE POSITIVITY. THESE NUMBERS CAST OUT FOR SAVE REOPENING OUR SCHOOLS FOR IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION IN LESS THAN A MONTH. SECOND, THE TOWN HALLS MADE CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO OPTION TO REDUCE CLASS SIZES. CLASSES WILL BE FULL AND AS THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS STATED, SCHOOLS WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING. WITHOUT DISTANCING, MASKS ARE THE ONLY RELIABLE SOURCE OF PROTECTION IN THE ABSENCE OF A VACCINE. THE TOWN HALLS ALSO CLARIFY THAT FACE SHIELD WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE FACE COVERINGS. HOWEVER, SHIELD WITHOUT MASKS UNDERNEATH DO NOT OFFER PROTECTION IF WITHIN SUCTION FEET OF OTHERS. IF STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE PROPER FACE COVERINGS OR THE POSSIBILITY TO DISTANCE, THERE IS MORE OF A CHANCE TO SPREAD THE VIRUS. CHILDREN WHO ARE POSITIVE FOR COVID HAVE THE SAME VIRAL LOAD AS ADULTS MEANING THAT CHILDREN ARE JUST AS CONTAGIOUS PLACING VULNERABLE FAMILY MEMBERS AT HOME AT RISK. THE DISTRICT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AND BUILDING eLearning CAPACITY, THROUGH VAN CASS, I READY ZOOM, AND A BASIC COST PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE RESOURCES LINED UP AND READY TO GO TO SUPPORT eLearning WHILE MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PERSIST RELATED TO A SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION. OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPENT TO SUPPORT AND BUILD eLearning. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE. LARI, AND THEN RAY BUNTY. OKAY, WE'LL GO WITH RICK HATTENSTAIN FOLLOWED BY RAY BUNTY. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. AS YOU SAID, I AM LAURA, I AM A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE PARENT OF A RETURNING HIGH SCHOOLER. OUR KIDS ARE NOT COMING BACK THE SAME AS WHEN THEY LEFT FOR SPRING BREAK. WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS THE TRAUMA, ANXIETY AND CERTAINTY AND IMPACTS OF MANY OF THEM THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IF WE RETURN TO BRICK AND MORTAR AND DO THAT WITHOUT DOING eLearning FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS I CANNOT DO MY JOB AS A COUNSELOR. WHEN I AM COVERING LUNCHES ON THE PATIO AND STEPPING IN I CANNOT DO MY JOB. STAFF CONCERNS, ON A NORMAL DAY WE ARE. ESPECIALLY IN THESE TYMS TIMES WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE. AS COUNSELORS WE ARE SCHOOL SITES FIVE DAYS A WEEK. WE START AS A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN AND EXPERIENCE ON CERTAIN DATES. RIGHT NOW IS IN A DIFFERENT. IN FACT IT IS HEIGHT THANKED. IN THIS MOMENT WE OFTEN NEED TO ADDRESS GRIEF. GRIEF IS EXPERIENCE WITH A LOSS, NOT ONLY FOR LIFE, BUT FOR THE LIFESTYLE, WE ALL HAD BEFORE AND THAT WE TOOK FOR GRANTED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. OUR STUDENTS, BEFORE THE END OF SCHOOL, KID PAY ATTENTION NO MATTER HOW MUCH ATTENTION WE PAY TO THEM. SORRY. DEPRESSION, AND/OR STRESS ENVIRONMENTS CANNOT SUCCEED, IF COUNSELORS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AS TRUSTED ADULTS IN THE DISTRICT WE ADDRESS THE WHOLE CHILD. AGAIN AS A COUNSELOR, I CAN PROVIDE MORE FOR MY STUDENTS BY STARTING THIS YEAR WITH eLearning BECAUSE I CAN TRULY FOCUS ON THEIR NEEDS AND HELP THEM SUCCEED RATHER THAN BEING AN EXTRA BODY ON CAMPUS FIRST AND THEN A COUNSELOR SECOND. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE RAY WANTY FOLLOWED BY RAY GUARDIAN AND THEN MR. ROB CRIETE. WELCOME, MR. WANTY. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I AM RAY WANTY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. ALMOST 900 PRINCIPALS, SUNSET PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT LEADERS INCLUDING YOUR SUPERINTENDENT ADDISON DAVIS. LADIES, THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR. THANKSGIVING SHOULD BE THE BEST. MOST FUN TIME OF THE YEAR, THE OPENING SCHOOLS, RETURNING OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS RETURNING TO CLASSROOMS, EVEN THE SMELL OF THOSE DIESEL BUSES ROLLING INTO THE SCHOOL. GREAT TIME. I SPENT 35 YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS AND LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT. UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR IS UNPRECEDENTED AND VERY DIFFERENT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WHEN WE USE THE WORD ESSENTIAL, IT'S BECOME A VERY POPULAR TERM THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE MOST ESSENTIAL EDUCATORS NOT THAT THEY AREN'T ALL ASSOCIATION, BUT OUR SUNSET PRINCIPALS AND OUR DISTRICT LEADERS HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL SINCE DAY ONE. FROM MARCH UNTIL NOW THEY HAVE HANDED OUT THE FIRST COMPUTERS TO PARENTS, MADE SURE FOOD WAS DISTRIBUTED APPROPRIATELY, AND NOW ARE ANSWERING THOSE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND RESPONDING TO OUR PARENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND GETTING READY TO OPEN THE SCHOOL YEAR DEPENDING ON WHAT DAY THAT MIGHT BE OR WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. THE WORD ESSENTIAL HAS BEEN OVERUSED. SO LET ME TRAY SOME OTHER SIMILAR PHRASES THAT CAPTURE THE SAME IDEA. CRUCIAL. OUR PRINCIPALS ARE, AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ARE WITH THE LOGISTICS OF OPENING A SCHOOL. UNDISPENSABLE, THEY ARE INDIESENSIBLE FRONT LINE WORKERS AS EDUCATORS WHEN WE OPEN THE SCHOOL IN THE COMING WEEKS OR MONTHS. VITAL. APP 52 PAGE PLAN THAT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS PUT OUT, THEY WILL BE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE MAKING AND LOGISTICALLY IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN, PLUS MUCH MORE TO THEIR PLAN. REQUIRED. REQUIRED TO BE THERE. THEY DIDN'T GET A CHOICE TO POSSIBLY REMOTELY WORK FROM HOME.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. WANTY.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I WISH YOU THE BEST IN MAKING THESE TOUGH DECISIONS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKERS WILL BE THE REVEREND GABRIEL MORGAN FOLLOWED BY MR. ROB CRIETE AND THEN HEIDI GLICK. WELCOME, DOCTOR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> I'M DR. MORGAN, THE PASTOR OF SANTA ANA PAUL AND FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH HEAR IN TAMPA. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERNS AND RESERVATIONS ABOUT REOPENING OUR SCHOOLS IN THE FALL, AND I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE TEACHERS WHO HAVE COUNSELED US TO SLOW DOWN. BUT I DON'T WANT TO ATTACK OR SHAME YOU TODAY. IN FACT, IF ANYTHING I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SYMPATHIES TO YOU AS A LEADER WHO HAS TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS LIKE YOU IN A DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION WHERE SOMETHING WILL BE MESSED UP, NO MATTER WHICH PATH YOU TAKE. WE HAD A CHURCH COUNSEL MEETING ON TUESDAY WHERE I ASKED FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR LEADERS AND LAY PERSONS, AND THEY SAID, PASTOR, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB KEEPING THINGS GOING, BUT MOSTLY YOU ARE JUST FINDING WAYS TO KEEP THE EXISTING PRACTICES A LIFE RATHER THAN ENVISIONING NEW THINGS RIGHT NOW. AND MY COUNSEL TO YOU IS TO NOT FALL TO THAT TEMPTATION OF FEELING LIKE A GOOD LEADER IS ALWAYS STRONG AND NEVER CHANGES THEIR MIND. IN FACT, IF ANYTHING, A WISE LEADER IS ONE WHO RESPONDS TO THE FEEDBACK OF CONSTITUENTS. THE HIGHEST DUTY OF GOVERNMENT IS THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE. AND YOU CANNOT SACRIFICE THAT HIGHEST DUTY FOR THE SAKE OF A LESSER GOAL. I HEARD SOMEONE EARLIER SAY THAT ONLY 2% OF PEOPLE ARE INFECTED RIGHT NOW IN OUR STATE, BUT AS WE KNOW THAT'S NOT HOW EXPONENTIAL GROWTH WORKS. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IT WAS .2% AND NO COUPLE MONTHS IT WILL BE 20% OR MORE IF WE CARRY ON, ON THE SAME COURSE. TO DO THAT IS TO MAKE A DECISION TO SACRIFICE THE LIVES OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. AND WE CAN'T DO THAT. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, DOCTOR. SPEAKING NEXT WE HAVE MR. ROB CRETE AND THEN HEIDI GLICK AND THEN MS. SANDRA MARCH. SAN RAH MOORE.

>> ROB CREATE, ECTA. WE AGREE WITH OUR GOVERNOR THAT THE STUDENTS NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOLS BUT NEED TO BE SAFE AND HAVE HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THEM. WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT OBVIOUSLY SAFETY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN TON THAT. WE ARE READY ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SITUATION, WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC PROBABLY AT BEST. SO I AM ASKING US ALL TO PUFF VOTE TODAY. LET'S PIVOT TO eLearning AND MAKE HILLSBOROUGH eLearning THE MOST ROBUST, DETAILED, EXTRAORDINARY AND EFFECTIVE eLearning THAT WAVE IN FLORIDA. LET'S DO IT RIGHT HERE AND LET'S MAKE OUR PLAN THE NUMBER ONE DRAFT PICK OF OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LET'S DO IT RIGHT. LET'S ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES. LET'S PUT ON A POT OF COFFEE AND LET'S GET TO WORK ON THIS AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH AND LEAD BY EXAMPLE. THAT'S WHAT I AM ASKING YOU TO DO TODAY. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT WE WILL HAVE MS. HEIDI GLICK FOLLOWED BY SANDRA MOORE AND THEN MR. SCOTT HIGHSTON. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, THE PEOPLE WHO VENTURED OUT TODAY AND OF COURSE THE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME. I SAY GOOD AFTERNOON BECAUSE I TRAWL BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT. BUT I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, TEACHING JOBS WERE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND BUT ON JANUARY 5, 1981 I BEGAN MY CAREER AND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF STOPPING ANYTIME SOON. I LOVE WHAT I DO. I ACTUALLY ENJOY GOING TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I HAVE FOR THE LAST 39 YEARS. I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED MY LAST 13 HERE AT ALONZO. GREAT KIDS. GREAT STAFF. BUT I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY THAT I DO NOT WANT YOU OR ANY OF YOUR CHILDREN OR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN TO DIE, OR ANYONE TO GET UNEFFECTED WITH COVID. I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO DIE. WE HAVE HEARD FROM EXPERTS, DOCTORS ON THE FRONT LINE, AND THE CDC MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND TELLING US WE NEED TO -- WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE SAFE. MR. DAVIS. KUDOS FOR MAKING THE MASK ORDER AND GETTING US AS MUCH -- AS MANY SUPPLIES AS POSSIBLE. BUT IS IT ENOUGH? I KNOW I COULD WALK OUT OF HERE WHEN I AM DONE SPEAKING AND GET HIT BY A CAR AND PERHAPS NOT SURVIVE. BUT I HAVEN'T PUT MYSELF IN DANGER ON PURPOSE. SO I GO TO WORK EARLY AND I STAY LATE AND I VERY RARELY GO HOME BETWEEN GAMES ORB CONCERTS SO I JOKINGLY SAY TO MY STUDENTS IF I COME IN TOMORROW AND WEARING THE SEAM CLOTHES, CALL THE NURSE. NOW I AM SAYING IF I AM WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES, CALL THE NURSE. DON'T COME IN. HAVE US DO eLearning FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS AT A MINIMUM FOR eLearning FOR STUDENTS, FOR PARENTS WHO NEED TO GO BACK TO WORK. MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE TEACHERS WHO CHOOSE TO DO eLearning CAN DO eLearning. NONE OF THIS IS IDEAL. BUT IT IS THE RIGHT THING, THE SMART THING, AND REALLY THE ONLY THING. I DON'T WANT TOP DIE AND I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO EITHER.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MS. SANDRA MOORE. FOLLOWED BY HOTTENSTEIN AND THEN SHELTON BRIDGES. IS MS. MOORE HERE? WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN FEIGNED MS. MOORE. BUT NEXT UP WE'LL HAVE MR. HOTTENSTEIN FOLLOWED BY SHELTON BRIDGES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SCOTT HOTTENSTEIN, A TEACHER AT ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE NEED A REOPENING PLAN THAT MEETS ITS STATED GOALS IN THE LONG-TERM. IF THE GOAL IS TO GET STUDENTS BARK IN FRONT OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. BUT RETURNING TO BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLS DURING THE COVID IT 19 IS OH DEFINITELY NOT THE WAY TO GO. LET'S JUST DEAL WITH SOME PRACTICAL FACTS. COVID TESTING IS NOT -- PEOPLE COME TO SCHOOL INFECTED. MORE TEACHERS WILL RETIRE, RESIGN, TAKE VIRTUAL SCHOOL JOBS OR BE eLearning LEAVING A LARGE DEFICIT, FACULTY ON CAMPUS. CLASSROOMS ARE CLOSED, CLOSE CONTACT SPACES WHICH WE ARE TOLD TO AVOID. LUNCH PERIODS WILL BE SUPER SPREADING EVENTS THAT WILL OCCUPY ALL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL ON CAMPUS. TEACHERS WILL GET SICK LEAVING MORE DEPS. KELLY SUBS WILL NOT FILL THOSE GAPS. STUDENTS WILL NOT IN FRONT OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND EVENTUALLY THE STRAIN WILL FORCE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE ABRUPTLY. FOR THESE REASONS 90% OF THE CTA MEMBERS WANT TO START SCHOOL WITH eLearning. YOUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WANTS TO START SCHOOL WITH eLearning. LISTEN TO THEM. I IMPLORE YOU TO LET TEACHERS DO THE PLANNING. WE'LL GIVE YOU A SAFE THOUGHT OUT PLAN TO TEACH STUDENTS WITH IEPs AND 504s OR WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS OR HAVE LARGER LEARNING GAPS. WE WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SAFELY BRING IN CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS DESPERATELY NEED CHILD CARE. WE WILL BE INNOVATIVE IN FINDING WAYS TO BRING IN OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS. SCHOOL BOARD, YOU HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO REOPEN SCHOOLS. NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT. NOT THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. OR EVEN THE GOVERNOR. I MOST STRENUOUSLY URGE TO YOU VOTE FOR A PLAN THAT WILL PUT STUDENTS IN FRONT OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS --

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU.

>> NOT JUST IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST BUT IN THE LONG-TERM.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MR. SHELT TON BRIDGES FOLLOWED BY MS. STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS, AND THEN V. RAMOS. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> MY NAME IS SHELTON BRIDGES. I HAVE LIVED IN TAMPA FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. I'M A HOMEOWNER, A BUSINESS OWNER, A SUPER VOTER AND A CONCERNED CITIZEN. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AFFECTS EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THIS COUNTY. I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN, BUT FOR APPROXIMATELY 16 YEARS, I HAVE VOLUNTEERED WITH SCHOOLCHILDREN ON A WEEKLY BASIS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF eLearning FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, CONTINUING THE REQUIRED USE OF MASKS, AND DELAYING THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS AND PARENTS ARE SET UP TO SUCCEED, NOT FAIL. I'M A TRAIL ATTORNEY. IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW, THE COURTS ARE STILL IN PHASE ONE. THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE NO JURY TRIALS, WE ARE NOT BRINGING IN JURY PANELS, WE ARE NOT HAVING LIVE IN PERSON COURT HEARINGS EXCEPT IN VERY LIMITED SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES. IF THE COURTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT STARTING TRIALS IN COURTROOMS, WHICH ARE GENERALLY GOING TO BE LARGER THAN CLASSROOMS, WITH FEWER PEOPLE THAN WOULD BE IN A CLASSROOM, IF THAT'S A CONCERN TO THE COURTS, IT SHOULD BE TERRIFYING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. FAILING TO PLAN IS PLANNING TO FAIL. WHEN I FIRST BECAME A LAWYER, MY LEGAL ASSISTANT HAD A SIGN ON HER DESK THAT READ, FAILURE TO PREPARE ON YOUR PART DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON MINE. THE FAILURE OF FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS TO DO THEIR JOBS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE NOW HAVE TO HURRY BACK TO SCHOOL TO GIVE THEM POLITICAL COVER AND A SMOOTH SOUND BITE FOR 6:00 NEWS. THIS ISN'T POLITICAL. AND IT SHOULD NOT BE ECONOMIC. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, PERIOD. THE GREATEST LIE IN AMERICAN POLITICS IS THAT WE PUT OUR CHILDREN FIRST. BUT WE BETRAY THEM EVERY SINGLE TIME, AND THIS PANDEMIC IS ONLY THE LATEST EXAMPLE. OUR OVERLORDS IN WASHINGTON AND TALLAHASSEE HAVE ALLOCATED MONEY TOSHA GOD WHILE IGNORING THE DAY VIN IN CHILDREN.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE STEPHANIE BAXTER JENKINS, FOLLOWED BY Z RAMOS. THEN OUR FINAL SPEAKER TODAY WILL BE MR. TERRY TEMPLE. WELCOME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF. I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW I AM PROUD TO REPRESENT 20,000 OF YOUR EMPLOYEES. ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE PROFESSIONALS AND OUR EDUCATION SUPPORT PERSONNEL. I THINK YOU HAVE HEARD VERY CLEARLY, THERE IS NOTHING ANY OF THEM WANT MORE THAN TO BE BACK. NOTHING. THEY KNOW IT'S A BETTER SCENARIO. THEY WANT IT FOR THEMSELVES. THEY WANT IT FOR KIDS. BUT WE SIMPLY ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO DO THIS SAFELY. I AM NOT GOING TO RECOUNT ALL THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PLACE WE ARE IN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BUT THE REALITY IS, I OF WORKED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. I HAVE WORKED WITH HIS STAFF. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT A LOT OF DETAILS. AND THAT'S BEEN GOOD CONVERSATION. IT REALLY HAS. BUT WHAT STRIKES ME IN ALL OF IT IS WHEN WE GENERALLY ARE AGREEING TO THINGS IN A CONTRACT, OR IN (LOST CONNECTION). WITH eLearning, WE PUT A LOT INTO GETTING PEOPLE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN DO THIS IN A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE MANNER THAN WE DID IN THE SPRING. AND THEN WE ARE PUTTING OURSELVES IN A PLACE WHERE OVER THE NEXT NINE WEEKS WE CAN PREPARE OUR SITES. WE CAN DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THEM SAFE. TEACHERS ARE ESSENTIAL. ALL OUR STAFF ARE ESSENTIAL. BUT IN ASKING THEM TO COME TO WORK, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM A MINIMUM SAFE SITUATION. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE SIMPLY NOT IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE DOING THAT IF THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO COME. IT'S JUST THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE ASKED TO RISK THEIR LIVES WHEN WE DON'T HAVE MONEY OR TIME FOR ANY OF IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>Melissa Snively: OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE Z RAMOS. IS THERE A Z RAMOS? IS MR. KEMPLE HERE? MR. KEMPLE WILL BE OUR FINAL PUBLIC SPEAKER TODAY. WELCOME. WELCOME, MR. KEMPLE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT. FACTS, NOT FARE. FACTS, STATISTICS SHOULD BE WHAT DRIVES YOUR DECISION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE FACTS IN PLACE THAT TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. EUROPE AND RACE YEAH, COUNTRIES DIDN'T CLOSE DOWN AT ALL, OR THEY CLOSED DOWN AND THEY REOPENED EARLY. THE FACTS FROM THE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND ASIA ARE, IN GERMANY, FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS A STUDY DONE, 2,000 SIRROLOGY TESTS, BLOOD SAMPLES, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN 13 SCHOOLS. THEIR CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T BECOME A HOTBED OF CORONAVIRUS THAT THEY HAD ANTICIPATED. IN THE UK, RESEARCH SAYS AND THIS IS RESEARCH NOT JUST ABOUT THE UK BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE -- NOW THIS IS RESEARCH FROM UK -- SAYS THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE REPORTED CERTIFIED CASE OF A STUDENT TRANSMITTING CORONAVIRUS TO A TEACHER. FUN LAND SHUT DOWN. SWEDEN DIDN'T SHUT DOWN. THEIR RESULTS WERE EXACTLY THE SAME. THEY FOUND THAT TEACHERS WHO WERE IN THE CLASSROOM HAD A LOWER CORONAVIRUS INFECTION RATE THAN TEACHERS WHO WERE OUT IN THE GENERAL POPULATION AND GENERAL PUBLIC. CHILDREN ARE THE ONES WHO ARE HURT. IN ENGLAND, THE BIGGEST CHILD HOTLINE FOUND THAT CHILDREN 11 AND UNDER, THEIR CALLS TO THE HOTLINE WENT UP 37%. THERE'S TALK ABOUT A PLAN. YOU ALL WENT THROUGH AN SENTENCE YOU'VE PROCESS TO HIRE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. GIVE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE JOB THAT YOU HIRED HIM TO DO. OOP THE SCHOOLS. GIVE PARENTS THE CHOICE.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. KEMPLE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. PORTION OF OUR MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WHO CAME AND SPOKE TODAY AND EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SENT THEIR THOUGHTS AND COMMUNICATIONS. I KNOW THAN THE BOARD RECEIVED SELF MESSAGES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, FROM MANY, MANY CONSTITUENTS. SO WE ARE LISTENING. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. DAY WANT TO GET THE POWER POINT UP TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY YOU EXPECT ADD NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO TRANSITION TO THE COMMUNITY, BEING FACED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS IN A PANDEMIC. AND USUALLY WHEN ONE IS HIRED, THEY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO GO AND CONNECT WITH BUSINESS PARTNERS, WITH EVERY POCKET OF THIS COMMUNITY TO HOST TOWN HALLS, TO TALK ABOUT OUR VIP VISION FOR ACCELERATING HILLSBOROUGH AND TRAWL MEET WITH EVERY TEACHER THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN ALONG WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN ORDER TO LAY OUT A THOUGHTFUL PLAN THAT ALLOWED US TO BECOME FLUENT AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE GREAT FOUNDATION WE HAVE AND BECOME A PREMIER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. UNFORTUNATELY, COVID HAS NOT ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN. BUT I WANT EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT THIS LEADERSHIP AND MY TEAM AND THIS BOARD HAS TRULY LED IN WORK TO SHOW THAT WE DEMONSTRATE CARE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. WE NOR THAT YOU SPENT TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, NUMBER OF E-MAILS AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE RESPONDED, I PERSONALLY RESPONDED TO EVERY ONE THAT I GET, TOP SHOW AND IDENTIFY THAT WE ARE WORKING EVERY DAY TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION. I THINK ALL -- THANK ALL THE TEACHERS. I KNOW THIS AT&T ISN'T EASY AND I KNOW IT'S A DIVIDE WHETHER IT BE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, LEADERS, WITH THE RATE DECISION MIGHT BE. EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IN THIS ROOM ALONG WITHIN ME AND MY TEAM HAVE BEEN PLACED IN A NO-ONE SITUATION, IN A SITUATION THAT HAS CREATED ANGST, AND WE DIDN'T DEVELOP IT, BUT WE ARE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO GATHER INFORMATION THAT WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN WE GET OVER THIS HURDLE CONNECTING WITH EACH OF YOU TO IDENTIFY HOW WE WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER TO HELP BUILD THE CAPACITY OF EVERY ONE OF OUR LEADERS, OUR LEARN eAND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE THIS A SPECIAL PLACE TO BE AN EDUCATOR AND A SPECIAL PLACE TO BE A RESIDENT. SO WITH THAT SAID TODAY, OVERALL, MY POWER POINT IS LINKED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE DELAY OF SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO PUSH BACK THE SCHOOL START DATE FROM AUGUST 10 TO AUGUST 24. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, HOW YOU CREATE A START DATE, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY AUGUST 24, THIS IS THE DAY WE ARRIVED ON. IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED NOT ONLY IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BUT INCOME HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE START DATE ON AUGUST 10 YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBER OF MINUTES AND HOURS THAT WE OBTAIN WITH THE CURRENT SCHEDULE WITH THE CURRENT CALENDAR IN PLACE. I THANK THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, BECAUSE OVERALL WE NEED AN ELEMENT, WE NEED 54,000 MINUTES IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 900 HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN HIGH SCHOOL, EVERY CREDIT HOUR MUST OBTAIN, AND STUDENTS MUST HAVE TIME ON TASK FOR 135 HOURS IN ORDER TO EARN THAT CREDIT. SO LOOKING AT AUGUST 10th START, IF WEIGHED TO START AUGUST 10, OUR CALENDAR ALLOWS US TO DO IT. HOWEVER MOVING BACK IN TRANSITION TO AUGUSTING THIS WITHIN THE CURRENT CALENDAR WE HAVE IN PLACE, MOVE TWO WEEKS WITHOUT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS, YOU WILL SEE WE DO NOT MEET THE NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AND NUMBER OF HOURS IN ELEMENTARY. AND WE DO NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, THE NUMBER OF HOURS FOR CREDIT HOURS IN THE AREA OF HIGH SCHOOL. THEREFORE, WE SEE THE ELEMENTARY AS 540 MINUTES SHAY. WE SEE THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL MEET THE EXPECTATION AND THAT HIGH SCHOOL IS 342 MINUTES BELOW THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS. SO OVERALL, WHAT DO WE DO IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK? AND MY PRESENTATION OF THE BOARD RELATED TO MOVING IT BACK TO THE 24th? WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SHIFTS NOT ONLY IN TIMES BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SHIFTS TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER. SO THE FIRST SEMESTER WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FROM DECEMBER 18th OR MOVE IT TO JANUARY 15th IN ORDER TO GET THE NECESSARY HOURS AND TIMES IN FRONT OF -- AND DAYS IN FRONT OF OUR CHILDREN. WE KNOW THAT THE BEST REPUBLICAN WOULD BE TO END THE SEMESTER BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO ANY TYPE OF WINTER BREAK. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE UP TIME, WE HAVE TO MOVE IT TO JANUARY THE 15th. WHAT WE ALSO HAVE TO DO IS WE WOULD HAVE TO ELIMINATE EARLY RELEASE DATES FROM THE 10th, 17th AND 24th IN THE SECOND MISSEMESTER TO MEET REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER WE WILL PROTECT EVERY OTHER EARLY RELEASE DATE BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS TIME IS FOR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO PLAN, TO TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND WE WILL REDUCE THE CALENDAR NUMBER OF DAYS FROM 180 TO 172 DAYS. WE ARE DOING THIS IN IMPLEMENTING THESE NONSTUDENT DAYS. THEN WE MAINTAIN THIS CURRENT MODEL THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING, RECOMMENDED TODAY, MAINTAIN THE HURRICANE DAYS WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED IN NOVEMBER, IF WE ARE EVER FACED TO CLOSE DOWN DUE TO UNSCARED SITUATIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE TO CONVERT TWO OF OUR NONSTUDENT DAYS WHICH WOULD BE ■MARCH 22ND ALONG WITH APRIL 19th THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING OUR STUDENTS BACK. THESE TWO DAYS HAVE BEEN SELECTED BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER. WE NEEDED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE 67 AND A HALF HOURS IN BOTH THE FIRST SEMESTER AND THE SECOND SEMESTER. AND THIS WE ALLOW US TO HIT THAT THRESHOLD IN THE SECOND SEMESTER IN ORDER TO MEET THE 135-PLUS HOURS FOR CREDIT, FOR CREDIT IN HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THESE ARE DAYS THAT WE DO PAY OFF EMPLOYEES AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BRING STUDENTS BACK AND NOT CAUSE -- NOT PUT ANY ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THIS IS JUST A MODEL, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE, AND THIS IDENTIFIES THE NEW START DATE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. IT IDENTIFIES THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN EACH GRADING PERIOD. IT YOU HAD FACE THE NEW DATES FOR THE TIMES THAT WE WILL END EACH DAY AND PERIOD, AND TRANSITIONS, AND REMOVE PARTICULAR NONSTUDENT DAYS AND ADD THEM AS STUDENT DAYS ALONG THE WAY. SO OVERALL, WHAT WAVE TO DO TOE ONLY ADJUST THE CALEN DARNELL RELATED TOTAL PHYSICAL CALENDAR, THE STRUCTURE FOR STUDENT DAYS AND NONSTUDENT DAYS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS, BUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE AND MODE IF I SOME BELL CALLS. THIS WILL BE TO ADD TEN MINUTES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL BELLS SCHEDULE ON A DAILY BASIS. THAT MEANS WE WILL PUT TWO MINUTES ON EACH CLASS. AS YOU PUT TWO MINUTES ON EACH CLASS ALONG THE WAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT WILL GIVE US EQUIVALENT OF SIX SCHOOL DAYS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE UP OF THE EIGHT DAYS THAT WE POTENTIALLY WILL MISS DUE TO PUSHING THE SCHOOL YEAR BACK. THIS SHIFT WILL ALSO SHIFT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS BACK FOR TEN MINUTES, AND THAT TEN MINUTES WILL BE IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE CERTAIN ALL OF OUR BUSES AND OUR TRANSPORTATIONS ARE ABLE TO PICK UP OUR CHILDREN AND DROP OFF OUR CHILDREN NAP COORDINATED AND SEQUENCED MANNER. AND THEN THE ELEMENTARY SCHEDULES IN THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE IMPACTED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. SO AS WE PUSH THIS BACK, THE QUESTION I CONTINUE TO HAVE, WHAT WILL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LOOK LUKE? WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR THE IT WOULD BE WEEKS WITH TEACHERS? FIRST AND FAR MOST WE HAVE SIX DAYS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS AT SCHOOLS. THEY ALWAYS HAVE THAT YOU ARE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK TEACHERS AND TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, WHAT THE OVERALL GOALS WILL BE AND HOW THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT THE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.  IN THAT PARTICULAR TIME WE WOULD HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL WEEKS WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO PUSH BACK, TO ALLOW OUR TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES TO COME BACK AND FOCUS ON INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES, AND ALONG WITH THE WAY TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO INTRODUCE RECOMMENDED, AND I SAY RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK SO WE BELIEVE MAYBE BEST PRACTICE FOR TEACHERS TO CONSIDER TO REVIEW AND TO DISCUSS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE CANVAS EXPOSURE. WE WILL LOOK AT ALL THE ADDITIONAL PLATFORMS THAT WE HAVE OFFERED FOR NEW TOOLS, TO SCAFFOLD THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS AND DIFFERENTIATE TO HELP OUR TEACHERS. WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT ZAM FOR E LEARNERS, TEACHERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING eLearning OR VIRTUAL, SUCH AS ZOOM AND TEAMS AND HOW WE CONNECT THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SO THEY CAN EXTEND LIVE ASSISTANCE. AND THEN LOOK AT IN JUNE UTE AND HOW WE WILL LEVERAGE THAT TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SUPPLEMENT MATERIAL,TO ENFORCE AND TO ENHANCE THE LEARNING PROCESS. AND THEN WHAT WE WILL DO FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENDATIONS FOR STUDENTS IN NEED, WHETHER OR NOT IT BE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS OR ELL LEARNERS, AND THEN LOOK AT HOW WE WILL CAPTURE STUDENT ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN eLearning, BECAUSE IT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE THE SEAT TIME, A ON HOW THE DAILY SCHEDULE WILL ACTUALLY LOOK NOT ONLY FOR BP THAT WILL HAVE TO BE IN PLACE BUT TO ALLOW THEM TO TRANSITION TO eLearning. WHAT WILL THAT LA LUKE RELATED TO DAILY ATTENDANCE AND DAILY SCHEDULES BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DETECT EVERY MINUTE A WANK LANGUAGE THAN THE WAY WITH eLearning SO WE DO NOTE LOSE FTE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE BIG E.THING IS ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY. BEING ABLE TO LOOK AND REVIEW AND REFINE THE CURRENT PLANS THAT I AM PROPOSING TO THE BOARD TONIGHT FOR IMPLEMENTATION. AND AN LAO TEACHERS IN SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO WORK COLLECTIVELY IN DEFINED STRUCTURED MOVEMENT WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL. AS I SAID BEFORE, IN OUR TOWN HALLS AND THROUGH CONVERSATIONS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TEACHERS HAVE A SAY, THEY IN A THEIR SCHOOLS,th THINK KNOW THEIR STRUCTURES, WHAT WORKS BEST, AND FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SAFETY AND SANITATION LOOKS LIKE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, AND WHAT MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT WE MAY NEED, AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN PARTICULAR COMMON AREAS, AND AREAS THAT MAY HISTORICALLY BEEN AREAS OF CONGESTION, AND THEN LOOK AT MODIFIED CLASSROOM TEACHERS WILL HAVE TO GO INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS TO BE ABLE TO MODIFY AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY MAY NEED ADDITIONAL FIXTURES, STRUCTURES, EQUIPMENT, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT OFTEN. WE JUST DON'T HAVE STAND-ALONE DESKS WHERE TEACHERS, STUDENTS HAVE THEIR OWN PARTICULAR DESKS. WE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE LABS. WE HAVE ART CLASSES WHERE WE HAVE TABLES AND STUDENTS ARE SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP PROTECT THE SAFETY OF OUR LEARNERS AND ALSO GIVE OUR TEACHERS THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT THEY MILE-PER-HOUR NEED? AND THEN LOOK AT ADDITIONAL HEALTH PROTOCOLS THAT WILL NEED TO TAKE PLACE AND TALK ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR CURRENT LOCAL AGENCIES AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HOW THEY WILL BE THERE TO HELP US AND GUIDE US ALONG IF WHAT YOU. AND THEN BEING ABLE TO REFINE THE DISMISSAL PROCESSES AND ARRIVAL PROCESSES THAT TEACHERS NEED TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS WITH ADMINISTRATORS IN ORDER TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT THE COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE TEAM WILL LOOK LIKE, WHAT WE DO WHEN WE HAVE A POSITIVE CASE, WHEN INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION BACK, HOW WILL THE KHAN MUCH COMMUNICATION BE? WHO WILL BE THE POINT PERSON? AND WHAT ACTIVE STEPS WE WILL TAKE IN ORDER TO FORM THE PROCESS, AND THEN HAVE A CLEAR VISION OF WHAT VISITOR EXPECTATIONS WILL LOOK LUKE SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT RELATED TO PARENTS COMING ON CAMPUS, THE NURSE COMING ON CAMPUS, SCHOOL STAFF COMING ON CAMPUS, DISTRICT STAFF COMING ON CAMPUS, ALONG WITH MAINTENANCE AND ALL THE LIST GOES ON, HOW DO WE HAVE ACTIVE CONTROLS TO PROTECT NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS BUT OUR EDUCATORS AS WELL? SO LOTS TO GO ON IN THAT PARTICULAR TIME. I'M SURE THIS LIST WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ON AND GROW. BUT THIS IS THE STARTING POINT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS OF HOW WE WILL FILL THAT TIME AND THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL GET IN FRONT OF OUR TEACHERS TO HELP THEM DO THEIR JOB IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER. THEN OVERALL, THE REVISED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WE'LL SEE THAT THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL, WE ARE FINDING NOT ONLY DAYS BUT ALSO TIMES WITHIN OUR CALENDARS, AND WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DAYS. WE'LL LOOK AT IT. WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET EVERY EXPECTATION WITH AN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH. WE CUT IT CLOSE WITH ELEMENTARY HAVING IT ONE HOUR BUT ST. LOUIS MEETS THE RECOMMENDATION OF 900 HOURS AND WE HAVE ONE HOUR ON THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FLEXIBILITY OPTION WAS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO MR. CONNOR, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD RELATED TO THE CALENDAR? OKAY, MR. CONNOR AND HIS STAFF WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE IT'S EXPLAINABLE TO ALL. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS RELEVANT TO GIVE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY A CURRENT TEMPO OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR DECLARATION OF INTENT, AND THANK MANY OF THOSE WHO IDENTIFIED THEIR INTENT AND HELPED US, BECAUSE THIS IS OVERALL, THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN HELP PRINCIPALS. YOU SPEAK TODAY ABOUT CLEAR, DEFINE TIFF ACTION AND DIRECTION. THAT LOUSE US TO START TO GO BACK, TO BUILD THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND IDENTIFY STAFF ALLOCATION MODELS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. AND I AM THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE AT THE TABLE THAT HELPED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. BUT IF LAW AT WHERE WE ARE FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT NOW, OVER 67% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE RESPONDED TO THIS DECLARATION, 127,000 STUDENTS, OUT OF 189 THAT ARE BRICK AND MORTAR MANAGE SCHOOLS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE 49% OF OUR PARENTS SAY THEY WANT OUR CHILDREN RETURNED TO BRICK AND MORTAR, AND WE SEE THAT 42% WANT TO TRANSITION TO eLearning AND 9% WANT TO TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED THEIR AREAS, THEY WILL TRANSITION AND WE HAVE IN A RESPONSES FROM 32.7% AND WE HAVE PARENTS THAT MAY NOT WANT AND DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING THAT INTENT RATE NOW AND THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE COVID-19 PROGRESSION BEFORE THEY GET TO SCHOOL. WE GET IT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO STATED THAT IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS SURVEY THAT IT WILL REVERT BACK TO BARACK. WE STILL -- BRICK AND MORTAR. I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR PRINCE AND THEIR STAFF. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST WEEK TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT PARENTS, CALL THEM TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IF THEY HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED OR IDENTIFIED THEIR INTENT, AND I THANK THEM FOR WORKING. IT GIVES US BETTER INFORMATION TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ALONG THE WAY. AND THEN INSTRUCTIONAL INTENT. WE SEE HERE THIS IS ALL INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. WE HAVE OVER 14,000 INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, AND TO DATE WE HAVE 78% OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE RESPONDED, 58 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLS AND 37% SAID THEY ARE WILLING TO AND THEY ASPIRE TO TEACH UP THERE THE eLearning PROCESS. AND THEN 400 PLUS WILL TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL. AND 131 DECIDED THEY WILL EITHER TAKE LEAVE OR THEY WILL RESIGN AND FIND AT POTENTIALLY SAFER LOCATION, OR THEY WILL RETIRE DUE TO THE CURRENT STATE OF EDUCATION OR THE STATE OF COVID WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT WE STILL HAVE 22% THAT HAVE NOT DECLARED. AND PROVIDED THEIR INTENT BECAUSE THEY TOO ARE STILL WATCHING WHERE WE ARE WITH A PAND. AND I UNDERSTAND. AND WE WANT TOP SUPPORT YOU ALONG THE WAY. ^ WE WANT TO BUILD THE GREATEST PLAN. THIS WEEK, MANY, MANY SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE CALLED ME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN HILLSBOROUGH. WHAT IS OUR PLAN DOING? AND TO RUN BY WHAT THEY ARE DOING RELATED TOTAL WAY. AND OUR TEAM IS WORKING HARD, AND I THANK THE BOARD FOR HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A THOUGHTFUL PLAN BUT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE WILL GET BETTER. OUR PLAN IS A FOUNDATION OF OUR WORK. BUT IT WILL TAKE EVERYONE TO LOCK ARMS AROUND TOGETHER AND WALK IN STRIDE TO BUILD THIS PLAN FOR US TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND AND IMPLEMENT IT IN A WAY THAT CONTINUES TO PROTECT EVERY ONE OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. SO WHERE ARE WE WITH MY RECOMMENDATION? MY RECOMMENDATION STANDS TO CREATE CHOICE, AND MANY E-MAILS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED THAT INDIVIDUALS WANT TO GO eLearning. WE HAVE THAT OPTION FOR YOU. MANY E-MAILS THAT I RECEIVED, THEY WANT ME TO OPEN UP BECAUSE THEY NEED IT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO WORK FOR CHILD CARE. THEY UNDERSTAND IT'S THE BESS BEST PLACEMENT FOR THEIR CHILD. WE HAVE THAT CHOICE. AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL. SO MY PLAN STANDS TO ALIGN WITH EMERGENCY ORDER TO OFFER MULTIPLE CHOICE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR FAMILIES AND LET THEM SELECT WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR LEARNER AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR EDUCATOR. AND IT MAKES THE STATUTORY REQUIRED INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN ARRAY OF SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE INTERVENTIONS. WE KNOW AS STUDENTS TRANSITION TO eLearning, IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING, IT'S OUR DUTY TO MAKE SURE WE COUNSEL AND CONNECT WITH THOSE PARENTS TO BRING THEM BACK TO OUR CLASSROOMS AND GET THEM IN FRONT OF A HAIL SKILLED QUALIFIED TEACHER ALONG THE WAY. AND THEN OUR PLAN, WE HAVE MS. HODGES CONTINUED REVIEW, CHARTER PLANS THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT BY THE 31st TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AND THEN ALSO WE PROVIDE VIRTUAL. SO I KNOW THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US TO BRING FORTH, AND WE LOVE TO MAKE EVERYONE, MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EVERYONE. IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO DO IN THIS SITUATION. WITH THAT SAID WE ARE GOING TO TRAY EVERY EFFORT THAT WE CAN TO GET EVERY ONE OF OUR EDUCATORS TO A POINT WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT MATCHES UP WITH WHAT THEY A SPIRE TO DO. WHAT THE REALIZATION IS, AND THIS MAY NOT FIT, OUR MASTER SCHEDULES MAY NOT FIT THAT WAY, ARE BASED ON THE SECTIONS THAT WE OFFER, THE GRADE BAND OR IN THAT CLASSROOM. SO QUEER GOING TO WORK DILIGENTLY ALONG THE WAY TO IDENTIFY AND HELP EVERY ONE OF OUR EDUCATORS FEEL COMFORTABLE. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN AT THE TABLE TO HELP WITH US THAT PROCESS. HE? SO KNOW THAT WE ARE LISTENING. KNOW THAT WE CARE AND KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GIVE THAT CHOICE TO EVERYONE ALONG THE WAY. BUT REGARDLESS, I WANT EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND BOARD TO KNOW I WILL RESPECT WHAT THIS BOARD DECIDES AND I WILL IMPLEMENT A PLAN THAT IS THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH ALONG THE WAY BASED ON POTENTIALLY TODAY'S DECISION. THANK YOU.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. BOARD MEMBERS, THERE ARE A LOT OF ASPECTS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PLAN TODAY. SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS BREAK IT DOWN INTO SEPARATE VOTES. SO THE FIRST VOTE WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO ENTERTAIN ARE THE FIRST MOTION I WILL ENTERTAIN IS ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A START DATE OF SCHOOL FROM AUGUST 10th TO 24th. MS. STUART HAS A MOTION TO MOVE THE START DATE? SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER STUART AND MS. GRAY. IS THAT A SECOND? OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. STUART, IS THAT DISCUSSION FOR THIS? ONLY ON THE START DATE. CORRECT. THIS IS ONLY THE START DATE. SO THIS WOULD BE START DATE OR CALENDAR, NOT THE BELL SCHEDULE. THAT'S GOING TO BE A SEPARATE ITEM. OKAY? SO ANY DISCUSSIONS. PEREZ, ARE YOU WAITING FOR A DIFFERENT POINT?  OKAY. SO NO DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME ON THE START DATE MOVING FROM AUGUST 10th TO THE 24th. YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION. MEMBER STUART.

>>Cindy Stuart: I DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE IN THE PLAN WHAT --

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE PHONAL DAY I BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE MAY 28th WILL BE THE SAME. WE WILL NOT IMPACT THAT. THAT WILL ALL FIT WITHIN COMPREHENSIVE IN THE CURRENT DOS WE HAVE MOVING IT BACK FOR TEN DAYS. YOU MEAN EIGHT DAYS. YES, MA'AM.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. THE START DATE WILL MOVE FROM AUGUST 10th TO THE 24th. OKAY. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS.  NEXT WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED BELL SCHEDULE. NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO CHANGE THE BELL SCHEDULE. MEMBER GRAY, I HAVE A MOTION. SECOND BY MEMBER STUART. AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED BELL SCHEDULE? MEMBER GRAY. NO? MEMBER STUART? NO? MR. CONA? THIS IS JUST THE BELL SCHEDULE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING IN A FURTHER DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE PROPOSED BOWL SCHEDULE, BOARD MEMBERS. THEN FINALLY, WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OPENING PLAN WHICH INCLUDES THE OOPS THREE OPTIONS FOR INSTRUCTION. BRICK AND MORTAR, eLearning AND HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE REOPENING PLAN BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. MEMBER GRAY. IS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE? THE RECOMMENDATION? I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REOPENING PLAN. NO MOTION? MRS. SHAMBURGER, IS THAT A MOTION?

>>Tamara Shamburger: MADAM CHAIR, SHE'S GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION AND REQUEST COMMENT.

>>Melissa Snively: IN ORDER TO GET TO DISCUSS WE NEED A MOTION AND SECOND. MRS. STUART MADE THE MOTION AND MRS. SHAMBURGER MADE THE SECOND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM. MS. GRAY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. I'M SORRY, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE REOPENING PLAN. THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. AND NOW WE ARE IN DISCUSSION. MR. PORTER, AM I --

>>Jim Porter: LET ME BE CLARE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, BOARD MEMBERS. YOU VOTED TO APPROVE THE START OF SCHOOL DATE FROM AUGUST 10 TO AUGUST 24. THAT'S BEEN APPROACHED. YOU VOTED ON THE BELL SCHEDULE. THAT'S BEEN APPROVED. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE REMINDER OF THE PLAN THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED TO YOU LAST WEEK AT THE WORKSHOP AND THAT INCLUDES THE THREE OPTIONS, THE BRICK AND MORTAR, eLearning AND VIRTUAL AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER HE WILL ELEMENTS IN HIS PLAN. THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR NOW.

>>Melissa Snively: CORRECT. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. AND MS. GRAY HAS BEEN THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE MS. SHAMBURGER, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT?

>>Tamara Shamburger: YES. I SAID I WANTED TO SPEAK WHEN WE DID THE MOTION.

>>Melissa Snively: SO WE HAVE MS. GRAY, MRS. STUART, PEREZ AND SHAMBURGER. SHAMBURGER SO WE HAVE MS. GRAY, MRS. SHAMBURGER, MS. STUART, THEN MS. PEREZ. THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND COOPERATION. MS. GRAY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REOPENING PLAN WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IT DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST NINE WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT THE FIRST NINE WEEKS BE DONE THROUGH eLearning, WHICH OF COURSE CAN BE INTERPRETED TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH WOULD GUN ON AUGUST 12th. AND AT THE END OF THE NINE WEEKS, WHICH IS THE OLD SCHEDULE, OCTOBER 9th. AND THOSE DATES OF COURSE COULD BE TALKED ABOUT. I WANT TO SCHAUER REAL QUICK THE RATIONALE --

>>Melissa Snively: ONE MOMENT, MS. GRAY. YOU OFFERED AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION. I MATE ASK YOU TO RAE STATE THAT AMENDMENT. IF YOU COULD CLARIFY YOUR AMENDMENT BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A SECOND, PLEASE.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REOPENING PLAN WITH A CAVEAT THAT IT DOES NOT GO IN EFFECT UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST NINE WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND TO HAVE ONLINE LEARNING FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS.

>>Melissa Snively: SO ADJUSTS TO CLARIFY THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE THREE CHOICES OR THE THREE OPTIONS WOULD NOT BE IN EFFECT UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST NINE WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

>>Lynn Gray: YES.

>>Melissa Snively: SO THERE WOULD ONLY BE TWO OPTIONS TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN A THIRD OPTION AFTER THE FIRST NINE WEEKS. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT? DOES NONE WANT TO SECOND THAT AMENDMENT? SEEING IN A SECOND, THAT AMENDMENT WILL GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BACK TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT. I'M SORRY, BACK TO THE FIRST MOTION. WE ARE IN DISCUSSION FOR THE FIRST MOTION. AND MEMBER SHAMBURGER, YOU ARE UP NEXT.

>>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. A LITTLE CONFUSION HERE THIS ARCH. THANKS SO MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I APPRECIATE MEMBER GRAY NOW TAKING A DEFINITIVE STAND WHERE WE SHOULD BE IN THE FIRST NINE WEEKS. LET ME JUST SAY THIS. THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. IT'S SAD THAT THE EMOTION THAT'S ALL TIED AROUND REOPENING IS BEING USED TO DEFLECT WHAT THE REAL ISSUES HERE ARE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARENT CHOICE. THIS VOTE TODAY IS NOT ABOUT PARENT CHOICE. PARENTS ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE IN WHERE YOU NEED TO EDUCATE YOUR KIDS. THIS IS ABOUT THE GREATER DUTY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD TO ENSURE SAFETY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SAME DUTY WE HAVE TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF COMPUTERS, FROM VIRUS OR ANY THREAT TO OUR STUDENTS OR OUR STAFF MEMBERS. SO UNTIL WE CAN GUARANTEE SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS, PARENT CHOICE IS A WHOLE SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION. WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE PLAN AGAIN. AS YOU NOTICE, NOTICING WAS ADDRESSED REGARDING STUDENT SAFETY AND GARN TAKING STUDENT SAFETY. AND SO UNTIL WE GUARANTEE STUDENT SAFETY, THERE IS IN A AVAILABLE CHOICE FOR BRICK AND MORTAR. I DO EACHIFIES WITH THE PARENTS WHO WANTS TO SEND KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL. I THINK IT IS YOUR CHOICE, YOUR RIGHT. BUT WE HAVE A DUTY BOARD MEMBERS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND THAT SIMPLY HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED. SO ANY TALK ABOUT NUMBERS, DATA, THE INTENT SURVEYS IS TRULY A TODAY HE FLEXION FROM THE RALE ISSUE HEAR, WHICH IS ENSURING SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS. SO WITH THAT, MEMBER GRAY KNEW I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. IF IT FAILS, FINE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. BUT MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD THEREFORE LIKE TO AGAIN AMEND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REOPENING PLAN, RIGHT, FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST NINE WEEKS. WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT eLearning ONLY UNTIL YOU CAN BRING FORTH A PLAN THAT GUARANTEES THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, WE MUST DELAY THIS VOTE UNTIL THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THAT IS MY AMENDED MOTION, ALMOST THE SAME AS MS. GRAU'S BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT, THAT WE AMEND YOUR MOTION TO HAVE THE FIRST NINE WEEKS ONLY OF eLearning, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE WE DELAY THIS VOTE TODAY UNTIL YOU CAN EITHER GUARANTEE US THEREIN WILL BE SAFETY, OR I WILL REMAKE THE MOTION TO GO TO eLearning. OPENING OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS IS NOT A VIABLE OPTION AT THIS TIME. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARENT CHOICE. STOP DEFLECTING ON THAT.  THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY. ONCE SAFETY IS GUARANTEED, THE PARENTS WILL HAVE FULL, FULL PARENT CHOICE, INCLUDING BRICK AND MORTAR.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU MEMBER SHAMBURGER. THAT SOUNDED LIKE TWO MOTIONS THERE. ONE WOULD BE TO AMEND THE REOPENING PLAN BUT THE OTHER WOULD BE TO TABLE THIS VOTE UNTIL IT --

>>Tamara Shamburger: UNTIL A FURTHER TOMB BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY QUESTIONS.

>>Melissa Snively: UNTIL A FURTHER TIME. BUT THAT CAN BE MADE IN THE SAME AMENDMENT. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

>>Jim Porter: YOU HAVE TO GET A SECOND FIRST.

>>Melissa Snively: I NEED A SECOND TO MEMBER SHAMBURGER'S MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND TO HER MOTION? NO? OH, MEMBER PEREZ? IS THAT A SECOND? YES. COULD YOU CLEAR THE BOARD BUT REMEMBER THE ORDER, IF POSSIBLE? AND YOUR PHOTO GENERAL YOU CAN MEMORY? MEMBER PEREZ, IS THAT A SECOND TO THAT MOTION, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS IT YOU HAVE TO SECOND IT.

>>Karen Perez: I WANT TO SECOND IT.

>>Melissa Snively: YOU HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>>Karen Perez: YES.

>>Jim Porter: BECAUSE IT IS A TWO PART. THE FIRST ONE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, MRS. SHAMBURGER, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, WOULD BE TO AMEND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PLAN FOR NINE WEEKS, IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO DELAY THE ENTIRE VOTE. I WOULD CAUTION THE BOARD THAT YOU ARE FACING SOME TIME DEAD LANES HERE. SO DELAYING THE VOTE, I THINK, YOU HAVE TO PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION IF THAT'S THE ROUTE YOU WANTED TO GO. THAT'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IT'S COMBINED REQUEST THAT. BUT IF THAT'S THE ROUTE THE BOARD WANTS TO TAKE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH YOU ON THAT BEFORE YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE RAM FAKINGS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT VOTE.

>>Melissa Snively: SO THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR IS TO AMEND THE REOPENING PLAN TO ONLY INCLUDE eLearning FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS, AND DELAY -- OR DELAY THE VOTE ON THE REOPENING PLAN UNTIL FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVED BY THIS BOARD, THAT IS DEEMED ADEQUATE. MEMBER PEREZ.

>>Karen Perez: I WOULD ADD THE POSSIBILITY, MEMBER SHAMBURGER, THAT WE GO eLearning FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS, AND THEN COME BACK AND REASSESS WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS WITH THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE SAFETY OF THAT OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS AS A POSSIBILITY.

>>Melissa Snively: I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR MRS. SHAMBURGER IF THAT'S OKAY. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT WHAT MS. PEREZ SAID BASICALLY IS TO BEGIN THE NINE WEEKS eLearning AND THEN REEVALUATE THE COVID SITUATION PRIOR TO SOMETIME DURING THE FIRST NINE WEEKS PRAYER TO THE SECOND NINE WEEKS?

>>Tamara Shamburger: THAT'S CORRECT. I THINK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN ANYWAY, RATE? SO IF WE GO eLearning FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AS LAID OUT BY SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE DISCUSSION. WE CAN'T TELL IF COVID IS GOING TO BE WORSE OR BETTER OREGON. OF COURSE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. MY RECOMMENDATION TODAY, WE SHOULD RIGHT NOW TODAY, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GUARANTEE SAFETY, WE NEED TO PULL BRICK AND MORTAR OFF THE TABLE, GO eLearning THE FIRST NINE WEEKS OR IF THE BOARD DOESN'T AGREE WITH THAT THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH DELAYING THIS VOTE TO A FUTURE DATE, TOMORROW, NEXT WEEK, WHENEVER, UNTIL WE CAN -- THE SUPERINTENDENT DID K GIVE US INFORMATION REGARDING SAFETY. LET ME JUST SAY SUPERINTENDENT, I DID ASK YOU AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING TO BRING BACK TO THIS BOARD PRIOR TO THIS VOTE INFORMATION REGARDING eLearning WHEN WE COULD DO IT OR COULDN'T DO IT AND THIS BUSHED HASN'T GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION, ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE A SMALL CONVERSATION. SO THAT IS THE MOTION. EITHER MOVE FORWARD TODAY WITH eLearning OR DELAY THE VOTE.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MRS. SHAMBURGER FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I WANT TO GO OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY ISSUES WITH THAT THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. PLEAS LET NOE ME KNOW. WE CAN ASK TODAY IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL YOU HAVE RELATED TO eLearning. WE ARE READY AND PREPARED AND IF WE TRANSITION TO eLearning WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE FIND -- IF THEY DON'T HAVE REGULAR SCHEDULES THEY HAVE TO HAVE SEAT TIMES F.STUDENTS DON'T CHECK IN AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO REPORT TIME ON TASK WITH OUR STUDENTS, WE WOULD LOSE THAT FTE FOR THOSE LEARNERS. WHY THE EMERGENCY ORDER SAYS WE WILL BE ABLE TO BE PROTECTED UNTIL OCTOBER. WE CAN'T DEFINE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER OCTOBER. WE DO PREDICT THERE COULD BE A SPECIAL SESSION THAT TRANSITIONS AFTER THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY COULD BE LOOKING AT COMING BACK --ABLE NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WE HAVE SEEN PATTERNS OF THIS, THAT THERE COULD BE ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN EDUCATION. AND IF WE LOSE FTE, IT COULD BE MILLIONS. RELATED TO IT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE -- THIS IS WHY WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A ROUGED SCHEDULE REQUEST eLearning SO THAT WE DIDN'T GET THE FREEDOMS LIKE WE DID IN THE FIRST NINE WEEKS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT IMPACT BASIC STUDENTS ALLOCATION, BUT IT'S GOING TO IMPACT SEI DOLLARS, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL DOLLARS, SAFE SCHOOLS DOLLARS, MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS, DISREGS CREATIONRY FUNDS, AND THE LUST CONTINUES FOR CLASS SIZE REDUCTION. SO THIS, YOU TALK ABOUT 5 PERCENT LOSS. THAT'S $83 MILLION. AND IF YOU GO UP TO 10% IT COULD BE $166 MILLION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF LOSS WITH FTE. SO THOSE ARE ALL BALLPARK NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF RAN THE ANALYSIS ON. AND AS RELATES TO eLearning, YOU KNOW, IT GOES BACK TO BEING AUTOMOBILE TO ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THAT EXISTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CLOSE TO 71 THAT YOU MOBILE DEVICES THAT WE CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS. THE QUESTION IS WHILE WE EXPERIENCE 38,000 STUDENTS NEEDED MOBILE DEVICES IN THE FIRST NINE WEEKS, WHAT DOES THAT LA LIKE? DO WE NEED ADDITIONAL TO THAT? AND WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE 71,000. NOW THAT'S WITH ME COMING IN DURING COVID PURCHASING 46 THAT YOU. WE JUST WEREN'T PREPARED PRIOR TO THIS. SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE DID GET BACK -- WE GAVE OUT 38,000 PLUS. WE GET BACK 20,000. WE GOT BACK. WE HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION READY TO GO BACK OUT. WE HAVE 17,000 DEVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING WITH OUR LEARNERS RIGHT NOW TO HELP THEM -- WE WANT THEM TO HAVE ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES. BUT THE OTHER HAND BECOMES THE CONCERN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR THE INTERNET PROVIDERS? WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, MR. BUCKLEY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HIS TEAM THIS WEAK TO FIGURE OUT IF ANY ADDITIONAL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE GOING TO HELP US. THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK ON A LOWER RATE. IT WILL NOT BE FREE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO BIG PROVIDERS THAT SIT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. ONE IS GOING TO BE SPECTRUM AND THE OTHER IS GOING TO BE FRONTIER. AND WE KNOW RIGHT NOW WHEN WE SAY SPECTRUM IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF ANGST BECAUSE THE INITIAL ROLL-OUT WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE FREE TO OUR COMMUNITY, IT REALLY TRAWL WASN'T FREE IN THE ASPECT OF UNUSUALLY PAYMENTS AND BACK PAYMENTS. SO WE ARE PUSHING THEM TO CONTINUE TO BE A GRADUATE PARTNER, AND REALLY DOUBLE DOWN ON DOGS TO HELP ADDRESS EVERY ONE OF OUR LEARNERS. AND WE DID A REALLY NICE JOB IDENTIFYING, GIVING CLOSE TO 2500 WI-FI HOT SPOTS OUT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GO OUT AND IDENTIFY NOT ONLY DO INDIVIDUALS HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES IN SOUTH COUNTY AND ALSO PLANT CITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE RELATED TO CONNECTIVITY. WE ARE WILLING TO DO ALL OF THAT, AND WE ARE NO BETTER SITUATION NOW TO DO eLearning THAN WHEN WE DID IT IN THE THIRD QUARTER RELATED TO INSTRUCTIONAL FRAME WORKS, RELATED TO TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, RELATED TO DEVICES, CONNECTIVITY. IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BUT JUST KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE FINANCIAL RAM FUCHESS IN THAT WE ARE HOPING WON'T TAKE PLACE, AND I AM GOING TO FAITH EVERY DAY FOR CHILDREN AND MONEY. SO I AM GOING TO WORK WITH TALLAHASSEE, WHATEVER THIS BOARD DECIDE THIS IS THE WAY WE ARE GOING, I AM GOING TO BEG THEM TO HOLD CHILDREN HARMLESS RELATED TO PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICE. SO I SENT A NUMBER OF INFORMATION TODAY, NAP FOLLOW-UP, AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED, PLEAS ASK ME AND MY STAFF ARE READY TO GO AND ANSWER.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. AND MEMBER STUART WAS ACTUALLY NEXT ON THE LIST TO SPEAK. AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE RIGHT ORDER F.NOT PLEAS LET ME KNOW. BUT MEMBER STUART.

>>Steve Cona: CAN I CALL THE QUESTION ON THE MOTION? SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO, CAN WE CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS? GET RID OF IT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE?

>>Jim Porter: YOU WOULD BE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT.

>>Steve Cona: ON THE AMENDMENT, YES.

>>Melissa Snively: DISPOSING OF THE AMENDMENT.

>>Jim Porter: AND THAT'S A PROCEDURAL MOTION. CALLING THE QUESTION.

>>Melissa Snively: SO MR. CONA WANTS TO CALL THE QUESTION.

>>Melissa Snively: AND THE BOARD NEEDS TO VOTE.

>>Melissa Snively: THERE'S NO SECOND NECESSARY FOR THAT. IT'S JUST A VOTE. MEMBER CONA WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR.

>>Jim Porter: YOU ARE VOTING ON WHETHER TO END DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON.

>>Melissa Snively: EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING? WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT. WE ARE JUST CALLING THE QUESTION, WHICH THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. WE ARE VOTING TO END DISCUSSION IS BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION CARRIES WITH MEMBER SHAMBURGER AND MEMBER GRAY DOES SENTING. SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR, MEMBER SHAMBURGER'S AMENDMENT.

>>Jim Porter: AND YOU ARE NOT APPROVING THE PLAN. YOU ARE NOT DISAPPROVING THE PLAN. YOU ARE VOTING ON MEMBER SHAMBURGER'S AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN THAT HAS eLearning FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS, OR DELAY THE VOTE TILL A FUTURE DATE.

>>Melissa Snively: EVERYONE UNDERSTAND?

>>Jim Porter: UNLESS YOU WANT TO REMOVE THE SECOND PART AND HAVE THAT DONE AS A SEPARATE MOTION. YOU MADE IT PART OF THE SAME MOTION.

>>Melissa Snively: WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO BREAKING THAT INTO TWO SEPARATE AMENDMENT? OKAY.

>> IT'S A NO VOTE IF WE VOTE DOWN THE AMENDMENT AND GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL.

>>Melissa Snively: CORRECT. PORT IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF GOING TO eLearning ONLY FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS, VOTE YES. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO THAT AND WANT FURTHER DEBATE ABOUT THE MAIN MOTION, VOTE NO. THAT'S THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR. YOU DID NOT GET A SECOND, MS. GRAY SO IT DENSE DIES AND ANOTHER MOTION WAS MADE. THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR NOW.

>>Melissa Snively: COULD YOU PLEASE CLEAR THE BOARD SO WE CAN VOTE? SO BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR, PLEASE VOTE. EITHER VOTE HER AMENDMENT UP OR DOWN. OKAY, AND IT IS A 4 TO 3 SPLIT WITH MEMBERS -- AND IT FAILED. FAILED. 4 TO 3 SPLIT. AND MR. CONA, SNIVELY, STUART AND HAHN VOTING NO.

>>Jim Porter: THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR NOW THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DEBATE IS THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO OFFER BRICK AND MORTAR, eLearning AND VIRTUAL. THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR NOW.

>>Melissa Snively: SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR NOW IS TO OPEN THE PLAN AS IT HAS ORIGINALLY BEEN PRESENTED TO US AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO OPEN DISCUSSION FOR THAT PLAN. OKAY. SO MEMBER STUART.

>>Cindy Stuart: JUST TO CLARIFY, I WANT TO CLARIFY MY VOTE. UM IN FAVOR OF eLearning. DON'T MISUNDERSTAND WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO HERE. WHAT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF IS DELAYING THE VOTE FOR TWO WEEKS. WHAT I AM IN FAVOR OF, I DO NOT SEE WHY WE ARE RUSHING A DECISION TODAY. WE NEED -- SEVERAL OF THE SPEAKERS GO SLOW, BE PREPARED, TAKE OUR TIME, AND THERE WAS NOT ONE MEDICAL EXPERT STANDING IN FRONT OF ME TODAY TELLING ME WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO I AM FRUSTRATED THAT WE SIT HERE. WE HAVE TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE. THAT IS ALL WARE BEING ASKED TO DO TODAY. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER SAYS WE HAVE TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE BY THE 31st OF JULY. HOW WE IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN IS COMPLETELY ON US. WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY IN THIS DISTRICT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN. HOW WE SEE FIT. NOT HOW THE GOVERNOR TELLS US TO. HE TELLS US TO CREATE A PLAN. THAT'S ALL HE SAYS. HE SAYS WE HAVE TO OPEN BY AUGUST BRICK AND MORTAR. IF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES STAND IN FRONT OF ME IN TWO WEEKS AND TELL ME, MRS. STUART, YOU ARE NOT READY TO OPEN THIS DISTRICTS I WILL VOTE DIFFERENTLY ABOUT eLearning. WE ARE NOT PREPARED RIGHT NOW. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE RATE NOW THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO DO WHAT THE INTENT OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS ARE ASKING US TO DO. WE ARE NOT SET UP FOR 50% OF OUR KIDS TO GO TO eLearning AND 50% STOW BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDINGS.  YOU DON'T SEE HOW ANY OF YOU THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE PREPARED TO DO THIS. WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR 100% OF OUR KIDS TO GO TO eLearning. WE DID IT IN MARCH. IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. WE WERE CAPABLE OF PAYING BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS, FAD NUTRITION WORKERS F.WE GO NINE WEEKS OF eLearning WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO? THEY ARE GOING TO EXPECT A PAYCHECK AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE ARE EXPECTING BUDGET CUTS FROM THE STATE ALREADY. WE ARE ALREADY DOWN IN OUR REFERENDUM DOLLARS. PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKING. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN AFFORD TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO GO eLearning, AND WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO DO IT. LOGISTICALLY WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO DO THIS. AND I HAVE EVERY CAN HAVE DEPS MUCH IN YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR STAFF. WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND I COMPLETELY SYMPATHIZE REQUEST EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS WRITTEN TO ME, WHO HAS CALLED ME, AND SPENT DAYINGS AND HOURS, AND AGAIN DON'T GET ME WRONG. I KNOW THAT eLearning IS PROBABLY WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS BUT I AS A PARENT HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION BASED ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN PRESENTED TO ME BY THIS DISTRICT ON WHAT IS BEST FOR MY OWN SON. HE HAS A LEARNING DISABILITY. HE DOES NOT FOCUS WELL IN CLASS. HE DOES FANTASTIC IN eLearning BUT HE DESPERATELY WANTS TO BE BACK IN STALE WITH HIS CHORUS FAMILIAR WILL YOU SINGING. AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR HIM. SO TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT PERSONAL OR THAT I AM NOT SITTING UP THERE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY, IT IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT DECISION IS RATE FOR HIM. AND I THINK WHEN PEOPLE STAND IN FRONT OF US AND SAY TER YOU FADE, AND SECURED FOR THEIR LIVES, I JUST DON'T SEE WHY WE ARE TRYING TO RUSSIA DECISION TODAY. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PLAN. IT IS A PLAN. IT IS NOT HOW WE IMPLEMENT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.  THIS BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE FEEL IS BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PLAN. MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE MAKE NO DISCUSSIONS AND NO CHANGES TO THIS PLAN UNTIL WE GET TO ANOTHER SPECIAL CALL BOARD MEETING TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. AND AT THAT TIME, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU BRING BEFORE THIS BOARD, THERE ARE PLENTY OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT THE HEADS OF HIGH-LEVEL AGENCIES IN THIS COMMUNITY. YOU CAN LOON THEM UP BECAUSE THEN CALLING ME. MOFFITT, TAMPA GENERAL, ST. JOE, ADVENT HEALTH. BRING THEM HERE AS A PANEL AND A TASK FORCE WITH A REPORT THAT SAUCE HERE IS WHERE YOU WERE 14 DAYS AGO AND HEAR IS WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. HERE IS WHERE YOU WERE A MONTE AGO AND HEAR IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND LET THEM DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS SAFE TO PUT KITS KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. WE CANNOT MEET CDC GUIDELINES. WE CANNOT RESPECT -- EFFECTIVELY PROTECT CHURN THE WAY WE WANT TO. AND THIS IS ABOUT SOFT, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO RUSH MAKING A DISCUSSION TODAY THAT WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE. WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. AND AS DESPERATELY AS YOUR STAFF IS TRYING TO WORK, SUPERINTENDENT, I JUST DON'T FEEL -- THERE AREN'T ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY RIGHT NOW FOR THEM TO DETERMINE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH THE INTENT THAT WE HAVE SEEN. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO LOSE. EITHER CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE FORCED TO GO BACK IN BRICK AND MORTAR BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO eLearning OR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO BE FORCED TO GO BACK TO BRICK AND MORTAR WHO DON'T WANT TO GO. AND NO ONE WANTS -- I DON'T WANT TO BE NO POSITION OF TELLING A TEACHER, MS. HAHN, YOU HAVE TO BE IN A CLASS RAM WHEN SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE THERE. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO CUT HER JOB. NO ONE WANTS THAT. SO MY REQUEST WOULD BE -- AND MR. PORTER, HELP ME -- THAT WE MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THIS PLAN AND MAKE NO CHANGES TO THIS PLAN AND COME BACK HERE IN TWO WEEKS FOR A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN. THIS IS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, NOT ABOUT A PLAN. THIS IS WORDS OWN A PAPER, PEOPLE. WORDS ON A PAPER. THAT IS IT. WE HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED A THING. AND I KNOW FOR MY CTA FRIENDS WHO ARE IN THE BACK OF THE RAM, I KNOW THIS GIVES YOU ANGST, BECAUSE I KNOW TEACHERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING, THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO PLAN, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. BUT FRANKLY, THIS CHANGES DAILY. AND WE HAVE SAID ALL ALONG, PEOPLE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE. WE NEED TO OPERATE WITH GRACE. WE NEED TO GO SLOW. WE NEED TO NOT RUSH THIS. I AM GOING TO REPEAT. BEFORE A WISE LEADER TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE DECISIONS. WE HAVE HEARD FROM EVERY SIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE SIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO PRESENT A PLAN.

>>Jim Porter: THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK THERE. THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION. THE AMENDMENT DIES. YOU HAVE AN AMEND TO APPROVE THE PLAN. YOU DO HAVE A TOMB LANE THAT YOU ARE SUBJECT TO. THIS BOARD JUST APPROVED A START DAY OF SCHOOL OF AUGUST 24th. THIS IS JULY 23rd. SO YOUR JOB IS NOT TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN. YOUR JOB IS TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION OR COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE THROUGH AN AMENDMENT. THIS BOARD DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER LEGALLY OR LOW GISTMENTICALLY TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN. IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY, YOU CAN VOTE IT DOWN.  BUT UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT SOMETHING TO THE SUBSTITUTE OR FACE SERIOUS FINANCIAL PENALTIES BY THE END OF JULY. AND THIS BOARD JUST APPROVED A START DATE ON AUGUST 24th. NO DISTRICT THIS SIZE, IT TAKES TIME TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND WE ARE ALREADY ON AUGUST -- OR JULY 23rd. SO THERE ARE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS TO WHAT MS. STUART IS ASKING AND ALSO SERIOUS LOGISTICAL IMPLICATIONS BUT I AM IDENTIFYING THOSE SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE AND PROCEDURALLY, YOU ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. UNLESS YOU WANTED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SECONDED AND VOTED ON. IF THIS PLAN IS APPROVED, ON AUGUST 24th, THE OPTIONS VALUABLE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BLIGHTED SUPERINTENDENT. HE'S IN CHARGE OF IMPLEMENTING YOUR POLICIES. AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT THIS IS.

>>Melissa Snively: AND I THINK BOARD

>>Melissa Snively: I THINK BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REOPENING PLAN LOGISTICALLY. AND I THINK MR. CONA IS ABOUT TO JUMP OUT OF HIS SEAT IF I DON'T CALL ON HIM. I WOULD LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE, BUT, AGAIN, LET ME GO AHEAD AND LET MR. CONA ASK HIS QUESTION OR SAY HIS PIECE.

>>Steve Cona: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART, FOR, LOOK, IF WE HAD TO START SCHOOL TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE WOULD PUT TEACHERS IN THIS POSITION, BUT WE'VE JUST APPROVED TO START SCHOOL A MONTH FROM NOW. THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO JUST TO CLEAR QUESTIONS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE CLEARED. THE STATE HAS REQUIRED US TO APPROVE A PLAN BY JULY 31st, CORRECT? SO THAT'S THE PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. NOW, IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN, WE, AS THE BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO DECIDE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO SCHOOL STARTING WHETHER OR NOT WE GO E-LEARNING OR WHETHER OR NOT WE STICK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN. THIS PLAN IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BECAUSE THEY HAVE REQUESTED IT. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS IF WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION NOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO NINE WEEKS NOW, I THINK IT WOULD PUT US IN A REALLY BAD SPOT, AND IT WOULD BE HARD TO DIG OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR HOLE AT THIS TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, SHE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, NONESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES SUCH AS BUS DRIVERS, SECURITY, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SERVICES, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND I GOT SOME NUMBERS TODAY FROM MR. FARKAS, THAT'S $800,000 A DAY. THAT IS A HUGE OBLIGATION FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I AM NOT READY -- I'M READY TO APPROVE A PLAN TO REOPEN. WE HAVE TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TO REOPEN. WHETHER WE REOPEN THEM ON AUGUST REOPEN THEM AFTER THE FIRST NINE WEEKS, THE PLAN TO REOPEN THEM IS THE SAME. NOW, I THINK THIS BOARD HAS FULL AUTHORITY AND STOP ME IF I'M WRONG, JIM, BUT TWO WEEKS FROM THE START OF SCHOOL, IF THE CASES STILL SPIKE, WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO CALL A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AND SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO E-LEARNING, IS THAT CORRECT?

>>Jim Porter: I DON'T THINK IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. IN THEORY, YOU COULD DO THAT. THIS BOARD LEGALLY REACTS TO SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU DON'T INITIATIVE DIRECTIVES ON YOUR OWN. YOU'RE DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION. DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. I WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS. SO THAT'S THE LEGAL ASPECT. THE PRACTICAL ASPECT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL HAVE TO SPEAK TO THIS IS WHETHER THAT COULD BE DONE IN TWO WEEKS, WHETHER YOU COULD PIVOT IN TWO WEEKS. WE'RE A VERY LARGE DISTRICT. IT IS A VERY COMPLEX DISTRICT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS. AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE A CHANGE LIKE THAT, MAYBE IT'S POSSIBLE. AGAIN, HE COULD ANSWER THAT. I'M IDENTIFYING THAT AS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND GRAPPLE WITH BEFORE YOU MAKE DECISIONS.

>>Melissa Snively: LET'S ASK MR. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, IS IT FEEBLE TO DO WHAT MR. CONA IS DOING.

>>Addison Davis: TO ADJUST, REFINE A MASTER SCHEDULE IN TWO WEEKS, IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE. IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK MY STAFF TO DO THAT. IT'S ALREADY HARD ENOUGH NOW FOR US TO WORK WITH HUMAN RESOURCES, CTA TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS -- PROPER LOCATIONS FOR TEACHERS BASED ON MASTER SCHEDULE VERSUS TRANSITIONING IN TWO WEEKS. RIGHT NOW, IF THE VOTE WAS -- LET ME TELL YOU MY THOUGHT PROCESS. IF THE VOTE WAS DELAYED TODAY, WHICH I DON'T RECOMMEND --

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>>Addison Davis: SORRY, SIR. I'M NOT ASKING TO DELAY THE VOTE. I'M ASKING THAT -- THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THIS PLAN. MY QUESTION IS, TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO SCHOOL STARTING, IF THESE CASES CONTINUE TO GO UP, WE AS A SCHOOL BOARD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO E-LEARNING. THROUGH THE CHAIR, HE IS CORRECT. WE'RE IN A BETTER SPOT TO TRANSITION TO E-LEARNING VERSUS GOING FROM E-LEARNING TO TRANSITION BACK TO FULL, OUR BLENDED MODEL, BRICK AND MORTAR AND E-LEARNING. LISTEN, WE WILL WORK AS TIRELESSLY AS WE CAN IF IT'S PUSHED AND THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD. BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE COMPLEX.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, MR. CONA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CONA? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO MEMBER GRAY, PLEASE.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FIRST WANT TO THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF FOR NOT ONLY BEING FLEXIBLE, BUT REALLY PRESENTING A PLAN. I HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT WHATEVER PLAN THAT YOU WILL HAVE, I'M GOING TO BE BEHIND BECAUSE OF SUPERINTENDENT WHO CANNOT LEAD. A SUPERINTENDENT CANNOT LEAD UNLESS A BOARD IS BEHIND THEM. AND STUDENTS CANNOT LEARN UNLESS THEY HAVE THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THE SAME PAGE. THAT'S MY THINKING. I WANTED THE AMENDMENT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE TIME. FIRST OFF, THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY. WE HAVE TO START. I MEAN, MASTER SCHEDULE, TRANSPORTATION, ALL THE MOVING PARTS OF A SCHOOL SYSTEM, IT'S ENORMOUS. AND WORKING WITH FIVE SUPERINTENDENTS PREVIOUSLY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH AT STAKE TO NOT BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND ALSO, THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF OUR CONSTITUENCY, THEY ARE FRUSTRATED. OUR PARENTS ARE ANXIOUS. OUR CHILDREN ARE ANXIOUS. WE HAVE GOT TO GIVE A CLEAR MESSAGE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER EACH OF US HAVE THE SAME STATEMENT WITH TWO WORDS OR NOT, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A CONSENSUS, AND I WOULD SAY WE NEED IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THERE IS A JULY 21st DEADLINE. SO MOVING FORWARD, LET ME JUST SHARE REAL QUICK, IF THE MADAM CHAIR WILL GIVE ME TWO MINUTES. I WANT TO SHARE THE RATIONALE --

>>Melissa Snively: THIS IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION FOR -- VOTE FOR THE CURRENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

>>Lynn Gray: RIGHT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COVID SPREAD AND THE IDEAS, WHAT PLAN IS THE BEST, THE PLAN THAT IS THE BEST TO ME FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, BEING RIGHT NOW, OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS, ICU ARE AT 82% FULL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THIS MORNING, FIVE TO TEN PEOPLE OUT OF A THOUSAND WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THIS VIRUS. THAT'S IN THE UNITED STATES. WHERE   WALL STREET JOURNAL IS V CONSERVATIVE. SOME OF YOU MAY READ OF IT, SOME NOT. I UNDERSTAND THE LOSS OF LEARNING. THAT IS PART OF THE RESPONSE, MADAM CHAIR. I'M A TEACHER. I'VE BEEN A TEACHER MOST OF MY LIFE, AND WE HEARD FROM TEACHERS. BELIEVE ME, IF I KNOW ANYTHING MORE THAN ANYBODY ON THAT, WE WANT TO BE IN THAT CLASSROOM. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER SPEAKING, IT MEANS SOMETHING BECAUSE THE MIND OF A TEACHER IS VERY NURTURING. THEY CAN'T HELP BUT BEND OVER AND HELP A CHILD TURN A PAGE, GIVE A KLEENEX. THEY DON'T HAVE THE TENACITY OF BEING IN FRONT AND NOT GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE KIDS. IT'S A DISCIPLINE. I DON'T THINK THE TEACHERS CAN DO IT, BECAUSE THEY LOVE WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND THEY DO ENGAGE WITH THE CHILDREN AIF HE AFFECTTIVELY AND EAST COASTTIVELY. TO THOSE TEACHERS WHO CAME UP AND SAID WE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHAT A GREAT TESTIMONIAL. THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE YOUR PLAN WORK. AND I THINK -- I MEAN, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER BUNCH OF ACCOLADES TO GIVE TO THEM. IT'S NOT JUST THEM IN HERE. I HEAR FROM TEACHERS AS ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS DO. I KNOW THE MIND OF A TEACHER. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE SAFE. THEY ARE GOING TO GET IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I UNDERSTAND STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR TEACHERS TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH TECHNOLOGY. NOW, WE PAID $11 MILLION, THIS BOARD ON SISPS, iREADY TOOLBOX, ACHIEVE. INGENUITY, CANVAS, WHY NOT USE THE NINE WEEKS -- THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED ONLINE -- WE USE THAT FOR HONING IN ON SKILLS AND LEARNING HOW TO BE THE BEST PRESENTER EVER ONLINE. LET'S MAKE OUR COUNTY A SUPERSTAR IN TERMS OF ONLINE LEARNING. LET'S LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND PIVOTING -- PIVOTING FROM TRADITIONAL TO ONLINE IS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT THAN FROM ONLINE TO TRADITIONAL. IT'S AN OPPOSITE. YOU DON'T DO A LESSER -- I MEAN, A GREATER AND THEN GO TO A LESSER. YOU DO A LESSER, WHICH MEANS THE ONLINE IS LESS INTENSE STAFF-WISE, AND THEN IF YOU PIVOT, THEN YOU GO TO THE FULL THROTTLE. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ON THE OTHER END, I MEAN, IF YOU SWITCH IT. I UNDERSTAND, ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THERE IS FRUSTRATION IN THIS ROOM, ON THE TV, ON THIS BOARD THAT THE MATURITY OF THOSE SAFE PROTOCOLS PROTOCOLS, SUCH AS SANITATION -- SANITIZING THE CLASSES, BUS BEING SANITIZED, VENTS, MR. FARKAS, BEING ADAPTED TO BEING FILTERED, ET CETERA. THERE IS TIME THAT YOU NEED TO HONE IN. THERE IS WHAT IS CALLED SIMULATIONS. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT. YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YOU HAVE TO SIMULATE SAFETY PLANS. YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, HAVE THEM HERE, OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD, DAY ONE, KIDS, AND THEN HAVE YOUR STAFF DO SAFETY. SO I THINK THE NINE WEEKS, AND THIS, AGAIN, IS WHY I SAID THE ONLINE, BECAUSE WE NEED TIME TO PRACTICE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE STOP THE KIDS FROM LEARNING. YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY LET'S MOVE THE DATE FURTHER. LET'S MOVE IT FURTHER. YOU'VE GOT TO GO AHEAD AND SAY WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF. WE CAN DO THIS AND BE GOING AT IT IN A POSITIVE, ONLINE WAY. NOW, ONE OTHER THING. WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. IT'S CALLED CHILD CARE. SO WHENEVER WE GET INTO THIS WONDERFUL IDEA OF ONLINE LEARNING, HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW PARENTS ARE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN? SO I THINK THERE IS A WAY FOR THE LARGER SPACES TO DO THE VIRTUAL, THE LARGER, THE HIGH SCHOOLS, HAVE CHILD CARE THERE, HAVE MEDICAL SERVICES THERE, AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR SPATIAL DISTANCE. SO THERE IS A WAY, AND THIS COULD BE WORKED OUT DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME, WHETHER IT BE YOUR PLAN OR ONLINE PLAN, WHATEVER, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY WORK IT JUST LIKE NEW YORK DID. WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE OUR BIG SPACES WORK FOR VIRTUALLY VIRTUAL AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE BRICK AND MORTAR BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER PORTION OF THE SCHOOL, YOU CAN HAVE CHILD CARE. THERE IS A WAY, AND WE KNOW PRINCIPALS WHO SPOKE TONIGHT -- EXCUSE ME, HASA, PRINCIPALS KNOW HOW TO MAKE THINGS WORK. THEY WILL DO IT. THEY WILL FIND A WAY. SO I THINK ALL THAT'S BEING SAID, THAT IS WHY I CAME UP WITH THE ONLINE LEARNING FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS, NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR CHILDREN, BUT THERE IS A REAL PRAGMATIC SENSE -- I'M HALF GERMAN, BY THE WAY, -- AND I DON'T MEAN TO HIJACK, MEMBER SHAMBURGER, YOUR STATEMENT. MY ONLY RATIONALE WAS THE FOLLOWING WITH THAT THAT I JUST SHARED. I DON'T HAVE ANY -- ANY, YOU KNOW, DWEELINGS WHO SAYS WHAT AND WHO'S FIRST AND ALL THAT STUFF. I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR THE POLITICIANS. BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT TO START, AND WE'VE GOT TO START SOON, OTHERWISE YOUR STAFF IS GOING TO GO CRAZY BECAUSE THEY ARE READY AND THEY WANT TO START ENGAGING. I'M SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO MUCH TIME. THANKS.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. SO I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF POINTS. I WANT A CLARIFICATION ON FROM MR. DAVIS. NOT TO DISAGREE WITH YOU, HOWEVER, WE DID PUT TOGETHER -- WELL, YOU DID, PUT TOGETHER AN E-LEARNING PLAN IN TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO WHAT WE HAD TO DO IN THE SPRINGTIME. IT COULD BE DONE, RIGHT? YOU DID IT. IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. YOU ALREADY HAVE A PLAN. I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME OTHER DETAILS.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM.

>>Melissa Snively: BUT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SEEING WHAT THE DATA LOOKS LIKE A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, TO SEE IF THE CASES GO UP OR DOWN OR THE POSITIVITY RATES ARE UP OR DOWN OR WHATEVER IT IS, OR TO HEAR A PANEL OF EXPERTS SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AT THIS TIME. IT'S STILL 30 DAYS AWAY. A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN 30 DAYS. A LOT HAPPENS IN TWO DAYS, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE THAT POINT IS THAT I KNOW IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IS THAT RIGHT?

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, RIGHT NOW, IF OUR MASTER SCHEDULE STAY THE SAME, WE COULD GO TO E-LEARNING TOMORROW. WE WOULD JUST NEED SOME TIME TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE'RE DOING IN THE SUMMER WITH ALL THE NEW INITIATIVES. SO, YES, MA'AM, WE ARE --

>>Melissa Snively: HATE TO DO IT THAT WAY JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WORST-CASE SCENARIO. BUT THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE THINKING JUST TOTALLY DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING BEFORE AND WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE. IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT IT'S NOT EVER GOING TO BE IDEAL BECAUSE IT CHANGES MINUTE TO MINUTE. AND SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE PLAN BECAUSE IT'S A PLAN AND IT'S A GREAT PLAN, AND THEN IF WE NEED TO REVISIT IT IN TWO WEEKS BECAUSE CASES CHANGE, ONE OF TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S -- THE CASES ARE GOING TO EXPLODE, AND WE HAVE TO GO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS, OR THE CASES GO DOWN AND PROFESSIONALS SAY, OKAY, IT'S NOT AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF BRICK AND MORTAR. SO I'M OKAY WITH DOING THAT. BUT THE ONE THING YOU SAID EARLIER THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MAYBE UNDERSTAND OR HEARD IN YOUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION ON THE FTE DOLLAR. SO WORKING PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE TO E-LEARN WILL HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN ON A SCHEDULE, A VERY STRICT SCHEDULE IN ORDER TO HAVE ACCOUNTABLE HOURS FOR THE STATE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET OUR FTE DOLLARS IN ORDER TO PAY EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THIS DISTRICT. IS THAT CORRECT? SPEAKING AS A PARENT WHO HAD THREE CHILDREN E-LEARNING AT HOME, THEY DID NOT KEEP A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE OF E-LEARNING. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I'M SAYING THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO PUT ON PARENTS. THE REASON MY CHILDREN MAY NOT HAVE HAD A TIGHT SCHEDULE OR VERY STRUCTURED SCHEDULE IS BECAUSE WE WORK, AND AS PARENTS AND A LOT OF PARENTS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS WHO HAVE TWO WORKING PARENTS, OR A PARENT WHO HAS TWO JOBS AND THE ONLY TIME THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MONITOR E-LEARNING IS WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING, AND THAT MIGHT BE FROM 6 TO 9 P.M. OR ON SATURDAY. AND THAT IS A VERY -- THAT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH ASK FOR WORKING PARENTS. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN. IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WHERE STUDENTS ARE ON A SCHEDULE, CHECKING IN, JUST LIKE THEY ARE IN SCHOOL FROM PERIOD ONE TO PERIOD SEVEN, THEN WE'RE NOT GETTING -- WE POSSIBLY ARE NOT GETTING PAID.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF WE DON'T HAVE A WAY A CONSISTENT WAY OF CHECKING IN AND CAPTURING ATTENDANCE AND WE LET -- WE ALLOW IT TO BE LOOSE, THEN WE WOULD POTENTIALLY LOSE A LOT OF MONEY.

>>Melissa Snively: MY FINAL THOUGHT ON THAT WAS, IN THE SPRINGTIME, IF YOU SAID WE HAD ABOUT TWO TO THREE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO NEVER CHECKED IN AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE. WE HAD ABOUT 97 TO 98 PERCENT OF ATTENDANCE RATE, AND THAT WAS WITH STUDENTS. WE WERE A LITTLE LOOSE ON THAT, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO CHECK IN AT LEAST ONE TIME A WEEK IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED FOR ATTENDANCE. SO THAT MEANS, DOING THE MATH, THAT THERE WERE PROBABLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX THOUSAND STUDENTS. WE NEVER HEARD FROM IN THAT NINE-WEEK PERIOD, IS THAT PRETTY ACCURATE?

>>Addison Davis: THAT IS CORRECT. WE DID HAVE AN ATTENDANCE RATE AROUND UPPER 97 PERCENTAGE AND CLOSE TO 98 PERCENT.

>>Melissa Snively: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION I WANTED TO MAKE. I WANT TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. MEMBER PEREZ.

>>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON YOUR PRESENTATION. HOW OFTEN -- YOU MENTIONED THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. I AM A HOSPITAL WORKER. I WORK DAILY WITH PATIENT CARE. AND I RECEIVE FORMALLY EVERY DAY, BUT NOW THREE TIMES A WEEK, I RECEIVE TRAINING ON COVID-19. HOW OFTEN -- AND YOU DON'T SAY IT HERE -- HOW OFTEN WILL YOU -- HOW OFTEN WILL THE TEACHERS RECEIVE TRAINING INSTRUCTION ON COVID-19?

>>Addison Davis: SO, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT CAN'T BE A SHOT IN THE ARM DURING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AS TEACHERS RETURN. IT'S GOT TO BE ONGOING. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL PRACTITIONERS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE OUR POLICIES, REFINE OUR WORK, CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE CDC GUIDELINES. ONE THING WE DO, WE HAVE STAFF MEETINGS ALL THE TIME WITH PRINCIPALS, WITH TEACHERS AND ALSO WITH DISTRICT LEVEL STAFF. SO WE WOULD PUSH OUT WHETHER IT'S A VIRTUAL PLATFORM FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WHETHER IN WRITTEN FASHION, WHETHER THROUGH NEWSLETTERS, WHETHER THROUGH E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH UPLOADING VIDEOS FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WE WILL PUSH THAT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, BUT IT WILL BE ALIGNED TO EVERY TIME THAT WE SEE NEW RESEARCH, NEW INFORMATION RELATED TO CDC GUIDANCE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COACH AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR EDUCATORS. THE BIGGEST THINGS WE KNOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE -- TEACHERS MEET IN PLCs ALL THE TIME. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM AND EVOLVE ON A DAILY BASIS, ON A WEEKLY BASIS OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. IT WILL BE CONTINUOUS. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR SCHOOLS TO DO IS HAVE A COVID LEAD, AND WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A COVID COMMANDER AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL THAT WOULD DRIVE THAT WORK TO BE ABLE TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND OUTLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.

>>Karen Perez: LET ME BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC ON THIS, SUPERINTENDENT. I AM A HOSPITAL WORKER THAT WORKS CONSISTENTLY WITH PATIENTS. AND I RECEIVE TRAINING THREE TIMES A WEEK. ARE TEACHERS GOING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO ARE GOING TO BE WITH THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. I HAVE PPE THAT I USE AND UTILIZE WHEN I COME IN CONTACT WITH MY PATIENTS. PATIENTS THAT FROM ONE DAY TO THE OTHER TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. I RECEIVE TRAINING THREE TIMES A WEEK, AND I'M A PROFESSIONAL. OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT PROFESSIONALS. THEY ARE LAYPERSONS LIKE EVERY OTHER MEMBER ON THIS BOARD. HOW MANY TIMES WILL THEY RECEIVE INSTRUCTION WHEN THEY MEET WITH OUR STUDENTS AND EACH OTHER IN THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE CLOSED ROOMS, CLOSE CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER ON A WEEKLY BASIS? I NEED A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THEY ARE GOING TO RECEIVE COVID INSTRUCTION AND HOW OFTEN WILL THIS TAKE PLACE?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, OPENLY, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE BARGAINED. TEACHERS HAVE OUTLINED WORKING CONDITIONS SCHEDULED, AND THEY HAVE TIME ON TASKS THAT THEY PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, THEY HAVE THEIR LUNCH, AND THEY HAVE THEIR PLANNING PERIOD. ANY ADDITIONAL TIME THAT WE TAKE WILL HAVE TO BE BARGAINED THROUGH CTA. WHILE WE WOULD LOVE TO PROVIDE TRAINING EVERY SINGLE DAY AS OFTEN AS WE COULD, IT'S JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE COORDINATED. I WISH IT WAS THAT SIMPLE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING OUTSIDE OF THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS THEY HAVE NOW, THEN WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW I BRING TO EACH OF YOU A MODEL THAT WILL PAY AND COMPENSATE, WHICH WE SHOULD, EDUCATORS PROVIDE THAT ONGOING INFORMATION. HENCE THE REASON I TALKED ABOUT MULTIPLE FACETS, A WAY OF PUSHING OUT INFORMATION TO EDUCATORS THAT ARE EITHER SELF-PACED OR THAT THEY CAN READ OR WE CAN USE AND LEVERAGE IN PLCs. IT WILL BE EMBEDDED IN PLC ALL THE TIME. THEY'LL TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND WHAT TO DO, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IT IS UP FRONT AND STAYS RELEVANT TO THEIR PRACTICE. FOR ME TO GIVE YOU EXPLICIT DAYS RIGHT NOW, IT HADN'T BEEN PART OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS.

>>Karen Perez: BECAUSE UNDERSTAND, COVID-19 IS FLUID, AND IT CHANGES ON A DAILY BASIS.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM.

>>Karen Perez: AND ALSO, CAN YOU PROVIDE ME THE CONDITION FOR THE TEACHERS TO QUALIFY FOR E-LEARNING, PLEASE?

>>Addison Davis: SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING. SO ONE THING WE'VE GOT TO DO, AND I SAID IT THE OTHER DAY IN MY WORKSHOP, IN MY TOWN HALL. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CERTAIN WE LOOK AT MASTER SCHEDULES, LOOK AT MASTER SCHEDULES -- SORRY, THROUGH THE CHAIR -- DETERMINE THE ACTUAL NEED WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. WHAT SECTIONS DO WE NEED TO OFFER? WHAT IS A GRADE LEVEL THAT WE NEED TO OFFER AND HOW MANY STUDENTS NEED THOSE PARTICULAR COURSES ALONG THE WAY. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ACTUAL NEEDS ARE BASED ON OUR LEARNER'S ACADEMIC PROGRESSION. SECOND WAVE IS TO LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF OUR UH TEACHER, SORRY, CREDENTIALS. WHAT ARE THEY ACTUALLY CERTIFIED IN AND WHAT THEY CAN TEACH. WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE CERTIFICATIONS. SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO TEACH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND COVER A NUMBER OF NEEDS RELATED TO E-LEARNING. SO AS WE IDENTIFY THE NEEDS, IDENTIFY CREDENTIALS, THEN WE'LL GO INTO A HARDSHIP. IN THAT HARDSHIP, IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, -- IT'S -- IT'S MULTIPLE PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE -- AND I'LL LET DR. WHELAN GET INTO WHAT THE THREE PHASES ARE -- THE FIRST PHASE IS LOOK AT OVERALL, IF THEY ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER -- GO AHEAD, DR. WHELAN.

>>Marie Whelan: WE'RE PRIORITIZED BASED ON THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE MEDICAL INFORMATION THAT OUR EMPLOYEES PROVIDED TO US. SO WE HAVE PROVIDED THAT TO PRINCIPALS BASED ON THE REQUEST OF OUR TEACHERS AS RED, ORANGE, AND THEN YELLOW, BASED ON THE CDC GUIDANCE FOR THAT. BEEN CHANGING AS WELL SO WE'VE BEEN KEEPING ON TOP OF THAT AND MONITORING THAT AS IT'S GOING THROUGHOUT.

>>Karen Perez: WAS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THIS SURVEY WAS TAKEN?

>>Marie Whelan: YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ON THE SURVEY AS AN OPTIONAL QUESTION, IF AN EMPLOYEE FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED AN ACCOMMODATION SO THAT THEN THEY WOULD BE BRINGING FORWARD THEIR MEDICAL INFORMATION TO US. WE WERE NOT REQUESTING THAT ON THE FRONT END.

>>Karen Perez: SO IT WAS PRIOR TO PROVIDING THE INTENT LETTER TO THE TEACHER, THEY WERE PROVIDED THE OPTION TO DO THE E-LEARNING.

>>Addison Davis: SO, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WHEN THEY WERE -- WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN THE INTENT, THEY WERE NOT ONLY IDENTIFYING, A, WERE THEY GOING TO COME BACK? B, WHAT THEIR ACTUAL INTENT -- WHETHER THEY WANTED TO GO TO E-LEARNING, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO GO TO BRICK AND MORTAR OR VIRTUAL, BUT THEY ARE ALSO INDICATING WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A PARTICULAR HARDSHIP. AND THAT INFORMATION WAS CAPTURED AND FILTERED THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES, WHICH HAVE DONE -- WHICH HAVE WENT THROUGH TO PRIORITIZE THE ACTUAL HARDSHIPS RELATED TO EMPLOYEES. DO THEY HAVE A DOCUMENTED MEDICAL CONTINUE THAT EXPOSURE COULD BE A HINDRANCE? YOU KNOW, ARE THEY CARING FOR SOMEONE -- YOU KNOW, THE SECOND PHASE -- ANOTHER PHASE, ARE THEY CARING FOR SOMEONE WITHIN THEIR HOME, ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING IN HR, AND WE'VE HAD THAT INFORMATION PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO SEND OUT TO PRINCIPALS SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESSION, SO WE CAN MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES.

>>Karen Perez: THE QUESTION TO THE TEACHERS, THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF COVID-19 OR THEIR FEAR OF RETURNING TO THE SCHOOLS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THAT SURVEY?

>> IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT THEY SUBMITTED ON THE MEDICAL ACCOMMODATION FORM.

>>Karen Perez: OKAY. SO COULD THIS ON-SITE NUMBER BE OFF BECAUSE THE TEACHERS DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT SURVEY? POSSIBLY?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, I DON'T -- I MEAN, I CAN'T TELL WHY A TEACHER CANNOT -- DID NOT COMPLETE THAT INTENT. I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THEY ARE JUST WAITING. THEY WANT TO KNOW AS THEY GET CLOSER TO THE START DATE WHERE -- YOU KNOW, WHERE COVID IS GOING TO LAND UP SO THEY CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

>>Melissa Snively: MEMBER PEREZ, DO YOU MIND IF I GO AROUND. IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND PUT YOURSELF IN THE QUEUE THERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MS. SHAMBURGER.

>>Tamara Shamburger: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I'M SITTING QUIETLY AND LISTENING. SO THE WORD OF THE DAY IS NOT PIVOT. IT'S DEFLECTION. AND ALL OF THIS TALKING, NOBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT GUARANTEEING SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. WE CONTINUE TO JUMP TO STEP TWO, WHICH IS WHAT DOES THE INCLASSROOM LOOK LIKE? NOBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND GUARANTEEING IT OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. I EMPATHIZE WITH PARENTS. I AGREE WITH EVERY PARENT HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION. I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU ME, PERSONALLY, MY OPINION, I ALWAYS CHOOSE TO HAVE A FAILING CHILD OVER A FALLEN AND DEAD ONE ANY DAY. AND IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE'RE STILL NOT SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY, WHICH, BOARD MEMBERS, IS OUR PARAMOUNT DUTY OVER CHOICE. IT'S ENSURING SAFETY. YET WE CONTINUE TO DEFLECT. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAILING KIDS, LET ME JUST SAY, I WISH THIS BOARD AND THIS DISTRICT WOULD HAVE THAT SAME PASSION AROUND THE FAILING KIDS OF DISTRICT 5 WHO PERPETUALLY FOR YEARS AND GENERATIONS HAVE BEEN FAILING, AND WE'VE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. NOW WHEN IT'S NOT IN YOUR AREA, IT'S AN ISSUE. I TAKE ISSUE WITH THAT. AND SO UNTIL YOU CAN GUARANTEE SAFETY, I ABSOLUTELY WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS PLAN. SO LET ME ASK YOU JUST TO BE SURE, SO I WON'T MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, RIGHT NOW TODAY, JULY 23rd, CAN YOU GUARANTEE THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING THAT WILL ENTER OUR SCHOOLS WILL BE SAFE?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, OPENLY, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT ANY DAY. WE WOULD WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO CREATE SAFETY MEASURES ALONG THE WAY, BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF WE SOCIAL DISTANCE, IF WE WEAR FACIAL COVERINGS THAT SOMEONE WILL NOT PARTICULARLY -- YOU KNOW, ABSORB, YOU KNOW, COVID-19. I CAN'T EVER GUARANTEE THAT. BUT WHAT I CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO PUT SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE SAID BEFORE, IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE -- VERY IMPOSSIBLE TASK, YOU KNOW, TO -- TO -- MONUMENTAL TASK TO DO AN EDUCATION. WE'RE GOING TO WORK LIKE EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THIS NATION TO HELP AND CREATE THIS. AND -- AND IF THERE WAS A TWO-WEEK PAUSE, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO FULFILL THE -- THE REQUEST OF MRS. STUART TO BRING A PANEL OF HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS TO COME TO THE TABLE AND MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. WE'VE BEEN IN CONCERT RIGHT NOW ALONG THE WAY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH TAMPA GENERAL AND USF HEALTH. SO WE COULD DO THAT AND HAVE AN ANALYTICAL REPORT PROVIDED AND GIVE A RECOMMENDATION.

>>Tamara Shamburger: SO, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE SAFETY, RIGHT? AND WHEN WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE NUMBERS ARE CONTINUING TO CLIMB -- I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I'M JUST COMPLETELY EMBARRASSED ABOUT HOW TONE-DEAF THIS DAIS IS REGARDING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY. I'M EMBARRASSED! NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING BY THIS COMMUNITY, NOT UPHOLDING YOUR DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE AND OUR STAFF ARE SAFE AND OUR BUS DRIVERS AND OUR LUNCHROOM WORKERS AND OUR CUSTODIANS, AND ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE SAFE, IN MY NONLEGAL OPINION IS TANTAMOUNT TO MALPRACTICE, AND WE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE RIGHT NOW TODAY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BY THIS COMMUNITY, YET WE PUT POLITICS OVER PEOPLE. SHAMEFUL. I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS REOPENING PLAN TODAY.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER SHAMBURGER. DR. HAHN.

>>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SHARE MY OPINION. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SPEAK ABOUT SAFETY OR ANYTHING ELSE, SO I'M GOING TO NOT TAKE MS. SHAMBURGER'S REMARKS TOO PERSONAL RIGHT NOW. SO I'VE HEARD FROM THOUSANDS OF MY CONSTITUENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ARGUMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, I SHARE MANY OF THE CONCERNS ON BOTH SIDES. I'M A PARENT. I'M AN EDUCATOR. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN A CLASSROOM IN A SCHOOL. AND I HAVE THREE BOYS WHO I'M MAKING THIS VERY DECISION FOR CURRENTLY. AND SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ARE ONE SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THEIR IEPs THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE REQUIRED FEDERALLY, BY FEDERAL LAW. AND WE HAVEN'T -- THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT. I'M A FORMER SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND DIFFERENT LOOKING FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE MILD TO MODERATE DISABILITIES AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE MORE SEVERE DISABILITIES AND REQUIRE PT AND OT AND ALL THOSE SERVICES. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF WE GO TO E-LEARNING WE'RE NOT OFFERING VPK.

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF WE GO TO E-LEARNING, WE'RE GOING TO BE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO OFFER FACE-TO-FACE VPK. AND THAT'S IN A NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T -- IT'S EXPLICIT THAT VPK IS NOT ALLOWED IN A REMOTE MANNER. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO OFFER THAT.

>>Stacy Hahn: WE'D HAVE TO MAKE THAT ACCOMMODATION.

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, YES, MA'AM.

>>Stacy Hahn: OKAY. THERE ARE PARENTS WHO ARE WORKING, AND UNLIKE BACK IN MARCH AND APRIL AND MAY, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE LUXURY TO STAY HOME. SO FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN E-LEARNING, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY ARE EITHER GOING TO BE IN DAY CARE SETTINGS OR THEY ARE GOING TO BE MOVING THEIR CHILDREN INTO PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND I CAN TELL YOU IN NINE WEEKS, IF I WAS THAT PARENT, I WOULDN'T BE PULLING MY CHILD BACK OUT TO PUT THEM BACK IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IF WE SWITCH OVER. SO THOSE ARE FAMILIES LOST FROM OUR SYSTEM. MY CONSTITUENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT -- THEY RELY ON SOCIAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS. WE KNOW FROM DATA WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY ARE PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY ABUSED. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE LIVING IN SITUATIONS RIGHT NOW NOT GETTING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ARE HIGHLY SUICIDAL AND DEPRESSED. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE MANY FAMILIES WHO RELY ON OUR SCHOOLS FOR THE BASIC NEEDS OF FOOD AND CLOTHING AND SHELTER, AND WE DID -- YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OVER THE SUMMER OF TRYING TO FILL THAT NEED, BUT WE KNOW EVEN GIVEN OUR BEST EFFORTS THAT WE CAN -- WE FALL SHORT. IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE. I ALSO HAVE FAMILIES WHO ARE RIGHTLY RIGHT NOW ANXIOUS ABOUT RETURNING TO BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLS. THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT MEMBER SHAMBURGER TALKS ABOUT PASSIONATELY, AND I RESPECT THAT, IS REAL RIGHT NOW. AND MAYBE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING THOSE THINGS AND TAKE THIS TIME THAT THIS MOTION IS PROVIDING OUR DISTRICT TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T SO ANXIOUS AND FEARFUL. I WOULD BE LIKING TO SAY I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PARENTS WHEN I LOOK AT MY CHILDREN'S REOPENING SCHOOL PLANS. MANY OF THE SAME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNED. AS A TEACHER, NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO BE EMPOWERING OUR TEACHERS, WHETHER WE GO BACK THROUGH BRICK AND MORTAR, E-LEARNING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPPORT AND THE RESOURCES AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES. I DO LIKE THIS MOTION BECAUSE IT GIVES US TIME. IF WE APPROVE THIS PLAN TODAY, WE ARE NOT SAYING DEFINITELY THAT WE ARE DOING BRICK AND MORTAR AND E-LEARNING. WE ARE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE THOUGHTFUL. WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS HERE TODAY THAT REALLY BEGGED US TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN HOW WE PROCEED. WE CAN PUT A PLAN IN PLACE, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THIS PLAN IN PLACE. BECAUSE WE NEED TO START PLANNING. AND THIS PLAN IS NOT JUST AN E-LEARNING PLAN AND IT'S NOT JUST A BRICK AND MORTAR PLAN. IT'S BOTH. SIDE BY SIDE FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS WE ARE PLANNING BOTH SCENARIOS. THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT, AS THIS MOTION STATES, TWO WEEKS BEFORE SCHOOLS OPEN -- NO.

>>Jim Porter: THAT'S NOT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. THERE COULD BE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION TO AMEND. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE THE PLAN.

>>Stacy Hahn: OKAY. I DO THINK -- WELL, SO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT. WELL, CINDY -- MS. STUART DID.

>>Melissa Snively: THAT IS THE AMENDMENT STILL ON THE FLOOR BY MS. STUART.

>>Stacy Hahn: RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT.

>>Melissa Snively: LET HER FINISH HER THOUGHTS AND IF SHE WANTS TO CALL THE QUESTION, SHE CAN.

>>Stacy Hahn: I'VE WRITTEN ALL OF MY NOTES BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE SIDEWAYS HERE. I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT HAVING A PLAN LIKE WE HAVE BEFORE US AND HAVING TWO MORE WEEKS TO FOLLOW THE DATA, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND AS AN EDUCATOR, A PARENT TO FOLLOW THAT DATA. THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GIVING ME MOST OF MY ANXIETY AND MAKING A DECISION NOW. IF WE WOULD GO WITH ONLY E-LEARNING AND WE HAVE A TRAJECTORY THAT GOES DOWN AND WE'RE BELOW 5%, WHAT DO WE DO IF THAT'S ALL WE'VE PLANNED FOR? NOW I'VE GOT KIDS SITTING AT HOME. NOW IT'S ALL THOSE CONCERNS I MENTIONED BEFORE. THIS ALLOWS US SIDE-BY-SIDE PLANNING. I GUESS MY QUESTIONS ARE, THOUGH, WHAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE TRIGGERS THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT IN TWO WEEKS TO MAKE A SHIFT IN HOW WE PROCEED?

>>Addison Davis: SO THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE WOULD LOOK AT -- YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT CASES LOCALLY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE NECESSARY CONTINUED EQUIPMENT, NOT ONLY TO TRANSITION TO THE FIRST NINE WEEKS BUT THE SECOND NINE WEEKS. WE WOULD CONTINUE -- WE WOULD BRING FORTH ADDITIONAL TASK FORCE OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS TO ALLOW US TO ALLOW THEM TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION THAT THEY MAY HAVE THAT'S RELEVANT IN ORDER TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION. I KNOW THERE'S MORE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, AND I WANT TO GO -- I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE QUESTION. I WANT TO GO BACK, I THINK I MISINTERPRETED MR. CONA'S QUESTION EARLIER, AND TO MRS. SNIVELY'S POINT, IT IS A LOT EASIER TO BUILD MASTER SCHEDULES FOR BRICK AND MORTAR AND TRANSITION TO E-LEARNING THAN TO TRANSITION FROM E-LEARNING TO BRICK AND MORTAR. SO IF WE WENT THE E-LEARNING PROCESS IS A MUCH SIMPLER PROCESS AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. YES, MA'AM, WE WOULD LOOK AT A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS AND MOSTLY LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL CASES AND HOW WE ARE IMPACTED AND ALSO LOOK AT THE DECLARATION OF INTENT. FOR TWO WEEKS WOULD GIVE US TIME TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CALL EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND GET THEM TO MAKE, POTENTIALLY MAKE A STANCE TO ALLOW US TO INFORM OUR WORK.

>>Stacy Hahn: YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT GIVES A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHAT I HEARD, THE ANXIETY IS THEY ARE NOT SURE HOW WE'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS. THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING TO MEDICAL EXPERTS. WE'RE REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND NONPROFITS AND BIG CORPORATIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE VERY DRIVEN BY THIS MEDICAL DATA AND RIGHTLY SO. WE LOOK -- SO I GUESS MY QUESTION THEN BECOMES WILL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF MEDICAL DATA ARE WE GOING TO USE ALSO. IS IT NUMBER OF CASES? IS IT NUMBER OF POSITIVE CASES? IS IT NUMBER OF HOSPITAL BEDS? BECAUSE THAT'S THE TYPE OF DATA WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT. MY CONSTITUENTS, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY'S CONSTITUENTS, BUT MY CONSTITUENTS, THE E-MAILS I RECEIVE, VERY STRONGLY AROUND THE DATA. THEY ARE FEARFUL BECAUSE THE DATA IS SHOWING NO HOSPITAL BEDS IN ICUs IN SOME OF OUR BIGGER HOSPITALS. AND THE NUMBERS -- SO ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE TRACKING OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO LOOK FOR THAT DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY? WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID, THAT CAN RAPIDLY CHANGE, BUT I JUST THINK IF THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE USING TO MAKE THIS DECISION IN TWO WEEKS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE BACK HERE IN TWO WEEKS AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS RELIEVE SOME OF THE ANXIETY THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE FEELING.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. THOSE ARE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING EVERY DAY, THAT MRS. BROWN IS HAVING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALONG WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS. AND THERE IS A CONCERN RIGHT NOW ABOUT A NUMBER OF AVAILABILITY OF BEDS, AND WE HAVE WATCHED IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, STAY CONSISTENT CONSISTENT AND SEE THE YO-YO EFFECT OF NUMBER OF POSITIVE CASES. WE'RE ALSO TRACKING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ALSO TESTED AND TRY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. SO ALL THOSE ANALYTICS WE'VE BEEN APPRISED, ACTUALLY SENT THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD TODAY IN ONE OF MY FOLLOW-UPS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT A PART OF A CONSISTENT FOLLOW-UP TO THE BOARD AS WE CAN SHOW THOSE ANALYTICS ARE BEING USED. MS. BROWN, ANYTHING ELSE?

>>Tracye Brown: THANK YOU. WE WILL RECEIVE A REPORT EACH FRIDAY WITH THE PERCENT OF POSITIVE RATES SPECIFICALLY TO PEDIATRICS. SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. MAY I ALSO RECOMMEND DR. CURRAN, WHO IS ON THE EMERGENCY POLICY GROUP CALL TODAY PRESENTED A VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE -- MADE A VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION THAT I THINK COULD BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL. HE'S A PEDIATRICIAN. I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW I SAY THAT. OUT OF ALL THE INFORMATION I'VE SEEN, IT WAS THE MOST BALANCED INFORMATION I'VE SEEN SO FAR AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION OVER THE LAST HOW MANY DAYS? I DON'T EVEN KNOW. SINCE MARCH. ANYWAY, MOVING ON, MS. HAHN --

>>Stacy Hahn: I WANT TO WRAP UP.

>>Melissa Snively: ABSOLUTELY, FINISH YOUR THOUGHTS, PLEASE.

>>Stacy Hahn: SO, AGAIN, I THINK TIME IS OUR FRIEND HERE, AND I THINK PLANNING SIDE BY SIDE. TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HEAVILY SUPPORTING E-LEARNING ONLY, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO ABANDON THAT TO SUPPORT THIS PLAN TODAY. THIS PLAN IS ALLOWING FOR THAT PLANNING TO OCCUR SIDE BY SIDE, AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO ALLOWING FOR US TO USE THAT DATA IN TWO MORE WEEKS TO THEN TRANSITION, IF WE NEED TO AND KEEPING, AGAIN, THE PRIORITY OF SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FACULTY AND OUR STAFF IN OUR FOCUS. WE'RE ASKING FOR TIME, AND IF WE HAVE THIS PLAN IT CAN BE PLANNED SIDE BY SIDE. AND THAT'S NOT JUST HELPFUL, AND THEN I'LL WRAP UP. THAT'S NOT JUST HELPFUL FOR RIGHT NOW. PLANNING SIDE BY SIDE IS ALSO HELPFUL FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THIS VIRUS WILL EBB AND FLOW. THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS AND MAKING THIS DECISION. WE NEED TO PLAN SIDE BY SIDE SO WE'RE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH. THAT'S WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO. WHAT MAKES ME COMFORTABLE IS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TWO MORE WEEKS AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS SAYING THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC DATA POINTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE. IF WE'RE STILL TRENDING UPWARD, I HAVE NO PROBLEM SHIFTING TO AN E-LEARNING PLATFORM FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS. I PRAY EVERY DAY THAT WE TREND DOWN, OBVIOUSLY. I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY DOES, TOO. BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN UNCHARTED WATERS HERE. AND FOR MANY PERSONAL REASONS, WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH THIS DECISION. SO I WILL LEAVE MY COMMENTS THERE. AGAIN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE TIME IS OUR FRIEND HERE. I'M LISTENING TO MY CONSTITUENTS, AND I THINK I CAN BEST SERVE THEM IF I'M GIVEN TWO MORE WEEKS, AND IF I GIVE THIS DISTRICT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN SIDE BY SIDE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE RAPID DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, DR. HAHN. MEMBER STUART.

>>Cindy Stuart: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE OUT THERE TO THINK THAT BECAUSE I MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN THAT I THINK THAT THE CURRENT PLAN IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE SHOULD DO. BECAUSE, MEMBER SHAMBURGER, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU 100%. THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THIS DISTRICT. HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO ONE THING TODAY, AND ONLY ONE THING, AND THAT IS PUT A PLAN IN FRONT OF TALLAHASSEE. THIS PLAN MEETS EVERY SINGLE OBLIGATION THAT TALLAHASSEE HAS PUT IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO DO. LET'S TALK ABOUT -- THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN, FOR CLARIFYING -- A TWO-WEEK PERIOD WHERE WE CONTINUE TO WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING. TEACHERS SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM COMING BACK AND PLANNING FOR E-LEARNING OR BEING IN THE CLASSROOM. WE MAY HAVE TO PIVOT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE -- I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT, WHETHER WE START AT BRICK AND MORTAR AND HAVE TO FLIP TO E-LEARNING OR WE START THE OTHER WAY, AND IF THE NUMBERS SHOW ME IN TWO WEEKS THAT WE ARE STILL UNSTABLE AND CONTINUING TO GO HIGHER IN OUR NUMBER OF CASES AND THE NUMBER OF UNAVAILABLE HOSPITAL BEDS, THEN ABSOLUTELY, I WILL CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH OF SUPPORTING E-LEARNING 100% FOR THIS COMMUNITY. BUT THERE ARE VERY, VERY SEVERE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF GOING TO 100% E-LEARNING, THAT, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, I DON'T THINK YOU OR YOUR STAFF ARE PREPARED TO HANDLE. AND I HATE TO CALL YOU OUT ON THAT, BUT WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING TO BE HOME ALONE, WHO ARE ESE, WHO ARE AT-RISK. THE VERY STUDENTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN YOUR DISTRICT AND IN MINE, MEMBER SHAMBURGER, WHO NEED TO BE IN A CLASSROOM WITH SOMEONE. BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO WORK OR BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO OR BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF FOOD OR MENTAL HEALTH PROVISIONS. SO I AM CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WITH A SPLIT OF HALF OF OUR STUDENTS GOING TO E-LEARNING AND HAVE OF THEM GOING TO BRICK AND MORTAR. WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, WHETHER IT'S E-LEARNING OR BRICK AND MORTAR, OR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BE E-LEARNING OR BRICK AND MORTAR. FOR EXAMPLE, IF STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL HAS 80% OF ITS KIDS COMING BACK AND ONLY 20% OF ITS TEACHERS, WHO IS GOING TO TEACH THERE? LET'S MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. IF SULPHUR SPRINGS HAS 80% OF ITS KIDS WHO WANT TO COME BACK AND ANOTHER ELEMENTARY HAS ALL OF ITS TEACHERS BUT NOT ENOUGH KIDS, ARE WE GOING TO FORCE TEACHERS TO GO TO SULPHUR SPRINGS? THAT IS NOT WHAT ANYONE WANTS, IT'S NOT ANY POSITION I WANT TO BE IN OR ANY POSITION THIS DISTRICT WANTS TO BE IN. TEACHERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TEACH AND CONTINUE TO TEACH WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY PLACED. BUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS NOT EVEN, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS DISTRICT IS READY, NOT EVEN IN TWO WEEKS ARE WE GOING TO BE READY TO MANAGE THIS. I'M GIVING YOU TWO WEEKS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE READY IN TWO WEEKS. I WOULD BE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF, BOARD, IF WE HAD TO, USING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND GOING AGAINST THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND PUSHING TO START SCHOOL BACK TO AFTER SEPTEMBER IF THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE. BUT, AGAIN, WE DID NOT HAVE ONE SINGLE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL STANDING IN FRONT OF US TELLING US AS A GROUP WHERE WE WERE. MS. SNIVELY TALKS ABOUT WHO CAME TO THE EPG, THE DOH WILL NOT GO ON RECORD. THEY HAVE NOT YET COME BEFORE THIS BOARD. AND I AM NOT PREPARED FOR ANY SINGLE ONE OF US TO BE THE MEDICAL EXPERT UP HERE. I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO CLAIM THAT ROLE. I CAN TALK TO THEM ALL DAY AND EVERY SINGLE ONE -- I HAVE THREE OR FOUR I TALK TO, THEY ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION OF WHAT'S WE SHOULD BE DOING. WE NEED CONSENSUS ON THAT, AND WE NEED TIME IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT CONSENSUS. BY NO WAY AM I SAYING THAT WE NEED TO PUT KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL TODAY OR EVEN IN TWO WEEKS. I'M SAYING WE ARE HAVING AN OBLIGATION TO APPROVE A PLAN. APPROVE THE PLAN. THE PLAN INCLUDES E-LEARNING. I WANT THIS BOARD TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY IN TWO WEEKS TO SAY, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE MEDICAL INFORMATION WE'RE RECEIVING. WE IMPLORE YOU TO PUT E-LEARNING IN AS 100% OPTION FOR THE DISTRICT AND WORK THROUGH THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THAT BECAUSE THERE WILL BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THERE ARE RABBIT HOLES WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCOVERED YET THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP IN. I TALKED TO A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL THE OTHER DAY WHO TOLD ME AFTER DOING THIS FOR FIVE MONTHS, THEY ARE STILL LANDING IN RABBIT HOLES THAT THEY NEVER EVEN DREAMED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH. , AND THAT IS JUST THE NATURE OF THIS. ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS LET'S DO WHAT TALLAHASSEE ASKED US TO DO. WE PUT A PLAN IN PLACE. IT INCLUDES E-LEARNING. IF WE CHOOSE TO SHIFT TO E-LEARNING, THAT IS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO DO SO. AND I AM STILL IN FAVOR OF THAT IF THE NUMBERS DON'T START TO SHOW SOME SORT OF CHANGE FOR ME IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THAT WOULD BE MY VOTE. IT WOULD BE TO GO 100% E-LEARNING. I HAVE SAID THAT. I HAVE TOLD TEACHERS THAT. I HAVE TOLD THE UNION THAT. BUT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE MAKING THAT DECISION NOT HAVING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN FRONT OF ME. AND EVERYTHING ELSE I HEAR IS HEARSAY. MS. BROWN, I ADORE YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU. I RESPECT YOU. YOU'RE NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. YOU'RE NOT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE DOCTORS IN FRONT OF THEIR NAME, THEY ARE NOT MEDICAL DOCTORS, AND THERE'S NO MEDICAL DOCTOR THAT HAS GIVEN US AS THE BOARD THE GO-AHEAD THAT IT IS SAFE TO OPEN SCHOOLS. I WANT US TO HAVE TWO WEEKS. WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING, IF WE WANT TO PUSH OFF THIS VOTE UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY, WE COULD DO THAT, TOO. THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS --

>>Melissa Snively: WE'LL STICK WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.

>>Cindy Stuart: REALLY, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US TO MAKE A DECISION. SO LET'S DO EXACTLY WHAT TALLAHASSEE IS TWISTING MY ARM AND SAYING WE HAVE TO DO AND THAT'S APPROVE A PLAN. I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT IF THIS BOARD IS NOT COMFORTABLE OPENING BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLS ON AUGUST 24, THAT THAT WILL NOT BE WHERE WE GO. I THINK THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB IF HE WENT AGAINST THAT BOARD AND THE MAJORITY OF US DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAY IF WE WERE NOT COMFORTABLE OPENING SCHOOLS. AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW TODAY, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, I AM NOT COMFORTABLE OPENING SCHOOLS TODAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE COMFORTABLE IN TWO WEEKS. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PLAN YOU BRING FORWARD IN TWO WEEKS, BUT I WANT TO HEAR FROM MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FIRST, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THAT.

>>Melissa Snively: ARE YOU CALLING THE QUESTION?

>>Cindy Stuart: I WILL CALL THE QUESTION THAT WE AT THIS POINT APPROVE THE PLAN SPECIFICALLY JUST TO GET IT TO TALLAHASSEE, AND THAT THIS BOARD COMES FORWARD IN TWO WEEKS WITH ANOTHER MEETING WITH A SET OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN FRONT OF US THAT HAVE A HEALTHY CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE AND MAKE A DECISION ON WHERE WE PIVOT FROM THERE. IF WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT A DIVIDED PLAN OR IF WE'RE LOOKING AT FULL OR E-LEARNING, I WOULD SUPPORT FULL E-LEARNING BASED ON WHAT I SEE COMING FORWARD FROM MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER STUART. MR. PORTER, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR. I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE COAXED HER TO CALL THE QUESTION. BUT -- [ LAUGHTER ] SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MOVE THIS ALONG. I THINK EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SAY WHAT THEY NEED TO SAY. FOR THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, WE NEED TO DISPOSE OF IT. THE QUESTION FOR YOU MR. PORTER, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IN TWO WEEKS AND WE DIDN'T SET A DATE. DO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A PART OF THE AMENDMENT?

>>Jim Porter: I THINK IF YOU GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY. TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY WOULD BE AUGUST 6, THURSDAY. AUGUST 4 WOULD BE A TUESDAY. I THINK YOUR CALENDAR -- IF THE MOTION PASSES WE HAVE TO -- [AUDIO CUTS OFF] [INAUDIBLE]

>>Melissa Snively: MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IF WE VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT, DO WE STILL NEED TO DISPOSE OF THE VERY FIRST MOTION OR DOES THAT -- THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST MOTION, AND IT JUST NEEDS ONE VOTE, CORRECT?

>>Jim Porter: [INAUDIBLE] [MICROPHONE NOT ON]

>>Melissa Snively: OKAY. THANK YOU.

>>Jim Porter: [MICROPHONE NOT ON] [INAUDIBLE]

>>Melissa Snively: MS. STUART.

>>Jim Porter: [MICROPHONE NOT ON] [INAUDIBLE] [MICROPHONE NOT ON]

>>Melissa Snively: OKAY. AND MS. GRAY HAS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. IS THAT OKAY, BEFORE WE VOTE? POINT OF CLARIFICATION BY MS. GRAY.

>>Lynn Gray: MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE I VOTE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SIDE BY SIDE, I HAVE TO BE SURE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ONLINE TOGETHER WITH BRICK AND MORTAR AND THEN WE CAN CHANGE OUR MIND IN TWO WEEKS?

>>Melissa Snively: CORRECT. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. THE INTENT IS TO APPROVE THE PLAN, THE REOPENING PLAN AS IT IS TODAY BECAUSE A PLAN IS REQUIRED, AND WE WOULD MEET AGAIN, CONVENE AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS TO DECIDE IF IT'S STILL GOING TO BE THAT PARTICULAR PLAN THAT WE PUT IN PLACE OR IF INFORMATION SHOWS WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THAT PLAN. AS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO AS A SCHOOL BOARD. BASED ON THE NEW INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE RATIONAL THING TO DO.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. SINCE THE QUESTION IS CALLED, IT'S TIME TO VOTE. I'M SORRY. DO WE WANT TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION? YES, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION. IF YOU COULD, PLEASE --

>>Jim Porter: [MICROPHONE NOT WORKING]

>>Melissa Snively: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COULD WE GET THE LIGHTS UP? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. A YES MEANS DISCUSSION ENDS. A NO MEANS WE CONTINUE DISCUSSION. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. DISCUSSION HAS ENDED ON THIS AMENDMENT.

>>Jim Porter: [MICROPHONE NOT WORKING] [INAUDIBLE] [MICROPHONE NOT WORKING]

>>Melissa Snively: TO REEVALUATE.

>>Jim Porter: [MICROPHONE NOT WORKING]

>>Melissa Snively: OKAY. MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION CARRIES WITH MEMBER SHAMBURGER AND MEMBER PEREZ DISSENTING. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ONE MORE TIME, FOR THE RECORD, THE REOPENING PLAN IS APPROVED AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, SO YOU MAY SUBMIT THAT PLAN TO THE STATE, AND WE WILL RECONVENE, WE'LL GET A DATE ON THE CALENDAR TO RECONVENE AND SEE WHAT THE COVID DATA LOOKS LIKE IN TWO WEEKS, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION IF THAT PLAN STICKS AND STAYS IN PLACE OR IF WE HAVE TO BE NIMBLE AND CHANGE OUR PLAN. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THAT WAS THE ONLY BUSINESS WE HAD LEFT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING TODAY. THANK YOU. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]